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NEW YOEE, Aprii25?TrA STHoune cable
from Paria, Monday, Bays: 'MA' member
ot tho Frqo Masouo' delegation to Thiers,
tor au armistico. saya duriDg tho inter?
view Thiers admitted it to be his inten?
tion '?ionibsrd P?ris wh?^n Possessed of
all forts. Rookefort affirms that the
Lyons delegates' told him the. Commune
would be proclaimed at Lyons as soon.as
it is known there that Thiers refused
concessions to the Paris Commune. Fort
Valerien fired upon the American flag,'
mistaking it for the Commune flag.
Gen. 01usere? says that a battalion of
the line at Asolares.laid down their arma,
meaning,' to Join the Commune. A
squadron of ohasseura did the same
thing, and elsewhere other troops were
prevented from tloiug BO." . .
WAB&NGMN, April 26.-Advices to
Tuesday night report the firing light,
and' mainly-, direoted against Issy and
Von vi?rs.' Weather misty. No impor?
tant movement on either side. The .Go?
vernment has taken measures to suppress
the Algerian insurrection. The armistice
for tho removal of people from Noa illy
extends from 9 o'clock Tuesday morning
to mid-night. Military movements arc
suspended, but the belligerents ar? baa v
strengthening barricades. Many pla
carde, urging conciliation; have appeared,
A delegation from Lyons appeals to tin
Assembly and. .Commune to cease theil
fratricidal strife. The Prussians hav<
not evacuated Obarenton. Desohamps
the poet, died at Versailles. Incomiuf
fish trains were seized on the Strasburg
Railroad. . . ,
LONDON, April 26.-All station .mas
tere have been notified that tho blockade
of .Paris commences immediately. Pro
visions destined to Paris must be re
turned to Rhippors. The Minister o
Justice of the Italian Government ha
announced ? nearly in1 reduction of a bil
separating church and State.
SHANGHAI, April 12, VX? LONDON
April .26.-Advices from Pekin state tbs
the Imperial Government has. made
demand upon foreign ernbassadors, the
schools for the education of females h
abolished; that teachers be made-sut
jeots of the empire; that all doctrine
opposed to those of Confuoious be foi
bidden; that missionaries shall be coi
Bidered Chinese subjects, and that w<
men shall not ba permitted access to tb
empire in that capacity. The emboss]
dors are,also notified tbat the attendanc
of women upon religions serviqgp is on
of tho occasions of the recent maesaon
ot foreigners-" and that though .thoi
ovopts eau not but bo deplored by tl
Imperial [Government,, compensation fi
their co m mission is absolutely refUBed.
; VERSAILLES, ' Aprils ^?.^Issey repli
feebly. ' It ' is, ; tlianght :the Communis
will soon evacuate tho fort,- as they a
unable to repair breaches. . The Asset
blyf'iSj ^establishing "pontoon bridges
Porteauk and Neijuty.,* ?}. '*
' . ,, .. -?; ? ? a' ;-.
- . V.i ' Ame'rfciak? In?elllBence. '"?, ;
"MILWAUKEE, April. 25. -Tho steam
Lumberman-made the trip from Oshos
Wis.> . to ; Prairie ( dn Chien, ria Fox at
Wisoonsin Eivers, in sixty hours. S
found a good water-wheel route. Shoo
canal communication be opened to t
lakes, this will form an important wal
communication from the Mississir
River, East. . ?
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-Scorch i
wiuds are again damaging crops in ct
tral California. Large bands of bon
ar? being sold at $13 a head in Los /
gelos County, .California, and driven
Salt Lake City and Montana; Alphoi
Pi uart, n .French scientist, stiled w
the expedition to the Alontian Islar
and Alaska, to-day. A high way rr
shot on? Bowie near Marysville, yest
day, knocking him off bis horse s
stu nui DR bim. find then robbed hi
Bowie subsequently recognized the liij
way man in Marysville, add had him
rested.
ASPTNWALL, April 21, VIA KINOST
April- 25.-A wonderful discovery,
been made of coal mines and oil well
thirty miles from Aspinwall. The mi
are reported to be inexhaustible, and
coal of superior quality, equal evet
the, beat imported. The Governm
has given to tue discoverer an imme
tract of land. Bains are heavy, and
heat excessive. There is another rc
lotion in Chiriqui, and this time Toi
Zerrera is tho leader. 600 revolution
proclaimed him President. The in
gents recently captured the Ameri
steamer Montijo. The United St
steamer Resaca has gone to recover 1
The insurgents also captured the, tow
Los Zavlas, and made prisoners of
garrison.
NEW ORLEANS, April 25.-Chief E
neer Thompson, in an official rep
says by some unfortunate misooncep
of orders in regard to establishing a
of couriers from Kennerviiie to Boi
Carre crevasse, nothing offioial has I
heard up to this hour-9 P. M.-?
that point. This is suro evidence
no great ohange for the worse
occurred. Early to-morrow mornii
party, consisting of Governor i
mouth, -Mayor Flanders, Presi
McOomb, of the Jackson Road,
other officials, will visit the o rev
Colonel Walton, Engineer of the ft
can Gulf Canal, and Captain Hi
Assistant State Engineer, went np
evening, on tho steamer Lee. It i
ported that tho people at Kennel
turned out to build, themselves pr
tion levee ia the rear of and arount
town.' The front levees have bee;
{laired and strengthened, and the
evee on Trudeau place is rapidly
proaohing completion. The sup
tendent at Marero orevasse, just I
the barracks, says: "lam happy t<
you we are getting along very wei!
afternoon. I think by to-morro
will have tho whole work accomplis
No dir eut news from Poverty Foin
vasse has been received which is fi
ble, for yesterday Captain Smith ri
ed he had plenty .of materials, at
peotod soon to complete the work
the McDonaugh crevasse, iu Plaquerai 110
Pariel), on the right bank. 1 *} .
Mr. Decker, in oh argo of the tele?
graphs, has! just come-5 P.'M.-fronr
the crevasse on. Dr. Parmlee'a plaoe.
He says it can' conveniently bo closed
with , the materials cent'this morning.
A long officiai letter from Engineer Yan
Pelt, dated 12.8U yesterday, says: "The
? Grand and Morgan's sea levees are safe.
I came down by land from New Texas
to Hermitage Point. The coopee levees
are safe for this season. The crevasse
at Point Marion.is now between 200 and
260 feet wide. About four feet of water
ia on the bottom on the front. Mr.
Glyn commencent work on the levee on
the 13th, and the crevasse broke on the
16* th. It has taken all his force to keep
the levee from breaking at other plaoeB.
I have jost passed Evergreen levee. It
will stand. The planters kept it np by
hard work. Humors of a crevasse at
Blue Store, in Point Gonpee and Bayou
Sara, are unfounded. The levees from
Red River are fajling." No -interrup?
tion of telegraphic communication along
the Jackson Railroad has occurred, and
no waters from Bonnet Carre crevasse
are nearer the city thou thirteen miles.
Tho river in front of the city is sixteen
inches below high water mark in 1862,
and ia falling.
At Monroe, Ea., there was another
severe hail, storm yesterday afternoon,
resulting iii great damage to the cotton
and corn crops in that immediate vicini?
ty. Several plantations will have to be
replanted almost entirely.
The City Council, to-night, by a vote
of five to two, passed, over Mayor Flan?
ders' veto, an ordinance giving drainage
funds to the Mexican Gulf Canal Com?
pany.
HAVANA, April 24.-A correspondent
at bandi Spiritus says there are more
insurgent bands now in that district than
at the beginning of the insurrection.
The majority have invaded this jurisdic?
tion from Camoguay, and destroyed much
valuable property. Yalmaseda, since his
arrival, has given them pursuit, and has
ordered the execution of all persons
accused of aiding and abetting the insur?
gents.
CINCINNATI, April 26.-The daily and
weekly Times was sold by the executors
for $138,00b, though appraised at $200,
000. The Chronicle company are the
purchasers, and the Times and Chronicle
will hereafter be united. The Democratic
Progress office at Madison, Indiana, with
the new Masonic Hall, was burned to?
day.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 26.-Grant, Col?
fax and Morton are bore, participating in
Odd Fellow festivities.
.WASHINOTON, April 26.-The High
English. Commissioners decline an in?
vitation; to visit Boston, on account of
want of: time.. ;' '
Probabnities-rTt is probable that a
storm of some. severity~will ! be .experi?
enced from Lake Michigan to Lake
Ontario; threatening and rainy weather
from.the lakes'to the Atlantic coast.
The Commissioner of Internal Keve?
line has written to Supervisor Presbrey
concerning representations mado by him
touching the liabilities of the Union
Bank of Richmond, the Richmond
Banking and Insurance Company, and
the State Bank oS Virginia, to taxation,
which heretofore'has not'been enforced
on deposits ?and capital, ns well as the
imposition of penalties for omission to
render proper returns: In the several
casoB presented, tho Commissioner sub?
stantially instructs' that all tax?s due be
paid; while, concerning the imposition
of penalties, an investigation will bo
made by the proper authorities to deter?
mine the intention in the different cases
before notion is taken.
There was a grand Odd Fellow's cele?
bration here to-day. The colored ele?
ment was absent.
Gen. Spinner, W. W. Corcoran and
James M. Mason, of Virginia, are very
sick.
BOSTON, April 26.-The Legislature
passed a bill authorizing railroad em?
ployees to act aa police officers; but the
railroad companies are liable when such
offioers exceed their lawful preroga?
tives.
ST. LOUIS, April 26.-The capital
movers have postponed further action
until the ponding census gives the West
due ponderanoe in Congress.
AUGUSTA, April 26.-The ceremony of
decorating the graves of- Confederate
soldiers with flowers was performed to?
day, under the auspices of the Laities'
Memorial Association. It was beautiful
and imposing. The fifty-fourth anni?
versary of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows was celebrated by lodges of
this oity to-day.
NEW ORLEANS, April 26.-At Kenner?
viiie, and immediately above, wator is
pouring in from tho rear while falling in
front. Devining machines on the plan?
tations in that vicinity are unserviceable,
being choked up with the weight of
water. Nothing received from Bonnet
Carre or other crevasses this morning.
CHARLESTON, April 26.-Off the port
bark Stills Maria, Callao. Sailed
steamer South Carolina, New York;
schooner Edwin, Baltimore.
The second volume of the life of Na?
thaniel Greene, just printed,-contains a
letter from General Greene, stating that
be bad dined at a table iu Philadelphia,
where 160 different dishes were served at
the meal. This was previous to 1780.
Greene also says that Washington was a
vigorous dancer, and at one ball danced
throe hours with Mrs. Greene "without
once setting down." In another plaoe
bo declared that "great luxury prevailed i
in New York and Philadelphia, during
tho most gloomy period of tho war."
Tippoo Saib, tho hage elephant be
longing to Van Araburg & Co.'s mena?
gerie, died of some disenso of tho heart
at Connersville, Ind., on Friday last.
He was about sixty yeavs old, and wu?*
imported to this country from Asia about
thirty years ago. He measured about
ten feet in height, and weighed about
10,000 pounds. His value was estimated
at $15,000.
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HOTE? ?&BIVALS, April'V?.^Nickerion
House-Mrs. .Kiuard and servant, New?
berry ; Mr. Nicely, M. J.Seiglor, Char lea-,
toa; Ob arl ea'Jones; W. J. Kirkwood,
B. M. Harris. Virginia; Q. W. Connor,
J. J. Nix, Ookosbury; G. P. Tippny and
wife, D. S. Bartlett and wife, Baltimore;
W. A. Moore, Lancaster; Thoa. Doda
mead and . wife, .oity; T, JD. Harvey,
Kiohmond ; Mrs. -M. A.- King, Miss
Thompson, Misa 'Dell Rimple, Union:
J?. ;D. Montgomery, 8. C.; J. P. Roed
and son, j And arson; J. E. Clark and
wife, Miss Clark, Georgia. .:
- Columbia Hotel -J. E. Thames, J. W.
Moore, J. S. Browniug, Charleston; W.
E. Tingle, Cincinnati; G. M. Drafts,
Gadsden;.Y. J. Owens, Laurens; J. L.
Bierden,'Ben nettsville; J. J. O'Barmor,
Barnwell; W. G. Miiyn, 8. Fair, Newber?
ry; H. T. Farmer, N. C. ; J. W. Hearst
and lady, Abbeville; W. J. Orosswell, 8.
C. ; G. Cari is and son. G. H. Anderson,
J. L. Chamlior, Chester ; W. Wade, Au?
gusta; M. Hollinswortb, Williamston;
J. P. Boyce; Miss W. K. Lane; J. L.
Gnnhouse, W. Bosenburg, S. Mayer, K.
Marks, J, Elliott, Chester.
Mark Twain, in introducing a friend
by letter to somo residents in California,
asks them to do all they can to ontertain
him, nnd suggests, among other things,
that they call out a vigilance committee
and hang a man or two.
Parental opinion is divided as to the
best method of disposing of little chil?
dren. There aro those who think that
letting them pluy with loaded guns is
the most effectual, though sliding them
dowu stair banisters in a six-story hotel
has its advocates.
It is suggested that as mau partakes of
the nature of the animals he consumes
for food, the French of Paris owe their
present fighting propeusities to tho
lions, tigers, Seo,, they consumed during
the late siege.
The Raleigh Telegram says that a mau
died in that city, Saturday, of mania rt!
potu, who bad, in fifteen days, consumed
nineteen gallons of whiskey. No wonder
he died.
Mr. K. H. Greueker's stables, in New?
berry, were burnt ou Wednesday morn?
ing lust.
A church in Iowa has expelled a dea?
con for attending a base ball match.
FINANCIAL 4NU COMMKUCIAL.
COLUMBIA, S. C., April 27.-Sales of
cotton, yesterday, 75 bales-middling
13c.
LONDON, April 26-Noon.-Consols
93?6@93>?. Bonds 91?$..
LIVERPOOL, April 26-Noon.-Cotton
opened quiet aud steady-uplands 7%;
Orleans 7%@73?; sales 10,000 bales.
LONDON, April 26-Evening.-Con?
sols 93%. Bonds 90??.
LIVERPOOL, April 26-Evening.-Cot?
ton quiet, steady nnd unchanged; sales
12,000 bales; speculation and export
8.000. . -.'.... .
NEW YOBK, April 26-Noon.-Flour
aud wheat dull and unchanged. Corn n
shade firmer.: pork 17.00?17.25. Lard
quiet. Cotton quiet-middling 15%;
sales 2,000 bales. Freights quiet.
Stocks very stroug and active. Go?
vernments and States strong but dulk
Money steady. Gold 10%. Sterling
long 10; short 10%.
7 P. M.-Export of specie over $500,
000. Cotton easier, with sales of 3,222
bales, at 15>?. Flour-Southern dull
and declining; common to fair extra
6.60@7.10; good to choice 7.15@9.00.
Whiskey 92)?@93. Wheat l@2c. lower
-winter red and amber Western 2.53@
2.55. Corn closed heavy and lower, at
74@76>?. Pork firmer, at 17.00? 17.50.
Beef quiet. Lard-kettie 11%. Froightu
unsettled. A noticeable ovent to-day
was the sale of bonds at par for gold.
Money 4@5. Sterling firm. Gold 10%
(a>10??. Governments off ??o. South?
erns vory firm, but dull, with little
change in rates.
BALTTMOBE, April 26.-Cotton in good
export demand-middling 14)^; receipts
146 bales; sales 1,100; stock 8,285.
Flour slightly favors buyers. Wheat
steady and firm. Corn active and firm
white and yellow Southern 76?77. Pork
19.50. Shoulders 8. Whiskey scarce,
ut 92j.?@93.
CINCINNATI, April 26.-Fl ir dull and
drooping-family 6.14? 6.4'' Corn ad?
vancing, at 56. Provisions i jsettled aud
quotations difficult. Mess pork 17.50.
Lard ll. Shoulders 7; sides 9?9J.i;
cloar sides 9>?. Whiskey drooping, at
88.
GALVESTON, April 26.-Cottou Bteady
good ordinary 12^; receipts 818 bales;
sales 800; stock 50,597.
MOBILE, April 26.-Cotton quiet and
steady-middling 14?^; receipts 337
bales; sales 1,000; stock 43,776.
WILMINGTON, April 26.-Cotton quiet
and steady-middling 14; receipts 95
bales; sales 74; stock 2,209.
C n A BLESTON, April 26.-Cottou quiet
middling 13%? 14; receipts 335 bales;
sales 300; stock 18,322.
NORFOLK, April 26.-Cotton firm
low middling ?8??; receipts' 420 bales;
sales 300; stock 2,780.
SAVANNAH, April 26.-Cotton in mo?
derato demand-middling 13?,i; receipts
933 bales; sales 800; stock 51,314.
BOSTON, April 26.-Cotton dull-mid?
dling 15>^; reooipts 1,855 bales; sales
350; stook 14,500.
AUGUSTA, April 26.-Cotton unchang?
ed, nt 13)??133.? for Liverpool mid?
dlings; sales 251 bales; receipts 82.
NEW OHLE ANS, April 26.-Flour-super
scarce, at 5.75; others plenty and dull;
treble 6.87?7.00. Corn scarce but dull
-mixod and yellow 71?72; white 73?
75. Pork dull and lower, at 18.50?
19.00. Bacon dull and depressed, at
7J??10; sides 10%; hams 15J<?. Lard
dull and lower, at 10>??11; keg 12,??.
Sugar steady and iu fair demand-com?
mon 7>??7%; prime 9%?10J?; choice
10)??lu^?. Molasses in good demand
aud scarce-plantation reboiled 30@40;
oiBtorn bottom %45@50. Whiskey 90?
95. Coffee 15>?. Cotton firm-mid?
dling 14>a?14%; receipts 2,476 hales;
sales 7,400; stock 192,803.
LOFFIOIAIi.J
j A.UTB AND JOIST ^li?OLUTIOSrH
Passe" d -hythe L?gislaliir?-Session 1870
and 1871.
AN ACT TO It KNEW AND' A??BND THE CII All -
. TER OP THE TOWN, OF DAMDBUO, IN THE
STATIS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
i SECTION 1 Be il maded, by tbe Senate
abd Ho URO pf Representatives of tbe
Statu pf South Carolina, now met nod
sitting in General Assembly, and by
tho authority of tho same, That from,
and immediately after the passage of
this Aot, all and every person, or per?
sons whomsoever, who aro constitution?
ally qualified to voto for members of the
General Assembly of the State, and who
sholl have resided within the present cor
{?orate limits of the town of Bamberg
or & period of thirty days, and theil
successors, are hereby declared to bc
members of said corporation.
SEO. 2. That the said persons and
their successors shall, from and after thc
passage of this Act, become a bod)
politio and corporate, and shall be knowr
and called by the namo of the town o:
Bamberg, and its corporate limits shat
extend -tbreo-fourths of a mile, in th?
direction of tho cardinal point, from thi
South Carolina depot, in said town, as i
centre.
SEC. 3. That tho said town Bhall bi
governed by an Intendant and four War
deuB, who shall have resided thereii
for sixty days, immediately precedi?)
their election. The said Intendant am
Wardens ?hall be elected on the sccon
Tuesday iu April in ench year, teu dayi
notice having boon previously giver
and shall continue in office for ono ycai
and until tho election and qualiQcatio
of their successors; and all malo inbab
tanta of the said town who shall hav
attainod tho uge of twenty-one yean
and resided within- said iowa for
period of thirty days, immediately pr
aediug their eleotion, shall bo entitle
to voto for said Iutendunt and Wa
dena.
SEC. 4. That the said election shall 1
held in some convenient public place :
said town, from eight o'clock in tl
morning until four o'clock in tho ovo
iug; and when the polls shall be close
tho managers ?hail forthwith count t!
votes and declare the election, givii
notice iu writing to tho persons electo
The Intendant and Wardens, for t
timo being, shall always appoint the rc
nagers to conduct the election, who, t
fore they open the polU for tho said eh
tiou, shall take an oath to fairly and ii
partially conduct the same. And t
Intendant and Wardens, before cnteri
upon the duties of thoir office, respi
tively, take, tho oath prescribed by t
Constitution pf this State, .aiid t
following oath, to wit: "As Intendant i
Warden) of .the town of Bamberg, I v
equally and impartially; to the best
my ability, exorcise .the trust reposed
me, and will-use my best endeavors
preserve the p?ac? and carry iu to efl*;
according to law, the purposes for whi
I hove been elected: So help roe Got
And if any person, upon being eleel
Intendant or Warden, shall refuse to
as* such, he shall forfeit and pay to 1
said Town Council the sum of twei
do I hi rs: Provid?d, That no person w
has attained the age of sixty years, si
be compelled to serve in the said offic
nor shall any person be compelled
serve more than one year.
SEC. 5. That in case any vacancy si
ocour iu tbe office of Intendant or t
of the Wardens, by death, resigoati
or otherwise, an eleotion to fill si
vaoauoy shall be held, by the nppoi
ment of intendant or Warden,
Wardens, as tho oaso may be, ten di
previous notice being given; and in c
of sickness or temporary nbseuco of
Intendant, tho Wardens forming a Co
eil, shall bo empowered to elect oui
their number to act as intendant;
three Wardens, constituting a quon
shall bo considered as the Council
the transaction of all business com
before said Town Council.
SEO. G. That tho Intendant and V
deus duly elected and qualified, sbal
vested with all the powers of a 1
Justice, or Justice of tho Peace, wil
tho limits of said corporation. The
tendant shall and may, as often . as
cessary, sum mou the Wardens to r
ia council, nud they shall be kuowi
tho Town Couucil of Bamberg. .
they aud their successors, hereaftei
bo elected, may have a common :
which shall bo affixed to all their c
nances, may sue and bo sued, plead
be impleaded, in any court of lu\
equity in this State, and purchase, li
ponscss and enjoy to them and their
cessors in perpetuity, or for any teri
years, any estate, real or personal
mixed, and soil, alien or convey
same: Provided, The same shall no
ceed, at any one time, tho sum of
thousand dollars. And tho luten
and Wardens shall havo full po wc
make aud establish all such rules,
laWB and ordinances, not conflicting
the State laws, for the welfare and I
fit of said town; said rules, by-laws
ordinances to bo subject to r?visai c
peal by tho Genoral' Assembly of
Stato. And said Council may fix
impose fines aud penalties for the \
tion thereof, aud appropriate tho
to the publia uso of said corpora
and aro hereby empowered to collec
samo, in tho manner now prescribe
law: Provided, No punishment sha
coed fifty dollars or thirty days' ii
son mont.
SEC. 7. That the lu tendant aud
deus of said town shall have full
only powor to graut or refuse liceni
keep taverns, or retail spirituous Iii
within the corporate limits of said I
upon such conditions as they, by
nance, may impose: Provided, Tb
liceuso shall be fixed at a less sn
now established by tho laws of this !
aud the moneys so collected slit
used for tho bonefit of said towt
that tho licouses granted shall not e
beyond tho term to which said Ii
ant nnd Wardous shall have been ol
SEC. 8. That it shall be tho di
said Intendant abd Wardens, to keep all
roads,'streets and ways within'' the' cor
5?brate limits open and in,.good repair.
?lioy shall have power to compound
with all persons subject to road duty in
said corporation, and apply said moneys
so received tb the public use of 'said
town, and all persons refusing or failing,
after due summons, to work the | roadB
or pay suoh commutation, shall be fined
in such sum, not exceeding twenty dol
lars, and'in CUBO of a refusal to pay such
fine, the Town Council may imprison
snob person or persons, for a period not
to exceed ten days, as tbe Town Council
may impone. ,
SEO. 9. They shall also have power to
impose an annual tax not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred dollars of
tbe assessed value of real aud personal
estate lying within the corporate limits
of said town, and the real' and'personal
ostuto of churches arid school associa?
tions excepted. The said Con neil shall
bave power to regulate the price of
! licenses npon all publio shows and exhi?
bitions in tho said town ; to erect ?-pow?
der magazine and compel any person
holding more than twenty-five pounds of
powder to store the same therein, and to
make regulations for the storage thereof,
and for keeping and delivering the same.
Tho said Council shall have the power to
enforce the payment of all taxes levied
under authority of this Act, against the
property aud person of all defaulters, to
tho same extent and in the same manner
I as is provided by law for the collection
of tho general taxes, except that execu?
tions to enforce the payment of the
town taxes shall bc issued under the seal
of the corporation, and directed to the
Town Marshal or othor person especially
appointed by the Town Council to collect
the Barns.
SEC. 10. That the said Intendant and
Wardens shall have power to elect all
such officers, as, in their judgment, may
bo necessary to carry out the provisions
of tbis charter.
SEC. ll. That the Intendant and War?
dens oleot shall, during their term of
offioe, be exempt from street or road
duty. Each Town Council shall, within
thirty days after the expiration of their
term of office, mako out and return to
their successors a full account of their
receipts and expenditures during their
term, and shall pay over all moneys in
their possession, belonging to the corpo?
ration, and deliver up all books, records
and papers incidental to their offioe, and
on failure to do so shall be liable to be
fined in a sum not exceeding one hun?
dred dollars, aud hy imprisonment for a
period not to exceed sixty days, or by
both, such fine and imprisonment to bo
collected in any proper action by the
Town Council.
SEC. 12. That all ordinances heretofore
passed by the Town Council of Bamberg
in conformity with the authority granted
by Buch existing laws as do not conflict
with the Ooustitntion of the United
States, and of this State, shall be, and
I they are hereby, declared legal and
I valid.
SEC. 13. That all Acts or parts of Acts
heretofore passed, in relation to the in?
corporating of the town of Bamberg, be,
and they are hereby, repealed.
SEC. i l. This Act shall be deemed a
publia Act, aud continue in force until
amended, altered or repealed.
Approved March 2,. A. D. 1871.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE STATE
TREASURER TO RE ISSUE TO W. B. TI?VX
- OLE, EXECUTOR OF MRS. BEBTHA SK IRV
INO, CERTIFICATE OF BTAT,B STOCK.
Be it resolved by the Senate and Honse
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly and by tho authority of the
same, That the State Treasurer be, and
he is hereby, authorized to re-issue to
Wm. B. Pringle, Executor of Mrs. Ber?
tha Skirving, deceased, certificate of
stock of the same amount, payable at the
same timi , and beariug the same inte?
rest, as those lost or destroyed :
Certificate No. 19, issue of 1856, for
construction of new State Capitol for
8950.00; and that the said Wm. B.-Prin?
gle is hereby required to deposit with
the State Treasurer a boud legally exe?
cuted in the peual sum of ono thousand
nine hundred dollars, to indemnify the
?Slate against loss.
Approved Murch 7, 1871.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE! HENRY C. LANCAS?
TER, SMITH HOWE AND HENRY A. TOWLES,
TO COLLECT WUARFAOE AND STORAOE.
Be it enacted by the Senate anti
House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by tho authority
of thu same, That Henry C. Lancaster,
Smith Howo and Henry A. Towles, their
heirs, executors, successors nod assigns,
be, and they aro hereby, authorized to
collect the usual rates of wharfage aud
storage upon all goods, merchandize and
commodities that may be lauded at or
upon their wharf at Enterprise Land?
ing, on Wadmalaw Island.
Approved March 7, A. D. 1871.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS.-The following is a
list of loyal South Carolina claimants
before tho Claims Commission in Wash?
ington:
C. W. Dudley, Thomas David, Wm.
McFarland, John Pearson, John W\
Powers, Allan Quick, Peter T. Smith,
Samuel R. Thomas, Paul Stubbs, IraW.
McDaniel, John P. Herndon, Priscilla
Priuoe, John Dunn, James Brutus, P.
Towuseud and James Beverly, Bennetts
villo; John M. Stubbs and James
Stubbs, firigbtsvillc, and Prince Wallace,
Saud Hills.
A Washington telegram announces
that the representative of tho Sisters of
our Lady of Moray, of Charleston, re?
ceived $12,000 from the United States
Treasury.
There were 16 deaths iu Charleston for
tho week ending tho 22d-whites 5; co?
lored ll.
On Sunday night last, a negro, named
David Ray, cut the throat of a brother
freedman, near Mnriou Court House.
It' ie announced from London that
Cbang, one ot the Siamese twins, ww
paralyzed .on the right side on his return
to America IOBI AUROBI. ' At present, he
ia so far recovered that he is able to
walk without the assistance of a.crutch.
Puring his illness, his brother suffered
in no way, though naturally ho was com?
pelled to remain in bed during the period
of Chang's sickness,
A despatch from San Francisco states
tb at a nnmber of Fren oh women, who
have been working in the mines for the
last eighteen years, in men's clothing,
were recently arrested in a saloon in that '
city, their sex being discovered for the
first time.
OBITUARY.
Died, peacefully, at his residence In Helena,
Newberry County, 8.0.^ April 17, LEONARD
M. McCOY, formerly a resident of this oity,
aged Bixly-onc y oars, one month and two dayB.
43- MESSRS. W. D. LOVE ?fc CO. call
tho special attention of their friends in
attendance upon the Convention to their *
varied stock of gooda. See advertisement in
another colaran. April 27
Furnished Boom to Rent.
ONE or two gentleraon can rent a comfort?
ably PURNI8HED ROOM hy applying to
J. H. BALDWIN, at Kinard'a. April 27 X
Acacia Lodge Ho. 94, A. F. M.
A A REGULAR Communication of this
?5^?Lotlf-o will "bo held in Masonic Hall,
7V\THI8 (Thursday) EVENING, tft 8
o'clock. By order of the W. M.
F. M. DRENNAN, Ja., 8ecrptary.
April 26 1_
Walking Canes.
JUST received, a Urge assortment of fine
, poliah HICKORY CANES. Also, a nice
selection of new and pretty styles of FANCY
CANES, at E. POLLARD'S.
April 26 th tu G_ .
MILLINERY.
' * MRS. C. E. REED wishes to
tiSSlfflr^L inf?rm tuo Ladieo in general that
JBni it B **as Juet received another
TMUulrM Hupply of the very latest styles
^JMlin MILLINERY. AlBO, HAIR and
??SB&jfgy FANCY GOOD^. Plca&o cali and
**5??^ S.ozainino them, which wiil be sold
at reduced price?, to suit the times.
April 27_3_
Smoked Meats.
1 f\(\POUNDS SMOKED BEEF.
IUI " 5 dozen Smoked Tongues.
1 barrel New York Pig Hame, email size.
1 barrel Fulton Market Beef.
Just received and for sale low for cash, at
April 27 1 CANTWELL'8, Main street.
Flour, Hay, Corn.
fr (\ BALES prime North Carolina HAY.
O vs 500 bushels prune Whits Corn.
75 saoks Super Extra and Family Flour.
Jost received and for sale low by
April 27 St OHAMBERB fe. BRYCE.
Guano.
WE still havo in 'store a few tonB Wilcox,
, Gibbo a Co .'?s superior GUANO for Bale.
Call soon and apply it to your corn, aa well as
cotton. "Bread ia the staff of life.'!
April 27 g|j CHAMBER8 & BRYCE.
Sewing Machines.
fTIHE undersigned have the agency of C.
A Dowers A Co.'e IMPROVED COMMON
8EN8E FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, which
they offer to tho public at greatly reduced
Srices. It has no superior. It will stitch,
em, fell, tuck, quilt, braid, bind and embroi?
der, in a most superior manner. Moat ele?
gantly finished, with gold leaf, landscape,
tloworb, Ao. Warranted, for three years. In?
cluding oil can, guide, screwdriver, four differ?
ent size needles, clamp and printed direc?
tions, all for $15. Call and see it for yourself,
and get circular?, giving full description, Ac.
They have also superior Machine Oil and
Needles, Barnum's Self-Sower and Hemmer,
extra. CHAMBERS & BRYCE.
April 27_ Qt
CORRECT TIME
?M AY bo obtained by calling at ISAAC
SULZBACHER'8 and purchasing one
of those j natl v celebrated ELGIN
WATCH Eb, and where you can find a
complete Btockof Diamonds, Jewelry,
Silver^ and Plated Ware, of the best
United States, Waltham, English and Swiss
Watches in Gold and Silver Cases, which will
he closed out at New York prices.
Constantly on hand fin? Gold Chains, Seal
Ringa, Charms,Lockets, Sleeve Buttons, Sets,
and a varied stock of Fancy Articles.
AU kinds of Repairing done promptly,'and
warranted, hy ISAAC 8ULZBA0HER,
April 27_Under Columbia Hotel.
Just Received,
PORTER & STEELE'S,
A FULL LISE OF
SASH RIBBONS,
IN ALL COLOnS, FOB
MAY PARTIES.
Amil 27_
JUST IN
E. E. JACKSON'S
DRUG STORE.
BROWN'S TROCHES,
Worm Coufeclious.
Citrate Magnesia,
Flavoring Extracte,
Soidlotz Powders,
Cough Romedies,
ForuB PlaBtera, Ac., Ac. April 27 2
Charlotte, Colombia and Aug. R R. Co.,
?&?M<0iiaK?iB??
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
COLCMBIA, C., April 26, 1871.
riillE annual meeting of the Stockholders of
L this Companv will bu held in Columbia,
on WEDNESDAY', May 3, next, at 10 o'clock
'stockholders and their immediate families
will bo passed to and from the meeting hy
showing their certificates to tho agents or
Conductors.
The following order was made at last an?
nual meeting:.
Itesotwl, That the privilego of free trans?
portation for Stockholders and their families,
tn ?ml fruin our annual meetings,ho hereafter
extended to tho holders of stock in tho Char?
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, only.
Itesoleeil, That no stock be allowed repre?
sentation at any future Stockholders' meeting
excopt stock in tho Charlotte, Columbia anu
Augusta Railroad.
April 27:7 C. BOUKNIGHT, Treat. '