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THE TRIBUNE. I ? PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, BYW.M. FRENCH; A PAPER FOB THE PKOPI.R. Independent in Politics. * K R XS I OR. FMT, ? t . ? 91 N I MS Mouth*. I d A?VKRTISINO RATES! ? 1'crHsosra, Bnt Uwrtlan . . il OS fmr qwuv, m?t laMrtlM, Tl Bpsclnl contracts msde with jrcurly advertiser*. Address nil communications to TUB TKlBtlMK BKAUrOST, tC. THE PRESIUENT'S MKSBAGK. Sinoe our Inst issue the Annual Menage ? ( the President of the United Statee ie j, bafore us. Whether the reeulta of the a Novonbtr election whioh eras a rebuke e to the administration policy be accepted aea fcrgone declaretioe against aay line of policy that might be proclaimed contrary to the popular expression, er be cause it is inherently a weak state paper, bet little interest has been excited bj its P promulgation. The fact is people are tired of messages and documents. We el receive annually messages from the Presi- ?] dent and messages from the Governor and 0 latterly we are getting repeated messages h from the spirit land and all are equally f( 1.-liable and oracular or we might have 0 aid, " flat and unprofitable." Bodies to .f whom they are addressed seldom regard ^ suggestions and executive mssaagss are jf devoid of significance when merely in ^ defence of previous attitude or spolo- d ;:j for fundamental errors. It was not ^ 1 <> bs expected that the obetlnacy of Prsei- B stent Grant would recant^any of his *rrorB <>r retire him from shy position hs ought ^ never to have assumed, sad beocs we ted ^ him as persistent in snalntaiaieg them ~ aa if defiant had not well nigh swept ^ away his party. He has learned nothing ^ from the elections and if no relief from p liis rough policy iowards the South l> M insisted upon bj Coigfws the prostrate Q| a tales will have nothing to hope for but ^ the moat partisan end dangerous excesses ^ committed under the sanction of Landau a 'Jet Williams. Recommendations of)t return M hO BDSCie bv legislative cniMnuni An not regard as feasible as the President y aaems to declare and the gqud politico ^ economical questions involved in either the contraction or expansion Of an almost irredeemable paper comae; are far from ? hdng satisfactorily dealt with. The in- M ancial distress and the prostration of ^ industries are to he found in bad and ignorant legislation and pot eimply in the ^ spirit of speculative extravagance and #i national overtrading. The people may ^ be culpable for the latter but Congress ^ and the President .are directly respond- b ble for the first. The fluctuating value of ^ a redundant currency enn never be more ^ -fixed and stable without a prosperous and ^ permament revival of business and no reTival can occur until a more statesman like ? policy enters as an element of confidence in * the permanency of our body-politic. ^ We have been regarding our financial distress as panic, bat it has proved to be crash. We have been looking for ^ revulsion, and collapse threatens. The President has proved incompetent to treat * the issues, let Congress approach the cri- ^ sis and deal vigorously with the respon- f nihilities thrown upon them. r If the country was in a condition to I* aggressive we should regard the paragraph in the j-?asident's message devoted to ( Cuba as almost a threat to the Spanish Government in saying that an indefinite continuance of this state of things " maj | make some positive steps on the pari of ( other powers a matter of self necessity." There was a time when each energetically ! expressed language might lead to deplo- , antic controversy, but so contemptible must we be ia tlfc eyrs even of the Spanish ' Government that the Cabinet of Marshal J Serrano will probably not consider it j necessary officially, to read the bantering phrases, certainly not to take nmlwa?* iest they Are nltord in earnest. Tht OlurlMtM JadfMktr Oa Thursday night last, a singular ' acme wai enacted in Colombia. Jhe oc- ' ftdca wae a legislative caucus held for the purpose of eooading the condition of ' the eaadidatea for the race for the judge- 1 chip which waa to come off on the follow- 1 ing day. What made it especially re- 1 inarkabte waa not that " Buffalo Bill," a ' few naentha ago disturber of the peace of * Georgetown, still later a blatant insult te \ the mm of the reform party, should * lere advocated the claims ef Me eM ( friend W. J. Whlpper, with the ueual 1 amount of nonseose about pride of race * introduced. f Nor wae it strange that our own " Bum- 1 my" should have turned against the 1 ? overnor of his choice, and had hia my in * 1 vvor of a gentleman whom he ardently op- i )> oeed two years ago as candidate for the < h tate Senate, and still more recently for ? Con gram. 1 Whatever path members such as these p-treue, however e rratic their course may > 1c, we can readily follow them to the t logical end. They have good reasons for 11 w hat they do, however mysterious and ' I isst finding oat they may seem to ordii ry observers. But that Governor Chan terlain should feel and yield to tl leceaaity of entering the arena in beba f the best available man, ia particular! rorthy of attention, as a step not to I aken by one in his position under o Linary circumstances, and still further fa hoee extraordinary circumstances whic nduced him to act asbefdid. judge wi 0 be elected to preside over a bar whic n ability and integrity has even froi olonial times been unsui passed by thi if any commercial metropolis in the lan< Jnhappily the existing state of affairs rei lered .it impossible for a man to be cho n purely on account ef bis exalte nowlsdge of the law and high mon rorth. But between Messrs. Whipper, Baki nd Reed there was a choice for thot rho intelligently regard the welfare < he State, and Mr. Chamberlsda in pu nance ef the reformatory policy fon hadowed in hit message, gave the n< nneeded weight of hia personal inflnenc 1 favor of the candidate whoee charactt nd precedents give' the best promise < rearing an unsullied ermine. A Fklr Field end m Favor. It is too early to condemn the negro i political failure. He has not had fal banco. Petted and pampered by or olitical party and distrusted and abuse y another, it is not strange that, like bild subjected to similar treatment, h bould signs of turning nut badly. Littl f the legislation ostensibly framed to is protection has been really design* >r his benefit, and that with a goo* bjeet has too often been perverted to hi tfnry. The object has been to keep hit i a good humor with a particular polil al party, and to secure his vote for tha arty, rather than to qualify him tor th ties of citizenship and to protect hie i their free and intelligent exercise. I taking the Constitution of Virginia, a ttravagant homestead provision wa mated so as to encourage him to idle =2 rsther than foster habits of industr sd thrift. In South Carolina and Lou iaaa small offices were multiplied inos inately with to rewarding plantation iliticiana In Alabama thieving has bee stually encouraged by laws thro win) Mtacles in the way cf petty larceny. Ii arly every Southern State the negn an been relieved from taxation, in man; ises not even a poll tax being required id the lesson taught waa that the whit topic ought to bear all tha expense# c la Government, although debarred ai initable share in its administration hers is a reason to fesr that many of th rovisLons of tha Federal Reconstructs iws were conceived or modified ha th use spirit, while they were palatable t le honest voters of the North by th lea that the freedom of the freedma as in danger. Even when a law w? Kcellent io design and letter, the negr 'M often persuaded that it was anaci i to place liim aboVn hia white neigt ors, rather than an equal with them, an he word parsed from cabin to cabin, thi io what he might, Congresa and th President would secure him against tt tenalty of crime. We can point to hardl single case in which the colored peop iave need the ballot box for the l>est ii erest of their race or their country. 1*1 rhite men whom they hare elected 1 ifflce have been as a rule only those wl tare pandered to their worst tastes at trcjudices; men deprave, or ignnran >r both. The negroes who have bet has elevated are not leas disrrcditah e present at ives of tlu-ir constituency There are a few bonomqle exception! tuch mm as ex-Senator Revels of Mivsi >ippi and Lieut-Gov. Glearcs of Soul Carolina among the number; but all tl sxccptions man be counted on one's fi jers. The ablest men of the colored rat ire to be found in educational instit ions, editing newspaper*, preaching tl jospcl, or even in the humbler walks < ife. It is fair to presnme that Frt Douglass woul<f stand small chance < jetting a South Carolina Benatonhip fitted against Congressman hlliott's shai practice or the greenbacks of Benat< Pattenoa. What ia the remedy t With since jood wishes for the we'fare of the colon nan, we honestly b- lieve that it may 1 Sound in the treatment of the colored ci sen aa other citizens are treated. L lira be taught thst, having secured h freedom and hie dtiaeaship, he must i onger consider himself a ward of tl lation. He should learn that honesty he ftret qualiflcatiim for offlce, and th he man who combines honc*ty with ed sation is the man beet fitted to be a rul >f the people. He must learn, too, th egislatioa can do little if any more thi t has done for hi* adr?cens^nt, social * politically. , The net is with hit fieantimn, political parte can not do b ev titan keep their hands off tbo aagre sa [Its him a chance to work oat him on election. He knows his rights, and tl aw* on the statute-book* are ample 1 tie protection. With a fair chance, at irith no more time than he i* entitled i slaim after centuriee'of bondage and i lorance, we believe he will establish h ight to retain ttie 1 Mil lot box, even if I r. himself convinced that be got it pr naturelj. Twenty jcara hence it will I trae enough to pronounce the expei nent of universal suffrage an nnuiitig ed failure.?JV. F. Tribune, \ I a. A ?w County. a- A bill has been introduced into the Legislature for the formation of a new jf judicial and election County from contiguous fportions Abberille, Laurens, y Edgefield and Newberry, to be known as > the County of Ninety-Six, with the 1 r- Court Hause at Ninety-Six Depot. . ,y We object in toto to this bill, which . was introduced by Mr. W. M. Holland.? ( Progrmiv* Kewfmry. 1 We heartily approre and commend the ( passage of the bill referred to. The eoun- I ty so formed will be one of the most 1 . choice and prosperous counties in the a" State. The rail road that will be built to Augusta will bring this auperb section of the Btate in juxta position to Port Roy^ al. It will be composed of the cream of the farm counties named and capital will hare an oonortuntr of nrosnacilt??? (r " ? r r ? Ninety-Biz, mi centre one of the'moat pro. * doc tire fields of labor to which the exten aire praparationa for the introduction of a foreign element of labor now being in. aognrated by the Port Royal ingrown may be made available. We predict that prop. * perty along the line of that rail road will * be increased four foldj in ralne by the man* ner contemplated. We hope onr county Senator and Repreeentatiree will lend their aid to the inauguration of a scheme ^ so palpably beneficial to Port Royal. ] jr ComipandMim ot the Trlbwne. 1 e Jfr. Kdit+r:?The article in your Mneue ' ^ of the find, on tax titles is well enough as ( fiar as it goes, but the indemnification of * former owners la not tha only measure * called for in farthcrenoe of a final aettla- ' a ment at once equitable and satisfactory ( ,r to all parties1 interest. * d It is well known that a large portion of a the lands in this vicinity wera sold at M pnblic sale under what was termed " The ? d Army and Navy privilege," and that, as f a result of said system of sales, the lands J t told were ran np to very high figures p e in fact, *ao high that after three years of n disappointment and loss had corrected q tbe early idaas of the purchasers they not n only fonnd themselves positively unable ' to make filial payment, but that th y had l orifinmlly pmid th* full eaJaw of the lands 1 ' purchased. Under such circnmetaacee it ' would seem that tha anhn^asie holders I' of Army and Navy Titles were especially y deserving of consideration* *? framing ; a law or laws suited to the altered condi t B tion of things consequent upon the early * ' termination of hoetiHtiea in ISM. 2 The money realised from Booth Car*} Una at sales and now lying la the United ' States Treasury was in great part contrib' nted by tha so^alled Army and Navy e purchsvers. In consideration of the money paid down they received certificates pro* n riding for three yean ten* In which to ' pay the remainder of the purchase money, 4 and also providing that, in default of 1 D such final payment, the Tnitad Statea e should through their accredited agents be ? at liberty to tell the property at public e sale. This was the only penalty or condin tion mentioned in the contract, and fur M many years this entire community lived ? in continual expectation that said authorised sales would be enforced, and held '* according to the provisions of the orig^ inal contract. But no action of the kind kt has been taken, and in lieu thereof Con* >e gross has seen fit (donbtltfsfor want of 10 sufficient light upon an ill understood question ) to ignore and repudiate positive 'e engagements entered into publicly by B" duly appointed government agents. ,e As facts now stand it is undoniablc that the United States Government is amenable to the cbargs of having obtained possession of considerable sums of money '** coder false pretences, inasmuch as not s ;n single purchaser und r the Army and ,r Navy privilege paitrd with liis money under soy other belief then that he was 1' actually acquiring a positive interest in ** the land sold, and that be could be de^ priced of said interest except in the way 1# expressly provided io the contract for n* meeting the contingency of final default. ^ ThUirfniiihor a pleasant nor a dignified u" attitude for the Government to occupy lc toward any class of its citizens, and it is to be hoped that whatever final legis^ lation may be adopted in settlement of those much vexed tai title complications, " it will be broad and equitable enough to "P embrace all interests inv. lved. ,r Viatob. re The ghoat of the Freedmen's Bank ^ smash-np is a gaunt spectre that rises M every little while to stalk abroad. No j. MTegtarity thatkasdisgraced the Country et for years, has been so utterly heartless as i, this, aud it ia not strange that we hear M of further investigation being demanded )r by the colored people of Baltimore and b other Southern cities Into the affairs of it this defnnct institution. It took a name tj. that was attractive to the emancipated ar race; it invited their anrplns earnings by I .?V .MW t< y ??II?IIIHUII?, sutl ugniuil* in *d itMlf as is th?ir conflil.-nce (bit to Ij them the Bank of Engtaad did sot begin i. to signify the stability that thoj attached t. to thir own institution. The awakening id hae been correspondingly rode, and what rn few ho pea continued to ha kept alive by xm aaanring primim after the cloodirat set or tied have almost vanished now. The id Commiaeioners appointed to wind np the to affairs of this concern do not declare a g. dividend, and only three or live per cent lis is promised. It is said that in Baltimore te abput $70,000 of trust fund for the Irenee fit of poor colored were on deposit, and a H, dc|x>8itor complains that the Commissioners are eating up $10,000 a year in salaries and apparently doing nothing. B*. Let ns hope that no farther scandals arc 1 to breed lroiu lliis atVuir. State and County Taxes, County Tbeasobkr's Officb ) Ooubt House, > Beaufort, 8. C. ) NOTICE is hereby given that this Ofice will be opened for* the receipt of State and County Taxes for the year 1874, in Monday the "80th day of November, [874. For the convenience of Tax paysis I will be at the following named places in the County to facilitate the colection ef the same ; Gillisonville, December, 14th. Robertavllle " * 18th. Brighton, 44 18th. Lawtonville, M 17th. h. h. Pmtiim fttnr* '? 1??k Bench Breach, 44 19th. Branson, " Slat. Varnesville, 44 22nd. Altman'a, 44 28rd. Tcmoaaee, M 24th. Grahamville, January, 5th. Hardeeville, " 0 th. Savannah ' Sheriff's Office," 7th. 8crevens Ferry, 44 8th. Levy's X Roads, 44 9th. Oakland, 44 11th. Bluffton, 44 12 th. lilton Head "Valentine's Store," Wedteaday, Jan. 18. Jilten Head, 44 Mclntyre'a 8tore," Thurslay, Jan. 14. GBO. HOLMES, Treaaurer, BR. Co.,? leaufort, 8. C., Nor. 80, 1874. STATE AND COUNTY TAXES. CouRTTlTnaAflvnaa'a Owica I Court h?cn, v Beaufort, 8. C. ) Notice la hereby siren that thla office will be pea for the receipt of the State and Cnntf Taxee N the Tear 1814 on the 80th day of Not. 1874. All taxoe net paid on or before the 15th day of anaary 18%. will be liable to a penalty of tweaty irr cent. All real and pcreonal property la charred : i For State parpoeca 10 85 milla For County porpoaea S mlllr For Paat ladebtadnea X mllla. Foil Tax per captia 1 dollar. For School parpoeea. Beeafnrt, BluSton, eoethe, lllton Head, and People* Township ?9) mllla: looaawhatehle, Law ton. Foeotallro. Sheldon and feaaaaarr. one (It mill; St. Helena and Lad lea aland three (3) mllla. UKORGE HOLM BP. bot?- tK. Treaaarer Beaafort, Ooanty. MEALED PltOPOSAlJM, Ft 111 be received until Jan. 2nd 1875, j the County Ccstssissiesers for feedingha poor for th? year 1875, the rations to j te aa follows. Biz quarts of hominy, Three lbs. of meat, One pint salt, One quart of molasses, One quart rice, Quarter pound coffee or equivalent in tea, Half pound C sugar. Half pound soap, Two os. tobacco and pipes. The board reserves the right to reject my and all bids. PAUL PR1TCHARD, Chairman On. Cotn'rm. Bit. Ooraty. SlIEPABD D. GlI.BEBT, Clerk of board. FURNITURE. jlast Received from Cincinnati a Lot of Old Fashion Oil BOTTOM CHAIRS, PRICE ONLY 75 Cents, AUO, CHAMBER 8ETK. MATTRA88E8, CARPETING8, CURTAIN ROLLERS, Ac. Ac. Geo. Waterhouse. dcc2 53. R. P. RARRY. wnatai j WHULMAtK and KKTAIL DKAtKR IN dn ms, CLOTHING, BOOT8 AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, NOTIONS, Ac. Ac. Bay Street, Beaufort. S. C., dec2-54. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, Maple Sojar, Cboice Syrnp, For Sale By W. X. FRENCH, A. E. 4TF7 W. SCHEPER, :0: DIALUI IN hit ms UIJ UUUUII, Clotkbc, Mm, k, Hare Laid In u Inawn Stock of Fall and Winter Goods, LADIES GOODS, GENT8' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, Ac. Ac. Call and Examine the stock, which rannot be surpassed by any House in the State. :0: Prices Low to Suit the Times, dcc2-5'i. BEAUFORT MACHINE SHOP. ^ Having opened s Shop here, I am prepared with the LATEST IMPROVED TOOLS to Build and repair all kinds of a MACHINERY, both Wood and Iron. M Particular attention given to Desipiu ail Pattern Mating, For New Work. STEAM PIPE aud FITTINGS, Constantly on hand N it lortberi Prices. Common Sues of Iron Nuts AND STEEL. Personal attention given to BETTING and CONSTRUCTING STEAM BOILER FURNACES FOR SAVING FUEL, fg* Shop next to Poat Office J. A Whitman, Mechanical Engineer. BEAUFORT HOUSE ? Beaufort, S. C., Ravine fitted op thofabove nanx-d Honac, I am Prepared to accommodate the Public, Carriage# wilt be on hand to carry gticata to and from the Depot and Port Royal. J. A. DLTONO, Proprietor. J novao-at ~~ ICRS. MORILLO, Haa Jui<t Rarelved a Freah Stock of FRUITS and V Confectionery. Store Opposite tbe Bant, Tr BAY STREET. . noriMi SCHOOJTER BERTHA, CAPT. I. B. TBETBTT, Will ply between Ravmanah and Beaafort, tn connection with, all Sti?.hipa betwen Northern Ports AND N? Smiuk. F.eighU Carried aa no1 LOW Aa by any other ronte with Qnick despatch. All Orders D Bntruated to me will bepnactaally attended to. I. B. TREVETT. novSB-41. | NOTICE TO SHU* MASTERS AND COTTON MIIIPPEItH. Port Royal Cotton Compressing WnrohoiiMlng tA 1'oMcr C Are prepared to receive on atnrage and Com pre** Cotton at the nanal ratcaat their work* and yard at \ Port Royal. CHAS. ROGERS, Superintendent. noYi.VHO. y P. M.WHITMAN, Wutrhinakrr nn?t Jeweler, BAY STKEKT. BEAUFORT. 8. C., Han Junt received from the Nortk t floe aneort- ta metit of good* at Northern Prices. WEDDING MINOS. $*.00 to $18.00, SILVER RINGS, 80c. to $1.80, SILVER NAPKIN RINGS, ft.flO to $4 00. Q LADIES GOLD WATCHES, $86 to $80. 8 Day 11 Day Striliu Clock, $3.51 to St. GENTS' GOI.D CHAINS, PINS, |RING8,*LBEVB T kit rrntia .Titw . ... xii , naivdvnninn, LADIEH OOU?and PLATKD JBWHLRY, GOLD P*NK. AC.. AC. Gents' Geli and Sitter Watches. Call and examine be fa re pnrrhnalng, and aatiafy joumelf y?>n raa Mre ten tu twmtr-Cv* per cent ? from Charleston or Havaanah price*. rotu 17. JAS. E. MCGREGOR, I carriagk nakkk. Repairing of all >lad* done with neataceaaod despatch, and satisfaction gnaraatoed. Whop cor Wcet and Craven Hirecta. w BKAl'KOHT, S. C. novivso. Barber. MIAYIYO, h ai it cur If NO, DYDINO, axd 8HAMPOOIFO, In the moat f Artiitic Style. %W tilow la the rear af th* Dn| IHore, BKAurorr, *. c. MfflMI. LUMBER YARD. A Fait 8tock of Limber And Timber eonatantly i on hand at |x Low Prices. Partler deatrlng eotlm.Hr* for large qrntntlileo ant nqiirilod to Rive me a rail. Yurd In rear of th? TVit Office. ' It. O. IIOI.M KK, ' nov'iVilt. JAMES E. BOYCE, HOLmLE i nmiL grocer, Dealer in LES, WINES, LIQUORS, AND TOBACCO OTIONS, DRY GOODS, BOOTS . and SHOESII AY NT., BKAtrrOWT. ft. C.. nmlA. J. A. ENS LOW, FACTOR, HIPPING, AND COMMISSION Murrlinntf 141 East Bay, Street, CHARI.KHTOX, N. C. DitMS. Hncy Ooodw, CI^OTIIIXO, IlootM and HIioph, 'itnlew. Vallaca. Mllltnory nnd Droaa Maklnif On haad a large worfiit of NOTIONS, At Prices Bound to Please. MRS. MARY McBRIDE, rth bit Cor. Bay aM Scott Street. BEAUFORT, S. C. M. BRADY, eater in Groceries, Liquors, dtc Pha klgtieat price paid for Jtterllinkt Seer skins aad all Uada of COUNTRY PRODUCE, BAT ST.. BKAUKORT, 0. C. W. M. FRENCH, AGENT. Wholesale and Retail DEA1.BR IN Fine Groceries, Fruits and egetables, A full Assortment of Canned Goods, Dried Fruits, to. Jn.t Received R Barrel af CANADA SALMON, pickle. 10 Barrel* Blaculta.. 16 Barrel* Apple*, $S.50 per barrel, Catawba Orapte, rallies, Cranberries, Fiis, Onions, Cabbages, Potatoes, to., HE BE8T HAMS IN THE MARKET SMOKED TONGUE8, DRIED BEEF, BREAKFAST BACON, *,<wu poutm* SUUULDEK8, ' Suitable for Country Merchant*. WIN. MITCHELL, 31aeksmith and Horseshoer. Any work In my Lii\c Rxcrated promptly and lib drepateh. Haliiftitloo flunnlMd and work ?ne an well at any whom In the Btata. MMOP OPPOSITE TIIK AMKNAL, DEAUPOR'I. H. c. nortS-U. W. H. CALVERT, TIN SMITH. niUK In VPAJfNBO PLANIHIIP.n and PU.V1X TIM WAKE. Conatanlly oa hand a fall Htock of Heating, Cooking and Box STOVES and PIPE. Particular attention glren to pnltln? on and re ilrlno Tin Roofa, Lenders and Onttcra. Tens Cash. Unpin? for a contlonnner of the (intMiiiw li *reore bestow.vl on ni", I will warrant nil work i ? ? : done In tin- mo-1 workmanlike mai.ucr. novk>. 1