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What New York Pays for Amuse.
ment.

When the future historian of the
republic takes up the burden of our
great conflict, it will interest him and
his readers to turn for awhile from the
glare of flaming cannon and bristling
musketry to examine the social condi
tons OF civil life in country in
which such scenes of rigorous warfare
were enacted; and it will promote ac-
curacy liz the estimate of our national
character to study the habits and de-
meanor of society through its baptism
of fire and blood. To this end, We
have collected the items of eNpcndi-
ture Of the people Of New York for
public amrsements during the present
.ason, as cminentiy calculated to
illustrate the. temperand habits of our
people. From the 1st day of July to
the 3Oth day Of April last, the seven
principal theatres and the Academy
of Music in this city, received for dra-
matte performances. 81, ,O53, 600, and
paid tax on the same to the amount OF
S21,O6 The largest sum paid by any
theatre for tax during the period above
named, was that paid by Niblo's
Garden, amounting to 81, 1882. The
smallest sum paid by any theatre, be-
tween the foregoing dates, was that
paid by the Old Bowcry Theatre,
amounting to 81, ,6S1.64 The second
largest tax was that paid by the Aca-
DENY of Music, amounting to $500.
The second smallest tax was paid by
the New Bowery Theatre, and amount
ed to S1,S1756. The third largest
tax was paid by Wallack's Theatre,
and amounted to the sum of 50, ,7SS. II.
The third smallest tax was paid by tile
Broadway Theatre, amounting to 50,
271.56. The French Theatre from
October to February paid q tax OF
S197.4S. The three Negro Minstrelsy
Exhibitions paid tax to the amount o:
S2,440.2 "a. Bryant's paid the largest
tax, amounting from September l tc
April 80, to $993.O0. Woods estab-
lishment paid next largest. amounting
to s728.l7. Campbell's S Hooley's
Troupe paid taR to the amount o.
S719OS.
From October l to March 81, the
Hippotheatron, in Fourteenth street
paid tax amounting to 81, 540.74 OF
their equestrian and other perform
ances. The American Theatre. II.
Broadway, paid q tax of $s77430 OF
their receipts from July to April. Th.
German Theatre paid, from Septem
Der to April, tax to the amount O
1882. In addition to the foregoing
amounts of tax paid by places o
amusement between July l and Apri
l, we may mention Barnr.n' s Museum
the taxes on the gross receipts o
which reach the high figure Of So,
1865. Independent of the sum
enumerated above, y large amount 0
tax is paid annually in this city by tn
proprictors Of miscellaneous exhibi
:ioas, making total Of not leas thai
$4,000 annNally paid into the Trea
.:uy from the. .ainglessource Of publ
slnu:,c1nents in the metropolis alone.
-Ve'c York Reporter
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The Comptroller Of the Currency
has decided that the engraving or
printing of the signatures of the Oh
ticcrs of National banks on national
currency notes, is not sanctioned by
law The engraved signatures of the
Treasurer and RcgiSterare attested by
the imprint of the seal of the Treasury,
while the engraved signatures OF the
bank are manifested, unauthorized and
dangerous. Though the bank com
mitting the wrong cannot take advan-
tage of it to repndiate it's own issues,
other National banks would not be
obliged to receive the notes. The is
sues of the National banks are rcceiv-
able for I'LL dues to the Government,
except duties on imports, yet the Gov
ernment, through any OF its deposi-
taries or officers, may demand Il legal
attestation to these engraved sigma
lures before receiving the notes.
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South America.

American news is. uncommonly
gloomy. The instruction in Peru
has again made progress; In Ecuador,
the disturbance has assumed serious
character; in Bolivia, three different
parties are fighting each other, and, in
common, pillaging the country; in
Panama, another rebellion has been at
least attempted. En- all these cases
the ipsurrection seems to be healed
by ambitious men, without any politi-
cal principle, and who only aim at
establishing for themselves 1. reputa-
ton, if not something still worse.
There appears, however, to be no con-
nection between these instructions,
rs one might be led to infer from their
simultaneous occurrence.
The rebellion in Peru, tho most
serious, arose, us we have heretofore
explained, out of the wide spread dis
satisfaction with the Government on
account Of the acceptance by the lat
ter of the exorbitant and humiliating
demands of Spain. The action of the
Government was. not i'll accordance
with the unanimous resolutions passed
by the Peruvian Congress. Still the
law of the country has thus far been
set aside; and before the national
representation has had time to pro-
nouncc upon the conduct of the
Government, some Hotspurs have
taken the law into their own hands,
and raised the standard of revolt.
The outbreak had from the beginning
q serious character, because of the
general dissatisfaction of the people
with the Government, and of some
able leaders controlling the movement.
The insurrection in Ecuador arose
from Il similar cause. Ecuador has,
among all the States of South Ameri-
ca, the most :nti-ibcr,l and anti-pro-
gressivc Government, which has espe-
cialy given offence by an apparent
leaning toward the monarchical insti-
tutions of the Old World. For the
insurrectioniSts, however, this has
been the pretext, rather than the
{ cansc; and as the origin of the move
ment has been in violation of the law,
so its progress and success could not
be but disastrous to the best inter-
,.sts of South America, for it would be
an encouragement to all dis;ltfectcd
parties to embark in new insurrec-
tons
The outbreaks in Bolivia and Pa
mama profess to be directed against
usurpers That in Panama was start
ed by an old peace disturber, General
Correoso, and inaugllrated by u most
Quixotic proclamation.
In contrast with that distressing
picture Of civil war, the speech OF the
President of Chill, on opening the
Chambers, shows us country pro
crossing Mt home and ut peace with all
nations of the world. Chill is Il living
example that republican forms of gov,
ernmcnt are not impossible upon the
soil of South America. The President
announces that the difficulty with
Spain has been settled in 4 manner
, honorable to both countries. He fully
appreciates the Importance of ruil
roads, telegr;lphs, immigration, com
=, merce and reforms, and recommend:
all these subjects to the serious attcn
ton Of Congress.
Ne,c York Tribune, 11M.
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The New York Metropolitan police
department statistics show that over
ten thousand lost children were found
in the streets Of that city and taken
charge OF by the police the past year.
A correspondent of the New York
World thinks the "best jumping on
record was done recently by d man
named Timans, in u jumping match
the distance being II feet 81 inches.
a woman eighty years old is in the
Rhode Island State Prison for poison
ing two husbands.
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DISCOVERY OF DANrE's REMAINS

DISCOVERY OF DANTE's REMAINS
The literary and antiquarian circles Of
Europe are excited over the announce
ment of the discovery at Ravenna, on
the 9th OF May, of the remains of the
poetDante. A corresp ondent of the
London Daily Ne,rs, writing from
Florence, gives the particulars of the
event Us learned from friends who
were at Ravennn when the discovery
was made. His account is as follows:
'W11ile some worlmen were en-
ploycd i'll clearing the chapel which
contains Dante's monument from the
outbuildings surrounding it, a pecu-
liar noise in striking the outer wall
suggested to them that some hollow
might Ne found within. Accordingly,
on using some violence on that por
ton of the wall where the hollow
sound was produced, Il wooden coffin
was discovered, from which several
bones fell out in the confusion of the
first discovery. On q scroll within
the coffin WAS found written, "Dnntis
ossa Il me Frnte- Antonio Santi hic
posita 1877, die IS Octobris;;" and in
side the lid Of the coffin the following
inscription was placed: ''Dantis oss;s
dcnupcr revisa B Junii, 1911" The
coffin had been slowed away with its
precious deposit within this mural Sc
pulchre ut that date, and had remained
there till now. The Italian Deputy,
Monzani, Colonel Malenclini and Alto
Venucci were in ''Dantc's Chapel at
the moment of the interesting discov
cry. The Prefcct and Mayor Of Rl
VIENNA were forthwith called to the
spot. The skeleton, head and homes
of Dante were examined carefully in
their presence Save Il fragment Of
the Uranium, the whole OF the lower
jaw, and three joints of the right hand,
which were missing, Ill the bones
were found to be intact. The head
was moderately large, broad at the
temples, while the base of the skull
bears token of All equally hrge devel-
opment.
''Dantcs coffin has now been placed
within a strong box, or outer coffin,
to which the four seals of the com
munc have been affixed. The whole
of the curious transaction has been
notcNl down in the State archives,
with the names OF the municipal a,,-
thoritics and of the gentlemen who
were present.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

CAPTURED CorroS FoRFEIrED.-A
special despatch to the New York
Commercial 1fdcertiSey, from Washing
ton, dated 22d instant, says:
= The Washington Republican prints
to-day Attorney-General Sneed's OPT
Mon rendered to Secretary McCulloch
upon claims for cotton captured by
Sherman in Savannah.
He decided that all cotton taken by
military forces in insurrectionary dis
tricts is captured property, within the
meaning of the statute OF 1863, whether
owned by loyal men or not.
He also holds that recourse must be
had in disputed eases to the Court of
Claims, and that jurisdiction cannot
be conferred upon g. commission ap-
pointed either by the President or
Secretary of the Treasury to examine
the claims in question, and to make
restoration Of the proceeds of so much
Of this cotton as may belong to loyal
claimants
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Thc estimated receipts from the sale
of Government property, rendered OF
no further use by the tcsmination of
the Warehouses, mules, wagons, &c.
for the next two OF three months,
will amout to 0,0OO, 900.
The friends of Mrs. Surrat contem-
plate placing over her remains mo-
nument with her last words on the
scaffold-''I am innocent; but Gods
will be done"
Rev Henry Johnson, of Chester
field, Va, who shot and killed a soldier
while robbing his garden, has been
sentenced to five years confinement in
the penitentiary.
The richest banker in South Amcrl-
ca has Just died in Lima. Don Pedro
Candamo was his name, and $50, ,OOo,-
900 his fortune.
It il, stated that fourteen or fifteen
million dollars will be required for tbs
payment Of pensions during the prc-
sent year.
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FUNERAL INVITATION.

The relatives, friends and acquainnances
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tllos. j. Gibson, are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral ser
vices OF their youngest daughter, JULIA, at
their residence, THIS AFTERNOON, at S
o'clock.
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Fire Insurance.
TUPPER & LANE, AGENTS,

CHA 4RLESTON, S. c.
d EPRESENTt tho following tirst-class and
N undoubted companies Of New York
city, viz:
SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY,
PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COA1P'N1,
MANHATTAN FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
With an aggregate cash capital Of over
FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Risks taken on liberal terms, and losses
promptly paid in Charleston.
Applications from tho interior must be
accompanied by plat, and full description
of the property to be insured, showing all
external exposures to fire.
S. y. TUPPER. a. A. LANE.
Aur 26
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A difficulty occurred at q picnic at
Rock Springs, Tenn, on the Sth ult.,
between returned Confederate soldiers
and Federal troops, resulting in the
death Of three persons, and seriously
wounding of seven others.
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WEEKLY CLEANER,
4 HOME CONP1NION.

AS its name indicates, is intended az
FAMILY JOURNAL. and is published every
Wednesday. 1t will contain Eight Pages,
of Forty Columns. The cream OF the News.
Miscellany, Tales, etc, OF the Daily and
Tri-weckly will be found in its columns.
ERNIS-INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Daily. one wear SO 90
$ three months ............-.... w
Tri-Weelly, one year :........,. 90
6: three months. ...... 2 90
Weekly, ono year. ....-.......... 20
:. three months s...... IS
Advertisements inserted in the Daily or
Tri-Wcckly ut 81 O. square for the first in
scrtion, and Is cents Toy each subsequent
insertion. Weekly advertisements 81 q
square every insertion.
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AUCTION SALES.

Boohs, Piuuo, Carriage and S'4,,ories.
EY a. Is. PHILLIPS.
THIS Thursday MORNING, Sd inst. at
half-pas+3 O'clock. / will sell, at my a,lc-
tinn room. Bcdells Eow,
good order,
= 2llorsc Baroucllc,
sctt Addison's Works, complete,
sett Goldsn,ith's Works,
sett Macaulay's works,
sett NcCullech's COM dictionary, &c,
l NIahogonv Portable Desk,
chest Carpenters Tools, Bcdstcad Mat
tresscs, Toilet Soaps, Round Table, China
Plates, &c, &c. Unlimited articles received
until dav of sale. Aug 9
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The Tri- Weekly Phoenix,

For country circulation, is published every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and has
all the reading matter of interest contained
in the daily issu.a Of the week.
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TIVE DAILY pHHNaXa

ISSUED every morning except Sunday, is
L filled with the LATEST NEWS, (by tele-
graph, mails, etc, EDITORIAL, CORES
PONDENCE, MISCELLANY, POETRY,
STORIES, etc. This is the only daily paper
in the State outside Of tn" city Of Charleston.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-27
The American Hay and Gotten

PRESS COMPANY MANUFACIORY.
Corner Of Grove aud North III ! sts, Jersey CIV.
Oiiioe-No lis Wall street, New York
Gove's Ratent.-Ihe attention OF al par
ties interested 10 the pres ing or compress n Z OF
Hay, Cotton, Hemp Wool, Rags, Hops, or any
other article required 10 lie baled for Transports
ton, Storage or Con, umpon, Is respectfully soici-
ted, 10 the Portable or stationary Press A. mann.
iactured by the Company, under the superiutsn-
den-e Of the Pstentee, Mr.. John II. Cove.
The Press Is very simpl' IN its construction, re-
our ng but OF mary intelligence 70 work IT. an
cen Ia operated hy any knOEn rover such -
Sean, Water, Horse, OF II md In using Hor.e-
power, but Que HOrse ~ required, the Press being
30 lechnlcsly constructed on a we'd known prin-
ciple ma the power inerea-es IN grearer raio
Than THE i-cTe }sng reslS afice
The advantages Of this Press over al others are
Is follows, viz: So.
lst- It can press p per cent more rnaterisI in a
given space.
81. IL can do the work in g per cent less time
Sd Il requires so per cent less driving power.
tth Il tarns out tle best shaped bale Tor hand.
ling or rolling.
6th The Press will las. life time, the working
parts icing built Of toe best Of iron, sud not hsbe
70 get oEt OF or ier-
The ordinary work Of this m chine viii press in
one operation (sf once filing tns box Of tha No
| Pre-, 3 = 6te Of Hay Of 45O ns weight n ES-Two
Pour men snd one horse can Tale p tons Hay
dsy.
-Four nleu without the sid Of horse, or any pow
'At@- cSltdiucu the EIt5.s can OllL
a bale Of Hsy 81 inches sqasre BY as inches long.
weighing 500 Do A., ct 49, rs. 10 the cubic foot.
10 toggle Jcints, screws, cog wkseis, beaIers or
rollers uso 70 THIS Press,
The attention Of Cotton factors AMI plssters
Wool and Hemp = isers IL esp sciay called 70 This
re ;, destined As it's TO work & compee reFOlu-
ton 10 the now slow, clumsy and expensive meth
cd Of boiling
The ComEa wi dispose Of Town. County and
STATE rights Preserving - teens Ives onls The
IlSnf 70 manNsfsc-u re) on reasonable terms ~.
hr. n. ID. Fisher is the authorized Travelling
Agent for the Comp ~ in the Eastern and Middle
States.
For further particulars send for circulars.
janZT-lm
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Mrs General Lander, better known
to the public as Miss Davenport, will
commence an engagement st Niblo's
Garden on the 9th of February. Having
retired some years since with "a consider
able fortune, we had little hope of ever
seeing her again on the stage, more es-
pecially when she became the wife Of
that soldier of the Union, the late Gen
eral Lander, whose heroic achieve
ments and glorious death are too fresh
in the recollection of the public to need
anything more than passing allusion.
We understand that on the 9th of Feb
ruary she will appear in one of her ia
yOrite characters, and revive those his
trionic triumphs which made her the
first tr9gsdlenns on the American stage
We are convinced that our citizens will
be delighted 70 give her that affection
ate and enthusiastic greeting which the
devoted nurse of the hospitals at Port
Royal so well deserves NY Herald
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Proposals for Fresh Beef.


CTFICE o. s. CoAzBsAR4 oF SUBSISTENCE,
GAINESVILLE, TRNE., Jan. y, $50 !
q EALED PROPOSALS IN DUPLICATE, WILL
- be received st this office. until IL o'clock, d ,
o. the 4th day OF February 1885, for furnishing I'll
the Fresh Beef that my be required by the u. :.
Snbsstenc Department, atClsrksviils, Springfield,
Fort pOnelsnn, G8lstn, Teon and ali adjacent
minor Posts in the Department Of the Cumberland,
for four months. commencing on the 18th day OF
February. leo5
The Beef must be furnished at the staEois nsrned,
in equsI proportions Of lore and hind quarter meet,
necks, shInks and kidney ii ow excl Ided, IN
such oa-nt ties As may from time 20 time tie re-
quirrG, and on such days as the COmuissariss Il
the respective commands, may designate
The contractor all Be required to give bond IN
the sum of $4,000 With two sUret es, Tor tho fifth
flll Bsr.orrnaDee Of his contract.
PAYMENT I'll be made monthly for the quantity
Of Fresh Beef furnished, and in the funds furnish
ed by the United state for disbursement. Bet, ID
the event OF the ComTnsSa-y being without Iunds
10 pay forit, then payment TO be made ~ som O.
funds are reserved. ~
Each proposal must be seco ppanied by the oath
OF Allegslce Of the proposer, 70 the United states
20 -eIDmeIt-
Forms o. proposals furnished At this ofice.
Separate proposals for q her Post, vii be con-
sidered
The r.ghtto rejectsllbds, IS reserved.
E n MORRILL,, Cspt. 8 c. g V.
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m0mas, YlctOfy.
gnAr IS THOUGHT OF moons BkFtAI
Eroy, me e ondon T4res. jan. 2.

From the o0don nlness jan. 2
The defeat Of Hood ia confirmed
This command has, indeed. suffered re-
verses greater than any that have pc
fallen a Confederate General since
Vicksburg Was taken. By his inEas ION
of Tennessee the greater part OF tnnI
State was virtually recovered LOT Tue
South. The defeat at Franklin did not
stay his progress, and when the FEEDER
ais retreated into the lines OF Nash
vile the whole country south OF the
Cumberland seemed likely to pass INTO
his power. TO drive the FedeFals cat
of the State Was nov his aim, and win
this intent he risked operations when,
IS q general rule, have failed IN TINS
war By which eyer side, they have been
prosecuted Gen Thomas, taking the
offensive, has inflicted upon him the
heaviest losses. Without attempting IN
detail the statements made by the
Northern press, We take it for granted
that Gen. Hood has been driven several
miles in a three days battle, and mas
lost several thousand men, with large
number of guns. Gen. Thomas expects
that the Confederates viii abandon the
State, retreating southwark to the Ten
nessee river, which they will endeavor
to cross at Florence. This victory has
caused great exulta ton at Washington
and all through the North--and with
good reason, for the progress OF the
Confederate arms in tie Southwest had
excited grave apprshs,lsions. Itappeared
that the occupation and conquest OF the
South was labor which must be con
tinually repeated, for as soon as an ad-
vance was made BE- the FedeEal power
in one direction its grasp was loosened
in another. The result of these opera
tons must be to raise the spirits OF the
Federals, to confirm them in their be-
lief that throughout the South they
have no enemy capable of opposing
their chief armies. President Lincoln
has taken advantage Of the present
public satisfaction to make q new cali
for 100000 men, and of these a fair
proportion viii probably be obtained.
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The Constitutional smendment.

Elsewhere We publish the proposed
amendments 10 the constitution, on
which the people are asked 70 vote, on
the ODD Of next month; and fer the
convenience OF citizens, far away from
mail and express facilities, we propose
keeping the type standing till the
election. Every voter should carefully
read, and consider them; they are Of s
character 70 commend themselves to
the patriotic people generally and We
ere convinced that they viii elicit .
united support from all Union men.
No man, now, be he loyal, or rebel,
will have the hardihood to contend that
it is possible TO make slavery profitable,
even if it were otherwise desirable
institution. But, until the liberty Of
the negro is fully secured By a compe-
tent constitutional provision, no rela-
tons st all will exist between the farm
e. and the colored laborer, and Tennes-
see will be, next fall, as last, compelled
TO purchase bread from abroad
The moment the negro is assured Of
freedom, he viii hire out, and work,
for farmers. Such is the case in Mary
land, today--the fugitiyes in Pennsyl
yania, and the District OF Columbia re-
farming 10 their old haunts; and the
adoption of the proposed amendment
70 the constitution in this State, will
have a similar effect; will clear the
lines Of the army of negroes, and turn
them into producers.
Delay will not re-enslave the colored
man; ne If practically free, and will r..
main so; but his relation with the white
man must be settled, or neither viii
prosper; therefore the sooner they are
determined the better As things are,
the laudbolder and laborer are stran-
gers to each other, when they should be
mutual helpers. Land viii lie untitled,
while agriculture offers wealth as q re-
ward and the black live as he now
does, without adding anything 10 the
resources Of the State.
By the proposed amendment the re
lation between the races viii be de-
fined and as the problem is capable OF
but one solution, the sooner it is solved
the better.
Maryland, Delaware, and West Vir
ginis have thrown CT the incubus Of
slavery; and let Tennessee follow their
example, and it will soon rival Illinois
in population and wealth.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-27

An impertinent fellow, who said he hailed
from Wisconsin, stopped st a boarding house
in Nashville some days ago, and was very
profuse in his criticisms Of the manners and
morals Of the Southern people. He had
evidently been assOciating with the mean
est class Of Southern population, although
he claimed to have been at home member
Of the "Iegislachur" and judge. Before
be left, be proposed to sell the landlord
keg Of butter, deducting the price OF his
dinner. The landlord declined, remarking
that he thought man who has occupied
the position of legislator and judge was en-
gagged in little business Peddling butter
from house to house. The Southern people
might be as low as he described them but
he had never known one Of their judges to
get into the Glover deep" Of peddiing.