Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I EDITOR. -1 I * MAiLXT, Pce'r. and AmhUH Rd&tor. IVMnmmr Twt Dollar* pw i?M. r ' AkriniMfiim ineerted at (ho refcee of om dollar perequareof twolr# Minum Hm j IthU *U?d typo) or le?s for the Ant insertion, Vfty coots each for th* second and third iOaorttoor, aad twenty-Are oenta for ilbrtqiMt tnaertloua. Yearly oontraeta will ho made. All adrartiaamanU must haVo th* U*M*h?t of insertion* marked oo them, or they *W ho inserted till ordered out, and charged for."' Uateee ordered otberwtao, Advertisement* Will invariahly l>e " diapleyud,* ^Obituary notlcca, and all toatteT* hAVrVnr to te the benefit of any owe, are regarded ma Advert ieetneata. AN Af-T to Attar and Amend the Charter of ike 3W>? of CroewiUe and for other jAtrposes. Sacnow 1. Be it enactnl by the Senate and Bouse of Beprcsev tativea <qf the State of SoutA Carolina^ wytb met end sitting in Gene +al Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and immediately nfter the passage of this ^?l? ?N?\I \/l jr T7Vni UJ |/^l " I none who are Constitutionally qirol- j filed to vote for members of tlie CJcneral Assembly of this Stato, And who may have resided within the present corporate limits of the Town of Greenville for sixty days, j ickd their eowessors, and those ( also who now reside wad may )>ave I resided for sixty daj-s within a -cir cnit of onefoarik of a mile from , said corporate limits and their successors are hereby declared members of the corporation Wereby intended to be "c reared. ( JBac. S. That tire sard persons and their successors shall from suid after the passage of this Act, become a body corporate and politic, and shall be ktwwn and called by the name of theOity of Greenville, shall Ivave a comnwn -seal, may sue and be acted, implead and be impleaded in iany court of law or Equity m tfcis State, and may purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to tlrom and their successors in perpetuity -or for any term, of years, any estate, ical, personal on , mixed, and its coiprnte limits sbt' extend one and one fourth miles in eve-y direction from the Court Ilouse as a centre. Skc. 3. That the municipal pow ?rs of said City shaN be, and are , hsryhy, vest cd in a Mayor and six , Aldermen to be chosen as hereinafter mentioned and directed, who aliaTl be dennminntod the Mnvnr mid Aldermen ot the Ciiy of. tQrecmvfflo, and dbsJfl bo persons %+K) actually reside within the limits of the said Corporation, and1 tiave so resided for at least sixty days immediately preceding their elect ion. Sao. 4. That on the second Men (, day in September of each year, tfn' election for Mayor and Awermen hall be held at such -convenient place or places within said City as may bo designated by said Mayor and Aldermen, at Which elections 11 such persons as have been lieneinaftcr declared members of the said corporation shall bo entitled to rote by a general ballot: Provided^ That no person shall be allowed to vote at any such election who shall not have regis'ered his name as a voter, with the Citv Clerk in a book or books to be kept by him for that pnrpose, at least thirty days before every such election * and Provided, That the present Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Greenville, shall be Mayor and Aldermen, respectively, of the said City of Greenville, during the balance of their present term of office. ? ? See. 5. That tbe Mayor and Aldermen to be elected as above directed, before taey enter npon the duties of their office, shall. In add! tion to tho oath prescribed in Section 30, of Article II of tho Con 8titution, take the following oath, to wit: " I, (Mayor or Alderman of the City ot Greenville,) do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may bo,) that J will equally and impartially to the best of my skill and judgment, exercise And discharge the trust reposed In me, ana will endeavor to carry into : effect the put pose tor which I have been elected, so help me God," and that the said Mayor and any four or more of the Aldermen shall constitute a quorum to do the business of the board1; and in case of the Jsath, resignation or removal from town, of the Mayor aforesaid, the said Aldermen or a majority of them shall elect from among themselves, a Major to fill tions relative to the streets and I markets of the whl City as they 1 may think t roper and necessary, c and establish such by-laws as may r tend to preserve the quiet, peace, t safety and good order of tne in- 8 habitants thereof, nut inconsistent <] with the Constitution and laws of tiic Staite, and llmt t1?y may im< a pose fines and penalties for the v? C ol at ions thereof, which may bo re- a covered in a summary way befoie i the said Major and Aldermen as c boreinatter provided, who, and a each and every one of whom shall a be Magistrates, ex officio, within i the limits of tho said City, and f shall otherwise bo vested with all power and authority that Magistrates are vested with throtlghont j the State; Prwided% ncDertheUx*, c IW aM stich ordinances, by-laws, t rules, and regtifatfoas so made, be f duly promulgated, and that no t such fine in any one case and for f any single Offence exceed the sum l of fifty dollars. v Sue. 7? That when any fine im- i poeed by tlie said Mayor and Al- i dernicn by virtue of this Act shall ] exxjeed twenty dollars, tlie same c intv rnrvinor) luitira anv ?J -?- ?? ~ ""J istnatc or Just.ce of the Peace for Greenville County, and when such fines sImJI be for twenty dollars or tinder, fhev inay bo recovered be tore the said Mayor and Aldermen or any three of them; all which fines when recovered shall be applied to the use of said City. 80.8. The said Maj-or and Aldermen of said City, in addition to aSl such fines and penalties as tnay bo incurred attd recovered, and all licences for taverns, for sales at auction, public shows, and for whufcsaB-e and retail dealers in liquors within raid City, all of winch the said Mayor and Aldermen or a majority of them shall have the right to grant in their discretion shall, annually levy on the assessed property of the City, ? tax sufficient to discharge and defray all the expenses of carrying into cfTect the ordinances, rules, regulations and laws made and established as above provided; Pro vided, said tax does not exceed fiity cents upon every one hundred dollars worth of real and personal property as assessed, equalized. Sec 9. That the Mayor and Aide* men are hereby authorized and empowered to mako such ordi- ' nances as they may doe in expedient in relation to licensing persons J who are or may be, engaged in, * and carrying on, any business, ' w i thin their corporate limits: Provided^ That no ordinance shall ( be made inconsistent with the ' Constitution of this State and laws of the land. 8kc. X. That the said Mayor 4 and Aldermen are hereby author- ' ized ?o appoint a Treasurer to col- ' lect the taxes imposed tinder and 1 by virtue of this Act, and it shall * bo the duty of the said Treasurer ' to collect the same, and i?*r tliia { purpose be shall have and exer- ' cise all the powers conferred upon 1 County Treasurers: AH property 1 upon which a tax shall be assessed, ' is hereby declared and mode liable " for tho payment thereof, in prefer- J enco to other debta due l)y tlio per- ' son owning the property at the ( time of tho aasesemont, except 1 debts and taxes due to the State 1 which shall be first paid. < Sko. XI. That the Mayor and 1 Aldermen of the said Cttr be, and are hereby authorised ana empow ered to issue an execution against j the body of overy person for any ' snm of money imposed by way of fines against whom an execution against the property of such person shall have been previously is- < encd for the same and a return J therein, made t>y a marshal of said City or the Sheriff of Greenville ? * such vacancy, occasioned as nfure> ( said ; and that in case of death, o removal from office or resignation v of any of the said Aldermen, then, t and iu such case, tlwj Mayor and r any tvfooc more of the srid Al- ti dermen shall appoint" a time and I place for electing another Alder- i man to fill tire vacancy so occ* c sioned alter having given five days previous notice of such election. s Sbo. 0. That the Mayor may as j ofien as occasion requires summou o the Aldermen to meet together, r and the said Mayor and Alder- i man oliell ! ???? ?4??? ^ MIVM ouftn III?T UICJ ai v iiwo* V by vested with iull mxi ample power, from time to time, m Jer their common seal, to mako all t each ordinances, mice and reirola- r 7 ?r i 1 bounty on oath that dp property f tuch . person could be' lound cherewith to so.tisfy .said cxecuion, and upon the arreat of. euoh icrson, he ia hereby, entitled to lave the benefit of the Prison '.onml Act, before a magistrate nstanter, upon tt*tifiplng,tbe May>r thereof. . Sib.-. XJL That the said Mayor nd Aldermen shall havo power to prohibit the building and working if any blaokamitji shop, forge, furlace or foundry on Main Strcotor n any other public part of the 2ity. Sto. XIII. That Iti case of the ickness or temporary absence of he said Mayor, the said Alder nen, or any five of them, may seed from amongst themselves, a Mayor pro tempore to act as May r during such sickness or tempo* ary absence, and said Mayor pro empore% and any fonr or more of aid Aldermen shall constitute a [uornm to do business. Sac. XIY. That the said Mayor .nd Aldermen of the said City of Ireenvillo are hereby authorized nd empowered to establish and :eep up one or more public scales r scale houses with proper scales .n<1 weights, tor weighing cotton ind other articles sold by weight n the said City, by and at the expense of the said City. Seo. XV. That the said Mayor md Aldermen bo and they a?-e iereby authorized to appoint one >r more public weighers, who shall >e 8worn by the said Mayor faithully to perform the duties of said .dice, and who shall be removable or jniscondoct or incompetency >v said Mayor and Aldermen, and vlien reference is bad to any of he public scales used by said veigbers by the authority of said Mayor and Aldermen on the same my mac mc contract, if the sale is nnde, the certificate of the public rcighcr shall be conclusive evilence of the weight of tho cotton >r any other article sold by weight, n any court of justice, in which in action shall be pending touchng the weight of such article, and ho snid Mayor and Aldermen are lercby authorized to assess a sum lot exceeding six cents on each >alo ot cotton and a proportionate mm on other articles weighed, to >e paid by the seller for the use of nia City. 8ko. XVI. Hint the Public Scales and Weights established in nirsnunco ot this Act shall be f(andarc?, to which a'l others in lie said City shall conform, and it my person shall use, in weighing inv art'elo whatsoever, sold in Mid City, weights and scales difering from the said standard, such >erson on conviction in the Court ?f Sessions for Greenville County ihall be fined and imprisoned at ;he discretion of the Court. Seo. XV1L That the Mayor and i IJ . * ?? r\mermen 01 me said (Jit* ol Sreenville be, and they are here authorized and empowered tc cgulate the sales ac nnction with in the limits of the said City and to grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall extend to sales b) >r tor Sheriffs, Coroners, Execn ors or Administrators, or by anj >thor pei-son under the order ol iny coort or magistrate. Sac. XVlll. That tho Mayoi )nd Aldermen of the City ol 3recnvillo be, and they are here try, authorized to borrow tnonej by issuing Ci' Itocks, from tinx :o time, to th~ .unonnt of one bun ired thousand dollars, if so tnacli be necessary 44 to pay the extraor itinary expenditures of said City, bnt never in any form to make th? City ^ liable for exceeding that imonnt in tho aggregate:" Pro vided, That the private property bf the citizens of the said City ol Gtrcenville shall not be liable in law or in equity for tho pavmeul jf the corporate debts that shall 01 may bo created under the granted powers herein made, or in anj >ther mode than by a regular and aniform taxation. Snc. XIX. AUL Acts or parts ol Acts inconsistent with or supplied py this Act are hereby repealed, [u the Senate llonse the twenty second day of March, in the year of onr_Lord one thousand eight linndred'and sixtv nino. TTTAKLES W. MONTGOMERY, President of the Senate pro tern, FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jr., J[$caker lioueo of Represcntafirefc. Approved the 23d day of March, 1 1869. i ROBERT K. SCOTT..' i Governor. I Owe* Sforktary or Statk, I i Columbia, 8. O, April 9, 1S69. \ I I, F. L. CARDOZA, SecretrTy i of State of Sotitli Carolina, do < hereby certify that this is a correct j copy of an Act entitled H An Act ( to alter and amend the Charter of ] tlio Town of Greenville ?Ad for other purposes,* tiled in this office. ( Qiven uudor my hand and the ' aeal of the State in Glnmbia, ' this ninth day of April, A. D. i 1869, and in the uinety third < year of the independence of i the United States of America. I F. L. CARDOZA, i Secretary of Rtntn nt K fl I Xuclisli Estates and American Heirs i In the New Orleans Tunes we 1 find the following letter from Hon. i J. P. Benjamin: i Lamb BcIlping, TiarrLie, i London, February 3, 1869. i To the Editor of t!>? New 0>- i lean* 2'imcd: W ill yon permit I me, through your columns, to send < a word ot warning to the public against a scheme of swindling"! which is now extensively practiced in the United States ) Since my call to the English < bar hundreds of letters have reached me from Louisiana and other I parts of the Union, written by per- i sons, many of whom are educated 1 and intelligent, making inquiries < relative to estates represented as existing in this country unclaimed, and awaiting the appearance of heirs residing in America. In every instance that baa come to 1 my knowledge the statements are fulse, and evideutly made for the purpose of defrauding parties out of sums, large or small, under pretext of paying the costs of records, copies, Arc., said to be necessary for the assertion of the pretended < claim. One caso may be selected as an 1 example: A banker bv the name 1 of James Wood died in Gloiices- 1 ter in the year 1836, leaving a fortune of about ?800,000. II is i will was tho subject of much liti gallon, mil waa nmiuy decided to be valid, and the estate waa order* ed to be divided among the legatees. under a decision ut the Uuuse i of Lords, in 1847. Anv one desirous of having particulars of the i litigation can trace it through the different courts aa follows: 1. In r the Prerogative Court of Cantor. bury, roported in 2 Curteiss, p. [ 82. 2. On anneal to the Privy . Council, in 2 Moore's Privy Conn! cil Coses, at p. 855. And 3. In ? the IJcmse of Lords, in the case , entitled 14The Corporation of ; Gloucester vs. Osborne," 1. House of Lords Cases, p. 272. Although I his estate has thus been finally p settled aod distiibuted for more than twenty years, I do not at all > exaggerate in stating that not a month passes wil\out my receiving i one or more letters from persons , who are approached by some pre ' tended agent of eoine imaginary . great firm of Loudon solicitor, engaged in seeking for the heirs of j the great intostatc banker, James P Wood, whose fortune, amounting to 10,000,000 sterling, is lying in the Bank of England awaiting a ' claimant. f The nsnal mode of proceeding adopted is to propose to undertake the bmdness tree of expense, the 5 proposer to receive only a share of what may be recovered. Th;s 1 seems so reasonable that !n most ' cases the dope readily swallows ? the bait. A short time aftoi wards ! he is informed that aH inquiries 1 and researches have resulted fa' vorably, and that nothing is wanted to insure success except the ' cost of a few copies of records and k other papers, and that tho pro\ poser having already incurred ' great expense in conducting the | necessary inqniries and researcb| es, is left without resources at the 1 very moment when a lew pound* would suffice to eccure the fruits of hi* labor and expenditures.? 1 Many are (he victim* from whom sums, varying from SO to ?500, have been thn* extracted, and the | number of person* engaged in this 1 system must be very great, and the sums received by them very ; considerable, if at all in proportion to the number ot letters received ] here on the subject. Many thou- > ! sindsof pounds are Id own to lave [\ " il t>een expended by tboee who could ill afford to bear the luee in the [>nrenitof the greet Jennings ee- <x :ate; ond some of titoee who here y< jpetit money In this way hare He* ot tually been deluded into writing ot I? ine thefr Cohvfetion that tlity ?i were entitled to dislodge the present Duke of Marlborough from ot Blenheim Castle, by virtue of II their descent from the famous at Dnebess Barah Jennings. Most of the persons who are ic inped are ignorant on two points, d which, in nearly every instance, would satisfy them at once of the ir utter folly of the hopes they in- y ilulgo. The first is, that an alien w canuot bo an heir in ?nglond when st there is no will, and that he caunot take real estate even if left to a him by a will. The second is, ai that in England estates devolve w upon tho oldest son alone, and on 01 ins eldest son in succession, and are not divided in shares among f( all the children, as in Louisiana a and other Stales. Yet nothing is oi more common than for persons to tl assert heirship to the snppoecd b shares of the young. t brothers and h slaters, or claim, as natives of the t< United States, heirship to English- p men who had left no wills. p In the hope that this exposure o may be of some use to my fellow- a citizens, in whose welfare I retain f< the deepest interest, and may pro- b tcct ihem to some extent from the a sharpers who are plundering them, I remain, very respectfully, your o obedient servant. ti J. P. BENJAMIN. s Eead This, Girls. Girls, believe me, real Indies do a work. The shams only are .idle, tl Heal Indies resemble Lady Anne Bacon, mother of the learned t Lord Bacon. She was a learned j lady, but she was also a notable t housewife. She practiced all the mysteries of pie, pudding and a cake making. She made splendid t bread. I doubt if my own moth* t er ever beat her at that. She a could roast a turkey or a goose so \ that it made her husband's mouth v water to see it. She reared pigs c and poultry, and was quite as 1ia}>py when in tue kitchen as whei.; e among lords and ladies in royal r drawing-rooms. When her son- t in-law painted her portrait he rep- c resented her as a cook, surrounded 1 bv dead cramo. Her irrent wn \ honored and loved her, and her t name deserves to be written in 1 cold letters on the roll of honorable women. e Girls, don't despise the kitchen, s Never shrink front house-work.? t Stick to the rolling-pin and pie- i board as faithfully as to the finger- a board of the piano. Love the broom-handle as well as the cro- f qnet-mallet. Cultivate the nt edle e more faithfully than you do hair- f pins and pomade. Be as useful in i the ditting-room as yon are orna- 1 menial in the parlor. Let your accomplishments be to your house i keeping skill what the delicate 1 blossom of the strawberry is to its f luscious fruit. Then yon will bo < prized aa well as admired. And, j tf you add the Jear of God to your s other qnalities, yon will be happy on earth aud uappy forover in heaven. ) Lkarn to W ait ?Of all lessons i that humanity has to learn in life's i school, the hardest is to l?nm t,\ I c wait. Not to wait with the folded hands that claim life's prizes withont prerious et ort, bnt, having struggled and crowded the slow years with trial, see no each result as effort Beems to warrant? nay, perhaps, disaster instead.? To stand firm at each a crisis of existence, not to lose hold or to relax effort, this is greatness, whether achioved by man or woman, whether the eye of the world notes it, or it is recorded in that book which the light of eternity shall alone make clear to the vision. Catt. Kino's treasure has at last been found?in the caves of O-IJ-I n A oaiwQury uottn. An explorer > * reports" the discovery of human eqnine skeleton, guns, pistols, words, ntcnsile of varions kinds, gold, silver coin, rings, charts ana 1 manuscripts. At a printer's festival, recentlv, d the following toast, was offered: u Woman, second only to the press in the dissemination of pctts." t A ' I"" I Jill I 11 II# Cminn ToUtmii ?* j It is not pot its to reftte# to mtsmiinodate BhcAhtffi tirben it is M i>u UUV.W, and yon ?tm do it wftfeut dctrhnem td yourself and wittrart Infringing on the fights of oth* It Is not polite to request of ah' Ihef k faior yon would, not wllngly grant tinder aiiriifA/ circou* ances. It is not polite to inttte parsoM youf bouse wben yon do not eetre to see them. It is not polite to chew tobacco i tho presence of those to whont or.f breath ihfly be offensive-^ 'hethor in a dw?llinor.tir?ti?** * ago coach, a ear or ft steamboats It ift not polite to My through not her, to ft Stranger or acquaint* nee ftt the door, wboto yon do not ish to see} tbtrt jcrt are engaged r not at liottre. It is not polite to spit on thd oor of a ebftreh, ft dwelling-house, car, in the CAoin of a steamboat r a ferry-boats The spitting ofl ie Boots of our cars and terryoats has become so common thai idiea have often found it difficult > obtain seats where they could revent soiling their dresses. A erson who uses tobacco, and is bliged to spit, should nevon enter partfnents set apart exclusively )r ladies and gentlemen, Unless e is willing to swallow the delectble juice. It is not polite to contradict anther, or rudely to question lhs? rnth of his remarks. 1fou should peak with moderation, and connice with truthful arguments. It is not polite, when passing notber on (he sidewalk, to turn to be left; always to the right. It is not polite to hurry throwgk he streets, jarring one person, ostling another, and stepping on he toes of a third. It is not polito to use perfumery tbout your person. Nature doea tot require it hi those who keep hemseites clean and pure. >Whefi i person is highly scented, it apicars as if it were done to conceal >n offensive breath or some other lisagreeable smell. It is not polite to borrow money, . uvwa VI UIIJ uruvic Mill QUI HI eturn it at the time designated, or o wait until called upon by the wner. Forgetfulneaa or thoughteesnesa ia not a justifiable excise when you retain, a moment longer ban the time specified, whatever >elongs to another. It is not polite to use pompotm >r high-sounding words in converation. The more simple words lie better, in which you can corn rcy vour meaning and be understood. It is not polite to notiee the defects of nature in others, or to rpealc in their presence of their debrmitv. Cast your eyes on what s perfect, and speak only of what s agreeable. It ia not polite to beg earnestly n public for any charitable object. It m sufficient to lav Vour ease ha 'ore your hearers, and let them dejide how much it is their doty to rive Tnev can judge without the idvice or dictation of auotber. A Methodical Yocno Lady.? We hear of a very precise and Methodical young "lady in town, who divides ber time up with the itmoet exactness. For instance, the allows jnst so much time to sating, so much to visiting, so much to reading, etc., and on no iccident suffers herself to deviate Irotn her rules. It she has a callsr. she save looking at her watch ; ' Now, 1 have just ten minutes to ice you in without infringing upon nv time for meditation.** A friend jailed not long afro to relate to ser the sad particulars of the Jeath of her mneh belored granduother. The methodical young woman was effected, even to tears, l>nt didn't forget her time card.-? She drew forth her watch at the noat touching point in the story, ind begged her friend to cut it ibort, as in four minntes And twesy-two seconds she most practice rith her dumb bells 1 [Cincinnati Times. The belle of a recent ball at New Ubony, Indiana, was recognized a a woman who earned her living >y begging at a street corner Ireseedin filthy rags, Bmxa keep the devil ont than urn him oat.