Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-31
MEMPHIS ITEMS.

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scaooLs-TAs junior city school :ar girls rsopsns
o. wednesday lsst--aif'. Smith. teacher
TIE LATEsr.-Our newspaper datss are to The p ,
Inst FOR whisl We are indebted to ihe Eiad rsuoz
5rauces Of friends above.
DIscHARszD.-G- C. Kssr ard 5eorze W Mccarthy
Of St. Louis uko arrested al tie Gayoso house r.
having large quantity Of broken aad worthless bans
notes In her Possesou discharged. after being
examined
THz RIvEE-Oa ths 18th the weather was elaar5
with cool. br1eins wind from The North The river
was falling slowly, BAT With high water yet Business
was quite brisk a the landag and the arrivals and iz
Psrturss Of bost gave matters quite 81 active ap.
psaraueo.
ESJoTEDs 4sELg Police Captain Branaaa ana
Lieutenant OBnen arrested dssar,er from the sh Ms
souri sgiment named R ID letter written BY him to
friend in Missouri. found IA bis pocket. stating
what good time he hai been haviBg about 1euplls
stealing horses, aad enjoying agreeable rides.
DAEoERoUs.- Ths BaEaia Gays that where tie.
houses have been pulled down on shelby strsat below
Talbot, several have been lsf open and exc
posed It is feared that some Of the nslehboring
children, when At play OF persons passi=s in the dak
may fah IN. Tbs authorities are called upon 10 have
them covered
/ FINAscIAL.-Ths demand for coin was Usd., quota
tions being % 70 IS premium Gresn-bscks were c5ns
ing 10 freely for transact1us in cotton which e8naasf
to 90 ou 70 some eztant Tennessee rated as par TO s.
per cent prsmium- Small no.s5 o. Tennessee banks
moved freely. Southern money quoted duh st 20 to
90 Kentucky notes at to 10 per cent, AID Oao aud
Iatiana at ? to per cent. premium.
The TAX QUESTION: sErrLED-Ths Banefr Of ~
2oih says We learn hat the present revenue Of ts
city Is not At al equal 20 meeting TIE eusat szpenss
To oovIate III dmeuity, hear t stated thas ns7~
regulations 6i soon b. adopted which " require
that the owners Of al improved real ezats shan pay
Tie taxes on thair 0Ta operty ihs government wiz
Pay tie taxes al the properly the rents OF which is
collects, and application VIII Be made 70 ths War
Department to pay hs taxes assessed on the properly
70 Be occupied as hospitals.
SNAIL Pox Hos7rrAL.-Tss mayor and e9u-s1 e-,
a loggerhesis This Institution The eases of s1
PoE In The city beidz tho aeersss= and white ps
iisais alone falling within the scope OF city a1thori-
The city council, iu & spirit Of lsu5abIs economy -s
solved that the very few patti MS on hand =hsuld be-
t1rned over TO the care of D. Cracraf phsisn q he
city hospital, snd addition being made 20 the Doe.
tors salary a. tusl compensation or the additional
laSor imposed upon hia The Doctor had been auearsz
eny three days IN bis new sphere of labor .rben t
mayor by a exercise Of authority sss source or which
Ts cannot imagine ordered him 10 suspend bis tr9f.s-
sionai attentions 70 The snail pox patients. .isr
Of the 1oenb bsrs Of sbe eii7 eouncu signed paBer s
pressing their desires that Dr. Crao at should eoutsus
70 exercise the duties inpossd upon hin. as long -
tie council shall eontnue his appointment.
GRIMES MsComb had horse stolen f-,, biz
stable afew nights since. joe 1yess better known as
Joe, the butcher was up en- The charge Of eyiszssu
seaied weapons. He is aLO charged, along win p
Hall, vi having stolea from the store Of 17s-t H.-
Co, on Front rev, between Madison ard uorr,,
streets, quantity Of clothing. tobacco TIA ana ots
articles At the recorders coart On the e95 ts-s -
no less than thirty-tWo eases, ard ls au.s ps-i i
amounted TO Sl73 On ths evening Of The a5h tb.sr
entered the door il being unlocked, OF No vvalEstr
block Aain street between Madison aud Cours ana
robbed th7 gentleman occupying The apartment Of lis
Poskstbook, eo5taing $50 It was earlier than lie rs-
in the habit Of retiring fer the gh AID being sired M
down to rest few minutes but soon fe asIaep VIE.
in that condition some one. suppossd 20 be penour
acquainted with the remises quietly sias in saI
usved him Of ths contents OF his pocket Hereafter Lea
viii sleep with his eyes open CT his door fast sau.
CITY FTNASCEs-Ths question OF taxaii9rr r-,-.
iinues to agitats the pubic snd particularl bs i-
fathers We aud the following paragraph in ths Bs-
tia, Of the 24ths
CITY TAXES. The ul-yor hss. ad ,--s-.5 q, -,---7
cation TO each alderman e ths city council giving -h
Information ihat the taxes raised 90 the present Tine
lal aAoft o Aneeuns tA3 expenditures Of tls city ana
declaring that i is necessary shar taxes houf s. IN
ieeted from rssl estate. As these csunot be enfrsF
l1ll ille nit o. JAY ard then not uuiA order 20
that effect shall be procured from court the rvrr
gesis that IN app eaon shouit De made for I'll i.-
order, compelling the res estate exeaB Bt ~
n "a
aSsessot without Teisys that follow the r nal -s +s
The mayor also desires each alderman 90 give i-
views on the matter We have on two ~ thses o,e
sious called sitsution % The fsct that ihe business
tion = our citizens were mads 70 pay TIE whole eru
ses Of the city goycrnneat We ths owners or real
tate were bearing share Of he pubr- bnrsarr grs
also pointed out shat the attempt male some Tina e-
to get up corporation shiupi tcr scheme had Ter if
ooIect ne ulng OF the deflencT hs would be- s by-
the failure collect the azsa a-d "a. w t7~.. TE---
lls spllil q ine e-Leas ard To- tae position assumed b
ten elernlan tae shtl plaster scheme missar I'D ana
now it Is found, uotVhsaniing the lsc-o1 Of sub
urban taxes zd extra taxes thar after a rsl estate
must pay as it ought 70 g. ia just Pr portion fo7gzri
be pnbie expenses 10 the tax had been assessed ,rF
collected as 30 was in former yeaes orr a-fv tresr-
would. at Is moment have th9usau7s ~ ia1-r L. 5e
thst have not now been collected u tla custom OF
former years had been afoprsl q Isrr- Do-fi ~
the city real estate tax vro5id bsve bss- ~ f. H.
the free action o. real estate own r. who aust now
Be compelled. by military action. do thlt by order
they would have done Willingly. This business Of une-
oessary, we night necessarily SAP want My. bringing
lns rea essste owners unler the eolini1u ct harh.
force and authority by those whom they hzd elected
70 ffaiel over protect tlelE
be popular msassre among them. Bat tte navors
cotlnnunicaLion says Nis payment of the taxes on
real estate cannot be legally snfarcsd un.u Jane
that s true, but t j. also true that m previous years
very heavy properties Of the city TAX was paid ana
into the ei,y Treasury bsfore Juasi ana il is
also true that the means BY which The pav-
nlents were obtained before that dayVye aean tie si-
loVTance OF percentage al tax payments male 49,
fore that date, were as thoroughly az command ais YEAR
as on any Previo1s year TsTe nevsry7as year wien
it was 70 tnportant 20 OBTAIN easy Payment cf -
city tax as this yssr, for there never ss yea. bsf
IN which she mpos ton cf Suburban and extra taxes
were found neeessary ys On rhs year the making -ood
TIE usual ine ana tha oter Of the usual d1aant for
ea-ly Payments was eltreiy neglected We have
eal7a attenon 70 tas matter because are Of orn-
lon that the observation of scratiaizug puhiie ars
= wasted IL our city business ulaers--scssras f,-
lasterss deferred o. Gsseslsnfs ard the reelection
1f taxes by miii aTy order that eoad have been coz
eeed without suca an order "a iha proper steps bea
sken are all procseeuss That ought % pass pith-
oui attracts 9 distinct public notice.