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Xhs Boaufort itspuWioaiL k THURSDAY, MASCII 6. IS73. A j. a.<T410?I *7 . SVBHCRIJ'T10X3k ()| tTtiir, M (in naUatbi, Si 00 ADVERTISING KATES, Airortivnroits will U" iiM'rt <1 at I ho nto |K?r ?|'iir li? XoDva il liii'* or I -- for the Ant Ini >rUon. ?u<*? jn -lit iii?Tti<NM ! > vuntniot. GEO. P. KOWELT, A CO., HEW YORK AGENTS. Tli3 Larg33t Bsaa' Ifiio Cir:uhtion. Sheriff sates 'and atl other official atlTerUsem *?ts of general interest to ci? irms of this Ctwsttjr, will always be found la the BEPLilLTCAN. L 1 " ?I ONE HU3DREI) AM) TEN GUNS, Tho last spike on the Port Royal railroad was driven at the four mile post, near Augusta, at seven o'clock on Friday evening, and at ten o'clock on Friday night the first through . v O O train from Port Royal was welcomed in Augusta by the booming of cannon and a general jollification among the officers of the road and the promoters of the enterprise. Friday, February 23, 1373, commenced a new era for this section of South Carolina. 0:i that day S. C. Millett telegraphed to us "Friends in Beaufort thank God with me. We came through in our own cars;" dated Augusta, Georgia. For yoar3 tlw freedmen of the Sea Islands, dated all things from the "day de gun shoot." They rightly associated their freedom from slavery with that November day in 1861, ancl wo will as certainly date our prosperity from the day which placed us m direct communication with the great West. We wish it were possible to assemble all those to whose sagacity, foresight and enterprise wo are indebted for the inception, the progress and the completion of this work. But death has robbed us of some, while war and its misfortunes has scattered others. Geo. P. Elliot lived to see his darling project in the way to realization?how would ho have exulted now ! It. J. Davant has passed away so recently the road in which he hid taken so deep an interest was at least assured. Yet it would have added to our pleasure to have had hiui to rejoice with us. Those of ?is who remember the first meeting in favor of the Tort Royal railroad held in Beaufort after the close of the war cannot but remember how more than doubtful was the prospect. AVe thought it would do no harm to talk about it, but the proceedings were looked upon by many as nearly farcical. There was one there who was in earnest?'lead earnest. S. C. Millett was asked to address the meeting. He surprised all by the extent of his knowledge of the subject. All agreed that it was necessary to the welfare of this region, none denied the advantages of our O harbor, but few shared his faith in the certainty of its completion. Yet that meeting was really the re vival of the Port Rjyal railroad project, and we are glad to feel that wo were not among the scoffers. From that day to this his energy has never tired, hjs efforts have never intermitted, his hope has never faltered. To hiui more than to uil others put together wc owe our present success. The road will not he open f< r through business for about two weeks yet, asihe newly laid portions are to be ballasted before being subjected to the strain of traffic. Hundreds of car loads of freight wore at once tendered to the road. Letters offering business have been received every day since the opening. The indications are that the road will have all it can do. By the -Oth jjpt, two through trains per day will be arranged for a : ! tv. > night freight trains. When ready for business a grand excursion froth Port Royal to Augusta will be announced? The PrcsM ut Be,'lines. The following letter was sent in reply to an invitation sent through Senator Sawyer to the president desiring hiiu o v'slt Beaufort: Kxucrnvr Mansion, Washington, Feb. 22. DEAR StR:?The Prcsidcut directs ine to acknowledge the receipt of year letter of the 20th inst. and to express, through you, to the citizens of Beaulort, his sin? ?: L .1 i._ 1 , cerc thanks tor i^icir wisu mat ue uugm, visit their city, lie regrets very much that he may not have the pleasure of meeting them, as it will not be possible to depart from the route decided upon s aud keep other eugageuieu*?. I aru sir your obc. .-civf. 0. K. BABCOC::, Sucre, a ty. - - - \ kAi--. i_ .. t.. .. 1.. CQUSTY FIXA9<$&% 11 i The treasurer reported last week to the oanuty commissioners that he had collect- ] ed and disbursed county funds as follows: ( County {checks received for , taxes, $3,376 7? ( Jury and witness tickets received for taxes, 1,003 3$ ] Cash receivedJbr taxes, 5,930 34 Total county taxes collected. $10,310 45 Paid to jurors etc.. last court. $ 1,349 35 | Coanty checks paid, ' 1,055 93 | Balance on hand, 3,215 09 The commissioners issucd.checks upon .this reported ba'atiec as follows: \V. Wilson, sheriff, $229 50 II. <x. Judd, clerk, 312 75 Republican, . 110 70 15. Franklin, watchman, 10 00 , P. Mnfeey, 30 50 W. M. French, 40 75 Standard, 30 50 John Brodic, poor, 77 00 C. E. Boll, solicitor, 210 00 George Holmes, sheriff, 35S 32 J. Rivers, . 12 00 George Holmes, sheriff, 74 88 ^ 55! ,505 40 It will 1)0 fcc n (liat.$l,oS0.11 of the county taxes were received in county checks an 1 jury tickets. The trea urcr was, we believe, authorized ly the commit ioncrs to receive three mills of the tax in e unity i>ni?er, ahd cannot therefore he banied for this illegal act. Dor it was undoubtedly ju t as illegal to take old cheeks then as it is now. The trea urcr dues not include in his statement the amount collected from the o:;c mill tax lor the poor and the one mil' for public bui'dings. The amount in the treasurer's hands from this source amount to about $1,000. What disposition is to he made cf this money? Wc hoar of an attempt to legalize its collection by an ex post facto law, hut have not yot seen the details. CSTAVc received a call this week from \\. Iloolcy, E-q., local editor of the Colleton Gnzitte. lie tells ns that the Gazette is soon to be printed as well as published in Wulterboro. The Gazette continues to go for F. Judas Moses, hut to abuse so invulnerable a man is like pouring water in a sieve. Everything that could he said about Frank's private and public character has already Wen said and the result is that he is the chosen i . ... i ... i i .., i.i: ,v m um;iru uuarcr ui uu i'^uunun jjui w of South Curoliua and governor of the state. IIolv Moses! Ttyr?i A Parallel. Christ once said 'ile that is without siu let him east the first stone." Whereupon all the mob scattered without slinging any stones at all. Very much the .. Anno state -of feeling seems to have Leon prevalent in the IIousc on Thursday last when it came to vote on the credit inobi'ier matter. Very lew wanted to utitg" !y condemn or expel some for doing what would, if abandoned, make the office of M. C. of very little profit. The Salute. Upon the reception of Mr. Millett's despatch from Augusta, Davenport hunt- i cd up a cannon, which looked as if it 1 might have been left in Fort Charles by ? the Spaniards. Under his supervis on one hundred and ten rounds were tired in honor of t lie completion of the Fort Hoyal railroad?one round for each mile. The tiring took place on the green in front ot , the Ukitulican office. Several panes ( of glass and a b ake oven suffered, but j when we are happy, da . n the expense. ? A Destructive Tornado. nn rlioOl^f ill S. ihlillf fin. 111.. !l Oir uado of tremendous power pa- oil over i the lower portion of S'. Helena i land. 1 On i?. i>. Goodmau'fj plantation the | wind expended its greatest l'oive. The ] dwelling house two stories in height, :JG x tO, was lifted l'rom the underpiiiiugaad carried a distance of Iwelve feel and cutire'y wrecked. The bake hou e, where Mr. Gooduiau carried on a large bn iuess was unroofed and damaged beyond repair. Mr. Goodman's family fortunately wa? absent on a visit, lie ,va< in the house, but when the h-eiscv.as l'alliug lie jumped into the entry-way and o caped Jmrt by almost a liihacle. The loss suffered by Mr. Good, tan is very severe, coming as it doc? jast a> he wa< making ready for the spring pluming, lie cannot repair his'a-, e for 1 s ban Sli'O!). Several m 1? >. and i orn bouses . in the neighbouring d were destroyed* ? * ? \ Skylark in a Gale. The fvh loner <S'%? /j7r left l>n!l River on the tt h with a loa 1 "i phn-phatc for Baltimore. On the morning11" the t bo experienced heavy gales from the south and southwest, with a very high sea running an i v< -v! la'auing heavily. At eight a. in. of that day the ve> el was found to have sprung , alid all hand were put tov.oik at the pumps with the ve8 el so:: n!!:i un 'or d-molc reefed foresail. On the t--d the wind moderated ! and at It) o'clock p. m. oflho tiitd passed j Cape Hat torus, the wind again blowing a g-.le from thesouMiwc-1, and increasing, with heavy snow xjuallu and very heavy seas. During this storm hurst fbretop sail carried away loh^throat halyards nil broke foregafl". Took in all the sail except main -Jl, under double reef. Weather ex.n. snely coiil and otiicers ana 1 rix'W entirely exhausted from working tiie pumps; schooner still labored very heavily and obliged to heavo to under close reeled uiuiusaih At this time water was increasing in the hold. On the 2.">th,at 11 p. m. lost one of the chain plates on the starboard side uud broke the holts off. A sounding was made and two feet of water f'ouud in the hold, although the pumps had been working steadily three days and nights. At six a. in. hoisted Hag at half mast, with the Union down, uud at ten o'clock the steamship Montgomery from Now j York for Savannah hove in sight, and I took the officers auu crew off. By that 1 :imc the vessel had three feet of water in he hold, and /raining on the pumps. The i officers and men wore thoroughly exfiaustcd, and the captain states that all A' his clothiDg and personal effects were . either destroyed or est. The Montgom- ] - ry then took the schooner in tow and ] brought her into Savannah on Monday i last. JtesTOn Wednesday of last week, the bark Oncco, loaded with lumber, from Savannah for Callao, while at anchor off Tybee Knoll, was discovered to he on lire. She was scuttled to save her. She is now lying in Cookspur channel, with a party of men at work on her. As soon as the scuttling lias been repaired and the vessel relieved of water and part of her cargo, she will be towed to Venus Point and a survey held with a view to having l>cnnanent repairs made immediately. It is thought that the cargo will be discharged and fold, having been prettythoroughly damaged by fire and water. CSaTSo far this has been colder than any week of (he winter. Silent.?Charleston and Savannah papers are singularly "mum" in regaid to the completion of the Port Royal railroad. Another Justice.?Alfred Williams has been appointed a trial justice for this county, lie lias nl-o been appointed secretary of the sinking fund commission. Alfred seems to be doing well for a bo'tor. Rfsionep.?P. P. Kzekicl has resigned bis office as warden of Beaufort, in accordance with the directions of the president forbidding TT. 8. officers to hold any positions under the states. BSfSenator Smalls has been elected chairman of the sinking fund commission. Tt is aid that a thorough investigation is to be made into the past dyings. It will be found that the fund is not only sinking but sunk. j^"Our exchanges are full of accounts of damage done by flood*. There is but one wish in regard to the weather?"dry ll up.' #?*Tho steamer Clin?. S. Hardee was sunk four miles below Savannah on the 2Gth ult. Six mcti were drowned. Cold.?On Tuesday night iec made in some place in town an inch and threcqnrrters tliiek. Rkai>y for sr.mmf.o.?Mr. Conantis expecting a schooner load of 450 tons of ice. lie is determined not to he short of ice this summer. - Those Proceedings.? Wehave been prevented by accident, from giving the vcrbation report ofthc proceeding.- of l lie Countv Commissioners, promised in last week's paper. Runaway. Walley Green, was runaway with by Lis steed on Tuesday. On turning the corner opposite the Reitdlican office the wagon was upset tind Walley spilled out, greatly to the damage of his phyiognomy. School CertiIlea tcs Treasurer Holmes liirn been beseiged :dl the week by teachers and other hold* L-ys of school claims. The township taxes in many cases have been exhausted and the state" quata is not yet available, so that many have been refused payment. F. Hard, of Mercer. Pennsylvania, died at the* Sea I-land hotel, on I'lie-d iy night last. He arrived in Beau* fort about ten days ago. for the benefit of his health, hut steadily failed in strength until his death. His brother-in-law Mr. McLeau took the body north on Thursday. ?3" Col. T. UC. i'aruielej siieeial commissioner of elaims for South Carolina, has been in town during the week taking testimony in the claim of J. C. Mayo, wood riii'l other stores tak* nhy Sherman's Army during the war. Temperatures of February. The following shores the range of the thermometer during tlir month of Fehuary, observe-.! at 7 a. m.:?1st, 40; 2d. 42; :> I 44; 4th, 50; 5th, 50 *, 0th, '54 ; Tlh, ! 50; 8th 50; Pih, 42; loth .">4; 11th 44; ' 12th, 62; 13th, 48; 11th. 41; 15th, 52; I ICthoS; 17'h. 52;J8t!i, 50; I (Jt h, 54; 20th, 52; 2li,t, C2 ; 22d, ?S; 2.'id, 40; 24th, .'12; 25th, o<; 2Gili. 41; 27th, 52; 2- th, oO. Average temperature of the month, at 7 a. in., 17 degrees. It will he observed that on only one morning did the thermometer mark the 'Vo v.ing point. ? B?9uThe senate credit mohilier committ -c reported in favor of the expulsion of Mr. Patterson of Xew Hampshire. She riff's Sales. Ou Monday last the sheriff sold the in terest of A. J. Harrison in a traCv 01 land situated on Corker Swamp, 142 acres, to Mercer & Anderson lor Foreclosure. The interest of J. F. Ciiaplin to a ; plantation on Halls island, ta 0. W. , Chaplin, for $.'450. Foreclosure. The interest of David Ilorton, in 100 ) acres, at the suit of Thos. Harold, to ; Dewvitt ?fc Morgan, for $225. At the i risk of former purchased, S. A. Horton. The Isaac Jones tract near Black Creek, 241 auges, toF. Jolitison, lor S.J80. at the risk of formed purchaser. S. A. ll??rton. fiaT" County. Auditor Langley was brought before Mr. Carleton on suit of W. J. VerJier, to compel him to alter the assessment of certain property. Mr. j Lapgley waived an examination and gave [tail to appear to answer at the next tunju. of court. ^ ! - . -. -I - 'i ' MInature Almanac. f\ jTTIi; I Sun I Son proonlH. W.|H. W J < I M | itis-.vl S.-t*. | K & S| lift. !at liar 7 Friday I 6...20j G...Olj 2...17J 2...07 2...I5 8 Saturday ~ 0...13 6...04 1^21 3...18 3...20 9 Sun lay 6...18; G...04 S...58 4...1G 4...2G 10 Monday ~7.~ G...I7i 6...05 1.7.iw ~0~O8 "TTTCO fi Tins,hy " 6?.16i G...06 5...14 6...57 ; l2 \Vcdnwday!^; 6...15 G... G S..A'2': 6...33 G...45 i:i thuWdayZZI 6...UI 6...07 Rises. ' 7...1.V 7...24 moon's phasks for tiik marcu. First Quarter, 5th, 8 hours, 6 mill. evonnitig. ? Fu!l Moon, 14th, 12 hours, 25 inin. morning. 1 I/ist Quarter, 21st, 3 hours, 0 niin, evening. / New Moon, 28th, 7 hours, 35 inin. morning. ' \ Personal. : Gen. Smalls and the members of the f legislature from this county returned ] home this week. c Mr. Hubbard, long ohief state consta- 1 ble, has been in Beaufort for some days. 1 An Error.?Some weeks ago we J stated that the Referee, of Charleston, a was amo..g the papers publishing the acts f We have learned that we were inisin- } formed. t ? j C?, Alex. II. Stephens was elected to t Congress from the 8th (August) district { There was no opposition. I Mr. Sumner is the oldest Senator in j continuous service, having entered the ( Senate for the first time in 1851 as the , successor of Daniel Webster. Mr. Cameron is the oldest in years. He will be ( eighty years old if he lives until the term expires in 1879. The Last Xile. 1 Concerning the final completion of the Port Royal road, the Augusta Comtitu- ' ? ~ t tionalist says: The last mile of the road was laid yesterday. The distance he- ! tween the rails from cither end gradually I lessened as the sun drew near the we-t- t ern horizon, and after darkness had fallen ( by the light of torches glaring fitfully, the last was laid and the last, spike was driv- j en?which connected the Atlantic and J the waters of the Savannah. The irons < from this and the lower end were con- | neoted at half past seven o'clock yesterday evening at the four mile post from this city, and at ten o'clock last night? ! welcomed by the booming of cannon? , the first train on the Port Royal railroad reached Augusta. Judge Macon B. Allen. a , Macon B. Allen, the newly elected judge of the Inferior Court is 55 years old, and a native ofthc State nflndiana. He is a colored man of light complexion, ] and is said to have Scotch blood in his . *? ? - i i:r? o ' YCillS. in: L'niliiiiciituu inu it OV1IV/W1 teacher, but, shortly giving unthat voca- ' tion, he removed to New England, where ! he studied law in the office of the Hon. i Lcuiuel Feswnden, at Portland, Maine, j and is said to have been the first colored ( man in the United Stages to gain admission to the practice of law. lie practiced 1 for many years in Boston. Massachusetts, i which place he left l'or South Carolina in ( lsfis. IIo is a highly respectable colored man, of temperate habits and courteous bearing.?Charleston Acta. 1 i n ? i SotiTTlrrn Claims. < Washington, D. C ; February 27.? ' Southern claiinauts are indignant over ' the report of the Senate Claim Commit- I tee for reporting the House bill without 1 any recommendation. The result is that 1 the bill goes on the calender and remain ' there unless some Senator urges action, 1 and no one seemed disposed to do this. ' Claimants who have incurred considers- 1 ble expense and braved the odium of ; proving their loyalty complain bitterly. 1 ?The Orangeburg Neics of last week I has the following: l On the plantation of Mr. II. P. Dunbar, in Barnwell County, S. C., on th?- 1 Port ltoyal Railroad on light sandy soil, one mule made 15,000 ibs. of cotton, (30 bales), and 400 bushels of corn. The land i has been planted for years, and manured ' highly with stable manure, cotton seed, etc. This crop -was manured entirely with home made manures, excepting ouc ton of commercial fertilizer. At $SU per bale for cotton, $1 per bushel for corn, and ?1 per hundred for foJder, the gross value of this one mule crop is $o,840. NEWS ITEMS. ?Snow fell in Columbia on Saturday morning, followed by sleet, continuing all day. Quite a heavy snow storm prevailed in the northern counties. ?The I'rogrexxtce Afjc states that Saluda river at Kinsrd's and Bouknight's was impassable on la. t Saturday and Sunday. Higher than known for someyears before. In consequence of the freshets in the Sautcc river and swauip the managers of the Northeastern railroad on Thursday last deemed it prudent to suspend the running of its trains beyond that point, until at; opportunity could be afforded of determining the safety of that portion of the road. The trains resumed running ou Tuesday last. ?Advices from Society Hill and Cheraw arc still unfavorable as to the freshet in the Pee Dee. One day last week the mail carrier and Mr. Waddel, in attemping to cross the river at Society II ill, lost one of the mail bags and escaped, by extra exertion, a watery grave. So states the Southerner. Mrs. Putuiun, whose hu band was killed by Foster, the car-hook man has signed a petition for the com mutation of lfls sentance to imprisonment, for life. The Loui-anti case has been left by mi . r i _ a. congress wmiout action. juc pre iuuiii will support t!ie Kellogg Government. ?The bill to i crease salaries passed congress. It gives the President $50,000 a year; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $10,5*K); the Justices of the Supreme Court, Cabinet Officers, V ice-President and Sjieuker of the House 10,000, and the members of Congrc-s including the42rd Congress, $6,500, but abolishes mileage, stationery aud all other allowances. ?The Presidcut has not positively abandoued his projected Southern tour, as has been stated, if, as is not improbable, the Senate gets through with the executive action in u week Jor two, and there is nothing elso of importance to require his presence in Washington. The President still hopes to be able to go South some time during the spring. B4DF0RT AND THE SEA ISLAM * of it and Tlie'r History and Traditions. nen) clas: NUMBER EIOIIT. fttei lube BY J. A. J. 11 som In 1733 a ferry was established between wej Jort Royal Island and the main land, j^J then called the Indian land, and after- . rards erected into Prince William's Par- ,l ei sh, as I ha^ already narrated.) This in a erry was located at, or very near to, the lC(n' irescut crossing of the P. R. R. R. It ?n onnceted the plantation ofCol. Samuel iMoleau, ou the island, with that of ^ rhomas Inues, on the Indian Land. The , joint at which the landing was established in Port Royal was then known as Putter- w on's Point. The Act establishing this erry, provided also for one over Combaiee river, whence two roads were ordered ^ o be opened; one to Purvsburg. on the () Java .nah river, and the other to the ibove mentioned ferry. Thus we see that act' it that early day the Provincial authori- c?" ies saw the advantages of our harbor, 0 1 ind the importance of facilitating the arc neans of communication between it and :he inland settlements. This ferry was 1,11 ivailable only when the tide was up, in n,u jonscquence of the cxteasive marshes on Y>'s the south bank. This great inoonvcn- 0 1 ience was not so sorely feltwhile tbc only .nt8 jouris of the province wore held in Char- lts COE leston ; for, the residents of the Indian ^ land could readily reach that point by private conveyance, overland; while '"j'. those upon the islands found it equally igreeable and convenient to go in open boats, by the inland passage,?a mode of a5' travel very common among them, aud continued until the ad vent of steam boats imong us, about fifty years ago. The inhabitants of those islauds in the immediate vicinity of Char.cston, still use their wet bouts for that purpose. .( In 1785 was passed the "Act for estab- jQ lishing county courts," &c., which was ge( soon followed by the erection of an eco- for Domical modest court house of wood in wj| Beaufort. It stood near the centre of ]j0 the public square, in frontof the market. U)0 Hie remains of its foundation were visible jn within the la t quarter of a century, It ^ was accidentally destroyed by fire on a wj, Fourth of July; but whether before or |)0, rfter the erection of its successor at Coo- fut jawhatchic, (in 1789,) I am unable to ? jay with certainty. I believe, however, pat] it was not bnrucd till 1804. Our patriotic ancestors were wont to commemorate u v that national holiday with much of "the pomp aud circumtance of war and a mo< rocket is said to have taken a course, as "ur jiratic as we may presume that of its managers to have been, after "a Fourth )f July dinnerand thus to have caused its destruction. The presumption is luite legitimate; as it was, by no means, ^ i rare occui re nee fur the holiday soldier, like Sir Lucius O'Trigger, in the play, "to Mr 50off half cocked." Thislittldtfigressiou Pa> Iocs not serve to put out of our view the jP ugnificant fact, that "the day we cole- j? brute" is fast passing into oblivion. Hup- rot py those patriotic forefathers who, having ma battled for frocdoo, thus honored the an- u ' aual return of their country's natal day; ind departed hence in the lull assurance, $p [hat they were leaving a joyous inherit- da; snce to their sons! Had they survived to behold the impoverished condition of their country men and their country, would they not think their anniversary mi celebration "more honored in the breach rej than iu the observance." ? tin I have mentioned above, the removal cn of the site of our Court House in 1789- SUI This was done for the accomodation of 'or the residents on the main; the Act of ')(' 1788 reciting, in the prcamable. that, 81,1 "sundry inhabitants in Beaufort district l',; on the main have by their petition reprcscntcd the great difficulties and ineonven- be icnco they experience from the court hUl house and gaol being on the island of c'' Port Royal; ho it therefore ennc'.ed" &c. Pa '? > -i -? > i'i 1: 1 .1... I.i! Hlie mis cnange oi locaiiuu rcocvcu uie people on the main from "ih: great diffi- !,r culties and inconvenience" of which they J'1 complaiticd, it served only to transfer a" them to thoso residing on the island; so Kr the necessity remained quite as imperative as before for a better regulated ferry, and the people of Beaufort especially experienced this need. In IT'.tf therefore,*' jjV: a company of one hundred porsons was ^ incorporated "to makefile comtuuniea- |n tion between the island and the main ex 'safe and convenient,*' under the title of "the Port "Republic Bridge Company." IM This company expended large sums of crj money and bestowed much labor on the an enterprise ; but in 1H)1 were so far fro ''lJ its eompl tion, tlu.t it was deemed ueces- *tM . cn sary to obtain from the legislature, per- |,r mission to use & ferry until auch time as dr the brult/c should be completed, This !?'J privilege was renewed by Act of Assembly ^ in lbUo ; the large and unwieldy company tol of one hundred having,! n 1802, grunted fbi a lease of lifty years to William Elliott, Francis Saitus ."ad others. This new or ganization was known as, "the Lessee #-'r Company." The term of fifty years was ' jj subsequently extended to five hundred! In 1800 -Mr. Elliott became the sole pro- dii pnetor, and with his ample means, dirco- fis ted by his sound judgment and iudomi table energy, had soon (surmounted all obstacles ; and had opened a convenient hope lerry" to the public, having built | substantial causeways on both sides; tj, which, together with the width of stream, 18 exceed a mile in length. tr? l The late Hon. Edu aodRhett, having Cy tested the value of sea-shells as a cover- sp ing for our streets, g.uring his long ad- ex ministration of the intcndancy, conceived the idea of getting cou.rol of the public Jjl( road, and having that shelled also, as far in; as the ferry. lit found enterprising co- it_ adjutors, und in 1853 the 'Tort Royal *1 Road Company" was organized with a capital of $25000. The franchise of the _ ferry was purchased from Mrs. Elliott, j and the road thoroughly covered with shells. As the first, and only president j le company, he put forth, in behalf s interests, that pcrserving energy power of endurance which so emi- gr Lly characterized him. Though a jr sical scholar of elegance, with fine th ary tr.stjs, and engaged with the fir >rs of au extensive legal practice which 27 lost men, would have been burden>- ch e indeed; yet, his phyisical powers tu e very considerable. In the midst of c0 lie duties, as Intendant, Senator, and 0f head of several associations, fiscal, th ary and agricultural, he accomplished, cc , short time, the herculean task of 10 ering the entire roadway with shells, yj rendering the ferry thereby, "a pay- ^ institution." He faltered in nothing lu ch he undertook. To crown all this, w i good man found ample time and mdant opportunity for acts of un- jj tried beneficence. tc lut to return to the Court House: It bl i supposed, at the time of its removal, ^ t Coosawhatchie would bacome a town 10 little trade and iu>i>ortance. Indeed n ere the war of the revolution, glowing t] aunts had been Bent to the mother Jj ntry. In one of the earliest numbers ^ he London "Gentleman's Magazine" h celebrated, in verse, the lovely scei e< tl the "banks of the Coosawatchie." a b lines are anonymous. The stream is ^ rigable to the bridge for very small w sels, which is as much as can be said n die Seine at Paris. The unhcalthful: * is of the country, however, prevented P development; and so poor was the ac- y inuodation for those in attendance on a i courts, that it was quite a common ? ictice for those from Port Royal and J acent islands to go up in their boats, r ;ing their tcnts_nnd such camp equip- t 5 as they were wont to use on excur- * us for fishing and hunting. About ( ty years ago, the court house was again uoved Gilli.-onvillc, fivo miles farther, t s chosen as a suitable place; and as far t health was to bo considered the choice ' s judicious enough; but it was, other- ( ic. ill suited for the purpose. It is now ( the very best place. Though not the c jgraphieal centre of the county, Beau- ! t is the most important place; and j h th? facilities afforded by the Port ( yal railroud, it is unquestionably the i ist accessible. As our town iucreascs f ........ . f Dusiness ana population, mere muss a growing disposition to visit it, ether for pleasure, trade or other purges. We sec indications for a bright ,ure before us. J Pur worthy aiav.it or* la the txub rauce of their riotboi, endeavored to suUtitoU.- thU word for 1 ival," wherever the latter occurred in our midst; ( kitneax, Port lte|ml>lic liland, I'ort licpuUic riv- 1 Port Republic (treet. The 1 attar vu retained uu- j the republican Tax CominixTniers had it rered. Could they not cudure the Lmrlevjuc? When f forefathers proposed the substitute, Kepublic aud ] iiiblican had, of course their 1 ^itimate signifi- i on*; what tueau they now? "2'e?<p?ra muJantur ui" tie. ' ? Death of Francis Warden, Francis Warden, .aged sixty-seven i trs, died in Paris, Prance, January ^3. ' . Warden was for thirty years the ' rtnerofA. T. Stewart, of .New York. ; iding in Parish and purchasing for the ' ji. iMr. Warden cotunicnccd business ' Boston, but failed in 1S47, and wa9 ' :ouimeuded to Mr. Stewart as a sales* in. llis ability soon obtained for hiin 1 partnership in the house, and he was 1 it to Kuropc to do the purchasing for lie leaves a fortune %,tiinatod at 1 0,<KK),U;K). His wife died just three ' ys previous to his death. - - - - 1 ItolicT Contemplated. I (V Washington letter says: "The couittee of ways and means have agreed to >ort favorably the hill which refunds 1 i proceeds oi sales of lauds in the South-. j States against which taxes were asses1 aud not paid. This hih has been bec the committee lor a long time, and an pressed at each session of Congress ice the war. The bill now provides it the taxes and cost, of sale he deduc- | I from the proceeds, and the difference , refunded to the owner, who, where ch lands are oecui)icd by bona fide pur. i users, must execute a lease to the occunt. The amount to he affected by the II is about S7U0,(XH>. The so.-tsion is obubly too near a close to admit'of the -cu?ion that uiu-t ncces:arily toil.-w, d the hiil may go over to (lie uexiCuiies> for that rca-ou." Doing the Dunkof I-higtajid. Disclosures ofa moststartling eharaeter -peering heavy forgeries on the Hunk of igland have just been made public, it; bills of the hank have boeu sueccs-lly counterfeited to a large amount, ati tensively circulated throughout th umry. Many of the most eminent ms in London have b ten victimized d have suffered serious lo-s. The forgies were largely in Hoth.-child's name, ,1 will i? l?.li..vi..l niiinimr f?I :l mil hi dollar*. Through the l>ilis di.-eoiin-. I I by tlit? bank a largo a on mot of Amcii- | m bonds have been lituiued on the fits of the forgery. Twenty-five hmied pounds reward is offcrered by the thoritics for the arrest of Frederick arren, an American, charged with untcrfeiting Ainerican bonds to the oxtit of and also with the bill rgeries on the Hank oi'England. ?The deficiency bill now before Cones* contains an appropriation of ten ousatid dollars for the introduction of ad into the rivers and lakes of the nited States, to he expended under the rcction of the commissioners offish and, heries. The (Quality of Cotton. Much attention has been directed of ,e to the comparatively poor quality of e cotton crop for the current season of TU-.'I, the great disproportion of the ex;u?e low grades among the cotton that is latterly been marketed, and tlicdiffijty of disposing of them. Our home "fti .il.ln (n iki> thorn tn anv tent, and shippers will not touch theui cause the demand abroad for the poorqualities and short^staple cottons is 3t with the East India pro<luct, and bei excluded from delivery on contracts lias been a serious question what to do1 th them. I write you to certify that I have used ft. Simmons' liver regulator in my aiily with complete successJ. W. D. BUiD. J The Credit Mobilier investigation, the V eatest farce of the age, which ha? 1 aggcd its slow length along duriug 1 is whole session of Congress, was I lally disposed of on Thursday the a th inst, and the committee dis- J larged. Mr. Sargent offered a substi- ] ,tc for the resolution reported by the I mnnttcc recommending tire expulsion OikcsAmes and James Brooks, to te effect that the House condemn the mduct of these gentlemen. A motion lay the whole subject on the table was jected by a vote o|F 52 yeas to 164 nays. J lr. Sargent's substitute was adopted by M vote or 115 yeas to 110*nay?.. Ilie reso- * tion condemning Mr. Ames* conduct a* adopted by a vote of 181 to 36, most 'the loading Denue-als vot'ng in the ' jgative, The resolution censuring Mr rooks was adopted by a vote of 174 yeas 4H > .32 navs. A motion to lay the prearale to Mr. Sargent's resolution on the tale was lost by a vote of 78 yeas to 131 ays, after wbicha vote was taken on the reamblo and it was rejected?yeas 98, ays 113. Mr. Speer, of Pennsylvania, len offered a long preamble and resoluon reciting the evidence taken before re Poland Committee in reforence to fon. W. D. Kelly, and declaring that e deserved the u qualified censure of ie House. Mr. Kelly then took the floor nd made a brief speech protesting gainst this effort tothus strike him down ithout an opportunity td"be heard by dtne^sorby counsel. Gen Butler deouneed this attempt to censure Judge Colly when he had not a proper opportunity of defense. Finally the whole subset was laid upon the table by a vote of eas 117, nays 76. Mr. Stevenson offered resolution censoring the conduct of Mr. Inmuel Iloopcr, of Massachusetts, for lis connection with the Credit Mobilier, ut the House. by a Vote of veas 75 to lays 108, refused to consider the resolu- i ion. Then, on motion of Mr. Sargent, ' \ f he committee, of which Mr. Poland was hainnan, was discharged from' further on?iderntion of the /Subject. But the most impressive scene was fcf- .j?; er the votes on Brooks and Ames were ,aken. It was one over which "the Gods liieht have smiled." Messrs. Elliott ind Ruiney, of South Carolina, were two ? >f the 32 who voted even against the mild ^ sondemnntion contained in a resolution of" ensure. Mr. Brooks conspicuously lett lis seat and went first to Mr. Elliott, anjl n the presence of hundreds fn the rear of Elliot's seat, thanked him at length and miphatically* for the vote which he had liven : he then did the the like to Representative Rainev. whose seat was in a dur ant part of the House. Good Fishing in California. What care the people of North Carolila, South Carolina, Georgia nnd Florida or the fish in the gold-bearing State, vhen they have full store houses and mmfortuhle homes? The last can only ichad with the aid of a Door, Sash and Blind Factory, and Builders' Emporium, moh as is now in successful operation by Mr. P. P. T-nlc, of Charleston; S. C. Send for his price list. Scot free. Two Hundred Houses in New Orleans Bnrocd?Loss $250,000. Nf.w-Oiu.kans, La., Feb. 27.?A fir* # n the Third District this afternoon destroyed neatly six squares, beunded by Jlaudc, .Daupbine, und MandcviUe Stsind Washington avenue. About 200 louses and their contents wero consumed,, nostly small frame dwellings. The Det loto school bouse was also destroyed; Scarcity of water prevented the firemen from doing effective service. ^ A high, tvind prevailed. The lo*? is estimated at" 1250.000; insurance unknown. Abut 200 families are left homeless. COTTON SEED ? ONE HUNDRED BUSHELS , Pure FRIPP'S Seed. C{ ELECTED BY WM. fripp. I1ARDY, EARLY and productive, YieMs 2S pounds Hut to tbe hundred. r JUICE $'4.00 PK.K BUSHEL.. For Sale By WAT2R30USE & RICEER. j RE DE E M YOUR L,ABTPS? V rgriiiE ,tn's ok congress and the reguJ6L latlons of tho Treasury deportment In regard' . l? tlio k-dmuption of laud- now in the possession of I lie United States by reason of the Direct Tax Comini.ssfnnrn sales, can tic bad at this office. Price un cents. By mail hflecn cents. WAJTTBD A LOCATION FOB A SCHOOL. A POSITION ON TIfE PORT ROYAL RAIL ( ROAD to locate a permanent Ural-Wan* school f?r girl< of all ap-s. A healthy locality, and a moral community rmjnind. A ladv of ran* cotton- from tlic Wet, an experl neel r-acherof South Carolina, and a gentleman who ha? served in two large Seminaries, will engage in tie -nterprfso. So h a school will aid largely in biti'ding up a> town, and will prove heiieficiai in various ways to a ( immunity. Applicants ploow addn-ss "TEACH. hits." can of Editor, JIkal-pukt Kkpchucax. ATLANTATION FOB SALE. A 1*1. A STATION ON ST. HELENA ISLAND, consisting of 17*> acres, nearly all clear-wi'and arnbl -. suitnbl for cotton, with dw.JIIng and other tmildlnga, will Ik- sold or leased on very reasonable tcriu>. Apply to J. G. THOMPSON. n-?v.2?-tf Rcaulort, S. C. I QUIT CLAIM DEEDS, I S''IT.\RLE FOR THE CONVEYANCE of 1 land acquired at State or Natiuuu! Tax Sales fbr sale at this office. tf. N O T ICE . Notice is hereby given that joiin M. MURRAY. Pilot on Port Itoyal and St. Helena Han ha- been suspenued for tbe terra of three mouths from tli date of this notice. By onicr, Board Commi?loners Pilotage, M. B. TREVKTT, feh.27. C. B. C. P. NOTICE. Colored Soldiers and SailorsAll Colored Soldiers or Sailors or their Legal Representatives, Who have received notice fr?m the Treasury Department that cortiG^Ua have been issued In settle me at of their CLAIMS FOR PAT, BOUNTY, PRIZE MUkuuuy f wwtf, and wbo have not received the amount* duo thrift are directed In older to rpeedjr payment of tbesam.n , bjr this Oftco, and Without Further Expense by Claimant* to *end their Kahes, with Post Omci Addbjbs to tbe - ^ Adjutant General, U. I. Arnajr, Wul? ington, D. C. * >*& They abould also itate In What Company and Boflmont tk* lrr< vice WM rendaradt K. D. TOWIIIIRD, . n . Wa* Pktartkirvt, Adjutant ' nrral'i Ofto^^H ' * * WaMnyUm, D. C., 1873.