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VOL. XXXII. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 34, 1873. NO. 34
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The Laws of South-Oarolina.
Acts and Joint Resolutions passed by the
General Assembly at the Session of 1872 |
. -73. * * I
Joint Resolution to ratify the amendment to
" the Constitution of the State of South
garolina, relative to the holding of elections.
Whereas, Article XV of the constitution
nf the State of South Carolina Drovides that
an amendment or amendments may be made
to tljp same; and that such amendment or
amendments shall be agreed to by two-thirds
of the members elected to each House, such
amendment or amendments to be entered on
the jonrnals, respectively, with the yeas and
nays taken thereon; and that the same shall
be submitted to the qualified electors of the
State at the next general election thereafter
for representatives; and if a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote
in favor'of such amendment or amendments
and two-thirds of each branch of the next
General Assembly shall, after such an election
and before another, ratify the same
amendment or amendments by yeas and nays
the same shall become part of the constitution:
Provided, That such amendment or
amendments shall have been read three
times on three several days in each House;
and whereas, the G%neral Assembly, at its
last session, did, in each branch, pass a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the
constitution of the State ?f South Carolina,
which was agreed to by two thirds of its
members, to-wit:
Strike out all that portion of section 11,
article II., following the words " eighteen
hundred and seventy." occurring in the
fourth and fifth lines and inserting tho following
oAnd forever thereafter on the first
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Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
in every second year, in such manner
end place as the Legislature may provide;"
And whereas the said proposed amendment
baa been snbmitted to tho electors qualified
to vote for members of the General Assembly,
at the next general election following
the action of the General Assembly, and a
majority of the said electors have voted in
favor of the same; therefore.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by authority of the same:
That the amendment to the constitution
of the State ot^outh Carolina, proposed and
agreed to by two-thirds of the members of
ach branch of the last General Assembly,
and voted for by a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the General
Assembly at the last general election, to wit:
i - P a. 2 11 ?
Strike out ail tnat portion oi seuuun n, article
TI., following the words -'eighteen hundred
add seventy," occurring in the fourth
and fifth . lines, and insert the following:
"And forever thereafter, on the first Tues
day following the first Monday in November,
in every second year, in such manner
* and in such place as the Legislature may
provide," be, and the same is hereby, ratified
and. made a part of the constitution of the
State of Sooth Carolina.
Approved January 29, 1873.
An Act concerning School Funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and* house of
Reprint*1'*?9 of" the State of South Carolina,
now <net and sitting in Qeneral Assembly.
and by tu? authority of the same :
Section 1. 'T.hat the General Assembly
shall levy, at each regular session thereof,
an annual special tax, Jo be known and de-1
signaled as the school tax, on all taxable
property throughout the State, for the support
and maintainance of free common {
schools, which tax shall be collected at the'
same time, and in tho same manner, and by 1
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lue same u^ciiin 00 luv 6vu.... ?,
and which tax shall be paid iuto the treasury
of the State.
See 2. That it be declared a misdemeanor
on the part of the State treasurer to apply
or appropriate any funds or moneys derived
from, or collected, gr received on account of,
said school tax, for any purpose or purposes
whatsoever, except that of fiee common
schools; and, on eonviction thereof, he shall
Ciy a fine of not less than five thousand dolrs,
($5,000,) the same to be used for
school purposes, and shall be imprisoned at
the discretion of the court
Sec. 3. That the State treasurer shall furnish
to the State superintendent of education.
annually, on or before the first Tuesday
of March of each year, except the present
year, which shall he the first day of April, a
certified statement showing the amount of
moneys collected or received by him on a?count
of said school tax.
Sec 4 . That it shall be the duty of the
State superintendent of education to apportion,
oa the law specifics, the free common
?1 nCtlm XtjiM miinnv thn nrcriil
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counties thereof.
See. 5. That it shall he the duty of each
county school commissioner to apportion, according
to law, the free common school funds
"of his county among the several school dis
tricts thereof: ProviiM, That any school
distjict believine itself wronged by such apportionment
may appeal to the State superintendent
of education whose decision shall
be final.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the doty of each
county treasurer to report monthly, on the
15th day of each, month, to the county school
commissioner of his county, the amount ui
collections and disbursements made by him
lor the month on acvuint of poll tax and all
other school funds; and it shall be a misdemeanor
on the part of ?ny county treasure!
to neglect, fail or refuse to make such re
port; and, on conviction thereof, he ahal
pay n fiue of wA km Uub tfugxMticl
lars, (8500.) the same to be used for schoi 1
purposes in his county.
Sec. 7. That all moneys disbursed by any
county treasurer on account of school funds
or taxes, or poll tax. shall be paid on the order
of boards of school trustees, countersigned
by the county school commissioner: Pro- i
vulc(t% That accounts or claims of school trus- i
|te;s for enumerating school children shall i
be paid on the order of the couuty school
commissioners.
Sec. 8. That each county treasurer shall j
make out and forward to the State superini
tendent of education, annually, on the 1st i
day of November, a certified statement, 1
showing by school districts the amount of i
poll tax and the amount of local or school i
district taxes collected by him for the fiscal
year ending on the 31st of October next
preceding; and should any county treasurer
fail, neglect or refuse to make and forward
the statement as herein roquired, the State
superintendent of education shall make oht
a written complaint to the circuit solicitor !
for the county in which the said treasurer i
resides, who shall prosecute the said county
treasurer for the same, and on conviction |
thereof,. he shall be subject to fine of five ;
hundred dollars, ($500,) the same to be !
used for free common school purposes in his i
countp. . i
Approved February 20, 1873. 1
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An Act to enforce the payment of the poll i
tax.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 1
Representatives of the State of South Caro- i
lina, now met and sitting in General Asscm- <
blv, and by the authority of the same: <
Section 1. That there shall be assesed on ]
all taxable polls in the State ap annual tax i
of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds of i
which shall be applied to educational pur- i
poses; and if any person shall refuse or neglect
to pay said tax before the expiration of
the time fixed for the payment of all taxes,
the county treasurer shall, within twenty
days thereafter, furnish a list of all delinquent
polls to the county commissioners of the
county; whero the persons so taxed and
delinquent have no property to he distrained
for the payment of said poll tax. as authorized
in the act providing for the assessment and
taxation of property, approved September <
15. 1868, the person or persons so dditiqent
shall be subj ^et to a penalty of double the
amount or their poll tax. and, on failing to i
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iiiestuiJie, much iiiiiiuni mi iijc tuti, mvu
fn ten days after such notice, such person or i
persons shall be required to work upon the *
highway or roads in their respective counties i
as the county commissioners njay direct, not
exceeding three days. * <
Section 2. That the said county commissioners
shall, after receiving the delinquent
poll list, summon such delinquents to appear
at their office, and then and there give them
the opportunity to pay the double tax.aud on
failing to do so, such delinquents . shall be
required to work upon the highways and
roads of their respective counties, as the
county commissioners may direct ; and if
said delinquents, being personally warned by
the said commissioners, or by written notice,
served at their place of residence, shall refuse
or neglect, having had ten days' notice
to attend by themselves, or substitutes equally
able to perform the said duties as themselves,
or to pay the double tax in lieu of paid
duties, or, having had attended themselves,
shall refuse to conform to the requirements
of this act, or obey tho directions of the
county commissioners, they shall be considered
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction
thereof, be imprisoned for the same, in
a county jail, for a term not less than ten
i days.
Approved February 20, A. D. 1873.
An Act to require county coroners to rel
port to tho governor in capital cases.
J Be it enacted by the Senate and IIou.so of
I Representatives of the Stato of South Caroj
lina, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That it shall bo the duty of
each county coroner, whenever a homicid*
has been committed in his county, and the
party committing tuch homicide has not been
arrested, or.'having been arrested, has escaped
custody before bill found, to forward a report
to the Governor within three days after the
holding an inquest by him, or, in cases of
escape, within three days after notice of such
nscupe. which report shall embrace the name
of tho person, if known, charged with committing
such homicide, together with a copy
of the evidence taken before the jury of inquest,
and the verdict rendered there upon .
. rrooiti.it, That, in ease of escape, it shall be
1 the duty oftheshoriff, or other officer havi
ine custody of the party, to notify such coroner
of the escapo promptly.
Section 2. Upon the receipt of any re|
port, as provided in section 1 of this act, the
| Governor may, in his direction, offer such rewards
as the gravity of the crime warrants,
' not exceeding five hundred dollars in any
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! case, for the apprehension ana aenvcry m
j the fleeing or escaped criminal, as the case
! may be, to the sheriff of the county in
I which such alleged crime was committed,
) which reward shall be paid, upon the warrant
of the Governor, from his contingent fund.
Section 2. Any coroner who shall wil!
fully neglect to make the report, ns provided
^ in section 1 of this act. shall he liable to in'
dictuient us for a misdemeanor, and, upon
! conviction, shall he fined not less than $50
i nor more than 85UU, or imprisoned not less
thnn thirty days nor more than six months,
; or both, at the discretion of the court.
| Section 4. All acts and parts of acts in'
consistent with this act be, and the same arc
I hereby, repealed.
Approved February 27. A. D. 18711.
j
An Act for the bettor protection of religious
1 worship.
it by the jwuoto and Ucrut* irt'
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That if any person shall, wilfully
and maliciously, disturb or interrupt any
meeting, socltety, assembly or congregation, 1
convened for the purpose of religious worship,
or shall enter such meeting while in a state
of intoxication, or shall use or sell spirituous
liquors or us profane language at or near the"
place of meeting, such person shall be deemed
cruilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less
than twenty or more than one hundred dollars,
or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding
one year or less than thirty days, or both,
or either, at the discretion of the court.
Approved February 20, A. D. 1S73.
A.v Act to provide for an assessment of real '
property in the year 1873.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by authority of the same :
1 Th?t Am Iicrrtoomnnf nPtlin VPfl 1 I
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property in this State shell be made in the
rears one thousand eight hundred and
*eventy-three. (1873,) at the same time that
the assessment of personal property is made,
and in the manner and according to the rules
prescribed for the assessment of real property
in chapter XII. of title III. of the general
statutes.
Section 2. The comptroller-general is1
horehy authorized and directed to adopt the
measures necessary to carry out the intent
of this act, and to exercise, for the purpose
of making and completing the assessment
provided for in this act. all the powers relating
to the assessment of real property conferred
upon him by the chapter of the general
statutes hereinbefore cited.
Approved Fabruary 27, A. D. 1873.
An Act to provide for purchasers of lands
at sales made for non payment of taxes being
put into possession of the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of thp State of South Carolina.
now met aad sitting in General Assembly.
and by tne authority of the same:
Section 1. That whenever lands are sold
on account of the non-payment of taxes, the
pnrchaser thereof, to whom a convevanfce is
j- _i ii i 4i _ j_Li a._ ! 1*:..^
mailt*, snnii nave me rigru i?> immeuiaic possession
of the game; and it shall be the duty
nf the sheriff of the county whore said lands
arc situate, after ten days'notice being given,
upon complaint made, and exhibition of tho
deed of conveyance, to eject persons unlawfully
holding over, and to put said purchasers
into possession ; and any person or persons
who shall resist the sheriff, or refuse to
vacate, ahall he deemed gnilty of r. misdemeanor.
and be punished by imprisonment
not less than six (6) months and no more
than twelve (12) months: Provided .however.
That if the person or persons holding over
and claiming possession shall, within ten
days from the execution by the sheriff of the
summary powers conferred by this act. file
in the office of the said sheriff the tax receipt,
or a certificate from the county treasurer
certifying that the tax or taxes were paid on
the property in question, and for the year or
years for which sold; thereupon the action
of the sheriff shall be null and void: And
provided, further, That in case of tenants
holding underleases, they shall not be ejected
until the expiration of the same, unless
they refuse to attorn to said purchaser or
purchasers.
Approved February 22, A. D. 1873.
An Act to amend scctiont 98. 99 and 100.
charter 17.. of the general Statutes of
South Carolina, relatiug tn holders of insurance
policies.
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 :
Section 1. That section 98 of chapter
XVII. of the general statutes be amended
in the fifth'line of said section, after the
words '-bonds or stocks of this State," by inserting
the words "or of the United States;"
also at the close of the said section, insert
the following proviso: "Provided, however,
That it shall be the duty, and it is hereby
required of the comptroller-general, upon notice
being served upon him by the agent of
any said company or association, accompanied
by proof sufficient to establish the fact of the
insolvency of such company or association so
depositing, to dispose of. at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, after twenty-one days'
notice of said sale, (notice to be given by
publishing in one of the daily papers in the
city of Columbia, and in one daily paper in
the city of Charleston,) so much or so great
an amount of such bonds or stocks so deposited
as will enable him to reinsure the
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pulley Holders UI such insolvent company ur
association, in such proper and solvent insuranee
company or association as any policy
holder in said insojveiit company or association
may desire or elect, for the balance of
the unexpired term of such insurance previously
taken by him in said insolvent company
or association."
Suction 2 That section 99 of chapter
XVII. of the general statutes he amended hy I
inserting after the word "State," in the third
line of said section, the words "or of the
United States."
Section 3. That section lUO of chapter
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A \ 1 1 >! 1110 general SUUUH'S i?u umciiuvu
I by inserting after the word ''State in the
eleventh line, tho words "oi of the I'tiitod
States.''
Approved February 20. A. 1>. 1873.
An Act to regulate the appointment and
salary of Trial Justices in the city of Charleston.
Ho it enacted by the Senate and House of
lWpa'st)ui?tiYcw ui t4iu if LVrru%
Una. now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by authority or' the same :
Section 1. That the Governor do apppoint,
by and with the advice an 1 consent
of the Senate, five trial justices for the city J
uf Charleston, and no more, to hold their '
offices for the term of two years, unless soon- *
cr removed, according to law: Provided, i
That during the recess pf the Senate the <
Governor may appoint either one or all of J
said trial justices, to hold their offices, unless ?
removed by hiui, till the next session of the I
Legislature, when the appoint merit shall t
cease, unless confirmed by the Senate, If a >
vacancy occurs during the next session of <
ihe Legislature, it shall be filled ouly by i
the advice and consent of the Senat<;. i
Sec. 2. That the trial justices appointed 1
tor the city Charleston shitl! reside in said j
city and keep their offices there, which shall i
bo opened from day to day for tho transac- i
tion of business: Provided, That the trial
justices appointed shall be commissioned by
the Governor, in the followin manner, to
wit: Two forwards one and two; one for i
wards three and four; one for wards five and
six; one for wards seven and eight; and shall
have their offices located in a central location,
convenient to the people of the. wards
for which they are appointed.
Sec. 3. That, instead of the fees and fines
heretofore allowed by law for the trial justices
in the city of Charleston, they shall
each be allowed a salary of twelve hunted
dollars per annum, payable quarterly, on the
first days of January, April. July and October,
by tho countyrtreasnrer for Charleston
.county, out of the county funds, and thit all
fees taxed and recovered in criminal causes j
in the courts of said trial justices shall be <
forthwith turned over to the county treasurer
for tho county of Charleston; and the
said trial justices shall make to the judcc of
the first circuit a monthly report of all fees, I
fines and costs recovered or collected by them
during the said month. <
Sec. 4. All the appointments of trial jus- .
finoi rnsidnnf. within the citv of Charleston.
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heretofore made, shall cease and determine i
on and ?fter the first day of April next, and i
the trial justices provided for in this act shall
enter upon their duties on that day.
Sec. 5. That the trial justices appointed i
for the city of Charleston may each appoint
two constables, and no more, to serve pro- i
cesses of their respective courts, removable
at pleasure; the constables so appointed shall
receive a salary of five hundred dollars per
annum, to be paid at the times provided for
in section 3 of this Act. 1
Sec. 6 That if either of the trial justices
appointed for the city of Charleston shall neglect
to attend to the duties of their offices,
'tr shall be guilty of extortion or oppression
'in office, or shell fnil to p?y over, as required
by this act. tlw foes and fines collected by
him in his office, ho shall be liable to indictment
therefor, and, on conviction, shall be
liable to imprisonment for two years ai d a
fine of one thousand dollars, or both, within
the discretion of the court, and shall be removed
from office.
Sec. 7. The trial justices so appointed
shall give a bond of twenty-five hundred
dollars for the faithful performance of their
duties, the bonds to bo approved by the
judge of the first circuit.
Orrirp SwRFTARY OF STATE. )
Columbia, S. C., February 21,1873.)
The foregoing act having been presented
to the Governor of this State for his approval,
and not having been returned by him to
that branch of the Geneal .Assembly in
which it originated within the time prescribed
by the constitution, has become a
law without his approval.,
II. E. Hai'.ne, Secretary of State.
What a Million would do.?A million
of dollars would erect forty first-class cotton
factories in South Carolina.
To run these, from eight to ten thousand
operatives would be necessary, the larger portion
of whom would be brought from aboard.
Estimating the operative element of population
at one third, at least twenty five thousand
souls would be added to the present inhabitans
of the State. Concentrated, in the connection
contemplated, they would constitute
a city, second in sizo in the State. But
merchandize, industries, churches and
schools, would iuvcvitally gather up
around them, adding, in a short time,
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prooaDiy one-uuru mure iu men uuuiun,
and we would soon have a city of thirty or
forty thousand iuhaditants.
These factories, estimating 4,000 bales each,
would spin up 1GU.000 bales of cotton, per
annum, which, if we estimate at 18 cents per
lb (400 lb bales) would bo worth 811.520,000.?.Supposing
this cotton to be manufactured
into cloth that double* the value of the
raw material, and we have S11.520.U00 added
to the present value of the products of the
State from cotton alone. IIow long would
it be, wirti these forty factories running, before
South Carolina, impoverished and taxridden,
would become a wealthy and populous
I State ?
I But. according to Co], II.unmet's calculation
of tli? profits (the not earnings) of a cotton
factory of the capacity upon which we
base this calculation. (836.900) there would
bo, of clear profit, to the projectors of these
mills, S2.H7H,00U unuually.
Add to all this the general iuipqjus given
ta all manner of business, not foicctting the
Churches. Colleges and Schools of the State,
the increase of tin: value of real estate. Ac,
and what would soon be the condition of our !
noble old commonwealth ??Snvitcr H'ofc/iV"/i.
John Hull, who is a firm believer in nursery
traditions, hus been trying to put salt
on the tail of the American liable. Ilia last
uttvuijrt was at Utucvu. .
. The Disease and the Remedy.
[From tbo South Carolinian.]
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in tlto
N'ew \ork Ledger, has a short article called
'More M n/iood Wanted." He calls atten,ion
to the evil of the hour?viz: The cor uption
of (politics and flagrant immorality
)f legislators and parties, and takes the
ground that these can be corrected only Dy
i c urse of general public education. To
;his all right minded men will assent with
;'nis suggestion that the education needed is
more of the heart than of the head?more
jf the moral and religious sense than of the
merely mental faculties. 31r. Beecher himself
asserts that the men who are bought and sold
like meat in shambles at tlolumbia, Albany.
Washington and other captuls, arc men' of
intellectual culture?are intelligent enough,
and yet they stumble and fall most shamefully.
J.s the Rev. gladiator well expresst-s
. f.an 11 a.: 4 11
ii: "inuy sen meir country ntcv sen men
manhood; tliey sell their honor; they bell
that trust that is put upon them by-their
fellow-citizens; they are traitors !" And yet,
as he remarks : "These aro the men that are
among the most erudite, tried in Academies;
practiced in Colleges and ^nished in the various
professions."
What, then, do we wilnt? Mr. Bcecher
says we need a public sentiment that can be
created only in a universally educated community.
Hence, he says, the point is to educate,
educate! But he lays no stress upen
the kind of education that is needed. He
says i he great object should be to bring out
more manhood in the masses, and thus make
it perilous for a public man to sell his State
or country for a mess of pottage. We submit
that the point is to diffuse among the
masses a sound education, and that the influence
we want is to come from the school,
the college, the press, and, par excllenec,
from the pulpit. We want tho highest
ethics to be inculcated. Wc want principle,
honor and genuine godliness to be magnified.
Whatsoever things arc true, honest, just,
iturc. lore.lu and of qood report, let the cdu
cation of tha masses involve the?c thing*, and
we shall find a public sentiment that will hold
public men and government officiate to a
strict account.
But Mr. Beecher, in the full appreciation
of the lessons of his own personal experience,
will assen to the propositiou that no education
is complete, is sound, is calculated to
develop true manhood, which docs not purify
the heart, out of which come all the issues
of life. The brilliancy of intellect must be
mellowed by the radiance of moral feeling,
and no people can long remain prosperous
and incorrupt who do not set up their banners
iu tho name of Diviue truth and purity.
Professor Agassiz on the Negro.?
While Darwin can "evolve" the whole
animal kingdom, man included, from a single
low form of*life, Agassiz considers it necessary
to assume separate creations for the
different races of men : but we cannot see
that either has yet made out*his case.
Agassiz calls the Darwinian theory " a mire
of assertionwhat would Darwin say of the
following, which the Scientific Press, of Sail
Francisco, quotes from a recent lecture by
Agassiz?
' J have pointed out over a hundred
specific differences between the bonal and
nervous systems of the white man and the
negro. Indeed, their frames arc alike in no
particular. There is no bone in the negro's
body which is relatively of the same shape,
size, articulation, or chemically of the
composition as that of the white man. The
negro's bones contain a far greater proportion
of calcareous salts than those of the white
man. Even the negro's blood is chemically
a very different fluid from that which courses
in the veins of the white man. The whole
physical organization of the negro differs
quite as much from the white man's, as it
docs from that of the champanzce?that is,
in his* bones, muscles, nerves, and fibres,
the champanzce has not much farther to progress
to become a white man. This fact
science inexorably demonstrates.
Climate has no more to do with the difference
between the white man and the negro
than it has with that between the nccro Hnd
the champanzce. or it has between the horse
and the ass, or the eagle and the owl. Each
is a distinct and separate creation. The
negro and the whits man were created as
specifically different as the owl and the eagle.-1
They were designed to fill different places in I
thesyatem of nature. The negro is no more j
a negro by accident or misfortune than the
owl is the kind of a bird he is by accident or
misfortune. The imgro is no more the white
man's brother than the owl i? the sister of
the eagle, or the ass the brother ofthc horse,
llow stupendous, and yet how simple, is the '
doctrine that the Almighty maker of the !
universe has created different species of men, j
just as He lias different species of the lower J
atiitna!?, to fill dincnt places ana omces in
the grand machinery of nature.'
We learn that an Irishman who had been
employed at tho cemetery some tiuio since,
went to Washington to draw his pay. After
rcceiving the amount, the paymaster discovcd
a sabre cut oil the face, remarked :
"You were in the army during the war?"
"Yes," said he,
"What command were you in?"
"In (Jen. Kite Hugh Lee's command."
"Hid you have the audacity to apply at a ;
Federal cemetery for work when you were j
in the Rebel army ?"
"Yes," replied the Irishman, "I helped to :
kill them, and 1 thought 1 had a right to I
help bury them."
A Pennsylvania woman challenges any
man in her county to a wrestling mutch for ^
tho championship.
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l'jye servants?spectacles.
A press gang?Printers' devils.
Unredeemable bonds?Vagabonds.
The greatest bet ever made?the alphabet.
A singular fact?To-day will be yesterday
to-morrow.
Dolly Varden noses arc tho latest?Topers
wear theui.
"A coffin," said an Irishman, "is the hftnse
a man lives in wheu he is dead.
A difficult punctuation?Puttting a stop
to a gossip's tongue.
A good name for the son of a Mormon?E
Pluribus Unum. ?
The ''latest" song out?We won't go home
till morning.
What word may be pronounced quicker
by addiug two letters to it??Quick.
What is it that has three feet and cannot
walk, sixteen nails and cannot scratch ??A
yard stick.
Education never makes a fool wise It
only furnishes him with more modes in which
to exhibit his folly.
A printer recently made "Be ye therefore
steadfast," the text of a minister's sermon,
"Be ye there for breakfast."
Upon the marriage of Mrs. Wheat of
Virginia, the editor hopes that her path may
be flowery, and that she may never be thrashed
by her husband.
"Ah, Mr. Simpkins, we have not chairs
enough for our company," said a gay wife
to her frugal husband. "Plenty of chairs,
Mrs. Simphins," he replied, "but too much
company."
"I am not myself at all, to-day," said a
bore to a wit. "No matter," was the reply;
"whoever else you may be you're a gainer
by the change."
The Chief of Police at Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
recently received a letter asking
him to look for a runaway man who has a
"black mustash about five fete and teno
inches in hit with a velvet cote."
Guizoteays of Louis Napo.eon. He was
ail his life one of three things prisoner,
journalist or Carbonari?but always thoroughly
a gentleman.
Sydney Smith once commenced a charity
sermon by saying: "Benevolence is a sentiment
commou to human nature. A never
sees B in distress without asking C to relieve
him."
"Why don't you wash the bottom of your
feet John ?" asked a grandmother of a boy
going to bed; to which he replied gravely,
"why granny you don't think I'm going to
stand up in bed, do you?"
"My brudders,"said a waggish colored man
_ .1 *? 11 rrt . u i
to a cruwa, *;in an amtction, id an od your
troubles, dar is one place you can always find
sympathy." "Whar, whar ?" shouted several.
*In de dictionary!" he replied, rolling his
eyes skyward.
A Georgia preacher, in translating the
sentence, ' The harvest is over, the season is
ended, and thy soul is not saved," put it:
'Do corn has been cribbed, dere ain't any
more work, and de bebbil is still fooling wid
dis community." t
Gentility is neither in birth, manner nor
fash'on but in the mind. A high sense of
honor, a determination never to take a menu
advantage of another, an adherence to truth,
delicacy and politeness toward those with
whom you have deulings, are the essential
characteristics of a gentleman.
The most original spelling we have ever
seen is the following. It beats phonetics.
?80 you be?a tub. 80 oh! pea?a top.
He 80?bat. See 80?cat. Pea 80?pat.
Are 80?rat. See oh! double you?cow.
See you be?cub. See a bee?cab. Be you
double tea?butt. See a double el!?call.
I say. Pompcy," said one freedman t<5 another,''dis
chile has tried lots ob gift fairs
and things for a prize, but neber could draw
anything at all." "Well, Jim, I'd vise you
to try a hand-cart; de chances are a thousand
4a tfAM /inn /litem Jnt "
i\j unu viav j\ju VUII uiuu uavi
Fun is worth more than phjsic, and whoever
invents or discovers a new source of
supply deserves the name of a public benefactor;
and whoever can write an article the
most laughter-promoting, and at the same
time harmless, is worthy of our gratitude and
respect.
llow sweet are the affections of social
kindness! how balmy the influence of that
regard wnicn dwells around our fireside!
Distrust and doubt darken not the brightness
of its purity?the cravings of interest
and jealousy mar not the harmony of that
scene. Parental kindness and filial affection
blossom there in all the freshness of aif
eternal spring. Tt matters not if the world
is cold, if we can but turn to our dear circle,
and ask and receive all that our own heart
claims.
A Philadelphia woman who, forty years
ago, at the age of sweet sixteen, married a
rich old follow of three score for his money,
expecting soon to be a gay and festive widow,
has recently died, aged fifty-six, leaving a
husband of 100 and Jour children to mourn
her loss.
A married m^n was recently discovered
to be courting a young girl at Sheffield;
Kngland. A crowd took possession him,
carried him to a publie house, tattooed him,
and fined him 81.45. He was ihen handed
ovor to a large number of wowcu, who shaved
the hair off his head, applied a huge treacle
plaster, out off his whiskers, aod emptied
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