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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. ESTABLISHED IN 1554, 1 By _CH AS. W. HANCOCK. ( VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Semi-Weekly, One Year - - - ?i 00 Weely, One Year - - - - - 2. C0 in Advancers All advertisements eminating from public dices will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—7s cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, and 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each •advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. Advertising Kates. © m Square first insertion, - - - - §l.( 0 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - 50 Lines of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length of time for which they are to be inserted will be continued until ordered out and charged for accordingly. Advertisementstooccupy fixed places wil. be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notices in local column inserted for ten cent per line each insertion. Charles F. Crisp, •attorney at Law* AMKKICUS, GA. declGtf B P. HOLLIS, •attorney at Imw% AMERICUS, GA. Office, Forsyth Street, in National Bank building. dec2otf E. G SIMMONS," •attorney at JLaw, AMERICUS GA., Office in Hawkins’building, south side of Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort& Simmons. janGtf ,f. A. ANSLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IS EQUITY, Office on Public Squaiie, Over Gyles’ Clothing Stoke, Ameiiicus, Ga. Aftor a brief respite I return again to the practice of law. As in the past it will he my earnest purpose to represent my clients faithfully and look to their interests. The commercial practice will receive close atten tion and remittances promptly made. The Equity practice, and cases involving titles of laud and real estate are myfavorites. Will practice in the Courts of Southwest Georgia, the Supreme Court and the United States Courts. Thankful to my friends for their patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf oars I offer my professional services again to the good people of Americus. After thirty years’ of medical service, X have found It difficult to withdraw entirely. Office next door to Dr. Eidridge’s drugstore, on the Square janlTtf 11. C. BLACK, M. D. Dr. J. A. FORT, Physician and Surgeon, Offers his professional services to the people of Americus and vicinity. Office at Dr. Eld ridge’s Drug Store. At night can he found at residence on Furlow’a lawn. Calls will receive prompt attention. nray26-tf Br. D. P. HOLLOWAY, • DentisT, Americas. - - Georgia, Treats successfully all diseascsof the Den tal organs. Fills teeth by the Improved method, and inserts artificial teeth on the best material known to the profession. over Davenport and Sou’s Drug Store. marllt J. B. C. Smith & Sons, ram yi) mm, Americus, Ga. We are prepared to do any kind of work in the carpenter line at short notice and on reasonable terms. Having had years of ex perience in the business, we feel competent to give satisfaction. All orders for con tracts for building will receive prompt at tention. Jobbing promptly attended to. mav2G-3m Commercial Bar. This well-established house will he kept in the same first-class style that has always characterized it. The Choicest Liquor and Cigars, Milwaukee, Budweiser and Aurora Beer, constantly on hand, and all the best brands of fine Brandies, Wines. &c. Good Billiard Tallies for the accommodation of customers, maygtf JOHN W. GOTNEV, Clerk. Commercial Hotel, G. M HAY, Proprietor. This popular House is quite new and handsomely furnished witli new furniture, bedding and all other articles. It is in ttie centre of the business portion of the city, convenient to depot, the banks, warehouses, &c., and enjoys a fine reputation, second to none, among its permanent and transient guests, on account of the excellence of its cuisine. Table Boarders Accommodated on Reasonable Terms. may'J-tf G. M. HAY, Proprietor. ! L GEORGE UMEWttr AND SHOE MAKER, At his shop in the rear of J. Waxelbaum & Co.’s store, adjoining the livery stables, on Lamar St., invites the public to give him their work. He can make and repair all work at short notice. Is sober and always on hand to await on customers. Work guaranteed to be honest and good. aprl4-tt NOTICR The books for receiving returns of city property for the year 1883 will be closed on the 15th July next. By order Mayor and City Council. D. K. BRINSON, jnnel3-td Clerk and Treasurer. PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article for Universal Family Use. Tor Scarlet and. 1 Eradicates oTyphoid L evers. H pi Diphtheria, Sali | MALARIA, i’ atio ”’ u, r ate n eg eg Sore Throat, Small Pox, Measles, and all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid was used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit had taken place. The worst cases of Diphtheria yield to it. Fevered and Sick Per- SMALL-FOX sons refreshed and and Bed Sores prevent- PITTING of Small ® tl , b y baling wilh Pox PREVENTED Darbys Fluid. . c c Impure Air made A member of my lam harmless and purified. JW ' vas taken with For Sore Throat it is a v!A * l lsc( l tbe sure cure I'luid; the patient was Contagion destroyed. n?t delirious, was not For Frosted Feet, and Y a ? about Chilblains, Piles, the house again in three dialings etr weeks, and no others Rheumatism cured. had ~l- Park- Soft White Complex- INSON > Philadelphia. ions secured by its use. Ship Fever prevented. £• To purify the Dreath, 3 ino Cleanse the Teeth, | ■WipilUier** egg it can't be surpassed. V, _ us Catarrh relieved and | Prevented. B Erysipelas cured. S". r 4 s ™l.v V m’f tamly ' 1 The physicians here 1 i usc D.irbys Fluid very av/nZ.l' U cured. , successfully in the treat .h'“ ' drap,d,y - 1 ment of Diphtheria. A. , ■ ,! A. STOLLENWHRCK, VCSStoftES! ! I*. 1 *. Stings, etc. | Tetter dried up. I used the Fluid during j Cholera prevented, our present affliction with Ulcers purified ana’. Scarlet Fever with de- I healed, cided advantage. It is In cases of Death itt indispensable to the sick- should be used about: room. Wm. F. Sand- the corpse —it will! ford, Eyrie Kla. prevent any unpleas- The eminent Phy j Scarlet Fever I | I Cured. I con\ inced Prof. Darby?. p j,-, jwj-iHjnffi! ** a Vanderbilt University, NasUviii<>, T,*nn. I testify to the most excellent qualities f n ro f Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. Asa disinfc tan; ami detergent it is both theoretically and . - ~i. dly superior to any preparation with which. ! •„ , c . quainted.—N. TANARUS/ Lupton, Prof. Chemistry. ‘ Darbys Fluid is Recommended by Hon. Alexandei: 11. Stei-huns, o! Georgia Rev. Ciias F. Deems, D.D., Church of tie Strangers, N. Y.; Jos. DeGonte,Columbia, Prof.,University SC. Kev. A. ). Rattle, Prof., Mercer University- Rev. Geo. 1-. Pierce, Bishop M. E. Church. INDISUENSABI.E TO F.VICHY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Use-1 internally or externally : r Man .- Rea t. ,1 he i’luid has bc.-n thoroughly tc-:eJ and we have abun nt • mt it is and everything v5 rc n r tv ' ' information get of your Drug; st a parnyhlN ..r send tc. the pr.-.pric: rs, •J -?• ZM.rs a- co.. :v,: _ PHILADELPHIA. t- STO3IACJ3 _ gfr Fitter 1 ' No time should he lost if tho stoma.ch, liver and bowels are affected, to adopt tho sure remedy, Ilostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Diseases of the organs named beget others far more serious, and a delay is therefore hazardous. Dyspepsia, liver complaint, chills and fever, early rheumatic twinges, kidney weakness, bring serious bodily trouble if trifled with. Lose no time in using effective and safe medicine. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. AYER’S Agile Cure IS "WARIIANTE D to cure all cases of ma larial disease, such as Fever and Ague, Inter mittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb A grin, Bilious Fever, and Liver Com plaint. Jn case of failure, after due trial dealers are authorized, by our circular of July Ist, lsgi?, to refund the money. Dr.J.C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass, Sold by all Druggists. Jo- OUTS’S HORSE AND CATTLE POW3ESJS . u FOj '3t// rV k No House will die of Colic. P.ots <;• lu;.o Fi:- Vfis, Ji Foutz’s Powders are used in time, route's Powders will cure and prevent Hoc; ( hoi.kk v. Foi’tzs Powders will prevent Gai*k- in Fowlk. Font 7/s Powders will Increase the quantitv of ml’lc and ere nip twenty per cent., and make the butler finn and sweet. tout?, s Powders will etire or prevent almost every UTBEASK to which Horses and Cattle are sublect. foiTTz s I oiym iis will oivk Satisfaction. bold everywhere. DAVID T. FOITTZ, Proprietor. BALTIMORE, MD. DIVORCES —No publicity; residents of Desertion, Non-Support. Advice and applications for stamps. VV. H. LEE, Att’y* 239 B’vvay, N. Y. ABVSETI SEES By addressing eo. i*. .vu. t 10 Spruce St., New York, can learn tho ex act cost of any proposed line of ADVER TISING in American Newspapers. I3?”100 page Pamphlet, 25c. jnly l Insure Against Storms! All should at once protect their property against loss by WIND-STORMS, CY OLONKS and TORNADOES, by insuring in the Phenix Insurance Cos. of New York, One of the strongest American Companies.. Cash capital ¥3,300,000. VV. T. I)A VENI’OIIT & SON. Lamar st., Americus, Ga. Agents. Laundry Starch, Laundry Blue,. Laundry Soap^ Dr. Lktridgo’s Drug Store. INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1883. ft ADDRESS Delivered at Andersonville, Be fore Prof. J. A.Clark’s School, on Friday, July Oth. 1!Y DU. ,1. >[. R. WESTBROOK. Published by Request of the Patrons of the School. Ladies and Gentlemen'. On occasions like this it has ever been the custom for some friend of education, and of the moral advancement of man, to ad dress the people assembled on some question of interest and moment. Some question entertaining and instructive. This custom is co-equal in age and dignity, with the very first life breath of civilization and of letters, and should be the task of a master hand, tho task of one whose attainments, whose eloquence, and whose grandeur of moral character could enable him at once to get close down to the hearts, and understanding, of every one within the sound of his voice. This task, allow me to repeat, is in deed that only of a master hand, and no one of my friends here to-day can feel more keenly the difficulties, and magnitude of the surroundings than I. The care worn mariner whose bowed form and snowy locks sper.ks in mute eloquence of his tempestuous voyage over the billowy ocean of life, the aged pilgrim whose tottering feet are about to tread the last round of the ladder of time, must live over again, The joys the fears, The hopes the tears, of a long life time. The star of hope as it lights up the eastern heavens with its shining glory should bo point ed out*to tho hesitating and the doubt ful. Youth aud young manhoodshould hear words of encouragement and of wisdom. The young mother and the gentle maiden should he remembered and words of caution and of strength should he directed to their hearts. All this, and more, is the task ol tho orat ron days like this. Some times it occurs as it has to-day, thai lie who is called to this duty is une qual to tlie task, and permit me to tell you in all candor that 1 regret exceed ingly that someone more fitting had not been selected to address you. But if 1 can offer one thought to-day thai wiil bind additional strength to your purpose I shall be content, feeling that I have not labored in vain. Now, in thanking Prof. Clark, the patrons, and pupils, oi me suiderson ville High School, for the distinguish ed honor they havo Bo.n proper to do me, we approach the subject of our thoughts to-day, claiming your atten tions only for one brief hour. AMERICA, HER INSTITUTIONS, AND IIER PEOPLE. This subject is an old one, but for a century has claimed the attention oi Kings and received the adoration ot Nations. The grand proportions oi American Union with her matchless advancement in the fine arts, her ready grasp and masterry of the sciences, her invincibility of arms on land and sea, and above all, God like liberty and in dependence of her people, deserves to claim, and does claim, the profoundest regard of the nations of the earth. There was a time in the recent past, when the very mention of this theme to the A merican people evoked a proud and loud shout from the hearts of mil lions, aud every home, it mattered not whether it was surrounded with the luxuries and comforts of wealth, or pinched and darkened by the hand oi poverty, was inhabited by heads and hearts, where patriotism reached out and embraced every State and Territo ry in the American Union. Reference to our national emblem of strength and liberty, the flag of our fathers, filled the souls of the young and daring with enthusiasm and marshall spirit. Noi was this proud spirit found alone in the bosom of her sons, her noble women in all their loveliness, was found side by side with their fathers and theii brothers in this noble patriotism. America was indeed the grand cen tral star in the family of Nature. It was an asylum for the oppressed, a city of refuge for the persecuted. The hunted exiles found a home in her bor ders and rested iu peace. Monarch* saw her proud propor tions with awe and wonder, and tum bled at her influences with the nations of the world. The subjects of King doms read her history and saw a fu ture deliverance from chains and sla very. On all earth’s broad domains where ■ever intelligence was to be found Amer ica had her votaries. I have said there was a time when love of country ruled the American heart. Yea. May I not proclaim to day that fifty millions of America’s sons aud daughters are nursing the glories of constitutior.al liberty and are content. Ours is a stable government, strong because it i:s by the people for the peo ple. Statesmen and jurists may differ in the (construction of American con-titntion al law, great and heated political bat tles may be fought in her borders, an archy may threaten to rend her politi cal fabric; hut there is an innate prin ciple alive in the American heart that bids defiance to disorder. And Amer ica will live forever! In no country on earth do the people breathe the breath of freedom with such perfect security. In no other country is conskitntional liberty so uni- versally felt, and in no other is civil and religious liberty so zealously guar ded. America then is a democratic land, aud her people a freo people. From the Canadas to the Ever glades, from the Atlantic to the Pacific every where, within her glorious bor der, the flag of our fathers waves tri umphantly and grandly o’er a proud, a brave, and an independent people. In proud America’s bosom the only solo sovereign acknowledged, is God. The only religion and enlightened conscience, the only earthly master the law. Could liberty be broader or in dependence more complete? This grand American union is the proudest, the strongest, of the govern ments of man, and is destined at an early day to embrace every foot of soil on the American continent. American history is of deep interest to lovers of Liberty everywhere under the broad canopy of heaven, and when it is studied from its discovery till now our own people find much to admire and little to condemn. Monarciis much to fear and nothing to encourage. True the sunshine of peace has not al ways shone upon us. We have occa sionally found clouds of passion, some times rivers of blood, causing a brief eclipse thereby obscuring its brilliancy, but as compared with its oft undimed lustre, are but disc’s upon the face of the great luminary, so far from de stroying its light, the shadows are over whelmed by its dazzling glory. If we contemplate America in her dominions we find well nigh a conti nent. Within her borders may he seen her northern lakes covered iu ice, while her southern boundary is basking in per petual spring. Bo varied is her climate that her people are furnished with the fruits of the tropics, and the cerials oi the colder regions, the products of her own rich soil. Whatever heart may fancy or ambi tion crave, may be found in its own land of plenty. Diamonds pure and sparkling, precious stones, gems the rarest, are to he found in tho bosom of American domain. In the comparatively short period of I •me century onr population has grown | from three to fifty millions of human souls. Looking at America’s wealth and the solid independence of her peo ple, we fin'! no country on earth that presents such a grand and proud spec tacle. When we view America’s edcca tional aspects wo can but enthusiasti cally exclaim Gloria et Libelas, J)aus et Hepublicci. We find in her cities and in her towns grand structures and lofty buildings to promote culture and letters—to advance the fine arts and perfect the sciences. We find on her borders everywhere, these potent evi dences of a nation’s greatness. On this hill, in that valley, in every community is seen institutions of learn ing, built up, cherished and strength ened by tho hand of a people, reared amid the giories and the grandness of constitutional liberty. Ours is a grand, a strong and inde struetable federation, and the sublime truths embraced in our fundamental law—the constitution of the American States will ho studied and understood and defended by unborn millions yet to come. Demagogues may prevail and sow the seeds of discord and strife in our homes, thieves may pillage, the chosen officers ol our land may plunder, and | pilfer, star route thieves may multiply; wars and pestilences may overtake ns, but amidst any and- every calamity, the American union will live a perpet ual monument to the wisdom of its founders and to the patriotism of its defenders. On every sea under the sun is seen to-day tho flag of our fathers, the stars and stripes unfurled to the winds of heaven, proudly proclaiming from the mast heads of our vessels of commerce and ships of war, the strength, tho glo ry and the wealth of Democratic Amer ica. In everv land, in every clime, everywhere tha civilization exists, her citizens are regarded and protected. * In heathen China, in despotic Rnsia, everywhere that the sun ot civilization sheds the faintest ray of light, the sons of democratic America, proud in their consciousness of superiority— strong in their convictions of security, walk grandly erect, with a mien of in dependence that le mg to no other sons of the nations of toe earth. What a land is this of ours; what a people! Beginning only one hundred years ago to bo regarded as one cf the na tions of tho world, just from under the oppressive weight of despotism and the sting oftyrany, with only throe(B) millions of inhabitants, it has, with but one serious interruption moved “on ward and upward” till to-day the world sees with wonder and admira tion fifty (50) million souls within her borders, independent and free! No wonder that crowned heads tremble and despots pale before the power of American progress and dem ocratic glory. Ours is a democratic nation, govern ed by the people aud for the people—a union of sovereign States, indissoluble and indestructable. The sad ravages of four years of in testine war settled forever the que - tions of desolation. The sword set tled without revival the only vexed question, the only salient clause in our fundamental law, and to-day fifty mill ions of American freemen are leady to shout, “Union now and forever.” Grand;-glorious old land of our fa , thdTs, your life goes out only as the shining sun of tho heavens, and the earth sink forever behind the shores of eternity. Having said this much of America as a whole, the natural emotions of a Southern heart constrain me to offer a word of laudation for our beautiful “Sunny South” as a part. Without alluding to the cause that so lately crimsoned onr seashores, our hills and our valleys with the rich blood ol Southern chivalry, we would re member with a depth of feeling, sincere and true, the gallant sons of the “Lost Cause.” When clouds of hate and envy hung dark and lowering o’er our homes, when the passions of fanatics ruled the hour; when puritanical be l gots hurled the demon of war at our firesides, these sons rose up in their manhood, and met the storm as men and as heroes. With a deep love of home and of section, stern and un compromising advocates of the prin ciples of their fathers, they wrestled with armies ten times their numbers. Weak in every recourse that gave strength to forces, save honor, chivalry and justness of cause—barefoot, bleed ing and famished, they stormed and carried battlements, routed divisions, scattered corps and defeated armies. Unequaled, unapproachable, without a parallel in the record of nations, this grand and mighty struggle of the Southern soldiers, illustrates the sub limest depths cf American honor and American glory. Let orators in impassioned eloquence picture the glory ol American liberty. The historians record tho daring, the heroism and the invincible impetuosi ty of American armies. The unerring finger of truth points to the “.Jewel decked >outh,” as the virgin mother that gave birth and life to these shin ing elements of her greatness and pure ness. True Massachusetts fired the first gun for independence, but Virginia furnished Washington, the military hero and marshall genius who led the American armies to victory. True other sections reared wise statesmen and sturdy soldiery, but our warm, genii! sunny South furnished the pro found sage, the giant intellect, the aus tere duphimatist whose eternal depths of wisdom created and whose immortal hand penned the everlasting compact, the mugna charter, the constitution of the iStates, whose provisions guard you in your privileges, protects you in your rights, and declares the Ameri can citizen a freeman. True the north reared patriots and jurists, but the South furnished the matchless genius who divined and pro claimed the laws of liberty; and to-day the shouts of millions of America’s sous, free and independent, waft the name of Jefferson to the eternal shores of heaven. When the fast fading clouds of onr one final entestine revolution shall have passed away forever; when the pas sions of men shall have ceased to stir the bosom of American brothers; when the American Union shall have cover ed and embraced every foot of soil on this continent, kingdom and monarch ies will pause and lament their weak ness, while tho world will uncover and bow to the sublime grandeur of South ern genius, and Southern achieve ments. All honor then to the martyed sons of the “Lost Cause;” all honor to her living heroes. In answer to the sacred call of pro found love, the fallen sons of our loved South will ever be remembered with emotions of the subiimest faith. The Southern heart bows reverently to the tomb other hero dead. The sacred soil that covers their mouldering hones is watered by the tears of noble South ern matrons, while the gentle hand oi the virgin daughters of Southern homes covers their graves with the rose and the tulip, and tenderly deck their tombs with the choicest gems from our floral bowers. Nor will these patriotic emo tions of regard and addurations cease to enthuse the Southern soul “till a prouder and a more noble duty is done. We would remember them by the erec tion of a stately pile, a monument grand in its proportion, matchless in its beau ty, high above the raging elements! higher! still higher! yet higher, till its proud shining diamond capped pinna cle shall kiss the eternal heavens. I should feel that 1 had sadly neg lected duty to-day if I fai'ed to offer a word for our esteemed Prof. Clark and the pupils oi his school. It is my privilege, my pleasure and my duty. With a commendable zeal, tireless en ergy and remarkable fitness, he has brought from darkness the proficiency and telling advancement that you have seen this clay so markedly exhibited by the young men, the young ladies and the bright little ones in his charge. The history of no school in our whole country presents such a field of ! study for the friend of tlie young. I shall not undertake to give all its history, enough to tell you that a few years ago when Prof, Clark cami among us, onr children were marching along in the old track poorly taught and sadly neglected. Behold the hap py change! Behold the fruits of hi toils and the results of his efforts. Not only have you seen to-day great apti tude and solid advancement of the pu pils now in his charge, but you have only to look around aud about you to see that he has furnished the counting room, tho field of letters and the learn ed professions with bright shining light that do honor to him, to their country and to themselves. Unmeasured praise then to our prinoe of teachers. While all this is true, I must telj you my friends that this evident ap titude, advancement and proficiency ol our children is not alone due to the work of our teacher. Our hoys and girls have not been idle. At an eariv day they caught the spirit of progress and have been up and at work; they have been eager, industrious, ambi tious, and I proudly predict for some ot my little friends here to-day a bright future in tho field of literature, and a Itigh position to tlie learned professions Let me tell you young men that this is an age ot progress, anti he who ex pects to arrive to any decree of distiue lion among men, without effort ant without ambition is dangerously mis taken. There is no place in our conn try for the Dude nor the Dudee, am the young man that parts his hair in the middle and toys with his sweet mustache is a failure. My young friends of Andeisonvilb High School, in wishing you God speed in your laudable efforts to become wise and useful citizens of our great and rising Republic, I would beg you to hi never discouraged. Honor, and nann and fame belong to him who wins it. I’m aware my dear little friends that many of you know the discomforts o) need, but let me tell you that in this land of Liberty, name and fame, belong to no man because of blood or of sta tion, hut to him who fights and wins Let me tell you that the sage of Ashland tho matchless ( lay, and perhaps the best loved of our great Statesmen, was a bare foot mill boy at 10. That the immortal Henry, whose impassioned eloquence fired tlie colonial heart to re sistance to British tyrany, was of hum ble birth, and that tho great, the terri ble and mysterious Napoleon, was an humble son of a Dependant Isle. Be vigilant, bo truthful, and let yout march onward in life be supported by the unfailing pillars of honor and vir tue, cheerfully observing tho laws ol your country and of your God, and when you have climbed the rugged hills and scaled the mountain heights, you can rest from your labors in peace, on the plane above, honored, loved, and respected, by all mankind. Governor McDaniel’s Message. Ei Ei.UTIVE Dei-aktmknt, ) Btate of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., July sth, 1883 ) To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives. It is the duty of the Executive to communicate to the General Assembly Irons time to time information of the condition, and suggestions for the gov ernment, of the commonwealth. 1 regret to inform you that the treas ury-department of the United Btau-s has declined to pay the sum of $35,- 555.42, appropriated by Congress iu the act appi-oved Match 3rd, 1883, “to refund to the Btate of Georgia certain money expended by said Btate for the common defense in 1777.” The first Comptroller of the Treasury has decid ed that this sum shall be credited on account of what is claimed to be due for the quota of direct taxes, apportion ed to the Btate by the Direct Tax Act, of August sth, 1801. This decision is, in my judgment, erroneous; and 1 have notified the Secretary of the Treas ury that the Btate does acquiesce in it. If the taxes claimed are due, the obli gation is upon the citizen, and not upon the State, which has never assumed the payment of the taxes and cannot be justly charged with them. All proper means will he used to secure the pay ment of the sum appropriated for the benefit of the Btate. The various matters submitted in the messages of my predecessors in con nection with tho annual Reports of State officials, and otherwise, should, and doubtlessly- will, receive the con sideration their importance demands. I desire to supplement them by- invit ing your attention to additional sub jects of legislation. The Act of October lfith, 1870, pto vidcs that “the Governor shall name and appoint a solent, chartered bank, of good standing and credit in each of the following cities of this Btate: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Americus, Albany, Hawkinsville, Gainesville, Griffin and LaGrange, which shall be known and designated as State Depositories.” In pursuance of this law the following banks were designated as State Depositories, to .vit: “Bank of Romo, November 18th, 1879; Savings Department, Eagle & Pnocnix Manufacturing Company, Co lumbus, November 21st, 1879; Central Georgia Rank, Macon, November 24th, 1879; Griffin Banking Company, No vember 24th, 1879; LaGrange Bank ing and Trust Company, November 24ih, 1879; Citizens’ Bank of Georgia, Atlanta, November 2(ith, 1879; South ern Bank of Georgia, Savannah, De cember 2d, 1879; Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, Augusta, Decem ber 2d, 1879; Bank of the University, Athens, December 6th, 1879; and The Bank of Americus, March 16th, 1880, each fora term of four (4) years. The Citizens Batik of Georgia and the Bank of Rome have ceased to do business and the Griffiu Banking Company, on the 18th day of April, 1881, declined to receive further deposits of public money, the other banks named continue to dis charge the duties assigned them. The act would seem to contemplate further legislation at the expiration of these terms. Under this construction tlie power of the Executive to appoint de positories was exhausted in the forego ing exercise of it. No provision is made in terms for subsequent appoint- | tout DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NO. 83. meats of the same banks, or other banks, pending the term of four years, i r subsequent to the expiration of the term. It is manifestly unwise to leave a matter of such importance to Execu tive construction. A mistake might involve consequences of a nature too -erious to be incurred without neces sity. Ihe act should he repealed or ‘mended to conform to the conditions -oon to exist. The policy for provid ing fot the safety of the large sums of money necessary to be kept in the Treasury at certain times in each year to meet the expenses of the State gov ernment and to pay the public lebt, must he left to the wisdom of the Leg islature. If the present system is to be continued, I respectfully recommend that the law he so amended as to pro vide for subsequent appointments, un ier any circumstance which may re quire them. A recent application, by certain sureties on the bond of a State Depository- to he relieved from further liability on tlie bond, upon the bank’s giving other satisfactory sureties, wliicli it was ready to do, suggests an other amendment. I declined to re lease these sureties, for the reason that the act, under which they signed the bond, makes no provision for such re lease. The State could not be expect ed to incur the risk of a change in the bond, unless the sureties had contract ed with reference to plain provisions lor the exercise of such power by the Executive in his discretion, and pre scribing the mode of release so that there might be certain compliance with the law, involving no danger of litiga tion. The law should he explicit on this point, to the end that the citizen should have no cause to complain that lie was subjected unnecessarily to in convenience, and that sureties signing -'Uch bonds may understand that they are bound, in any event, until the uank makes full settlement with the Treasurer. .-.n embarrassing question has aris en in the taxation of personal property of railroads located partly withiu this Btate and partly in another State. The realty and the personalty located in this State. But much of the per sonal property ot such railroads is lo cated in this, or another State, only by reason of the rule of law which fix es the situs of personalty at the dom icil of the owner; or in case of a rail road, where its principal office is loca ted. In practice a difficulty arises, because a ijoining States claim the right to tax such proportion of the entire personalty as the number of miles of railroad located within their limit nears to the whole number of miles in loth States. This would seem to be lie rule <,l eonvenience. as well as of 'tistice, and 1 recommend its adoption. The subject of taxation cannot en gage too much of your attention.— Equality and uniformity are substan tially secured, in theory, under our system. But experience proves that "tir lav.-s, ior ascertaining the property liable for taxation, and its value arede ective; its aggregate value being large ly in excess of the annual returns. The amount to he raised is regulated by the necessities of the State, and the rate is governed by the amount of propetty upon which the levy is made. It is manifest that when a citizen fails to return any part of his taxable property or undervalues what he does return, he inflicts a wrong upon his neighbor who returns all of his taxable property at its true value, by raising the rate which the latter is forced to pay. The remedy for this inequality may be diffi cult to apply. All systems of taxa tion are necessarily defective. Ours has been steadily improving, hut the result continues to he unsatisfactory. Some remedy can be devised by judi cious provisions for assessment, or by other adequate means, to secure an ap proach to uniformity in valuation of the visible property of tlie people, as well as full returps of all taxable prop erty; and I invite your earnest atten tion to the task. it will not increase the burdens of taxation. It will dis tribute them justly, and rather promote a feeling of satisfaction among the peo ple, because of the lower rate of taxa tion thereby made possible. In view of the reduction in taxation already effected by the watchfulness of the people and the labors ot your pre decessors, without impairing the effi ciency of the State Government, you can afford to give much study to this problem. We collect from the people of Georgia, for State and county pur poses annually, less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per capita. The Federal Government collects from the people of the United States annually more than seven dollars per capita. Contrasting these amounts with the benefits received, we have just cause for pride. It is surprising that so lit tle interest is manifested in the subject of Federal taxation and expenditure. A common interest in the common government should induce the people of the States to give the same atten tion to this subject that they bestow upon local systems of taxation and ex penditure. In no other way can our complex government be administered for the benefit of all the people. I commend to your consideration the varied interests of the Commonwealth, which enlightened constituents have placed in your care. Henry D. McDaniel. Physicians use Shiiner’s In dian Vermifuge in their practice and pronounce it a first class article. A trial will convince the most skeptical 1 of its intrinsic merit.