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The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-09

There is nothing more true than that
the affairs of South Carolina will be
made one of the great issues of the nation
al campaign in 1875. In this consists the
real craftsmanship of the inaugural ad-
dress. If, after oil our pledges, these re-
forms are not earnestly and completely
effected, then we shall have committee
of investigation sent down here next
spring by democratic congress. and the
administration of the State for the past
six years will be shown up in the most
exaggerated way before the whole country,
rs powerful weapon against the national
republican party Union Herald.
1t will not be necessary to find out half
the truth to condemn the Republican par
ty in South Carolina, although it may be
difficult to get at the facts, if there is any
"honor among thieves" in the South
Carolina riag, there is circumstantial evi.
dence enough to convict the party of any
amount of fraud.
The next Congr IS will take delight in
painting this picture in the brightest
! colors, and the most prominent figures in
the panorama will be the ones whose
pockets have been stuffed with plunder
and who below loudcst for reform.
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reduce these expensive superhuities, these
rapidly accumulating barnacles that fast
en- upon commercial progress, he will
deserve the thanks of the country for his
independence and decision.
We doubt whether there is a custom
house on the coast conducted with more
economy than the Port of Beaufort. With
all the business at Port Royal and Bull
River the government is only taxed to
support collector and one deputy.
But then it has never been run as po-
litical machine.
The application of his official boot to
his impudent subordinate Mullett shows
that Secretary Bristow has very whole
some views in regard to discipline; but
he cannot expect to continue on good
terms with the President if he keeps up
such an aggressive policy.
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the sspirants. The Legislature will elect
a man who has not yet appeared before
them or the public. He will not be such
as the conservatives would nominate
but he will he an honest man. We think
atleast, or judge so from the very respec-
table expressions from the members of
both houses.
The Executive branch of the Govern
ment have already been reformed. The
legislative department seems itself to con-
sist of reformato,y majority, and au
irreclaimable minority. ,hey are attempt
ing to reform the judicial xbrauch of the
First Circuit. Tho future alone. will show
the sincerity Of those who echo Governor
Chamberlain's inaugural. 1t would seem
to be prerequisite of successful re-.
formatory judicial appointment that the
next First Circuit judge should be unem-
barrassed by any enta raling liances with
dead issues or living frauds A man
without official record since the war and
one who would not be expected to adhere
to any existing phase of opinion or pro-
cedure of political kind is necessary to
new departure. Let us have an honest
and upright judge for that important
Circuit. Let us have such a pure man
that would be acceptable to all classes
and conditions.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-09

There is a hopeful report going the
rounds that Secretary Bristow has been
conducting quiet examination into the
organization and general efficiency of the
various custom houses, and having
arrived at the perfectly Legitimate con-
clusion that reconstruction and recorma-
tion are necessary, will act accordingly as
soon as he can have the co operation of
Congress. Oyera year ago various jour
nails exposed the fact that there were
dozens Of customs pest along the coast
that did not begin to return sufficient
revenues to pay the salaries of the
officials employed in them. Others just
about consumed income in expenses, and
while taken in the aggregate there was a
large deacit. A we'll drilled and Ioyal
corps of political workers was supported
at public expense, and it was not the
policy of Republication to cast made
such a serviceable system of party ma.
chinery. Even the custom houses in the
leading commercial cities have been to a
considerable extent mere barracks for the
skirmi,hers of the, dominant party. II
Secretary Bristow can cut off or senabiy
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-09

The New Orleans Picayune gives
some of the narrowing details of the
sinking of the steamer Empire near her
wharfin that city. it appears that when
the steamer sank hers upper works with
the cabin remained fast t, the hull, and
hence only a few of those drowned float
I ed to the surface. To get at the interior
of the boat it therefore was necessary to
break off her upper works, and then a
diver descended into the. hull of the yes
sci, in order to get at the place where the
victims of the disaster were supposed to
be, when terrible scene met his eyes The
passengers. must have been sleeping at
the time of the accident, and, hemmcd in
by the freight, they were unable to escape
and were helplessly drowned. The dead
bodies lay around in all attitudes, some
evidently drowned in their sleep, while
others were only awakened to make ter
rible and vain struggle against ithe dark
waters. Immediately upon the drawing
up of the first body the divcr.sagain de.
scended for the purpose of bringing up
more, but the freight, swept by the fierce
current, had shifted, and it is snow
thought that those....lost may never be
recovered, the constant changes, the swift
stream and the strong undertow sweeping
away many. The loss ofseveral the crew
and of the captains family prove with
awful conclusiveness that the calamity
was altogether unexpected and unprepared
for. 1t is generally believed that the En-
pire was overloaded and that the thump-
ing of other boats landing alongside had
started the seams in her deck.
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THE ELECTION OF JUDGE OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT

1t is to the exaltation of the standard
of the Bench that the spirit of true re-
form must have IFS beginning. Our sena-
aors and representatives n y re 'olve them.
selves into committees of the whole for
the consideration of the message of the
Governor from day to day which they
will do in vain, if their discussions do not
result in firm determination to elevate
the Bench above the considerations of
mere party faction. The duty of electing
q judge of the First Circuit will soon
claim the attention of the General Assem-
bly,, and we trust that wise and judicious
selection viii be made from among the
array of pure names that have been sug-
gested for SO vitality important position
as the one required for that circuit de-
mands. This circuit embracing as it does
The erubite and accomplished bar of
Charleston seems to Us to demand one of
more than ordinary ability, one of tried
and replete legal lore and above all, one
capable of measuring the tits of so
skilled and varied talents as will appear
I,efore IL. We hope that none hut most
accomplished jurist, none but most un-
exccptionable character will for mo-
snent be entertained by the eIecting body.
From the number of, and energetic eau
\ ,ssing by the gentlemen who are seeking
esiice to seek them itis palpable that the
first ballot win be without other result
than to disclose the reiltiye weakness of
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-09

Not glee club-The policeman's.
To remove stains from character-Get
rich.
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Capabilities ofan ncre.

j. M. Smith, market gardener OF
Green Bay, Wis, furnishes some interest
ing statements of his experiments in high
culture. He has found the rule invaria-
BILE, not single exception to it, that the
more he has spent in cultivating aud
manuring the greater have been the net
profit per acre. Last season be cu'tivat-
cd fourteen acres, and began with a more
thorough and expensive cultivation than
ever before. The result was that, al
though there was "terriic drought
one of the dryest seasons ever known in
that region, after SPENDING s3OS6, or
1884 per acre. he had better balance
than in any previous year. He appears
to regard constant cultivation, especially
through drought, in conn ection with
c"pious maAuring, as all important.
Stable manure is the standard, with such
use of superphosphates, plaster, lime,
ashes and other manures as experience
and good sense point out. "After you
have learn,i no Y to spend mon y to til
best advantage he remarks, "a larger
profit may be made by laying Iout $500
Pr acre than with less. After the sec md
year, if your land does not ply all its ex-
penscs, taxes, and ten per cent. of $1,000
per acre, there is something wrong some
where. have some acres of land that
did not pay expenses for two years, but
FOR nnnlcs Of years past have not failed
to pay ten pr cent. on at least $4,000 per
acrr. expect my whole garden to do
more than that in short time" He
adds that he is now aiming at 1000 bu.h-
els Of onions per acre. then crop of car
1ots or turnips, or 500 bushels of early
potato,s; or if strawberries, 12,9OO
quarts, or 400 bushels per acre.
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MULLETT.

We shall miss Mullett. The Treasury
Department will miss him. The furni.
ture establishment which he superintcnd-
ed so gracefully :win miss him. Unfin-
ished public buildings all over the coun-
try will miss him, And the white arms
of thousand derricks looming up stark
and tall against the November sky will
toss and bcckon and wait for the Mu'lett
that comes back never. All, the plans
that man has planned, the buildings he
has built, the money he has sp.nt, and
the amount of able e-bodicd iron-clad pro.
family he has mixed in his daily discourse
how well we remember them now.
Yes, Mullett was gifted, not precisely as
an architect. We would not say that.
We do not think architecture was his
iorte, though being man ofa nervous
temperament and great spryucss, we
should judge he might be quite happy in
the use of the hammer, and possibly de-
velop talent as shinger. Foom all ac-
counts the scene in the Treasury Depart>
ment when Mul!ett announced his purpose
to tear himself away from the service and
pay of the Government must have been
thrilling in the extreme. There sat the
Secretary of the Treasury, diguified and
serene, little dreaming of the blow the
country was about to receive, and there
sat Mullett, about the size of fire-crack-
er, and brim full of the remarkable quail
ties of that exasperating explosive.
But imagine Mullett's amazement and
indignation when the Secretary actually
insisted upon enforcing the law. Right
before his face and eyes, he sitting there
in front. How that peppery little bene-
factor of the Congressional "deestricts
must have swclled up and sputtcrcd and
snapped and cracked at such treatment.
And if the recording angel does charge
up profanity, what job of short hand
double entry bookkeeping lie must have
had to follow DIullett as he skipped
around the Secretary and let his chin
swing loose.
And then the blow came. The Secre
tary could not have anticipated it. If
he had he never would have said anv.
thing about the law Mullett resigned
Yes, standing there in the department for
which he had done SO much, he flung his
resignation in the face of an astonished
country, and with few carefully select
ed "cuss words went out. He took but
one oath on going into Office; nobody
knows how many he took on going out.
1t was an awful moment no doubt. The
Washington Monument stopped in its
upward progress. A thousand derricks
,reaked. Widely scattered ':dsestricts :: >
trembled for their unexpended appro-
priations, and unfinished public build
ngs in all parts of the country began to
gather mildew and rust.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

SEALED PROPOSALS.,
Will be received until Jan. End 1875.
by the County Commissioners for feeding
the poor for the year 1875, the rations to
be as follows.
Six quarts of hominy,
Three lbs. of meat,
One pint salt,
One quart of molasses,
One quart rice,
Quarter pound coffee or equivalent in
tea,
Half pound c sugar,
Half pound soap,
Two or tobacco and pipes.
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
PAUL PRITCHARD,
Chairman Co. Com'rs. BIT. County.
SHEPARD d. GILBERT,
Clerk of board.
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The Governors Message.


Too late for notice in our last issue
,me the inaugural message of Hon. d
II. Chamberlain.
While admitting the existence of all
,e defects, to put it mildly, which have
appeared so glaring under the two pre-
ling administrations, he promises to
,rrect abuses as far as in him lies. He
does not, however, refer to the duty in
cImbent upon the past and future attor-
ley-generals, to commence action against
;ny official as soon as they become aware
any derelection of duty.
1t appears to us that the message was
itten too much with the view of i'm
: essing those under whose notice it will
me, that the General Assembly must be
i.eld responsible for all the short comings
of the new administration.
Every one will agree that the review of
'ar present tax system is admirable and
tie candid expression of opinion that
= the valuations" made previous to the
resent year have been to a great extent
just and oppressive" is well timed
The promise of judicious appointments
of officers concerned in the assessment
and collection of taxes, if redeemed, will
lie great abatement of the evils which
xpayers have labored under in the
asst.
The necessity of keeping the expendi-
1 res of the State within its receipts, the
overnor very properly terms reform
/ easure, and urges it upon the General
! ssembly. The issuing certificate of in
debtedness, even conceding the right to
do SO, is shown to be an unwise measure
sat time when the National Govern
,ent is embarrassed with the great pro-
lem of restoring the national currency to
!. sound basis" Wholesome advice is
iven in regard to the expense of public
I sinting, and even the last Assembly, it
appears from the reports from Columbia,
put check upon one of the most outra
seous swindles by which government
was ever defrauded, as is manifest in the
5-'ct that the printing is to be done for
fifty thousand dollars.
We fear that the elective system if ap
pied to Trial Justices, as is recommended
would give US worse officers than we now
have but Mr.. Chamberlain's determine
zion meets our warm approval that "while
the present system remains, to use the pow
or of appointment now conferred on the
Governor in such way as to give the peo-
1,le trial justices who know the law and
will use their power to preserve and pro-
tect the interests of ALL"
The suggestions in regard to the need
cd changes in the law governing the
board of state canvassers, and concerning
the propricty of reviewing the registra-
1ion act are all that could be desired.
In short, the message throughout is a
confession of fragrant violations of the
law during the past six years, and shows
the way in which the evils may be cor.
rected, and if promises mean anything
and the veto power is as surely exercised
as it is as surely to be required before the
General Assembly adjnurns, then Mr.
Chamberlain will receive the merited en-
comiums of all good citizens.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-02
Washington.

GEN BRIsTow, of Kentucky, Is the latest mem
toned candidate TO succeed Richardson, and it
il said the President has been canyassing his
claims, character, and abilities for some time
BILL has been introduced by Representa-
tive Morey, Of Louisiana, for the relief of suf-
ferers by the overflow Of the Mississippi
which appropriates $780, 900 for that purpose
THE funeral of the late Representative Mel
lish, of New York, took place in the hall of the
House Of Representatives May 26. The senate
attended in body.
THE District investigation continues TO UNI
earth new phases Of rascally operations of the
ring. The latest damaging evidence is that of
the chief engineer OF the board Of public
works, according to whose testimony Shepherd
was in the habit Of causing wrong measur
ments 10 be made, on which large amounts
were stolen.
HoME the gentleman appointed TO succeed
Clews as Engineer Of the Board of Public
Works, il ineligible from the facts that he is a
nonresident. and is subject 10 the law prohib-
itng army officers from holding civil offices.
THE report il reyivedt hat Richardson is TO
be nominated to the bench Of the Court Of
Claims. II is said the President is prepared to
accept his resignation.
SALyINI the Italian tragedian, was recently
introduced on the floor of the House.
THE marriage of the Presidents daughter
Nellie took place May 81, at the White House.
IT is said tLcro will be general stampede
of politicians from Washington as soon as
Congress adiourns, for the purpose of taking
part in the coming political campaign.
A RESOLUTION will be introduced in the
House censuring the secretary of the treas
ury, assistant secretary, and Solicitor Banfield.
for lax and careless administration Of the law
the Sanbom contract cases
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GOVERNOR HABTRANFT. OF Ohio, has signed
the bill making Decoration Day legal holiday.
WALTER J. OTis, Of Chicago, has been Sc
lected bow oar for the Harvard University Boat
Club
THE Rev. David Swing preached in the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, at Chicago. the
SUNDAY after his acquittal. Six hundred poo
pile we're unable to gain admission After the
services a collection was taken to pay off the
debt of the church, and the entire amount,
$40, 300, was raised in fifteen minutes.
THE Centennial Committee of Arrangements
have decided to commence building mmedi-
ately The art gallery and museum building
will cost 81 500, 900
NorIcE has been received at the State De-
partment of the death Of General John J.
Craxton, United States Minister to Bolivia, at
Lapaz, on the 10th of May. His wife and son
are now on the way home with the remains
ONE John Fitzpatrick. who lost both legs
by an accident on ~ Little Miami Railroad,
has recovered $4,000 damages against the com
pany
GEN. DYER, chief OF ordnance U. s. A.. died
in Washington, May 81
AMONG the passengers bv the steamship
Abysslnia, for Liverpool recently. were Gen.
Schenck, Judge Doolittle, Of Wisconsin. and
| ex-senator Bayard. of pclayan.
APARTMENTS ON the steamship Baltic we're
entirely refurnished for the use Of Mr. Sar-
toris and wife, during their voyage to Eng
land
Sixty Memonites arrived in New York Nov
q, from Russia and left for Yankton Oak.
in the evening
I Gas, BUTLER is very i'll, aud his physicians
express grave doubts whether he will recover.
1 On. 5. g. llowE, late resident commissioner
of the SANTANA Bay Company. has arrived in
New York. He blames Capt Lowery, Of the
Z. $. ship Canandaigua. for permitting the
Dominion government to eject the company
from their possessions
The President has nominated John Pratt u.
s. marshal for New Mexico.
Ar Warrensburg n. H., recently, David
Mead picked NJ IN the street what he supposed
was a stone. Upon throwing it from him it
exploded iniuiag linn fatally twas autro-
glycerlne exploder used in mining
ENGINEERS who have examined the Mill
River reservoir lind that it was not built AZ.
oording a. specification, aud the disaster was
inevitable. Thus the crime attaches wholly
To the contractor
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road. The heirs propose Ia drop The case at
their cost, assume all costs except 81 ,0s1 900,
which amount il to DO assumed by new COM
pany Of the heirs and directors, with capital
Of IS, 900, 900.
The General Conference of the NJ. T..
Church, south, has closed its session at Louis
Vile
The United States bonded warehouse on
McPhails Wharf, Norfolk, Va, burned May
IS, and 200 bales of cotton we're destroyed or
badly damaged
THE Arkansas Senate has passed bill to
prevent the issue of any more state or railrosd
bonds, and the House joint resolution proyid-
lug for the adjournment of both Houses TO the
first Monday in December.
The mayor of New Orleans, in a letter TO a
gentleman in Washington says that unless
the resources for relief be increased some way
to 81 ,OOO,0OO many thousands must perish by
famine. Even that sum viii not more than
suffice TO save the lives of the inundated peo-
pie till the flood subsidies aud the overlooked
ands are again tillable.
TIE democratic executive committee of
Vile, with closed doors. The exact date Of
the convention il not yet fixed, but will be on
the 10Th or 21st Of August.
In the Arkansas House Of Representatives
G. c. johnson, colored, introduced resolu-
ton asking Senators Clayton aud Dorsey to
resign their seats in the Senate. The resolu-
ton was referred.
THE report that Gov Moses, Of South Car
olina, has submitted 10 arrest, is Incorrect
Instead. he has got out warrant for the ar
rest Of the sheriff charging him with illegally
seeking to arrest the governor The sheriff
had He'd.
Hon. HENRY PAGE, State Treasurer Of Ar
kansas, has resigned.
NEEPHAGoN COLLEGE, situated az Cross
Plains, Robertson Co., Tenn, was totally de-
.stroyed by FIRE Az there had been no ire
about the building for several days il il sup
posed to have been the work of an incendi-
airy Loss, $4,000. 1t was with great diff
Guilty that the young lady students could be
induced to leave the burning building in their
night-clothes.
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Lecture on the Cause of Summers Ill
ness by DIR. BIown-Sequard.

In his unreported lecture on the dis
eases of Sumner, DIR. Brown-Sequard
stated that he had found the origin of
Summers trouble in the assault by
Brooks in the Senate. The speaker as
serted that the effect of the San Domin-
go trouble, the removal of Mr.. Motley,
and of his own brother-in-law from Of
flee in California, were greatly to the
injury of Mr.. Sumner, whose nervous
system was so much excited at the
opening of the Greeley campaign that
absolute rest was necessary. When he
returned to his seat in the Senate, the
physician described the condition of
Mr.. Sumner as being very bad, all the
symptoms which had been noted mt the
time of his prostration in 1S56recurring
with added force. The injuries to the
spinal cord, united with the effects of
so much labor, had their effect, and the
last hours of the statesman were spoken
Of with much feeling Thespeaker was
glad 10 say that the news of the legisla-
tive act, blotting out the censure against
the Senator, had most happy effect.
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Gently in San Francisco. She was recently
separated from her husband in that city.
W. ID. HrLDRErH, deputy United States mar
Hhal, was shot near Hillsboro, Coffee county.
Tennessee, recently, by mar named Thomas
Jefferson Sanders for whom Iiildreth had
capias from the federal court
CoRNELIA BowsER, aged 1G, living near Day-
ton, O., attempted to fill lighted kerosene
lamp, causing an explosion. She was burned
TO death.
A TELEGRAM from Ampror, Ont, states that
two boats, containing thirteen raftsmen, COLI
ded at Flat Rapids, recently, and several men
were drowned
By the falling of house in Cincinnati recent
ly, six persons were more or less injured. and
little girl killed.
Mrs. WAcHTER, proprietress Of beer salcen
in Memphis, suicided recently by hanging her
self from the transom of door with a oIotbe.
line
A BEAUTIFUL girl, aged 16, was enticed from
her home at Maueh Chunk, Pa, recently and
murdered.
Ar Jefferson, Texas ON May 2oth, shooting
ARRAY occurred la which j. II. McEaeben
editor OF tho Democrat, was accidentally shot
and dangerously wounded, by man named
Richardson, who has not been found up 10 this
time
A FREIGHT train near Logansport, Ind, ran
off the track. The train was badly wrecked and
the engineer and fireman Boalded, probably
fatally.
An South Bend, Ind, couple Of painters at
york ON swinging scaffold, nearly thirty feet
from the ground started to lower themselves
when cne Of them unlocked the platform, and
was preciptated down e rrllar-way, fractuing
his skull and bieaking leg and arm. His
injuries are probably fatal