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made or to be made by them; shall
have and keen q common seal, and NAV

made or to be made by them shall
have and keep common seal. and may
alter the same at will; and shall have
and enjoy every right aud privilege in
cident and belonging to corporate bodies:
and the said company shall, and is here
by authorized to begin business in any
county in this State, and to establish
agencies at any points that may be
deemed advantageous to the interest and
benefit OF said company.
SEC. I. That all right conferred upon
this company, as provided for in the
preceding sections, shall be exclusive IN
this State, and all acts conflicting are
hereby repealed, and The company here
by Incorporated shall not be subject to
any laws that may hereafter be enacted
Sec. 5. That this act shall be
deemed a putlic Act, and shall con-
tinue in force for the term Of twenty
FIVE years.
Sec 6. That this Act shall be Of force
immediately on after its passage.
Approved March 13, 1872.
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NILES @. PARKER,
State Treasurer.

JEFFERSON DAVIS C0MM1ssIoN-CoR-
Sapdnnah NeaOs corrects
the paragraph going the rounds, stating
that Colonel Morrison, Of Illinois had
sent to Jefferson Davis his original COM
mission as Colonel in the United States
army signed by Andrew Jackson Pres
ident, and Lewis Cass, Secretary OF
State, which commission had fallen into
the hands Of the Illinois troops after the
capture Of Jackson, Miss. Ex-president
Davis never was q Colonel in the Uni
ted States army, but served in the Mcxi-
can war as volunteer Colonel of noun
ted rifles from Mississippi, with COM
mission from the Governor Of his State.
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o. g'tBLewING FOR THE SETTLEMENT" !"
TT organized the first Sundayschool
in this county and ran it myself" said
q shrewd but dissipated Wisconsin
lawyer. ga few Of US Americans came
here early. We wanted to get in decent,
industrious settlers, and keep the row
dies out. So said, a Sunday school
will draw the folks we want. 1t will
, be the best and cheapest way to blow
for the settlement They all agreed to
it. There wasn'ta soul of us that pre-
tended to have grain of piety. So
they pitched upon me to carry out. the
plan. / did it, sending to Mr.. Rice OF
the American Sunday-School Union fol
asiibrary ,and ran the school all sum
Ifer.l II tsdid the blowing for rs spleu
did'y. Several Christian fasu;,'"- came
10, and as they had better stock of pie,
. ty, ,I handed the Sunday-school over tc
{ them. 1t was grand thing for US. We
occurred a good moral settlement. In
1act, sir, it got to be so pious that
ouldn't live there myself"
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The Missionary Record says that "the
determined obstinacy manifested in the
Santo Domingo affair, and the removal
of Mr.. Sumner from the committee on
foreign relations, and the antagonism
thus engepdered, and the determined
opposition to civil rights and amnesty,
have resulted in an estrangement of
large numbers of leading Republicans
from General Grants support, believing
as they do that it will not do to trust
him four years longer" and it admits
that the Cincinnati Convention will ac-
complish q great work, if it can nomi-
nate President so pure as to bring
around him honest men, and keep them
SO for four years :" but, curiously enough,
it winds up with declaration that ''it
will go for Grant whatever be the action
of the Cincinnati Convention"
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A VIcERoYALTY WORTH HAVING
The Viceroyalty Of India is probably
the most valuable in the world, as it en-
abes them to save, as rule, 500, 900 a
year cut of his salary, and the whole of
his private income for five years. The
salary is S!25, 900 year, besides allow
ances furnished house, and all trav-
elling expenses, and half that sum will
enable most men to live in becoming
splendor. To q poor man, however,
(says the London Spcctator,) the office
is less valuable, as he saves less from his
home revenue, and if, like Lord Mayo,
he is fond of splendor. an Irishman,
and unlucky enough to have royal
duke for guest, he may save little
indeed.
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The Columbia correspondent Of the
Charleston NeWs says:

Charleston Ne,Os says:
The mandamus served ON State Treas
urer Parker by General Stolbrand, the
Superintendent Of the Penitentiary,
which is made roturnable OH Wednes-
day, has, in a manner, created some
cummotion among the State officials to-
day. The disposition to keep secret all
transactions Bearing upon the finances
was sedulouslv observed, yet enough is
known to warrant the assertion that,
to keep the matter from investigation,
the Superintendent has been promised
sufficient funds to keep the Penitentiary
aflnat. This, however, has to appear in
the return to the Supreme Court on
Wednesday. The State officers held 3
kind of secret meeting over the matter
in Hardy Solonon's Bank this afternoon,
and access to il wasilnpossib]e. Should
their overiures not be accepted, nothing
follows bat ali investigation Of the
treasury. Should they be accepted it is
safe to count on small army Of manda-
muses. in the future.
Blne Ridge Revenue Scrip stands
pretty we'll as collateral security, and
the hopes thas are hiuging on the COM
ing issue are mountains high.
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sG- The BarmweN Sentinel is confi-
dent that the road from Barn"ell to
BlackviIle will open to Charleston q
large trade which goes to Savannah and
Augusta. and that it will, also, increase
considerably the business Of Barnwell -
r. expycsscs tie hope end belief that
every facility will be extended to the
Soutt Carolina Railroad. and under
stands that the landowners along the
line will extend to the eugiuecr Of the
Eostl Carolina Railroad every facility
in their power, and that what timber he
may require for crossties, trestle, &C.,
will be furnished without cost.
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GREENWOOD, ABBEvILLE COUNTY,
August 18th, 1871.

August 18th, 1871.
HeSSrS. -: Excuse me for drugGang
you with the following crude remark Ks !:
In this age of railroads, when it be-
hooves every city TO keep her eyes well
open, to see that her trade is not taken
from her, I have been often astonished
that Augusta. has not been awakened to
the Importance to her of connection,
by rail, with this or some other point on
the Greenvil!e and Columbia Railroad.
Augusta owes much of her prosperity
to the trade of the upper Districts OF
this State, the loss Of which she felt se-
riously when taken away from her by
the building of the Greenville and Co.
lumbia Railroad. A moiety of that trade
might have been restored to her by the
building of the defunct Savannah Val
lev Railroad: but that having failed,
it is remarkable that she seems now qui-
city to submit TO her loss. Although
the Savannah Valley Road would have
been near twice the length Of one from
this point, yet it could never have car
ried the trade OF Augusta that this will.
This latter will NOT only carry all the
trade that the other could have done,
but will command the eastern portion Of
the District of Abbeville, large part OF
Laurens, and all or measurably all, of
Greenville. There scarcely could be
found anywhere more easy grades for a
railroad than from Greenwood to Au-
gusta, via Dorn's Mine and Fury's Fer
ry, following the ridge which divides
the waters OF Little river and Stephens
creek. ! doubt whether single stream
need be crossed, and the distance, | pre-
sumo, is only about tifty-hve miles.
If you think such project worthy Of
consideration, you will please confer
with some of your leading men Oh the
subject.
Augusta has always been the favorite
market with the people of this part of
the country; but while the Greenvi!le
and Columbia Railroad belonged to
them they were willing to make other
business connections for the sake Of sus-
tanning this their little pet; but now
that il has been wrested from them and
put into Yankee hands, they are anxious
to return to their old and faYorite mart
Augusta. ...
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In the Electoral College Of 357 votes
this year, the former slaveholding
States will have 134 votes, the Western
States l02, the New England and Mid
die States 100, and the Pacific States l2
votes. Therefore. according to geo.
graphical apportionment, the South is
still the leading political power in the
Union. o..
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DEFECTIVE COTTON SEED.-The Al'

OGFECTlFE CUIION SEEO' HS ~"
ealSta Chronicle 6 Sentinel says:
ave hear very serious complaints
from planters in Burke, Jefferson and
Columbia counties about the defect IN
cotton seed. We are Informed that
thfee-fourths Of the seed saved for plan
ting have been found, upon examina-
tion, to be detective the germ entirely
destroyed. Itis thought that the con-
tinucd rains OF the early picking season
and the extreme moisture of the atnlos-
phere during the entire Winter, caused
the seed o-"heat' when thrown UP in
heaps in the gin houses The COM
plant is general in that section Of the
State.
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According to The census for 1870, dur
ing tint wear in Massachusetts, six g!is
were married at fourteen, thirty-thte
at fifteen aud ISL at sixteen. A woman
of twenty-five was also married for the
fourth time. &c.,.
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Considerable Of Liberal Republican
enth usiusm exists throughout the State
of Maryland, Ex-Governor Bradford
being at the head Of the movement
there.
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Laurens and Augusta Railroad.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:

! Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Please be kind enough to republisf
tie article which appeared in your pa
per dated August 9Th, 1871, on the sub
Ijec. of railroad frGln Augusta TO Green
wood, South Carolina
This request is most especially insis'
ted unon just now, as the read is assum'
ing both body and life.
In the article referred to the reader
will discover the necessity of immedi.
ate cooperation Of all well wjShers tC
the enterprise-the project being now
on foot. The road is is practicable aud
must be built. If Augusta acts well hcl
part, al is rjyht-and if she is indifter-
ent, nN is aDrO2g. The charter is obtain
cd, and the cOrporators do urgently in
vite and beg every friend to attend a
/ meeting to be held at Dorn's Mine, on
May the 9th, 1872, II O'Clock m.
Please give us an editorial urging the
people OF Augusta to study we'll their
interest and Sleep no longer on post.
The car of progress is passing through
Abbeviile and Edgegeld,e. AZ
F Yours truly, -. 81 Pr
to by our correspondents:
Some time ago, the Chronicle &: Senti-
uel alluded 10 The scheme on foot for
building 81 railroad from Laurens Court
House, South Carolina, to Augusta, and
earnestly favored the proposed road
! We then stated that the business men
OF the city would give encouragement
and substantial aid to- the road when
ever they saw that our South Carolina
friends were willing 10 put their shoul-
ders to the wheel, and we now repeat
that statement Let Edgetield and
Ahbeville and Laurens put the affair
into shape and show that they are ready
and willing to ..elp the road with their
money and their land and we have not
the slightest doubt but that Augusta
will give liveral aio. Augusta is not
dead or asleep, and has been as gener-
Gus 10 railway enterprises as any city in
the South. The people here are aware
Of the necessity for such road, and Of
the benefits which would spring from
It's completion, but they can do nothing
without the earnest cooperation of the
South Carolinians. Below we publish
an interesting letter on the subject,
written by gentleman in -Abbeville to
firm in this city.
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Laws, 5; Of South Carolina.
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY. .......
Published by Authority
AN ACT to Incorporate the lfnterce
Presbyterian Church IN FaiJFeld

AN ACT to Incorporate the Waterce
Presbyterian Church. IN FdHHeId
County.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives OF the
State of South Carolina, now met anu
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same: ....... -. p
That the Wateree Presbyterian Church
of Fairfield County, is hereby incorpo-
rated, with. gil. the rights and privileges
awarded to religious denominations III
this State. - .','. - .''D~
SEC. 2. That the said church may ac-
auire property, real and personal, for
reiyinus and educational purposes. and
may dispose OF, regulate and govern the
same as they may deem proper, in: ac-
cordance with the laws aud discipline,
such laws not being inconsistent with
the laws Of the State, e.. H.. r.gn
Sso. 3. That this Act shall be
taken and deemed TO be public Act,
and shall continue in force until re-
pealed. =. d '..a. "-f f.'.
t,oroJ 'MoroL u 1879
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ing is the correspondence. between DR..
J. F. Ensor, Superintendent of the
State Lunatic Asylum, and Niles G;
Parker, State Treasurer
OFFICE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM,
COLUMBIA, April II, 1872.
Hon. Nues G. Parker, State Treasurer.
DEAR SIR: Please inform me wheth-
er or not you are able at this time to pay
any portion of the appropriation made
by tile last Legislature for the support of
the State Lunatic Asylum ; and if not,
how soon YOU will be able to do so. The
credit of the institution is exhausted.
We are no longer able to obtain supplies
of food or clothing, and a condition as
desperate and disastrous in its effects
upon the institution as it is humlliatIng
aud disgraceful to the State, is staring US
in the face, and unless relief is obtained
in thirty days at most, some other dlspo-
sition must be made Of those who have
been placed here, under the care and
protection of the State. It is with this
view that l address you to-day, in order
that, in case the Stale is unable to take
care of her insane, some other provision
may be made for their care and pretec-
ton in time to prevent the dire ealami-
ties that will otherwise encompass them.
l need not remind you that the care of
the insane is regarded the first and most
sacred obligation Of every civilized reo-
pie. Hoping that you will make extra
ordinary efforts, if necessary, to dis
charge that obligation in behalf of the
people OF this State, in giving that re-
lief to the afflicted and suffering inmates
of this institution which the homer of
the State, the behests of Justice and the
claims of humanity alike demand, ! ami
&c., J. +. ENSOR, Superintendent.
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AN ACT to Incorporate tie South Co..
oIian Rcal Esiute and Joint Stock:
COh2pdny.
SEcr!oN l. 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:
That r. A. Sisson, Lewis Hayward,
Washington Ash, Lewis Wilson, P. Is.
Lusls, Lewis Carr Robert l.: Jones, NJ.
d. Stone, Edwin Marks, Henry John
son, II. II. Snyder, It. Sands and a.
Boldgood, together with such persons
who now, or may be hereafter associated
with them, be, and they are hereby de-
clared body polite and corporate, un-
der the namo and style Of The South
Carolina Real Estate Sad Joint Stoci,
Company" for the purpose of loaning
out money on interest, purchasing and
i'mortgaging real estate, buying and sell
! ling, or otherwise 1isposing Of personal
property; and they shall have the same
rights and privileges now enjoyed by
banking corporations Of this State; they
shall also have undisputcd right 70 dis
pose Of any and all snch property, real
personal or mixed, that they may be-
come possessed of, in any manner, and
on such conditions as the said associa.
ton, for their own interest, may deem
fit and proper.
SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said
company shall consist of two thousand
shares, to be paid in by successive
monthly inatalments Of one dollar on
each share, or in such manner as their
constitution and bylaws may hereafter
provide for; and such shares shall bs
held, transferred or assigned and pledg
ed, and the holder thereof 70 be subiec,
to such fines and. forieitures for defaul
in their payment as may hereafter *
provided.
SEC. 3. That the said company sl,al
have power aud authority to make any
such rules and bylaws for its govern
ment; and shall. have such member
and succession of members and officer!
as shall be ordained and chosen accord
gin to their ssid rules and bylaws
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Approved March '13, 1872.
AN ACT to Reneac the Charter Of Ma
q

AN ACT to Rensac the Charter Of Md-
rion Lodge, No. ,, l. O. Q. +.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and 10y
the authority Of the same:
That the charter of Marion Lodge,
No. ., I. O. 0. f., be, and the same is
hereby, renewed and shall continue in
force until amended, altered or repealed;
and that all acts done by the said Marion
Lodge, No. 9. I. o. O. f., since the ex-
piration of its charter, III conformity
thereto, Shall be, and the same are here
bv declared 10 be, as gond and valid, to
all intents and purposes, as if the same
had before the expiration of lis charter.
Approved March l3, 1872.
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Approved March l3, 1872.

AN ACT to Incorporate the Farmers
Luborers,' and Mechanics Lana
Company, OF Orangeoa'g Cou''Fy'
South Carolina. =.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of House Of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same:
That Jacob Moore, Henry Wallace,
J. L. Jamison, E. I. Cain, Isaac Speak
er, Christian Green, ~. @. Andrews, 3.
Byas, George Bolivar, and their asso-
ciates and successors. are hereby made
and created body polite and corporate,
under the name and style Of the Far
mers', Laborers', and Mechanics Land
Company, of Orangeburg County, South
Carolina. ~.
SEC. 2. That the said corporation
hereby created and established shal!
have power to make such bylaws, not
repugnant to the laws Of the land, and
to have, use and keep a common seal,
and the same to alter 1T will; to sue and
be sued, plead and be implicated, many
Court in this State; and to have and
enjoy all such property, real and per-
sonal, as may be given, bequeathed or
devised to it, or may be, III any manner
what soever, acquired by the aaid corpo-
ration: Provided, the amount so held
shall not exceed the sum of one hun
dred thousand dollars. .
SEC. 5. That the said corporation may
from time to time, invest their funds
moneys, assets, and all other property,
stocks, public or private, notes, bills,
bonds, with or without security, ny
mortgage of real or personal property,
or by surety, in such sums, and on
such terms and conditions, as they may
deem proper; and it shall be lawful for
said corporation, from time to time, and
at all times, to sell, convey, mortgage,
assign or transfer al! of its property,
real and personal, as and when it may
deem proper and expedient; and to
make and execute bonds, under their
corporate seal, with or without mort
gage, for the purchase of real or person.
al property.
SEC. i. That the real and personal
property of each corporator, shall be
liable for the debts of said corporation,
in any amount not exceeding the par
value Of the stock held by him.
SEC. 5. That this Act shall continue
in force for the space of twenty-one
wears, and the same shall be deemed d
bubble Act, and may may be given in
evidence without being specially plead
ed
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AN ACT to Declare Public q Certain

AN ACT to Declare Public Certain
Rond in tie Comfy Of Or0ngebmU.
SECTION |. Be il enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representative OF
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority Of the same.
That q certain read in the County CT
Orangehurg, leading in & Northoasterly
direction from the town Of Brarehviite
to what is known as the old Orange
burg Road, be, and The same is hereby,
Jared public. 10. .
Approved March l3, 1872.
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All Hank, Chinaman, was tried IN
New York for highway robbery, tho
complainant being Ayee, also Chinese.
Ayee wished to be sworn after his native
custom, and to this end a crockery plate
was procured. The, Interpreter then re-
peated the words of the oath, and at the
end Ayee waved the plate twice in q the
air, and brought it down on the report
er's table with a crash that sent the
splinters in every direction and caused
a general retreat among the Caucasian
element. -f ~.
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GAU ZION.

The public Ia autioned acains, cmplo!h :!
Mt the regularl authorized Agents of inc .oI, t .
ny, since the Roberts Patent cover the use ol !,
Torpedo aud all explosive materials i"r Oh W.
and the lisc Of such materials by other pafl,,
direct infringement of their rights, Any pil'is. s IL
fringing any OF the ROBERTS PATENIs 'sn,,iy WI,
dealt with according TO law, and az acting Mn.
and knowingly in defiance OF law anu tnc de''''''
of the Courts ,r,..,.,. r,rs,
The Company have re organised their bnsa,t ~,
with view io accommodate Oil Men in ever! pa. p
OF the Oil liegion They have employed 'Ie ,rn,a %
efficient Agents ard Assistants Shat can DC pvh wh
for tho business lAcn Torpeio l. laoe',Hn ,Ho Tar
pedo, and signed by an officer Of the Cohp" p"w N
every Operator wis eng TORPEDO may An0"
price and whother il came from our ono. m mi.
Operators will infer favor by reporu's"
Office any negligence of Agents: ,,o,r snnolrt
The following named persons nave neI,i M, Rpioa
cd Agents and Assistant Agents for the vi I'VE
of Penn ylvania and West virginia.
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LIST OF AGENTS.

TlTUsvILLE, CHURCH RUIZ AND :. ntM, lirir
TY-STEPlIEN ..OOF. Office, lialnlllI1n 11sr Isi'
store, address Titusville, Pa Asss'ah' 0'"'
TTFusvILLE, CHURCH RUN A,..., ANp aiII MAJ
TY-U ii THOMAS. Office ana aou'e'''
sion House. 7 itusvilie, Pa oropcE IN.
SIAMBURG AND VICINITY Gmh,n.vilie, p
VIM. Oflicc, Shamburg; residence ipa''"'
Assistant. A A. West. ,,y,,Ir BfAN
ENTERPRISE rLEASANIviLLGnsso van
FARM AND PlTHGLS W. ,nu'. nM". Pe1,
VLIET. Office and address. Cnnse iou'''
antvillc. Assistant, II. G. Hultiiau n -CIIAS
TIDIOUT AND WEST Hl' ns,ce Tid.
CLARK. Office and address. EXP ess oN'''
onte. Pa. Assistant, j.. G SearGsey, ,vIcINITY-
PETROLEUM CENTRE AM n,,uroleum Cen
LEVI MASON. Office andeddr re'r'''N
re, Pa Assistant, Charles BlackloId do,.trct lyinf
TARR AND BLOOD FARMS and 'nS p,," Farm 70
IN on Creek and Cherry KIP R!lpirNmnNS. ,IIn KS address
rarr Farm, Pa. Assiatar,s; Lutnc, no,, :" -,
Charles ". Cochran aud Wili'am, mv'' Nd RNV
McCLINrOCKVlLLE, OIL Ci,. ,,, ~ Keno, 70
A. S. WAIST. Address, OIL eH! VI :,
FKANhniN,, ALONG THE AlLtopR franklin:
ERR WiLEER OAice and adn,es ,W I PAIREMs
SCRURG ASS. FOSTER Fnnmv FnnI,mivfrJD. 0fc
LANDIN,;-RICHARD w. hEns,, II. " 70
and addr, ss scrllbgrass, fa Assistant r
terfied, address Fnenton, "a cr.y and 7.
WEST VIRGINIA-U ID. AM trrrna a.
OOK. Address Parkersbnrg, Mos. CO.
WobVrtS Petroleum TorP
nasy9di,
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a. ~. PIANO CO., Y z LIST class $500 No
- agents. Names of patrons in 40 States
| in Circular.