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LAWSOF THE STATE.
Acts and Resolutions of the Ceneral
A noovwVvlTT nf SrtntVi Pomlinfl.
VOL. XXXI. ' CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 0, 1872. NO. 40
"Published by Authority.
A Bill to relieve the State of South Carolina
from all Liability for its Guarantee of
The Bonds of the Blue Jlidge Railroad
Company, by providing for the securing
and distruction of the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same:
Whereas, the State of South Carolina lias,
by and in pursuance of the provisions of
an act, approved the 15th day of September,
A. D. 1868, entitled "An act to authorize
additional aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company in South Carolina," endorsed a
wnariintoo nf tho faith and credit of the
State on four millions of dollars of bonds,
issued by the said Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, in South Carolina; the Blue Ridge
Railroad Company, in Georgia; the Tennessee
River Railroad Company, in North Carolina;
the Knoxville and Charleston Railroad
Company, in Tennessee, and the Pendleton
Railroad Company, in South Carolina, for
the purpose of aiding the speedy compleiion
of the said railroad, which bonds are* liable
for the debts of the said railroad companies;
and whereas the present condition of the
finances of the.State, and of said companies
is such as to make the farther continuance
of said bonds on the market inexpcdicntwnd
unadvisable, and a serious injury and prejudice
to the credit of the State; and whereas
the existence of the said four millions of
dollars of bonds so guaranteed, creates a
liability upon the part of the State, which
the treasury may be required to meet at unforeseen
and inopportune times; and whereas
the liability of the State, on account of such
guarantee, should be faithfully met and discharged;
therefore, in order to secure the
recovery -and destruction of the bonds and
coupons of the said company, issued under
and in pursuance of the provisions of the
aforesaid act, now pledged in the city of
New York and elsewhere, and to relieve the
State of all liabilities whatsoever, by rexson |
of fts endorsement and guarantee of said <
bonds,
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of 1
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now uiet and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same :
Section 1. That the State treasurer is 1
hereby directed, with the consent, in writing, ?
of the president of the lilue Ridge Railroad
Company, in South Carolina, to require the <
agent of the State of South Carolina, to re- i
quire the financial agent of the State, in the :
* city of New York, immediately to deliver to '
the State treasury all the bonds of the lilue i
Ridge Railroad Company, endorsed and
guaranteed by the State of South Carolina, 1
which are now in his possession, and held by *
him as collateral security for advances made <
by the said financial agent,"by the order of
financial board, to the Blue liidgc Railroad 1
Company; and upon the delivery of said
bonds, the treasurer is hereby required to
cancel the same, in the manner hereinafter 1
directed; and the said lilue Ridge Railroad <
Company shall thereupon be discharged from I
all liability to the State on acoouut of such <
advances. i
Sec. 2. That upon the surrender by the 1
said company to the State treasury of the
balance, of the said four millions of dollars
or bonds, issued by the said lilue Ridge
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State, the State treasurer is hereby authorized
and required to deliver tor the president
of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in 1
South Carolina, treasury "certificates of in- *
debtedness (styled revenue bond scrip) to *
the amount of one million eight hnndred 1
thousand dollars, the said certificates to be '
executed in the mauncr hereinafter directed; ]
and if the said company shall not be able to '
deliver all of said bonds at one time, the
treasurer is authorized and required to deliver
to the said presiden^uch amount of
such treasury certificates as shall be propor
tional to the amount of bonds delivered.
Sec. 3. That to carry out th^purposcs of
this act, the State treasurer is hereby authorized
and required to have printed or en- i
graved on steel, as soon as practicable, '
treasuty certificates of indebtedness, to be (
known and designated as revenue bond sftup 1
of the State of South Caralina, in such form
and of such denomination as may tyc determined
on by the State treasurer, and the 1
president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
in South Carolina, to the amount of
one million eight hundred thousand dollars,
which revenue bond script shall be signed ]
fcy the State treasurer, and shall express that
sum mentioned therein is due by the State
of South Carolina to the bearer thereof, and
that the same will be received in payment of
taxes and other dues to the State, except
special trx levied to pay interest on the pub
lie debt.
Sec. 4. That the faith and funds of the
State are hereby pledged for the ultimate redemption
of said revenue bond scrip, aud
the county treasurers are hereby required to
receive the same in payment of all taxes
Jjvicd by the State,- except inpayment of
Special tax levied to pay interest on the pub1
c debt; and the State treasurer and all other
public officers are hereby required to receive
the same in payment of all dues to the State,
and, still further to provide for the redemption
of saicLrcvenue bond scrip, an annual
tax of three mills on the dollar, in addition
fc> all other taxes, on the assessed value of all
tixable property in the State, is hereby
levied, to be collected in the same manner
and at the same time as may be provided by
law for the levy and collection of the regular
annual taxes of the State; and the State
treasurer is hereby required to retire, at the
end of each year from their date, one-fourth
of the amount of the treasury scrip hereby
authorized to be issued, until allot'shall be
retired, and to apply to such purpose ex
clusivcly the taxes hereby required to b<
levied. .
Sec. 5. That if any such revenue bond
scrip is received in the treasury, for pay
ment of taxes, the treasurer be, and he is
hereby, authorized to pay out such revenue
bond scrip in satisfaction of any claims
against the treasury, except for interest thai
may be due on the public debt.
Sec. G. That upon the delivery to the
State treasurer of the said guaranteed bonds
of the Blue Kidge Railroad Company, or of
any part of them, the treasurer is hereby
requred to cause the same to be cancelled
and destroyed in the presence of the president
of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
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in oouui vurunua, auu in iuu piesuiiii; ui a
joint committee of tlie Senate and House of
.Representatives of this State, to be for that
purpose appointed.
Sec. 7. That whenever the whole number
of the said guaranteed bonds shall have been
delivered to the treasurer and cancelled, as
required by the provisions of this act, the
lien of^the State of South Carolina^ upon the
estate, property and funds of the said Blue
Ridge Railroad Company in this State, and
of the other associated eompauies in the
States of Georgia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee, as secured by the provisions of an
act entitled "An act to authorize additional
aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in
South Carolina," passed On the fifteenth day
of September, Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, all other
claims or liens which arc held by the State,
against said company or companies, on account
of said guarantee, shall, from thenceforth,
be forever discharged and released;
and should the said company be unable, from
nuv poiKij tn deliver nil of K.nifl honds. such
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liens shall be discharged and released to an
cxicnt which shall be proportional to the
amount of such bonds-actually delivered.
Sec. 8. That if the said company shall accept
the provisions of this act, it shall be
authorized, if the board of directors may desire,
to change the corporate name of the
company to thatot the "Knoxvillc and South
Carolina Railroad Company," and shall have
power to extend its railroad, or to construct
branches thereof, to any points or places in
the State, with all the powers and privileges
with which said company is vested by the
provisions of its charter, and the company
shall also have power to issue bonds, and to
secure the same by a mortgage, to such
amount and In such manner as the board of
directors may direct. And all sales of stock
in the said Rluc Ridge Railroad Company,
in South Carolina, and its associate companies.
formerly held by the State and sold by
the commissioners of the sinking fund be,
and they arc hereby, confirmed.
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r*kc. 'j. j liai U any pci'SUU snail iuij;u ui
counterfeit the treasury scrip hereby authoriczd
to be issued, or'shall, directly or indirectly,
aid or assist in the forcing or counterfeiting
of such scrip, or shall issue in any
manner use any such forged or counterfeited
'crip, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
tincd in the discretion of the court, and
shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a
:crui not exceediug ten years.
[n the House of Rkpije.sentattves, j.
# Columiua, S. C., March 2. TS72. * )
On the question, ''Shall this act become a
aw, tlrt? objections *)f his Excellency the
urovernor to the contrary* notwithstanding,"
:ho yeas and?nays were ordered, pursuant
:o the provisions or the Constitution, resulting,
yeas 84, nays 18, and ordered to he sent
Lo the Senate.
By order. A. 0. Jones,
Clerk llouse of Representatives.
; In tiie Senate, )
Columbia, S. C. March 2, 1S72. }
On the fjucstion, "Shall this act bccouic a
aw, the objections of his Excellency the
jrovernor to the contrary nothwithstanding,"
he yeas and nays were ordered, pursuant to
provisions of the Constitution (Art. 3, Sec.
22.) The act passed by a viva voce vote of
Teas 22. nays 6, and ordered to be returned
'o the House of Representatives.
By order. J. "Woodruff,
Clerk of Senate.
An Act to charter the State Savings and
Insurance Bank, of Anderson, South Carolina.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
md House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That James L. Orr, Jessey W. Norris, 0
EI. P. Pant, D. M Watson, Wm..Perry, Jacob
Burris, W. Sharpe, B. F. Crayton, John
Martin. John R. Cochrane, John B, Sitton,
F. E. Harrison, W. B. Watson, sr., B. 1).
Dean, John Wilson and J. W. Harrison, together
wtyh such other persons as are now or
may hereafter be associated with them, shall
be, and they arc hereby made and constituted
a body politic aud corporate, by the name
and style of the State Savingsand Insurance
Bank of Anderson, South Carolina, and by
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IIlill' IIUIIIU fcliilJl UU, UIIU 13 llUlUUJr liiauu vapable
iu law, to have, purchase, .enjoy and
retain to it and its sublessors, lands, rents,
tenements, goods, chatties and effects, of
what kind or quality soever, and the same to
sell, alien or dispose of, to sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered,
defend and be defended, in courts
of record or any other place whatsoever,- and
have perpetual succession, to have and exerercisc
the rights and privelcges of other corporations
notv in existence, or that may hereafter
be enacted, and also to make, have and
use a common seal, and the same to break, alter
and renew at their pleasure, and also to
ordain andputfin cxecutioitsuch by-laws and
regulations as may seem necessary and convenient
for the government of said corporation.
Sec. 2. The capital stock of said corporation
shall be twenty-five thousand cellars, to
be divided into shares of one hundred dollars
each, and may be increased from time to
time, to a sum not excepdiug five hundred
thousand dollars; as may be deemed necessary
by tho board of directors.
5 Sec. 3. The persons named in the first
section of this act shall bo the directors of
I said company until others arc appointed by
- the stockholders, and they may, as soon as
i they deem proper, appoint a president from
s among their number, or from among others
i who may hereafter be associated with them,
; and the said president shall remain in office
for one year from the day of his election, and
i until his successor is appointed, and in case
; of a vacancy in the office of President or di'
rector, from any cause, the remaiuing directors
may elect others to supply their place until
a meeting of the stockholders shall bo
held.. There shall be five or more directors,
who with the pifcsident, shall manage the affairs
of the company. Three of said direct'
ors shall constitute a nuorum for thctransac
tiun of any and all business pertaining to
said company, The meeting of the stockholders
shall be held in the principal office
of the corporation, which shall be designated
by the board of directors.
Sec. 4. The president and directors shall
shall appoint such clerks and other officers
as they shall find necessary, properly to conduct
the business of said company, and allow
them suitable compensation, all of which officrs
and clerks shall hold their places during
the pleasure of the president and directors.
Sec. '5. The president and directors shall
have power to appoint agents in any part of
the State or elsewhere, and at their discretion
may take from them bonds,, with securities
conditioned for the faithful performance
of their duties, such agents being removable
at the pleasure of the president, subject to
the approval of the board of directors, or by
the board of directors.
Sec. G. The mode of voting at such meetings
of stockholders, shall be one vote for
each share of stock, and every stockholdermay
at pleasure, by power of attorney or in
person, assign or tranpicr ms stocK in tne
comhany, on the books of the same, or any
part thereof, not being leis than a whole
share.
Sec. 7. That the first annual meeting of
said company shall be on the first Tuesday
of June, 1872, and thereafter on the same
day of each year. Provided: The said stockholders
at any regular meeting, or a board of
directors may at any time change the day of
said regular annual meeting; and the president
and directors may, at any time, call a
general meeting of the stockholders, and any
number of stockholders, owning not less than
one-third the whole number of shares, may
require the president to call such a meeting,
and on his refusal to do so, may thoinsclvcs
call such meeting, in such case, giving at
least ten days notice, by publication in one
or more newspapers published iu the city of
Columbia.
Sec. 8. The members of the company
shall not be liable for any loss, damage or
responsibility, other than the property they
have in the capital and funds of the company,
to the amount of'shares held them,
respectively, and any profits arising therefrom,
not divided.
Sec. 9. That said corporation shall have
power to invest its capital stock or other
funds, in bank or other stocks, in the purchase
of bonds of the United States, bonds
of this, or any other State of the United
States, and in bonds-of any incorporated
company, to lenu money upon reai or personal
security, to discount bonds, notes and
bills of exchange, and to guarantee the payment
of bonds, notes, bills of exchange or
other evidences of debt, and use their property
in any manner incidental to a banking,
insurance and trust business, or the general
business of the company.
Sec. 10. All policies of insurance and
other contracts made by said company, signed
by the president and countersigned by the
secretary, shall be obligatory upon said company,
and have the same effect as if attested
by a corporate seal. * >
Sec. 11. This act shall bo in full force after
its passage.
Approved, February 27, 1872.
An Act to incorporate the Spartanburg Female
College.
Section 1. Be it ena ted by the Senate
and House of Representative of the State of
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oouni ^urunna, uuw uiutuuu suuug m uciieral
assembly and by the authority of the
same:
That Samuel B. Jones, President of the
Spartanburg Female College, together with
his associates and successors, be and are
hereby declared a body politic and corporate
by the name and style of the Spartanburg
Female College, located in the town of Spartanburg
South Carolina.
Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall
have power under, its corporate name, to sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any
court of law in this State, to purchase and
sell real and porsonal estate, to have a seal,
and to make all such by-laws for the government
of said corporation as may be deemed
necessary, not inconsistent with the laws of
I this State.
Sec. 3. That .the said corporation shall
have power to elect professors for said college,
to fill all vacancies as may occur among
them, and to remove them at discretion, to
prescribe a course of study to be pursued by
the students, to confor degrees and award
diplomas and such other honorary distinctions
to graduates, as are common in the col
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leges of similar gnule in tne unitea ouucs.
Sec. 4. That the private, ns well as the
corporate property of the corporators, sliall
be liable for all debts contracted for the college
by its authorized agents.
Sec. 5. That tho said corporation shall
have power to take and hold by donation, bequest
or purchase, real and-personal property
for the use of said college, to aliy amount
not exceeding thirty thousand dollprs.
Sec. G. That this act shall continue in
force until repealed.
Approved March 4, 1872.
An Act to amond an act entitled "An Act
to extend tho limits of the town of Cainden."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina now met and sitting in
' Genera! Assembly, and by tho authority of
the same:
That an act ontitled "An act to extend
the limits of the Town of Camden," approved
March 9, 1871, be, and the same is hereby,
amended by striking out Section 1 and
substituted the following: "Section 1. That
tho limits of the Town of Camden bo, and
the same are hereby, extended as follows to
wit: The western boundry shall commence
at the junction of Wylie street with Mulberry
street, and shall extend northward along-the
said Wylie street three-fourths of a mile beyond
the present terminus of said street, and
from this point the northern boundary shall
extend, in an eastern direction, until it intersects
Horse Branch, and thence, by course
(of said stream, to the point where it empties
into Little Pine Tree Creek, and thence, by
the course of the last named creek, to a point
opposite Jiulbcrry street, thence, westward,
until it reaches said street, and continue
along the line of said street to its junction
with Wylie street."
Sec. 2. That the intendant and wardens
of the said Town of Camden are hereby required
to proceed, immediately upon the
passage of this act, to designate, by proper
marks and monuments, the boundaries hereinbefore
authorized. .
Sec. 3. That all a'cts, or parts of acts, inconsistent
with tho provisions of this act, be,
and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved March 4,1872.
An Act authorizing the Town Council of
the Town of Newberry to erect a Market
House on a Lot of Land belonging to the.
County of Newberry.
Section 1. He it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representees of the Stato of
I South Caroliua, now met aud sitting in Gcn1
oral Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That the town council of the Town of
Newberry are hereby authorized and empowered
to erect a market house U\ said
town, upon a lot of land which is partly attached
to and lying near the public square
in said towp, and belonging to the County
nf NoniKorrv trhinli Int. fivcn for
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such purpose to said town council and their
successors in office free of rent or charge.
And said town council and their successors
in office shall have power and authority to
remove such market house, whenever in their
opinion the same may be deemed necessary
and expedient.
Approved March 4,1872.
Joint Besclution to Believe the Into County
Treasurer of York County, E. M. liose,
and his Bondsmen.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Beprescntati-ves, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same:
That Edward M. Bose, late treasurer of
York county, and his bondsmen, "Win. E.
Hose, James Windsor and J. L. Watson, be'
relieved from all responsibility as treasurer
and bondsmen in York county until date, in
consequence of a raid made on that office and
officer by the Ku-Klux-Klan, on the 2Gth
day of February, 1871.
Approved March 4, 1S72.
Too Much Clerk.?The Times tells us
tli^t the number of clerks who are seeking
employment in New York to-day is really lamentable.
Merchants and others are iniin"
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dated by applications from persons tnorougnly
deserving, who are reduced to'the most
desperate straits for a bare subsistence; and
as - the evil is an increasing one, he ''thinks
people would do well seriously to bethink
themselves of a remedy." From an absurd
notion that clerking is considered a "genteel"
occupation, while carpentering is merely
work for common people"?
"The clerk sat at a desk, with a pen behind
his ear, attired in broadcloth; the carpenter
worked away in his knees in canvas
jacket and p-pcr cap. So matters have gone
on to this day. But at length everybody
almost has become more or ies-s educuted,
and the discovery has been made that, in
plain language, "uny fool can bo a clerk."
while to be an efficient cabinet-maker requires
qualities by no means so easily found.
The result is that the clerk supply is enormously
in excess of tho demaud, and as a
consequence their salaries are screwed down
to the lowest limits.
One way of abating this really serious evil,
is, the editor says, by heads of families
steadily setting their faces against bringing
their sons up as clerks. In the great mainrittr
of oases thev do cxactlv the reverse.?
A ew York L.qwcus.
Fast Trains.?A London exchange says
the new express train from London to Plymoth
will probably be the fastest train in the
world in that part of the journey which lies
over Bristol and Exeter, and the Great Western
Railways. Leaving Exeter at 10:30, it
is time to reach Paddington at 2:45; including
a stoppage of five minutes at Bristol, and
the vexatious and inevitable delay of ten
minutes at Swindon, the journey of one
hundred and ninety-four miles will be made
in four hours and a quarter. The Irish limited
mail, hitherto considered the fastest
train, occupies six hours and thirty-five min*
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utcs between ijonaon ana noiyucuu, uanj;
at the pace of only 170 miles in four hours
and a quarter. The fastest train on the
great Northern line is between London and
Peterborough, seventy-six miles, which is
done in one hour and thirty-seven minutesj
but the Great Western accelerated express
will run from Swindon to London, seventyseven
miles, in one hour and twenty-seven
minutes. The 11:45 train from Pad .ington
will perform the journey to Plymouth-in only
five minutes more timo than tho new up
express.
A Western girl, who has been pretty w-cll
brought up, kno'aks down every man who
kisses her, and she is so pretty that the married
and ail the single gentlemen in town
have black eyes.
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Stephen Elliott.
In a communication addressed to the New
York Times, by Gen. G. T. Beauregard, we
find the following reference to the lamented
' Stephen Elliott of our State:
In the defense of Charleston, during the
summer of 1863, it became absolutely necessary
to hold the north end of Morris Island,
(at the risk of losing its garrison of
1000 men,) long after it had been pronounced
untenable by its commanding officers, who
were among the most gallant in our service,
or that of any other country; but by their
zeal, energy and courage, seconded by the
valor of their troops, that portion of the Is- I
C?/\n\ Jon f/\ flf.rt nnoi'Ttr fwA I
milU VTUO HUiUj llUUl uuj w uujj uv?*y vnv
months, against all tho land and naval attacks
of an overpowering enemy, and at the
moment of final attack, the garrison was
safely withdrawn with the loss of only a few
men.
About the time (July, 1863,) I determined
to remove-the artillery garrison from Fort
Sumter, whose guns had all been dismounted
or silenced, except one, (a twenty-four
pounder in one of the retired angles,) the
commanding officer and his principal subordinates
pronounced that fort no longer
tenable under the terrible artillery fire kept
up, night and day, by the enemy's land aud
naval battcrrics against its crumbling ruins.
I concluded at once to substitute an infantry
command for [the gallant artillerists, whose
services were absolutely rrquircd for tho inner
harbor defences, just being completed to
supply tho placo of Fort Sumter, then only
fit for a defensive work in our hands, but
which would have become a most, effective
offensive position in those of the enemy. 1.^
therefore sent for an intelligent, brave young"'
officer belonging to the command of Pocotali- ]
go, near Savannah, Major Stephen Elliott, 1
to whom I exposed fully the situation, and .
told him that the safety ofCharleston depend- .
ed on our holding the ruins of Fort Sumter
with a garrison not cscecding one hundred ,
and fifty infantry and about the same num
ber of laborers. I asked him to go there for
a few days to learn personally the exact con- ?
dition of affairs, and then to give me his (
answer. His features lighted up, and his ?
lnrn-o hino <rrnv eves flushed at the idea of f
being put in command of such an important (
post, and he 6aid to me : "General, I have
no need of going to the fort to know its con- <
ditbn?you can issue the order at once if ]
you will give ine a garrison of resolute men," j
but I declined to do so until he had visited ,
the place in person ; he went that night (for '
no communication could"be had with the fort
in the day time,) and he returned before day- 1
break to inform me that he had seen enough j
to desire still that command; the order was J
accordingly given, and he held those ruins <
against every attack for twelve months, at fj
the end of which time he was put in com- c
mand ofy regiment and subsequently of a brig- j
ade. At the mine explosion at Petersburg t
in July, 1804, ho was desperately wounded _
through the body and finally died at his ruin- a
ed home in 18G9. No country. ever lost a j.
more promising and gallant young offi- 0
ccr* li
Humors of the Campaign?A Supposi- 0
tious Veto by H. G. J
[From the Chicago Tost.]
["An Act to raise revenue, by imposing a ^
duty of ten cents on guano."] .
COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. n
I return this obnoxious measure without p
my approval. The man who introduced it f;
is an ass; the i men who voted for itarescl.o n- \\
ing British agents; and the men who say n
this is not the case are liars and horse thieves.
I judge that, on an average, every man, woman
and child, in America, use a ton of gu- a
uno eadh year, in some shape or other, wh. th- t
cr as a farmer in New York, Louisiana, In- n
diana, Colorado, iVidukc, &c., in agriculture, -c
or as Charles A. Dana, for editorial articles.. t<
Wo thus consume in round figures, 40,000,- 1<
000 tons of guano annually. The arbitrary
and revolutionary act which I veto to-day,
would thus impose a tax of four millions of j
dollars per year on our peoplo. With what
effect ? It would not'stimulate the produc-'
tlon of American guano. American birds ,
could not compete with the pauper lab'or of
birds in debauched and priest-ridden Central
America. I am not quite sure as to what I
? ? ? mini iu tiixf cn nr u'link 5?i whifh
UlUmi, VI UIIJ IV lO i.ryw ow, v* mmw -w ...v..,
but the man who speaks to the contrary is a
hell hound and bribed by the glitter of British
Gold. II. (I. s
On the island (if Borneo has been found a <J
certain race of wild creatures, of which kin- <.
dred varieties have been found in the Phili- i
pine islands, Terre del Fnego and in South E
America. They walked usually, almost erect, t
on two legs, and in that attitude measure ]
about four feet in height. They arc dark, f
wrinkled and hairy. They construct uo hub- s
itations, form no families, scarcely associate t
together' sleep in caves and trees, feed on r
snakes and vermin; on ants eggs, and on (
eachothcr. They cannot be tamed or forced j
to any labor, and are bunted ana shot among t
the trees, like the great gorilla, of which r
they are a stunted copy. When captured ]
alive, one finds to his surprise, that their uncouth
jabbering sounds like an articulate .
language. They turn up a human face to I
gaze at their captors, and the females show *
instincts of monesty; and, iu fine, these wret- |
chcd beings arj men. J
Boston Jubilee Drum ?The bass drum c
lor tne iioston juducc in iouy was u U1IIIU |
plaything when compared with the one just
completed at Farmingtnn Falls, Elaine, for
this year's festivity. The diameter of the f
first one was eight feet; that of this monster j
is twelve feet, while its circumference is
thirty-seven feet and eight inches, and its J
width five feet. It is made of maple, re- '
quires twelve boards, each fifteen feet long .
and thirteen inches wide, and contains 195
square feet of timber. It is the largest drum *
in the world, and was taken from the factory '
only by tearing away a part of the bulding. i
The bridal trosseau of the future Empress ,
of China will cost half a million.
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JOTTINGS.
Forgiveness is rarely perfect^xcept in the
Dreasts ai tnose wno nave sunerea.
The debts of Prince Napoleon in Paris are
said to amount to nearly 4,000,000 francs.
Tho new law will keep 1,350,000 Freshmen
from marriage until they have passed
their 29th year.
The last sensation novel is, we hear, to bo
entitled "The Poisoned Gum Drup; or, The
Candy Woman's Revenge."
A Green Bay man ttfas mean enough to
elope with the only school-teacher in the
town, thus shutting up the school .
It was a brilliant Fond du Lac boy who,
seeing a dog with a muzzle on for the first
time, exclaimed: "Mamma, mamma,.I bet
five Cents the dogs are going wear hoop-skirts;
there goes a dog with one on his nose. * .
"ITow far shall this excruciating uncertainty
go, Adelaide, my belovedsaid a gallant
young llomeo to his pretty Juliet the
other evening. "Go to?father-," was the
prompt and'satisfactory reply.
An old toper, being asked one day why he
persisted .in drinking, replied: "Dry makes
me drink, drink makes me drunk, and drunk
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uiciK.es UJU ury U?Uiu. J. UU cAp-.auauuu nao
considered quite sufficient.
On n printer? ^ *
llcre rests his form within a case,
Dead matter its condition,
To be reset and reappear
A new revised edition. ,
, The Indianapolis News can be poetical ev- .
ep about a hearse. It says, a new child's
hearse was displayed on the streets to*day.
Ihe glass plates are square, the trimming is
white and gilt, and the entire appearance is
lirv and attractive.
A fellow lately started a store in Kansas,
rhe following. was the sign ho hung out:
'Dry goods by John Smith, who wishes to
jet married." This sign drew all kinds of
justom. The single ladies went, of course,
ind the married men all told their wives to
jo, under the impression that they could
iasily cheat so great a fool.
A Western editor's editorial statements,
'We are living at this moment under abso- .
ute despotism," is explained by his cotemporaries
by the fact that he has lately been
narried.
Miss Ellen L. Fletcher, of Charleston, N.
ti., naving leamea tne trade, nas opened a
eweler's shop, and the watches of all the
roung men in town are out of ordc#: in conpejuenee.
L'hcy have not come to perfect weather yet
iut West. An irate journalist writes: "This
s a fine time to set out flowers and have
hem frozen qs stiff as an iceberg in less than
,n hour. In planting seeds, put each one in
. pill box, and wrap the box up in cotton
latting. Tn .setting out onions, put an
ver-coat on each onion, and place a layer of
lot bricks under the bed. If you hear any
he predicting a thaw between now and
rune, shoot him on the spot."
The Danbury Xeics says that a Salisbury
icrnion went hunting for a crov." recently.
Ic put a couple of quarts of powder and shot
a his gun, shut his eyes, and blazed away
'he village physician promptly sews in every
icce of the German barber as rapidly as it is
ound. The crow has not since been seen :
t is likely it has left town until tho excitelent
blows over.
T *1. T>!11! it T i.1 P
oosu jjiuuigs says; - j. am rawer luvorbly
impressed with gin and milk az an ex- .
rakt, and think a minister ov the gospel
lite contend with some ov it, on the sli.sucessfully,
hut when he cams to recommend it
a his people, ! have mi doubts about It, uniss
lie knows his people bettor than I do."
The Davenport, Iowa, printers seized a cirus
and menagerie the other day for not payng
their bills, and now each editor is the
appy owner of a Swineouphalus, or Giasteutus,
or a Ilippoptatemus, or an Alaska Sea
jion. When subscribers rage and a man *
omcs in and wants to know "who wrote that
rticle," the editor unchains his menagerie,
nd the insulted follow has a sudden call to
see a man" elsewhere.? Toledo 0., lilade.
In the office of a New York p^per there
tood in type the report of a sermon, and a
aragraph describing the earecr of a mad
log. In "making up," these two articles
ot mixed, and the readers of the paper next
iiorning were astonished at the following
nelange: "Rev. James Thompson preached
1 on.lt/l.w.,! 1?ct S 'I'll to TT-OC
uu Jill qu uuuitaww umuuuuuuj. jliiio n iw
lis last sermon previous'to his embarkation
br Europe. lie exhorted his brethren and
isters, and after offering a dovout prayer, he
ook a whim to cut some frautie freaks. He
an up Smith street to lJrown, and down
?ar to College. At this stage of the procccdngs
some boys seized him, tied a tea-kettle
o his tail and let him go. A great crowd
rathercd, and for a lew momouts there were
ivcly scenes."
An Optical Curiosity.?Ilcre is a shade
little experiment, by which we can prove
he existence of a blind spot in our eyes.
Shut your left eye, and with the right one
ook steadily at the cross just below, holding
lie paper ten or twelve inches from the
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Now move the paper s7ow7t/ toward the
ye. which must bo kept fixed on the cross.
\t a certain distance the other figure?the
etter 0?will suddenly disappear.; but., if
ron bring the paper nearer, it will como
igain itito view. You may not succeed in
;hc experiment on the first trial, but with a
ittlc patience you can hardly fail, ancl the
suddenness with which the black spot vanishes
nul wimnoars is verv strikins?. Now. oy.
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uniiKition has shown that, when it disappears,
its image falls exactly on the spot whero the
optic nerve enters the eye. thus proving that
spot to bo blind.