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Jfainronah Corning cus. ESTABLISHED 1850. liKiiliGlA GLEANINGS. ytiieued from our state EXCHANGES. ( \ rK ri> Froien to Death—The Thuui -4vill*' Railroad — Besieged in a School H<>u< —Drowned While in a Fit—A Volins l ady Shoots Her Mother—Pur of Coal Lands. V named Abe Malone was found fro ith three miles from Jackson. Butts Friday evening last. Abe was seen „ * .Tack~on on Monday, and when found - on hi- hands and knees with a bottle ". u i k in his pocket. •f f r i--n Xetr* amt Former, published , -vdle. will lie sold at public outcry on ... . December sth, to wind up the estate , proprietor, H. .1. Bbyd, deceased. -r* driver stalled on the track of the r , : near Atlanta, on Thursday evening ,rid remained in that ]>ositinn for an Ii down passenger train arriving at ■ after dark, ran into the wagon amt . two mules. When the conductor • negro why he gave no signal or built negro said lie ‘"holloed and holloed . -top. but lie paid no attention to it.’’ ! _ratn! iury of Decatur estimates the in . —of that county as follows: I;, pi-t due aliout 14,000, bridge j. due 42.000, jury scrip and other v on tlic Treasury, $3,000; while there .: n hand in the Treasury 42,2h3 26. The ; collection of taxes will amount to f*. •* ■ 1 tre twenty-four candidates for the ni> oilnes in Sc riven county, all of •\pi i t to lie elected by large majori ! ,mnt in Burke county this week is the _',,f the exhibition of the Burke County i ll l air at Wayneslioro on Wednes ,s. the 6th. The fair >\ ill continue four II 1 will doubtless In- well patronized l>y nt farmer- <,f Burke and adjoin- I:., f,..wing Georgia patents were granted Patent office last week: .1. H. Bed i mid s. 1.. .1. Itcdmgticld. Jug Tavern, _ miner and shar|H-ner; Mitchell Han , II .is well, cultivator plow; S. 1.. Me i; yti.mtii. water cooler and filter; Kre< 1 - , L li. :• in-rt, Macon, uio—iuito-net frame. ..r|Miratorsof the Thomasville Kail r • ..mpany met at the office of A. I’. \ A Cos., Thomasville, on the 2sth of \ last, and elected nine directors, as -i liarles 11. \dams, John K. Page, i t Danfortli, William V. Pond, J. Ed .. .i . D. McDougall, of New York; i ard Lewis, of Tallahassee. Kla.; A. P. \v .1 Thomasville. Ga.. and John Itrad ltradfordville. Kla. The road above . .rated will eonneet Tallahassee by a with Thomasville, lia., and thus .'■ and short route to Savannah, east • '■i Hiursday morning last, al Rome, Middie I. i. l1 ■ v. a young woman, while carelessly I idling a derringer pistol, aeoidentally fired • -,S. the ball taking efleet in the Isidy of her 1.. her. Mr-. Fannie Bailey. The hall passed ti.r igh the right collar lone, taking a down w h i uirse, and lodged between the shoulder I iml spine. The wound, though serious, i- ii..t neres-a/ily mortal. |.a-t Wednesday morning Mr. L. T. Erwin ini the misfortune to lose his bloomary on All r.Hina creek, Bartow county. It was set .hi in-, before day by an incendiary, llis loss t two thousand doUsn. No insurance. Ii- the second lire from incendiarism in 11.. same week. The Thomasville artesian well is now 1,230 i deep, and 1,000 feet of the depth has lieen ■dug through a solid ris k of limestone fornia- Tlie oldest son of Mr. S. C. Littlefield, of Brunswick, named Robbie, was found drowned 1. ng in water aliout one foot deep, near the express office, on Wednesday afternoon last. He hail been seen a short time before in his usual health, and the supposition is, being -abject to fils, that he was suddenly attacked with one and fell into the water and was drowned before he could recover. Tv-T\ held an election for Mayor and Coiin sjjmen with the follow ing result; Mayor, Col. J*in Morrow ; Coiincilnieu. W. K. Ford. W. D. Brady, W. I!. Aycock, W. K. Williams and E. A. Parrish. The turpentine still of Mr. John Fowler, in Worth county, was burned on last Thursday. Jjo-s atmut 4too. No insurance. A citizens’ mass meeting was held on T „ iu -sday night, in the superior Court room t the oliject being to select a ticket |(, >;l ro’ of Aldermen at the approaching lie mcipal election. A motion uas made and cuitm and for the Cppnintmen! by the Chairman f five citizens fro.’n each ward, who would mirv and select twelve men to constitute a ticket for the Board of Aldermen, w ho, after a patient consideration, reported the follow ing ticket: First Ward. W. A. Davis. J. G. M i rare. Pat Payton; Second ward. John I>. II idiTin-. .1. ( .Van Syckle, A. Proudfit; Third w rd. F. s. Johnson, N. T. Johnson W. 11, c Fourth ward. M. li. Scliwed. Henry If..me. Alexander Reynolds. The action of it,,, meeting was not unanimous by any iii.-ii -, and Mr. R. V. Nottingham entered In- -..lcnin protest against the ticket. The pr.-j H-ct I- that there will lie a lively light ill ■ur sister city at the municipal election which take- place next Saturday. M,.re ru-e has been harvested this year in Tierce county than ever liefore in its history. A c .mpany has been organized in Atlanta v, (, a capital of 4260,000. Mr. Walker Inman is Pn- icnt and Mr. Aaron Haas U Secretary and Treasurer. Tlie company have purchased i-. ... r.-s of the best coal lands in the state, known as the ( .Pisa coal fields. The coal is cum! i.. Montevallo for grate and to any coal f,.r -team. Anew road is now living built by the i hcrokee Railroad < utnpany from Cedar t..i, t<> the rival fields, and from the Selma, Komi and Dalton Road to the fields, the ■mi l. I 1 icing that the roads shall lie coin- I'icivi by the first of July next. As soon as fin - ithe coal can be put in the market by s.-i Mz round by Rome; hut when they build from the selma Road to Cedartown the coal u .. then shipped Ivy the Fast Tennessee aud Virginia to Atlanta. The company pro lises to lay down coal at Atlanta as soon as flic road is completed, at 43 per ton. 1. s-b. iir Mir* amt Siijmtl: “The Moas is., \,s has come out in anew 44.U00 dress. T - die ti.'ndsomest paper now that graces ■'ur sanctum.” 1’.., ii ridge fkntaerat: “The turpentine bn • f ill,-county lias grown prodigiously -in. past few' months, and it is hecom _ of ~nr important industries. The : rj f 1,• maker- ap|iear all to lie flush of 0U5.3-. and their business te iveing constantly TAN- | iank.hu Xetr* says: “Our Postmaster -i traced lip a registered package con - t.-n dollars and ouronler for our regu ■>f printing pa|ier, mailed October ' ! -ml' found it 10-t bv the wreck of the lr • 1 iron the Air Line lizllroiul Octobers), be ii.f .nus us that it is the first registered I'srkagc from this office ever lost.” '■r Sin Daily Xewe: “Henry Nelms, a negro •i tic premises of J. F. Dupree, in the west er, part of this county, died suddenly on Wtg • fter partially siccing a recal vuran, mule, which excited his anger. He ■!.>.( i, T a few paces and said lie would be : ~ j be ij.'dn’t 'h.' him, after which he fell • .-mi. The Coroner’s jury returned a venlict of apopi'gxy.” 1' //•-../ I’muity MVeHp learns that the La-1 I ee. Virginia and Cleorgia Rail- r '- b j.ay the fanners along the line of ’ rn cents per yanl for loose* rock laid )) i .-.e ng the edge of the railroad cuts. ' of our |ieople will take advantage of t Miring tlie winter season anil make • ii.-.i..-\ t.\ removing the loose roi-k lydng fields ugl selling it to ihe road <" 'si used for ballast. •Di.ti.ta i ''institution ." “Me. Lindus. a l. r at Joneslx.m. yestenliiy tele- P‘‘l ''l 1 Idef ( onnrvdy that a thief had paid i . h..ii-o a visit the previous night and 1 : - ii two bales of oottoa. An investiga i'U the premises induced the lielief tliat fr, t . "tton had lieen loaded on a w agon and W*n,-d for Atlanta. The jsilicc are on the -ik.ni * f--r ..itton marked as described by Mr. Limius.’ ’ 1 irt. r-vii.’e Fret I’re**: “Deputy Marshals ’ i- >. ~ tt and i.rccn left Tuesday eve -s*n|f!,..n |f!,.. ..plurv a still in the neighborhood of " si’- I hcrokee ,-ountv. Thev had pro *■'' • - fur a- Flat ishb’tls school house when ..tert-.k them. Thev decided to spend there, and laid theniselves on the ■ - A i-out 2 o’clock a party of moonshiners „ ! .no. | th,. house and preceded to fir.' 111l 11 'hem. several shots were tired ‘O' no effect save a very slight - st'ii received bv Deputy ' Marshal j ,J r " ' "ii hi- right wrist. The .Marshals held ' r ground, and. alxiut *lav, proceeded to ur.- ti,e still, which they did and brought j w l"" t ranklin Xevs gives the following facts j • “‘J’' 'ed w ith tWe li.|Uor traffic of Franklin j hj. "een. uragement of efforts at prohibition: i • 'hat for five yisvrs preceding the ! vnrrwf f I *. ,e bcensed saloons Jiere there oe- Sfle r ' r *thiij ihe corporate limits pvery year t* r homicides, or assaults with "intent . 'T- 'i-. ond. that of eight persons who , ; ’n Die traffic here within that time,- a killed by a young man under the in- C-. lIC ‘ of liquor, three lied the country to 1 ; r'secut ion, two dosed out at a loss, one “*f.'i ined ’he business for more reputable ££■"*. and ,;wc continues it at another n. Thir<l i, v ‘*t since tlu* prohibition -">ntinto operation more than six years i fczl.h* U " m (fh the law has liei' n fjolated almost % I *“•: u,, ydo the peace, g.ssl ’ 'he ... r -, 'J* there has not been w.. u i *w.. or three e. ni,B # a B,n| ' l . e homicide, and but . wl “-h K ,mlwrj ’ none | A PRAISEWORTHY' OBJECT. F.florts to Raise a Monument to the Confederate Dead. The following explains itself: Goldsboro, X. Nov. 30.— Editor Mopiituj Xeics: 1 send you per to-dav’s mail a package of circulars, from which you will see that the Goldsboro Rides, Company I), First Regiment North Caro lina State Guards, intend holding a fair during the month of December. The oli jeet of said fair is to raise funds to pur chase a monument to be erected to the memory of the Confederate dead buried m our cemetery. Up to this date dona tions received have been principally from Northern houses, as our merchants deal principally with them. Being acquainted with only a few Southern houses. I have taken the liberty of sending you a few circulars, as stated aliove, thinking possi bly you might, through the columns of your valuable paper, aid us in this noble cause. I will state that tlm majority of soldiers buried here are from Georgia. I assure you if any of the merchants of vour city see lit to send us anything, it will lie properly placed and gratefullv ap preciated. Please pardon the liberty I have taken by intruding on your valuable time. I am, verv trtilv yours, T. 11. Bain, Chairman Monumental Committee. The following is the circular alluded to: FAIR CIRCULAR. At a regular meeting of the Goldsboro Rifles. Cos. I). First Regiment North Caro lina Mate Guards, it was decided to hold a fair during the month of December, 1882, the object of which is to raise funds to purchase a monument to be erected to the memory of the Confederate dead buried in our cemetery. tN e respectfully solicit a donation from vour stock, and the same will be labeled find put in a conspicuous place, with any advertising card you may wish to place thereon, should you wish to contribute for a special object, the same w ill be voted for. and the individual or association re ceiving the largest vote will get the article. We promise to thoroughly advertise our contributors in our city papers. Contri butions can be sent to Lieut. T. H. Bain or will be called for on receipt of postal sent to the committee and duly acknowl edged in the Goldsboro Messenger. COMMITTEE. Capt. J. E. Peterson, Jno. T. Edmondson, Lieut. T. 11. Bain, J. T. Burch, Dr. W. 11. H. Cobb, Jno. G. Bagwell, I. F. Dortch, W. P. Grainger, F. W. Smith, R. B. Taylor, R. E. Pipkin. ' THE COTTON CENTENNIAL. F’lattering Prospects of the Proposed Exhibition. Vicksburg, Miss., Dee. 2.— The Nation al Cotton Planters’ Association, whose headquarters are at this city, are daily receiving congratulatory communications from all parts of the country ujion the happiness of the concep tion and the bright outlook for the proposed Cotton Centennial to be held in I*S4. From present advices it would seem that the contest for its loca tion will lie narrowed down to New Or leans, Baltimore and Cincinnati. Arrange ments are lieing made by the Planters’ Association to put, so soon as the location is decided on, a corps of influential can vassers into every cotton State to obtain subscriptions and exhibits. Commis sioners will be sent to New England and Europe for the same purpose. From as surances already at hand a million dol lars can Ijc raised, in addition to the amount subscribed by the successfully competing city. A CRASH ON THE HAILS. One Man Killed and Several Others In jured. Cincinnati. Dee. 2. —An accident on the Kentucky Central Railway last night was caused by an attempt of the freight train, which was several hours late? to reach Catawba, the next station north of Falmouth, before the express train should arrive. Four miles north of Falmouth the two trains met. Wm. Gray, flreman of the passenger train, was" killed; Isaac Ackley, engineer, severely injured; Geo. Kennedy, brakeman, severely injured. Levi Kirby, the engineer on the freight train, was injured slightly. Luther Van Hook, of Cynthiana, Ky., a passenger, was also slightly injured. Both the en gines and rive cars were wrecked. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. A Cowardly Murder in Kentucky. Louisville, Dec. 2.—A special from Catlettsburg says: “On October 20th in Floyd county, Ky., Andy Hall was shot and killed by men concealed in the brush. A boy who was with Hall recognized the man who did the shooting as Richard Vance. A few minutes later Vance, Andy Sloane and Linville Higgins were seen near the scene of the murder, all armed with guns. Yes terday the Father of Hall swore out a warrant against these men. and they are now in jail aw aiting trial for murder. The three men w ere in the employ of revenue otflcials as spies upon moonshiners in the mountains, und as procurers of witnesses against them. BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY. Rear Admiral R. H. Wyman died at Washington Saturday morning of apo plexy. The report of the Tariff Commission is ready and w ill be presented to Congress to-day, accompanied by a bin, The steamer City of Mexico, which left for Vera Cruz from New Orleans yester day, had all the freight and passengers she could carry. Gambetta’s doctor says the former will probably lose the tjse of two fingers by the accident to his hand by the explosion of a revolver some days ago. A match game of cushion carom bil liards. 500 iKiints, for SI,OOO a side, at New York, between Sexton and Daly, was won bv the former by forty-four i>oiiits. The Municipal Bank of Skopin, in the Province of Reazan, Russia, has failed for over $60,000,000, ruining the whole town as w ell as hundreds of families elsewhere. The directors of the Bank of Spain have undertaken to submit a proposal to the shareholders for au increase of its capital iiv 25,000,000 pestas. The shores have consequently fallen 15 per cent; Noah D. Smith, a clerk and Deputy Col lector of customs at Memphis, has als scopdcd. lie is $1,600 short in his ac counts. He has been in the employ of the Collector, Gen. W. J. Smith, for six years. The Chicago, Bt. I-op is and New Orleans Railway brought to New Orleans vester dav tj.212 bales of cotton, being the largest quantity ever received there by rail in one day. Fifty ear loads of other freight were also received by that road. Three pilots. George Burke, Fetor Mar tin and Henry Voight, who were blown out to sea in open boats front Port Eads on Wednesday, have not been heard of since and are probably lost. Voight was ii married man with a large family. A London dispatch says: '-After con sultation, the doctors attending Mr. Faw cett announced that a diminution had taken place in the diphtheric symptoms of t h. patient, but the fever continued and hail assumed a typhoid character.” Governor Cleveland, of New Y ork, has declined the escort of the Burges* Corps, of Albanv, upon the occasion of his inau gural ic>) ’ He savs in his letter of declina tion* *’l tun pjceedinglv desirous that there should be as liulo .ceremony as pos sible.” The funeral of Gen. Dan.Tylertook place in New York Saturday night. The party left ou a special train for Anniston. Ala., and the final interment will take place in that city on Tuesday next. Ihe only im mediate family of the deceased form the funeral party. A telegram from Chicago says the season now closing “has lieen more prosperous than any previous one on the lakes, except that of 1880.” The arrivals of vessels at Chicago this season have numbered 12,44i, against 12,788 in that year. In number the arrivals exceed thus? at New York about 3,000. At a late hour Saturday night President Arthur appointed Clayton MeMictutel, of Philadelphia, as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, vice Charles E. Henry, removed. Mr. McMichael is the editor and proprietor of the Philadelphia Worth American and President of the Philadelphia Associated Press. Much excitement was created in Gran, ville, New York, last week, by the arrest of two men, named "Thompson and Welch, on the charge of stealing turkeys from a tar iiier. The evidence against tbejii seemed conclusive, and they were sent to jail for three iU“’’ths. On Wednesday it was dis covered that the i-irkevs had been stolen tiV other persons “as a' Jokc/4 and 'he re icase of ih* prisoners was-ordered. ‘fUe • having made a fuK confession, ♦bo punished as they deserve. f will J 10 * t* revenue reform. COMMISSIONER HALM’S ANNEAL REPORT. Receipts for the Fiscal Year—The Proper Measure of Reduction—The Question of Taritt Revision—The Sugar Duties Should he Repealed—Bonded Spirits and Tobacco. W ashington, Dec. 3.—The report of Green B. Raum, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has been submitted to the Secre tary of the Treasury. It begins with the topic of reducing taxation as follows: “The receipts from internal revenue taxation have year by year increased from $113,000,000 in the fiscal year I*7!> to $123,- 000,000 in 1880 to $135,000,000 in 1881, to $146..t00,000 (in round figures) in the fiscal year last ended. There will probably be some diminution in the receipts for the present fiscal year as compared with last year, but it is not likely that the collec tions of internal revenue for the current year will lie below $145,000,000, should the taxes now* imposed be retained and the sound maxim tliat no more revenue should be received than is necessary tor the economical administration of the government and the gradual reduction of the public debt. Although taxation may lie so wisely adjusted as not to oper ate as a severe burden upon the people, w hen the amount collected is beyond the actual needs of government, there is pre sented a constant temptation to extrava gance in appropriations. “Another consideration attending the existing overflowing condition of the public treasury cannot have failed to attract your notice. If the present rate of paying the principal of the public debt be continued all the bonds subject to call will be paid within three years, after which time the government will be com pelled, in order to dispose of its surplus revenue, to buy in open market 4b, per cent, bonds,* which fall due in 1831, or 4 percent, bonds, which fall due in 1307. Should the government thus become an active purchaser of these bonds before maturity, it seems clear that they would advance'in price to 25 or 30 per cent, premium, to pay which would certainly be regarded as a waste of the people’s money. It seems to be judicious that the principal of the public debt should lie extinguished as was originally contemplated only at the rate necessary to meet the require ments of the sinking fund, viz.: to the ex tent of alniut $55,000,000 jier annum. Therefore, it becomes obvious that a re duction of from $60,000,000 to $70,000,000 in the annual revenue of the country could lie safely entered upon, and, in my opin ion, such a reduction is urgently" called for. “I respectfully offer some suggestions for your consideration in this regard. Sound policy would seem to require that the remission of taxation should fall as far as possible upon those articles which are the necessaries of life and upon those interests which are of pressing impor tance to the country. The great bulk of the internal revenue taxation is derived from distilled spirits, malt liquors, to bacco and cigars. These are articles of luxury, the taxes upon which are really paid by consumers, and no one need consume them. 1 am strongly of the opinion that so long as the principle of deriving part of the revenue of the government from the in ternal taxation is retained these articles and dealers therein are proper subjects for taxation. There is no demand on the part of the consumers of these products for a remission of the taxes imposed on them. On the contrary the general cur rent of public opinion seems to be strongly in favor of their retention. “The other objects of internal revenue taxation, with the amounts realized there from during the past fiscal year, are as follows: Friction matches," $3,272,258; patent medicines, perfumery, etc., $1,978,- 395; bank check 5,52,318,455; bank deposits, $4,007,701; savings bank deposits, sßn,4<K); bank capital, $1,138,340; savings bank capital $14,729. Add to these items the taxes collected by the Treasurer of the United States from the national banks as follows: National banks (capital), $5,- 521,927 47; national banks (deposits), $437,774 30, making a total derived from these sources of $18,748,223 77. Then, it to the $18,750,000 of reductions thus proposed. Con gress should add a reduction in the charges for special taxes to dealers in articles taxed for internal revenue sub stantially as proposed in the bill now pending liefore the Senate, a still further dimiuuition of taxes would be attained and supervision over dealers in taxable articles, w hich experience has shown to be necessary in order to fully and fairly collect taxes from all alike, would still be preserved. Reducing all these special taxes 4 per eeut. the remissions under this head would be on the basis of last year’s collections $3,007.- 905.. The " act of March 1, 1879, reduced the tax on tobacco from 24 cents per pound to 16 cents per pound, hut did not reduce the tax on cigars and cigarettes. A corresponding reduction on cigars would be to $4 per thousand. This, 1 think, should be done, and would amount to a reduction of taxes of $6.746,iHK). This would make the total reduction of internal revenue taxes, in cluding taxes on national banks, as fol lows: Matches, medicines, perfumery and banks, $18,748,223; special taxes, $3,007,- 905; cigars and cigarettes, $0,746,000. Total, $28,502,128. “While it is undoubtedly deemed advi sable by many that there should be a re vision of the taritt', it is unquestionably the ease that it is not possible to foresee the effect, which a reduction of the rate of duties on many of the great lines of importation, would have upon the receipts front customs. It is contended that a reduction of the duty upon mauy articles would so increase the importation of them as tq yield an actual increase of revenue. The demand of the hour is for legislation that will reduce the receipts of tlie government. 1 venture to suggest whether it is not desirable to con sider the practicability of taking the duty off iff sugar. About two thousand million pounds of sugar axe annually con sumed in the United’ states. Hit per eent. of which is produced in tiiis country. Upon the eighteen hundred million" pounds imported the government realizes a revenue of forty-five million dollars, sugar is one of the necessaries of lifo. It is consumed in every house hold. Should this duty lie removed, there would be not only a certain and large reduction of revenue, but the benefit of that reduction would immediately inure to the people. The best refined sugar, which now <*lls at ten cents a pound at retail. Could he sold at seven cents if the duty wore removed, and the total reduction"would amount to ninety I cents jier capita jier annum of the entire popnl at ion of the country. Tin* objection to This measure would be tlie abolition of the protection now aflotiied to tin* sugar interests of Louisiana and other States. This difficulty might be met by giving a Itountv of, say two and a half cents per I sin ml iiiHin " all home produced sugar. The cultivation of sujxar in this country is not a rapulily growing industry. There is no prospect that tins production of cane sugar will ever bear a greater proportion to consumption than at present; 1 appre hend that if sugar were not produced in this countrv, Congress would not hesitate to remove the duty from imported sugar as tip- hot means of reducing taxation. The present laxv gives to the sugar plan ters of this country indirectly four or five million dollars per annum. My proposi tion would lie to give them this amount directly and let the whole people have the benefit of the reduction of taxation, which would he hi this wav effected. The prin ciple of pay nig a bouzity for the encour agement and development of American industry is not anew one. It was adopt ed in the ease of our fisheries as early as 1813, and was continued for more than fifty years. Millions of dollars have been paid out during this period to American fishermen for fish caught and exported, and we are still giving to this industry the bonus of allowing tltem to withdraw salt free of duty and of requir ing from them uo tonnage dues. Asa matter of principle, u bounty to our sugar inter ests would, in my opinion, be no more ob jectionable than similar encouragement to our fisheries. These reductions, if made, would amount to $i3,003,128.” . In reference to an extension of the bonded period for old whisky, the report avs’ “If the future demand for this class nf‘goods i" to lie judged of by the with -.! of similar goods during the past feT years, the stock now on hand is equal to si* y*V* consumption. To ixistiione the payment of the lax on this Irock until its withdrawal is required liv the demands of trade a movement lias set on foot for its exportation and re im portal ion and storage in customs lioiid ed warehouses. TJiis is entirely practica ble under the existtug laws, and it be comes a question whether it would not be better to afford by legislation the rebel sought to be obtained by this means. An aaUmsion of the bonded period for a reasonable time nt-vd pot im pair the security of the government ioC-jfs taxes, and would in no manner tend to reduce the income of the goveru- SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1882. ment from this source of revenue, which has up to this period resulted from the natural laws of trade and the demand for distilled spirits for consumption. By this means the expense of transportation both ways and custom house charges abroad would lie saved.” After recommending a law to fix the term of office for Collectors of Internal Revenue at four years, and to provide that they shall not be subject to removal ex cept for such causes as are designated in said law, the Commisisoner says: "The total amount of collections from tobacco for the fiscal year was $47,391,988 91. This amount includes col lections of internal revenue taxes imposed upon imported manufactured tobacco, snutf and cigars, in addition to customs duties, the taxes on domestic manufac tured tobacco, snuff and cigars, the special taxes paid by manufacturers of tobacco, snuff and cigars, the special taxes paid by dealers in leaf and dealers in manufactured to bacco, the special taxes paid by peddlers of manufactured tobacco, and it also in cludes the receipts of monev for export stamps sold to exporters of tobacco. The collections from the several sources above named for the last fiscal year exceed those of the fiscal year immediately pre ceding by the sum of $4,536,997 60.”' COLLINS—DE LONG. A Letter tliat Shown Something of Life on tlie Jeannette. Minneapolis, Dee. 2.—A special from Washington says: “The following is a letter written bv Jerome J. Collins to Capt. De Long, and which is among the effects of Collins, now’ in possession of the Navy Department. Dr. Collins, of your city, tried to have it used as testimony in the pending investi gation, but it was ruled out: “I return herewith the slip on which vou require the number of thermometers duly marked. ** * Permit me to express some surprise that tlie occu pant of the .position of meteorologist on this expedition does not come under the operation of your strict rule of official courtesy, respect for which in all trans actions you requested with so much em phasis a little vyliile ago. The contemptu ous disregard for my personal feelings as a member of the expedition exhibited in several w ays, and from time to time by yourself and your fellow officers, I can wel l afford to pass as unworthy of notice. But in my capacity as an employe of Mr. Bennett and recognized entirely in the official personnel of the expedition bv the Honorable Secretary of the Navy, I regard every act of discourtesy, official and per sonal, as an infringement on my rights expressed or implied by the fact of my ap pointment. Asa new year of work is about to begin it is of vital importance to me in many ways that I should under stand the position 1 am to occupy in rela tion to that work, to you and to the other gentlemen associated with you. I have been aware from the commencement that the standing you were willing to accord any civilian appointed to take part in scientific work is that of a mere acces sory, to use an expression you employed to a reporter of the Washington Post " in April, 1N79. This was the way in which you endeavored to give force to your statement that all the scientific work re quired would be done by the officers of the navy. “Mr. Bennett, when asked about this, said you must have been misreported. Mr. Connery declared that you never used such language. On these assurances I decided to come on the expedition, fully expecting to feel at home with a number of men who were said to be incapable of selfishness and injustice. When at San Francisco it was easy for you to tell me that you intended to "do thus, and so re garding the particular work which I was sent to do, and which came under the general head of physics, <i competent man was employed to take charge of the collections, etc., in natural history and ethnological speci mens. At the Academy of Science I made some rambling remarks which I based on the supposition that I was something more than a mere ac cessory. Nothing in your conversation gave me any grounds for belief other wise, although you had ample opportunity to enlighten me, until during a general conversation held in your rooms at the Palace Hotel, in the course of which in terviewing by reporters came up, and you indorsed a lady’s statement that the Washington Post interview was accu rately reported. In a moment I saw that I was in a tra,, —not a trap set by you, for you did not want anybody but navy peo ple with you, as your manner of acting plainly showed. * * * * “I hoped for honor in coming to the Arctic, and also for profitable information. I volunteered to come, leaving behind me a happy home—volunteered on what was believed to be an enterprise full of danger, and herein lies the big tooth of the trap. I could not under any circumstances, for any cause almost, retreat from uiy post, without incurring the slur of cow ardice, which you know would be only too readily cast on any one who backed out at the last moment. Had you told me the day before we sailed tliat I was to live in the forecastle and have the work of an ordinary seaman, instead of being treated as a member of the cabin mess, I doubt if I could have gone back. You have it in your power to heap or per mit to be heaped any amount of disrespect on me, socially or officially, and I am a man with his hands tied. I cannot retali ate. 1 can only resent by silence. “Three several times you have threat ened me with the exaction of obedience if it took every man on the ship. When I laid before you the facts of one or two cases in which I felt aggrieved by others, you became at once the apologist of the one party, and did not wish to hear any thing about tlie other. Latterly things have been going on miserably. In my official capacity lain to infer by the withdrawal of several instruments from time to time that I have either neglected or do not possess the ability to use (hem—first, the magnetic instruments, one by one, then the polographic apparatus specially given in uiv charge and to which all hail free access by the exercise of your important official courtesy. 1 was directed to give Dr. Ambler Daniel’s hygrometer, which 1 did, T don't believe go pas used it since. No explanation, such as kindly courtesy would suggest, has been given to me, no moUU 'ban if I was a lamp trimmer in the tire-room. Yet, if I wai*it?l! 2 ];!!!“ water to make tea for my luxurious breakfast during the ini(Jwatel), official courtesy demands that I must go to Mr. Melville about it. Don’t you suppose I am as sensitive as Melville or yourself, or anybody else, when I am treated with official discourtesy? You think you can do with me as you please now arid laugh at the future. Y'ou are making’s! mistake common to men of your disposition and habits of self-complacency.” LOST ON LAKE MICHIGAN. % A Barge Burned in Sight of Another— Thirteen Lives Lost. Chicago, Dec. 3.— The mate ot the barge Lucky, which was in tow of the steam barge Peters, w hose burning and sinking have been reported, and in which thirteen persons lost their lives, gives the follow ing new points of the horrible accident: “Nobody knows the cause of the fire. The boat burned like tinder. She was on her last trip, and everybody was in good spirits. The storm increased as we got out from Milwaukee. The wind was terrific, the snow blinding and the sea heavy. The flames were flrst seen aliout ‘2 o'clock a, m. Qur line was cut or burned off and we w r ere adrift. Our centre board was lost and the main sail split, and we were unable to render any assistance other than lie around in the neighborhood, which we did until about daylight, without being able to pick up anybody. It was pretty rough to have to lock on,"but we were compelled to do so. YVe saw the barge burn right before our eyes and could not lift a hand to save the pour fellows al>oard.” BEATEN TO DEATH. A Negro’s Brutal Crime. Charleston, Dec. 3.—A special from W alhalla to-day says: “As Mr. John Hun nieutt was going home last night from Walhalla with fiis little son, eight years old. he was brutally murdered oh .Schro der’s Hill, and hi* bov had his head fracl tured. The boy is still alive, and says a negro with an axe handle committed" the deed. A Jury of inquest is now investi gating the riiatter. but no clue has vet been found to the murderer.” Costly Cotton Fire. Houston, Texas, Dec, 3,—The Interna tional Compress caught Arc to-day at 11 o’clock, and at 12:30 p. m. is still burning. The firemen are unable to get any water on the flames. There are aliout eight thousand bales of cotton in the press. Later.- The are is now (Op.m.j con fined to the cotton. The total los will reach ft million of dollars, as follows- Four residences vaiJC“! $75,000; the compress building, machinery ana $75,000; the cotton $400,000. the compress and cotton are fully insured. TALLAHASSEE TOPICS. A FIXE SHOWING AS TO LAW AND ORDER. An Old Offender Comes to Grief—Able Grand Jury Presentments—Delay in Building the New Court House—Sec ond District Returns Not Y’et Counted —lmportant Subjects for Legislation. "1 allahasske, Dec*. 2.—Our Circuit Court, which met on Monday of last week, adjourned sine die on Saturday. Only ten cases were disposed of—three civil and seven criminal. In former years—that is, some ten or twelve years ago—it often happened that the two weeks allowed for holding a term here was insufficient, and an adjourned term was necessary. Now it is different -we are a law abiding commu nity. The negro has learned that there is a difference between meum and tuum, and a wholesome administration of the law has been attended with good results. Quite an amusing incident occurred at the late term. A notorious character, known as “Chicken Gus,” was indicted for stealing some three or four hundred dollars from Captain Boh YVright. When arraigned for the offense and re quired to plead, he said he admitted that they found Captain Bob’s monev on him, buthe was not’guilty. It was such a strong case though that Gus finally pleaded guilty and he was sentenced accordingly. As he is an old offender, and formerly spent a twelve month among the striped breeches fraternity, it will be some years before he will again have an opportunity of preying on the property of others. The grand jury, after being in session until Friday, then made their general presentments, and were disehargtfl. We hav e seldom had a better body of men im paneled for such a purpose. Composed as it was of some of the best business men in the community, their general presentments were able" and exhaustive. The financial status of the county was and thoroughly handled, while incompetent Justices of the Peace were noticed in a manner by r no means flattering to delinquents. It too often happens tliat a country justice is a tra vesty on the administration of the law. He is ignorant of its first principles, and his main lookout is for his fees. This applies not only to Florida, but through out the country; and for this reason I have often questioned the wisdom of a law that gave fees to every judiciary officer. He should be placed above temptation and either receive a fixed salary, or no compensation. I remember very well in my native State, when a boy, the Justices of the Peace were not allowed to receive any compensation. They were appointed from among tlie best men in the communi ty, and held the office, not for purpose of gain, but as patriotic citizens. Now, as most of the fees of these officials are paid by the respective counties, it would he wisdom and policy that au equivalent be paid to a limited number in each county as a salary. If we had such a law and intelligent men were appointed in each county—men who were not wholly dependent upon the limited pay— it would lie much better for the country. His Honor having in his charge to the grand jury alluded to the short coming of some of these officials, that body thorough ly investigated the matter, and recom mended that in future every Justice of the Peace leave with the clerk of the court, at least three days before the regular terms, his docket, so that future grand juries may be able to judge of the competency of these officials, and if they find them incompe tent, to recommend their dismissal. The building of our new court house has been delayed for some time, as the contrac tor makes his own brick and burns his lime. But these preliminaries are now com pleted, excavation for the foundation has commenced, and the material for building is being hauled every day. It will be a handsome structure, costing some twenty odd thousand dollars. Many doubt the wisdom of such a large expenditure, al leging that a small building of one fourth the cost would answer every purpose, But would such a building an swer as well? Then why not put up a plain frame building, and unpainted, too? For myself, 1 believe the hall of justice should be magnificent and costly accord ing to the wealth of the people. 'lt should be a costly temple, tor when you surround the court with the insignia of power and wealth its dignity is enhanced and respect increased, Blaekstone says that the king should move in state with a brilliant reti nue, etc., in order that the populace may honor and revere him. The same rule ap plies to our courts of justice. Let them be in temples of architectural beauty, if we can afford it. The rumor that our State Board of Can vassers have given a certificate of election to General Finley, of tlie Second Congressional district, is false, as up to yesterday returns had not been received from all the counties. Brevard, 1 think, was still to hear from. The elections lieing over, our thoughts naturally turn to the Legislature, which will soon convene. Various measures are being discussed by the State press as proper subjects of legislation. One ques tion, however, seems to overshadow all others, and that is the revision of the present constitution. On this quite a diversity of opinion exists. Some, while admitting the patent defects of the pres ent one, say that a revision can only be effected in the way prescribed, which would take about three years. Others venture that if the coining Legislature should cull a Constitutional Convention, to meet next May, and the constitution so adopted should be subsequently ratified by a vote of the people," that it would be binding. Quite a num ber on the other hand object to any revi sion of the present constitution. They urge the expense of calling a convention and say that we had “lietter let well enough alone,” When, therefore, the Legislature assembles, those who favor the calling of a convention will start the ball by introducing a bill to that effect, and then will ensue a war of words. The fight will be not so much as to the pro priety of calling a convention, but as to how it may pe called, as some contend that unless a Legislature is elected on that issue it has no power in the premises. Another important question looming up is the temperance reform. The various churches, notably the Methodists and Baptists, haye taten this matter up and demand stringent legislation. A prohibi tionist party is rapidly gaining strength in this State;,and but for a provision in the present constitution that prohibits laws local in their operation, a “local option law” would be proposed. As the advo cates of temperance were powerless to prohibit at the last Legislature, they suc ceeded in raising the license to sell spirituous liquors. At the coming session it is probable that the license tax will be still greater increased, and an effort will be made to fix it so high as to make it vir tually prohibitory. As Florida, through its board of internal improvement, owns millions of acres of land, donated by Con gress for specific purposes, there will of course be various bills introduced in aid of sundry railroads and canals—all will want a slice. Rut as the Legislature has heretofore granted several millions of acres more than belonged to the trustees of the internal improvement fund, how they can all get a slice it is difficult to see. On the principle of “first come, flrst served,” those corporations that first complete their work will enjoy the benefits of the legislative grant, while those who ar* tardy will be left out in the cold. The most munificent grant to any railroad was that to the Pensacola and Atlantic, char tered by special act in 1881. This road is to receive twenty thousand acres per every mile completed, and as it will lie about one hundred and fifty miles in length, the grant will amount to not less than three mil ions of acres. As it is very nearly oom pleted.it will soon begin to make its" selec tions. Such a liberal grant would not have lieen obtained fit that time, but for the complications of the internal im provement fund. The Vose judgment and other claims amounted to nearly a million of dollars. The bonds were tied up in court, and no title would tie given except through the court. By many insol vency of the fund was feared. In this emergency, the Pensacola and Atlantic Company came forward and said, “make us this grant ami we will risk it - wo will take up this Vose claim, if necessary,” In the meantime, however," the sale" of four millions to Disstou relieves the fund, and the Pensacola and Atlantic will get its three millions without any hard condi tions. The appearance of the Morning News last week in anew dress was quite a sur prise to its numerous readers. It is a great improvement and thoroughly in keeping with the course pursued bv it-* e n e rwtie it is as different frptp the News of foi-rteon years ago as a country weekly front a metropolitan daily I expect it will be an eight-page sheet after awhile. > Leon, Pipe’s Toothache Drops cure in one minute. “ IT IS COMING.” Death of the Archbishop of Canterbury Sketch of His Career. London, Dec. 3.—The Archbishop ol‘ Canterbury died at 7:15 o’clock this morn ing. He passed away quietly and appa rently without suffering in the presence of his three daughters, Mr. Davidson, his son-in-law, Canon Knollys, and Dr. Carpenter. Y'esterday he remained in a semi-unconscious state, occasionally asking for water. About 11 o’clock p. in. he spoke his last words, “It is coming! It is coming!” He was then seized with a sharp spasm and did not speak again, although it is believed that he was partly conscious to the end. At 7 o’clock in the morning he exhibited signs of dissolution. It is understood that the Dean of YVest minster, on behalf of the Queen,has offered burial for the Archbishop’s remains in Westminster Abbey. The decision rests with the daughters of the deceased. Muf fled peals were rung in the ladjacent town of Croydon, and the Archbishop’s death was touchingly referred to at the morning services. The Right Honorable and Most Rever end Archibald Campbell Tait, D. D., was the youngest son of the late Crawford Tait, of Harvieston, Clackmanna, and of the daughter of Sir Islay Campbell, Baronet of Succotch, sometiriie Lord President of the Court of Session. He was born in Edinburgh December 22, 1811. was edu cated at the High School and at the Acad emy of the Scotch capital under Arch deacon Williams. In 1827 he went to the University of Glasgow, attending the lectures of Sir Daniel K. Sandford and Mr. Buchanan. In 1830 he was electod an Exhibitioner on the Snell foundation to Balliol College, Oxford, of which he be came successively Scholar, Fellow and Tutor. He was graduated with flrst class honors. Subsequently he was a Public Examiner of the University. Whilst residing at Oxford as tutor," he took a prominent part in opposing Tractarianism, and he was one of the “four tutors who first drew the attention of the University au thorities to the celebrated Tract No. 90, written by Mr. Newman for the purpose of showing that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Established Church could be hon estly subscribed liv those who held Roman Catholic doctrines.” His opposition, however, to that school of theology was always courteous and candid, and marked by sincere respect for and attachment to those who led the movement. In 1839, on the death of Sandford, Mr. Tait might have succeeded him in the Greek Chair a Glas gow, but lieing in holvorders this was not permissible. But in 1842, when the be loved Dr. Arnold, of Rugbv, died, he be came headmaster of the famous school over which he presided until April. 1850. While there he married a daughter of Archdeacon Spooner. A serious illness, brought on by overwork, led .Mr. Tait to give up his charge and accept from Lord John Russell’s government the deanery of Carlisle. But here he was not idle, un dertaking many outside charities besides liis regular duties, and his work as mem ber ot the Oxford University Commission. In August, 1856, Dr. Bloomfield resigned the bishopric of London, and Dr. Tait was nominated to succeed him. Iu 1863 he proposed, and by his zeal contributed to the successful initiation of a scheme for supplying the deficiency of church ac commodation in London by raising a fund of a million pounds sterliiig in the course of ten years. In 1868 he was elected to the Archbishopric of Canter bury, succeeding Dr. C. T. Longley. In this position, as primate of all England, head of the Established Church, Dr. Tait was systematically an earnest, able and liberal worker. In" 1875 he introduced into the House of Lords “a bill for the regulation of public worship,” to clear up the diipculties with the Ritual ists. He published several books on reli gious subjects, including sermons preach ed at Rugby and Oxford under the name of “Lessons for School Life;” “The Dan ger and Safeguard of Modern Theology,” 1861; “The Word of Got! and the Ground of Faith,” 1863; “Harmony of Revelation and the Sciences,” 1864; “Charge to the Clergy," 1866; and “Some Thoughts on the Duties of the Church of England,” 1876. lie also contributed to the Edinburgh and North British Review. A STIR IN NEW YORK, The First Sunday Under the New I'enal Code. New York, Dec. 3.—The enforcement of the new penal code began here this morning. About two hundred persons were arraigned in the Police Court during the day, charged with breaking the Sab bath. They comprised milkmen, grocers, butchers, drivers of expresss wagons, bootblacks, newspaper venders, barbers, and Chinese laundrymen. They were nearly all discharged with a repri mand. The saloon-keejiers were not affected with the ills which befell their less fortunate brothers The police were on the alert all day not with the remotest idea of entrapping the venders of lager beer and spirituous liquors, but to see tbaf popple m other businesses did not violate the'sanetitv of the Sabbath day All over the city it "was next to impossible to get anything but mgars, beer and whisky. These “necessi ties” were procurable from saloons with out limit. ,vl CHALMERS’ SEAT. A Charge of Collusion on the Part of State Officers, Washington, Dec. 3.~Gen. Chalmers furnishes information that he lias just re ceived a letter from Judge Ware, of Mis sissippi, who informs him that a few days since a reliable gentleman was traveling on a railroad in M ississippi and overheard a conversation in which Price Partier, De- I'l'ty ot .H. C. Meyers, Secretary of State ot Mississippi, said that on the Sunday prcMous to the canvassing of the returns in .Mississippi he and Mevers had opened the returns from the Second district and discovered an error as to Tate countv. I h:it this error was communicated to Gov. Lowrey, and, after consultation with Gov. Low rev, it was resolved to lock up the re turns and keep them from public inspec tion until the Count was made. ARABI EXILED After First Being Sentenced to Denth. Cairo, lies*, 3,—The court martial, which had been summoned to meet to-day, assembled this morning. Arabi Paslia pleaded guilty to the charge of rebelling. The proceedings were very brief, the court sitting only a few minutes. In the after noon tlie court reassembled and pronounc ed sentence of death against Arabi. The Khedive subsequently commuted the sen tence to exile for life. It is believed that Arabi will retire to some part of the Brit ish Dominions. His demeanor before the court was very dignified. The decree commuting the sentence says that Arabi will lie amenable to the sentence of death if Re re-enters Egypt or its dependencies. THE FLAMES |X STOCKTON. A Dwelling Destroyed—lts Occupant Severely Injured. Stockton, Ga., Dec. 3.— The house oc cupied by Mr. C. 11. Bold was totally de stroyed by fire last night, and it was only by the greatest efforts that the adjoining buildings and the railroad warehouse were saved from the flames. Ylr. Bold, who is agent of the Savannah, Florida and W estern Railway, was severely injured by the falling of a shed and will probably be laid up for several days. The house was the property of Dr. U. Van Giesen of Savannah, and there was only a small amount of insurance upon it. A BRUTAL MURDER. A Young Man Kills his Mother and Grandfather. Paris, Tenn., Dec. 3.—A young man named Forrest was arrested to-day and held for killing his mother ad grandfather. The mur der was committed on the night of Novem ber 30th, by knocking out the brains of both parties with an axe. It is supposed that the young man bad a quarrel w ith hi* mother and Killed her, and then his grandfather, who was a cripple, as he was the only witness of the deed, Shot Five Times. New Orleans. Dec. 3.—Patrick O’Brien, a Deputy .Sheriff, had a difficulty in a barroon with Lawson and Oscar Gorie. To-day the latter shot O’Brien five times. His wounds are believed . , fatal; Oscar Goru* shot VhVmtghthe „..sc. The Gorie brothers werfa arrested. Weather Indications. Office Chief WASHINGTON Dee T OBSERVER, v obday 0> ’ UeC ‘ “•—’ißdrcations for o il?., tlle Atlantic States, slightly warner, fair weather, light variable winds, stationary or lower barometer. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE DOCUMENT. The Refunding of the Debt and Mild Re form of the Internal Revenue and Ta riff Recommended The Star Route Prosecution to be Pushed—The Paper to lie Submitted To-day. Washington />isjnitch (Dec. I.) to X. World. The President’s message and the report of the Secretary of the Treasury were sole mined to the Cabinet at this "afternoon’s session and carefully considered. The main features of both documents had been discussed at former meetings of the Cabi net, so that to-day’s work was merely re visory. To-night they were sent to the printer, who will be held responsible for their safe keeping until the time for their return tor regular transmission to Con gress on Monday next. This secrecy of preparation has not altogether availed in serving its purpose, however, and there is authority for giving out a summary of the message, which also includes some imi>or tant features of the report of the Secretary *1 it *, i reasury already forecast in the World. The message of last year covered thirty two pages of a printed pamphlet. The message of the present year will not cover more than twenty-five of such pages, aud is probably a column, if not more, less in newspaper space. The President prefaces his message with a review of the more im portant matters which appertain to our foreign and diplomatic intercourse. He recites the tact of the passage of the im migration treaty with China, and an nounces that, under the direction of the htate Department, arrangements have been effected for carrying its provisions into operation. OUR RELATIONS with CHILI and PERU. The South American troubles are treat ed in a succinct review of what lias been done by this government in the direction j*o? n ■“*>* adjustment of the pending difficulties between the belligerents. The mission of Mr. Treseott and of Ylr. Walker Blaine to Peru and Chili is recalled, and reference is made to the reports submitted bv them, which were the subject of toll discussion in Congress and otherwise officially last spring The apparent frustration of the effort made by this government at that time in the interests of peace did not discourage fur ther efforts in the same direction, and the appointment of Ylr. Logan as Ylinister to Chili was intended to convey to tlie Chil ian Government assurance that the Gov ernment of the United States was still desirous, so far as might be proper and acceptable, to interpose its good offices. The President ventures to hope that the apparent obstacles which have so for con fronted our Ylinister to Chili may event ually lie overcome to the credit of this government and tlie satisfaction of the hostile powers. THE PEACE CONGRESS. On the subject of the movement for an International Peace Congress to assemble in Washington City, inaugurated under the administration of his predecessor, the President recites tlie fact of its interrup tion by liis own order, and states as the reasons governing such action that, upon careful research and earnest reflection, he had been unable to reconcile the customs that have prevailed in the diplomacy of this government with a proposition so'for reacliing in its scope and doubtful in its eltects, and that, since upon Congress must devolve the development and ratification of such a proceeding, he had felt it incumbent upon himself in the interests of public policy to transmit all tlie correspondence which bore upon the subject as well as the subject itself to Congress. The Presi dent does not intimate an unfavorable at titude towards the assembling of such a Peace Congress, but prefers that if it shall assemble its character and object shall haye been first the subject of more thoughtful consideration and by the rep resentatives of the people rather than by tlie Executive head of the government alone. In connection with this subject the President suggests the advisability of measures looking to the settlement of in ternational difficulties by arbitration, which method, he recalls, has lieen the subject of profitable discussion satisfying him that the object is well worthy the at tention of Congress as a means of securing prolonged peace. The President notifies Congress that, pursuant to the first confirmation by the Senate of the special commissioners nominated by him, arrangements have been progressing for a commercial treaty with Ylexico, and the departure of the commissioners will not be long delayed. Mention is made of several copyright "and international treaties, notably with Spain and Belgium, THE ARRESTS IN IRELAND of T thearr-t ent H t! - Sat9 briefly the inatter ... ■ ---stand imprisonment of Ameri af’.i 6118 1,1 Kn ”lish jails, reciting the •Vi * . arr 6Btß and of inquiry retrard tilo V“ e,U 1 5 bt ‘ri"jf of this government; of the demands made through the State De partment and our Minister to England for the prompt trial of the susjiects or their release, and acknowledges the reparation subsequently accorded by the English Government, This statement is supple mented by the announcement of the trans mission to Congress with the message of the voluminous correspondence and other papers covering the subject. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, I lie 1 resident next reviews the opera tions of the Treasury Department. The ordinary revenues from all sources for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1822, are shown to be as follows: From customs 4220 410 7*lo 9 s : From internal revenue . ]46’497 W 5 45 From the sale of public lands U75:4H0 37 From direct tax. 160J41 69 Miscellaneous 31 703 ’ w , Total net reveuue 403’,523,250 2S The surplus revenue was 145,543,810 71 The ordinary expenditures for the’same period were: F’or civil expenses 437 •> 10 750 os For the military establishment, ’ '* including river and harbors 43,570,494 19 For the naval establishment 15.032.040 20 For Indians 9 730 747 40 For pensions ori’iFi'm - ! 95 Interest on public debt 71 077 200 79 Total ordinary expenditures 257'981*439 57 r,,. . The receipts of the government show an increase over those of 1881 of $22,251 054 23 in the revenue from customs; $11,233,- 4 from the internal revenue, $2,551,- ;,*• 2° f ™m sales of public lands, ands6,- i01.410 34 from miscellaneous sources, n i a * !!?€ total increase in the net revenue 0t Ihe total net revenue J ah s4®<M>2o,2aO 20. The net expenditures decreased from $260,712,887 :>!) to $257 - !)01,440 20, a reduction of $2,7:11,447 39 winch, added to the increase, makes $45,1 4,4,40.) 10 m the surplus revenues, appli cable to the reduction of the public debt. Ihe expenditures on account of interest B * low a reduction oi $11,431,534 39—from $82,508,741 18 in 1081 t„ $71,077,200 71 in 1882. The excess kc^Ta'Al! 68 °Y®? expenditures was $145,- 04.i,8i0 08, and the amount applied to the reduction of the debt $100,281,505 55. The amount standing on the books of the treasury to the credit of the disbursing ofhcers of the United States at the close of the fiscal year was $36,067,872 48. The re ceipts for the fiscal year on account of the 1 ost Office Department were $31,368,062 30. and the expenditures, $39,265,298 43. Of these amounts $20,211,991 78, or about one half. was received and expended directly by the Postmaster General without being deposited in the Treasury. The unavaila ble funds of the Treasury decreased from $29,521,032 72 to $29,517,275 32. The exports for the last fiscal year were $733,239,732 as against during 1881, a decrease of $15Q,n8fi,215. the value of our exports ot cotton was $199,812,644. The value of the exports of breadstuff's amounted to $182,070,528. The imports during the year amounted to $724,639 574 The balance of trade in our favor in face ° f ex I’ ortß aggregated near. ly s2iv 100,000. A REDUCTION OF T)(R INTERNAL REVg -sIE RECOMMENDED. The President congratulates the country upon its prosperity and favors a ririd economy in public expenditures and a re duction of the internal taxes. He indorses the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury that the tax on Sl£l a, ’ d indented * ,l 111 •annum consistent with suthcieni revenue to meet largely in part the ordinary demands of the government, lie favors otherwise the abolition of in ternal taxes, leaving spirits, tobacco and rermented liquors to bear the burdens. THE REFUN DING OF THE. DEBT. A considerable portion of the message is devoted to a report of the operations con nected with the refunding of the three and one-half per cent, bonds into throe per bents. From the fact Uiat "these latter bonds rule at a premium, the sugioists- k> ConirroM th* *. , ■ the time is now —* n b' B opinion tho time 1 ..jie for legislation which enable the Secretary of the Treasury to further continue to refund the debt. He thinks that the experience of the year conclusively shows that the bonds of the nation bearing 3 per cent, in-* terest can he successfully placed. He ag gregates the amount of interest it will take to pay the fovp- unit four and fcof,if Imi m!o! l L Ut8 ! aiKlill!! uutil maturity, ttiat wise statesmanship ought to find out some means of escatie for the burdens of such heavv drafts from the Treasury on account of interest. He recommends no specific plan, but, if some portion of the bonds are not funded, favors a modification of the law so that national banks may in some wav have the ad vantage of the premium on such bonds ns are held by the United States Treasurer to secure their circulation. THE SILLY’ TARIFF COMMISSION IN DORSED. Touching the tariff, the President re news his recommendation of last year that the existing laws need revision. He expresses the hope that the labors of and the report of the Taritt' Commission mar be so enlightening as to facilitate Coti gress in dealing with the subject. The I resident also renews his recommenda tion for the early retirement of tlie silver certificates, on the ground that they favor an unnecessary addition to tlie paper cur rency, and which he thinks can be sup plied in sufficient amounts to meet the demands of trade by national banks. An interesting clause of the message is de voted to the gold certificates. Of the issue authorized by the act of July 12. 1882, $138,000,000 have been printed" for issue up to November 1, $21,790,000 had lieen issued, and $14,827,720 are held in the cash of the several United States sub treasuries, leaving actually outstanding $6,962,280. • Up to November 1 last there had been coined under the act of February 28 1878, 128,329,880 standard silver dollars, of which 93,006,382 remain in the Treasury vaults and 35,323,498 are in circulation. The President favors the rei>eal of the law which requires a fixed coinage for each month and recommends tliat it he left to the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. THE NATIONAL BANKS. Alluding to the national banking sys tem, the President directs attention to the fact that up to Oetoiier 31 last over 170 banks had been organized with au author ized capital ot $15,707,300, and to which there had lieen issued circulating notes aggregating over six million dollars. The* total number of national banks is nearlv 2,300. Since the passage of the act of Congress authorizing national banking associations to continue their corporate existence more than 500 banks have reor ganized. THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. In reviewing the report of tlie Post Office Department the President calls the special attention of Congress to the reduc tions in the cost of the postal service for the last fiscal year. 'The star route ser vtce will cost for the fiscal year $5,500,000, which is more than $200,000 less than the co tonhis service for the last fiscal year, und $1,450,000 less than the amount appro priated for the current year, lie favors the suggestions of tho Postmaster General for the establishment of a postal savings system, and directs the attention of Con gress to numerous recommendations cal culated to promote efficiency and secure economy in the postal service. For the next fiscal year the receipts are estimated in round numbers at $50,000,000, and the expenses at $46,000,000, an estimated ex cess of receipts over expenditures of near ly $4,1X10,000. THE RIVER AND HARBOR HILL. That portion of the message which re lates to the YVar Department is of inter est, chiefly because of the concurrence by the President iu the views of tlie Secre tan touching an increase of the arniv and the curtailment of appropriations for public works. The President advises Congress that of the amounts appropri ated in the last river and harbor appro priation bill there remains on hand a large unexpended balance which could not lie applied during the year because of the late day at which these amounts be came available. Proceeding on the theory that taxation is to be reduced, the Presi dent joins with the Secretary of Wav in the hope that Congress for the next fiscal year will make no appropriation 011 ac count ot rivers and harbors, excepting so far as may be necessary’ to prosecute work already begun, aud for which the appropriations will have been exhausted at the end of the fiscal year. THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. The operations of the Navy Department are very briefly reviewed, the attention of Congress is invited to the report of the Board of Advisers of the Navy in various recommendations advanced to"promote its efficiency, fhe President concurs with the Secretary of tfie Navy in his recom mendations for placing the navy on a bet ter tooting both as to snips and arm unit-** ‘ lie also indorses the recommends**,.., fl ;‘ l 7 the Revenue Marine and J tr c M - vice and Coast Surv*- • -“ e m p Ser the control r**;. oe transferred from to th** '* 'be Treasury Department - Department as a means of combining under a single head all similar services. He also states that since the adjournment of Congress a board has been appointed which is now engaged in the investigation attending the loss of the Arctic steamer Jeannette; also the ap pointment of a commission to inspect the various navy yards now established and to report upon such as can lie dispensed with without detriment to the public ser vice. OUR INDIAN POLICY. The policy of the Secretary of the Inte rior with regard to Indian affairs meets the President’s approval. He urges tliat such treatment of the Indians as will tend to civilize them should lie encouraged, and calls attention to the firm and yet hu manizing influences which have been thrown about them during the past vear, resulting in an exceptional season of free dom from turbulence. The importance of a law to allow the Indians to hold their lands in severalty is also urged on the ground that it would best tend to promote the welfare and permanent advancement of the Indians. THE MORMON QUESTION. The President congratulates Congress upon the passage of last session’s law for the suppression of polygamy in the Terri tory ot Utah. The commissioners ap pointed under the law have lieen engaged in their labors in Utah and have made commendable progress. There were and remain obstacles of no mean ordePto lie overcome, which the President hopes may disappear without occasion for more strin gent legislation. The failure of the people of that Territory to accept the law in its full spirit was, he says, jierhaps to have been expected to some extent, because of the radical change of the election system heretofore prevailing and the natural" aver sion to the law of the great majerity of the people of the Territory. lie recommends the continuance of the commission until it shall have been demonstrated that there is no longer any practical necessity for its use. The estimates required for the payment of pensions for the current year are SIOO,- 000,000, This is an increase over last year’s estimates, accounted for by the ad judication of the greater number of claims because of the increased clerical force authorized at the last session of Congress. THE STAR ROUTE FRAUDS. The President recalls the prosecution of the star route cases under the Department of .Justice,announcing the progress already made and t lie determination of the admin istration to secure a full investigation nrm satisfactory outcome toWeS* He dec-lares it to be. U is purpose, ai ] t is that of the department, to obtain only a just result, and on that will commend itself to intelligent and fair-minded opinion Vt the administration will not suffer < tion at the hands of is own offletolPas' has been Shown by removals fromoffiw at the penalty of olhcial departures from a correct course of action Irotu “ thl toflh-fS 1 cl akeß *O. emphasize tne lnmction of these penalties as havin'' o thi a spirit of loyalty m l f , rC I #olia i e demands of tho govern wortiJl ? commends the action of the De partment of (Justice in this resjmet, refer nnß tpe Attorney Geueral’s report and correspondence transmitted from the De. partment of Justice. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Nor does the President forget the civil service. He is still in favor of i(s eleva tion and some plan which will improve it by reason of a more stable tenure. He is opposed td removals save for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasauce. He makes no recommendations as to what should be done to reform it, taking the ground that it is within the ample jurisdiction of Con gress. The message concludes witli a review of the operations of the Commissioners of toe District of Columbia. It recites under this head the fact that the iinpruvement of the 1 otomac flats has l £O4 begun, ami that it will lie prosecuted fo the earliest com pletion in the interest of both commerce and wealth of the national capital. Attempted BuC.; ti^_ ’Petersburg, \ a ., Dec. 3.-Stonhen Britton, a UISWy respected citizen of l this place and Widely known, attempted to commit suicide late last night by taking a large quantity of laudanum. At is not thought that he can recover. Reduced prompted the act. Catarrh of the Bladder irritation, inflammation, ail Kidney and Urinary Complaints, cured by “3ucfcu)u.U, , ~' sl% f PRICE 810 A YEAR, > I 5 CENTS A COPY. j SAGASTA AND SPAIN. THE PREMIER’S SCHEME FOB HER FUTURE. The Conservatives her True Friends— Programme of the Ministry— Religious Liberty, a Free Press and Trial by Jury Proposed—Other Features of Re form—Premut ure Action Deprecated. Madrid, Dec. 3. —A meeting of the! majority of the Chamber of Deputies wasl held to-day, at which 2<JO members were ® present. Senor Sagasta, President of the ! Council of Ministers, addressed the meet-1 inir. He declared that the views and in- t tention ot the government remained uu- jj ehanged. The reforms to in* introduced < in all branches of the administration j would include religious liberty and free- i dom of the press. Senor Sagasta said lie would spare no efforts to improve the relations of bpajn with foreign powers. He would J introduce bills granting trial by jury and ei\ il marriages. li© attributed the unjust criticisms on the ministry to the suicidal spirit prevailing among the 1 ..Liberal parties. He asked why governments should ful l'll their promises precipitately rather 1 than slowly, and declared that "far from having done too little lie had accom plished his principal mission of inducing ’ the Democrats to adhere to the monarchy. ; Ihe moment had not yet arrived lor dis- f cussing the programme of the Dynastic 3 Lett; still, he viewed the formation of that ; party with great satisfaction, as i it signified the triumph of the I policy of the government by putting an end to the pessimistic view of the fanatical adversaries of existing in- i stitutions. Hut the new movement, he ; said, would collapse if it tended to en danger the monarchy or liberty. THE STATE CAPITAL. Saturday's Work in the Legislature- Tin- Savaunah Sewerage and Drain Hill—Passage of the General Tax Hill by be House—The Ses< |u l-Centenniul in tile Senate—Railroad Legislation. Atlanta, Dec. 2.—ln the House to-day a reconsideration was granted on Air. Jordan’s (of Hancock) amendment to the tax bill, taxing news agents on trains. Air. Pendleton, of Lowndes, offered a substitute to tax news agents on trains selling the Police Gazette, the Day’s Do inys and similar publications SIOO per annum. The rules were suspended and Mr. Fal ligant introduced a bill in relation to sewers and drains in the city of Savan nah- Head a first time and referred to the i Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation 1 lie bill extending the time of pavmentof taxes on wild lands to Alarch Ist, isk! was passed, v Mr. Graham, of Fayette, introduced a new bill chartering the Fayetteville f Branch Kaiiroad. The general tax bill was resumed. Mr. Spence, of Alitchell, moved to in crease the tax on oleomargarine factories from SIOO to SSOO. Lost. A motion to raise the whiskv tax from $2-> to SIOO was lost—ll yeas to 100 navs An amendment fixing the tax at SSO was also lost, There was a prolonged debate over an attempt to exempt the maimed Confeder ate soldiers from paying a license as sew ing machine peddlers. The amendment was amended so that soldiers must ped dle machines bought bv themselves Adopted. Anew paragraph was added taxing dealers in pistols $25 each for the benefit of the educational fund. Ihe House, in the afternoon session, re sumed the debate on the section taxing foreign corporations loaning money in Georgia SIOO for each county. The section was stricken out. Alessrs". Hoge of Kill ton and Gray of Richmond advocated the reduction of the express company’s tax. biit m vain, Tlie bill passed as printed ! without any other changes. Mr. Redwine, ot ilall. gave notice of a . motion to reconsider the action striking out the section taxing foreign inonev loan” ing corporations. A full House Aiondav i may reverse or modify the action this af- | ternoon. abscnw " :lK panted leave of SENATE PROCEEDINGS. The Dill amending the garnishment laws as relates to answer. Lost. A joint resolution was adopted as to whet Iter the convict lessees have violated section six of the lease act, and orders an investigation: also the House resolution in regard to the Savannah Sesqui-Ceuten nial. Senator Meldrim said Savannali would l>e glad to see the committee and all the Senators that might attend. Resolutions asking Georgia Congress men to secure, if possible, a repeal or modification of the internal revenue laws were also adopted. Also, to seek a repeal of the ten per cent, tax on State banks. The Dill changing the time of holding the Superior Court of Banks and Franklin counties was passed; also amending sec tion 74,709 of the new Code. After a lively discussion the Dill to in crease the salaries of Judges, also estali lishing an experimental farm, were tabled. Resolutions were introduced to furnish more convicts to the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad: also to investigate the road laws of the State. The following new bills were intro duced : By Mr. Gustin—Amending section 1936 of the new Code; also prescribing the man ner ot regulating railroad commissioners schedules of just rates to railroads under control of other roads. The Dill incorporating the Spring Creek Canal and Improvement Company, of De catur county, passed both houses and is an important project. Accident to a Steamer. Charleston, Dec. 3.—The steamer -City of Atlanta, hence for New York in crossing the bar last night struck Her rudder post, bv which its fastenings were loosened. She was towed back to-day to her wharf, where the injury will be re paired, and she will proceed on her voyage. No other damage was sustained. Train Robbers Foiled. Dallas, Ikx., Dec, 3.-*An attempt was made bv masked robbers to roll the north bound cypres* on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa te Railway at Blum Station between .1 and 10 o clock on Friday night. The guards on the train fired at' the robbers, and the train was started out and escaped. vote of censure proposed by Seuor Mattes against th Chilian Ministry for alleged unauthorized war expenditures has, negatived by (he San Con- Baittmy fJowUrr. W V ROVAL>sty D -i SH3 y I §sl I - Jp|| : *4KIH c POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder uovy. varies. A marvel of "holesomeneas. More th e ordinary kinds, cannot Imre- - competition with the multitude of Jr. -art, short weight, alum or phosphate cowdere. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall street New York. At wholesale by HENRY SOLO MON, Savannah, Ga. it i :w v it 1 >. s’-^rrssii” " an< i CHAIN and BUNUHOF KEYS. A liD.'riii reward will be paid for recovery ©t same or for proof to convict the thief. * G. H. REMSUARTxg? 1 1W