Daily Republican., 1882-03-23
LEVY COURT.
|u,,,Ess rRANsAorED AT THE
s,s.,ONs YESTERDAY.
,.,r still Contiaue" hts Oh
r. s'. iv to vouchers An Hos'
ee'io ~.,-ocrat BecoDss dis
o.. s,.,ed and veuehos Tor
two colored men.

.aov,s session of the Levy Court
iessaSm,Tnararively dull in comparison
ss cyu hat Of tho previous day. Three
- 'na u'lored men who came up from
the ns's CO.. Hundred succeeded in get
Gsu,I ,Ssjr names placed on the assess
sSt ~ list, having been Vouch'u io' W
raD laI' ALLOWING resolution, presented
NJ, Mahafiy, was adopted:
nMaD,rad M,, That the attorney OF the
hssV, .ss hs and is hereby instructed to
pui' u. .atisfaction on the official bond OF
T'fi;o% lei o" l., Wilson, collector of Coun
IL ,lI,a rss for Brandywine Hundred, for
\ year 1881 .. os bree,s
tup tno' Mr. Silver moved that the name
Wv Wesley % Fsrrel, colored, be placed on
"s.a..m4nt "eS list. Mr.. Polk objected
,%s voucher, a colored man whose
ms un' was signed TO the affidavit as
luo nv Gray Mr.. Polk said that he
su,' am the man and believed him to be
pus.t s and respectable, but declared
'n''i u. his name was Charles Henry
ray ,.,.,;o, ba ,ro.
aad 4 recyrd OF deeds and showed
~, W mortgage on Gray's property was
M aas ont in the name OF Charles Hen
'Ii Gray, but upon looking at the as.
ssnent lists the property was found
h. assessed TO Henry Gray"
Mr. Febigtr stated that the man could
!, ~ write and did not know whether
II name was signed correctly or not
han he appended his mark, and he
Gouqbt 1t a very small business 10 take
dvantaps of The mans ignorance.
Tpop a vote being taken the motion
mt Farrel's name on the assessment
81 was lost
In consequence of a number Of per-
m, beipc dissatisfied ith the reduc-
On Of the assess nsnt of t. . Diamond
tate Kaolin wolks from $1,000 10 $4,000,
motion OF Mr.. Sharpiess the motion
ecenty adopted making the reduction,
as recvnsldered, and the considera-
on Of the previous question indefinitely
bstponed
Wilson Midcalf,a colored man, whose
ouCher was objected 10 on Tuesday,
aying obtained another voucher, had
name placed on the assessment list
St. Georges Hundred.
There wsre still several colored men
|aitiug to be assessed, when the Court
O'Clock adjourned until this morn
H.
During the afternoon session, an
nusing scene occurred. There hap
bned to be an honest Democrat in the
bom from st. Georges Hundred, who,
pt understanding the workings of the
isfranChisil ( machine, felt somewhat
Indignant when he raw Gray objected
as voucher, on account OF what was
Eidently mistake in the signing Of
is name. This man knew some Of
bese cOlOrea uen, and vouched tor two
them himself, when he happened to
itch the eye OF a certain Dem ocratlC
ember, VINO as plsin as looks could
peak, warned him to 1esist. The
fntleman left the court room and after
conference with this member, return.
with the intention of withdrawing
a voucher, but an admonition from a
epublican who was present, caused
In 10 reconsider his intentions, and he
ifthe room, no doubt, feeling that
II ways thai are dark, the majority of
eCourt exceeded all he had ever heard
theLl
About 3,l5 o'clock, John D. viii.
ams respec able colored man of St.
|eOrPes hundred, marched irto tie
om at the head of a number of COL
ed citizens of that hundred, when
T. Wier happened TO look up and ses
em DE immediately made a motion
adjourn, which was about to be Oh.
falned, when ReDnblican member
Ned the Presidents attention to the
thst the court had agreed to hold
sessions each day until 4 O'Clock, the
uni was decided as we'll taken, and
J. Williams succeeded in vouching
hVe OF six OF his men, before the
aloafnment, although, jadging from
frequent consultation of watches,
efe Is no doubt but what the time
w on Ieaden wings for Mr.. Wier and
jealous CO laborers while this was
ping on,