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THE TRIBUNE'. PUOUSUUP KVEUV WEDNESDAY. AT BEAUFORT, SOOTH CAROLINA V | A PA 1*Eli FOR TI?2 PKOPI E. / Independent in Politics. T Efli MS: ' One Year, ?l 50 Six Jtontlm. . . - - - ' *""1 ADVKUTISING BATES: I* r Square, first Insertion . . . SI So t er square, secouil insertion, . 1 OO 1 Special contracts made with yearly advertisers. I Address nil communications t o THE TRIBUNE BEAUFORT, S.C. TIIK TRIBUNE. "With* tliis number ttie Tribune ends its first volume. In embarking in tins enterprise cur cbject was to give the pco-: pie of Beaufort county a paper that was not under the control of the Autocrat ol the court house, and because we like the profession. Our success has f?.r exceeded our'hopes, and as long as tlie people continue to give us^thc support we have received during the. past year, the Tribune ?illlir?n^ ?- ' ' . ... v uiim |#1 wojjut, uuu we irusc inny lie the means of cheeking fraud and corinption. Cur future course will'be decided by coming cvmts, and if we find just cause to censure the actior.sof public cfficn:s we shall not Ju-sitatcJto do so. Columbia is looking forward to the meeting of the General Assembly to give new life to the place, and her merchants anticipate an increased trade from the law makers ancl the crowd that always accompanies Ithem. Tho^ Union llcrald oars: No matter howmnch the country papers uiav pray for an adjournment, Columbia tax-payers]] will always vote for a long session. Ths business which the members and the people who attend upon the session bring to our city is a largo] item in t hs [calculation of every class |of our citizens; in addition, we have constantly the interest in their proceedings, and that exquisite satisfaction ofjknowiiig everything in advance of the rest of the state. The editor anu reporter, although burdened with extra labor will hail the advent of the nsseinbcd wisdom with exceeding joy after the long, dull summer. The session, too, promises to he big wiiii mc,iatc ol p&rtiesjand tlic common weal. The suhjecis to lie dealt witli will be of intense interest to the politician and to the tax payer. Fiibt, wi 1 come the veto of the tax bill end the formation of a new one. We feel certain that a large majority of tue members, after hating met their constituents, will return to i Columbia convinced thai economy is the one thing demanded. They veil I doubtless meet the governor half way in his expressed desire to bring the levy down te one per cent. Tlien will come an investigation into the fail ate of the state depository, with its j consequent great loss to the state. Tlicrc has been some discussion as to the causes i of the fa'laro, and more as to'its charac-i ter. Tic conviction is pretty well fixed I in^theJpuUic nnnd that there lias been something, worse than mismanagement cr misfortune connected witii the history <-f the Boutlr Carolina bank and trust company. Then we have eight circuit judges au<l one supreme judge to elect. Tau selection of these test the patriotism, capacity and wisdom of the members. | 1 c.*3on.;l or polities! sympathy ought not to be the sole guides of members in his vote for a judge. To inflict a venal or incompetent judge.upon thopeople is the worst political crime a ^party o.in commit* We have faith to believe that all schemes and slates will be broken, and each candidate will stand upon his record and l.is merits when the test vote is taken. Thcv seem to Lave a grand Jury in | Georgetown that nre^inclinod to do their duty. The court opened on the 8th and a large^nmnbcr of bills were given out to the grand jury. During their absence, ten indictments were brought in against the late county commissioners, James HI. I o issue, Henry Joy and R. O. Hu-h, for malfeasance in office. To these iruiict mt-nts they pleAdcd guilty. The grand * jury found true hills against the present county commissioners, J. Harvey Jones, Joseph Bush and O. Rutleige, for official misconduct. The grand jury ii composPi) nf ntno 1? " ...... nuwi unu nine colored i; ca, consisting of the boat clement} of both races. The grand jury hare found true hills for riot againat W. II. (Rod-hot) Jor.es, J. II. Joi.es and fifteen others. They arc the persous most conspicuous in the fearful riota last August a year ago. The petit jury is of ?uch mot dial as to render the conviction of the rioters very doubtful, although thtrc is no doubt of thdr guilt. Wo hope Keaufoit county will Imj blessed with a good grand jury next year, but there is little ^ope ot it, but if wc should have there will lie something for them to do in loni.ing up the actions ol oar county officers. Wo want njuiy that will not ovt rlook and ignore testimony for fear oi losing their psy. The St. Louis Convention. Tub St. Louis Convention.-TIio con- a vent ion is to be held in a city of cnor- c moils capital, interest, and enterprise, and c one which is bidding heavily for a lion's c slime of the benefits of a southern route a to tho Pacific ocean. Nature and the f necessities of commerce have pointed out 1 the route along the Slid parallel as the j true and most profitable one that can be 1 had across the continent, and that it will < l?e built at no very distant day is not now a question. How and by whom are at this time^tlie only opca subjects in the premises. Tom Scott is the head and front of the prescut movement. His Texas Pacifc Road is already advanced a good distance across the northern part of Texas. He has a munificent land grant from that State, which by the very building of the road through it will"- attuin ? mnrV?t value far above tho coat of constructing end equipping the road. But he is n^k iiig the United Stntes Government to endorse some $70,000,000 of his bonds for (!ie interest, or in other ??vords, to guarantee the payment promptly of the interest of tlio same. Numerous representative bodies in tiic South, conventions of nil kinds, Legislatures, Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Stato Granges oud the National Grange, have passed resolutions endorsing the request urging ccmpiKncc with it upon Congress. \Yc presume the St. Louis convention wiil.do the same. '1 he St. Louis people will.doubtless urge this point, and it is widely suspected that they and Tom arc in "cahoot'' in this matter. Under all circumstances it will ;becoiuc delegates to that convention, who may represent southern interest, to look well into details and proposed <ipi'iations^of the scheme.. There is a dauger tiiat tiie eastern terminus of the road may find lodgement where it will prove, least bcuelicial to our iuterests. St. Louis serks to become its. distributing depot, and this will?bc the proposition to tight against. Once lodged there^.and the Southern Paeilic ltoad will be Southern only .in name. Nothing ^should satisfy our delegates except theunequivocal agreement that the road, by proper connections, sha'.l come directly through to h Southern port upon the Atlantic coast. Unless that assurance is reliably giventhey can hardly be consistent in seconding the petition for government endorse' mcut.-Athmta Conxtiiution. Judge Reed gave the; grand jury of ! Charleston county some good advice in 1 regard to the useless expenditure inc ur- 1 red by coroners in lidding inquests in. cases where there was no cnll lor tlitir services. The case especially refcrcd to was that of a respectable old lady on Ed < isto island wlio had been buried by her I family after due attention, cud the ccj- ? oner or acting coroner proposed to take < up the body and hold an inquest, and i this proceeding was resisted by the family of the deceased. The body, was not interfered with, but there was an inquest ' held, Jupgc Ilced 6aid: '-The officer who held the inquest, a Mr. King,wlieth- ( er as tiial justice or acting coroner, I do 1 dot know which, i have seen since I inudc 1 the statements to you a tew da\s ago, ' and he tells me t.iu- the representation 1 with regard to the threat io exhume the body is net correct; he denies that an in- ' quest was held over the grave; but he aniits, however, that an inquest was held some three mixes from t lie grave, some days after the burial. This old lady, as I I have told you, died after careful nursj hig by her family and attention from 1 a practicing physician, a id was buried in the family huring ground." And then the judge udus that he knows of no rea son for such inquests except to make money; and nobody will tuke the ixccption to the conclusion. i The result in Mississippi gives another ( Slate to lhe Democrats if the next Presi dential election should be thrown into the next House of Representatives. ( Twenty votes arc requhed to elect in that , body, and the Democrats, with Mississippi and Oregon-in the latter ?f which they lmVc just elected a Congressman- < have twenty four, four moro than ia eut- ( ficicnt for a choice. It is by no means 1 certain that the next election will not go to the House. The la ;t Mississippi dele- I gation stood five Republicans to one i Democrat. It is now entirely Democrat- 1 ic, a change of eleven vote?. This will i increase the Democratic majoiity in the I RnilAP t n AW c j moht two to one. Gen. Dodge of Council Bluffs, Iowa, | under the advice of his physician, ppent the past Summer in fishing off the Newfoundland lianks. lie pciforincd his part of the duties, and received his .'hare of the fish, amounting to $1,000, which he gave to the rest of tho crew. \ There is no question as to t lie sincerity of the Columbia officials in their desire for retrenchment. The latest inctanco is the need of twenty five cords of wood for the state honse lor which proposals arc invited through advertisements in the Charleston News r.nd tlio Union-Heruld. Wo calculate that the wood is worth about two dollars a cord in Columbia1 aud tho charges for advertising for the ' desired quantity amounts tc-say four squares and six insertions iu each paper -forty eight dollars, or enough to buy the wood. "When the earthquake occurred on Ionday night there was a political canus iu session in one of the rooniB of the ourt-house, and it is said the whole rowd instantly dropped on their knees md made a thousand and one promises or the lhture. It takes an earthquake to novo some people, and if wc could only j jet the court-house King cleaned out. we | would be willing to corner on a vol- j ;auo.-[Abbeville Medium. London, November lO.-Two letters from I Stanley, dated at Ullaga, April 13 and 14, i arc received. They were entrusted to i Col. Delbellford, who leftthere with some troops on April 17, and who, when near Gordon's post, was massacred with thirty-six of his sotdicrs. Five escaped, and reached Gordon'# station. A detachment was sunt to thd scene, and Stanley's letters were found among the slain, and stained with blood. Stanley thoroughly explored lake Victoria, and demonstrates the unity of this magnificent sheet of water. Livingston was wrong in reporting that Victoria Nyanza consisted of five lakes. The hiycr Shcmceyce feeds Lake Victoria Nyanza, and is the extremes4", source of the Nile yet discovered. Stanley had several confiicts with trie slave dealers on the lake, and 011 one occasion was attacked by one hundred natives, armed with spears, lie repulsed tbem, after a severe tight, killing three lie reached Mtesas's herding camp on April 12. Festivities in his honor consisted in^part of a naval review on the lake of eighty four canoes, manned by 2,500 men. _ Among the lookers-on were the three hundred wives of King Mtesas. Kiug Mtesas has two hundred thousand subjects, and is an intelligent Mussulman, but Stanley regards his convcrsaion to Christianity as possible. Several of llie_ defeated j -Republican candidates for Congress in Mississippi threaten to contest the election. A correspondent of The Cincinuali Commercial writes: "The Democrats have elected the whole floor fuii of Congressmen, giving tliem n gain ol five. In three of these districts the Republicans will contest the election, and, although the new Congress is largely Democratic, I should not be surprised if in at least two districts of this State, the Republican contestants were able to show auch a condition of things about election time as to ?- - gv-i. iuvu-scats, even nt Hie hands of a Democratic Congress. '1 his State was wiven two additional Congressmen on iceount of the enfranchisement cf the negroes, and justice would demand that the blacks have an untraor.ucled voice in their selection. You may expect this Mississippi election to be hauled over the coals next winter nt Washington. With ihroe or four seats contested, as there loulitless will be, it will give Congress an opportunity to look into the true inwardsess of the election." Rev. A. N. Expindeii a Bulgarian priest of the Greek church visited Sumter last Wednesday, and created quite an excitement by his odd dress and appearmce. He was passing down Main street toward the depot, when the chief of police arrested him, and handled him so rudely as to tear his priestly garb. He was lodged in the guard house, hut, at the solicitation of some leading citizens, brought before the intendant, and after relating the object of his mission, promptly released. He is highly educated, speaks and writes, it is said, thirteen languages fluently, and delivered a very interesting lecture the same night on oriental subjects, giving very accurate and beautiful descriptions of the city of Jerusalem and its surrondincrs: also r?inrSr.~ ?-s - ' ? , .vmviil- 1113 encc while (raveling through this country. He was for many years n slave amongst (be Turks, and ransomed by his church at considerable cost, educated at one of ilio European univir -itiee, and being a man of considerable talent and excellent memory, was sent out to make n tour of of the world, for the purpose of writing a history. Mr. G. "Wiley Wells, the only Republican Congressman elected from Mississippi, cannot be called an Admistrntion man. It was he who made the charge that Gov. Aires instigated tnc Vickshurg riot on the ground that the "blood of 20 or 80 negroes would be ft good thing for the Republican party." Gov. Ames has tievrr denied that charge yet, although tic has expressed an intention to do so. He is not likely to find much comfort in Mr Wells's election. Beaufort and Port Royal QTftP-r T T*TP UiUUlJ J-lllV Jj On uad after Monday Nov. 13tli.' I he undersigned will run a Stage Line between the above points, Leaving Beaufort at 1 P. M. and returning, Leave Port Roy at.-at 4 P. M. Far'-, tacli way, 73 cents. Wully Green. ijjtlO. Howard. A DRIFT, in Beaufort River, a large I''lut 33 feet long, nquar.- at both cuds ately natd for Pile driving. The above reward will lw paid to any ine delivering the same at our work*. ItOEDIX* IlODISOTON Co. Atlantic Saw Mills Bcalilbrt iU\ cr, S. C JAMES E. BOYCE, Whnlfisslp qii?i DotQii Gannon <i uutuuuiu UliU 11UIUU U1UUUI i LIQUOR DEALER. 11 .V Y W T . , Beaufort, S. C. In store from New York, 15 Barrels Heckers S. R. Flour, 3 and G pound3. 50 Boxes No. 1 Scaled Herrings. 10 Boxes J. S. Waters Laundry Starch. 10 " Philip Clark's XXXX Soap 10 cases of assorted Canned uoods, at panic pricks. 2 Barrels of the celebrated Boston GINGER ALE, j A delicious summer beverage. 4 Barrels Bass & Co. and E. G. llibbcrts E <Sc PORTER, j at $2.25 a dozen. 10 Barrels assorted Sugars. Anb a choice assortment of Liquors and Cigars. JAS. E. BOYCE. WHOLESALE and RE 1'AIL GROCER I Dealer in Ales, Wines, Liquors, Setars, and TOB^GGONOTIONS, DRY GOODS, roots and shoes Kanes >"oek, main land, BEAUFORT COUNTY. Goods sold at Beaufort prices. mc!i.8-lyr. COLUMBIA HOTEL <OI.lTMItlA. H. C. AVm. Gokman Proprietor. E. M. Cologne, Assistant. .Tan.l3-lvr. M a nolia Passenger Route. I'OKT UOYATi R.VIT.ltOA I> Augusta Ga. JCT.t 19th. 1875 TOE FOLLOWING PASSENGER SCHEDULE will be operated on and alter this date: GOING SOUTH-TRAIN No. 1. Leave Augusta 8.00 a.m. Arrive at "Vemasscc 1.0*> p.'m. Leave Yomassce 1 SO p. m. Arrive at Port Royal 3.26 p. n>. Arrive ut Savannah 4.46 p.m. Arrive at Charleston 4.15 p.m. | GOING NORTH-TRAIN No. 2. Leave Charleston 8.10 a m. Leave Savnnnnh S.05 a. m. Leave Port Royal 9.45 a. in. Arrive at Yemassec 11.50 a. m. Leave Ycntassce.... 1.00 p. m. Arrive at Augusta 6.45 p. m. Through Tickets sold and Baggages checked to all principal po'uts. Passengers from Augusta and stations between Augusta and Yemassoe, can only make connection throngh to navatnnab by taking Train No. 1, on Mondays, Wednesdays, ar.d FRIdays. To Charleston daily connection la made as heretofore. Passengers from Port Royal and stations betwee* Port Royal and Yemassee make daily connection 10 Charleston and Savannah. R. G. Fleming, T. S. Dayant. Superintendent. General Passenger Agent. AMERICAN UNDERWRITER'S Association, or Philadelphia. Head Office of So. t'a. Agency. No. I liroad Street, C H ARLKSTON. * CAPITAL, $ 200.000. I will rctcivc applications for Insurance In this reliable Compnny, on all iuenrablo property. This Company is not in connection with th noiirfl nf ?Tn/lnsi.-i-l?? ~ -J1' *_ .u^.n.lKID, auu will IUKU riSUM 111 rCT?? sotiablc rates. J. Apple, Sub. Agent. A. M. Lee, General Agent, Charleston, 8. C. BLYTHEWOOD . FEMALE SEMINARY. rpni8 INSTITUTE. LOCATED SEVENTEEN 1 miles North of Colombia, near the Charlotte, Columbia, and Aoguata Railroad, inn community noted for health and morality, will commence its next Session September Gtli, 187>, and close June 10th, 1876, The Trustees express their unqualified confidaurc In tee ability and judgement which in the past, have presided over the destinies of this Institution, and which in the fnture will continue to direct and con'rol Its Interests, and do most heartily recommend it to the support and patron age of all who I'esiro good training and substantial and liberal education for their daughters. For particulars, address either the Principn], Dit.H. \V. BookiiART, Doko, S, G\, Or the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Rev. 1. W. Mellichamp, , noKO 8. C NEW YORK STORE. ZED. ZMZ-A-ZXI. A 'urge assort incut of FINE~SHOES, For Ladies Gentlemen and Children. Dry.Goods & Clothing A Specialty. Call in and examine before ptircbnsin;.-. tjit;(;!< tip.les and Suiall Froth* Our motto. Bounty and Claim Agent. I have associated myself with ? prominent firm in Washington for the purpose of securing j ItountloH mid I'diHlone fu For colored soldiers, and prosecuting Claims for Losses During the war, and nil other claims against the United State Government. JOHN 1). HUDBARl). " Ucaufor'. S. C.. Feb* 24, ch24-lyr SHF.PARD D. GILBERT. NOTA11Y 1'UnLlC. Attention ^iven to Murine Protests. OFFICE In the cluii mouse. ian.G-GT. MANSION HOUSE! PORT ROYAL, S. C. SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OP THE Port Royal Railroad, where connection Is made with the fact sailing, flrtcljss steamers Moxtooxkiiy and IIunt"Viij.e. | sailing to New York ovrry Friday. Round trip from Augusta $30. This Is an entirely new and elegantly furnished house. Situation unsurpassed, surrounded with magnificent live oaks, commanding a splendid prospect of the surrounding country, the Bcaufor and Port Royal Rivers, nnd oilers unusual attrac tions to travelers or to parties who desire Board or to spend a fow days near the salt water. Table supplied with everything the market affords. Fresh milk, butter, flsh, vegetables and j rrults in their season. Best of Cooks and Attendants. Terms liberal. C. E. V\*AnnEN, jull4-tf Proprietor. P< PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL -VlHolutoly KAF11 ol Perfectly Odorless 1>< Always UnIfou*. Illuminating Qualities ,1( Superior to Gas, Burns in any lamp without danger of exploding or taking lire. Mantifucturered expressly to displace the use of highly Volatile nnd dangerous OII.S. ITS SAFETY uudcr FAT2RY possible TEbT. and ItB perfect burning qualities are proved by its continued use In over 500,000 Families! While no accident directly, or indirectly has ever | occurred from bnrniug, storing, or handling it. The many imitations and counterfeits of the AST It A J. Oil. that have been thrown unsuccessfully on the market is fiu thcr Proof of its Superior MeritTHE AHTllAI^ Has now a World-wide reputation as the SAFEST aud BEST. The Insurance Coninanies ana Fire Commissioners TIIKOrOHOUT TUB COUNTRY Recommend Pratt's ASTItAL. OIL As the best Safeguard when Lamps arc used. For Sale In Beaufort, at the Store of nov.25-lyr. W. M FRENCII. Thomas R, Harris. MANUFACTURER OK ALU KINDS OK PI Biscuit and Crackers. 110, 118, 114 & 110 Heekman St. ( Between water Pearl Streets, pr Brand), JUG Washington St., I in Bet. Franklin and Harrison Sts. ( "ow *orkPretwell & Nichols, WHOLESALE PAPER, Paper Bags, Twine, Inks <5tc. j 13? Jfny Street, SAVANNAH, GA. po BEAUFORT , MACHINE SHOP, P' 8t, Having opened a Shop here, I am pre- j pared with the latest IMPROVED TOOLS to Build and repair all kinds of In: MACHINERY, both Wood and Iron. _ Particular attention given to Designing and Pattern Making For New Work. STEAM PIPE aud FITTINGS, Constantly on hand At Mortiiern Prices. Common Sizes of Iron Huts ANI) STEEL. Personal attention given to BETTING and CONSTRUCTING Steam Boii.kh Fuunaceu ( FOR SAVING FUEL. 1 Shop next to Post Office J. A. Whitman, wi Mechanical Engineer. M ARK. LbooT AND SHOEMAKER, Particular Attention rivoii to First Class 1 Work. 101 A perfect lit and MtUTr.clion gcrrnntco MliOl* cl? opposite Watcrliouso anil UicJcer's Co!ton ii onto. I"1 lk'Nuf ?rt, S. C. i j*" ' in Mreh ? 1 _? ?* *1 J C. RICHMOND. Trial Justice. Ml business intrusted to htm will roceivc tare 1 and prompt attention OFFICE LAW BliiLDIXO. R. P. BARRY, ' rUOLKSALK and RETAIL. DEALER IN Dry Gifts, , CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, * < HATS AND CAPS, NOTIONS, &c. &c. <lcc2 54. W.H.CALVERT TIN SMITH. DEALER IN SPANNED PLANISHED and PLAIN TIN WARE, Constantly on hand a full Stock of Heating, Cooking and Box STOVES and PIPE. Particular attention given to patting on and ro tiring Tin Roofs, Lenders and Gutters. ^ Terms Casta. "T Hoping for a continuance of the patronage here fore bestowed on me, I will warrant all work to 4 % ! done in the most workmar like manner >v15-16. Steffens & Werner, Wholesale Grocers., PROVISION DEALERS, Cor, KiiHt Hay & Vendue Kiidrp, 4 CHARLESTON, S. C. * * 22 48 POltT ItOYAIi Saw & Planing Mill ) BEAUFORT, S. C. j D. C. WILSON & CO,, MANUFACTURERS OP AND DEALERS IS Yellow Pins Timtaer ana Lnmlicr (r * AND CypvcHH Hhliitflivs, ALSO Guilders and Contractors Plaster, Lathes, A A11 kinds of .TOB SAWING promptly done. r I % [ooriii?&Ceiling Boari always on liani Orders for Lumber und Timber by'tlic cargo omptly filled. Lumber delivered in buy part of c Town free of charge. Terms Cosh D. C. WILSON & CO. / ? IMPROVED AOItlCULTUKAL " Implements. ' * [)ow Law Cotton Planters, without Covcrrr, $1G: tl? Coverer, $19. West's lluauo Distributors, the most simple and pulnr, price $5.50. The " Farmers Friend " Ploughs, all sizes. The htest draft Plough made. Cannot be choked, ghly endorsed by all who have used them, lotary Harrow, Thomas' Smoothing Harrows, ring of the South" Corn Mills. Collins' Steel * nughs, Sweeps and Agricultural Steels of all yles and Sizes. * , '* n large artortmcnt of other Agricultura iplcwents. J. E. ADGER & CO., iportcra of Hardware, Bar Iron, Steel, Ac. ? Charleston, S.C, . t J. A. TORRENT, General Stevedore, Port Royal S. C. - ~ beaufort & savannah . , STEAMBOAT LINE TUX STEAMER O- PETTIT, 111 make weekly trips between tho above nnnveJ ir hits as follow *\ ave Beaufort WediicsdnyTmorningM nt 9 O'clorH, ? anil returning, leave at 10 A. Al.,Friday Savanunh Hopping each way ot SEAL'ROOK'S f^NDlXG, SPANISH WELLS r.ud BLl'FFTON' ?or Freight rr Passage . p.ily on beard. Bonnty and Claim; Apbt. lelng aPHoclntcd with n lmvjcr In Washing l whoso energy aad promptness in p.oiwnig the Claims nro well known, and attending isely to the biielne*, n v-elf; nil p? vc any clrilnic n^' iluet iln*V S. t.'ov? riiir.ci H.r^ riled so bring tbe..i to n'.e at n-J <?4 the U"line11 1J? rr, ttu;. t?? " lb nnfent ' vs' -j ? r- I.; 11; t. ,?p , &