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'ihc Election.
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The cVeti'*n is over and Mr. J. W.
Collins the nominee of the Republicans is
e!c;:toihya large majority. A meeting
of a few of the members of that party was
Iw.M it the Arsenal last Friday evening,
when the;v was a wild cry for sonic one
who had both respectability aud money,
and win. was not too much ofn democrat,
to act as ;he standard bearer of the party
in tiic approiel.in,' election. Mr. Whippor
had declined the nomination and it
was decide 1 that none of the old party
hacks would answer, when suddenly some
one jumped up ami nominated Mr. Colli
s, and he was unanimously chosen.
Election day passed off very quietly but
the Democracy refused to come out and
vote, fi ?r what reason is not known. At
Nixville they |?o;led 49 votes this week
against 112 for Hampton last year. At
(irahsnivTe the loss was over half; at
JlarJcevillo two-thirds, and at Gillisonvillc
over one-half. This is a fair sam
pie of the vote a'l over the county, the
only place showing a gain being in
hoanfort, where Mr. Elliott received 230
votes or just twice that cast for Hamp
ton. The very short time allowed for
the canvas prevented the clubs from or
ganizing tor the strife and the result
was an ea?y victory for the Republicans
who cast ovtx half of their usual vote.
Mr. Collin > is a Northern gentleman
who has resided here ever since the
w.ir, atiJ has always been considered as
too libera! for the party which in its
emergency now elects him to the office
formerly held by Wright, Smalls and
Orecn. lie is not at present engaged
in an; business, but derives his income
from judici >us investments, and he will
prove to be a great improvement on his
late predecessors in the Senate. His
knowledge of the'woi kings of politics in
Columbia is not very limited, and he
will go there with his eyes pretty well
opened an 1 in politics may be put down
as an independent of the Cochran
stripe.
The General Sessions.
The extra term of court ordered for this
Circuit in place of the regular October
term which was not held then was the
first of that series of rotation of the judges
required by tlie new afct. Judge J. P.
. i c. . j
rvcea s?i ncre iur me urea uiuc nuu ?uc
sessions commenced on fWedncsday with
his Honor presiding. Never have we
seen so sliiu an attendance upon court
during the serious which used to be so
"attractive to the colored people who appeared
to take'peculiar interest in listening
to the criminal charges and defences.
Col. Gautt, the new Solicitor was in his
place and f eeuied to have his business
carefully prepared nnd.togcthcr with the
courtesy and urbanity of the Judge man-1
a ?ed to dispose of all the cases with a
degree of ahicrity and decision somewhat
surprising when it is considered that the
Solicitor is a new.hand in the routine of
an office requiring experience to perfect
the details of its machinery. Judge Reed
lias produced a most agrqable impression
and although his sentences were compari
i* i . ? i a.i. v:_
wiveiy ugni *c nave no uouoi mat ms
l-cas >ns for inflicting them thus have Seen
well considered and will be as effective as
if they were heavier. The majority o*
the case.* vctc comparatively trivial, the
only two requiring defences at any length
were those of T. T. Gill and Ben Johnson,
indicted for murder, iQ both of"
which Mr. YV. F. Tillinghast was assigned
to the defence by the court, and in both
of which that geutleuian delivered eloquent
and powerful speeches. Indeed
we are constrained to confess that these
v two ot Mr. Tillinghast were the most admirable
off hand speeches to juries that
we have ever listened to upon similar occasions.
So the juries must have thought,
lor Gill was acquitted and Johnson was
found guilty of manslaughter, with a recommendation
to the mercy of the court*
Following is a list of the cases disposed
of and the sentences:
W. F. Jackson, indicted for murder,
convicted ot manslaughter and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
Ben Johnson, convicted pf manslaught
1 i .1
tor, and sentenced to two years id tne
penitentiary.
T. T. (Jill, iried for murder and
acquitted.
Allen We ley convicted of assault and
battery, one month in jail.
Geo. Kelionizer, convicted of assault
and battery sentenced to one month in
jail.
Win. S. Samuels, tried for violating
quarantine act, acquitted.
The lolloping prisoners plead guilty to
assault and battery and were sentenced
to the county jaii for the following terms:
Quash Williams, to Feb. 1st; Cuffee
Pope till Jan. l>t.; Peter Meluse aod
M.uvarvtt Pope each 24 hours; Scipio
Middleton, till Jan. 1st; Isaac Bradley
2 iuod lis. 1
July IP van plead euilty to grand larcem*
an I was sentenced to the penitentiary
for one year. Five prisoners confined in
j ?il wore discharged on their own recognizances
there being no witnesses against
them.
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The court of Common Pleas convened
its session on Monday morning. There
we e comparatively few cases on the dock
et. Among the visiting attorneys we no
ticed the Traeys of Walterboro, Col. Ir
win of Allendale, and Hon. Henry Buist
of Charleston.
Dccidellv the most important and in
foresting c-a c Ik*fore the Court this term 1
i.. that of Webb v-. the Gratiitcville Man
uficturing Company, im'oivm.sr tne uaimi
ty of the Company lor the tran.-fei of its
stock in au alleged irregular manuer.
Hon" Curios Tra^yof Walterboro, repre
sented the plaintiffs, and Hon. Henry
Buist of Buist & Buist, appeared for the
Orauitevillc Manufacturing Company, of
which they are solicitors. The principles
iuvolved are important to the banking
and uionied corj>oratioiis of the State,
and is fraught with interest to the com
uiercial world.
Patterson had an interview with the
President last Friday and told him that
the policy of his administration toward
the South, since the 4th of last March,
had destroyed the republican party there.
When asked what his reasons were for ex
pressing such au opinion, Mr. Patterson
referred to the Legislature of South Caro
liua, which formerly had a good working
majority of Republicans, but now has
only one Republican member left in it,
and even that one aboufto resign. Mr.
Patterson also said that since Wade Harap
ton had been placed in office by the Pres
ident, not a Republican meeting had been
held in the State of South Carolina, and
further than that, he challenged the Pres
ident to name a single instance in which
a Republican meeting had taken place
anywhere in the South since this admin
istration came in. "If you will point
to a single meeting," said he, "I will re
sign my seat in the Senate."
Mr. Patterson also directed hie atten
tion to the fact that the negroes are very
fond of public meetings, and of taking
part in elections, but that now through
out the whole South, no negro can be in
duced to go to either, fearing that he
would forfeit his life if he should do so.
Mr. Patterson accused the President of
entrusting the management;of the Repub
lican party in the South to the Demo
crats. He begged that the admiuistra
tion would give the Republicans in South
Carolina a chance. He did not want sol
diere, he said; the party can get along
without an army; but he win ted recogni
tion for the Republicans, white and black.
HORRORS OF WAR.
The London papers are filled with
accounts of the horrible conditionjof the
Turkish hospitals at the scene of war and
of the atrocities committed by the Turks
upon prisoners of war and upon the inhabitants
of the provinces.^ ?One correspondent
who had visited Plevna, writes
that on arriving inside Plevna, the medical
officers sent outby English sympathizers
to relieve the distress of the sick and
wounded were at first coldly received by
Osman Pasha,'and ultimately sent back
whence they came. The correspondent
visited the Turkish]hospitals, and gives a
horrible account of the condition of the
4,500 wounded^soldiers they contained.
He says;?"Enter the building and you
are tempted to recoil at its sickening odor
?a stench begotten of festering and
neglected wounds, and of every imaginable
kind of filth which can gather where
helpless men lie unhelped for weeks
together. Face this indescribable odor,
and go in. The floor of the entrance
hall, the stairs, the corridors, the chambers,
are all littered with men who suffer
from every ^variety of agony the human
frame can endure." After describing
numerous cases, as examples of the
universal suffering, he adds "You ask
yourself, is the place an hospital or a
charnel-house into which men have been
thrown before their time ? They lie here
?fever, fracture, small-pox, gangrene,
dysentery?there is literally no name for
itthere are no words to speak it in.
Filth of which I cannot tell you for decency's
sake, wounds which would make
you sick if you saw them painted?everything
helpless, hopeless, abandoned."
The correspondent adds that there are no
medical stores or comforts of any kind,
and Osman Pasha seems utterly indifferent
to the condition of his wounded and
dying soldiers so long as he can hold out
against the enemy.
Presentment of the Grand Jury.
SOUTH CAROLINA, } In General SesBeaufor.
County, j sions.
To His Honor Judge J. P. Reed, presiding:
The Grand Jury of Beaufort County
respectfully present.
That at the June term of this court,
they had the honor to recommend the
appointment of some suitable person by
this court to assist them in a further examination
of the records and affairs of
the various county offices.
On that recommendation Mr. H. G.
J udd, a member of this bar was appointed
by the circuit judge to co-operate with
a committee of the Grand Jury charged
with this duty. The report with the
grounds for its statements, has been received
and considered carefully by the
Grand Jury, which respectfully represents:
That while many irregularities and
technical violations of law, seem to have
occurred, particularly in the office of the
County Commissioners, some of which
call for grave censure on the part of the
Gnmd Jury, many, if not all, have sprung
from failure personally to superintend the
office business, and in hasty judgment in
cases presented for consideration, rather
than from any intent to disregard any
possitivff enactments or neglect of obvious
duty; indeed the fact that no personal
appropriation of public funds, and no apparent
intention on the part of the Com- <
missioners to defraud the public or wrong
the county by misuse of its revenue has
been. discovered: while it relieves this
Inquest from the embarrassment incident
to the presentation for indictment of this
Board, for wilful violation of law?at the
same time leaves it free to say and present:
That the offico ha3not been conducted
in a business like manner, or in a
way to reflect credit upon the officers concerned,
and we do further present that
an immediate change in the methods of'
i
I h'' om V 1- Piiil.tpttllSl'M! I (MUiUK II i,
Fiisi.?That the office i?o thoroughly
j reorganized under a system of filiug, euj
tcring and numbering all accounte pre|
sentcd as claims in each fiscal year in
strict compliance with the statutes, and
that in future all bills required bv ' law to
be examined by the presiding Judge be
submitted to his inspection.
Second.?That all payments of aocounts
ordered, identify the claim with t he order
or check which pays it, aud that uo check
be delivered, until the account be canceled
or such portion of it as may be paid
by it.
Third.?That the pay rolls of the court
be rot only filed but transcribed into permanent
record books, so prepared, that
the sums paid, and the amounts due
thereon shall be clearly exhibited.
Fourth.?That all claims allowed unless
specially preferred by law, or the subject
of contract, or by express direction of the
court, be treated as equally valid, and
the funds applicable to their payment be
distributed ratably.
Fifth.?That the commissioners be reSiuired
to make copies of their accounts,
or personal services, to be filed and entered
as all other accounts are, and become
vouchers of public expenditures,
and further, that the County Commissioners
be allowed and directed, to endorse,
cancel and dispose of accounts now
in their office, which have not been hitht)
marked in accordance with law.
The Graud Jury entertain doubts as to
the power of the Commissioners to retain
counsel out of the public funds, for the
purpose of pro ecuting any officer charged
with the violation ol law, as has been
done in one instance, the payment being
$90, and present the matter for the cons'deratiou
of the court.
. In regard to the County debt the presentment
says: It will be observed that
while the same total of bills filed as
claims against the countv for 1874,
amounted to about 23,000 dollars, those
of 1875 were only 20,000 or less by 3000
dollars, and also that the claims of 1876,
are still less' by the sum of3000 dollars?
which is a favorable showing inasmuch
as the expenses of the County are steadi
ly being contracted. If the taxes due
from the Charleston and Savannah and
Port Royal Railroads, had been duly paid
the last year, 1876, the deficit woulu be
nearly nominal for that year. This contraction
of expenditure should be credited
to the commissioners (county), in so
far as their efforts have tended in that
direction.
As the delinquent taxes due from the
'two Railroads mentioned if paid would
more than half pay and extinguish the
floating debt of the County it is earnestly
wwtTnmnnrfprl thnr some notion ho taken
I WVViUUlvuvi w ? -w ? ?
(if any is practicable) to enforce such pay
mcnt from the Cotnpauies. It is furtner
recouiended that an address or memorial
be made to the legislature to fund the
debt of the County in some%ianner, that
shall insure its payumnt in the not distant
future, and relieve the taxpayers of
immediate pressure by distributing the
burden of payment over a series of years.
While speaking directly concerning the
finances of the county, this appears to be
the proper place to revert to the Troasurer
s office,
The tax levy of 3 mills for county purposes
in 1874, produced about $10,000,
that of 1875 about $10,500 aDd that of
1876 will vary little from the same
amount. These figures show but a
small variation in the sum which it is
possible to collect from year to year, per
mill being about $3,300, per mill in 1S74
and $34.00 in 1875 or from 1000 to 1.2W0
dollars short of a full collection. It demonstrates
beyond n question the faet that
unless the expenditures of the County,
can be still further reduced, we can never
free ourselves from a continually increasing
deficiency debt, unless a higher rate
of taxation be allowed and submitted to,
or at least (dl oi the taxes be collected.
Further than the general statement al
ready made ofthe amount of collections <fc
no additional report concerning this offic
can be submitted because the books have
but just been closed and the sales for
delinquent taxes are pending rendering
it impossible to make an intelligent examination
until opportunity has been
afforded tor writing up and settling ftp
accounts. Tbc business of the office
appears to be properly conducted.
The Grand J ury further present: that
the records and papers in the office of the
County Auditor are in such a condition as
to render it practicably impossible tor the
Auditor to make proper and complete returns
of the property of the County liable
to taxation. The late Auditor has never
formally turned over the office or its records
to the present incumbent, although
repeatedly asked to do so. Records of
delinquent sales which he has in his possession
have never been delivered, or returned
to the office, and it is impossible
for the incumbent without such record to
ascertain what has been, and v hat has
not been sold. A very large numberthousands,
of the names of property holders
where returns had been duly made
and entered have been dropped from the
duplicate tax rolls, and as a consequence,
a vast ntuiber of those who have recently
paid their taxes paid them upon additional
returns, and might have entirely escaped
paying had they known their names
were wanting, or had they been disposed
to avoid payment.
A number of receipts For money, made
by the late Auditor, and delivered to different
persons "tor redemption of land,"
have Deen presented by the holders.
None of the funds so received have come
to the possession of the Treasurer, and we
have been credibly informed that many
more of such receipts made by the late
Auditor are outstanding, with no memorandum
or record of them in the office.
We present, that a new valuation and
return of the property of Beaufort County
is of the greatest importance if not in-,
dispensibly necessary, before complete or
in anywise accurate tax duplicates can be
made up in this office. And we turthcr
Eresent that the late Auditor, L. S
angley, has been clearly direliet in the
performance of his official duty, if not
crimiually responsible for misuse of public
funds.
The Clerk's. Sheriff's and Coroners's
offices need only be mentioned with commendation,
the public records being kept
in each of them properly and securely,
and the offices being administered in a
manner which is creditable to the incumbers.
One item of improvement only is
suggested for the Clerk's office?desk or
table room is needed for spreading the
large record books upon for examinations
that often become necessary. And in reference
to the Coroner's office?as it not
infrequently happens that the Coroner
becomes ex officio Sheriff for the time being.
and thus the chief executive officer
of the county, somewhat better facilities I
for the better discharge of his duties
i might seem to be due to him in that regard,
than the possession of a bare room
used for a general store room for the litter
of Auditor's and School Commissioner's
offices. If no better room can bo
given him, this might at least be respectably
furnished and made more fit to subserve
the public interests.
The Grand Jury find that the Probate I
office is in good condition, excepting that j
many of its records are incomplete, the!
present Judge complaining that he has '
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?.n ii unstJo to procure huiii ii * .icai"
c - o papers suppose i to filed in tn.-t
o.hce, while in some iusfances the ?riginal
papers have not been copied into the )
record books, and thus all aeeiu to be lost j
: which reudcrs a settlement with adminis-;
j trators and executors almost impossible. !
We present that the late Judge of Pro
bate should be required to restore to the !
office all such papers, memoranda and ac
counts as may remain in his hands apper
taining to the office, without delay.
The records of the School Commissioner's
office and the methods pursued by
that official have received the attention of
the grand jury. It is to be hoped that the
Trustees, teachers and pareuts arc more
interested in the important subject of
education fhan the officer specially
charged with all matters pertaiuing to
schools in the county, appears to be,
otherwise little could be hoped for in the
way of good resulting from the expenditure
of much money and effort on the
part of the earnest friends of a generous
system of education for all the people.
The book furnished by the State, and
endorsed ''Records of Teachers certificates
granted by board of School examiners,"
received its last entry Jan. 8,1877, in the
hand ?f the former Commissioner so that
we are left to.suppose that no legal and
proper certificates have beeu issued
during the present year. There is also a
ledger in which is kept the account of
pay certificates certified and allowed,
which it would seen must be kept
accurately, in order to equalize pay
appropriations when they come to hand
?This also has not an entry of any kind
during the current year. The present
incimoent lias confined his entries of
expenditures to a species of blotter, whLh
does not however, contain any account of
moneys received or ordered to be paid
out, or account of debit and credit with in
dividual teachers, but seems to be rather
a memorandum of current transactions in
tended to be transcribed into more perma
nent and complete record elsewhere. Had
such record beeu found, the apparently
informal wav of keeping data would not
have needed mention.
The Commissioner seems not to have
visited many of the schools, or to have
addressed teachers or people upon the in
terests and importance of schools and edu
cation; and the Grand Jury are impelled
to say that as at present administered, the
office fails to maintain that position of in
flucnce which those who established the
school system fondly anticipated would
follow, and grow into'still greater impor
tance.
The committee charged with visiting
the Poor House and jail begs leave to
report that they have examined the
Poor House and found the inmates
composed of 18 males and 20 females as
reported by roll and book. The inmates
express themselves as being satisfied with
the food they receive as being good an.,
wholesome. There was no complaint of
ill treatment, they being all questioned
The store room was examined by the
committee and found to contain good
sound provisions, such as salt pork, fresh
beef, and good grist. Fresh beef is
allowed three times a week. The com
mitteeoreof the opiuion that there is
quite a change for the better in the
management since the first vicit of the
Grand iury in February last.
We rroo.umcnd that a pair of steps be
built at the cast end of the bui ding, and
that the platform on the west be repaired,
und al. o that the building be eeiled on
tho inside so that there would be more
comfort for the unfortunate inmate* a?
thu building is quite exposed 'to all kin Js
of winds iu winter. In its present c >n:
dition the inmates suffer from the want
of fncl. none being furnished.
The jail was found to be neat and clean
Prisoners confined?thirty two?two of
whom wili be discharged this morning.
The prisoners were unanimous in express
ing their ?ntisf action as to the quality and
quant ty of food and treatment. The
storeroom was examined and found to
contain provisions of a wholesome quail
ty, fresh bCef being supplied twice a
week. The repair* recommended by the
la*t session of this jury nre again repeat
ed.
The room on the north cast corner of
the jail is still unsafe, and the windqw
has two bars broken?fence on north and
east side is still unsafe and should be im
mediately repaired. The yard and out
building presented a cleanly appearance,
and the general management is creditable.
Tltft fin i) finn 1&2 flifit til#*
Court House be thoroughly cleansed, and
hat the prisoners now in jail he utilized
for that purpose. All of which is respect
fully submitted.
W. C. Bellows, Foreman.
Governor Hampton has appointed Dr.
T. G. White, of Beaufort, aide-de camp
on his staff with the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. Before the war Dr. White was
an extensive planter of sea' island cotton.
His lauds were confiscated under the
direct tax laws. At the sieje of Port
Royal he was a lieutenant of cavalry, and
successfully conducted the retreat of the
garrison on Bay Point Island, who, in
all probability, would have been captured
but for his energy in providing transpor:
tation. Dr. White was afterwards a
lieutenant of artillery, in which capacity
and on special service, his "knowledge of
the country enabled him to render valu:
able service. The high and honorable
rank conferred on Col. White by Governor
Hampton is especially gratifying,
as he has always beon connected, in some
capacity, with the public press, aud for
some years has been the correspondent of
The News and Courier at Beaufort His
letters from Beaufort are fresh in the
recollection of Uio hosts of readers oi
this nanor. to whom thev are always
t ! , ? w
welcome.?News and Courier.
A prominent young lawyer of Aiken
gives it as his opinion that in less than
three months, Smalls, Cass Carpenter
and Cardozo will have received Executive
clemency at the handtf'of Gov. Hampton.
+
Patterson says he wants "recognition,"
seemingly in ignorance of the fact that
the Sheriff of Ilichland is anxious to
accommodate him.
*
The President has tendered the District
Attorneyship to Corbin, and the latter is ,
considering whether he will accept or not. !
9
The extraordinary mortality among
the negroes of the United States is
beginning to arouse attentiou at the
North. It seems that in all the large
cities where the negroes have congregated
since the war the average of deaths
among the blacks is at least double and
sometimes as much as five times as great
as among the whites. The causes of this :
excessive mortality are well understood ;
and, though the matter is not political in j
itself, the negroes have certainly been
IHtllighi lO .t.ilaldi L??I!U. . .*?U ?.V J Oil
tic*. It" I Itcy ha J been permitted to re
main iu the agricultural districts, instead
of being encouraged in every way to herd
in the cities tbis terrible death ratc'would
never haro occurred.
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examined, and advice free. A special notice is i
made in the Scientific American of all Inventions
Patented through this Agency, with the
name and residence of the Patentee. Public attcD.
tion is thus directed to the merits of the new
pttent, and sales or introduction often effected.
Any person who has made a new discovery or
Invention can ascertain, free of charge, whether a
patent can*>robabIy be obtained, by writing to the
undersigned. Address tot the paper, or concerning
patents.
MUNN <fc Co., 37 Park Row New York
I'ranch office, ( or. F. A 7th Washington. P.^
i circulates tlirougnout tne uniiea oiairs, me
j Canadas, and beyond. Ninety thousand families
greet its welcome pages weekly, and regard it in
the light of guide, counsellor, and friend. Its news
editorial, agricultural, and literary departments
; make it essentially a journal for the family and
fireside. Terms: One Dollar a year, post paid.
This price, quality considered, makes it the cheapost
newspaper published. For clubs of ten, with
$10 cash, we will send an extra copy free. Address
PUBLISHER OF THE SUN, New York City.
FOR SALE.
A number of tine milch cows, some beef cattle
and yearlings and one tine horse.
Apply to
E. DR GOLVP.R,
St. Helena Island..
Not. 1st.
?ffirial JtotiKS.
NOTICE.
All authority heretofore given to any one to
purchase cattle on my account is hereby revoked
and I will not be responsible for transactions o
any one claiming to represent me in such tratsactions.
J. H. TONKING.
B-aiiiort, S. C., Sept. 10th 1877
OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR )
BKACFORT Cot NTT j
Beaufort S. C. October 2nd. 1877.
All persons who have bad conveyances of rea
estate placed on record in the (.teres i/mce mcc
June 9th are hereby notified that the law require*
a recoid of tbe same to be made in this office as
heretofore.
B. B.SAMS.
County Auditor.
TORRENT & DIKE
I
General
STEVEDORES
POUT ROYAL, S. C.
Vessels discharged and loaded with dia?natch.
|
M. POLLITZER,
COTTON FACTOli
AND
Commission Merchant
R K t (' F o ?? T s . r
NOTICE.
y y - -xy ^ ' ' 1 ,
LOW RATES. 11
CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT, COOSAIIATCIIIE
AND WAT LANDINGS.
The Str. Howard Drake
CA1TAIN TOWNSEND,
Will run regularly, leaving Charleston every
I
Thursday, stopping at Beaufort Friday*.
Returning will leave Bkaufoht Mondadk
Freight carried at lower rates than by the other
routes.
F. W. schepkr,
Agent, Beaufort,
CARL BERLIN,
Agent, Charleston.
NEW YORK & PORT ROYAL"
STEAMSHIP LINE
,4k J
proposals will be received at this office from parties
holding cheeks or audited claims allowed during
the above years, and which have been registered a.*
required by the Act levying this tax until
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1S7S.
at 12o'clock, M., at which titno said bids will b>opened
and the Board of County Commissioners
will draw orders oil the Treasurer to the amount ol
Jg.VttJS in favor of the person or person* who siiai!
hare offered the largest per centum discount on
{heir checks or audited claims.
l'iu|Kisih mutt i?? adlrcssxl to !iib;rt J. Martin,
Chairman of the-Board and endorsed "Proposals
or settlement of past indebtedness of Bcnnfurt
County,
It. J. MARTIN',
V. S. FCOTT,
R. V. GREAVES.
County Commissioners.
Tiros. II. \\*hkki.i:r,
Clerk of Board.
A. B. ADDISON.
Judge of Probate.
FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.
Will be in Beaufort on the first Monday in every
mouth and remain until all business ir allemltu i
In the interim be will lie in Bnmson. where ' e
will lie prepared to attend to the duties of bis o"?.ce
and anv other business that may be pla ed in.
liis hands.
OFFICE STATE INSPECTOR OF 1'IIOSw
P1JATHS.
Charleston, August X, 1877.
The following is published for the benefit o;
whom it may concern :
An Act to Prohibit the Digging, Mining or Removing
of Phospite Rocks and Pliosphatic Deposits
without license, and the purchase of the same from
Unauthorized Persons.
Suction 1. Be it enacted l>y tne rtcnate nna
House of Representatives of Hie State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting iu General Assembly,
ind by tlu> authority of the same, That every
person or corporation who shall diamine, or remove
any phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit
from the bvOs of the navigable *tr< ams and waters
of the State without license therefor previously
granted by the State to such person or corporation,
shall be liable to a penalty of teu (10) dollars for
each and every ton of phosphate rocks or phospbatic
deposits so dug, mined or removed, to be
recovered by action at the suit of the State iu
any Court of competent juiisdiction; one-half of
said penalty to be to the use of the State, and the
other half to the use of the informer.
Sec. 2. That it shall not be lawful for any
person or corporation .to purchase or receive any
phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit dug. mined or
removed from the navigable streams or waters of
the State from any person or corpora'i i uot duly
J authorized by Act of the General Assembly of
this State to dig, mine or remove such phosphate
rock and phospnatic deposit.
Sec. 8. Any person or corporation violating the
proceeding Section of this Act shall forfeit to the
State the sum of ten dollars (?10) for each and every
ton of phosphate rock or phospbatic deposit so
purchased or received, to be recovered by action in
any Court of competent jurisdiction; one-half of
said forfeiture to be to the use of the State, the
other half to the use of the informer.
Approved June 9, 1877.
Informers must have evidence to couvict if they
expect to receive the reward of ?5 per ton mentioned
in she Act, but they may rely upon a
vigorous and prompt prosecution if they have such
evidence, and an immediate and full payment of
the reward if the parties informed upon are convicted.
(Sigued) THOMAS TAYLOR.
State Inspector of Phosphates
"patronize the
TEMPERANCE GROCERY
{ OF JJ.
G. RICHMOND
(benevolent building,)
0
Where will be found at all times a choice
and well selected stock of
TEAS,
COFFEES,
SUGARS,
SPICES,
BUTTER,
LARD,
CHEESE,
.. . MEATS, !
Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Vestal and i j
Kerosene Oils, &c., <!fcc., also a full variety
ofTIN and CROCKERY WARES,
and other goods usually keDtin a first-class
store. Also on hand, and constantly ar
riving the best brands of^
Segars and Tobaccos,
all of which will be sold at prices as low
as at any store in Beaufort. Call and ex
amine for yourself. No trouble to show
goods. All goods purchased at this store
will be delivered to any part of the towu
free of ohargc.
'JHIE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS
CITY OFDALLAS,
CAPT. HIKES,
CITY OF AUSTIN,
CAPT. CHESTER.
Aro intended to leave Port Royal for New York,
alternately,every FRIDAY at ,12 m.
For freight and passage?having unsurpassed accommodations,
apply to
RICH'D. P. BUNDLE,
Agent, Port Royal, 8. C.
= PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,)
Beaufort County. J
By A. B. Addison Esq. Probate Judge.
Whereas It. G. Holmes has made suit to me to
grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate
and effects of Tamar Brunson.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and Creditors of the said
Tamar Brunson, deceased, that they be and appear
before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at
aih tltn 10# 1i /?f Va? nftur r>ul\1SootiAn
hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said Administration
should not he granted.
Given under my hand, this third day of November
A. D. 1877.
A. B. Addison*,
Prohatc Judge
To Holders of County Checks
or Audited Claims.
For the Ycarg 1873-74 and 1874-7"?.
OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
B aufort, S. C., Dec. 5th, 1877.
In accordance with the provisions of a joint resolution
entitled "A joint resolution authorizing the
j County Commissioners of Beaufort County to levy
i utk.wtil " tinttrnv ,vl Vjr.li 91th 1 STf, st-all*d I
V_>l'0I1 i ti 'J UUlt ^ 4 V? v *>4Ul<
GEO. WATERHOUSE. 4
BAT ST. DEALER IN
rFAS, COFEEE8, SUGARS,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, #
LARD, HAMS, BACON, BEEF, I*ORK,
FLOUR, HOMINY,SALTS, RICE, ARENA,
Cli RUSH ED WHEAT, AND FARINA,
CANDIES, STANDARD KEROSENE OIL,
PURE CIDER VINEGAR,
PICKLES, IN PINTS QTS A HALF GLL. JARS. '
LYE, SAL-SODA. CREAM TARTER;
NATIONAL YEAST CAKES,
STARCH' MUSTARD, PIPES,
CIGARS A TOBACCO, BY THE CASE,
WHOLE A GROUND^PICES W ARNT'D PURE.
DRIED A GREEN APPLE* POTATOES,
A ICCADTHL'VT AD
uvui/ Aocvn i x \jr
CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE,
LAMPS BRACKETS PHANDAUERS,
AT WHOLESALE, *
CHOICE WESTERN N.Y. BUTTER IN TUBS
MACKEREL IN KITTS.
J. F. HUCHTINGr"
Wholesale and Retail Grocer,
" COUNTRY MERCHANTS
<
Will find at mv stOTe at all times a large
and complete stock of
Meals of all kinds. ^
The only place in Beaufort where is kept
Charleston Grist,
An article superior to be found in Beaufort.
A full stock of
STAPLE GROCERIES,
/ CROCKERY,
WILLOW and
TIN WARE.
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, Ac.
jas.etboyce7_
- \ *
Wholesale and Retail Grocery
?Dealer in?
ALES, WINES,
LIQUORS, TOBACCOS,
SUGARS, HARDWARE,
FISH LINES, Ac;
A pure article of >
TTrTJU1/1rP it/?ZTfct/*T?V
tr 11 JLjia 1 yy nioil?j jl >
Double Sweet
MASII CORN WHISKEY,
Jno. Gibsons. Sons & Go's.
Cabinet, and Nectar Whiskeys, ^
JUST RECEIVED
300 Lbs. TENNESSEE BOLOGNA
SAUSAGE.
2 Casks of Celebrated Boston Ginecf
ALE.
1 Cask of Tivoli LAGEli,
Cheap Meat,
i specialty. Country Merchants will finit
it to their ;ul\nutate to give ine a trial.
A Nv.W W1LSOS
Shuttle Sewing Kachine,
4
Sen'to any freight offico in Beaufort County for
Tl.'Ull Y 1K)LL.IB8:
W. It. Latvto* Jf. Agent
Lavrtonville S. C. J
I> the-iiinKt";'enial bat-am ever nxed by
aiuTercrs from rwlmonniT diseases. t,
It Is composed of herbal jr.Mlucts, which
have a rpeeitio oiTeei oil tho throat and.
lung'; detaches from th<- a!r cells all irritating
Matter; canoes It to be exjieetoratcd,
and atono checks the inflrtmiuationt
which produces tho couvli. A tingle dose
relieves the most distressing paroxysm*
soothes ti'-wousners, and enables the sufferer
to oi'jojrnulet rest at night. Being *
pleasant cordnli it tones the weak stomach,
and In cpceiall7 recommended for
children.
What others say about
Tiett'sExpectorant.
ww is < 1 ml- " a if
riaa Asmma 1 niny i ears,
Bai.timorb, Ftbrpatv 3,1875. ,
"I have had Astlnna thirty years, and *c\cr found
medicine that Lail such a napnv effect."
W. F. HOQAN, Charles 8t
A Child's Idea of Merit.. <
Nt..v Orleans, November \ 1,
"Tutt's Expectorant is a familiar namtein my house/
My wile thiirks it the best medicine in the vrorid,
and the children : %* it is 'nicer than molassea
candy.' " NOAH vVGODWARD, 101 N. Poydras 9t
"Six, and all Croupy." .
"I am the mother nf six Children ; all of them have
been croupy. Without Tutt's Expectorant, 1 don't*
think they could have survived some of the attacks.'
It is a mother's Messing."
MARY 8TEVEN3, Franhfcri, Ky.'
A Doctor's Advice.
" In my practice, I advise all fainilies to keep Tutt'a
Expectorant, in sudden emergencies, for coughs,
croup, diphtheria, etc."
T. P. ELU8, M.D., Newark, N. J. v
Sold by nil druggists. Price $1.00. Ofilea
35 Murray Street, New York.
"THE TREE iS KNOW* BY ITS FRUIT."
44 Tutt's Pills are worth their weiaphtin gold."
REV. I. R. SIMPSON', Louisville, Ky.
"Tutt's Piils nre r ^peciaT"blcss!rifif of the nine-'
teenth century.1'?REVJI^R.OSGOOD, New York.1
"I have used Tutt'STfflT'for torpor of the liver.*
They are su{>crior to any medicine for biliary die- I
orders ever made.'1 J
I. P. CARR, Attorney at Lew, Augusta, Qa. ^
" I have used Tutt'sTHTsfcve years in my family.,
They arc unequaled forcostivenessand biliousness.)
F. R. WIUJQJ1 Georgetown, Texas.
'I have used Tutt's TTccfianc with great benefit.**
W. W. MANN, Editor Mobile Refister.
"We sell fiftv boxcTTTutTs Pills to five of all
others."?SAYRE & CO.^ Csrtersville, Qa.
"Tutt's Pills have only to be tried to establish
their merits. Thev worlt like magic."
W. H. BARRON, 99 Summer 81, Boston.
" There is no medicine so well adapted to the cure
of bilious disorders as Tutt's Pills."
JOS. BRUMMEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND AtTHOUSAND MORE. N
Sold by drttgafttsi 98 cents a bom. Officer
'35 Murray Street, New York.
BTUTTS HAIR DYE |
2 IITBORSBD. | .
I HIGH TESTIMONY. |
13 FROM THF. PACIFIC JOURNAL. r\
York.
i3 which re-tores youthful beauty to tlie hair.
ij That eminent chemist" has succeeded la Q ?
producing a Iialr l)re which Imitates fn
H nature to perfection. Old bachelors may f|
1 Price $1.00. Office 83 Murray St., i
n New York. Sold by all druggists. | I