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^^SSSSSSBBBSSSSSSSmSSSSS^^^m^SSSS^^^^^f^^^^^ SSI The Port Royal Commercial jj rharwlay, ,n?rcli l'.t. IWI. ' for* J. G. JHOM PNO>./(] H o f" ,-M. ' ' ' ! - n 8vusvi:irn<>.\j. OMC Y?ar, tv (*? ] "xlfontbi, SI on grn AnvERTisrs:? RATES. ;,,k I AdrcrtlvncntH trill *?p fnvrt "1 At the* nito of?l.V per square (in Nonpareil lines or less) for the firsi ^ 11 insertion, subsequent inscrtlous hycontract. 1!,? - a si Fancy Job Printing'. ; Me Erery kind of Kaxcv Jon Printing cxeentwl in ^ the best manner, promptly and at loir prices. to 1 SlaUonorr. - *ta A full**?oihi en* of paprr, envelope*. Ink, pen?. 1 desk furniture, etc., atwajrs on hand at Charleston boj prices. "ti Address. coa Communications mar be addressed ia Tiie Pout ten &oyal Commercial, Beaufort, S. C. j>]o Legal Advertisements. pi? Hereafter, all legal adrertlaeinenta, lro ach a? Sheriff's, Administrator's anil lan RelTerrea's sales and notlres will be psbllshtd In the COMMERCIAL whether paid for or net. ( - ? tioi Special Dispatch from Columbia. the Tuesday, March 17^ 1 Tto* Solons thcr hare all gone home? coli The halls are being dusted? he The peanut trade Is ail broke up, ific For the Legislature's busted. po? ?J THE STATE DEBT. the to i T&e conservative newspapers of this the itatc join quite willi ;gly with the admin- ^.'l istration organs in the repudiation of a ,j portion ef tho bonded debt of the state, poi Five millions of the .-calcd bonds were is- rul sued before the war, and another five or jJ,01 six millions of just as binding obligatio s jn were issued since. The conservative Ha moral sense does not seem to receive any 'wa shock in view of this immoral act. The ^ disgrace which has always fallen upon states and upon individuals who arc got false to their pledges does not seem to af- Ian ftot them. They are evidently so pleased llM with this shadow of relief that they dont j^'| stop to consider that such legislation as wo this sealing act is as inoperative as It is de< dishonest. j ?^- so Anxious to be Kicked. 0Ui The Charleston Chronicle has been for ha nx months trying to get its naiuo in the Newt. Like Lawyer Meddle, in the play, it daily protrudes its posterior, ] meekly soliciting the favor of being pr< kicked. Its jealousy is dreadfully excited >Tt because the News has occisionally quoted to from the Commercial, so we come in for cni a great share of its attentiou. Its prin- inj eipal objection to us is that we spoil our vai name with a "p.'! As it lives, moves S0 and has its being through p?a?p, we j are at a loss to understand its dislike to a no letter which if it had any regard for au en appropriate cognomen would begin and fr,^ and its name?The Charleston Paj>. mt 1 I it More Warnings. Hn The spring elections in New York, as ^ fer as heard from, result iu decided gains ^ for th? democrats. Two years ago the me republicans carried thirty out of thirty- He four boards ot supervisors, in counties j?* from which there arc full returns, and ( this year they carry but ten. nui In New Hampshire the democratic w.r' candidate beats the republican by a majorityof nearly two thousand, and the j)a, same party carries the house of reprcsen- rac tatives and ties the seuato. lab ^ ? we It is easy to talk of M unloading," but ^ when you Come to look for the Jonah's the every one of them are engaged in pray- tin er. Elliott thinks Moses should bo cast sl? ever to tho whales, but Moses is ready ^ with excellent reasons why Elliott should I t|K* be made to walk the plank. If sweet \ f'av talk is to save the sinners there will not j J,aj be many victims. ^ A Nast-y Pleture. ruj Harper's Weekly has a cartoon by Thomas Nast,, representing a sceno in cja| the South Carolina legislature. One of (Jo our Beaufort members modestly denies der the assertion that he furnished a photo- ?*1 graph of himself to the artist. rj(j wh Another Pietnre. rclJ On Friday evening last the South Car- ' se]. olina house of ntafives presented a scene calculated to cause Charles Sum- j . * ner to voto against a c:ri' rights hill. | art, Dannerly and Riley, two colored repre- j (Jo Bentatives from Orangeburg county were con so drunk that the speaker ordered the urc sergeant-at-arms to remove them ; whorcupoathe drunken clowns pulled our their t revolvers and defied all hands to put ' kin them out. A gcueral row ensued, which Cou finally resulted in the capture of the of- ano fenders, and their expulsion from the syn house. While this scene was in progress luo Rev. Dr. Currie and a large party of prj| tourists from the north were present. If | siv< ever the colored man is again deprived of see his political rights, it will be the result "oi of his votiug into office saeh a set of ig- per oorant, degraded and dishonest representatives as form a majority of the legislature of Sooth Carolina. '] m ed The Public Printing. yea The bill to regulate the public printing Ra| of the state has become a law. In its i*ti passage every poiut made by the Cum- 3'" mkrcial in its attack upon the piiuting | era swindle is fully substantiated. By the | no provision limiting the expense hcreaftor tioi to fifty thousaud dollars per year, the gen- 1 fort oral assembly virtually admits that when froi it voted an average of three hundred $1thousand dollars a year for the past three sup years to the Republican Printing compa- cou ny, that it was the author of and a part- Tak ner in a fraud upon the state of just the , for difference between $300,000 and ?50,000. [ wu In other words, we believe that we wi 1 By tome day be able to show that certain Pur senators and representatives have divid- nea ed, during the past three years, nearly moi three-quarters of a million of dollars we among themselves ugder the thin dis- tiui guise of payments for printing. Wc do for m want any better vindication of our r rsc on this matter than the action t< ;cd.npon a reluctant legislature by the 3 ver of publicity. a t mi 1, Here! Too! j 'f tba poor people who hang about the t muds oi' tho state house, republicans 0 I democrats, don't stand out of the v, and that quickly, they will be driv 1 over by those splendid carriages cost- F two or three thousand dollars out of | alarv of six hundred dollars..? Union , raid. ['he folks around here will soon have be similarly dusted as they walk. Our tc?uicn have returned to their 44 dear istituents." The Door bare-legged i rs who used to pick oysters and tote iters," have bloomed into broadcloth its, diamond studs, silk hats, and pat-leather boot?. While tho old time a w mule, which three or four years ago j night all hands to "iSetort, " gives I ^ ce to a fast nag and a red wheeled j tting wagon. All on six liuudrcd dol- t i a year! Our Distinguished Statesmen. )n Friday night last another cxhibi- t a was given by those who go through 1 forms of legislation in Columbia. t The speaker had called J. D. Boston, j; ored, of Newberry, to the chair, while u went to the senate to assist in the rotation of acts. It was, however, im- 9 isible to do any further business. Some the members were evidently under i influence of liquor, and in proportion the quantity of bad whiskey consumed ir bcligercnt propensities increased, f stings Gantt. of Beaufort, a negro s about a shade darker than Bostou, . o was filling the chair, made some nt of order, which the speaker over- c ed. Whereupon Gantt arose to another t int of order, the gist of which was that c he mahogany-colored nigger that was c the chair was not fit to be there." * imiltoii, of Beaufort, intimated that it s the business of the chair to make c colleague apologize. To which the r lir replied that the remark was too ti itemptible to merit his notice. Willi a certificate grabber from Sumter, in guagc iuoiv i ointcd than refined, in- r latcd that the speaker was a fool, t .1 got his rulings out of an almanac. It ? pin to bo appareut now that there old he a general row, and it was ' juicd expedient to adjourn. 1 \ new civil rights bill *is in order now, > that we may send hall a dozen ornng- ' tangs to Columbia next full. They < ve just as much sense, aud cant talk. 1 Another Warning Voice. i Rev. Dr. Stevens, a distinguished ' 1 ;acher of the Methodist Church, ' n th, is now engaged iu writing letters ( the New York Methodist from differ- ' t portions of the South. The follow- 1 : are the truthful and excellent obser- ) tions of Dr. Stevens upon "ruiucd" 1 uth Carolina: * South Carolina is absolutely ruined; 1 statesman on earth, no angel in lieav- t , can suggest a solution of her financial j )bletu: none seems probable but the ] ;at crime of " repudiation.And this . ans moral rtuu added to financial ruin, is paltry logic to say that South Caro- 1 x ac tlio old louder of" disloyalty, <: serves this ruin. What of the hods of ; rblack | opulation in this case? She is, JStaiitially, a commonwealth of freedn; they are her dominant majority. r ruin is their ruin. By* their heed- j s concession to the thieving politicians, }, y and their children, to ran in definite ic, arc submerged, with their far less incrous white neighbors, in a public t jek which is hardly paralelled in the ii tory of civilized governments. Our ders know well that our political syiuhies are on the side of the colored c and of all men who legitimately c or for their welfare in the South. But ii know what we affirm when we say c it the republican politicians arc utiupulously ruining the causo which , y pretend tu uphold. Not a lew of 11 !in are men who were furious seces f nists till their cunning detected the u nine fate the Confederacy, when they s meed their polities in time to secure 1 patronage of the (Jovernmeut and the v or of the frcedmcu. The latter now s re the control of several States at the lot-box, and in every one such States e ?ir leaders have been driving thorn to ? traction. Official and political corilion arc rampant. The need 111 en are t* oled; the leaders are enriched; and J ; States wrecked. Northern puliti- j11s should understand these facts; the vernuicnt at Washington should pon- ^ them*gravely. The dominant party he North can never wield a pcruia. v it iuliucncc in the South till it gets v of the shameful proitigo of the men t 0 have for some years pretended to :x'a( nt it aiming the froeduien, while ' nine \> hole States audenriching tliem- f res*by the spoils. i ..iai t In another column we print an f idc from the Charleston Xctrs and u urier upon Charles Frtmne*. a j me rid its tone, and hail it with pleasas a good sign of the times. fi _ 110 * t Barnwell county is an unsettled ^ 1 of a place. They havo a peripatetic j rt house, first in one place and then in j thcr ; and now we had just got t<> , ipath ise with the Sentinel in its la nts at being d( prived of the "official" utiug, which had been given exelu- ; ly to the Timigy when this week we : > :. .... :. I-..II ! ....?u. .... ! ii It UUI 1X1 lllii il'.IUlUl U?UIIJ ^uwu 4*11 HviaT paper as ever. Whereat Whip- jj ' wailcth. y County Finances. (1 p The tlsrcc niHl county tax ifsili collect- ti would produce $li>,000. But last s r the following deductions were niade; ids forfeited, ?458.03, lauds not ex- '* ; tl ng, $323.73; nulla bona executions, : a >3.%;-deductions by comptroller pen- | 1 I, ?ss7.0o; total $2,032.78* We have ; ? reason to suppose that the dedue- 1s* is will he less this year. There- ' j> ?, what the county will actually get 1 n the three mill tax will ho about j "j 1,308. Out of this the treasurer is , k posed to return about 84.000 on ac- u nt of the tax illegally collec cd lastyear j ;ing out that, leaves the net receipts | * this year at $8,3'5S. The ouly other i f ree of revenue is from the liecuses. * the incorporation of Brunson and ' $ t Royal the county is deprived of j ?' rly a thousand dollars of license | ?< joy from these places. Besides this | understand that checks on the con- ; ? ;ent fund have beeu issued receivable 1 Pj licenses, to an amount sufficient to ' ? educe the sum to be received in cash o about $5,000. Add this to the $8,; of :axes and the income for the yeai pjtears to be 812.368. Upon this checks lave already been issued for $8,300, saving available for the expenses ol he remaining seven liiontlis of the ycai nly about ?.".Ol)0. Out of this is to couk he treasurers commissions, Si.200; extenses of nvo courts, sustenance of the toor, expenses for roads and bridges, rial justices, coroners, sheriff and jail, oinuiissionera per diem and mileage, Jerk hire, etc., etc. The present outlook is that before \y< tegiu to pay off our eld 'debt wo will tegin to pile up a new one. The ltcdemptiou of Forfeited Lands In another column will be found tl.( ,ct passed by the General Assembly, ai ts late session, providing means of re lemption for those whose lands havt teen forfeited to the state for nou-pay nent of taxes. ? We commend it to the careful attentioi if all interested. There is one provisiot a it which strikes us as singular, ant hat is that under it no lands can be sold ty the state as forfeited for a less sua ban the assessed value, at the time oi arfieture. The state is not likely tc jake many sales under {such circum. tanccs. Alcoholic Disease. It seems to be established that inebrie y, like other disorders of the huoiar ystcu, can be corrected and cured; bj troper treatment that the lost self-contro an be restored, and the unfortunate tic iius of a terrible vice returned to iivei if usefulness and respectability. Maoj mincnt men, including Dr. Rush, hav< rom time to time, during the last hal entury, giveu testimony in favor o uedical treatment in the management ol Irunkennes?. When the public come t< mderstand that the medical professioi egard drunkenness or inebriety as i lisense, literally a crazy thirst inherited ?r begotten of excessive indulgence, ani hat intoxication is the immediate o emote cause of this disease, the subjee vill not be treated in the flippant 01 loisy denunciatory style that is too fre jucntly iildulgcd in by the press and pul lit of the day. The physician of the New York Stab [nebiiate Asylum classifies the differeu onus of drinking as accidental or social labitual and periodical, An accidcnta )t Occasional drinker is a sound man, as; las the power of rcstaining himself; bu ;hc habitual drunkard is an unsound mai nentally, physically, and morally. H s lost to self-control. The appctit jrows by what it feeds upon, and as i ule habitual drinkers as they incrcasi ;ho amount of stimulation, take corres joudingly less food. Not a few patient: lave been reported as having taken frou brty to fifty glasses a day for as man; lays, with scarcely any food, until poison and exhausted, the culminating poiu s reached, and prostration, with or with >ut convulsious or uiaqia, or it may b< Inath, follows. If they recover, sucl 1 i HJlaUll* &UUIJ IV1UJI3U ilgillll, UIJU 5 changed. Slowly, in.sidiou.dy, bu urcly, the brain und nervous ccutro; lave been poisoned The tissues nr. nflanicd, and hardening or softeniiq nay follow; then conies confusiou o f thought, blunted perceptions, am onscious or uuconscious moral obliquity iuch persons seldom sec themselves a; ithers see them. They will, with appar nt earnestness, deny tho fact of theii riuking. In fact, as they frequently g( or days without reeling, eveu their inti aatc friends may be deceived. The) ay and do all sorts of absurd things, foi rhich in the restored consciousness ol obriety they arc deeply penitent. A majority of tho persons who drinl xccssivcly have estimable qualities, 'hey are ordinarily of generous impulses nd with not a little manly pride anc lelicatc sensibility, letters from fricndi urnishing the physician with brief bio;rai?hies of patients usually refer to th< 'only one fault." That one fault is i ice; but at tho time a disease frorr rhich the victim is powerless, unaided o rid himself as the fever patient crazcc nth the poison of malaria is to restrain hii renzy. He craves the stimulus of alcoho with the same intensity that a starving nan craves food. Under such conditioni bod is rejected and positively loathed. I. uan iu this condition should be rcgardet ;s wo would regard a swimmer who ntcnt only on the pleasures of a bath inds himself in the current of an under ow and unable to regain the shore. It ioth cases the need of assistance is urgcn Iuuianity demands that we ]>romj tb irovide i"i the perishing the means o: >euo. < harlcs >nuiaer. "In iiwdi -if Charles -uni.ier, fi.il.tau-s Senator from Massavbusets. who died in ? ugton Wedne.-day, covers a most momentous perioi f American history. 111 his early yean bo devotes iuiself to the study of the law, and when bo vhiUi iurope ia 1SH7, be was, although only twenty-sit oars old, r?s-i*?ved with marked attention, lie fro neiitly delivered addresses on various literary an< hihiuthroplc subjects, and two volumes of his- ora oils were published in 1KJ0. The next year Mi umner was .el acted to the United States Senati ? tin-successor of Daniel Webster. There his clo ueuce and earnestness soon elevated him to tin atdorsblpof the i-'rueSoil party, aud iu that nusi oil lie led the a.-itation vrliich wiue-i, in both Nortl nd South, the seeds of bitterness that ripened, year tte.wa.d, into bloody fn It. II ?0 uihi'. uil, yeilliij'-,, kit .111 i -viiiiiiiiiuiiu.au ii nk upon the course ol Mr. Sumner before the t.'on derate war with that iui]Kirtialiiy which is laves iry to satisfy one's own sense of fairm-as an J justiei 'hell commenting upon the coiieiutleU life of t olitieul foe. It might Is; that, if We' Were couil>eileil ow to speak of the maddening i?ft, we should fee] mslraiucd to utter words, whieh, being said of tht 1 nit dead, would Seem unduly harsh. There is isrefore, a large measure of sati faetiou in the nun ledge that eluee tho war .Mr. .Sumner I.aroveil, ujsui more than ore occasion, t'uu he valued ie right more highly thau popularity, and esteemed is county, as Ire knew it, tar above his jiarty. Evil re theelays, and sad is the state of a people, when teh negative virtues are a shining distinction, and hen to be pure and conscientious, as Mr. 8UB1BM ruiinly was, is to be strangely and sadly di Mere nt out the mussed the leaders ol the people. Vet is it ell that sotne hand should iuscrlbe this opjrnjilt [am Mr. Suiuuer's tomb, in order that the youths ol ie Republic may he reminded that t..e houors and id tho power whieh comes of party success perish ith the man who enjoyed them, while his Justice id patriotism preserve his memory even among his eruest opjanients. Thue is bearing us swiftly away from the troubled i/s of seelioual strife, aud it is to be heartily tslied that never again may this or any other pcoe be so divided. One by one the leaders In the lamitous conflict are pea-lug to rest, and as each . i remembered atuit vanishes a new opening Is [ made for reconciliation, Cod forbid that, we should say one word to contract tke wide opportunity made by Mr. Sumner's death. We will not affect what we do not feel, but we arc ready to forgive a great deal what our unhappy condition does not suffer in to . forget, and to bury in Mr. Sumner's grave whatever resentment still remains ?f airthe passion he stirred , op in our hearts against those who have accepted littn as their chief exponent. And this we can do I the more freely and fully, because Mr. Sumner hail, wiihln the pj-t month, spoken in terms of emphatic c mdcmuaiion of the profligacy of the government , which disgraces South Carolina and is a reproach to ' the Ueputlie. He understood our condition. Ife was aditscd with as to the best means of approaching Congress to obtain relief and redress. It was he ! who put into the mouths of the representative men Of the race for whom ho did so much, the warning woris which still echo in the polluted halls uf the eapital of the State. At the moment of his taking ' oti lie was prejiai itig a letter In which he boldly enunciated the principle that, while the black mau was entitled to every privilege of citizenship, no Intel f-rence must or should be bad with the equal y rights ofthe white American citizens. Mr. Sumner was counted on, therefore, as a staunch ally of the | honest citizens of South Carolina in their fight against trickery and fraud. In that sense his d'-aib is loss to this State. Nor will the soldiers of the S. nth who survived the war and the women who mourn the fallen, hear uumoved that death has bu*h"<l the only voice in all the North which was raised in entreaty that from the baitlo-flags of the ; American Army should he expunged the numes of the battles in which Americans met in fractricidal t. Btrui'.?aTcwj ana uvuncr. A Tribnto front Barnwell. A correspondent of the Barnwell Sentinel, at Appleton, thus writes of the late Mr. Millett: And of 8. C. Millett we can speak, for he was thr isu personally among us. Ho brought capital ainot.4 us that iusfflled new life into our land. Ho i breathed life Into the inanimate bed of the Port . Royal Railroad, and neTer forsook his task until it I was finished, and the road now lies a monument to , I bis memory, his zeal, I.is untiring devotion to liis I work. And it will not be unpleasant to his family, far , . away, to know that Stephen Millett was admired and applaudid lu this Count v, as few men arc wout to be, ( [ and In his death leaves behind him a sad train of devoted friends, who never forgot to honor him for ) his industry, enterprise, genial manners and honest heart. Douhtlcns, he had enemies, as all men of business and enterprlae do have, but there is this to assert. that his friends are so far in exccas, that an unkind word would meet with hut poor sanction where his Is bora have been dispensed and where his liberal hand has been extended. He developed a new Indurtry among our people, and was as prompt In the - payment of every claim, and as 'iberal in all he did, as any man with whom it has been our pleasure to 1 meet. Hb amiability know no superior, and many a , time have I seen him smile when the contrary was really expected. With masterly will, the " chara1 plon of the hour" saw hb obstacle, end realized hb ability to subdue it Many a face saddened when tho news was told that the lifeless remain* of Mr. Stephen C. Millett 3 was lying In a special train on their way for iuter. incut among his fathers; gloomy looking, for Its freight was he who had spoken the road into oxlst; once, and with a matchless energy, against formida Me obstacles, pushed the work through to its comI pletlion. P In our association with Mr. Millett, we found ' naught to condemn : that he was energetic, efficient, r honorable: and, although he was a Northern man, be was a partner of worth wheresoever he fouDd it, > as hb selection of employees will to-day attest?not a single one of hb conductors or eugiucvn having ) been discharged since the new regime ; all of whom are Southern boys of integrity, -obrlety, honesty and 1 position. He has gone to hb finsl account, and hb bereaved > wife and fond little ones has our deepest sympathy, 1 our saddest tears. Hb patriotism, too, has been pocrless, for whibt ) claiming to be a believer in Northern Republicanism, he spurned and despised the oppression of our t poor South, as much as do the dearest of our own. A member or delegate to the Tax Payer's Convcn" tiou, ho douoileti would bavo proved himself an . able advocate of retrenchment; a friend to South Carolina, politically, as bad been Industriously, lib claims may not bavo been acknowledged by a few but with the many who now enjoy the fruits and conveniences of bis labois, no shadow can rest upon his name, cither that he lack d wisdom, discretion or courage. t mi ^ The Redemption of Forfeited Land* 1 A Bill to provide for the Redemption of i Forfeited Lands. Upon Certain ConI ditions Therein Mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate aud House II of Representatives of the State of South e Carolina, now met and sitting in General e Assembly, and by authority of the same: x Section 1. Tlut in all cases whore lands have been forfeited to the State by 3 virtue of existing laws, for the non-pay* ment of taxes prior to the passage of this s act and where the titles to said lands still j remain in this Suite, the owners of said lands, or, if they be dead, their legal i representatives or heirs at law, shall have " the righr. and they are hereby authorized t io redeem the sauiu. upon the pay men: of . all taxes, co ts and | en It cs d ,e and o ing upon the sane within twelve month* j ' after the ratification of this act; aud the 1 County Auditor of those counties where , such luud-i arc stuate, upon the payment j of such taxes costs and penalties within s the time herein limited, shall expunge ' the said lands from the forfeited laud re2 cords ot their respective Counties. Pror vided, That if the owners of said auds, I' or if they be dead, theirs at law or legal j representatives, eluill tail within the time limited to redeem said forfeited lands as hereinbelore preicribed, then any judg3 ment debtor, mortgagee or other person . interesied in said lands, is hereby authorr ized to redeem the said forfeited lands within three months after the expiration } of the time limited for the owners or lu irs of such person to redeem them, upon the r same terms and with the same rights as r are accorded in ihc provisions of this act . to owners or if they be dead, their legal ' heirs or representatives. Sec. 2. That it shall bo the duty of the : County Auditor of each Couutv after the time shall have expired provided in this . o__ .l. __j >:? acc lor 1110 rouuui|iuuh ui iuuub nuibu 1 have been forfeited to the State for the 1 non-payment of taxes, to give notice of i fc'iesaleofihesaniebyadvertis.mentin at . least one newspaper of the county in which the lands are situaieJ, for thirty 5 davs prior to the sale. The said landH 1 shall not bo sold at a price less than the i assessed value of the same at the time they became forfeited to the State, one! third of the purchase money to be paid down, and the balance with interest in * two annual instulmeutS; Provided, how1 over, if any person elects to pay th full : amount of tne purchase money at once, ' he can do so. Sec. 3. That all moneys accruing unL dcr the provisions of this act, which shall 1 be in excess of taxes, penalties, interest, , or claims upon the lands due the State, shall be set apart and retained in the ' hands of the County Treasurer as u school ' fund for the county in which the forfeiti cd lands haye bean sold. The said fund I to be used for educational purposes only, . to be appropriated according to the exh isting law of this State. ' Sec. 4. That after the purchase money shall have been fully paid, together with the interest thereon, the Governor is authorized and required to cause a patent and patents to bo issued to any such ' |i -rv<i? a.s may he the honafide purchaser owner, assignee tmiisiuro olsueh iaml | j or tenements, under ami ?>y virtue of any ; , certificate of ale ' r uuder and by virtue i t of any assignment or trunslcr of such certificates; Provided, Tliat in vase of an j assignment or truusfer of a certificate of r sale, the porson applying for such patent shall give satisfactory proof to the e County Treasurer of the preceding trans iers and assignments. 5 Sec. 5. That the County Treasurer of j each County shall, on or before Decems ber 15th of each year; report to the General Assembly all lands sold under the ! provision of this act, the certificates of sale issued, and ihe terms as the amount ; of each sale, and the disposition of the i funds so derived. | Sec. 0. All moneys accruing to the | State under the provisions of this act, > except as provided for iu Section 3 for * the school fund, shall be paid over and accounted for in the same manner as money received for taxesSec. 7. That all acts or parn of acts inconsistent herewith be, and '.1 e same are hereby, repealed. ?We are told that three hundred ; years ago ladies combed their hair just as thev do to-day. This won't do in a civiliied land and among observing people. Threo hundred years ago ladies used to comb their hair on their heads?bow thev hung it over the back of a chair to oomb it ' I'ABlWG. ? If thou dost bid thy friend far well, ? But for one night though that farewell may be Press thou his palm with thine. How canst then Till how far from thee Fate or caprice may lead his feet Ere that to-morrow cutues? Men hare been known To lightly turn the corner of a street, And days have grown To months, and mouths to lagging years, Before they looked in loving eyes again. Parting at best is underlaid with tears? With tearsnud pain. Therefore, lest sudden death should come between, Or time or distance, clasp with pressure true The hand of him whogoeth forth; unseen Fate goctb too I Yea, find tlioti always time to say gome earnest word between the idle talk! Let with thee henceforth, ever, uight and day Regret should walk. ?Galaxy. %v. n 11.1 i? II.. TTI ? raraiiei in iiie mini. Tbe New York Times makes the following editorial comments: The letter presents, with considerable force and clearness, the real nature of tho financial difficulties of that State. Mr. Parker's statements may need some qualification in minor details, but so far as we have been able to verify them, they give a perfectly fair outline of the course of financial ruin in which the present State administration seems disposed to keep South Carolina The situation, as it affects the taxpayers of the State, is briefly this: The total debt of the State Is put down, by Mr. Parker at a little over llfi,000,000. Tbia is exclusive of interest due and unpaid. We believe the total assessed valuation of the State, for both real and personal property, docs not greatly exceed 8140,000 not). The assessed value of the real estate of the thirty-one counties ot South Carolina is certainly under 8100,000,000, so that ihefundal debt qf the State u equivalent to a mortgage offifteen per emt. upon all (atuls ami buildings tcf.icJt juid a place on the assessor's books. This financial exhibit has no parallel in any State government iu tbe Union, though it might be easily more than rivalled by comparing the local lndcbtncss fir hundreds of towns throughout the country with their asHese<xl valuation. Did the debt of the State New York bear the same relation to its assessed valuation as that of South Carolina we should have, instead of the existing burden of twenty-one millions, an amount exceeding two hundred and fifty millions of dollars. About thirteen millions of the debt of South Carolina was contracted between 1866 and 1870. Its existence is largely due to the steady excess of curreut ^expenses over income. Legislative jobbery and administrative corruption?an ignorant electorate, used to promote tbe interests ol designing and reckless adventures from without tbe State, or of some of the worst men of their own clsas who could be selected to represent them?such are briefly the sources of the past and present financial difficulties of South Carolina HARRIED. HERRICK?EDSON.?At the A. M. Home, Charleston, on the evening of tho 16th instant, by RevJames T. Ford, assisted by Rev. Alonxo Webster, D. D., the The Rov. Malcom D. Herrick, of Beaufort, P. d, and Miss M. Ellen L. Edson, of Woodstock, Vt. PAHT--KILLEH. FOR OVER THIRTY YEARN Perry Da?is' VegetaWe Pain-Kiiler Has been tested lit every vai let y of climate, and by almost every Nation known to Americans, It Is the constant companion and estimable friend of the missionary ami the traveller, on sea and on land, and no otic should travel ou our lakes and rivers without it. It has been before the public over thlrtv years, and probably has a wider and better reputation than liny uiucr propuciury iiiuiicHnj vi mc uui. At tliia period then are butI. w unacquainted with the merit* of the l'aln-KHler, t?ut while some extol it Ha a liniment, they know hit little of its power in easing pain when taken iuterually, while others use It internally with great nucce? hut are equally Ignorant of its healing virtues wh o applied externally. We therefore wiaii to ?uv to all that it is equally successful whether used internally or externally, lad it stands to-day, umivalhd by all the great catalogue of family medicine*. It is sufficient evidence of its virtue* as a standard medicine, to know that it is now ils sI in a|] parts of the world and tint its sale is constantly Iner.asiug. No curative agent lias hail such wide-spriad sale or given such universal satisfaction. It Is ii purely vegetable compound, and perfectly safe In unskillful hands. Aft. r thirty year* trial, is still receiving the must iiuqnul in d testimonials to Its vir.ues, from persons of the hi ,best eharaet r and reqs.nsitiillty. Physicians .d the first reapectabllUy. recommend it as a most etlvetnal nrciiar.it nm lor t extinction of |aiu. it is not only the next reunify everkiiowu for Bruixesf Cuts, [in iiis Ac., but for Dyauntery or cholera, or any sort of irovel complaint, it is a remedy unsurpassed fur efficiency and rapidity of action. In the great cities of ludln, and other not climates, it has become (lie Mandunl nnslieiue fur all Mtch complaint* as well as for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint*, and other kindred dUinlrrs. For Coughs aim Colds, Canker, Asthma, and Rheumatic difficulties, it ha* been proved by the most Hbiiiulaiit ami convincing testimony to he an invaluable medicine. Ilacare <J aU Iniilat!mu. The l'alii-Kill?r is sold by all respectable druggists throughout the Cult.si S ales and foreign countries. 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WHEELER 4 WILSON MFG. CO.'S OFFICES Dp Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Columbus Oa. Columbia and Charleston, S. C. W. B. CLEVE8, Gen't Ag?t. Savannah, Ga. A GOOD BARGAIN. to i FORSALE-A STATIONARY EN- S gine, four (4) horse power?in ?: ;ood order; Can be seen at my carpenter shop. t| J. BRODIE. A Oth and Bay street JOHN RICH & co. general Slipping and Commission Merclants. DEALERS IN - YELLOW PRE TIMBER AMD LIMBER, ^ Hay Grain and Provisions.. < AGENTS FOR m' PORT ROYAL PACKET LINE. JOHN RUT! Port lloyal, S. C. I C. H. WRIGHT Rrnufnrt. S. C. noors, SASHES AND BLINDS. 5 MOULDING!), HK.V KKTS, KTAIR ? Fixture*, IbillVrV furnishing Hardware. Drain Pipon, Floor Tile*. Wire f.uunK Terra CotU Ware. Marble ami Slate Pieees. WI SHOW GLASS .4 SPECIALTY. L Circular* and Price Lists sent free on application, by ' I'. P. TO ALU, c. 20 Hnync and .tl Pinkney sts.. Charleston, S. C. _ ? _ I W. C. MORRISON Tin, Sheet-Iron, Lead, AND Ilooflne Worker. Jobbing neatly and prooiptly done, and at low f prices. Tbankful for post patronage, look to the fu- *" litre. Live and let live. W. C. MORRISON, Cor. C. A 6th Sts. J. E. McGregor, CARRIAGE MAKER, c All kinds of repairing done with neatness and dispatch. Corner New & Washington Sts. BEAD FORT. Feed the Hungry ? The Largest Loaf OF BREAD. c ?*-o WM. HARRISON IS NOW BARinq 4.hc largest loaves of the best bread in the town of Beaufort See what a committee of council says. sept.25-3mos. WANTED " TWENTY-FIVE llcad FAT BEEVES and SIIEEP. Will tako them at Port f01 I lJnwfll Ifirrv. 'e <fcc.l9?Iy. ' J AMIS JENKINS. " Oi Just Received, I A iplciidlj stuck ot re dry goods, cl clothing, HATS A CAPS. groceries, HARDWARE, cutlery, crockery, tobacco, confection a rips, TINWARE, Ac.,Ac., ha At the store of wj F. W. SCHEPPER, S liny Street, head or No. 4 Dock, on which he will sell lower than any other itore in REAL FORT. jan. 1-1 v. To holders of Couutj Paper. * All persous having claims again! the J county who are unwilling to dispose of the same at a discount are requested to F( commuuicatc with the undersigned. oa Alfred Williams, ta ? Beaufort, S. 0. Jan. 1, lmo, . 1 j .. .. .... atii Meg MEL, . BKAl'FOHT 8. c D. C. WILSON & CO. IMKUTACTUKEBfl OF AND DBA I KR8 IB ellow Pine Timber & Lumber, AMD Oypreaa Bhlnglei, almo, . \ Guilders & Contractors PLASTER, LATHER, I kinds of JOB SAW ING promptly done. ooriiig & Ceiling Bomls always on hanfl. >rder? for Lumber and Timber by the cargo ^ tmptly filled. Terms Cash. MS-ly. _ D. G WILSON. A CO. . . H JOHN BRODIE, mtraetori House Builder, Jobbing Punctually Attended to ifflee?Corner Baj A Ninth Streets, BEAUFORT, 8. C. deel. t. M. STUART, M. D., Cor. Bay S Eighth Streets, Se Aiifort. _ Cl DKALK* IX IUG8, AND CHEMICALS, FAMILY MEDICINES, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, ATIONEBY, PURFUMERY, BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac., rogether with many other article* too .numeroa? mention. Ail of which will be sold at the lowest ce for cash. Physicians .prescriptions carefully n pounded. feb.ll. PIERCE L. WIGGSNT nOEIET AMD COUNSELLOR AT LA* Solicitor Second Circuit, 3ept.l-ly. BEAUFORT, S. C. A. S. Hitchcock. ' rrflESET ait CODHSELLOB AT LAf BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. Iec.l-ty. BEAUFORT, S. C. ^ERRY~SAVAGEr~ rHEELWBI&HT & CARPENTER. Tarts, Wagons and Carriages rcptired in the best inner at low prices. Ail kinds ol Jobbing promptly attended to. Magnolia Street. iug.29 ' BEAUFORT. 8. C. W w. h. calvertT" PRACTICAL n, Stat-Im, ftprfc Zinc Worker. DKALKK IX panned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on ikI, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stores. T K It 01 M CASH. Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict Iciitiou to business In the future to unit your nd favor. W. II. CALVERT, Ay St.s., Between Sth & 9th Sts., sp.3-1y. Bemufort, *. ?? STmayo, AY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. HARDWARE, liquors Segars and Tobacco' Net 7am, Fish Lines and Cordage, Haso, Faints Sb Oils, W b 11? Lead and Turpentine. Special attention given to mixing I'aints, and Glass t to order of any size. feb.ll. M. POLLITZER, COTTON FACTOR Commission Merchant, BEAUFORT, M. C. iVILLIAM GUBNEYr Cotton Factor AND Commission Merchant* 182 ZJast Bay AND NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention given to the sole of *ad ship-' ent of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Liberal *dncet made on consignment*. dec7-ly. DANIEL H.SIL.COX. " FURNITURE WAREROOMS, 17 O, 14 < t 14 V *9 A M+mtm* M 9 ?HAR1j?STON. 0. O. iillM (CAPITAL 81,000,000.) Soluble Pacific Guano. rHIS ODaNO IS NOW SO WELL known In all! tho Southern Hlates; for Its rvuiakarble effects an agency for Increasing the product! of labor, as *to-ruquire special recommendation from us. Its e for eight years past has eatabHshcd It* character r reliable excellence. The large fixed capital lusted by the Company In this trade aflbrds the rest guarantee of the continued excellence of this lano. The supplies put Into market this season 1 e, as heretofore, prepared under the superintennce of Dr. St. Julian Bavenal, Chemist of tha mi pan y, at Charleston, B.C. Hence planters may st assured that its quality and composition la pre- ' icly the same as that heretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON; Belling Agent, Chsrleston, 8. C. JOHNS. KEESE Jk CO., General Agents, Baltimore. Terras?ft* cash: $33 time, without interest. To acconiniodate planters, they can order now and ire until 1st of April to decide as to whether they II take at time or cash price. When delivered nn the factory by the car load, no drayage will be anted. Acid Phosphate, Goabo. Bone Plaster, 4c., always' i band, qualty guaranteed. J. N. BOBSON. FOB SALE, louse and Lot in Beaufort ? )B PBCOKIAKV BEAgONH. TilKUB6CKIBER> * m Mr Ml* hia Houar u4 vsloaUr Lot lu Bmo-it, U a low Aeon, tod on acwuonxxlaUii/ tenua, Apply ?IM Court Houm. or on ite^reniML Btoaitrt, 8, C.,8q4, IS. 1671. uptjlll