The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-11
RESIGNATION OF TREASURY OrrIo1ALs-The followIn o
explain themselyes.

RESIGNATION OF TREASURY oFrIo1ALs-rhe followln o
| documents explain themselves:
| TREASURY DEPARTMENT June 4th 1860.
Ia-on account OF your inability to take the oath
required oy law, reluctantly compelled to suppo
that shall be under the necessity OF requesting you
forward your resignation to take ofect as soon as
| successor is appointed and qualified.
gress upon the subject the for services
5y Offices who have oeen unable to
made in some way for such payment.
tsgned) II. McCULLOCH
| Secretary Of the Treasury.
| +. NJ. ROBERTSON, Esq.,
Examiner OF Drugs. Charleston s. O.
CnAnLEsros, s. c., 'uno s, 1906. :.
your communication of the 4th inst, requo.tin.
forward you my resg alton ns Speoial Exam,nor of
quence ofmy inability to tako tho required oath
AS am aware Of the embarras snent which tho ap
pointment of persons to OIL who could not consist
emily subscribe to the retrospective portion of tho test
oath" has occasioned the Department. chocrfny
ply with request and hereby tender my resigna.
ton to take eect as soon as successor is appointed
With my thanks for Your expressions of sympathy
and courtesy roman' very re prcfy your obedLont
Honorable H. MocuLLoon ''i'o-'' "' -
Secretary Of the Treasury, Washington, d. O.
PRovosr COURT. Saturday, June Ozark cloud of
| prisoners and witnesses ohscures tho Court Room
Fortunate arrangement throws cloud to leeward of
judges clerks, lawyers and eoortors. who thus
| saved from overpowering incense. On looking over
Fridays proceedings notice that tho negro was
fined $50 for resisting the police had appealed
ground that the punishment too sovore Ths sur
prised muchly. small sergeant attempts to arrest
disorderly negro. Negro resists; takes club away
from pergeant and beats him With it, has tho i'm
pudence to appeal from $40 fine too severe pun
ishment Temporal! mores! Tho original sentence
of sixty days hard labor from which the forving SER
geant begged him of. was hardly enough for him.
The first case before the Court tn United
States u.s. Asa Gray, for stealing gold watch Asa
tall, black dirty nogro with bran cap, but no.
thing olso now or clean. gold watch would have been
amostincongruous ornament Apsrfect inia seems to
have taken hold Of the coored population to possess
watches. They invest the first Of their earnings in
watches, aud If thoy can't buy them they them.
another of watch steng before the Court
but that was silver watch, Or tho witnesses
more particularly described it, silver escape watch.
Tho following OF dog stealing ellcted inter.
est than any other before the Court:
United States IS. Minus Ropsr and Bristol Roper
Larceny of Dog.-FnEDERIoK DIsou DIFF. sworn. says
that he saw defendant, Minus Roper, leading dog tied
by string Witness inquired politely of MT Minus
Roper colcred individual tho right property tho
sal dog lay in him the said Mr. Minus Roper coored
Individual; ALSO for what sum Of money he would
change the said canine quadruped and also to what
cognomen the said canine was trained to answer The
said Mr. Minus Roper, colored individual replied cate
gorcally to him, FREDERIck BrsCHoFF German. that
the canine his that he would take s0 that the
canine answered to the of Brutus. Witness offer.
ed to purchase half cash, half at expiration six
weeks Witness carried Mr. N. r., coored individual,
home with him. and gave him six dollars. This morn
Ing, while witness WAS coming from market, dog left
him and entered store of Messrs HUaER HAsEI. we'll
known vendors OF India rubber betting. patent ven IT,
lators, &c, &c. Witness went into store aftor dog
Gentleman In store said dog belonged to British friend
Of his, Ii. P. WALKER Consul Witness then carried
dog to Consuls residence Dog therein seemed at
homo, and needed the of JEFF whereby it appear.
ed that he had been named in honor OF the Con ederae
and not the Roman hero. Witness left dog with Con-
aus brothers son, who Is present in Court to do his
own swearing.
+. D. WALKER. Consurs brothers son. sworn Says
that he knows the cauine now under discussion Said
canine is the property Of b. p WALKER, ESQ.,, Her
British Majesys Consul In the Queen City. Canine as
was his CUSTOM accompanied witness, some ton days
iu the past to diurna haunt of witness known ss .as
office. Canine entered, but departed quickly and was
no more seen until this morning when was brought
to the esidence of witness fathers brother Her British
Majesy's Consul aforesaid, by Mr. FREpEnIcK Brscu-
OFF the German gentleman who has Just retired from
the stand. No particle Of doubt Of tho identity of
canine disturbs the mind of witness