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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-21
GROANSOFTHE TAXPAYERS
UrTERANcES OF TIE PRESS AND
THE PEOPLE.
The Taxpayers Convention. :
BARNwELL C. H., April e. [

The yerS' COnvSutAoh'
BARNwELL C. a., April e.
TO THE EDITOR OF The NEWS.
The Charleston Board Of Trade and Chamber.
of Commerce have called tor this conventions
The fact that theyhave made the call furnished
the argument TOR its necessity.
They constitute tn" VIC largest and most au-
thorItative bodies which represent the capital
and education Of the State. They are eompos-
ed of wise men, OF Thoughtful, prudent men,
and what they, after solemn DELHI Grafton, in
yite their fellow-citizens to join them In doing
for the good of the whole State, deserves the
highest respect, and viii receive at the hands
Of the people the most cordial cooperation.
The taxes provided by law to be called this
wear will not be paid, If for no other reason
because the people have not the money to pay
them with. Then our homes must go That
won't do
cus$is, How shall we escape the tax and Keep
our homes s.
provided all the counties send loll deiegatl9ns
of their best men to the convention: Let
them meet without passion, and denoeraLe
iully and couraeeously, as all true men Will
do, and as all true South Carolinlans have
always lone before, and their work Will bring
relief to this down-trodden, but, thank God.
now uprising people whom they will repre-
sent.
There is time enough lbut none to spare)
for q full consideration Of this matter, the i'm
portance !bt which can only be estimated by
the value oil our homes, and the love we pear
our wives and little ones, WHIT will be the
chief sufferers when those homes are taken
from us.
Let public meetings be held in each district,
so that the delegates appointed to that con-
vention may go clad with the authority of the
have reached a conclusion, It will not be some
pitiful petition for relief, but a stern, untalter-
ing demand for the rights which God gave US,
and tor which our fathers died before us.
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A ken PREMIUM LAND sALEl
REVISION OF. PLAN

CONTINUATION o. TIE SALE OF SHARES,
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EURCHGoTT, BENEDICT & co.
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE


FURCHGoTT, BENEDICT & co.
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE
TO THEIR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC
raai; ost1s t5tn
SPECIAL FACILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
or their. Resident Partner in new York,
They are enabled to purchase their supplies Of
FINE AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Both Foreign and Domestic, In all cases from
hrst hands,
AT TIE LOWEST CASH FIGURE;
And thus to onerci .ti
EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS TO GUS
TONER'S;
Their prices win be found from
TWENTY TO FIFTY PER GENT. LOWER
Than those Of any other Dry, Goods House
in the South.
Tney invite an inspection Of their Stock, which .isi
i.5c made up Of
NoAuoTloN GooDs,g:a w
But which will be found to consist of an immense
variety OF ~
THE CHOICEST AND LATEST NOVELTIES.
THEIRLINE.
Comparison, as to quality, with the best goods
offered elsewhere,
Is CO A E N @ = D
and competition az to price
IS DEF1ED.
Every article sold by us is warranted to be pre-.
clsely as represented.
Our motto is
"oU1cK SALES AND SHALL PROFITS"
l. And Customers who wish to
SAVE MONEY IN BUYING .
VIII do well to give us a call.
FURCHGoTT, BENEDICT 4 co.
Uptown store, Downtown Store,
No. 4s7 King street, No. IA King street,
Corner Of Calhoun. Near 'sThe Bend"
Oct3l
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No Dead Issues.

from The Lexington Dispatch.]
We believe that the white people OF Souta
Carolina should preserFe their faith, given last
year, for the maintenance Of the present poliil-
cal rights OF the negro. We have no wish,
and weloek upon it as bad policy, to go 6aek
upon the principles advocated and adopted oy
the RefoI m party. 1t is true that the negroes
rejected all our overtures; 1t is true that they
elected a worst set of men to the Legislature
than they bad before; it is true that, 80 long as
. they have their present political ascendancy in
this State, good government cannot be ex-
pec,ed, yet, upon principle and upon policy,
we propose to stand by our action.
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It will no doubt be such an assemblaSe as
never before met. within the limits OF this
State, except on the occasion OF auop.lns d
State Constitution. Good must come out OF it.
wise, prudent, we'll tempered counsels cannot
fail to produce good results. The popular
mind, now greatly inflamed, will cool down
into a state Of sober reflection, and the evils
now deplored be cured by proper remedial
AGENCIES.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
One Term.

The promised allies of the Passive Policy,
the moderate Republicans, have one plank in
their platform which meets with our appro-
val-that is the one term principle. We ap-
prove of it because it means opposition to
Grant, the most absolute despot this country
ever saw, and because we believe it to be iur
the best interest Of free people. u
In these degenerate days as soon as the
master Of the White House becomes comfort
ably seated in the Presidential chair his atten-
ton is diverted from the true interest Of the
people aud directed to serving the party that
placed him in power. With this end in view
his recommendations are party colnred, his
appointments the reward for party service,
and the appointees in turn magnify their
chief, aud devote their best energies in pro-
curing his reelection and their own retention
in place.
Let the reflective principle be abolished
for one term at least, aud our President will
then become the President of the people, the
temptation to barter for reelection will be
gone, the best men appointed to office and
the dishonest discharged without fear of Of
Tending party favorite.-Harford Dem.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29

E1nauctal Situation OF South Carolina.
The report Of the Legislative Investigating
Committee, document of nearly three hun
dred printed pages, gives an elaborate review
Of the administration Of the finances of nth
Carolina since the installation of the present
government. Regarding the State debt, the
committee declare that they cannot believe
other than the fearful truths that stare US 10
the face; that the bonds and stocks printed
by the American BAuk Note Company, a.
mounting to $22,540.0 900, represent the liza
bility Of the State for which the faith and
credit Of the State, however unlawfully pre-
sented, have been pledged for payment
Contingent liability, incurred by railroad en-
dorsements, swells the total up to nearly
500 ,0OO, 900. In conclusion the repnrt says
that the committee, in view Of the atrocity of
these disclosures, the work Of the present ad-
ministration or rather ring composed of the
leading officers Of the government of the State
Enthusiastically say that the Republican party
which elevated them to power, must show its
condemnation of such treachery and knavery
by an immediate and united effort by Legis-
lstive enactments. as we'll as by every other
deliberate measure. to bring to justice those
who have prostituted the authority with
~hich they have been clothed, and SO flag
rantly and criminally imperilled the interests
to them con6ded.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29

Hostetters United States Almanac for 1872,
for distribution, gratis, throughout the United
States, and all civilized countries of the West
ern Hemisphere, will be published about the
lst of January, in the English, German, French,
Norwegian, Welsh, Swedish, Holland, BOhe-
milan and Spanish languages, and all who wish
Ito understand the true philosophy of health
should read and ponder the valuable sugges-
tons it contains. In addition to an admirable
medical treatise on the causes, prevention and
cure of great variety of diseases, it embraces
a large amount of information interesting to
the merchant, the mechanic, the miner, the
farmer, the planter and professional man and
the calculations have been made for such meri-
dians and ATTITUDES as are most suitable for a
correct and comprehensive NATIONAL CALENDAR.
The nature, uses and extraordinary sanitary
effects of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters the staple
tonic and Alternative of more than half the Chris
tan world, are fully set forth in its pages, which
are also interspersed with pictorial illustrations,
valuable recipes for the household and farm,
humorous anecdotes, and other instructive and
amusing reading matter, original and selected.
Among the Annals to appear with the open
ing of the year, this will be one of the most
useful, and mag be had for the ASKING. The pro-
prietors, Messrs. Hostetter Smith, Pittsburg,
Pa, on receipt of a two cent stamp, will for
ward a copy by mail to any person who canno'
procure one in his neighborhood. The Bitters
are sold in every city, town and village, and
are extensively used throughout the entire civ
ilized world.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
hSEPolitical and social reform in lana

H8e Political and social reform 10 Japan
has wonderfully progressed of late in the d.
rection of the adoption of Western manners
and customs, but the greatest infringement on
the old-time life of the country is recommend
ed by Mr.. Mri. the Japanese Minister at
Washington. He urges his Government to
interdict tie further teaching Of Chinese
which is the written language of Japan, and
substitute English. Mr.. Mori believes that
bis people will ultimately adopt not only the
language but the manners and customs Of
America. 1t seems as if there is to be new
land of civilization IN the East.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29


a. The British case before the Geneva
Board Of Arbitration defends that Govern
ment against claims for recompense on &C.
count Of damages done to American shipping
by the Confederate cruisers fitted out in Eng
lish ports BY the plea that all proper and le-
gal precautions were taken against than. that
Great Britain must be presumed to have full
6lled it's obligations rs a neutral power and
that the burden of proof to the contrary in
this litigation rests upon the United States.
It is admitted that the dlatoripess Of the au-
thorities permitted the escape of the Alabama
to sea, but it is argued that as Great Britain
may have fallen short of her own aspirations
Of maintaining strict neutrality. SO also has
the United States failed to discharge its neu-
trail obligations towards Spain and Portugal
In suoh manner as to satisfy those nations.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
National Naval Medical School.

The Auuapols Adoertiser says that Admi-
raj Porter has approved a proposition of
Medical Director Niulan Pinkney, of the
navy, to dispose Of the Naval Asylum at
Philadelphia, and to establish National
Naval Hospital and Medical School at An
uapolis, on the ground opposite tho Naval
Academy. He wants every candidate for the
position of Assistant Surgeon placed at this
school after having passed his examination; at
least four months before he is ordered to sea,
and again after one cruise before be is ex-
amined for promotion
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29

1kT Mcclellan, the murderer, who is best
known on account of the fact that he was Mr..
Vallsndjgham's client when the latter killed
himself. has been acquitted of the charge for
which he was on trial when that tragic event
occurred. The testimony against Mcclellan
was SO completely direct that the people Of
Hamilton, Ohio, the town in which the trial
took place, very strongly demonstrated against
the verdict of the jury. and most probably
would have reversed it by the execution Of
their Judgment against the accused, had be
not taken warning and fed in time to escape
lynching.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
~We are indebted to Hon. William NJ
Merrick, NJ. c., for valuable Pub. Docs.

n~The Liquor Prohibitionsts have issued
. call for National Mass Convention of the
party, to be held at Cleveland on the 22i of
February next, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for President aud Vice Presidents
Of the United States, to which all the friends
Of the movement are invited. The call states
tho platform of the party to be "that it is the
duty Of the Government, functionally, both
by principal and general legislation, to effec.
tivcly prohibit the manufacture, importation
and sale Of all Intoxicating liquors to be used
a. . beverage"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
Grave Questions.

From among a mass Of editorials we copy
the following by the accomplished editor Of
the New York Nation
'sThe accounts of the famine in Persia,
which continue to arrive 10 greater detail, bid
fair to treat the world to the spectacle Of a
'alamity the like of which has not been wit
messed in historic times at least-the sudden
extinction Of q nation by want Of food. This
has really been the fate of the great States
which once filled the valley Of the Euphrates.
and it is fate which has for centuries been
some modern States-Spain. for
instance. Man has stripped the soil Of trees;
the absence of trees has brought drouths
drouths have slowly diminished the produce
tive powers Of the ground, and finally destroy
ed them, the population, in the meantime,
dwindling in numbers and vitality. Spain
had forty millions of people in the time Of
the Romans, and flowed with milk and honey;
it is now an arid region, only half Of it under
cultivation, with only sixteen millions OF in
habtants, and, if modern science had not
come to its aid, would probably 60 the way of
Babylon. Persia was one of the most power
ful States of antiquity, and even in the four
teenth century was able to support the army
of Tamsrlane, who marched without COM
mis- 'ariat or baggage, during bloody con-
test. 1t is now almost a wilderness, with a
population Of two millions-about half of
them nomads, which is rapidly perishing from
famine brought on by three years drouth.
The worst of it is, that, owing to the absence
of either common roads or railroads, it seems
to be impossible for the charity of the rest of
the world to reach the sufferers, so that there
is really strong prospect of tho total depop-
ulation of the country. The moral of this
horrible story is-look after your trees. 1t is
to be hoped that we shall witness, before long,
some organized attempt in this country to
deal with this momentous question Of forest
preservation, which is daily becoming more
pressing. Z,oraster, the great Persian legis-
lator was wiser than he knew when be put
planting tree among the most meritorious
Of acts"
We are glad to learn from the highest au-
thority { says the Capital that the Agricul-
tural Bureau has taken up this subject and
will give it patient and learned consideration.
Such course GU the part of the Bureau will
lift it into usefulness Charles L. FIeisch-
man, gentleman of rare attainments, VIII"
has given this aud kindred subjects, such as
waste lands and how to reclaim them, years
of successful study will be of great use to the
Bureau in its prosecution of these grave ques-
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
The Years Dead.

OF the men and women distinguished in the
ranks Of science, art literature and public life
who have passed away during the year that
is now hard on to its last days there are not
a few whuse names recur at this time. Science
has lost the inestimable services of Hersch-ll,
Murchisou, Becquerel, Babbage and De Nor
gan: the names of the Cary sisters, Tucker
man, Grote, Gervinus, Dumas, Kohl and De
Gasparin are in the list of popular authors
whom the year has taken; Won Hess and
Aligny have disappeared from among the ar
lists; Prim, Omer Pasha and Schamyl are
gone from the ranks Of the great leaders !:
Scribner, Bentley and Robert Chambers have
departed from among the celebrated publish
ers of America and England; Covode, Ewing.
Valandigham, Slidell and Mason are among
the distinguished Americans who have died !;
and musical and dramatic art mourns the loss
of Auber, Mercadaute, Thalberg, S.nderson,
Absolute aud Delsarte BALI. american.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
Strong.

Strong.
A genealogical curiosity has appeared in
the "History Of the Strong Family" which
has just been published by Joel Munsell. Of
Albany, and whose author, the Rev. B. w.
Dwight, of Clinton, N. Y, already known as
writer and genealogist. has devoted four
years of bis life, aud given from twelve to
fifteen hours each day to what has evidently
been labor of love. The result is two huge
octavos, each containing about eight hundred
pages, and in which are enrolled the names Of
nearly twenty-nine thousand Of the descend
ants of Elder John Strong aud those allied to
them by marriage.
The said Elder John, staunch Puritan,
sailed, it appears, from Plymouth. England,
in the good ship Mary and John, ON the goth
Of March, 1880, accompanied by one hundred
and forty fellow-pilgrims, among whom were
several clergymen. He landed at Nantasket.
(Hull.) Massachusetts,, aud after short So
journs at Dorchester, bingham, Taunton and
Windsor, 6ually established himself at North
ampton, in that State, where he lived for forty
years, a prosperoue man of business and a
doughty pillar of the church, as bis title i'm
plies.
From this Strong pilgrim all wearing the
name iu the North, with but two exceptions,
are said to be descended. This pious and
stawart elder, who was twice married. was
blessed with eighteen children, of whom fifteen
arrived at majority and followed the Biblical
precept to multiply and replenish the earth. .
Nine of these reached three-score and ten
and six of them touched or verged upon the
nineties. Before he died, at the age of ninety
four, the Elder John could count one hundred
and sixty descendants, of whom thirty-three
Fat least were his great-grandchildre
The baptismal names in this record evince
the strong Puritan current Which has descend
ed in the family from generation to genera
ton. For example: Genubath, Epapbrodi'
tus, Arunab, Hophni, Ithamar. Medad, Oxen
Gerijah, Asenath, Perilla, Zebina, Aozalette
Chastina, E.nerette, Tirzah, Sabra, Ariel ane
Deidamia. Then, too, We fad Prudence
Experience, Remembrance, Patience, Wait
still, Retire, Return, Increase, Supply, Veal
thy, Pardon and Sunbit the last, it is need
less to say, having been given before thes'
days of Sorosis, (for what strong-minded wo
man now answers to it?) We take it fo
granted that Elder John must have been I
klnslnan Of Return Strong" who. Washing
ton Irving tells US. was one of the Commits
sioners of the Connecticut Colony, who, ii
company with Determined Cock" was SEN
to confer with the Commissioners Of New
Amsterdam, when choloric Peter Stuyvesant
was Governor thereof.-Bah. Sun.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
MARRIED.

In Washington, on the 18th instant, by the
Rev. DR.. NEWMAN, Mr.. JULIAN BERRY, Of
Alexandria Va, late of this county, and Miss
CLARA D. GAINES, of Gainesville, Prince
William county, Va.
At the residence of Mr.. WALTER MnsrEAD, on
the 26th day of December, by the Rev. WV. j.
CH1LEs Mr.. WILLIAM II. POSEY and Miss
PHILOMENIA JANE BAXTER, all of this
county.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
NOTICE.

GTATE or MARYLAND, -OrYlce % rns
- SECRETARY OF STATE, Annapolis, Dee.
18th. 1871. To all whom it may concern -
Notice is hereby given. that application has
been made to the Governor for . pardon in the
case Of the State us. Frank Brawner, (coloeed),
convicted IN the Circuit Court for Chirlsj
County, at December Term, 1864, Of burglary.
and sentenced to the Penitentiary for nine years
of the Directors Of the Peniteutiary.
The Governor will take up the said case for
final decision on or after the Sd day Of January.
1872, until which time protests against the said
application will be heard. and the petition ~
the case open to inspection. at the discrssioaof
the Governor. s 9fhsrs; -
BY order Of the Governor, tsa3 :.
r. c. HOLLYDAY. :.
Secretary Of e6ass. y
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
A Healthy Retreat.

Peter B. Sweeny, one Of tHs leaders Of tn
New York ring who is said to have decamp-
ed to evadc arrest, telesraphs to bis anxious
friends that he is at St. Catharine's. Ontario.
"simply for his health" St. Catharine's is
quite favorite resort for persons in quest Of
a cool place, and as New York is rather hot
now for some sort of folk, the Canadian eli
mate is no doubt very refreshing to Sweeny,
though the temperature there is about 20 de-
grees at this season below zero.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
VICK,S
FLORAL GUIDE
For 1877.

T,HE FIRST EDITION OF Two HUNDszD
L THOUSAND copies just published. 1t Is ele-
eantly printed on fine tinted paper, in Two
CoLoRs, and illustrated with over Three HwS-
dred Engravings of Flowers and Vegetables, and
Two coAoA3D pAAyx3.
The most beautiful and instructive Catalogue
and Floral Guide in the world-ll3 pages,
giving thorough directions for the culture Of
Flowers and Vegetables, ornamentiag grounds,
making walks, &c.
A Christmas present for my customers, but
forwarded to any who apply BY mail, for TEN
CENTS, only one-quarter the cost.
Address, JAMES WICK,
dec % RocHHsrsR, N. 7.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
The Mails.

The recent cold weather has and still con-
tinues to interfere matcriallyswith the regular
arrival Of our mails. The delay and inconve-
uience caused thereby is decidedly annoying,
but IS it is the work of the Ice King. we sup
pose there is no other resource than to sub
nit patiently and without murmuring. "Oh
for the Railroad" is the prayer that involun-
tarily gushes up 10 every heart hereabout at
this time.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
Divine Service.

Sunday after Christmas-ChristC Church, Port
Tobacco, IL a. m.
Monday, New Years Dsy.Feast Of "The
Tobacco, II q. m.
Saturday, January 6th-Feast Of "The Epi.
phany''-St. Paul Chapel, Piney, II a. m:
The first Sunday after the Epiphany-St
PauPs Chapel, Piney, IL q. m.
Church, Hilltop, on the last Sunday Of Decem'
Der, 3lst instant.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29
A Link in tho Tichborne Case.

A communication has been received at the
in the celebrated Tichborne case in England,
in which the Secretary is asked to furnish him
all the Information in his possession concern
ing the whereabouts in certain months in
1854, of all registered vessels of the United
States bearing the name of the Osprey. 1t
will be recollected that in the evidence in this
Tichborne estates was passenger on board
an English vessel named the Bella, which
foundered off Rio, on the South American
coast, and that he was picked up, among
others, by the captain of an American vessel
named the Osprey.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-12-29

We KNOW that for cleaning paint, windows,
china and glassware; for polishing knives, tin,
iron, brass and copper wares, and for remov-
ing stains from marble and porcelain, and rust
from machinery, Enoch Morgan's Sons Sapo-
lilo is the best thing in use.