The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-15

The Judge ordered that notice be published
in the proceedings Of court that the Admiralty
Docket swould be called and finally disposed
of on next Friday, at 10 O'clock.
WHAT PROMISES DID.-THE NEWS learns that
when Joseph h. jerks was canvasaing for the
Office of City Inspector he very unwlsely prom
ised work to all the colored men who applied.
The result of the rash promises was shown yes
terday. About five hundred negroes besieged
the lower portion of the City Hall building, IN
which are located the detective Office, sheriff
and inspectors offices. The negroes. in their
efforts to see the Inspector, pushed in at the
front and back doors and endeavored to get
through the iron gratings Of the windows
II any one showed himself at window from
the inside, q hundred or more fBtitions we're
showed at him, and he was asked il he ''didn't
know Pete," or 'Jlm," or ''Sam," as the case
might be. ''who he had promised work
to-" By nine o'clock the crowd became
so disorderly that dozen policemen were
detailed to prevent them from crowdlng,
around the doors and windows which had ex.
cluded tho air and nearly suffocated those
within. Policemen were also stationed inside
at the front and rear doors to prevent the en-
trance OF ali Office ana employment seekers.
The crowd lung around tho building until two
ociocb. aud then slowly dispersed. It is un-
deistocd tG"t ne trspeatcr has employment
tor ahor olto hundreQ mon, and that he in.
scnos opening pspen null Oh Sprague's Canal,
at Co'umbia, with the n1mberless petitions he
has received.
ases rnIEs AN ADVERTISING
BE Is srEDf FoR SHAKY
Known that the Trustees of
the Charleston College have control of $780,
600; therefore, to be trustee is to shave
ao q thing, and Alderman Collins wanted to
,.ta a trustee.
The tlcGet for trustees arra nged by the Pills
barry caucus, heil before the meeting on Fri
day uight LAST, waa. Aldermen Geddngs, Pot
ter and ,unuiugharu OWING to the lateness
Of tue hour, they Tere not voted for at that
meeting. bat then and thcce Alderman Col
Inns stated substantially that there was corrup-
ton amonz those who hsd promised to vote
the CAUCUS ticket arranged that day; he had
promised to vote 8 certain way, and would do
SO; he would vote for any man on the ticket.
no matter how repulsve he might be.
Now. as we have eaid, Alderman Collins
wanted to be trustee. Tuesday night the
caucus ticket was put up, so was another tick
ct, the last by Alderman Collins. On one side
Chere was an advertisement Of the drug store
OF M. 81. Collins (Alderman Collins) & Co.,
stating how their efever and ague remedy
could s'cure chills and fever" on the other;
Trustees Charleston College-T. J. Mackey,
J. T. Greene, M. 81. Collins" T. J. Mackey =
name was put on tho ticket to draw himself
and friendslto support M. II. Collins.
Although Aldermen Collins ticket was ar.
ranged for the ''shaky," either politically or
physically, it did not work, and the regular
caucus ticket was elected. He proposed tor
Commissioners OF the Aims House the follow.
ing ticket, on the back Of an advertising card
also. which was defeated: Alderman E. w. M
Mackey; Alderman e. P. Wall, colored; Alder
man Philip Thorne, colcred; Alderman r. Fl
Hampton, colcred; Alderman T. r. Small, col
ored; Alderman David Barrow; Alderm IN r. r.
Wall. colored; Malcolm Brown, Jr., co.ored;
Juilus RoumilIat, partner Of Collins; Richard
Hogan; II. A. Duo, ST.; Alderman M. II. Col
| Inns. q
Alderman Collins manner OF introducing his
| tickets ON the back Of his advertising cards
has occasioned considerable comment como az
serting that 1t Was shrewd advertising dodge
| and others that he was not willing to pay the
ezra stamps necessary to obtain new cards
II an advertising dodge, it is something new,
yet the Alderman's ticket wouldn't go down.
| M
! CRUMBS. Tho Hremen we're called out latt
Tuesday night, but there was NO FIRE. @e%
1he City Treasury. yesterday, was enriched
to the amount Of $s5 by the fines imposed b,
| the Mayor.
The new benches on the Battery are made O
unseasoned yellow pine. consequently persons
who have sat upon them remained longer thar
they intended, and besides the loss OF time
ruined their clothing.
1t would be great accommodation to thu
ladies' IL the Street Railway Com pany wouli