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KOZ/EROOD.- Atfe^PaJ8 ?go, the tele graph euuounoedii^** the members of the Soonish peeif ge had aosembled ot Hoi j rood, for th? purpose of choosing one of their number to represent them ia. the British Horfeo of Lords. It is so seldom in these ttyjB that this anbieut ?talaoo has any connection with political flairs, that perh?p? a brief sketch of ita biatory?m?y pdt be) altogether nninto. resting. .. r ? j, :\ , ; . According loathe le( end-^>f wb,ich the teador ia ot liberty to believe os jnaoh.or n& little as he pleases-fXing David I, uf Scotland, was one /day, .early; in. the twelfth cehtury, hunting With bis court through the wide forest which then.;ex? tended to the Pery gatos of old lilli n burgh. A deer sprang from a thicknt, and the king? in theTesgernesa of the chase, ou trod? all hw follo wers, and drove the animal with 'porn abd hound to the foot of what. i 91 kn o wu QB Balis bury Grogs. There -irtturned at boy, rushed at the monarca, overthrew his horse, and was on the paint of finishing the 'rider, when ? suddenly a' cross slid from between-its antleiy into the royal hand, at sight ' ot. whian tho iufariated deer incontinently flea. Whether the oross remained m Druid's clutch, or vanished into' thin air, the voraoions chronicle does not stat? but wo are in? formed that the king 4>on after had a dream advising him to batid a monastery in honor of the Holy lltjod, on or near the spot where ho bad snob a narrow and miraculous escape from violent death. At any rato, King David did, in the year 1128, bnild an abbey of canons regular of the order of St. Augustine, which he solemnly dedicated to the Holy Rood or Gross. This abbey was barned by the English in 1886, in 1544, and again in 1547; and before it could be entirely rebuilt after the two lost confla ?rations, the Reformation diverted it rom its original ase, and the remains of the choir and transepts were employed to repair the nave. This portion of the edifice was used as a paryfc church from 1560 to 1672, whoa it bto&me a chapel royal. Wheo, iu 1687, Jdmes VII built another parish church for the Oanongate district of the city, he sst apart tho nave of the abbey for Catholic service, and fitted it np with sthlls for the Knights of the Thistle. During the revolution of 1688, tho mob plundered and burnt it, and it remained in a ruin? ons conditiou until 1758, when it nuder went considerablo repairs. The new roof pnt on at this timo proved too heavy for the walls, and in 17fc8 it foll, crushing the pillars of the Roath side arid seriously injuring'other postions of the building. Since then, restorations have been made, and tho venerable structura is now ia a posture to dafy tho assaults of time for a reasonable ?mriod at least. >, Soon after its erodion, tho Abbey of Holy rood became the'Occasional resort of Scottish monarchs. John Balliol held a parliament then in 1295; Jaimes II was born, crowned, married and 'bu? ried in it; and James IT commencedt^he foundations of tho paitoa portion of the building about 1503. 'Tho unfortunate Mary, Queen of Soots} took np har abode'there in 1566, and it was twp scone of many of the .host eventful epiV socLs ia her strangj life. Uer son,\ James Vi, {resided there previous to his\ elevation.,to the Eogliii throne; and in 1650, .after the battle ff Dunbar, it was occupied" by Cromwell's.'soldiers, who, whe'ri'tboy' departed, ai rn ed tho greater part of it. During'-the reign of Charles II it'was again restored, and since then has sheltered many illustrious person? ages who ligare extensively ia English and Scottish annals.) Until qqito re? cently, Queeni Viotoria, was accustomed, to spend several weeks each year in this historio spot; bot sh( now prefers tho more modern accommodations of Bal? moral. Holyrood' is visited! by thousands of tourists annually, all nf whom aro ex pooted to believe thai, a certain dark stain upon the floor wis caused by lliz zio's blood, und that tunny articles of furnituro there exbibie'd ouco belonged to unhappy Mary. Kor is it hardly worthwhile to disturb so amiable a fic? tion. ! How WOMEN WsfooifH A TAX COL XiKOTon IM MICH KI AI.-At Lexington, Michigan, a week or two since, Mr. Wideman, the township treasurer, visited the house of Mr. william Stoner, in Davisviile, for the pu rijoso of collecting the tax on a dog. He'ivas deemed, how? ever, an interloper by .the ladies of the j donnell, and treated accordingly. They took the precaution t.> look the door first, to prevent his tscapo with tho goods, and theu proceeded to belabor him, one with a good sized hickory clab, another With aa are, and another with a kettla of bot water ready, as they said, to scala tho hog as soon us the others had killed him. Tho climate was altogether too warm for Ins oomfort, and he was only too glad tqc9oapo with a whole skin. A reinforcer^ont visited tho ?lace tho next day, and ?to (ables were turned, und tho belligerent females were compelled to pay tho tax,und tho costs and expanses incurred. Tjoy stated, in extenuation of their oondict, that they had boen advised that thorax was ille? gal, and they had 11 right to take ex? treme measures iu tho protection of their property from a levy. Philadelphia elite go to tho Academy of Muaio and while away Hie timo ?luring tho porformnuco, by sportively letting down by strings from the naper to thu . wer boxea opera gInsses,oaudkorcliiefs, ' .j\y bills, otc, and )la3'ing other .A tally intelligent tricks. A fiw nights , an unenlightened plebeian, who u??gono to the performance for tho ; ,-ipose of Loaring the singing, ox '?tosed his displeasure |t thtjir iutcr JupftpuB by a prolongea and Agorous hiss. ' To the surprise of lio A?n Won, tho 'whole audience caught I np, .Ind tho Vingors upon tho stago jfnedjuBt, and [/the aristocrats were, foffODcf, Bmmili fated iuto decency. -li JINI" , III IJ--LL TEW ASSOCIATION OP FnowEna.- HOW th? universal heart bf man blesses flo w etsi Tbey ar? wreathed around ; the cra? dle, the marr l?ge-al tar, and the tomb The Peraian in, the far East tl eights in their p?riode, and writes his ' love in nosegays; while tho Indian child bf the far West Clasps bia hands with glee as he feathers the abundant blossoms-tho il umiouted scriptures of .tho prairies. The Cupid of the ancient Hindoos tipped bis arrows with flowers, and orange flowers are a bridal crown with ns-a nation of flowers garlanded the Grecian altar, and hong in votive wreath before the Christina shrine. AU those are appropriate uses. Plowers should dock the brow of the youthful bride, for. they aro in themselves a lovely type of marriage They should twice round tho tomb, for their per? petually renewed beauty is the symbol of tho resurrection. They should fes? toon the altar, for their fragrance and their beauty ascend in pornetnal worship before tho Most High.-Mrs. Child. John R. G ry m OH was one o assailed with groat bitterness by a journal of the city, and charged with various high crimes und misdemeanors. An admiring friend and supporter of Col. Cry mea rushed in a great passiou to his office, and, reading the floreo invective of tho newspaper assailant, asked him if there was any ?ruth in these charges. "All lies, groBs and palpable lies," calmly re? sponded the philosophic counsellor. "I knew they must be," WBB the proud ejaoulatiou of his admirer. "I will write an answer and nee np this scurril? ous and slanderous writer." "No," re fleotingly and solemnly remarked the sagacious lawyer, "don't do that." "Why not, if these charges ara all falsa?" "Because," in a slow and deli? berate whisper, "the rascal might como back with some charges which it would be inconvenient for me to deny." NEW USE FOR STOVE-PIPE HATS.-The story of the merchant who excited the ridioulo of his friends by shipping a cargo of warming pans to tho West In? dies, and who turned the laugh on thom by reulizing a handsome profit from sell? ing then for sugar shovels, is a familiar ono. It has a parallel in th? recent ex? perience of a Philadelphia hatter, who removed to Madras. There was not a very lively demand for hals of the stove? pipe style of architecture, and his stock threatened to be a drug on the market, nntil tho natives bethought them that thoy would bo a very suitable covering for their idols. Fashion rales iu Ma? dras as elsewhere, and when ono grin? ning imago waa thus ornameuted, all the others must needs ho. Accordingly his stock was soon exhausted, and he has seut to Philadelphia fora further supply. PAINLESS EXTBAOTION OF TEETH.-An interesting statement appears in the Denial Cosmos in regard to mechanical anrostheaia. Tho writer observed that he has for thirty years adopted the plan of obtuuding or benumbing the extremi? ties of the temporal nerves for painless extractions of teeth from their sockets, with complete success. One of two modes may bo adopted. By application of ice to tho temples, which is somewhat distressing, the sensation of cold striking deeply. The other, to which preference is given, is done by au assistant, with ?aob of his middle Augers ptessiug with persistent firm ness into the fossa or hol? low behind tho ridge or temporal hone which forms the external bono circle or? bit of the oyo. Pressure for one minuto is,all that is necessary. USE OF RAWHIDE.-Tho skin of an animal, whether sow. calf, colt or horso, that dies on Ibo farm, is worth moro at homo than at tho taunor's. Cut it into narrow strips and shave off tho hair with a sharp knife before the kitchen Are, or in your work-shop, stormy dayo and evenings. Yon make them soft by rub? bing. A rawhide halter strap, au i nob wide, will hold u horse bettor aud last longer than un iuch rope. It is btronger than hoop iron and more durable, and muy be used to hoop dry casks and boxen, and for hinges. Try it on a broken thill, or on any wood work that has boen split. Put it ou wet and nail fast, Thin hkins make tho beat bag strings in tho world. A rawhide rope is a good substituto for u chain. A remarkable diagram, proparod by a Washington atatislician, showed, among other things, that only one-half as many children are now boru to each thousand women a.) in 1800, and that there has boen a regular decrease from one decade of years to another. It seems that a similar state of things exists iu other countries. Ao-ordiug to John Stuart Mill, there han b^ou n steady decrease since 1821 iu tho number of children born to each ?.000 women, both in Franco-und in Eugluud. It iu especially noteworthy that this has booti the cuso in Eugl.iud. whore wealth lias boen ac? cumulating no abundantly in both tho, middle and the upper classes. A good deacon, who was LI.am ally a high-tempered mau, had been tined to beat.his oxen over the head, us all his neighbors did. It was observed that wheu he becamo a Christiau, his cuttle wore remarkably docile. A friend in? quired into the secret. "Why," said tho deacon, "formorly, when my oxen woro a little contrary, I flew into a pas? sion, and beat them unmercifully. This made the matter worse. Now, when they d? not behave well, I go down be? hind tho load, sit down, ami sing 'Old Hundred.' I don't know how it is, but tho psalm-tuno has a surprising effect upon my oxen." In Sweeney, only a limited number of saloon licenses are granted, aud these ure sold at. auction. Tho saloons most (.IOHO at a fixed hour, no liquor may he sold to a child or drunkard, and no money can bo recovered for liquor nold on credit. : A Bx?QVh?B CASK*-At sn early nour, yesterday morning, Captain Cameron? ol the Eighteenth Precinct, wa? inT formed that Mr. Bernard Murray and his two daughters, named Rose and Catharine,1 aged respectively twenty-five and twenty-three'years, resining at Nd! 262 First avenue, had become insane, and were raging about their boose in the wildest manner, muan, to th?v alarm o? their fellow-tenants and neighborhood. On investigation, it was ascertained that a few days before, Mrs. Murray, wife of Bernard, and mother of the two girls, was taken suddenly ill, and expired oefore a priest oonld bo summoned to administer the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the whole family aro members. The death of Mrs. Murray, and the fact that she had died without the rites of the ohurch, seemed to prey upon the spirits of the surviving mom hers of tho family to a remarkable ex? tent. They became depressed in spirits, refusing to be comforted, and spent their time in lamenting the fate of tho de? parted one. Despite the utmost effort H at consolation, persevered iu by tboir relatives and friends, their minds be? came gradually unsettled, until cu Wednesday night they were found to bo raving maniacs, und to prevent a catas? trophe, tho aid of the police was in? voked. The fut her and daughters were removed by tho police to Bellevue Hos? pital, and placed under tho charge of Wardoo Brennan. They were lucked up in separate celle, and deprived o? every? thing by which it was supposed they might injure themselves or others. Silas Pearsall was also admonished to watch over these patients, with more than usual caro. At 3 o'clock, yesterday morning, the watchman visited thu cells, and found tho patients all right. On visiting tho colls again soon after, ho found Rose Murray lying on the floor, and, surmising that something waa wrong, summoned the Burgoon. Ou en? tering the cell, it was discovered that the young woman was dead. On exa? mination, it was ascertained that previ? ous to entering tho hospital she had, during one of her paroxysms, inflicted u severe wound ou her arni, with suicidal intent. This wound WUB bandaged up wheu she was admitted to the hospital. Shu had stripped this bandage from her arm, and, winding it tightly about hor throat, strangled herself. Coroner Schir mer has assumed charge of thb ca.se, uud will make an investigation to-day. [New York Times. GIANT TBEHS.-Botanists were as? tounded, when Calaveras County and Mariposa Valley wero explored, at the amazing altitude of gigantic trees; and then, agaiu, to have attained suoh extra? ordinary dimensions us sumo of thom have, about thirty feet iu diameter by an altitude of 100, seemed like a spas? modic rather than a progressiv? develop? ment. One forty feet and four inches in diameter has since been found near Vi salia County, Southern California. Since those discoveries, a tree of tho myrtle family has been examined in Australia that far surpasses the California trees, being even taller than nny of them. When the concentric circles declaro a growth of between three and four thou? sand years, it shows tho present ooudi : tion of tho earth has not buen essentially disturbed since they have been where they aro still growing. Perhaps some of them were thrifty saplings when Adam i and Eve were roaming in tho garden of Eden. Certainly, if there is any re? liance in botanical laws as explained by scientific teachers, those California trees antedate the age of Muses aud must of the great empires chronicled in the pages of history. WHITEWASH.-This is the season of I brushing up, and as thc ladies arc much tried with poor whitewash, wc pr?sent j a recipe, which is vouched for by expo- ! rienced housewives us tho very thing: Take ono bushel of good lime and slack i it in a covered barro!, dissolve one peck j of ground alum salt into two buckets of , water, and add two pounds of brown j sugar to thu salt and water, and then mis . it with the slacked limo in tbe barrel;; wheu it ?3 well mixed, add one quart of j clean sand; if you wish it to be deud j white, you can add one quart of good, clean hickory ushc-3, and then add water , to make it tho proper consistence. To j put it on, use a common whitewash ! brush. It will stund the weather well. Louisville has a sensation at last, but ! not an original, not a unique one, for it ?3 simply a mau who (deeps well and long, sometimes being somnolent for sixteen days ut a stretch, though not, as might be interred, on a stretcher. The name of this gentleman is Jacob Wilburt, uud as may readily he surmised from that mime, hu is a German. Policemen buve watched him with euglo eyes, but can i detect no sign of bis rising from his j couch or opening his eyes for days and days together. A Louisville paper thinks that "tho case is ouu which will, doubt? less, attract tho attention of our mullica! moo." The Berlin correspondent of the Lon? don Times gives nu int creating sketch of the enormous artuamuuts of tho conti? nental powers. Gurmuuy has at hur im? mediate disposal 1,000,000 men; tho French army will bo raised to 030,000, aud iu twelve years will be doubled. Austria has moro thuu 000,000 man im? mediately available; and in a few years, tho Russian army will number 1,000,000 men. Tho correspondent mentions, in? cidentally, that tho "entire loss of Ger? many iu tho campaign has beeu lately ascertained as something like 180,000 men, rather more than cue-half of whom aro invalided." / A f?w day H Ugo, lt mau uar i ?ru u chal? lenge to mortal combat to n Jacksonville brewer, who, ns soon as ho read tho message, turned to mid whipped the bearer in n rough and tumelo fight, and said: "Mnybe some more of dem vants to mako droubles mit me." A**JV*-.? . rtn??w .. -. .* ? ?? t ?ui - ..??(.' *? n . . * . ! /I ! M I I Bi! 111 1 BB gentleman was staying at a little French. country inn, and there iras a melancholy looking owl which hopped ?bput tho yard and had only one leg. 'wo,op three clays after his arrival, ho I had some gibier (game) for dinner. The "yamo" was very small, bat he enjoyed it immensely, and the next day he missed the owl'from tba garden. "Where has the owl gone to?" he inquired of the landlord. . 'Monsieur had a little dish of gibier yesterday," waa the answer, to the consternation of the traveler. "Why, did you kill the owl for my dinner?" ho next asked. "I kill owl, M'sieu? No, he die himself." Spooner wns arrested for drunkenness and waxed indignantly thereat. Spoon? er is loyal. "Now, I axes,' says he, "if it is right to go an' arrest a man fdr support-in* the gov'meut. Every drop of licker I take is taxed-taxed to support the gov'ment. Spose all na fellers was to stop driakin'; what's the gov'ment to do for tax? How's the gov'ment to go on? That's the reason I drinks. I don't like grog, 1 hntes it. If I feller'd my own inclination, I'd retber drink butter? milk, or ginger pop, or soda; but I lick? er? for tho good of my country, and to sot an example o? loyalty to my neigh? bors. Au editor whoso subscribers were re? miss iu payment, lately published the following announcement in his paper: "To save our readers the trouble of send? ing their subscriptions by post, and to relieve two unfortunates, we shall Bend to each of our debtors, in tho course of a few days, two collectors, one of whom has hardly recovered from the small-pox, and the other of whom bas just taken the itch." Thc delinquents did not wait to be called on, but paid their dues promptly. CoNVEHSATION OF ENGLISH JEWS. Tbe income of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jows, is reported to be about ?8,000 a year. They have twenty five mission? aries, and tho results of these missiom to tho Jews it is stated have been thal there aro now between 20,000 and 30, 000 in tho Protestant Christain faith ic England and the continent. Aboni .100 of these are ministers and missiona? ries of various denominations, 100 beinp missionaries to their own brethren, j On the arrival of tho Waterbury truir. ut Hartford, two ladies stepped upon tho platform. One of them, with tiru step und quick motion, stepped up tc the other, and clenching both hand: into her curls and bonnet, pulled sharp ly and effectively. The bonnet wai wrenched away and hair disheveled. I was the work of a moment. The at tacked party, looking sharply at her nu tagonist, oooly hurled these words out "All right 1 Your husband will pay for ? better bonnet than thip." How TO MAKE 'EM STICK.-Man] persons who wear reading-glasses an sorely annoyed at the difficulty of keep ing thom in their proper position on tin nose. To all such, it will be interestinj to learn that a yoang optician of Ne\ York has devised a very ingenious expo dient by which that end can bo accom plished. It consists simply in rubbinj I he bridge of thc nose with beeswax. A youug Indy of Indianapolis, whoa sister's funeral occurred last week, ex cused herself from attending the obse quies by saying that hor own weddin) was to take pince the same evening, am the funeral wouldn't leave her in goo spirits for tho pleasurable accomplis! ments of the latter occasion; besides sh hud no time. Mr. Beecher's namo lins boen put to curious use. Conrad Quinn, au ingen ons or humorous citizon of Peeskil who keeps a tavern and Bells liquor o Sunday, near which village is the Pl} mouth paster's ftimmer resideuco, ht called his country tavern tho "Beeobt II ouse." A new burse-shoo has boen introduce in Fi ance, in which, it is said, no nai nro required. It cousists of a narro ritn of iron, which perfectly protects tl: edge of tho hoof, without cramping tl sole, and is much lighter nud cheap? tb An tho ordiuary pattern. A New York chemist has lately show that fifty per cent, of the vinegar sol in large cities is made from chemic" so poisonous us to gradually undo mino the consumer's health. Snlphi retie acid and sugar of lend are large' found iu this article of universal d mostio use. A Millodgevillo letter sf nf cs that Str ther, who killed Captain Lewis H. K nan, has never been nrrested, and rnmi says ?B in Mexico. Ho waa married few weeks beforo the murder to Cap K.'s step-mother, who obtained a cl vorce from him nt thu last term of tl Baldwin Superior Court. Dueling is apparently a sine qua m of a German univ ~sity education. Tv of tho female students nt Zurich, reoen ly had a fencing bout, in which one k an eye und tim other liad tho tip of h nose sliced off. A clergyman found frozen in Minn Botn the ot hor day, und takeu to ? Puni, had his liio saved by tho ampul tion of both arms, lits may expoai tho Word, but ho cannot pound the pt pit cushions. He eau join bands, b cannot baptise. His best vocation wou be that of un agent soliciting alms. Now that tho Omaha Bridge over tl Mississippi is complete, there is an 11 broken liue of rail from Oakland, Cu to Boston, 3,530 miles, und oven a fe thor distance down iu Maine, connti up in ul), probably, 4,000 miles. COMPETENT.-A ronu recently drawn a juror nt White Uiver Bottom, ludial came in from tb? country to state that hadn't been to tho city for thirty yea and did not know who bad boen Pre dent since Andrew Jackson. "A sneaking robel, skulking trait' and oowardly our who plays second ? die," uto., is tho manner of allusion dulged in by the. leading Republic newspaper of Indiana. .<* i fin',m?i?ig>> . '~ Acta and Jol nt Iletolut lon? f-naaed fey th? , Citn?r?l A?iemWy Ot Ho a th <n roi I na, llrgulur 8cation, 1871 ?nd 187?.. , AX ?OT TO MAKB APPBOPKIATION AND RAISB SUPPLIES FOE TBS FIS O AX. TJCA? COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1, 1871. SUCTION 1. Be it enad?d by the Senate and House of Reprcsentalizts cf the State of South Carolina,-now met and Hilting in General Anembly, and by th? authority of Oie same, That the following Bums .be, and they are .hereby, appropriated for the payment of the various officers and exponsos of the State Government, that is to say: , ' FOR BAIiABlkS. For tho Governor, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the Lieutenant* Governor,, twenty-five hundred dollars; for tho Secretary of State, three thou? sand dollars; for tho Private Secretary of the Governor, two thousand dollars; for tho Clerk to Secretary of State, ono thousand dollars; for the Adjutant and Inspeotor-General, .twenty-five hundred dollars; for the .Comptroller-General, three thousand dollars; for tho Clark to tho (Jomptrbller-General, eighteen hun? dred dollars; for extra clerical services in tho oflleo ot* tho Comptroller-General, ono tbonsand dollars; for the State Treasurer, twenty-five hundred dollars; for tho Chief Clerk to the Stuto Trea? surer, eighteen hundred dollars; for a book-keeper for State Treasurer, eight? een hundred dollars; for Auditor of th? State, twenty-five hundred dollars; for the State Auditors Clerk, one thousand dollars; for the State Superintendent of Education, twenty-five hundred dollars; for tho Clerk to tho State Superintend? ent of Education, one thousand dollars; for the Health Officers, four thousand nine hundred dollars; for the Chief Jus? tice of the Sapreme Court, four thou? sand dollars; for tho two Associate Jus? tices, seven thousand dollars; for the eight Circuit Judges, twenty-eight thou? sand dollars; for eight Circuit Solicitors, 1 eight thousand dollars; for the Attorney General, three thousand dollars; for the Attorney-General's Clerk, one thousand dollars; for the Clerk of the Supreme Court, who stall perform the duties of Librarian of said Court, fifteen hundred dollars; for the State Reporter, fifteen hundred dollars; for tho Keeper of the State House and State Librarian, one thousand dollars; for the Superintendent1 of tho South Carolina Penitentiary, two thousand dollars; for the Watchmen of tho Slate House and grouudn, six hun? dred dollars, each; for the County Auditory thirty-one thousand fivo hun? dred dollars; for the Clerk to the Auditor of the County of Charleston, one thou? sand dollars; for clerical services in the office of Auditor of Charleston County, two thousand dollars; for tho Governor's Messenger, three hundred dollars; for the County School Commissioners, thir? ty-one tbonsand two hundred dollars; for preservation of books and records in the office of Register of Mesne Convey? ance in Charleston County, three thou? sand dollars. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SEO. 2. For contingent fund of the Governor, fifteen thousand dollars; for tho contingent fund of the Treasurer, one thousand dollars; for tho eon tingun t fond of the Comptroller-General, one thousand dollars; for the contingent fund of the Attorney-General, one thousand dollars; for the contingent fund of the State Auditor, fifteen hun? dred dollars; for the contingent fund of the Adjutant and Inspector-General, two thousand dollars; for the contingent fund of the State Superintendent of Education, fifteen hundred dollars; for the contingent fund of the Secretary of State, fifteen hundred dollars; for the contingent fund of tho State Librarian, five hundred dollars. The abovo appro? priations to be drawn npon the warranj; of the Com pt roi 1er-Cl en ci al on applica? tion by the heads of each department. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. SEC. 3. For tho purchase of books for the Supreme Court Library, one thou? sand dollars, if so much bo necessary, to bo drawn ou tho order of the Chief Jus? tice; for the eontiugeut expenses of the Supreme Court, under Section 7 of au Act, ratified the 16th day of September, 1SGS, five hundred dollars; for un at? tendant on thu library aud the rooms of the Supreme Court, eight hundred dol? lars, to be paid quarterly on tho warrant of the Chief Justice on tho Treasury; the said attendant to bb appointed by, and be removable at, the pleasure of said Court; for three commissioners for sala? ry to May 1st, 1872, fivo thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, and no further amounts shall bo paid tho Code Commis? sioners after this date, and before which timo tho Code Commissioners shall have a complete iudox and reference, and cor? rect all errors ou side notes, Ac. ORDINARY CIVIL EXPENSES. SEC. 4. For the civil contingent fund, thirty thousand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars thereof, if so much be necessary, shall be applied to the payment of claims now audited and on file, other than nulla bona ulai mn; fur the o np-io ri of tho Lunatic Asylum, eighty thousand dollars, to bo paid on the warrant of the Comptroller General, on tho application of the Board of Regents; for the sup? port, of the State Orphan Asylum, fif? teen thousand dollars, to be paid in ac? cordant"? with the law establishing tho same; for reorganizing and perfecting thu Stato militia, fifteen thousand dol? lars: Provided, That thirty-five bnndred dollurs bo used for tho repairs of tho armory nt Columbia, to be drawn on the warrant of tho Comptroller-General, on application by the Adjutant and Inspeo tor-OnneruI; for quuruntine expenses, three thousand dollars; for keeper of tho lazaretto, four hundred dollars; for repairs and painting of tho lnzuretlo building, six hundred dollars, to bo ilrawu on Ibo warr&ut of tho Comp? troller-General, on application by tho port physician of Charleston; for the physician of Charleston jail, ono thou? sand dollars; for transportation and clothing of discharged convicts, threo hundred dollars; for tho Catawba lu j i lr ' ?ii'u'it'V j - - 'ti?m . .'. .'."'i'i'fi diann, oight1 hundred dollar?;1 for* the pay meut of tbe com mieaioners, messen? gers and manager? of the general elec? tion of 1872, twenty-five thousand dol? lars, to bo paid on the warrant of the Comptroller-General. ' j $j| EXTRAORDINARY XXPBNHES. . Sra. 5. For puet does fq? cone?r action end for eontinoing the consti uotion of the Sooth Carolina Penitentiary; eighty thou'eaud dollars, to.be paid op the war? rant of the Comptroller-General, on ap? plication of tho Bo perin tendent. EDUCATION AD D EP ABTUEST. SEO. 6. Par tbe support and mainte? nance of Free* Schools, three hqndred thousand dollon?, in addition to tho ca? pitation tax: Provided, That tho e"m Of threo hundred thousand dollare bo ap? portioned among the several Cpu nties of the State, in proportion to the number of children between the ages of B?X aud sixteen; farther, that each County shall be entitled to the amount of the poll tax raised io said County; Foi.the support of the.Sou th Carolina University, twen? ty-seven thousand eight hundred, and fifty dollars; for repairs'to buildings, of the South Carolina University, ted thou-: sniid dollars, to be paid on the warrant of tho Comptroller-General, On Applica? tion of the President of tho University; for the support of the Sooth Carolina Institution for the Education of' the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,- ten thousund dollars, to be paid on tho war? rant pi the Comptroller-General, on ap? plication of the Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. . ' . gi SEO. 7. That all taxes aase BB ed and payable under this Aot shall be paid in tho following kinds of fonds. Tia: Bills Beoeivable of the State, United States currency, Nutionu: iUuk Notes, Reve? nu? Bond Scrip, gold or silver ooin. ' Approved March 13, 1872. Reniaine, supposed to bo those ol Leichardt, the AUB tr ian explorer, have recently been discovered ic the interior, about 1,300 mile? from Brisbane. Leich? ardt^ exploring expedition started in 1818, and was nover heard of afterward. A tough boy in Louisville, the other ' day, foll through a hatchway near tba top of a warehouse, and landed in the sub-cellar, seven stories below, without receiving any serions injury. ? Provi? dential ash-heap saved his life. The Paris Figaro tells of a oonrt crier who touk great pride in a collection of knives which had served for the purpose of assassination. He ases them at the table, the knives of parricides being used only for guests of distinction. There is a dam difficulty existing bc tween Illinois and Indiana, growing out of the aot of the Canal Comrnif etouera of Illinois twenty years ago, who dammed the Calmut river to feed the Blinois and Michigan canal. " According to Secretary Belkuap, the sale of arms 'by this country to France was not stopped nntil the month of Octo? ber, 1&70-eeveral weekB after the Fran? co-German war closed. Now, isn't this a pretty dish to set before the Queen? CURIOUS DEADLY WEAPONS.-1-A Ger? man is now ou trial at Chicago, for scald I ing his wife to death with hot coffee., while a woman at Hemstead, Long Island, the other day, beat her husband to death with a beaf steak. Twp young girls, sisters, liave ran ? away from Berlin, Prussia, for Salt Lake, to marry a yoong man they are both in love with. A horse by stnmbling broke his own ' neck and the leg of his rider, a colored ' man, named Charlea, in Batu well last week, by falling over a stomp. Why is a man who makes additions i to false rumors like one who has confi? dence in all that is told him? Because ho re-lies on all that he hears. Jonas, on being asked by Mrs. J. why ho didn't have a dumb-waiter iu the dining-room, immediately replied that he had tried them, but they didn't an? swer. A hlnshihg bride in Missouri handed her marriage certificate to the conduc? tor, instead of her ticket, and wa* horri? fied to hear the announcement that it wasn't good. "I eau speak seven different lan? guage:," Baid a convict as ho entered a penitentiary. "No matter," said the keeper, "we have but one luugungo he: e, and very little of that." A St. Louis woman, over six feet in height, recently married a man who is fonr feet nine. When ?he wishes to ki; 8 bim she bas to stand him on a chair. A Parisian journalist compares FraYue to a bot tie of champagne, of which M. Thiers is tho cork. A very foroible way ofj expressing the general insecurity ? f things. 0Eurnpe, which, at the outbreak of the Italian war of 1859, cou tain ?ul fifty-six independent States, now contains only eighteen, with a population of 300,000, 000. The spring style for the Sandwich Islanders is nuuounced. It is a red string about tho left leg jost abovo the knee. The present fashion is a ted string below the knee. John Jacob Astor used to say that he worked harder than any man in New York, aud all he got for it was his board and olothiug. An Indiana editor makes a pathetic ap? peal to his readers, saying: "If there is anything you know, that is worth know* ing, that wo ought to know, and yon know that wo don't know, please let os know it." An independent old lady, speaking of Adam naming all the animals, said the didn't think he deserved any oredit for naming the pig-any one would know wjiat to coll him. "Good morning, gentlemen," says a brusque oolportour, on entering a rail? way car. No one responded. "Beg pardon, if I havo said too much. I with? draw tho last expression."