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MMff J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1868. ESTABLISHED 1850. Hic fporaigj gjtawjsi. No. Ill Bay Street. ,^rc,.lation in City and Conntry. " TERMS: „Uy -* 10 00 Ir |.«'cslily - GOO ,t«kir a «o C0^ rnr SUBSCBEPTIOIIS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ^ communications must bo addressed to the pro- fp^ons wishing the paper furnished for any time ^than one year will have their orders promptly at- JJrtl to, when remitting the amount for the time de- papers by mail are stopped at the expiration of ^time paid for without farther notice. city subscription discontinued unless by positive ^rleft at the office. - 0 rf Correspondence containing important news, Jjonv quarter, solicited. We cannot undertake to JpJn rejected communications. To Advertisers. , sqtj.VBE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of Hobsing News. first insertion, $1 00 per square; each subsequent irtion, 75 cents per square. 'i lvertisementa for one month or longer will be in- a t special rates, which can be ascertained at the 5re • 'irertiscraents outside of the city must he accom- ^cd with the cash. BY TELEGRAPH — TO — the MORNXNGr NEWS. PROM WASHINGTON. Washington, December 16—Noon.—The House passed a bill repealing the act forbid- m iiitia in the reconstructed States, ex cept as far as it relates to Georgia. This is an original bill, not the one passed by the Senate yesterday. The Senate is considering a resolution di rectin' 1 the Judiciary Committee to inquire into extraordinary decisions of Judge Under- mod, of Virginia, nullifying the verdicts of Courts whose officers are ineligible under the jjnteenth amendment. The argument is curing on the use of the word “extraoi- faiy.” The Supreme Court is discussing the lax ity of certain United States securities. Washington, December 16—Evening.—The President has nominated Walter M. Small- mod Postmaster at New Orleans ; Pred. M. Dockery, United States District Attorney for Honda; S. Gordon Adam, United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. The committee to inquire into the charac ter of takes government of the State of Alary- ad, evidence during the recess. Tire total estimates for the next fiscal year b {303,000,000, including $129,000,000 for interest on the public debt, and $28,000,000 fri pensions. J. E. Bryant, Chairman of the Eepublican Eiecutive Committee of Georgia, authorizes (is statement that he is opposed to Sumner’s ad Butler’s bills, and will oppose any meas- ae throwiug Georgia baclr under military aiemment. Got. Bullock was before the Keconstruc- v Committee to-day. The Committee also gave ike Mississippi Eepublican delegation a eraduding hearing. Should either the Senate or the House bill npeiiing the law forbidding militia in the iKonstrncted States pass, a pocket veto luring the recess will kill it. Senate.—The word “ extraordinary” was aiicken from the resolution regarding Un- icnrood’a decision, when the resolution p&ased. 1 resolution directing the Secretary of the feats to pay Southern Senators from the commencement of the Fortieth Congress, netting with objection, went over. Ike Judiciary Committee reported adverse ly on some, and favorably on other bills re- ffioTing political disabilities, senator Morton spoke on his financial bill A resolution was offered censuring the financial views of the President's message. Senator Hendricks moved a substitute, say ing the Senate cordially endorsed the Presi dent's views regarding inviolability of the public debt, and expressing the views ex pressed in the New York platform. The sub stitute was voted down and consideration of tire original resolution resumed, and without nation the Senate adjourned. House.—A bill prohibiting the transporta tion of Petroleum on passenger vessels, was referred to the Committee on Commerce. A till was passed relieving from political disabilities certain parties including the lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. A bill was passed extending the time for i-' payment of the tax on tobacco on hand lorn the 1st of January to the loth of Feb- haiy. 1 resolution allowing females employed by dre Government the same pay as allowed tttnles, when they perform the same service, passed 1 till was introduced to allow the bridging 01 Hie Delaware river between Philadelphia Camden. It was referred to the Commit- ''' on Commerce. lie Speaker announced that eighteen Hembers desired to deliver eulogies on dead Ambers. - ' Secretary Seward reported that no Commis- s »uer has been sent to Spain by the Execu- ti ' e - Adjourned. FROM ALABAMA. Montgomebt, December 16.—A resolution to take: a recess until the 20th of January was voted voted down to-day. It is probable the Legislature will adjourn about Christmas. Bills have passed both Houses opening all judgments granted by any Court in this State on debts contracted .before the 25th of May, 1865. j The bill allowing the statute of limitation to run during the war has also become a law. The effect of the bill is to wipe out all debts, not sued on, contracted before the war, or six years before thejsassage of the act. The Southwest and Northeast Railroad was sold under a mortgage by the State to day, for $318,000. It was purchased by John Stanton, of Boston, in the interest of' the Wills Valley Eailroad, of which ex-Govemor Patton is President. FROM ATLANTA. Augusta, December 16.—The Atlanta New Era, a Eepublican paper, opposes farther Congressional interference in the reconstruc tion of Georgia. [We regard this fact as significant The Baku of the Era has recently spent a week in Washington, nosing about among the politi cians. He has no donbt learned that the leading Bepublicans are opposed to the revo lutionary measures of Sumner, Drake and Wilson, and that Bullock and Blodgett are to be “balked in their perspirin’ passion” for provisional imperial power. Samivel is nei ther profound nor witty, but he knows how to keep ou the strong side as well as the next man, and keeps np with the movements of his party as naturally as a blind alog follows a squeaking wagon.—Ed. News.] THR CUBAN REVOLUTION. Havana, December 16.—The Government is engaged in searching for political offenders.. Many arrests have been made here and in the interior, including some well known citi zens. General Balmeseda was in Havana on Sunday consulting with Lersundi. He re turned on Monday with reinforcements. Additional troops will be forwarded. One thousand are expected from Spain to-mor row. Mb. Douglas Love, foreman of the Det- moldcoal mine, on George’s Creek, about, eight miles from Frostburg, Md., was mur dered at his houBe on Sunday evening. He was called to the door by two strangers, and as soon as he appeared was fired at from pis tols in the hands of each. The ball from one entered the door, and that from the other penetrated his brain, and killed him almost instantly. No clue to the murderers has been obtained, but it is thought that they were men who had recently been discharged from work by Mr. Love. The New York Commercial regards the state ment that Hon. Caleb Cushing has been sent to Madrid to negotiate for Cuba as a mere rumor, and it says ‘ ‘ there is a spice of ab surdity about such a report.” That Mr. Cush ing has been sent to Europe upon this mis sion, we have the very best reason to believe; but that the mission will prove an absurd one, there can be no doubt. Cuba must first mark out her own destiny, and then she can elect for herself where she will go. — Wash ington Eepublican. Friday last, a white girl named Kennedy, living in DeSoto county, Mississippi, while crossing the woods to a neighbor’s, was seized by a negro and horribly violated. The next morning be was found by citizens, taken be fore the child, and identified by her. Other circumstantial evidence clearly showed his guilt. He was taken to the scene of violence and hanged. Eight Eev. Father Verot, of the Eoman Catholic Church, and Bishop of this Diocese, paid his annual visit to onr city, and held service in the Catholic Church on Monday last He left on the steamer Lavaca, for Key West We leam with pleasure that it is in contemplation, to supply the Catholic portion of our community with a regular pastor.— Tampa Peiunsular, Dec. 5. Mrs. Lyon, of Pike county, in Pennsyl vania, having had a dispute with her husband, adjusted it by letting a charge of bnckshot into the back of his head after he had gone to bed. This awoke him, bnt he remained siient, if not conyinped. Ifys. Lyon is in jail- FOREIGN NEWS. London, December 16.—Eeverdv Johnson, i: ' his letter to the Workingmen’s Society, Justifies his intercourse with Mr. Laird and ^* er friends of the South, during the war, 1 Hie examples of Generals Sherman and (jr &nt. He attributes the attacks on him in ht American .papers and elsewhere to Becret’ Nike for the preservation of peaceful rela- ° as between the two countries. i>Es t'kuct 1 ve FIRE AT EIjBERTON, GEORGIA. Augusta, December 16.—A destructive fire 'iestrs °yed the town of Elberton, Georgia. The 8 amounts to one hundred thousand dollars. THE MOBILE RACES. AIorile, December 16.—The races will Co »meuce to-morrow. They were postponed account of bad weather. FROM CANADA. Toronto, December 16.—Whelan, who was Evicted °f the mnrder of McGee, will have &ae w trial. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. toktbess Monroe, December i6.—A north- storm is prevailing here. FROM SPAIN. Audbid, December 16.—Spain is entirely banquil. North Carolina is to have an 8,000 acre Park, witlf a penitentiary in the centre. The Eadical State Government is composed of men of foresight, who are making ample pro vision for themselves, when law and justice shaU have assumed their rightful sway. Tha French Prince Imperil^ has taken to the velocipede. At Bordeaux quite a “Derby day” cipne off fqr velocipedes. Five girls, dressed as pagesdes Huguenots, contested the prize of a gold watch. It is thought tffot the number of lives lost by the burning of the steamers America and United States, near Warsaw, Kentucky, will not exceed sixty-five. Fifty-four bodies thus far have been recovered, ► It is said that there is a vast quantity of counterfeit currency in Tennessee, oftwenfy- five and fifty cents denominations. The imi tations are said to be good, and they pass without difficulty. The Government of Switzerland is to be the arbitrator i» the negotiations for so deal ing our northwest boundary that it will be settled whether the British or the American flag is to float oyer San Juan. . A professor, giving a lecture to* some boys, was explaining how no one could lire without air. He then said: “You have all heard of a air. Re uieu saiu. a,,,. man drowning—how does that happen ? Ine ready answer was, “ ’Cause he can’t swim.” Carroll county,' Mississippi, which voted 2,500 majority against the new Constitution, is nmong the counties thrown out by the Gibbs “proclamation, ” > - A negro woman in Brownsville, Texas, owns a black snake which visits the neigh bors’ poultry yards, swallows the eggs, and is made to disgorge on its return home. ■r—■ w ■ -w A New York paper says “the Misses A , of Boston, who created such a sensation at Saratoga in August last, will reside m this city this winter.” One actress in Paris wears $80,000 worth of diamonds. Another has just bought a house worth $300,000. The hitch in the marriage of the Czar’s daughter and King Louis of Bavaria is that the Tatter is of the Catholic faith. Tha Early County News says that new syrnp can now be bought in .abundance, m its sec tion, at 60 and 70 cents per gallon. [From the New York Democrat] STARTLING PACTS. We have glanced over the report of the Sec retary of the Treasury, Snd find in it much for food for sober reflection for nearly all classes of citizens. It shows the- financial condition of the country to be most deplora ble, and its business interests standing in the utmost jeopardy. -What can be thought of a country which, “within a period of .twenty years, in addition to our agricultural produce, and to our man- nfactures, which have been exported in large quantities, has parted with $1,000,000,000 of the precious metals, and is nevertheless coni fronted with a foreign debt of $850,000,000, and constantly increasing?” This, the Sec retary informs us, is our condition. All our surplus of productions, and all our gold and silver we have parted with, and what have we to show for them ? A debt-burdened, tax-ridden people, profligacy and debauchery in public places, extravagance and folly, vice and wickedness in society, knavery in busi ness, bribery and corruption in legislation, swindling and thieving in corporation man agement, the judiciary demoralized, and the pulpit turned into political rostrums by cleri cal demagogues. Some other not very comforting facts the Secretary give3 us. He Bays: “Onr exports as well as our imports are now chiefly in for eign bottoms. The carrying trade between the United States and Europe is almost to tally in the hands of Europeans.” Where, now, is onr magnificent merchant marine, which it used, not many years ago, to be our boast, rivaled even that of the great power which arrogantly styled herself the “Mistress of the Seas!” Where the sails which formerly whitened every sea, caught the morning sun light, and reflected its evening rays, in every longitude of the globe, bhiveil every clime where old ocean rolled its Waves, aud wafted our commerce into every foadstead and har bor where marts coold be found or created ? Vanished, vanished with onr liberties, onr productions, our treasure, our public and in dividual economy, onr political and social morals, our business honor, our integrity and fidelity in the management of the great trusts committed to corporations, onr single-mind edness and devotion os professed Christians, and our good name. If some people are so silly as to suppose that what we have received for our produc tions, oar precious metals, and the bonds so largely held against os in Europe, has gone into or added to the permanent wealth or healthy business of the country, they are to tally mistaken. In a mutual exchange of commodities, upon the most liberal terms, between different countries, there are doubt less great advantages, and it is a thing to be encouraged.- But, to be beneficial to both alike, it must be when tie currency in each is sound, business healthy, and legislation based upon true and enlightened principles of political economy. Our condition is the very reverse of this. Everything, in all these respecfB, is artificial, unsound and false. The war, the mismanagement of the currency, the hnge debt, the ill-conceived and unjust system of internal taxation, and the unequal and oppressive burdens of the tariff, defeat all the ends of legitimate com merce, and tarn it into an almost unmixed eviL Upon this point the Secretary makes the following just remarks: There are many intelligent persons who entertain the opinion ,that the country has been benetitted by the transfer of 'our bonds to Europe on the ground that capital has been received in exchange for them which has been profitably employed in the develop ment of our national resources, and that it matters little whether the interest upon the debt is i eceived by our own people, or by the people of other countries. This opinion is the result of misrepresentation of facts, and is ansound in principle. It is not to a large extent trne that capital which is being used in developing the national resources, has been received in exchange for the bonds winch are held in Europe, while many ar ticles, such as railroad iron, machinery, and raw materials used in manufacturing, the value of which to the conntry is acknowl edged, have been so received. A large pro portion of the receipts have been of a dif ferent description. Qur bonds have been largely paid for in articles for which no nation can afford to run in debt; for ar ticles which have neither stimulated indus try nor increased the productive powers of the country; which have, in fact, added nothing to the national wealth. A refer ence to the custom house entries wfll sub stantiate the correctness of the state ments. Two-thirdB "cf "the importations of the United State’s consist of articles which, in economical times, would be pronounced luxuries. The-warandareduudantcurrency have brought about unexampled extrava gance, wluch can only be satisfied by the most costly products of foreign countries. No exception cooi<j he takers to such impor tations if they were paid for in our own pro ductions. This, udfoftonateiy, is not the feet They are annually swelling our foreign debt without increasing' onr ability to pay it. How disastrous such a course of trade, if long continued, must be,- it requires no spirit of prophecy to predict. Nor is it-an import ant matter that the interest, upon a large por tion of our securities is received by citizens of other countries instead of our qwr, The above facts, drawn horn the annual report of tljg fiSeorefoyy of the Treasury, just sent to Congress, will shed no little light upon the condition to.wlrich this country is reduced by the rule of the party in power, and aid in preparing the public mind for the only remedy which will remove the heavy burdens of the people, and restore the cur rency of the Coilstifution.' What that remedy is no intelligent man can mistake. > The latest • ‘women’s rights” movement is to oppose the ffiol of ffURales in courts pre sided oyer by meg. CJTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM OOCN- ® TV.—To all whom it may concern: Whereas, Alfred T. Bowne. and William O. Godfrey will apply at the Court of Ordinary ^for LETXFRS^OF These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said conrt to make objection (if any they have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, otherwise said letters vvtU granted. Witness my official signature this 28th day of No vember, 1868. HENRY 8. WETMORE, dec4-lawlm Ordinary Chatham i >nnty. S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUJJTY—To ailYvhom H maycQn&er*ii • ■ Whereas, Virginia N. Fulton will apply at the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Administratrix on the estate of Gaspar J. Fulton, of said county, de ceased: „ _ These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to %PRW t&fore said Court, to make objection, if any they have, on or before the first Ifoqday jq February next, otherwise said letters will be granted. , Witness my official signature tffis lGffi^day of July, jyl7-lam6m . Ordinary Chatham County. S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—TO all whom it may concern,: Whereas, Adple Goers will apply At fee Conrt of Ordinary for LBTTEHS DISlflSSQRY AS ADMINIS TRATRIX on the estate of Christian Goerz, of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom it may concern to beandappear before said Court to make objection, if any they baye on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN MAY NEXT, otherwiae said letters will be granted- * » Witness my official signature this 17th day of Oc tober, 1868. HENRY A WETSRJUE, ocl9—lamOm Ordinary Chatham Connty. S TATE OF GEORGIA, QHATHAM COUNTY.— To all whom it may concern: Whereas, Charles IV. W. Brnen will apply at tho Court of Ordinary for letters ffisjuissoiy aa executor on the estate qf John R. Af 0016 * of ““A eonnty, de- . These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to make objection if any they have- on or before the first Monday in January next, otherwise said letters wili be James McMIobris was ambushed near Shreveport, on the 3d insk, by five negroes, and shot in the leg, inflicting a painfnl wound. ” Witness my official signature this 6th day of -Tilly, 1868. ■ ' P- A- O’EYRNE, jy7-lam6m O. C. C. George Francis Train, it is said, posts so many letters in his British prison that the warden calls him “the mail train. They have “traitors” in Michigan. Tljat is what Senator Chandler’s friends call the truly loyal who oppose his re-election. S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To all whom it may coqcerq; „ , lax Whereas, Frederick Rrenson will apply at the Court of Ordinary for LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the estate of Leeroah Bunnell, of sa?4 coqqty, de ceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom it may concern to be and appear before said Court to make objection, {if any they have), on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, otherwise said letters will be granted. „ , , _ __ Witness my official signature this 28th day of No vember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE, nov30-lawlm Ordinary. [official.] PUBLISHED FOE INFORMATION. AN ORDINANCE To Assess and Levy Taxes, and Raise Revenue for the City of Savannah; to amend the various Tax and Revenue Ordinances of said city; to fix die salaries and compensation of certain officers and employees of said city, and to reduce the expenses of the city, and for the regulation of certain kinds of business in said city. Section L The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in Council assembled, do hereby ordain. That on and after the first day of January next, 1869, taxes and revenue for the support of the government of the city of Savannah, and for the advantage and benefit of the inhabitants thereof, shall be assessed, levied and raised, at and after the following rates, that is to Bay: 1. At the rate of one and three-fourths per centum per annum on real estate in said city, according to the valuation for the year 1869, and snch subsequent valu ation for improvements as may be made in the year 1870 or thereafter. 2. On all gross sales of every kind of goods, wares and merchandise, including all sales by brokers and auctioneers, including lumber, timber, shingles and staves, one-half of one per centum; sales of real es tate, one-half of one per centum; stocks and bonds, one_-quarter of one per centum. 3. On all gross sales oFcotton and rice, one-tenth of one per centum. 4. One per centum on all commissions or profits derived from any business transactions by any mer chant, factor, auctioneer, broker, forwarding, shipping or commission merchant, and one per centum on the value of all furniture, jewelry and plate worth over three hundred dollars, including pianos and all other musical instruments; and one-fourth of one per centum on the value of all solvent bonds, mortgages, judgments, notes, and other evidences of debt owned or controlled in the city of Savannah, except bonds of the city of Savannah. 1 5. One per centum per annum on all incomes de rived from salaries and the pursuit of any profession, faculty, trade or calling whatsoever, except income from real estate. And it is hereby declared and ordained to be the duty of every person, natural or artificial, standing in the relation of employer to another resident person, receiving a fixed salary or compensation, to make a return of the tax hereby declared payable by or on ac count of such employee, and, after deducting said tax from such salary or compensation, to pay said tax into the City Treasury. In the case of a Corporation, the return must be made by the President, Cashier or Treasurer of the Corporation, and the tax must be paid by the Corporation and deducted as aforesaid. The amount of Eight Hundred (800) dollars per annum on all salaries is hereby relieved from taxation. 6. One per centum on gross receipts of any business transaction not inclnded i x the above and foregoing, and including all local insurance companies, gas com panies, express companies, cotton presses; of. all hotels and restaurants; and on all gross earnings of every bank, bank agency, banker, bill and exchange broker, one per centum; but on the gross receipts of all agencies of other than such local companies or banks, two per centum. Also, one p<hr centum on all gross receipts of all commerci 1, steamship, steamboat, vessel or other agencies other than those taxed as commission mer chants. Also, for the improvement of the Savannah river, one-half of one per centum on all freight and passage money received or collected by the agent, purser, clerk or other officer of any steamboat or ves sel arriving at or departing from the port of Savannah, it being hei*eby made incumbent on the agents of said boats and vessels doing business in Savannah to make returns under oath monthly to the City Treasurer and pay the tax. 7. On every horse and mule, except those actually used in wagons, drays, trucks or other vehicles for which badges may have been taken out, one dollar per month. 8. On all gross sales of horses and males, and per centum ; it being understood that every person bring ing in horses or mules lor sale, shall not offer them for sale except through a taxed rivory stable keeper, auctioneer or merchant, or other person properly taxed, and all returns of such sales shall be made sep arately from other returns of gross sales. It shall be the duty of every keeper of a livery stable or stable for the sale of stock, to report in wri ting to the Cl era of Council on the first day of every month, or within ten (10) days thereafter the amount of stock sold from his or their stable or stables during the preceding montn, and pay the one percent, tax on said gross sales of stock to the City Treasurer; and for every default in such return there shall be a fine of not less than one hundred dollars imposed. 9. On every aog, the annual tax of one dollar and fifty cents, including the price of a badge for each. And all dogs found running at large without such badge shall be impounded, aud if not reclaimed in forty-eight hours shall be disposed of. And it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to put every person on. oath as to the number of dogs on his or her premises. Section 2. And it is farther ordained by the author ity aforesaid, That whenever, under this or any other ordinance of said city, any return may be re quired or any tax be assessed or due, by or from any non-resident company or corporation, the return shall be made and the tax be payable by the agent or other manager or director of such company or cor poration, and for every default execution shall issue accordingly; and that in the case of every person or persons liable or subject to make a return under this or any other ordinance, and where default may be made, execution sfiall issue for a double tax on the immediately previous return, and if no return shall have been made, then the party in default shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dol lars on conviction before the Police Court for every day’s default, for which penalty the City Treasurer shall forthwith issue execution; and in all cases of default in making returns or payment of taxes, exe cutions shall issue, and the taxes and penalties col lected in the manner now pointed out by existing or dinances ; and that sanie rule shall apply to the cases of persons fiplihg or refusing to take out badges or licences. Aud iu any case where such person or party shall have no property to be found, out of which to collect such penalties, such person or party may be committed to jail for a period not longer than thirty days. Section 3. And it is further ordained hy the authority aforesaid, that the following annual specific taxes shall be levied and collected: On every auctioneer, two hundred dollars; on every wholesale and retail dealer in goods, wares aud mer chandise, exclusive of liquor license, fifty dollars; every retail dealer, exclusive of liquor license, twenty- five dollars; on every bunk, banker or bank agent en gaged in buying or selling exchange, one hundred dol lars; every person or house dealing in exchange, and every broker of uuy kind, including real estate brokers, money brokers and pawn brokers, one hundred dol lars; every local Insurance company or agency, one hundred dollars; the same for each and every .agency; every foreign insurance, company or agen cy, one hundred and fifty dollars; every the keeper or keepers of a hotel, qne huu dr ?fi dol lars; every the keeper keepers of a, sailor boarding house, fiollars; every the owner or owners, lessee or lessees of a cotton press establishment, two hundred dollars; every the owner or owners, lessee or lessees of a junk shop, three hun dred dollars; a cotton pickery, two hundred dollars; a cotton pickery, two hundred dollars, to be confined exclusively to the sale of cotton; every the owp^r or owneis, lessee or lessees of a public stable, one hun dred dollars; every commission Ur^m^hant or factor, fifty dollars; every shipping-Vinter, one hundred dol lars; every ute\’edure o^her than non-resident, fifty dollars; non-residents, one hundred dollars; every the owner or owners of a coal, lumber or wood yard, fifty dollars; every the keeper or keepers of u ware house for the storage of cotton, iqerchautUse, goods, Ac., for each warehouse, fifty dollars; every the owner or owners of a bifiiard table Used’for hire, seventy-five dollars for each table, and for every pool table, one hundred and fifty dollars; every the owner or owners of a a ten pin alley,‘fitty dollars few each alley; every the owner or owperg of a saw mill or planing mill, seventy-five dollars, and on each sash and blind fac tory, fifty dollars; on the owner or owners of every steam engine used for hoisting purposes, ginning pur poses, or any other purpose or business pot regularly taxed, as hereinbefore stated oy enumerated, seventy- five dollars: ftp every engine used for driving a grist mill, twenty-five dollars; a flour mill, fifty dollars; evexy the owner or owners of a job printing office, twenty-five dollars; every master builder, mason or me chanic, including shoemakers and tailors, taking con tracts for work, architects, contractors other than build ers, real estate electors and agents,twenty-fire dollars; every the owner or owners of an on intelligence office, twenty dollars: every the manufacturer of soda wafer selling from founts, twenty-five dofiars, and manu facturing and bottling sodg WUer- fifty dollars; every soap boiler, fanner, and founder, for each establish ment, fifty dollars; and for selling soda water from founts, ten dollars for eaeh fount; every gas fitter, twenty-five dollars—one tax for each firm of two or more persons; every practicing attorney at law,physi cian, dentist, daguerrean artist, photographer and ambrotyper, twenty-five dollars; every steamship, steamboat, vessel or Qtber agency carried on by any pfher than taxed coauinissioned merchants, the sum of fifty dollars for eacii agency; on every ice house, fifty dollars; on each and every museum, twenty-five dollars; on every express company, fwQ hundred and fifty dollars; on every baggage egress wagon drawn by one hqroe, twenty-five dollars; if drawn by two horses, forty dollars; on every gas company, two hundred and fifty dollars; on every restaurant where liquor license is not taken ouf, twenty-five dollars; on every rice mil], ope hundred dollars; on every per son selling, or offering to sell, by sample, or other wise, and who is not a resident of the^ city, one hun dred dollars; every lottery office or agency, three hun dred dollars; every barber shop, the annual tax of twenty-five dollars; euery private blfiard table, fhe an nual tax of twentyty-five dollars. Every person shall, under ordinance, be deemed a money broker who bays or sells stocks, bonds, or money, ofher than bia own; and shall be bound tomake remrps an apay taxes, under the penalty prescribed by ordinance. The taxes provided for In this section shall b o due and payable on the first day of January, in each and every year,and re turns therefor bo made on said first day of Jan-: nary or within ten (10) days thereafter: Prqvfded, al ways, that any person wlp) ^b^Gl 1 * business after the first day of July shall, immediately after ao begin ning business, make the proper returns, and shall be liable for and pay one-half the said tax. And pro vided further, that in the case of co-partnership between practicing attorneys-at-law, or physicians, ur dentists, or daguerrean artists, or photographers, or ambro- typers, each member of such partnership shall pay said tax of twenty-five dollars. .And it" is further de clared and ordained, That no jnnk shop or cotton pickery shall, after the tenth day of January next, be ’ used or kept open, unless the owner or owners of snob, junk shop or cotton pickery shall hayd previously paid into the city treasury fhe said tax thereon far the year, and shal] have taken out a license from the office or the Clerk of Council, in which license it shall be dis tinctly expressed that such junk shop or cotton pick- cry shall always be subject to the visitation or the po lice of the e[ty; a duplicate of which license, signed by such owner’ or owners, and expressive of liis, her or their assent to such condition, snail be retained by the Clerk of Council; on refusal of such owner or owners, at any time, to submit to such visitation, such junk shop or cotton pickery shall immediately be closed by the Mayor. And it is hereby declared and ordainsd that every such junk shop license shall be subject to the further condition that th? same shall be subject to revocation by the Mayor, if, on examina tion before him, in the Police Court, he shall be satis fied and shall so pronounce, that any city property, or any part of any machinery, or any appliance of any railroad company, is found in any such junk shop; and, with conviction, shall be expressed in the license of every such junk shop dealer. And it is hereby de clared to be the meaning of this ordinance, that the license granted to an auctioneer shall not authorize such auctioneer to sell for any transient dealer or other person. Where the sale or sales may not pass regularly through the books of a regularly licensed auctioneer, bnt every such transient dealer or other person shall be compelled to take out .a license as an auctioneer, nnder a penalty of one hundred dollars for every authorized sale or offer to sell. Section 4. And it is further ordained by the au thority aforesaid, that the license for the sale of goods, provisions, wares or other articles from any vessel or wharf, shall be one hundred dollars, instead of fifty dollars, as fixed by the Ordinance of thirty-first De cember, eighteen hundred and forty; and any ship master, captain or officer of any vessel selling articles or collecting his or their own freight money, whaTl be subject to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dol lars. Provided, always, that any person required by this Ordinance to take out a license, and who may begin business after the first day of July, in any year, shall, for that year, pay only one-half the price of such license; and the following persons shall be compelled to take out badges on the first day of Jan uary, annually, or within ten days thereafter, at the prices herein designated, that is to say: every vender of small wares, and every huckster and hawker, and keeper of a cooks to ve or shop, an annual .badge at the price of ten dollars, which may be reduced one-half if not required to be taken out until after the first day of July; and any person subject or liable to take out any such license or badge, or any other license or ba.lge required by this ordinance to be taken out, and failing to do so for ten days after the said first day of January in each year, shall be liable to a fine of -not more than thirty dollars for every day’s default, on conviction before the Police Court. Snch licenses and badges shall be issued by the Clerk of Council, and the licenses shall be signed by the Mayor, attested by the Clerk, and have impressed: on them the Seal of the City. And it is hereby declared and ordained, That any shipmaster, captain, suptreargo, agent, or other officer of any ship or vessel, who shall purchase a cargo or part of a cargo of timber, lumber, cotton or any other produce except through a regularly taxed commission merchant or broker, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. Sec. 5. And it is further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That every male resident of said city, be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, shall be liable to a poll or capitation tax of one dollar annually, except only such of said persons as may be entitled to registry and to vote at city elections, and who shall register their names and pay for the same. Sec. 6. And it is farther ordained by the authority aforesaid, That on and after the first day of January next, the price of a license to retail spirituous liquors for one year shall be one hundred and fifty dollars, and the applicant shall be required to submit as se curities two responsible freeholders of the neighbor hood as a prerequisite to the issue of said license; and for a wholesale liquor license the price shall be one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and no sales to be made under a half gallon, by any wholesale dealer. And no bar-room shall be licensed which has not an entrance to it separate and distinct from the entrance to the dwelling, and the license Bba.il be forfeited for a second violation of any State law or City ordinance; and in case of forfeiture the license shall not be renewed for the space of two years. And it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to publish, monthly, an alphabetical list of all persons licensed to sell spirituous liquors. And any person failing or refusing to take out a license to sell spirituous liquors, shall be liable to* a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for every day any snch person may sell without a license. Section 7. And be it hereby ordained by the author ity of the same, That hereafter the following shall be the prices for licenses or badges for the vehicles and animals hereinafter mentioned: For each oue-horse dray or track .$16 DO For each two-horse dray or truck 24 00 For each three-horse dray or track 31 00 For each four-horse dray or truck 46 00 For each one-horse cart or wagon 12 00 For each two-horse cart or wagon 24 00 For each one-horse cab, hack or buggy 20 00 For each two-horse cab, hack or pleasure carriage 40 00 For each two-horse omnibus 40 00 For each four-horse omnibus CO 00 For auy break wagon used for exhibiting horses for sale 40 00 For each horse or mule used for loading or un loading vessels 31 00 The license fee for cabs, hacks, and buggies, to be paid to the City Treasurer, and not to the Clerk of Council, and in the case of all other vehicles where badges are exacted, the badges shall l>e taken out at the office of the Clerk of Council, and the fees paid to him. ejection 8. And be it further ordained by the author ity aforesaid, That all returns required by tiii« ordi nance for real estate, income and commissions, shall be made quarterly, that is to say: on the first day of April, the first day of July, the first day of October, and the first day of January, of each year, or within ten days thereafter, respectively, for the three months immediately preceding such respective days, and that for gross sales, including freight and passage money, and gross receipts of all commercial agencies, and gross receipts of all steamship, steamboat and vessel agencies carried on by other than taxed commissioned merchants or brokers, returns shall be made between the first and tenth day of each month for the preced ing month, beginning with the month of February next, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Section & And it is further ordained by the author ity aforesaid. That the following shall he the annual compensation, and no more, allowed the following city officers and employees from aed after the first regular meeting of Council in January next, that is to say: The Mayor $3,000 Clerk of Council..... r 1,600 City Treasurer. f,1,600 Assistant City Treasurer 1,600 City Marshal. 1,500 City Printer (by contract).... 800 Clerk of the Market 1,$00 Assistant Clerk of the Market 360 City Surveyor..,, 1,500 Messenger of Council 720 Keeper of fhe Pest House 450 Jailer, including Deputy 2,000 peeper of Forsyth Place 800 Pump Contractor. 1,200 Corporation Attorney 1,200 Harbor Master. 1,200 Chief of.Police 2,000 First Lieutenant of Police..,.......* 1,400 Second Lieutenant of Police 1,400 Chief Detective of Police, 1,400 Six Sergeants of the Police, each 1,000 Privates of police, each 840 Jail Guards, each 7*0 Health Officer /.. 600 Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery 1,200 City Dispensary 1,000 Superintendent and Engineer of Water Works.. 1,500 Assistant Superintendent and Engineer of Water Works ;.... 1,200 Second Assistant Engineer of Water Works 900 Secretary and Treasurer of Water Works 1,200 Turncock Of Water Works 900 Section 10. And it is hereby, ordained by the author ity aforesaid, That hereafter the Clerk of Council, the City Marshal, and the Messenger of Council shall, without compensation therefor, perform for the Board of Health the duties heretofore respectively performed by said officers for said Board. Section II. And it is further ordained by the author ity aforesaid* That all ordinances and parts of ordi nances. so far as they militate with this ordinance, be and they are hereby repealed. dec!7-10t JAMES STEWART, Clerk of CounciL S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To all whom it may concern: Whereas, Francis Werm will apply at the Conrt of Ordinary for Letters of Guardianship of the persons and property of Anna Reinhart and Frances Rein hart, minor children, of Rudolph and Anna Reinhart, deceased:. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to make objection, if any they have, on or before the first Monday in January next, otherwise said letters will be granted. Witness, Henrv S. Wetmore, Ordinary for Chatham county, this lath day of November, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE, novl7-IawIm Ordinary Chatham county. S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—TO all wham it may concern: Whereas, Octavos Cohen will apply at the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory, as Executor, -on the Estate of Solomon Cohen, Jr., of said county, de ceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to make objection (if any they have) on or before the first Monday in June next, otherwise said letters win be granted. Witness; my official signature, this 24th day of No vember, 1868. * HENRY S. “WETMORE, nov26-lam OlA Ordinary, C. C. QTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To JO *R whom it may concern: Whereas, Julius J. Smith will apply at the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Administrator on the estate of Maria Smith, of said connty, deceased, These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom itmay concern, to be and appear before said Court, to make objection, if any they have, on or before the first Monday in June next, otherwise said letters will be granted. ** Witness my official signature this fifth day of De- . cenjber, im. HENRY S. WETMORE, deo7-lamfizQ Ordinary Chatham Connty. S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.— Whereas, the estate of Benjamin Whitehead, of said county, deceased, is now unrepresented, and no one applying, for administration do bonis non thereon, notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that on the first Monday in January next, letters of admin istration de bonis non upon said estate win bo granted to the Clerk of tho Superior Court, or some other fit and proper person. Witness my official signature this 17th day of Novem ber, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE, novl8-lawlm Ordinary C. C. QTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM. COUNTY.— U ToaU whom it may concern: Whereas, Richard D. Arnold will apply at tho Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Executor on the estate of Susan A. Cant, of said county, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to make objection, if any they have, on or before the first Monday in May next, otherwise said letters will be granted. , WifcgJ&A &c6 Witness my official signature, this 2d day of No vember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE, nov3-lamGm Ordinary Chatham county. TATE OF* GEORGIA, BULLOCH COUNTY—To -all whom it may concern: Whereas, Jane Bland applies to me for Letters of Administration on the Estate of Hiram Brand, late of said county, deceased. This is, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court, to make objection, if any they have, on or before the first Monday in JANUABY next, otherwise said let ters will be granted. C- A. SORRIER, novOo-daiflm ' + ' Ordinary. jpfecdtanc0u.s. Christmas and New Years’ PRESENTS. J IVOTTLD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY ODD _ CUSTOMERS, Patrons, and the public generally to call and examine my Stock of FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, Chrystallied and Glazctl; PKXJITS, CREAM, JELLY, Fruits, ami Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, Ac. TOYS, FANCY GOODS, &c., Fine Wax, Bisk, China, Rubber DOUR and DOLL HEADS; Fine TEA SETS; FURNITURE, sets or stogie; WORK BOXES', TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS; Fine Motto CUPS nnd SAUCERS, MUGS, VASES. &c: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS. DOLL CARRIAGES, GOAT WAGONS, SULKIES, Ac. FIRE WORKS, Wholesale and Retail,! of BASKETS, RETT- Together with the CULES, and FANCY The whole comprises an assortment of the choicest and most desirable GOODS to be found in the market; well adapted to meet the wants of all who may favor me with their patronage. R. M. HUNT, Cor. Whitaker and State Sts., Savannah, Ga. nov26-lm BATESON BB0S. Corner Coagress and Drayton Sts. O UR PATRONS, AND THE PUBLIC GENERAL- LY, are respectfully invited to call' and examine the LARGEST and BEST SELECTION of TOYS, FANCY GOODS, &c., to be found in this City, which are offered at WHOLE SALE and RETAIL. These GOODS were selected by a person many years in the business, which is itself a sufficient guar antee that the selection is snch as cannot fail to please the many and various tastes. Also, on hand a Choice Lot of CONFECTIONERY, together with onr usual assortment of FIRE WORKS, including FIRE CRACKERS, TORPEDOES, ROMAN CANDLES, SKY ROCKETS, TRIANGLES, &c. USf*’ Those who contemplate purchasing would do well to call early, thereby avoiding the crowd which generally occurs near the holidays. dec!0-2w Latest New York News! THE PEOPLE GBEATLY EXCITED! “COSTAR” IN THE FIELD! LADIES!! Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! {Ladies' Magazine for Sept.} “HENRYK. COSTAB, of No. 10 Crosby street, is said to be «out* with a BEAUTIFIES that eclipses anything ever known in this line. The ladies are wild with delight. One lady says, * I know it’s right,' and pointed to a skin as fresh, soft and delicate as a child. Another lady said, *H it cost $10.00 a bottle. I’d have it.* and Orange Blossoms. It gives Beauty to the Complexion, a Rosy glow to the Cheeks, a Baby tinge to the lips, and Happiness com plete. All Druggists in SAVANNAH sell it. One bottle, $1.00; three bottles, $2.00. , Or address “COSTAR.” No. 10 Crosby st, N. Y. ‘COSTAE’S’ STANDARD PREPARATIONS “Costar’s” Bat, Koacli, &c., Exterminators. “ Costar’s” Bed Bug Exterminators.' “CostarV’ (only pure) Insect Powders. “All Druggists in SAVANNAH selTthem.” Address HENRY B. COSTAR, 10 Crosby st, N. Y., or John F. Henry, successor to Demas Barnes & Co., 21 Park Row, N. Y. Sold by B. H. TATEM, T. M. TURNER, Savannah, Ga.dec2-ly GASTRINE! mms IS A MEDICINE PREPARED UPON PURELY I scientific principles, by a regular practicing Phy sician, and WILL CURE DYSPEPSIA, - HEARTBURN. HEADACHE. • NAUSEA, . GENERAL DEBILITY, PALPITATION OF THE HEART, FLATULENCY, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS; And all the unpleasant feelings, the result of indiges tion. Do you feel badly after eating ? Are your hands and feet sometimes cold? Do yon experience wakefulness? Is it hard to get a good night's rest ? Are you nervous, with palpitation of tho heart? Are you sometimes nauseated? Have you loss of appetite? Do you feel that yon need some kind of a stimulant? TRY ONE BOTTLE OP GASTRIN E! And you will bear testimony with hundreds who have been Denefitted and cored by its use. AS A MORNING TONIC TEE PREPARATION HAS NO EQUAL. SS~ IT CAN BE TAKEN BY ALL AGE3 AND CONDITIONS, -ga. GxiSTEINE Can be found at all Drug Stores in the United States. 30 G. M. HEIPT, WHITAKER STREET; SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHOLESALE AGENT FOR GEORGIA AND FLORIDA sep2G—Cmeod’ QTATE OF GEORGIA—CHATHAM COUNTY.—To O all whom it may concern : Whereas, Edward Padelford will apply at the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory a3 Executor on the estate cf George A. Cnyler, of said county, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court, to make objection (if any they have), on or before the first Monday in May next, otherwise said letters MMi Witness my official signature, this 30th dav of Oc tober, 1868. - HENRY S. WETMORE, nov2-lam6m Ordinary Chatham County. gIXTY DAYS AFTER DATE APPLICATION WILL be made to tho Honorable C‘>urt of Ordinary of Bulloch county, for leave to sell all the improved and wild LANDS belonging to the Estate of James Young. Sr., late of Bulloch county, deceased, for a division of said estate. This 23d day of .November, 1868. JAMES YOUNG, J*., JOHN CAMERON, nov28-law2m J Administrator*. gttSttrai' THE QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE GO., LIVE It POOL AND LONDON, Ca-sli Capital .£2,000,000 Ster. fflHE QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE CO.. INSURES I against Loss or Damage by Fire, on Buddings, Merchandise, Household Furniture, Renta, Ac., at tho tosses A<ynsted and Promptly Paid, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ENGLAND. For Insurance, apply to R. H. FOOTMAN & CO., Agents, declG-lm Office in Exchange Building; Savannah. COTTON STATES Life Insurance Company. J^QOKS ART. HOW OPENED FOB SUBSCRIP TIONS to the Capital Stock of the above Company ai Messrs. B. H. Footman & Co.’s 'Insurance Agents' of fice, in the Exchange Building, where copies of tho Charter may be obtained. WM. B. JOHNSTON, J. W. BURKE, GEORGE S. OBEAB, C. H. BROWNING, Commissioners. _A_. MdSTTIKTY, GENERAL IHrSURAJYCE AGMT. OFFICE: 89 Bay Street. ' WOULD INFORM THE BUSINESS PUBLIC AND X ii .... ..... .... —- —r; citizens generally that I am now preparea to EF FECT INSURANCE ON ALL CLASSES OF RISKS TN A1 COMPANIES, comprising LIFE, FIRE, MARINE, RIVER and ACCIDENT. Insurance at aa low rates as any other first-daea i * Agencies. FIRE INSURANCE. PHtENIX ASSURANCE CO., ot London. ATLANTIC FIRE INS. CO., of Brooklyn. LENOX INS. CO., of New York. _ The undersigned* Issue Policies in above Fire Companies. ROB. HABERSHAM & CO., dec2-tf AGENTS. NORTH THE BRITISH AND DIERCAimLE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. ESTABLISHED JOT 1809. CAPITAL AND ASSETS (IN GOLD): Subscribed Capital .910,000^000 Cash Assets 913,603,803^5 Anneal Income 53^860,635 rrVHE SUBSCRIBER, HAVING BEEN APPOINTED I Agent for the above Company, is prepared to take •RT54RH ON BUILDINGS, COTTON, and MER CHANDISE GENERALLY, at current rates. Policies issued in gold .or currency, at option, of applicant. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. jy28—6m HENRY BRIGHAM, Agent, 115 Bay street. UNITED STATES LLOYD’S MARINE INSURANCE. r EE UNDERSIGNED, Agent for the above named Association, is , prepared to take Risks on ship ment of Cotton, or other merchandize, on favorable terms. All losses promptly adjusted and paid ON FOREIGN SHIPMENTS IN LONDON, and coastwise, either in New York or Savannah, at Hie option of the insured. H. BRIGHAM, Agent. Office Southern Insurance and Tmst Company, 115 Bay Street. novl2-3m. CLOTHING — .A.T- REDUCED PRICES. HEIST, JAUDON & CO. H aving purchased the stock of hetdt & LUDLOW, and JAUDON, CRAVEN A CO., Win dispose of the seme at PRICES THAT CANNOT FAIL TO GIVE SATISFACTION. All who wish good WINTER CLOTHING, At Low Prices, Can obtain them at the. old stands of HEIDT & LUDLOWi 154 Congress Street. AND AT JAUDON, CBAVEN& CO.’ 117 Broughton St. ■ THOSE WHO PREFER SUITS MADE TO ORDER, Can be accommodated.by leaving their measures at 117 Broughton Street. novl9-im LUCY COBB INSTITUTE. ATHENS, GEORGIA. REV. FERDINAHD JACOBS, A. M„ F ormerly principal of a high school for young Ladies, in Charleston S. C.; subse quently President of the Lawrenceville Female Col lege, S. C,. having been elected Principal of this Insti tute, ’twill be opened by him for the reception of Pupils, MONDAY, January 18,1868. Accomplished and approved Teachers in all Depart ments, have been engaged. For Circulars, address John H. Newton, Esq., Pres ident of the Board of Trustees, Athens, Ga.; or. Rev. FERDrsANi> Jacobs, (till Jan. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: after that, at Athens. nov24-lm 1 PIANOS. ATfE HAVE RECEIVED, AND WILL ALWAYS T ? keep on hand, a COMPLETE assortment of FIRST CLASS, SEVEN OCTAVE JPIANOS, With all the latest improvements. MADE FOR US ESPECIALLY, AND BEARING THE NAME OF OUR FIRM. We guarantee them in every respect. Prices from $300 to $500*. JU' This is now a splendid opportunity to buy a first class instrument at low price, even paying less ior new Rosewood Pianos than old ones havo been selling for at auction. dec2-tf JOHN C. SCHREINER & SONS. IMPORTANT to SHIPPERS T HE UNDERSIGNED, AGENTS OF NEW YORK LINES OF STEAMSHIPS, respectfully inform Shippers that arrangements have been made by which they can insure shipments TO OR FROM New York, on open policies, at their respective offices, at ONE- HALF PER CENT. Insurance will be endorsed on bill of lading, end premiums may be paid or col lected with the freight. HUNTER & GAMMELL, Agents Murray’s Line Steamships. J. W. ANDERSON’S SONS k CO., Agents Empire Line Steamships. WILDER Je FULLARTON, Agents Atlantic Coast Mail Steamship Cc. Stov20-lxn