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wfifTOTBrTTe-VepTtf^, up the street; T
told him IaIso> w*# h^ii$fiwpyand re
Sueet?d?aiui>4a weit einomebt; I was
elaysd ??mawhe?, when Caldwell called
to sie to coro? ?tit we then ^6^i?^tht
street;** the E?et ilde; we few Mr. O.
W. MontgomeVy^cl.:m\<^rg* Tap
perm tbo.oppoaita aide of the street j id
front of the Pollock House, Idoklbgover
toward tin; I said, there ia M^ontgomory?'
I feel provoked to go over and attack
him; Calci well protested, and asked if I
had had* a conference with any of my
friends;11 replied, that I had conferred
with Mr. Morgan; Caldwell insisted that
I ahoold take no action without farther
consultation.with Morgan; bwo walked)
onj oamo to Court House corner; I
looked toward Montgomery and Topper,
and remarked,t'twy are eyeing as, and.
observed that-they were walking so as
13 meet mo When I crossed the street; 11
said that, &hbold thsy meet me, I did
not prbno^V to withhold myself; they
walkou mowiy, and we, did ibe same; as
we crossed the street to the West aide,
andoame to the pavemedt, Caldwell and
I walked to the door leading to the Club
Room', "and tdrnod, facing' the. street;
Montgomery and Topper passed;<Xuppor
spoke: we returned the ?slate: they went
oni w6 weht u p stairs; this occurred in
the. neighborhood of 3 o'olook p. m.;
after; entering % the Club Boom, Cald?
well retired for a* abort time, and then
retorted;
sei
ih tho Club Boom, Caldwell naked itf l
was. arrrhed^ I1 replied that I was . not;
O?fawell'nahded'?u'u' niatol .with which
to 'ferrA myself? I tdok itt looked at it,
and then returned it to him, stating that
I preferred and\ wem id noUrm my?
self. It was hbw^?bout^^?irter. or
half-past 3 o'clock, and Morgan had not
come to the Glob Boom; I proposed to
CaldWell.t? go to the Pollock Honao and
take dinner; ho consented"; 'just after on-,
torIpg the Pollock .Honse.. Morgan .came
iu; Gefdwell, Morgan .and- X went np
stairs'- to the private dining room and
diced; after remaining there about three
quartere of ah/ hour, we oame down,
Morgan, and X to i go to the Olab Boom
to confer about .the card that Mont?
gomery bad published. |Tbe readers of,
the Phos six will remember the card that
was published in these columns by O. W.
Montgomery in relation to Judge Samnel
W. Melton, on tho 19th of September,;
1872, during the oampaign preceding
the general election of that year.]
In our coarse oat, as Caldwell and Mor- {
gan reached the bar, they tamed, and
went into the open space in rear of the
barber shop ana adjoining the Pollock
House; I turned to follow them, but in?
stead of doing so, I opened ihe door to
tho dining room, adjoining the bar; saw
Topper and Montgomery sitting at table
?Tapper at head and Montgomery to
his Right**Tapper iacing me; upon see*
iog them, my first impulse was to olose
the door and retire?which I did, bat
immediately walked back, and was in the
aot of ro'opening the door, when' Gald
wall and Morgan came into the room by
the door leading to the rear of the sa?
loon; they told mo that Montgomery and |
Tuppat were in the.dining room; I then
placed my umbrella in a corner of the
room, walked to where Montgomery was1
eittingJ cadght him by the fair, strack
him la-the faoo twice, and threw
myself
?upon tyim,, when ihe fell over, and I fell
with and i fcpon Man; Just aa I fell and
oame to the ??ooY, I heard pistol firing;
0 ?tibot recall bat t wo shots; do not know
who did the. firing; Montgomery and
myself were separated? Major Theodore j
Stark conducted me oat of the room to
the care of some persons; Morgan then
oatae up, and said .he was wounded, end 1
that Caldwell was shot; Morgan and I
went to the jail with .Policeman Bynnm;
1 soon after came up the street, to aaoer-;
tain TON msd: happened to Oald well;
some one told me he hsd been,killed; I
went back to Morgan; then wont home '
to prepare a room, for Morgan? whom I
thought mortally 1 wonndod; I then re*
turned to the jail; found Morgan gone to I
my-honse; T went home, andfoaud him
theW^?j^/,,1' .tXJ Z !?". " '.I
Solicitor , Youmana?-What was Mr.
Cald well's Sge, physique and'weight? >*?
Witness?About twenty-si*; slight'
bniidi^lSS poq'nqa. , .
Solicitor loa mans handed the witness
a paper containing .Mr: Montgomery's
card, and asked fhairitneas to read it,
and state if that , wag tho card that
originated tbo difficulty, . .
General Butler, for tho defence,
objected to tho introduot ion of the card,
as irrelevant, ate regards the prisoner.
Mr. Youmans proposed to connect the
prisoner, the oard and the homicide..'
The prostration and defence argued the ]
point of relevancy. <W Tho Court stated
that the oard might be brought in hero
aftor, bat would rale it oat at this stago
of the trial. "\ _
Witness, examined by Goneral M. O.
Butler, for the defence, upon being
shown a pistol, thought ho recognized it
as Ouldweil's; Caldwell said something
at the dinnor table that day about his
pistol being ratherrasty; sent for oil and
greased it; c?mo down stairs; Caldwell
did not motion me back from dining
room; after separation from Montgomery,
I was taken oat so rapidly I did not see
any ono en the floor; may have stopped
over OaldweU'e body; did hot see any
grappling between Tapper and Morgan.
In answer to a question by Solicitor
Youmans, Mr. Melton stated that the
greasing of the pistol by Mr. Caldwell
had no oonneotion with the difficulty.
The Court then adjourned until 10
o'clock, this morning,- when the ease will
bo resumed; Major James M. Morgan
probably being the first witness called.
Liar of New Adybbtisbubnis.
H. W. Purvis?Official.
O. B. Walker?Lectaro.
P. Oantwell?P, P. Beef.
W. D. Love & Qor Cheap Goods.
Mooting Biohland Lodge, A. F. M.
J. B. Yatee?Strayed.
Nathan k Peixolto?L&mDe.
D. 0. Cunningham ? Pine" Stock.
I St. PETKRappBoMM*? Si-r-Hoc. James
Xi. Orr, Untied Statea .Minister, died last
"night* unexpectedly and l sudaebin^froo?
inflammation of too. longs. He had
been Buffering from a severe cold. ' .? a . yj
. *?*Ua? ": $
Bar Fbanciboo, May 6.?A family, eon*
tilting of father, mother and three ohil- j
dreo, on thesteamerNevada, from Liver?
pool, died, except the mother. No dis?
ease aboard the steamer. "A
New Yobk, Hay 6.?A Herald special,
dated Madrid, the 6th instant, reports
Indications of revolutionary activity..
The city it placarded with manifestoes,
urging tbe peopta to demand, the immev
diate proolamation of ? federal republic
tbo abolition of capital punishment, the
abolition of the State Council and the
separation of church abd State,,, ?en. |
Oontreras has been reqoeated by the
Federal Committee to become President,
but' declined. The Federalistmeeting
to-day was excited, but there was no dis?
turbance., The people did not come
armed, as threatened1. ' </l
Tbe ship joiners in this citya.ro1 about
striking tor $*.
i A Providence despatch says several
other mills have closed. It is thought
the crisis of tbe strike will come Thurs?
day or Fridsy. ? y
,i) Archbishop Bay ley is qnite ill. a ?
Judge Woodruff decides that . the
United States-Courts- have no Jurisdic?
tion in the suit between Collector Bailey
and the Central 'Road, both ' being citi
seens of tbo same State. '
The men employed' at Eighth avenue
road shops; having threatened a strike,
were discharged.' Nun-aooiety men were
employed, when, the discharged men
threatening tbe shops, ? the police -are.
now guarding the works. -
a Philadelphia, May G ? Tbe trial trip
of the steamer Pennsylvania, the pioneer
of the European line, wan suboessfol.
New Iberia, May 6.?It is reported
the Metropolitans attacked Dr. Blapohe's
forpe near St. Martinsville, and were re?
pulsed. Loss, three killed and two
wounded. Dr. Blanche baa 200 men and
one cannon. It is stated the Metropoli?
tans were driven ? baok tq St. Martins?
ville. Tbe position of the Metropolitans
is reported to be precarious. They may
at any moment be overpowered by tbe
tax resistors. The people of this sec?
tion bare firmly determined to pay no
taxes to the Kellogg Government, unless
compelled by United States troops.
Camp Sooth of Tulb Lake, May 3.?
Not a shot has been fired since the 26th.
A large fire ia seen where Thomas' com?
mand was slaughtered, about five miles j
distant.
AxiBANT, May 6 ?The sale of the New
York Central Railroad locomotives by
United States Collector Bailey, for Go?
vernment tax, has been postponed until
the 18th instant. It ia said that owing
to Judge Woodruff's deoision against tbe
company, they will now pay tbe tax.
I BouroN, May 6 ?Oakes Ames is in?
sensible from paralysis. The symptoms
are extremely dangerous. Tbe doctors
have little, bopo for. biin. He. has had
five years of ktduoy trouble. He is sixty
nine years old. ?
..i The Chief State Constable bss issued
orders tu his subordinates to enforce: the.
new prohibitory law against the sale of
strong beer and lager, which goes into
effect to-day.
? Vihetabd Haven, May 6. ?Theschoon?
er America, of St. John's, N. B , was
lost on the 3d. Tbe captain, a mate and
a seaman named Biley were drowned.
"Washington, May 6,?Senator West
and Plnchbaok had S> long consultation
Over Louisiana affairs. No official re?
port of ths St. Martinsvillo affair.
DrXOK, III , May 6 ? The derricks are
in position, ,i Fiv? bodies have been re-1
covered. It is thought twelve moire are
in the river. Forty bodies in all have
been recovered. . , ?,
New OniiSaNS. May 0 ?The news
from St. Martin's and adjoining parishes
creates moob eieitement in thia city. It
is understood a movement is on foot to
Seize tbe polios' stations while the Metro?
politans are in the interior. The politi?
cal complications are increasing. The
tax re&iatara claim that they are. daily
gaining strength, while the Kelloggites
aver that all the opposition is disappear?
ing. Reinforcements of Metropolitans
left this morning for.St. Martiaevillo.
Then ton, La, May 6,?A fire broke
out in J. Mason's drug store, and de?
stroyed nearly all the business portion of
the town; loss $300,000; ineuranco 8150,
000. " jP* -,M '\
New Ibbbu, May 6.?The Metropoli?
tans took quifet possession of;St.Mwrtint
villo on SoDday noon. That night, two
of the Metropolit*^ scoots were danger?
ously wounded in the- suburbs of that
town, ono of whom has since died.
Skirmishing has been constant since. A
oonferenoo between the leaders of the
contending forces was held yesterday.
The Metropolitans wanted to know
which of the officers thoy wore abont to
install were objectionable to tho people,
and what they wanted. Tho reaisters
replied tho men were satisfactory, if
commissioned by Gov. MoEoery; that
the citizens only wanted tbe Metropoli?
tans to leave tbe town, and not interfere
with their local affairs. The women aud
ohildren are yet in the town. Kellogg'o
Jodge, in company "with his District
Attorney and Congressman Darrel), have
gono to St. Martinsville, to open court
to-day. Tbe citizens' force is variously
estimated at from 200 to 400. There is
a report this morning that the Kellogg?
ites are organizing the negroes; conse?
quently the entire population are watch?
ful, but no gonoral engagement has yet
ocourred. Business is generally sus?
pended.
Washington, May G.?Captain P. M.
Henry, a grand-son of Patriok Henry,
died here yeatorday. He had been a
man of means, but had been brought
into reduced circumstances by tho war,
and at the time of his death was serving
as a watch man in the Treasury Depart
Stent.
motion for stay of proceedings in. the
case of Michael Nixon, wbo^mbraered I
Charles Puffer. There ia bat little doubt,
that Nixon will be executed oo the 16tb
inat. ..? - r . *'i . rl
' The rnah of immigration ia now et ?W
height. 10,000 Eogiiaiv' Germans ood
Swedes are expected at Castle Garden
within the next three days. Saturday
and Sunday arrivals ag^gatedr&$?a.. .,?
John It. Broad head, author of a "Hu-1
tory of the Stuto oaVNew York," naval
officer of this port Rom 1868 to 1857.
member of the United States Legation
at the Hague in 1841, and well known
for his literary researches and studies, [
died here to-uay, of pneumonia; aged
fifty-nine. j
St. Louis, May 6.?The twenty-fourth
annual meeting of the American Medi?
cal Association . was held to-day. 650
delegates were present.
Boston, Mass , May 6.?The ship
Tennyson, of Newburyport, from Cal?
cutta for Boston, is reported foundered
at sea. Bhe bad on board a cargo of
?aat India prodaoe, valued at about
$925,000, which is largely insured in
Boston offiuea. The vessel and freight,
in money, wore valued at $110,000?
making the total loss by this 'disaster
about 0435.000. ( ?? f X
f Albany, May G.?A local prohibition
bill, not exoepting eider' or lager, has
passed the Senate
Washington, May 6.?The PresidenT
oomeB Friday evening. He leaves Mon?
day for Connecticut.
15,000,000- postal oards have been
ordered.
Mrs. General Canby is hopelessly nick.
Four application* have already been
made for Orr's place, including John M.
Langston, colored.
A. B. Eaeton succeeds Lindsay, Pon?
toon Agent, suspended for irregularities,
St. Louis, May 6.?The Republican
learns that a mistake oooorred in the ae
aoonts of Major James Lindsay, of
822,000. Lindsay made tbe amount
good.
Washington, May 6.?The number of
Mexican claims against the United States
pending before the United States and
Mexican Claim Commission is 224, and
the number of American claims before
the Commission is 758. The number
{ending before the umpire, being the
ndian depredation claims, is 386. On
tbe re-assembling of the Commission, it
will be necessary to select an umpire in
the plaoe of Dr. Lieber, deceased.
Probabilities?For the Gulf and South
Atlantio States, and thence to the Ohio
Valley, North-easterly and Easterly
winds, falling barometer, cloudy weather
and rain, oleariog in Texas and Louisi?
ana to-morrow. Partially cloudy wea?
ther, with occasional rain, in Virginia.
Financial and commercial.
London, May 6?Noon.?Consols
93 %. 5s 89^.
Liverpool, May 6?Noon.?Cotton
opened flat and is now heavy and de?
clining?uplands 8Je(ri)9; Orleans 9)f'@
9>4; sales 8,000 bales; export and speou* i
lation 1,000) Savannah and Charleston
shipment for May and June, 8??; for
July and August delivery, 8}?\ May,
811-16,.;.,.. '. m . .i.
Livkbpooi?. May 6?Evening.?Cotton,
^Savannah and Charleston shipment. May
deliver*. 8>i; June delivery 8 11-16;
sales include 5,000 bales American. Cot?
ton closed Irregular. Fabrics at Man?
chester dull and rather lower.
New York, May 6?Noon.?Stockei
firm. Gold steady,, at 17J?. Money
firm, at 7 to 7, gold. Exchange?long
8>?; short 9^. Governments dull but
steady. State bondf quiet. Cotton dull1
aod nominal; sales 05 bales?uplands
\9X\ Orleans 19^. Flour quiet and.
unchanged. Wheat quiet. Corn quiet.
Pork dull and unset tied?new 18.62){@
18.75. Lard quiet and firm. Turpen?
tine dull and heavy, at 49 50. Boain
firm, at 3.10@3.15 for strained. Freights
qniet and steady.
7 P. M.?Cotton doll and nominal;
aales 636 bales?uplands 19>?; Orleans
192?? Flour quiet and unchanged.
Whiskey steadier, at 91@92. Wheat
prime spring lo. lower; other grades of
spring 2@3o. lower; winter quiet and
firm; aotiver for export. Corn lo. lower,
with better demand?yellow Woatero
69@69,^. Bice quiet. Pork quiet and
weak, at 18.50. Beef steady. Lard
firmer, at 9)?($9 1116. Turpentine
firmer. Bosin quiet. Tallow active, at
8%@9^. Freights, easier. Money
easy, at 5@7; banks offering freely.
Sterling 8^@8^. Gold 17@17?^. Od-'
vernments strong, with a slight advance.
States very quiet; Tennessee* firm. Cot?
ton?net rcobipta 561 bales; gross 1,259;'
sales for export 40; sales of futures
12,200, ss follows: May 18%. 18 9 16;
Juno 18 7-16, 18f0'; July 18^, 18&; Au?
gust 18 7-16, 18&; October 17>2; De
oeinber 17.
N*w York, May 6.?Improved tone of
business in fioanoial circles, owing to iii
more settled and easy condition of the
money markot. Gold, howevor, is higher;
sales have been at \l@HxA(ohVl}i', gold
loans have been 4 to 7 per cent. Ex
change dull; rates of business about 8}t
for prime sterling; 9,%@UJ? for demand,
and nominal, rates being 8%@9^q.
Money market easier, at 7 per oeut. to
stock brokers aud 6?7 to Government
bond dealers. The latter aro pressed by
thoso who wish to lend only on Govern?
ment bonds, to tako money for three to
four months, at 7. Governments strong,
with a rise in gold and with ease in the
money market. Foreign bankers strong,
with most noticeable buyers. Business
in Southorn State bonds at tbe Board
amounted to 879,000, with market strong,
Eartioularly for Tennessees. Stook mor
et with more steadiness than yesterday
and been strong; Pacific Mai), which ia
losing its influence on the remainder of
tho market, alone having been feveiiab.
Tho principal dealings have been in tele?
graph, Uuion Pacific, Lake Shore, New
York Central and Ohio. This afternoon
a rumor was started' on the .street that
Oakei Ames was dead, and Uuion Paeifie
declined 1 pit esnt.; ruoaoB waa nnbor.
delivered, 55. .Purk 18.50@19.00. Ba?
con? shb alders 8%; dear rib aides 10%
@1Q.%; clear aides 10%. packed. Lard?
riaroes 9>??10; kegs 10?^@11; steam 9.
Whiskey it favic demand and firm, at 88.
^??i^oWI^May 6.?Tloor dull?
Howard street' superfine 4.75(2)6.00.
Wheat doll ??d ) lower?ohoioe white I
2.05@2.10; good to choico red 1.90@
2 00. Oorn depressed?white G8; yellow
68@64. Provisions qaiet. Baoon in |
Improved desas?d^#iualders 8%. Cot
ton duif,a>19? gros* receipts 774 bales;
exports coastwise 74; sales 150; stock
9,755.
CinoihHan, May 6.?Floor firm, at
*7.60@8.50. Com firm, at45@46. Pork
very qaiet and nominally 18 00. Lard1
nominal and quiet?steam 9; kettle 9)?;
offerings light. Bacon qaiet and firm?
shoulders beld at 8; dear rib sides 9%;
clear sides 10)?'; sales 1-16 lower. Whis?
key firm, at 87.
St. Louis, May 6.?Flour quiet and
unchanged; little doing. Cora easier?
No. 2 mixed 86)?@87, on traok, closing
i at 36}$; 45@46 sacked. Whiskey Bteady,
at 87. Pork doll, at 18.25@ 18.50. Ba?
con dull; business small?shoulders 8,
sellejr;this mouth; dear rib sides held at
10#, cash; 10 offered for small lots;
dear sold at 10.%. Ljird nominal.
Mbmpois, "'-May 6>t?Cotton demand
good?ordinary low middling 17; re?
ceipts 1,284 bales; shipments 858; stock
85.173. v -jj
Philadelphia, May 6 ?Cotton quiet,
at 19>?@19%:
Boston, May 6.?Cotton anil, at 19)?;
net receipts 105 bales; gross IGLvaxports
to Great Brituin 212; sales 100; stock 12,
0J0.
Norfolk, May 6.?Cotton dull and
nominal?middling 17*^; net receipts
794 bales; exports ooastwise 448; sales
1C0;stock 58.152. ? ?
Mobile, May 6.?Cotton weak; de?
mand for good grades limited-?good or?
dinary 15.'^; middling 17).<; net receipts
597; exports coastwise 7; sales 300; stock
4,909.
Galvrston, May 6 ?Cotton dull and
nominal?good ordinary 14^@14%; net
receipts 506 bales; exports to Great Bri*
tain 523; sales 100; stook 47,446.
New Orleans, May 6.?Cotton de?
mand moderate?ordinary 12%; good
ordinary 15J?; low middling 16%;
middling 18fol8%; net receipts 2,132
bales; gross 2,143; exports to the con?
tinent 3,668: sales to-day 1,000; last
evening 8,800; stock 150.977.
Wilmington, May 6.?Cotton?mid?
dling 18: net receipts 75 bales; stook
4,327.
Charleston, May 6.?Cotton dull and
nominal?middling \8%(g}\8}.-?; good I
ordinary 16,%; net receipts 445 bales;
sales 100; Btock 28,743.
Auoosta, May 6.?Ootlou demand
good, at 17,%; receipts 149 bales; sales !
411.
Savannah. May 6.?Cotton dull; net
receipts 977 bales; sales 401; stook
3,020.
O
P. DHL BEEF.
PEN, this morning, one barrol Fulton I
Market DEEP?very fine.
May 7 1 _P. OANTWBLL.
Avoid Banger.
THOSE who desire to avoid myai? should 1
at once do away with tboir glass xxflo
Brvsxjj?8,.and procure one of our HAlfElF
and NON-EX PLOSIVE K KHOSIiNE LAMPS,
wbloh wa are selling very rapidly, and whloh
baa In eva? instance... given entire satisfac?
tion. Good city reference can be given as to I
the economy, durability, brilllanoy and olean-1
linens of onr Lamp.
May 7 2_NATHAN A PEIXOTTO. |
Bichlsnd Lodge. No. 39. A. F. M.
m\ A regular Communication of this
?ArLodw will beheld tu 18 (Wednesday!
/V* evening, in Masonic Hall, at s
o'oioek. By order of the W. M.
May 7 1_B. I. POP NE. Beoretary.
Fine Stock,
i - I am still at Charles Logan'a Bta
t1?r.tables, with some extra fine Saddle
. /fSTNand Harness horses and mares.
\ \ / l animals will be aold on reason?
able tSrms. Parties wishing to buy aro,
therefore, invited to give me a call.
May 7 3?_D. O. CUNNINGHAM.
Strayed,
FROM my plantation, eight miles]
^MHB bolow Colnmbia, on Bnnday last, two
aJUsaaim>r" MULES?ose mouse colored
and one blank. The laut soon of them they
were on the Oamden Road, coming to?
wards Colombia. A suitable reward will bo
given for their return to mo. J. U. YA.TEH.
May 7 '_ _?_
Course of Lectures to be Delivered by
Members of Faculty of University of J
South Carolina.
mfJE third LECTURE of thia ?orte? will bo
A delivered by Prof. T. N. ROBERTS, M.
L)., TEIIS (Woducaday) EVENING, 7lh inat.,
at 8 o'clock. The publlo are invited.
O. BRUCE WALKER,
May fit Secretary of Faculty.
CHEAP GOODS FOR CASH!
Grand Central
Dry Goods Establishment
OK
W. D. LOVE & CO.
-??.?
With v view of giving our onstotner* better
BARQAINS in future, we havo CLOSED ALL [
BOOK ACCOUNTS, and will soil no moro
goods in futnro txoept for
CASH!
Ma? 7 fl_WM.D. LOVE A CO.
Irwin's Hall?Two Nights Only.
?i i?? ? ??
PROF. GERARD,
THE wonderful MAGICIAN, PREBTIDI
GATUUE and HARPE8T, wiH_gjve two
exhibitions on WEDNESDAY and TtiuRSDAx
KV EN IN GS, May 7 a od 8. For partlouiars
to* programmes. May 7 1
, i. 'I.'f.ll.U, il'JLII'lilll'if,'!'!', ?"ri'lUfHUf.lU'l'l'J1,1"^
The Lu.HATiq, AsY^M.-r^aothore has
bean considerable, talk ion the street*
with reference to tbi? inotitation, we
? *py the following correspondence end
letters concerning it: ' 1'' '' ".'
Executtyb Department,
ilJP Optoxmxui May 2. 1873:
To the Bon. L. Cardozo, Treasurer of
the State, Columbia, 8. C.?Bra: Mr.
Oyles, of tho firm of, Hope & Oyles, of
tbia city, has this morning called upon
me in regard to the settlement of tbe ao
oo?uia oi said.firm against the State on
behalf of the Lunatic Asylum.
From the impression under which he
labors, it is evident to me that he has
been misinformed as to the aid you have
extended to the asylum since the present
administration oarne into office. Either'
this is so, or you have been greatly mis?
taken in the information on this subjeot
you have at various times given to me.
I am ontirely pnwilling- to accept this
latter view of the case, and, therefore,
reqaest that, in justice to all .parties
concerned, both to the State and its cre?
ditors, in the premises, yon will, at your
earliest convenience, furnieh me with
such official data as will enable me I ally
to anderstand the real position in which
wo stand towards the. said institution.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F. J. MOSE3. Jb ,
Governor South Carolina. .
Offiob "of State. XRBJLSmupBv
OoiiOHBiA, S. O., May 2,1873
'His Excellency F. J. Moses. Jr., Go?
vernor South Carolina?Sir: Your letter;
of to-day, referring to the. account of the
asylum at this oflioe, ia received. 'Inire
ply thereto, I have the honor- to furnish
yon tbe following information: ' ?
There was due to the asylum.-by the
State,on the 1st May, 1873, ?07.170.21
The Superintendent of the Asylum drew
from the Treasury, from January 1,1873,
to May 1, 1873, S99.225.2A.., You will
notioe that the asylum has not only been
paid in full np to date, but that, in my
extreme anxiety to help those who have |
been so unfortunate as to become its in?
mates, I have over-paid the asylam
82,055. I have the honor to be, very re?
spectfully, A-o., F. L. CARDOZO,
Treasurer South Carolina.
Editors Evening Herald? Gbntlembn:
Enclosed I transmit you the semi-annual
report of the Treasurer of the State Lu?
natic aiylum, whioh you will please pub?
lish for the information of the public.
It has been currently reported on the
streets, I understand, by a prominent
State official, that a very large amount of
money had been paid to the asylum, and
that none of the creditors had been paid.
I truet that this statement may be suffi?
cient to refute such an unjust, not to say
uncharitable, report. Respectfully,
W. B. NASH, *
President of the Board of Begents.
Officb S. O. Lunatic Abthuk,
Columbia, May 3, 187$. -
To the Board of Regents?Gsu?uUirn : I
herewith transmit yoa my semi-annual
statement as Treasurer'of this institution
for the six months beginning November
1, 1872, and ending April 30, 1873.
The vouchers for tho disbursements
therein exhibited are on file in this
?waiting your inspection. By reference
to my last annual report, it will be seen
that the balance due on aooonnt of last
year's appropriation ia pot down- at
$75.043 53, or whioh $20,214.11 wee ee
eonnted for last year, leaving the net
assets of tbe institution at that date
$54.829.42. This statement, however,
was incorrect, but I did not discover the
error until my attention was called to it
last Maroh by the State Treasurer, who
informed me that oor account wsa over?
drawn, when it appeared thst Captain
Parker, late State Treasurer, had over?
paid the appropriation for the fiscal
year ending October 31, 1871, $8,182.16,
of which I had no account, the money
having been paid to the individual cre?
ditors of the institution upon the Go?
vernor's warrant, and not to myself as
Treasurer. This reduced tbe balance
dun on last year's appropriation to
367.170.21. Now deduct 820,214.11,
accounted for in last annual-report, and
wo find the true assets of the institution
at end of last fiscal year to be $46,647.20,
us stated in the accompanying.report., r
' The over draft of $8,182 16, Treasurer,
Cardozo deducted out of this year's sp-,
propiiation, giving me for $25,000 in
warrauts $16,817.84 in cash, and his re?
ceipt for $8.182.16. Mr. C. H. Baldwin
advanced me tho money on one warrant
of $5,000. Tho Treasurer has also charged
against this year's appropriation, a
claim of $2,055, owned by Mr. G. Hope,'
against the Couujty of Edgetield, for trie
maintenance of patients in this institu?
tion prior to 1870. These items make
up tho $32,055 charged by the Treasurer
to this year's appropriation, and for
which I havo given him credit. If Mr.
Cardozo could have paid us $30,000 in
cash up to this date, being half of this
year's appropriation, and deducted tbe
over draft at tho end of tbe year, it would
bavo been of incalculable advantage to
us iu enabling as to avoid oar recent
temporary embairassment for money.
There is, therefore, now doe, accord?
ing to tho State Treasurer's books, for
the support of the asylum, $27,945. For
heating, furnishing, etc., $5,000; making
a total of $32,915.
It in thought by some, I am told, that
tho exponBes of the institution are unne?
cessarily largo. Under differontoircum
Btuuoes, this woald be true; but under
tho circumstances which have encom?
passed its affairs since the incoming of
the present administration, (of the asy?
lum,) it is not true. There are two very
important causes for tbe increased ex?
penses; First, on taking obarge of the
institution, 1 found it shookingly out of
repair, and tho entire promises, within
jaud without the buildings, in a decaying
and dilapidated oouditioo. For tbe pro
vioua ten or twelve years, during and
alter tbe war, it had been all that my
{predecessor could do to raise mossy to
I pay for food and clothing for his patients;
or ir?p^3aS4^ ?Sftr
rlved who a both eoonomy and hdmenity
demanded that t^eeO should be nO-job gen -
dofejrpd. X Therefore, relying upon! the
humanity aud the generoaity of the peo?
ple, through their representative i?,toe
General Assembly of the State, to Vote
the necessary mean*, the work of renova
tion, improving and refurnishing wae be?
gun, and the whole institution, through?
out its length and breadth, its height
and depth, has been thoroughly over?
hauled, repaired and refurnished, and
supplied with all the appurtenances
neually found in a well-appointed asy- ,
lam, at a cost, I will say, without refer?
ring tofboolu?, of not exceeding $20,000.
In addition to this, hot air furnaces
for heating the buildings in winder have
been put in. Two hew kitchens, with
circulating boilers, and all tbe other ne?
cessary convenience for a well-appointed
kitchen, six new dining, rooms, one for
esoh.class of patients,, with all the nssjss -
sary fixtures, *nd dumb waiters to con?
vey the food from the kitchen to the
dining rooms, apparatus for bot and cold
water and bathing oocommddMionfl in
every ward, a new billiard room and two
new tables, a new ohspel and amusement
hall, at a cost, I should say, from $15,000
to $20,000. But this ia all done; and
will not bs rpquired to be done again in
a dozen years to come, and mnob of it
never. . ..?q
But thore has bees another: {rsiest
oauso for increased expeusea; I mean
long credits, which begat - exorbitant
.prices and heavy rates of interest th?t
ate up a large portion of esoh year's ap?
propriations Tarn satisfiedithat,.owing
to the appropriation for last year not
being paid,' toe expenses of - the institu?
tion were increased $20,000. We all
know that it costs more to.live on credit
than on cash;,'
?But, deducting whatever' may be pro-;
I per for the increase of expenses on ac?
count of tbe causes juBt named, the in?
stitution cannot be supported npon hu?
manitarian prinoiplea for much less than *
it now is. If you let the institution
down to the level of a County poor
house, of ooorse the expenses oan be
correspondingly diminished. But, if
you koep it up to tbe dignity of a well-.
appointed asylum for the insane, tbe ex?
penses must remain very mooh the same
as they are new. And if the people, who
pay the taxes are satisfied, I don ? know
that anybody else onght to complain, so
long as the money is legitimately ex?
pended. Very respectfully,
J. F. ENSOB,
Treasurer S. O. Lunatic Asylum.
I The total 'receipts Dr. Ensor puts at
$93,326.01: total disbursements, as per
vouohers, $101.503 02?balance in favor
of Treasurer $8,177 58.]
fj?lf?r from ?ovtrnor V. J. Bfoaea, an ttkm
Death of Hon. June, lt. Orr.
ExKOOTTVH DkFABTMKHT,
8tat* South Oabolina, May 6, 1873.
The sad and startling announcement
hai reached this department of the death
of the Hon. James Lawrence Orr, at St.
Petersburg, in fifty-third year of his life;
^A public career so eminent'and useful,
closing" so suddenly and in a distant
land, must exelto a peculiar and mourn?
ful interest throughout the whole ooon- ,
try, hut especially in the State where be
was bant and where he had passed all
save the la?t of his days. vAt such an
honr and in the fresh grief of bereave-'
moot, all reoolleotion of the contention*
and differences whioh necessarily marked
a life so prominent and so foil of inde?
pendent and bold notion, will surely bw
Hushed, while every patriotio heart will
join in a tribote of proud respect for one
who, in all the stages of a long public ca?
reer, was devoted to tbo interests of the
State he represented and faithful to the
people from whom ho sprung., Few
Americana have so steadily remained in
the public service, and (ewer stilt have
socoeeded so perfectly in securing sod
retaining the confidence of the people in
all the offices whioh he baa successively
filled; AS a member of the State Legis?
lature, when only twenty-one years of
age, and subsequently in his rapid and
brilliant asoept through the long series
of his oivio honors, as Representative in
Congress, as Speaker of the Nations!
House of Representatives, as Senator in
the Confederate Congress, as Governor
of this State, as one of the Judges of onr
'Circuit Court, and finally aa Ambassador
and Minister near the Court of St. Pe?
tersburg, he conspicuously illustrated
bis prudence, patriotism, integrity,
learning and fidelity.
His character was sound, robust and
independent^ his public oareer was clear,
bold and Unsullied by a suspicion of venal
or unworthy motives. Ho was an ardent
patriot?sharing warmly at one time, in?
deed, in the local feeling whioh arrayed
him against the Federal Government;
yet, when that issue was closed, cheer?
fully, bravely and with much tielf-sucrifloo
renewing bin allegiance and eetvico to the
Union of all the States,and steadily and
firmly maintaining the. authority of the,
nation, and tho equal civil and political
rights of all our citizens.
Ho died at a distant post of duty, in
ono of the most exalted stations of onr
publio services far away from his native
Stute, which he loved and had served so
well, but happily attended to the last by
one member of. his beloved household.
To his strioken and mourning family his
loss will come most heavily, and to them
let our deepest sympathy be given; but
lot the whole State take note that one of
her most emiuent, useful and devoted
bops has frtllon, and that, in tbe death of
Gov. Orr, South Carolina has.met with a
great and irreparable bereavement.
As a mark of the publio respect due to
so distinguished a publio servant and es?
pecially as due from this department to
one of my most honored predecessors, it
is hereby obdored, (hat the offices of tho
Exeoniive' Department of the State Go?
vernment be closed to-morrow, the 7tU ^
instant, in meaory of tbe late Governor, ?
and Judge James L Orr. .
FRANKLIN J. MQdES, Jb.,
Gorsrnor of Booth Carolina,