The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-02

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What Mayor Pillsbury said-s"eai.
ing In the Council-To Business
once-The Council Meets-inspee''"s
the Guardhouse, &c.
The installation of the Mayor and Aldermen
elected In Angus. last zoos place yesterday a'
tho ci,v Hall and passed Oh with perfect qnie'.
Tho limo exnected event hal been, Of course Inc
on. orh,ng tonic OF conversation for seVerai
voors nast The ominous cloud OF martial !a"'
bono,np over the northern counties OF s.e s'a'e'
ond ,he shallow protest against the Charieston
election. had produced some mistrast among our
citizens, who looked forward, with palniui
anxiety, TO the day when their chosen Candidates
shoud be installed. But the utter failure OF Inc
rr test and assurances Of Mayor Pllsoury on
Tuesday evening gavea confidence to the public,
| which the correspondence between the on: going
and In coming Mayors confirmed.
Yestert ay dawned bright and clear, gorioas
omen for the future prospects OF o.d Chaflestop'
Moved by curiosity, large NUMBER Of cNllens'
prir cipally coored. assembled at the corner Oh
Broad and Meeting sire ts, and as the time ap'
| pointed for the ceremony Of installation ore"
nigh, the crowd increased to conslderao.e slz e.
| The occasion Of any undue excitement was stndl'
ously avoided by the Conservative citizens, anu
the Radical element predomlnated in the assem-
| blage.
About a quarter to IL O'Clock, the Mayor eject,
escorted by Aldermen o. A. Bowen and James d.
| TAYLOR, alked from the Mills House lin one
OF the parlors o. which the new board had as
sembled) TO tie corner Of Broad and Meeting
streets and passed through the City Hall TO me
| Mayor.s off,Ge. Geleral Wagner was here re-
celved by Mayor Pilsbury, and the TWO seated
themselves at the table where they were soon
| busily engaged In overlooking and discussing a
mass OF official papers. The rest OF the new boaru
| OF Aldermen shortly after came over from the
Mills House, and o little before Il O'Clock TOOK
their seats around the horseshoe table o1 the
Council Chamber.
Among the notable officials present. as lockers.
on. were Lieutenant. Governor Ransier, General
W. ]. whipper and Aldermen Collins and Mckin-
lay, and others Of the retiring board.
The Mayor EJECT and Mayor Pll!s5ury now came
10, and the latter ascended to The seat usually
occupied by the Mayor. Then t-rning TO Genera
WAGNER, he spoke as follows:
MAYOR PILLsBURY's REMARKS.
General WAGNER, Mayor elect:
DEAR SIR-My official duties and those OF the
board which has been associated with me, are
now about to close; and we are assembled a. tAls
hour to inaugurate new city government
IshaI soon relinquish this calm to you, sir out
Ishall do it, so far as am personally concerned
| with far more pleasure ,han r'gret. leave IL
with pleasure, first, because by so ding do not
| retire from couch which has bloomed only Wild
roses but which has been also too thicky set Win
thorns. In the second place. retire with Plea
sure, because however severely may have been
dealt with at times by the press, by individuals
a1d by the public, carry vita me the conscious
ness that through my entire administration lhsVe
endeavored TO the utmost OF my ability, TO dis.
charge, fearlessy and faithfully, my whole duty ;
and lastly, derive pleasure in my Withdrawal
from the earnest wish and sincere hope that you
will be able 10 discharge the duties Of the ofice
with far greater tisfaction to the citizens tnan
| it has been in my power TO render.
On assuming the duties which will soon de-.
volve upon you, you will, doubtless, encounter
obstacles and difficulties, as did. which may
appear almost unsurmountable. The pestilence
that has long stalked abroad in darkness aud
wasted at noon.day, has not departed from US.
| The financial and other business interests OF the
city are, to say the least not in TOO ioursh!ng
condition. Then, in addition 10 the thousand
needs incident to all cities, your tenderest sensi-
bilities will constantly be touched TO their iswest
depths by frequent calls upon lou for help, from
the poor, the helpless and distressed. And am
confident, slr that the bitterest sting yoa Will ex.
perience will be- that the financial interests OF
the city will no, allow you to answer these calls
80 generous y, and generally, as on may desire.
But must not speak too discouragingly. With
determined zeal, strict integrity OF purpose and
with suitable reliance upon that Go l who rules
over "a, you will be able to compass every diff
| Guilty.
Although this Is neither the proper time nor
place TO review the acEs OF the retiring admins
| tration. must be pardoned In saying few
words In their behalf. Our public deeds are
known to all, and we could not possibly deny
responsibility, even IL we desired to do 1t. Our
financial record is indellibly inscribed upon the
archives Of the city, and TO II we invite the closest
scrutiny. Whether 1t be viewed as In itself con :.
sidered, or 10 comparison with the record Of for
mer administrations, we do not fear the candid
judgmen. OF mankn'.
| hdJOI WdBCuCi, III teopOaoSJ SaPiSoSSN S'S w
legations and at the same time those Of the citi.
zens OF Charleston, for the knlness which Mr.
Pilsbury had uniformly exhibited during his
term OF Office. BE was sure the people would
forgive any faults Mr.. P.llsbury may have com :
mi;ted, an pardon what was evil in consideration
OF the amount OF good he had done.
The Mayor EJECT then assembled to the Mayors
chair, and standing face to face with Mavor Pills.
bury, the oath OF office was administered, the re-
firing Mayor saying, lam now prepared to ad-
minister to you the oath OF office. Are you ready
| to receive il ?"
Mr.. Pillsbury continued sand now, Mr.. Mayor,
here publicly give into your custody all prope r.
ty, records and papers belonging TO the city
which have been in my charge. My unsindest
wish for Charleston Is, that it may reach higher
prosperity than it has ever enjoyed. wishing
you, sir, an agreeable and prosperous admins.
| NOW loo von IN nerfIct the orpaniZa.