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Newspaper Page TextPailg SALISBURY & fUoraiMToKu DAILY fttiqnim. CO., ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY C. 1877. VOl.r» HI '» DAILY MARK SCI. nuieuk IUt» tor Oott't Mill*—Sight oa N*w York B- l«% « S J fr>vid*eo* dtaouet ; oa S*v*nai Mobil* and Srw Orl*an» ^ 4 • .-» fetcii cUkklif oa K*w Tort and !(•* Orl*> w ^Miita, of%*r po**t* }, pr**‘« » Carreecy loaa* 1P#U p*r oaal W*etnm. 6 p*r c*al pr*>uia« Oold nominal. C&ttOM—Doll aa*i lower. ...10 k- •»n t Middliac* h O R. U 44 by wagon* M jII.Uil.ilkl W. K. R. ir by mar . 21 by 8. W. II R. Shipment* 63 haW—>4 by * W F. R , S for h«ia* ronrump- U«a; 0 by W. R. R ; 0 by M. A Q. R. R •tack oa baad Aafost list, 1-7* * 51<> l*r*iv*<l to <iav 27* 40^##-#6.660 lb r,i7« * previously 67,230-67,292 flock on hanl 0,»8i •ant Dat Ltir Ym.-Au|uit Slat, 1«76, 4&’i; r acalr<vj mu* day 67; total receipts, 46.'»J6 fblppad •am* day, 61 ; total ahlpmants, 38,k:<| •tack 11.Mf. aala* 1W. Middling* 13a. Receipt* at U. 8. porta to^lay 38,116; for 3 dan 05,617; export* to Great Britain 34,913 ; to Conti- aaat, 11,7* 18 , stock 886,243 Ulaa. 1). 0. Poets Last Ykak.—Racalpta for 3 day* #8,663 exports to Greet Britain, 16,T70; toConti- a*at, 14,916, stock 063,012 WHOLESALE MARKET. mcox-—5»h»ul<W* 0Uc, rlaar rII *id** 11V 4 Hlli Meat*—Bhouklcra 7KQ»-; cl*ar rib **••<*. tfAOaiNO-l2^1|l3Ur. Yellow, lt>c; White, 76c. Index to Nate AdwertUomsnt*. Corns—Dr. Linilocuan. Oats—Flournoy A lipping. Naw \rrivala--Williams' Art Gallery. Naw Grocery 8lo.-a—W. L. Tilmau. Dividend Notioe—W. A. Swift. ltogalar Meeting—Young Anierioa Fire Company No. 5. Application for Letter* of Administra- tion—Henry F. Moffett. Mortgage Sale—J. G. Burros, Sheriff. Regular Monthly Meeting—Columbus Fire Company No. 1. Mnacogee Sheriff Sale—J. G. Barms, Sheriff. Alston Warehouse—Flournoy A Eppjng. A Lucrative Boldness—Wilson Sewing Maohiue Go. Five Hundred Dollars a Mouth—Excel- Hior M'f'g Co. To Policy Holders—Sheppard Homans, New Y'ork. Newspaper Advertising Agents—Goo. P. Howell A Co. Kilted. We learn from •/. P. Norris that oa last Thnmday evening, while Mr. William Aaron, of Lee county, Alabama, was re moving some rails from under a tree that was on fire, he was struck on the head by a falling limb, from which he died in a few hours. He wan a hard working mau, a good farmer, and a highly respected cit- sen. Application for Letter* of Adminlttralion. Oept. O. J. Moffett made application before Ordinary Brooks for letters of ad- miniatration on the estate of General Pieasant J. Philips aud withdrew it, and served oitatiou on Mra. General Philips to produoe the will. This case was continued until tba next term of the court. Mra. Philips then made application for lettere of administration on Oapt. Moffott’s oitatiou whiob was refused, but tempora ry letters were granted ber until the pro duction of the will and the next term of the oourt. Jitter Nttro. The steamer Big Foot from llainbridge, arrived Sunday with 1*7 bales of cotton oonsigned as follows; Planters, 106; Alston, 66; Alabama, 27. She slso brought 20 barrels of potatoes and sundry freight. The passeugers were: Hon. John Peabody aud lady and Col. W. A. Harden, Baiubridge; Mrs. Col. Steadman, How ard's; Samuel U. Dickenson and lady, Steam Mill; J. A. Young, J. W. MoCraveu and John Nicholson,Kufanla; H. S. Smith, Alexander; J. Kaufman, Florenoe; A. Jamasou, Hanks'; T. J. Homer, Wright's; eight on deck. She will leave this mormug at lOo'clock for Baiubridge. Cottum Manufacture in the Boulh. To the often repeated question : “Can 1 the South manufacture cotton goods oh caper than the North ?" the boston Advertiser, a well-posted journal, replies : This question ia often aud anxiously asked, aud every item of faot, bearing on the question, is worth catcbiug and hold iug. Here are two, both favorable to Southern manufacture. Machinery is being put in the third cotton mill owned and operated by the Lsgle aud Phenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Oa. The new mill is as large aa the other two of the company ; will be devoted to making checks and stripes; will have 20.00W spindles, SOu looms and IGOoarding machines . will use twenty bales of oottou a day, and will employ 700 hands. “The company has paid good dividends and has a large reserve fund. Second : At the recent semi- annual meeting of the Augusta (la.; Factory the profits of the oompauy for the six months were said to be above $13,000, and a two per cent, dividend was declared—not large for a semi-annual, to be aure, but oottou milla are not, many of them, doing as wall aa that. During the time the factory made 416,1*00 yard.: of goods, ehiefiy for South ern consumption. Two swailows do not make a summer, but the signs of a change ara worth noticing Da. Jennes, who discovered vaccina tion, antidote for small pox, was called a quack. The name opposition you may expect against this new principle, Dr. J. 8- Mclwan s Cough and Lung Hsaling Globules. They will cure Throat and Lung complaint*, Colds, Consumption. Thai Boxes, by mail, 25c. Dr#. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. MAYOR'S COVHTB “Consistency, thou art a jewel." “Was evar book containing such vile matter eo handsomely bound ? O, that deceit should dwell in snob a gorgeous palace!" and wo add inton*i*Uncy. My ! how the “Prosy Editor of tbo Tune*, who calls us the “Poetic,' let bin foot slip. He thinks the Mayor s Court too obscene and trifling, as a general thing, for his readers and grossly indecent that it is aoaroely delioate to write her name where it can be se Now be is a nice one to preach sneb doc trine when almost in the same breath and in tbs same column he exhales that foul matter, “Utah on the war-path." (sincere ly we would publish it, bat it is too low and obscene), a pieee which conld not be more abhorrently offensive to common decency, or more suggestive of the lowest degredation. Wed like for “Prosy" to read “Utah" and ask his morals, which he has been preaching, if the tenor of it is consonant with them. Is there a spark of consia teucy in the precept and practice? We would liko to even give an idea of “Utah on the war path," but we can't do it with out even alluding to it. We can't ex plain it without writiug things more ob scene than we have ever been guilty of writing. It surely must be that this “Prosy Editor," who writes without re gard to consistency, envies the “Poetic Editor" who write* without regard to foot or rhythm. He oughtn't to let his defi ciencies worry him so. If he is not in spired; it is no fault of ours. If we have a better get up of Mayor* Courts than he, it is not oar blame, for it is only a superiority of talent whiob wo possess over him. He is “too slow" for the Times anyway, and the Times is loo far behind 'or the people. Ho speaks of complaints being raa«lo about the reporting of these courts, aud says that.he doesn't think that there any on his subscription who desire to read them. This is a very forcible idea, and so strikes Now, many oomplAints have been made to ns, but always by those whose name* are to be published. This explains it,and accounts for the “shortness" of bis sub soriber*—entirely too aristocratio ic their notions; can't bear to nee such un becoming things in print. Wo haven’t auy of these fastidious people as subscri bers, for tbev don't pay—not even their floes. FEBRUARY—THK WEATHER. February (Lat. Feb m arias, from ftb- ruare, to purify; so culled from februa, the festival of expiation and lustration, which was held on Ibo 15th of this month), the second month in our prosont calendar, containing 28 days ordinarily, and 2!) days in leap year. It was not in the calendar of Uomulus. N'urni added two months to the year, January at the boginning aud February at the cud. It was first placed after January by the decemvirs about 450 H. C. Wind and fog in this month are aup|K)sod to indicate what follows below: Should si tho close, the wind to northeast veer, It gives fair token of a prosperous year. If the woather is not wintry, it will make amends iu April. Much fog in February—much rain throughout the year. It is muoh good omen of a genial sum mer, when thero is daring the present month much rain, snow aud rough weather. also taken from the ani- Idget or Hies do swarm, lust strive to keep the Mar A* Ora* at Montgomery. It will taka plac* on the 13th mat Gat ready,all who would eejoy yourselves orients ai mat creatiou : In February, If In March one warm. When the lulrs gaily spring, And the lark* high upward sing, *ost an 1 cold these omens bring. Candlemas, the second of February, seems to be the day upon wbioh all the various ohanges of tbo coming season used to be indicated. The old story that the hedge hog or the poroupine peeping from his den upon this day, should it prove clear, rotQrniug to her main for a farther period is also a chip for the old weather prophesy. Here is what wo have about Candlemas: A lengthy wlutei Is to (ear, If i’aodlrmas day la bright and cl-ar, llut It It should snow with heavy wind, Ac early spring Is close behind. A cloudy Candlemas day rejoiceth the heart of the farmer. I HILLY RADCL1FF VS. CEMENT AND A l VTA OSEEH. Yesterday morning, just as Hilly Ked- clilf hau mounted his little wagon and was easling a happy look all around, pre lusive of a jolly soug, he discovered at the corner of the Georgia Home building, withiu twenty or thirty feet of him, a ubiquitous human, like unto himself, making preparations to sell the great “London Cement." Billy couldn’t help but smile, aud it came simultaneous with (hose of the crowd around, but prompted by differeut feelings. The spectators were tickled with the idea that Billy would have to give away to the fellow, who waa suspending a one hundred and fifty |H»und rock to a cemented plate hang ing from a red honcoutal bar. Billy was smiling beoause, thought be to himself, “I'll fix that fellow as soon as h# get* his rock to swinging. So he did. His melodious lip* begsu to quiver, and the banjor strings to rattle off ths “Poodle Dog" in unison. The oe inent waa awful strong, but it wouldn't hold 'em. It wouldn't stick—they sur rounded Billy thicker than ever. Things ware now lively. One of the boys hal looed, “Shoot the cement!" and another, “Go home with your tenacious truck and red bar. Hilly was now delighted and on casting his eyes towards C. S. Hern - son's auction stand, he discovered that he was crying to about three men for the sale t>f an old gray mole, we think, and the cro wd Hocking to him (Billy.) The auctioneer is a man of “push and en ergy, waa determined to sell and con tinued to cry, but in a louder voice, thinking that he could draw them back, but alas! he had to descend and cease his toil and tumult, lb* scene* created great laughter. For tho Orphan’* Asylum. He mem ber that the “pound" for the benefit of the Orphan Asylum will open this afternoon at 5 o clock in the Ganby building. Suraly there is no one who will mot o<•Atribate—even if it be “the mite.' ir TOI WANT TO ocr A VK11MANKNT GLOSSY PU0- TOGRAPU Of yoarself, don't fail to give G. T. WiL liaruH, Photograph Artist, a call. He can not be excelled in taking Pictnres, always giving satisfaction or no pay required. Price, #2.60 per dozen, or $1.60 for six. Pictnres taken regardless of weather. dec28 eodtf LOCAL HRIEFH. —It is rumored on the streets that the firm of “Thomas A Blow” have dissolved. —The crack of the little : ^e in the shooting gallery is being oons - .j heard. —There will be a re-union of St. Paul Churoh Friday night at the home of Mr. C. E. Dexter. —No Mayor's court yesterday. Wait* ing to aee if the Times has decided to write 'em up. —The clerk of the Superior and County Courts has moved his office to the north east room of the upstairs of the Court House. — We notice that Wells A ('nrtis are giving chromos to their customers. Just half soie 'em wheu they need it, and wo won't charge voq for the “ad." —A lady, seeing some of the Columbus bloods somewhat intoxicated the other day, is writing them letters of advice and urging them to touch not tbe unclean thing. “Prevention of cruelty to animals. " —Some of these hardware stores, in stead of advertising, throw their steel very herd upon the aide walk to attract customers by the noise. It almost scares some of tbe ladies into fits while pass- ing. —Why don’t more of tho merchants rrn heavier advertisementa in tbo Weekly ENyUiaJtB*8uN ? Think bow dependent you are upon the country customers, very few of whom take no papor save tbo Weekly. —Mr. W. L. Tillman is opening a branch grocery bouse at the stand just above Deaton A Son, under the ltankin House. Mr. Wesley Freeman will man age it. There is nothing like enterprise, William, so oome along and advertise. —A minister in this oity went up to a gentleman, not of a very religions bent of mind, neither knowing tho other, and taking him to be brother entered into a general conversation. The worldly man humored it all until be was asked, “How are you getting along collecting the Snndsy Sohool fund?" “Be darned if you haven’t got me now, old boss, ’' an swered the worldly man, in his character istic manner. The minister vanished. Time is money, bat health is happi ness. If yon have a bad oold or congb, use Dr. Boll’s Cough Hyrop; it will cure you. Prioe, 25 cents. CORNS. If you have Corns, Bunions or Ingrow ing Nails yon should not fail to call on Dr. Lindoman and gst them cured with out pain. Boom No. 7, ltankin House, febd 2t W. L. T1LMAN. II* in now making preparations to open a grocery store at the stand just abovo Deaton A Son, under tho ltankin Honse. Mr. Wesley Freeman, who is a capital business man in this line, will be in ohurgo of this store, and will be prepared by to morrow morning to go regularly into bnsi- His terms will be strickly cash. Those desiring credit will go to tho “old * W. L. Tillman, who is just across tbe street with one of tho largest and cheapest stocks of groceries in the city. This is s flue team, and are sure to get the trade of the farmors, aa they can catch them on either aide of Broad street. OATH! OATS!! OATS!!/ A ohoioe lot of “Bed Bust Froof" Oats for aale by Floi'HMox A Eppiio, febti tf Alston Warehouse. NEW ARRIVALS. Oval Velvet and other styles of Fancy Cases for Photographs, I very types, Albo- types aud Ferreotypes, at WILLIAMS' Alt!' GALLEUY, where every style of P'otnres is taken and satisfaction given or no charge, at lower prices than any plaoa. feb4 tf CALL AND RE CONVINCED. Four nice Pictures of yourself at 50 cents, or one for 25 oents, at Williams' Art Gallery. Pictures in Caves, Lockets, Pius, Bings, 50 cents. hilly Iladcliff e Street Exhibition. Last night iufrontof the ltankin House, Billy Budoliff, with bis banjo and moat enjoyable songs, gave an entertaiumont for tbe ladie*. The baloony was jammed aud tbe sidewalk also. An immense crowd of men surrounded him and be was in a glorious oonapiouoaity. What a jolly boy Billy ia. _ Five a*xoe. The receipts to-day show five aixea, or 60,000 againat 45,016 same day last year. If we reoeive no more than last year, our aggregate will reaoh 73,000. The iudioa lions point to more and we can aafely es timate Columbus' receipts at 75,000. These large receipts are due first to an average good orop and to tbe enterprise of oar warehousemen, who sre both en terprising and untiring in their efforts to bring cotton to this poinb If the rail road authorities who control ns will bat reslue tbe importance of Columbus as a commercial centre, she will soon stsud second to no intenor market. Fertonel. Messrs. Henry Moore and T. C. Ben • ton, of New York, are in the city. Freight Aeeommodatum Train. The freight accommodation train still rant between this point and Union Springs, but ha* been discontinued be* tween the latter place and Troy. JUST RECEIVED. A large stock of Flour, Bulk Meats. Ferris' Sugar-Cured Hams, Shoulders, Corn, Bran, Ae., at lowest prices, jati tf J. H. Hxmiltom. SEED OATS. Large lot Choice Spring Oats for sale by J. H. Hamilton. je26 dtfAwlt CANNED ROODS. Peaches, Pine Apples, Tomatoes. Green Corn, Oyster*, Salmon, ate., at nov2-tf Hamilton's. IT. A. LITTLE, ATTORNXX AND C0CN>BLL01-AT LAW, Office over J. A. Fraser's hardware store. tob4 6m CITY COUNCIL. Coancil met last night. Alderman Me>- haff«v and Watt were absent. Tbe following is the tax ordinance as adopted : Ordinance to levy and assess Taxes awl raise revenue for the city of Columbus for the year A. D. 1877. Section 1. He it ordained by tbe Mayor and City Coancil of tbe city of Colambas, and it ix hereby ordained by virtue of the authority vested in the same, that for the purpose of defraying the necessary ex penses of the city ami for paying the in teres*, on the bonded and floating debt,re ducing tbe floating debt, support and maintaining the public ucbools and sus taining the credit thereof, and for other purposes, ordinary and contingent, the taxes and revenues hereinafter mentioned Hhall be levied and collected for the year 1877. . I. On all taxable real estate within tbe corporate limits of the city, npon the as sessed value thereof, there shall be levied and collected for the ordinary current ex penses of said city, a tax of one-half per cent. ; and for the payment of the float ing debt and coupons falling due during tho year, one and one half per cjnt, pey- able'on and after tbe 15th day of Febru ary, in three installments if desired ; and upon the whole or auy portion of such tax paid before the first of March, prox imo, there shall be allowed a discount of , ti pur cent., and upon tbe amount paid between the 1st of Maroh and 1st of May, there shall be allowed a discount of 4 per rent., aud upon tbe amount paid betweeu Int May and 1st July, 2 per cent. ; and fur all taxes unpaid on 1st Jnly execution shall be issued. 2. On all household and kitchen furni ture, and on jewelry, silver plate, musioal instruments, horses, mules and other ani mals and on all vehicles kept for nse or pleasure, by phisicians or others, on the market value thereof, 2 per cent, to be apportioned and applied aa the tax upon rosl estate, to-wit: one-half per oent. for ordinary currant expenses, and one and one-half por cent, for payment of the floating debt aud oonpona falling dne. 8, On all gross sales, credit aud cash, of all goods, wares, merchandise and pro duce sold, except at public outcry, iuolud- ing all commission sales, (except of oot ton,) $ per cont. 4. Oa all gross sales of cotton on com mission by warehousemen, factors, etc. 110 per cent. 6. On gross receipts of warehouse men for storage and delivery of cotton and other merchandise, j per oent. 6. On all gross sales by manufacturers of articles of tbeir own manufacture, £ per cent.; but when retailed, except to their own operatives or to others than merchants, J per cent. 7. On gross earning of banks, bankers, or brokers, 1 per cent. 8. On gross reoeipts for premiums in 1877 of insurance companies or agents, 2 percent. '.i. On gross receipts of gsa companies, 1 per cent. II. Ou gross receipts of any business not mentioned in the above,including bar rooms, billiard saloous, bakeries, livery stables, wagon yards,marble yards, lumber dealers, restaurants, printing offices, sew ing machine agents, and coal dealers, ^ per cent. 12. On each and every rnals inhabitant of tho oity, between the ages of twenty- one and sixty years, excepting active firemen, aa reported by the secretary of each company, by the first of Maroh, the sum of $2, as a commutation for the street tax ; provided, howev er, that such persons may bs re lieved of said tax by laboring three con secutive dsyn on tho streets of the city under the direction of the Street Com mittee, betweeu the present date and the 1st of July. 13. Oil the gross sales of all goods, wares, merchandise, or prodace sold in tbo city by transient or itinerant traders, or speculators, not including those who bring produce for sate in wagons from the country, but including snoh transient or luoraut trader* or speculators as deposit their good*, wares, produce or other arti cles for sale in .tho ears, depots, ware houses, stores or other plaoes in the oity, whelhor sold by licensed anotioneers or other persons, 2 per cent. One-half of the net tax so collected from such parties shall be paid to auy person who shall give notice to the Treasurer of any sale by such parties upon whiob they have not paid tax an herein presonbed. All per sons, resUlent or otherwise, doing business of auy kind without a permanent place of business in tbe city, and who have not registered and paid suoh special tax aa is provided in this ordinance, shall k* held and deemed itinerant traders. 14. On gross reoeipts of all street cot ton buyers, lawyers, physicians and den lists, from their calling or profession, 1 pur cent., or a special tax of ten dollars in their option. 16. Horse or cattle drovers or dealers ahull pay a tax of { per oent. on all sales made uy them. Section 2. The Mayor shall have full authority to impose such taxes as he may deem just aud equitable upon all local or itinerant traders or agents not specially mentioned in these ordinances. Section 3. If any person, firm or cor poration phall tail or refuse to make a re turn of their sales, earnings or reoeipts, as required above, within ten days after tbo first day of Janaary, April, July and Octubar, it shall be the duty of the Fi nance Committee to assess the amount of such business in such sum ss they may deem just ; uiul if any person, firm or corpora liou shall make a return that in the judg ment of the Finance Committee is oonsid' arsbly lees than should bs returned, the committee shall assess such amount as they may deem just, and if tbe party so SKsesseU shall object to said assessment, they may produoe their booka and the whole matter be referred to Coancil for tbeir determination. Section 4. Any person or firm who shall sell any spirituous or malt liquor in any quantity and allow the same to be drank on thoir premises, or shall sell at retail, shall bo required to taka out aec ond class retail liquor licence, in addi tion to such special tax as they may be otherwise liable for. SECTION 3 — MTKiTAL TAX. Artists — daguerrean, photograph and portrait paintars......... $ 25 Auctioneers, and 1 per cent, on all gross sales, to be given in and paid quarterly 50 Apothecaries aa merchants Agencies, (not specially mentioned Banks and Bankers, or any corpor ation or individual doing a bank ing business 200 Brokers Billiard tables Pool tables ... Bagatelle tables Bowling saloons Bill poster Blacksmith shop t,one forge) Blacksmith shop (if more than one f«'g«) Barber ihups (each chair) Cigar manufacturers Bakeries Commission merchants and cotton factors Cabinet shop* Coal yards Carriage, baggy, or wagon reposi tories Cotton or woolen factories, and flooring milla Circnase* (per dav) “ each side show Dancing masters . per quarter > Dya houses 10 Dollar stores as merchants Express companies 250 Eating houses, restautanta, or sa loous of any kind—first class 20 do. —second class... 10 Foundries and machine .shops 60 Foundries alone ••••• Machine shops or plaining mills, alone ^ Factories,sash and blind,and plain ing mills 40 Furniture mauufseturers 26 Osh companies 100 Oun and lock smiths 10 Gin agents, or persons selling gins on commission 25 Gift enterprises, (with any gams of chance connected therewith)... 10<)0 Hotels--first-class 00 “ —second-class 25 Hucksters, subject to market toll ad ditional. (per qaarter) 3 Hand carts and barrows for hire... 3 Ice or fish dealers 16 Intelligence offioes 10 Insurance companies, (foreign or local) 50 Junk shops 40 Lotteries, or any game of chance... 1,000 Lottery agents or sellers of Library drawing tickets 50 Labor brokers or emigration agents 25 Livery, sale and feed stables 25 Lumber dealers, whether delivering * from yards or depots 23 Merchants whose annua! sales ex ceed 810,000 40 Merchants whose annual sales ex ceed $3,(M>0 and do not exceed $ 10,000 80 Merchants whose annual sales do not exceed $3,000 20 Manufacturers of soda water and other drinks 25 Marble yards, or marble merchants 40 Organ grinders or street musicians, per month 5 Oyster dealers 10 Printing—publishing or job offioes 40 Public halls—first class 150 “ —second class 100 Pawn brokers .7 100 Produce brokers, selling by order to merchants or others 25 Peddlers of patent medicines, Ac., per day (or at discretion of Mayor) 6 Pistol gallery 25 Paint shops 10 Heal esthto agents 25 Repairers of watches and jewelry... 10 Street peddlers (per qaarter) 15 Sewing machine agents 40 Soda foant or ico cream saloons.... 10 Skatiug rinks or dancing halls 25 Telegraph companies 200 Tailors 10 Warehouses 100 Wagon yards with livery atabl* privi leges 40 Wagon yards feeding stock 40 Wheelwrights 6 Merchants or manufacturers sot named in above list 25 Each and every contractor, builder, master mechanic, architect, oivil engineer, and practitioner of any profession taking contracts amounting to $10 or more E ich person exeroising the voca tion of street drummer for the sale of merchandise (tbe party to be confined in his operations to the sidewalk immediately in front of the store employing him Transient traders in goods, wares and merchandise of any descrip tion, who sell to merchants or consumers either at wholesale or retail on actual delivery, also suoh as sell at retail or to con sumers, whether by sample, on order or aetual delivery Section 6. Transient traders in goods, wares and merchandise of any description any article whatsoever, before exposing the same, shall each pay snoh speoial tax fixed in these ordinances, or by the Mayor—also, agents for the sale of any article whatever, itinerant physicians, or sellers of proprietary articles. Section 7. Drays or other wagons rnn by any person or firm in their own bail or otherwise and hauling shy article whatever (as lumber, wood, ooal, dirt, Ac.,) and charging drayage therefor, shall pay same license as is charged other drays. Section 8. Any person of persons snb- jeot of liable to pay a speoial tax a* above prescribed, ond tailing to do so before the 15th day of February instant, shall, oonviotion before tbe Mayor, be liable to a fine of $20 for each day’s default thera after. Any violation of any other sec tion of this ordinance shall be punished by the Mayor in his disoretio*. Any special tax mentioned ia amotion 5 shall be paid annually in advance. ACCOUNTS. Tbe following accounts were approved aud ordered paid: M. D. Hood $66.80, A. Odom $15, Wm. Monday $80, S. D. Lewis $2.62, Wm. Wadsworth $8.50, B. Porter $10, Daily Times $20.60, Fire Company No. 5 $2S.25, It. W. William* $21.90, T. J. Dudley $58.05, B. Beaaely $5.57, Y. A. Lewis $7.60, Bradford A Gafford $1.50, L P. Aenchbacker $3,25, John Tarver $6. nitllKlES AND WHARF. Alderman Manley said that the apron of the upper bridge, ou the Alabama side, is in danger of being undermined by washing of tbe rivor. Some of the police- are desirous of occupying the house at the lower bridge, belonging to the oity, and promise to lake oare of the bridge for tho use of it. Alderman Coleman said that the city onght to elect a bridge-kaeper. Alderman Hohnasaler moved that a bridge-keeper for each of tha bridgaa be elected. Carried. Alderman Schuesalar than movad that the reut of the bouse at each bridg* ba a compensation. Carried. i the understanding of Council that each keeper shall take care of the bridge in his charge according to tha ordi nance bearing on that point. Policeman Piokett was elected to take oh&rge of the lower bridge. Mr. Cooley was chosen aa keeper of the upper bridge. Alderman Nuckolls moved that tha Committee be authorized to exaaaine the npper bridge and have necessary work done. Carried. CISTERNS AND FIRE DEPAETMINT. The committee to whom was referred the report of the Board of Control, re- commended tint the appropriations there in asked for be made. In relation to tha fire alarm bell no plan has been matured, nor did they mike any suggestions. Re ceived. Alderman Curtis moved that the ap propriation be passed and the Committee on fire alarm bell be continued. Carried. CONTRACTS. The Committee reported that they hav« given the oontract for publishing adver using and doing job work, as per Clerk's advertisement, to Messrs. Wynn, DeWolf A Co., for the sum of $185. Adopted. NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD. The special committee to whom waa re ferred the resolution in referenoe to this road, endorsed ths recommendations, end suggested that the appointments recom mended be rednoed to three instead of five members, two from the Boerd and one citizen. Adopted. REPORTS or OFFICERS. The clerk of market reported $59 ool looted for the month of Janaary. The Wharfinger $289.79 collected for Janaary. The Sexton the bariels of white resi dents 14, non-resideqta 5; oolored resi dents 6, and non-residents 6. The City Physioian admitted three pa tients to tbe hospital. Two have died. COMMITTER OF CONFERENCE. A Bill to be entiled re act to amend the Charter of the oity of Colambas, and to change the terms of office of oertain oity officers in said city. Bee. 1. Be it enaoted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the election for Mayor, twelve Aldermen, Clerk of Connoil, Marshal and Sexton to be held on the second Saturday in Decern ber, 1877, shall be for the term of two years from said date. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after said second Saturday in December, 1877, all fntnre elections for any of tbe officers named in tbe first sec tion of this act Hhall be held biennially in stead of annually, under snch rales and regulations as are now provided bv law. Seo. 3 Be it farther enaoted, That all all I laws or parts of laws militating against the act be, and they ara hereby repealed Alderman Coleman moved that it be amended so that Council shall elect every oity officer, and that their salaries shall be fixed at the beginning of eaoh year. The former portion was lost, and the latter adopted. The resolation, as amended to fix sala ries annually, waa adopted. street overseer. Alderman Andrews said that the atreet overseer is a very efficient officer and that his salary ought to be raised. Alderman Manley moved that it be fixed at $12 per (week, it having stood previously $10. The motion was oarried Aldermen Bchuessler offered the follow ing : Be it ordained. That on and after this day it shall not be lawfnl to hanl a hand oart on paved sidewalks or crossings ; to the same and for tbe violation of tbe same the offender shall, on oonviotion, be fined $5 or imprisoned at the dis cretion of the Mayor. First reading. Council adjourned until first Monday night in Maroh. SEE THE PRICES! Worsted Fringe#, commencing at 10c. Silk Dress Buttons, 5c. per dozen ; Double-width Table Cloths, pure linen, 36c.; worth 60c. Closing Hamburg* at a sacrifice. A lot of Worsted plaids and Stripes at 15c.; worth 35o. BLACK GRENADINES (OLD STOCK), at a savino of 33 per cent., on prices to obtain in thirty days : One pieoe at 87Jo. ; worth 60o.; One pieoe at 85o.; worth $1.25; One pieoe at $1 ; worth $1.50. They are all perfect goods. Shoulder Shawls, 35c. feb2-eodAwtf J. 8. JONES. NEW CALICOES, FOB EARLY SPRING, Jost received by Blanchard A Hill. IF YOU WANT BARGAINS, BLANCHARD A HILL’S, ARE DETERMINED TO SELL, OR GIVE AWAY FOB A SMALL COMPENSATION, THKIlt F.3TIRK STOCK OF W1KTKH UOODS. | f#b4 tf j We don't mean to confine ourselves to one thing, but all manner or goods tcill be sold at a sacrifice for the next thirty days. feb4 tf Blanchard A Hill. LOOK AT THIS/ WR WILL BELL,*FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS, ALL CLASSES OF GOODS AT ORE A TL Y-REDUCED PRICES to make room tor a Spring stock. Blanchard A Hill, feb4 tf 128 Broad street. FINK AND WHITE CAMBRICS, FOR DO li I N 08, MARKET REPORTS* BY TELEGRAPH T0 THE ENQUIRER. FINANCIAL. • London, February 6 — Noon.—Gonads 0511* 10. Paris, February §—1:W p m.—Rentes opened 1006 for account. New York, February 5.—Evening—Mooey dull, at per cent. Sterling firm, at 466. GoJa etronK, at Oovernment# ac tive and iteady—uew 6110%. State bonds quiet. new yore stoch marebt. Special to the En^uirer-Stm.] New York, February.6.—Stock* active and steady, aa tollowa: New York Central $101%; Erie, 0%; Lake Shore. 6f v „'; Illinois Central 61%; Pittaours WU; Chicago a Northwestern 36, preferred 66%; Kook Island, 101%. THE SUB-TREASURY. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] Balances—Gold, •08,bO4 l v43; currency, #48,- 301,308. Sub-Treasury paid interest, #660,000— fur bonds |v,t/00. Custom* receipts #243.000. COTTON. Liverpool, February 6—Noon.—Ootton market easier, and prices hav* declined a friction—middling uplands 0 11-10J; middling Orleans 0%-l; sales lO.OQn, including 1,000 for speculation and export. Receipts to-day 0,100—l,2o0 American. F’uturcs orened wi h buyirs clle.ing 1-3*41 higher, but tlie advance has bluce Lven lust: Uplands, low middling clause, February and March delivery,b Zl 3i06%J; march and April, 0‘.; May, 6% i; May and J me, 6 16-16. x:3opm—Uplands, low middling clause, Jane delivery, 0 30-3-d. 2:00 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, F ebruary and Maroh delivery, 6 10 3‘id: June and July, 631-33. 3:06 p M-Of sales to-day T,6co were Araert- April, 6 11-10d; April and May, 0 13 16d. .1:00 p m—Futures steady : Uplands, low middling clause, March and April delivery, 6 Z3 321; also o 11-101. Naw York, F'ebruary i6.—Evening—Ootton quiet—sales 206 bales, at 12%913 -. Consolidated net receipts 66,017; exports to Great Britain M/J13, to France 700, to tha .ntineni h,10m, to the channel 2,020. Net receipts 1.746. Futures closed quiet but steady; sales 36,000 bales, a* follows : February UM; March 13 20 82 1216-16; April 13 3 32&13%; May 13 0-32^ 1'6-10; June 13 7 10^13 I6-3J, July 1810-820 13*/$; August 13'*;@l-i 21 3J; .September 13 11-32 <4,1-1 13-32 ; October 13013 <-32 ; November 12 1310312 27-32; December 12 26-324112 27-32. Galveston, February 6.—Cotton steady; middlings 12*^ >: nut rocuipts 3,3»0; sales 708; ex ports to chanuel 1,060. Norfolk, February 6.—Cotton dull; mid dlings 12^:; net receipts 3,024: sales 20o. Baltimokk, February 5.—Cotton quiet; mid dling* 12%«; net receipts 126; sales 246; spin- B 200, t 40. Boston, February 6.—Cotton quiet; mid dlings I3J-4C; not receipts 790. Wilminoton, February 6.—Cotton dull— middlings I'iJ^c; net receipts 604. Philadelphia, February 6—Cotton quiet; middlings 13c. Charleston, February ,6.—Cotton dull— middling U%v, net receipts 1,727; sales 600; es- ports to Great Britain 2,814, continent 640. Havannah. February 6. — Cotton dull; middlings 12^c ; .net receipts 2,281; sales 300; *x- |>orti to Great Britain 4,237. NbwOklkanb. February 6.-Cotton w*ak; >t receipts 11,26V; sales 3,000; exports to Great Britain 6,8.'0; France 6,107, continent 2,876. Mohilk, February 6 —Cotton weak and irreg ular; middlings 12c; net receipts 1,000; salef 600. dllng 12o; receipts 621, sales 4H3. VKO VISION* New York. New Yore. February 6.—Flour generally lies la buyer’s favor, limbed trade reported >r export and homo use—No 2 superfine West- and State #6 40@6 86; Southern quiet and 7—SO ‘ ‘ ■“*“* holoe heavy, Insist on lower prices. Con. i-Ol J^c for extra #7 60(38 76. Wheat dull 1 Inally lower, shippers holding off, lower prices. Corn—new millers insist lower with fair export and lion. yellow Southern,60*^c fo new ungraded tfest- eru mixed; old quiet and unchanged:. Cats Irregular and unsettled—8n^&3>,^c for mixed Western and State. Coffee steady and In mod erate demand; Rl<>—cargoes I7%(<621c, gold; job lots 174^022)40, gold. Sugar very firm, less ac tive— lor fair to good refining; refined very n. m and in good demand—il VOllUc for standard A, ll^tfll^o lor crushed, ll^o for granulated. 1-c lor powdered. Molasses- New Orleans quiet, at 45066c. Kloe quiet and steady—4L0ec for Louisiana; 4 ;, 4 00|-*c for Carolina. Pork a sha le firmer and qufet—new mess #10 76017 00. Lard closed firm—prim* steam #11 00. Butter dull and unchanged—12 0300 and !H«*35c lor State, Choeso firm—70 1 sector common to prime. Whiskey lower, •1 V7J4- Unit imore. Baltimore, Feb. 6—Oats dull *n<! steady— Southern Prime 42c. Kye st udy, 70072c. Pro- vlslons quiet and heavy. Pork—#17 60. Bacon— shoulders 7Ja07>4O, clear rib *ldes lOMlo^e. Hams, 14016^0. Lard—refine 1 11^011 Wo. Coffee nominally stoady—job lots 17^0210. Whiskey dull, #110U. Sugar active and strong at ll^o. Ciuclunatl. winter red #1 4 <01 43. Corn nrmer, 42044c. Oats In active demand, 3604oo. Rye steady— No 2 81c. Barley dull—good to prlmo Western fall 60035c. Pork qalet and steady, #10 760 17 00. Lard stronger—prime steam #10 70. Bulk meats firm—shoulders eVic. short clear rib sides 8%@8)£e; short clear sides 8%o. Bacon easier —*iiouid«r* 7%o. clear rib sides 3^08)40, clear sides W txiskey steady and in good de mand, 01 06. Butter dull—Central Ohiol70l8c; choice Western re«erve 2<>022o. Cheese quiet, 13*4014:. Live hogs In fair demand and firm —packing #0 ou06 80; receipts io76; shipment* It. Louis St. Louis, February 6.—Flour firm. Wheat easier—No 2 red tall #1 40 bid; No 3 do #1 Corn quiet—No. 2 mixed 3«o oats —No 2, 360 36J4 C - By# Inactive, at 07c. Harley quiet— choice to fancy Western V6c* Whiskey steady at $1 06 Pork #10 60. Bulk meats firmer— shoulders 6c, clear rib sides 8*40, clear aides S^c—clear rib aides sold at 8%>-. Baoon quiet —boulders 1%*, clear rib sides 0<^00Ue, clear side* 0)ii0'*. l 4Q. Lard dull—10/^o asked. Uoga ~,ulet- packing #6 30. Cattle steady and in fair iemaud—steers #6 -505 60. Louisville, February 5.—Flour dull—extra *6 2606 60; family #6 uoq)t) 25. Wheat firm- red #1 46, amber 61 60, white 61 6j0i #6. Corn dull—No. 1 white 43 , mixed 42c. kye 80c. Oats firmer—chuioe 42c, mixed W e tarn 41c. Provis ions excited and highei. Pork #17 26. Bulk meat*—shoulders fi'^c; slear rib sides 8%c; clear sides 0c. Bacon strong and higher— boulders 7140; clear rib sides v>40v-l4o; clear side* 0^0 ?V- Ssffar-cared ham* 12014c. Lard—tiero* tsa, UsV^pMuie keg 12) 4 3,13c. Whiskey firm CUtc ago. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] CmcAQO, February 5.—Flour steady and firm —Minnesota extras #6 Oo0T So. Wheat active, firm and higher—No 2 Chicago spring #1 28U cash: #1 20** tor March, #1 30& for April; No I do, #1 17. corn In fair demand and higher— No 2, 42^4 cash. «SUe f r March, 47^0 bid for May; rejected 3tt04Oo. Cats dull and nominal —SM^c easb, so 1 4 e lor April. Kye firmer, 66e. Barley firmer, at 6006oc. Pork active, firm and hlgh*r-#iO 30010 40 cash, #10 46016 47V4 for Marco, #16 05010 4IU for April. Lard In good demand and a shade higher—#10 8:U01O 86 <m*h, #10 02^010 01 for March, #11 060110714 for April. Dulk meats In fair osmand aad higher—shoulders 60, short rib sides 6%e, short clear sides b 7 ye—sll boxed, cash. Whlskoj steady, |l 06. Blanchard A Hill’s. f#b4 tf RAT! HATH HATH! FIFTY BALES COUNTRY HAY, round and sweet, For sale cheap. Swirr, Murphy A Co. feb4 HC,tu,thAsat4t First-class Cncnmber Pickles, cheap, at 50 cents per gallon. C. W. Mvneo, feb4 lw] Under Odd-Fellows' Hall. The Grand Central Hotel, New York, will sustain its well-merited popularity, and earn greeter, by the sensible redac tion of its rates from $4 to $2.50 and $3 per day. fet»2 lw New Orleans. Special to the Enquirer Sun.} Nsw Orleans, February 6.—Flour quiet ad steady—no low grades here. Corn lower— Ixed 60o, white 60058c. Oats dull. Pork dell, weak and lower—#17 60. Lard dull—lieroe uriu—. in luuunvii, ior Clear no sides,110^0 lor clear sides, Hams, sugar-cured dull, weaa aud lower, at 12013. Whiskey so*ree and firm—#l OTwl 06. Coffee dull-RI» ®0{c. fancy choice 36 demand—unlfnarv Louisiana 4>^0#o. NAVA!. hTORCfi, Klc. Koslu, Ae. New Yore, Fetruary 6.—Tallow dull and heavy, 8^08 3-10 5 Rosin <lull-t2 1002 16 * i*d. Turpentine quiet, at 44«. rrstgbls. Sugar In fal demand and firm—fair to fancy * „ice a* c he lee for strainer NORTHERN SEED POTATOES• A cboioe lot of Early Koe«, Jackson Whites and King of Early, tor sale by no?2-eodtf J. H. Hamilton.