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THE MORNING NEWS.
Saturday's Dispatches.
PROM WASHINGTON.
Bequest to Pnmilies of Southern Soldiers,
—Biucltley’s Card, dee.
Washington, December 26.—The late Thos.
C. Moore, an olil resident of Williamsburg,
New York, in the codicil to his will revokes a
devise of his personal estate to his sister,
Martha Jane, comprising bonds, mortgages,
scrip, certificates of bank stock, money, &c.,
for the reason that he desires to set apart a
moderate fund for the relief of suffering and
destitute widows and children of Southern
soldiers who died or were killed in the war in
eastern parts of South Carolina, North Caro
lina and Georgia. He therefore bequeaths to
James Hall and Francis J. Porcher, Louis D.
Desaussure and E. Horry Frost, of Charles
ton, S. C., and the Rev. John Rnmloy, bonds
in trust for that purpose, a sum amounting
to twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars,
the portion to be distributed in South Caroli-
ua to be more than one-fifth of the whole,
the amount, with interest, to be distributed
iu the course of seven years. All the residue
of the bonds and mortgages, with few excop-
ceptions, he sets aside for the rebuilding and
repairing of churches, without regard to sect
or denomination, injured by the late war
within the district of the Sonthern States
aforesaid.
The President’s amnesty proclamation seem
to give very general satisfaction.
Solicitor John II. Binckley has prepared a
card to the public, in which he reviews Van
Wyck’s late report, and says the latter made
representations deliberately opposite to the
truth, and knew that they were untnie when
be made them. Binckley calls him a -despi
cable political shyster.
Iu consequence of the constant crowd,
General Grant will receive no visitora after
twelve o’clock.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tire Tarco-Greelt Imbroglio.
London,December 26.—It is definitely set
tled that a conference of the Great Powers
will meet in PariB early in January.
Paris dispatches from Vienna state that
the Russian Ambassadors at Constantinople
and Athens will be recalled and replaced by
persons unobjectionable to both Turkey and
Greece.
A dispatch from Athens says that the Turk
ish govemnjent has placed two war ships on
the coast to prevent the departure of volun
teers for Crete.
A Vienna dispatch says it is certain the
Western powers will agree with Austria re
specting a conference.
The Sultan extends the time for the Greeks'
departure^to five weekB. ;
Russia asks Turkey and Greece to suspend
action pending the Conference which will as
semble in January. Bismarck desires the
Conference to be beld in Paris.
The American steamer at Constantinople
offers protection to the general subjects.
Pabis, December 26.—The newspaper Gau-
lois says that Russia urges the United States
to take part in the Eastern question.
The Temps says France and England have
little sympathy with the Conference,
Constantinople, December 26.—The Greek
Minister has formally retired from bis post
and returned to Athens.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
. Richmond, Va, Dec. 26.—The distillery of
J. R. Sedgwick, the Plaster’ MfllVf Allen A
Magr uder, and seven small dwelling bouses
on thirty-sixth street, were destroyed by fire;'
loss three thousand dollars.
Lynn, Mass., Dec. 26.—Nearly the entire
city has been bumed. The loss is many mil
lions of dollars. The fire originated in Ly
ceum Hall.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
Augusta, December 26.—Gabriel Moshen
and his two maiden sisters, residing in• Col
umbia county, were murdered and robbed on
Thursday night, their honse set on fire and
their bodies consumed. Suspicion is said to
rest on negroes who reside in the neighbor
hood. ‘ "• -m »
the consideration of which was Confederate ueu oitno otmgatioi
treasury notes, the’ only circulating currency Confederate note; w]
at that tiae, and whieh was recognized as
lawful by die aaamued authority which i had
the actual: possession and control over the
BULLION IN THE BANK. OF FRANCE.
Pabis, December 26.—The bullion in the
Bonk of France has decreased 4,800,000£
1 of
Madbxd,
FROM SPAIN.
December 26.—The
-ofr
Montpensier has published a manifesto an
nouncing Liberal views.
The newspaper Imparcude suggests, the
nomination of the sou of the Dnke of Mont
pensier for King under a regency.
for the _
the Government
have been illegal, as against that
ment and the .citizens 'thereof , who
. the wari wpre under the actual protection off-,
that Govemment, outside of the lines, of the
assumed Confederate authority; yefsubh a
contract ~inade between citizens residing
Sunday’s Llispatclies.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The actors and pro
prietors of Canterbury Hall, whose programme
included the French can-con, were arrested
last night, during play, for carrying on an in
decent exhibition.
A dispatch from Lynn, Mass., says that
only five buildings were burned. Loss, three
hundred thousand dollars.
Congressman Beck has written to General
Breckinridge, who is in Canada, to return at
once. It is expected that Jacob Thompson,
J. M. Mason and Gen. Early, will retur n at
the same time.
An appeal has been issued by the Washing
ton National Monument Committee, asking
the ministers of the various churches through
out the country to take up a collection on
Sunday preceding February 22d, 1669, in fur
therance of the completion of the Washing
ton Monument The appeal is signed by
Andrew Johnson, ex officio President Gen.
Grant and W. W. Cochran, are among the Vice
Presidents!
ENGLISH NEWS.
London, December 26.—The Judical Com
mittee divided in the case of Martin vs. Mac
kenzie, appealed from the Court of Arches.
The charges against Mackenzie were, kneel
ing or prostrating before consecrated ele
ments, and the use of lighted candles. The
Privy Council decided against Mackenzie and
condemned the practices charged against
him. a I C
Reverdy Johnson yesterday received a de
putation from the London artisans desirous
of founding a colony in. Nebraska. Johnson-
favored the project
FROM THE WEST INDIES.
London, December 26.—Cuba news contains
nothing late from the insurrectionary district.
Prisoners continue to arrive, and the prisons
areftdl/" ■*- c * * “ . r
The English mail steamer overdue.
Several coasters, with supposed aid for the
Haytien rebels, have been captured by a gun
boat.
The Custom officers of Jamaica are charged
with gross corruption.
The cholera and yellow fever are reported
at Guadeloupe.
Rains have destroyed a great deal of Turk’s
Island salt
NEWS ITEMS.
New York, December 25.—The Election
Committee examined Governor Hoffman yes
terday.
The Australian has arrived with George
Francis Train aboard.
The Erie and Central Railroad settlements
will be fully adjusted now by January
first; all suits have been withdrawn, and op
position to each other has closed up.
Wendell Phillips, in the Anti-Slavery Stand
ard, violently opposes a repeal of the Tenure
of office bill.
Burglars robbed the safe of Edward Bylan,
ot diamonds, money, Ac.
Officer Molloy was dangerously shot in at
tempting to arrest a gang of rowdies who
were making a disturbance in a street car.
A bar-keeper in the Magnolia Hotel was
dangerously stabbed. With these exceptions
Christmas was-quiet . t - ■ | > aa
A fire occurred in the Lunatic Asylum in
Amherst county, Virginia. Two men were
suffocated! ■ - 11 !ln> raheoC :
Chicago, December 26.—Mrs. Augustus A.
Dickens, Charles Dickens’ brother’s wife, has
committed suicide.
New Orleans, December 25.—Inspector
General Ayres, of General Rousseau’s staff,
left yesterday for the disturbed' portions of
Arkansas, under orders to examine into the
condition of affaire-and report the same.
Springfield, Mass., December 26. —Speak
er Colfax, in responding to a serenade, offered
nothing political. He said unfortunately' he
was not bom in New England, i ot did his
ancestors come from there. He concluded by
saying every loyal heart is happy,^General
~ ‘ feel an
Grant is happy, I am happy.
HEAVY FAILURE IN NEW YORK.
NewYobk, December 26.—Turnbull, Slade
4 Co., of this city, dealers in drygoods, have
failed with liabilities amounting to $1,600,000
thoughjthe books show a surplus of $250,,-
000. A settlement and early resumption of
business by them is probable.
THE PARAGUAYAN WAR.
Pabis, Dec. 26.—Later advices from Para
guay state that the allies attacked Valetta,
losing fifteen hundred in killed and wounded.
Marseilles advices from Rio Janeiro state
that after the failure to take Valetta by land,
the iron-clads attempted it with no better
success.
The Negro- Militia Bill.
It is rumored that the President will veto
the bill allowing the carpet-bag governments
to reform the 1 State militia. The veto will
probably bo dated as of ten days after the
passage of it, although it cannot be present
ed until the 5th. Tha grounds on which the
veto is likely to be based are that Congress
ling xxo power over the militia of a State; that
no grant to organize it can be given, as no
prohibition to do so has ever been constitu
tionally valid; that the present bill is practi
cally a bid for civil war in the States South,
being designed to give to usurping organiza
tions power which they will use to equip the
worst elements of the community into armies,
and that at the expense, substantially, of the
Federal Government, as it is intended to dis
tribute arms from the War Department to
each Congressional District in the South.
The President, it is understood, will, animad
vert on the manner in which the bill was
passed ; Georgia being left out by the House,
and that bill being agreed to by the Senate,
on the profession of Wilson that.Georgia was'
included. The President thinks the right of
thfr Southern people to bear arms, -a right
which inheres in them as citizens of the
United States, and permission, or declaration
of such a right by Congress is gratuitous sur-
if not impertinence. The President
~' in the anticipated veto, to renew
his cfemand for the repeal of all. acts which
" "outhern States of their
will deprive all Soul
several of the States ; Louisiana, Florida, the
Carolines, and Alabama being allowed to re-,
organize their militia, and Georgia,. Texas,
Virginia, and Arkansas (the latter by an
omission by the engrosser), being omitted
from such a plain right. The passage of
the bill over the veto is not doubtful.
It is understood that Mr. Fessenden," of
M«ing, and Mr. Sawyer, of-South Carolina,
will endeavor to reply .to tbe veto in the Sen-.
ate. A comment upon the force of the -bill
and a substantial vindication of the position
“ ’ the action
Hxmmtm
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FURNISHED BY II J.. HAMMOND,
REPORTER
SUPREME -COEET
Com-
Jonathan Miller yg.
■ ’ plaint fro
WARNER,' jL-^Where a contract was
made between two citizens of the late Con-'
federate'States, during the war; 1 on the 12th
of July, 1862, payable three years after
the coi;kii
territory and people at the time the contract- PP? fe
was made ': ■ ’ -1
Held, That although the issuing of Bnch
notes by the assumed Confederate authority-,'
' ! — -on a war against s/MS
ited States, may aUow
notes, for the board of his three
hS vfeiABsent in ther®** 3 ‘* ir * r ’
dollar
gold was worth forly-six dollars iff Jpn-
'ederate notes. On the 18fh -of-Novenlb'
1866, before ‘ the ordinance ot' the ConVi
FOB THE constitution. ,ti 0 n i for J scaling Confederate contracts
could have. - been well Understood i by.
the defendants, said. .Green, who wad in
experienced,.'and his Bister Julia»-:jast t>f
age, who boarded with Ipwry,~and wts
under. his protection, till about the tiipetit
w in.qi ad: fcflkoa irintwwAWtte
and Levy Texea. utd Raise Rcnrttmofffcr the'
•On, ex
xdafeT
of the obligation!),
a#
tni^tiii
representation: and
that they should have two or three
>le one
- be in
IS ,506
r the goy.
— mavanl
afl<FX>aW
advantage of
ignorance of their
obtaining
note,, brwugbteyriti nr. ihip ortatriu ®-...
geidf .Thattha G<Ni^t;eiTa4^@!f»gp [ Jir
that Govern-
who, ^during
lance teudingtq fixpjnk
.*? go fctbe jury.ondin orde-—-
the plaintiff for theamoi '
itesakfccps.;
vgqStionjL The Major and AMermem ofjthecityof
Smnnah. in Council assembled, do hereby ordain.
rof
revenue for the support
■viimah, arid - for
habitants thereof; shall be
raised, at and ^fter the following
. .C.r- ,A» 4».rataot one
' — m on real eata
for the year-]
of SwaUwim —bknl every 'idod of.goods, wares
and merchandise, including all sales by brokers and.
auctioneers, including lumber, timber,' shingles and
:; sales .ql real 'es-.
stocks and bonds.
.face of the note. ,
2. The note having been executed at a time
within the lines of the assumed Confederate
authority, in their ordinary business trans
actions between themselves and having no
connection with the prosecution of ' the tear
against the Uniled Stales is not an illegal con
sideration, as between the contracting parlies
themselves, they having made the contract un
der the assumed authority which was then
over them, and assumed authority (whether
rightfully or wrongfully is not now the ques
tion) recognizedthe currency as legal and valid
at the lime the contract was made; therefore, as
between the contracting parlies themselves the
plaintiff below is entitled to recover.
Held, also, That the contract-in/the record
mentioned is not such a contract made with
the intention and for the purpose of aiding and
encouraging the rebellion, as was contem
plated, oris embraced within the provisions
of the Constitution of this State.
Judgment of the court below affirmed.
McOAY, J., concurring.—1st A contract
entered into between residents of this State,
in 1862, of which Confederate currency is
the consideration, is not void.
2d. To sustain such a contract it is not
necessary to hold the Confederacy a gov
ernment de facto in the technical sense of
that term. •
During the late war, Confederate money
was in snch universal use as a currency in
this State, that it was. impossible to transact
tbe most ordinary affairs without its use, and
the same public policy, that for- purposes of
humanity and necessity, recognized the Con
federacy as a belligerent will excuse the use
of Confederate money and save from illegality
a contract based npon it.
■ Though the issuance of Confederate money
for the purpose of carrying on the late war
against the United StateB was-illegal, yet a
contract entered into between parties ip the
transaction of ordinary business, with no in
tent, on their part, to aid in the resistance of
the government, is not void, simply because
the consideration of the contract was Con
federate money. In geueral a note given for
an illegal purpose is void, and cannot be tbe
consideration for a contract even between
parties who are strangers to the contract it
self, but under the peculiar circumstances ex
isting in Georgia in 1862, Confederate cur
rency, though in itself illegal, had a sub
stantial value from the necessities of the case,
and between parties resident where that ne
cessity existed, a contract of which it was the
consideration is not void.
BROWN, C. J.,. dissenting.—The Con
federate States in the late contest were re
cognized by the government of the United
States, and by other gpvemments.as a bel
ligerent power conducting war, and the gov
ernment of the United States made cartels
for the exchange of prisoners with if, and it
would seem that this recognition carried with
it the acknowledgement of its right to pro
vide itself with such a currency as might be
necessary to enable it to carry on war, which
would be a good consideration for a contract
between. two subjects of the belligerent
powers, when made in the ordinary course of
business, with no intention of the parties to
aid tbe Confederacy to conduct the war
against the government of the United States,
and at a time when there was no other cur
rency in circulation iu the Confederacy-. I
2. But while such contracts might,, it
would seem, be sustained as between sub
jects of tho Confederate Government, made
while it was recognized by the Government
of the United States as a belligerent power,
they cannot be enforced under the new Con
stitution' of this State, which declares that
•‘Allcontracts mode.andnot executed during
the late rebellion, with the intention and for
the purpose of aiding and enconraging said
rebellion, or where it was the purpose and
intention of any tne of the patties to such con
tract to) aid or encourage such rebellion
and that fact was known to the other party,
whether said contract was made by any per-
iration with the State or Confed-
or by a corporation with a nat-
,or between two or more natural
hereby declared to have been, and
and all bonds; deeds, promissory
:! or other evidaices <f deb^ made. or.
ry to place a revenue stamp upon it, and on
the fact being ascertained, said Green having
voluntarily placed the necessary stamp on
the note, and again delivered it to the payee,
whereby the government received the revenue
to which it was entitled, Green will not now.
be allowed to controvert the fact that the.
note was legally stamped. Judgment,
versed. ’ * iaKmA
McCdichin & She wmake for plaintiff in <
w
re " 4 ffoinSaU
W. K. Moore for defendant in error.
er-
fxr*
nil
Oar Florida Correspondence.
son or
erate Si
ural
persons,
to.be
notes,
executed by the parties to such contract, or
... . 4 11 • -. 7 a! —— . „ , tL oisaVi rllo
ilea, su
he or (
gation or
the suit j
of, has
.®? -Wf
proof i
,co
said suit!
partt
nectedi
__ in connection with such ille-
jt, ox as the consideration therefor
erabce thereof, are hereby declared
and shall be so held ill fill courts
when an attempt shall he made
y such contract ox give validity to
*such obligation ot evidence'of debt And in
all cases T when the defendant or any one in
terested In the event of the suit, will make a
rorted by his or her affidavit, that
' has reason to believe that the obli-
evidence of indebtedness upon- which
predicated,' or some part tiiere-
given or used for the file-
aforesaid, the burden of
be upon tbe plaintiff to satisfy the
jury that the bond, deed, note, bill
-donee of indebtedness qppfl wffipb
tjroqght, is or are not, i»qr is any
if, founded upon, or in way eon-
n any such illegal contract, and
has not been used in aidof the rebellion, fmd the
date of shch bond, deed,'note, bill or other
evidenceof indebtedness shall riot be evidence
that it has, or has not, since its date, been is
sued, transferred, or used in aid of the rebel
lion. - ' ; i
3. T^e ,Cqi)stjtqtjofi go* only declares the
contract to have been, and lo be illegal when
the Confederate goyerament, in aid of the re-
‘ [ed. these eyicienpes af debt to a
of that -government, but it
bellion, i
citizen, <
also de '
used to 1
: and void.
, deed, promissory note, bill
jhagrin6d thftt his . .
has advised the Governor to organize
mlllf-in, under and in virtue gf that section of
the Constitution which declares .that the
rieht of the people to bear arms shall, pot be
infringed.— Washington Cor. A 7 ! ¥1 IVorld.
and cannot, in law,
oft tq support a jon-
ore, that a note myen
Treasury notes has no legal
to support it, and the contract
• legal
bje CQnsidl
ollows, thi
A New Executive Mansion.—A pill provid
ing for the erection of a new mansion for the
President has been introduced into Congress.
The grounds indicated in the bill are situated
on Median Hill, and contain ahoflt thirty
acres. The bill which proposes to appro
priate $125,000 to the purchase of The
grounds, was referred to the Committee on
Pnblio Grounds. Its author is Senator
Mobton.
on
a great crow
in the con
“Young, jnenl beware -of whiskey, of young
women and of the United Slates."
onstitutiorial' provision
plies' on-’
atqry eoritRptS, or fq bqnds, deeds,
1 other evidence of indebtedness
: the rebellion. If the. contract
:qted tlf© ooqrt wifi either
doing what has been done. If not-
e'court will not enforce it, but wul
rties where it finds them, i
, Hull and J. T. Shewmake for
r and J. Ganahl fordefeadT
i Railroad-and Banking Company
“. Eddleman, el ok—Assumpsits
___ rithMiller us.Gould,
by it. Judgment affirmed.
1 Montgomery sq* phfintjffgiq
cond.
1 for defendant in efror.
__en, et aL, vs. James H. Lowry;
kuity from TThitfleld.
, J.—1. An obligation was given
Jacksonville, Fl^, December 22, 1868.
Editors Morning Sews: ;
The ugly weather of last week has’left us,
and old-fashioned Florida sunny days are
now the rule. Promenaders are out in full
feather, the feminines in fashion s brightest
scarlet, the mascalineain “Alpine hats” ; and
jackets.
Some three hundred thousand oranges
were shipped from this port last Saturday, by
two houses here. On inquiry .1 find that
the crop of East Florida will probably amount
to three millions, and that at least: one-
half will be shipped. At present; rates, this
win bring into this part of the State say thirty
to fojty thousand dollars—no mean sum for
these times. As some million of trees have
been planted within the last three years, the
future of the orange trade looks more than a
peddling business.
Florida oranges are beginning to be appre
ciated. Compared with the Cuba they are
superior, with the Sicily there is no coin-
parison, the latter being dry and insipid,, til
What other business offers such;a sure and
speedy competence ? A young man, with his
own hands, can plant his ten. acres with
eight to ten thousand trees, and after the
third year begin to gather and sell the fruit.
At the end of ten years he will find himself
receiving four to five thousand dollars annual
income. Do you think I state it wildly?
Let ns see: The orange tree, will grow here,
will commence hearing in three years, at ten
years will bear from 2,000.to 6,000 oranges;:
take the lowest, and each tree is annually
worth $50—at present prices, $75. Eighty
trees to an acre is allowing room and verge
enough for the trees. That these ore facts,
the present groves attest. Besides the money
question, there is the enjoyment of the sunny
rays that flush this delicious golden fruit; by
old and young. Who could not afford to
wait for a few short years for such, a prize,'
when there is no risk, as in the bubbles or
stock speculation or the lotteries of trade?
But some will say the market will be over
stocked. Why, even now, with the com
bined supplies of the West Indies, Mexico,
the Mediterranean and the United States, the
large cities are only scantily supplied, and in
some portions of the year there are none in
' market. What I have said above applies also
to the whole Cilnis family—the citron, the'
grape fruit, the lime, the low.orange—all' of
which flourish almost without care. .
The stream of travel increases day by day,
a good many are prospecting and baying
lands ; some parties who bonght last year
have clisposed of the whole or part of their
lands to new-comers at advanced prices. The
The inevitable signs of the approachiug ho
lidays are viaible m the popping of. crookers;
extra displays in the shop windows and - the
scarcity of turkeys, eggs, and other orthodox
Christmas “ fixings.” But we shall hardly
see. the good old fashioned “frolicings” of
yore, when in the “mansion" and “quarter”
from the ‘‘pieaninny” to the old •‘morisa”
every body'was full and running aver with
boistrous pleasure ; these good old days are
passed and gone and the future looks dark
some. These new ways will gradually con
tract the old time hospitalities and crystalize
society into selfish and Unsocial units, which
will grow up after the “Gad-grind” patrons
and be devoid of those traits- which has so
long characterized the people of. the South.
- U. S. Court has. adjourned over tmtil Mon
day, when it will probably hurry things
through. -Governor Reed, Senator Welch,
and other officials are in the city.
To-morrow is the last day lor. registration,
the whites have been slow to register, many
through carelesness, others through ignor
ance in supposing that it is not neccessaiyv
having registered once! and many on account
of escaping jury duty, &c. Notwithstanding,
I think the Conservative candidate will be
elected. At any rate .the days of the new .dy
nasty are numbered, and will share the frite,
figurativly sneaking, of Maximilian, in Mex
ico. The foundations of the Honse that
Jack’ .tituirtue]hejrig SAPpe^'away, arid ;
great shfill be the
Yours Egg-noggedly- and Xinasly, >
m. a. a.
Negro Suffrage in Congress.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York World
says Senators Sherman, Trumbull, Morton,
Grimes,’Howard, Henderson and Yates are
authoritatively announcing as fhvoririg no
action towards the submission of an amend
ment to the States proposing negro Suffrage.
^debtsolssiued ra ““I “to 11 determined on by a caucus,
it will be the aim of the Senators, without
presuming to vote against it, to stave off its
adoption in time to band it over to' the l^jis-
latures of 1869-70, in the certain hope that
enough of them, with such a scheme in i
will be eg 8*e4 w to rqjact ft?
measures. They are frank to admit that
their States are lost the day such a bill is
offered. 1 • • - ir-tAvJB .| -ha
1 : > » »■« < '
Decisions' of the Supreme ' Court, —Iq.
another column we publish, from the Atlanta
Constituijiffyitfedgqifipigi “of The Supreme 1
Court of the State of Georgia; now in session
at Atlanta, as far as they hare been rendered.
These decisions are furnished to the CansUtu-
tion by CoL N. J. Hammond, . Reporter of the
Court, and are therefore official. In addition
7, ft pftUshihff the qpinjons of the 0onrt-8W
they are given, th® Con stitution will keep '.the '■
legal frateraity throughout the State posted
from, day to .day with the status of the busi
ness as the, Court proceeds with its IsljorB;
This repot} will h® td«» furnished by Colonel
Hammond; so that lawyers at a distance by
reading the Constitution daily will learn pre
cisely at what time the cases in which they
are interested will be brought before'the
Court. : - _ -
i In said city, tc
% and aath^il
regularly through the
auctioneer; but every i
permm sball be compelled to take*
ledmcttoOmr- shall, have the privUege of ■
one assistant crier, whose name shall be r
the Treasurer’s ofSce, ana entered on the 1
- '' — —
lies of cotton and rice, one-tentli of
4. One per centum on all commissions or profits
derivedfrom-anybusiness transactions by any mer- .. 1Mirir . a ....... T ....
chant, factor, auctioneer, bracer, forwarding, shipping master, captain or offi.
or commission merchant, and one per captum on tbe j ..gn—
value of all furniture, jewelry aud 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 tlio city of Savannah, except bonds of
the city of Savannah.
5. One per centum per annum on all incomes de-
9 pursuit of any profession,
whatsoever, except income
s per annum
And it i* hereby declared and ordained to be the
dufy 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, top
the City Treasury. In the case of a C
return must be made by the President, Cashier __
Treasurer of the Corporation, xnd the tax’must be
paid by the Corporation and deducted as aforesaid.
The amount of Eight Hu 1
on all salaries is hereby ! _
6. One per centum on gross receipts
transaction not included ii the above and Yoregoing,
panies, expross companies, cotton^pressesT^ot all
hotels and restaurants; and. on all gross etumings of
every bank, bank agency, banker, bill and exchange
broker, one per centum; but on the grbssreceipts of
all agencies of other than such local companies or
banks, two per centum.
Also, one per centum on all gross receipts of all
commerci*l, '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 yes-
sel arriving at or departingfrom the port of SavanEah,
it being hereby made incumbent on the agents of said
boats aud vessels doing business in Savannah to make
returns tinder oath monthly to the City Treasurer aud
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.
&. On all gross sales of horses and mules, one per
: centum; it being understood that every person bring
ing in horses or mules tor sale, shall not offer them
. for sale except through a taxed livery stable keeper,
auctioneer or merchant, or' other person properly
taxed, and all returns of snch sales shall be made sep
arately from other returns of gross sales.
It ehall be the duty of every keeper of a livery
* ible or stable for the sale of stock, to report in wn-
ig to the Cferxbf Council on the first day of every
month, or within ten (10) days thereafter the amount
:of : £tock sold firom his or their stable or stables during
the preceding month, aud pay the one per cent, tax on
said gross sales of stock to the City Treasurer; aud for
every defhnlt in such return there shall be a fine of
notmore^than one hundred dollars imposed.
9. On every nog, the annual tax of one dollar and
fifty cents, including the price of a badge for each.
And all dogs found running ac large without such
badge ehall be impounded, and 4f not reclaimed in
forty-eight hours shall be disposed ot 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, end for every default execution shall issue •
accordingly; and that m the case of every person or
personsliable'or subject to mako a return under this
or any .other ordinance, and where default may be
made, execution snail 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 aud penalties col
lected in the manner now pdinfed out by existing or
dinances? and that the same rule shall apply to the
cases of persons failing or refusing to take out badges
or licenses. And in any case where snch person or
.party shall have no property to be found, out of which
. to collect shch penalties, such person or party may
be-committed- to Jail for a period not longer..than
thirty days. n^r.as *
Section 3. And it is farther ordained by the authority
aforesaid,-that the following annual specific taxes shall
levied and collected:
On every auctioneer, two hundred dollars; on every
wholesale and retail dealer in goods, wares and mer-
*' 1ve_ of liquor license, fifty dollars;
*, exclusive'of liquor license, twenty-
. on every bank, 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 ofany kind, including real estate broker*,
money brokers and pawn brokers, one hundred dol-
lath; every local insurance oompany- 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, one hundred dol-'
lmrei every the ‘ keeper or keepers of a sailor
boarding house, . one bundrod dollars; eyery fhe
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? to.
be confined exclusively-to the sale of cotton ; every the
owner or owners, lessee or lessees of apublic stable, one
hundred dollars; every commission merchant or factor,
fifty .dollars; every shipping-master, onehundred dol- \
lars; every stevedore other than non-resident, -fifty
dollars; non-residents, one hundred dollars; every
IfffflT th 9dreeagr ar.keepersp&a wfcre-
7tinrr#rH1(MlMW #I)P^ merchandise, gdods.
&c., for each warehouse, fifty dollars; every the owner
or owners of a billiard table used for hire, seventy-five
dollars foreach table, and for every pool table, one
hundred and fifty dollars; every the owner or owners
of a a ton pin alley, fifty dollars for each alley; every,
the owner or owners of a saw mill or planing
seventy-five dollars, and on each sash and blind fec-
tJry, fifty dollars; on the owner or owners of every
; steam engine used for hoisting purposes, ginning pur
poses, or any other purpose or business not regularly
t.ixed, as hereinbefore stated or enumerated, sevent}--
nnll, twenty-five dollars^ fldur*mSl,^fifty* dollars;
every the owner or owners of a job printing office,
twenty-five dollars; every master builder, maspn or me
chanic, including shoemakers and tailors, taking con
tracts for vrqrk, architects, contractors otherthan build
ers, roal estate collectors andagents, ticket agents, t wen
ty-five dollars; every the owner or owners of an intelli
gence office, twenty dollars ; every manufacturer of so
da water selling from ‘ founts, twenty-five' dollars, «nd
manufacturing and bottling soda water, fifty dollars;
every soap boiler, tanner, and founder, foreach estab
lishment, fifty dollars; and for selling soda water from
founts, ton dollars for eaeh fount; every ga& fitter,
twenty-five’ dollar*—one tax for each firm of two or
more persons; every practicing attorney at law,physi
cian, dentist, daguerreaa ““*■ 1
lars. Provided, always, that any person required by
this Ordinance to takeout a- licenke, and who may
begin business after the first day of * 1
shall, for that year, pay only on'
■anch license; and the foOnsririg pciaons shall t>e
compelled to take out badges on the first day .of Jan- .
uary, annually, or within ten days thereafter, at -tbe
prices herein designated, that }s to say: every
of small wares, and every'huckster and hawk
keeper of a cookstove or cook shop, an Annual badgicati 0
the price of ten jdoUars, .whieftmaybaredooed one-half .
if not required to .be taken out until after the first day.' ’ J
of ?nly; ana any person subject or Jialfie to take oat
any-such license or badge, or any other license Or
ba Ige required by this ordinance to be taken out,
failing to do so for. ten day* after the said first day of
into January, in each year, shall be liable to a fine of not
.the more than • thirty dollars for everyday’s default,on
:r or conviction before the Police Court. Such licenses and'
' ;ea shall be issued by the Clerk' of Council, and.
icensos 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
V "•—i" j- - i “ every ream dealer, exclusive of liquor license, twenty-
current of emigration has fairly set this ftve dollars; * * - -
other than taxed
of fifty dollars for each a
j carried^ oil by any
merchants, the jpm
; on every ioe house,.
tyro hundred and
press wagon drawn
. on ev<
dollars; ou
I by one horse, twenty-five ~doUsrsTifH
horses, forty dollars; . on every gas company, two I
hundred and fifty dollars; on every restaurant where
liquor license is not taken ont, twenty-five dollars; on |
every
[..wise, and wboteno&*H
l dred dollars; eye^y lottery ofQce or agency, three hun-L
died dollaps; every .barber shop, the. annual far of
twenty-five dollars; every private biliard table, the an
nual tax of twentyty-flve dollars. Every person shall,
under this ordinance, be deemed a money broker who
provided forinthiBsection shall be d^Sd payableoa
. the first day of January, ty each and every year, and re-
’ ' who may begin business after
, that any
ord
each member ot sueb partyerahipT *
at twenty-five dollars. And it isftj
' * ' " ““ at iBnk' shop or col
nth day of January next
UBed Or kept open, unless the owner or owners of*
junk shop or cottonpickery shall have previously j
shall have taken out a license from the -
the Clerk of Council, in which license it shall be dis
tinctly expressed {hat «hch junk shop or cotton pick
ery sh^U always be subject to the visitation, of the po
lice of iho city; a duplicate of which Iicen=*. siguedby
such owner or owners, and expressive of his, heiror
their assent to such condition, shall 1 *e rota,ned l,v
the Clerk of Council; on refusal of such owner or
owners, at any time, to submit to such-visitation, such
juuk shop or. cotton pickery shall immediately bo
closed by the Mayor. And it Is hereby declared and
ordained that every such junk shop lioenne shall be
subject to the farther condition that the same shall be
subject to revocation by the Mayor, if, ou exanpna-
tile
•Reenaagrantcd to as uetSonwc shall not authorize
IT ‘ sell for any transient dealer or
runner or
ar ~
imprisonment;
ir imprisonment for twenty days;
Section 4. And .it ia further ordained by the au-
thority aforesaid, that the license for the sale of goods,
provisions, wares or other articles from any vessel or
irf, shall bo one hundred dollars, instead of fifty
| dollars, as fixed by the Ordinance of thirty-first
connect at Live Oak
r Savannah, at 11:40 P. M.
taxed
ile to a
any sflthear produce, except
commission merchant or broker, shall
penalty of■ one hundred dollars. .; . '•
Sec. 5. And it is further ordained by the authority
aforesaid. That eveiy male resident of said city, be
tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, shall bo
liable to a poll or capitation tax of one dollarannually,
except only such of said persons as may be enticed to *
registry and to vote at city elections, and who; shall
register their names and pay for the same.
Bee. 6. And itis further ordained by the authority
aforesaid, That on and after the first day of January,
next, the price of a license tore tail spirituous liquors’"
for one year shall be one hundred and fifty dollars,-
and the applicant shall be required to submit aa ae-
. curities two responsible freeholders of. the neighbor
hood as a prerequisite to, the issue of said license;
and for a wholesale liquor license the ptice' 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 lioensed which has
not an entrance to it separate and distinct* from, the
entrance to the dwelling, and the license‘shall be
forfeited for a second violation of any State law or City
ordinance;andin case of forfeiture the license shall,
not be renewed for the space of two .yeans. And 1 it
shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to
monthly, on alphabetical list of-all persons
to sell spirituous liquors. And any person, fading or
refusing to take out a license to sell spirituous liquor*, j
shall be liable to a penalty of not .more than one'
hundred dollars for every day any such person may
sell without a license.
' Section 7. And be it hereby ordained by the author
ity of th« same, That hereafter the following shall be
the prices for licenses or badges for the vehicles and
animals hereinafter mentioned:
For each oneJiorse dray or truck $16 00
Foreach two-horse dray or truck..' 24 00
For each three-horse *ray or truck............ 31 CO
For each four-horse dray or truck ... 46 00
Foi* eich one-horse cart or wagon 12 00
For each two-horse cart or wagon,..,...i.i < ....!24 00
For each one-horse cab, hack or buggy .20 00
For each two-horse cab^back or pleasure carriage 40 00
For each two-horse omnibus ; ... 40 00
For each four-horse omnibus GO 00
For any 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 baggies,' to be
paid to the City Treasurer, and not to the Clerk of
Council, and in the ease of .allother vehicles where
badges are exacted, the bodges shall be taken out at
the office of the Clerk of Council, and the fees paid to
him.
Section 8. And be it fnrth6r ordained by the author
ity aforesaid, That all returns required by this ordi
nance for‘real estate, income and commissions, shall
be made quarterly, that is to say: oil the first day of
April, the first day of July, tbe 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 snch respective days, and that
for gross'sales, including freight mid passage money,
*ndj gro&s receipts of all commercial agencies, and
gross receipts of all steamship, steamboat and vessel
agencies carried on by other than taxed commissi oil ed
merchants or brokers, returns shalLbemade 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 9.■ And it is further ordained by the author
ity aforesaid. That,tho following shall bathe annual
compensation, and no more, allowed the following city
officers and employees from add after the first regular
meeting of Council in January next, that is to say:
The Mayor;. '. '.... V.'l .V.;.. J$3,000
Clerkof Council. i 1.G00
City Treasurer ‘,.1 l,-600
Assistant nitv Treasurer _JI _ 1 "
jtu to
Will run as follows :
^ UP DAY TRAIN.
IXAVE. AXnXVK.
Savannah. -8:90 A. M.
6:40 P. Mm
6:38 P. M.
<OOB1B Eatohtoh.7l .11 KM) P. M.
!h-Jtaa v f fteiAwM dftgwiCi trsina that If.veAngqata..wK A. M.
DOWN DAY TRAIN. .
-Macon... ...7:00
Savannah...;... ..:.‘..530 P. M.
.... Augusta.. 6^8 P. M.
l .j Connecting with train that t eaves Augusta.. 8:46 A. M.
1 UP NIGHT TRAIN.
Savurash.... ......*..7:20 P. M.
Macon 6:56 A. M.
Augusta.. sos a. m.
i City Treasurer..
***-*•• *
City M*nbal... .................
City Printer (by contract)
Clerk of the Market... i.. C'.Hv. J-.'i
Assistant Clerk of the Market.
City Surveyor.......
Messenger of Council.... ..i..................;
Keeper of the Pest Bouse.
Jailer, 1 including Deputy.
Keeper of Forsyth Place
Pump Contractor
Corporation Attorney......v.:.................
Harbor Master.. U. .....1 V
ChiefofPolice 2,000
i V
BOO
; 1,200
. 360
1.600
720
460
2,000
'800
E200
First Lieutenant of Police
Second lieutenant of Police
Chief l>etective of Police...........
Six Sergeants of the Police, each.. .
Privates of Police, each.
Jail Guards, each
Health Officer.
Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery..
Cftyi * *
.... M00.
... 1.400
.... 1,400
...: 1,000
m .L 840
.1 r 72Q_
..... ww
..l.i Mflq
..... 1,000
■ f< _, -Wg ^■**-'3 . 1,100
of Water Works 900
Section 10.' And'lt is hereby ordained bythe author-,
ttyaforesaid. That hereafter the Clerk of-Council, the
Gty Marshal, and tho Messongor of Oooncil
Ky.«^tq nflwy (nf said Board. .
Section 1L And it is farther ordained bythe author
ity aforesaid. That all ordinance* and parts of ordi
nances. bo far as they militate with this ordinance, be
and they are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed - in Council December 23d, 1868.
EDWARD a ANDERSON, Mayor.
Stewabt, Clerk of Council.
Attest:
^ Ji
dec28-5t
WISHING TO
bur. cstleuJh. yd be
4
I Hi II\]
’ and'those
ri c-iil no ivtoimi ttru
Commencing Housekeeping,
CAN BUY, TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE,
ALL KINDS OF
HOrSE-FURNISHING GOOPS^,
CHINA, GLASSWARE,
Toilet Sets,.
AT THE OLD STAND OP
as. n. SM.YTHE Sc. CO.
Notice.
ORIGINAL FIRM OF E. D. PMTTHE Sz CO.
a suddenly dissolved on the 21bi of MarcL last.
debts due the late firm arc directed to bo paid to
HENRY D. LAW only, or his attorney, Ji
CHRISTMAS SPORTING!
93 BROUGHTON STREET.
H EAD’S PISTOL GALLERY WILL BE OPEN.
Day and Evenings Alao, the BOWLING'Al-
S connected with it, where poetry will be put tip
fur the best marksmen - and roller* during the holl-
days.^AU are in-rited to call and get aturkey.
’ dUiJ istr.J (
-Y.-liA
bf Schedule.
flfl <—1iJgr fiTUWfBBjngllTOPlRNTOi
*
Lrr .t croiqnuu i *
l N AND APTER: SUNDAY,
> ji
V/. Xrain.An .tha. Bpad wUl run m :
menrfng wtth,7.-00 P. AL Train; -
* OT/t in»n .Wddimo'td a ty
1st.
follows, com-.
IZtZ.
d&rnn:#.:.-. „USP A. M.
.—-LV-r'- J«|-^
s (Sundays Vic^piralj at.. 7:1BP. M.
at .....i.uOl^OP.lL
.a .. -7d» P. M.
i) at. 8.-00 A. M.
DA^ TRAIN.
excepted) at.... 7:00 A.M.
10^0 P. M.
.V.v..: wX Ji -...... 6:30 P. M.
..... 7:20 A. M.
_ 1)1k: 6«0P. M.
h Day
connect at Lawton with
' at 2100 A.M.
m
i*
&
: !r
iSt
;»c
IN
f*
M
Change of* Schedule.
NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWER
VAPSH. -AUGUSTA, AND MON -
" GO MERY, ALA.
transportation oeekie central r^r.,j
SaYAasaa. August 14,1
D N AND AFTER SUNDAY. TOTH INST., PAS-
senger Trains on tbe Georgia Central Railroad
FIRE
QUEEN
fflSDRANCE GO.
LITERPOPL AND LONDON,
T^tLoeaor
Merchandise, Household
• : r . . '
declC-lm
McNULTY,
GENERAL
89
J- WOULD
that I am nowp
CE ON ALL i
.IN A1 COMPANIES* comprising
-m
■ ana ACCIDENT.
Insurance et as low rates as any 1
ot New Vorli.
THE
a ixca X
• AND
/ \ ~i\ TIIsE
jy28—6m
IlSBayatreet.
UNITED !
MARINE INSURANCE.
\l
Connecting with train that leaves Angusta. .9^83 P. H.
DOW1T NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon............... tea P. tL
5:10 A. JI.
3:13 A. H.
....4:30 P. M.
Eatouton. 2:40 P. JL
a_r :aL a r aY.ll ‘— 4 « —.. ,
EiAH/iiUtl 11 ... -—a . ....A **v ■ A - Aa.
Connecting with train thtf ’ eaves Augusta. .9:33 P. M.
A. M. trains from Ssvaiia-*h and Angusta.. and P. M.
train from .Macon connect with MiUeJgeville train
at Gordon daily, 8nndays excepted.
P. M. train from Savannah connects with through
mail train on SonthCarcilina Railroad, and P. M. train
from Savannsh aod 'Augusta with trains on South
Western and Muscogee Railroads.
' WM. ROGERS,
img 14-tf itet’g Master of Transportation.
Ca^li Capital ^£2,000,000 Ster.
QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE CO., INSURES
by Fire, on Buildings.
Rents, fte., at the
Adjusted aud Promptly Paid,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ENGLAND.
For Insurance, iq?BJy.to
R. H. FOOTMAN & CO., Agents,
Office iu Exchange Building,
OFFICE:
Bay Street.
L THE BUSINESS PUBLIC AND
ItoEF-
FIRE INSURANCE.
PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO., of
London.
ATLANTIC FIRE INS. CO., of
Broolclyn.
OP LONDON AND EDDTBURGH.
ESTABLISHED LUf .1809.
CAPITAIi AND ASSETS (IN GOLD):
Subscribed Capital .#10^00,000
Cash Assets — .$3 3,GQ3,803-85
SUBSCRIBER, HAYING BEEN APPOINTED
r , fs prepared to
GENERALLY, at current rates. Policies
*'. or currency, at option of applicant,
ly adjusted and paid.
HENRY BRIGHAM, Agent,