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THE TRIBUNE. i 1 '-i t PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. AT BEAUFORT, SOOTH CAROLINA ! Independent in Politics. '! TKltXS: < Dnr Year Si SO i Six Months, .... 1 oo , ADVERTISING RATES: Per Sqitsre, flrst Insertion . . $1|50 rer sq?sn, second Insertion, . 1 IN) S pccinl contracts nude with yearly advertiser*. Address ail communications tn THE TRIBUNE READFORT, AC. I I PORT ROY A I, vs. TYBKK. I A. speeinl meeting of council was railed ou Friday evening to consult with ( i eprcaentatives from the town council of Port Royal as to what steps should be j taken to prevent a removal of the*fleet ( from this harbor to Tvbce as is contemplated by a bill now before Congress. The call for the meeting was so very secretly kept that not a single citizen WAS nmrat. PWnnl thasirmliar. nf council, and but foW were aware that a . meeting woato be held and no one knew < xactlv-what was th6 cause of the call. Mr, Scott repressing Port Royal was present and his credentials were readlie stated that his city felt that it was necessary that some one should go to Washington to endenvor to refute the malicious stories told about the disadvantages of this port for a naval station imu also to show the Naval Committee iu what respects it is preferable to Tybee for Naval purposes. Port Royal was willing, he said, to bear her shore of the expense of a delegation to Washington for this purpose, and had mentioned the names ot Capt. Boutellc and J. G. Thompson as the ones most suitable for ,thc mission. Mr. G'.eaves thought there was no necessity to send a delegation to accomplish what was desired. We have, lie said, representatives in Congress who are enpablo ot looking after the interests of their constituents, who are well acquainted with the port and they should be able to accomplish more than any others whom council might select. Mr. Gage stated that Capt. Boutellc had ilready-forwarded statements likely to hare weight with the committee, ami that if the government wished to prove the adoptability of Tybeeo for ? Naval station it would only be necessary to send a vessel to Tybec to ride out one North East gale and the question would be settled, and he understood one had already been sent to test it. The Iutentiant favored such a committee, as our Congressmen bare such onerous duties to perform, and while they are engaged attending to their duties the representatives of Savannah have the cars of the i committee to onr great disadvantage. Mr. Gleaves said that if our Congressmen ; could not find time to look after this matter it would be well to elect no more \ Congressmen. Thc-ii duty, lie said, was i to work for the whole people aud every 1 Congressmen and Senator from South i Carolina should give this his attention and nil work together; Ha was opposed to lobbying and did not favor appropriating money for the purpose of sending on any one as proposed. i bo inteudant favored adopting resold- , tin as and a petition to Congress to be ciirricd on by Capt. Boutelle il he would onsent to go, and that he be alea eom-siissioned by the Governor to act in the 1 -name of the state: Mr. Cleaves, in nn i. ?er to the statement that the bill had been up in the House and read twice and that twelve days thereafter we got the J fret word in regard to it and a bare copy the bill with no comments as to its \ probable success, said that the probability \ was that onr Congressman had not conaid r red the Port Hoyal baby very sick and * bis negligence was owing to bis beliet t that there was no immediate danger. v A ??- -* * ? '?>- ? uo ajjpuiuictt 10 consult e Boutalle as to -what steps it " "*x. to take, and council J "-turday ^ tej DEFECTS WHI - - ' XVP vtiyjB jptst jmssetlj than Beniitort. j " <h/ i-'ar>.?h< loog cotton ctijiivlition I ihs fit.?ost entirely cpasc i^'cjccept upon I he little timcta owned or..rented by the j legvois. Si. Helena,'which once counted nany thriving planters, and sent to market thousands of excellent staple, now hns only two white planters. The staple is inferior and the whole crop does not cx* cced a few hundred bales. On Port Royal no white man is a planter of the staple, and tha other islands afc similarly changed. The corn crop is always small, bat last year there wa- almost an cirtire loss of crop. Sweet potatoes were cut off by the drought in a great measure, aud thousands of people are at the end oftheir provisions. Wcrcit not for the fish and oysters there would almost be a famineIn the upper part of tho county there is.much cmbarnssment for means to carry forward the present crop. I have heard nf instances whtre fields are already abandoned. Factors will not advance and farmers are obliged to dismiss the laborers. There must be more attention paid to food raising hereafter. Attention is being directed to oats, and many planters arc thankful in the prospect of a good crop cf that grain with which to feed their mules. The peopje of Edgefield are in a state of miDd on account of a rumor that their county treasurer has disappeared never to return. $87,000 is supposed to be in the connty treasury, raised for the pay ment of the past indebtedness of the county and which has bcCa locked up by an injuuetiou frcrn Judge Carpenters court for two years, and the people are skeptical as to the amount of cash really on hand. During the present hard lint- s this sum would bo a great help to the people and if the money is not soon forrthconiing wc may hear of trouble in that section. No County iu the state has been ruled by a worse set of knaves than Edgefield, but her citizens can diivc them all out at the next election if they make an effort, without giving them their just deserts at a ropes end. Alter tlie escape of the steamer Planter firom Charleston harbor the government awarded to Robert Smalls and his companions as salvage, or prize mor.ey several thousand dollars, which was entirely satis factory to the captors. Recently a bill was introduced in theU. S. Senate to pay a claim of Robert Smalls tor the exploit but on Wednesday last Mr. J\ hyte from the Committee on NaVal affairs reported adversely on the petition of R"bert Smalls claiming indemnity for the capture of the steamer Planter during the war, and the Committee was discharged from its further consideration. By a joint resolution, passed immediately before the holidays, the state treasurer was authorized to borrow money in advance of receipts from taxes for the payment of a i>art of the salary of the members and employees and contingents; and the employees were thus paid about teu thousand dollars for thirty days services, and about two thousand dollars | paid on account of the contingents ot both houses. , The grand jury in Newberry county are very severe on the county commissioners for excessive payment for iepairs on bridges and report that the amount paid was about five times as much as the work was wortli, but do nut pruposc any remedy for the evil. UTTER TBOM LAWTOXVIltK. Lawtonville May 20 1870L I Editor *f T\t Tribune: In tbo Ihnrted space usually open in 'our columns Id the casual cortresponlent. much is necessarily omitted which r.ould probably interest many of your eaders, and it is exceedingly difficult o determine what shall b* embodied in >ur communication ami what omitted of he various facts and circumstances rluch present themselves for ourconsidratioa. A brief summary-a Jmrried llusion to those mntters which seem to ay claim to general interest-is all that he most sanguine can reasonably hope o accomplish. Man belongs to a social y < -t, from- which no choice of his >v *n il"t?ch liim-bound together by a of h cortimon nature and of ma-oenoieiiee. no one cr.n play the ' ifberer.t spectator ?o thnt -?erntin?r around him of immunity in which Rested your 1*'Na^whicl? - I ONTAINS FLAWS CH MAY APPEAf custody since. The sentence of the court J Bus been disregarded, the commitment j P< perhaps used as w:\fete paper, and*tbo Uf parties under sentence are tumer\ loose be upon the community prepared to repeat -their despredutions at the tirst favourable opportunity. There arc various ?? causes which operate against the cohvie- 8a tion of one who commits a larceny. * Thieves multiply their precautions, fire- Bl< quenlly act in concert, hedging them- < selves mound with protections. The aci honest portion of any community are! Ut consequently indignant when the admie- j ] istrntion of justice degenerates into a Be fnrcc which encourages the commission shl of crimes it was designed to arrest, ret The office of special constablo with rare Be exceptions is assigned to persons totally Do irresponsible, who excuse themselves for y the escape, release of prisoners on the t01 ground that the the county does not pay of expenses of transportation to prison. Now who is to blame 1 Shall to: -- - ?? V V.CUfU?W I the trial justice for the failure to appoint i B 1 responsible men to tire office? Ti the county does not pay it would be an exceedingly harsh exercise of authoritv to compel an industrious man nt this ( busy season of the year to abandon his Tq crop and reluctantly, at his own expense, escort some hoc thief to the county jail with no hope of remuneration, and if the complaint is worthy of regard it not only reflects discredit upon those wjioBe province it is to appropriate to its prop- j er uses public funds committed to their care, but it betrays an insecurity in some part of the machinery which calls for prompt adjustment at the hands of those in nuthonty. Special provision has been made for constables fees in nil criminal cases, and no one has legally the right to withhold them. We were encouraged 111 by some of our representative, hope that 1" an effort would be made to have trial justices for this county paid regular salaries, and to have constables, elected. Such a change would have obviated much difficulty. But for some unexplained cause, we understand the bill did not meet their support. My statement that it is difficult to ^ convict for offences coming within the jurisdiction of trial justice courts is apparent to any one who witnesses the usual "get up'' of the jury; eighteen names arc selected from the by-standers an by a special constable. From these the 0? requisite number are drawn. In the hope that some of their#number will be selected Mr. Tliiefs purticular friends, in predetermined to acquit, are invariably in attendance. After objections are exhausted should one of these remain on the list no evidence can convict. Encouraged by shouts from outside triends. after Bi the jury has retired, with boisterous q, exhortation to "hold on" not to yield, _ &c, this predetermined juror who perhaps has committed repeated offences of like character fails to regard the evidence Gi and ha-igs with such tenacity that a jj, mistrial or acquittal is inevitable. Can .. it be surprising that under such circumstances those disposed to subsist by Al ph nler are encouraged to proceed, no D< mean w inc terrors of the law, and no r.siruint im posed on tlae idle saunter, and ^ pcapatetic rambling and plunder cultivated by these gentry ? One more IN instance of justice mocked and I am Oi done withjhe dimi anarchy which p, results in consequence of the utter want q. of responsibility ia those to whom the office of special constable is assigned. I'Some time, it my memory is not at fault, Dj during the latter portion of the past pj year a warrant was issued against a certain individual in this neighborhood for perjury. In all reason sufficient time has Pa elapsed, yet he has not been brought to Vc a hearing before the court, has not pr yet absconded, makes no effort to keep himself concealed, but the special con?ta ble has simplv not made it convenient to Yc attempt his arrest. This I think sufficient to impress tho reader wish the Qr prevalence of crime in our community, and the comparative safety with which offences nre daily committed. It is not On my purpose to complain of any particular individual, nor do I desire to censure any one, but 6imply direct public attcu Ition to facts os tlicy exist in the sincere Tilt hope that some arrangement may be ]$r speedily effected which will insure the pp appointment of reliable men to the office of special constable, and result in the Bh remuneration of those who discharge its ' duties. Let this be done and I have faith to believe that the laws will be bti more rigidly enforced and offenders, Me discovering that justice is no longer { fettered, crime abate. Ha The stringency in the money market and the scarcity of provisions are being felt by all classes I have tried to dis- j pone of a little surplus property for cash, de' and discover that the value mankind sets ^ on thnt which is not for sale, is very un- ] like his estimate fov the same commodity a c when brought to market, such a stern test is money, its coarse jingle jars fearfully upou nil the music of tfattery, and * nrokes discord of all compliment. I had intended to speak of the crops and to make some comments upon tho scarcity of pr<rr?sion9 and the distressing want of means to> procure them with some nllu- c ion to the probable causes but I have kalready fmnsesonded proper limits and rp must defer the matter to a more conve- A nicnt season. ..ShotWd any thing, occur in lliia section '" interrsl it may perhaps ~ "wi from Hurrm. ' n bark I ijr e001 j Ann ? > AND OTHER R ON THE FILMS' The buOifd of directors <>f tire state I ipitentiary lias decided to Lire our two pidred convicts to ivoric on the railroad tween Culumliia and Alston. Sheriff's Salks.-T^c sheriff will "cr the following real property next les day-Tuesday June 0. }. A. Kittles, vs.* It. N. Kittlca-10 acres near juntville ou which P. D, Givcns now lire*. 21aghorn & Cunningham vs. J. M. Lawlon-890 eg of pine land in Lawton township, adjoining ids of T. J. Riley, R. II. Tison and J. A. Tison. Killer &, Bissel vs. R. G, IIolnies-G41 acres in aufort township. 909 acres in St. Helena town>p, 100 acres in Cooeafcatchie township. 8494 aci In Pccplfe townslrp adjoining lands of J. W. nnctt, G. I). Stanley, and Wm, and Sosan vie. iV C. Butler vb* F. Schlepelmilch-4f5 acree, m< rly owned by I.aac Tnten, adjoining land* B "Virgin in Blnflton township, also 193 acres Jolmnz lands of H. G. Vcrdler. and 970 acres rmcrly owned by N. B. Myers, no bonndary rcn. Hooms To I^ot . )K3IRABLE ROOMS WITB USE OF CELLAR Let to a small family. J. II. Toxkino SALT! SALT! Inst received 100 SACK8 SALT. Also LEARLY ROSS, TEERLESS. and JACKSON WHITE POTATOES. G. Watbrhovse. len's Youth's & Boy's CLOTHING. Cloths, Cassimeres, Furnishing Goods &c. 1ENKE & MULLER Merchant Tailors and Clothiers, Invite attention to their very lurgc id handsome stock of Clothiug of their rn manufacture, eqnal to custom work, id defy competition iu price as well as lit. PRICE LIST OF BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS, juble twisted Cnssimcrc Suits $ 8 ok en Plaid do do 10 ev all wool Melton do 12 irk do do do 12 irk do do do 15 cy and Black Striped Cass. Suits 12 irriq fin 1"* < 1 wool Scotch Cheviot Suits 18 1 wool English Knickcrhocber Suits 18 iublc twisted English Cass. do 20 nail checked do do 231 null basket do do 25 nek corded do do 25 irk striped do do 28 irk striped do do 30 irk plaid do do 30 irk plnid French do 35 irk striped do < do 32 ack Clofli and Worsted Diogannl Suits trora $12 to $40. nts front $2.50 upwards. ;sts from $1 upwards, ne English Cassinierc pants, lor dress only $7. mths1 and Boys* Suits from $6 to $28. OVERCOATS, ey Melton Ov3rcoat ? $0 linchella do 8 ;ford Cassimcro Overcoat 10 do do 12 own Beaver do 15 ack do do 20 own do do > 20 Lie do do. 25 ick and Blue Diagonal Overcoat ' 18 ir Shirts from $1.50 to $8. irino Undcrvests aid Drawers from 50c to $2.50. ndkerchiefu, Half Hose, Scarfs Ties, dollars, &c., in great variety. Ml goods marked in plain figures. No riation. aking suits to order firom $25 upwards. So trouble in showing goods. Give us all before purchasing elsewhere. ' MENKE & MULLER, 28 King cor. Went worth St. CHARLESTON, S. C. 1EI YORK AND PORT ROYAL iTEAMSHIP LINE. HB FIRST OLA SB, FULL POWERED STEAM S1IIP8, CARONDOLET AZU> CITY OF DALLAS, 1 leave Port Royal for New York alternate rcry Fritlar afternoon, upon the arrival of tlu : :rtt, and Savannah A Charleston train, ir 1'reloht or Plwi?(rn.Sii?lii? . - ----- ? ?- ?duj/ui iur ntfjni'(?, UJ.p'y to 4y< r^BD P. BUNDLE, Agent. Port Boy?i' B. C. ^ERY. "seel tl,r ^ . < is \th % I % esselts | ,'i liull ttiul l(l> ?>i s, Or at POUT ROYAti supplied with FRESH WATER, I from the celebrated CL.UII-HOU8K Itjr Steam or Saillm; vcseele. Immediate attention. DICK & SMALL Proprietors. SHEPARD E. GILBERT. XOTAItV lU'nr !/ Attention given to Marine Protests. OFFICE In the S?o Island I. otel. n? DARNK3' KOOT-POWF.U f? - 'EV SCROLL SAWS Slid LATII28 % J&A / An entire nrvoLUTioN in the cnnitrnction of foot-power machines! TUo old style thrown when these ore known _ ;ttt#yr^gS Thousands now in use! ?l.COo W to $2 0 0 per j-ear made lining . / V^\ jdj them, One person out of every ^H three wlio sends for catalogues H> I "t HsJmi i i bnys one. Kay what paper yon read this in, and address W. F. & JOHN BARNES. Rockford, Winnchafo Co, Box 3.044. Illinois. MANUFACTURER OF FINE CIGARS fcC X.J_XJXC^X3STKr ICK Smoking Tobacco. BION* OF EMPEItOK AVII.EI AM. 10 1IAYNE STREET, Charleston, S, C, Henry Bischoff & Co.. Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN Wines Lienors Segars^Toiiacco &c-. 1 J?7 Kast Day, CHARLESTON, S. C. H. Dmchoff. C. Wclbbrx. J. II. WULBURN. | Richard P. Rundle, SHIPPING And COMMISSION MERCHANT, Port Royal, S. C. Cotton. Naval Stores, Lnmber. &cAGENT FOB THE NEW TORE <fc PORT ROYAL STEAMSHIP LIN K Mississippi St Dominion, West Ind^a & Pacific, and Liverpool St Galvestcn Steamship Companies to Liverpool. H. M. STUART, M . D it nil Apothecary BEAUFORT. S. C.. DEALER DRUGS AND CHEMICALS PATENT MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY. BRUSHES, w c. A &M Assortment MTATIONEHY. Physicians Prescriptions Compounded with care uovM'88. POH SAL15. THE 8TERN WHEEL STEAMER "BENNETTS VIEEE9 9 Iff Complete order. Suitable for ftord Wood TrMle or to carry Passengers. U iU be cold at a uacrnflrc. Apply to J. II. Mcbray 81 Bror.d St. ? < barfcstoii 8. C. Wanted. Ten good Ironers and Stabciiebs. Gtfod wages. Apply at Pout Royal Steam Laundby, , C>"- at this office. 1 1 RENCH&CJO. Granit* Monuments,- tftc. v / \ IIOO lli-omfwii^. Evening Post Birilding.Y NEW YORK. > f n? and cntlmataa can 1>? h<*4* ^ V"*dci with ? w. m. French, \ " "Hfrii Aftcnf, J O. UICIIMOM). Tvhii ?J UHtu-f. j All '?u?incs? intriHtcd to him* will receive tare ! ful mid prompt attention OFFICE CUSTOM IIOL'SE BUILDING. L R. P. BARRY, I trilULESilLK tend DETAIL DEALKH IN I Dry Gils, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, 1IATS AND CAPS, # NOTIONS. Ac. Ac. ?1cc2 JM. W.H.CALVERT TIN SMITH. prAJ.cn IN JAPANNED PLANISHED and PLAIN TIN IVA UK, Constant!} on liatul a full Stock of Heating, Cooking and Box STOVES and PIPE. Particular attention given to putting on antl- re pairing Tin Roofs, Lcadcr^yind Gutters. Terms Cash. Hoping for a continuance of the patronage lirrc tifore bestowed 011 me, I will warrant nil work tar he done in the most workmanlike manner novLVlO. POIl'P HOVAIi Saw & Planing Mill liKAUKORT, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., VANUPAerrncRs or ANJ> SKAI.eus IN Yellow Pine Timber anfl Lumber ANII CyproKH Nhln^u*H, AWO Builders and Contractors Plaster, Lathes, All kinds of -JOB SAWING promptly done. FlooriiiEfc Ceiling Boar J always orjwM Order* for Lumber and Timber by the enigo promptly filled. Lumber delivered in any part vf. the Town free of charge. Terms Cash D. C. WILSON S CO. Eonniy aid Claims Apacy. Being associated with a law jor in Washington whose energy and promptness in prosecuting the Claims nrc well known, and attending closely to the business myself; all persons \vli > nave any oiuims against the I'. S. Coven mel t r.r<.nvitcd to hrlng them to mo at my Oflico^ a, the Bennett llotse. Bay St. Beaufort Ca John F. I'dliTkoa* , to Went. TWO DESIRABLE 81 ORES In the bastnu nr. of the Stevens House. Price, $ 10. and $ 15. respectively Apply to W. J. Verdiei:. Acent j h'y Magnolia Passenger Route. POHT MOYAI, BAII.KOAI). Auopsta Oa. April 37th 1?TO TIIE FOLLOWING PASSENGER SCHEDULE" will be operated on and after Maf 1st; GOING SOUTH?TRAIN No. 1. Loave Anensta m.8U a. m. j Arrive atYomnssce 12.10p.ro. J Leave Yemassec 12.35 p. m. Arrive ot Bcaafort 2.10 p. n>. ? Arrive at Port Royal , 2.80 p. m. Arrivo at Savannah 8.20 p. m. Arrive nt Charleston.' 4 20 p. ro. Arrive at .Jacksonville 8.3i>. a. in. GOING NORTH?TRAIN No. 2. Leave Jacksonville 2.10. p rn. Leave Charleston 8.80a. in. Leave Savannah 0.20 a.m. * LeavoFort Itoval 10.15 a. ni. Leave Beanfort 10.20 a. in. Arrive at Yemassec 12C0a.m. A Leave Yemassec 1280 p. ni. - Arrive at Angusta 5.00 p. nr. Tteaufort Accommodation. ^ Leaves Port Royal ut ....8 a. m. and 5.80 p. in. Leaves Beanfort at 8.80 a. ni. and 6 p.m. tafTlie only lluo mnklng close connection with thp Atlantic and Onlf Railroad nt Savannah, and from and to Jacksonville and all points in Florida, avoiding the long, tedious and wellknown Omnibus transfer through that city. The only line running Through Day Coaches wlth-out change between Augusta and Savannah. t^yConnectloifa made at Augusta with the South Carolina Railroad for Aiken, S. C? Charlotte, Columbia aiidlAngusta Rnllrcad for nil points North and Mat; and with tho floor la Railroad for all po&U Southwest, West antl Northwest. I J37"Pns8ongers d (wiring Sleeping Car ictommo- 4 'lations can be sut>nii~??? -?* ' - -rr order* to tho f Rati ItMA. agpi>ta u t Port l^ul m Beaufort. Bacgnge ChuckoA Through. R. O. Fi.e*I*O, T. 8. Davant. Superintendent Gear w V Pax( en gor Agc n t. YERDIER WALKER&BAC0T. 'ROCTOlM iSf ADMIRALTY AND ATTOlt* \ AT LAW, TlKAUtORT, 8. C. A tALKEK Si BaCOT. ' | W. 3. VBBDrBtl. Charluotou. | DJUuf< ' ofcr to tho British Consulates In tho South. wrlall? < > tl?c BrttMi CdiTlM'. .it t Lav'' "" no\tr, si.