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B@. The weather on Monday became
clear and cold. A sharp frost on Tues
day night.
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MA. The Cosmopolitaus are going to
ioin the National Base Ball Association.
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~ A fine farm is offered for sale in
another column.
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NOTICE.
HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE.

T1NHIs BEAUTIFUL MACHINE USES STRAIGHT
needles, makes the Lock Stitch, (aiike on 10th
sides) has seladusting enton, and Is used 6y hand
or foot. II will hem, fell bind, seam, tuck, hem
stitch, rufie, and sew on at the same tlnai work
equally well on silk nen muslin and cotton goods.
tits the ouIy hrst-class low price machine made.
Send for circular and aainple OF sewing or call and
Beaufort, s. G..
Prioo, seS, aa7 % @Aa.
wa. FRIPP,
fbf3-1yr. Agent
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POST OFFICE AOURs.

BEAUFORT. g. c., Sept "a, 1878.
On and after Mondsy Oct. sth, once open from
sis q. m. until 4 p m, mail closes at OILS a. m
mail delivered at a40 p. m.
p. E. EZEKIEL,
Postmaster.
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EMPIRE FLOUR MILLS.
IN BARRELS AND SACKS.

Bran-s25 per ton. Sacks extra
shorts.-S30 per ton. do
WESTERN FLOUR IN BBrs.-Super, $780, Extra
5000; Family, sl0.50 Fancy, Sll50:
RyF FLOuR.-siOO per sack. 200 lbs)
Bacon.-Shoulders, 81 I; G.. X. Sides, lOH.
ID. 8. Mcats.-shouders, ~; c. r. Sides, 9N;
Lard.-In tierces, l0l2; kegs, ~.
Corn.-Primc White 95; Mixed, 90c.
Corn MeBl.-9j. (Sacks included)
Rye.-s12j.
Onts.-White, 20; Mixed. 20.
Sugar-Yellow. ~; G., 12H; Extra Q, 1874
;.usar House Syrup.-In bbls, 30; hhds, s.
virginia Salt.-s2l0 per Sack; 10 sacks or
rOrc, 500. o,
/Snrdy,s soluble Pacific. 5000 Cash; $500
Factors Acceptance: $3.50 Planters Lien.
Sardy,s PhOspho Peruvian. $500 Cash /;
30 OO Factors Acceptance; s63 Planters Lein.
The above quOtiOns are wholesale. We do not, In
,,;y case break packages. Remittanccs per Express
must he prepaid Orders are illed at Price Current rent
York. Charleston, Savannah and Atlanta, placed 10
credit at par.
BRANCH, SCOTT & co.
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A. e. OWENS
NEW YAMASSEE EATING
AND
Refreshment Saloon
-:O.-

JUNCTION 8. S c.. and PORT ROYAL
RAILROADS.
PLENTY OF TIME ALLOWED FOR MEALS.
The undersigned having leased the fcmassec Eat
ing House from its late proprietor, Mr. Sellers an
nouuces that great improvements Will be made In
the arrangements for supplying guests with substan-
tal meals upon the arrival Of each train.
Good accommodations for lodging trave lers will be
provided as soon as possible gentlemens refresh
ment and waiting room will be provided, where the
best liquors will be obtainable.
The patronage Of travellers Is respectfully solicited
A. Z. OWENS,
Late proprietor of the Allendale Hotel
oct 23-ly.
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QUIT CAIN DEEDS, &.
CUITABLE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF
- land acquired at State or National Tax Sales
sale at this office. u.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY,
CHARLESTON, s. c.
OFFICE NO. II BROAD STREET.

SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
The deposits In the Savings Department OF this
Company are invested as Special Trust and, there
fore, are not subject to the hazards Of banking.
In addition to this special security, depositors have
the guarantee of the entire Bank Capital, which
amounts TO three huhdred thousand dollars (s3oO,-
0O0)
This department will enable all classes to find q
safe security for their savings, however small and
at the same time bearing renunerative interest (six
per cent compounded uarterly) Currency can be
remitted by express and drafts by mail.
+. A. MITCHELL, CASHIER.
DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES.
Geo. S. Cameron,
Frost, W. j.. Middleton
w. Bee, A. J. Crews,
w, r. Williams, L. Waltgen,
II. II. Deleon, C.G. Memming,
n. O'neill, VIM. l. Webb,
A p. Caldwell, J. T. Welsman
j. VI. Shackelford, Gco. II. Walter,
JC.H H ClauSsen, b. d. Lazarus,
May1-3m.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04

| four millions of that increase have
been ordered. But there still remains
deficiency of forty millions in
different States to be filled before
| the proportion will be equalized
This deficiency was sought to be
provided for, in part at least, by the re-
Qulrement that after the whole of the
fifty-four millions of circulation inst re-
ferred to, shall have been distributed,
twenty-five millions additional shall
be Withdrawn from banking associa-
tions organized in States having an
excess, and distributed among States
having less than their proportion. The
twenty-five millions of circulation
would be withdrawn from the follow
ing cities and States New York City
5,Ols,O0O Boston 1,403, 900, Massa-
chusetts Country Banks 1884, 900,
Connecticut 1897, 900, Rhode Island
2,GSS,OOO. Have these twenty-five
millions been withdrawn?
How well those ''thrifty sons of
TOLL" the New Englanders, provided
for themselves, and at whose expense /:
i'll word, how far the "slicing of the
Southern loaf" was carried, will be seen
from the following table compiled from
the official report of the Comptroller
of the United States Currency:
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
NEW ENGLAND STATES.
SOUTHERN STATES.

In other words, while in Vermont
$50. 90, in Connecticut $33. IL, in Mas
sachusctts $40. Is, and i'll Rhode Island
$61.56, per head, is allowed for the
transaction of business, there is only
allowed in South Carolina 1923, in
Georgia $1.93, in Alabama $1.S1, and
in North Carolina Sic The average
Rhode Islander finds SCI. Sc in circula-
ton necessary to his business comfort,
but The average North Carolinian
must forsCoth contert himself with
$1.62!
With this exhibit of facts before us,
and remembering that the transforma-
ton OF our slaves into citizens has in
creased Our need for q circulating
medium just about fifty per cent, III
North Carolina at least, by increasing
the number of our citizens to that ex-
tent; and remembering also that gold
and silver are no longer in circulation,
We are justified in declaring the na-
tional currency system, regulated as it
has been, to be curse to the South.
What We think of the Government, that
imposes it on us it, perhaps would be
disloyal to say.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
a1:ffaPnIC PICr1JRE.

What next? asks the New York
Graphic OF Saturday. Horrors have
multiplied upon us since the summer
opened until men dare not look into
the future and reply to this question.
Cholera is on its march Up the Missis-
sippi and Ohio rivers. The yellow
fever is in this city and in Brooklyn.
The thermometer has taken its place
among the nineties. Murders are
every day occurrences. Suicides
abound. Fires sweep away whole vii
lagos, and are devasting the mountains
on either side of us. On Long Island,
in Westchester County, and in New
Jersey, arc drying up the gardens that
supply our market.
Everywhere the crops are deficient,
and the signs of the season show that
death is preparing to reap a rare har-
vest IN all directions. SO the question
forces itself upon us with terrible
enlphasis-what next? Seven years of
peace, plenty and health have sue
ceeded the war OF the rebellion. It
may be that now we are to have a
series Ct pestilence, want and crime.
Such is the law OF recompense. One
nation fares as does another, and each
takes it's turn of sunshine and dark
ness. But if knowing the peril, we
face it boldly, it will be robbed of half
its terrOrS
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
THE NATIONAL CUIk K H. \ G Y
SON.E OF THE BEAUTIES DE
Its OPERATIONS.

Among the greatest curses to the
South are the National Currency sys-
tenn and the laws regulating it. The
principle upon which the system is
based is bad enough, but the manner
in which it has been regulated is far
worse.
Even if it be lawful, under the
"power to coin money!" it certainly is
not expedient, for the Federal Gov
ernment to decide for the people of
North Carolina what and how much
currency they shall use in the transac-
ton Of their business. Until we re-
turn to the principle of free banking,
regulated only by the law of supply
and demand in the volume of currency,
we will continue to be ground to the
earth Just as we now are.
During the war the free banking
system was supplanted by the National
Currency system. That currency was
limited in amount and restricted also
in the manner of its distribution. The
Government, having assumed that a
certain amount of currency was suffi-
cient for the uses of the country,
ordered it to be distributed according
to representative population. Subse-
unent amendments changed this rule
of distribution.
We well remember an incident that
occurred not very long after the close
of the war; A New Yorker, who had
called to see us on business, gave as a
reason for Il speedy return home that
he was Interested in the formation of a
new bank. On being reminded of the
fact that his State had already received
more than its share, his response was
that prominent politician had been
made director and given a certain
amount of stock, and that through hil
influence at Washington City, it was
intended to secure "a slice from the
Southern loaf"
How uneaually the currency was
distributed will be seen when it is
stated that, in order to equalize its
distribution among the several States
upon the basis of wealth and popula-
ton, an increase of ninety-four mil
lions of dollars was required. Fifty.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
4 HE EElUEsEGAIeD Ie l. = - 4. a.
ElONS.

That there should be the slightest
dl Terence Of opinion III regard to the
re. solutions recently published i'll New
Or leans, and that there should be the
= sill yhtest hesitation to utter the
str ongest condemnation of the rule of
col tdnct they propose to the people OF
Lo nisianais, perhaps, the most striking,
as 1T is the most humiliating evidence
an,l was the hesitation general there
wot'ld be little hope for the Sonth.
One short year ago the statement
that candidate for Congress in North
Carolina had announced ''no parlor
and no Kitchen" as his platform,
created not only horror, but indigna-
tor and amazement as we'll.
Then, it is true, the utterance was
ma,ie ly Il candidate of the Ra Ilcal
party, and it was easy enough for
Conservatives to denollnce the mon
strous doctrine. Now the utterancc is
made not by Radical, but 10y one who
has hitherto been an admired chief III
Conservative ranks, by no less n per-
son than the " Peerless Beauregard;'
and possibly it would be expecting too
much o. poor, weak human nature to
expect that no one would be shaken by
the evil example Of a man once SO
lllustriOus
1t was terrible shock to learn that
Beaurt gard had advised the llnifca
ton and social equality OF the black
bravely borne and while yesterday, as
1t were, thousands would have risked
their lives for him, to-day there is
none SO poor as to do him reverence.
1t matters not from whose lips comes
the foul precept, whether from the
ilps of Mckay or from those of Beau
regard, it matters not whether it be
called III hOmely phrase mo parlOr
and no Kitchen" as in North Carolina,
or whether it be called by the more
polished word Qualifications" as i'll
Louisiana, the enatlral instinct of every
respectable white man and white wO-
man in the South, and in large measure
at the North too, we believe, rovolts at
it.
, indeed, it is difficult to credit the
statement that white men have de-
hberately pledged themselves and pro-
posed to others, to forget and to ignore
all those distinctions by which the AL
mighty Himself has separated them,
their wives, their sons and their daugli-
ters from the negro race; but the state
ment is true for all that.
Ii these Beauregard resolutions
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
VOL. %.

mean anything at all, they mean to
pave the way to amalgamation and
misceccnation of the black and the
white races. And the motive for this
great crime against nature is the hope
that the white people will get onc-half
of the offices i'll the State of Louisiana.
The crime of the act is eGIallcd only
by it's folly, and ought to be denounced
Throughout the whole country III the
1iainest possible terms. There is no
middle ground to take in such Il mat
ter, no halting between condemnation
and approval Of these Bea,lrcgard resO-
lutions. Nor can amy nope of party
success justify any one IN withholding
his condemnation Of them. Any at
tempt to build mp n party upon the
Issue or by the means proposed i'll the
Beauregard resolutions will fail, as it
ont to fail, more certainly and far
more deservedly than did the attempt
to elect Horace Greeley by the aid of
Southern votes.
We trust no such attempt will be
made. We trust that the people of
Louisiana will repudiate the propo-
sition of General Beauregartl and his
Committee. We trust that General
Beauregard himself viii retrace his
one false step, and employ the remain
der of his life in seeking to cleanse
his pro1ld escutcheon from its one foul
damning blot. We would not have
his name go down to eternal infamy
with those of Longstreet and Benedict
Arnold
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
e'Eles AZ E'lsEr ass.ErEE.
Yrs. skrO:is"r~- scotci Entirely de-
.troy@d 'giae Ere Thought TO
',c snccnGiarY.

We regret to learn that Il disastrous
fire occurred at Fair Bluff early yes
tcrlay morning, by which the hotel ut
that place, owned and occupied by
Mrs. NJ. \. brothers, was entirely de
stroyrd. The fire occurred about >
O'Clock, AMI originated IN the kitchen,
ut the rear of the hotel 1t was first
discovered by Mr.. \. Carroll, the
manager OF the house, who was
awakened by The smell Of the smoke,
and when lie ran out the flames were
breaking out from the doors and WIN
dows of the kitchen. The alarm was
at once given, and the inhabitants of
the town turned ont to aid in suppress
ing the flames. This was soon found
20 be Impossible, and then the energies
Of all were directed to saving the fur
saved, but some was lost and part
The property was probably worth be-
tween 1000 and $1,000, and was in-
slred with AIcsSrs. Atkinson < Man
rance Company for 81 900.
We fear that Mrs brothers will lose
more than she can well afford by this
accident, and we tender her our warm
est sympathies, as we know do all of
those (anG their name is lcgioD) who
have ever taEen a meal at her house.
\ friend at Pennington kindly wrote
us III regard to this loss and we were
favored early yesterday morning with
the following Telegram, which was the
first intelligence OF the disaster re-
ceived here, ana which we lay before
our readers:
FAIR BLUFF, n. c., June 2G, 1873.
At O'Clock this morning the kitch-
en in rear OF Mrs. Brothers took fire.
In q few moments the hotel and store
room were III flames and entirely de-
strUyed. ! portion OF the furniture
was saved. The origin OF the fire is
unknown. The loss is partially COW
cred by insurance. L. L. i.
pa,rur. OF szu>1andry.
AS farmers feed and clotle the world
whatever promotes their interests will
also promote the interests of all classes.
It is a senseless rs well rs wicked policy
to depress the agricultL raj prosperity
of a country The tax on cotton and
tobacco demonstrated the folly as we'll
as the bascness OF the Radical party.
We believe that the organization above
named will afford protection to far
mers against moneyed monopOlies and
will give all impulse to education and
intelligence among the agricultural
classes. Tie Benefit conferred upon
them viii be reflected upon society
generally and make all more prosper
Gus and happy. We see no reason
why persons should not entsr the order
if they choose, or stay out OF it, ii
they choose.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04

ing Miss Coleman, I induleed in :.
long walk for the purpose of settling a
plan which had suddenly presented
itself to me, and upon which / resolved
to act. In short, I had suddenly de-
| termined to settle in Abbetown.
As soon as had matured Il plan T
| called on Mr.. Hieksey. I proposed to
buy out his interest in the business.
He thought he did not care to sell
l then went to Miss Coleman. She
| said that Mr.. Hicksey had been ex-
| ceedingly kind to them, and she felt
under obligations to him and that he
wished soon to advance Harley, his
son, to his interest in the business.
and retire.
My jealousy took immediate alarm.
and sought'Harley, the young man
whom l had seen first in the sales
room. L was rather surprised to find
that he agreed with me, until lie gave
as his reason that another hand would
keep Caddie out of The = ace, and that
would suit him. Caddie, indeed
[ coolly said: II shall try to see
that Miss Caddie has an interest else
where, if l take an interest in her."
He looked at me. [ returned it; then
we understood each other. Istayed in
Abbetown three days longer, during
which time I cultivated Miss Caddie's
acquaintance as much as i dared. I
also told Miss Coleman that l desired
to settle in Abbetown; that loved her
sister and wanted to try and win her
for my wife. / then returned to Macon
vile for week. was somewhat un-
easy on leaving Harley Hickey alone
in the field, for thought if he loved
the girl as well as ] knew [ did, that
he would not give her up without an
effort.
In eight days l was again at Abbe-
town. Harley Hichsey had again of
fered himself to Miss Caddie Coleman,
and been refused. Mr.. Hicksey know
ing this, was ready TO conclude bar
gain for a sale, and Miss Coleman de-
sired to remain with me, as before with
Mr.. Hicksey.
All this seemed SO entirely to NV
wishes, that I began to fear that 1
might miss the one thing to which all
these were made subservient-t loss
of Miss Caddie Coleman. But as I had
always tried to use my opportunities,
SO I was not remiss in this respect, and
in one year from the time of my settle
ment in Abbetown, / was a married
man We, Coleman & Co., are pros
pering in our business. Mrs. Cole
man is digniied, matronly lady, but
among her family she likes and I
think will never lose the sobriquet of
"per c."
There is a moral to my story. Every
boy worth the name probably sees it.
[ will write it nevertheless When
good opportunity occurs, don't stand
idle and wait for better.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
DUR SpECIAs. COR
4 Sunday with aIsc shakers.
ENFIELD, n. H., June %, 1873.


Dear JOur;aaI One Of the main
attractions which the little village of
Enfield offers to a visitor who remain
over Sunday, is the opportunity of
spending a few hours with The
Shakers" From my earliest rocol-
lection, I had heard and read much Of
the habits, religion and mode of living
of that peculiar sect, and yesterday,
for the first time, l had the good for-
tune to be an eye witness to those
strangest of strange ceremonies which
characterize their sabbath worship.
Tie Shaker settlement is situa-
ted on the western border of Masonry
Lake, a broad and beautiful sheet of
water, over which a magnificent bridge
has been erected. The morning was
bright and sunsLiny, the air was full
of the perfume of wild woodland flow
ers, and feathered choir sang praise
anthems in the tree tops. The road
leading from the hotel to the rustic
church is one affording Il sense of
varied beauty and picturesque sweet
ness rarely equalled out OF the Granite
State. On one side Il circular range of
high, detached hills. crowned with
soft, aerial vapors, and clothed in yer
dure, and long line of highly cutiva-
ted fields; on 1.-THE other, the smooth
crystal mirror in which man may see
reflected the image of his imperfect
nature, the defective and sin-detiled
parts showing all the more plainly be-
cause of the immaculate surroundings.
Musing on the lessons to be deduced
from a contemplation of the landscape,
I came, after short and most enjoy
able ride, to number of snowwhite
houses, prettily grouped around a
long, flat building with a broad plat
form in front and tall maple on either
side. This I learned was the church.
Vehicles innumerable were before and
behind me, and by following the move
ments of the former, [ soon found my
self in grassy square, enclosed by a
substantial board fence, to which, at
the proper distances apart, iron rings
] were attached for the accommodations
| of those visitors ''having horses to
hitch" Being one of those fortunates,
I secured ring and having fastened
| the ''Princess" to it. looked around to
| see where L should make the next
move. Crowds OF people We're
pouring into the church i'll two
lines. and I innocently fell in with
the one nearest me. A half srnothered
laugh in my rear, when we reached the
church door, made me think something
was amiss, and Just then a little
s'piece of pink and white tyranny
whispered in my ear, ."Ehey will not
allow you to pass here, sir. The males
go in at one door, the females the
other" Sure enough And was SO
absent-minded that had not noticed
this separation of the sexes. L ex-
tracted myself, though not without
difficulty, from the female train, and
went over to my proper place. Thus
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
'Ehe ttUbsls Sslti:se

The vitality of the cuban 'a'5Ss- :.''eti'
TO he eindestructible aEdat 40 A:Aie IN Il
last twoyears has itshowal a','Ee oeri,!'
signs of vigorous life t':.sr now
trials of these many l,vrl2tlls' nf war
have made hardy v.~Sarsapsof the na,7'
officer. and men. AID ftLey have becf
familiar with de. ground on vi
the STRUGGLE is carried ON. N.oreo
they lssse something to fight for :
the .Sager they hold ont the stronS
;zsows their hope and sheir sieterIn,.-2-
ION. The latest reports Indicate thai
the insurgents have almost un1for,hiv
gained the advantage in recent encom-
ters. Engagements OF some 1mpor-
tance have taken place between Bay
amo and Manzanillo in which there
was desperate fighting and decided
victory for the Cubans.-Neao York
Epe7ai3lO Mail
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
A cloud is casting its dark sha

A cloud is casting its dark shadows
over the State of Missouri. The peo-
pie of that State, like those of Illinois
and Indiana, are demanding investiSa-
ton into the manner i'll which certain
railroad securities were changed from
one form to another, and the Kansas
City Times, with the view of making Il
point against the Republican party
which vas i'll 1868, in the Missouri
State government, says that Missouri
had previous TO this time guaranteed
some 81, 900, 600 for certain railroads,
but that State was secured by first
mortgages on all the property owned
by these railroads. and fully worth
the amount which had been gTlaran-
teed by the State. In 1868 q Ring
vas formed which succeeded in chang
ing this secured guarantee of S523, ,0OO,-
600 into one absolute debt Of SIS, ,O00.-
900, without any security whatever
which appears to have been close
imitation of Credit Mobilier tactics i'll
Union Pacific The Times charges
that it cost just 100000 to buy the
Legislature ovor to do the job. The
validity of the legislation OF 1868 is to
be tested before the Supreme Court OF
the State.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04

Under the new practice as to the juris-
diction of the Federal courts, no
future Sydney Smith can get Off such
pun as did he of ST. Paul's, who,
being holder of Pennsylvania bonds
and also a clergyman, set the table i'll
n roar on a certain occasion by Wishing
that his guests We're not only almost,
but altogether, such as he was, except
these bonds"
We have yet, however, to be con-
vinced that the Federal courts will
usurp jurisdiction i'll the mode pointed
out by the counsel of the bondholders.
Surprising, however, that they do
this, they will only expose their pow
erlessness to enforce their own de
crees. No President of the United
States would dare - undertake to
compel the payment OF debt due by
a State, even after Judgment obtained
(and Gushing is credited with having
said that Judgment must be obtained).