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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRU 5 1
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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Pcontlnnons
given, as
l-r.itiea.
there is little doubt that he* will recover. Tb ,
wood-passer saved himself from injurvb*-
leaping from the tender into the water a'3
the engine lunged along over the trestle.
The colored woman was very slightly hurt,
ine second class passenger car, baggage
and express cars and nine freight boxes
were wrecked. Neither of the sleopers we-e
injured. The express freight was all saved
though & small portion of it was in a dam
aged condition, having been thrown into
the water. There were no ladies on boa-d
the train. The two Dr*. Cheatham, wi o
lived near the scene of the disaster we o
earxy on the ground, and did all io their
power for the relief of the wounded men.
At first they had some hope of saving Mr
Sweeny, but they soon found that his in
juries wore fatal. People living in the
neighborhood were very prompt in render
ing assistance to those who needed it The
saddle and bridle of the horse were’found
uninjured; but thoso present wen able to
find only a few small fragments of the ani-
raa*. The accident occurred about eleven
o clock it .light, and by evening the next
dav the track was cleared and repairod and
trams ran through as usual.
BY I,Mini
Tli I
-Tq
I NEWS.
i'eie^ranis.
-M
sr.vrJ RS 0F f THI hog crop.
The“A ot " —So-Called
CE
> i tinhWiie nf. w year in
Cliff INNA TI.
lie TeiuE-ssee Torn ail o.
J it’s Maga-
J.*ud.
•it, frieh
i day,
lown way.
come to
osed to be
|etry at us,
liat we can
■but once a
L'hristmas,
of the
leeks. We
|i occurred.
£hrist-
| front
down
South Carolina Affairs.
The town authorities of Beaufort are
making raised sidewalks along & majority
of the streets by throwing up the earth
from the gutters. It will not be of much
benefit in wet weather unless they intend
to cover heavily with shells.
St. Matthew s complains of a heavy nigh’
trade in cotton.
Dr. A. W. Thompson, of Union, has mad
this year one hundred and twenty-eight an*d
one-third bushels of corn on one acre of
bottom land, and three hundred bushels on
a fraction less than three acres.
The Andersou Journal is the title nf a nt-w £
Ipaper which will bo issued oarly in January f^ 1
, ,a Kobbrrr 4
n Jewelry Store In New
York.
by Messrs. R. Edmund Belcher and E. Pi
ton Earle—these gentlemen having entei
into a partnership for that purposo.
Sun will be discontinued, and the new j
will take its place.
Incendiary fires are increasing in Sui
Mr. Lancaster, a young gentlem
Biackville, who was practicing for tin
nament, was thrown from his hoi
Saturday last, and had his thigh bro
The Grand Master of Ancient Free
has apoolnted Col. Asbury Coward
Deputy Grand Master for the third
District of South Carolina.
During a thunderstorm in Coin:
Wednesday last,a little negro girl wj
by lightning, and was paralyzed f<
Gen. M. C. Butler and Col. F. \\
will address the people at Edgefi
nouse on the first Monday in Jan
A fine mansion belonging to M
who resid * ne^* Williston, whii
recently been completed, was coj
fire on Sunday ui*ht last.
Among the preparations whicJ;
made for the celebration
day in Charleston, by ffco xlor
an o^der has been issued bv W
Gray, summoning theJ^gafeentii 1«
First Brigade. Division
tionai Guajyl^Tff South Carolina t- 1
at *b-» Corner of Broad and Meetr ^
at nine o’clock on the morning of
for parade and drill.
’he contractors on
ill
IMEUHAVZX IIOBROR.
inber 31.—The Paihj News
is a special telegram from
e meeting of Americans re-
that city to protest against
|of the German press in con-
r % American civilization with the Bre-
j.ven dynamite horror, thoroughly
.ed its object. The German journals
almost unanimously withdrawn their
ous unfavorable reflections.
Morning Standard also has a special
rani from Berlin on the same subject,
Hi* corroborative of the foregoing.
Inc Xatio.utf Zeitunq alone sees fit to reiter
ate its offensive comments.
Evening Telegrams.
DEATH FROM STARVATION.
Report of the Earnings and Expenses
of the Erie Road.
SALE OF UNITED STATES SHIPS.
ChrUluM Troubles in .MiMiuippl.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, December 31.—Probabili
ties: For Saturday in the South Atlantic
aud Eastern Gulf States, stationary
barometer and temperature, southeast to
southwest winds and partlv cloudy weather.
" •’ *" • Gulf *
For the Western Gulf States, wind shifting
to northerly, with rising barometer, oolder
aud rainy followed by clearing weather.;
—A special to the
s., tho place to
Ca P ^
Id Cc 1
Jst,
THE SO-CALLED “RIOT. 1
Vicksburg, December 31.—A si
lit.aid from Summit, Miss.,
which the troops were ordered, says that no
.irmed band of men was in Summit at any
time on *V eduesday. Before Christmas, seve
ral young men from Amite county, on t,
drunken spree, talked a good deal about
lb dmond, luteudiug to auuoy and frighten
him. Pedmond had a personal difficulty with
one of the men, when he became frightened
and telegraphed for troops. The dispatch
says the citizens or Summit are
able and willing to protect Redmond
:u the discharge of his duties.
THE NEW YEAR.
Cincinnati, December 30.—The Com
mittee of Arrangements for to-morrow
night’* celebration, having sent a request to
Arc! bishop Purcell that the Cathedral
chines bo rung at midnight, received the
following reply:
‘Yes! Let the bells of all our churches
rinp out ou the midnight air the gratitude
of/a nation of freomen for the natal day
ana year of civil and religious liberty, and
let the lervent prayer ascend to Heaven that
Vie blessings proclaimed oue hundred years
n^o may last till time shall be no more."*
THE TORNADO.
Nashville, December 31.—The track of
the t rnado is three hundred yards wide.
Mr. Church’s residence was blown to frag
mcr.to and the family severely injured. At
Winfrey, Mr. Cornell’s residence was
wrecked, and the family badly bruis-
, ed. Levi Mattox’s orchards, the
finest in West Tennessee, were comnletely
demolished aud four negroos killod. A train
of cars on the Mobile aud Ohio Road was
blown from the track. This is the sixth
tornado since 1425.
■ was in the
photograph
cket.
Governor
Quick, of
Iced to the
jrgo of situ
his fine
luted at the
Ity Court of
If Thomas
liniissioned
ft, G. M., of
|] as Notary
1 of Talbot
J29tb.
1,1 Samuel
llroad man
Jrod insane,
|him to the
iiperinten
I near ( in-
lat the timo
laTjction, was
| txihgton aud
McLeod, for-
[ succeeds Col.
al tournament
pnley, deputy
Bui th district,
I We can com
bat city,
keet potatoes
fcral Colquitt
.)
ITTa surprised
weekly ex-
|jou, that is an
|p couldn’t get
i 'i auuouuce
of labor is
:n this sec-
I • to learn
|i:':.cultv—the
f ; aces as the
to secure
Iratiy willing
hi ;table con
laming popn-
I- :>art of the
the laborer.
|m of routing
| d right o
orted to, and
(inability and
which position lie exp<|
next. Until that time
occupy his pulpit.
Velocipedes are allj
“small boys” of Canu]|
tion may be seen a you:
bicycle, and some ri
racefulness.
On Thursday last, Sa:
irl, while passing thre
f Harding A Black,
tcidentally caught tl
h the main shaft whil
tidm, and was Jerked
violence as to tear h<
anld break one log, b
in* her. On the nei
stalflT, one of the cmplr
haA his hand terribh
iugi the cotton gin.*
by tlhe saws of the ;
waslrunning at full
off af the wrist before]
THE HOG CROP.
Cincinnati, December 31.—The Price
Current's hog statistics indicate the falling
off for the season at the interior points of
570,000 hogs, with a possible falliug off at
leading cities, enough to make the aggre
gate decrease 750,000 compared with last
year. Takiug the increased weight into
consideration, the report calculates that tho
crop will not vary much from 5,000,000
agaiust 5,556,000 last year, a decrease of ten
per cent.
. t#r, i colored
Ightb* st<am mills
at lr.tk's station,
if her dress
*. was in rao-
r with such
in shreds
iso lmrt-
Bigger-
so mills,
tile feed-
as caught
machine
early torn
extricated.
BOLD ROBBERY.
New York, December 34.—During last
night thieves effected an entrance into Ben
edict Bros.’ jewelry store, under the Grand
Central Hotel, and on some pretext managed
to disarm tho suspicions of the men
charge, aud to chloroform them when a fa
vorable opportunity occurred. They then
robbed the safe of tweuty-tft-e thousand
dollars worth of jewelry and diamonds.
FOGGY.
New York, December 31.—There is a
dense fog, and most of the ferries are sus
pended. The ferrv boat Mouticello collided
with a schoouer which had a man and boy
aboard, and it was supposed the schooner
was sunk.
Later.—The dense fog yet hangs over
this vicinity, rendering navigation hazard
ous aud tedious.
i Sad Re-
>st Industry
suits ofi
Th.fe Wilmingtom
comparative statem
ducticln on the (
since tihe war. and
mentaule one. Th
to havtp become ext;
tracts tof rich sw;
infinite! cost, ditcL
cleaned! and cultivart witl
a gardeui. have re vend to*natur
become k hideous crass, impassaV
imi>enetk-able. Dried over its ‘
surface tjhe white enne stands in *
silence, b sentine over the wa.-; , tWve
ghcwtly aign of ■ departcnl pros} ^nd
All is desolation ait ruin—ruin so lay
plete that\it seem /mijiossibte now j thlry
money or ilabor skill e j er a^Viin reti-ie\qie
Certainly nojLitK tie ^t»or at hLmdy.
A jieculiar traiuiijanl a peculiar poiysiji-
cal adaptation w-J? n- cot-sary to the cul-tt
ti vat ion of the fije j .antations. Thlosep
rerjuisites wero r taiif'd after generations
of habits and e eriei e. The resultslof
the war disp< ;nd |u'e negro laborer
jovellar.
Madrid, December 31.—El C'ronista, the
ministerial organ, asserts that General Jo
vellar, tho newly appointed Captain-General
of Cuba, is to put an end to all abuses iu
that island, quite irrespective of person or
position. He will hold all offenders to full
responsibility.
WHISKY SEIZURES.
Chicago, December 31.—It is thought that
nearly three-quarters of a million of dollars
will be found duo the government on recent
whisky seizures in this city.
FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.
Constantinople, December 31.—Negotia
tions are pending with Austria with regard
to tho construction of a direct railway be
tween Vienna and Constantinople.
of
THE GREEN-EYED.
Little Bock, December 31.—A darkey,
named llekersmitb, this evening shot his
wife and another darkey, named Geo. Scott,
killing both. The cause was jealousy.
A Haunted House In Searboro.
r
mington, or blck
where, for t. v |purpc
^heir way to Wri
the high larnf
^ to which they wed
utterly useless anjli
iltivation of riel
was called
I to give testi-
jactor of Pete,
bender.
|u know Pete
I kno’s him
pty." “Is he
’pens ’pon de
Jo - sober an’
“When is
he ain’t
i. be indu.
time, sah.’
Dun iie's putty
lazies’ nigger
|r>-‘ to—dat a
jraoj yesterday
lie wag on the
let with the
otn him
kt&L' ■ iu the
I-'
•t of the
Wk« not
repo
rrted
t accommo-
»r train, con-
[nd-Jasa pas-
anq express
k '^rs. The
[ the iccident,
who had
* thj ee-quar
to e accident
|e u uhitched
toe moward,
_ the railroad
in fr ghtened
tra k until
Jhat s known
1 lie i aa over*
|t wi s a very
wa i discov-
hit i for the
ligna aofdan-
Vppli >d. The
|timt —about
oi a down
Sweeny,
la yester-
[hii engine,
^?fore he
all this
pour-
the case
ed with
trained, they/biconf
demoralized./ The
therefore, on the Cqie Fear may be s^t
down as a lost indu.try. The amount o>f
capital to renew tin work of reclamation
is not in tho reach £ the original proprie^
tors, and inexperienced enterprise would
not venture upon the folly of such an
undertaking, and the proper kind of labor
is almost utterly wanting. It is possible
that portions of those abandoned pl&nta
tibns may be utilized as meadows. We
remember having attention called to such j
enterprise on F gles’ Island, opposite
Wilmington, whi *h was said to promise
success. A sma,: portion of the island
and some other ti c i field lands iu the
viciuity were madiv available as market
gardens. But th:.-, is a meagre compen
sation for the w|fi.-spread ruin of so large
and profitable a >usiness. The rice of
the Cape Fear had a peculiar value, and
always brought Vie highest prices. It
was largely shipped to South Carolina for
seed, some of the planters of that State
using North Carolina seed exclusively.
The total production before the war was
about two hundred thousand bushels or
nine million pounds. Now it is barely
ten thousand bulihels, and diminishing,
rather than in creasing. —Ilaleigh News.
A correspondent of the Portland Press,
wiiting from Searboro, Me., furnishes the
folowing account of a haunted house in
th^ town: “The house is situated on a
st a 11 farm about two and a half miles from
DjVston Corner, in the vicinity of Beach
liilge. It was owned and occupied some
tei years ago by an Irishman by the
nano of John Fin&rd, who died and was
biqed upon the place. The farm was
fdthi sold to pay unlawful demands filed
nstead of r^ c
forced by
rascal* have j
true that I
What has lately happened in South
Carolina is likely to have momentous con
sequences in a political way. The signi
ficance of it is just this : The Itepubli
cans in the Legislature, or a majority of
them, have defiantly asserted their pur-
»ose to mak* /corruption the party aim,
- ■* 'Arm as proposed and en-
ernor Chamberlain. The
>t tired of affecting dec6n-
revolted. It is painfully
H „ constitute a large propor
tion, perhafl^ a majority, of influential
leaders of t'J} party. They liked reform
well enough! while they thought it was
only a matt*- of talk ; but when it came
to vetoing yie supply bills which included
their plunier, they wouldn’t stand it.
What is tof be done ? There will be a
lively rfruj/gle between the honest and
the baae fir the eontrol of ibe Republi
can party in that State. Ct
the leader on one side ; Me
per aaUi. B. Elliott are th^
the otherfoide. In this cont
beriain W repudiated, the Rej
ty of State will claim
Hidaratiom. from decent me
gang of
ASSA:
DENT.—\
citemen
time,
foyncr
J. M.
O. Perkt y
demonst r
when the |
in the college
ing three
the anti-p tr jj
Lampkin and
ance in the
Perkey tried
struck him wit
tally wounded,
rested.
I it the farm. Last spring the farm
bought by a man by the name of
ion, who, with his wife and his wife’s
i, have lived upon it until within a
ays. The statement that all three
His that from the time they moved
the place until they left there was
night but mysterious sounds and
were seen or heard in some part of
o use. Some times crossed hands
' he wall surrounded by a circle of
* vould appear. Then this would
•ear, and doors would commence to
aud shut and latches rattle. Then
would be sounds like water boiling
>n the stove, and then this would
whisperings in different parts
ise would be audible. Then the
ould shake and the stove covers
1 figures of a person of full size,
u white, in full sight and with-
or nose, would travel about the
e nights it would appear just
family retired, and they
and sit up all night, and
id sights would continue all
in the day time they would
Johnson was at work one
tchen,when all at once some-
the window. At the same
growled and started out of
mmenced to snuff the air
started out of doors, and
l the house, but could not
iy thing.”
For Teunessee.the Ohio, upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys, and the upper
lakes, northwest winds, cooler, cloudy and
clearing weather, followed by southerly
wiuds and falling barometer in the western
portions.
For the lower lakes, falling, following by
rising barometer, southwest to northwest
winds, cooler and oloudv weather.
For the Middle States, falling barometer,
higher temperature, southwest to northwest
wiuds, cloud and fog, or possibly rain.
For tho canal regions from New Jersey to
Virginia, temperature will remain above free
zing.
The rivers will continue rising below Cin
cinnati, without overflowing the danger
line.
MISSISSIPPI RIOTS.
Memphis, December 31.—A special from
" ' * ~ all ;
Vicksburg says : Two Caldwell Brothers,
black, went on the streets of Clinton intoxi
cated, and challenged tho whole town to
light. They finally retirod unmolested.
About sundown, Charles Caldwell, an ex-
State Senator, appeared ou the streets in
toxicated and declared himself afraid of no
man. A pistol was accidentally fired in the
rear of a store into which Caldwell entered.
He ran into the cellar, and as tho citizens
rushed into the store, Caldwell commenced
firing. At the second fire. Dr. E. G. Banks
fell seriously wounded. The citizens re
turned the fire, mortally wounding C&hl-
woll. FeariDg more trouble, the Mayor
telegraphed to Vicksburg for assistance,
aud at nine o’clock last night one hundred
men left that city on a special tiaiu. No
further trouble is apprehended.
SHIPS SOLD.
Norfolk, Va., December 31.—The United
States ships St. Lawrence and Macedonian,
sold to-day at tho navy yard by Leigh Bros.
& Phelps, auctioneers, were purchased by
Northern parties. The St. Lawrence sold
for $17,900 and the Macedonian for
$14,071. These vessels were among
the oldest ships in the navy, and
have been famous iu their day.
The Macedonian was captured from the
British in the war ot 1412 by Capt. Stephen
Decatur, commanding the* United States
frigate United Sates, and the St. Lawrence
was present in Hampton Roads during tho
engagement between the celebrated iron
clad Merrimac and the United States fleet.
Both have been lying at the navy yard
dismantled for a number of years.
ETERNAL ERIE.
New York, December 31.—The Receiver
of tho Erie Railioad Company to-day filed
his reports of the receipts aud payments of
the Company for tho months of September,
October and November, 1875. For tho two
former months the report shows the re
ceipts to bo $441,821,299, aud payments
$3,976,341 18, leaving a balance of $441,871
81. The report for the month of November
shows receipts to be $2,544,425 47, and pay
ments $2,0<>6,653 85, leaving a balance of
$518,171 62.
LETTER FROM JACKSONVILLE.
Tall of a .Million Dollarn-Butterinc hoik
Mldes or a Slice—Taking a IVaok—A Few
Diminutive Intimation*— Nome of Had
Place*—Remarkable Spred-Baadylag
Complimentary Pleaoantry — Knhdns
with the Stone*—Marine.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, December 30, 1875.
THE VICISSITUDES OF A MILLION.
The document herewith transcribed was
wafted into your correspondent’s posses
sion by a morning zephyr. It bears no
traces to betoken its origin, but its au
thenticity is unquestionable. It is
printed without alteration of style
or form * of sentences, except
in so far as it has been found necessary
for purposes of elucidation. It involves
a romance of one million dollars, an
amount which some inexperienced beings
imagine difficult to spend. I fail to re
oognize the handwriting of the original
paper, of which the following is an exact
copy, aod it bears no date. Possibly \
is a fragmentary memorandum, and tr^jr
be succeedt d by its beginning at some
future time. Without further introduc
tion the imagination of the reader is
hereby called into activity. Behold!
“M, E, Holland 300.00 Jno P. Deweese
$20,000,00 Balance on Jackll prop
erty (E M Randall) $4 590.00 Govr
Reed on acct $3,500,00 I), P, Holland
on acct 4630,00 M S Littlefield 1178.00
Engraving Ac 35,2:> T B Codrington
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I have been privately notified that some
stormy scenes occurred at the convention
of this body to-day, bat haVe not time
to get particulars. One member of the
board is reported to have presented a dis
quisition concerning the misdemeanors of
his colleagues, wherein he bluntly and
without tergiversation characterizes Arch
ibald as a common thief—which is no
news. I will endeavor to report fnll pro
ceedings in my next.
EXCURSION TO ST. AUGUSTINE.
Quite a number of our citizens wended
their way to the ancient citjr yesterday,
and at last accounts were enjoying them
selves to their heart’s content.
The billiard exhibition by this celebrity
at Metropolitan Hall on Tuesday was well
attended. In a four-ball game of three
hundred points, the highest score made
by Daley was one hundred and thirty-five
points.
PERSONAL.
STARVATION.
Montreal, December 31.—A man died
at Lachiue yesterday from starvation. The
neighbors hearing pitiful cries coming from
the room which he and bis family occupied,
repaired there to learn the cause. They
found that tho unfurtnnave tauiuv nut not
tasted food of any kind for throe days.
Nourishment was at once procured for the
sufferers, but the father was beyond re
covery, and expired from sheer starvation.pl
murderers and incendiaries.
Cincinnati, December 31.—Investigation
concerning Mrs. Gordon and children at
Enterprise, Ind., indicates that tho victims
were murdered and thrown into the burning
building by unknown persons. Mrs. Gordon
had m the house the proceeds of tho sale of
a cow aud some farmiug implements. The
house and barn were quite a distance apart,
aud both wero burned.
THE SONORA TROUBLES.
San Francisco, December 31.—A dispatch
from Tucson s iys three companies of United
States cavalry made a forced march to San
llafael last Sunday, finding that all armed
bodies had entered We pica Pasqier. As
the troops behaved badly, tho Revolution
ists paid for everything they took in Ari
zona.
THE SUNNYSIDE DISASTER.
Albany, N. Y., December 31.—The local
inspectors to investigate the Suunyside dis
aster revoked Captain Tison’s license as
Captain and first-class pilot for one year.
He shonld have been personally ou watch.
They find the total Joss to be sixty-five
thousand dollars.
AWARD.
Washington, December 31.—Sir Edward
Thornton, Umpire of the Unitod States
Mexican Commission, has awarded $683,000
iu gold to the Abra Silver Mining Company
of New York, to be paid by Mexico.
SNOW.
Salt Lake, December 31.—The snow was
twelve feet deep on a level to Altar City.
There were no malls on the Central Pacific.
The train was ten honrs behind at Ugdeu
yesterday.
DROWNED.
Osweoo, N. Y., December 31.—Wm. and
Jas. Dickinson, aged eight and fifteen years,
broke through the ice in Oswego river and
were drowned.
Waco, Texas, December 31.—Marshall A
Early’s block, with contents, is burned.
Loss $26,000.
THE HUDSON.
Hudson, N. Y., December 31.—Tho river
here is partially open. The ice is very poor.
Uaste’* rx the Grave.—The case of
tho right of the corpse of the colored
man, Henry Jones, to be buried in the
Mount Moriah Cemetery, comes to us
with sad suggestiveness from the City of
Brotherly Love. A colored brother may
vote in tjie same box as a white man, but,
say the cemetery company, he cannot re
turn to clay in the grim republic of the
grave by the side of his pale-faced fel
low-citizens. It recalls the well-known
lines which, by the substitution of one
word, will exactly apply:
J dr amt that, burled with my fel ow clay,
Close to a common “niggerV' side I ’ay:
|And as so moan an object shocked my pride
Thus, like a corpse of consequence, I cried: |
“Scoundrel, begone! Henceforth touch me not;
More manners learn, and at n distance rot.”
Al
Bledsoe,
hi® proper!
of a College Presi-
i been considerale ex-
ingdon, Illinois, for some
mt of the removal of the
t of Abingdon College,
d the installation of Rev.
stead. A disgraceful
made on Friday night,
sociable was being held
ng. Daring the even-
iowdies belonging to
tion, named Lomax,
tile, created a disturb-
ors, when President
t them. Lampkin
ged aQ d bo fell mor-
assailants were ar-
markably ljfc- on
LlVZT ; * » Kentucky man, A.
m - pain of Ojfae ltly, disposed of
^ifTonce and get a bottle ox $30,000, by a re-
has been admit-
8oothing Syrup. It will r
^mnjedistely.
the bow
It cares \
thus : “Abra-
&nd testament,
land
When, w ith a haughtier scowl, cried he:
“Proud lump of earth, I scorn thy threats and
thee.
Here all are equal; now thy case is mine;
This is my rotting place and that s thine.”
—New York Herald.
A colored lady, not over neat in her
make-up, called a few days f.go at a resi
dence on F street, Washington, rang the
front-door bell, and, on being admitted,
inquired if a cook was wanted. The mis
tress of the house, who was in want of a
servant but did not exactly like the
appearance of the candidate, answered
tentatively, and said: “I suppose you can
bring good recommendations ?”
“Ha, ha, ha,” lightly laughed the appli
cant, “the case’s jist here, I can give you
my recommendations if you can give me
your’s.”
This is pretty nearly equal to the case
of the colored lady who refused to wash
any longer for one of her female custom
ers because the clothes of the latter were
bo small that she could not wear them.—
Capital.
There is one thing done against
Romanism that cannot be charged upon
the fools, and which is likely to spike all
our Protestant guns unless it is imme
diately stopped. We refer to the organi
zation of a secret political society to
overthrow political Romanism. ^ich an
order, we have reason to kn^^pxists,
and is being extended in sev«
possibly in alL Only evi
cause can come from suc^
sons at its head may b “
vantages, temporary jflMi, all foe,
tend the first years,
sure to come, and ~
gain by sjfch an
policy of ti
on acct E Houstous claims on one mil
lion Bonds 57S95.33 E Houston on acct,
$122000.00 M. D Papy 16,000,00. Travel
ling expenses to and from Fla. Hotel
fares Telegrams aud other expenses
while there by S. W. Hopkins and T, B
Codrington and advances to K Stew
ard 6.21G.3S T B Clarke expenses
to Fla 100.00 G B Carse $60,00
Rollin Steward, Washington $1,00,00
advertising July coupons 36,00 Legal ex
penses suits Woodson & Bayne 17,850,00
Payments in London : M S Littlefield
£4986, 143 5d Draft from Florida, £4.433
19s 3d. Baring Bros & Co for A Barnett
£19.349 4, 1. Brokerage on iron mer-
chand, order Littlefield £68.3. 7. 6 Com
missioners of Western Division North
Carolina Railroad £10,000, Footed up in
the Bill as follows $233,020.20 Total
1,096,032.54.”
The balance of this curious exhibit may
serve to explain in a measure some mys
terious items of the foregoing:
“Cr, For 2,800 Florida Bonds as per
agreement at £100 less commission £10
less deposit to pay 3 coupons £24<a’£66
each bond £ls4,8000,0 $997,920. Bal
ance due S W Hopkins A Co carried for
ward 98.112.54 Amount bro’t forward
Due S W H A Co 98,112,54 S W Hop
kins A Co are bound for following sums
—out of proceeds of bonds: R H Gamble
$I5,00O,<Hl t H Flngg (State Treasurer
4.000,00 T. B Codrington 25,000,00 L P
Bayne A Co 200,000,<H) L H Porter 10,-
000,00 D, P Holland 17,365. Am. Bk
Note Co 2,572,00. Western Division North
Carolina Kail road Company $350,000.00
Governor Harrison Reed 223,750,00, S,
W, Hopkins A Co have also rec’d notice
of following claims: Bayne and Rogers
105,000,00 R R Swepson 21.216.”
Now, let it be observed that nobody
will comprehend the moaning of all these
figures; but, as Boswell would say, “they
something.” What
in the name of common sense did the
North Carolina Railroad interest them
selves in Florida bonds for ? If I have
failed to make the above intelligible it is
attributable to my own obfustication
over it
AN ANNUAL ABLUHON.
Always in the event of a certain con
tingency, a thing which is one way
might be another way. This is in accor
dance with the eternal rules of nature,
and it requires no transcendent genius to
perceive its remarkable and attractive
symmetry. If it had only been cold or
dark on yesterday we might now have to
mourn the loss of two sable citizens,
who were guiding a skiff-load of vege
tables and themselves down the river.
Both of tho embryonic mariners attempted
foolishly to remain upon the same side
of the boat. The batteaux apparently
did not relish the burden, for it pro
ceeded to hoist the navigators, vegetables
and all,out into the river without so much
as a premonitory warning. About this
time the sp3ctacle became peculiarly ex
hilarating to the half dozen people
who witnessed it. The vegeta
bles drifted with the -tide, the
unlucky negroes descended like lerfd to
the bottom, but in rising again they
managed to clamber upon the bottom of
the craft—which was then on top—to the
no small disappointment of the specta
tors, who had magnanimously and with
one accord resigned themselves to a
funeral at d the point I desire to illus
trate is that if the weather had been cold
the vegetables might have been in danger
of freezing to death.
Colonel Avery, of the Atlanta Herald,
has returned home. His visit here was
in the interest of his orange grove near
St. Augustine, and to invite the citizens
of Florida to make Stone Mountain, Ga.,
their summer resort. Colonel A. asserts
that the climate and scenery of that
favored locality excel those .of any other
spot on the American continent.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived during past three day6:
Schooner Ann E. Valentine, New York.
Departures: Schooners Ella, New York,
and James Wall, New Haven.
Adbianus.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
Being informed on entirely reliable
testimony that the preposterous Aider-
man who is indebted to this municipality
for above nine hundred dollars has been
seized by aif almost incontrollable impulse
to “mash the nose" of your correspondent,
that Bisbee claims he was never put under
indictment for perjury, that Chief Justice
Randall still tries to make people believe
that my statement to the effect that he
was indicted for stealing is prompted
wholly by partisan animosity, that the
county ring are rejoicing over a treacher
ous security; it is deemed necessary to
state that while your correspondent may
fill full a good many promises he does not
make, he always fulfills those he does
hold forth. Be on the alert for some rich
disclosures.
STILL HARPING.
Bay street is still disgraced by the pre
sence of the gambling hell alluded to in
courteous terms a few ussues back. Now
if the police do not proceed at once to
extinguish that nefarious institution I
greatly fear that the temper of the pnblic
is such that an extreme coarse may be
adopted. The establishment is located
between Hogan and Julia streets,
and the guardians can ill afford
to connive at its operations. An
innocent young man, whom I know
by sight, contributed seven hundred dol
lars to the m*w of this demon a few
nights ago, and it is a lasting, burning
shame to Jacksonville that such an affair
is allowed to set the law in these cases
made and provided at complete defiance.
Let us commence the new year, geut’e-
men, without this cut-throat den.
THE SCHOONER FLORIDA.
The hatches of this vesiel have again
been closed with the intention of somth-
ering out the flame, they h&viug succeed
ed in reducing the temperature in the
hold and in locating the fire by means of
a stick, which was consumed in ten
minutes. There is a slight prospect that
the extreme of scuttling the Florida may
be avoided, but at any rate the hatches
will be kept firmly sealed for
three or four days at least. The cargo
has been ruined beyond redemption.
SUDDEN DEATH.
On Tuesday evening a young gentle
man, by name Joseph Scales, was dis
covered m a lifeless condition at his
apartments on Bay street. Deceased was
a nativ of Dublin, Ireland, aged about
twenty-seven years, and is conjectured to
have died from an affection of the brain.
He is represented to have been well-
known in North and South Carolina.
QUICK TOTE.
The schooner A K. Bentley, Captain
.9. S. Williams, recently accomplished the
by age from SL John’s bar to Egg Island,
Delaware breakwater, in three net days,
v •juts. HeAiaster claims
j
How Alcohol Intoxicates.
In a late number of the Edinburgh
Review is an exhaustive and carefully
written paper upon “The Physiological
Influence of Alcohol." It is based upon
three works published in London
Alcohol, its Action and its Uses, by
Benjamin W. Richardson, M. D., 18fl|
The Origin, Nature and Varieties of
Wine, by Drs. J. L. W. Thudicum and
August Dupre, 1872: and Stimulants and
Narcotics, and their Medical Relations,
by Francis E. Anstie, M. D., 1864. As
is not unfrequent in the articles in lead
ing reviews, the writer brings to the
subject knowledge drawn from other
sources. It would be a very good idea in(
the publishers of what are known as
Temperance works to reproduce this re-|
view in a handy form; and the more so,
that it is calm and scientific, not emo
tional, but crowded with facts and infor
mation. It would be interesting to
everybody who desires authentic in
formation upon a curious, and to most
minds a very complex subject. In the
present article some of the most striking
points are preserved, in language
divested, as far as possible, of scientific
terms.
When a spirituous drink is taken into
the body it does not simply run through
the digestive cavity of that body, but it
runs through the blood before it can find
any escape, aud it clings to that blood for
a considerable period, flowing with it,|
round aud round, through the circling
stream of its unceasing progress. It goes
everywhere, in each fibre, membrane and
tissue, and fils and saturates each vitul
organ—flesh, brain, heart, liver, lung, kid
ney, skin and secreting apparatus.
Wherever there should be blood, under
the natural arrangements of life, there
is now blood minqled with the alcoholic
spirit.
Articles of food are “complex bodies,!
built up from simpler elements by the
effort of vegetable life.” Alcohol is not
such a complex substance, but it is a
“product of the downward degradation
And decay of such a complex principle.”
The foods which furnish substance to tho
living structure are, for the most part,
composed with the aid of nitrogen, and
have therefore an affinity with the vital
parts of the human structure. “The
fibrin of the blood, the muscular flesh,
the cartilages aud tendons, the membranes
and the skin, the soft nerve pulp, and the
brain are all so many examples of nitro-
genized matter.” But alcohol is en
tirely devoid of nitrogen in any form.
In the exceptional cases where alcohol
has been found useful as a medicine
an unnatural condition of the body ex-j
ists, and physicians should determine
when stimulants, as a medicine, are ne
cessary. The parts of the body which pos
sess the most energetic vitality, the brain,
the nerves, and the nervous material of
the spinal cord, are principally composed
of matter of the most pulpy consistence,
so soft that it may almost be termed
melting. This nerve-pulp is packed into
minute pliny sacks and tubes de-
scribable only by microscopic aid.
Through Ihese tiny and almost in
visible films the blood is “filter-^
ed.” The nerve pulp appropriates
such qualities of the blood as nourish
life and build up the structure, and at
the same time reject and throw back into
the stream their own waste particles.
Large quantities of water enter into the
composition of this pulpy matter, and tho
first evil effects of alcohol is to withdraw
this water. For alcohol has an “uncon
trollable impulse” to draw water into
itself. Excessive use of alcohol hardens
and dries up the nerve pulp in such a
way as tc impair if not spoil it for its
proper office. When excessive drinking
does not produce intoxication it is because
the nerve pulp has become insensible as
an “oiled sponge.”
The flushed face upon the approach of
inebriation is among the earliest signs of
the disturbance of these delicate “filters’
in their work, the face being among the
parts of the body exceptionally supplied
with blood. The “restraining” or filter
ing work of the pulpy substance is im
paired, and hence the unnatural recep
tion of blood into the pulp cells. If this
unnatural process is repeated or be
comes habitual, the blotched, red, swol
len and pimpled face is the result of
keeping the nerve pulp saturated with
alcohol, and the delicate membranes,
thickened, dried and dyed red, show
through the skin.
Tho first stages of intoxication are
shown in the want of command over the
lower lip and lower limbs. The nerve
pulp of the spinal cord is touched. The
muscles feel the torpor. Trembling and
shuddering follow. Next the nerve pulp
of the braiu comes under the evil influ
ence, and the control of the judgment
and the will disappear. When a man is
what is termed “dead drunk," the paraly
sis of the higher nerve-centres and of
the brain is carried jto its full end. All
inlets of the senses are closed; all consci
ousness and sensation are destroyed, and
all power of voluntary movement is ef
faced. The heart, the seat of life, toils
on. If an enormous quantity of alcohol
is swallowed at once, as in the case of
foolish wagers, the toil of the heart soon
ceases, and the man is dead indeed. But
in ordinary instances the torpor saves
life, as it stops the drinker just at the
point when farther drinking would kill
him outright.
With this general view of the effects of
rffcohol, and the manner in which they
are produced, it is easy to understand
why headache, sleeplessness, nausea, pal
pitation of the heart and the “trembling
delirium” accompany and follow the
excessive use of alcohol. A poison in the
stomach can bs pumped out or voided. A
poison in the blood must wait removal
till the efforts of nature effect it. But
when nature itself is abased and impaired,
its recuperative powers soon become de
stroyed. The effects of continued alco
holization upon the liver, kidneys and
stotnach it is unnecessary to doscribe, as
they are well understood. But where the
miechievous process begins, and how it
is continued, are points new to most non-
medioal readers.
ANOTHER COLLMBl’S EPISTLE.
The Central Hotel— Huaine** Dull, an*
Newspaper Change*—New Houle to
Montgomery—Columbn* a Fruit Mar*
ket-Homr of Ooremor Smith—Nurreou
of the Columbus Faetorleu.
[Specia. Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Central Hotel, December 27, 1875.
I find this excellent hotel now under
the management of Mrs. S. E. Wor-
bridge, formerly of Florida, who has
made it the hotel of the city. She is a
very excellent and experienced house
keeper, as well as a most agreeable and
popular lady, and with the accommoda
ting Harvey as business manager, she is
sure to succeed in keeping the Central in
the front rank of Southern hotels.
Business here is dull, although the
streets are lively, as the purchases are
unusually small in quantity. People are
feeling the hard times, and even Christ
mas faiis to call forth the hard earned
money which has been “laid aside for a
rainy day.” A visit to the newspaper
offices disclosed the fact that they are
also feeling the effects of the general de
pression in trade. The Enquirer is now
under the editorial management of Mr.
Jewett De Votie, formerly its local, who
is ably filling his new position. Mr. T.
D. Huff, a talented “honor” man from
the Georgia University, is the present
(Titg ©rdmanrfs.
CITY ORDINANCE.
city editor, and does quite well for a new
beginner. John H. Martin, Esq., the
veteran journalist of this section, has
become editor-in-chief of the Times, with
Col. T. K. Wynne, formerly of tho En
quirer, associate proprietor. Although
Columbus can hardly support two papers,
we heartily wish full success to each of
these excellent publications.
A NEW ROUTE TO MONTGOMERY.
Competition between the railroad lines
from this city to Montgomery is quite
lively at this time, as the Montgomery
and Eufaula Railroad is now running a
special passenger train daily from Eufaula
to Montgomery. The Mobile and Girard
Railroad train leaves here at 1:50 o’clock
p. m.. and by making a close connection
at Union Springs with the train above re
ferred to, passengers can be landed in
Montgomery at 9:42 the same night.
Western freight has for some months
pftst been brought over this route from
Montgomery to Columbus, in connection
with tho South and North Alabama Rail
road. "Recently Montgomery cotton lias
taken this route,so that a verylarge freight
traffic is already done by this new combi
nation which these two roads have form
ed. Of course this route takes a large
amount of business from the Western
Railroad of Alabama; but as the Central
has a lease of the Mobile and Girard
Railroad, it gains on that line what it
loses on the Opelika aud Columbus
branch of the Western road.
COLUMBUS AS A FRUIT MARKET.
I find that this city is becoming a very
important fruit market. Being Hituated
at the head of steamboat navigation from
Northern Florida, it affords a fine outlet
for the immense number of oranges
shipped from Liberty, Calhoun and other
counties on the Apalachicola river. Nor
are these oranges simply sold to neigh
boring cities. Mr. C. E. Hochstrasser,
the chief wholesale dealer here, informs
me that he sells large quantities to dis
tant cities in all parts of the South. Capt.
W. II. Hurlbert, the popular local agent
of the Southern Express Company in this
city, tells me that they are d^ilj shipping
from twenty-five to a hundred boxes.
The steamer Julia St. Clair, on her last
trip, brought up over three hundred
boxes, nearly all of which were resliipped
from here by the various railroad lines to
other cities and towns. A glance at
former orange statistics will show that
the wholesale fruit traffic has largely in
creased in this city during the past few
years, owing to the persistent and suc
cessful efforts of Mr. (3. E. Hochstrasser
to make Columbus the headquarters for
the sale of fruit grown in Northern
Florida
THE HOME OF GOVERNOR SMITH.
Columbus is the home of the present
able and efficient Chief Magistrate of
Georgia, Hon. James Milton Smith, and
the people here are justly proud of the
splendid record which he has made for
himself during the past few years. They
are gratified, also, that he does not forget
the dignity of his high office, and partici
pate in the scramble for the next term.
His official record, almost completed, is
before the honest and patriotic voters of
the State, and it is for them to decide
whether or not he shall be a candidate for
re-election. A short time ago Governor
Smith assured mo that he should take no
steps to become a candidate, but should
faithfully and conscientiously attend to
the duties of his office, and leave the
whole matter in the hands of the people,
whose good sense and unswerving pa
triotism could rightly direct them in
making a suitable choice for the next
term. It is not true that Governor Smith
will decline a re-nomination for Governor^
he is in the hands of the people of the
State, and if they make him their stand
ard bearer in the next campaign, I can
assure you that his firm and unbribed
hand will take and bear that standard
forward to a glorious victory. I pay this
in no disparagement to other eminent
gentlemen who are named for the office,
but os a justly deserved tribute to a most
laboriously and conscientiously faithful
public servant, among whose constituency
I now am, and whose position in regard
to a re-nomination is not clearly under
stood.
SUCCESS OF THE COLUMBUS FACTORIES.
This city is very properly called the
JLowell of the South,” as her splendid
factories are daily running thirty-five
thousand spindleu, and annually workup
about ten thousand bales of cotton. No
J better goods are manufactured, and their
sale has been extended into every State,
from Maine to California. I visited the
Eagle and Phenix factory to-day, and was
surprised to see them shipping so many
goods. The popular President, Dr. N. J.
Bussey, and the efficien* Secretary and
Treasurer, Alderman G. Gunby Jordan,
with Col. W. H. Young, of the Board of
(Directors, have proved most valuable
officials, and through their wise and able
management the fabrics of the factory
are eagerly sought for even in the present ^*^7 K et ? p ?. r ol a
hard times. These gentlemen have
clearly proved that a factory properly
conducted in all its departments, as is the
case with the Eagle and Phenix, must
prove a profitable investment. During
the past year dividends have been paid,
many valuable improvements made about
the premises, and a model brick cotton
warehouse completed for storing the raw
material. This large brick structure is
one of the finest in the South, perfectly
fire proof, and by means of p erforated
iron water pipes the entire contents can
be instantly sprinkled in case of an acci
dental fire. The front is quite handsome,
aDd has a tower which is surmounted
with a huge circular iron tank filled with
water. Your own city is interested in
this successful corj>oration, as Chas.
Green, Esq., President of Savannah Bank
and Trust Company, is one of the most
efficient Directors, and his excellent lady,
if I mistake not, makes the operatives a
yearly gift for their pic-nic festivities.
Chatham.
A"
A
shoem;
Still
mitted
Dewees,
the chart
thirty nil
Baltimore.
City
resid<
ridle Crime.—Thos. Warum, a
r by trade, who has resided in
at>out three months, was com
iail on Saturday last by Justice
e oath of his daughter, on
forcible incest. Warum is
of age, and was born in
removed to Chesapeake
‘APnr examined in the
Many a man lives with a woman half a
life-time without ever suspecting that
the wife of his bosom has really forgotten
more than he ever knew. Many a carpet
knight, who plumes himself upon his
wonderful skill in smashing hearts, is
being mentally measured and intellectu
ally turned inside out by the»smiling
girls whom he thinks he is captivating.
Many a veteran beau who pulls on his
gloves to depart, feeling proudly con
scious of having made a profound im
pression upon the susceptible soul of the
belle who has endured him for an even
ing, would be wonderfully enlightened,
if not edified, could he hear the
READ THE FIRST TIME DECEMBER 15TH, 1875,
RBAD THE SECOND TIME DECEMBER 29TH,
1375, AMENDED AND PASSED, AND PUB
LISHED FOB INFORMATION.
AN ORDINANCE to assess and levy taxes an 1
raise revenue for the city of Savannah: to fit
the salaries and compensation of certain offl
cere and employes of said city: for the regu-
latioa of certnin kinds of business in said citv;
fixing penalties for the violation of the reve
nue ordinance* of said city; and for other
purposes connected with taxes and revenue
of said city.
Section- I. The Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Savannah, in Council assembled, do
hereby ordain. That from and after the* 1st day
of Janaary, 1n76, the inhabitants of the said city,
and those who hold taxable property within the
aarne. and those who transact or offer to transact
business therein, except such as are exempt from
taxation by law, shall pay toward* the support
of the government of said city, and for the safe
ty, benefit, convenience and advantage of said
City, the tacee hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. II. h.very person holding real property
in said city, including improvements on lot*
subject; to ground rent, shall pay a tax of two
atod one-quarter per centum on the vaine of snch
property.
Sec. 111. Every person holding household at d
Kitchen furniture above the value of three hun
dred dollars, a watch or watches, jewelrv, plate,
musical instruments, private billiard table*, shall
pay a tax of two aud one-qnarter per centum on
the . alue of such property: and every i»en*on or
partnership engaged in business as a wholesale or
retail, or wholesale and retail dealer iu goods,
wares and merchandise of any description what
soever, besides such specific^ tax as he or they
may be required to pay by this or any other ordi
nance as a person or persons transac'ing or offer
ing to transact business in said city, aud every
person engaged in tbe business of selling horses
or muies shall pay a tax of two and one-qnarter
per centum on the value of bis or their stock in
trade, except snch articles a*» are exempt from
taxation under the laws ot this 4tate.
8ec. IV. Every pereon or corporation, other
than bankers and harks, taxed according to their
earBings. receiving.!nDrest on bonds.notes.mort-
iTAges.judgmcEts.or other evidences of debt,except
bonds of the city of Savannah and other bonds
exempt by law. shall pay a tax of two and one-
quarter i*er centum on the amount of snch inter
est so received.
Section V. Every person and corporation de
riving income or commissions from nis business
as a merchant,factor, auctioneer, broker, forward
ing, shipping, or commission merchant, (except
dealers taxed on their stock in trade,) keeper of
a hotel or restaurant, or from the pursuit of any
profession, faculty, trade, calling or business
whatever, and every street railroad company, gas
company, express company, cotton press compa
ny, insurance company, and every bank, banker,
ami loan association, and every agent carrying
on business for another, shall pay a tax of one
;»er centum on the amount of each income
ur commission above eight hundred dollars.
Sec. VI. Every person and corporation transact
ing or offering to transact either of the kinds of
business hereinafter mentioned, shall pay the tax
hereinafter prescribed, viz :
Every auctioneer, two hundred dollars; every
wholesale and retail dealer in goods, ware* and
mercliandise, exclusive of liunor licenses, one
hundred dollars; every retail dealer, exclusive of
liquor license, twenty-five dollars, including con
fectioners ; every manufacturer of confection
aries, fifty dollars; every bank, banker or hank
agent engaged in baying or selling exchange, in
cluding every insurance company doing a banking
business, two hundred dollars; every person or
house dealing in foreign or domestic exchange,
and every broker of any kind, including real es
tate brokers, cotton brokers, money brokers,
pawn brokers, one hundred dollars; and every
building and loan association, one hundred dol
lars; and every loan association doing a banking
business, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Every insurance|company, or agent for any in
surance company, one hundred dollars for each
company; every s<*wing machine agent or agency,
two hundred dollars—the same for each and
every agency; every keeper cr keepers of a hotel,
one hundred dollars; every lnjarding house
keeper, fifteen dollars; every the owner or
owners, lessee or lessees of a cotton press ertal>-
lishment, three hundred dollars; every hand cot
ton press, twenty-five dollars.
Ever}- the owner or owners, lessee or lessees of
a junk shop, one hundred and fifty dollar*; a cot
ton pickery, to be confined exclusively to the
purchase or sale of cotton, two hundred dollars;
every the owner oi a steam cotton gin i*stahlish-
ment, oue hundred dollars; every commission
merchant or factor, one hundred and fifty dob
lars; every cotton shipper or weigher, twenty-fi'<
dollars; every stevedore, fifty dollars; every tbe
owner or owners ot a coal, lumber or wood yard,
for each coal, lumber or wood yard, and every re
tailer of coal from a wharf, fifty dollars; every
the keeper or keepers of a warehouse for the
storage of cotton, merchandise, goods, etc., for
each warehouse, fllty dollars; every the owner
or owners of a billiard table, used for hire, forty
dollars for each table; tor every pool table, one
hundred and fifty dollars; every the owner or
owners of a ten-pin alley, thirty dollars fer each
alley; every the owner or owners of a saw mill
or planing mill, one hundred dollars; and on
each sash and blind factory, fifty dollar.*; on the
owner or owners of every steam engine useti for
hoisting purposes, ginning purposes, or any other
business not regularly taxed, as in this ordinance
stated or enumerated, seventy-five dollars.
Every person or partnership running a gri:
mill worked by steam, fifty dollars -if worked t
horse power, twenty-five dollars; every person
running a flour mill, or flour aud grist mill,« riven
by steam, one hundred dollars; every bakery car-
"ried on by means of .-team machinery, one hun
dred dollars—if carried on without steam, fifty dol
lars; every mast« r builder, mason, or mecnanic,
including shoemakers, tailors and other mechanics
not otherwise taxed, taking contracts for work, ar
chitects, contractors, other than builders, twenty-
rtve dollar-: real estate collectors and agents, and
other c dlectors a d agents, aud ticket agents,
twenty-five dollars; every the keeper or keepers
of *n intelligence office, twenty-five dollars for
each office, every mercantile agency, one hun
dred dollars; every daily newspaper printed by
steam, one hundred dollars.-’every weekly or other
newspaper, twenty-five dollars; every job print
ing office worked by steam, fifty dollars—if work
ed without steam, twenty-five dollars; every
manufacturer of soda water selling from
founts, twenty-five dollars ; and manufacturing
and bottling soda water, one hnndred dollar**,
selling soda water from founts, ten dollars for
each fount; every soap boiler, tanner and foami
er, for each establishment, fifty dollar.; every
barber shop, twenty-five dollars; every
person engaged in business of gas fitting
or plumbing, oi both, fifty dollars;
every daguerrian artist photographer and
ambrotvper, twenty-five dollars; every steal
boat, vessel, or other agency, fifty dollars; eve
agency for ocean steamships, one hundred di
lare; every wholesale dealer iu ice, two hundred
dollars: every retail dealer in ice, ten dollars;
each and every museum, twenty-five dollars;
every gas company, four hnndred dollars; every
restaurant where liquor license is not taken cut,
twenty-five dollars; every rice pounding or clean
iDg mill/ two buudred dollars; every lottenr office
or agency, three hundred dollars; every fortune
teller or astrologer, tl fty dollars; every telegraph
comply or agency, three hnndred dollars; every
street railroad company, oue hundred dollars;
every lawyer, physician and dentist, twenty-five
dollars: everv eociety or club bar-room, fifty dol
lars; every hall kept for hire, fifty dollars; every
keeper of a skating rink, ten dollars for the first
week and five dollars for each succeeding week;
every undertaker, twenty-five dollars; every per
son engaged in loading or unloading vessels by
horse power, twenty-eight dollars for each hoist
ing apparatus use 1; every express company, two
hundred ai.d fifty dollars, and in addition tnereto
as part of the same tax, twenty-five dollars for
every one-horse baggage express wa/on and forty
dollars for every two-horse baggage express
wazon employed by snch conqjany; every person
** n gsgcd in ihe business of transporting or carry
ing goods, wares, merchandise, passengers or
baggage for hire, by means of wagons, dravs,
true Id-, carts, omnibu-aes or carriages of any de
scription, or of letting carriages or other vehicles
for hire, shall pay a tax acc jrdlng to tbe number
and character of the vehicles employed In snch
business, viz : every person employing one one-
horse cart or wagon, twelve dollars; every person
employing one one.horse dray ur tmek; sixteen
dollars; every person employing one one-horse
cab, hack or boggy, twenty dollars; every person
employing one two-horse cart wagon, dray or
truck, twenty-four dollars; every person employ
ing oue two-horse cab, hack, buggy, omnibus, or
carriage of any description, forty dollars; every
person emplovin* one fonr-boree dray or truck,
forty-six dollarejevery person employing one four
horse omnibus, sixty dollars; every person em
ploying one brek wagon, forty dollar*; and the
tax to Ibe paid by any i>eraon employing more
than one vehicle of the same or differ
ent kinds, shall be according to the number of
vehicles employed, at the rates above specified;
The tax required br ■■ ■■ , ■
ot this OrOlDMire ot pJr-jn,
tag to Lmsict bMinew i„ Blud
»"« >>y “II «0' I. o< r-SrtJS. to is ’
city, on the 1« d., ot l IS*
after, within ten day, dltr ib»t <utf. ,^f Y™?!
c 1M of perron, commencing tu trroiict or ife,
ten days after »o commencing or offerim* rir«»
, °K the K C T e ° f Z™'™ 1 *nd kin^ k i^S£
Who shall pay line tan Immediately on commeni
tole, required by the second, third, fonrth
“1 “th Mtl«. of thia Ordinance, of perron. .
redding or holdlne property in roll! city on tba
1,1 day of January, 1S76, or on the lit day of
January in any succeeding year thereafter, shall
b« payable quarterly. The tax for does kept in
th. - city on tbe 1st day of January of any year
rh dl he due and payable within ten days from
th it date, and for any dog brought into the city
al cr :hat date to be kept here, within ten days
alter it is so brought into the ci^y. All taxes re
quired by this Ordinance shall be payable to the
Ci y Treasurer.
4 sc. X. Every pereon liable to par either of the
ta*:<*s specified in the secenc and third sections
ol this Ordinance, shall make his retain within
ten dare after the 1st day of January for the
•hole year, and every person liable to pay either
oi the taxes specified in the fonrth and fifth sec
tions o'this Oidinance, shalk make his or her
return quarterly; that is to say. within ten days
after the 1st days of April, July, October and
January in each v* ar alter tbe passing of this
Or finance, but transient or itinerant dealers and
other persons commencing business after that
date being liable to any such tax shall make this
return immediately on commencing snch bosiness;
aud every ;mtsou liab e to pay a tax for a dog or
dogs shall make t.is or her return within ten days
after the first day of January, or after such dog
or dogs shall have been brought into the city.
The return ruall t»e made to the City Treasurer
on oath or affirmation t hat the same is trne, and
that the person making the same, or, if made by
an agent, tha: his or her princ pal, is not liable to
ary other tar. and has no other property in the
cit v for whica he or she is required to pay a tax
other than that specified in the return; and ii
thall be th, duty ./the Treasurer to require such
o«th or affirmation m every cane, without excep-
ho.i. Aud any person neglecting or refusing tc
make any return required by this ordinance wltb
in the time specified, shall, on conviction thereoi
in > he Police Court, be fined in a sum not exceed
ing one hnndred dollars, or t>c imprisoned not
more than thirty days, or both, in tbe di»
ot the court.
j discretion
neglec
to make any return required by this ordinance
or any other ordinance amendatory thereof by
the time appointed for such return to be made,
it ►hall be the duty of the Citv Treasurer to
make the return and valnatiou for such de
faulter within the calendar year for which suck
return is required from the l>est information
which he can obtain, and having done so to as
sess against such defaulter a double tax accord
ing to tho nature ot the tax for which such re
turns are required, whether the same be specific
or a,l valorem, and to notify snch defaulter
thereof; and if any person shall neglect or re
fuse to pay any tax required of him by ttus
ordinance or any ordinance amendatory thereof
within the time specified for the payment of the
same, or shall neglect or refuse to pay any
double tax assessed against him or her us above
provided for the space of twenty days after
notice of the assessment of such doable tax, the
said City Treasurer may issue execution for
such tax or double tax at any time during the
calendar year for which such tax shall he
required, ou which the City Marshall shall
proceed as a Sheriff does ou executions is
sued from the Superior Courts of this State,
or such person, upon conviction thereof in the
Police Court, shall l*e fined in a sum not exceed
ing one hundred dollars, or lmprisorejl not more
than thirty days, or both, in the discnrkm ^fthe
court; or both these measures may be
to in the discretion of the Mayor.
4ec. XII. Every person transacting or offer
ing to transact either of the kinds of business
hereinafter named shall, upon paying the tax
hereinbefore prescribed, take out a license there
for, \iz: Every auctioneer; every owner or lerwee
of a junk shop or cotton pickery; every vendor
of small wares, huckster, hawker, including
dcaiers in Ice cream, fruit and poultry, keeper of
a cook stove or cook shop, drummer, rnnner or
so.icitor of a trade or orders, without a fixed
place of business; every peddler, itinerant or
transient trader, ami transient jwrsons selling or
offering to fell by samples; aud when, for good
aud sufficient reasons, it may teem proper to
issue to any person following either of the afore
said vocations, whether a resident or a nou-rusi-
d-nt, a license for a limited period less than
twelve months—the Mayer may, in his discre
tion, grant the same upon payment by the apnli-
cauf of such part of the prescribed tax as he sbaU
think jnsL
And it is hereby declared to lie the meaning of
this ordinance, that the license granted to an
auctioneer shall not authorize such auctioneer to
sell for any transient dealer or other jH-rson
where the sale or sales may not pass regularly!
through the books of a regularly licensed aucJ
tioneer; but every such transient dealer or oth*
person shall be compelled io take out a license ;
an auctioneer, under a penalty of one hundr.
dollars for every unauthorized sale oi off.-rM
sell. Every licensed auctioneer shall have
privilege of appointing one assistant crier; wh
name shall in? recorded in % thc Trerasuer'n ol
and t uie'.-d on the license issueu. And no per*
sou .-hall tn* (termitted to sell as an auctioneer or
vendue muster until he rh&l have compiled with
the conditions contained iu section 1,4‘ifi of the
revised Code of Georgia, known as the (. tale of
1**73. Aud iu every license taken out bv the
owner or lessee of a junk shop or cotton pickery,
it shall Ik,* distinctly expressed tiiat such junk
shop or cotton jrckery shall always be sub
ject to the visitation of the |sdi.*e of the city,
and that such person shall not purchase from any
one under tbe age of sixteen years a duplicate of
which license signed by the j*ereon or persona
hiking out the same and expressing his or their
assent to such \ conditions, shall be retained by
the Clerk of Council, and on refusal to submit at
any time to such visitation, or on conviction In
the Police Court of having purchased from any
one under the age of sixteen years, snch license
-hall be revokea bii.1 such junk shop or cotton
pickery shall immediately be closed by the Mayor.
\nd every such juuk shop or cotton pickery
license shall be subject to the further condition
llmt the same sliall be subject to revocation by
th?; Mayor, if, ou examination before him in the
Police Court, he shall be satisfied and sludl so
pronounce that any city property, or any part of
any machinery, or any appliance of any railroad
company, or gas light company, or the Water
Works of Savannah, or of the* Savannah Fire
Department, is found in any such junk shop; and
such condition shall be expressed iu the license
of every snch jnnk shop dealer.
The licenses herein provided for shall be issued
by the Clerk of Council, and In* signed by thu
Mayor, attested by the Clerk, and impressed with
i he seal of the city. And if any person trans
acting or offering to transact iu said city (ither
of the kinds of bust mss in this section sj»ecifled,
shall lie found without such license, he or she
►hall, on conviction thereof In tbe Police Coart,
he fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dol
lars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or
both, in the discretion of the court.
Se« . XIII. Every person transacting or offer
ing to transact the business of transporting or
carrying goods, Ac., passengers, or baggag.?, for
hire, by means of wagons, drays, trucks or other
vehicles; and every keeper of a public or livery
stable employing such vehicles in his business
► hall,upon naying the tax hereinbefore prescribed,
take out a badge, which will be furnished by the
Clerk of Council, at the expense of tin* appli
cants, for each vehicle to be employed in such
business (the number of vehicles to be employed
to be stated on oath), which shall be plaoed in a
rompicuffus place on sucli vehicle; except ve
il idea kept by keepers of public or livery stables
to be let for hire; and any person using or em
ploying any vehicle on such business without
such a badge affixed, except, as aforesaid, shall v
on conviction thereof in tile Police Court, be*"
fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,,
or imprisoned not more thai: thirty day*, or both,
discretion of thu Court.
t
\
Sec. XIV. On aud after the first day of Jan
uary next the price of a license to sell
malt, vinons or spiritncua liquors at
wholesale or retail for oue year shall be
one he mired and twenty-five dollars, and the ap
plicant shall be required to submit as sect rities
two responsible freeholders of this city a. pre
requisite to tbe issue of said license; aud for a
wholesale liquor license the price shall be one
hundred and twenty-five dollars; and no aaie
shall be made under a quart by any wholesale
dealer, except in an original package, and no
license for the sate of malt, vinous or spirituous
liquor.** shall cover any other business wha .ever
than the sale of malt, vinous or spirituous
liquors, and shall apply to bat one place
for the sale of said liquors, whether un
der one roof or otherwise, under a penalty
of not more than one hundred dollars. Aud no
b»r-room shall be licensed which has not an en
trance to it separate and distinct from thee
trance to tbe dwelling; and the license
forfeited tor a second violation of any 4k
r city ordinance; and in case of forfeit lfi .
license shall not be renewed for the space* ^
•are. except by the permission of Conner* i J
years, except
i t shall be
hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, as part
of tbe same tax according to the number and
character of any vehicle employed in such busi-
ness, either by letting for hire or in the transpor
tation of goods, passengers and baggage, at the
rates above specified for taxes to be paid by per
sons engaged in the business of transporting,
&C., forafre ; and every person employing, us
ing or keeping any vehicle of any sort to be
drawn by one or more horses or mules for any
purpose whatsoever, whether of business or
pleasure, shall pay a tax according to the rates
above established for persons engaged in the
business of transporting, Ac., for hire; every
huckster, haw ter, including dealers in icecream,
fruit and poultry, vendor of small wares and
keeper of a cook stove or cook shop, ten dollars ;
every drummer, runner or other person, soliciting
trade or orders, or business, for another or for
himself, whether resident in this city or else
where and having no fixed place of business in
this city, and eveiy peddler and itinerant transi
ent trader, and every transient person sdliDg or
offering to sell by sample, twenty-five doUars;
or more or loss, as the Mayor In hu discretion
may require, according to time and other circum
stances. „
And every shipmaster. Captain, supercargo,
agent or other officer of any ship or vessel,
or other person who shall sell goods or ar
ticles of anv kind from any vessel or wharf, or
personally purchase cargo or oollect freight,
shall be considered a commission merchant and
pay the tax above prescribed for commission
merchants. . , .
Sec VII. The occupant of any premises where
•— * ">ay every
a d0£ or dog, i, or are kept .hull Bay for every
Joe so kept an annual tax of one dollar aod fltty
redu. L’pon payment of till, tmj t hedge shell
be i*oed for the dog; end erery dog found ran-
ulntr et large without such bidge shall be im
pounded. end if not claimed within forty eight
hour, .bail be disposed of. _ .
Sc-. VIII. The valqc of reel property for tbe
Dorooeea of the tee required by the second sec
tion (rfthie Ordinance shall he aroertiuned by
means of the assessment, provided for by the
Ordinances of the city on that subject; theTShje
of personal property and stock in trade for the
porpoeeei f the tor required by the, third rortto.
ot thia Ordinance, tb. .mount of internet re-
ceiled for the purpose of the tax required by the
‘ourtb section of tnis Ordtnanoe, tbe amount of
income and commisaions forthe P“rp<'r“ uft *“
K V the fifth section of this Or-i-
^^^dlhenimber oi dog. tor which. Ux
■ 1 as provided by t’S. reventb secu^ tk
•hall be »*•- '*'• h * " w *
the duty of the Clerk of Con
pnbliib, quarterly, an alphabetical list of a. |
sons licensed to sell liquors, as aforesaid, ci
any dealer in liqn«»rs as aforesaid failing i
fusing to take out a license to sell liqno ^
aforesaid, shall be liaiiie to a penalty of uMnSUrv
than oue hundred dollars for every day fhy feuch
person may sell without a license, / to im- 1
prison merit for thirty days, or both. J
g E c, xvi. The following sba! 1 be t/:c snss.,
compensation, and no more, allowed the fo.’low-
in« city officers and employes from and after th*
firr' regular meeting in January next, and anna-
all v thereat ter, that is to say :
>
The Mayor I3.0C0 00
Clerk ot Council 1,300 00 '
City Treasurer ‘*£,400 00 i
City Marshal 1.700 00 .
Citv Printer, (by contract).
Clerk of tl»e Market 00
A**ietant Clerk of the Market «00 00 I
City Surveyor Fees and l.sOOOO
Me- senger of Council • *• IVTE*
Keeper of the Pest llouse 430 Off *
Jailer 00
Jailer's Deputy? 900 ou
Keeper of Forsyth Place * 1,1 J# 00
Pump Contractor (by contract)
Corporation Attorney 1,8‘JO 00
Harbor Master I,2o0 00
Chief of Police *,000 00
First Lieutenant of Police 1,800 00
Six Serv ants of Police, each at the
rate per month S3 33% j
Privates of Police, each at the rate per
month 88 00
Jail Guards, each at the rats per
month 80 00
Health Officer Fees ind 500 00
Keeper of Lanrci Grove Cemetery.... 1,300 00
City Dispensary 1,000 on
Superintendent and Engineer of Water
Works 1,600 Q0
Assistant Superintendent and Engi
neer of Water Works, at the rate
per month
Second Assistant Engineer of Water
Works, et the rate per month
Secretary and Treasurer of Water
Works, at the rate per month 106 33s
Works, at the rate
75 00
110 00
Turncock, of Water
per month.
Sec. XVII. Hereafter the Clerk of Council,
the City Marshal and the Messenger of Council
shall, without compensation therefor, perform
for the Board of Health the dnfies heretofore re
spectively performed by said officers for sail?*
Board. •*
Sec. XVIII. Thia ordinance shall be subject to~
alteration and repeal, in whole or in part, at an^,
time daring the year 1876, should it be deerj-^j
advisable; and m* snch amendment or re* .
any particular shall be construed to ! -4 cu P“
right of Council to aasese and levy oftriy One
whale ol said year 187G, whenever property
Sec. XIX. All ordinances and if 1 And eight
nances militating with the yravir^ mr%/
dinaace are hereby repei ed, K
less, that so much and snch pai-te , *"* w
heretofore passed as provide for t orings us
enforcing of executions for aay M M, Thia
ment, or part of a tax or as-essim
any such oreiinaniv and now reni.i■■■“•over tno
shall continue aud remain of force^y frailties,
thorixe the Treasurer to issue
and tne Marshal to collect th.* -a J01 “ ra «
taxes or assessments shah be ****“
Ordinance pssvcd in Council —— P
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