The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 26, 1875, Image 1

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Sboi ap*elal'-JoUtt OomeiltUo. and /7ou?e? of Representatives: TbaBpopisI Joint Committed obpointed'Wo ?ecer-' fciin whot bonds of the State have bean fanded nuder tho Aot to induce the volume of the publio debt and provide for the payment of the tame; what in? terest coupons have been fonded under the said Aot; and, also, whether the thuds- for ' the payment of interett, raised nuder the said Aot, have been kept separate and apart from all other funds, as provided for in the said Act, and ao btherwiso provided by law," beg leave respectfully to report: That tho committee met in the State Capitol immediately after their ap? pointment, and proceeded at onoe to the performance of their duties. The committee examined the books and rooordo 'used at the treasury in ooh nedtion with1 the funding operationsv,\ Tho;committeo atao examined, an far as practicable within the time'allowed them, the bonds surrendered for fund? ing and the'coupons attaohedto said bonds. The committee also examined the whole of the detached ooopons surrendered for funding without uny bonds accompanying them. The com? mittee also Examined tho bank books and other books in the State Treasury connected 'with the receipt, deposit and payment of the funds raised under the funding^ Aot for the payment of the interest-on the public debt. The committee also examined the State Treasurer and other witnesses in re? ference to euch points as seemed to them 'necessary for a proper under? standing of the several matters under investigation; and the "result of their examinations the committee propose to state to your honorable bodies as briefly and directly as possible. As to the Funded Bonds.?Tho com? mittee find that there have been sur? rendered and reoeived at the treasury, for tho "purpose'of funding, the fol? lowing bonds and oortifloatosof stock, to wir: Revolutionary war claims stook, Act 1791, $4.000; Are loan stock,1 Act 1794, $15,624:82; BIuo Ridge Railroad bonds. Act 1854, redeemable 1875, Slo.Ouu; I87?, $17.000; 1877, ?8,000; 1878, 815.000; 1879, ?4,000. State Capitol bonds, Aqt 1855. re? deemable 1831, 35,000. State -Capitol stook, Aot 1856, redeemable 1877, ?22,843; 1857-1888, 825,015,97; 1858 1883, 828,805; 1858?1885, ?12,075; 1859?1887i 89,520; 1859?1889, 819, 238.64; 1861?1882, 85.072 50; 1861? 1886, '814,440; 1863?1890. $350. Funding . stock, Aot 1886, redeemable 1887, ?3,450. Funding bonds, Act 1866, redeemable 1887,888.500; 1866 1897,8120,000. Redemption bills ro eei&abfe bonds, Aot 18G8, redeemable 1838,1 81B7;000. Payment interest, pabliC debt bonds, Aot 1868, redeema? ble: 1888, 8566.000. Funding bills Bank of the State bonds, Act 1803, re? deemable' 1888, 8161,550. Relief of the treasury boodp, Aot 1869, redeem? able 1888, 8523,000. Conversion bonds, Aot 1869, redeemable 1888, ?411,000.' Liud commission bonds, Act 1869, redeemable 1888, 87,000; 1870?1889,8199.000. Total 82,473. 384.93. Of the bonds above enumerated, 875,500 of the funding bonds, 875.000 of the redemption bills receivable bonds, 8257,000 of payment interest public debt bonds, 8481,000 of the re? lief of the treasury bonds, 87,000 of the Land Commission bunds of 1869, and 883,000 of the Land Commission bonda of 1870, are portions of the bonds which were reported by tho Special Joint Committee appointed "to ascertain what bonds of the Stute were pledged by the Financial Agent of the State" as having been pledged "without lawful authority,"and which the Sec* \ by a unanimous vote, on the 4th ;i:8taaf, re-otved, as the swnso of the Senate, "should not bo funded under the Act to reduce the volume of tho public debt." That is to s.iv, of the 82^473,384 93 of bonds fnnde'd up to the present time, ?978,500 of thorn belong to a class which, in the united judgment of the Senate, should not have been fundod at all 1 As to tue Funded Coupon Bunds. The committee find that there huve been surrendered aud received at the treasury, for the purpose of fuudiug, the folio wing coupons and interest orders,, to . wit: ? Coupons and interest orders attached to the ?bov? enumerated bonds and certificates of stock, 3403,975.. Cou? pons detuclied from Blue fridge Ruil r oad b.ou de?Ja r u? ry, 1868,8540; July, 1868, 8450; January, 1869. 8240; July, 1869,. 8510; January, 1870. 8450; July, 1870, 86d0;: January, 1871, 37,950; July, 1871. 814.790; Janoary, 1872, 1878 and 1874,822,200-347.820. Cou? pons detached from funding bonds? No.; j6, flue* July, 1870, 84,620; No, 7, duo January, 1871, 815.120; No. 8, due ,ftTj, . 1871, $l6.6a0-83tf,3CO. Conpouii dotuohed from redemption billq r'c??iV?blo boudo, and payment intercefe-T-Pflblio debt bonds,, due April, jljjWViftjW; October, 1869,8630; April,. 187,0, 310.445; Ootober,. 1870, 844?%?pril. ljm.JB6.800;. Ootober, 1871,, ?pMjr(m,m.? Coupons detached from funding b|Jla Bank of the .State bonds* doe July,. 1.870; 3l,740j ^m^^^MiWi f ai*> 18%8mS2|*l^ de? tached Mm ?^'?^-JS^-iW'S? , OMtefawm$>$k9' epimcraiel, tUero.arft^T^AlMAoa wfajph^pniand the ? consifl^tW^of, j?o*- ,hopp.tab)o. bodies: ?: v r .'.'i tfop BY J. A. SELBY. CO T. The following coupons matured I iu the years 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871, to wit: Coupons on Bine Bidge Rail? road bonds, 825,620; funding bond?, $36,300; redemption bills receivable bonds, $31,000; payment interest pub lio debt boude, $32,660; funding bills Bank of the State bonds, $57,427; con? version bonds, $57,941?$241,011. As all these coupons matured on or before July 1, 1871, and during tbe period tbat tbe State was not only pitying tbe interest on the public debt, but paying it in gold, and as there is evory reason to believe that the whole of tho into rest due by the State from 1863 to July 1, 1871, or after, was paid previ? ous to October 81,1871, the committee are compelled to believo that these coupons were not a valid claim against tho State, and that their surrender and reoeipt for the purpose of funding, and tbe issuing of consolidated bonds or certificates of stock in their place, was a fraud upon the State. It is true that the State Treasurer says, "the in? terest aocount does not show that tho full amount of interest due at any one time was ever paid, to the best of my recollection." But the committee are not limited in their means of informa? tion to the recollection of the State Treasurer. The annual reports hitherto pre? sented to the General Assembly, show that the Comptroller-Geueral'e esti? mates of the sums required to pay the interest on tho public debt for the four fiscal years ending October 31, 1868, Ootober 31, 1809, October 31, 1870, and Ootober 31, 1871, amounted in tbe aggregate to $1,586,762 24, and tbat tho payments of iuterest on the public debt made by tbe State Treasurer and the Financial Agent for tbe same four years amounted in the aggregate to $1,601,140.40, being $14,384.16 more than the Comptroller General hud esti? mated for. 2. The following coupons matured between April, 1800, and Ootober, 1871: Coupons on payment interest public debt bonds, $03,600; relief of treasury bonds, 8131,325; Land Com? mission bonds, $i;860? $196,845. As the report of the Special Joint Committee appointed "to asoertain what bonds of the State were pledged by the Financial Agent of tbe State" shows that these bonds were pledged by the Financial Agent for State Iobub after tho maturity of these coupons, it is evident that these bonds must have been tho property of tbe State at tbe time these coupons matured. Of course, these coupons must have been the property of tbe State us well; aud their surrender and reoeipt for tbo pur? pose of funding, and the issuing of consolidated bonds or certificated of stock iu their place, was a fraud upon tbe Stute. The following coupons matured in January, 1871, and July, 1871: 232 coupons on conversion bonds, num? bered in blue, between 3271 aud 3198 ?$0,900. As these bonds are shown by the records in the treasury to have been issue d at various dates between November, 1871, aud March, 1872, it i ) evident that these cuupous, which matured many mouths before, were tho property of tho Stuto at tho time of their maturity; and tiieir surrender and reoeipt for the purposo of fund? ing, und the issuing ol consolidated bonds or certificates of utock iu thoir place, wan a fraud upon tho State. Tbe presumption of tho Statu Trea? surer, tbat these bonds might have been issued with matured coupons up? on them "because the bonds presented for conversion may have had tho cou? pons on of that date," is fully met by the testimony of Captain Little, the olerk in the treasury at the timu of the conversion, that "all matured cou? pons, up to tbe time of tbe conversion, were canceled and attached to tho cer? tificate of etook, nod filed away ns vouchers," and that he does not know how it would "be possible for any coupons to be presented for funding which bad matured prior to tbe issue of tbe conversion bonds." Beuides all this, the oommitteo find, on examina? tion, what the State Treasurer ought to have known before be funded these coupons?that "tho bouds presented for conversion" are filed away iu the treasury, without having "tho cou? pons on of tbat date." 4. The following coupons matured betweon January, 1870, and July, 1871: ,263 oonpons on bouds for relief of the treasury, numbered 777 to 818, 820 to 827, 829 to 908, 988 to 985? 89,205. As these bonds have been uniformly reported by the several State officers ai "oauoolod, unused," Ihe nnmmikffln nvA natinfled that the coupons were never properly taken from them, and were not a valid claim against the State, and that their sur? render and reoeipt foe tho parpoco of funding, and the issuing; of ? consoli? dated bonds or otook. ia their place, was, a f rand against the Skate, . Iu tho early part ol his examination, the State Treasurer. , appeared to hate the camo opinion, of tho coupons as tbe committee, and. testified: jib at he did not know any of thb conponn had been funded, and that'"when 81.800 or :tl,&Q0pf the ooUpriaB were presented attention to the facUpat theaq.bonds Were canceled, unused by tbe treasury, jQt our Juit Censures LUMBIA, S. C FRIDAY M< and he declined to fond them for Jh?, t reason. Bot when he learned, from the Chairmsu of the Committee, that tho eommittee hail ascertained some of these coupons had been actually funded, he testified "that the coupons on those bonds, perhaps, have just as much right ,to be funded us the cou? pons on any other bonds that were hypothecated." It is to be observed, in connection with the $1,300 or 81,400 of these coupons which the State Treasurer alleges he declined to fund, that tho objection to funding them does nob appear to have origi? nated with him, but that they passed through the treasury iu the regular course of funding, and were thrown out by Captain Little when they reached the Comptroller-General's office; and yet Captain Little testifies that ho had called the State Treasurer's attention to the probability of these coupons being presented for funding some time previously, and the State Treasurer himself testifies that he had really had u list of these bonds before. Tho State Treasurer did not explain to the oommitteo why he wanted a list of these bonds, if "the coupons on those bonds, perhaps, hare just as much right to be funded as the cou? pons on any other bonds that were hypothecated;" nor why, if suoh wore \ tho case, he deolined to fund the I 81,300 or $1,400 of coupons wheu pre , sonted for funding. The committee feel bound to state, as their unanimous judgment, that, iu tho whole matter nf the funding of the several classes of bonds hereinbefore particularised, the State Treasurer has shown a singular want of vigilauoe in guarding the public interests confided to his euro, and that, without a singu? lar want of vigilance on his part, the frauds whioh the oommitteo have meutioued as having been perpetrated upon the State could not have been perpetrated at all. Nor is that singu? lar want of vigilance rendered any the less culpable from the fact, that by far the larger portion of the coupons whioh have been fraudulently funded were funded by the Chairman of the Committee appointed by the two houses to examine the accounts of the treasury for the last fiscal year. Sena? tor Owens is not known as a banker, or broker, or business man of experi? ence or capaoity; und the committee can imagine no reason for his being chosen as agent for the funding of nearly 8300,000 of fraudulent coupons outside of the calculation; that, as Chairman of the Examining Commit? tee, he would not bo likely to make a troublesome or inoouvenient examina? tion into the character of proceedings to whioh he bad himself been a party. Iu courtesy to him, as a member of the Senuta, the committee invited his attendance at one of their moetings, for tho purpose of affording him un opportunity of making an explanation; but, as ho failed to utteud, tho com? mittee assume tbat he hud no explana? tion to mako. As to the Fonds tor the Payment of Intbkest.?The committee find that there has boon oolluoted, up to the 13th instant, inclusive, under the levy of one mill for the payment of interest due July 1, 1874, 3135,144 91, and under the levy of two mills for the payment of iutercst due January 1, 1875, and July 1, 1875, 3183,832.90, making a total of 8318.977.81: and tbat there has boon paid out for inte? rest due July 1, 1874, $14,645 69. and for interest duo January 1. 1875. $45, 461 59, making a totul of 390.107.2S, and leaving a balucco of 8228,870.53. Tho oommitteo are compelled to state that theEo fuuds "have not been kept separate and apart from all other funds, as provided for in the said Aot, and as otherwise provided by law." It is true the State Treasurer testifies that the interest aocount has been kept separate on his books; bubhe also testi? fies that the fuuds themselves have been kept in bunk ulong with all other fuuds, "iu one acoouot, not in sepa? rate accounts." Although the Act to reduce the volume of the publio debt expressly provides "that the fund so oreatod shull be kept separate aud apart from all other funds;" and al? though the Acts whicb levied the taxes to pay the interest both expressly pro? vide tbat the proceeds from the taxes levied thereby "shall be kept by the State Treasurer separate and apart from each other, and from all other public-funds," yet the State Treasurer testifies that he has never kept the in? terest fund separate and apart from other funds, and appears to find a sufficient justifloatioa for his oonduot in the averment that the interest fund ! is not different from any other fund, and that they are all deposited in bank together, and kept together in one ao count?as if his flagrant violation of the law In regard to the other funds justified his flagrant, violation of tbe law io regard to the interest land also. Bat? it hie manner of keeping the in? terest fond is a flagrant violation of the law. his mariner/ of using it is a still moro fletgrapt' ^lotion of tho law. Although' tho Aot to reduoa the 7olahio o? tho publio debt, expressly provides that the fund shall bo ap? plied, flrnr, to the.paymen^ of ^an? nually nooraing interest, and the surplus shall be applied to the extin Attend the True 3RNItfG, FEBRUARY 20, 18' guishment of the public- debt, and to no otber purpose; and although the Acts which levied the tuxes to pay the interest both expressly provide that the proceeds from the taxes levied thereby "ehall be applied to the pur? poses for which tboy are respectively levied, and none other," yet the Stato TreuBuror has persistently applied the proceeds of the tax levied to pay tbo interest due Jaly 1, 1874, to other pur? poses. Ho himself testifies that be borrowed some of tboiutcrcat mouey of July 1, 1874, account to pay tbo Legislature, December 22, 1874, and to pay tbo interest doe January 1, 1875, and also to pay the deficiencies for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1871." As tbo State Treasurer, after diverting $50,000 to pay the Legisla? ture, on 22d of December, 1874, bad still a balance- in bank of $79,004.20, and as he has ran down that balance in bank, by the 11th of January, 1875, to about $22,000, notwithstanding all bis receipts for taxes in the meanwhile, and as his January 1, 1875, interest account shows that his payments ex? ceeded his receipts on that account, up to January 13, 1875, only $891.03, it can readily be perceived how large a proportion of tbo money be diverted from the interest fund wus devoted to the payment of "some of the defi? ciency accounts for 1873-74, 6Uoh as balances due public institutions, sala? ries of State officers, County officers, The committee submit that tbo con? struction put upon the Act by the State Treasurer, us a justification for his violation of it, iu as monstrous as the violation itself. To say that "the Act means that the fund shall not bo permanently diverted," is to mako a mockery of tbo Act which provides that any diversion of the fund, whe? ther directly or indirectly, shall be a felony; whilo the bald assumption, that "if, at the end of tlio fiscal year, each account shall receive its propor tion, or if, at any time during that pe? riod, when an aooouut on that specific fund vas presented, it should be paid, thou the fund was not diverted"? leaving the fund "during that period" to be used "for some other pressing purpose"?is to deride tbo oontraot made by the State with the holders of the bonds for the oreation of such a fund, and to render worthless all the legislation by wbioh that contract has been sought to bo fulfilled. The committee submit thut if a fand which the General Assembly hau di? rected to be raised by a specific levy, aud to bo kept separate and apart from all otber funds, and to be applied to the payment of the interest and to the extinguishment of the irinuipal of thu public debt, uud to no other purpose ?if unoh a fuud, so made tho basis of a solemn oontraot between thu Stato aud its public creditors may be mixed up with all other funds iu oue account, and may bo diverted from its lawful purpose aud used for any other pur? pose that the caprice or partiality of the State Treasurer may dictate, und all this iu the face, not ouly of the pobitivo prohibitions of thu statute, but of prescribed penalties of tine, imprisonment nnd deprivation of of? fice?if all this can be done by the State Treasurer with impunity, then all law for the direction uud to utraiut of public offi ;ers is a dead let? ter in South Car,lima, uud tho fear of punishment need deter no public of tlcer from its violation. Thu committee herewith submit the testimony taken by them, aud respect? fully ask to bo discharged. THOS. C. DUNN', Chairman, W. li. NASH, U. F. WH1TTEMOUE. Ou the part of the Scuute. E. M. BttAY TON, Chairman, W. A. HAYNE, 11. A MEETZE, Ii H. HUMUELtr, Ou the part of the \se. Subscribe for thu Phoenix. i i ? ???mil ?inn??? in, n? Cny Taxes. aABE hooka or tho City Ti ca^uror are now upeu fur tho rejuiving of taxes for 1875. <vll city taxes must ba paid before the 15th day of alAUOH NEXT. HICtlAHD JONEB, Fob 14 fll CitvTreannrnr. New Sugar-cured Hams. 1 Ci(\ NRW YoRK sugar-cured HAMS, lAJ\J clioice quality, Jost reoeived and I toraaloby JOHN AGNEW A BON. Imported Wines, Brandieg^Etc .Etc? SCOTCH WHIBKIEB, Old Jamaica Rum, Brandies?Otard, Ac., jtfg, Holland Gin, bbeiry vYtne.Porl Wine, Madeira Wine. , Also, a largo steck of flno old Whiskies, OlgaTS. Ao. J.O. BEEOBBB Elaine 011. ' THE undersigned are sole agents for the celebrated ELAINE OIL, 185 PIRK TEST, Perfectly" secure and cannot be exploded. I Absolutely safx. Priees at retail 40o. per I I gallon. JOHN AGNEW A BON. Jan I _J_ OAR LOAD CALIFORNIA Wine, Brandy & Champagne I JUST RECEIVED direct from California. These Wince1 and Brandieo are made of de . licione grapes of California. ' For aale by Dec 18 J.C. SEEGERS. Event." r?. VOL. X?NO. 292. Spring Prints?New Styles, JUST RBCEIVBD. FOR SIXTY DAYS, FALL AND WIN? TER GOODS will be eold REGARD? LESS OF COST. O. F. JACKSON, Jan 29_Leader of Low Prloea. The Ball Opened for 1875. Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,1 Carpets, &c. m^m. NEW GOODS received tri-wookly, and ?tmining Lead ebb in all lines or goods exhibited ovory day. A visit to tho store of W.I).LOVE &CO. Will convince the public that we mean to givo thorn better valuo fur their money tlm.ii they can buy iu any other DRY GOODS HOUSE IN THE 8TATE. Facts proven at tho GRAND CENTRAL Dry Goods House W. D. LOVE & CO. AS~Sa*uples ecnt to all parts of the! country on application. Jan 30 Finest Goshen Butter TN town reduced tivo cents per pound, at Fob 0_1IARDY SOLOMON'S. Now Garden Seeds. Novel tic* and Approved Kind?. POTTLER'S EARLY DRUMHEAD, Garter's Superfine Earl)', Early Bohweinfuat? Quint al, Early Wiuningatadt, Eaily French Ox Heart, Early Peas, Early Corn, Br*ete. Fora&leby E. H. HELNITSH, Jan 20 t_grog and Seed Store.. City Taxes. PARTIES having city taxes and licenses to pay can be supplied with CITY NOTES, receivable for tamo, at a discount, by applying to JOHN AGNEW A SON. Feb 3_ Hams! Hams!! I f\f\ CHOICE Louisville Sugar-Corod LVJv/ HAMS, largo sizes, just received and for sale at 11c. per poun?. Jan 2G JOHN AQNEW A SON. Seventy-five Out of Every Hundred PERSONS are affected with aoino de? rangement or disease of tho skin. No matter what the nature of it may be, "HEISITSIl'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT,"the preat American Blood Turitior. will euro it. This is quite enough to say. If you have anv skin diabase, uao Hcinitfcb's Queen's Delight. Dec 10t FINE'S SALOON. JVo. 41 Htehardson Street, between J.atfy' and Qervuis Streets. HAYING replenished my entire stock oi Liquors, Cigais, Ac., having also given propor attention to my Restaurant, I am now prepared to furnish my fiiends and tho public generally with the best the trinket* ttllurd. net 17 WM. M. FINE. Agent. Early Rosa Potatoes, BREKSEE'S rocrless Onion SettB. Lit tin Pixie Cabbage, Early Ulm Cabbnuo, ton davs either than Esrlv York. For sale at H EfNITSH'S Feb 101 Di up and Seed Store. New Books, at Sryan's Bookstore. ?\HTOkKING to Will, a story lor ?Irls, VV fl.75. Mistress of thoManec.bv Dr. Holland,1 author of Arthur Bonnycasllo, $1 5t). A History of Germany, frnm tho Earliest Thins, by Charlfui Lewis, $2 50. Manual of Mythology, Greek, Hoik an, Norre, lliinloo, hgypii.tu and Old German, bv Murray, $2.25. Prairie and Forest, the Game of North America, With adventures in tbeir pursuit, by Gillniore. (1 60. Health ami Education, by Kinsley, $1.75. Qogartb's complete works, in throe vo? lumes. Tho Wild North Land, by Major U iu U i. with plates, $2.50. History of Clubs and Club Life, London. Hook of WuDdor tul Characters, with portraits. '1 he Slang Dictionary, histoiiual and anecdotal. Homes and Uanuts ol tho Britteh Poets, London, and otber new books. Nov 1 MONEY TO LOAN, On Marketable Collaterals IEXCHANGE on New Y'?rk, Baltimore, Li Philadelphia, Boston and all promi? nent cltit s of tho United States and Eu? rope bought and sold. DEPOSITS rooeived and interest-bearing cer Lille U et issued . STOCKS. BONDS, GOLD and SILVER bought and Bold. ACCOUNTS of morobanta and others from the city and country solicited, and LIBERAL LIN E8 OF DI8COUNT8grantod bv the CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, Corner of Plain and Richardson streets. JOHN V. F?EfcrS?N, President. _J. H. Bawies, OaahJer. : _ Pearl Grit? and Hominy. ?DK BARRELS FRESH PEARLGRIT0, &*% 15 barrels froah PEARL HOMINY. Just received, and for'salo by Jan 20_JOHN AQMBW A SON. Conghs and Ootds. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, Chlorate PotaBh Paatlies,' ' Gelatins Loaeugos, ,1 Wistar'uBalsam Wild Cherry, | Hill's Balsam Honey, Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral; ' Jayofr'a Expeotorant, 1 ' - Piju'd Cure. Fox sal? at ? . lit w L. T. HILLIMAN A OO.'B. . Doc 29 Drugstore. 81 l ,-. ? ?? r:i;d tV ,$niino?5 r.'-l STAR. SHIRTS, O&KN hack ok Fkd/W. ? i >.'. at. Ui ????> ?- '.?-* ?.>) <V it:. . 6 white: dress shirts'tor tio.se ?o?i r \ vbot-dMia .1. 0 " ?? ? ?? ' . .??> eia.oo G 4? ?*? 813.50 6 .? la ... .? 9jb.oo 1 . . Hull . : . I -U.r ;u g ? 0 " '* ?* -? ,??.-' 918.00 All Linen Bosom and Caff*. NEW EATS, spring styles. *i-lu i -til aU ?4 WINTER CLGlHINa, . cost. -.- UTSi ,?ed KI1ARD & WILEY. Feb 17 WHITER CLOTHING AT v:.t. v.- 17' 1i i ' ..i REDUCED FRIGES FOR CASH-! -? ? ??~?? TRAVELING BLAMBTS AND. SHAWLS AT COST !. -? ? ?- - *t 11 i JuJt New Style Hats I Fall and VViuw r CLOTHS AND CASHMERES M'ide t o Order Very Lo?,. , B. & W. I). SWAFFIELD. .Tmi 2(5 GIVING INSTANT RELIEF. IT is the most wonderful MEDICINE ever known, and poaueaaea a oorative power unequalled in tha hiatory oi reme? dies. For aale onlv at ?oc 1 ? r HEINITSH'B Drug Store. State of South Carolina. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I State Tueabuukb's Omox. Columbia, Deewaber 18,1874. THE Coupons of ! tba Consolidation Bonds orthe8tate 6f 8outb Carolina, due January 1,1875, will be paid at that date on presentation At tl?e Sreaaury, and at tho South Carolina Bapk andTrnatCom? pany, ColumWav 8. -0;; sad arao at tho People's National Bank, CbarleBton, S. C.a and the NationaVPwk Jtokj Njw York. The Coupons duo July 1,1874, on all Oon .sJMaM0Q RnnilM, luntiArt in ?T4h *? ? A < f<vr old bonds, will be paid whenever prenenUd. at any of the above mentioned plaooo. The Coupons of tha Consolidation Bonds due January 1 and July ^ 18W^re reoeVr abiofor t?xo?. b\ h. CARDOZO, DoojlQ , -r_" iTTeasursrB.O. 107 Main Bti, Next to Wheeler House. , K8TABU9HBD 1H 1B4B, (*f AND STILL IST THUS FIELD, end well oo if first ol&as Pa/lor, Bad tow aa any' Nov 10 ^teietoSof tfORNI TUBE, Panor, tsau use in the cottntry for eash. jfiUH. BERRY.