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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-04


CLUBS AND STARs.-Two white men report
ed for driving their loaded drays through King
street Tuesday morning were discharged by the
Mayor on their pleading ignorance Of the law and
the first ofIeacs.
John Simons, arraigned before Trial Justice
McKinlay for committing an assault and bate
ry upon NJ ging, was found guilty, and fined IS
aud costs.
Jane Smith and Rose Matthews. colored, were
reported for throwing water from their windows
upon the sidewalk in Phillip street, ap:, after
a hearing, Jane was fined SO, which she paid.
Rose was discharged.
or four parties reported for doing business
without license, two were discharged, one
showed ssufflcient license, and the fourth was
ordered to pay for license Tor three months
and close his business.
A young man, whoss appetite for s:fong drink
got the better OF his discretion on Thursday
nisht, was arrested while lying down In Elliott
street and locked up in tges Guardhouse.. He
came up smiling behind a strawberry nose to
plead the first offence before the Mayor, but that
functlonary declined 20 listen to the ''oft told
tale, and sentenced him to pay nne OF IS, or
60 to theHouse Of Correction for FIVE days.
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BISHOP ASDREw.-A dispatch from Mobile,
Alabama, to the Rev.wm. W. Mood, Of Columbia,
dated March 1st, says: "BIshop James o. An
drew is DYING" The Bishop had returned from
New Orleans, and had reached his son-ln-law's,
Rev. Johl ". Rush. in Mobile, where the dispatch
was sent from to Mr.. Mood. Rev. James o.. An.
drew was born in Georgia IN 1874. he entered
the South Carolina Conference in 1872, and was
elected and ordained bishop In Philadelphia In
1882 In all these years be was in the active itne
rancy, and now passes away as the senior bishop
or the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He
dies In his seventy-eighth year, ceasing at once
to work and live. His disease Is paralysis.
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ByI. SIX, BENNETT.

Dy ls De hs DLNNGl ls
THE EXECUTORS OF THOMAS BEN
cree OF the Court OF Common Pleas-In EqaHy.
On THURSDAY, the 9th Of March, will De sold.
OF Public Outcry, near the Old Postofhce at II
o'clock,
Three LOTS OF low water land, but suitable for
building. fronting on Smith street, between Bull
aud Calhoun streets.
No. SO. Containing So feet front on Smith street,
by 1903 feet deep more or less.
No. 81. Containing 81 feet in front on Smith
street, by 257 feet deep, more or less.
No. so. Containing ST feet In front on Smith
street, by 267 feet deep, more or less.
NINE LOTS OF LAND, fronting on Line, Ashe
anu Shepherd streets, as follows:
No. ]. At the northeast corner OF Line and Ashe
Streets measuring As feet on Line, by 146 feet on
Ashe street.
No. 9. Next east OF the above on Line street,
measuring As feet front, by 145 feet deep.
No. 8. Next east or No. 2 on Line street, meas
urng As feet front, by las feet deep.
No. !. Next east or NO. ON Line street, meas
uring 45 feet front, by l45.feet deep;
No. 5. On .Ashe street, measuring 4s feet 4
inches in lrcnt, by 100. feet deep.
measuring 4S feet 4inches In front, by 100 leet
No. T. Next north OF No. 8, at the corner Of
Ashe and Shepherd streets, measuring 4s.feet 4
No. g. on Shepherd street, measurtnS4o feet
front, by 1i5 feet deep.
measuring 40 feer front. by 145 feet deep.
All OF which can be fully seen by reference 10
plat at Mr.. Beuneti's office, No. 40 Broad street.
Conditions OF sale-0ne.third cash; balance In
two equal annual instruments, With interest from
date payable annually, aL7 per cent, secured by
bond, with mortgage OF the property. Purchasers
to pay for all necessary papers and stamps.
y W : RENsIEHGAR sESNEIfi Executors.
Jana7-leb3 8, II, ,l8, %, ,25, ,mchl, l,4,7,S.9
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THE ,sTRICK OF THE LoOP"-About week
AGO Sampson Sumter, . Serdant specimen of rus
ficIty, became interested in the curious perform
ances OF George Mcintyre, colortd professor OF
the strap game. and after paying thirty-1ve dol
lars to his teacher learned the secret the double
loop. The teacher was reported at the Detective
office. aud the next day officer DAILY arrested him
ut the corner OF Ann and Meeting streets. George
put on look OF Injured innocence and seemed
so deeply hurt at the charge that the officer, who
was uncertain OF his man, was deceived and left
him for moment to make inquiries OF coz
fdante on the opposite corner. On his.return, he
caught sight OF his late prisoner flying up Ann
street. A rapid pursuit only enabled the detec-
tive to catch another glimpse o! honest George
logging il across the trestle OF the Northeastern
Railroad. sharp lookout was kept up, however,
anu yesterday morning the unlucEy George was
captured by Officers Daily and Lovett, at the cor.
ner Of Spring and St. Philip streets. Being search.
ed at the Detective office, the pockets Of the oily
George were found to contain nothing but o con-
ductor's check for O passage from Augusta to Co.
lumbla, and 4 slip OF paper on which the follow
ing was printed:
To Generous Publtc-This certifes that the
bearer Is duly authorized to solicit aid for the
liquidation OF the debt upon the A. II. E. Church,
Charleston, S. Q.
"He that glveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord,
and be will repay them again."
VIM H. Brown and Bruce II. Williams Pastors.
This is new calling for Brother George. As
professor OF the strap game he obtained celeb.
rity by beng sentenced to two years In the penl-
lentary by Judge Noses having been convicted
In the general sessions Of conspiracy to cheat.
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AMusEMENTs NEXT WEBK.-The old adage
that .when it rains, it pours," is applicable in
more senses than one Next week, for instance
the Academy Of Music will be open under the
auspices OF the Chapman Sisters and the Jolly
Bishop DeCastrc, the ventr!loquist and Illusion
ist, commences series Of entertainments IN
Hlbernian Hall, and on the night OF the 7tn the
great Purm ball takes place. The bill-boards are
radiant with the most inviting OF designs, and the
inducements to spend greenbacks and be happy
are unusual.
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OXFORD, NEWTON COUNTY, Ga,

ONFOKD, NEWTON COUSIlt ua.t
November, 1870.
GESTLEMEH-Yeurs OF the lSt instant IS receiv.
ed, asking my oplnion with regard to the merit OF
the "ECREKA FEnTlLt2ER.n applied about
100 pounds per acre. leaving few rows Without
any. The Eureka" rows made three times a5
much as those not mauured. had my land
broken fine and deep, put the Eureka" deep IN
fertilizer to mix IL with the SOL before Deciding
upun 1t. My sandy land I hal cultivated very
shallow with sweeps set 10 run sha low, SO a5 mol
to break Tie small roots Of tile cot;un. My sill
laud gave IT q deep plDugh!ng wien .lhe cotton
was small, afterwards cultivated very shallow.
The !.Eurekan has paid me prodt ~ present
price OF cotton beSIleS improving my llnd.
Our Id lands from long culture have become
go exhausted OF tile Phosplla:es necessary 10
make gOol crops thai we cannot succeed wen III
TIisuS cotton without the Use OF commercial Ier'
tllizerS. Tie eureka has proved tu be tile very
best fertilizer have ever used.
Yours truly, DAVID DICKSON.
We have abundant testimonials from other sue
cessful planters, which are printed With our
Pamphlet Circulars, which we will be pleased TO
send to any one.
bounds and We believe any one who examines
them must be cOnvlnced that "EUREkA WILL
PAY.''
The following are our terms OF sale: For cash.
$50 per ton; for Warehousemen or Factors ac'
Ceptance payable 1st November next, $40 per ton;
FOR Planters Note, secured by lien on crops pay
able lst November next, $40 per ton. For Low
Middliug Cotton, delivered at q railroad s5atlO9
by lst November Is cents per pound VIII De OIL.
lowed, md $50 per ton charged fur "EuRhhA,"
For lower grades OF Cotton the usual dlherence
will ceexpecte1 In settlement. These are Tue net
pr,ccs in Charleston, 5. e., to which must be al
ded ihausual charge nf driyase anu way !reigne
when required. Address
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Gute!5
Giute!5.
COLU UMBI a II o L e L,
COLUMBIA, s. G.,
wM GORMAN. PROPRIETOR,

The Proprietor OF this pleasantly located and
elegantly furnished Establishment, at the State
Uapira, desires 20 inform the travelling public and
others seeking accommodations, thGr the eco
unsurpassed by atfy in the State or the UniteG
States Situated In the business centre OF tht
city, with fine large airy rooms, and a table sup
piled with every elicacy OF the season, both lrom
New York aud Charleston markets, the Ploprie
TOR pledges that no efforts will be spared 10 give
perfect satisfaction in every respect.
A frst-class Livery Stable is attached to the
HOTEL where vehicles OF every description can be
had at the shortest notice.
Omnibuses attend the arrival and departure OF
every Train. VIM. G0RMAN,
Proprietor and Superintendent.
J. D. BUDDs, Cashier. sprp vim
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CITY ELECTIONS HEREAFTgR.-A bill! is now
pending before tina General Assembly, which pro-
poses to fix the-nzXS election in Charleston Tor
August, 1871. Under he present law. the election
is held in October, and we are utterly unable TO
account for the change suggested. On the one
hand, no good can be accomplished BY it while
on the otherhard not AL little harm may result
from the fact tha.a period OF the year has been
selected during which large number Of our cisi-
zeus are abseny at the North or IN the country,
aud or course unable 10 vote.
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TsEsPAsstEC. -Between u and O'Clock,
yesterday morning Patrick Flanagan was dis
covered by ]. Fishmar on his premises In Elliott
s::esr, and wass aSksd2w!as heswanted. Being
unable to gSe a satisfactory expla nation, he was
tod to leave, instead Of doing which he drew a
large bowie knife aad made at his interroga-
tor. The latter effected his escape, ana calling
for the police hal the intruder arrested. After
nighsIn the Guardhouse, Patrick came before the
Mayor with sne charge OF yasrancy added to the
above offence aud having been tried, was sent to
tie House OF Correction unde!' the vagrant law.
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The ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE WoRKs.-There
was an unfortunate blunder In the description Of
the Atlantic Phosphate Works printed in TIE
NEWS Of yesterday. We should have said that
both the huge acid chambers OF the company are
now actively at work. One OF them was com.
pleted in the middle OF December, and the other
in The middle OF January.
The officers Of the Atlantic Company are as
follows: President, F. J. Porcher, ESD; secreta'
ry and agent, F. J. Pelzer, ESQ.,. directors
Messrs VIM. Lebby, L. D. Desaussure, ". P.
Hall aud B. C. Pinckney. The general agents OF
the company are Messrs. Pelzer. Rodgers & Co.,
OF this city.
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BY HOLMES & MACBETH,
Aucrfoueefs.

GALE BY ORDER OF THE EXECU-
~ TORS.
Wlrbe sold on THURSDAY, March 9th, In front
OF the Old Postonce, Broad street, Charleston,
s. O., at II O'Clock,
That HOUSE AND LOT at the southwest corner
Of Queen and franklin streets, measuring and
Containing one hundred and thirty; three t13s|
feet on Queen street, by forty y-eIght (ts) feet on
Franklin street, more or less. e
ALSO,
That desrably located LOT on the north side OF
Queen street, opposite the Mills House, contain
ing In front on Queen street twenty-five (25) feet,
by one hundred and fifty C15Ol feet deep, be the
same more or less; bounded on the east by Landa
now or late OF John a. Shearman west by Lands
now or late Of Andrew .Keppenberg, south by
Queen street, and north by Lands now or late Of
J. s. Crapps.
Terms-One-half (1l) cash; balance payable in
one year, secured by bond or bonds Of the pur.
chaser. with mortgage OF the premises, with In.
terest at the rate or seven per cent. per an1um;
buildings to be insured aud policy assigned. Pur.
chaser to pay US for all necessary papers and
stamps. feb2s, m'ch2 1853
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THE STATE CIRCUIT CoURT.-The Court OF
General Sessions was opened Friday morning
at 10 O'Clock, his Honor Judge Graham presiding.
The gra jury was called, and having all an
swered, were sent to taeir room.
The petit jurors and supsrnumerarles all On.
swered to their names.
The State VS.. James F. Harrson-breach OF
trust mol. pros. entered by order OF the Judge.
The State VS.. George Hutson-rape. Prisoner
arraIgned, but on request Of Colonel R. ". Sey-
mour, for defence, the trial was set for Tuesday
The State VS.. Anthony Thompson-rape. c. W.
Buttz, Esq., for defence. Verdict, not guilty,
and prisoner discharged.
The State vs. Richard Boree-grand larceny.
The prisoner pleaded guilty OF petty larceny, aud
his plea was accepted by tue State.
The State vs.. Thomas Banks-grand larceny.
L. c. Northrop, Esq, for the defence. The jury
remained out for two hours, and atlength brought
in o verdict OF not guilty. Prisoner discharged.
The grand jury returned into court With true
bills in the following cases: Against Charles
Johnson, grand larceny; against George Brown,
bigamy: against Edmund Niles, petty larceny;
against Lawrence P. Smith, perjury; against
Richard Beckett, sault aud battery and assault
with inten. to Kill; against Thomas Finley, ma
llcous mischief; against Alonzo Butler and Al
fred James, grand; iarcenyi against Traveller
wescott, joe sBoseman,; Memo Small, Agrippa
Champlaln, James Green, Chance wilson, John
Mcneil AMI Saunders Gadsden, house breaking
and larceny; against Sylvester Bowers assault
and battery snd assault with intent to KILL against
John Russell, for the same offence.
In the following cases no bills were FOUND;
Against John D. zanoga, malicious mlschlel;
against Henry Lewis, assault and battery; against
| Marion Mott, assault and battery and assault
with intent to Kill.
The State ys. Chas. W. Blocker-bigamy. on
motion OF defendants counsel the case was SET
for the 7th instant.
The State va. Traveller Wescott ct al-nouse'
breaking and larc"-- On motion OF counsel for
defence the trial was lxed for the 9th instant.
The State vs. Peter alias Chas. lockwood
/ grand larceny. L. I. Woolf, Esq, for the defence
Yerdct-Guilty.
The court then adjourned until 10 O'Clock A. NJ
| on Monday next
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DEsTR UCT1vE FIRE.-The Brook Green rice
mills, on Waccamaw River, about twenty-five
miles above Georgetown, were destroyed by fire
on the I'd instant. The fire broke out at 8 o'clock
in the morning, and all efforts to extingutsh 1t
prove / futile. About fifty tlerces OF clean rice
and thirty TWO hundred bushels OF rough rice In
the mill at the time, with all the fixtures, STOCK
wood and st res, were entirely destroyed. The
total loss is about $4,000. The only insurance
was upon portion of the rice. Tneorigin OF the,
fire is unknown. :.
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SAILING OF THE VIRGINA.-Thls first-class
iron steamship, Alexander Hunter, commander,
sailed yesterday afternoon for Philadelphia, with
a very heavy cargo, footing up about 1000 pack
ages, cotton, rice, rosin. domestics, &c. The
Fall River, OF the same line, will be dispatched
hence on the9,h, at 6 o'clock P. NJ, and shippers
can now count on superior steamships and reg.
ular weekly dispatch.
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EMMETT SOCIAL CbuB.-At meeting or
young men Of this CITY, on the evening Of the 1st
instant, an organization was formed under the
name or the emmett Social Club" and the fol-
lowing officers elected: A. J. Callahan, president;
Ma. Devereux, vice.president; NJ. ]. Flynn, sec.
retary; G. L. stoze, treasurer; E. H. Bolchoz, cor
responding secretary. Committee on letters
c. L. stolze, NJ. ]. Flynn, n A. pevereux. Com
mitsee on anance-I Droze, J. Boyce, E. Bolchoz.
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SPORT. Several parties have availed them
selves Of the present delightful weather, AID with
gun and ashins-rod are enjoying camp-life among
the islands on the coast Drum fish ere near
" due other kinds are abundant, and the
woods abound with game, SO that there is no lack
of sport Good partridge and duck shooting locah'
ties can be found almost any where within five or
eight miles or the city limits, and now and then
a deer rewards one for his tramp.
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BUS NESs NoTI o.Es.

SPRING DRESS GooDs.-Louis Cohen & Co..
No. 24s King street, announce today the opening
OF handsome assortment OF dress gooIs-silSs
OF various kinds satins, poplns, prints, &c. This
is the time to buy, aud the prices are cheap.
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Ferrrs. FLOWERS AND VEGETABLEs.-Those
O. orr c,;izens who desire to obtain seeds or
plants, said TO he CO u.qa.stioaed excellence, can
do hy sendia; the- order and accompanying
remittance to Mr.. B. ". Watson, OF the Old Colony
Nurseries, Plymouth. Mass. 4 note to the same
address vii! oringihls Catalogue, prepaid, OF all
the new fruits aad flowers of recent ntr,ducton,
together with many select varieties OF trees,
shrubs, evergreeps and vegetables.
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PARIsrAN DREssAAK1NG Ia famous, the world
over, for its matehless nicely and taste and
those OF our lady readers who wish to avail them
selves of the services OF traine and accomplish
ed arttste In dress, may give their work to
Madame Luzer with full confidence In her skill,
promptitude aad ability to please. She also makes
fine French corsets to order. Her establishment
ts on King street, one door above Wentworth,
over the Dollar Store.
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To BE RAFrLED, one fine meerschaum pipe,
at so cents per chance, or the pick OF the show
case. at King Williams cigar store. No. $40 King
stre.t, near Society. WILLIAM SCHROEDER.
Come one, come al, and look y my fine meer-
schaums. mas4-2
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LUCKY REcavEgY.-oH Thursday evening,
about 7OSlock, thief esterei; The residence ola
gentleman In the lower po: Of Meeting street,
aud stole the carp=t-oag o. newly arrived visit
or which had been lncautiously leftln the piazza.
Yesterday afternoon ofncers Davis and Burke
discovered a carpet-bag answering to the descrip'
ton of the one. lost in the hands Of boy in Ma
zyck street, who no sooner saw the officers than
he dropped the bag and made OF. he succeeded
in e1ectlug his escape, out the carreS-bag was
recovered, and Is nov q. The Detectives ofi:e to
be delivered to the oECer. =
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BAG0ING AT AuCTIoN.-Attention is directed
to the advertisement OF Elephant BaggIns Slight
" damaged by water at the recent fre,l to be
sold at auction, in savannah, by Messrs. Lamar
& King. on Wednesday next. for the underwri,
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CHOICE GRocERIEs.-Mr. F. L. 0'Neil has
for sale at his thriving establishment, No. 23s
King street, large stock OF Sugars, Tomatoes.
Hams, Lard, &c.-soll at low prices ANA ttsltre'ed
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS CHEAPER TEAM EVER :
In Velvet aud Leather bindings, IS cents; Old
price 90 cents. In Velvet and Leather hindiags,
IS cents; old price 81. In Velvet and Leather
bindings, 81; old price 81 %. In Velvet and Lea
ther bindings, 81 20; oil price 81 so.
HAsEL ST. BAzAAs ASD No. ISL KrNG ST.
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Our NEW in the Court Oh
General Sessions Is being done with such rapldity
that in two weeks the entire criminal docket
and it is very heavy-will probably be cleared.
Judge Graham has gone to work with energy, anu
the visitor who spends an hour within his temple
will be impressed with the peculiar tact he pos
sesses Ia rapidly bringing case to an end. HIS
charges to the jury are like some OF his former
charges In the 6eld-short, sharp and, decisive.
His experience as district judge Immediately
after the war has doubtless been Of no little SER
vlceto him lnhis present position, and he is thus
enabled, with confidence 10 himself, to exercise
that decision OF character and promptness in ac.
tson which are both his personal and official traits
we need not add that, 80 far, Judge Graham has
afforded general satisfaction to all but she GRIM
inals.
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IHQUEsT.-Thursday afternoon one-armed
co.ored man named Sciplo Pigatt was taken with
AZ epileptlc 1T, while walking near Potters field,
sud tet Into large opening. No one saw the ac-
ciaent, but a short time afterward q colored
woman, on going to the spring for water, dis ov-
cred the body. She attempted to drag it out. but
il vain, and at last alarmed the neighbors. When
taken nom the spring, every attempt was made
to revive the body, but after long and repeated
efforts, life was found to beentirely extinct. The
deceased had met with various accidents while
suffering -from.thess ats, and IN one OF them had
fanea into the. nye and had his arm so badly
burned as to render amputation necessary. Cor
orer Taft was notiael Of the Occurrence, and pro-
ceedlng to the place en,paneled jury OF inquest,
who, after hearing the testimony of witnesses,
rendered verdict of accidental death.
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ADMITTED TO THE .BAs:1Thos. H. strohecSer'
Esa., having passed. the necessary examinaion'
was Yesterday at!m.:te,, 10 she practice 9' law IN
the State courts.
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SPRING STYLE OF HATS just received, o
every variety, at
JoHSsoN's TEMPLE OF FASHION,
mar2:thstu3 No. 2S9 King street.
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SMALL CHRoMos SNAIL CHRoMos !-Chro-
mos In Walnut Frames OF IS cents each; formerly
sold at 81 50. No. 16i RISG STREET.
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Frsr rs. NosE.-John Anderson colored.
was brought before Trial Justice Mackey, yester-
dayaftsrnoon. ana tried for sassadltiag anu bat,
tefIng BENZ. washington, on Monday afternoon,
on Hamlln's wharf. The evidence showed that
the prisoner had seized Ben By the coat. and in
no gentle manner had made him smell his fist by
rubbing It against tile prosecutors nose Ander-
son confessed 50 much but finding the prosecu-
tor had no evidence at hand, he changed his
tune, and denied tile deed. On his confession,
however, the justice found him guilty, and Joe
John was sentenced to pay fine OF 81 and costs,
or 90 10 jail for ten days. He preferred, however
To take his chance in the General Sessions and
appealed from the decision.
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The BLUE RIDGE RA!LRoAD.-Among the
Legislative proceedings published In connection
with the at oye read. it was stated that protest
had been received from the City Council OF
Charlestcn against annullIng the endorsement Of
the bonds OF that company by the State, on the
ground that such endorsement was in the nature
of contract and could not be withdrawn with.
out violation of-the constitution.
We are very much interested In learning when
and where this paper was prepared and adopted.
We know OF no meeting OF the City Council In
which such protest was considered, aud cannot
conceive who has assumed the grave authority of
speaking for Charleston OR Its government In the
matter. Will somebody afford the information !?