The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-07
LOCAL MATTHIAS.


Crrr TAxEs.-The annexed ordinance nxise .ne
sums to be collected for assessed taxes on ING ie'
dents of the city, win be reported for adopuon u
the next regular meeting, on Monday evening neA''
of the City Council, By the Chairman OF the con.
mittee on Finance.
81. Be ordained by the Council Of the Guy o.
Richmond. That the taxesof the City on the pei
sons and subjects mentioned in the ordinance pass
ed the 18th day of Janua y. 1851, concerning .ne
assessmentof taxes, shall, for the year commencing
ON the first day of January 1883, ana LOT each SUE
ceeding year. be as follows:
On land including the buildings thereon, sixty
cents for every hundred dollars value thereof
On every free male person, above sixteen years
of age one dollar and fifty cents.
On every slave, above the age OF Twelve years,
one dollar and seventy five cents.
On every horse, mare, mule or colt one dollar
On cow City cents; and if person owns or
keeps more than one, one dollar Tor every one De-
sides the first.
On dog or bitch one dollar If the owner or
keeper be- and five dollars if he be not housekeep
er; and if a person owns or keeps more than one
FIVE dollars for every one besides the hfsf =,
On every riding or pleasure carriage, wife tae
harness belonging thereto, three per centun on the
value thereof.
On god or silver plate, three per centum on so
much of the value thereof az is over fifty dollars
On every piano forte, harp or gold Wafcn' one
dollar.
On every watch, other than gold watch, fifty
cents
ON every person who keeps an ordinary or house
of public entertainment thirty dollars TOR so much
of its yearly value does not exceed two hundred
dollars and seven and a half per centum on so
much of its yearly value as exceeds two hundred
dollars and does not exceed one thousand dollars,
and five per centum on much of its yearly value
as exceeds one thousand dollars
On every person who keeps house OF private
entertainment, dollars tor much OF its yearly
value as does not exceed, and five per centum on
SO much of its yearly value as does exceed one
hundred and fifty dollars.
On every occupier OF any house, other than an
ordinary or house of ENTERTAINMENT at the rate OF
seventy. five cents per thousand dollars upon the
value of any such house with tue outhouses and
and offices belonging thereto or used herewith the
tax on such occupier, at this rate, not to exceed
fifty dollars.
On every person who keeps public eating house
or coffee house, unless tax be paid therefor as for
an ordinary, twenty dollars if Dt the first clafs ht
teen dollars IL Of the second class, ten dollars if OF
the third class, and Eve dollars if OF the fourth
class.
On every person who keeps private negro Jail
or place wherein slaves are confined and boarded,
fifty dollars.
On every person who is agent TO sell (by pr.
vate sae) hire slaves tor profit, whether he be
licensed auctiOneer or keeper of negro jail
not forty dsllars if of the rs. class, thirty dollars
if of the second class twenty dollars II OF the third
Glass; and ten dollars il the fourth class.
On every person who is dealer in horses or
mules twenty dollars.
On every person who keeps livery stable one
dollar for each stall therein.
On each person entered in the Assessors book as
broker, one hundred dollars if of the first class,
and thirty dollars if of the second class.
On every seller OF spirituous liquors. shopkeep-
er, merchant and trader, not herein before en-
braced including such as make sales not at auction
of goods, wares or merchandise, although they be
licensed suctiooeers, forty dollars il of the first
cess thirty dollars if OF the second class, thirty
dollars if of the third class twenty five dollars if Of
the fourth class, twenty dollars if of the fifth class,
fit zen dollars If OF the sixth class, ten dollars if of
seventh class five dollars if of the eighth class, and
three dollars if of the ninth class.
And in addition to his class tax, five dollars
on seller of spirituous liquors; and fifteen dollars
more on person who sells or barters any patent,
specific or quack medicine
2 The ordinance passed the 18th of January,
1901, prescribing the sums to be collected for
sesse taxes is hereby repealed.
CoNTINuED.-Yesterday the continl ed case of
Richard Skahn, charged with aiding in outra-
geous assault upon the person of James d. Cain, a.
Gains house, on the evening of the 9th ult, came
up before his Honor. ....-.--
DR. Jackson was first called, and stated that Cain
had very much improved, and pronounced him
out of all danger.
For the Commonpea hh-Bridget Cain, wife of
James D. Cain, was then called. She stated that
on the evening of Monday, some sixteen or twenty
men came to the door OF her husbands house and
enceavored to break open the door, commencing
their assautby throwing bricks againstit. She i'm.
medistey put two small children in place of safe
ty and cried out for her husband to come down
stairs while she went after the watch. When she
came back, she found her husband lying on the
foo- stabbed and beaten, in perfect pool of blood
She saw Skahn among those who came to the door
of the house but did not see any thing of the as.
sault, or who participated in it. Her daughter
Mary told her that Skahn was concerned in the
matter, and helped to beat her father, and that he
went into the house next door (Mr Shinnock)-
Immediately after, the watchmen came; when
Skahn came out of Shinnocks, she had him
arrested. Mrs C. supposed that the attack was the
result of some offence, which a number of men,
who were in at shinnock's Christmas night, had
taken towards MI Cain, because he did not invite
them to sociable party which they HAD, and to
which few particular friends Of the Cain family
were alone invited. She was positive that Skahn
was with the party that made the assault upon the
house and gave MIR Cain his dreadful beating.
Mary Cain testified that when the bricks came
ss ainst the door her mother took the two babies
put them out of the back door and cried out muir
der. Her father ran down stairs when he was to, a
that some people had come TO kill him He brought
his clothes with him. He dressed himself down
stairs. While thus engaged, her eldest brother
came up the street to the door of the house where
the crowd was, when three or four commenced
beating him Her father then opened the door and
rushed out to help his son, when the crowd seized
her fsther by the hair and dragged him to the front
Of the next house, (Mr. Shinnock 's) where they
commenced beating him at the same time they
called him id rascal and said they had him
now. Witness raa out and caught hold of her ia
ther and tried to push the men of, when Skahn
kicked her father in the face and she threw her
self on her father Skahn also kicked her three or
four times. II was a moonlight night and she was
positive that Skahn was one 0. the party that
kicked her father.
Mrs. Martha Shnnock stated thst she heard the
row, went to the door Of her house did net see
skshn among the crowd; and Immediately after
returned into her house and shut the door.
William Tierny testified for the defence, pointing
TO the fact that Skshn was walking with him on
s.;r .4raat uhan thev a crowd If xvatcb,~n~