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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19

rlY YOUR LITTLE Bill. The scrip
turul injunction not to deSr;-,. The day
of small things. is never mor, applicable
than at this season of the yea. If i rs
customary as it is necessary IL safety. III
business, to make ont, at the end of the
year, all bills, square accounts. ascertain
the exact financial position, and 81 stat;
intelligently upon the operations of an
other twelve month. With those hu
deal only in large amounts. this j. rc.di-
" dome: when the debt Is counted Ivy
hundreds OF thousands of dollars. ii will
he paid. if at all. promptly when due :
the trouble l. with small bills. Many
are obliged 10y the nature of THEN hu>i-
ness to give credit i'll small amounts, but
to an extent which makes the aggregate
large. and therefore important: and "a
the grocer, mechanic. OF dealer who is
striving To build up Il business and credit
these small sums ale oi the greatest
consequence. because Gpan thCM. ant!
their being promptly met. depends his
ability 10 meet his own engagements.
1t should he remembered 10y all that Il
hundred dollars paid to ten on twenty
OF thirty persons. enables them To pay
Il hundred. and their creditors Ia do the
same, So that il Is easy to see that the
same money might pay thousands OF
dollars of debt. and ut last return 10 the
pockets of the man VIII" iir~i paid il
out Free Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19
Stokes in Prison.

Stoke~. thu assassin of Fisk. has been
visited ill jail by 4 reporter, VII" i"Uii''
him standing in front of bis cell. laugh
in" and chatting gaily with his brother.
Coroner Shine. and David pwNrr, one
of the keepers of the Tomhs. lie was
dressed aS though he la,i just stepped
from ii h0utlOir. nn Il handsomely
tiilled and embroidered shirt bosom OF
immaculate Wilderness gli>tencd three
magnificent diamond studs. and on the
little finger of his left hand he wore ii
large and costly solitaire diamond ring.
He wore Il pair of laNcmder-colorcd
trousers. and Il vest ur dmk material.
across which WAS suspended Il gold
chain of a unique pattern. He wore Il
silk velvet blessing jacket. whose
sleeves. pockets. collar and lappel> were
trimmed with pink silk. heavily quilt =
cd His feet were cncased III SIX
stockings. and he wore par of sup
perS richly embroidered with gold lace.
II e. reporter was introduced to Stokes
by Mr.. William Ollific, ii personal
friend Of the prisoner, and who. since The
assassination, has been his constant at
trndalt. stokes said that he slept we'll.
and that his appetite never wa better
His whole manner showed that lac
i either an adept IT Discrimination,
OF that he does not realize his peril. On
shelf in his cell were arranged eight
hoitles..of Murray y Lanman> Florida
water. with which he bathcs. standing
by the side Of the Florida water were
So, era, suspicious black bottles. he
aSSasSills cell is on the second Tier, only
| a few doors away from the cells of WEI
lam Foster and William McNCvin>. 1t
presents 4 strong contrast t. Ties" Two
! NcNeyin~'s cell i filled with religious
cmhlcm, and hooks. and 4 large cruel
! liz stands on his table. Foster > l.
plainly lnlt nearly furnished. While
! the reporter was conVcIsimg with stoke
friend handed him the evening news
papers. Il card with mUmning edge. Oh
which WAS the name Of Robert +. Stoho,
and Il small vial. What have Nnu got
in the vial. Ed :" asked Keeper Dwycr
.OnlN It little heIgamot Scnr me hN :;
friend" replied stokes. "Oh, ah
/ thought il was something else. politely
said the keeper. Stokes laughed heart
| ily and said. Ill might Ia. nitro glyccr-
Inc: but AN NOT READ for tlat inst
/ vet oh. no iniccd, not lct Or
/ Ncali~ then took Stokes IT, tiIc end %!
the corridor and there. the ~" remained
ahOut ten minutes III CON- ci>dti"n
! Keeper Dwycr then said. Id. n"N
comes The di>agIcrah!c pant ot liz hu>i-
Hess. must lock 40 shop. All
Iimht. replied ~tnk'~. iii sec TIA" hoy,
/ ia me morning. Stokes positively lC
fuses /" rou,tr~r about the a~~a~-ina-
tiom. and >ay~ thu lii ,uun>,l hay,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19

y REMARKABLE tA>r.-It j. stated
that II post moItrn examination of th;.
body of Rufus Ripley. the Young clerk
in the Bank of New York. in New YnlI
city. Oh the 18th ult.. shows that sever.
al sharp ncedlc-likc grUwt tbs OF ho,I,.
had been forcing THEN WAY from the in
side of the skull into the unfortunate
Young man. brain. and il is probable.
that they were the direct cause of me.
headache to which he was Il nart,,.
and of the giving way at last Ia the sui
cidai impulse. Some of these bone
projected a quarter of an inch ii MOI.
into the brain. and we've cNrcedingl,
sharp During the last eight years Of
his life. Nj. Ripley suffered trom per
sistcnt. incor1igihlc pain i'll the head
on which no therapeutic agencies not
even the strongest electric cuIrent
wouId produce The slightest impression
I'm other respects he was Il healthy man,
timely developed. His case is not with
ont precedent. but such instances urc
rare.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19


ENCKE'> CoMET.- Tie BoxtyM .JomHri
Of chemistry has Il communication from
Prof. Young of Dartmouth College. Civ
ing many particulars about Eucllc'~
comet which is now approaching the sun
after the manner Of the minor comets.
i. e.. tail foremost The tail i> not very
luminous. The body of the comet is
between 10000 and ,IOtW0 miles in di-
amctcr. and Is 81 transparent that Il star
of the ninth magnitude is visible through
it. Prof. loung'S observations, agree
with and confirm those of DR.. llugeinS
of England in determining the light
giving substance of this comet as the
rapor of carbon: fixing the spectrum of
three bright bands. of which the middle
one is brightest. The waVc-lcngthS of
the less rctiangihle edges of the bands
are respectively :557.5. So. and 10. /
millionth> of i millimctcr
We often read of instances of extra
/ ordinary presence of mind, hut one uc
CURED the other day Il little ahead Of
anything we have seen or heard oflatc-
ly. \ bright little fellow. son of the
mistress of Il well known and popular
educational institution, was skating III
Lake View, y. j., when he broke
through the ice. As he went down.
the probabilities were rather against
! his coming up again alive. and the lad
realizing this. and wishing To have the
intelligence conveyed directly homc.
shouted out, ais he was disappearing.
the street and number of his residence
Fortunately, he was rescued. and the
world NAV vet anticipate much from
this precocious youth.-NeraFk Courier.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
THE POWER OF THE PRESS.

The history of American politics during
the last year proves the crcasing power OF
a fearless Press III correcting abuses and
bringing the plundererS Of the people to
Justice. At the beginning Of 1871, who 50
naughty in the security of place, power and
pelf, as the Tammany thieves. At the close
of the year there are none so poor as to do
them homo. Hurled from p ace, deprived
of power, and hiding their pelf, they CIV:
their degradation, humiliation and deStruc-
ton to an Independent, intelligent and I'M
perchasable press.
In the republican party Murphy, defiant
and secure, laughed at the Tribune assaults.
But where is he now? The same paper has
forced an administration much against its
will to investigate the custom house business
in New York; hidden abuses a-e brought to
light and the perpetrators are brought to
grief.
One newspaper, the Cincinnati Ga='.te,
recently uncarthed some of the dubious
transactions III WHICH INCudlOT Ildilth Wis
concerned while he was Secretary of the
Interior. He entered the canvas in Iowa
for Senator with hardly any load to carry
but the weight Of one newspaper. He
failed. To-day he charges his defeat to the
Gazette, and its correspondent in Washing
ton, III. Y. b.
There ae those in every community who
profess to deSpi>e the power Of the press.
They may have their swing for a little while,
but sooner or later they quail before an
aroused public attention, In the less cult
waited sections Of the country its power is, Of
Course, reduced, but even in such places, it
is, alter all the mightiest lever with which
to move the people. Its line upon line, and
precept upon precept, fall upon the conf
munity like the constant droppings that
wear the stone. }Io who neglects its warn
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
Accident on the s. & c. Railroad.

On Tuesday last. as the train from
Charleston, switched off at CooSawhatchic
to wait for the up train, the boiler of the
engine blew up The engineer and one OF
the fircm were thrown from the engine
and badly brusied The engine was one Of
those old veterans, bruised, battered and
worn, which ought to have been laid up in
ordinary long ago. 1t hadn't energy
enough to LIow-up in good style or several
lives would doubtless have been lost.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
New Advertisements.

Capt Taft's offer to rent his elegant place
on s.. Helena ought to attract attention
from every enterprising man. The place
only needs to be seen to satisfy any one that
it is the most beautiful situation on the Sea
Islands.
The house and lot at the corner of G and
Seventh-street is offered for sale low
Paul & Webb offer great inducements in
their card. Our country friends are in luck
to have such a store to go to.
w. J. Trims card will attract those want
ing goods in his line. Call and see his
handsome store when you 60 to Charleston.
The Mills House, Charleston, under the
supervision of its present proprietors, is an
excellent hotel, cheerful, clean and literally
conducted.
Five hundred hands can be employed at
Oak Point Mines. See advertisement.
Lovers of tea will find something of in
terest in the advertisement of the Broken
Tea Leaf Company.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
The Amnesty Bill.

We have received from "enatOr Sawyer
a copy of his speech on tt amnesty bill,
now before the S=nate. We present a
short extract. the sentiments Of which will
commend themselves to all thoughtful
men:
I do not anticipate all the benefits from
this measure which would have attended
it's passage two or three years since. Much
of the evil necessarily consequent upon the
system Of political disabilities has been
done, and is past remedy. 1t is. seen in
the condition Of too many of the southern
States to day. Il will long remain, and
will WELD only to the slow curative pro-
cesses of time. But amnesty will do good
now, and much good. Let US repair as
far as possible what cannot r~frain from
calling the errors Of the past by passing
measure OF real and complete amnfs'y.
Let us make a clean bill. would wipr
out the whole list Of disabilities at ou-
swoop, and cease to peddle out relief as
has hitherto been done.
| The revolution which has c,usad an up
heaval and overthrow Of the whole social
fabric Of a people; which has raised from
slavery race and placed them on the
same plane politically with their former
masters; which has developed the strength
Of our institutions as no other event in
our national existence has done; which
has left it's imp ess in every village and
ty of our land; which has really modi-
fled our whole national life. needs'no pr't
ty provision for the exclusion OF this or
that man from office, to pr serve its mem
ory. In lines more enduring than n 81
engraved on brass. in forms more subs an
tlal than those nodded in mai Bile or br"nz'.
it has embodied its spirit in the very life OF
the Union. and it can no more perlsr out
of the memories Of men than light can
cease to stream from the sun in heaven.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

E9> Kentucky, by the legislature has
just admitted negroes to t. stify in the
State courts. Up to this time they have
been permitted to testify in the United
States courts of that State, and some Of
the judges and many justices Of the peace
have disregard,d the prohibition, bpliev-
ing that it was contrary to the United
States constitution. The confusion result
ing from such a state things has at last
compelled the Kentucky Rourbons to re-
peal the barbarous and silly discrimina.
tion against color.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
A Shooting ARRAY.

On Thursday night last, near Dearing,
Georgia, at the house of Seaborn Baker,
John Baker shot and almost instantly
killed John D Thomson. The circum-
stances of the shooting, from what he
have been able to gather from the testi-
mony at the corouer's Inquest We're that
Thomson, an employee "n the G' ergia
Rail- Dad, had gone that nlgat to prayer
meeting at Bakers, and. while there,
created some disturbance, 80 as to be-
ordered out Of the house by Mrs Baker.
After going out aud remaining a short
time, be returned and found the door
closed. He begged permission to enter.
but Mrs. Bak' r. securing pistol, opened
the door aud ordered hfm To leave Or she
would kill him. Aln"st in an instant.
John Baker son of Mrs Btker, seized
the pistol from his mnthsr and shot
Thomson five times IN succes-ion, the first
shot taklng fl: CT in his head and the
other four in his b4dy. The last four
shots We're fjr,d afttr Thomson had fallen
to the floor q warrant has been issued
for Baker, but, 30 Tar, the Snellff has been
uuaD Die to aIpsG him.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
PORT OF BEACFORT.

Arrived, bark Lizzie Mlrrow, jackson
master from Dcmerrara to load phosphate;
bark Peter Crerar. Campbell master,
from Charleston, to load phosphates.
The schooner Farragut, which left Port
laud. Maine, for this port Oh Jan. 3, with
a cargo Of ice for John Conant, put into
Martha's Vinyard, wind-bound. She has
not been heard Of since. 1t is said that
there are fifty vessels due in Savannah,
viii have been delayed by the unusual
prevalence of southerly winds.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

ings or rejects its aid is 100 short-sighted to
be long successful.
South Carolina, especially, needs the as
sistance of an untrammeled, independent
and, we may say, an bipartisan press, to
bring her out of the deep waters wherein
she is wading. The politicians need the
admonitions and warnings conveyed by such
means, and her people need such watchmen
upon the walls to give notice of approaching
peril.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

Company. In the House, bill to provide
for the election of county treasurers and au-
ditors A bill to amend the charter OF
Beaufort, and bill to authorize the build
ing of wharf at Port Royal city were
passed. Mr.. Nehemias introduced resolu-
ton, that after the lst of February, the
House meet in additional sessions, at +.
NJ. and adjourn at will, which was imme-
lately considered, and adopted.
The House is very tar behind the Senate
in its business.
Mr.. Yocum also introduced bill to divide
the State into FIVE Congressional districts, to
he comprised as follows First district,
Georgetown, Williamsburg, Horny, Marion,
Marlboro, Chesterfield, Darlington and
Clarendon counties; second district, Charles
ton, Colleton and Orangeburg counties /;
third district, Richland, Fairfield, Newberry,
Laurens, Anderson, Ppkens. Oconee and
Abbeville counties fourth district, Sumter,
Kershaw, Lancaster, Chester, York, Union,
Spartanburg and Greenville counties; fifth
district, Beaufort, Barnweh, Edgefeld,
Aiken and Lexington counties.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
WAR WITH SPAIN.

The New York SIN has had free Cuba
on the BRAN for two years 1t is now pub
fishing sensational dispatches asserting the
certainty of a war with Spain. That there
has been some movement to put the south
ern coast into state of defense is true, but
we do not believe there is any reason to
dread war. Spain don want to fight nor
do we. If we are to have trouble with a
maritime power, our harbor oughtto receive
attention, As a naval rendezvous and sup
ply station it is, of course. unrivaled, and
doubtless when there is any real prospect of
war, we shall be made aware of it as soon
as any community.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
TO RENT
A SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTATION.

The undersigned proposing change in
business, offers for lease the Plantation oc-
cupicd and cultivated by him Tor the past
even years, known as Longw0od, on ST..
Helena Island. 1t comprises l2O0 neresl
two-t lird' arabic, 6JD acres unsurpassed Tor
the production of SEA ISLAND COTrON.
Fronting over one mirc on Station Greek,
aifurllng unequaied facilities for procuring
the richest and most economical fertilizers;
two miles from rort Royal harbor, good
wearf for vessels drawing from eight to-
twelve tet-Charieston and Savannah
steamers receive and deliver freight at the
wharf; one of the most comfortable and
cOnmOliOy mdnsjoas on the sea islands;
Two STORES well located for business; mod
crn butt SruSLE: GTN llH'SES and CoTroN
IIorSES recently erected; THIRTY GOOD
TENEMENTs for laborcr<.
To parties having in view the purchase ef
sea island cotton. particularly of the finer
grades, this location is unsurpassed by any.
upon s. Helena or the adjacent islands
Lands and tencments can be rented to the
people living upon and near the place sufh-
cient to cover the yearly rent of the whole.
One of the most healthy locations in the
world, commanding fine view of the mag
nifcient harbor of Port Royal and of the
ocean.
iStock, Utensils, Machinery, House Furni-
tire. Boats, de-, DC, fer ale, together with
stock Of goods in two stores Oh the place.
The whole presenting an opportunity for an
entcrprising man with a small capital to
engage in safe and lucrative business
seldom found.
For further information address or apply
to the undersigned at Lougwood, St Helena
Island, or to A. S. Davenport, ESQ.,, Real
Estate Agent, Beaufort, s. c.
II. s. Taft.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
Our County Schools.

We have been solicitt to give our at
tention to the subject ofour county schools.
Some of the complaints received are of
such character as to demand careful in-
Quiry before action. There is no subject
50 near the hearts ofthe people as this one
of free schools. Every dollar Of the mon
ey so willingly and nobly spared from the
hard earnings and scanty savings of the
poor, ought to be husbAnded with the ut
as to produce the utmost amount of good
fruit. We assure our correspondents that
we shall spare no effort to unearth and
correct abuses if they exist.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

We find the following notice of one OF
our late residents in the n. Y. Methodist of
January 20
The Rev. Mansfield French, widely known
as chaplain French, Of the South Carolina
Conference, has been transferred, at the re-
quest of several of the presid ng elders, to
the New-York east Conference. To Mr..
French the country owes the first introduc-
ton of teachers and missionaries to the
freedmen of the South. He helped form
the South Carolina Conference, in 1865. He
labored industriously for the benefit and i'm
provernent of the freedmen, and i'll aid OF
the Freedmen's Bureau, while that instItu
ton was in existence The Southern
climate being unfavorabe to his health, he
took supernumerarv relation and came
North, where he has been laboring as an
evangelist for the last two years.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
Rates of Freight Reduced.

Superintendent Millett of the Port Roy
al road has just completed freight ar
rangement with Mr.. Gadsen ofthe Charles
ton and Savannah railroad, which mater :
ally reduces the freight tariff between
Beaufort and the cities ofCharleston and
Savannah.
The Pilot Boy proposes also, to carry
freights for all points on the Port Royal
railroad from either of the two cities at
prices much below those now charged by
the G. and S. railroad.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

"A FEARFUL ENGINE OF WAR.-1m
meilatuly alter the d, c aration Of war
against the Z. us,iLns, prop"sas were
made to the E perDr y tpoleou by an IN
vrntor for annihiiatlug the Prussians on
moderate terms. An immense net Of line
wire capable ofenvcloplns an entire army
tro, ,ps, with solid cannon balls at the Co q
els l" keep 1t stca"y, was to have been
fir d 1T the f,e from a monster mUrlar
provi, d for that purpose. The wire n~t
would according TO the intentions otthe
inventor, have fallen on the body oftroops
marked out for destruction Or capture !;
when, seeing The enemy entangled Ia the
meshes, the French would have nothing
to do but to march up To them and disarm
them, or, in ca>e Of resistance, put them
to death. The rejection of This new mill
lary machine was attr buled by the inyen-
tor to "treachery" on the part OF the
chief, who declined tD employ it.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
To Advertisers.

The Beaufort REPUBLICAN has now a
subscription list five times as great as
that of any other paper circulating in the
county. In addition to this we have on
our books more than two hundred citizens
Of Coleton county. To advertisers, we
offer medium reaching every part of
this and adjoining counties.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

Ia- We see many complaints in the
papers Of the State, of the character of
the trial justices. Our citizens are to BE-
congratulated in having in Mr.. R. II.
Gleaves, and r. K Carleton, officers Of
education, experience and probity. Their
proceedings and decisions give very geDer'
al salts action to all classes of the COM
munity.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01
The State Convention.

The Republican State Convention is called
to meet in Columbia, at clock, p. NJ, on
Monday, the 10Th day Of February next, to
elect delegates to the National Republican
Convention which meets in June next, at
Philadelphia The ratio of representation
is the same as fer the lower house Of the
general assembly. We presume our en-
bers will act as delegates from this county.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

ANSWER TO CoRRESpcNDENTs.-Yes.
We think the twenty-second day of February
ought to be observed as holiday. To in
sist on boys and girls struggling with frac-
tions on that day is tyranny of the most
savage kind, and would doubtless vex the
soul of the patriot G. W. if brought to his
attention.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

-Ou Thursday last Mr.. Sawyer of
South Carolipa, presented the resolution
of the legislature of South Carolina, in
structng their senators to vote for Mr..
Summers supplementary civil rights bill.
He remarked that he, Of course, was in ia.
vor of the measure.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-01

ANYBODY can afford to buy beef and fat
beet at that, now that our friend Tonking is
selling the forequarterS at FIVE CENTS A
POUND, how he can afford it he probably
knows, he also has constant supply OF
pork and sausage meat and receives by every
steamer from Charleston the incest mutton.
IT,