The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, April 22, 1870, Image 3
CITY AFFAIRS.
* Meetings This Day.
"Marion Lodge, at 8 P. M.
Mercantile Co operative Association, at S P. M.
.Captains and Owners of Vessels, at 3 P. M.
Steam Fire Company of ?xiiien, at t> r. M.
Vigilant Fire Company, at 6 P. M.
Hope Fire Company, at half-past 7 P. M.
Thcenlx Fire Company, at hair-past s P. M.
Washington Fire Company, at s P. M.
Hook and Ladder, No. 1. at 8 P. M.
Washington Light InLmtry Charitable Associa?
tion, at 8 P. M.
Committee of Arrangements St. Mark's Church
Fair, at 8 P. M.
German Rifle Clnb, at 8 P. M.
Auction Sales Thin Du}'.
Miles Drake will sell at 10 o'clock, at his
store, boots, shoes and hats.
William McKay will sell at 10 o'clock, at his
store, awning, household furniture, Ac.
PERSONAL.-Mr. X. G. Osteen. one of the
pushing proprietors of thc Sumter News, is now
in the city in the interest of his paper.
TUE LAST OK WHITTKMOKE.-Late Weilnes
?Oay night, when Whlttcmore concluded, a call for
Shrewsbury was made, when T. J. Mackey stated
that thc meeting was called to hear Whlttemore,
and any one who had come with th'e intention or
maligning or insulting him would be requested to
retire from the hall. Those of the audience who
hair had the temerity to call for Shrewsbury,
recognized the "gag law" aud were silent.
OCR PRICES CCRKKST.- WC especially invite
the attention of our merchauts to TUE NEWS
Prices Current, Issued this morniug. Made up
with thc utmost care, and handsomely printed
with entirely new type, it forms, with thc busi?
ness card of thc house forwarding it, the most
attractive and welcome weekly commercial cir?
cular that can bc used. Price, for ten copies or
more, with business cards two and a half cents
per copy; single copies live cents.
THANKS.-The undersigned officers of the
Cuban Junta, of Charleston, hereby tender their
thanks to the speakers aud those in attendance
at the meeting in Market Hall, on Monday eve?
ning, in the name of their members and brothers
in Cuba, for the noble sentiments expressed and
the generous sympathy shown for the cause
which they have so much at heart-the indepen?
dence of their couutry : Francisco V. Saldes,
president; Jose Gomez y Gomez, vice president;
Edward Ferns, secretary; Jose Rosls, treasurer;
?. Espejo, P. T. Perez, vocals.
UNITED STATES COURT-HON. GEORGE S.
BRYAN, JUDOS, PRESIDING.-The following busi?
ness was disposed of lu the District and Admi?
ralty Couru yesterday :
District Court.-In re Wm. Henry Hey ward, of
Charleston. Appointment or Henry Deas, Jr., as
assignee, was approved by the judge.
Adri'iralty Court.-la the case of John H. Wigg,
Henry Rackett, Samuel Cooker, and others, vs.
the catgo or bark Eliza-libel tn salvage-a war?
rant was Issued returnable on the 25th of April.
lathe case of Henry S. Lebby vs. the People's
Mau Steamship Company-libel for relier-wa3
under argument at the hour of adjournment.
A MEETING OK TH'E STOCKHOLDERS of the '
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad was 1
held in Augusta on Wednesday last. The report
of tho superintendent showed the net earn?
ings for tho year $403,7S5 49; expenditures Tor
operations of the road $226,538 59, leaving $177,
243 90 for payment of Interest and taxes and ac- 1
count of Augusta division. The following direc- :
tors were elected: From Georgia-W. E. Jack- '
son, Josiah Sibley, J. J. Cohen, S. D. Heard; from 1
North Carolina-Wm. Johnston, A. B. Davidson, <
J. Harvey Wilson, General Rufus Barringer; from '
Lexington-General Paul Qua tt leba um : from 1
Richland-C. D. Melton, Dr. John Fisher. Edward I
Hope, F. W. McMaster; from Fairfield-J. H. Rion, 1
W. R. Robertson; from Chester-G. J. Patterson, 1
J. J. McLure; from York-A. E. Springs. The di?
rectors re-elected Colonel Wm. Johnston presi?
dent. The proceedings wound up by a grand 1
supper and ball at the Masonic Hall at night. <
THE ENGLISH OPERA, which opens with Mar?
itana on Monday night, at -the Academy, is the
first opera company really worthy the name
which has visited Charleston In the last ten years.
The troupe consists ot forty-eight artists, and has
a strong and well-drilled choros and a full
orchestra-features In which all the operas
that we have seen of late years have been
sadly lacking. Better than all. the manage
ment have adopted a moderate and sensible'
scale of prices, the effect of which will be
to crowd each of the seven choice performances
which are to be given. These prices are r.s fol?
lows : Parquette, parquette circle and dress clr
cle,"^$l50; family circle, 75 cents; gallery, 50
cents. Then, lt will be particularly good news
to the ladies and their escorts, to learn that there
witt be. no extra charge A>r resetred semts. The
box om ce ls now open; and you can now, with
Uttle trouble, select your operas and secure choice
seats at the same price that you would have to
pay foradmLsslon at the eleventh hour.
CRUMBS.-If all Fort Sumter excursionists
bring away as much of the fort as a party of
eight Northerners did yesterduy, as relics, the
government, if it wait awhile, will be saved the
expense or levelling tie walLs.
Do not forget the picnic or the German St.
John's Lutheran Church at the Sc.:utzenplatz
to-day.
The West is doing a big bacon business' with
Georgia and the Carolinas. Morrl3 A- Reid, pro -
vision brokers of Cincinnati, shipped on Saturday
last, 206 hogsheads of bacon by a special train to
Louisville, and thence by the Green Line to
Macon. This ls said to be the largest shipment
ever made in one day.
The ?crinan Rifle Club will hold an extra meet?
ing this evening, at S o'clock.
The steamer of the German Fire Company will
arrive on the James Adger to- .lay.
The sale of stands at the Schutzenplatz, on
Wednesday, realized $1875. The principal stand
was knocked down to Mr. William Sea ken for
$450.
Three drunken Individuals yesterday contrib?
uted fifteen dollars to the city treasury.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE_A meeting of this
body was held yesterday, at 1 P. M., in the hall
overtfco. io Broad street-Robert Mure, Esq., pre?
siding.
The president stated that the meeting had been
calUd to hear the report of the committee ap?
pointed at the last meeting to take steps looking
to the securing of a hall and reading room for
the use of the chamber.
Mr. S. Y. Tupper, from the said committee,
submitted a long report showing the action of
the committee In regard to the plan submitted
by Mr. Riggs, to flt up the second story of thc
building at the corner of East Bay aud Broad
streets, as a hall and readiug room, and proper
committee rooms, ifc. Hanckel stated that
another plan could be submitted in a day or
two, and the chamber determined to receive the
report as Information, and the committee was In?
structed to continue theil investigations, and re?
port as early as they could conveniently -do so.
Mr. Pmckney submitted the following resolu?
tion, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the president or thl3 chamber
bc requested to appoint three members from the
delegation already selected to represent this
chamber tn the Agricultural and Immigration con -
* .mtion, who are authorized to Invite a similar
r.nmber from the delegation or the Board of
Trade and German immigration Society, and
such others as they may see flt, so as to mature a
report, to be submitted to the May Convention,
setting fort ti the facilities and advantages or thu
metropolis or the State, ror the extension of its
commercial relations with foreign ports, and es?
pecially as to the possibility or Introducing im?
migrants to settle in this State and in our neigh?
boring States.
The president announced that thc mermorial ?o
Congress, relative to securing an appropriation
to fit np a more convenient pos to Mc e. hal been
Jc-rwKrded. .
Tue chamber then adjourned.
THE DEVIL TO PAY!
.1 FIXAJfCIAX BOMBSHELL IX THE
MUX IC I PAL CAMP.
A NOVEL LITIGATION.
HISTORY OF THE DIFFICULTY'
The Preliminary Negotiations- A Flank
Movement-The Bill of Complaint-A
Bold Proceeding-The Injunction-Ef?
fect oTtUe Proceedings on Broad street
Secret Session of the City Council
How thc City Debt and Assets Stand,
?vc ?Sec.
There was a terrible hub-bub in Broad street
yesterday morning, caused by rumors that cer?
tain persons had levied upon the property of the
city and that a vigorous attempt would bc taade
to throw the corporation into "bankruptcy. The
excitement reached its height by the middle of
thc day. and happy were the lucky dealers who,
on Wednesday, while the storm was brewing,
had disposed of all their stock. There were, of
course, some wry faces. Several persons had
received checks from the city in payment of
the quarterly interest on their stock, and had
neglected to present the checks immediately. To
them a city check was to the full as good as "law?
ful money of the United States," but when the
hurly-burly began and they hurried to the banks,
they found, to their horror, that all thc city funds
had been attached, and the checks were refused
payment. Some of these checks were offered the
City Treasurer yesterday, lu payment of city tax?
es, but the sharp officials In the tax office respect?
fully declined to be taken in and done (or.
There were a score of dur?rent opinions as to
the effect of the proposed procee lings upon the
city and the city stock. Many thought anet said
that the stock would dive down to thirty with a
rush. Others said that sudden death was better
than a long agony, and they wanted to see the
thing settled somehow. Another set argued that
In a few months lachrymose real estate owners
would be offering premiums to any kind youths
who would take their property off their hands.
There was on all sides a great exaggeration of
feeling-of despondency as of exultation. When
the good people of Charleston come to their so?
ber second thought they will lind this a very seri;
ous business; a tangled knot whose cutting or
untying may be both troublesome and dangerous.
THE HISTORY OF TUE TnOCBLE.
As ls well known the debt of the City of Char.es
ton is more than $5,000,000, a large portion of
which, In the shape of stock, rails due at stated
periods. Large amounts fell due in 1868. and
other instalments fall due every April and Octo?
ber until 1S93. Among thc holders of the over?
due stock were Mr. G. W. Williams, of this city,
and the executors of George Gibbon. These par?
ties brought suit against the city for the amount
of the over due stock which they held, being, we
believe, about $60,000, or which amount $40,000
was held by the executors or Gibbon.
On the 8th April Instant, the two parties obtain?
ed Judgment ror the amounter their claim, and the
executors or Gibbon at once set about enforcing
satisfaction or the Judgment.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH COUNCIL.
By the last named persons, propositions were
made to the Mayor and Council for the settle?
ment of their claim. They offered to take city
stock at par for the amount of their Judgment.
provided that the city wonld give them In Gas
Company stock, owned by the city, a sufficient
lum to make up for the discount (about 50 per
:ent.) at which city securities are selling. This
proposition was promptly declined. As a counter
proposition, the city offered to give Gas Com?
pany stock, (?r which the city holds 1948 shares)
it nar, for the amount or the claim. This was
tot accepted.
A FLANK MOVEMENT.
In the meanwhile, other Interested pa ties be
levlng that they had claims upon the property
md assets or the city, which were likely to be
compromised, and desirous or ascertaining the
character and extent or the liability or the city,
determined to make an attempt to restrain the
proceedings or the judgment creditors and or the
Mayor and Council. Their action, generally, was
based upon the assumption that the Mayor and
Connell were trustees for the corporators of the
City of Charleston, that no creditor could proceed
under a judgment directly against the property
and assets of the city, and that under the plan
or arrangement of the city debt carried out in
1857, every holder of city stock was entitled to au
equitable share of the proceeds of thc assets of
the city, which were, at that time, pledged Ka?
the payment or the cit? debt. A bill or complaint
was accordingly prepared by Messrs. Simens &
Simons, and Messrs. Spratt, Brewster A Burke, of
counsel for Messrs. Georges. Cameron aud others.
THE BILI. OF COMPLAINT.
Tlie bill, which was flied In Judge Carpenter's
court, yesterday morning, ts as rollows:
THE STATE OF SOITH CAROLINA, L
CHARLESTON COUNTY. f9
In the Common J'lfng-Fir.*t Circuit.
Francis S. Pelzer. James S. Gibbes. George S.
Cameron, George A. Treithoh.i, Edward W.
Marshall, C. 0. Witte, James T. Welsmau,
Thomas R. Waring, ror themselves and others,
vs. The City Council or Charleston, George W.
Williams and John Gibbon, George B. Gibbon.
William L. Webb and A. McDowell Brown, ex?
ecutors or George Gibbon.
The complaint of thc above named plaintiffs,
corporators and creditors of the City of Charles?
ton, who bring this action as well for themselves
as for all others, corporators and creditors, who
may come in and contribute to the expenses of
this action, respectfully show to thl3 court:
1. That the plaintiffs are corporators and crcdi
tors-of the City or Charleston, a body politic and
corporate, Incorporated by act or the General
Assembly, passed 13th August, A. D. 1783, the
charter or which has been, rrom time to time,
altered, amended and extended by the said Gene?
ral Assembly by divers acts thereof That the
said body politic and corporate was chartered bv
the name or thc City of Charleston; that the In?
tendant and Wardens or the said city were de?
clared to bc the City Council or Charleston, and
were vested with divers powers, authorities and
duties iu said charter set forth; that the said Citv
Council or Charleston were made capable In la w
to purchase, to have and to hold to them and to
their successor* to the use or the City or Charles?
ton, in perpetuity or ror years, estates, real or
personal, .'ind lands and tenements within th"
limits or ins said city and the Parish or St. Phillp,
and to sell, allen, lease or exchange thu same, as
they may think proper; and certain lauds at thc
time or the said incorporation, appropriated ror
certain public purposes, were vested in the said
City Council for the use and advantage of the
6aid city, to be leased, sold or Improved on, or
otherwise disposed of as to the said City Council
should appear most conducive to the welfare and
advantage of the said city aud to the Inhab?
itants thereof: that the name or the Intendant and
Wardens of the City er Charleston was. by au act
ortnst December, A. D. 1S30. changed lo th? name
and title ol Mayor and Aldermen, and they were
vested sith the same powers and autt-o iiy or
the Intendant and Wardens of the wards of the
City or Charleston, under the acts or Assembly
und the ordinances or the said City Council.
2. That lu pursuance or the powers and author?
ity vested ia the City Council of Charleston, from
time to time, the said City Council incurred obli?
gations and debts, and issued stocks and other
securities lu the name of the Citv Council of
Charleston for the said debts and" obligations,
which up to the nth dav or August, A. 1?. 1657,
amounted nearly tothesura or Ave millions of
dollars: that on that date au ordinance was
passed by the sahl City Council to arrange the
time or payment or the debt or thc City ?r Charles?
ton, and to provi ie tor the final extinguishment
or the same. That ror the?uirpose or rearrang?
ing the periods or paynujt ol' the debt or the ciiy
at that time, and ror arranging thc pavment of
other debts that might be contracted by the city
thereafter, bond3 and stocks were to be "issued to
an amount not exceeding live million dollars,
arranged to be paid or redeemed In certain
amounts, and at certain periods, with interest
at six per cent., payable semi annually on the
bonds and quarterly on the stock, the principal
to be paid In full at'the periods prescribed. That
the bonds and certl?cates provided by this ordi?
nance were to be substituted for the securities
then outstanding, and the surplus of the five
million dollars was to be sold as Council should
direct, but the entire debt or the city, uuder this
ordinance, was limited to rive million ot dollars,
and the saiiHordinancc provided that all the
stocks or the city in any railroad, gaslight, tele?
graph or other company, should be and the same
was thereby pledged for tho pavment of the
stock to be issued under the ordinance, and that
wheuauy portiou or the stock created by the or?
dinance should be sold or disposed or, the pro?
ceeds should be pledged Tor the same purposes, and
if such proceeds be cash, the same should be ap
propriated to the purchase and payment or
stock so created, and ail dividends and intel
received on the stocks so pledged should be
proprlated to pay thc interest on thc stocks cn
ed under the ordinance, and in no other mani
3. That the plaintiffs arc owners of stocl
thc amount of-dollars, Issued under the s
ordinance and secured by the pledge aroresi
That the derendants, John Gibbon, George r. (
bon. William L. Webb and A. McDowell Broi
executors or Gcorj;e Gibbon, being thc holders
stock or the City or Charleston, issued before
11th August, A. D. 1857, not exchanged for sb
issued under thc aforesaid ordinance, recovei
judgment on the 8th April, 1S70, against the C
Council of Charleston for the sum of-1
lars, for the said stock, that had before then
come due; and that thc said stock so sued OE
not secured by the pledge provided In the said
dinancc.
That George W. Williams, on the said 8th Ap
recovered a judgment against the said City Coi
ell for the sum or-dollars, included in wh
were divers stocks. Usucd before the mn Anse
1857, that had not been exchanged for stock isi
eil under thc said ordinance, and that had beco
due before the said Judgment, and were i
secured by the pledge provided in the si
ordinance. That there was also Included
the said judgment, stocks Issued under t
said ordluauce, $5000 No. 7358, $5000 No. 73
$5000 No. 7360, period 23, payable October is
That the said George W. Williams ls entitled
to thc said $15.000 as last mentioned, so due
rank as to the stocks pledged by thc said or
nance rateably and proportionnhly with I
holders of the residue or the said five millions
stock, and to no other or greater proportion
the same.
That the said City Council arc now makl
arrangements, and are about to transfor to t
said plaintiffs, in the said judgments, and wi
their assent in payment and satisfaction of t
same parts and parcel* of the stocks, pledged
the ordinance aforesaid for the payment and
demptlon for all the live million or dollars rais
under the ordinance aforesaid.
That falliug this negotiation, the said plaint
in the said Ural mentioned judgment, against t
said City Council, iutend and are about to le
their ex?cutions upon the personal aud reul prc
ertv held by the said City Council.
That all Hie property, real and j>er3onal,
whatever nature aud description, vested in ti
City Council of Charleston, is held by the sn
City Council for the use or thc City or charlesto
as the beneficiary thereof, and the said City Cou
citare trustees thereof for the said city, mid noi
of said property is liable at law to any judgrac
or execution recovered against the City Coane
That all the property ami assets held by tl
City Council are held according to the charter
the Citv of Charleston In trust for thc said City
Charleston, and not lu their own right, and co
stitute only equitable assets for the payment i
debts contracted by thc City Council, as truste
of the City of Charleston, for the use and benei
of the said beneficiary, as charged, howeve
with specific pledges and appropriations or tl
same. That the said assets so held in trust co
stitute the fund for the payment o( all the deb
so contracted, rateably and proportlonably, sut
debts being contracted and created on the fail
and credit of such assets. That the City Con
eil of Charleston are insolvent. That the deb
contracted by them, as such trustees, amount I
five million live hundred thousand dollars, an
the assets amount to ao more than-.
That the porwer to assess the citizens i
Charleston has not been, and cannot practlcabl
be, exercised to raise and pay more than thc li
tereston the said debts, and the annual currei
expenses or the city. That the said Judgmcr
creditors have no Hen or preference to be pal
ont of thc said equitable assets, before and abov
the plantlffs and all other thc creditors oft!
City Council. That they are bound to come In ft
their proportion and no more, In the dlstributlo
or the said equitable assets according to thc ii
variable principle and rule for the distribution <
equitable assets.
Wherefore the plaintiffs demand Judgment a
well on their own benair as for others the corpc
rators aud creditors ot the said City of Charle!
ton, who shall come In as aforesaid, and pray
L That the assets held by the City Council fe
the U3e of the said City of Charleston be mai
snailed and distributed according to law, by th
decree and by the direction and authority c
this honorable court.
2 That the said City Council, and the officers
servants and agents thereof, be restrained an
enjoined from transferring and assigning th
said stocks, p.edged under the ordinance afore
said, to the said defendauts, or any or them, In o
towards satlsractlon or the said judgments, o
either or them, or towards any other purpose o
object than that specified lu thc ordinance afore
said; and that they be further restrained and en
joined rrom paying out or any other assets an;
debts or obligations except the ordinary curren
expenses of the said city, until thc said asset
shall be marshalled as aforesaid, and be ready ti
be distributed under thc order of this court.
3. That the said John Gibbon. George E. Gtb
bon. William Webb and A. McDowell Brown
executors of George Gibbon and George W. Wil
hams, be restrained and enjoined from any prc
ceedings for the enforsement or the said Judg
raents against the assets held by the said Cit.
Council for the use of the said City of Charleston
4. That a receiver be appointed or all the asjet
pledged by the ordinance aforesaid, to hold tin
same subject to tho order or tuts honuratiii
court.
' Atid for such other and further relief as to tlili
honorable court shall seem just, together witt
tt e co-ti of this action.
SIMONS A SIMONS,
BREWSTER, SPRATT A BI/RKE,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, I
CHARLESTON COUNTY. j
Personally appeared Charles O. Witte. Georgi
S. Cameron. James S. Gibbes, who. being duli
sworn, depose and say that the facts allegedle
the foregoing complaint are true to their anc
each of their knowledge.
CHARLES O. WITTE.
GEO. S. CAMERON.
JAMES S. Gpjnrs.
Sworn to before me this 21st day of April A. D
1870.
(Signed) L. W. SPRATT, Notary Public.
This bill sets forth the whole case for the plain
tiffs, which needs no further explanation at oui
hands.
A HOLD PROCEEDINO.
' The intended action of the plaintiffs coming tc
the ears of the executors of Gibbon, they at once
under their judgment, attached the funds c. th<
city in the hands of the treasurer and lu the First
National Bauk, and attached also the gas stock
standing in the name ol the city on the books o:
thc Gas Company.
AN INJUNCTION' Ul!ANTED.
The plaintiffs were not slow iu moving, and
Judge Carpenter at once granted the following
temporary Injunction, which stays alijproceediugs
until Wednesday next. The injunction is as fol
lows :
Francis J. Pelzer.? et al, vs. the City Council ol
Charleston, et at.
The complaint and affidavits being read, nn
motion of si umps A Si- ions, and Brewster, Sprat!
A Burke, lt is ordered that the defendauts. thc
City Council bf Charleston, be restrained and en
joined from making the transfer set forth tn thc
complaint, and that the defendants, thc executor;
j of George Gibbon, aud thc said George W. Wil
Hams, be enjoined and resi rained rrom takln?
any proceedings for the enforcement or satlsfae
tionor their judgments mentioned In the com
pluiut. That this order stand until Wednesday,
tlte 27th day of April. 1870, at io o'clock A. M..
and In thc meantime the plaintiffs serve a copy
or the said complaint, and or this order, on Hie
Mayor ni Charleston, and on the solicitors seve?
rally or the derendants plaintiffs In the said
judgments, with notice or their motion, ir they bc
?o minded, for the continuance or the said order
for injunction, to be made at that time.
(Signed) R. B. CARPENTER.
April 21, 1870.
I hereby certify that tlie foregoing H a correct
copy of 'the order ol' Judge Carpeutcr in thu
cause, of tile iu this office.
? A. c. RICHMOND,
C. C. C. P., Charleston County.
Nothing more can bc done nntil thc case comes
up for argument, when the opposing counsel will
doubtless make the most ot their several posi?
tions. For the Injunction the counsel are Messrs.
Simons A Simons, Messrs. Spratt, Brewster A
Burke, Judge Dunkin and Colonel Samuel Lord.
For the judgment creditors and the City Council
the counsel are lion. Henry Buist, who represents
Mr. G. w. Williams; Colonel Phillips, who repre?
sents thc executors or Mr. (Jibbon, and City At?
torney D. T. Corbin.
THE EFFECT ON CROAD STREET.
Or course the effect er these proceedings was to
brlsg all operations in city securities to a dead
halt. There was no considerable rall in the
prices, but the market became instantly stag
uant, and thc quotations, which arc given in
another part ol' today's paper, are nominal
merely. We hoard last night, however, of a saie
of $10,000 of city stock at 50.
SECRET CONCLAVE OF TUE CITV FATHERS.
Alarmed at the unwonted doings in the court,
Mayor Pillsbury resolved to call his Aldermen to?
gether iu caucus. The members or CouncK were
privately notified to attend a meeting last night.
The Connell Chamber was Ut up before 8 o'clock,
but only the Mayor and Alderman E. P. Wall
made their appearance at that hour. Gradually a
few more members straggled lu, tut at hair past
9 o'clock there wa3 not yet a quorum-only the
Mayor, Aldermen B. P. Wall, Holloway, Collins,
Cunningham, Barrow and Potter beiug pres?
ent. At this time the lights were put
out in the chamber, and the eity oillcials adjourn?
ed to the clerk's oiiice aud proceeded te have an in?
formal talk over matters iu generaL However, a
few minutes before io O'clock Greene came in,
and the assemblage resolved itself Into a caucus
to consider the situation. Long and anxiously
they deliberated, aud at Hie late hour when our
reporter left the City Hall they were still In secret
session.
The -City's Financial Condition.
In order that the taxpayers may see at a glanoe
the present condition of thc liabilities and assets
of the city, and draw therefrom their own con?
clusions as to how far their own Interests are
likely to he affected under the legal proceedings
begun yesterday, we subjoin the following ofllelal
statement recently submitted to Council by the
City Treasurer:
ISSUE OP CITY STOCK3 AND BONDS.
Amount of six per cent, stock Issued
to 1st January, 1870.$5,137,207 77
Of which there ls past
due.$162,573 82
And will be due In April,
1870. 41,570 00
Also due In October,
1870 . 46,760 00
Five per cent, stock Issued to College
and High School. 24,000 00
Six per cent, bonds of 1853. 40,000 00
Six per cent, bonds or 1854. 11,500 00
Seven per cent. Are loan bonds. 37,200 00
Notes payable (G. W.' Williams A Co.). 15,000 00
AMOUNT Ol' ASSETS AT COST.
Belonging to City
In railroad stocks...$1,906,541 50
Railroad and other
bonds. 86,712 49- 1,992,253 99
Sinkiug fund
Railroad and Cas
Company siock_ 678.474 76
Individual and rail?
road Doods. 13,240 58- 891,624 33
Orphanhouse fund
In City, State, Gas Company, ran.
road and other stocka and bonds. 178,761 65
City College fund
In City live and six per cent, stock. 35,568 oo
High School lund
In City five and six per cent, stock. 35,560 00
Fire loan bonds
Personal bonds to secure loans. 37,200 oo
Total.$3,170,971 99
The sheriff has $oo,ooo in unpaid tax execu?
tions.
ASSETS OF C1TT OF CHARLESTON.
Blue Ridge Kailroad, original stock. .$1,049,000 oo
Northeastern Railroad, original
stock.?. 340,000 oo
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad,
original stock. 100,000 oo
Charleston and Savannah Railroad,
original stock. 265,400 00
Memphis and Charleston (dividend)
Stock. 143,750 00
Northeastern Railroad Ccrtillcate or
Indebtedness. 3,391 50
Northeastern Railroad eight per cent.
Bonds. 26,000 00
South Carolina institute Bonds. 25,000 os
Sundry personal bonds. 34,712 49
Total.$1,992,253 99
" ASSETS OF GENERAL SINKINO FUNB.
City six per cent. Stock. 3,900 00
22 United States Stock. 88 00
1,948 Charleston Gas Company
Stock. 49,060 00
1,200 Spartanburg and Union Rail?
road Stock. 30,000 09
21,536 Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad Stock. 538,400
9,200 Memphis and Charleston Rail?
road Stock. 230,000 00
654 Greenville and Columbia Rail?
road Stock. 13,0S0 00
133 Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad Stock. 13,800 00
9 Northeastern Railroad eight
% per cent. Bonds. 4,500 oo
1 Lot in Smith street, real es?
tate. 885 oo
Sundry personal bonds. 7,864 53
Total.$ 891,621 33
Corporation.$1,092,253 99
Sinking Fund. 891,624 33
INTEREST AND ARREAOS DUE ON STOCK APRIL 1,
1870.
Quarterly Interest due on $5,670,377 77, .
April 1, 1S70.$76,055 o0
Semi-annual Interest on $68,430, due
April and October. 1,992 90
Interest on 5 per cent, stock $24,000,
College and High School. 300 00
Arrears ot Interest on stocks to April 1,
1S70. 31,815 59
Total interest and arrears on all stocks
1st April, 1870.$110,194 15
Interest on $51,500 coupon bonds, 6 per cent.,
ls due March and September.
The Interest on $37,200 Ure loan 7 per cent.
bond?, is provided tor by requiring borrowers to
pay their interest quarterly In advance.
ISSUE OF CITY SIX PER CENT. STOCK.
Subscription to Oas Company, Green?
ville Railroad and Magnetic Tele?
graph, redeemable June 21, 1868_ $16,193 62
To redeem the Issue or November,
1S38, redeemable October 24. 1868.. 101,310 20
To redeem the Issue or December, 1837,
redeemable December 29, 1873. 17,556 15
To provide for Roper Fund, College,
High School nod vrorkuouMc, re?
deemable March 20, 1ST.?. 6,022 33
To provide ror subscription to Nash?
ville and Chattanooga Railroad, re?
deemable July 1, 1375. 183,406 06
To lund the liabilities and excess or
expenditures or the year 1850, re?
deemable July 10, 1881. 63,559 63
To purchase new site and buildings
ror an Almshouse, redeemable June
16, 1377. 28,250 15
Te meet subscriptions to Blue Ridge
Railroad, Northeastern Railroad,
and pay ror Improvements on pub?
lic buildings, redeemable October
29, 1888. 151,102
To additional subscription to North?
eastern Railroad, redeemable Janu?
ary 28, 1884. 37,242 04
For instalments on Blue Ridge Rail?
road and funding liabilities for pub?
lic Improvements, redeemable April
3,1895. 133,193 92
To meet balance of subscription to
Blue Ridge ami Charleston and Sa?
vannah Railroad,redeemable March
4, 1886. 132,672 00
To pay arrears of principal and Inter?
est due 1st January, 1866, redeema?
ble January 1,1890. 437,430 00
To pay Interest on city debt, due 30th
June, 1867; to pay Interest on city
debt, due 3Uth September, 1367, re?
deemable July nudOctober, 1397... 63,436 00
To pay Interest on city debt, due 3lst
December, 1369, redeemable Janua?
ry 23, 1393..'. 262,527 00
Balance of the above Issues.$1,633,957 77
The rollowing Issues (1357) was to provide Tor
the ilnal extinguishment or thc city debt, and ar?
ranged lu periods, as follows:
STILL UNPAID, RETIRED FROM INTEREST ACCOUNT.
lstlt Period, redeemable April, 1866.... 400 00
22d Period, redeemable April, 1863... 20,600 00
23d 1'erlod, redeemable October, 1S6S. 20,000 00
Sith Period, redeemable April, 1869.... 3,060 00
25th Period, redeemable october, 1869. 1,070 uo
20th Period, redeemable April. 1870... 41,570 00
Sith Period, redeemable October, 1870. 40,760 00
gull Period, redeemable April. 1871... 43,170 00
3Kh Period, redeemable October, 1371. 36,030 00
?ui li Period rede .'mable April, 1S72.... 33,050 00
Slat Period, redeemable October, 1872. 38,930 00
Kill Period, redeemable April, 1S73_ 50,000 00
3?d Period, redeemable October, 1873 . 33 920 00
34th Period, redeemable April. 1374... 52,330 00
35th Period, redeemable October, 1S74. 48.530 00
36th Perold, redeemable April. 1875... ?,820 00
37th Period, redeemable october, 1875. 10,000 00
331 h Period, redeemable April, 1376... 34,540 00
301 h Period, redeemable Octnber, 1876. 33,960 00
40th Period, redeemable April, 1877.... 68,070 00
4lst Period, redeemable Octol.^r, 1877. 69,530 00
42d Period, redeemable April, 1878... 72,850 00
<3d Period, redeemable October, 1878. 69.9S0 00
44th Period, redeemable April. 1879.... 70,700 00
45th Period, redeemable October, 1879. 79,610 00
46th Period, redeemable April, isso.... 60,210 00
47th Period, redeemable October, 1S80. 67,800 00
48th Period, redeemable April, 1881.... oo.oso 00
40ili Period, redeemable October, ISSI. 79,470 00
50th Period, redeemable April, 1832.... 83,790 00
51st Period, redeemable October, 1832. 93,000 00
?2d Period, redeemable April, 1883.... 14,350 00
55th Period, redeemable October, 1334. 72,550 00
5Cth Period, redeemable ADrii, 1885.... 55,130 00
59tb Period, redeemable October, 1836. 120,410 00
60th Period, redeemable April, 1687.... 124,030 00
61st Period, redeemable October, 1837. 127,170 oe
?2d Period, redeemable April, 1888.... 120,980 00
63.1 Period, redeemable Ociobcr, 188?.. 134,430 00
04th Period, redeemable April, 1880.... 139,590 00
65th Period, redeemable October,13S9. 143,530 00
601 li Period, redeemable April, 1390... 148,100 00
67ih Period, redeemable October. 1890 149,540 90
esr lt Period, redeemable April, 1S91... 157,110 00
69th Period, redeemable October, 1391 161,530 00
70th Period, redeemable April. 1892.. 167,430 00
71*1 Period, redeemable October, i<?92 124,220 00
721 Period, redeemable April, 1393... 56,920 00
73d Period, redeemable October, 1893 21,310 00
Total.$3,497.850 00
Old issues. 1,638,957 77
Total amount nearing six percent.
interest.$5,136,307 77
Add amount retired from interest
account. 400 00
Total amount six per cent, stock
issued.$5.137,207 77
Five per cent, stock issued to College M
an.l High School, under ordinance
of April, 1333, drawing interest
quarterly .$ 24,000 00
BATU SOUTH CAROLINA PAPER COMPANY.
The annual meeting or the stockholders or the
Bath South Carolina Paper Company was held
yesterday at the office of the president, Bath, S.
C., and the following gentlemen were elected di?
rectors Tur the next year: William Craig, Wm. E.
Jackson, John D. Batt, Ker Boyce, John M. Clark,
Thomas G. Barret, William H. Tutt. At a subse?
quent meeting of the board or directors, Colonel
William Craig was elected president.
BILI. HEADS printed on tine paper at 13, $4,
$5, $6 50 and $8 50 per thousand, according to
size, a: THE NEWS Job Office.
- ODD FmawKtjETxmiTio'x:-The"Ufly-flrst
anniversary of the introduction of the organiza?
tion of the I. O. 0. F. In the United States, win be
celebrated at the Odd Fellow's Hall, on Tuesday
next.. Addresses are expected from Rev. Wi
B. Yates, and Messrs. J. Barrett Cohen, W. G.
De-aussure, and Henry Buist.
Tun COLUMBIA. BANK ROBBERT.-The Colum?
bia Guardian, in speaking of tho traces of the
bank robbers, 3ays that Magistrate Thompson ac?
costed a suspicious person on Tuesday evening,
on a street at the outskirts of the city; but the
man was on the alert; and, as soon as approach?
ed, took in his sltuntlon In a second, drew a pis?
tol, and threatened thc officer with death if he
molested him. The officer withdrew to secure re?
inforcements, and, In company with several citi?
zens, revisited the scene of operations this morn?
ing, bat the bird, had flown. Several articles have
been found which are matched by things left at
thc bank, and which have given the officers of
the law some idea as to who the guilty, parties
are.
With regard to the arrest of thc ex-United
States soldier, McCartney, the Guardian says :
"McCartney had been living quite secluded since
Sunday last, which ls contrary lo his habit, and
persona In the neighborhood drew Mr. Frazee's at?
tention to thc fact. Mr. F. visited Gal?e tn his cell
at 12 o'clock Tuesday night, and got a descrip?
tion of the man or men he saw In the bank,
which description McCartney answered to.
Oalgc was then taken to the house where McC.
lived and he identified him as one of the parties
who robbea the bank. The sheriff thereupon
arrested McCartney."
"The Cuban Girl."
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
Although not interested in the matter of the
habeas corpus case of the Cuban girl, before
Magistrates T. J. and J. G. Mackey, a few days
ago, still I would like to Inquire, for information,
of these magistrates, what law gives magistrates
Jurisdiction of such a case?
ANOTHER MAGISTRATE.
The County Tax.
TO TUE EDITOR OF TUB NEWS.
I also can show a receipt for five and one
half mills from the tax collector of St. Paul's
Parish, Colleton County, on the assessed value of
my property; and through your columns would
respectfully ask (for my own satisfaction and
that of others also,) of the representatives In the
State Legislature, who caused this Increase?
And of the county commissioners, what public
work is to be done and paid for? Of the amount
collected last year, not one cent, to my knowledge,
was expended in our parish, and no public work
done. TAXPATKR.
[The amount authorized to be assessed by the
county commissioners ls, as wc have already
stated, limited by law to thret mills on thc
dollar.]_
The Truth about Cuba.
CHARLESTON, April 20,1870.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
The "so-called" Secretary of the "so-called"
Cuban Junta of this city, has appeared again tn
the columns of your journal In a very feeble at?
tempt to answer the arguments set forth In the
letter of the 15th Inst., signed "Justice," pub?
lished In a city paper. Ob rvlng that "Justice"
has not answered this last lucubration, whether
lt be on account of sickness or from some other
reason, I take the liberty of answering through
your columns, and commence by saying that it ls
my Arra conviction that the members of the "so
called" Cuban Junta have not been authorized to
form themselves Into a body by any one having,
or pretending to have, any authority amongst the
remnants of those who once were In arms against
the constituted authority of Spain In the Island
of Cuba, and, therefore, that they are not author?
ized, in my opinion, to collect any funds for thc
"so-called" Cuban cause. This Is my reason for
calling them the >lso-callea'y Cuban Junta and the
"?o-calle?'' Secretary of the same.
I beg you, slr, a thousand pardons for my di?
gressions, and now undertake to refute the state?
ments of the "so-called" Secretary of the "so
called" Cuban Junta, by saying that he ls content
with stating thing? without giving any reasons
therefor. To say that "the Spanish telegrams are
nothing bat a stratagem to mislead the public
sentiment of this comminity," ls to say nothing
at all, because he cannot be so' vain as to think
that the public believe In the truth of his asser?
tions, merely because he styles himself the Secre?
tary of the Coban Junta. About the particulars
of thc engagement which Mr. Forns says took
place after the date of the Spanish dispatch, aud
tn which he claims that three hundred Cubans
defeated four hundred Spaniards, (ojo!) I can
only answer that he must have received this
news from Key West, where so many other Cuban
victories have been elaborated, and where a great
many Cuban warriors arc to be found, at a re?
spectable distance from thc reach of shot and
shell, Ut companions of those self-styled Cuban
patriots who nrc now residing lu this city. I will
admit the statement of Mr. Fortis, in quoting the
Spanish Genera! Prim, that the whole Spanish
strength on the island of Cuba amounts to Sl.500
men, and I will go even farther, and sav
that there are more than 100,000 now in arms
in Cuba agalntst the Insurgents, but not more
than about 40,000 of them have been sent
from Spain, and thc rest are volunteers, of
whom as many more could bc raised If thc Island
were In peril of losing its nationality. But this
does not prove that all of them could have been
sent to the field, as the "so-called" Secretary
would make us believe; but that only 50.000 have
gone In search of thc litsurgeuts, and they have
been able to annihilate the whole rebel army, not?
withstanding the assertion ol' Mr. Fortis that the
"so-called" Cuban force consists uf 70,048 men,
as furnished in Iiis former statement, not know
ltig that the truth was apparent that lt could not
bc thc case, since they do not stand to-day on a
single foot of ground which they can call their
own. As to thc rest of thc Spanish force, lt ls
necessary it should remain behind for the pro?
tection of ttie cities, towns, villages and other lo?
calities, where the rebels have not yet made their
appearance, but which must, nevertheless, se
protected from the evil Intentions of those who,
under the name or patriots, would sack and burn,
pillage and destroy everything they found in their
way, (as they have done in unprotected places,)
and as they would do ?veay where If there were no
troops at hand to repress their Ill-doings, and
which they do not do for the cause of liberty, but
tor their own pecuniary benefit and to satisfy
their evil passions. I will state in behalf or "Jus?
tice," that he has no need ot going to Cuba to de
rend the Integrity of the Spanish dominion, be?
cause the Spanish troops and volunteers there
are more than enough to complete the pacifica?
tion of the Island; but the so-called secretary
aud those self-styled Cuban patriots, who left the
Island after the tight had commenced, ought to
be ou the battle-Held, Instead of trying to sen?!
othess there to secure for them their Indepen?
dence.
The rad is, slr, that thc Insurrection in Cuba is
now virtually ended. This ls evident nst only
rrom the otllclal announcement or the Captain
General ortho Island, but also lt ls visible to all
who have dealings with that Island, as every
branch of commerce, and particularly the
finances, have greatly improved. Nothing proves
this more than that last year the discount on the
bills ot the Bank of Spain, in navana, was at G to
8 per cent., and even more, .ind now lt is only at
lji to l fi per cent., accord^ig to the latest ad?
vices. This ls the real state of things; all else ls
mere illusion. VERITAS.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
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ts now prepared to furnish good envelopes, with
business cards printed thereon, at $4 per thous?
and. Semi your orders. Every merchant and
business man should have his card printed on his
envelopes.
IF YOU WANT PAPER BAGS, FIX)UR
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PHILADELPHIA.
[From the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.]
IMPORTANT TO PRINTERS.-The clear and beau?
tiful impression we have been enabled to present
to our readers for the last few days, was secured
by usine ink from the agency of Mr. W. H. Ber?
nard, Wilmington. N. C. Hr. B. furnishes this ink
at manufacturers' prices, which makes it cheaper
than if ordered from the manufactory direct. The
Inks are of a superior quality, as all can see who
are in the habit of reading the publications from
the oftlce of Mr. B. Several of our exchanges are
printed with this ink, and, without exception,
show great improvement since commencing Its
use.
[From the Wilmington (N. C.) Star.]
ROBINSON'S INKS.-The Star agency for the sale
of Robinson's popular printing inks ls now pa?
tronized by most of the publishers In thc two
Carolinas. Yesterday wc Oiled orders for the
North Carolina Presbyterian, Raleigh Standard,
Statesvllle American, and Sumter (S. C.) News.
AU who have used Robinson's Inks recommend
them in the highest terms.
[From the Petersburg, Va., Index.J
ROBINSON'S PRINTING INKS.-In our advertising
columns will be found a number of extracts from
newspapers complimenting the Printing Ink
manufactured at Gray's Ferry Printing Ink Works,
Philadelphia, C. E. Robinson, proprietor. We
have been using the Ink manufactured at these
works for a year past, and lt has always proved
satisfactory. Mr. Robinson deserves the encour?
agement and patronage of the press, and of
printers generally for the following good and sam*
clent reasons, viz: First. He was the first to nut
down the price or printing ink to a reasonable
figure. Second. This Ink equals, If it does not
surpass,ln quality that or any other manuracturer,
while his prices are as low as any other. Third.
Mr. Robinson Is one or the most pleasant and ac?
commodating- neh'tlemen to deal with that we
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he also manuractnres the most superior and de?
sirable qualities of job Inks, Ids best qualities be?
ing unexcelled by any other manu'.actufcd any?
where.
[From the Wilson (N. C.) Plalndealcr.]
We have received from Mr. w. n. Bernard, WU
mlngton, a sample can or Printing Ink, manufac?
tured by C. E. Robinson, Gray's Ferry Printing
Ink Works. Philadelphia, for the sale or which
Mr. Bernard ls agent for this section. We have
tried the sample, and consider lt superior to any
Ink we have ever used, costing as Utile money.
We think thc printers or the State will do well to
parchase their ink from Mr. Bernard.
Colonel Wm. H. Bernard, of the Wilmington
Star, has placed us under obligations for a libe?
ral sample or Robinson's Gray's Ferry Printing
Ink. the best and cheapest article of news ink
now offered In the Southern markets. We have
used many kinds of ink during our publishing
experience, but can cheerfully commend Robin?
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we have tried. It may be ordered directly from
w. H. Bernard, agent, Wilmington, N. C., a great
convenience for Southern publishers.
[From the Phllllpsbnrg (Pa.) Journal.]
This issue of the Jonrnal ls printed with Ink
from the Gray's Ferry Printing Ink Works, Phila?
delphia, and greatly to our satisfaction, lt sur?
passes any we have heretofore nsed. It deserves
thc high encomiums showered upon lt by the
press.
OFFICE OF NICHOLS A GORMAN,
Practical Book and Job Printers,
RALEIGH, N. C., September 6, 1889.
TP. //: Bernard, Esq., Wilmington, If. C.:
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News Ink sent us. As we have no newspaper,
we have been using it for hand bills and general
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If you have any kegs of Book Ink, of about 25
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MESSRS. JACOB LIPPMAN A BRO., Druggists, Sa?
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AND
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. STOCKS, Ac
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Charleston, S. C.
N. B.-Orders from the country respectfully so
llcited. aprl fmw3mosDi<;
ftflction Sales-(Erjis IDarj.
BTMIL?S DRAKE.
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS.
THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock, I will sell at
mr Store, corner or Klr?frand Liberty streets,
65 cases SHOES, comprising Men's Congress,
Oxford, Balmorals. MulakoflB and Brogans; La?
dles' Congress and Polish, and a large assortment
or Misses' and Children's Shoes.
20 cases Mens'and BOTS'.Felt and Wool HATS.
apr22_" _._
By Vt Si. McKAY. .
THIS DAY, FRIDAY. AT 10 O'CLOCK,
at No. ! to Meeting street,
New AWNING. Household Furniture, 10 Cot?
tage Bedsteads, Spring Mattresses, Chairs, Sofas,
Lounges, Crockery, Table Knives, and a large lot
of Sundries. apr22
Unction Sales-Suture Dam.
Bj Vf. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS,
Auctioneers.
BRICK . BUILDING ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF HAYNE STREET.
Will be sold on THURSDAY, 28th instant, at the
Old Postoffice, at ll o'clock,
, That desirable TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING,
formerly built for the Charleston Fire Engine
Company, and now used as a wagon-house by the
Adams Expresa Company. Lot measures 22 feet
front, by 80 feet In depth.
Terms cash. Purchaser to pay us for pgsjters
and stamps._._anr22 frtrPrs
By Vi. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS,
Auctioneers.
UNDER DECREE LN EQUITY.
Falk vs. Jacobi, Administratrix, et aL'
On THURSDAY, 28th Instant, will be sold at ll
o'clock A. M., near the Old Customhouse,
AH that LOT OF LAND, with the Building
thereon, situatejn St. Phillp Street, Upper Wards.
Bounding north on Land of James Adner, east on
Land of Mary Campbell, south on Land of Robert
Wing, and west on St. Phillp street; measuring
SO feet on thc north line, st feet on the south Une,
and 25 feet on the east and west lines each, be
the said dimensions more or less.
Terms-One-third cash; balance In two equal
successive annual Instalments, with interest from
day of sale, payable annually: the build Inas to
be insured and the policy assigned. Purchaser.
to pav for papers and stamps.
J. W. GRAY,
apr22 ftuth3 Special Referee.
By TY. Y. LEITCH A Ii. S. BRUNS,
Auctioneers." r
TWO AND A HALF STORY DWELLING,
No. 13 Henrietta street
Will be sold on THURSDAY, 28th Instant, at
the Old Postofflce, at ll o'clock,
That desirable Two and a hair Story WOODEN
DWELLING, with Kitchen and necessary Out?
buildings, on the sonth side of Henrietta street,
and known as No. 13. Dwelling contains 4 square
and one attic rooms, with piazza to the west. Lot
measures 25 feet front by 115 in depth, more or
Terms-One-half cash; balance In one year
with Interest; property to be Insured and policy
assigned. Purchaser to pay ns for papers and
stamps. apr22 fmth3
By IT. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS.,
Auctioneers.
NO. 6 WRAGG SQUARE-TWO AND A
half story Wooden Dwelling..
Will be sold on THURSDAY, '23 th Instant, at ll
o'clock, at the Old Postofflce,
That desirable two and a half story WOODEN
DWELLING with piazza, known as No. 6 Wragg
street, containing fonr square rooms besides attic
rooms.
Lot measares 34 feet front,- by loo feet In depth.
Terms-One-third cash; balance one and two
years, with interest; property to bs insured and
policy assigned. Purchaser to pay us for papers
and stamps. apr22 fmthS
Bj Vf. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS,
Auctioneers.
LOT WEST SIDE OF WHARF STREET,
sold by order or the Executors of Estate of
John Ferguson. .?
Will be sold on THURSDAY, 28th instant, at the
Old Postofflce, at ll o'clock.
That desirable LOT OF LAND, situated on the
west olde of Wharf street, measuring and running
as follows: On Wharf street, east line, 100 feet;
north line, 128 feet; then running southward ST.
feet; then eastwardly 40 feet; then again south?
wardly 44 feet; then again eastwardly 89 feet, be
the said dimensions more or less. Plat will be
exhibited on day of sale.
Terms-One-third cash; balance In one and two
years, with Interest. Purchaser to pay us for
papers and stamps. aprlB tnftuwthS
By Vf. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BRUNS,
Auctioneers.
ELEGANT WOODEN MANSION, ON
Brick Foundation, with Iron Railing, south?
east corner of Lynch and Montague streets-by
order of the Executors of the Estate of John Fer
guson. *
will be sold on THURSDAY, 25th instant, at the
Old Postofflce, at ll o'clock,
That elegant three and a half story CYPRES3
MANSION, with large vegetable and flower gar?
dens, situated at the southeast corner of Lynch
and Montague streets, containing ten square, be?
sides four large attic, pantry and dressing rooms;
also, store and coal rooms, with tine brick kitchen,
stable, carriage house, Ac. Water works in dres?
sing and bath rooms. The fences on sides and
front are brick. The Lot measures 121 feet front
on Lynch, by 181 feet lu depth on Montague, more
or less.
ALSO,
In rear of the above, on Montague street, that
pleasant two story BRICK DWELLING, contain?
ing four square rooms. Lot measures 32 feet
Iront on Montague by 120 feet In depth, be the
said dimensions more or less.
Terms-One-third cash; balance m one an J two
years, with Interest, Recored by bond an . i mort?
gage: property to be lnsnred and policy assigned.
Purchaser to pay ns for papers and stamps.
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A. c. MCGILLIVRAY,
Anctlaneer.
UNDER DECREE IN EQUITY.
James w. Gray. Special Referee, vs. Melvin
B. Wilbur and John Morrissey.
Will be sold on SATURDAY, the 2Cd of April,
at ll o'clock, In frout of the Old Customhouse,
All that LOT OF LAND, with the two and a half
story Wooden Dwelling, slate roof, on bric* foun?
dation, situate on the west side of Pitt street, be?
tween Calhoun and Yanderhorst streets, aad
known as the r-uiber 41, measuring In front on
Pitt street r>o fcc.: same on back Une, by 200 feet
iu depth, more or lem. _
Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and
stamps. E. W. M. MACKEY,
aprJ2 aC.C.
Bj A. c. MCGILLIVRAY,
Auctioneer.
UNDER DECREE IN EQUITY.
Tlie Peoples' National Bank vs. John Tegul.
Will be sold in front or the Old Customhouse, on
FRIDAY, the 29th day of April, at ll o'clookA.
M..
All that PIECE. PLANTATION OR TRACT OF
LAND, containing one hundred acres, more or less,
situate on John's Island, County of Charleston,
State aforesaid, the same being the southern por?
tion of Tract of Land at present owned by Daniel
H. Stevens, and lettered "C" upon a Plat by
Hume A Tennant, Surveyors, and recorded in
Mesne Conveyance office for Charleston County,
May 28th, 1867, In Book "A," No. 1, page 154;
bounded north on the remaining portion of said
Tract "C." south ou Lands of Wm. Roper and
Wm. Mathewes, west on Lands or W. s. Whaley,
and east on Lands or Roper and Legare.
Terms-One-third cash: balance In one and
two yean, to be secured by bond of the purchaser
and mortgage or the property. Purchaser to pay
for papers aud stamps.
E. W. M. MACKEY.
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By J. A. EKSLOW&CO.
UNDERWRITER'S SALE.
MOLASSES, Chains, Ringing, Stove, Ac,
saved from the wreck of British bark Eliza,
stranded on Bull's Breakers.
On SATURDAY, 23d Instant, will be sold at the
New Customhouse, at li o'clock, to pay salvage
and expenses,
3 hhds. MOLASSES
1 Large Chain Cable
2 Mooring Chains
1 lot or Standtug Rigging
I Galley Stove
1 lot Blocks, Old Iron, Ac, Ac.
Conditions cash. apr22
Bf LOULS 1). WcSAUSS?RE,
ESTATE SALE BY ORDER OF THE
Executors. Brick Residence in Meeting
street.
Ou TUESDAY. 26th Instant, at ll o'clock A. M.,
at the north or the Exchange, I will sell at public
auction.
The three story BRICK RESIDENCE, No. 33
Meeting street, containing ten rooms, pantry, dou?
ble piazzas, cistern, Ac, with brick kitchen, car?
riage house and stable, he premises have recently
been repaired. The lot ls ot Irregular shane, mea?
suring about 42 feet front, 211 feet deep,'and 115
feet on the back Une.
Conditions-One-fourth cash; balance by bond
bearing semi-annual lntcrestLnavable in five
equal successive annnal Instamants, to be se?
cured by a mortgage of the property ; house to be
Insured and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay,
for papers and stamps. april
D A P R A Y
DENTIST,
No. 277 KING STREET,
Over Drug Store next to Kinsman's Saloon.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
REPERESCBS.-Prof. E. Geddings, M D., T. L.
.Ogler. M. D.. Prof. Middleton Michel, M. D., W. V.
Fitch, M. D. mcfal7 imo