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r niiL i'OKi jl 4?i*. STANDARD and COMMERCIAL A. O. THOMAS ; Editor, Beaufort. S. C., June 8, 1876. gUBSCKlPTJON#. X' % * - <>? T?or, ? i C?i 6lX UontlM, 1 C<> AdrerUfmrtatu uill L>? Innvrfrd at th* MU of fl 80 prr square, 10 Nonpnrctl llmec, for tht itnt Intrrilon; euitaaqurw in*ertioh? by contract. JOB miNTIHU AND STATIONERY. We bare one of tbe moft complete JOB OFFICKft the State, and do work as well and at as low pric~ as In the title*. Our stock ofsfTATIONERY ivlar^i ltd will be sold whoI< sale auu retail, as low as iu Charleston and Sevan no h. Deed* end lew blanks in pat variety. flkial Payer of Beaufort County. Complying with the resolution wc publish the minutes of the meeting held in Vanwrille, to take steps for the rebel of the destitution existing in that section of our county, and we trust that it will be the means nf awakening in the b:easf of the charitably disposed a determination to come to their aid. Thoee who inhabit this section are an independent spirited people, and would not ask the help of their fellow citizens. Unless the force of circumstances.?their entire destitution?forced them to it. Tbey are in this condition through no IWak. of thaii-m' 1 f?ii)da nvii. nlii.it, ? ? - -wmm-mrmm w mm +r mm* Km VUUCV V* Vi VflJ.Wil they ha l no control. Such vas the drought in this section 1 st summer that provision crops of all descriptions were an entire failure, and the cotton, which they make their money crop, brought a lower price than it has done for years. Their crops for this season are planted and are in a promising condition, but if from want of necessary succor at this time, they have to be abandoned a state of affair* will exist too painful for couiiemplation. Wo the:efufe hope that the appeal will meet with a ready response' knowing that those who make this appeal in behalf of their suffering fellow icings are men of such character that they would not ask aid unless the circum stance* weic m;c!i as to make it imperative. ?ii *Bills of Bank of Str.tr. The following circular was received on Friday last, by Trcacni rr Ilo'tmes. There having been no tender of these bills for county taxes here, the property advertised in which these bills were tendered will not be sold . Executive Department, OfTICE OP C MPTROLLEIt-G UN ERAL, Col up bia, S. C. June 1st 1S76. In view of the recent decisions ot the various Circuit Courts, the following instuetions are furnished for the guidance of each County Treasurer : Where bills of the Dank of the State have been tendered for the State taxes ot 1875, you will suspend all proceedings fcr collecting the same by distress, execution and sale, and report to this offer n detailed statement of the amounts ot Stall taxes so held in abeyauee. Where bills of Bank of the State have been tendered for County Taxes you will allow the parties making such tender to withdraw the same and pay in uneoey without: enalty if they so elect; but if sneh payment is not made on or before the 5th instant, you will then proeeed to eoileot, by sale of the property, the amount so due for County taxes, except in cases where such sale Is positiveI * enjoined by order of a con: potent Cwt Very Respectfully, Tnocs. C. Bcn.v, Comptroller-Geueral. The Centennial Holiday. The Governor has issued a proclamation for a genera! public holiday throughoat the State on the 2S:h of June, the oontennial anniversary of Fort Moultrie. He doares that all business shall be lus pin dad on that day. As a great many in Beaufort will not participate in the celebration, at Charleston we throw ou< the Boggeition that a pic-ric to some spot of historic memory would be pleasant way of spending the day. The '' O'd Fort " with its magnificent grove would be a delightful spot. The Grand Inquisition The Grand Jury, who are investigating the oounty government tele graphed for Attorney Genera! Stone, who arrived to-day (Thursday.) Whether anything haj at ail damaging to W efieiafiy with the extremely doubtful, although it eand|t be attributed to aoy lack of vigi'ence on the part ot the members of the jury. The strike in the rice fields of this and Colleton counties, has entirely subsided. The laborers having gone to work at the original price of fifty cents per task. The attempt to attribute the strike to poKHeal maneuvering was a miserable ' failure, as was the cry for troops. the Howard murderers have i been convicted, one of them by entirely a i colored jury, and the other by a jury with oely one white man on it. Will tie Charieetoa Nmo? now retract its slander-; cos insinuations about the juries in thiscounty, it made wheu speaking Of-this murder? t ^ | The memorial of the people of Port and Bcaufrrft, as represented by governments has been 1 Wr j*MB&od by Senator Patterson. to the ' i* T &. * iirwriia >** _ ? * I . 7 . ; , " ! i"JV.atC, at. '. . C*OI.CU w t.iO CvliiUiiviOu Oti I appropriation. -<?? ? h'kking Against the Prul.s. i _ | A wide awake correspon Jent writing the Sun hry Sua from New York, says >0me firings about Port Royal worthy of conriuerHtion by those who are ot 'be lrrnwing prominent of thM ro"t. " It is impv?ib!e to jcick su-:;es.:i'iiih arainnt tho pricks nf nature, The c n.i meree an J the wealth of tne U litoci .S atos gi&vitate* toward ?u 1 centers in New 1 urk a-- natumllyiis the waters of :he beautiful Hud:-cn flow towards the CH. Bh'lalelphia is an inland city, $he has a commerce, it is true, hut it is as a manufacturing centre that the can truly thrive. Baltimore is both a commercial and a manufacturing city, and has made rapid progress s-ince the accursed institution of slavery Ceased to exist. We will uot stop now to consider the influence which slavery exerted upon the growth of the city; we only state the fact, that ! a!';*r the war became a fixed fact between the Noth and t!t J South, lliltiinore rose rapidly in im;>ortancc until she became a great city. As such we accord her just credit. We rejoice in her growth and prosperty. We would u )t take a dollar of her Weil canted trade or commerce from her. She u 'o a large section of country what Boston is .to New England and a portion of the West. We have no | desire to curtial the trade.or commerce ol j either. New York has never suffered any bccau-c of the growth of Boston, Philadelphia, or Baltimore, nor never will. The short sighted policy of your little city by the cca (Charleston) never got possession of a true New Yorker. The growth of New Yo:k has kept pace, and will keep pace, with the growth of tilO gTCili UUHOll *J1 WUIITI1 cut IO .j-.v. nil center. Charleston has advantages for commercial purposes which were' early recognised, but she never attained great importance, and probably never will. She has tar the past 100 years been to South Carolina and the surrounding country for a few hundred miles, what Boston hasbeen New England, or what Salcrn or Newbury port was sixty-years ago. She has afforded an outlet for the comparatively meagre products of the territory which bordered upon her, and an ingress for the j article? of merchandise needed in the .-ame territory, but Savannah was near by, and local centres, State pride particularly, circumscribed the trade of both. A petty jealousy always existed that was injurious to each city, but the great harbor of Port Royal will ere long attract the commerce of the South, and the Southwest and the West, and both Char, leston and Savannah will bo,to Port Royal what Newburyport and New Bedford and Salem are to Boston. Another 100 years will not pass away before Port Rjyal will be to the South what New York is to the American continent?a, rival perhaps, of New York and yet New York will not suffer. New York will then be as necessary to Port Royal as she is to day to Charleston or Savannah, or^Cincinnati, or any other city, of the Union. If the teiunaraturc of Port Royal was as cool as that cf New York she might eventually become a twin sister. New York has climatic advantages, but the climate cf Port Royal will not, in our opinion, be a serious drawback to its growth. There are but two royal harbors on the Atlantic coast from the British Provinces, on the Northeast, to the furthercsfc bounda ries of lexas, and these are the harbor^ of New York aud Port Royal. i i A Sad Tragedy. . On Saturday evening about six o'clock the town of Beaufort was startled by the circulation of a report that a woman la 1 shot or committed suicide at the Sea Island Hotel. It turned out to IS^Irs. Caroline Susan Smith, the wife of an office? 'in th# U. S. navy stationed at Port Royal. An inquest was held the same evening before Pr. John A. Johnson, Deputy Coroner. It appeared that a nurse, Marion I. Lambert, was the first pc"3. u to go to the rccm and find the body, and tbiuVng that Mrs. Smith had fainted gave the alarm, whoa other partie; together with the h isbnnd of uv ceased, went to the room ami lifted her on the bed. She was still alive and Pr. Stuart was sent for. IIo testified that before being 3ent fer he had heaul while lying on a lounge in the house, adjoining the hotel, the report cf a gun o: pistol *' with the peculiar sound as if it were shot iu a room." He found her lying 011 the bed with her dress torn open and her underclothing blackened with powder and saturated with blood. The bullet had entered iuimod'ately below the nipple of the left breast and had passed through the lungs,'coining cut at the h-iok. and the next dav it uus discovered that the ball had passed through the blinds of the window to the we k The deceased only a short time before the shooting hid parehnol s^uie lauUaum | staging that she was suffering fVom neuralgia. She had left in her work basket at the hotel a memorandum stating that i she died perfectly sane, and wished and I wilied that whatever property she possessed or that might come to her, her husband should have full benefit of and at his death to go to her child. The wca j pon was a single barrelled pistol, breach I loader oflarge caliber. The jury returned a verdict that she came to her death from a pistol sh.t fired either by herself or by some other person, or persons to the jury uuknown. " The deceased was buried in the Eplsco pal church burial ground on Sunday last. 8S%?uThe Sad Tragedy" reported ly the Wilmington paper to the effect th;t Col. St. Clair Deariug, who, it was re-. ported , had just been married, was shot J and killed by a rejected suiter of the bride at Orahamville, 8. C., turns out to , ie untrue iu every particular. In the J J iiK-t place, lie was u$i umnied, and does not expect tc bo shortly?was not shot A i by any one?is not killed?was ;J* (Jrahaunille on tl.e occasion mentioned, but was at the time and is uow in Philadelphia. He is in daily correspondence with his relatives in this city.?Athms (Gh) Wiitchrr ian, COURT OF GENERAL SESSION, j The June term of court for this county { opened oil Monday. Judge Mwher prei oiJ'ny. This is the last teiin ir. this county for Judge Ma her, unless a special teriu is ordered, which is very improbable, his time expiring in August next. There are a large number of important case*, several charges *of murder, and public interest is also very great as to the action of the grand jury, a committee oi i that body having been busily engaged, i during the interim from the February term, in a thorough investigation int< the management of county affairs. The grand jury returned a true bill against T. B. Jones, on Tuesday for the murdci at Yc.nc.ssc. He plead not guilty on ar raigi ment. lie was unrepresented by counsel and the court assigned W. J. Whip per, an W. J. Vefdier Esqs ; Thos. H. Wheeler Esq. will assist the Solieitoi in the prosecution. The trial is set, foi Friday. Joe Singleton, Archie Simmon: Benj. Wallace, and Henry Sweet, wer< found guilty of robbery and larceny Sweet had not been arrested. The otli ere were sentenced to two years each ii the penitentiary. This wa/thc case w< reported at the time of its occurrence it April, where the prisoners set upon anc stole a large amount of money, from tw< boys, Anderson Frederick, ancl Ilobt. W 1 liams, the former of whom had stolen thi mouey fVom a priest in Augusta, cam< down to Port Royal, near which plac< the prisoners took the money from hiu and hi% companion. Perry Brown, was found guilty of at assault with intent to kill in Feb. last B (1. Adams at Keans Xeck. Adams wa: fired on by prisoner with a gun in the nigh on the highway. The jury recommends him to meicy. He had been in jail fou month?, and His Honor, taking this int.* consideration with the recommendation seutenced him to eight months in th penitentiary. R. W. Buford appealed from a ver diet of Trial Justice Roberts for assnul and battery on Louisa Smith. The jur found him again guilty. The sentence' o the lower court was reuewed, which wit! the additional costs amounted to $50 which he was required to-pay, or be im prisoned thirty days. On Wednesday W. J. Whipper Esq. raised the question of the illegality of th juries on similar grounds to those mad< at the Feb. term, that there was n< qualified jury commissioner At the tim of the drawing, ar.ci the Chairman of th county commissioners was not notified o the meeting of the board of jury comm's aioncrs, and was not present at the draw ing. The court over-ruled the objection , Titus Green and Jupiter Ward came t trial for the murder, in May last of Jin Bush near Hardeeville. This was th oase we reported two weeks ago whei the decased was killed by a blow on th head by a club in the hands of Jupite Ward. The evidence showed a quarre and an attack on the two prisoners i; deceased, who lived eight days after th< affair. The jur}' brought iu a verdict o not guilty. The Howard murderers were tried todiy, (Thursday)W. F. Colcock, and C. K Bill Esqs., appeared for the prosecution and Thos. H. Wheeler and S. J. Bampfield Esqs. were assigned by tin court for the defence. The jury re turned a verdict of guilty of tnurde: against both Snipe, and Bright. Dick Walsh, who was charged wit! perjury, in a case before trial justice Parnele, was acquitted. Thos. H Wheeler Esq. was assigned for the de feuce. The grand jury hive sura uoned the witnesses who testified before the Coroner, at the inquest on the body of Caroline C. Smith on Saturday, anti examined them to-day (Thursday. The} reported to the court that 14 after careful examination of all the circumstances connected with this case, the Grand Jury, can see no cause to suspect, that the unfortunate lady oame to her death by any hand but her own. " . 1 ^ J Fatal Aeeldent on Board an Excursion Train. On Friday last an excursion train arrived at Port Royal from Atlanta and other points in Georgia. When the train arrived at the Salt Water bridge trestle, near Beaufort the whistle was blown for down breaks, and a report was circulated that a man had fallen into the creek. Ilis hat was seen in the water, and was recognized as belonging to n young man named Millard Seals, aged 17 years, "the son of the editor of a paper called the '* Sunny South, " published in Atlanta. lie bad been seen sitting ! dm the steps of the car, a few moments before the accident, and the steps of this car projected a greater distance over the track and had come in contact with the butt of the skid that is used to | slide lumber from the cars into'the creek to be used at Wilson's Mill. His body | oould not be found immediately and the train proceeded to Port Royal, where the authorities of the road dispatched a car with the necessary grapnels to the scene of the accident. The body was soon found, which was severely bruised on the right side of the face aod it is supposed that he was stunned to such n extent by the blow he received when the car steps were struck that he was unable to make any exertion to save himself. An inquest was held the same day at Port Royal by Dr. Johnson, and a verdict in accordance with the above facts was returned. > A ? * -. ^ V ? # Uj*? .? A d?dlU'lfii/j. ; ! "tfopflnef at Vnrn&Tilic. An Appeal for ! | Aid, Pursuant to a public call, the citizens \ of Beaufort County met at Vamsville on tlie 30th day of May, to take into consideration the extreme destitution of 'he ' people and to devise some plan whereby ] r.n ni'cviailvM of the ruff' rinp^uay be 1 obtained. s Henry Goethe Esq war requested to j act as Chairman and J. 0. Sanders as , I Secretary. 1 The Hon. James K. DcLoach t' en ad- : j dressed tho meeting representing in a , I feelingly sad manner tlie dreadful results , i! that may be occasioned by a continnance 11 of the present state of the people, and pi introduced the following preamble and Resolution, Whcmis, it has come to our knowledge that many good, honest and worthy citizens of our County are in a starving j condition, in consequence of the failure of , crops the last year, caused from drought. Therefore be it resolved; That a com. inittec of five be appointed, who shall be stated a committee on relief, whoso duty shall be to ask aid from all who have r charity for their fellow man and are able, r and willing to contribute something to rtierelief of the destitute who are without 5 bread, means or credit, and that the said , committee make immediate application where they think best and by the most practicable means to accomplish this end. The preamble and resolution were , unanimously adopted :tud tho following ' gentlemen appointed tho conimittce on j relief. j Col. A. McB. Pceplcs, Rev. H. C. Smart, Hon. jas. E. DeLoach, Geo. H. , Hoover Esq# and Rev. Stevens. # 8 Sub-committees were then appoint. ed, consisting of one from each township j whose duty shall be to receive all applications for relief in their respective town( ships, and transmit them to the commit. 1T-Z? tec oa rener. i The following gentlemen compose t' these committees: Capt Win. J. Gooding, I for Peeples township, James W. Moore Esq. for Coosawbatchie, Rev. \V. H. ^ Shuman for Goethe, John Lawton E*q. for Lawton, Dr. Isaac Gregory for Poc cofaligo, Hen:y Fuller^ Esq. Sheldon, Win, Elliott Esq. for Beaufort and the , Islands, Frank W. Roberts Esq. for t Yemassee, Jno. H. Roberts Esq. for v Robert, and E. \Y. Sanders Esq. for f Bluffton. The meeting secuicd to have been fully and seriously impressed with the vital importance of the subject under consideration, and we trust that our efforts may be overruled by the mercy and goodness g of Almighty God. The Hon. James E. DeLoach then 5 moved that the proceedings be sent to the 1 Port Royal Standard & Commercial c rht Charleston News and Courier, the f Savannah Republican, the Anrjmtu Constitutionalist and the Columbia Union Herald, and that others who are favorable to the cause be also requested to copy.1 Ihe meeting theu adjourned. H. G kthk, Chairman. tJ. O. H. Sanders, c * 8coreUry. I. S. MAIL. f SOUTH CAROLINA. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, ) Washisotuk, D. C. I May 20tb., 1873.) PROPOSALS will be received at the Contract Office of this Department until 3 o'clock p. m. of 1 >th of July, 1876, (to be decided by the 81st July,) for carrying the malls of the Uulte<l States fr?u OcI' tober 1st.. 1976. to Juue 33, 18M, on the following routes In the State of South Carolina, and by the schedule of departdrua and arrivals hor!ln specided( 1 vis: 11213.?From Charleston to Legarevlllc, 20 miles and baft, one* a treok. Leave Charleston Wednesday at 6 a. m; Arrive at Legarevlllc by I p. u; Leave Legaftviile Thursday at 0 a. m. Arrive at C'bsrltston at 3 p. in. Bond n quired with bid, $900. 14216?From Grabsm's Cross Roads, by Slngletaryvillc and Indian town, to Carraway's 30 1 miles and back, once a week. Leave Grahams Cro.s Roods Saturday at 7 I ' Lr; 1 Arrive at Carre way' at 6 p. nr; Leave Caraway's Friday at 7 a. m. Arrive at Graham's Cross Roads by 6 p. m. ! Bond required with bid, |400. 14217?From Nicbol's by Page's Mills, Ward's and Alfordsville, to Shoe He>.l, K. C., 44 miles and buck, once a week. Lc .vo NLhol's Thursday at 0 r. m; Arrive at Shoe Heel by 8 p. in; Leave Shoe Heel Friday at 6 a. m; Arrive at Nichol's by 8 p. in. Bond required with bid, $.">00. 14218?From Greenville C. II., by Asbmore'*, Sterling Grove, Oak Lawn, and Wilson's Bridge, to Williams ton, 25 miles and back oucc a week. n IT TK.AM.lnv nf ft n m. 6 UiOVU TiilQ V. U. A Uintiaui Mi w N. M Arrive at Williamston, by 5 i. m. L"ave Williamston Friday at 8 a. m. Arrive at Grec..vilic C. II. by 4 p. m. Eonl re^ui:el with bid, JS'JO. I 14210?Prom Edged eld C. H. to Abboriilc C. H. 41 miles and buck, once a wo?.k. Leave Edgefield C. H. Saturday at 6 a. m Arrive at Abbeville C. H. by 7 p. m, Leave Abbeville C. U. Friday a: ti a. m. Arrive at Edgefield C. H. by 7 p. m. Bond required with bid, J500. 14220?From Woodruffs, by Barleywood, Enoree, s and Tylersvilie, to Clinton, 27 mil. s and * back, once a week. Leave Woodruffs Thursday at S a.m. Arrive at Clinton by 6 p. m. Leave Clinton Friday at 8 a. m. Arrive at Woodruffs by 6 p. m. Bond required with bid, $300. i Instructions to Bidders and Postmasters; i c Containing also conditions to bo inenrpo- t rated in the contracts to the extent the Dipartnieiit may deem proper. a The Postmaster General warns bidders and their o ' sureties to acquant themselves fully with the laws a of Congress relating to coutracts for the carrying of a the maik, (the important provisions of which are c i cited herein,; and also to familiarise tbemeelves ! with the instructions and forma herein furnished, u I before they shall assume any liabilities as such bid- b ' ders or sureties, aud to prevent misapprehension or t> ! cause of complaint thereafter, ? Posimasters are required to make themselves familiar with the lav sand these instruction:, that I .hey uiay be able (o inform auu direct others. 1 Seven minute* are allowe?l to each intermediate ( >fficc, when not otherwise specified, for assorting ho mails. 2 On routes where tho modes of conrcjicc* admits >f it. the special agent of the Post Office Department t!:o post office blanks, mail hags, lochs and keys are y be conveyed without extra charge. 3. "Way bills" or receipt), prepared by postmaaers or other agents of the Department, will accompany the mails, specifying tbo number and destina-' don of the .several bags, to be examined by the postmasters, to iusurc regularity in the delivery of bags 2nd pouches. 4. No pay wili be made for trips not performed' 2lid for each of such omissions, if the failure be oc* asioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier three times the pay of the trip will be deducted. For mivals so far behind time as to break connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently excused' one fourth of the compensation for the trip is sub* feet to forfeiture. For repeated delinquencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties proportioned to the ualure thereof and the impo.tauce of the moil, may he made. 5. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails, or any portion of them, for the admission of passengers, or for being concerned in setting tip or running an express conveying Intelligence in advance of the mail, ft quarter's pay may bo deducted. G. Fines will l? imposed, unlets the delinquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postmasters or the affidavits of other credible psrsons, for .failing to arrive in contract time; for neglecting to take the mall frotn, or deliver it into, a post office; for suffering it to be wet, injuredi destroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing after demand, to convey the mail aa frequently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running a coach car, or steamboat on a route. 7. Tho Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for assigning tbe contract; for violating the poet office laws, or disobeying ihe instructions of the Department; for refatfng to discharge a carrier when required by the Department to do so; for runniug an oxprees as aforesaid; or for transporting persons <r packages conveying ntailab o matter out of tha mail. Tbe Postmaster General may order an increase of service on a route by allowing therefor a pro rata ' increase on the contract pay. lie may ehRagc schedules of departures and arrivals in all eases, and particularly to maka them conform to connections with railroads, without increase of poy, provided the running time he not abridged. The Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail the service, in whole or in part, In order to place on the route superior servioe, or whenever the public interests, in his judgment, shall require such discontinuance or curtailment for any other cause; he allowing, as full indemnity to contractor, one month's extra pay on the amount of services dispensed with, and a pre rata compensation ror the amount or service retained aud continued. 9. Pa) mants Till be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter?say in November, February, May and August, provided that required evidence of service has been received. 10. The distances given are belie red to be substantially correct; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidder, mud inform ikemoelvot on thU point, and also in ref? ereuco to the weight of the mail, the condition of bills, roads, streams* do., and all toll bridges, turn pikes, plank roads, ferries or obstructions of sny kind, by which expense nay be Incurred. No claim for additional pay, baaed on such ground, can le considered; nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of service; nor for brMgi a destroyed, ferries discontinued, or other obstructions causing or increasing distance or expense occurring daring the contract term. Offices established after this advertisement is issued, and also during the contract tann, are to be visited without extra pay if the dU'ance be not increased. 11. Bidders sre csutt n.d to mall their. proposals In time to reach the Department by the day and hour naibed in the advertisement, as bids recti red after that time will md be rsmldsjarf in competition a 1; h bids of reasonable areasnt seecfotd 1st time. Neither can bids be considered which are without the bond, oath, an* certificate required by sept I? 2 o, act of J one 9,1874 Bidders should first propose for service sirfetOyuKUUldlug to the advertisement, and then, if tLey d-sire, wjfcrraisty for different service; and if the rajuUir bid be the lowest offered for tin advertised scrvic-, the other propositions may be considered. 13. There should be but ouo route bkl for In apropos*! Consolidated or combination btib ("proposing one sum for two or more routes") cannot be considered. 14. The route, the service, the yearly pay, th: name aud residence of the bidder, (that is, his usual putt office aduress) and the uaase of each member of a firm where a company offers, should be dtatiuctly stated. Id. Bidders are requested to use, ss for as practicable, the printed proposals fornl bed by the Department, to write eut in full the snra of tholr bids, and ta tain nAiiiaa of thtn). Hid* altered in the route, the s:rvice, the /early pay, or the nam* of the bidder, by erasure* or interlineations, should not be submitted; and if so submitted will not be considered in awarding the contracts No withdrawal of a bid will he allowed unless the withdrawal la received twenty-four hours previous to the time fixed for opening the proposals. 18. In case of faiiuro of the accepted bidder to execute a contract, or of the abandonment of service daring the contract term, the service will be re-advertised and re-let at the expense of the failing bidder or contractor, end any accepted bidder who dull wrongfully refuse or fail to enter into contract in due form, and to perform the service described in his proposal, may be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, be fined and imprisoned therefor. 17. The Postmaster General reserves the right to reject any bid which may be deemed extravagant, and also to disregard the bids of falling contractor' and bidden. No contract for carrying the mail shall be made ; with any person who has entered or proposed to t nter, into any combination to prevent the making of any bid for carrying the mail, or who has rm.d? any agreement, or given or performed, or promised to give or perform, any consideration whatever to induce any other person not to bid for aoy such contract. No bidder for carrying the maiia shall bo released from his Obligation under his bid* or proposal, net withstanding an award made to a lower bidder, until a contract for the designated service shall have beeu duly oxecuted by such lower bidder and bis sureties, and accepted, and the service entered upon by the contractor to the satisfaction of t9b Postmaster General. By regulation of tho Department, no carrier can be employed who is under sixteen years of age; and m bidder will be accepted who is under twenty-one years of age, or who is a married woman. 13. The bid should be sealed, superscribed "Mall Proposals. State of South Carolina," address d ' Sec>nd assisunt Pos m v- ter General, Contract Office.', 19. Every proposal must be accompanied by a bond ivith two or more euieues approval oy i postmaster, aud in cases where the amount ){ the bond exceeds fire thousand dolars ($3,000) by a postmaster of the first, second >r third class. Bids for service, the pay for which it the time of the advertisement exceeds five tl ouiand dollars, (?5,00).) must be accompanied t y a cer. ;iiied check, or draft, payal/lj to the order of the ^o3tiuaster General, on some solvent national bank >f not less thsn five per centum on the amount of he annual pay on such route, and in case of new >r modified service, not less than five per centum of he amount of the bond accompanying the hid, if he amoun( of said bond exceeds (.$?,000, five thouand dollars. The amount of bond required with bids, and the iresent pay when it exceeds ($5,000) five thousand lollars, are stated in the advertisement under the appropriate route. Sureties on the boud of a bidder must take an ath before an officer qualified to administer oaths hat tbey are tho owners of real estate worth, in the ggregate, a sum double the amount of said bond, >ver and above all debts due aud owinp by them nd all judgments, mortgages, and executions gainst them, after allowing all exemptions of every haracter whatever. 20. Ail checks deposited with bids will be held intil contract Is executed and the terviee commenced y the accepted bidder. Checks wiU thm he returned y vtail, on the written request of the bidder, or deliver d to any one oft hit order. 21. The contracts are to be executed and returned to the hpartmcnt by or b'forethe ^h day of Scptonber, 1376 *- *i' mtctaos**. -WX'-V> _i ofA.nteMr the acc*pfrd bidder iri!l he considered as havf"? failed, and the P>slu%c 'er G:ncr<d may proceed to contract for the service with other parties, according to la;o. Assignments of contract", or of interest in eontracts, are for bid-ten by law, and consequently can" not be allowed. Neither can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred or assigned to other parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that they will be exported to perforin the serv ice awarded to them through the whole contract term. 22. Section of the act of Jnne 8,1S72, prorides that contracts for the transportation of the mail shall be "swarded to the lowest wider tendering sufficient guarantees for faithfbl performance, with" out other reference to the mode of aoch transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty, and security thereof." Under this law bids that propose to transport the mails with "celerity, certainty, and security," having been decided to be the only legal bids, arc construed at protiding Jer the entire mall, however large, and whatever may be the mode of conveyance necessary to insure its ''celerity, certainly, and security," and have the preference over all others, and no others are considered> except for steamboat routes. 23. A modification of a bid in any of its cawntiaj terau U tantamount to a new bid, and cannot b? received so as to interfere with regular competition Making a new bid in proper form is the only way to modify a previous one. 21. Postmasters aro cautioned under penalty of removal, not to sign the approval of the oondof any bidder before the bond"is signed by the bidder and his sureties, and not until entirely satisfied of the sufficiency of the aurctloe. No postmaster, assistant postmaster, or clerk em* ployed in any post oiBcc, shall bo a contractor or concerned in a contract for carrying the moil. 25. Postrussters are also liable to dismissal from office for acting as sjenu of contractors or bidders' with or without compensation, in sny business, matter, or thing relating to the mail service. They are the trusted agents of the Department, and cannot consistently act in both capacities. 26. In case the route is not supplied with pouches, locks, and keys, requisition must be made upoa the 3ecoud Assistant Postmaster General for the same before the date of beginning service. 49Troposal* altered by erasures or interlineations of the route, the service, the yearly pey, or the name of the bidder, will not be considered. POEM OF PROPOSAL, BOND, AND CERTIFICATE. Proposal, The undersigned whose post office address is -1 -, county of Stale of , proposes to carry the nulls oi the United Status, from October 1,1676, to June W, 18-^?, on route No. ?-, between and. . State of , under the advertisement of the Postmaster General, dated May 20,1676, "with celerity, certainty, and security,"for the annuel sum of ? dollars; and if this proposal Is accepted he will enter into contract, with sureties to he approved by the Postmaster General, within the time prescribed in aoid advertisement. \ This proposal it made wUtfull knowledge tf the dielance of the route, the teeffkf of the mail to be carried, and all other partiadart St reference to the route end service; end ulee qfler certfui nomination of Use torn 1 and instructions attacked fr advertisement of asatl service. Dated t ? ??- \ M/dcr. Oath required byssetien 145 of en act of CbtfiMSi dfpraeed Jam S3, 1174, * be affixed te tack bid fir cm if imf Ac moil, and to be taken before m afiorr qualified to administer oaths. I ?? r, of , bidder for carrying the mail on row to No.??, from to , do swear that I hare tho ability, pecuniarily' to fulfill my obligation as such bidder; that tho bid is tuads in g6od fakh, and with the intention to enter into contract and perform the service In case said bid, shall be accepted. Swam to and subscribed before me, ?? for 4^,? of ??, this day ?%*.&** 9m twtsoHmony wherooi fmun.J I hereunto subscribe my same sad lit my* sAdai ami the day swd ysnr aforesaid. ? _ \ Hots.?When iho oath \? taken before a justice ?; the peace, or any other otfieer nut using a seal, cxCv.pt a judge of a United states court, th?osrtlticatc uf the clerk of a court of record must b?* sddui, under his shai of o&oc, that tlu pcr&u who adiuiai*?d the oath is duly qualified at such ofilcer. Bids must be euvmpanled by a certified check, or dt*{fi on seme eolveat national bank, payable to the eeder ?/ As Postmaster Oene;el, equal toh per eeutnm en An present anneal pt feu the route, when the present pay exceeds $8,090; er in race <tf w service, not he An "> per centum oj ike amount oj the bend a:eunp?nylnp the bid, if said bend tsmeis fMfifi. Tho proposal must hortfasd by the bidder or Udders, end the date of sigoing afibd, Direct to the "Second Assistant Postmaster Qf? cral PoatoAoe Department, Wsshingfoa, D. marked "proposals State of South Carolina." BOND. . IHrtctiom. J9*Inwrt th? names of the prine pal end w relit* in full in the body of the bond; sUo the dele. The signatures of the bund should be wiincstfid, and tiio certificate on the inside should be signed by a justice of the peace, adding hie official title, or if signed by a Notary Pubiid, bo eiiould affix his seal. Know all men by tiioae pre?cnts,that??, of?in the Stato o! , principal, and ?? and " ?? of?> in the State of , at au ret let are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the just stud full sn:n of ?? dollars, lawful money of the Visited Stales, to be paid to Ibe said United States of America or Its duly appointed . or authorized officer or officers; to the payment of which truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Scaled with our seals, and dated this day of .187 . Whereas, by in act of Congress approved Jane 28, 1874, entitled "An Aot making appropriations for the service of tho Post Office Department tot the fiscal year ending Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes," it is provided: "thatovjty propositi for carrying the mail shall be accompanied by the bond of the bidder with sureties approved by n postmaster," in. pursuance whereof, and in compliance with the provisions ,f said law, this bond Is made and executed, subject to all tho terms, conditlous, and remedies thereon, In the said act provided and prescribed, to accompa ny the aforegoing and annexed proposal of the said Now. tho condition of the said obligation is such, tlxat If the said - ?, bidder as aforesaid, shall, within such time after his hid is accepted a* the Postmaster General has yresoribed in said advertisement, enter into a coutract with the United States of America, with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the Postmaster General, to perform tho service proposed in his said bid, and fur thcr shall perform said service according to his contract: then this obligation shall be void, otherwise to be in fail force and obligation in law. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands ana seals this ?- day of ??, 137 . 1 i Ls>EAL.J -? . [SEAL.] . [SEAL.] .[SEAL.] Witness: * Any alteration by erasure or interlineation of a material pert of the foregoing bond will cause it to be rejected, unless It appears by a note or memorandum, attested by the witnesses, that the alteration was made before the bond was signed and sealed. When partners are parties to the bond the partnership name should not be used, but each partner should sign his iudlvidua! name. STATE OF 1 CoL ilTV OF j On this day of , 187. , persona'ly appeared before me and . sureties in the aforegoing bond, to me known to bi the persons named in said bond as sureties, and who have executed the same as such, who being by me duly sworn, deposes and Ays, ho lus executed the within bond, that his place of residence is correctly stated therein, that he is the owner of real estate worth tlio sum hereinafter set ajaiaat his name or ftA'WBWVi'/. * . ? r-. Kl *? IttJWMt er and above til dobts due s id owing by him, acl all judgments, mortgages, a i executions agaiust him, after allowing all exemptions of every character whatever, the total sum thus assured amounting to (S ) dollars, being doufclo the amount of the foregoing bonl. g Subscribed and sworn before me thia ? day of , ? I^o :r.?When the abort oath it taken before a Justice of the peace or any other officer not using a seal, except a Judge of a U. J. Court, the certificate , of a clerk of a court of record must Jeadded, under his seal of uffic;, that the person who*administered the oath is duly qualified as rach oficjr. ' | | STATE OF \ ' U ' COVVTY Of X, ee?ese#*?eer#ee ? eetee ) clerk of the the same being a Court of Retord, do hereby certify that........... eeeetwetj vboer genuine signature ap poars iw im luniviH j souutvii, WM, M Un? UM ?f signing tli# mi, a Justice cfths peace to tW for tb? County and SUM aforescld, daly qualified, and that all hia official acts u sorb in satitMd to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof, I ha*o hcrtuoto ait ay hand a* clerk, aad affixed the teal of mid eoo.t, on thU ? day of 187 . [L. S.] imm dtrh* CFBTIFICATE OF P06TMA8TKK. I, the undersigned, poatinuUr at...... -..., 8Utc of after the exercise of due diligence to laform myself of the peeonie;y ability and raaponi'. bUity of the principal and k la sureties in the aforegoing bond, and of the mi incumbered real esUU owned by them, respectively, do hereby appro* * said bond and certify that the said suretiee are sufficient? sufficient in my belief to tosase the payment of double the entire atiouot of the said l>o:.d . and I do further oertify thai, the Aid bond war duly signed by bidder aad . ..... and his sureties, before signing thtsoortlficato. ^ ? PotimotUr. Dated -... 117 . For forms of proposals, l >od and certificate, and aleo for Instruction* as to the conditions to be emheaced in the contract, do., we advertisement of this dots in pamphlet form. Inviting proposals for null service fa Maine, to he found A the teminaj post offices of the above routes, sod to be bad on appiieatlou to the Second Assistant P. K. Oeneral. Bids should ho sent to waled ooveiopea, spperscribel: "Mail Proposals, Jitato of South Carolina,'. airtj#i*rnnrt to the Seeoi d Assistant Postmaster tfgaeifci siwwjjmu, M 11 6rw"ti Pfflrtal ASSESSMENTFOR ?76. OFFICfi COUNTY AUDTTOl, r. Tl Buwhif, a. ?, 1?W. . Tbc assessment for the iacai year 1476 will eotau rm mar day qfjwb. and contin# antfl the SMhday el July nasi. TW Mm?utTitttefar personal pl opedttqxlt. but those kilinjr to assess liril W fW.ir who have sold or ?.shased Lu?U since tlw last ass? rnent will note said ehagcson their returns, together with mit chaoses that a? have tah?a place In the boundaries of Heir lands, eoesoqecut on neb sale or purchase, with -4 stab?cut as to whether said land* so so d or purchased is pknr, meadow, or wood lead. This sfetrfumi ia momm- . rv in every case whore 1 and* hare changed hands, and yiH save (a* payers isueh trwiM*. as wril as conduce to the eucrectaeis of tins official record, sad greatly facilitate the the pay neat of taxi* * kicriiuyd ojtxsjl 'Jt Qtx mk? Id uuikiitjf Macnsvn-at care iuu*t he taken to hare ibctn as error* lit returns invariably (whea not discovered In this^tftee} #?t .94 the Tax ^fSShraoifc* *'H he given iadtte U*c. 2*- : < v L.8.LA5?t*y, JasJ-tf. Cetn.t***Uor. singular* he lriodwd irvd eirditonTof^Ihc said Henry MeXre doccartv. that they beandappear.bi fnr J J?u. io the Court of PTybcc, to be held at Beaufort, In wideoontjrea 'the t?b day of June, next, after publication hem f, si ft vkiwk la th* fans. a ; noon, to shew cause, IT tay they inure, why the said -(flTe?I^aMhaJl^S3S?l?iv of **7 Anno Domini, ia?. J^V"; * r PROBATE NOTICE. A? These sre therefore o cite and admonish allied singular the kindred and creditors of the ?akl ft? tmm inhiMAO itaMHal <ha< 'Our 1* aflauMu la fort m?, Id the Court of Probata, to to told at Baufort, o? tto Stod da* of Job* in*t., a/tor publication hereof, at Sl^deek Id ton forenoon, to show on?>, If any the* to**, why tto Mid administration should not to cnmtod. - Given under my Brnd, this 8th daj ot Jnn* an uo Domini, 1879. JUDLET K. 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