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STANDARD and COMMERCIAL
.V. V-J. THOMAS
Editor,
Beaufort, 3. C., June i-3,7?3.
One Year. S"< 0?.
fct\ .Uoiithn, I OC
AdTMtikenirttts will be inserted ?t tinrate
of 50 per square, 10 Xonpnrcl!
lines, for (tie ftrst insertion; subsequent!
Insert Ions by contract.
JOB PRINTING AND STATIONER V.
TVo h; ive one of the ?u<>st complete JOB OFFICII
a the State, and do work as well and at as low prices
*s in the cities. Our st-K'S of STATIONERY islarjc
and will be sold whobsnfe and retail, as low as in
Charleston and Savannah.
Deeds and law blanks In -^rcat rari ty.
Official Piiier of Beaufort County*
FOR PRESIDENT,
RUTHERFORD 3. HAYES
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
OF NEW YORK.
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OCR CANDIDATES.
Although the announcement of the
nomination of Rutherford 15. Ilaycs. o!
Ohio, and Win. A. Wheeler, of New
York for President and Vice President ol
the United States, did not send through
the country an electric thrill of enthusiasm.
yet it was received with a more geir
ml feeling of calui satisfaction, and fell
upon the seething political caldron, like
oil upon the troubled waters, uniting aud
crystal xing the antagonistic elements ol
the republican party, from wheve existence
so much was feared as tl*; crisis in
the life of a great party rapidly approached.
It is well that it should be thus; all
differences settled; with are-united party
they will move on to certain victory, with
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higher hopes, witli a steadier tread, ana
a firmer faith in the future.
The personal preferences of a large
body of the party have been set a ide,
and Got. Hayes has deen nominated over
the head of men who could have created
a greater amount of fervent enthusiasm in
certain sections of the country, but when
these * very candidates, Blaine yvith
his immense numerical strength, and
Morton with his followers of radical republicans,
Conkling and Hartranft, with
the great states of New York and Pcnn
sylvania in their hands, and B: istow with
the independent republicans at his back,
come forward and tender their allegiance
to the standard bearers of our party, the
era has arrived so devoutly longed lor by
those who love the party for what it ha>
accoiupushed in the past; those who have
plighted their faith to its piinciples, who
ever regard intemciue strife with a feeling
of dread, as a forerunner of party
collapse, and it is from this propitioure-union
that we predict a triumph in
November next.
The candidates will exert a large influence
in each of the states they represent
% end can without question carry both Ohio
end New York uo matter wno the i^oxtocraev
may nominate at St. Louis. A>
to Ohio there is no doubt that Governor
Hayes will poll a larger vote than any
candidate has received since the election
of Lincoln, and if Tiiden or any other
eastern man be nominated at St. Louis,
those western states that are now counted
jts democratic will poll handsome ma
jorities for Hayes; liberal in his views,
upright in character, f-miliar with the
wants t?f the west and in full sympathy
with them, there is no man that can be
nominated in oppos'tion that will carry
the conservative vote of both parties
against him. &) far as the eastern and
middle states are concerned the tone of
the press during his canvass for governor,
proved the |>eople of those sections in full
accord with him and his platform. That
the moaied interest of the country will
support liiiu there can be no doubt, as
the financial poli y of the country will
eoutmuc iu harmony with that which hagoverned
the country for years.
As for the south, the republican vote
will be solid; and would have been with
Blaiue, Bristow, Morton or Conkling, the
triumph of republican principles is more
important to southern republicans than
the success of any particular candidate.
An account of th? trials of the County
Treasurer will be found elsewhere. It
may be said that the result settles noth
Big, that the Treasurer escaped by defects
in the indictment, but before arriving ar
this conclusion the character of the prosecution
must be looked into, an? the animus
of the power beain 1 the t!ir> ie, or
behind the <irand Jury, must be taken
into consideration. The defence were
perfect!}' willing to allow each and every
ease to go to the jury on its merits and
were only compelled to change their
ourse, Sy the tactics of the prosecution,
that gave color to the- statement ma le
last week that the prime movers in these
per:?eutioiis, for they ca n bo called by no
other name, desire to keep the principal
and most grave .-tatutory offence su-pen.
ded over the head of the defendant.
They a ked time after the in licanents.
were found, which was granted under
protest of the defence, and then come into
court with a material witness absent
and demand their right to a continuance,
k uo consideration for the defendant.
MBit' any stigma Could attach, by
^^ ion of rich fiim-y tcehcieaJ p:e
umium m?\\ ?
I suuie 1 violations of the law. is compelled
to suffet thtreby until the next term of
, court?suffer, to gratify the malice. aud
vindictive >pirit of a brother official, who
has gathered around hiui a s?>?a!l cot tone
of men, who have themselves some per"
nai uViiiunities to avenge, and others
! who are tbiiiting after the ilesh pots of
; lye pt and ih lie to eeuro to them:elves,
! or their frends, the emoluments of the
i position that the defendant holds.
This lathe win le sum and suh.-tai co in
j a nut-she!'. The Grand Jury an 1 the AtI
torney Genera! have been made the cat's
paw of un a who to cloak their base dcj
<ign-y of gratifying their spite, envy.
i iimllcn lmr?? thrown nrniind
! them the mantl; of public spirit. J c it:zor,
aux'ous for greater purity n the
a Imiuistrut'i n of government?the mantle
1 of uii n actuated by a disVc to have no
-tumbling blocks placed in the way of the
advancement of education, forgetful that
I their own official conduct h?^ encrusted
them so heavily with official derelictions,
that the texture of the mantle thus
; assume 1 is to s rained in their endeavor
I t? have it cover them, that a pigmies
j straw might pierce it, and they are thu
; exposed Jo the scorn of the public they
a.tempt 10 deceive.
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| Tjif. constit t'on confers upon Congress
, sovereign power over the Territories of
the United States for their government,
and in the exercise of this power it is the
right and duty of Congress to prohibit
and extirpate in the Territories that relic
of barbarism, polygamy; and we demand
such legislation as will secure this end
and the supremacy of American institutions
in all the Territories.?7/te Flut/Oi
ill.
The presentment of the grand jury for
the County of Beaufort respectfully shews,
that an unusual amount of labor had
i
! been expeuded in investigation that had
j been prompted by envy, hate and malice
against the County Treasurer, which the
, grand jury could have discovered had
they consulted the former presentments
j of the Grand Juries of this county.
Weeks of labor, the ingenuity and
! energy of enemies, the talent of the At
to:ney-GeneraI, and the expenditure ol
I hundreds of dollars, only developed flimsy
J charges based upon similar technical
j violations as set aside and declared trivi'
!o is by the action cf Judge Maher,
' Th: b s>t '.aid schemes 0 ' mice and men "
" (iaug aft a-glt y "
The public school system of the sev
era! States is the bulwark of the AiueriI
can Republic, and with a view to its scurity
and permanence vre recommend
an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States forbidding the applicator
of any public funds or property
i for the benefit of any school or institution
under sectarian control.?The PlatJ
farm.
Why did the Attorney General refuse
to try the ease against the Treasurer for
improperly disbursing money, when
the C0U14 were informed that the Treasurer
would admit all they claimed could
be proved by Gooding, the mat- rial wit.
ness who was absent. Were it not a
weak sham case got tip for political ef1
feet the State would have gone to trial.
No doubt the Attorney General thought
thus " the quarrel is a very pretty quar|
re! as it stands ; we should only spoil it
by trying to explain it. "
It is the imperative duty of the government
to modify existing treaties with
J European governments, that the same
! protection shall he afforded to adopted
' American citizens that is given to native
bo:n, and all necessary laws to protect
immigrants in the absence of power in
' the State for that purpose.?iflw Plati
form.
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Tin: best evideuce the public can have
i of the character of prosecutions against
' the County Treasurer, is that among all
the charges there is not a single item
j that a'leges fraud or dishonesty in dish
iiNi'iHPnt of the nuhlie monev.
The United States of America is a nation,
not a league. By the combined
workings of the National and State (Jovermnents,
under their respective constitution?,
the rights of every citizen are secured
at home and protected abroad, and
J the common welfare promoted. ? The
i Platform.
(SALE OF THE FORT ROYAL R. R.
j
! The- Iioi?<l-Uol<l?*ra Master* of the Situation.
Judgement to be Taken Against
J tbe<i;ock-holdi>i?.
At the special term of the U. S. Court
j Judge Bryan presiding, the following
important decree was rendered :
In the case of Ludurg Marx vs. the
I Port -Royal Railroad, and the Union
i Trust Company of New York vs. the
j sauio, a decree was signed for a loreclc\
sure and sale of the road. Messrs. Pressj
ley, Lord A' lnglesby represented the
j plaintiffs, and Maj. D. T. Corbin the
, defendant'-.
The iction was broutrht by the holders
of the lirst mortgage bonds representing
a debt of $2,500,00 in gold, with interest
from May, 1873, secured by a Grst inert
gayc oJ' the property of the company.
1 he orler direct? the defendant to pay to
tlie Union Trust Company, trustees of
tli" bondholders, the sum of $2 000,Od'),
with interest from the 1st of 3Iay, 1873,
on or before the 15th of July, 1870. In
case of the failure of the defendant to pay
by the time specified, Duncan C. Wilson
the receiver in the case, is directed, after
due advertisement in the Xt ics and Conrift'
the Port Koyal Commercial, the
Anr/ns'n Chronicle and Sentinel the New
York Handel's Zeitune and the World,
to sell at Port Royal at public outcry all
the riyht title, intere.-t, claim or demand
ol the Pert Royal Railroad Company in its
-hart M's -'ranted i?y the States of Soutli
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? C,trv.:n:i a.:.! *. .v<*i :iaJ any a:]*: :u:
aiiK-iuliiKMits thereto. Also, tho roadway,
' land.. tenements. r'yht of way, depots,
rolling stock warehouses, locomotives and
equipments, to?cthet with all the ftan-j
cbises of' the com patty. The sale to be!
on the teniis oi* one-third cash, the rei
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I ui.tittud IP uncr r?|Uiu ciiiii't.u mc^a.- i
i men'.s. J ti-ur'd by bond an*! mortgage,
the bin!'lings, warehouses, depots, ,
ti> be iii>iuo!. and the policies assigned
to the mortgages. Of the cash portion
the sum of $IO>,<><)0 is to bo paid iimne;
diately at the close of the bidding. The
p trcha er at his option may pay the
whole of the purchase money in cash.
If one or more of the bondholders pu.i
chase the property they may make pay!
ment in bon is to the extent of their pro
| rata of the proceeds of the sale. If the
:! Union Trust Company or a committee of
' bondholders purchase the property they
will not be required to make any payment
in cash at the close of the bidding,
but as soon as the costs and expense and
the first liens are paid they will be
1 authorized by the Court to adopt such
' measures to organize the bond-holders
as a corporation under the present-charter,
an 1 the receiver, Duncan (J. Wilson,
is dire ted to execute a conveyance to
them. In ease the road is not purchased
by the bond-holders, the receiver, is dii
rooted to pay out of the cash portion the
taxed costs and expenses, the sum of
$2,500 to the trustees (commissions) and
the balance to the bondholders, to be
distributed among them. All creditors
of the road having subsequent liens by
judgement, mortgage or decree, are forever
barred and foreclosed of and from al!
equity of redemption and claim of, in and
to the said mortgaged property. If the
moneys arising from the sale shall be insufficient
to pay the full first mortgage
debt, together with interest, costs and
expenses, the receiver is ordered to report
the amount of the deficiency, and
the complainants will have judgement
against the stockholders for the said de"
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nciencv, Willi linuresv itvm mc umv; Ui
the sale.On
motion of M.ssre. Prcssley, Lord
and Iufleshy, and with the consent of
Major Corbin, it was referred to James
Simons. Jr. to advertise for and call in
all claims against the Port Royal Railroad
Company having a lien prior to the
mortgage on the property to be sold, including
receiver's certificates, amounts
due to officers and employees, fees o
attorneys, and any amount due for material
or repairs of the road under any of
the orders or this Court made in this
case, and that he report the same to the
Court.
We re;oi(v>in the quickened conscience
of the people concerning political affairs.
We will hold all public officers to a rigid
responsibility, and engage that the prosecution
and punishment of all who betray
official trusts shall tie speedy, thorough
a sd unspmr g ?T e P atf< rm.
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The permanent pacification of the
Southern section of the Union, and the
complete protection of all citizens in the
1 free enjoyment of all their rights, are duties
to which the Republican party are
1 sacredly pledged.?J he Pint form.
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Wk sincerely deprecate all sectional
feeling and tendencies. ? The Platform.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
The Tudtctmmts again .t the Treasurer
Quuslud.?The (.'onttiy Coinmiegioiier*
Acquitted.?UngraUiiert lte>euge.
Xo cases during the entire term, excited
so much attention as those tried on
Friday last. The first case taken up was
: the charge against Geo. Hulmes, County
Treasurer, for diverting the fuuds of one
r fiscal year to the purposes of another. If
such a charge h;d be.n true no moral
I degradation could attach, although the
i legislature has thought proper to call it a
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i icionv.
The .State were not ready to go on with
' the trial in consequence of the absence of
) a material witucss, a member of the grand
jury investigating committee. Mr. Elliott
for the deflhce strenuously opposed a
continuance, even going so far as to he
willing to admit all that the witness (Mr.
Gooding) could testify*, but the AttorneyGeneral
claimed the right of the State to
a continuance. His Honor remarked that
| although it was very desirable that the
- case should be tried at once, and if guilty
! that guilt should be established at once.
1
I and if innocent it should be so declared.
! the court had, under the circumstances
' no discretion, ami the case was therefore
ordered continued.
The next case on the docket was a
1 charge against the treasurer for impropI
erly disbursing school lunds, but when
| called the State wished to leave thisoppn
I and take up the next charge for not le
' porting collections of school funds. Mr.
j Moore, for the defence moved to quash
J the indictment, on the ground that the
; indictment did not set forth that any col|
lections had been made, or that ;here
| were any disbursements, during the time
| mentioned and that the indictment ali
leged no date certain. The court held
| that penal statutes must be construed
| strictly, and therefore ordered the indiet;
tuent quashed on the first ground taken.
The next charge was for dealing in
1 teacher's certificates. The counsel for
, the defence moved to quash this iudictt
meat on the ground that it did not follow
j the words of the statute and that the certificate
alleged in the indictment was not
a legal certificate and therefore of no val
rr- .1t ;# ;f ?.0?3
| lie. Ill:- ll'jmri 1 UiVU ma I it m ,?lu UII
improper voucher the intent of the law
' liml not been violated, and quashed the
indictment.
, The indictment for improperly disbursing
school funds was also quashed on similar
grounds to those in the previous case.
Paul lYitohara, Robert J. Martin and
V. S. Scott, County Commissioners for
this county, were placed on trial f' r improperly
approving and auditing the ae(
e.v.::L S. Ln-v.;. County Auditor,
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for assessments. Th* ground of this iudiclim-ut
was that the sworn account required
by law to be itemized, to accompany
the auditor's warrant for assessment,
was not an itemized account. Mr. Thos.
II. Wheeler, defended the commissioners.
The account was placed in evidence
and contained quite a number of items
under the head of assessments for Beau- !
| lbrt county, which the jury by their ver- j
diet considered a sufficiently itemized ac!
'I'h.-i "i.rlnui mftvwa" nre onnsiu
J erub'y chagrined at these results and lack j
: the support and sympathy of the people !
! in this count)'.
Fort Moultrie Centennial.?The
: steam tug Agnes, will make an excursion
| to the fleet and Bay Point on Wednesday
I June -b. See small bills.
Sheriff's Salts.
E. A. Scheper, vs. C. E. Warren.
W. W. Lei and, vs. C. E. Warren.
ii. Myers & Bro's., vs. C. F. Warren.
G. Watcrbouso, vs. C. E. Warren.
w. ii. Calvert, vs. C. e. Warren.
T. J. Danbar A Co.; vs. C. E. Warren.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed
and lodged in my office, I will sell at public ouicry
in front of my office in the town of Beaufort, on
: the first Tuesday iu July next, 1876, being the 4th
day of said month between the legal hours of sale
the following property to wit:
All the right title and interest of C.E. Warren, in
and to 8 bedsteads; I chamber set; 12 mat trasses; 4
wash stands; 25 sheets; 24 pillows; 23 pillow cases.
12 pair blankets; 4 counterpanes; 5 spreads; 3 towel
racks; 26 chairs; 2 rocking chairs; 38 fine chairs; 5
rocking chairs; 6 small tables; 2 common tables; 6
flue round tables; 1 extension table; 6 bed spreads.
1'.) common curtains; 9 fine curtains; 1 bureau; 26
towels; 14 spittoons; 4 looking glasses; 250 yards of
matting; C slop tubs; 9 table covers: 83 doilies: S
chambers; 1 lot lamps; 1 bung borer; 1 picture; 4
brackets; 4 waiters; 2 wash tubs; 1 coffee mill; 1
water cooler; 1 cigar lighter, 3 yds gr. melton; 2 oil
cans; 1 ice box; 1 cupboardr 1 safe; 3 shakers; 1
fine side board; 2 sofas; 1 fine ale pump; 1 cooking
range and fixtures; 9 iron pots; 2 large coffee pots.
4 frying paus; 2 tea pots; 3 dish pans; 4 tin sauce
pans; 5 tin buckets; 1 large tin cake can; 6 baking
pans; 2 covers; lot tin measures; 114 assorted plates;
75 small cups and saucers; 10 covered rice dishes; 6
meat dishes; 138 assorted vegetable dishes; 2 soup
dishes; 4 milk pitchers; 4 sugar dunes; 1 zinc meat
beater; 4 large pitchers; 6 butterdishes; 6 wire fruit
stauds: 11 glass cake stands; 6 large jelly dishes; 22
sniall jeily dishes; 4 castors; 10 celery stands; 6 decanters;
60 goblets; 41 wine glasses; 11 wine glasses;
11 soda tumblers; 11 wineglasses; 3 bitter bottles;
30 bar glasses; 9 fine bar glasses; 16 tea spoons;
41 table spoous; 6 bar spoons; 5 butter knires; 21
table knives; 21 forks; 1 silver strainer and 2 wire
strainers; 24 galls, whiskey more or less; 4 1-4 ga list.
Croix rum; 12 galls, gin more or less; 1 gall
brandy; 4 galls, sherry; 1-2gall. Jamaica rum; 5 bottles
syrup: 4 hot ties claret; 1 1-2 bottles absynthe'
23 bottles Congress water, 21 bottles ale; 1 doz. bot
ties porter more or less; 2 bbls. ale; 11 demijons; 2
b uses; 1 buggy, and set of harness; 1 steam tug'
and other articles?levied upon as the property oi
C. E. Warren at the suit of E. A. Scheper and others.
Terms cash.
WM. WILSON
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r.ft. S. 0. June 19th 1378, TUSL
SHERIFFS SALE.
E. A. Scheper, vs. C. E. Warren.
W. W. Leland, vs. C. E. Warren.
II. Myers A Bros. vs. C/ E. Warren.
G. Waterhouse, vs. C.E. Warren.
W. H. Calvert, vs. C. E. Warren.
T. J. Du-bar A Co., vs. C. E. Warren.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed
and lodged in my office, I will sell, at public out
cry, at Pott Royal on Wednesday, the fifth day of
July next, 1S7C, between the legal hours of sale the
following personal property to wit:
All the right title and interest ofC. E. Warren, in
and to 2 billiard tables; 11 bar decanters, 20 wine
glasses; IS champagne glasses; 85 bar glasses; 8 gob.
I ts; 12 bottles whiskey; 12 bottles wine; 8 bottlesC
water, IS bottles champagne; 18 bottles wine or
syrup; 5 bitter bottles; 57 flasks; .3 sugar bowls; 1
water cooler; 1 beer pump; 1 jug curaco; 1 1-2 galh
corn whiskey; 2 galls, ruin; 10 galls, colored spirits;
5 galls, scotch whiskey; 8 galls, port wine; 1-2 gall'
catawba wfnc; 2 galls, applebrandy; 10 galls.sherry
win.*; 24 galls, whiskey; 1 case gin; 4 doz. ale; 3
bottles coloring: 2 bottles maraschino; 4 boxes rock
, candy; 2 tables; 1 rubber hose; 1 ico chest; 1 ice
tong; 5 brackets: 1 duster; 9 spittoons; 1 water cooler,
1 cue rack; 2 kegs; 4 funnels; 2demijons: 2slop
buckets; 1 box corks; 1 cribbage box; 1 slate; 2
brooms; 1 sprinkling pot; 8 chairs; 1 brace and bit;
i Id faucets; 1 wagon; 1 harness; 1 lot carriage furniture;
12 celery glasses; 1 lot empty barrels; 24 black
pain red chairs; 1 tack hammer, 2 canopies for beds;
I building and appurtenance 1 lot old and new
books; 4 bottles ink; 2 bottles essences; and lot of
other articles leried upon as the property .of C. E.
Warren, at the suit of E. A. Sfcheper et. al.
Terms cash.
O. WILSON.
SBC
Bft,. June 20,1876 22.2-t
~SHERIF~F S SALE.
Baiicoek and Wilcox, vs. The I*t Royal Cotton.
Compressing Warehousing and Power Company.
L. C. Warner, vs. The Tort Royal Cotton, Compressing
Warehousing and Power Company.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed
and lodged in my office I will sell at public outcry
I in front of my office in the town of Port Royab
on the first Wednesday, the fifth day of July next
187G, between the legal hours of sale the following
personal property to wit:
Al 1 the right title and interest of the Port Royal
Cotton Compressing Warehousing and Power Com
pany in aul to Lots 17, 18, 19, 37, 38. 39, 40, 14, 15,
34, 35, in Block 36 and lots I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 21, 22, 23, 24
25 in Block 29, all in the City of Port
Royal in the County of Beaufort, and Stato of
South Carolina, under a lease and agreement exej
cuted by D. F. Appleton to George A. Bennett and
! Jno. MeFall dated July 21 ?t 1873, recorded in the
! register's otlice of Beaufort County, book No. 7i
| page 565 and by them assigned to the Port Roya'
Coltou Compressing aud Warehousing Co,
Also
1 steam boiler, and all appurtenances, including
i steam and water guages; 1 Doctor pump connected
I therewith; 2 iron pokers; 1 hoe; 1 blacksmith's an!
vil; 1 blacksmith's bellows, 1 stationary boiler, out of
I order,1 piece smoke stack, new;2 pieces smoke stack
. old; 5000 feet lumber more or less ; 1 stationary steam
engine; 1 hydraulic pump; 1 set iron pipes between
| steam engine and boiler; 2 sets iron pipe* bet wet n
j steam engine and boiler; 2 iron vices; 13 cast iron
i grate bars; 1 lot iron pipes, old; 2 iron lifters; 9 waI
ter buck .ts; 1 truck wheel; 1 boiler lie-ad; 7 piece#
j new iron pipe; 1 lot band en<ls; 1 lot scrap iron; 1
large iron wrench; 1 lot iron bolts; 1 journal; 1
steam connection; 5 office chairs; 7 pieces flue
; piping;2 iron rods; 1 piece sheet iron; 14 grate bars,
j burnt out; 1 bucket tallow; 2 cotton compiess, good
order, 1 cotton compress, bad order; 1 lot of iron
bands, no buckles; 1 lot iron bonds,, with buckles; 3
sets shafting and six pulleys attached; 1 pump, lift
and force comb imil and pipe attached; 1 wooden
wat- r tank; 1 small lift pump; 1 large " live oak" log
1 coal stove and pipes; 1 lot machinist's tools and
iron piping; 3 steam guagea; 1 water guage; 1 lot
twine; 3 leather bands; keg nai's; 3 white wash
brushes; 2 lots gutn packing; 1 piece heavy leather
! 1 hand pump; 1 office stamp; levied upon as the
property of the Port Kcval Cotton Compressing
i Warehousing aud Power Company at tlie suit of
Ba'ocock atul Wilcox and L C. Warner.
Terms cash.
WM. WILSON*,
S. B. C.
j lift "i. C.Jutie 1*7-5. 2<!-it.
I . S. M A I L.
SOUTH CAROLINA. ,
rOv?T OFFICE DEPARTMENT, )
WAiHINliTOtf, D. C. >
-May ioth., 187G.)
PKOPOSAJ-S will be received at the Coutract Office
of this Departluent until ;i o'clock p. ti?. of j
loth of July, 1870, (to be decided l?y the 31st July,) 1
for carry'**!? the mails of the United States from October
1st.. I37C>, to June 30, lte'O, on the following
routes in the State of South Carolina, and by the i
schedule of departures and arrivals herein specified
viz:
1421-5.?From Charleston to Legareville, 20 miles
and back, once a week.
. Leave Charleston Wednesday at 6 a. in;
Arrive at Legareville by 3 p. ui;
j Leave Legareville Thursday at G a. m.
Arrive at Charleston at 3 p. m.
i- t< 1 ,i?,i i.ia
DUIIU IC1JUIICU " llli IMU, v^fw*
14216?From Graham's Cross Roads, by Singletaryville
and Indiautown, to Carraway's 30
miles and hack, once a week.
Leave Grahams Cross Roads Sat unlay at 7
a. 111.
Arrive at Carrawav's at G p. m;
Leave Carraway's Friday at 7 a. m.
Arrive at Graham's Cross Roads by C p. m.
Bond required with bid, $400.
14217?From Nichol's by Page's Mills, Ward's and
Alfordsville, to Shoe Heel, N. C., 44 miles
and back, once a week.
Leave Nichol's Thursday at 6 p. m;
Arrive at Shoe Heel by 8 p. m;
Leave Shoe Heel Friday at 6 a. m;
Arrive at Nichol's by 8 p. w.
Bond required with bid, 8-300.
14218?From Greenville C. II., by Ashmore's, Sterling
Grove, Cak Lawu, and Wilson's
Bridge, to Williamston, 25 miles and back,
ouce a week.
Leave Greenville C. If. Thursday at 8 a. m.
Arrive at Williamston, by 5 p. m.
J>ave Williamston Friday at 8 a. m.
Arrive ai Grceuvilie C. II. by d PBonif
required with bid, 8300,
14215)?From Edgefield C. H. to Abbeville C. H. 41
milis and back, once a w eek.
Leave Edgefield C.II. Saturday at 6 a. m
Arrive at Abbeville C. H. by 7 p. m,
Leave Abbeville C. H. Friday at 6 a. m.
Arrive at Edgefield C. 11. by 7 p. m.
Bond required with bid, 5-700.
14220?From Woodruffs, by Barley wood, Enoree,
and Tylersville, to Clinton, 27 miles and
hack, once a week.
Leave Woodruffs Thursday at 8 a.m.
Arrive at Clinton by 6 p. m.
Leave Clinton Friday at 8 a. ns.
Arrive at Woodruffs by 6 p. in.
Bond required with bid, 8300.
Instructions to Bidders and Postmasters;
Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent
the Department may deem
proper.
The Postmaster General warns bidders and their
sureties to acquaut themselves fully with the laws
of Congress rcl.iting.to contracts for the carrying of
the mails, (the important provisions of which are
cited herein,) and also to familiarize themselves
with the instructions and forms herein furnishedbefore
they shall assume any liabilities as such bidders
or sureties, and to prevent misapprehension or
-cause ot complaint thereafter,
Postmasters are required to make themselves fa
miliar with the laws and these instructions that
they may be able to inform and direct others.
1 Seven minutes are allowed tor each intermediate
office, when dot otherwise specified, for assorting
the mails.
2 On routes where the modes of conveyance admits
of it, the special agent of the Post Office Department
also post office blanks mail bags, locks and keys are
to be conveyed without extra charge.
3. "Way WW or receipts, prepared by postmas
ters or other agents of the Department, will accompany
the mails, specifying the number and destination
of the several bags, to be examined by the i>ostmasters,
to insure regularity in the delivery of bags
and pouches.
4. No pay will be made f >r trips not performed'
and for eaeli of such omissions, if the failure be occasioned
by the fault ot the contractor or carrier
three tinus the pay of the trip will bo deducted. For
arrivals *> far behind tfnie as to break connection
with depending mails, and not sufficiently excused
one fourth of the compensation for the trip is subject
to forfeiture. For repeated delinquencies of
the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pnv
portion'd to the nature thereof and the importance
of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaviug behind or throwing off the mails,
or any portion of them, for the admission of passengers,
or for being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying intelligence in advance
of the wail, a quarter's pay may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
of postmasters or the affidavits of other credible
persons, for failing to arrive in contract time;
for neglecting to take the mail from, or deliver it
into, a jiost office; for suffering it to be wet, injured'
destroyed, robbed, or lost; aud for refusing after demaud,
to convey the mail as frequently as tbe contractor
runs, or u concerned in running a coach
car, or steamboat on a route.
7. Tbe Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failure* to run agreeably to contract;
for aligning the contract; for violating the
post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of
the Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Department to do so; for
running an express as aforesaid; or for transporting
persons or packages conveying mailable matter
out of the mail.
The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service on a route by allowing therefor a pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change schedules
of departures and arrivals in all cases, and
particularly to make them conform to connections
with railroads, without increase of pay, provided
the running time be not abridged. The Postmaster
General may also discontinue or curtail the service,
in whole or in part, in order to place op the route
superior service, or whenever the public interests,
in his judgment, shall require such discontinuance
or curtailment for any other cause ; he allowing, as
full inderauity to contractor, one month's extra pay
on the ainouut of services dispensed with, and a pro
rata compensation for the amount of service reused
and continued.
9. Paj meats will 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 believed to be substantially
correct; but no Increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater lhan advertised, if the
points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders
must inform themselves on this point, and also in reference
to the weight of the mail, the condition of
hills, roads, streams, &c., and all toll bridges, turnpikes,
plank roads, ferries or obstructions of any
kind, by which expense may be incurred. No claim
for additional pay, based on such ground, can be
considered; nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehension
as to the degree of service; nor for bridges
destroyed, ferries discontinued, or other obstructions
causing or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also during
the contract term, are to Ik; visited without extra
pay if the distance be not increased.
11. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
in time to reach the Department by the day auri
j hour named iu the advertisement, as bids received
j after that time tcill not be considered in competition
with bids of reasonable amount received in time.
Neither can bids tie considered which are without
the bond, oath, and certificate required by section
215, act of June 23, 1874.
12. Bidd.-rs should first propose for sen-ice strictly
according to the advertisement,and then, if they
desire, sepirqtely for different service; and if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be considered.
13. There should be but one route bid for in a proposal.
Consolidated or combination bids ("proposJ
ing one sum for two or more routes") caunot be
! considered.
14. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder, (that is, his usual
i post office address) and the name of each member of
, a firm where a company offers, should be distinctly
j stated.
15. Bidders are requested to use, as far aspractica|
tie, the printed proposals furnished by the Depart"
t ment, to write ou? in full the vim of their bids, and
J to retain copies of llictu.
Uitls altered in the route, the service, the yeaily I
pay, or tbe name of the bidder, by erasures or in- '
terli neat ions, should not be submitted; and if so
submitted will not ho considered in awarding the
contracts. No withdrawal of a bid will be allowed
unless the withdrawal is received twenty-four hours
previous to tbe lime fixed for opening the proposals.
16. In case of failure of the accepted bidder to execute
a oontract, or of the abandonment of service
(luting the contract term, theaervioc will bore-atp
vertised and re-let at the expense of the failing t-iddcr
or contractor, and auy accepted bidder who shall
wrongfully refuse or fail to enter into contract in
due form, and to perfumr the service described in
his proposal, may be deemed guilty of a raisdeme
nor, and, on conviction thereof, be fined and imprisoned
therefor.
17. The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which rnay^e deemed extravagant;
and also to disregard the bids of failing contractors
and bidders.
No contract Iot carrying the mail shall be made
with any person who has entered or propoaed to
enter, into any combination to prevent the making
of any bid for carryiug the mail, or who has made
auy agreement, or given or performed, or promised
to give or perform, any consideration whatever tc
induce any other person not to bid for any suet
contr e:.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall be release!
from his obligation under his bid or proposal, not
withstanding an award made to a lower bidder, an
til a contract for the designated service shall havi
been duly executed by such lower bidder and hi<
sureties, and accepted, and the service entered upoi
by the contractor to the satisfaction of the Post
master General.
By regulation of the Department,, no carrier cat
be employed who is under'sixteen years of age; am
no bidder will be accepted who is under twenty-on
years of age, or who is a married woman.
18. The bid should be sealed, superscribed "Mai
Proposals, State of South Carolina," addressed '-Sec
ond Assistant Tost master General, Contract Office.
19. Every proposal must be accompanied by a bom
with two or aiore sureties approved b
a postmaster, and in cases where the amoun
of the bond exceeds five thousand dol
lars (So,000) by a postmaster of the first, secon
or third class. Bids for service, the pay for whicl
at the time of the advertisement exceeds fire thou
sand dollars, ($.",000,) must be accompanied by a cei
tilled check, or draft, payable to the^ order of th
Postmaster General, on some solvent national banl
of not less than* fire per centum on the amount o
the annual pay on such route, and ia case of n?'
or modified service, not less than five per cautum o
the amount or the bond accompanying tne mo, i
the amount of said bond exoeeds ($3,000) Ave thou
sand dollars
The amount of bond required with bids, nod tb
present pay when it exceeds ($5,000) Ave thouaun
dollars, are stated in (be advertisement under th
Appropriate route.
Sureties on the bond of a bidder must take m
oath before au officer qualified to administer oath
that tbey are the owners of real estate worth, in th
aggregate, a sum double the amount of said bone
over and above all debts due and owing by than
and all judgments, mortgagee, and execution
against them, after allowing ail exemptions of ever
character whatever.
20. AH checks deposited with bids will be hel
until contract is executed and the serrfce commence
by the accepted bidder. Checks tr81 then be return*
by mail, on the written request of the bidder, or delioe
ed to any one on hit order. *
21. The contracts are to be executed and returned to it
Department by or before the 20th day of September, 181
otherwise the accepted bidder will be considered as ka\
ing failed, and the Postmaster General may proceed
Contract for the service with other parties, according.
law.
Assignments of contracts, or of interest in cot
tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently est
not be allowed. Neither can bids, or interest i
bids, be transferred or assigned to other partie
Bidders will therefore take notice that they will 1
expected to perform the service awarded to thei
through the whole contract term.
22. Section 249 of the act of June 8, 1872, providi
that contracts for the transportation of the ma
shall be "awarded to the lowest oidder teuderio
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance, wit!
out other reference to the mode of such transports
lion than may be necessary to provide for the du
celerity, cenaiuty, and security thereof." Unds
this law bids that propose to transport the mai
with "celerity, certainty, and security," having bee
decided to be the only legal bids, are construed as pn
riding for the entire mail, however targe, and whalevt
may be the iwvie of conveyance necessary to insure i
"celerity, certainly, and security," awl have the prt
ference orer all others, and no others are considers
except lor steamboat routes.
23. A modification of a bid in any of its essentia
forms is tantamount to a new bH, aud cannot be k
ccivcd so as to interfere with regular coiupetitioi
Making a new bid in proper form is the only wa
to modify a previous one.
21. Postmasters are cautioned under penalty
removal, not to sign the approval of the oondof an
bidder before the bond is signed by the bidder au
his sureties, aud not ui.til entirely ai.laded of th
sufficiency of the sureties.
No post mast r, assistant postmaster, or clerk en
ployed in any post office, shall be a contractor c
concerned in a contract ror carrying the mail.
25. Postiuastcn are also liable to dismissal froi
office for acting as scents of contractors or bidder
with or without compensation, in any businea
matter, or thing relating to the mail service. The
arc the trusted agents of the Department, an
cannot consistently act in both capacities.
26. In case the route la not supplied withpouchei
locks, and keys, requisition must be made upon tfa
Second Assistant Postmaster General for the tarn
before the date of beginning service.
*5-Proposals altered by erasures or interline!
tions of the route, the service, the yearly pay, or th
name of the bidder, will not be considered.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, BOND, AND CEBTIFI
CATE.
Proposal.
The undersigned - , whose post offlt
address is , county of , State of , propoi
es to carry the mails of the United States, from 0<
tober 1,1876, to June 30,18 , on route No. ?
between ?i? and , State of , under th
advertisement of the Postmaster General, dated Ma
20,1876, "with celerity, certainty, and security," fc
the annual sum of dollars; and if thispropt
sal b accepted he will enter into contract, wit
sureties to be approved by the Postmaster Genera
within the time prescribed is said advertisement.
This proposai i* made ?cith full knowledge of the du
lance of tin route, the weight of the mail to he carries
and all other particulars in rtj-rence to the route an
service; and also after careful examination of the last
and instructions attached to advertisement of mail set
rice.
Dated 1 Bidda
Oath required bp section 245 of an arts/ Congress aj
proved June 23, 1874, to be ajftxed to each bid fc
carrying the mail, and to be taken before an ojfhct
qualified to administer oatha
I , of??, bidder tor carrying th
mail on route So. , from ? to ?, do swes
i that I bare the ability, pecuniarily'to foMM m
obligation as soeh bidder; that the bid is made i
good faith, and with the intention to enter into ooa
tract and perforffi the service in case said bid ahai
| be accepted.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
for the of v this day of
, A. D. 187 , and intestimonv whereof [seal
I hereunto subscribe my name aud affix cay
official seal the day and year aforesaid.
Note.?When the oath is taken before a justice (
the peace, or aoy other odioer not using a seal, ea
cept a judge of a United States court, the certhicat
j of the ck-dt of a court of record must be added, ud
der his seal of office, that the person who admi
ed the oath is duly qualified as such officer.
Bkla ansibe accompanied by a certified check, or drt^
' on fjmc solvent national bank, payable to the order i
the Po*/matter Gene;al, equal to S per centum on tl
present annual pay*on the route, when the present pa
exceeds $5,000; or in case of new service, not less tha
5 per centum of Ike amount of the bond accompanyin
the bid, if said bond exceeds $5,000.
The proposal must be signed by the bidder or bid
ders, ami the date of signing a filed,
Direct to the "Second Assistant Postmaster Get
! oral Postoffice Department, Washington, D. f,
i marked "proposals State of South Carolina."
f.
BUND.
DirtcHmt.
d^Insert the names of the principal and sureties
in full in the body of the boot; also the date
The signal*res of the bond should be witnessed, ml
the certificate on the inside should be signed by a
justice of the peace, adding his ofldtl title, or if
signed by a Notary Public, be should afflx his seal.
I Knew all men by these prcaenta,that , of "
. in the 8ute oi principal, and and
I - *1. Ol.t. ma .nnllu
? ?? ui , 1U IUU OWW VT* 1 ? ? |
are held and firmly bound unto the United States of
America lo the jaoi mk fall turn of dollara
lawful mouey of the United States, to be paid to t h
said United States of America or its duly appointed
or authorised officer or officers; to the payment of
> which truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves
; oar helm, executors, and administrators, Jointly and
, severally, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals, and dated this day of
i . 187 .
Whereas, by an act of Congress approved" Jrne 23,
: 1974, entitled "An Act making appropriations for
\ the service of the Post Office Department for the
1 fiscal year ending Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred
, and seventy-five, and for other pu/poees," it Is pno,
Tided: "that every proposal for carrying the mail
shall be accem pealed by the hood of the bidder,
I with sureties approved by a postmaster,"da pursu.
ance whereof, and in compliance with the provision s
. of said law, this bond is made and executed, subject
g to ell the terms, conditions, and remedies theseow
, in the said act provided and prescribed, to aceompal
1 ny the ? foregoing and annexed psoposal of the said
Now, the condition of the mfcf obligation is such>
1 that if the said ?? , bidder as aforesaid,
j shall, within sack time alter his bid is aceeptsd s%
e the Postmaster General has prescribed lw aid advertisement,
enter late a contract with the United
j States of America, with good and sufficient sureties
to be approved by the Poet master General, tapoai,
form the service proposed in his raid bid, andlfa*j
the# shah perform said service according to his-ooc-y
tracts then this obligation thai be void, otherwise
I to be la full foree and obligation in Inat
In witnem whereof we have hsrewnttveet our
d hands and seals this day of?187 ?
b , [8EAL.J
1- -< [MAL.]
. [SEAL.]
? i [SEAL.] .
c Witnesw
f , ?
r ??
ii Any auesunou oy erasure or aumttuoa os
If x atttiUt past of the foregoing bond will ctut it
i- t? be rejected, nlw It appear* by a note or meaaorandnm,
dlatef by the tttpuw> ttat Um alters
Won was made before the boat ?M signed and
d sealed.
e When partners ase parties to the bond the partnership
name should aot be need, but each partner
a should sfgn Us Individual Mine.
? STATE OF )
e >m.
^ Coumrr op j
i Oatbfo . -dayof ,W7. ,psmnaWyapis
pesrad bafosa mm < and
y sureties ta theaditaplnt baadf tama haws to he
the persons named hi said bood aaeurettee, sad who
d have executed the same as each, who beta* by aw
d duly sworn, deposes sad says, be has executed thy *
d within bond, that Ms phwe ef iwihseii 8? correctly
r stated therein, thai he ie the owner ed seal estate
worth the sua heisiaafler act against hfoaeaeeevit
r and above ail debts due and owing by
6 all judgment^ mortgage^ and execution* against
9- him, after allowing all exemptions of every eharacto
let whatever, the total sum thus assosed- amount-'
(s lay to (f ) dollars, being double the amount
ef the foregoing bond.
?- 1
r 1
n SahmHbei nad swore before sse tbda?day of
a ? *7 *
,
n ?'
Nertr-Wks the above octh Is taken before a
a justice of the peace os any other eOcer net using a
I seal, exeapt a Jedga of a U. 8. Court, the eertilcsSs
g of a desk of a court of record must be addad^ndder
hit seal of ?dke, that the person who admfeietefed
k. the oath is duly gpsaUdad as such officer. J
fl
,r STATE OF 1 U
ls Covxrror ) "
* I, clerk of the H
the same being a Court ef Record, do hereby eertily
T that ?, whuae genuine signature apu
pears to the foregoing affidavit, was, at the time of
"" -.iguing the same, a justice ofihe peace in and for
*' the County and State aforesaid, duly qualified*. and
that all kit " 1 * aata a. ...k .-tl.l I a
11 faith Mid credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Mi Mf
*' hand m clerk, and affixed the i ml of said cuuit, oo
y this day of .. , 187 .
J CFRTIFICATE OF POOTMA8TEH.
^ I, the undersigned, pootmsstor si , Stats
of , after the enereiee of doe diligent* to Inj
foriu myself of the pecuniary ability and seep on ?i.
>r bility of the^riadpal aad his sureties is the afore*going
bond, aad of the unincumbered real estate
u owned by then, respectively, do hereby approve
, aid bond aad certify that the mM suretks are sofs
flcient?eaficient in My belief to insure the payy
meat of double the entire amount of the Mid bond ,
<j and I do further certify that the said bond was duly
signed by ?, bidder aad
, ?, and his sureties^ before
^ signing this certificate.
e ...........n Pt*kmader,
Dated , 187 .
For fsrMoof pcoposals, bond and eertlftiats, and
im also forinstraetioos'm to the condition# to be ease
braced ia the coat Tart, Ac., see sdvertisement of
this data la pencililit form inviting propeasls for
mail service ia Maine, to be found at the tenafnsl
peat offices of the sbswe metes, and to bo had oo
application to the Beooad Assistant F. V. GooeraL
Bids should he sent in sealed envelopes, superscribe!:
"Mail Proposals, 8tsie of 8outb Carolina,'
nod nddreaasd to the Seeood A?Istant PailMsstat
QoaeraL
MARSHALL JEWEL!*
Pwtmatkx Osatraf.
: EXCURSION TICKETS,
I TICKETS PORPHILADELPHIA
to the Oenteoufil Exhibition tod re?
tarn, cfto bo purchased at Port Boys! or
d Beaufort, by twelve different route#,,
* good for sixty days for $42.60.
P. Hamilton,
r. Ticket Ag't P. B. B. K.
' ASSESSMENT FOR 1876.
* OFFICE OOUWTY AUDITOR,
* Beaufort, 8. C? May n, If*.
7 The aseeesBMnt for the fiscal year 187t vfil comB
; THE FIRST DA T OF JUNE.
cad continue until the lOttdtj of July aexL Tk*
unawpt will bo for
PERSONAL PROPERTY ONLY.
,] but tbooe failing to mom laada loot jtm, or aha
have sold or purr baaed lands since tbe kit assessmeatviU
note said changes on their returns, together
with any changes that may have taken pteca
Ed the boundaries of their loads, consequent oa
such sale or pose bom, with a statement as- to
whether said laada so sold or purchased it plow,
meadow, or wood land. This statement la nanism
?r ry in every com where lands hate changed hands,
.. and will save las payers maeb trouble, as wall as
conduce to tbe correctness of the oOdai record, aad
e greatly ferflftaae the the payment of taxes,
EACH LAND OWNER.
most answer the qaeetioosee the retatoearla Mb
f rtol Bthoe, la a legible haa<L as this vft it nisi est
* irspoadfinos bet aeon this often aad taxpayers easy
whenever famines are am tmmj.
* The boundaries of every tract of land mood bo
y gives this oAee (where the sense has net aimed?
* been famished,! so that the Auditor may know the
exact locality of every piece of land in tbe eoeatT.
9 In making interns greet care mutt be tekea t?
have tbeas cot reel, as errors in returns iavarihbly
(when net discovered in this office) get on the Tax
Duplicate; often proving expensive to taxpayers, ss
well U troublesome to tbe Auditor.
? Further notice will be given in due time.
?, L. S. LANG LET,
i j nei-tf. C^utty Auditor.