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* t V > r The Beaufort Republican. |! , > , THURSDAY, JANUARY 2. 1873. J. G. THOMPSOv. Editor. I SUBSCRIPTION. , On?Tf?t, ??0O kU Month*, $100 ] ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisement* will h? inserted at the rate of Si,TO j ?r square'10 Nonpareil l'nes or Iks'for the first Insertion. subsequent insertions hr contract. ( OEO P. ROWEI.L A CO.. NEW YORK AGENTS. The Largest Bona Fide Circulation. , Sheriffs sales and all other ofllelnl advertisements of trenoral interest to citizens of this Conntr, will always be fonnd in the REPUBLICAN. / PAY UP. / / The Kcics thus heads its article ' / on the announcement of a twelve ; / mill State tax. How different is the tone from that of a year j ago ? Hut let that pass. We will J not press our enquiry, why it is thus patient under double the load which last year caused it to kick up its hetls. He who strained at a gnat now swallows a camel. "The least sentence of the article is the ' one we feel called to comment on. ' Here it is: It should be distinctly understood, nevertheless, that the people pay this j tax as the only tax which is to be levied nporr them during the year. That is the ; understanding, ar/d the speculators in Columbia need not imagine that, because i millions are tohepaidinro the treasury in fifteen or twenty days, millions more can be had for the asking. So far-mid no farther, io the temper of the people. J That is all gammon. The people will pay another tax if it is levied, just as they pay this, because they can't help it. The leaders of the people have either lost cop rage or have been conciliated. Men, who two years ago would have scorned to sue for favors at such hands noAv flock to contest each vacant place. The Meltons, McGowans, Trescotts, Youmans, etc., have stooped to use arts and appliances not very different from those of Moses, Scott, Parker, and the rest. The press too is feed into silence or active sympathy. The people of other states have been alienated by cowardly kukluxism, and the federal government stands ready t6 enforce obedience to the constituted authorities. It is said that when Honest John first talked of coming to South Carolina some of his comrades in Pennsylvania told him South Carolina had already been robbed of al she had. "Xot a bit of it," said the shrewed ringmaster, "she will stand a deal of squeezing yet." And he was right. The Prussians j have just given us a sample of ( squeezing, and the French have ? l ,i ? Known now mucu j?iw mu? ^ ? <. | people. The world's history is full j of evidences of to what a degree 1 tvrannv may thrive when a patient , . . i and industrious population is J abandone<l by its natural leaders, ! or has lost faith in its own capabili- | ties. Funding the debt. Our-county commissioners have 1 eon in consultation with our uietnhers of the General Assembly, and other citizens, and have perfected a bill which will be submitted to the legislature atouce to fund the debt of the county. Thirty thousand dollars no "th of bonds are to 1 e s-; ed and a one mill annual tax is p'ovi le l topay the interest and create a sinking lund1 he interest is placed at seven and three tenths per cent, per annum. We think that seven per cent is enough; the bonds will just as readily bo received by holders of cheeks at that rate as at the higher one. As we showed last week the one mill tax will pay the interest and extinguish the debt in about ten years. L will require, however, the eliseat sore- > ting on the part of the tax payers to keep the sinking lund from being on- i crunched upon. We heartily wish this bill could be i passed at once, before the collection of ' taxes comtucnced. We could then hope liltlL 111*7 tVUUU W'MliM m tU'lV i' * U|?wil a cash basis duiing this and the coining years. ptf- Have w<? any city fathers, or arc we civil or]?hV o hear that tliere ! have boon several attempts t-> set a meet- ! ing of the wardens lately, without suc?-es<. ' Our citizens are anxious to seethe finan- | cinl exhibit of the pa?t year. Our town j taxes are very heavy and we would like ; to see how much was collected and how 1 h was expended. There is the same old sand hog from the ' court house to theeity limits in unite of our ' pathetic appeals toourlntendeut to have j > i' shelled. We occasionally see a man 1 with a trained mule pottering about put ting a spoonful of shells here and there, \ ' otherwise we should not be aware that | there was a town government. Let the : "City l>ads" have a meeting. Jtrgf* We are told that there is a post ! office at (Gardner's Corners, hut that no 1 mail is ever received there. Two of our ( subscribers report no paper received for seven or eight weeks. No business can s stand that. N |W I The treasurer is ordered to rc- i 0 S. C. MUlett?A. Deserved Encomium. 1st We extract the following tribute to the an indefatigable Superintendent of the Port do Royal Railroad from the last number of sti the Standard: jui What was a defunct institution ha* sw been brought to life by his honest and Va earnest endeavors. He breathed vitality j.0 in its collapsed lungs?and soon the graded roacl was swarmed with the t0 laborers, the contractors, the necessary corps> of engineers; timber was produced; irou from the mills of America and Europe was soon upon the ocean, jjj and as rapidly as favoring gales would _ waft them hither, the track was laid, and " no sooner 'aid, than the whistle of the Ti engine broke the stillness of our pine re barrens. There was but two words in t his vocabulary?and those were '"Push , Things," ami his orders went like live "e lightning from pole to pole. That coup- in let was as% religiously adhered to as i lie p< prayers of a Mohammedan when the ! ja minarets are first kissed by the rising : sun. Across rivers, through forests, i f( over hills, valleys, has his corps of men i cc marched on without impediment until j as they arc within twenty miles of the , (leorgia termini. Money has been as j., plenty at leaves in Vnllambrosa, nothing i 111 was wanted necessary to the task, but his ' bi tnacic hand produced it, and the result; m ii? n ' n j i?;j ' ? wiii dp as nne a rauroau as c*ci ??o mm ; in this country?-one in which we take ! . an instinctive pride?and one that in due course of time will brine: to our doors, in the wealth and fabric? of the orientals, h and the proceeds of the rapidly growing i g West. Already has this road nearly, if not ' 1L quite paid expenses in the lumber and | w cotton transportation. with f* constantly j increasing trade, springing up as day fol- | lows day. It is no longer to us a problem ?hut a tangible reality?and all from s( the energy of the Superintendent. Christmas Weather. Ul Our Christmas weather was uncora- ^ fortably cold, but ljy comparison with that prevailing at the north and west we arc inclined to thankfulness for our P. genial clime. North and east of Philadelphia the 1 snow storm of Christmas day was one of the heaviest known for years. In New 1 York twelve inches of snow-fell, which, j C( drifted by the high wind, completely obstructed the streets and put a stop to ' business. Ail the railroads in Pensylva- ^ nia, New York and the eastern states ; were blocked up. Many persons died | C( from exposure. At Milwaukie th^ thermometer marked thirty degrees below zero. At Memphis the Mississippi river j was frozen over. Nearer home, in Co- { P lutnbia the snow and sleet fell for thirteen ! Cl hours. The cold was iiitetise. A soldier , r< of the garrison-was frozen so badly as to ^ die, and several intoxicated negroes were nicked up uearly dead from exposure. In _ ! o1 Lighthouse on Hunting Island. S. C. ^ The large and iucreu.-ing shipments of ^ phosphate rock from Bull and Coosaw Rivers, S. C., have rendered the esiab 111 lishmenc of a lighthouse on Hunting Island, which is situated near the entrance of St. Helena Sound, S. C., a matter of imperative neeossity to masters P1 of vessels engaged in the above trade, and the preliminary steps for the placing of such a light have been taken f>y the Lighthouse Board. Mr. Joseph Camp- P; bell, of Charleston, has favored the Journal of Commerce with the following | 01 particulars in relation to the subject, J ^ obtained from Col. Haines, Engineer of aI the Sixth Lighthouse District: ? '"The arrangements for placing a lighthouse on Hunting Island are nearly completed, and the position of the matter is P now briefly this: Hunting Island being al the property of the I'nited States, the U1 necessary land for a site has to he assigned by the President, and the requisite ,e papers are now in his hands for signature, P! 825,000 being already appropriated. Contracts to this extent will be at once ' ^ given out. As a further sum of similar P amount is necessary to complete the M work, application for it will be made to 'a Co cress during its progress. The light* | house will be constructed of iron, with I 1,1 piles or concrete for a foundation; it will j be 120 foot in height, and have a range of visibility for 17 utiles." . [" The New Year's Hop. oi The hop given at the Sea Island hotel on Tuesday night was a brilliant success. The beautiful dancing hall of the hotel was tastefully trimmed with evergreens, vines, and flowers: as a room for dancing c: it is all that can be desired. The com- b< panv. about fifty couples, seeuicd to he 1,1 in high spirits, the music was very good, ' the entertainment was liberal, .the ser- ^ vants were politcand attentive, and every ^ body bad a good time. We hope the j seasons for halls thus happily opened i will be a prolific one. ? h i w Feeding the Poor. I ((] John Brodie received the contract for i ^ feeding the poor of the county at the I j very low rate of sixteen cents per day : for those in the almshouse, and four do!- 1 lars and seventy-five cents per month for 1 the outside poor. The new ration is , af thought to he much hotter than tliat ^ riven formerly, and may have the effect ; #l| to reduce the hills of extras which so ] enhanced the cost of the paupers. i ^ '" 1 *1 Cotton Ship Hunted. The Hark ./. D. fhiifns was burned on ; ^ Saturday lust while lying at her wharf in 1 Charleston. She was loaded with 2.249 bales of cotton. The tire department soon Y filled her with water, hut not until the on lire had destroyed a great deal of the car- m L'o. The following were the shippers, ar Liih'oes & Barnwell, 1,099 bales; Losesne m Jc Wells, 500 hales; Pinckney Bros., 300 bales; B. G. Wilkins & Co., 250 bales; r. B. Ilayne, 100 hales?total cargo, C< 2,249 bales. Ji m co Christmas in Charleston was not an or- pr ierly day, if we judge from the reports in the city papers. There were shootings, mttings, robberies, etc., and at night, C< jays the Courier, a disorderly inob, who la* seemed to have no idea of the restraints an )f society, revelled in riotous deraonstra- sic tions. They marched up King street, ag 'Jr ic of the grossest outlawry. The large d showy, besides wry expensive winwsof the mo?t prominent stores on King p, ect, were broken, regardless of the in- Fi ry inflcted. and remonstrance was an- Pr ci ered with insult and bawdy house brado.. The unruly mass visited the mart, and compelled sofuc of the butchers retire from their stalls. Suffering for a Justice. 19 We have received a communication from " luffton signed "Reform Republican." ^ appears that the absence of their ial Justice has excited feelings of deep c< gret in the community. Crime, liber J1 cd from the dread presence of law, has 1 fcome rampant. Even red-handed urder s alks at uoonday. When the nnle elemed their itistice to the lceis- C ture, converted him from a law dis- o ;nser into a lawmaker, they did not d ^template so fearful a state of things h ( has resulted from his absence. They J ) not now desire to deprive the state of ( is services in the General Assembly, t at think that in some measure they f ay be consoled by a new appointment. 1 he member is now at home. Maybe 1 e can- solve the difficulty. He may so ( idustriously exert his authority during is stay that the unruly elements ot t luffton will be either suppressed or j itimidated; or he may provide them ( ith a substitute. A New Pilot Boat. - < On Monday last the Louli/, a hand- ' >me centre board yacht, arrived in Bull ] ,iver from Charleston. She is to be scd as a pilot boat by Cap. Buekcly. It ill be remembered that his boat the ( !acer was lost some months ago on the 1 ar off this port. The Louly has been J urchnsed by a combination of several ' hosphate companies to take the place of ' iclost Ji\iccr. She was built for Col. ' essassurc as a pleasure yacht and is very andsotnely fitted up, with cab n acmimodations for several men. She it. ippered. and is in ever}' respect a first ( ass vessel, and cost originally $5000. | iuckley, as well as those interested in ic commerce of St. Helena, are to be ^ mgratulated iu securing so fine a boat. " 1 The County Taxes. The tax Act recently put in operation rcscribes that the three mills levied for mnty purposes must include the tax for . >ads and bridges, so that the levy made v the old board of commissioners for lat purpose is void. This reduces the J iconic of the county, and effectually cuts ' f the prospect of reducing the debt of 1 ie county by saving from the receipts. ' ivc niili.s will pro ucc about twenty ' lousatid dollars, which probably will be | a more than enough to run the county. Lunatic Asylum. AVc have on our desk the annual reort of Dr. J. F. Ensor, the supcrintensnt of the Lunatic Asylum of this tate. The report shows that during le year three hundred and eighty-eight aticnts have been treated in the instiition, of which number 295 remained rer from last year. Of the {<3 admitted iiring the year, 17 were from Richland id twelve from Charleston county, eaufort county only sent two. The doctor has run- the institution irough the year almost entirely by ledging his own personal credit, and I>pealing to the sympathies of the icrchants and bankers of Columbia i-. jhalf of an u-fortunate class of our illow citizens. All this anxiety, all these aiuful apprehensions and terrible cmirassments, be says, were caused by the rate Treasurer failing to pay the appronations made by the Legislature for the ipport of the Asylum. Let the Legisturc in future then, so guard and pro(ct the appropriations made for this istitution that it cannot be diverted oni its intended purpose, to the end, mt the State may not hereafter beg for edit or ask for alms for those who are s natural iciirrfx and who for the sake f humanity it is bound to provide for. Connections With Savannah. The Port Royal train now con lvcts with ^ le evening train from Savannah. This j iuscs a change of schedule which may ; . e seen by reference to the advertise* j ' icn'- i, Ccl?" We received a letter from Port i oyal on Tuesday last which had only | 1 leu seven days coming' 11 JKaf* M. S. Miller refuses to he : 1 lenced. lie publishes a card in the !1 insboro jVYte* declaring that he intends ' ? appear in court and substantiate the '1 targe of bribery in the senatorial elec* ' an. I>aily Express. From January 1, 1S72. we are to he I 1 commodated with a daily express over . ie Port Roj'al Railroad. So that here- i( 'tcr we can depend upon expedition not 1 ily between Savannah, Charleston and ie north, hut also over the entire line of j ie Port Royal and its connections to the i _ cat west. ' Fire. \ An alarm of fire was sounded on New c cars' eve. It proved htwever to be ; c ily a chimney on fire in the brick build- * cr on the Bay, occupied by the lawyers id Trial Justice Carlcton. The prompt ' an was again on hand. I ? i ??r We are informed by Mr. Jury j 1 immissioncr Rivers that the Board of 1 lry Commissioners will meet at the urt-liouse on Monday the 13th inst., to j epare jury list for 1873. ? V&" There was good sleighing in f ilumbia on Friday and Saturday of fi ;t week. The boys improvised sleighs c d sleds and made the most of the occa>n, tho like of which may not occur 8 ain for a generation, unless there is ^ tually a ^hange of climate gradually Builders' and Contractor.-, Special Notice.? al)0 x>rs, Sashes, Blind#, Window and Plate Glass, was lildcnt' Furnishing Hardware, Mouldlngi Stair xtures Marble and Slate Mantlcpieces, Encaustic IV our Tile, Drain Pipe, dc., at the lowest wholesale ty, ices, at the great Southerr Factory of P. P. Toale, p larlcstou, S. C. i colc PORT ROYAL ITEMS. diet mei ?The wreckers report that the Energy ' breaking up slowly, but fortuately is the ot sanding much. No difficulty has yet qUj een experienced in getting at the iron. ?ea ibout three hundred bars have been re- n)a avered siuce our last report. All ap- j c; ear hopeful of getting every bar of the f on, if no severe storm interrupts the rark.?The Wrecking steamer Resolute., ? ficked up at sea off the bar the schooner a v lama Junes, water-logged, and all her leek load lost. Hie was loaded with an, umber and was bound to New York from ^ lacksonviHei She was towed into Station 2reek. The crew of the schooner found ^ hat the water had been mostly taken in ^ja roru the scire washing over the deck. j The hall was uninjured. She was ! icached and her crew pumped her out. )n Tuesday she went to sea again. 1 The schooner Mollie. after discharging Fri wo hundred and fifty tons of railroad ne: ron, left Port lloyal for Saltilla river, J. Jeorgia, to load with lumber. Wi ?The sclvooner Izetta, finished on the 50th discharging two hundred and fifty ^ :ons of iron for the Port Royal road. She dis vill load here with lumber for Messrs. f?r iVilliaras & Co. ?The Port Royal road has just re- '1U jeived a handsome new Grant engine, he No. 7. The traffic of the three months ust past has been so heavy as to severe- . ' !y try the capacity of rolling stock on the u road, und this addition is very accepta- gf( ble. wa Nick. m(: to Shipping News. th< er Arrived Dec. 23.?Cesara from Dora- p0, ?rra, Africa, George Dunlop, master, in pa ballast. be; Italian bark Anna, Cmsar Profurmo, ^ master, from Mariinique. pa Capt. Masson of Martins Industry sh; Lightship, reports a bark layhig off Port Royal and St. Helena waiting for a pilot. > ??? ab' The Dirisitm of Beanfort Connty. foi Mr. Ei>ito:<: JVc thi I have read with much interest Cant. I sci fl. C. Smart's communication relative to ! pc ihe division of Rcaulort County. The | reasons he gives why the county should be divided arc good, very good, and his ' uguuieiils lis support of his reasons are eh io the point and conclusive; hut when he jjlJ jornes to the practical part of the matter, ivhere the division line should run, he lestroys both his reasons for a division jf the county and his argument in sup- , port Qf it. un He bases both his reasons for, and his 803 irgumcnt in favor of the division on the . onvcnience of the people; that the trc ourt house should be more easy of ac- \J"c ;ess to the people of the county; dis- t]e slaiuring at the begining any notion of a t0 political nature. we Now if Capt. Smart had consulted the convenience of the people of the whole cj,, ;ounty iu suggesting where the division ine should run, there would have been Al 10 need of jiis disclaiming having any mi political ends in view, for no one would lave suspected any; but when he wou d c?' liave the divisiou Knc run so that the people iiving south of the line on the salt :,n ,rarer from near Coo-awhatchie?i. c. to tin [led Bluff on New llivcr?will have still I :o go to Beaufort to court, the nearest to ;hc line will have to travel some forty miles and the farthest near eighty tw miles*, and those living on the Savannah lliver south of the Sisters Ferry will . J'.'j liave to go not less than fifty and the farthest off (say Scrivcns Perry) near eighty miles. Surely there are stroug |,v grounds for suspecting there are other kil reasons why he desires the county divided besides the one he gives, namely wa lor the convenience of the people. I, loo, Mr. Editor, am strongly in favor jia if dividing the county, but would have I 1 the division line so run that it would I benefit or rather he a convenience to the ! 001 people of the whole county; and for this i purpose would suggest that all the islands ' j, an the coast in the county remain in i ti.s Beaufort county, with that much of the lie main laud lying within an easy days ride jf the city of Beaufort, say within thirty ^ miles. The rest of the county to form a \ new one, locating the court house for the , 0j* new county as near the center as possible, j an <ay (lillisonville, Robertville, or to have ! th Jjc benefit of it. 11., Gofer Hill, near j jrahainville. James Porcher, Biuffton, Dee, 21, 1S72. | ^ NED'S ITEMS. Wilmington, X. C,, had a $30,0(10 fire ^ in the 24th inst. r?r ?Two hundred and seventy vessels )'ca lave loaded with wheat at San Francisco . , I I * U " I his season, taking away o,(H)0,000 sacks. A ?Another of the Robeson County out- twe aws has been killed. Andrew Strong, (r'| vas shot by a young man named Wilson. s'|lt vlio thereby earned tne reward 01 s >.uuu i i.iii iffered by the state ami county. Only j 1 >ne of the Ijowery gang is now alive. ' ^ Steve. - v0t, ?Last week the im mates of the Lunat- T c Asvluni were treated to a ball, which I'11" 1*33 >assed off very pleasantly. The Union 0 ntimates that the dancers looked no more G ike lunatics than other people do under E he same circumstances. ?A huuting party of eight gentlemen, L rom Columbus, Ga., to Rico's Bluff, n Honda, have returned, having killed and n ecured five bears, fifteen decrs, ten C lucks, eighty-five squirels, one crane, one p lligator, and caught 5U5 pounds of cat- B ish and bream, one 'possum, and five par- G siuets. ? . Sl Mrs. Susannah Douthitdicd in Ander J on County, near the Greenvjjle line, on h ifonday, 16th instant, aged 94 years. b |j The Aiken Journal, of yesterday, learn ut five years, residing in Grauiteville, burnt to death Wednesday. Ir. W. D. Reeder, of Newberry CounMiss Alice Griffin, daughter of Colonel ffin, Miss Lizzie Butler, and several ired people of the same country, have 1 Within a week of pheuinonia and lingitis. -A city fop was taking an airing in country, tried to amu*e himself by zzing an old farmer about his \)ald ,d, who solemnly remarked, "young n, when my head gets as soft as yours, in raise hair to sell." kttorney-Gen. S. W. Melton and ex:orney-Gen. Chamberlain have formed iw partnership in Columbia. ST. G. Parker & Co., arc about to erect cry handsome building in Columbia, will be three stories high, built of iron 1 brick, with a fifty-two feet front. The new bridge across the Congaree at luuibia is now ready for business, k general court martial sits in Columon the 3rd inst., for the trial of litarv cases. Ashore. rhe Ancilla, which went to sea on iday ran ashore in St. Helena sound, ir Pelican hank. She was in charge of M. Murray, a pilot of this port. Ou ednesday last the Pilot Boy pulled her and carried her up to Bull Uivcr. e vessel will probably bo obliged to charge her cargo and go to Charleston repairs. She had her cargo from the k Point Miues consisting of eight ndred tons of phosphate rock. The Last Strike Reconimended. Miss Susan B. Anthony urges upon r married sisters the following novel ithod of raising funJs to carry on the rat work of female reform : "The greal nt of women at present is money? iney for their personal wants, and moil* carry out their plans. I propose that jy shall earn it, that they shall considit us honorable to work for money as board, and I demand for them equal y for equal work. I demand that the aring arid rearing of chi.dren, the most acting of employments, and involving 9 most terrible risks, shall be the best id work in the world, and husband; all treat their wives with as utucb eon leration, and acknowledge them ontid to as much money, as wet nurses." The meaning.of this is, that wives nr< out to strike for greenbacks ; so ruucli every baby born. No greenbacks; on >rc population, no more boys to carry or ? great enterprises of the age. The lies of prices'for material duties will rhaps be as follows:?Girl babies, y babies, $200; twin babies, ?.;00; iris, (both boys,) triplets, $300; plots, ( ail boys,) $1,000. lei tin*?C. O. 0. No credit beyond firsi i!d, ill uiotfo being, "pay up or d v ." Husbands who desire the.r name.' nde.l down to posterity will please noe and take a new departure. Perils of Travel. rhc Telegraph reported on the 27th ar usual number of disasters on land and i. \ passenger train was thrown from a s.sel in Ohio. Two cars caught fire, i water could be procured, and but lit effective assistance cou d be rendered the passengers, of whom twenty-one re killed and twenty-five others injured, e bodies of sixteen of the victims weri irrcd be) ond recognition, and tlie boric? hrcc others are still under the wreck. 1 the details of the disaster are of tin ?st horrible description. A passenger train, containing fifty per is, was wrecked last night, near Pros, ct, Pennsylvania. All the passen en iwedeil into one car in wliieh the stove.d heavily painted woodwork caused a ?. Twenty five of the number weri led and sixteen injured. The rear car of a train on the India po':s and Chicago Kaiiroud, ran off tin ici< in consequence of a broken rail, ant enty persons were injured, three fatally In an accident on the Jefiersonville ant diunupolis ltoad, three employees wen led. A passenger train on the Chisolm am peka Bond, snow bound, was telcscopet the following train. Two persons wen led and four hurt. In New York, on christuiasnight then is a large fire on Centre, between Leo rd and N rth streets, and six girls wen rued and several hurt. Tiie loss wa: If a million. The Bowery Theatre, Canterbury Hal nccrt Saloon and the Clitfonl Hotel rner of Broadway and thirty-tirst street (re also damaged by lire. On Christ as day, in Williainsnort mn., The floor and ceiling of the Bap t Church at this place fed while live ? 1- 1 ...... ?.? ... .H.i I li/ milieu jji i-mmj.") nciu ?'??? tM|/{Mn^ ? iu< ilding Fourteen werekilled a til thir wounded. On the 26th, in Philadelphia, the pre re ol.snow crushed in four hundrt d I' e the root'of Whine's ear wheel 1'aetory d a number ol'workiueu are hurried ii e ruins. The .ship New Castle was wrecked or c I'Jtli November oft'Cook's Strait, am Lteen persons were lust. ? m^ai TATE AND COlifiTY TAXES C'orsTV Titr.vscBi:u'.s Opkick, ) ( OVIST I lot .sit, Itl'.Al'KlllCT, So (-A. f lot Ice is hereby given thai this office will la1 tin* receipt of the Stale anil County Taxes for tli r lsTJ oh I ho 1st il.iv of January is;.i. ill Taxes not |wM on >r YiVe the hlth in-t., wii liable to a penally nf twenty j?-rrrnt. iil Ileal and IVisoii.t! l'ro|MTty is charged will :Ive US) mills mi tin' dollar for Stall' purpusr*, livi mills on thf dollar for Co'inly purp les, one (I I on'the dollar for School purposes, except! J| ildon Township where the school tax Is two <2 Is, and I'-eples Township one and oiie-l:alf niilh 'oil Tax one (1) dollar |n-r capita aud one (l)uol on every legal voter, except Hilton Head Town i where the tax is forly (JO) cents on each lega rr. he Treasurer wilt visit the following names 'os iii the County to facilitate the collection o les: ilitonville, January 13. rahainville, January 14. [nnis X Roads, January 1.5. rU'hioti, January IB. lib' <v Roetbe Store, Januajy 17. awtonvllle, January 18. (each Branch, January -'0. runson, 1*. R. R. R., January 21. rlcketrllle, January 22. aul A Webb's Store, January 53. > hipper's Store, January 24. anlnera Corners, January 25. irannah, Ra., Sheriff's office, January 30. ao. E. Wall's Store, January 31. arderille, February 1. ew Rirer, February 3. luffton, February 4. [11 ton Head Ecbruary 5. I i AN EXPERIMENT IN IMMIGRATION* Gen. Henry S. Sanford, formerly our Minister to Belgium, has been engaged ( for a few years in trying a novel and most ' beneficial experiment in Florida. lie, ' purchased, immediately after the war, 3 , large truce of land on the St. John's Riv- , er, nearly twenty-five square miles in extent. It was well selected, in view of its accessibility, its wholesome and temper- . ate climate, just DeyoDU tne region 01 injurious frost, to serve as the field for an experiment Mr. Sanford desired to undertake, the culture of the orange on a larger scale than had hitherto been seen in he world. Two years ago he laid out a grove of one hundred acres, with six thousand six hundred trees. To cuitivat this large plantation he at first imported a force of negroes from Central Florida. This was not entirely satisfactory, and he resolved to send to Europe for a colony of peasants to settle upon tne land, engaging to give a year's labor for their expe sea, and to supply permanent and steady la bor. His agent went to Sweden, and instead of fulfilling his orders, to bring fariu hands from the interior, he enl^ted a company of forty-five persons, men and women consisting of artisans from Upsala and its neighborhood. This apparent misadventure in the eud turned out w?ll, for by the very variety of their capacities and acquirements they were of double use to the dcw community. They at once went to work, and did not appear to suffer in the least from the sudden transition frotu their hyperborean home to the border of the tropica. Their health and sue cess is partly due, it is probable, to the fact that they wore better housed, better j fed, better clothed, than they had ever been at home. At all events, the experiment proved so satisfactory that Mr. Hanford sent 'or a second and third detachment of the same sort of material, so that he has now a working force of nearly a hundred pcrsous on his estate. They make a useful nucleus for an industrial and agricultural community. All the want" of the settlement appear to ho i supplied from among their own numbers. I One who is a mill-wnght, says Gen. Sani ford, has discovered that the water bc' twecn two lakes has fall enough to turn a wheel, and is about to establish a grist mill. When the new church was finished and the hell was rung, an artistic beilringer from Upsala made his appearance. i Carpenters, tailors, blacksmiths, shoeI makers, and men of uiost of the other s trades needed in a new country are to he ' found among these improvise 1 hortieul : turists, who practice their own callings I while waiting, like bride", lor the blowi ing of their orange blo-soms. JYi'.li every mail they send letters home detailing their experiences and exciting among friends at home a desire to visit tlii" laud i "f promise. The practical result so fur i> i an addition of twenty acres to the already > enormous grove in cultivation. As the i contracts for labor expire. Mr. Sandford gives to cneli man win d"s?res to remain I five nor"* of good land, with the option of I purchasing five more. Several families I have aecptcd these terms, and are busy erecting their houses. Mr. Sanford fur nishing the lumber, to be paid for in lai bor. The m ?~i! bv.wa IV ?I: tbi < br the j > enterprising proprietor is that this valuable Scandinavian immigration can only be secured by bringing them over in communities. If they cone singly they soon hcc.'inc homesick and di heartered. They ran only ho kept happy and contented 1 by the company of their families their I fronds and-neighbors and the prospect of a pornianrtiiflioiiio and the ultimate p"St session of land, flic first outlay h probably more than the hiring ofloeal lalmrerwould be, but the conpensation in thecn I is ample. When the contracts are all I completed you have a steady. indu-trious, . orderly community, with all thee'emenls of future prosperity. If, in addition to the importation of these laborers, Mr. ! Sandford could exoort nil equal number 1 of professional politicians from the S ate. he would d mbly merit the gratitude of . his fellow-citizens. Practical Joking Among: Actors. The habitues of the Tombs Police ! Court were astonished, ye-terday morn in? hy the presents oftho well-known ac?: tors, Edward A. Southern and William J, Florence, who had been summoned by Justice Dowling tor alleged intent to tight ; a duel. It appears that Philip Lee. the husband of .Miss Nelson, complained to : Messrs. .Southern and Florence, about a ' week ago, that lie had found New-York ' very dull, an l unlike Condon. Thcv rallied him upon hism/iiu, assured him that I he would find if: and enjoyim lit oil the 1 cast side of the city, and invited liiiu to ' j attend a dinner party and meet several ! "prominent resident." who, they -aid, ; were desirous of forming hi-ac<|uainta?c". j - ; Mr. Ceo accepted the invitation, and a ?i few evenings later, accompanied them to i an east-side hotel, where l>un. Biyant. i Neil Bryant, Nels : Seymour, Billy Birch, I 1 Charley Backus, and others, were intro, duccd to him as wcaltiiy merchants who J ' had caused a private banquet to be pre j pared in ins nonor. I'pon i lu? party's sitting down to the ' feast. after an interchange of rliumo t respectful courte-ies. Neil Bryant tied his ; napkin about his head and othrewisc acted ' ! strangely. Mr. Ijcc quietly a-kc 1 an ex" I planation from the others, and was confi! dentially informed that the pi euliar act* i ions were the result of hereditary cccent ; tricitv. Other eccentricities Tollowing, . i however, both on the part of Mr. Bryant i 'and his associates, Mr. Lee hecatne inj dignant. Mr. Southern, in teh.rfofhis 1 fcilow-countryiiien, protseied against the I ! proceedings with assumed earnestness. Mr. Ho:im*. with apparent good faith, adiuon shed Mr Southern not to interfere Noise Soyinoitr. pretending to be eicatty ' incensed against Mr. Bryant, tushed upon him with a carving-knife. Mr. Bryant drew a revolver, and a sham fghtoc* eurred between himself, Mr. Seymour, and several others. The result not being J deemed satisfactory, Messrs. Southern 1 ( and Florence proposed to fight a duel on j the spot, ami immediately drew pistols, 1 1 ostensibly for fiiat purpose. Mr. Loe ; begged that no blood should be shed, and '1 finally left the room, feeling decpiy often* ded. * On the following day, Mr. Florence, it " issnid, wrote ciiallenges to mortal combat, in Mr. Lee's name, to himself arid Mr. i Southern As a sequel to the bogus clial lenges, it is understood tnatanenori was , to have been inadc by the challenged per { sous, to have Mr. Lee arrested. Mr. liryant, however, feeling that Mr. Lee ought not to be longer trifled with determined to turn the tables upon Messrs. Southern and Florence He accordingly complained to Justice Howling, ate on Thursday, that they inh n led to light a duel. '1 lie J us ticc, insfr'ad of issuing warrants for arrest, simply signed summonses for the accessed actors to appear before him at 7 o'clock on the next morning. In obedience to the mandates, Messrs. Southern and Florenn* appeared at the Tombs yesterday morning, m the hour named. Meanwhile the Justice had discovered the hoax. He therefore failed to appear at court, and kept these two practical jokers waiting several hours betor e he gave them permission to depart. ' ? ' _ 1 HOliACE (iEEELEY. Was there no other way than this, f) faithful Sou], to Smite with silence those, roo base for frlunds, lees generous than foes, |^H rhc un relenting pock rhat followed thee, and made along thy track l'he boor's coarse- Jest, the slimy serpent's hiss 7? H Was there no other way ibau this? f| Ah, they to whom the hatred of a clan Secius nobler than the honesty of man. Pause, startled, at tl y grave, And where they sought to ruin, now would save? Their jibes are heard no more, Aud, stammering into truth, subsides the lie: For such a conquest, must thou die, Win n life no less had made thee conqueror? Ill Too dear the price we pay Wild saw thy patient purpose day by day Unfolded, that the full design might he Embodied Love, incarnate Charity, ^ War's biotcl.es washed away And God's impartial justice shown in thee! We stood beside thee at thy post, And, knowing nearest, loved thee most: We would have given our bosoms for a shield Against the arrows sped To barm thy wise and gentle bead, But hi thy goodness thou wert triply steeled! We knew?as thou didst, never man forbore; We knew?as thou didst, never man forgave. ' Art still, O brain, high Duty's patient slare? O heart, devoid of malice, beat'st no mora ? IV. For all your silenced slanders, give ns worse! Renew the loathsome noises oi the fight, Forget fulness of what he did, and spite Of Dartr hate, the nation's waxina curse. So ye for us preservo Ouc hones! man, like biro, who will not swerve From what the large heart dictates to the brain ( Or, call biro bock again Who felt, where others planned; Who cast away the mantle of a name, And saw his naked nature turutd to blame; Who narrower fealties beneath him trod, Iu stern consistency to God! There is no elutd in uil the land, Rut might have craved the blessing of bis hand: There is no threshold but bis l'ect Might cross, a messenger of counsel sweet, Of jieace und patience and forgiving love, Of Toil that bunds and Faith that looks above! V. In vain! our cry is vain: We can but turn, pure Soul, to thee again. So much of large benefice net thy mind For all the race designed, So much thy heart inclosed of brotherhood ? And ardent hope of good, * Thou Icarest us thyself in these behind! We cannot grieve as those who do not trust: We fcuew tliou nearest, loved thee most. And tliou, a sacred ghost, Already risen from thy fallen dust, Spcak'st, as of old, to us: "Be firm, be pure, be Just !*. Gothn, Germany, Dec. 1,1872. B.vvauo Tavloh' Real Estate Transfers for December. J. C. .Miller to A. U. Tutcn, 279 acres in Goethe, for SIOI7. J. D. Hell to Geo. Waterhouse, lot in Beaufort for 6:t S. Bryan to G. A. Bennett, 290 acres in Beaufort for $10. W. G. Brtinson to B. F. Foulk, lot in Brunson, fSO. G. C. Riley, to W. A. liiiey, lOtio acres iu Goctho for -noon. (t. W. Nix to J. T. Six, 139 acre* in Goethe for 9280. I. W. Nix to J. T. Nix, 3Jd acres in t'roetlie for 910. J. lla'vev to .1. A. SlLhfley, 218 acies iu Poiples tor#12??. . i .1. * U? it. C. ilohueS. ! 10 uilvstll FtSfm. ( - 90. ' U. sijal.-y io U. G. Holmes, 200 acres in Pi epics for WOO. , . J. W. Bennett to R. G. Ho mes, 123 acres in Peoples for 9HM. , ? P. I.. Wigcln to II. G. lloliucs. 10 acres In St. Hi letia for $8. J. Mmiuou* I" it. i>. liomi . ?, iv iii'riK in ocauiun for il.i. A. K Mali, auditor lo L. C. Wlgglli, 2200 ucrun In 11.,1-rt for in. P. I>riyt.?ii i>> M. I loci;, 1 wn? ill Iteau'ort for $1.1. W. L. firunsou to ii. L. Ilriib.-iu', lot iu Branson, wn, foe "ni. When you can't think of ifchaf your wife charged you to bring home, get hairpin They are always handy in the house. To Mend China. Take a very thick solution of pum arabic i; water, and stir into plaster of Paris until the mixture becomes of tlfe proper consistency. Apply it with a brush to the fractured edges of the cli'm, and stick them together. In three days the # article can not be broken in he same S p'aco- The whiteness of the cement ren- H ders it doubly valuable. H JAMES ODELL, 1 BE3AD, CAES, AHD CBACEE3 BAKER, HAS just rvceivcd a fine assortment of CANDIES AND FRUITS. fi.? has alwttVM nn hfltitl Bread and Confectionery of every kind. fOfSTK V STORES impelled with all artlcrlca ?f tit" trail" at reasonable price*. oni.-M PirWf.nm^Gs AMI evemso P i It 11K * att-'ii li- l to with care and dispatch. FIPrUEU LOtVE? of Bread for OVK DIII.MI:, can be had by purchasing BREAD TICKETS. The Circulating' Library now ojK'ii contain* n choice aviortiuent of book*. FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I have a fill variety of FAXl'Y GOODS tull? Me for Holiday present*. JAMES ODELL. *# MRItCIlASTS on the llneof the PORT ItOYAL RAILROAD ran be supplied with fresh Reenil. a nil Culci'i, etc., daily by leaving their order* with the conductor. ?UM ? OOOGS , WbitePiae,Walint aid FancyLoiter,. Builders Supptles, flH HARDWARE jflfl The mw( complete Stock of Building Material to ^HE9 be bad lo the South. We offer to all contemplating I H Building or Repairing. Stock at lor Ratea enabling them to purchase to a better ad rentage than eve* offered by anr other IToeae. Send for a thrice List I I. II. HAU, & do., -MM