The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-06

The STATE CIRCUIT CoURT.-The Court OF
General Sessions was opened at ten O'CLOCK
Yesterday morning, Hon. r. F. Graham pre-
siding.
The grand jury having been called, all
answered, and returned the following bills:
The State vs.. John Shines, grand larceny, no
bill; the State vs. BeBj Ancrum, assault with
intent to KILL and assault and battery, no DILL !;
the State Va. Affy alias Daphne jenkins, as
sault with intent to kill, no bill; the State vs.
Jesse Chisolm and Washington Matthews,
murder-true bill against Jesse Chisolm and
no bill against Matthews; the State vs.. Cantey
and Paul Swnton, burglary and larceny, true
bill; the State vs.. Julia Green, grand larceny,
true bill. The grand jury then made the fol-
lowing presentment:
The grand ju;y for the November term, 1871,
would respectfully return the following as. thelr
presentment That they have, IN accorusnce
With the instructions OF the court, visited ana ex
amined the several public of1ces, ana would
state as the result OF their tnvestlgatlons tnat
they visited the office Of the clerk OF the court
and found the same kept In neat q crediIaole
manner. They also visited the Jail, ana Iouno
the building in good condition, excepting the
leaks from the water plpes, and would again
bring the matter to the attention OF Tn county
commissioners. The prisoners are unp,oViusa
with blankets, and we were informed that the
sheriff WAS unable 10 get supply owing 10 tne
want OF means, and that he mad been unable 10
get any money from the county comm sslonels
Tor the detrg OF prisoners for the current year.
They also visited the Colored Orphanhouse In
george street, and found 1t unsuited for the pCr
pose and we would urge special appropriation
by the Legislature OF $SOG0 10 naSe d. sa ~
make the institution almost sel1.supp0rllng. ING
CHILDREN are In want of shoes, DC The eooklng
arrangements are defective, and an entire new
outfit is necessary. The water closets are IN
deplorable condition, and need Immediate atten.
tion. The s.hool funds are fnsamclent LOT tne
county, as on one-teuth OF the voters pay thelr
poll tax Out OF sixteen thousand to elgat:en
thousand voters In this county. only eighteen
hundred dollars was collected. as shown oy the
ireasurer's books. We have given our attention
iina dA nc ysiS'e Improvement since our last le
port. The debt OF this county is as follows:
Old county check, issued prior 10 July, .o am
Vouchers in county commissioners, not
Various claims against county ............ $4,000
The latter claim is approximate only out Is cer-
owl Owing 't to the above amount OF Indebtedness,
claims on the county sell from twenty 10
nifty per cent. discount, and pa lur.
sshng supplies MUS w ola SnargS Sncpest pro as ali
claims should be passed monthly. by the county
commissioners, and audited BY the county audi.
tor, who should keep record or the same. Ine
checks should be issued by the county comms'
sIoners according to the date OF purchase or ser.
vices rendered, and that the treasurer snould ee
furnished with the monthly ! st OF checks issued,
aud to pay the same according TO date, puo! nlng
In the daily papers the numbers and amount totai
that he can pay from funds In his possession.
Unless some change Is soon made, It WIN be 81.
most impossible to get the necessary supplies LOT
the county, as the treasurer will not nave over
500 900 Of this years taxes to meet all liabilities
We also visited the ONCE OF mesne conveyance,
and we found several VI their BOOKS 10 dllapl-
dated condition: valuable record books and plals
all torn and without binding. We would recon-
mend an appropriation OF three thousand dollars
for absolute repairs, In order TO save valuaole
documents from total logs. The grand Jury would
present 10 the court from evidence hereto ap'
pended, Moulton Emery and Morton n. WsrlnR'
III. D. ex-school commissioners for TINS county,
for indictment for fraud and maneasance Id
otflce. JAMES Z. LAcoSTE, foreuah'
The grand jury were then discharged BY his
Honor, with thanks for the promptness and
energy with which they had disposed of the
business before them.
h The court then proceeded with the trial OF
the Oakley murder case fixed for to-day, and
adjourned at three o'clock P. N. until ten
o'clock this morning.