Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, January 02, 1873, Image 2
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The Beaufort Republican. |!
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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.
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/ 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
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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.
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Feeding the Poor.
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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 ^
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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
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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.
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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'
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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
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??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 . ,
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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"
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>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