The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-02

O'~O-N N>t~OA oASh CAOWdS duu
Purvis. Fire Observation-Disclosures
Wells, Purvis and Carr. City Lamps
Aldermen Carr, Brown aud Davis.
New City Hall and Public Buildings-
Aldermen Griffin, Simons and Carr.
City Attorney D Tradewell. City
Physician-A S Hydriok. Clerk OF
Market II Pickett. Commissioner
OF Poor Charles Schultze. Overseer
of Streets-J Trice. Chief of Police
|-M b Nixon. Sergeants of Police
E Williams, j Blizzard.
STATE BONDS. State Treasurer Car
doza bus put forth the following 'cir-
cular:"
The Treasurer of the State is now
prepared 10 fund. ct the Treasury, liz
Columbia. S. c., the bonds and stocks
OF the State authorized by the Legis-
lature under the funding Act, ap-
proved December %. 1873, into the
consolidation bonds and stocks. The
following classes of bonds aud stocks
are authorised to be funded:
STOCK Revolutionary war claims;
Charleston Fire Loan; construction
State Capitol; funding past due interest
BONDS. -Churlestou fire loan; con-
struction State Capitol; aid to Blue
Ridge Railroad; fuuding past due in
terest and principal; redemption bills
receivable; payment interest public
debt; funding bills Bank of state; re.
lief Of Trensury;Land Commission.
The following bonds issued under
Act of March 231, 1869, entitled 'Ioun
for the conversion Of State securities, :"
are also authorized to be funded into
consolidation bonds;' they having
been duly exchanged and represented
by bonds on file:
Denomination $1,000 Numbered in
Red. Numbers to 5l9 inclusive; !;
numbers 52l to 1.l30 inclusiye; mum.
bers 2.451 to 2,475 inclusive.
Denomination $1,000 Numbered in
Blue. Numbers 1921 to 3, 49G inclu.
sive; number 4. .498.
Denomination $500 Numbered in
Red Numbers l 10 237 inclusive;
numbers 1,0Ol to 1900.
Denomination Sl00 Numbered ia
Red.-Number to 40 inclusive.
The Legislature has declared that
the remainder Of the Conversion bonds
were put upon the market without any
authority Of law. and
are absolutely null aud void"
The funding law referred to above
requires that the holders of the above
bonds and stocks should exchange
them. with tue accrued interest to Jan-
uary l. 1874. for consolidation bond.
aud stocks" at fifty per centum Of their
face value. The Generalization bonds
aud stocks" bear interest from January
l. 1874. Interest due July l, 1874. will
be paid ut Treasury. III Columbia. and
National Park Bank. New York.
HINTS TO LETTER .WRlrERs. The
postmaster at New York has issued O
circular which contains many valuable
hints to letter writer's. Considering
the fact that there are always two par
ties to IL correspondence, these hints
will be useful to persons in the CITY uud
, ont of it. The substance of the rules
are. therefore, gwen Tor the beueti, of
all concerned. They nre ns follows:
l. All mail matter directed to mum
bered boxes will be delivered through
those boxes.
2. Letters directed to city addresses.
street ana number, will. II recognized
by the asserting clerks as intended for
box-bolders. be delivered through the
boxes. If not so recognized, they will
be delivered through the carriers.
3. Mail matter addressed without box
number or street number, will be de-
livered as expeditiously as possible,
either through boxes. general delivery
Or carrier.
Correspondents should direct their
letters plainly, correctly and fully, and
those who rent boxes would greatly
facilitate the business if they will print
conspicuously on their letter heudinc
circulars, biil.heads. cards aud en-, .
lopes q request to correspondence to
address letters to their respective box
numbers. and if those who receive mail
matter by carriers would direct their
correspondents to include in all cases
the proper streets and numbers in the
addresses Of all letters.