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St?.-'l^Tbmt?jriwmv and Immediately after1 tho pase?30 -of, thia Act, elli and every p?raon or persone, who-are ? consti? tutionally qualified to vuto for members of Uio Geherai' A?sotaWy of this! State,' add who may i-erddo 1 withiu the present corporate ?lfri.it? of'tho 'town of Sum tor for sixty days' immediately preceding nu anuua.rel?bti?n forio't?ndantnud Ward ral^raJhneby^^Wi^' ta?mbeM of the said corporation; ? : . - ' . '.:S?o.t ?5.,,Th?i.' the1 said-persona and their sucdeesbra'nhal), from and after the pass?go of this Act, become a body cor? porate. sud politic, and Shall be knows and called by tho name of. the town of Sumter; thoV shall have-a common Beal, mfiy'snb and bo sued, implond and be impleaded/in any court in this State; and may purchase, hold, possess and en joy to them "add their succeasors, in per? petuity, or-liff any term of yeurs, any est?te, real, personal or mixed. t??c.: lC^'Th?t the hiuUlcipal offioers of said.town shall be, and are hereby, vest? ed id n> Intendant ?ndVour Wardens, to be chosen t*? hereinafter mentioned und dir&ct?dj* vvb'o shall1 bo'^denomiuated the Intendant' and- Wardens of. the town of Sumter", n'nd'aimil be persons who actual? ly rustdu ^within the:ltuiitn of said corpo? ration, ab'd ^-havt? so -resided-for' ht leust sixty ijays immediately preceding; their electioov : BEC. 17.. Thal: op the,second Tuesday in April of , each j?ar a?; election for In? tendant 1 uUcl' Wardens ? shall be held ut such ebb.veuieut 'place or plnbcs within said&f?Rfm>jmay pe- designated by said Intehdatft'' a,fadr Wardens; at wliiob ole?* tipo;MInub^ been before d?cl?re^'bae'nibers ?'f the: said corpora? tion, shall be'et?t?tlod't? vote by general ballot j' tilla 'polls' 'shall1 be: opened from tdx ihHKe'W?rhl?g nbfcil six iu the even ^Ifeov-18. That the lntendant and War? dens^'bleoted as .above directed, before they,ent?r ?po?i thu duties of their office, abat?, in addition'to tho bath prescribed in Section 30 of Article lt of tho Consti? tution, tnko the following oath, to wit: **Ii ?a Intendant (or Warden) of tho town of ? Sumter, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will equally and impar? tially, to the best of my skill and judg? ment, exercise and discharge the trust reposed ia me/and will endeavor to carry into' effect tho purposes for which I have been elected: Sb help me God." And thai the said Intendant and any two of tho Wardens shall constitute a quorum lor thd transaction of business; and in case tit' tlio jdeath, resignation or absenpe irbija towri of\ ino ! Intendant aforesaid, tne'said' W?rdens; or a majority of them, "shall'elect frota among the m selves an In? tendant to fill such vacancy o ccfisi oh ed ai a?urvS?iu,' ami that in casu of cioitli,' re '.mbvaVfrpm'offlcei brr?s'gb?tioh ?f any"ol 'the said Wardens, thou, and'in. sriolr case, '<|tie''2a^ndapi' and" 'atiy*'>twb Wardens : shall appoint a time ari a bla'oe for elec? tion of ' 'another 'Warden to - fill thc tjjrjacaticv /?d/.'woiit?ciued, after having "igivon'te'?:U?ys previous notic? 'of such elebtion! " ' '..""' \~-'0E.d^;?9. 'That, the Intendant may, at often a? occasion may require, summon tu'o-Wardens tb m?et together; and thc jsaid Intendant and Wardens shall have, nid are hereby vested with full and ample power, from time to time, undei their' common seal, to make, all such ordinances, roles and regulations relative to the streets, roads, ways and market* 'of ^tuet'daid town, ns they may think pro , poi- and necessary, ana establish such ^by-laws' aa may tend to preserve the .quietude,' peace, safety and good ordoi Vbf;tu\H?hhbitants thereof, not inconsist out with the Constitution and law6 ol " the" State, and 'that they may impose flues abd penalties for the violation 't'ieVeof,'which may be recovered in 1 . summary way before the said Intendant o'od Wardens,'as hereinafter provided and ?aoh and every one of them shal^ bi n Magistrate, Trial Justice or Justice o the Peace, as either of such officers sh al exist in this State, within the limits ol the Slid town, and shall otherwise bi V?sled with all power and authority tba such tjfficer may be vested with through '/flut'tho State, except in civil cases: Pro mfjf?fi nevertheless, That all suoh ordi i'rianeefc, by-laws, rules and regulations sc made, be daly promulgated, und that nt /suoh fino in any ono case, nod for unj single offence, Bb all exceed the sum o fifty dollars. SEO. 20. That when any Quo impos?e by the said Intendant aud Wurdens bj virtue of this Act shall exceed t wont j dollars, the same may be rccoverod be' fore any. Magistrate, Trial Justice o Justice of the Peace for Sumter County and when such fine shall be for twont; , dollars or under, they may be recoverei 'before th? said Intendant and Wardens or any three of them; nil of which fines when recovered, shall be applied to th nao of said town. ' SEO. 21. That the said Intendant nm Wardens shall have full und exclnsiv ' power to'grant br refuse licenses to kee] taverns,' to rotuli HpiHtupus liquors, o to kfiop billiard tables within the corpo ii r^tsi'limit? of sSid tbwn, and to regulnt ? 'tao pr?ceb. o? 'the sain?:' Privided, Tim ' the said licenses sholl not bo fixed nt lower" rate than now, or hereafter to b .-established by, law. And they shall hav ; power V|?;,imppke' such restrictions on csnditltlns npoti ibo mander of using un ..oxidising sa?li licensFia. as they ma j ''tWn'K^rcVpijV.' and'^?l ?i?neys paid fe :?^^ni?s^W?^JW?rto( General Sei Wons1,' fbr ??tailltig br keeping hillier t?b?es Wi tilba b iioei/?es within the oorpc Sato limits of said town, Ahull bo receive ' Jjjiy^?-ttt??d?ht' : ?nd Wardens fot th Wm^ySfwm'ma Intendant an ''-^WardbhB shaUii'rtvo power aud Ottthorit to imposa tho following annual taxes ft ' HWi^?S^?-Mmtso?-ot-tho said towt '"-Mt%(t?%|? tpM'&tfs tiri tbb.'vnlu ?%W't?#P \fi{i?#p? sai suoh rf ?VesWttfroV f?xatlb^io' be "asee: tained and assessed as hereinafter pr< vided for? not exceeding twenty cents on each-one hundred dollars oftho proceeds of all salsa of goods., warts, ajerdBandizo,5 in saidttowu, riot exceeding .(hreo [dol? lars ooAoaoh pleasnr^f?arriage^dyaw4| by ono horse; not exceeding fly?i dollars on each-.pleuauro carriage drawn by two or moro horses; not exceeding five dollars on each vehicle of any kind kept for hire or profit, and drawn by one horse; not exceeding ten dollars on each vehicle of any. kind kept, for hire or profit, and drawn* by two horses; not exceeding twenty dollars on eaoh vehicle of any kind kept for hire or profit, and drawn by more- than two horsos; and not ex? ceeding twenty cents upon each ono hundred dollars of all Bales madest auc? tion or upon consignment, within the corporate limits of said town, except sales made by order of court, or by pro? cess of law, or by executors or adaiiuis t rato rs. SEC. 28. The Clerk of tho said Town Council shall, annually, make out an as? sessment, from tho books of the County Auditor, of all real estate in the limits of said town for taxation, aud shall make return of said assessment to the Inten? dant and Wardeus within one month from.tho timo ot bis appointment. SEC. 24. That an ordinance declaring tho rate of annual taxation upon pioper ty, and other subjects of nnnual taxation for tho year,- shall be published,at least threo weeks during the month of Octo? ber in enuh year? and- that all persons Hablo tb taxation under tho same shall mnkq their return, on oath, and make payment bf their tax to tho Clerk and Treasurer (hcreionfterconstitnted) of the said corporation, during tho succeeding month of November; and, upon failure to make such return and payment, the parUes a? ito: default-shall be subject to ibo penalties uow provided by law for failure to'poy the general' State tax; the said penalty to be enforced by the said Intendant and Wardens for the use of the said town. And that all other taxes im? posed by tho Intendant and Wardens shall bo payable in advance by the par? ties liable therefor; and that for non? payment of the same the party in de? fault shall bo subject to the same penalty aa hereinbefore set forth in relation to annual taxes. SEC. 25. That the said Intendant and Wardens are hereby authorized to ap? point a Clerk and Treasurer to record proceedings and collect the taxes impos? ed under and by virtue of this Act, and it shall be tho duty of the said Clerk and Treasurer , to collect the samo; and, for this purpose, he shall bav? and exercise all. the powers conferred 'upon County Treasurers. . AU property upon which a tax shall be assessed ii? hereby declared and made liable for tho payment thereof in. preference to all other debts , due by tho person owning the property at the time of assessment, except debts and taxes due the State, which shall bo paid first. SEC. 20. That in case of sickness oi temporary absence of the said Intendant, tho Wardens shall be empowered to elect one bf their own number to act at Intendant for the time. SEC. 27. That tho said Intendant and Wardens of tho said town of Sumter are hereby authorized aud empowered tc establish and keep up one or moro pub? lic scale or scales houses, with proper scales and weights for weighing cotton and other articles sold by weight in thc said town, by and at the expense of thc said town. SEO. 28. That tho said Intendant and Wardeus be, and they are hereby, an thoiizcd to appoiut one or more public weigher--?, who shall be sworn by thc said Intendant faithfully to perform thc duties of said office, and who shall bc removable for misconduct or incompo tency by said Intendant and Wardens aud when reference is had to any of thc public scales used by said weighers, bj the authority of said Intendant and Wardens, on the samo day that tho con tract of salo is made, the certificate o: public weighers shall bo conclusive evi dence of thu weight of the cotton, ot any other article sold by weights, in anj court of justice in which an action shal bo ponding touching the weight of tun such article; and the said Intendant anc Wardeut are hereby authorized to asses; a sum not exceeding ten contri on encl bale of cotton, and a proportionate sue on other articles weighed, to ho paid bj tho seller for the uso of tho said town. SEC. 29. That tho public Beales am weights established in pursuanco of thi Act, shall be tho standard to which ni others in the said town shall conform and if any person shall uso, in weighin( any article whatsoever Bold in said town weights and acales differing from tin standard, Buch person, on conviction ii the Court of Sessions for Sumter Conn ty, shall be fined and imprisoned, nt tb discretion of the Court. SEC. 80. That tho said Intendant, nm Wnrd ens shall have power to cstnhlisl nnd ke?p a guard house and towD prison and to mnko all suitable rulea and regu lotions for tho proper government of th same; and any of the police, appointee by the said Inteudnut and Wardens, ar authorized to arrest and commit to th custody of tho said guard hoUBe or tow: prison, for a term not exceeding twenty four hours, nuy person or persons wh may bo guilty, within thc corporat limits of the said town, of a breach c the peace, or of public drnnkouness, o of open indecency, or auy other disoi derly conduct injurious to tho peace safety and good order of the citizeni nnd': the said police shall, whenevc necessary, ip the discharge of their dutjj hnvo authority .to call the posse comitali of the said town to their assistance; an an j person so arrested and imprisons shall be liable to all tho cost and e: penses of said arrest and iroprisonmeu at?d be further liable to any floe whic thc snid Intendant and Wardens mn .itrlp?BO'for their misconduct. "SE?: ?1. That,the Intebdduf aud Wa dens/.'are-1 hereby authorized'.'and en powered to make Snell''ordinances < they may deem expedient 'io reflation 1 licensing persons who are, or may b engaged in und carrying on any business within Ibeii; corporatelimits: Provided, That uri ordinance ah?ll bo made Incon? sistent" with tba Oonstitotioa of this State abd (?be laws of tho land. . SEC. 32. ? Ti i o In te ndft nt an d "Warden a of the town of Sumter bc, and they' aro hereby, authorized to borrow money, by. issuing town stock, from time to timo, to the amount of twenty thousand dol? lars, if so muoh bo necessary, for the Eurpose ot ereotiug a market and town all, but no ver; in: any way or form; to make tho town liable for exceeding that amount in the aggregate': Provided, That the private property of the citizens of the said town of Sumter shall not bo liable, in law or equity, for the pay meut of the corporate debts that shall or may be created under thc granted powers herein made, or io any other mode than by n regular and uniform taxation. SEC. 33. That tho Iuteudnnt and War? deus shall, within twenty days of the expiration of their term of oflice, moko out and publish a full account of their receipts and expenditures during their term, and shall pay and deliver to their successors nil moneys, books, records, papers or property in their bauds, be? longing to the corporation. SEO. 34. Tbut tho first olection held after the passage of this Act, tho Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas for Sum? ter Couty, is hereby required to give t-n days public notice of the limo and place, or places of holding said election, aud appoint managers to conduct the same: Provided, further. That immediately altor the clone of any election held for the election of Intendant or Wardens, tho managers shall forthwith proceed to count tho votes, declare thu election, and give notice of tho result thereof, in writing, to the pert o ns elected, who, if eligible, shall thereupon qualify, i SEC. 35. That this Act shnll be doomed a public Act, nnd shnll continue in force for lourteen years, and until tho end of the next session of the General Assem? bly thereafter. SEC. 36. That all Acts, or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act be, aud the sumo nre hereby, repealed. TO BE CONTINUED. Nu lit Tuiiin on VulU i Dug*. When Nonh disembarked nt Ararat he had scarcely touched the pier when he proceeded to tally his passengers. He had just chocked his last item in the list, a Mr. and Mrs, Bedbug, when tho cring? ing figure of a quadruped came sneak? ing down tho gang-plank with his tail between his legs. "Drut it! if there ain't that yaller dog]" says Noah, aiming a vicious kick with his brogan at the b'.ute. But, with a facility burn of long and bitter experience, the brute dodged tho projectile, and ejaculating "ki yi" which is Syriac for "deoliued with thanks" or "uofc for Joe"-he disappear? ed, while Nouh, who had his sea-legs on, was.nuable to recover his equilibrium, nnd sat down with emphasis on the back of his head. Noah arose, and, in accordance with the style provalent among the patriarchs, ho proceeded to soothe his affronted dig? nity by pronouncing a variegated anathe? ma upon the yaller dog, whioh hud cha? racteristically sneaked, unobserved, on board in the confusion of puttiug to sen, and aapsized the captain at the first port. He cursed thnt dog iu body, limb, bark, hair, hide, tail and wag, and all his ge? nerations, relations and:kindred, by con? sanguinity or affinity, and his heirs and assigns. He cursed him with endless hunger, with perpetual fear, with peren? nial laziness, with hopeless mange, with inceasaut fleas, aud with his tail between his legs. He closed bis stock of male? dictions by a spirkling display of pyro? technics, from the demoralizing edee ts of which the yaller dog has never re? covered. With this ourse sticking to him likuju revenue stamp, tho yaller dog can't help being cussed. Ho don't try to help it. Ho follows Noah'd programme with sneaking fidelity. He is an Ishmnelite among dogs. Ho receives the most op? pressive courtesies, in the form of brick? bats, boots and hot water, which mako his lifo an animated target excursion. He boards arouud Uko a district school teacher, and it is m eal-ti me with him twenty-four hours in tho day. The rest cf thu timo ho hackers after something to oat. He is too omni verona fur au epi? cure. Cram him at Delmouico's, nnd ho would hunger for dessert from an Alba? ny boarding-house. Ho cau't be utilized. He is too tired. As a swill cart locomo? tive, a hunter, or a sentinel, hu is an ignominious failure. Tho dog churn was a strategic attempt to employ his waste energies, but ho hadn't auy waste energies, und butter had too much self respect to come at his persuasion. So the dog churn was dropped. No sausage-maker dare foreclose his lien on tho yaller dog, lest his custom? ers, no longer soothed nnd sustained by nu unfaltering trust, transfer their pa? tronage to sumo less audacious dealer. The savages, who admire baked dog, and who can even attack tripe, and ex? plore the mysteries of bash without dis? may, acknowledge tho yaller dog to be too much for their gastric intrepidity. He always manages to belong to a rug? ged, tobacco-chewing, whiskey-drinking master, whoso business is swapping dogs and evading tho dog tax. The yaller dog is acquainted with himself, and he enjoys the intimacy with edifying con? tempt. He slinks along through life, on a diagonal dog-trot, as if in doubt as to which end of him is entitled to the pre? cedence. He is always pervaded by a hang-dog senso of guilt, und when retri? butive tin-ware is fastened to bis tail bo flies from tho wrath to come with a hor? rified celerity which ought to be very suggestive to two-legged sinners of a similar ordeal in store for thom. Tho yaller dog is-well, to speak in italics, he is a slouch. , The..Journal of Chemistry announces that the human body continua phospho? rus enough for 400 boxes of matches, but not quile sulphur enough for them. &@"LUMBIA, sT? Sunday lttbrrjln8"f April ?6,187?v The Stay Convention. . Tho proposition, originally emanating from the Charleston Chamber of -Com? merce and Board of Trade, to hold a convention in this city in May next, to take into consideration our financial af? fairs, has been received with general favor throughout the State. In almost every County, arrangements have been made for representation. As we have before intimated, wo consider it wise for such n body to assemble for the purpose of devising practical and discreet mea? sures of rolief-measures, too, which shall look to tho future. It is important for us to know exactly how and whero wo stand, and whither wo are drifting, in a financial point of view. A body of able, discreet and patriotic citizens meet? ing together for tho purpose of a cool, culm and thorough examination of tho State's resources and liabilities, aud of suggesting measures of relief and secu? rity, must result in good. Such a meet? ing seems demanded by the situation. Of course, lliohland will bo duly repre? sented iu tho convention. Wo learn that tho Columbia Board of Trido have tho matter iu view, and under tho aus? pices of this body, we presume that the necessary steps will be tuleen for the rep rcscututiou of this city and County. Whatever differences of opinion mny exist as to tho coures that the conven? tion should recommend, it is certainly important that every Couuty io the State should participate iu a consultation that looks to tho enduriug interests of the good people of the State. Let tho great question of debt and taxation be passed in review, and let us hope that there shall bo found in the proposed conven? tion the sagacity necessary to the eud in view. Some effective check should be applied. This ?3 the main work of the convention. ----?-??-? TAXES -Tho Barnwell Sentinel pub? lishes a capital article on thc payment of the unjust and unreasonable taxes levied by the Legislature, from which we make thc folio wi ug extract: "Now for the practical working of the pinn. The County Treasurer will open Iiis books and cali upon the tax-payers to pay the tax assessed. No one re? sponds. There is no money in thut. Tho next step he will put on the default er? the penalty. No one responds. There is no money in that. The next step, he will moko a lovy and offer the land for sale. No ono bids. Thero is no money in that. This is the whole operation, if there bo unity among the people. But it is urged there may bo somo people at homo who have capital, and thero will bo capitalists from tho North who will bid, aud thus tho land will be sacrificed. If the worst comes to tho worst, and the land-owner cnn raise tho money to pay tho tnx, penalty nod costs, he may ruu his land to any amount lie pleases, because that will bo all ho has to pay. But if the capitalist at home or from abroad shall run tho land to a prico that the proprietor is willing to lake, ho will hnvo made n good sale. But thero is no probability in this. Tho people at home will not bo disposed to bny, had they never so much capital, and thero will bo no buyers from abroad, because if they do not offer to purchase now, when tho land is placed un tho market voluntarily, they will not bc anxious to purchase when it is put up for sale in unlimited quantities, to exact taxes from au unwilliug people. But suppose tho speculator does appear, tho land owner can out bid him; not being able to pay his bid, the land will be offered again the next sales-day. At the second sale, of course, tho bid of the owner will not be received, his son will take his place, with tho same result, and so on, tul in? finitum. Bidders who do not intend to oomply, can always out-bid those who ! 'lo. Tho result will be, tho Treasury will be empty, there will bo no money to feed tho rapacity of those who linve boeu preying on tho resources of tho State, and no money to pay tho per diem of tho ignorant mon who have been imposing frise's for tho last four years. lu n word, tho wheels of government will stop. "Thero is nothing revolutionnry in this. No nrmed combinntion-no vio? lent resistance to thtflaw-no Ku Klux no intimidation-no call for President Grant's cohorts, or if he does send thom, nobody to fight. It-is simply the quiet determination of tho people to make common cause for self-protection. And yet some people who, by tho way, wero very urgent secessionists, bnt not very active campaigners, see great danger in this passive resistauco; they fear it will bring upon us tho soldiers of tho United States army. Soldiers will not bo sont to a place whero there is no violence to repress, and if they do come, they will not. hurt those who do not interfere with them. It will be our interest and policy to treat them politely and re? spectfully, and tho money they will spend with ns on pay day will not ju oom mode our people in the least." >-?-??-? One Max Degraw, of New York, at? tempted to commit suicide iu Philadel? phia last week by pouring laudanum in a glass of alo he had called for at a tavern. Ho swallowed the contents, but was relieved by a physician ut tho sta? tion. Before morning he was found sus? pended in his cell, cut down ??nd resusci? tated. He says ho has spent $80,000 in six years. He will probably bo sont to tho insane asylum. Local Items. ??? , PHO>nxiANA.~r-Tbe^prioe ?of -single oop?as of tho PIKENIX-IH fl^e cenl^.'l i] Plain and fapoj colored printing exe? Outed with neatness aud despatch, on the most reasonable, terms. All the latest stylos of cards, &o., on hand and printed in excellent style, at the PHCBNIX office. Among the periodicals on onr ex? change list are the Living Age, the Iron Age and tho Golden Age. The Sansage hasn't come yet; though there is some? thing that looks n little, liko i tin the 77jree Links, an Odd Fellows' paper. Just recoivod a lot of indestructible tugs; also, a lot of new style business and fanoy oards, including the beautiful rose tint. Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact, everything in the way of job pripting gotten up in the best style and on terms that wo piedlo ourselves will be satisfac? tory to all parties. With approved ma? chinery and steam power, we challenge comparison in prices. Tho regular query for discussion by tho Columbia Literary and Debating So? ciety, to-morrow night, is: "Whioh is tho more pernicious charaotcr, tho slan? derer or tho flatterer?" The Society meets ut S o'clock, in tho hall cf the I Young Men's Christian Association, and any peruons who desire, aro Wited to at : tend thoir meetings. Book and job printing of every kind attended to promptly at PHCENIX office. Lately, at a dinner-table, a gentleman remarked that a certain lawyer, who used to bo given to sharp practice, was gotting more circumspect. "Yes," re? plied Judge Hoar, "ho has reached tho superlativo of life. Ho began by seek I ing to get on, then ho sought to got honor, and now he is trying to get ho? nest." The conversation did not refer to General Butler. A llostou paper is authority for tho story that John G. Whittier nevor com? posed a stanza without briugiug on an attack of neuralgia, from which it is in? ferred that his verses cost him moro pains than do those of any poet in Ame? rica. It is a pity some of the common sort 0? rhymsters were not deterred from iubor by even severe ailments. A writer in the-" New York Mail pro? tests against smoking : on tb o sido walk. Thus, little by little, is slipping away the inalienable right of every American citizen to make a hog pf himself.'' - We have received from Messrs. Bryan Sc McCarter a copy of a work, entitled "Motherless; or a Parisian Family."*' It is from tho French of Madame Guizot De Witt, by tho well-known and popular author of John Halifax, Gentleman, and is designed for "girls in their teenB." As such we can commend it, cs it will be found to contain useful lessons to the young. Tho volume is handsomely bound and contains illustrations. It bears the imprint of tho Harpers. Tho success of nn opera is an event in tho history of music. Multitudes have been composed, tried, and failed, and now, with their authors, are quite for? gotten. In addition, largo numbers, by well-known and favorite authors, have come short of enduring popularity. Their names are found on old cataloguen. Some have enjoyed a short-lived sncccsi d' estime, after which they were quietlj laid aside. But fuw can ho fairly named "Standard Operas," and of iheso, even, a portiou have beeu revised and im? proved since their first appearance. Il will be easily boli-^wd that composition) that have won tu^r way to the world'? applause, and to enduring popularity, are well worth studying aud enjoying Opera seasons, however, aro short, and f music lover, even if a city-zen, will neec years of opera-going to hear tho whole while tho "country gentleman" moy ai well make up his mind to enjoy opera bi proxy, and approve or condemn at thi dictum of his city frieuds. All lovers o Imo music will appreciate the enterprise of Ditson & Co, 277 Washington street Boston, who aro now prepared to po into tho hands of tho people a series o books, printed in good style, with th foreign words and their translation, wit] nil that belongs to each opera, and no thing left out, and for lesa than one fourth the former price. As a singl dollar, enclosed in a letter, will by retur mail bring one of the world-famoo operas, every music-lover will be strong] tempted to try the experiment of soudin it. Those who wish to soe the swat melodies and duets of Bellini in thoi connection, will probably send for Norm or tho Sonnambnla. Lovers of the bri liant modern style wilt patronize Vert by purchasing Eroaui or Trovatpn Donizetti offers Lucia and Lucrecia fe our inspootion, while tho multiplie melodics of Martha, and tho wierd dram of Faust, the smooth elegance of Pr. siosa and tripping allegro of Figaro Marriage, offer strong attractions to einj ors and players.' 'Ten dollars buys valuablo operatic library, and delivers at your door. nity Church-Rev, P. J; Shnnd, Rector, 10X A. M. and 6 P. M. v ?;?.?'.<.*. St. Peter's Churbh-^Rev.-Frto quemet,' 1st 'Mass 7 A. M.; 2d Muss, 10>?; Afternoon Service 4-P..M.'1 .f ?fr.r Lutheran Church-Pev. A. B. Bod?, 10>?A:M. iihti ? ??? ty r. Presbyterian Church-Rev. G. ..BJ ; Bracket, 10>? A. M. and;7>ivP. AL?rfcw^ ? Washington Street Churchs-Ber. Man:- ?-. DlOg BfOwu, lu^jz A. M. B?? a r.-jH,: :., . Marion Street Ohuroh.-UB?ev, iWm, \y; ; Mood, 10?? A. M. and 7J?,P,M??-. Baptist Church-Rev. X L. Reynold?, 10U< A. M. and 1% P? M. Evening Subject: "Moral Insanity.".?[ . HOTEXI Anni VALS, Apri?' !ifc^j?jf?fc erson House-H. G. Remington, Ocala; J. H. Lowery, E. Statrykor, Columbia; B. M. Harris, Virginia; ,Jf. * T.y Bar keri Atlanta; Fred. Schloy ol m elcb,, Gilbert Hollow; J. E. Jones, Baltimore; E. Q: Peyton, Richmond; H. J. Perry, 8: 0.; T. F. Becks, Atlanta; W. J R/ Klinfc Bidgeway; J.-O. Fogg, Gr?enpb,qi^;;;i^ G. Johnston, Charlotte; W. Halte wadgar, Edgefield; A. J.' Hallo wangea Ne^f berry. " ? " : f. * Columbia Hotel-A- R.- Knowlton, Orapgeburg; Isaiah - Simpson, Chester; J. Mosely, S> C. R. E.; A.'Hi- Pomeroy and wife, W. H. Pomeroy, wifeli er**^ and servant, New York; Mr; a^'d^ Leroy F. Yon mans, ,'Edgefi"ehl;',?GL,;j Jones, New York; .Mrs. A. L. ' Dennis/ W. E. Dennis, S. 8. Dennis, Npwark' F.r J. Silsby, Seneca Falls; W. A. Bradl?y7,' Charleston! J. S. K. Durkebust, 1 Ark*?} E. H. BrookH, Augusta; W. J. i^ajgrapi, Charleston; J. B. Hubbard,.c?t^y^V,, .,^ MAIX, ABBANQEM^TS.-:Tha\'Northern mail opens at 3.30 P. M. ; closes 12.10 P. M. Charleston day mail opens 4,30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. ' Charleston night mail opens 8.80 A. M.; closes ?70? P. M. Greenville mail opens TVSEO, Fl M.; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1.30P. M.; doses 1.80 P. M.-- On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. LIST OF NEW ADVBETISEUENTS. Acts of tho Legislature. Hosteller's Stomach Bitters: - W. D. Love & Co.-Ladies' Goods. . C. F. Jackson-Remnants. . SNOW STOBU.-A violent snow .storm began at Sioux City, Iowa,.on Sunday night, aud lasted until Monday night. All tho roads in that section aro blocked and tho telegraph wires prostrated. Four inches of ?now fell- at St, Pa?l, Miun., on Monday. .' - tf|ttSi George Shakeford, of , Little. Falls, ;N; J., fell; from V load bf ' hay Th ure d ey morninar. Afc last accounts ho waa alivoi sp far:ny bis' h?atf was concerned, $ttt below bis neo^ could not nibve or feel anything... Ho could'talk, aud explained his menta\h"?^?or^ .y ~" M?NicirAii.-^-The election; for munici? pal officers of tho town of Manning xe. sultcd in tho .following choice: Intend? ant-Jos. F. Rh?m?^'Ward?fis-^OanE Y. N. Butler, S. A. RigJay/^Oapt.- Er M. Bradham, A. Setzer. j . A Stockholm correspondent writ^ that not less than fifty persons are suspected of having poisoned tke.King of j Sweden, but no one of them can: be sufficiently implicated to warrant arrest,.much Jess trial. ';' . The Duke of Devonshire's loss by the recent burning of Holker Hall, ono ,of his numerous placea nf residence, ia esti? mated, including valuable pictures .and works of art, at ?200,000, which ia to him, however, a mere bagatelle. - 1 ' i Brigham Young haS ordered from a house in Chicago a spring outfit for a part of his family. The order is for twenty-six velvet cloaks and- twenty-aix drosses; also, sixty snits of malo attire and thirty-six dress coats.- -- New York has 344 ! church j edifices, with capaoity to seat 280,900 persons. The total value of church property is $74,421,000,. r; There.are.451 church ?difices ia Phila? delphia. ... For Coughs, Bronchitis and ^Consumption in early stages, nothing: equals. Pr. Pierce's Alt. Ext. or Uoldea Mochc&l Discovery. It- is also R great-blood purifier -and strength, re? storer or ionic, and for "laver Complaint" Aud Costive Conditions of the Bowels, it bas no equal. Sold by Druggists. A16 Vlf3 Not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse, aa tho happy housokoepor. said nu he lay quietly in his bed after cleaning tbo premises of rats, mice, bed-bugs and . roaches,-with Iaaacacu'a "SunE POP." Bold by aUdrnggists. F19 ni Li ppm au's Bitters are for sale by all drug? gists and dealern. Dopot in Columbia, 8. C., at QPICIKR h. McGoxooa's, Druggists. 8 18 OBITUARY. Passodinto life, Wednesday, April 12tb,at St. Paul's Rectory.Kent County.Md.. NANNA Hil AND, infant daughter of tho Rev. and Mrs. Robert Wilson. NOT i ru-Tho sale of IOU will be discon? tinued until further notice, af como part of tho leo Machinery is out of order. All per? sons having Tickets and not inclined to roxit, tho money will bo refunded to. April 15_ JOHN O. BEEOEBB. THIS IS THE CHANCE! A large lot of REMNANTS.!! For sale CHEAP at O. F. JACKSON'S. Heise 's loe Cream Saloon , '8 opon tor tho season. - Give us a call. : L April 12 ' ? ? ? ' : .' '.' :..'. ' Fiokling & $cCaw, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW/AHt?:B0LIOITOB8 IN E??ITY, w?l rjiaMMn.ihe^Oonrts of Richland, Kershaw, lexington Mid Edge field: in tho Bun remo peart of tho State of Bohtb Carolina; and in tho Circuit and Dia triot Courts of the United States for tho Dis triot o? BoathC^inab?flw. Fic?MNo April 9+13' WIIJulA3ff Hr. McOAW.