The tribune. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, May 17, 1876, Image 2

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: TIIE TRIBUir'E. t I'llLlAHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AY BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA Independent in Politics, j t r n m s;: Olio Year, mi IIO j Six Months. .... 1 OO ADVERTISIXG RATES: rorSquare, first Insertion . . . SfX 50 , I'cr nqniirt'i second Insertion, . 1 OO 'pocia] contracts made with yearly advertiser*. | Address all communications to THE TKIBUXE BEAUFORT. S.C. The long looked for opening of tbc j C entennial Exposition took place Inst | Wednesday, aud w.is witnessed by over two hundred thousand people. The day before was rainy and cold and the ardor of the projectors was correspondingly d caponed by a prospect of a disagreeable day; this day of the century to them. Oid prohabihtes however arranged for thcin a beautiful day and Philadelphia put 011 her gay apparel and those who i . uld leave their shops and boarding houses congregated at the exhibition grounds to see the great show opened. Governors of States, officers ot the army and r.avy, foreign and native exhibitors, I happy guests with tickets and contentcd guests with silver half-dollars in t heir pockets, gentlemen, scholars, bummers, and adventurers jostled each other in every direction. The invited guests numbered some four thousand, representatives of almost overv COTintrir OT1 tlm <rlr>lif? nrmn onU ? .r rf ? ?- e> ) | navy officers, members of congress and a host of others. When President Grant mounted the platform the band struck up '"Hail to the chief," but Dom Pedro, who was to have been honored on liis arrival by the Brazilian national hymn, showed his disregard of formalities and his want of appreciation of a grand reception by coming on tbe stage quietly \\ hile the hand was tooting in honor of someone of less royal blood. At 10 o'clock, at a signal from Gen. Huwley, the American flag was unfurled from the main building, the Halteujah Chorus was rendered with orchestral and orgau accompaniment, and a salute of *100 guns was tired* from George's Hill, together with the ringing of chimes from different parts of the ground. During be performance of the chimes Ihe Foreign Commissioners passed from the llain Building upd took place in the general aiale betore their respective U'partments; after which, President rani, accompanied Dy Director-General | Goshorn, followed by the guc3ts of the fay, also passed into the Main Building, and thence to Machinery Hull and from there to the Judge's'quarters, where a reception by the President was held. The procession headed by ihe President, after passing through the 3Iaia Exhibition Buildftg, passed to the Machinery Hall, where the Presideut, as sisted by Dom Pedro, put iu motion ?>In great engine, thus starting ail the machinery in that building. Tins closed tie formal ceremonies of the day. The annual Convention of the Episcoth? Church assembled in Columbia last "Wednesday, Bishop Howe presiding. The most important question before the -r.rfty was whether St. Mark's Church 'colored) should be admitted to the convention. At the last convention a ~v nmittee w is appointed to" report as to . i?e expediency of the admission of ;it. Mark's and after three different imports from the committee, the members of which could not agree among themselves, and an address from the TAshop advocating the admission the application was rejected, although a Majority of the delegate s voted in favor .^-two thirds being necessary. The National Committee of the Liberal Tfcpublienn party held a meeting in New York last week, thirty-one states being represented. After some discussion it was resolved that the party organ. izatio* should be maintained. Each | ef the representatives then reported the condition of affairs in his Btate. It was ! snid that in several Stnjtes the party j practically held the balance of power, j On motion it was resolved that a national convention should be held in Philadel-1 pbia on the 2<5th of July. The call for the convention invites all citizens" who believe in equal rights, civil service reform and specie payments, and who are in favor of placing honest men at the lead of the government, to join in sending delegates. On mniinn Kill an Allen wtjg authorized to annul the call for tho convention if cither the Republican or Democratic convention, or both of them, should nominate for Picaident a man who in his judgement, will worVout the reforms specified in the roM. Neatly all of those present favored Mr. Bristow, as their first choice for the Presidency. Of the Republicans, Bristow, Adams, Ilnyes and Washburne were mentioned a* satisfactory to the reform enthnent of the country. Among the Democrats, liter.nu.es of Tildcn, Thur. loan ^?d Buynrd were spoken of. Much voqfldeace was expressed that by proper 'grtod man could be. forced on one the ticket# of the two grea* The road to wealth through the claims j commission is not so smooth as holders of fraudulent claims might desire. The following rules adopted by the commissioners will be interesting to many of our readers, as Beaufort county contains many claims that such stringent rules i will make short work of: "1. State your name, age, residence! and occupation. 2. From whom and j when did you receive said claim? 15. If ; said claim was assigned to you, for what! consideration was it assigned? 4. Do j you know the person named in the body ; ot the claim? 5. State the act, rcsolu-! itonorauthoritity under which said claim I was issued, by reference to volume and cage where the same may be found. 0. State the consideration on which the claim is based, particularly the services rendered, articles or supplies furnished to the state, by whose order and to whom delivered, giving date and place of delivery. 7. Has said person received from any officer ot the State any other evi acnce of indebtedness for the same services, articles or supplies for which this claim is made. 8. Has the claim been paid in whole or in part to the person named in the body of the certificate, or to any one for iiis benefit, or to his assigns or legal representatives? If so, what part thereof lias boon paid, when and to whom? 9. State anything further that yon desire with reference to the claim. In answering the above interrogation the claimant willcofine himself to facts within his own knowledge. If any statements are made upon information and belief, the person from whom such information was derived must be named and his residence and post office addressjbe given. Further if the claimant cannot answer the above interrogatories from his personal kno.vlcdgo, he must obtain the affidavit of the original holder, or some other person who is I acquainted with the facts. The answers to the interrogatories must be sworn, to before a clerk of the circuit cou' t and be returned with this paper to the secretary of the commission." It does not appear how much proof will secure the passage of a claim, nor how little result iu its being wholly disallowed. Probably tl^r commissioners themselves have not yet decided that ' matter, nor fixed the limits of the discretion which they properly exercise under the act. "What remains is for the ! claimants to make the best case for themselves that they can. The correspondent of News and Cou iiv> miico iiiiu Hie Aiiumcy vvencnu Lias instructed the county treasurer of lviclilnnd county not to levy upon or advertise the property of any taxpayer who has tendered bills of the Bank ot the State in | payment of taxes, and who has instituted proceedings in the Courts to have said bills/eceived in payment thereof. '1 he News adds: "Advertising and selling property, wlieie Bank bills have been tenderded for taxes, is a bare formality, and might just as well be dropped. As the bills can he used to redeem the property if is forfeited to the State, there is neither rhyme nor reason in : refusing to accept them before the forfeiture." The introduction of Hawaiian rice free of duty as is proposed in the treaty recently passed by Congress, wilt he follow# ed by the introduction of Indian rice free of duty, and this introduction of Indian rice, raised at nominal cost, will drive Southern rice out of the market and ruin the rice planteis. Already the rice planters are working at an extremely low rare of profits, and a further decline in price wiil compel them to abandon the plantations upon which hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent since the war, thousands of laborers will be thrown out of employment. Already the low prices have forced down their wages from a dollar a day aud over to seventy-five and fifty cents. Henry Spnrnick was not convicted in Aiken 011 the charge of miscondnct in office although the crime was not denied. The Judge charged the jury that although there was fraudulent intention shown, still that the officii misconduct, which was all that the indictment charged, was fully and clearly proven by the evidence, and but one verdict should be rendered. The jury stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal from the first balloting. The judge gave them a sharp rebuke for their failuje to agree, but was obliged to discharge them. The speech of Frederick Douglas at the unveiling of the Lincoln statue in Washington, shows that ho regards, him more as a Unionist than an abolitionist. This is the correct view, but it is one which not only tlio emancipated race, but many intelligent whito people, have not taken, or been willing to take. Mr. Lincoln lias been popularly looked upon as a leader of emancipation, whereas nothing was further from bi9 mind in the beginning, than to make emancipation u result of the war. There were those, of course, who had that covert purpose, from the flrst, bnt the mass of the Republican party, like Mr. Lincoln, were led into the war for the pcrservation ot the Union, but were involuntarily carried along, to the satisfaction of the designing, by the tide of events, to the aboli- j tioa of slavery. Yet the Republican traders have succeeded in making the poor freed in en believe that tlic Republicans are entitled to their eternal gratitude and everlasting political allegiance as the friends and champions, but for whose disinterested philanthropy the negroes would never have been delivered from the house of bondage. When the blacks become generally as intelligent as Douglas, they will discover that what Bis tnarck calls the '"iron dice ol destiny" falling from above, secured their freedom. and not the special good will of any political party. They are really rather more directly indebted for their freedom, the Baltimore Sun suggests, to the persistence of the Southern people in the war than otherwise; for had the South availed of the repeated offers of the Federal Government to save slavery by laying down their arms, there wonld have been no general euiancipation.-Colutubia Phoenix. ?One tiling was demonstrated in the Convention beyond the shadow of a doubt, which is that the Democratic party in South Carolina will no longer exist in a "moribund" condition, but that henceforth it will be made effective in whatever sphere it chooses to act. As an aggressive minority, pressing forward to rescue the State from its worst elements and to secure the control of its public affairs in a legitimate manner, the Democracy will exhibit activity, energy and vitality in its future movements, which cannot fail to redound to the permanent interests of the commonwealth. The apathy and indifference of the past few years, on the part of many good citizens, must give way to the higher duties demanded by the prostrate condition of the State, and it is incumbent upon all who really desire to put an end to corrupt rule to bca>* their share of responsibility in cleansing the Augean stable.-Anderson Intelligencer. ?Wc believe that nothing but a straightout Democratic ticket will unite the Democracy of the State. We have not any so-called reform Republicans, and we can see nothing to be gained by a coalition with any such. There may be a few honest men in tlic Republican ranks, but they are so scnice and so pliable to the baser demands of that party that 110 reliance car. be placed in anything they say in politics. The only hope for reform iu this State is in the total defeat of the Republican party, and the only means of accomplishing that is j by fighting that party openly and square- j ly upon a Democratic platform and with I pure Democratic candidates.-Union j Times. A 41.- i ' i?.14ic muwus acis ?i omission | m which the county treasurer is ably sconcleil by the county commissioners is the continued neglect to pay the balance due on the past due school claims. As long ago as the month of February last the holders of these certificates were informed by an advertisement r in the organ, which claims to always afford reliable information, that payment would be made at the next meeting of the Board. At the the next meeting the matter received the fate which is too frequently apportioned and was postponed. This do-nothing policy has prevailed until now, and is likely to prevail unless the Grand Jury or a judicial mandamus compel action. The Co. Treasurer has been holding on the money which was placed in reserve to pay the cluims of the Frcedmans Bank should they be decided legal, and this suin amounting to over two thousaad dollars with a poll tax of $2800 added to it would ne rly cancel every dollar of past school indebtedness-why this repeated postponement then? Among the decorations of the confede rate monument in Mobile, Alabama, on memorial day, was a pyrumid of flowers; "from the officers of the United States army, stationed at Mount Vernon barracks, in respect to the fallen brave." The Emperor of brazil is a wonder to reception committees and others in this country who always seek out great personages for the sake of making a display of themselves more than as an honor to the guest when they delight to honor. Last week the Emperor was presented to the President, the ceremonies being of the plainest and simplest character. His whole diameter, as exhibited in this country, partakes more of the simple Democrat than of the royal aristocrat of which he is a representative. After a short sojourn in Philadelphia, attcuding the Centennial exposition, he will make a tunning tour of the cotton States, going as iar souui as Kew Orleans. The Norwegian bark N. C. Kierkegaard arrived off Martin's Indiistiy on Saturday night last, and steering too close in she struck no that shoal and afterwards, attempting to make St. Helena liar, was on the breakers off St. Helena from which she got off leaking badly, when the captain desired to bring his vessel to Charleston for repairs, and left St. Helena on Tuesday for this port, and on Wednesday she was discovered off North KJisto, by the St. Helena pilots, the bark being abandoned, at anchor and half full of water. In this condition she was fallen in with during the afternoon by the steamer AlanUiua as reported. The N. C. Kierkegaard was from London, bound to Bull; ftjver S. 0. Some of the material was I brought to the city by ateainer ami pilot j boat.-Newa and Courier, 12th. ? wsracKjflMMMHcnaMHMManBSMEanBnaas QUARANTINE NOTICE. Office of the Health Officer, ) Beaufort, S. C., April 24th, 1870. ) Tlie attention of Pilots, and Masters of vessels is called to the following provisions of the Quarantine Act, which will be rigidly enforced on and after the first of May proximo: "Vessels from any plqce where pestilential, con' tagions or Infectious diseases existed at the time j of their departure, or shall have touched at such j ports; vessels on board of which daring i the voyage, or nt the port of their departure, any !>erson shall have been sick- and vessels from fori elgn ports, shall on nrrival at the quarantine : ground he subject to visitation and examination by the Health ottlcer." Vessels from a contagious or infectious port, or having on board such disease, will be anchored in the lower Bay, below the present anchorage of the Fleet. Vessels subject to visitation and examin- I at ion will display their colors in the main rigging, 'l hose not subject to such examination will set their colors in the tore rigging. v S. R. Thompson M.D. Health officer, Port Royal. SALT! SALT! Just received 100 SACKS SALT. Also KEARLY ROSE. PEERLESS. and JACKSON WHITE POTATOES. O. Waterhoi-se. Men's Youth's & Boy's CLOTHING. Cloths, Cassimeres, Furnishing Goods &c. MENKE & MULLER Merclaat Tailors ani Clothiers, Invite attention to their very large and handsome stock of Clothing of their own manufacture, eqnal to custom work, and defy competition in price as well as in fit. PRICE LIST OF BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS. Double twisted Cassimere Suits $ 8 Broken Plaid do - do 10 Grey all wool Melton do 12 Dark do do do 12 Dark do do do 15 Grey and Black Striped Cass. Suits 12 Harris do do 15 , All wool Scotch Cheviot Suits 18 All wool English Knickerbocber Suits 18 i Double twisted English Cass. do 20 Smnll checked do do 23 Small basket do do 25 Black corded do do 25 uarK smpeu uo UO 28 Dark striped do do 30 Dark plaid ' do do 30 Dork plnid French do 85 Dark striped do do 32 I Black Cloth and Worsted Dioganal Suits lrom $12 to $10. Pants from $2.50 upwards. Vests from $1 upwards. Frne English Cassimere pants, tor dress only $7. Youths'and Boys' Suits from $6 to $28. OVERCOATS. Grey Melton Overcoat $G Chincliclla do 8 Oxford Cassimere Overcoat 10 do do 12 Brown Beaver do 15 Black do do 20 Brown do do 20 Blue do do 25 Black and Blue Diagonal Overcoat 18 Star Shirts from $1.50 to $3. Merino Undervests acd Drawers from 50c to $2.50. Handkerchiefs, Half ITose, Scarfs Ties, Collars, &c., in great variety. A 11 J " an guuus umrKvu in plain ngures. No deviation. Making suita to order from $25 upwards. No trouble in showing goods. Giveus a call before purchasing elsewhere. * MENKE & MULLER, 228 King cor. Went worth St. CHARLESTON, S. C. new YORK AND PORT ROYAL steamship line. Tiir first class, full powered stban ships, CARONDOLET AND CITY OF DALLAS. Will leave Port Koyal for New York alternate ly every Friday afternoon, npor. tho arrival of ttu Augusta, and Savannah A Charleston train, For Freight or Passage-having superior accommodations, apply to BICHARD P. BUNDLE, Agent, Port Royal' 8. C. NEW BAKERY. The undersigned having leaped the new ovens erected by John Frank, is now prepared *o serve the public with the best quality ot Bread, Cakes, Pies, Bolls and every other article in his line. fWParticular attention will be given to Ornamental Pastry for weddings and parties. J3T*Shop in John Franz' basement store. Francisco i>a 8ilv\. anBaHaaHkaMBmiMBKaHMSBnaMr VeNNelw iii. Hull nii<l Coosnwlllvcrs, J Or at PORT ROYAL, supplied with FRESH WATER, from ihc celebrated CIjUII-1 lOUSE Hl'ItlNG, By Steam or Sailine vessels. immediate attention. DICK & SMALL Proprietors. SHEPARD D. GILBERT. NOTARY PUI1L.1F. Attention given to Marine Protests. I OFFICE j In the Sea Island Eotel. a o;vft.iD3 IVUT'fU W JK K f?' SCROLL SAWS Bltd LATHES. jmfA I An entire revolution in the Ma?construction of foot-power mn fj|i i jHsjfcJBk chines! The old style thrownS^AJa^T aside wlicn these are known I - pf Thousunds now in use! $1,500 Er to $3.0 O per year made using them, One person out of every three who sends for catalogues WkHUI buys oDe. Hay what paper yoa read this in, and address W. F. & JOHN BARNES. Hockford, Winnebago Co , Box 3.044. Illinois. J | MANUFACTURER OF j FINE CIGARS xcxijXL.iGxziisnisriaxs: Smoking Tobacco. SIGN OF EMPEllOR WII.LIAM, 10 HAYNE STREET, Charleston, 8. C. Henry Bischoff & Co., Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN Wines Liquors Segars Tobacco &c-, 11)7 East Jilly, CHARLESTON, S. C. II. Bischotp. C. Wulburm. J. n. Wulbcbn. Richard P. Rundle, S HIPPING Amd COMMISSION MERCHANT, Pnpt R auq! C P ? *. V i UI-' J ?? j kJ . A_/> Cotton, teal Stora, Lumtier, &cagent for tub NEW YORK Jt PORT ROYAL STKAMSntP LINK Mississirri <fc Dominion, West India & Pacific, and Liverpool & Galveston Steamship Companies to Liverpool. H. M. STUART, M . D DruuKlst ii 11 <1 Apothecary BEAUFORT. S. C.. dealer DRUGS AND CHEMICALS ' PATENT MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY. BRUSHES. . c. A fine Assortment of WTATIONEKY. Physicians Prescriptions Compoauded with care nov 25-33. l^OIi SALE. THE STERN WHEEL STEAMER "BENNETTS VILLE" In Complete order. Snltuble for Cord Wood Tr ide or to carry Passengers. Will be sold at a sacraflcc. Apply to 0. U. MUTTRAT Z'i ltroad St. Charleston 8. C. Wanted. Ten good Ironehb and Starcuers. Good wages. Apply at Port Rotal Steam Laundry, Or at this office. FRENCH Ac CO. Granite Monuments, <5tc. 3(><> llroadway. (Evening Post Building.) NEW_Y0RK. Plan*, designs and ntlmate* run be seen ^ and contracts made with IV. M. French, I Southern Agent, Itcautoi-t, S. C. * V . . I J C. RICHMOND. Trim .Justloo. All busitiee* intrusted to him will receive care fill aud prompt attention ! OFFICE CUSTOM HOUSE BUILDING. R. P. BARRY, WHOLESALE ami RETAIL DEALER IN I Dry tits, CLOTHING, ! BOOTS AND SHOES, IIATS AND CAPS, NOTIONS, &c. &c. dec2 54. W.H.CALVERT TIN SMITH. DEALER IN | JAPANNED PLANISHED and PLAIN TIN WAKE. Constantly on hand n full Stock of Heating, Cooking and Box STOVES and PIPE. Partlcnlar attention given to putting on and re pairing Tin Roofs, Leaders and Gutter*. Terms. Cash. Ilopingfor a contlnnnnec of the patronage here tofore bestowed on me. I will warrant all work to be done in the most workmanlike manner nov25-4t>. I'OIIT ROYAL Saw & Planing Mill BEAUFORT, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS "iN Yellow Pise Timber and Lumber Nil CyproNM HhlnglcN, AUO Builders and Contractors Plaster, Lathes, All kinds of JOB SAWING promptly done. Flooring Ceiling Board always on baud Order* for Lumber and Timber by the eatgo promptly filled. Lumber delivered in any pari of the Town free of charge. Terms Cash D. C. WILSON J CO. Bounty and Claims Agency. Being associated with a lawjer in Washington whose energy and promptness in prosecuting the Claims are well kuown, and attesting closely to the business myself; all persons who nave any claims against the U. S. Covert ment nre .nvitcd to bring them to me at my Office the Bennett llouEe. Bay St. Beaufort So. C'a John F. Poitivuas . TO KENT. TWO DESIRABLE S i ORES iu the basement of the Stevens House. Price, ( 10. and $ 15. respectively Apply to W. J. \ er.DiKR. Agent S Wjglgipijp^t Magnolia Passenger Route. I'OllT HOYAL HAIL.ROA1). Auqcsta Ga. April 27th 1376 TITE FOLLOWING PASSENGER SCHEDULE will be operated on and nftcr May 1st: GOING SOUTH?TRAIN No. 1. Leave Augusta 8.80 a. in. Arrive at Ycmassee 12.10 p. ra. Leave Yemassco 12.35 p. m. Arrive at Beaufort 2.10 p. m. Arrive at Port Royal 2.30 p. m. Arrive at Savannah 3.20 p. ni. Arrive at Charleston 4.20 p. m. Arrive at Jacksonville 8. 85. a. m. GOING NORTH?TRAIN No. 3. Leave Jacksonville 2.10. p m. Leave Charleston 8. 30 a. m. Leave Savannah 0.20 a. ni. Leave Port Royal 10.15 a. m. Leave Beaufort 10.20 a. m. Arrive atYemassce 1200 a. m. Leave Yemasseo 1280 p. m. Arrive at Augusta. 5.00 p. m. Renufort Accommodation. Leaves Port Royolat 8 a. m. and 5.80 p. m. I,caves Beanfort at 8.80 a. m. and 6 p. m. |3F"The only lino making close connection with the Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad at Savannah, and from and to Jacksonville and all points in Florida, avoiding the long, tedlons and well- , known Omnlbna transfer through that city. The only line running Throngb Day Coachea with out change between Augusta and Savannah. E9F~Coni>ectlotis made at Ammat? O ? nuu iuu South Carolina Railroad for Aiken, S. C., C'haflotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for all points North and East; and with the Geor; ia Railroad for all points Southwest, West an<l Northwest. &ri 'aasengcrs desiring Sleeping Car accommodations can be supplied by giving orders to the Rail Rmd agents nt Port Royal or Deanfort. Baggage Checked Through. R. G. Flemino, T. 8. Davant, Superintendent General Passenger Agent. j TEEDIER WALKER & BACOT. PROCTORS IN ADMIRALTY AND ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEAl'FOUT, S. C. tfu-KEn A Bacot, I W. .T. VEBontn, Charleston. | Beaufort. lofcr to the British Consulates in the South, iiihI pcelally to the Brlti-b Consulate at Obarlerto?. nov? Hi. & 4