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aSMSMasa?MnUS^'USM^n>a^W-..'~JSa?ll.raru THE PORT ROYAL. I STANDARD and COMMERCIAL A. C+. THOMAS Cdltor, Beaufort, 8. C., May 11, 1876. SUBSCRIPTIONS. One T?T, S3 00 Sis Months, 1 00 AdrorttMisenti will W Inserted tt the rsU of $1 50 per square, 10 Nonpareil j limes, Cor the int Insertion; subsequent : Insertions by contract. JOB PRINTING AND STATIONERY. W? have one of the most complete JOB OFFICES n fhe State, and do work as well and at as low prices as In the oltles. Our stock of STATIONERY is large and will be sold wholesale and retail, as low as in Charl??ton and Sarannah. Deads and law blanks great Tarietr. Official Paper of Beaufort County. The Hou4* comraittet on appropriation reported a bill on Friday last, making a very large redaction in the naval appropriations between five and six millions less than the estimates. It provides for the sale of the Washington, Charlestown and Pensaeola, navy yards, and the only yards that are to retain a full force are those of Brooklyn, League Island, Norfolk and Mare Island. The naval Hospitals at Washington and Annapolis are also to be sold. The abolition of the superfluous navy yards is certainly a reform in these piping times of peaec, especially that ef Fensat?la, which on account of the constantly recurring visitation of contagious diseases has eost the government hundreds of valuable lives in officers and men stationed there, but the direction to the Secretary of the Navy to establish a naval rendezvous at Tybee or Cockspur Islands is certainly a step in the wrong direction, although a recognition by the committee of the teal and enterprise of the authorities at Savannah, who have left no stone unturned to accomplish the desired result. They sent on a strong deputation^eaded by the mayor of the city, and by what influence we know not, seci#ed a very extraordinary endorsement of the advantages offered by Tybee roads for a naval rendezvous from Commodore Ammen. which we commented on at length in our issue of April 13, showing the utter inu* tility of the places mentioned for the purposes proposed. The committee must certainly have keen misinformed and could not have ex-! amined the charts to ascertain the depth j of water at the places designated before deciding to place such directions to the : Secretary of the Navy in the bill. None "but the lowest class of vessels of the navy eould lie at the wharf at Cockspur Island i and those in Tybee roads might with j greater safety be at sea than in a north-1 east gale at the proposed rendezvous. We cannot think the House will pass a bill with such directions in it, if they take the troabla to investigate the matter and we call oa our Congressional representatives from this State to let their voices be heard, and especially our representative from this distiiot who is so familiar with this subject, having gained a national reputation for his bravery aud knowledge of these waters during the WaT. A ft Crs.y nntiAn on.l f I* a JL L1C IIUI'J Iiao LVUiv iui auuiv'i) auu vuw House ought not to be allowed to fall into an error from lack of information, and establish another place which the safety of the fleet would dictate its abandonment from a greater number of causes -than those that have been so disasterous &Q T-cusacola. ? " . The Stoth Carolina Railroad. The Govtruueiit C lalms $70,000 Taxes. Collector Ransier has received instructions from the department to levy and if refused, to take 6teps for the collection of a back tax against the South Carolina Railroad, that amounts to over $70,000. Soma years ago, a tax, which has since been abolished, was levied on railroads on gross receipts. The railroads were required to make returns of said receipts, and it has now been discovered that the returns the directors made to the stockholders greatly exceeded, during these years, the returns they made to the government, showing that they were either misleading their stockholders or defrauding the government Another point is that their due bills which they issue, "good for fare,'* have been decided a circulating medium and liable to a ten per centum tax. There are aeveral other roads that are liable under the last decision, for instance, the Tallahassee R. R., aud the Brunswick & Albany R. R. <? increase of exports. ? - /? - ww_l d J Phosphate KOCK rromsi. iiejeua ooiinu. Tons. Exported by Coosaw Mining Co., from Jan, 1,1875, to May I, 1875, in 17 vessels, 8.634 j Exported by Oak Point Mining Co., from Jan. 1, 1S75 to May * 1, 1875, in 6 vessels, 5,410 I Exported by Pacific Mining Co. Total No Vessel 23 14.094 ; Exported by Coosaw Mining Co. from Jan. 1, 1876 to May 1, 1876 in 35 vessels , 16,856 Exported by Oak Point Mining Co. from Jan. 1, to May 1, 1S76 iu 10 vessels 7,225 J Exported by Pacific Mining Co, from Jan. 1, to Mtoy i, 1876 in 4 vessels, 4.212 Total Vessels 49 28.295 | The Exports for the present year have more than doubled the exports of 1S75 i for the same period. During Inst year 73 ibieigo vessels were ladex: at thi& Port, being au increare over the year: 1 ^ ^ 1 Ivw cinAea AP 1 liA ! I 15 J-i 01 U VVSMJIS. J.I1U VI 111b present .year bids fair for a great increase over the year 1875. This year the Coosaw "Mining Co, has doubled its capacity for loading vessels at ; its wharves. When this company began : operations in 1870; there was only 12 feet of water available in the channel then | used In 1874 another channel was found wl i :h allowed passage to vessels drawing feet of water from the company's wharves to the mouth of Bull river. If the United States government could be induced to place 3 additional buoys in this latter channel of Coosaw River, the navigation thereof would be much improved both as to safety and convenience. The S buoys already placed in the above river by the jptueral government, are much in need of attention. By reference to the Pacific Mining Co's, returns for the present year, it will be seen, that its aapacity for exportation of phosphates ha? inoreascd greatly, as com pared with 1875. Oak Point Mines shows an increase under the present management, of more than one third, as compared with same period of 1875. ? Prom the above statement it appears that the increase of exports for the first four mouth of the present year over the same period of 1875 is for Coosaw Mining "Company, 8,204 tons For Oak Point Mines 1,785 Pacific Mines, 4,212 Total increase for 4 months of 1876. 14,201. Personal and Bnsiness. Continuous personalities of laudation or bitter vituperation and abuse are equally distasteful. To the jmre and noble char aotere who are led to works of charity or the performance of public duties from the inherent nobleness of their nature, continued praise is nauciating, and continued personal abuse is equally sickening to the cultivated and intelligent reader. We regret that we have to make a personal issue on account of mis-statements that if not corrected may give a wrong impression to those not familiar with the facts from personal knowledge. Time was when a man who failed at every other kind of business, purchased a birch rod and turned pedagogue, but in these days of cheap type, miniature novelty presses, and inexpensive cutlery, the man who fails in everything he attempts, purchases a small stock of the latter, a pair of scissors included, and starts a newspaper. This has been of great bene fit to the youth of ouHand, but has proved quite a severe infliction on those of the genus homo of inaturer years, and as an example of this we present the Tribune of this county. In the last week's issue appeared au article headed "for sale cheap," that before appearing in that paper had been hawked around the streets by its author, after the manner of the obscene and indecent broadsheets that came in with the public fairs of fifty years ago, and may yt t be seen and the trade followed by some miserable dilapidated vagabond, and probably if the author of "for sale cheap" ; could turn back the hands on the dial of civilization he might yet be able to make a livelihood by their manufacture. As to the second hand type and presses said to belong to this office, a personal inspection is only necessary to prove the falsity of the assertion made last week by this hawker of broadsheets, but for those who may read his article and cannot visit our office, it is only necessary to say, that since March we have laid in more fonts of new job type than he has in his entire establishment, and as he does nof employ skilled labor, the only passable work he turns out are those jobs set up for him 1 y our foreman after hours, and for which he is compelled to charge his patrons the increased cost of night coinposition. As to cheap editors we are compelled to own the soft impeachment after comparing the work accomplished on each paper, and from his figures by inverse proportion, the publio can readily ascertain how cheap an editor he is. Had the words "for sale cheap," appeared immediately above his imprint en the local column of his paper they would have been more applicable, for we know of numerous instances where to use his pet phrase he has ceased to go for several i parties against whom he commenced warfare, the county commissioners for instance, simply because they threw him a few crumbs in the shape of advertising. For several months we made no answer to his personal attacks, but since we have carried the war into his camp he whines out, we won't let him alone. We do not like to trespass on our readers time by allusions to him, as the space might be better occupied with fresher news and in the future we shall endeavor to restrain ourselves, and if silence can add to our contempt he shall receive the benefit of it, and we close with the parting injunction of Lawrence Sterue: "Go poor devil get thee gone; why should 1 hurt thee ? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me." Boss Tweed Heard From New York, May 8.?The Herald has a letter from Mid laud Georgia Bay, Canada, statiug that Tweed and two companions spent the winter on Moskoka river, thirty miles from Midland and one hundred miles from Toronto. It appears that Tweed and two men loaded a small i steamer last November, just before the I close of navigation, with a great quantity of provisions and went to Park's Mills, which have not been running. Tweed ; and his companions lived in a cottage al^ the winter the Boss keeping dumb and it being given out that he had received a paralytic shock. On the 24th of April' the steamer that took them up last fallar- | rived there agaiu with a lot of provisions ; on board, but did not leave for a few day?,; On Friday, the 28th, two detectives left' i Midland aud went to Park's Mill, reach- j : ing there Saturday. On being discovered 1 the whole of Tweed's party fled on board i the steamer by small boats?the one on < which the Boss embarked being sunk by I ice and he getting a ducking. Their escape in boats was covered by some four inen on the steamer with revolvers, and shots were exchanged with the detectives, who were on the dock. The steamer escaped with Tweed to Georgia bay, the detectives being unable to follow. They expect soon to capture him. Xuriler at Ycinassee. The information we received and published last week of the shooting of a train hand at Yemassee, was somewnat inaccurate. We have learned the following facts in relation thereto. A week ago last Friday night a conductor on the S. & C. R. R., took supper at the Yemassee hotel, with the prisoner, Thomas Jones, who was on his way to Augusta with a number of walking canes, and the conductor took one of them. Jones said he would get even with him and took the conductor's umbrella with him to Augusta. On Wednesday, the 5th. inst., the prisoner returned from Augusta by the.noon train, and the deceased, Seymour Brown, a brakesman in the employ of the S. & C. R. R., who had been instructed by the conductor to look out for his umbrella, found it with some packages belonging to the prisoner and took possession of it. Wm. Newman, an employee in the Yem assee hotel, had been sent by Jones, the prisoner, to look after his baggage and take it over to the hotel. lie reported that deceased, Brown, had taken the umbrella, and the prisoner went and wrenched it from him, and .told him he was responsible for it, and would return it to the proper owner. He then left the depot and went into the bar room. In about ten minutes deceased, Brown, went over to the bar-room and demanded the umbrella. Some words ensued and the prisoner called Brown " a son of a when Brown struck him in the mouth, when a scuffle took place. Jones became separated from Brown, drew his revolver and fired two shots; one taking effect in the mouth, the other entering his breast over the left nipple, entering his heart and killing him instantly. In our last issue we stated that the prisoner was a clerk in the restaurant at Yemassee. This is not the case, as he has not held such position for some months, although he formerly aeted in that capacity. THE CENTENNIAL. Ancient Newspapers. At the coming Centennial Newspaper Exhibition at Philadelphia it has been decided to display copies of antique journals and other curiosities of newspaper literature. To this interesting collection all persons having ancient, quaint, or curious specimens are invited to contribute; and should the response be as hearty and general as we hope to find it, this gathering of time-worn publications will prove to be not only a leading trait of the Newspaper Department, but also one of the salient attractions of the exhibition as a whole. All having the ability and the will to aid in the project should transmit their consignments without delay to the Pavilion of the Centennial Newspaper Exhibition, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, addressed to the care of Geo. P. Rowell, who has the matter in charge. While on view, these exhibits will have attached to them labels designating by whom they are contributed, and all consistent care will be taken to preserve them from damage. After the close of the Exhibition they will be again at the service of their owners, or, in the absence of different instructions, will be transferred to some historical society or museum. During the late war there were many newspapers issued which illustrated the straits in which their publishers fouud themselves. Pink, blue and yellow sheets, wrapping paper, and many other substitutes were pressed into the service. Specimens of these now possess a curious interest. The advantages to the public of such a gathering are manifest to a degree which rAnrWs elucidation unneeessarv. and the opportunity to do a very useful act is placed within easy reach. A single copy of some senile broadsheet may not be of much worth to its proprietor, yet in con ? junction with others it will make up a worthy collection. Many people there are who, having preserved such curiosities for years, can turn them to little or no Dractical account, and it is not too much to hope that the response given by such will be ready and general. W ithout loss to themselves, they can materially benefit visitors to the Great Centennial j Exhibition and appreciably advance a patriotic movement ^ i ? Tiie general excursion and pic-nic to Cuthbert's Point Grove yesterday .for the benefit of the St. Peter's Cotholic church was a great success. Not a more lovely spot in the State could have been selected. It is a live oak grove of majestic trees so dense as to thoroughly shade the ground except where here and 1 there the sun streamed forth through the letty branches as they swayed to and fro moved by the fresh breeze that came seaward, refreshing and invigorating. The undergrowth has been carefully removed, and the varied panorama, the 1 picturesque groups of happy pleasure ' seekers that stood out in bold relief i against the somber back ground, was such that it would require the pencil of an artist to do justice to it, words cannot. ] Two steam boats and several sail boats were impressed into service by the picnicers and by four o'clock from one to two < hundred persons must have been ou the < gr d. Here you would see a group, the ' followers of Terpsichore tripping it light 1 ly; a picture from fairly land; there you i t see th% luidicrous sack aud whcel-barrow, i raccs?one of Cruiksbanks scenes, and igain you come to the tables where turkey sandwich, coffee, tarts, &c, were being discussed, but don't "linger here, for ever and anon the sharp crack of a rifle breaks the silence and you hurry on to where Mr. Philguard, Mr. Wilson the sheriff and Mr. Williams the intendent, have just secured the prizes at the shooting match. But we shall weary our readers with descriptions that can convey so little of the life, the uiirth and spirit that entered into them, so we will conclude by seconding the whisper that we overheard on th return boat, u Don't vou wish there was another, to-morrow, i if* clear. THE CENTENNIAL. Centennial Police. >To Blockade. The Hunters Camp. Paper boats. Carriages and Railroad Cars. Big Guns Philadelphia, May 5, 1876. On Monday the main event of the day was the swearing in of 650 men to form the " Centennial Police force. " It now comprises five companies, each divided in'o squads of twelve, each squad receiving the ojth separately to fulfill their duties faithfully for the rest of the year and kissing the holy book to seal his oath. Nearly 3000 car loads of exhibits have been so far received since the first of March, and it is now estimated that three forths of the expected exhibits are now in the building, and there remains no doubt but that the remainder can be attended to now as fast as it can arrive. In this respect.the managers here are far in a 1 vance of those at Vienna, where owing to the blockade which existed there for weeks, large quantities of goods wer e never placed inside the Exposition Building. The blockade of a few hundred car loads of exhibits which existed here a few days since, and really looked serious has, through the aid of officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, been entirely removed, and now more goods can be unloaded than can arrive. The Agricultural Hall is completely finished and has been turned over to the exhibitors. Three hundred and ninety exhibitors have already placed their goods on exhibition, and although it is not the department in which one expects to find much " show " Some of the exhibits are arranged most tastily, and some of the cases are really elegant, among which the most prominent are those of the Oswego Starch Company and the Droprie tors of Duryea's Baking Powder, 29 car loads of Agricultural exhibits arrived and were unloaded on Sunday last. A " Hunter's Camp, " has been built in the vajley at the lower end of Lansdowne avenue, below the Music Pavilion. It is a reproduction of a hunter's cabin out in the Rocky Mountains where the lonely devotee of the chase lives in a style almost as primitive as that of- his nearest neighbors the savages. The " Camp " comprises a tent, which is the hunter's kitchen and dormitory and a log hut, which will be devoted to an exhibi tion of fu. s birds; and the various accoutrements of a hunter and trapper. A dam has been built across near the hut, producing a pond upon which will float a genuine cranky Indian canoe, which will be at the disposal of " Young America for a small pecuniary consideration. TM ih A mAnntimn t kn vonvooart ffr nAO of LU IIIC lUUIIllllUb IU? iEJIltiTCIliabllUC Ul the nearer West are not idle, for the grangers are making preparations on a larger scale for the accomodation of the patrons who may arrive here after the first of May. They are building an encampment at Elm Station about six miles west of the city. The office buildings are 492 by 32 feet and framed of chestnut tim ber and millworked plank. Adjoining this aro the dormitories containing 100 sleeping apartments, a large kitchen? laundry dining room and public hall. The cost of living at the encapment will be tJ dollar a day for room, and fifty cents for each meal. Among the most attractive of the arrivals at Machinery Hall, although we connot conceive why they should be consigned to that department, are several beautiful paper boats from Water's factory at Troy, New York. They range in sizes from the single and double scull to an eight and a ten oared barge, the latter being forty feet in length. They all combine elegance and graceful form to the necessary qualities of modern boat racing, lightness, strength, speed and durability. A locomotive has been lately placed on j exhibition upon the tender of which the lucid and taking inscription " Estrada de Ferrode Dom Pedro.II. It was built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Brazilian Government and will be transported as soon as the exhibition is over. The building to be devoted to the display of carriages and railway cars is nearly finished end is considered an annex to the Main Building although at a distance from that structure. It's size is 292x277 feet and is constructed of corrugated iron sheeting between the uprights to form the walls. Over sixty of the leading carriage lactones in the United States will be represented, and England, Germany, Austria,.Beigium and Italy, but none of them can hope to vie successfully against the light but firm and durable pleasure carriages which will alone be admitted here made of steel and American hickory. Wagons, carts and omnibusses will be exhibited in an annex to the Agricultural building. More than one fourth of the space will be devoted to street cats and railway coaches among which the latest designs and patents of Pullman, Wagner and Woodruff will be especially prominent for luxuiy and magnificence. The exhibition of the brewing industry of America will be a very interesting feature of the show. The building now nearly completed is 300 feet long aud 100 feet wide, and will cost $3,000, which has been raised by subscription. In the center will be a brewery with all the best arraugments and improved machinery. ?MM while as of historical interest, a model of a brewer}' of 30 years ago will stand by its side. All apparatus connected with the making of malt liquors. Specimens of barley from everywhere a model malt house where the process of malting may be examined and a hop house form the rest of the contents of the building. The Turks are building a characteristic coffee house, where Messrs. Ludovic A* Vallauri from the city of mosques and mincrcts will deal out the dark stimulants in regular oriental style, the pipe of course not omitted. Musslemans in their native costume will wait upon customers, and the cross legged posture upon a divan will be the only one permitted inside the struc ture. Three buildings have been constructed to be used as mess houses for the employees, police, firemen &c. furnishing accommodation for 1200 men. The German steamship Essen is at the companies wharf with Krupp's exhibit of big guns on board. One of them is newly designed 14.2 inch bore guns, the largest gun yet placed on exhibition, as the one of like construction at Vienna had only a bore of 12.2 inches. The United States Centennial Commission are now holding daily session here the main questions as yet brought before them are those of intemperance and Sunday. Both questions are referred to subcommittees w"ho are to report as soon as possible. [The Centennial opened yesterday, a description of which will appear next week.?Ed.] o? Thanks. Office Wateu. Boat Agnes, Beaufort S. C., May 10,187C. The undersigned beg leave to return their heartfelt thanics in this public manner, to Dr. Stuart, Chief Engineer Fire Department; to Mr. J. E. McGregor, engineer, and Mr. W. Mayo, assistant engineer of Washington S. F. E. Co.; to Capt. Williams, of the steamer 0. M. Pettit, and Capt. Brown, of the U. S. S. Alanthus for timely aid and assistance to raise our sunken steamer, the "Agnes." Our lifelong thanks for the sympathy and offered assistance from our generous and noble hearted citizens. Man l-V? Inn ct nnrl Ka Vi nnu l'a i'AUJ VUVJ II T V IVIIg U1JU WV 1 fervent wish of your obliged Fellow Citizens, Dick & Small. . ? Telegrams. ?Several Cuban students at Penning* ton Seminary, Trenton, N, J-, are charged with making an attempt to throw a train from the track. ?Col. Wlnguard and his clerk, while en route to Fort Gaston, Texas, to pay the United States troops, were waylaid by robbers, who killed the dark and stole Si,600 from him. Col. Winguard escaped with the balance of the money. ?The German American IndependentCitizen's Association of New York denounces* the closing of the Exhibition Buildings on Sunday, as contrary to the Declaration of Independence and the liberal spirit of the age. Exchange Clippings. ?Some colored laborers near Greenville recently found a lot of Spanish do1lars. the number of which they have not revealed. Sixteen of them have been paid out, and range in date from 1730 to 1791. ?Among the funds paid into the probate judge's office in Marion last week, ttoq o nn o tK ATI con ft rlnllor Kill C?0 U vuv V liVU'AtU'A villi ?The case of 3Iahala DcGrafFenreid, vs. the proprietors of the Union-Herald, fot libel, was set for this week in Columbia. ?Rev.. J E. King of Spartanburg, informs the Herald that his little daughter was bitten by a poisonous snake a few days ago, and he cured her by simply holding the part bitten close to fhe fire, and the poison was arrested and drawn out by the heat of the fire. ?The Piedmont Factory, located in Greenville County, with Col. Hammet as its President, is doing a big business in making cloth. The factory has 112 looms in successful operation, making at the rate of 5,600 yards per day. The Company will have no agents or middlemen, but sells its cloth directly to the consumer at the lowest possible figure. ?Mr. E. G. Tobin, of Orangeburg, was practicing with his rifle a few days since at a mark set up in the middle of the railroad track, when one of his shots, after passing through the object at which he was shooting, ricochetted up and killed a buzzard that was passing over the railroad about thirty or forty feet in the air. ?A Lady Washington tea party was given in Winnsboro', May 2d, for the Fuirfield engine company, and proved a complete success. The net receipts were $362. ?Mr. Silas Masggy, of Anderson, who was a hundred years old in March last, had his first professional visit from a physician last week. ?The reason of the revolutionary hero Gen. Moultrie's grave not being marked is thus explained by a correspondent: "Thfe General died in Charleston on the 27th of September, 1805, where the fu neral services were observed. His body was conveyed -to Windsor Hill, in the parish of St. James Goosecreek, and, at his special request, deposited by the grave of his son, Maj. Wm. Moultrie. That the spot is not designated occurred in this way. One or more of the gentlemen of the parish waited on the family and requested that the parishioners be allowed to erect a suitable monument by general subscription. This was acquiesced in but the patriotic intention was never carried out." ? The next annual convention for the Sunday schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, will be held at Wesley Chapel Church, Darlington Circuit, on July 14 and 16. ?j?Txrre i u i? iii?a?eer: Centennial Hymn, Our father's Gol! from out whose hand, The centuries fall like grains of sand, We meet to-day united, free, And loyal to onr land and thee, To tbauk Thee for the era done, >nd trust "Bhee for the opening one. Here where of old, by thy design, The fathers spake that word of Thine, Whose echo is the glad refrain, Of rended bolt and fallen chain, To grace our festal time from All The zones of earth our gpests we call. Be with us while the New World greets The Old World, thronging all its streets, Unveiling all the triumphs won By art or toil beneath the sun; And unto common good ordain This riralsbip of hand and brain. Thou, who hast here in concord furled The war flags of a gathered world. Beneath our western sky fulfill The Orient's mission of good will, And freighted with love's golden fleece, Send back the Argonauts of peace. For art and labor met in truce, For beauty made the bride of use. We thauk Thee, while withal we crave The austere virtues strong to save, The honor proof to place or gold. The manhood never bought or sold ! 0 ! make Thou us, through centuries long, In peace secure, in justice strong; Around our gift of freedom draw The safeguards of thy righteous law ; And cast in sum diviner mould, Let the new cycle shame the old ! (Whittieb.) JUST RECEIVEDFROM NEW YORK.' A Select assortment of DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, LADIES A GENTS STRAW A FELT HATS Call and see for a bargain at D. H, HUTCHINSON, Port Royal S. C. may 11 4-t Official gotirc*. To Holders of County Checks or Audited Claims, prior to November 1, 1872, % Otficb of Tire Cocvrr ComxisstonEbs, Beaufort, 8. C., May 8th, 187?. IN accordance with the provisions of a Joint Resolution entitled " A Joint Resolution authorizing he County Commissioners of Beaufort County to evy a special tax," dated April 7, 1878, and "An act to amend the same," approved the 29th day of January, 1874, sealed proposals will be received at this office from parties taoldiu .-hecks or audited claims contracted prior to November 1, 1872, until 7HURSDA Y, JUNES, 1876. at 12 M? at which time said bids will be opened? and the board of county commissioners will draw orders on the Treasurer to the amount ol one thousand dollars, in favor of the person or persons who shall offer the largest per centum discount ou their checks or audited claims. Proposals shouldbe addressed to the chairman of the board of Couuty Commissioners, and endorsed "Proposals for the settlement of Past Indebtedness of Beaufort county. p. pritciiard, m. d. i V. s. scott, r. j. martin. County Commissioners tHOS. h. witkhlkr, Clerk of Board. febKMt. ~ notiob. PILOTS AND CONSIGNEES. The Quarentlnr Laws, will be enforced at St. Helena Sound from sun rise Monday the first day of May 1878. M. M, SAMS, Heath Officer,St. Helena Sound ap'l 2Sth 1-t. fry ?ootte. GREAT EXCITEMENT! at the store of E. A. Schepcr, The Leader in_Low Prices Having just returned from new YORK, I am prepared to show a larger and j more complete stock of SPRING (SUMMER GOODS VETer before offered to tho Beaufort public. Constiting of dry goods. clothing, HATS *\'T1 G A T>S BOOTS AND SHOES, MATTING Ac 0 I offer an entirely fresh stock of SPRING DRESS GOODS, Selected in New York with special Yiew to their adaptability to present season, climate Ac. EXTRA INDUCEMENTS will be offered in all departments, as I am determined to make this one of the most attractive establishments in town. Call before purchasing elsewhere and examine the stock of goods at E. A. S CHE FEB. Just Received. ^ MOST COMPLETE and elegant assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER ' D1TG0IDS, CLOTHING, _avd? GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Will be sold at prices to suit the times, also a fresh stock of LADIES', DENTS' S CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES. -ATW. 0. BELLOWS. Law Blanks For Sale. J^OTE, with lien on crop, ^ J^EASE of Land, secured by Hen on crop, BATTEL Mortgage, to secure note annexed, ?10NVEYANCESof Land?various foms, yjORTGAGES of Real and Perdmal property, "^yARRANTS of Attachment. For sale in quantities or singly, at the CLERK'S OFFICE, In the Court House. Eft. Jan. 23-Gm. ? ?J - ?> -ir*-4JJZ'.. * ITT > */. i*">? .Z.Encourage Home People, ?AND? HOME ENTERPRISE. D O ORS, i Sash and Blinds! GEORGE S. HACKER, CHARLESTON, S. C. ONLY Carolinian engaged In the manufacture of MOULDINGS, DOORS, sash, blinds, and TURNED WORK in Charleston, S. C. Prices as low as any other house, and all work first class. oet-14-Sai R M. WHITMAN, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, Say Street. Beaufort, ?. C., Has just retruned erom the north with a fine assortment of goods at North-orn Frioss. WEDDING RINGS, 13.00 to |12.00, SILVER RINGS, 30c. to |1A0. silver napkin rings, 12.00 to |AM. ladies gold watches, $36 to |60. 0 0 Day & I Daj Striking Cloib, S3,SO tt SO. o GENTS' GOLD CHIANS, PINS, RINGS. ALBEYK BUTTONS. STUD6, WATCH CHAINS, LADIES GOLD and PLATED JEWEL-. BY, GOLD PENS, AC., AC. GENTS' GOLD A SILVER WATCHES. Call and examine before purchasing, and satisfy yourself you can sare ten to^tweoty-ftYe par seat from Charleston or Savannah prices. ICE! ICET" ! co'iaei t mm, * Are now prepared, to fur * 1 nish Ice in any quantity Customers may desire, from their Ice House, Soveixtli Street. i JOHN CONANT, J. A. EMMONS . or t f 1 i-i i . TAKE DB. DENNIS1 * System Renovator and Blood PURIFYING SYRUP. For Dyspepsia, Piles, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Fevers, Sores, Jcc. M. J. GRAHAM, A?T, mar.30-1m. Reaufor'. SAFETY AND BRILLIANCiT* VESTAL OIL, 7 Gives a better light than any other oil, and will not explodr. Fer sale by WM. KRESS EL, ap.13. Bey Rt.. Beanfort. BANKING Muuox., . 1 . . i ' Win. H. Lockwood, BAY ST., BEAUFORT, 8. C. GOLD AND EXCHANGE ON New, York Charleston & Savannah Bought and Sold, Collections made on any point in the United States. Accounts received subject to check at sight. ap.27.6m. W. H. CALVERT. PRACTICAL Tin Sheet Iron. Copper Worker - . ,. DEALER IN Japanned and Stamped Tin Wato. Constantly on J band, Cooking Parlor and Box Storaa. TERMS CASH. Agent for the Celebrated Charter Oak Cooking Stoves. W. H. CALVERT, Bay St between 8th A 9th its. Beaufort. 8. C professional (Sards. VERNIER WALKER AMD BACOT. " PROCTORS IS ADMIRALTY AND ATTORNEY8 AT LAW, BEA.UFOKT, fiO.CA. Walxkr A Bacot, I W. J. Ybrdize. 'Charleston. | Beaufort Refer to the British Consulates in the South, sad specially to the British Consulate at Charleetea. Octlt-f. H. M. STUART, M. D., Cor. Bay At Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. O. 3ealeb is DRUGS, AND CHEMICALS, FAMILY MEDICINES, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES * STATIONERY, PURFUMERY, g BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac., Together with many other srticleatoo numerous to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded. "* 1