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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Wednesday Morning, May Tg, M876.
Reasons of the Failure of Civil Service
Reform. ff j
Onr readers have hearoVofJflbe loivil
service reform project It edustetTThe*
. interest of some of the first minds of the
Republican part}', and started oat under
filJriTiri r?ialn" ?"u";/>"- ^??
William Curtis was appointed chairman
of'*** Wlddwsaiisibn. It was adopted
_L" I?iil hv^r Ttj""MS"?" mskx hmm
it was th/ioafy, jt wonjfl^add to their
"trenift^a^^nioo^cey' Th? President
wasS{na^to?d' to' fcvor it; the ey?? of
tnV'oW system of appointments r\v*rc
epnirasted with the beauties of the now
oft? shout to be adopted; and, to further
?^Sluh^isW'JW authojriaing the
^ pi^^ent , and his associates to adopt
wftttd<exeonS* reform moaaures. A system
>v<fr! tuM Mb . an nou nc 6d, an A ? Con gr ess
"'^iT^tho ^cal Cf ibu^uiction to them in
1' two separate sessions. Ths Republican
kJmmDf wan <?uHy pi od gad to sustain the
rfcW. ia.Cohgress, in conventions
..eviry,, way possible. Upon the
strength of this showing and promise,
the President hid Mr/Curtis were highly
!^^w?/^^^to dawn.' T^^S^^ro
X Vided against k>dutical aasessxcentfl, leav
" inW"*voi*y cltfimi 'to' contribute asr he
ght wish to. the support,of his opi
. j -It was agreed that only a few of
the highes^. offices should - bo filled by
adherents otjtts dominant. PftfTi the1
otsMw^sVf^Oi filled By the" teat men,
irrespective bf party. The tests were to
Sr* 'good tepdttti?n, ho nesty and com
'?'-^^iye examination 0f applicant*, j Ap
'^thtnaents were >; be mada by . the
? e#p>>rior,officers, according to the result
of tho tea*, first probationary for six
months, and -Subsequently oh good be?
havior. ''This power was <not to be exer
i *tSod arbitrarily. frequent competitions
< jswre to take place, and the examinations
Vere to bo conducted by non-partisan
^commissioners. Promotions were to be
graded, and men i were to go up regu
t lattyf ? record to be kept of the history
of each SyjbJfnJa).t STo .person was to
teract the rising tide of corrupt infiu
enjM?Md preaaing applications. It was
sought to apply it to collectors, sur?
veyors and others, not coming within the
rule of competition, and here its want
* W\dapi*tor Was\ftrst' made mantfent,
is? ' Spread ; that it was
1 too High, and that it was diffi c u 11,
if not taapossibis, vf application, and
so it was not long before it was- aband?
oned, and Mr:^Curtis resigned, utterly
MS J?111! it theibbataolea wbioh beset
JhJfjsSjd SShlhjq ftciPjMSiiaht formally
^iliHtSff itaSI Ills ihre sis! not ?easi
hla.-shd that he would no longer try to
carrtft'eut^;'1};-'1 u; ,; .'. '
The history.,of i this melancholy fiasco
is given >n a paper read before the Arne?
S' XflsocUtion, a few
Xty Mr,i>.# Eaton,
a^ember*df the'IafeCivil
Service Reform Commission, lie says
that the abanderfment of the oivil service
rules was unjustifiable, and is a national i
?r^^laJ^SSr?f.aytwngnta on the
part of the managers and leaders of the
p**ty-1 ^^^^^^f^m^nv,
said, benumbing- the common aedao of
duty to stand by'a public pledge, and
hthtihig thoae affected by it to the plain
idrrfcattons of a retribution near at hand,
it wou|^ihw>hsppB^kei|oy4xli)ain the
Aeyitff and recklessnessfldrioh .oharaeter
. ized the treatment of civil Service reform
by the party .leaders in,and out of Con?
gress in 1873^7*. Notwithstanding this,
"SSTr."Eaton endeavors to show' that the
commission had been of some service in
holding a theory. In harmony with . our
ABStitutions and sooiai life, SB having ac?
complished sotoORood, and as'being as
comprehen>t>ah>thS|iu1diiL virtue would
. ?stain. The upshot of it Seems to be,
;tmit it is a gob* theory, but incapable of
'l&tefc W*'rfa' Wi< Ke despairs
?f any aid: in the direction of reform
from the Pros id?jjt; or jOongress. They
tares long ago recovered from the dein-1
<si4as that they can I compass: their ends,'
'or-tee^'on successfully in their ap
jMint^d orbits,, as long as they profess
.Silts a?nd attempt to carry out reform.
iH#- nay* of them: "They are, least
W^ ^rsb^'free to do sb, or likely
to do so, unless coerced by public
opinion; for they are fearfully tempted
to JUk#. offices, Ao 'gain and
when ^es ,Sleeted,:they are beset on
all sides by those demanding>reward, for
^le$seryices ara premised. It is these
ofioers, and especially mesnbers of Gon
gtsSSiHssid these who havo discretion to
Wfy? arbitrary; spp^ihtntsnVi?who Jre
sist all limitations upon that discretion,
S?<isppess sU chances for true merit to
the pubMo serviae without bowing
l^1h^t\' r xkt dther words, $o
ng lacile, the office-eeekers and
oOWfcoiaevs being corrupt, those who
iSWSw patronage have to adapt thhm
selves tAiMMMMMSle of, things, and
^4 bssfi dompetted Id throw overboard
between men on moral grounds, or |
whiob would undertake to advanoe them
niaa- a(r prppajyiion, fitness ,|f?ad (
loiencyJw
i Con
[i/o{r Phcen\p
readeni that tho infant !eft?t my
louse will be cheerfully taken caro of
until either the father or mother claims
it from me, notwithstanding the aaaer
eyes. Very respectfully.
GREEN WASHINGTON.
-VHtL.?.-J;--^- ? ? . i
The Destruction of the Ballots.?A
correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle]
and Sentinel writes as follows, under date ]
[of^arnwelL <May 16:
At an early hour, before day this morn?
ing, somo party or parties entered our
town and proceeded to the office of the
Clerk of the Court, irhere the boxes con?
taining the ballots were deposiied for
safe-keeping by the- Commissioners of
Election, and took them out to a pine
g/ove in the edge, of the town and de?
stroyed them by fire. Not a shred was
left, as I was informed. You remember
that the bill providing for the election
was introduced by the infamous Leslie
and two weeks before tho day arrived bo
and'his confederates-hadc bought up
every prominent and influential colored
man in the ? County, with very few ex?
ceptions/and since tho election they, I
believe, regtet their actions in the mat?
ter.' Of course the citirons of Barn well
tillag^ will be saddled with this out?
rageous proceeding, while they to a man
condemn..it, as all taw-abiding citizens
should'' ft*. ?Th* Tnerjortjfcy of them arc
under thft*mpreBsirtri*'tnarrtho Loslieiton
did the wbrk for effect on the voters. It
was; reported that Blaokville bad won the
election by a Urge innjority. If this won
so it was unfairly done, as money was
freely used by the advocates of Blaek
ville, and the very rnen who invited Les?
lie back to tbo County, and I do solemnly
believe that it is tho only spot in Carolina
Where he would have been taken by the
hand and almost lifted Into power. I do
not include the entire town of Blackville
|S* constituting the- Leslie ring, hut the
men who invited him baok, and to those
the entire State of South Carolina are
I indebted for the bonanza bill, the court
1 houWb bill and other schemes as vile ns
I poison. Should it have been shown
and declared bv the Commissioners of
Election that Blackville had won the
court house, we had a very nice case for j
tho higher tribunals of the State, and to j
those we would have resorted, and not
to robbing tho guard of Blackville's high
treasure. At a meeting of tho citizens of
our towu, this evening, both white and
colored, great Indignation was expressed
at the proceedings of tbo unknown par?
ties Who did the destructive work, and I
am happy to state some precautionary j
measures have been taken to prevent fur?
ther outrages whioh may occur againat |
private property.
The Efforth to Re-unite the North
Iebn and Southern Presbyterian Gene
pa**. AajSiry.rSB.- The New York Tribun
i says: Efforts for the reconciliation of the
'Northern and Southern Presbyterian
Churches have not been relinquished,
despite the failure of the Baltimore Con?
ference. This Conference*was held last
January, and it ended with the refusal
of tho Sou?iern Committee to agree to
any plan of fraternity until the Northern
Assembly supplemented its action, ex?
pressing confidence- in the doctrinal
soundness and Christian character of the
members of the Southern Church by re
solutioa disapproving the "imputations"
Of heresy cast upon the Southern Church
during and after the war, bv the Old and
New School Assemblies. Tlie answer of |
the Northern Committee to this demand
was that it exceeded then* power and in?
structions, and they contended, more?
over, that the United 'Assembly had no |
authority to review or repeal the deli?
verances of the Old and New School.
Assemblies. Tho discussion was carried
into the denominational press, and has
boen. conducted with considerable
warmth, each church approving and de?
fending the course of its committee.
The question will coino beforo the two
Assemblies this month, and will doubt?
less be warmly discussed.
. The Presbytery of New Castle, Dela?
ware, has unanimously adopted an over?
ture to the Cleveland Assembly, approv?
ing the course of tho Northern Commit?
tee at Baltimore, and asking, in view of |
the feeling of Southern Presbyterians,
that the charges of schism, heresy and
blasphemy still bear injuriously againat
them, that tho Assembly take such action
asms}* bo within its powers, "and by
which it may be declared in the most
solemn and unequivocal words that all
charges complained of ns injurious impu?
tations against tho ministers and mem?
bers of the Southern Presbyterian Church
have bcon, and in order to prevent all
possible misapprehension on this point,
are now again, by the full authority of |
the Assembly, withdrawn and disa?
vowed." The Assembly is also asked to |
appoint another committee of conference,
and to commission delegates to tin
Southern Assembly.
A New Anxbthetic?Dr. Otto Lei
breich, the famous German physician,
has lately discovered five new aamsthetio I
agents,' one of which, entitled "Dono-1
mine," possesses the wonderful power of
putting tho patient into a deep but
healthy sleep. One hour of sleep in
duood by it is equivalent in roparative
power to eight hours of ordinary sleep.
The slumber is profound, and Cio
medulla oblongata, whence aro spread the'
nerves wh ich go vorn the lungs, moat be
powerfully effected, for the breathing '
deep and rapid, whereby enormous |
quantities of oxygen are taken into tht
system and a proportionate amount ot
carbon eliminated. If more extendod
experiments establish the harmlessness
that is claimed for this new drug, tho
name of Liebreich will become familiar
~ itor of suffering humanity.
Terrible.?A Danbury girl reeeived
porous plaster in a gorgeous envelope
bearing a monogram. About ten o'clock
that night the owner of that monogram,
standing disrobed before his fire, pre?
paratory to applying a remedy to his
chest, fainted dead away on drawing
from a paper a mass of paper, mottoes
and flowers. There wss no fire in the
parlor Sunday evening.
Columbia, 8. C^jBttj^X!JtiTS^ffd
tuncil met at 8 0'u^SbI^''
?Hin Honor tho Major ?w>k 4v^s]
ander, Aldermen Cooper, DavSeV^MMul
Carroll, Carr, Wells, Brown, ,.BSS^m
ThOmoK, Fugh, Purvis Mad Bw'w?r?j
The Mayor stated that he OtuT 0?!?*?
this meeting for the purpose of attend?
ing to some regular business of the tiny
and to have an investigation relative to.
the loss of a diamond pin and a cross.
The City Council nftvlng Been censured
all over the country, some notion must
be taken to relieve it of stigma east upon
it^ and tho party guilty of the outrage?
ous act in question brought to justice.
Alderman Cooper moved thut wc enter
into an investigation of the loss of the
pin and cross, also receive tho report of
the Guard House Committee in relation
thereto; and that we consider the report
of the Committee on Ways and Means
on tho application of School Commis?
sioner C. J. Carroll. Carried.
Committee on Ways and Means re?
ported as follows:
Columbia, S. C, May 1*2, 1H75.
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen
of the OUy of Columbia?Gentlemen: We, ]
the Committee on Ways and Means, hav?
ing carefully considered tho application
of School Commissioner C. j. Carroll, do
respectfully recommend that the sum of
$082.50 be appropriated for the purpose
of keeping open the public schools
within tho city limits until the 25th June
next. B. P. GRIFFIN.
C. J. CARROLL,
Alderman Purvis was in favor of keep?
ing open the public schools, but was op?
posed to any appropriation of the city
funds for that purpose at present. In
fact, tho city has no funds, and to issue
certificates of indebtedness would he
appropriating* the taxes of 187C in ad?
vance; and ho suggested that the School
Commissioner call the School Trustees
together, and see if the citizens of Co?
lumbia would not consent to a small tax
for that purpose. He thought that no
citizen would object.
Alderman Cooper objected on the same
grounds, that certificates would absorb
ho much of the tax of 187G, and would
olose up the Alms House and Hospital,
and he thought that the poor of che city
required attontion from the city, as well
as the public schools. Ho would vote
againat the motion.
Alderman Swygert followed in the
same strain. He was strongly opposed
to tho payment of any more grants or
appropriations in advance of the taxes;
on the contrary, he was in favor of cur?
tailing tho expenses of the city.
Alderman Carr regretted the necessity
of bis voting in the negative; but he
really thought, considering all things,
that the children could sutler but little
detriment by the loss of only one mouth's
schooling.
Alderman Carroll spoke earnestly in
favor of tho petition, and feelingly in re?
gard to tho prospect of the children,
about 700 in number, being exposed to
all the wioked influences surrounding
them in this city.
Alderman Griffin moved tor the ayes
and noes.
Axes -Aldermen Griftin, Carroll, Tho?
mas and Simons.
Nats?Aldermen Purvis, Cooper, Carr,
W?lls, Brown, Davis and Swygert.
By Alderman Purvis?Be it resolved by
tbo Mayor and City Council, That we
levy a tax upon the real and personal
property of the citizens of Columbia, to
defray tho expense of the city schools for
one month, said amount to be raised not
to exceed $1,000.
On motion, the resolution was laid on
the table.
Alderman Simons, from tbo Committee
on Guard House and Police, handed in
the following report. On motion, the
report was amended by striking out a
few unnecessary words, and received OS
information:
Columbia, S. C, May 17. 1875.
To the Hun. Mayor atul Aldermen City
of Columbia?Gentlemen : The Commit?
tee on Guard House and Polioe beg leave
to report that they have made several
attempts to discover the person or per?
sons who purloined the diamond pin
and cross, taken from tho thief Henry
Daniels by Policeman Lomux. We have
held several meetings, have summoned
witnesses and have exhausted almost
every means of arriving at the facts.
We have been embarrassed by the con?
flicting testimony of the different wit?
nesses. We desire to say that, nothing
daunted, we intend to prosecnto our
inquiries until the guilty person or per?
sons are discovered; and are only hin?
dered at present by tho attendance of
tho witnesses on the grand jury, who
now have the matter under eonsideration.
WILLIAM SIMONS, Chairman,
S. P. DAVLS,
Committee on Guard House and Police.
Alderman Carroll moved that the hall
be clearod of all persons except Council,
and one witness to be beard in evidence
at one time. Carried.
Council then proceeded to take evi?
dence in the investigation of the missing
diamond pin and the cross, and con
tinned up to 3 o'clock A. M., Tuesday.
('ounc.il adjourned.
RICHARD JONES, City Clerk.
Foreign immigration still continues to
exhibit a decided decline, the arrivals at
New York in April having been f>,0t>5
less than for the corresponding month
last year. The causes are well known,
and it is not necessary to repeat them.
There is no prospect of a revival before
tho return of general business prosperity
throughout the republic, the great num?
bers now out of employment causing the
most discouraging reports to bo sent - to
Europo. The emigration to California
by rail, is chiefly composed of our own
people. Whether the decline is perma?
nent, remains to be seen; but it is very
clear that tho injury done to the immi?
grant business, is deep-eeated and hot to
be easily remedied.
Tidewater (Va.) Index: There is now
living in this County (Essex) a getleman
who is a remarkable exemplification of
tho story so often told that a man's hair
will sometimes turn gray in a single
night This case is peculiar in this,
that in tho cases of this kind usually re?
ported the parties are under the influence
of some powerful excitement, but in this
instance there was no mental agitation,
the gentleman having returned at night
in his usual framo of mind, to wake dp
next morning and find his hair, which
before had been only streaked with gray,
s snowy white.
ZSa*M Statement:..?The New York
jRribune . lgMns that thero are rumors
entt&|"gjjHSeffect that at the conclusion
'ofMtfHpHoklyn trial a frcslcbatajl of
JjjjjfflBBaLtB'' will be given to the public,
jfipRP^fadUor hopes that a protest will
[jjKSM^^tajtinBt nil this in time. We
?M^hupeW^ put in our protest right
nve\ UutSs?R Do idea that it or Uta pro
tost'of any oihors are likely to keep the
morbid orowd of Beeehor-Tiltonites
nuiek Thapurient taste whieh hns been
engendered all around them by the foul
stream which has been running so long
will naturally demand more, but it
ought to be staunched, evcu by force if
need be.
Susan Scutt and her son, Wesley Van
Imsen, who shot, her and then killed
himsolf, were btfvied 1 recently in one
grave in Hillsdnte, Columbia County, N.
X. The ohurob and oemeetry were filled,
land the :*0<> residents of the little village
i did not resume their ordinary occupa?
tions until after the closing of the graves,
i Every one had a story to toll of the
eecentrieiti; ? of Wesley Van DllHCU, the
illegitimate son of Susan Scutt. Ho was
38 years of age, industrious and sober,
I and had been employed by the railroad
from his boyhood.
Two or three daya ?? go, there was an
epidemic of suicides, and now thero is a
tendency among people to get' run over
by railroad truins. These coincidences are
sometimes very singular. Suicide, we
know, obeys fixed laws, and its statistics
enable the scientists to predict the num?
ber and kind that will occur with almost
as much accuracy ns Old Probabilities
prophesies rain or clear weather.
Thov bad a nice time at Old Tinconde
roga tue other day, but it was hard work
I to llnd traces of the ancient fort Per?
haps the most magnificent of the whole
affair was the remark of an old citizen to
a correspondent, that "the fort had been
about deinolished and carried across the
lake to build cellar walls with."
On last Saturday, in Huwou County,
N. C, a man named Mesigucr murdered
his mother-iu-lav.". named Heilig, by
knocking her in the head with an axe,
and threw her in a well. The murdered
woman was 70 years old. No cuuse is
given for the horrible deed.
The manufacturing company ot Lowell,
Mass., report thnt 147 out of the 225 mills
are running on full time. They also say
that quite a number of the section hands
or third bauds left out, are anxious to
return to work, and several of them will
return on Mcmday.
I A despatch from Peshnwnr, Afghanis?
tan, reports thnt that place has been
visited by a very destructive conflagra?
tion. Half of the city was laid waste.
At one time, the powder magazine was in
peril, but the fire wan huppiiy stopped
before reaching it.
Albert Young, sou of Senator Young,
of Wisconsin, shot his father at noon,
Friday, and then committed suioido. It
is thought the son had committed forgery,
and resorted to this means of covering
it up. The father will surviv e.
A San Francisco despatch, of May 17.
says: On April lu, the Count LesCompte
was robbed of $37,000 by two employees
and the captain of the schooner Iris.
The two employees were caught in the
schooner, when they committed suicide.
Ex-County Treasurer John I* Hum?
bert, of Orangeburg, and ex-School Com?
missioner Prank R. McKinley, are on
trial before Judge Reed for forgery.
Ninety-six forged vouchers for school
claims have been found.
The centennial celebration of the Han
nastown declaration of independence was
hold at Oreensbnrg, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, on the 17th. The
town was decorated with flags and ever?
greens.
Mr. Charles F. Harris, editor ot the
Concord, N. C, Sim, died in Wilming?
ton, on the lfilli, while attending the
Press Convention.
Gov. Brogden, of North Carolina, has
proclaimed that Thursday, May 20?
centennial day be observed as a general
holiday.
More tyranny! Englishmen want to
stop the sale of wbiakev in Ireland.
What was the little difficulty about the
"Wearing of the Green" to this?
A young son of Mr. Michael Funk, of
Augusta, Go., fell into a tub of boiling
water, recently, and was scalded to
death.
Paul Boyton will make a second at?
tempt to swim across the British Channel
on the 2bth inst.
The resilience of Lewis Phillips, at
Sand Luke, was burned, Saturday. Mrs.
Phillips perished in tho flames.
There is only one "bar-room" in Rich?
mond, Vn. Ali the rest are "ordinaries.''
The Baltimore .Sim has just completed
its thirty-ninth anniversary.
A moving tail a hungry dog's.
Board of Fire Masters.
riMIE regular meeting of the Hoard ol
_L Firo Masters will be held in Inde
Kndent Hall, THIS (Wednesday) EVEN
[G. at H o'clock. T. P. PURSE,
May 10 1 _t','lrk-_
For Sale,
8~|T? SIX MOCKING BIBDS. all fine
<yH?singer*. Applv to
tSSC A. CONSTANTINE,
May l? JC Assembly street.
To Bent,
?A COTTAGE HOUSE, on Marion
street, between Tuylor and Blnud
ing streets: contains nine rooms,
four closets, bath bouse and a good well
of water. Price $:t0 a month. Apply to
May 19 GEO. L. DIAL.
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company.
A LL members intending to go with
xx the coin pony to Charlotte, are hereby
notitied to assemble at the Truck House,
at 8 o'clock, TILLS (Wednesday) EVEN?
ING, in full uniform Bv order:
F. I). KONEMAN.
May 19 1 Secretary.
This Tear's Crop of Maple Sugar.
JUST received 1,000 pounds NEW
CROP MAl'LE SUGAR, direct from
Vermont, for sale cheap at
May 1 SOLOMON'S.
For Sale,
APAIR OF GREY HORSES, small
size. Work well in double or
single harness and under saddle. Will
be sold together or separately. Apply at
this office. May 9
City Mattkiw.?If yon are asked to
lend your Vaatvix, suggest to the would
be borrower thai he had hotter subscribe.
?the visiting jftremoj^ Iokvo for Char?
lotte by to-night's 9 o'oloeh truin. y
The weather for sever al days has been
cool imd unseasonable, but very pleasant.
A colored hid named Andy Culdwell
was run over by a carriage at a pic-nic,
yesterday, Hnd his shoulder dislocated.
Two or three pio-nio parties went out, |
yesterday; while some of the parties
curried inufls, others wore low-necked
dresses.
Tho delegation of the Independent Fire
Company who intend visiting Charlotte,
will meet at the engine house, this even?
ing, 1\ o'clock, in uniform -black pants.
The ante-revolutionary mace, which
deconites the Governor's office, and was
formerly sued on State occasions, is to
be exhibited at the Charlotte Centennial. J
The City Council were in suasion until J
3 o'clock, yesterday morning, hearing 1
evidence on the diamond robbery, but
could coine to no conclusion. The I
Mayor evinced n disposition to sit all
night, but one after another of the mem-1
bcrs disappeared, until finally it was]
, discovered that there was no quorum j
present. They meet again to-night.
The source from whence the counter- I
feit nickels, which have been circulating!
around for some time, t* the disgust of I
tho community, has been discovered. I
They arc manufactured within the walls I
of the penitentiary. Guards as well as J
convicts are suspected, und the princi- [
pals iu the nefarious transaction are I
being looked after.
The gmud jury returned a true bill, J
yesterday, in the case of the State agaimit I
j. A. Blizzard nud Emanuel Williams, I
sergeants of police, for breach of trust.
This indictment has reference to the ab-1
straction of the diamond breastpin, j
turned over, with other stolen articles! I
to certain members of the city police, I
but found missing when called for by
the owner, and not included in the pub?
lished report of what was received. 1
Now, perhaps, we shall hear something!
of the long-lost and much-inquired-after
diamonds. The case will be tried at this J
present Court, w e understand.
The Mm m.i. Mrmoki.ii. Mr. Patrick I
Cantwell has been requested to act as I
agent in forwarding the movement which
has been set on foot in Now York to pre
sent a testimonial to the widow of John
Mitebel. Mitchel was a true mau. He
never drew ? breath which was not full I
of love and patriotism for his native
country. We have especial reasons here
in the South for honoring hin memory. I
Tim highest honor that can be paid it j
will be to contribute to those who were j
dependent on him, and whom he has
1. ft w ith hut slender means. Mr. Caut-i
well will bo pleased to receive contribu?
tions, and will forward them to the tins
tees of the fund, amongst whom are the
names of Charles O'Conor, Charles' A.
Dana, Itiehanl G'Gorman, and other well
known nud esteemed gentlemen.
The Pity Debt. We are informell
that the committee appointed on behalf
of the. citizens November 30, 1H7-1, to in?
vestigate the financial condition of the
city, will, in a short time, make a report.
It is with a view to a comparison of j
their report with an official statement to
be made by the Mayor, that the call I
which we publish below has been en- I
tered into by several of our citizens and I
transmitted to the City Council. We
trust that between the two reports we
shall bo able to arrive at the facts exactly
as they exist, anil to establish, in tho
language of the resolutions passed at
I the meeting to which we have reference,
?new and better cheeks upon the dis?
bursement of city funds, and to secure
a more responsible financial manage?
ment."
To THE Mayor AND Al.UKIlMKN OK THE
City oy Columbia : Pursuant to the pro?
visions of Section 1 of the Act of the
Gene ral Assembly, approved March 13,
1S7'2. entitled "An Act to authorize the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Colum
bia to issue bonds, and to negotiate and
sell the same," requiring that "at any
time, upon the written demand" "of
corporators to the number of twenty, the
said Mayor and Aldermen shall publish
:i detailed statement of the city indebt?
edness and the character of the same, veri?
fied by the oaths of the Mayor and of the
City Clerk and Treasurer," the under?
signed, corporators of the city of Colum?
bia, hereby demand that a statement of
the city debt be published, made up in
manner and form prescribed, as it stood
on the 30th day of April, 1875. particu?
larizing the character of the debt as fol?
lows: The amount of bonded im dded
ness outstanding; the amount of bills
payable, with a list of the same; the
amount of certificates of indebtedness in
circulation; the amount of city currency
in circulation-, the amount of hills ap?
proved bv the City Council and ordered
to be paid, then .due; the balance due on
the water contract with tho Columbia
Water Power Company; the amount due
on contract for lighting . thu streets; all
and any other muebtedness of the city,
including interest on floating debt; tin
estimate of the amount of ooupous on the
bonded debt of the city, due and unpaid.
Edwin ,1. Scott, H. Ml'lleb, Jacob
Levin, J. Mkiohan, Wm. B. Stanlkt,
K. L. liHYAJf, W. C. Bwunins, It.
swakvikld, W. B. Gui.ick, C. H.
MjOT, W. II. Cat hi-a bt, D. GaMBBTLT.,
J. P. Cahboll, Thor. J. Gibson, E. W.
Hkibels, j. H. Kinabd, j. C. SirrrHKN,
Wm. Glaze, Cuas. F. Ja>nhy, L. F.
Hoi 8on, C. F, Jackson, John S. Wiley,
J. Fisher.
Cqlcmbu, S. C, May 12, 1875.
Coubt of Common Pleas.?The Court
met at 10 A. M.
The grand .jujry -returned a true bill
Jn the can* of ffkgSido vs. J. A. Blizzard
snd Emamuel Wilhams, indictment for
breach oi" trust. ^
J Michael Flaherty vs. (*. Peter Hoft'41
num. Yournans, Moore and Bacon for
plaintiff. llion and Barnwell for defend?
ant. Verdict for defendant.
YY. H. Gardner Vf. H. W. Purvis and
W. H. Gardner vs. W. M. Fine. Mel?
ton & Chamberlain for BtsfcatsSC * lHin
bur and Wilkes for defendant Judgment
for $815.05 in first and $829.10 in second
for plaintiff. ^
EeiuW. Wheeler vs. Thoe. M Pol?
lock, (.two case.) Melton is. Chamberlain
for plaintiff. Melton A Clark for defend?
ant. Placed at foot of the docket
Carolina National Bank vs. Thomas J .
Mackey. Arthur A Arthur for plaintiff.
Bachman A Youmans for defendant.
Placed at foot of the docket.
James G. Gibbes vs. W. W. Dowdy.
Arthur A' Arther for plaint iff. Jacob S.
Mnller for defendant Continued.
Jtunes G. Gibbes vs. May rant Dowdy
rial. Arthur A Arthur for plaintiff. J*.
S. Muller for defendants. Continued.
Carolina National Bank vs. W. H.
Jones, Jr., John J. Patterson and J. I..
Neagle. Melton A Clark for plaintiff.
Melton A Chamberlain for defendants.
Judgment for plaintiff for SI,725.75.
Carolina Notional Bank vs. John J.
Patterson, J. L. Neagle. Melton A
Clark for plaintiff. Melton A Chamber?
lain for defendants. Judgment for
plaintiff- for $2,511118.
Carolina National Bank vs. J. W. Har?
rison, J. J. Patterson. Melton A ('lark .
for plaintiff. Melton A Chamberlain for
defendants. Judgment for plaintiff tor
$1,008.91.
G. Peter Hoffman vs. Michael Flaherty.
Kion and Burnwell for plaintiff. You?
mans, Moore and Bacon for defendants.
Submission to jury withdrawn and caso
continued.
J. H. Bryant t?*. I* Casa Carpenter.
John T." Sloan for plaintiff. Mr. Win
gate for defendant. Verdict for plain?
tiff. Verdict set aside and new trial
ordered.
Wm. Glaze vs. Katie E, BoUin. Ar?
thur A Arthur for plaintiff. j. T. Wilkes
for defendaut. Verdict for plaintiff for
$122.00.
Bhimstroni A Co. vs. Wm. Kennedy.
Jos. Taylor. Pope A Haskell for plain?
tiffs. .1. D. Trade well for defendants.
Continued and bond for casts by plain?
tiffs ordered.
Court adjourned until 10 A. M., to-day.
f^The following cases were set for trial
to-day: Charles Bar num. plaintiff, vs.
Joseph Taylor, defendant; Chas. Barnuni
vs. L. C. Carpenter, LoGrand Benedict
vs. J. L. Neagle, L. C. Carpenter and W.
E. Kose, Blakels A Gibbes vs. John Bug
lish, Belle Wallace vs. Sallie Crawford
and Phineas F. Frazee, .Mary P. Black
tt at. vs. the Carolina Life Insurance
Company et a/.. Bay Bollin vs. Phineas
F. Frazee and Adam Johnston, the Co?
lumbia Building and Loan association
vs. IYrrv W. Fuller, Smith A, Melton vs.
Alfred Morse, Frances A. Burrows vs.
the Southern Express Company, the
State of South Carolina vs. Niles G.
Parker, Joseph Scimonelli vs. Patrick
Cantwell, the State, ex reL Wm. Gorman
VS. George A. Darling, County Treasurer.
Thomas J. Bawls, administrator, vs.
I Minnie Wessley, John F. Witscossky vs.
j C. Hoffman, survivor.
List ok New. Advebtisements.
Mocking Birds for Sale.
Meeting Board of Fire Masfers.
Cottage House to Bent.
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company.
-? ? ?
Hotel Arrivals, Mat la. -Columbia
Hotel- T. S. Clarkson, N. C; j. W. Col?
lins, Beaufort; O. D. Nathans, Philadel
Shia; James H. Kion, Winusboxo; G. W.
.ouse, Charleston; D. Bieman. Walhalla:
W. J. McDowell, S. A U. B. K.; C. H.
PettengiU, city", J. D. Harly, Texas; J.
j W. O'Brien, Frank Palmer, G. H- Beck
man, Charleston; C. Kaymond, N. Y.; C.
K. Knowles, city; S. P. Hamilton, C*eu
jter; J. M. Baxter, Newberry; Samuel T.
PoiUier, Sportanburg; J. si. Seiglcr, J.
; D. Stouey, G. A C. R. R.
House?'S. C. Bobertaon, Fair
field; E. W. Wheeler, city; Thomas P.
Benson. Anderson; M. E. Hollingsworth,
I Abbeville; T. J. Webb, Anderson; James
F. Kilgore. Newberry; F. C. Aldricb,
I Prosperity; James B. Scott, Ga?; Rev. J.
D. Shirey, S. C.; B F. Mauldin, Wil
liamstoh; II. D. Humiter, Kichland.
Hentlrix M?use?B. B. Dukes, Lewis
Jones, Edgeftcld; Miss Rallie Wither -
spoon, Sumter; Miss Augusta Tatum,
Bichniond; W. M. Nelson, Winnsborn;
John W. Walker, Chester; J. H. Denck.
city; L. H. McElwee, N. C.
Consignees by South Carolina Ruil
road, May 18. 1875.?J. Waties A Co., P.
CuntweU, J. H. Brown, W. B. Burke, M.
H. Berry, James H. Cochmn, Capt, C.
A. Alligood, A. Fulnier, [PA], C. Hoff?
man, B. D. Seun A Son, IL Muller, D.
Epstine, C. L. Konig, G. V. Alworden.
W. C. Fisher, J. E. Gyles, agent, U.
Solomons, W. Green, W. Sheppard.
Mackerel.
CHOICE MESS MACKEREL.
No. 1. 2 and 3 MACKEREL.
Just opened and for sale low, at retail,
by JOHN AGNEW A SON.
Centennial Oig&rs,
One Dollar and a Hall Far Bor.
??? ?
IF you are going to the centennial, get
your Cigars from PERBY A SLAW
SON. They are determined to close but
odd brands, and offer such inducement*
as you will never And again. Cigars at
$1.50 per box. Rush! rush! to see them.
What You Need.
EXTRA MESS BEEF, 10 cents per
pound.
Fresh May BUTTER, direct from Mil
ford, N. Y., 3 pounds for gl.
CIGARS. We are closing out our stock
I of Cigars, and offer the best FIVE CENT
\ Cigars in the city, and only went a trial
I to convince you.
May 16 L?RICK A LOWRANCE. _
ACTS OF TBE LB0I8LATVBS
I^OR 1875. with postage, $1.15. For
7 sale at L. BRYAN'S
May 5 Bookstore.
/GREATEST OF ALL MEMCIMB8
IS HEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT,
for purifying the Blood. For sals at
it Drug Store. April 16 t
