The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-12-14
as will practically aid your action upon thus

important subject. ...-H .ri-
THE REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS
for the fiscal year ending june 30, ls'9
s9@aifa suee@edSa 70 wears Te9ened 0e s @ =
fesaS fesa s SO S9a Pa o as neos nes 8s'h o
this source for the fiscal year, which Will ehu
on June so, 1858, will doubtless be consider4-
4 bly, in excess of the sum last mentioned L
the tax domestic spirits is to be retainer 10
Is plain therefore, that large reductious from
the customs revenue are entirely icas' s'nir-
While recommending this reduction tam IhE
from advising the abandonment Oi the pOlrH
OF 50 discriIQlnating IN the adjustment ol az.
tails as to afford aid and protectonto done7-
tic laPor, but the pT,sept sysle a -''a,l ,, cS
so revised ns 20 equaiize the pubhc 39.Hrl
among all classes and occupations ana bring
IL into closer harmony with the present nrtuH
OF Industry: without entelnk ihtQ ullusso
details, which under present cir'umSt 1nceS tS
( quite unnet essarY, re ommend nm ehHHttIty
ment OF the fire. list 40 as 10 include Wlthn ~
the numerous articles which ytoid incpu-i sd
Lefable reNenue; stmpItnca'lon OF @ @tle c@,nl, @
/ pick and inconsistent schedule OF duties up"ss
certain manufactures, particularly those OK
cotton, iron and steel ana n substNntlh re-
duction OF tho DUTIES upon those aiucits anu
upon sugar, m0lasses, silk, wool nnd Woolru
goods. II a general revision of the tarlH shall
be found to be lmpractiCahie at thla session
express the hopc thot at least some OF the
more conspicuous inequalities of the prGsenE
law may be col1rctcd before your hual ad.
jOurnment one of them is specially roierTcd
TO by the Secretary. In view of a recent de
/ amending the law BY whichthe duty standard
of color is adopted as the tess of ths sHechH-
Iine strength Of sugars is too obvious 20 ro-
THE INDIANS.
From the report of tho Secretary OF War i6
appears that the only outbreak sOt Indians
during the past year occurred IN Arizona oud
Tbey e werc pr@mptIv o2eIed and the Gat
which has prevailed In all other parts OF thH
country has permitted such an addition to he
| made to the military force in the region on
dangercd by the Apaches titat there IS tttio
reason 20 appEchend trouble an the lnII,tIy,
/ Those parts OF the SeCrstury'S 3 report WHICH
relate to
OUR SEA COAST DEFENsEs
fiectons. e onr eTiating fortdcnt6n" arc no
toliously inadequate to the dttcnsc OF nc nc
an armament suited to our present ncCCss ue8
mas GcCl tue I Su1I'3lt "a ooIlsltI ~ -, ~, "
board whose report was tIanSuittGd 70 CON
gress 8 The last session. Pending the "onstJ-
Grafton of shat report, the War DcpartmenG
has taken steps for the manufactures or
COM crsiOn of any heavy cannon, but tho
Secretary expresses the hope TINT authority
ana means TO begin that important work WIZ
he 500 II provided. / invite the attention ot
! Congress to the propricty of making moro
adequate provisions
FOR AIMING AND EQURPING TIE MILITIA
than are afforded by the act of 1905, which i9
still upon the statute books The MATTER has
already been the subject Of discussion In tho
Senate and n bill which seeks tOsupply the de-
ficiencies OF existing laws s. now upon thcyul-
| to the fact that an embarrassment ia growing
ont of the recent act OF Congress making tho
sorry at the age ofGl. The net OF 1876 Is stu i'm
force which limits to four hundred the mum
I
or upon their own application.
The two nets, when construed together,
seem to forbid the relieving, even tor absolute
fuCHpacity, of officers who do NOT tail within
the purview Of the latter statute save at suclt
| times as there chance to- be loss man man 900
names on the retired list. There arc now i-u.
1t is not likely thRt Congress intended this
result, and / concur with the secretary that
the law ought to be amended.
The grounds that impelled me to withhold
my signature from the bill entitled An acb
making appropriations Tor the
CONSTRUCTION REPAIR AND PHESEWN ATrON on
CERTAIN WORKS on RIVERS AND HARHoHs,"
which became law near the close of your
last session, prompt me to express hope that
no similar measure will be deemed necessary
during the present session OF Congress. Auch
measure would now be open To a serious
/ objection in addition to that which was urged
! upon your attention. am informed by the
Secretary OF War that tho quarter poruou ot
] the sum appropriated for the various ttoWS
! specified in that act remains unoxpenae1.
/ Of the new works whicn II authorized, "Npcu-
ses have been incurred upon two only, for
! which the total appropriation was Sll l,O01op.
the following table:
Amount OF appropriation by act Of -
August ?, ISS2 .............-..... 8lS,18si SO
June 10, i6s3 ...i................... 10000
ments to j. &. B.Eads.............--... 30i 900
Unexpcndod balance OF former ap-
prOpFihtloIAS ..ss..s-..- 4'i"71-''
Total neutrality-suspicious. ,7al ,l5s
Less amount, drawn from Treasury
betwecn July /, 1882, and November
80, 1882. Observation-Disclosures 6'o56Lot
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
II is apparent by this exhibit that 80 faraB
concerns most of the items 20 which tho acc
of August 2 1892, relates, there can be no need
of further anpropriations until after tho
anv action sIionid seem TO be necessary iu
respect to particular objects, IL will be On
appropriafe legislation II Is possible for
example, that delay until the Resembling ~
vision Tor the Mi4sissippi River improve
u
Quenccs. If such should uppcar 10 be tie
case "A lust bin relating 10 thu subject would
command my approval. This lrada me 20
offer suggestion, which trust will commend
itself to the wisdom OF Congress. lt j. not
advisable that grants OF considerable rums
of money for diverse and indepouIcub
made the subjects Of separate ana distinct
o l {d ,, ~, thosc ,bo favor MA Tnost
liberal expenditures for such purposes ~
1 coynrno1is called tn River fud IIirbor BiI
that the practice of grouping in such bin
Widely separated. either In thcir nature
concerned, or in both Is one w9ich
j. much TO be deprecated. uuIe,s
tends to secure the success Of the bin o- q
whole, though many of the Items II sepnra'e-
BY the adoption OF the course have recon-
mended, every member OF Congress. Wliest
ever opportunity should arise for giving bis
influence aud vote for merhOrtous appropu-
tions, would be enabled to so do without be-
ing his app oval so also would the cNecutVe
be Afforded thereby y fun opportunity ~ eA-
posing Whatever appropriations seGmcd 10
him Objectionable withont iwperillnH tho
selves 70 his judgment IL may DO urged ia
opposition 70 these suggestions thatthc mum
! Der Of works of internal Improvement which
are Justly entitled 20 Government aid is sp
q cat AS to render impracticable separate ap-
preparation bills therefor, or even Tor sucu
Comparatively limited number ns MAX" disc
position OF large sums OF money. THIS obiee-
zion may be well founded, and whciycr % 10
OF not, the advantages which would be likely
to ensue from the adoption OF the cour-e
have recommended may perhaps DO moro
eiTectually attained by another which I Tgs
spectfully submit to Congress
A. Al 4LrEREATIvE rForosrrroN.
II Is provided by the Constitutions Of fOuTa
teen of our states that the Executive uHT
disapprove any item or items of "a bul npptp.
bin approved shall he law ana thc part d.sap-
proved sbsll fail to become law, nn e-7 tc'
scfjbcd for the passage Of bills over the veto
Of the Executive Toe states Wherein some
such provision as the foregoing y a P'rt gt
the fundamental law are. Alabama, iai lor-
mia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia. Loui-ihIHls
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebra-kn, New J'{rfys
virginia commend 70 your cal"!uI COZ
sideiation the question whether 80 AmcnI-
ticular indicated, would not ahori the bc-V
rasstnent, both to members of Congress aud
10 tire Executive. and is sometime % SERIOUS
p1blic mischief
Tic report Of the Secretary o' The Navy
states the movemGnts of the various s.r.fI"
rons dtlrfnle the year. in home aui lol'l1l
waters, where our officers and srameu, WIN
such ships we possess, have CounnurH -
illustra 70 the high character ana eAccllcis
discipline ofthe naval organization.
THE JEANETTE.
ON the 2lst of December, 1881, iniorlhhu'2Ih
was received that tho exploring steamer Jc-
annette had been crushed and abandoned fi
tic Arctic Ocean The Officers and crew, aiter
a iourney over tho ice, embarked ia three
ho..,ts fcu-' tlc coast Of Siberia. one OF thB
( onrtics nader fhs command OF Chict EnHl-
ncer Nclvflle reached the land, aud falling ut