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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