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HOYT & CO., Proprietors, ANDERSON C, Hn S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1874. VOLUME IX.?NO. 40. AN ACT .to .regulate thesale of intoxi? CATING. liquors, and to alter and amend the law IN relation. thereto. ? Be it enacted by the, Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South, Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tb'e authority crthe same'V Section 1. That the provisions of Chapter eight*iiliXXX,) of Title fourteen, (14,) Part one, (1,) of the General Statutes, relating to the granting of retail and tavern licenses, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be appli? cable solely and confined to the granting of euch licenses inside of the incorporate limits oT cities, towns and villages. Sec. 2. That the proper municipal authori? ties of all incorporated cities, towns and vil? lages shall have power to grant licenses to retail spirituous liquors inside the incorporate limits of such cities, towns and villages, in quantities less than one quart, to keepers of drin king saloons and eating-houses apart from taverns, and to fix the price of the same, which shall not Be less than seventy-five dollars, the person to 'whom the same is granted being first recommended by six respectable tax-payers of his neighborhood, and entering info a bond, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with three good sureties for the keeping of an orderly bouse, and for the due observance of all laws relating to the retailing of spirituous liquors. Sec. 3. The proper municipal authorities of all incorporated cities, towns and villages shall Have power to grant licenses for the retailing ?f wine, cider, brewed or malt liquors, within the incorporate limits of said cities, towns and villages, upon the payment of a license fee of not less than twenty-five dollars, the person to whom the said license is granted being first recommended by six respectable tax-payers of his neighborhood, and entering into a bond, in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two good sureties, for the keeping of an orderly house, and for the observance of all laws regu? lating the sale of such liquors; and that he will not sell any spirituous liquors or any ad? mixture thereof. Sec. 4. Any person intending to apply for a license to retail spirituous liquors, in quantities less than one quart, outside of incorporated cities, towns and villages, shall file his petition with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county where he resides, fifteen days before the first or second session of.said Court, in each year, setting forth the locality and township where he proposes to retail such liquors, with a certificate of six respectable tax-payers of his neighborhood that ne is a person of temper? ate h?bifs and good moral character, and shall pay to said cJerk a fee of two dollars for his services in connection with the same; and it shall be the duty of the said clerk to place a notice on the court bouse door of such appli? cation, giving the name of such person, the place of his residence, and the names of the persons recommeudiug him; and the petition and accompanying certificate shall be submitted to'the Grand Jury of the county, at the first ensuing term of the Court, who shall, in their presentment, report whether or not the peti? tioner . should receive a license, and the price at which the same shall be granted (which price shall be uniform for all applicants,) and the presiding Judge of the circuit, unless good cause'be shown to the contrary, shall order the clerk to certify the proceedings to the County Commissioners, who thereupon shall grant a license to the* person recommended to the Grand Jury, upon the payment of the license fee- fixed by them, which shall not, in any case, be less than fifty dollars; and the person to whom the same is granted shall enter a recog? nizance,. with' at least three good sureties, m the sum of one thousand dollars, for the keep? ing of an-'orderly house, and for the due ob? servance of all laws' relating to the retailing of spirituous liquors. Sec. 5.: The County Commissioners of the several counties of this State shall have power7 to grant licenses for the retailing of wine, cider, malt and brewed liquors, in places outside of incorporated cities, towns ana villages, to any person of temperate habits and good moral character, who may be recommended by four respectable citizens of his neighborhood, upon the payment of a license fee of twenty-five dollars, said person'toenter into a recognizance, iff the' sum of five hundred dollars, with two good sureties, that'he will keep an orderly house, and that be will not Bel! spirituous liquors, or'any admixture thereof. Sec. 6. All persons engaged in retailing liquors under licenses granted in accordance with this Act,1 or under tavern licenses granted nnder pre-existing laws, shall expose their licenses to public view in their chief place of making sales, and no such license shall author? ize safeV by any person neglecting this require? ment. And any person selling or retailing intoxicating liquors without a license shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, of imprisoned1 not less than-one mouth or more than six months or both; and any person who shall be convicted of retailing spirituous liquors, or any admixture thereof, while en? gaged in retailing under license to sell wine, cider, in alt or brewed liquors, shall suffer a like punishment, and shall, besides, forfeit his li? cense. Any person who ?hall be convicted twice within two years for retailing without license'shall not be entitled to receive a license fortW? years next succeeding the date of the last conviction, and any license granted to such person shall be utterly without effect, and shall afford no protection. Sec. 7. Wilfully furnishing any intoxicating drink, by sale, gift, or otherwise, to any person of known intemperate habits, or to any person when drunk or intoxicated, or to a minor, or to any insane person, for use as a beverage, shall be held and deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the offender shall be fined not less than ten dollars, or more than otttf "hundred- dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days, or more than thirty days; and it shall be lawful for any member of the fami? ly, or blood relation, or guardian of such in? temperate person, or minor, and for the com? mittee of such insane person, or for any Trial Justice of the township where any or either of such persons reside, or have their legal settle ment, to give a notice in writing to any person or persons engaged in retailing, selling or having intoxicating liquors, forbidding him or them, as the ease may be, from furnishing such intemperate person, minor or insane person, with intoxicating drinks or liquors; and if, within three months of the time of such notice, any person to whom the same is given shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, any intoxica? ting liquors to such intemperate person, minor or insane person, to be used as a beverage, he or. they shall be held civilly responsible for any injury to person or property which may occur in consequence of such furnishing; and any one aggrieved may recover damages against the person so furnishing, by an action instituted in anyr Court fn this State having jurisdiction of civil action ; and in case any wife shall give such notice, she shall be entitled to receive of the persons furnishing intoxicating liquor to her husband, in an action in her own name, euch damages as any Court or jury may award for the maintenance of herself and ftmily during the period when her husband, by reason of sucn furnishing, is incapable of providing for tue proper support of her or them ; and in any action brought in accordance with the provis? ions of this section, the bond of the person furnishing intoxicating drinks or liquors shall be liable for. the damages recovered to the extent of the penalties thereof, in case the same cannot be satisfied out of the property of the defendant in such action. . Sep. 8. Any person who shall be found drunk, or grossly intoxicated in any street, highway, public bouse or public place, shall be fined upon view of, or upon proof made before any mayor or other municipal officer or Trial Justice, not exceeding five dollars, and, if the same is not paid, imprisonment not exceeding five days. Any person who shall sell intoxi? cating liquors to such person, to be drunk on the premises where sold, whereby the said Eerson shall become intoxicated, shall, besides is liability, under section seven (7) of this Act, be liable to pay to the wife, parent, child or guardian of the person so found, intoxicated the sum of five dollars for every such offense, to be recovered in an action of debt before any Trial Justice having jurisdiction of the person of the defendant: Provided, That no suit shall be instituted after ten days from the commis? sion of the offense mentioned in this section. Sec. 9. Whenever any riot or breach of the peace shall occur at or within any tavern, drinking saloon or other place where intoxica? ting liquors are sold, the proprietor or keeper of such place shall be deemed and taken to he an aider and abettor in such riot or other breach of the peace, and shall be liable to be prosecu? ted and punished as such, unless such person 1 can show that such riot or other breach of the ' peace was not caused by the persons engaged I therein becoming intoxicated on said premises. I Sec. 10. It shall not be lawful for any per? son to sell, trade or barter any spirituous or malt liquors, cider or wine on Sunday, and any {>erson so doing shall be liable to a fine of not ess than ten dollars, or more than two hun? dred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days, or more than two months. Sec. 11. The municipal authorities of incor? porated .cities, towns and villages, and the County Commissioners of counties, shall have power to grant licenses for the selling of in? toxicating liquors by the quart upon the pay? ment of a license fee of not less than fifty dol? lars ; and any person to whom such license is granted who shall permit such intoxicating liquors to be drunk upon the premises where sold shall forfeit his license, and the same shall not be renewed within a year from the time of forfeiture. All the provisions of section ten (10) forbidding the sale of liquors at certain times therein mentioned shall be applicable to the sale of liquors, as provided for in this sec? tion, and like penalties shall be inflicted upon any person who. under licenses granted in ac? cordance with this section, shall make sales at the period therein prohibited: Provided, That no license shall be granted by the County Com? missioners of any county to any person or persons recommended or applying for the same, until the persou or persons so recom? mended or applying shall have first paid the County Treasurers of the respective counties the license fee herein authorized, and shall parent the receipt of the Treasurer to the County Commissioners as evidence of said payment, which license fee shall be placed in the county fund for county purposes. Sec. 12. It shall not be lawful for any apothe? cary, druggist or other person, to sell, trade or barter any bitters of which spirituous or malt liquors are an ingredient, or any other medica? ted liquors, by the bottle, or by the drink, to any person except upon the prescription of a regular physician, unless such apothecary, druggist or other person shall obtain a liceuse to sell such liquors as provided in section eleven (11) of this Act, the price of such license to be not less than fifty dollars: Provided, That'upon obtaining such license, such apothe? cary, druggist or other person, shall be entitled to sell other liquors as in case of persons hav? ing license to sell by the quart. Any apothe? cary, druggist or other person violating the provisions of this section, shall, upon convic? tion, be subject to the same penalties as are fdescribed by law for persons selling spirituous iquors under like circumstances without a license. Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Court, Mayor or municipal authorities of a city, town, or village, or Trial Justice, before whom any fine may be recovered in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to award to the informer or prosecutor a reasonable share thereof for bis time and trouble, but not in any case ex? ceeding one-third ; and the residue, as well as the proceeds of all forfeited bonds, shall be paid to the trustees of the public schools of the school district wherein the parties convic? ted reside. Sec. 14. That all Acts or parts of Acts in? consistent with and repugnant to the provisions of this Act are, for the purposes of this Act, hereby repealed. Approved March 19, A. D. 1874. Direct Trade.?While the Committee of tho Tax-payers' Convention is exerting itself to have the condition of affairs in South Carolina rightly apprehended in influential quarters in Washington, a quiet commercial movement has been made by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce upon the cities of the South and West, which promises no insignificant results. The chief impediment to the successful estab? lishment of a line of steamships from Charles? ton to Liverpool, consists in the difficulty of obtaining Teturn freights. The facilities which the port of Charleston offers, in its location and natural advantages as a port of entry for the trade of the West Indies and of Europe, have been overlooked in the popularity and more active business interests of Northern cities. But it is plain that the West and South can do better by importing directly through a port on the South Atlautic coast. Acting upon this idea, the Chamber of Commerce has commis? sioned Mr. J. Adger Smyth to bring the sub? ject before the cities of the West most directly interested in the project, and to guarantee that ' the freights would be as low as by any other line. He has been the recipient of marked at? tentions and warm encouragement wherever he has presented it. Augusta, Atlanta, Xnoxville and Nashville have pledged to the line an ac? tive business, and otherwise promised to encour? age its success. The railroads leading to Charleston have co-operated by offers of liber al 'rates of freight. There is something prac? tical in this. We are pleased to see the movement receive so much favor. It is a sig? nificant sign, occurring simultaneously with harmony of views between these two great sections on tho currency question, and indica? ting a closer alliance between them in the fu? ture.?Columbia Phoenix. ? A Virginia railroad was made to pay $25 for killing a rooster. Tho engineer said he Bpoke to the gentleman with the whistle as kindly as possible, but when the fellow dropped one wing on the ground, raised his good eye heavenward, and commenced whetting his spur on the rail, forbearance ceased to be virtue, and he lit into him with thirteen freight can. From the Charleston News and Courier. Organization of the Tax Unions. Without an organization of some sort noth? ing can he done to redeem the State. As long as the taxpayers are scattered and isolated the securing of an honest State Government, through their efforts, is impossible. Without an organization there can be no prosecution of Eublic plunderers, and no general election of onest officials. These broad facts were recog? nized by the Taxpayers' Convention, and the Executive Committee of that body was em? powered to prepare a system of organization of Tax Unious throughout the State. The work was entrusted to a sub-committee, whose chair? man, Judge Aldrich, has drafted a series of rules and regulations for the Tax Unions of Townships, Counties and the State. These have not been passed upon by the Executive Committee, but can safely be adopted as pro? visional regulations, to be modified, if necessa? ry, when the official report is made. REGULATIONS FOR THE TAX UNIONS RECOM? MENDED TO BE ORGANIZED BY THE TAX? PAYERS' CONVENTION. Whereas, the enormous increase of taxation, and the misapplication or embezzlement of the taxes, when collected, will reduce both the pro? prietors and laborers of the State to ruin; The undersigned do agree to form a Tax Union, for the purpose of restoring an honest government and an economical administration of State and County affairs. To this end we adopt the following rules and earnestly invoke the aid of all honest citizens, and especially the active co-operation of the young men: 1. This union shall be known as the tax union. 2. All taxpayers of this township, without regard to party or race, are invited to become members. 3. The officers shall be a president, secretary and treasurer. 4. The union shall hold regular monthly meetings. 5. Each member shall pay to the secretary, who will receipt for the same, a percentage of -per cent, on his general tax. 6. The secretary shall pay over to the treas? urer the assessment so received, and take his receipt for the same. 7. After deducting the necessary expenses of the township union, the treasurer shall pay over the balance to the treasurer of the county union, and take his receipt for the same. 8. Every township union shall appoint two delegates to represent them in the county union, to be assembled at the court house, on the first Monday in January, April, July and October. 9. Each member of the township union shall he a committee of one, to use his influence to induce eyery honest taxpayer in his township to become a member of the union; to report all violations of law by public officers; extortion; misapplication or embezzlement of the public moneys ; bribery and irregularities at elections; with the evidence to support his charge. 10. The president shall immediately cause such report to be forwarded to th6 president of the county union. 11. The president, or any two members, may call extra meetings. COUNTY UNIONS. 1. The county unions shall be composed of two delegates from each township union, and shall meet at the court house on the first Mon? day in Jauuary, April, July and October. 2. There shall be elected at the first meeting a president, secretary and treasurer. 3. The treasurer shall receive from, and re? ceipt to, the treasurers of the township unions their respective assessments, and report the same to the secretary, who shall enter the amount received in his minutes, under the su? pervision of the president 4. The president shall cause all persons re? ported for any violation of law, extortion, mis? application or embezzlement of public moneys in his county to be presented to the grand jury, with the names of the witnesses to support the charge. He may also employ counsel to assist the solicitor in the prosecution, when in his judgment the same may be necessary. 5. After defraying the necessary expenses of the county union, the president shall remit the balance of the assessments received from the township unions to the treasurer of the State union, and report the amount to the president of the same. STATE UNION. 1. The State union shall be composed of three delegates from each county union, to meet in Columbia on the fourth Tuesday in November and at such other times and places as the executive committee may appoint. 2. The officers shall be a president, three vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer and execu? tive committee. 3. The executive committee shall be com? posed of two from each congressional district, and the president of the State union. The delegates from the counties comprising the congressional district to nominate the members of the committee from that district. 4. Each delegate to the State union shall have his actual expenses paid in attending the meetings of the union, to be paid by the coun? ty union of which he is a representative. 5. The executive committee shall elect its own chairman, and shall meet at the call of the chairman, or any two members, at such times and places as he or they may appoint. Their actual expenses shall be paid by the unions they represent. 6. The executive committee shall have power to cause all State officers accused of any viola? tion of law to be diligently prosecuted, and may retain counsel for that purpose. 7. The treasurer shall deposit all moneys re? ceived from the county unions in some bank to be selected by the president, and report the amount so deposited to the executive com? mittee. ' 8. All moneys expended by order of the State union or the executive committee shall be paid by a check drawn by the chairman of the executive committee, and the treasurer shall report to the State union, at each meet? ing, an exact and particular account of such expenditures. 9. The treasurer shall receive a compensa? tion ?of five per cent, on all moneys thus ex? pended. ? The volcanic disturbances in North Car? olina have revived attention to traces of similar influences in the mountain ranges of other parts of the countrj'. Extinct craters are said to exist in New Hampshire and Vermont, though now filled up by deposits of soil. Hcap3 of ashes and lava have been found in several localities. Many earthquakes occurred during the first century and a half of the settlement of the eastern coast, those of 1727 and 1755 being peculiarly severe. ? The Chicago Times suggests a way in which money may be made plenty, and "cheap" without the expense of printing. Congress has only to enact that all Confederate notes now outstanding shall be local tenders, and receiv? able for all taxes and all dues to the United j Tho Secret of the Defalcations of the County j Treasurers. It has been frequently charged that the ex? ecutive appointments of Gov. Moses were made without the slightest reference to the ability or honesty of the appointees, and that he has uniformly exerted the power and pat? ronage of his Btation for private and personal gains. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier alleges that the recent defalcation of the County Tieasurer of Orangeburg is an illustration of the rottenness and corruption connected with executive pat? ronage, and bases his allegations upon the in? formation received from trustworthy sources, which is contained in the following extract: Some time last year, before the passage of the appropriation bill, the Governor seat for Humbert and requested him to cash an order on the Governor's contingent fund for ?6,000. Humbert at first refused, but was persuaded that he could pay it out of the taxes, and in his return to the State treasurer could turn the order over to that officer as cash. He was, moreover, given to understand that, unless he came down with the "ready," bis official head would fall forthwith. Another account of the transaction is that the ?6,000 were the consid? eration which secured Humbert's appointment to the office. It should be stated here that Humbert is a light colored mulatto scarcely over twenty-one years old; in appearance a mere boy. Whatever the inducements were, he consented, paid the $6,000, took the order on the Governor's contingent fund, and when the time came for him to settle with the State treasurer, turned it in as cash. In the mean? time, however, his Excellency had quietly drawn out his entire fund, and there being no money1 under that appropriation in his hands, the State treasurer refused to receive the order, and demanded a prompt settlement from the luckless county treasurer. This he could not make. Hence his arrest. It will thus be seen that the real culprit in this transaction is still at large. It is openly asserted here by many of the State officials that this black-mailing game has been largely carried on by the Gov? ernor, and that there is probably over ?100,000 of his orders now held by varions county treasurers. I do not desire to be understood as shielding the defaulting county officers. Nine tenths of them probably are not one whit bet? ter than "our native young Governor." Most of them have been industriously engaged in following the example set them by their supe? riors, and have been speculating in county and State paper for their own profit. Treasurer Cardozo is entitled to the credit of interposing the "first check to the system, and with him now the comptroller'general and the attorney general are co-operating. The comptroller general overhauls the accounts of the county treasurers, and, finding them not straight, gives the information to the State treasurer, who arrests the defaulters. The prosecution will be conducted by the attorney general, and in the end the Governor, should he still be in office, will pardon them as he has already done in two instances. It is stated that the information which I have just given above will be brought out on | the trial, but there is considerable doubt on the subject. The defaulting treasurers will probably be influenced by the Governor to deny the whole transaction, will submit to be con? victed, and will be at once pardoned and rein? stated by the Governor. This is the usual course of such trials, and however earnest the treasurer, attorney general and comptroller general may be in their endeavor to right things, (and I believe they are in serious ear? nest,) they will be powerless to contend against the pardoning power of the Governor. This war upon the treasurers, however, has had one good effect. These officials are badly fright? ened, and many of them have come up volun? tarily and settled with the State treasurer. In the meantime, and this is the most incompre? hensible, part of the transaction, Gov. Moses is in a state of utter impecuniosity. Notwith? standing his harvest out of the county treasu? rers, which is variously estimated at from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand dollars, he has not satsified his creditors, and there is actually, at this moment, an execution upon the forty thousand dollar Preston mansion in which he lives. He has at various times taken in Scott, Neagle, and a host of others with promises to appoint them, or some of their friends, to lucrative offices. He once offered ex-Gov. Scott the county treasurersbip of Richland County if he would endorse a note for him for fifteen thousand dollars to pay the Baltimore furniture man. But rumor has it that Scott declined the proffered honor; where? upon Moses offered to appoint Mr. Waterman, Scott's brother-in-law, to the place. This was acceded to, Waterman was notified to have his official bond prepared, the ex-governor en? dorsed, and there the transaction ended. Both those gentlemen now entertain a great regard for "our native young Governor," and never alluded to him but in the most emphatic and striking language. All these little executive pranks have served to fan the flame which now threatens to over? whelm his Excellency ; and out of the thousand politicians who hang around the State Capital, there is not one to bo found to utter a word in j defence of the Governor. The war on the county treasurers will, in the meantime, go on. \ I am informed that there are ten or twelve of them who are still in default, and unless they j sattle at an early day they will be proceeded j against forthwith. It can be said to the honor of the State Treasurer that he holds ou to the J public funds very closely, and keeps the ex Eenses within the appropriations. What will e developed on the trial of the defaulting treas? urers remains to bo seen ; but I am no prophet i if the Governor docs not devise some means to cover up his trackR. _ _ Steeping Seei> before Planting.?The agricultural world has long desired, and espe? cially at the South, a successful steep for seeds before planting, that would act as a stimulant and fertilizer, and, at the same time, not oper? ate injuriously to the germinating powers of the tender seed. Most all countries have their favorite modes of steeping and preparing their seeds. A new steep and mode of application has recently been introduced here, which ap? pears, from the ready sales it is meeting with, to have some claims to success. We have our? selves seen some strong testimonials from par? ties of experience, and iu whose opinions wo have great faith. They speak in high terms of I it. Mr. John Commins, of Charleston, intro? duced last season a mucilage which certainly has great advantages over water, as by the aid of the mucilage a strong coating can be made to adhere to the seed?such as wood ashes, dry earth, and other kindred substances. The mucilage, it is claimed, has all the elements of fertility suited for the seed in its infant state, which helps to nourish it while in that condi? tion. It has been ascertained of late that tho Chinese have long since adopted the plan of applying mucilage to their seeds before plant? ing, containing the essential food required at the stage when the young plant mostly requires it.? Mural Carolinian. Minority Representation in Corporations. Minority representation, which we have often had occasion to advocate, has a value not only in legislatures but in stock compa joint owners of the property, who take no part in the operations of the concern, and are not brought into personal contact with those oper? ations, are apt to be controlled by some few Eersous, or even by one, unknown and unseen y the majority of the members, to the person? al profit of the real managers, without much regard to the rights or interests of other share? holders. A striking instance of this was the Erie Railroad, where a large part of the owners were long excluded from the management, kept in ignorance of the operations, and de? frauded of immense sums. Another is the late change of control in the Union Pacific, where? by oue man has succeeded in buying an abso? lute majority of the stock. At the next elec? tion for Directors of that great corporation, this single individual can go to the ballot box, his one vote overpowering those of all the other owners; he can put in thirteen men to represent himself, while his fellow-owners must submit to have no representatives of their choice, and must acquiesce in the selections he may choose to dictate. Thus he can practical? ly convert to his own use the whole cf the great property nominally controlled by a board representing all the owners, can exercise all the functions and enjoy all the advantages of ownership, with no legal and very little per? sonal responsibility. Masked behind this cor? poration, he can appropriate his neighbors' property or otherwise pursue improper ends without being reached by law, or perhaps even by public opinion. Now, were the proposition to succeed of enacting minority representation in the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the rights of this one owner who holds a majority of the stock would in no way be invaded or injured, while the rights and interests of his fellow-owners would he in a measure protected. Equitably the one owner holding 167,000 out of 300,000 shares of Union Pacific stock is en? titled to choose seven or at most eight out of thirteen Directors, while the other stockholders are entitled to six or at least five. With a board so composed it would be much less easy to enact swindles or oppressions that it now is; for the resolution of a majority predetermined on unfair dealing can often oe materially shaken or modified by the attacks of a minori? ty which understands the contemplated wroug, and is anxious to prevent it. Even if the mi? nority of shareholders can elect but a single Director, his mere presence in the board would often operate as a considerable check to mis? doing, for it would effectually destroy the se? crecy which is often indispensable to the suc? cess of plots against the property or rights of others. The minority could often learn through him of the transactions and operations of the cor? poration, ascertain its actual condition, and act intelligently with reference to facts which, without such a representative, they are often debarred from knowing. Under the present system the wrong may be completed, the prop? erty misappropriated, or its value destroyed, "before the owners know anything about the matter; hut one minority Director can appeal to the courts if necessary, and stop a contem? plated outrage in time. Again, if the majority in the Board is but one vote, the minority would at times have *u opportunity, by con? centrating their votes, to elect from among the majority the man most acceptable to them as President, thus securing themselves to a con? siderable extent. The method which we have often had occa? sion to commend for the choice of members of Congress and Legislatures?and which has been embodied in a bill now before the Com? mittee on Territories of the House of Repre? sentatives, by Hon. John W. Hazelton, of New Jersev, in reference to the solution of the vexed" question between Gentiles and Mormons in Utah?would answer the purpose. A gen? eral law might be passed requiring that the char? ter of every corporation shall fix the number of shares that shall be entitled to one Director. For instance, the shares in the Union Pacific being 300,000, if ten Directors were to be chosen, 30,000 shares would be entitled to one; if thirteen, 23,077; if fifteen, 22,500 shares would be entitled to one; if twenty, 15,000 would elect; and so on. Thus any man re? ceiving the needed quota of votes would be elected; and the holders of a majority of stock could always arrange to have a majority of the board", but could not exclude the minority from representation therein. But there is another method and a better one, which is also perhaps easier of immediate adoption. Let the system of voting by proxy be transferred from the choice of Directors to the proceeding of boards. That is, instead of holding an election for Directors, the result of which nas been entirely cut and dried before? hand, let a register he opened at the beginning of each year, wherein every man who proposes to act as Director for the year can register his name; and let proxies, iustead of entitling the holder to vote at elections, entitle him to vote on behalf of the giver of the proxy at roll calls, in the board. Thus the whole stock would be voted on by authorized representa? tives in all important questions. It might be made a necessary qualification for a Director that he should hold at least one proxy before taking his seat, as well as hold stock himself; and it men entered boards simply to get com? pensated as Directors, this point might be met by making them look to proxy-givers for com? pensation. Proxies should be revokable at pleasure, and thus would nearly perfect repre? sentation be secured.?Kew York Mercantile Journal. Remarkable Memory.?There is a negro girl in Brucetown, about 9 years of age, whoso memory is truly marvellous. Her wonderful powers were first brought to the notice of a white man, who keeps a grocery in that part of the city, about two weeks ago. He had been reading aloud in her presence the day before, and accidentally heard her repeat, word for word, what he had read from the paper, though twenty-four hours had intervened. After this ho tested her memory frequently, aud has found her capable of repeating thirty or forty lines from a book after hearing it read once over. Her intellect in other respects does not seem at all above, if equal to the average. Such instances of memory are not very unusual. Mary Summerville tells of an idiot in Edin? burgh who never failed to repeat the sermon word for word, after attending the kirk each Sunday, saying, "Here the minister coughed;" "Here he stopped to blow his nose." She also tells of auother whom she met in the High? lands, who knew the Bible so perfectly that if lie was asked where such a verse was to be' found, he could tell without hesitation and ? repeat the chapter. We remember, also, to have rend a year or two ago an acci.unt of a man in New York, who could read one side of the JTerald, and then repeat it, word for word, advertisements and all. ? The fate of the child is always the work of its mother. Executive Tindlctiveness. The temper of the President's reply to the delegation of the South Carolina tax-payers can with perfect justice be characterized as the parallel' of that displayed in the offending Bpeech of Gary in the convention. It lets one very far into the conception of the President regarding his office. He holds it as a per? quisite, productive of other perquisites indefi? nitely. This interview betrays also his view of it as a power for personal employment, such aa for punishing enemies and rewarding favorites. He appears to care little for the lamentable condition of South Carolina, but every thing for the attacks made on himself in that quarter. It will be recollected that he accepted his last election as a vindication of his personal char? acter against the aspersions of his political enemies, thus lowering the contest to the level of a personal wrangle. His recent unfortunate speech confirms the severest judgment that was ever pronounced against him on the score of a ! low conception of his office. To imagine Jef? ferson responding even to a committee of i is political foes in a similar strain would be im? possible for any one who has the slightest ac? quaintance with Jefferson's character. And it is no exaggeration to say that the abuse heaped on Jefferson, not merely political but foully personal, exceeded anything that has ever caused the wrath of Grant to rise. Much of it came from the pulpits and from the lips of cultured men, and, therefore, it was far more stinging than volumes of Gary speeches, gar? bled as this one was. Yet Jefferson would, aa President, have received his defamers with, a dignity and courtesy that showed no trace of a rankling spirit within. We have never had an Executive in this country who would so tar have forgotten what was due to his high posi? tion and to the people who placed him there. The worst abuse is ever the soonest dissipated in its effects by time, and, as Junius observes to a public character in England with whom he dealt more severely than with all the rest, no man who is really innocent troubles him? self about charges of theft or murder. But the case in President Grant's hands is still worse than has yet been stated. He would oppress and keep down a State upon which be had let loose his minions, because a few men within it have employed every citizen's right to wag their tongues against him and his ad? ministration. He has but to push his theory a little further to assume to punish his tra ducers, and command all criticisms to be silent, Were he tenderly careful of the inestimable right of free speech, he would much prefer that it should degenerate into the wildest li? cense than to seek to curb it of the power on whose untrammelled use popular liberty inevi? tably depends. The public denunciation of a newspaper by the President is a novel exhibi? tion of official rage, but no attacks, were they wholly unjust, can excuse a fault not more of propriety than of justice. The Executive is the agent and creature of the people, sworn to represent them in his office; be can, therefore, have no quarrel with any portion of them, much less may he govern bis official conduct by any resentments, which, on any sort of provocation, he is inclined to entertain. This episode in the Executive intercourse with the people of a State leaves little unexplained in reference to the ignoble tone of official charac? ter now prevalent, and fully confirms all that the late Senator Sumner said of the occupant of the Presidential chair. If the President may not wholly forget his office, neither may he use it for the indulgence of his hatreds and reseutment8.?Boston Post. Gen. Gary vs. President Grant. The following is the extract from the speech of our townsman,.Gen. M. YV.Gary, which has so aroused the hitherto phlegmatic and im? movable President of the United States, deliv? ered in the late Tax-Payers' Convention of S. C: "I, for one, am unwilling to be knocking at the door of the White House for political or other favors; I am willing to concede that Grant is a great soldier, fit to have stood by Caesar, Napoleon, William the Conqueror or Washington, if needs be, aud give direction in battle; but by accepting presents of great value, in throwing the responsibility of bis speculation with Fisk and Gould, whereby he made twenty-five thousand dollars, upon his wife, he has tarnished and thrown away a fame that might have perpetuated his name for all time." We must confess that we are a little surprised at the display of sensitiveness and anger on account of the above charges, which has been exhibited by the imperturbable President. The first charge, as many will remember, and as can be proved to all, was contained in the speech of the late Charles H. Sumner, deliv? ered iu the Senate Chamber of the United States. The second charge, as to the Presi? dent's throwing the responsibility of the "Black Friday" gold speculation, whereby he is said to have made twenty-five thousand dol? lars, upon his wife, was published, at the time, in almost every newspaper in the United States, and was the occasion of the witticism of the late James Fisk, the President's then intimate friend, who when examined before a commit? tee as to who in point of fact received the twenty-five thousand dollars, replied, "It went where the wood-bine twineth." The exact meaning or application of Mr. Fisk's phrase we do not pretend to explain. We have never seen where either of the above charges has been disproved or authori? tatively denied by the President. Indeed we very strongly fear that our crafty Chief Exec? utive conveniently made this portion of Gen. Gary's speech the excuse for flying rather dis? courteously in the face of the South Carolina Delegation. At all events, it is certain these charges had neither the charm of novelty nor the force of originality. It was, in fact, the constant repetition of these truths that at last unmasked the President. And in conclusion, it is but justice to our friend and townsman, to say that the idea of his meaning any attack upon Mrs. Grant? whom the whole world knows to be one of the purest and loveliest women that ever lived, and a worthy scion of one of the staunchest and most knightly Democratic families in America ?is sheer nonsense. Such a thing was very far from his intent, and still farther from his character.?Edgefield Advertiser. ? The Kichmond (Kentucky) Register says : "If all the returned Confederates should do as well as General John B. Hood toward repopu lating the desolated South it would be but a short time until the places of those who were, killed and those who died of disease during the war would be filled by a new generation. From a private source we learn that General Hood has been married just five years, and that he is now the happy father of seven chil? dren. Considering his bad luck during many of the scenes of the late war, we are inclined to think that the long lane has taken a turn, and that Providence has smiled on him at last" ? The tongue?The latch-key that lets out the mind.