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GREEHLaW OPERA HOUSE.

Saturday Evening, January I6-Two Per-
iormauceS, at ? and ~ O'CLOCK. NAN. the
. Good-for-Nothing at Matinee AN ALARBI-
ING SACRItICE at nig1t-in b0th OF which
Mrs. JAMES A. OATES will appear Bur-
lesque WHITE FAWN both day and night.
BROTHERS MlACO and d. HAWLET in
astounding gymnastics.
one Hundred Dollars will be given away at
night.
Doors open at 81 O'Clock Overture at n
PRICES OF ADHIssIOM.-Dres Circle and Par
quette, 81 Family Circle, 50 cents : Caller.
Is cents.
Admission TO Matinee, 50 cts Children. Is cts.
BOX once open from 10 am. to p.m.s hen
seats can be secured.
Monday NIght-A new local drama entitled
MEMPHIS BY GASTTGHT eaTa
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falo and to Liverpool 1T twenty cents
per bushel less via New Orleans than by
New York, and in one-third less time.
The transportation via New Orleans il
made with perfect safety to the eommod-
ity, and st "a cost OF one cent per bushel
for transferring at New Orleans, by
means OF Higbee's Elevators besides,
the Niagara ship canal would be frozen
i've months in the year, whereas the
Mississippi was constantly navigable.
The bill was fiHally referred to the Com.
mittee Of the Whole, which amounts to
It's defeat for this session, and the House
adjourned until Monday.
SENATE.
The Judiciary Committee reported adj
versely on the joint resolution making
the President and Vice-President ineli-
gible for q second term and, after some
uniinportant business, the consideration
Of the Sue Murphy case was resumed,
and after q long argument, the whole
matter, with the various propositions
and amendments, was recOmnltted,
without division, and the Senate then
adjourned until Monday.
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DLED.

WOOD-ln New Orleans, on Thursday morn
ing last, from injuries received by the explo-
sion OF the steamer Glide, Mr.. GEORGE WOOD.
OF This city.
HIS funeral will take place this Saturday
moraing, at il O'Clock, from the residence OF
his mother.
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COxGRESsTONAL.
WAsHINGToN, January Is, 1869.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, January Is, 1863.
HOUSE.
TIE Executive Committee reported on
the 6th Georgia district, Substantially az
heretofore stated, viz: Tnat Wimpey
was not elected and that Chrlsty vas,
but that ne was not entitled to the seat,
having voluntarily alGed the enemy.
A number Of private bills Were re-
ported and the consideration OF the Nj
sgsra ship canal Vss resumed.
Among the notable features OF the dis
enssiOn, Gen. Sypher, Of Louisiana, in
opposition, said that grain was now being
shipped from st. Louis 60 New York via
New Orlesns Ut seventeen cents per
bushel less than via Chicago and But.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
nAYOR AM AEnERmE


We invite the careful attention Of the
readers of the APPEAL to the proceedings
Of the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen on
our third page. They will well reuav
perusal. The message Of His Honor the
Mayor is especially rich with absurdities
and indiscretioDs. He "goes fort the
APPEAL, and tries to be severe. The
wordy hash OF our friend
"O'erWhelms US Quite
he refers TO our financial theory, wben
in point OF fact we hsVe none. We did
once or twice refer to what was said to
be the theory Of the Board last year; and
believe that had it been adopted and ear.
ried out, the result would have been the
release OF the city from the financial
sharks who pratelOndly Of the i-Banaorozi,,
otthat plan, carefully ignoring all moral
considerations when they charged one
per and one and ons.half per CEN.
per mont fo- loans 10 the city, taking
her al the same time for half their
lace Vaiue as collateral. But we have
not space this morning to 90 extensively
into u refutstion OF the ill-tined end M
tempered stupidities with 49, a.
Mayors message abounds. tn -
Alderman MoFFAT made 10 hen, -
suffice. The structures of that gsptIs,aa.
upon the financial policy Of The eitr
thoroughly condemned by the press. sro
the best refutstion Of the course of tho
APPEAL In this matter that we could
ask for. We hope the proposed i~nvesti-
CATION into the affairs Of the city viii be !
thorough and searching, and that delin-
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CANCERS cUREp.

nR. HEBERN-OFFICE ANDINFIRMARY
Gg6 wabash avenue, south OF 18th street
Chicago, Illinois, successfully treats Cancers
without knife, loss OF blood, or serious pain,
in the shortest time imaginable. Also success.
fully treats Chronic Diseases and Consnmp-
ton, ap4,jyl2 WHY
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DAILY APPEAL.
Es Send In your Orders
Nottce to Propertu Osomers.

A Ii and every one DESTROYS to have Slate
"A Roofs put on or repaired can have IL
promptly and satisfactorily done by LEAVING
orders on my slate st John Reds CarpenfeT
and Builders shop, on Jefferson, between Sec
ond and Third streets, in the rear OF No. 81.
fal W. N.
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
OF C4NADA,
Montreal Ocean steamship Co.
THRoUCH FREIGHT LINE
First Glass Steamships sailing
Every Saturday TO Liverpool.
From PORTLAND in Winter and NON
TREAL In Summer.

THE undersigned having been appointed
l. Agents for the above Line are authorized
to grant through bills of lading rom Memphis
to Liverpool AID Glasgow. The attention OF
shippers is called to this route, by which the
delays and excessive transfer charges incurred
at the large ports are entirely avoided. Bills
OF Lading ccntain through rates covering ali
charges nom Memphis TO the ships dock at
Liverpool. and low rates and quick time are
Fifteen first class Steamships are
now on the line making regular trips on Satur-
dav Of each week. Freights loaded rom The
cars on dock directly into ths vessel.
THROUGH RECEIPTS given to Boston and
New England points via. GRAND TRUNK
RAILWAY.
For rates and Information spply 70
THOMAS TROUT SON Agents,
Ja7 No. As Front street, Memphis.
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PARLOR MUSIC hall
Near Tor. seeond aud Jefferson SIS.

A SUPERIOR ORCHESTRA has Been en-.
n gagged. The Hall has bssH lifted up n eL-
eelient style. Coed order will be maintained.
The Bar is stocked with choice brands Of
Vices and Liquors. J. ". THOMPSON,
Jsg Maueger.
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RArEs q

ETaaaenf acknowledgements hatJgg ne Tlfa Of The
paper, first Insertion 81 each st0Sel@entH lSeT-
tOs 50 cents pr Square.
Advertisement an bcat Or Hea4 cottfani ~ cat@
per line each insertion.
A0Ithly advertisements > feT yTh ana = :"
each additional square. -
Advertisements inserted az utteTIutS, % Dc ctU S~
as uciC each fnsertlcn.
Ao1fhlv advertisements inserted ~ he SUNDAY
APPEAL uriU be charged Oae-HLfh 0dGlaoaQ-
sdre7fse1aenLs fasertei IN me WEEKLY pM BE-
charged haVoTDAILY rates
Loci Notices. % cesl per lls HTSf uSeftt0n, md
l2E ceGG per Tine per naofi9s-
Al trqglsieir entertainments, uot from reGtam al
qgrffserF wTsr RE PAID FOR IN
a Square e he space 0oeptea % Sgh{ GA9 O
sold t0lpdTCL
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BOOKS. ETC.
= & BROTHER.
PAINTING.

WM COOPER IS at his old rooms, at Y.
DAYS GALLERY, ass Main street.
Those desiring Portraits by him would do well
to call immediately, al his stay Will be very
short. lac
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By Telegraph.
COTTON.

The following table contrasts ihe benz
fits Of Memphis, Rs "a Cotton Market,
over All other cities
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COTTON GTHS
EAGLE COTTOH GINS.

fsTE are the Cole AGENTS for the sale OF tbesc
" uHTlVaiIad Gin stands. For beauty OF
STAPLE, or DRAFT, AMI oUANTITT
OF LINr cotton tusEed out per day, they are
unsurpassed. References car bs safely made K
every planter who has given them a lsir trial
" here mule power is used, they make 2 saving
a rom ~on6-qn2rter TO 0ne-1htrd the drait
cvER ANY THgz GIS. ~ are also agents fcI
SEEsAUBB CR.Sf BILLS, and WHEELz.R,
CLElASoN o. CIRCULAR "a VS..
HsCs3z3 d Co,
Dealers In Hardware, Gallery and Guns,
92k and "a Msin Street,
WI daWsn 8smDbis. Tenn.
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REFORMATION 70 PLANTERS.
General Commission 6 produce Kerch'ts,
2IO Front Street, Memphis, Tenn,

80 We have q Warehouse OF our own, in
which we will handle ali Gotten consigned TO
Us, and we guarantee there shall be no unnec-
esssry loss IN weight. Begging and Rope fur
nfshed our customers. Usual com missions
charged. All consignments by river insured,
unless otherwise instructed. Liberal advances
made on coEsignmenE sep4
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District eff West Tennessee. In Bankruptcies.
At Memphis, Tenn, Ijh day Of January, 1869.
The undersigned hereby gives notice OF his
appointment as assignee OF p. Il. DodsOn-
OF Upton county, and state OF Tennessee
within said District, who has been adiudeerd a
Bankrupt upon his own petition, by Inc Dis
trict Court OF said District.
o. WOODBRIDGE.
jas - Y Assignee.
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LAGER E r.
BY 1. SCHMEPEL,

Corner Third and Webster Streets,
IN BARRELS, HALF KEGS.
L Delivered ree OF charge within the city
imits. de2
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1 WILL, ON
Monday, the 2jih Bar or January Inst

1 WILL IN
Monday, the 2jlh Bay or January IEst.s
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by John
d. Armour. on the 81 day Of September, 1860,
and duly recorded in the REGISTERS Office OF
Shelby county, IN Book No. -, pages 81, 3, 1
and 5, offer, az public sale, at the southeast
corner OF CONT Square, in the city Of Mem
phis, TO tbs highest bidder, Tor cash. the fol-
owing described real estate Let Is OF John
u. ATmour's subdiY sion Of original country
lots 493 aud 494, originally east of, now in tue
city OF Memphis, beginning at q stake on the
southwest corner of >. Mansheld5 lot GA Mon
rae street extended, and running W~estWardly
with tie north line Of Monroe street extended
90 feet; thence ~nOrthwSrGly 1854 feet at right
angles with Monroe street thence east WIN
the line OF an alley % feet 10 a stake on Mans
neld's line thence south with Mansfield I'm
l45L feet to the beginning on Monroe street.
Also, lot commencing at the northeast corner
Of John ID. ArmOur's lot, fronting on CAAlles-
ton avenue, snd summing south ITO feet 70 New
MADISON tsfest; thence east vita the north
line OF New 1ruison street I5 feet to the point
where New - DION street connects with
charleston agen-e; thence west win the
south line Of Charleston avenue 10 feet % the
beginning, on which stands the Charleston
HOtsl-said properly being conveyed u ms IN
trust to secure Edward F. jenkins, OF Balti-
more, in the payment Of q debt Of seven tnou-
sand five hundred dOllarI and OF when q bal.
ance OF some seventeen hundred dOilals re-
main unpaid. The title is good, but l wilt con-
vey only as trustee. +. s. ANkES, Trustee.
Geo. W. Winchester, Attorney. jas
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coRREsPoEnExCE.

C0-rTesB1ndelce. On Pl5ae Ereats, Sohcted from
erag paBt q he Cuasf &ta,er.
ALysLKE EEATLNG q co.
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No. ~ Jeferson S,reet.

]. II. ETLY.---- LESSEE Z No MANAGER
OSCAR WILLI5-----.---SrAGE MANAGER
THE leading Variety Theater OF the South.
L Open for tue season, with the best stsnding
Variety Combination that has ever appeared IN
the e1ty-the performance consisting Of Songs,
Dances, Burlesques, PantOmimes, etc. New
Stars each Week. ADMISSION-Fifty Cents /:
Private Boxes, Five Dollars. Doors open AZ 7
O'Clock performance to commence at quarter
70 3 O'clock. faI
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We return cur thanks to our trends and the
public generally for past fav~rs, and cheerfuBy
Secommen our former partner for their gsn-
srous support. JOSEPH n. OLIVER.
fai4 WIN. G. RARDSLEI.
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BANKRUPTCY.
NOTICE.

District OF Vest Tennessee, in -Bsnkruptsy-ss.
AT Memphis, Tenn, 18th day OF January, 1863.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his Rp-
polGtment as assignee OF Lyons & Fies, OF
Shelby county, and State of Tennessee, within
s2:d District, who have been adjpdged bsnx-
rupts upon their own petition, by the District
Court OF said District.
o. WOODBRIDGE,
jal3 20 ~ ASSIGNEE
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Matched Horses
AND
Fine Top Bu~xv-

HANEa pair Of good Matched Black Ho-.o.
An1 rlne Top Buggy which / viii Sen -
ee.nsf OF separately, AZ q fair Price ferrssS
apPiy az me Ovtrton Stables eorner Se-1s.
y ~ NAN sirsetss or At my Office, 40 Ma1n -
i'm. TOMMY.
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Valuable Cotton Plantation
For Sale.

" offer for sale one OF the most vsl,.h,,
~ cotton Plantations in BOLIVIA co..ols
Mississippi, lying three miles nom ~ SOuhy,
Lshe CnrlstmsS- and southeast from ma faso1Sa
% LenliSss ana known IS the Polk Placa
Inc tract contains Zoo acres, &gof WHO'S -
e.eaTeo. Ihe place Is high ard well drS4.aS
s44 h@s on ~, q nne Steam Gin and SaVmTi'
ecst SIVtSOi Also three new Carvrr air
Stsn1s, OF eighty saws each. N4D
dIe Title TO the property Is perfect a,a
vii De ssld st a great bar gain ana 49, ~ y
given 10 make the payments. Oo one
g IA NELSON 4 co
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TO THE PUBLIC

<TERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DAILY APPEAL one 90
WEEKLY APPEAL, one eor...--~---..------ -
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NEW ADVERTISER FITS
NOTICE

NY patrons and all who wish 10 have their
VI Pianos and Organs Tuned or Repaired by
me in . superior Crkma1like manner, VIII
please leave their orders AZ Clark's Jewel1y
store, or A. o. 80 Second streGt. and NOTRt
Mr.. Katreubaeh's music store, as l hay5 lie
CONF sctioa whatever with that establishment.
Il. g. HOLLESBERG,
jaI9 Piano and Orgsn Maker.
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Dissolution of COpartaeTshlp.

TUBE copertner5hip heretofore existing under
J. tbs ttyls and firm of j. N. OLIVES q CO.,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent, VIM.
Whitaker having purchased the entire inter-
ests of joseph n. Oliver .d IN. Q. Bardsiey,
and assumes all the liabilities OF said firm.
Either partner eau sign the firms name in
liquidation. JOSEPH n. OLIVER,
WN. whitaker,
Nm. L. EAhDSLEY.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-02-25
AN ORDINANCE

ITO PROVIDE FOR THE PAY.
/ nIeut Of the Cupilation Taxes im.
posed up.u the inhabitants Of the Town
of Camden ...,.... ....
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Inten-
dant aud Mardcps of the Town Of
Camden, South Carolina, in i. Council
Assembled! ..,. ,.. -, "a .....g,..
l. That whenever any person liable
to pay Capitdtiou Tax in said Town,
under any Ordinance thereof, shall
possess no property against which Ex.
eeulions may BE- had sutlicicntto satIsfy
tho same, and said Tax shall reu,ain
unpaid for the space pf thirty days after
tire F Tax B,saks shall have been closed,
it shml be the duty Of the Marshutto-
summon such person to work on the
streets and Bridges of the Town in Sat
isfactiou uf tho said Tax at the rate,
Srvrnty-Five cents per diem, until the
said Taxes have been paid and satisfied.
2 That il any person so summoned
shall neglect or refuse to obey the snne
and to perform the work demanded
under the direction of the said Marshall
that person shall be reported to the
Town Council and summoned to appear
before tho same, and should no suth1
cieht excuse be rendered for such; de-
fault, the person so offending, shall be
subject to be imprisoned III the Guard
House of said Town for the. period Of
twenty:fo1r hours, for each aud every
neglect or refusal to obey such sum.
mons. .. ~.r& = '..'
RATIFEE.D in Council, this sixth
day of February in the year Of "ur
Lord one. thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine and in the ninety
third year of the Sovereignty and In
dependence Of the United States Of
America. 81 g .... 60 '..'-
.n...... A.. A. MOORE,
Intcudant.
W CEYBUKN, Clerk.
Feb. Ill '. ' .N.': st. "
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SraRTInNa MTsTERY.--On. Satur-
day morning, the 18th inst, ias Mr..
Glenn, Of New Market. Jefferson county
Tennessee. was engaged plowins on a
side hill on The farm of Mr.: He'll, half
a mile from New. Market, he suddenly
perceived his team of horses disappear
into the GROUND beneath, leaving the
plowW and harness on terra fynsa. Upon
examination he discovered ahat the
ground had first given way under the
hind, feet Of the horses, thus Spinning
the, harness ovcr their. ho"ds as the
dumb beasts sank into the bowehtpf fire
earth
One of the horses was buried some
eighteen. or twenty feet deep: and of
course died instantly from sufqcatiun.
The other remained in sight abont II
feet below the surface. Mr.. Glenn
and his son, who also witnessed the
occurrence, attempted tosave the living
animal by dccendins into the cavity
bat the earth kept giving way beneath
thcm and they we're snon unable to save
themselves, and were rescued from their
peritous position by neishbors whom
their cries brought 10 thcoscenc- Both
of the horses were lost ..,- r'
The cavity is, circular, and twenty
feet in diameter. This dirt and horses
FIJI the centre, willie on each side is a
large Gsure, into which logs have been
thrown, disappearing from view, and 1t
has been, found impossible TO fill the
cavities, There are no rocks or stones
to be seen, yet the whole side seems to
be mere crust beneath which Is an
apparently uniathomablc abyss -? 20
: Knoxville ire,s oad HeruH, 10th.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.

The great. revolution through which
VIC are passing, progresses step by step,
gradually changing the. nature of our
government. The South has already
been swept over by tue food Of Radical
ism, and we may safely venture to say,
that the storm has spent its full fury
upon US. We have been so completely
tossed and ship wrecked by it, political
y, that we are out all danger. We
{ can in sit down complaccntly amid the
ruins of our institutions and watch the
proceedings of Congress consPiring a
gainst the very foundations Of the Fed
'cral Constitution. IF the liberties of
tha great free commonwealth Of the
North are crushed ty the eoaVerging
lines Of. a centralized despotism, we can
not be expected toshed tears of sympa-
thy, or utter Loud lamentations over
them.
Such a course would nccesstatc a
greater stretch Of forgiveness and gen.
erosity than our fallen nature rs capable
Of, They sustained and cheercd on
the ruin, who so mercilessly prosecuted
US. They applauded the illogical and
unprincipled course Of the radical party.
They could not see that war of coer'
cion waged against free States was O
breach of the Constitution. They could
not understand that military govern
ments, and court-martials were incon,
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,:.r CAROLINA -
NATIONAL BANK.
COLUMBIA, s. O.
Authorized CapItal---$500,0 600.

BOARD OF DlRECTORS.-L. D. Childs,
President, Dr.. J. w. Parker, Richard o..
Neale. Jr, John Preston, Jr. Edward Hope, J.
G. Gibbes, Geo. W.. Swepson, Of N. e. -.
The Carolina National Bank of Columbia
makes loans on Collaterals. deals in sight and
time Exchange, Gold and Silver coinr and, IN
Securities generally.
Deposits received in coin or currency and
paid in kind. Deposits in coin may be drawn
on in currency and charged in COIN at the
current price OF coin on the day Of presenta-
ton oi:check.
The directors propose TO increase the Cap
ital stock of the Bank, from one hundred to
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Per-
sons wishing a saie and sure investment, can
apply to the President, Cashier. or one of the
directors Shares. Sl0O.' Dividend paid jan
nary lsi. 5 per cent. on the business OF the
preceding six monhs.
w. B. GULTCK, Cashier.
Columbia, S. c., Jan. 81, 1869. 8. 80
Feb. 4. 81.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFF.CE LNTERNALDREvE U.E,

WAsHINaToN, Feb. l5, 1869. .,
Sir. The additional time given by
the Act Of December 22d, 1868, during
which, dealers might sell smoking and
fine cut chewing tobacco without
paekius'and stamping the same as re-
quired by Section 62 and IS, Act of
July 20, 1868, expire to-day, and here
after, alr such tobacco before being sold
or offered to,r sale, must be put up in
packagespreseribed by law and stamped.
Severe penalties a:e iml os d for any
violation of the law in this regard. Per
sons having in their possession such to-
bacco, incur no liabilitysfor keeping it
unstamped, so"long ns they do not sell
it, or off,r it for sale The stamping
is not to. be done BY internal revenue
officers, or under their supervision, but
by the owners of the tobacco. 1t be-
comes the duty Of all revenue officers TO
cause the law in this respect to be com
piled with and report all violation Of it
for prosecution. Respectfully,
(Signed) Z. A. ROLLINS,
Commissioner.
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EQUNE TAXATION: d:

EQUNL TAAATfCN.
We are disposed to DO justice, in all
things; to "tbe powers that be-" and con-
fsss tRgt the scheme as provided by; law
for assessment Of property, and raising
taxes, meets our approval, butas that law
is about to be executed, great injustice
will be done to, the public and o iudi,
viduals.. =; z 80 - : -.t.s a.a-..' e.. .
No,scale, classification or system has
been adopted by: the assessors and, in
effect, eachiindividual assesses his own
property. If the standard, adopted by
the party making the return, we're how
much, he would sell his property at, or
how much he could sell it at !? this
would be all right, but alas, for poor
human nature! the tax payers stand
ard, ID making his return, generally is,
how small l-a1yaluation will pass muster
with the assessor? We have, within our
knowledge, the fact that one tax payer
has returned common sandy land at one
dollar per acre, while another, on the
same watercoursc, and in the same Vi
cinage returns similar land at twenty
five cents per acre. Is comment ne
eessary? We know that the County
Board can correct this abuse and to call
their attention to this fact, is one of the
objects of this article But there is
another, i. e to demonstrate to our peo-
pie both the improperly aud impolicy Of
any other return of values than fair
and just cne.
The scheme of assessment and taxa
ton is just this, analogous to the Le-
gislative "bills"t to make appropriations"
and "to raise supplfes") having asccr-
tained the amount IF taxes necessary to
be raised, ascertain by assessment Of the
property, what per centage on the prop
erty of the county will realize that a.
mount If the taxes, general and spc-
cial for Kershaw county must reach the
sum ofs10.aOO. and the return of pro-
perty be s1,000,OO0, one per cent.
taxation will raise the sum, if the pro-
perty be returned at s50O,OGo, it will
take 2 per cent. to raise it, SO if the a.
mount to be raised is fixed, it does not
make any difference how the values Of
the property are returned pr.vided tho
returns are fairly and uniformly made,
but where one individual returns his
property at a full valuation, and another
his at one fourth its value, one man
pays four times as much as another for
the same pri0ileges and protection.
They may be dear enough at the
lower price, but we can perceive no
reason for the party, who undertakes
his property on return, being let off with
IS per cent. of his taxes, unless his con-
duct be deemed proof Of his loyalty, nor
for this Is per cent. being added to the
taxation of him who makes a full, frank
and fair return, unless his conduct be
regarded as smacking of rebellion. ~
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-02-25

B~We are indebted to our young
friend ". L. ARTHUR, formerly res,
nent Of our town, now residing in Gin
einnati, for copies ofthe Daily Enquirer.