Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, December 07, 1871, Image 2

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* THE BEAUFORT REPUBLICAN, StBSCRIPtTOXS. t ? * Yrmff ?? ??i3Iontha, Si 00 ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisement* will bo inserted at tlio rato of $1.50 per Miiare (12 Noni?roil lines or low) for tlie 1st Insertion, and $1.00 for each subsequent insertion. A discount will be made to those who advertise by the year, and .special eoutnieU will be made. AGENT IN NEW YORK, GEO. P. BOWELL A CO. AU UJtmrt, relating to lite btttinrju or editorial detriment nil be add rented to J. C. THOMSON, Editor* Sbf Dfaufrirt pRfpnMifan. THURSDAY DECEMBER. 7? 1R71. Official Paper of the State and County. Largest Circulation in the County. WHAT IS DEMANDED. South Carolina new bonds selling at 29 cents on the dollar is a sad commentary upon our financial management. Investors have evidently lost confidence iD official statements, and do not believe that our debt is only twelve millions as stated by the governor, or sixteen as reported by the treasurer ; otherwise our bonds would not be begging purchasers at a third of their face. We are sorry to perceive a spirit of factious opposition to the recommendations of the governor's message looking toward retrenchment. It is time that crimination and recrimination should stop between the legislature and the executive. Let each address itself to repentance The people demand that additional safeguards be thrown around the treasury. Let a commission be created at once to investigate and report upon its actual condition. The men appointed to do this work should be of such a character as will Carry a conviction of the truth of their statements to the mind of the financial world. I^et us have the truth. An amendment to the constitution ihould at once be passed, and submitted to ' the people at the next election, prohibiting inv increase in the State debt tor at least; ten years. The people demand such action from their representatives and no claims of partisan expediency will be allowed to shield members of the legislature from the Censure of the people if these plain duties ?re neglected. The N. Y. Tribune in some ' aevere comments upon the exposures of the 1 past few weeks well says: We are heartily sick of the sentimental , Attempts of "party managers" to cover up the corruption, dishonesty and extrav- 1 Wgance of the southern governments, i The plea that exposure of these frauds , Will injure the republican party is as , wicked as it is silly. Better a thousand times that the party be rent asunder than that any crime for which it can be justly held rtsponsible be covered up in its own ' i house. No party can long live with such a cancer concealed in its bosom. But the party is not responsible for the criminal dishonesty of a few oflicials who bear its name; though it would be justly held to i trict account if it should be accessory to any attempt at concealment of the offences to which we have called attention. yy On Friday last, when Hon. C. C. Bowen appeared to qualify as member of , the House from Charleston, considerable opposition was manifested to admitting him to a seat, on account of some informalities in the issuance of the writ. After a bitter debate, he was admitted by a vote of73 to '23. Having been sworn in, Mr. Bowen arose to explain. After alluding briefly, but pointedly, to the opposition he had encountered, he showed his hand, and announced his intention of waging a vigorous war against the lung, whose robbtrit s he said he proposed to unearth. He said the day had c >me when these robbers would be made to suffer for their conduct, and then and there pledged ' himself to "go for them." A Fatal Railkoad Accident.?On Friday last, a sleeping car full of passen- ] gers was toppled down an embaukment near Florence, on the Wilmington and Manchester road. A gentleman fortuneately was able to extinguish the lamps in V?o par nnrl thus snvpd us from reedrding a more terrible calamity. The weather was bitter cold, and the driving rain, turning to sleet as it fell, formed in icicles on the trees. The sufferings of the wrecked passengers were intense, as most of them had been asleep, and those in the sleeping car were mostly undressed, and host all their clothing. The forward part of he train did not tea\c the track and it came on to Florence. Several passengers were badly bruised, one of whom, Mrs. Dotterer, has since died. ?? The Steamer Georgia arrived in Charleston on Sunday with a party of Swedes on board, who are to settle in one of the southern States. We wish they were coming to this County. We need , some new blood. ' Thos. F. Davis, D. D., Episcopal Bish op of Soulb Carolina died on Saturdaj last The deceased was born in Wilming ion, N. Ci, in 1804. In early life he prac ticed law, and relinquished it to take Holi Orders. He was consecrated Bishop o the diocese of South Carolina, in 1853, ii New York City. Tiie Judges.?It is thought that in th< approaching election for circuit judges the legislature will re-elect judges Orr Graham, Moses, and Melton. Judge Far mer's place is being contested by John J Maher, a conservative lawyer of Barnwell Judge Rutland is likely to be succeeded bi Col C. W. Dudley, of Malboro'. Judgi Thomas will certainly be defeated. B3T A metropolitan police bill is hatch ing in Columbia. The bill will be a tran script of the New York Metropolitan Bill It will create a "Metropolitan District' out of the counties of Charleston, Colletor and Beaufort, which shall be under thi direction and control of a Metropolitar Board, to be appointed by the Governor with the consent and approval of the Sen ate. This Board is entrusted with the ap pointment of the Police, a certain numbei of whom will be appointed for Charleston tig*- A white convict in the state Pen! tentiary at Columbia, named Kemique murdered a fellow convict, a colored man named Smith, who occupied the same cell. The murdered man was found in the morning, with his throat cut and his head staved in. ufri* jCaT It is at last definitely settled that the original draft of President Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation was destroyed in the Chicago Are. ?The Supreme Court on Saturday, in the case of Dabney, Morgan & Co., against the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, filed a decision, that the bill-holders and Fire Loan Bond-hulders are creditors of the Bank, and are entitled to its assets; that the Fire Loan Stockholders are not creditors so as to entitle them to a share of the assets, but are creditors of the State. Should the assets be insufficient to pay the Bill and Bondholders, then the State is liable for the difference. Trouble in Colleton.?Treasurer Grace of Colleton has been arrested upon six indictments, charging him with misconduct in office, including speclulation to the amount of ten or twelve thousand dollars. Jiumors of irregularity s in the treasurer's office in that county have been rife for some months. The matter will ow, it is hoped, be thoroughly ventilated. The attention of shipers is called to the "... _.i??j new ireigoi line auveruoeu uu uui tuuu page. JKy^The Branch House at White Bluff, Georgia, was burned on Friday last. It was chiefly used as a summer sea side resort. Loss 823,000, partly insured. We are unable to give our readers this week the decision ot the U. S. Supreme Court in the O'Onor case but will endeavor to give it in full in our next issue. It is said that the President will recommend that the authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in districts disturbed by Ku-Klux be extended to January 1st, 1873. ?A cold snap visited the North on Friday and Saturday last. Navigation is in the Hudson. Manv vessels were frozen up in the canals. In the St. Lawrence below Quebec several ships were caught by the ice, and the crews were rescued in a frozen state. SSf We are under obligations to Hon. Robert Smalls for copies of the Governor's m essage. ?The U. S. Grand Jury now in session in Columbia consists of eight whites and thirteen blacks; the Petit Juries, twenty whites and thirty-two colon d. Dr. F. E. Wilder our county treasurei is at present filling his appointments ir different parts of the county for the re ceint taxes. We are informed that ta> payers are paying up promptly in spite o the advice of many of the state papers t< defer the payment till the fifteenth of Jan uary next. As taxes are one of the suri things in this world we think the peoph o?r>o!)>ln in noninn Itiom of o limn wflPI' die OCUOlUd; AU vuviu WV M v. ?V/ .. MV> they are best able to do so, and avoiding trouble in the future. Mr. J. D. Robertson school commission er, is with the Doctor for the purpose o visiting all the school districts, with t view of making himself better acquaints with the wauts of the people and urging upon them the necessity of having bette: schools and more of them. TIME SOLD OUT. 7 Mr. Crofut sold out the estate of a dere lect and defunct horologist on Saturday - last. The administrator of the estate is 7 said to have become quite Moody in pret siding for so long a period over the colleci tion of diseased, dislocated and disused time pieces, and finally concluded to throw them upon the market in a lot. From the 6 appearance of the stock we should say i that the owner died of despair. The ? Tombs prison on a blue Monday never presented a greater array of "hard old cases;" and although some of them held their bands before their faces, it was only 7 affectation, for the jibes of the heartless 8 crowd brought not a blush to their callous faces. One old veteran attracted some pity from a belief that he was the original "Watch on the Rhine." Another was proved to be the " Larboard Watch," but was unable to excite any sympathy. In vain the auctioneer cried "Going, 1 Going," none of them would go. In vain " he asked gentlemen to "start them." No 1 one could do so, except Whitman, and he wouldn't without a deposit. Finally 1\!i1 87 371 a nofllr TOifVi llfo nn'ci. TT UiV MiU VI f 2 <* ? ?vu v**v |/?if i lege. Mr. Crofut quoted all the "wise saws and modern instances" on the sub' ject of the value of time. The crowd seemed to think they had more time than anything else, and that when compaired ' to "grits," it was a drug in the market. Whit got the lot, a bushel and a half, be| sides a quarter of a peck of wheels and j things, for ?19.87L A Bad Bridge.?Last week as Mr. Whitehead was crossing Itose Dew bridge, ' near Bluffton, with a team, the structure gave way, precipitating Mr. W., the wagon and mules to the bottom. Mr. Whitehead escaped injury, the mules were only slightly bruised, but the wagon still remained at last accounts in the water. This bridge was carried away during the storm last August, but the citizens having occasion to pass that way erected a temporary structure, which, having become now impassable, makes it very inconvenient for the citizens of Bluffton to reach the railroad. We understand a contract has been awarded for rebuilding the bridge, and we hope the Commissioners will see to it that the contractor does the work at once. Real Estate Transfers in Beaufort County.?The following sales o real estate have been recorded from Nov. 20 to Dec. 2d. County Commissioners Beaufort County, to J. D. Robertson, School Commis sioner Beaufort County, 3*> acres, at Glllisonville, pri< \ ?450. J. G. Nichoh ^ Co., to Toby Williams, St. Helena, 3} acres, price ?23. .1. E. II. Wyman, to Jacob M. Gray, Peoples Township, 19 acres, price ?104. Edgerly Peoples, to .Nancy Jlaynes, Beaufort Township, house aud 2 acres, nominal. County Commissioners Beaufort Coun ty, to Robert Sma Is, Coosawbatchie Township, 1H2 acres, price ?102. Lewis A. Phillips, to I. G. Eiswald, St. Helena Township, 800 acres, price SO,000. E. J. Jones, to Franklin Johnson, Goethe Township, 100 acres, price ?400. R. G. Holmes, to M. W. Brown, Beaufort Township, 10 acres, price ?08. f flfcjtT The ship Winfield Scott, which has been aground at St. Helena Reef, is now on Horse Shoe Flats. There are seven feet of water iu the hold, which will be pumped out ar d the ship docked. Resignation.?Sheriff Whitman has resigned and Governor Scott has appoint 1 ed George Holmes to fill the vacancy for 1 the unexpired term. Audited Bills.?The Board of Coun. ty Commissioners have decided that ac. cording to law the County Treasurer cannot receive certificates of indebtedness of the county in payment for taxes. , ? The Sheriffs sales were dull as usual the real estate sales were postponed, and Deputy Sams only succeeded in disposing ! of two prime mules at fair figures. I ? Be on hand, members of Washington Kngine Company, at the meeting advertised in another column. Play or pay. JEfetTTne steam tug, Gen. Scott, owned by the Linden Park Land Company, arrived Monday evening from Bluffton, with a large party of ladies and gentlemen, who departed next morning seemingly well pleased with Beaufort. A pleasant slip of the tongue is record ed by a French paragraphist. A lady was j enjoying the society of her lover, when ! the bell rang, and the servant announced "The doctor." "Tell him I am ill, and cannot see him," was madame's reply. f A Dunbury father was recently comi plaining of the hours kept by his son, j when a neighbor suggested what he thought would be a proper wav to keep ^ him from his haunts. "Oh," exclaimed r the afflicted father, "It is uot his aunts, I but another woman." meeting op county commissioners. 1 opt Tuesday, Dec. 5,1871. In the Adjourned meeting. uon< Mr. Board met at 11 o'clock, a, in. All the to quash I members present. Minutes of last meet- and othei ing read and approved. Application re- were: Tl ceived from the County Treasurer for a was not n liquor license for J. M. Crofut. On mo- only thre< tion the same was granted, and a license were nar issued. come to tl The following bills were audited and stead of t allowed : ceived the E. M. Smith, surveyor of highway 830 00 ! law only; 44 44 44 25 00 tive in stt 44 for services in opening to vote as road from the town to that the 1 the railroad 27 00 laws do n T. A. Dudley, surveyor of highway .3*2 25 j to vote; t II. C. Koth, 44 44 32 00 , dictment Sunday Allston, special constable 18 30 be again? W. D. Gregorie, trial justice, 33 50 South Cai John Glover, special constaUe, 3 50 ! "dignity i James W. Brown, 44 3 50 ! fifteenth ( liobt. Robinson, 4' 8 50 not secur< P. M. Whitman, dieting prisoners 128 40 vote exco] Checks were issued for the following that the bills: stating m S. M. Wallace provisions furnished courts an* prisoners, 11 10 must redr Moses Scott, ferryman White Hall, 3 75 security fi Ilardy Phelps 44 4> 3 75 lace was ? Myron Powell 4 4 44 7 50 Mr. Sta Bachus Mitchell, 44 44 15 00 in an elat Stephen Henry, repairing ferry boat, 3 > 00 length John Brodie, work on almshouse, 74 05 occupied A. W. Muckenfu98, 500 stamped teply to envelopes 10 00 District i B Franklin, watchman, 20 00 j same side F. E. Wilder, treas., sundries 20 40 ments wa The Board adjourned to meet at three in the exs o'clock, p. m. statute. the defen< The Board met pursuant to adjourn- If the 1 ment. All the members present. Houses ol Requisition received from P. M. Whit- predicted man, Sheriff, for six pairs of blankets for of bills th; the use of the jail. Ou motion the same it seems v was granted. ( tack is to Miss Catherin Houseal tfas admitted to State oflic the Alms House on the recommendation complicit; H. M. Stunrt, Jr., County physician. ened a mi The following bills were audited and odd bills i allowed: Legislatu J. E. McGregor, services as clerk, 88 00 directly a J. W. Collins, for lumber furnished, 35 50 Parker, a M. Pollitzer, for four trees, 12 00 the IIousi Checks were issuid in favor of M. M. to be witl K'ngman for dieting poor during month plaining t of November, 1871, 523 00. erative at Requisition from It. II. Gleavcs, judge blunders of probate for one hundred official enve thors. A lopes, on motion granted. obtain tf Commissioner Muckenfuss re qu' sted his Yot k and vote to be recorded against the acceptance Secretary of the bill of M. Pollitzer. authorizii The following was adopted : to leave t llesolvfd, That this board petition the unsigned legislature for authority to fuud the debt placed in of the county, and for power to levy a tax j state, to 1 of one mill on the dollar ou the gross as- tain from st ssment of th 8 county, to pay the inter- 1 nioneys p est on the same semi annually, and to secure po; create a sinking fund. guarantee The board adjourned to meet on Mon- to t^e jjp day Dec. lllh, at 11 o'clock A. M. payment J. E. MctriiEOOit, ture out r Clerk. In the 1 reduce th< 7 HE PR ESI I) EST S MESS A G E. to punish In his message the President states that COnin?is-?i? the relations of the United States with t,jaj foreign powers continue friendly. He re- ; a8SOciatii? fers to the settlement of the Alabama (hs *mi11rei pule by the tr uly of Washington, and (U,.?ls to says th.it tne example thus set may he q-|u. (1i( followed by otlier civilized nations, and ?ot.jate jit finally, be the means of leturnmg to pro- 1 u ductive. industry millions of men who are fMif the tj now retained to settle national disputi s ; })V l(K. a((, by the bayonet and broadside. He com- ' mends the United States minister and consul at France for their course in protecting the interests of (iet man subjects in Paris. Tie speaks of the continued fiiend ' & ly relations between Russia and the United States; referring to the visit of the Grand Duke Alexis, and to the hospitable tixtva reception given to him. He recommends the education of four American youths in China, and he gives the history of the dilficulty in the C'orea, and leaves the sub- ('ICi. ject to the action Congress. As to Cuban affairs, he says that he has instructed the NET American naval commanders in Cuban waters to protect the lives and liberties of bona fide citizens of the United States, lie recommends Congress to take measures to support the liues of steamships be- 3P-A-Itween San Francisco and China and San whit Francisco and Japan; also, to take steps o) r-f i to bring about a returu to specie pay- */''*' ments; also, to unite the telegraphic sys- ' aU(l 'J^flss ?:.L - ~-1 4. ?r ii.. ! it>l, n lem Willi uie postal system ui loo uimeu State9. He defends the policy pursued in ; c reference to the stoppage of Ku-Klux out- j rages, and expresses the belief that, out of | ,{.y vir,"? the very numerous arrests made, no inno- j cent person is now in custody. In regard | 0x72), in-imto po ygarav in Utah, he relates the ac- l",ur!4ofsal,,i tion of the Federal courts and authorities J. nku there, and says that the Mormons will ah the i-w not be permited to violate the laws under the cloak of religion; but suggests whether un^ku.Jn children already born under the Mormon J5system shall not be legitimatized. He recommends the abolition of all internal revenue taxes, except those on spirits, malt liquors, tobacco and stamps; also, i 01 ?* ^N AT the revision of the tarifF. He says that the Indian peace policy has, thus far, re- ,r:nV<7hm<i suited favorably, and he recommends the h aiir.?rt ami formation of a territorial government in 'JlV/iih iTvYan' the Indian Territory. He suggests the . Crtvk, contai removal of all political disabilities, under j nwrcorie*. the fourteenth constitutional amendment. s.ixtox noi'si-;. 1 i:uiyals. J A Allien, C C Waters, F A \\illia?i>, lawn.- Ed-ell, \V (i Itobinsnn, II I* Itobinson. St. Helena; I> M Sali*- traet i?f lain! bury, Providence, It. I.; <"apt It I. P.urtis, S W Whitwcll, Stat--afor?~?a New York; Dullbrd .Tontiiiijr--, Cliarle>io?; M <i Wood, r-!"t |\y i'tiic'k I*. It. It. It.; I> Ilnmstock, Amherst, Mass; It <; \Vhit:tkrri ' May Itiver. > (1 II IlarstnitT, I> II Sltowi'inA wife, A K Cole, Linden ' r'b'ha Park; A \V Muckcnfuss, llanleville; Maj Milli n,Savan- " nalt. NOTICE. IlIIi: MEMBER.* or THE WASHINGTON FIRE Cnehniis" Enyine Co., No. 2, are hereby summoned ti? attend north by lot a special meeting of tlie Company, to he held at the<'nun- V ,* cil room on .Mnmhr evening; next, I>econilH.-r, It. at 7 i !* B'jckuer. oVIock P. M. Poncttial attend!nee will bo required tin- ' ,5-', . n'"^ dor penalty of fine. Bv order I sj-jhriolla I S. B. Wtur.irr, J. Ik MiGkkg?>r, I Teriascasr .Secretary. Foreman. ( Dec.7-1. 1 *ov.S-9. FllO.11 COLCMB1A. Colombia, Dec. 5. Ku-klux trials yesterday tHs Stanbury, for the defence, moved Lhe indictment against Crosby s. The grounds of the motion tie name of the person injured lentioned in the indictment;that ? of the qualifications of a voter ned; that the grand jury had le conclusion as to the law, inis to the facts; that voters re;ir qualifications under the state that the indictment was defecting the deprivation of the right taking place at a future date; Juited States Constitution and ot secure to any citizen the right hat the burglary count in the inwas defective as being stated to it the "dignity of the State of -olina," instead of against the of the United Stabs;" that the jonstitutional amendment does } to colored persons the right to [it as subject to the state laws; indictment is not specific in ere intimidation; that the state i not the United States courts ess personal grievances, such as mm ano r/?li Xrn f haf A Q ll'.l lviu o^ai wUf vvv? ^ vnav u? it oiw i lawfully qualified candidate, nbury supported his objections >orate argument of two hours* Attorney-General Cahmberlain about two hours in an elaborate Ir. Stanbury. After a recess of ittorney C'orbin followed on the . The main point in both argo 8 that the indictment was drawn ict words of the congressional Jlcverdy Joht.son will cloee for ;e to morrow. temper and intentions of both ' the present Legislature can be from the language of the host at are being crowded upon them, rery evident that a desperate atbe made upon every one of the ials whose position makes his y in the frauds recently unearthitter of probability. Of the fifty md resolutions presented to the re about one half were aimed / t Governor Scott or Treasurer nd a dozen more were offered iu i by enthusiastic members, only lidrawn upon the speaker's exhat they would be wholly inop- ? id futile by reason of technical fallen into by their hasty au,moug the new bills are: Bill to? le sterling bonds now in New 1 put them in the hands of the of State; bill to repeal the act [tg the Governor in certain cases he State; bill to require that all bonds in the treasury to be the custody of the Secretary of be cancelled by him; bill to oh the treasurer a full exhibit of all aid out since September last; to ?s< ssion of the Blue Ridge bonds d by the State; to repeal the aid le Ridge Railroad; to secure the of the expenses of the Legisla>f the incoming taxes. [louse, bills were introduced to j e salaties of county treasurers; J s? dnction on the promise of nmr* jM define the jurisdiction of coun\f * tiers; to reduce certain fees of ces, and to incorporate various ns. Th? wajs and means commrted r?vorab]v on the anundllie assessment law. eli mi of c>rc-iit judges and ofas-tires of the supreme c ?urts is > take place no the 18ih instant me will probably be postponed Lion of the House to-inorrow. S. MAYO, TllEET\ BE A UFOHT, S. C. DCSSrSS, XXT ?t>0?S, :IK, 11Aiir WWIF, AND woooF.WVAHK. IRS # TOBACCO, i'AHNS, FISII LINES, j AND CORDAGE. * G L ASS, KTTS AND OILS, E LKAI) WD TI UPKNTISE. attention given to mixing Painty cat to order at any size. HERIFF'S SALE. . of sundry writs of executions to me diroetr*! 1 public out-cry in front of mv office in tho jf ifort on the first .Monday in .fantiarv next, 3 the 1st day of said month, between ifie U-gal j , the following i>rojH'rty to wit: 'TON I:VANS, r.f. \\\ \V. MARPLE. I.f #.'il . Mud int-iriwf i?f W W \fsrnln In antatioti or tract of land situate, lying and <*?>nntv <>f Beaufort and State of South Carols "Clarendon," t> >11 ii<!>*<1 north by land* of .east and south hv land* ofS. I>. Gilliert,and ilr branch Creek, containing three hundred c (:M1) acre* more or leas. a i >0 r.nirorsn ? .?. mahpm: k itonixsos ' ^ lit title and interest of W. W. Marple and J. |t?bin*on, in and to all that plantation or situate, lying and living in the County of I Slab* of South Carolina, known as "Claren- t *1 north bv lands ofB. W. Pierce, Cast and Is of S. I>. Gilliert,and west by Whale Branch iuiug three hundred and forty-one (341;acm* M It, rx GABIUIXLA MAYEK, NOW GA- ^Hj BItlKLLA CHANCELLOR. lit, title and interest of (iahriella Maye* now 'haticellor," in and to all that plantation or , situate lying and lieing in the county and id. and known as Hunting Island. Bounded ads of James Stouev, ami estate Win. Pope, imrliam plantation. south and south east by vest I y lands ofTfiaddcus Buckner, and I>r. nl, riiiiiaiiiiiiK two thousand eight hundred more or loss. A I.SO SAME r* SAME. and lot io the Town <>f Bluff! on. Bonndrd H it i?r. Anderson, ea.it by lot of estate of Mja V iv Mr; ( o|r\ r> -idvnco, and west by lot of T. LntrwiUinintt one (!) acre more or lew*, as the properly of tiahriclla Maters, now I liancellor," at the suit <>t"T.J.S. l-arr. B i- purchases to uv fur stamps and titles. JM ' P. M. WHITMAN, ^ Sherirt" Bfl. Cov 1 V 1