Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, December 28, 1871, Image 2
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J. G. EditorTHURSDAY
DECEMBER^ 28. 1871.
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Official Paper if the State.
Officii! Paper of Beaufort and Colleton
Counties.
The holidays are ait hand, and we oflfor
to our friends and patrons, heartily, the
compliments of the season. At Christmastide,
a holy grate'ul joy should possess the
hearts of all. Peace, faith s nd charity,
should reign in every heart. The sweetest
of all earthly comforts?the doiDz for
those who are more in need than ourselves
? should be enjoyed by every one. The
soft light of the star of Bethlehem should
, kindle our own souls, so that the light and
the happy joy of human sympathy may
light up every sad heart around us. Our
mirth, and cheeriness, aud frolic may l>e
full to overflowing, but let us be joyful
rather than jolly. A holy touch of the
heavenly peace, should gently subdue us
in all our sportfulness. The pregnant
memories of the day should have their
place in the heart and their influence over
the feelings while we eDjoy ourselves,
and to give joy toothers. And with spirit
sweetness and chastened by the memory
of the surpassing love of the Heavenly
Father as made known by the birth and
death of his Son, let us pass on to the Xew
Year where Hope is at the head of the
feast. Now thoughtfully unbuckle the
burdens of the past year. Lay aside its
crown of thorns. Put them carefully within
the treasury of the heart. The w'se
ones will yet sucjc honey out of them, for
to them they will blossom and bear the
rich fruits of a chastened experience. We
have just enjoyed anew the fragrance
of Christ's love. With that in our hearts
and hope for our crown, we will pass
cheerily into the new year. We will fill
the cup to the brim?not with wine?but
with good will and good deeds to our fellows,
and so grateful for the past, and
hopeful for the future, and with faith's
eye fastened on our heavenly home, we
will with a lusty manhood buckle on our
new burdens und sing as we go.
Editorial Correspondence.
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COLUMBIA, l/ec. iO.
"LEFT."
As a trial of patience I recommend an
experimenter to go t?- Yemassee in a firstclass
Port lioyal car and get left. I have
tried and found that '"the mad" got the
better of me. JJowever, the temperature
of the railway station, the equanimity of
tbe officials, the evident tranquility of the
proprietor of the Siller's House, and the
advantages of an early christian education,
enabled me to settle myself gradually into
something like resignation, or what is the
same thing "can't help yourself."
TIMBER.
A timber train on the Port Royal road
was the first cause of our late arrival at
the junction. In seeking for consolation
in our desolation we fouud it in the fact
that first-class lumber detained us. We
had heard of the good quality of the lumber
found on the road, but were really
surprised in looking at the splendid sticks
which are being transported to
Whale Branch and there thrown iuto the
river for subsequent rafting to Savaunah.
The great waste of labor in the mode of
shipment is evident, and we trust soon to
see all the lumber brought over the road,
sh'ppcd from the dock at the terminus of
road.
The load on the bridge had consisted of
thirteen cars. It was a part of .1 contract
f >r four million feet of ship tiaiber for the
English market. Some of the stick were
very handsome, measuring from fifty-five
to sixty feet long, and squaring all the
way from 12x12 to ISxlS, solid heart pine.
The demand for *uch timber is immense,
and if there is ranch of it on the Port Royal
road, it will be as good a paying line as
any in the country.
COLUMBIA.
After passing through the ruins of
Charleston, where all seem dead or sleeping,
it is pleasant to arrive in so brisk a
city as Columbia. On every hand are signs
of life, energy or enterprise, not a street,
and hardly a block, but is obstructed by
great piles of red clay, dug from cellars of
projected buildings. There are above one
hundred buildings now in course of erection.
The new city Ilall which is to combine
with its municipal purposes, those of
stores and an opera house, is progressing
rapidly. A new hotel is also under way.
It is needed, for Columbia can certainly
i boast the worst hotels ever run in a city of
its size. No charge for this notice.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The bill providing for the payment of
members was put through to-day, and the
general assembly will adjourn on Thursday
for the holidays, after haviDg spent
some weeks in doing very little. Impeachment
resolutions against Governor Scott
and Treasurer Parker were' presented in J
the house to day. It is not likely that any :
action of a decisive character will be taken
by the general assembly on this or any?
other matter count cted with the disclosures
in the over issue of bonds. It is conceded
that no appropriation will be made
for the payment of either the January or
July interest on the public debt. So 1872
finds South Carolina financially in a bad
way, with no one to blame but officials of
our own party. This is a disagreeable
statement to make, but it is the truth.
The people have marked the men responsible
for this shameful condition of affairs
and the places that know them now will
. nA mnrn Crifouor after Dpvt (if.
RUUH lunu UV Ui\/iv tViV l WiW4 w
tober. So raofe it be.
THE KU-KLUX TRIALS.
These trials are dragging their slow
length along. Several convictions have 1
taken place upon confession ot the criminals.
These have not yet been sentenced,
and it is believed that a division of the
court upon the question as to what section i
; of the enforcement act they should be sentenced
under, will carry all the cases up .
I to the Supreme c urt ot the United States, i
all the counts where murder, arsou and i
burglary are charged, are certified to the '
Supreme court on the question of jurisdic- ,
tion. The trials are therefore proceeding ,
under that section punishing a conspira- <
cy to intimidate voters. The case of
Mitchell went to the jury to day, after !
very able arguments by counsel on both j
sides. Messrs. Corbin and Chamberlain <
have acquitted themselves with honor in
their legal combats with Reverdv Johnson
and Stanbury. The court is daily crowded .
by an audience about equally divided be- i
tween sympathy and prejudice against th 1
accused.
THE TAXES. i
The attorney-general, in reply to a ques- 1
tion from Auditor Gary, decides that there
is no warrant of law for the postponement i
of the time for the collection of taxes. Kev- ]
eral times during the past year, the gov- '
ernor has extended the time for payment (
beydtd that fixed by law, but this action <
i has been unlawful. In accordance -with ]
this decision the auditor will probably decline
to fulfil the promise of the governor j
on the subject made to the taxpayer's con- |
vention. It is the opinion of those best in- ]
formed that it is only those best able to '
pay who desire to delay payment. The
poor men came up promptly, all over the ]
Sta e, while the capitalists are groai ing '
and whining about the taxes. The fact is '
that many men would never pay as long
as they could have the use of money for speculative
purposes. The nabobs of the 1
taxpayers convention do not represent any j
but themselves m rnis quesuon. ,
National Guard S.S. ('.
It will be seen by the following corresi
pondence, that Col. Robtert Spalls has j
been promoted to the command of the
1st Brigade, 1st Division, of the State i
Militia.
State of South Carolina ] (
Executive Department. ,
Columbia, Dec. 22, 1871. ) |
Brigadier Gen. Bolt. Smalls,
1st Brigade, 1st Division, X. G. S. S C.
Sir: You are hereby appointed Briga- ,
dier General 1st Brigade, 1st Division X. i
G. S. S. C., vice W. J. Whipper removed. I
You will at once assume command of
your brigade.
Rout. K Scott.
Governor and Commander in chief.
1
Columbia, S. C.
December 23. 1871. . 1
Brig. Gen. Bolt. Smalls, Beaufoit, S. C.
Gen: I have this day received from Ilis
Excellency Gov. Scott, information to the
! effect tiiat I have been removed as Brigadier
General 1st Brigade, 1st Division X.
G. S. S. C., aud you have been appointed
in my stead.
I desire to turn over the command of
the 1st Brigade, X. G. S. S. ('., to you at
the earliest date possible.
Very respectfully,
Yourobt. servt.
W. J.*\ViiirPER.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
The ollice of the School Commissioner :
will be open during the first week in Jan- '
nary, 1872, for the settlement of teachers'1
claims.
Bills for services must be made out
against the school trustees of the several 1
townships, and approved by them. Th^se
bills accompanied by the ''monthly reports''
will be examined and if found correct
upay certificates" will be issued.
J. DOUGLAS ROBERTSON",
School Commissioner, Bft. Co.
A Strong Letter from Representative TV. J.
TVhlpper. t
To tne Editor of tl& Beaufort Times': t
Sir?Xo doubt you are aware of ray
aversion to appearing before the public
through the columns of the newspapers, c
but, under the present circumstauces, I | v
feel it to be ray duty to state the motives f
and impulses that will govern my political
action in the future.
I start out with the fact that I am a ^
Republican by birth, by education, through
necessity, and color, not because all Re- c
publicans are colored men, but because all ?.
true colored men should and ought to be
Republicans, and because it guaranteed to
my race political and civil liberty. To the h
great Republican party of the nation I will ^
ever owe allegiance. I cannot and will
not support other political principles, but
when men under the guise of Republican ^
principles rob, steal and plunder the public
treasury, and thereby destroy the
political basis upon which the future of o
my race must rest, bring odium and dis- t
grace uphn tte race and party to whinh I ^
belong, I feel it my duty to dissolve my
connection, not with the' Republican par- v
ty, but with the men who, by dishonesty,
demagogism and intrigue have defamed
the name of Republicanism, and brought v
financial ruin upon the State. d
That this has beeu done in South Caro- v
lina no one can doubt, because the figures
of the officials themselves have written c
their condemnation?this fact beiDg pat- n
enttoall. A resolution was introduced
in the House of Representatives to imK\/VA/.U
trrV?A mo Q fAri?mAof ! ^
JH'tttU UIC UUVCI UU11 ?V UV vvcvo n/iviuvcw among
the dishonest officials, but the reso- o
lutiou failed. Why? Because the very -u
money stolen from the impoverished peo- ^
pie of the State was used to bribe members *~
of the House to defeat the resolution of I
impeachment. So eager and earnest was [
the move to stay the hand of justice that
the briber and bribe-takers were known
e?'en to those who had no official connec- j
Lion with the General Assembly. Though
the resolution failed, the Governor will v
pass into history impeached and dishon- c
[>red before the bar of the "civilized world, p
As the Hastings of other days and An- v
drew Johnson of our own time, these rob- .
beries and briberies nave become a stench
in the nostrils of all good men, regardless h
of party, throughout the length aud
h:eadth of the land.
Knowing this 1 eel it is my duty to urge J
the people of the State to unite not simply ^
to bring these men to justice, but to purge Q
the entire State of dishonest and corrupt ?
officials of whatever party. 1 ask this iu v
behalf of humanity?in behalf of a robbed, n
plundered and impoverished State, and n
that the ends of good government may be ,
obtained. The government organized under
the reconstruction acts of congress has P
proven a failure, which has been fully de- >
monstrated by the fact of its inability to
protect- life and property, and that, the
Slate is now necessarily invaded by Federal
troops; and, financially, because it
cannot meet its obligations. For the pres- v
ent condition of things, the Republican 1
party is not alone chargeable. t
At a time when good counsel, expe- ?
rience and advice were most, needed by
that party, the men who should have been a
m< st interested iu the welfare and pros- ii
perity of the Slate withheld their aid.
counsel and affiliation, and allowed bureau
agents and unscrupulous men to take the R
part which they have since sc< n should tl
have been taken by better men. Not only
have, they continued to wi hhold their
counsel and advice, but in the upper couu- 3
ties of the Mate Imve. organized or encour- tl
aged a reign of terror to prevent the Re- r
AvnK/aomo ihn frntipliicp
uv^ui r.\ti tioiUp, buv j*
Of these men, natives of the soil, who
lent aid or counsel, what was their fate?
Social ostracism. In this the press of theState
has aided. Ku-Kluxisni on the one .
hand and financ'al ruin on the other de- .1'
mand different action in the future from h
(he press of the Slate. Does this condi- a
tion of things ask for a change at the ^
hands of the people and the press? In j
taking this position as a Republican, it is
indeed a painful duty, only warranted ?
by the corruption of officials of the Siate s
and the utter disregard of law and order e
on the part of some of the members of the g<
opposite party. Hoping that the change
so much desired will be brought about at n
the next election, and that a new era of d
peace and prosperity will dawn upon the p
State, that all good citizens will lend their p
aid and intluence, and assuring the public
that I atn pledged to this cause,
I am. sir, a
Very respectfully.
W. J. WIIIPPER.
Financial Statement m j,
as corrected by the Chainuau of the coun- ^
ij i/va i u.
County of Beaufort, Dr.
To checks issued by new board
from December 9, 187?>, the
first meetina of the said board F
atter organizing, up to an- l
nual meeting September . f
1871 : .?19,393 33 To
checks issued for borrowed
money 7,000 00 *
To bills audited and (-hecks is- t
sued to annual meeting Sept. i
5,1871 2.832 21 t
To checks issued by county auditor
and allowed by this board 1,Q00 00
30,227 04
Per contra Cr.
By E. S Kuh late Treas. S ."">.438 07 i
By F. E. Wilder, Treas. 11,987 84 !
Borrowed for public Buildings, 7,000 00 |
L!4,42C 51 f
The above is a correct account of the (
financial operations of the new board of
county commissioners from the first meeting
afier their organization, up to their
annual meeting held September 5, 1871.
Signed,
Jxo. IIunn, ChairmaD. [
At the annual meeting of the old Hoard, '
held November 11, 1870, they acknowledged
a deficiency in the county treasury t
of the sum of (828,000.00) twenty-eight f
thousand dollars. r
Signed, f
John IIunn, Chairman. t
Geo. Holmes Esq., has assumed the du;ies
of Sheriff, and friend Whitman has
;aken once more to Horological pursuits.
Ou Friday last, the Port Royal R. R.
:arried 95 passengers, in addition to dead
1 cads. We think this is doing very well
or a road only 40 miles long.
We ara glad to learn that Treasurer
Jrace of Colleton County, has been hon>rably
acquited of the charges brought
gainst him.
The sloop Nautilus, Capt, McGill
>rought down last week from the Combalee,
'250 busTiels corn, 100 bushels rice, 8
tags cotton, 25 bushels peas; consigned to
V. Kressel.
Owing to the death of a brother of one
f the committee engaged in getting up
he Beaufort Club sociables, the one inended
to be held New Year's evening
fill be postponed for the present.
A Bill for the relief of Beaufort county,
ras introduced in the Senate last Thursay
by Senator Small, which together
fith the petition of citizens of Beaufort
ounty was referred to the Finance Comaittee.
At a meeting of Harmony Lodge No.
2, held on the 27th inst, the following
llicers elected for the ensuing year, were
nstalled: Wm. Elliott, W. M; II. II.
Ituart, S. W; Geo. Gage, J. W; Geo.
Iolmes, Treasurer; C. II. Wright, Secreary;
A. Airkhart, Tjler.
The Christmas Hop at the Saxton
louse was a decided success. The Hall
ras handsomely decorated, the music exellent,
the company sociable, the supier
bountiful and altogether everything
rent as "merry as a marriage bell."
Cingman besides knowing how to keep a
lOtel, knows how to get up a "Hop."
Peter's Musical Monthly.?The
anuary number of this excellent publicaion
contains fourteen piecfs of music,
ongs, Polkas, Gallops &c. "We would adise
our musical friends to send for the
lonthly, thereby getting as much choice
jusic for 30 cents as could be bought by
he piece for ten times the money; it is
ublished by J. D. Peters, 599 Broadway
I. Y.
Public Meeting.
A meeting of the citizens of Beaufort
oil be held at the Council Chamber on
^u< sday evening next. Gen. Emails wants
0 get an expression of the feeliugs of the
eople in regard to the county finances,
nd consult with them in regard to fundjg
the county debt.
An attempt was made on Christmas
vc by some fiend in human shape to
brow the night train on the Savannah
nd Charleston road, oft* the track near
frahamville. by putting a plank across
lie track, but fortunately the ;rain was
utiuingslow at the time, and the obstrnct>u
was discovered in time to afrest a caistrophe.
Ms'KAK thief.?Tuesnay evening lasi
ist at dusk, a black mryi entered the
ouse of Mr. French, and helped himseif to
n overcoat, two umbrellas, and two
ats, as the thief turned to go
"rench's servant girl discovered him, aud
ave chase as far as the court house, when
he found some boys playing, she emnloyd
the crowd to pursue the thief; after a
hort run the foremost boy overtook the
jan and inquired if he was, "de man
at tiefed Mr. French's obercoat" the ony
reply he received was a blow over the
ead with the umbrellas, the answer was
ntirely satisfactory, and the boy returned
nd received the reward.
Died.
At Brickyard plantation, Ladies' Isand,
Dec. 24, of billious fever, Miss Marha
Johnson, aged 48 years.
Miss Johnson was a native of Peacliam,
rt., she had been engaged in teaching for
everal years previous to coming south, a
>art of the time at the home of the friendess
in New York city. She came toBv-auort
as a missionary under the auspices of
he Freedmen's Association, in March,
cc.*J on a lioo hor lnhnrs nmnnc
I auu i lUO VUUVUI uvu UV4 ^
he colored people until-her death, exceptng
when obliged to rest on account of ill
icalth.
Governor Scott Sustained.
Columiiia, S. (\, December 22.
Immediately upon the assembling of
lie House to-dav the announcement was
nade of ua message from his Excellency
ho Governor." The message, which was
ient to the speaker's desk and rt^d by the
:lerk, was as follows:
State of South Carolina. ]
Executive Department, v
Columbia, S. C., December 22,1871. )
To the Honorable the Members of the Senite
ami House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina:
I herewith transmit for your lnforma,ion
a proclamation convening the Generil
Assembly at twelve o'clock noon on tonorrow,
the 23d of December, 1871, purmant
to the authority invested in me by
he constitution of the State. To adjourn
and leave the Chief Magistrate.and treasurer
of the State in office under a resolution
accusing them of "high crimes and
misdemeanors" pending in the House ot
Representatives, would be a most dangerous
precedent, as it would enable one
branch of the General Assembly which
alone can prefer charges to paralyze the
Executive arm of the State, while it denies
the accused the right to meet the accusers
face to face. If the pending resolution
of impeachment expresses the sense
of the House of Representatives, and is
in their judgment warranted by the law
and the facts, it is their duty to the State
to so declare, and not adjourn and leave
in power officers whose acts merit such
charges. If the resolution does not express
the sense of the House, then justice
to the people and the accused imperatively
demands that the House should so declare
without further delay.
Vor 17 rfianp^tfnllv
R. K. Scott, Governor.
The following is the proclamation:
State of South Carolina, )
Executive Department J
To the Honorable the Members of the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Gtn.
eral Assembly of the State of South Caro.
Una:
Whereas, Resolutions of. impeachment
against the Governor and the treasurer of
the State were introduced into the House
of Representatives on the 18th day of December,
1871; and, whereas, by reason of
a concurrent resolution adopted by the
Senate and House of Representatives the
General Assembly will adjourn at three
o'clock P. M., on Friday, the 2*2d instant,
during the pendency and consideration
of the said resolution of impeachment,
such adjournment to continue until the
5th day of January prox; and, whereas, it
is neither decent nor proper and is injurious
to the interests of the State that such
adjournment should take place while the
Governor and State treasurer are charged
in a pending resolution with "high crimes
and misdemeanors," without having a
definite vote taken upon such charges;
Therefore know ye, that I, Robert K.
Scott, Governor of the State of South
Carolina, deeming this an extraordinary
occasion, do by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the constitution of said
State, call upon the members of the Senate
and House of Repre.-entatives of the
State of South Carolina to convene in
Gei eral Assembly at the Statehouse in
the city of Columbia, at 1*2 o'clock, meridian,
on Saturday, the '23d day of December,
A. D , 1871.
In testimony whereof, &o.,
(Signed) R. K. Scott, Governor.
j? . l>. uardozo, ftecreiary or state.
General Whipper having had the floor
at the time of adjournment yesterday, attempted
to continue his remarks, but was
interrupted by Lee, who demanded the 4
right to make what he called a "privileged A
motion," to the efl'ect that all debate on ^
the resolution then pending before the
House be then closed, and that the House
take a vote on the said resolution.
Lee's motion being put, was carried by
a vote of sixty seven to tweutvfive.
B>as then moved to suspend the rule requiring
the House to adjourn at 3 o'clock,
and upon this, the previous question being
called and sustained by sixty-one to
twenty-one, the motion was carried?
sixty-three to twenty five.
Next came the vote, under the operation
of the previous question, ca.ltd 1 y
Lee, upon the resolution to strike out the
resolving clause of the resolution impeaching
Governor Scott, and this resulted in a
vote of sixty-three to thirty-two.
The resolution to impeach the treasurer
was lost by a vote of twenty-seveu to sixty-two.
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B. B SAMS,
DEALER IN CHOICE
FAMILY GROCERIES, '
BITTER, LARD, CHEESE,
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEAS FLOUR,
YEAST POWDERS,
Sugar-Cured Hams and Strips
BACON,
MACKEREL HERRINGS.
FRESII ASSORTED CRACKERS,
J*ollios, Confoctionorioa
Canned Fruits, Vegetables and Meats,
Ales, Wines and Liquors,
SKGAKS AND TOBACCO,
DRY GOODS, . CLOTHING,
BOOTS AXD SOOES.
Remember the place opposite Steamboat
Dock. dec.28-ly
"XUCTIONI!
CASH SALE,
NO RESERVATION.
I will sell to the highest bidder for
a: ::
at 12 o'clock. M., on Saturday Gth Janu
' ary, 1872, at the Express office Bay street.
! BILLIARD TABLES, ^
BAR FURNITURE, 1
BEKIt PUMP, 1
DECANTERS, j
' FURNITURE, {
PICTTRES,
CHAIRS,
TABLES, Ac.
This a chance for splendid bargains. Be
sure and come. No postponement.
Jas. M. Crofut,
1 dec. 28-2. Auctioneer.
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