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STANDARD and COMMERCIAL
A. O. THOMAS ;
Editor,
Beaufort. S. C., June 8, 1876.
gUBSCKlPTJON#.
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<>? 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?
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| 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 '
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! i"JV.atC, at. '. . C*OI.CU w t.iO CvliiUiiviOu Oti
I appropriation.
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h'kking Against the Prul.s.
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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.
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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. "
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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. CARLETOV,
JneMtoM* Prthnto Jndn*
M?afe??h low Usl, l?w Rtstort*:
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\ ** Iclehratol Essay on tto
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crtala and effectual, by means of which every
sutfertr, no matter wlut his conditlen may be
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90. This Lecture should to in hands of every
youth and overy mas in too lard.
Scat under aeal, in a plain envelope, to any address,
potupaidy on receipt of six cents or two pontage
stumps.
Address the Publishers,
P. BKIGM1N A SS!f, '
41 *n* St., New York Poet Oftoe Box 4906
April 27th 1-y.
HTm. STUART, M: D.,
Caw. Bay it Elf lath 8 treat a.
BoAufort, a. a.
JMSALBA u*
DRUGS, AND CHEMICALS.
FAMILY MEDICINES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES
STATIONERY, PCRFUMERY,
BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac.,
Toother with nifuy oilier articles too numeroi ?
o montiim. All of which will be sold at thelowei
1 \> /
price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully
compounded.
J. C. RICHMOND.
Trial Jastica.
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Bnilding. Beaufort f. C
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