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"Shs Uraufovt ^fpailiaw. J. G. EditorTHURSDAY DECEMBER^ 28. 1871. SUBSCRIPTIONS. * t*e Ytnr, 00 &>x Monthx, * SI 00 ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will he inserted at the rate of $1.50 per square 112 Noupareil lines or Lss'for the 1st insertion, and $1.00 for each subsequent insertion. A discount will be made to 'hose who advertise by the year, and special abstracts a 01 be made. AGENT IN NEW YORK, GEO. P. ROW ELL A CO. All letters relating to the biutin'x* or editorial department iril be addretxrd to Official Paper if the State. Officii! Paper of Beaufort and Colleton Counties. The holidays are ait hand, and we oflfor to our friends and patrons, heartily, the compliments of the season. At Christmastide, a holy grate'ul joy should possess the hearts of all. Peace, faith s nd charity, should reign in every heart. The sweetest of all earthly comforts?the doiDz for those who are more in need than ourselves ? should be enjoyed by every one. The soft light of the star of Bethlehem should , kindle our own souls, so that the light and the happy joy of human sympathy may light up every sad heart around us. Our mirth, and cheeriness, aud frolic may l>e full to overflowing, but let us be joyful rather than jolly. A holy touch of the heavenly peace, should gently subdue us in all our sportfulness. The pregnant memories of the day should have their place in the heart and their influence over the feelings while we eDjoy ourselves, and to give joy toothers. And with spirit sweetness and chastened by the memory of the surpassing love of the Heavenly Father as made known by the birth and death of his Son, let us pass on to the Xew Year where Hope is at the head of the feast. Now thoughtfully unbuckle the burdens of the past year. Lay aside its crown of thorns. Put them carefully within the treasury of the heart. The w'se ones will yet sucjc honey out of them, for to them they will blossom and bear the rich fruits of a chastened experience. We have just enjoyed anew the fragrance of Christ's love. With that in our hearts and hope for our crown, we will pass cheerily into the new year. We will fill the cup to the brim?not with wine?but with good will and good deeds to our fellows, and so grateful for the past, and hopeful for the future, and with faith's eye fastened on our heavenly home, we will with a lusty manhood buckle on our new burdens und sing as we go. Editorial Correspondence. ^ : _ 1 rt COLUMBIA, l/ec. iO. "LEFT." As a trial of patience I recommend an experimenter to go t?- Yemassee in a firstclass Port lioyal car and get left. I have tried and found that '"the mad" got the better of me. JJowever, the temperature of the railway station, the equanimity of tbe officials, the evident tranquility of the proprietor of the Siller's House, and the advantages of an early christian education, enabled me to settle myself gradually into something like resignation, or what is the same thing "can't help yourself." TIMBER. A timber train on the Port Royal road was the first cause of our late arrival at the junction. In seeking for consolation in our desolation we fouud it in the fact that first-class lumber detained us. We had heard of the good quality of the lumber found on the road, but were really surprised in looking at the splendid sticks which are being transported to Whale Branch and there thrown iuto the river for subsequent rafting to Savaunah. The great waste of labor in the mode of shipment is evident, and we trust soon to see all the lumber brought over the road, sh'ppcd from the dock at the terminus of road. The load on the bridge had consisted of thirteen cars. It was a part of .1 contract f >r four million feet of ship tiaiber for the English market. Some of the stick were very handsome, measuring from fifty-five to sixty feet long, and squaring all the way from 12x12 to ISxlS, solid heart pine. The demand for *uch timber is immense, and if there is ranch of it on the Port Royal road, it will be as good a paying line as any in the country. COLUMBIA. After passing through the ruins of Charleston, where all seem dead or sleeping, it is pleasant to arrive in so brisk a city as Columbia. On every hand are signs of life, energy or enterprise, not a street, and hardly a block, but is obstructed by great piles of red clay, dug from cellars of projected buildings. There are above one hundred buildings now in course of erection. The new city Ilall which is to combine with its municipal purposes, those of stores and an opera house, is progressing rapidly. A new hotel is also under way. It is needed, for Columbia can certainly i boast the worst hotels ever run in a city of its size. No charge for this notice. THE LEGISLATURE. The bill providing for the payment of members was put through to-day, and the general assembly will adjourn on Thursday for the holidays, after haviDg spent some weeks in doing very little. Impeachment resolutions against Governor Scott and Treasurer Parker were' presented in J the house to day. It is not likely that any : action of a decisive character will be taken by the general assembly on this or any? other matter count cted with the disclosures in the over issue of bonds. It is conceded that no appropriation will be made for the payment of either the January or July interest on the public debt. So 1872 finds South Carolina financially in a bad way, with no one to blame but officials of our own party. This is a disagreeable statement to make, but it is the truth. The people have marked the men responsible for this shameful condition of affairs and the places that know them now will . nA mnrn Crifouor after Dpvt (if. RUUH lunu UV Ui\/iv tViV l WiW4 w tober. So raofe it be. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. These trials are dragging their slow length along. Several convictions have 1 taken place upon confession ot the criminals. These have not yet been sentenced, and it is believed that a division of the court upon the question as to what section i ; of the enforcement act they should be sentenced under, will carry all the cases up . I to the Supreme c urt ot the United States, i all the counts where murder, arsou and i burglary are charged, are certified to the ' Supreme court on the question of jurisdic- , tion. The trials are therefore proceeding , under that section punishing a conspira- < cy to intimidate voters. The case of Mitchell went to the jury to day, after ! very able arguments by counsel on both j sides. Messrs. Corbin and Chamberlain < have acquitted themselves with honor in their legal combats with Reverdv Johnson and Stanbury. The court is daily crowded . by an audience about equally divided be- i tween sympathy and prejudice against th 1 accused. THE TAXES. i The attorney-general, in reply to a ques- 1 tion from Auditor Gary, decides that there is no warrant of law for the postponement i of the time for the collection of taxes. Kev- ] eral times during the past year, the gov- ' ernor has extended the time for payment ( beydtd that fixed by law, but this action < i has been unlawful. In accordance -with ] this decision the auditor will probably decline to fulfil the promise of the governor j on the subject made to the taxpayer's con- | vention. It is the opinion of those best in- ] formed that it is only those best able to ' pay who desire to delay payment. The poor men came up promptly, all over the ] Sta e, while the capitalists are groai ing ' and whining about the taxes. The fact is ' that many men would never pay as long as they could have the use of money for speculative purposes. The nabobs of the 1 taxpayers convention do not represent any j but themselves m rnis quesuon. , National Guard S.S. ('. It will be seen by the following corresi pondence, that Col. Robtert Spalls has j been promoted to the command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, of the State i Militia. State of South Carolina ] ( Executive Department. , Columbia, Dec. 22, 1871. ) | Brigadier Gen. Bolt. Smalls, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, X. G. S. S C. Sir: You are hereby appointed Briga- , dier General 1st Brigade, 1st Division X. i G. S. S. C., vice W. J. Whipper removed. I You will at once assume command of your brigade. Rout. K Scott. Governor and Commander in chief. 1 Columbia, S. C. December 23. 1871. . 1 Brig. Gen. Bolt. Smalls, Beaufoit, S. C. Gen: I have this day received from Ilis Excellency Gov. Scott, information to the ! effect tiiat I have been removed as Brigadier General 1st Brigade, 1st Division X. G. S. S. C., aud you have been appointed in my stead. I desire to turn over the command of the 1st Brigade, X. G. S. S. ('., to you at the earliest date possible. Very respectfully, Yourobt. servt. W. J.*\ViiirPER. SCHOOL NOTICE. The ollice of the School Commissioner : will be open during the first week in Jan- ' nary, 1872, for the settlement of teachers'1 claims. Bills for services must be made out against the school trustees of the several 1 townships, and approved by them. Th^se bills accompanied by the ''monthly reports'' will be examined and if found correct upay certificates" will be issued. J. DOUGLAS ROBERTSON", School Commissioner, Bft. Co. A Strong Letter from Representative TV. J. TVhlpper. t To tne Editor of tl& Beaufort Times': t Sir?Xo doubt you are aware of ray aversion to appearing before the public through the columns of the newspapers, c but, under the present circumstauces, I | v feel it to be ray duty to state the motives f and impulses that will govern my political action in the future. I start out with the fact that I am a ^ Republican by birth, by education, through necessity, and color, not because all Re- c publicans are colored men, but because all ?. true colored men should and ought to be Republicans, and because it guaranteed to my race political and civil liberty. To the h great Republican party of the nation I will ^ ever owe allegiance. I cannot and will not support other political principles, but when men under the guise of Republican ^ principles rob, steal and plunder the public treasury, and thereby destroy the political basis upon which the future of o my race must rest, bring odium and dis- t grace uphn tte race and party to whinh I ^ belong, I feel it my duty to dissolve my connection, not with the' Republican par- v ty, but with the men who, by dishonesty, demagogism and intrigue have defamed the name of Republicanism, and brought v financial ruin upon the State. d That this has beeu done in South Caro- v lina no one can doubt, because the figures of the officials themselves have written c their condemnation?this fact beiDg pat- n enttoall. A resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives to imK\/VA/.U trrV?A mo Q fAri?mAof ! ^ JH'tttU UIC UUVCI UU11 ?V UV vvcvo n/iviuvcw among the dishonest officials, but the reso- o lutiou failed. Why? Because the very -u money stolen from the impoverished peo- ^ pie of the State was used to bribe members *~ of the House to defeat the resolution of I impeachment. So eager and earnest was [ the move to stay the hand of justice that the briber and bribe-takers were known e?'en to those who had no official connec- j Lion with the General Assembly. Though the resolution failed, the Governor will v pass into history impeached and dishon- c [>red before the bar of the "civilized world, p As the Hastings of other days and An- v drew Johnson of our own time, these rob- . beries and briberies nave become a stench in the nostrils of all good men, regardless h of party, throughout the length aud h:eadth of the land. Knowing this 1 eel it is my duty to urge J the people of the State to unite not simply ^ to bring these men to justice, but to purge Q the entire State of dishonest and corrupt ? officials of whatever party. 1 ask this iu v behalf of humanity?in behalf of a robbed, n plundered and impoverished State, and n that the ends of good government may be , obtained. The government organized under the reconstruction acts of congress has P proven a failure, which has been fully de- > monstrated by the fact of its inability to protect- life and property, and that, the Slate is now necessarily invaded by Federal troops; and, financially, because it cannot meet its obligations. For the pres- v ent condition of things, the Republican 1 party is not alone chargeable. t At a time when good counsel, expe- ? rience and advice were most, needed by that party, the men who should have been a m< st interested iu the welfare and pros- ii perity of the Slate withheld their aid. counsel and affiliation, and allowed bureau agents and unscrupulous men to take the R part which they have since sc< n should tl have been taken by better men. Not only have, they continued to wi hhold their counsel and advice, but in the upper couu- 3 ties of the Mate Imve. organized or encour- tl aged a reign of terror to prevent the Re- r AvnK/aomo ihn frntipliicp uv^ui r.\ti tioiUp, buv j* Of these men, natives of the soil, who lent aid or counsel, what was their fate? Social ostracism. In this the press of theState has aided. Ku-Kluxisni on the one . hand and financ'al ruin on the other de- .1' mand different action in the future from h (he press of the Slate. Does this condi- a tion of things ask for a change at the ^ hands of the people and the press? In j taking this position as a Republican, it is indeed a painful duty, only warranted ? by the corruption of officials of the Siate s and the utter disregard of law and order e on the part of some of the members of the g< opposite party. Hoping that the change so much desired will be brought about at n the next election, and that a new era of d peace and prosperity will dawn upon the p State, that all good citizens will lend their p aid and intluence, and assuring the public that I atn pledged to this cause, I am. sir, a Very respectfully. W. J. WIIIPPER. Financial Statement m j, as corrected by the Chainuau of the coun- ^ ij i/va i u. County of Beaufort, Dr. To checks issued by new board from December 9, 187?>, the first meetina of the said board F atter organizing, up to an- l nual meeting September . f 1871 : .?19,393 33 To checks issued for borrowed money 7,000 00 * To bills audited and (-hecks is- t sued to annual meeting Sept. i 5,1871 2.832 21 t To checks issued by county auditor and allowed by this board 1,Q00 00 30,227 04 Per contra Cr. By E. S Kuh late Treas. S ."">.438 07 i By F. E. Wilder, Treas. 11,987 84 ! Borrowed for public Buildings, 7,000 00 | L!4,42C 51 f The above is a correct account of the ( financial operations of the new board of county commissioners from the first meeting afier their organization, up to their annual meeting held September 5, 1871. Signed, Jxo. IIunn, ChairmaD. [ At the annual meeting of the old Hoard, ' held November 11, 1870, they acknowledged a deficiency in the county treasury t of the sum of (828,000.00) twenty-eight f thousand dollars. r Signed, f John IIunn, Chairman. t Geo. Holmes Esq., has assumed the du;ies of Sheriff, and friend Whitman has ;aken once more to Horological pursuits. Ou Friday last, the Port Royal R. R. :arried 95 passengers, in addition to dead 1 cads. We think this is doing very well or a road only 40 miles long. We ara glad to learn that Treasurer Jrace of Colleton County, has been hon>rably acquited of the charges brought gainst him. The sloop Nautilus, Capt, McGill >rought down last week from the Combalee, '250 busTiels corn, 100 bushels rice, 8 tags cotton, 25 bushels peas; consigned to V. Kressel. Owing to the death of a brother of one f the committee engaged in getting up he Beaufort Club sociables, the one inended to be held New Year's evening fill be postponed for the present. A Bill for the relief of Beaufort county, ras introduced in the Senate last Thursay by Senator Small, which together fith the petition of citizens of Beaufort ounty was referred to the Finance Comaittee. At a meeting of Harmony Lodge No. 2, held on the 27th inst, the following llicers elected for the ensuing year, were nstalled: Wm. Elliott, W. M; II. II. Ituart, S. W; Geo. Gage, J. W; Geo. Iolmes, Treasurer; C. II. Wright, Secreary; A. Airkhart, Tjler. The Christmas Hop at the Saxton louse was a decided success. The Hall ras handsomely decorated, the music exellent, the company sociable, the supier bountiful and altogether everything rent as "merry as a marriage bell." Cingman besides knowing how to keep a lOtel, knows how to get up a "Hop." Peter's Musical Monthly.?The anuary number of this excellent publicaion contains fourteen piecfs of music, ongs, Polkas, Gallops &c. "We would adise our musical friends to send for the lonthly, thereby getting as much choice jusic for 30 cents as could be bought by he piece for ten times the money; it is ublished by J. D. Peters, 599 Broadway I. Y. Public Meeting. A meeting of the citizens of Beaufort oil be held at the Council Chamber on ^u< sday evening next. Gen. Emails wants 0 get an expression of the feeliugs of the eople in regard to the county finances, nd consult with them in regard to fundjg the county debt. An attempt was made on Christmas vc by some fiend in human shape to brow the night train on the Savannah nd Charleston road, oft* the track near frahamville. by putting a plank across lie track, but fortunately the ;rain was utiuingslow at the time, and the obstrnct>u was discovered in time to afrest a caistrophe. Ms'KAK thief.?Tuesnay evening lasi ist at dusk, a black mryi entered the ouse of Mr. French, and helped himseif to n overcoat, two umbrellas, and two ats, as the thief turned to go "rench's servant girl discovered him, aud ave chase as far as the court house, when he found some boys playing, she emnloyd the crowd to pursue the thief; after a hort run the foremost boy overtook the jan and inquired if he was, "de man at tiefed Mr. French's obercoat" the ony reply he received was a blow over the ead with the umbrellas, the answer was ntirely satisfactory, and the boy returned nd received the reward. Died. At Brickyard plantation, Ladies' Isand, Dec. 24, of billious fever, Miss Marha Johnson, aged 48 years. Miss Johnson was a native of Peacliam, rt., she had been engaged in teaching for everal years previous to coming south, a >art of the time at the home of the friendess in New York city. She came toBv-auort as a missionary under the auspices of he Freedmen's Association, in March, cc.*J on a lioo hor lnhnrs nmnnc I auu i lUO VUUVUI uvu UV4 ^ he colored people until-her death, exceptng when obliged to rest on account of ill icalth. Governor Scott Sustained. Columiiia, S. (\, December 22. Immediately upon the assembling of lie House to-dav the announcement was nade of ua message from his Excellency ho Governor." The message, which was ient to the speaker's desk and rt^d by the :lerk, was as follows: State of South Carolina. ] Executive Department, v Columbia, S. C., December 22,1871. ) To the Honorable the Members of the Senite ami House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina: I herewith transmit for your lnforma,ion a proclamation convening the Generil Assembly at twelve o'clock noon on tonorrow, the 23d of December, 1871, purmant to the authority invested in me by he constitution of the State. To adjourn and leave the Chief Magistrate.and treasurer of the State in office under a resolution accusing them of "high crimes and misdemeanors" pending in the House ot Representatives, would be a most dangerous precedent, as it would enable one branch of the General Assembly which alone can prefer charges to paralyze the Executive arm of the State, while it denies the accused the right to meet the accusers face to face. If the pending resolution of impeachment expresses the sense of the House of Representatives, and is in their judgment warranted by the law and the facts, it is their duty to the State to so declare, and not adjourn and leave in power officers whose acts merit such charges. If the resolution does not express the sense of the House, then justice to the people and the accused imperatively demands that the House should so declare without further delay. Vor 17 rfianp^tfnllv R. K. Scott, Governor. The following is the proclamation: State of South Carolina, ) Executive Department J To the Honorable the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gtn. eral Assembly of the State of South Caro. Una: Whereas, Resolutions of. impeachment against the Governor and the treasurer of the State were introduced into the House of Representatives on the 18th day of December, 1871; and, whereas, by reason of a concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives the General Assembly will adjourn at three o'clock P. M., on Friday, the 2*2d instant, during the pendency and consideration of the said resolution of impeachment, such adjournment to continue until the 5th day of January prox; and, whereas, it is neither decent nor proper and is injurious to the interests of the State that such adjournment should take place while the Governor and State treasurer are charged in a pending resolution with "high crimes and misdemeanors," without having a definite vote taken upon such charges; Therefore know ye, that I, Robert K. Scott, Governor of the State of South Carolina, deeming this an extraordinary occasion, do by virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution of said State, call upon the members of the Senate and House of Repre.-entatives of the State of South Carolina to convene in Gei eral Assembly at the Statehouse in the city of Columbia, at 1*2 o'clock, meridian, on Saturday, the '23d day of December, A. D , 1871. In testimony whereof, &o., (Signed) R. K. Scott, Governor. j? . l>. uardozo, ftecreiary or state. General Whipper having had the floor at the time of adjournment yesterday, attempted to continue his remarks, but was interrupted by Lee, who demanded the 4 right to make what he called a "privileged A motion," to the efl'ect that all debate on ^ the resolution then pending before the House be then closed, and that the House take a vote on the said resolution. Lee's motion being put, was carried by a vote of sixty seven to tweutvfive. B>as then moved to suspend the rule requiring the House to adjourn at 3 o'clock, and upon this, the previous question being called and sustained by sixty-one to twenty-one, the motion was carried? sixty-three to twenty five. Next came the vote, under the operation of the previous question, ca.ltd 1 y Lee, upon the resolution to strike out the resolving clause of the resolution impeaching Governor Scott, and this resulted in a vote of sixty-three to thirty-two. The resolution to impeach the treasurer was lost by a vote of twenty-seveu to sixty-two. % ui; 1 IIEi urwii!/ ?T iixvit B. B SAMS, DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, ' BITTER, LARD, CHEESE, SUGAR, COFFEE, TEAS FLOUR, YEAST POWDERS, Sugar-Cured Hams and Strips BACON, MACKEREL HERRINGS. FRESII ASSORTED CRACKERS, J*ollios, Confoctionorioa Canned Fruits, Vegetables and Meats, Ales, Wines and Liquors, SKGAKS AND TOBACCO, DRY GOODS, . CLOTHING, BOOTS AXD SOOES. Remember the place opposite Steamboat Dock. dec.28-ly "XUCTIONI! CASH SALE, NO RESERVATION. I will sell to the highest bidder for a: :: at 12 o'clock. M., on Saturday Gth Janu ' ary, 1872, at the Express office Bay street. ! BILLIARD TABLES, ^ BAR FURNITURE, 1 BEKIt PUMP, 1 DECANTERS, j ' FURNITURE, { PICTTRES, CHAIRS, TABLES, Ac. This a chance for splendid bargains. Be sure and come. No postponement. Jas. M. Crofut, 1 dec. 28-2. Auctioneer. 1 * u