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Taxation in the Stafc^. *T?i e Order oi tiesi. 4Janby. | Gen. Caxbt yesterday promulgated the : following order: litcaoqiia 2o Military District, ) Charleston, S. O., Dec. 3, "07. [ {^Ocnerml Order*, No. 130] I. To provide for tlia support of the Iirovisional government of South Carolina, or the year commencing on the first day )f October, lS07, and ending on the thir teerth day of September, 1SGS, the Act 'oftfcn General Assembly, "To r-.iso supi plies for the year commencing in October, cne thousand eight hundred and sixtvisix," approved Docomber 21, 186G, will, as hereinafter modi tie I, be continued in force until superseded by legislation or until otherwise ordered by proper Authority. ARTlCLRd TAXKD "AD VALOUKU." 1. On all real estate, tweuty live cents On every hundred dollais : providetl, that on such lands as may be in the possession of tho liorenu of Refugees, Kreedtuen and Abandoned Lands on tho first day of January next, and the owner or claimant is thereby deprived of its occupation and use, such tax shall not be collected ; on the capital stock of all gnailtght companies, twenty five cents 011 every hundred dollars; on articles manufactured for sale, barter, or exchange, between the first day of Jau uary, one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, and tho first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyeight, twenty cents on every hundred dollars, to be paid by the m wufueturor ; on the market value of the gross amount of spirituous liquors manufactured from the firsi day of January to the thirty first day of Docember, 1863, five r>er cent, to be paid q uarleriy at tho end of each quarter iL.. IV.- i?- /-.it. ?u vuu Ait* coanc.ors 01 tua IJistricls hi which it wu3 manufactured ; on buggies, carriages, goIJ and silver plate, watches, jewelry and pianos, on hand on the first day of January, 1808?except when held by dealer^ for the purpose of Bale?ono dollar ou every hundred dollars. "tax ox incomes." C. Upon all gross incomes derived from employments, faculties and professions, including tho profession of dentistry (whether in tho' ptofc-ssion of tho law the income bo derived from tho costs of suit, or fees, or other source of professional in. comos,) excepting clergymen, two ami one half dollars ou every hundred dollar*.; from commissions received by brokers, ' vendue masters, factors, commission merchants, dealers in exchange (foreign or domestic,) Or in mortgages, bonds and other negotiable papers, two and onoiha'f J.ii .... uoiiitr* on every numiroil UoilBr> ; tr<?i;? premiums received by insurance com panic* . or underwriters, two dollars on everv hun dred dollars; from tho receipts of express or other transportation companies earned within the limits of the State, one dollar j on every hundred dollars; and from the receipts of telegraph companies earned within tho limits of tho State, two and one half dollars on every hundred dollars; from the sale of newspapers or magazines, one dollar on every hundred dollars 4 on gross receipts of newspapers published in tho 9tato twenty cents 00 ovary hun. dr6d dollars; from the sale of goods, wares or merchandise, embracing all tho articles .of trade, sale, barter or exchange (cotton taxed by tho United States excepted,) which any person shall make between tho first dav of January and the thirtyifirst day of December, 1809, to he paid quar , terly at the end of each quarter, to the , several Tax . Collectors, tweuty cents on evory hundred dollars ; on tho gross profits of nil banks or banking institutions, two dollars on every hundred dollars; on the gross incomes derived from the arts of photographing or dagaerreotyping, one dpIUr on every hundred dollars; on all incomes from salaries, rents, dividends and " tnoney at interest, one dollar on every hundred dollars in excess of five hundred dollars; on the gross incomes of at! railroad, (not exempted by law) from earn ' ings within the State, one dollar on every hundred dollars. All persona keeping hotels sh.*.!! pay a tax of two dollars on very hundred dollars of gross income ; nil persons keeping restaurants or eating houses shall pay a tax of two dollars on .eery hundred dollars of gross income; all persons kocping livery staldss shall pay a tax of two dollara on every hundred dollars of gross income; all butchers snd hucksters shall psy a tax of one dollar on every uunureu dollars of gross income ; j all persona ke?*pinaf billiard table* shall pay a tax of fire dollar-*on every hundred dollars of gross income , all persons keepi iing bowling alleys shall pay a tax of Ave dollars on every hundred dollars of cross income; all persons keeping bar rooms, whether connected with a hotel or etherwise, shall pay a tax of ten dollars on every hundred dollars of gross income; *11 persons keeping ferriea or bridges shall pax a tax of one dollar on every hundred dollars of gross income; all portons keep ing toll gates shall pay a tax of one dob lar on every hundred dollars of gross in come ; each person or company keeping * public race track shall pay a lax of one hundred dollars; nnsn a?eh I , ....j stage conch, baggage wagon and omnibus | drawn by two or morn horses, there hall bo paij a tax of ten dollar*, and tipon each dray and cart, or baggage and ex press wagon drawn by one horae, a tax of five dollar*. "ratas iwaoaan for orrtatw , ot?." 3. Ali persons representing for gain or reward any p at, comedy, tragedy, inter lude, or ftr. o, or giber employment of the stage. or any part therein, or exhibiting fcnx works or other aho*a of any kind %ha'aoerer, thall pay a tax of ten dollara ft day, to be paid into the hands of the Clerk# of the Courts, or of a Magistrate in tlio absence of the Clerk, who ahwil be bound to collect and pay the aame in^o the public treasury, except fn cases where tho anme ia now required by law to be paid to corporations or otherwise. Upon every taking out of a charter, except for religious, charitable and educational instl thllOits, thorn shall be levied a tax of twenty dollan; upon each reft'ewal ol a charter liable te tax under (his order, ten dollars, and all companies incorporated in other States shall pay for the privilege of carrying on tbeir business in this State l^o same charter lee at is required of companies Incorporated in ibis Stale. AH c'rcufc exhibition*. to be paid at lli ? toll*, tifiv d?>ll*ta per da . ; eatli and every jw H0? k. epiot; B d'?i; or d ijjs, ?li it it pat a UXof one dollar f.?r each dog. For the pnvtmg# of Belling lottery litdc-ts within the limits of this State, live hundred dollars per month, to be waid month I v or quarterly in advance to the Treasurer of the State of South C t elina, who, upon such payment, ahnll grant a license for the time for which a noli payment tins been made, hut not for has than one month. "orcein, tax" 4. A capitation tax of one dollar shall bo paid by every in ale person between the age* of twenty>ono and s.xiv, residents of I the Sta'e on the first d?v of J anuary, one I thousand eight hundred :?u 1 sx'.Vieight, except s i di .a* riro """i .ddtbof eaiu ng it support bv reason of mental or physical disability: jiroi'iii'J, that double e>ecu tioos for the non.payinent of the C'.pita lion tax of the psst year, shall not bo enforced, and that iu all cases where execu lion has not boon issued end noc<?*t? have been incurred, the tax may he dischniged bv the payment of the original amount on or before the first day of March, 1808. 5. All taxes Imiai on property as ore scribed in this order, sliali be paid to tfio Tax C'olluetor for the District or l'urish in which raid property is located, except that the tax on railroad companies, express companies, end telegraph companies, hall l>? returned to and pa d directly into tlio Treasury of tire State; and th;a te turn shall ho in ado quarterly. 0. Ml individual taxes will be a?s-sscd directly upon and collected ditect'y fr<hi the individuals from whom they are due. '7. The houses and lota on Sullivan's Ie!,md shall be returned to tho Tax (Joilec tor of the tax District in which tuey arc situated, in the an lire manner as other town lo|s and house?, and shall bo liable to the aamo rater of taxation. 8. liefer* the collection of the taxes herein provided for, -very Assessor or Tax Collector (anting in the capacity of Aaeos or) in ill in Sta;e, shall proceed to make an <i l valorem nssntsinonl of nil lands, buildings and improvomenls, without dis? tinclion an to city, town or country pro1 perty, and upon all other property upon ?... ..... ..... ? ?' > I f|iv,u ??? I uu t-KM i'/rx.rto IIA II.1S IMM'H ?rVi*' I, [ with roferenco to the market value of such property in United States currency, nail without reference to any previous assess moot; an I R'if'i assessment* shall be *uh> ject to rev -ion bv military authority.-*Kach Assessor anl each Tax Colle -'or acting as Assessor, before enteiing upon his duties a* A*s <"ir, -dia'l taIc?* a:, d *ub ' scribe bah re the < 'i ?rk of the Court of tile Ihstriet the following oath, which ebull he endorsed on hit commission, vir :? "I, A ii, do promise an.I swear that I will, to tho best of my ability, execute the !lilies of Assessor for my Collection 1';* triet, and will, without favor orpartialitv, ascertain an.l assess the actual value of the proper'.?, real an I personal, upon which an ad valorem tax is levied, before and for the purpose of levying such tax." j 9. Kach Tax Collector shall attend at ] the Court House of the Tax P:?lriet, (..r ' if there ho rm Court llon*?, at so:ne other J public place) ilailv for one week previous to making his lluai return, for the receipt of taxes of bis respective Dir'rict or l'ar l i II i _ ' ' mn. aii mx.is (vi properly imposed i.y the provision* of this order h! 1 have ro ferenco both as to pocse*iion and valuation to the Grst day of January, eighteen hun dred and n'Xty ?dght, exr-'pt where anino other datp is specially designated. All taxes on income impose 1 by the provision* of this'aet aha!' have reference to lire a? mount of such income received between the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and the first day of J arnarv, one thousand eijht hundred and sixty eight, and all such in come tax shall be due and payable on or before the thirty first day of March, IfiCS. 10. The tat"* herein levic 1 shall be paid only in gold and adror roin, Unite 1 States Treasury notes, or notes denhir.-1 to be a legal tender bv the Govern merit of the United States. Of POtPHof N'u'irrlrtt) Banks, or the bil's recatvablo oftbis Stntc ; j and also pay rerlifi of juror* and con I stables for- attendance on tho courts.? The Tax Collector* of the several flection districts shall be allowed, on all sum* of money paid into their hand* for tares, a commission as follows, that is to say : the Tax Collectors of Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Chester, Clarendon. I>arIin jton, Edgefield, Kershaw, Laurens, Newberry, Orange, Richland, Spartanburg. Suinter, | Union, York, Marion, St, Phillip's and St. i Michael's, at the rale ol four per cen|; j the Tax Collectors or Chesterfield, Fair field, Oreentille, Lancaster, Lexington, ! Matlhoro', Pickens, St. Mathews, Prir.ce George's VVinyah, fit. Barfho'omew'.*, Williamsburg, at the rate of six por cent.; tho Tax Collectors of All Saints', Christ ! Church, 11orry, Prince William's. St. Ceor, [ ge's Dorchester, St, Helena, St. James' Ooose Creek, St. .Tamo's Santee, St. John's Berksiey, St. John's Colleton, St. Peter's, St. Stephen's, at the rate of eight por oer.t; the Tax Co'lertora of St Andrew's, St. Luke's, St. Paul's, St. Thomas' and St. Dennis', at the rate of ton per cent; provided, that in any District where the 1 r~ 1 -1. - M ' KKHf. -HV..HV w, ill nrmn riCPM the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the Cormn*?!ona of the 1'** Collector! shall l>>> two par con*, on such ex?v*s. 11. lo aa'ea .f real estate upon (irr i tioo for roe-payment of taxes, if the a mount t'!<l f ?r rich res! estate ha not greater than the amount of the execution and costs, it shall ho the duty of the Slier iff to bid in the property for the State, and the title thereto shall (hereupon !>? passed to the State, subject! to such equi table rights of redemption as may here after be determined upon by legislative authority. Imprisonment for overdue taxes is abolished; but whenever the a* mount of the tat, coals, , fcf any per son cannot he made out of any property of which ho is possessed tlio Sheriff holding the execution shall make return thereof to the Commissioners of Roads or Public Buildings, or other appropriate municipal authority, who may enforce the payment of the tax due by labor open the roads, bridges and other public works J Pro. vvlcH thai the commutation value of such , to labor shall" not be l.-sa thau liftv cents for a labor tiny of eight hours, 12. AH t ix<? levied by ibis ordif, ex" eept \% hen i?c 11 tare* are >? i.yah'e qnnr.'sn ly, shall be due nod payable r.s foil- ws ; (.hie hnif on or heforo the thirty tirat day of March, ono thousand eight bund red and sixty eight, and tho remaining half on or before tho thirteenth day of dune, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty eight. Any person desiring to pay the whole amount of his taxes (except such as ar<? reinri.^l quarigrh ) on or hfcfnro tho thin tv first ijay of March shall have tho pri vtlege of so doing. and shall he entitled to a discount of I". o par cent, upon the a mount <>f taxes falling dun on the thirtoeth lav of June,nQo thousand li^ht hundred and sixty-eight. 13. No Tax Collector or Assessor shall receive his commissions until his returns have been received at the Treasurer's oil! ce, and b?en approved by him. 14. Faxes Icviod by municipuht'es, cor I porations, or other local autborit' \ under anv general or epucial law of the Stale, will conform in principle to the modifica tioiis hereinhtfora made. * * * * ft * Bv command of Bvt. Major General Ed. It S. Cakot. l.r;TKV f5A7.rA.nn a;.!?.!* n*ion Aot'g Asst. Adj*. General. Synopsis of tho Annfcal Message of the President to Congress. Tho President's Message was sent to! Conjjrf* at 1 J\ M. on Monday. Tho j says that it was hist first duty at ' the c!"?o of tho civil v.ar to repair th<? in j juries which hu-l been don*, and toaeeure j the benefit* which had n gained, at | tho earliwtt mjjnfiit. litis duty was promptly Accepted by the Kxooutivn and by the insurrectionary States. In the lir?t momenta of peace, restoration,wns be'.iay e l to he e.??v, and as cctluiii as it was in dispensable. ThebO sixpu l at ions wore din appointed by the legis!iti??n of Congrc-s, ami now thorn is 110 Union where one S'nto is as free ns another to ro?e!nte it> interna' Mlinirs ncooroinfr to i a own will. To* President here makes an elaborate I argument, based on the proposition that ' the Cnion and t'10 Constitution are in??-p arable. As Ion;; ns the one is obeyed tlx* other will bo preserve .I, end if nno i? des ] troved Iioth must rvrisli together. There ! is t:o military or other necssaity. real or pretendyj, which can prevent obedience to the ('.institution, either N-irth or South. Iiii? hope that wo nmv ultimately concur in a plan of settlement, consistent with our true interests, nmi our sworn duties, i* too natural and too just to he easily ' abandoned. It is clear to the President's apprehen* ! sion that the S'ates lately iu rehellion are j still-members of the Union. The Kxeeu ! ti*o, my predecessor, as well as my so t and the heads of all the departments, have adopted and net* I on the principle (hilt thn I'ninii { ? not vr..1 t.nl in dissoluble. Ct>n;r(M auhmitted amendments totho i Constitution to llie Southern States, and i accepted their acts of ratification. The ! Judges nf 'ha Supreme CiHirt have includ ? 1 the uitTiern S'ates in their district* ? If thn Southern State* are cotnpon- t patlaof the Union, the Constitution is thn mprotne law for them ns f,.r nil other Stales. They are hound to ob?v, and * > are we. Doing incereN convinced that these views am correct, the President re mmmcnt* the repr. il of -the acts placing the Southern Slates under nnHtarv inss- , ten. The conflict between thn Ueeon i Unction Act# and the rights of thu \i->o ! pie under the Constitution are argued and , illustrated atlength. In allusion to negro J suffrage, he says, Ilia subjection of the States to negro dominion will l>e wooo ; than Ilia ?'xiotincf military despotism.-? j flip pe >pln will cnJura endless. military j onpra?s:MU rather than dogra T? theme :v. * by subjection to the negro ihco. The ' blacks are entitled to bo we ! a.-.d humane ly governed, but if it were possible t<? giv- : them a government of their own it would \ bocoms a grave question whether it oil<* I | lo bij at> or whether' common humanity would rot require us to aav? thein from themselves. Hut it is not proposed that j they shall only govern themselves, hut ' that they shall govern the white race to j a more or las extant nnd control tlio destiny of the whole country. lie next con trastod the negro character with the io telligence, spirit and progress of the white race*, and the negro pnpn'ailon with emigrants, and considered the different terms of noqiiiriftg Cilieansliip and franchise. The President further savs ho yields to no m in, in his attachment to rules for general suffrage bo I if reqhircs of some classes n time suitable for probation and prapnration; to transfer our political in' heritanoo to the negroes would be an a bunder.meat of a duty which we owe alike to tho memory of our fathers and the rights of our children. hepietmg the horrore'inovitable from tho proposed governments, the President says it wiii require a strong standing army, and probably more than $200,000,000 per annum to maintain the supreme cy of the negro governments after they ere established. Without the military power they aro wholly Incapable of holdi 1 inf? in snhiection the whitn tiennl* nf rtm r* * ( 1 * South. The effect on the ptt\>l>c credit and trade of p 'rsjstenoo in the Congressional scheme of reconstruction in discussed Hi 'length, showing that it will result in ruin to Hew It, Tlio financial policy recommended by the i'resident has alruauy Leeu correct!}' foreshadowed. The message makes no special allusion fo the subject of the Cot'on 'fa*. r>i?cneain<r the President's duties, he nays t "After grave consideration, caa.ss ruigbt aria# whore after laws bad panned all the constitutional forma and been olaced on the statute hooka, it would bo the duty of the Kteeutive to refuse to carry them out, regardlena of confco^uen eee. Thia would be infolf Ing the oountry in a justifiable civil war. The Kooonatrnetion Committee had a meeting at Stevens' room ; the maj .rity held that further legiilntion was necessary before reconstruction could be completed. jCmmistn- Critgfr. i ,i ? ... - r^irr- | I'UHLISliKD AT I.iKCArft^lV.U, 11. 8. C., I ?T cottons A cAitTEtc. THURSDAY MORNING, DKC., 12, 180.7. SuhscrHmr* finding a (X) cros9 mark on tlio margin of their paper may know that their time is about to expire. TERMS FOR SUHSCKIPTION. For One year, in advance, - - 00 For mx months, " - > 5 fto For three months, " - 1 00 The Convention. The first announcement fiom Chaileston of the probable defeat of the Convention whs perhaps premature. T.ttier returns show that tho contest has been a close one, with tho result still doubtful. A tabic published in the AVt/t of .Monday, shows a vote of ft0.038 lor t'onventon and 1111 against. Tho two combined is not much short of a majority of the names legistered, with several localities yet to hear froru. At this stage of the information, the result aj^. pears quito uncertain. c The Tux Ordor. We publish elsewhere the Tax Order of Gen. Canity, imposing a tux upon the people of South Carolina for tho support of the Stato Government for the current venr. The order is issued by virtue of the supposed power conferred upon the to litary coin wanders by tho reconstruc lion Acts of Congress, npd is said to have been matured with great rare and detib oration, after thorough investigation into tho wants and resources of the State.? It should bo carefully read by every citi r.or., for all are interested in the order, to the extent of the poll tax, if no more. Tltero can 1 e no doubt of the intention of tho military authorities to rigidly en force the coi'ection of taxes, as wall those that are duo and unpaid as the taxes to be assessed under tlbi nr<]? r, and the Urge number of delinquent tax payers had beti ter arrange and settle their dues to the wri'i as li'.tlo delay n? possible? Those persons white and Hack, who h ?ve delayed payment, under the impression lb it the Collection would not bo enforced, will find that lliev have boon reckoning without their host. The order of Gen. Candy is anhs'antb nllv the Tax Act passed by the Legislature nt ill" !aal session of llial body, with pornrt material modifications. We think the provisions of the order nre in some respects more judicious than the Act of IStJO. The'principal changes are, that, on real estate the tax is twenty five cents on every one hundred dollars of value, instead of thirty cents last year. On manufactured articles, twenty cents on evorv one hundred dobars, t'l'ec one dollar on every ono htm Ircd dollars last year. Gross sah-a of Ihjttor were taxed ten per coot 1**t sear ; otilv fivrv per c???> t in General Oanoy'h order. lloggies, carriage*, gold and s'lvpr pla'n, wa'che*, jewelry, etc., same a' last year. Income t ?x upon professions increase 1 from two per cent. last year, to two and a half per cent in this. On commissions received 1 >y brokers, vendue musters, fae tor*, commission merchant*, dealers in exchange or in mortgagee, Iwinds and other negotiable papery, five dollars last year for every one hundred dollar*, and 'only two .foliar* sod fifty pent* this year. The tax on premiums of insurance com parties re,main the same, except tlint ro discrimination is made by General Canby in favor of home companies. The ex. press compnnirs, taxed ten per cent, on their go >* rcce'pts, only p ty one per i cent, in General Canby's Tax order; to! i egrapti companies two and a half per ! cent, vtre fire per cent, last year. New.*; paper*, taxed two per cent, on gross re: coipt* 'ast year, only pay twenty cents on ev?tv one hundred dollar* r>r *t rcnr.? i On tlii nmount of mips of goods, ware, i etc., f??*ry cont? on evert one hundred dollar* last year, only twenty cents thia yeer. I Tex upon hank profit*, remain unclien' gad ; ao, aUo, iocorne tex upon aalarie#, rent*, <Vo., upon income of railroad*, end gross receipt* of hotel keepers. I Par rooms pny ten per coot, on proas receipt#, aame e< Inst ye?r. "For Ilia priv. '!' to of selling lottery ticket* within tbe | limit* of thin State, five hundred dollar* ; per month, to he paid monthly or qiiar, j terly in advance to the Treasurer of the : State." The dog tax ia changed ao 9a to include nil dogs?noun are exempt, In j moat other particulars, not above apecifi , od, tho law atandx it did ijut year.* Tho President, and Congress. There ia one passage {'*y* the Char. ! leston Wrte 1) in the Message of Prea^dem ; Jnrfaao* which, viewed in the Itght o ino erenta of iITS p??t two year*, i? o deep significance. The President sara : "If CongrcM ahonld pas* an act whirl is not on!y in palpable ronflict with tl?? "Constitution, but will certainly, if carrier 'out, produce immediate and irreparable "injury to the organic structure of tlx "Government, and if there he neither ju "dicial remedy for tho wrongs it inflicta "nor power in the people to protect them "aeirr* without the official aid of theii 'elected defender; if, for hatanee, the "Legislative Department should pata an "net cv?n through all the forma of law ?a - . ' *T"rr"?i'' "to abolish u eo?ordio:ito dpp*rtmet>4 of ; "tho Government?in such u c.aao tlie j "ITositlont must Uko the high rosponsl j "bi'.iti^s of his office*, rind save tho life of "the nation at a!! hazards" This settles tho point of the suspension I of the Kxecutivo by Congress, pending his mat by tlio nennte. Should such a proceeding be attempted, it will bo resist ed by force. ' More Sflsclnef brewing Against tlie South. A Washington telegram reported n j scs'on of tbo Radicals in Congress to | boar tbn r^rort of tbo Committee and to j consider tbo state of ttio party in the j South. The report says that the amount ! of money collected is $40,(.'00, of which 1 Senators, Iletrosentntives, and attaches of ' I 1 j tbo (Spitol subscribed $15,000. The j number rf documents distributed were ! 855,000. One million documents have ' ; been distr billed since th" origin of this [ ' committee. The committee recommends 1 ' an active campaign for ratification of the 1 I constitutions in the Southern States. A consular it1'* amount of money ia there fore required. They want lo put into tho field twenty orator*, white and black, to I ' lielp in tbia work, 'l'lio report statra ' that Conventions nre carried in nil tho States except South Cnrolin ?, where tho ! rlion time :uul fow voting place* <lereated j it. 'I ha committee expresses tho belief I that 'IVxa* wi I po largely for (.'invention. Wc learn thai It. J. Honor, lately convict ' cd of Miuolauirlitcr, at Sumter Court, ami sen| tenced to three years imprisonment, has through the imh (utiifnUo exertions of hiscouna?i, bcou pardoned by tlio Governor. The Altbaina Convention. Mostuomkht, Deeomber 2.?The Con venlmii adopted a resolution tliat when tho Convention a !j mm it alnll n<lj ?urn subject to thread of K. W. l'ock, l're?i (lout, or tiro Mtntarv Commander of this State or Ihali.cl; but it not reconvened ! within a voir, it shall stand adj rurned I s'lifdic. A resolution to adjourn on the ; 4th instant was rejected. The oath of office, :m finally adopted, rerpire? oflicer* ! lo swear thnt they are not disfranchised ! I>v tiio Constitution of Alabama or the ?<>iis' - lotion mill l:? wi of the United Sta'ea. 'That they will support tint Constitution : on I the laws of tin* ?ta'o an ! of the Cni I tu I States an i l i? tinier. of liio States, | ulr. Monto )?giiy, J)ec?-ml?er 3?(iiner.il Pope i. lo tiuuoTiil Swayno, under i date of L>.-. einl??r 2, nskiog: Cannot the ! Convention l>o induced to a Ijourn without ' further legislation ; at ! imvs the Conven , tiou '? 11oir>Lf incalculable injury'to recon? junction l?y its late action. This ia the , second d-* patch of too same teuor from , General P<>f?e. The Convention his not yet fixed on a dnv for si j mrnment. Tiie members da< , olare Genera! PopV.? dispatch iraiiUtnp.*? j Tho Conventiin to-U\ passed an ordi ' tiaaco exempting $1000 worth of personal . j r >p*r y anj n homtxtoa ! of S'J aerts of , ..an i for tho liHi.l of tjscli family. An ordinance w hi pissed to its second read? ' tnir utMponrh.nij all t! Court* of the Stat* except the Snnr? ?n? 1'r diato and Criminal Cuur's. An oflo anc to prohibit mairiij? 1 hIi.: i and blacks vm .h j fpatn!, the extreme white and colored ; delegates Wrongly opposing it. An ordiI nance Having tho progress of nil debts | unt I the first of January next ?r*a pasted. It in understood that the military com nander* nil! enforce all orders pasted by j ilie Convention. ' Mif.TiMMRiir, Tteeember I ?TbeCottii rntttee ni the Constitution reported it to tho Convention, ? ben it onnablefwirl article I y article, mid various amendment* , prop'>te I. <y>li?Uiuiag the whole day,? , There will bo at burnt fifteen or twenty , vot? s n^ft.iist llio Constitution on the final \ vote. The Georgia Couvent-ion Macon, l> c. 4.-?l'h? train* brought a large of delegates this evening ? Most of the hotels are full and tho prosi ;??>( * * pi-M>: Mr* largo l oneontion. The Southwest I* strongly represented. 1 ^ 1 Tho Louisiana Convention. Nkw Okurash, December 4.?-TheCon* 1 vWl'on p its- J a resolution fixing the pay . of numbers at tan do'lnr* n day, and mil* a^e twenty cents each way. They hare looted a colored Warrant Clerk, The Virginia Convention. | RtcfiMdyn, December 3?The ftaeon i atrnrtion otv'-nfion met this morning ? 1 Col 1 *. II. While, at: ox-Federal ollicwr, wa*cl>?"(jn temporary Chairman; J. 1>. Jllar.d (bock) waa chosen Secretary ; Mr. j WhittJe.v (white) Assistant Secretary ? ' 1 The C invention ?(? adjourned ontil toI morrow. The Chairman congratulated i the Committee on tho p-acof.jl ctroim, ' stances uuj..r which they had met. i Richmond, Dee-mber 4.??ThwCoavaA , lion this' tuortwog #i?cU?l Judge Uudur*wood l'rcaidont ; George Uve, of Shenap~ doah, Secretary ; Yriltiam It Tail, <1 K-ehmoltd, Serge,,nt-at-*rms; and oru | white ai d two colored ?l<><?r~heepers.? Tlie U?*. William Hitrhel, nJ UiuitnnnJ wan e!?.r?t?>.<1 Chaplaiu. The vote on Prfai dent give ?:xty-fiy* f>r TTndorwood an 1 t tVrly-two for V? tVop, who was the CAhf didate of the Censer yeilvtw. ( Under wood, in takiujr the Chair, said be hoped the dm.ber.ilion* would be char arter.z- I l?y Chrnien charity for all, arid 1 *o much forgiveness and forgetfulnea* ol t paat injtirtA* m j* consistent with futurr | safety. If* hoped a .'Ansutoiion would ( he framed, humane and equal to all, pr*yont't. j cruno ar,j promoting education ; ' removing unequal taxation and compel every ehizon to contribute to the retton, struct ion of the State, in proportion to th# y.al t? of bit pr >;?erty. Ilo alec hoped , that a homestead exemption would be pa>?ed. Cltap'ain Mitcbel, In Ma opon'nc Pr*y~ | or, prayed for ft confederates a* well as ' | loyal m?o. 1 A . i c rr-r? li O 4J A 1/ . Our Advertisers. ??? IIas^sltin ?, ?v Ciiafrk? Dry Gocds, Groceries, Drugs, <fco. Jonks Ciiockktt ? Dry Good*, Groceries, ?fcc. J. M. Sadlik <fc Co?Dry Goods> Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Drugs, it'J' J. D. Boyd?Dry Good*, Grocerios, Medicine*, Ac. ? Taylor, Chato A Co?Craig*illo ? Dty Goods, Groceries, Ac. CHARLOTTE, N. C. f Duxhsuin A Lang?Dry Goods, Gro- * eerie*, Ac , wholesale and retad. A. Sinclair?Dry Good*, Fancy No* tion*, Ac., wholesale and retail. Kilgoro A Ctireton?Druggists, rsliolosale and retail. Bscr.?Extra pood beef is Rolling in tli'a market at 5 Jen's per lb., hindq'iaf* ter ; A cent* fore quarter. Commissioner's Sales. Several important sales advertised in to.day's paper by the Commissioner in Equity, will not fail to attract the alien* lion of tlio reader. These lands are loca? i ..I . ' : [ vuii 111 un? ??i uiu iiiusi uunwituiu puruuvis l of the Dialrict. If.isonic. At a regular C/omiounicAtion of JarkI son Lodge, No. S3, A.*, lv. M.\ held Deo. 5th, the following brothers wore duly el' : ected officors for tho ensuing Masonic i yesr : II. J. Wilberapoon, W. "M." 4 j J. W, T witty, S. W. M. L. Letmnond, J. 'A*. S. L. Strait, Treasurer. J. J. Graham, Secretsry. We are happy to state that the affairs of the Lodge aro in a ll urirhing condi* 1 lion. Tho increa*n in ineinheraliip during j tho pa?t year has been verv largo, and is ; encouraging to tho fraternity. FireTha workshop of Mr. D K I'nrOR, at tlii?* place, w as e>n?utned l.y lire together ??ith all Ilia working toola an I a conaide' rnMe amount of unfinished work snd lumber, at 2 o'clock on Thursday m< r?W; : of last week. The ro when rli?co??rth i lied ma le such headway that it *? ?m possible to check it* progress?the whole building being wrapped in 11 ime*. The Presbyterian Church barely e*"ipe 1 the devouring? element, which at time* almost . reached the nteeplo. The origin of the ! fire is believed to h*ve been tlie work of j hn incendiary, though up to this time no ; facts hnvo brten developed to establish beyond doubt thin corollary. The lost*, at thi* particular lime, fulls *orv heavr upon Mr. P., who ia nn iodua'riou* laboring mechanic, ami i* entitled to tho warm sympathy of the community. Sheriff" a 8ulea for Taxes. I |Lvl Wo publish iu to day'* paper a long ' lint of levies made by the Sheriff of this District for taxes due the State for l**t j year. Our atv:c? to all concerned i?, to ; ?eitle tip witb the Sheriff and atop further proceedings. If tliero are tho?e so ] foolish a* to aupp >?? that thev will get , clear of this debt without having their property sold, they arc *erta'nly ignorant I of tho law and tlto order* of flan. Gamut upon the aiilj 'Ct. The Sheriff has put off thi* unp'esaant <1 titv to the la*t , moment, hoping that the parlies interest* i ed would make settlement. He has been instructed by superior officers to extend : indulgence no longer. We understand | that the free<lmen are calculating on getting cheap homes for the next seven 1 veers, tho length of time for wLicU the property teHt be ?"M. Croel I Cmel! X ?? ?,* 7\? Whet k sad bowl in tLe dog ftrrtffyl I Gen. CtHtr'l late tax order fixes tho fate of thia local'* canine specie*. Old Trow! tcr'j canicular i? doomed to disappoint* I ment and tot al oMirion. Hound to nonary dollar for tax 1 Took our last thin* piaster to pay out last year?our pur** i waft robbed 1 (I) yea, ft amount* to the aauiA thin*, took ail wo had loft 1 You te* the result# ofextrenon party measures, ! old Tr+uter ; you should hare ad roosted | moderation when your apecial friend# wore in power? You ?ee the droadfel . result* of an orer tealous friendship, old follow, and the calamity ahout to befall f | your pc<?tority. Tb* magnanimity of that 1 i non-ac!ip?ical and sympathetic body of statesmen has lieen disregarded by our . military head-?and instead of following I in thp way of wisdom paved by hit pr#? ' dhe ha# reverted the mode and j now gives life and prosperity to hum m. | , and the nppo??:. to InteMe. Farewell olJ I I Troiettr! If they bad not been quite \ ] eo hard on ?# laet yeer no might have 1 offered yon a little eMietance now. Hut ; they raked our leat dollar, end (lie only hope left for you now it that eoipo delio| quent aoheeriber inav have a returning ennneienre. "Every <1 hat hie day !'* 1 We would that your fri< o It bed paeeed ' on your ea?? again. Tm* T.enter "Aookt."?Surrendering a few old notee?paying your iteic debt* j with the "Bankrupt,"?frtnlict.