Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, November 06, 1873, Image 2
The Port Royal Commercial '
THURSDAY, KUVEMJSKK 6. 1873.
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Fancy Job Fruiting. wl
Every kind of Fancy Job Piuntimi executed In
the best luauiK-i, nrOiOjHlj and at low prices.
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A fuji assortment >! pajio.. envelopes, ink, nens
de*k furniture, etc., alwi-ysou hami ui Clia-lcston lh
prices.
Address.
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WARM SPRINGS CONTENTION. M
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Tho proceedings of the railroad con- ( sa
vention held at Warm Springs, will be co
found in another column. We will ra
premise what we have to say in refer- ed
ence to the doings of the convention,! vt
by remarking that it was calltd main- la
ly for the purpose of consultation and be
? producing concert of action among the
* r'^rfrtends of tho Great Northern and
Southern Narrow Gauge railroad. In
this view, the meeting was a complete u'
success. Delegates were in attendance ^
from the various states along the line, ^
and all manifested an earnestness and w
zeal in the enterprise, which indicates ci
complete success. From Lake Eric to oi
Portsmouth on the Ohio river, the
route of the contemplated road passes
centrally acrcss the great state of Ohio, S(J
from north to south, tiaversing the .sa
Scioto valley, the richest agricultural
domain in the state, aud comparative- ^
ly destitute of railroad facilities. Cross c,
ing the Ohio river at Portsmouth, the j w
route from that poiut to the Pound oj
Gap in the Cumberland range of ^
mountains, a distance of over one hun- y
dred and fifty miles, penetrates the L
richest mineral and coal deposits to be
found any where in the United States. ^
That portion of the line has been accu- t|
rately surveyed, and the coal beds w
along the route are supposed to be al- 'f
most iuexhaustible. These rich mineral
and coal deposits, lie undeveloped y
to-day for the lack of railroad faeili- I':
ties, which this projected railroad will cl
supply. The traffic in coal alone is n"
becoming more and more important yj
every year. Sometimes a huudred or II
more cars are seen in one train, pass- 1 jj
ine over the western roads loaded with
* ai
coal. It is believed that five thousand
acres of these rich coal deposits, A
thoroughly worked would yield a profit !s
of ten millions of dollars, a 6utu nearly
tn Knilil nn/1 rnnln l.hp. Nar
DUlUV/lOUb W WU4IV. MMV. v.x~.r 4|J
row Guage railway. Passing through
the Cumberland range of mountains, I(
the road then windsaloog through the ^
rich agricultural valleys and mineral er
regions of East T? nnessee and Western in
North Carolina, traversing a mountainous
region of country, and almost
wholly destitute of railroad facilities, p,
This portion of the road will pass near e<
the Cranberry mines in Mitchell coun- l'
ty,N. C., which are uow being worked ^
and are said to be the richest in iron ]>
ores of any in the United States. After
reaching the valley of the French -s>
Broad, the road will pass along the
banks of that beautiful river to its p,
head branches, crossing the Blue liidgc |?
at the Sassafras Cap, thence through :l'
Tickens, Anderson, Abbeville, Edge- j,
field, Aiken, Barnwell and Beaufort, cc
to Port Royal, 8. C. Along this por- <>j
tion of the iine we have direct aud easy 1:1
couneetiou with Columbia, Charleston, '
Savannah aud Augusta. The valley
??f the French Broad is one of tlio most pi
delightful and inviting regions to be j."
found anywhere, especially the upper jj'
portion of it?rich iu her broad aud f0
fertile valleys, rich in her lime and ra
mineral beds, rich in her salubrious
climate end unsurpassed water power, j|
rich iu her valuable forest growth of (j,
timber, rich iu her adaptation to the c:i
culture of fruits and vegetables, she
needs but Ihe magic touch of the rail
. 1__ ii? I,
roau 10 mase tuc jukiiiiu vuui|M,?<. >
Just across the ridge, on Die Atlantic ' ?<
slope, lies the county of lVkcus, but
little behind her North Carol iua friends I ])(
in her beautiful valleys, nud mineral n
ores, but greatly superior ia posessiug
a climate and auil alike adapted to the jC
cultivation ol the sunny staple and ,M
grains and grasses. IIer uiouutain b,
scenery is uusurpa-ssed. Theute to ilie e<i
Atlantic the road posses through the 1 '"
best portiuusof the old Palmettos,ate, j"
embracing every variety of soil and V
productions,. until it lays its weary Kf
head on the bosom of the broad Atlau '<iC
tic at the mat: uili cent harbor of Port '
w |
Royal. Then will the north and south i n,
be piuioned together, uot by bayonets, | If
on. by bonds of commercial intercourse, tM
ho lding up a social fabric of conuuu (
niou aud intercommunion which may in
never be broken. wl
IJnt can the road be built? Why
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nmv it nut he built? If a 1.: iad ?rau-?u ?
mad ruuniug to Chicago, crossing the >n
mountains al yaps rhaps loss practi '/J
cable thau Ibis. and huviug pleuty ot (.v
competition, can be successfully uc- In
complished, much inure a narrow m
gauge ma.l, costing only hall* the tuun- j',1
ey, operated at a third less expense, ,i)|'
penetrating a rich and uudevchqied Ssection
or country, with a carrying ca- vt
paciiy equal to the average transport;! j1.1
tion of any of the broad guage roads ^
now in use, and absolutely without a w|
rival. Stops will be taken this winter hi
to procure charters in South and N??; tb * 1
Carolina, the only gaps to be tilled up. j,
Subscriptions to the road may be made t||
m money, labor or lands the western on
men are deeply in carncst-and if the w'
counties in this state interested, come
nn manfully to the work the road will ?Li
be built. 1 Tf
L'be panic has not, as many might
jpose, completely paralyzed the
tat railroad projects. It is reported
ou goud authority that Col. Tom
itt hssjust succeeded in negotiating
5.0U0,U(H) of the bonds of the Texas
cific railroad, which will also be a
>at help to the country in having so
ge a sum used in the constructing
a railroad. The web of important
ids now projected, and in progress
??. ?
COOBirUUllUU, UIU U1C VCiuo vuivugu
licb the life of commerce courses; to (
>rt Royal their completion is of the^ ?
eatest importance, as no harbor of '
e continent oilers epual facilities for (
ceiving the vast amount of products 1
at will sustain them.
It is generally conceded that the
nking institutions of the country are (
.ining in strength, but the prospect
resuming cash payments is remote,
any members of congress have exessed
themselves in favor of the pas*
ge of a law authorizing the issue of 1
nvertible, long time bonds, at a low
te of interest, which may be deposit1
with the treasury as collateral for
irrency. Western members particurly,
are anxious that such measures
) adopted.
The Irish Catholic Benevolent union
bich at met St. Louis last week, gave
terauce to a number of sentiments
iat savor but little of benevolence,
n attack upon the public schools of
lis country should certainly be made
ith caution; to pronounce them a
irse is more than Intemperate; it is
itrageous, and a tew of the nobler
iuIs had the courage to object.
The American Woman Suffrage AsdatioH
held a vciy successful Annivcr
r.v and Annual .Meeting in New York
id Brooklyn, Oct. 13 and 14. The Condition
was large. The proceedings
nn.l li Irrimninil j ( ? rnflf !
n v; >|M|11CU UllU nuiu/umwu.7, ?J. ? V?. V
ithusiasui pi evaded. Col. T. Wentorth
lligginMjn presided and made the
Dening address. letters endorsing the
loveiueut, were read from Hon. George
iL Cur-is, Win. Loyd Gar i on, Lydia
[aria Child, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
ouisa 31. Alcott and others. Eightyx
delegates were present, representing
rganized societies in fourtceu States and
eriitories. The Annual Report shows
lat Woman >uflrage is established and
orks well In Wyoming and Utah, that
was under discussion last winter, in 21
iatc Legislatures, and received a majorv
vote in those of Main, Iowa and
[ichigan. Written reports were read
0111 17 States. Julia Ward Howe was
ec'cd President lor the ensuing year;
u.y Stone, Chairman Executive Com-,
littcc. Among the Vice Presidents at
arge are Vice President Ilenry Wilson,
Ion. George W. Curtis, Seualor Surinam,
Wiu. Loyd Garrison and Col.
liggim-on. The Resolutions adopted
re as follows: resolutions.
Resolved, That the primary aim of the
.uicrican Woman Suffrage Association 1
to secure t ho ballot for woman; while [
includes, in its general aim, the es- j
iblishmcnt of her equality of rights iu
1 diiections.
Resolved, That one-half of the adult
adulation of the United States who arc I
gaily entitled to hold property, who
rc assessed for taxes and punishable for
iuie, and whose interest in the Com--ill
{, hi mi !ns? than that
'other halt', should not he deprived of!
i equal voice in the government.
Ifcolval, That a government of the ,
?oplo must Lea governmentcomposed !
jually of men and women, inasmuch as '
ie equal co-operation of the sexes is
isential alike to a happy home, a relied
society, a Christian church and a
cpub]icun Stale.
Y.YWiW. That our present political 1
>tem is not fairly representative, even ,
'men, being largely controlled in the'
riuury meetings by rings of trading j
jeiiciuns intent on ]>rivate gain; that j
alitic.il reform must enlist a lnorcgencr
iutcrc-t on the part of the people in j
ie management of public business; and .
lat this would be greatly promoted by [
unhiding the social sympathy and co-i
aeration of women in the primary meet- !
gs, at the polls, and iu the halls of
gi-laiion.
He<ohnl, That we advise the friends
'Woman Sutfiage in every \locality to
-oinoic the Movement morally and !
ditieally, by organizing local societies, j
r circulating tracts and newspapers, for ,
tiding public meetings, and especially ,
r helping to elect the friends of SufTr- i
gc and to defeat its enemies.
lie oh'fJ, That the Woman Suffrage
uvemcui, like every other reform of |
ie Age, laments the loss and honors
ic memory of its most powerful ad vole,
John Siuart Mill.
A New Alt on tic Seaport.
I'ori Roy*!, South Carolina, situated at
I fli. lint u*<ii?n ( 'Imi'lnw !
MI l\ v;i??liti v?ninuv.A o u\ i vimino i
tiau l rwanuah, was almost unknown !
i iliis side of the Atlantic till its nauic j
eaint; familiar in connections witii the
val events oi ?lie American war. Tlien
> spacious harbour, whit sale and easy
,'ecss I'mtu the ocean. good shelter, and
ep water, so impressed some entor ising
capitalists ihat they proceeded to
tild a railroad <>i' I ID miles in length, to
maeet I'ort iioyal, at Augusta, with
ie great railway system of the South
id west, tints hrhtging i'ort iioyal into
inutiinicatioii witii St. Louis, Memphis,
itksburg, iiouisvide, Atlanta, Montmiery,
Macon, and other populous
litre , and affording the s horlost route
the Mississippi. I'ort Iioyal is also
nnectcd with Charleston and Savautli
by line.' branchingfrom the Augusta
ailroad at Yettiassee, the distance to
liter being 7"> miles I'ort iioyal now
lues forward as the rival of both these
irts, and claims to be superior to them
having water alongside the railway
harf deep enough to float the steamiip
(ireat liasteni, and further, in
ahing imports and exports free of!
Iiarl'age or dip's. It 11 iiiis to lie j'
ipUH'1" HI IVIIIIIH .?"> .1 VVF.IIII.; ir^ivt |
r ~l?-ai?n-r-> to and from the (lull* of
oxioo. A moderate tariff lias been
tabli-hcd mi the. various connecting
ies of railway both for goods and iniigraiits.
It i-expected that, owing to
v line weather on the Southern route, |
ni lloyal will I aniline a favourite port f .
debarkation i'or passengers, The great !
>11:1), with all bs abundant luxury of I
eolation, and iuviiiug climate, waits i
i influx of immigrants, and oilers a ,
rtilo field of enterprise for those pos- (
>s?il oi capital, as well as for tlio.se ,
lio-e capital is willing and 'toady ini-;rv.
Tlio proprietors ofl'ort K.iyal I
ly and railroads bave offered to the j <
ib.?is.sippi and Dominion Steamship ,
nupauy special advantages to induce
cut to nuke l'ort Koyal a place of e: 11 1
the way to and from New Orleans, '
iieh the directors have agreed tu accept i
d the first departure for Tort Iloyal ,
11 be tLc steamship Mis. issipj.i on the
a of November.? frtttrponl Shipping 1
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EDITORIAL LORRKSPONDEACE. t
'he Scriptnral tangle, not in a coord- j
anco with the Scripture?Some vcrj
fnuny transactions, and random guessing?Like
Father like Son?Loss of 1
Bonds and Coupons, and how it is '
said thej went?University changes? J
The proposition regarding the public
debt. 1
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 30. 1
Perhaps the most noteworthy event
>f the week, has been the sudden arriva]
ind as sudden departure of the ''cberu- (
lie Kiinpton, who it is understood,
:laims still to be the financial agent oT
:he state, on the ground that the state
has never made any settlement with him.
[t evidently became too warm for him
in the lower house ^yesterday, upon the
floor of which he was, and the temper of
the members of which he could not have
possibly understood. A resolution came
up, which was debated at length by the
heavier logicians, to instruct the attorneygeneral,
to proceed against Mr. Kimpton,
for the purpose of ascertaining, what
he had done with the bonds that were
purchased with the proceeds of the sale
of the land scrip, donated by congress to
the state, on condition that the revenue
arising therefrom, should be applied to
Ln tnnnnrt of an nirrieultural college.
Mr. Hurley became very much in earnest,
apparently, while endeavoring to
track the crooked course of this very
crooked transaction, and made the assertion
that if the legislature empowered
him he would cause the arrest of the
cherubic before nine o'clock that night.
The cherubic, who sat in the southeast
corner of the hall, showed no outward
signs of fear, and looked bland as is hi8
wont; but last night he vanished, whether
or not through intimidation and fear
is only surmised. To-day the senate entered
with a general discussion of the
concurrent resolution, during which there
were many funny things said; the senate
very properly killed it, on the ground
it may be said, that it was not only a
blank cartridge, but was aimed in the
wrong direction. In fact, regarding this
transaction, the majority of the members"
appear to be pretty much in the fog. Of
one thing, there can be no question even
now that the bonds and scrip have passed
beyond the reach of the stale?or more
properly beyond the reach of the trustees
of the agricultural college; that is.
that the stale having solemnly pledged
itself to congress, to apply the annual
revenue of what the donation produced
to the object named, it has got to pay the
juterest on $ 192,000 ol its bonds 111 winch
the proceeds of the sa!o were iuvostcd.
To do this, it will be necessary to make
an additional appropriation every year.
There is uo gelling away fioui this.
AVhat the legislature desires, however, is
to dud out who is to blame. Some
blame the financial board, who Kimplon
says, ordered hiin to hypothecate the
bonds, and thus they passed "beyond
his control," but the hoard deny that
they give him any such instructions, and 1
souic of the members assert that when
a settlement between the board and the
agent was being sought, the latter tried
to charge up as indebtedness against the
state the very bond< lie bought with the
land scrip money, and which it had Ikjcii
asserted the trustees could not procure
from him, becau -c they had passed beyond
his control; in view of lie agents
report to the comptroller-general for that
year, this statement look very strunge,
as he counts the larger portion of these
bonds as "on hand." Regarding the
coupons of the bonds in question, which,
it was agreed had been cut off, the way
they were lost were explained by the
reading of a letter from the cx-trcasurer
in which it was stated that the coupon?
had been forwarded by the agent among
a lot of others, and w. re cancelled with
theui, there being no distinguishing feature
about them to show that they were
cut from the bonds that were to support
tlio agricultural college, and m tact, no [
knowledge that sueli was the fact, untilabetter
was received, dated Nov. I, and
mailed November 25, (alter the treasurer
had destroyed them) in which it was
mildly stated that they were the supporting
coupons. This is the way they arc
said to have passed into eternity,?or
the ciutchesof the cherubic. During the
debate, Mr. Whitteinore made the remarkable
statement, if anything can be
considered remarkable these days, that
the high joint committee in their investigating
report, had hot given all the in- !
formation they obtained, and that he
had affidavits that would show up many
had transactions, among these statements
was one that the agent had stated, he
sold the scrip for seventy-two cents per
acre, when there was proof that he received
seventy-six per acre. Again it is
held by some of the senators, and of
course by so ne of tlie old financial board,
that the trustees are the proper parties
to bring to account, because they did
not secure the proceeds of the scrip?
the state bonds?when tlicv could have
done hi. It is more tliau probable that
ihis tangled matter will be ferretted to
the bottom, and that a joint resolution j
will he the result, which will cover the
whole matter. At present it is a perfect
shooting at random, but evident that one
of'the shots struck pretty near, from the
fact of Kiuiptoii's little hurry out of
town.
The house has used several hours daily
in committee of the whole, discussing
the financial condition of the state. No
results were arrived at, and tiiere appeared
to be little of plan suggested;
more of a kind of regretting what had occurred,
than taking any definite steps
towards relit f. Quite a number of hills
have licen introduced hut of no general
importance, save a joint resolution toprovide
for the payment of the expenses of
the session. The committees are trying
to think up some means of relief. It is
more than possible that a large part of
the floating debt will be disposed of by
baling aud payment out of the first taxis.
'J he state finance committee have
discussed the bouded / debt question
horouglily, and coucluded that definite
iction upon the same was peremptorily
Ieiuanded. To get at the shortest way,
md the most effective, a subcommittee
vas appointed from among the members
>f the finance committee, aud instructed
jo trao\p bills, to deal with each class of
bands separately; the argument used for
the purpose of settling all alike, was
throwu overboard immediately as being
impracticable. The committee will most
probably report a bill shortly, which will
refuse the payment of the six mil ion of
conversion bonds, now commonly spoken
of as having been fraudulently issued.
The contested senatorial case from
Orangeburg county, is attracting but little
atlcntiou, although such an array of
counsel was never seen engaged in this
state in any such case. The claim of
Byas to the seat in which Judgo Andrews
has been put on prima facie evidence is
considered to be rather flimsy.
Hon. J. L. Neaglcnnd Senator Fatterson
returned from their northern trip
last evening. Senator ir malls and Swails,
two of the workers in the senate, have
been called away upon important matters
in their respective counties.
The vacancies in the professors chairs
are being tilled; Dr. Vampill of Marion,
his been elected to fill that of professor
Fajjcr. Mr. Richard Theodore Greener,
was elected to fill the chair of mental and
moral philosophy, made vacant by the
resignation of Professor LaBorde.
Mr. Greener is the first colored graduate
of Harvard University. Cambridge,
.?:ass. Possessed" of talent of no common
order, fine exterior and polished address,
he is imminently fitted for the post of
duty assigned him. Mr. E. W. Everson
was elected librarian in place ofDr. Walker,
resigned.
TvBKE.
FROM L1KF; ERIE TO PORT R0Y1L,
The Clrcat Nnrllirrn and Southern
Vnrrnw (jnuge Hall Koad Convention
at Warm Spring* N. C.
A respectable number of delegates
met in the hall of the Hotel at Warm
Spings on tho 30th Sept. The Convention
was organized by calling Hon.
IT A 'P/vtnnn aP pAP^niniHli. ( )llio. fft
IX. XX. luwiii;, vi xuin7MJv/u.?. j ...
tho Chair, and appointing Thos. H.
Russell, ofPickens, 8. C-, and John K.
Heluis, of Morristown, Tcnn., to act as
Secretaries}.
The Chair briefly stated the object of
the meeting to be to consider the practicability
and advantages of a Narrow
Gauge Railway from Lake Erie to Port
Royal, S. C.
On motion, ft Committee was appointed,
consisting of Maj. W. Wr Rollins,
Uapt. C. (r. Dandrige, and Mnj. O. O.
Vandcrhoof to report business for the
meeting.
Alter a short abscucc, tho above Committee
reported the following preamble
and resolutions lor the consideration of
i the meeting:
"Whereas, it is believed by this Convention
that a line of Railway connecting
the north-western region bordering
upon the great Lakes, witli the seaports
of North and South Carolina, traversing
the great agricultural regions north of
the Ohio river, and the mineral regions
I of Kentucky, Vjrginia, Teunwec and
North Carolina, as well as the cotton and
rice fields of South Carolina, would bo
of incalculable benefit tp the sections
traversed, and the country at large,
besides constituting a direct and important
lino for furnishing freights for
Europban shipments; and allo'diiig to
an extensive inland section, which consumes
largely of transatlantic products,
a convenient entrepot lor >hc same. Re
it there Resolved:
1. That Maj. 0. CJ. Vandcrhoof,
.? . Ml 11 Tl 11
Knoxvillc. Teun., i>lai. J. 11. nusscit,
i icktns, S. C. Dr. W. C. Brown and
J. E. Breazcalc, Andeisof.., lion. T. C.
Perrin, Abbeville. Win born Jjnwioti and
J. M. Karon, Charleston, W. W. Robins
Marshall. N. C-. Gen Robert Vance,
Asliville. N. C'M T. L. Cash, Brevard,
N. 11. M. MeKee, Greenville, Tenn.,
R. K. Henry, Wise co-, Va., Judge
ICilgorc, Wiscco. Ya., C. G. Dandridge
Va., Hon. .John Davis, Prcslonsburg,
Ks., J. S. Spaulding, N. York, Dr. J.
W- Fulton and Hon. 11 A. Towno,
Portsmouth, Ohio, be and are hereby
appointed a Committee to prepare and
publish an address, setting Ibrtli i.lic
merits and advantages of a Great North
and South Bine of Narrow Gauge Kailway
from Port Royal, S. C?, to Lake
Erie, passing, by.the bestand most direct
"toute, through tike wcrtcrn parts of the
States of South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia, and eastern parts of Tennessee
and Kentucky, crossing the Ohio
river at or near Portsmouth, Ohio,
llicuco up the Scioto Valley to Columbus,
and thence to Toledo, or such other
port on Poke Erie as may hcrcalicr be
determined upon.
II. That Dr. J. W. Fulton, L. C. Dumorin,
Esq. Judge 11. A. Towne, and
Col. Wui. 11. Holies, of Ohio, Robert
]\IeI*;c: Cteenviile, Teun., 0. G. Vanderhooi'.
Knoxvillc, Tenn., Major Rollins
and 11. A. Gudger, N. C?, John L
Thornly, Pickens, S. ('., and Winboru
liUWiou. Chailestou, ?S. ('., be appointed
n Com m if tec to arrange for a Convention
to be held in Portsmouth, O., in furtlic anoo
oi*this enterprise, at such time as
the Comroiticc may lliink host.
That Capt. I). (i. Vandcrhoof and
Capt. C. C. Da ud ridge, Civil Knginccrs,
report especially upon (lie advantages of
a Narrow Gauge Railway for the cotitcmplaled
route.
The report and resolutions were uuauiuiously
adonicd.
On motion, all newspapers friendly to
the enterprise were requested to puhlish
the proceedings.
Alter the adjournment, the Committee
appointed to prepare the address, met,
and organized hy appointing Capt. 0.
(i. Yandcrhoof Chanuian. to whom all
communications in reference to the address
must be relercd.
GOVERN M EXT EX rid) IE.NTS.
Tlie proponed pnti-Ofllre *n vlitg* hniikn
?Tht- itioat y-order department.
Gen. La Rue Harrison, special agent
of the money order department of the
post oilice, has been inakiug a lour of inspection
throughout the west. Referring
to the effect of the panic upon the money
order system, he said that the orders
paid in St. Louis rose to the amount of
$21,000 in one day during the panic, and
they now average $10,000 a day, while
liirincrly the average was only about
$10,000. lu Cincinnati $10,000 a day is
the average, against $0,000 formerly. In
Chicago the number oi orders rose from
about 1,000 a day, amounting to f.otu
$14,000 to $18,000. io 2,000 a day,
amounting to about $.54,000. A similar
increase had taken place throughout the
rest of the couutry.
With respect to the projected post-office
savings bank, which President Grant
said that ho would recommend in his
next annual message. Gen. Harrison said |
tha? during the p&uic a large number of
offices held back their surplus funds,,instead
of sendiug them to this city, from
fear that the order* next day would exhaust
their funds, the receipts not being
equal to the emergeucy. At times, therefore,
the New York post office had a very
small balance, but all demands had always
been met The confidence created
by this promptness and safety of exchange
through the post office, under circumstances
the most adverse, has caused
great interest in tho proposition of postmaster-general
Crcswcll for a postal savings
bank . Gen. Harrison visited Canada
last month to examine the workings of
the similar institution in the Dominion,
which is modelled after the English system.
The postmasters at Montreal and
Tnrnnl/v wlm am virtually assistant DOSt
master-generals, assured liiui that during
a long series of years the system had
proved highly satisfactory. 1 he plan of
the postmaster-general is for Congress to
establish a national savings institution,
of which all first and second class money
order offices shall be branches. In these
offices money can be deposited in snms
of $5 and upwards, the depositors having
the amount regularly recorded in bank
books, and the government paying astipulated
rate of interest?four per cent, for
instance?for the use of the money. This
money will be transmitted to the nearest
assistant treasurer for deposit, to be used
by the treasury department in the payment
of the public debt aud current expenses.
In this way the poor man like
the bondholder, can become a creditor of
the government. The immense amount
o! money now hoarded in the country by
persons who are afraid to deposit in savings
bank t but would trust the government,
would then, it is said, be put into
circulation, and it is also suggested that
the treasury would, like certain savings
banks, eventually accumulate a large reserve
fund from unclaimed deposits. The
chief advantages which would accrue to
the government from the plan, as urged
by its promoters, would be the circulation
of money now idle, and the retention in
this country of money which would
otherwise be sent abroad. The bonds
now held largely in Enrope, on which the
government is paying six and seven per
cent interest, would under this plan be
called in as soon as legally possible. The
cost of maintaining the system, with the
necessary increase of clerks and other
extra expenses, is estimated at threefourths
of one per cent, on the deposits,
the present cost of the money order system
being ubout ninc-sixtccutbs of ore
per cent.
Prospectns for M?iSeyentli Tear.
TEE ALB
An Illaatratcd Monthly Journal, universally
admitted lo he the handsomest
Periodical In tli? world
A representative nnd Cham
plou of American taste.
Not for sale In Book or News Stores.
THE AT.DISE, while Issued with all the regularity,
has nolle of ihu leiujiorarr or timely Interest
characteristic of ordinary periodicals. It is an elegant
mlscelluhv of pure, light Slid graceful litcra
lure; and a collection of pictures, tho rarest specimens
of artistic skill, In hlaek and white. Although
each succcdlng irimhur atihrds a frosh pleasure to lis
friends, the real value and beauty of THE A1.VISE
! will in) most appreciated after it has been l-ound up
' at the close of the ytar. While other publications
j may claim superior cheapness, as compared with ri'
valsofa similar class, 1 HE .1LDISL' is a unique
and original conception?alou" aud iiiiappronchca?
alisolutcly without coinjictitinu iu price aiid character.
The possessor or a oomph te volume cannot duplicate
the quantity of tine jcper and engravings In
any oilier shape or number of volumes lor ten liuiea
lis cost; and thou, there arc the chromos, Isoldes.
AllT OEPART.1KST, 1874.
The ilhiMnitions of THE If. DIME have won a
' wo. Id-wide r> potation, and in the art centres of Kuj
rojw it is an admitted fart that its '.V'ssl cuts are exi
amples of^lhc highest perfection ever attained. TtiI
common prejudice III favor of "-tool plates," IsranldI
|v yielding to a more educated aid discriminating
liisfe widen recognize* the ndv:iula :e,of superior artistic
quality willi gri ui-u faelliiy of ji-'sluctlon. The
w< o-i euf. of I'llC A DDLs A'poss -ss all the delicacy
ami rial,orate tiuisii of tin most eos-ly steel plate,
w hile tliey alford a bet.or ronderingof the artist's
original.
The I hristmas for 1R71 w ill contain -|>eci:ri designs
appropriate to tin- season, liy oor best artists, uud
w ill Mir|iass in attractions any of its predecessors.
l'RKNIVM F O K 1 8 7 4 .
Kver. sutiserilier to THE .if.DIME for the year
1871 will rooeivoa pair of chroma*. Tin- original
pioinrcs worn painted in oil for the publishers i f
THE A I.DINE- by Tho-. Morau, whose great Colorado
picture was piicbased by Congress lor ten
I thousand dollars. 'J'ho sulilocts wore chosen to rep
resent "The Last" and 'The \VYsL" One is a view hi
Tin* Wliitu Mountains, Ni w Hampshire; (lit* other
gives The (1 ill's of (irven Iliver. Wyoming Territory.
The difference In the nature of lb?; scones themselves
is a pleasing contrast, and aflbrd a good display of
the artist's tcupoantl coloring. The cltrointM m
caeh worked from thirty distinct plates, ami are in
ai/e (12 x 1(".J and appearance exact fac-si utiles of the
originals.
These ehroinos are In every sense American. They
arc hy an or dinal American proems, with material
of Aineiieaii munufacture, from designs of American
scenery hy an American painter, ami presented to
suhacriltcpt to the first successful American Art Journal.
If no betler because of all I his, they will certainly
possess an interest no foreign production can
inspire, and neillior are they any the worse if by
reason of peculiar facilities of production they cost
the publishers only a trifle, while eipial In every rosiiect
to other chromns that are sold singly for dotihle
tue sulncription price of TUB .1 I. DISK. 1'eisoiisof
taste will prise iwse pictures for themselves?not tSf
the price they did or did not cost, nnil will iipprec;ate
the enterprise that renders their distribution
possible.
Ifanysulworibcrshould indicates preference for
s figure subject the publishers w ill scud "Thoughts
of Home," a new and beautiful climmo, 14x20 inches
representing a little Italian exile whose shaking
eyes betray the longings of bis heart.
TERN N .
$5 a year, in advance, Oil ( liromos free.
For All rents cat rn, f lie rliromns w ill
he sent, mounted, varnished,
unci prt |i:iltl hy mail.
TIIK A 1.1 USB w ill, hereafter, Is; obtalnalde only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or club
rile; ca?h lor subscriptions must l>c .sent to the publishers
direct, or baud- d to the localcanvasKcr, without
responsibility to the publishers,except in coses
iwlicre the certificate is given, If a ring the far-simile
signature of J.tMK.s Sl'TTON A Co.
CAN VASSKItN WAVTKD.
Any [tersoti wishing to art permnnently a* a local
canvasser will receive full and prompt information
by applying to
JANES NUTTON A CO. Publisher,
SS Maiilen Lane, New York
?' ? ?s-?s-l TSTTTST r/s,
TU TMJU -FU15.Li.HJ.
THK I'AIN-KllXlvIt manufactured !>y PERKY
DAVIS A SON lias won for itself a retaliation unsurpasscd
in medical preparation*. Thf univrrmlity
ajlhr tlnmind fur (lie I'ain-Killer is tt novel, interesting,
and surprising feature in the history of this
medicine. The I'ain-Killer is now regularly sold in
large and rtmJUtf incnatiny quantities, not only to
general agents in every State and Territory of the
Union and every Province in lirilish America, hut
to ilucuus Ay re*, Itraz.il, Uruguay, IVru, Chili, and
uthcr South American Stales, to the Sandwich
Islands, to Cuba mid other West India Islands; to
England and Continental Europe; to Mozambique,
Madagascar, Zanzibar ami oilier African lands; to
Australia ainl Calcutta, Kaiigoon ami other places
in India, It lias also been sent to China, ami we
doubt If there Is any foreign port or any inland city
in Africa or As'a. which is frequented by American
and European missionaries, travelers or traders, iuto
which tint l'ain - Killer has not Usui introduced.
7V<? rjlriiP^Th titrjulnrm is another great feature
or ibis remarkable imsllrine, ii is not only the
best thing ever known, as everybody will confess,
for Initial's, fills, burns, Ac., hot he dysentery or
cholera, or anvfsort of Imwcl complaint, it Is a remedy
uuauqiaascd for olllcleney ami ; f*:d ii y of action,
lit IUe great cities of Kriiish India ami the Wist
India 1-lauds and oilier hot climatei. it has inc.n.o
the ilnmlnnl wdicilte for all such complaints, as well
as i! vspopaia, liver complaint*. and other kimlnii
disonlcr*. I'or mugbaaiid colds,canker asthma aud
rheumatic difficulties it lus Been proved by the
mo.1 abundant, and cooviiieutgi int.. and testimony,
to be au invaluable imsUchic. Tltc proprietors at?
in iKHKSsioc of letters fruit persons of the high.-si
character and n-sponsibiliiy, teslifving in unspiivocat
icrtus to tbo cures eDis-icd and the saiisiactoiy
results produced, in An endwss va.ieiy of cases by
the use ?.f this great tU'ilicinc. That .he Pnlti-Killer
Is doaervlng of all Its proprietors claim for it ia
amply urovol by the uoporaielled [mpclarily 1, has
attained. It iaa mrw ami rfferiit* reunsly. It Is
sold in almost every country iu the world, and la
becoming more and more popular every year. Its
heating pm|ierties have been fully tested, all over
the world and it need only to bckuown lobe prized,.
gold by ail Druggists.
\
Feed the Hungry ^
The Largest Loaf *
OP
BREAD. I
WM. HARRISON IS NOW BAKIN?
'.ho largest loaves of ibc host oread
in the town of .Beaufort. See what ft ^
committee of couucil says. *
sepl.ii-Oinos.
XM. Williams.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
t
Beaufort, S. O. ^
ant
-J?? w
Ri
Will practice hi Circuit Courts of the H(
2d Circuit, and Trial Justico Courts on gld
the Port lloyal Railroad. wa
sept. 18-ly. bui
u. S. COMMISSIONER 2
o
TOB ioi
BEAUFORT COUNTY, *
J. 0. THOMPSON, X
Boaufort, JS . O. teI
WANTED ?yu
TWENTY-FIVE Head FAT BEEVES
and SHEEP. Will take them at Port
Royal Ferry. * _
dec.lO-ly. JAMES JENKINS.
TO THE WEST! TO 1HE WFST!
Ct
Befrre making arrangcmejta to follow the advice of
the "thousand* who have already gone," it would
be well to consider what has been done to make the
Journey to your "Homes in the west" as pleasant tj
and as free from danger as human skill and foresight
can accomplish. 2
Ily consolidation and construction a road has been Q|
put in operation on the shortrat possible line from
Nashville,Tenn., to St. Louis, "the future great City b
of the world." This line, the _
ST. LOUIS & SOUTHEASTER! RAILWAY
has during the past year, earned an enviable reputa
tion by it* smooth track, prompt time, sure connections,
and the magnificence of its passenger equjp
mcnt. Its trains arc inad i up oi new ami commodious
day cars, provided with the celebrated Miller
coupler and platform, aud the Wcstinghouse airbrake.
Jl is jmsiiivtly tlir on'y lint running Pullnvin Pahct
Prawing-Pixnn Sleeping (Mrs (hit)ugh tvMo'll any
change from SnshviUe to-SI. I/mis. Nooiher line nvcleudsto
oflbr such advantages, either In distance
time or equipment. tVhv, then journey by circuitous
routes? Do not lie induced to purchase tickets 1
to St. l/?uls or the West by any other line, rem cm '
bcring iiiat
The "St. lifliii'i A Southeastern"
is the shortest, chm/irsl, quiches', W*i n id only ' ,tc mi
derone management from Nashville to K. Louis "J
and is from (10 to 200 millcs the shortest to St. Louis,
Kansas City, Omaha, Denver, California, Texas, and
all western points. It is also i.ie Chicago S.iorof
Line," via Evausville.
You run secure the cheapest rales for yourselves
and your movables on application, in |>c.-son or by
lciier, toCllAS. .\fi'\?UB, Souihern "a-*- i, u Aym
near College street depot, Nashville, Tenn., or to the o
D
w. n. .davenport.
(! n. Ticket a^t. St. iaiiis.
No trouble to answer questions.
Jan.1-71.
WM. KRESSEL .
has tiik finist stock ob
Liquors, Segars & Totacco jj
in
BBAVrORT, 8 . C .
langa ni:rtnui:imki:s whiskies.
henry wai.lai i..v cos., oi.d rye,
john gibson* ol.o bourbon, 1
holland gin.
french brandy,
rest scotch whisky.
champagne, old sukkuy a port, im
kink iii!am>8 itiiink wink ui
ales in bottles and on draught.
segars at all pricks.
smoking an!) chewing topacco,
picks of various stv LIS.
(i
c
k3te& qexj's.
FINE GROCERIES,
sugar curi o hams. ?
family flour.
boots and shoes, 81
ready made clothing,
general dry goods 11
at "c
ww * -? / i ri r-i ~r * r+
JV JLt iii ? ^ Jli JU O ,
NACI3 >1 A .V & CO.
DKAf.t KS IS
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods and Notions
1AU NKETINU STItKKT,
CHAP. I. E S TUN, S. C.
Aplt
fJIaVJrriJIodmvt ad'SappEuMkSB^f, J
i BrdcketsXmh BaiLBdhutmyRrtUwordj, \
j SiiUvuL Mtriic mntLuiRotrjjuLDmin \ '
f Tilinp-jWhibPint, VAbtatRiuyLtmitr} \ ,?
I L&bixctHikers fuit Woodj,Lc. \
\ All WorhWimntKt. \
LOWEST PRICES. I v
Sendfir Price LUt. r;<
LH. HALL& CO.! .
IM.-.nufiiriar/r, &l)nUrf\ mI V.
2A. 0,8,10. Market Street, ?L
2l}j223,Zd3tB*p
CHARLESTON, g.ftl ^
Enteral according to net of Conjreee in the year
1873, by I. II. Hall ? Co,, la office Librarian of Con *
gnas at WaaUiogtod,
(WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.) fffl
FOR 20 YEARS
STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 1
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 1
f you tliinb of bayfng a 8ewlng Machine It wili
r you to examine the retards of those no* In nse
I profit by experience. The Ci" heeler 4i
llson standi alone ui the only Light
inning Machine, using the Rotary
>ok, making a Lock Stitch, alike on both
en of the fabric sewed. All shuttle machine*
ste power in drawing the ahnttle back after the
tch is formed, bringing double wear and atrabr
on both machine and operator, hence while other
chines rapidly wear out, the Wheeler 4k W11n
last* a lifetime, and provee an economical
extment. Do not bciiere all that is?proml*ed bjf
) "Cheap' machines, you should require proof that
a" h.a knuo laeM tKnlr ralna Vfnnnv ARM
rown away cannot be recovered,
tend for our circulars. Machines aoftf on easy
ms, or monthly payment takes. OM machines
t in order or received in exehange.
HEELER A WTLKON MFQ. CO.-8 OFFICES
Savannah, Angusta, Macon and Columbus <3a.
Columbia and Charleston, 8. C. *
W. B. CLEAVES, Gen'l Ag't
Savannah, Ga.
PORT ROYAL
m MBT LI.Y?.
Attention of Shippers is ftnvltsd IS
le
Plxnat OIosm Paollltietf
ITcrid by the shove line for shipping
el ween
ort Royal and Hew Toft, Mob.
Battimore and PBaielpbia.
For information Inquire of
S. C. LOUD & CO.,
50 SOUTH St., Now York,
OR
JOHN HIGH & CO.,
PORT ROYAL, S.O.
June 12,1873.
Nm. S. Tillinghast
Attorney At Law. 3RUNSON,
S. O.
JuneJJ-ly.
john rich & CO.
O KM.UAIi
Mai and ConimissioB Hcrcbants.
OKALKRSIX
i'l.LOH NSE TiifitrP. 11# LGIIEK,
TT?rr ri Awr"
**<4jr wiuiu uua * iwyloiwiio*
AGENTS FUR
'OiST ROYAL PACKET LIKE,
Oil V It 111! Poii Hojral, 8. C.
. II. WRIGHT nrnnlort. 8. G.
l?AUL. & WEBB
AT
gum bill' and bkdmsoh's
Are selling off their stock at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
0 make room for a
LAIttiK SPRING STOCK.
Merchants and Partners can bo supplied with ?;
tier anil cheaper article than can be supplied af
ly store ljctween Charleston and Savannah at,
WHOLESALE AID HCtAIL.
FABMEd?
in save money by buying their PtOtJOHS,
LOUGH-LINKS, nRIDLES, HARNESS ^BACE*'
IIA INS, HACK-BAN I )S and COLLARS of n*.
We iiave just received a large supply of ftWP
Crardon Soodba
f nil varieties at ten cents per paper. , ^
K..I. WKIlll is agent for STONO PIIOSPHATfc
ul will be glad to receive orders from Fanner*.
Prices Stono phosphate (soluble) cash 848.00.
1 rue, 1st of Noveinlwr, So-AOO.
Stono Arid Phosphate for cotnposting with cotton
ed Ac., cash 128.00. Tinrt, 1st of No?jmber,l3lJ)0.
- --
| DOORS,
SASHES AND BLINDS.
Mouldings, brackets. gtairKlxturw,
Buikkra' h urnUhlng
Hardware. I'rain III*?*, Floor Tike. Wire ,
U.u.inN, Terra Colt* Were. Marble and
j.-'late i'iccs.
WiSDOVr GI.ASS A SPECIALTY.
j Circulars and Price Mats sent free on
| application, by
P. P. TO AI.E,
arlia/u?. a.iu .Tl I'inkner bU..
< Ibarlcaion. S. C.
W. C. MORRISON
'in, Sheet-Iron, Lead,
A*D
IlooilAig Wotlior.
li.'.i'iinir in iiiic piiii inunimlir done,-atod at low
Ic*. Tlnn km' '?i i>n>i jUMVuaga, look lb the fere.
l.ivo auU'?l Ovo. i
W. C. MORRISON, \
Cot. C. A Mi 8U.
J.
?. McGregor,
IARRIAGE MAKERAll
kinds of repairing done with neat'
!sh aud dispatch.
Corner New & Washington SU.
REACTOR*,. S-C.