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VOLUME VIII. CHURCH DIRECTORY. lUTHoDlßT—Douolasvii lb —First third and fifth Sundays. Salt Springs—Second Sunday and Saturday before. Midway—Fourth Sunday and Satur day before. W. R. Foote, Pastor. BAPTlST—Douglasville —First and fourth Sundays. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, VMtor. MASONIC. Douglasville Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M. meets cn Saturday night before the first ajid third. Sundays in each month. J. R. Carter, W. M., W. J. Camp, Sec retary, COUNTY DIRECTORY. 'Ordinary—H. T. Cooper. Clerk—S. N. Dorsett. Sheriff—Henry Ward. Deputy Sheriff—G. M. Souter. W'aat Receiver—E. H. Camp. Tax Collector—-W. A. Sayer. Treasurer—Samuel Shannon. Surveyor—John M. Huey. Coror.er—F. M. Mitchell. SUPERIOR COURT. Meets on third Mondays in January and July and holds two weeks. Judge—Mon Samson W. Harris. Sol. Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Reid. Clerk—B. N. Dorsett. Sheriff—Henry Ward. CQUNTY COURT. Meets in quarterly session on fourth Mondays in February, May, August and November and holds until all the cases on the docket are called. In monthly session it meets on the fourth Mondays in each month. Judge—Mon. R. A. Massey. Sol. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberts. Bailiff -D. W. Johns. ordinary's court. Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday, and for county purposes on first Tuesday in each month. Judge- Hon. H. T. Cooper. justices’ courts. Dist. G. M. meets first Thursday jhfcli month. J. I. Feely, J. P., W. ffisOsh, N. P., D. W. Johns and W. K. ■ l. C’s. rfß Wth Dist. G. M, meets second Satur day. A. R. Bomar, J. P., B.A. Arnold. ■N. P., fe, 0. Yeager, L. C. 784 Dist. G. M. meets fourth Saturday- Franklin Carver, J. P., 0. B. Baggett, N. P., J. C. James and M. 8. Gore, L. Dist. G. M. meets third Satur- M. Hamilton, J. P., M. L. P., ft. W. Biggers, L. ( . &OMsan,'L. C. SHsgui Dist. G. M. meets third Sfifur- meets first Sntur Mt ' • UvMMMf II , J- P-, Alberrx l. <*. 'GF. M. meets fourth Fri- George W. Smith, J, p (.'. ,j ■■MV-. —, L. I MG. M. meets third Fi i<bi-, J.-P., A. .1, Bowen, \ ■■HF'., Cards. ROBERT A. MASSEY, ATTORNEY at law DOUGLASVILLE, GA. (Offipo In front room, Dorsett’# BnlhUngj Will practice anywhere except iu (hu Count? ■ Court of Douglass county. W. A. JAMES, AT LAW, stMtice in on Court House Square, GA. WM?T.ROBERTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Comb. All lega business will receive prompt attention. Office in Court House, O. ». CAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the courts. All business ►atrusted to him will receive piotupl attention. , b. g. griggs, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVn.LK, GA. Will practice In all the courts, State and federal. " "John "mTeoge? ATTORNEY AT LAW. DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Wifi nr settee in all the courts, and promptly attend to all business en trusted to his care. J. WANES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in the courts of Douglas*. OampWii. Carroll, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton and wlFbwi ‘ XHU,Ue * Prompt attention given j. h. McLarty, ATTORNEY at law, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will nracike in ah the courts, boils State and Federal. (MHnatana a spedady. JOHN V. EDGE. ATTORNEY AT LAW. DOCLABVILI.S, OS. JOB PRINTING XKATLY DOBS AT TUB “STAR” OFFK® _ w ,_ . _ / r ri Tl7 AITI/ i/im AZ Q r r AI ) -LX-IJJJ VV JjJ jIXIj 1 , OIZAIV. RWAI 9 obvAL Wj 5 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of pin i- W, Strength and wholesomentßs. Mo.e economics! than the ordinary kinds, and can not bo sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St., N. Y. AURANTII Most of the disoareg whieli a&iet mankind are origin- ; ally civ, ued byartisrdored condition of the LIVER, For .ill comnlaiots of this kind, nnc.h as Torpidity of thoLiver/IlillOftsneßS. jrii'ous Dj'Hpepsix, Indiges tion, Ir cgularity of tho B > 1 Constipation Flat lency, Ernctati'nis mid Birr.dng of tho Stnmncll (amiatimo-j caitM He.wiburn) Miivma, Mnlarii, Bloody Fins, Chillo end «i,t.wer, Brwkbono Ferri, Ihh'urdi vi be.'oro t.r after-Fevw.';, Chronic Di ir rhtva. Los.i ol AppeUta, Hyidueho. F.,nl Ero-th Irrogut oitieo t-iol ientU to i'emftlos. Boning-d-.-rn but fX| 6«*,•;* n I ts’r-earo?,. r G ■ LIV. wffl STOMACH .mJ F DWELL. I* chaUfftS iUo con>n>eti'.a fn-in a v-axy jett.rr tinito, t ,n rad Ir..feM’ExtiuiLr.- •' ciittr-'y t ~i-.rc-a low, gMamy spirits. It> wann <>f the PEST AL* I TERATIVE3 a.-.d PURIFIERS Os? 7!tr BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. I ~ | STADUCKR’S j ’’or *a’o Ly all Dfuj-girtA I’tfca 3!.00 per b <’!? | C. F. OTAD2QEG, Proprietor, •4© 03, F ,1o:iT ST.. Ph tnd-itphia, »\i. CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN Stan uttfl *ied n standard of excellence wh. Mmits (< no superior. it cons tens every improvement that invent! gvuiu2 fc jjMtewajJnioney can produce. OUR EVERY ® OSIGAK AIM XZ- y|g? war- is ; MANTEL . ii for i TO ! FIVE ! EXCEL. YEARS. i These Organs are celebrated for volume, j quality of tom' quick response, artistic design ! Beauty in finish, perfect const ruction, matin; I I uiem the roost desirable organs for bonier i i schools, churches, lodges, societies, etc. >:STABLINIIg;i> BEPVTATIOM. ! ! I XF-QTALED FACILITIES, SKIIXCD WOBKME3T, RENT MATKRIA.W COMMIXED, WAKK THIS | THH POPULAR ORGAN Instruction Books and Piano Stools. h htaloguos and Price Lists, ou appheafieri, rnE? CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN CO. ' -or. Randolph and Ann Sts., CHICAGO. iZ- In a hurry. j * ~ i » _ ;; j 11. ;i (•-?;?■> hy I <®n thrown out of A 1 live.a —• ‘Lbm’f rush shing* »ol Giro a » own a chance to say farewell!" —• &r. - FAWNING TO NONE CIIATUTY TO ALL. DOUGLASVILLE. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 18S6- I The geological survey at Washington ; is in receipt of numerous letters from cranks telling how earthquakes may be predicted and prevented. One method of prevention suggested is to bore holes through the earth’s crust order to give the destructive gasses an outlet. The New York Commercial Adiertlscr sug gests that as soon as one of these holes is bored, the next thing to be done would be to drop Wiggins into it. A late issue of a New Zealand paper i speaks of a peculiar lunar ]>henomenon —a green moon. Says our informant: “A bright-green moon is not a common phenomenon. Yet this was visible in Willington for about a quarter of an I hour last evening. There was an ex- l ceptionally splendid manifestation of the i ‘ ‘afterglow-’’ which is so complete an enig - j ma to all physicists, and just at the edge i of the vivid rosy glow, where it merged [ into pink and violet, the crescent moon ; appeared of the most brilliant yet deli- t cate green color, presenting a most curi- > ous and beautiful night.” 2_.- The office of Aiderman in the Argen- ; tine Republic is not a sinecure. In the i Bahia Blanca municipality the Council : for some days could not get a legal i quorum owing to the absence-of some of the members. At last, one day when the Council was lacking one of a quorum, two policemen sallied out among the saloons and found ‘*a prominent Aider man,” aid, says a Buenos Ayres journal, “they towed him into the hall and held him down on his seat while the sitting lasted.” The public crowded to enjoy the fun, the more so as His Honor, the Mayor, was suspended from his functions on the same occasion for ncgl cting to preside at the peculiar “sitting.” TheFrenchscieutilic journal La Nature describes and illustrates a machine for making a product which is coming into favor in various different employments under the name of woed wool. As its name implies, this material is simply wood cut into such fine shavings that it answers many of the purposes tn which wool is commonly applied. Although it was at first intended merely as a packing I material it was soon found that it hgl i a much more extended field of osefulnesie. [ It is emp'oyod; for stuffing mattresses, as ' bedding for cattle, for the liquids, etc. It is clastic and is beautifully yWu i wood used by preference is Riga lir, qp.il 1 1 the machine will produe?, without any ' J necessity for skilled hb >r, more than ■ 11,500 pounds of “wool” per day of ten : ' hours. ■»y*g*jg»'egß?gßwe''M The Scientific American says: Accord- i ing to statistical records, the average { price of wheat flower exported from the United States, for periods of eleven . i months ending with May of this year and j J twenty years pist, has been as follows: Price per Frl e per i Year. l,O.Obbls, Year. I,OOJ bbls, r 188*551,743 187 G * 1885.... 4,897 1875 6,001 1884 4,588 1874 7,146 18885,956 1873 7,565 I 1882 6,149 18T2 7,H1 1881 5,669 1871 6,594 j 1880 SJWW3 1870 6,112 ! 1879 5,%>2> 1860 7,735 . 1878 10,0 il ; TEe steadily down- j ward since 18‘16, excepting in“s?:VWlffj years when extraordinary causes checked i the decrease. The bottom is reached in , 1880, and now there are signs of an up- , ward move that will accomplish a par- : i tial retrieval of tho loss of the period ■ mentioned The following table, compiled from ’ “Roors Manual of Railroads” for 1880, shows the number of locomotives and ! care owned or leased by the principal I railroads of the country in tBBS. It. furnishes an intercstin g indication of the j ! rapid extension of the leading Western 1 ! systems: Raids. Loeoinoticcs. Cars. \ Pennsyh ania. 1,150 49,800 ! Reading 944 40,300 ; Chicago. Milv aukea and St. Paul «S 4 19.990 : Northwestern,.... 673 21,0 W Baltimore and Ohio 603 21,500 | Ne n York Central 657 25,3 0 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.• 598 24,6 *0 : Erie - 5M JO.UO > The above list in,lud-v all roads using more than 500 locomotives. Several] other lines, including tho Union Pacific j and the Wabash, bare nearly that num ber emp’oyed. At the close of the la-t fiscal year ii July, 1885. 685 Pudmau : cars were in service in this country and in Europe. Mr. George B. Loring, tn an address ■ before the New England Agricultural j Society, of which he is Pre«id nt, made e :ceptions to thi u-e of the term “thor oughbred" in conne tiou with any other animal than the horse. He said: “A thoroaghbred animnl means a horse. A , thoroughbred horse is Just as much a * specific breed of horse as an Arab,a Hor- j gan or a Percht roti, or anything - Ise, and j the use of ‘thoroughbred’ in this connec tion is entirely unworthy an intelligent ■■ and literary society The term should be ‘pure brr-d.’ Let us abandon the use > oftha term. Is you have a purebred Shorthorn, or a pure bred Devon, or a i pure bred Morgan, it is not a thorough- • bred animal. They ta’k about thorough bred pigs nowi The word never a>qjiies j to anything except a rare of horses bred ’ Jin England for spoed. So I bo; e the i f tru terg. when they make up the'r list ; I another year, will put in ‘pure b ed’ it;. I ’ stead of thoroughbred * ” ffi PRESIDKm MESSAGE ■! To the Congress of the United States: In discharge of a ccnstitatlbual duty, and following a well-estabiisbe.l precedent in th • executive ofiice, I herewith transmit t > th ■ Congress at its teas etn bl ingee tain intormu tion concerning the state st the Union, to i get her with such reoaimeduations fbr legis ' iative consideration as appear necessary and i expedient. » . * . i Our government has consistently main tained its relations of friendship toward nil | other powers, and of neighborly interest to- ■ ward those whose possessions are contiguous jto our own. Few quest on ; have arisen dur i ing the past year with-other government’, and none of those are beyond tho reach of settlement in friendly cdimsel. We are as yet without provision for the settlement of claims of citizens of the United States against Chili for injuries during the i late war with Peru and Bolivia. The mixed I commissions, organized under claims con ven | tions, concluded by the Chiiian government ■ with certain European State-,have dev-elo ;>ed ; un amount of friction which we trust < a i* be : avoided in the convention which our repre ' sentative at Santiago is ' author! ed to ne ! gotiate. I The cruel treatment of ! has, I regret to say, in some of : the far We-tern Statd»MaL aS&it<>ri<-s and acts of violence aga beyond the power of the local to prevent, and are re ported even in di.-tant 3i«mßjßMhv:h of this viclen.-e can be traeel ami competition ol labor, howo'. er, justiiy the opi■ re.sstwhose safety is guarantee a ’ y with China e tually with tnations. In opening our alien ele ments, the purpose o. was to invite assimilation, a?s an arena for endless atafc’ rzSfflßKL'iie para duty i defending the inlet people may require the mlo<:.- i >iO§MaaflLres of re striction, but they -rate the oppression of indivi ■ '-fia! race. I am not without asth® govern ment of China, fftfJftmyHlisposition to ward us I am most happy *o recognize, will ! meet us half way in ctevisfng a comprehen sive remedy, by which an effective limita tion of Chinese emigration, joined to protec tion of those Chinese subje- ts who remain in this country, may be sectored. THE CANADIAN FISHERIES. The recommendations contained in xiy iast annual message in relation to a mode of set tlement of the fishery righ s In the waters of British North America—so long a subject of anxious difference between the Unite I * States and Great Britain—wa? met by an ! adverse vote of the Senat on April 13 last, ' and thereupon negotiatic is were instituted | to obtain an agreement with her Britannic ! majesty’s government for the promulgation of such joint intsrprctatiai and-definition of the articleof the convention of 1818, relating to the territorial waterski d inshore fisheries of the British provinces as should secure the Canadian rights fronv eucroachment by United States at the sane time, insure the the latter of the piivjleges g'mfhel 1 1 b; ■ u.:!i convention. * i The questions inv WfiJEwk Ung ing, vs <-■<,)) . ■ i' . Ja-.it ' . t:,- affla&L mi'.'iv.t toobUtm t\ a PgiimHEe high n treaty had been iu- ' vested with ]tleua penna- 1 nent sett'ement—with a tem- j porary arrangemtermination of which the to the i stipulations of the 18, as to the j first article of w hien , ; satis factory tuboth coy been agreed ‘ i upon. *{. The progress of growth ol jtopulation iu the British pJoHnces to which ! the fisheries in quest! otwaro-contiguous, and i the expansion of coinffierclftl intercourse bc ’ tween them and the Uwslfd State-’, presents to-day a condition of apairs .scarcely roaliza ble at the date of the imdtiations of 1818. New and vast intereits have been brought into existence; modes .of intercourse between the respective coimtr|s have Iwen invented and multiplied; the ;j|> of con lusting the fisheries have changed: and i - ; all this is ne essar:>“YsWl-< to candid and ■ ; careful consideratjfip TgSlte adjqgtrnent of’! tho terms and coirnm.' and : commerce b -tweefi States and their neighbors altteg i tWUcr of more than This propiuqiufe ®mOdty of language and occupation, MWWWMPP’ o f jwitierd i nud so ial msMdMMMBKte the pro bilitv nnd obv MME.of maintaining mutually l-enell |^MBMfe ..ly relations. Whilst I am iiiSMIMBMI» desirous thn'- sn b r-lations ns and th? iiina I .hunts yet the action of th- ir .>:!i- mis -l. q|M|BMyI season towa-.i ■ m ii-herm.-n t > is’y their e of ; ending, i 5- i;<q-c ■k"|M|Kbe cio-.o of t'.e pi . -i-nt M-s-i<>n atm iun<-em«i.t , may l> made tliMKf’aigM^-ihto conclusion ■ has been rea bei|^™' ,w r s- As at an early day there may te laid be fore Congre s the >mftespoßdence of the De- ■ partment of State iu relation 11 this impor tant subject, so that the historv of the last i fishing season may j>e fully dis do ed and the ■ action and the attitude of the administration • , clearly couiprehendtMl. a more extended re ference is not deem vl uewssarj* in thin com- ■ ! munication. The recommendation, submit-ed la t year, i that provision be made for a preliminary re ’ connoi.-sance of the conventional bonndary ; line between Alaska and British Clolumbia & \ renewed. I express my unhes fating conviction that tho intimacy of our relations with Hawaii ' should be em. hast ed. As a resttit of the re- > ciprocity treaty or 1875. those islands, ou the j ■ highway of oriental and Australasion traffic, ! are virtually an outpost of Ameri -au corn* ■ mere® an i a stepping stem' to the grow ing j trade of the Da •ifi.x Tie Polyttedan Island groups have been so atxsurbed by other and more powerful co-ernments, that the Hawai ian Islands are Im talmosUdouein theYnjoy. ; incut of their automony, which it islmi sortaot i for us sh mild he preserve.!. Our tr. aty is now < terminable on one vesc's notibut propose I tions to abrogated would t«. in my judg- i ment, in<At ill ad vised. The paramonnt in- j fiuenee we have there a quire!, once r<4in- ; ■ quished, could cnly with difficulty b* re- i ’ gained, and a rahiuble ground of vantage | for oarsekes might be w-n-ertol into a ! stronghold for our commercial couipetiters, l I earnestly rwanneal that th- e.isiing ; treaty stipu'atic.ss be extended fur a further I term of seven years. A receotiy siguel j treaty to this ead is now before the Senate, I The wealuie?. of Liberia and the difficulty of maintaining effective sovenjigtity over its outlying di-tricte hare expos’d ri a - , rapnblic to encroa bmet»L It cannot be forgotten that this ilistau’. community is Mt offshoot of ; our own sysre i», owing its origin to th“ asso '■ ciated benevokin e or American cititcn-, whose prai*?worth}’ efforts te create a nu -le- | us of civiiizariou in th» dark e«=nt:uent I have conuuau le.l re-pect and sympathy j evervwhare. t«p-x'iafty in this country. Although a fonaal protect -mte over Liberia is coutrsuy to our trad t.o. a’ po’ioy, the j moral righ": and duty of tho United States tj j a.-swt in all prop r wavs in the naaint *uauce of its integritv is and hss been con- sistentlv auir-uar • 1 Uiirirgns-ariyha.lt acen ; t «ry. I reroie head that, la ths re rgani a > troii of our ea’.-y, a small xwssl. an ionger ’ found adertro'e to otir n-rose» be pre sente !to i Üb-'ria. mpl \red by i ? in the prot»- | tsoa of aSriuiTloxa with ue - i n, - The en develuptnent oi bene flcsal I * and iatimsui rriatious between the I uited • States and Mexico, which has been so marked within tiie last few years, is nt once th- oc casion of congratulation and of friendly so lieitucle. i urgently reuew my former rep resentation ci the nerd of speedy legisla tion by Congress to carry into effect the Re ciprocity Commercial Convention of January .20, 1883. Onr commercial treaty of 1831 with Me ;ieo was terminated, according to it', provisions, in 1881, upou notification given by Mexico in pursuance of her announce ! policy of recast ing all her commercial treaties. "Mexico ha' since concluded with several foreign Govern mettts new treaties of comm?rce aud navßa tion, defining alien rights of tiade, property and residence, treatment of shipping, eonsu lar privileges and tho like. Our yet unexe cuted reciprocity convention of 1883 covers none of these points, the settlement of whirl; is so ne e-sary to good relationship. I pro pose to initiate with Mexico negotiations for a uew and enlarged treaty of commerce and navigation. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, I communicated to that body on August 2 last,and also to the House of Repre sentatives, the correspondence in the case ol A. K. Cutting, an American citizen then imprisoned in Mexico,charged with the com mission of a penal offense iu Texas, of which a Mexican citizen was the object. After demand had been made for his re lease the charge against him was amended sc as to include a vio’ation of Mexican law withiu Mexican territory. This joinder of alleged offences, one within aud the other exterior to Mexico, induce;] met j order a special investigation of the case—pending which Mr. Cutting was re leased. This incident has, however, disclosed a claim of jurisdiction by’ .Mexico, novel mour history, whereby any offence, committed anywhere by a foreigner, penal in the place of its com.uis ion, of which a Mexican is the object, may, if the offender b ' found iu Mex ico, bath -re tried and punished in conform ity with Mexican laws. This jurisdietibn was sustained by the courts of Mexico in the Cutting case, and ap proved by the executive branch of that gov ernment,"noon the authority of a Mexi an statute. The appellate court, iu releasing Mr. Cutting, decided that the abandonment ol the complaint by th; Mexi.au citizen ag grieved by the alleged crime (a libellous pub lication' removed the basis of further prose ■ution, and al o declared justice to have been satisfied by the enforcement of a small part of tho ci-iginal sentence. The admission of such a pretension would b - attended with serious results, invasive ol the jurisdiction of this government, ana highly dangerous to our citizens in foreign lauds; therefore I have denied it, and pro tested agaimt its attempted exercise, as un warranted by the prineiples of law and inter | national usages. A sovereign has jurisdiction of offenses i which take effect within his territory, al : though concocted or commenced outside of it; but the right is denied of any foreign sov ereign to punish a citizen of the United Stated for an offence consummated on our soil in violation of our laws, even though ths offence be against a subject or citizen of such sovereign. The Mexican ststute in question makes the claim Broadly, and the principle, if conceded, would create a dual responsibil ity iu the citizen, and lead to inextricable .-onfiu.ion, destructive of that certainty in law is an essential of liberty. HglVka of the United States voluo- ‘■' 1 t) - an ”' W? „>’? •» - * « r*' f ■• '■:::• aE|Bg|g ; . /„• t . ’J yWii • ■■■■ '' ! v Siii gone abroad: and Mfhnrge.l with «Tnn© committed in the for tjffign land a faij and open trial, conducted MKh decent regard for justice and humanity, jrigßl be demanded for them. With less than Uftt thio government will not be content "W-n the-life or liberty of its citizens is at stake. Whatever the degree to which extra-terri torial criminal jurisdiction may have been formeriy allowed by’ consent and reciprocal agreement among certain of the European States, no su h doctrine or practice was aver known to the laws of this country or of that from which our irvtitutions have mainly been derived. In the ease of Mexico there are reasons aqwciaUy strong for perfect harmony in the mutual exercise of jurisdiction. Nature has made us irrevocably' neighbors, and wisdom and kind feeling sh >uld makes us friends. The overflow of capital and enterprise from the Uftited States is a patent factor in assist ing the development of the resources of Mexico, anti in building up the prosperity of both countries. To assist this good work all grounds of ap- ■ prehension for the security of person anc property should ba removed: aud I trust that in the interests of good neighborhood the statute referred to will lie so modified as tc eliminate the present possibilites of dangei to the peace of the two countries. NATURRALIZATIOX AND EXTBADITIOX I renew the recommendation of my last annual message, that existing legislation con eeriilng citizenship and naturalization be re vised. We have treaties with many States providing for the renunciation of citia-nship by naturalize 1 aliens, but no statute is fodnd to give effect to such engagements, nor any which provides a neede 1 central bureau for •the registration of naturalized citizens, Experien e suggests that our statutes regu lating extradition might be advantageously amended by a provision for the transit across our territory’, now a convenient thoroughfare of travel from oue foreign country to another, of fugitives surrendered by' n foreign government to a third state. Buch provisions are not unusual in the legis lation of other countries, and tend to pre vent the miscarriage of justice. It is also desirable, inorder to remove present uncer tainties that authority should be conferred on the Secretary of State to issue a certifi cate in ease.of an arrest for the purpose of extradition, to the officer before whom the proceeding is pending, showing that a requi sition for the surrender of the person charge I ha’s bean duly mad?. Such a certificate, if re (Hired to be received before the prisoner s examination, would prevent a long and ex pensive judi -ial inquiry into a charge which the foreign government might not desire to press. I also recosranend that express pro vtHqn be made for the immediate <lis barge from custody of persona coinmitte.l forex tradition where the President is of opinion that surrender should not be made. THE CONSULAR RKRVICE. Pursuant to a provision of the diplomatic and consular appropriation act, approved July 1, 1886, the estimate* submitted by the Mecpftary of Ktate for the maintenance of the consular rerviee have been recast, on the l a is of salari rs for all officers to whom such aUnwnnce is deemed advisable. Advantage ha* been taken of this to redistribute the sal aries of the officers now appropriated for, n a: c.jr-ian- e with the work performed, of the representative du ties or; the in -utubent and the cost of Uv each post The last consideration has beeatoo often lost sight of in the allow ance Uznuoforc made. The compensation whieJFw.v snffice for th* decent mainten andcMpable officer in a pod* tM|<MNk»rons an I representative trust at a post rea-fij v accesAble, and where the ne tess-a rfes are abnadant aud cheap, may p#o*re an taa teqSte pittance in dis tant fea<l- where the bettor part of a yearia i®v U ecatetmed in reaching t!>»»‘ po«t of only, aad where the comforts of ordluarr;civilize I ‘xisteuce can only br etetaibied with di fl :ity and at exorbitant cost, t trust that, iu .-onswfcrfbgthesubmit i r.M eefceifcjfe -. so mfe: -tken theory of economy wdl 'pefoate asv w.n whi-h in the pa at has virtesaSy ritwl to deserving talent maar office* where c-.tpM : y *nd attainments of a hf<h ordecar • indis ieusa'Me. and In not a few hatatre; baa rought dis redit on our nat'emsd enn ,i-ter mod entailed emtarrass mn>: amlewu ssniO-ing ou tbade deimted to op&4>l our amd intares's abroad. rnr. iaxAavßY rxcout. The rep trios t:» Se retary of the Treasury '-f tfejiiyeverai brathetass of th * ’ gcYemin-ei# re’ated to'-hi-s denarfanent I ; eag*■■lisSy drect t-.je-Mteutionof tho<S6«gr-w ■ to tile renoaiineu iatioew contained in this d tary, touching the simplification and amend :- meut of the laws relating to the collection of > our rovenues; and iu the interest of economy i- and justice to the government I hope they i- m ay bo adopted by appropriate legislation. >- The ordinary receipts of the government y for the fiscal year ended June 39, 1886, were 8336.439,727.0i>. Os this amount $192,905,- o 023.41 was received fro n customs and $ 116,- i, 805,933.48 from internal revenue. The total n receipts, as hero stated, were $13,749,020.68 greater than lor the previous year, but the is increase fromeustoms wa5511,431,084.10 and j. from internal revenue $4,407,21.94, makiux a j. gain in these items for the last year of $15,- y 841,996.04 —a falling off in other resources i_ reducing the total increase to the smaller j. amount mentioned. - s The expense at the different custom houses I) of colle.ting this increased customs revenue j. was less than the expense attending the col lection of such revenue for the preceding j year by $499,608, and the increased receipts u of internal revenue were col'ected at a cost to the iiiternel revenue bureau of $155,944.99 less than the expense of such collection for , the previous year. j- 1 he total ordinary’ expenses of the govern ment for the fiscal year enied June ;.0, 1880, were $212,483,138.59, being less by §17,785,970 / than such expenditures for the year preceding, and leaving a surplus in the treasury at the close of the last fiscal year of $03,956,588.56, 3 " as against $63,463,771.27 at the close of the 0 previous year, being an increase iu such sur v plus of $10,492,817.20. For the current year to end June 30, 1887, ’! the ascertained receipts up to October 1, - e mainder of the year, amount to $356,000,000. The expenditures ascertained and esti mated for the same period are §266,000,000, indicating an anticipated surplus at the close of the year of $96,000,000. -* e The total value of the exports from ths United States to foreign countries durng the ; fiscal year is stated and compared with the ’ preceding year as follows; For the year For the year end’g JuneHO, end'g June 39. e ISS6. 18S5. >• Domestic merchan- '- di555635,9(51.329 1)0 $723,63?,916 0) n Foreign merchandise 18,56.>,501 00 15,506.809 00 G01d...... 4-,952,191 00 8,477,852 60 ,f Silver 29,511,219 00 33,753,633 00 r, A STAGE OF SUPERFLUOUS REVENUE. •- In my last annual message to the Congress (- attention was directed to the fact that the n revenues of the government exceeded its ac t tual needs: and it was suggested that legisla tive action be taken to relieve ths people d from the unneces ivy burden of taxation d thus made apparent. ( In view of the pressing importance of the i subject I deem it my duty to again urge its consideration. The income of the government, by its in creased volume and thorough oeononiies iu its collection, is now more than ever in excess i of public necessities. The application of the ' surplus to the payment of such portfon of the public debt as is now nt our option subject to uish me it. if continued at the 1 rate which has lately prevailed, would retire that class o“ indebtedness within i less than one year from this date, i Thus a continuation of our present i ravenuo system would soon result in the re- < eipt of an annual income much greater than neces'Uiry to meet go vern meat expenses, ' with no. indebtedness upon which it could be i applied. We should tkten be confronted with a vast quantif y of mJaoy th j circulating me dium of the i copie', awarded in- the Treasury 1 j when ft should baVn their hands, or wo i should be drawn into iKasteful publicoxtrav •, ■ agan-e with all the corrupting national de- - moralizafion which follo'Jvs iu its train. ' But it is not the simple existence of this ’ surplus, aud its threatened which furnish t hQsteq*.. . 1 ■ ■ ... • th? Good government, and ost^ial^MrewMwT I''* 1 ''* eminent of which every American citizen boasts, has for its objects, the protection of every parson within its care iu the greatest liberty consistent with the good order of so -1 ciety, and his perfect security in the en'oy [ meat ot’ his earnin ;s, with the least possible : diminution for public needs. When more of ,- the people's substance is exaetai throtrjjirtnie form or taxation than is r e •e^re»f - to meet 1 thj just obligations of the Government and 1 the expense of its economical admiuistra -1 tion, such exaction becowei ruthless extor tion aud a vio'at'on of the fundamental prin ciples of a free, government. 1 The indirect manner in which these exae , tions ar© made has a tendency to con eal , their true character and their extent. But we have arrived at a stage ot superJluous revenue which has aroused the peoj li- to a realizati >nof.tho f.ict, that the amount raked profesmdly for the su -port of the govern ment, is paid by them as absolutely, if add'd io the price of the things which supply their dally wants, as if it was paid affixed periods into the hand of the tax githeier. Those who toil for daily wages are begin ning to understand that capital, tbu.igh sometimes vaunting, its importance an 1 clamoring for the protection and favor of tho ; government, is dull an 1 slnggi h till, touched by the magical hand of labor, it spring; , into activity, furnishing an occasion for I'e t eral taxation, aud gaimogthe value which - enables it to bear its burden, and the labor ■ ing man is tnoughtfully in juiring whet - er in th io -circumstances, and considering the •tribute he constantly ppys into the puhli • - treasury as lie supplies his daily wants, he reeiyesbis fair share of advautagf-A •There a suspi -ion abroad, that the urplus or c ur revenu _s Indicates abnormal and exeeptk-hal business profit , which,‘uu dec the system which nnkiiices such surplus, increase with >nt corros;k»ufiug Leiofit to tju i eople at large, tae vast p.ecumu'atiqjis of a few among dur citizens whose fortunes, ri valing the wealth of the most favored in anti-democratic nations, are not the natural growth of a steady, plain and industrious re public. Our farmers, too, aud tlioxe engaged di rectly and indirectly in suoplying the pro [ duets of agriculture, -ce that day by day, ' and as often as the daily wants of their Imu e i bolds recur, they are force Ito my exc&’Mve - and needless taxation, while their produc s i struggle in foreign markets with the eoni;»eli- • tion of nations, whi-h, by allowing a freer ■ exchange of productions than wa permit, i enable their people to sell for prices wh ■ii distress the American farmer. i As every pa riot!: citizen e; iu thj constantly increasing pride of our jieopto in American citizenship and in the gl ry of our national achieromenta a id progress, a senti ’ ment prevails that tho leading string; useful 1 to a nation in its infancy, may wed lie to a J great extent discarded in the present stage of ; Ameri an ingenuity, courage and fearless • self-reliance. Aud for the privilege of in -1 dulging tais icntiment with true American ’ enthusiasm, our citheii me quite willing to forego an idle surplus in the juiblic Treasury. ' And all the people know that tho aver are ' rate of Federal taxation upon imports is to , day, in time of pea re, but little 1-zes, white L uven some art teles of ne essary ‘ orjmnpt on 1 it is actually more, than wa; imposed by tba grievous bur len v. ill ngly bsrne. at a time 1 when the government needed millions to maintain by war the safety and integrity of ’ the Union.' 1 It has l orn the poU'y of tho government tc ' collect the prinripai part of its revenues by a tax upon imports, and no change in this ; policv is desirable. But the present condition [ of affairs constrains oar people to demand > that by a revision of our revenue laws the ’ receipts oft he government shall be reduced . to tho necessary expense of its economi-.-al administration, and this demand should be re ogniiu d and obeyed by the people s rep . resentat’ves in tbs legislative branch of ths Gm men t*. In readjusting the burdens of Federal tax ‘ ation, sound public policy require? that such 1 of our citizens as ha ve built up large aid i:n --~ portent industries under present con lit ous, ‘ should not be sud ieulv a;>d to their in jury 3 deprived of advantages to which they hat adapted their business; hut if th-? pubii ' goefi requires it. they should l.e ont ut with such r consideration as shall deal fairiv ant! rau ’ tionsly with their interests, while the jute s demand of the people for relief from need- I less taxation is honestly answered. s A reawoabte and timely siibmL-wioo to | » su< b a demand should certainly be possible 1 - without disastrous shock to any interest; and K NUMBER 45. a careful concession sometime; averts abrupt ' and heedless action, often the outgrowth of impatience and delayed justica. THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN LABOR. Due regard should be also accorded in any i proposed readjustment to the interests of American labor so lar as they ar? involved. We congratulate ourselves that there is among us no laboring class, fuel with un I yielding bounds and doomed under all condi tions to the inexorable fate of daily - toil. We recognize in labor a chief factor in the wealth of the republic, and we treat those who have it in their keeping as citizens entitled to the ' most careful regard and thoughtful atten tion. This regard and attention should be awarded them, not only 1 ecause labor Is the ’ capital of our workingmen, justly entitled to its share of government favor, but for the further and not less importaut reason that the laboring man surrounded by his family . in his humble home as a consumer is vitally ( interested iu all that theapens the cost of living and enables him to bring within his domestic circle additional-comfort; and ad vantages. This relation of the workingman to the revenue laws of the country, and the manner ' in which it palpably influences the question ; of wages, should not be forgotten in the jus tifiable proniaienre given to the proper maintenance of the supply and the protection of well-paid labor. And these considerations suggest such an arrangement of government revenues as shall reduce the expense of liv ing, while it doA not durtail the opportunity for work nor reduce the compensation of American labor, and injuriously affect its condition aud the dignified pla. eit holds in the But our who from sumed by ?}£■ I'lainiy .'i j a jmt ' taxation/ nxn- remotely - jrasftSteIgPF w work number iieiiltßpgiii tion. None -nw-Wrore continu- ously thau limit their hours of toll, aud no interposition of the government enhances to any great ex tent the value of their products. And yet for many of the necessaries and comforts of life, which the most scrupulous economy ena bles them to bring into their homes, aud for their implements of husbandry, they art obliged to pay a price largely increased by an unnatural profit which, by the action of the government, Is given to the more favored manufacturer. I recommend that, keeping in view all these considerations, the in reusing and un necessary surplus o£ national income annual ly accumulating be released to the people, bv an amendment to our revenue laws which shall cheapen the price of the necessaries oi lite and give freer entrance to such imported materials ,-is by American labor may be man ufactured into marketable commodities. Nothing can be accomplished, h uwever* the direction of this mueb-peerkri wferm. un less the subject is approa.hed in a patriotic spirit of devotion to the interests of th? en tire country, and w.th a wilhiigm -s t:» i something for the pfibllc good. J THE PUBLIC nXIST. i The sum ].mid upo.; tho public, debt during She fee,-J year tended dune 39, -1886, was $44,- 551,043 36. During the twelve months ending October 31, 1886, three per cent- boa Is were called for redemption amounting to $127 283,100, of which $89,613,240 was so calle 1 to answerjfca . re juirements of the law relating to the sink’ ing fund, and $46,639,900 for tho purpose of reducing the public debt by application of a -i-fart of the surplus Igtobject. Os the’b-oftds thus called ?. 10 subject under :wi 'h calls-U? rettem**- > t - tte - - uW, under tlio compulsory silver coinage act of 1878, 29,888,000 silver dollars, aud the cost of the silver used in such coinage was There had i>-.--n coined ui>tottaflSßffHßwhe precious fiscal provptec.r 'oEtUVYIyy v liJ’,flfn silver dollars, of December, 1886, tho tot*l.Abj&upt oufflifiU coinage was $247,131,519. The director of the time of the passage of the law of 1878 ing this coinage, the intrinsic value of the dollar; thus coined was ninety four and one fourth cents each, and that on the 31st day of July, 188<\ the price of stive ’ reached the lowest sta~o ever kuowu, so that tho intrin sic or bullion price of our staiidarl silver dollar at that date wa; less than sevety-two c ents. The price'of silver on the Wth day of November last was such as to make these dollars intrinsically worth seventy-eight cents each. These; differences in value of the coins rep resent the fluctuations in the price of silver, aud they certainly do not indicate that com pulsory coinage by the government enhances the price of that comntodity, or secures uni formity in its value. Every fair aud legal effort has keen made hv fhn 1’- m-v I'4»■ tn distribute this currency aniouz the people. Ttte with drawal of United States Treasury note ; of small denominations ant the issuing of j nail silver certificates ban been retorted to iu the endeavor to accompfeh this resu't, in obedtenez* to the will and geutiinents of the repi’esentatives of the people in the C m resw. Ou the 27tfiday of November, 18Sfi, the people held of the 6 coins, or certifl ntes representing them, the nominal sum of $|1i6,813/>4l. ami we still-bad $79,464,-415 in the Treasury—as against about .*'1423114,'>55 so in the hands of the | eople, nn<l s72.B(ls,remaining in lh.» Treasury one year ago. The director;A mint again urges the uecessity of room the purpose of storing flollais whi h are not needed for by the 'pcopte. SUSPEmB THE COINAGE toF * I have seen no reason to change the views expressed in my last annual message on the subject of this compulsory tofuage; and I again urge its suspension on all the ground; contained in my former re-commendation, reinforced by the significant increase of our gold exportation during the last year, as appears by the comparative statement herewith presmted, and for the further reasons that the more this currency is distributed among the people the greater becomes our duty to proto t it from disaster: that wo now have abundance for all our needs; and that there saems but little pro priety in’building vaults to store such cur rency when the only p etence for it; coinage is the necessity of it; use by the people as a circulating medium. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Tiie report of ths Secretary of War kjvw a detailed a count of the administratuiteior his department, and contains sundry mendations for ths improvement of vice winch I fully approva The army consisted at the date of tfes ccnolirlated return, df 2,103 officers and 24,- 9-Pt enlisted men. The erpeuses of the department for the last fiscs! year were $36,990,901.38, including $6,291,30 >.43 for public works and river au l harbor Improvera eta. I especially dirert the attention of the Congress to the re -ommeudation that officers be required to submit to an examination as » preliminary to their pnrnotion. I see nc objection but many arb anta jes in adopting thi; feature, wh'ch has operated eo tene ficwlly in our Navy Department, as -wellro in some branches of the army. The subject of th • coast defenre; aud fort!- fi- ations has been fully and rarefnHytreated by the Board oi Tort I fixations, whose report was submitted at the last session of Congre* but no eo rstru 'tion work of the kind reeonj mended hy the Boar I has been possible dur ing the iatt year Iron the lack of appr jr ta tions for su h purpose. The deteucele&s condition of our sea -ca-t and lake frontier is perfectly e- aminations made must con inoe certain of cur cities named iu the : the B-ard should Iw fort.!> >i. aud on -h nv-st in-.portautof ti.e-e should be commenced at ■ -n-e been thoroughly c-onridero-l S?crf-tarv of War r-'.oiu WK' AfetJwfi | in default of