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tffc* graufiirt ftfpnMian. f. - = THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1872. J. G. THOWPSOV, Editor* SL'BSCItrPTIOSS. Or. e Year, $2 0 Mx&ontbs, $10 ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be lns?rt>*d at the rate of $1.50 p? square' 12 Nonpareil lines or less) for the 1st inscrtioi and $1.00 for each subsequent insertion. A discount wi -Or made to those who advertise by the year, and specii contracts will be made. AGENTS IN NEW YORK, ,GE0. P. ROW ELL A CO. Official Paper of the State. Official Paper of Beaufort and Colleto Counties. Onr Agent in Colleton. Mr. II. T. Farmer has been appointe ftgent for the Republican in "Waltei boro. He is authorized to receive and re ceipt for subscriptions and advertisements Communications may be addressed to hir or directly to the editor of the Repibli THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The.Convention met on Tuesday at 12 m. at the C)urt-hou<e. It was called to orde by Capt. W. C. Morrison. If. G. Judd bein elected temporary. secretary. After som wrangling and disorder a committee on ere dentials was appointed. The convention then took a recesyto Wait the reporf of it (committee. Upon re assembling the report was de bated amid a great deal of confusion nm noise until nearly dark, when a motion t adjourn until 9 a. m. on Wednesday wa carried. On Wednesday the report wa adopted. Mr. R. K. Carlton was the elected permanent president, and A. F. Hal! secretary. The ballotting then proceeded with tli following esult: First Ballot. Robert Smalls, 5 R. S. Bennett, Robert Smalls declared elected. Second Ballot. W. J. Whipper, 2 Hastings Gantf, 2 Scattering, No choice. Third Ballot. W. J. Whipper, 2 Hastings Gantt, 2 Scattering, No choice. Fourth Ballot. H. Gantt, 3 "W. J. Wbipper, ]( Scattering, i H. Gantt declared electe'd. Fifth Ballot. W. J. Whipper, 4" Scattering, I W. J. Whipper declared elected. Sixth Ballot. J. P. M Epping, J. P. Epping, I R. S. Bennett, 1{ Scattering, . i The votes cast for J. P. Epping were de dared bv a vote of the ennvent.inn tn he in. tended for J. P. M. Epping, and were added to his count, thus electing him. Seventh Ballot. A. F. Hall, 4?. Scattering, ? Mr. Hall was declared elected. Eighth Ballot. A. W. Muckenfuss, l^ K. S. Bennett, L* Scattering, 12 No choice. Ninth Ballot. T. F. Seabo rough, 31 K. S. Bennett, 11 Scattering, I .T. F. Seaborough w is declared elected. Tenth Ballot. R. II. Gleaves, 41 Scattering, j 11. II. Gleaves was dtc'ared elected. J. P. M. Epping theu nominated Robert B\thewo)d as an alternate, which was adopted without opposition. J.G.Thompson aud J. W. Coliins were also noruina ted aud elected. The convention then adjourned. Except in Beaufort and St. Helena very little interest seems to have been fell in the convention. Oujy about a third o the precincts were represent* d. Severa very "fishy" delegations were present, o I. U *%r/?KoRl*r morn will Ku Rnor/l liorn ** IJ H. li y in vv/a viy i v ?* *** w uvuiu uvi . after. WAR. A few week* ago the Sun and Jhrnh vere all agog about a war with Spa:n Our coast people were dreaming of iron clads, roaring guns aDd exploding shells This week England is the foe sehcted t( scare the souls of fearful chambermaids The politicians in both c?>untri< s are usinj the subject of the American claims befon the Geneva conference to make party cap ital. It is all bluster on both sides. Eog land, will cool off when she fiuds that w< made our demands big, as the trader aski a higher price so as to leave room to fail Gladstone and D:sra? li will in the mean time out-do each other in patriotic resolvei that Britains, never, never, NEVER will be slaves; while Dana and Benuet will sell more papers for a week or two. The Vice-Presidency. The Republicans of the South cannot fail to learn with satisfaction that an honored name is probably to be placed on the presidential ticket with Grant, which roust certainly commend itself to their 0 warmest support. o In all the long, weary years when this nation was being educated up to the standard of human rights,* as recognized by. r?, the Declaration of Independence, there '! was a name which was associated with it from the start, a name which for years has had heaped upon it the strongest terms of abus-. and repioach, but which is now the synonym for whatever is honest, patriotic, pure and true. That name is a Henry Wilson, borne by.a worthy son of that worthy State which has ever been = the advance ground in the array of progress and true civiliz ition. Though, perhaps, not so constitutionally agressive as Mr. Sumner, he has bten the author of many a good measure for the enfrancbise!* ment and equal rights of the colored rac^, has always supported his colleague by his n sympathy and bis vote, and his record in j. public and private has been "without fear and without reproach." After a life of unremitting labor, more arduous than the country dreams of, Mr. "* 1 ? -- -- t 11../1 < Vvo k?w1 , ' >\ 11SUU Jb UWW tUtlbK'U IA# IUC SCtVUU jliavt tr on the precedential ticket, as a recognition sr from the Republican party of his thirty e years of unflinching, unyielding adherence !- to those principles of liberty which crei ated the party and has made it what it is. s His present labors are undiminished and his powers as undenied as when Massa chusetts chose him to represent her in the i national councils. o | Mr. Colfax refused voluntarily to have j * ! his name on the ticket, and whatever reas son may have induced a reconsideration n of bis action, he has no real right to exI, pect a renomination, and will of course withdraw if in accordance with the wishes e of the party. He has had many honors heaped upon him, and it is but fair that | I one of the older leaders who has borne the () greater heat and burden of the day, should ? have even this tardy recognition of his services. Let the name of Henry Wilson, honored (. by foe as well as friend, at home and . abroad, be plaeed upon the ticket with 3 ' Ul* sses Grant, and the Republic in party : will sweep all before it, not only in the j next campaign, but in that grand future j yet to bt. f. ? | U. S. Lands in Beaufort ('o. On Wednesday last, the governor sent ^ to the hgislature a special message. , Among the subjects treat'd of, is thai of the U. S. occupation of lands in this county. Que of our citizens recently furn shed the governor with some suorgestious on . the subject which he quotes with approval. It will be seen, however, that the governor's idea is, that the unsold property should be returned to the owners, and that Compensation should then be made i . in some form to those who have been , whollv dispossessed. H There is a point in this matter which seems to us ought long ago to have been considered; and thitis, that it is the dutj I of the state of South Carolina to come t<? 1 the re'it-f of her eitizuis who have suffered so terribly by reason of her mad act of se- j , cession. If it is thought that the U. S. government should do something toward ! the reimbursement of sufferers who in-, curred their lo ses while in rebeMion and , war, how much more incumbent is the du , ty upon South Carolina to do something for . those whose fortunes were offered a free sacrifice to their mistaken ideas of fidelity to their state. We leave our readers to turn this idea over in th?-ii minds. Is there not justice in it? The G lvernor speaks as follows: Srvo ral subjects, of both local and general importance to the citizens of this j ^ ? v..,.,.. Kuon hrrtn.rht tn mv af.tr-nI i on C-UVL^. w.^.. - ., - . which were not treated of in my annual message. ami whichse?i'?usly affect the. intereds of the Stale. among which is the t anomalous condition of property in B-au 5 fort county, held by the General Govt ru. nnut. lu relation to the lands in Beaufort County, I lag to lav before you an ex tract front a communication received front citizens of that county, which gives a fair ! exhibit of the hardships under which liny ' are stiff ring. From a large portion of the property heing exempt from actual settlef ment,and eonstquently from taxation, it 1 is unqestionahlv both the duty and the inf terests of the General Government to release their claim upon this property at once, by either selling it or restoring it to its former owners. And I Mieve it is on Iv necessary for the Legitl&ture to express a decide\) opinion on lhe suhj ct to induce I our repr? seutativcs lu Cougnss t? take immediate action. The prop'-rty of many persons who wore innocent of anv actual partic'pation in * the war. but who were placed in apparent ) antagouiMn to the government hy thiir . ....ni.ilnina V... o Ku. II cfllit- illlH I WOllM Mil & * 'Uimi I nao ? ?? C">'? ^ ? >- - f earnestly M'omnnml that where the li* tie has not passed from the government, 3 that their property be n stored to them - on the payment of the tax?s, and - where the title has passid out of the con3 trolofthe government, that the money arising from the sale, after deducting the s taxes, be paid to the f'Trmer owners. I deem the following extract from the com raunication all that is necessary to im3 pn ss you with the importance of the subject. ''The attention of the Legislature should 1 be called to the fact that one (if?h (in value) of the real property of the County of Beaufort is now in possession of the Unit1 ed States, and, therefore, not subj.-ct U taxation. The title to this property wai acquired by the Federal Government b] means of the various sales made by thi United States direct tax commissioners in years 1S63 'Hi '65*66, at which limei the whole of the Parish of St. Helena wai sold by the United States f ?r delinquen taxes. There \ et remains in the handi of the government about fifteen hundre( pieces of property, varying in size fron five acres to sixteen hundred acr< 8. besidei more than one hundred lots in the Towi of B ?au'ort A bill has been prepared b; the commissioner of internal revenue, ii whose hands this property now is, and it i now before Congress. This bill provides fo the speedy sale of all the interests of th government in Benufort.Countv. It as provides for an equitable distribution o the fund accruing to the Uuited State treasury, from this and previous sales among those whose property was seizei and soldwdeducfiDg the amouut of tax du and. penalty. 1 'The longer continuance of the occupa tion of these lands by the General Gov ummonf tvill t'u. a ccriiin'i and UnSlirniOUt] t ' V?I II >u\ i v ? i W I* V< * ?..ww ? I able obstacle to the prosperity of the c<?un ty. No improvement will be made upw such property. Agticullure cannot b otherwise than shiftless and slovenly whei there is'uo personal owner. Many houst have already falien into ruin, some hav been pulled down, and all are det< rioratii>| rapidly. The County of Beaufort js ii debt. If th's property 'vere subject to tax ation, it would produce enough to pay ih interest on bonds, and produce a sinkini fund for its early extingu'-shment. Whil there may be differences of opinion as t the besf way to remedy the evils indicated there is uo doubt that any settlement i better than the preset anomalous condi tion of affairs. Our senator ought to b instructed, "a'hd our representatives re quested, to give this matter their earnes aud immediate attention." Charleston's Way of Escape. The people of Ch irleston are deeplyagi tated by the proposed lease of the Soutl Carolina Railroad-to the Central R iilroa< of Georgia. They fear that thereby the would lie prostrate at the feet of Savan nah; that the effort would"be nude tostri Charleston of its through business; am that local rates would be so increased a to be a great tax upon her merchants am farmers. We believe the lease will he made. Th temptation is strong, either to sell ou stock at a good puce or to acc -pt a fou per cent dividend upon a stock which ha or years paid little or nothing. What then can Charleston do? Ila shea chance of escape from this "bottlim up" process? We think she has, and nov suggest to her merchants to t*ke hold c the Port Royal road. Very little effor now would secure its completion be for January next. This road would, in connection with tin Savanuah and Charleston Railroad pine her nearer to Augusta than she now is b way of the South Carolina road. It passe through a new, i'r <sh ciuntry. It wil drain a section now, in great part, trihu lary to Savaunah by way of the river. Sh c ?uld st cure control of it for a very stnal outlay of money. * il. Charleston's way ut escape is vu m Port Royal railroad. The (Governor ami the Taxes The recorumendaiions of the Governor iu his 'a!e special m ssage, on the suhjec of providing for the expenses of the gov erRnnot are very suggt stive. lie quote from the Constitution to show that by tha iustrumeut it is the i npera ive duty of th legislature to levy a tax sufficient to de fray the estimated cxpeusisof the Stat for each year, and also to pay otl" au; deficiency which may hi ve occurred. Daring the pist four years the d< ficieur has accumulated, until it has reached thi enormous sum of ?1,137 457.51. It is her we ma} find the primary cause of ou finaueial ruin. In addition there will b a deficiency this year of not h ss thai ?300,000, which w ill increase the araoun to be fundi d for this year to about a mil lii>n and a half of dollars. The Governor also insists that th^ in ten st on our bonds should he met. Tin will require another three-quarters of i million. The ordinary expenses of thi government are estimated at three quar teis of a million. So we have ab- ui ihre< millions of dollars to raise from taxatiot this year, if the requirements of the rou stituiiou are obey id. This isavery largi sum for a State so impoverished as ours Vet, it seems to he in cessary to take Uj the load. Of eouise if we could sell bond that would be an lasy way to git out o it, but that way is closed. It is utcees try we suppose, therefore, to tax ourselvei now, or allow the State to sink lurthe into bankruptcy and ruin. To raise the money to pay interest 01 our bonds, a tax of four (4/ mills is re quired; for ordinary exp uses, as estima ted by the committee on wa)s and means four 14: mills; to meet the deli ieney o tins and foinn-r 3cars, eight (8) mil's total, sixteen (10) unl's. The tax for last pear was seven (7j mills so that more than double tax< s will be re quired, if this policy is carried out, fo; 1872. Whether the General Assemb'y car nerve itself to the disagreeable duty of im posing this tax is doubtful. >But they wil have to meet the question in some shap< and the easiest way to do it, we suppose is to follow the Governor's advice and pu on the taxes. . The New Judge in Kn-KItfxdom. 1 T. J. Mackey, the judge elect of the e! j Sixth Circuit, made a speech at Union t( b Courthouse, on the 5th. He excused him- 0 , self for being a Radical by urging that the 3 course which "Longstreet followed and t Sterling Price approved" could not be far (j b from the path of honor. He proposes to ^ i fortify himself "by frequent communion ^ 1 with his Maker," and tells the colored g) 1 people to let their vengeance sleep, and a v that they will not need again to bear arms i at night. If there is any resistance to the ^ 8 law, Governor Scott will send a force of ^ jj miltia to the county, and if they are whip- j r> ped out the United States troops will be >f called on to reinforce, not sifpersede, the 9 military arm of the State. He promises j to be just to all men, and to administer e the law with mercy. In .conclusion, he ; eulogized Grant as the friend of the col- 1 . ; I s oreu man. How is it Elsewhere J ! j. n Never in our lives before have we known i a e -such a severe winter in the South?such i n hard, unmitigated, continuous cold. And 8 the caprices of the weather are also rea raarkable. Within a w?(k past, we have u had snow, sleet, thunder, lightning, rain, : sunshine and clouds. Not a bud upon t 8 plum or peach tree is even svi lling yet, j ^ and stern winter holds us as. pitilessly as 5 1) ia Alaska. s , This^s^ate of things fills thin and bony n 8 people?and those who have to buy their 1 e wood?with groanings that cannot be ut- | r . tert d.? Edycfield Advertiser. ii 1 The "1 'cal" of the Republican, as one 8 of the "bony'' fraternity, sympathizes, ' ^ dean to the marrow, with the. aching j u Edgf field mun. B? fire nt xt winter be j I ^ means to marry a fat wife, and buv a j ? | wood lot so as to be ready for such ' j weather. j e y . : I, Thp- Sc. Hi-lena prpcinei meeting! I P on Monday was a large and oiderly as J1 ^ semhlage. The military companies were ; ^ s out in all the panoply of war. The meet ^ ^ ting was called to order by J. S Brown, q P. W. Simm was then eh cted president 1 s and IX-mas Washington, secretary. A ^ t committee was then appointed to prop s - i r a list of delegates. During the retirement [ 9 of the committee the meeting was ad - j * ' ' s : dressed by J. G Thompson. Editor of th*- j , * Republican, and others. The delegation 1 t ? elected was as follows: ?Prince Jenkins j v p. W. S niojons. March Aik? n. W. M. ? 1 1 ?f Grant, L. W. Simm >ns Jack Freeman a t Pompey Coaxum, J. \V\ Brown, aud W. | ? G.ddis. : t ? ! c p Slier. IT* Sales. i e The following sil? s will be made by the 1 ( V ' Sheiilf of Beaufort (jouuty mxt s ilts da> I j s the 4th of Maveh: . j t II j Win. F. Ilutsoii, trustee vs. Martha , 1 , i-hapMn di ceased, and W. J. i.kins, all j a e the rights title ami interest of defendants j 1 rn the plantation called Providence, in H P inee. Williams Parish, hounded by lands ^ e of Wm. Fn'ler. estate of Bust is Win. Ful- 11 ! ler. Stony Cretk. and David Ileyward ; j c intaitiioK 400 aer*s; also same. rs. same , I plantation known as Riverside containing : ' j U 1 10 > acres; aiso.R. A. Taylor, rs. X. I.atm^ ' ford; 100 acres, hounded by lands of E. t B. Simmons. X. Lanjjford, W. J. Good s inc. and A. II. Fmherg; also, Adam 1 Akins, rs. Peter Ch:8olm, 10 acres, tat 0 i e sec. 21, I S. 2 W. c e 1 Range of Thermometer i * Observed at Dr. II. M. Stuart's Drug 4 i, Store, for the week ending / y February 14: 1 ' 1 t e Date 8 a.m. 12 m. 6 p. m. r Thursday, | as | 41 4o i I'riilay, 42 40 ."I , B St! ,r-.iav 52 I 54 55 I ' Sunday* 48 (VI 57 1 I 1 Moiuia'.', 54 62 f>4 I Tneslav. f.) 61 62 ' Wednesday <13 .">0 1 '<* j * Reducti >n of Fares.-The fare for 1 - passengers has beeu reduced on the Rail- J J s ; road, lirst class to three dollars, and second a i class to onn dollar, from Beaufort to Sa- t e vannah or Char eston. It is nec< ssary to 1 buy tickets iu order to travel at these j" l* , prices. j j. i r ? t DrownfD?A\'e are indebted to Cip* a ,. MeXelty of the Pilot Boy for the follow- j 1 ing item: , A man by I he name of Captain Cham- v B 1 ers, implojedby Mr. Wells of the Marj ine A River MiningCo., fell off the dredge s in Bull River on Tuesday last, and was r s drowned. jj r t Relief to Beaufort County. r Our Senator, General Smalls, ou Frid v ' l i had passed the very important resolutions to he found in our Columbia letter. The j thanks of our ciiizt-us are due to him for I !. this timelv action. " 1 The resignation of J. W. Collins as t county commissioner has been accepted by a 1 the Governor. His successor will be an- > r pointed in a few days, it is believed. Mr. ^ Collins has been a faithful officer and his ^ retirement is regretted by our best citizens, f ? I We notice our County Surveyor for the 1 last few days, out with his tripod and gay J f ags. We wonder what is going on. Are ^ , the town limits to be extended, or is he sur- ^ t veying the route for the one-horse Rail- 0 road. j ( tQF Dr. Hunckel; a dentist of the high3t repute in Charleston, is now at the Sax>n House, where those needing them may btain his services. Latest News Items. The Charleston ward meetings were very isorderlv. A bitter war was waged between be Bowen and administration parties, in hich Boweii was apparently worsted. Two ets of delegates were elected in some wards nd three in others. A terrible storm was raging in the west on Vednesday. The thermometer at Sioux ity 40 degrees in two hoars, with a 'inding snow, and many deaths are retorted. Mayor Ilall will be tried on Monday next or misdemeanor in office. Our State Senate passed the bill to bring he State and Presidential elections on the aiuc day. Our General Assembly is not likely to adaurn as soon as expected. The House, is, s usual, inclined, to "stick." OUR COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE. Columbia. S. C., Feb. 13. In the Senate on Friday, the only Dew uisiuess introduced was the followiug oucurrent resolution, for the relief of Beaufort County, which was offered by dr. Smalls, adopted by the S^Late and t-nt to the House, and, before the day was iver, was retu>ued front the House with ts concurrence. TFAereas. One-fifth (in va'ue) of the eal property of the Countv of Beaufort s now in possession of the United States ,nd therefore is not subject to taxation, he title to said property having been ao[uired by the Federal Government by Deans of the various sales made by the Jnittd States direct tax commissioners in he years 18<i3 "b4-'60 aud Ob, at which ime the whole of the Parish of St. Ielcna was sold by said tax comrniesionrs for delinquent taxes; aud. whereas the linger occupation of these lands by the federal Government will be a serious aud nsurmountable obstacle to the prosperity if the said County of Be aufort, iuasiuuch 8 no iiuproveuie tits or eveu repairs aie leiug, or will be, made thereon, const* [uenlly said property is rapidly deteriorate ug iu value, many valuable houses hav.Iready fallen iuto rui.?s; aud, whereas, a nil, piepared by the commissioner of nternal revenue, who now controls said iroperty, is before the Congn ss of the Jmted Stat?8, which provides for the ptedy sale o? all the interests of the jVdt ral Government in Beaufort County; herefoie. Rtxohtd, &c., That out senators in C'ou;ress be instructed, aud our n presentu1 ves rcqutsod, to use their immediate iud most earuest endeavors to secure the assage of said bil , or such other legislaion as will reluve the citizens of this ouuty from this lucubus upon their prosit rity. Five bills were introduced into the General Assembly U*t w<-< k, which, it lassed. aie calculator) to fiave vny uujonant t ff els upon p ?lincs in this .Stale. I'hey are live in numoer. as fol'ows: 1. k A bill iu 1 elation to the hoods and tucks of the State of Souih Carolina." 2 "A bill to ra:se supplits aud mak ippropnations for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1872, and to provide for dt fi :u ncii s in the revenue, for the fiscal year itdiug October 31, 187J." 3. "A lull to luri tier aim lid at) act ntillt d all act pn vioilig lot the assessment ami taxation of pr??p? ny and olhei Let am. ndaiory thereto.' " 4. "A bill to provide l?>r a general li:euse law." 5. 1 A bill in relation to the financial igency of the State of South Carolina iu he City of New Yoik " The fiist of the above named bill is at >uce, a validation act, a funding bill, a ngislry law and a guarante bond lis ir^t section gives what purports to be a ull inventory of all the bouds and stocks >1 the State issued since January 1. 1808, ill of which, are declined to be genuine and eyal iSsue* within the inleut and meaning of the Si v. rat aeis which authorize tu rn, and ihe ta.ii h and credit of the State ue solemnly re-pl?dged for the payment n full of their principal and iuterest. SYxi it provides tor the funding of ceraiu securities (which are understood to >e the seven per cent, treasury notes now ill >at in New Yotk) nto six per cent, lorids of the Siate. aud the i.-suing of the itt'i 8?ary amount of conversion stock tor his purpose* Another section requires he registry of all oulstaudiug bonds and locks, after due advertisement, at either he Car-din* Nation il B to Columbia. or he oflice of the Commercial Warehouse Company. New Yoik and makes such eel-try compulsory by prohibiting the laymeut of interest on coupons of unregisered secuiities; and lastly, the bill aft'>rds ii ostensible guarantee against the furher issue of bonds b> providing that no urtln r issue shad l>e made without the ousent of two thiids of the qualified iters of the Slate at a general electiou. Number two iu the above list is the subtitute for the general appropriation hill eceatly introduced in the House by the ommittec on ways aud meaus. In the irst section it riquires the levy of the, remeiidoiis tax of seventeen and one half tills for Slate and County purpose*. This h dividt d as follows: Mir currieut expenses for the pre seut fiscal year fi mills. M>r interest on the public debt 4 mills. !\?r /li'l'wi.arx-ii'Si fur t hp RsPmI vpjir Hiding October .'51, 1871 5 mills. Tor county purposes 21 mills. The appropriations, or, at least, such of hem as have specified amouuts, foot up 8 follows: Salaries $155 900 Executive department 18.300 udiciaiy . 2 300 )rdinary civil expenses 111,800 extraordinary expenses 00,000 vJucati<?nal, (in addition to the per capita tax) 183,000 Total ot epecifled appropriations .$.331.300 A very simple calculation will show that he proposed tax of seventeen and a half Qills on the dollar would yield a revenue upon the basis of the assessment for 1870 a and >71) of $3,072,500, and yet the appropriation bill requires, specifically, the expenditure of only $531,300? lees than onefifth of the amount. The next measure?the act amendatory of the tax lair? provides, that all lands in this State upon which arrears of taxation exist, at the expiration of ninety days from the passage of the act shatl be sold as t ublic auction to the hicaest bidder, the State to guarantee the lit es to the purchasers by warrantee deeds. The fourth is entitled a general license law, and it provides simply for an increase of from five to three hundred per cent in the fees for every kind of license that can be dreamed of, while it includes among the list of acts and articles that require . licensing, a host of occupations and of articles of domestic me. The fifth and last of these devices is a measure intended to abolish that expensive luxury known as the ''financial agency of the State of South Carolina, in the City of New York." In the Iftuse on Monday a resolution was i adopted by a vote of seventy yeas to nine * navs demanding the immediate resignation of United States Senators Siwyer and Robertson, on account of their having used th?Ar influence and cast their votes against Sumner s civil rights amendment to the amnesty bill, which was defeated last week in the United S.fates Senate. The same resolutions subsequently passed the Senate. FOR SALE. . Soda-water Machine and Bottling Apparatus | Office Furniture and IXak Fixtures. Small Safe, Piano, <tc. > Apply to S B. WRIGIIT. Feb. 15-8t. The Greatest Discovery of the Age. Enii Franoatso, rill DOCTOR MEREST, of Paris. | An iufalliM'-'cure for all Irritations or thk 8ms. as ' sr.-11 as obstinate Kki itioxs. This preparation isntiiv rI tally u*<l among the higher < ! k* s in Franok and Knoj i.an i). A bottle of th?f E.%r Francawk will be sent to any add.css uimjii the receipt ofoNK |m>i.i.ar. | \V. K. MA)RKNCE, Sole Ageut for the U. S., Kichiuoitd, Va. Fcb.lMt. ! PROBATE N The StateSouth Carolina, { Beaufort County. ) / Bif B H G'tacts Esquire, Prof tat t Judy*. Whereas 0*en.l. IIa;vey made suit to i inr. 10 grant hitu L<-lie<s o' Adujiuieirnion of the Estate of aud efficts ot William L Loud holt These are therefore to cite and admonish j all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said William L Loodboll. deceased, hat they he and appear, before me in the j Cou?t of Pro ha t^. to lie held at Be&ufojt j on Fehrinry VO'h. 1*72 aher puhlieatioo j hereof a? 11 oVlnk in the forenoon, to ! s-how cause, if auy they hove, why ihe said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this twelfth day ^ of Febiuarv. Anno D >mini 1*72. " R. IIOWELL GLEAVES, Prohate Judge. Published on the loth day of February 11872 in the Beaufort Republican. feb. 15 2t, _____ ? lift* CKlVft?Ii'S SALK. George Opdyke d Co., et. al vs. The Linden Park Land Company. BY J. FRASER MATH EWES. Pursuant to the order of the Hon. 11. F. Graham, Judge ot the First Circuit (datd Januarv 2 >, IS72.) 1 will offer for sale on WEDNESDAY, the 2sth day of February, I8i2, at 12 o'clock M., at Linden Park, in Beaufort County, on May River, three miles above Bhiffton. I ONE FIRST CI ASS CIRCULAR SAW MILL, with Engines and Boilers, Tools, Machinery and appurtenances. Corn Mill, Cotton Gins, Timber Carts, Four and Two Horse Wagons and Harness, 15uggy ana Harness, Ploughs, Blacksmith Tools, Lumber Cars. One Large Flat. Household Furniture, consisting of Tables. Chairs, Sofas, Bedsteads, and Bedding, Washstands, Wardrobes, Crocker}', Cutlery, Cooking Stoves and Utensils, and many other articles. % , One brt ol Sawed Lumber e.-timated at : 250.000 feet, and about 400 Saw Logs. Terms cash. also The Steam P/opeller Tug Boat GEX. SCOTT. > Terms for tin; Steamer?Sixty days draft, with approved City of Charleston Accept: ance. WM. J. GAYKR. Receiver. The Steamer GE2f. SCO'lT will leave Beaufort for Linden park on Tuesday, 27th instant. feb. 15-2t. NOTICEAll persons having claims against Jesse Mount, late of Beaufort, deceased, are hereby ootid*d to present the same duly attested to Wm. Elliott, attorney at law, Beaufort. Eliza S. Mount, feb.l5-3t. Administratrix. NOTICE. All persons havinz claims against the estate of Charles S. Kuh, late of Hilton Head, deceased, are hereby notified to present the same duly attested, and those indebted to said estate, will make payment to the undersigned at Beanfort. M. Pollitzir, fbb.!5-3t Administrator.