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HA1LY ^NQUIRKR -SUN; COLUMBUS, GEORGIA., TORBAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1886.
establishment of now offloos, In-
congress, on the 27th day oL ifov’embeV! and evnr,J° r .. 00111 Pensating railroads
th « „ P?°P'e _ held .. of . these j Zv *5S.SP I “fe“ thal a "‘etl.od
| urease of routes of oarrhKe U ' V ex C imnsinn of n lvicl "i 1 '' n.uantit ies; but in latter years
to in the endevor to accomplish this result. ! aucl tho long established noli- . eent nurnose is thrra
In ?P?“!„tO f the.wi 8 h A nd ^sentiment postmaster- def t/TiirmeUu.ds oi’tueh^vZions a^d
violations are set forth in detail in the
reports of the secretary of the interior and
commissioner of the general land officio.
The report of the commissioner of pensions
contains a detailed and most satisfactory
exhibit of the operations of the pension
bureau during the lost fiscal year. The
amount of work done was the
LARGEST IN ANY YEAR SINCE THE ORCIAN
IZATION OP THE BUREAU
and it has been done at less cost than dur
ing the previous year in every division. On
the 30th day of June 1880 there were 365,-
783 pensioners on the rolls of the bureau;
Binoe 1861 there has been 1,018,735 applica
tions for pensions filed, of which
78,834 were based upon service in the war
of 1812. There were 621,754 of these appli
cations allowed, including 60,178 to the sol
diers of 1812 and their widows. The total
umouut paid for pensions since 1801 is $808,-
624,811,57. The number of new pensions
allowed during the year ended June 30,
1886, is 40,857, a larger number than
has been allowed in any year
save one since 1861. The names of 22,229
pensioners which had been previously
dropped from the rolls were restored dur
ing the year, and after deducting those
dropped within the same time for various
coins or certificates representing them the I to the carH d i*l? h wil Vpr°vomore just
, —•> - • lo tne carriers and beueficlP.l to the govern-
and t,lt! subject appears worthy of
your early consideration. '
1 ho conduct of the
normal sum of $168,873,041, and we still had
170,464,345 in the treasury, as against about
142,804,055 in the hands of the people and
,172,88 ,376 remaining in the treasury one
year ago. The director of the mint again
urges the necessity of more vault room
for the purpose of storing these
silver dollars, which are not
needed for circulation by the people. I
have seen no reason to change the views
expressed In my last annual message on
the subject of compulsory coinage, and I
again urge Its suspension on all the
grounds contained in my former recom
mendation, reinforced by the significant
increase of our gold exportations during
the last year, as appears by the compara
tive statement herewith presented; and
for the further reasons that the more this
currency is distributed among the people
the greater becomes our duty to protect it
from disaster. That we now have abund
ance for all our needs, and that there seems
but little propriety in building vaults to
store such currency when the
ONLY PRETENSE FOB ITS COINAGE
is the necessity for its use by the people as
a circulating medium.
The great number of suits now
pending in the United States
court for the southern district of New
York, growing out of the collection of
customs revenue at the port of New York
and the number of such suits that are al
most daily instituted, are certainly worthy
of the attention of congress. The legal
controversies based upon conflicting views
by the importer and the collector
as to the interpretation of our present
complex and indefinite revenues laws
might be largely obviated by an amend
ment of those laws. But pending such
amendment the present condition of this
litigation should be relieved. There are
now pending about 2500 of these suits.
More than 1100 have been commenced
within the past eighteen months, and
many of the others have been at issue for
■more than twenty-five years. These de
lays subject the government to the loss of
evidence and prevent the preparation nec
essary to defeat unjust and fictitious
claims, while their constantly accruing
Interest threatens to double the de
mands Involved. In the present condition
of the dockets of the courts, all filed with
private suits, and .he force allowed the
district attorney no greater than is neces
sary for the ordinary and the current busi
ness of his office, the revenue litigation
cannot be considered. In default of the
adoption by congress of a plan for the
general reorganization of the federal courts
aa has been heretofore recommended, I
urge the propriety of passing a law per
mitting the appointment of an additional
federal judge in districts where these
government suits have accumulated
so that by continuous sessions of
the courts devoted to the trial of
these cases, they may be determined. It
is entirely plain that a great saving to the
government would be accomplished by
such a remedy, and the suitors who have
heaviest claims would not be denied justice
through delay.
THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR
gives a detailed account of the administra
tion of his department and contains sun
dry recommendations for the improve
ment of the service, which I fully approve.
The army consisted at the date of the last
consolidated return of 2103 officers
and 24,946 enlisted men. The
expenses of the department for the
last fiscal year were $36,000,003.38, includ
ing $6,204,305.44 for public works and river
and harbor improvements. I especially
direct the attention of congress to the
recommendation that officers be required
to submit to an examination as a prelimi
nary to their promotion. I see no objec
tion but many advantages in adopting this
feature, which has operated so beneficially
iu our navy department, as well as in some
branches of the army. The subject of
COAST DEEFEN8ES
and fortifications hns been fully and care
fully treated by the board on fortifica
tions, whose report was submitted at the
last session of congress, but no constitu
tional work of the kind recommended by
the board has been prosecuted during
the year from the lack of an appropriation
for such a purpose. The defenseless con
dition of our seacoast and lake frontier is
pefectly palpable. The examination made
must convince all that certain of our cities
named iu the report of the board should
be fortified, and that work on the more
important of these fortifications should
be commenced at once.
HOSTILE APACHES.
In September and October last the
hostile Apaches, who, under tho leader
ship of Oeronimo, had for eighteen months
been on the warpath, and during that
time had committed many murders and
been the cause Of constant terror to the
settlers, surrendered to Gen. Miles, the
military commander who succeeded Gen.
Crook in the management and directing of
their pursuit Under the terms of their
surrender, as then reported, and in view of
the understanding Which these mur erous
savages seemed to entertain of the assur
ances given them, it was considered best
to imprison 'them in such a manuer
as to prevent their ever engaging in such
outrages again instead of trying them for
murder. Fort Picjtens having been select
ed as a safe place of confinement, all the
adults were sent thither and will be closely
guarded .as prisoners.
the affairs or THE POSTAL 'SERVICE
■show a marked and gratifying im
provement during tbe last fiscal
year. A particular account of its trans
action and condition is given in the report
of the postmaster-general, which will be
laid before you. The reduction of t he rate
of letter postage in 1883, rendering tbe
postal revenues inadequate to sustain the
expenditures, and the business depression
also contributing, resulted in an excess of
the cost for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1885, of $8,000,000. An additional cheek
■upon receipts, by doubling the meusure of
weight in rating sealed correspondence
and diminishing one-half the charge for
newspaper carriage was imposed by legis-
tion which took effect at the beginning of
the past fiscal year; while the
constant demand for our territorial de-
, DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE
tho lust fiscal year is follv
detailed in the report of the
attorneygenerai, and I invite the
and‘'““gross to the same
consideration of the reconnnenda-
tions therein eoutuiued. In the report
submitted by this officer to tho Inst session
he str . ou g , V recommended the
? of - a P e “4tentiary for the confine-
P 6 . 1 ? 1 Prisoners convicted and sentenced
In tho United States courts, and he repeats
the recommendation in his report for the
last year. This is a matter ot very great
importance, and should at once receive
congressional action. United States pris-
oners are now confined in more than
thirty different state prisons and
penitentiaries scattered in every
P a rt ot the country. They are
subjected to nearly as many different modes
ot treatment and discipline, and are far too
much removed from the control and regu
lation of the government. So far as they
are entitled to human treatment, an op
portunity for improvement and .eforma-
tion, the government is responsible to
them, and is security that these things are
forthcoming; but this duty can scarcely be
discharged without more absolute control
and direction than is possible uuder the
present system. Many of our good citizens
have interested themselves with most
beneficial results, in the question
of prison reform^ The general govern
ment should be in a situation,
since there must be United States prison
ers, to furnish important aid in this move
ment, and should be able to illustrate what
may be practically done in the direction of
causes, a net increuse remains for the year
of 20,658 names. From January 1, 1861,. to
December 1,1885,1967 private pension acts
had been passed. Since the last mentioned
date and during the last sesdon of congress
644 of such acts became laws. It seems to me
that no one can exumine our pension estab
lishment und its operations without being
convinced that through its instrumentality
justice can be very nearly done to all who
are entitled under tbe present laws to the
pension bounty of the government; but it
is undeniable that, coses exist well entitled
to relief in which the pension bureau is
powerless to aid the really worthy. Cases
of this class are such as only lack by mis
fortune the kind or quantity of proof
which the laws and regulations of the bu-
iniprovement in its 1 r , ea “ require, or which, though
" their merit is apparent, for
some other reuson cannot be
justly dealt with through the general laws.
These conditions fully justify application
to congress and special enactments. Bat
to resort to congress for a special pension
act, or to overrule the deliberate aud care
ful determination of the pension bureau on
the merits of the case, or to secure favor
able action when it could not be expected
under the most liberal execution of the
general laws, it must be admitted opens
the door to the allowance of questionable
claims, aud presents to the legislative and
executive brandies of the government, ap-
f ideations conceded to be not within tho
aw, and plainly devoid of merit,
but so surrounded by sentiment
and patriotic feeling that they are bard to
resist. I suppose it will not be denied that
many claims for pensions are made with
out merit, and that many have been al
lowed upon fraudulent representations.
This has Been declared from the pension
bureau, not only in this but in prior ad
ministrations. The usefulness and the jus
tice of any system for the distribution of
pensions depends upon the equality and
uniformity of its operation. It will be
seen from the report of the commissioner
that there are now paid by the govern
ment 131 different rates of pensions. He
estimates from the best information he can
obtain that 9,000 of those who have served
in the army and navy of the United States
are now supported in whole or part from
public funds, or by organized 'charities,
exclusive of those in soldiers’ homes under
the direction and control of the govern
ment. Only 13 per cent, of these are pen
sioners, while of tho entire number of men
furnished for the late war something like
20 per cent., including their widows aud,
relatives, have been or now are in
the report of pensions. The
American people with a patriotic and
grateful regard for our ex-solders, too
broad and too sacred to be monopolized
by any special udvertes, are not only
.. . , „ .. . ,, willing but anxious that equal and exact
the improvement of the service should ; justic “ shouW be done to a |[ honeat c)aim .
receive your careful consideration. The : J ants for pensions. In their sight the
exhibit made of the condition of our Indian : fri endless and destitute soldiers depend
population and the progress of the work j on the public charity. If otherwise entitled
tor their enlightenment, notwithstanding he has ^ rec iselv the same rieht to share
this reform, and to present an example in
the treatment and improvement in its
prisoners worthy of imitation. Witli
prisons under its control the government
could now deal with the somewhat vexed
question of convict labor, so far as its con
victs were concerned, according to a plan
of its own adoption and with due regard
to the rights aud interest of our
laboring citizens, instead of at
the same time acting in the operation of
a system which causes among them irrita
tions and discontents. Upon considera
tion of this subject it might be thought
wise to erect more than one of these insti
tutions located in Buch places as would
best subserve the purposes of convenience
and economy in transportation. The con
siderable cost of maintaining the convicts
as at present in state institutions would be
saved by the adoption of the plan pro
posed, and by employing them in the
manufacture of such articles as were
needed for use by the government a large
pecuniary benefit would be realized as a
partial return for our outlay.
I again urge a change in the federal judi
cial system to meet the wants of the peo
ple and obviate the delay necessarily at
tending tbe present condition of affairs in
our courts. All are agreed that something
should be done. And much favor is shown
by those well able to advise to a plan sug
gested by the attorney-general at the last
session of congress, and recommended in
my last annual message. This recom
mendation is here renewed with another
made at the same time, touching a
change in the manner of compen
sating district attorneys and mar
shals, and the latter subject is
commended to congress for its action in
the interest of economy to the government,
and humanity, fairness and justness to our
people. The report of the
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
embraces a comprehensive view of the
summary of work of the various branches
of the public service in connection with
his department, aud the suggestions and
recommendations which it contains for
the many embarrassments which hinder the
he has precisely the same right to share
in the provision made forthose who fought
better administration of this important . their c 5 unLr y's battles as those better able
branch of the service is gratifying and through friends and influence to push their
hopeful. TUe funds appropriated for the | elaims. Every Pension that’s granted
iibling tlic office to turn into the treasury
a surplus revenue, over ami above
all expenditures, of about $163,710.30.
Tho number of patents granted during the
last fiscal year, including reissues, trade
marks, designs, and lalicls was 25,619, a
number also quite largely in excess of that
of any preceding year. The report, of the
commissioner shows the office to bo in a
prosperous condition and constantly in
creasing in its business. No iucreaso of
foroe is asked for. The amount estimated
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886 was
$890,760. The amount estimated for the
year ending Juno 30, 1887. was $853,000.
The amount estimated for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1883, is $778,770.
The secretary of the interior suggests a
change iu the plan for tho payment of the
indebtedness of the Pacific subsidized
roads of the government. His suggestion
has the unanimous endorsement, of tho
persons selected by tile government to net
ns directors of these roads and proteot tho
interests of the United States in the board
of direction. Ill considering the plan pro
posed the sole ' matter which should
be taken into account, in my
opinion, arc tho situation of the
government us a creditor and the surest
way to secure the payment of the princi
pal and interest of its debt. By a recent
decision of the supreme court of the
United States, it hns been adjudged that
tho laws of the several states
ARE INOPERATIVE TO REGULATE RATES
of transportation upon railroaes if such
regulations interfere with the rate of
carriage from one state into another.
This important field of control and regula
tion having been thus left entirely uuocu-
pied, the expediency of federal action
upon the subject is worthy of considera
tion.
The relations of labor to capital and o f
laboring men to their employers are of
the utmost concern to every patriotic citi
zen. When these are strained and distort
ed unjustifiable claims uro apt to be insist
ed upon by both interests, and ill the con
troversies of which results the welfare of
all and the prosperity of the country are
jeopardized. Any intervention of the fed
eral government within the limits ofits
constitutional authority to avert such a
condition should be willingly accorded. In
a special message transmitted to congress
at its last session, I suggested the enlarge
ment of our present bureau and adding
to its present functions the power ol'
arbitration in cases where differences
arise between employer and employed.
When these differences reach such a stage
as to result in the interruption of commerce
between states tbe application of this
remedy by the general government might
be remedied as entirely within its consti
tutional powers; and I think vve might
reasonably hope that such arbitrators, if
carefully selected, and if entitled to the
confidence of the portion to be affected,
would be voiuntarily called to the settle
ment of controversies of less extent and
not necessarily within the domain
of federal regulation. I am of the
opinion that these suggestions
ure worthy of the attention of congress,
but after all lias been done by the passage
of laws, either federal or state, to relieve a
situation full of solicitude, much more re
mains to be accomplished by the reinstate
ment and cultivation of a true American
sentiment which recognizes the equality ol
American citizenship. This, iu tiie light
of traditions and loyalty to the spirit of
pur institutions, would teach that a hearty
co-operation on the part of all interests, is
the sure path to national greatness, and
the happiness of ull our people;
that eapital should in recognition of
the brotherhood of our citizenship and in
a spirit of American fairness generously
accord to labor its just compensation and
consideration, and that contented labor is
capital's best protection and faithful ally.
It would teach too that the diverse situa
tions of our people are inseparable from
our civilization ; that every citizen should
I desire to call tho attention of the con
gress to a plain duty which the govorn-
mont.owos to the depositors in the
FREED MEN’S HAVINGS ANl) TRUST COM
PANY S BANK.
This company w.is chari -red by con
gress for tbe most illiterate nmi poor ot
our people, and with tbe Intention of the
encouragement in them of industry and
thrift. Most of its branches wore pre
sided over by officers holding the commis
sion and clothed in the uniform of the
United States Theso and other circum
stances, reasonably, I think, led these
simple people to suppose that the invita
tion to
DEPOStT T1IEIR HARD EARNED SAVINGS
in this institution implied an understand
ing, on the part of their government,
that their money should be safely kept for
them. When this company failed it was
liable in the sum of $2,939,425.22 to 6111 de
positors. Dividends amounting ill the
aggregate (50 per cent, have been declared,
and the sum called for and paid of such
dividends seems to bo $848,181.72. This
sum deducted from the entire amount of
deposit leaves $1,291,744.50 still unpaid.
Past experience bos shown that quite a
largo part of this sum will not bo called
for. There are assets still on hand amount
ing to the estimated sum of $16,000. I
think the remaining 38 per cent, of such of
these deposits as have claimants should be
paid by tho government upon the principle
of equity and fuirnoss. The control of the
nflairs of tho District of Columbia having
been placed in tho hands of pur jly execu
tive officers, while congress still retains all
legislative authority relating to its gov
ernment. it becomes my duty to mako
known the most pressing needBofthe dis
trict and recommend their consideration.
The laws of the District appenrto be in an
uncertain and unsatisfactory condition,
and their codification and revision is much
needed. During tho past year one of
tho bridges leading from tho district to
the state of Virginia became unlit for use,
and travel upon it was forbidden. This
leads me to -.uggest that tho improvement
of all the bridges crossing the Potomac and
its branches from the city of Washington,
is worthy of tho attention of congress.
The commissioners of the district repre
sent that the laws regulating
tho traffic of liquor and the
granting of licenses therefor should bo at
once amended and that legislation is need
ed to consolidate and enlarge the scone
and powers of charitable and penal insti
tutions within tho district. I suggest that
the commissioners be clothed with the
power to make within a fixed limitation
police regulation. I boliove this power
granted and carefully guarded would tend
to subserve the good order of the munici
pality. It Becins that
TROUBLE STILL EXISTS,
growingout of the occupation of the streets
und avenues by curtain railroads. The law
should protect citizens from injury to their
persons or property. The commissioners
ngain complain that the accommodations
afforded them for the necessary offices for
district business and the safe keeping of
valuable books and papers are entirely in
sufficient. I recommend that this condi
tion of affairs be remedied by congress and
suitable quarters be furnished for the needs
of the district government.
In conclusion, I earnestly invoke such
wise action on the part of the people's leg
islators as will subserve the public good,
and demonstate during the remaining days
of the congress, as at present organized,
its ability and inclination to so meet the
people’s need, that it shall be gratefully re
membered by an expectant constituency,
Grover Cleveland.
A Uensrksble Draw.
Ht. Paul Qlobe.
I was looking over a friend’s shoulder
tbe other night, and saw what I thought
was the funniest piece of drawing and
tbe most wonderful luck I ever ran
COTTON FACTS.
Visible Supply—Receipts *1 Ports—Weather,
The New York Financial Chronicle of Decem
ber 4 makes the total visible supply of cotton
2,097,157 bales, a decrease aa compared with lout
year ol 127,793. a decrease as compared with IMA
of 110,140, and a decrease as compared with ISSS
Of 260,502.
For the wock endinir December 3 tlic receipt*
at the United Slates poris reached 275,716 hales,
making Ihe total since Heptember 1,2,713,690
bales, showing a decrease of 45,511.
Tho twenty-six interior towns for the weekend
ing December 3 received 197,504 hales, shipped.
172,810 ami had stocks of 390,832 bales. Hume time
Iasi yeartlicy received 207,009, shipped 105,447 and
had stocks of 382,027.
The above totals show that the old interior
stocks have Increased during tho week 22,166
bales and are to-night 9952 bales moro than at
the same period last, year. The receipts ut the
same towns have been 8762 hales less than the
same week last year, and since September 1 the
receipts at all the towns arc 7951 bales mom
than fertile same time iu 1885.
The exports for the week ending this evening
reach a total of 177,678 bales, of which 92,280 worn
to Great Britain, 29,118 to France and 50,180 to
the rest of the continent.
The Chronicle comments on Ur table of re
ceipts tVom plantations as follows :
'The above statement shows—1. That the total
receipts from plantations Hince Heptember 1, 1886,
nre !),U56,302 bales; in 1885 wore 3,all.850 halos: in
1884 wore 3,080,565 bales.
2.—That, although the receipts at the outports
the past week were 275,710 bales, the actual move
ment hum plantations was 300,470 hales, the bal
ance goiug to Increase the stocks at the interior
towns. Last year tho receipts IVom the planta
tions for the same week were 2X5,019 bales and for
1884 they were 325,180 bales.
In the table below we give the receipts from
plantations in another form, and udd to them
the net overland movement to December 1, and
also the takings by southern spinners to tho
sumo date, so ns to give substantially Hie amount
of cotton now in sight.
1880.
1885.
Receipts nt ports to Dec. 3.... I
Interior stocks on Dec. 3 in |
exceHsof September 1.
in bis sphere be a contributof to the gen- | across. They were playing nothing but
oral goon; tlvat capital does not necessarily . jack pots, and Jim had been losing right
tend to the oppression of labor; and that ■ along. At last he opened one on two
violent disturbance and disorders ulienate pairs. The man next to him raised it and
from their promoters true American sym- Jim stayed. Jim thought awhile, and
pathy and kindly feeling.
The department of agriculture, rep-
finally called for three cards. I nudged
him, thinking he had made a mistake, as
Indian service to the fiscal year just passed
claims. Every pension that’s granted
under our present plan upon any other
—~— , . . « — ’ uuuei uur yicat'un umu iiyuu any utuci
with the available income from Indian L groun ds than actual service and injury
1 n — d nti/i fwiicr mnDou n mminl inn* in nil D • i * -
land and trust money amounting in all to
$7,850,775.12 were ample for the service un
der t he conditions and restrictions of the
iaws regulating their expenditure. There
fore there was balances on hand oil June
30,1886,of $1,690,023.30, of which $133,7,068.-
21 are permanent funds for fullfilment of
treaties and other like purposes, and the
remainder, $322,225.09, is subject to be car
ried to the surplus fund as required by
law.
I recommended in ray previous annual
message the passage of a law authorizing
the appointment of a commission as hn in
strumentality auxiliary to those already
established for the care of the Indians. It
was designed that this commission should
be composed of six intelligent and capable
persons, three to be detailed from the
army, having practical ideas upon the sub
ject of the treatment of Indians and inter
ested in their welfare; and it should
be charged under the direction of the sec
retary of the interior, with the manage
ment of such matters of detail as ennnot
with the present organization be nroperlv
and successfully conducted, and which
should preseut the different phases to the
Indians themselves, as they differ in tlieir
progress, needs, dispositions and capacity
for improvement or immediate self-
support. By the aid of such a commission
much unwise and useless expenditure of
money, waste of materials and unavailing
efforts might be avoided, and it is hoped
that this or some measure which the wis
dom of congress may better devise to sup
ply the deficiency of the preseut system
may receive your consideration, and the
appropriate legislation be provided.
The recommendation of the secretary ot
the interior and tho commissioner of the
general land office, looking to the better
protection of public lands and of the pub-
lie surveys, the
PRESERVATION OF NATURAL FORESTS,
the adjudication of grants to states, cor-
A.s Imul (•liiim-i. nnn r.ntt
or disease incurred in such service, and
every instance of the many in which pen
sions are increased on other grounds than
the merits of the claim, work an injustice
to the brave and crippled, but poor and
friendless soldier, who is only neglected,
or who must be content with the smallest
sum allowed under the general laws. There
are far too many neighborhoods in which
are found glaring cases of inequality of
treatment in the matter of pensions, and
they are largely due to a yielding in the
pension bureau to importunity on tho
part of those other than the pensioner,
who are especially interested; or they arise
from special acts passed lor the benefit of
individuals. The men wlio fought side by
side should stand side by side when they
participate in a grateful nation’s kind re
membrance. Every consideration of fair
ness and justice o our ex-soldiers and the
protection of the patriot instinct of our
citizens from perversion and violation
point to the adoption of a pension system
broad and comprehensive enough to cover
every contingency, and which shall make
unnecessary and objectionable the volume
of special legislation as long
as we adhere to the prin
ciples of granting pensions for service
and disability as the result of the service.
The allowance of pensions should be re
stricted to cases presenting these features.
Every patriotic heart responds to a tender
consideration for those who have served
their country long aud well, and are re
duced to destitution and dependence, not
ns an incident of their services, but with
advancing age and through sickness or
misfortune. We are all tempted by the
contemplation of such a condition to sup
ply relief and are often impatient of tiie
limitation of public duty. Yielding to no
one the .desire to indulge tiiis
leeliiig of consideration, I cannot rid
myself of *tbe conviction that if these ex
soldiers are to be relieved they and their
resenting the ablest and largest of our I his hand was two pairs, jacks and aces,
national industries is subserving well the But he took three cards'and the other
purposes of its organization, by tho intro- mail bought one. Jim skinned his hand
ductiou of new subjects of farming enter- ] and I saw li\i had discarded tiie aces aud
prise, and by opening new sources of ag
ricultural wealth and the dissemination of
early information concerning production
and prices, it has contributed largely to
the country’s prosperity. Through this
agency advanced thought and investiga
tion touching the subjects it has in charge,
should among other things tie practically
applied to the home production at a low
cost of articles of food which are now im-
Total receipts from planta
tions
Net overland to Dec. I
Southern consumption to
Dec. 1
Total in sight Dee. 3..
2,713,590 J 2,668,079
342,7721 386,777
3,482,7281 3,461,991
701,2811 735,973
in amount in sight to-night as compared with
last year, is 17,735 Dales, the increase as compared
with 18S4 is 96,318 bales and the increase over
1883 is 111,387 bales.
The Chronicle’s telegraphic weather reports for
the week are thus summarized:
Tiie weather at tiie south during tho wook has
in genera) been dry, and picking has made good
progress where not already finished. The tern-
jieraturc has been lower in Home sections and
snow is reported to-day in portions of Tennessee
aud Alabama.
GEORGIA HKUIRITIER.
Corrected by John Blacltmar, Csu
bn*. Us. '
STOCK AND BOND BROKER.
RAILROAD BONDB.
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin 1st
mortgage 7s 100
Atlantic and Gulf 7b 117
Augusta and Knoxville 7 per cent 114
Augusta, Gib.-on and tiandersville 7
pur cent 1st mortgage 104
Central con mortgage 7s 113
Columbus and Rome 1st 6h, endorsed
Central R. R 104
Columbus and Western 1st mortgage
6s, endorsed by Central R. R 103
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1st
mortgage 114
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 4s
2d mortgage no
Gaiuesvile, Jefferson and Southern
1st mortgage guaranteed U8
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern
2d mortgage ...ill
Georgia Railroad 6s 106
m 01
0119
IU
porations and private land claims, and the I cause ar
increased efficiency of the public land j aetment under which relict may be claimed
_ commended to the attention of j
To secure the widest distribu- i
cause are entitled to the benefit of an ex
aetment under which relief may be claimed
as a right and that such relief should be
— a. \ "7" ” 1 Aka 1 pi-inaTPss To secure the widest distnou-igrantedundersanctionoflaw.notineva-
^elopment a udp°wung population toi to 1 e g - .^1^ lau(ls [ lx limited qualities sion of it; nor should such worthy objects
extension and the increase of niail jkci 1 j amom y settlers for residence and cultiva- ! of care (all equally entitled) be remitted to
ties and machinery necessitates a steady among beiucis ' " .. ..
annual advance in the outlay, 1 fir ' n anfl thns 1
careful estimate of a year ago _
rates of expenditure then existing ___ , „ _
teniplated the unavoidable augnientatioii ; early •>=’£ iYcommenced with an I country arc our fellow-citizens and inter-
ot the defleiepeym tho iwtflcial year . ^ f of pubUo surveys ested with us in , the passage and
ported from abroad. Such an innovation
will necessarily of course, in the begin
ning, be within the domain of intelligent
experiment and the subject in every stage
should receive all possible encouragement
from the government. The interests of
millions of our citizens engaged in agricul
ture are involved in an enlargement and
improvement of the results of their labor,
and a zealous regard for'their welfare
should be a willing tribute to those whoso
productive returns are a main source of
our progress and power.
The existence of pleuro-pneumonia
among the cattle of the various states had
led to burdensome and, in some cases, dis
astrous restrictions in an important branch
ot our commerce, threatening to affect the
quantity and quality of our food supply.
This is a matter of such importance and of
SUCH FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES
that I hope it will engage the serious at
tention of congress to the end that such a
remedy may be applied ns the limits of a
constitutional delegation of power to the
general government will permit.
The continued operations of the law re
lating to our civil service have added tho
most convincing proofs of its necessity and
usefulness. It is a fact worthy of note
that every public officer who bus a just
sense of his duty to tiie people, testifies to
the value of this reform. Its staunchest
friends nre found among those
who understand it best, unil its
warmest supporters are those who are re- j
strained und protected by its requirements, j
The meaning of such restraint and protec
tion is not appreciated by those who want
places under tiie government regardless
of merit and efficiency; not by tli ise who
insist that the selection for such places
should rest upon proper credentials show
ing active partisan work. They mean to
public officers if not their lives tiie only j
opportunity afforded them to attend to puli- ;
lie business; and they mean to the good pen- |
pie of the country tbe better performance of
the work of their government. It is ex- I
ceedingly strange that the scope and na
ture of this reform are so little understood, I
and that so many things not included I
within its plan are called by its name. |
When cavil yields more fully to examina
tion, the system will have large
to tiie number of its friends. Our civil ser
vice reform may be imperfect in some of
kept the jacks, and by the holy poker if
he didn’t catch two more jacks on the
draw. There was some lively betting,
and after a while, of course, lie raked in a
big pot. I didn’t get to nsk for some time
afterward why he made the singular dis
card. He said he happened to see the
other fellow’s bund and found it con
tained four little ones and an ace. His
only chance in the world was to catch
two more jacks, nnd ho took it and got
them. It wouldn’t happen once in ten
thousand times, but lie struck it the right
time.
It Bream:: Nrcessary for Mini to Bo It.
“All! here again?” said Lipman, the
loan agent, to a well known sporting man,
who had dropped in to get a loan.
“Have to see you onee in awhile, Abe,”
replied the gambler.
“Yes, men in your line of business are
often broke,” said Lipman.
“I have arrived at the conclusion that I
will be compelled to call upon you just so
long as I play cards.”
“I certainly don’t wisli you such bad luck
as that,” said Lipinan.
“It will be a necessity.”
“How do you make that out?”
“Well, a man who sees the ‘ante’ as
often as I do must
his uncle.”—Carl
1st necessarily go and I
Pretzel’s Weekly.
Sijr-Pruiso No ltiT.,'11 mi'ielfUi:m.
Self-praise is no recommendation, but
there are times when one must permit a
person to tell the truth about himself.
When what he says is supported by the
testimony of others no reasonable man
will doubt his word. Now, to say that
Allcook’s Porous Plasters are the only
genuine and reliable porous plasters made
is not self-praise in the slightest degree.
They have stood tiie test for twenty-five
years, and in proof of their merits it is
only necessary to call attention to the
cures they have effected and to the volun
tary testimonials of those who have used
them.
Sllll Mi'll Am Willing to Try.
It is next to impossible for a man to
teach a girl to whistle. When she gets her
lips properly puckered she looks so be-
witchiiigly tempting that lie loses his
bead anil josses her, and the consequence
is she doesn’t haven chance to blow a note.
—Cambridge Chronicle.
•IN
•Ml
•111
•111
HI
111
•106
dorsed by Central Railroad" 108 •109
Montgomery and Eul'aulu 1st mort
gage Os and Centra Railroad log •106
Ocean Steams;.ip 6 per cent, guaran
teed by O. R. It 1C4 106
Savannah, Florida and Western li per
cent 104 106
South Ueorgia ami Florida 1st, en
dorsed by stute of Georgia, 7 per
cent ns
South Georgia and Florida 2d, 7 per
cent..
..Ill
Western R. R. Alabama 1st niortguge,
endorsed by Central Railroad U.
Western Alabama 2d mortgage, en
dorsed no
•119
•119
•119
•111
RAILROAD STOCKS.
Atlanta mid West Point 101 •109
Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent.
scrip 103 •109
Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent 127 •ISO
Central common 121 •199
Central railroad 6 per cent, scrip 101 •109
Georgia 10 percent 192 §199
Mobile and Girard 1 1 - per cent, guar
anteed by Central ft. tt 24 • 96
Southwestern 7 percent, guaranteed..129 •ISO
CITY BONDS.
Atlanta 0s 105 •107
Atlanta 7s 112 •116
Augusta 7s 109 @112
Augusta Os 103 @106
Columbus 7s 112 •us
Columbus 5s .....101 •109
LaOrange 7s 100 ®101
Macon Bs no •111
Savannah 6s 109 •yog
STATE BONDS.
Georgia 4^8 106 @107
Georgia 6s 103 •lOtU
Georgia 7s, 1890 120 @122
Georgia 7s, 1890 Ill @112
FACTORY STOCKS.
Eagle and Phenix 99 •loo
Muscogee 95 • 96
Georgia Home Insurance Company 135 @146
BANK STOCKS.
Chattahoochee National 10 per cent...176 @206
Merchants' Si Mechanics’ 10 per cent..124 @125
MISCELLANEOUS.
Confederate Coupon BondH 1 • 2
FOR SALE.
25 Shares Eagle and Phenix Factory Stock.
$5000 Americus. Preston and Lumpkin Rail
road 7 per cent Bonds.
20 Shares Jlerchants and Mechanics’ Bank
Stock.
$1000 Columbus Ice Co. Stock. Profits lasl
year over expenses 12 per cent.
WANTED.
City of Columbus 5 per cent. Bonds.
See me before you buy 01 sell. 1 can always do
as well, and olleu several points better, than any
one else. JOHN lil.AI'UMAK.
01 one aellciency in uioiasi ucmi 1 . r scheme of public surveys 1 ested with us in tiie passage and vice reform may be imperfect 111 some of
by nearly $2,000,000. The anticipated ad I humblest citizen ! faithful execution of wholesome laws. | its details; it may lie misunderstood arid
rftVPIHlOQ frtP the loot. TOUT failed U.V WIllC/U , , rn I .. „ * U,. fsnm flvr.il> rillfll I . it iv. ... ..rel .. I ..... I... P.. ! 4 U C., I I ..
I by
1 could
identify the
tract upon j They cannot be swerved from their duty opposed; it may not always be faithfully
revenues ' for ' the last year failed |
to be realized by about $610,000; but proper ! co..- , vy- d to establish his home. I of oltizensh
{fibres of economy “ave so satisfactory | ip,",,,.;,.,. Q f lands was p.aced within the j spirit of brotherhood born of common peril
economy u»vo ay o»v«^wvw. if I n r lands was p.acud witmn uic | spirit oi Dimneruouu uciruui cuiumun pen i : carry through mistake,
limited the growth of expenditure that the ; l ne f enternrisin^, industrious and j and suffering; nor will they exact as a test applied; its designs may
tot&l dftfinlonmiin fadf fpl I IlftlflW that of lSSt) 1 It-ciLii O I , ... 1* ! z\f’ zl,.T.,iti/>n in f Iwiip urulfa im u tvilltrwnmuw micoippt' t Ia rt !a miutol'p, n »• >
lative persons.
1speou
prefer-
total deficiency in fact fell below that of 1&S5 ; ‘ . v ‘ • r ..itizens of the country.
And at this time the increase of revenues “^n Sowev^ f^nd ^at the JfaJSSE
is gaining ratio over the increase of cost, 'Vf lawstvas perverted under the sys
demonstrating the sufficiency ol the pics- ot tie law. . t
ent rates of postage ultimately to sustain
the service. This is the more pleasing be
cause our people enjoy now both cheaper
postage proportionately to distances and a
vaster and more costly service than any
•other upon the globe. Retrenclinieut has
been effected in’the cost of supplies, some
expenditures unwarranted by law having
ceased, and the outlay for mail carriage mis
been suggested to beneficial scrutiny. At
the close of the last fiscal year the expense of
transportation on routes stood at the an
nual rate of cost less by over f560,000 than
at the close of the previous year; and
steamboat and mail messenger service at
nearly |200,000 less. The service has been
in the meantime enlarged and extended
It | of devotion to their welfare a willingness I
to neglect nubile duty in their behalf.
On the 4tn of March, 1885, the current j
business of the patent office was on an av- |
I)(*uMi of a it Ag«*<l lonly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Holder, uged 00 years, (lied at
the home of Mr. T S. l*Yazlor, in the Northern
additions j Liberties, at ll p in., Sunday, after an illness of
five monthh of indigestion. She leaves two chil
dren. She wasu consistent number of liroad
Ltreet M. E. church.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev.
J. W. Howard at 2 p. in., yesterday, and her re
mains were deposited in the city cemetery.-
wilfully
sometimes
tem of cash sales from a distribution of . . .
In ll among the people to the accumula- erage five and a halt months m arreari
tion of land capital by wealthy andspecu- and in several divisions more than twely
■ -■• —To cheek this a
•e to the right of purchase was given to
settlers on the land, a plan which culmi
nated in the general pre-emption net of
1881 The foundation of this system
was actual residence and cultivation. 3 wo
years later the homestead law was devised
fo surety place actual homes in the pos-
session of actual cultivators of the soil.
The land was given with the price, the
sale conditions being residence, improve
ment and cultivation. Other laws have
Iv.lln.vpd each designed to encourage the
acquirement and use of land in limited iu-
montlis behind. At the close of the
last fiscal year such current
works were but three months in
arreas and it is asserted aud believed that
in the next few months the dely in obtain
ing an e. animation of our application for
a patent will be but nominal. The number
of applications for patents during the last
fiscal year, including reissues, designs,
trade marks arid labels, equals 40,678,
which is considerably in excess of the
number received during any preceding
year. The receipts of the patent office
during the year aggregate $1,206,167.80, en-
arry through mistake or wilful intent;
it may sometime tremble under the as
saults of enemies or lanquish under the
misgudied zeal of impracticable friends;
but if the scope of the country ever sub
mits to tho banishment of its underlying I Eagle and I’h
principle from the operation of the gov-
eminent, they will abandon tbe surest
guarantee of the safety and success of
American institutions. I invoke for this
reform the cheerful aud undividing sup
port of congress. I renew my commenda
tion made last year that the salaries of the
commissioners be made equal to the other
officers of the government having like
duties and responsibilities, and hope that
such reasonable appropriations may be
made as will enable them to increase the
usefulness of the cause they have in
charge.
Arrival of Hit- 1’arlolus.
The steamer Pactolus arrived at 8:35 o’clock
Sunday night, bringing a miscellaneous freight
and 201 hales of cotton, consigned as follows:
Manufacturing Co. 11, Carter
& Bradley It, Blanchard, IJurnis&Co. 141, Slade
& Ktheredg .* 58, Geo. I*. Swift Si Son 1.
Her passengers were: A. J. Nix, Mrs. T. J.
Whiteside, Miss May Whiteside, Master Willson
Whiteside, Master Tommie Whiteside, Apalachi
cola; M. Tucker, Blountstown; If. T. Jackson,
Chattahoochee; Wm. McNealy, Columbia; A. R.
Reid, Gordon; Have Wolfson, Jno. Kimborough.
Itobt. Kavanaugh, Eufaula; Miss Amelia Kauf
man, Miss Rebecca Sterns, L. LowenthaJ, W.
H. Summergill, Chan. Prather, Florence; ten on
RUNNING OF TRAINS.
rrtvul him! It<*|mi'tarc of All Trains
at 4'oliimfxiM Carry!i.k
In Kfleet IVovenibor .'JO. IssO.
ARRIVALS.
COLUMBUS AND ROME RAILWAY.
Mail train from Greenville 10:21 a. m.
Accommodation from Greenville 2:11 p. m.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Mail train from Macon 3:05 p. m.
Accomj
nJatioii froi
Maco
com;
Mo
.Mail l
) tra
i fro
Me
AtlauLa..
4:55 ii
HN RAILWAY.
jjnraory 11:01 a. m.
The Pactolus will leave for Apalachicola at 8
o’clock this morning.
34 p. m.
MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD.
Mail train from Troy and Kulaula 9:25 a. m.
Accommodation from Troy, Eufaula
and Montgomery 10:60 p. m.
Accommodation from Union Springs... 1:49 p.m.
DEPARTURES.
COLUMBUS AND ROME RAILWAY.
Mail train for Greenville 3:08 p. m.
Accommodation for Greenville 0-00 a. m«
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Mail train for Macon 11:30 a. n».
Accommodation for Macon 9:00 p. in.
COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mail train for Atlanta 8;05 a. m.
Mail train for Montgomery 2:28 p. a,
MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD.
Mail train for Troy 8:10 p. m.
Accommodation for Troy and Eufhula. 6:46 p. m*
Accommodation for Union Spring* and
Montgomery....^ -
