The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 21, 1872, Image 3
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."