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m if; 5 $2 PER AlTNUM, "ON WE MOVE IND-fcSOLUBLY FIRMJ?30D AND NATURE BID THE SAME. ?4 IN ADVANCE Vol. ir. ORAI^GEBURG, SOUTH CAROLI^^ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1873. .4*v( It* ?STo. 31, TUE ORANQEBURG TIMES Is published every THURSDAY, AT ? DRANG E?URG/C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA v* ?. /.?. . by ORANGEBURG TIDIES COMPANY. Xirk Robinson. Agt. RATES>OF ADVERTISING. space. 1 In sertion 12 In sertion 24 In- 48 In sertion sert ion 1 squaro, 2 squarca, 3 squares, 4 Biliares, 1 column, j column, 1 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 5 60 8 50 0 00 11-00 15 00 18 00 20 50 33 00 10 00 18 00 25 00 80 00 83 00 50 00 12 00 27 00 37 00 45 00 57 00 75 00 column, - - 1 13 00| 55 00| 83 00(125 00 uir ascription hates: $2 a year, in advance?$1 for six month*. JOU PRINTING in its all depaituients neatly executed. Give us a call. TRAVELLERS' GUIDE. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. Charleston, S. C, June 28, 1872. On and after SVJNDAY, Juuo 20, the passenger trains on the South Carolina ltniiroad will run us follows: For augusta. Leave Charleston - G:00 a in Arrive at Augusta - - 1:45 p in for columuia. Leave Charleston - f?:0Q a m Arrive at Columbia, - 1:00 p in for charleston. Leave Augusta ? - 5:30 a 111 Arrive nl Charleston - 1:10 p in Leave Columbia - 5:20 a 111 Arrive tit Charleston - 1:10 p in ai gusta night egress. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston ? - 8:10 p m Arrive at Augusta - - 7:15 :a 111 Leave Angufttt - ? - 0:15 ]> 111 Jfc'rivc at t'luirle^ton ? - 0:8q a 111 > coi.umhia NltillT express (Sundays^ excepted.) Leave Charleston - 7:10 y, in Arrive Columbia ? Gil? a hi Leave Columbia - - 7:10 p m Arrive at Chailcston - 0:4 5 a in 8u31merv1lle train; Leave Summerville - 7:8") a in Arrive at Charleston - - 8:80 a m Leave Charleston - "tf:.'].1} p m Arrive at Summerville at - 4:40 p ni cam den urancii. Leave Cam den - - 3:65 a 111 Arrive at Culumbia -. 8:00 a m Leave Columbia - - ? 10;40 a 111 Arrive at Camdcn - IS:'2~) p in Day and Night Trains connect nt Au gusta witbMacon and Augusta Railroad and Georgia Railroads, This is the quickest And most direct rouie, and as Comfortable and cheap as any other route to Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and all other points West and Northwest. / ? Columbia Night Trains connect with Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and Day and Night Trains connect with Char lotte Road. Through Tickets on sale, via this route to all points North. Camden Train connects at Kingville daily (except Sundays) with Day Passen ger Train, and runs through to Columbia A. L. TYLER, Vice-president. S. B. Pickens Geucral Ticket Agent. Sep 27 DU. THOMAS LEGAUG, i.ate resident physician to the roper and city iiospitae ok charleston, OFFERS his prelcssionnl services to the community of Orangeburg and to the pub lie at large. Office Hours?From 8 to 9 a. in., 1 to 2, and 7 to 9 nt night. Office, Market Street, over store of Jno. A. Hamilton. nug. 14 1873 20 0m MOSES M. MOWN, BARBER. MARKET STREET, ORANGEBURG, S. C.., (next door to Scraps & Street's hill.) HAVING permanently located in tho town, would respectfully solicit the patronage of the citizens- Every ellbrt will be used to give satisfaction. June 18. 1873 " .18 ly DR. II. BAER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUG IGST, 131 Meeting' Street, Charleston, So. Ca. DR. BAER keeps n complete assortment of everything that belongs to his branch of business ; and makes a specialty of Trusses, Ab dominal Supporters, Elastic Stockings, Shoulder Braces, for ladies or gentlemen. Also Mne neto-Electric Batteries, Homoeopathic Medi cines; and. Medicine Chests for Physicians or Families. He is proprietor of numerous valuable reme dies, and agent fer many more. He cordially iuvites orders from his country friends. april 10, 1873 8 - Cm CAROLINA MILITARY INSTITUTE. CHARLOTTE, 1ST. O. \VT1 L be opened on October 1st, next. For further information, apply for circular J. P. THOMAS, Superintendent. W. J. DeTreville. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofiico at Court House Square, Orangeburg, S. C. mchl3-lyr IZLAE <& DIBBLE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, RUSSELL STREET, Orangeburg, S. C. J.\s. F. Izi.au. S. DinnLt:. luck 0-lyr Geo. S. Hacker Doors Sasli, Blind factory CHARLESTON. rlHSlSAS LABOE AND COMPLETE, a factory as there is in the South. AH work manufactured at tire Factory in this city. The only house owiwl ?nd fjinnr.cv?*-*?y Q fc?ONMIH an In this city. Send for price li*t. Address CEO. S. HACKER, PosUtflice. Box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory und ^Vareroomson King street oppo site Cannon street, i>n line of City Railway, Oct. :50 ly THE HOME SHUTTLE SEWlXf? MACHINE, ?Pfj BJCST, Because i: is perfect in its work AkJ Rccnurc it has the endorsement of so ?many ladies who use it; because it is .simple, and because it can be bought complete on table 'tor only $37,00. JOHN A. HAMILTON. Agent for II. S. S. Machine, march 0. 1873 tf Haigler's Academy. Hj^iiB exercises of this School will be resumed ? JL on Monday September 1st 1878. TEKM8 PER MONTH : Beginners -. - - $2.00 Advanced Scholars.3.00 Latin and Creek 50c extra, each. Board per school week . $3,50 ? " ? month 12-00 HUGO G. SHERIDAN Teacher SASHES AND BLINDS, Mouldings, Brackets, Stair Fixtures, Imild ers' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wile Guards, Terra Cotta AVarc, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. Window Glass n Specialty. BS?- White-Pine Lumber for Sale, j^flf Circulars and Price Lists sent free on applica tion, by P. p. TO ALE. No. 29 Hnyno and 33 Pincknoy street, ocl 1-ly Charleston, S. C. FRESH SUPPLY OF GOOD THINGS. BOX ES of FRUIT CAKE, CORN HILL Lc^uon and milk Biscuit. IcXsE of Original Deviled Ham, a great relish for the sick. ^ CASE of Lemon Sugar . INRUSH Salmon and lobster, Sea Foam and . .Hossford Baking Powder. BEST FAMILY FLOUR, SUGARS and COFFEE, For sale CHEAP for Cash. JOHN A. HAMILTON Mav 20, 1873 15 if AN ACT to Hake Appropriations f * and. Raise Supplies for, tub | Fiscal Year Commencing Novem ber 1,1872. ' ^ ' ' l| Section 1. lie it enacted by the S*u**o and Houno of Representatives of of tho State of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in General Assembly, and -by tho authority- of tho same, That tho following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the payment of tho various officers and expenies of tho State Government, that is to say : For Salaries. For the Governor, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the Lieutenant Governor, twenty-five hundred dollars ; for the Secretary of State, three thoua . and. dollars; for tho Private.Secretary of the Governor, two thousand dollars; for the clerk to the Secretary o f State, one thousand dollars ; for tho Adjutant and Inspector General, tweuty-fivo hundred dollars; for tho clerk to the ?Adjutant and Inspector General, one thousand dollars; for the Comptroller General, three thousand dollars; for tho clerk to tha Comptroller General, eighteen hundred dollars; for extra clerical services in the office of tho Comptroller General, two thousand dol lars; for the Stato Treasurer, twonty five hundred dollars; for the chief clerk to the -Stute Treasurer^ eighteen hundred dollars; for a Rook-keeper for State Treasurer, eighteen hundred dollars; for for tho State Superintendent of Educa tion, twenty-five hundred dollars; for the clerk to the Stale Superintendent of Education, one thousand dollars ; for the Health Officers, five thousand ouo hundred dollars; for the chief Justice of the Supremo Court, four thousand dollars ; for the two'Associate Justices, Beven thousand dolln -; *??? eight " circuit Judges, t^vonty-eight thousand dollars; for salary for eighteen months of the Judge of the Inferior court of Charleston Couuty, four thousand and ouo hundred dollars; for tho eight cir- ? cuit Solicitors, eight.thousand dollars ; 'for the Attorney Qeueral, thrco thous and dollars; for the Attorney General's elerk, one thousaud dollars; for the clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall perform the duties of Librarian or sail Court, fifteen huudrod dollars^ for the State Reporter, fifteen hundred dollars ; for the Keeper of the State House aud Librarian, ono thousand dollars; for the Superintendent of the South Carolina Penitentiary, two thousand dollars ; for two Watchmen of the Stato House aud i grouuds, six hundred dollars each; for the. County Auditors, thirty-two thous and five hundred dollars ; for the clerk to tho Auditor of tho County of Charles lon, ono thousand dollars ; for the un paid salary of the Auditor of Aikon County, three hundred and thirty-niuo dollars; for the Governor's Mcsicngor, five hundred dollars; for the County School Commissioners, thirty-two thous and two hundred dollars. Executive Department. ^ Sec. 2. For tho contingent Fund of the Governor, twenty thousand dollars; for tht contingent Fund of the Treaaur cr, one thousand dollars ; for the con tingent Fund of the Comptroller Goner al, ono thousand dollars; fur tho con tingent Fund of the Attorney General, one thousand dollars ; for the contingent Fund of tho' Adjutant and Inspoctor General, ono thousand dollars ; for tho contingent Fund of the State Superin tendent of Education, fiftcoa hundred dollars; for payment of the Miloago certificates of Members of the State Hoard of Education, ono thousand dol lars; if bo much be necoasary ; for the contingent Fund of tho Secretary of Stato, ono thousand dollars ; for tho con tingent Fuud of the Stato Librariau, five hundred dollars. Tho abovo appropriations shall be drawn by tho heads of each dopartmont respectively, and they shall make to tho next-session of tho General Assembly, on or beforo December 1st, n detailed stutoment of tho various expenditures made by-them under the* head of con tingent Fund: Provided, That tho statem?nt?' heroin required shall not apply to the Govornor's contingent Fund, but his accounts shall be examin ed and audited by a committee to be appointed by the Qeneral Assembly at its present session, which committee Ishall report to tho noxt session of the doncral Assembly,, on or before the 1st Ijday of December, 1873. (! Judiciary Department. Sec. 3. For tho purchaso of books for Ithe Supremo Court Library, one thous and dollars, if so much be necesiary, to bo drtwn on tho order of the chief .-jJustice; for tho contingent expenses of ?tho Supremo Court, under Section'7 of San Act ratified tho 18th day of Septem ber, 18G8, six hundred dollars ; for an ? attendant on tho Library and tho rooms of the Supreme Court, five hundred dol .3am, to bo paid quarterly, on tho war-' ?jtan of tho chief Justieo on tho Treasury, tho said attendant to be appointed by and bo removable at the pleasure of said Court. . Ordinary Civil Expenses. SfiC. 4. For the civil contingent Fund, twenty thousad dollars, to be drawn on the warrant of the Comptroller General, countersigned by too Governor; and the officers of tho different departments drawing upon tho said civil oontingont Fund shall, on or before December 10, at the next cession of the General Assem bly, make u report of the amounts they have bo drawn to tho General Assembly; for tho purchase of books and stationery for the various County Auditors of this State, five thousand " dollars ; for the support of the Lunatic Asylum, seventy eeveri thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars oi which, or such amount as the Treasurer's books will show as yet due on the contract for tho Same, to be applied to tho completing of unfinished wing of the Asylum, and two thousand five hundred dollars for the paymcnt.of the architect, and tivo thous and dollars for .floating and furnishing new wing of the Asylum, to btfpaid on the warrant of tho Comptroller Gener al, oh the application of tho Board of Regents : Provided, That not moro than two-thirds " of the above appropriation of ten thousand dollars shall bo drawn until the work is completed according to tho contract; for tho support of tho Sti tc Orphan Asylum, twenty thousand dollars, live thousand dollars of which to bo Jcxpeudicd for beddiug and necessary repairs of tho- building occupied, the same to be paid in accordance with the law establishing the said Asylum ; for tho State Militia, twenty thousand dol lars of this amount to be applied to repairs upon tho State Armory, at Columbia, under the charge of the . Adjutant and Inspector General, to be ?drawn on the warrant of tho Comptroller General, on tho application of. the Adjutant and Inspector General; for Quarantine expeusos, twenty-five hund red dollars ;? for the Keeper of^tho Lazaretto, four .hundred dollars, to bo drawn on the warrant of the comptroller General, on the application of the Port Physician of Charleston ; for'.he Physi cian to the Charleston Jail, one thous nnd dollars; for transportation and clothing of discharged convicts, three lundrcd dollars; for tho Catawba In dians, eight hundred dollars; for the permanent printing of this^session of the General Assembly; fifty thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance vith an Act to provide for tho publica fion of the Acts, Reports, Resolutions fad Journals of the General Assembly; 'or the publication of tho laws passsd at the prescut session of the General Assembly, twenty five thousand dollars: Provided, No contract exceeding that Unount shall be valid ; lor the payment .? the commissioners and Managers of Election, twelve thousand dollars, to be )aid on tho warrant of tho Comptroller jeneral, countersigned by tho Governor; or the payment of the per diem and oiloago of the mombers of the last icucral Assembly, remaining unpaid, en thousand dollars; for deficiency of Appropriation for legislative expenses, fifty thousand dollars; for the paymont m tho services of tho Presidential Eloc us elected at the last'Presidential eloc ion, four hundred dollars, if so much bo eccsssary, to bo paid in aceordanco with >w ; for the payment of olaims passed by io General Assembly at its present usion, severity fivo ihousand dollars, if ) much be necessary, to be paid on the jrtificntcs of tho olerks of tho two . louses. Extraordinary Expenses. Sec. 5. For the support and construe tion of the Stnto Penitentiary, forty thousand dollars, to bo paid on the war rant of the Comptioller General, on the application of the Suparintendont. Approved February 26,1873. A Battle In The Air. "A most terrific battle between two birds," says the Virginia (New) Monta. ni?n of the 14th ult., "occurred between two largo brown eagles in the vicinity of the lakes above Virginia on last Wed nesday evening. When first noticed the birds were soaring, ono above the other, at an altitude of perhaps three-fourths of a mile, and seemed ou a sail for pleasure. Presently the uppermost bird, closing its broad wings, shot downward like a* mete or for two or three hundred feet, and with a wild/ piercing scronm, lit fairly upon the back of the other bird. Tur ning with the rapidity of lightning the victim clutched its adversary with talons and bcek, and a fierce struggle ensued. The savage yells, the striking of huge wings, and showers of falling feathers, gave unmistakable evidence of the fero city with which the ^contest was waged. "As they fought they fell earthwards, and, when within five hundred feet of the ground, they became disentangled, and each swooped upWards again. Now fol lowed an interesting trial as to which should first gain a sufficient altitudo to make another plunge. The circliug of the smaller was rapid and close, while that uf his antagonist was made with greater limits, and his ascension was quickest, accomplished. Tho largest ea gle was soon fully one-half mile high, and some hundreds of feet, above his vic tim. Hovering in mid-air for a moment, as if making sure (of his aim, he again ?U.u.1 Jun? up.u I.Lj ou.oi.ty, ttttifetllff him as before with a force that seemed sufficient to kill of itself. Again they grabbled and fought liku winged demons ?whirling, falling and striking furious ly for tho space of two or three minutes. The were now near *tho largest of the lakes, and gradually descending to the water. Tho struggles of tho smaller be came less and less fierce; ho was gotting weak, and was evidently nearly van quished, whilo his more powerful aggres sor seemed to wage the battle with in creased vigor. "Another moment and the conquering monarch loosed his hold, and with an exultant shout of victory soared upward. The battle was ended his prisoner, limp and lifeless, fell into tho waters of the lake with a splash and floated on the s?r faco without a struggle. We with our companion tried to got the dead eagle, but were unable to do so without swim ming for it. Both birds woro of very largo size, the largest measuring wo think fully twelve feet from tip to tip. The spectacle was exciting in tho extreme and the victory tragically complete. The battle had likely commenced before wo discovered them, as it docs not seem possible for one to kill the other in so short a time, although the fighting was terrific." Redemption of Forfeited Lands. The comptroller-genoral has written a letter to an A Keen lawyer in reply to the question "if lands bought by the Stato for want of bidders at a delinquent land sale can be redeemed within ninety days by tho original owner." To this_ the comptroller replies as follows: "1 have the honor to reply that the act of the General Assembly 'providing for tho assessment and taxation of pro perty.' (Section 108,) approved Sep tember 15, 1808, provides that if tho lands advertised at a delinquent land salo of real estate not in cities, towns and villages cannot be sold for at least one fourth of its assessed value, that the county auditor shall purchase sufficient thereof at that rate for the State, to sat isfy tho iax, costs and penalties thereon, but this portion of the said Section 108 was repealed by the act of March 12, 1872, and now there is no law on our statute books that gives tho county'audi tor or any other officer any authority to purchaso any real or personal estate for the State on - account of any tax; hence lands connot bo 'bought by the State for the want of bidders.' - "The only mode the State has, or cau get any. title to land offered at a - delin quent land sale, is in the manner pres cribed in the revised statutes, title 3, chapter 13; section 34, viz., by forfeiture, such lands not being sold for the want: of bidders. "The same section.(34) emphatically declares that the county auditor.shall de signate such lands as are 'not sold for^ the want of bidders, as 'forfeited/- and ' that'the right, title and interest'> of the former owner therein .shall'be vested in and transferred to the Stato of South ? Carolina, while section 35 (following) declares how the county treasurer shall have credit for the 'forfeited list, in dis charge of his indebtedness. If you will note carefully sections 36 to 46? inclusive I think you will decide with me that .these eleven sections provide only * for tho redemption of lands 'sold at delin quent sale,' and not to those ,not sold for want of bidders/otherwise 'forfciteoV I know of no law in the State which refers io lands forfeited to the State for taxes of 1872 save that above noted, and when I refer to the joint resolutions of the General Assembly, session of 1872 ?'73,1 there find that twelve (12) of these thirty (30) resolutions expressly re late to the redemption of 'forfeited lands by the former owners, and made 'forfeit ed' in previous years by-Section 84 above quoted. The action of the Gene ral Assembly by its joint resolutions confirms my opinion as to the previous acts, and I can ' only decido that all lands'offered for sale at any* delinquent land fiule' and 'not sold for want of bid ders, arc forfeited to the State and must, be so held until sold by an 'act' or re deemed by a joint resolutioh." Comments Upon The 8upreme * Court Decision. T)ON't 'PAV.'nilt.TAXi The decision has been given, and of oourso it is adverse to the white pcoplo of South Carolina?they alone being, to any extent, taxpayers. ' * * But let us make it'a long time before we pay this same tax!?EdgefiuH Ad vertiser. "the most dangerous decision in the history of the state." By this decision tho Supremo Court simply usurps the powers of taxation and the appropriation of tho public .moneys from the Legislature. What do these conspirators caro for that. Legislature? Do they not know that if a spark of pride could be injected into, it, or a ray of light as to their duty in the premises, eould shiuo iuto tho brains of the legis lators, a few thousands of greenbacks would plaster over the greatest sins, and make them as popular as Honest John Patterson? This decision surpasses eff rontery; it is the grasping by tho court1 of tho highest functions of the lt^isla tive power. The decision is tho moat dangorous. one we have known of since tho history of our State commenced. It has no foundation in law whatever. It is a dis tinct invasion of the sovereign rights of the General Assembly to dispose of tho public moneys. If Judgo Willard can >1h)w one singlo instance of an annual tax levied and the same diaburg- * ed without its appearing in tho general appropriation bill for the year, and this wo say not of South Carolina only but of any other State, or tho United States, then we will confess to having done the learned judge injustice. Judge Willnrd's opinion is immenso in length and weighty in words. He could not have exhibited more zeal had ho been tho attorney for tho bondhold-. er?. This, perhaps, may bo from the natural cast of his mind, which is that ? of a vehement .partisan; Whichever side ho espouses he does it with heart and soul. Ho is not a man of judicial mind?has some smattering knowledge of the law?knows little of tho law or practico of this State?is exceedingly ver bose and frothy, with an abundance of confidence in his own abilities and learn ing. This decision of the Supreme Court requires a severe rebuko from^ tho Legislature for tho attempt to in-" fringe upon tho high, 'privileges given, and given only, to the representatives of the people. Judges of courts have ' been before to-day hurled headlong from thoir seats on the beuch for a lesj> offence.