The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-28

| Ve!ie, uTNIS uuu SaTT. Clty AuuHS-
Aldermen Carr, Brown aud Davis.
New City Hall and Public Buildings
Aldermen Griffin. Simons and Carr.
City Attorney D Tradewell. City
Pbysician-A S Hydrick. Clerk OF
Market-J II Pickett. Commissioner
of Poor-Charles Schultze. Oversr er
of Streets-J Trice. Chief of Police
M z Nixon. Sergennts Of Police
E Williams, Blizzard.
STATE BoSDs. Treasurer Car
doza hus put forth the following "cir-
cular:"
The Treasurer of the State is now
prepared to fund, ut the Treasury, in
Columbia, S. g., the bonds and stocks
OF the State authorized by the Legis-
latnre under the funding Act. np-
proved December %. 1875, into the
consolidation bonds and stocks. The
following classes Of bonds and stocks
are authorized to be funded:
Stock. K.-Revolutionnry wnr ciuims
Charleston Fire Loan; construction
State Capitol; funding past due interest
and principals; conv. State securities.
BONDS. s.-Char!esto fire loau; con
struction State Capito!; aid to Blue
Ridge Riilrcnd; funding past duo in
terest and prirci pal; redemption bills
receivable; payment interest public
debt; funding bills Bank Of State; re-
lief OF Treasury; Land Commission.
The following bonds issued under
Act Of March 23 !, 1862 entitled ..ionn
for the conversion Of State secnriti. s, I"
are also authorized to be fnndcd into
consolidation bonds;" they having
been duly excLan nged and represented
by bonds on file:
Denomination 81. .0CO Wandered in
Red. Mum bcrs l to 5l9 inclusiee;
numbers 52l to l.l30 inclusive; mum
bers 2. 451 to 2,475 inclusive.
Denomination 81. 600 NumJerea in
Blue. ue.-Numbers 3. 27l to 3. 496 iuciu.
sive; number 3.49S.
Denomination $500 iNnmbered IN
Red. Numbers to 237 inclusive;
numbers l,O01 to l,2U0.
Denomination 500 Wandered IN
he'd, Number TO 120 inclusive.
The Legislature has declared tha.
the remainder Of tho conversion bonds.
were put upon I'll. market without aEy
authority OF law. an:
are absolutely mil and void"
The fandlng law referred to above
requires that the holders OF tho above
bonds and stocks shonld exchange
them, with the accrued interest to jan.
uary /. 1874, Tor 'con. ollatinn bonds
and stocks" at fly yer ceutum of their
!acn value. rhr consolidation bonds
aud stocks bear interest from January
! |, 1874 Entel,at ,iue July l, 1874 viii
! Dc pa:l ~ Treasury, in Columbia. un4
, N!ii"ra! Pa,h Bank, New York.
! HINTS TO LETTER. WRITER'S = T::n
! postmaster ut New York has issued Il
oicu.nr which contains many valuable
hi:.ts to !o.tcr.writcrs. Considering
the fac! that there are always two par
! ties to IL correspondence. these hints
Will lie useful to persons III the city and
ont Of it. The substance of the rules
are, therefore, given for ,Eo benefit OF
nii conccrned They arc us follows:
! |. All mail matter directed TO nun,
bercd boxes will be delivered through
those boxes.
2. Letters directed TO city addresses,
street and number, will, if recognized
by the asserting clerks as Intended for
box holders, 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 expeditionsly 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
conspicnously on their letter headings,
circulars, bill-heads, cards and enve-
| lopes request to correspondents to
address lettcra to their respective box
Numbers, and il those who receive mail
matter by carriers would direct their
correspondents to include in MI cases
the proper streets and numbers in the
J addresses of al) letters