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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-02-27
Feb q IDS Commissioners.
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.

q AACABAE EAkGM EeES SALE.
BY virtue Of q decree of the County Court
Conner, Dr., VS.. John l.. Coiner and others at
the December term 1871, we will, as Commits
sioners of said Court, proceed to sell, on the
premises, on SATURDAY, THE 23RD DAY
OF MARCH, 1872, that valuable tract of land
on South River, now in the possession of John
II. Conner, containing
2OG Acres.
This land is of excellent quality, and in a high
state of cultivation, with good Dwelling house
end the usual out buildings
Terms of Sale.-Enough cash in hand to pay
the costs OF suit and sale, and the balance in four
equal annual payments, bearing interest from
the day of sale. for which the purchaser will be
required to execute his bonds with approved per-
sonal security, and the title retained as ultimate
security. G.. NJ. COCHRAN, Jr.
S. 7. PHILLIPS,
Feb u tbs Commissioners.
II AND HI MARKET.-In pursuance of
A deed OF trust and decree of the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, l will proceed on
FRIDAY, the 22nd of MARCH
next on the premises to sell at public sale to the
highest bidder, tract of land containing
HOO Acres.
purchased by James w. and Joseph r. Gibson
OF Gerard 3. Stuart, adjoining DR.. Addison
Dold and Others near Hickory Hill" II is q
very desirable piece of land, in timber and cul-
tivation, and will be shown by Overton Gibson
to persons desiring to examineil. Tits supposed
to have iron ore upon it.
TERMs.-Costs of sale in hand, balance in six,
eighteen and thirty months bearing interest, the
purchaser to give bonds with sufficient security.
and title to be retained until all is paid
Feb q tbs n. K. TROUT, Trustee
DUBLHC SALE.-The undersigned, as Ex-
a ecutors of the estate of Robert Craig, de-
ceased will sell at his late residence near Craigs-
vile, Augusta County Va. ell his personal es-
tate, consisting of 2 horses, mule, about 20
head of cattle, including milch cows, or 10
hogs wagon, several pair of gears for farm
use, buggy. several plows, l harrow, and
household and kitchen furniture on the 18TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1872 Terms made known at
sale.
His real estate is directed by his will to be
sold. and may be considered in market, and will
h. 1,1n oGxrnrt cd horo flor
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-02-27
High and LOW Assessments.

The desirable object to be accomplished in
the assessment of lands is uniformity or equali-
ty Of assessments-tha is, to have each tract
assessed at its value as compared with each
other tract.
1t there be inequalities-that is, if some
tracts are assessed at too much or too little
when compared with other tracts of the same
value, the inequality should be rectifed. The
same amount of taxes has to be paid in the
State whether the assessments be high or low.
If the assessments be low, the per centage of
taxation will be increased-on the other hand,
if the assessments be high, the per centage of
taxation will be proportionately diminished
Nothing can be made by low assessments; on
the other hand, there are advantages accompa-
nying high assessments.
If the assessments be high. the per centage
of taxation, as we have stated, will be low
and when persons contemplating emigration
from one State to another shall compare the
per centage of taxation in the different States,
they will be inclined to go to that in which the
per centage of taxation is least, for they will
judge of the burdens of taxation by the per
centage on the assessed value. La this way
high assessments would tend to increase immi-
grafton into the State.
1t would promote the sale of land at better pri-
ces, for purchaser would more readily buy farm
when he could do SO for less than its assessed val
ue than if he were required to pay more than its
assessed value It would be difficult to sell a
farm at more than its assessed value. Those
wishing to sell, therefore, would be benefited
by high assessment.
Persons would pay their taxes more willingly
under high assessment, because the per CEN
tage Of taxation would be less-though the
amount paid would be the same
1t would be better for those in debt, for their
farms could not be so readily sold under the ham,
mer of the auctioneer, because, to do SO, it.must
bring three-fourths Of its assessed value. On
the contrary, if the assessments be low, the
debtors farms will be sold, because they would
bring three-fourths of such assessed value,
when it might not be half of their real value.
The result would be that the debtors prop.
erty would be wofully sacrificed.
There is nothing to be gained, but much to
be lost by low assessments Those labor under
great mistake who favor low assessments.
To have general re-assessment now through
out the State would be exceedingly unfortunate,
for the assessment in some portions would be
greatly reduced, and 10 others-as in the Val
ley-it would not be, and the result would be
that the Valley would be required to pay more
than its equitable proportion of the State taxes
and this would cause dissatisfaction which
would engender sectional prejudices-a result
greatly to be lamented.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-02-27
IN CHANCER1

Mary Letchew, Esteline Letchew. Robert Dick
ems and Mary g. his wife, and James Wright
and Elizabeth his wife, Defendants.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-02-27

Il cheap willow and wooden ware,
household furnishing goods, &C..
Call on r. D. SEARS. agent.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-02-27

EA|ANTED.-A lady to operate the Wheel
Wv er q Wilson Sewing Machine. Apply at
Tue once, on Main Street, Staunton Va. One
VINO can ca furnish good Recommendations will be
paid literally. Feb " 1t i
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-21

The Fair of the Palmetto Steam Fire
Engine Company will open this evening,
at haif-past o'clock, at Irwin's Hall.
Let the Fair be we'll patronised, as it is
for the purpose of assisting the Palmet-
toes to purchase their new steamer and
hose.
A Tennesseean committed suicide by
keeping the muzzle of his rifle at his
head and the breech in the fire until the
piece was discharged by the heat. Ono
would prefer hanging to such suspense
MS he must hive endured.
Trains will be running on the Cheraw
and Salisbury Railroad, as far as Wades-
boro, N. @, some time during the com
ing summer-so the Democrat says.
A white woman in New Hanover Coun
ty, N. G., recently eloped with three
negro men.
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Our latest foreign files, down to the
lst instant, show TINT all the London
journals are taking an active interest in
the discussion of the American .'case, "
and all are quite obstreperons. The
Telegraph says that "no such pretensions
las the American demands) have been or
can be for moment allowed" aud com
mands the British Government to show
that the nation is willing to do its duty,
but resolute to uphold its right Tie
Post attacks the British High Commits
sioners, and accuses them of inoompe-
tency and carelessness. Itconsiders that
II they did not act advisedly with regard
TO the contingency of remote damage,
''it will be difficult to excuse the manner
IN which the treaty was drawn up" It
does not blame the United States for
constituting the treaty as it does The
PdW Nal Gazette takes nearly the same
view. 1t belabors tho much-enduring
Government and High Commissioners
with much JUNCTION, and then allows
that If the indirect claims como within
the terms of the agreement, i've must
accept the responsibility forced on us bv
the negligence and incompetency Of onr
Government, and pay the bill" But if
not, not. The vigorous Mr.. Otway, M.
f., does not mince matters at all as the
newspapers do. In a speech at Chat
ham, he declared vohemcntly on the sub
ject OF the American "case," and de-
clarcd that ho would fight rather than
pay. Which bellicose vaticination eli
cited car splitting cheers
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-21
$4,000 to Loan.

OK GOOD COLLATERAL. Apply a;
" Jan2} CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK.
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Federal census-the Government census.
which was far more complete, costing
S43, 203. Speaking of the suspension of
the writ OF Adbeds corpus, in nine of the
Counties OF South Carolina, the minority
say:
I'VE have no means of knowing upon
what specific information, it any, the
resident has suspended the writ of ha-
oeds corpus in nine Of the Counties of
south Carolina, because, up to this time,
ne has failed to respond to the resolu-
ton OF the House OF Representatives
upon that subject. With our opportu-
mites OF knowing what has and what has
not transpired in South Carolina since
the passage Of the law 10 enforce the
fourteenth amendment of the Constitu-
ton, we are bold to say thnt the exercise
OF thls usurped dominion over the great
writ OF right of the people, falsely
claimed to be rightfully delegated TO the
President by Act of Congress, is wholly
unsupported by any state of facts which
would Justify its suspension, even by the
rightfnl trustees of the power under the
Constitution"
The report closes with an arruignment
OF the President in the following words !:
ut is painful duty to arraign the
Chief Magistrate Of the republic before
the great tribunal Of the people. It
would have been much more pleasant
task, IN crisis which should hush into
silence oil mere party criticism, to rep
resent him to that court of last resort as
having performed his high trust, in re-
latlon to these Southern troubles, with
moderation, justice, wisdom, and the
strlctest lmpartiality: and that. under a
broad and large-hearted administration
OF the Government. peace and harmony
had been restored between the people Of
the two sections; and that all the bite,
ness and ranking animosities of O erent
OWL war had been lost and absorbed in
the proud recolleotions of Joint struc-
gle for independence and liberty, and
the common glory OF the earlier and bet
ter days Of the republic.
What we complain Of. and what the
great body of the American people
should visit with their censure and CON
demnation, is the indifference and the
positive inattention of the Federal Exc.
cutive to the terrible results which NAV
follow the mal-administration of affairs
in the Southern States; and that he
seems to be 80 fnr forgettul OF his duties
to all tile people as to submit himself,
perhaps unconsciously, to the dictates
OF party vengeance, or the accomplish
ment of party ends in the future, rather
than to do equal and exact Justice to oil
classes OF citizens" ZETA.
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Flhaueinl ana Uommero,nl.

COLUMBIA, s. O., February 2O.-Sales
Of cotton, to-day, rs ba1es-middling
211so.
LONDON, February 2O-Noon.-Con-
soils 92a6. Bonds 9134.
PARIS. February 20.-Rentes 56i. ESQ.
L1vERPoo1, February 2O-3 P. NJ
Cotton opened firmer and is now strong
-uplands 113s; Orleans 1156; nearly
due from New Orleans 11X; Bombay
shipments since last report to the 10Th,
6G,0 600; nearly due from Savannah or
Charleston IL GIG.
LIvEnPooL, February 2O-Evening.-
Cotton closed steady-uplands IL 81; Or
leans 20. Manchester advices favora-
BILE.
New YORK, February 2O--Noon.
Stocks strong and active. Money easy,
at 6. Gold strong, at 1O36. Govern
ments dull but steady. E1change-long
92s; short 1O16. Flour, corn and wheat
unchanged. Pork steady-new mess
14.00@14.25. Lard steady, at 956@9A.
Cotton dull and heavy-uplands 23M
Orleans 2356; sales l ,625 bales. Freights
quiet.
7P. M.-Cotton barely steady; sales
$50 bales-uplands 23L; Orleans 2336.
Flour quiet but steady. Wheat in bet
ter export demand-winter red Western
!. l.66@1.69 Corn inactive and lower, at
71h@72. Rice in moderate request, at
8@8A. Pork 14.00@14.12 Lard ac-
tive and unchanged. Freights steady.
Money firm. at 697. Gold 1926 Ster-
ling 9as. Governments steady. South
erns firm. Tennessees and South Caro-
linas especially strong. Tennessees 6GZs;
new 67. South Carolinas 81; new 32al.
Snles of futures to-day, lG. 700 bales, as
follows: February % 11-16, 223z; March
2255; April % SIG, 235S; May 1884,
23H; June 2355, 2334; July 90 1916,
LOUISVILLE. February 2O.-Bagging
strong, at l5%@l6. Provisions active.
Pork 1880. Bacon, on orders-shoul-
ders 81; sides 724@S. Packed whiskey
dull, ut sc.
NEW ORLEANS, February 2O.-Corn
quiet and lower, at 70@73. Pork scarce
and firmer-mess 16.55(@17.O0. Bacon
easier. at 1000. Lard lO2z(011.
Whiskey dull. at 9091.0O. Others un-
changed. Cotton active and tirm-mid-
ding 22as; receipts 10,359 bales; sales
$4,000; stock 228, 1929.
CINCINNATI, February 2O---Pork de-
mand light. and holders firm, ut l3 %.
Bacon drooping-shoulder 616; sides
7as@72l. Whiskey Sc.
BOSTON, February -Cotton-mid-
ding 23M92356; receipts 346 bales;
sales $50; stock 5000.
PHILADELPHIA, February 2n.-Cotton
qulet-middling 2314.
GALVESTON, February 2O.-Cotton
firm-good ordinary 2oA; receipts 424
bales; sales 1000; stock 5l.114.
MOBILE, February 2O.-Cotton dull
middling 221s; receipts 1852 bales; sales
500; stock 67,O83.
NORFOLK, February 2O.-Cotton quiet
low middling 21sl; receipts 1,480
bales; sales 100; stock 8, 562.
CHARLESTON, February 2o.--Cotton
quiet -middling 22@2214; receipts So7
bales; sales 200; stock 26.953.
SAVANNAH, February 2O.-Cotton firm
for good grades; others nominal mid
ding 22l6(0221i; receipts 1,16S bales;
sales l. 700; stock 1858.
BALTIMORE, February 2O.-Cottou
quiet and steady -middling %; receipts
6S4 bales; sales 169; stock 6,326.
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Programme of Proceedings
AT the Trial of the
PALMETTO STEAM FIRE ENGINE.

f1NHE new Steam Fire Engine for the Pal.
Il mettoes will be tested TO-DAY, 21st inet..
between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 p NJ
weather permitting. ''
The Independent and Palmetto Steam Fire
Engine Companies will form line on Blandinc
street, IN front OF Palmetto Engine House at
1O A. III. The limo will move Is follows:
Flremen's brass band, Professor LyBrand.
Leader.I
independent Steam Fire Engine Company.
John Mckenzie, Esq., President.
Palmetto Steam Fire Engine Company.
Capt. w. Is. Stanley. President.
New steamer, "ralnetto," in charge of
builder, VIM Jeffers, Esq, and engineer, Mr..
J. Merrck.
The line will march down Main street to the
corner OF Gervais street, where the first trial
will take place; thence to corner CT Lady and
Ma!n streets, and from there to corner OF
Plain aud Main streets.
The following named gentlemen are an.
pointed committees, and respectfully request.
ed TO act:
On tMtchdnisn, Capacity, Durability and
Ctupyin EItinJuishing Fyres-His Honor the
Mayor, John Alexander, John A. j. Derrick.
Robert King J. J. Mackey and C. Davis.
On Time Of Making Steam and Pressure O,
Steam dnd lt'0ter-H. ToZer, Geo. A. Sbields
and VIM. X. Evans.
On Distance and Height IF Streams--Capt.
John Mckenzie, Capt. W. y. Stanley, John
Agnew. Vim. RI. Monckton, John G. Seegers.
Il. r.. Scott. Geo. SUMMERS
The public arc respectfully invited to attcud.
NJ. J. CALNAN.
j A. SHELL
G. +. JACKSON,
HfcD Il committee on S. F. Engine.
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Independent Fire Co
Palmetto Firemen's Fair,
II Feb 81

THE Committee Of the Palmetto Steam
4 Fire Engine Company, appointed to aid
the ladies who go literally offered to hold a
announce to ;he public that the Fair will be
opened at Irwia's Hall, on the night of the
2lst of February. The tables will be repre-
s..ntc'i T.: Mrs: +. II. Pollock. AIRS. R. S Nor
Mr-. Mary Brady, Mrs. S. s. McCuly and Mrs'
$. Morrison. who will bo pleased to receive
contributions from all well-wiehers of the
Iamettota.
CoMMIrTrI-C. F. jackson, j. s. Purse, W.
L. Koysttr. " ]. Calnnn, j. A. Shell. Il. e.
VI Kay. ": j. Heidi, William Morrison T. P.
Purse. F. J. Brown, T. NJ. Pollock.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-21

Foreign Analrs,

LONDON, February 90 The vote of
the House censuring the Ministry for ap-
pointing Robert Collier was 268 to 24I.
Gales throughout the Island Of Java
destroyed the Glove crop.
BERLIN, February 2O.-The Emperor
is sick. He passes restless nights.
MADRID, February 20.-A Ministry
has been formed by Sagosta, composed
of his partisans and selections from the
minority in the Cortes.
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Tnkipg South Carolina for an ex.
ample, 1t appears that the men who were
entrusted with the disbursement OF The
money OF the people, and who ruled
over them with hand Of iron. all told,
only paid the paltry sum of SIT yearly
taxes but while sparingly paying out,
great care was taken TO have their in
come largely Increased Comparing tho
salaries paid i'll 1870 with those paid be-
fore the war, it appears that the increase
III favor OF the carpet-bnggers amounts
to S125,9S9. Although tho value OF
property in the eleven States oi the
South has been reduced from Sl,433.-
737, 042 in 1S60to So. O26. 440, OIL in 1870,
being loss Of $780,, ,3OG,971, or over
S30O, 00O, 900 more than now remains, tho
State taxation on what those people now
have was, in 1916, Sl2.Sl3, ,6I5, while it
was SS, S,1G5,4SG in 1860, when their
affairs were managed by thcir own peo-
pie; and the County taxation in 1860, Oh
al property they then owned, was only
S3, l1o, ISL, while now, under carpet bng
and negro rule, it is $14, 298, G30, or
Sl1, lS3, I4G moro on the remnant still in
existence than it was on tho whole
property they owned before the war
began.
Looking over some Of the items of
this reckless expenditure, it is discovered
that tho officials wero remarkably kind
to inmates of the penitontinry, for in
South Carolina it appears tknt SI2,-
o3G. II was expended for hired labor in
that building, Notwithstanding the fact
that between 200 and 800 conviots, q
majority oi whom wero colorcd mon,
were. during the year, living in that i'll
siitntion ut the expense of the State.
Another item of expenditure in the same
State was for tnking the census. 1t np-
pears that tho sum OF SO, 524 WAS cx.
pended in this way, and that. too, only
u few mouths before the taking OF the
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-21

HOTEL ARRIVALS, February Nickerson
House-B Whitner, Anderson; Mrs Il
Smith and child, N O;W M Thomas, Chester:
J Q Fuller and wife, philadelphia; Mrs 81 j
Jackson, Y; N & Ostoon. Sumter. e; " l.
Lyon, Baltimore; G Osborne md wife. Miss
+ Osborne, Miss II Ward, Newark; j nj
Lipscomb, Danville; Wm H Trescott Pendle-
ton,
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Auction 8alcs.
Horses and Mules.
BY E. W. SEIBELS G. CO.

BY E. W. SEIBELS & 90.
On FRIDAY MORNING, February %. at 10
O'Clock, will be sold, in front OF the Court
House,
16 head of HORSES and MULES. Sale
positive and without reserve. Feb 81 s.
Sale Of Kings Mountain Railroad.
Theodore D. Wagner and Asbury Coward.
Trustees, rs. tho Kings Mountain Railroad
Company.-Foreclosur Of Mortgage.
BY II. II. DeLEON.
IN pursuance Of tho terms Of Mortgage
l. executed by the Kings Mountain kaf-
road Company, on the 18th day OF March,
1866, and by virtue of the powers therein
granted, we will cell, at public auction, at
Charleston, S. O., on WEDNESDAY, March
~, 1871, at II o'clock. at corner East bay and
Broad streets,
The entire RAILROAD OF the said Compa.
ny, including the bed and superstructures of
said Road, the materials used in conetruc-
tion, the stations, station house depots.
store-houses. workshops, machinery and fx,
lures thereon, and all the engines aud rolling
stock, together with all the rights, privileges
and easement belonging or appertaining to
said Railroad Company.
Terms cash; purchasers to pay for papers
and stamps. THEODORE D. WAGNER.
ASBUk} COWARD,
Jan IA Trustees.
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~ New York scotsman advertises ), 900
different kinds Of roses for sale.
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Heinitsh's S Blood and L,ver Pills |,

Helnltsh Blood and Liver Pills!
LLEGANTLI sugar. coated, perfectly taste
~ less, and warranted to cure all diseases
II the liver and its kindred complaints. Good
tor constipation OF the bowels. disorders OF
the stomach, sick and nervous headache, in
digestion, biliousncss, ftvcrs, cI.iils, kidney
affections. female irregular rites. They purify
the blood. and remove all derangements OF
the internal visccra. Pit UP in blood-red
coorcd wrapper. and sold al % cents hox,
at HEINITSH'S DRUG STORE.
Feb Is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

a PAPER is going arounl abnut q
girl in Chester, Vermont. dying from
tight lacing. These corsris should l.,
done away with; and IL the girls cant
live without being squeezed. we sup
pose men can he found who would sa-
criticc themselves. As old rs we are,
we would rather devote three hours t;
day, without a rent Of pay. as brevei
corset. than see these girls dyihg Off in
that manner. Office hours almost any
time. New Albany Ledger.
We would desire to warn all the young
ladies in the immediate vicinity of the
Ledgcr-Stindard office, 10 beware OF the
liberal Offer of its editor to act a deputy
corset. or corsets All arrangement to
get up IA first class difficulty among la
dies : as his wife would object to his
proposed liberties--and then there would
be Il Sensational! item for the Ledger
Standard.
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SCHOOL.
N-.TN1 ly

I'SVHE winter term Of this school vii
u commence Wednesday. Jaaulry
Sih. and continue twelve weeks. The
spring term will commence Monday
.Af,i. TIN aud continue twelve weeks.
it vii be our object 10 MAKE this
school Interesting aud pr"!i;a..c to ~,
who may attend. The training OF The
pupils will be directed 10 the develop.
ment 81 the reasoning i.cu.iies, ti,tin.
them for any business o. lie.
Tuition per term So. 81 aud 80.
Eotfd from So % 20 81 az per week
students viii be admitted al ms time
al psop"f;ionaie rates.
W.CLlNE, Principal.
December 90. -1r72-if.