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Here is the outline Of a history
Of a suicide within my own know
ledge: 4 yonng man-a stranger
in New YOrk-in Il good situation
in large boarding house
pleasant young companions-
spends evenings ont--gocs to mid
night parties, from eleven to sew
en-his nerves diSturbcd-a little
drink-a little mistake IN business
another drink-rcproot' from
cmploycr-morc drink-morc mis-
taies-loss Of fsituation-no help
from frivolous companions-mon.
ey all gone then credit all gone
then turned out Of boarding
housc-wandcring - modification
--dcsperation-shoots himself:
Now, it docs not always come
TO this; but all people who arc los
ing sleep are somewhere along this
line. They arc somewhere in the
rapids. We must begin Il reform
in this department. "Pcople who
call and profess themselves Chris
tlans' must refuse TO 90 out in
the evening to any amusement,
to any entertainment, TO any re-
ligious exercise, from which they
cannot return at ten o'clock: to be
in their beds at eleven. The alb.
surd and ruinous custom Of guests
arriving at nine and ten o'clock
and supper being served between
eleven and twelve must be op-
posed. Well-to.dc officers and
members Of tho several churches
must be made by their pastor to
feel that if they give such enter
tainments they are responsible in
measure for the deleterious re-
suits that are TO come to the
bodies, to the intcllects, and TO
the souls Of their guests, young
and old. Employees in every de-
partmcnt must be made to under
stand that intelligent men are not
going to cntrust important mat
tcrs to the hands OF other men
who 90 not sleep. How dare any
merchant consider him self u
Christian who works his clerks
all night and then holds them re-
sponsible or the bodily, mental,
and moral injury have sustained,
and which reacts upon his inte-
rests?
Our religious services, our bust
ness, our amusements, our police
regulations must all be adjusted
to the sros>. nncess;Ly OF our na
turc. Instead of asking our ac-
quaintanccs, when We meet, the
usual question Of "lIow do you
do?' we might teach good les
sou by that other question, "How
do you slcep?"
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cling November 1st, 1872. has cor.
tinued beyond the time prescribed
by law for :hc collection OF the
same. and the time for the pay.
ment Of said taxes before penal.
ties must attach is now nnavoid.
ably and unusually limited; there.
fore,
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 if any Of the duties re.
quircd to be performed in an act
entitled IAN act providing Tor the
assessment and taxation Of pro.
perty," or in any act or amend.
mcnt thereto: on or before Ger.
tain day, by any officer or person
therein named, cannot, for want
OF proper time: be so performed in
the payment or collection oftaxcS
to be levied t. meet appropril,
lions for the fiscal year con.men
cling November lst, 1872, the
comptroller- with the ap-
proval Of the Governor, may cX-
tend the time rs long as may be
necessary therefor.
Approved January lG, A. d.
1878.
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POSTAL CARDS.

Postmaster Jones, Of New York.
mas issued the following rules and re.
gulations rs to the treatment of postal
cards:
The superintcndents, clerks and
carriers of this Office and its stations
are hereby instructed that postal cards,
in their treatment as mail matter, are
to be regarded the same as seated let
ters. and not printed matter-with
this exception, vix: That when un-
deliverable, unclaimed or unavailable,
they are not to be returned to writ
ers Or sent to the dead letter office
No. "rcturn request" written or
printed on a postal card is to be re-
gardcd. * * Postal cards on
which are printed, drawn or written
any obscene, vulgar or indecent words
or pictures or any scurrllous epithcts
or disloyal devices, cannot be deliver
ed by carriers Or conveyed by mails;
and all which may be discovered bear.
ing such Objectionable pictures or de-
vices will be sent once each day, in i
package or envelope addressed to
"Searcher's Department, Postofficc,"
and marked *. ?. G."
Although unprotected by seal, postal
cards are nevertheless mail matter en-
trusted to the postofice for transmits
sion and delivery only, and, as such
should be exempt from all idle curios-
ity and comment on the part of post
office employees. Clerks and letter
carriers are, therefore, instructed not
to make the messages, &C., on pos
tai cards the subject of conversation
among themselves or with persons not
employed in the postofice, and (ex-
cept as may be required by the pre-
ceding paragraph not to give special
attention to auy part Of the postal
card except the address. In no case
will any clerk or carrier be allowed to
exhibit an addressed postal card or ccm-
municate any message which hay be
written upon it, to any one not en-
ployed in the postofice, cxceps to a
person authorized to receive it.
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THE FUNERAL SERVICES AT
THE RUSSIAN EAPITAL.-AN
IND ESCRI ABLY SAD
SCENE.

New York, May 31.-A letter
to the Tribune from st. Petersburg
dated May the 9th, says: The di-
plomatic career Of Governor Orr
came to q painful end before it
was fairly begun. 1t is not quite
two months since he arrived in st.
Petersburg and presented his ere
dcntials to the Emperor. He was
suffering ut the time from q severe
cold, contracted during the Atlan-
tic passage, and about . we"k af-
ter his formal installation IN his
new office he was forced to take
his bed. From that day he did
not leave his apartment. Cold
settled On his lungs, and after
wards passed to his liver, SO that
his blood became seriously affect
ed. No serious result was appre-
hcndcd, however, and on Friday
four days before he died, his
friends thought he was slowly yet
steadily improving; and he died
quite suddenly az two o'clock.
The funeral services were cclc-
brated to-day at the chapel Of the
English. American, Society. There
was no discourse, and the pastor
simply read the impressive ritual
Of the Church Of England, and
closed with a short prayer. The
gloomy little chapel was by no
means full. There were some
dozen ladies, English and American
half i dozen American gentlemen
in black, and thirty or forty d.
plomats in their brilliant yet SOM
bre court costumes. The Aus
trian ambassador was there, and
the ministers Of Brazil, Italy,
Greece and the attaches of other
legations as well as of the foreign
Office. Mr.. J. L. Orr, Jr, the soil
tary family mourncr, stood side
by side with General Pomutx, the
consul, who wore the familiar uni
form Ola brigadier-gcncral Of the
American amy. The scene was
indescribabIy sad. After the rec
tor had finished the service, the
Giplomatists walked around the
coffin and dropped each upon it u
little sand. The civilians present
did the same.
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A traveller coming up from t.

A traveller coming up from the
Central Depot the other day stop
ped for q moment to examine a
coat hanging in front ola clothing
store. The proprietor rushed out
and asked if he "Wouldn't try on
some coats ?" II dunno but what
I would" responded the traveller,
consulting his time-keeper, and he
went in and began work. Nc mat.
ter how often he found his fit he
called for more coats, and after be
had tried on about thirty, he loot.
ed at his watch, again resumed his
own garment, and walked off say,
ing, 81 won't charge a cent for
what I've done; hang . man that
won't oblige another when he can
do it! If I'm ever around this
way a'gin, and you've got any
more coats to try on, I'll do all ]
can to help you."-Detroit Free
Press.
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to me that | always carried the
keys Of the safe in my pocket, and
Of the large amount Of money on
hand. One Of his pals had turned
on him and given all the particu.
lars Of the intended murder and
robbery.
The gang had followed me from
the time l left the office, to dim
ncr, thence to the theatre. Think
ing they had me corrailcd, they
had gone TO the III Dorado to take
a drink, all meeting there. Upon
returning to the theatre in q few
minutes they wcro astonished to
find me gone, hence thcir inqul-
ries. They then went to my Of
fee; but finding there was no
light, they were sure I was not
there, but, to be certain, placed
two scntinels, and also another at
the head Of the wharf, while the
others scattered around to watch
for me. About II o'clock the
poor mate came along and met his
fate. Upon searching his pockets
they found out the mistake. They
had killed the wrong man.
Here is very graphic illustra-
tion Of the condition of things
Californian, invoking the stern,
decisive uprising and sweep Of the
immorta! "vlgilante; "--officers of
the customs and the police, both
active in the scheme of stopping
such crime; but is the psyche
logical or supernatural element Of
the story by which the latter has
it's particular commendation for
these spiritually speculative days.
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THE PICKLED WATCH.

The other day VIC met Virgins,
and he had i silver. watch
hunting case at that. We have
known Wiggins tivc-and-twcnty
years and never knew him to
carry . watch. before. We asked
him where he got it. lie gave
us 4 nod and a leer and said that
he Hould telrus.
"Last falk," he commenced, Il
killed the old brindle COW, and put
up the best part Of her into a beef
barrel. I didn't want to mako it
very salt, so I set it out in the
shed: where the frost might touch
irand keep it, and you'd better
believe it made good eating"
"Onc day my wife says to me
says she, "Wiggins, pears to NE
our beef is going mighty fast" I
won't and looked, and sure enough,
it was going-going rather faste'rn
l thought than it ought to. "I've
noticed it lowering unacountably
this long time," said my wife.
Somebody is stealing it. Why
don't ye set trap?"
But my nelghbors were ali good
hearted kind Of folks, though one
or two Of them might be just a
leetle inclined to poke round
where they did not belong, and |
did not want to hurt them. | con-
cluded, howsomevcr, that it would
be best to put the barrel, with
what little beef was left, down in
the cellar; and l did it.
"Well, whom the beef was all
used up, ard l went to clear out
the barrel, I found this watch in
the pickle. 1t looked to me like
Tom Sherman's watch. Tom had
worked for me considerable, and |
have seen him have the watch, or
one very much like it. When |
saw Tom I showed him the watch
and he said right off it was his.
"How did ye lose it?" said I.
II carried it in my pocket with
out a chain, and must have drop
ped 1t out when l was STOPPING" "
said he.
"Well," said l., "then ye must
have been STOPPING over my beef
barrel, for l found it in the pickle p
With that Tom looked kind of
sheepish; and l guess he saw the
twinkle IN my eye.
"Lot me look at that watch
again." said he.
lie looked ut it little while,
and then he handed it back to
me.
son the whole, Mr.. Wiggins, ~
said he, II guess that amt my
watch, artcr all. 1t must belong
to some one else." And with that
he walked off.
| carried the watch to our
jeweller, and he found the cases
had shut so tight that the works
hadn't been picked bit; and for
a dollar he. cleaned it up in good
shape, and setit a running. It's
a first rate time-kceper, and /
reckon that whoever took my
beef paid all twas worth"
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EXoRBITANT FREIGTTs.-Thc mcr-
chants Of the upper counties Of this
State we think have just cause for
complaint against the high frcight$
they have to pay to railroads. Last
week one Of the merchants Of this
town showed US bill for ;'tilroueh"
car loal-SG ba,rcls-of -four. from
Augusta. Geo., from which We copied
the following charges:
G. G. & y. R. R.. from Augusta, to
Columbia, IS miles. $40; G. 4 G. r.
R., FROM Columbia to Aston, 25
miles, $40; 5. & U. R. R., from Al
| ston to Union, 10 miles S2S.
These charges appear TO US very ex-
orbitant particularly upon the G.. & G.
Railroad. 1t vas Ethrough" car,
! belonging to the Green line, we think,
and the bulk was not broken by either
road.
Such high frciGhts must ncccsSari-
ly drive our merchants to other lines
Of transportation. 1t is no wonder that
the G.. L. G. Railroad can make good
showing Of business from such a tariff
Of frieghts. If Columbia and Char.
lesion arc disposed to sit quietly down
and sec the business Of the upper part
of the State driven to other cities by
such cXorhitant charges: they must
not complain if Charlotte and Angus,
ta receive the benefit Of their loss.
Uni0n Times
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AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS or CERTAIN COUNTIES
70 LEVY AND C,LLECT AN AD-
OPTIONAL TAX FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.
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 l. That the county
commissioners Of the several coun,
ties herein mentioned be, and they
are hereby, authorized and direct
cd to levy and collect q special
tax, as hereinafter specified, on
the taxable property Of the said
counties, said tax to be levied at
the same time other taxes are
levied for 4he fiscal year COM
mcncing November lst, 1873 said
tax to be devoted exclusively to
the payment of the past due in
debtcdness Of the said counties,
viz: For the county Of Marion,
three (3) mills; for the county of
Orangeburg, three (3) mills; for
the county Of Richland, one and
one-half (1l) mills; for the county
Of Lancaster, two (2) mills; for
the county Of Ncwberry, two (2)
mills: Proriled, That all claims
for the payment Of which the
special tax herein authorized is
levied shall be registered in the
office Of the clerk of court in tho
county in which such tax is Or
dercd on or before the 1st day Of
October, 1873, and all claims Of
claimants failing to register the
same within the said time shall
not be paid.
SECTION 2. That the county
commissioners of Horny county
be, and they are hereby, author
lied to levy and cause to be col,
lccted a special tax Of two (2)
mills upon a dollar Of all the tax
able property in said county: the
said tax to be devoted exclusively
to repairing the bridges, in said
county across Kingston lake and
Socastee creek, and to the pay
ment Of the past Indebtedness Of
the county.
SECTION 3. That the county
commissioners of the county of
Williamsburg be, and they are
hereby, authorized to levy and
cause TO be collected a special
tax Of two (2) mills on dollar Of
all the taxable property of the
said comfy; said tax to be levied
at the same time other taxes are
levied for the fiscal year CON-
mencing November lst, 1873, the
same to be used exclusively for
the purpose of paying the indcbt-
edness caused by the building of
the jail in the said county.
Approved February 20, A. D.
1873.
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[OFFIC1AL.]
The Laws Of South Carolina.
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed
BY the General Assembly at the
Session Of 1S72-'73.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION | OF AN
ACT ENTITLED IAN ACT TO REGU-
LATE .PJLOTAGE AT THE PORTS
OF CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT AND
GEORGETOWN."
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 l. That section Of "an
act to regulate pilotagc at the
ports of Charleston, Beaufort and
Georgetown" approved February
27, 1872, be amended so rs to read
as follows: "That the Governor is
hereby authorized to appoint sep
arate and distinct boards of pilot
commissioners for the ports of
Charleston, Beaufort, Georgetown
and Little River, in Horny county.
each board to consist Of three per-
sons, Of whom two Shall be, Or
shall have been: seataring men,
and the third q full branch pilot.
The commissioners Of piIotage for
the port Of Beaufort shall have
jurisdiction over St. Helena, Port
Royal and all entrances south
ward.
Approved February p, A. D.
1873.
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jury in, the manner now provided
by law, to assess the value OF said
lands ut their fair market value,
and all damages sustained by the
owner OF the lands so appropr;a-
ted, by reason ofsuch appropri;,.
ton, which amount when 50 rs.
scsscd, together with the entire
costs Of said proceeding, Shall he
paid int" the county treasury of
said county in which said procccd-
ings arc had; and thcreupon the
sacrltT Of said county, upon the pro,
ductlon OF the certificate Of tho
treasurer Of said county that the
said amount has been paid to their
authorized agent. L deed Of the said
!anIs rcc;tIn9 the proceedings in
said cause: which said deed shall
convey TO the United States yood
and absolute title to the said lands
against ail persons whatsoever.
SEcT!oH ,. That the money 50
paid into the comfy treasury
shall there remain, until ordered
to be paid out by a court of com.
pctcnt jurisdiction.
SECTION 3. 1t shall be the duty
Of the judge, directing the money
to county treasurer, in accord
ance with the proceedings Of this
act, to require Of such treasurer ::
bond in double the amount Of
money ordered to bc paid by him,
with Two or more sufficient sure.
ties, to be approved by said iudg,.
Said bonds shall be payable to the
people Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, for the use and benefit Of
such persons: scvcraIIy, as are en-
titled to said money. Said bonds
shall be executed and approved
and filed with the clerk Of said
court before receiving said money.
SECTION +. In all cases Of publ.
cation Of notice under this act,
the court shall require the same
proof rs in case Of publication
Of notice under the civil practice
act Of this State.
SECTION 5. That the jurisdc-
ton Of the State ofSouth Carolina
is hereby coded to the United
States Of America over so mncil
land as may be conveyed to the
said United States in the forc.o.
ing specified manner for light
house pa-ronc<:---fn -fnr0Jided:. That
such jurisdiction is granted upon
the express condition that the
State OF South Carolina ShaIl re-
tain concurrent jurisdiction with
the United States and over said
lands, so TAR rs that civil process,
in all cases not affecting the real
or personal property Of the Unit
cd States; and such criminal or
other process rs shall issue under
the authority ofthc State Of South
Carolina, against any person or
persons charged with crimes or
misdcmcanorS, committed within
or.without the limits Of the said
lands, may be executed therein,
in the same way and manner as il
no Jurisdiction had been hereby
ceded.
SECTION 6. Yhata the lands and
tenements which may be granted
as aforesaid to the United States
shall be and continue, so long is
the same shall be used for the
purposes in this act mentioned,
cxoncratcd and discharged from all
taAes and assessments and other
charges which may be imposed
under the authority Of the State
CT South Carolina.
Approved January lG, A. d.
1878.
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MistelIaneous.
NrO
HOW DOES HE SLEEP:
BY CHARLES F. DEEMS, D. D.

A man who achieves any great
thing in any department. Of human
effort must have assistants in tic
shape Of employees, licutenants,
deputies, Observation-Disclosures you
may choose to call them. lie has
brain enough to furnish direction
to the energy of many men. His
success or failure will be due in Il
large measure to the judiciousncss
of his selection. He must know
his men. They must be capable.
They must be faithful. They must
have no bad habits.
This last brings me to what I
wish to present to my readers.
One of the most important
things to know about any man
upon whom you are going to
place any dependence is, how he
sleeps ? Sleeplessness may some
times be involuntary. There may
have been some shock to the mans
nerves which has made him in
somnolent; but sleepncsslcss is
more frequently voluntary. Men
choose to push their studies Or
their work into those hours when
they should be asleep. 1t docs not
matter for what cause any man
may do this; the mere fact Of not
sleeping spoils his case. lie may
spend his nights in the theatre,
in the study, or in the 'protracted
meeting" It will make no differ.
ence; the result to the body will
be the same. The sleep was not
had, and for that the man must
pay. One man may do with q lit
tie less sleep than another but as
general rule, if you want a clerk,
a lieutenant, a lawyer, a physi-
clan, . legislator, q judge, presi-
dent, or q pastor, do not trust your
interests to any man that does not
take an average eight good, solid
hours Of sleep out Of every twen-
ty-four. Whatever may be his
reason for it, if he does not give
himself that, he will snap some
time just when you want him to
be strong.
The intellectual and moral con-
nections Of sleeping have, l think
not been sufficiently appreciated.
Men and boys have been praised
for "burning the midnight oil"
Now, this "midnight oil" is a dclu-
sion and q snare. The student
who is fast asleep at eleven
o'clock every night, and is wide
awake at seven in the morning, is
going to surpass another student
Of the same intellectual ability
who goes to bed after twelve and
rises before five. In sleep the
plate on which the picture is ta-
en- is receiving it's chemical prepa-
ration, and it is plain that which
is the best prepared will take the
premium.
Men who arc the fastest asleep
when they are asleep arc the
widest awake when they are
awake.
Great workers must be great
restcrs.
Every man who has clerks in
his employ ought TO know what
their sleeping habits are. The
young man who is up till two,
three and four o'clock, in the morn
ing, and must put in his appear
ance ut the bank Or store at nine
or ten o'clock, and work all day,
cannot repeat this process many
days without a certain shaking
coming into the system, which be
will endeavor to steady by some
delusive stimulus. It is in this
way that many young man be-
gins bis course to ruin. He need
not necessarily have been in bad
company. He has lost his sleep;
and losing sleep is losing strength
and grace.
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RE-
LINQUISHMENT TO THE UNITED
STATES, IN CERTAIN CASES, OF
TITLE TO LANDS FOR SITES OF
LIGHT STATIONS on TIE COASTS
AND WATERS OF THIS STATE.
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 !. That whenever it
shall be made to appear to any Of
the Circuit Courts ofthis State, up-
on the application Of any author
lied agent Of the United States,
that the said United States are
desirous of purchasing any tract
Of land, and the right Of way
thereto, within the limits Of this
State, for the erection ola light
house purposes, and the owner Or
owners Of said land are unknown,
non-residcnts or minors, or from
any other cause are incapable of
making perfect title to said
lands, or in case the said owners,
being residents and capable OF
conveying, shall, from disagree
ment in price, or any other cause
whatever, refuse to convey said
lands to the United States, it shall
be the duty Of the Judge Of the
District Court in which the lands
so designated to be purchased are,
to order notice of the said appli.
cation to be published in some
newspaper nearest to where said
lands lie, also in one newspaper
published in the city of Colum bia.
once in each week for the space
Of four months, which notice Shall
contains an accurate description OF
the said lands, together with the
names of the owners, or supposed
owners, and shall require ali per,
sons interested in the said lands
to come forward, ION q day to be
specified in said notice, and Glc
their objections, if any they shou Id
have, to the proposed purchase
and at the time specified in said
| notice, it shall be the duty OF the