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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. AM INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER, PUBLISHED BV .JOIIIST KERSHAW. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year, in advance $2 50 Six months.-..*. 1 50 Three moHikS 75 pffi" Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. LAWS OF THE STATE. Acts and Resolutions of the General * nf f1?.rnlina. I II! .1 Vi- I-1 f*ni I mil T VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY S3, 1872. NO. 37 * i * A j!1socjluwij va ** Published by Authority. ?>' f > . An Act to Incorporate the Town of Lcwisville, S. C, Section 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State < of South Carolina now met and sitting in i General Assembly, nud by the authority of n the same: - t- . ..j.i That from and after the passage of this J act, all citizens of this State, having resided 1 twelve months within this State, and sixty ' days in the village vf Lewisville, shall be ' deemed, and are hereby declared to be, a ' Jbody politic and corporate, and the said vil- ] 3? -i?ii nnd Unwn bv the name I' ixl^U ?>LI till Ut tiuivu uuw ^ of Lcwisville, and its corporate limits shall ' extend three-fourths of a mile in each direc- ' ition, from the new store of W. II. Hennon. 1 Sec. 2. That the said village shall be gov- ' erned by an intendant and four wardens, 1 who shall be citizens of the United States, and { who shall have resided in this State twelve ' months, and shall have been residents of the 1 .said village sixty days immediately preced ing their election, and who shall be elected I on the fourth Monday in May, 1872, s and on the same day in each year ' thereafter, ten days' public notice thereof 1 being previously given; and that all male ' inhabitants of the age of twenty-one years, ! citizens of the State, and who shall have ' resided within the State twelve months, and 1 in the said village sixty days immediately 1 preceding the election, shall be entitled to ( vote tor said intendant and wardens, paupers ( and persons under disabilities for crimes ex- 1 ecptcd. < Sec. 3. The said election shall be held at } some convenient public place in said village, j from six o'clock in the morning until live 2 o'clock in the afternoon, aud, when the polls 1 shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith 1 count the votes and declare the election, and 1 give notice thereof in writing to the intend- r ant therein being, or cause the same to be r given to the person duly elected: Provided, I The commissioners ot election 01 urangc-1 burg County shall call the first election under 3 this act, and shall appoiut managers to con- * duct the sauic, who shall make return thereof t to the commissioners, the same as other 1 elections held in this State. And the said commissioners shall count the votes, and o declare, the election, and notify pers ns so 3 elected intendant and wardens of the said 3 village. The intendant and wardens, before v entering upon the duties of their offices. 3 fhall respectively take the oath prescribed I * l?y tlxj ^Constitution of the State, and also j t the following oath, to-wit: "As intendant J f (or wardens) of the village of Jjcwisvillc, 1 s will equally and impartially, to the best of * my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, 1 and will use my best endeavors to preserve j 3 the peace, and carry into effect, according ! t to law, the purposes for which 1 have been j1 elected: So help me Cod." And if any U person, upon being elected intendant or ^ wardens, shall refuse to act as such, he shall s forfeit and pay to the council the sum of s twenty dollars for the use of said village: r Provided, That no person who has attained f the age of sixty years shall be compelled to i " ' " * ** -1.11 I r serve in either ot said omccs, nor snan uiy other person be compelled to serve either as v intendant or warden more than one year in 1 any term of three years. The intendant and s wardens f<>r the time being shall always ap- t point one or more boards of managers, three t managers to conduct the election, who before t they open the polls, shall take an oath fairly i mid impartially to conduct the same. s Sec. 4. That in case a vacancy shall oc- t cur in the office of intendant or any of the I wardens, by death, resignation, removal or c otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy t % shall be held, bv order of the intendant and t wardens, or a majority of the same, ten days' i public notice being previously given; and in i case of sickness or temporary absence of the in- s tendant, the wardens forming the council shall s be empowered toclcctonc of their number to r act as intendant dm ing the time. t Sec. 5. That the intendant and wardens t duly elected and qualified shall, during their t term of service, severally and respectively t be vested with all the powers of trial justices c pt justices of the peace, as the case may be, ? in this State, within the limits of the village, fnr> tlia tri<il <m.JI nnil nifinn CflllSGS: I and the intcndant shall, or may, as often as < necessary, summon the wardens to meet in ' council, any three of whom, with the intend- ] wit, shall constitute a quorum to transact 1 business; and they shall be known as the l Town Council of Lcwis\ ille; and they, and < their successors in office hereinafter to be 1 elected, may luvc a common seal, which 1 shall be affixed to all their ordinances, may sue, ' and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any < court of justice in this State, and purchase, ) hold, possess and eujoy, to them and their 1 successors, in perpetuity, or for any term of < years, any estate, real, personal or mixed, 1 and sell, alien, or convey the same: Provided, 1 The same shall not exceed, at any /*nc time, i the sum of ten thousand dollars. And the I said town council shall have authority to appoint, from timo to timo, as they may sec fit, such and so many proper persons, to act its marshals or constables pf said village, as the said council may deem necessary and expedient for the presoryation of the peace, good order and police thereof, which persons so appointed shall within the corporate limits of said village, have the power and privileges, and bo subject to all the obligations, penalties and regulations provided by law for the office of oonstablc, and shall be liable to be removed at the pleasure of said council. And the said town council shall have power to establish, or authorize the establishment of a market house in said village; also, to authorize the establishment of a guardhouse, and to prescribe suitable rules and regulations for keeping and governing the same. And the said town council, or the said intcndant and wardens, in person, or a?v one or more "I* them, may authorize ami i require any marshal of the town, or any con-1 stable, specially appointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the said guardhouse, For a term not exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or persons who, within the corporate limits of said town, may be engaged in any breach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or any Conduct grossly indecent, or dangerous to the citizens of said town, or any of thorn. Ahd it shall be the duty of the town marshals or constables to : arrest and commit all such offenders, when required so to do, and who shall have power "< to call to their assistance the posse comitates, ' if need be, to aid in making such arrests, < and upon the failure of said officers to per- ] form such duty as required, shall, severally, j be subject to fines and penalties as the town < jonncil may impose upon them. And all ] ? cViill r\nv flip. f?r>sfc and I perzjoiis ou iuiju muutu oau?< vmv sxpenscs incident to their imprisonment, I which cost and expenses shall be collected i in the same manner as is provided for the < collection of fines imposed for the violation I )f ordinances, rules and regulations: Pro- ? rided, That such imprisonment shall not ?' jxempt the party from the payment of any i fine the council may impose for the offence < which he, she or they may have committed. ] A.nd the said town council shall have full t power and authority, under their corporate ] seal, to make all such rules and regulations, ( ay-laws and ordinances, respecting the streets, 1 roads, and the business thereof, as well as i :he police system of the said town, as shall t ippear to them necessary and proper, for ? :he securit}r, welfare aud convenience, and t or preserving health, order and good govern- f nent within said town. And the said towu i ;ouncil may impose fines for offenders against ( heir by-laws, rules, regulations and ordinanc- c ics, and appropriate the same to the public use t >f said town; and the said town council shall c lave the same power that trial justices or i usticcs of the peace now have, or may here- s ifter have, to compel the attendance of wit- c ? tn o-ivo oviftanpft T JUSTUS, UlIU vuvu? VV Q..v w , .v. ipon the trial before them, of any person or i >ersons, for violation of any of their ordi- a lances, by-laws, rules and regulations; but f 10 fiuc above the sum of twenty dollars shall c >e collected by said councils, except by suit v n proper courts of justice in this State; and c ,lso that nothing herein contained shall au- n horize said council to have ordinances or t ty-laws inconsistent with, or repugnant to t he laws of the State. f Sec. G. That said intendant and wardens, f r a majority of them, shall have power to bate and remove all nuisances in said town; t ,nd it shall be their duty to keep all roads, i rays, bridges and streets in said town open a nd in good repair, and for that purpose x hey are invested with all the powers of coun- t y commissioners, or commissioners of roads, t or and within the corporate limits of the t aid town; and may lay out new streets, close t ip, widen, or otherwise alter those now in c iso; and shall have full power to classify aud a rrangc the inhabitants or citizens of said s nvn liable to street, road or other duty there- 1 i and to force the performance of such du- i ies under such penalties as are now, or shall a icreaftcr be. prescribed by iaw; and they f hall have power to compound with all per- <j ons liable to work the streets, ways and c oads in said town, upon such terms as their ndinanccs or by-laws may establish, or their j ules and regulations may require, the 1110- s icy so received to be applied to the public t isc of said town; and all persons refusing to abor or failing to pay such commutation i hall be liable to such fine, not exceeding I wenty dollars for any one year, as the said own council may impose; and they shall have 1 he power to cuforce the payment ol such fine, t n the same manner as is now or may here- s itter oe proviaea mr me cuueuMuu ui wunvj axes. And the said town council shall have >ower, with the consent of the adjacent land iwncrs, to close all such roads, streets and rays within the said towu as they may deem t leccssary, by the sale of the freehold there- , n, cither at private or public sale, as they j uay adjudge best for the interest of the c aid town; and they shall keep in repair all ( uch new streets, roads and ways as they a nay. from time to time, deem uccessary for he improvement and convenience of said own. Provided, That no street, road or J ray shah be opened without first having obained the consent of the land owner or iwners thereof, through whose premises any iuch new street, road or way may pass. { Sec. 7. The said town council, shall have < jower and authority to require all persons ^ >wning a lot or lots in said town to close in { ind to make and keep in good order and rcmir sidewalks in front of said lot or lots vhenever the same shall front or adjoin any lublio street of said town, if. in judgment of \ :ouncil, such sidewalk or sidewalks shall be ' leccssary, the width thereof, and the inanler of construction, to be designated and . egulated by the said town council; and for lefault or refusal, after reasonable notice, to uake and keep in good repair such sidewalks. and to ciose such lot or lots, the town ' council 'may cause the same to be made or put in repair, and require the owner to pay the price of making or repairing; and the said town council arc hereby empowered to sue for and recover the same by action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction : Provided, That such contract for making or repairing is let to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries and public graveyards are also placed under the jurisdiction of the town council. Skc. 8. The intendant and wardens of the said town, or a majority of them, shall have full power to grant or refuse license to keep taverns or retail spiritous liquors within the corporate limits of the said town, upon such conditions as to them shall seem proper mul riirht: Provided, That in no instance shall the price be less than the amount that is established by the State; and all moneys paid for licenses, and for fines and forfeitures, shall be appropriated to the public uses of said town: Provided, That the intendant and wardens, duly elected, shall not have power to grant any license to kce^ taverns or retail spiritous liquors to extei beyond the term for which they have 1 ecu elected, 'liny shall have power to regt late sales nt auction within the corporate limits of said town; and to grant license to auctioneers, itinerant traders, to keopcrs of hotels and livery stables; and to levy a tax on all drays, carts, wagons, carriages, omnibuses, buggiesj horses, mares, or mules, kept for hire, or used for public purposes in said town, ahd they have the full and only power to impose a tax on all shows, or exhibitions for gain or reward, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall have power to impose a tax, not exceeding twenty cents, on every one hundred dollars of the value of personal property lying within the corporate limits of tho town, the real and personal property of churches aud schools and colleges excepted. That an ordinance ieclaring the rates of annual taxation upon property and other subjects qf annual taxation for the year shall be publi hed at least three weeks during the month of January, ineachvcar: Provided, That the Baid town # J Jouncil shall have power to levy a tax for i-liis year under the same rules as is above stated, immediately after the passage of this ict, and that all persons liable to taxation mder the same, shall inake oath of their axable property within s&id town, and make layment of their taxes to the clerk or reasurer of said corporation, or such other icrson as they may be ordered or required to 1 lo during the succeeding month after pub- < ication; and upon the failure to make such 1 eturns and payments as required, the par- 1 ies so in default shall be subject to the pen- ' titles provided by law for the failure to pay * .he general State and county tax, to be en- * breed by the orders of the intendant and ' vardens, or a majority of them, for the use < >f said town, except that, in such cases, that * ixecutions to enforce the payment of such ' axes shall be issued under the seal of the { :orporation, and may be directed to the town I narshal or other persons appointed by the < aid town council, to levy, collect and re- < .'cive the same, with costs, as in such cases nado and provided by law; and all property ipon which such taxes shall be levied and * issesecd is hereby declared and made liable or the payment thereof in preference to all ithcr debts except debts due to the State, rhich shall be paid first; and that all other tax- 1 s imposed by the intendaut and wardens, or a > najority of them shall be uayable iu advance ( >y the parties liable for the same, and on fail- * ire of payment, their property shall be liable br the same as in manner and form just be- J ore stated. s Sf.c. 9. The intendant and wardens elect, ( ogcthcr with clerk and treasurer, shall, dur- ( ng their term of office, be exempt from street ( nd police duty. Each town council shall, ' rithin one month after the expiration of 1 heir term of office, make out and return to ' heir successors in office a full account of J heir receipts and expenditures during their j crm; which account shall be published in 1 me or more papers of the town or county. 1 .nd shall pay over all money in their posses- 1 ion, belonging to the corporation, and dc- 1 ivcr up all books, records and other papers 1 neident to their office, to their successors, * nd on failure to do so, shall be liable to be ' incd in a sum not exceeding five hundred ' lollars, to be collected by any proper action ( if the town council. ' Sec. 10. That all ordinances or by-laws 1 >assed by the town council of Lewisville 1 huN be binding upon the citizens of said ^ own, the same as the laws of the State. ( Sec. 11. That all acts and parts of acts nconsistcnt with, or supplied by this act, ; >e, and the same are hereby repealed. 1 Sec, 12. This act shall be deemed a pubic act, and continue in force for the term of wenty years, and until the end of the nextscs;ion of the Legislature thereafter. Office Secretary of State. ") i Columbia, S. C. Eeb. 28,1872. j The foregoing act having been presented to lie GovernorofthisStatcforhisapproval,and ' lot having been returned by him to that ' iranch of the General Assembly in which it ! iriginated, within the time prescribed by the ; institution, has become a law without his ipproval. ' F. L. Cardoza, Secretary of State. J \n Act to incorporate the Springfield Bap- 1 tist Chnrch of Greenville, South Caroli- ; "aSection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ind House of Representatives of the State of ! South Carolina now motand sitting in Gencr al Assembly, and by the authority of the ' jamc: That the members of the said society be, | ind are hereby incorporated, and arc hereby ] leclarcd to be a body corporate, by the name ind style of the'Springfield Baptist Church, ind by that name and style shall have sue- ' cession of officers aud members, and shall . have a common seal. Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have power to purchase, receive and hold, any real or personal estate, not exceeding in value fifty thousand dollars, and to sell, convey and dispose of the same; aud by its corporate name may sue and be sued, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, and make such rules and byc-laws not repugnant to the laws of the land, as they may deem necessary and expedient. Sec. 3. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, aud shall continue in force until repealed. Approved b'eby. z<, io<z. An Act to change the name of William Nathaniel Martin, and to make him one of the legal heir? of his father. Whereas, William B. Duvis, a citizen of Williamsburg county, is the father of an illegitimate child, a boy now going by the name of William Nathaniel Martin, and whereas said William B. Davis is desirous of having the name of said child changed to that of William Nathaniel Davis, and to have conferred upon him all the rights of legitimacy; therefore: oF.CTlON 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in (Jencral Assembly. and by authority of the same: That the name of the said William Nathaniel Martin bo changed to William Nathaniel Davis. Sec. 2. That all rights of legitimacy are hereby conferred upon said William N. Martin, and that he be considered one of the le- 1 gal heirs of his father, Wm. B. Davis, as if ' born in.lawful wedlock. -j r ; Approved February 27,1872. !~~~ i An Act to re-charter the ferry over the Combahee River, South Carolina, known ' as the Combahee Ferry, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate , and house of Representatives of the State of South Carolina met and sitting in .General Assemblv.and bvauthority of the same: That from and after the passage of this 1 act, the ferry over Combahee Hiver, (known ' as Combahee Ferry,), be, and the same is hereby re-chartered and invested in Arthur r Middleton, his heirs and assigns, for thp term c of fourteen years, with the followingrates of 1 toll: For each man and horse, ton cents; for * each horse lead; five cents; for each foot passenger, five cents; for "each wagon drawn by' ^ four horses, seventy-five eonts; for each Wa- * 5011 ana- carriage drawn by two horses, fifty j. cents; for each wagon drawn by one horse, twenty-five cents; for each gig or sulkey, ^ twenty-five cents; for each cart and horso, twenty-five cents;-for each head of cattle, 5yg cents; for each hog, sheep or goat, three j cents; for lopg or double ferriage, double the imount of above rates: Provided, that the said Arthur Middleton, his heirs or assigns c shall keep one or more good, substantial for- j ry boats, together with a suitable rope or chain, or other contrivance, such as will injure safe and prompt transportation across ^ said stream. Provided further, that children j roing to and returning from school, and vo* ;ers going to and returning from the pollson election day, shall be passed free of charge ever said ferry. Approved, February 27, 1872. \n Act to revive and renew the charter . and corporate priveleges of the trustees 1 * ? - ? ? . 9 of the Bennettsvill Academical Society. Section L Be iteuactcd by the Senate md IIousc of Representatives of the State of 5outh Carolina, now mot and sitting in Gcn:raj Assembly and by the authority of the ;amc: ~u That Sees. 2, 3. and 1G of an act entitled x \n Act to incorporate ccrtain.coinpanies nrfl! \ tocicties, and to renew and amend certain ?] . hartcrs heretofore granted, ratified on the t lighteenth day of December, in the year of )ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and t orty-four, be, and the same are hereby re- q rived and-re-enacted only in so far as to ro- i lewHhc^chrirtor andcorporato, priveleges c heroin conferred upon the trustees of the t Dcnnettsvillc Academic Society, to be a body t oolitic and corporato, entitled to all the rights t md privelcges in said act granted, not rcpug- 1 lantto the laws of the land, That the said r sorporation shall have full power to purchase t eceive and possess any real or personal es- 1 ate not exceeding in value the sum of ten c housand dollars. Provided, that the trrs <. :ecs of the said Benncttsville Academic soci- r ho suhioet to an act to provide for the { ,vJ J ? # A Formation of corporations, so far as the same nay be applicable: Provided further, that lothing herein contained shall exempt them From the provisions of Sec. 41, of an actpass)d December 17,1841. Sec. 2. That this act shall be considered i public act, and continue in force until aajended or repealed. Approved February 27,1872. Bagging A City. Sheriff Dryte has been in office hut a brie** nonth, yet he has been ordered to perform i job almost equal to that delegated to Hercules in the little matter of cleaning out :hc Augean stables. lie yesterday received i "writ of assistance" from the fifteenth district court, San Francisco, Samuel H. Dwindle, Judge, commanding him to place Lloyd Tevis in possession of?and to eject ill persons from?that territory, bounded as Follows : Commencing at the junction of the Sacramento and American ltivers, following the cast bank of the Sacramento down to Y street; thence along the line of Y street to rhirty-first street; thence along the line of < Thirty first street to the American Itiver; i md thence along the south bank of the ; American River to the place of beginning; j the territory in question comprising the i ivholoofthc city of Sacramento, including 1 th# State capitol, railroad works, agricultural I park, &c., &c. This monster "writ of assis- j tance" is issued in conformity to a judge- I mcnt rendered in the fifteenth district court, ] June 24, 1870, in favor of Lloyd* Tevis, at < the suit of Tcvis vs. II. A. Caulfield, Alice j Anderson et al. The suit was brought, v,e < believe, upon one of the numerous Sutter titles formerly held by Saunders as a sort of trustee fur somebody. It is believed not to affect nil tho land in the city, but, under the : judgement and the writ, Tcvis is let loose to take the pick of tho many fat things here- I abouts, the whole of which, according to 1 the City Assessor, amounts to some $0,000,000.' Sheriff Bryto has sixty days in which to exceutc this large sized writ, but he is somewhat puzzled to know how to commence operations. The entire force of his office is less than a dozen men, and he docs not very well understand how he is to get a posse of men here to aid him in driving themselves and families out of their homes. He did think of making a requisition for tho Amador Guard, but oil second thought concluded that that force would prove insufHcicut; and then-again, it wasdoubtful if the Governor would issue tho necessary orders to dispossess him of his newly fitted-up mansion and his Adjutant-General of his many lots. Still the Sheriff feels that the law forces him to act, if he bursts in the attempt; and though he is not averse to milk and water,measures, he is disposed, in this case, to go? the whole length of the legal tether. To become the lion of a party, it is not necessary io make a beast of one's self. ToYotmgMen. A gentleman writing to the Now York Times tells the following truthful story : A friend of mine, who is at the head of ' one of our Government offices, has in his 3mploy a large nninber of clerks, among ' whom was a strong, bright boy, occupying a 1 mbordinate position, the duties of which the 1 boy filled creditably and satisfactorily for a < few years. At the end of that time a vacancy < occurred. The boy (then just grown) ap- ' olied for the advancement. "No," said my 1 friend, "I Cannot give yoti the situation." ' *1 think, sir, I am quite capable of filling 1 ;hat place, and I would do my best." "I ' ;annot give it to you, and what is more, I do I lot intend to let you remain hore in any po- 1 (ition." ciJ2oW', sir,in what have I failed fi o give you satisfaction ? I have always done ' ny duty." ".Yes, and it is that I think well 8 >f you that I wish yon to do better i you e lever can be ahythihg more nere tnan a Jerk. .It is a miserable life for a young man F o begin upon. You will pass the best of B rour life here, and at fifty barn no more e alary and have done no more than you now c lo at twenty, You have an uncle who is a ? lutcher; you are a good accountant, write a ' [ood hand, are honest and bright, and with v bose qualities your uncle will be glad to 11 nkc you with him." Eighteen months after 1 his conversation a nice little wagon and c lorse drove up to the -office, a well 1 Ireased, fine looking young man got out. It ? raa the ex-clerk come to thank- hi? former 11 uiployer for the advice he bad givon him. P le said : "If it had not been for you, sir, I ^ rould have gone droning on this routine of P lerkship all my life; whereas now my uncle 7 las taken me into partnership. We have a ^ argo market shop and arc doihg a "paying c msiness." It sceuis to me that this story 0 aight point a way out of difficulties of finding ? ituatiohs for unemployed clerks. I havo * old it exactly as it occurred, forbearing to * Iter the trade of butcher for one that would e uit a fastidious taste for agreeable surround*- B ugs. For myself I would prefer having a , large market shop to being a shabby gen- * cel. clerk. . * ? ... c The Mule-Gun. . A correspondent of tho Army and Wavy ^ TtwYnal claims that the Gatling Camokgun rhich was illustrated in that paper'a few recks sinco, is a plagiarism upon on idea of ? rolin Phoenix, who tells this story, familiar e o Army officers: "That in a certain Western fort, some r iuic ago, the major conceived the idea that 0 rtillery might be used effectively in fight- 0 ng with the Indians by dispensing with gun 8 arriages and fastening the cannon upon the ? >acks of mules. So he explained his views 8 o the cammandant. and it was determined o try the experiment. A howitzer was se- c cctcd and strapped upon an ambulance ? nule, with the muzzle turned toward the j ail. When they had secured the gun, and * onded, it .vith ball cartridge, they led that r r ilui and steadfast mule on the bluff, and 8 ot up a target in the middle of the river to 8 >ractice at. The rear of the mule was turn- s id toward the target, and ho was backed c jently up to the edge of the bluff. The 8 >ffieers stood around in semicircle, while the najor went, up and inserted a time fuse in f lie touch-hole of the howitzer. "When the J use was ready, the major ligLted it aud re;ircd. "In a minute or two the hitherto unruffled a nule heard the fizzing back there on his 1 lock, and it made him uneasy. He reached ] lis head around to ascertain what was going 1 m, and as he did so his body turned, and the f liowitzer begun to sweep around the horizon. 8 Die mule at last became excited, and his ^ :uriosity grew more and more intense, and j hi a second or two lie was standing with his lour legs in a bunch, making six revolutions ( i minute, and the howitzer, understand, 1 :hreateningsudden death to every man with- ( in half a mile. The commandant was od- ' served to climb suddenly up a tree; the lieutenants were seen sliding over the bluff into . the river as if they didn't care at all about i the high price of uniforms; the adjutant ( amde good time toward the fort; the sergeant j began to throw up breast works with his i bayonet, and the major rolled over on the j ground and groaned. In two or three niih- j ites there was a puff of smoke, a dull thud, [ vnd the mule?oh ! where was he ? A solitary j jackass might have been seen turning sum- j nersets over the bluff, only to rest at anchor, J dually, with his howitzer, ut the bottom of 1 :he river, while the ball went off toward the j Tort, hit the chiuincy in the major's quar- ( :ers, rattled the adobe bricks down into the j parlor, and frightened the major's wife into j jonvulsious. They do not allude to it now, ( ind no results of the experiment was ever ] jent to the War Department." i Large Southern Claims Allowed j against the goverment? Washivf/for, April 23.?The large judgment for four hundred nnd seventy five thousand dollars < given against the United States by the court ! of claims, yesterday, is in favor of Andrew i Lowe of Savannah, Ga., for the proceeds of i .1 o,.^ inpttr.nino fif sc3 i bllrw IIUIIUIVU 111IV* ?UIVT-USMV Ww.ww island and twenty-two hundred and forty-six bales of up-land cotton seized by treasury ; agents just after the war. The famous I Elyeo cotton case, which has so long been 1 peuding, was decided in favor of the title of ] C. V. Woodruff & Co., represented by I?. I 31. Corwinc, of Washington, and 3Jr. C. i Conrad of Now Orleans; the judgment being 1 for some three hundred and sixty-six thous- i and dollars. It has been erroneously stated I that the trial of case was delayed to await 1 the decision of the Supreme Court on the I constitutionally of the so called Drake amend- i mcnt relating to the effect of presidential < pardons in the court of claims, On the con- < trary the loyalty of claimants was fully established and adjudged by the Court of Claims. 3Iessrs. Norton and Walton, of Augusta, have contributed ten dollars to those who suffered from the recent tornado in Chester. So says the Chester R'jjorkr. ADVERTISING RATKS. " $Pace, 1M. 2.M 3 3J. O M.", 1 Y. x * ' :f* - ,k i 3 J square 3 00 *0 00 8 00 12 OOl 10 CO 2 squares C 00 9 00 12 00 J8 OOj 20 007 3 squares .9 00 18 00 1C 00 24 00 86 0? 4 squares 12 00 16 00 20 00 80 0O 48 Of \ column 15 00 19 00 24 00 84 00 60 OC column 20" 00 80 00 40 00 66 00 80 <00 1 column 30 00 60 00, 60 00 QQ OOjlolE.OO^ All transient Advertisements will be charged Ojie iJoLi.ab per Sqflarc for the first and SEvkJt tf-rite Cbhts per Square for cpcli snbstQirfcht insertion, ^ t A Remarkable Story. The residents of one of our streets, in the t western portion of this city, have boon for. several nights annoyed by what has been termed by them unearthly sounds. On last Saturday night, aa runs the narrative, these 1 sounds assumed a still more alarming nature* 1 and to say that the listeners became frighten* ,'i 3d will convey but a faint idea of what was jxperionced. The residence had, for a lotig . iime, borne the name of being haunted, ana '1 his appellation has deprived the owner of " ;he same from placing this properly oat at -ent, and it has been , a dead weight upqn.,,, lis hands, while taxps; accumulated andthq^ jroperty rapidly became valueless. V Iinmagi- J latiou brought forth ghosts of ihnmfldrablel'f hflpes and colors5 chai&swertbeard td clank) >* rindows and doors slammed and tabaBge4r>Mi.T nd fro; and every goblin named in the. pah- n; ndar has been made, to play a part in ' t|bp foresaid haunted, house. A strangor,. fiajh "1 >emng in that direction, and noticing ^hai1'* omcthing alarming seemed to have disturb*! ; d the usual quietude of this particular.; i leighborhood, naturally had his curiosity ex-,, , ited, and proceeded to make inquiries. Vhat has been written abtyis Was repeated/ "1 rith many additions, until.tho inquirer wHM!' icarlymade to believe the troth of thestate< w aeotsj but being of the sceptical turn, .he oneluded to investigate for himself. When be adyentures of the so-called ghosts were ', " on eluded, onr sceptical friend porceeded to'[ aterview the premises* and was amply vc-ui aid by the discoveries which he made, which < ? rcre as follows: In one of the at:io. rooms, ;1 erched on a cross beam, sat an owl, whose , enerable appearance led .the beholder to beieve that he was one 'J? the number that ac- * ompanied Noah during the floods His " wlship was in company with several of his i loss, and by their oontinuod hootings have epc tno enuro neignpornooa la ainrm, 'he owner of the housed since this discovry, has had numerous applicants to rent the ' ame ; but concludes td occupy it himself, i nd has refused very liberal Offers from those ?i rho heretofore pronounced the residence , j be "haunted house."? Charleston JZcpubfy out. ... ? Jenkins in Texas.?Married, seve^i*; layB since, at the shanty of the brid^, Mms 1 Cmily Norton, free woman 6ffColor, toT MV."1 Edward Eickott, "plain"?theserrice beifig'-' lerformed by the Rev. Mr. Haywood, colord. f'?- * '* ' "'h'WUtj' iS UonifJ The beautiful and accomplished bride is . air, fat and flfty?about the color of a Side f sole-leather painted with talldw, and is r no of the best wasliers and ironers on Acquis . tract. . The gallant groom is a pore Cauca-" ian, an American-born gentleman?drives at1 overnment team with great ease. - ^ The only bridesmaid on the felicitions oc- ! asiou was old Aunt Malinda Hawkins, wifo<, f old Uncle Isaac, sometimes called Dr.! saac. Being taken by surprise, Aunt Mainda left her wash-tub and proceeded dU ' ectly to the alter. She was dressed tarn tockings, tans one shoe, with a rope tied iround her hips which held her skirts high ibove the floor?she was the admired of all idmirers. The ceremony was quite a private ind family affair. ,u * ?Al??n/?A mna nnt'/iA/1 In AQU YCrj litLlc tuau^o ttoo iiuvivwvi m ho household; in fact, the parties had been ust as intimate as could be for a long time, >ut the bride was not happy; sleep came noO 0 her eyelids, her meals were not enjoyed,f tnd "thinkin' over the way she doin'," used nore soap to the dozen than she got for the vashing. The sympathetic Rickett, who is ibout thirty-five years of age, and a respective looking white man, could stand these tighs no more, so getting his papers and Parson Haywood, he carried the war into Africa in a legitimate way. Mr. Ji. seems lappy?he dips the pure water from the litch, stirs the hoe-cake in the spider, pok-.a ip the chunks, and acts as "universal wringit" to his washerwoman bride.?San Anto? 1 to ( Texas) Herald. , PuorosHD Extension op the Kd-Ki.ux \ct.?A Washington special to the Baltinorc Sun, says: The bill tooxtevd theopera* i.ions of the fourth section of the Ku-Kliht mt to the end of the present Congress, thereby the writ or naneas corpns may w luspendqd by the President, will come up for discussion in the Senate on Monday next Hie limitation of tho section expires with theJ jrcscut session, nnd it is the intention of tb? proposed bill to cover the entire period oftho Presidential campaign. The Democrat? rope to defeat it in the House; but if they tuccccd, tho Republicans intend to have Congress take a recess till Saturday, Nor. 30, when the present session would ex^ lire, and in that way extend the privilege )f the suspension of the writ for that period, Doing but throe months less than the proposed extension by actual legislation. The Sorcest debate of the session is promised on the new bill. Our First Female Lawyer, and a Colored Oxe at that.?Yesterday afternoon, Miss Charlotte K. Kay, a graduate of the Law College of IIowanL University, 'p made her appearance m me eiei n o umcii ui tho Supreme Court of the District. Mr. Meigs, Jr., ever courteous and obliging to ill visitors, politely requested to know her business, whereupon she thru6t into his band her diploma. Mr. Meigs read it with puzzled expression of countenance, and in a kind of dazed manner took up the Testament and duly administered to Miss Charlotte, who is a dusky and intclligcnt-lookiug mulatto, the oath to support tho Constitution of tho United States, not to defraud ber clients, and not to talk too much. Miss Charlotte afterwards was furnished with the accessary certificate, after which she went an her way rejoicing as a full-fledged "limb afthe law."? Washington Patriot. "1'iisc up, daughter, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter has a daughter." This is what llichard Vcrmon, Jefferson County, Iml, cel. her?i. c., lie was lately made grcat-grcat-grand-fathcr by tho birth of a daughter to his grcat-graud-daugLtcr.