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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-01
PORT ROYAL S. c. THURSDAY. JANUARY l, 1871

nounced convalescent. The doctor
took her out to ride as soon as she was
able, in the easiest Of all carriages.
Rare delicacies were sent every day
from the hotel to tempt her returning
appetite. The sweetest and most fra
grant flowers that could be found adorn-
ed her room. Meta demonstrated with
him for all this lavish kindness, but he
would silence her by saying he was the
cause OF all her suffering and she must
allow him to atone for it in every way
he could. How eagerly he watched the
faint color that crept into her cheeks at
his approach How tenderly and deli,
cately he ministered to her comfort and
pleasure day after day, until at last lie
ventured to tell her of his love and his
great desire to have her for his own.
He had become very dear to her during
all those weeks of suffering, and she ac-
knowledged it and promised to be his
wife. He fastened to inform Mrs.
Smith of their betrothal, and asked her
forbearance for another week when, he
assured her, he would relieve her from
all further care and responsibility OF
her niece. Imagine if you can her as
tonishment She was completely
"dumlfounded ;" and had not word
to say; though doubtless in her heart
she thought it another most "mysterl-
Gus dispensation."
The next day notable dressmaker
from the city arrived with various won,
derful and costly fabrics, which she had
orders to make up for Miss Langdon in
the latest style. Such time rs there
was then of cutting and basting, OF
trying on and trimming Two other
seamstresses kept theirsewing- machines
running at the highest rate OF speed,
until ut the close of the week there was
enough of q wedding trousSeau to fill a
huge Saratoga trunk. The doctor made
daily pilgrimages between that chamber
and the city, until at last he could not
devise another thing which his darling
could possibly need for dress or orna-
ment during the trip to Europe which
he had planned. Never was there q
happier bride and groom than those
who were made one in Mrs. Smiths
parlor that bright September morning.
They went Immediately to his home on
the Hudson, where his mother received
the new daughter with open arms, and
soon after went to Europe, where they
spent year. Meta made good use OF
the time by putting herself under the
care of the best private teachers, and
when on their return the happy doctor
presented his wife to his friends, there
was not among them one more highly
accomplished or more elegant and re.
fined. The doctor was very proud OF
her, and never tired of telling his lnt1-
mate friends how he found his wife, or
the result Of his last shot.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-01
The Long Bow In Colorado.

A letter from Cold Spring, Col, to a
Chicago gentleman, says: L have just
arrived from the headquarters of our
company, which is located at Gurney's
Mill, and l have most horrible story
to communicate to you. Your agent,
J. n. Watson, has been foully robbed
and murdered. The following are the
particulars, as near rs can write them
After corresponding with him for
some time, he..came here dayibefore.yeS.
terday. To illustrate the usefulness OF
the we'll auger he bored down ninety
feet, and our company being pleased
with the working of the machine puIr-
chased the rights of this and four ad-
Joining counties. We paid him in cash
81 900, and gave him three notes on us
amounting to 81 800.
It got noised around that he had this
amount of money in his possession, and
late in the evening three men, without
doubt, the murderers, went to where he
was stopping, pretended that they
wished to purchase some territory:
They made remarks to the effect that
they doubted hetruth Of the report that
he had bored ninety feet in one day.
They induced him to accompany them
to the place where the hole was, one OF
the men carrying lantern and cord for
the purpose, they said, OF measuring
the depth themselves. That was the
last ever seen of poor Watson alive.
We had not, however, heard that he
had been missing, and early this morn
ing we rigged up the auger for the pur-
pose of going still further down in our
prospecting. Imagine our horror when
the first auger full was brought to the
surface; it contained the head and part
of the torn remains of your agent. The
face was easily identified By those pres
ent. Whether he was dead when the
auger reached him ornot we cannot tell,
though some Of the men fancied that
the body was yet warm. He was doubt
less robbed and thrown into the hole he
bored himself the day before.
OF course we did not attempt to go
any further, but, after satisfying our.
selves that the remains were those OF
Watson, we placed the mangled parts
back into the we'll and filled it up. 1t
has caused great excitement in our
camp, and I think we have some clue to
the fiends who perpertrated the cold.
blooded and horrible murder. feel
certain that the robbers secured the
81 900 which was paid your agent, as
as he told me that he would not remit
it until he got to an express ofice,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-01
Over the Edge OF the Wagon.

Emigrants must not stand upon cere-
mony. Many a wedding on wheels
has signalized the passage OF western
trains through the last "cities on the
great frontier. The Warrenburg (Mo.)
Standard says:
Last Friday afternoon, as one OF our
popular justices from Ashbury was in
meditation deep among the papers per,
tanning to his law cases, swift ana
heavy step was heard on the stairway
and along the hallway leading to his Of
Ace. The door was opened without
any ceremony, and in rushed man
in state of high excitement not usual
ly seen in our quiet city.
care you the Squire ?" he asked, as
he wiped the perspiration from his
heated brow.
"I am," replied the Justice. -,
"Weil, I want to get married, and
want the thing done right away"
Gall right" said the Justice &" bring
on your woman"
The excited individual then informed
Squire A. that the fair and expectant
one was in town, and that he wanted
the Squire to go to her with him and
perform the ceremony.
And after few preliminary arrange
ments, which included the fee and the
marriage certificate, the Justice follow
ed the gentleman, and finally brought
up with him at the side Of O covered
wagon on the street near the public
square.
"Here, Mary" said the man, 81
have brought the Squire" >" and, raising
tho side Of the wagon cover, the form
and features of the handsome young
woman were revealed to the astonished
Justice.
. "Mary, do you wish to marry this
man ?" inquired the Justice, solemniy.
~ do" faltered the blushing bride.
Shall-shall she get out on the
street, sir ?" stammered the soon-to-be
husband.
"No," said the Justice. ..
"Sh-shall get in the wagon, then ,"
continued the man, who had some FAINT
idea of the impropriety Of the thing.
"No," said the Justice, " stand by
the side of the wagon, and take Mary
by the hand"
This being done, the two were
solemnly made one under cover OF the
white-sheeted wagon and the blue
canopy of heaven. A number OF ladies
and gentlemen passed by the parties,
but knew nothing Of the interesting
ceremony that was taking place. The
golden bonds were bound around the
already united souls of William Mia
and Mary Catharipe Palmer.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-01

A school girl was overheard trying
to convince q school fellow that she
liked him better than she did some
other urchin, of whom he seemed ieal-
GUS. "Of course, I like you better
than do Bill" she said, "for don't 1
miss words in my spelling lesson on
purpose, Sc as to be down at the foot OF
the class where you are 2"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-01
VOL. ". NO. 13.
The Mills Have Closed To. Day.

Annie, is the baby better?
Worse. The Lord befriend US all
Cannot live' Oh, God in Heaven!
Hear thy suffering servants call
Nearer, dearest. lest the children
Hear the words have to say;
Put your loving arms about me
For the mills have closed to-day!
And our little child is dying!
No! no! no! Not dying yet
Have you prayed with long beseeching
For the helpless little pet?
Heaven must have mercy sometimes;
Others thrive who do not pray;
Oh, that troubles might come singly;
But the mills have closed to-day!
q
Other hands have saved up money,
And can give their children bread;
Must our da,lings cry for hunger,
When the little one is dead?
Dead 1t cannot be she's dying,
Has the doctor gone away?
And cannot pay him, either,
For the mills have closed to-day!
Why was | laid up last winter
Reasons why are hard to learn;
It was only this last Sunday
That the head Of our concern
Gave away some triaing thousands
To the church-a debt TO pay;
He could spare it from his millions
But the mills have closed to-day!
Laughing? Yes. because I'm jolly!
It's a joke-we dreamed it all
What's the need to look so ghastly?
Nightmare dreams are troubles small
All! the moaning in the cradle!
Mercy! Mercy! Pray, love, pray!
Death is clutching at our darling,
And the mills have closed to-day,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-03
!.aiNEEtAE4 s:GEgEs SN.

Several Journals are suggesting Gen
Ff2l Gordon, OF Georgia, as a suitable
candidate for the Vice Presidency in
1876. Whereupon the Mobile Rcgis-
.ter says:
lie is certainly one OF the very few
rising men in the grasent Congress
" lie Is called upon daily by people
from ail parts Of the Union, some to
confer with Eim on the finances and
"ther public questions, or to pay
Their "Hspects to the Southern SOL
dLrr AID statesman. He was recent
~ invited to address & meeting of
Mefhodists il Baltimore, where he
won fresh laurcls and added to his
list Of friends and admirers. Mean
while has cqulnimity is ,;ulistHrbcd,
and lie IS as ass;duouB IN the per
torrance Of his duties as Ieeore-''
The Mobile I'cgiyf>.. docs but ex-
press the sentiment OF tho whole coun-
'fy IN saying ii at General Gordon is
one Of the rising men il tl,e present
Congress.
II IS matter OF pride not only to
"s"F&Iaus, but to North Carolinians
,."t az true s5oUtherners as we'll 70
anu 'iiat The stand that General. Cor
Won 'akes III the councils Of tie nation
'''y equal bosh TO or wishes and
''' nigh expectations.
r. -'''' 40 matter now eminentIy qualified
eI ,sn'fal Gordon may be. 20 fill eitherthe
..@' of Tie sccop-i place IN the National
sJ''9[hAeiit, g we doubt yerv much
'''''ief oar generation will see the
n"5 When Southern man will receiy,
tpe sn,llrages of the Northern oeonla
neo'IIl "il take many years to induce the
SSoIPie SorP that elected ANDY Johnson
,-oto soiuyier CoIfax and Henry wilson +,
tbot ne lor General Gordon. But for al
paiio"t Gall We ar are none the less proud of Tia,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-03
giSEOzsffItslesi,

We regret to learn tlat tic post
ol:ice At Liiesvii!e has been discontin-
ued. An order to this effect was pro-
mu Gats Il a day OF two since, by Col
Long, special agent Of the Post Office
Department, who seems to he clothed
with potential powers in such cases.
It is said that he entered the post office
at that p!ac" u few days since and,
finding that iiqHor WAS sold III
the store, he immediately evoked
the appointment OF the Postmaster.
This leaves GiiesvilIe without post
office, aud the whole community are
thus made t" pay the penalty for an
offence cf which they were in no way
guiity. We hope that petition will
be ut once signed by the people i'll that
section for Il r,'-cstablishmeut of the
,:ifi.e, tD be forwarded to Washington
C!ty.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-03
1874

There will be thorough overhaul
ing of Congress by the elections which
take place III 1874. Eighteen States
elect Governors, thirty-fve elect Rep
resentatives to Congress, AMI thirty
three Legislatures elect Senator's. Oh
the States to elect Senator, the follow.
ing, now represented by Radicals ard
Republicans. will probably choose
Dc mocratS CT RefGrmerS to succeed
She Senators whose terms expires next
March Michigan, Missouri, Nebras-
ka, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Indiana, Connecticut, Florida,
and Wisconsin,. The first election in
the series VIII take place in Counecti-
cut, April 9Th. After that ;ollow
Ehcdc Island on the Sth Oregon
June 1st; Kentucky, Montana and
Utah, August, 3d North Caroiina,
August 6tl. Vermont, September Isl ::
Wyo1ni g and California, September
Goth Maine, September 14th Tudi-
ana, Iowa, Nebrasll,. rnd Ohio, Octo-
Der l3th; Georgia, October 18th; West
Virginia, October 22d Louisiana, No
veinbcr %, and the other States No
Tcnber 81. Al Of these eject Con
gresslncn AID State officers, and al!
the States, except Arkansas. indiana,
Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland
: ,i!7seeotc -,iiS.;ss;r,t,i ps,,rex-I--.,,;.,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-03
IMP cTELoO3I sS Tss.. S;ss.E
S's5EI~.

From all parts. SAYS the New Or
leans Picau23C, We hear Of extensive
nIan.ing OF corn, wheat, oats and rice
1o,,o, Is abundant and is secured at
r,tes r1nch lower than those which
bsr, heretofore ruled. The change OF
~ rolicv of planters from hiring on
shares 30 monthly wages, has had the
of,,.t OF clearing the plantation Of
;ll.r+. and of bringing into the fetl =
l,rra number Of laIorers. The wealth
er has been most favorable for an
ear.y start Of the growth OF the cane,
and the Indications for Il GOO; crop are
most gratifying. In many Of the
,,ar.,h", the extent of land TO be sown
N rice Will be one-foHrtE more than
vas cultivated las season From
fbe .A:takapas (SoutElcrn Iouisiana)
V, learn that corn viii be the
crop upon which tie Planters viii
r,r. Ia many quarters Il Is already
rp aai presents 4 fourishing appear
aprr. Prom Texas we have t'atteEing
report. from all portions OF the State.
The farmers are liz fine spirits. ana
their only hope is that the ending may
ba a. good as the heginninG. From
Albania We learn that large tracts OF
the magnificent prairie AMI canehraEe
which stretch from DernopoIis; 20 Column
?,
H.. %: Greene, Daiias, Montgomery,
L.91l.gs, Macon, Bullock anl Bar
haur. have been prepared for corn and
cereals. Many plantations have been
converted into stock farms IN con8e-
Graace ot the large exodus OF negtoes. |
Aft. sltre successive failures OF the |
co..,a crop in that section, the planter
has been forced to diversity lis crops,
AMI from his inability to borrow
monov. he finds himself az last on the |
right road 10 independence. As an in |
d,ra,iJ4 ci " lat Georgia is doing, we |
find 10 Lamentations IN her newspa-
ntrs over the departure OF the he
groef. bUt congratulations that COM
.lete revolution has been effected in
agriculture. The section Of country
around Columbus h,a soweJ about !
l3G0i bushels OF oats, almost twice
,he amount aowcd last year. The
acgca4 in wheat is much greater than
that Of Last ear, and turner's are pre-
plyrs to plant thirty per cent. at
least, more corn. and use fifty per
cent. less # commercial manures.
Atogetsor the outlook for 1871 i'll |
tae Calf states is most promising.
Necessity Is stern teacher, bat in her
ostgnc3ioi. Of the past few years she
las taught us = lesson which We viii
t-3ow 10 forget
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-03
s'stN YEARS.

| decade IS but as moment in til.
| lifetime of mankind, and yet wha
great changes, says the New Yori
| Near3, may be crowded into it. Look
! ing back ten years in our own national
| history, we are almost startled by the
consrast between 1864 and now. Tie
death OF Charles Sumner provokes
| these reflections. Ten years ago we
were in the agony af the war. Among
the men who were then at the head Of
affairs IN Washington, Senator Sumner
! was one OF the most conspicuous Brief
as the time has been between these
epochs, nearly all Of these colleagues
OF the Senator have disappeared from
the scene. One has but 10 turn to the
list of Government officers and mem
bers OF Congress in 1864 10 realize
this. Lincoln, the President, is dead;
Secretaries Seward, Chase and Stan
ton, and Attorney General Bates are
dead, and Secretary Wells and Post
master Genera! Blair are in retirement
OF the Justices of the Snpreme Court
tive-Tancy, Nelson, Greer, Wayne
and CatrOn-are dad. OF the Sena-
ate ten years ago, (and it Is a fact that
may surprise those who have not
thought Of it,, but seven ere now left,
to-w;t morrill, Of Maine, Sprague aud
Anthony Of Rhode Island, Howe of
Wisconsin,, Chandler of Michigan,
Ramsay, OF Minnesota, and Sherman
of Ohio. Most Of the leading Scna-
tors, like Sumner, of 1854 are dead.
retired, or serving the people in other
capacities Among those who preca-
ded the Massachusetts, Senator to the
grave were FcssenGcn, Foot, Coi!amer,
Hale, Garrott, Davis, Jim Lane, OF
Kansas, Wright Of New jersey, Me
Dougall, Dixon and Grimes.
And those who liave gone into re
tircment aro Ben. Wade, Trumbuli,
Morgan, Doolittle, Btiehalew, Foster
and Reverdy Johnson. Wilson is Vice
President and Hendricks is Governor
OF Indiana. OF the men who Were
prominent in the House Of RenrcscE-
tat:ges ten years ago, Oaen Lpvejoy,
ThaG. Stevens, Winter Davis and
James Brooks are dead. boutwell, is
Q Senator. Wasllburne and Sehenck
are Minister'S abroad, Frank Blair IS
an insurance superintendent, and Pen
dleton IS in private life. OF the ''War
Governors" OF the time, Andrew and
Yates are dead, Merton and B1clipC-
ham are in the Senate, and Curtin Is
practicing his profession III Pannsyl-
vania. An almost entirely new set Of
men are on the cicssbOard at Wash
ington. The changes Of decade
teach us how transitGry are the sweets
of power. The statesmen who strut
the floors Of the White House to-day
and saw the air with their arms IL the
Capitol, as If the country belonged to
them and tbeir sway would last for
ever, where will they be ten years
hence? In view Of the gathering po-
litical tornado, il is more than proba-
BILE that the changes in the next de-
cade will be even more sweeping THAI
those in the last.
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'g'Ea5, .r.gsX LaEESs T.so4s s.A..Ss
fEi.EE'TtEN.
& is = Correct IheS-y-E he SlsOcizs
the Esc~I.is OF the Co,nEiI.s!E eff
water tia.e ..,;a,s-N" ssig hing
tsiCr .s.E-
T~pacia' TO the u -ly r,srcnt
hiAGIoN, ?. c., March -, 1871:

hAis1oN- u, VI III ii -, 1919
NJ. f.ditnf:
Captain Melvin E. Garter, of AsI.e-
vile, arrived from Bald Mountain this
morning, tie 18th inst Captain Car
ter was at the Gjstnri,,:ice thuty-six
hours. from Sunday night till Tues day
morning. (since A:r ttue.dson Of the
News. mi others left, a,.I he states
that there WAS 10 shock. noise or in
iact any disturbance whatever, while
he was there.
Capt. Cater gives novel theory of
his own, which may be adopted rs the
real solution Of this wonderful rit,-
no1nenou. 1. is this: There is q vein
OF limestone cXtcuding from the north
cove near Li'lestouc Falls ill Mellow
| ell. cou:.ty hy Old Fort, Bald and Stone
Mountains to Estirview Township. Bun
co,nbe county, right 0i0ng the line
| ,rhcrc these shOchy haze been fcH. Nov
from The fact that there are unex-
! plOred cOvGs in the north cove, ut
other places on t! e VEIN and two JIM
mcn.e coves (Bat and Beliowe) on The
| Stone and Bald mountain range, Capt.
| {. contends that these disturbances are
caused by :nlmfn@e bodies OF earth or
| hoid,r, Of rock fai! nS from the top
| of these. cDyrs- ti;cre may b" a con
| tnuOus eve ext. n.llng the who'e
| length OF the vein between the two
! riv..:s. Ih;l YrcJEc,irs The csl.ra1lC-
! !u1v report VIC have heard OF the
| shocks being feit more seuSihly five
n ess from the mountains than IT th.
| nIjnut:.it.> themselves, also THE strange
>to.I,s, told by reliable men, of tie
| GOV =, em ttiHg sm Ike, for til i , ,iuui'-
| :cas sile result of water and nIaC III
| ing in contact. 1t Is told to-, if Il rock
! IS troJ;'ed INTO one of these cGve-,
il cannot be heard to hit the bottom :;
| besides branch Gu Stone mountain
disappears IL IL hole in it's de-
ANY one WHO has ever heard the SON .,.
| and felt the shock ctused by the fiji
! ing of a large tree on one of olr noun
! tain sides-eveil III the distance OF two
hundred yards, will b. iuclined to ac-
cept this theory as the correct one. III
further proof, he says. that an aged
| Methodist iniaisteriu BuLcomb conn
ty, the Rev. Mr.. Reynolds, ,corroborates
the statement of Mr.. Ben Barcin Of
Mcdowell, that such disturbances i'll
the same locality were experienced IN
1872, iH11tcdi0tety Gtfcg q tcet *iocN ot
arcdthc,', such as has just been expert
enced III this section. Other paitiea
ailcga that there were some i ght dis
turbances in that section rs late as
1868, only six years ago. Every one
| knows when water and lime come to
gether they generally create com
motion.
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Cg AIR HS MUD.

Whatever doubt and obscurity may
have been thrown around the financial
condition of the country or its Reven-
ue Service in general or the Sanborn
frauds in particular, viii, it Is to IL
hoped, be cleared up by the following
closing extract of letter from the
Secretary OF the U. S. Treasury to a
Committee OF Congress, in reply to
certain questions asking for informa-
| ton.
M. Richardson says:
In conclusion you will permit NE, l
| know. to suggest that in making any
| y .rtic!ilar contract the Secretary, after
| invoi.ing the assistance of the law
officer OF the department, and such
other assistance as Congress affords
. him for that and vast amount OF
| ether business going on at the same
time. has before him after ell only the
ucertainty of the always unknown
and doubtful future as to how the pro-
ceedings Hereunder will be conducted
and will result, while the committee,
| IN looking back upon what is done,
| have to guide them, the clear light OF
the past, of facts not in existence. At
the tine of making the contracts, the
uncertain future changed into the es
tablished past. 1 have the honor
to be, yours very respectfully,
(Sicned,) WIN. A. RICHARDSON, Sect.
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A gentleman who has travelled ex-

A gentleman who has Travelled ex-
tensively throughout the State of
Georgia, informs the Augusta UtTon-
iclc and Sentinel that the acreage in
cotton will be about twenty-five per
cent less than last year. A larger
area Of land will be devoted to corn
and small grain. The State Grange of
the Patrons of Husbandry recommend
cd one-third cotton and two-tlirds in
corn, and other cereals, and such pro-
ducts as are needful for the support of
man and beast. If the programme
laid down by the Changers be adhered
to and faithfully carried out the plan
ters of Georgia will find their financial
condition vastly improve at the close
OF this present year. The mania for
all cotton has we'll nigh ruined the
South. If experience is worth any
thing our planters have had it bitter
enough to deter them from trying to
make money by planting cotton exclu-
ciyalv