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T^12?S!?^p:EE:l0 NOON DESPATCHES. . THE ORLEANS , VlUN?ttd SEATED-H HENAU THREATENS A LIBJ?L SUIT, 40 , AO. .LISBON, December 10.-Tko proas of the OJ ty show mu oh anxiety over the largely, i u or eased emigration of work men to the United .States, and. reooui moud remedial measures, ti PARIS, December 19.-The Dake d' Ap male and Prince de Join ville took their Reata in the National Assembly to day. They .sst in tbo cou tro of the members ot the Bight. Thoir appearance created no sensation ia the body. A bill has been introduced providing for the release of Oommouiat prisoners who held no raak. SANDRINGHAM, December 20.-The coarse of bis recovery is uninterrupted. His condition is satisfactory to his phy? sicians. LONDON, December 20.-John O. Hee nan threatens the Heuler Nows Company with a libel snit, for connecting bis name with the voucher tbefta. fr American irviciuuemc J NOON DESPATCHES. CIVIL SBBVIOH REFORM- HEAVY BRIBE- I ROBBERS AND A MURDER LYNCHED MBS. WHARTON'S TRIAD, AO., AO. WASHINGTON, December 19.-The Pre? sident's message asks for additional legis? lation upon the civil service. Under the law constituting the commission, the authority is vested in the President to eaforoe their regulations, bat they are not binding upon him, and ?may be dis? regarded by his successors. He recom? mends a permanent board of primary examination, and asks for all th*e strength Congress can give him to carry out re? forms recommended by the committee. *. . CHICAGO, December 10.-Small-pox is . increasing, bat it is mostly among emi? grants. M.YTAMORAS, .December 20.-Insurgent sympathizers here are stimulated by the occupation of Burgos by the revolution? ists, and may commence hostilities at apy moment. The occupation of Burgo? | by, a small force initiates the revolution in the State of Tamaalipaa. WASHINGTON, December 20.-The Se? nate passed aa appropriation for ex peases ander the treaty of Wsahington. A bill regarding the Louisiana election waa transferred from tho Judiciary to the Committee on Elections and Privi? leges. In the House, the Committee on Civil Service was directed to inquire into the expediency of a law for the eleotion of postmasters hy the people. The post route bill was passed. Thu labor and education bill was resumed. SALT LAKE, December 20.-A heavy snow storm prevails in the mining ca none. Three or moro feet fell. Commu? nication is difficult. MEMPHIS, December 20.-A man lurk? ing around the prison where the express robbers wero confined, in Union, Tenn, killed one policeman and wounded an? other; bat, subsequently, the larker was ! caught by disguised men, who broko the jail, killed the express robber, Levi Far? rington, and hang the lurker, who ia named Zoler, from Kentucky. MOUNT CARMEL, PA., December 20. The iron works here were destroyed by j fire. NEW TOBE, December 20.-No arrests last night. The grand jury was called this morning, on important information received by the foreman. A Herald speoial says it is suspeoted that the statement of a oase by the United States, before the Geneva Com? mission, lost ia November, fell into the hands of the British, who used it to the disadvantage of the United States. The Times says it is evident that Mayor Hall has friends among the grand jury, who, step by step, fight the indict? ment of Hall. A meeting of tho Committee of Se? venty resolved that it had not changed its views; that Mayor Hall and Wm. M. Tweed should resign. The oommittee had entertained no compromise. Mr. Collinder, National Bank Exami? ner, has been arrested, oharged with re? ceiving a bribe of 875,000 from the Ocean Bank. NIGHT DESPATCHES. NEW YORK, December 20.-The fune? ral of Henry T. Tuokoman, to-day, was attended by many literary mourners. The remains were taken to Boston for in? terment in the family vault, at Mount | Auburn Cemetery. Eighteen persons have been added tc the medical staff to fight tho small? pox. Several streets ia Williamsburg have been dosed to travel as infected. A St. Thomas speoial says the Florida has sailed, aonvoyed by the gun-boat | Shawmut. The Spanish war vessels did not interfere. Congressional inquiry into the general order of business oxoites muoh interest among importers. The ventilation of startling extortions is expeoted. Oollender's bail is $20,000. Patriok Flynn was murdered near his residence in Hoboken, last night. CINCINNATI, Dooember 20.-Hon. John Morrissey saes John Kilgore, a promi? nent capitalist of this city, for $10,000 1 advanced on a speoial request to Kilgore. On dit, a debt of honor. ANNAPOLIS, December 20.-Dr. Wil? liams testified that at the request of the State authorities he had, lase Saturday, disinterred Ketohnm, and bronght away his liver, one kidney, the spleen and six inches of the intestine wbioh joins the stomaoh. Medical evidence accumulates that Ketohum didn't die a natural death. CONCORD, December 20.-Bishop Baker is dead; aged fifty-nine years. BALTIMORE, Dooember 20.-Robert M. Smith, before the District Court, charged with embezzling United States funds, was acquitted. roRTLAND, ME., Deoember 20.-Ma combs, proprietor of the Preblo House, suicided to-day. CINCINNATI, December 20.-Tho steam? er America, heavily luden, from Mem? phis hither, is ice-bound near here, on the Kentucky side. 0 WASHINGTON, December 20,-A dele? gation of the Daughters of Cuba called upon the President to-day. They report a very satisfactory interviow. From Sumner and Banks, they received many promises of consideration after the holi? days in Oougress. The surveyors of distilleries, 300 in number, have been discharged. Their functions will hereafter bo performed by assistaot assessors. In the Senate, a resolution allowing the Retrenchment Committee to hold a session in New York was adopted. Da? vis offered a resolution directing tho oommittee to make inquiries covering the whole ground of alleged corruption. Edmonds objected. Morton wanted the resolution adopted to squelch lies. The resolution went over. Robertson called up the Henee?smneaffr JhUU, Baokiug hum, chairman '.of lt?, pew Betrenpu mont OomtolJttjM, ???rw??wr8eIy'? thought, T^r;^*lH^|^^^^~^?|tId bill. Scott, obairmau of tho K?t Klox Committee. Mf^W?WM'^?ET>>?' a pretext for Ka Klux outrages. Wilson announced- that he would Tote foti the bill, not ae a matter of right or expedi? ency, bot as a matter of grabe and meroy. Morton moved en, amendment, that the amnesty sboold-not be retroactivo as re? gards Un i ted States offioials. Ad jo u med wit bout .action. In the Hoijse, the Post mas ter-General Was called upon for the ?ames and oir oumatanoes of straw bid? for 8*outberu mail contracts, with partioolars of sub? sequent awards. A resolution regretting the execution of the Havana Sthdents, at the request o! Banks, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.. Tho la? bor oommisaion was resumed. An. amondmont requiring one commissioner tobe practica liv i den ti fl ed with the la* boring ?nteresV and limiting tbe term of the oommisaion to ono y ear, was adopted. Cox moved an amendment, that tbe oommissionere be chosen regardless of political pr partisan considerations, whioh waa adopted. The bill passed by 131 to 36. The bill, as passed, provides for three commissioners, who shall hold for one year; tbe commissioners to be from civil lifo-ono practically identified with the laboring interests; and the ap? pointments to be irrespective of politice. Tbe President nominates ami tho Ronato OOD firms. Probabilities-Falling barometer and cloudy weather, with rising'temperature, will probably prevail on Thursday, West of Michigan and Alabama, with rain or snow in Dakota and Wyoming Territo? ries. Fresh North-westerly winds, with f alli og temperature and - clear weather, will continue from Florida to Virginia. The area of gr* atesl cold, will '-'extend over Pennsylvania and New England, with continued North-westerly winde in the Middle and Eastern States. The Secretary of the Treasury gives notice that interest on the following bouds'(live-twenties) ceasea March 20, 11872, known as- ooo pon bonds, second I series, Act of February 25, 1872, viz: Fifties, from | No. 5,461 to 10,775, inclu? sive; hundreds, from No. 13.094 to No. 25,935; five hundreds, from No. 7,965 to No. 16,179; thousands, from No. 11,121 to No. 37,453; total $10.000,000; also, registered fifties, from No. 698 to No. 840; hundreds, from No. 5,080 to 50,991; five hundred*, from No; 2,484 to No. 2,958; thousands, from No. 1,109 to No. 13,150; five thousands, from No. 3,403 to No. 4,102; ten thousands, from No. 3,900 to No.'4,774; total $4,000,000. LEGISLATIVE PHOCEEDIWOS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1871. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 M., President BanBier in tbe Chair. Tho following bills were introduced: Mr. Nash-Bill to incorporate tbe Broad Hiver Bridge Company. Mr*. Beckman -To amend the Aot in? corporating the Salamander Fire Eugine Company, of Georgetown. Mr. Whittemore-To amend an Act entitled "An Aot to regulate the drawing of juries." Mr. Hayes-To incorporate the Bed Bank Manufacturing Company, of Lex? ington. Mr. Smalls-For the relief of Beau? fort County. The Committee on Engrossed Bills re? ported the following bills and joint reso? lutions BS ready for a third reading: Bill to. regulate pilotage at the ports of Charleston and Beaufort; joint resolu? tion to authorize the State Treasurer to re-issue a Certificate'of State etook to B. S. Porcher; bill to incorporate the town of Chesterfield. * '~ 'l ' 1 A number of bills and joint resolu? tions were received from tho House, ? road and referred. Concurrent r?solution, by Mr. Hayue, that the State flag, which floats over the State House, be designated aa the Senate flag. The following joint resolutions and bills were passed : Joint resolution au? thorizing J. A. Mayes, exeoutor, to sell I certain lands, and apply the proceeds thereof to the education of minor heirs; [ bills to punish persons engaged in the business of lotteries* and tbe sale of lot? tery tickets; to require circuit solicitors to attend tho sessions of the General Assembly, and to define their duties while so attending; to charter the town of Belton, in Anderson County; to re? charter the fefry over the Combahee Biver; joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to purchase a set of fire and burglar-proof doors for the vault in his oflioe; bill to amend an Aot entitled "An Act to grant the use of a vacant lot in tho town of Columbia to Palmetto Lodge, No. 5, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, on certain conditions," with certain amendments. A bill to amend tbe first clause, seo tion 25, Titlo III, of an Aot entitled "An Aot to revise, simplify and abridge tbe roles, practice, pleadings and forms of courts in this State," was laid on the table. At 1 o'clock P. M., tho Senate ad? journed until to-morrow, at 12 M. HOUSE OF BEPBESENTAT1VES. The House met at 12 M., Speaker Moses iu tho Chair. The Sonate returned to the House a bill to make appropriation for the pay? ment of the per diem and mileage of tho members of tbe General Assembly, and tbe salaries of subordinate officers, and other expenses incidental thereto. The resolution of Mr. Bowen, relative to tbe impeachment of Gov. Bobert K. Scott, was taken np, and occupied tbe attention of the House op to 5 o'clock P. M., when tbe Honse adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. The mother of twenty-six children, whose buiband is an invalid, called at the Miohigan State Land Office a few days since, and from the proceeds of cranberries she bad pioked dnring tbe past fall, paid tbe remainder due tho State upon ber little farm in Shiawassee County. As a rule, invalid husbands should not surround themselves with more than twenty-five children-except in a cranberry country. [Cincinnati Commercial, Imitation jewelry is no longer worn by ladies who are able to afford anything butter, as nearly every woman of the poorer class oan now be soon with large caringa and bracelets of the bright French gilt. The Prinoo of Wales will undoubtedly recover, but it is doubtful whether or not he will ever reoeive forgiveness at the hands of the leading obituary writers of Earope and America. "Brief and blunt" ia the compliment paid to Akerman's letter of resignation. .y. ..^ From Calpa. TjRXON 0. H.; December 12, 1871. I ?i?. EDITOB: My ui ?ont iou bas boon cal led to a letter publiehed in tho Colum? bia Union * few dava ago, purporting to express the sep t?mente, of many fellow-' citiaona touohing Gor. Soott'o appoint? ments in this County, bis message, ko. ? great many citizens, I may safely say, are unwilling that the sentiments-the thanks tendered nfs Excellency-should bc placed to their o^odit. The Kn Klux Committee and Gov. Scott have, more than once, said ibat a man oonld count on his fingers the decent wbito Radicale of Union County; and where the many are to be found who will approve any-j thin# Gov. Scott has done in or for this County, I am at a loss to determine. Ono thing is certain, if .ho appointed are competent tbey did not get their ap? pointments through other than Radical influence The two vacancies for County Commie-, sioners were filled months ago by a fair election, under Gov. Scott's order. He refused to commission tbe gentlemen elected. Ho refused to accept the resig? nation of an incompetent negro, but when it suited bim he appointed two persono to the office-one a carpet-bag? ger, the other, a very good fellow, a ne? gro, bnt incomp?tent to even understand bia duties. I have-heard no objection-to the Judge of Probate's appointment. That waa a rather ' unfortunate touch of the pen about hid Excellenoy'a effecting re? forms in the management of the State finances. The Governor's reforms, how? ever, always lean to the interests of his ring, and may cause solicitude to a good many. Bub tbe information that "all this talk abt>nt the hardships to the peo? ple is the merest nonsense," and that "it is clear to the most ordinary mind that any man who can't ?nd tho means of paying bis taxes by tbe 15th of January, will not pay them at all," ko., will cer? tainly strike every farmer of the country, with his empty corn-crib, short wheat crop and half cotton crop, as a remark coming from some carpet-bagger, who is ignorant, wilfully, of the true stuto of tho oouutry, or some fortuuito indivi? dual, who is not dependent upon tbe preoious labor of freedmen for his means. Every man is entitled to bis opinion and to the freedom of expres? sion; bat tho scion of our old family most hail from some other region than this, or bis stand-point is so far above the ignoble vulgar, that be has not been able to appreoiato tbe true condition of the poorer classes. A CITIZEN OF UNION. Financial and Commercial. COLUMBIA, 8. C., December20.-Salea of cotton daring tho pa?t two days, dboat 400 bales-middling 18}? @ 18 -'?c. LONDON, December 20--Noou.-Con? sols 92%. Bonds 92!u'. PARIS, December 20.-Rentes 56f. 50c. LIVERPOOL, Deoember 20-3 P. M. Cotton opened heavy-uplands 9%@10; Orleans 10%; sales 12,000 bales; specu? lation and export 3,000. , LIVERPOOL. December 20-Evening. Cotton closed heavy-uplands 9%@10; Orleans 10%. NEW YORK, December 20-Noon. Sales of futures, last evening, 3,200 bales, as follows: December 19%, 19%; Jan nary 19%; February 20?*,, 19%, 20%; Maroh 20%, 19%, 20 7-1G, 20;?; April 20K; May 20%. Flour dull and 5@10c. lower. Wheat doll and nomi? nally lower. Corn dull and declining. Pork steady-mess 13.50@13.62. Lard quiet, at 9%@9>?. Cotton qniet-up? lands 20; Orleuns 20%; sales 700 bales. Freights heavy. Stocks strong and steady. Gold dull and heavy, at 8%@ 8%. Governments dall nuc? steady. Money tight, nt 7 1-1G. Exchange long 9%; short 9%. 7 P. M.-Cotton quiet; sales 3,772 bales-uplands 20%; Orleans 20%. Flour dull and declining-common to fair extra 6.50@7.25; good to cboioe 7.30@9.25. Whiskey nctive, at 94. Wheat strongly favors buyers-winter red Western 1.68@1.57. Corn favors buyers, at 76J<?@77%; white Southern 79. Bice firm, at 8%. Beef steady. Lard activo, at 8%(o)9%. Freights heavy.. Money olo9ed at 7, currency to gold. Discounts 10@12. Tho flow of currency Sooth and West has increased. Gold 8%@9. Governments off %?%o. and very weak. Tennessees, old and new, G2; North Carolinas 30; new 13. Sales of futures, to-day, 8'J5 bales, us follows: Deoember 19 1-16, 19%; Janu? ary 19%, 19%, 19 13-16, 19 11-16, 20; February 20, 20%, 20%, 20 3-16, 20%. 20%; Marob 20%, 20 5-16, 20J?, 20%. 20 9-16; April20%, 20%, 20 11-16, 20%; May 20%. CHARLESTON, December 20.-Cotton quiet and steady-middling 18%@10; receipts 1,905 bales; sales 100; stock 27,315. WILMINGTON, December 20.-Cotton firm-middling 19; receipts 503 bales; sales 87; stock 4,123. MOBILE, Deoember 20.-Cotton quiet -middling 17%@19; receipts 619 bales; salea 1,000; stock 56,555. PmT.Anirr.pTTTA , December 20.-Cotton firm-middling 20%. ST. LOUIS, December 20.-Flour, oom and pork dull. Bacon and lard closed weak. CINCINNATI, Decoraber 20.-Flour family 6.76@6.90. Corn steady, at 44@ 46. Pork weak, st 13.25. Lard weak kettle 9%. Bacon-full prices asked ; no demand; shoulders OJjJ; sides 7%@7%. Whiskey steady, at 00. LOUISVILLE, December 20.-Bagging quiet. Provisions quiet and firm. Whis? key 90. AUGUSTA, Deoember20.-Cotton strong -middling 18%; receipts 1.500 bales; sales 1,000. BOSTON, Deoember 20.-Cotton dull middling 18%; receipts 800 bules; sales 800; stock 8,000. GALVESTON, December 20.-Cotton weak-good ordinary 17%@17%; re? ceipts 183 bales; sales 750; stock 3*7,875. SAVANNAH, Deoember 20. -Cotton firm -middling 18%; receipts 4,243 bales; sales 1,100; stock 75,350. NORFOLK, December 20.-Cotton firm -low middling 18% ($18%; receipts 1,971 bales; sales 200; stock 8,725. BALTIMORE, December 20.-Cotton firm-middling 19}?; receipts 719 bales; sales 695; stock 3,504. NEW ORLEANS, December 20.-Cotton irregular-middling 19%; receipts 8,778 bales; sales 7,000; stock 142,898. Flour scarce and firmer-superfine7.25; double 7.75; treble 8.00@8.25. Corn scarce and firmer, at 97%(?)1.00. Pork doll, at 14.75. Bacon dull, at 8@8% sugar oared hams 15@15%. Lard quiet tierce 9%@9% ; keg 1?%@10%. Sugar dall aud easier-superfine 6%@6%; oommon to good common 7@7%; fair to fully fair 7%@7%; pr?me 9@9%. Mo laasoa iu good demand; better grades Armera-inferior 20@30; common 31@ 89: fair 35@3?; prime iVQ?2, strictly primo to choice 48@46,. Whiskey and coffee u?ohan'ged. The Appeal to tile legislature. Memorial of the* Mayor nud Aldermen ' of tho city of Columbia, to the Gene? ral A&embly Of the Stute of Sooth Carolina, praying tho passage of a bill authorizing the lae no of oily bonds. These memorialists r espoo t ru Hy show: That tbe gross misrepresentations, de? liberately and repeatedly put forth by its editor, Mr. J. P. Thomas, in tbe columns of the Pnossrx,- a daily newspaper pub? lished in tho oity of Colombia, concern? ing ? bill now before the General Assem? bly, asking that authority*be granted to your memorialists to issne oity bonds, produced, as they believe, tho protost, against tho passage thereof, of certain citizens, ni ot in publio meeting, iu Co? lumbia, on the 16th day of December, instant, and presented, or about to be I presented, to this General Assembly, i Your memorialists, tberofore, respect? if ully ask leave to defend tboir proposed law, and their good faith in asking for it, against said misrepresentations and pro? test, in thiB form. Your memorialists did not attend tho meeting wbiob adopted tho said protest, but are well assured that'it was so adopted, upon fal-o statements foisted upon it by said editor, supported by bis defamatory declamation. Your memo? rialists, howover, do not intend to deny to that rhetorical editor bis right to rte fumo, as ho has ingloriously wou it. Nor do they question his readiness to retract bis slanders on occasion; indeed, be is fruitful of such r?tractions, as tho co? lumns of-tho PHOSIX show. They aro loth, too, to disturb bis indulgence iu his innate and nativo tasto for low, per? sonal vituperation-hidden behind a hypocritical mask of a public duty, though it bo-and would refrain from so doing, wore it not that he bas extended his well-earned lioense so far as to attack the bill herein referred to, drawn by the City Attorney, under instructions, upou untruthful grounds, as the unnecessary sud flagitious monsuro of a corrupt City Council. Neither do your memorialist* Qed fault with Mr. Thomas' arithmetic. Unset bis own sum, nnd has worked 1 out with equal easo nud correctness But it is the use which ho has made o the product, of whi?h they, complain In his application of it, he has attomptet to moko good citizens co-conspirator with himself against tho truth, und t< mislead tho Legislature as to this vila mensuro. I leuce tho said protest. Your memorialists will now proceed t< establish tho entire correctness of thoi oomplaiut against this editor, aud th real author of tho protest, who hai shown himself to be, not only a willing but also a very blundering iuvoutor o data on which to construct aa argument He assumed and asserted, iu the Pua; NIX, in bis speeob and protest, that / instand with the Kxecuti vo approval c tho contemplated act of tho present Cit, Council, your memorialists will procee< to issue city bonds, to tho amount o SHOO,U00, bearing au interest of oigh per cont, per anuum. Such a misrepre seutatiou can only be attributed to wi! fal blindness or gross ignorance, and, ii either oaso, arnonuLs to moral criminality Ile read tho bill, and could not be ignc rant of its provisions. The first seotio asks for authority to issue bonds to a amount which, together with the exia ing city debt, shall not exceed $800,00( The iuferonee, therefore, is natural au inevitable, that he wilfully and fraudi tently deceived the meeting whic adopted it and sent it to your honorabl bodies. To serve his purpose aud bi party, tho editor and orator corrupll suppressed tho truth. Your memorialists further show tin this editor, iu bis speech and protes has assorted that this bill provides f< tho absorption of tho present outBtani iug debts of the city, which ho ostimati at $325,000 or 8327,000, bearing iutere at six and seven por cent. Herc, tbei is another guilty mis-statement of tl soopo of this bill, which contains no sue provision. No such "absorption" contemplated by tbopreseut Ci'.y Com eil, although their predecessors did r deem a part of tbe bonded debt of tl city, bearing six per cent, interest, wit new bonds bearing seven per cent without provoking censure. But thi were white men und Democrats, ai could do nothing wrong; while tbe pr sent City Council are Republicans some of whoso members aro colored and, therefore, aio infamously corruj. This is his dark trick-such is his da way. ?o ono eau say, tberefore, that yo memorialists do injustice to this "risii young man," when they pronounce hi guilty of a wanton and flagrant liiis-stal ment of tho provisions of tbe bill nhl he so much complains of, and which, I bis misrepresentations, good oitizens o induced to condemn. Originating 1 facts, and carefully avoiding those whi really exist, Col. Thomas asserts, a circulates tbo assertion through t PHOENIX, and protests that immediate upon this bill becoming a law, the Ci Connell will have at their cont) $6*0,000, (supposing the bonds io sold at eighty cents on tho dollar,) a bo compelled to raise, by taxation, ! the payment of interest, in addition the sam of 836,000 for annual expon: of the city government, the sum 864,000. If ever any ono was guilty a more palpable perversion of tho tri than this is made to appear, your men rialists are not acquainted with tho p potrator; and wbon they remember tl be who bas ventured upon it has told that truthfulness is a principal elem of successful and honorable jonrnalh the perversion revolts us with its mc culpability. They pray, therefore, to present actual condition of tho case upon facts. Tho necessity of providing a C Hall has beeu for a long time herotofc and is now, universally couceded by corporators and tax-pnyers. Inde such a publio convenioncu was derna ed of the City Council by them; aud compliance with tho general voice, nounoed in a memorial sent in ufte oontraot for its erection, nt a cosl 8138,000, bad been awarded to i Allon, tho lowest bidder, (Mr. ll. Johnson and Mr. Clark Waring bc the two other bidders,) tho City Cou took steps to ment tins publio demr A oontraot for tho building of anol market, (in tho judgment of tho < Council, also a needed improveme was made with responsible bidders, cost o? $18,600. Tbeso two contr are now subsisting and legally bint upon tho city of Columbia, are in courso of fulfillment, aro to bo rap completed, and involve an expendi of 8156,000, which must bo prov for. Prom this nocessity nnd sol obligation, tho city cannot oucnpo, 'thu present Oily Council uro boilup fo furnish tho money. The corporate f til IJ anet the law ?liku tuuko HI?H dtmot-d upon them, and the bust method of Mip plying the inevitable fuudH h IhV only open question. What, then, is Unit method? After matare cousiderutioii, your inomoriidiMtG determined that the issue of oily boodB was not only thu b?st, but that it is tbe ouly scheme by which this houoruble ead legal obligation, incurred, as to the City Hall, with the popular contient, can be mot. Therefore, they buvo made the application to the Legislature for power to issue bouda, not to thc amount of $800,000, ns this editor's protest, edi? torials and speech proclaim, but tu tbe sum of $475,000, taking bis estimute of tho preseut oity debt to bo correct $325,000. Now, the reasonable calcula? tion is, that $475,000 of city bonds, issued uuder tho provisions aud safe? guards of this projooted law, bearing an interest of eight per centum per anuum, with a prohibition against any increase of the city debt for twenty yours, would briug, in cash, about $380,000, of whieb, the contracts for the erection of tbe City Hall and market would absorb the sam of $150.600, leaving in tho City Treasury a balance of $223,400. But it is not contemplated to exhaust this authority ut once, but only to exorcise it to the estent of the present and proxi? mate necessities of the city, growing oat of subsisting contracts; and the question is, will tho Legislature como to tho help of the City Council of Columbia-your memorialists-aud entrust them with this authority. Whether Col. Thomas bas or bas not couiidouce in tbe present Ciiy Couucil, they are iuol'ucd to be? lieve, is a matter about which the Gene? ral Assembly will not be muob exer? cised. That body, they are persuaded, will not bo deterred from aiding the City Council in tho administration of oar city alfairs, by giving to them every necessary aud proper power, notwith? standing ho may have brought against them malignant party accusations. Per baps be may Und, without much trouble in tho search, some who might have the hardihood to defy the great pori! of say? ing to tho Legislature tbat such accusa? tions are false accusations aud ground? less slanders, uud, unfortunately foi him, such rush individu?is might be be lieved. Your memorialists further show, as t sound reason why this additional trusi should be confided to them, that Coln tn biu is increasing in wealth und popula tie ?i x with gratifying rapidity, and re speetfully call attention to the importan fact that the L?gislature, by a recen Act, Atended the territorial boundaries thereof; and the new territory thus at tac lied is now being settled by a class o our peuple just emerged from domesti servitude, who are justly ambitious o tho comforts aud respectability of home of their own, and, as tax-payers und coi porators, nra legally outitled to all th? protection and cuuveniencesin tho po wo of the municipal government to provide They aro entitled to water and lights, t safe public streets aud walks, and th care of the city police; to afford al whieb. considerable sums of . mono; must bo raised otborwise than by ordi nary taxation. Laborers must be em ployed, in addition to the regular stree force, aud the right of way purchase and paid for, before a street can b opened. Your memorialists have thus far lei uudouu their duty in these respects, b< causo they weie destitute of the necet sury funds. But no good citizen ougl to object to the use of the contemplate bonds-, at a proper time, and to a prope extent, for thuso purposes; for, unlet tho means eau be thus obtained, tb object of our territorial expansion oann< be accomplished, and the General Ai sembty will bave placed under the gi vernmeut of the oity a body of territoi and population on which it cannot bi stow the nceessary protection, justl due, in return for tho burdons of taxi tion. Your memorialists reply to the chart of a secret issue of city bonds, made I this editor in bis paper and speech, au rehashed in bis protest, that this res lution of tho City Council of Columbi directing tho Mayor to issue the bond was paused j after debate, ata meeting i tbe said City Council, open to all mei and that snob issuo of bonds was kuov to be contemplated and intended, as tl solo means of procuring tbe neoessa: funds Mr the erection of the City Hu They, therefore, respectfully assure tl General Assembly that the allegation fraudulent secresy, in tbe issuing of tl said bonds, urged by this licensed edit rial libeller, is wholly untrue. Your memorialists further show to tl General Assembly, that tba whole aour of the editor of tho PHCENIX (the ont nntor of tbe protest) toward them, sin they entered upon the administration city affairs, bas boen unjust and par san. They have dono no publio s worthy of bis distinguished commend tion. When tbuy took charge of ci affairs, in May, 1870, those affairs bi boen permitted to fall into utter con! sion aud ruin. They found it witho money or credit, and, worso tbun o without laws, without a plaoe in which bold their meutings, or in which to cc flue offenders, whoso offences wc guessed at, and whoso punishment ? left to iguoraut discretion. They wt amazed to find that post due bonds a interest coupons had accumulated t< very large amount, to pay whioh no sc of provision, or effort to that end, b o reu lucen attempted. They found circulation over $19,000 of oity bil which were immediately outlawed their defeated political adversaries, tin very protestants, forgetful of every fe ing except low party hate and vongean This dilapidated state nf municipal, fairs, in a grout mensuro, has been deemed. Every past due bond and ot pon have been.paid. The wholo oirou tion of city bills ($19,204) has beon tired and cancelled. Tho city laws bi buen revised, compiled and made aocei ble, and the oity debt reduced $85,< below what it was in 1870, when yt memorialists took office. And yonr i mor i al ist s declare that daring all tho ti of their weary toil, struggling carnot to advance the welfare of these very p testants, they have been assailing tin aud their miserable up-start nowspa champion utteriug no word of encours ment or just plaudits for order restor laws ordained, compiled and made aci sible, for city money rcdoemed or de roducod. No. Faithfully represent bis party directions and masters, dirty abuse has beon constant, and detraction unmitigated. Your memorialists respectfully permission thus to make known tbef that tho persistent effort and polio tho oditor of tba PHOENIX and his "ri have been, and will continue to be, b, means within their reaob, fair or fou break down and bring into oontempt Republican government to which the people promoted them, over their heads and as?nmcd right ox inherited domi? nion. Here it is that the i ?do is gulled to wincing. Deprived of power end I place, by events guided by Providence, this virulent editor and bis coadjutors utterly rebel against destiny, and make futile war against its changeless decrees. Your memorialists regret to know that such is the case, and muoh more pro? foundly regret that such vain opposition to fate bas brought, already, and must oontinue to bring, upon the country ge? nerally, overwhelming calamities. In conclusion, your memorialists re? spectfully declare to the General Assem? bly, that their detractors are malignant politioal opposera, whose designs are di? rected to tbe oppression and exclusion from all participation in the offices and honors of tho country, tbe oolored race, whose representatives are rightfully in the ascendancy in tho Oity Council of Columbia. They, therefore, come to this General Assembly, asking the passage of tbe bill they have presented, in order to the ful? fillment of their publio trust with suc? cess, honor and fidelity. And your m?morialiste will ever pray. JOHN ALEXANDER, Mayor, On behalf City Council of Columbia. COUNOIII CHAMBER, Deo. 19, 1871. A BUJII TO AUTHORi7,K THE MAYOR AND Ali DEUMEN OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TO ISSUE BONDS, AND TO NEGOTIATE AND SBIili THE SAME. lie il enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Ca~ rolina, now met and silting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Alder? men of the oity of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered . to borrow money, by issuing oity bonds, from time to time, to an amount which, together with the outstanding indebtedness of tbe city of Columbia, shall not exceed tbe sum of $800,000; it beiug hereby in? tended tbat tbe whole indebtedness thereof, whether by bonds or otherwise, shall at no timo be increased beyond the said sam of 8800,000. SEO. 2. That one moiety, or half, ol each issue of the said bonds, shall be of the denomination of $1,000, one-fourth part thereof of the denomination ol $500, and tho remaining one-fourth part thereof shall be of the denomination ot $250; each and shot which bonds shall bo signed by the Mayor of the oity, and countersigned by the City Clerk and Treasurer, and sealed with the corporate seal, aud numbered consecutively. Ead: of said bonds shall be made payable al twenty years from the date thereof, and shall bear interest at the rate of eight pei centum per annum, payable semi-annu? ally, on the first day of January and thc first day of July, of each year, with cor responding semi-annual interest cou? pons, signed with the written Signatare! of tho City Clerk and Treasnrer. SEO. 3. That no bond shall bo issued under the provisions of this Act, other wise than by sale at pnblio outcry, o which sule publio notice shall be given for at least fifteen days, in two or mon newspapers printed in this State, one o which shall be published in the city o Columbia, which notice shall specify thc timo and place of sale, and the amount and numbers of bonds to be sold; enc the said Mayor and Alderman shall kee] a record of all such sales. SEO. 4. That the said Mayor and Al dermen shall keep a registry of all bond heretofore issued and now outstanding and of all bonds which shall be issuei under the authority of this Act, sbowin) the uunber and amount of each bond the date when issued, and the date u maturity, which registry shall, at al times, be open to the inspection of an corporator, tax-payer or bond-holdei and at any time, upon the written dc mand of the bolder or holders of bond to the amoant of 850,000, or of corpo rators to the number of twenty, the sui Mayor and Aldermen shall publish a dt tailed statement of the city indebted ness, and the character of tbe sam? verified by the oaths of the Mayor an of the City Clerk and Treasurer. SEC. 5. That, in addition to the lev of the annual taxes for the support c tbe city government, the said Mayor an Aldermen shah levy, annually, a specii tax for the payment of tbe semi-annui interest upon the bonds whioh shall t issued under tbe authority of this Ao and also the interest upon the bonds < tho oity of Columbia whioh have bec heretofore issued by authority of luv Provided, however, That said bonds sba not be subject to taxation by the State< by the said Mayor and Aldermen: At provided further, That the taxes beret authorized to be levied and collected fe the payment of the semi-annual intern on the said bonds shall be levied and cc looted from such souroes, npon snub pr perty, and at snob rates, as are est Wished and designated by law as sonre? of revenue, subjects or objects of tax tion, and as rates for the support of tl said oity government. SEC. 6. That the said Mayor and A dermen aro hereby authorized and d rooted to apply the proceeds of the sa of said bouda, first, to the payment < any debts heretofore contracted, or wbi< may hereafter bo coutraoted for the co: struction of the new City Hall and tl new market; and, secondly, for the ic provemeut of tbe streets, the extensi< of the water works, and for any otb improvements whioh shall be judged a visable by the said Mayor and Alderme SEC. 7. That the said Mayor and A dermen are hereby prohibited from i creasing tbe debt of the city of Colui bia beyond the sum mentioned in tl first section of this Act; and, upon at attempt being made so to do, any bon bolder or corporate tax-payer shall ha bis action to enjoin tho said Mayor ai Aldeimen from sc doing. SEO. 8. That tho said Mayor and t dermen shall cause tbe provisions of ll Aot, or an accurate abstract thereof, be printed on tbe back of eaoh bon and on the face of eaoh bond it shall expressed that tbe same is issued und the authority of this Aot SEO. 9. That if the Mayor, any Aldi men of tho oity of Columbia, or any i ticer thereof, shall privately or fraud lently issue any of said bonds, he sb be adjudged gnilty of felony, and, np conviction, shall be punished by fi and imprisonment, at tbe discretion j the court. SEO. 10. That, upon the com pie ti of the enid City Hull, the said Ma: and Aldermen shall, at once, by or nance, make provision for a sinki fund, to be based upon the not ann income derived from suoh parts of said Oity Hall as may be leased fr them; the prooeeds of whioh sink fund shall bo solemnly set apart for payment of the debt, and the intel thereon, contracted in the erection tho said City Hall. And in ease the i Mayor and Aldermen shall uegleot so do, lt ?hall be lawful for aoy ten citizens of Oui timbi?, being taxpayers, to have au aotiou, on behalf of themaelrea and ali oilier tax-payers of the said oity, lo compel the said Mayor and Aldermen to establish such einking fond, ?od to re? ?train them from using or appropriating the said income In edy other way, or to .nj other purpose than that herein de? clared. SKO. ll. That all Acts or parta of Aota heretofore passed, ?od cow ot force, au? thorizing the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Colombia to borrow money apon the bonds thereof, or by issuiug the stock thereof, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Fish. ANOTHER email lot or fine BABS, juat re? ceived at tho Oolumbia Ice House. ' Deo 211_J.D. BATEMAN. Notice. ALL persona b iving left lobb Of repairing of JEWELRY, WATCHES, Ac, most call for thom within thirty days from date, or the artioles wUI bs sold at pnblio anotion for amount of repairs due on them. Dec 90 the8*_A. W. WE HRH A ff. Wanted. AFIRST RATE HOUSE-SERVANT HAN, without a family, to go to town of Sum? ter. He munt have good recommendations. Appjy at this offloe. ; Deo 20 2 Colnmbia Ganai. WANTED, 100 more LABORERS On the Oolumbia Canal. Apply to J. M. Craw? ford, at tool-hpnae, Guiguard'a Ferry, at OJ A. M., or on tho Canal, between 1 and 2 P. M. Deo 21 4 H. A. PEARCE, Ja., Agent. Notice. CABOLXNA NATIONAL Bf !>c or COLUMBIA, H. C., Deo.ruber 20,1672. THIS Bank will be closed on Christmas day. Ail notea and acceptances falling dne on Monday should be attended to on SATURDAY previoua. W. B. GULICK, Pao 21 2_ partier. Stockholders' Meeting'. GASOLINA NATIOSO, DANK mp .Con;HU?A, S. C., DeoemberHO, 1871; THE anuual meotiug o? the Stockholders of tho Carolina National Bank will be held at its Banking House, in Colnmbia, on the SECOND TUESDAY of January next, being the 9th proximo. W. B. GULIOX, Deo 20 the_Cashier. State South Carolina-Abbeville Co. IN TRIAL JUSTICE'S COURT. Butler Jackson vt. John C. Haskell.-Bum nuns on Rote and Account. To John C. Haskell, defendant in this action. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint In thia action, which Butler Jackson bas hied in my o thoo at Abbeville. South Carolina, and to serve your anawer on the plaintiff,' at Abbeville, South Carolina, within twenty days from the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of ser? vice. If you falito answer thia complaint within the tims aforesaid, the plaintif! .will tako judgment against you for the Barn'of $03 80, with interest and coate, as specified in said complaint. RORER V R. HEH PHILL, 'lYial Justice Dated Abbeville, December 18,1871. ppp 21 ' ' _thc State of Bonth Carolina-Abbeville Co. IN TRIAL JUSTICE'S roURT. John Barnett ca. John C. UasUell.-Summons on Note and Account. To Jons C. HASKELL. DEFENDANT IN Tun ACTION: TTOU are hereby summoned and required JL to answer tli j complaint in thia action, which John Barnett baa filed in my office, et Abbeville, South Carolina, and to serve your answer on tho plaintiff, at Abbeville, Bonth Carolina, within twenty dajs from the ser? vice of thia summons, exclusive of the day of sorvioe. If yon fall to anawer thU complaint within the timo aforesaid, tho plaintiff will tako Judgment against you for ibo sum of forty two do'Jars and sixty-five couta, with interest and coat*, aa specified in eaid complaint. ROBERT R. fl EM PHILL, Trial Justice. Dated Abbeville, December 18,1871. Dec 21_thO nn?s 6ft ? FO:t ALL AOEo. THE BEST 4Jil) CHEAPEST, A r H. C. SHIVER. DAVID JONES. Dec 31 _ Butter. A f\i\ LBS. Freah Couutrv BUTTER, for 4HJU aale by _K. HOPE. Fire Crackers. 1 j"V/\ WHOLE and Half Boxes Golden LU' I Chop FIRE CRACKER*, for sale low._E. HOPE. Oro:eries, Wines and Liquors. AFULL SUPPLY of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, iu all their varlet iee. Beat brands Champagnes, Wines, Liquorn. Ac, suitable tor Christmas, on hand and for salo low.bv JOHN AGNEW A SON. Dec'20 _ Christmas Goods. FIRE CRACKERS. Fire Crackers. _ 1 orpedoes, Torpedoes, For sale, wholesale and retail, by Deo 20 JOHN AQNEVf_A SON. _ To Arrive, mHia P. M., ten oars (aixty cords) good dry A FINE and OAK WOOD. Be supplied for Christmas. CHAS. E. THOMAS A CO., Dec 20 2 Charlotte Depot. GEO. HUGGINS' FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY. Established in Columbia, ?. C., 1840. Aetna Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn. Incorporated A. D. 1819. Charter Perpetual Cash capital and surplus, after pay ing loaaoa at Chicago.*?00i? Premiuma reeeived in 1870. 3,900,000 IT ia etill the leading and almagest American nre Inanranco Company. Imperial Fire Ina. Co., of London. Chartered A. D. 1803. Capital 18,000,000 in Gold. Thia Company had no agency at Chi? cano at the time of the fire. Its loss waa Bmall. It anbscribed ?5,000 for the benefit of the Bufferers by the fire. Phoenix Fire Ins. Co., of Hew York. Aaeeta $1,609,000, after paying loases at Chi eago. Union Fire Ins. Co., San Francisco. This Company baa $1,160,000 in Gold, aft t i paying Chicago loaaea. Risks taken by GEO. HUGGINS, Agent. Offloe oppoaito Columbia Hotel, in rear of Mr. W. J. Dorm's Book-atoro. Nov 8 t