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I Tu? Port Stool Coamttrdal TliL'B^DAY, DECEMBER 25, 1*& SUBSCRIPTIONS. ; *> ? ???*, 59 00 I *ix Months, ?1 00 rap/' " ADVERTJSW; RATES. . Advertisement* will ho inserted at the rate of 31--V) " > per square flO Nonpareil lino* or less) for the Unit fir insertion. *uhee<:u,?nt Insertions Sy contract. Fanry Job Printlu?. Every kind of K**cr Job Prixtiko executed In tb? best manner, promptly and at low prices. A full'assortment of paper, envelopes, Ink, pen* $S~ desk furniture, etc., always on hand at Charleston Communications mav be addressed lo Tim .ORT | (prv- Koval Commerci\L, Heaufrirt. S. C. jpl^ Selby and (he News, jjtfc/~ r^ie -^'os has very certainly shown ' that the editor of the Phoenix, has a warm spot in his heart for Honest John. His telegram as agent of the associated oress last winter, in regard to the trial before Kirk; his refusal to attack the , Biae Ridge swindle, which resulted in k't the withdrawal of Col. Thomas from hi j paper; and his recent telegram, headed a" the northern papers as "Patterson wE* vindicated,*' etc., all remain unexplained ST. as coining from a professedly conscrva " tive editor, and an enemy to ail radical oarpet-baggers. On the oth'r hand. sjV" what can Dawson Bay to Selby that canWjN not as truthfully he said of himself. Wy Moses just as plainly controlled the News as it appears now that Patterson controls the Phomix. Last year the New* could not afford to give up its ten thousand dollars worth of patronage; its corre pondents in Columbia liked to get six a..liar* * duv as committee clerks from : y the speaker of the house; to bo designated the "official paper" was worth C. * many hundreds of dollars a year when f..- the Courier was alive; arid therefore Frank Moses, for months btfore and months after the election had a useful, - . able and industrious organ in the lend( ing conservative paper of the State. Hon't let the pot call the kettle black, jjg "* From one eud of the .state to the other Joe Woodruff fed out the pap to the ( conservative editors, and while the grub ' lasted they were dumb dogs indeed. Printing papers is expensive, oonserva- , tive South Carolinians are slow in pay- i ing for subscriptions, advertising is dull, taxes are high, and if Selby is lenient to I Honest John, he can say to the ?"You know how it is yourself."' A Warning. , Those who count upon the continued 1 docility of the people of South Carolina j under misrule reckon without the host. , There are signs of organization in one party and muttcrings of revolt in the ! other. It is not possible that the con" servatives will again allow an election to < go by default. We sec in the Granges ; the agency needed iu tho past to briug 1 I out the full vote of the democratic party j in one supreme effort to secure an honest , and economical government* And we I see in the very recklessness of the repub ' lican leaders, in the talk of the people * * " >.: .1... 1 around us, beam in iojuujuui, m iur streets, in the cars; and by the wayside, that the ties of party fealty arc grown weaker, that the fears of the past are being dissipated, and thut a longing for purity and decency is growing among those whose votes have hitherto been < depended upon to continue in power . tlio.se who have been f.tl<e to every trust, who have broken every promise, and whose course has proved a heavy load to republicanism elsewhere aud a disgrace L - " to it here. Thu democrats of New Yoik, generally of the lower grades of the people, showed their desire for honest govcruuieut by overthrowing Tweed. The sixty thousand majority which his party had for years maintained emboldened Tweed and his co-thieves to believe that they need fear nothing. They insolently inquired when first confronted with the cvidcuccs of their frauds: '"What are you going to do about it?" They had a constituency which republicans were apt to think were hopelessly besotted with ignorance and dishonesty. Yet when these masse?, thought to be so obtuse, so degraded, so r; ^ partisan?when, we say, these masses were at la-t convinced of the rascality of their h iders, they rose in anger and disgust to join a movement for reform. : Thousands of the democratic party, far removed in education, in social rank and in apparent respectability from the mass I of voters, hung back or actively worked 1 to retain in power their old time leaders. Thus is it everywhere. The people, i the masses, thomrti they may he hard to l move, though they may long decline to J believe in the guilt of those they have trusted and been used to follow, when ( that confidence is finuUy broken, when it i becomes manifest that they have been \ deceived, have always been found with J patriotism enough to subordinate habits . of obedience to party leaders, to prefer ; g?><>d government to party success. ; *^o will it be in South Carolina. Not j the mo t refined and wealthy of her sons ( is more anxious for an holiest and capa- : hie gorernuieut of the state thau is the ? poorest frcediuan who plies the hoe in ] the fields of Colleton. Beaufort or J % Georgetown. < 'l iie Debt and Taxes. - - - Tlu Senate passed on Saturday the i hou^e bill to reduce the volume of tlu* i public debt. The changes are that the 1 senate altered the rate of dbc >uut upon 1 bonds. >0 that ihe public creditor is of- , fered fifty percent instead of forty, and l the proposed tax levy is made fifteen | mule instead of sixteen. The levy is ( . divided a* follows: ^ I. One n;:d a quarter mills for excou- f tive uilil j:? livatl departlueuts. (. : ''.r . I a quarter inilo fir penal, J '/.no: .1' I- educational institution*. 9 Tw " ''!< for pablicV?hooK fj 4 l a half mills for expenses of y ejo.. ular(?naioD. t - -j? 5. One iin'tl^brrKt ItV wr'uiting (?. Tit we WjiET OHiT. , * ?":. 1 <i iriciK'*o.s f ?v . 7.' Three qaaritrs o! a mill - for Hank ind Tru^t Company(II. fnlomon.) 8. One mill for half yearly interest on public debt. 9. Three mills for county purposes. The floating debt has not been touched iml the Cunveisiou bouds are not provided for at all. The statesmanship wh'c'i concievesand passes such a measure is on u par with hat which created the debt and stole the money. Not one tenth of the public creditors will accept the provisions of the act and the oney raised for interest will be spent on other objects. A state, no more than individual, can resolve ;tself out of debt. The whole scheme is too silly to di?cuss with patience. The Governor's Message. We are sorry to note the fact tha Governor Moses uses the occasion of his annual message mainly to produce a . i; i_ _.:n i.? ?L.Qe?i document wiucn ne uuut.i ?m u to him as a politician. He is not now actually a candidate, flc i> the governor of (he state, and ought to foci that he represents the whole people and not a mere party. We can heartily endorse at least two parts of Lis message, and these are all we have roo:n for this week. These arc his commendations and recommendations in regit id to the reports of Mr. Jiilson and Dr. Ensor. EDUCATION. I transmit the fifth annual report of the State superintendent of education. This elaborate and suggestive document ?setting forth, in a most forcible aspect, the magnitude and importance of our free school system, and its rapid growth ind improvement?is worthy of the devoted and capable officer froiu whom it emanates, and will amply repay your attentive perusal and consideration, to which I commend it. The following tallies will exhibit the scholastic population and school attendance lor the year 1S73 : SCHOLASTIC POPULATION. S"X. Wbiu>. Col'jral. Tots! Mat- <3,474 TfcMS HUM Kcuiatc 41,Ml 71,685 113.186 Total -..91,973 143,1'.'7 210,102 The scholastic population of the State has increased by since the year 1SG9. It includes alt those inhabitants if the State who arc between I he ages of six and sixteen year . SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. S:x. White. Colored. Total Male 19,3411 23,82$ 43.174 female 17,872 22.707 40,:;79 Total 37,213 46,335 83,752 This exhibit shows an increase of 7,431 over the school attendance or me rear 1872. There were in operation throughout the State, during tlie year 1872, 1,919 common schools, under the . h urge of 2,183 touchers During the present year there have been 2.017 schools, in charge of 2,310 teachers, showing an increase, during this year, of 98 schools and 125 teachers. You will readily see. from the figures given above, that almost two-thirds of the children of the State either obtain their instruction in private schools, or else are growing up in mentai ignorance md darkless. It is a!*o fairly presumable that the majority of the children who ittend private schools arc of the white race, as the parents of those who are rolorcd are, as a rule, too poor to pay for the education of their children. I respectfully but. ino-t earnestly call to the attention of your honorable bodies the imperative necessity, which seems to Bxist, of some action being speedily taxen to enforce those provisious of the constitution which require the compulsory attendance at school of all children between the ages of six and sixteen years. The superintendent of education reports that the progress and success of the school system lias been greatly retarded by the unsatisfictory condition of the bounces of the State, and recommends that proper legislative action he taken to secure such appropriation as will cover past indebtedness, it is due to the State treasurer that I should say that the entire proceeds of the two uiil! levy for school purposes have neon sacredly appli. d to the appropriation for common schools, us required by law?a detailed statement ol which will be {ound in Mr. Jillson's report. 1 recommend, as 3Ir. Jill-on does, that the school funds be apportioned according to school attendance, us the constitution direct", and not according to scholastic population, as now apportioned by law. 1 atn ol the opinion that our common school system would be va tlv improved and strengthened were the superintendent of education given by law i more general supervision and power over tlie a Hairs appertaining to his department in the various counties of the State. The devotion to duty and unremitting energy which have marked liis whole term of office in the inauguration ami successful development of a hitherto untried experiment in South I'uroliiu, entitle hiiu to the gratitude uid esteem of all the people of the State THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. I respectfully submit for your attentive consideration the annual reports of the board of regents and ol' the superintendent of the Stale Lunatic Asylum. 1'he statement therein contained of the many awkward an humiliating embarrassments to which the superintendent has been subjected by the inability of the State treasurer to furnish him with the i tmtire amount of uioiiev appropriated for ! ? !..? ..:n I tll<* ILJ.tllJlt'llUliL't: l?l HUT il!'( IIUI .Mil ? III I jnly awaken the sympathy of your lion- ! arable bodies for the unfortunate pat- J ients under his care and pioteetion, hut will also impress upon you the import- , nice and necessity of such legislative j iction a.- wii furnish immediate relief. \ nid prevent the possihiii y of th r curjucc of ho painful a state ofaftairs. The j levy of a specific tax for the maintenance I the vharitable institution - ol the state | itid the stri-t sequestration of the pro.veds thereof to the objects of the levy, j i< directed hy the constitution, would be i tn efficient remedy for the diseased iinau I x's of the institution, tind would rcllec: j credit upon our humanity and eiviliza- I lion. 1 earnestly reeeoiuuiend tiiat this ourse he adopted. The n port of the -upcriutcndcut shows that at the com- i uenccmcuts of the last ti-cal year the ' lumber of patients in institution was 29<> i lumber admitted during the year- PS. I linking the whole population of the intituriou during the year i!SS. Of ibis 1 lumber 27 were discharged fully recov- ! Tel. 4 were diseh ir^ed imuroved, 14 : veie discharged unimproved. and .'14 lave died. There remained in the insti- j atioi:*oii the Slst of October, 1*73, 309, I if whom 140 are males and 156 are tuuiti's. The appropriation for the sup- j an t of the institution for the fiscal year ' oiumencing Nuvember, JS72, was $59, 70.24, from which sum must bo properf deducted an overdraft of the previous ear. leaving a baiauce which was due . he lUbiiuuioa for the fiscal year just ? ?? passed of85L7S8.4WS of which (liMhUj-or- f g> in'ondcnt fins received Iron. iKt? trea^cy fli y2u.S i 7.84. The total cxpei^es of the p< institution for the fi-swl yeurootuutencHig 3t November I. 1872, amounted to $87,751 8 24. Liabilities reported due and unpaid ;?t close of ia-l il-eal year $ >2,Pi 5. 65. C Liabilities due at close of last fiscal year 1; inadvertently omitted in last report $83- e1 01 .7l)? I>ue State treasurer on account it of overdraft $8.182.16. Total liabilities r< $191,873.41. (' The recommendation of the wtpcrin- If tendent that a. special appropriation be u made at once to pay this deficiency, and t< that an appropriation of $75,000 beset il apart for the support of the institution I during the current fiscal year, meets with tl my earnest approval. More thap three a years ago an appr priation was made for 4' the purpose ofhaving built m addi'jon it to the male department of the asylum v for the comfortable accommodation of a the colored inmates, but owing to the ii inability of the State treasury ft) pay the b appropriation, even this small addition tl remains uncompleted. The superintend- t ent, however, determined to remove them at all hazards from their contracted t and di-agreeablcquarters, and according- c Iv, vacated several ward in the male and s female departments, and then transferred s them,where 1 have found, by personal p 5 fl, x? nm OHIO? :iC(50111tUoda- 1 lirpCCII'MI. V4< J ..V? J ... tioiis equal to any in the build in;. The v continuous efforts of the superintendent t to improve tlie condition and surround- fi ing~ of nil his patients, even in the lace \ of his financial troubles, are especially f commendable and, afford at once a proof [. of his kindness of heart and energy of i: character?demonstrating, it, at this late A day of his stewardship, such a tiling tverc noce.sary, that hu is peculiarly "the right man in the right place.'" Over a *thousand feet of underground sewerage I1 have heon constructed for the purpose of carrying away from the institution the ? waste water and slops, thereby improving . both the appearance of the premises and '' the health of the patients. New kitchens v and dining rooms have been fittc I up, 1 hot air furnaces introduced, and n lecture v room and a billiard hall have been eon- * structed. In short, all that human in- 11 genuity could contrive, and his limited 8 means allow, has been done to pro- r inote the coiulort of those unfortunate beings wlio have been afflicted with the 8 "sickness of the soul.'1 c 0 f SEA ISLAM COTTON. j Ought the Culture of the Staple to he f Abandoned. f The Vltwa of? Planter who In not ' I>iacourng<*<l. ^ Editor of The News and Courier: A circular has been issued by the I Agricultural society of South Carolina i inviting "a conference iu conveutiou of i the sea island planters touching the j vital interests ol those engaged iu agricultural pursuits." l Evidently, from the whole tone and 1 tenor of the ciicular. the committee t seem to take a very desponding view I of the condition of this branch of our t agricultural interest, so much so as to 1 suggest that they meet and council to- s rrelher for such substitutes as a~e likely i to give ?i remuneration for capital and labor'"?meauiug, I infer, the abandonment of the culture of sea island cotton. If my inference is correct, I by no means share or sympathize with the movement. It is true the present prici s are unremuuerative. It is also true-that those engaged in it-t prorluc lion have suffered from had seasons and the depredations of the catterpdlar, and, ia general, have found it difficult to mike both ends meet tit the close of tlu ir year's labors. It is to he regretted that these things are so, but wt should not he too much discouraged because we have been checked. Fiolnres occur in every pursuit of life. The crops of every article of culture are liable not only to fail, sometimes almost totally, but also to vary much iu ex tent, and there is no ''substitute" that can be suggested but will ha subjected to all t he vicissitudes of raising cotton. Nor do I concur iu the "manifestly increasing production of sea island c ?tton iu other countries." as stated hy the circular. Certainly not, If you mayrely on a late, circular issued by Stead Brothers, of Liverpool, w ho are said to be of the high st authority. It is well known that the Emperor of the French made most earnest efforts iu making Algeria "a very garden" tor the cultivation of cotton, and to create not only a source of national wealth, but a great rival to the United States, by offering large bounties and prizes amounting to twenty thousand francs, annually, to the largest and most succ-.ssful cultivators of the sta- ' pie. " result -6ti:al> broth mis circular, [ october 3, 1872. t " Algeria.?This cotton has for 1 some time been out of favor with En glish spinuers and very little lo?s found its way to this country for the last two years." Undoubtedly it has been the constant aim of the cotton spinners and ' manufactures of England for the last ?' fifty years to relieve them stives from ' s dependence on the United States for I( their main supply of "food lor their j? looms," by making every ell' >rt in their | * power to substitute other cot tons, with what result 1 will q lote Iroin the Same (Stead Hi others > circular: 1 "Tahiti.?For some time this cot- \ ton proved to be a very important sub ' s'.itute, and was much liked by the .: spinners, but during the last two years ' the quality has so greatly deteriorated 1 iu regularity and strength of staple 1 that it is now quite out of favor." ' And yt t these quotations m tko this ! ar.iele. which is "quite out of favor." 1 8-11 in the Liverpool market at 14.'d., to 15d.. gold, for the "medium" ' crudes. The Liverpool Ilrokers' l'riee ' Current quotes them 17d. "Fiji.- This cotton in its general j 1 properties, more resembles sea islands i J5 than any other substitute, but the ex ' treme length of staple, without pro- c porliouate strength, is a serious draw v twek. * * * * 'ptu? j.reat irregu r lanty of the earlier crops gave much ' disappointment, and caused consider- j" utile prejudice against the cotton, i which has not beeu ov? rcotne." Aud yet their quotations shows ' ''clean gnod"cotton to sell at 18 io *22d 1 gold. "Tliis was C'?usidt-re<l a low ; scale of pi ices. In the Liverpool IJro- ! ki r's Price Current they are quoted 18 ' to 244. J 4 Peiiuvia^.?This cotton is much !' in favoi for weft spiunimr. owing to ' its color, cleanliucss and silktucss of . btaplc." . i 1 The fact that it is in favor for "weft" 1 ? spinning, sh-.ws that it is wauliny in strength of staple. Sales 131 to lG'd, gold. t ' Egvptian.?By far the most irn- . portaut of the substitutes is 'Galleue' Egyptian, which has largely supplaut- i ed the common and medium sea is 1 T lauds, especially ainoogat the Bolton spinnej .. The growth of this cot^y w has materially iocrease<^|Mj^|^V last two or three ye&rdJH the informatioa we hav<? _>, n m ii ? - - v nm^i'i'i'i'i www tf'W'i itber. We.are.of; opb.tuj. that it ha* uountcr! to folly I5.w< l?*c v?'f bOO juudseacb. ofeach quality as to b** a institute for sea isiauds. quoted a? lliug about 18d." In. the Liverpool Broker's Price tirrent, cxtP iru-quotalioUB are 5 to 5id. It in a iiule bintu'ur thar whil Very ?ltscript ion of cot 101.8 are qui tfcd i the Liverpool Brokers* Price Cur?ut, no mention is made of this Oallene'M E^vnti&n. 4'wliifch basso urgely supplanted common and medi- j ra sea inland," and with all deference ' ) M<88rs. Stead Brothers, as bi ng tie highest or nn?st reliable autbo ity, doubt their candor vrhen they stale hat it is "of such quality as to be substitute for the real sea island " They arc finer in quality and longer a staple than the common America i plands. hut have not the stremjlh, imr o fine, nor so long, as tlie irne sea dands. Now, it is well known by 10th the spinner and producer that he requi ife for quality is the combinaion of fineness and strength. Thus it is shown that every one of he substitute are wanting in what oDstitu'es the real or chief value of ea island cottons; but if this wt re not o, the same authority states the important fact that the sa'es from the st October, 1872, to 2d October 1873. rcre "equal to a supply amounting t>" 59.910 bags, and its production rem all countries as follows : Ijferia 2,00(5 al:lt? 'out til" favor) - iji 4,000 VruvUu g(150 tSs tatclr 7,000 {grplinn (<>oo & ? each) UpO .mcricau 26,280 Total production 54,283 Ihowing sales of 5,051 bags more than reduction. With this important fact before U9 ,ud ihe additional oue that there has >crt^(^pparatively no such decline or lu^toiftions in the yarns or go ids into rhich these cottons are manufactured, he.question naturally suggests i-self, chat is ii that has operated to make 0 ruthnus a decline in the staple itself? ind- this too in the f.ice of one of the mailt st crops that has probably been nade the last thirty 3 ears. Is it not reasonable, therefore, to uppose that compulsory salts and :ombinations have bud far more inluence in causing the present decline ? * 1 -.1 C U.i t nan excess or production 01 suusu utcs V Since the war our factors arc, is a general thing, so circums libed in heir means as to be incapable ot hold ng consignments, and consequently urjects this interest to t'oreigu coro>iuatiouH, which nrty act in concert ind with a perfect knowledge of the leed of both planter and t'.ictor, to neet their obligations, and by beiDg breed to sell have to submit to enor nous sacrifice, and thus ibis important ntercst oFhusbandiy is brought into eopardy. I also doubt their correctness whi-u hey state that the "G illenc Egyption lae largely supplanted common and ncdium se.i islands" | with spinners, [t is not forgotteu that during the ilocknde almost fabulous prices wort laid in Liverpool f?r our stap'e; leitbercanit ba disputed tl at after he war prices were extra vagiutly ligh. It is only the last two years hat the prices have been so torrib y lepr ssed and t!i? planting of thin taplc uuremunerative, a.'d this not ?wing to uuy serious decliob u a siu[le. article of fabric which the, co;u)<-se. The spiuntiis bad ib.en an the bmbitituustiny now hav. AI\ loubt is also cottfirnx d by tb? followng extr ict from a distinguish! d spin icr of Manchester. He says: "Fun: md course e-ea is'ands arc nearly as listin t in their value and dirtl-reut in lie purpose they serve, as siik and lotton. (J >ar?j cotton, however abun la lit and chi ap, e<n ?f r Lc n xu'txti u'r fur .fiitfy and beucc the value of lie latter is in a gnat meat-urn in Icpcndcut of the former. * * * * From lie superior strength of yarn it proluces, savings will be in tide iu every lagc of the manufacture " From this presentation of facte I annot but think that there are undue ntluences. beyond the fair and natural uducLceof supply and dem.Aud, which iperate to depress the price of this itaplc, or how else is to be accounted he fact that the ,4*wi-8/Vwf??," such as Tahiti of medium nriule* and ''quite nut >f /ator," are selling iu Liverpool at 19 to 31c., nud Fiji, ''without prolortionate s'rengtb, and considt ruble mjudice against the cotton, which ias not beeu overcome,*' are quoted is silling from 30 to 4lc., gold. 1 vould, therforc, respectfully suggest hat the true question for the couveu S.?r? Jo ni!w>r ic mnct I??II JO IJUb U ll(%i PU?/-*V|1.4 wv ?M ?? /uv ikely to suit our gmiul soil, but what irrangcments could be formed by vhich the producers would bo procctcd, wbeu their interests are sent ,o market, from the tlfects of combined speculation V A Planter. The Italian Colony at Alntcadn. Signor (irandi, (lie secretary of the [talian Con.-nlate in Now York; has just enti tled to Charleston from Port Hoyal ttid l ives a d >p!or,ih!r account of the londitioti in which he found the iinniijnints sent to Alt: o nla hy ngieemcnt vith the Port Hoyal Colonization Society, dr. Papin. the president ofthisso-,-illcil oeiety. has an oiiic" at Port Hoyal, and hat appears to be the whole of the soei>ty. This per. on agreed to give each ion,igrants a tract <?f land at a reason* iMe price and supply him with food and mpleiii mt, liut each immigrant was a quired to pay Papin fiftee n dollars in idvattec. This v im done by the twentylirce Italian imtnigiant- who went down irnl who settled at Ahnea 1. They noil" complaint that faith with them ras not kept, an 1 lienor (irandi went lown to visit them, lie found that they nd no tools, no animals and no food ^ i?'it.f u li'tf th ?v i !?I l?v limit ii'.'. Papin. en beingremonstrated with, lid Unit lie c<. M not i'li.fill his contrart realise? Mr. !{. <i. Homes, tin? owner if Alnioa 11. 1 a! not fullillcd his bargain lith him, hut he said lie was wil ing to Cturn the iifccii (|..lars depo it Iliad : iv the i in in i irra 11. This he failed to do. iisnor (Jiandi sought another home for lis compatriots. and seen red a tract of lid on lie- idoiitaMon of M ssrs. Paul \\ eh ?, at IP unson's. flic Italians ohained the land at ten dollars an acre, are e I for one year, and are supplied with iio|s, animals and seed. It is a great iity that any societies having the control f iiiun'ivrants should allow themselves to a? beguiled hy person- who-e only stock n trade i - promised and plausibility, 'here was no difficulty in ascertaining in Jem fort that the vaunted colonization oeiety did not exist A little inquiry eforo hand in these matters will save a rorl l of trouble and expense.? Churls*on AVtcs. The Suva inah papers say that Capten brock, has gone to 2s t w Oilcans to bel the ateauiship Texas ior f2u.o00for rvletes rendered by the steam tug in r. -#-? ,1 .. "lifw '<11 Allied Williams, TRIAL JUSTICE, Crofut'a Building, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. N. B.?Court will 1? held every Friday at Brio Church, St. ITelen? Island. mcli28-ly A. MARK, BOOTMAKER Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C. Bavin# opecfyl a shop upon Bay Street, I tin ,,r< pared to do flrat-claaa work. mch30-ly A. MARK. PUEEWATEI Guaranteed by the use of the AMERICAN DRIVEN ffELI Now being put down In this County. They are Olieap and Durable And gire unlTertal satisfaction. Puro Water can 1 Introduced into any house by the AMEBICA DRIVEN WELL in a lew hours. Apply to M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, 5r .4 E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent. feb27-6m S. UA70, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., HARDWARE, Liquors, Segars and Tobaccc Net Yarns, Fish Lines & Cordage, Grlass, Paints and Oils White Lead and Turpentine. Special attention given to mixing Paints, ai Bias* cnt to order of any size. febll M. POLLITZER, Cotton Factor ASD Commission Merchanl BEAUFORT, 8. C. sepU pierce l. wiggin, ATTORNEY AM) COUNSELOR AT LA* Solicitor Second Circuit. Beaufort, S. C. 8ept.l-ly. JERRY SAVAGE & CO., Wheelwrights & Carpenters Carta, Wagons and Carriages repaired In the be manner at lowprices. All kinds ofobbing promptly attended to. St.. BEAUFORT, S. C. J. K. Goethe, M. D. Dr. Coethe offers his professional services to tl I nblio. Ho may be found at his residence, Game Hill, near YnmsviPe, Beaufort Co., S. O. jm.l-ly. A. S. HITCHCOCK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAI BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. BEAUFORT, 8. C. Deo.l-yr. / i WTl i WM. KRI3SSE1L JI AS TIIK FINEST STOCK! OF ! Liquors, Segars & Tobacc ix II k A 17 F O It T , 8 . c . f.ANOA rFRNII'TMKRS WHISKIES. HKNiiY WALLACE A iV?'S..Ol.D I! VF, john oihson's old isoi'hhon holland g1 french brandy, BEST SCOTCH WHISKY. champagne oldmilrry vfokt, fink ?i ands nn ink wms ALES IN DOTTLES AND ON DRAlGIl SEGARS AT ALL PRICKS. SMOKING ASDCMKLIXG TORACCO, PIPES OF VARIOUS STYLES. AT IJinESflEIj'S. FINE GROCERIES, SUGAR CURED HAMS. FAMILY FLOUR. HOOTS AND SIIOKS, ready m a ptc ( loth i no. GENERAL DRY GOODS AT K 11 E S S E L ' S NACHMAN & CO. dkalkrs ix dry Goods, Fancy Goods and Notior I All MEETING STREET, C 11 A K h li S T 0 X, S. C. A pi I MIlUHi: i BaiLMIurdirw andStrjtfirsJfcailmgr, \ i BrdAAsiS'rtrLt Rdil, Edliut'r), Wirt 6'lidrdtM ( SUUi^VirbbMintlu;FlotrdncLDniji \ / JXLuitrjWhdt Pint, W&bmtF&MiyLumber? \ f L&binttM&kerjKnt Woodj^& c, 1 0 AU IVorA Wtrnuited, \ \ LOWEST PRICES. I j SendforPriee List. x: | LH. HALL & CO.! k, iUnu/it/urm i D tilers. J a 2,4.0, 8,70, Market Street. ?2 | I ^iSy>g.M - - v ff *JySy * r-??* - >''* * * ^i)Ufv'3/^ V '"* l -?*?r -v -+ ?* *.n-II k (WITH I ATI55T IMPROVKMKKTS.) " FOR 20 YEARS STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. TITROVOIIOL'T TIIE WORLD. J If you think "f buyfng a Sewing Machine It will pay yon to examine the records of t!icr*o now In use anil profit by experience. The Wheeler At Wilton flanilt ulunc its the only Light a I) ..m n lu<? ^Iit eh I uo Mklttor I ho llntnrv f ??? H> Hook. milking 11 Lock Stitch,alike on both 30 4ilcs of ibn fabric sewed. All shuttle machines <*x-te power in drawing the shuttle bac'< after the stitch is formed, bringing double wear an I strain upon both ma hine and operator, henco while other machines rapidly wear out, the Wheeler A Wilson Insfs a life time, and proves an economical investment. Do not believe all that is promised by the 'Cheap" mdilsn, you should require proof that years of use have t sted their value. Money once thrown away cannot be recovered. Send for our circulars. Machines sold on easy terms, or monthly payment taken. Old machines put in order or received in exchange. WHEELER & WILSON MFC. CO."S OFFICES | Savaunab, Aujrwsta, Macon and Colon.bus Go. Columbia atid Charleston, S. C. W. P. (1> VE8, Ocn'l Ag't. Savannah, Ga. PORT ROYAL - E&CKET LINE Attention sf Shippers Is Invited to the ^ First OInsa Facilities ' nflVrid by file ubovc line for nhtpjiliiK between Port Royal and Kew Yori, Bsatan r Baitimsrs and PMladslpttia. Fur luformution Inquire of S. C. LOUD & CO., 50 Nbt'TIi St., New lork, - Oil JOHN SICH & CO., , PORT ROYAL, 8.C. It June 12,1373. Wm. S. Tillinghast Attorney At Law. BnUWSOW, 13. o. Juoe.12 I" . w ; JOHN RICH & CO. c : r..\r, r iliiiiii and Gmfcia itt DfStU'KS IV - yellow risg mm aid mm Hay Grain and Provirioii3. AOKNTS FCIl PORT ROYAL PACKET USE, JOIltf 1CIC II ...Port ItoynT, 8. C r. |f. AVnittllT Urntif rt. 8. C. PAUL. & WEBB ;o Ar HICKORY BILL ABD BESNSON'f Ar.' Killing oir their stock at GT.EATL7 B3EUCED PEICES Nf To make room for a LARGE SPUING STOCK. Merchants and Farmer* can lie sin plied with t bettor at. I cheap -r article than can be suppl.ed a IT. any stor" between Oh.irh>ton and Savannah at, WHOLESALE AVD RETAIL. FAR Mi: US Can save money hv htiyinjr tlrlr PWFOHf l'l ortiil-LISKS,' HRIDLES. HARNhJW, TRACK I'll UN'S HACK-RAN US and COLLARS of in. We have just received a large supply of fresh Grardon Ooocla Of ell vnrletl -s at ten cents ivr pi|ier. M. .1. WKHH is agent f .r STONtl PHOSPHATE and will be glad to receive ord ts from Farmer*. Price* it..no Phosphate (soluble) caab Jts/W Tiiuc, 1st of November, So.i.oO. Stono Aeid Plnisiihr.te for eo:nt??tin? with cottni ' m '( <! ?li\, ca*h SZkO). Tim1.4 of N?>veui*KT,?M.<M 4 ? SASHES AUE SEINE 3. \,forU>IS?!>. HB.VKETS. -TASK i* A. Flxluron, Buildort* FiiruMiiitc! 2 Ihir.iwiT". I'rain I'i|ie?, Floor Tilo?, Wir.-: " c.innN, T rr.i C'otta Wire. MarliL* ami ! Halo I'icc *. WISDOW C/..IS? A fiPF.riM.1Y. ('ifvtilars and Prieo U*t< *ont free on application, uy I*. P. TOALE, i!" Hutuc ami H.1 Pink?n?y ?(*.. ha.-h-toii. S. C. W. C. MORRISON" Tin, Sheet-Iron, Lead Tloofing Worltor. ,1'ililiit'K iK-ally awl promptly done, awl at lo< ' prices. Tiiankful for p.nt p.itruna;x. look to the ft | ture. Lire awl kt live. - I W. C. MOHUIPON, t or. C. 4 6th Klf. 1 ; . J. E. McGregor, CARRIAGE MAKER i | All kind-* of ropairiog doa? irith ne?l NEW SPBSO 0b6M~ Jao. C. BAILIE & BRO., T)ESrECTmLT>?K VCHJR ATTEST A tion to ths following DESIRABLE OOODS of fered by tlwua for sale: KXGLIhli AND AMERICAM FLOOR OIL CLOTHS. 34 foot wide, and of the beat quality of wooda manufactured. Do you want a real good OU Cloth? If (o, come now and get the very boat OU Clotba eul any size and laid promptly. A full Una of cbeaj FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from 60c. a yard up. TabU cloths all widths and colors. CARPETS. Cr<tssela, three-ply and Ingrain Carpets of new d* signs. A full stock of low-priced carpets from, 30o. a yard np. Carpets measured for, made and laid with dlspatch| LACK CURTAINS. French Tnmbourd Lace, " Exquisites." Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful." Tamboured Munlln, durable and cheap, from S3A0 a pair and upwards. CORNICES AND BANDS. ?. . . y*|,l M.I. I"! 11. Tff.lnHl ... OlH nomnxxi sua uiii, ruiu um, nauin v Cornices, with or without centres. Curtain Bonds, Pins and Loops. Cornices cut and mode to lit windows and pat up. wnroow shades. 1,000 Window Shades In all the new bats of color. Beautiful Gold Band Shades, $1X0, with all trimmings. Beautiful Rhodes 30c. each. Store Window Shades any color and any slxo. Window Shades squared and put up promptly. Walnut and painted wood Shades. rugs and door mats. New and beautiful Bugs. Door Mats, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa, that wear three years. 100 sets Table Mats, assorted. mattings- a "1 New Matting, Plain and Fancy, In all the different widths made. Mattings laid with dispatch. wall papers and borders. 3,000 Bolls Well Paper* and Borders In new patterns, In gold, panels, hall. oaks, marbles, ehlntses, he., In every variety of colors?beautiful, good ants cheap. Paper hung if desired. Hair cloths In all widths required lor Upholstering. Buttons, Gimps and Tacks for same. curtain damasks. Plain and 8triped French Tsrrys for Curtains and Upholstering purposes. Gimps, Fringe. Tassels, Loops tttd Buttons, Moreens and Table Damasks. Curtains and Lambroquini made and put up. piano and table covers. English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCovers, Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers. Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covers. German Fringed Table Covers. crumb cloths and druggets. ' New patterns In any slxo or width wanted. To all of which we ask your attention. All work dono well and in season, by James G. Bailie & Brothers, AUGUSTA, OA. [ spl-17-ly. _ H. M. Stuart, M. D., Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. C. nuira IM DR UOS AND CHEMICALS, t, a irrr w l/nn rnrxttao TAJlllj I It'f.uoyi FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, STATIONERY, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac. Together with many other articles tpo numerous to mention. AU of which will bewHd at the lowwt . price for cash. Physicians preecrimUOaa carefully Compounded. fob.11. . PAUL BRODlSr A R CHIT EOT, BE All F03T,S.CDrawings of Models prepared for Patent Office. Studies for special purposes, made at short notice. ] Box 31. P. O. decl-ly William Gurney, COTTON FACTOR AXD Commission Merchant, NO. 102 EAST BAY AKD 1 NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, nrAitT.T'STnw R a Particular attention given to tL'e ea!e of and ahipment of Sea Inland and Upland Cotton. Liberal ' advances made on eonaigninentr. dec7-ly : JOHN BRODIE, , Contractor & House Builder, - Jobbing Punctually Attended To. OFFICE! Corner Bay and Ninth Street, ^ BEACFOBT, S. C, dec 1-tf I POUT R07AZJ ' SAW & PLANING MHV Beaufort, S. C. - D. C. WILSON & CO., MtvrrACTUEFES or ASfD DZALEBS IK Fellow Pine Tinier and Loito, , akd 1 1 CYPRESS SHINGLES, '. ALSO, Builders & Contractors. Plaster Lathes, ALL KINDH OP JOB SAWING Promptly Done* Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always on Hand. Orders for Lrmber ?nd Timber by the cargo promptly filled. Terms Cub. D. C. WILSON & CO. _ ggMt THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST! P. M. WHITMAN, Watchmaker and Engraver, Mayo's Building, Bay Street Will glre hit personal attention to the repairing of WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Ornamental and plain Engraving done at short notice. Gentlemen having fine Watches emu teat them at this establishment by one of HOWARD * CO.* 1600 REGULATORS. M Having added to my stock one of J. BLISS k CO.* fl fine Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to for . alah Beaufort time to the fraction at a aecond. W. H. CALVERT, * , I PRACTICAL Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker* DEALER IN Japanned and Stamped Tin Ware*. Conetantty am . Cooking, Parlor and Box OIotm. TERMIOAIH.' ?| Thankful for pact farora, and hoping by atriet at- 'VH tenuon to bualnem In tto future to merit yoor Wm? W. H. OAtiVlCRT, 1 fitj St, bttweta 8th art 9th St*., fl . . BEA UFORT, & G I ' jr". i 1 *. ";V^K r; si SfTRART ERTnTI WW'f!} ' -