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Advertisements outside of the city must be accom panied with the cash. by telegraph — TO — 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 „ „ . -1 / ~ ret 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,