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CITY AFFAIRS. * -. ? - ? ?-. Meetings This Day. Solomon's Lodge, at 8 P. M. Medical Society, at 8 P. M. Delegates to Agricultural and Immigrant Con? vention, at l P. M. Son tb. Carolina Sunday School Union, at 8 P.M. Palmetto Fire Company, at 8 P. M. 3iecaanlc3' Union, No. 1, at 8 P. M. ?Charleston Mechanic Society, at 8 P. M. Coast Trade Society, at 3 P. M. Auction Sales Thu Day. A. C. McGill!rray will sell at ll o'clock, at No. 146 st. Phillp street, grist mill, &c; at 12 o'clock, at the Courthouse, real estate. A CASK PRESENTATION.-The Chief of Police lias been presented with a gold-headed cane, by the members of the police force. ? THE CAMP Mfcsajyg at Larson's Station, on the South CarcwB^^eoad, commenced yester? day. We learn that%M|>rew persons went from here, owing, doubtless, to the forbidding aspect .of the weather. _ LOST CHILD.-Mr. J. W. Zehe, No. 3 Hamp? ton Court, advertises thi.t his little boy, William, aged ten years, strayed from nome early yester .day morning and has not been heard from since. Mr. Z. will be thankful for any Information that will lead to the recovery of the child. JRROBABLT FATAL "ACCIDENT.-We are in? formed that on Saturday morning last, while Mr. James Cosgrove was In his wagon on State street, he was thrown out in consequence of a wheel coming off, and received severe internal Injuries. Yesterday his physicians feared that the injuries would result fatally. _ THROUGH COTTON TO LIVERPOOL ET STEAM. Messrs. Wagner, Huger ? Co. propose to continue rates to Liverpool, per Tennessee, 4th instant, at 11-164. fer sea Islands and 7-164. for uplands. Transfer In New York ie carefully looked after, and all cottons will go forward by Messrs. Wil? liams A Galon's Liverpool steamer Manhattan, to nail from New York nth of May. No BOAT RACE_It will be remembered -that a committee was appointed by the Charles? ton County Agricultural and Horticultural Socie? ty, to offer prizes and make arrangements for races between oar boats. Yesterday we were re? quested by the committee to state that, as only .one boat (the "Oriole") had been entered, they -deemed lt best to postpone the matter fer the present. MEETING or DELEGATES.-The delegates appointed by the South Carolina Institute, Cham? ber of Commerce, Board of Trade, German immi? grant Society, Charleston County Agricultural, ?and Horticultural Society, South Carolina Rail? road, C2d Mechanic Society, to attend the con? vention, which convenes to-morrow, are requested to meet at the Academy of Music at l P. M. to ?day, for the parp?se of conference. - PERSONAL.-Mr. S. J. Saffold, of the Salem, Alabama, Tunes, ls in the city, stopping at the Mill? House. The Times ls the only paper pub - llattd in that section, and ia of great Influence ' Charleston now has a^ood trade from the vicinity -of Selma, and as it ls proposed to Bend one hun dr ed thousand-bales of cotton from there to this city next year, oar merchants would do wen to remember Mr. Saffold when he calla upon them ?and secure the benefits of the Times' advertising columns. . . ^. THE FLORAL EXHIBITION of the Charleston ?County Agricultural and Horticultural Society opens at the Academy of Music to-morrow. Tue committee of arrangements will be pleased to re? ceive Buch planta, flowers, Ac, bouquets, cut-flow? ers, baskets of flowers, aa any one may feel dis posed to present for exhibition. An experienced horticulturist wlB have charge of plants, and due care will be taken of them. The committee also request that plante be sent m by 4 o'clock p. M. to-day. Flowers, bouquets, Ac, caa be sent up to A o'clock P. iL, to-morrow. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION.-The follow lng named railroad and steamboat companies wUl pass delegates to the Sunday-School Conven ~Uon for one fare, paid when coming, and return lng them, free upon the certificate of the proper oncers of the convention : South Carolina Rail road Company, Northeastern Railroad Company, Chsraw and Darlington Railroad Company Greenville and Colombia Railroad Company, ?Spartanbnrg-and Union Railroad Company, Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, Savannah and Charleston Railroad (Jajipany /Georgetown steamers, Florida steamers. SALE OF UNCLAIMED PACKAGES.-Quite a darge crowd of persona attended the sale of rm claimed packages at the Southern Express Com pani on Saturday last. The prices ranged from two cents to forty-one douars. Parties who ?bought small boxes, supposing that they con talueu Jewelry, found only pills, which, of course, were warranted to cure "all the IBs that flesh ls -heir to." Other packages were found to contain hah* bricks, scraps of paper, Ac, evidently in? tended as "sells" for those to whom they were -directed. We learn that one package, which was secured by a bid of $2 50, contained a handsome Masonic regalia. One bidder got two nicely -made n tgh t shirts for one dollar. " .. THE MAT CONTENTION.-The foliowiug dele gates will represent the Laurens Agricultural Society tu the above convention, which meets to? morrow: W. 0. Bice, O. W. Shell, J. W. Watts, John Ai Barksdale, S tobo D. Darlington, D. A. Richardson. The delegates from the "Cotton States' Mechan? ics' and Agricultural Fair Association," of Au? gusta, to the Charleston Convention, wlB leave Au? gusta to-day, In a special car kindly furnished by general superintendent Peake, of the South Caro? lina. Railroad. Among those who contemplate attendance are General R. Y. Harris, Dr. DeSaus sure Ford, J. J. Cohen, Jesse Turpin, J. R. Ran? dau, H. 0. Wright, and some hair dozen others as ?delegates, whose names have not been reported. GRAND CELEBRATION.-To-day the colored people of Charleston will have a grand celebration in honor of the passage of the Fifteenth amend? ment. The Une, composed of "military companies, his Excellency Governor Scott and staff, and m em - bera of the General Assembly; Committee of Ar? rangements, Mayor and Aldermen, orators of the day, civil societies, children of the public schools, Aro ?sapanies, citizens," wm be formed at 8 ?o'clock, parade through the principal streets, and then go to the Battery, where, at io o'clock, a s?late of one hundred guns will be fired. At night there will be-a torchlight procession or the "military companies, Ore companies, Oom - mit tee of Arrangements, civil societies, citizens, all with transparencies and torohea." After which there wUl be speaking on the Battery. The ?peaters announced for the occasion are : W. H. Mlahaw, A. J. Renaler, L.JL Woolf e, R. B. Artson, 43Ubert Pillsbury, T. J. Mackey, R. C. DeLarge, W. J. Whipper, R. H. Cain, William E. Elliott, E. J. Adams. TRIAL JUSTICES.-The Governor has an? nounced the following additional appointments of trial Justices: Abbeville-J. R. Tarrant, Robert R. Hamphlll. Anderson-John Wilson, W. D. Wilkes R. N. Wright, J. C. Whitefield, E. J. Pinson, James JIaLesky, Andrew Todd. Chester-John Lee, W. M. McDonald. J. Dicker Fairfield-John J. O'Netl, Oharies W Fausett D. B. Kirkland, John J. Welsh, Joel Cooper P D' Cook, George R. Hunter, Joseph C. CaldweU. " ' Greenville-Jessie E. Stone, J. H. Cannan Solo? mon Jones, Wm. D. Robertson, Charles F'Hoo? kina, James H. Lendeman, J. P. Moore, H. sum van. Newberry-M. Gray, J. C. Smith, IL 8. Long. Ooonee-J. B. Phillips, SamuelMosely, AL Brrer Jr., E. lion ea, C. S. Hollingsworth. Orangeburg-T. H. Cook, A. B. Knowlton. W. "H. Reedish, R. V. DonneBy, W. S.W. Rielly, F. W. Voght. Spartanburg-Samuel T. Polner, M. M. Glover, Blijah DUI, J. T. If aten, James Perry. Anthony Johnson, E. P. Davis, P. Q. Camp, T. J. Black? well, W. H. Walker, John Casey. Union-Thomas M. Giles, Jr., Alex. Waiker, D. D. Goings, W. Allen, Robert Littlejohn, G. B. K. Wagoner. AMUSEMENTS. Academy of Music-Crown Diamonds. "Crown Diamonds'" is the most sparkling of all Auber's brilliant operas, and with its perform? ance at the Academy, on Saturday, even the hyper? critical will have small fault to And. All the mem? bers ot the company, with the exception of Miss Howson, were Included in the cast, and they exerted themselves to make thc performance, what lt was, the brightest aad best of our operatic season. "La Travlata," which was played on the opening night, gave Mrs. Bernard full scope ror the display of her histrionic and musical talent, bnt the Alfredo of Mr. Brookhouse Bowler was not satisfactory, and the English words to which the recitatives were set, in grand opera fashion, Interfered rather ludicrously with the general effect. "The Bohemian Girl," on Tnesday, was a dashing performance, and in it Mr. Bowler (Thaddeus) showed with most effect the passionate earnestness of which bis voice is capable. "The Bohemian Girl," as it was per? formed, rants- next in merit to "Crown Diamonds." On Wednesday we had "La Som? n?mbula," which dragged a little in spite of the charming singing of Mrs. Bernard and Mr. Dray? ton. The rofe of Elvino was too much for Mr. Bernard, although he sang well in the second act. "Maritana," on Thursday, was very well done. The singing of Mrs. Bernard was charming, and the acting of Ms> Brookhouse Bowler beyond reproach.- But the audience were cold and in? sensible. On Friday night we had "Norma," which was rather more than the company conld "handle. The first and third acts were dull, and seemed to show that the troupe might confine themselves, with alvan tage, to less exacting works. The Doctor of Alean tan, at thc matinee on Saturday, was a light but charming piece, In which the audience, composed almost exclusively of ladles and children, hardly knew which to ad? mire most-the sweet singing or the piquante acting or the versatile prima donna, who played the part of Inez, the Maid. "Crown Diamonds" then was the best perform? ance of the week. Mrs. Bernard (Catarina) acted with consummate grace and skill, and sang the melodious Spanish airs with which the opera abounds with more than her usual vivacity and smoothness. The flexibility of her voice and the excellence of her style made themselves very ap? parent In the duo with Diana (Miss Annie Kemp,) who was in full voice and saug remarkably well. The Don Henrique of Mr. fowler was nearly as good as his Son Caesar de Bazan, which ls all that need be Bald. There was no robust Binging for the tenor, but "Thou art so near and yet se far" (Introduced into the opera) was rendered by Mr. Bowler with both delicacy and power, and was encored. The Robelledo of Mr. Drayton was a finished piece of acting. This gentleman elabo? rates every detail of bis role, and ls a study In himself. Mr. Drayton sung "The Muleteer" (also an outside song) with fine effect. Mr. H. C. Peakes was a very good Campo Mayor, and the same may be said of the Mungss or Mr. J. G, Peakes. The charming accompaniments were daintily played by the orchestra, and the famous Galop warmed the audience into enthusiasm. The choruses were excellent, and the dresses of the whole company so gorgeous that they may well save come from Paris. Tile Bohemian Girl To-Mg lit. By particular request, the re-engagement of the 3 per a Company for five more performances will : oe opened to-night by a repetition of the Bo- 1 lemian Girl. We can only repeat what we have j laid above, that lt ls one or the most charming i ind attractive operas in the repertoire or the j troupe. _ _ i * i CRUMBS.-A telegraph line to Edgefleld. is lu ? contemplation. ? A. Y. Lee, Esq., or Colombia, ls engaged in pre- i [wring a series or maps or the upper portion or j this State, with letter-press descriptions, estl- , nates, prices, statistics and general information, | inch as win exhibit the character and ad vantages 1 >f oar lands, water-powers and resources gener- , ?ly. It will be In pamphlet form, 50,000 or which ] ire to be distributed gratis. 1 The Columbia Phoenix says that general com- , iiaint ls made by the planters of the excessive i irv weather now experienced. Retarded by the c (?usually late season In getting their cotton ' ilanted, a atm farther back-set, and loss In many l nstances, must be entailed upon planters from ' ack of the moisture necessary to germinate the , teed planted. i /We learn that the name of the Wilmington and < Manchester Railroad bas been changed to that of | 'Wilmington, Columbia and Angosta" Railroad. | The Board of Directors of the Greenville and j Columbia Railroad elected the following officers: 3. V. Carrington, secretary; Reuben TomUnson, I reasurer; D. H. Chamberlain, solicitor; John H. j tfoore, general superintendent. The Phoenix says ; hat Superintendent Moore was formerly con- i iee ted with the New York Central Railroad, and ls j laid to thoroughly understand his business, secretary Carrington, an efficient officer, who has i seen with the company since Its inception, has j jeen retained. ( The Episcopal Convention meets ia Abbeville on i r hurd a ay, the 12th of May next. < Professor King, the hero of one hundred and : 'oi ty-three balloon ascensions in various parts or he country, win add one more to his te rial nights 1 m Thursday afternoon next, rrom the Citadel 3reen. Mr. Steele, of this city, accompanies the i Professor in the perilous excursion. Under orders from Joseph Green, colored, "Se ilor Captain and acting Major," the first bat? talion or Charleston infantry, composed or sever il colored companies, paraded yesterday mora? ng and attended church. No business or importance or of interest was transacted by thc Mayor Saturday. The functions of the magistrates of the State ceased Saturday night. The names of the trial ustlccs who will succeed the magistrates of Charleston County, have not yet been announced i>y the Governor. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Ly ford, commandant rt the Arsenal, has refused the petition of T. J. Mackey for the loan of two guns with which to Ire a salute to-day, In honor of the ratification of the Fifteenth amendment, on the ground that the application should have been made to the Secre? tary of War. A colored preacher was annonnced to deliver at the Centenary M. E. Church, on Wentworth street, last night, the last of bis series of Sunday even? ing temperance sermons, closing with an original poem, entitled "Tita Rem Railway." We are requested io state that members of the Charleston County Agricultural and Horticultural Society can obtain cards of admission to the academy of Music during the session of the con? tention, for themselves, their rrieuds and families, it Holmes' Book House. The members of the German Fire Company who lid not go to Savannah yesterday are Instruct? ed, by advertisement in another column, to at ;end, with the hand engine, all fires that may jccur. The fourth annual meeting of the Ladles' Mu :ual Aid Association will be held at 5 o'clock to? morrow afternoon, at the depository on Chalmers street. It ls rnmored that in a very short time trains on the South Carolina Railroad will be rnn be? tween Augusta, Charleston and Columbia in six hours. The steamship South Carolina, Captain Adkins, which left this port on Thursday afternoon last, arrived at Kew York yesterday, after a passage of 65 hours. An unsuccessful attempt was made by an In? cendiary Saturday night to burn house No. 1 Duncan street. DISTINGUISHED RAILROAD VISITORS.-Colo? nel William M. Wadley, president or the Central Railroad; Colonel William Johnston, president oj the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad ; Major Tyler, vice-president of the South Carolina Railroad, and Mr. H. T. Peake, general superin? tendent of the latter road, were In Augusta Fri? day. It is understood that the object or their presence there was to confer upon the establish? ment of a still more perfect system of connec? tions at Augusta between the several lines cen? tering there. Among other points considered, was that or the erection there or a magnificent union passenger depot by the several roads, the building contemplated to be fitted up with special regard to the comfort and accommodation of the traveling public. THE CITY DEBT. The Creditor? in Court- Vu Interesting Argument -Judge Carpenter's Deci? sion. IN TUB COURT OF COMMON FLEAS-BEFORE HIS HONOR, JUDGE CARPENTER. Francis J. Pelzer, George Cameron. George A. Treuliolm, and others, vs. George W. Williams, John Gibbon, George E. Gibbon. Wm. L. Webb, and A. McDowell Brown, executors of George Gibbon. This was au action to enjoin the defendants from taking certain assets, pledged to certain creditors, or whom, by arrangement with the city authorities, were the plaintiffs; and further to re? strain them from the enforcement or their Judg? ment against the assets or the city. The bill of the complainants, which was flied several days ago, has been published In TEE NEWS. D. T. Corbin. Esq., appeared for the city. He said he had not deemed lt advisable to make ans wer to the bill, because he regarded this as an application for a preliminary injunction only, ir | the injunction should He, he would, at the proper time, consider the answer to be made. He would, however, move to set aside the attachment on certain specific funds of the city-first, because the same was irregular and contrary to law, and, secondly, because the property, being public In Its character, and dedicated to certain public uses, was not subject to attachment. That at? tachment had crippled all thc operations ot the city government. The lire-blood of the city had well nigh stopped its circulation, and Its finances were seriously embarrassed. Hon. B. F. Dunkin remarked that, In his opinion, the point submitted comprehended the whole question, namely, whether Judgment credi? tors have a right to levy upon public property, under authority or the act. General James Simons here filed a certificate, showing the amount of stock owned by the credi? tors represented by him. * TUE ANSWERS. Mr. Phillips, counsel ror the executors or George Gibbon, then read his answer to the court, as rol? lo ws: The City Council or Charleston, G. W. Williams, and J. Gibbon, G. E. Gibbon, W. L. Webb and A. McDowell Brown, executors or G. Gibbon, ads. F. J. Pelzer, J. S. Gibbs and others. The defendants, John Gibbon, G. E. Gibbon, W. L. Webb and Andrew McDowell Brown, execu? tors or George Gibbon, deceased, upon whom has been served a copy or the above entitled com? plaint, and or the injunction thereto appended, come by the: r attorney, John Phillips, and answer thereunto, and Bay: First. They neither deny nor admit that tho plaintiffs are corporators and creditors or the City or Charleston. They admit the City or Charleston ls a body corporate by the name and title or "The City Council of Charleston," and was first lncor- 1 porated by act of the General Assembly, A. D. I 1783, which act has, from time to time, been ( amended; but whether the amendments are correctly recited, these defendants neither admit ( nor deny. . t Second. They admit and say that the City Coun? cil of Charleston have, from time to time, lawfully contracted debts by borrowing money and other? wise, and have Issued stocks and other securities as the evidence thereof; but whether the same t amounted to nearly the sum of five millions of dollars, or more or leBs, on the 11th day or Au- 1 gust, A. D. 1857, thev cannot undert&ke to say. c Third. The stocks) which these defendants re- ? present and hold as executors of the estate of the late George Gibbon, deceased, and upon which 1 they have recovered Judgment and levied execu? tion, were purchased by bim lu lils life time, and as they understand and believe at par value prices, as follows: To wit, $40,000 purchased between the 1 3th dav of November, 184S, and the third day of r January, 1849, inclusive; $500 purchased on the ? 28th day or July, 1854, being stock created In par manee ot an ordlaance passed the 14th day of Oc? tober, 1848, entitled "an ordinance to authorize the issue or 6 per cent, stack, on the faith of the L'lty of Charleston, to redeem the Issue of $200,000 . of 6 per cent, stock, nader ordinance ratified ?th ' November, 1838;" and $240 purchased January | L 3d, 1S53, being stock created in pursuance or an ordinance passed the 2isc June, 1848-the whole amounting to $40,740; all or which city stock he? arne due and payable on the 5th day or Novem? ber, 1868, and ror which the City Council of | Charleston actually received the full par value In lood money, equivalent at the respective dates to io much money Ingold coln. Fourth. They believe and admit that their tes : at or knew of the ordinance of the 11th of Augast, 1857, and that he refused to have his stock ar? ranged according to Its provisions. ' Firth. They do not admit that the said ordi? nance creates ? mortgage or the stocks or corpo 'ate companies, held by the City Council ox duslvely, to secure payment or the city debC re irranged thereunder, in preference to other city lebts. But, ir it be so, lt In no wise affects the nterestsot tiese defendants, as will hereafter ul ly appear. Sixth. These defendants deny that the City rjouncU or thc city ls Insolvent. The property and resources held by the City Council, their power >r taxation included, are ample for payment of the city debt; and the allegations of Insolvency .3 made In the Interest of the debtors and tax? payers, and not or creditors. The relier the plaintiffs seek ls relief for the debtor, not pre? lection of the creditor. Seventh. Whether the plaintiffs are creditors of the city, as they allege, or whether they are tax? payers seeking to avoid their rateable burden of (he city debt, or whether they are creditors In a [ess and taxpayers In a greater degree, these de? fendants do not undertake to say, because lt ls Dot necessary to their defence and te the protec? tion of their rights. Eighth. These defendants say that thc City Council, falling li pay their debt at maturity, and falling also to make any provision for its pay? ment in the future, they brought suit and recov? ered Judgment, and the City Council agaU failing to pav, aud, In fact, refusing to accept fair, liber? al, and to them very advantageous terms or pay? ment, these defendants Issued execution and levied upon-shjircs of thc Gas Company and apon the city funds or credits in the First Nation? al Bank and People's National Bank, and la the possession of thc City Treasurer. Ninth. That having ascertained that the prop? erty, funds and credits of the City Council lu said banks are ample ror the satisfaction of their exe? cution, they have withdrawn their levy upon thc shares of Gas Company stock, and upon funds and property in the hands of the City Treasurer, and there Ls no further cause of complaint to the plaint'.is against these -defendants, because that lt ls r.ot and cannot be alleged that the property, rune's and credits in said banks are other than legal assets, subject to said levy In satisfaction or | their execution and levy. These defendants, pray that thc injnnctlon granted upon ex parte statement may be dissolv? ed. That thc First National Bank and thc People's Bank of Charleston be ordered to satisfy the said execution out of the funds levied upon and ad? mitted to be in their possession by thc returns or their respective cashiers, and that these defen? dants be hence dismissed, with their costs and charges. G. L. Buist, Esq., counsel for G. W. Williams, then presented his answer, to wit: George W. Williams, one of thc above-named defendants, answering the complainants, says: l. That the Arm of George W. Williams A Co., which is composed of himself and five others, aad engaged In an extensive and varied business, In the Cities of Charleston and New York, some time since became the owners of an amount or twenty one thousand eight hundred and ten ($21,810) dollars six per cent, stock or the City or Charles? ton, which became payable and redeemable on the first days of Jane and October, eighteen hun? dred and sixty-eight. That when the said stock became payable and redeemable, the Bald firm ap? plied to the City Councilor Charleston roi the pay? ment or thc same, but were Informed that lt was Impossible at that time to pay the principal, put that efforts would be made to effect a settlement with thc said firm for the amount by the transfer or securities at their par value, or on some other fair and liberal basis. And the said firm being well content with this understanding, and desir? ous not to press the said City Connell or Charles? ton tor the said amount ripe, or to da any act whereby the said City Council might be in any wise embarrassed in the administration or the city government, retained the certificates or stock, receiving the interest thereon from time to time. Some time, however, about the commencement of the year 1869, it came to th? knowledge or the said firm taat th j executors of George Gibbon, who held, on behalf of the estate or their testator, a large amount of the stock or the City of Charles? ton, to wit: an amount of forty thousand seven hundred and forty ($40,740) dollars, which was also payable and redeemable, had commenced suit on the law side of the Court or Common Pleas or the County or Charleston, to recover a judgment against the said City Council of Charleston for the said amount due them, and thereupon the said firm of George W. Williams A Co., with a a view of placing themselves on the same footing with the said executors or George Gibbon, and or preventing the said executers from procuring a preference against the said firm, by obtainlug a judgment for the amoant doe them, and thereby securing a lien upon the property of the said City Council of Charleston, which eould be enforced to the detriment of the said firm and their claim for twenty-one thousand eight hundred and ten ($21,810) dollars, placed their certificates of stock in the hands ef their attorneys, with instructions to proceed and demand Judgment whenever the executors of the said George Gibbon had procured judgmeut on their claim. And this derendant is In? formed by the attorneys of the said firm, that at the last session of the Court of Common Pleas, after the executors or the said George Gibbon had recovered judgment on their claim, they did, act? ing ror the said firm or George W. Williams A Co., also obtain a judgmeut on the claim or the said firm agaiust the said City Council or Charleston, and on the eighth day or April, eighteen hundred and seventy, caused the said judgment to be en? tered up, In due rorm or law, in the office or the Clerk or the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Charleston; bnt no proceedings what? ever have been taken by the said firm or their attorneys to enforce the said Judgment, nor have any arrangements ever been made by the City Council with the said firm for the transfer to them of any stocks or secnrttles In satlsfactl of the amount of the said Judgment, nor we any such arrangements In progress when t complaint was filed. The said firm, however, now prepared, as it has always been, to settle t said claim held bv them on any fair and reaso able proposal which may be made by the sa City Council. 2. And this defendant Tor and on behalf oft said firm of George VT. Williams A Co., for furth answer to the said complaint, denies that the sa City Council or Charleston ls insolvent, as allege by the plaintiffs, but on the contrary this defe dant insists that the indebtedness of the said Cl Council is far less than its assets, real and persoi al, and that all the property of the said'CL Council nf Charleston, real as well as personal, responsible for the payment of the obligatio! contracted by lt, and that these obligations ca bc more readily and satisfactorily discharged t an economical and wise administration of tl city goverd ment, by those appointed by lawi that duty, than by the cumbersome and expel sive system of the* appointment of receivers an marshalling of assets, as proposed by the platt tiffs In their complaint. BUIST & Boisr, Defendants'Attorneys. William Whaley, Esq., stated that he represen ed a number of the holders of city stock to large amount, and desired to be heard In ttl cause at the proper time, without answer. T nr. A nor ME N'T. General James Simons, in bis opening for th complainants, said that the case now presente an aspect very different from that which lt ha when the complaint was filed. Before proceei lng, however, he desired to have lt understoo that In no sense did the complainants think I proper that the debt due to the public by the cit should be repudiated. They believe the debt t ultimately good, and that there are principle which regulate thc liability or municipal corpora tions, and a machinery applicable thereto, willoi practically protects the holders of all city stock The principal ground of the complaint wa based upon a very high equity-that the com plainants were pledgees or mortgagees of certalt assets, solemnly set apart by an ordinance or thi City Council, to meet certain engagements bj that body; and they sought to protect themselvei from an Inconsiderate violation or that contract either by other creditors or by the Council. Whe: the Messrs. Gibbon obtained their judgment, il was in contemplation on their behalf to receive from the City Council, and In contemplation bj the City Council to transfer to them, at par, cer tam city stocks, which, according to our concep tion, came within the scope or the securities pledged by the ordinance or 1857, and we there, fore believed we had a right, aa the mortgagees ol this stock, to restrain both the creditor and the Council. That ls the mam equity or this com? plaint. We also said that the defendants were proceeding to levy upon other property of the :lty; but thc equity upon which we principally rested was that this pledged stock was to be di? verted from its purpose, and as the holders, by pledge or that stock, we claimed that we were en? titled to stay the hands of the City Council and of ;be Gibbons. The City Council have not answer id, and from this fact we assume that they in? tended so to do. While 1 am thus engaged, I will go a step forth ;r, though my associates may noe altogether ioncur in my views. The complaint alleges that he City Counoll are Insolvent. In one sense they ire. They have not the means of paying the debt it the city as It rails due. When the arrangement vas originally made, the Inhabitants ot Charles on were worth between forty and arty millions if dollars. At thc present time the real estate loes not amount to twenty millions or dollars, lt least onc-arth was destroyed by Ore, and the emalnder has deteriorated in value from causes ncldent to the late war. The people are there ore not In a condition to pay these large instal nents, extending from 1857 to 1893. The City "ouncll at this moment are unable to pay thc 1150.000 now due, or the $48,000 that will rall due a October, or the $50,000 that will fall due In Feb uarynext. The celerity with which thc present realtors have sued will naturally Induce others to ollow their example, and we may reasonably co ri? el ve of at least one hundred suits brought against hecity. Under these circumstances, I would sug ;est that your Honor make a temporary order pro ectlng this pledged stock, (which wiU satisfy the omplainants,) and then suspend the further dis? uasi?n of this case thirty, forty or fifty days. If iracticable, by the consent or the parties, a com? mission should then be appointed on behair or the illy Council and the creditors, before whom hould bc marshalled the assets applicable to the layment of the debt of the city, and by whom a cheme might be suggested for thc entire liquida? tors of the debt. My own opinion ls that thc rhole debt can be paid In thirty years, to which lme it should be continued, aud that the interest hould be paid In specie In quarterly Instalments -say five er six per cent. Such a plan would, I iclieve, raise the credit of the city, materially re? leve lt from the burden of taxation, harmonize he feelings of all Interested, and prevent a multi illcity or suits. L. W. Spratt, Esq!, counsel for complainants, call idthe attention or the court to the fact that there vere two equities In the case. His colleague General Simons) had referred to the special equi y or the creditors, protected by the ordinance >riS57, bat there was an equity or the general ircdltors to participate in the general assets of he city, on the assumption that the city was ln iolvent, 'and lt was doubtful whether their claims :onld be paid In full. They therefore claimed hat the present judgment creditors ought not to ake any portion of the property exclusively, but hat lt should be brought In and distributed pro .ala. Judge Carpenter said that the general creditors vere not before the court, ir the City Council >wed a debt, their path ot duty was clear, ir .hey railed to perform lt upon application, a man lamus would Issue compelling them to levy a tax, md ir they disregarded it they would be attached er contempt. Their business was to levy taxes, ind obtain the fonds to meet their obligations, or o exhaust their assets. In the present Instance :hc Council had made no effort. Mr. Spratt observed that while the power or as lessment might exist, ir the general creditors were not protected, then the equity occurred, in (vhich they asked the court to take possession ol thc fonds of thc city. The Judge stated that he could not do that until the general creditors made the request. But lt night be understood, first and last, that every lebt contracted by the City Council must be paid, md paid in full. At the present time, he could sot look beyond the two questions involved tn the pleading: First, can Gibbon ? Co. proceed to .xecute their levy upon the funds In the banks ! and, secondly, ought the City Council te be re? strained trom assigning or disposing or the stocks ?.sich lt ts alleged were pledged by the ordinance 3t 1857, for debts then contracted ? As to putting the City Council In bankruptcy, he had not the remotest Idea of doing lt. He must treat thc jase as it appeared in the complaint and answer. The complaint alleged that the city ls Insolvent. The answered denied it, and there waB no proof rf the fact. The foundation of a creditor's bill is the Insolvency of the debtor. There was not a particle or proor to show this. Mr. Whaley said he found the Court so well in? formed upon all the principles or law applicable to litis case, that it would be a waste or time to iwell upon thc subject or municipal corporations is had been his intention. Thc Judge remarked that the only question he trantcd to hear the counsel upon, was whether the city authorities should be enjoined rrom trans? ferring the securities. .Mr. Whaley stated that that was the point he would speak or, and it brought up the question what arc the remedies against municipal corpo? rations, and how are they to be pursued ? The court was asked to enjoin a solvent debtor but unless there was some extraordinary equity In the case, such a course of proceedings was not within the province of the court. Again, the court was asked to enjoin ths city rrom interfer? ing with a certain fund which ls In its possession. That interforence must be the result or certain legal principles. Now, what are the remedies against municipal corporations for violation or duty ? The Judge remarked that that question did not come up. The question was whether the credit? ors under the ordinanse of 1857, had a statutory lien on thc fonds named in the bill ? ir so, then should the City Council be enjoined rrom dis? posing or those fonds. Mr. Whaley contended, In illustration of his point, that thc only remedy against a municipal corporation was by qxto warranta or mandamus. If a creditor had a claim against the City Connell he should reduce it to a Judgmeat,levy his execu ! tion, and upon the return o? nulla bona, sm a mandamus to force them to collect the mo He then proceeded to show that LT anybody h lien oh the stock of the city, it was those to w: the city pledged its faith and capital, but refused to accept of the appointed periods na In the ordinance, that ls, ther creditors prto 18S7. That ordinance was passed giving a l lt was true, but it also contained a proviso I "nothing herein contained shall be construct prevent the Council from transferring the st from one corporation to another, or be constr to Interfere with any existing pledge, If party Interested therein may be disposed Insist." The Court observed that unless counsel cc find some ordinance specifically pledging payment of the stock represented by him, he not see how he could substantiate his claim, does not appear, and of course cannot be c sldered. Mr. Corbin, City Attorney, followed. He ci menced his argument by submitting an affldi by Mr. Thomas, the City Treasurer, setting fe that he was the custodian of the city funds, i that the monies deposited in the banks was the purpose of meeting certain appropriate made by ordinance, and for the payment the interest on city stock, dne in April, 1870. He then proceeded to demonstrate that the p ported levy made upon these funds was Irregn and void, as appeared from section 313 of Code. There could be no attachment of persoi property except by the taking of actual poss sion or lt by thc sheriff. The analogy was carr out in tlic next section in reference to real esta The levy, therefore, was nothing at all, and i city would care nothing about lt, ir the bar did not decline to pay the money. If they h disregarded thc levy, he would not have coi Into court. Again, that property was not subject to attac mont. By an ordinance ratified February : 1870, specific appropriations were made for spe Qc purposes, including the interest on thc pub] debt. By a subsequent ordinance, provision w made to raise supplies for the current fiscal yes The legal proposition was that'tnese fonds ha lng been raised by taxation, and specifically a proprlated -to certain purposes, they cannot reached In the manner attempted by any credit or the city. "Public monies raised by a mut cipal corporation, pursuant to law, by tax, for tl purposes or government, and in the hands or 1 fiscal officers, are not the property or a corpor tion, or a debt due to? lt within the meaning the statute entitling a judgment creditor or corporation to an order requiring the officer pay over the monies in satisfaction or the judi mont." 6 HUI, 531. (5 Abbott, 1M.) Judge Porter, or New York, personally informe him that many attempts had been made to sel: apon the fonds or that etty la this very manne but lt was decided by the Court or Appeals thi fonds raised by taxation, and appropriated I specific purposes, and In the hands or the fisc agent or the city, to be paid out for city purpose could not be reached by attachment. Making tt application more directly, lt was apparent that ?ny creditor could lay his hands npon the lund sf this city, specifically appropriated, he could di feat and destroy the administration of the got ernment. This very case Illustrated lt. Sin*: this levy had been made, the current expenses c the city could not be paid. Drafts of the Cit Treasurer upon tho funds deposited IQ the Firs National Bank to meet the Interest due npoi stock are refused payment. Official business 1 paralyzed, and If the evil continued, the city goi ernment Itself must be dissolved. The court hai Intimated a remedy against the oity, and it wa perhaps time that a mandamus Hes to compel City Council to pay a city debt. The Judge said that bis mind was very clea that the debt must bc paid In some way. Mr. Corbin said he did not deny that lt wa lust, but the question was how and when lt shal oe paid. The remedy was certainly of a difieren character from that which had been adopted Hon. J. B. Campbell said that Mr. Justice Sway ne once observed that "a right without i remedy is as ir it were not." That was precise!; what the City Council were doing in this case id mitt lug our rights, but denying our remedy The City Attorney had moved to set aside th levy made, first, because it was irregular and con trary to law, and secondly, because the property attempted to bc attached was public property. 1 there was any irregularity la the levy, he has no attempted to show lt. The Judge said he did not wish to hear counse on that point, as he was convinced that that levi was good, so for as the form was concerned. Mr. Campbell. Then the question to be consider ed is, whether the debt dne by these banks cah it money-lying there to the credit ortho city ls subject to execution. That ls the Issue. .W< deny it. The Judge. The irregularity or the levy ls the point 1 am deslrlous or hearing you upon. Mr. Campbell read rrom the Code, sections 310 259, 323 and 293, and continuing his argument Bald: Now, the proposition or the City Connell ls that we have levied npsn fonds which they In tended to apply to some other purpose than tn. payment or our debt. It is an admitted fact tha thc debt of the city ls upwards or five raillions o dollars, and that these fonds were for the pay ment or the Interest thereon. It is equally knowr that they have taken away rrom that interest one sixth, and yet they come here and claim that w< oannot take our .pay. They-they have wltheld a reserve fond rrom the interest money, more than enough in amount to pay our execution, and yet they claim it is a fond specially appro prlated. It is like the reply or a debtor who re foses to pay his honest debt-no, sir, yon cnnnoi take that money, because, In my Intention, it ls ap propriatcd to the support or my ramlly. ir we gc to White Point we are told that that ls dedicatee: to music and the ladies; ir wc go to tu thc Ar teslan Well, we arc told that that is dedicated tc another purpose, and so on. It would be iinpos sible to find any property which it would suit the reluctant debtor to transfer. These Aldermen then, have no right to levy taxes for a sp?cifie purpose, and then wlthold Us application to thai purpose. Municipal property ls not public property, and this ls lu answer to the second point of the City Attorney-lt is the property or that which is known to the law as nothing more nor less than a mere individual. The property or the City ol Charleston has no more exemption before youl Honor than that or any person who hears me, The City Council are here simply as individuals, As regards the question or previous dedication, 1 submit there ls no proor of such previous dedica? tion of these fonds. There ls no connection be? tween tho pledge of this property and the allega? tion that it ls public property. Finally, what we ask your Honor to do ls to order the payment or the Judgment. The court may do so in any manner lt pleases; but, wc sub? mit, you cannot, in law, set aside thc levy on thc ground that the fonds were appropriated for some specific purpose, unless you go further and give us an order by which thc debt can be paid. Hon. John Phillips, in the courseofhls remarks, said it was a mistake to suppose that his clients had been hasty in this matter. The fact was quite to the contrary. When these bonds and certificates became due, the representatives of the widow and children, in thc most respectful man? ner, waited upon thc then Mayor for consultation and advice. They were told that before a Judg? ment could bc obtained, some arrangement would be made. Such, however, was not the case. Atlast they have got hold or ihe fonds, and why should not these parties be paid ? It was said that the City council is a corporate body, but did that make it superior to a natural body? Was not the artificial body mad* to as? sume liabilities for which the natural body is re? sponsible ? When they would seize on real proper? ty, the complainants are told-this ls real proper? ty; you must not touch that. The Code, the Code says you must go to personal property. Now that they had seized personal property, this arti? ficial body, by its counsel, says yon cannot touch this, because 1 will read you law which says that money raised by taxation for municipal purposes ls not thc property or a corporation, ls not the conclusion irresistible that the City Council can contract debts, and when asked for pay, to put themselves beyond the power or the creditor to collect ? Hts Honor sst there to protect the Interests of the community, and had wisely said the city could not and should not be insolvent, with a debt of only fire millions and assets amounting to thirty millions, bat nevertheless there had been a degree of cruelty In some of these proceedings which inflicted su nen a g CR the aged and infirm. They owned city stock; in some cases, it was their only resource, and when they read in the papers that the city was insolvent, and they would no more obtain their mite of interest, lt destroyed their last hope, and sent grief Into households where the tears that fell were wept by starving women and children. All important it was that confidence should be restored; that the city debt should be paid, and justice rule, though the elements rage. Hon. B. F. Dunkin said it was evident that the court clearly comprehended the question at issue. If thc executors of Gibbon have obtained a judg? ment against the City Council, it ought to be paid by that body, if they have property not other? wise appropriated, and there was no reason why the executors could not levy upon such property. But the approved mode&that which has been practiced-was the one suggested by his Honor. If the City Council would not pay their debts, the court wm compel them to do so. There was a number of cases in which persons had obtained judgments against corporations in various parts of the country, and the corporations, not having property that the creditor could put his hands upon, were ordered by the courts to tax property for the purpose. In the present Instance the city claim that the available property in the banks is money raised for a specific purpose. It is just as much so as If It had been appropriated to pay the executors of Gibbon, and a third party had come in and claimed a share, on the ground that he was a creditor and that this was public property to which he was entitled, in common with the other. Unless the city ls protected In these specific ap? propriations, lt would be difficult to carry on the government, but let lt at the same lime be un? derstood that lt shall pay its debt. Then confi? dence will be restored in the public mind, and neither the executors of Gibbon, nor anybody else, will find difficulty in securing their just dues. T?e British Government has a debt which, proba? bly, never will be paid, bat because lt ls under? stood that the Interest ls promptly paid, the se? curities of that country command the confidence of the civilized world. THE DECISION. Thc Judge. There may be some difference be? tween an individual and a corporation with re? spect to funds of this character. This portion of the controversy I do not intend to decide now. But as regards the first branch of the case, the ordinance of 1857 appears to me to make a statu? tory pledge of assets In the hands, of the City Council for the payment of a loan created by that Instrument. Therefore the city can and will be enjoined from disposing of these stocks so ' pledged. I understand lt ls admitted on all sides that the executors of Gibbon are entitled to payment. The question ls whether they are pursuing the right re? medy-whether these funds, dedicated by ordi? nance to certain specific uses, are the subject of levy by an individual creditor. That ls a point ' which I do not at present decide. Mr. Whaley inquired whether creditors prior i to 1857 were to be excluded from participation in these same securities. j The Judge. If a prior creditor had a Ucn upoa i the same fund, lt would be just as wrong for the Council to dispose of that fund as lt would In the case of those who claim directly under the ! ordinance of 1857. But no other ordinance has 1 been called to my attention, which makes a spe- ] cific pledge of stocks. The Court announced that he would render his decision on the undetermined point at an early day. A HANDSOME CAR.-The Augusta papers no? tice the arrival of Major Tyler, vice-president of the Sonth Carolina Railroad, and general super? intendent Peake, in that city on Thursday nfght, In an elegant car, the "Pennsylvania," fitted up In the most complete style, with all the comforts and conveniences of a hotel. This splendid car was presented to Major Tyler on the occasion of his retiring from the Pennsylvania Central Rail? road to accept hts present position. OFF TO SAVANNAH.-Yesterday morning the following named companies left .iierc for Savan? nah, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad: -Etna, Phoenix and German Steam Fire Compa? nies, with their steamers, Hook and Ladder Com? pany, Ko. 2, with their truck, and delegations from Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, washing? ton and Pioneer Steam Fire Companies. The Ger? man Company carried Muller's band. The fire? men were accompanied to the depot by a large number of their brethren. We hope to hear of our boys carrying off some of the laurels in the contest, which takes place In Savannah to-day. - SUPREME COURT.-The court met in Colum? bia at 10 A. M. on Friday. Present-Chief Justice Moses aud Associate Justices Willard and Wright. Blease and Baxter, for another, vs. Simeon Pratt was continued. The case of Silas Johnstone, commissioner, plaintiff in error, vs. T. H. Crooks, et al, defend? ants in error, was continued. The case of William Gunter, by his next friend, vs. Ellen Gunter and J. H. Suher, administrator, was resumed. Mr. Baxter for appellees. Mr. Jones In reply. The case of Thomas F. Harman, plaintiff la error,' vs. Bennett Wallace, defendant In error, was heard. Mr. Baxter for plaintiff. Mr. Jones for defendant. Mr. Sullivan on the s.imeslde. The first circuit will be called to-m-vrow. Thc slave debt coses will be taken up on Thurs? day, May 5th. The court met at 10 A. M., Saturday. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justices Wil? lard and Wright. The chief justice delivered the jadgment of the court in the case of the State ex rel. Benjamin D. Townsend, presldeut ol theCherawand Salisbury Railroad Company, ct al, vs. Henry Mciver, pres? ident, and John Mciver, secretary and treasurer, of thc Chcraw and Darlington Railroad Company. Application for writ of mandamus. Mandamus granted. Opinion to be filed hereafter. Mr. Sullivan resumed his argument for defend? ant In error In the case of James F. Harman va. Bennett Wallace. Mr. Fair was heard lu reply. At 3 P. M. thc court adjourned until Tuesday next, 3d of May, at io A. M. W ii A T OF TUE WEEK ?-CONVENTIONS, AMUSEMENTS, io.-The varions conventions, ex? hibitions, Ac, which are to take place In Charles? ton this week, will attract a large crowd or visi? tors to the city. With a view or furnishing Infor? mation to those who may come, we publish the place and hours of meeting of the various Institu? tions, and also what amusements the delegates and others will be allowed to enjoy after trans? acting ror the day the business which calls them here.] The Agricultural aud Immigration Convention will meet to-morrow In the Academy or Music. The Floral Exhibition of the Charleston county Agricultural aud Horticultural Society will be opened at the same place to-morrow evening at 8 e'dock. W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., will deliver the opening address. This exhibition and also the convention will contluue two or three days. The special meeting of the stockholders or thc South Carolina Railroad, and the Southwestern Railroad Bank, will be held at 12 M., to be con? vened In thc hall or the Southwestern Railroad Bank. During the week the Richings Opera Troupe will remain herc, and nightly render a charming opera at the Academy of Mu3lc. On Thursday arteruoon, Professor Kln^r-who has made one hundred and forty-three bwtoon ascensions, will "go up" again from the Citadel Green. Thc steamer Emilie will make an excurson on Wednesday and Thursday morniugs to Drayton Hall and the Phosphate Works. She will also make au excursion around the harbor to-morrow, at 4 o'clock P. M. B V 8 I N ES 8 8 NOTICES. A. C. KAUPMAN has for sale $25,000 Farmers' and Exchange Bank hills. SPECIAL NOTICE TO TUE LADIES.-A fresh, supply of the "Can't Break 'em" corset steels, at A. R. STILLMAN'S Dry Goods House, No. 281 King street. BILL HEADS printed on fine paper at S3, $4, $5, $? 50 and $8 50 per thousand, according to size, at THE NEWS Job Office. THE RIGHT KIND OP ENTERPRISE.-Wilson,, the active and wide-awake grocer, whose cheap establishment at the corner of Anson and Society streets has already become as a household word In every economical family, is steadily bail ding up a fine business. With a good 'stand, the rent of which does not eat np the lion's share of the profits, his shrewdness and good judgment m making purchases and his uniform habit of giving his customers groceries of good quality and fall weight, at prices but very slightly In advance of the lowest wholesale rates, have fairly won for his store the reputation of being the cheapest re? tail grocery on the eastern side of the city. His other advantages, however, might have been, In a great measure, lost upon the general public, were lt not for the tact he has displayed In select? ing an advertising medium that everybody reads, and his pluck, Ingenuity and persistence In keep? ing the peculiar Inducements he can offer con? stantly before the eyes of buyers, in Bhort, point? ed and business-like advertisements. That's the way to succeed. ^_ THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT IS now, we trust, fairly over, and spring suits for gentlemen as well as ladies, are in order. Mat tuteasen, the veteran Charleston clothier and dealer in fur? nishing goods, is now opening a fresh stock of very attractive styles and patterns, bought at low prices since the decline in gold, and which are offered at correspondingly reduced rates. Read his advertisement, In to-day's paper. TONSORIAL.-A. E. Marshall, the polite and popular Broad street barber, having removed to a new stand next west of the telegraph Office, ls prepared to serve bis old customers and as many more as thc greater publicity and convenience of his present s tami wdl bring. Unction 9aks--(?!)i6 darj. BylT^aMcGILLlV??i^ Auctioneer. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION against thc property, to mc directed and de? livered, will be sold THIS DAY, the 2d of May instant, at ll o'clock A. M., on the premises No. 146 St. Phillp street, east side, near Spring street, All the right, title and interest of the defendant In a GBIST MILL, with fixtures and apparte? nances, consisting of Fanning Mill, Straw Cut? ters, Grist Beams, Cora Sieves, Grindstone, Ac. ALSO, A HORSE, Wagon, Harness, License, Ac. Levied cn and to be sold as the property of H. Albers, at the salt of Stenhouse A Co. Terms cash. E. W. M. MACKEY, m ay 2_Sheriff C. 0. By A. C. McWIXIYRAY, Auctioneer. BY VEiTUE OF A WRIT OF FIERI FA? CIAS to me directed and delivered, wilt be sold THIS DAY. at the northeast corner of the Courthouse, the 2d of May, at 12 o'clock, - AU the right, title^nd Interest of the defendant In au that PLANTATION or Tract of Land situate In St. James Santee, containing one thousand ic res, more or less; bounding north by Santee River, west by estate of Sam Palmer, south and east by Lands of Jackson Bayleys. ALSO, All that PLANTATION known as "Webdo," ia St. Stephen's Parish, containing one thousand acres, more or less; bounding north by Santee River, south by Lands of the estate of Jack Pal? mer, west by Lands of Crawford, and east by Lands of Dr. Bannister. Levied on and to be sold as the property res? pectively of Catherine Blake and J. D. Barnett, at the suit of Ann V. Vanvelson. ALSO, At the same time and place, All the right, title and Interest or the defendant In all that PIECE OF LAND situate on the east side of St. Phillp street, between Rodgers alley and Line street, with the Wooden Buildings there? on, known as the Nos. 162, 164,166, 168,170,172, 174, 176 and 178. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Dledrlch Buhre, at the several suits of Robert Ad ger and Robert Adger, agent. Terms of the above Bales cash. may2 E. W. M. MACKEY, S. C. C. QUction Sates-Suture mags. ^HSrOToAKES^ COMFORTABLE TWO STORY BRICK Honse, north side Berresford street. W1U be sold, on TUESDAY, 3d Instant, near the Old Postoffice, at ll o'clock. The two story Brick and Tin Roof DWELLING, north side Berresford street, first house east of Archdale street. The House has been recently built, and is in good order. On the lot is a Kitchen, besides a Cistern and Well. Lot 36 feet front and 84 feet deep. Conditions-Kalf cash; balance in one year; with interest. Building to be Insured and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps._may2 By Z. B. OAKES. COMFORTABLE RESIDENCE FOR A small family, on the east side of Meeting Will'be sold on TUESDAY, 3d May, near the Old Postotflce, at ll o'clock. That Two Story Wooden DWELLING, No. 176, east side ot Meeting street, containing 4 square and 2 attic rooms, besides a large pantry and dressing room. On the premises ls a commodi? ous kitchen.' The Lttt measures 31 feet 6 Inches front, and 135 feet In depth. The premises may be examined at any time be? fore the sale. Conditions-Half cash; balance in one year, with Interest. Dwelling to be Insured and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps._apr30 By J. A. ENSLOW & CO. SUGAR AND MOLASSES. On TUESDAY MORNING, 3d instant, at ll o'clock, will be sold on Patmetto Wharf, 40 li lids GROCERY SUGARS 400 bbls New Crop Cuba Molasses 20 hhds Superior Muscovado Molasses. may2_ By ff. Y. LEITCH _& BU S. BRUNS, Auctioneers. TENEMENT HOUSE, Nos. 6 AND 8, MI? NORITY STREET, on TUESDAY, Ma." 3d, at ll o'clock, ta front of the Old PostoWce, will be sold, The TENEMENT BUILDING and LOT in Minority street, containing 8 rooms, known as No. 6 and 8 Terms casu. Purchaser to pay us for papers and stamps._apr30 By A. C. McGILLIYRAY, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE. In the Court of Common Pleas, Charleston County-John and Theodore Getty vs. Edmund A. Souder & Co. By virtue of an order of the Hon. R. B. Carpen? ter, Circuit Judge, will bc sold on FRIDAY, the 6th day of May, 1870, at the Old Customhouse, at ll o'clock A. M., " _f__ THC two (2) Steamboats, known as the "GenOH HOOKER" and "W. W. FRAZIER." ~aw The "General Hooker" measures sixty-eight .3-100 tons, and the "W. W. Frazier" measures one hundred and ninety-two 75-100 tons. Tho said Steamboats will be sold as they now lie, at Bennett's Wharf, in the City of Charleston, and eau be there examined. Terras-One-fourth cash; balance In approved endorsed notes, with Interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent, per annum; payable In six, nine and twelve mouths. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. E. W. M. MACKEY", aprSO-smTC_Sheriff Charleston County. By A. c. MCGILLIVRAY, Auctioneer. UNDER DECREE IN EQUITY. Henry C. Guerln, Bxeoutocof John BeUln ger, vs. Samuel F. Cromwell. wm bc sold tn front of the Old Customhouse, on TUESDAY. May the loth Inst., at ll o'clock A. M., All that PIECE OF LAND, With the buildings and improvements thereon, situate on the west side of Franklin street, nearly opposlto the Ma? rine Hospital, in the City or Charleston, extend? ing through to South street on the west, with an alley known as "Cromwell's Terraae," running through so much of the said Land as is now di? vided Into Lots, or built upon, measuring and containing upon the north and south lines 550 feet more or less, and ou Franklin street to the east', and on Smith street to the west, 73 reet 6 inches, more or less; bounded north by Lands of _Burdell and Phillp Gunn, south by Lands of R, W. Seymour, cost by Franklin street, and west bv Smith street. '"Terms-One-quarter cash; balance In one, two and three years, secured by bond with a mort? gage of the premises. Buildings to be insured and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay for papera and stamps. E. W. M. MACKEY, apjgjj fmw3tu5_S. C. C. R. BI. MARSHALL & BRO. WOODEN TENEMENT, No. 6 PITT STREET. _ ,_ On TUESDAY, May 3, at ll o'clock, will be sold at the Old Postotflce. Broad street. The above DWELLING, containing four or five Rooms, with Kitchen, Ac. Lot 20 by 8. feet, more Or 16S3 Terms-Third cash; balance in ?ne*?* twn? years, secured as usual. Purchaser to pay for pa? pers and stamp*. aPr26 tufm4 By L0??S I). DESAUSS?RE. SULLIVAN'S ISLAND LOTS. For sale-Two of the most valuable LOTS on sullivan's Island, west or the Fort, Apply as above, a? No. 23 Broad street. apr30 2