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AUGUSTA. O-A..:
Hainrdav Morning, Dee 30, 1876.
J. R, RANDALL. Editor.
The Oldest Democratic Paper in the
State of Georgia.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Hod. Alexander H Stefhexs is natu
raiiy indignant at the publication of a re
port that he had takon up his quarters in a
committee room at the Capitol. He has
not, nor will he do so,— Chicago limes.
Sometimes the best way to prevent a
civil war, is to show that nothing but exact
justice will be submitted to.— Vicksburg
Herald.
As the proof accumulates, and the ques
tions involved are discussed, the preten
sions of Hates grow more and more ridic
ulous.— Albany Argus.
Says the Richmond Dispatch of John
KHERMAN: “Wohavenover known him to
manifest one generous emotion in any pub
lic manner. He was made out of the rud
der of the Mayflower.”
Grant says he is going to Havana after
he "sees that Hates is inaugurated.”
Evorbody knows that steamers run regu
larly between Havana and Yeia Cruz.
Grant is going to Mexico, of course.—
Courier-Jour rial.
Halstead and Medill,
They llshed for Ben Hill,
To catch a Hay*s supporter;
They drew the seine
With might and main.
And got a haul of water.
HI. Louis Republican.
Matt Carpenter, according to the Bal
timore Gazette, regards the action of Judge
Bond In releasing the South Carolina Re
turning Board, after its committal for con
tempt by the Supreme Court of the State,
as only equaled by Durell’s famous mid
night drunken order.
Grant says he “endeavors to keep within
the limits of the law” in sending troops to
the South. The “law” he refers to is a
law manufactured by Taft. It is not
found in the United States Statutes or the
Constitution.— Oourier‘Journal. •
MiTCHELii, of Oregon, has been placed on
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections, of which Sitting Bull Morton
is chairman. Mitchell and Morton pro
pose to keep Governor Grover out of his
seat in the Senate, if their devilish inge
nuity can accomplish it.— CourUr-Journal.
N. Y. San: A Presidential election by
fraud is an infamy that will bite like a ser
pent and sting like an adder. It will stim
ulate all the deviltry of the country, and
infuse a malignant poison into all the de
tails of politics. What are now tlieir worst
practices will become their everyday his
tory.
St. Louis Times : Chandler thinks that
if he can provoke a collision in South Caro
lina, so that the President of the Republi
can party can interfere with his army,
Grantism will be safe for four more years
of good stealing. But he can provoke
nothing but the admiration of the whole
country for the patient heroism of Gover
nor Hampton and his people.
Eliza Pinkston’s backers were shrewd.
Says George W. Julian: “The woman
declared tint she was terribly gashed
and mutilated, but it is singular that all
her gaping wounds were in places on her
person beyond the investigation of a mod
est committee.”— Chicago Times.
In the course of a recent speech by Jo
seph Arch, he said he ventured to tell
Lord Beaconsfield that if he went to war
he must not count on taking the agricultu
ral laborers to be shot at for 13 pence a day.
They were determined that, until they had
obtained the franchise, they would take no
part in the wars of England.
The following not very flattering pen
portrait of Prince Napoleon is given by
Lea Droits de l’ Homme', “The top of the
head bald, signed hero and there with a
comma of stray hairs; the temples gar
nished with black tufts, glued down in a
straight line; eye sunken; eagle-nosed;
large mouth, with thin lips; prominent
chin; the face puffed out with yellow fat;
no board; having the air of a restaurant
waiter separated from his napkin,”
Senators Gordon and Batabd, Speaker
RANDALL and Representative Dewitt have
returned from New York, where they call
ed upon Governor Tilden, and Represent
ative Lamar is still in that city. Senator
Gordon says he did not go to New York
on private business, but “expressly to con
sult with Governor Tilden, and ho returns
from his visit much encouraged. It would
be an old story to say that Governor Til
den is very confident; and, indeed, he could
not well be otherwise; but neither Senator
Gordon nor the other gentlemen deem
it proper to make public at this time the
details of these conferences Washington
Union.
People are asking how far Mr. Orton’s
refusal to produce the Chandler, and
Cameron telegrams is inspired by ex-Gov
ernor Morgan, late Republican candidate
for Governor of New York and principal
director in the Western Union Telegraph
Company. In this controversy Mr. Mor
gan and Mr. Gould, through their news
papers. are the foremost and most vehe
ment defenders of the sanctity of tele
graphic messages. —Philadelphia limes.
Those who talk war should not count in
the negro upon either side. And this is a
mistake the Republicans make. They
oount 800,000 black men on their side, and
figure out proportionate results. They de
ceive themselves. They had as well oount
out the blacks entirely. Then what ? We
find that among the white voters Tilden
is nearly a million ahead! That is, there
are a million more white men for Tilden
than for Hates. Should it come right
down to a fight, and every white man
drawn in, Tilden’s army would be about a
million the largest. He would win if any
body did; but by the time such a tight was
over, I doubt if there would be anything
left of the United States worth the while
of anybody to preside over. We have sur
vived a war between sections, but a war
between States, counties, townships and
families would be the end of the Republic.
I would not give much for the whole con
cern by the time it was over. And when
would it end ?-H. V. Redfield.
The broad ground taken by Senator
Bayard in regard to the counting of the
electoral vote seems to strike many of the
Democrats favorably. Ho holds that if
Congress refuses to go behind the seal of a
State the Oregon vote must be counted as
sent in by Governor Groveb. Should Con
gress go behind it, thon the Tilden vote,
as sent In from Florida, with the certificate
of Attorney General Cocke attached must
be counted. In addition, the Florida cer
tificate will be reinforced by the action of
the Supreme Court, as a quo warranto will,
in a few days, be issued compelling the
other State authorities to verify the action
or the Attorney General. Moreover, Gov
ernor Drew, who comes in under the new
count on the Ist of January, will material
ly aid the strengthening of affairs in Flor
ida. In alluding to the proposed meeting
of the joint committee appointed by the
Senate and House to agree upon means for
the counting of the vote, the same gentle
man said that the Democratic leaders had
little faith that the committee would agree
upon a satisfactory plan of action and it
was generally thought that Senator Mob
ton would prove to be the obstructive ele
ment of that committee. New York
Tribune,
The Constitution and the Electoral
College.
We publish with great pleasur* the
communication of CincinnatMe upon
the constitutional, and therefore law
ful, soiution of jEu? PreEidegtial
problem. ® w
The New York Mercury , in this con
nection, has a terse summing up which
appears to us to have a large amount of
marrow in it. We quote: “A vast
deal has been written and spoken re
gal ding the power of both or either
House-of CoDgress on the 14. th of Feb
ruary next, when the electoral vote is
to be opened and counted. Turning
away from the treasonable views'and
plots of the Radical leaders, let us look
at the powers of those, bodies by the
light afforded us by the debates and
writings of our fathers. The President
is elected by the States. The Senate
represents the States, and the House
the people of the United* States, as
they in a collective capacity are named
in the preamble to the Constitution. It
haa been the invariable custom for the
Senate to meet the House in the Hall of
Representatives. The Representatives,
or tho people, are present to ask;
"Have the States elected a President?”
In order to ascertain this fact, tho
Vice-President, acting for the Senate,
places before the convention all the
evidence sent to him by tho States.
Having ascertained that no candidate
has a majority of all the Electors ap
pointed, the House proceeds to elect a
President, Now, why is the Senate
present in Joint Convention? Mani
festly to ascertain if a Vice-President
has been elected who Is to preside over
it as a body, and act as President in
case of the death, removal, or disa
bility of the Executive elected
by the people. It is the duty of the
States to furnish an Executive to fill
any vacancy which may occur, and as
the Senate represents the States, it
performs the duty when the States
themselves have failed to elect; for
four years must elapse ere they can
meet as a grand College of Electors.
Is it not plain that the very letter and
spirit of the Constitution confers upon
the House powers which are not con
ferred upon the Senate? It is true
that both bodies are present when the
certificates are opened and counted; it
i3 true that both are jointly interested;
but the House has a paramount inter
est, or otherwise the Constitution
would not delegate to it the right of
electing a Chief Magistrate. There
fore, the House of Representatives,
having ascertained that the States have
not elected a President, must elect one,
and he will be de facto and de jure
President of the United States. All
the Senate can do in such an event is
to elect a presiding officer and thus
provide a President for constitutional
contingencies. It must be confessed
that this is not the view which Grant,
Ferry, Morton and the Radical cabal
take of the subject, and hence the
rapid assembling of tioops in and
around Washington, and the collection
of shot and shell to overawe the House
of Representatives and murder the Re
public.”
Governor Hayes and the South.
(.Charleston News and Courier.l
About ten days ago a citizen of Au
gusta wrote to Governor Hayes asking
him what would be his policy with re
gard to Southern affairs in the event
of his being declared President. He
received in reply a newspaper slip con
taining a leading article from the Cin
cinnati Commercial of December 20,
headed “ Governor Hayes and bis
Southern policy.” This article is,
therefore, assumed t® embody the
views of Governor Hayes.
The key-note of the article of the
Commercial is tho hopo that the Re
publican party will be reinforced by
the native whites of the South, and
the writer quotes the letter of Govern
or Hayes accepting the nomination
that he will be kindly and considerate
towards the South. In the view of the
Commercial the Southern whites, or a
large body of them, are sick of the
Democratic party, and will be only too
happy to become Republicans under
the beneGcial administration of Hayes.
We need not point out the fallacy of
such talk as this; but we wish that
Governor Hayes had sent his Augusta
friend something better than a news
paper article. Whatever the liberality
and good intentions of Governor Hayes,
we believe that, if he were President,
the Camerons and Mortons would man
age his administration as they managed
the campaign. As, however, Tilden
will be President, it is waste of time to
discuss what Governor Hayes would
do if he were President. The main ob
ject of such articles as that of the
Commercial is to tempt the Southern
Democracy to acquiesce iu the course
of the Republican managers, and to
cause a rupture between the Northern
and Southern Democrats. The trick
is too transparent.
George Alfred Townsend says Field
Marshal Murat Halstead has the
charming gift of inaccuracy, and is
the Fennimore Cooper of the West.
When Hayes refers to the Field Mar
shal for indications of his Southern
policy, he no doubt meaßS it as a
Christmas joke.
The Courier-Journal makes a good
point thus: “The letter of acceptance
of Mr. Hayes, the Cincinnati Gazette
iuforms us, ‘expresses a sincere regard
for the Southern people.' But then the
Southern people know very well, from
past experience, that when a partisan
Republican expresses a ‘sincere regard’
for them it means that there is a fresh
scheme of plunder and proscription on
hand.”
The Philadelphia Times says: “Grant
and Cameron have become weary of
sustaining the transparent sham of the
ChambAlain administration, and the
troops are being quietly withdrawn
from Columbia. And yet Chamberlain
pjays at playing Governor, and yet tho
organs play at telling their few linger
ing readers that he was elected. By
and-by the bubble will burst without
hurting anybody but a few thieves who
have been long unwhipped of justice,
and who will care for Chamberlain and
the organs then ?”
Only seven supervisors were found
base enough to obey Wells & Cos. in
Louisiana. But they did the job.
“Here,” says the Democrat, “area lot of
disreputable characters; one not a cit
izsn of£th#State, one a keeper of a
snake show, another an ex-policeman,
etc., illegally changing the result cf
the State by omitting polls without any
known reasons against them, and with
out any right to do so.”
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Attention! Richmond Lodge, No. 43,
I. O. G. T.
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE
THIS (Saturday) EVENING, promptly, at
7 o’clock, in the ante-room of your Lodge
room, Odd Fellows’ building, to visit Har
mony Lodge, No. 265, in a body.
The presence of every member is earn
estly requested.
By order of S. H. Shepard, W. C. T.
R. M. CRANSTON.
decSO-l Secretary.
Dividend No. 8.
THE COMMERCIAL BANK HAS THIS
DAY declared a Dividend of FOUR DOL
LARS per share, free of taxes, payable on
and after the second day of January, 1877.
J. C. FARGO,
dec29-2t Cashier.
Democratic Nominees for County
Officers.
For Ordinary :
JAS. T. BOTHWELL.
For Tax Collector :
JOHN A. BOHLER.
For Receiver Tax Returns :
RICHARD J. WILSON
For Sheriff:
CHAS. H. SIBLEY.
For County Treasurer :
WM. M. DUNBAR.
For Clerk Superior Court :
SAMUEL H. CRUMP.
For Clerk County Court :
JOHN W. TALIAFERRO.
For Surveyor:
EDMUND MORRIS.
For Coroner :
THOS. A. KUNZE.
The Election takei place Wednesday,
January Bd, 1877.
decQ4-tf
THE BANK OF AUGUSTA, )
Augusta Ga„ December 27th, 1876. f
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF BHARE
holders of this Bank wiii take place at the
hanking house, on TUESDAY, 9th of Janu
ary next, at which time an election for
Directors, will be held, for tho ensuing
year.
A. C. DeCOTTES,
deo27-eodtllljan9. Cashier,
NOTICE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, )
Georgia Railroad,
December 23d, 1876.)
On and after Monday next. December
25th,the Down Day Passenger Train on the
Georgia Railroad, will arrive at Augusta at
5:16, p. m. S. K. JOHNSON,
dec247t * Superintendent.
NOTICE^
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
Georgia Railroad, >
December 23d, 1876. )
On and after Monday next, December
25th, Passengers for Macon andJTStations
on the Macon & Augusta Railroad will
leave Augusta at 10:45 a. m., on Number 1
Freight, which will carry a Passenger
Car. S. K. JOHNSON,
deo24-7t Superintendent.
THE AUGUSTA FACTORY. )
Augusta. Ga., Dec. 22d, 1876. f
THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF
Stockholders in the Augusta Factory will
be held at the office of the Company on
SATURDAY, 30th inst, at 12 o’clock m.'
WM. E. JACKSON,
dec2B-lw President.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MR EDlTOß—Please make the follow
ing announcement: 122d District, G. M.,
(Ist Ward) election to be held Saturday,
January 6th, 1877.
FOB JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
WM. W. SMYTHE.
EOR constable,
R. 0. EASTERLING.
dec3o-6t*
For Coroner,
MR. JACOB RENZ WILL BE SUPPORT
ED by friends for Independent Candidate
for Coroner. dec3o-td
For Magistrate.
WE WILL SUPPORT MR.T. E. LOVELL
for the position of Magistrate in the 398
District, at the ensuing election.
dec29-td MANY VOTERS.
For Justice of the Peace.
E. R. CUNNINGHAM WILL BE Sup
ported for JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in
tho 120th District at the City Hall, on the
6th day of January, 1877.
dee27—
For Receiver of Tax Returns.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
W. A. RAMSEY as a candidate for Receiver
of Tax Returns ot this county.
dec27td MANY VOTERS.
FOR SHERIFF.
MESSRS. EDITORS: PLEASE AN
NOUNCE the name of Mr. Robert Puckett
for the office of Sheriff of Richmond
county. MANY VOTERS.
dec24-tf
For County Constable, 120th Dis
trict, G. M.
MESSRS. EDITORS: PLEASE AN
nounce M. P. McLEMORE as a can ildate
or County Constable, 120th District, G. M' rf
Second Ward), at the ensuing election, to
be held on the 6th day of January next
and oblige, MANY VOTERS.
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WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
John A. Bohler, a candidate for re-elec
tion to the office of Tax Collector of Rich
mond County, at the ensuing election.
THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
announces himself as a candidate for re
election to the office of Ordinary of Rich
mond county. SAMUEL LEVY.
julyßo-td
The Augusta Gilding.
Looking Glass & Picture Frame Factory
Old Frames Regilt to Look Equal to New.
Old Paintings Carefully Cleaned,
lined and Varnished.
NO. 40 JACKSON STREET.
PICTURE FRAMES made at reduced
prices. Have reduced the price as low
as any place in the United States. Regild
ing old Picture Frames a specialty, at one
half the oid price. Ola Oil Paintings
carefully restored, cleaned and varnished.
J. J. BROWNE,
mhs-tf Agent and Manager,
AN ORDINANCE
TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTI
TLED “AN ORDINANCE TO DE
FINE THE SUBJECTS AND REGU
LATE THE MODE OF TAXATION,
AND THE MANNER OF RETURN
ING THE SAME IN THE CITY OF
AUGUSTA,” ADOPTED DECEMBER
28TH, 1872. w
Sec i ion l. Be it Ordained by the City
Council of Augusta, and it is herebvOr
dalned by the authority of the same, That
from and after th j passage of this Ordi
nance the Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance
to Define the Subjects and Regulate the
Mode of Taxation, and the Manner of Re
turning the Same in the City of Augusta,”
adopted December 28th, 1872, be amended so
as to read as follows:
On the tenth day of March, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, in each and every
year, the City Council of Augusta shall
prescribe and fix the rates of Taxation
upon the hereinafter mentioned subjects
for the current fiscal year, and the City
Assessor in preparing his Tax Lists and
Digests shall conform to the said subjects,
which are astollows. to-wit:
1. On the assessed value of all Real Es-
tate lying and being wittiiu the corporate
limits of the City of Augusta, including
every building or other improvement nu
land, under lease from the City Council,
bodies corporate or individuals, for any
term of years.
2. On each and every Turknett Springs
Hydrant, and for every additional family
using the same.
3. On each and every Turknett Springs
Hydrant on premises occupied as a hotel,
boarding house, or as a livery stable.
4. On each and every Improved lot lying
on any street through which the main
pipes of the Augusta Water Works pass,
which tax shall entitle the owner or occu
pant to tho use of the water, through one
opening, in front of or in any part of said
lot, where the specific water rent does not
exceed this tax.
5. On the market value of all Railroad,
Municipal or other Bonds (City of Augusta
Bonds aud Bonds of the state of Georgia
excepted); on all solvent Notes and Ac
counts; on all Money loaned at interest on
hand, and on all other evidences of debt.
6. On the market value of all shares in
any National Bank or any other Incorpo
rated Company (except railroad companies)
located in this city on the first day of Jan-
uary in each aud every year, to be returned
under oath by the shareholder, or his or
her agent, at the time of making l’ax Re
turns; Frovlded, That the corporations
aforesaid, through their proper officers,
may return said snares, at the time afore
said, aud pay the taxes on the same when
due, in which case the individual stock
holders shall not be required to return said
shares: And Provided also, That the cor
poration aforesaid shall, upon notice tnat
any shareholder has faired to return his oi
her shares in said corporations, bo re
quired to return and pay the tax upon the
shares of said defaulter or defaulters.
7. On each and every pleasure carriage or
buggy, number and value.
8. On every horse aud mule, except such
as are kept for hire by keepers of livery
stables, or are introduced and kept for sa.e,
or are actually used in vehicles.
9. On all Merchandise owned or hold on
consignment, or Stunk in Trade, on the first
day of January, 1877. the amount of which
is to be given in at cost price by the owner
or agent (except in case of goods on con
signment, which shall be given in at their
wholesale prices.)
lu. On tue net earnings of tho Augusta
and Summerville Railroad Company, over
and above any annual or other dividends,
or division of profits in excess of seven per
cent, of their said earnings, declared or
paid by said company to any of its share
holders.
Sec. 11. All the foregoing taxes shall be
returned to the City Assessor on or before
the Ist day of t ebruary, in eaoh and every
year, aud the returns shall include all pro
perty held, owned, or represenh'd in the
City of Augusta on the Ist day of January
of the year in which tho return is made,
unless otherwise expressed or required in
this Ordinance; and for every day’s de
fault in making said return, after the time
herein allowed, there shall be a penalty of
not exceeding ten dollars, recoverable upon
conviction in the Recorder's Court, aud
tho party in default shall also be subject to
double taxation upon his her, or their pro
perty—the City Assessor to make the re
turns in such cases upon the best and most
reliable information as to the defaulter’s
taxable property attainable.
Sec. 111. It shall be the duty of the City
Assessor to havo the two Tax Digests made
up by the 10th day of March in each and
every year, and report to a meeting of
Council, to be called as provided for in the
first section of this Ordinance, tho gross
amount and value of property returned
and entered therein for taxation for the
current year; wuereupon Council shall
proceed to fix and declare the rate of taxa
tion as hereinbefore provided.
Sec, IV. Taxes on the following subjects
shall be levied at the same time, and shall
bo paid quarterly on the Ist days of Janu
ary, April, July aud October of each year,
or within ten days thereafter; and on fail
ure to return the same, the party in default
shall ire reported to the Recorder’s Court
by the Collootor and Treasurer, and, on
conviction, be lined in a sum not exceeding
ten dollars for each day’s default, to-wit:
1. On all sales of Real Estate made by
Real Estate Brokers.
2. On all auction sales of Real Estate,
Goods, Wares, Merchandise, Bonds, Stocks
and other personal property; but no sales
at auction shall bo taxed when such sales
are made by executors, administrators or
guardians, or by any order of Court.
3. On the gross receipts of Keepers of
Livery Stables.
4. On the gross premiums of every Insu
rance Company not located in this city.
5. On the gross receipts of every Tele
graph Company and Express Company
having an office or doing business iu this
city.
6. On the gross receipts of every Hotel in
the city.
7. On tho gross receipts of all Transient
Dealers or Itinerant Traders—that is, per
sons having no lease of a store in this city
for a yoar or longer, and of all Commercial
Agents.
SEC. V. The Finance Comrnttiee shall be
empowered to assess the value of any Real
Estate which has not been assessed by the
Board of Cit
Seo. VI. Be it further Ordained, That all
Ordinances and parts of Ordinances levying
any tax, or prescribing the mode of return
ing or paying the same,or any other regula
tion in relation thereto,are continued iu full
force or effect, except the tax on property
contained or included In the new Tax Di
gest, until the new rates of taxation aie
fixed and declared by Council to be of force
and effect, in accordance with the pro
visions of this ordinance, except so far as
the same may be in conflict with any of its
present requirements and conditions.
Sec. VII. be it further ordained, That all
City Tuxes on Real Estate anu other ar
ticles charged in the City Tax Digest, shall
bo payable within thirty days after such
Digest has been placed in tho Collector’s
hands for collection. On all taxes unpaid
after the expiiut on of thirty days, there
shall be levied an additional tax o' four
per cent.; on ail taxes unpaid after the ex
piration of sixty days, five percent,; on all
t-ixes unpaid alter the expiration of ninety
days, six per cent.; on all taxes unpaid on
the first of September, seven per cent ; on
all taxes remaining unpaid on the first of
November, execution, with ten per cent,
added to the amount of tax, shall be issued.
Sec. VIII. Be it further ordained. That
the fiscal year shall begin on the first day
of January of each and every year.
Seo. IX. Be it further ordained. That so
much of all ordnances, and parts of ordi
nances, as conflict with this ordinance be.
and the same are hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 28th day of Decem
ber, A. D., 1876.
JOHN U. MEYER.
I. „ I Mayor C. A.
S j Attest: L.T. Blosie,
—Clerk Council.
dec3o-lt
aoo i’ai ns
CHILDREN AND YOUTH’S BOATS
AT COST.
PAIRS of Children and Youths 811-
ver Tipped Boots, at $1 and SI 60
per pair according to sizes. Those goods
are first class work, and recommended to
all who wish to save 25 per cent by buying
them. A large invoice of gents calf, hand
sewed Congress Gaiters, new style, at $5
per pair ; ladies black velvet buskius, felt
lined at $1 per pair at
PETER KEENAN’S,
dec3o-lw Near Central Hotel.
LOST,
NOW that there is a reasonable prospect
for a change in the weather, for the
better, I venture to make a modest inquiry
as to the whereabouts of my silk umbrella.
About the commencement otthe late Flood
like spell the said umbrella escaped my
possession and is still out of sight. It has
an ivory handle on which my initials—M.
J. V. are distinctly carved. The holder
would greatly oblige me by returning the
“"“‘*‘4.l. JACKSON *OO.
decßo-l No. 47 Jackson street.
AN ORDINANCE
TO FIX THE ANNUAL AND SPECI
FIC TAXES OF THE CITY OF AU
GUSTA FOR THE YEAR 1877, AND
TO FRO VIDE FOR THE COLLEC
TION OF THE SAME.
Section I. Be it ordained by the City
Council of Augusta, and it is hereby or
dained by the authority of the same, That
the following annual and specific taxes
shall be levied and collected for the year
1877, payable on the first day of January,
in said year, or within ten days thereafter:
1. On each and every Merchant, Contrac
tor, Factor, or any other person or firm
doing any kind of business within the cor
porate limits of this city, except such as
are specially taxed by this Ordinance, the
sum of ten dollars, when his, her, or their
gross sales or receipts do not exceed ten
thousa and dollars; the sum of twenty dol
lars when such sales or receipts are over
ten, and not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars; thirty dollars when these exceed
tweuty and do not exceed thirty thousand
dollars; forty dollars when they are more
than thirty and do not exceed forty thous
and dollars; fifty dollars whan they are
more than forty and do not exceed fifty
thousand dollars; seventy-live dollars when
tney are over fifty and less than one hun
dred thousand dollars; and one hundred
dollars when they amount to or exceed one
hundred thousand dollars.
On each and every Practicing Physician.
Surgeon, Dentist, and Lawyer, or firm of
Practicing Physioiaus, Surgeons, Dentists,
and Lawyers, the sum of ten dollars
On each and every Photographer or Firm
of Photographers or Agent of any nrn-resi
dent Photographer, the sum of twenty dol
lars.
On each and every Transient or Itinerant
Trader; on each and every Y*ndei of any
Specific Article, and on each and every
Peddler, the sum of seventy-five dollars.
On each and every Huckster, the sum of
ten dollars.
On each and every Commercial Agency
or Branch thereof, the sum of twenty-five
dollars.
On each and every Cotton Broker or
Buyer of Cotton on Commission, and on
each and every Dealer in Cotton, the sum
of one hundred dollars.
On each and every Express Company, the
sum of one hundred dollars.
On each and every Telegraph Company,
the sum of one hundred dollars.
Oil each and every Bakery, the sum of
twenty-hve dollars.
Ou each and every Barber Shop, the sum
of ten dollars, and for each and every Chair
beyond two. an additional tax of nvo dol
lars.
On each and every Vendue Master or firm
of Vendue Masters, the sum of one hun
dred dollars.
On each and every Exchange Broker, or
Private Banker, the sum of one hundred
dollars.
On each and every Insurance Company
located, having an office or agent or d< ing
business in this city, llie sum of one hun
dred doll i rs.
On each and every Billiard Table, kept
fo* hire or gain, the sum of fifty dollars.
On each and every Green Grocer, the sum
of ono hundred dollars.
On eacu and every Bill Poster, the sum of
ten dollars.
On each and every Pawn Broker, the sum
of two hundred dollais.
On each and every Organ Grinder or
Street Musician, the sum or five dolla s per
month.
On the owner or owners of eaoh and
every Job Printing Ofllce, the sum of
twenty-live dollars. /
On each and every Coal Yard, and on each
and every Dealer in Coal, the sum of
twenty-five dollars.
On each and every Wood Yard, Dealers
in Wood, the sum of twenty-live dollars.
On each and every Manuf ictui er of Con
fectioneries, the sum ol' fifty and Bart.
On each and every Real Estate Agent or
Broker, the sum of twenty-five dollars.
On each and every Commercial Street
Broker or firm of such Brokers, the sum of
ot>e hundred dollars.
On eaoh and every Street Cotton Broker
and Person and Firm buying or soiling
cotton on the Streets on Commission, the
sum of one hundred dollars
On each and every Furniture Manulac
turer the sum of 11.ty dollars.
On eaoh and every Cotton Pickery or
Hand Cotton Press, the sum ol one hundred
dollars.
uiieach and evory Cotton Compress, the
sum of one hundred dollars.
On the owner or owners of each and every
Lumber Yard, and on each and every Dea
ler m Lumber, the sum of fifty dollars.
On each ami every Sto.uu Engine, except
such as are used in business which is
already taxed orliconsed, the sum of fifty
dollars.
On the owner or owners of eaoh and every
Merchant or Grist Mill the sum of twenty
live dollars for oach and every Run of
Stones.
On the owner or owners of each and every
Planing Mill, the sum of fifty dollars.
On the owner or owners of each and every
Livery or Sale Stable, or either, the sum of
one hundred dollars.
on each and every Wholesale Ice Dealer,
the sum of fifty dollars.
On the osvuer or owners of each and
every Foundry or Machine shop, the sum
of fifty dollars.
O i each and every Tobacco or Cigar
Manufacturer, the sum of fifty dollars
On eaoa ami every Manufacturer of Soda
Water, Mineral Water or Aie to be sold in
bottles, the sum of twenty-five dollars; on
eaoh and every Manufacturer of Soda
Water to be sold from a Fount or Founts,
the sum of ten dollars; and on each and
every. Fount, when not sold by the Manu
facturer, thesuui of ten dollars.
Oa each an 1 every Marble or Stone Yard,
the sum of twenty-five dollars.
On each and every Wagon Yard, the sum
of twenty-five dollars, except those where
horses and mules are kept for sale, which
shall be one hundred dollars.
On each and every Transient Drummer,
the sum of twenty-live dollars per month.
On o eh and every Astrologer or For
tune Teller, the sum of fifty dollars per
month.
On each and every Sewing Machino
Agent or Agency, and on each and every
Dealer in Sewing Machines, the sum of one
hundred dollars, the same lor each and
every Agenoy.
2. It shall not be lawful for any dealer In
Horses or Mules to offer his !-tock for sale
until he shall have taken out a license, to
expire at the end of one month, for which
he shall pay the sum of ten dollars; but
such license may bo renewed at the same
rale. For eaoh and every violation of this
article tlio party offending shall be fined in
a sum of twenty-five dollars for oach and
every offense.
3. On each and every Junk Shop there
shall he levied a tax of two hundred dol
lars, and no such shop shall be opened in
the city unless the owner or owners of such
Junk Nhop shall have previously paid into
the City Treasury the said tax thereon for
the year, and shall have taken out a 11-
een-e fioui the office of the Clerk of Coun
cil, in which license it shall be distinctly
expressed that such Junk Shop shall al
ways bo subject to the visitation of the
Police of tiie city; a duplicate of which li
cense, signed by such owner or owners,
and expressive of his, her or their assent
to such condition, shall be retained by the
Clerk of Council; on refusal of such owner
or owners at any time to submit to such
vistitation, such Junk Shop shall imnudi
ately bo closed by the Mayor. And it is here
by declared and ordained that every such
Junk Shop license shall bo subject to the
further condition tiiat the same shall be
subject to revocation by the Recorder, if,
on examination before him in the Police
Court, he shall bo satlsiied,,aud shall so
pronounce, that any city property, or any
part of any machinery, or any appliance
of any railroad company, or gas light com
pany, or of the Water Work* of Augusta,
is found in any such Junk Shop, and such
condition shall be expressed in the license
of every Junk Shop dealer.
4. For each and every Dog Collar or Tag
furnished to owners of dogs there shall be
paid by said owners tliesum of two dollars.
5. For each and every Scale used lu this
city lor tlis weighing of cattle, hogs and
shoep, there shall he paid an annual license
of ten dollars, and the party or parties
owning or having control of the same shall
be required to take an oath before the Clerk
of Council, as in the case of cotton and coal
weighers, that he or they will make a just
and true return of the weight to the pmson
entitled to receive the same, and shall also
be required to keep a correct record of the
number oftmimals weighed, and the weight
of the same.
<l. On each and every Stock Yard in the
City of Augusta, the sum of fifty doll irs.
SEC. 11. Jbe it Further Ordained, and it is
hereby declared, That it is the meaning
and intent of this Ordinance that the Li
cense granted to a Vendue .Master, or Auc
tioneer, shall not authorize such Vendue
Master or Auctioneer to sell for any tran
sient dealer or other person where the Bale
or sales may not pass regulai ty through
the books of a regularly licensed Vendue
Master; but every such transient dealer or
other person shall be compelled to takeout
a License as a Vendue Master, under a pen
alty of one hundred dollars for each anil
every unauthorized sale or offer to sell.
And no person shall be permitted to sell as
a Vendue Master, or Auctioneer, until he
shall have complied with the conditions
contained in Section 1,425 of the Revised
Unde of Georgia, known as the Code of
1873.
Seo. 111. Be it Further Ordained. That
when for good and sufficient reasons, it
may seem proper to Issue to any person or
persons following any of the aforesaid vo
cations, whether resident or non-resident,
a License for a limited period, less than
twelve months, the Mayor may, In his dis-
pay a license tax at such rate as the Mayor
may deem just and equitable. , ,
Sec. IV. Bo it further Ordained, That
Huckster’s licences shall not be entitled
to any deduction on account of the time at
which said license shall be issued.
Bec V. Be it further Ordained, That so
much of all Ordinances and parts of Ordi
nances fixing the rates of lioense and pro
viding for the collection of the same, or
otherwise regulating said licenses, not In
conflict with this Ordinance, shall remain
of full force and effect.
Seo. VI. And bo it further Ordained,
That so much of all Ordinances and parts
of Ordinances as conflicts with this Or
dinance be, and the same are hereby, re
pealed.
Done in Council this 28th day of Decem
ber, A. D., 1870.
i , (Signed) JNO. U. MEYER.
I l. 8. f Mayor C. A.
‘ ■'*- ’ Attest; L. T. Blome,
dec3o-l Clerk v I Council.
WANTED,
A. GOOD COOK WANTED, one without
children preferred. Apply at this office.
uoc3o-2t
Past Due City Bonds
Will be paid on presentation at the
City Collector and Treasurer’s office.
I. P. GARVIN.
doc3o-d8&wl City Treasurer.
Flour and Bacon Shoulder!*.
Choice Family Flour.
\ 1 W \ A LBS Choice Bacon Shoul
ders, on Consignment.
decao-1 VANNERSON & BARNES
APPLES.
BBLS APPLES.
CHOICE TENNESSEE BUTTER.
On Consignment and for sale by
VANNERSON & BARNES.
dec3o-l
County Court.
MON DAY being a Legal Holiday, this
Court will merely meet and adjourn
until TUESDAY MORNING.
JNO. W. TALIAFERRO,
dec3o-l Clerk.
Important Notice
TO
COTTON SHIPPERS.
TJNTIL further notice, the following
L rates will be charged on cotton from
Augusta to points named, the same having
been so ordered by the General Commis
sioner ;
To Baltimore $3 25 per bale.
To Philadelphia New York $3 50 per bale.
To Boston, Providence & Fall
River $4 25 per bale.
J. B. PRESTON, Agt. C. R. R. CO.
D. H. VANBUREN, Agt. C. C. A A. IL It. CO.
W. H. I'REZEVAN f, Agt. P. R. It. R. CO.
F. K. HUGER, Agt. feO. OA. li. R. CO.
dec29-5t
NOTICE.
ROME BONDHOLDERS.
T
JL he January couponsou the new issue of
Rome City Bi nds, will be paid on or after
TO-DAY, between tto hours of 10 a. m. to
1:30 p. m., at the office of
D. R. WRIGHT,
dec 28-2 t 14 Jackson street.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE. )
Augusta and Summerville R. R., [
Augusta, Ga , Deo. 20, 1876. )
Stable Manure for Sale.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
at this ofllce unti' January Ist proximo,
for the purchase and rem val of the ma
nure from the stable of this company dur
ing the year 1877.
Information regarding conditions, etc.,
can be had upon application to the under
signed. ED. G. MOSHER,
dec2l-lw Superintendent.
CHRISTMAS-
GOODS
will be opened ail this week at tho
Cliina Tea,
e
AND
COFFEE STORE!
Fire Works! Fire! Fireation !!
Do you hear the tribulation
Of those who need, but will not buy,,
When Children make th 9 playthings
_ fly-
R. N. HOTCHKISS.
Sign of Monument Tea Chest,
Opposite tho Fountain.
dec!7-ct
FIRE INSURANCE !
CAPITAL AXDMjsjlj,ooo,ooo.oo.
Full Indemnity Against Loss to Policy
Holders in
Aetna Fire Insurance Cos.
OF UARTFOftD.
Phoenix Fire Insurance Cos.
OF HARTFORD.
Girard Fire Insurance Cos.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Howard Fire Insurance Cos.
OF NEW YORK.
Amazon Fire Insurance Cos.
OF CINCINNATI.
State Fire Insurance Cos.
OF NASHVILLE.
Union Marine & Fire In. co.
OF GALVESTON.
RISKS written on Mills, Factories, Build ■
logs. Merchandise and Cotton, at
fair and Equitable Rates. Call for infor
mation, on
D. R. WRIGHT,
Insurance Agent,
14 .Tacksoa St. opposlto Warren Block,
augls-6m
A FORTUNE for only sl. Firat Dollar
Quarterly Drawing, at New Orleans,
Tuesday, January 2. 1877.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly incorpo
rated by the Legislature of the State for
Educational purposes in 1868. with a Capi
tal of $1,000,000, to which it has slnco added
a reserve fund of $350,000. Its Grand Single
Number Drawings will take place monthly.
The season of 1877 opens with the follow
ing scheme;
CAPITAL PRIZE, $15,000.
1 Prize, SIO,OOO 1 Prize, $5,000
1898 Prizes, Amounting to $66,525.
100,000 Tickets at
ONLY ONE DOLLAR EACH.
Write for Circulars or send orde s to
Chas. T. Howard, New Orleans, Li.,
Or to B. Ferkandez, Savannah, Ga.
Regular Quarterly Drawing on February
4,1877. Tickets, $lO each. Capital Prize,
$30,000. uec6d&clm
G-reat Reduction
—IN THE PRICES OF—
DRY GOODS.
AT THE
OLD FREDERICKSBURG STOKE,
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS HOTEL.
o
To clear out Winter Stock we will sell
this w e e it.
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
FINE CLOAKS,
SHAWLS, FURS,
DRESS GOODS, SCARPS,
NTJBIES, RUGS,
Crumb Cloths, Dolls,
Fancy Articles, Etc., etc.
For Real Bargains in Fine Goods, Call this Week at the
Fredericksburg Store, Corner by the Planters Hotel,
V. RICHARDS & bro.
dec!7-ct 801 Broad street, Augusta, G*.
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE
KTEW ST ORE,
H. W. LANDRAM,
NO. 268 BROAD STREET,
Wishes his many Friends and Patrons a very pleasant Christmas, and this beirnr
the last greeting for the old year, he returns many thanks for the liberal
given him the past three months and will say that in the future as in the past, he *i l
do all in hisoower to please and give satisfaction.
After Monday, he will he receiving many new and desirable goods for the season
which he will be prepared to sell at prices to please.
o
I HAVE just received, and will open out, oil MONDAY MORNING, lot3 of New Goods
Suitable for Christmas presents, a few of which we will name.
100 Boautlful New Cloak-, late styles a"d low prices.
100 Setts Furs, flora cheap to fine, at prices to please.
50 Pieces Black Alpacas, Mohairs, Cashmeres, and other new Black Goods
at right prices.
20 Pieces Beautiful Black Silks, the best in the market.
50 Pieces New Fancy Dress Goods, at all prices.
5,000 Yards Cotton Flannels, from 9c. to the best.
5,000 Yards all Wool Flannels, white, etc., from 2Jc. up.
5,000 Yards 10-4 Sheetings, at ail prices.
HPECIAL.
Lots of Notions, Fancy Handkerchiefs, Holsery, Corse s. Ribbons, Beautiful Scarfs
and Fancy Shawls for the neck, and at all prices.
100 Pairs 10-4 Blankets from $2.25 up to the Best.
SPECIAL.
10,000 Yards New Prints, from 6V.C. up to the best, at Bc.
50,000 Yards Check Strioes, Brown Sheeting - !. at low prices by the piece.
t 50,000 Yards Bleach Shirtings, from 6c. up to the best.
130,000 Yards Kentucky Jeans, from 10c. up.
MERCHANTS will do well to call and see the above GO JDS. All the above GOOPS
have been bought at low prices, for cash, and will be sold the same way.
Lookout tho coming week for the NEW STORE before buying elsewhere.
11. W. LANDRAM.
de"cl7-ct • *
J. H. TRUMP
WILD CLOSE OUT
THE BALANCE OF HIS
fystit)9S floods!
Regardless of Cos t.
NO. 220 BROAD STREET.
oct3l-decl7-3m CENTRAL HOTEL BLOCK.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
o
EVERYBODY ON THE LOOKOUT !
O
CHRISTMAS ALMOST HERE ! CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
ALL THE GO ! THE PLACE TO GET THEM !
L. RICHARDS’
AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STOKE !
WHERE you will find the most magniliceot stock of Dry Goods and Notions in tha
city. Dress Goods of ever description, from the tinest to the cheapest in all ttw
new colors. Black Goods-Crape Cloths, Bombazines, Henrietta Cloths, Cashmere*
and Alpacas—from the finest to the lowest prices. O dioree, best makes, from 8 to sc.
Miscellaneous—Furs from fine to $2 per set. Cloaks from tine to $2 each, t-hawlefrom
line to 25c. each. Ladies' Neck Ties—a ffreat variety—from the finest to beautiful **"*
silk at 25c. each. Belts of every kind, from the tine Zone Belt to 10c. each. Haudkt-r
--chiefs, Embroidered Silk Hemstitched, rrom the finest to the lowest prices. u 4“
Neck 1 les. Bows and Scarfs—the newest styles and colors. Gents’ Handkerchief*, m
Linen and Silk, from the old fashioned Bandana to the cheapest. Gloves for Genii.,
Ladies and Children—great variety. Gents’Cotton Flannel Drawers <i tv
nal, made in a superior manner. Gents' Merino Shirts ami Drawers from I. )-* to
each. Ladies’ and Misses' Merino Undervests and Pantalettes from file t > sc. eav
Doyles and Napkins from fine to 50c. per dozen. Towels from line to 6 1 4& la.
Damask from line to the lower grades. T urkey Red Damask, a superior article, lor *.
per yard. Turkey Red Table Cloths, beautiful designs, all sizes. Plano Covets, beam -
fullyembroidered, all colors. Bedspreads from tine Marseilles to 75c. each. h-J
Blankets from the tinest to the lower grades. Flannels, all kinds and price. CoVon
r launels from the flue English to 10c. per yard. Cloths— Cassimeres. Waterproof
Jeans, the Fredericks Cassimeres, at the lowest prices. The “W. ..ck” Perfumes at i
iotlet Preparations. Extracts -Colognes. Florida Water, etc.—the best in use. r < r
fumers and Atomizers. A Ladv’s Toilet not complete without one Fancy Article.
Jewelry Necklace* Shawl Pins, Scarf Pins, Hair Pins, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brush**.
Combs, Satchels, Pocket Books. Razor Steel Scissors, Machine Needle* and thouaMU*
of articles, all at the lowest pnees. All Domestic Goods at Factory Prices by the P* J
MOTTO : NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD!
Old friends and customers from the countrv will please give me a call before
ing purchases elsewhere. I will guarantee to do better by them than I could wane
oonno ted with the Fredericksburg Store, as I am how all alone and expenses a ft
deal less. J hose at a distance, that cannot visit the city, send for samples, <*
your selections irom the best stock in the city, at the lowest prices. W ill pay all JAP
Charges to your nearest depot when your order amounts to $lO and over, at 1M ju ‘
Cash, or the Goods to be sent C. O. D. Please send your orders direct, as I ***l
great pleasure in tilling them, whether small or large.
L. RICHARDS.
PROPRIETOR OF THE AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORE,
209 BROAD STREET, AUGFSTA. GA.
nov 19-tf (next door to Jas. G. Baihe .t Br°- _
FORTUNE FOR SMALL AMOUNT.
Texas ! Texas ! Texas !
Best land in the world i 640
Acres, 640 Acres for $125. Texas Land
warrants. Absolute titles, allowing six
teen years to locate same. For further
particulars apply to M. HYAMS,
deelO-su&tulm Real Estate Agent
Did You Say Christmas for ihe Chil
dren and Grown Folks J .
THE answer comes from
No. 198V* Broad street, I "L,.
Chris Gray s—the Freeland
Stoe.” Handles and Tojs all ***
dren. Phrutts and Phircwork f r suiet
ophered in great pbanety. ?V t
yourselves, after *
cecieif No. i9fcy, bruagsai