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9 vetoed and the veto sustained, and that i
the Governor has expended 8500,000 ii
payment of legislative bills, he has don<
so without the warrant of law, and ha
. thus proven himself guilty of a fraud.
Another scheme proposed by certaii
members of'the Legislature will hav<
some local interest for your readers. It ii
simply to gerrymander Charleston Count]
by including within the city limits o
. Charleston enough of the county territory
to bring in a controlling majority of col
ored votes. I do not say that this device
has any probability of success, and, in<
deed, it is so utterly infamous that it is tc
be hoped, for the credit of even Itadica!
^ .. human nature, that it may only be a false
alarm, but it has been solemnly discussed
in caucus, and a number of the Radical*
have shown themselves so terribly chag
rined at the recent Conservative victorj
in Charleston as to seem quite ready foi
any desperate or infamous device by which
they may hope to regain their clutch or
1 the City by the Sea. Picket.
Charleston Netcs.
THE GRAND DEBT PUZZLE.
[Special Telegram, to the JV>tr*.]
Columbia, Sunday Night, Nov 26.
The report of the citizens' investigating
committee will appear in the Union ol
to-morrow. It verifies Parker's statement
as to the total amount of the debt,
within four hundred dollars, which slight
discrepancy is plausibly explained. The
redaction of the old debt, by the payment
r in July last of $212,000, is acknowledged:
bat the committee are not clear as to the
disposition made of the $203,000 of the
bonds thus redeemed, and which are said
H : to have been cancelled in New York.
They also question the propriety of deducting
the $200,000 of bonds said to be in
Kimpton's hands to the credit of the siuking
fond, inasmuch as they have no positive
evidence, in the absence of Kimpton'g
report, that these bonds have not been
used or hypothecated, and should not,
therefore, be added to the floating debt.
mob-a rhA nrtint that either the
$3,773,000 of bonds said to be hypothecated
or the $910,000 in money, for which
these bonds are said to be pledged, should
clearly be added to the total of the present
debt, and they announce the total of the
present debt, subject to revision on receipt
of Kimpton's report, at fifteen millions
, a seven hundred and sixty eight thousand
three hundred and six dollars and ticentyL
seven cents.
Kimpton is engaged on h's report to the
financial board and expects to submit the
. same to-morrow.
The whole tabulation of the citizens"
committee is based on the supposition or
. statement that the total amount of bonds
printed by the American B ujkNote Com
pany is twenty-two millions five hundred
and forty thousand dollars. They have
?; not yet been furnished with the certificate
of the company to that effect.
Major Corbin, Judge Bryan and Clerk
Horlbeck arrivedto-day. The session of
the United States Court, at Nickerson*s
Hall, will begin pronitly at ten o'clock tomorrow
morning.
, Major Joseph A. Green, senator from
Orangeburg, died of consumption this af.
ternoon. His body will be sent North tomorrow
morning. The Senate will probably
adjourn on Tuesday out of respect
to his memory. The arrivals of members
- * /w 1 4 t
^ at the hotels are tailing on, ana mere may
? be no quorum on Tuesday.
Picket.
?Oh, Blootflmt Plctu e!" &c.
[From the Washington Chronicle.]
A South Carolina paper of a recent
j|B date says:
$9 "Could Marion, one of Carolina's Revolutionary
heroes, again revisit the land of
I his birth he would drop a tear to the mera|
ory of by-gone days, and would almost regret
he ever wielded his sword against
British tyranny; could Calhoun arise from
his grave and behold his proud old State
trodden into the dust by imbecile despotism
he would give one convulsive sob and
return manfully to his dreary tomb; could
McDuffie, the chivalrous Carolinian and
impassioned orator, now view, in her
present condition of degradation, the State
which he once so wortnily represented, he
would utter one indignant protest and retire
from a land no longer free, but enslaved.
'?
The nation has no grudge, no unkind
feeling toward South Caroliua. Every
citizen north of the Potomac would be
most happy to see that State herself again,
obedient to law, discountenancing violence,
protecting all alike in their rights,
and cultivating fraternal feelings with all
portions of the Union. If troops are in
South Carolina, it is because ttiey are indispensable
in aid of the civil authority.
Crime must be punished, no matter who
9 commits it. If Marion, and Calhoun, and
' McDutlie were here, they would feel the
stain of Kukluxism on their State as they
^ would a wound, and they would sustain
the President in his efforts to smother and
crush it from existence.
I
11 Scaufort (founty ?UpuMtratt
5;
3 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1871.
BaT We have temporarily reduced the
J size of the Republican, our job work
having accumulated during the illness of
3 our manager to such an extent as requires
^ all our force to clear it off.
7 Tbe Horse Sale.?On Saturday last
our usually quiet town was enlivened
5 by the sale of a fine lot of horses and
mules. Fifteen head were brought here
* by Messrs. Graham & Dieghn of
' ; Charleston, and ten by Mr. Whipper.
J The auctioneer Mr. Crofut cried them
up in h s most enticing style, and bidding
J was lively. Our cartmen are evidently
doing a g<>od business as they carried off
several good bargains in horseflesh. Mc.
: Gill, Wally Green and Charlie Smith
1 each secured an animal. Little Charlie
1 Smith of course took tbe black pony.
Primus was there and offered to trade
his fine grey mormon mare for a pair of
ponies, but Mr. Deighn was unwilling to
Qfia iwanap nf the hi?h nrice of oats in
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Charleston. Primus assured him that
the grey much preferred oyster shells to
oats, in facts seldom ate oats at all. The
' discussion of this matter was very i nter?
esting to our hossy men. At its conclu'
sion the grey was driven off by Primus
' in his usual dignified style. Deigiin was
; astonished.
i ^
Healthy.?Dr. Henry Stuart inI
forms us that he has had no new cases of
> country fever for a fortnight. The health
| of our town is excellent in other respects.
A Lack of Teachers.?We learn that
there is a great lack of competent teachers
for the schools of this county. Several
townships are without schools on this ac
count.
l ?
i Back Again.?Capt. Boutelle and
his family returned last Thursday on the
Pilot Boy. They were all in excellent
i health and were heartily welcomed by
their numerous friends.
Welcome Back.?All will ioin in a
hearty ''welcome" to the lady teachers
who have so ably and untiringly devoted
themselves to the work of education in this
county. Among those who'returned last
week are Miss Botume. Miss Lord, Miss
Noyes, and Miss Landon. We hope
they have been reinvigorated for their
good work by the pure Northern air, and
that another successful year may be added
* 1? ? 1?1 -- in fho
IUC W UUlC XCWiU^lUCJf ua>o i-uuuv vuv
past.
Solicitor "Wicgin has been attending
court at Walterboro during the week.
Quarantined Again.?In accordance
wiih the G??veuor'8 proclamation in another
column, I)r. S. B. Thompson will
at ouce re-establish the quarantine at this
port. It will however extend only to such
vessils as come from the infected Northern
ports. The coasting trade will not be
iuteifercd with, nor will any vessel not
infveted be detained. The extream virulence
of the small-pox in South America
and in some of our Northern cities of late
makes this action of the Governor timely
aud commendable.
Tiie Railroad.?About sixty laborers
have been employed during last week in
altering the grade at.the terminus of the
road at the Battery. The engine and
train will now run along side the dock
instead of upon it as formerly.
The Coosawhatciiie Bridge.?It has
been reported to the County Commissioners
that the men engaged in getting out
timber on the Coosawhatchie have made
use of the bridge to fasten tlieir rafts, and
in such large quantities as to endanger it.
As this is one of the largest and most expensive
bridges in the couuty we hope it
will be attended to at once, as under
the present state of the county finances it
would be almost impossible to replace the
bi idge.
The Saxton House Stables.?Mine
host Kingman increased the Saxton
House stud by the addition of a fine pair
of carriage horses from the lot brought
down by Mtssrs. diegnx and Graham.
He has ordered a handsome light carriage
from the north.
Statement of Quarantine and Sanitary
Expenses of the Town for 1871 ?
Amount paid laborers, watchmen, boatmen,
cart hire, fiat hire &c. $208 80
'?' ' 1 tin
Amt. pain leiegntpiimg *
" u Boat hire tor Port physician 4 50
" " Chi. lime, car. acid, tar,
lime &c 217 39
1 " " Boat for Port physician 31 10
" 4' Stationery for Port physician 8 90
u ;; Lights for Quarantine Signal 4(M)
1 u " Pt. Physician for sendees 100 66
$642 51
Besides the above there are several bills
not yet presented, which, with printing bills
unpaid are estimated at $300 00
Amt. of Loan received from Bank 640 83
Statement Town Finances to 24th Nov.
1871.?Total receipts from all sources from
' date last annual statement, including $232
65, balance on hand at that date $754 59
Amt. loan from Bank, by Resolution of
Council $640 83
Total receipts $1,395 42
Totol expenditures from date of last annua
statement for all claims against the town in,
eluding, (as above) expenses incurred for
Quarantine and Sanitary purposes $1,437 41
R. S. Ben tt,
In vendant.
, BEAUFORT AS A LUMBER PORT.
We are glad to notice that after a long
interval Beaufort is again in direct communication
with northern ports by sailing
vessels. Through the enterprise and
I ~ ? ? ? ..r T*\ P U'TT OAVT .Cr PA AP (1,a
cucigy yji jJ, \J. it ixiouxi iv w. j v? vu^
Port Royal sawmill, two or three schooners
have been placed as a regular line between
this port and the ports of Boston
and New York. It is expected that two
cargoes of yellow pine lumber will be
shipped each month by this mill.
The fine schooner Faragut, Capt. Hart,
has just cleared for Boston with a splendid
cargo of 200,000 feet of heavy resawed
timber, a portion of which squares 16 by
16 and is from 40 to 45 feet long. This
lumber is to be used in building cotton
factories down east.
The Altoona which left here a few
weeks ago with a cargo for Boston returned
this week with one hundred tons of
rails and a fair cargo of general freight
for our merchants. She will take a cargo
of lumber from the Port Royal sawmill
and sail in about two weeks. Another
vessel is expected on the loth of December,
to load for Boston. We hail with satisfact
ion these signs of prosperity. An important
lumber trade is rapidly being developed.
Few mills in this country are so advantageously
situated to do business as that
of D. C. Wilson & Co. Their facilities
for securing timber and shipping are very
Dy a puDiic act, it was entirely competent
for two of the three commissioners to convey
a title. The virtual effect of the decision
is to give all the present owners of
these land a fee-simple in the same. A
good deal of property is held in Virginia
and South Carolina under these tax titles."
On and after Monday the 11th Sept., 1871, the PostOf
fice hours will be as follows:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9 A. M. to 2
P. M., and from 4 P.M. to 8 P. M. On Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, from 9 A. M., to 2 P. M.
Mail Arrivals.?Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at
r,V? p. M? and distributed same evenings.
Mail eloses on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
at 5 A. M.
P. E. EZEKIEL
Postmaster
SAX TON HOUSE ARRIVALS.
J. P, Taft, Geo P Wood, St. Helena; EW Cuinmings
and wife, St. Helena; Win. Wilson, city; J W Seahrook
Edisto; I) Currie, St. Helena; Itoht. Mclntyre, Hilton
Head; Jas. G. Thompson, Phila; Roht Graham, John
Dei^hn, Charleston; Mrs. Pratt and son, Baltimore; W.
Mathesson, wife and child, Texas.
ADVERTISEMENTS
'TO AH RIVE ON SCHOONER ALTOONA,
a large lot of OATS and HAY. For sale
at low prices for cash onlv.
G. WATEKIIOUSE,
Nov.30. Hay St.
DISSOLUTION OF COPAllTNKUSIIIP.
rpilE COPARTNERSHIP IIERETOfore
existing under the name of FIJI IT & SAMS
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
f/\C'tATlir T LMJTDO
?m rocii no. r mi i ,
B. B. SAMS.
Mr Sams will continue the business on his
own account.
I cheerfully recommend Mr. Sams to the
patronage of mv friends and the public.
2STov.30-2t. " JOSEPH J. FRIPP.
0F F m A L,
State of South Carolina,
Executive Department.
"y^HEBEAS information has been received ?
at this office that SMALL POX prevails to a
considerable extent in the ports of the cities of
New York and\Philadelphia, and, unless precautionary
measures are provided, the health a
of ports comrauniOQting with the said cities of (
New York and Philadelphia may be endangered
by the introduction of., contagious diseases
therefrom.
Now, therefore, I ?&QBERT K. SCOTT, t
Governor of the Statff" of \outh Carolina, do ,
hereby ordain and pfoclaimiHhat all vessels arriving
at the ports of Charleston, Georgetown 1
and Hilton Head from the said ports of New
York and Philadelphia be directed to remain
at the quarantine anchorage of tiye said ports
until they are visited and inspected by the 1
Health Officers of the said ports, respectively;
and if exempt from disease, be authorized to
proceed to their respective ports of destination.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be affixed, at Columbia,
[l. 8.] this twenty-second day of November,
A. D. 1871, and in the ninety-sixth
year of the Independence of the United
States of America.
ROBERT K SCOTT, Governor.
complete. They are extensively known
among lumber men in the north and enjoy
the confidence of the trade.
Along the line ot the railroad a number
of mills are now in operation and several
more are in contemplation. Much of the
product of these mills will be shipped from
this port, as the facilities for shipping at
the Battery are unsurpassed. As the road
pushes deeper uin;.o the bowels of the
land" this trade will increase and Beaufort
will, we'believe, at no distant day be
recognized as one, of the ^largest lumber
depots in the south.
A Washington dispatch, of Monday,
says: "A decision of considerable importance
to all persons who have purchased
real estate in the South under the sales of
it u.. tv,j 1 ri i
lue oiiiuc vy tins i cuciai uuvciuiurui iur
taxes was decided in the Supreme Court
of the United States to-day, on an appeal
from a claimant whose land had been
sold by the Federal tax commissioners under
the act of 18G2, and a deed given by
two of the three commissioners who were
authorized to sell. Two questions were
involved?the validity of the law and the
validity of the deed. The court sustained
both, and held that as the sale was made
. x - X
F. L. Cardozo, Secretary of State.
noticeToIaxpayers^
P*OR THE ACCOMMODATION OF
the Taxpayers of Beaufort County, Taxes due
for the year 1871, will be received on
November 27, at Gillisonville,
44 28, 44 Grahamville,
44 29, 44 Ennis X Road,
Nov. 30, & Dec. 1st, 44 Brighton,
December 2nd, 44 Stafford X Road,
44 4th & 5th, 44 Lawtonville.
44 6, 44 Beach Branch,
44 7, 44 Richardson,
44 8, 44 Crocketville,
44 9, 44 Hickory Hill,
44 1 1, 44 Whipper's Store,
4 12, 44 Pocotaligo,
44 13, 44 Gardners'Corners,
44 18, 44 Sav. Sheriffs Office
44 19, 44 Hardeville,
44 20, at E. M. Seabrook, New River,
44 21 at John E. Wall's Store
44 22, at Screven Ferry,
44 23, at Bluffton.
All persons not having paid taxes for 1870, C
will please attend to the same at the above
time and places of appointment.
F. E. WILDER,
Nov.27-3t. Treas. Bft. County.
TAXES! TAXESTTAXES!
County Treasurer's Office,
Beaufort, South Carolina,
November 6, 1871.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
this office will be opened for the receipt of
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES for the year
1871, on the 20th day of November, instant.
Taxes not paid on or before the 15th day of (
January will be liable to a penalty of twenty
per cent.
All taxes remaining unpaid on the first day
March, 1872, will be liable to be collected by
distress. (
The tax assessed on all real and personal
property is:
For State purposes, 7 mills,
For County purposes, 3 mills, a
For support of l'oor, 1 mill, a
Poll tax per capita, 1 dollar. t
The school tax assessed by the townships is
as follows:
St. Helena, one mill, and one dollar for each
legal voter.
Beaufort, one half mill, and one dollar for .
each legal voter.
Bluffton, one mill, and one dollar for each l{
legal voter, t
Hilton Head, one mill and one dollar for each ?
legal voter.
Yemassce, one mill, and one dollar for each
legal voter.
Peoples, one dollar for each legal voter.
Pocotaligo, one mill, and one dollar for each legal
voter.
Coosawhatchie, one mill, and one dollar for *
each legal voter. c
Robert's, one mill, and one dollar for each r
legal voter. i
F. E. WILDER. a
Nov 30-6w Treas. Bft. Co. J
"NOTICE TyLiaUOR DEALERS."
JJAVING BEEN INFORMED THAT
several parties are selling liquor without having
purchased a County License, notice is hereby
given that unless they attend to this duty
immediately, proceedings will be instituted .
- . r ? . J?4I _ i
against tnem ior violation 01 tne law. c
The penalty for selling without a license is a 1)
fine equal to the amount of the license,
j Any party procuring a conviction of offenders
against this law before a Trial Justice is t,
entitled to one-half of the fine levied.
F. E. WILDER, ?
Nov.30-6w. Treas. lift. Co. v
I ? ?? a
cocnty and town of beaufort, >
> 8. 8.
State or South Carolina. 3 G
J] M M A N U A L W. WASHINGTON, c
residing at Warsaw Island, in said Connty and jj
State, being duly sworn, deposes and says that ,i
on the 30th day of October, last, he brought his ?
daughter Flora Washington, three months of ^
age, to Dr. Jones of Beaufort, State of South
Carolina, for medical treatment, she having
lost the use of her right leg, by reason of the T
total paralyzation of the great Sciatic nerve of
said leg, with Attropray of the muscles thereof,
and that the said child's leg was entirely
useless, and she could not move it, it being en- s
tirely dead 6eemingiy. Dr. Jones said that he *
could cure the child, and that if I was a rich
man he would charge me two hundred and til- j.
ty dollars, but that as I was a man of limited (i
means, he would cure her for ten dollars,
which he did with his medicines in three days
time.
E. W. WASHINGTON.
Witness, W. J. Wiiipper.
Subscribed to and sworn to before me, this (i
25th day of November, A. 1). one thousand 1.
eight hundred and seventy-one.
J AS. M. CKOPTT,
Nov.30. Notary Public.
\T7A.NTED, TWENTY-FIVE MILCH COWS AND
W Heifer*, and 25 head of Hog*.
Nov^O-tf. J. TONKING, Bay St.
SAXTON HOUSE.
BEAUFORT, S.
?0?w0
J HIS HOUSE SITUATED ON BAY
5t. commands a line view of
BEAUFORT RIVER,
md many of the Sea IxUinds. The travelling publ'c wil|
Ind he re a desirable and
CONVENIENT HOME,
tnd the invalid will find no better or so more heftithfa
;limate on the
SOUTHERN COAST
o spend the winter. The House is within five minutes
ralk of Steam Boat, and fifteen minutes walk of Bad
toad communication. A good
LIVERY STABLE
ias just been added to the House.
Western Union Telegraph Office on first floor.
M. M. KINGMJfif,
Proprietor:
S. MAYO,
BAY STREET, BEATJFQBT, $ C.
(B^(DD^*ii223s !D?7 ?(DDI?,
TISWARE, HARDWARE, AND WOOD.
ENWAUE.
CIGARS $ TOBACCO,
NET YARNS. FISH LINES,
AND CORDAGE.
GLASS,
FAINTS A3XT3D OTTiff,
Linseed, Neatfoot and
Kerosene.
CARRIAGE AND FURNITURE.
VARNISH.
WHITE LEAD AND TURPENTINE.
Special attention given to mixing Paints,
ind glass cut to order at any size.
feb 11
J. MATTHI ESSEN,
DEALER IE ' ' 'j
SORCERIES, DRY GOODS,
MILLINERY, BOOTS,SHO?ft, HATS, 4c.,
SIGN OF THE CROSS KKTS,
lorner of the iVe? Landing, Beaufort, 8. O
Mar 25 . y
^ SIX IIORSE POWER ENGINE
iiid boiler in complete running order. For particulars
ipply to George Waterhouse, Beaufort, or to the Propria
or at Ixmgwood plantation, SL Helena Island.
Nov. 2. H. S. TAFT,
EXECUTOR NOTICE.
According to an act of the generi \
Assembly of the State of South Carolina, approve
darch 26th. 1 x?9, the subecrider will apply to the Juda
if Probate for the County of Beaufort, at his office in trn.
own of Beaufort, on the 15th day of August nevt, for*
inal discharge as Executrix of the last will and testament
if James Strong, her father, late of the said County of
Jean fort, deceased, . .
OCTAVIA n. sands.
July 7th, 1871. * July lS-i.
NOTICE. ""
firiLD BE SOLD AT PUBLIC sale at THIS
W Court House in Beaufort on first Monday In No?
ember next, being the seventh day of said month at 11
'clock I'. M.
All that tract of land situated in Lawton Township
>ear Steep Bottom Church, known as the Poof House
"arm, adjoining lands of Mrs. George and Gas ten Tuten
,nd others, and containing one hundred and sixty-twc
cres more or less.
By order of the Board,
Athst.
J. e. McGregor, Johw Hum*,
Clerk. Chairman.
Office Co. Com., Oct, 4th, 1871. OctA-4.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY virtue of sundry writ# of executions to me directed
will sell at public out-cry in front of my office in th?
nwn of Beaufort on the first Monday in December nexL
1871), being the 4th day of said mouth, between the legal
ours of sale, the following property to wit:
J. NEWTON EVANS, rr. W. W. MARPLE.
All the right title and interest of W. W. Marple, in and
> all that plantation or tract of land situate, lying and
oing in the County of Beaufort and State of South Caro:ia,
known as "Clarendon," bounded north by lands of
t. W. l'ierce, ea-t and south by lands of 8. D. Gilbert, and
rest by Whale Branch Creek ."containing three hundred
nd forty-one (341) acre# more or leas. Also three mules.
ALSO
fEO. WATER HOUSE, vs. MARPLE A ROBINSON.
All the right title and interest of W. W. Marple and J.
atherwood Robinson, in and to all that plantation or
raet of land situate, lying and being in the County of
ieaufort and State of South Carolina, known as, "Clarenon"
hounded north by lands ofB. W. Pierce, east and
>uth by lands of S. I>. Gilbert, and west by Whale Branch
'reek, containing three hundred and forty-one (ttl)acres
tore orhsa.
ALSO
'. J. S. FARR, if GABRIELLA MA YES, NOW OABUIKLLA
CHANCELLOR.
Ail tho right, title ami interest of Gahrfclla Mayes now
Gabriel I a < hancellor," in and to all that plantation or
rai t of larnl, situate lying and t*-intr in the county and
tatc aforesaid, and known as Hunting Island. Bounded
mth by lands of Jaines Stoney, and estate Win. Pope,
ast by Buckingham plantation, south and south east by
lav River, west by lands ofThaddeus Ituckner, and Dr.
aid I'ritclianl, containing two thousand eight hundred
1,800) acres, more or less.
ALSO .
SAME rt SAME.
One hoasc and lot in the Town of Blufllon. Bounded
orth by lot of Dr. Anderson, cast by lot of estate of John
ole, south by Mrs Cole's residence, and west by lot of T.
.. Buckner. Lot containing one (1) acre mure orleaa,
vied u|?ni as the property of Gabriclla Mayers, now
i iabriclla Chancellor," at tho suit of T. J. S. rarr?
Tonus cash? purchases to nay for stamps and titles.
P. M. WHITMAN.
Nov-D-a. Sheriff Bft.Cn.