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TilK. PORT KOVAL. STANDARD and COMMERCIAL A. G. THOMAS! .j Editor, Beaufort, S. C., March 2, 1.876. SUBSCKIPTIO.VS, One Year, $'4 00 j Six Mouth*, 1 OO Advertisement* will be iiiKtrlnl at the rate of St ."?0 jx'r square^ 10 rVoupnrcil ' lines, for tne nr?t insertion; Miwr|i.,iu Insertions by contract. job riiixTixo and -tat:oxi:i:v. We have uue of the nr??t e<Uj)kte JOB OFFICES j in the Stat?*, and do work as well and at as low prices as in the cities. Our stock of STATIONERY islar?e j and will be soM wholesale and retail, as low as in I Charleston and Savannah. Deeds and blanks in rrer.t variety. Official Paper of Beaefort fotiiity. ? ! Gen. O.K. Babcoelc, private sec e;r.ry to J President Grant who was iiid'Cted at Louis for complicity ;n the whiskey i frauds in that city, has heen acquitted hy j the jury. In this trial n How was aimed 1 at the republican administration. It wa | seized upon by the deiuoeiaric and auti- j Grant organs throughout the 'country. j for the purpose of making political capi-. tab Long before the trial closed they had pronounced Babcock guilty, and arc apparently a little sore that the jury did not agree with them. Radicals Score One. We am afraid that the Bhn'isi?ne3 have us on the hip. The Calumbl.t Union Ilemld calls uitc.iion to the fact that ihe honest and economical Deiuoc-atie Legislature of Georgia employfifty-four clerks, whde the swindling a .d extravagant LegLVuie of South Cam lina employs only five. We am arra?d we sha'i have to go back on " the party'' j and score one for the Carolina Radicals. ?August'i Chronicle and Sentinel. The now salary bill int-odnced in ihe House by the chan-man of the \\ ays and Means committee, provides teat the Governor shall receive $25^0; e jvoroo s privates Secretary $'. .00 ;. Secret a;y*o' State $500; and fees: Comip'oiler Gen? a' $2,000; clerical so \ ice $_ 0 0; 'Sta.'e Treasurer $2,000: clc???al service $500 SupeinPeode ?t of educat ion $2,000; clerical service- $500: Adj. and Iuspeetor General $500: Ch'ef Jns.-"e' $4,000; Associate .Justices $.'5,500; Cir- | c tit Ju'ges $3,500; Su-tem.t r e ! ot Lunatic A yhun, >2.0(>0; Supe ?n.en deut lViKcnttary ?2.(H)0; health O dicer Hilton Head $800;"Ileal h Ofikcr of St. Helena $500; County T'.e-umr of Bcnufort commissions not to exceed $1,500; County Auditor of Beaufuit $400; eehool commissioner of Beaufort $000. Thi> bill Droooses a reduc.ion of salaries amounting to $33,000. Movement of Railroad Magnates. Judge King, president of the Georgia R. R., accompanied by Messrs. John Davidson and Josiah Sibley, directors of the same road, which is naturally and from motives of self interest deeply interested in the Port Royal R. R., together with Col. Johnson, Supt. of the Charlotte Columbia, and the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta R. R., have just returned from a tcurof inspection and a visit oi observation to Port Royal Harbor, and express themselves highly pleased. When such men are out hunting we may bo a sured that there is something in the windJudge King Is an extraordinary man mentally and physically. At the advanced age of eighty three years, he is as vigo.ousas most men at half the years, and mentally he is as bright and forcible as ever. Long may he wear his honors. This visit no doubt has reference to a South Atlantic route patronized by Ross Shepherd who has cast his eyes in this direction, and means that Port Royal shall receive impetus froui his capital. Sot a Technicality. TlIE correspondent of the A~ncs and j Courier, iu speaking of the case of Jame- I A. Rowley, who was acquitted on a j charge of receiving b.ibes by a kdin'cul j flaw in the indictment, cast a i effect ion on Hon. Robert Smalls, leproson;alive in Congress f?oui this distiict. It will be remembered in ih's case that the Solicitor wished to enter a 11 >1 pi but Mi. Stualls, knowing that if this was done insinuations and slurs would be made use of by his political opponents, and being conscious of lbs iiniccouce demanded a ! trial, which reached in his acjiiiial. not on a technically but a'?er tlie liict? o* tlie case bau been pro.*c?iccd to the jury. The eo: respondent of the Xac:, I musk have been awatc of these facts j when wiiting oi'tne fiowloy w e. ami yet i he asks: " P"d no Congiessmaii Smalls, slip tliiough the fioaus of the couit in just the same way. " ? Mr. Smalls has sent the follow "i?g em- j phutic letter to that journal : Washington. February 21, -S7o. j T> the Editor of Ike h'.ia cud Cau or ': Taking the ground that it is not your i intention to d. injustice to any one where your attention is called to the facts I would state that ujjon perusal of the j correspondence of bebiuaiy 17th i om Columbia to your issu s of ihe 10ih instant, I find that the fol owinc; ie itence at the close of the iccital in tlie c.ue of James A. Uowlevis cited: Did not j Congressman Small* slip tlr.oayh the fi??-1 #er?- of the court in just the same way ? " i I take immediate oppc tuniiy to send ! you, iu reply to the above, the simple, but most emphatic declaration, "Ao.'" and would request you to tu?n to your! own Columbia corre.-pondeuce whereui it is expves>ly stated that the court, Jo.dye Carpenter presiding, did not instiuet the j jury to find a verdict of not <rui!rv iu con- j sequence of a Haw in the indictment, hit' on a clear and prima fade ea-c, and judgment was rendered, a cor !hi 'y. Know'nsr th** ' " " > * ^'ifo my ' intention of eoireeling the stan ment in the above mentioned reference of your Columbia co respondence of February 17th by the some correspond?nee of October Oth. I am yours, very truly, Hubert Smalls, i ? By all means let us have a Spartanburg and Port Royal R. R. We verily believe j that a connection with the incomparable ' deep water facilities of Port Royal either ; via Augusta as is proposed, or perhaps by | a more direct air line to Greenville (\ II. o Spartanburg. must precede and not fob 1 low anv successful on iAct to unite tin great west with our ocean front. Coin-j muuieation with Charleston simply, would not ' pay for the candle," and ol tors no greater facilities than are now pro posed to divert the western trade from jKirts it now uses. Port Royal unites all advantages beyond competition. The movement now on foot to locate a route from Spartauburg via Laurens to Augusta, while opening up one of the most fei tile and productive sections of the State to railroad communication with Port Royal, points the way to the natmal and most imperative necessities the west would claim for her interest in the enterprise ol Peking new and more attractive facilities for shipment. The tortuous ill projected m l badly constructed mute from the in tenor over the Greenville and Columbia R. R., wou'd 1 e out of the question, even if Charleston could for ^ moment been tevtained as the point of destination to which the wast would teal That villainously constructed route is subject to destruction by each spring freshet and inter uption all along its route by the very nature of its location. A new route there fore must be bad and a link of but one hundred miles from Augusta to Spartan burg would not only redound to the advantage ail along i's route but* would inspire the project of the western extcnI -ion from Asheville with some reasonabh hope of completion and perfection. We repeat that wc have no faith iu the sucj cess of the Spartanburg and Asheville R. i R., until the link is constructed to deep wilier facilities ami such are only to he got at Port Royal by the means we have indicated. The Custom House a* Beaufort. The House committee on public boil, dings and grounds has. before it the do!lowing bili making an appropriation for purchase of the necessary buildings for a cru-tomhouse, postoffiee, and other public offices at Beaufort, South Caro Una: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the secretary of t e treasury bo, and he is hereby, authorize d and directed t purchase he lauds and buildings now o- cupied as a customhouse in Beaufort. South Carolina, together with auch ad joining property as may he necesary to provide accommodation for the office of the said c utomhouse, the postoffiee, and such other public offices as it may b? proper to established therein, including such wharves and buildings as may be required by the lighthouse board; and for this purpose there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, (if so much be necesary,) to be expended under the direction of the secretary of the treasury: Provided, that no mouey hereby appropriated shall be used or applied Jor the purposes mentioned until it shall appear that the State has duly released and relinquished to the I'm ed States the right to tax, or in any way assess, the site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the United States sha'l be or remain the owner thereof. Outrage iu Edgefield County. Ridgespriug in Edgefield county has gained an unenviable notoriety for outrages, on colored families, whi< h strange to say always occur during the years when an election is pending, with such regularity as m'ght justly lead to the conclusion that there is some "method iu their madness. A correspondent of the r /? ion Ilwiild gives details of at) affair that occurred there on the Uth of February, when some twenty five or thirty masked men visited 'lie house of a col J red man took out four of the family am! b.'at them unmercifully. The man's wile was stripped and after being whipped was tortured by having hot sealing wax dropped over her per&on. This hellish deed has been made light of l?v a portion of the opposition press in this S.ate. and the journal that published the facts lias been accused of throwing a " fire brand into a peaeeab'e e immunity. " By the Edgefield .\<h ert> .< ) this offence was palliated as the act of four or 1 yj rash a nd thoughtless boy-. 11-il.ii flip stati'inPiif. iti:if]p in flu* lfn-uhl is untrue and mischievous in the holies degree, but <.an they now deny its truth in the face of the following letter from Dr. Elisor, of Columbia, in answer to a tequost made by the governnor that he should examine one of the viethus of what the Adccrtiser calls "rash and thoughtless hoys " ? He says : Columbia, S. (\. February 1% 1876. Ifis Excellency D. II. ChtnnUtbiht, Governor of South CoroltiW. Dear Sir: In obedience to your comnmnication of this date, 1 have the honor to iejK>rt that I have carefully examined tho woman referred io ( Patsy (Jaidner ) and find that she has been recently burned in about one hundred places w:th some burning substance in a liquid or semiliquid state, on the posterior portion of her body, covering a superficies extending from the middle of the bac k down to about \ he middle of the lower third of the thighs, aid L; era y to a line dravn from tie .Guilder to the knee o.t either side Most of the sores are still covered with the inspissated contents of the blisteis raised by j the burning. Some are in a bleeding and others in a suppurating condition. I am . verv respectfully, J. F. Ensor, M. D. We have waited to see if there was a I 1 >vv-?* "v jonrn-il in this State who would have as much manhood and sense of justice as exhibited by the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel which has on several occasion cotne boldly forth and condemned such outrages in Georgia, but not one has come forward. They are ill too busily occupied in talking of redeeming the State, of securing good gove ninent, of promises to the colored voter of protection and security of life and property, to speak one word of condemnation. No they pass it by, cast from them the paper that lays bare the fiet-\ with the remark "only niggers. they deserved what they got?been hog stealing, or into some mischief. " But until their journals do come forth j in condemnation, until these deeds I of" violence cease to disgrace this nineteenth century, these words of promise of j protection and security of life and prop1 crtv under the wing of their political p rty, will be scouted as vain and empty words. i # > The Lumber Business of Beaufort. This forms a very important branch of the trade and commerce of our enterprising town, and is st adily increasing in proportions, and the improvements that are being made at the old established mill of Messrs. D. C. Wilson, ?fc Co.. at Pigeon Point, and extensive work that has been done in the construction of the Atlantic saw mills of Messrs. Bobbins Boddington it Co., on Beaufort river, are prouiisiug signs for the future. We this week paid a visit to Pigeon Point, which as a mill site cannot be surpassed in the country. It is situated about one mile northeast of Beaufort, at the mouth of a creek running in from Beaufort ! river. It is a large two story building. 1 On the ground floor is located the boiler | and engine, which is of sixty horse power, with a stroke of forty-two inches, which furnishes the motive power for running a planing machine, saws, two shingle machines, and a lath machine. This mill has capacity for sawing 25,000 feet of boards per day. The shingle machines turn out 20,000 per day. The planing machine puts the finisning stroke on flnnrinnr. idanin<r and tnni'ir.nf and grooving at one operation. This company have almost completed a new wharf, 190 feet long, which Mr. William II. Devlin, carpenter and contractor of Beaufort is contruet ing. lie has recently built a pile driver with a drop of forty feet, in which he usesa hammer weighing 2,000 pounds. The piles in some places are driven seventeen leet. This wharf has from fourteen to fifteen feet of water at low tide, and when completed will be one of the mo.-t substantially built wharves in this section. It has been well said that economy is the source of wealth, and visitors to this mill see it illustrated on every hand. Space and time are economized by having first class machiuery conveniently arrant' ed, and all refuse matter is put to some use. The sawdust furnishes fuel for tin furnace, the butts of logs are sawn into shinghs, the slabs are made into laths and what material is unserviceable for such purpose, or is on hand in too grea' an abundance is sold in the towu for fire wood. This company is extensively engaged in shipping ship timber for northern market.* au<. do an extensive business in building material for the home market. Mr. Mason, who is general superinten ent, is a quiet unassuming man, however, he un derstands his business thoroughly, and a> a mill man and machinist in this line is above par. Mr. Ritcliie. the business manager received us in a most cordial manner, and we were much pleased with the general business air that pervaded the entire establishment The following morning we took a turn round the Atlantic Saw Mills, which allocated about a mile west of Beaufort in rhe beautiful bend, of the river, that lends such ah attraction to the harbor. The proprietors of this mill are Messrs Robbins, Boddington A Co., an English firm and the word "English" is stamped upon all their surroundings, in the soli* dity and durability of a'l their constructions, as far as they have progressed. The site selected by them is also a splendid locatiou for a saw mill. This is at the narrowest portion of the peninsula that is formed by Beaufort river and Battery creek, and lias been so arranged that advantage is taken of both the waters of the river and the creek. The logs, which are cut on land owned by this j tirm 011 the Oakatee river are brought j into Batterry creek in rafts to the railroad trestle, and from thence this company has constructed a canal leading to an ii cliued plane, up which the logs are ! drawn by steaui power directly to the ' saws. After leaving the saws the lumber i miis on a rolling bed 510 feet long, that ! leads down a bintF eighteen feet high to a dock from whence it is put into vessels owned by this company and shipped d'reet to Liverpool (Eng.) The 'machinery is run by an engine of eighty horse ! power, and they have facilities for sawing I logs sixty five feet in length. This firm have only had their mill running since the beginning of this year, but have already shipped very heavy cargoes ' of timber to the English Market. Mr. 1 R. F. Brown, is master mechanic, and 1 general superintendent, and the sawyer I Mr. J. E. Black.. We were unfortunate in not meeting any members of the firm, from whom we might have derived further interesting information, but from what wc saw of the present progress 1 at this mill, it is destined to be as fine a mill as there is in the country. ? ~ Another Fleet Review [Washington Cor. Baltimore Sun.] The navy department is now engaged in making arrangements prelim'wry to a series of fleet manoeuvres in t'-<* vie:nitv of Port Roya'. the rendezvov. o'the North Atlantic squadron. Dating*tie preparation necessitated by the critical re'a.i ns existing between the United State* ;n 1 Spain tpn Onhan n 'got*.-'linns :< fleet of twenty-eight vesselsof all classes including i m ujltors, was placed in readiness for ac-1 J tivc operations. In anticipation of this j emergency Rear Admiral John Rodgers. | familiarly known as "fighting John,' I then on duty at San Francisco, was ordered to report at Washington, with the' veiw of assigning him to the command of; ! the iron-clad fleet. The probabilty of com- j ' plications having disappeared, Admiral' Rodgers has returned to his post: the fleet, j however, is still maintained, the larger portion still at anchor at Norfo k. These ! ves-els which are mainly the iron-dads, as soon as the weather becomes suitable, will ! be ordered to join the rest of the fleet at : Port Koyal, when tactical operations will j commence. These fleet drills are considered j very essential to the efficiency of the navy, training it in harmony 01 action, and that the government desires to take advantage of this opportunity. The fleet will not be disbanded at the end of the drill unless , the situation in Spain aud Cuba assumes an attitude which would augur a perma nent settlement of subjects of controversy. ?(final 3totirf$. Audited School Claims for the year 1872-73. OFFICE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Beaufort, S. C. Feb. 22nd 1876. A T THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD A of County Commissioners, for Beaufort County, (March 6th 1376) will be paid a per centage ou the amount due holders of certificates of balance due issued by said board in lieu of School Checks for the year 1872?73, THOS. H. WHEELER, feb.24 1-t Clerk of Board. Deficiencies For 1873. Office op Cocsty Commissioners. Beaufort, County S. C. Feb 14 1876. IN ORDER to carry out the provisions of an "Act to raise supplies for the year 1875," whereby a one mill tax was levied to pay the deficiency of the fiscal year of 1873 All parties holding audited claim for the fiscal year 1873 must present them to the un dersigned for registration on or before the Cth day of March, 1876. THOS. H. WHEELER. Clerk of Board. Feb.l7-lm grtr ^drntisnucntis. i SMOKERS! SMOKERS A. A. CHRiSTZBSRa, Has npsned a CffSr store, sod News depot on I Ray St., Beaulort, where can be found some of the choicest brands of Cigars and Smoking Tobacco. t DAILY ami WEEKLY papers. Orders filled promptly for any book, magaI zine or newspaper published. Feb. 24. For Sale at a Bargain. QNE Engine ard Boiler, about eight horse power. Two cotton gins for long s!aple, One whipp-T, One seed sifter, and Three moting tabled. % A Iso, One t-'ixty Saw Cotton (.id, for short staple cotton. For terms apply to D. II. HUTCHINSON, Fort Royal. CO R N . \ lar^e 1 Jt of best whit i Com just received and for cd* at bottom figure*. At D. H. HUTCHINSON, Feb24.ini. Fort Royal. State & County Taxes! OFFICE 'OUNTY TREASURER, llKAl'tOUT S. C. Feb. 23, 1 s16. C'OR t'.ic convenience of Taxpayers, he undersigned Treasurer of Beaufo:t Cotinty, w It oe at BLUFFTON, Wednesday March 1, 1*76. HILTON HEAP, (Valentine's 8tore.) Thursday March 2,1876, for th pur|K?se of collecting taxes. GEO. HOLMES, Feb23-lt. Co. Trea>. NOTICE. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that an application has this day been filed in the office of the CI -rk of the court of common picas, for the county of Beaufort, in the State of South Carolina^ f r a chaiter of the Episcopal churrh, in the village of Grahamville, iu the county of Beaufort, in the State of South Carolina, under the name and style of "The Church of the lloly Trinity?Grahamville," W. F. COI.COfK, CHAS. E. BELL, For themselves and others. Brt., Feb. 12, 1876. 17.4t. Sheriff's fairs. SHERIFFS SALE. Thos, S. Behn, F.xor vs. C. C. Dupont. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed and lodged in my office, I will sell at public outcry at Grahamville on Thursday, the 9tb day of March next 1876 between the legal hour of sale the following personal property to wit All the right title and interest of C. C. Dupont, in and to one sofa; two divans; ten mahogany chairs; s'x arms chairs; one bedstead; lot of old crockery; two tables, one old carpet, one buggy and harness; one wagon; two horses; Levied upon as the property of C. C. Dupont at the suit of Thos. S. Behm Ex or. Term cash. WM. WILSON 8. BC. Eft. 8. C. Feb. 22nd 1876, SHERIFF'S SALE. Geo Holmos, vg. S. D. Gilbert. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed and lodged in my office, I will sell, at public outcry, in front of ray office, in the town of Beaufort, I on the first Tuesday in March next 1876, being the seventh day of said month, between the legal hours of sale the following personal property to wit: \ All the right title and interest of S. D. Gilbert in and to 1 lot of books; 29 pictures; 1 bureau; 1 desk! 1 lounge; 1 centre table; 1 card table; 1 stand; 2 mattreses; 1 spring bed; 9 chairs; 1 clock; 1 lamp; 1 stove; 8 spittoons; 1 chamber set complete; 1 hour glass staml; marble ornaments etc. Levied upon as the property of S. D. Gilbert at the suit or George Holmes. Terms cash. WM. WILSON. S. B. C. Bft,. Feb.21,1876 2 "-2 SHERIFF'S SALE. W. C. Bee and Co., vs. Cbag C. Dupont Adm'r. et. al Judgment Foreclosure, By virtue of an order of Hon J.J. Maher to me directed in the above stated case I will sell at public outcry in front of my office in the town of Beaufort. on the first Tuesday in March next, 1876, being the seventh day of said month between the lcgdl hours of sale the "following property tc wit; All that plautatiAi situate lying and being in j the county of Beaufort and State of South , called "Partridge Hill" containing two fhou| sand six hundred acres, more or leas, and boun J ded on the north by lands belonging to Abram , liugueniu; on the east by the'Lubaw Road and | lands belonging to P. H. Behn.on the south by the Honey IIill road; and on the west by land belonging t" W. J. Sreven. Also, All that pioco parcel or tract of land situate lying and being on St. Helena L-land, iu toe State and County aforcaaid, bounded uorh by land* of Toby Aiken, and John Haley, oast by Dan'l. Pop*'.* place, and west by land* of Pari*Sherman, containing 100 acrea mote or less, and being part of the plantation known as the Ti?ft place." Terms : One half cash,?balanoe payable in one and two years, secured by bond of the Purchaser, and mortgage of the premisea; the said bond bearj ing interest from the date thereof, payable annually, at seven p>er cent per an uni. Terms cash. WM. WILSON. S. B. C. Beaufort, 8. C., Feb. 16. 1876. 17-3 SHERIFFS SA LK. Thos. 8. Bebu, v*. C. C. Otipont. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me 1 directed, and lodged in my office. I will sell | in front of my office on the first Tuesday in March next 1876, being the seventh day of said month between the legal hours of sale the following ! property to wit : All the right title and interest of 0. C. Dupwnt, in ? otwl tr% oil that hnno* 'iiul 1/tf Ivino anrl h< ing in the village of Cirahaniville, count) of Beaufort, and State of South Carolina, bounded north by lot of Labatut, lately of Thos. Screven, south by lot of B. C. Dupont, east by lands formerly of Jas. Bolan, and west by public road from Charleston to Savannah, co ntaining six acres more or less. Also. All that tract of land known as the Davidson place, situate lying and being in the county and State aforesaid, bounded north by farm land, soutl by public road to Sister's Ferry, east by Mrs. Sti art's land, and west by Great Swamp, and containing 130 acres more or less. Also, All that other tract of land situate lying and be ing in the county and State aforesaid, hounded a: follows: north by lands of Dennis Woods, former!) of John Malpheus, south by Sister's Ferry road, anc west by lands of Ilalford, and containing 110 acre more or less. Also, All that other tract of land called "Switzerland," situate lying and being in tho county and Stab aforesaid, bounded north by Ilaphazzard tract, eas by Sam Mew, and S. A C. R. R., south by Mew Reeves, and Adaline Ferrebee, west by Adalin< Ferrebee, containing 1,100 acres more o less, ]evie< upon astbe property of C. C. Dupout, at the sui of Th'-s. S. Behn, Ex'or. Terms cash. W.M. WILSON, Bft. Feb. 16,1875. 17-3t. 8. B. C. SHERIFF'S SALE. Freedman s Savings and Trnst Co., vs. Jas. A. Mc Crea and Jane Mc'Jrea. Judgment Foreclosure. By virtue of an order of Hon. J. J. Mahe to me directed in the above stated case, I wil sell at public outcry in front of my office ii the town of Beaufort, on the first Tuesday in Marcl next, 1876, being the seventh day of said month between the legal hours of sale, the following prop erty to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate lyin and being on Port Royal Island, in the county an* State aforesaid, commonly called "Cedar Grove bounded north by "Cottage," cast by "Verdie plantation." south by "Old Fort," and west by Bat tery River, au?l containsng 350 acres more or less. Tonus cash. WM. WILSON, Bft. Jan. 16.1S73. 17-2t. 8. B. C. To Holders of County Checks oi Audited Claims, prior to Novem her 1, 1872, Office of the County Commissioners, Beaufort. S. C., Feb. 7,1876. IN accordance with the provisions of a Joint Rej .lotion entitled " A Joint Itesidution authorizin be County Commissioners of Beaufort County t evy a special tax." dated April 7, 1873, and "A a--t to amend the same," approved the 2t?th day t January, 1*74, stalsl proposal* will lw received s this office from parties holdu. ffiecks or uudite laims contracted prior to Novet?l?er 1,1S72, untl TUESDAY; MARCH 7, 1870. it 12M,at which time said bids will bo opcn? a id th>> board <>l county commissioners will drat rtlerson the Treasurer to the ainnipt ol one thou sand dollar., iu favor of the person or persons wh had offer the largest p-r centum discotiut on th i ^eck> or audited claims . Proposals shouldbe addressed to the chairman o the hoard of County Commissioners, and endorse* "Proposals for the settlement of Past Indebtednc> >f Bcaif irt county. P. PRITr nARD. M. D V. S. SCOTT, R. J. MARTIN. County Commissioners Titos. H. Wheei.kr, Cierk of Board. feUMt. gfaafort gusinfss gimtorg Groceries. BOYCE, J. P ?Groceries, Wines, Liquors, and 8e gars, .South sido Bay St., Beaufort. BOYCE, JAS. E.?Wholesale and reud dealer ii Groceries, Liquors, Scgars, Dry Goods am general merchandise. Kay St. Dry Goods. \ PPLE, J.?Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots ant 1\ Shires, Notions, Ac., Bay St. f'RAKZ, JOIIN?General Dry Goods House Bay St. Beaufort. See advertisement. ("lOOPER JOHN?Dry Goods Clothing, Millina J ry. French and Domestic Flowers, Fanci Goods, notions, Ac. Bay St. See advertiscm ^nt. WATERHOUSE, GEORGE?Groceries, and Dp Goods, Furniture, Ac. A new stock of lamp; and chandeliers. Bay St. HARMS HENRY.?Groceries, Wines, Liquor Dry Goods, Toys and Fancy Goods, Bay Si Beaufort, S.C. Auction Commission. CROFUT, JAMES M.?Auction Commissior Merchant, and Broker In Real Estate, Bay St See Advertisement Barber. ART IS, A.?Barber. Hair cutting, shaving shampooing and dyeing. West St. RUTLEDGE, R. M.?Barber, shaving hair cutting, shampooing and dyeing done in the matest manner. Bay St. Shipping. BERTIIA SCHR-?Capt. Trevctt, master, Beaufort to Savaunah every week. Freight and passage. Blacksmith. MITCHEL, W ?Blacksmith, horseshoeing, and general smith work. Magnolia St. Wheelright SAVAGE, JERRY?Wheelright. Repairs promptIt executed. Magnolia St. Surveyor. NICHOLS E. G. Connty Surveyor, Civil Engin_ neer, Draughtsman. Twenty years experience, Corner of 8th A B. St, Beaufort, S. C. Druggist, STl'ART. H. M. DR.?Druggist and Apothercary Bay St. Beaufort. See advertisement. Builder and Contractor DEVLIN. W. If.?Builder and contractor, Bay and Charles Sts. See advertisement. Carriage Painter McGRBGOR, J AS. E.?Carriage maker, sign and carriage painter, Bay and Charles Sts. See advertisement. Professional Cards TXTIGGIN, P. L.?Attorney at Low. Solicitor of VV Hrrrjit, Bay St, Railroads. I PORT ROYAL RAILROAD. Magnolia Passenger. Route, CHJJVttK *r HVHKHi LK. SUPERIN'TS OFFICE PORT ROYAL RAILR'D) Augusta, OA.. l>ec. 4,1*75. J nv Avn aptfh Tins n iTF* tratvs on this road will mn as follows: (?(>!>'G SOl'TII. Train No. 1. Leave Augusta 7 30 a ni Arrive at Yomassee 12 10 p ni Leave Yemasse ~ 12 3) p m Arrive at Beaufort 2 01 p m Arrive Port Royal 3 23 p m ! Arrive at SavauDah 3 20 pm Arrive at Charleston 4 30 p ni i GOING SOt TH. Train No. 3. > Leave Augusta 8 45 p ui Arrive at Yeniassce 2 09 a tu Leave Yeniassce 2 40 a ni i Arrive at Beaufort 4 05 a m Arrive at Port Royal 4 30 a m Arrive at Savannah 7 00 a m Arrive at Charleston 6 .80 a m GOING NORTH. Train No. 9. , Leave Savannah - 9 20 am I Leave Charleston 8 15 a in , Leave Port Poyal 10 20 a tu , Leave Beaufort 10 40 a in . Arrive at Yemassee *12 00 m Leave Yeuiassee 12 3)pm Arrive at Augusta .. 5 20 p m GOING NORTH- Train No. 4. Leave Savannah 10 20 p m \ L ave Charleston ....... 8 30 p m ' Leave Tort Royal - U 45 p ni Leave Beaufort 12 10 a m 1 Arrive at Yeiuassee 1 40 a m Leave Yeiuassee ~ 2 15am Arrive at Augusta 7 20 a m ' Trains 1 and 2 run dailv except Sundays, Nos. 3 p and 4 run daily. Ail trains connect at Yeiuassee t with the trains of the Savannah and Charleston Railroad for Charleston and Savannah, and at Au' gusta with trains of thetreorgia Railroad, for the e West, and Charlotte, Columbia A Augusta Railroad 1 for the North and Last. I Passengers taking trains Nos. 1 and 3 make close all rail connections at Savannah with Atlantic and Gulf Railroad for Jacksonville and all points on the St. John's River. Through Pulntan Sleeping Car* on all Night Trains to Savannah. Dinner. R. G. FLEMING, Superintendent. T, S. DAVAXT, Geu'l. Pass. Agent. , Awarded Highest Medal at Vienna. I : E, & R T, ANTHQN7 iCO., 591 Broadway, New York* z (Opp. MetropoL;au Hotel.) ManuPrs., Importers & Dealers in ' CHROMOS and FRAMES, Stereoscopes and Views, Albums, Graphoscones and Suitable Views, r ' Photographic Materials, We are Headquarters for everything it the way of h f, Sterecpticons I Hagic lanterns L , Being Manufacturers of the J .lICRO-SfTEXTIFir LaXTFRN, STEREO PAXOPTT' ON, FXIVBRSITY STK REOPTI'"OX, ADVERTISER'S STEREOPTlCt ?K ARTOPTICOX, t SCHOOL LANTERN, FAMILY LANTERN, PEOPLE'S LANTERN, i 'ach style bring the of lis class in the market Cata'ogues of Lant-rns and Slides, witbdlmtlon ir u?lns: >??nt <>n application. Any enterprising man can make money with r. .vlagic Lantern. Cut this out for future reference. sep.30 grj| ttooiis. SOW IS THE ilME TO SAFE MONET!! o - Great Drives in all kinds of Dry Goods and Notions, at E. A. Sclieper, The Leader in_Low Prices Having just ?eturned from new YORK, I am prepared to show a Urge and well selected stock of ' FALL & WINTER GOODS, Coasiitlng of - DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS. AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, \ TRUNKS, CARPETS, Ac ' at prices to suit the times, and InTlte heads of families who deaire to save money, to inspact my stock before purchasing elsewhere. Special attention is called to the following departments : ? BLACK ALPACAS and Mourning Drew Goods, Black Silks, Fancy Goods, Linens, Notions, Hosiery, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Casslmeres, Jeans Flannels, and Blankets. THE BOOT and SHOE department, contains the best made good at the lowest prices. At E. A. SCHEPER. Law Blanks For Sale. [ OTE, with lien on crop, , |" ^EASE of Land, secured by lien on crop, 0IIATTEL Mortgage, to secure note annexed, I ON VEYANCES of Land?various foms, jyjORTGAGES of Real and Personal property, 11 WARRANTS of Attachment. vv For sale In quantitii - >' singly, at the CLERK'S OFFICE, In the Court House. Bft. Jan. 23-3m. E FRANK COE'S Ail MONIATED BONE l. SCPERPHOSPIIATE. Having been appointed Sole Agent for this State for the sale of the above old and well known FERTILIZER, we shall always keep a full supply on hand. Orders entrus ed to our care ahail meet with , prompt attenlion. The merits of this fertilizer are too well known and appreciated to require a more extended notice! We will enly state that each consignment is subtect to the severest analysis, and that the original , standard is fully maintained. D. H. PINCKNEY s our travelling Agent, and any communications to us through him shall nave every care and dispatch. PINCKNEY BROTHERS. , 3 Commercial Wharf, Charleston, 8. C. Jan.20-3m. Publications. /COMMERCIAL, A STANDARD PORT ROYAL 'j Published weekly, 82.00 per year. J ?AND? HOME ENTERPRISE. D O ORS, Sash and Blinds! GEORGE S. HACKER, nn t r?T POT/vM O n O. V. ONLY Carolinian engaged in the manufacture af MOULDINGS, DOORS. SASH. BLINDS, and TURKpD WORK in Charleston, S. g. Prices a* low as any other house, and all work first class. oct,14-im P. M. WHITMAN, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, flay Street. Beaufort, S. C., Has just retruned erom the north with a fine assortment of goods at Xortlxorzx Frloea. | WEDDING RINGS, fS.OO to |12.00, SILVER RINGS, 30c. to |1J?. SILVER NAPKIN RINGS, >2.00 to $4.00. LADIES GOLD WATCHES, (SOU#60. 0 8 Dij & 1 Si; Striking Clcckt, 83.88 ti 88. GENTS' GOLD CHiANS, PINS, RINGS. sleeve BUTTONS STUDS, WATCH CHAINS, LADIES GOLD and PLATED JEWELRY, GOLD PENS, AC., AC. GENTS' GOLD A ftlLVEIt WATCHES. Call and examine before purchasing, and satisfy yourself you can save ten to. tweuty-Av# per cent from Charleston or Savannah prices. dce.6.1y HKTWsiF PORT ROYAL. S. CSITUATED AT THK TERMINUS OF the Port Royal Railroad, whtro connection is ra -de with the last sailing, tirst-das* sterner* Montoomkuv and Uuntsvillk, sailing to New l'ork every Friday. This is an entirvlr new and elegantly farniih.d house. Situation unsurpas* d, surrounded with .-Mugnifici-nt live ouk.v coin si ding s spl ndid ti respect fif the *u r.mnding country, the lfcaufort, and Purt Royal ltiv<rs, and off is unusual attracli us to Iravilcrs, or to parties alio d? sire Board ?r to spend a few days near the?ul: wau-r. Table supplied with everything the market affords. Fr< ?n inilk, buthr, li*h, v fetaUei and H fruits in th? is .vwiu. S Rest of ('ooks aud Attendants. 1 Terms lib rai. C. E. WARREN, Proprietor, junc. 8-11. SEW >111.1.IN ERY. Fall aad Winter 1875 JUST RECEIVED AT, John Cooper's BAY STREET BEAUFORT. LADIES HATS. MISSES HATS BOYS HATS French and Domestic Flcwm. * A fine assortment of the above together with * large stock of FALL and WINTER I try G ads. Dress Goods, Clothing, Domestics, Long Cloth, Ac., Ac., may .20-13. jas. e. McGregor, ^ms CARRIAGE MAKER, house, SIGN, ud CARRIAGE PAINTER. Opp. Express Office, Beanfort, S? All kinds of Scroll and fancy sawing. All kinds of repairing promptly attended to, em reasonable terms. Satisfaction guaranteed. Agent for Barnes' patent foot power acrall saw, which can be seen in operation at my shop. JAR. E. MCGREGOR. Jalyl-ly. A - BEAUFORT HOUSE, B E A UFO R T, 8. C. Having opened and refurnished this old sctahished HOUSE, I am prepared to accommodate transient and permanent boarders, at reasonable rates. MRS. agnes mann, oct.21-3m. Proprietress. grofegjshmal (gar<$. YERDIER WALKER AND BACOT. PROCTORS IN ADMIRALTY AND ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEAUFORT, SO. CA. Walker A Bacot, I W. J. Verdi in. Charleston. | Beaufort Refer to the British Consulates in thsttoalh, and an^lo 11 .7 in (k? Rptlllb r'niKlllltA it Pfcfl '** oc'tT t-fT~ hT m. stuartTm. d, Cor. Bay ^ Eighth Streets, Beaufort, 0. O. DKALEK IX DRUGS, AND CHEMICALS, FAMILY MEDICINES. . FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES STATIONERY, PURFUMF.RY, . BRUSHES, Ae? Ae., An., I Together with many other articles too asmereas to mention. All of which will be sold at the leweet I price for cash. Physicians prescriptions earefhllj i compounded. fpt H ' -