The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-13


ELECTION IN SAvANSAH.--Tbe municipa
election in Savannah, on Monday, resulted lI 7
: the choice of the Hon. John Screven as Mayor
8The Advertiser says: ''The day was utterly
devoid of excitement, excepting that Hbrie65
afforded by the, circus, tie negroes entirely ab.
staining from voting or participating In The
election in the smallest degree The regular
ticket, emanatlng from the nominating com
mittee, was largely scratched" j. s.. III.
The SOUTH C.ARoLINA:LoAN AND TRUST
4CoapANY's BunDNo.-The old building on the
southeast corner of Gadsden's alley and Broad
street, formerly occupied BY Messrs. Dawson
> and Blackman, is now being pulled down, and
! win give place to handsome two story brick
building erected by the South Carolina Loan
and Trust Company for ON office. The plan
was drawn by Messrs. Abrahams il Seyle,
architects; of Charleston, to whom we are in
adebted for most of the particulars. r;
The front room Of the ground floor, approx.
mating in size to the banking: room now occu.
j. pied by the company, will be used for bank.
ing purposes, and will be fitted up with all the
requisite modern improvements, The back
room Will be separated, BY a sliding door, into
SSwo offices, for the. accommedation Of tbs
Spresident and cashier; and In the rear Of thii
room will be the vault, entered. Through ons
&of the offices noticed above An iron stair
lease, opening on Gadsden's alley, will dcom
municate with the second story, which Will bt
dIvided into offices for renting out
The building will be nearly as high as the
Peoples National Bank building, adjoining on
the east, and will be adorned with an elegant
&cast-iron front of the GorlDthian order, some
what similar In appearance to the front ol the
building nearly opposite, now occupied BY the
Peoples Bank, having Que door and two win
3dows of the same size, with semi'circularh head
kipgs on the, street and three windows above
The parapet will be finished with semi-circu-
far pediment in the centre and vase at each
Bcorner. The contract has been given to Mr..
George W. Egan, who agreed to complete the
building by the lst Of January, 1911.
COURT OF GENERAL SESsIoNs.-The court
met yesterday, at A. M, Judge zephaulan
&Piatt presiding, and disposed OF the following
leases: 81 . i 81
The State vs.. L. Alexander and ]. N. ALEX
d eander--forgery. on motion of ]. n. Nathans
5Esq.; counsel for the prisoners, continued te
3 next term of court.
The State vs. J.H. Slmonson--forgery. Tae
prisoner plead guilty, and requested permls
Sion to address the court. He produced testi
: monials ofprevious good character, and asked
! the court to be merciiul, as this was his, frsl
Offence.
I 1.-The: State vs. Isaac Butler grand larceny
hot guilty.
The State VS.. Caesar Lloyd-assault and bat
atery. No defence. Guilty.
! The State VS.. q. A. Hammerschmidt and S
III. Coates-false Imprisonment and kidnap
s ping. Struck Off
4 The State VS.. S. J. Coates-kidnapping
Struck of. q
The State vs. Ben Wright petty larceny
8Struck Lff
The State VS.. Rosa Jones-maliclous tres
apass. Struck of.
4 The State Vs. Polly Gadsden-petty larceny
BStruck oil. a;
! The State vs.. L. P. Smith-assault and bat
terry. Struck of. =.
l The State vs. G. Simmons and Joe Warley-
Highway robbery and assault and battery
aStruck of.
: The State vs.. Robert Gordon-assault and
$battery. Continued.
The State vs.. P. Morrissey- assault and bate
2ry. Struck of. y6,.4. =. ~
q The State vs. Edward Thompson assault
ANot guilty.
The grand jury returned no bill in the cast
of Franklin Kelly, Indicted for perjury.
i The petit jurors were discharged, and the
8court adjourned at the usual hour.
Since the opening Of the court, the grant
hurry have brought in si1ty-eght true. bills ant
4twenty-four no bills. Twenty-elght parties
Bhave been found guilty and will be sentenced
: to day, viz: For murder, one; arson, one
Serand larceny, three; forgery, one; petty lar
9ceny, eight; assault and battery, ten; assault
Hour. OF these there are twenty-one .color,el
and seven whites-twenty-si males and tEt
ztemales. The grand Jury will be discharged
Z this morning, and the session Of the court vii
$be closed. II y. q" 2.