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THE DAILY NEWS. Maidenhood. Maiden I with the meek brown eyes. In whose orb- a shadow lies Like thedusk of ovenlnj skies I Standing with reluctant f?ct "V7 'era toe broor an i river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet. Gazing, with a timid glance, On the brooklet's swift advance, On the river's brood expanse I Deep and still, that gi ding stream Beau tu ul to thee must seem. As the rivet s of a d: earn. [Longfellow. PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL. CoTOcn. CHAMBER, January 21, 1868. Pursuant to a resolution adopted at a meet? ing held on the 17th instant, Council met this evening at 7 o'clock. Present-Tho Mayer, and Aldermen EaveneL Wragg, Gerdts, Small, O'Neill, Willis, Stein meyerjOinoy, Oakes, Honour, Marshall, Eu? ston, Whilden, Cosgrove, Butler, Pringle. Tbeoon i de ration of the second reading of a bill to rai- e supplies for the year 18G3, and for other purposos, was resumed. The second clause in tho first section of the bi? was taken up. The proposod amendment to this clause which was offered by Alderman Marshall, was also taken up, which reads as follows : Strike out the ninth and tenth lines "of the tax on sales of goods, wares and merchandise," etc., and insert-two dollars on every bundled dollars of stock in trade on hand on the first of Amil, 1868. payable duriug the month of April. In accordance with a resolution adopted at the last meeting, the Ma> or read to Council the following opinion of the Ci'.y Attorney on the subject of ''The tax on sales of goods," etc Io the Hon. P. C. OiiUard, Mayor, otc. SIB: Tour letter requests mv opinion upon tho question whether the Cits Council has the poner to levy a tax upon salea of merchandise. The City Council baa, nuder its charter, full power and authority to ina e auch assessment on the in? habitants of charleston, or these who hold taxable property within the ?ame, for the safety, conve nieuce, benefit ana advantage of the city aa shall ap? pear to them expedient. And. in sovoral caaes, the Court of Appeal* baa ex? pressed the opinion no: only that the power of taxa? tion possessed by the city under the charter are very larg? and comprehensive, but they ara substantially the aame on legitimate subjects ol taxation aa the State Itself possesses under the Constitution of the State and the United sta tea. The Stat) certainly taxe \ eales, and its right to do so la not questioned. laxes are laid upon perso aa and proper y, and it asm bean suggested that a tax upon salas is a tax npoa indu try and not up n property, .hore is force in the sut gosdon, but the answer . e eras to be that au asses mi cut upon sales ls ouly a pardcular inoae of levying tho tax upon the merchandise, which is the object of sale. A tax upon sales of goods, wares and mercuandlBO, and a tax at the same time upon acock m trade,would be a double tax, and justly liable to exception. But if the tax be laid only upon tba sal's, and not upon the a to ck in trade, there ia but one tax upon the aame su Dj- ct matter, and the mode of aase.slug it ia the only point of dif? ference between them. It seams to me that the mo'e of levying the assass? ine t is rather a question of poli-.y than of power. It may be very unwise, in view of tie interes ts oi trade, to lay taxes upon sales, which are acts of com? merce; but this iaaquea ion for legislative discre? tion. The early tax ordinances were destroyed in tho course of the war. The earliest I ran find tu print Bs that for 1832, which contains a tax OJ sales, and from that time to the present either a tax on salsa or a tax on stock In trade has been liserted in every ordinance to raise supplies and more frequently the fax on sales. I do not mean to say that thia question ls free from doubt, but cnsiderlng the long settled prac? tice of Council and tba recognition by tho courts of tba power of tbe city aa being substantially the aa ne aa that of the State, where there ls no legis? lative restriction upon its exercise. I cannot advise Council to deny itself the exercise of the power, if, in ita judgment, such should be necessary to tho support of tue city government. Any practical difficulty which may ari-c from the failure of this source of revenue, should the ta:c oe declared illegal, may be remedied by a subs?quent assessment on stock in trade, more particularly as, by the bill before Council, the taxes for the year are to be paid lu installment!. Respectfully, W. D. POETEB. January 21,1868. After considerable discussion the question was taken on the proposed amendment. Al? derman Marshall called tor the yeas and mys; the yeas and nays being called resulted as fol? lows: reos-Aldermen O'Neill, Willis, Olney, Mar? shall, Whilden, Butler and Pringle-7. ?Vaya-Aldermen Bavenel, Wragg, Small, Steinmeyef, Oakes, Honour, Euston, Cosgrove, Gerdts and the Mayor-10. The amendment was lost. Alderman Parker appeared. It was moved that tue question be taken on the adoption of the clause as reported by the committee. Alderman Marshall proposed the following amendment to the clause: Insert after the word "merchandise.'.' in tho tenth line, the fol? lowing words, "stock, honda." or other securi? ties." After some discussion the proposed amend? ment was withdrawn. The ..question waa taken on the adoption of the olanao and carried. The Sd, 4+h, 5 th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9tb c! ar Bes were adopted. The 10th o?anse was read. Alderman Mar? shall called up his proposed amendment to this clause, which read as follows: Insert after the word "security,n in the twenty-ninth hoe,'the words "and .personal property" (wearing ap? parel and household furniture excepted). The question orr the amendment w .s put and lost. lue question- recurred on the clause as re? ported by the co ra m i. te e. Alderman Honour proposed to amend the clause by striking out "two dollars" on 28th line and inserting "fiity cents." Alderman Butler moved to insert "one dol? lar." Lost. Alderman Marshall moved to insert "one dollar and fifty cents." Lost. Question was on inserting "fifty oems." Carried. The clause was filled accordingly. Alderman Oakes moved to amend by striking out the word "note" on the 28th and 80th lines. Carried. The olau.e as amended was adopted. Alderman Courtenay appeared. The 10th, 12th and 13ra clauses were road and adopted. The 14th clause was read. Alderman Butler moved to amend this clause by striking out -'two" on the 45th line and in? serting '..turee." After some discus-ion the amendment was carried, and the clause was adopted as amended. Tn J lath. 16th and 17th clauses were read and adopted. The 18tb o?anse was read. Alderman Whilden moved to amend this clause by inserting after the word "next," on the 57th line, the words "provided the amount of his tax does not exceed two dollars per annum." Carried. The clause as amended was adopted. The 19th, 20th aud 21st clauses were read and adopted. The 22J clause was read-"Tax on livery stable keepers." Alderman Courtenay moved to strike oat the clause from the bilL Lost. The question was taken on the adoption of the clause aud carried. The 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th danses were read and adopted. Ala erma n Butler moved to amend the first section by adding tbe following: "rweaty-nvo cents on every one hundred dollars a? ail sales of stocks, bonds, and other oe cnn ti es, payable monthly. Adopted. Aldermen Courtenay and Parker asked to have their names recorded as voting for Alder? man Marshall's amendment to tne 2d clause in the first seotion of the bill. Granted. Alderman Olney moved to amend the first section of the bill as follows: "Two dollars on every cow kept within the city, payable on or before 31st March." Alderman wosgrove moved to amend the amendment by inserting after the word "Maroh." the following words "except one cow for family use." Carried. The question was taken on adopting the amendment as amended and lost. The first seotion was adopted. Alderman Wragg asked for leave of absence for the remainder of the evening. GrantoJ. The Becond section of the bil was taken up. Alderman Steinmeyer moved to amend the sec? tion by inserting, after the word "Assessor," the following words, "with the Committee on Anses amenta." This caused some discussion, during which Alderman >. osgrovo asked for leave of absence for the remainder of tho evening, which waa granted. The amendment proposed bv Alderman Stein moyer was adopted. Alderman Gerdts moved to amend thc elev? enth line by inserting after the word "assess? ment," the word "so," and striking out the words "by the City Assessor." Adopted. The secoL d section, as amended, was read and adopted. Ino third seotion was read and adopted. The fourth and fifth sections were read and adopted. Tne sixth section was read. Alderman Courtenay moved to amend this section by inserting, after the word "Assessor," in the fifth line, the words "with thc Com tee ou A sessmonts." Ctrriod. The blank in tho sixth line waa-filled "July.'' Alderman Parker move d to amend'tho tion by insorting tho words "real and"J the word "the* in the sixth line. Carnet The section as amende? 1 was read" and ac ed. The seventh section was read and ador. Alderman Whilden moy ed to' amend tut by adding the following t eolipn. Iiost.jj SECTION 8. ' All parti es BJ it iefpat ia? their t by makin sr ; payment in il nil: oh account ol same shall be allowed a d iscount at tho rai - per month, and all parties noglectic make payment at the time specified sha! taxed in addition at the rate of - par cent, month. Pending the passage of tho bill on itf cond reading, Aldemar. Marshall move? amend the second clause in tue first Beotio striking out the word "monthly" in the ti line, and inserting the word "quarterly," 1st of April, July, Octobtr and January. This caused a discusnion, when Alder Marshall called for tho yeas and nays, and following is the result : Teas-Aldermen O'Neill, Willis, Olney, 1 shall. Euston, Whilden, Butler, Parker, Courtenay-9. Nays-Aldermen Rave:iel, Small, Steinn er, Oakes, Honour, Pri-igle, Gerdts, and Mayor-8. The amendment was adopted. The bid was passed ti its second read which it received. Alderman Ravonel ga^e notice that on third reading of the bill he would offer cer amendments. Alderman Enston moved that the bill taken up for us third reading. Carried. The bill was taken up ou its third readins Aldermau Bavenei mo*ed to amend the 1 section of the bill by stritmg out all after word "payable" in the tenth line, and insert the word "monthly." The yeas and nays wt re called for, and suited as follows: Yeas-Aldermen Ravener, Small, 0'N< W.llis. Steinmcyer, Oakiis, Honour, But Pringle, Gerdts, Courtenaj-, andtbeldayor Nays-Aldermen Olney, Marshall, Enst Whilden and Parker-5. The amendment was ci:-ried. Alderman Marshall moved to lay the bill o to the next mee*'"g. Los t. The bill was read a thiiu time thia even ii and passed. The title w B changed to thal ordinance, and it was ordered to be engros for ratification. The bill reads as follows: AN o an: NANOK TO 8AXBX srrr uze ron not rr AI: < THOUSAND EIGHT H CN DMD AND UXTX-XIOBT, i YOU OIHtE PURPOSES. SECTION 1. Beit ordained i> / the Mayor and Ah men \. i City Council astembled, '; bat a tax for the sm and in tue manner horeinal ter mentioned, shall raised anti paid Into tho Tres* ury cf the City, or use and service thereof, that ii to say: Two dol?an every hundred dollars of thc value of every hoc budding, lot, wharf, or other landed estate, tuclud every buQdinK and improves) dnt on lands unde lease for e term of five or more years, from a r glotis, charitable, OJ li tenu y society, cr under t bunding lease, payable In throe periods, viz: Man July and November. Sevemy-flve cents on every hundred dollar- of sales of goods, wares, and marchandise on perse : account or on account of other?, payable monthly Two dollars on every hundred dollars of the gr receipts of all street railroads, payable monthly. Three dollars'on every tundrod dollars of groats receipts ot all Expreis companies, payai monthly. Seventy-five cents on every hundred dollars of sales at auction, payable mon lily. Three dollars ppr month cn every coach or lo wheel carriage dr^wn by twe hones or mules (i ctuai. e of the horses or mules i, ] ayable monthly. Two dollars per month o i every ooacb or fo wheel carriage drawn by one horse or mule (axel elve of the horse or mule i, payable monthly. -. One dollar and flt tt cents pur month'oh every t< waeel carriaKe, chain-atilkey,- etc.", (.'xctaklte of tl horse or mule), payable monthly. I bree collara on every hundred dollars of gre income, and all groas profits derived irom the pu eult of any faculty, profession, occupation or ci ployment, or irom tbe exercise of sny offloe. wu ther in the profession of the law, the prouts deriv from the costs ot suits, counsel fees, or other sourc of profess! nat incomes, i nco ir e from the practice dentistry, o c., payable mon hiy. Fifty cents on every hundred dollars of tho vail of ajy bond, mortgage, judgment, decree, < other investment or security, of whatever ch?mete whether the said bond, etc., be heated, an whether the interests or dividends be paid here < elsewhere, payable during mouth of March Two dollars on every dog ko; >t within tue city, pa; able on o before the 29th day of June n- xt. Three dollars on every hundred dollar? of groi receipts of all commercial agencies, payable monthl; Three dollar.' on ev'-n hundred dollars of all con missions rece ived by factors, oinunlssion merchant bankers, broker?, dealers in foreign and dornest exchange, vendue masters, or other persons vendis or buyng goo.IB, wares, merchandize, produce, an real and personal property on commission, pay ab. montely. T ree dollars on every hundred dollars of all groe premiums received for or ny ai y Insurance,com can located m this city, whether incorporated or non, c by agencies for individuals or companies, whs-he incorporated or not, payable monthly. Three dolla's on every I und: -cd dollars of grog! rx ceipts of all Gas Companies and other rcanufactuiin, companies located in this city, payable monthly. One'dollar per month on livery horse and mal used or kept within the city, excepting horse) o males used ia any license J citrriago, cart, ora y, o other velilclo, payable monthly Two dolla- s and fifty cents pur month on all re tal dealers in all articles whatsoever, whoso mentid; returns of atlee do not vidi, a tax above the uah amount of two dollars and flit;' cents. 1 wo dollar* capitation tax on all males over twen ty-one years of sge, payable on or balor the Slat da} of Marca next; provided the amount of the tax doe, not exceed two dollars per annum. 'J wo dollars and Atty cents per month on all Huck ?tera. Two dollars and fifty oents ter month on all Bar ber shops. One dolltr on every hundred dollars of the grosi receipts of Hotel- and pabilo Eating and Boarding Houses, pavable monthly. One dollar on every hundred dollars of all receipt? of livery eUblr keepers, pay ubi ; monthly. Two dollin* on every hundred dollars of the grose receipts of cc eton presses, pays bl J monthly. beveaty-five oents on every hundred dollars of the gross receipts of ali p: in ting of Ices, newspapers and publishing houses, payable monthly. Three dollars on every hut.dr jd dollars of all goode sold In the city by persons not residents, by sample or otherwise. One dollar on evory hundred dollars of sales of all horses and mule* brought to the city, payable monthly. Twenty-five cents on every hundred dollars ot all sales o' stocks, bonds, and other securities, pay? able monthly. One dollar on every hundred dollars of the gross receipts of Magnetic Telograpb Companies, payable monthly. Seventy-five- cents on every hundred dollars of the gross receipt' or all tavern keepera and liquor deal? ers, payable monthly. *-EO. a. If any person or pen.ons or corporations aha 1 neglect or refuse to rendel1 to the City Assessor a return for taxation, under tl da ordinance, on or before the 31st day of March* next, theo it shall be the duty of the City Assessor, with the Commit co on assessments, to assess such person or persona or corporata ns su-*h amounts as. la their judgment, and according to the best of their knowledge and in? forma io:, he mar neem just and proper, winch ass semants shall bo recorded in a book and advertised the same tor thi space of twenty days, within which time bo parties so as? ee sed shall have the privlege of correcting the same, under oath, before th? Ol ty Assei-sor, if he or t'-ey deem themselves over assessed. And all persons offering so to reduce their assessments shall answer, on oat J, ali such inquiries in relation to their taxable income roceipts o.- property as the City Assessor shall matte. And al asse amenta so malo and not correotcd, as aforesaid, by the parties in lor? es ted. at ih>) expie tion of the said twenty days, shall be deemed aa corree>, and no further appeal there irom shall be allowed. And each and every such defaulter shall pay double tax on the H mounts so assessed or, in caso of correction, upon tho amounts corree eel, as afore? said, ana executions for the sams shall be issued us in other cases, in case ot' default in payment P.tc. 8. It ls made the duty of be City Assessor :o ca 1 the attention of all persons liable for taxes to tho several items ot taxation herein upeclfled, and to In? stitute such inquiries as will tead to procure a full return thereof. And if any person shall neglect cr refuse to inciude in his return any such item of tax? ation, the City Assessor shall assess him In respect thereof, and the Treasurer shall collect tho samo ;.B a part >f his tax. SEC. 1. The taxes assessed und sr this ordinance, except such as are otherwise dire.;ted, shall be paya? ble m three equal parts; one po*t on or before the last day of March next, another p irt on or before the last day of July next and- the thud part on oi before the last day ol November next And m case of fail? ure to pay any such part, within twenty days from the day fixed for the final paya ant thereof, execu? tions shall issno lor such part. SEC. 6. Any person or person*, or corporations, failing to pay the taxes in the n anner and at the the time hereinbpforo prcscilbcu, may be double taxed at thc option of Council. And ic shall be the duty of tho City 1 rcasurer to for bwlth issue ex<-cu tt ns against tho goods, chattels, iud other property of ?aid porsonB or corporations, and lodge the said ex cution9 with the City ShoruT, who shall immedi? ately proceed for tho collection of the same, iu the manner provided by ordinances lor the enforcement ol executions. SEC. 6. To tho end that Com .eil may have au opportunity of determining whether or not it would be expedient for Council to levy a tax or taxes upon tho whole real and p. rsoual estate of which persons liable to be taxed within the city may bo possessed, or, in other words, to tax every man upon what he is really worth, it shall he the dut,- of the City Asses? sor, with the Committee on Assessments, to prepare and lay before Council, on or bel ore tbe 2r=t day ot Ju y next, a return of the worth cr value of the real und personal property of which any inhabitant or other person liable to taxation m. ty bo possessed, as of the first day of January, 1888, making his assess? ment In each case, upon inquiry, md irom the best information he may be able to obt tin. SEC. 7. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances repugnant hereto be and the Baine are hereby re? pealed. The Mayor appointed the fo lowing Commit tee on Assessments: Aldermen Olney, Honour, Oakes, Whilden. and the Mayor. The Mayor presented the followinir memo? rial, which was referred to the Board of Health: To Vie Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of - Charleston: ? GENTLEMEN: The Faculty and Board of Trustees of tho Medical College ot'the Stute of South Carolina beg leave respectfoliy to memorialize your honorable body upon a subjoct ol gre it importance to the wol? lare of the institution, the Interests of whioh have been confided to them, and In urging its due con? sid?ration upon your attention, t ey confidently hope to be able to show that it possesses even a deep? er interest to the city, to the state, and to the com? munity at lar^e, than is generally r cognized. lt would be an act of supererogation, in the present age, to employ any arguments to prove the value of a thorough ano officient system of medical education; for certainly no topic can prpse t a moro proiound and abiding interest to mankind than that which re? lates t' tho health and the llv.'S of individuals and communities. Accordingly, in all civilized govern? ments, and in all enlightened Slates, this considera? tion has boen so c.carly recognized, that In all of them, all practicable measures for fo-tering these paramount considerations have occupiao a large share of tbe attention of the wisest statesmen and legislators, and have been urged and sustainrd by the purest philanthropy. To secure the ends involved, while hospitals hive bebn built and endowed, In ?hich the sick and afflict? ed poor could have seoured to them all tho ble-smgt of skilful medical attendance, the principle bas al wa e been acknowledged and acted upon, that In re? turn lor thc advantages thus secured, the examples ? rnished by Uti '? multitudinous and varied suffer? ings, should . ..'?red subservient to the improve? ment of medics. nc (.and thereby conducive to the welfare of s >cict> Ibe samo policy, thereiore, thar led to .he organization and endowment of medi? cal colleges, almos; always plac-d them in association with, and as appendages to tho hospitals, so that while in the lecture rooms cf the foi mer. those in pwauit of medical knowledge received all the advan? tages of didactic instruction, pertaining to tho ele? mentary principles of medical education, it was re? cognized that the wards of che hospital could alone furnish the living examples of dlsoaso In its diversi? fied conditions-its course, successive phenomena, its trottinent and results, so indispensably necessa? ry to insure a proper qualification for medical prac? tice. , These vieira were acknowledged and acted upon by your predecessors at the period when this college was first organized, and the arran lenient then made was successfully and faithfully carried out, through a long series of yean, with mutual advantage to the college and the city. The object of tne present memorial ls to pray your hoi.orab e body to restore the rtatus which so long existed between the Medical College and the city hos? pitals, the departure from which has seriously injur? ed an institution in whioh the city and the State at large have a deep interest, while it has created a h avy and needless draught on the finance- of the city, now crippled in its resources. Your memorialists prop se to illustrate theso posi? tions by the following brief statement offsets: In issi, or about that time, when tho collego was first established, the City Council of Charleston made a grant of the lot on which to erect a suitable build in.', and an appropriation ol fifteen thousand {?15,(MO) dollars, towards the erection of tho present edifice, the condition of the contract being, that thc Faculty of the Medical College wa? bound, in consideration of tho above appropria.ion, to furnish gratuitous medical attendance on the City Almshouse and tho Marine Hospital, tn perpetuity. Up to that period, it is believed that the City council had been paying to tho two medical officers cf thoso institutions a salary of from one thousand to twelve hundred do.lars each per annum, which expenditure, after the contract with tue college wai consummated ceased. Tuis lcd to an annual saving to tho city treasury of from two thousand to twenty-four hundred dollars. Now, as the services abovo specified were loiUutilly ren? dered by tho Faculty or their appointees, subject to the conti ol of tho Council, to the one Institution for a period of thirty-four years, and to thc other for thirty-seven years, if credit bo given to the city for the amount ot their appropriation-say three thou? sand dollars for the lot and fiiteon thousan.i dollars in money-tola!, eighteen thousand dollars-it is apparent that within that time, estimating th? salarios previously paid aa above, and deducting the eighteen thousand dollars, a clear saving to the city treasury wu? secured under the conti act of moro than sixty thousand djllars, while the numerous students attending the lectures of the college enjoy? ed all the bene Its of valuable cinical instruction without fee or reward. For reasons not known to your memorialists, a contract solemnly entered into by the two parties the Council on the une part and tho Faculty of the Medical College on tho other, aud duly ratified, as will be made to appear by reference to tho records of your honorable body-was, at the expiration oi thlity-four yeal-.-, violated by tho City Council, with out any assigned cause, by the a; pointmeni of lir. H. -v. DeSaussure as physician to tho City Alms? house, with a salary of six hundred dollars por annum. \s hilo the arrangement as regards the Marino Hospital waa permitted to continue up to tho commencement- of. the recent war, your memorial? ists have no desire to impune the motives of the City Council at that tune in office for their violating the sacred obligations of a contract, and the circum? stance ls mainly alluded to in order to demonstrate that the act could not have been prompted by any allegation of dere iction of duty on the part ol the Faculty, os complaint was never made, liad thero been cause of cou plaint, lt must i ave applied as well to the Marine Hospital os to- the Alms douse both Institutions lying undei the samo arrangement -the medical officers of both being appointed by the Faculty and approved by Council It certainly could not have been dictated by motives of economy. Whatever the inoontivet may havo been, there can scarcely be a question of its injustice involving, as it did, a vio.ation of contract it also proved detri? mental to thu wide-spread lutereata of the Medical College, by depriving it oi the means of clinical in? struction whi b it bad previously possessed. As the exact relations of the Medical College to the city, to the atato, to the country and people at largo, may not be properly understood and appreciated, your mcmoriLiots trust they may be pardoned tor o nv ring a few additional remarks calculated to illus nate some of the elements ol' its importance ta ad theso relations. It ls net a private corporation, but a ata e institution. No one, lt ls presumed, wilt cal. ta question the importance of a high and thorough home education in all departments or tnowleoge, and medical science is certainly not tho least valuable ol these departments. It was a consideration of the interests of the soutn in this connection that led to the establishment of the Medical Col* lege, as si tn liar considerations had be.oro and have subsequently led to tue organization and support of institutions of the same kind in almost evury government and State throughout the civilized world. It is not designed to argue here tue widely diffused blcesiugs which have flowed from the sources of instruction which bare been cre? ated nuder this wiso policy, but to explain briefly the immense pe.uoiary benefit which accrued to the city of Charleston, and tao - tato at large, throu. h the agency of the alt dical College, all ol which sum, to say nothing of the importance of home education, would have gone olnowhorc. Tho college bas b on in successful operation for a period ot lorty-four years, within which time at least seven thousand students, coming irom almost every State in tho Union, trom tho c a?adas, tho West Indies, sud elsewhere, havu boen . educated througu Ita agency. When lt is borne In mind that the aggregate expenses of each student is about five hundred dollars per session, it will be seen that within the time specified from throe and a half to lour millions of dollars havo been drawn to charles? ton and expended among her people, every cent of which, but for her Medical College, would have gone to other cities und to other ?.ates. Such advantages, coupled as they are with many others, should not be slightly appreciated. Aa insu tatton couterring -o crct .o auiouut ut benefit cer? tainly merits a favorable cocbiaeration ol its claims; and, viewed in the connect on with tho present me? morial, while it seeks no pecuniary aid (its demand-1, on the contrary, if granted, securing a diminished expenditure of tho city i midst, it only prays to have such au arrangement established between the Facul? ty ot the Mocical Coll, RC and tho city hospital? as will enable them to odd to their didactic course of lectures a thorough system of clinical lns.ruction. In view of theso eouelderatlons, your memorialists pray that your honorable body will placo tue words ot Jae city hospital) in charge of the Pi. lessors of thu Medici College ns m.dicai officers, with permission to uso the cases resorting there tor treatment, mr the purpose ol eli deal instruction, un .or such regu? lations and restrictions, and responsibilities as re gurdi details of duties and other considerations, as yuu may think proper now or h. rcuftcr to impose. In this respect, the Faculty only ask to be put upon the samo footiug with other rival institutions, lu all of which tao 1'rofesBors or tho Medicil coheges are m-dical officers and clinical lecturers in the publio hospitals. To consummate this arrangement, the members of the Faculty pledge their willing..oss to as-unie and iait Wuliy execute tho duties imp iud, asking no other fee or reword than tue privilege of u.-iog the patient* for the purpose cf clinical instruction, Their superior fitness for these positions mav bo legitniaic ly inferred from their experience In medical teaching and the character a id reputation they possess vouohed for by the stations they occupy in the col? lege. All of which is respectfully submitted, (Hlgoed.) EDWAKD FHOST, President of the Board of Trustees. J. J. CHISOLM, M. V.. Dean of the Faculty. Adjourned. W. H. SMITH, Clerk ol' Council. Commercial. Imports. LIVERPOOL-Per British ship Magdala-30C0 sacks Salt, 100 tons Coal, to lt Mure lc Co. Exports. LIVERPOOL-Per sliip Elizabeth Hamilton-148 bans S I and 2160 bales Upland Col .on. NEW YORK-Per steamship Manhattan-C3 tierces Rice, 790 boles Upland and 31 bags S I Cotton, 109 bales Domestics aud Yum, 25 bundles Paper, 1200 bushels Corn, 17 Packages, CO empty Bar? rels. PHILADELPHIA-Per steamship Allhnce-270 bales Cotton, 117 casks Bice, 31 hales Lags, 3 bales Wool, 6 bales Skins, 78 bale9 Yarn, 80C bundles Wire, 40 tons Iron, 10 barrels Beet, 170 empty Barrels, 10 packages Mdze. The Charleston Cotton iaurttei. OFFICE OF TBE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, | CHARLESTON, Friday Evening, Jan. 24, '68. J Thero being a good attendance of buyers with much disposition to operate in thc staple, tho market be? came active, with coi siderablo irregularity and a great upward teudency in prices, which 'inproved about He ~$ lb., tho "day's business being of a char? acter to reader it difficult to name prices with accu racy, and our quotations are submitted an somewhat approximate. Tbe transactions amounted to-abcut 1200 bales, say 7 at ll. 98 at 12%. 2 at 13, 3 at 13%, 08 ?118M. io at 18?, 99 at 14, 57 at 14?. 30 at 14%, 31 at 16, 7 ot 18%, 25 at 15?, 117 at 15%, 107 at 16. 146 at 16%, 132 at 16?, 99 at 16%, 14 at 17. 12 at 17%, 120 at 17%. We quote: LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Ordinary to Good Ordinary.14 ?14% Low Middlings.16 @16? Middlings.16%<P16% Strict Middlings.17 @17? Good Middlings.17%@ Baltimore Market. BALTIMORE. January 22.-OOTTON-There was more tone to thc market to*day. Cable advices rep? resented a stronger feeling at liverpool, but no qua table change. Sales here to-day were 49 bales Gulf Middling at 17c; 19 bales good stylo Upland Low 1 Middling at 16c; 100 bales Ordinary to Good Ordi? nary at 15%c. Receipts and stock fair, though chiefly cbmposed -f low gradee. We quote at the close Mid a lin 2 held at 16%c; Low Middling ot 15%al5%c 9 lb. Corns-On Saturday there was a sale of 800 bags ex Aquidneck, and yesterday 300 bags ex Serene, neither before reported, and both on private terms. 10-day resales of SCO bags Rio at 17 cts; 100 do at 17% cte, gold. We continue to report some Inquiry for prime. FLOUE-Within a day or two past there have been further soles amounting to several thousand b?rrela brazil bra ds City Mills Extra, taken on New York account, at $12 25 delivered hore, or $12 76 if deliver? ed at New York. >tock of this description verv much reduced. Market for other grades was quiet, arid prices nominally as before. GHATN.-The offerings of Wheat to-day were but o few hundred bushels; no prime or choice Southorn received; we notice sales of 225 bush? els good red at 2 60a2 70; 600 bushels Peunsy-I vania o at. 2 50 ; '2C0 bushels do $2 45. Corn-1350 bushels white and 5200 bushels ye low comprised the offerings to-day; demand was more active, and for yel ow prices advanced several cents; we report pales as follows: 200 bushels damp white at $106; 1600. bushels lair to prime at $1 lOol 15. mos ly at $112a 1 ll; o yellow there wore sales of G400 bushels at all figures, from $1 05al 15 for damp, and $1 iCnl 19 for | dry; ?000 bushels do delivered ot Point nt $1 20; 1700 bushel- Western red at $117, and 1200 bushels West? ern mixed at $1 20. Oats-2100 bushels received, with Bales of 500 bushels at 74c, and 1100 bushels at 76c. Rye-sales of 100 bushels at $146; 100 do at $165per bushel. MOLA-SKS-Remains Inactive; no sales reported from first hands; pile?B nominal as last given. PROVISIONS-Bacon is in good demand for filling Southern orders, and i ricca steady as bofore, viz: for Sb o jlders ile, rio Sides 12%c, and clear nb 13c; Baltimore Hams 17ol8c, Utter tor tho best brands. Bulk Meats' quiet but held firm at 9a9%c for looso and pftckod Shoulder?, and 10?ol0?c for do Sides. Mess Pork $22J76a23 $ bbl for Wt stern. Lord-sales of 5 j tes steam at 1S%C, and 150 tes kettle rendered at 13%c. HICK-Continues steady at 10al0%ofor Carolina as to qua tty. ?sro AL-We report soles cf 118hhds Porio Rico or? dinary refining at ll?c; 30 hbds Demeron vacuum non, and 100 boxes new crop Cuba Centrifugal, bo.h on private terms. Stock reduced to 21 h ds and 64 boxes Cube; 1320 hbds English Island and 7500 bags Brazil .Ve w York Market. MONET MARKET. The New York Evening Post of Wednesday, Janu? ar > 22, soys: Considerable excitement is sold to prevail in Washington from the resolution adopted yesterday inquiring into the private sales of bonds. Gold is steady. Tho leading rate is about 2 to 8 for cari ying. The loan market is easy and quiet at 5a6 per cent on call with first-class, collaterals. Discounts are active at u% for short and 7 tor long dates. Names ol thc second class are not m favor, and pose at high rates. The accumulation of capital continues. PRODUCE MARKET. NEW YORK, Janua-y 22.-FLOTO, 4c-The market for Western and Sta e Flour is a little more active, and prices ot the low medium tirades are Co better. Tlie sales are 1400 bbl* at $8 70a9 20 for super? fine State; $9 66il025 for inferior cit-, and river extra; $10 ICalO 76 for ox tra State; $10 80ol1 85 for fancy State; $9 45al0 30 for the low grades of Spring Western Extra; ?10 lOall CO lor good to cuoice Spring Wheat extras; $9 95al0 75 for sbipolng Ohio; $10 85ol5 for trade and family do; $11 25al2 75 for amber Winter Wheat extra Indiana' and Michigan; $13 20116 for Wu ito Wheat do do, and $12 76al6 for St Louis r xtros. Buckwheat flour is dull at $3 75a4 10 per 100 lbs. CanadUn flout is steady and more active. Sales of 720 bogs at $12 25813 6a .Southern flour is firmer for tho low and medium grades. Soles of 750 bois at $9 7 'al 1 25 for ordinary to good extra Baltimore and country; $11 60ais 25 for extra family Gcorgio and Virginia, and $10 90ol6 60 for ex? tra and family Maryland and Delaware. Oats are better and in bri-k dem .nd. Thc sales arc 70,000 bushels Ohio and Western at 85??86c, In store now being held higher ; Jersey and Southern ot 80a85c, the latter rate afloat. Corn opened decidedly better, with a good in? quiry, but m the absence of freight room and less speculative inquiry, prices dec.ined, and the market closes flat. The sales are 68,000 bushels new Western mixed at $131*1 83?, tho latter for dry; old held at $1.7a I 38; Jorsey yellow at $1 23ol 26; Southern white at $128al32; seed do $1 36; straw colored and white Tennessee at $1 28al 31. PROVISIONS.-At o still further decline the pork market is very dull and hexvy. The sales aro 500 bbla old mess at $20 25 regular, and last evening 260 bbls now mess, seller ten days, at $2145, doning at ajourai 85a21 37% cash and rogular. Beef is quiet, but steady. Sales of 100 bbls ot $!4al860 for plain mes?, and $17a20 50 for extra mess. Beef hams aro fairly active and firm. Sales of 140 bbls ot $30o31 60. Cut meats are steady, and selling In small lots to a fair exten!? Sales o. 240 pkgs pickled hams at 12? alta. Macon ls steady and moderately active. Sjles of 875 boxes at 10%c for C.imberhnd cut; II %ull?e lor short nb, thc outside for very choice, and 13c .or short cl ar. Dressed hogs are rather easier. Wo quoto at 8?a 9%c for Western, and 9?a9 Vc for city. Lard ls rjiher more active, and prices aro better, closing firm. sales of 1300 bbls and tes at 12%al3c for No 1; 13?al3%c lor city; 13%al3?c for fair to primo steam, and 1000 tes refined, W. J. Wilcox 4 Co brand, ot 13% c COTTEE-Rio ls in gool demand and is si ronger, particularly tho primo and fair grades. i OTTON-Thc marke, h . decidedly more tone and holders brm at our quotations : iNew Orleans Uplands. Florida. Mobile and Texas Ordinary.16 16 16% 16% Low Middling.. 16% 16% 16% 16% Middling.17 17% 17? 18 Good MlddUng.18 18 18% 18% HAT-Is In good demand, but with l.rger receipts price-, aro easier. Poles at $1 Ital 20 tor shipping and ?126al 60 for retail lot'. Straw la firm at $120 for 1 ng rye and ?1 for abort do cash. MOLASSES-A good demand prevails for good and prime grocery grades, and pricos are fl'm. NAVAL STOEES-Spirits ol Terpentine is firm. Rosins ore y enero ly dull. We quote : Spirits Tur? pentine free, per gol, 54?a56 cte; Spirits Tur? pentine, in bond, per gal, 4t??al7ct8; Crude Turpen? tine, per 280 lbs, *3 90al; Rosins, common, per bbl, $2 87?a3; RoslnB.strained, per bbl, ?3a312?; Rosine, No 2, per bbl, $3 26; Rosins, No 1, por bbl, $3 26a 4; Rosins, pale, per bbl, $1 26aS; Resin?, extra pale, per bbl, $6 26a6 7 >; Rosins, window glass, por bbL *6a7 60; Tar, North count?,per bbl, $225a2 50; Tar, Wlmirgton, per bbl. $3a3 50; Pitch, city, per bbl, ?3 25o3 60;. Pitch, Southern, per bbl, $3 50. RICE-Only a jobbing business; the supply is small, anti holders arc firm. Sales of Carolina at 10%all%. &UOAB-Raw sugars are only in moderate demand; p ices arc firm, hair to good relining ure quoted at ll?all%c. Do grocery grades, 12alJ?c, and No 12 boxes at 12c. Reflucd are fairly active at 10%ol6?c for hards. FOEIOHTS-To Liverpool by steamer, 100 balos Cotton ut %o%d, and 30 hhd* Tobacco at 40s. To Glasgow by steamer, 100 tes Lard at l?s. A British ship was chartered to Liverpool with 2C00 bales Cot? ton ot % lor compressed and 7-16 for uncompressed. Consigne cs per South Carolina Railroad, January 24. 1898 bales Cotton, 79 bales Mdzc, 1229 bags Corn, 5 curs Csttlo, 9 cars Lumber, 8 c irs Cross Tics, 4c. lo Railroad Agent, W P Hall, J N Pobson, West & Jones, R Muro 4 Co, J Campsen 4 Co, J W Sprague 4 Bro. J B i'ogni. Street Broa 4 Co, G W William* & Co, Johnston, Orot? s 4 Co, J H iioimes, E B Rod gors 4 Co, J B E Moan, G ? Walter 4 Co, C N Ave nd, L J Wiss 4 Co, T W Keen, W C Courtney 4 Co. J R Pringle, Adams, Frost 4 Co, Utsoy & Kenyon, J H ?stendorff, Howard k Bro, Fraser 4 Dill, W C Dukes 4 Co, H Bischoff 4 Co, O Roedor, A J SallnoB, Mowry ,v Co, W B Williams, Graeser, Lee, Smith 4 Co, J H Rcnneker, G W Oinglo, J M Caldwell 4 Sons, T Stenhouse 4 Co, Olney 4 Co, H Lcidlng. L D DcSaussuro, J ? J D Kirkpatrick, W Kinsman, R Rhott, Cameron, barkley 4 Co, H F Baker 4 Co. Consignees per Northeastern Railroad, January 24. 167 bale? Upland and 13 bales S I Cotton, 157 bbls Naval Stores, bags Cotton Seed, Rough Rice, Mdzo, 4c. To Adams, Frost 4 Co, W K Ryan, Z Davis, K J Wiss 4 Co, Sereven 4 Nisbet, Nachman 4 Co, W H Stinkier, Mowry 4 Co, J *J D Kirkpatrick, H Bis? choff 4 Co, G W Wilhams & Co, Graeser, Lee, Smith 4 Co, Kmdall 4 Dockery, W C Courtney 4 Co, Cort, Kopi! k Jcrvey, Rev J Mack, J Poner, L X Potter, 1) lt Mciver, A W Lyons, M Goldsmith 4 Son, S D Stonor, J Marshall, Jr, J Bl? okley. G W Clark 4 Co, Muzyck Bros, W Steele, L Chopin 4 Co, F A bowyer, Railroad Agent. POUT CALENDAR. FHA9LH OF THE MOON. First Quarter. 2d, 10 hours, 54 min?tes, evening. Full Moon, 9th 5 hours, 45 minutes, morning. Last Quarter, 16tb, ll hours, 55 minutes, morning New Moon, 24th, 2 hours. 10 minutes, evening. JAN?ARX. SUN ItTSES. I SETS. MOON RISES. HIGH WATER. 20 Monday_1 211'1'uesdav.... 22|Wcdnc-"(lav. 23 Thursday.".. M Friday.."... 25 j Sa tu rd ay... S8|Snuilay. . . 7.. 3 7.. 3 7.. 2 7.. 2 7.. 1 1 7.. 0 5..20 C..21 5..22 fi..23 5..21 T...25 5..20 3..31 1..2C 6..15 Sets. 5..21) C..22 7..IC 4..H 5..33 6.. 18 C..69 7..43 8..18 8..67 ?Marine Helos. Port of Charleston, January. Arrived Yesterday. British ship Magdala, Coghill, Liverpool-13 day Salt abd Ocal. To B Mure k Co. The M was o f thocoa-st on tho 20ih inst? and waa driven off br westerly gales. Danish brm Lois, Anderson, St Thomas-20 dayn Ballast. To A O Stone. Bound to New Tori; and put into this port in consequence of sickness cf the officers and crew. Lat 23, lon 70, spoke the bri g Roman, from Baltimore for ?evaasa. Spanish polacre Union, O arriga. Matanzas-12 days. Ballast lo W P Hall. Sehr Lili y, Francis, New York-G days. Mdze. Ts W Beach, J E Adger t Co, Byrne k Fogarty, H Bli - choir A co, F W Clausacn, Douglas k Miller, Lowie 4 Molso, W C Dukes & Co, Goodrich, Wineman ? Co, Graeser, Lee, Smith & Co, W Gurney, Gramm i e: Sch wacko, Hart & Co, J W Harrison, Hunt Bra, Kinsman & Howell, King k Gib: u, Little k Ma; - shaU, Muller, Nimicz k Co, S B l> irshall, B O'Neil, C F Pac kn in, D Paul k Co, 0 C Hackney. Bailroa i Agents. Raven el k Barnwell, Ravf uel k Co, Sprague k Bro, D B Tincent, Werner k Decker, W G Whdde a k Co, Welch k Brandes, G W Williams k Co, Wag? ner, Heath A: Monsees, W T White, Agent, J ? Walker, Agent, and Order. Sloop Amelia, Roberts, Ashepoo. 3 bags 8 l an i 12 bales Upland Cotton, 120 bushels Bough Bice. Ta W O Bee k Co, H Bischoff k Co, Boper k Stoney. Cleared Yesterday. Steamship Alliance, Kelly, Philadelphia-H F Baker k Co. Steamship Manhattan, Woodhull, New York Courtenay k Trenholm. Ship Elisabeth Hamilton, White, Liverpool-Patte: - son k Stock. Sailed Yesterday. Brig Open Sea, Coombs, Sagua la Grande. Sehr Marli Lunt. 'irac?y, Georgetown, li 0. Sehr Vapor, Bogart, New York. Steamer City Point, Adkins, Palatka, via Jackson? ville, Fernandina and Savannah. From this Port. Scbr Nellie Bowers, Stackpole, Boston, Jan 20. Up for this Port. Sehr Northeast,-, at New York, Jan 22. Sehr Benj Heed, Beed, at New York, Jan 21. Cleared for thia Port. Steamship Jas Adger, Lockwood, at New York. Jan 21. British ship Sedbergh, Kneale, for this port, enteio 1 outward at Liverpol Jan 6. British bark Hector,-, for this port, entered outward at Liverpool Jan 0. Tho Arbitrator, Irvine, for this port, entered outward at Liverpool, Jan 4. Sailed for (1:1: Port. The Hope, Hancock, from Liverpool, Jan 7. Memoranda. Tho Wilmington (N C) Star of yesterday says: Thi sehr Maine Law, Capt Johnson, was seized on Tues day afternoon by tho Collector of tho port, In obe dlence to instructions from a special nucnt of tn? department at Washington. The officers would no divulgo the causo, but it id presumed she ls suspect ed of having been engaged in smuggling. The Maine Law put into this port last month for repairs, with i cargo of naval stores from Georgetown, S C, for Nevi York. Her cargo was forwarded by another vessel, and, having completed her repairs, she had taken ir ballast, and was on the eve of sailing for George' town, when the seizure was made. She cleared front the West Indies to Georgetown, and it ii probable I suspicion is entertained that uhr th? n violated semi revenue law. Ber papers were entirely correct, and tho presumption of this suspicion ls the only imagi? nable cause ot her seizure. Until the officers an disposed to communicate tho tacts, however, every? thing must be only conjectural. In the Province of New Brunswick there are now bu IcLng 39 vessels, with an estimated. tonnage ol 25,070 tons. Of tho above, 31 vessels, with a ton? nage of 17,GO J, are bf lng built under the special sur? vey of French Lloyds surveyor, and intended to.be owned by ihobuildois and others in email shares while 8, with ? tonnage of 8970 tons, are being bull? under special survey or the English Lloyds, and . art intended lor solo In the English market. A large proportion of thoae under trench Ll yds are oi spru.o wood, to cl .ss 6 years, while Ihoso under En? glish Lloyds are of hacmatac, to class 7 years. Du? ring the past year extendive repairs wore made upon 8 American chips, vie:'City ut Brooklyn, Charlotte, Lady Blessington, Castine, Mary O'Brien, and Mon? tebello. LIST OF VJSSSKLS UP, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR THIS PORT. FOB ET G N . Lomon, Ship Missouri, Edwards, cleared.Jan 1 UViUPOOL. Thc Gorilla, Jones, cleared.'..Dec 28 Ship ll C Winthrop, Stuart, tailed.Jan 2 The Arbitrator, Irvine, cleared.Jan 4 The Hope, Hancocl.*, sailed.Jan 7 British ship Scdbergh, Encalo, cleared.Jan 0 British bark Hector,-, cleared.Jan 6 NEWCASTLE, >'.NO. Bark C A Jones,-. up.Nov 15 NEWPOBT, ENQ. The Sabina, Martin, sailed.Nov 28 LEITH. The Sophie, Muller, sailed.Dec 28 DOMESTIC. BOSTON. Brig Cyclone,-, up.Jan 6 Sehr A E Cranmer, Cranmer, cleared.Jon 17 HEW TOBE. Steamship James Adger, Lockwood, cleared.. Jan 21 Sehr C E Raymond, Higgins, up.Dec 31 Sehr N E Clark, Clark, cleared.Jan 18 Sehr Clara Montgomery, nordon, np.Jan 17 Sehr Northeast,-, up..Jun 22 Rehr ?enj Roed, Recd, up.Jao 21 PHILADELPHIA. Sehr A H Edwards, Bartlett, cleared.Jan 8 Sehr E U Navlor, Naylor, cleared..Jan 9 bohr Watunga, Munroe, cleared.Jan ll NEW O SLEA NH, Scbr Maggie McNeill, Snow, up.Dec 28 OFFICIAL. Headquarters Second Military District, ) CHARLESTON, S. C., December 31, 1867, J [Central Orien No. 164.] I. PARAGRAPH II OF GENERAL ORDERS NO. 10, from tho Headquarters of the Second Military District, dated April ll, 1807, ls modified as follows: Judgments or decrees for tho payment of money on causes of action arising in North Carolina, between the 20th day of May, 1861, and the 20th day of Apr'l, 186S, and in south Carolina between the 19th day of. December, 1860, and the 29th day of April, 1865, shall not be eniorced, by execution, against the person or properly of the defendant Proceedings for such causes of action now pending shall bc stayed, and no suit or process shall be instituted or ' commenced on such causes of action until after thc j civil government of tho respective States sholl be es? tablished in accordance to tho laws of the United States. Paragraph III of the same order ls modified as follows: Sheriffs, coronors, and constables, are hereby di? rected to suspend the sale of all property upon exe? cution, or process under any Judgement or decree of a court of the so-called Confederate States, or of tho State ol North Carolina Tendered between the 20th day of May, 1801, aud the organization of tho provi? sional government of said State, under the President's proclamation of the 29th cay of April, 1B6C, or ot the Stato of South Carolina, rendered between the 19th day of December, 1860, and th e organization of the provisional government of the said State, under the President's proclamation ot the 30th day of June, 860, unless the written consent of the defendant be entered of reeord, and except in cajea where the plaintiff, or his attorney, upon oath, supported by corroborative testimony, ehull allege that tho defen? dant is disposing of, removing, or about to remove, his property beyond the jurisdiction of a court with intent to defraud his creditors: Providtd, that no such judgment, so rendered, within thc periods aforesaid shall bo a bar to the commencement, in a Stato court, of a new suit upon the same cause of action in any caso in which, by law, the defendant may remove or appeal thc same to u court of the United States. The sale of real or personal property, by foreclos? ure of mortgage, is likewise suspended in the cases embraced in Paragraphs II and ni of said Order No. '0, as above amended, except in cases where interest money accruing subsequent to the 29th day of April, 1865, shall not have been ^aid before the day ol sale, and all previous restrictions on such eales are re? voked. Paragraph IV of the same order is modified by substituting the 29th doy of April,1 ' \ for the 19th doy of May, 1865. Paragraph V of "he same order is modifiod aa follows : All proceed inge for the recovery of money on con tvacts, whether under seal or byjiarol, the conside ration of which was the purchase of slaves, made subsequent to the first doy of January, 1863, are sus? pended. Judgments or decrees entered for auch ' causes of action shall not be enforced. Paragraph VII of the esme order is modified as follows: In all sales of property under execution or by order of any court, there shall be reserved out of the property of any defendant who has a family depend? ent upon his cr her labor, a dwelling house and ap? purtenances, and (if in the country) twenty acres of land, or so much thereof that the whole shall not ex? ceed in value the sum of two thousand dollars; and in a town or city, the Imm?diate lot upon which such dwelling house le situated; and necessary articles of urniture, apparel, subsistence and implemento husbandry, trade or other employment, to the vainc of five hundred dollars. The homestead exemption shall Inure only to tho benefit of families. In other cases, the exemption: shall extend only to clothing and implements of trade or employment usually followed by the defendant, of the value cf two hun? dred dollars. The exemptions hereby made ?ball not be waived or defeated by the act of any defen- ' dant who has a family dependent upon him or her for support, and the exempted property eh ill be ascer? tained and denned by the sheriff or other officer en? forcing the ex?cution, who shall call to his sid two impartial citizens to make the necessary appraise? ment, and shall make report thereof to the court. Paragraph X is hereby modified so aa to authorize arrest In civil actions ex contractu only in cases where the demand is past due and the defendant has been guilty ol a fraud in contracting the debt med for, or has removed or disposed of his property, or j is abolit to do so, with intent to defraud his credi? ton, or ls abont to leave the State wkh such intent. Paragraph XVI is amended by adding thereto, all proceeding In any court Of North Carolina, or of | South Carolina, recognizing or sanctioning the in? vestment of the funds of minor heirs, or of females, or of ina ano persons, ic tho securities of tho late | rebel government, or the securities of the Staten of North Carolina or South Carolina, created the purpose of carrying on war againt tba j the Government of the United States, Will be sus? pended until the question of the validity of auch in vestments shall have been determined by the Courts of the United States, or by national legislation. And nothing in the provisions of this order, or of j the order No. IO above cited, shall be held to bar or hinder the recovery, by ault, of the estate of any minor heir, female, or in sane person (cettui que trutf), whether In the* hands of executors, administraten, trustees, guardians, musters or clerks of equity courts, or other fldicuary agents, or invested by them in their fiduciary citar? se ter. H. General Orden No. 25, of May 20,1867, is re? voked; and on and after the first day of January, 1868, tho distillation of spirituous liquors in this Military District will be subject to such restrictions only as ara imposed by tho laws of the United States and of the States of North and South Carolina, re? spectively. UL Paragraphs VL and VIL of General Orden No. 32, dated May 30, 1867, are revoked, and the. power to grant licenses for the sale of aplrltuouu or intoxicating liquors is remitted to the proper looa authorities, to take effect on and after the first day of January, 1868, and to be subject to the following conditions: . I. . The municipal authorities granting the license shall be answerable that the parties.to. whom ouch licenses aro granted, together with their sureties, ehall be responsible persons, and ?of good moni 'standing in the community, and that both principal and sureties shall be able to qualify individually in double the amount of the bond required, and that the bond shall be a lieu upon the pen anal property or both principal and sureties, and upon proof of de? fault shall warrant tho-summary seizure and aide of so much of th? property of oither or both as may be necessary to BarMy the forfeiture or fine and couta. 2. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct on the premises shall work the forfeiture of the license und of the penalty of the bond. - 3. The owner or keeper of any bar room, saloon or other place at which intoxicating liquors are sold and all other persona interested or connected there with, shall boregarded aa principals in any action of damages growing out of any assault, riot, affray or other disorder occurring on the premises, or di? rectly traceable thereto. 4. All bar rooms, saloons or other places at which intoxicating iiquore ore sold, shall be closed on che day or days of any general or local election, and for the twelve hoon next preceding the opening and next succeeding the closing of the polls at such elec? tion; and the sheriffs of counties and dis trio ta, and the chief of police of cities and towns shall have power to direct the closing of bar rooma and other places for the sole of intoxicating liquors whenever lt may be necessary in their judgment to preserve order and quiet. 6. Tba proceeds of all licenses, forfeitures sad fines, under the local regulations or under the piro vislons of military orden, will be devoted to the support of thc poor, and as soon as realized will be turned over to the commissioners or overseers of the poor of the district, county, etty or town in which they accrued, ona the commissioners or over? seen will at the and bf each month, report ito tba Provost Marshal-General of the District the amount received by them during the month, specifying the names of the parties from whom it was received. 6. The penalties imposed by this order or by the local police regulations may bp enforced in any civil or military court, and upon conviction the court may award to the informer a sum not exceeding fifty per cent of the forfeiture or fine. And it is mada tho duty of all sheriffs, constables, and coronen of coun? ties and districts, and thc police of cities and towns, to be vigilant in the enforceemnt cf the police regu? lations and the provisions of this order in relation to the sale of intoxicating liquor?. Tho provisions of this paragraph will be held to ap? ply to such Licenses granted under Gen'l Orden No. 2, to innkeepers, as remain unexpired after the 1st of January, 1868. IV. To promote tho speedy trial of prisoners con? fined for minor offences, and dimhush the coat of j their maintenance, all committing magistrates will on the 15th and last duya of each month report to the Judge of their County or District Court all com? mitments made by them during the preceding hi di month, specifying the date of commitments, the names of ibe prisoners, and the offences for which they were committed, to the end that the Judges may, whenever in their opinion the number of pris? oners or other considerations of public interest call for it, bold special terms of their courts, for the pur? pose of disposing of auch cases. The additional etc pense of holding such special terms will be a charge upon the State Treasury, and the accounts therefor will bo audited and paid sa accounts of a simili.r character are now aud.ted and paid, and if the sala? ries now paid tho Judges should bo inadequate La view of the additional labor performed by them, a reasonable additifn, upon proper representations through the Governor of the State, will be allowee. V. The pilotage regulations now existing in the States of North and South Carolina, are so far modi? fied that on and after the the first day cf March, 1868, all passenger steam vessels, regulated by tho laws of the United Stales, and carrying a pilot com? missioned by United States Commissioners, shall bo exempt hom the compulsory payment of pilotage. VL So much of tba Act of the Genenl Assembly of the State of North Carolina, entitled "An Act io raise moneys," rahficd'on tho 26th day of February, 1867, as makes it ''the duty of all persons and corpo? rations to hst and pay the [poll] tax of such persons liable to tho same, as aro in their employment, on thc Ant day of April of each year, as laboren," is nereby rescinded, and hereafter all individual tax?e wUl bc assessed directly upon and collected directly from the individuals from whom they are due; Pro aided, that the provisions of this order shall not ap? ply to the taxes levied for the current year, except bat double tax shall not bo enforoed if the original -ax be paid on or before tho first day of March, 1868. By command of Bvt, Maj-Gen. ED. R. S. CAMBY. LOUIS V. CAZIABC, Aide-de-camp, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General. Official : Louis V. CAZIABC, A. D. C., & A. A. A. G. On ^bofrtisfntenb. NO. i LlUt OK XlCKN^KSr" 4 PPLICATIONS FOB NO. 1 LIQUOR LICENSES .CJL must be filed In this office by the 18th lu? ttant. W. H. SMITH, January 8 Clerk of Council, NOTICE TO PEDLARS. OFFICE CLERE OF COUNCIL, 1 JAMUABI 18. 1868. f A LL ANNUAL LICENSES FOB PEDDLING IN "?X the streets and thoroughfares of Charleston ex? pired on 31stday of December last. Applications Ur renewals must be mode immediately. W. H. SMITH, January 20 Clerk of Council. NOTICE. OFFICE CHIEF OF CITT DETECTIVES, ) _ JANDABY 17TH, 1868. I rpHE PUBLIC ARE Ri QUESTED TO PLACE . L upon their COPPER PUMP.S some private mark iii order that they may be identified when stolen and recovered by tho City Detectives, os numbere of opper pumps are recovered by the D?tectives, but nine can bc identifled. (JT1 H. TV. HENDRICKS, 1st Lieutenant and Chier of City Detectives. January 17 NOTICE TO AUCTIONEERS. OFFICE CLERE OF COUNCIL, 1 CHABLESTON, November 26, 1867 f 4 LL AUCTION LICENSES EXPIRED FIRST ii. OCTOBER last. Those who failed to renew ai that time are not considered as having a License and consequently are no Auctioneers. ' . "" W. H. SMITH, November 27 Clerk of Council. ?i?ilro?us. CHARLESTON CITY RAILWAY COM. FAN?." * OFFICE CHARLESTON CITY BATLWAT CO? V CoB.fEE BROAD AMS EAST BAX STREETS, : I CHARLESTON, SO, CA., January I?t, 1868. l. SCHEDULE OF THE CHARLESTON OTT RAILWAY COUPANT. KING-STREET LINE. " Leave Upper Terminus Leave Lojoer Terjtikju at 7.80 A.M., and at inter- at 8 A.M., and af-'tntsr valfl of ten (10} minutes vaia of ten r??) minutes during th .? day till' the during ?ne jay till 6 P. last trip ar. 8.80 P.M. M. __ N. H.-Ix ave the Battery on each hour tram 8 A. M., to? P. TL Every other trip from the old '. Post office, i ." '} BUTLEDGE-STBEET LINE. Leave V iper Terminus Leave Lower Termin?t at 7.80 AM., and at inter- at 8.07 AIM., and at inter? val s of fifteen ( 15) minutes vals of fifteen Hi) minutes during the day till 8.16 durng the day till 9 P.M. N.B.-Lt ave the Battery th?rty-tetex (87> Skfeafo patt each hw,. Every other trip from the old jPpat office. ? . SUNDAY SCHEDULE. \ BJNO-STBEEI XTNEv ?.sgg g . tr.; Leave Upper Terminus Leave tho Lover Ttrtni at fl A.M., and 'at Inter- mi at 9.80 AM., toa at vale of twf nty (20) nun- intervals of twenty- (2D) utea till Three (3) o'clock minutes till 3.30 P.M., P. M., whei the interval when the interval is every la every tea (10) minut?e ten O0)> minutes. t?i7.30 till 7.00 P. MT P. M. r N.B.-Al. the trips are to tho Battery, until 8.20P. M. The last trip of each car to the-old Pcstofflce.f RUTLEDGE-STREET LINE, Leave ?-. uer Terminus Leave Lower Terminus at 9 A.n., and at inter- at 9.37 AM..- and at Inter? vals of every fifteen (16j vals cf every fifteen (lin minutes til. 12 o'clock M? minutes lill 1M7 P.M., when the ii.terval is every when the Interval ls every thirty (80) minute? till thirty .^minutes till 6.46P.M.. . r". . 7.a0 P?L.r, "_r ,<"-.&. N.B.-AI the trips are to the Battery, until 5.37 P. M. The lant trip of each car to ?he old Ppstoflos, ; s. W.?AMBAY," ' - ?JanuaryiA _ , .. ? Segtetaty.andTremsuTBr^: SOUTH < AROLIIVA RAILROAD COMPA? NY AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD BANK. '.:?<. ... B -j.. "-10V0 tOflitJ .J! yurara FXERUAXT 18,1867. EESOLVBD, THAT HEREAFTER NEW PROX? IES sto!l be required for each annual meeting. The" attention of tho Stockholders of the above in? stitutional! rcspcctfuUycaRed. to the foregoing ne> olutfon, adopted nt trio last meeting; and notice ia hereby give a that Proxlea will not-be available at th* next meetirg (12th proximo), uni ess-each signatnra* ls stamped with a ten (10) crate Interna!- Revenus ?tamp.. . JOHN Y. STOCK, . 1 Comm!tts* L. C. HENDRICKS, \ Ott F. H. MITCHELL. ) Praxioa. January ll' , ?4-9 SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAIL? -ROAD. .V. .W ?OIBI?t .V3l? GENERAL SUPEBINTENDENTJB-OFFICE, ) fiAVASKAH A CHARLEMOS RAILBOAD, j J CHARLESTON, Dr-c?mber C1887.) OM AND AFTER JANUARY *. THE TRAINS on tho Savannah and Charleston Railroad wiQ runas follows': '' .. -,,r.. Tra?na leave: Charleston ^>n Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, st 9 A. M., arriving at Ckxisawhstcbia at 3.80 P: M.' . . - Betornmi, leave Coosawnatchis on Tuesdays, Thursdays ind Saturdays, at 7 A. M., arriving al Charleston rt L80.P. M. There ls s'sam txiuiuiunlcation between" the Com? pany's what t, at the foot af MUI-Bfcreet, and the Rail? road Depot on the west side of the Ashler River. : . - -~ "JOHN S. RYAN; January 1 LGeneraltopermtendent SiORCUEASTERS ttAILROAD, GENE?AL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE/l " CHARLESTON, 8, 0., January 1,1868..- ? .. THE PASSENGER TRAINS ON THE NORTH? EAST! RN RAILROAD will rn? ?tflri? Al? lows, viz: - ~* Leave C har lee ton. .9.00 A. M. Q Arrive an Florence. -i30"P". M. . Leave F-orcnce...,.......8.16 A.M. -u Arrive af; Charleston.........f ....2.30P. li. These Trains connect with the Trains of the Wil? mington and Manchester BaHroed going North and coming South, and with the Trains of .the Cb ara w and Darlington Railroad. ti. ti. SOLOMONS, t_r January 1 Engineer an? Superintendent GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA BJULV f"ai W0*. :-ROAD.c. ' ON .AND AFTER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TB Passenger Trains wifl run dany, Sundays ex? cepted, as follows :' Leave Columbia at. 7.00 A.M. Leave Alston at.8.56 A. M. Leave Newberry at.10.35 A. M. Arrive at Abbeville ot.8.30 P. M. Arrive at Anderson at.6-15 P. M. Arrive at Greenville at.6.00 P. M. Leave Greenville at. 6.00 A. M. Leave Anderson at.'.8.45 A. M. Leave Abbeville at.8.46 A. M. Leave Newoerry at.1.36 P. M. Arrive at Ak ton at......._3.00 F. M. Arrive at Colombia at. 5.00 P.M. Trains on the Blue Ridge Railroad wUl also ron daily, Sundait excepted, conn ec tin? with the up and ? down Trains on the Greenville and Colombia Rail? road, a? follows : Leave Ander nu at.SM P. M. Leave Peudletou at.6.20 P. M. Arrive at Wa'halla at.8,00 P. H. Leave Walhalla at.ii .4.00 A. M. Leave Pendleton at.6,40 A. M. Arrlvo at Anderson at.'.;.6.40 A. M. The Train will return from Belton to Anderson on Monday and Friday A'oming*. _?' JAMES O. MER EDITH, January S General Superintendent. CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,:- > COLUMBIA, 8. C., October 6,1867. i ON AND ?FTEB OCTOBEB 6TH THE TRAINS over this Road wik run as follows: Leave Columbia at.LAO P. M. Arrive at Charlotte at... .9.40 P. M. Leave Charlotte at.3.66 A. M. Arrive at Cole rabia at.9.40 A. AL Making clo.-e connection for all points North and South, as follows: Leave Columbia...1.40 P. M. Leave Charlotte.r..10.00 P. M. Leave Greensboro'.6.16 A. M. Arrive Richmond.4.46 P. M. Leave Richmond.9.46 P. M. Arrive Washington.6.16 A. M. Arrlvo Baltimore.9.10 A M. Arrive Philadelphia.1.32 P. M. Arrive New Ye: k.5.10 P. M. CALEB EOUKNIGHT. January 6_Superintendent SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1 CHA BLESTON, S. C., October 3,1867. J ON AND A.7TEB OCTOBEB 6, 1867, THE PAS? SENGER TRAINS on the South Carolina Rail? road will run ai follows, viz : FOB AUGUSTA Leave Charleston.10.40 A. M. Arrive at Augusta.J,.7.40 P. M. Leave Charleston.7.80 P. M. Arrive at Augusta.6.60 A y" FBOM AUGUSTA Leave Augusts.3.40 A. M. Arrive at Charleston. .lf^o p. M. Leave Augusta..4.10 p. M. Arrive at Charleston.; ..AOO A M. The 7.80 P. ?C Train from Charlee tor*, and the 4.10 P. M. Train from Augusta, win notr?un on Sundays. FOB COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston..4.80 A M. Arrive at Columbia., ?v.1.10 P. M. Leave Charleston.6.40 P. M. Arrive at Columbia.?.6.00 A M. FBOM COLUMBIA. Leave Columbi?.10 00 A M. Arrive at Charleston.7.06 P. M. Leave Columbin.3.00 P. M. Arrive at Charleston.3.20 A. M. The 6.40 P. Al. Tram from Charleston, and the 3.00 P. M. Train from Columbia, will not run on Son days. CAMDEN BRANCH. Leave Ringville.1105 P. M. Arrive at Camden.2.40 P. M. Leave Camden.8.30 A M. Arrive at Ringville.11.10 A. M. These Trains wUl only run on Mondays, Wednee .1 ive and Sature ay a. CHARLESTON AND SUMMERVILLE. For Summerville.<-30 A M. For Charleston.1.28 A. M. For Summerv??e.10.40 A. M. For Charleston.2.08 A. M For Summerville.3-40 P- M. For Charleston.?-8* ?L For Summerville.6-40 P. M. For Charlestou."JAM. For Summerville.7.30 P. M. For Charleston.10-5?.r* M" H. T. PEAKE, January l General Superintendent