Wilmington journal., 1875-12-31
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Az Important EecIsfOu-The
DauS hter OF Pettgru The End
Of a Brilliant Woman

| [Chai lesion Correspondence New York Sur
When Chief Justice Waite presided
here ID the session OF the United
States Circuit Court, along with Cir
| cult Judge Bond and District Judse
| B-yan, they heard case entitled
General Bradley Johnson, of Virginia
and other FOre1Bu toA Poyors of the
city of Charleston. against the CITY
Council of Charleston, tor an iniunc-
ton to prevent the City Council from
levying tax, and paying over au ap-
preparation for the Roman Catholic
Orphan Asylum, of this city. The
case was ably argued on both sides.
The Chief Justice has filed the decree.
1t admits that the City Council has
no right to tax and appropriate the
proceeds to any religious denomina
t,on for any purpose but it goes on
to say that when there is contract be-
tween the City Council and any set Of
| persons, or an incorporation to main
tain and educate any POI tipn of the
city poor, tnat contract will be sus
tanned. The city has paid all it agreed
to pay to the Roman Catholic Orphan
! Asylum, and irregularities of the past
are concluded. AS to the future, with
reference to tile plain issue submitted
by the Chief Justice, the old CITY
CouncI, before going out of Office.
submitted a plan for the action OF the
city, which was adopted. This plan
Was that the Sisters should receive SIS
per year fol the maintainance of each
one of a certain number of the city,
who would come under the category
of the poor for whom the city would
have to provide. 1t was shown that
this estimate was economical to the
city that in the City Orphan House
it costs $105 for each inmate, and that
the treatment af the Sisters was as
good as that of the City Orph Al
House.
The Charleston City Orphan house
is the finest charity in the world. l
have visited many in this country and
IN Europe, and there is nothing to
compar ewith it except the hospitals
of Italy. Through 4 ood and evil, the
orphans of this city have been held in
the hollow of the hand of Him who
governeth all things we'll. They are
today bettor fed, better clothed, bet
ter educated, aud better trained rrli-
gionsly than the inmates of any other
asy um. When. thearefore, the Sisters
had to compete with this institute, n it
became matter of dollars and cents
only, and they submitted to the re-
ductlon Of thirty per cent. This de.
clslon of the Chief Justice leaves the
Question as to the other communities
still open, but the legal point est 10.
lIshed Is OF general application.
Anoiher event of moment has aoita.
ed our old community. Thev ~
been called to recognize the fact that
Mrs, q Q. Bowen is dead, and to pav
the last tribute to her and her family
nsme. They have done it nobly. Sht,
as utt;snded to her last resti 10 Mac.
an Sunday by many of the oldest and
best citizens of tn q city-people who
never associated with her in the Latter |
days of her eventful life. Her pail [
bearers we're the Hon. @. 81. Simon
ton, ex-Speaker of the old-time House |
of Representatives of South Carolina.
the Hon. Thomas Y. Simons, Chair,
man OF the Democratic Committee of |
tile State; Major Willis; Gen Gurney.
the State Commissioned to the Centen.
nial; Mr.. George W. Williams. the
nerch ant prince of Charleston; and
MIR. Rabbit, an old King street mer-
chant, whose long coats Mrs. Petieru.
the mother of Mrs. Bowen, used to-
as unbecomiDg clerk,
Mrs. Bowen was buried at st. Mitch
aePs Church along side of her father.
she Hon. James L Petigru. The
,hurch was well filled with many of
Mr.. Petrigru's old friends, and the
customary services were held. The
funeral cortege consisted of fewer car.
riages than usual, and several of these
we're occupied by old family servants
Many of Bowen's white friends fled
.long the sidewalk. The whole was
lnder the direction of x-Chancellor
Lesense, the former law ccpartner of
nan. Mrs. Boxen's immed iate family.
rom whom she had long been separa.
cd. having been reconciled to her in
Ter last illness, were in atten-
lance. Mrs. Bowen was the daughter
# the greatest lawyer this State has
'ver produced. He was of Hueuenot
and his family settled i'm
lbbeyille county. the home of tha Gal