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^R^r T? \l MTTT?11AV Rr PO a ^r>.^^T ^ ^ mTTTTTir,T-. ? -cr TirAT?XTT\Tn T?T71311TT A T)V IC 1 QUO VHT TT ATT?. VVTT-"MO ttl following ia the Charter of the f Anderson aa it pawed tho Gene sembly at its recent scs3iou : ? enacted by the Senate and House nrescutaiivea of ?i?o ^vSv? ox ?jouth na uow met and sitting in General and by the authority of ibt 10K J. THAT FROM AD<* AFTCR TUE o Jif this Act, all citizens of this having resided twelve months with ?tate and air months within the ate limits of the city of Anderson, e deemed . ?d aro hereby declared y politic and corporate; and the incorporation shall be called and n by tho name of "The City of An ." and ita corporate limits shall o' all of tho area embraced in a whose centre is the Jour' Homy bose radius is one mile. 2. Tho said city shall bo governed layor and HTX Aldermen, who shall ?zeus of tho United States, and who be person', that actually reside iu -rporato '.imita of tho said c'ty, and so resided at least twelvo months iateb preceding the day of their on fhe said Mayor and Aldermen De known and called the City Coun Anderson, and shall be elected on cond Monday iu August of tho ni year, and at tho same time in eecoud year thereafter, and shall their offices for tho term of two aud until their successors shall been elected and qualified. The r and any three Aldermen, or any Aldermen, shall constitute a quorum 0 purpose of transacting the busi of Baid corporation, or exercising powers herein granted to tho Haid Council or the ?aid Mayor and Al eo. c. 3. All male inhabitants of tho city who have resided within tho rate limits thereof for six months preceding any election for members member of the said City Council, who are qualified to vote in Suite ions, shall be entitled to vote in election : Provided, That no person I bo allowed to vote at any such elcc wbo shall not have registered his e as a voter with tho Clerk of the Council, to be entered by him in a or books to be kept for that pur before twelve o'clock meridian of tenth day next preceding every such timi, and obtained a certificate of ' registration from tho said Clerk, h certificate Bhall be presented to managers when he ollera to vote and q up by them. Tho Mayor and Al en of said city shall give at least ays' notice, by auverlisenicnt in one ore newses . .rs published therein, oi time and* place of said election, to er with the names of the three Man appointed by them to conduct such ( ion ; and tho same notice shall also f e the hourn and place of registration. 1 book or books of registration ?hall 1 ept securely by the Clerk of Baid Council and turned over to tho agers on the day of election : JVovi That the snid book or bouks shall bject to public inspection, and any sn shall bo permitted to make copies efrem when the Baid City Clerk is actually engaged in the registration voter. ic. 4. The election shall be held in s convenient public place iu said from nine o'clock in the forenoon to o'clock in the afternoon, and shall onducted by the Managers appointed foresaid, who shall be sworn by the or or sr* AI/IAI******** %c ? Kw tch person, then by the Clerk of the uit Court for Anderson County, fairly impartially to conduct such election make a true return of the result eof. When the polls aro closed, the lagers shall forthwith proceed to it the votes and make a statement of whole number of {-otea cast in auch tion, together with tho number cast each person voted for as Mayor, and number cast for each person voted as Aldermen, and shall transmit a Silicate of the Bame in a sealed en? >pe, with the certificatea of registra 1 taken up by them in au?*' electiou, he Mayor of 8aid city, and if there no Mayor, then to the Clerk of the ?uil Court for Auderson County, and said Mayor or Clerk of Court shall nediately upon the receipt of the ort of tba Managers, open and publish same by aunouncing tho whole num of votes cast in tho election, and the aber for each person voted for aa yor, and as Alderman. He ahall reupon declaro the person receiving highest number of votes for Mayor y elected to that office, and tho per j~ receiving the highest nu rober of .es for Aldermen, in number equal to ?number of Aldermen to bo chosen, ly elected to said offices. And such |yor and Aldermen before entering fcn tho duties of their respective offi I. shall take the oath of office preacrib? loy the Constitution of thia State, and oath against duelling, arid in addition reto tho following oath, to wit : "As tfor (or Alderman) of the City of iderson, I will faithfully and impar ity, to tho best of my ability, exercise I trust reposed in me, and will uso my t endeavors to preserve the peaco and Py into effect, according to ?aw, tho Tposea for which I havo been elected, help me God." IEC. 5. In case a vacancy occur In the ce of Mayor or any of the Aldermen, death, resignation, or otherwise, an tion to fill aych vacancy shall be held thc appo'.utntent of the Mayor and lernten, or Alderman ; and in case re bc no Mayor and no Alderman, n by the appointment of the Clerk of ' Circuit Court for Anderson County, ! daya' notice thereof and a regiatra D of voters to bo had as provided in ition three hereof. Whenevor the 'yor of said city shall, from any cause, temporarily unablo to attend to the ?CJ uf His office, the Ci"y Council shall re power V> elect ono of the Aldermen Snf M ^ayor during such temporary ability ; and during the time he is so 'I??! 8Ucb Aldermau so designated i l be vested with all of the powers, "ea^and responsibilities attaching to s office of Mayor of tho said city. SEC. 6. That the said Mayor, or the y Council, and both of them, ara oby vested with all of tho powere and ??diction for tho violation o;' city or ifices as is now given a Trial Justice, f Pt iu civil casca. The Bald Mayor 'I have full power and authority to all offenders against the ordinances ?ie said city, immediately upon their ?rehension or arrest, or aa soon therc ?r as possiblo, uuless such persons cr into good and sufficient surety, to approved by the said Mayof, or, in bia ence, by tho Clerk of tho City Ooun to appear for trial'five day? after ? arreat, in which event tho trial shall a'.iorred until that time. Whenaver '. aa?d Mayor shall find a party tried oro him guilty of violating au onli ne of the said city, he Miall havo to impose, in his discretion, fine k J?"sonrnent Within the limits pre med fur such violation. From all tl ??ions of tho said Mayor any parly ni l?ng himself aggrieved shall have the si at of appeal to the City Council, pro- tl i; c tl ll C U ti tl ll tl it a n a d m c P n n ii p o li 0 Bl I) n d c< h t( h c li a b c mediately upon tho sci c-,co be'ing pro nounced, and enter into burcty to appear and defeud before the aaid City Council, at a time to be specified in auch under uktng, not leas than five nor moie than ?n d.tya after tho date of such under ling. In all caces tried before the l?Te."..^6 C,t/ ?Wil, tho party L.J ! . . milt u summons io Buch trial, in which shall bo atated with accuracy tho nature of the charco and the time and place of its alleged com mission. ft ? Si \ 7. The Mayor shall have authori ty to summon tho Aldermen to meet in Council for tho trausaction of business pertaining to the corporation whenc - in bis judgineut it may be nccessa- . 'hey and their successors hereafter to be elected shall have and keep a common seal, wnich shall be affixed to all ordi nances passed by them; they may sue and be hued, plead and bo implcaded in my court of law or equity in this State and may purchase, hold, possess and enjoy for thc trusts herein conta" id to Lo them and their successors in perpetuity ar for term of years, any estate, either real, personal, or mixed, and sell, alien, and convey tho same at will : Provided, ihe same does not at auy one time ex ceed in value the sum of fifty thousaud lollara. And the Baid City Council shall liave full power to make, ordain, and establish all Buch rules, by-laws, regula tions, or ordinances respecting thc roads, streets, marketa, police, bealtb, and order >f said city, aa shall appear to them no tary and requisito lor tho security, welfare, and convenience of the said city, or for preserving the health, peace, mler, and good government within the i&me. And the said City Council may ix aud impose fines and penalties for tho violation of the same, not to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars or imprison ment for thirty days, and appropriate all revenuo arising therefrom to tho uses of .he said corporation : Provided, Such jrdiuanceB, rules, by-lawa, or regulations je not contrary to the law? of this State. SEC. 8. The said Mayor may sentence jeraons convicted of violation of any of he ordinances of said city to fine, or inf ?i?onmcnt in the alternative, a? may be provided ; and any person sentenced to mprisonment, directly or in consequence if failure to pay tho fine imposed, ahall, luriug their term of imprisonment, be equired to work upon the s'reets of aaid ?ity, unless they be expressly exempted hcrefrom in the sentcuco pronounced by ho said Mayor. BEC. 9. The Mayor r.nd Aldermen ol aid city Bhall have full and only po wei o grant or refuse license to retail spirit mus liquors within said limits, which icenscs shall bc granted in the nauiv nanner and upon like conditions as they mw are or may hereafter be uuder thc awB of thia State, except that the saic yity Council shall not grant such license: ur retail at lees than three huudred dol ara per annum, or for bottle or quari ?cense at less than one hundred dol?an >er annum, and no auch license shall b< ;ranted for a longer period than om 'ear. All moneys arising from the grant ng of licenses, and from fines or forfeit ires for retailing spirituous liquors o :cepiug taverns or billiard tables in saic lily without license, shall be appro iriated to the uses of said corporation. SEC. 10. The Mayor and Aldermei hall have full and exclusive control ove ill Btreetf. roads aud ways in tho Bail ity, and it shall be their duty to kee] hem open and in good repair. Tho; hall have power, with tho consent of tb idj'acent landowners, to close or chang ?u D ii c ix ro?uS, Streets or ways within sar ity as they may deem conducive to th mblic convenience, and may sell th 'reehold of any such street, road or wa is they may close, either at private o mblic sale, as they may deem best. An hey shall have power to lay out, adop ?pen and keep in repair all such nc yaya, streetB or roads as they may deci ?ecessary for the improvement and coi enieuce of the said city : Pr?vida They first obtain the consent of the lam iwners through whose lands such stree oad or way may pass. The said Cil Council shall havo power to require a icrsona owning a lot or lots in said ci o make and keep in good repair sid valks in frout of said lot or lots iv bei iver tho same shall front on or adjo: my public street in said city, if in tl udgment of tho said City Council sue idewalks shall be necessary, the widi hereof, and the manner of their co tr?ctiou, to be designated and regulati >y the said Council ; and in default i efusal to make and keep in repair sue idewalks, the City Council may eau he samo to be made and put in reps md requin the owner to pay thc cost aaking or repairing the same ; and t! aid City Council are hereby empowen o Bue for and recover the same by acth f debt in any Court of competent juri liction in Anderson County : Providt ?bat auch contract for making or repai og bo let to the lowest bidder. And t! aid City Council shall havo all the po ra over the streets, roads and ways tbei D which are now given or may hereaft e given to County Commissioners ov he roads in their several counties, au jct, nevertheless, to the limilatio ereiu prescribed. -And they shall ha ower to compound with all perao ?able to work tho streets, ways and roa a said city upon such terms as they sin y ordinauco establish tho moneys ecoived to bo applied lo the uses of su orporation. SEC. ll. That the Baid City Coun hall bavo power to.imposo an anni ity tax upon the keepers of all billia lbles, and ten-piu alleys, or other \ Heys, within tho discretion of the BJ ?ouncil, and to grant or refuse licei jr thc aame, upon auob terms and con ionB, and subject to such regulations, iiey, by ordinance, may establish. Tri hall havo power to impose a tax witl heir discretion upon all sales made inorant tradere and auctioneera, ur ll public drays, wagbns, carriages, o ibuses and othei vehicles kept for hi nd on the owners or proprietors of ogs, hogs, sheep, goats and cattle ki dtbin Uio corporate limits of tho s ity. Tho said City Council shall hi ower to impose an nunual tax on mount of all sales of goods, wares i ?erchandise, arid also on the amount icome arising from all factorage, < loyments, faculties and professions, luding the profession of dentistry ; i n the amount of income from all mon >aned at interest, and upon the arno f income received from banks and ot tocks: Provided, That no tax shall nposed io any ono year to exceed ito of thirty Cents on each one bund ollars of the valuo of such sales and ?me. And tho said City Council a' avo power to Impose m annu.il tax ) exceed tho sum of thirty cents on m undrcd dollars of value on all i itato lying within the said corpo mita, and on personal properly on nd held within the same, inclut onds aud stocks of banka and mauri ompnnies and other corporations, "al estate of churches and school ? nations excepted ; and for that pur ley shall appoint three freeholders ?ding therein, to aasess the value ot lid real eatate, upon oath, and re lie assessment within ono month to Council for taxation, and tho said Coun cil ehall have power to fill any vacancy arising from any causo on the said Board of Assessors. The City Council shall have power to regulate tho prico of llceuaes upon all public ?howa and oxhi bitions in said city, to erect a powder PW**00! and to compel any person holding more than twenty-five pounds of powder at ono timo to'atore tho same therein, and to make regulations for rates of storage thereof, and for keeping and storing tho same: Provided, That no license for any circus shall be granted for a lesa sum than three hundred.dollaT by the said City Council. They shall have power and authority to organize, equip and control a firo department for the protection of said eily in such way as tliey may deem necessary. And the said City Council shall have power to fjnforce the payment of all taxes aud assessments levied under tho authority of thia Act against tho property and the persons of defaulters to the same extout and in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of the general State tsx, except that the executions to enforce tho payment of tho city taxes shall bo issued under tho seal of tho said corporation aud directed to tho Chief of Police or other persons especially appointed by tho said Council to collect'the samo ; and all property upon which a tax shall bc levied and assessed shall be liable for the pay ment tl ./eof in preference to all other debts due by tho person owning the same at tho time of tho assessment, except debts due the Slate, which shall be first paid. The said moneys, together with all other monoys collected by the author ity of the provisions of this Act, and the ordinances passed in conformity thereto from whatever source said moneys may arise, shall bo paid into tho Treasury of said city for the uso of the corporation. SEC. 12. In tho assessment of all prop erty in said city, it shall bo tho duty of the Clerk of tho City Council to deliver to or leave at tho residence or placo of business, of each person with in the said corporate limits, a printed form or statement of return for taxation .vith a proper form of oath thereto, and ehall at tho timo he delivers such forms, receive from such person tho statement of bib property for taxation required by thia Act, verified by the oath of such person ; but if ho be not ready to make such statement, he shall make up and deliver the same to tho said Clerk within twenty days after the leaving of such form of statement, and in caso of failure to do so Bhall bo assessed and returned by said Clerk accordingly. If tho Clerk of the City Council fails to loavo such form of statement at tho placo of busi ness or residence of any person in said city, such person shall net be excused from the making of such return ; but bo Bhall have ten days after the close of the time for making such return in which to file the samo with tho said Clerk. He turns shall bo made on oath to the said Clerk during tho month of January in each year, of tho amount of all eales ol merchandise, professional, mechanical, or other incomes, and of th6 quantity ?nd kind of all other property than real estate, subject to taxation under tho pro visions of this Act, by thc persons who may be liable io pay the taxes on thc samo ; and the said taxes shall be paid on or before the first day of March thee next ensuing. Upon failure thereof, any party in default shall bc subject to thc penalties now provided by law for failure to pay tho general State tax. SEC. 16. That all fines which sbal hereafter be collected by conviction ir tho Court of Sessions for retailing with out license within the limits of said citv Bball be paid one-half to the informel and the other half to thc said City Coun eil for tb J uses of tho corporation. SEC. 17. The said City Council sbal have power and authority to abate al nuisances within the corporate limits and also to appoint a Board of Heall! for said town, and to poss all such ordi nances as may be necessary to defino tb pokers and duties of tho said Board. SEC. 18. That the said City Counci ?ball have power to borrow money fo the public uses of thc corporation b issuing from time to timo os occasioi may rcquiro tho bpnds of said corpora tion, bearing interest at a rato not ox ceeding Boven per centum per annum, t be paid semi-annually, for an amour: not to exceed twenty-five thousand dol lars, and for the payment of thc ?nteres nnd the ultimate redemption of th firincipal according to Ibo terms of th oan, tue said corporation shall be nt a limes liable : Provided, That the pronei ty of the inhabitants of said city Bim be bound for the redemption of Bai Icu; in no other way than by tho impi sition of nu annual tax according to tl provisions of this Act: And pr?vido 'further, That a majority of thc owners < real estate situate within the corporal limits of said city shall first volo in fav< of issuing the said bonds, and tho sai City Council shall give nt least thin Jays' notice of holding such election. SEC. 19. That the Mayor of enid eil shall receive aa a salary the sum of Iv hundred dollars ner annum. Ho ai tho Aldermen ahall each bo exempt fro street duty duriug thc term of their offie ind each City Council Hhall within thir lays after the expiration of their ten jf office make out and return to tht successors a full account of their rccoip \nd expenditures during tho term i which they wero elected; and they sbi likewise publish at the end of each ye ifter the beginning of their term alfice, a lull statement of their rcceip ind expenditures during tho precedii rear ; at the expiration of the term affice of any City Council, it shall ibeir duty to pay over io their successc my moneys in their bands at tho time making such return belonging to ss corporation, and likewise to deliver promptly at the end of their term ; books, property, records, other papi incident to their said offices to their si wessons; and on failure to do so, th hall bo liable to the punishment p scribed in tho twentieth Section of t Act. . , , SEC. 20. That for the wilful viol?t! ar neglect of duty, malpractice, abuse oppression, tho said Mayor and Aid men, jointly and severally, shallbo lia Lo punishment by fine not exceeding t hundred dollars, besides being liable damages to any person injured by si default on tho part of such Mayor Aldermen. SEC 21. Thi< Act shall go into efl immediately upon ita passage, and ordinances heretofore passed by the To Council of Anderson under existing li be, and they are boreby, declared to of full force and effect In tho said cit) Anderson; and until tho eloctiou Mayor and Aldermen herein provb for, the Town Council of Andereon and they aro hereby, declared to be City Council of Anderson, and the tendant vested with all tho powere i duties of Maror of the eaid city, i thc ?aid Wardens aro vested with nil powers and duties of Aldermen of said city. ' ' . . SEC. 22. The corporate limits of city of Anderson ??hall be a seporato , distinct township for all purposes wi soever. . . , SEC. 23. All Acts or parts of Acta consistent with this Act be and they hereby repealed, nnd thia Act ahall bo deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall continue iu force for tho term of twenty-five y^ars, and until the end of the session of the Legislature then -jest ensuing. MOUE STOCK Bi&W FIGURES. A Comparison Between Anderson mid Burn-veil Counties. Corr&uondence Edyefidd Aditrtifrr. COLUMUIA, S. C., Jan. 81, 1882. Mettre. Editort: In your issue of Jan uary 26, which haa been kindly forwarded to mo by a friend, I notice quite a lengthy and interesting communication sigued "Baruwell," in which tba writer attempts a review ur criticism of ?orno figures on the stock law, that I had the temerity to contribute to the columus or thc Chroni cle and Ootutitutionnlut, It seems to me, however, that "Barnwell" baa written an able article iu favor of increasing the acreage io grain, and decreasing tho cot ton produ ion. I agree fully with him in this, r J thiuk that we will never be permanently prosperous until our people produce what they consume. lu the article alluded to by "Barnwell," 1 did not attempt an argument in favor of the stock law, but morely placed tho figures before tho people OH ahowu by tho various reports mentioned ; aud they must havo been convincing, for "Barnwell" assumes that 1 belong to that "certain class" that have advocated the passage of tho law to "oppress", the "certain class" win have opposed it. He says that my letter was "teeming with statistics.' Well, itoccura to me that bia was teem ing with assertions .easier to make than to prove. Any olio can go into tho field of supposition and muko any reasoning rdnusiblc, but it is said that figures don't ie; therefore, I am perfectly willing to risk ray "figures and pounds' with the "little earthquake" that "Barnwell" raised. Perhaps it would bo cruel in rae to answer any of "Barnwell's" assertions by more statistics, aa he found tho others BO "nauseous," but I will give him an other small dose, and ask him to "take it xx a8 it will euro him," provided he doe; not hcavo it up before it is digested. Ho asks me to provo that the small farmers of the stock lav/ comities got ai much hog meat, beef and butter to cat or buttermilk to drink, ns of yore. Well I confess I ain't answer thia by figures bccauBo I haven't tho statistics "of yore,' but tho people in tho stock law counlie Bay that they have an abundance of tbesi good things of life. While I cnn no prove by figures that tho stock law coun ties aro making more of these things tb .u formerly, except by "Barnwell's" met'io? -asserting it-I think I can provo tba they are producing more beef, butter am buttermilk than tho anti-stock law coun lies. I'll continue tho comparison bc tween Anderson and Barnwell : Anderson slaughtered in 1879, 1,46 head of cattle for beef; Barnwell 1,08! Anderson bad 13,871 head of cattle Barnwell 20,378. And yet Anderso made beef of 886 head moro thau Bare well, because-its tho only roasonabl solution-the cattle in Barnwell were to poor to kill, or had strayed off into th swamps and could not be found whe beef was wanted. Anderson made 264 124 pounds of butter; Barnwell 38.19? and it must be remembered that Ban well had 911 more milch cows than Ai Jerson. I sunpose it :s a moderate eat mate to say tnat it requires three gallot of milk to make one pound of bultei therefore, Anderson had 792,372 galloi of buttermilk, and Barnwell had to 1 satisfied witb 114,585 gallons, beean tho people preferred fences to butte milk. "Barnwi.il" Bays : "But there aro tho 3ands of pouuds of butter and cbee produced in Anderson county I What that, if only a certain class produc them, and another has to purchase or ( without; any price is*a dear one wh< paid for what should be raised at home Exactly. Then, "Barnwell," why doi you do like they do in Anderson-ma1 it at home? But perhaps you mean th all the butter mude in Anderson is ina by a "certain class"-landowners-and ?old to tho landless, who would otherwi make their own butter if the stock lt was not in force. Supply and derna regulate tho price of all nrticles. No tlo tho landless make their own butter Barnwell? Assuredly not, unless t census is incorrect ; therefore, if they t it, they are forced to buy, and they cot certainly purchase cheaper in Anders? where 260,000 pounds wero made, th in Barnwell whero only 30,000 pour were made. "Barnwell" says : "It is not fair to ci trast a high, broken, clay soil, adapted grains aud grasses, with the fiat, .'-an ?oil of Barnwell, bound hand and foot tho tyrant colton, where the natural gr of tho pine barrens and tho cane of i branches aud awamps is tho best : cheapest grazing." Well, let us enquire into this and if Anderson is so much better adapt?e the grains and grassea than Barnwell. 1879 Audersou produced M3 bushela buckwheat, 492,646 bushels of corn, ? 613 burnda of oats, 959 bushels of i 101,950 bushels of wheat, and harvey 57 tona of hay. Barnwell produced bushela of buckwheat, 606,985 bushel corn, 140,150 bushels of oats, 4,556 bu ela of ryo, 18,057 bushels of wheat, ? harvested 6 tons of hay. So that Bs well actually largely exceeded Auder in buckwheat, com, oats and rye, and below Anderson ouly in the product of wheat and hay." Aud if it had been "bound hnud and foot by tho tyi cotton," aud oxpensivo fences, it wc doubtless have been ahead in wheat hay also, Andernon produced, in e number.!, 6 bushels of buckwheat acre, Barnwell 9 ; Anderson 9 busbi ' corn, Barnwell 7 ; Audersou 7 bu..:. ji oats, Barnwell 14 ; Audersou 4 bus! of ryo, Barnwell 4 ; Anderson 6 bus of wheat, Barnwell nearly 5. It wil Been from this tbat Barnwell produc third moro buckwheat, twice as a oats, and aa much ryo per acre as An son, whilo Anderson exceeds Barn only in tho production, per acre, of i and wheat. The larger acreage dov to wheat, and the netter yield ncr obtained, is due to the fact that farmers in that county have the tim properly prepare their soil and i their seed, that the Barnwell pe have been giving to building fences. Now, I do not mean to say that th? of Barnwell county is aa well adapt? grain and grasses as Anderson, but Bay that tho difference is not sufficie bo used as an arguraoui against tho f law. "Barnwell" anya that "tho small far hold in tho aggregate moro aerea ol State's area than the planters so-ci and they pay in tho aggregate moro 1 into the State Treasury than do tho landholders." I do not know "Barnwell" bases thia estimate u but admitting that they do, his ? meut proves nothing. They are as i benefited as tho "plauters so-called, costs them just as much to build a i and more too ii they have to bu; timber. Their taxes on a dozen starved cows arc just as high as tin tho "planters so-called." They a equally Interested in any law thal promote the prosperity of the State. Since writing the foregoing, I have re read "Barnwoll's" communication, and think I have answered everything except his political argument, and lot mc say, I think that has nothing to do with tho merits of tho subject under discussion. Scarcely a bill hos been offered in tho Legislature this sosaior. that tho aigu ment was not used by tboso who opposed it, that it would divide tho Democratic party. Ono bill was offered to prevent tho sale of liquor at a railroad station, and the men who wanted to sell liquor sa'-, if you pass that bill the Democratic pa?l;r is gone. A few citizens petitioned for ?.'.c incorporation of about one dozen housed, end the Legislature was told that j tho petition must bo granted or lt would ' end thu rule of Democracy in South Car olina. When thc Legislature in jls wis dom saw proper lo rc-open tho grand old State University, tho opposition shouted, "tho people were too poor, and if you put this burden (about 2j cents each) upon them, they will not support tho party. And so it has bcon with nearly every measure proposed. The Demo cratic party is the peoplo's parly and Bhould be ono of progress in everything tending to tho moral and material ad vancement of thc State, lingham Young was told when thc Pacific Railroad was being built, that it would break up hin religion. Ho replied that it waa a d-n poor religion that couldn't stand one railroad. If tho passage of tho stock law will break up the Democratic party, I why I suppose wo will have to let her j "bust." I hope I have said nothing to odom) "Barnwell." He is a good Democrat, and I know will bo satisfied with tho stock law after it bas boen fairly tried. In conclusion, let mc say to "Barn well," that I hnve no interest in thia law; I do not own a foot of land, and am try ing to carn my living, by divine injunc tion, bv tho "swent of my brow." L. A. H. A Cup of Cold Water. It was night at tho Michigan Central Station in Detroit-late, dark, silent uight, and only n few dim lights broke tho gloom into dense shadows, that were i more fearful than utter darkness, and no traveler was so unfortunate ns to be com pelled to linger iu the dreary place. At least that was the impression the vast silence gave; but there were two travelers who, when no trains were com ing or going, waited in the depot through tho chill morning hour. Ono was a man who had come by the latest tiain, and ....hom tho conductor bad helped into tho depot, and who, through weariness, bad fallon asleep on thc cushion, He was ticketed through, and his destination wu s the grave ; no ono needed to glnnco nt him twico to seo that he had nlmost reached tho end of bis last journey. Tho other passenger was on the road to ruin ; he, too, had nearly arrived nt tho terminus-at least his pallid, sun-marked face, and ill-assorted, ragged clothes seemed to indicate that be had nearly touched the foot cf the lnddcr ; tho world had taken bis mensuro and named bim "tramp," but he had wrought his own ruin; low and evil as ho was ho never blamed any one but himself. This man had bcon watching the sleeper for a long Urae, had noted his weakness, his resp.^tablo appearance, and that be had a watch-cbain at bis vest Eocket, and a respectable satchel under is bead ; and ho crept near, nearer, with the one horrible thought upppermo3t-ho would rob Ibo dying man I Ho had no fear of tho act. He hugged tho baseness of it to his soul. But ho did fear that somo one would como in and interrupt! his project. If tho man moved ? Why. a turn of tho wrist at bi? throat would settlo him. Ho did not move. The tramp took tho satchel nu J the watch simultaneously, and was ready to fly, but tho sick man merely groaned faintly as his head dropped on the cushion. In thc face of actual death bc slept ns quietly as a child on ita mother's breast. AB the tramp looked with giocdy eyes at tho watch to note its commercial value, he started and shivered as if ar official hand had been laid ou bis shoulder, stared wildly nt the face of tho sick man and back to tho watch, which, with open case, lay in his band ; then be muttered something that had tho uamo of God in it, und instantly it was back in tho pocket of tho sick man, and the satchel was under his h~ad again. What had La seen ? Tho picture ot a Captain in thc South ern nrray, wearing thc Confodcrato uni form. A face that resembled that of a man who, when he lay dying of thirst, and was ?bout te be transfixed hy a rebel bayonet, gnvo him a draught of spring water, and, setting bim on his own horne, turned bim to thc North and said : "When you meet a vanquished man, spare him os I have snared you." And bc bad raised his bl no cap in tho nir nnd sworn to remember. Now they had met again. An hour later a carriage drove in haste to tho depot, and first of all ?child carno running in. Sho looked nt tho Hamp n moment nnd hesitated, then flung herself j on thc prostrate man. "tl rai M Ipa I dear grandpa ! wake up, wo havo come to take you home." A gentleman and lady hurried in. "Father," Baid thc lady, kneeling by him, "we missed the time, but boro wo are now. Do wake up," Thc tramp was fanning bim with his cap ; a certain dignity was in his face as I he did so. The sick man opcucd his | eyes, smiled feebly, and said: "Give-me-a-drink-of-water. Tho tramp brought the water, nnd knolt as he lifted tho helpless head and placed the cup of water to tho cold lips. When ho laid him back there was a smile I sealed upon them, and tho lady and tho little girl sobbed aloud. The tramp rose to his feet, but bis cringing manner was gone. "Tho battle is most over," he said, ?ently. "He told mo to romomber, and did. I would have died for bim." He has done belter ; be bas lived for I bim, and men touch their hats to him now who. three months ago, would have spurned bim from their doors. Romance, do you say ? No, my dear J air, it is reality.-Detroit Free Prest. - Tho Khedive of Egypt says he is I opposr-4 to polygamy and is working to j make his people content with one wifo ! for each husband. He wants to inspire them with a liberal feeling toward ali re ligious belief, and to make them respect ful io Christians and Jews os to people of I their own faith. He bas given land at Cairo for a Protestant mission, and in up per Egypt for another. Ho doe? not ex pect to chango his religion nc. to ask other people to change theirs. He has adout $500,000 a ycarfor spending monoy, and is obliged to be much m'?rc economi cal limn his predecessor, who spent $10, 000,000 a year on his harem. Horace B. Dick, Esq., asscclato editor of the Delaware Co. Republican, Chester, Pa., was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of very severe injuries resulting from a fall. His arm appeared to bo paralyzed, but thc Oil cured him.-Philadelphia Ledger. THE ?UITEA? SCAFFOLD, {low the Aficnsctit of; I'rcahletit flardloltl v.lU bo Kxecutcil. Tho scaffold upon which Bedford and Queenau were executed will bo used lor strangling Guitoau. It is standing in the north wing of thc jai!, =:::: has beer, painted i\ drab shade. It is of Georgia Kino and 'jinnda twenty-one feet in eight. Tho crosa-bc.im is of six by eignt timber (strengthened by a heavy top piece for double work), suppoitcd by timbers eight inches square. Tho plat form ia thirteen feet from tho ground, and is made of two-inch boards, on stout joists, morticed and bolted, and is eleven feet square. It is supported by six eight inch uprights in addition to tho?e sup porting tho cross beam. About three and a half feet above the platform there is a subsqunre, framed in the center of tho platform, and in flush with it. It is attached to tho platform by two heavy strap hinges, and is held in place by tho ends of the U shaped iron. At ?ho bot tom of '.ho iron is altatchcd a small but strong tope, passing over a pulley at the back of tho structure- into a box about four inches Bquaro, through which tho ropo runs into one of tho cells, where some pouon, unknown to outsiders, at the signal from the wurden (usually a motion with a handkerchief) gives tho fatal pull. The platform is reached by a flight of steps with n railing on either side. To completo tho structure and make it ready for usc, it is necessary tbat the rone*Bhould bo attached and tho hinges oiled. For a singlo hanging it is custo mary to uso a rope of manilla seven eights of au inch in diameter and thirty foot long. It is not tho custom horn, as in some cities, to uso a ropo specially made for the purpose, aud have it pre pared outsido tho building, for tho offi eera of the jail hero aro always equal to tho occasion. In fact, with tho excep tion of the manufacture of tho rope mid iron, the structure lins been made in the building. There are on hand now sev eral ropes purchased for hanging purpo ses nnd roccutly several have been re ceived at the jail contributed by persona ? anxious to have them used on Guitcau. When it ia necessary to "rig" the scaf fold a ropo will bo selected and tho hang man's knot will bo made by one of tho guards, who is quito nu expert nt it. Then it will bo run through tho center : bolo of tho cross benin, thence to tho , side, passing down ono of tho uprights to - n clent on the side, where it will bo made * fast. Generally tho ?lack is four to B?X \ feet, aud commencing near the knot, the rope is for threo or four feet untiointcd ( with soap, that lt may slip easily. In some parts of the country tallow or other grease is used, but General Crocker and his associates prefer tho soap There is also on hand a full supply nf .small ropo to use in pinioning tho arms and legs of tho victim ot tho law, and black caps to draw over his face. It is customary to rig thu hope tho day before the execu tion, and test it by letting drop a bag of sand weighing from 30 40 to per cent, more than the doomed man. Never having mot with an accident or mishap in hanging, the jail o flic ?als look on this tent as almost useless ; but it in always made as a matter of precaution. To make sure, however, of carrying out the sentence within tho hours specified , therein (usually two hours being allow ed) thc prisoner is brought on in time to allow fifteen or twenty minutes for servi- \ ces prior to thc trap being sprung, and with thirty minutes or moro to aparo ba- : sides. Thus, should lhere bo n mishap ci any kind, there would stiii be ampio time to prepare and rig another rope, if necessary. ( A Cotton Planter's Success.. Drains will find or make a pathway to success under any condition, and bruina havo beer the wealth-creating factor in thc case ot the largo planters, and it ia , by brains, nnd not by tho mero vastness ? of his farming operations, that Edward Richardson, of Mississippi, the greatest , colton raiser in tho world, has amassed , his immense fortune, now estimated at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. The , means by which Mr. Richardson has ? achieved his phenomenal success as a planter are worthy a moment's study for , the lesson they convey. His business ?B a comprehensive one, including every thing relating to cotton. lio not only raises cotton, but gins, spins and weaves it, is a large dealer, and bas oil mills au well. He was clear-sighted enough to perceive that there was a special profit in each process and operatic:: through which cotton passer, from lite field to tho con sumer of cotton goods, and he lind tho capital and ability to organizo a businesa which makes all thesu profits his own. He onus aome 52,000 acres of land, and last year raised over 12,000 bales of cot ton-a greater number than tho Khedive of Egypt, who is the next largest cotton raiser in the world. Mr. Richardson is not a "high" farmer, a bale to three acres being the average production of his land, which is largely tilled by tenants on the share (system. The ?f>,000 pounds of ?ced cotton which he annually gels from his laud arc ginned by his own gins-which do public ginning also-and pressed, baled and compressed so much as is shipped as raw material, on his own plantation. The seed, which is ordina rily worth not more than $6" a ton, and is to a great extent wasted by other plant ers, is ground and pressed for the oil. The bulla aro used for fuel in this pro cess, and the ashes aro sold and used for fertilizers. "From a ton of seed he ob tains tbirty-liyo gallons of oil worth thirty-five cents a gallon-?12.25. The cako remaining after the oil is pressed out is worth rather moro for feed or as a fertilizer than tho seed itself, selling readily for homo use or shipment to Eng land nt $C to $7 a ton. Each ton of cotton seed, therefore, nels rather more than $20-the bulk used as fuel being taken into account. Mr. Rich ardson's milln at Corinth receivo and manufacture a large part of his crop, and another profit is added on the Balea of yarns and sheeting, drillings, cottonad'-, etc., a profit which ia considerably en hanced hy the elimination of shipping charges, i nw rance, broker?' commissions and other tolls levied on cotton shipped to distant mills.-New York Times. ? - Cincinnati's sweli Cuvier Cliib spcut $600 for terrapins alone for n recent din ner. - Maryland and West Virginia have an unsettled disputo of long standing, involving tho right to 500,000 acres of fertile land. Charles IL mado a grant in 1G69 of a largo tract "bounded on the north by tho Potomac." There aro two branches of tho river, and thc northern ono waa taken as tho lino which became, thc bound-ry of tho States; but Alary land has never given up her claim, and a new ?l'?sspt is now being maa-: to get tho terrill..y. An effort existing without a cause is au impossibility ; tickling in the throat, husk ness of tho voice, violent coughing, etc., nro tho effects of a severo cold. Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup cures tho cold nt once, and romovc3 its serious effects. A Real Ghost Story. Wc were a large party, usscmblod in a country house in one of thc homo coun ties, in England, says a correspondent, to celebrate tho coming of agc ot* the eldest daughter. The family consisted of Slr. and Mrs. Franks, two sous, Harry nnd leonel, and two daughters. Nora and Mab. As many as fourteen young people were staying in the house, and in a few days a largo ball was to bo given. Wo were all at that happiest time of life, between seventeen and twenty-five ; we were all old friends, lind known one another from childhood, and were in the wildest ?pir ita; many innocent flirtations were being carr'ed on, with much discussion nbout our partners and dresses for tho forth enmiiig hall, ami wen-, indeed, a very hap py party, whilst Mr. nnd Mrs.. Franks were kind and indulgent to us young peo ple. It wac n 'nrgc rambling old house, the rooms opening one out of the other, with unexpected doors in the wails, concealed by being papered, lending up narrow staircases to other rooms never inhabited, hardly ever entered. Four bed rooms opened ono into the other in their wny, largo and curiously shaped ; i ud in these four rooms all we girls wero located Roven of us. It was a narrow wing of the house, some of tho windows facing the lawns and shrubberies, Some overlooking n'courtyard, into which opened thc kitch en and the dairy. My reader? must for givo mc if this description seems tedious, but it ia necessary, to bettor understand tho rest of my story. Tho night of tho bnll arrived. AH many as two hundred mcmbors of tho surrounding families, from fur and near, carno. The arrangements wero perfect, aud dancing was kept up with much spir it to a very late, or rather n very carly, hour. I well remember that wo caw the Inst of tho guests off in broad daylight, and that some of us preferred having tea mid a stroll in thc garden in tho lovely morning air to seeking our beds nt nil. Wo worcn very popular ma of young peo ple, nnd bull succeeded ball in the neigh borhood, nil given in our honor, mid our kind host ana hostess insisted upon our prolonging our visit to participate in nil theso gnyctics. It was tho evening preceding one on which a ball was to DO given nbout fivo miles distant. A dressmaker was to como in tho cvoning to look at our dresses nnd by putting new bows aud flowers to fresh en them up for tho occasion. Wu had just finished dieuor, nt nbout 8 o'clock, and were chatting over desserts when a ? errant came to tell Norn and Rab that Miss Saxby was ready to try on their dres ses. They i in mediately went lo her, and in n few minutes i followed them up slain* to seo what they were having done, lt was a wid<.>, handsome stuircsao, termina ting in a long corridor, off whicli oponed most of thc principal bed rooms. Hnlf way up, ut tho turn of the stairs, was a high pninted window. I wont up in tho dnrk nnd was surprised to eco standing by tho window a mnu, apparently in uniform, with i'short mili tary cloak thrown careless.;- over ono shoulder. As I went on th:. figure aeem cd to vanish, and I distinctly beard the opening and shutting of two dcors at tho end of the corridor lending into some of thc vacant rooms. I thought it might posssibly bo a trick played on moby some of tho young men in tho house, BO return ed to sec who was absout, but they were nil there in thc dining-room. I pro cured n cundi? und again went up to the girls, making no remark on whnt I bad seen until tho dressmaker had gone, when T inlil ~Nnri\. Sh? turned quite pale, made mo repent my story, and then told us she bad seen tho samo figure in the samo position and in tho same place. Of course wo were laughed at, and no ono would boliovon word of our story. Wo went to bcd carly that night, hav ing late hours in prospect for tho ?:iorrow. We girls wero all talking and laughing in the first of the four rooms I hnvo already described. In the midst of our merri ment lhere carno suddeuly a crash, so loud and fearful that wc thought that avery pinte nnd dish in tho kitchen and dairy must bc broken. This was followed by tho sound of heavy chains clanking, as if being dragged across tho Btono yard, and a long piteous whine from old Leo, who was chained up in his kennel just outside tho dairy door. We all started and clung to one another. Tho noise bad been heard in all parts of tho house, for Mr. and Mrs. Franks came to our door lo know what was thc mutter, and wo heard tho young meu und tho servants moving. As no reason could bc assigned for tho disturbance, it was suggested that Harry and Hub, with ono of tho men-servants, should go down and seo what bad caused so much noise. They wero gone some time, but could throw no light on the mystery when they returned. Nothing was broken, nothing even displaced ; but Leo bccmed much terrified and reluctant to bo left in his kennel. Wo nil tried to bo brave, and separated to our different rooms. ' Thc next night was tho ball ot Yoking and we did not return until day was break ing. Wc were nil too weary to even talk about tho previous night's adventure. Tho following night, nt about 12 o'clock, we were all aroused by the same myste rious crashing sound, a still more deci ded dragging of chains, mixed with pierc ing shrieks, and howl upon howl from Leo. Wt) were terribly alarmed. Nora fainted dead away. We called to tho boys and servants to como, but when wo were all assembled, pale and trembling, no one would venture upon a second visit of inspection. It was impossible to re turn to our beds nnd wo waited impatient ly for daylight. Tho subject was much discussed in the morning, and Mr. Franks dctormihed that some means should be taken to find out who or what was causing BO much alarm nnd discomfort. It was at last resolved that tho gardner should that night keep watch in the kitchen, that he should have a gun ready loaded, which he was lo fire if in need of assistance ; be waa a strong, powerful man, and laughed at the idea of any mystcr/, but thought there might bo tramps (.bout who for some reason were trying to alarm the fam ily. We were all so nervous thnt, when night came, I for one flatly refused to go alono to my room, which was the last of the four I have mentioned ; BO we girls decided to sit up togother until after the hour nt which wo had been disturbed on the two previous occasions. As the hour approached we were joined by two other mombers of the family ; it seemed that all were feeling uneasy, and not without reason. Just as tho clocks were pointing to mid night the most unearthly scream rang through the air, tho same crashing, the sume dragging of chains, and the piteous howls of our poor dog. It wau too much to boar, nod those who were brnvest and strongest amongst us had enough to do in attending to thoso who were utterlj prostrated by alarm. We listened, and oxpectcd the ngrecd-on sign ' from tho gardener ; but ns nil waa again quiet, wo imagined bo had not found it necessary to summon help. At daylight tho servant, with Mr. Franks and Harry, at once sought the gardener to hear his report of tho night. They found in '.ho yard, still chained to his kennel, tho dog-dead I And tn tho dairy they discovered the niau, road, ?mue hin;; like an idiot in the corner of the room. No wound had killed poor Leo. There waa not even the mark of a bow. The poor gardener never recover ed. Wo could get no coherent word from bim to explain this awful mystery. And to ibo da ? of bia death. . yonr fr?.* that time, he never spoke nor bad ? {;lean> of reason. Mr. and Mrs. Franks md him carefully tended and cared for to the Inst. Thc whole house was searched by men sent down from London, but no clue was found. Nor from that time till the Franks left the house was there any more cause (or alarm, although the figuro on thc stairs was seen several times by many during the next few days. The shocking incident I havo related so sheeted tho health of poor Nora that Mr. and Mrs. Franks decided upon leav ing tho house nt once. P?r years it stood i empty, but n few months sgo I saw it I ngait sud it brought back to my memory i so vividly those terrible nights that I do j terminen to write down thc ? tory. Why Not. Breakfast over. Why not, before the .day's business begins, gather the family in tho sitting-room to than!: your heav enly Father for his preservation in tho past, and to ask his guidance and inspi ration for the future? Thc mother or eldest sister takes her Beat at tho piano. The younger children gather about it. Tho tune is u sim plo ono. Baby can join in ; perhaps her voice sometimes alto, nnd sometimes nn ur*irtain vnriation between the two, but it is the sweetest voice of nil. Tho falber reads a few verses from tho Bible ; perhaps he reads in course some ono of the romantic sto ries of the Old Testnment-David, Es ther, Ruth ; perhaps be gets such n har mony of tho Gospels ns Edmund Kirke's Life of Christ, and ho reads that incom parable lifo in course ; perhaps he reads from the New Version, while the older children compare the language of tho Old Version. Ho docs not read tho gen ealogies from tho Book of Numbers, nor tho imprecatory Psalms, nor tho prophe cies of Jeremiah. Ho closes thc simple service with a few words of thanksgiving and consecration. And the tiny begins with a holy impulse which is not lost throuh nil its busy boura; it is sweetened by this fragrant iuconno os tho great ca thedral by tho smoko of tho censor swung before the altar. Lifo ia enno bled ; activities of business and drudger ies of household take a now and holy menning; tho passions; and petu lances of yesterday arc purified, or at least allayed ; heaven and God are broug'it nenr; love sweeps through the soul, idealising it or Toni and mepbistic vapors, ii? when thc casement window is thrown open and tho clear light nnd fresh air of God's giving is let in to drive out the exhalation of tho night. Why not? There is no timo? Tho moments are not wasted that aro spent in oiling tho machinery of life, and there is no such lubrication of lifo's complain ing joints ns pure devotion. You cannot [tray? There nro nro others who can end you. Tako tho f*ook of Common Prayer, nnd lot it;> brief nnd beautiful eorvice for homo dosions serve os the phrasing of your 6ot l'i wants. Why iet day after day go by a An never a word of thntiks to your God, never nn utterance of your heart's love to him? Why let your children grow up with never a hint that your heart recognizes the All-Wiso Father, and never an opportunity to join with you in that service which, above all others, brings hearts nearest each ether in thc confidence of love ? Begin tho New Year with this sweet and sacred consecration of your homo to Him who gave it to you, that you might have always with you tho joyous anticipation in journey to the homo above. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.-One hun dred yenrs ago not a pound of coal nor cubic foot of illuminating gas bad been burnt in the country. A' > iron Btoves were used, and no contrivances for econ omizing bent were employed until Dr. Franklin invented the iron frnmed fire places which still benrs bis name. AU tho cooking and warming, in town aa well as in thc country, was done by tho sid of li to kindled on . tho brick ovens. Pine knots or tnllow candles furnished tho lights, for tho long winter nights, and Banded floors supplied the place of rugs nud carpets. Tho water used for house hold purposes was drawn from deep wells with creaking sweeps. No form of pump was used in this country, so far as wo can learn, until after tho commencement of the present century. There were no friction matches in those days, by the aid of which a fire could be easily k5' died ; if the fire went out upon the hearth ' over night and the tinder was dam/ so that the spark would not catch, the alter native, remained uf wading through the snow h mile or no to borrow n brnnd of a neighbor. Only one room in any house was warm, unless some member of the family was ill; In all the temperature was ut zero during many nights in the winter. Tho mon and women of ono hundred years ago went lo their beds in n temperature colder than that nf our barns and wood sheds. MK LOK STORY.-"My grandfather was very proud of his melon patch," said the man who was telling tho story, "and when that big melon began to spread about he was happy. Well, that melon kept on growing, and finally lt becAtne a question of whether they should move the house or cut the melon. Grandfather thought a great deal of that melon, liar) he didn't like to cut it until it was fully ripe. He thought it over a great deal, and finally decided to move tho house. A dozen men were employed, and tbe house was moved. But that melon kept on growing until it became necessary to move the barn or cut the melon. Grand father had tbe barn moved, and then the fence. At last the melon was ripe. He determined to have a regular watermelon feast, so he invited tho neighbors for miles around. He employed two men with cleavers to cut tbe melon. At last the eventful day arrived, and hundreds of people stood around with open eye* ana mou:Ls. Finally the melon was cut open, and to the dismay of all it was found to be hollow. A negro named Sam Johnson was inside. He bad tunneled un der tho melon, cut n hole, aud eaten his ? way through. Thora were thoughts of I lynching him, but be died before the I plan was carried out." - Th* Tarboro (N. C.) Southerner has seen two and a half yards of calico cap tured during the war of 1812 from ? British vessel by Lieutenant or Midship man Frank Dancy. It is in a remarka ble state of preservation, and ls far su perior to the calico manufactured nowa days. Tho colors are perfectly brilliant, - Dr. Forster, who lives near Geo.B? town, 8. C., has demonstrated thales can be successfully grown in this climate. He has 7 ,642 tea plants, all exhibiting a splendid and vigorous development. Some of these plants, which have been allowed to grow without pruning, are six feet high, with a circumference of lon And twolvo feet.