The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, December 27, 1869, Image 2

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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1141. CHARLESTON, fe. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, MX DOLLARS A YEAR run vutrxviL or itOMi:. !V.im!:. December 2?). T-.r : ; * w 'I baptise t!iu lui'.iui dnughti r of th ij.i of * -i ' < ? The Committee oa discipline, which has been summncM comprises ?< Itl-hepi : N"e? Votfc Hernia, I'.irmtngbnm, sauta Cruz. Mexlce, PoIItIsi Barcelona. Senegal. Quebec, the I'atriursh ol Al exandria, ami Vicar ol Bombay. so cm ah khiva. Stsw V' :.*c. December 20. li,. ;. .. rings I'auama 4ates to the loth. 11.. tied *>bs' Peru hail so! 1 'he steainei' it r;. cuylci >? Cue .Xlear.iguan coveriimcui, auil that ,1; . repairing, -in- ? III b? uteil Io prey upou 10 : pa . =ii shipping ..1 Cuban waters. The r.ollvlati revolution, muler Morales, has been sut pressed; Most ?r the1 Surge war> houst s at Santiago. Chill, hare been h-irued. during a heavy In-:. Ceo' 1.1! Ilurlli ii bad i ten auofficiuliy received at Bogota, and speeches were made alluding la vorably t-> I 1e ; ropuictl Haren canal. / . \ta l? i* i st v 1: 1: a .v(&" a r sa - y a .VA au. Savannah. December if-. A Hi...: Hired on Christum* afternoon among . negroes 10 the eastern portion ?I Hie city, . 1 I wo poilcctu .1. eudeavoting to slop the distort,inco, were a :;' ked by the ciowd. Due of them, John Sullivan, was shot u?id lu Plainly killed, and the other waa vr^unticd. Tweii'y divi negro - have bi t u arrested. 1 itm.kal o" mih. staxtox. Washington, December 20. y.y. teuton will be burled to-iiiurrow. At the request yf Mrs. Staaten the coffin le Closed, and ii" ohc is ullowi d to see the lace. No military uniforms win be permitted to appc.tr t:: the cere monies. Hi'AliKS rnott tuk iriiws. Ten more Spanish gunboat-- have gone to hc.i 1. .in Sew Vork. Tie. Itlghohl N _e exploded at her dock in New York hat bor yesterday, and one ihau was killed. The employees of tue Mobile Register had a Christinas buuipiet 0:1 Saturday, which > spok^u 01' as a very pleasant affair. Tin: itjjtxirjSLJ? haves. Fl? t Day. |l uom oft: OWN COKtlKSI'OSUkXT.] oaks, ilARNwct.t., S. c. December am itarmvoii vvus nlire yceloriluy, and by itev?: , cVloi ? ttio nutivM ustd Un many visitors, v.. ...i. piti'tukiiig ol the upcu-haiideii iiosiittui. m .. vi. ei were ou their way tu the Shed , ' '^m weather was threatening, but, inrtnit r the large cone ourse i.f spectators, il Old lo-i r.iin ttiiui .nier the ract'3 were over, v.;. heavy; and iho mue made was ? 0 1- ,. -i -.v. Tueiti were three races, ? follows: 1'tr.st? xti.it .isn itEi'B.vr. Match between Uu11cr.1l llagood's ch. m. Sa in i.i .i.ei Mr. 11. v.'. Klchardsuit's b. ;. Agate. Is 1U1,1.1 ''..lining both heats with ease. I SKe'ONII?two UII.G dash. S '..it?rai ll.igood's b. .-. Hill Siotiey and IT. 1;. ? Boyco's Charier Hall's colt i'ce lise. This race ! ? -< Un- most e*cltln?vj{ the day. but was marred jlQf Pee life boltin. *?? :rs'.:; within six hundred *?uis of the judge's stauel. Pee li?e was nnord -?.'.. - lUw iiio.utni, and the bi iting iras three 10 ^iine ngaiusl Hill stoncy, although some of his friends claim that he wou'.l have wou had ic Dee not boil'-'. TIIIUII?MILE AN ii UCPEAT. a\ II. \V. Richardson's Joim Hooper's colt against t^tephen Mover's Herzog colt. The loi mer .\ln ' ning both he.es ivlih ease. Tuis ciltled the regular races or the day. Then cames dash ur six hundred yards between n marc of Mr. Counts and a coll ef General UugoOd, utimcd tjuudown. l'lus was a well contested race, lunilown b lug vanquished, as I have already k was heavy, and the beat time ? dated. 1 he triu H ?oele was 2:12. j ' K has been .'. f? su I couseuucii raining otf and on all day to day, qucntly everybody i. eruiubling and ho.aug tl1.11 to-morrow will be a biigiu day. rivore Will bo six races, ...ol there is much enthusiasm ;f.u the subject. Bvurytiiliig was done by the gallant soldier presideul and bis coancous sssistanis that could oiiUaucu He' da..'b success. It 1- u subject of cou gratulatiou that South Carolins can boast ol 011? Jockey Club .a active operation, and one, io->. .?0 dwell conducted .i* ih" Sherwood Jockey Club, of Baruwell County. Tic, eiub has some seventy Hve or eighty members, and so loucii luteresi is Welt in tue ?ueeeis of the club that its members '"Viii rapidly increase. ' l l.a.-i mglii lite amateur corps dramatique enter 1 SSilled a select and delighted OtldiCUCC by the Mon of tue "Lady oi Lyons.*: As and actors were cu r?ij>p<irf, all 01 minor delects, if u critic could have dbcovur aiiy, werj overlooked, and the evening came 'o a pleasant close. SCUI.611. 1 nZined a sclec I- rdrited rendit *i ic audieu ;? 11 'J Hi: .VaVir i-'MANGlAL SC It KM E. /?<*t"cretury Ra til well's Funding Hill und * 1 in Proponed New liouu?.Porelgn on-. 1< c i in 11; 11 jiu , i 11 o 11 of the Nueionul ^ Mi*i>Ii-?--Proposed i.oiii Notes. I afondrmliig the important tlnanclal lnteUI y ?^aae given in m special telegram 10 Ihk I1 ou r'v-'.i?y last, the Northern papers publish the fclloi*\ng dispatch: i!?i|ji.iry llouvwell has prepared, and Intended >jTrtF%-p'.'.'-iciiicd iu iiie.Seii.no yesterday, u bill to f .tad lue puolic debt, substuntlaliy 011 the > p an prol'uSCt! in bis SiihuHl leporl, but the COll bidci'&iiou ni executive busiuess prcveuied the senator eiitiusteil with 11 from submitting it lu open bcn.Mou. it wid nu bud in Hie meantime be fore the Knill lieu ConilllltluO of thai Oody for con sideration ilurlug the recess. , Tue lud 1 roposcs lirsl, u new loan not exceeding twelve mo,tired liilllloiis ol dollars, principal and Interesi pjy side in coin; si coud, lixes the Interest hi Iii p r cent., 10 be paid sciui-aiiiiuully, ami that Hie .iiiiiiu ahull be paid to Kuiupeuu bold rs 01 the loan, at Paris, 1.0101011, umi Priuikiort; third, tii.it ino boinis, piincipal wild interest, shall lu exempt lioin luxation; iuiirth, 1n.1t the iioiids Luo.i.iilvo-t veu > Itoiuls,sliuil be received iu 1 s Innige lor lho new houds, lue reason i ist Hie umoimt 'A the proposed loau Is biuiied to $l,200,e>iiO,oOO, is bused on the belief 01 ine treasury that it will reduce the bonded debt 1... purchase 01 bonds diiriug the pruseiii hmaii y*.ar to lourtueti hundred ami llfly . luilliunsui 1! liars, lie.- Secretary deems it pru L dent lui ave-uuisiandiiig i,ru hundred ami ufty 1 million -n ilvo-nvculj bonds, hiuce tins loai was prw|iused by tiiu dvpsrtnieiii it has beei ?rfi'eely eaiivasned, and lias been received with p.in. re disfavor 1 ban favor. f Koreigu capitailsis liavii written that if Hie ex ^ 1 . ot -i ju'h n inu ic compulsory it will injure nttuei'icaii crodii abroad, oui I hey have been an Lswci'cii iii.it "ich au exchange Is not to be 111; r compulsory, tue iiCxi luteresi opposing 11 thai oi me nut tun ta banks, v. m> seem io be against banking mi a t.'n l*r cent. nond. A mouiller m n.o ?euate Kitiiuicc Commll bus prepared a tod. t" iutroildccil in Jaiiuii I rovidiug for Hie issue ol ioni notes or gold ee scales i?. me i rciaaiy 01 ,n ik-mimninlloii.-. ... the extent wl ?.;o,ooo,ouu. It u claimed that this Lwould an unpoi laul S.Cp U'?urdS sptce |iuv Imeutii rt'lihout involvlug any to.y great risk, i lie notes are to tie led'.eiuable ;.. nl(. holder's in iii gold, and me to be u>e> |u busiliess tansactioiis. ? i.i Undersecretary of the British,Foreign iliei .1'. n in, John Arthur utwny, Ksij., in owpeech Ist Choi ham on Wednesday, staled that ;>\ act fhiid iiieii drafted, which would be brougli\i,e I p. i 1; , iiii?ii .ii Its next session, enabling iv(i b iidi subjects to dived Ihemsolvts of ualiouuik whtnoicr iiiey aw lit iu do so. STATE TAXATIUX IV p..i i <if One state And!tor. Mr. l?etiben ToioHn.-i n, :!:< late .'.i; ??ior, ri>: lowtng ;tu example . -, i v. rnor Scott ami Ceinr t roller-General Seugle ... Issued a voluminous repot t n)>oh the State taxation, of which we give tat Important l lut< resting r-.-jtur r\x liECF.lt rs. Tin- total .iio. in: received on jc ennt <r taxes ioi the ll.-'cal \"-i i1 . -.o tictol- r inclartve. i i.i'. <.' ' ; "i this ittnouut, according to the returns received ut> to the writing of this report, was pail on account of poll-tax. ami j .sj.i : .1 1er gcueiul ptirpi cs of SiuGi govern ment. The amount of poil ti s for Oracgeburg county has not >-ct been repo; ied. in Iticiiiuiicl auti dut ries ton Counties there i* a ron-nk rah** amount oi poll-tax yet to be paid, wlileli will dviib'h ss be collect! d ir me collectera i.n iu.a? it couvcnleui tor tue taxpayers to rtaeli ihem. tur r:.l> AS ii Tltl? sew. t'.r ihr act ?f ;:i.neral Assembly passed the tr.tiidt) of September, mes, providiug lortheas-j sesstuetit .iud taxation .,: property, it was made the cs|wcial dutj of tin- oflli e to attend lo ir.<- assess iiii m iiikI collection ol Hi* levenuc ol ihr itate. jt;i! ib .Kcide all (pic?ti< us relating there!u which wiitbt arise dttrli g iheexcutlou of tin-law. i'uder the a<: all sase>-niei.t? ur? to be made lor i lie war preceding lue let ol September in each \ ai . and the assessments laid ou property are to '. tiach on that date. as It was obvious that the reip.ilremcnts of ttie nr.: could not compiled with ;ur the year 1808, the m: itself ii"i becomim* a law in season, a sec tion was added onterrlug upon Hie mate Audi tor, ?Uli the approval oi the tiovernor, the au iltoriiy tocxtet.d the time lor the p rformiiuceof am ui the duties "etpiired by the aot whenever, for want of time, they kouhi not be performed withiu the period Hxed by law. M..uv circumstances conspired to prevent the immciiluie ami prompt execution of ;iic..iw. it became a l.tw in ibe mi>:-t of the tierce political pxcitcincuttt attendant upon the Presidential elec tion. It was deemed, und was eutlrely impracti cable to iloauy thing inward organizing the sys tem *>, tdcr. this u< i conteiuplati d, until the result of that election should ue known, and until the passions wiaeii .i bad excited were to some ex tent allayed. The prellimiiiary steps toward the organlza ifon oi this depart nient were taken ns soon ant had ?piahiled and catered upon the itullcsor the oilier*. ai oi.er a most serious obstacle presented llseif in tie attempt to lind in.-n competent to perform ibe duties required by the iaw, und who in addivinu lo competency had a hearty sympathy with the purposes of the government. Appoint ments weic made which were sometimes instant ly rejected, and, in uiiur Instances, weredallieil with until much lime was wasted, afterwards lu be di"lined ; lu atrno-t every case, because Hie parlies so declining did no: uttukit safe to accept position under the government. I After much delay, and iuany vexations, which it were uow fruitless to enumerate, aa organiza tion which was thought audlcloni was completed. At lit'1 very threshold of our opinion, however, we .nut v.ith .!. in.>st serious obstacle of thv'wbole categorr with which we had to contend. The system of assessment and taxation which it ?.i? proposed to eMUblh-h was eniirely different from any unit had licieiofore prevailed mile Stute, a large slass oi persons, among those who were to execute Ike '. iw as n ii as among the tax payers, imagiued dldlcililcs In tti. new system which hu-l no real cxl-itenc*?. and which it little exercise ol courage and Intelligence would have nl once dispelled. Another large ili-?". peison* .vhieh may probably be said to have lud ided lite whole press 4>l the Hinte, until iptitu rectal ly, m.-.; und us?etM I olij ciious tots - law ami to Its execution, which ihongh wiiin u iitndu'ion m tact, served with iliu excited tale oi public ieeling. and t he wiim ol . xpoi h nee on the pan ol ninny "i iho*e who ? < re to i xcutite it, to . . ly embarras r ils succ. ss>. The Audlli i shows Hie amount and character of the lax assessment ?>r is \ g^ys : lly the fot egotng It will bo |? reel veil ilia: the real estate and blavu lute:est?, which were the predominant Interest* oi >\, state in oi irilonallv alaii.-t escaped luxation, while luu i.i -i ;|',.. professional, bauklng, and o'hersiinilar se iond.iry interests bor : tne brunt of it. Under that system, as contained In the above b;.t of supplies, a plan 1er owiiiip.' .'.uu-i a-ris of land, assessed at an iiveragttof gfiy cents pel acre, really worth at the iuwt-.-i r-'.iiiiuie i.n at iragc ol $.1 per acte, ami one hundred niilv?snt the legal average oi fi klpur head, all representing ?-.>.uji ol capital, paid a lux of (116 W. while a merchant, with tho same amount ol capital invested ,n iiii business, pat ! live or six times ;.- r.i? a tax. Tho Auditor then gives a long extract from a letter written by Hon. I. W. 1 lay ne. then Attor ney-Uencral of the State, in reply to om- from it. T. J. I'ickens, Comptroiler-Ueiicr.il, oskiug his opinion as to the construction of ihc act of 1SI8, in regard to the classification and valuation of the lauds of the fia e, for the purpose of taxation. This letter bears dale October 30, 1 > '.'. and Is found in the report o." the CotoptroHer-OenVral for that year. Mr. Ilayne said: "The clusidllcaiion and relative vahtation, If noi the aciuui, were probably well adapted to the con stitution of tho country in 17)4; but the progress ol seventy-live years bas, oi cours..'. Introduced great ebaligeS. 'I lie . Insslllcatlon has lost its ap proprlttilveliesa. Tue valuation docs not apply even relatively, und falls, in some cases, so far short of Hie punitive actual value of the taxable lands ol the Mate, that it has ceased tonpproxl uc lo a fair esiimate. "Tiu recapitulation In the laides referred to, gives as the ?c'/reuate number of acres paying taxes, ir.O s, i ll, a,. i of this li.llllla.-r 10,./.|,o...; acres are ussessed at -jo < , ms an acre, 4.A-JO,07j acres at 4? reins, and only l,oi7,4tift acres are a ses't-d at more lhau one dollar an acre. This is rather a .-cam showing even for the your 17S4. No wonder that Hie lotal vuluation of the lauds of South OtruliHU shoilbl uuiouill only lu $1?,2?7,. 727, wliile the v.iluutIon ol dois and buildings' in Charleston amounts to $-iJ;,2?4,l76. For the purpose of taxation i.y iti.- state, Charleston II appi'urs, is \ allied at considerable more than doti Ide the valtutibu placed on nit the lauds outitide nl towns und viilkges, ol both upper and lower divisions, in the whole Stale. oTUe uncivil ni- .? ..lient <>;' tho act of isis would uo!, Ils I have liinlcil already, remedy the disparus beiweeu tue arbitrary valuation of tin act, ami an mi valorem assessment at the present day. Mueii of i he tide swamps of class No. 1, valued at rJ? per acre, sell at fit, and Dial valueil at fit and"; s .vi tor (laud upwards; while the col ton lands of the s.-.i islands, valued at ? I. are worth from ftso to }7S, ami n great deal of land throughout the .Mate valued as puiu barren a' 20 cents p.-r a. re, will bring in tne market from fio to ij.0 per in re. l ui as before staled, 1 am very comldeni that, even ut a joint vUluntloii, under the act oi Uli. a very, much larger aggregate would be attained than 01,257,727, and that the tut at ol taxes on laud would reach, at the present rates oi taxation, a much higher ligure than (01,040. This am??uni bears a small proportion in mogeuerallax,(viz: <4tv.,oi-.) and is luouoiess than the tax on tin- two in ins of -bank capita'..' and "sales of goods.'1 and is less t/mn onejOttrth i he sum on slaves alone. "The disparu) belwecu the taxes ou town lots and lauds iu the couulry has, within a few years pult, in en to -..me exteut motlided by the hlglier tales ol laxatiOil placed on tho littler, eigh'y-'ouc cents on ilie one hundred dollars being the tax on land un.lei- Hie act of 1&58. and but Seventeen cents on 'lots and. buildings in any ei:y, lown. village or borough.' The tux paid by Charleston ou has and bill! limrs in IS5M, vu., (27,814, was not quite uat'halj ol the tax on the mini.-, of the Slate, though, in i have stated, the valuation is more than doubl Although it ims no comiecilon with the con m ruction ol the act of tsir,, t will Ventura to add a fuel Interesting m Itself, vl/.: That the same real estate widen pays the above tax of ?-.'?.st? tu the State pays *:i7o>.2?i to the city; and further. Dial tu ..d'il i i.i i i i,:- a-.".'i../ale Slate lax paid by Charleston ol JKH (Inclti Una Irce schools, Ac,I being MfMV tlutti one-fourth itie rihoie gen eral lax o. tne Stute, tho city pays into its own treasury the sum ol 85so,04l, making a total of I72I.2UOo( taxes paid annually by the two Par ishes of st. Piiiiip und st. Michael." arrti; tub w.vit. The Auditor-ay- that these valuations existed substantially m (he close of the war, and contin ues as follows : h'roin an examination of ihcassessnicut returns for 1807, though these retains are somewhat de fective, Iliad loa: Iii lands of the Stale are re turned m i'oiiii luuiiii ers at 15^000,000ticrcs, while ihu vuluation is pkie. d at ;:io,ouo.ooo, an average of Hille over two dollars per acre, which Is manifest ly an iucorreci r< turn, and au extremely low val uation. The constitution >>t I8C8, provided Hint tho Gen eral Assembly slioiil I adopt a uulform rate or as sessment ami taxation ioi- ibe whom State, in purs i m.-e oi lids provision ol that constitution, the General A m Mi passed the hot of Septem *' 1?, l>''>*. I "i?rovi le lor tlio assessment and Taxation or pi pi rty." When the sen om 'at which the collection was begun, ami the determined eifort madeby a cer tain class hostile to the government lo prevent dial collection are Considered, It may ami ought lo be suid liiat tho taxes have been paid with a wdlliigneSi and promptness that cannot full to ailed i ne ne in ei ib-- .-siate most favorably. In ih li- - -i m - ? .neu have taken piuco with regard to tue Tux a <..\ great deal has been-.aid a-mi'..- Incoiigrutt.t ol Its provisions and the coiiipll i led liant r of us details Much ol this assertion is. oi course, made by newspapers for politics effect: i there are many,excellent person , iv.'i >. > i - ; i mit ting the correctness ol tlie Ihi ; . :' .. t, l.ellcvo It is liable to tho ciiticl- a Jii-ji rvfvri 'i to. The time It lias been in operation has i*en iwo -'.ort. anil lite drown- | stance* too unfavorable to lustily a posIMvccx- j pression of opittion m Unit paiticular. Rut the i fact that the same -i I Tt? bus hi *i successful ? :- -v ? -: ' i- certainly somcpri ui that when prop- , crly enforced ;i may he tipialh successful here, i certainly is noi ;!: pari of wl ilom 10 innko ! any radical changes In the act at the present time. There are some matters of detail, such n** errors hi dates, which require to ne rcarranr.e<L Such amendments as expcrPmce has shown *u he necessary, will be prepared for the conshlefiitloti or the (Seneral Assembly. UASITACTfltl'.S?C ?os8 SA l.f.S. The Auditor is in favor ?f exempting front tax ation f?r a limited lime all properly connected with woollen or cotton manufsctoties except real es late, but doubts whether "iimlcr our conttltu tlon" the exemption -an be granted. The petition of merchants for relief from the payment of the tax on k ol i*i:>s, ,?> brought to the attention of the Legislature, without i lie ex pression of a favorable or nufsvorablc opinion. A re-assessment of the property of lieaulort County has been ordered. I he record? having seen burnt.!. Pir*>proof safes for the county commis sioners are rccomuicudeil. TAX I NO NAII.ItOAtiS. The Auditor -.n : Section ol Arti'.!" XII, of Ihe constitution, reads ns follows: "The properly of corporations now existing, or hereinafter created, shut! be subject to taxation. ] except in cases otherwise provided tor m their constitution." The fax act of 1868, in pursuance of this pro- I vision of I he constitution, prescribes the mode in i tv .-.tt-ii railroad corporations fliull mare returns ] or the value of their property , and oiai.es noe.v- I reption tu favor or any company m the State, in nccordauce with what l believe to be ?y duty, I famished the necessary blanks to, and not'Ued the different railroad companies, thai u return of the value of their respective tojd< ami appnr tcih\nces mus'. be made according to [uw, Tlie South Carolina Railroad Company d< cllaed mak Ing a return, claiming exemption from taxation under Iis (harter. The Northeasters, Cheraw and Durlitigtou, and Greenville tind Columbia companies made the returns required, but under protest ti if toi heir liability in luxation. I wa? advised thai Hie tax could not be enforc ed ugalusi these companies, b cause Ihelr hi li ters excmptcil them Inun luxation in inn State. This advice, coupled with the inexpediency or lit volviug the state in litigation at that lime, lu ditced mo to ?urego n?y own judgment in tue mat ter, and c"ii-ei|ii-.-utiy the properly or these cor porations whs not placed iii"ni the duplicate loi the year 1H0S. The question of expediency refer red to may be stated thus: It was a luattl r of the first Importance that the Whole niUOUIII or money appropriated bv the Legislature should be collect cd promptly. No"'..', if the properly ol these cor porations, iiinoitBtlug in the uggn gale probably to twelve or Cftccn millions ol dollars, had been placed upon the duplicate, it would have Increas ed the apparent busis.of taxation; b- >n ease of litlgatiou, which was almost lnc\ ie, there would have been n deficiency III the immediate receipts at the treasury proportioned to the amount levied upon said corporations, ami to the lower per centum of luxation consequent upon the uppurcnt incrcaseil hauls of taxation. These are some of the reasons i.'hlch Induced me ts waive for ihe turns what I have always be lieved lobe thi undoubted right of the Slate in this ma'ter. I think that the State Is now tu u condemn to ;ii>i-t upon her rights in ::.is rcgar I. ami have, ill 'refore, concluded that it Is my -I ly to ; laefi npou I lie duplicate the property .>: all : h railroad companies still ciutiiiiuy \ itnptioti Iront taxation. I'lie claim, of course, ;-. thuLilr.! coil .- ..m mal pi-ovistonb ire ited I In vioiuilun oi the Constitution of the United - ittes, iimsiuu us it H (alleged to he) a violation of the conti existing Iwiweeii the state u . I corpora lions, fills ii i very broad ipicslion, and otp which the coiiris nlnucrtrc comp?tent lu decld. . iitid if .- eorpi rations prcicr going Into lie cutis to payltig the tux levl .1 by the Stuu*, i - tu.- lo me they ought to have opportusi . to .lo s -. Unless thi General Assembly d tides utherwl I will feel ciiinpell'.Ml to lustst ujion the awsess inent of the properly ot s.ieii Corporations, and the collection oi ihe luxes levied ilK-roott, ui ac cordani c with what I believe to he the , lain law ufthcc.1,^. m More pay* - icconiuiciidcd : or I ie trensnvers ol Charleston anil lUcltloud, und it t-i advised that tue Slate Auditor he given power to remit penal ties which have attached, under the law, noun property held by assignees in buUkrttiitcy, ns well us in eases where, in the settlement ol estates, salsa have been ordered i>v ti..?r-s i?i< ;, not taken place in season to meet lib; la.\v? duo upon the property. KTl'llBLIXU BLOCKS. Tue "arbitrary syst urn of valuation,*' to use the luuguage ol Mr. Il?y ne, winch lormerly prevailed, has oeeii cosiauily in our way in carrying out the uew sytsm. Many ciiiaens, not uervioiore re itnircil to make a sworu return of personal prop erly, look upon the rc?|UisltloliS of the act iu tins particular as subjecting tueiu to a system of espi onage anuoyiug in the extreme; and doubtless tue luauiier .u widen some assessors have per formed their duty lias tended to increase rainer ni.m dliuililsh this feeling. Su wiiti regard to tho vaiuuiiou 01 real property. The taxpayer aud the assessor both had constantly before their minds the old valuation, ami when called upon lo tlx the. \aiueoi laud* formerly USSCSSed, say at SO ceuts per acre, the) would rest satlsiled alter they had raised 11 to As cents per acre, ihlukiiig, doubt less, I hat they had performed their whole duty under the law, or ne. man s eases probably not thin .iug at all. These, briefly staled, hrcsomcof thcditllcultles under winch the assessment was begun, ami af ter considerable delay accomplished, in no.-: of the counties of tile Slate toe COUUly boards oi cqualisiiaiinn failed m perform tho duties im posed upon ihem ;.- law. Tins lullure, m coiiucc 10.11 with the- imperfect work Oi '.lie assessors, re sulted m Ihe return to tins olllce ol I lie real und persona! property of the Slate a! the following valuations: IScjI pi oiii rty.$."!>,P?^o-ji Personal property. . is?,yjs,440 Total.$11 !,i'?C.ii,7 ii Is ; eucrully iidinitti d, I liellevv, even by ihose most opposed to 1 ho present government, that ihe real ami personal prop- rty 01 tlie State would be cbtliiialed beiow iheiriritiivuluc.nl v-ou,ou?/,o,o. Tili: BOARD OP C0.PAI.IZATI0N*. '1 he "State Roar l of Rt|U,ilixajioii" was called togeiiier, ami found Hto pro|ieriy rettimcil as above ttluled. 'l ie.- duly imposed upon Unit board by ihe law Is a; clear and explicit us any other duty under it. Thai duty was 10 raise me rial property of the several counties to what they be lieved to be its lia : value; Ibis they did. It has beeil asserted 1l1.it tue increase was made In order to tats-.1 ihn amount of revenue neu led by the State. Such is not the case ; lue revenue could have beeil raised us readily by increasing tlie per centum or taxation, and the clamors Which would have ensued 111 that event from those wiio were determined lo obstruct the government' under any and ail c.icum-iunces, would have 1. ii no greater or iess easily borne than that which followed the oilier course. The Stute Hoard was perfectly aware of the fact that lhls increase would bear nardly oil some individuals, and hence felt the responsibility resting upon iheiu ; bin they were 11H0 aware thai if no increase was made 111 the valuation uu increase would have to be made ill the per centum of luxation, and 1i1.it (hat would hot only be oppressive u|h>ii individ uals, but upon winde couuitos us compared with 01 her counties. It has been nsserlcil that this board is a monstrous anomaly, and that 11 ought not to be permitted to exist. Similar boards exist 111 all or the Stales where this system or taxation prevails, ami In their nporation are found 10 be admirable Incentives toward securing fair -and c(|aal assessments In the various local communities. Tip: people tir the illireroiii count los of this state win see to 11 in any future assessmont of their real properly that very little work shall bo left for Ihe State Hoard ol Utruulizutlon. oki ending THE 8Y8TCX. The peculiar clrcumsiauees surrounding our government justify inu in dopsrtlng froui tin: ii-iiiii course observeil in a report of this kind, to notice some ol the criticisms Unit have been made upon the manlier 111 wldch the duties of this es pecial department have been performed, and nil the charges of extravagance ami dishonesty, re sulting i'i high ami burdensome taxes, made against Hie government generally. It would be folly lo assert 1li.1t irregularities have not occurred, both m this oiiice and the sub ordinate unices, t-io-h Irregularities were inevita ble, and could not have been avoided during ihu pu 1 yi ir. even Willi extraordinary foresight ami skill. Hut ihosu Irregularities were ail as todc tuil, and none ol llieill Which have not been rcut edied, utb.-ci 1 lie substance or validity or the assessment, 'I he determined eifort made by a small but active class of men lo defeat tho govern ment 111 the collection of the revenue. 011 account or tue Illegality <>r Us proceedings, railed misers bly: thus proving beyond a doubt the perfect te gallly of what IlltStieen done. It is constantly asserted by a ccrtuln class or persons nod newspapers m the siaie that the taxes are enormously above nuything to which the people were ever subjected liefere, aud mat they arc thus high In couscquetice of the extra vagance and dishonesty or the adinlnlstrutlon. Any oho who is m ail familiar with public attalrs is aware of ihe fact 11 a no government can claim to be entirely frcs from extravagance or even dishonesty Iii some of ns departments: but the charge is'that Ihcse are Hie distlngulshiug char net eristics of our government. Now, while every one will readily admit Unit taxation is higher Ihan 11 was ten year* ago, 110 (air-miniled person will assert ihm 11 I. unnecessarily execs sivc or dispropoiiioiia:< ly higher than formerly. The Auditor He 11 shows Hint for the year end ing OctoL r 1.1^.*,ft. there was cidicctcd Tor gene ral taxes and police assessments: ft iseneral tas. ! -. Total. l'or the a r.ii ? ' ther*" tic collect?! for Stau? i nriKwes > tax," st.o-'.ut ". : r*.-1.. i<-.-. I iliv same year may ;>? |,ci In i f?uv.i ou, Kor ssate purpas -. : -. ? Kor county purposes !t?**t., Total.\ itr theameau*'u ?e raised $140,040 w-as appropriated topi i IcrCSI on i icpub] . <: :. Now. administrai! ! u tanly eh irged Hint atiiouiit of accrued miere?! deducting ihe diff?re gold m which taxe? ? irren- y in we: ? im: r?unit: Taxe* laid for ?tatc " \k duct 0:1 account ol .* ..Vfjs.-yj OStloriZCd to -pre t,r .a up,.,,.., for mn'j?: - a *:.<?o.ocu A'l i amount t liOS. Deduct diiTerenci b D cen goldittij* i-r.i-j. :;o cent., front aiubuiit collected iti '. . .. rouiity p Front which ISO?. m ?:*.. i :a tbi.il. i er deducting from a:u it upproprl .| for IStss, iJ.'.o.ooo fir*":;? count of uCcrtKMl Intern :. and l,\ ... ooo uiUerence between g?. : iu .;.? ur. iti:\m -s wit -, .. Which will riv- t;.n diirerc: ainonut col let'tel forstate purposes tor I tea. aud ill :a it-:-'t. ; cr deducting from at ilJfi.CCi) rvtscy..? oui lu addition to lids, we have vy, '( idtr "'<? dc crciti- >i the taxable progeny r \if state, and means, rhich the t ha removal of the othn Stute wa< enabled dub! mut gradually same. 'Without tnt : ion as .to whether the ui?.rt dttce tt.D I he WMrlii father tb.iu tiijtirv lo ths Sl3 P?I?rty to u-i: the fact that ill proi ?rest o'i its i'ipal of ttie vested e.urs " ate was a . we are at a.' ti c bank laclpal ot at ceci Uns to faiaptember, were pledged lolhepavineni oi Hie, lea---: a portion of ihe Slate d?lit, the bnuk statement for the monta i ls-V.1. eimiaiued iu the r-\.i of tsencra IF iiefore riled, the net i tiank amounted to fSCU ICO 0? of co".-, -e, if properly u??d. woul ! .' rcltovtug ilw state from ihe bin tiou; and It will be borne In mind :t Ol revenue is not *nlv lost lo the ^ ihe State 1= saddled with ih- debts i lion. Again, according lo the cru fill aere in tins Stute sl'?J.-->>> shivt.-. numbers, the legal average value o $ooo a head. Ttie value ol iheshtv I at that time may be put at ?25S alone gave us a basis for laxatlot more than the State now has ace last assessment. The basis of taxai .il.-0. if ihe properly of itie State h. and equally assessed, would have lowest, g loo.oos.Ulo. With such a l< Hon ihe wonder i-- that the luxes wc iusica i of h fing n? high as ihtsy wci I iv Si ne ha i ill that lime ii fn latioh of .ioii.it I'Uiio. In addition t~ paid u;h?i ihe propcrtv owned '. were taxed by the stsii? iw . d .'..n' tlvv i cuts |i r Ii 'iid, and in nildttl m considerable l -vi revebfo wa-i r u .et and towns of the , iinor ti oi or.i Very larg head i ax on Sals lit w- i':l by chitlgltig Ho-,u ,ja ... fees h . c .vry lug on (iusSues* an I in ; loyhiein -;;ie .' f.< uuio mting in . lentil a sum iii tilth a < -j :". a hou i i : sollte? of rei'eiittc ai?o, we ere! . : lowji no longer avallali?;'. N'o:wiilt ;iati<i. .> : f.-.i-v l'iiaiig?st and the waste, which, a-- rcttit of e war, litis luken place wtthisv^' :-\ a people ol ?outli t. iroliAa ti u. '?> - 'i .-m::ei corapireil with many of tl^rf'i:! , , ...... !i wives real pleasure to iple i whet her lightly or heavily taxed, i i tie state., a tire mass, have shown .> wi rthy wiilltiguess to meet the mice ' >taptiMller. itli-. of the ; <, atnoum. ' fui inward -. a '..i iiixn : 'l-i source I ilc now, but . Mie iusttiu f i:-' ,? there ted .n round w .'ch was of 'i- Stall .". M, which : * ; O.OOO.tOi) rdisig to ibe a ten year* a htlrly I! et tue ,ir tax.? . 1 popu tax they 1 iii the) ? soventy t npo-i. persuui l : ell so . ai eist ' iM?jlll. gotoriiiueiil. that, f:.?. or !ai*e f,t!iti *^.'.u?i' . The Auditor advises s: i'. '.^xf .^ -.- - a.s to i xcmpt .'.on: tax lUoa-thc ; ".et ?-J . ... v.t ? . o .icrsoss ivio> oi.M- ni.-.'*~. ,, 'XiJ. ,. .. .... .. .iiiiin tait-w luustihsof Ihe ty vilSept ember, the time at which ail asscsmeuts attach, provided lhal SSCI) persons prove to lue sa'lsfac tion of the State Aadltor that s?ch i roperty iu - already been assoso I for la.vatiosi in the State tr<>iii which they have rem ived doting the cur rent year; an I that (! re-.issessmens .." the real property or tiic state oc made in v*to. The Audi tor tays: Another year's operk'.ons will satisfy the pec pie of the State. I think, lhat tue present .system may be made effective toward securlug that end which all desire?a. fair anil equal dlatrlbutlon ol Hie burdens of taxation. The Stale, It the tuxes ai<: equally levied, is abundantly nble to meet an Hie demande w.deli Hie current expeusesol ;he governmenl ami the interest on the present debt wilt make upon her resources. Prom a statement of internal revenue paid into the treasury or lh? t'nited stales recently published lowing: Assessment. Indiana.|3,470,<SJ OS Kentitflty. ?.pm.4r.s -ii Michigan. 2.W9.S4H is North.Carolina. -.'.n.'i.TJii fil ItllOdO Island. l."i.:.r.\ ;s South Carolina. 2,?01.6<M Hi Tins statement is not only (I ! take the foi Collections. t-\4iJ.o:.; u J,900,91J to 2.740,739 12 2,031.743 r-: 2,8t>2,674 2.622,610 CS .id nut as an in dication of the promptness with which the people oi South Carolina lespoud lo the demuhds of -'ov eminent, but It also indicates the extent of tier resources, ami proves beyond a doubt lhal with peace and good government her future win be one of prosperity. A FI UK IX TUU Ii J.Alt. TSic New Yorli dan Shine* upon th? Kusaulillr i of HeeoiiHlriictlnn?Gov ernor Scbtt'-i liittle 'lu n" c Tili poa?d? HiilloeU held nj> lo Scorn Uj the Kadi cut I'upers. One of the hopeful signs of the limes is the boldness with which the better class of Radical papers al the North are beginning to unmask the hypocrisy and corruption or iho creatures who lead what is called the Republican party at the South. That independent and eccentric but un doubtedly Radical journal, the New York Sun, gives a prominent place in us columns to the fol lowing letter, dated Washington, December 21 : what IS nOISC on in washington?IIBrODUCAMg and democrats alike CORRfPT, The conduct of the reconstructionists townrd Virginia is wrong. Every condition imposed by Congress has been complied with In spirit and iii letter, and now miserable pretexts are sought hi order to delay her admission. The only opposi tion from ihe State Is raised by needy and un principled adventurer*, who have been rcpudia ted by tlio people at home. They seek honors from Collgrcss which have Just been denied by their own so-called constituents, ami Invoke Rad icalism as Hoar only claims to consideration. (Sutler has round means to put olf admission, alter having promised io promote it. He and ol hers like liltu are lot r. to give up their hold on the South, and strive to multiply embarrassments so us lo excite hostility and provoko bad biood. now not ro no *t. AsAlie time ipproaches for completing recon struction, which should have elbU t lour years ago, und would have done no had Mr. i.iacoin lived or ha-1 Andy Johnson been gifted witli com. Ilion souse, Hie uien who have grown into passing prominence, and who havo speculated upon agi tation, arc restless at the pros|iecl of sinking back into obscurity. They know well that iheir doom is written the moment tlio South is fully restored to the Ulan. Hence Hie tricks and dodges which are p.acttced to prevent that con summation. These agitators do not want peace, for they live by faction. That is their trade, and It lias proved promuhlc for years past. k. k. scorr u'nuaskru ut one op nia rAnTv Fill ENDS. The rascalities or the carpet-hag governments In the Siiuili exceed ordinary endurance. Take South Carolina as an-exainplc. The uotes of the old state Hunk were bought up by a gang of speculators ut 12 or 15 cents on Iho dollar. That done, they went to Hie Legislature und put n hill through lauding these notes in State bonds, by which their worthless iaxs were converted Into values worth live or six times what they paid. This load was saddled on the hack of property already crushed down by exorbitant taxation. Encouraged by one micccss, the same panics, combined wiih others.now propos* io.have the Interest on these bonds pahl In coin, or In other wonts to enhance itic value of the speculation by twenty or thirty per cent, at the cosl ot the op. pressed taxpayers, who have no means of relief. The principal n:.Hun ii ics of the State are Ihe movers tu these transactions, ami have tilled iheir pockets by such br.se frauds, ihey treat the people just as tue captain-General of Cuba have b'.-cn accustomed to- Recce that island. A cCATItlKtl I?.:-f ' \r:o- it Ct'l.t.l It TUB CAKPtT'liAti 0 'V..: > ..;; OK UKOKiltA. in the Washington dt*p*tch:s : > tin* Posten Advertiser, the ablest an I most :> y.t .'table < i the Radical rea-;.ap s-t St?**' En ttaud, wo Hud the following: boveruor Bullock's rnndnet here slnee IM Georgia bill cntm upli.i been sadly wanting lu dignity ai..! t .s; .. : . >r !tli < n. ;: d m iny lier- j .-ois speuk of ! a- '.i.oiul. lo-dav .n i yes terday Us wus tac ' :-. - t mitti w t lit 11 use. ?ml constantly v, ilie tue bill *.i? under discus-1 ?Inn, htm beet? doing al; ccmill tu manipulate provisions nnd gi .'. Uxiil t^ ici nw i liktr.?. Ile is official!)' cita ni l, lu document* laid bu-toto I the ilOttse by ihe State treasurer, a KcpuolUau ol ! luunyycnis md Ii itslug Bit) une ti'ou sand dollars of si,il tr.'y lu dlr< ci vl-du'.tuuof I i.ivr. ivlth appropri?t!:! tour thousand dollars >o ! rdmself and nevei ue< >untini! tanelor, e illi tat- | Eng and parla; i , : isamI d liars in div I obedience of t It ordet .' ilte lower briitieti of the I Legislature, ?r.: nsttig nearlv one hundred thou- i ad dollars In ltic patroi >. i I y iuilu I ciicc'aml with it-lllng two hundred ar.ti lixiy-tive nousund ilo'.iars tu statt bot o.i no .iiii ni color of authority, lothe* greai detriment 11 .in state credit and" the discontent oi erediti?rs in tills country and Europe. :i uishtture hnd net In a regular way : would probably hare " en Inipi., d. I it's Hloiais -..i that now lie will ho eli uled to lh? r' i%w i the l'iilt. il Stub - la January. In view of all the (ircuinstuuccs ul hi- cum?, gentlemen : character ?ay no La. sliowu "extrtni'j Imprudence." a i i. '- >:r ru v yrj tk A t'fuii ?? -on ; V?*oi_i\n. Tho Lanc.w-.' Ledger soys: "Two iiegfrl men, Kiuattuci i'ri ru and "i.-oii Gear^e, .it- j tetap'ed io jiiai \ ' . on ;.i-i i i. :i*dny iu;-rel | from Miss ."ditri-.i, Pud*;?, a lonely woinUu living a few miles from town. The watchdoggave the alarm, .. . : '*adge rcuiured oui in ine dark, unarmed, on tui'iilng tnecorm rol the hou-c she came lu contact face t" lute with one ol tiic ne groes armed with a musket, ami iuunlred his bu siness, whereupon tiie negro cursed her and or dered lier to (to bac? tuto the llu ise or be would kuoik her bruius out. .Miss Puuge immediately seized In.- gun .nu! Ill the is'!uwIv the tun be came uubreachetl. leaving the Sorrel in tkepss se?-sion or Mkis Fudge, who immediately tumid it to good u.-e in admtiii-dcring several well directed blows ou the head o! her antagonist, canting fciui to give op. The two uegroes were committed to Jut! a*. Ihis place ou Friday la?t." Pire i :? Columbia. . The Columbia Phoenix of satur lay sa, s; ' .?S tenlay afternoon, ubou: i o'clo k, fire .vas m covered In the Stable ol .Mr. c. Koiilu, in Davis' alley. The tlremep were out m short order, and succeeded in con lilting the liantes to the sta ble?notwithstanding there were -ev? ral wooden buildings wit h tu a tew lect. The lire ?\as doubt less the jrcsidt of accident. There were about u n ihou^uud poiiinia of fodder and hay luthcloti. T?e stable was be..: ot Uilck, ami cuti l?e repair ed at Klighi expense, ?uewf the mcmbtrs ot the Palmetto Fire company was struck uud seven ly cut in the betid by one <"> the arms. r the engiuc.'1 : i'.imlgvitiili Arrtv iiiy:. Tlte lAurensvllli.' lKra'.d says: 'About twenty German laborers have arrived at this place with, in the last ten days, through the sgent of the .Veivboriy :- Mr. F. a. Uruygeiuaa, now lu Sew Vork. They coujist u. young, ,i.i . ,-iiiis;-. and Intel ten .'. :i and rouien famttiar \?iiu ugri.'tiltii'.'aipur.tuits. They appeal lu good spir its, mid the partit^ eu... - m In their introduc tion two delighted at their arrivai." Another M?lii-oail IXirigi. Tim Cclumiilii corrk.'sp'iitdjul til the Ki >wei Courier writes: Tue . : o.- i-i tin- Gix-ctuiltc in-: Ci liiutbis '.. dlroaH ii?vi U i a In schien ilOrc lor sev.-e.ti d.i.. , d ' -.tith week. ? .1.--...1 J; Co., liuViuU fo'iuil r.ii.id Jnbi 1 ri'?l|iible in this St Go, lie; ::?.?>i to lease it?j ttrc ;n\ |i',e and C- - litllibiu Kuihoad for . v ych-.s. They proposed ? lake tho load, pay < : ' .' debti uiul m ; :. expiration of tia- lease, tur.i :: | ? ver io the din hi t* good comUUbn as at prcseut, Wliile thedl.'eec>is '.vCie consiit ring tue proiiosllioii. tiu'y vvittid.ew I lie oiler Ihe tmard then '.i^'.( , the li^iu direction: Tl'.ej reduced tue fate for, pas engen from idx to live cjuts per mil;*, uiul freight mx cell?, '.'ni.'-m with*roi?e to. . lu like ! looortioti. The ftetgh; 0.1 bales ol cotton v., 1 >opc ties was lu it t?bed. Tnls wai none because ?f lib greater liability to destruction by tire, ami couseunCul loss to tho company. '.1' the board, at the ucxi me ' ng, will '.,!>. ; lio'??r step lu the ?.une dl ???i?h'feeVf .... ' ,r,Kie eifect nl!l beari uni-!-, be all iwi : ' ir ili-sc'fMuc'-i..W.. .<i'U..r'? du? weigiit. but ' we eutertaiu 1.0 duubl ?1 ihe ilual oUect. Freight titul.t Avel will gi initially In crease, business become lively, : ud 1 lie country prospsrous." Real E t-.'.te Salej. Tue Lautcuivllle Herald says: The executors of :'_ . ? state 01 Johu Guriington, dcccasoil, sot 1 on Mouday last, at puune outcry, the following town property, viz: a two-story fiitmed iiocse, containing eight rooms, nod ;? lot o! one .ici'e. for $Julo A one-lory trained house, contutOI/>_ .our rooms, and a loi of one-half ..ere, tor ?*Jo*si. A two-story brick huihliug on public putie, .4 by co feel, for SIS50. Terms, oue-hail cash; bal ance on a credit ol one year. The assignee uf Robert Sieben soi,1 on Frida? lust a one-story dwelllug aud iS0 acivsui land, within the lucorpurato limits, fur $5oiu cash. The assignees uf Samuel f irksdale sold a plan latlun aud dtvelhtig, containing :?j acre.-, lor j:;.:oo cash. The administrator ef Wm. U tint er, deceased, sold two trad?one containing 4od acus, lor 4o:o: another tract oi .en acres, for tssuo. Most o: the above property is regardeil as hav ing sohl high. Sbred* of State Si-wi, An escaped penitentiary bird, named Patrick Art is. was a: rested by a Culorctl iwiiccnitn. in Wilmington, N. c. Ue cluimed to have a pardon from Cove uor Scott, hut as in* could not produce il, he will be returned 10 Mr. stuibrund** board ing-house. The Wmuboro' News snys: "The barn and stables of Mr. Iienj. It. Cock red, mar Klackslock, were destroyed bj lire OIlTharsday lllghl last, together with his enure crop of com ami (odder. About six hundred bushels ol corn were burned. 11 was With difficulty the mules were *u\cd. We hope that tho scound: el may be detected and ineel Sis just reward. Wonder if Governor Scott will oder a reward f-:r the appr?hension ?S the lueeudhiryf Time about is fuir play." roREiax uiscBi. la sr. ?Calerait, the London hangman, has been retired on account of old age. He has Ictuyeil Baverai hundred criminals. ? l)ei'|t-8eu drctlifiu^ lias revealed t!;r fact that un extraordinary abundance of animal ii'e oxlsts in the ocean's lower depths. Ani mals of high Organization aud wilh perfect eyes have been brought up by Mr. ?wyn Jef freys, whose Interesting report has just been made belore the English Royal Society. ?The latest proposal to overcome the difli cultlos of crossing the Sir.viisTf Dover, he tweeif England and France, is to build large ferry boats, capable of carrying the trains over, and somewlia; similar to the boats that formerly transported the ita'.liniorc trains ncross ihe Sunqnetiannall Hiver. ?Lord t'aliuerston, eleven years ago, ex pressed the opinion that the Suez Canal scheme was the "greatest bubble ever itn Dpscd upon the credulity nnd simplicity of tiie country." Robert Stepheuson, Hie g engineer, who htid conquered Ihe ilifOcuiilCS of the KINby tunnel and built the Menai biidtri". et m seJ Palmerston's opinion, slating thai the culiitl win ''physically Impossible." ?Tho predictions of a high tide, with which Captain Baxby dlslnrbctl ihe peace of all ports and harbors, reoclieil Singapore in duo course, und Incited the merchants of'the intitilcl|Ktlity to erect barriers to stem Us anticipated invu vaslon. The alarmed citizen- expended nbotll $10,000, and ou the day of Hie expecteil iniin duUoii the tide was not quite so high as usual. Since then the curious observer who wanders the streets of that oriental port may delect a slight undertone of blasphemy in Ihe business quarters, und science and Saxby come in for about un equal share of the malediction. ?The English people are not a little grati fied Uiul they are to have an Improvement in tin: matter 01' sausage*. Hitherto when they made n meal of the llitky hash they could not be certain what they were not eating?but lei that pass, it is sutllcieni to say that a phut has been started In Melbourne for coin oi l lug kangaroo meal into sausages for the London market, and Henceforward the Melbourne sausages may be added Io pork-pie, as articles of food which, like Arlcmits Ward, wo may feel confidence In eating, Some of the timid llrit 011? Insinuate a gentle tlonbi whet her Jean* karoo meat will prove j rtlatublc and whole man - i i -r<? H v.. ? loti in >.- ; to Rot m ' * ' > I >; .. .ir. engi. r . r..... tiaxor.). utirr Fori'ln; .' '. . <".: S'int-snsataojoi du** i ing the w?t ol i - r?bellion, engaged In ex ploration ;* r ruiii'..! companies in South America. Fie lias .r, tueed a company ul lier-, m:ui?. sixty or seventy number, lo migrate to this ; Und, un l ihvyarc litci'.i'il?htrd with llri-ir pioipects1. They find i: n lovely an ! :\-r i : -i. ci. rdocketl already ?Iii? herds of wilt) jroat*. ..n<i with a f. v wiMl.-e sand donkeys. They have brought with llieni nttlr. jwlnevuid fowl?, agricultural und i*. thing Implements, and .; ! needl :'. rjuij .: :;.? forastroDgcolony. The grotto, . < ruinous us Insou's bouse, still r -.: uins. ; i.. hilttated .:i .; large v?llojtl eovei I with ii:t exuberant growth of wild ; Miiip-, /? Chltluh yotin **ter, who buscharge of gwlnc. is assigned <> this vuUt-tv as the' turnips aiiurd good feetlliijjr/io Iii? swtne, ami be may revive memo* lea of lloblnson by tak ing po-aes ion ot*the grotto. As.liwn Fernan de:*, is n< a a regular ? .',: ?e,; place where v.-im..", s take -n wood ; .::>: wr.n r, ? Khalib ?v? frequent reports oi* the fortunes ef the ucw t^jWjfo- It ^ _._ -' * ~~:--j|r"'- .-" ? ? ?lfirriflj. tTibnuoLM ? iJlKAitDKA t". ?On w?aaesdty morning. December 22, Ii-.'.-. ?t t?e r:tcb- street Chores, bv ;i:c Rev. 1. II. Hack, moins ?.Tkcm i-oi i i. rV?,'?... eldest daigbteref ttie B?v. J. i.. < sn'.eai'* 0. ' ***< fuit? IIACOT.?In W|nnsboro\ on Wcdaesday morning. Decembers***!, by the Her. K. W.Mem tulnger. Marion W. Fitirr. ol Beaufort, to Eliza Ffiuiesos, eldest daughter of tb? Ute Richard It. liacot, of Charleston. So card i. * ALLEY?VEULt'UR'Z.?On Wednesday ?ioni Mi'.'. December k I v.', at the residence ef A. I'ronl is-^^? AUKU-ta. by the Kci. W. Il.l'iark, I', li.. i 1^*hi..s ALi.i.v. of :ccarl?' is.*, i.. sud .M,a l.i 'i'lnie K. i kci.QPBZ. Ol Attgtlltn, Ua. ^ .funeral Notices r-?>~ THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND .. :;juaintances or Mr. and Mrs. Ar';it.STFsnAMIi. TOS. and ef their respective families, atid ike uiemUcr-of Trinity Chorea, arc respecttttly In Mie l to attendra? funcial perrlccs of the latter, Tula AtTEliNoWTat 3o?clocL, ni Trinity Curdi, will-out further invitation. iltc27* Special iXoiirco. g&'NOTICE? Aid. PKlbiONS INTER ESTED ;.i the drawing of the Uundsoiuc Music Box ..i VON SANTKN'S, who bav? uciili?r paid lor. ikclr cHaueos ikw left their Tu'.l names and places ef residences, will please call arid settle r thctu this foreuoun, ro the drawing eau take ,?i ice Tina At . i:i.- .?ot. ai 4 o'clock. F. VON HASTEN, deci?" Next door to the Sew oaera disuse. NOTICE.? OFFICE SAVANNAH am) i I.VRLESTON RAILROAD UOMPASYj CHARLESTON, S. C?Tho COUPONS fol' iat?r?it il. liouds of the Su van nah and Cluiiestoii itallru i Company FIltST MOKTOAUK, which mature Jiiuuar> 1st, IfcTO, wllllio paid on jen t u.on lit the Imnklng hous: >.i D. U. KIMPTOS, Financial Ag^nt State <>r South'Carolina, No. 0 Na - iaU street. New Volk. S. W. F1SI1KK. dec -; st freautrcr. ntrj fi?>YT&'j* /;^NK OF SOUTH i. auw.i.m.?tutu uank u^vium of the provisions of t he Act or Mutvl,lS60, will Tins Oav resume active operations a; their onice. No. jo llroad street. JAM US U. UMTS, decS? a Cashier. jrsr PEOPLE'S HANK 0 F SOUTH CAROLINA.?Extract from the Report of James S. Ulbbes, Fs<|., late President of this Hank, submlttetl to the meeting of stockholders held on the 29th November, 1(00: The condition of the Hank to-day is aliown by the following Statomeut. The securities have been valued by Messrs. il. II. OcI.eon and J. II. Wilson: 1102 .Shares South Carolina Railroad Company, ai $40. ?ti.ose oo 1032 half Shares south Carolina Kail road Company, at $u 25. is.-js; oo -jsco Shares People's Hank Stock, at (5. u.uoo co sio.OiO .-state of South Carolina Bonus, at iW per cent. 5,033 00 115,010 Fonds of Oreeuville and Co lumbia Railroad, State goaraatce. at no per cent. i.fio? 00 t2,ooo Spartaiibiirg and Union Itailroad Itouils, Sttite guarantee, at 4S per Ceul. 890 (19 lld.ooo Charleston ami Savannah Halt road f. Per Cent. I'.onds. State guarantee, at is per cent. ?,-JbO uo 123,900 Savannah and CtiarleMon Rail road 7 I'er Cent. Houds, Stute guarantee, atc-2 percent. 14,730 oo ?:i3,ooo Mississippi and Tennessee Hail road Honda, Urst mortgage, at bo per cent. -.'tMoo oo )|?,fsM Mississippi and Tonnossce Cou solldatetl Bonds, 8 per cent., at to per cent. 10.S0O 0u (31,200 Pensacola and Georgia Rail road bonds and Contions, at ? per cent. 29.100 00 Total.$lil.?52 00 K la I. ESTATE. Calhoun street property.$4,ooo oo 24,094 acres Florida Laibls_s.ooo oo -12.005 00 CASH ASSETS. Sew Tork Exchange. 406 00 Cash on hand. i.oso 27 - 5wJ6 27 li.ils Receivable, Protested Exchange, and other assets valued at. C3.000 00 (2ji,4.Sa 27 liabilities). Circulation outstanding.160,005 00 Estimated to have been lost or destroyed. 40,00 co - S8.093 ?0 surplus.(211,403 27 i1cc27 a_ j-S?J- NOTICE.?OFFICE COUNTY COM 'ISSIOSlrllS, PlHEl'ROOF UUILOINO, cjiaki.es ton, s. C, December 20, i860.?All persons lle ililng LIQUORS in the County are hereby called upon to take out Licenses for one year, from 1st January. |s7o. Every violation of the law relative to time 1.1 ?eliscs will bo prosecuted and the penally strictly enforced. F. LANCE, de 03 Clerk Hnaril C. 1 *. jXf PLANS AND ESTIMATES AHE .solicited lor a NEW MARKET BUILDING to be creeled on the site of the present Market in s.i vangah, Oa. The available ppaco Is in uliapea parallelogram. The sides on Congress anil llry an streets, being two hundred and teni2l0) feel, and on the side streets one hundred and nine-Jive (isc) feet. Plans may include a ccllnr story be!a?\ and halls, unices, Ac*!, above the market proper. It Is desirable to leave luOlclcnl space In the Interior ror light and ventilation, at the sauic time roodug the enure urea. Two hundred and lifiy dollars win be paid for the plan adopted, and one hundred dollars for the plan next approved. Plans win bf rec?lv?"l until Ja:i;:rry 10, if?o. Address au hi i) DAY WOOD, dccld thmO Chairman Mavkei|i;omuii'ice. wet u; r?u? ;-1 ;nr J-;"*':'.?in Baltimore, are hereby s ,.r,?t> I i; ,|' , ruts Day discharging sargo a I'iei *\o i. Vtiion Mr'iiR-.vW au goods nut taken uwuy \tBUtHjCt wiB r?ra:.wi^? -.roan r.t country es* nit T?cc3l fnis _ _ _ _Agenvf. * r*?~*4!i'"F,r:': sou'itWkHtkrn hail r*V BtnT^K. ('H^J^^V* c. I?t;?VtlM:f: 1109.?-Notice is hereby givei that un an? alle? flic ist January. lSTO. the Transfer Books of the Southwestern Railroad Rank and the South.Care nu a Railroad Company win be closed IUI a new lie". of the Stockholders he completed. J. M. UARLESTON de<-24 fmw4 Caducr^gJ* jjejr- OFFICE C h I E F uF P?L??'?, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 35, lSitu.? MitR'K. - lA?v blowing of irumpots und other nnusual nuise? ^ii ttio ? infinity of the Academy of Mush: is hereby prohibited, us n lends tu annoy*the audience aim interrupt tin? peace of ibjib* who soi-:-: enjoyment therein. Ail those oifending will in- arrested, by order of Ihe Mayor. II. W. PCNRRICKS. decii 1 j i nirr.of Police. lit" lF-YOl WANT *>TKYW. MANI LA and ?II kinds of WRAPPING PAPER*., ao ii?*" KD\VAUD PERRY, No. IK Meeting street, oppe site Chariertoh Hotel. Charleston, s. c. decl4 ?mos 2s9-SHIPPER8 peu 8TEAMER? dic TATOR, CITY POI'v? and PILOT BOY arc hereby notUled that no freight will be received after sun set on the days of their sailing. . dec3 J. I). AIK EN A CO., Agents. Jg}' office .sout11eun exp1 ss. COMPANY, CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 10. 1S61?. The OAloc of thia Company has been REMOVES* from No. HT Meeting street to No. 64 Hasel street, immediately lu rear of ihe Pavilion Hotel. T. D. G1LLKSP1L, deep) l.i _ Agi-m. VSj^ to i'tunteks.-if you wan! ^NEWsTrooK.CAI', DKM I and MEDIUM PAPERS. ^Ihll Heads, Statements*,* Cards, Card Hoard. Print ing Material, Riuding, Ruling and cutting, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 150 Meetlug street, oppr site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. 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