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TO THINE OWN SELF ?ftUt, ?N? IT M?8T FOLLOW AS THE ^ i " ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ JJ Lb JU J NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NUT THEN BE FALSE TU ANY MAN BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY j:*, 1870. VOLUME XIV.-NO. Ii*. THE Columbia Register. -Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. ;BEST NEWSPAPER EVER PUBLISHED AT THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH GAR0?NA. 'Circulation I*ai*ge and Con stantly Increasing. WK respectfully invito tho attention of tho reading community to tho excellent newspapers we are now publishing in Coleen bia. TUB REGISTER is tho only papor over published at tho capital of South Caroli na which is conduoted ns aro tho loading dailies of tho principal cities of tho country. Wo have an ablo and distinguished corpa of editors-gentleman well known all over tho State for their learning, ability and sound ?Democratic principles; mon who bavo served 'the State and tho South on every occasion .vf hon the demand nroso for their services, and -who may bo safely dopendod upon ns reliable 'lenders of tho Democracy in tho lino of jour 'Halium. Tho Daily REGISTER is a twenty-eight column pnpor, 24x38 inches, printed un good paper and with largo clear cut typo, contain ing the latest telegraphic news, full market reports, editorial matter on lending occurences of tho times, and repleto with interesting mieoollaneoun reading. Tho looal news is full and interesting, ono editor dovoting his (imo exclusively to that department. Our correspondence from Washington and other places of note gives an entortaing resume of ull tho important ovonts of tho day. The Tri-Weekly REG I ST EU, with nomo rai northan gos. oompriscs tho contents of tho daily nt $2 50 less per year. Tho Weekly Register ia a largo, handsome ly gutten up eight pago poDer, '29x42 inches, containing forty-eight columns of rending mutter, embracing all tho new? of the wcok and tho most important editorial and local DOWS. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. Daily Register. I year $7 OU " " G months 3 50 .! " 3 months 2 75 Tri-Weekly Register, 1 year 5 00 M 6 months 2 50 '? " 3 months 1 ?25 Weekly Rogistor, I year 2 00 6 months 1 00 " 3 months 50 Any pcraon sending us a club of ten sub scribers at otjo timo will receive cither of tho papers free, postage prepaid, for ono year. Any person sending us tho money for twenty subscribers to thc Daily may rotain for bis borvieos twenty dollar? of tho nmount for twenty subscribers to tho Tri-Weekly, fifteen dollars of tho amount; and for tu only subscribers to the Weekly, live dollars of the .amount. As an Advertising Medium, ibo Rr.aisT.En .affordH unequalled facilities, having a largo circulation, and numbering among its patrons (ho well to do peo plo nf thc middle tina upper portion of tho Stuto. Terms reasonable, Fot any information desired, address CALVO & PATTON, PROPRIETORS, Columbia, S. C. ?s&* Parties desiring copies of (ho REG ISTER to exhibit in canvassing will bo sup plied on application. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF O CONK E. IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. Loamier. R. Johnson, Plaintiff, against Wm. ?. Toy, D?tendant-SUMMONS. To the Defendant Wm. il. Toy YOU aro heroby summoned nnd required lo answer tho complaint in Ibis adieu, which is filed in tho office of tho Clerk of Hie Court of Common Pleas for said county, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho subscribers at their offico on tho public squaro in Walhalla, S. C., within twenty days aftor the servico hereof, CXOIUH?VC of thc day of service If you fail to answer tho complaint within the time aforesaid, tho Plaintiff heroin will apply to tho Court for judgment against you for the sum of forty-four dollars and forty-six cents, with interest on sixteen dollars and forty six cents from the 1st day of July, 1872, and on twenty-eight dollars from the ?lstdayof De cember, 1873, and costs of this action. NORTON & ST RID LINO, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Walhalla, SfcC., Dooomber 24th, 1878. J. W. STRIPLING, COP To Wm. H. Toy, Defendant herein rPAKB NOTICE, that tho complnint and the X summons (of which tho nbove is a copy) tn this notion, were filed In thc office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Plcns for Oconee county on the 24th day of Deoembor, 1878. NORTON & 8TRIRLING, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Deo 20, 1878 fl-Gt PO? LAUNDRY ?8E. Nov, 21 1878 l-4t* NOTICE TO FIDUCIARIES, &C. THE Law requires nil Executors, Administra tors, Guardians, &o., to m eke their annual returns during the month of January in eaoh year. Ile wai c. lest you should bo in default, and suffer the penalties of the law. I must do mys duty in tho promises. A word to tho wise i Bufflolent. RICHARD I.KWIS, Judge of Probate Goonoo County. January 9, 1870 8-4t THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY. Ol?! to bo over yonder, In thnt land of wonder, Whcro tho angel voioes mingle, and tho angel harpers ring, To bo free from pain and Borrow, And tho anxious droad to-morrow, To rest in tight and sunshine in the pres ence of thu King. Ohl to bo over youdor, My yearning heart grows fonder Of looking to tho East, to seo tho day-star bring Soma tidings of tho waking, Tho cloudless, pure doy brcuking, My heart in yearning- yearning for tho coming of tho King. Oh! to bo over yonder, Alas! I sigh and wonder, Why clings my poor weak heart toan earth ly thing. Each tio of earth must sever, And pass away forever; But there's no morn separation in tho pres ence of tho King. Obi to bc ovor yonder, Tho longing groweth stronger, When I see thc wild doves oleavo tho air on rapid wing, I long for their fleet pinions, To reach my Lord's aomiuions, And rest my weary spirit in tho presence of tho King. Oh! to bo over yonder, In that land of wonder, Whcro lifo, and light, and sunshine, beam fair on ev'ry thing: Whcro tho day beam is unshaded, As pure os Ho who made it-? Tho land of cloudless sunshine, where Jesus is King. Oh! when shall I bc dwelling, Where tho angel voices swclliug lu triumphant hallelujahs, make tho vaulted heavens ring, Where tho pearly gatos aro gleaming, And thc morning star is ben toing; Ohl when shall I bc yonder in tho presence of tho King? Oh! when shall I bo yonder? The longing groweth stronger, To joiu all thc praises the redeemed ones do sing, Within these heavenly [daces, Whcro tho angels veil their faces, tu awe and adoration in tho presence of tho King. Oh! soon, soon I'll bc yonder, All lonely ns I wander, Yearning for thc welcome summer-longing for tho birds' fleet wing Tho midnight may bo^dreury, And thc heart bc worn und weary, But there's no more shudow yonder in tho presence of tho King. [WIUTTKN FOR THE KEOWBB COTJIUKlt] Reminiscences of Fair Play from its First Settlement to the Present Day, January, 1879. ??V WILLAM P. CALHOUN. Owing to the obscurity of dates and tito great dillioulty I find of getting a connected account, of the settlement of Fuir Flay und tho incidents connected therewith, I fcur thnt I cannot, give ns clear un account of this town as I should I i ko to; but before they aro buried any deeper by ago, I shall endea vor to put on record us much as possible of thc history of Fair Flay us I oan oolleot together. Among those to whom I am in debted tor information I will mention tho namo of Messrs. Osborne Cleveland, Mor gan Harbin, Baylis H ix, W. J. H?Z, S. S. M clunk in, Kev. II. M. Barton and Jamos Seaborn. CH A FTE lt I. LOCATION AND NAT t? IIB Ol' THK ROIL. Fair Play is located about 3-?J degrees North latitude and 88 degrees West longitudo from Oreonwioh, in the Southwestern portion of Ooooco County, S. C., in tho fork of tho Tugnlooand Sene* ca Hivers. It is twenty-ono ?niles from Walhalla, which- Inst named placo has thc Court I louse of Oconco located in it. It is also three miles from Tuguloo River. Situated, I may say, ot the foot of tho Blue Ridge mountains, it is in tho most healthy part of tho State; u fact which is duly attested by tho long lives of its inlmbituiils. Thc surface of tho country in and around Fair Floy is oomposcd of a loose, sandy gray soil, commonly oailcd bluokjaok soil from tho oiroumatauoo of ito producing that tree in proforcnoo to others. The uplands aro not very fertile, and owing to its porous tinture, is easily washed off. Tho surface of tho oountry is vory broken and hilly and in some places quito mountainous. Wo havo on tho West sido tho rich valley of tho Tugaloo nnd on tho East, though much farther off, tho Sonooo Uiver and Boavcr dam Greek, whioh havo somo vory rich land on them; beside numerous small streu ms all around, furnishing rich bottom lands for thc farmers to cultivate. Any produce ono bo profitably raised hero that oan bo raised in any of tho middle or uppor counties of tho Stnto, though tho soil is more especially adopted to corn, tobacco and fruit, among tho fruits principally the applo However, I will go more into this subject at the close of tho piece. Tho soil being porous, sandy and hilly, tho plaoo is naturally healthy, CUAPTER IL BEAVERDAM OIIUKCII. Ol) account Ot' tho uncertainty of dates and tho soattorcd manner tu whioh I havo collected my information, I shnll ??ive tho history of Bcavcrdnm' Church a sopa rs to diopter or two, os I oan trace its history pretty olcnrly from thc church record, which has been kindly placed in my hands for this purpose. From what 1 have booti tibio to leam about Boavcrdum, it seems that, if il is not tho oldest church in Oconcc, no othei ohurch eau claim many years of seni ority over it. Thc foundation of thc ohuroh, though not t hen a constitutional body,dates somewhere about 1780 or 1790; concerning which time I havo learned comparatively nothing, [ cannot even tell when it was removed from its old silo to where it now stands. Thc old church stood about a mile from Fair Play, near tho Anderson line on thc road from hero to Anderson and not far from where Mr P. N. Lindsey now lives. lt was built of liewa logs, of which there is not a vestige left. Thc only marks re mailling are a few gruves, whioh oro almost obliterated themselves, for you have to remove tho leaves to lind them. Tho grave yard hus grown up in largo oaks und other trees, showing thut many years havo pissed since the occupants of those graves wero laid there. So, some duy, no doubt, all of our graves will bo, und no doubt, too, people will surmise as I nm doing as to who hes herc, und may think, ns I um thinking, that perhaps some duy his grave will be io the sumo lix und so on; for such has been tho ouse since tho world began, at least as fur hack us wo have any record; but I um di gressing. 1 can only Icnrti of two persons that ure buried there: One was named Is bell and thc other John Keesc. Tho curli est date that I cnn learn in thc history of Benvcrdam Church is 1803, but it does not throw auy light upon tho subject, for nothing in tho record shows whero tho church was then located and only ma ks thc following memoranda: "Journals und records of tho Arni of Hephzibah Churoh ut Bcuve?dnm.'' Then it goos on us follows: "Saturday before tho third Sunday in January, 1803, it being tho first meeting after becoming uu Ann.'' Now, whether that refer? to thc original churoh or tho one at Pair Pluy, I atti not able to form nn opinion; but I am inclined to think that it refers to thc present church, for in 1820 there was hut ono log cf tho old ohurch left und that oue wus nothing more than rotten wood, und besides the church that wo havo now hus once decayed nnd been rebuilt since that time, which makes nie bcliovc that they referred to the ohurch whioh tho llaptists uro using to?day; but bo thut ns it may, I shall give what fuots 1 ann from 1803. There is no mention of thc preacher's name, und in fuel, nothing is said on that subject for several yenra. It seems that thc Baptist elm relics of those days were not conducted entirely lite o tho samo churches are conducted now. I luise appears that they riot only settled disput?e or quarr ls among its members, but ti Iso nettled titles to lands, tfeo But I will '.uko up and show what transpired in thc church from yeur to year. The next entries 1 lind of any oonsequencc nre thc following: "Juno Term, 1803.-Sarah Sutherland, susp ected of disorder. Appointed Brother.' Roberts and N. Gruhtini to labor with hoi an .their satisfaction was to satisfy the church," ?fcc, &o. .'July Term -Bro Leo Allen was or dained deacon." And thc record continues in this wny from 1803 to January 15tll, 1805, whee J ?tid the present entry: ''January Term, 15.-Bro. Ocorgo "Van diver unanimously chosen pastor cf the church." It appears, then, that George Vandivei is thc lirst minister that I can mention wi tl certainty os being pastor ot Beavordutu Churoh; but still wc huvo no duo us to thc location of thc churoh, nnd I nm truly sorry that no mention is made of tho removal ol tho ohurch, for I should like to establish beyond o doubt the ugo of Beaverduin Church, ns 1 think it is thc oldest ohurch in tho county, lt seems that (ho ohuroli meetings wero only held quarterly, from tht following entry: "August Term, 1806.-Tho churoh re solved to hold her meetings quarterly in thc future" Wo will now make a leap from 1806 tc thc December Term, 1813, when wc lint! that tho ohurch took its first step towart! beoomiaganindependontbody, and I will give thc resolution passed by tho ohuroli then in regard to tho matter: "Sent on a petition to tho Board of llcph zibah Church to whioh wo bolong ns au Arin for this, tho Boa verdant Arm, to be come u constitutional body." "Resolved that Bros. Magoo, Barrett nnd Pallon boar tho petition." In July, 1814, I find tho namo of a deacon recorded for tho first time, whioh it shown by tho following entry: "Sot Bro. Henry Johns apart for tht dcaoon's offioo, and tho third Sunday ir September for a communion season for tilt ordination of Bro. Johns." Tho first potition of tho church seemor to havo failed. Thoy did not suooocd uoti Fobruarj, 1816, as is shown from tho fol lowing entries: "In December, 1815, o motion was ognit made to potition for a constitution; but th< matter was put off. But in January, 1816 the ohuroli wns unanimous ?a petitioning Hophaibsh Churoh to become an indepon dent ohuroh. As a result of this potition I find tho following roeord: <'Roooivcd a rotura from Hophzibat Churah, giving tho Arm at Ucnvcrdam full power to cull a Presbytery unrJ to beooruo a constituted body." Theo follows a long declaration, setting forth the dependence of tho church upon God und declaring their principles, faith and belief us to immersion, ?&.)., &0., whioh dec aval ion is signed by tho following minis tera: Georgo Vnndiver, Francis Galloway, John Cleveland, John M.Gray. March I6th, 1816 In May of thc same year George Vnndiver was nguiu chosen pastor by the church and congregation, lt appears that Shoal Creek Church, in Georgia, was on Arm of Heaver dam; for in 1817 1 find that church peti tioning Bcuvcrdnm to let it become an in dependent body. George Vnndiver, Wil liam Pullen, Henry Johns, William Clove land, Elijah Reese und Betij. Magee were appointed n committee to meet Shoal Creek Uhurch and settle the matter. lu 1810 thc church agreed to have communion twice n year. lu tho year 1820 Bro. William Cleveland died. Lee Allen served os dea con until January, 1826, when Jes30 Drud - berry was ordained as deacon to fill his place. Io May, 1831, I fiod tho following entry, showing who tho doacous of thc church were: '.Brother Drury being examined by tho Presbytery, consisting of Pros. Reuben Thornton, Samuel Hymcr, Henry Johns, Jesso Bradberry, Isaac Adeshold and Wiley Roberts, deacons, and the sumo committee ordained Uro. Abraham Meredith ot thc request of tho Arm nt Double Springs." In November, 1831, Bro. Samuel Uymcr was called to tho pnstorngo of Bea verde tn. I lind thc Church in Mnroh, 1834, without a preacher, but during that month Drury Hutchins was chosen pastor nod Bro. Johus was delegated to inform him ol his appoint ment. During March of thc following year, 1835, tho church went into n choice for a deacon and Robert Isbell was unani mously chosen. Rio. Isbell received his ordination in tho following May. In tho same month tho church also scoured thc services of David Simmons ns pastor. Ro bert Isboll was ordained deacon by David Simmons, tho pastor, Henry Johns and A brahe m Meredith. In closing this chapter I will herc locu tion some of thc members that appear in thc church ' rocord: Osborne Cleveland, Pendleton Isbell, Palsy McCarty, Mary Gibson, Miry Harbin, Juno Harbin, Emma Isbell, Joanna Stribling, Mary Pullen, Mary Holland, Mary Vnndiver, W. Jj, Isbell, Robert King, I), NV. Maret, Pendle ton Harton, William Cleveland, oil of whom have descendants now living in thc canina nity. There nro many more, but it would toko up too much space to mention them all. CHAPTER III. I) KA V KU I) AM-CONTINUED. Dr. Linder preached ut Bnaverdnm in June, 1830, but it is not BU ted whether os pastor or not. In tho following month I lind recorded that Bro. R Isbell departed ibis life, Juno 20th, 1830. In August, 1330, G. NV, Treadaway was elected clerk, which is tho lirst time I lind tho clerk's name recorded. In November, 1837, David Simmons waa chosen pastor for another your. In July, 1840, Balis Dix and J. W. Lewis were elected. In May, 1841, Bro. Holland gave up t'ie pasturage of tho church. I I have not been able to (Ind out when he was chosen pastor. A presbytery, consisting of David Simmons and M. NV. Vnndiver ordained Samuel Isbell and Livingston Isbell deacons, June, 1842. M. NV Vnndiver was chosen pastor, September, 1842, who had charge of thc church up to February, 1843, when Du vid Simmons was again cfUed to the pastor ago of thc church. Up to this time J B. Hix had been acting us clerk, that is, for over a yenr, but bo now resigns bis office and the church determines to accept his resignation und it appears though that, ho was again chosen ehrk in November of thc sumo year In March, 1844, is tho following ontry: ..Resolved, That Bros. Milton II i x and Samuel Isbell have tho liberty of exercising their gift wherever their lot may cast them, to prcnoh in the way and manner that may seem best to them." In November, 1844, tho church nguiu nppoin'cd David Simmons to the pnstorngc of the church, and he was also re-elected in November of tho following yonr. During this time B. Hix and Da?, id Stribling seem to have bcon delegated, nnd also Samuel Isbell, to attend almost all of tho associa tions as dologntcs from Boavcrdam. Jn November, 1840, tho church appointed Morgan Harbin, A. P. Reodcr, D.S. Strib ling, O Cleveland and B. Hix n committee to havo tho church repaired and n shed room built for thc accommodation of colored persons In Soptember, 1847, B. Dix ?laving resigned t he clerkship ot t ho church, D. S. Stribling was elected to fill that office in the same month. During 1848 D. Sim tuons I find was still filling tho pulpit of D-avcrdnui Church ns pastor. In October, 1848, tho church had n sp?cial meeting for tho purpose of setting forward Samuel Isbell to tho work of tho ministry. Eldor D. Simmons und II. M. Barton, boing present, proceeded to ordain Samuel Isbell by prayer and imposition of tho hands to till tho o lil ces pertaining to thc Gospel minis try In November, 1848, Duvid Simmons was again chosen pastor, and Samuel Isbell was appointed moderator on tho 16th of tho samo month. September 4th, 1840, James II. Maret was chosen deacon. David Sim mons must have been a favorito minister with Boaverdnm Church, for in October 1840, I again lim! him called to tho pastor ago for another year. During thc December Tor m of 1849, David Simmons, ll. AI. Dal ton nod Samuel Isboll, on tho patt of tho ministry, sud John Garner, Potts Collins, JJ. Isbell nnd II. T. Chandlor on thc part of tho deacons, wore elected to form tho presbytery, with David Simmons ns mode rator, mid M. T. Chandler clerk. In Feb ruary, 1851, H. M. Dmtou was called to tho pnstorage, to tuko tho place of David Simmons; who hud Ulled thc pulpit up to Mint time. March, 1852, il. M. Burton notified tho church that he could not attend their meetings, but would attend with Sam uel Isboll on Sundays. S Isbell was called and uccepted thc pnstorage in April of tho same year. In Juuo of thc saino year D. S. Stribling resigned his clerkship and in July following B. Ilix was elected deacon ?iud P. P, S. Druce, cleric. During this time and in lutcr duys II. M. Harton nnd Samuel Isbell seem to havo been thrown constantly together in their labors ns minis tcrs, nnd I find them nt tho denth of thc lutter ono preaching on tho first nnd thc other tho third Sunday iii every month. In Mnrch, 1853, P. F. S. Bruce, having resigned tho ollicc of clerk, S.S. MoJuuktn was elected to fill his place. Sidney Isbell wus elected clerk to succeed S. S. McJunkin in March, 1855. ID April, 1855, tho church first took steps towards tho erection of a new building, to bc built on thc site of thc old church, and tho following committee wcro appointed to mnko arrangements for same: D. S. Stribling, B. Ilix, ?. Cleveland, J. S. Isbell, J. H. Maret, A. P. ?eeder and H. Holland, which linal'y resulted in thc building that thc church now lins. S, Isbell wus bow, November, 1855, succeeded tn the pastorugo of the church by D. S. Simmons. Tho Church ugreod to pay l im fifty dollars for his services. May, 185(3, T. J. Sloan was appointed assistant clerk. In thc sumo month I find tho following resolution, it being thc first mention of u Sunday School io tho church. I give it ns I find it iu thc record; "llci-olvcd, That wo as a church meet herc on thc first Sabbath in June next, to organize a Sabbath School under thc su perintendence of I). S. Stribling." August, 1850, T. J. Sloan was clouted clerk and D. S. Stribling assistant clerk July, 1857, D. S. Stribling was again elected clerk to fill tho vacancy oceasionod by tho r?sign?t ion of T. J. Sloan, and A. S. Ste phens was elected assistant clerk. Novcm* ber, 1858, D. ll. Puyno was chosen pustor to succeed D. S. Simmons, and ll. T. Tread away was appointed sexton, June, 1859, J. II. Maret wus restored to thc office of deacon. During March, 1859, Samuel Isboll was again unanimously culled to thc pnstorage of thc church. II. M. Barton was called to tho pustorugc of thc church for 1861, and Samuel Isbell requested to fill the pulpit once a month. In December, 18G1, J. ll. Payne was received as deacon, il. M Harton was called to fill thc pulpit for 1802, but ho informed tho church that he could no do so, und in January of that year Samuel Isbell was chosen pastor and accepted. In 1861 tho ohurch passed reso lati?os against the use of intoxicating liquors nnd tho use of cards for amusements or any other purpose. About this time the church for a while wus without u pastor, und in No vember, 1803, B. Il ix was elected moderator, in tho absence of any preacher. At thc same meeting Mic ohurch went into an election of a pastor, ned D. Pay no was chosen, nnd II. M. Harton requested lu preach on the first Sunday of every mouth. November, 1861, II. M. Harton was again called to the pnstorage of thc church. 1) S. Stribling, who lind been ucting ns clerk for a number of years, wus, in August , 1865, succeeded by A. S. Stephens. H. M. Har ton, wno lind filled tho pulpit up to January, 1867, was in that month succeeded by Samuel Isbell. In November, 1867, Titos. Crymrs was chosen pastor, to take effect May, 1868. Thos. Cry mc* continued to fill tho puptorngo of the church to January, 1873, when S. Isbell was elected pis*or. In April, 1871, VV. M. Maret and A S. Ste phens wero oidained deacons Thos. Crymos and S Isbell labored togthcr in tho church for u number of years, one preaohiiig on thc first nnd the other on tho third Sunday of overv month. December, 1874, A. I). S. Chandler wus elected olerk to succeed A. S. Stephens, and IV. J. Ilix was elected assistant olerk. In tho sumo mouth II. M. Harton was chosen pastor and continued in that capacity to Deoombcr, 1878, when Julius Karlo wasoleotod pastor for tho year 1879. NV. J Ilix wus elected clerk in 1876, ?nd ho is still noting iu that capacity. Houvcrdnm Church ns it now stands was built by Clark Mason in 1857. Tho church lins been repaired during tho present winter and is now in very good condition. [TO BE CONTI NUKI) NKXT WI'.KK.] Memphis. [Nashville American ] In an interview with llepres. ntntivo Smith, of Memphis, yesterday, he gave an J American reporter tho following graphic account of the onuses which lcd to thc pas sage by tho Gonoral Assembly of thc bill to repcnl the charter of that city. Tho condition of our city has been suoh ns to cnuso groat uneasiness nato tho futuro, among nil classes of her pooplo. llor oiti ssons havo been holding frequent consulta tions an to tho best polioy to pursue for tho benefit of all concerned. I want hero to state that wo aro not re pudiators. Wo cannot bc put iu this posi tion. Wo want t,o pay, and havo poid, until now. Our oity taxes oro $3 on tho $100 of toxuHo property, nnd aro vastly on j tho increase every year. I Uti for tho relief i grut)ted hy the !jo?it.laturc wc would havo j hud to pay au assessment of 8810,000, spe cial mandamus taxes this coming year, j Our next assessment would have been much i largor, and if wo had gone on wo would, in : a few years, hud ty pay seven per ceut. of ! all our taxable values in taxation. No j peoplo could istund this. No legitimate j business can pay 0 per cent, luxes and hold j up under it. Besides, our delinquent tax 1 list is very largo and was Constantly incrcas ing. Year oller year wo havo seen tho accumulation (d' hundred ut' thousands of uncollected tuxes, and thc prompt tux payer, from yeur to year, was reassessed and hud to pay double, because his neighbor failed to pay: nnd wc hud one ease in which there liad already been lour levies of m un da m un writs Iroui thc United States Courts, ?nd only u few days since a fifth writ was or ordered, making live, lo collect one debt, and then, in thc ince ol' tho fact that tho uncollected levies now amount to 84LU,OOO uud thc dobtouly $120,000. Yet so im perfect is our system for thc collection of tuxes that thc prompt tax-payer had ugoin to pay for the delinquent. And nguiu thu merchant's stock could bo levied on and sold, and he had to puy or icavo town, and so we were crippled and hampered on nil sides. Strange ns il might seem, our home orcd itors have been more rapacious nnd relent less thou uny other. These home-made harpies and cormorants liad pounced upou tho oily doily, mid had been devouring us. What cured they if thc property of our city Wus destroyed, if commerce was driven to other and more favorable localities, if our manufactories, our warehouses und our mnchiue shops were forced to close mid thousuiuls of men und women di i ven to starvation's douri* Besides all this, mid ia addition to all this, wo linve been ntllicted und scourged as few people in this world huvo over been. Wilhiu a period of live years our city has twice been vibited by thc most terrible and fntnl plague over known iu the world. Thousands of citizens hnvo been forocd to lice from their homes and seek safety in all portions of thc country, leaving our be loved city one immense ohnruel house, its commerce dead, the sound of thc anvil and tho busy hum of business hushed, silenoo reigning in our streets, unbroken save by thc rumble of thc death-cart, thc wail nf tho mourners for thc dcud, or thc cry of orphaned children. Tho death roll of our citizens from the plague of 1878 numbered over live thousand, thus reducing our popu lation one tenth. And yet, this is not all. In addition to thc immense loss to tho bus iness interests of our city, over 83,000,000 were lost to us ty those who (led from tho fever, in actual expenses for traveling and bourd. We had to appeal to tho Christian charity of the world to help us bur? our dead, uud the one thing that relieves thc awful desolation was the constant stream of substantial sympathy that poured in upon us from our Northern brethren, from Can ada, from the South, tho Kust, thc West, and fiom the old world Wo want to but y our own dead. Wc want to clean up our streets. Wo want to build our sewers and pave our streets. So for us human sympathy and assistance oould ufford relief, wo experienced il in tho mu nificence ben. factions that poured in upon us, but our generous friends abroad, after thc horrors of the pestilence had subsided, took occasion, us well they might, to ad monish us of our duty to protect ourselves against u recurrence of thc awful scourge bv proper sanitary measures, foremost amotigat which is our expensive system of sewerage. We leprcsrnted tho urgent oc cesilies of our situation to our creditors and implored them to suspend tho enactions of thoir demands for a little while ond afford us an opportunity to devoto our shattered resources to tho protection nod preservation of our city nnd tho lives of our people, but they scorned insensible to pity and turned u deaf ear to our entreaties, liad wo enjoyed tho tights nnd privileges of an individual or n private corporation, even, we could, under tho humane mid just provisions of tho law, have gone into bankruptcy orinado nn assignment of our uss.-? s and obtained relief in this woy. But, being n public or municipal corporation, we would do neither and could only look for assistance to tho legislative department of tho government, lo which pertains tho power to create mid to destroy these political subdivisions of tho State. In our despair, then, wo turned to tho Legislature and invoked its interposi tion to rescue from impending ruin tho commercial metropolis of thc State. [Memphis Appcal.j Myers ci Sneed yesterday filed n bill in the Che ti Cory court ot this county and in thu United Sta tea District Court praying tho appointment of a receiver for tho city of Mcmrhis. This step is token nt thc in stunco of many resident and non resident creditors of the city, and is based upon an not of the forlietd general iisscmbly, entitled Man sot to enable municipal corporations to scttlo their indebtedness," which was ap proved March 23, 1877. Tho filing of this bill is likely lo compli cate mnttors. Until his prayer is rofused or grunted the new bill repealing tho ohorter, which our special from Nashville says wil cortoinly pass, oannot be enforced, BS, accor ding to section 60 of tho code of tho Stale, the repeal of au sot o innot annul or i nj mi - ously ?licet proceedings begun under it. In this connoJlion, wo rooull tho fact that John M. Bass was receiver of Nashvillo for two years nftor tho WHT, and so adminis tered its nflails ns to louve it in a fair dunn oial condition.