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UNION & RECORDER. MILLEDGKVLLLE, DECEMBER 14, 1886. Dr. A. P. Collins, one of Macon’s most prominent citizens died last Wednesday morning. Capt. J. F. Burke has made arrange ments to take the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, on an excursion to Europe next July. m Mr. S. B. Price was re-elected May or of Macon last Saturday by a large majority. He received 1229 votes and his opponent, Mr. T. C. Hendrix, re ceived 653. Gale and Loss op Life.—The re cent gale at Liverpool and on the Isle of Man was the most terrific within memory.' The storm caused wide spread disaster and it is feared great loss of life. Good wagon roads have more to do with the comfort and prosperity of a community than the railroads. Let us make a move quickly, in an earn est endeavor to inaugurate the im provement of our common road ways. The entire control and manage ment of the Orphan’s Home at De catur, has been placed, by the Confer ence, in the hands of Rev. Sam Jones. He will appoint the superintendent and be responsible for the mainte nance of the institution. He says if he lives he will make it an honor to Georgia and a blessing to hundreds of children. New Music—We are under obliga tions to Mr. Ign. Fischer, music pub lisher, Toledo. O., for the Knights of Labor Grand March, by J. Y. M. One of the most pleasing and captivating marches that has come to our notice for some time pass. It is of medium difficulty and as well adapted for organ as for piano and is highly and con scientiously recommended to young and hopeful musicians. Mailed by the publisher on receipt of the price 40c, duet 50c In the Alabama House of Represen tatives yesterday a bill was passed making "the retail liquor license $250, which is equivalent to more than doubling it. A proposition to make it $5000 was voted down by a small majority. The Assembly has pass ed prohibition bills outright for two of the largest black counties, upon petitions from nearly all the white in habitants. Local prohibition bills are passed almost without objection from any member. The Senate has passed a general local option law for all the counties. Ciuveriom? Respited, Governor L$e has respited Cluve- rious until January the 14th. It seems probable that there will be no further delay and that he will be exe cuted on that day. We have critical ly noticed this case in all its stages a*nd have been impressed with the idea that he is innocent of the charge of having murdered Lillian Madison. At any rate there are sufficient grounds to doubt his guilt, to justify a change to imprisonment for life. Death of Mr. Geo. C. Brown. TEE PRESIDENT S MESSAGE. The Telegraph, of the 8th instant, announces the death of Mr. Geo. C. Brown, the proprietor of the well known Brown House, in the city of Macon. The deceased was widely known and highly esteemed by the traveling public, and under his man agement of the Hotel during the last seven or eight years, its high reputa tion has been fully maintained and the deceased gentleman, by his un tiring efforts for the comfort of hi* guests, acquired a large circle of friends as well as advanced the interests of his business enterprise. He had suf fered from a kidney trouble, more or less, for some time, but his death came at last after an illness of only two or three days. He leaves a wife and three children. A Democratic Senate. Frank H. Richardson, the spright ly and reliable Washington correspon dent of the Atlanta Constitution, in his letter dated the 10th inst., gives the following cheering intelligence concerning the prospective change of the U. S. Senate from a Republican to a Democratic complexion by the 4th of March next. He says: After the fall election and it was ascertained that the democrats had elected enough state legislatures to make a tie in the United States sen ate. the republicans at the national capital organized a movement to cheat the democrats, so as to capture one of the supposed doubtful legisla tures. The notorious W. W. Dudley, ex-commissioner of pensions, who as sisted Steve Dorsey to steal the vote of Indiana by bribery, and in 1880, came j to the front and said he could repeat his little game and either make Indi ana return Senator Harrison or burst the thing up in a row, to use his own classical language, is the leader. Re publican advices have recently been sent from Washington to leading re publicans in the Indiana legislature to obstruct and filibuster over the election of a senator. There may be some trouble out there, but ex-Senator McDonald, who was here yesterday, said that no pow er in the world can prevent the elec tion of a democratic senator from In diana. This trick, which is attempted by the republicans, is suggested by the fear that Riddleberger, of Virgin ia, will vote with the democrats after the fourth of March, and thus give the' democrats control of that body. A copy of Mr. Riddleberger’s home organ, received here this afternoon has a leading editorial strongly indors ing Cleveland’s administration, and appealing to the country to sustain it, ahcl the republican senators are in a state of alarm, and it now appears very probable that the democrats will have complete control of the govern ment after the fourth of next March. F. H. R. The unpropitious weather did not prevent the galleries from being crowded to listen to the talk of Presi dent Cleveland upon the great ques tions in which the Congress and the great masses of the people have so deep an interest. There is sincere earnestness about what he savs, ex pressed in such elegant and simple language that an interest is taken in the driest subject upon which he touches. It is a very able document and its vigorous and beautiful simplic ity and clearness are maintained from its commencement to its close. Con sisting of eleven closely printed col umns, it is impossible for us to do more than present to our readers a brief synopsis of its leading features. It covers allusions to all the countries of the world with which we have treaty connections, and we will dwell no longer upon them than to say our relations, with them all, are of a friendly character and in many res pects beneficial to each. The Presi dent is evidently striving to make our commercial relations not only harmo nious but mutually beneficial to all the great or small contracting parties. “Few questions,” he says, “have aris en during the past year with other governments, and none of these are beyond the reach of settlement in a friendly spirit.” “The sympathy be tween the people of the United States and France, born during our colonial struggle for independence and con tinuing to day, has received a fresh impulse in the successful completion and dedication of the Colossal Statue of “Liberty enlightening the world,” in New York harbor, the gift of Frenchmen to Americans.” We pass over the President’s allusion to our relations with other countries because of the unmistakable friendly relations between them all and our own. The happy relations existing between our government and foreign governments renders it unnecessary to refer to the plain and simple relations between them and we come at once to make a few brief references to our internal affairs. “The ordinary receipts of the gov ernment for the fiscal year ending, June 30th, 1886 were $336,439,727; of this amount $192,905,023 were received from customs and $116,805,936 from internal revenue,” (we leave out the few cents as it adds but little to the gross amount,) making a gain in these items over last year of $15,841,- 295, The expense being $155,944 more than for the collections the preceeding year. The total ordinary expenses for the last fiscal year were $242,313. We omit the various items of expense such as the Civil, the Army and Navy, Pensions, &c., with all others. The President devotes a good deal of space to condemning such an extraordi nary amount of taxation which from Merchandise went up the past year to $635,436,136. rfe~ condemns this extraordinary taxation, the money being hoarded in the Treasury when it should be in the hands of the people. Besides other evils he says: “Its worst phase is the exaltation of such a surplus through a perversion of the relations between the people and their govern ment, and a dangerous departure from the rules which limit the right of Federal taxation. Good Government and especially the government of which every American citizen boasts h&6 for its objects the protection of every person within its care in the greatest liberty consistent with the good order of society and his perfect security in the enjoyment of his earn ings with the least possible diminution for public needs. When more of the people’s substance is exacted through the forms of taxation than is necessa ry to meet the just obligations of the government and the expense of its economical administration, such ex action becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental princi ples of free government. The in direct manner in which these exac tions are made has a tendency to conceal their true character and ex tent. But we have arrived at a state of of supfluous revenue which has arous ed the people to a realization of the fact that the amount raised professed ly for the support of the government is paid by them as absolutely as if add ed to the price of things which supply their daily wants. Those who toil for daily wages are beginning to under stand that capital, though sometimes vaunting its importance and clamor ing for the protection and favor of the government, its dull and sluggish till, touched by the magical hand of labor, it springs into activity, furnish ing an occasion for Federal taxation and gaining the value which enables it to bear its burden, and the laboring uiau is thoughtfully inquiring wheth er in these circumstances and consid ering the tribute he certainly pays in the public Treasury as he supplies his daily wants, he receives his fair share uf advantages. There is also a suspic- sori abroad that the surplus of our revenue indicated abnormal and ex ceptional business profits which under the system produces such surplus in crease without corresponding benefit to the people at large. The vast ac cumulations of a few among our citi zens whose fortunes are rivalling the wealth of the most favored in anti democratic nations are not the natu ral growth of a steady, plain and in dustrious republic. Our farmers, too, and those engaged directly and indi rectly in supplying the products of agriculture see that day by day, and as'often as the daily wants of their households recur, they are forced to pay excessive and needless taxation while their products struggle in for eign markets with the competition of nations which, by allowing a freer ex change of productions than we per mit, enable their people to sell for prices, which distress the American farmer. As every patriotic citizen re joices in the constantly increasing pride of our people in American citi zenship and in the glory of our nation al achievements and progress a senti ment prevails that the leading strings useful to a nation in its infancy, may well be to a great extent discarded in the present stage of American ingenu- ity, courage and fearless self-reliance. And for the privilege of indulging this sentiment with true American en thusiasm our citizens are quite willing to forego an idle surplus in the pub lic treasury. REDUCE THE TAXATION. And all the people know that the av erage rate of Federal Taxation upon im ports is today, in time of peace, but lit tle less, while upon some articles of ne cessary consumption it is actually more than was imposed by the gre- vious burden, willingly borne at a time when the Government needed millions to maintain by war the safe ty and integrity of the Union. It has been the policy of the Gov ernment to collect the principal part of its revenues by a tax upon imports and no change in this policy is desira ble. But the present condition of affairs consttains our people to demand that by a revision of our revenue laws, the receipts of the Government shall be reduced to the necessary expense of its economical administration, and this demand should be recognized and obeyed bv the people’s Representa tives in the Legislative branch of the Government. In readjusting the burdens of Fed crate taxation, a sound public policy requires that such of our citizens that have built up large and important in dustries should not be suddenly and to their injury deprived of advantages to which they have adapted their bus iness, but if the public.good require it they should be content with such con sideration as shall deal fairly and cau tiously with their interests, while the just demand of the peoople for relief from needless taxation is honestly an swered. A reasonable and timely submission to such a demand should certainly be possible without disastrous shock to any interest, and a cheerful conces sion sometimes averts abrupt and heedless action, often the outgrowth of impatience and delayed justice. CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. The Legislature. 7th.—The committee on Internal Improvements, held a meeting on the afternoon of the 6th, Mr. Atkinson of Coweta presiding. The object was to consider Mr. Calvin’s bills amenda tory of paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 6, article 7, of the Constitution. The object of the bills is well understood to be to give to the counties of the State “local option” in the matter of taxing themselves, under proper re straints, in aid of works of internal improvement. By an unanimous vote the commit tee ordered the bills to be reported to the House with a recommendation that the same “do pass.” The House met at 10 o’clock on the 7th, Speaker pro tern Clay in the chair. Several standing committees made reports which were read. The finance committee report ad versely upon the bill to increase the salaries of Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts. The Committee on Internal Im provements reported favorably on the bills to amend the Constitution so as to allow counties to issue bonds to aid internal improvements. These bills were introduced by Mr. Calvin of Richmond, and one of them allows counties to vote aid to railroads. The bill heretofore referred to, as to the sums allowed for the comple tion of the new capitol for 1887 and 1888, was read the third time and passed. Yeas, 94; nays, 11. In action on the general tax bills, persons who auction goods without compensation were exempted from tax. Mr. Calvin’s bill to continue the session beyond 40 days or so long as might be necessary to complete busi ness, was adopted, yeas, 124; nays, 16* This leads to the probability of a summer session. House adjourned to 1:80, p. m. In the Senate, on motion of Mr. Wright all bills for 1st, 2nd or third reading were taken up and disposed of. The bill amending the charter of the Darien Short Line Rail Road Com pany was read the third time and passed. 28; 0. The bill was lost to incorporate the town of North Rome. The Senate bill to amend an act providing for the correct returns of the property in this State for the pur pose of taxation was passed by sub stitute, and on motion of Mr. Powell at once transmitted to the House. Senate bill amending Section 4533 of the Code, defining incest, was read the third time and passed by substi tute—28 to 0. The Senate confirmed the following nominations sent in the Governor’s sealed Message: J. G. Cain to be County Judge of Jefferson county for the term of four years from February 27, 1887. W. L. Phillips to be County Solici tor of Jefferson county for the term of four years from May 22, 1887. L. C. Ryan to be County Judge of Pulaski county for the term of four years, from April 30, 1888. A proposition was made to reduce the number of pages to two. After a feeling appeal against it, by President Davidson, Mr. Brantly moved that the bill lie over until the next day. The motion prevailed and the Senate adjourned. The next day the 8th, the motion to cut down the pages from 4 to 2 was lost. The motion to cut down the pay of gallery keepers from 4 to 2 dol lars was lost. Eight thousand dollars were appropriated for an, artesia*n well to provide a suitable quantity of water at the Lunatic Asylum. A provision for payment of interest on state bonds was adopted. The salary of the Rail Road Com mission clerk was raised from $1200 to $1500. The salary for the expenses of principal keeper and assistant keeper and the physician of the P en_ itentiary in visiting and inspecting the various convict camps, was raised from $800 to $i;000. The bill as amende^. was passed. Various new bills were introduced in the House. By Mr. Franklin, of Thomas.—A resolution to appoint a committee to examine the system of savings banks of other States and collect informa tion on the subject, and to report a bill to establish a system of savings banks in Georgia. Adopted. By Mr. Wilson—A resolution call ing upon the Governor for all infor mation concerning the appointment of whipping bosses in peniteniary camps Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Adopted. By Mr. Schofield, of Bibb.—A reso lution calling on the Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish a list of all in spectors of fertilizers for the last two years, and their fees; and same infor mation in reference to inspectors of oils. Adopted. BILLS READ THE THIRD TIME. By Mr. Wiel—A Bill increasing sal ary of Judge of City Court of Atlan ta. Passed. By Mr. Pittman, of Troup.—A bill to incorporate the Macon, LaGrange and Birmingham Railroad Company. Passed. By Mr. Evans, of Washington—A bill amending the registration law of Washington county. Passed. By Mr. Gordon, of Chatham—A bill to inorporate the Oglethorpe Saving and Trust Company. Passed. Ready to Eight. THE FLORIDA SEMINOLES EXASPER ATED, AND THREATEN A MAS SACRE OF THE WHITES. Jacksonville, Fla., December 9.— For several months past, according to reliable information which has just reached this city, bad feeling has ex isted between the Seminole Indians in Dade and Monroe counties, in the extreme southern portion of the state, and a band cf cow-boys encamped on Lake Okeechobee. The cow-boys tend the herds of the south Florida cattle kings, and the Indians claim they have been driving off and killing their cattle and hogs. Demands of redress were met by the cow-boys with thrifts of a resort to bullets. Three weeks ago the exasperation of the Indians reached a climax, and several shots were exchanged, but whether with fatal effect is not known. War dances have been danc ed in the everglades during the past two weeks, and the bucks are said to have donned their paint and feathers. Many of the settlers have removed their families to the islands along the coast for safety. The scene of the trouble is remote from railroad and telegraphic com munication and accurate particulars are almost unobtainable. It is re ported, however, that a delegation of Indian chiefs are en route to Titus ville, the nearest town of any size, to lay their grievances before the mayor, whom they look up to as a big chief, and erroneously suppose invested with power to suppress the outrages. He can do nothing but notify the Fed eral government. Whether he has done so is not known. A gentleman who had just returned to this city from Titusville says the people on the outskirts of the ever glades fear that a massacre of the whites will result if the trouble is not adjusted within a few days. The set tlers claim that the Seminoles can muster five thousand fighters. Should they go on the warpath, their sup pression would be almost an impossi bility, as the everglade swamps are almost impenetrable to any one but the Indian inhabitants. Should news of an Indian outbreak reach the Apa- chees at Forts Marion and Pickens, it is feared they might become dan gerously restive, though escape would be difficult if not impossible. Fresh Batter as a Remedy for Chron ic Diarrhoea. Nashville Union. A number of gentleman were yes terday afternoon seated in the office of a prominent doctor discussing matters pertaining to health, when one of them, a well known business man, remarked: “It is strange that often times the simplest remedy will relieve even chronic diseases, and a person will be cured at home after spending fortunes and visiting every climate. In 18751 became affected with chronic diarrhoea, and for five years could find no permanent relief. I consulted the best physicians in the United States, trayelled to every health re sort and, after spending a small for tune, gave up all hope of being cur ed. In the fall of 1880 I was on business in New York city and met with a party of friends, among them a young Frenchman. It was pro posed that we all take a yacht cruise for a week, but as I was suf fering terribly from my malady I declined. Being pressed to join I pleaded the cause, and the foreigner replied: ‘Follow the directions on the enclosed slip of paper and give yourself no more trouble.’ He took nis pencil and scribbled a few lines and handed the paper to me. Imag ine my surprise when I read the following wonderful receipt: “Take fresh butter free from salt, put it in a pan on a stove; let it boil as long as a brown scum appears on top; keep this skimmed off, and when it ceases to float on the surface of the boiling butter it is ready for use. Swallow a tablespoonful of this three times a day and it will effect a lasting .cure.” “The remedv was so simple that I had no faith ‘in it, but upon my re turn home -I was taken down, and after a week’s suffering I concluded to try the Frenchman’s remedy. It act ed like a charm and within two weeks I had entirely recovered, and since then have never suffered from this source.” The 'gentleman is a well-known merchant of this city, and the remedy is simple enough to be given a trial. THE EARTHQUAKE Of August 31st gave the people a mighty shake up, and the next morn ing I gave my prices on Lumber a good shake up, and now I can give all parties the lowest prices in the market, quality of lumber to be con sidered. Lumber-yard at C. R. R. de pot. All orders left with Mr. M. Hines will receive prompt attention. Re member the mill is running on the same plan. Come and see it run and you will not be astonished at my low prices. M. L. BYINTOGN. Sept. 7, 1886. 9 3m LOOK! LOOK! 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