The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-17
nIeeting OF City Counoii.
CoUNCIL CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA, 8. o., April il, 1874.


Council met at 7.30 p. NJ. Present.
His Honor the Mayor, and Aldermen
Cooper, Swygers. Davis, Wells, Brown,
Pugh. Simous, Purvis. Carr, Thomas,
Carroll and Griffin. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved.
On motion of Alderman Carroll, the
rules governing the old Council were
adopted as governing this for the pre-
sent.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following from J. T. Welsman
was read and referred to the Committee
on Ways aud Mems:
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CHARLEsroS.
Personally appeared james T. NYels.
man, of the city of Charleston, who.
being duly sworn, dcposeth and saith: !:
That he is the Son of the lute james
Welsmnn, deceased, Of the city of
Charleston; that of his own personal
knowledge, his father, i'll his life. time,
had for many years u tin box, in which
he kept his securities and valuable On
psrs, u schedule whereof WAS mado by
dcponent and is now in his possession;
that said box Was deposited in ;i.s ynu,;
OF The Bank cf Charleston, in tho CITY
Of Charleston, for safe-keepine. aud
that it continued to be 90 deposited up
to aud during part OF the war which
followed the secession Of this State.
That when tho Bank of Charleston re-
moved its effects and assets from Charles.
ton to Columbia, this box was removed
with them. The bank, having no oflise
building nor vnnlt of its own, was per.
mlttcu to use the vault of tho CONNER.
cial Bank Of Columbia. in which its
elects and this box were deposited.
That upon the approach of Gen. Sher.
mans army towards Coiun bin, the Bunk
of Charleston removed its effects and
assets from that city to plnca of greater
security, but that the tin boz hareinbe-
fore referred to was unfortunately left in
tho vaults OF the Commercial Bank of
Columbia. That at tho burning and
sncIing OF Colnmbia. the Commercial
Bank shared the fate OF the other banks
in that city. Its vaults were broken
open, the contents robbed aud the
building burned. What portion of the
contents Of tue box we're stolen and
what burned, has never been correctly
asoertnined. That among the valuable
contents OF said box were several bonds
OF the State Of Georgia aud of the
South Carolina RAILROAD Company, hav.
ing the words, The property of Jamos
Welsman, written thereon; that these
were, after tho lapse Of several months,
restored to his father. That other ga.
cnrities were bonds OF the city of Savan.
nah, bonds of the town of Columbia.
and certificates of stock of the city Of
Charleston and of various banks in the
State. None Of these, nor any portion
OF the contents Of the box, have ever
been recovered, other than the bonds of
tue State OF Georgia and Of the South
Carolina Railroad Company, above men
toned. That on or about the 18th of
October, 1860, on advertisement of the
lost securities, which were not in regis.
tered stocks, was printed, posted and
circulated in the city OF Columbia, a
copy OF whicn Is appended hereto, aud
copies were sent to the Mayors of Co.
lumbla and Savannah, with the request
that they would stop payment of the
coupons anl bonds. That among tho
securities which the box contained were
seventeen bonds Of the town OF Colum-
bia aud city Of Columbia, of $500 each,
with coupons for Interest ut six per
centum per annnm. payable quarterly,
which said bonds were numbered 81, 50,
42, 81, 55. III, 1l5. 1lG, III, us, ll0.
l20, 2O6, 207. 20S. 256 and 257, and that
no portion whatever of these has ever
beun recovered. The dcpoaeut further
saith. that his father died in Jnne, 1870;
that he Ia the executor Of the deceased:
aud that I'LL proper exertions have been
mado to recover the said bonds, both in
the Lifetime Of the deceased and since
his death. but without any result, aud
that lie has reason to believe that large
portion, il not nll, Of the snid bombs
have no present existence, aud ho prays
that now bonds OF the city of Columbia
may be issued to him. il the place Of
those above described and believed to be
lost. j. r.. WELSMAN
Sworn and subscribed to before me.
this 1Gih day Of March, a. u. 1874.
~. g. PALFREY, Notary Public.
The following petition WAS received
from e. Logan
MARCH II, 1874.
10 lis f,nor Me Mayor and Aldermen
cf tie city of Colnmbiu GENTLEMEN:
will give one dollar per running foot for
about fifty feet Of tho narrow rock now
lying in front Of the Gnarl House.
Very respectfully.
CHARLES LOGAN.