W&t ?j)?ilt?t0m Jails jfefeg, VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7 A SENSIBLE MOVE. TUE LEGISLA TUBE TO ADJOURN ON THE ?6TH INSTANT. Vbe Proceedingsof Yesterday. [SPECIAL TXLIORAK TO THK h'EWS.] COLOMBIA, Wednesday, February 19. In the Senate, to-day, tbe following bills re? ceived their final reading, were passed, and ordered to be sent to the House: Bill to abrogate all tbat portion ot the State debt, incurred In aiding the late re? bellion. Bill to incorporate tbe Newberry Cotton Hills. ^BUl to Incorporate tbe Moultrleville Rall. Bill to make an appropriai lon to pay the claim of the Central National Bank of Colum? bia, on account of the interest on certain ac? ceptances. Bill to fix the salary of certain officers. -Bill to amend toe act io-incorporate the Til? lage of Marloo. Bill to permit tbe Sui.ivan's Island Ferry Company to erect a whart and building lu the cove at Moult i levine. The following bills were paseed by tbe Sen? ate, and having already been passed by tbe House were ordered to be enrolled tor ratifi? cation: Bill to recharter Ashford's Ferry. Bill to Incorporate the Garrison Light In? fantry, of CbarleBton. Bill to Incorporate the Wadmalaw Riflemen, and the Edisto Ri Hem en, also the Sumner Lieht Dragoons, all of Charleston County. Bill to Incorporate the Bryan Light Infantry, of Charleston County. Bill to Incorporate the Ford Riflemen, of j Charleston. Bill to Incorporate the Scott United Blues, of Charleston. Bill to amend section 17, chapter 45, ot the General Statutes, regarding the persons liable to work on tbe public highways. The bill to charter the Anderson, Aiken and Port Boyal Railroad received its final reading, was passed and ordered to be sent to the House for concurrence in the Senate amend meng. The bill to charter the Charleston Water and Canal Company was debated until ad? journment. In the House, J. F. Greene offered a concur? rent resolution to adjourn sine die on the 26th Ok* February, which was adopted almost unanimously by both houses. The report of the committee on claims cf j the Keowee Courier and R. H. Cain was adopted. The following were read a second time and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading : Bill to amend section 4, chapter 50, of tbe General Statute!}, (relating to lenceB). Bill'to provide tor granting certain Char? ten?. Joint resolution authorizing the county commissioners of Beaufort County to levy a special tax. Bill to incorp?rate the town of Nichols. Bill to prevent State and county officers from holding more than one office. Bill to Incorporate the Newberry and Chester Ral road company. Bill lo Incorporate the Ebenezer Baptist church of Georgetown County. Bill to provide for tbe establishment of a hana of refuge, and industrial school In the cities of Charleston and Columbia. Bill to regulate the Ieee of c?nala officers. Joint resolution to authorize the county commissioners of Abbeville County, for 1872, to draw extra pay. The following were passed by (he House, and, having already been passed by the Sen? ate, were ordered to be enrolled for ratifica? tion: Joint resolution to provide an appropria? tion for the final payment tor lands purchased by the State In Danlugton County. Bill to provide lov the purchasers of lands st sales made lor non-payment of taxes being pat into possession of the same. Bill to amend Section 6, Chapter 62. ol the Ger.eral Statutes, (relating to insurance com uaules.) Bill to provide lor the establishment of a l?ense o? refuge and Industrial school in the cities of Charleston and Columbia. The lollowlng received their final reading, ??ere passed and ordered to be bent to the Senate: Bul to establish a steam ferry company be? tween Charleston, and John's, James, Wadma? law and Edisto Islands. Bill to encourage the rebuilding of the bnrnt district in the City of Charleston, and lor other purposes. Bill to regulate the pay of county treas? urers. B1U to prevent State and county officers from holding more than one office. Bill to punish persons lor the removal or secretion ol personal property levied on by the sheriff or other officers. Bill to abrogate all that porti JD of the Slate debt incurred In the late rebellion. Bill to repeal an act authorizing trustees to Invest funds In tbe State bonds. BUI to amend certain sections of tbe Gene? ral Btatutts, relating to jurors. Bill to Incorporate the People's Building and Loan Association of Chariest on. BUL to repeal an act relating to tbe State bonds. Bill to amend an act to renew t oe charter of tbe Town of Chester. Bill to revive and extend the charter of the Savings, Building and Loan Association. Bill te incorporate the Farmers' and Plant? ers' Savings and Loan Association of Ham? borg. Bill to establish a public road in Colleton County. _ _PICKET. JOTTINGS ABOUT TBE STATE. -The Son? of Temperance open a festival In Columbia early in April. -Court has been In session in Marion ?ince lasf Monday, Judge Townsend presiding, and business ls being rapidly dispatched. -There are now seven prisoners in tbe Marlon jail, their crimes ranging from larceny to ru uro er. , -The Augusta, papers give a repert that a negro named Isaac Haywood was shot near Horse Cieek, South Carolina, last Sunday night -Marlon has paid, for State and county taxes, $53,786 21; tor school district tax. >$13G0 66; and lor ber poll tax, $1983, making a total or $867,129 87 paid In lor tuxes up to me 17tb Instant. _-A singular disease, that affects the jaw bone on each side of the face, and each shoulder, ls prevalent in Coiumblo. It is sup-1 posed io be caused from colds, and gives those -attacked severe pain. i, i tm II SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. _The government bought one million of bonds yesterday at 113 65-100 to H3 85 100. -A box containing $10,000 worth ol North Carolina bonds was stolen from a store in Broome 6treet, New York, yesterday. - -A steamer has arrived at Puma Arenas with six hundred and auy-four Chinamen on -board. Thirty-one died during the passage. -A milk train ran into a rassenger train, Tuesday, near Harlem, New York, killing one person and injuring many. -A terrible colliery explosion occurred near Hanley, Staffordshire, England, on Tuesday. Thirty miners are reported killed, und a number Injured. -The steamer J. D. Foley has left Fortress Monroe for Baltimore, having . lu tow the steamer Lucille, from Wilmington, for that port, she having lont her rudder. -A petition 1B circulai lt g in Boston which &&ka the Massacbuset ts Legislature lo expunge ila rote of censure against Senator Sumuer ' for bis action regr.rolr g battle flags. -General Thomas nicken, superintendent Ol the Western Union Telegraph Company, sailed Irom New York for Liverpool yester? day morning, on a two months' trip. He was escorted to the steamer by many of his tele? graphic friends. -The Democratic rttate Convention of Con? necticut met at Hartford yesterday, with Colo? nel Dwight O. Morris, formerly a Republican, presiding, first as temporary and Anally as permanent chairman. Chas. I. Ingersoll was nominated for Governor, and George G. Lile, Liberal Republican, for Llentenant-Governor. PASTY iVHITEWASIT. What the New York Papers say of the Credit Mobilier Report. NEW YORK, February 19. The New York World, commenting upon the Credit Mobilier report, preseoted to Con? gress yesterday, sais: "l?e report recom? mends the expulsion of Ames, not lor offering bribes to members ol Congress, but for put? ting them to open shame; aud Brooks, not for holding stock which he bad no right to hold, bul tor being a Democrat." lt lurther says that the committee had one standard of right j and wrong lor Democrats, and another lor Republicans, and asks: " What are the offences of Ames and Brooks, compared wltb those of Garfield, Kelly, Dawes, Patterson, Wilson and Colfax ?" Tbe Herald, In commenting upon the report j of the Poland committee, Bays : " li may be that the committee's conclusions have Deen arrived at honestly, and that they may have been able lo And dl-ninctions between briber and bribed, which the people will lall to dis? cover; bul their acHnn will be regarded with suspicion, and it will be difficult lo remove from the public mind the impression that they have acted in the interesis of ihe majorities in Congress, and while offering Ames aod I Brooks as sacrifices, have sought to shield others equally deserving of punishment." Tne Times thinks that those expecting a whitewashing report will be disappointed," as the report is strictly non-partisan; and for dignity, clearness, and comprehensiveness, deserves ihe highest praise. The Judgment passed on Brooks and Ames, lt considers fully deserved. Regarding Kelly and Garfield, it thinks they present a most distressing figure before the country, and the only comment neeessary on their oaae ls (hut, had they taken (he right course, and refused to have anything to do with ihe Credit Mobilier, no contradic? tion would have been necessary. The Tribune thinks the resolutions Illus? trate at once the feebleneeB ot the Inquiry and ihe tremendous force ot the political Or? ganization that controlled and directed it. It bas but one object, name! \ : lo comple? ment the Presidential camp alga with tbe en? dorsement of the methods by which it was carried. It Insults the honesty and Intel!!- j ge.nce of Congress. Partisanship never j stooped so low before. We cannot believe the resolutions will pass." The Sun says: '-The committee io recom? mending the expulsion of Ames and Brooks, and then whitewashing their accomplices, commuted a grave offence against official pnriiy, orderly government, public morals aud common decency, which every member ot the committee will live long enough to bitterly regret. All right-minded persons of J whatever political party will iudignantly re? sist the pardal, unwise, unjust and illogical conclusion io which the committee have ar? rived, and be sure to attribute ihe strange result of their deliberations to something quite aside from the firm purpose io perform au imperative duly without lear or favor." THE CLUBS OF NEW YOBK. Their Characteristics, Organization and Expenses. A New York letter says: The moet noticeable clubs ot the city are the Union League, the Manhattan, tbe Americus und Blossom Club, the Lotos Club, the Arca? dian and the Pale lie Club. Tne Union League, as ls well known, was established during"the war, and is an outgrowth of the healed pas- j siou developed in that time of elriie. The resident membership ol this club ls restricted io 1000, but the non-resident membership is unlimited and may be multiplied ad infinitum, in e privilege, however, being not taken ad vantage ol lo an undue extent, as the whole membership does not exceed a near approach to 1400 names. The dues of the Union League Club are $60 per annum, the Initia- ] Hon fee $100, while non-residents pay but half rates. Elections for the admis? sion of new members are held at the month ly meetings, one ballot In ten excluding. The executive committee consists ol fifteen members, Uv j ol whom are elected annually, no one being eligible for a longer time tban one successive term. Carnes for money are not permitted, aod the entire building Is closed by midnight. The beautiful building erected by Jerome tor the Jockey Club hiB been leased by this association tor a number of years, und lt ls most elegant throughout, the framework and finishing of black walnut, the carpeting rich and soft, the lumUure cor? respondingly handsome and luxurious. The income of the club is $95,000 per annum, ex? clusive of that derived lrom the restaurant I aod oiher sources, but the expenses are bare- | lr paid. The president, at this time, ie Mr. Wm. J. Heppln. Aa a direct offset to the Union League, which 13 thoroughly Republican, the Manhat? tan Club was projected tn the year following, 1864, and or ibis Manion Marble, ot the World, baa been the permanent Beeret ary. Its head? quarters are exceedingly elegant, being the superb Tension on Filth Avenue and Flu?enih street, Just one block above Delmonlco's. The membership here la limited to one thousand, and though as loteoEely Democratic as the Union Leugne ls Republican, its organiza? tion is oligarchical, as the power ls vested in a board of twenty-live, who retain their position during life, unless IQ case ot resig? nation. The Initiation fee ls $150 and ihe yearly ones $50. Augustus Selie u 1B the pres? ident. Ol the ring Democrats who have fol? lowed the lead of Tweed A Co , the Americus Club Is the chosen organization, but like Its president, is now under tiie weather This has been a summer club more particularly, and Its annual "camps" at Indian Harbor, Con? necticut, have been weil known. ?Now that its president. Tweed, ls In disgrace, the club, of | of which he was the malo spring, is of course lu a dub ous stale of prosperity, and may give up the ghost. The Blossom Club ls an off? shoot of the Americus, und Bbares its adverse lortunes, having been In reality a sort of win? ter resort for the Americus, which flourished most In summer. The Lotos club. No. 2 Irving place, next to the Academy of Music, was tue first club, dis? tinctively Inclusive of the press, which bas attained a permanency, and waa first set on foot in 1870 by several Journalists, with the provision ibat two-thirds of the members tbould be professionals, this proposition be? ing afterwards reduced io one-half, wbloh consequently gave rise to such dissatisfac? tion tuatihe business element, headed by Col. Stebbenp, withdrew and formed themselves into the Arcadian club Thia secession, how? ever, has in no wise affected the prosperity of | ihe Lotos club, which, from a greater unan? imity ol sentiment, has gained la strength consequent upon, increased harmony, mat which lt lost for tne lime being in mere mem? bers. It is governed by a directory of twelve, elected annually, of whom Whitelaw Read ls now the president. The entrance fee for honorary members ls $250; for active members $50, and thc annual dues are $40. The Arca? dian also seems io prosper, an I ls governed by a connell of twenty-one, who ure cboeeo lor five years. The members are limited to three hundred, the entrance fees being $50 and $100, the annual dues $40. The Palette Cub is also ot somewhat recent erigin, but is quite popular-including six hunareu mem? bers. This is particularly an arl club, but In? cludes those pursuing industrial ans as well as engineers, A distinctive feature of this club are the low f-es, being bnt$15 for en? trance and $12 annually. There are other clubs of special aims, such as the Army and Navy Club, the Jocky Club aud the Yacht Club, headed by Mr. Bennett. CONSTERNATION XV UTAH. The Tribulation of thc Mormon Saints. SALT LAKE. February 16. The tribulation amoug the Mormon leaders, in view ol Hie probability ol decisive Con grf 8sional action against their Institution, Is becoming daily more manifest. Already a removal from Utah is discussed. One ol their organs to-dav says that the strougarmol power is io be! invoked to make them move on, but where shall they go F Where is it de? sired that they shall next pitch their tents? The priesthood ls understood to be seriously contemplating the possible necessity of naothtr pioneer expedition, but lt ls not gen? erally believed the saints as a body can ever be Induced to abandon their present homes. There ls no doubt that Brigham Young and his advisers are endeavoring to secure a new country for a kingdom, and it is intimated that negotiations have been renewed for the exclusive possession*! one ol the Sandwich Islands, -William Cullen Bryant, the venerable poet editor of the New York Post, was in Savannah on Tuesday. CONGRESS IN BRIEF. WASHINGTON, February 19. President Grant und Secretaries Fish und Boutwell vlslied the Senate to day. Sperker Blaine and Mr. Garfield were called in to the President's presence. Garfield ls chairman of the committee on appropriations, and it is thought that there ls money lo the matter. In ihe Senate the House bill removing dis? abilities from ex-Governor Smith, of Virginia, was passed. Sherman, from the. committee on finance, reported without amendment the House bill providing that upsn all Importations of sugar, molasses, pig and railroad Iron the amount of bond required shall only be In a penal sum of double me amount, ot duty on such articles, and tbat upon all other Importations lt shall be ina penal sum equal to the Invoice value of the merchandise imported with the dulles added. Wilson Introduced a bill authorizing the President to appoint Ihree commissioners to revise the bankrupt law and to reporl amend? ments thereto. This waB referred to the com? mittee on the Judiciary. Stewart, ft oin the committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported, with amendments, the bill supplementary to an act incorporating the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company. It au? thorizes the said railroad to consolidate witb or lease any road in Texas or California con? necting with Its main line, on such conditions os may be prescribed by tbe laws of those states, and also to construct branches from its main line north to points In Utah and Col? orado, or lo the State line ot Nevada, and south to the Mexican boundary; one branch north, and one south, te be so constructed iro.n the main line In each of tbe Territories ot New Mexico and Arizona. In the Bouse, in the appropriation bill, the Potomac River gets $15,000, and beacons, com? mencing at the llfirbthou?e midway between Cape Henry and Body Island, $50,000. The Joint resolution giving the print mir of the de oates to W. J. Murtagh, ot the Washington Republican, was passed. Military matters cc cupled the balance of ihn day. A bill was passed, reciting that no one should be pro? moted who ls abdicted to the lntemoerate use either of liquors or drugs. BEYOND THE BRINE. PARIS, February 19. The French Cabinet met yesterday und re? solved to stand by the amendment on the con? stitutional project recently proposed by Du laire before the commission of thirty. The Bourse was greatly animated yester? day on the reception of a report that the balance ot the Indemnity fund due lo Ger? many would be commuted about the end of July. LOKliUN, February 19. It has been officially announced that only seven thousand Russian troon* compose the expeditionary loree agalnst^Ehlva. General Von Kauffman commands the expedition. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, February 19. Probabilities: Rising barometer and pleas? ant Weather for ThurBday will prevail over the Middle and Western States. For tbe South AtlaolloT?taies, partly cloudy and clear weather. Light winds and pleasant weather In the Guli bluies, and thence over the lakes falling barometer and rising temperature from the Mis ouri River to the upper lakes. [OPfi SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. Florida. -The Most Rev. Archbishop Bayley, of Bal? timore, is in St. Augustine. -Tbe ladies of tho St. Augustine Catholic Church are holding a fair in aid of the hospital Tor the sick. -What a woman can do, who has a mind to do, is seen in the following which we take from the Ojala Banner: A lady in Orange County has twenty guava bushes from which sh o bas shipped twelve bushels of bruit, receiving tour dollars tor each bushel; abe has mide up one hundred tumblers of jelly which she sells for four dollars per dozeu; abe has also made up one hundred tumblers of marmelade which she Bells for the same price, and ber crop is but half gathered. -The Marianna Courier Bays the farmers of that section are making preparations for planting, and are further advanced in their arrangements than they have been since the war. Tbere is no scarcity of labor, and while lhere is a great scarcity of money und some Inconvenience in consequence, lhere Is no want of good cheer and a 'general indulgence ot hope tor a iarge crop. The probability ls great that a larger crop of cotton will be planted thia year than was attempted to be grown dui lng the last, und the general neglect io plant com aud raise meat ls learliii to con? sider. Tbe quantity ot fertilizers expected to be used will exceed tbat of last year. Georgia. -Matrimony is epidtmio in Albany. -Mrs Dowe, wile of Rev. Caleb Dowe, rec? tor of St. George's Church, in Griffin, is dead -Misa Patterson gave readings in Atlanta on Tuesday evening. -Griffin bas fewer idle negroes now than at any time since tbe war. -Forsyth, besides rebuilding ber burnt dis? trict, will oroct another handsome brick struc? ture opposite Greer's hotel. -Two small frame houses on Bryan street, Savannah, ono occupied by Mrs. Anderson os a store, and the other by Moses Scarlett asa dwelling, were burned on Wednesday morning. -Tbe passenger train on the Georgia Rail? road, leaving Atlanta on Sunday night for Augusta ran of the track uear Alcova River in consequence of the misplacing of a switch. Fortunately no one was hurt. -The number of acres of land returned in tie State iu 1871, was 31.130 104: in 1872, 33. 555 907-a decrease of 564 219. Aggregate vature of land in 1871, $96,857 512; in 1872, $96 . 313 539; average value in 1871, $2 84; in 1872, ?2 87. -A man named Dennis Lysaugbt (an em? ployee of the Georgia Railroad, ) while walking on tbe top of a train ot oars in motion on tho Central Railroad track in Augusta, on Sunday afternoon, fell between tho track and was seriously injured by the truck, oue leg being broken and tho other cut. North Carolina. -A sbellroad is to be const meted In Wil? mington, lrom the city to Wrlghtsvble sound. .-Wilmington inieuds having waterworks similar to those ol Savannah. -The grocery ol Messrs. Blalter & Bremer, lu Wilmington, was burned ou Mooday nfeht. -General Wade Bampton lectures ou "Gen? eral Lee" ir. Wilmington Boon, uuder the aus? pices ut lh? Young Men's Chrisilun Associa? tion. -Belween Washington and Greensboro', last week, the dead body ot Mr. W. A. Alex? ander, oi White County, was found, with his throat cut and a knife In his hand. This causes the supposition that be committed suicide, but most binguluny his money was missing. -We have until lately lost sight ot the en teiprising Mr. Cook and his numerous tours. He seemed to alight on our shores. Issue a tempting programme, ard Immediately disap? pear. He wuB a veritable olrd of passage. For all we know lils liberal offers have mel with no response ia cosmopolitan New York, intellectual Boston, epicurean Baltimore, or even among the wicked ol Chicago. From Philadelphia we never expected auy reply to come. Unless Mr. Cook could have provided separate ooats for every tlx persons lt was ob? vious from the first that the Phlladelpbluns would respectfully decline. We have looked for Mr. Cook iu these cliies, aud behold, like Harlequin In the paulo mime, he suddenly is present in an unex? pected place. Lebanon, Tennessee, has the honor ot beginuing trw organizulon of the first excursion party, to depart from New York on the 11th of June. The company ls to consist of twenty or thirty Southern ladies and gentlemen. The length ul the trip ls to be about four months. The necessary expenses wlil be six hundred and seventy four dollars for each person. This amount Includes steam era, railwavp, hotels, porterage, omnibuses, guides, fees for sight-seeing and servants; also carriages to Pompeii, Melrose, Abbots? ford, to the Louvre Gallery and Jardin des Plantes, in Paris; Royal Gallery lo Munich, and three days lu Rome, under the guidance of a competent arel se logical lecturer; ponies lor Vesuvius, or.d railway up the Rnlgi. Tra? velling and hotel accommodations ure first class everywhere. Professor Starr, ot Corona Institute, Lebanon, ls the chief promoter of tbis scheme. I THE CITY GOVERNMENT. ANNUAL REPORT OF SIS HONOR, MAYOR WAQENBR, Gratifying Exhibit of the Operations of the Varions Departments of the Municipal Administration. COUNCIL CHAMBER, February 18,1873. Council met Ibis day at Are P. M. Present-Hon. John A. Wagener, Major; Aldermen O'Neill, Bowen, Smith, Gage, Gar? rett, Voigt, Sweegan, Glover, Johnston, Moram Slmonds, Pelzer, and Sigwald. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. PETITIONS. ; Of L. F. Campbell lor relief from tax execu? tions. Referred to committee on retrench? ment and relief. Of residents ot Ht. Phillp street for drain. Referred io committee on tidal drains. Of vestry and wardens of St. Michael's Church for appropriation for repairs to steeple. Referred to committee ?>n public institutions, buildings and grounds. Ol Comet Star Fire Company to have engine house, Hued, and three additional windows CUL Lining ordered to ba done, and applica? tion for windows received as information. Of cillzena to have Shepherd street opened from King lo Meeting street. Referred to joint committees of streets and railroads. Of Simon Yans for remission of penalties, Ac. Referred lo committee on retrenchment and relief. Of John Ancrum to roof the building in course of erection on south side of West Btreet with shingles. Not granted. Of Jas. McElroy, Jno. C. Mallonee, and others, for o?anle road lu Mary street, be? tween Meeting and King streets. Refei 4 lo commluee on streets. Of J. H. 8teffens & Co. to erect steam m. northwest corner ol Coming and Cannot streets. Granted. Of residents of Rutledge avenue for plank road from Calhoun io Line street. Considera? tion postponed for the present. Tho Mayor's Annual Report. CHARLESTON, January l, 1873. Gentlemen of the Citv Coutcil : Une j ear ago, 1 made you a report of city affairs aa they had been cmnnctcd by cur prede ce-so B" excepting of ?ht brief term of iwo months for wu ch we ha : dec me responsible. The transactions of the year 1872 have been en? tirely our own work, and vhatever good or evil hus resulted belongs entire'? to onr own admin? istration. If our people 1: ive reaaon to be sail Oed. we may rejoice and find encouragement in the continued lalthful performance or onr sol? emn doti-a; if, o > the contrary, our constituents have discovered Jus- cause of c m dal nt, we should en-er the new year wUb xe ilona tor the public good, and to coiree.t any errors ve nay have coran med. However, I think wc have a right to claim that, if we have en o ?, we have only been wa nt in jr in Judgment, not in honesty of intention and mo? tive. Man's views of public gnvernm-bt wi 1 am must differ, bot lit Te liam, will ever result from tne measures of thme thar are earnestly striving for that which they deem right and Just, and (hat are earnest and firm In their devon- n to public trusts. Ihe danger to the commoL> weal emanates generally f> om those only who, for personal or pom leal aim?, or for par y par poses, contemn the principle that ihe noblest aim of honorable men ahou d te the greatest good of ihe greatest number; strict and Impartial Jnatlce to all clares and condition?; a fair and Judicious encourage i ent of all worthy In eres s for a mutually beneficial purp'se, and a pure and pr iud abstinence from all selfish and dl-houest intents and means. If evey one of UB can be convinced that he has acied upon these princi? pes, he n- ed not fear the animadversions of thc wicked or the ro illari for I verily believe thal the very great majority of our feilow-citlzeas will Judge us libera it and fairy. I h ive deemed lt proper to make you a some? what comparative statement, in order to show that we have done at least at well as the preced Ing admlnut'atlena, alttnaglj we have not quite accomplished all ihat wc could have d ur publie, institutions in perfect Wi rklng order, with excellent aud trustworthy commtssiom-rs, and with economy and i.oneaty upon their banner, the public bulli-mgs In thorough condition and repair, our debt considerably reduced, and Inter? est promptly dim harged, a lively progreas sur? rounding us ou au sides, and with the dawning of a reasonable an i developing prosperity. Let our c.tlzens have firm raith In oar destiny. God li good to us. Cha leatou ab all and must suc? ceed. lt may not be d-riled, Uiat some of onr city departmnts might yet be viatly Improved, lt has been to me a source of continued and unre? mitting anxle y. and 1 have cp ired n > effort to insure to the city a full ami fair equivalent for every outlay, and to prevent any waste or im? prudent extravagance In the public expenditures. If I have not rally succeeded, lt must be attrib? uted lo our peculiar con diam, and to ihe imper? te tion or all human supervisi?n. It would be lmpo-Eib o to sum up all Me evils we have en? countered, and which tho most persistent seventy i as not yet entirely eradicated. Human effort la too often autject to Influence* that carino be suiilciemly controlled with the utmost exer? tions of ihe floe t minds to avoid mistakes. Man is prone to over estimate vhat he could hloise f do. and to undet value what another per orm-. Thus we misjudge ourselves and others, instead of extending each other friendly and kindly encouragement, which la the nob est in? centive to perseverance In i ubi c spirited endtavors. cur departments are not per? fect, by any means, but there ta not one of them, with all our ladings, that ts not at leas fully equal to its predect-RBor, as well In point oj efficiency aa In econon y and responsibility. 7 his' their special reports, to wnich 1 shall call atten? tion lu their proper order, will Tilly demonstrate. 11 bink I can truthfully a sert that the publ c ar Taits of the city during last year have beeu con? ducted with as much care, economy and fidelity aa any well managed private corporation. And a better stat'.dard of management oar taxp lyera could not reasonably expect. The pubilo health has been unp irrailt 1'd, pabilo o der has been maintained, our employees have been punctually paid, contractors have never b-en delayed tor a day, and ir we hate not nade giant m rides lu public Improvementa aa aumubr cur slater dites profeta to have, we have not ratall? lncrea-ed our pub lc debt but have done that which we have done by ihe expenditure . f no more than our cur? rent income. Ai d even o' uiai no tuconsiderable portion has been applied for the payment of ar? rears ur thc last i dinlutitration, of a large amouut or accumulai MI I terest, and In the pur? chase or property for public purposes. TUB TREASURY. In thc nnnual ?talement i-f thc treasurer, the previous custom or that deaartmeni hus been somewhat modified, inasmuch as now an omi? nar/ credit and debit account ls r?ndete i. com? mencing with thc balance on hand int January, 1872, and condining willi Die balline; remain.n. 1st January, 1873. arter a coraparaiiv? statement or receipts and payin nts during the ye ir. It ap? pears that the cash balante ht January, 1872, lu eluding cuy b li?, WAS $70,019 4->, and the cash i a ance 1st January, 187a, including elly bills, ls $07.b47 76. Of i his, by order or Council. $51.114 10 In eily hilts, have been dest.o, ed. h has been the practice ot oar treason to report the actual pajments roreach department ul ihecttyupto Hie llrar. or January in each year, leaving audi accounts as had not then been paid to bc intTu-ied In t.ie next, year'a appropriation as unpaid billa, and likewise io cicdlt each department onlywlih MUCH lecelpta os had been actually turned into the city treasury up to the end or the year. Tah might be otherwise if lie trea-ury would include m its transactions for the y< ar all un ettled cains or the same, yet asa continuous andes tub lshed KV stem lt answers all our purposes of InfrrmailorJ ' ua comparison. Taking thc treasurer's atatemcut, first Janu? ary, 1873, or paymeots or 1872 as a basis of com pansoii with tiieexpendluresofl8;i, we rind thc following uifferences, viz: Almshouse, i8:i, $20,851 42; against 1972, $10, 313 73. Board of Health, 1871, $27,313 78; against 1872, $10,169 70. City ottlccra, 1871, $27,934 93; against 1372, $20, 435 63. City Guard. 1871, $75,918 22; against 1872, $70, 185 65. Gaslights, 1871, $30,260 02; against 1872, $28, 6.1 43. Firemasters, 1871, $32,518 67; against 1872, 29, C9i 66. Orphanhouse. 1871, $28,680 80; against 1872, $22. 701 67. Street Improvements and drains, 1571, $94,909 06; against 187-z. $84,160 81. Commissioners Public Lands, 1871, $8.995 12; against 1872, $7,630 23. . It will be seen that In all of the above regular accoants we are below our predecessors. But wo are much beyond them in others, which of neces? sity we had to discharge, U9 follows: In 1871 the Interest paid was.$307,990 66 In 1872 interest and arrears of interest. 868,649 631 In 187t for real estate for Improve? ments. 2 67 In 1872 for real estate for improve* ' m nts. i4 fo In is:i on acconnt of pnillo debt. In 1872on ac.-onnt of public debt. 4\?? This was partly for borrowed money for l and In part for cv y stock lo execution, ant damages incurred before our time. Besides own expenses our treasure has bren chat with the county < xpensps for plantcroads, he tala and almshouses, which lt it exp etea tc rei urned to us In the course of mis year, with the State expenses for quarantine, wi have al i ea" y been refunded, bu must b ; cred to 1878. The ' treasurer has also had the co: tton of the school tax, and has promptly paid proper drafts. Be adds ibh year to his gen re; ort a statement nf such accounts vs are du to become due In 1873. including thc luteresi city atocle due lat July, 1873, of $96 690 46; i tbe balance due toe genera Bleking land, $03 88. and the whole array of city stock dun aud coming due in 1873, amounting to $506,538 which pta'ements present trie startling agf gare or $720,663 83. This seems to have a s-rt aspect, but lt is nothing more than tue usual gregate of our dimcuitie-t. ?nd not near as bad our situation this time last year. Weenie 1872 with large arrears of Interests which have now discharged; for the baloneedue sinking fund we had more than the cash on lu on ihe 1-t Janunry, 1873. but Wd have Btnce B'Toyed th* city bil s; yet oar arrears of taxei 1872 iS80,682 oi) win be more than an equivale Uar only tronb.'e ls the past due city stock, which I had already referred In my Drat ann report. I thi n urged oar citizens to come to i rescue by the exchango of ?sue ti s-ocic ror non - ti able coupons bonds, for ibo Issue of which ord In. nee was passed. Thin appeal has not bc responded to, but I am happy io say that bate or two holders have pressed their claims, am have yet every contldenoe that we shill be fairly and llb rally dealt by th s year. Ic wot bi well, howeve>-,ooth for the holdeis and the c that anangements should be agreed upon. Tilt SINKING FUND. Prom'he special reports lt will appear that considerable change lo ihe assets or this fu has been effected, in January. 187?, a railro ring had been formed, and an offer was road? our lamen ed Alderman 'taylor, the men cha man of our ways and means committee, of 30 ; cent for onr Nashville and Chattanooga stoc 'ihe commissioners or the sinking fund did r " ."om i his a sufficient Inducement, hut after nt ?re consideration concluded mat if the hlgne . rket rate of our city stock could be got w. 'd be a good and piudent transaction. Aft ma anxious nrgotihtlons we anally obtain an <. r ol 66 f er cent.. Hie h?hest c irren t qc tatton ur onr stock. There was a serions dou on me minds or the comm s-doners whether tm would have the puwer ro conclude i be sale wit ont the special action of council, hut, lt w?s lie) to make the matter thus puidlc would d rent t main oi J-ct-the retirement of an. equal amoui of city si oak-ana furthermore, lt was held, th the duties of ?ron.- tue Legislature, aud has beea reported favorably by a commut?e, to cstab Ish a sinking fund commission for our edy. Charleston tus already bee.i too much Interfered with by parid for-lg n to our Interest, aid I trust tho-e of our delegation that have already sho *n by their action that Hie welfare or this c mmunhy ls ready their ? cs ire, wi 1 take care that the u.. called la Inter? ference meets with no tuccess. TUB OBl'OANUOirSB. The premises have been beautified, and the es? tablishment has been repaired and much lui p oved, and yet the annual expenses are below the cost of the preceding year. Tue commission ers have done well, not only In their efforts of economy, but in the personal sacrifices that some or them have made for this avorlte Institu? tion of our city. 1 take much pleasure In recom? mending a careful perusal o. their annual re? port. THE CATHOLIC ORPHAN IN.- TTTOTIONS. The Right Rev. Bishop Lynch has again hon? ored me with a comprehensive annual report, which assures us thu the b unty of onr olty has been well applied. I deem lt just and right, be sides that r consider lt truly economical to nosily remember in our appropriations the phan Asylum of the good Sisters. The numbe 01 phans in their cate during the last Tear i one hundred and nine, of whom seveniy-t were girls and thMyflve boys. I append letter or the Bishop for a better reference. OCR rTELIC SCHOOLS. ..The City of ( harleston haa reason to be pro that, besides having been abie to advance ?state ber coa't quarantine expenses, and c unty the cost or a piankroad to oar Hm s s ner Hospital and Poorhouse charge*, there I never been a day during the year, that our put schools and teachers have been retarded for i want or the necessary funds. And th s la much the more creditable as a contrast, with rest of the towna and counties or the Sta where the schools had to be closed for the wi or means. Our citizens have promptly paid tn school tar. and the city treasury bas kept a j account ihereof, and has never delayed the dra of the school authorities for a moment. Whl this ls no more than its ordinary routine rf do lt is nevertheless a creditable example tn thi daya of corruption and spoliation of ihe advt taires ora Just and respu sible adminlatratk ?mr scholastic population numbers 12 727-wan 6873. and colored 8854. Of this large numner ch.idren only 2431 whites and 1436 colon In all 3970 ch'ldren. embrace rhe advantae of tree school edncation. 7herefore. 8737 chlldr were el her educated In private schools or not all. Making a liberal allowance of 76 p?o o' th a matter, and our cltlzei owe h m a debt of gratitude for his willing ac success ul efforts. By many of the taxpayera has been misapprehended that the city treaaui had to add their school tax to their general eil taxes. Formerly the entire school tsz was co lected by the county, now U ls the duty of tl city treasurer to collect for the city free school THE ALMSHOUSE. Thia Institution baa dispensed a better charil than their predecessors. Md, withal, at a nu c reduced expenditure. The commis loners mm be commended for their prudent and dlalotereM td management, and their honest and efflclet ? Hirers d' serve the well-done or the publia. Ttl number or regular inmates i u:lnr the year l-l have been 65 males. 86 remates and is children in all, 164. Of these 71 were natives of .-o n Lt UH ulina, 65 of Ireland. 8 of england, 7 of German1 3 or Pennsylvania, 2 each of Louisiana. Uossi : h us ot ts and HOI.via, andi eat h of Scotian Italy, Arnei. Frame, dn.da, Maryland, Gen! ula. switzerland. New York, Belgium and Vii gm.a. The regu ar ou'- oor pensioners numb i pd S3; whiles ano 498 colored and the temporar aut-door pensioners 41. Alinough a ? almshous ia not an exemplary Institution, it has keen, nu continues io be, my earnest ?eslre to purchaa fur lt a healthy farm on the c utaklns or our citj and to convert the present ebtab lshment agal tu lt 5 original latents and uses, that'fae ti o factory, which wonld give employ meut to hat dieds of our luJusinous Sud deserving poor. J sver there wa-> a Hmo for the effectuation of s nene ll ci al a project it ls now, if we can a ceo rc pish oupproposed canal, and thereby render tn Seek completely taiubrlous. THE ASH LB Y R1VBR ASYLUM. In tho beglni lng of our administration 1 Iceni red the mistrust and disapprobation of a larg ponton of ihe public by my recommendation ?nd efforts to convert i be House of Correction Public Cemetery and Old Folks' Hume, Into on institution, nuder a regu.arly organized board o ?ommissloners. 1 am now proud of the result From nie report of the "commissioners of pnbili landa," lt will ap petr that not only a very gr. a Improvement In the management has been reall otnal .ed, but lhat a considerable saving of ex penses has been effected! and a greater reuuctloi may yet be expeoied la tha current year. Man] necessary Improvements, which add greatly t the value of the instil unon, nave bt en Inc lode* In their last year's accounts, and thereby awelle< their ligures, which would otherwise have beei much leas. Betlues, they have a good amount t cash ou hand The thanks of ihe commnolt1 should be award) d io ths commissioners for thei prudent, valuable and disinterested management And I will not neglect thia opportunity to lnvlt auch of nur people that take au interest in pro press to pav a visit o the a-y lum, which will cer taluly provo Interesting sud agreeable. TftS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 7ho annexed report of the city registrar wll demonstrate to our people that their oily ha er j iy ed a better health during 1872 than ac an> ano rar peiiod during lia existence. Whlia graiefdliy ackuowle 'ging ihe blessings of a kim and beneficent Providence, and humbly lnvokioj Bls continued favors, we may without preanmp Hon claim the agreoaole satisfaction thu w< have become the chosen and wil lng instrument! In His ha os In auch happy results. Oar board o heal'h have s,tared no aiten'ion or t(Torts act! encouragements; our medical committee have been m.returning In their watchful supervision, and oar regis rar has been fully equal to hie great and honorable responsibility, cur polia and street departments have been made auxiliary to fully carry out oar sanitary tegnlatious, and there need ne no fear thai wita similar attention and precautions old Chariest n shat henceforth ever be otlierwl*e man one of ihe healthiest cities ou the American continent. From the report ol Dr. Buist, the energetic and efflrlent surgeon of thc Hospital, wo learn the gratifying probability that in a few years more of prudent maaagement thai institution may become almost self-sustaining. Tho medical committee are now com ole tin g ar? rangements with the trustees of the Boper Hos pitaiTor a 1 ng lease of that capacious building, which will make our accommodations ample foi all requirements. There ls Borne uneasiness of tue small-pox, bot we are now enlarging our i est House, and in lesa than a week's Hmo will be provided fur all emergencies. In the mean? while the city vacclnator ia actively engaged in extending that protection to all classes of our in? habitants, whilst on the subject, of the public beal h, l would beg leave to rei.erate to our g od citizens generally my recommendations oi 1 st year, to plant shade trees in our streets, r very at'ea in a southern city should be an avenue of live trees. THE STREET DEPARTMENT. There has been much complotai of this de? partment of oar cl.y administration, and yet as mnch care, anxiety and energy bave been evinced du? lng the year by ita .officers and force as in the most favored branch of our government. Unfortunately, ad observe the wants, none tl e obviations. All can find what has not been done, noone seems to ot serve what has bren done. He mar. curses over muddy streets, Imagines not that we have cleaned nearly 26,000 reel of o rains, and constru ted nearly ao.coo feet of new drains. Wh i that hewars our broken sidewalks bere and tnere, would ever give us c edit that we have repaired 44,760 yards, and new curbed 82.021 feet ol old sidewalks, and have. I esldea, constructed long lines of new. The tidal drains, also, have been lu charge of the street department, the shellrodd and the Battery at. tl publ c parks have been Included in its accounts, and since Novem? ber the Bcavengerlng haa been a part ol ita opera? tions, which latter, 1 am sure, our eliIzena will agree is now much more thoroughly done. To judge me inspectors (ai ly, toe puniio should re? member that O-arleston ls an old city, i aa about eighty miles or streeis and road*, n-arly double thu extent of sidewalks, and aboni twenty miles o? drains. 1, should not be forgotten that during the war hardly anything could be done to our streets, pavements and drains, and that the succeslve ct y i?din nisi allons alter ihe war were prevented by our noven y from doing more than to patch up and rena lr, with occasionally a small effort at Improve? ment. Atter the annexed comprehensive reports of our city Inspectors shall have been published, let our taxpayers call for them, and caiefnlly read ?hem. and lin y win iheu apprei-lare the work tnai has been accomplished. I must comets that I am QB strongly lor improvements aa any citizen can desire to be. but we mm*, beware how we rush into them extravagautly. A city debt is eas? ily cun'rived, but uneasily borne by those that are piedgrd to redeem lt. I am not so sure that we havj not been more llb ral than prudent as it la. withal we need a betterment law, so that important public Improvements may ba in part aa eased upou ihe property that shall be most bcneUied. i his ls really the old law nf i harles? ton. and may be revived with advantage to aid In Hrs speedy regeneration of oar thoroughtares that are no longer adequate to cur fast-increas? ing li ade. I have endeavored to obtain the ?ld oi our citizens in the matter of improved pave? ments, but without BU'-cess. in regard to our woken atieets, our community should runner bearlnralud that our cotton irade has nea ly doubled slnco the war, mar. our trude In naval stores ls already very larg-, mat our lumber and timber trade ls dally expanding, and thal our trade in phosphates ls no fmall Item, all or which Imposs such wear and tear on our str.ets. that there can be no compar lsou be ween the past and the present. 1 have already recommended to Connell what Im? provements are Immediately demanded, and shall at some lu turc day refer to others, a i occa? sion may suggest. THE WATER AMD CANAL CH ALTER. I have the assurance of the majority of the Charie top delegate n in the General AS embiy lhat the act o Incorporation will be paseal. The country membera could not have any earthly ob? jection to this imnortant project, which le of such vital consequence to cur city. The only opposi? tion can be In the corporators of a company, of which Mr. Hurley ls the head, but whose contin? gent and very doubtful Interest ahonld not be allowed to conflict with the welfs/e of a lirra community. Whe- ever tbe franchise a ti all be obtained, the city wlU Und no cirnculty in obtain? ing the n- ce sary means to rea ize the project n on reasonable term?, such as we o tn well af? ford, and i has Charleston will at last have a libe? ral supply of pure water, rot only fur her house - ho d purposes, bot ror the scouring of - onr Seven and drains and fur the needs of me Fire Depart? ment, Besides, oar tidal drains will, in that event, revert to their original In: entions and asea. The city anould b grateful totnote of her chil? dren who, for tong years, have striven for thia grand object against discouragement and diffi? culties of every kind, and have never lost hope until ihe fruition seems now to be dawnlrjg. &at the water supply is not the only good that Charleston will realize from this charter, in un? explored region of vast resources will be opened to our market by means of the canal, and add minions to oar trade, besides opening a valuable held for industrie? or every kind, and affording encouragement rt^n,Bn?n8^1,. lB?lut of ener?* and enteprise from all parts of our own country and foreign sections lt would be criminal In oar Legislature to refuse us this charter unabridged, aaa IP case of oar failure the public voice would assuredly so denouLce lt. Bur, we win not fall, l am glad to t Ink that there ls suffi teat or honesty and public spirit tn oar delegates to tasare suco.sa. OUR STRUT LIGHTS. In January, 1872, we had only sss city lamps In use at a cost ol $ ,6 per > ear each. The prompt and public-spirited liberality of President Ba?e nel, or the Charleston Gas company, has enabled na to 1 .crease our street lights to 1017, at the re? duced cost of $27 per lamp. We have, betides, 48 wharr i-gb-s and io market centre l?taos, lor WiMchwe pay, becau?e of their larger capacity of addT^reatly t?'guod o?det''?udTfle^uftl^lfJtafl'? will ULUDC, and I aar, therefore, not only very mach gratified tr.ac we have accomplished so much, but am very ?entrona of having all af onr an it-war lamps relighted, for wh.cb 1 would now very respectfully ask the consent or Connell. I have made arrangements tbat the ga* consumed by the various city institutions be charged to their several appropriations, and this with a view to a greater economy, wblcn ls tbe natani consequence, where all are honorably contending tor r. doced expenditures, i trnstoar g?od citi? zens, that have so otten complained of our want of success, wm give us cr?ait ior th s improve ment. ? * THE NKOK CANAL. The report of the city eugtaeer ls accompanied by a Une topographical map. which elucidates the survey of th? line nadersianuingly. He makes two estimates, the one of a out to ave feet below (he lowest tide water.$41,118 75 The other to the l:vei of tide water mark. 28,832 60 The or-tt would yield in retara io J,737 loads of earth and sand for niling no and stto-t improvements, whloa at SO cents per load wooli be. 60,868-60 A clear profit over cost of. 9,247,76 The ?econ? would yield In return the % same quantity of earth and sand, and would therefore y leid ns a clear p ont Of.-.?. 21,486 CO '. he additional expenses weald be ror bridges, $23to, ana for tie right of way, which we have been unable to dc: et mine, but which we conn den tiy hope may bo utile or nothing, inasmuch ns the adjoining property will be Immensely b ?ne n ted. The nanks of the canal will becomo sf cs ror Industries of all kind?, specially BOGUS* are conn quent or the lumber and Umber trade and the management of snip Btores The;eis no doubt that ibis large aud deep cut wm intlaenoa a comp ete drainage for a half mlle each side, and thai reader every sera of oar upper warda as salubrious as any par- of the lower city. Fins suburban residences will spring up, and the beauty ot tne surrouudirg*, joined .to .oar delightful climate," may be inducements to g en,.cm ea nf taara and means to locate in our midst. Under any circumstance, tim project, which can be accomplished, without any great expenditure, In fact, which will aim' st at once pay itself, should be deter? mined upon without delay, t of this administration. 1 won id respi c tinily recommend thar, the sum'of Ave thousand collara be appropriated, to be ex? pended in excavations or the neck e au ai, the ?and and earth to be asedjn niling our low streets and marshy city lo s. . TUE FIRS DBPABTMSST. There ia not another city of Arty thousand in? habitants that has so large a Ora department aa Charleston, it la folly sufficient for our protec? tion, and it would ne i Hy to increase lt. item braces twenty-one companies, viz: twelve steam? ers, seven h ?nd engines, and two book aud lad? der. Ihe City Council, by a late ordinance, con? nues tbe department to the ordinary expense of thirty thousand dol?ais, and npoa this Mtffl the time honored and noble association rn^y securely exist. I would, however, recommend the par chase or about six or Babcock's extinguishers, to oe kept at our police stations, and to be/promptly. applied, at the flrot alarm, by a detail of police, thoroughly drilled and instructed. Thia may avert many a conflagration. I would ask- cooa* eil to grant rae in ix authority. The coat will be for t ? -fl ve dollars each. The ore losses dorins: the y-ar 1872 have been very small, about ons-tweo I let h o those or fc^ annan, which m ay be owia* to the efficiency of the department, the aseen of the police, and to the absence of criminal and vicious machinations or oar people: nur very strict and systematic examlualLns Ino tko. causes of ares may be another reason for our se? curity. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. The regular force consists or one chief, two as? sistant th ie rp, one lieutenant of detectives, four second lieutenants, two orderii'8, one derk, atx detectives,.Jilly elte guar e, BIX door sentinels, six steeplemen, twa hostlers, and three faUgne men. The night guards consist or root sergeants, foor c rporals, and eighty-two privates. The whole loree, therefore, numbers now one boa red ?nd seventy-three, against ninety-eight of the pre? ceding administration. How ?ell this lyfiient has worked the public may Judge by comparing UB with our predecessors. In forwarding the voluminous report of the chief 1 am sorry to nod mat he continues to differ wuk me on the subject or the present organization of the force, ibis has been a sore matter to me during the whole term of our administration, and I had hoped lt would rave b.tn suffered to rest until onr suc? cessors might Initiate a grander and more liberal pone?. Cur city is nut now lu condl lon to afford a more expensive police, and I am decidedly op? posed to luci ease the burden of oar taxpsyen. A Southern sister city bsa a force of mon than double the cost or bon, and yet we have not bad, . wim a much larger populauon any such mur? derous nota as she, nor suca continued depreda? tions, nor as many cases of ores. The organisa? tion recommended ta the report of the chief would coat the city one hundred thousand dol? lars ter year, and j et afford employment, to fifty men less m?n we now patron ae, besides re doting by ina: many of our guards, innis report the chief admits -'that a m. Juray of the night ron e have discharged their duties fait hf illy and are stilt doing so wfh a degree or credit to teem--?. selves that 1 am gratified io acknowledge.? And further he says: "In thas criticising and compar? ing me two systems I would not have yon sop pose that 1 regard their combined working daring tne psst year by any means a failure," AC Th* chi? f r et ms to d Isprove bis own premises in i tts following: "In reviewing tue podce records for ihe past year, acd comparing the piesent condi? tio?, of the i^rce and or me city generally wltk what lt -.7 a s at the time your honor was placed at the head or the government, I think I may gota? grat?late you upon the vast change everywhere to be noticed tar the better." la accepting- tue testimony thus tendered, I mink we may safely let well enough alone for the present, and 1 re? peat, I am dec ld eu ly opposed to increase the burden of oar taxpayers. Once we deemed our? selves rich, and tbonght we could do with no lesa than an a my of One police, fiity horsemen and a battalion of infantry Now we must or necessity reirenon; we cannot be fauclfal ai,d pattern our? selves after the sreat cn lc? of the world until we nave arm y re-esiabiis ed oar prosperity. 1 am aware how uopooular these opinions are ta this community, a d espec'.r. ly with the memoen of our police and their fr?en ls. But I cannot help lt. The city can only succeed by a c nttoned system of a wise er-on my. red need expenditures, but promptitude of payments. Whenever we can afford tobe more gi no, ou-, 1 shall be one of the first to recommend it. With the chl-f's annual rep"? will be found a special report or toe ChrUtma? occurrence*, which our papen Incon? siderately. If not with a more repreaejuibie in? tent, had magnified info a riot, to the damage or our reputailun or law and order. It ls due to the police trat lt should be read and considered by tninee?d?t?otlvo force under Lieutenant Heidt have worked I Pl Mendy and well, and deserve the cumxendailou or the citizens for meir respecta nil ty and trustworthiness. This is so much more to be appreciated, as their branch of tbs police organ iz ail ca is looked upon w th no favora? ble impressions. I Wonld also call spec al atten? tion to the nport of their cr era' lons. . THE POWDER MAGAZINES. These have now become an es ablUbed city In? stitution, and th - tax pay en will be gniloed to learn that.it already yields a liberal return for cor inve-tmeur. I mu-t bear grateful testimony to thc efficiency of the experienced keeper, C'lonel Yeadon, and I congratulate myself that thad a part in the acquirement of the valuable property. The net receipts for storage paid Into me city treasury during ihe year amount to $fc82 ox more than ten per ceut. on the invested coital. THE LICENSES. Much and nore fleeting opposition bas been en? gineered against our I cente law, gMWWgf damage or our public Income. ftU ?gj"* wniisi lt ls a distressing sign or a,gnat consideration iu a ponton of D?rja??Wiat*?gaas p. opie, mat we Bhonld have J^gSgi acense law until me ver, ti ne *"ff J" Continued on FooxtH Pavge.