The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-05-26

Gn0 Ut8Vo AbeceDueEt. -
welearn' through officiaisources
that according to the feturns al.
ready in from twenty.hine coun.
ties, with two more to hear from
Iticbland and Charleston the in.
dications are, that the amount as:
sessed rs the value of real and per.
sonal property, in the State will not
exceed one hundred and thirty mil
lions of dollars. Is The probabilities
are that the State Board OF Equal
'iza;iOn will raise the assessment of
property to about two hundred
millions in order that the perfcen-
tim oftaxation shall not exceed
one. half Of one per centum, or fifty
cents on one hundred dollars. 10
nix the rate of.taxaiion with an as
sessment Of one hundred and tIiir-
~ millions wonld be very nearly
one dollar on the hundred. 's"'
The returns o:personal property
are universally very much below
what was expected. For instance,
the whole number ofhorses return.
ed is forty-two thousand, and the
highest average value seventy Eve
dollars. The returns Of merchants
stocks sttocks are also far below !expccta
tions. 10 .'i '0 @'' a.. b
1n.the matter of real property
there is very little difference in the
present valuation over that of
1851. t7.sy 40 slsI -. - .IT,.~o
As an example of the way in
which property has been assessed,
the average value of arabic lands
in Orangebmg is 81 rs per acre,
while the highest average of the
best lands will he found i'm George
town County at S1S per acre. The
county which returned the highest
general average of, land tlrou Oh
out is Darlington, which is about
| S6 per acre. 7'rsfi ~ a-.. ~
We learn that the State Auditor.
Mr.. Tomlinsoh, as soon as the per
centum OF taxation is, fixed, will
make a full statement of the re.
turns for publication. On,.fourth
offhe revenue to be raised will 90
TO pay S250,000 past due interest
on the Statehouse debt. To pay
the running expenses of the State
Government would not require
more than one-quarter per cent.
taxation. Over $500, 900 past due
interest is to be paid out of the tax.
alton for the current year. ..
Comparing the valuation of 1 1S67
and that of the present year, we
find that the average value Of real
property, in Abbeville Comfy. for
1857, was 50 per acre /; tile aver.
age value of the same property
this year is 50 per acre. In iS6f,
Abbeyille returned 500, 500 acres I:
in 1S6S,a the returns are G2O.243 :
Barpwe! County returned in 1857,
994 1856 acres, at q valuation of
-, ,542, ,O50; in 1868, the ,returne
are 920, ,23S acres, at a valuation of
$2,974,9S5. Darlington County,
in 1867, returned 465,4S3 acres,
at a valuation of $934,17O in 1868,
the returns showg457, ,067 acres, at
a valuation Of $2,2SO,G79. ,Dar.
lington is the only county in which
there has been any considerable
increase over the valuation of s67.
o.s''' '7. ''d' Charleston Neacs.
Isi."a H.t - T'a-s>za. Las,l n , ! 80 - ..
DEATH OF REV, Tuos. HUrcu1rNsrs.
Perhaps there was no man in this
section OF country, a few years
ago, more generally known tLan
Rev, Thomas lIutcLins. His rep.
utation as q pulpit orator in the
Methodist Church was very con.
siderable - distinguished tor un.
common fuency, and stirring earn.
estness of manner, and followed
so often by the most marked rc.
'sults in accessions to the church
and extensive religious rovivals.
For several years past he has been
residing in Georgia, for tine most
part in Savannah land his connec-
ton with tile Methodist Episcopal
Church having been severed, he
has been preaching, as we under
stand with great popularity. as a
minister in the Protestant Metho.
fcist Churca.: .:'' Wehave just learn
ed the fact that this aged preacher
: being over fonrscore died in Sa-
vannah, Ca, on the 27th Of April,
and his remains we're brought to
this District By way Of GrecnviIle.
aud deposited beside his wife md