Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, March 26, 1874, Image 2
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^ The Fort Royal Commercial
B rhnmUir, M?r?b X, 1874.
B J. e. Editor.
H mt i ? *
B subucripnoss.
H 0?eyur, S* OO
8iz Jfwnths, $1 OO
Br ADVERTISING RATF?.
Bf Advertisements will be Inserted st the rate of ft.50
Bf par square (W Nonpareil line* or less) Tor the first
insertion, subsequent Insertions by contract.
Fancy Job Printing.
Every kind of FaSCY Job Pkixtiso executed In
9 the best manner, promptly and at low prices.
L Stationery.
A fu!t~*asortment of paper, envelopes, Ink, pens
desk furniture, etc., always on band at Charleston
prices.
Address.
Communications may be addressed lo The Port
Royal Commercial, Beaufort, S. C.
Legal Advertisements.
Hereafter, all legal advertisements,
I snoh as SkerllTs, Administrator's and
Refferres's sales and notices will be
published In the COM91KRCIAL wheth,
or paid for or art.
SOME TOUCHERS SECURED.
Mr. Cardozo, in his reply to the request
of tho Taxpayers* Convention,
which had asked permission to inspect
the vouchers upon which he hid paid
$331,945.60 for public printing in 1873,
made the following stateuieut:
Subjoined will be found the necessary information
explaining the expenditure of the fBl ,945.06.
The alleged fact In the resolution, to wit: that I
paid out 9331,000 for the printing of 1S73 is not correct
9331,043.66 was paid during the year 1S73, but not
for tbe printing of that year only. Tho appropriations
for printing 'or the fiscal year commencing November
1, 1872, snd ending October 31,1873,amount
to 9125,000, dlstriouted as follows:
For current printing ... 950,000 00
For permanent printing 60,000 00
For adrrrtiaing acts 25,0001)0
Total .9125,000 00
The permanent printing consists or tne uauy journals
and calenders of both houses. The permanent
printing consists of the Acts, Reports, Resolutions
and Journals of each house, In regular permanent
form.
The legislature in December 1872, made an appropriation
of (329,000 for permanent printing and advertising
the laws passed by the General Assembly,
as follows:
For Permanent Printing r. (250,000 CO
For Advertising Acts 75,000 00
Total .. $325,000 00
Th? Permanent Printing: for which
the above appropriation or $25o,OVO
was made conalata of the following:s
Five volumes of the Statutes of the State, viz: Vols.
10* 11,12,15* and 14.
Three thousand five hundred copies of the Revised
or General Statutes.
Fivo thousand copies Ko-Klux Trials.
Five thousand (extra) Reports of Spec ial Investigating
Committee.
Two volumes Supreme Court Decisions.
One thousand extra copies of Reports and Resolutions
of the General Assembly of 1871-72, and sundry
books and documents ordered by the Executive departments.
The printing of the above was ordered by the pro
vious General Assem bly of 1870-71, and 1871-72, and
-not by the present General Assembly, which ouly
made an appropriation to pay fur the work ordered
by its-predecessor.
In the above extract Cardozo makes
the explicit and circumstantial statement
that the permanent printing for which
the 8250,000 was paid consisted of the
documents therein named. It is fair to
assume that he had just examined the
vouchers upon which the payments were
made and ascertained precisely the items
enumerated in them.
Wo have taken the trouble to examine
the work done, and arc not at a loss to
divine the reluctance which the treas
nrer feels in showing his vouchers. This
document is death to tho last slim fragment
of his reputation fur honesty.
We have carefully counted the pages
of the list of documents named in the
chedule furnished usaud give below the
result of the figuring. We have computed
the work at the prices for which the
Republican Printing company contracted
to do the work, except in the cases which
we will subsequently refer to.
WHAT THK VOUCHERS OUGHT TO BE.
Three thousand five hundred copies Revised
Statutes 1062 pages at Sl.36 per page
for first 1,000 copies, 84,630 00
Add for the 2,500 extra copies, 5,000 00
Two vols. Supreme Court decisions, 1070
pages at 84-36 per page. 4,665 00
Five vols. Statutes of State from vol 10 to 14
inclusive, 4,452 pages, at 84.56 |*r i?age. 19,410 72
Five hundred extra copies Special Joint Investigating
Committee Report. 2,000 00
Five thousand Ku-Klux trials at 81.50 7,500 (0
One thousand copies Reports and Joint Res
olutions, 2,000 00
8undry books and documents of
the executive departments, slhjw same as
paid by the Statu of Ohio, as shown by report
of State printer for 1S72, 6,2r?7 00
Total. 851,702 72
We have no doubt that one mode of
arranging the bills for a swindle in all
these documents was to assume that the
oontraet meant so much per page for
each thousand copies. Every one who
Is familiar with printing expenses knows
that it is the first copies which cost most.
After the type is set up and the first edition
is priuted off, extra copies
ean always be had at a large deduction
from the price of the first. As the
persons who were intrusted by the
legislature^ contract fin* the work on
the part of the state were the same porsons
who eon meted to do it; who incasIIMil
tVwi 11 (II I* A .? *? ..m 1 ... .....
uivu iuv 11 ui iv^ 11 vruij'iuu iur it iiuu wriv
paid lor it, of course there whs no dispute
about the construction of the contract.
The effect of such a construction
wonld be to double the cost of 2000 copies
of a document instead of only increasing
it by the cost of paper, presswork
and binding. This is a plain swindle,
and one that if attempted in the case of
an individual would never be enforced or
allowed.
Such a swindling process we believe
has been perpetrated by the Republic:! n
Printing company and allowed by the
treasurer of the state, P. L. Cardoro.
The effect of such Twccdisnis has been
to'raise the cost of the 3500 Revised
Statutes from $9,630.32 to $10,206,12; a
difference of $6,575,80.
The same swindle was, wc are convinc*
(d, perpetrated in the 5000 extra copies
of the report of the special joint investi
$2,000, which would have been a largo 1
price for extta copies, in which there wa? '
no composition of the type. This would i
make another difference of $1,6X4.10. I
The item* for 1000 copies of the Reports
and Joint Resolutions was doubti
ess raised in the same way from $2,000,
wuich would be a very liberal price, to
$7,390.6$, a difference again of $5,390.68.
The item for 5,000 Ivu Klux Trials is
a swindle all through, which we will discuss
in another place. But we will first
put it down as it doubtless appears on
Cardozo's vouchers, if indeed, he has
any. So put 5,000 Ku Klux Trials 848
pages at $3.48 per page for each 1,000
copies, is $14,855, a difference of $7,255.
The item "sundry books and documents
for executive departments" has an
ancient and lish-likc smell. Mr. Cardozo
has himself, in the Allen trial, defined
the word "sundries" in legislative parlance,
to be a "convenient term for
swindle." We will not undertake to dis7
pute his knowledge of the subject. We wil*
however, be liberal in our treatment of this
particular "sundry" because we are sure
that Mr. Cardozo recognized it the instant
he saw it. Now the two clerks in
their defence claimed that it took 825,000
to do the executive work. We are
going to put it down at that. So there is
another difference of 818,743.
Let us now oonstruct a new table, going
into all the swindling Tweedisms.
The vouchers will then read as follows
: .
THE TWEEDF.D VOUCHERS.
Throo thousand five hundred copies Revised
Statutes, 1062 pages, at $4.36 per
page for each 1,000 copies. $16,206 1^
Supreme Court decisions, 2 vols., 1070 )>ages,
at $1.36 |>er page, 4,665 00
Statutes at Large, 5 vols., 4,752 pages at
$1.36 per page. - 19,410 00
Ku-Kiux Trials, 5,000 copies, at $3.48 per
page for each 1,000 copies. 14,755 00
Report of Joint Investigating Committee,
218 pages at $3.48 per page for each 1,000
copies. 3,684 20
Reports and Joint Resoluions, 2,141 pages
at $3.48 per page. 7,390 68
Sundry executive documents. 25,000 00
Total. $91,111 00
According to the first account, Mr.
Cardozo has paid S250,000j.for work,
which, at a contract price and a liberal
price for extras, only should have cost
the State 851,401.72.
According to the second account,
Mr. Cardozo has paid 8250,000 for work,
which at even the most exorbitant stretch
to which the contract with the Republican
Printing Company can be subjected,
can only be figured up to 801,111,00.
It will be seen that allowing for bill8
forced by a fraudulent construction of the
contract to the highest point, that there
i9 still 815S,SS(J to be accounted for. We
do not hesitate to say that Mr. Cardozo
has no Touchers tor tho balance save
a simple order or receipts from Woodruff
and Jones. He cannpt plead that he
was duped into paying; no man
knew better than ho the character of
the printing swindle. Ho paid the bi'ls
knowing them to be gross frauds. lie
defends his action. Ho declines to
aid in bringing the facts to light. There
is but one inference. His professions
of honesty are as false as the printing
' ills he has paid.
The enunciation by Mr. Cardozo, in
his controveisy with Hardy Solomons and
the Comptroller-General, that he knew it
to be his duty to examine and verify the
vouchers for ^jiinis which had been
passed upon by the legislature, and for
which he had the same kind of an order
to pay that he had in the case of this
printing claim, encouraged for a moment
the belief in our minds that he would not
stand in the way of a thorough investigation
of such an enormous swindle.
Hut we found that his action in the one
caso was directly the reverse of his ac"
tion in the other. IIow can it be explained
in any other logical.'way than that
while he was pretending to protect the
treasury in the certificate case he was mc ely
putting a screw on Hardy Solomons for
I his own gain, and that in the case of the
Printing Company no screw was needed
?all difficulties having been " fixed."
Again we ask Mr. Cardozo to remember
that Ineersol is in the Albany penitentiary
for making out fraudulent bills,
and William M. Tweed, is in the Blackwell
Island County prison of New York
j city, for auditing and allowing fraudulent
bills.
A MUDDLED SENATOR.
Senator Smalls exhibited more than
his usual spitcfullness and less than his I
usual canning in his course of opposition j
I f.\ #1,., i\.i\rtunnf /\f flin nliini tnc nrinhtirr I
the tax duplicates of 1872. In his desire
to do Mr. Thompson an injury he opposed
the claim of Mr. Price, lie knew
perfectly well that his statement that
warrants for #13,000 had been issued to
Mr. Thompson for this work was untrue,
but he persisted in the assertion even in
the face of the denial by the comptroller- i
general and Mr. Gary that any warrants
had been issued. Mr. Thompson did
give Mr. Smalls claims to the amount of
nearly ten thousand dollars of which Mr.
Price's was a part, and was forced by the
pressure of Mr. Price and other ered tors j
to agree to sacrifice all and more than J
Ills profits on the work in order to get 11
money enough to pay his debts to those [
who had assisted liiiu to carry out his !
contracts.- The twenty-Jive per cent. I
which Smalls was to yet was not enough
to pay all the other cormomnts, and as !
the bids were made out at fair prices, no ; ]
greater shave was possible.
The truth of the matter is that the j
claim is riot a steal, and therefore cannot j 1
be divided satisfactorily to the legislative !
brokers. If it had been made out at the j
samo rate which the republican printing j |
company received for tire same work this j i
year ) it would have been paid ; '
long ago, though neither Mr. Thorn; srn
or Mr. Price would have got the differ- |
encc. Smalls, Nash & Co., would have
been richer and the state poorer but that (
is all. |
If Mr. Smalls had opposed all the i
UMi
ias paid with the same pertinacity with
svhich he has opposed this just claim, the
itate would have saved hundreds of
thousands'of dollars; but Mr. Smalls
would uot have been able to add acre to j.
acre, and house to house, keep race q
horses for his pleasure, and drive about ^
Beaufort in his elegant barouche, while
honest meu toil to pay the taxes out of c
which he is able to extract the means to ^
support such outlays. The debate in
onn?to trill frmnft in an evtrnef ! ?
from the Uuion-IIcrald in another coluni. j
The Campaign Berlin.
We suppose that speaker Lee's address 1
to the house on its adjournment may be ^
accepted as the first speech for Elliott in 1
the campaign. lie said:
4iI will now touch, gentleman, upon a
subject which demands your close mid '
undivided attention. It is that of reform
None of us can but acknowledge that a i
change of things is absolutely and itn- I
peratively necessary for the preservation
of our institutions and stability of our i
government. We must have an honest i
and economical government in the future, j
For six years have we been apprentices,
and now i t is time that tee should assume ;
the role of master. During the past six
years, experience has taught us many
bitter lessons?lessons thut we shall never
forget; and in the future, which glooms .1
ud Defore us, many occasions will occur <
wnen the application of these lessons 1
will assist us most materially."
To our mind the election of Elliott |
would be the natural and fitting fruit of
the political growth of the last four years.
Insolent, reckless and thoroughly depraved,
Elliott can do more than any
man living to obliterate the last spark of
hope for the success of the experiment
of universal and unqualified suffrage.
Well Waited On.
There are said to be about one hundred
and twenty-five attaches to the
General Assembly; that is an expense,
of ?23,000 for the Senate and 828.000 for
the House, or 851,000 for both house.
How is that for attaches ? Is the State
of South Carolina not played out yet??
Union Herald.
535"* The desertion of their posts by
the conservative senators and representatives
on Friday last, before the adjournment,
should be made the subject of in*
| dignant comment by their constituents.
The last hours of a session are often the
[ most critical. Men so easily tempted
from duty arc unworthy of future trusts.
teaT" By some moans the joint rcsolu|
tioji directing the prosecution of Ex-treasurer
Parker was lost before being signed
by the governor. A duplicate copy was
sent to the governor regularly signed by
the president of the senate and speaker
of the house, but he referred to sign it
upon the ground that it was not received
during the session of the legislature.
The Sorrows of a Creditor.
The following appears in the UnionHerald.
Mr. Barrett has the sincere
sympathy, of the editor of the COMMERCIAL.
ITc knows how it is himself.
[Advertisement.]
Columbia, S. C., March 18,1874.
EJit(>r Daily Union Herald:
Dear Sir :?IJcforo leaviug your city,
where everything, except the forlorn
creditor, is altogether lovely, I feel constrained
to publish my experience as a
collector of outstanding accounts against
those who run and ruined the Statu. I
came here, something over two weeks
ago, to collect a bill against Governor,
.Mo.sesforthcpurchasc of mirrors frotu
the house of hckhardt & Mehlcr, Baltimore
street, Baltimore. The history of
this mirror of South Carolina is brief,
but pertinent. One year ago, passing
fKia oi'fv. T nnrrntifttAn with (Iph.
Kcntiis for an order to supply the Ulan- |
ding street palace with mirrors. I re
turned home with the understanding 1
that I was to send him a pattern book, I
which I did; and shortly alter, rcceiv- j
ing a dispatch from Gen. JDenni.s, who
then seemed to have charge of affairs, I '
returned to your miscellaneous city in the 1
pursuit of business, a d in the advance- 1
mcnt of the mater'al interests of your <
.State. I then took the order from Gen.
Dennis for about $2,800 worth of looking I
glass, window cornices, &c., including :
in the hill my expenses. Fascinated with
the royal entertainment I received, and c
with the universal air of money and <
prosperity which surrounded me, I cor- ft
tainly thought that this order was a pood i
thing for all hands. The order was tilled t
and a thousand dollars paid upon it. i
For the balance of J? 1,80 >, two notes were ]
given, both endorsed hv Gen. Dennis. <
which the house now holds protested, and (
which were to have been paid, as 1 have
it in black and white, out of the co"tiii- ;
cent fund as soon as the appropriation 1
hill was passed. About the time of the \
passage of this bill, I came here to get
paid, and have been here ever since, t
dancing attendance upon his Fxcellency >
in his indiscriminate antc-rootn. There | j
arc few places in this world with which I f
am 1 Hitter acquainted than that unique |
anto-rooni, and the only satisfaction 1 >
have is the knowledge that misery loves I
comf any, and of wh eh I had any quan- t
tity in number and variety- The tinner, I
the tinker, the 1 uteher, the painter, the t
builder, the newspaper man. the muni- v
b:r of the General Assembly, were th re I
from "morn till dewy eve." It was a 1
regular bankruptcy court, with a meeting r
of creditors daily. The most acute agony n
I * 1 1 5 1- J* ?
i rxpeiumicrii?uunnir two 01 \y;iii- i ;i
ing and gnashing of tcetji from 10 to 4, In
my office hours in the ante room?was [ t
!>< ing mi>'tnk< n hy somebody for his Kv o
cellcney. i have not yet recovered from i j
that shock. I saw the Governor once or i r
twice, and if tlio most iron- c ad promise, f
nut up in the latest improved style, e
would have done any good, your corves- v
pondent would not be so unhappy. Not v
hoi tig a Mason. I have been sold. Dur- h
ing that time there mav have been a pre- .>
ferred creditor or two, but I will leave a
your city with a clear perception of the g
grand present and sublime future in stoic e
lor your State. a
In closing. [ would say that, more than 1'
my own sufferings, I regret getting ' r. si
William J. Hiss, of Baltimore, in a lit e a
fix, who holds a.joint note of the Gover- h
itor and General Dennis for $ I ">,000. for h
furniture to supply his mansion in Man- u
iing street. This hill was to he paid out n
)f another appropriation, but the econo- o
my of the Legislature prevented it.
\\'hen I return, I will write you further si
oniniunications on the officiul condition a
>fvour State, to all of which lean take d
my affidavit, ii
Yonrs respectfully, s.
. John >f. Barrett,^ It
I ' AMTOTLE.
[From lie I'nion-ITnrald.]
In the Senate, on Monday, the claim
f Thomas W. Price, of Philadelphia.
)r books and blanks fhrnished the late
Itate Auditor, came up a second time
or fconsideration.
Mr. Nash, the chairmai "of the
ommittce on claims, stated that Mr.
Thompson, of Beaufort, had made the
011 tract with the late State Auditor for
urnishing these books and blanks ; had
gotten Mr. Price to do the woik for
55,000; had received the Comptroller's
warrants to the amount of $13,000, being
58,000 more than the work had really
tost him, and had never paid the $5,000
:o Mr. Price. Nevertheless, Mr. Nash
thought Mr. Price's only claim was on
Mr. Thompson. * . .
Mr. Dunn said he had been informed,
nn onrul mil Kuril v. that Mr. ThomnSOU
had himself done part of the work for
which hcTiad made the contract; had
another pait of the work done by Walker,
Evans & Cogswell, of Charleston,
and had the remainder of the work done
by Mr. Price, but had never received
any warrants in payment.
This brought up Mr. Smalls, who said
that Mr. Dunn's statement was not cor
rect; that the warrants had been issued
to Mr. Thompson; that ho himself had
coiue up to Columbia with Mr. Thorni Bon
to try to get them paid, on Mr.
Thomson promising to pay him 25 per
cent, for his services ; that he had gone n?
with Mr. Thouipsou to the Treasurer's s"
office to get them paid, and had there ot
seen and handled tncm himself. ca
Mr. J. M. Smith proposed that Mr. ?i
Price's claim should be paid, and the c'1
amount ot it deducted from Mr. Thomp- ei1
>on's warrants. ^ a?
Put Mr. Dunn insisted that no war
rants had been issued to Mr. Thompson, C(>
and, on his motion the matter was post- w'
poned until information could be re- fo
ceived from the Comptroller-General as 'cl
to the issuing of any warrants, ra
In the evening a communication from
the Comptroller was read, stating that ar
no warrants in the matter had been is- VVI
sued either by his predecessor or himself.
i P<
Mr. Smalls then proposed that Mr. ar
Price's cltpm should be paid, and said ^
that the warrants to Mr. Thompson had
been issued by the late State Auditor, th
and that he himself had had of ~~t
them in his own hands.
In reply, Mr. Dunn sent up to the
President a communication from Mr.
Gary, late State Auditor, which was
read, stating that he never issued any
warrants to Mr. Thompson ; that there
had been no appropriation on which any
warrants could be drawn ; that all he 11
had eveu given Mr. Thompson was a
certificate of Mr. Thompson having done
the work, and of not having been nnid of
for it; that the work had been (lone iai
partlv by Mr. Price, partly by Evens & cr
Cogswell, and partly by Mr Thompson an
himself; and that the amount allowed ??
Mr. Thompson for the whole work was j},1
about $5,300. it
Mr. Suialls still insisted that Mr. '.'a
Thompson had received warrants to the 'ra
amount ol S'J.OOO, and had pledged them w
to the Fredtuen's Savings Bank, at ^
Beaufort, as security lor a loan. The ?>i
late State Auditor had said sonic thing9 *jj
which were nottruo. and which he would en
not swear to. <u
Mr. Dunn ittytod /hot Mr. Smalls ^
hul gotten things a little mixed; that
the warrants for were issited to
Mr. Thompson tor other work previously <is
done tor the Superintendent of EducaLion,
and had no reference to the work Jii
done for the late State Auditor. He, ?"
himself, had no interest in the matter,
except to protect the reputation of an L
honest man against unjust imputations, *j
and lie thought it neither manly nor A",
honorable for .Mr. Smalls to insist upon i?n
repeating statements which the cointuunications
from the Comptroller-General
and the late State Auditor showed to ho
false. And then the Senate, believing 1 'j
the matter had been sutlieiently venti- :
lated for the present session, postponed
its consideration until the next.
Acid Phosphate and Cotton Seed Compost.
Believing phosphate of lime in a soluble
form, Combined with a certain amount
if ammonia to be the best commercial
fertilizers we could use, T have tc.?n for
i number of years, making the pure dissolved
bone the basis of the fertilizers
jsed by rae, and when the articles have
:>ecn pure, they have given nie entire T
latisfaction.
In noticing the analyses of the Ohnr'es:on
phosphates given by Prof. Holmes,
ind others, I found those phosphates
,'ivc as great a percentage, and in sonic I"1
"iscs greater than pure bone. [ conclud:d
therefore to try them in plaeo of
lie dissolved hone, and after three
rears' experience, 1 am convinced that (il
Jiey are as good, if not better than the
lissoived hone, obtained by us from the
North ; they arc pure, free from dirt, s'charcoal,
plaster, kc., kc., and cost sevmtcen
dollars per ton less.
As I hnvo been frequently asked to
rive my mode of composting, using, Ac.,
t will give it tliroueh the columns of
our valuable journal. ,,.j.
Fir.-fc. in composting with cotton seed,
ny experience leads to believe that
even bushels, or two hunrdicd and ten
Huinds cotton seed, to one hi n 'red
loiinds acid phosphate, is about the right
iroporfion of each. To compost, lay
lown five hoards, feet long, with one
wiard on each side, edgeways with stakes _
Iriven to hold them firmly. Now we
lave something like the bricklayers nioiar
mixing hoard. It should he near
rater. Measure or weigh fourteen
uishels of cotton seed and place on the
oanls; wet them well with water, stir* ^
ingthem with lines, then empty on them
me s.iik, or two hundred pounds of the
icid phosphate; mix well with hoes,
isiug more water if nec/vwiry. We have W1
iow six hundred pounds, a fair amount
if manure for one acre. H ive a close n>,
>en to throw it in and repeat as often as .j
cquired until enough has been commstcd,
then cover over to shield from
xce<?ivc rains; in ah nit six weeks it
rill he ready for use. This is one of the V
cry best arid cheapest fertilizers now
nown and in use. It will invariably give
atisfaetion when properly manipiilatod
ud the preparation and cultivation
pod. The quantity per acre can lie in- o
roa-oil or <ii:uuit.<iicu at pleasure; it.can rji
!<o he used hy opening furrows early in A
Vbrur.ry, drilling in the same the cotton Jjj
ced and sowing acid phosphate on seed r_>
ml lapping ono furrow* Or take two ?>
undrcd pounds aeid phosphate, one*
nmlre<l pounds Peruvian gnano, mix nirr
vil, aj>| 1/ to one acre. This has given he*
vo satisfaction, .yielding equal to compost |j?("
f cotton seed and acid phosphate. by r
I believe a greater quantity of fcotton raor
jed than given in the above formula, is
waste of ammonia. If an increaso is mp
esired, then increase tbfcacid phosphate u
i like manner.
W. F. Barton, in the Rural Caro- Pub
WHAT IS THOUGHT.
What Is thought that so swiftly flies?
On ss a bird of air.
To speed where the Mystic future Ii s.
And be in a moment there ;
Or like the waves of the mighty deep.
Roll backward to the past,
O'er the shore of Long Ago to svv. p.
Where the pearl* of lit- are east.
Is it a vessel with outsproul sail
That glide* e'er the waves of Time; i
And wafts our hearts 'ueath a gentle gale
To a far and fairer clime ?
Or is it a ladder up whicli we go
To dwell in the gleaming skies?
Where the stars at night walk to and fro,
When the earth in slumber lies.
Or is it a river that onward goes
With many a curve a nd sweep?
That holds to its bosom as it flows
The flowers that 'round it sleep.
Or is it a fount that upward springs
From where 'twas hidden long?
Till there where the shy birds plume their
wiugs ,
It finds for itself a song.
Not these. But thought is tho eye of the mind
That its glances send afar,
To lollow the track of the laughing wind,
Or up to play with a star.
Tis a chain that's bound 'ronud Long Ago,
With an end in the far unseen;
That keeps them side by sido, al-though
There's many a link between.
J LTIE.
Pantalettes.
The St. Louis Rqiullican has a lady
rrespondent in New York, who writes
follows: 41 Then we have low cut
oes with fancy stockings, and oh ! anher
sweet thing, Pantalettes. You
n show 'cm in the Spring. There's so
any muddy places. They must he wide,
iboratcly trimmed with lace, frills and
ubroidery, and reach the ankle. They
e touching, and when worn with
in and queer foot handles, very bemirig.
To bo sure the irreverent youth
ho enjoyed the privilege of taking me
the charity hall, beheld these pantattcs
for- the first time btrtieatn the
jscd train of a belle. He rushed
rward, and in the most mysterious and
ixious manner, whispeocd to her shif
is'losing'em off.' Ni words can dcribe
the look sho rewarded him* with,
uor dear, lie fell hack discomfited, end
id let two or three couples p^iss him,
ken he exclaimed : 'Why. they are all
sing 'eiu off." and that's the effect of
ie pantalettes."
PAIN-KILLER.
FOR OVF.il TJIIRTV YEAR*
Perry Mis' Yeietable Paiii-Kiiler
as been tested in every va? lely of climate,
and by almost every Na*
It is tli'1 constant companion and estimable friend
the missionary nnd lite traveller, on sea and on
lid, and no otic should travel on our lakes and rlvs
without it.
It has been before the public over tlilrtv years,
d probably has a wldcrntid better rcpi. tution than
y otlicr proprietary medicine of the present day.
; this jierbHl liter* are lint few unacouaintcd with
c merits of the Pain-Killer, but whil" some extol
as a liniment, they know but little ol its power in <
sine pain when taken internally, while others use
internally with great success, but are qually ignont
of Its healing virtuts when applied externally,
c therefore wish to any tnall thai it is equally suejslul
wle tber ttsisi Inb-rntillv or externally, and it
imls to-day, unrivalled by nil the great catalogue
family medicines. It is tuilRrieut evidence of its
rtm s as a staudanl medicine, to know that it is
w used in all parts of the world and that its sale is
nstalitiy increasing. No curative agent has had
eh wide-spread sale or given such universal satis tion.
It is it purelv vegetable compound, and
rfeclly safe in tins klllful hands.
\T? f"ibItTy Trarwrrtrrt, ts U?? imst
q u-.lilied te-tinioiiials to its viriues, from |iersoiM
tn? highest cliaract r and responsibility. i'liysiiiis
of the first r. sjsTtability recotunieiei it as a
>st eH'cctuul preiiaratiou for the extinction of pain,
is not only the best remedy ever known for lit illsrculs,
limits Ac., but for Dysentery nri'holera, or
y sort of bowel complaint, it is a remedy utisiirsstsl
lor efficiency and rapidity of a- tion. In the
eat cities ot India, and other in>! climates.it has
come the standard medieitie for all such complain Is
well as for Dysp.-jisia, Liver Complaints and other
ndnil disunion. For Coughs and Colds, Canker,
thorn,* ami Rheumatic difheulties, it has been
avisl by Hi - most abuudiint and convincing testify
to ite au invaluable medicine.
JJeirnre of -til fm 'talo/tu.
rite rain-Killer is sold by nil res|iectablc druggist*
rotighoiil the Uuiicd Scales and foreign countries.
Prices?25 cents, SO a nt* and yi |s-r iHittle.
I'M It It Y O WIK, dltfON, Proprietor*.
No. i:n Iliglt Street, Providence, It. I.
WJI. KKESSEL
HAS TIIK FIN 1ST STOCK OF
iquors, Segars & Tobacco
IN
II K A V F OUT, ? . C .
.NO A ItICItNIIKIMICRS WIIISKIIS,
IIKNltY WALLACE.* CD'S.,OLD RYE,
JOHN OI IKON'S OLD RDl'ltiSON,
II' '1*1*.1 .>1' 111.1( J
French iiranhy,
rest scotch whisk v.
iampagm-:. oi.h shkrkv a fort,
MM: IIRANI'S RHINE WINK.
AI.ICS IN HO I TI.is and ox miaught.
GARS AT A 1*1* PRICKS.
.SMOKING AN l> CHEWING TORACCO,
fifes of various styi.es.
AT
iihesqeij's.
S'K GROCERIES,
SUGAR t t'RKP HAMS,
I AMI I, V FI*Ol'R.
OT.S AXf> SI rolls,
RKARY MARK CI.OTHING,
GEN KRAI. 1'RY GOOI?S
AT
[ RES sel; S .
GET THE BEST.
TESTER'S UiiABSiDSED DLTIONARY
000 Ilor'/.i a.at Jfeiitiup no' In <Jh-r /)iiin,nurin,
000 En^rnvlnj;n, 1*10 Pii^m ({.uarto.
Prion, 612.
:T"c pninmenj it a" a ?|>l<'ti'liil sj? c-iiiicn of l.-an:r
lug, tn?l?', ami lalN>r. [M"iitpnm.Ty latter.
!.*? .-'ix.io* 'iii.l I'.ruyinllv rr.rv iiiinNtcr
I should havt this ?' .rk. (Wiit I're-h, f/i:ii?v'lle
ic.?l book for every body that the press has i.ro
dueed In Uk pnwnt century. [tioidn En.
ijx'rior btcomparohlr, to all others. In its nitions.
[B. W. Mi I monoid, Prc-'t. f'uiiih. Unlv'y.
lit' reputation of this work is not con tin >o |
America. [Richmond WLt. I
Ivory family In the United States should ioi..
I this work. ?? ll.it i n It. p.
cpnsltory of useful Information; am such it stands
, without n rival. | Nashvilli- Itispotrh
oKK VAI.fAtlt.K Ttl t.V TRKAsfKY NoTKi.?Ilow
oM cvnic.Sain Johnson, would ha*e revcllnl
nith tVch-tcA ina^l"c new UnahrMitcd? How
rould have gliwtol over itr uianuiietit h'tlersand
Its lllustratf ds, ticautifui a* now treasury
s. anil much tnoro valuable to the stndi nl. It is
ar the greatest literary work of tht) s^e.?ltallie
Ainerieair.
At00
National Moral Dictjonarr.
to Pages Octavo. 800 UngTavlngi. 11 rice |9.
Ushed by 0. A C. MERRIAM, Springfield Mas
Sold by all Booksellers.
I
s (WITH LATE8T IMPROVEMENTS.)
FOB 20 YEARS
STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
If you think of buy in* a Sewing Machine it wil
pay you to examine tho records of those now in us
anil .profit by experience. The Wheeler A
Wilson stnnrls alone ?s the only High
Running Machine, ulng the Hofnrj
Hook, making a Lock Stitch, alike on hot)
sides of the fabric, sewed. All shuttlo machine
waste power in drawing the shuttle back after lb
stitch is formed, bringing double wear and straii
upon both machine anil operator, hence while othe
machines rapidly wear out, the Wheeler 6i W 11<
son lasts a lifetime, and proves an economics
investment. Do not believe all that is ^promised b;
tho "Cheap" machines, you should require proof tha
years of use have tested their value. Money one
thrown away cannot be recovered.
8end for our circulars. Machines sold on cas;
terms, or monthly payment taken. Old machine
put In order or received in exchange.
WHEELER A WILSON MF?G. CO.'S OFFICES
Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Columbus Ga.
Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
W. B. CLhVES, Gcn'l Ag't.
Savannah, Ga.
A GOOD BARGAIN.
Forsale-a stationary en
gine, four (4) horse power?ii
.rood order; Can be seen at my car
penter shop.
J. BRODIE.
9th and Bay street.
JOHN RICH & CO.
GENEllAL
Shipi! and Commission Horcliant!
I)K \ LKRS I V
YELLOW ?m TIMBER AID LIMBER
Hav Grain and Provisions.
AGENTS FOR
PORT ROYAL PACKET LIRE
JOHN RICH Fori Royal, *. <
C. II. WRIGHT Ronnfnrt. S. V.
IIOOHS,
i SASHES AND BLIND 3.
Mouldings, brackets statu
Klxtur<n, Knil'l its' 1-iirnisliiiiK
IHanlvrrn'. Drain Pipes, Kloor TOw. Wire
j linnet*, T.'rra Colin Ware. Marliie au<!
.slate Pieces.
WIS DO TP GLASS A SVEClAI.Tr.
Circulars anil Price Lists sent free on'
application, t?y I
P. P.TOALE,
20 Ilnyne ami 3." Pinkney st<?
Charleston. 8. C.
W. C. MORRISON
Tin, Sheet-Iron, Lead
AND
Roofing w orltor.
Jobbing neatly ami promptly ilone, anil at lo
prices. Thankful for pa>t patronage, look to the fi
tore. Lire anil let live.
W. C. MORRISON,
Cor. C. A Cth Sts.
J. E. McGregor,
CARRIAGE MAKER
All kinds of repairing done with neal
nesi and dispatch.
Cornsr New & Washington Sts.
IK A U FOItT.
Feed the Hungry
The Largest Loaf
OF
BREAD,
WM. HARRISON IS NOW BAK
I Mi 'lie largest loaves of the best brcac
in the town of Beaufort. See what i
committee of council says.
sopf.Il.V.'llnOs
WANTED
T\VKNTY-KIVK Head FAT BKKVKS
and SI1KKI'. Will take tlieiu at Pori
Kova! F'-riy.
dcc.19-|r. JAM IS JENKINS.
Just lieceived,
A v| li ii'li'l ?l
|>UY i.ooos,
CLOTHING.
llATS A CAPS.
GUIS'KIM FA,
ll.\Ki'?> .\i;r>,
CUTLERY,
crock n:v,
tobacco,
CONFIX TION A RIFS,
TINWARE, Ac., Ac.,
At Iho store of
F. W. SCHEPPEfr,
liny Hfictt, hmd of No. 9 Dork.
whlrh Re will sell lower than anjr other store in
BEAUFORT. Jan. 4-ty.
To holders of County Paper.
AU persons having claims attaint the
cuunty who are unwilling to dispose of
the same at a discount are requested to
communicate with the undereigtaed.
Alfred Williams,
Beaufort, 8. 0.
1
PORT ROYAIj
SAW k HUE MQ1,
B" U'FORT. 8- C.
IXSC3 v ?.
i r a> . ?
Yellow Pine Umber & lumber,
\3il>
Cypress Bblnglefc.
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors
PLASTER,LATH EJS,
All kind* of JOB SAWING promptly done.
Flooring & Ceiling; Boat always on hand
' Orders for Lumber and Timber by the cargo
8 promptly filled. Terms Cash.
' nov.28-ly. D. C. WIL80N, A CO.
J OHN BRODIE,
i '
; Contractor & House Builder,
i Jobbing Punctually Atlcndcd to
! Office? Corner Bay & Ninth Streets
1 BEAUFOBT, 8. C. 4*1.
r
' H. M. STUART, M. D,
0 ^
Cor. limy 6i Eighth Streets.
[ Beaufort, 0. O.
DKALKH IS ,
1 DRUGS, AND CHEMICALS,
FAMILY MEDICINES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
STATIONERY, TURFUMEBY,
BRUSHES, Ac, Ac, Ac,
Together with many other article* too numeroua
to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowes
price for ca?h. Physician* preacriptiona carefully
_ compounded. fcb.il.
I PIERCE. L. WIGGIN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAV
Solicitor SecoRd Circuit,
Sept. 1-1 y. BEAUFORT, 8. C.
A. S. Hitchcock.
ATTORNEY Mi COUNSELLOR AT LAW
1, BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT,
decl-ly. BEAUFORT, 8. C.
~ JERRYSAVAGE,"
WHEEL WBIQHT & CABPENTZB.
Carta, Wagona and Carriages rcpt I red in the be*t
manner at low prieea.
All kinds ol Jobbing promptly attended to.
Magnolia Street.
augje BEAUFORT, 8. C.
W.H. CALVERT?
PRACTICAL
Tin, SM-Im, Coisri Zinc, Worler.
UF.AI.KR lit *
Japanned and Stamped Tin Wan s. Constantly on
hand, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stores. #
TKUMN C A H It .
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict
attention to buainegg in the future to merit your
kind favor. *
W. II. CALVERT,
Bay Sts., Bctwefu Sth & 9th Sts.,
ap.3-1y. Beaufort, V.
S . M A Y O,
BAY STBEET, 2EAUFQET. S. C..
HARDWARE,
Liquors Segars and Tobacco
Net Yarn, Fish Lines and Cordage,
G-lass, Paints d> Oils,
While Ltiirt unci 'I'urpen. Ine.
Special attention given to mixing Paints, and (i'am
" cut to nnlcr of any atat*. fch.ll.
"m. pollitzer,
'? COTTON FACTOR
AND
w Commission Merchant,
lBFAIPORT,
#. C .
WILLIAM GURNE Y~
Cotton Factor
AND
. Commission Merchant,
102 Bast Bay
AND
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to the rale of and ahlpr
tnent of Sou Hand and Upland Cotton. Literal advances
made on consignnrent*. dec7-ljr.
DANIEL H. SILCOX.
FURNITURE WAREROOMS,
173, 177, 179 KINO STREET.
CHARLESTON. B.C.
PACIFIC EMM'S
1 (CAPITAL 91,000.600.)
Soluble Pacific Guano.
I
rnms fills SO IS NOW SO WKfX known in *11
' JL the ftouthern .Slates; for Its nrumkurliloeirecie
! aii an agency for increasing the products of labor, a*
| not to require -jicoial recommendation from na. It*
J | use for oiaht year* past ha* established It* character
[ I for reliable exc< Hence. The large fixed capital Invested
by the Company in this trade affords the
| surest guarantee of the eonllnued excellence of this
| (iiiano. The supplies put into market this season
are, as here tofore, prepared under the superintendence
of T?r. St. Julian Itavenal, Chemist of the'
( Company, at Charleston, S.C. lleuee planters May'
rest assured that lis quality atul con>|M?ition II precisely
the same as that heretofore sold.
J. S. ROBSOJf;
Selling Agent, Charleston, 8. C.JOHN
8. ItKtXK A CO.,
General Agents, Baltimore.
Terms?S-W ea' h: t? time, withoot interest.
To accommodate planters, thev ran order now ami'
haveuhtil- 1st of April to decide as to whether they
wilfthkeat time or cash price. Whew dell re ml
from thu factory Uy the car load, no draywge will be
charged.
Acid I'hflsphate, Guano. Itooc riastar, den always
on hand,,i|ualty guaranteed.
J. S. BO ISDN.
FOR SALE,
TTmim Tji+ in QAanfan t
, MUIW0 MUU MUM U4 WWUtWl ?
FOB PBCUBUBY KBASOKB, THB SUB0CXHEB
offftn for Mie hU Houm ud nJtubU Loi t?
fort, at ?low flfmn, aad oa ococimodatiif Mnna,
Afjtj altto Chart Bom, or as ?
BMoibrt, 8. C., Sepi. IS. 1I7& MpUUW