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Foreign AtTclr?.
London, December 27.?Of thirty per?
sons lost by the wreokod steamer Ger?
many, twelve passengers are American,
amarlean" Din tie r?.
Charleston, December 27.?Arrived
?Steamship Meroedita, Boston.
Naw Yobk, Deoember 27.?Snowing
again thia morning, being the heaviest
for twenty years. Thousands slept in
their offices, unable to get home. No
mails left the city yesterday. No mails
have reached tho post office since yester?
day noon. Vessels are detained by the
storm. No arrivals from sea yesterday.
' The snow has entirely stopped travel
over the Eastern division of the Erie
? Road.
The tobacco factory of Leggot k
Dansman, at St. Louis, was burned yes?
terday.
Light wagons cross the river on ice at
Little Bock, Ark.
The five story iron building, No. 119
Franklin street, New York, was burned
yesterday. The adjoining buildings
were damaged. Loss $200,000.
The snow slided 100 feet wide and
twelve deep at Little Gottonwood, and
swept tho stage road. Ten teams were
carried 1,500 feet into Gottonwood Greek.
Four teamsters were lout.
Baltimore Harbor is closed to the
month of the Pntapsoo to sailing vessels.
Ice boats keep a narrow channel open
for steamers.
A few local trains arrived since 10
o'clock, aided by several engines.
The poor are suffering from the ab?
sence of the usual supplies of bread und
milk.
Washington, December 27.?Tho
Northern train due last night was four?
teen hours behind. All are safe. The
Potomac frozen solid.
No Cabinet meeting to-day.
The weather is now bright and sunny.
Boston, December 27.?Tho Kadish,
from Manila hither, is. ashore. The
captain and six of the crew lost.
Buffalo, Deoomber 27.?The water
famine is over.
Bai/ttmorb, December 27.?Tho Geo.
Leary, from Norfolk hither, arrived
safely.
? Montgomeiit, Deoember 27.?E. R.
Mitchell, noting financial agent, left the
city a.few days, ago .to negotiate Ihe
bogus bonds, issned by the court room
Legislature. It is thought ho will not
stop in New York, but go to Europe.
The weather is bitterly oold. A bright
noon sunshine, failed to thaw even the
surfaoe of the. frozen ground.
: Washington. December 27.?Indian
Commissioner Walker has resigned. No
successor will, be appointed until after
the return of Delano.
Col. Rufus Iugalls has been assigned
to duty as Chief Quartermaster of the
*. Division of tho Atlantic.
Probabilities-r-rFor. ?~aw England and
the Middle States, North-westerly to
South-westerly winds and generally clear
Weather, with a so mo what.higher tempe?
rature. For .the Southern States, East
of the Mississippi, Northerly to Westerly
winds, and clear weather from Western
Florida to Arkansas Westward, where
there are indications of threatening wea?
ther and Northerly to Easterly winds.
Srom the Ohio Valley to Lake E-'ie and
io upper lakes, winds backing Westerly
to Southerly winds and increasing cloudi?
ness. For the North-west, Southerly
winds with probably cloudy weather and
snow.
Memphis, December 27.?The ice
gorge at Hen and Chickens broko at 2
o'olook this morning. It oame with ter
. rifle force, and swept dear of the docks, i
It cut down ten coal barges and a Bteamer
from the wharf.
People crowd the bluff to watch the
destruction of boats by the ice. Only
three days' supply of coal in Memphis.
The gas company is without a day's sup*
ply. Goal is two dollars per barrel,
which will oause the poor to suffer. The
river has risen three and a half feet einoe
last Monday.
Louisville, December 27. ?Tho South
bound train was thrown off the track by
a broken rail, near Glasgow, this morn?
ing. The baggage was burned. There
was a large number of passengers. None
were killed, but several seriously hurt.
Boston, December 27.?The ship Pe?
ruvian, from Singapore for Boston, was
wrecked off Gape God, and all lost. Part
of the cargo washed nshoro.
Sam Francisco, December 2?.?The
Medoo Indians, on Lost River, scalped
and wounded four soldiers and killed
five mules, iu a fight. No Indians are
known to be killed.
New York, Deoember 27.?Tho only
mail that arrived to-day was from Wash?
ington.
Financial an.? Commercial.
London, December 27?Noon.?Con?
sols 91%@91%. 5s 89%.
Paris, Deoember 27.??peoie decreased
50,000 francB. Ron tee 53 f. lOo.
Liverpool, December 27?3 P. M.?
Cotton opened quiet and ateady and is
now firm?uplands 10^; Orleans \?%
@10>?; sales 15,000 bales; speculation
and export 3,000; uplands for January
Livbrfool, December 27?Evening.?
Cotton olosed firm?uplands 10^; Or?
leans 10.%@11. YarnB and fubrics quiet
and firm.
New York, Dooember 27?Noon.?
Stocks steady. Gold firm, at 12^.
Money firm, at per cent, and
interest. Exchange?long 0%\ short
10}?. Governments dull but steady.
Stato bonds dull but steady. Cotton
nominal; sales 1G6 bales?uplands 20^;
Orleans 20#. Flour stoudy. Wheut
quiet and firm. Corn firm?old Western
mixed 66@67. Pork quiet, at 13.75.
Lard quiet?steam 7%@7^. Freights
quiet.
7 P. M.?Cotton steady; sales 1,789
bales?uplands 20>?. Flour very quiet
?oommon to fair extaa 6.25@8.10;
good to ohoico 8.15@10.25. Whiskey
dull and unchanged. Wheat olosed at
l(2)2o. higher, with good export demand
?-winter red Western l.C5@l.82. Corn j
firm/ tfn^^
75. Bice qt?oi, at 8@12. Pork?no
sales. Lard quiet and steady. Freights
easier. Cotton?net receipts 200 bales;
gross 20,9_0. Sales of futnreB 10.000
bales, as follows: December 19%@19>_;
January 19>_<ai9^; Febraary 1918-16
@_0: Marob WW??^; April 20 7-16
@20%; May 20#@21; June 21^(g)21^.
Stringency in money greater, ranging aa
high Bs X and closed at 1-16 per cent,
commission to 7, gold. Storling firm,
at 9%. Gold 12@12J_. Governments
closed strong, with little doing. States
dull bat steady.
Cincinnati, December 27.?Cora and
flour in fair demand. Provisions quiet
und firm. Lard steady. 'Whiskey 88.
St. Louis, December 27.?Flour un?
changed. Corn doll and drooping.
Whiskey firm, at 93. Pork nominally
11.75. Baoon, no sales.
Lootsvillb, Deoember 27.?Flour
firm. Corn, nothing doing. Provisions
in fair demand, on orders. Pork 12.50.
Lard steady. Baoon in small supply?
shoulders 5; sides 8@8>?, packed. Whis?
key 88.
Baltimore, December 27.?Cotton
firm; sales 105 bales; stock 1,052; weekly
receipts 1,791; sales 1,090.
Charleston, Deoember 27.?Cotton |
firm; receipts 1,331 bales; sales 2,2u0;
stock 40,778; weekly receipts 1,522; sales
3,900.
Savannah, Deoember 27.?Cottou
firm; receipts 7,168 bales; Bales 1,318;
stock 89,411; weekly receipts 21,776;
sales 9,784.
Boston, Deoember 27.?Ootton quiet;
receipts 1,720 bales; sales 200; stock
5.000; weekly receipts 116,577; Bales
750.
Philadelphia, December 27.?Ootton
quiet; receipts 2,915 bales.
New Orleans, Deoember 27.?Cotto"
in good demand?good ordinary 18>_,|
low middling 18%@19; middling 19>?;
reoeipts 7,885 bales; sales to-day 2,800;
stock 167,160; weekly receipts 37,755;
sales 25,000.
Wilmington, December 27.?Cotton
firm; reoeipts 236 bales; sales 97; stock
3,821; weekly receipts 11,972; sales 217.
Augusta, December 27.?Cotton quiet;
receipts 506 bales; sales 975; Block 4,360;
weekly reoeipts 6,073; sales 4,755.
Mobile. December 27.?Ootton firm;
reoeipts 1,469 bales; sales 2,500; stock
37,427; weekly receipts 923; sales 8,000.
In tho. active pursuit of pleasure or I
gain, the inestimable blessing of health
is too often, forgotten, until discsse isI
firmly seated, and the fact ouly realized
by great bodily and mental snffering.
The liver is the vulnerable point in most
persons, and the disarrangement of the
organ involves almost the whole system;
hence the reason why uuder liver dis?
ease there is enumerated such a number
of afflictions, and w? claim the Simmons'
Liver Regulator to be a remedy for them
all. D28J3HI
Miss Anna Rasscll, one of the belles
of Augusta, noted as well for her bril?
liant intellectual accomplishment, as for
her beauty, was married at Augusta, on
the 24th inst., to Ool. E. W. Cole, of
Nashville, Tenn. The ceremony took
place at St. John's Methodist Episcopal
Ohnroh, Bishop H. N. MoTyeiro, of
Nashville, officiating. The elite of tho
city attended en masse. The entiro I
bridal party left in the evening for Nash?
ville, two handsome Pullman palace cars
being speoially provided.
Ancient Tbot.?Dr. Sohlieman fur?
nishes the New York Herald an extended
report of his researches in buried Troy,
where he began to exoavate in October,
last year. He has found a well, an im?
mense tower, fragments of urns, vases,
goblets, &c, and Borne healthy toads,
which he supposes are at least 3,000
years old.
The Kiova and other Indian chiefs,
who reoently visited Washington, are
reported to be making a favorable im?
pression npon the ohiefs of roving bands,
who are bringing their people into the
reservation, and promise compliance
with the requirements of the Govern?
ment.
A tunnel for transit betweon New York
oily and Brooklyn is now proposed, in
addition to the great East River bridge. I
Street railways in connection are also
proposed, in order that tho people may
get to outlying sections in uud around
Brooklyn.
Tho following claims havo been al?
lowed to citizens of Lexington County
by the Southern Claims Commission at
Washington: George Bouknight, $324;
Jacob L. Oorloy, $191; Mary R. Elcazor,
$205; Carolina Taylor, $207.
M. Gambetla's special organ, tho lie
publique Francaise, predicts serious trou?
ble when the Assembly meets in Janua?
ry, and says that tho aots of Ministers
Dufauro and Goulard endanger tho po?
pularity of the Government.
Buhnei> to Death.?The olothing of a
little white obild in Granitevillo, ti. 0.,
caught fire accidentally, last Tuesday,
and the child was burned to death before
the flames could be extinguished.
ADlSTnES3INO Oooubbenoe.?An old
gentleman, named Littleton Ivie, his
daughter, Mre. Tapp, and two little chil?
dren of the latter, were drowned in Lit?
tle River, Hall County, Go., last Friday.
A colored man named Green Mayo,
his wife and son had a difficulty in Hills
boro, N. 0., on the 24th, in whioh the
former was killed. The wife was badly
hurt.
Still Buiint.?Last Friday night, tho
turpentino still of Mr. Albert Gibson,
about eight miles South of Marion, was
burned. His loss in tho yard, together
with the fixtures, is about $400.
A colored woman, named Lydia
Rivors, died suddenly iii Oharloston on
tho 26th, ot convulsions.
A $150 bouquet is being constructed
in Now York for a popular actress's be?
nefit.
An explosion ban occurred" at Silver
dale, England, by whioh eight miucrs
were killed.
Proceeding* .Special Bleetins City Coan
Counchj Guam.ui b,
Columbia, S. 0., December 23,1872.
Pre8eut?His Honor tho Mayor; Al?
dermen Carpenter, Thompson", iTowndes,
Mitchell, Carroll, Yonng,.-Wilder* Oarr,
Williams, Griffin and Cooper. ' Absent?
Alderman H?ge.
The Mayor stated that ho had called
tho meeting to consider the ordinance
for raising supplies for the year 1873;
ulso, tho ordinanoe for licenses for same
poriod, which were offered by Alderman
Carpenter at the last regular meeting.
The same were considered and amended.
On motion, the rales were suspended,
uud the two ordinances taken up for a j
third reading, and were passed and
ratified in due form, and are as follows:
an ordinance to xiaise supplies fob thb
year 1873.
Iis it ordained by the Mayor and Alder?
men of the city of Columbia, in Council
assembled, and by the authority of the
same, That a tnx to cover the period
from the first day of January, A. D.
1873, to the first day of January, A. D.
1871, for tho sums and in the manner
hereinafter mentioned shall be levied,
collected and paid into tho treasury of
tho said oity for tbo use and service
thereof. Thatisttsay:
Bkotion 1. A tax of $1 ou evory $100
of tho assessed value of r?al estate, lying
within the limits of said oity, cot ex?
empt by law from taxation; and the
value of all sach real estate shall be
ascertained and assessed for the purpose
of taxation by the City Assessor.
Sbo. 2. That a tax of SI ou every 3100
iu value of all personal property of
every description, owned and used in
the oity of Columbia at any time during
tho said fiscal year, shall be levied and
paid into the oity treasury for the use of
the said city: Provided, however. That
uo personal property not taxed, or liable
to be taxed, by tbo State, shall be taxed
for the service of the said oity.
Sec. 8. Iu addition to the foregoing
taxes, a special tax of 80 cents ou every
$100 of tho asaoFsed valuo of all real and
personal property of erery description,
owned and used iu the city of Columbia
at any timo during tho said fisoal year,
shall bo levied nod paid into the oity
treasury, to bo used for the sole purpose
of paying the interest upon the public
debt of said city, as provided by Act of
General Assembly, entitled "An Act to
authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of
tho city of Colombia to issue bonds, and
to negotiate and sell the same," approved
March 13, 1872: Provided, however,
That no personal property not taxed, or
liable to bo taxed by the State of South
Carolina, shall he taxed for the use of
tho said city.
Seo. 4c There shall be paid .-?n vehicles
tho following tax, viz: Upon each' four
wheel pleasure carriage or barouche,
drawn by two 'or more horses, ?20; upon
carriage, buggy, barouche, gig or Bulky,
uot used for hire, drawn by one horse or
mulo, $10: Provided, That the value of
pleasure carriages and other pleasure
vehicles specifically taxed, be not re?
quired to be returned for taxation as
personal property. Upon each vehiole
used for the breaking or exhibiting of
horses or mules, $25; upon eaoh express
wagon, drawn by one horse, S9; drawn
by two or moro horses, $18: Provided,
That nothing heroin contained shall be
construed to extend to wagons, carts or
other vehicles going to or fiom market,
and owned by non-residents of said city,
or of wagons exclusively uaod for agri?
cultural purposes.
tiua. 5. That each and every person
between the ages of 18 and 50 years,
liable to work on the streets of said oity,
may aud shall be excused from the per?
formance of suoli duty ou the payment
of $3 to the City Clerk and Treasurer;
aud, on failure to pay tho said sum of $3,
at the time of tho payment of their oity
taxes, they shall, whon summoned so to
do, bo required to work personally upon
the streets of the said oity for six days,
under tho direction of tho Superintend?
ent of the Streets, or any other person
appointed by tho Mayor and Aldermen
to take charge of and direct them. Auy
parson refusing or neglecting to obey
such summons shall bo fined $2 for each
day's negleot of the same, to be recover?
ed by information before tho Mayor and
Aldormon in Council assombled. And it
shall bo tho duty of tho City Clerk and
Treasurer, and of tho Chief of Polioo,
to report to the said Mayor and Alder?
men all defaulters under this section.
Seo. G. That each and every owner or]
tenant or occupant of auy real estate,
upou any street whore water is brought
by pipes or otherwise from the city re?
servoir, shall pay to tho City Treasury,
at tho samo timo with the other taxes
imposed by this ordinance, a general tax
of $1 for each fifty foot of frontage,
where there nro buildings, and one cent
per foot of frontage whore thoro are no
buildings upon lots so taxed: Provided,
That uvery lot upon such streets upon
which any structure or structures exist,
shall pay water tax of not less than $1:
And provided further, That no property
holder or tenant shall bo oharged for
moro than one frontage for property
owned or occupied by him. Auy owner
or his agent or occupant of any real
estate, upou whoso premises water is
brought from lue city reservoir, shall
pay such sums for the use of water as
may be assessed by the City Couuoil;
and auy owner, or his agent or occupant,
failing to make a report of the hydrant
or hydrants used by him or her, or by
any tenant or occupant ou such premises,
shall bo liablo to a lino at tho discretion
of the Mayor.
Seo. 7. All persons who shall enclose
nuy streets or parts of streets iu tlui
oity of Columbia, by and with consent
of tho Council, shall pay an annual rent
of $5 on any ofreot, or part of any
street, so ouolosed, or such other price
or sum as may bo fixed aud dotormiued
by the Mayor; but caoh street, or part of
any street, so enclosed by the consent of
Council, may at any timo bo openod by
tho order of said Council, anything to
the contrary heroin notwithstanding.
Seo. 8. That if au^ person or persons
shall fail, uogldot or refnse to mako a
return or returns to (ho City Assessor,
on oath 0 of his, her or their taxuble pro?
perty, on or before 8lst day of January,
A, D. .378, except as in this ordinanoe
otherwise provided, such person or por?
sons shall be assessed by the City As?
sessor for and on all his, or their taxable
property or other things taxed by this
ordinance, according to tho best informa?
tion he can obtain of the value of such
taxable property or other things; and
suoh person or persons who shall fail,
neglect or refuso to make a return or re?
turns as aforesaid, or pay the tax thereon,
on or before tho 15th day of February
next, shall be subject to and pay in ad?
dition to said tax ton per cent, thereon.
And the Baid. Clerk and Assessor is here?
by required to assess, eolleot ond receive
the (axes and dues levied and imposed
by this ordinance, and all arrears of for?
mer taxes or dues, and make a roturn
thereof, as well as a return of all persons
who shall fail to make a return and pay
the taxes herein and hereby imposed, on
the 1st day of May next, or as soon
thereafter as may be practicable.
Seo. 9. The said Clerk is horeby di?
rected, in assessing for taxation the
amount of sales likely to bo made by any
dealer during the year 1873, to assume,
if in his discretion it would be just so to
do, as a basis of his estimate, tho amount
of such sales during tho year 1872, ac?
cording to the 6woru returns thereof of
the said dealors.
Seo. 10. That all returns of property
of every description, and of all other
things made by taxation a source of reve?
nue to the said oity by this ordiuanoo,
shall be mado upon the oath of tho tax?
payer, which returns shall bo made by
tilling out blank forms, to be furnished
ou application, by the said Clerk and
Treasurer, on or before the 31st day of
(January, 1873, except as in this ordi
I nance otherwise* provided; but that time
i may be extended by the Mayor and Al?
dermen; aud the said returns shall em?
brace overy subjeot or object of taxa?
tion, whether held by or pertaining to
the tax-payer in his own right or in a
fiduciary capacity.
Seo. 11. That a'l persons who may
commence a permanent business in the
oity of Columbia subsequent to the time
?xed for making tax returns, paying the
city taxes and procuring annual licenses,
shall, after the lapse of one month from
opening business, make returns to tho
Oity Clerk of the value of tho stock aud
other property employed therein, and
pay their taxes and Hocuses; tho taxes on
the value of the said stock aud other
property to be charged for the full fiscal
year, but the licenses to ho paid iu pro?
portion to the remainder of tho said
year: Provided, however, That all tran?
sient dealers shall pay their full annual
licenses to the close thereof.
I Seo. 12. That it shall be, and it is
hereby declared to be, tho duty of the
Oity Assessor to assess all tho property
named in this ordinance for oity taxation
at a reasonable valuation, and the City
I Clerk and Treasurer tq collect the taxes
levied thereon and the per cent, imposed
upon all other things aa sources from
whioh a city revenue by this ordinance is
directed or contemplated to beraiBed, al?
though not specifically mentioned, ac?
cording tojtho rates herein declared: Pro?
vided, however, That ovtry tax-payer
shall have tho right of appeal to the
Mayor and Committee on Ways and
Means from the assessment of the City
Assessor, for a revision thereof, in oase
he should thoteby feel himself aggrieved
Seo. 13. That in case it should become
neoessary to issue an execution against
the property of the defaulting tax-payer,
and to sell thereunder his real property,
in order to collect the taxes duo by him,
it shall be tho duty of the Mayor, and
he is hereby empowered so to do, in
order to put the purchaser thereof into
immediate possession, to issuo his war?
rant of ejeotmont against the owner, or
against his lessee or lessees, or against
any other person or porsons who may be
in possession 'thereof, and to place the
said warrant in the hands of the Chief
of Police, or any other offioor whom ho
shall select, who shall proceed without
delay to execute tho same at tho expense
and costs of tho party or parties iu de?
fault: Provided, That the owner of tho
fee, his lessee or lessees, shall uot be de?
prived of tho use aud possession for a
longer period than two years from tho
day of sale
Seo. 14. That tho Mayor and Alder
mou shall is.mo their execution against
each and every person or corporation
who shall be reported by tho City Clerk
and Treasurer to have failed, neglected
or refused to make returns or pay tho
taxes imposed by this ordinanoe within
tho timo herein prescribed; aud all exe?
cutions issnod by the Baid Mayor aud
Aldermen shall lfuvo uttached thereto
the signatures of the Mayor and City
Clerk aud Treasurer aud the seal of the
city of Columbia, in tho mime of whioh
such executions shall bo ontitled.
Sec. 15. That all executions which
may bo issued to enforce tho payment of
taxes, lines nntl licenses by tho said
Mayor and Aldermen, iu conformity with
tho foregoing suction, shall bo lodged iu
the first instance in tho office of the
Sheriff of Kichlund County, and may bo
directed to the said Sheriff, or to tho
Chiof of l'olico, or other persons ap?
pointed by tho said Mayor nud Alder?
men, to collect and receive tho same with
the costs.
Seo. 10. That the words "real proper?
ty" ond "real estate," us used in this
ordinanoe, shall be co-extensive in mean?
ing with lands, tenements and heredita?
ments; tho words "personal property,"
as heroin used, include moooy, goods,
chattels, things in action aud ovidouces
of debt; and tho word "property" in?
cludes property, real n.id personal.
AN ORDINANCE to REGUT1.VFR licenses FOlt
tue YEA It 1873.
Section 1. lie il ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of tho city of Columbia, in I
the City Council assembled, That every
person, firm, company or corporation,
engaged iu, or intending to be engaged
in, any trade, business or profession
hereinafter mentioned, shall obtain, on
or before the sixth day of January, A.
D.. 1873, a. license therefor, in manner
provided; thoee commencing business
after the sixth of January shall obtain a
license before entering upon that busi?
ness.
Sao. 2. Every person, firm, company
or corporation required by this ordinance
to obtain a lioense to engage in auy
trade, business or profession for which a
license is required, shall register with
the City Clerk and Treasurer, first, his
or nor name or style, aud in case of a
firm ot company, the names of the seve*
ral persons constituting such firm' or
company, aud their places of business;
second, the trade, business or profession
for whioh a lioense is required; third,
the place where such trade or profession
is carried on; if a wholesale or retail
dealer iu goods, wares and merchandise,
the amount, extent and value of busi?
ness intended to bo carried on, excluding
distilled spirits?all of whioh shall be
given under oath.
Seo. 3. If any person or persons ex?
ercise or carry on any trade, business or
profession, for the exercising, carrying
on or doing of which a license is required
by this ordinance, without first register?
ing aud taking out such license, as in
that behalf required, he, she or they
shall, besides being liable to the pay?
ment for the lioense, be subject to a
penalty of $40, on conviction before the
Mayor or any court of competent juris?
diction; one-half of the penalty, after
deducting expenses of the prosecution,
to be paid to the person who first in?
forms of the matters and things whereby
tho penalty is recovered, aud the other
half to the oity.
Sec. 4u Iu every license to be taken
out, under or by authority of this ordi?
nance, shall be ooutained and set forth
tho purpose, trade, business or profes?
sion for whioh such license is granted,
and the name and place of business of
the persons taking out the same; if a
wholesale or retail dealer in goods, wares
aud merchandise, the amount, extent or
valuo of the business intended to be car?
ried on. The City Clerk and Treasurer
shall prepare a proper form of license to
be issued in each case, whioh liooose shall
be posted up or kept by the person re?
ceiving.tho same, as the City Clerk shall
direct. Any evasion of the provisions of
this section shall, on conviction before
the Mayor, be punishable by fine of 820.
Seo. 5. The lioense granted under this
ordinance shall not authorize the person
or persons, or firm, company or corpora?
tion mentioned therein, to exercise or
carry ou the trade, business or profession
specified in suoh license in. any other
place than that mentioned therein, un?
less permitted to do so by the Mayor.
A license granted on aud after January
1, 1873, shall ooctinue iu foice until the
1st of January following; and all licenses
granted after the 1st of January, A. D.
1873, shall be issued upon payment of a
rateable portion of the whole amount of
money imposed for snob license: Pro?
vided, ho never, That no license ahull be
granted for leas period than three
months, though the timo to the end of
the year he less than that. Eaoh lioense
granted shall be dated on tho first day of
the month iu whioh the liability therefor
aocraod, and the amount to be paid
therefor shall be computed therefrom
until the end of the year, except as
hereinbefore-mentioned: Provided, That
after a lioense is granted by the oity no
portion thereof will be refunded.
Seo. G. Upon the removal of any per?
son or persons from the house or pre?
mises at whioh the trade, business or
profession mentioned in suoh license was
authorized, it may and shall be lawful
for the Mayor to authorize, by endorse?
ment of suoh lioense, the person remov?
ing, as aforesaid, to any other plaoe to
carry on the trade, business or profession
specified in such license at the place to
whioh suoh person may have removed.
Seo. 7. For a license to carry on any
trade, business or profession hereinafter
mentioned, the sums hereinafter men?
tioned shall be paid iuto the City Trea?
sury: Astrologers and clairvoyants, $100;
apothecaries, retuil, $2~>; architects or
surveyors, $25; auctioneers, $100; agents
real estate and collection brokers, $25;
agents selling by sample at retail, per
year, $50; agents selling by sample at
retail, per day, $1; attorneys at law, ?25;
banks aud bankers. $200; billiard, baga?
telle or other gaming tables, for the first
table, $50; for every additional table in
the same establishment, $25; bowling
alloys or pistol galleries, for each alley
or gallery, $25; builders and master me?
chanics, $20; butohers, for eaoh stall
hired, $10; blacksmiths' shops, first
forge, $10; eaoh additional forgo, $5;
brokers, commercial, ootton or produce,
$50; brokers, money and dealers in ex
ehuugo, $75; brokers, pawn, $100;
brokers aud dealers in horses and muloj,
who keep no sales stables, por month,
$8; and it shall not bo lawful for any
trausient dealers in horses or mules to
offer his stock for sale until ho shall have
taken out a lioenso, to expire at tho end
of ouo month, for whioh be shall pay tho
sum of $8; hut suoh lioense may be ro
uowed at the same rate. For each and
uvory violation of this article the party
offending shall be fined in a sum of $25
for eaoh aud every offeuco. Barbers, for
each chair, $5; book-binders, $20; boot
uud shoomaking establishments, whore
hired labor is employed, $10; b. kcries.
bread, pio or cake, $25; bill-posters, $5;
boarding houses, capablw of accommo?
dating six to twenty-live persons, from
$10 to $25; coal or wood yards, $25;!
confectionary or fruit dealers, $25; cou
tractors, other than builders, $20; cotton
If. L*t< rs, $50; ootton press, $15; cotton1
gin mauufaotory, $10; cotton gins, gin?
ning for toll or pay, $100; chiropodists,
$25; carriage repository, $75; cock-pit,
$200; dealers, retail, in goods, wares and
merchandise, excluding distilled spirits,
whoso annual sales do not exceed
85,000, $10; dealers, retail, iu goods,
wares and merchandise, excluding dis
tilled spirits, whose anutial sales exceed
$5,000, but do not exceed $10,000, $25;
dealers, retail, in goods, wares and raer
obandise, excluding distilled spirit ??,
whose annaal sales exoeed $10,000, ana
do not exoeed $20,000, $40; dealers, re*
tail, in goods, wares and merchandise,
excluding distilled spirits, whose annual
sales exceed $20,000, and do not exoeed
$30,000, $150; dealers, retail, in goods,
wares and merchandise, excluding dis?
tilled spirits, whose annaal sales exoeed
$30,000. and do not exceed $50,000,
$100; and every additional $1,000, per
$1,000, $2; dentists, $20; express com?
panies, $250; exhibitions, circuses, per
day, $100; exhibitions, theatrical, or ex- ?
hibitions of any kind for gain, $10 per
day; foundries, $10; gas companies,
$100; gas machine manufactories, $25;
Sas fitters and plumbers, $25; gift store,
100; hotels, capable of accommodating
100 persons, $200; hotels, capable of ac?
commodating less than 100, aud more
than 60 persons, $100; hotels, capable of
accommodating over 25, and less than 50
persons, $50: hucksters, $10; ioe houses
and manufacturers of ioe; $50; insurance
companies or agenoies, (the same for
each and every agency,) $50; intelligence
office, $10; junk shops, (application to
be made to City Council for license.)
$150; liquor?for a license to retail spi?
rituous or malt ?qacrs in quantities l?i?
than a quart, per annum, (payable quar?
terly iu advance,) $200; for a license to
sell spirituous or malt liqaora in quanti?
ties of a quart or more, per annum,
(payable quarterly in advance,) $100.
The receiver of eaoh lioense card to pay
to the City Treasurer the sum of 50 cents.
And provided further, That the granting
or withholding of licenses, in eaoh par?
ticular case, will be at the discretion Of
the City Oounoil, Lumber yards, $25;
marble yards, $10; millinery or dress?
making establishments, first class, $50;
second class, $10 to $25; manufacturers
and bottlers of soda water, $25; machine
shops, $10; merchants, commission, $50;
mills, grist, $10; mills, flour, $15; mills,
planing, $50; mills, sawing, $25;
job printing offices, where more than
three hands are employed, $50; where
less than three hands are employed,
$25; photograph, ambrotype or daguer?
reotype galleries, $20; painters and
paper-hangers, (masters,) $10; peddlers,
local, per month, $5; peddlers, itinerant,
per month, $50; peddlers, per day, #6;
physicians, $20; restaurant or eating sa?
loon, first class, $50; seoond class, $25;
oigars?every person engaged in selling
cigars at retail, $5 .to $10, according to
hqIos; oigars?every, person engaged in
selling oigars at wholesale, $50; soda
water, where sold from fount, from $10
to $25; stables, livery and sale, $100;
stage or omnibus, $25; telegraph com?
panies, $150; tailors, merchant, $10 to
$20; undertakers, $50; warehouses, (stor?
age,) $50; wagons, drays, carts and hacks
run for hire, one horse, $8; wagons,
drays, carts und hacks ran for hire, two
horse, $16; wagons, -drays, carts and
haeks run for hire, four horse, $35;
wagon, dray or cart, private, st?re, or
business, for hauling*. Sea., into City
Treasury, for badgty 50 cents; and for
any other business or profession not
otherwise provided for, a lioense tax of
$10. No person shall let or hire any
wagon, cart, dray, or other carriage or
vehiole, for the transportation of goods
or passengers within the limits of said
I city, without having first obtained a
badge from the City Clerk, pay ing there?
for into the City Treasury 50 cents, to
be placed on some conspicuous part of
the vehiole, nnder a penalty of $5 for
eaoh and every day that such vehiole
shall be so run, to be recovered by in?
formation before the Mayor: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall be
construed to extend to wagons, carts or
other vehicles going to or from market;
and for any other business or profession
not otherwise provided for, a lioense tax
of $10 to $20: Provided further, That
where two or more branches of business,
not necessarily connected, are conducted
in one establishment, a lioense shall be
oharged and collected for each branch of
business so oondaoied, as specified in
this ordinance. Dogs?upon eaoh and
every dog, to be paid by the person or
persons on whose premises the dog is
kept, $2; and the police of the city of
Columbia are hereby authorized and re?
quired to seize and confine every dog
tound running at large, and not having
on the city badge or collar for the cur?
rent year; and for every dog so taken up
by the police, $1 additional shall be paid
for the same.
Sko. 8. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances conflicting with this ordi?
nance are hereby repealed.
On motion, at 2:30 A. M., the Council
adjourned. OHAS. BARN?M,
City Clerk.
The merchant's in Charleston com?
plain of the riotous prcoeediugs on
Christmas evo. A number of windows
had the plate glass smashed; and pur?
chasers were frightened and returned
home.
Auotion @?ile?.
Agent's Sale.
Win. Woston, Executor, vs. W. H. Dowdy?
Salo to toroolose mortgage of porsonai pro?
perty.
ON THURSDAY, January 2,1873,1 will sell,
at pubiia outcry, at the station known as
Woodward's, on the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Kailruad, at 1 o'clock P. M.:
Three MULES, one Horse, ono Mare, threa
Wagons, bcvou head of Cattle.
Terms of sale?Cash.
J. E. DENT, Agent
Wm. Wostori, Exoo'r oatato L. Woodward.
Dec 10 _. .
The Beautiful Snow
MADE its way through thu roof of my
ptoro
Ziast Night,
And daruagod about 12,500 weith of goods.
Tli.?y aro of the class of goods that will not
bo injured if dried at once. I tbwsfufs offer
gro.it bargains, as the wet goods MUST BE
SOLD.
J. H. KIN ARD.
Dec 23 3