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Selby and the News.

The Ne,os has very certainly shown
that the editor of the PhoeRtr has q
warm spot in his heart for Honest John
His telegram as agent of the associated
,rass last winter, in regard to the triia
before Kirk; his refusal to attack the
Bloe Ridge swindle, which resulted IN
the withdrawal of Col. Thomas from hi
paper;. and his recent telegram, headed
in all the northern papers as Patterson
y;ndicated,' etc., all remain unexplained
NJ coming from a professediy eonserva,
tive editor, and an enemy to all radical
carnet-baegers. On the other hand:
what can Dawson say to Selby that can.
not as truthfaliy he said of himself
Moses lust as plainly controlled the Ne'o'
as Il appears now that Patterson controls
the phnain. Last year the Ne'os could
not afford to give up its ten thousand
dollars worth Of patronage; Its CORE
nondents in Columbia liked to get SIX
dollars a day as committee clerks from
the speaker ofthe house; to be desig'
mated the "oiicial paper" was worth
many hundreds of dollars year wAe9
the Courier was alive; and therefore
Frank Moses, for months before ana
mOnths after the election had useful,
able and industrious organ IN the iead'
ing conservative paper OF the state
Don't lee the pot call the kettle black
From one end of the state to the o'he'
Joe Woodruff fed out the pap to the
conservative editors, and while the gfuO
listed they were dumb dogs indeed
Printing papers is expensive, conServa-
tive South Carolinians are slow in pay
ing for subscriptions, advertising is dull,
taxes are high, aud if Selby is lenient 10
Honest John, he can say to the NcUs
-sYou know how it is yourself.
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5. One mill ltori' i'ebhe triuiing. q. 2
6. Three aada a1ldrt2r 'al.ls Tor 3de;.
I. Three quarters Of a mill tibr Bank
and Trust Company III. Solomon -
8. One mill for half yearly interest on
public debt.
Q. Three mills for county purposes.
The floating debt has not been touched
and the conversion bonds are not pro-
vided for at all.
The craftsmanship VIII Oh concieves and
passes such measure is on u par with
hat which created the debt and stole
the money. Not one tenth Of the pub
lie creditors viii accept the provisions OF
the act and the i, oney raised for interest
will be spent on other objects. A state,
no more than individual, can resolve
:tself out of debt. The whole scheme is
100 silly to discuss with patience.
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Tie italian Colony at Almeada.

Signor Grandi, the secretary Of the
Italian Consulate in New York; has just
returned to Charleston from Port Royal
and eives dep!orabc account of the
condition in which he found the immi-
grants sent to Alrerda by agreement
with the Port Royal Colonization Society.
Mr.. Papin. the president oithis so-caIIed
.ocic;y, has an Office al Port Royal, and
that appears to be the whole of the Soci-
ETY.. This person agreed to give each
immigrants Il tract Of land at a reason
able price aud supply him with food and
implement, but each Immigrant was
required to pay Papin fifteen dollars in
advance. This wa! done by the twenty
three Italian immigrants who went Down
and who settled at Almeal. They
made complaint that faith with them
was not kept, and Si-nor Gran!i went
down to visit them. He found that they
had no tools, no animals and no food
except what h,y could obtain By hunt
ing. Papin. on being demonstrated with.
slid that he {" ID not tU.fiil his contract
because NJ. K. &. Homes, the owner
of Almeada. al not fulfilled his bargain
with him, but he said he was vii ing to
return the iifiecn dollars dcpo it made
b. the Immigrants. This lie failed to do.
Signor GIandi sought another home for
his compauiots. and secured a tract of
land on the plantation of MrsSrS. Paul q
WEBB, at B.unson'>. The Italians OBJ
tanned the land at ten dollars an acre, are
Gel for one year. and are supplied with
tools, animals and seed. 1t is great
pity that any societies having the control
Of immigrants should allow themselves to
be bcguiled by persons whose only stock
in trade j. promised and plausibility.
There was no difficulty in asccrtaining in
Beaufort that the vaunted colonization
society did not exist A little inquiry
before hand in these matters will save
world Of trouble and expense Charles
ton Nc'cs.
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Total production.

Showing sales of 1851 bags more than
production.
With this important fact before us
and The additional one that there has
bee1EapG pa ratively no such decline or
fluctuations in the yarns or goods into
which these cottons are manufactured,
the. question naturally suggests iself,
what is it that has operated to make
so ruinous a decline in the staple itself !
and this too in the face Of one of the
smallest crops that has probably been
made the last thirty years.
Is it not reasonable, therefore, to
suppose that compulsory sales and
com binations have bad far more in
fuence in causing the present decline
than excess of production of substi.
tutes Since the war our factors are,
MS a general thing, so circums ;rised in
their means as TO be incapable OF hold
ing consignments, and consequently
SUBJECTS this interest to foreign COM
binatious, which may act in concert
and with a perfect knowledge OF the
need of both planter and factor, to
meet their obligations, and by being
forced to cell have to submit u cn0r.
nous sacrifice, and thus this important
interest ofshusbandry is brought into
jeopardy.
: also doubt their correctness when
they state that the "Gtllene Egyption
has largely supplsnted common and
medium sea islands" with spinuers.
1t is not forgotten that during the
blockade almost fabulous prices vert
paid in Liverpool f,r our staple;
neither can it be disputed that after
the war prices were eStravagintly
hieh. 1t is ouly The last two years
that the prices have hcen 80 terribly
depr sscd and the planting OF THE
staple uuremunerativa, al this not
owing IT, any serious decline n q SIM
gle article of fabric which tliey con'
pose. The spiuners bad ihen ali the
'sub,titutes' they now hav'. My
doubt is also confirmed by the fJllaw-
ing extract from a distinguished spin
ner OF Manchester. He says: Fine
and course sea islands are nearly as
distinct in their value and different in
the purpose they serve. as silk and
cotton. Coarse cotton, however ahun
dant and cheap, c1R Dc2~r be u snjsti
fu.c for fine, and hence The value u!
The latter Is in a great measure in
dependent of the former. y n From
the superior strength of yarn IL pro-
duces, savings will be made in every
stage of the manufacture
From this presentation Of facts !
cannot but think that there arc undue
influences, beyond the fair and natural
influence OF supply and demand, which
operate to depress the price OF this
staple, or how Else is TO be accounted
the fact that the "wLSiHteS," such as
Tahiti of medium gratics and 'qu'te on
of faror," are selling in Liverpool at
20 to 3lc., aud FIJI, without pro,
portionate strength, and cons iderab!e
prejudice against the cotton, which
has not been overcome are qnDttd
as selling from 80 to 4ic., gold.
would, Therefore, respectfully suggest
that the true question for the conyeu
lion is not what substitute" is most
likely to suit our genial soil, but what
arrangements could be formed by
which the producers would be pro-
lected, when their interests are sent
to market, from the effects of combin-
ed speculation?
A PLANTER.
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A Warming.

Those who, count upon the continued
docihtyy of the people of South Carolina
npder misrule reckon without the host.
There are signs of organization in one
party and mutterings of revolt In the
other. 1t is-not possible that the con-
seryatives will again allow an election to
eoby default. We see in the Oranges
the agency needed iu the past to bring
ont the full vote Of the democratic party
in one supreme effort to secure an honest
aud economical government. And we
see in the very recklessness of the repub
lican leaders, in the talk of the people
around us, heard in Columbia, in the
streets, in the cars; aud by the wayside,
that the ties Of party fealty are grown
weaker, that the fears of the past are
being dissipated, and that longing for
purity and decency is growing among
those whose votes have hitherto been
depended upon to continue In power
those who have been false to every trust,
who have broken every promise. and
whose course has proved heavy load to
rorubl;canism elsewhere aud disgrace
To it here.
The democrats of New York, generally
of the lower grades of the people, showed
their desire for honest government by
oyerthrowing Tweed. The sixty thou
sand majority which his party had for
wears maintained emboidened Tweed and
his CO. thieves to believe that they need
fear nothing. They insOlently inquired
when first confronted with the eyidenceS
of their frauds: "What are you going to
do about it?" They had constituency
which republicans were apt to think were
hopelessly besotted with ignorance and
dishonesty. Yet when these masses,
thought to be so obtuse, so degraded, so
partisan-when, we say, these masses
were at last convinced of the rascality OF
their leaders, they rose in anger and dis
gust TO join movement for reform.
Thousands of the democratic party, far
removed in education. in social rank and
in apparent responsibility from the mass
Of voters, hung back or actively worked
to retain in power their old time leaders.
Thus is it everywhere. The people,
the masses, though they may be hard to
move, though they may long decline to
believe in the guilt of those they have
trusted and been used to follow, when
that confidence is finally broken, when it
becomes manifest that they have been
deceived, have always been found with
patriotism enough to subordinate habits
Of obedience to party leaders, to prefer
good government to party success.
SO will it be in South Carolina. Not
the most refined and wealthy OF her sons
is more anxious for an honest and capa-
bic government Of the state than is the
poorest freedman who plies the hoe in
the fields of Colleton, Beaufort or
Georgetown.
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Tie Debt and Taxes.

The Senate passed on Saturday the
house bin 70 reduce the volume Of the
public debt. The changes are that the
senate altered the rate Of discount upon
bonds, 50 that the public creditor is Of
iered fifty per cent instead Of forty, and
the proposed tax levy is made fifteen
NILS instead of sixteen The levy IS
divided as follows:
|. One ard quarter mills for execa-
tive auli ialical departments. :.
2. 0ne aa,l quarter mills FOR penal,
Charitable aud educational institutions.
2: Two uai!ls for public-schocls. !.
a One asd half mills for expenses OF
extrss nN,ragular session.
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The Coyernor,s Message.

We are sorry to note the fact tina
Governor Moses uses the occasion Of his
annual message mainly to produce a
document which he thinks will be useful
to him as a politician. He is not now
actually a candidate. Gcis the governor
Of The state. and ought to feel that ne
represents the whole people and not a
mere party.
We can heartily endorse at least two
parts of his message, and these are all
we have room for this week. These are
his concentrations and recommendations
in regard to the reports Of Mr. Jillson
and DR.. Ensor.
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EDUCATION.

I transmit the fifth annual report of
the State superintendent of education.
This elaborate and suggestive document
setting forth, in a most forcible aspect,
the magnitude and importance Of our
free school system, and its rapid growth
and Improvements worthy Of the de-
voted and capable officer from whom it
emanates, aud will amply repay your
attentive perusal and consideration, to
which | commend il.
The following tables will exhibit the
scholastic population and school atten-
lance for the year 1873:
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The Sava anah papers say that Capt.
Tenbrock, has gone 10 New Orleans to
libel the steamship Texas. Tor s2O,g flor
services rendered by the steam ting in
getting the steamer Of tlle bar near;
Tybee.
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The scholastic population Of the State
has increased by 32,923 since the year
1869. 1t includes all those inhabitants
of the State who arc between the ages OF
six and sixteen year.
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DvERTIsTNG RATES.
Fancy Job Printing.
Stationery.

Every Kind of FANCY jon PRINTING executed II
the best manner, promptly and at low prices.
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THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Ifyou think Of buying Sewing Machine II viii
pay you to examine the records Of those now in use
and profit by experience. The Wheeler d
Wilson sta nas alone as the only Light
Running MnchiRc, using tho Rotary
Hook, ma king Lock stitch, alike on both
sides Of the fabric sewcd All shuttle machines
wa,te power In drawing the shuttle back after the
stitch is formed, bringing double wear AMI strain
upon both machine and OPERATOR hence while other
machines rapidly wear out, the Whreicr d Will
son lasts n lifetime, and proves an economical
investment. Do not believe all that is promised by
the Cheap machines, you should require proof that
years of use have t, sted their value. Money once
thrown away cannot b. recovered.
Send for our circulars. Machines sold on easy
terms, or monthly payment taken. Old machines
put in order or received in exchange.
WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO.'S OFFICES
Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Columbus Ga.
Columbia and Charleston, S. G.
W. p. eIlyEs, Gcnl Ag't.
Savannah, Ga
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gather. we are uf. epistsn that It has
amounted to fully l5,G0J btlss.ef coo
pounds each Of sach quality rs :" br a
substitute for sea isiauds. quoted as
8 ling about lSd.''
In. the Liverpool Brokers Price
Current, extreme quotations are 10
l5gd. 1t is IA little singular that Will
every description of cottons are qu' ted
in the Liverpool Brokers Price Cur
rent, no mention is made OF THIS
("Gallene'') Egyptian, (which has so
largely supplapted common and medi-
um sea island ,,and with all deteren ca
to Messrs. Stead Brothers, as be ng
the highest or most reliable authority,
I doubt their capdcr when they state
that it is ''of such quality as TO be
a substitute for the real sea island" !"
"They are finer in quality and longer
10 staple than tie common Amertcd
uplands. but have not the strength, n"r
so fipe, nor so long, as the true sea
islands. Now, it is well known by
both the spinner and producer that
the reQm'i'e for quality is the comblna'
tion of fineness and strength.
Thus it is shown that every one o'
the substitute are wanting in what
constitutes the real or chief value o.
sea island cottons; but if this were not
so, the same authority states the I'M
portant fact that the sales from the
lst October, 1872, to I'd October 1873
were equal to supply amounting
to" 59,9l0 bags. and its production
from all countries as follows:
| {.
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SCHOLASTIC POPULATION
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Address.

Communications may be addressed 10 THE -ohT
ROYAL coMAERcI,L, Beaufort, S. c.
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A full assortment of paper, envelopes INK pens
,e,k furniture, etc., always on hand at Charleston
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III Port Royal Commercial
SUBSCRIPTIONS.

THURSDAY. DEcEMBER 25, 1875.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20

4 distinguished citizen from
hlassachus now in Washing
ton. says that Oakes Arnes died
leaving very little more money
than he made out of his business
to his family-that the Credit
MObiller Investment was not only
q loss Of money mt of health.
ana, finally, Of lie; and he adds
that nothing did more to bring on
the panic than the persistent at
tacks upon great public works by
members OF Congress; that the
business of breaking down public
men by committees Of investiga-
ton, however we'll intended, has
simply ended in mischief at a
vast cost to the country.-Corres-
po,adence Philadelphia Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20
Stickeen Mines.

The Portland Bulletin of De-
cember I'd says: From a private
letter received by gentleman in
this city from parties in Victorian
we learn that The mining excite
ment is running very high with
them at present, little else being
ta ed of. Some eighty or ninety
miners are already en- route up
site keen River, intending to 90
across the country on the ice.
\ number more are at Fort
Wrangle, awaiting the arrival
Of reinfOrcements before start
ing out. Az soon as Spring
opens there will undoubtedly be
a rush for:the new diggings. Sc
veral gentlemen in this city are
quietly completing arrangements.
for the trip and will probable start
about the grst of January, and
we have heard of two gentlemen
that will go up on the next
steamer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20

We were amused yesterday
evening, says the Colorado Chief
tain. at the novel and ingenious
manner of corralling a flock of
thirteen hundred sheep. 1t con.
sisted of punching them together
and running canvas fence
around them. The canvas was
fastened between two small
s takes, each pair set about ten
feet apart. The canvass is about
two feet in width and the lower
is calculated to be about eight or
ten inches from the ground. The
stakes extend so far below the
canvas as to allow of their being
set far enough in the ground to
keep it in an upright position.
Like fish-net it can be taken
down, rolled up and put away in
the wagon. 1t is certainly very
convenient way of corralling
sheep of nights while driving
long journeys. It may be made
to hold two or three thousand in
bunch. This novel fence was
invented by A. s. McWiIliams, O
Colusa county, California.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20
Official:

The postage on postal cards sent
from the United States and adj
dressed to Germany, including
Austria, Hungary and the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, has been
liked at two cents each, prepay
ment to be made by afixing
tnereto an ordinary one-cent Uni
teo states postage stamp in addi-
( ZION TO the stamp printed or inn
pressed on the card. The postage
on postal cards sent from Germany
ana addressed to the United
oeates Is liked at silbergroschen
eacn, and postal cards so prepaid
are 10 De delivered in the United
States free of charge. Postal
carus not fully prepaid at the
aooVe.mentloned Iates cannot be
forwarded in the mails exchanged
between the two countries. The
regulations and Instructions gov.
erning the use and treatmen9f y,
PastaI catoS N domestic mails oil
the United States and of Ger.
many, iespectlvely, are equally
applicable to postal cards ex.
changed in the mails hetween the
two countries. Such arc the nro.
visions of articles of aoraenen-
between the two Countries re-
Gently adopted, Which were to gc
into effect on the fist of Decem,
Der, 1878.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20

AS a part of the history of the
ravages of the scourge in Nor
thern Memphis, we place on
record the fate of the inmates of
the clearinghouse known as the
Mississippi House, corner of Mar
ket and Front streets. The land
lard is Joe Sanford, whose family
consisted of a wife and two chill
dren. In his house were eighteen
boarders. Of all these there were
only Sanford and one boarder who
survived; all the rest, twenty,
died, -AvGLGnche.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20
The Sacramento Nee is respon-

The Sacramento Zee is respon-
sible for the following: The
season for drawing-more exactly
speaking, jerking, yanking :"
shot-guns. muzzle-foremost, from
wagons and buggies and boats and
fences, is now full upon us. Saw
a little affair of the kind at the
levee yesterday, but t. Nere didn't
anything come of ~ Nhere
was a good crowd, too, waNning.
Noticed that they vi kept
carefully out of goose shot
range. The gun was a poor one,
evidently. Any decent gun
would have resented such treat
ment, and would have beer up
held by any jury in SO doine 1t
lacked spirit. vim, snap-eseci-
ally snap. But the anxious Zee
tators entertained hopes t Ahe
very last moment, when be
drunken hunter dropped tn ?
into the river. Then hopi
season babe the crowd f1
and the hunter azores
marked "Oh, -"
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20

A preacher in a Scottish town
took up a collection, one recent
Sunday, and found, when his hat
was returned, that there wasn't a
cent in it. IT thank my God"
said he, turning his hat upside
down and tapping the crown of it
with his hand, "that / have got
my hat back from this cengrega-
tion.n
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20
Reported for the Sentinel.

DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA,
Commanded by Brigadier and
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Crook.
Surgeon ID. l.. Magruder, U.
s. A, arrived at Prescott Decem-
Der End and assumed the duties
Of Medical Director of the De-
partment the following day.
Major j. III. Nelson, Paymaster,
Mr.. Nelson and Lieut.. o. L. VIE
ting, 23d Infantry, arrived here
from Tucson December Ord.
Copies of orders issued during
the week enclosed. W..
Prescott, A. t., Dec. 5th, 1873.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20

JOHN q. B0URKE,
Aiuo-ue. Camp.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-20
Tucson.
[From the Citizen of last Saturday.

lFrom the Citizen of last Saturday.
Santiago Redondo who was
mentioned in the Citizen of Nov.
20, as coming here from Sonora
in pursuit of horses stolen by the
Apaches, returned from Cachise's
reservation on Wednesday, He
succeeded in getting four of the
thirteen horses stolen. He says
that on his way out, he found a
party of Apaches at Sulphur
springs who had two of his
horses and afterwards he got
possession of one OF them. He
saw, while at the reservation Sc
veral horses and mules that had
been stolen at different times from
Sonora. He says that Capt. JEFF
fords told him that some of the
Apaches on the reserve were
from the White mountains and
some from Tulerosa, and that the
stock stolen from him was scat
tered among the several bands,
and says he was treated kindly
by the agent
Mines and mining are receiving
more attention by the people Of
Tucson Jhau many Of our own
citizens understand. Among
those now engaged N spending
much time and labor and 0fcOurse
considerable cash we can name
these. sam. Hughes, =. S.
stevens, Tully, Ochoa & Co., A.
Lazard. G. o. Brown. E. Pierce,
Gov. Stafford, DR.. Handy, j. w.
Hopkins, r. N. Leatherwood,
Solomon Warner, T. M. Yerkes.
Deputy Surveyor Theo. F.
White and party returned to
Tucson on the 9TH instant. They
left early in October, and in adj
dition to running necessary stan
dard and township lines, they |
subdivided six townships, viz /:
Ii S, IA and 16 E near Tucson, ard |
10, 16, II s and 20 E, and IL S, 10
E-the latter four covering the |
San Pedro settlements. including |
the upper or overland crossing. |
After surveying a mining claim,
or probably more, which will re-
quire several days, he will pro-
coed to the vicinity of Kenyon |
Station, carry line to the Colo |
RADIO at Yuma, and survey con-
land Whereabouts into |
townships and subdivisions. Mr.. |
White is most thorough and