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PIRP^PPPP THE TELEGKAPR AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY. JULY" 10.18&5. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. » THBTzlsqravh and Mesixngkb I* publish ed every day, except Monday, and Weekly every Friday. , , .. Ths Daily la delivered by carriers In the CUy or mai’.ud pottage ltee to subscriber* atfl per month, 12.50 for three month*, $5 for »lx months, or $10 a year. _ Th* Weekly 1* mailed to subscriber*, post ure tree, at f 1.25 a year, 75 cents for ilx months, lo emus of a?e 91, and to clubs of ten, I* per gar and an extra copy to getter up of clubs of The date on which subicrlptlons expire will be found on the address tag on each paper, and subscribers are requested to forward the money for renewal* of the same la time to reach this ofllce not later than^the date on which their subscription expire. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Dally atfl per square of ten lines or less, for the first Insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent inseition: and for the W eckly at $1 per square for each insertion. Liberal rates to OQntractor*. Rejected communications will not be re* L'orresiomlence containing Important new, ind discussions of living topic, 1, solicited,but BOH be brief and written upon butone side of be paper to have atteuttou. Remittance, should be made by express, Beney order or registered letter. Agents wanted In every community In the State, to whom liberal commtulon, will be paid. Postmasters are especially requested to Write for terms. All communications should be addressed to lax TELxoKara aso Mxssenoex, Macon, os. Money orders, cheeks etc., shonld he mode payable to H. C. Bassos, Manager. , It ia not only wisdom to Hart your house upon a rock, bat U'e mighty foolish to start It without plenty of rocke In your pocket. Two negroes bnrg for rape. One Id Kansas, the other in Texes. This Is the horrible story flisbed over the wires al most every day. Faou the leogth of time it takes the Gal lia to make port, it Is leered that the cap tain ia uilog Benjy Brewster's political character a, a chart. The Appointment of Noree. Among the appointments of govern ment directors of the Union Pacific railroad, appears the name of Ldwanl F. Noyes, ex-Govemor of Ohio. The name is not unfamiliar to people who watch political events in this country, It has been established by competent proof that this man Noyes was an active and successful agent in stealing the vote of Florida froinMr. Tildenin favor of Mr. Hayes in 1870. For this service lie was rewarded with the ministership to France. As tho pay waa heavy his cervices must have been important. Reviewing these facts at length the New York Sun says: Is this the men whom a Democratic admin istration should seek out and honor? It teem- *d impossible tbst Mr. Cleveland and bis cabinet con'd have forgotton the facta about Index Noyes. If they have done ao. the manly couno will be to withdraw this incom prehensible appointment without a day’s de lay. If it stands, it must ha regarded with ■hame and indignation by every honeat Dem- corat who believes that in 1»"4 Samuel J, Til- den waa elected President. We have an idea that the law com pels the President in the selection of government directors of the Union Pa cific road to take them from the two parties. Admitting this, it would appear on the first blnsh that a less offensive Re publican thnri Noyes could have been found, even in Ohio. But there are other considerations connected with this position. The board of directors just going ont At Richfield Springs, New York, on the 4th instant, a gigantic American eagle waa aat free with great ceremony. It took him a half hour to rise to par. Tnx appalling Tstatemeut comes from Spain that there were seventeen hundred new caaea of cholera on yesterday, and seventeen hundred and ninety deathg. It will take a man of more public char acter than L-mgatreet to convince the peo ple of this whole country that Stonewall Jackson was only a mediocre commander. "Yxs,” said the Texan proudly, “I am Sam Jonea’a thirteen hundredth convert, and I netted him a dollar and a half." It takes mighty little to mike some men feel proud. Tnx Georgia Legislature Is one body thet nowadays is not oppressed by a sente of Its own dignity. A gossamer sheet, when the tbormom :ter stands at zero, Is not o'er heavy. “Mas. Yseclt Duni.Br has become charge npon this country.” But, then, Ysenlt has earned her pension, which Is more than the majority of the alleged pa- trlota can say. Tnx Legislature having aafely arrived In Atlanta by reason ol list trains and tree parses, It will now be In order to jump on the rallrotd corporations and hire out the passes to Atlauta drummers. It Is said that tbs lata eleo'lons In Eng land diaoovered the feot that the newly fnfranchlsed class seemed to cere little or notbiog for the ballot. It It to be won dered at then that Coffee Is more tenderly attached to watermelons, roasting-ears, fst plga.and chickens thin to an election ticket. Wx nr.' pinned to note thst tbs Presl dent Is becoming mors devotional. Be went to chorcb last Sunday. Dr. Bunder lend at the close of his sermon esked all to join in slDgiog "America." Tne President nnd the two ladles with him joined ia the singing. Tar. New York Tribune says: "A year ago the Constitution, of Adnata, Oa .used its large lllght of pigeons to advantage as news messengers." Has not ths reporter of the Tribune confuted pigeons with de coy ducks? Or were these pigeons of the "stool” species? "I have stolen like a thief, and I have murdered men without a qualm of eon- science—tn my dreams," said Ueoiy Ward Beecher. Yea, bat the devilment you have done la your waking hours and In your (all senses, Henry, it an unanswerable argument against the “slieol" ot the new version. Tux utter bypxrlsy and shamelessness ol the mugwumps st to civil service re- form Is exhibited In the silence ot their jrarnsU as to the appointment of Iht Presidential thief Noyes. Higgins la better man than Nnyes, and among the political peccadiloea charged against Blaine, none will compart with the crime of Noyes. Boux Republicans are honestly outspo ken. Ex-congressman Hendce, who Is now bank inspector forVermoot, said tbs other .lay that he was Dot out of those Federal offldals who expecta to hold hla place. He ■ays that he believes that If the Republi cans come Into power In 1888 thet they will not leave a single Democrat in a Fed eral place. Somebody accused Railroad Commit eloner Wallace of uafimlliarity with mod ern railroad business. Commissioner Wel- 1 ace farnlehts foil proof of the charge la 1 ubliihed pamphlet designed tooperateon the Legislature during the present aeaslon. President Raoul should at once expose the cru Utica, inaccuracies and forced condu- --ions of this remarkable aad remarkably limed document. Tax editor of the Greenville (Tex.) Ban ner wants the Earn* called. He says • Ibis world’s a wilderness of woe. With -raatbopi-eu in Tennessee, drought In California, a abort wheat crop lo Kansas, S.unlne lo West Virginia, earthquakes la ! -ia, cholera In Spain, cottonworma bi iai, and Cleveland so slow in Horning the rascals ont,' it Seems that old Oabntl :-Ight as well blow hit trumpet and ■ done with It.” grass ISO ol Georgia's credit, the SI Loots Republican says: "The Bute can •fiord to be indifferent. A recent treat- action shows that its credit does not pend upon the approval or diupproval re New York Stock Exchange. It . let noil &S2.000 4Ji peroent. thirty year onds ataprn. lam of fiveeixteentbi of 1 per cent, to a broker's firm In Phlladel- >ia. The ltd that George fal totally and promptly pays Its booeat obligations, while r disowning its fraudulent pre- i, is accepted as projf of (lu people.” have reported that the government directors are not fi nancially interested in the Union Paci fic railway property. From the nature things, and legally, they can not and shonld not be. They are appointed without any reference to their special qualifications or knowledge concerning railway operation or management. Considering the tenure of the office of government director, it will be readily understood that it is an almost Impos sible task for him to apply himself to tho discovery and consideration of all such facts and deUils os a full, practi cal knowledge of the affairs of the company would involve, and his incli nation dictate. The propriety and even necessity of the government direc tors being men conversant and profes sionally proficient in railway details and concerns are, in this view, vividly apparent. But the employment of such men, with the expectation that they would apply themselves assidu ously to the persistent performance of their duties, would involve a very dif ferent measure of compensation from that now provided for their services. As this is given out as a business administration, perhaps Noyes is ;>os- sessed ot extraordinary power and ex perience for the position to which ho has boon appointed. If so, this fact cannot be made to ap pear cither too soon or too fully. There should be some strong and un answerable argument in favor of Noyes season his appointment by a Demo cratic administration to Democratic palates. Along with the appointment comes the report that Gen. E. P. Alex ander, of this SUte, was the only ap pointment, ns government director, se lected by the Secretary o! the Interior that was approved by tho President. Whether this he trne or not, the fact that the report has gained publicity renders it more important that the pub lic shonld be faced with the real rea sons for the appointment of Nnyes, provided it was not a political move, intended to affeet the coming guberna torial canvass in Ohio. Standing by itself, it may be said, without the slightest exaggeration, that the appointment ol Noyes is a very noisome dose to the Democracy of the country. pacify them. Hereafter defeat stares him in the face unless the Smiths are allowed to turn out the offensive parti sans. We have before ns a,genealogy of the Smith family, or rather a perpendicu lar section with Adam at one end and our “Tom Artcr,” a full-blooded Smith, at the other. Marginal notes give much information concerning the pow erful name. We observe that every body was at one time named Smith, and the family became thinned out under peculiar circumstances. Con forming to a family custom, it seems every rascally Smith changed his name when he yielded to tempta tion and became a criminal. Though greatly reduced in numbers, the re mainder of the family is pure nnd hon est. Of what crime the original Cleve land stands charged we know not, nor does it matter. The fact remains that the honest pride which caused him to shield his real name in a Cleveland alias was nottransmltted, and a female descendant turns and spits upon the old seedling stock with eager disdain Other facts are preserved upon this margin. It was Jacob Smith, old Jake as he was familiarly called in those days, who married Laban’s daughter. It was Noah Smith who rode out the flood and preserved the family from extinction, and it was his eons, Sbem Smith, Japhet Smith and Ham Smith who scattered it over the land. Ham was the father of all the blacksmiths. The name has undergone many cli matic changes, bat it can be traced in the records of all nations. Cleopatra was a Smith. Poter It may not appear important to Mr.1 Cleveland that this matter should' be attended to. He may not con sider it necessary to the success of his administration. It may not in his judgment be considered prop er, that the Republican office hol ders should go and give place to better men in order to hold up and strengthen the Democratic party. But the welfare of this section of the coun try greatly depends upon such changes. The people are indisposed to engage as iniormers, but It a satisfactory form can be arranged the blanks and dates will be correctly written in. the Great’s every day name was Miss Cltvtland and ths Smiths. Some few weeks since a rash corre spondent set afloat the rumor that Miss Cleveland differed in politics from her now famous brother, the President, and cherished secretly Republican principles. There was no good founda tion for the statement and the sensa tion fell stillborn. It were well indeed that Miss Cleveland’s ramsrksblo as sault upon the honored Smiths of this country hsd not st thst ttmo attracted public attention, or it might not have been so easy to clear her skirts. In the article to which we refer Miss Cleveland speaks of the Smiths as nonentities, stumbling blocks in every reform movement, drones among the busy workers ot the world, people without will, opinions nnd enterprise a species of moral slag floating in the great alchemist’s crucible. All this and more. It has never been our fortune to con template a more studied and deadly insult. Language, metaphor, imagina tion and adjectives were exhausted in the efiort. Vie may well believe that the authoress herself was exhausted also. This work oi Miss Cleveland’s seems inexcusable on any grounds. It be trays, first, sn utter disregard of truth second, ingratitude; third, malice fourth, venom. The anthoress betrays, in addition to all these, ignorance and a foolish desire to appear witty at the expense oi a great and time-honored family. Viewed politically, it fa a sadder blunder than that committed by Mr. Bnrchard. “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion” will go down to posterity hand in hand with the Smith slander. The Smith family in the last cam paign was the most potent factor in the great work of reform. Nearly all Smiths a.e Democrats; there are 3,'JGC of them in New York and Cleveland's majority wss less than twelve hun dred. The Smith family elected Cleve land, only to be struck in the face by on old maid's plumper and called names that an in their last analyses only refined insults. The Smiths can in 1888 undo their patriotic work, and I will unless the President takes steps to Smithalowaki. Kaiaer Wilhelm’s proudest title, now laid aside, it is true, Schmidt, while Bismarck admitted one day while a little beery, that he himself was a Schmit. It is a legend the family that Shakspeare Smythe wrote the now famous plays tl^t are sold under the first hali of the name, and that Junius was but the nom tie plume of distinguished Smyth. So it runs. Hundreds of famous names are pre served in this genealogy, and so well convinced are the Smiths that the rec ord is true, they continue to this day use these old family cognomens in baptizing their children. An examina tion of the various directories will es tablish this point. We cannot farther elaborate this subject. No one article can do justice the Smith family. Nothing but a perpetual serial could so deal with the theme. A beautiful tradition of the family, however, may serve well to round up what has been written: One day when Powhatan, the great Virginia chief, reclined npon a bnffalo robe on the bonks of a gargling stream, half dozen fierce warriors dragged in an exhausted captive. With an original Virginia oath, Powhatan or dered bis head to be laid upon a stone, and swinging over him a gigantic club was about to dash out the brains of the unfortunate man. Tho captive shut ltia eyes and murmured, "John Smith, your time has como.” The words fell upon the keen ears an Indian maiden. With shriek she threw herself upon his bosom, crying aloud, “Spare him, father, spare him; heis a Smith.” Tiie proud chief lowered his club, ex claiming, "Can this be true?” “It can,” said John eagerly. “Then,” said tho red man, “live; we are of the same blood. Rise, Pocahontas Smith, and get your cousin Johns pipe.” Romanco has changed this bare his torical incident, it is true, but the Smiths have preserved it in its original shape. But what a contrast. The heathen maiden lifted np an unfortunate kins man in a foreign land 1 A daughter of the nineteenth century civilization spurns her own race, and bolds it up to the scorn of su unfeeling world 1 Cotton Stat.ment. Tbe Chronicle's cotton article of July 31 furnishes the following facts rela tive to the movement of tbs crop for the past week: For tbe week ending thla evening (Joly 3), the total receipts have reached 1.02 bales, against 2.153 bales last week, 2,877 bales the previous week and 4,729 bales three weeks since; making tbe tolsl receipts since tbe let of September, 1884, 4,716,681 bales, against 4,788,420 boles for the same period ol 1883-84, showing a de crease since September 1,1884, ol 71,739 boles, Tbe receipts at all the Interior towns for tbe week have been 3,473 bales, since September 1st, 2,011,343 bales. Tbe re ceipts at tbe same towns have been 1,749 bales less than ths same week last year, and sines September 1st, tbe receipts at tbe towns are 236,802 bales less than the same time in 1884. Among the Interior towns, Macon Is credited with 7 bales for the week and 48,- bales for ths season. Lost year tbe receipts for the week were 12 bales and for tbe season were 59,021 bales. These fig ures show a falling oil for tbe season of 10,666 bales. The receipts since September 1 up to to night are 70,615 bales less than they were at the same day of tbe month in 1864 sud 1,183,007 bales less than they were to tbs same day of tbe month In 1883. Tbe exports of cotton from the United States tbe psst week, as per latest mall re turns, have reached 23,950 bales. The Chronicle has the followmg to say the market fluctuations for the week under review: Tbe speculation In cotton for future delivery aUhls market daring the put week hat been comparatively quiet. Tnlala due In part to the adjournment from Thursday to Monday, exposing operators to contingencies at a time when they conld not protect themselves. Con- tidenble Irregularity la the course ol values has also been a feature, this crop, with lts re duced stocka, showing mor strength than tho next crop. On Katurday tbe market wu firm- •8-n on tho previous day, but It la difficult say why: Monday it decUoed sharply, In sympathy with Liverpool, and owing to the report that hostilities bad again broken ont tn Afghanistan, Tuesday wu strong and buoy ant, tho foreign advices being generally re assuring. Wednesday opened irregular, tills crop advancing •llihtly, hut later the demand almost wholly subsided, and the oloso wu at a •mall but very unlfo-m decline. Yesterday there wu a slight further decline, and bust- was nearly suspended, cotton on the bu been In islr demand for export and iome consumption. Quotations were further advanced M6c. on Wednesday. Yesterday, the market wu quiet, middling aplan-a clos ing atio'jc. Today (tbe 3d jibe Cotton Ex- A LETTER FROM MR. HARRIS. He EsDinins tho Action of tho Finance Committee of tho Last Legislature. Enrons Teleokafh asd Messksoer: As there has been some criticism of tbe action of tbe Legislature In 1881 touching the finances of tbe State, and as there seems to be some misunderstanding of tbe altaatlon, I ask permission to make a state ment for Information through your col umns. When the Legislature met In 1884 it is true that tbe published reports of tbe State ofllcisla showed what they denominated a “probable deficit" In the revenues for 1885 of over 8200,000. This result was reached by estimating tbe probable expenditures for tbe year 1885 and subtracting thla from the proba ble income from all sonrees for that year. Tbe estimate was based on the valuation of tbs taxable property returned iu 1881 with the tax at 3 mills. No allowance wss mads, I believe, for Increase in taxable property, and nooredit was given for un expended appropriations lapping over from 1884. A portion of these appropri ations amounting to nearly 8100,000, it Is known, will never be ca'led for, os tho evi dence of indebtedness is already in the bands of the State. Besides this the possi ble funding of tbe University bonds to an amoant sufficient to constitute a consider, able Item, did not and conld not enter into the calculation. Putting all these items tegether, and giving every expenditure a close scrutiny, it became evident to the change Is closed, and! strange lso'oi unUlMonday. Lo Us Hava a Form. Tbe library of nvery succeisfall prac titioner of law contains one or more form books, in wbicb may lie found all legal instruments from a deed for land to the verdict of a coroner's jury. Even tbe youngest attorney need not go amiss in preparing ills legal documents for tbe court docket. Hitherto this parties lar uniformity in expression lias not been deemed absolutely essential in governmental papers. It baa been supposed that upon tbe change of ad ministrations, it was only necessary to say to tbe office holders go, and they immediately goeth, as it were, so to speak. This appears to be a mistake Severe and difficult forms have to be complied with in order to move offensive partisan.” Some Con gressmen lure succeeded won derfully well in the business while others have utterly failed. Sena tor Vest, it is stated, made diligent ef fort to construct a form that will pass muster in the Post-office Department bat after several unsuccessful efforts, abandoned the attempt in disgust. But a few days since it wu wired tbe country that seventeen - Repub lican postmasters had been retained for tbe reaeon that tbe charges against them were deemed insufficient. Tbe forma were not complied with. Representative Hill, of Ohio, bss also tried and made a fail ore. Tbe charges set forth that postmaster in question bad several times last year called ont from bis front door in a loud voice to the crowd assembled in front of his store, “If you want to vote for a gentleman and statesman, vote for J. G. Blaine, you want to rote for 230 pounds of beef —a No. 17 collar and a No. 0 fiat—vote for Cleveland.” Now it wonld appear to tbe average Democrat that this Buckeye postmaster should Showing. 1 remain closed Tux age at which rancl. g can bs prac ticed, an eminent physician says, by a healthy man in training le from 20 to 30. Boys and girls also of 10 or 12 can run with no apparent fatlsus. In boys’ rscee, for those under 14 years, no prsvlous train ing shonld bs Inflicted. No one ihould train for rnnnlog until be Is 18. but 20 would be the esler. Between 20 and 27 is ths best sgs for attaining speed In running. Between 30 and 40 a wise man will think twice before undergoing training for race- ranntng. Older men should rua oa no pretence whatever. New Yoax Observer: "It is obarged al ready against Sam Jones, tbs Southern te- vlvsllst, who says a gentleman ihould never take a lady's arm In an emergency ■nd that there are wrath and despair In tbs boiling jack-pot and ths seven deadly slos la tbe german, that, In spreading tbs Gospel, he spreads It vary thin. Pisces be has visited have already relapsed Into wickedness end tbe millennium bu felled to arrive. Emotional religion appear* to be now what It has slwtys been—good taough bat short-Urtd, like th* strawberry crop.” _________ Mscox look tbe lead lo ths celebration of th* Fourth ot July. Even at tbs na tional esp’tal ths occulon wu but little more noticed than In Atlanta. The Wash ington Star stye: "The celebration of the event wu practically turned over to the •mall boy and girl of the period, who made •aeb demonstrations suitable to tbs occa sion as fire crackers and minor pyrotsch- nlc displays would afford, end there was s notable absence ot tbe itars and stripes from tbs nnmtrons flag staffs scattered throughout th* city. Some of th* govern, meot buildings even failed to dleplsy their bunting. Whether these omissions were doe to lack ot patriotism or a superabun dance of oversight, ft it difficult to sty; but they were anything but crsdllsbls to thou in authority or otherwise responsi ble in tbs premises. II the nation's birth day Is ignored st ths national capital, and by ths servants of tbe people, what con be expected of tbe rut of tb* country? Tax new administration la a business one. Tns Washington Star says: this seiaon ot ths year the government employes begin to think of vacation joys, and in consequence tbe filei of the depart ment are crowded with applications for luve. This year, however, there Is a re markable dearth of such applications, and It might bs conclodsd that Wuhtngton wu becoming a favorite summer resort. Tbs conclusion which is more generally drawn Is that tbs government employu feel mor* comfortable at borne and attend, tog to their dalles than they would be at tbs coolest resort In tb* world with th* daily expectation of receiving word from home that they have been bounced. There bu bun no new ruling oa tbe question of leasts, and a few hive been granted for tb* accustomed term of thirty days. Bat it is probable that very tew Icavet will be taken this year until late la tb* season, when nutters have quieted down. In some of th* departments It Is probable thst thirty days' leave will be scaled down to twenty devs, and in some ot ths borssos no lures will b* granted st *1L Thera sums to bs no disposition on th* psrt of tbe clerks to tasks complain: on this score, and so far lbs question bu not been forced upon th* attention of tb* beads of th* departments. UIUOO CLIUUUJ, 58 UTvaiUB uviueill uj I HR finance committee, at an early period of their investigations, thst the deficit on a tax of three mills wonld be in fact, u thee thought, possibly n little less than 8100 000. Where the sources ol revenue and the expenditures are as numerous as in the cue ol the State, of course only an ap proximate estimate could bs mads; but It wu found by the members of the commit tee who looked Into the matter, that the average estimate as made by them did not exceed the figures given. The estimates ol| the officers were, of course, based on the face showing of their books. It will be observed thst the deficit hsd already occurred when the L-g- islatute met. The Governor had been forced to negotiate a temporaiy loan to supply ths deficiency In 1884. and this loan continued a charge upon the revenues of 1885. The origin of this'deficit was doubtless owing largely to tbe action of the Legisla ture of 18S2 fo reducing tbe taxes from 3 to 2' mills. Id 1883, the State cffictols for that year levied only 2)4 mills on tbe taxa ble property, which resulted in a falling oil In tue revenues of probably over 8125.CD0. Here, I think, was the first mistake. Besides this, tbe appropriations of that Legislature were something above the aver age. Nearly 860,000 was given to tbe crip pled Confederate eoldiers. Over 892,0 was appropriated to tbe 8tate Lunatic Asy lum for additional buildings. A heavy de ficiency fund wu also required for the floating Items ot expenses ot the two years preceding. All these were iu addition to the appropriation for the ctpitol, which amounted to 844,375 for the firs: year. At the ttme then appropriations were made, including tbe passage ot the capitol bill, the treuurer'a report—made under the old system then Id vogue it Is trne—showed an apparent surplns or , ‘balanc*”of nearly half a million dollars in the treunry. In this wu incladed sixteen bonds of the U nlted States worth 820,0C1 paid Into the tiuiurr by the Mecon and Brunswick railroad. Ao actwai pis ted by that Leg islature directing these to bs sold and the proceeds applied to the principal and in terest of the publle debt falling due la 1863. Besides this, it wu known to tbe members of the Legislature that the re mainder of the parchue price of the road would soon be doe, and tbe pnrchssers, it wu alleged, were even willing to anticipate th* time ot payment If dulled by tbe Bute. To understand the effect of this on tb* action ot tbe Legislature, It ebonld be borne In mind that tne method ol receiving paying and oat money In tb*8tate treunry is elmost similar to that followed In our banks of deposit. While the law appro priates certain lands to certain purposes, yet In fset tbe money is paid out si It Is called for, so that ths moneys belonging to one object are often need for another and totally d flerent objecL One fnnd thus becomu debtor to another fond—the year'e baeiness often being neceeeary to make tne proper compenaatlone. For In stance. tbe proeeede of th* sale of public property can only be applied to the psy- mentot the pnbllo debt. Of neceeetly, therefore, any money realised from tbit source would lessen tb* dralt upon thle fnnd arising from public trvation, and that leave an overplus from that source ctpab'e of being applied to any other ex penditure. When the Legislature of 1832-3 passed tb* capitol bill a proviso was added to tb* twelth lection, whlcb.lt mast be confessed, omtributed largely to Its passage. Ititss follows I “Provided, further, tbst It Is the Inten tion of this act thst tbe building he eln contemplated sbsll be erected only ont of surplus funds available for that purpose, sod It Is hereby enacted end declared that the present general rate of taxation on ths properly and epeclflo taxes In this Slate sbsll not be enlarged or Increased to make lb* appropriation herein provided fot.” This proviso vei add'd u an amend mtnt to the bill la the Hotu* by tbe pm ont dletinguiibed speaker, wbo wuthen chairman of th* finance committee. The bill pissed the Home and Senate with th* amendment, and became a law. Whatever mey be uid of Its wisdom propriety, two things are scarcely to doubted, let, the bill woold not have posted without It, and 2J, it wu certainly the law, binding on th* finance committee ot 1884, when they commenced tbe effort to provide means nscsusry to meet ths expenditures of ths State for 1885 and 1880. 1 do not disease here the right of th* Leg islator* to repeal thte proviso. I concede 1L I confine my self now to tbe action ot tbe committee which mast of necessity conform to the laws In existence. THS riOILXH, confronting thst committee, grow ont of tb* facts I hsv* stated. That committee found: 1. A Urge deficit tn the treasury and no muni In sight bat Increased taxation to supply it. 2. A cspitol building already com menced, tb* contract* already awarded and signed, tb* oocnmlsston appointed and at wore, the money of the dty of Atlanta reqofred by tbe act already paid Into tha treunry and tb* falthof tbe State plighted to carry on the work and fulfill the con tracts. 3. A law on tbe statute books which pro vided that tb* building shonld bs erected only out of a surplus In tbe treasury, and tbst tbe rate ol taxation should not be In craned to make this surplus. Another fact might be referred to here which became evident at a very early period of the session, vis: that ths Legisla tor* wu strongly opposed to stopping the work oath* capitol, and was equally op posed to Increasing the rate of taxation. Thla wu th* problem. What gave rise to It? Every member of th* Legislature of 1832, if qaeetioned on the subject, would answer simply, “We expected the par- THE SOLUTION which the committee eet out to find was not an easy one, and they were not unan imous. It was first thought that a portion ot the Interest of the public debt should bo ftiDded, and ac cordingly a bill was prepared by the committee, to this end, reported to the House, resd the first time, end recom mitted to the committee. It crested con siderable discussion, and It wu llnaly de termined not to press it. An examination of the liabilities of tbe State revulsd the fact that the payments for which leut preparation had bun made, would fall das in the early part of 1885. Betides the interest due in January and tbe temporary loan OI8100 OOOmaturtng tn the early part ol the year,891,030ol the Nutting bonds fell due In April. For these a special tax had been authorized, but as that tax came in only alter September and ae tbe tax of three mills had hitherto cov ered the annual expenditure, to meet these b ends amounting to 8103,000,it wu thought beet to authorize the Governor to land them for this year and next if he so de sired, 10 that the money need not betaken from the treasury to psy them. In this way it was uelieved the Governor conld bridge over tho deficit, till the Legislature met again, or the taxes came la for 1885. This course was adopted u promising the speed- eatreUef, and wu recommended tn lien of an Increase of taxes, under the pe culiar circumstances, existing at the time, and the Legislature carried ont the recom mendation. In the meantime ti e appro priation tor the capitol which had passed the Honse in strict conformity with the statute, wu amended in ths Senate, mak ing the appropriation aboolate. This amendment was adopted by a large ma jority ia tbe House on the lut day ol the session, and the law as It now standi S uit the appropriation for the capitol on io same footing with the other expendi tures of tbe State. This is a succioot statement of the financial work ot the Legislature on this subject at lta recent session. As tbs appropriation for tbe capitol has been made absolute, the ques tion of a special tax for meeting tbe ex penditures from year to year will be one of the main questions to be settled at the approaching session. In the meantime, Messrs. Editors, let me ssy, tbe credit of the State la in no Cntarrh Cured. A clergyman, alter suffering a Tears tram that loathsome dJeeuo'SS 0! after trelng every xnown remedy egos, at laid found „ preserlptiJn whlS‘™ l! pletely cured and saved him from ( in,ih aasauLsnSenSs 71WUM1 uarreu <x Hans, nor an» rsai estate, nor the 30.000 shares of bShbIS and Ohio railroad stock held by hlm Ru real estate in BaltimoreTone 1, worth more than 82,CC3,000. ' 15 worl “ Kilters the system from ualuons « .. nil i,cnsnna. Shatter* the >mis, Impair* Digestion. and Lnlfeeblm tho Bltuclc*. THE BEET TONIC Hthsmnicles and -si l 0(7 1 OUM h<MuWh»>, Ot * u “ patriotic nnd scholarly a netipt oi lc. # ump. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT* or THE CONDITION OF THE ^ hwkinsYille Bank and TractCompan HAWKIXSVILLE, GEORGIA, At the close of Business, June SXh, i$v>. RESOURCES. Debts due within the State.......... Debts due without the State Furniture”and flit u res..... Banking House ami real e»t ate.... Expenses, taxes and salaries Bills la teuIL.. Gold In vault., Silver in vault Bullion iu vault....... I73J72 76 LIABILITIES. Capital stock .....—.110,400 00 Surplus and undivided profit* — — 8,081 50 Dividend* unpaid ..™ 60 OO % Duo banks and bankers... C00 00 Due depositor*...^,..™ 24,439 28-178.672 78 Debt! doubtful- Debts bad...—... Debts food— M \ 000 CO 68.774 78 8,894 98 „ ii.,^i " _,r . Tag redross is th* national flower luve been lilted upon such a I o< Ragland, and tbe red nose is the national g. I flower of EogUib beer. _ Bitter* with the mtU gEgngfiFwwsara™ __ __ fBOO}!»*Wyalm. danger whatever. All the financial trou- SSfeStfe bie bee arisen over the capitol—simply nuedtoeajeddres.onrecMptWWi.Linp c ^—’* as a question of policy, and the increase of ooe-helf mill to our present low rate of taxation wll' put that source of trouble forever out of slghL Tbe condition of tbe country at the last session had much to do with the unwiMog. ness ol the legislature to authorize addi tional taxes. A financial ptniowaaon us; a half crop stared us in tbs face, and as the 8tste, if allowed, could borrow money at 4 or 5 per cent., while her hard pressed citizens usid 12 and IS per cent., we wished to find, if possible, some means of using her credit, so os to lessen tbe direct harden ot her citizens Instead of Increasing them. It will be nnderstood that the expedient adopted wes rather tentative and that only temporary relief was certainly aismed. What more Is required, If anything, the heads of the departments will donntl.ss inform as at ths coming session. The situation, as kaown, is simply this: The financial scheme ot the Legislature ol 1882, regarding the buildlDg of tbe cepltol out of overplus, has miscarried, and tbe Leglsl-tareor 1S81, recognizing this fset, has practically repealed tb*''*urplut" pro vision of the act and made the appropria tion for this oarpoi* absolute, *4 least tor two years. The question Is now simply one of wavs end means. Law and good faith having come together every member of th* government can understand his duty. ' N. E. Habbis. BREVITIES. RETRIBUTION'. The man who alts around the house And etniri his stomach, Sunday, Is apt to feel as If hi. brain Had gone to sleep. n Monday. The man whoworka his Ured brain And doea not go to meeting, On Monday wlehes he had done More worshiping and eating. Tho man who all the long, hot day From church to church le running, On Monday finds hie Ured brain Almost devoid of canning. Fon a wager of two bottles of beer, a resident of Dtnbury, Conn., swallowed a small live frog tbe other day. A Louisville man bas invented an Improved locomoUv* cnw-cetoher. It catches a distillery cow, milks her and tame her off la perfect safety. A Pittsbubo debating society recent ly decided that girls shonld he 24 or 25 years old before marrying. Maidens of 40 will giggle at this and give their pet parrots an extra cracker. Mn. E. F. Gilbert, of Eustis Lake, Fla, le laid to have originated alligator- tooth jewelry elxteen yeare ego- The first set be monnted brought him 820, and his first sea-bean 88. Bubolars broke into tbe station- boueeol the Second precinct In Troy, N. Y. on Thursday nlgbt, where a Sergeant and twelve patrolmen were on daty, and stole the offictre’ clnbe, the Sergeant's stool and th* padlocks need for locking th* cells. The last wounded man ol the terrible Cincinnati riots hat just been discharged from the hoepltal in that city. He hu been treated for fifteen roonthe, and his wound is not yet entirely well. He was accidentally struck by a ballet, which shat tered his right elbow. Thebe are in the human voice abont nine perfect tones. Thus fourteen direct rouiclrs, alone or together, produce 16,333; thirty indirect muscle* produce 173,741,823, and all m co-operation produce the large total of 17,582.185011,415 different but clearly defined soandt. A correspon'dext who boo made a •tndv ot rattleentkee daring a two years’ residence tn Kansas, writes to say that these snake*’ fangs are not hinged, but thst they are concealed in two sheaths at the back part of the upper jaw on either tide, and ate brought Intouse by the entke throwing Its mouth very wide open tad striking ss a person would with the open baud. RetUeenakee are not much to be fesred, because they cannot stuck until they have colled themselves upend can then Hiring scarcely one half their length. Besides, they Invariably give timely warn ing by their rattles. They very seldom pnrsuot person and os seldom run away. Rattlesnakes, screech awls and prairie dogs live together In peace, and might ol most be sold to be chums. if too ■■ mmn Dclitl toil 000 Cl PBESIDEST-C. T. LATHROP. DIRECTORS. C. T. Lathrop • John Henry, R. W. Anderson, D a McCormick, J. D. Stetson la, Pulaski Conpty—The «ub- scrlbers pcnonsily before me, a notary Tiuhllc lor said county, make oath thst th* foreiolnsUajnitand tmo a’ntement ot the m nalUon of the llawklmviUe Bank and Trust Company, Hawklnavllles Ba, at rite close of bnelnest. June 30th, I VO, end more over, that since the last return'd this hank, to tho best otaffisnts’ knowl- tigo ami belief, It has not vlolntcd or evaded any obligation Imposed by law, cither by Itself, tin officers or agents. RT. LATHROc.PreawenL J. I>. arKToo:;, Cashier. Sworn and euhicribed before me. this Cl day of July, 1SS5. W. B. POWELL Notary Public Pulsikt County. stsiewss WSSAS)/SV. VI to CAJICUCU sue chasers of the Macon and Brunswick rail road to pay th* amount dae, 8750,001 tb* same bonds with which the payment wu mode.” If thla had been dona, no contraction la tb* Btato finances would have oc curred, and th* eurplus la the treasury would hare built the capttoL That wae tb* meaning of tbs' proviso aforesaid. I need not go into this matter. The Gov ernor. teting with the advice of tb* Attor ney-General, did not think tb* lew euthor- tzsd him to receive th* kind of United fitotee bonds offered, end tb* purchaser* declined to tender th* other United Ststee bonds mentioned in tb* act. H* hsd no slternaiiv* In this light bat to accept tb* boaJs of th* 8tote not yet da*. By this transaction th* people mads money, but the treasury lost k Th* debt of the State wu indeed reduced very largely, bat wu paid on* sad two yurt before do*. Bacb a result wlU of count, bs regarded u unfortunate in view of tb* legislttloa referred to, by all those of who fur sn In- CTtattof taxes mor* than the continuance oi debt. In Sumatra there is a very singular race called tbe Kubus, who sre too ehy to mix with the other races of the Island, and dwell in the recesses o! the lortsta. They are looked on u Inferiors by the Ms- lay;, and thought to be little better then bouts. Bach Is their shyness thst they will never willingly face astranger. Their trale with the Malayans is consequently carried on In a strange manner. The trader announces his arrival by beating a gong, and then retires from the place of renaezvons. The Kubus approach, pat their forest treasures on the ground, beat a gong and retreat The trader returns and lays his commodities down in quantities sufficient, u he thinks, for the .... purchased the goods on sale. Then he etc: retires, and tha Kabos reappear and con 1 - older the bargain. And io, alter more withdrawals and approaches and gong heatings, the respective part tee come to an nmleri landing, and carry off independently their bargains, Tb* Knbusln tnelr wild • tat# do not barytbeirdead. They live on snakes, grab*, fruit* and tbs flesh of anr dear or pigs they can slay. They are :S!i! fnl spearmen, and throw stonee with mar velous accuracy. They know of no state after death. In some physical reaper la they aseimUnt* closely to the anthropoid THE YEARJF JUBILEE. All Crea'ion Happy, and Buying Pi anos and Organs. Unnaaally E*sy Installment Terms Now OUered by Lutldcn a B&tea' Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga. Square Talk with Pnrchnspr», Giv ing tipeclal Information About Oar New ami Easy Methods of BtUlog l'iai oa and organa. “It’s a Long Time Between Drinks.” 8o remarked the Governor of .S mth Car* olinatothe Governor of North Carolina many years ago, before the temperance y, ave had swept over the South. lie prob ably apoke hla honeat convictions, and ao co we when we pay. lT’ti ALQnQ TIME BETWI:KN CROPS. And to this tbe thounandM of family breid winners” In the Bouth who are walling until the next crop ia garnered be fore they buv Hanot and Onans will »ay amen. Bui we ray why wait, wb«a you can buy now on such very easy terms? Only think of it, PIANOS $25 CASH AND $10 MONTHLY. ORGANS,*10 CASH AND MONTHLY. Why. It’a almost a sin to deprive your self shd f imily of an instrument when one can be had ao eauily. And to those who cannot meet monthly installments, we of- Her these tiptcial summer terms: 1 PIANOS*$50OABH AND HAL NOV. 1. ORGANS, 820 CASH AND BaLNOV.1. Ami If crops turn out poo.*, ao that when November lit comes tin* entire balance cannot be paid, we will accept one-half o( It, and wait until November, 1, lhfor the other half. Now, come up, buyers. Onr instruments lead the world Our prices are the lowest, our terms the eaueit, ami we oiler every inducement that can be honestly lived up to. Only 8210 for an elegant Rosewood Pi ano; large size; all Improvements; sweet tone; guaranteed a superior ami durable Piaao. Thousands hold. Best Piano sold in America at the price. A new Uptight Piano for only $150, OU very easy terms. The Stiver-toned Mathushek Piano,$30, $325, $30. Tne magnificent Chickering Piano, the bent in the w->r;«i, v. $^j to $1 00J Only $'->for a beautiful Parlor or ( 1 UTC l Organ ; *jlid walnut case, witii hi, h tap h design; 4 seta Reeds, 10 g-uafoe Greatest bargain ever c:!«?r*-f'* p incomparable Mn-m A Ham In Or gana, Irom $.1 up to $753. Rented f. Rll ii for. Nearly tbiee year*? gi\ Si for payment. O. Zapo Dreamed of Sudden Wealth Orsfni Ztpp of Round Top, laye county. Texas, ia night constable the Io discharge of bfa duty thera he collar one-fifth of ticket X*. 21.259 *n tha Msy Drawing of tho Louisiana 6tat« Lottery, and dreamed ha woo the capital prize, and h« received (or his out dollar one-fifth of tha first capital prize of I79.C30. Truly It la often better to racMra than not to gire. Every tickat docs not draw, but for anr In formation apply to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La.—Jfae OrUant (La.) PUayunt, May 23. ttff Fine Htool, Embroidered ('over, Instra • tor, and Booh of Music with Pianos, and Htool, Initrnctor aad Music Book with Organs. A'l freight paid on both, f ifteen days’trial, and ah pay freight both way a if instrument don't suit. AXDJtfcrOXK LAST WORD. If you are thinking of buying an Instra- write us, »n i we will make terms >3 •••at your confer *•..-♦*. A“k f r Min.. . r I't-ri - 1*-'. Mention tL.-j advert.cement ami paper LUDDEX & BATES’ SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.