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W. L. GLESSNER, Editor. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 0, ’81. To Subscribers. Mr. Callaway having turned over to us the subscription accounts of the Recorder, we hope those in ar rears will call at the office and set tle up ns soon as possible. All ■who have paid in advance will re ceive their papers as though no change had been made. Congress. Congress assembled on Monday. The House organized by eloeting the Republican caucus nominees for Speaker and other offices, Keif- er, of Ohio, being elected Speaker. Mr. David Dickson, of Hancock county, will come out short some $3C,000 on cotton planting this season. Col. Joseph McWhorter, of Ogle thorpe county, lias 00 acres of land that will average 25 busheis of corn to tlie acre. Tiie Eatonton Meeaenger states that one day last week a negro man, aged ninety years died on the farm of Captain John S. Boyd at Flat Rocks, Putnam county. This ne gro, Abram Eubanks by name, and his wife were of the same age— ninety years. His wife survives him. For just seventy-five years they had lived together as man nnd wife, having been married at the ago ol fifteen. A party or about thirty Jews nrrived in Macon Tuesday night from Savannah. They were Jewish refugees who had been driven from Russia by persecution. These re fugees are arriving in Now York by thousands every week, and the Central Committee is sending them to different parts of the country. Among them are men of clmost ev ery trade and calling. The Macon Telegraph says that 150 of these unfortunates will soon arrive in At lanta. Tiie Rev. Du. Stours, of Brook lyn, was last Saturday night pre sented with u certified check of $35,000 from his congregation, rep resenting an annual addition to his salary of a thousand dollars for the thirty-five years he has been in Brooklyn. There is nothing like snving up one’s money nnd getting it in a lump ns one grows old. Had his people imprudently given him this thousand dollars every year as ho went along, ho would probably have spent it. This is why clergy men generally arc paid small or moderate salaries. They are going to get their reward In a lump by- nnd-by—most of them in the sweet by-and-by. An Aged Statesman. Dr. Uriel Terrell, Democratic mombor elect to the Virginia Leg islature from Orange County, is perhaps the oldest person in pub lic life in that or any other State in the Union. He is in the flOth year of his nge, with an unclouded intellect nnd the activity of a man of sixty. Death of an Aged t'ltfzcii. On Thursday last, at his home in this county, died Uncle Jackie Hill, stricken down with paralysis. He was probably the oldest man in this part of the country, claiming to havelteeu born in 1774, making him 107 years old. Tiie deceased up to within a-few days of ids death had full possession of his physical pow ers and could walk quite a distance for cne of his extreme age. It must have been interesting indeed to hear him talk of his younger days, and the strange |>cculiari'ics of Ilia boyish years. The old man is gone, and it is hoped that he has found a happier and lengthier ex istence than his earthly one has been.—Montezuma Weekly. We cannot say what the eireet is on the experts who arc watching his every word und act, but the ef fect ofUiiiteau's cross-examination on the general public is to weaken belief in the plea of insanity. There is a wonderful degree of method iu Guitcaii's madness. Whether suite or insane he has B roved an extraordinary witucss. le has discussed questions of poli tics, ethics, law, theology and bus iness with a mental vigor, clear ness and readiness that would bo considered exceptional in a person of unquestioned sanity and ability. —Oate!t Stive. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. The President’s message is a long aocument, occupying ten col umns of closely printed matter. As it is mainly taken up with a synopsis of department reports, and enters very little into the dis cussion of national questions, we shall not publish it entire, but will give a brief synopsis of the most important topics. President Arthur opons his mes' sage with the following allusion to the tragedy which called him into his present office: An appalling calamity has befallen the Ameri can people since their chosen rep resentatives Inst met in the halls where you are now assembled. We might else recall with unalloyed content the rare prosperity with which, throughout the year, the na tion has been blessed, its harvests have been plenteous, us various industries have thriven, the health of its people lias been preserved, it has maintained with foreign gov ernments the undisturbed relation of amity and peace. For these manifestations of His favor, we owe to Him who holds our destinies in His hands the tribute of our grate ful devotion. To that mysterious exercise of His will which has tak en from us the loved and illustri ous citizen who was but lately the head of the nation, wc bow in sor row and submission. The memory of his exalted character, of his no ble achievements and of his patri otic life will be treasured forever as a sacred possession of tiie whole people. The announcement of his death drew from foreign govern ments and peoples tributes of sym pathy and sorrow which history will record as signal tokens of tiie kinsiip of nations and the federa tion of mankind. He then proceeds to detail our relations with foreign governments, from which wc learn that we are “at peace witli all the world and maintain friendly rela tions with the rost of mankind,” as old Zachary Taylor once ex pressed it. In regard to finances, wc are in formed that the total receipts for the year ending June 20 were $300,- 782,292.57, and the expenditures $200,712,887.59, lcnving a surplus of revenue of $100,009,404.78,which was applied to the redemption of bonds. He recommends the early retirement of silver certificates nnd the rcpcnl tiie law authorizing them. In regard to silver coinage he sayB that one hundred and two millions of dollars have already been coin ed, whilo only thirty-four millions are in circulation, nnd recommends that the law requiring a curtain amount to be coined be repealed. Of the country’s trade the fol lowing figures are given: Contrast ed with tiie imports during the fis cal year, the exports were as fol lows: Kxcch of oxpoi Aggregate of ci port xporta and |>ort< •JM»,712,7I8 ,515,041,1)74 The President offers tho follow ing suggestion ns to the reduction of taxation: It is u matter of con gratulation that the business of the country 1ms been so prosperous during the past year as to yield liy taxation a large surplus of income to the government. If the revenue laws remain unchanged this surplus must year by year increase, on ac- countoi the reduction of the public debt nnd its burden of interest, and because of the rapid increase of our population. In 1800, just prior to the institution of our internal rev- and drafts may, with propriety,'be repealed, and the law also by which banks and bankers arc assessed up on their capital and deposits. There seems to be a general senti ment in favor of this course. In the present condition of our reven ues, the tax upon deposits is cspec- iallyjunjust. It was never imposed in this country until it was demand ed by the necessities of war and was never exacted, I believe, in any other country, even in its greatest exigencies. Banks are re quired to secure their circulation by pledging with tho Treasurer of the United States bonds of the gen eral government. Tho interest up on these bonds, which at the time when the tax was imposed was 0 percent, is now in most instances 3| per cent. Besides, the entire cir culation was originally limited by law, and no increase was allowable. When the existing banks had prac tically a monopoly of the business, there was force in the suggestion that for the franchise to the favor ed grantees, the government might very properly exact a tax on cir culation. But for years the sys tem has been free and the amount of circulation regulated by the pub lic demand. Thu retention of this tax has been suggested as a means of reimbursing the government for the expense of printing nnd fur nishing the circulating notes. If the tax should be repealed it would certainly seem proper to require the national banks to pay the amount of such expense to the comptroller of the currency. It is, perhaps, doubtful whether the immediate reduction of the rate of taxation upon liquors and tobac co is advisable, especially iu view of the drain upon the treasury which must attend the payment of arrears of pensions. A compari son, however, of the amount of tax es collected under the varying rates of taxation which have at dillcrent times prevailed, suggests the inti mation that some reduction may be soon made without material di minution of the revenue. The Star Route business is thus briefly disposed of: As has been already stated, great reductions have recently' been made in the ex pense of the star route service. The investigations of the Department of Justice and t be I’ost-oflice De partment have resulted in the pres entations of indictments against persons formerly connected with that Bervice, accusing them of of fences against the United States. I have enjoined upon tho. officials who are charged with the conduct of the cases on the part of the government and upon the eminent counsel who, before my’ nccesssion to tho Presidency, were called to their assistance tiie duty of pro-c- cuting with the utmost vigor of tho law all persons who was found chargeable of frauds on the postal service. Respecting pensions the follow ing alarming flgurcsnrc given:— It appears from the report of the commissioner of pensions that since 1880, 789,003 original pen sion claims have been filed; 350,949 of these have been allowed and in scribed on the pension roll; 72,530 have been rejected or abandoned, being 13 per cent, of the whole number of claims settled. There are now pending for settlement 205,575 original pension claims, 227,040 of which were filed prior to July 1, 1880. These when allowed will involve the payment of arrears from the date of discharge in ease of an invalid, and from the date of death or termination of a prior right injall other cases. From all the data obtainable it is estimated that 15 per cent, ol thu number of claims now pending will be rejected or abandoned. This would show the probable rejection of 34,040 cases and the probable admission of about 193,000 claims, all of which involve the payment of arrears of pension. Supposing no new lmsi- enuc system, our population but j ness to intervene, tiiis number of slightly exceeded 30,000,000. By the census of 188 I it is now found to exceed 50,000,900. It is estima ted that even if me annual receipts and expenditures should continue as at present the entire debt could be paid in ten years. In view,how ever, of the heavy load of taxation which our people have already borne, we may well consider wheth er it is not the part of wisdom to reduce the revenues, even if we de lay a little the payment of llicdcbt. It seems tome that the time has arrived when the people mayjustly demand some relief from their pres ent ouerous burdens, and that by due economy iu thu various branch es of the public service this may readily be afforded. I therefore concur with the secretary in rec claims (193,000) could be acted upon in a period of six years, and taking January 1, 1884, as a near period from which to estimate in each case an average amount of ar rears, it is found that every ease allowed would require for tiie first payment'iipon it the sum of $1,350. Multiplying tiie amount by the whole number of probable admis sions gives $250,000,000 as the sum required for tho first payment. This represents the sum which must be paid upon claims which were filed before July 1,1880, and arc pending and entitled to the benefits of the arrears. From this amount ($250,000,000) may be deducted from ten to fifteen millions for cas es where the claimant dying there is no person who under the law would ommending the abolition of inter-1 be entitled to succeed to the pen mil revenue taxes, except on tobac- sion, leaving $235,000,000 as the eo in its various forms, and upon 1 probable amount to be paid. In distilled spirits and fermented these estimates no account has liquors, and except also the special been taken of the 38,500 cases filed tax upon manufacturers und dealers since J unu 30, 1880, and now pend- in such articles. The retention of ing which must receive attention the latter tax is desirable asaflord as current business, but which do ing the officers of the government not involve the payment of any ar il proper supervision oftLesc arti- rears beyond the date of filing the I eles for the prevention of fraud. , claim. Of course this number it is i I agree with the Secretary of the • estimated that 80 per cent, will be ! Treasury that the law imposing a ! allowed. The fact that a sum so i sump lax upon matches, propriu- enormous must lie expended by the j tiny articles, playing eards, checks I government to meet the demands for arrears of pensions, is an ad monition to Congress and the exe cutive to give’ cautious considera tion to any similar project in tho future. The great temptation to the presentation of fictitious claims afforded by the fact that the aver age sum obtained upon each appli cation is $1,300, leads me to sug gest the propriety of making some special provision for the prevention of fraud. In regard to civil service reform the President reaffirms his opin ions as stated in his letter accept ing the nomination for tho Vice- Presidency, that “no man should be the incumbent of an office, the duties of which lie is, for any cause, unfit to perform ; wiio is lacking in the ability, fide. •, or integ rity, which a prt. adminis tration of such office demands.” lie then proceeds to discuss coin petitive examination and tenure of office, but seems afraid to make any soecific recommendation, fur ther than that $25,000 per year be appropriated to pay the salaries and expenses of a board of civil service reformers with no special duties. Attention is earnestly called to the importance of legislation with respect to the ascertainment and declaration of the vote for presi dential electors, and also to more clearly define the duties of the Vico President in case of the long ill ness or inability of tho President to perform the duties of his office. The message is written in a prac tical, business-like manner, being in fact more of a synopsis of the department reports than an expo sition of national policy, and but little can be gleaned from it as to the policy which President Arthur proposes to pursue. IVliat They Nay of Us. Mr. M. Callaway, who for two years and a half has been the edi tor and proprietor of that excellent paper, the Amcricus Recorder, makes his farewell bow in the last number of that paper. He it to be succeeded by Mr. W. L. Glossner, formerly of Clinton, Illinois, who is an accomplished newspaper man and will keep up tiie former good character of the Recorder Ma con Telegraph. Mil. M. Cam,away, who for two years and a half has been the edi tor and proprietor ot that excel lent paper, the Amcricus Recor der, makes his farewell bow in the last number of that paper. II to bo succeeded by’ W. L. Glossner, formerly of Clinton, Illinois.— Col umbia* Enguirer-Sun. Dlayntch to At' n.tn Constitution. \MKnurs, November 29 —Tito Ameri cas Recorder 1ms been sold by Mr. M. t’al itiwiiy, wL-i) hits boon up to the present time its editor nnd proprietor, to Mr. W. I,. Glesstier, recently of Clin ton, Illinois. Mr. Glessner and family bnvo just arrived in oar oily nnd bo as sumes control of the paper to-dny. Mr. G, lots published a democratic news paper in Illinois for tiie past ten years, but lias been looking around in Georgia for some months past for a suitable lo cation. Tho llEoouliRU iu the bauds of Mr. Callaway 1ms been a prosperous and successful newspaper and was extensive ly circulated in this and Jtbe surround ing com.ties. The now proprietor 1ms the best wishes ol all classes of oar citi zens. MciTcll Callaway lias sold the llecorder to Mr. W. L. Glessner, ot Illinois. The new editor has taken charge of the paper: Mr. Callaway has conducted the llecortler witli ability, and made it a success. He has our best wishes for his welfare. As for Mr. Glessner, tiie Aittu s extends tiie right hand of fellow ship, and a sincerely hearty wel come to our section of the Sunny South.—Marion Co. Argue. Mr. \V. L. Glessner, late of Illi nois, the new editor and proprietor of tiie Amcricus Recorder, makes his bow in yesterday’s issue of that paper. Judging from the way he w.ites, we take Mr. Glessnej to be a plain, pracliole, sensible writer, and a Democrat of tiie organized school. Tiie Since and Adeerlieer hereby extends the right hand of fellowship to the new editor of the Recorder, and wishes him and it merited success. * Dissolution Notice. th **ucvc«»or, (\V. A. Smith.) All the llnbilitic* of Smith & Bro., and all arcmmti doo them wil be nettled and collected by W. A. SMITH. SMITMVILLK, Ga., iheember 5, 1881, As 1 contetnp’ato moving from Southwest On., I have cloned out mv Interest in the Drug ba»inc8u tomv brotlu , W. A. Htrhh, and desire to re;urn thanks torn* old friend* for the viry liberal pa tronage bestowed dur nlt uyeureer in the Drug I)U*i«e*f, nnd commend them to W. A. Smith, a member of and *uccc$>or to the old firm. Vo • n specif illy, . M A. SMITH. .Smitiiville, Ua., December 5. 18RI. Z. A. SMXTHVELI.E, GA. Groceries, Canned Goods, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Notions,- Crockery, G lass ware. PURE LIQUOR A SPECIALTY. Y TO dec*, I a Referring to theab— a continuance of the ’avors of the old friend* of Smith & Uro„ a* well us tiie kind remembrance ot tlu* trade iu general. Having an experience of sha'l eude ivor to sustain the reputation of the old tir.n for fair and honorable dealing*. SoMcilingthe patronage the public, heieto.'oio Ga , Jhvcmber For Two to Toil Years. A T EIGHT Pfcil CENT INTEREST, PAY- able at the end of each year, in sums of nnd upward, upon improved centrally located city property, and cultivated land Iu the most fertile counties of tho South, lo one third the actual value of the security. These loans can he made lor a fixed period, or upon tlio INSTALLMENT PLAN prepay, equitable arrangement will ho for him to do so. No luturo conditions e rompt payment of interest, principal and of security. Francis Smith.. Room 5, W. I). Grant, lluilding, No. 40 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ucorgi LEESBURG fO THE FRONT H. C. ODOM Groceries, Dry Goods, Whiskies, The Finest And Best Bran s. CigABS A.STD XQBACOC- Tho citizens of Lee anil the stir- rounding section are invited to L n rZn°,™ ny !' AI ' L AND WINTER STOCKS. I will duplicate prices from any point. My motto is quick sales and the smallest profit. Call and covince yo rsclf, H- C- OOM- Holey G TIIE LATEST Books, Soraps, Fapsteries, Autographs FAN CY GOODS. CALL AND SEE THEM. Agnes Aycock. Gins for Sale rryehiap. Roth warranted- Apply to V I.. MIZE, aur^-tt or TH IS OFFICE. <T£! STOn B One of the largest estab lishments of the kind in the South, is located in Amcricus, '■**’ Mr. Fricker’s store has just undergone a rejuvenating process that makes it the hand somest store INSIDE to be found in Amorims. Tn the Jetve!rv department can be (baud all the latest novelties in WATCHES, CLOCKS. NECKLACES, LOCKETS, ' RINGS, LACE PINS, SETS, v EAR KINGS, BRACELETS. THIMBLES, Spectacles of all kinds and in struments to test your eyes and competent men to select Spec tacles best adopted to your eye-sight. Thousands of peo ple are injuring their eye sight by using common Spectacles, or those not prop erly adjusted to their eyes. Solid Silverware, SPOONS, FORKS, KNIVES, CARD CASES, CUPS, GOBLE'lS, FRUIT KNIVES, NAPKIN RINGSj all kinds of case goods, etc., etc. In Electro-pla ted ware, a full line of Reed and Barton’s g< ods which I guarantee to have more silver on, and to he plated on better and harder material than any other make of goods, the only concern that took the only first- class prize in Australia. A partial list ot these goods comprises Castors, Cake Bas kets, Berry Dishes, Epergns, Card Stands, Flower Stands, Witter sets. Waiters, Goblets, cups, Spoon-holders, Syrup- \ cups, Butter-dishes, Pickle- stands, Knives, Forks, spoons, Etc., Etc. These goods sold at*the same prices that you would have to pay at the Factory, as well as a full line of goods of other manufacturers nt fac tory prices. I also keep a fine linn ol Gold Pens, Walking canes,etc. This weeK I will have the largest and most varied stocK of China Vases, Toilet sets, Jardinieres ami fancy goods generally, ever brought to tiiis market. . In my Music Department I have a large stock of Pianos, Organs, Violins, Guitars, Ban jos, Acooideons, Tambourines, Harps, Instruction Books, etc. In my sewing machine de partment can be found a large lot of Davis, Williams, Wheel er and Wilson and other sew ing machines also a lot oi second hand machines all in thorough order for sale cheap, a full line of parts, attachments l needles nnd oil for all ma chinery. My work department is the most complete and the best supplied with tools, ma chines find material in the South for doing watch work, jewelry repairing, clock re pairing and for putting sew ing machines in thorough or der, supplying any new parts needed, etc. The class of worl done here is superior to that of any other establishment outside of a large city. No trouble to show goods. Call and take a look through my stock whether you wish to purchase or not and and see the place where you can get what you want either in goods or work when you need any thing of the kind. Everything guaranteed as represented. JAaOlB l’niOKEIL. Under Barlow House’ Amerlcus, • O«■« \