The tribune. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, April 05, 1876, Image 2

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_ _ _*_ THE TRIBUNE. PUBLISUEP EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA A PAPER FOR THE rEOI'LE. Independent in Politics. TERMS: Oiip Year, II SO Six Months, .... 1 0<? s ADVERTISING RATES: I'orSquare, firat Innerllon . . , $1 5 i or square, second insertion, . 1 oo Special contracts made with yearly advertiser*. ' Addrces'iill commimtcnttone to _ TllE TttlT?l7NE DKAVFORT, 8.O. The facts arc coming to light showing how Babcock escaped conviction. A man named C. 9. Bell has been before the investigating committee who gives some very interesting testimony. He said: "I was appointed secret detective in St. Louis to look up pension frauds; I was employed 1>y Luckcy to look into District Attorney Dyer's hand and see what evidence they bad against Babcock. I told of it surreptitiously, and reported to Luckey in November last. I told Luckey the evidence against Babcock was weak. I read over a great many papers on the case in Dyer's office. Dyer did not know I was Luckey's ngent. Subsequently I took measures to inform the President that Babcock was guilty, because the President told me if Babcock was guilty be wanted to know it. I was then dimissed. A. C. Bradley, who was also in Babcock's iiuirinir, iuiu me ^Denj 10 get mo papers from Dyer's office and destroy . tliem. T.uckcy had told me to act under Bradley's orders and meet Babcock. He told inc I must get all the papers, as a part YT.>uld/lo no good. He told|ineif I rot the vvidencc I would be well rewarded. I was 10 l?e appointed special agent by the Attorney General. I had a card from the President to Pierrepont saying; 'This is the man of whom I spoke.' I did not get the appointment. Dyer told Piercpont he would not allow me to work in his office because he had an idea what I v. as coming for. I corresponded with J.uckey in cipher. Babcock repeatedly said there were telegrams in existence which, if the prosecution got hold of, he could not explain! Bradley paid me $60 mul Babcock $100. I was not employed for any other purpose thau to prevent the I conviction of Babcock'. Brunson S. C. April 8. 1870. Mr. Editor, A recent editorial in the New? and Courier contained some pertinent sii, gestions in regard to the defence oi criminal public officers by eminent members of the bar, who as citizens .bitterly denounce those who are guilty of the nets with which their clients arecharged. In the struggle in which we are engaged in this State in behalf of law and stood government, a patriotic class ot the c.ommuuity have thought it best for the democratic organization to be thoroughly reestablished. But what hope can there l>o of making a successful attempt in that direction when those who should take the lead in such a movement are themselves bound by golden links to most prominent members of the party of corruption ? How can the majesty of violated laws be vindicated and the guilty be brought to punishment; when the weight ofjeloqueuce and legal learning is by means of a goodly retainer brought to the defence of tho public criminal. The News and Courier concludes as follows: "In nearly every county in the btate there isajine official who, with both good judges and juries, would be tried for misconduct of some sort. These 'cattle always seek out Democratic lawyers, ix-causc tbey value the standing and presi ig: of those gentlemen. The very officer lio is denounced on the stump to-day as u public thief, may bo defended in Court t-.-morrow by the lawyers who so tle&ouncod him. This is certainly awkw irJ, and cannot be Hght. It is clearly fli j dut^ of every good citizen to exert himself to the utmost to bring criminals i.ijusuco. wo cannot see the propriety <>r'tho g.?od citizen becoming the champi ?n of any conspicuious public officer vho Is likely to Come to gnet. It hns a I?m1 effi-ct to say the lent." Lex. The School Book Commission met in Col umhin last week and decided to adopt the ~utcc school books that were agreed upon ?. bile Robe rtson was a member of the onrd. We shall now cypecttoa^e an< (her storm of indignation sweep orer the ?r ?te on acconnt of the expense a change ? f 1 ?ooks will make necessary. Who is to ! -? U.W.SO..J K- * * - ? W.U.H.U i'j iuc unungc is noc yei ae< ided. but we con see no reason why * >mebody should not acoop in the comi tissior.e thnt will bo willingly paid l>y the \ ublifehcrs, for defrauding the poor people v'Ijo neither need nor deeire a change of hook?. ?Adelbekt Ames has resigned his t fRce as Governor of Mississippi and < very thing there is now serene, and the i gisluture happy with a democrat in the * overoor's chair. Ames saw that be was ' . omcd to be convicted and preferred to : j <4gn. One more etato is lost to tlic | : epoblicaa party and the question now i hew Ion? vfil- Sot:!b Caroline h<ld I # Voofe oho More for l'ort ltoj-nf ! The Secretary of the Navy has issued an order forbidding the employment of pilots on government vessels entering Port Royal, os he thiuks with the grent depth of water on the bar .and the width of the chanhcl any sailing master should be conipetept to bring tpiiiB vessel without assistame. Th^a order shows that the government appreciates the facilities qfibrcd here for a station, as it would be ' imposible at either Savannah - or Chnrlceton for the vessels to enter without the aid of pilots, and then only Ht high tides, while bete they can come and go at any time. We hope soon to see some I light houses erected so that vessels can co.ne in at nighi as well as by day. One hole is enough to spoil a balloon. I The Supreme Court finds but one hole in the Enforcement act, but that one is quite enough to make the entire ac* powerless and practically void. For it is a flaw in the sections which prescribe penalties for the commission of offences. This is one of the most remarkable and important decisions ever rendered by the Supreme Court. It marks the commencement of a new era in the exercise of legislative power. During and since the war, Congress has often acted as if it wero supreme, not merely within but outside of its constitutional limitations. For some error in this direction there was much excuse. A powerful party persistently tried to make the Constitution of the United States the left wing of Lee's army. Tbo same party had so constructed the Constitution as to make it the bulwark of slavery. Public opinion recoiled. It not only rejected with indignation those constructions which would have deprived the Union of power to defend itself against aimed rebellion, but, with natural exaggeration, sustained Congress in tho assertion of its power, even after the war, to adopt any measure which it deemed necessary for the public welfare. Then greedy or malignant partisanship began to demand, as necessary to the public welfare, measures which were only needful for the maintainance of unworthy or corrupt men in power. Of these measures the Enforcement act was one of the most odious. Under it shameful abuses have uccu perpetrated. jno calm and reasonable legislature would have failed to see that such an act would invite the gravest abuses; no legislature animated by a profound reverence for the Constitution would have passed so far beyond the limitations of its power. The passion which in those days blinded many eyes lias somewhat cooled. Public opinion at ln6t perceived that though enemies ot the Union had tried to prostitute the Constitution to disloyal uses, still the Constitution must be rever enced and obeyed as the only safeguard of free Institutions. A very large proportion of Republican-voters, seeing the infamous abuses caused or shielded by such measures as the Enforcement act, were led to realize that these actions were both {dangerous and unconstitutional. Per a time partisanship stubbornly resisted, and even tried to push still further in the Force bill. Republican defeats manifested the indignation of Republican voters. And now we have from a Republican Supreme Court, in this masterly decision, a stern veto of such legislation. There will be an attempt to cure by amendments the defects in the Enforcement act. Those defects slone made it useful to unscrupulous partisans; if it had not gone beyond the constitutional power of Congress, it would not hare been demanded. It will lie dead upon the statute book, to remind future generations of Americans that no conceivable abuse of the Consti hod uy one party can justify disregard of the Constitution by the other. ?N. Y. Tribune. | The packed committee on credentials | in the late convention by their unjust decision in regard to the Grays Hill delegation, give a precinct chairman the I right to overturn the action of the county | chairman whenever he chooses to do so, I and enables a precinct chairman to defeat the will of the people by absenting himself from the regular meeting- whenever | he shall be satisfied that their will is I contrary to his own. Think of this Messrs; Bampfield & Co. should the poisoned i chalice be in the future commended to your own unwilling lips! Resolutions laudatory of the cltction of Mr. W. J. Whipper to the judgeship were adopted, while a resolution endors ing the administration of Gov. Chamberlain was voted down. The Freed man's Savings Bank is to be wound up soon as possible if the recommendations of the investigating committee are carried out. A bill lias l>een reported giving the commissioners power to compound debts due tlio company; that the money when received shall be paid out through the United States depositaries; that the commission era shall not be ?? ? a?y assignment of a claim under a severe penalty; that depositors only whose pass books have been verified shall be entitled to dividends, unless their l>ooks have been loat, but upon satisfactory proof of such loss 01 dc6tructio u, and the amount. due tbcm, they or he may pay na though thay bad pas* books; but all claims not pr aented to the commissioners or mis.'i - f. > "opiuM -o ft'ud it . ; -within two years from and after the pas ; page of the act. as well as all dividends declared upon and audited accounts not called for williin two years from the date of their declaration, shall be barred, and theii amounts shall enure to the benefit of the other depositors of the company. The bill authorizes the employment of an attorney to investigate the manner in which the affairs of the company have bocu managed by the trustees, and if he is convincedlhey have beeu mismanaged or fraudulently and corruptly managed shall cause such civil and criminaj proceedings to be instituted in the courts against those participating in said mismanagement, or fraudulent and corrupt management, as they or he shall deem right and proper to attain the ends of justice. On the fifteenth of August 1872 Mr. J. M. Crofut purchased at th? sale of delinquent lands by the county auditor a piece of land advertised as the property of the estate of James Ferris for the sum of eighteen dollars and twelve cents After searching in vain for the valuable tract for two years Mr. Crofut was satisfied that no such land existed and made application to the county auditor foi a retnin of the money. The auditor and also the board of equalisation approved his claim in writing and the application was then forwarded to the comptroller general. It is now one year since the papers were sent and Mr. Crofut has juit received an order from the comptroller general for a return of two dollars and sflctcen cents, and he very justly feels indignant|at the award end fails to see the justice of being defrauded out of sixteen dollars because he, in good faith, purchased a piece of property at a tax sale. There are many others having similar claims and the public generally will be a little careful hereafter how they put money in the treasury where it seems to stick whether justly or not. ? A.man who arrived in Columbia last Friday from Savannah, reports that the notorious Gen. Moiris who was charged with inciting an insurrection in | Georgia a few months ago, and who has been serving a sentence of twelve months in the chain gang in Burke County,' ha* probably been lynched. He was taken from the custody of his guard while at j work on the public road, near Waynesboro, Ga., by a party of men in disguise, who first ordered the guard to take the remainder of the gang back to town, and then led Morris off in their midst, since which time nothing has been seen or heard of him. Young manl Dou't waste your spare change in frivolous amusements, but save it up and buy your mother or sister a new "Domestic." If you have n<* mother or sister, flnd some good-natured fellow tbat has, and he and the machine together may help you to a comfortable place in the family. PoitT Rotal. Arrived March 31 S. 8. City of Dallas, Hines, Fernandina. April 8 8. 8. Ashhtnd, Crowell, New York. Sailed. March 80 8. 8. City Dallas Hines New York. March 80 schr. "Hattie Tnrnner" McIntire.?Boston. April 2 schr. "Anna E. Babcock," Lee, ?Doboy. 4th, "Anna Whiting" Hatch,?Boston. 4tb, 8. 8. "Ashland," Crowell,?Fernandina. FOR SALE. TOE STERN WHEEL STEAMER "BENNETTS VILLE9 9 In Complete order. Suitable for Cord Wood Trade or to carry Passengers. Will be sold at a aacraflre. Apply to J. B. Mcriat 37 Broad bt. Charleston 8. C. A. Ashley Chrietzberg, (Ias Opened in Beaufort, a News. Statione|ry, AND CIGAR STORE Where may be found at all times a full assortment of I>nliy and Weekly Papersi stationery, books, etc., And a largo and well selected assortment of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Oiders taken for Books, and filled promptly. HTM. STUART, M . D Driitfglnt and Apotheonrtv BEAUFORT. 8. C.. DEAT.rn DRUOS AND CHEMICAL* PATENT MEDICINE*. TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, BRUSUE*. 4b*. A Am Assortment of HTATIONE RY . Phyaicias* Prescription* Compounded with ear ootM-t* FOR SA.I-1 E, XThc Elheblc promise? in the Town of Beaufort next Kast from the residence of Mrs. fi. B. Hale Pennett and fronting the Boy?an entire lot with substantial dwelllng-Bonse. For terms apply to the subscriber at his office. A. 8. IIitcmcock. FRENCH Ac CO. f : Granite Monuments, 6tC. 300 Broodwoy. (Evening Post Building.) NEW_Y0RK. Plana, dsatgiii and estimates oak be seen j and contraeta made with W? H. French, Southern Agent, Beaufort, 8. C. P. M. WHITMAN, I Watohmakei and. Jeweler. BAT STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., Has Just received from the North a tins assortment of goods at Northern Prices. WEDDING RINGS. $1.00 to $1$.00. 8TLVKR RINGS, 80c. to $1.60, SILVER NAPKIN RINGS, $>.00 to $4.00. LADIES GOLD WATCHES, $$8 to $?. 8 uay & 1 Day stritlnj Clocks, $3.50 to $8. GENTS' GOLD CHAINS, PINS,fTUNGS,SLEEVE BUTTONS, STUDS, WATCH CHAINS, LADIES GOLD and PLATED JEWELRY, GOLD PENS. AC.. AC. Gents' Gold and Sitter Watches. Call and examine before pnrchAMng, and aatiefy yonreelf yon can aave tea o twenty-Are ptr cen rom Charleston or Savannah prices. COLUMBIA HOTEL" COLUMBIA. 8. C. Wm. Gorman Proprietor. E. M. Cologne, Assistant. .Tan.lS-lyr, Men's Youth's & Boy's CLOTHING. CLOTII8, Caspimeres, furnishing Goods &c, MENKE & MULLER Herchaai Taiiers and Clothiers, Invite attention to their very large and handsome stock of Clothing of their own manufacture, cqnal to custom work, and defy competition in price as well as in fit. PRICE LIST OP BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS. Double twisted Cassimere Suits $ 8 Broken Plaid do do 10 Grey all wool Melton do 13 Dark do do do 12 Dark do do do 15 Grey and Blaek Striped Cass. Baits 13 Harris do do 15 All wool Scotch Cheviot Suits 18 All wool English Knickerbocbcr Suits 18 Double twisted English Cass. do 20 Small checked do do 28 Small basket do do 28 Black corded do do 28 Dark striped do do 28 Dark striped do do 80 Dark plaid do do 30 Dark plaid French do 88 Dark striped do do 82 Black Cloth and Worsted Dioganal Suits trom $12 to $40. Pants from $2.60 upwards. Vests from $1 upwards. Frne English CaEsiutcre pants, lor dress only $7. Youths' and Boys' Suits from $8 to $28. OVERCOATS. Qrey Melton Overcoat $ Cbinchella do 8 Oxford Caasimere Overcoat 10 do do 12 Brown Beaver do 18 Black do do 20 Brown do do 20 Blue do do 28 Black and Blue Diagonal Overcoat 18 btarflhirta from $1.50 to $3. Merino Underveats and Drawers from 50c to $2.50. Handkerchiefs, Half Hose, Scarfs Tics, Collars, &c., in great variety. All goods marked in plain figures. No deviation. Making suits to order from $25 upwards. No trouble in showing goods. Giveus a call before purchasing elsewhere. MENKE & MULLER, 228 King cor. Wentworth St. 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. . NEW YORK AND PORT ROYAL STEAMSHIP LINE. Tire FIRST CLASS, FULL POWBRED STEAM SHIPfl, , f MONTGOMERY, FAIRCLOTH, Mantcr. and KXJIST'rS-V^XLX-.E, CHR8TK& Master. Will leave Fort Royal Tor Mow York alternate ly'every Friday aifernooi, upoL the arrival of tbc A adnata, nud Bavauaab ? Cbailcaton train, For Freight or Paaaago-bavlng superior mui modatioua, apply to ItlCUABD P. BUNDLE, Agent, *??? rnrai* 8. C. VossoIn in Hull and Coosaw Ulvorn, Or at PORT ROYAL, supplied with FRESH WATER, from the celebrated CL.UB-HOU8K 81?RI1*Ci, By Steam or Sailing vessels. V immediate attention. DICK & SMALL Proprietors. SBEPARD D. GILBERT. NOTARY PUBLIC. Attention given to Marine Protests. office In Odell's Building. MANSION HOUSE PORT ROYAL, S. C. OITUATKD AT THE TERMINUS OF THE O Tort Royal Railroad, where connection is made wUa the faat railing, Art diss steamers MotrrooxinT and Hunt<vili.e. sailing to Mew York evrry Friday. Hound trip from Augusta $30. I Ji This is sn entirely new and elegantly furnished kuUre. Situation unsurpassed, surrounded with ssagutflcent lire oaks, commanding a splendid prospect of the surrounding country, the Besufor and Port Boyml Hirers, sad offers unusual attrnc lions to travelers or to parties who desire Board I or to spend s faw days near the salt water. Table supplied with everything the market affords, Fresh milk, butter, flsb, vegetables and rrults in their season. Best of Cooks and Attendants. Terms liberal. C. E. WARREN. pl jalli-tf Proprietor. M BARN?3' FOOT-POWER ~ KX. scroll haws and lathes JmQ J An entire revolution in the 0 construction of foot-power m.v CLidHU| chlnesl The old style thrown h aside when these arc known ! n _ Thousands now in use! $1,500 ^ S to $3.0 0 per year made using them, One person out of every HMfc IhW three who sends for catalogue* WMi buys one. Buy what paper yon read this in, and address W, F. &, JOHN BARNES. Rockford, Winnebago Co, Box t.OM. Illinois. W. Scliro^% ^ ^ MANUFACTUREII OF FINE CIGARS * KILLICKINKIOK ? t Smoking Tobacco. ION OF EMPEROR WII.IJAM, 10 HAYNE STREET, Charleston, S. C. Henry Bischoff & Co., = Wholesale Grocers, AND DKALKRS IN Wines Lienors Seears Tobacco &c-, . 107 Knul liny, 1 CHARLESTON\ S. O. 1 H. Bircaorr. C. Wvlbubk. J. II. Wclbum. BEAUFORT MACHINE SHOP. Hiring opened a Shop here, I am prepared with the latost IMPROVED TOOLS to Build and repair all kinds of MACHINERY, botli Wood and Iron. Particular attention Riven to Designing and Pattern Making For New Work. STEAM PIPE nud FITTINGS, Constantly on hand At Northern Prices. Common Sizes of Iron Nuts AND STEEL. Personal attention given to SETTING and CONSTRUCTING a Stbam Boii.br Furnackii FOR SAVING FUEL. * j |y Shop next to Post Office J. A. Whitman, Mechanical Engineer. c Richard P. Rundle, * S HIPPING And COMMISSION MERCHANT, Port Royal, S. C. Cotton. Haial Stores, Laitier. &caoent fob the ii NSW YOItK i. PORT ROYAL bTKAM8I1IP Ll? Mjaadaiiti * Dominion, y Ww?t India & Pacific, aud Liymfooi. & Gai.vebtcn Ii STEAMBlirr C'OMl'ANfKB TO LlYKUl* >OT.. *1 ... jj J C. RICHMOND. Justice. Allbusinces intrusted to liiiu will receivetare it and prompt attention OFFICE CUSTOM HOUSE btjiLDlNO. R. P. BARRY, WHOLESALE nn?l HftTAIL DEALER IN in Ms, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, NOTIONS, Ac. Ac. dec2 54. W.H.CALVERT TIN SMITH. DEALER Is \PANNED PLANISHED and PLAIN TIN WARE. Constantly on hand a fall Stock of Heating, Cooking and Box STOVES and PIPE. PartlcnUr attention given to putting on and re sinng Tin Roofs, Leaders and Gutters. Terms Cash. Hoping for ? continuance of the patronage hero fore bestowed on me, I will warrant all work tcr c done In the most workmanlike manner ov 15*16. rORT llOYAI, Saw & Planing Mill BKACFORT, B. C. D. C. WILSON & CO,, nAXcrACTrnsms or and dkaleks in Yelloi Pine Timler and Lamber AND CyprCSH HllllIRlCA, ALSO Guilders and Contractors Plaster, Lathes, All kinds of JOD SAWING promptly done. 'looring& Ceiling Board always on land Orders for Lumber and Timber byjthe caipo romptly tilled. Lumber delivered In any part of he Town free of Charge. Terms Cash D. C. WILSON A CO. Bortntygand Claims Aieucy. llcing associated with a lnw>cr in Washing, an whose energy and promptness in prose, niug the Claims are well and atl? i ?:ii g loscly to the business myself; all per*?n? who avc any o4aini~ against theU. 8. Pwin m< i t i-rc ivltcd tc brim? n,?? '?*? ? d ,u>mn m my vmc* he B 11. net I Ltouec. Bey St. Bcanfor to. t'a. John F. 1'oitiKoae . TO KENT. TWO| DESIRABLE 81 ORES In the basement f tbe Stevens House. Price, $ 10. aud $ 15. respectively Apply, to W. J. Vermes. A Kent Magnolia Passenger Route. POUT HOYAI, RAILROAD. Augusta Qa. Dec. 4th. 16"5 THE FOLLOWING PASSENGER SCHEDULE rill be operated on and after this date: OOINO MOUTH?TRAIN Mo. 1. Leave Augusta 7.80 s. m. Arrive at T emaseeo 18.10 p.m. Leave Y cm as see 1-.85 p. si. Arrive at Beanfort 8.01 p. m. Arrive at Port Royal 2.88 p. m.Arrive at Savannah 8.80 p. m. Arrive at Charleston 4.80 p. m.GOIMG NORTH?TRAIN No. Leave Charleston 8.15 a. ?nLeave Savannah .* 9.90 a. m. T.?SV* Pn.t p"--' ..uj?i 10.90 a. m. Leave Beaufort 10.90 a. V. Arrive at Yomasecc 1900 a. m. Leavo Ycmaesce 1900 p. m.. Arrive at Augnat* 6.30 pv m.. Train No. 8 arrlvea at Beaufort at 4.06 a. in. Train No. 4 leaves Beaufort at 13.10 a. m. Itcuufort Accommodation. Leaves Port Royal at .... 8 a. in. and .">.30 p. m. Leaves Beaufort at 8.80 a. in. and 6 p. in. * Through Tickets sold and Baggage checked toall prtucipnl points. < Trains 1 nnd 3 run daily except Sundays. Noe. 8 md 4 run dally. All trains connect at Yemassee tith the trains of the Savannah and Charleston lailro?d for Charleston and Savannah, and at lugnsta with trains of the Georgia Railroad, for he West, nnd Charlotte, Colcmbia and Angusta tallroad for the North and East, rassongers taking trains Nop. 1 and 8 make close U rail connections nt Savannah with Atlantic A lulf Railroad for Jacksonville nud all polntu on lie St. John's River. THROUGH PULLMAN 8LEF.PIN J CARS ON ,LL NIGHT TRAINS TO SAVANNAH It. 0. F!.**!?> , T. S. Davant. Hnperliitcndciit General Pa?on(fcr Agent. ~~VERDIER WALKER&BAC0T. :0CT0R8 IN AIUURXLTY AND ATTORNEYS AT LAW,UK UFOUT, H. V. !ALKER A IlACOT. | W. J. YBBDIKn, Charleston. | llconfort. tefcr to the Ttrl 1 i*>li f.'orntnlate? in tlie f-'outh. and erlnll.v to tiio Britl*!. Coneulat' at C!iar?ciHm. A liovij rs..