The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-07


the time Of his arrest he had seven or eight Of the
counterfeit SOS on his person. They are tolerabe
| limitations Of $50 greenback, but can be readily
detectedby the indistnctness Of the button the
lapel Of FRANKL1N's coat.
REPAIRS OF TIE CRY HALL.-Council Chamber
is now quite luxurious apartment. rich Brus-
sells carpet covers the floor; the desks, tables,
SOFAS chairs &C., plain but substantial, while
| the window curtains and the gas fixtures are Of
| the most elegant description. Around the walls
| are hung, in handsome gilt frames, full length
portraits of WASHINGTON, CALHOUN, ANDREW JACK
SON, and Mr.. WM. ENsToN, and halflength por-
| trait Of ZACHARY TAYLOR. These paintings all
by good artists, and acknowledged to be first
| rate ikenesses.
The Mayors rom and the Clerks Office have also
been elegantly fitted up although in not quite such
superb style the Council Chamber. full
length portrait of President MONROE, in magnif-
cent gilt frame, uniform in style with those in the
Council Chamber, adorns the walls Of the Mayors
ROOM Over the nantelpiece in the Clerks Office
is large painting five feet long and five feet high,
representing the Fire Department in 1910. The
scene is laid in Meeting street, just north of Broad
street. and the east side Of the street as far up as
the Circular Church appears upon the canvass It
is summer and the trees of the City Square are in
full foliage. The City Hall appears in it's original
| red brick. The Fire Proof Building is not quite
such as it appears at the present day The steeple
of the Circular Church appears in the background
and the blocks Of buildings from Chalmers street
to the church are complete. In the foreground is
group of figures representing the following per
sons, standing from left to right as you face the
picture as follows: D. MoINTosH, an Engineer;
Captain SHORT, President Of the Eagle; r. W.
of tho Wnr q
Presdento Of the Charleston; P. CoBuRN, yce-Presi-
dent Of the Charleston; Firemaster HoFF; r. W.
HARE, VicePresident Of the Vigilant; G. MEYR, the
artist; VIM TAYLOR, ce-President Of the Phoenix;
Firemasters BEE and MCDONALD; Vice-President
OsTENDoRFF, of the German; DR.. KEcKLEY, Presi-
dent Of the Marion; JOHN A. WAaENER (now Gen
eral WAaENER), President Of the German; the Vice
President Of the Marion; THEo. SMITH, President
of the Neck Axe Company; Mr.. PErscH; Firemaster
NATHANIEL FIELDS; JOHN SoHNrER1E, Chief of the
Fire Department.; Firemaster w. H. KRKwooD;
CHAs. H. WEST, President of the Vigilant; JOHN
SYdoNs, President Of the Palmetto; CIEAPoR an
Engineer; Firemastera VIM. ROWLAND and HUGH
r. BANKS; q side face, name unknown; JOHN
HER1oT, President Of the 41tna; R. HAnn1Er, Chief
Engineer; Firemaster JOHN SE1aLNa; D. BonEsr
President of the Charleston Axe Company; r.
DOYLE, an Engineer, and 81. CASEY of the Etna.
In window Of the City Hall, looking on, are seen
Mayor MNrz1Na and Alderman PATRICK. In a
porico Of the FireProof Building are seen several
ladies in coal-scuttle bonnets and short-waisted
dresses, without hoops. In all there are thirty
nine faces and figures in the picture, every Of
them sufficiently distinct to be recognized by any
one acquainted with the originals.
It is as well to remark, perhaps, that the Board
of Firemasters at that time was composed of Al
dermen, and not Of the Presidents Of the different
FL.
spoken Of belonged to corps who superintended
the blowing up Of buildings with gunpowder-a
mode Of putting stop to the progress Of conaa-
grafton which has, we believe, become almost, if
not entirely, obsolete. This picture was painted
by Mr.. c. MEYR, German artist in 1874, and was
raff1ed by him to obtain compensation for his
labor It was won by Mr.. r. W. BAcor, then Presi-
dent Of the Phoenix, and allowed by him to be hung
up IN the hall of that company. When the hall
was destroyed by fire in 1861 the picture was res
cued from the flames, as we have been informed,
by Mr.. sDDoNs, Of the firm Of ALLAN & sDDoNs,
and it afterwards, on May 6, 1862 presented to
the City Council by Mr.. PIERRE BAcoT, the son Of
the former proprietor. It has now on it some ugly
scratches, which we're made on it by coal and other
rough things among which it was hid by Mr.. W.
81. SMITH, Clerk Of Council, to save it from the
United State forces after the evacuation Of the
city by the Confederates.
In the Clerks Office, opposite the painting Of the
Fire Department, is large plat Of the City Of
Charleston in 1852 s feet by T. surveyed by R. P.
BRIDGES and RoB'r G. ALLEN, and drawn by Mr..
F. ENaERT. &%
There is also in the Council Chamber miniature
painting Of the Marquis De LAFAYETTE, executed
by Mr.. CHARLES FRASER the Wel-known amateur
artist Of this city the history Of which is somewhat
remarkable. After the evacuation Of Charleston
| by the Confederate forces, in February, 1866, it
was taken cut Of hands of the Clerk OF Council,
against his earnest renonstrances, by one Capt.
SrANLy, Of tho y. 8. steamer State Of Georgia,
which gallant officer also took O. with him large
mirror from the Mayors room. to adorn his cabin,
and also handsome chair for the same purpose.
In November, 1865, just after the election Of Mayor
GAnLARD, it was sent by express to ex-Mayor
MACBETH, unaccompanied by letter, and, in fact,
without any clus 70 where or whom it came from,
save the express mark Norfolk, Va
| Some Of the furniture that is now in the City
Hall is what Was there during the war, but the
carpet OF the Council Chamber, and most Of the
furniture, is new-the former carpet and much Of
the furniture having been sent North while the