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? ? x.jJLWV . > 4.* ^ x A .' ,J ^ . . STANDARD and COMMERCIAL * A.. < f. '? II OMA.5S j ^ Rtlitor, Beaufort, S. C., July 27, 1876. SlBSCKU'TiSxS. t Oar Year, S'i 00 *lx Moat lit, 1 O'J . < Ailvcrtisesaeats will be Ium-i'IiiI at the i I I'Att of Si 30 pf?" square, 10 XonjMtreil j fiats, for the first iutcrtlon; snlMcqiunl 1 asrrt loas by contract. < JOB POINTING AND STATIONEDY. J We have one of the most complete JOB OFFICES n the State, and Jo work as well and at as low prices W8 iu the cities. Our stork of STATIONERY islargc had will be sold wholesale and retail, as low as in i Charleston and Savannah. Deeds and law blanks in srreat variety. Official Paper of Beaufort Count). FOR PRESIDENT, HUTHERFORD B. HAYES OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. WHEELER, OF NEW YORK. X4No need of my goiDg there." This $9 what a great number of those who are i our heaviest taxpayers in town will say in 1 reference to the meeting to nominate a ticket for the approaching municipal elec j tion. 1 here may be one or two who have , attended previous meetings of this character, and finding that they could accomplish nothing, have thought it a waste of time, and h^ve scratched their ticket to suit their individual taste. Some of their neighbors scratch their tickets also, but there being no concert of action the reguJar ticket nominated is elected. Nothing can be accomplish by such means. Every citizen is-interested in the prosperity o^ the town, and nothing is so conducive to this as the election of men of liberal views, possessing clear perceptive faculties, firmness of purpose, and business tact, so that every dollar expended may add something to the public good, safety, and general prosperity of our town. Such a ticket cau be selected by every man who pays a dollar into the treasury being present and throwing his influence in the tight direction. Let a ticket be nominated, of such a representative "character that every citizen of j,the town may feel that his best interests are being subserved by its success. \T . 1 .1 . ^ o stand tnat tue J\eics and Courier has taken, has so uDjustly brought down uponTt the condemnation of a certain portion of the press of this State as the position it. has taken on the recent outrage at Hamburg. While other papers have gone so far as to deplore the result, "while they excused, palliated, and to a certain extent justified thespiiit that actuated those white men engaged in it, the JVews and Courier has condemned it from the first, has traced out the (fleet in a political light, to its extreme limit; has painted it in such rtriking colors, as to carry conviction with it; and for this, for telling tales out of school the Nucs and Courier is taken to task. It has placed itself in the anomalous positions of a southern journal, auti-republican, giving to the world, the facts, of ai^ outrage 1 similar in character to those that have disgraced other Southern States since 1 reconstruction. Although we do not, in a majority of , cases, agree with the course of this pa- i per, which as a newspaper of general in- ' formation we consider the most ably conducted in the South, yet when it is in i the right we can but uphold it. , Does Congressman Hartrige speak the true sentiment of the majority of the peo- < pie of Augusta, when he says, speaking < of the Hamburg trouble: "The people of ' Georgia deplored it. They were calling ' for the most rigorous investigation and ( U 1? -VL .L. :i?- XT ? woum surciy pumsu me gumy. xxc , pledged his people and he pledged his 1 State that they would co-operate for ! their punishment If a ease is made out ] against any citizen of Georgia and Gov. j Chamberlain should demand his surren- ] der the people of Georgia will readily respond." Tuose papers that make such a hub- 1 bub about overawing the white people ] of the Southern States bv bayonets, must ] llave a very poor opinion of the whites of ( the South, in supposing that a few hun" s dred troops scattered over an immense territory can overawe the whites and keep them from the poils. This overawiug i business has been stretched so thin that ^ the public can see through it. p . t It is claimed that it is because of Gov- t emor Tildeu's eminent services in driv- ( ing out Tweed that he is now the Demo- f< axatie candidate for President. It' thi^' [ v" v.**v .' * i '. '"z r:: HQ . "VII c: vices, l-v u.Wf .a- tO v. !; ; auiuug in; democratic ottktai.- ui the Slate ol j S'ew York counivied at and were respou j ibleforlhe escape of Tweed from jail, j Troops! * 1 Orders were received at Columbia by ?j . * < cT I I eleg'.ain from Washington, last week, uid on Saturday last two of the companies ; T" and "l'V of the garrison left with j aag and baggage tor Aiken. This is a force of seventy-two. Company I, is 1 commanded by Lieut. C. B. Hinton, and c Lieut. G. L. Turner; company- F, by Capt. J. F. Lloyd, and Lieuts. C. K. J Caul and F. II. Earnhardt. AYc publish this week the reports 1 - * ' i .i m C of the lutenoant ana ine lowa Clerk and Treasurer, showing ' in an itemized form the manner in which the town finances have been managed 1 during the past year. The course pur- ' sued by the municipal authorities in thus * spreading before the eyes of those who placed iu their trust the government of the town, a year ago, a clear statement 1 of the financial status of the town will ( meet with general approval, especially ( when it is of such a satisfactory character 5 as it is this year. Had this towu coun* J cil been clear of indebtedness when their term of office commenced aud had at- 1 tempted no other improvements, than those accomplished, which have been . very marked during the year, they would have had a handsome surplus < in the treasury iustead of being compelled j to obtain a loan of $1,050 to meet current bills, but they were embarrassed iu the ^ onset by a debt of over three thousand ( dollars which they have whiped out, in , addition to paying the Engine bond of this , pear and their successors will have an easy road to travel with the increased assessment of the coming year, occassioned by a large amount of property that was held by the United States and contributing no revenue to the town, having, during the year, passed into private hands. We have no hesitation in saying that we regard the town of ' Beaufort, as one of the best managed towns in the State, and to-day we doubt if any municipal government in the State can make a better showing, which is but paying a just tribute to the efforts of those who have mauaged its affairs for the past few years as intendant, wardens or other officials. The suggestion of a reduction or taxation, in the future, rnaue by the Intendant is a good one, and one that will be readily coucurred in by the taxpayers. It shou id | be the aim of all governments to accomplish the greatest amount of benefit, with the smallest drain upon the resources of the governed, and we think this spirit has been manifested in town affairs this year. We hear of no opposition to the reelection of the present incumbent of the office of Intendact and ouly a healthy rivalry amongst those desiring to serve the town as wardens, but whoever is elected we trust they will be able, at the expiration of their term of office, to present as satisfactory report of [their- stewardship as those whose term of office is about expiring. 4^4 The Brooklyn Argus, a Democratic journal of high standing, refuses to eat the crow prepared for it at St Louis. It says : " Reform, refonu, reform rings , out in all of Governor Tilden's campaign ( documents, from the opening advertise- , ments to the speech of acceptance. But j very singular, when we look for his ex- ( pected order to arrest the thieves who , stole $2,'XX),000 from the new Capitol ] building, for the impeachment of the , officials who liberated Tweed, and for the , punishment of the men who have stolen , $15,000,100 from the people of this city we find nothing of the kind. " ( At one of our fashionable hotels the ' other day a colored waiter innocently 1 asked a guest of the Democratic persua- 5 siou whether he preferred his eggs boiled ( hard or soft ? The reformer lifted up hisglar'ng eyes and said "this is too 1 much," he had beeu bored and anno3'ed s with this question enough on his way ; from St. Louis, nd uow to have it put 1 to him squarely by a saddle colored wai- ] tcr "whether he preferred hard or soft ? < was too much," aud he forthwith left the hotel and traveled West muttering "I wish Ilenden and Tildrick were in China before they mixed up things in this wav." ] The Democratic ticket on the great J question of finance, is like a certain class < jf war vessels built for service during the I ate rebellion. They wore called "double i 2nders" from the fact that they could i run either way with equal facility as oc- t jasion might require. Tilden, a pro- j oounccd hard money advocate, aud s backed by that influence in the East, ( ind Hendricks, representing all that is ] vild iu the West on the inflation side. < The financial plank adopted at St. t bonis ;s equally ambiguous, and sustains s Doth ideas or neither as de-ired. r V ! . 3 The Ncirs and Courier refuses to give / :o the public the evidence on which it < iased its statement that Samuel Green, j ,vas the most corrupt member of the leg- ^ slature. Just what we thought. It nakes some statements on principle, t >thers on general principles, and this t .ta'emcut is otio of the latter. ^ Mr. Hendricks gives to thecountry the j, jratiiying assurance that while he and dr. Tilden " differed on immaterial " >oints, " yet " in the main they were in erfeet accord. " The country i ow waits r< o learn what Mr. Hendricks regards as immaterial points. " We may assume S| hat the " main poiut " is the necessity p 3r Tilden and Hendricks' election.? a] Philadelphia limes] (Ind.) tl r "V* *7 % r" - -'3^ ' V?ju*r iW' .'V .V Xli.'Tjtt 'Jv; :\ V'i"A\ >\>\r>. i JI C?ov. Hendricks keeps on talking, liciv will be nouecdof a llepublkau canass. A Colonel Jack Cass presided at a j laves and \\ heeler meeting in South i arolina the other day. And a local paicr said he was the right man in the ight place. St. Loin's limns. This must have been oue of the StLiouis Times,' Jack Casses. That Republican compromise in Alabama means harder work for the Demo rats. So long asjSpencer was unrecon:iled the chances for a Democratic victo y were excellent. It is quite a different uatter now. ? From present appearances the Repubicans will carry every Northern State exsept Connecticut.?[Chicago Tribune] Rep) The Liar's Club of Austen, Nevada, lis adorned its rooms with hatchets and tranches of cherry trees, and talks of starling a Hayes and Wheeler organ.?St. Louis Times. They changed their mind, however af&r the St. Louis convention. That jhampion organization took all the wind )ut of their sails; they threw up the sponge and are now advocating Tilden ind Hendricks. The secretary of the treasury his adrised the removal of the Haj'es and Wheeler flag from the custom house at Norfolk.. The republicans of the first Missouri district talk of nominating Carl Schurz for congress this fall. The Cincinnati Enquirer accuses Republican managers of hiring men to hoist Confederate banners in the South with the uames of Tilden and Hendricks inscribed thereon. Democrats don't bolt. It is their rule to submit. But they have one habit which candidates find inconvenient. When they dislike a ticket they often stay away from the polls on election day. In 1872 they sulked at home by the hundred thousand. Gov, Tilden has been accepted by the great mass of his party, rag-money lunatics and all?but will they all vote for him ? We shall see in October.?N. Y Tribune. The Cleveland Leader thinks that the description an old Virginia darkey gave his coou trap is applicable to the finance plank of the democratic platform : 'Tt's got a spring at boflf ends, and can kotch de coon a-gwine or a comm.'* In either case the victim of the trap is a gone coon. Iu the East the Democratic leaders are shouting: " Thy St Louis platform means honest money and speedy resumption hurrah for Tilden and Reform !" Iu the West the leaders of the same party are shouting : ' The St. Louis platform means death to contraction aud speedy resumption?hurrah for Hendricks and the glorious greenback J" Aud Gov. Tilden is suspected of trying to write a letter that will suit both sections. No wonder he is a good while about it. There is a frank Democrat out in De triot who has not yet learned that the grand battle-cry of the party is "reform." He has heard it is " 6poils, " and has been saying so publicly amid great applause. His name is W. L. Bancroft, and the burden of his first campaign speech was this. There is no denying that we want to turn the Kepublicans out of office so we can fill theui. The spoils of office are what we are contending for, and by the grace of God, if we succeed in this campaign, the Democrats will have the offices!" The man is so hungry it makes him pious. The whole jrowd said amen with an emphasis that would have been a credit to a camp-meeing. The State Democratic convention in this State is called for August 15th. Judging from the number of party newspapers that have declared in favor of a jtraight-oui ticket, such a ticket from | jrovernor down, will be placed in the field. I Ethan Allen, chairman of the National Liberal Republican Committee, has issued an address to the liberal republicans muulling the call for a national convention, to be held July 26th, at Philadelphia, and announcing himself a supporter jf the Cincinnati ticket. THE HAMBURG MASSACRE. Wliat the Governor Intend* to do About It. firtvo.nn* rhomWIoin ftf S/iiifl? ina, is here, having come to consult the President in regard to the recent massa:re there. He spent several hours at ;he White House to-day, detailed the vhole circumstances to the President, md explained to him what course he iuended to pursue. The President .expressed the wannest "interest, and asiured the Governor of his hearty support, xovernor Chamberlain's plan is this: Te intends as soon as the Coroner's injuest is concluded and a verdiot reachei o arrest all those implicated in the masacre who are residents of South Caroli11 and have them tried at once. He will isk a requisition from the Governor of Jeorgia for the persons of those of that State who took part in the massacre, and f it is refused he will refer the matter to he President. If there is any resistance o his authority in making the arrest of he South Carolinians, ho is determined o use every resource of the .State to enoree the law. If this will not aocom- J lish their arrest, he will call lor United | Itates troops. The Governor is deters i nined that this massacre shall end negro-1 illing in this State.? Washington Corispoiuhnt Chicnrfo Inter.? Ocean. 1 Wo often hear it remarked on our ;reets, that Congressman Smalls, has erformed more service in Congress, than ay representative this district has sent lere for a number of years. *? -i ? ; ?Tw .: ivs..? a Kfj-rr '. y .? s ./\ v nr: X JwXl ? i A>- xV M. V- 01; THE Meiififflt of tlie Town of Beaufort. For (he Yenr Fueling July 31 1870. To the Honorable Wardens of the loicn Council of Beavfort. Gentlemen : : 1 have the honor to respectfully submit my annual report as Inrendant of the Town of Beaufort, for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1876. 1 I congratulate you that good feeling and harmony has been the chief feature of the present council and this has enabled each and every officer of the town, to fully and faithfully discharge his dutv. There has been a marked improvement in the financial condition of the town, and thtywesent time it will com- : pare favorably with that of any town in the State. It will be seen by reference to the financial statement in this report that had this council been confined to the legitimate expenses of the present fiscal year, out side of the bonded indebtedness, there would have been a large surplus, over and above all expenses up to July 31st. It will be sefcn from the statement of expenditures that the entire indebtedness of the town including the bonds due in Feb. 1877 ; and Feb. 1878, can be paid out of the next years taxes, provided the same amount is collected as during the past year. With this favorable showing and the fact that a large amount of property heretofore not liable to taxation will be subject to tax in the coming year there is no reason why the rate of taxation should not be reduced by those who are to succeed us in the management of the affairs of the town ; and at the same time make many improvements that are necessary. The sanitary condition of the town has been good, and while the town has been as usual almost free from sickness, yet the sanitary condition can be greately improved by a better system of drainage which should have full consideration by the incoming council. The mortuary re cord of the town has been small and in this particular the town is more favored than many others ihat enjoy as good or better reputation for healthfulness. In fact the mortuaiy reports of the various towns and cities that have come to my hands, show that no town has been so favored as Beaufort. During the year the Phoenix Fire Company has been added to our already efficient fire department making it equal f >r most any emergency that may arise. The additiou of hose reel aod hose is respectfully suggested. The Intendants Court has been one of the prominent features of the town. government, and the results are apparent in the better order that may be noticed in the streets. There is however, much work to be done in that direction. Police Court. There has been one hundred and fifty one cases before the Intendaut's Court for trial or investigation during the present fiscal year. Of this number the following have beeu formally before the court: B -each of peace, and disorderly conduct, 25 Drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, . 23 Profane, and indecent language, 33 Interfering with police, 6 Shooting in Town, 4 Larceny, 6 Vagrancy 13 Burglary and larceny, 1 Assault and Battery, 15 Keeping disorderly houses, 4 Sclliug Liquor on Sunday, 4 Contempt, 1 TKawa Kaa KXa.. ia. AACOrl in flin i-iiuic uao wjii uiijiyctu iu vuu ?>a>< cases fiucs amounting in the aggregate to $-70.00, of this amount $180.50 has been paid. This.amount does not include one dollar costs in each case that is paid to jhe police where the fine is paid. The plan of allowing the police a fee for arrest has been found to increase their efficiency without any expense to the town. The difference between $270. imposed in fines, and the amount of $180.50 collected, is accounted for by the fact that the parties have worked out the fines upon the streets, or have been imprisoned ; and in several instances disreputable persons fined have had sentence suspended upon the condition that they leave the town. A large number brought before the Intendaut have been discharged with no penalty except a reprimand. Eight cases have been turned over to the trial justice for trial, or examination, the offence charged not coming within the jurisdiction of the Intendant. The amount of $17.50 has been paid from fines collected under the ordinances to informers. The t'oJlowing are the receipts and expenditures for the year. An itemized statement and vouchers for the same is herewith submitted. The books of the town are also open at all times to the citizens for examination. Dr. Amount from Treasurer, Roberts, $ 2 75 Amount from special tax, 50 00 Amount from market, 134 18 Amount from licenses, 2,717 50 Amount from fines, ISO 50 Amount from dog badges, 23 00 Amouut from assessment, 5,628 57 Amount from estrays, jl 00 Amount from lease, 50 00 Amount from bond, 1,050 00 Total. 0,847 50 Cr. Bv streets and sewers, ?2,105 16 B/ town expenses, 551 23 By town improvement, 543 75 By town police, 704 35 By town fire department, 706 69 By town marshal, 542 75 By sauilary, 409 18 By clerk and treasurer, 467 25 By contingent accouut, 40 60 ( By Intcndaut, 450 00 j By assessment, 100 00 By poor account, 2 55 f By abatements, 11 25 By town indebtedness, 8,200 34 Total. . 9.835 10 1 Balance on band. 12 40 | t - ... No. !' Wk?c* T-xiit. ?:.,;v:cE. AsPv ; . vp. 9... l...ilarry Wallace, towu employee 3 27 <X? 9... 2...Bcu Watkius, towu employee, 12 00 9... 3...Thos. Barnes,police, ' 28 00 9... 1...D. Green, town employee, 24 00 9... 5...Clias. Talbird, amUtul bill, 13 40 [ 9... 6...Jas. Miller, special police, 1 75 9... 7...G. W. Roberta, town clerk, 37 50 9... 8...G, W. Roberts, ac't. town marshal, 15 00 9... 9...J. C. Mayo, disinfectants, 112 65 9...10...S. Coluu, town employee, 19 83 Isor. 13...11...J. Nowels.A Co., repairing hosfl^ 2 00 / 15...12...W. C. Morrison, street lamps, 95 J 15...13...Mrs. K. llolzacb, bread for pris'nrs, 1 05 15...14...Wm. Harrison, freight naptha, 9 45 Dec. 3...15...Petcr Gibbs, town marshal, 55 70 * 14... 16...F. Manigo, town employee, 24 00 I 14...17...Bon Watkins, town employee, 27 00 ] 14...18...H. Wallace, town employee, CO 75 14...19...Peter Gibbs, town marshal, 50 00 * Tan.-1876. i 28...20...Alfred Williams, salary, 50 00 ( 31...21...G. Waterhouse, audited bill, 65 78 31 ..22...Conant A Emmons, audited bill, , lime, 40 00 Feb. 1...23...J. C. Richmond, stationery and stamps, 8 20 2.. 24...S. Mayo, audited bills, 13 85 2...25...8. Mayo, audited bills, 68 82 2...26...W. H. Lockwood, town bond to Silsby M'ig. Co., and interest, 1,680 34 3...27...N. Christcnscp, audited bill, bricks, 5 10 3...28...J. M. Talbird, acting engineer No. 1, 35 00 3...29...J. Franz, audited bills, 36 00 3...30...P. Hamilton, poor account, 2 55 ] 5...31...S. M. Wallace, audited bills, 113 81 1 5...32...W. M. French, audited bills, 16 00 ] 5...33...E. A. Scheper, bond A interest, 1,520 00 J 5...34...Jos. Cohen, police account, 140 00 .' 5...35... Standard and Com'l, audited bills, 57 10 5...36...C. Sanchcs, finding prisoners, 6 40 5...37...Gco. W. Roberts, manager and Treasurer, 29 75 5...38...Peter Gibbs, town marshal, 100 00 5...39...John Reynolds, bill, cartage, 1 00 7...40...Thos. Barnes, police, 35 00 7...41...J. A. Whitman, audited bill, 33 75 7...42...W. W. Fripp, manager, 2 00 7...43...F. W. Scheper, bill shell, M. WN? Williams, 53 33 7...44...W. H. Calvert, audited bills, 39 15 7...45...J. C. Richmond, manager, 2 00 7...46...F. Talbird, audited bill, 25 00 10...47...J. Savage, audited bill, 6 65 10...48...Wm. Mitcbel, audited bill, 2 00 10...49...Ben Watkins, town employe?, 54 00 10...50...H. Wallace, town employee, 121 50 10...51...D. Green, town^employee, 26 00 10...52...8. Cohen, town employee, S3 75 10...53...H. Bee, town police, 73 00 1U...54...F. Mauigo, town employee, 108 00 10...55...JOS. Robinson, police, 77 00 10...56...Rich'd Washington, police, 14 00 10...57...Moses Frazier, police, 6 00 10.-58...Ben Holmes, police, 6 00 11...59...J. E. McGregor, audited bill, 7 50 11...60...Jas. Wilson, audited bill, 3 05 61....R. G. Holmes, lumber, 24 93 62...W. C. Morrison, audited bill, 5 00 63...Geo. Baker, audited bill, 24 40 64...Joseph Robinson, audited bill, 3 00 63...D. C. Wilson, & Co , lumber, 129 09 I 66...R. N. Wright au^ted bill, 3 50 67.,.Jos. Robinson, audited bill, shells, 11 00 63...Byas Middleton, police, 2 60 69...H. Von. ILirien, audited bill, rent, 180 u0 70...E. A. Scheper auditad.bill, 4 00 71...8. M. Wallace, audited bill, 23 44 72...Beaulort*Tribune.audited bill, 41 Co 73... Edward Lopez, audited bill, 12 00 74...Rinah Frazier, audited bill, 2 10 75...Cata Perry, audited bill, 30 00 76...S. Mayo, audited bill, 31 15 77...Jchn Houston, audited bill, 3 50 78...las Bush, audited bill, 1 3-3 I 79...J. P. Boyce, bill Niel Mitchell, 47 60 I 8).. Jas. E. McG4v,or, Engineer, 112 oO 14 81...W. J. Ve.dier. aoa.e tax Mrs Houzeal 7 00 I 2 .George Honors, 4 44 3 75 I 13 i ...Jos. Ric.ia. 'son, sea wall, 40 00 r 21 it l. C. Ilichuioiid, ,owa clerk A treas. 200 00 29 S?...J. C. Rich nond, extra servica, 100 00 I 8i'?...AUied Wi?J:-m?, salary, 73 00 1 Mat. 4 87...Pe.er Gib!>es, lowu marshal, 100 00 6 88...'"'boai?s Barnes, policr, 2 60 1 R9...J. C. UGers, ex-towu%ia shal, 2/ 16 2"; 99. .E. Perry, StaCo.iery, 19 90 I A or, 1 91...Tilman Clark, cont.act Sea Wall, 130 0? 8 92...Geo. C-tge Aclug hite.iiidi, 100 'W I 10 93...W. H. FMier, bill Iirnuer, 5 40 94...A. Chanev, bill snells, 4 60 P3...Tas. E. Boyce, sud ted blll*^r 1 m I 15 96...Dick A S111.1IU coal mini neiytit, 12 00 I 97...No check of th's uu-uber &>ucd, 18 98...Capers Uarucr, work on togine bouso 5 00 I 99...John P. Boyce, audited bill, 8 80 I 20 100...A. G. Thomas, bill advertising, 6'J 00 I 101...Wm. Mitchell, audited bill, 2 55 J May 102 Wm. Middleton, audited bill, 2 00 I 103...Samuel Cohen, aud'tetl bill, 5 00 I 104... Alex Brown, audited bill, 12 (X) 105...D. C. Wilson, A Co. lumber, 9 46 106...The Tribune, audited bill, 9 CO I 106...Clara 3anche?, audited bill, 1 30 I ?.... _v_,, eo ^ | 107...Monday wimams, um oueu, w ^ 108...Neil Mitchell, bill shell, M 75 109...Grace Myers, audited bill, 10 00 110...Beu Watkins, to**a employee, 36 00 111...Harry Wallace, town employee, 81 00 112...F. Manigo, town employee, 72 00 113...Jo9eph Robinson, police, 82 00 114...Hamilton Robinson, police, 71 00 115...Peter Gibbes, town marshal, 125 00 116...Alired Williams, calary, 75 00 117...J. C. Richmond, town clerk A treas., 100 00 118...J. E. McGregor, engineer No 2, 87 40 119...David Green, town employee, 10 00 June 3 120...Nero Bolan, bill shell, 3 50 121...Marcus Manigo, bill shell, 5 00 July 15 122...F. W .Scheper, disinfectants 154 50 123...H. H. Von. Harten, rent house 120 00 20..124...W. H. Fisher, bill lumber, 93 80 20..125...A. 8. Darenport, bill Wm. J. Whipper, 50 00 20-126...G. Gage, horse, cart and harness, 200 00 20..127...8. Mayo, audited bill, 240 95 20..128...G. Waterhouse, audited bill, lime, 79 20 20..129...8. M. Wallace, feed bill, 57 61 20..130...J. P. Boyce, audited bill, 13 77 20..131... A. Cheney, audited bill, 11 2, 20..132...E. Perry, audited bill, 12 50 20..133...A. Williams, audited bill, GO 00 20-13l...Byas Middleton, audited bill, 29 76 20..135...M. W. Williams, audited bills, 65 24 20-136...Geo. Baker, audited bill, 13 79 20..137...I. J. Cohen, audited bill, 13 27 20..138...C. Campbill,audited bill, 24 67 20..139...J. Talbird, audited bill, 8 00 20440...Rlnah Frazier, audited bill, 2 2s 20..141...J. E. McGregor, audited bill, 4 50 20..142...Wm. Mitchel, audited bill, 4 00 20..143...T. Cohen, audited bill, 2 00 20444...S. Cohen, audited bill, 60 20.,145. .S. Gadsden, audited bill, 1 50 20..146..,Geo. Gage, act'g inteudant, 25 00 20..147...A. Williams, inteudant, 125 00 20..14S...J, C. Richmond, town clerk and Treasurer, 100 00 j 21..149...Peter Gibbs, towp marshal, 125 00 i 21..150.,.Ben Watkins, town employee, 36 00 ( 21451,..Patsy White, audited bill, 53 21452...C. Talbird, audited bill, 15^ 22..153...H. Wallace, towq employee, SI 0? ' 22..154.., F, Manigo, town epjplyee, 72 0W 22., 155...p.Green, town employee, 65 09 22456...J7. MlU-'bel, town employee, 3 00 22457...Jos. Robinson, police, 84 00 ' 22..153...H. Robinson, police, 82 00 ] 22459...J. E. McGregor, engineer No. 1, 3J 50 ( 22..160...R. G. Holmes, lumber bill, 1 60 Total. 1 $1,835 10 j la conclusion, I desire to thank you i gentlemen for the aid and courtesy you i lave extended to me during the year, ind I feel assured that the citizens fully i ippreciatc your services, and that, no one t vill in truth assert that you have failed i o perform or neglected any duty that g c **)> fti'j .'4^- iu-J* <..v '*r Respect lully submitted, ! A. Williams, j Intcndant. ' 5ft., S. C.fJuly 26, 1875. i Treasurer's Annual Report, Office Town Cl'iv. & Treas'r, ^ Bedtafort, S. C., July 26, 187$. To the lion. Intcndant and Wardens of the Town of Beaufort ?/ Gentlemen:?In compliance with an jrdinance entitled "An ordinance to creite the office of Treasurer of the Town of Beaufort, and prescribe the duties of the *amc, and for other purposes," I hereby submit my annual report for the year mding August 1, 1876. Dr. To amount received from Treas. Roberts. 2 75 u " special tax, 60 00 M " market, 134 78 " " licenses, 2,717 50 " " fines, 180 50 " " dog badges, 23 00 " " assessment, 5,628 57 M " estravs, 11 00 ' ' leases, 50 00 " " bond, 1,050 00 , Total. $9,847 50 Cr. By street and sewers, 12,105 16 By town expenses, 651 23 By town improvements, 643 75 By town police, 704 35 By fire department, 706 69 By marshal, 542 75 By sanitary, 409 l8 By clerk and treasurer, 467 25 By contingent, 40 60 By Intendant, 450 00 By assessment, 100 00 By poor account, 2 55 By abatement, 11 25 By town indebtedness, 3,200 34 Total. $9,835 10 RECAPITULATION. Receipts, . $9,S47 59 Expenditures, 9,835 10 Balance on hand. 12 40 During the year the Intendant has issued upon the treasury one hundred and sixty checks, aggregating in amount, as per above statement, the sum of $9,835, of which amount about $5,000 went to liquidate the bills of last council, includ ing bond of engine. There has been paid to officers and employees the sum of $2,800. Town improvements, including expenses, have been made to the amount of about $1,100, and the sanitary department has cost nearly $300 more. The streets have been kept in repair at a cost of about $500; the balance being absorbed by other accounts as will appear more fully in report of the Intendant, to be published. Respectfully submitted, J. C. Richmond, Cl'k. and Treas'r. W. A. WHEELER ACCEPTS. Equal and exact Justice to the South. Honewt Money, Economy and Reform. The Credit of the Nation to he Sustained. ft " Malone July 15, 1876. Ihe Hon. Edward McPherson and others of the Committee of the Republican National Convention : Gentlemen : I received on the Gth jnst, your communication advising me that 1 had been unanimously nominated by the National Convention of Republican party, held at Cincinnati on the 14th ult., for the office of Vice-President of the United States, and requesting my acceptance of the same, and asking my attention to the summary of Republican do trines contained in the platform adopted by the convention. A nomination made with such unanimity implies a confidence on the part of the convention which inspires my profound gratitude. It is accepted with a sense of the responsibility which may follow. If elected I shall endeavor to perform the duties of the office in the fear of the supreme Ruler, and in the interest of the whole country. il? ? ? ?? Annndidf JLO 106 SULLILUifiy Ul UUV'lliuca cuuuviav ed by the Convention I give my cordial assent. The Republican party has intrenched in the organic law of our land the doctrine that liberty is the supreme, unchangeable law for every foot ot American soil. It is the mission of that party to give full effect to this principle by "securing to every American citizen complete liberty and exact equality in the exercise of all civil, political and public rights." This will be accomplished only when the American citizen, without regard to color, shall wear this panoply of citizenship as fully and as securely in the canebrakes of Louisiana as on the banks of the St. Lawrence. Upon the question of our Southern relations, my Views were receuuy eiprcweu aa a rnouiber of the Committee of the United Sates House of Representatives upon Southern Aflairs. * Those views remained unchanged, and were thus expressed: We of the North delude ourselves inexpecting that the masses of the South, so far behind in many of the attributes of enlightened improvement and civilisation, are, in the brief period of ten or fifteen years, to be transformed into our model Northern communities. That can only come through a long course of patient waiting, to which no one can now set certain bounds. There will be a good deal of unavoidable friction, which will call for forbearanc#, and will have to be relievd by the temperate, fortcring care of the Government. One of the most potent if not indispensable agencies in this direction, will be the devising of some 3ystem to aid iq the pducation of the ' masses. The fact that there are whole counties in Louisiana in which there is i not a solitary school-house, is full of sug- . ?estion. Wo com polled those people to remain in the Union, and now duty and nt^erest demand that we leave no just means untried to make them good, loyal jitizens. How to deminish the friction, ( low to stimulate the elevation of this porion of our country, are problems address- * ng themselves to our best and wisest itatesmauship. The foundation of these *y.? ri -r -rjXi T% r?r nr?. ..u'L- ~.u '. I.v -ti.i iii tiiC southern people that they are to have xact justice accorded to them. Give hem to the fullest extent even' blessiug vhich the Government confers upon the * uost favored {rive them no just cause or complaint, and then hold them, by :vcry necessary means, to an exact, i^rid observance of all their duties and )bligations under the Constitution aud ts amendments to secure to all within .heir borders manhood citizenship, ivith every right thereto belonging. The just obligations to public creditors jreated wheu the Government was in the throes of threatened dissolution, and is an indispensable condition of its sal" vation?guaranteed by the lives and blood of thousands of its brave defenders?are to be kept with religious faith, are as all the pledges subsidiary thereto and confirmatory thereof. In my judgement the pledge of Congress of Jan. 14, 1875, lor the redemption of the notes of the United States in coin is the plighted faith of the nation, and national honor, simple honesty, and justice to the people whoso permaneut welfare and prosperity are do* pendent upon true money as the basis of their pecuniary transactions, all demand the scrupulous observance of this pledge and it is the duty of Congress to # supplement it with such legislation so shall be necessary for its strict fulfillment* In our system of government intelligence must give safety and value to the ballot Hence the common schools of the land should be preserved in all their vigor, while in accordance with the spirit oi the Constitution, they and all their endowments should be secured by eveqr possible and proper guaranty against every form of sectarian influence or control. There should be the strictest economy in the expenditures of the Government consistent with its effectives administration, and all unnecessary offices should be abolished. Offices should be conferred only upon the basis of high character and particular fitness, and should be administered only as puNtf trusts, and not for private advantage. The foregoing are chief among the cardinal principles of the Republican party, and to carry them into full, practical effect is the work it now has in hand. To the completion of its great mission we address ourselves in hope and confidence cheered and stimulated by the reoollection of its past achievements ; rememherinor that. under frnd it i? tr> that, nap ty that we are indebted in this Centennial year of our existence for a preserved unbroken Union ; for the fact that there is no master or slave throughout our broad domains, and that emancipated millions look upon the ensign of the Republic as the symbol of the fulfiilled declaration that all men are created free and equal, and the guaranty of thtfr own equality, under the law, with Ifln mo^t highly favored citizen of the fold. To the intelligence and conscience of all who desire good government, good will, good money, and universal prosperny, fhe Republican party, not unmindftd' of the imperfection and shortcomings of ^utnan organizations, yet"with the hoiest purpose of its masses promptly to l?trieve all errors and to summarily^punSsh all offenders against the laws of the country, confidently submits its claims for J.be continued support of the American people. Respectfully, William A. WHULih. (Jive the South all the Money it Need*." We trust that the proper desire for economy now shown by Congress will not interfere with the appropiations for the South. We are in favor of giving the South all the money its people need. Let us give money to improve navigation, open harbors, build public bmjding*. Let us do what we can to stimulattippecial Southern industries?cotton, tobacco, rie and sugar. Let us, if it is in the power of Congress to make tbat rich and beat.- J tiful land to blossom with new life. In ' dealing with the South let us always remember the hard conditions of the t war?the money we took when .we ""freed ? ' the slaves, when we compelled repudiation of her debts, when we seised O(t(tton, f when we ravaged the Valley of the {Shenandoah and marched through Georgia. And while these were all w ar measures ?which we should do again under the same necessity?let us remember what a burden it was to the conquered, aud' how it c.nshed them to the earth. Whenever, then, we can give the South money in appropriation bills, in shaping revenue or financial legislation, let us do so. We should be quite content if for- the next five years tnree-fouiths of the money votoA liv Congress were to co into the a Southern Slates alone. Whatever we do I for economy let us give the South all the J money she wants.?New York Herald. I Notice fl Is hereby given that D. W. Sty.on, is no longer eon nectcd with the Port Royal Lime Co., end no con M tracts made by him will be recognized from this I date. Mr. P. W. Printup, Is the only person sutho- A rized to collect and settle the b usiness of the Arm. H The manufacture of Oyster Suell Lime will he V continued u usual by the undersigned. A P. W. PMNTUP, JNO. J. ALLEN. Port Royal, 8. C. July 14.137?. 27-2t 1 Board of Equalization. . 1 OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR, Beacfoet 8. C. July 25, 1875. . j NOTICE Is hereby give i that the County Board J of Equalization will meet in this office on the I first Monday in August next, for the purpose of fl Equalizing the Rial and Personal property of this V couuty. All persons having grievances to present to said M Board bearing on the valuation of property, are hereby notified to forward the same to this offlpe. L. S. LANG LEY, Jly.26-2t. Co. Auditor. rcotico. H THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UNIOlf Fire Engine Compouy No 1, will be held o? tyednesday August 2nd at 12 o'clock m. R. H. GLEAVER juiy Zi-j-i. ___ KTotioe. H There will be a baptism at witt h First Zion Baptist eburcb at Port Royal C, y H C. ou Sunday JuiyUJth. - Itev. J. P. JENKINS. I-ASTOr July 27th 1-t. J