The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-08
UNITED ST.fTE.S COURT.
Report of tho Grand Jury-Thc Jail
The Old Customhousc.

morning at 10 O'Clock.
| REPORT OF TIE GRAND JURY.
The foreman OF the Grand Jury, Immediately
after the opening OF the court, made the follow
| Ing prcscntment:
Tile Grand Jury for the Fall Term of the lrnited
states District Court In rulflmcn of their duty
ySi,s we% an respee1aiy report TINT they have
% @ and oaas ne 5ean n nn nS In
%lt: The wall or the room witch IS aSi used us a
leak which We discovered between the tower and
| the main building, thereby rendering the room
passages ana apartments In the basement we
did not nnd as clean us those In other portions OF
he thorougIy whitewashed and cleanscd The
cells located in the tower should all be lined with
boards, in order to render them III for use; many
OF them are destitute OF this lining, thereby. in
our opinion, rendering them detrimental to
they be lined as early rs practicable.
SHORT RATIOSs
The prisoners complain thnt the rations fur
nisled them, especially those consisting OF meat,
arc totally Inadequate, and being convinced by
our observation that they have just grounds for
their complaint, the dictates OF humanity demand
sc mI wS S shcm present s III the n!er SO That m pos
applied. We would also recommend that the
prisoners be supplied with n greater variety OF
10ou than they are accustomed to receive. We
also found number uf prisoners destitute Of bed
ding, and having only a blanket to lie OH.
RECOMMENDED TO MERCY
Our sympathy was much excited by the cnsc'o
one OF ihc prisoners the father OF a large and de-
pendent family, who hns hccn incarcerated for
six or seven months, aud whose term OF impris-
ment VIII not expire for live or SIX months TO
! come. The offence for which he was convicted
ami sentenced i. in our Judgment, comparatively
been adequately nppeascl by the punishment
tneTaiorG Mg nas mpSany been imietS We would
Ing power be Invoked III his behalf.
TIE OLD cUSToMUOr,sE
We do with great carncstncss call the attention
OF the Treasury department OF the General Gov
ernmcnt, with whom we believe the power rests,
to not only the 'lilaptaetl, but dangerous conli-
tlon Of that structure, situated East Bay, fIic-
ami for many years occupied iikcw :se hv The posi-
0itlcc Department. This building, now falling TO
decay, Is not only unsIghily, hut exceedingly dam
geroms, anu the Grand Jury hope that hy bring
Ing the subject before tile government IN THIS
inrn they VIII take such steps will greatly I'M
prove us appearance, ana thereby abatr Il nui.
sance JOSEPH ~. ENSIOw, Foreman.
ORGANIZATION OF PETIT JURORS.
Tie Petit Jurors were organized as follows:
Jury No. l-W. Il. iicriot, foreman: VIM. En-
merby, I. c. Dissell, James Rallal. John Dunn.
John Mcowen, VIM. bowling, j. V. Mycr, C. II.
liarbers, C. N. Ieisscnbuttle, James Macbeth, ].
II. Essrnback.
Jury No. e-E'lwar'l l.aa,ic, forcman Micharl
Shannahan, c. J. II. Fisher, Garrett Dyrncs
BENZ Lincoln, J. D. Johnson. Michael Kennedy.
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i. Jordan, Charles Voigt.
Supcrnumcraries.-I. ID. Sharpica. u. Kars c.
Waterman, j. ID. Kennedy, John Sheridan.
PETITIONS.
Petitions OF Isaac T.. Hertz nnd Gustavc j. IIolf.
man, of Charleston, for final discharge in bank
rup,cy, were granted.
INDICTMENTS.
The Grand Jury returned the following bills:
Albert G. Mnckcy, ThomasJ. Mackcy, Arthur NJ.
MacHey, Vim. Elliott, John Davis Jas W. whip.
pie, Augustus I}Oliinger. for nssaulting r. Gus.
tomhouse officer while III the discharge of his
duties. True bill.
Arthur Morgan for frau,lulen, use OF stamped
casks and packages. True bill.
.. hoDcis Cook for pctltlling and non payment
OF taxes. True bill.
1t was ordered that bench warrants he issuca
for the arrests OF all OF the above who were In.
,lictcrl.
SENTENCES.
In the case of the United Statcs VS.. Henry
DOschcr for violation of the internal revenue
laws, the defendaist plead guilty anu was SEN
fenced pay $1,000 fine and to be imprisoned for
six months.
IN the case Of the United States VS.. ]. Robert
Cooke, indicted for violation OF the internal
revenue laws, the defendant plead guilty, and
was nned Sa3 and costs.
In the case Of I'll: United States VS.. Thomas p.
Lockwood, j. OH. Saunders, Robert W. Scy-
mour ANA Nelson Dcas, indicted for violation Of
the Internal revenue laws, the defendants were
lncd $50 and costs. ,.s
In the case OF the United States vs. Henry
poschcr, Indicted for violation of the Internal
revenue laws, the defendant plead guilty. and
was fined $50 ami costs.
In ,llc case of the United States vs.. Bcnj. Jones'
Indicted for violation OF the Internal revenue
laws, the Defendant piead guilty. anu was fined
$50 ami costs.
ORDERS OF CURT.
The Judge directed that the following orders he
entered:
The Grand Jury having presented tho jail, in
which United States prisoners arc confined, us
not In proper condition, and the food OF the
prisoners as insufficient I'm character and quantI-
ty, 1t Is ordered, that copy OF SO much OF said
prcscntment refers to the said jail he respect
fully referred TO the County Commissioners OF
Charleston County, and The Circuit Court of the
State for the County of Charleston.
The Grand Jury having presented the old Post
Office building the property OF the United States,
as Insecure and dangerous to the public safety,
1t is ordered, that copy OF so much OF said re-
port rs relates to said property Of the United
States be transmitted by the clerk of the court
to the Honorable Secretary OF the Treasury for
Ills information.
Iii the case Of the United Suites vs.. twenty bar
rcls OF whlskey anu a dlstillcry claimed by W. II.
Slack, 1t was ordered that the sale or the whiskey
be suspended untllfhc case shall be determined.
THE LoSGsIIORENES-THEY INTERVENE WITH
LADORERs-SoNE OF THgN STRIKE AGAIN.-Yes-
tertay morning number OF The ongslIoremen
went to Union wharf, where several men were
Mt work loading the brig Adelaide. They asked
these laborcrs, who are not members OF the asso.
clation, at what rates they were working, ana
when told one dollar and q half per day, Or
tered them to desIst, making threats OF III using
them II they did not, and but for the presence Of
few white men who came up, would doubtless
have put their threats Into execution.
Late In the afternoon some OF the longshore-
men employed by the Charleston and New York
steamship Company struck, refusing to receive
pay for tile two hours and half they had worked