The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-02-15
MONEY FOR TAXES.

MONEY FOR TAXES.
The Tax Act of the last session of the Legislature
REQUIRES that "he taxes shall be paid in Specie paper
medium or the notes Of the specie paying Banks O
this State" In commenting on this portion OF the
Act, and in enumcratins the specie paying BANKS
the Carolinian, at Columbia, says:
"All that we know Of, as certainly paying specie
or that the people would certainly be safe in holding
their notes for taxes till they hear again from the
Comptroller General, arc the Bank Of the State, the
Commercial Bank, of Columbia, ard the Bank o.
Charleston"
Although the Editor does not say in this paragraph
that all the other Banks have suspended yet he leaves
his readers to draw that inference The article from
which we have taken tho above extract, must have
boon written hastily and without the editors accus-
toned reflection or else he requires different sort OF
evidence that Banks paying specie than IS suiii-
ceat to satisfy others. Perhaps he may have forgot
ten that in the Bank reports accompanying tho Gov
ernor's Message, there is evidence that t'oo other
Banks besides those he enumerates were paying spe-
cie then, and we have heard nothing to the contrary
since Mr. WR1aIrr, President of tho Merchants Bank
of Cheraw in his letter to the Governor, says: 1t is
with pleasure, state to your EScellency, that tins
Bank continues to redeem its issues in coin whenevor
demanded" Mr.. GRANT, the Cashier of the Bank OF
Camden, in furnishing the Governor with statement
OF tho Bank, says "The Bank has not suspended
payments" With all this evidence before him.
-. .rssasnd, we confess that we arc not little
.,,,,;.o, ,ba should not hare felt hmsel!
wa "'f'-">N >l,a to b;e let Tn 70
at libs-ty to add these Ns>Ss:'N' ~ ''' .'''
l.;ion to the latter Bank, VIC s"'' '04 ''''
nation Of Ca-olinian, and of those law 80
to par, :tlat we hare seen tie teller paying ''
i;s notes, whenever we have been in the Bank, asS
tha: is cutie often, for tho last six months and he
will take OR word for it, he may inform his readers
that they oud certainly be safe in holding Its notes
tor taxes"
The last Georgetown American states that the Bank
Of Georgetown, continues the payment OF Specie
and that its notes will be received in payment o. taxes
Tho South Carolina Tcmperanec AGc0csie of the
9Th ,z. publishes from this paper the advertisement
O: tic Iowa Council, in w!lch :hsy stat. that they
"will not grant any o:hcr license than NJ. b and
adds:
"Aithough VIC io not kaow p:>:c!sey the nature
OF license No 3, - ~. - II ~ 'Hrn arc
rot allowed to sell under quart, VIC presume 20 is
canno sell less e.ln,:y th2, hnh gei!cn o! gal
Ion. This is noble stal,:. tic Council Of Camden
have taken, and vo doubt not but there is virtue and
intelligence enough nnong their fellow citizens to BUS
ta: them in this effort tor reform. We visited am
Cen week or two since and felt truly graitiled to
SEQ that one town in South Carolina had a Temper
oncc Tauera We refer TO Mr.. McKAIN's; he allows
no drinking in his l.oce. a's TIC ford 1t all TIC time
we were there, ae ggie: prva;N dwelling With.
nut kno wing any '1:,- - ,r n;h"! levccns IN Cam
den, we feel bound to Commend NJ: MckAS's to the
friends Of temperance and good order"
The worthy Editor has fallen into very consider
ablo error in his estimate Of the right conferred by
No 3 L;consc. License No 3, authorizes the owncr
10 keep eRoG SHOP, and sell in any quantity, howe
vcr small. We are no. aware that the Council in the
adoption OF this resolution, had particularly in view
tho promotion Of the cause of temperance, though
wo believe they are all warm friends, and some Of
thcm jealous in its support. 1t was rather to prevent
if possible, what we learn has boon the practice with
some, of taking license which costs ten dollars and
authorizes the sale of as small quantity as pint,
and under this LICENSE exercising the rights conferred
By No. 3. The Council, therefore, wisely we think,
determined, that if ardent spirits wcro sold at all un
der liconso granted by them, no advantage should
be taken of their finances, and that all who sold,
should pay the highest rate and be authorized to keep
GRoG SHOP if their inclination led them to seek that
distinction.
The Editor is entirely correct in his remarks rea-
five to tho house Of our friend MckAIs; his Is a
T:mpcraHc' TGrf-: AID - ~ ;l.o ;ir:o {" qTnt ad
orderly .o .A.i":;zre describes L. in saying this
we do not ntci.d - :'i:-::s, 70 c.spa:ago any
other house.
ENCOURAGING TO SILK GRowERs.-.tt 4 meeting OF
the American Silk Society, to take place il Wash
;ncson IN +hn I0t, inst the foo,y,er rculjuus are