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CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY MOKNIN?, MARCH 19, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. A Lively Debate on the Weighing Bill Miscellaneous Work of the City Fathers. A regular meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, at which the Mayor and fifteen aldermen were present. Several petitions for the remission of penal? ties, ?tc, were read and referred to appro? priate committees. A petition of the Pioneer Steam Fire Com? pany, representing that their engine-house ls untenable, and asking to be furnished with a new one, was referred to the cornual'.tee on the fire department. t A petition was presented from Michael Kel? ly, contractor and builder, asking for aa in? vestigation into the reason why a bid put in by him tor repairing the City Hospital had not been considered by the committee on con? tracts. Alderman Gage, of the committee, made a satisfactory explanation of the case, and the petition was received as information. A petition, numerously signed by residents of the southwestern portion of the city, was was read by the Mayor. This petition asks for I the purchase by the city of a vacant lot at the southeast corner ot Beaufaln and Lynch streets for the purpose of extending the pub? lic promenade along :he banks ot the pond In that vicinity. The petition also shows that the lot can be purchased lor six thousand dol? lars, and asks that that sum be appropriated for the purpos?, on the ground that the city is lo possession of certain funds obtained by Bel? ling a portion of a body ot land lying near the west end of Broad street, which lands were given to the citizens of Charleston by the State of South Carolina in 1768 for perpet? ual use as a common. The petition was re? ferred to the committee on city lands. The Mayor read the iollowing letter from lan private secretary of President Grant : EXECUTIVE MANSION,] WASHINGTON. D. C.. Maren ll, 1S73 J Dear Sir-Tao President directs me to ocknuwl-1 edge the receipt of your let' er of tne 7th instant, conveying to him the resolutions of jour city Conned, extenolng to him the hospitalities of the j City of Charleston upon the occasion of his con? templated visit ; and, In reply, to convey to you and your associates his sincere thanks for their kind and considerate action in extending such an Invitation, which lt wou d afford him great pleasure to accept if he were able to mate the j trip at this time, as he had designed. His public duties have compelled bim to postpone for the present such a toar ttirongh tne som hern state?, wnich embiaced a visit KI ihe more prominent elites. Charleston among the number; th ugh he hopes at some future time to make the visit. I om slr, your obedient servant. LEVI P. LUOKET. secretary. To His Honor JOHN A. WAOENEB, M8j or.Charles ton S. C. The Mayor said that he bad received the : opinion of the city recorder on the petition of | A, A. Bradley, a colored lawyer, to be allowed to practice in the Mayor's Court. The opin? ion showed that attorneys are entitled to practice In the Mayor's Court, subject, how? ever, to certain r?gulai ions by the Mayor. The opinion being long, the reading of it was dispensed with, and lt was received as Infor? mation. Alderman Moran wished to know If the Mayor had received a petition frem the reel dents of Ward No. 6 asking lor a reconsidera? tion ot the action taken by Council at its last j meeting In granting the South Carolina Rail? road Company leave lo extend their track through the BI reeta to Cooper River. Being answered in the negative, he said he wai cog? nizant of the fact that such a petition bad been prepared, and was signed by nearly every citizen in the ward. The committee of ways and . eans asked foi1 further time to consider the annual report of Treasurer Co o gan. Alderman Voigt objected to giving more time, and moved that the treasurer's report | be referred to a special committee. Alderman Pelzer, the chairman of the com millee on ways and means, explain*d that the delay waa In no way attributable to a desire on the part of the committee to evade the issue of a report, but was due solely to the fact that It had been impossible to bring about a meet? ing of the committee since the last meeting of | Council. Alderman Voigt then withdrew his motion. Alderman Gage moved that t he commltiee on accounts be authorized to consider the re? port, conjointly with the ways and means com? mittee, and no objection being male lt was to I ordered. a- A favorable report was rendered on so j& much of the petition or R. E. Dereef, for re? ft ductlon of assessments and remission of pen? is allies as refers to the remission of penalties. The report was adopted/ Alderman Sweegangave notice of a bill to regulate the Balarles of public weighers, and asked that it should be allowed to receive Hs first reading, which was agreed to. The bill to allow coal dealers to weigh coal upon their own scales was tabea up for its second reading. Alderman Gage, thought the existing ordi? nance requiring coal to be weighed upon the public scales was better than the proposed bill, because lt gav? general satisfaction to the citizens, and whenever similar ordinances had been abolished lt had been afterwards fonnd necessary to renew them. He felt con? strained to vote against the passage ot the big. Aldermen Brown and Garrett also made long and vehement speeches against the pas? sage of the bill, maintaining that it would subject the citizens to numberless frauda, and furnish pretexts for wood dealers and others to present petitions ior the removal of simi? lar restrictions upon their business. Alderman Garrett concluded by moving to make an indefinite postponement of the bill, but temporarily withdrew the motion, to allow Alderman Sweegac, the originator ol the bill, an opportunity to vindicate bis action. Alderman Sweegin said that the present law occasioned much inconvenience to both buyer and seller, and instanced the case of a steamship having to take In a supply of coo; at night lor a hurried departure. The offices of the public weighers being closed at that time, lhere would be no alternative but to detain the vessel until the next day. He had also known many cases of citizens golog to a coal dealer alter dark to purchase coal, and being prevented from buying ihe coal by the law. The motion to postpone indefinitely ihe reading of the bill being renewed, ihe ayes and noes were called, which resulted in the defeat of the motion, ayes 5, noes ll. The bill was theo read a secosd time, and afterwards received Its third readlog by lille, and was ordered to be enrolled for ratifica? tion, as folio WP: A BILL to estab uh the weight of coal, to allow dealers In c al to weigh coal on their own scales, and to allix a penalty for not having coal weighed on the pub lo scales, when so de? sired by the narcha?er. ??SECTION 1. Be it ordained ov the Mayor and Aldermen, in Counctt assembled. 1 hat from and aft? r the pa*saee or this act, all coals sold lor consumption within the city shall be at the rate j of 2240 poonds to the ton. Sic. 2. That ?'ea'er-i in coats be allowet to weigh c ) il un i heir own sc :1c, such teales to ba tested irora time io t me by the cleric of weights and rm asures, as now provided forby law. Ssc. 3 Tua; i he t ut chasers or all c>uls shall have the iljjhc to demauil fieir coal weighed on the public scale or si ales, and the failure ou tne part or ihe 8' Uer to have cal weighed, ir so directed by the parch .s-r. will entail a penalty or not less luau ten or more ihan twenty dollars for each or? fence; sui h fines to bc recovered tn th ; usual manner and appropriated,one hair to the Informer ana one hair for the use of the city. ssc. i. That all coals Tor the city Institutions shai. be weighed on the public scales, free or charge to the seller. SEC. s. That all ordinances, and parts or ordi? nances, now in torce and la conflict with the above be, and the same are hereby repealed. The following bill received its third reading by title, a id was ordered to be enrolled for ratification): A BILL to prevent the tilling or lots or streets with certain material. SECTION 1. Be lt ordained t>y the Mayor and Aldermen In City Council assembled, That he e atter lt shall not be lawful lor any person or per? sons or body polit I- to ail np any lots or low lands, or td reel - within the city with offal, gar? bage, ^cavenjtet's dirt, orsweepings, or the clean? ings or contents ol the tidal or any other drains, or any other materia: containing organic matter (except rice ch.iff or sawdust) under a peu alt y of Atty dollars fur each and every offence; and also a farther penalty of arty dollars for each and e very day that such prohibited ma'erial shall ile or be permitted to remsiu on any such low lots or low lands or streets afrer twenty four hours' notice rrom the Mayor, city registrar or city la spectors to remove the same; an i one-half of the first named penilly shall go t; the informer in each cage. SEC. 2. Be it Jurther ordained by the authority aforesal J, That the offal, garbage, street sweep? ings, contents of drain i aud ah other offensive material co'lected in the city, by the city contrac? tors, scavengers. Inspectora, or otner pabilo offi? cers In charge or streets, shall be deposited at the public cemetery lands, or at such point or pl.ee IIB may be designated oy the Mayor, nortn or Line street: Provided, however, that nothing herein con atoed shall prevent the Mayor from having the said off.il. ?;irbage, Ac, removed by boats, or In any other manner, so that the same shan be carried north or Line street, nf beyond the limits or (he city, according to the true intent and meaning or thia ordinance. SEC. 3. All ordinands, or tarts or ordinances or r?siliations, repugnant to thia ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Council then adjourned. THE COURTS. United States Court. Petition of assignee lor leave to sell the estate of J. H. Janett, bankrupt. Granted. Petition of Wm. McMillan, administrator of Ann McMillan, to eetabllsh lien In the case of W. J. Gulp, bankrupt. Referred to Registrar Clawson. A special term ot the court was ordered to be held this morning for the trial ol a deferred case. Court of Common Pleas. The Juries were organized as follows: JURY NO. 1. Henry Artope, Wm. Branga*, Guy Ed? ward?. Duncan Fraser. Jacob Fierier, R. Giv? ens, Charles Green, M. Gourdin, H. W. Hen? dricks, Michael Hogan, Taos. Judge, Jas. B. Jones. JURY NO. 2. C. L. Kornahrens, H. Knanff. Conrad Ln deke, J. J. W. Luden, E. M. Moreland, J. Middleton, Adolph Nimitz, W. B. Osborne, Joseph Pinckney, James Rudolph. Corsaw Simons, George Singleton. SUPERNUMERARIES. E. F. Sweegan, R. W. Williams. John Ashe Alston Esq , was admitted to the practice o? law. The case of E. W. M. Mackey, ex-sheriff of Charleston County, vs. the County of Charles? ton, and thal of William N. Tait, ex-coroner of Charleston County against the same, both suits for the collection of claims for fees, were referred lo W. J. Gayer, Esq., as special referee. The case of F. Cllntworlh against the Carolina Mutual Insurance Company-stilt for the collection ol a fire insurance policy-was heard up to the hour of adjournment, and will receive iurt ter consideration this morning. Mayor'? Court. James Green, tor ljiag drunk, was fined one dollar; Belsey McBride, for being drunk and disorderly, was allowed to choose between a fine of one dollar or ten days In Jail; Francis Fields, coloi ed, for the same offence, was given ihe same choice; Julia Singleton, col? ored, lor the same offence, was given the same choice; Mike O'Hara, for the same elle cc?, and also lor breaking a pane lu a store window ou King street, was fined two dollars, together with the cost of repairs, and held in fifty dol? lars' bond for the performance of ihe agree? ment. THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. The annual examination of the Junior, BO. phomore and freshman classes ol ihe Charles? ton College for promotion Into Ihe senior, Junior and sophomore classes, respectively, commenced yesterday, and will be continued every day ibis week until Friday, commen? cing each morning at halt-past nine o'clock. The examination of the graduating class has already taken place, and the results have been announced. The annual commencement exercises of ihe College are to take place at the Academy of Music next Monday evening. MORTUARY REPORT FOR THE WEEK. The following ls the official return of deaths In the City of Charleston, for the week end? ing March 16, 1873. CAUSES OF DEATH. Adulte, ohiid'n BLACKS OR COL OKED. Adults. Chlld'n. Effu Cerebral H lon. Complication.. C 'usumptlon. Convulsions... Cyano-li. C.vcanche T.a cheahs. Dropsy . tiype.-ir.'ppyoi spleen . Meningitis from Effu? sion of Blood Marasmus_ old Age. Paralysis _ Pleuro rueu monia. SeptlcceaaU.... Syphilis. Tetanus, Idio? pathic. Trismus Nas-j cen: lum. Total. Ol t 2! RECAPITULATION. Whites 9, Blacks and Colored 12-total 21 : and 1 Stillbirth. Under l year o; age., Between l and 5 years or age. Between io and 20 years of age. Bet ween 20 and 30 years of aire. Be ween 30 ami 4u years or aee Between 40 and 60 years or ag Betweeu 50 a .d 00 years or age Between So and "0 years or age Be:we- n 70 and so yeats or age. Bet wet n 80 and 9 J years or age. Between 90 am loo years or age. Over loo years of age (female) ... il Oxo. S. PELZES, M. D.. city Registrar. COU y TT FIXAXCES. A Startling Exhibit of Profligacy and Extravagance-What the Vew County Commissioners are Doing. The condtiion o? the financial affairs of this county has come to be regarded during the past few years as being-like those inscrutable mysteries which oppressed Dundreary-"one of those things that no fellah can under? stand." With the epoch of reconstruction and the new constitution came a system of county administration which Hs food authors doubt? less regarded as a very good system, and which may still be, lor ail we know, a very good system-In theory-but in practice lt has certainly not proved a particularly bril? liant success. The new system consisted prin? cipally In the multiplication of offices and the substitution ol a complicated for a simple ad? ministration; and inls involved a difficulty, for, although there were plenty of men found ready to fill the offices, there could not be found enough honest Radicals '-to go 'round," and the consequence was that some of the offi? ces had to be flited by Radicals who, at least, have not been so Ingenuous as to publish lo the taxpayers any sort ol a report of what they have done with the people's money, and who have walked Into office, grown rich and impudent therein, and walked out again, con? sidering, no doubt, lhat they have been very efficient and successful servants of the public Of all the financial mysteries o? the county administration during the past five years, those involved In the proceedings of the last board ol county commissioners would, doubt leas, form as slaming a chapter as could be desired, If lhere were any means of getting at them. This might be done if walls could speak; particularly the walls of the gloomy little room In the Fireproof building, where this trio of patriots were wont lo hold their meetings; but records of their proceedings there are none, they having apparently adopt? ed the system of bookkeeping first introduced In this State by Land Commissioner LeBlle, who boasted that he kept a "clean" set of bookF, because you might look all over them an.l never find ihe mark of a pen anywhere. The present board of county commissioners, Messrs. 6. I. Cun? ningham, Louis Dunnemann and W. H. Thompson., went Into office on the 26th of last November and found the office In a condition ol the utmost confusion. There were no books of account, no records * ' sements, no lists of claims, and no memorauda what- j ever, with the exception ol sundry piles ol doc- c uments stuffed Into a closet in a corner, which, y on being raked out and assorted, proved to be c niue hundred and twenty-eight claims against the county, purporting to represent In Ihe ag- t gregate $171,377 ll. The supposition was that i most or all of these claims were unpaid, but 1 the commissioners had no official know-' ! ledge ns to which had or had net been paid, a and they accordingly, after making 1 a careful record of these claims, with memoranda of the condition in which c they were found, proceeded to adver? tise for other claimants against ihe county to ?j come lorward and present their bills, with a i view ol getting some further Information as c lo the condition of the county uti ?irs. A few ? bolder? of genuine claims came forward L and registered, but there are still hundreds of \ claims believed lo be outstanding which have been sold to third parties and ot which the county commissioners have no record. As \ far as known, the " legacy or debi" lelt behind 1 by the late county commissioners amounis to j about $200.000, which ls in itself a sufficient commentary upon their method pf conduct-1 1 lng business. The new county commission- ' era have reduced the affairs of the Of? fice lo the most perfect system that I i bas been known since tbe war. Tnelr clerk, | j Mr. Duffus, who ls an experienced accountnnt, hos opened a complete set of books, ID which every movement and transaction ot the board ls clearly recorded, and so Tar as the proceedings of the board, since November, 1872, are concerned, they, are now in a posi? tion In which any citizen who may be inter? ested can make an examination of every de till, and at any moment. During that lime the affairs of ihe county have been managed skilfully and satisfactorily, important public improvements have been commenced, and cash bas been paid for every dollar's worth of | labor or material furnished the county. With all this the disbursements of the board have amounted to only $16.495 92 which has been paid out upon one hundred and lour bills duly audited, vouched for and receipted. The gross income of the county lor this year ls estimated at about $120,000, the three mills tax lor coun? ty purposes being calculated to yield $103,733 51, and the road tax of one and eight-tenth mills being expected to bring in the remaining $16,000 or $17,000. This amount Is ample lor all the legit?malo expenses ol the county, as ls evident from the above statement o? the disbursements for about one-third o? a year, and the fact that the former board with an in? come at least as large as the above, (and probably larger, for while the rale ol the county tax bas remained the same during the past four years, the rate of assessment has recently been lowered) bas left a deficit of $200,000, ls sufficient to show at least a reck? less profligacy IP public expenditure, ll noth? ing worse. HOTEL ARRIVALS-MAMCH18. Charleston. D li Knapp, New York; A O overman, Jr, Bal? timore; J Botarne, Jr, lady a od child, MISB M L I : Baldwin, Boston; Edward Uah joey. Portsmouth; | 1 S K ihn, Philadelphia; J /.oro. Louisville; J W Patrick, Orangebury; U J Mergento, City; A nut? zer. New York; Henry Hallora, Philadelphia; J I i Dwight and son, New York; C S Butler and lady ' 1 Boston; James M Coban, Jr, and lady, John U Allan, New York; rt B Edmunds, Buston; DO Long. Peadlcton; W H Sw.in, New York; F G Wetmore, John Lamb. G W Edge, Jersey City ; H liai beck, D W Fitch and lady, Mr and Mrs EdJy, Mrs Seymour, Mhs Seymour, New York; 11 T A Braducrry and lady, Bostuu; E ll rerkins, W D Walcott and la y, B D Walcott, W J Spriggs, Mrs Allen, Mrs Black, W S Dunham and lady, New York; Joseph N Sturtevant, E L Sturtevant, Bos on; L M Baser, Society Hi l; j L Baker, Hartville. Pavilion. V II Crawley, Gcorgli; *v M Spears, John R Spears. St Stephen's: R D Bacot, Ci y : T N Brit? ton, Georgetown; J M Wi s m, Newberry; WM Wilson, Alston; A J Gibson. J L Sparks, Newber? ry; w D Hinds. Sumter; J J Gallman, Newberry; B I' Sanders Eat mton, Qa; James D Myer, City; W M Wa llac ;, Capt itu SAR Kl tel; ct, Scu h Caro? lina; AC Free, Bamberg; W S Alford, MISB ?lford, South Carolina, James Berry and lady, W J Spies, St Stephen's; James Harper, Klngstree; Hubert F Whom ne, Jr, St P ul's, Mrs B H Surau, James M Low, W J Short. Georgia; D A Bowyer, Ge rge's; A M Sperry, Beaufor. ; J il Shingler, IU Igevillc, H P Bushe, J.n 3, Ga; R Buckley and ioa, Washington; DrT S Vallandmgham, Dela ware; L Brothers, Keeve.-vllle. -A young lunatic, supposed to bc named Robert" Grady, from North Carolina, is prow? ling around Newberry. NOTES MM MW YORK. TBE EXCITEMENT OVER FOSTER' CASE. A Large Moneyed Influence Working for Him-The Dnval Family-The Im? pending Labor Strike-Wall Street magnates-Stockwell and Gould-New Books-The New Hampshire Election. [FROM OUR own COKRBSPONDKNT.] NEW YORK, March 9. Foster's chancea lor a commutation of his sentence have been seriously Impaired by the exposure of the fifteen thousand dollar bribe ?iven to Mrs. Putnam, widow ol the murder? ed man, tor the letter to Governor Dix ap? pealing for mercy. There ls much surmise as to where the money comes from which ls be? ing so lavishly used lo Foster's behalf. Be? sides the Putnam bribe there must have been i large fee paid to William M. Evarts for his opinion, and the publication of the letters and iffldavlts in the newspapers must have cost several thousand dollars more. Then, If noney WUB spent on Mrs. Putnam, why should t Dot have been spent also on the Jurors, who mve slimed a petition lo the governor for a ?ommutalion. One report, ls that Foster's ich relations are putting up the cash for him; mother that he is a member of a Beeret so ?lety. It ls Interesting to examine tba communloa Ions relative to Foster with which the press s teeming. The majorliy of them are writ en on the side ot mercy, and occasionally one viii appear which cannot tail to provoke a imile. Such, for instance, was that In the ?erald calling upon the married women of the necropolis to rally around Foster as the 'champion of neglected wives," the theory )elng that Mr. Putnam was a truant husband tod got just what he deserved. I do not believe there is any Justice In the nal noa, lons which Foster's trienas are making igaiust the characters ol the ladles whom Mr. 'utnam was protecting when he was slain, irs. Duval ls a dressmaker, but until lt can be ihown that there is an impropriety In a vealthy flour merchant being acquainted with i dressmaker I don't think a rase against ihe ady in question eau be made out. She and 1er husband appear to be quiet, respectable >eop!e, and, ot course, are very much dis-1 reseed at their unpleasant notoriety. Capitalists and workingmen ure preparing or a renewal of the great strikes ot last sum? ner. It ls said that the labor societies are ully organized for the movement, and will be narsballed io the fray by the International, .'he laboring men suffered severely by the ast strike. There ls probably a great deal of I ruth In the assertion of the capitalists that [ he tradeB are managed by politicians, who, vb He securing for themselves comfortable alarles as society officers, use ihe mea for heir own selfish purposes. It ls known that lundreds of the workingmen were loth to |ult work und anxious to reiuru lo lt last ear, but were prevented by the ruling spirits if the bund. This sort of thing ls not far re noved from despotism. I do not remember that I have written any hing about Ihe new great man in Wall street, ilvlu B. Stockwell. His name has become amlllar lo readers ol' money articles only v11h 1 n the past year or two. He now takes i place occupied In bygone days by such men is Jacob Lit tle, Leonard W. Jerome, Uncle )auiel Drew, and Jim Fisk. lu the great oat? ie of luvt month he loomed up amoug the nama. His losses ure estimated at seven aillions of dollars. Stockwell is still a young man. He ls a 'onnecilcut Yankee, and came to the city inly a lew years ugo with scarcely a dollar, ie ls, however, as "smart as chalo-llght ilog," and that ls quite as well as being born villi a silver s poi m. He got a flnaocial start ty marrying ihe daughter of old Elias Howe, he sewing machino inventor. He worked up vlth Pacific Mall until he became president >f Ihe company, and be ls now Interested In tome ol the greatest schemes of ibe day, the tamana affair being one of them. Belore he vent Into the late fight. Stockwell's assets vere n? lie ved to be $'25.000,000. Though be ?ame ott worsted, he still has the wealtn ol a )rlnclpullty len. No oilier city can exhibit such examples of | .he sudden accumulation of vast riches by 3oid and adroit speculators. Jl n Fisk's career vas an illus: ration. So waa that of Jay Gould, wno now disputes with Vauderbllt Ibe mas .f ry ol' Wall ai reel. Gould cave up nine mil ion dollars lo Ihe Erle Railroad Company, but i was but a third ol his Utile savings. His rienda say he touches nearly twenty million dollars to-day. He is umbu ions lo rank with a*tor, Stewart and Vauderbllt as a millionaire. They are up in the huies and sixties, and poor 3ould leela envious. He ia one of the coolest j aperaiors on the street. When he is a little sxciied -1 hat is, when he is losing or winning I couple ol' millions In a minute-ne tears bits af paper to pieces. In his nature be ls as cold ?nd hard as a rock. Ii ls believed on the street lhal he ls of Hebrew extraction, though his nanT would not Indicate; it. He was a splendid backer to Fisk. He furnished the Drains, and Jim the dash and audacity of the cumoi nation. If the excellent Mr. Stokes bad not snot Fisk lu "self delVnce," the combina? tion might have taken possession of the elly and ihe cou mr v, too, for ihat matter. Among the iresn literary announcements ire volumes of poems by Bret Hurte and Joaqtilm Miller. The latter gives his volume the characteristic title of "By the Sundown Seas;"a "Life ot Edwin Forrest," by Rev. Mr. Alger, of Boston, ls nearly completed. Mr. Alger is oue ot the Boston ministers who patronize the theatres. A volume Gt Amer!- j can Reminiscences, by Strauss, the Jubilee Austrian; "Fables for the Nineteenth Cen? tury," by Owen Meredith, (the new Lord Lytton;) "The Hour and the Man," by Har? riet Marllneau, and John W. Forney's "Politi? cal Portraits," are also among the announce? ments. The Appleions are gening out Tyn Sail's Amerlcau Lectures on Light. The news from New Hampshire ls Inspirit? ing. The result fixes Connecticut for the Democracy next mouth. The New York town elections show extraordinary gains for the Democrats, whole counties having been revo? lutionized ia all parts ol the Slate. It again looks as If the bottom bad lallen out of the Radical concern. Let us hope thal lhere Is no deception this time. NTM. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. The Celebration in Columbia. The great anniversary wa? appropriately Dbserved at the State capital. The to is of Erin, ;o ihe number of < ne huudred, assembled iu the ?vening around a bnuut fut boan, (a McKenzie's saloon, and, ami I c m v. r.-ati -u. loiB'8, sp-eon making *nd song, passed ih 11line v.-ry ph asint ly and quickly. Tue number or regular loasis DiTercd was teu, and ida rispon3's were trade hy jeutlemeu of high standing in the stale The post band furnished enlivening music. Lei tn s i f J regret at their luablllty io attend were read rrom Governor Moses and Cotouel Black, commandant Dr the post. Thc Celebration in Savannah. The Irishmen or thc Forest city celebrated the 3-ccaslou lu true Hibernian htjle. A gran v pro cession began the day, a-ul. with Its halts at va? rious designated pl ices to hear the B,eerb sot sequent orators, the forenoon wa9 eutlrely con? sumed, lu t ie evening the Hiu mian Society, imidst unchecked enthu -iasm, partook or its an ulversary dinner at the Maisiiuii HOUS?. .TOTTISOS ABOUT TIIE STATE. -Building operations ou an extensive soalc are anticipated in Newberry this spring. -Orauecburg begins to talk of a second tournament. -Three negroes have been lodged in Dar? lington jail chuged with robbing tho freight ttain at rimmonsvillc. -James F. Glenn, a citizon of Newberry,waa knocked down by some roughs on Wednesday night. His injuries aro Dot, however, very seri ons. -Knowing ones say that t'jis year will be one of general improvement to Pock Hill. Som9 new houses are now going up and a host of them in contemplation during the summer. -Two negroes, Frank Wallace and Tobey Allston, of Georgetown, while under tbo effects of liquor got into a fight, the result of which was the cutting of Allston'a throat. Wallace was arree ted. - I'be Beaufort Standard ls Informed that the R.ver and Mining Company Intend lo erect their works on the river, near Fort Charlotte, where no lighierage will be re? quired. The company bought seven acres ot land at $125 an acre. THE NEW POSTMASTER. Dr. B. A. Boicmon Appointed to Sue ceed Postmaster Trott-Other Changes Rumored. Our telegraphic dispatches bring the Intelli? gence ol the nomination, by the President, ol Dr. B. A. Bosemon as postmaster of the City of Charleston, to succeed Ur. Stanley Q. Trott, the present Incumbent, who has held the office ever since lt was re-established under the Federal authority at the close of the war. The appointment was oonflrmed yesterday by the Senate, and the probability is, there? fore, that lo a lew days Dr. Bosemon will be fully Installed as the postmaster of Charleston. The new appointee ls an Intelligent, courte? ous and educated colored man, who was born at Troy, New York, about twenty-eight years ago, and who received his ?ducation and bis medical diploma at a well known Northern In? stitution. He first came to this State as an assistant surgeon of a regiment of United States Colored Troops, and was stationed for some time at Hilton Head In that capacity. At che end of the war he came to this city and commenced the practice of medicine, and In 1868 he was elected a member of the lower house of the Oeneral Assembly, to which posi? tion be was re-elected In 1870, and again last October, so that be ls now In his third term as a representative from Charleston. He also holds the office of physician to the Jail. In all these relations he has com? manded a good share of the respect of citizens or all shades ol political complexion, and lt is expected that In the Important post to which he has now been appointed he will prove a conscientious, trustworthy and competent officer. The removal of Mr. Trott will, however, be regretted by the merchants and business men ol Charleston, and it will be done In spite ol a petition for his retention, which was signed by a large proportion of the best men In the elty. Mr. Trott has given great satisfaction as postmaster, and the only arguments that ap? pear to hs.ve been urged against him with the powers that be, were that as a Republican partisan he was lukewarm, and that In the matter of forwarding Irregularly franked mall matter, he preferred to consult the postofflce regulations rather than his own Interests as a politician. In the case of the new appointee, however, there need be no question of his Re? publicanism, and as the franking nuisance has now been abolished altogether, this will not furnish him with a rook on which to split. There are also loud rumors ct other Impor? tant decapitations soon lo take place among the Federal officials In this elly. It ls assert? ed positively that Collector George W. Clark Is fated, and that General Henry G. Worthing? ton, who was Honest John Patterson's right bower In his memorable campaign at Colum? bia last winter, ls to have this snug berth as a reward of his z'ul. An Impending change in the office of sub-treasurer ls also rumored, and Representative James F. Greene ls spoken ol as the coming man lor this posi? tion. The name of Mr. F. Jacobs, of Colum? bia, has also been mentioned In ibis connec? tion. The present United States district at? torney for this State, D. T. Corbin, will also, lt Is reported, be "rotated" out of his very com? fortable Office to maleo way for PJT-.Attornoy D. H. Chamberlain, than whom perhaps no more competent person could be found In the ranks of Ihe Republican lawyers of the State. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following transfers of real estate have been filed In the Mesne Conveyance office for the week ending March 17, 1873: January 16,1873. Part of the Blake lands, Charles H. Slmonton, ref? eree, to Wm H. Buck m.io.$ 170 00 March 4, 1873. A slip of land, Lewis M. Hatch to Sulphuric Acid Su? perphosphate Company. 100 00 -, Pine lands, Bidgevllle, Augustus Fludd to R. Press ism iib. 94 60 January 1, 1872. Tract, St. Steph? en s Parish, Cuffy Green to R. Press Bmlth. 174 00 February 6, 1873. Lot, Porter's Row, assign?es N. M. Porter, lo John Middleton. 60 00 March 10, 1873. Lot, n. 6. Line street, Henry Fordham to Jacob Royal. 160 00 January 16, 1873.' Part of ihe Blake lands, Charles H. Slmonton, ref? eree, lo G. I. Cunningham and Wm. K. Brown. 2676 00 February 18. 1873. -, James M. Eason io William H. Corker. H6 00 March 9,1871. Lot, n. s. Line sireer, executors of Thomas Bennett to Benjamin Lucas. 130 00 Maren 9, 1871. Lot s. s. Shepherd street, executors of Thomas Ben? nett, to Benjamin Lucas. 280 00 March 19, 1868. Lot No. 8 Percy street, S. D. Holloway to Benja? min Lue is. GOO 00 February 6, 1873. Lot, s. s. Rad? cliffe street, John L. Faber to Rev. Wm. H. Hanckel. 2660 00 February 18, 1873. Three lots In Aiken street, James M. Eason to F. L. Meyer. 745 00 March 20, 1873. Lot, Morris street, executors ol Malcolm Brown to Alex. LanderB. 600 00 February 26,1873. Lot, w. s. Com? ing street. James E. Burke, ref? eree, to Annie H. Clancv. 4900 00 March 10, 1873. Lot No. 994, Magno? lia Cemetery Company io W. St. Julien Jervey. 121 60 March 4,1873. Tract, St. Stephen's Parish, Moses Bunch lo Gibby Miles. 163 00 February 18,1873. L d, w. s. Aiken BI reel, J un. s M. Bason to Mar garet Dunn. 600 00 August 19, 1870. Lot 183, Seanlau ville, Charit sion Luid Company to Diana Jones. 16 60 February 1, 1873. Lot, Warren street, ex?'Cuiors R S. H. Han II than, io Isabella Higgins. 2400 00 _. Tract, St. James ban tee and Si. Stephen's, executors Simuel J. Palmer io Joeeph Pal? mer and Thomas P. Lockwood, trn?u>es. 2000 00 March 10,1873. Four lois, Village Of Peligra, David Biker to Jacob Boya!. 60 00 March 15, 1873 Lot corner State and Cumberland streets, Archi? bald McLeish to Janet C. Clau? sen. . 100 00 March 15, 1873. Lil, Philadelphia tireet, Archibald McLeish lo Ja? net C. Claw-sen. 100 00 February 14. 1873. L it w. s. King Btreet. John P. Reed, trustee, to Michael H. Collins. 4250 00 THE R UNA WA T L UNA TIC. Thc case or Ur. Chalis, thc escaped lunatic from the Asylum at columb a, seems to oe ex Citing a great deal of Inti rest. His own story, as toi 1 to the hotel clerk, ls admitted to he both rations l and c nnected in Itself, although I- ls not accepted aa applying to him. lt IB in substance, that about twelve or Alteen years agi he sepa? rated from his wife, who lmmedlau-iy begun a series of persecutions against, and tried to ollen ate him from his frledns, BJ ns to deprive h m or a large estate. At last, through some Influence Bhe Hud him pronounced maane and confined in the Asylum, AB an oiTset to thia, Mr. C P. Oh iirs, abrotherof tne lunatic, states that the latter having no property he supports him in the Asy lum- that since the separation rnm his wife, some twelve j ears si ree, his malady has been as buming a worse phase until now be has become absolut ly dangerous. Governor Beed, of Flori* da, confirms this statement, as a.so many otner gentlemen, t-o, I avlng been recommitted,to the Asylum, extra, though kind, precautions will be taken to prevent a second escape. THE LABT DATS OF Ti.nituu. The Date when the Relief Afforded by General Wade Hampton Began. TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEWS. Mr. Paul H. Hay ne having chosen to appro? priate to himself and consider examples "perverse taste and feeling" some remarks mine made In a late communication to the Boston Dally Advertiser, and republished your columns, I deem some explanations due him and due myself. In reading Mr. Hayne memorial sketch of TImrod, I was greatly struok and delighted with tba exquisite taste and delicacy which pervaded lt from first last, and the unfortunate article which has wounded Mr. Hayne's sensibility wes written with no thought of his share in having pro duced "the lmpresalon widely prevalent the North that TImrod wai neglected by his own people." It seemed to me the whole Southern people must be partaking ol the indignation I felt that the Northern press oould not even ap? plaud our dead poet without traducing our ruined people. My article was, therefore, simply an endeavor to defend my Injured country lrom the aspersions which were being cast upon her. As Mr. Hayne bas seen flt, however, to bring this unpleasant subject again before the public, I must be allowed to enter my protest agaiost Us being asserted that TImrod "was neglected by his own peo? ple." By a reference to the letter In the Bos? ton paper, it will be seen that,-on the occa? sion referred to on which General Hampton made Timrod's necessities known to my father l?state "the snow was falling heavily." The letter also makes me state "lt was early in the fall of 1867." This, lt must easily be perceived, Is an error either In writing or printing, (I have no copy of the manuscript,) for even the poetical Imagina tlon of Mr. Paul H. Hayne could scarcely con celve snow falling heavily In the latitude ol Columbia, 8. C., "a few weeks previous to Ootober !" Not supposing I was to be subject? ed to so scorching a criticism, I confess I trusted entirely to my memory In preparing the hastily written article for the Boston Ad vertlser, and did not, as I should have done consult the references at my command. I find, by examining a carefully kept record ol those dark days, alike Illustrative of man's inhumanity and God's mercy, that the Inter view mentioned took place on the 20th De oember, 1866, nearly one year previous to the date of Mr. Tlmrod's death. During this time I assert that If he was In want lt was In spite of the watchful card ol constant and ready friends, Including his tender and faithful phy? sician. That before this period he may have been ID great need, ls mournlully true-who wan not In great need In burnt Columbia during those ead years of desolation and famine r Indeed, there were few feeble women and tender children who did not know absolute want. With the piteous tale ol Columbia's tate so widely known, lt Is strange and even bard that she should be taunted with ber inability to surround the dying poet, her adopted son, with all the ministrations of wealth and ease; but what she could do she did. I regret very much that my effort to rid my oouotry o? nomo part nf th?* nrilum thrown upon ber, should have forced me to again bring this painful theme before the public. So much as I have written I believe just and necessary, but promise you I shall not be templed to continue the discussion. Respectfully, I. Columbia, S. C., March 13,1873. NOTES FROM WASHINGTON. The Prompt Confirmation of Secretary Sawyer and Postmaster Bosemon. WASHINGTON, March 18. District Justice Carter qualified the Cabinet to-day for tue i ext four years. Captain Barstow ls ordered to duty as assistant quartermaster of tue multa y division of the South. The following n< mlnatlons were confirmed to c'a : Naval affairs, Di llngliam, New Orleans; postmasters, Casey, at Vicksburg; Dllsoch, at Memphis .-taiwan, at Humboldt; Hiss, at Oolam* bns, Miss.; Wilder, at columbia, S.O.; Bosemon, at Charleston, 8. c.; Wagener, at Indian, Texas; Clarke, at Savannah, Qa. The name of >na p. for postmss.er at Chattanooga, waa withdrawn, and the present incumbent renominated. The commlssloi.ers to the Vienna Exhibition which have been made by the President under the action of congress includes seventeen scien? tific men: L. N. uoeok, Virginia, honorary com? missioner; Frank Drax 1er, alabama; A. McDon? ald, Arkansas; W. C. Bibb and Edwin D. Newton, Georgia; Frank Taney. Henry Vlznand, Louisi? ana; Colonel ltd. P. Jones, Angutns seniago, Mississippi; W. C. Kerr, North Oarolioa; >e.muei I Tate and L, J. Dnpre, Tennessee; Moses P. Handy, Virginia; J. H. Debar, West Virginia; James M. Cavanaugh, Montani. The nominations of F. A. Sawyer, as assistant secretary of the treasury; Kendrick, as postmas? ter at Chattanooga; H. L Grant, as postmaster at Goldsboro', N. 0.; isaac uuval, First District, Wes: Virginia; D. S. Lewis, Fifth District, Vir? ginia; H. C. Hunt, as collector, Fourth District, Texas; H. K. ate,ley, as collector, First District, North Carolina, were also c .infirmed. LYNCH LAW. SAN FR4NCISC0, March 18. Mathew Forpez who shot Mrs. Nichols a few days aso near Watsonville, In Santa cruz county, was taken forcibly from the Monterey Jail by a moo of persons from the adjacent town and country jeateraay afternoon, taken to a con; venlent point, and banged until Hie was extinct. Stienff Masson, who on refusing to deliver the keys of ihe Jail, wss taken Into custody, was ar er wards released unlnjure '. The affair causes a great deal of emotion lo the community, bat the general o, Inion ls that Forpiz dese.ved the pun* ishmenr. ^ SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Mr. West, of the United States treasury department, ls dead, aged sixty eight -Carlo Patti, the brother or Adelina Patti, ls dead. - neted ve Hatch, of New York, convicted of perjury In a divorce case, has oeen sentenced to six years. -in New Tori', Judge Daley is considering the propriety of sending George French Train toan Insane asylum. -A party of drunken roughs used revolvers on a Third avenue (New }ork> car, wounding toe conductor and a passer-by. One was arrested. -Bonds amounting to $u8,ooo were taken from the office ot the We-teru Pennsylvania Rail? road while the presl ent was a> church. -The echuoner Joseph Garland ls reported lost. She had a crew of twelve. No tidings have been received since February 23d. -Thc Bieamer Clarkaville, laden with eight hundred ba os or cotton, has Buns below Pine . - Sardon's drama of "Uncle 8am" was present? ed to au immense audience at the Grand opera Houte. in New Kork. Mirth triumphed over ln 0I-Th?0englnerr8 on the North Missouri Railroad have ?truck. They delayeu au engine and de Htioyed a uirn-'able. navel ls impeded. The employees sympathize with the englneeis. OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. Georgia. -Mr. william M. Bozeman, a well-known citizen of Pulaski County, was drowned lo the Ocmulgee, near Hawklnsville, last Saturday. -Catharine Herbst, a German woman, com? mitted suicide by nanning in Macon on Tues? day a Uer noon. No cause assigned for the act. -The Augusta police are looking for a negro named SI Flannigan, who committed a murder In Appling Couuty last Tuesday and ls supposed to have fled to Augusta. -The Augusta German Rifle Club has pur? chased a place tor a Schulzen Park. The club now numbers forty. The Augusta Fire De? partment wl:i present them with a splendid silver-mounted rifle to be shot for.' SA V JUD MUM THE FLAMES ! -+-. THE BURNING OF A CANADIAN HO? XEL-NARROW ESCAPE OF INMATES. A Kentucky Town la Ajhet-Destruc? tive Fires In New Hampshire an'd Ohio. MOOTRBAL, March 18. At one ' Jock this morning a fire broke oat In a bauding behind ihe st. Jamei Hotel, and comma u icatod through the laundry into the pas? sage of the fourth flat, and, from there, to the stairway leading to the fifth nat, ?here the female serrants were sleeping. The girls, finding their escspe by the stairs was cat c ff, fled to the windows, and three of them threw t damsel res on the sidewalk, where their Mi ms partially brocen by mattresses and si Uer eof. material. They were taken to the general hespitsL where they now lie in a very precarious state. Another girl, named Matilda Gayer, hang oat from the window twenty min?tes, and was finally rescued by the firemen, who brought her safely to the ground, amid the cheers from the excited multi? tude. .Notwithstanding the efforts of the fl remen, the fourth and fifth flats were completely de? stroyed. Destruction of at Dye-Hotut. NlW HiXBtrBO, N. H., March 18. The dye-house at this place was barned to-day. The loss ls $50,000. A Town Barned Down. LAOBBNOBBIRO, KT., March 18. Every business house in this town, including the bsnk and tavern, was horned down to-day. A tin-shop escaped. An Incipient Conflagration. CINCINNATI, Mar cit 18. George Neumeyer's coach factory caught are to day, and ls still turning. BEYOND THE BRINE. Slavery of the Pres? In France-Arrest of Some Suspicious Americans-Libe? ral Reform In Persia. PARIS, March 18. The maoager of the Happel Is summoned to answer the charge of violating the press laws.. KOKI. Marchi?. The Pope gave an audience yesterday to oas hnndiert canadians who had servd in the Fonu Ocal Zooms. His Holiness congratulated his visitors upon their steadfast devotion to the church. LONDON, March IS Th ee shabbily dressed men, with an American accent, deposited twelve thousand dollars In i he Cork Bank, and were arreited on suspicion of comr Ucl ty with the swindles upon the Sank of England. Dispatcher from Teheran, of the date Msrch 15. state that the official uazatte publishes sn edict of the shah ordering a reformation of tbs minis; ry on the Europ?en modei The cabinet ls to consist of a premier and nine members. Vasa AI Lin, March 18. The budget shows a glorying condition of af? faira. Half the sam dne Germany la In the treas? ury, and no loan is required to complete the pay? ment of toe indemnity by the time specified m the recent treaty. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, March 18. Probabilities (or Wednesday : In New-Eng? land and New Tork som beast winds, veering to south weat, with cloud sod rain. For tho Middle Atlantic coast, southwest winds, followed by west wind i and clearing weather. For the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States, westerly winds and generally cloudy weather. For the Sooth weit genera ly northe Iv winds. Toe storm cen ti s In Michigan will extend eastward over Lake On tarlo, wltn continued brisk winda over the lower lakes. For the upper lakes and Northwest, fall in/ barometer, easterly winds, cload and iain. I Tbre*ienln?r and rainy weather will extend over the sootnern portion of CaWornia. ^""-_*.TL_ DEATH OF DR. TREZEVANT. [Prom the Colombia carolinian.^ im. The painful duty devolves upon ns to an? nounce the death of one of the oldest citizens, and one of the most dhtlngulshed physicians of co? lumbia. Ur. Daniel Hey ward Trczevaut died Ct his residence In tnis city on Monday at seven o'clock P. M. Had he lived ontii to day be would have completed h s seventy seventh year. Dr: Trezevaut was born of Hognenot parentage, tn Charleston, onthelBthof Marou, 1798. In 1818. he gradaaied tn ibe tomb Carello* College,1B the same oiasa with George Moliuffle and James Gillespie, tho latter of whom we believe to be now the only surviving member. He studied medi?me in ihe office of Dr. Benjamin Prloleau, along with Urs. s. H. Dickson and Benjamin i'Uger, then co ut Inn ed h ls st nd les. and received tn New Tork bis diploma of M. D. He practiced two or three years in M inerva ville, about twenty-five mil-a below thia city, then settled in Colombia, we believe in i83i, where for more than bau a century he parsued bis profession with em sent succe s. And lt may even oe aald he died in harneas, for lt was, only on Saturday one week and two days age, thal he waa aoen In our streets vl-lting his patients with his oaaal acuity, althongh he waa far from well. Mot many days previously he bas been attendlng,a case0 erysip? elas, and on last Sunday morning he waa stricken with that disease, to which he bad been some years ago qnlte liable. Siuce he had pneumonia two yeats age, hts friends had noticed a decided impairment . f his wonderful powers of endur? ance, althongh his in inflaos waa as vigor?se and bia energy as remarkable as ever. In spite of every attention that domestic affection and medi? cal akin could afford, with bia large family nastily gathered around him, he feU a victim to the acute disease that overlook bim. columbia ls indebted to Dr. Tresevant not only pro esalonaliy boc in many respects. He Was a good and sterling citizen ; and no man amongst us cocld have aled wno will be more missed in this community. Enough for ns to say that he WHS a patriotic and high spirited sout a Carolin - ian-refined in his tastes, manly in his senti? ments, and in bis nature bold, earnest, indepen? dent and self-reliant. He leaves a large and de? voted family, and a number of friends to hold In memory his solid traits and his social vtrtnes. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Once more we meet In our ball alter a sad? der meeting around the grave or a comrade, and aa we look at the familiar p aces in which ho was wont to mingle with ns, we miss his marry ?aogb, his ready hand, his wining heart, and are mournful. Few among ns more fitted for tl? rough toll of a fireman's life, more eager to fulfil Ita dniles, more capable of doing them well. Frank, open, brave, generous, we lose a friend when we bury Henry Beckman. And though we cannot recall the busy spirit which has gone on before across ihe ri vt r, still we can, and lt ls bat fitting that we should, put upon record oar trib? ute to bis worth and to bis character. Therefore be lt unanimously Resolved. That In the death of Henry L.. Beck? man the Pionter Steam Flro Engine Company bas loat an active, efficient and zealous member, one who always stcoU ready to aid both with heart and hand in all that tended to increase its pros? perity or to advance its welfare. Resolved, That lo losing Henry Beckman, we, the members i f that company, have each lost a iren ai warm-hearted, true and fait ful comrade, upon whom we could rely In any boor of dimoolty or trouble. Resolved, That we tender to bis bereaved fam? ily our sincere yet tetpectful sympathy in thia their bereavement, and sorrow with them In their deep affliCtlun Resolved, That in token of our respect the en gin et ouse be draped la mourning, a blank page in oar rain ates be dedicated to bis memory, and that this preamble and r?solutions be published In THE CHAKLBSTON DAILY NBWS. Fxtraot from the minutes. J W. MCEBNBT, Secretary. inn tr al JXmiun. jjBB* THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rabb, and of their respective 'amines, and also the teachers and scholsrs of ibe Cathedral Sunday. School, are invited to attend the Funeral Ser vices of their sen, ROBERT EUGENE, st the Ca. thedral thspel, Queen street, Tars Anrayoow, QDbilsarTj. WATT -Died March 18,187?, Mrs. ELIZABKTH A. WATT beloved wife of W. M. WAIT, In the 37th Tear or her age, after a long and painful lilnwe, London, England, papers please copy. .