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The Now Laws Concerning
Newspaper Postage.

The following is summary OF
tho laws concerning newspaper
postage just issued to posLmastcrs:
SEC. 1873. That no newspapers
shall bo received to be conveyed
by mail unless thoy shall bo dried
and enclosed in proper wrappers.
SEC. l39. That when packugoA
OF newspapers or other DO.
riodicals arc received at Il post
Office directed to ono address,
and the names Of tho subscribers
to whom thoy belong, with the
postage for quarter in advance is
handed to tho postmaster, no shall
deliver such papers or periodicals
to their respective owners.
SEC. lao. That postmastcrs shall
notify the publishers Of any news
paper or other periodical when
any subscriber shall refuse to take
tho same from tho office, or neg
lect to call for it for tho period OF
one month.
SEC. 14l. That publishers of
newspapers or periodicals, may
print or writo upon their pubica-
tions, sent to regular subscribers,
tho address Of the subscribers.
and tho date when the subscrip-
ton oxpircs, and enclose therein
bills and receipt for subscription
thereto, without subjccting such
mattor to extra postage.
SEC. 142. That any person who
shall enclose or conceal any lottor,
memorandum, or other thing in
any mail matter, not charged with
letter postage, or mako any writing
or memorandum thereon, and de-
post or cause tho same to be de-
posted for conveyance by mail,
for less than letter postage, shall,
for every such offence, forfeit and
pay five dollars, and such nows-
paper or periodical shall not bo de-
livorod until the postage thoroon
is paid at letter rates.
SEQ. 1853. That on newspapers
and periodical publications, not
exceeding four ounces in weight,
sent from n known Office of publ
cation to regular subscribers, post
age shall be charged at the fol.
lowing rates per quarter, namely :
"On publications issued less fire.
quently than onco o wcol, at tho
rate Of l cent for each issue issued
onco q week 5 cents additional
for each issue moro frequent than
onco q woek. An additional rate
shall bo charged for each additional
four ounces or fraction thereof
in weight.
Sec. 159. That on newspapers
and othor periodicals sent from q
known Office Of publication to reg.
ular Subscribers, tho postage shall
bo paid boforo delivery, mot less
than one.quartor nor moro than
ono year; ; which payment may be
mado oithor at tho Office Of mail.
ing or delivery, comm encing at
any timo, and the Postmaster shall
account for said postage in the
quarter in which it was received.
SEC. 100. That tho Pastmaster-
General may provide, by regula.
tions for carrying small newspa-
pers, issued loss frequently than
onoe a weok, in packages to one
address from o known Office ol
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publication to regular subscribers,
at tho ratio of ono CON- for each
tour ounces, or portion thereof.
SEC. lG1. That persons known
MS regular dealers in newspapers
and periodicals may receive and
transmit by mail such quantities
or either as they may require, and
pay tho postage thereon as re-
colVed at tho same rates pro rata
as regular subscribers to such pub.
nca''ons, who pay quarterly in
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An old lawyer says that the three most
troublesome clients he ever had were a
young woman who wanted to be married,
married woman who wanted to be un.
married, and an old mud who didn't know
what ahc wanted,
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AN ACT TO INCORPORATE TIE CHAR
LESION, GEORuETOwN AND CON-
WAYBORo' RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
SECTION /. BE it enacted by tho
Senate and House Of Representa-
tivos Of the State Of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in Gene.
raj Assembly, and by tho authori-
ty of tho samo:
That for tho purpose OF con-
structing rail road Of one or
moro tracks from aomo point, at
or near the City Of Charleston,
through the Counties Of Charles
ton and Georgetown, to some
point at or near the Town Of
Georgetown, and thence through
Horny County, to somc point at
or near Conwayboro', thence to
the North Carolina State line,
that G. b. Stuart, II. M. Drane, E.
r. Wiggin, S. p. Wick, w. A.
Greenleai, w. Ii. Mcdowell, John
Douglas, w. f. Johnston, J. Walk
CT, and their associates, SUCCESSORS
and assigns, arc hereby created
body polite and corporate, undor
the name Of tho Charleston, George
town and Conwayboro' Rail Road
Company, and, by such title, shall
have n corporate existence for tho
term of thirty (30) years and
may sue and bo sued, plead and
DO implcaded, in every proper
Court OF the State of South Caro-
lima, and may have and US a com.
mon seal, which it may change
or altor at pleasure and shall be
capable OF purchasing, holding,
using, leasing and conveying es-
tato, real, paasonal. and mixod,
and other property, and acquiring
tho samo by gift or devise and
may mako all necessary bylaws
and regulations for it's government,
not inconsistent with tho Consti.
tuition and Laws Of tho State Of
South Carolina, and Of tho United
States.
Sec. 2. That the said Company
be, and is hereby, authorized and
empowered to construct, maintain
and operate q rail road Of ono or
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spinks Is not going to do any more In
conumdrums He asked his wifa why he
was like a donkey, and she said because no
was born go, and he Gays that tho answer Ia
very differont from that. E*''f.. ~5 :
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ma, now mcC ana SllllnS III bcnC-
rnl Assembly, and by the authori-
ty Of tho same:
That all general and special
elections, held pursuant to tho
Constitution Of this State, shal be
regulated and conducted accord
ing to the rules, principles and
provisions herein prescribed.
SEC. 2. The Commissioners of
Election shall provide one box for
each election precinct. An open
ing shall be made in tho lid Of tho
box, not larger than shall be sutti-
cicnt for II single ballot to be in.
serted therein at one time, through
which each ballot received, proper
to be placed in such box, shall be
inserted by the person voting, and
by no other. Each box shall be
provided with II sufficient lock,
and such box shall bo publicly
opened and inspected to SEQ that
it is empty aad secure, and thon
locked just before the opening of
tho poll, and the keys returned to
tho Managers, and shall no, be
opened during the election. Each
box for such precinct shall be la.
bcIlcd as follows: "Congrcss,"
"Statc," "Circuit" and "County
Ollicers."
SEC. 3. AT the close of tho cleo
ton, the Managers and Clerk shall
Immediately proceed, publicly, TO
open Lho ballot-boX aud count tho
ballots therein, and continue such
count without adjournment or in
torruption until tho Same is com
plctod, and make such statement
Of tho result thereof, and sign the
same, rs tho nature Of the election
shall require. If, in counting, two
or moro like ballots shall be found
folded togothcr compactly, only
one shall be counted, and the 9th
ers destroyed; but if they bear
different names, the same shall be
destroyed, and not counted. II
moro ballots shall bo found, on
opening the box, than there arc
names on the poll list, all the bal
lots shall bo returned TO the box
and thoroughly mixed together,
and ono Of the Managers, or the
Clerk, shall, without seeing the
ballots, draw thcrcfrom and immo-
diately destroy rs many ballots as
thero arc in excess Of tho number
OF nan: cs on the poll list; within
three days thereafter, tho Chair
man Of the Board Of Managers, or
one Of them, to be designated in
writing by tho Roard, shall dcliv-
er to the Commissioners Of IGlec-
ton the poll lists, tho boxes con-
tanning the ballots, and q written
statement Of the result of the olcc-
ton in his precinct.
SEC. 4. After the final adjourn
mcnt Of tho Board Of County Can
'vasscrs, and within tho timo pre-
scribcd in this Act, the Chairman
Of said Board shall forward, ad-
dressed to tho Governor and Soc
rotary Of State, by messenger,
the returns, poll list, and all pa
pcrs appcrtalning to tho election.
The said messenger to DO paid his
actual expenses upon certificate
to be furnished him by tho Secrc-
tary Of State. Said certificate
shall be paid out Of tho funds pro
vidcd for the payment Of Commis-
sioncrs and Managers Of Election.
SEC. 5. All Acts or parts Of Acts
in any way conflicting with this
Act arc hereby repealed.
Approved March IL, 1872.
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young man who has recently taken
wifo says he did not find it half so hard
to get married as he did to get the furni.
ure.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements inserted at tho ratio Of 81. so
por square--one inch--f0r first insertion, and
81 for each subsequent insertion. Double
column advertisements ten per cent on above.
Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes
OF respect, same rates per square as ordinary
advertisements.
Special notices in local column 90 cents
per limo.
Advertisements not marked with tho mum.
Der OF Insertions will be kept in Til forbid
and charged accordingly.
Special contracts made with large adver.
uSers' with liberal deductions on above rates
@oB R1sENzT.Ng
Done with Neatness and Dispatch.
Terms Cash.
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR GENERAL
AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS, AND THE
MANNER OF CONDUCTING THE
SAME.
SECTION I. BE it enacted by tho
Senate and House of Representa-
tivos, Of the State Of South Carroll
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-05-24
ug,e Nor1n CnroIina press.

We see a statement in the New Ork
World tina. the Democratic press Of
Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Della
ware and Louisiana, is for straight Demo
cratic ticket This is a mistake so far as
the North Carolina press is concerned.
There is not a paper in this State, so far as
we know, that has declared for a straight
Democratic ticket. Nearly all-indeed all.
50 far as we now recollect, with four eA-
ceptions-the Wilmington star, the Dan
bury Reporter, the WadeSborO' Herald,
and the HiIIsborO' Recorder, the latter
rather an independent than Democratic
Conservative paper, are i'll favor of refer
ring the matter to the decision of the Dem
ocratic National Convention, with de-
cided preference for GREELEY to GRANT.
The four referred to have raised the GREE
LEY flag.
SO that there is 10 justification in saying
that the North Carolina Democratic press
favor a straight Democratic ticket. On the
contrary, there is not a Democratic paper
in the State that will not give Mr.. GREE
LEY awarm support, if by doing SO there is
good prospect of defeating General
GRANT
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| am Yous Anectionate
New York Democratic COnN eatisIi-
Important Movement
ROCHESTER,, May Is

~ NAlA>'AhH, r1dy 1o-
The Democratic Convention pst.to-day
The attendance was large and, 'GiThusias-
tic. Hon. Thomas Kinsella was elected
adopted that a committee be appointed to
select delegates to Baltimore.
ClarllsOn Y. Potter, from the COMMITTEES
on Resolutions. made a report. He said
the committee had given the subject most
thorough and careful consideration, and
submitted a series Of resolutions, of which
the following are the first and second:
"RCSOtccd, 1St. That we recognize the
changes in the nature and constitution Of
the Government which have taken place
without lG-opcling questions Of the past,
and are ready now to cooperate with those.
whatever their previous party affiliations.
who favor limited and localized govern
meht--Wlo seek to restrain the exercise by
Congress Of absolute aud general powers:
to opIoVent It's entering on general private
legislation; to restrain the growth of vast
corporations, and 10 work permanent civil
service reform.
"hc%Oircd, That tie recent declaration
OF political principles ny the Convention Of
CinCrIldti is evidence Of the progress II
public opinion towards sound and whoe.
some views Of government, and we beIlev.
All patrOIc citizens NAV unite upon that
platform for the purpose Of restoring AN
honest administration Of national affairs
and enforcing the obligations OF tie Con
StltutIon, and oar delegates TO baltimore.
are instructed 10 take the course best cal
clIlated 10 secure the triumph of these
principles, and for the selection of any
candidate representing them who slall
meet the approval If the Democracy in
that convention assembled
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-05-24
Indirect Damages.

flour country and its government, if the
United States and President Grants ad-
ministration were at all identical in our
own opinion, or that Of the world, we
should feel overwhelmed with shame and
modification at the signal triumph England
has achieved in the contest about indirect
damages growing out Of the Alabama
Claims. We had thought that if President
Grant knew anything at all it was how to
fight that if he had any one trait Of char
acter more prominent than another, it was
a brute bulldog pertinacity that rendered
him constitutiOnally unable to loose his
grip that when he had once taken posi-
ton he would never back down from it
1t seems, however, that we were mistaken.
At the first groWl of the British Lion, he
has grown as nervous and harmless as
raw recruit, for the first time under fire !;
indeed, his conduct has been cOWardly III a
disgraceful degree. He sought. for the plIr
pose OF making political capital at home, to
"bully" government with which his own
was at peace, and in insolent language de-
manded a fabulous sum of money for
alleged consequential results of alleged viO-
lations Of alleged duties that had no exist
ence under any law or custom prevailing
among either nations or individuals.
Having done this, and having been told
by the British government, with the scant
courtesy Lis inso,ence deserved, thai the
clai could not be entertained, President
Grant withdaws it in a manner at once
puerile, absurd, cowardly and ludicrous.
General Grant claimed that an immense
sum of money was due to the United
States for consequential damages. The
British Government responded that by no
principle of any law prevailing among
nations could any such claim be made.
Thereupon, after the usual diplomatic de-
lays, President Grant submits TO the
United States Senate the draft of an addi-
tional article or supplemental treaty to the
famous Washington Treaty, in which he
gravely proposes to Queen VICTORIA that
if She will never claim indirect damages
from America, that he, Grant, will with
draw his present claim for such DANA
ces and agree that America will never
again make one.
Now, as the English Government has
contended all along that no nation could,
under any circumstances, make such
claim against another nation, it is quite
probable the Alabama difficulty is at an
end.
Why there should be all this pomp and
parade and formality in the preparation Of
a supplemental treaty in order to &C
complish the back down, it is difficult to
see. The whole thing is square & back
out" shameful and disgraceful.
The President and his administration
stand convicted before the world of ig-
norance, imbecility and cowardice, but the
peace Of the country is preserved.
The country would think its peace
dearly purchased at the expense of its
honor, but considers it cheaply paid for by
the loss of Grants reputation.
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in future will lie in the same direction
The following extract from the Christian
Union-Henry Ward Beecher's paper
presents the condition of the South under
Radical domination, pointedly and peril
nently, with more sober truth and hard
common sense than usually comes from
the organ of one whom Southern people
esteem fanatic, and with far more states
manship than Grant and his Cabinet and
Morton and his adherent, have ever dis
played either in administration or in legis-
lation. Beecher says
"a proud and higl-spirited population
have seen their places of trust and honor
filled by foreign adventurers and unedu-
Gated freedmen. The old political leaders,
in whom the people had confidence, and
who alone had experience in the conduct
of affairs, have been excluded from office
by Congress. The course of politics has
tended to deepen the antagonism between
the former masters and the blacks and to
still further ALLEVIATE the former from the
national authority. This is a gloomy pic
Into this weakened and distracted COM
munity there has been no infusion of new,
healthy blood. 1t was hoped that immi-
grafton would renOvate the South. But
there has been no immigration, or very
little. The old elements are left to work
out their way unassisted. OF the present
duty of the nation al large toward the
South we shall here say but word. The
best service that can be rendered to the
Southern people politically is to let them
alone. Disabilities should be swept away
at blow. There should be no more Fed
eral interference with local affairs. Politi-
cal salvation for the South can only come
through her own people,
To this we add but a single lin: : the
political salvation Of the South is essential
to the financial salvation of the North.
What would be the financial condition of
the North if there were no Southern pro-
ducts to furnish exchange and foster inn
ports for the revenue Of the Government ?
Suppose the whole South to be in the con-
ditiOn which Grant has placed South Caro-
hna, withlabor demoralized, citizens arrest
ed or fleeing, martial law dominant, troops
quartered here and moving there; what
would be the revenue from the Southern
products to the Government ? Could Mr..
Boutwell, show large gold balances in the
| Treasury ?
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Inst So.

The Philadelphia Age, of the 10th i'll
slant, says "The late AttOrney-Generalo of
the United States, Hon. Henry A. Stan
berry, man of education, experience and
ripe judgment, has been travelling extern
siyely in the South, and declares that no
man can witness the acts of the military
rulers i'll these States, as he has witnessed
them, without becoming satisfied that
change of Administration and party is de-
manded by the best interests of The coun-
try. We doubt if Poland i'll Russia has
suffered so much from 'bayonet rule as
South Carolina. Incidents Of personal and
political aggravation that reach us through
Intelligent sources, by Northern men
whose business leads them into the South
ern States, are almost incredible, and stamp
the Administration of Grant as libel on
Republican government. The Govern
ment at tie present time is run for two
purposes-trst, to make money for those
in authority, and secondly, to force by
money, fraud and bayonets the renOmina-
ton and reelection of General Grant. No
wonder the nomination of Mr.. Greeley ap-
palled General Grant, as did the goary
head of 'Banquo' his imperial murderer
He sees III that the defeat of all his hopes,
and what is worse, an examination into
his past political history and the ring
which has shaped his Administration and
divided the plunder.'
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a xyou1ertuI ExhibitIOm of Speed.

1t was recently announced that Mr..
Bonner would give an exhibition of speed
with Startle, yesterday afternoon at Pros
pect Park. The announcement called out
quite a large attendance. Startle was
driven in tue morning from Mr.. Bonner's
stable, on Fifty-ffth street, to Prospect
Park, and at 4 p. m, Notwithstanding the
wind was blowing gale, he was given a
trial. Commodore Dodge, Robert Fletcher,
the former owner Of Socrates, aid Sim
Hoagland acted as judges. The horse was
started and, to the surprise of all, trotted
the full mile, carrying the proper weight,
in 2:24s, making the last half in 1:10a. MIR,
Bonner was not satisfied with this pertor-
nance, and against the advice of his
friends the horse was started again. The
wind had died out, and Startle repeated
the mile in 2:1Ga, doing the quarter in "a !,
the half in 100, and the three-quarte1s in
1:43a. He was driven by Geo. Hopkins.
Startle is bay horse, 1544 hands high. He
was bred by Chas. Backman, was sired by
Hambletonian, dam Lizzie Walker, by
American Star, and he will be five years
old on May IA. He did not seem tired at
the end of the second mile.-New York
Tribune.
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Beecher ON Reconstructton.

Nothing has weighed more heavily upon
the South since the war than the Govern
ment interference, by and under the Re-
construction and Ku-KluX Acts passed by
the Radicals in Congress, and enforced by
President General Grant mercilessly. The
South, but for the plunder and oppression
of the Radical bummers, who cried loyalty
while they robbed and baWled for protec-
ton TO Union men while they plundered
the South, would have made progress be-
yond conception in recuperating from the
terrible prostration of unsuccessful war,
and, we may add, in establishing her own
prosperity have contributed immensely to
the strength and prosperity of the whole
country, from her great and fertile resour-
ces. The sagacious men Of the North of
all parties and shades of political faith see
and know this, and the politicians are be-
ginning to feel that their political interests
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From the Raleigh Sentinel.
Our Greatest Soldier.

We chance to know that Gen. Lee and
Gen. \. +. Hill considered Gen. Fender
the ables soldier that North Carolina gave
to the war. Gen. Lee said that lie never
had his proper rank-that he ought to have
been one of his corps commanders. Gen.
Hll said of the late Mr.. Wallace, the Nes-
tor of the Petersburg Bar, as Mr.. Wallace
told DR.. Pritchard and the wliter, that he
was the ablest soldier Of his rank, Major
General, that he had ever known. We il
trOduce this for the purpose Of asking our
Tarboro' brethren, Messrs. Biggs and
Stamps, if the monument that WAS to be
erected to the memory of the noble, brave
Fender has ever been completed, and if
not, what has become Of the project set on
foot few years ago to raise IL fund to
place a shaft above the remains of the most
lllustrious citizen that Edgecombe ever
gave birth to, and to purchase IA home for
his widow?
Our great admiration of Gen. Pcnder is
our excuse for thus obtrudn~ an inquiry
as to a matter that more properly CON
Germs Edgecombc. Although lie was there
longs to the whole State. We are very
proud of it, and will he glad to learn from
our respected contemporaries that beauti-
ful monument Of native granite or Parisan
marble now rises above the remains of our
most consumnate Captain.
The following lines, which we copy from
the 1arboro' Enquirer, were sung at the
Memorial Celebrat: on in Tarboro':
IN MEMORIAM
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emanated from his bosom-and his spirit
fled forever.
Suddenly conscious of the horrid crime
of which he had been guilty, Hamet tore
his hair, beat his breast, and raved like a
maniac. And in the midst of his rawlings
he lifted up his voice against the majesty
of Heaven, and cursed the Deity whom he
has SO long and fervently worshipped.
AT that instant terrible din echoed
round about-the thunder rolled, the tall
trees shook with an earthquake-and,
amidst the roar Of conflicting elements,
were heard shouts of Internal laughter.
All hell seemed to rejoice at the fall of a
good man, whom no other vice had ever
tempted away from the paths Of virtue un
till drunkenness presented itself The
rage of the storm increased-the trees were
torn up by their roots-and fragments of
the rocky parts of Olympus rolled down
the hill with the fury Of an Alpine ava
lanche. Suddenly the Genie appeared
before the wretched Hamet and exclaimed:
" Fool by choosing to commit the crime
which seemed to thee least, thou hast com
mitted the other two likewise! for there is
more danger in the wine cup than i'll any
other means of temptation presented by
Satan TO mankind"
And the last words Of the Genie mingled
with the redoubled bowling Of the storm,
as Hamet was borne down the slope of the
mountain by the falling masses, and
dashed to pieces at the bottom.