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NITY TAX as-sIoNTHLY RETURNS
OF .cICE OF THE CITY ASSESSOR.
I-TY HALL Iaauaa.u LOCO

OF :ICE OF THE CITY ASSESSOR
CITY HALL, january l. 1869. I
Notice is hereby given to all concerned, thn. the
monthly Returns for the month of December past In
compliance with the Tax Ordinance, ratiaed on the
2ath OF January. 1868, and amended the 29th Of
September, 1858, must be made on or before the
18Th instant
TAKES ON THE FOLLOWING ARE PAYABLE MONTHLY.
On all sales of Goods. Wares and Merchandise, in
cluding Rice, Lumber, Hay, Grain and Naval Stores
On all sales of Cotton.
On all Freight and Passenger Lists of all steamers
and sailing vessels paid payable in this city.
On all sales by Bakers, Butchers and aucksters.
On all gross receipts of all Street Railroads.
On al gross receipts of all Express Companies.
On all sales Mt Auction.
On all Carriages and Bugtfes.
On all income derived from the pursuit of any
faculty, profession, occupation or employment
On the gross receipts Of all Commercial Agencies.
On all commissions received by Factors, Commits
sion Merchants, Bankers, Brokers, and others.
On oil premium received for or by any Insurance
COm any, or by agencies for individuals or compa-
MES.
On all gross receipts of oil Gas Companies
On every Horse and Mule used or kept within the
city, excepting herses mules used In any public
licensed carriage cart. dray, or other vohicle.
On all Retail Dealers In all articles whatsoever.
On al Barber Shops.
On all gross receipts OF Hotels and Public Eating
ana Boarding Houses.
On al receipts OF Livery Stable Keepers
On the gross receipts of Cotton Presses.
On the gross receipts Of all Printing Offices, News.
pap re- and Publishing Houses.
u On all Goods sold In the city by persons not resi-.
dent, by sample or otherwise.
On all sales of Horses and Mules brought to the
city. -
On sales OF Stocks Bonds, and other securities.
On the gross receipts of Magnetic Telegraph Com.
panies.
On the gross receipts Of all Tavern Keepers and
All defaaiters will be dealt with as the orai.
january 10 City Assessor.
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a@ PROBATE COURT-CHARLESrOY

a9- PROBATE URT-CHARLESrON u
COUNTY. JANUARY l, 1se9-Under the provsi ons
OF the act Of the Legislature, OF 2lst Septemb or
1868, session of said Court will held on the first
AoadGy Of each month, AMI continue thereafter SO
long as the business may require for the trial and
investigation Of Htigated cases and all matters ap.
pertaining to the Homestead Act in relation to the
APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF GUARDIANS 8
OF MINORS, TEE ALLOTMENT OF DOVER TO
WIDOWS, CASES OF IDIOCY. LUNACY. AND PER.
SONS NON CoHPoTEs MENTES. The said Pro-
bate Court will be open each and every day of each
week for filing proceedings CO porte and action
thereon and for transaction of the ordinary busi-
eaess Probate Wills, Petitions for Adminis-
tration, Auditing Accounts and SO forth. Under the
SD section Of said act all proceedings in the Court
Of Probate shall be commenced by petition to the
Judge Of Probate fer the county to whom the juris
diction Of the subject matter belongs briefly setting
forth the facts or grounds Of the application; and
by the 12th section Of said act "If any person shall
refuse or neglect to perform any order sentence or
decree of Probate Court, such court may issue
warrant, directed to any sheriff or constable In the
State. requiring him to apprehend and imprison
snch pereon In the common jail Of the county; and
II there be NO Jail Of the county then In the Jail Of
the adjoining couaty, until he shall perform such
order, sentence or decree, or be delivered by due
course Of law" GEORGE BUST;
Judge of Probate.
JanuaYyl fin2 (hnrlasfon Co,,ntv
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Our aalroad--An Infamous Proposition

A writer in the CHARLEsTos News. over the
slgniture OF Taxpayer, under a hypocritical
pretence, (as it seems to us,) OF promoting the
interest of the State, urges the compulsory
sale OF several railroads, among them the
Gfeenville and Columbia Road. The latter
road under good management is now doing
remarkably we'll, and has commenced to pay
of interest on the State guaranteed bonds. Yet
this writer would force q sale TO damage large
number Of bondholders-- millions in the az
gregate- ne other purpose, we verify believe.
than that OF plundering the unfortunate and
TO enable some designing and heartless capi-
talists and speculators to seize the road for
their own miserly purposes Of greed. Tt is
very probable il the Greenvillo road was forced
to sale, that the Town OF Greenville would act,l-
ally be deprived Of IL altogether, as the purely
selfish 9, spirits who would 6e active in forcing
the. sacrifice might conclude it would be q
saving ofa few dollars, to shorten the road. no
telling how much. We are satisfied that there
are some men,, and capitalists toos so utterly
selfish that they would, to add one hunderd
dollars TO their tens OF thousands OF income.
shorten the road down to Frog Level The
writer In the NEwd appeals to the Legislature
TO I'D his schoyaes byysS suitable acts. We do
not believe that the Legislature, IL Ii has the
power, IN inclined to respond to A,1oh d vile
ositions endangering heavy loss 20 the
State stssH, aud smashing ruin to many ciiixells,
totes!f ed s q sss;.sS g; a; .isSS
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Tho steamboat A. J. Brown colided with the
Bremen steamship Teutonia, between New Or
leans and the mouth of the Mississippi, on
Wednesday, and dsoon turned bottom up The
books, papers, money and everybody on board
were saved. The Teutonia was unniured and
passed on.
dispatch from Jefferson, Texas, reports
the arrest by the military of Colonel R. P.
Crump, Dr.. Marshall, B. T.. Thompson, R v.
McGill ex-Chief of Police. and two freedmen;
charges not known. Many others are said to
be spotted for arrest.
Generals Babcock and Porter, of General
Grants staff, are in New Orleans.
The Governor Of Alabama has appointed n
commission to negotiate with the government
oY Florida for The annexation or west florida
to Alabama. They will probably visit Tana-
hassee this week.
In Philadelphia, Twitchell has been convict
ed Of the murder Of Mrs. Hill, his mother-in-
law.
Hon. Marin w. Bates, OF Delaware, died at
Wilmington, in that State, on the I'd instant.
The Union car factory at Albany, New York,
was crushed by the weight Of the snow on the
I'd instant.
At shooting match at Toronto, Canada, on
New Years day, Giles, a famous riff fleman, was
accidentally shot and killed.
There was o furious storm in the neighbor-
hood OF Springfield, Mass, on the "a instant,
and the railroad trains were obstructed.
William Frazier and H. s. Quackenbush, the
President and Secretary of the American Agri-
cultural and Mineral Land Company, have been
arrested and held to bail in the sum of $25, 900,
for false representations concerning 5000, 900
acres Of land in North Carolina.
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aF EXUBERhNr HEALTH is Il DLESB-
ING vouchsafed to few. Even those who have been
favored by nature with strong constitutions and
vigorous frames are apt to neglect the precautions
necessary to preserve these precious endow an ents
Indeed, as q rule the more healthy and robust q
man is. the more liberties he is inclined to take
with his own physique. It is somo consolation to
the naturally week and feeble to know that they can
be 30 invgorated and built up. by proper use of
the means which science has placed at their disposal
as to have much better chance Of long life and
exemptions from disease and pain, than the mo st
athletic Of their fellows who are foolish enough to
suppose themselves invulnerable, and act accord :
iugly. r
1t is net too much to say that more shan half til .
people Of the civilized world need an sccasional
tonic, 70 enable them to support tho strain upon
their bodies and minds, which the fast life OF this
restless age occasions In fact. pure, wholesome
unexciting tonic is tho grand desideratuu OF the
busy millions, and they have the article In HOSTEL
TER'S SrOMACH BIT rERJ. It ia srAMrN Al.
EEDIcfNE, T. g., 1t inaparS permanent strength to
weak systes and invgoraes delicate cons titu tona
Its reputation and Its sales have steadily Increased
Competitive preparations have been introduced ad
itss. and, as far as the public are concerned ad
maasen. In the hope Of rvang it, but they have OH
either perished in tine atempt. been left far In the
rear. It has been the anEAr MEDrcAr, SUCCESS or.
srHE rREsENr oErURY and II is quite certain that no
proprietary medicine In ths country is as widely
known, or Oh generally used,
Ten lightning presses, RUNNING incessantly fSun.
days excoptedl the whole year through barely sup-
ply tho d.Yaand for the Iilnatratea Almanac, in
Which the nature and OF the preparations fra get
FORTH the circulation now being over ave mil lions
year. DAc 6 january
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gATANNAH.
THE rNsURREcrIoN IN sTATU oUo-DEsIRE TO
@ssssHa. OuEII. 1T WITHOUT nI nansurn

THE rNsURREcuoN IN sTATU ouo-DEs1RE 10
oUELL IT WITHOUT pLooDsHEp.
6AvAENAH, January a.. Affairs on the Ogee-
chez are without change for the better. The
negroes, still armed, and in largo bodies, are
driving of the whites and pluadering houses
and farms Of everything valuable. No demon
stration Against them has, as yet, been made.
The matter is under consideration, and an anx-
ious desire is felt to quell the insurrection
without bloodshed. Definite steps will.proba-
bly, be Saken tomorrow or Monday.
SAVANNAH, January -Afairs ON the Oge-
chse remain in statu quo. and nothing has
been done OF either side. Families from Bry-
an County are moving into the city, and they
report that the trouble is spreading to that
county. Two companies Of United states In
3antfys under General Sibloy, arrived here to-
cay: Inc cava. and military authorities are In
4 they aIe not reliable. s
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THE RAILROAD QUESTION:

TO THE EDITOR OF IHE NEWS.
we have read with some surprise an article
which appeared in your paper of the 28th ult.,
Oh sThe State and our Railroad System" sign
ed Taxpayer"
The writer sets out with the complaint that
the State and the City Of Charleston have in
CURED at least one-half Of their debt by sub
scrlptions to railroads. It might well be ques-
toned whether the State OF the City of Charles
ton could have conferred q greater benefit upon
its citizens than they have done by their wise
and liberal policy towards railroads, and we
shall certainly not attempt to re-write the cpl
taphs Of those departed worthless who have left
us this legacy. There may have been misman-
agement; there will always be discomfort with
any management; but this arises perhaps
ottener from the constitutional infirmity of the
grumbler than from any fault of the railroad
or Its managers. 1t has been the history Of too
many large and meritorions enterprises at the
South, both public and private, to struggle
threngh years Of toll and anxiety, only to be
sacrificed at last to some unworthy prejudice.
1t is scarcely valid objection to an institu-
ton or corporation, good otherwise in itself.
that ITS bonds were bought during the yar
w W,sh Confederate @ money; but the, so far as
cerned, is not the case. Some OF us at least in
vested in these bonds when the road was arst
commenced, and we did it conscientiously, to
fer benefit both upon the city and the State,
pease the pique or prejudice OF any one-
The editorials Of lee NEWS, on the subject
OF the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, have
not been answered, and il the majority of the
Legislature can and will take the trouble to
read them, they will see, what Tax payer has
faled to see. that the aid solicited for the COM
pletion OF this road from the Legislature is not
to increase the liability Of the State either di-
rect or contingent, but to enable the company
TO complete the road, ,and thereby confer vast
" Increased value upon o security now in a
most unsatisfactory condition. We know very
little OF the plans or purposes Of the Board OF
Directors Of the Savannah and Charleston Rail-
road Company, but we are inclined to. think
THAI Northern capital will not be inundated
Or discouraged by the course they willpursue,
II their memorial Is granted by the Tegisla-
ture; indeed it has been intimated to US that
there are parties who will readily undertake
the completion OF the road to the advantage Of
the State, to the best interests Of the city, to
the great convenience Of the travelling COM
nun1ty, and to the initiate satisfaction Of those
whose money helped to build the road.
8 ENTERPRISE.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Grant VS.. Johnson-Tit for Tat Outside
Inauguration orInsitle Inaugural-La
cOnIsms OF Grant.

From the Washington correspondence Of the
Baltimore papers we take the following:
A partial estimate of the great number OF
people who will be here to witness General
Grants inauguration may be formed when it is
stated that every room in one of the largest
hotels has been already engaged, and the pro-
prietors we're compelled to refuse at least two
hundred other applicants.
In noticing the other day the little personal
sunpleasantness" between the outgoing and in
coming Presidents, took occasion to depre-
cate the unsoldler-like dodge Of General Grant
in shirking q visit to AIr. johnson on New
Years day by an ignominious fight to Pha-
delphia. This has given rise to the sugseg-
ton that another difficulty is ahead; that upon
'inauguration day" it has been customary for
tho Setting Sun to attend the Rsme in his
may not be agreeable TO the latter luminary to
permit his ctfulgence to be eclipsel by the su-
perior splendor OF the former. I apprehend
no. difficulty on this score. Mr.. johnson
will scarcely, after what has occurred, COM
mence negotiations upon this delicate and
grave point. Mr. Adams put on q stiff upper
lip on the 4th OF March, 1899, and did not at
tend (nor did he offer to attendl the ceremonies
have been 9th 81 parallel cases in ou1 history.
But besides all this, learn that General Grant
has intlmated laconically to his Man FRI
day that he desires to break up and for
inaugurations and elaborate ''Inaugurals. !"
He will therefore be sworn in, together with
the Vicc-President, in the Senat Chamber,
without any parade. President Johnson's
with. a principal reason for this change of
tase is that the coming man is ''no orator, as
Brutus is" His speech, predatory to kissing
the calf-skin. it is thought, will be exceedingly
brief, not bigger than plsce Of chalk, Of sufi-
cient dimensions, however, for marking down
certain important and profound political max
inns, such as Let us have Peace! "I'll fight
it out on this line il it takes me all summer |"
Congress knows more about these matters
than do myself" 81 have not given then q
quently. ana think ths likeness perfect" 1t
would be nanifestly outside the pale of deco
rum to assemble hundreds OF thousands of
eagar spectators in font Of the eastern portico
OF the Capitol, and dismiss them thus abruptly
The inside track is, therefore, Indispensable
Where the President elect may, as succlnctly
as ne chooses. announce his line OF march,
Marcus Schuyler Brutus Colfax, VINO is really an
orator OF natures own making.
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WASHINGTON.

BAD WEATHER--ARMY NEws-CUsToMs THE IN
DIAN wAR--JUDaE BUsTEED.
WASHINGTON, January 2.--The weather con-
tinues very bad.
The Secretary OF War orders General Gillem,
commanding fourth, and General Reynolds,
lately commanding fifth district, to report
here.
The customs receipts from December &c to
date amount to 81, 2,470,OoO.
WASHINGTON, January 3.---sherman tele-
graphs that Sheridan reached Fort Cobb De-
cenber 10. There has been no more fighting.
Sheridan has The two chiefs, Santani and Lbne,
whon he will hold as hostages until the Klo-
wahs surrender. Sheridan and Hagen are to-
gether, and Sherman says that they can settle
the matter perfectly.
Alabamians here say that Judge Busteed
will be tried by the Senate. Steps are being
taken to prevent Busteed from drawing certain
money from the Mobile Bank.
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VIRGINIA.
EFFORTS AT UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
TO BE CALLED-TwENTY-sI THOUSAND DOL
LARS DEFAIGATI0N

EFFORTS AT UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
70 BE CALLED-TwENTY-sIx THOUSAND DOL
LARS DEFALCATIoN.
RICHMOND, January 2.-For two days past q
conference OF some OF the leading men in the
State has been in session, attended by Hon.
A. FL. FL. Stewart, OF Staunton; Hon. Thos.
.Flournoy, formerly Wing candidate for Gov
ernor; John L. Marye, Jr., present Conscrva-
tive candidate for Attorney; Wyndham Robert
son, formerly Whig, acting Governor Of the
State; Geo. w. Boiling, Jas. +. Johnson, for
mer Whig Senator; Frank G. Rufin, General
John Echols. w. T. Sutherland and others.
Last night, after midnight, they agreed on a
p1 Gamble and resolutions which set forth that
while the people of Virginia do not believe
that the negroes, in their uneducated condi-
ton, are as yet fit for suffrage, yet in view OF
the expression of public opinion in the recent
national ection, and in restoring harmony
and union, they are willing to accept universal
suffrage, coupled with universal amnesty. A
committee of nine was appointed to visit
Washington and urge Congress to legislatn
so as to secure these to the people of the
State.
The committee is composed of A. H. e..
Stewart, Wyndham E. Robertson, j. B. Baldwin,
ul5S NccSOu, w. l.. OutnerianO, y. IL. Nlaryo,
Jr., j. F. Slaughter, j /. f. johnson and W. L..
Owen.
resolution was adopted recommending the
people of the State to hold convention on
February 10Th, in Richmond, to receive the
report of the committee and arrange for the
canvass.
This conference is the result Of movement
Oh the part Of the ''Do Something's" as dis
tinguished from the ''Do Nothings." The for
mer desiring to make some advance towards
meeting the Reconstruction acts. and to avert
ing the disabilities, test oaths, &C., of the new
constitution; and the latter believing that the
people Of the State should, under no circum-
stances. sanction negro suffrage, which they
believe disastrous and degrading.
R. w. Hobson, ex-deputy collector of inter
nal revenue Of the Danville (va.) District, was
brought here tonight, charged with defraud-
ing the revenue by not accounting for $26, 900
received by him. He was bonded in $40 900 to
answer.
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Qitu Aoperttse,tents. .

GiItstkA'S DISPENSARY-TIIE MED
~ ICAL Officers Of this Charity will attend to all
Calhoun-street.
The EASTERN DISTRICT will comprise the sec.
ton east OF Meeting street, and between Calhoun
and Broad streets. Medical efficsr.S Dr. j. T. AN.
ORUM; residence No. 10 society street. .3,.
The IVES TERN DISTRICT will comprise the sec-
ton OF the city west Of Meeting between Cal
houn and Broad streets, ana in addition all that
part Of the
Ger. DR.. WIN. 81. BAILEY; residence No. 81 Tradd-
street.
The office of the Dfspsnsary as heretofore, on So
CIETX~STREEr, north de- one door west of Meet.
ing-street
Consultation hours at Office from Nine to Ten
A. NJ from Five to Six p. M. @ January
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nI- TO THE PUBLIC.-NOr HAVING
any particular fancy for seeing my in print -
but In justice to myself feel constrained to remove
any misapprehension that may exist as regards my
having been "relieved" from performing the duties
of Inspector Of Flour and Meal in consequence of
any neglect Of duty my part. I therefore append
the following.
Respec fully, EDWARD c. rHARIN
To the II norabk the Mayor and Aldermen of the CITY
Of Charleston:
We, the undersigned Merchants, dealing in Flour
and Bake Of Charleston, che erfllly recommend and
most respectfully urge the rc-ce tion of Mr.. EDW'D
O THARIN to the office Of Inspector Of Flour and
Meal Mr.. THARIN has filled tue Office for a num-
Der of years. during the whole Of which Mnaesh has
performed the duties in efficient courteous and
prompt manner, and he has attained that experience
which is importantto thu proper discharge Of the
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WADE HAMPTON AND wag South CARoxrNA
"A persistent effort is being naade by the ar
dent friends Of Wade Hampton to supplant Mr..
Magrath, the President or the South Carolina
Railroad, and elect the ssidtp in his places.
His friends are determined to honor kin anN
re ward him fcs doing brayeiy what they deem
TO hsye been his duty. We do not object To-
their partialitys Mr.. Hampton has many ad-
mifable qualities which endear him To Srieads.
ne Wag sonnethinR pf s. soldier and naturally
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A MTsTAKEN IDEA CoRnEcTED. .--Mrs. VIM. r.
Remele, of Middlebury, Vt, under date Of July
2, 1865, writes: II wish to speak q word for
impressed with tho idea that double thread
ed machine must be superior; but, after hav-
ing used your machine two and half years,
am prepared to say that---I would not exchange
the Wilcox d Gibbs for any sdoubie-t threadcT
machine 7 have ever seen.N g5sg g!t tts n
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Spffial .Nntiffa.

Ca p OPLE'S NATIONAL BANK
CHARLES TON, JANUARYs4 1882 1SIhe Board of
Directors having declared a.DIaiasnd Of SIX PER
CENT. on the business Of the last six months, the
same will be p,id on and aftet Tits day.
An Election for Directors to serve for the ensuing
year will be held at the banking use on Tuesday,
the 18th instant Polls open from IL ag to O'Clock
PM. n. a. IoPRR.
January
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MarrifD.

MoLAIN--KENNEDE--, IN Sunday evening, De-
cember 9th, by the Rev. d. j. "a ss.raLEY Mr. GEO.
NOLAN to Miss MAGGIE KENNEDY, eItis.,. ~, ;;,,-
ter OF MIS-. NJ KENNEDY, al of this city.
WARfNG--WATEEs-- By the Rev. PErEn ].
residence OF Mr.. JAMES Q. BELL EDWARD p.
WARING to ANNIE THOMASINE WAIIEs all of
Charleston, s. q.
BROOKS-ADAMS,-At live Oak, RichIaud, q. c..
on the evening of the 30h ult.. by the Rev W. p
DUBosE, J. HAMpDEN BROOKS, OF Edgeield, to
JAMIE GIsT ADAMS, daughter Of the late ex- sov-
ernOr ADAMS. y
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We do not find fault with this, We ara told,
however, that Mr.. Hampton possesses no bust.
ness qualifications at all, and we believe it. He
will win no honor as President OF that road.
the road in two years in the hands Of receiver.
Let the admirers Of the popular General take
some safer and better method OF demenstrat-
ing their regard: However, until the South
Carolina Railroad bettor sueserves the inter
ests Of our business men, and OF all our people,
We prefer that it should not prosper.',
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Mr.. nisrseli made three appointments or
OF Ireland on thc very day In witch he resigned
his own position. The several gentlemen thus
appointed had the satisfaction Ss hosstssssiE ofcS
fca shout twelve hensae 5sHl
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QDbifna,rn.

HAMILTON -Died on Tuesday; December 90 al
Morristown, New Jersey, Colonel DANIEL HEY
WARD HAMILTON, of Charleston South Carolina
IN the fifty ninth year of hisage.
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