Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, February 20, 1873, Image 2

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/ i , ' / The Beaufort Republican. mm ' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1873. J. G. TIIOMPMOV, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION. Ore Tear, ' 83 00 *>'* .Mouths, ?1 00 ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisement* will bo Inserted at the rate of St.W> . per square '10 Ninjnreil lines or less* for the fisst insertion, subsoquont insertions by contract. GEO. P. ROWEI.* A CO., NEW YORK AGENTS Tha Largest Bona Ficte Circulation. _ Sheriffs sales and all other official advertisements of general interest toclti ?"? nt this r.qnnfr. will always bo " " \ (band in (he REPUBLICAN. ~ TOWN FINANCESr" At last ttc have a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the intendment of Beaufort. It is from July 22. 1871 to January 14, 1873, nearly eighteen months. tfhe receipts from all sources amount to $7,017.35, all of which has been expended except $43.74, leaving unpaid a town note for $759, duo to the bank. The expenditures are: streets, $2,222.86, including $762 for the north street sewer: 8224.63 for fire department; $2,086.35 for police ; sanitary, $762.31, daring the yellow fever; $704.80 of debt paid; $102.02 for pumps; $271.71 for mule and cart, which should be addod to the street account; $284.50 for printing and advertising ; $1C0 for attorney's fees, and $200 for sundries. We do not see any charge for the town clerk's salary. Did he get it, or is the book-keeping at fault. Wo think our taxpayers will agree with us in saving that we do fail to get value received for the large expenditure charged to repair of streets and the amount paid for police. *' Thp estimate for thecominir vear O ' is 86,177, of which it is proposed to spend 81,950 for the fire department ; $1,711 for police; $1,400 forstaeets; and $759 for town note to the bank. : THE MANDAMUS CASE. We hope to be able next week give Judge Maher's opinion on the case to compel Treasurer Holmes to pay a check issued for services render^ in the past fiscal year, ending Oct. 31,. 1"?72. It is known that the Judge will refuse the mandamus asked for. We hope and believe that the Judge will give us an opinion that will indicate clearly the duties of ~~" A/.mmijuiAnnra otw] trOQciir. UUUIUJ V/UUIUIIOOiVUViC wuu V4 vuwvtt ers, and point out the remedy for the unfortunate holders of county checks. It has always been our opinion that public policy demanded that each year's taxes should take care of its own expenses, and that only out of a surplus could come any funds applicable to the debts of another year. Dunn" the hearing of the case O O the judge clearly indicated his opinion that the checks issued by the old board of commissioners during September, October, and November of last year without a report from the treasurer that lie had funds in hand, are null and void, as having been illegally issued. If this is the legal view of these checks, we hope the grand jury will take the opportunity offered t^? investigate the vouchers upon which they were issued. Such action may result in the saving of several thousands of dollars to the county. Letter From Mrs. Kaxton. Although the letter of Mr?. Saxton has been delated long beyond a seasonable tiuie, we arc sure that our readers will thank us for publishing it now. The tiuie is not far oil when the health an i pleasure seekers of the east will prefer a journey to the Pacific coast to summering at the sea side at Cape May, Newport and Long Branch. The atlautic coa--t of this continent slopes to ocean, giving only an unattractive, bare, sandy landscape. On the Pacific side the mountains come boldy to the waters of the ocean, j So that there we have the double advantage of beautiful scenery, pleasant walks and drives, and at the same time the charm of the sea side. The Pay Certificates. The committee appointed to find out how many pay certificates were outstanding report that have been registered : Bills $ J 00,5o6.85 House certificates 75,804.87. Senate certificates 50,084.4^. Joint certificates 14,895.78. Total $401,889.98. This added to what Parker paid in cash makes the expenses of one se sion of the legislature over a tuilliou of dollars, comment is unnecessary. ?The steamer Henry Jones was burned in Galveston Bay on Saturday last. N \ A HANDSOME TESTIMONIAL. On the 12th instantS. C- Millett, Esq Superintendent of the Port Royal raiiroad, T was the recipient of a handsome testimonial in behalf of the employees of the road. The gifts consisted of a massive es gold watch chain and an elegantly carved in uiecrchautn pipe, following is the corres- b' pondence: p the presentation. el Office ok the Port Royal Railroad Co. P FOUT It OVAL, S. U. FEB. JL', iJJiO. Stephen C. Jlillett,, Esq., Supt. Port a Royal Railroad, S. C. ,r Dear Sir: b We would request your accept:mce of a the accompanying as a testimonial of our ^ esteem, and high appreciation of your ^ unvarying courtesy towards us : 11 W. J. Kirk, J. M. Campbell, Wm. H. Johnson, C. \V. Furber, M. M. r Hutson, T. C. Kuellcr, B. D. Cunnigham 8 H. H. Colcock, S. W. Plume, P. R. Applebv, C. J. Searly, J. W. Hargson. E. Hubbard, W. P. Ruffle, tf. D. Robin- 8 on, E. Winters, I. E. Paissailargne. T1IE ACCEPTANCE. To W. J; Kirk, J. M. Campbell, C. W. ' J, Furber, and others. Office Fort Royal c Railroad. Gentlemen, allow me to express my t .surprise and gratitude for the elegant () testimonials, I have this evening received from you, as well as to express to <. you my full appreciation of your services j, in always trying to do your whole duty, s and advauciug the first interests of the , Company. j. Yours Trulv STEPHEN C. MILLETT. c Death of an obi Citizen. c Major William George Robcrds, died at-his residence at Matthews' Bluff, on the 3d instant, in the eighty-third year r of his age. lie wis a representative u Carolinian of the old tyoe, and was a (| trusted and rcspcted v an in all the re- < lations of life. At times ho represented c his parish, (St. Peter's)in both blanches t of the state legislature. He lived and (] died a conscientious, christian gentle- t man. KafTlicrc is a report current in new v centres in Europe that France, Austria, e Italy, Turkey, Denmark and wedou are determined to support the British government in its opposition on the Khiva question. Thi ; would leave oussia with only one possible ally?Prussia?a powerful one to be sure, but not suflFcicnt to [ meet such a tonent of uien as could be v poured into Russia from her European frontier. * Destruction of a Rice Mill. n On Friday night the rice mill on the 1 Charles Cheves plantation in this coun- ti ty, on the Savannah river, was destroyed by fire. '' The building was under lease to Mr. Chris. White, and it together with about five hundred bnshrh seel rice and a a quantity of plantation implements, were a entirely destroyed, involving a loss of s about $5,000 011 which there wak an insu s ranee of 83,000, in a company represent- s ed b'y Mr. Footman. u The origin of the tire is unknown, and e the high wind which prevailed at the time, defied every exertion to extinguish t it. It is hinted that Mr. Whi'o, some time since, had a disagreement with hi- ( watchman, and discharged him, and that t a person had been employed to fill the vacancy. Late on Friday evening the li old watchman was seen loitering about the mill, but left when ordered ofi"; and | that in about ou hour after the fire was fc discovered. Mr. White is unfortunate, having lost a a rice mill about two years since. The steamer Pilot Boy will leave Char- . |eston, for Beaufort, Savannah Dnricn, 1 Brunswick and St. Mary's Ga., and Fernundina, Fla., every Thursday morning, Bcaulort, Thursday night. Returning, will leave Savannah every Monday morning at 8 o'c lock, Beaufort for Charleston, every Monday noon. New Post Routes. The postal bill which passed the Senate recently provides for a route from Yarns fl villo to Nixville, and one from Whitehall tferry to . Cofiiu Point, on S:. Helena. The Port Royal Railroad bridge over l' the Savannah river is completed. It lias i 1 been tested and is pronounced a first-class j 1 structure. iv ? t American Provision'*, t The London Grocer says : 1 Some lew years ago provision dealers * would scarcely have liked to admit the r fact of their selling American cheese to 1 their customers, hut the enterprising and 0 even scientific American fara.cr ha> un- >' dor the factory system of manufacture, !l ! I I.I! . . ! .1 * . I V soiar cnuugeu mis state ?i tilings hum " the American article is otten superior to ;l most of the fit utish made. and in many 1 instances fully equal to the finest Cited- 11 dar and Cheshire qualities; hence, that ' which at one time dated nut have been s openly countenanced is now sold hy ail i firs.-class dealers to an appreciative pub- | s lie. The improveuicnt in the make and * quality of American cheese has been ac ic com puttied by an improvement in the j " breed and feed of pigs, and any one who j f has visited the State - of bite years know.- v that thc*bacou and hatus there are equai 1 to our own. - m I A <?ood F.xliibit. i Anderson is a fortunate county, and ; 1 makes a tine finanetai exhibit for the year s 1.-72. The real e-tate of the county is , assessed at S_'950.so 1, and the per.-onul , property at 8-', 152,157.53, making a total * of Si, 192, 958 33. A tax ol'2A mills pro- 1 duced for county purposes, $12,757 39: o fines, licenses, <&e., made $099.10 more, t making a total of $13,750-49. The total . amount paid out for county purposes 1 in 1872. was $-,129.31, leaving $5,020.68 *' in the Treasury. This year the tax is 1$ t mills for county purposes. The County t Commissioners were considerate in their i charges, the whole summing up for one year only. $181.35, and their Clerk A CARD. Ch a IK b the Intendant and Wardens of tl c cha Town of Beaufort, pci We have been influenced by tire earnit solicitations of our most cnterpris- in ig citizens to establish a hotel, which we clieve to be a necessity, and lor the resent we think ?it will be of greater ben- ot it to Beaufort than to the proprietors, And now while we are trying the ex- VC1 erinient, struggling to meet ourexpens- tr;l i a id before we know whether it will be *hi success or not you have called a special nia i eting ai.d decided to make us pay spe- ot ial taxes or licenses amounting in the ha egrepate to $290. 'this with the one rini ollar ou ever)' hundred on hotel proper- of i, will make the suui total of our town "'< ax about 8150. foi Will you force us to close our billiard co oom started for the amusement of our pr nests, by requiring us to pay $50 each no ar our little carom tables? foi "%C__ A <f? I r?A 1*^ 1 _?? r!( we pay viuv lur uie privilege ui ??' upplying guests at the table with wine? w;' wc wish to tell in no other way.) l)oe3 h' his town waut a good hotel, if so is it ca ight, is it just, is it policy to stop any iranch of'our business by such excessive, tir xorbitant taxes? \ vi: And further, liow about that little sec- wl ion in the constitution, section 8, article sp , which says "in regard to municipal an orpo rat ions, taxes to be uniform in re- he pectto persons and property within the i be misdictioii of the body imposing the wi amc," while two members at least of go he town couneil .sells liquors contrary to at) iw under a tavern license. pii In this that the stfte of goods is openly C< ouaected with their establishments, and gc hey have not the first show of tavcru ac- T1 ommodations. au They sell liqours under this licensee in ontrary to law taking all the profits, and Xi uniting no risk on their investment, we 15 nust jiay a tavern license when we have na 10 bar, sell no liquors in the ordinary ar en-e. sell no goods, and take ah the pe- tei uliar risk which ever attaches to an ex an ensive hotel property; if that is a speci- th acn of uniform and impartial taxation, 00 hen heaven save us. s0 The course you are taking gentlemen, i i!l tax out of existence every enterprise, Vi xcepting that of the sale of bad liquors. M. M. Kingman, & Ca. Boaufort, S. C., Feb. -Oih 1S73. aj| ? ? j. SEWS ITEMS. ru Whittcinore purposes to give Maj. fo jouis Merrill ten thousand doilars re- M rard furcatehing KuKlux. tit ?Grant sent in a special message to id ongress, Fiida.v last, recommending im di aediate legislation in regard to the terri- tit ory of Utah. The other '"town ' mu>t ly e killed oh*. re ?Many of the mormons arc emigrat- !,i ug to Arizona. It .-aid that a new Ziun di s to be erected there. ia ?^iorace Greeley's estate will net cr bout $100,0(k). There Is an equal C< mount of bad debts. The appraisers L< ay that C. Vanderbilt, .Jr., who failed ki otue time ago, owes the estate fifty (hou- st< and dollars of borrowed money. Com- tit nsdorc Vanderbilt, his father, his given M ach of Mr Greeley's daughters live thou a! and dollars, saying ihey can have what fo hey "eed at any time. CI ?On Saturday a joint committee of ' ] longrcss called on the president and no- ei itied him of his re election. th ?The republican government of Spain al I as been recognized by the l niteU states. <n ?Stokes lias boon grantedm stay ol < <] iroeeeding until thu meeting of a fill' K lencli of the supreme court of New York tv ?Castilar is the new minister of lbicign vc {fairs for the Spanish Republic. tli Too Thin ; Colfax's explanation. 111 IEAUF0ST ASD THE SEA ISLANDS. * m >u Their History and Traditions. to NL'MIlKlt SIX. 17 m* J. A. J. ra ol "To comm-roe, ws imi-t allri'iiil that growing ju iitimacy Ir.-iwv n Ihe iiujuhcr* of ill - human r.u v j rom which great o.wfitsli.oo nslxaudixl, nud^rcatr >till may s|?rhig." Ol Macxdek. al Conceiving that there may be among | y(' is -oiiio, who would ho pV-n-ed to kmw ur ho several eutorj?riso- of (lie curly iuh ib- t<touts ot our i.-lind-; the waves with at illicit thoir baiter was carried on wi;!t ho Indians; tho success attending tln-ii ? rado until it became duly cstahli-lied in br ho town of Moanfort, i have boon a! oiiic trouble to yathor i'roiu our luca.irro j th esouroos, siioli facts as would jiivo a th iretty clear idea id'the rise and ilrlinc iV< f ctmimorcu atuoti'X us. I hav; said al- in eady that about 1071, the s triors on , C; ml around Port lioyal removed, en | h^ ifissc, to the batik-: of the A-hley. The j bo nnals oi that petiod iiiforin us, that tr his move wa- prompted by fear of "ti e j i.. leiahlioiiriiiir span: ud-." h - aa.-e the | oti tarbor cf Port Iloyal was so commodious, eJ o easy of access for an enemy's ship-. LS' v.-.irly two centuriej later, tlie same oh- ;ii tacle, (shoal water) kept out from w; 'harleston. all the federal ships of any .o onsidorable draft. Whatever ether con th idora>iotis may have inlluonoeJ the set o lers to this move, it i- certain that much * las saeniKtM i?y 11:; nnnnmimicm ui w< hisspacious harbor. \\ illium Saylehad | th icon here previously and had carried | .L tack to Knglaud glowing accounts of our i M datid-country, but, u^on iiis return, with -J on hree vesse's and a governor's commi? St ion, he \v is induced to in ike a pernio- \Y lent settlement, as I have said, on the in Y>h!ey. There they gave their attention ac o grazing, tuuch to the diss.tisfactioti di if the Lords Proprietors, who wanted II hem to engage in trade, and in the re- so luction and cultivation of the soil. In- di leed the latter had begun to withhold aj heir aid and patronage, when the set- th leuient was again transferred to Oyster & Joint, and called Charlestown, (now ta Charleston.) To giv| an idea of the com- .aj :irlest<m, the first year of its existence; 1 to show the mngnitudf. of the meruit vessels of that period. I will be mitted to ex'ract the following from .n account of the province ofCarolina, America," by Samuel Wilson, Lon 1, 1G82. "At tlr s town in November, it), there rode at one time sixteen soil vessels, some of which were upwards of ) hundred tons,(!) that catno from di se parts of the King's Kingdom to de there, which great coucourse(l) of pping, will undoubtedly i?:i short tjrne he it a considerable town." For ships such tonnage and draft, the bar and rbor of Charleston were well adapted ; J it was not until after the Revolution 1719 from Proprietary to Royal governing that the little town of Beau t began to put forward her claims. U1 ur.se, it is not to be understood thai cvious to that time. Port Iloya! wa> ver visited by vessels from abroad : I have already mentioned their casua its; and it will be remembered that il is to the fortuitous presence of a %it 1 ship that our people owed their es pe fro .. the Yemasscemassacre in 1715. In 1707 an act was passed for regula ig the Indian Tr de." Among its pro ions were the following: That no person latsocVcr shall sell any rum or oihei irits to any Indian \ that no arms 01 munition shall be disposed of to any stile Indian: that no free Indian shal sold as a slave; that no one shall tradt th them without a license; that tin vernor shall receive no presents frou y Indian except for the benefit ot tin iblic, for whom they shall be sold. Nine munitioners were appointed 4ito frame nernl -instructions," and Cap tan iniuas Nairne was appointed to act a; thorized Agent among theui. It wa such capacity tiiat we find Captaii lirne acting at Pocotaligat Town in 17 , when he was wurdo.'ed, as uirea ly rrated, by the Indians. The principa ticks brought in by the savages for bar r, were the "skiuns and furrs" of wile imals taken in the chase, for whicl ey received in exchange ''Lead Powde arse cloth, Vermillion, Iron Ware anme other goods, 'by which they [th tilers] have a very considcrabl ofit." The most important trade, howevci is that carried on with the West Indie id other contiguous islands, tSpecial[ unaica; .whence were received -''sugai inui melas.-es, ginger &c,-" inexchung r provisions, pitch, tar and lunibei ention is made in the early annals, o e great convenience afforded to the re: cuts of the county forgetting their pre ice to market, by tlie intercommutiiea hi of onr several r vers,?now frequent spoken of as the inlandpassage. Tli ader will kindly pardon me forinscrtin, cxtciiso, the following li t. of meridian ze, recommenJed for trade in the prov ee. I take it from, "Carolina ; or a diiption of tli- present state of tiia uin'ry. Published by T. A. Gen: indou IGS2," viz. "Clonthing of a nds, both I/imieu and woolen, hats oekins, shoes,; all kinds ofAruniuni m, (Jtnis, Fowling pieces, Powder atcli, Bullet-, Nails, Locks and knives I Ilarberdashcrs ware. Cordage and .-ail r shipping, spirits and Spices, viz loves. Nutmegs and Cinnamon." Thi l)e.-cnption" was intended as a guide t uigrants embarking for Carolina; an< ie above iteni< of merchandize, cspcci !v lor . hose trading, or about to trad Charleston ; Tor, it wil< bo remember 1 as already stated, the settlers at I'or oval had all removed to the Aside reive years before. Having gradual!, mured in a Southerly direction again ic population of the islands in thi - im ediate vicinity had reached three liuti od in 1715. But having been agai iven away l>y the Indians, they wer it repeoplcd for several years after th ppression of the Yetnassce Insurrec m ; and were not sufficiently numerou require a place of public worship ti :I4. In 174n an act was passed, ''To cucou e.; the better settling and improvcmen Beaufort town, on Port Royal I-land (iranvillc Comity." In this act pro ion was ma lo for the speedy erect in, dwellings; and a penalty imposed o I LMinitiM s who should fail. within thn ars after the date of their grants, t eel buildings on the front lots. Til nil lor holders of l?uc% lots was fixe< four year*. It will he interesting t io\v that the dimensions were to he a ist fifteen by thirty feet, with one goo. ii k chimney. That the commerce ofUeaufort was a it time, increasing; and conynandin e attention of the authorities, isuriden in the fact of mi-ordinance, now befo: e. hearing date Till May I74'?, hy whic iptuin Kichard Wigg was ordained t Hyoeiver, and Mr. (Jcu. Jjoviugstout i comptroller of all and every the coun y duties, rates and inijio itioiis laiJ an ipose 1 hy the laws of this Province i goods waves and merchandize inijiort 1 into or exported from the J'oit c catilh.'.l, Port lioyal.'' The third set ii appoints Kichaid llazelton Countr iitor." Again, in 174S. we (in 1 an at r hniidi g and keeping a Pilot Jloat f? lis bar and harbor; and, "to put tli veral matters hi this Act directed i Locution,'' tiic following comuiissioiici . re therein appointed: viz: Col. Xa anicl Lhtruwcll, Col. Thomas Wigg, )| >hn Barnwell, M Charles Curry am .John Smith. TIicm; commissioner iipowvrej to asse.-s all the residents t . llclernu, Port iloyal an J Priac Mliaius for their l;n is, slaves and stocl traile. In 1752, was pa.-scd anotln t for the the same cud. The preambl sclares that the tax imposed by the act c IS hath been found not only burthen me to the inhabitants, but also ver #t tficult and ineouveuient to collect. A tpropriatioii was, therefore made fc ,e purpose, of ail duties laid on iiuporl c. This was substituted for the dim x; and the same commissioners wei jpointed as before, Charles Furry bein ? ^ ^ ^ Hur*t Receiver of said duties. "Anoih- i or ordinahoonf thisypiiir appoints Nathaniel Greene. Country Wuitcrfor Beaufort." I How few of the frames mentioned above i have come down to recent times! They I were not only residents, but must have i been prominent men at that time ; yet I we have no record of their vocations; it t is, more than probable, however, that > most of them were engaged in mercantile i pursuits. One thiug k very clear, that i the commerce of the place was not incon- I siderable Else, why these frequent en- ! aefnients? I The names of those engaged in trade < and commerce previous to the revolution- < ary war have not cotq^ down to us. The t earliest date I find in a sadly mutilated ] bookofaccou ts current, is 1783. It is j i probable that some of the mercantile i t firms therein named, were engaged in < i Charleston and elsewhere: no doubt ; some in foreign countries, the residence of I not one being entered. Some# of them i however are readily recognized as Beau fort merchants. Among these I will name, Smiths, DeSaussure & Darrel, 1784,? John M. Verdier, 17H4. DcsSausure< Vei. dier & Co. 1786. The last mentioned were . still in business as late as 1796. (Jne of i this firm was the father of the late ven erable and much esteemed James K. Verdier, M. D. who, but a few months r since, passed to his final rest, after a long, | useful and virtuous life. A native of Ililt ton Ilead Island, he had dwelt in Beaus fort and its vicinity more than tour ecore i years. lie was eminently -uc?-es.-ful as a ; physician, having commenced his profesi sionul career in 1817, when theyellow and t country fevers iu their most virulent forms i prevailed epidemically here, and not less s than one sixth of the white popu ation s were carried off. His father, above meni tioned, was an energetic and enterprising - merchant. lie was the son of a Huguenot ' refugee to England, to whom the King i had given a commission in one of the regiments ordered to the West-Idies Af 1 ter service rendered there, he came to l the province of Carolina, bringing hi-, r commission with him. This commission ' I have seen frequently, and is probably e still extant; but was too rare a curiosity f IU UU lUl'U' UIfU uy lliu j/uarvoovi upvu .... return to Beaufort after the late war. It >, hud approached much nearer he North < Pole than had ever been contemplated bv j- his Britannic majesty. , For the more successful conducf of his e business, Mr. Verdier had a fine bri>r . built at Hilton Ilead, which made scver,f al voyages across the Atlantie; brine ing not only cargoes ol merchandize for their large and exteti-ivc trade, then carried on . on both siJesof Bay street; but much of th i household furniture of himself and his u friends. He then lived where Mr. Mayo ? now reside-, the public scales occupying i- the wharf iinniodiatelv in front, the re. mains of which arc still vi.-ihlc. The prcs i- cue Residence of John l'Vanz, Esq., was built for him by Converse & Fi.-h, northcrn mechanics, whose skill and industry j secured them constant employment. The i. curious will be pleased to know thut it* loors are of mahogany; and much of the finishing material was brought from Great ; Britain. The record before mo mentions s also the "Catharine" and the ''Thomas" as ships in the service of Messrs. DeSaus\r.mmISaw Mr (\\ friw? rkrtn^innl at. < "II1U V CtUIVI u VV* ?uw >... r, ports were Indigo and Rice. Of the lag 1 ter a cargo was shipped directly to I'o. penhagen in a brig which had discharged y here a cargo of salt directly from the . Danish West Indies! t Messrs- Gordon & Smith were likewise engaged in mercantile pursuits at an cary ly day. They had huiit, for themselves, i the house now occupied by It. G. Holmes , Hsq., as a resilience; aiid the one adjai. cent to it. Messrs. Hold & ..hodes; and ri rtie late Itobert Means K<q., who subscc quently became u wealthy planter, and e the owner of the fine tiact at the South, em point of Paris Island, were similarly s engaged tit a somewhat later period II fheir descendants are well known, and deservedly esteemed among us. As a matter of historical record, I ( should mention that Slaves from the coast of Africa were also brought Jirec-'lv k to this Port, and sold on account of the .j master of the vessel. These minute ?len tails will interest but few; so 1 will del", r c a notice of the trade of later years for un0 other occasion. e *Sir John Veuutanscamc iu i<>71, fio.n 1 Harbudoes, with a small colony. "With 0 these were introduced the first and for a t considerable tium, the only slaves that 1 were in Carolina. * t Sl'MMEil LOHEKiXGS ON THE g I'AC'li'iC COAST. it e By Tillik G. Saxto.v. h o Oregon?August?1872. o The pleasant knowledge that we had i- yet two weeks for summer loiteriu. d naturally suggested the qucstipu where , should they he spent? We thought ??l" > Pugct Sound, the terminus of the N. P. j II. II.; then of Vietoriu on Vancouver's :* [ d.. one of Her Majesty's p we sions. y But the railroad to Olympiu on Puget :t Souwl is not yet finished and we did not r reli.dt the ocean route involving twenty e fojr hours of sea-, iekness. So we turned n our thoughts to the coast country. I s wrote you recently that we had been to i- Clatsop, the Newport of this coast, and i' had tested satisfactorily its resources of I surf-bathing, beach drives, lam hunts, 's trout fishing, etc., etc. And while one ?f has only a temporary home on the Pacific e coast, to visit the same place twice, would k 1 be the rankest injustice to oneself and to ;r this country. For the whole immense e region around us seeras to be inviting the >f tourist to the enjoyment of its scenery, i* unp.iralel'.ed in all the world for grandeur y and beauty. As one point of interest n after auother was suggested, a resort >r bearing the high souuding name ol :a Oysterville attracted us, especially as we rt were promised oysters, ciabs, &c-, in e great abundance. We found it was log cated near the coast of Washington '1" " ? ^ , , > ivi, we steamed down the romautic u IVilliauiette to the broad Columbia, f [fow cau one weary of thin grand river, ( ts towering bluffs covered with giant firn a 10111 water's edge to "hill top, its verdant r slands, its line of mountains blue ami lazy in the d stance, and rising from hem, the snow clad peaks of Hood and St. Helens, looking cool and dazzlingly irhite on an August morning. This is ndeed the "king of rivers." But as " lie past, so vague and dim. has often a ^ mpenor charm over the practical "living n present,so the real romance of the 1 Columbia is to me centered in its early 11 lays, when this broad, majestic current '' vas rippled only by tho puddles of the 11 Indian canoe, one tribe communicating a vith another or casting their nets and 1 spears for salmon for generations. Then 1 came its discovery by ihe white inau. r For while this savage race lived on in ^ these solitudes, other races, the Spanish, 1 Portugese and English were sailing along ' the Pacific coast, dreaming and speculat 1 ing about a North West passage, and as early as the sixteenth century the naviga- * tors of these nations had commenced J their explorations. Blake, Cook and ? Vancouver, under the English, discovered ( capes and bays which they explored in- 1 intelligently and addol 10 their charts, but searched in vain for a great body of ' water extending in'and towardsthe Rock' ' y mountains. And it remained for a New 1 England captain, Robert Gray to settle 5 the great dispute, making al doubts a ' certainty. Strong in his faith of the ! ultimate discovery of the '"Riverofthc { West," and deciding one morning in [ May, 1702. that the opening before him 1 with its-bold headlands was the long 1 -ought for mouth, he drove his vessel ] past the white capped breakers, across the treacherous bar, straight into the 1 li Jit channel to smooth waters. Then followed its further explorations by Van- 1 couver, and the establishment of trading ports with the Indians; the Hudson's Bay Co., being located at different points; then the expedition of Lewis and Uarkc sent overland by Congress to discover the sources of the Columbia and our other 1 great western rivers, for to the Columbia river and the country it drained, the United States had the first claiiu by reason of its discovery by Captain Gray. We may all remember hearing of that expedition through their vast western wilderness, the hunger and cold suffered, the snow covered mountains and swollen river crossed by almost super-human ex ertions. Then forty or fifty years later other boats came creeping up the river bearing the weary emigrants and missionaries to thdr different destinies in the wilderness, some to death by starvation, sickness, or the Indian's hatchet; some to long years of unsuccessful toil through privations almost incredible; some at last To comfort, competency and wealth. But the whistle is blown, reverberating among tlie bills, and the eventful past di-appear.s as our modern steamer draws up to a well built dock of one of the Salmoil fisheries. The Luildtug is almost deserted, as the season i* over, but in the spring it i.-: lull of Chinamen canuinir and barrelling Salmon. And now our sail of 110 miles is near completion, for the river is gradually widening. Far ahead it the hold head laud of Cape Disappointinent 111:1 rkiiifr the entrance on the Washington Territory side, anil now around that spur which puts out sharply from the range of high hills into the current and which forms t beautiful wide cove, we come upon the little town of Astoria. rcstling at the foot of densely wood'-d hills. Ilut I must leave a description of Astoria for the future or we will never reach Oystervillc. The next morning we are seated 011 the deck of a steam tug which is to take us fourteen miles across the bay or rather the mouth of the Columbia. The sun .-bines brightly on the dancing waves and the s a air freshens pule checks. Behind us, "Far, vague and dim, The mountain* awin," while before us arc the white-capped breakers dashing over the bar. Our eyes arc filled with the glorious scene iboiit us, and as our little steamer "walks the water like a tiling of life," our Iip? involuntarily repeat from the favorite of our childhood, r lbs -'la I waters <>f tl>_? dark blue sea, Oil.' tli.Mi^nts a* IjrtUi < 11 c.ixl our souls as free, Fur as tbo breeze can reaih or billows f.iarti, li 'liold our empire and survey our home." And yet as we watch a steaiuor crossing the bar on ifs way to Alaska, certain unpoetical reminiscences of - sea sickness make us satisfied that we are not on her decks. Alter lauding we take the stage, or rather a long open wagon, seats with springs hut without backs Our party climb in. the horses plough a short distance through the hot deep -and, then we enter one of the magnificent fir linests which we have only seen at a distance. How cool ita air becomes, and how fragrant with balsamic oJuurs! For a moment we almost believe ourselves to have been trail-ported to some southern r gion, so tropical is the foliage in its uxuria cc, so thick the moss, and so dense the shade made by arching hough? and swinging vines ami creeper? interlacing the trees. And such trees! from one hundred and fifty to three huu1-1 C . \\T.. 1 1 n<v..l-^ Ui'L'U il't'l II II. 11 U UUI1U UUft UWAO farther and tin ther back before we can see their tapering tops and get a glimpse of the hlue dome above. We have only a uiile of this forest road before we reach the beach. Aud . now something white like foatn gleams through the contrasting glfeen about us. We ascend a little higher grounds and looking through the gap ahead, what a lovely little picture we enjoy for a brief moment,?the surf breaking on h bit of < beach, sea gulls, skimming over the breakers, a jjatch of hlue sky above flecked by cumulus clouds, framed in by the tall firs. We take deep inspirations of the salt breeze, and even the old horses prick up their ears and trot cheeril I 1 io dt sands. The northwest wind binws reshly as if direct from P lar seas and hough in August, we wrap our shawls bout us, preparing for a twenty miles ide on this broad g-and road when "The ocean oM, centuries ohl. Strong a* youth aud as uncontrolled, FiwJ restless to and fro , Up and down his sands of gold." About half way up, the horses are a'* jwed to r.est, and as the driver dismounts e points to a inc of deep broad foot larks in the softer sand, giving evidence hat some old Brum had been taking a Doming stroll that morning, and a short istance ahead of us a large eagle starts :p from a piece of drift wood and sails way. Now we leave the sea, enter again he fir forest which extends allj along his coast, and driving a mile or two, each a ridge of land from which we look lown on Oystervilie. It is very lictnresquely situated on Shoaluter bay vhich enters'from the Pacific seven miles lorth. Its neatly painted and oomforta>ly built houses speak well for the taste tnd thrift of its few hundred inhabitants*' The men are mostly engaged in the duster rado, there being an annual shipment of iigbty thousand baskets to San Francisco ilone. A . 1 . 1 as we scooa iir our winaow at rwiiignt ooking out ou the bay with the hills and aluffs rising from its opjto ito shores and ;he peaceful waters dotted with white ails of the fishin-r vessels, the scene sugp-*tcd the Sea of Gal i-'ee. It is just the size of this bay, twelve miles long and icveti wide, and framed in by hilis, and t was not difficult to imagine ourselves n Palestine walking on the shores of '.hut solitary little Lake whoso memories thrill tbo heart of every Christian, fhen when the heat of the day was al. most over "Jesus went out and sat by the sea side." There He went among the fishermen mending their Pets, or, when the throng from afur pressed upon Him He retreated to a boat and preached to the eager crowds who lined the shores. Sailing on the Bay, and clam bakes off the shores seeul to be the principal amusements of this primitive watering place. As we returu hoine however we remember rather regretfully that the promto?d clums and oysters have no^ made their appearance very regular y on the hotel table, but comfort ourselves with Kmereon, u'Ihe compensations of calamity are made apparent after long intervals of time. The sure remedial force underlies all fact." So if wo did not revel in shell fish this summer, some day next winter when the Oreiron rains pour, pour unccndn-dy, and drip, drip from the eaves and the hlack clouds 1 go driving by, we will sit with steaming stews before u* ?nn?J while it suages?? tue beautiful Bay in which we saw the oysters embedded, Jthit wil! ajrain shirt other pleasant memories of our summer journeying*, till "Tho gather*! gf<>rl?-s of (hose summer hours Shaft males our winter mornings warm sitnl bright." Si'ate Snrni Carolina, 1 Court ConiBeattfort County, J mon Picas. John Field in f/, Plaintiff, rx. John F. Chaplin, Sr., Albert Chanlin, Caroline Chaplin, Henri/ C. Chaplin and Theodore Chaplin, Defendants. Pursuant to an order o thn court, in hi* action dated the 14th day of Februa* rv, 1ST:?, all creditors of the defendant John F. Chaplin, senior, are hereby notified. that they do appear before me at my office initio; town of Beaufort on tho Uth day of May next cn*uing at 12 o'clock, and prove their respective claims and that such creditor* a* do not coiuein at that time will be excluded from the beneffts of said order. W. J- VF.kdier. Referee. Beaufort S. C., Feb. 17th, 1873. feb?20-l*ui-3m. W. G." CAPERS. ~ UPHOLSTER AMD REPAIRER. Or.n n;iinfti KE ri't in coon order, I*ic(nr>> Fr.iim-H made. Muttrn-ews stalled at the ihorti-.it notice. Corner Fay ai.-i Ninth Sis. fcb.l.T-ly. PR O BATE "NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, I Beaufort Co.unty. J Ridley K. Carle ton, Enquire, Probate Judge. II'hereon, P. R Perry hath made suit to me, to print him Letters of Adm;ni.v t'Mtion of the Kstatt- of and effects of \V;!'i:iii> .f. Terry. Then arc therefore to cite and admoui-h all and singular the kindle I and Creditors of the said William J. Terry, deceased, that they he and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to he he'd at Beaufort, in said county on the 27thday of February infant, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock i the forenoon, to show cause, if any thev have, why tlie said Administration should not bo granted. Given under niv hand, this twelfth day of February. Anno Domini. 1*73. lilDLKV K. (WKLKTOX. Judge of Probate. PAUL & WEBB AT * HICKORY BILL A1ID BRUM'S Arc selling off thi-lr Block at a:.EATLY ESjUCSD peices To make room for a LARGE SPRING STOCK. Merchants ami Farmers can be .implied with a better and ch.-a-M-r an Id? than can be auppi ed at any store miwivn i?:?11. *.<>u aitu -avunuan ?, WHOLE1U.E WO RETAIL. FA KM KIM Can save money bv hnvlojf their PLOUGHS, PLOUGH-USES, RiHDLlX HARNESS. Tit ACECHAINS, BACK-BANDS ami OOLUBSoTiu. We bive just received a iar^e supply of fresh G-arclon Ssods Of all varieties at ten cents per taper. K. J. WEBIi Is agent f,.| STONO PHOSPHATE, anil will be glad to nwlw order* frmu Farmers. Price* Stono Phosphate (soluble; cash $48.00. Time, 1st of November, 8M.OO. Stum Add Phosphate for composting with cotton seed Ac., cash $23.03. Time, 1st of N iveiuber,93ljOQt Io tli9 District Conrt of the (liittd States, Pur (he District of >onlti Carotin*. In the matter of Thomas W. Unison. Bankrupt. By whom a petition for Adlnd cation of Bankruptcy was filed on the 6 day of kebruary, A. D. 11173, In said Court. In Bankruptcy. This is to give notice, that on tho eighth day I February A. D.. 1873. a warr nt In Bankruptcy waa Issu d against the Estate of Thomas W. Hutson, in tbe County of Charleston and Slate of South Carolina. who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, on his own Petition: that the paviueot of any Debts and Delivery of any property belonging to Mid Bankrupt, 1 to bim or for his use. sou the transfer of any property by Mia are forbidden by law; UAt a meeting of the Creditors of the said Ucokru0|. to prove their debts, and to c> oose one or more Assignees of hi* estate, will be held at a Own of Bankruptcy, to be- a holden at Sjmt?r C. U., Soulb Molina, Itefow E. M, d| S-'abrook, Register. on the tl.ird day of March, A. D, 1873, at 12 ?"dock, M. I A m mm m \