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Emigrant Laborers.
Messrs. Editors and Proprietors
Savannah Daily Nexcs and Herald ;
—To save the Time and labor that it
would require to answer individually
all the letters that I have already re
ceived, and may yet receive, and also
to give to the scheme of procuring
emigrant laborers a wide-spread circu#
lation, I beg leave to trouble you with
a statement of probable cost, the form
of contract, &c.
The present lowest rates would
make the expense, including the fees
in New York, passage and fare, about
915 on tho wharf at Savannah. Then
it will cost probably one to two dollars
per head to get lodgings and provis
ions and transportation to the depots.
This relates to parties of 25 to 50 in
number and upwards. I have confer
red with the agents of the several lines
of steamships, all of whom say they
will submit the matter of a still fur
ther reduction of fare to the owners of
the steamers who live in New York,
and who the agents say, have already
signified their willingness to make the
rate as low as can possibly be afforded.
From an interview that I have had
with the Presidents of our railroads, I
find they have already established a
very moderate scale of rates for the
transportation of laborers and their
families, where as many as forty or
more are together.
From the investigation that I have
made I think the expense may be set
down at twenty dollars per head at
Macon, or at Thomasvillc, “Live Oak’’
or at Augusta.
I am informed that orders can be
filled promptly at this time with prin
cipally Germans.
I do not at present recommend any
particular nationality. The Germans,
Scotch and Irish we are ail familiar
with. The Danes and swedes, as well
as the Scandinavians are highly spoken
of as agricultural people. It will pro
bably be well to allow the agents at
New York some discretion after in
forming them the occupation they arc
to follow.
I would recommend neighborhoods
to join and order forty to one hundred,
including families.
I will now receive orders, accom
panied with twenty dollars per head
which money I will deposite in the
Central Railroad Dank at Savannah,
and there let it remain till the emi
grants arrive at Savannah. If they are
to be sent farther than Macon an ad
ditional amount must be sent of two or
three cents per mile on the Railroads.
No orders will be received for labor
ers for wet culture at present. Neigh
borhoods should take the same nation,
al ty. 'Where they get one or more
who can speak English, and who over
looks and directs their labor, this in
dividual gets higher wages.
I am informed that the wages will
be $8 to sl2, governed somewhat by
strength and capacity.
Below yon have the form of contract
usually signed by the emigrants.
The emigrants will expect such food
aa other white hired laborers would get
t_ *>- .1,
Hoping that st least all papers that
published my former letters will pub
lish this also, and receive my thanks,
I remain very truly ard respectfully.
G. W. Oarmant.
[Contract.]
Vtw York, ,186 —.
I. or we, the under.-igoed, do here
bj agree to live with, and work for, —
of County,
State of . as
We are to receive as our
wages, and in addition to that
earn, are to receive the usual-
house-room, fuel, beds and bedding,
and food, are also allowed to keep
Sundays, and if we work upon those
days, we are to receive extra wages.
And, we do hereby bind ourselves,
in consideration of our postage-money
being paid, to remain with said
or any other party he may place us
with, and faithfully in the capacity as
above stated, and further agree, that
if we leave before our time expires, ex
cept for manifestly good reasons, wo
are to forfeit all wages that may be duo
us In case of sickness, we are to have
deducted from our wages the time so
lost. In consideration and on the con
ditions, as above stated, we do hereby
agree and contract to remain with said
for the term of 12 (twelve
months) from day of arrival on planta
tion.
Our True Policy — Let vs Manu
facture at Jlome. —The Columbia S.
Carolinian, in a leader upon Southern
cotton manufacturing, hits the nail
exactly on the head when it says:—-
“ Hereafter the mills must come to the
cotton.’’ Here is the true policy ot
the South—the whole story compressed
into a single emphatic sentence. The
editor s : mply means that the mills
must be erected where the cotton
grows, and in doing this all caution
should be used to select sites where
water power is cheap and abundant,
where communication is open in all
directions, and where a manufactur
ing populatirn can always be sure of
health, and where house room, food,
and all the necessaries of life can be
obtained at the lowest possible cost.
Scattered over the South we have such
locations without number; we should
all work to see them applied to their
legitimate uses. Let the mills come
to the cotton, and we might add to the
wool as well, for wc can raise enough,
and more than enough, for all our
wants.
It is said that one hundred and fifty
thousand Americans will visit, the Pa
ris Exposition next summer, and will
need at least 61,500 apiece, which will
create a demand for the startling sum
of two hundred and twenty-five tril
lions in gold. There are now twenty
eight thousand Americans in Europe,
who spend fifty-six millions per annum I
jlcwtfm'it ditterjrist
{ SEMI-WEEKLY/)
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA-:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1867.
JSF’We understand the cause of the
detention of the Train this morning,
was owing to its being heavily loaded
by extra attached cars, which caused
the boxes to be kept continually hot.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
copy of the Texas Almanac, and a
splendid map of the State, from our
old friend and former fellow-citizen,
Gen. Thomas E. Blackshear, who, we
are glad to know, has survived the
ravages of the war, and still retains
his usual vigor of mind and heart. — 1
The Texas Almanac is a very valua- j
ble work, containing all necessary sta- I
tistical information in reference to each
County in the State, and constituting !
with the map, a perfect guide to the I
traveler and emigrant. Those of our
friends who have seen it, are very
anxious to possess a copy, and we sug
gest to our book man in town, the
propriety of sending for a few copies
for distribution.
MATRIMONIAL.
We have the pleasure to acknowl
edge the “ printers’ fee ” from the nup- ,
tial ceremonies of Mr. John 11. Sloan,
of Savannah, and Miss Mary C. Winn,
of Thomas County, l’articulars in
another column. They have the edi
tor’s best wishes, and the printers'
usual prayer for their future prosper
tiy and success.
NOTIONS.
Those wishing to buy steel pens,
account paper, children’s toy hooks,
&c., will find a good assortment at the
Rook Store of J. R. S. Davis. He
‘ has also numerous other articles of
' convenience, all of which he offers
j low down for Cash. See his adver
; tisement.
SUIT FOR LIBEL.
Bradley, the colored would-be Geor
gia Lawyer, has entered suit for libel
in the U. S. District Court, at Savan
nah, against J. E. Hayes, editor of the
, Savannah I’epnblicun.
From Washington.
Washington, Feb. 19. Prof. Bache
j is deal.
Howell Cobb is here.
1 The Conference Committee on the
; Tenure Office bill agreed to include
Cabinet officers.
Mr. Saulsbury’s speech denunciatory
of Mr. Seward creates much talk.
I Passports are
f me costa n:ea quarantine regula
tioos have been modified. Only three
days required.
The Southern Loyalists Association,
j by resolution, oppose Sherman’s bill.
3 be Senate struck out the clause in
the W est Point Appropriation hill,
i forbidding appointments from the
Southern States.
i The Democrats and Extremists vo
ted against concurring in Sherman's
amendment, Lovell 11. Rousseau vo
ted to concur in the amendment. He
said unless both Houses act before
midnight a pocket veto follows both.
House vote to concur in Sherman’s
amendment defeated, 73 to 98. A
Committee of Conference has been
apfointed. The whole matter is dead
for this session.
The New York Tribune and the
Chronicle favored concurrence; but
Stevens was too strong. No action is
now probable until alter the Connec
ticut election, which occurs March 10.
If that goes Radical harsh measures
are certain.
Surratt is still on the Swatara, off
the navy yard.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The tenure
of office bill was hurried to the l’rcs.
ident last night to prevent a pocket
veto
In the House Sherman’s bill came
up, when Willson’s amendment was
adopted by a vote of 09 to GO. It
provides that persons excluded frem
cffico by the proposed Constitutional
amendment bo also excluded from vo
ting for members, or being members
of the convention to form State Con
stitutions.
Mr. Shellaburger offered an amend
ment declaring that untill the rebell
ious States arc admitted to representa
tion any civil government shall be de
nied. The provision subjects the State
Governments to the authority of the
United States Government, to be abol
ished, modified or superceded at any
time. All elections under the civil
government are to be conducted by
the persons described in the sth sec
tion, and no person shall bo qualified
to hold office under the Provisional
Government who arc ineligible under
the provisions of the 3d section of the
Constitutional amendment of last ses
sion. The resolution was adopted
yeas 98, nays 70.
A resolution to concur with Senate
amendment (Sherman’s) was tlion
passed—yeas 125 to 46 nays. Haw.
kins, of Tennessee, and Hubbell, of
Ohio, were the only Republicans vo
ting nay.
The President's answer to Senatori
al questions regarding violations of the
Civil Rights bill was read io-day.—
The Secretary of the Navy is aware of
none. The Secretary of the Interior
has received no information of any.
The Secretary of state has none. The
Postmaster-General has none. The
Attorney-General has reported none
to the President.
The President has the case of Wo.
Fincher, of Georgia, under considera
tion, which had been referred to the
Attorney-General’s office by tho Sec
retary of War. The Secretary of Wat
says that all necessary military orders
have been issued, and that there hap
been no neglect or refusal to obey
them reported to the President
Three cases have been reported to the
President —those of Dr. Watson, of
Virginia, VVip. Fincher, of Georgia,
and Perkins, of Texas.
IfiP’The Elliott-Louisiana bid may
be considered dead for this session.—
In the Senate it passed a first reading
by a vote of twenty-three to nineteen,
but could get no further on account of
objections cn the part of the minority.
It requires unanimous consent to take
a bill up out of its order, and unani
mous c msent cannot be obtained. The
bill, therefore, takes its place on the
calendar, and can only come before the
Senate when it is regularly reached.
Considering that the President has ten
days in which to act on it, and that it
will then be returned without his sig
nature, it will he impossible to become
a law, or what the radicals call a law,
at this session. The vote in the Sen
ate does not indicate its final passage
even in the next congress —s ; nce nine
teen, the number of negative votes in
tho Senate, is more than one-third of
that body, as at present constituted. —
Macon Telegraph.
Surratt Denies his Identity.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Surratt has
been confined below decks, and is
strongly guarded. His health is ex
cellent. He positively denies being
Surratt. Marshal Goodin has a war
rant for him, issued by Judge Fisher.
All access is denied except by counsel.
Surratt in Civil Custody.
Washington, Feb 20. —The United
States Marshal of the D strict took
Surratt into custody this morning.—
On landing from the ship the Marshal
asked, “Is your name John H. Sur
rat ?’’ He replied, “It is, sir.” The
Marshal then served a warrant and
took possession ot the prisoner, who
held his head erect, with a fearless
air, and was handsomely dressed in a
gray Zouave suit, white loggings, with
Fez cap, with a light moustache and
long goatee. He was handcuffed, and
his case and custody is entirely uuder
the civil authorities.
Ex Gov. Thos. 11. Ford, of Ohio,
and Col. Sol. Hins'Hc will defend Sur
ratt.
Governor Orr on Public Affairs-
The following are Governor Orr’s
remarks on the political situation, be
fore the Charleston Chamber of Com
merce, an inkling of which was sent
• over the wires. We copy from the
Courier:
Our political relations are of a very
grave character. 1 have recently been
in a position where I had an opportu
nity of consulting with many who con
trol the Government. I say to you in
! »11 frar-too-ig. tfi»t it is difficult *-•'!
what our political pori-iou In the fu
! ture is to le. Gentlemen from the
Southern States, and particularly those
Hrm North Carolina, from Alabama,
j Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, were
! of of inion that some scheme that could
be suggested, might be the means at
least of securing the support of the
conservative portion of the Radical
party. Hence the scheme wh eh vou
have seen presented. It was not sup
posed that it would meet the favor of
| the extremists, but would meet the
views of the more moderate men. In
| their personal relations 1 leel it my
duty to say they receivtd me kindly,
treated me courteously, and manifested
every disposition to have then a per.
feet and complete settlement.
But some of these gentlemen when
next they went into the halls of Con
gress would indulge in speeches of the
mest violent character. My own judg
ment is, if the Legislature of North
Carolina adopts the programme with
any degree of unanimity, if Arkansas
adapts this amendment, and if the otii- J
er Southern States adopts it, or mani•
lest a disposition to adopt it, it will
produce the best, results upon the spirit
of a considerable portion of the Radi, i
cai party, snd save the South from
many of the proposed Radical meas
ures. 1 know a great many of our peo
ple are in favor of folding their arms.
They say, “we aro in power of this
people, let them do as they please. 7 ’ 1
do not believe in any such doctrine.— I
lam not one. of the “dignity” sort. I
have believed in our doing something
for ourselves. 1 have believed in in.
dicating to this pcoplo that there is
no sullenness at least on the part of
the people of the South ; that we were
prepared to givo them all tho honora
ble guarantees to secure their tights in
the Government, and when we did so,
we at least challenged tho respect of
the honest portion of that party.
I have bent myself for two long
years to produce that result. Whether
it will follow l do not know. The
great solicitude I have in this matter
is the good of the State. In t. king
the position l occupy, it was to serve
to the best of ray humble abilities, tlio
people ot Soutli Carolina ;and 1 intend
to continue to serve them. And not.
withstanding the growl of grumblers,
I shall not bes vayed from the per
formance of my duty upon that line.
If't accomplishes the results hoped
for, I shall be fully compensated for
any sacrifices that may have been
made. If it fails, I shall feel that any
responsibility for the further humilia?
tion and further oppression of South
Carolina does not lio at my door.
Vendees not Liable on Notes Giv
en for Purchase of Slaves.
Judge Gates, of Louisiana, lias de
cided that in contracts of sale there
arc mutual obligations—that of the
seller to deliver and warrant the thing
sold and its peaceable possession ; that
of the buyer to accept the delivery and
pay the price—and that the logical se
quence of the action of the State in
emancipating slaves must ho, that
when the right of property in that
which had heretofore been treated as
such by the laws is destroyed, the laws
to regulate the right of parties to that
property, and to enforce payment of
obligations given for it, must follow
the fate of the property its If. and all
contracts based upon these laws he an
nulled.
Judge Gates holds that the tenure
by which this species of property was
held was different from that by which
all other property is held. It was not
based, he says, on natural law; and
the right of liberty was a pre-existing
right which belonged to the person
held as a slave, however much public
policy and the supposed interests of
the country may have prevented the
enforcement of that right by the per,
son claiming it. But when the sover
eign power of the State intervened to
recognize and enforce that right, it
cannot be said that the proprerty was
destroyed by anv fortuitous event.
Government cannot say that a tract
of land, which is property by the laws
of nature, shall no longer he property.
It can appropriate it for public use by
compensating the owner, hut it still
possesses the quality of property. —
But a slave, once emancipated, can by
tto subsequent act of the Government
be legally held s*- a slave. He loses
all the essential characteristics of pro
perty, and becomes free by virtue of
the enforcement of his natural and
pre-existing right of liberity.
The French Government recognized
this princij le when in 1789 it abolish
ed the feudal tights without indemni
ty, and enacted a law to the effeet’that
ail Suits instituted and not decided by
final judgment, rehti e to feudal
rights, should be extinguished (eli
ents)j and consequently that all ar.
rearagesduo by the vassals could not
be collected by process of law.— Mont>
(joinery Mail.
Gigant c Plot of the “Grand Army
of the Republic.’’
Not 1-ng since, anew organization
called “The Grand Army of the Re
public,’’was firmed in every city and
Btate in the I’nion It is composed
i exclusively of veterans who served in
the late var. The formation of this
•rmy Hide almost »s Ihtlo noise in
the counry as the full of a snow-flake
It was ti t designed that it should
; take a pwminent place before the
public tdlsome great necessity for its
services stould arise. In addition to
the tnaic purpose of supporting the
Governnent, its object wasoi a henev.
oietit naure, and by this means it pre
sented special attiactions to the sol
i'diers, til, in a short time, its ranks
embraced over 500,000 men.
On Thtrsday. for the first time, the
State of jiew York was divided into
inquiry cLuicts by the Adjutant-
General of lb* organization, as will
r.„~. the b-u-nttitg •• general
orders ’’ published in the Tribune of
. the following day :
Headquarters Dei-’t o's N. Y.,T
Grand Army of ?he Republic, l
A.,G’s Office, N. V , Feb. 0, JBO7. )
General Orders, No. 5.
1. The following named comrades
are hereby detailed and announced as
members of tie provisional staff of
this Department, on duty at these
: Headquarters : Major Geo. T. Ste
vens, Aid-de-Camp and Assistant in
spector General; Brevet-Lieutenant
Francis W. I’arions, Aid-de-Camp.—
They will be inspected accordingly,
and arc hereby authorized to establish
and organizo pojts in localities not un
der the jurisdiction of District. Com.
manders, annouieed in orders from
these Headquarters.
2. The following named comrades
are hereby delaik-d and announced as
temporary commanders of their respec-
five districts, which arc designated as
follows . District of Manhattan, com
prising the city and county of New
York, with headquarters at tho Bible
House, Brevet Brigadier General R.
C. Hawkins; District of Oneida, com
prising tho ci unty ol the same name,
with headquarters at Utica, Major
David F. Ritcltic. They will at once
assume command, aid will he obeyed
and respected accordingly.
3. To prevent informality in the
muster-in of recruits in this Depart
ment, it is hereby announced, for the
information of this command, that re
cruits will bo mustered only in regu
larly constituted posts, ami l>y District.
Commanders in tho establishment of
posts, except by the Grand Comman
der, an officer of his staff, or by spe
cial authority from these headquarters.
The attention of officers is particular y
called to ariicles 6,9, 11 and 15 of
the rules and regulations of tlie Grand
Army of tlio Republic, and the strict
en lot cement of its provisions especial
ly enjoined. Staff officers will lie en
roll'd as members of posts, and repor
ted by the post to \v‘ ich they belong
as upon detatched service.
15y order of tho Grand Commander.
Official; F. J. Uuamiiam..
Assistant Adjutrnt General.
I). Van SeiiAicK, Aid de Camp.
INTERVIEW WITH o.NK OF THE COM
MANDERS.
In order to ascertain from an offi
cial source tho avowed objects and
character of the organization, or.e of
the reporters called last evening at
the oilico ot tho commander ol the
District ol Manhattan, in the ltihle
House, and finding tho apartment
closed piocoededto his house in Fifth
avenue, when the following dialogue
ensued, which tho reader will find
bears out the assertions which form
tlio preface of this article :
Reporter, (handing the Colonel a
copy of the above “general orders ’ )
There is a report to the effect that the
Grand Army of the republic, to which
reference is made iu these orders, has
heett raised for Radical purposes, and
that it is designed to be used against
the President and his adherents,
should any trouble result from his pro
posed impeachment.
Commander—ls Congress should
impeach the President, I have no
doubt as to which side tho Grand Ar.
my of the Republic will take.
Reportor—Will you please tell me
what are its objects, and when it was
formed ?
Commander—lt had its origin some
time since, in portions of the West
where there is no militia. Its objects
are of a benevolent character; it aims
to assist all Its members who may be
in need.
Reporter—-How many men are there
enrolled in the organization ?
Comamnder—Over five hundred
thousand. All soldiers honorably dis
charged aro admissible* We have
Democrats and Republicans in our
ranks ; hut all the leading officers are
Radicals, so you can imagine how tho
army would ho wielded in case of any
national necessity.
Reporter—Tnen the army may he'
said to have a Radical character in the
main ?
Commander—4Fes; it is under Radi
cal officers, and if there should be any
necessity for its services, I have no
doubt they, would he rendered for the
purpose of supporting Congress, if it
impeached the President.
Reporter—Have arms or uniforms
been furnished to tho men ?
Commnader— No.
Reporter—Do they meet regularly?
Commander-—Yes, but their meet
ings aro secret; they meet in lodges,
and only members are admitted ; we
are particular about our members ; all
who apply for admission are obliged
to furnish papers showing their con
nection with the army ar.d an honora
ble discharge.
Soeh wav the Interview otlr reporter
had with one of the military leaders of
the organization, whose replies show
that this new army may be used at
any time at the beck of Congress, to
sustain its policy by force, and to si
lence all opposition to the imjeach
ment of the President When the
fact is real zed that it is unnecessary
to create “ military departments’’ for
a “ benevolent” organization, the ob
ject of the army, in tho present crisis
of the country, will le found appar
ent A Vie York World.
Relative Positions of New Eng
land and the South in the Future.
The Providence. Rhode Island, Post,
in a notice of the January number of
Do Bow's Review, after remarking that
tho entire magazine, almost without
qualification, is devoted to the materi
al interests of tho South, says :
There can he no doubt that, sooner
or later, the Southern cotton will be
made into cloth largely in Alabama,
Georgia and North Caro'ina ; while
the coal, the iron, and the gold of the
South will aid in making it the richest
|juu'iuu ot iUc country.
We do not anticipate, nor need the
; present generation worry itself about
the transfer- nee of manufacturing
1 power front New England to Georgia,
but the trun-fer will he made, and
within a period short in the history of
i nation. New England will bo rich,
i but not energetic; cultivated, intellec
tually, hut not prospering in material
wealth ; a power of the past, and not
the hope of tlto future. There will bo
two cbuses ; the rich and the unambi
tious poor, and the great West and the
growing South will despise and scorn
her, as she now lords it over them.
77ie Next Governor q/ Georgia. —
Ashburn, a few days since, sent to
j Dalton, Georgia. some radical docu
i tnents, upon which was the following
endorsement:
I tliink we will pass Stevens’ bill
j this week through the Douse, and next
j week through the Senate. Give your
j rebel editor one of this—tell him that
! these arc my thoughts, and toannounce
j my name for Governor in 18G8, and
i bet him all he is worth that 1 will he
| elected—tell him to resign his commis
sion and go to work 'for a National
Government. G. W. Ashrurn.
NA RRIED
On tlie* 19th instant, at the residence of the
i Bride's Mother, (Pleasant Hill, Thomas Cos.,
! (1a.,) by the Kev Mr. ( lirfiy, Mr. John 11
; Sloan, of Savannah and Miss Mahy C.NVinn.
Atlantic A Oiilf Kail Itoa.l Cos.,
(iKN’I. Sl'l-KKIN rKSIIKNT'S Ofl'ICK,
Savannah, Fell. I l *, 1807.
N OTH’IC —Consignees at Thomasville are
requested to remove their Freight from
the Company'a Warehouses, immediately upon
arrival.
All Fi eight not removed within a reasona
ble time, will he sent to the public storehouse
at owners risk ami expense.
11 8. HAINES,
Feb 22-2 m (Jen'l Sup’t.
m 1 LOT i SHE
VUOOD residence, onthonn**.* and three
acre lot, in Thomasville, will he sold on
reas-GLtlde terms, by application to Win. I*.
Flanigan. fob 22 ts
NEW HOTEL
IV Til Oil As y 1 i.i.!;.
vv- VI. MATTIIKVVN has opened n
* v . House ot 1 out for Bis own
benefit utul that of (be traveling pnblic. Also,
will keep Private- Hoarders.
Ilis tri ms are mo-lt-rute.
(live him a tiiul.
Ilis Houst-isoii llrond Street, in front of the
Court House, know n ns tho Col. Sowanl or
M- London property.
' AY M MATTIIKWS.
Fob 10 gin
tt I Oltt; IA Tli out ns C'onntf.
Ft kuk s OirtoK iNrintioß Coe at, }
February 18, IBt>7. >
4 1.1, prisons ronrernrd nrr hereby notified,
.‘\ that John J Rstsut a Jaitirc of
in and for tin- TJttli District. U M . of said
fount V, transmits to mo tho following •
i lion ot an i stmy taken up bv Hartlv Wvttn,
and desoribod by tiirn ns follows under oath:
A Rod Heifer, with so-no white on tho left
tor-’ leg, some white oil her hollv, some white
-n each thigh, mark, swallow fork in each
oar. about three yours and right months obi "
l. DEKI.K.C 1 ('
Feb 19 It
Report of the Joint Commit
tee on License!*.
COMMITTEE ROOM,
Thomasville, Ga„ 10th Feb. 1867.
To the lion. Muyor and Council •
The Committee on Ordinances in obedi
ence to the action of the Council at its
last meeting, authorizing them to take into
consideration the whole of the existing Or
dinance on Licenses, and to report at.
once the changes proper to be made therein,
by reason of the action of the Legislature
of the State at its last session, in regard to
the granting of License for the sale of spi
rituous or intoxicating liquors, within the
corporate limits of the city—beg respect
fully to submit the following, as a substi
tuteforthe existing Ordinance on Licenses,
and recommend that it be adopted :
Ordinance on Licenses.
Section 1. De it ordained by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Thomnsville,
and it is hereby ordained by virtue of au
thority vested in the same by the original
charter of said city, and by subsequent leg
islative amendments thereto, That any
person or persons, who shall sell or retail
spirituous or intoxicating liquors, other
than malt liquors, within the corporate
limits of said City, in quantities less Ilian
three gallons, without having first obtained
a license for this purpose from the Mayor
and Council of said city shall, on convic
tion for such offence before the Mayor nnd
any Alderman of said city, be fined in a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars and costs of
trial, for oich and every such offence ; and
every and all such sale of spirituous or in
toxicating liquors, other than malt liquors,
in quantities less than three gallons, within
the corporate limits of said city nnd with
out license from the Mayor ani Council as
herein prescribed shall constitute a sepe
rnte offence.
Section ‘l. Every person wishing to ob
tain lieense to sell or retail spirituous or
intoxicating liquors, in quantities less than
three gallons, within the corporate limits
of the City of Thomasville, shall make ap
plication in writing foe such license to the
Mayor and Council of said city, at least
eight days' before tlie first regular meeting
of file same that shall be held in the month
of March : and all such applications shall
contain a dc finite statement of the place
where such sale is to be conducted, and
shall be accompanied by a written ce-tifi
cate, signed by two or more respectable
citizens of the neighborhood in which the
applicant resides, declaring such applicant
to be a fit person to be entrusted with such
license.
Section 3. City licenses for tlie sale of
spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or for
any other | urpose, except when the nature
of the busi-n-ess or employment is necessa
rily of a temporary character, shall not be
issued for a" less period than six months,
nor shall any such license continue in force
longer Ilian the first day of March next
ensuing, after the issuing of such license,
nnd all fees for licenses which are to con
tinue in force for a longer period than
three months, Shall be paid quarterly in
advance.
Section 4. All 1 persons seeking to ob
tain license to sell or retail spirituous or
intoxicating liquors shall, before such li
cense is issued, enter into a bond with two
or more securities, to bn approved by the
Mayor, payable to the Mayor and Council
of the City of Thomasville, for eight hun
dred dollars,.and conditioned to keep a de
cent and orderly house ; and any person
who after giving such bond and receiving
such license, shall fail to keep a decent
and orderly house shall, on conviction for
such offence before the Mayor and Council
of said city, forfeit his or her License, and
tie fined in a sum riot exceeding fitly dol
lars and costs of trial; and nit persons who
shall under one license sell or retail spirit
uous or intoxicating liquors in more than
one establishment at the same time, or at
any other than his or her regular place of
business, or who after having obtained
license to sell or retail spirituous or intoxi
cating liquors, shall transfer or attempt to
transfer such license to any other person,
shall he subject to the penalties already
prescribed in this section.
Section 6. All persons who arc required
by the provisions of this Ordinance to take
out license, and who shall fail to take out
such license for a longer period than fif
teen days after the time prescribed for
taking out the same shall have expired, or
who shall, after taking r.ut license fur any
purpose, fail to make payment for the same
for a longer period than five days after the
lime at which such payment is required to
be made, shall be fined in a sum not lc“s
than one dollar, nor greater than ten dol
lars, for each day they shall fail to take out
lioensa, or for each day they shall fail to
make payment, as herein prescribed; and
shall also forfeit his or her license at the
discretion of the Mayor.
Section (>. Any person havi g license
from the Mayor and Council, to sell or re
tail spirituous liqtiqrs, who shall per
mit persons to play and bet at any game
or games of chance, or to stake money or
other thing of value, oil any gn tie or games
of chance, in any room or biiildiug used
by such person, for selling spirituous or
intoxicating liquors, under such license,
or who .shall sell or furnish directly, or
knowingly, through other persons any
spirituous or intoxicating liquors to any
minor, or to any person already intoxi
cated, such person so offending shall, on
conviction thereof before the Mayor and
Council of said City, forfeit his or her li
cense.
Section 7. No person or persons shall
exhibit publicly, within the corporate lim
its of the City of Thomasville, for gain, any
kind of theatrical or equestrian perform
ance, rope dancing, musical concert, fire
works, animal show, or sleight of hand,
without a license from the Mayor and
Council of said city, for such exhibition,
and without having first paid tlio tax as
sessed against the same in the annual tax
and license ordinance.
Section 8. No non-resident dentist or
daguerreotypist, or vendor of patent tnedi
cities, shall be permitted to exercise bis or
her piofession within the corporate limits
of the City of Thomasville, without having
first obtained a license from the M tyor ami
C uncil fir that pufposc; and all persons
who, after being notified of the require
ments of this section, shall fail or refuse
to t tke out a license as herein prescribed,
shall be lined in a sum not exceeding ten
dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor, for
each day during which such profession
shall he exi-rci-ed without license.
Section !• All licenses required by the
provisions of this ordinance to be taken
out, shall be granted by the Mayor and
Council, and must be issued and signed by
the Clerk in his official capacity. wlu> shall
be entitled to receive Oac D-nlar for each
license issued, to be paid by the person to
whom tl)e license is issued
Section 10. From and after the first day
of March. 18ti7, the fees tor obtaining li
cense to exercise any trade or profession,
which trade orprofession isreqnircd by this
ordinance to be carried on uuder license ;
and also tho rate of taxation upon trades,
professions and property, within the corpo
rate limits ot I he city, shall be ns follows :
For license to sell or retail spirituous or
intoxicating liquors other than malt li
quors! in quantities less than one quart,
the fee shall be SUHK>, to be paid quarterly
in advance.
For license to sell or retail spirituous or
intoxicating liquors other thin malt ii
quors) in quantities of one quatt or by
greater measure, the fee shall be S6O, to
be paid on .lie inning of lie
for Licenses to venders of loiter v
tickets and gift associations, the
fee shall be, per month, «-,o (
For Agencies of Express Compa- v
panics, each, per annum, q*j
For Vendue Masters, each, p er
annum 60 00
For Billiard Tables and Rowling
Alleys, each, per annum, 60.00
I or I’edlers aud Itinerant venders
of goods, wares aud merchan
dise, tor the first week, 160.00 1
For each week thereafter, 60 00
Ihe fee for license to peddle by
the mouth shall be, 60.00
The fee for hucksters and keepers
of cake and fruit stands, each,
per annum, . . 'J. ]O.OO
The fee on each Insurance Com
pany having an agency within
the city, . . . 10.00
The fee on Bank Agencies, 100.00
The fee on non-resident Daguer
rean and Photograph artists, per
mouth 10.00
The tax on non resident lawyers
and physicians, having offices in
the city, shall be, per annum, 10.00
License fee for menageries and
circus companies, for each oxlit
. bition £O.OO
License fee for all other shows or
exhibitions for gain, for each
exhibition, . . . 15.00‘
The tax on livery stables shall be,
each, per annum. . . 60.00*
The tax on all stock drovers of
horses and mules, tic., for each
day during which they shall of
fer for sale any horses or mules, 2.00
The license for regular butchers
and others who use stalls in the
Market House, the fee shall be,
per annum, . . . 60.00
The license for four horse omni
buses or hacks, per annum, 30.00
The license for two horse omni
buses or hacks, per annum, 20.00
The license for two horse drays or
wagons, per annum, . . 20.00
The license for one horse drays or
wagons, per annum, . . 10.00
The lax on all hogs, pigs, sheep
and goats, slaughtered and of
fered for sale within the corpo
rate limits, per head, . 20c.
The tax on all beeves, per head, 50c.
Marks and brands of all slaughtered ani
mals to be exhibited to the Marshal.
Ti e rate of taxation on real esiate and
stock in trade shall b«dc.tcrniined by tlpe
exigencies of the city, a id shall be stiff -
riant to defray the indebtedness of the cor
poration ; the assessment to be made here
after according to the return of the receiv
ers of the tax returns.
The tax on goods sold at auction shall
he one per eent ; auctioneers to niako
monthly returns to the Clerk of Council,
and to collect and pay over to him the
amount of tax due, uuder a penalty of not
more than $25.00 for failure or refusal so
to do.
The tax on nil goods and merchandize,-
soi l on commission within the corporate
limits shall lie one per cent, on the gross
sales, vendors to make niouthly returns to
the Clerk of Council, under a like penalty,
ns in the case of vendue masters.
A tax of ten ecu's per bale is hereby as
sessed on each bale of Cotton stored- or
remaining within the corporate limits of
the city, at er the first day of March, 1867,
which lax shall ho collected and paid to
the Clerk of Council, by the owner or
keeper of the warehouse, room, or build
iug in which such cotton may he placed or
stored, under a penalty of not less than'
five dollars for each bale, on which the
lax herein assessed is not paid ; and it
shall be (lie duty of tho Marshal to pro
cole from each person having Cotton stored
on their premises, nnd furnish to the Clerk
of Council, a monthly statement of the
number of bales so stored or kept by them,
together with the sttßics tvf thy owner or
owners of such Cottcrff.
Section 11. All prolus#-, iTc-di meals,
butte'', and poultry, shall lie carried to the
Market l/rui-v, r.r.'t rhtfe'offered for sale,
between the limits of 5 A. iff ; nnd 10 A. M.
The charges for li.itil'.ng .V-thin ihc cori»o
rale limits shall be as follows:
Fur all two horse drays or wagons 75 cts.
per load.
For all one horse drays or wagons, 37J els.
per load.
Section 12. In addition to the license
foes prescribed in the 10th Section of this
Ordinance, the following tax is hereby as
sessed agiinst and required to le paid by
all vendors of spirituous qr intoxicating
liquors, in quantities of one quart or by
greater measure, to wit: Twenty live Cents
per gallon on every gallon sold pi ho amount
of tax to he ascot t lined fn-nr vendor's re
turn, which shall be given in nuder' oath,
to the Clerk of Council, at the expiratijp
of each quarter, and the tax shall be paid
at the satue time.
Section 10. Repeals all conflicting ordi
nances on Licenses.
W. M. HAMMOND,
Chairman,
F. L. JONES,
mnniii he mmm
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THO »8 VNVIS.I.i:, - - UItOUKIA.
Office at present on the same Mock with
residence. feb 22 3m
Administrator’s Sale*.
OEOSSfaI.I- Thomai fount?.
\(» UKKAULK to an orderof the* Court of
Ordinary of Thomas County, will la* sold
at. public outcrv, before the Courthouse door in
tin* Town of 'i’homasville, tho following inni
vidual notes belonging to the estate of .?. S.
Neelv, deceased : Sale to take place on tho
First Tuesday in April.
Xtao on Henry Morgan for s.’B(s 00, duo Mar.
Ist, 1801.
Note on .John M Dvson for $l5O 00, due Mar.
8. IS.II.
Note on A Collins for SSOO 00. due .J.m. I, *62.
Note «*n .J S Winn for $ >73 7-1. due March 26,
1859.
Note on f) S K i\ for $lB7 13. due Jan 2, 3*l.
Note on 11 C Bowen for $1578 IS, due Mar. 1,
1801.
Note on Hilbert Donaldson for S2OO 00, inter*
eM from April 27. IS/,?, due .Fan 1, 1858.
Note on T B Davies for $103? 4b, due Jan. 4,
ISSS.
N*>te on W A Ivev f«>rs?s 00, due Oct. 2, '54.
Terms cash ’ JAMES X. WINN,
Feb 22 40*1 Adm'r.
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Savannah, Feb. 15, 1807.
Change ot Schedule.
To Like ffteet Sunday Feb. 17lh.
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P M. on Tne*d iv« Thunslavs and Sainrdava.
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