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The Weekly Democrat.
MW I. RIME LL, Editor and Prop’r
THCESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1881.
of
SVVXABT OF THE PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE.
We clip the following editorial which
Mmtna rites the recent message of Presi
dent Arthur, from the New York Sun.
It will giro our readers a verj clear
•f that lengthy document withoot
taring to wade through its never end-
tag apace .*
The message of yesterday is a well-
written, businesslike document, marked
hj the characteristics that belong to
Geo. Arthur himself. It is free from
■orelties and surprises, but is full of
fheta and suggestions.
President Arthur must have been
devoting his days and nights, with in
defatigable industry, to the study of
the foreign and domestic business of
the Government during the eleven
weeks that have passed since he became
President. In this very long message,
he discusses many of the most intricate
questions of foreign policy, and
the chief questions of domestic policy.
With remarkable fulness of information
Of oourse he had the assistance of
heads of departments ; butyot his own
hand is visible throughout ihe mes
sage.
Our relations with the powers
Kmrepe are, in this review, all satisfact
ory. Onr Hebrew fellow citizens will
ha glad to know that energetio remon
stresses have been addressed to Russia
concerning the treatment of those of
them who may visit that empire. Oar
Protestant fellow citizens will be pleas
ad to know that steps have been taken
to secure the better protection of
American missionaries in the Turkish
empire. Our German-born citizens will
he happy to know that there is an end
of complaint respecting the treatment of
those of them who visit the German
empire. Onr Swiss fellow citizens will
rejoice to know of the protest against
the importation of Swiss eriminals; and
oar Spanish fellow citizens will be sat
isfied to learn that the Spanish Govern
ment is doing its duty respecting the
awards of the Claims Commission.
With the powers of North and South
America, also, our Government is on
becoming terms. We have promoted
commercial intercourses with Mexico,
prevented a rupture between Mexico
and Guatemala, taken an interest in
the boundary arbitration between Costa
Rioa and Colombia, sent a special envoy
te promote peaoe between Chili, Bolivia,
•nd Peru, maintained warm friendship
with Venezuela, and aided in establish
ing the boundary of Patagonia. The
President speaks pleasantly also of
China and Japan. Legislation by
Congress is needed respecting the new
Chinese treaty, attention being paid to
Chinese interes.s and susceptibilities in
dealing with Chinese immigration ; the
President especially approves that part
of the treaty forbidding American
oitiseni and vessels from engaging in
the demoralizing and destructive opium
traffic with china. It is wonderful
news that Japan is about to establish a
full constitutional government, the Em
peror having already summoned a Con
gross for that purpose; and the Presi
dent re.-ommends the return to
Japan and China of the indemnity fund
bow in our hands.
Having thus touched upon the Gov
ernments of the world, President Arthur
retches its waterB, and recommends the
adoption of the new oode ofinternation
al rules for the prevention of collisions
ou the high seas.
Reaching our domestic business, Pres
ident Arthur offers an elaborate discus
sion of questions in finance and revenue.
The Treasury is in a satisfactory con
dition, and the surplus of the present
fiscal year is estimated at 8130,000,000,
which js by far the leargbst surplus since
the year 1867, when it was three
millions higher. The recommendations
of the Secretary of the Treasury respect
ing the retirement of silver certificates
and the limitation of silver coinage are
sustained by the President. It is es
timated that the entire debt of the
country can be paid in ten years ; but,
in view of tho present heavy taxation,
the President holds that the revenue
might wisely be reduced, even if the
payment of the debt b« delayed, and
he therefore advises the abolition of
all international revenue taxes, except
those upon tobacco and alcoholic liquors,
and the revision of the tariff laws.
These important questions of public
economy w,ll doubtless be fully debated
in the present Congress.
The President holds that the strength
of the army should be increased to
30,000 enlisted meu, that the navy ahold
be "thoroughly rehabilitated,” that the
fortifications and coast defences should
be improved, and that the efficiency of
our torpedo system should be increased
by strengthening the engineer bat
talion. The postal service is growing
in efficiency, and the attention of
Congress is again invited to postal
savings banks; the President, ia refering
to the Star route business, calls for the
vigorous proeeeution of those guilty of
fraud. Legislative action is needed upon
the Indian question, which the President
thinks is now in the way of being finally
solved. It is the dnty of Congress and
the Executive to array against the
barbarous system of polygamy all the
power which they can wield. Tbs
Government should sustain the work of
education, and sack aid for its pro*
motion as can he constitutionally afford'
ed should be given. Claims for pen
sions under the Arrears act have lately
been very heavy, and the President
would give the Commissioner of Pen
sions such additional assistance as is
needed for their speedy settlement,
There ia a long passage of the message
in which the President discusses civil
service reform, and offers his views upon
its various features. The decline of onr
merchant mariners deplorable, and the
President would give to onr navigation
interests that kind of aid and protection
whioh has «been bestowed upon
manufacturers.
The President closes his message
with some remarks upon the question
recently before the country Presidential
inability, to whioh he hopes Congress
will speedily give consideration.
EBITOBIAL NOTES.
—Pensacola has a great future and
a lively present.
.—Hon. W. E. Smith has our thanks
for valuable publie documents.
—Col. John W. Forney, of Philadel
phia. a leading journalist for the las
half a oentnry is dead. He was in
many respects a remarkable man.
The tariff question will come up
prominently before the present Con
gress, and upon that issue the great
parties are likely to divide sooner or
later.
—The Atlanta Cotton Exposition is
doing a great work for the South. It
will hare accomplished more in three
months than could have been in a de
cade of years without its powerful aid.
—Judge David Davis, the independ
ent Senator and president of the Senate,
will henceforth cease to be written down
an ass by tho soores of Democratic
hangers on to the offices of that body,
Reason—he has announced that he will
not havo them turned out of their
places.
—Most of the Georgia newspaper
correspondents at Washington hold
small official positions and their letters
are remarkable only for laudatory
notices of the "statesmen” at whose
option they aro continued as govern
ment pap-suckers.
—"Old Si” has been resurrected and
the columns of the Atlanta Constitution
will now teem with his stupid monotony.
There is only room for one writer of
this kind in the world at one time, and
"Uncle Remus" still lives, and we hope
will have a long life.
—Henry W. Johnston continues to
make the Apalachicola Tribune one of
the very best papers in Florida. He
has put more life into the old corpse of
that town it has had in many years
past. We are, also, glad to see that
Johnston is being encouraged in a most
substantial way which Bpeaks well for
town and people.
—If the "New South” means a diver
sification of our industries, the im
provement of our lands, tho establish
ment of manufactories, the devel.
opment of our vast resources, the en
couragement of the right
migration, and in fact the utter abeli*
tion of our industrial system as it exist
ed nnder the slavery regime and re-*»>
tablishing it tofit the changed condition
of things, wo are heart and soul in fa
vor of it Bat, for the term “New
South,” in its political signification as
construed by n parcel of so-called
Democrats who believe ia the “progress”
that prostitutes everything for the sake
of place and power, and who are ready
to glorify those who conquered our
section in war and who insulted us after
it was over, we have not one particle
of sympathy. We spurn and deteat
them and their new sonthere idea.
ENTERTAINMENT
Bainbridge, Saturday December the Twenty-Fourth.
Decatur Sheriff's Sale*
GEORGIA—Decatcb Cocstt;
Will be sold before the court bouse doer
in the town of Bainbridge between the
usual sale hours on the first Tuesday in
January 1882 the following property to-wit:
The cast half of lot of land number twa
hundred and thirteen (213) in the lfith
district of Decatur county, and levied on
as the property of J E Rich to satisfy on*
Justice Court fl fa in favor of W T Rigsby
▼s J E Rich. Levy made and returned
to me by a constable.
L. F. Burkett,
This Dec. 1,1881. Sheriff.
Decatur Sheriff Sale.
GEORGIA.—Decatub Cochtt.
Will he sold before the court bouse
door in the town oi Bainbridge, between
the usual hours of 6ale, on the first Tues
day in January, 1882 the following pro
perty to-wit:
Ninety (90) acres of land lying and be
ing in the south side of lot of land num
ber one hundred and thirty-eight (138) in
the sixteenth (16) district of Decatur
county and levied on as the property of
Sarah Burch and Joseph Burch to satisfy
a fi fa in favor of H B Ehrlich & Co. vs
said Sarah and Joseph Burch. Levy made
and returned to me by a constable.
L F Burkbtt,
This Dec. 1,1881. Sheriff,
w. e. «*rs
A
GREAT
in
ELEPHAN'
PARIS HIPPODROME AND
ONLY FOUR RING CIRCUS IN THE WORLD
ON ITS -SECOND TRIUMPHANT ANNUAL TOUR TO THE LEADING CITIES OF THE SOUTrT.
X FORBES,
-Dealer in, Furniture, Looking Glasses,
Wall Paper, Window Shades, Picture
Frames, Child’s Carriages, Baskets, ete.,
THOMASVILLE. - - GEORGIA.
I keep a first-class stock of Furnitnre,
Carpets, Oil-cloths, Rugs Mats, Mattresses,
Feathers, Brackets. &c &c.
These goods I will sell to anybody living
within seventy-fire miles of Thomasville for
less money than they can supply themselves
forom any other market. J. FORBES-
Dec. 19, 1881.—ly.
APR0CLAMATI0N
By His Excellency!
Know all men by these presents, that the
undersigned docs keep a First-Class Bar and
Billard Saloon
And has on hand a large and choice stock
of Fine Liquors, Cigars, etc., the best in the
market. Headquarters for the
BEST NICKLE CIGARS.
Call at the
O&K CITY
Saloon, often and early, and the people's
friend,
Mr. LEER0Y PATTERSON,
Will preside at the Bar.
A. K XBOXV, Fro.
E. A. POHLMAN,
Bowne Block,
The place to obtain choice goods at a
Bargain. He has now on hand a full
line sf
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES
FRUITS,
VEGETABLES,
CIGARS,* and TOBACCO*
CONFECTIONS! CONFECTIONS!
In this line his stock is, also, com
plete. Give him a ctll and you will he
honestly dealt with.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR COUN
TRY PRODUCE.
Just Received
CHOCOLATE
NORTHERN IRISH POTATOES,
NORTHERN APPLES, (large size)
RED ONIONS, &C--
TTT_ __ l ,, 100,000 dozen eggs
W aJlT0CL for which the CASH
kind of inu be P aid at Polhman’s,
Usin g in advance, two Palnce Advertising Cars, and’’requiring three immense trains o'
ears to transport the show, at a daily expense of nearly 84.500. Besides the great herd o;
Elephants, there are nearly 2.000 animals, birds, beasts, reptiles and trained herses. ponies
Ac., with nearly 200 first-class artists of all nations, in the four circus and Hippodrome Com
panies composed of the most brilliant male and female talent ever known in the Equestria
and Hippodromatic world—either Europe or America—among which are the $20 00(
HANDSOMEST WOMAN IN THE UNITED .STATES Positivelv the first and only
HIPPODROME WITH A MANAGERIE!
HIPPODROME WITH A MUSEUM!
HIPPODROME WITH FOUR CIRCUSES 1
HIPPODROME WITH TPE CONGRESS.OF NATIONS!
HIPPODROME COVERING TEN ACRES !
HIPPODROME WITH INDIAN SHOW!
HIPPODROME WITH" NINE KINDS’OF MUSIC!
HIPPODROME WITH THREE PAGEANTS!
HIPPODROME WITH 8100.000 BRONCHO HORSES!
HIPPODROME WITH RACE TRACK 40 FEET WIDE, and nearly half mil
areund. Containing the qioat novel and intensely interesting chariot and running races eve
witnessed it the palmy days of Titus of Rome, or the famous D**rby races of merry Englam
So coufineat is Mr. Coup in the merit and magnitude of his present
NEW AND WONDERFUL
T*“*>S3Sr*T&TEfA»? -“
Hippodrome with Miss Katie Stokes, the 820.000 Handsomest Woman in the Woi
Hippodrome with Lu Lu, a Human Being, Terrifically Hurled frem a Hnge Iron Cl
Hippodrome with a 81000,000 Zulu Baby. si
Hippodrome with Hippodrome Races.
Hippodrome with Thrilling Roman Chariot Races.
Hippodrome with Terrific Hurdle Races.
Hippodrome with Two and Four Horse Standing Races.
Hippodrome with Sack Races,
lippodrome with Zulu and Indian Races.
Hinpodrome with Spirited Steeple Chases,
lippodrome with Fearless Flat Races,
lippodrome with Indian Chase for a Wife.
jipDodreme with Two Hundred Hippodrome Art ! sts.
lippodrome with VV ild Australian Boomerang Throwers,
lippodrome with Six Leaping Italian Greyhounds.
lippodrome with Geraldine, who Dives 75 Feet Down from the top of the Parii
lippodrome with a Horse Walking on Stilts. ^
lippodrome with Equine Military Drill
lippodrome with Freyer’s Pony and Dog Circus.
Iimraodrome with Mile. Zaeo, who Descends by the flair of her Head on an J
... . , tho Highest Pinnacle of the Great Tent.
:is "i&ifgs*”* ,h ° v,m ri " “ s -
Iippodorme with Royal Princess Amozulu, of Zululand.
lippodrome with Swarthy Zulu Warriors
lippodrome with a Marvelous Museum,
lippod rome with Denizens of the Forest
lippodrome with Four Steam Musical Cars
Upp odrome with Seats for 14.000 People.
Hippodrome with the Largest Tents Ever Erected.
Two Exhibitions Daily, Admission 50 and 75 cents
CHEAP EACURStONS WILL BE RUN ON ALL BAIU