Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1866, Page 4

JOONTINUED FROM FIRST PAOK.} the same, for con them: for Bebe servi ipes from piemises served: and connexions therewith; for the protection, care, and preservation of ali water mains, service-) fire-plags, cocks, Bydrants, or water fixtures connected WitD tbe aquedact 5, for enforcing penal. tues for vi tions of its own rules and regula- tions, or any law of cegnenmypey. A | the distribution of Pstomac water, or security of the water-works and their app to Sx the prices at which water shall be sup- plid to individals and companies; to such assistants as may be necessary to dis- charge the duties committed to it. The powers and duties of the su, of the water it are to obey the lawfal orders of the'department; to into execu- tion the rules and ‘regulations of the = ment, to issue a license to each individual or company supplid with Potomac water in the | ‘wing form folio [=~ or his lawtul as. — ae authorized to use the . id. .) ————, Sa- Pperintendent;” toissue this license from a tall 5 om which shall be inscribed the name of the lacensee, the number and date of the license, and amount paid; to’ pay the money he receives treasury, i board, upon the warrant of the Son after settlement with him, upon making which ‘he shall exhibit to the comp- troller the said tallies. The duties of the draughtsman are to act as secretary of the water department; to perform such other eérvice as may be required of him dy the board. REVENUE. The revenue of the District of Colambia is derived from ,taxes—1. On le; 2 On prop- erty; 3. On conveyances of land: 4. On licen- ses—l- To sell merchandise; 2.'To exercise certain callfage: 3. To use Potomac water. 5. On Iitigation; 6. From fines, penalties, and forfeitures. 1. POLLA. Every male citizen of the District between | the ages of twenty-one and fifty years shall pay & the military service of the country; Deaf and dumb, or blind; Incapable of labor; Ministers of the gospel; and persons exempt by particu- Jar laws. Any person wishing to have himself de- clared exempt trom poll-tax because incapa- dle of labor shall apply tothe commissioners by petition in writing, stating the ground of bis claim to exemption; and if the commis- siomers, npon bearing the petition and the tes- tumony adduced by the petitioner, be of opin- jon that he is incapable of labor, they shall declare bim to be so by an entry upon their minutes, and the production of a copy of the same, duly authenticated, to the collector, sball be bis authority for omitting to collect the poll-tax from such person. 2. PROPERTY. 1, Taxable—The following property shall be taxable, with the exceptions enumer- the next section: 1. All lands and town All sa ist, and otber milis, distel- toundries, forges; establish- quarrying, working marble, making carriages, and other manafacturing es- tablisbments, turnpike gates of roads, bridges, id wharves: 3. All jewelry, gold and silver watches and chains, gold and silver plate and ornaments over the value of fifty dollars, pianos and ail nousehoid furniture over the value of five hundred dollars; 4. All Pleasure vehicles; 5. All race-horses used tor racing, and entered and trained or run daring the ee the assessment, and all horses and mules; 6. All neat cattle and sheep; 7. All capital lent or deposited at interest, in or out ot the District, including money of or- » legatees, and distributees, or other eficiaries, im the hands of guardians, ad- Ministrators, and executors or trustees, and by them lent or de ted at interest: 5. All investments by inbabitants of the District im stocks out of the District: 9. All other stocks. 2. Exempt.—Of the property enumerated in the next preceding section, the following sball be exempt from taxation: 1. Lands and town lots belonging to the United States, and the buildings and property placed thereon, while used by the government for the public service; 2. All property belonging to the District; 3. All property of a literary, scientic, or benevo- Jent institution, actually used for the purposes fer which such institation was created, unless it is invested in stocks or employed im some other than the regular business of the instit hon, 4. All houses of religious worship and their appurtenances. ALIENATIONS OF LAND AND SALES OF MER- CHANDISE. 3. All alienations of land and sales of mer- chandise by a merchant or peddier shall be taxabie. The term merchant, as nsed in the above sec- tion, includes every person trading and deal- ing \n goods, wares, and merchandise, groceries, jewelry, drugs or medicines, whether the trading and dealing be done on land or on water im any boat or craft plying or being in the waters of the District. 4.—LICKNSES. Except as specified in section fifty-three, no merchandise shall be sold without license. Tae following callings or occupations and transactions shal! be taxable, and not be pur- sued or done without license :—1. The regular business of selling at auction: 2. The regular business of selling goods, wares, and mer- chandise upon commission, 3. The regular business of a broker: 4. The business of a broker of real estate carried on as a vocation; 5. Granting policies of insurance; 6. The busi- ness of banking: 7. Importing and selling playing cards: *. Discounting securities for ¥. Keeping a track for turf racing; 10. cal exhibitions; 11. Concerts and masi- cal entertainment for profit,ex twhen given for benevolent purposes; 12. ibiting, for profit, a museum, menagerie of any kind, a wert or person of usual size, or person or aaunal deformed; 13, Exhibiting, for profit, a circus and animal show, of ity or strength, 14. Exhibiting slight-ot- ‘demain, or other show for which money is taken, not included in some one of the foregoing classes; 15. Keeping a confec- Uonary establishment. 16. @ jack or stallion to be let for pay; 17. ping an inn, or tavern, or ordinary. or hotel, or res‘aurant, billiard tacle, bowling saloon, drinking house; 18. To use Potomac water. = 6. All fines, forfeitures, and penalties for vio- jations, within the District, of the laws of the United States. shali constitute part of the rev- enue of the District. RATES OF TAXATION. ‘The fo! beset ap Tape served—On ev taxable ; Om every o! bundred doltars? ‘worth of taxable Property, $1; on slienations of land, $1; on sales of town lots, OF parts of town lots. 50 cents foreach lot or part of Jot: on sales of merchandise by mer- chants, balf a cent on the dollar on its invoice cost at the place where purchased, unless the tax upon the same has once before been paid te the District, in which case no additional tax shal! be paid; on sales of merchandise by ‘ddler if he els on toot, $10; if on ho! ‘kK, $20; if in a vehicle, $30; and for eaeh hicle, if he more than one, $30, on the Tegular busin of selling at auction any arti- cles the selling of which is not taxable, ; im all other cases, the same rate which is imposed on sales of merchandise en commission; on the Teguiar business ef selling goods, wares, and merchandise on commission, on the gross amounts of sales, public and private. when the amount does not exceed $10,000, $50; be- tween $10,000 and $20,000, $25; between $20,000 and $30,000, $100; between $30,000 and $40,000, $125, and in like ratio for all other amounts; on the regular business.of a broker, $300; on the business of abroker of real estate, carried on as & regular vocation, $100; on granting policies of insurance on marine and fire risks, $150; on granting policies of insurance on lives. one-half of one per centum upon the amount of premiums re- ceived: the business of banking $100; on discounting Spree wpe nega by others than bankers, one cent on every dollar employed in the business, but im mo case less than $5; on kee; a track for turf rac for a mile track upwards, $100; for a hal: track, 850; for a quarter of a mile track, track be kept exclusively for the purpose or not, on theatrical exbihibitions—if the theatre or place of exhibition be in one ot the cities, $iv per week, if in other places, $5: on concerts and musical entertainments for profit, and not fer some benevolent purpese, for each day and night, €5; op exbibiting, for profit, any muse- enagerie of any kind, dwarf or person sual eize, persons or animals deformed, and statuary excepted, foreach day's "s exbibition, $5; en exhibiting. for ight-of-hand, main. or other similar exhibition, $5 for each exhibition; on keeping a confectionery, two and a halt on the — employed; on , the insurance price of one foal, and when a jack is kept tor jennets principally, the insurance price of oue toa! eM. 1 Assesred taxes and cost of collecting them, when not voluntarily paid, shall be and re. | main a lien upon all the taxable property of | the tax-pa: from the time of the asses«ment. This lien shall extend to all and every all tracts of land or lots of Jand an any division or aliepation thereof, and this. though the property be assessed or advertised for tax sale in the name of & person not owner at the time of the sale, or though the owner be snknown. In all cases where a license is by jaw required to authorize the following of any calling or occupation, or the doing of — ansaction, the building in which any suc! calling or occupation is followed shall be Mable for the taxes, or the penalt’ i calling or occu: without sBall be a lien thereon PROPERTY 16 TO H-tax, except—Persons wounded in | j ‘ perintendent | Potomac is (dwelli: store, | yy etroorom of tyaabinigton Beare. | one year date, in - (Date. ‘whether the | of | every | species of taxable property, notwithstanding | ear, t@ taxation shall taxes assessed thereon for year, and the same shall be assessed in name of such Bcruom. if he can be discovered. All property ‘id by amexecutor or administrator, guardian oF trustee, or @ person in any Ssseseed to suck person in such character, and shall be entered in the be bound to pay the following rules shall be observed: Every parece shall be assessed for his -tax in the istrict where he resides when the assessment is made, unless he has been assessed for the same tax year im another district. All real property eBall be assessed in the district where it lies. All nal shall be assessed in the distriet where it is at All pro value at which it would be appraised in pay- Ment ofa just cash debt due from @ solvent | debior. In estimating the value of any town Jot or tract of land, its location, proximit local advantages, quality of soil, growth of timber, mines, minerals, quarries, fossils un- worked, and improvements not liable to sepa- rate taxation, shall be taken into consideration; and every such town lot or traet of land shall be set down at its real value in money, not at a forced sale, according to the best judgment the assessor can form from information, in- spection, or otherwise. . In estimating the value of saw, grist, and other mills, distilleries, breweries, foundries, forges, establishments for mining and quarry- ing, making carriages and other manufactur. ing establishments, turnpike roads and bridges, and terries and wharves, the annual gross in- come of the same, their location and other ele- ments of value, shall be taken into consider- ation. Equality shall be rigorously observed in as- sessiments, So that equal values shall pay the same taxes. Sections 69, 70.71, prescribe the form of as- sessment books NOTICE TOTAX PAYERS—LISTS OF PROPERTY— VALUATION. Each assessor shall give at least ten days’ notice, by advertisement posied at three of the most public places in bis district, of the time when be will attend to assess the taxes, and in bis advertisement designate some place where he will begin and the direction in which he will proceed, so as to inform the tax-payer at or about what time he will be able toexamine and assess his real estate; and he shall attend at the time specified and make ihe assessment in the marner stated in his advertisement. Each tax-payer shall give in to the assessor @ complete list of his taxable property of every kind, describing his land in his list so as to identity it, and furnishing the assessor all such information touching his taxables as en- able him to make a correct assessment. The assessor, on receiving such list, shal! administer to the person furnishing it the foi- lowing oath:—“You do swear (affirm) that this list contains all and every item of your taxable property. and that you have shown aud pointed out all your real estate in this as- sessment district, and given complete, correct, and true information concerning it, to the best of your knowledge.” The assessor having derived from the tax- payer all the information he can obtaiu, shall, uf he deem it necessary, go to, walk over, and earefully examine the land so as to verify the list; and, for the same purpose, he may som- mon any person and examine him - upon oath as to the completenese of the list and as to the value of the land and other property. 1f the tax-payer or pereon having cha ge of the property is absent or unable to furnish the list. tor any reason, or is a femate, or a minor and without a guardian, the assessor shall make a list of the property:amd:ascertain its value from the best attainable &iformation. If the tax-payer {ail tocomply with his duty, the asses:or shall demand thelist at his residence, and for every such “demand may add<o the assessment, to be collected as taxes, oné dollar, unless the tax-payer render a satis- fagtory excuse for his delinquency. Ii any tax-payer fail to give in a list on such demand made, the assessor shall make a list upon the best information he can. obtain, and note the fact, that double taxes may be-assessed upon the property. Upona second or any subsequent assess- ment the assessor shall proceed in the same manner, in every case in which he deems it necessary, to enable him to make an accurate, & full and an equal assessment. The assessments shall be completed by the first Monday of March every year, and by that day shall be returned into the office of the clerk of the commissioners, who shall submit them, until the first Monday of April, to the inspection of all persons who shall apply for the purpoee. If any tax-payer, upon snch inspection, conceive himself aggrieved by the assessment. the assessor shall, with the aid of two free- holders of the same district in which the com- piaining party resides, review the assessments; and if it appear proper to them, from the state- meuts of the complainant or upon evidence adduced by him. that the assessment is er- Toneous, the assessor shall enter upon his list the proper correction, subject to revision om ap) to the commissioners. fno objection be made to the assessment, or immediately after such objections as shall be made are disposed of, the assessor shall sign bis book and Close It by an affidavit in the fol- lowing form:—«“I swear (affirm) that I have set down, in the foregoing assessment, all the real estate ( ) in my district according to ‘ue best of my knowledge: that I have admin- istered to each person named in this list the vath specified in section seventy-four, except Teoms who refused to take the same, and I Lave assessessed the property of such at double its value; and that this book contains a true statement of the real estate (taxable property and polls) of each person herein named, - mated according to the true value thereof, as prescribed by law. without favor or affection.” If any assessor fail to report his assessment by the first Monday of March, every year, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred, and not more thar one thousand doliars The commissioners may take judgment on motion for said penalty st its first session of the Supreme Court after the delinquency, or at any subsequent session, and may, for any satisfactory excuee, release and remit the judg- ment. This penalty, when collected, shall be paid into the treasury, and sball constitute part of the revenue of the District. DUTY OF THE CLERK OF THE COMMISSIONERS— COLLECTOR'S LIST. By the first Monday in April in each year the cierk of the commissioners shall make out, from the original assessment books, a list, in a suitably ruled book, of the names, in.al- phabetical order. ofevery person in the Dis- trict against whum a tax has been and the amount of ssid tax according to the lawful rate of taxation; and in case of lands assessed to persons unknown, a list of the same, de- ecribing them and stateng the amonnt of tax for which each lot, tract, or parcel of land is Hable By the first Mon day of May the clerk shall deliver this list, after carefully compar- ing it with the original assessment books, to the collector. with a warrant in the following form:—The commissioners ofthe District of Co- lumbia to the collector of taxes, greeting:—You are hereby commanded to collect the taxes in the foregoing list specified: and to that end you are authorized, in case any tax-payer re- tuse, on lawful demand by you made at his usual place of abode or of business, or if he be ateent or unknown, to make the same out of his goods and chattels, if sufficient, and if not, eut of his lands ana tenements. in the same manner as the marshal of this District can make a judg- ment of 8 court of record by the ordinary writ ofexecution, and having so done, pay said taxes into the treasury; and if the proceeds ofany saleyou may make exceed the taxes, pay excess to the clerk of the commission- ers, to be held by him subject to the order of the tax-payer to whom the money 5 ‘Witness —— —, clerk of the [levy court] com- missioners and the seal of the fcourt] said com- missioners, — —, Clerk. ‘Seal. he cleric of the commissioners shall make a 'y of the list furnished the collector, and liver the same to the comptroller by the first ear. Monday or e 3 ‘k to furnish the very For every failure of the c’ collector or the comptroller with the lists afore- said, the commissioners may impose a fine not exceeding $100, to be paid into the treasury ee District, and he may be removed from Office. On and after the last day of November the Aggregate of the taxes set forth in the tax list shall be due a payable to the treasury by pose collector, subject to the credits allowed y law. On adjusting the collector's accounts, he shall be charged by the comptroller with said aggregate, and shall be credited—1. By his Fn. en at the rate of six per centum on the $10,000 of the amount collected, and at the rate of three per centum on the residue collected. 2. By the amount of taxes not col- lected on the day of the adjustment, and for the collection of which be bas obtained farther time by an order of the commissioners. 3. By the smeount of insolvencies upon the tax list, ‘The evidence upon which the seeond credit shall be allowed shall be 8 copy ef the order of the commissioners. certified to be atrne capy by the clerk, under his hand and the seal of com mussioners. The evidence for allowing the third-credit shall be the collector's return upon his war- rant of collection—"no and chattels, Jands and tenements of the tax-payer in the District subject to said taxes,” which retarn shall be rebuttable by any evidence known to the comptroller. For the into the treasury of the and due, the comptrolier shall his warrant. bearing date the ing the adjustment, and amountthen due and payabie into the treas- ury, which amount shaif bear interest from the date of the warrant till paid. A copy of the adjustment, and of the warrant for -the payment, shail be immediately Banded by comptroller to the treasurer. As soon as the tages em braced in the second credit allowed the coliector Rave beea paid him, and he has collected All that he can col- lect, he shall adjust bis account for the same with the comptroller, his warrant for paying what he bas collected, and pay the sime precisely as in the case of his first account. A copy of this adjustment sna wa:riat of paymentesbal) be banded by the comptroller to the treasurer, &s prescribed in tion ninety-five. ‘Whenever the treasurer has reason to believe that any tax-payer mentioned in said ajjust- aments can be forced to pay what is due from bim, he shall move the Supreme Uonrt ef the District for an execution against Bim, and era fake hin @ piicate = as ie aa ag at and take ap! fe récept for the one of which duplicates he shall immediately de- liver to the comptroller. On the next adjustment of the collector's ac- ‘counts, the comptroller shall charge him with the aggregate of said executions, and credit him as prescribed in section ninety-one, and give him a warrant for payment according to the result of the adjustment, and deliver the treasurer a copy of the adjustment, as pre- scribed in section ninety-five. The collector shall receive in diseharge of taxes, besides the lawful currency of the Uni- ted States—1. Such bank notes as are current and passing at par in the District; 2, war- ‘rants issued by the comptroller; and whatever he may lawtally receive for taxes shall be credited to him on settlement as cash. it shall be a misdemeanor in office, punisha- ble by fine not exceeding oue hundred dollars, for @ collector of taxes to colleet more money, under the name of taxes, than is allowed by | law. The collector may depute any constable of the District to collect taxes in Ris name when, in his judgment, the public interest demands it; but, in such case, he and his sureties shall be liable for any defalcation on the part of the constable employed. No commissions shall be allowed a collector ef taxes or any other person bound to account for public money in his hands unless he set- bee and pays in the manner prescribed by aw. ifany person bound to pay public money into the treasury fail to obtain the comptroller’swar- rant for its payment or fail to pay it, according to law, the treasurer shall, immediately after the ime of payment has elapsed, proceed by motion inthe Supreme Court of the District against him and his sureties, in the name of the District ot Columbia, for the amount which he is bound to pay and interest thereon. The register of deeds shall collect the tax on alienations of land, and he shall adjnst his account thereof with the comptroller on the lirst Monday of January, and obtain his war- rant to pay what he hus collected into the treasury. The register shall insert no deed in the regis- try on which the tax has not been pad; and in his certificate of registration he shall state that the tax has been paid, and the amount of it Every such certificate shall be countersigned by the comptroller before the deed is delivered to the owner. When he countersigns the certificate the comptroller shall enter in a book ot his office, to be kept for the purpose, and entitled «Tax on Alienations of Lands,” the name of the grantor and grantee, the number of acres or feet conveyed, and the tax. On adjusting the regigter’s account, the comp- troller shall charge him.with the whole amount of his receipts, to be found by a comparison of his account on said book with the same account as rendered by the register, and give him & warrant to pay the gross amonnt into the treasury. 1f the register produce his warrant of pay- ment within said paw of ten days, the trens- urer sball credit him with six per centum for his compensation, and give him a receipt for the balance on payment of the same. The comptroller shall deliver to the treasurer a copy of the warrant, and if the money is not paid within ten days after ite date the treasurer shall move the supreme court of the District for judgment against the register and his sure- tes in the name of the District of Columbia; and having obtained judgment, shall enforce it without delay. Taxable sales of merchandise shall not be made by any merchant without first taking trom the clerk of the commissioners, for each establishment at which bis business is to be conducted, a yearly license. An original wholesale or retail license shall be issued—1. On condition that the applicant deliver to the clerk a sworn matement of the goods abont to be offered for sale at the es- tablishment for which he demands a license; 2. On condition that be pays the clerk the tax thereon; 3. On condition that be make and de- liver to the clerk a joint and several stipniation of himself and at least one good surety, in the penality ofone thousand dollars, payable to the District of Colnmbia. conditioned to render to the clerk, at the end of twelve months from the date of his bond, a sworn statement of the invoice cost of all the goods which he assignee shall bring to eaid estal sale within the said twelve months, and that he will pay the clerk the tax upon such goods. At the end of the first twelve months, and at every jtwelve months thereafter, said’ license may be renewed—1. On condition that the ap- plicant has complied with the terms of the aforesaid stipulation. 2. On condition that he give a new stipulation of the like tenor, forthe ensuing twelve months. But any goods re. maining on hard and unsold saall be exempt trom turther taxation. An original license to sell gcods upon com- mission may be issued—i. On condition that the appheant execute and deliver to the clerk &@ joint and several stipulation of himself and At Jeast one good surety, in thepenalty of five hundred dollars, payable to the District of Columbiajconditioned to‘rende! to the clerk, at the end of tweive months from the date of the stipulation, a sworn statemmt of the gross amount of all sales, whether yablic or private, made by him within the said tvelve month: the establishment for which bi demands cense, and that he will pay the tax thereon. At the end of the first twelv) months the h- cense may be renewed—1. ©: condition that the applicant has aby cages with the terms of the bend; 2. On condition th he renew his stipulation by giving one of Ike tenor for the ensuing twelye months. An original auction license or taxable sales of goods shall be issued, and nay be renewed upon the same terms as a license to sell goods on commission. graiting policies of ; for im; i .An original license for insurance on lives; for . or selling, or manufacturing playing cards; for discounting cecurities for noney by others than banks or bankers; for keeping a confec- tionery establishment, or forany business in whith the tax depends on theamount of busi- ness done, shall be issued upa the same terms, substantially, as are expressel in the case of a wholesale or retail commiss)n or auction li- cense. Licenses for pursuing aly business, on which a specific tax is laid, fall be issued on payment by the applicant tcthe clerk of the Specific tax thereon imposed The license to sell goods pr carry ot any other business at a specifiedestablishment or place shall authorize the liensee, or his as- signee, or the. purchaser.of hs stock, or of his business, or a new firm formed by the death, withdrawal, or addition to aicensed firm of a new member to carry on th business at an- other plaee, or in the new iame, in the foi- lowing manner: 1. In caseof a sale of the stock or business, the perso: making the saie shall immediately .go befoe the clerk and make affidavit of the amouwt on which he is then bound to pay ‘taxes, @d pay the same and surrender the origina license. and the epteemnnd of the stock or tasiness, unless he & person already'licensedshall, at the same time, make a-statement, on ofh, of the amount, ifany, that.nas been added byhim to the stoek or business,.and pay the amant due thereon, and take.outa license as an oiginal applicant. 2. In.casea:member or members dies, retire ros. oribe Uarersaerti liceaeed firm, a ~wiving -or-continuing parter or partners, o! new firm, shall immedinely fig before the clerk and surrender he license, pay the tax already accried, and take out a new license as an original ipplicant. Wor sell: goods er pusuing any of said callings without license, the clerk shall issue to -the collector a warant, commanding him tolevya sum doublein amount to the highest tax imposed in my similar case, to- gether with costs and chages, by distraining and selling so much of tle deliquent’s and chattels as sbali be suficient for the pur- The collector, having sized the goods and chattels of the delinquent, shall give ten days’ notice of the time and pla@ of sale. which he sball make as specified ii the notice, unless the delinquent, at or befae the time of sale, produce the clerk’s receipt for tax, cost, and charges; in which case thi collector shall re- deliver the guods to the ovner. The collector, on receiving a distress war- rant, shall immediately execute the same, on pain of being held li lumeelf, on motion of the clerk, before the suprene court of the Dis- trict, in the poop of the pepe = Sooo taxes, costs, and charges by his Ys Section 124 prescribes the manner of entering receipts for licenses. DELINQUENCIES. If any officer accountahie for revenue fail to Pay the same, without @ good legal excuse, he shall be removed frem office and shall be ine- ligible to any office in which he may become a receiver of public 5 Sections from 129 to 142 prescribe the manner of prosecuting delinquent revenue receivers. ACTS REPFALED. Acts and ordinances re; this act re- main in force for the trial and peumtinest of | feady tected by by the mate inhabitants thereof whoare by Jaw qualified to vote in said District. The first election of said delegate shali be heldon th? | first Mondry of September A. D. i866, and | every successive election on the same day two | years afterwards. see of the amount of lumbering done in Michigan it 8 caid that Tittabawassee river, ranging pes n rods, in width, is filled with es: wa river, from six to filled for seven miles; and Pine river, ranging from five to seven in width, is filled foreleven miles. And these streams water only & small portion of the State. #7 An old physician of Troy, who has passea through fworholera visitations. and suffered from the disease himse f, gives it as his judg- ment that the Sparen summer will not be strongly marked by the epidemic. He says the symptoms which pre the disease do not exist, and though tbere may be sporadic cases throughout the city and country—even a pretty severe visitation in some localities, an the scourge will not prevail anywhere in this country as an epidemic. | Dear or a DistinGcisHED Opp-FeLiow. | John J. Davies, Grand Master of the Il. 0.0. | F. of the State of New York, died on Wednes- | day, in Brooklyn. He was also at the time of is death Grand Scribe of the Grand Encamp- ment, and a representative of that body im the Grand Lodge of the United States. He had been a member of the order a quarter of a cen- tary. @7 High water in the ge mart le St. Louis has hada very curious effect. The city has been contesting snits with squatters upon the river front for some time past, and was unable to oust thera from possession. The high wa- ter, however, did the work, and now the city has taken measures to prevent them from re- turning to it when the river recedes. 7 The Memphis Argus proposes making & new state out of West Tennessee and North Mississippi. to be called the state of Jackson, ‘with Mempbis for its capita. SA terrible hail storm recently swept over Brandon county, Miss., stripping the trees of their foliage and doing other damage. It is said that the bail stones were seven or eight inches in circumference. &7 A curious individual has counted seven- ty-five different styles of hate worn by the la- dies. He made no attempt to number the bon- nets .To do this would be like counting the flakes of a snow-storm, or the dew-drops of a summer morn; the minute head-gears are so impalpable anda invisible. 7 The Pennsylvania papers are predicting asplendid fruit crop in that State. In Dan- phin county, the peach, plum and apricot trees are in bloom, and there is every promise of an abundant yield. &7-A letter writer trom Fredericksburg, Va., saysthat the young men of that section are renting farms and preparing themselves for the roughest work ot agriculture. ®7 The Roman Catholics in China claim to have three millions of their faith in that conn. try. They are building a Cathedral in Pekin 300 feet long by 150 wide. SF Last week 92 persons discontinued the sale of liquorsin Boston. Inseveral instances liquors that had been purchased from whole- sale dealers were returned to them. S7-The proprietor of the London, Canada West, Terrapin restaurant advertises for «five or six boys to catch frogs for the season.” &7 Monsier de Siouville, a Frenchman, has announced that he har, at length, succeeded in making malleable glass. ®7 Patti pink is a new color in Paris. S7 The peach crop in Western Pennsylva- nia and Ohio will be a failure the present year, S7 There are to be public bath-houses in New York during the summer season. S7 An exchange says that meats are un- changed but butter is losing strength. That’s encouraging for the patrons of eating noases. S87 A fellow in Pekin, IIL, married a widow, and on the bridal night decamped with $110, and his predecessor’s warbrobe. &7 Why is a prudent man likea pin? Be- cause his head prevents him from going too far. &7 Ice costs 10 per cent. less in Philadelphia than Jast year. S27 Motto for Billiard Players—«Keep the balls moving.” 7 An Englishman is said recently to have invented a@ scarecrow so effective that one crow, who saw it brought back all the corn he had stolen for three years. AUCTION SALES, B* JAS. O. McGUIBE & 00., Auctioneers. SALE OF A VALUABLE FARM. IN A HIGH STATE OF OULTIVATION, 8) Phince roRGE'y COUNTY. (MD.1 aly six miles from the Center Market, on read, about two miles nerth of the Bo! fom. accessible by three fine roads. aduarter Iai) acroe of ian 1a ane, Ponty and arter. ‘aC Deighborhoods in the county yd olen te fonaeee » and isthe ui G. ot ge and Wire is Farm offers rare lacements to Rorsone heavily ma- o! farm of B. EB. Wroe. building sites com: jomal Oapitol for each place, of the farm ie ast in timothy ands ¢ farm is set in c twenty-five acres ia wheat, and the sam corn; ten in oats. three po'atoes. orchard of choice fruit trees; The entire farm is inclosed w: board and rai! ing. There are Pieces uncasncana T Tae of ‘The farm will be sold wits, or without young erops. ion given in fi \- igfea witht on wives in five days after com. * ve Farm will be offered forelegs sncti fered for anction at the Au T May 15, at 12 0’clock m.” UREDSY RUEEIND, Terms: One- cash; residue in six, twelve, 5 ie farm. Gon- ve} ing at pu and eighteen menths, secured on th "8 expense JAS. 0 McGUIEE & 00.. Aucts, At some subecquent day after the sale ef the farm, will be sold the Farm: leme: ind Rocded Oropes be. implements and Growing OS rT BUSTEE'S eaLy oy VALUABLE PROP- By virtue of adecree of the Circuit Court fc Prince George's county, sitting asa Court want ty. passed im the case of Hume vs. H Twill ores to — sale, onthe premises. HURS- DAY, the Sist day of May. 1956, at ‘clock m., that valuable property of which les Hume died seized, containing about 40 acres. It sdjoins the village of Bladensturg, is most healthily located, the avantages of a Sood duality, well adapted 6 maskes suscoe a + wel m “hoc kastias PSC ATES Ys commcatons he dwelling. which is of ick, is com one, has attached toit s large garden. that is very pro” bounds with excellent fruit, all na consisting of stable, ice-house, &c., jer. ‘erms of sale: $1,000 cash, residue in 1 and 2 ears. with interest and aj wed security. Title Ddisputable and on payment of purchase money with interest. the trustee will convey the property to the purchaser in fee a N.C. STEPHEN, Trustec. B* JAS. O. McQUIBE & O@., Aucts. LARGE SALE OF MARBLE A: : SECT GAGE GH MARBLE AND ALABas eres ED- \sth, Tein G. B. P. he first floor of the Auction Booms, NESDAY MOBNING apd EVENING, Ma: ‘ing at 10 o'clock in the morning an Dg, and will be sold by e, & mag- nificent collection of Groups and Figures. in pure White Italian Alabaster, the subjects comprising Highland Mary, ef Caneva, Three Graces. —_ of ion. Summer, Spring, Us 81 enba, ne, A 180, did M. Table. eset get coppers are nto Sin Siete eee cee of articles for 1c .. all selected from the bes! ios by aoiaint, who has just returned from Ital, ALso, Pr Biiver Ftated Ware, comprising— ag ee Cake and Oatd Baskets, Plated Knives and Forks ‘ape. Godless, &c.. together with— Wine Sets, Decanters, Toilet Bote, ke. ticles ready for inspection Tuesday morning, 15th inetent, with eatalogue. The public arein- vited to examine them, The sale will be made without reserve. yd [iat} J, 0. McGUIRE & CO... Aucte. VEENMENT BUILDINGS AT su x StEXaNDEi A, 143 , ‘Will be sold at Public Auction.on the premises. under the direction of Brevet Lieutenant Oolonel 2,G..0 Lee. A. Q. M.. at Alexandria. Virginia.cn TUESDAY. May 15, 18%, at 12 o'clock M. lowing described Government bui! }, Vig: ON GOLUMBUR SIBBET, SOUTH OF ODD Py oe »(1) Building, #by oy foot, with Shed attached, {1} Oxthoue, 4 by 8 Set, & feet Fonce, 6% Sepia beta eke Terms: Ye eb riyit ties Oenered i Nperermaster, LeMBER IN Micuigam.—As an illustration | AUCTION SALES. a Be 242 & MceUiRE s 00, Avctioncers. CHANCERY SALE Uf VALUABLE CITY Lots. authority of the Supreme Court of this Dis- wie, Pessoa Ta seein. No. Sa, — @Gram- on MONDAY AFTERNOON on tae premi: te valued! } fi é E re feet deep, ‘Terms: 38 months, with i bonds, with surety. will served on the property the terms be not Mebretrenhtse tone the riek and cost of the , W, B. TODD, HeNey PROBAsco,t ‘Sresioss, ; Ané weg ater the sale of hoahove tems juare we oball also sell, premises, at ereg st of some of er chee, Lote &) square: ANS. srigival Lert creer nen teradt Fenpectively on Co! fh L btreet on TTth street west, ye Terms: One-third cash; residue in 6, 12 and 18 months, with interest, secured by deed of trust om the 4 spel of ths above property may be obtained at nad J.©. MCGUIRE & 00 , Aucts. IMREN & WILLIAMS Auctioncers, FBT OBES Sue. corace reba Deke’ north. DESIRABLE SALE GF REAb ESTATE IN THE FIB8T AND SBCUND WARDS aT PUBLIC AUCTION. on the followi: WEDNBSDAY, the 6th m., we sbaill sell. in front of and 9. fron 7 on reet > tween M Streets north: Lots 22 and 23. gat ing Hew jampshire avenue, between M and . north, in Square No. 70; Lets 6,7 and street. between Twentieth aud Twenty-first sts.; south quarter of Lot 12,on New Hampshire ave- nue, between N and O streets, in Square No. 97; Lots 1.2, 3. and 4, at the cormer of Massachusetts remisos, |. at the corner of Fifteenth street mare 205; roperty, Alloce ‘ani Bt the cost of the purchasers. $25 to be paid on each piece at the fall of the hammer. my 5-@ GREEN & WILLIAMS, Aucts. | B* GBEEN & WILLIAMS, Austioneers. PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLEIIMPROVED PRUPERTY iN 1HE FiKST WARD, near the Western Market. We will sell at Pablic Auction. on FRIDAY, lith. at 6 o'clock p. m., part of Let No.5,in Square No. 140. fronting 13 feet 6 inches on L st., between 18th and 19th streets, running back 116 feet to an alley. improved by @ well built and neat two-story frame house of ¢ rooms Terms: One half cash; balance i; montns, for notes bearing interest. Deed given and deed of trust taken. Conveyancing at cost of purchaser, 20 3 Sayfa” '*" GREEN & WILLIAMS, Ancts S4LE OF 4 STEAM GRIST MILL aT THR CAVALRY DEPOT, GIESBURO. D. 0. Quartermaster General's Opice, First Davison? Washington, L, C., April of the Quartermaster Ge under the direction 4.Q. M..on WEDNESDAY, May 23. 1866 » , ek the following-described public prop- one () STEAM SRInvine AND FEED (frame, with massive granite foundations.) 40 by 80 feet. with coal, . engine houses ‘attached, all constructed of the very best material, and in the most substantial manner, Also, at the same time and place. the machinery and sppliances ef the mili. arty ae ON w KNGINE, OF 100-HURSE POWER, with cylinder of twenty.two (22) imches diameter and twenty-four (24) inches st: » set upon & heavy cast-iron bed-plate, with cold and hot water pumps and heater, and cast-iron fiy-wheel, with riving-pulley of the same material, ten (10) feet in diameter and twenty-four (24) inches face. with Judson’s patent governor. TWO (2) BOILERS, OF 60-HORSE POWER of the best boiler irom, five-sixteenths (6-16 of ap inch in thickness, five (6) feet in diameter, Boiler containing seventy siz (76) lag- welded these ler cont seventy-six (76) lap- and one-fourth ( inches each three (3) ter, with ‘ali the requisite appendages. TEN (10) PAIRS OF BEED'S PATENT BUOK- Trowaw THIBTY (30) INCHES SPRING of solid French burr millstone, and set in heavy, well-balanced frames, with hay-cut- ters, elevators and conveyors sufficient to cut and handle the hay, 5 seeiaued cranemedeaa for driving the mille Bar aie et the ost Oke Or ¥i 5 -* = The Beet i artched qieaciee ie ine, . every description ‘erms : Cash, in Goverment funds. property beers the Bretiiaraate Sly Saat Buless otherwise arranged with Tas owner ©! he eh boat for Gienboro will leave the Sixth-street wharf every hour during the day of sale. Any fai i jon that may be desired 2B) ped ven upon sooticntien. in person or by let- ter, . ug, A.Q. M., Gtesboro, CGF aS thle see, A. BEN, Brovet Brigadi ali Po Methane SO ee te OVEBNMANT SALE UF THE MIL! G baleuuaD AT BRAZOS SaNTL AEE AGO. TEX. AS. Srarierm aster General’ Office, fashingion, D.C., ‘april 19, 1886. The attention of iets seeking @ profi investment is invited to this saie. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of he Quartermaster General, (Division of River and Bailroad Teapyportation ) at Washington. D. C., Pu the 18T DAY OF JUNE next. at 17 o'clock -»for the purchase ef ail the right, title. and in- kerest of the United States in and ‘to the United Whites Bese Texas = ee ging gual eat ann ac et \e wal + bridges. &c., the. railroad mete; ‘ai eames mies Pertaining to the road, the roll- meek: care, machinery equip- include ee to the land, will m can i Gulf. at ether with re ane bank, ot bel she United States. wi loes ni. totl ¥ This road is about fniles i; » satee ie Stacey, enn, Beek . Fro is made by steamer with Brownsville and Mate- This route is the shortest and for the tm- mense between the Gulf of exico and the interior of Southern Texasand N. Mexico, and the communicason by rail alene can readily be extended to Brownsville. ‘The road already completed saves thi: miles of @iMcult and tortuous navigation. on the yver now it is ted, for freight to wnaville as high as §5 per barrel, and for pas- tu spiked, id ah ae a ene end ore ica! ion be otafued ot this ‘omice or at that ort Guar ermecter ‘Military Division of the ‘A'condition of the sale will be that tr: be furnished all Government and supplies, whe: required. at the rates al rallre ment at the time tothe New York terme of Payment eccepted will be those the most fe le to the Government. mons. Se ee Es awe = aks wkght On maiant ane endorsed, ** for Rio Grande Rail- bab w Mircosed to the Division of River and Kail r-aneporeation, yuartermaster General's Of- By of the Quartermas ris ral. DE DLIBS. I . Q. M..imcharge Fourth Division GoM. Onn Me iB char oar s4"8 OF SPADES, SHOVELS, &c. CareS Quart: ter’s Office, of Washington, Waskineton, D.C. Ai 19, 1886.“ § Will be sold at auction, under . @. . mili etareks r at Oething Soest. Armorrt équare. thin city, ‘on MON: DAY Shari, ite, at 100 a.m, tyioe shore hundied end 1,800 long-handled Bhov- . new; and & Sibley Tents, worn. ‘These spades and vels are from the best man- ufacturers, and many oftbemsere in original pack- ePeate will be sold singly; spades and shovels in with the privilege of twelve dozen. 1ofe ot nye are allowed purcheseretoremove thelt Terms: Cash t= D. H. ROOKER, r . and Ohtef Quartermaster, ae ee eee cp epot of Washington Fosraelerrthdearewurelrent stab rel Bere Hoc Opie glee Race ee PARTS Bs tT. , PRL 73, ina. Ie endorsed “ Proposals for erecy. 7 Gronedeee nonenate wee ADRApUiAs, . i be Tevelved atthie ‘office unit io Clock ibe 12th day of May next. at which our the No tad a she materi ‘manehip Decessary in the erec' building according “> | heuld appear that modifications . wade Va to lessen the cost of the Dalldine without impeiring its strength or durability, nid. ders are invited te sugcest euch Be ati: m hey may Sueh modifications must not involve say chanes in the dimensions of the buildigg or in part. eular arrangement of rooms as Each bid must be accompanted sufficient guarantors, the Government, known to | the bidder will, if bis offer be contract to perform the work | and the De: t reserves the rig any erallthe bids, aa the interest of the Gove: ment may require. THORNTON _*9%-tawdn _Chiet of Bu S4lB OF GOVERNMENT LUMBER. roved this 18,000 feet 13, inch Oak 100 000 feet 2 inch Gak 105,000 feet 23,-inch Oak 100 00 feet 3 inch Oak 10.080 feet 35-inch Oak 73 000 feet 4-inch Oak Aa PEEL EEE ere eee Td 2 id 3238 os.BserE 838 3333 if SS very uuperior lot of well seasoned be seen by spplying to Brevet kins, Q. M., quartermaster ip Bepot, about one mile east of be received for the purchase of 10,000 reserves the right to resect id they be considered too low, Pay ment (in Government funds) wit! be reyuired Up’ n notification of ecceptance of bid, and prior tothe delivery of the Lumber, which mast be re- ae within fifteen days after the preporal is ac- “Proposals abould be signed with the, bidder's Seen. 3 ted 13 abeve i ber. and 3 on foll name, and give his post office ress, en- porals Purchase of Lumber? nowy for tne eT RUCKER. my Cur quasre BRMASTEB' Er ART WET 0} ix: “sev cords of Merchantable HARD D. 2.— bushels OATS. i 5 CLA&s 7 tr; is in tons prime TIMUTRY A bs °3—00 tous clean BYE or WHEAT ench quantities CAP. FOLIO Nord, BLortine. aca EhvELOrE PATER. tn ELOPES. {xartous _—. and PAPER FOLDBRS, all iy made for each cl ratel the articles in eech class pro” Departmentot Virginie. Fe ns Ute STATES MILITARY BAILBOaDS, ‘erms: Cash. tm Government funds. The Cuites serves the cient bigs "root deemed advan ones, nee maiost ol posale Lt Tron.” pics ey eR myltd Brevet Msior and A.Q M.,U.8. A. AYORS a a ASHING TON. SEALED P - ; cae mores Rit Sacre Barrel Sew. a Qn set of the Cit; Maycr. May 34, 1608. Bidders will state Specifications irveyor, or at or is reserved to reject any, the deemed to the interest TCHARD WIMBATT. HENRY JOHNeON. (Golambian in — all bids, Corpors- my 2-dtd MATIONAL EXPRESS TRapeEcetarion NATIONAL EXPE! qitien CoMraaY Devine Sealy Competes NEW YORK AND ag a TODA AaHAH OB ARLESTON, adjacent os far th A a and alse ha: . ae § | fected ‘estern , tra the | Sud Ole Rallroed over mail roads, to CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS, | fs now to receive Freight, Merchandiss | Feteable Packages, Rial and te’ ‘same. to or from the places o” giqerseuwi if w Bibeetia i far eeec