The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-07
ELKCrIoNoFMUNIoLPA1 oEEICERs
MEETING OF COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
The PiIlsbury Caucus Ticket-Populari-
ty OF ID. r. Corbin. who ls r1octed City
Attorney and Receives One Vote for
.verv other Umce-Faoetious Re-
marks OF Alderman T. J. Mackey.
which Fail to Secure his Election
ssFIour Inspeclor-List Of officers.

which Fail to Secure his Election
asFIour Inypeclor-List OF officers.
THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Last uight-the time appointed TO ill the
CITY Offices declared vacant by an ordinance of
Council in May last-sound every member OF
the body in his seat. The asprants crowded
into the Council Chamber, thro ged the door
way, sat on the window sllls, with legs dang
Ing outside, in each others laps, hung by
their chins arms and legs on the nisters OF
the stairway leading up to the room in which
sat the body coon to decide whether they
should be exalted up to the seventh heaven by
success or plunged Toto the slough OF despair"
by defeat, and crowded on the street corner.
all anxlously awaiting the decls,on. inside
of the Chamber there was perfect order, each
member, especially the oolored ones, being ap-
parently profoundly impressed with the
importance Of the occasion, and determined
to vote acco edlng to the dictates Of his con-
science, or as Msvor Pillsbury or Aldermen
Macksy had dictated. The spectators, most OF
whom were asprants, like the Aldermen, held
little conversation, but listened breathlessly
and restlessly to whatever was uttered, and
furt,vely glanced at the door of the Mayors
Office, through which the incumbeuts of the
city offices were constantly passing and repas-
sing.
CALLED TO oRDER.
Thus the minutes dragged slowly by until
quarter to nlne O'Clock, when the Mayor came
in, took the chair. and ordered the Clerk to
call the roll. This was done. and Aldermen E.
W. NJ. Mackey, Barrow, I. J. Mackey. Voigt,
Collins, Cunningham Geddings, Potter. Greene,
white; and Hampton, Thorn, L. F. Wall, Nc.
Xunlsy, E. P. Wall. Small, Holloway, Brown,
Howard, colored, promptly answered.
Mayor. This meeting WAS called for the
purpose Of filling the Offices declared vacant
BY an ordinance, in May last.
Alderman Cunningham. move that we
proceed with the election Of city officers, and
commence with the Office Of City Attorney.
The motion was put and unanimously car
RED.
Alderman Potter. I nominate the Hon. D.
T. Corbin.
Alderman E. W. N. Maokey. nominate
Colonel B. ". Seymour.
Mayor. have received from Mr.. r. 8. Tha-
rim an application for the Office.
The PnLspURY CAUCUS TICKET.
At this point the Piilsburyites were each OBJ
served to flourish freely neatly printed ticket,
which, upon investigation was ascertained to
be the ticket determined upon by the Pillsbury
faction, at caucus held in the morning. 1t is
as follows:
For Clerk of Courcil, W. R. Mitchell. color
ed; for Clerk City Court, I. D. Small, colored;
for City Treasurer, stephen Thomas; for As
SCISSOR, p. J. Coogan; for Assistant Assessor,
DR.. N. G. Camplin. colored; for Harbormas:
ter, g. B. Stoddard, present incumbent; for
City Registrar, DR.. r. Lebby, Sr:, present
health officer; for City Inspector Joseph Il A.
jerks; for Physician to Orphan House. DR.. w.
n. Huger; for Inspector OF Flour. NJ. Caul-
field; Gaucers OF Liquor. Clarence Levy, A.
Jarvis; City Coroner, Joseph Z. Howard color
ed: Keeper Tidal Drains, Alexander Williams;
INSPECTORS Naval Stores. 7. W. Stanland, W.
E. Bevin; Superintendent Public Cemetery, j.
D. Browne; City Physicians. DR.. T. Grange
J. Somers Buist; Inspectors of Lumber, 9. 2.
Jenkins: William Burke, oolored; William
Field, colored; Port Wardens, VIM Bird, Tim
othy johnson. Geo. O'Neill, Jas. W. Anderson,
oolored; j. G. Holloway, colored; for City
Sheriff. Geo. Addison.
Alderman Geddings. Ihops, Mr.. Mayor, that
you will, before proceeding with the election,
announce the candidates for the Office.
Mayor. intend to do 30.
Alderman Geddings. I'd like, also, to have
the names Of The applicants read.
AldermaosToigt. I do not see the necessity
Of reading them.
Alderman Geddings. do not see how you
arc to get around it.
Mayor. Some Of the applications are two
pages and some one page long.
Alderman Geddings. We cannot get along
without doing that. He then proceeded to
read an ordinance, adopted on the 18th OF Oc-
tober, 1856, which provides that the applicants
for each office within the gift Of Council shall
state in his letter Of application his surety or
suretles, and if-he did not furnish. the bond
two weeks after the election, he should forfeit
the Office. Said the Alderman, the Office of
City Attorney requires five Thousand dollar
bond with two OF mors suretles, and we should
know something about them before proceeding
to an eleotiop..- So -
Alderman Collins (e1citedly.) Il 81. Collins
and P. J. Coogsn are his sureties, and are as
good as can be gotten.
The Mayor then read . section OF an ordi'
nance in support OF position that be took in
opposition to that taken by Alderman Ged.
diugs, which e. P: Wall, colored, did not heal
and requested its e.readipg, which was grant
ed, and all the Councilmen referred to 1t.
McKinlay, colored. Iconsider the ordinance
read by Alderman Geddings as mere formal
ity-the pon-observance Of 1t having been the
rule and the observance Of it the exception.
Alderman Cunningham. move we go inte
an election.
Small. colored. concur in your PROPOSE
ton.
Alderman deddings. Mr. Mayor, I hope be
fore you procsed, you will state upon wha
grounds you 90 outside Of the ordinance.
Alderman Cunningham. On the same Rrount
that other Mayors went outside OF it.
Alderman Geddings. Anlllegal action in tn
past does not warrant an illegal action now.
Alderman CUNNINGHAM. (excitedly.) Eve
ry matter will ba found illegal if you dou't wan