The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-27

Wells, Purvis aud Carr. City Lamps
Aldermen Carr, Brown aud Davis.
New City Hall and Public Buildings
Aldermen Griffin, Simons and Carr.
City Attorney D Tradewell. City
Market-J II Pickett. Commissioner
of Poor-Charles Schultze. Oyerseer
Of Streets-J Irice. Chief Of Police
M L Nixon. Sergeants Of Police
e Williams, j Blizzard.
STATE BoSDs. s.-State Treasurer Car
doza hns put forth the following ''cir-
culur:"
The Treasurer of the State is now
prepared to fund, at tho Treasury, in
Columbia. S. c., the bonds and stocks
OF the State authorized by the Legis-
lature under the funding Act, np-
proved December 90. 1875, into the
consolidation bonds and stocks. The
following classes of bonds and stocks
are authorized to be funded:
SToCK. K.-Revolutionury war Claims:
Charleston Fire Loan; construction
State Capitol; fnnding past due interest
and principal; COW. State securities.
Observation-Disclosures fire loan; COLI
struc,ion State Capitol; aid to Blue
Ridge Railroad; funding past due in
terest and principal; redemption bills
receivable; payment interest pablo
debt; funding bills Bank of State; re.
lief OF Treasury; Land Commission.
The following bonds issned under
Act OF March 23l, 1869, entitled .'loan
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. d.-Nnmbers l to 5l9 inclusive
numbers 52l to l. .l3O incIusive; mum
bers 2 .45l to 2,475 inclusive.
Denomination 81, 100 Numbered liz
Blue. Numbers 3.27l to 1886 incln
sive; number 3.498
Denomination $500 Wandered ia
Red Numbers l to 237 inclusive:
| numbers .00l to l,200.
denomination 500 Wandered iu
| Rea. Number ! to l20 inclusive.
Tho Lcgi stature has declared tina;
the remainder of tho Conversion bones
were put upon the market without any
uutHoIlLy oI law, Ali
arc absolutely null aud void"
The finding Law referred to above
requires that tho holders of the above
bonds and stocks should exchange
them. with the accrued interest to Jan
uary |, 1874. for ''con iolidution bonds
ana stocks" n, fifty per centum Of their
face vanc. The consolidation bonds
aud sto ks bear interest from january
/, 1871. Interest duo July /, 1871 Will
be paid at Treasury. in Columbia. aud
Nt,lonul Park Bank, New York.
lll&Ts TO LETTER. WRITERS. = The
postmaster ut New York has issued a
circular which contains many valuable
hunts to ic.tcr.wrters. Considering
the fact that there are always two par
ties to Ii correspondence these hints
will ho useful to persons in the city and
out of it. The substances of tho rules
are, therefore, given for the beneiit g.!
all cuncrrueh They ure as follow:
/. All mail matter directed to nun
bercd boxes will be delivered through
thos" boxes.
2. Letters directed 10 city addresses.
street and lumber, will, if recognized
by tho asserting clerks ~ intended for
box'holders. be delivered through the
boxes. Ii not so recognized. they will
be delivered through tue carritra.
). Mail matter addressed without box
number or street number, will be de.
livered az expeditiously as possible.
either through boxes. general delivery
or carrier.
Correspondents should direct cir
letters plainly, correctly and fully, and
those who rent boxes would greatly
facilitate the business if they will prinS
conspicuously on their letter headings.
circulars, biII-heads, cards and cnve.
lopes request to correspondents to
address letters to their respective box
numbers, and If those who receive mail
matter ny carriers would direct their
correspondents to include in all cases
the proper streets and numbers in the
addresses Of MI letters