The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 16, 1871, Image 2
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.
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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.
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, 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.