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BY 8. A. ATKIXSOX,
\T THREE nil.MRS I’ER AXXL'M,
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E.E.JCXKES,
DEALER IS
STOVES,
J« 0. QAILEY,
rNVITES ATTENTION TO HIS
HEW FALL STOCK
l »V>:'IT|S|N«.
v irartlaa-aants *IIllwinserte'l*tOneI>oUar»n<l
V.’';v * - ?i t. • *. * i t »r**«»: 11 liM... grille flrM. »n«l
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ii i-uti For a longer |K.*riixl
11 u s i ii «sh 1) i rcc tory.
min ronn a <* F.awiM. iiowf.i.l cor.n
c mu. r.uwiN * conn,
A TTOU SKYS AT LA W ,
f\ m \thuu*, Georgia. Offlpe in t’to Peupre*
hu*llintf.
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I/iin’ikin &
tpoh>i :vs a r i.wv
S i,»iTi'»r * »'irs .f < *' flc
I of the ril »h*
iit* Northern •»! *
Jackson,
SAYUEL 1*. THIKHONII,
\ TTORX E Y A T L A W .
. \iV >| n, :*». U.n •« ..•» Ilrotl street, over
Kirr/ k mm A’lllg ve vpe**i.il attention
ti iHr.i *t \N», to the Election of
all el it is• enlritaUnl to his care.
J. J. * J. i. U.KX\NI»KK.
n - \LEItS IN HARDWARE,
1,/ Iron Steel, V ill-. C irriagv M iterial. Mining
mn Steel, V til-. C
»le a."i8, Ac., \Vhite.i il
AlUnt i
M.V.IN ESTES,
\ TTCVRVEY AT
.* V. Hoiuer, Banks County, «la.
L A \V
Gi,ss vysss;,
m. . -«k .ma
CHIUSE YS ASD
PURE KEROSENE OIL.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing,
sept 15-tf.
TIN- W A HE,
HOUSE FURNISHING GCOOS,
STILL ON HAND
r
Largest Variety of Stoves
HAVE
the
in Athene, whi«h I ^
iuy prints.
ill furnish at the feirejf /jp.
PITTMAN & IIINTON,
A TT O UN E Y S AT L A W ,
A- J.M.r. in, Jackson county, On.
NOThTk OF (IIANU1. OF SfHgUULE
—oS THE
GEORGIA and MACON and
AUGUST A RAILRODS.
Suprrlntrndenr« Ofllrf. )
CiC'irgia and k A«?a*t,-t Itailr .ad.
Augusta, (» June . r », 1*472. )
/AN AND AFTER WhDNEb-
V J DAI,.line 5th, 117J, the Passenger T .ins
on ihu Oaurin . mi l Macon ami Augusta lluilruailn
»ul run as lollmv- :
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Ikiy Passenger Train trill
Lear* Augusta at * 20a.m. •
l^ ave Atlui.ta it » 15 ft . .
Arnve ai A Gant a at «* i•i■ •—
Arrive at Auguatu at 5 30 |> .j.
Sight Passenger Train.
Thrive Auemhit S 53 » m.
Iamtc Atlanta-it H i» ' in.
Arrive at Atlania at . 6 ».*, . i.i.
Arrive at Augusta at..... f» <K?a. in.
MACOS ASD AUGUSTA R. R.
Dug Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at 11 00 n. n*.
laravc Macou ui G GO a. lit.
Arrive iu Au-u»ta at 2 13 |> n..
Arrive iu Mae<»u at 7 4'* p. u .
Sight Passenger Train.
* Leave Augusta at S 13 p. ir.
Iasi ve Martin at 10 00 p. n*.
rriv»»in \ugusta nt 6 00it. in.
Amvr in Macon ut 4 13 a. ni.
Piss.*:i*ers from Atlanti, Athens, Washington,
ami »iati >iis <>n Georgia Itailro.ul, by taking the
I»iv P.is-cngt-r Train will make conneelioii at *'a-
mak wiih the Tram for M:if»n.
ntr P.illiii u»N (Kirst-Cl Sleeping Carson all
Nigtit Pas4.;nger Trains on the tie »rgla Uni 1 road ;
anl First- Juts sleeping Gabon ail Night Trains on
the Macon an 1 Augusta Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Sn,,t.
CASS lL Ll ~A DA 1L<,
O ESI G X<r E F? ,
||in4 |ngravc? and Jrints:,
EtiECTRITYPI'M,
S. W. COKNKB V'orBTH AN D W l. . !
Cincinnati, * ■ mj.
l.ock Mos ?:g,
THE MARION,
LargextOoen Step Slavs Minnfartnrel !
llitmlrt-ds of the Marion have l*e**n sold in Ath
ens ind vicinity, and without an exception hive
g.vcn unlHuinde I sati-factlon. To panics wishing
a good stove at u small price. 1 can safely say that
7/ic Mirim is the Stove.
THE SOUTHERN HOME,
\n entirely n^w stove in design and construction.
By a most novel arrangement, the part of the oven
directly under the tire ln>x is protected from the
strong h‘»at «*f thejire in this particular ida -e. aiul
a uuiior.ii heat is obtained, in all parts <>rtlie oven,
t hus •Ms-nrioit the most desirable thiiri in any stove,
viz: IA eii biking nn.l roasting. Thia stove has
bc. n in them irket but a short time, aud the large
mI«*s siuce iis intriMliietion warrants the conclusion
tii.it it will soon Ik* the
LEADING STOV;.m«OflUNTRV
RESQVfjt ioi turns,
Sumet'ilhK Sew!
A DI8C0V r ERY has recently lieen
made by which Velvet, Brussels *and In
grain t'ar|»etscan be thoroughly cleaned and reno-
vitcd, without removing them from the floor. It
iIso destrov» nod prevents moths. It thoroughly
ele inses all covered furniture, such as Plush Chairs,
Sociables, Divans, Rockers, etc. It is the acknowl
edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re
moving grease spots and restoring their original
colors. For silks, ribWi* and lace there is noth
ing that equals it, and can be used without the
slightest Injury to the finest fabric. It contains no
acids, and is a pure Renovating solution. This is
entirely a new process, and commends itself where-
ever used. We will clean jour carpets, etc., or ftir-
nish the solution, with directions for using.
Athens, April 17, 1872.
This certifies that Mr. Max M. Vverson has
cleansed for me a very much soiled carpet, remov
ing all grease s.*ota and, where not too much worn,
r-storing the origiual colors. 1 cheerfully recom
mend him to the citizens of Athens who may need
his skillful service. U. HULL.
The undersigned litis ; "relinked the receipt for
il. • .♦•-jvc -:lut:r.aLvUi Mr. Max M. Myerson. and
w *il prouintly att 'n ! to all orders left at his Paint
-bop. on Jackson street, near the National Bank,
april 19-tf JOHN POTTS.
Win. A. Talnmdge,
(IP. POST OFFICE. COL. AVKMK. ATIIEXS
ATHENS, 6A. JDJjT-iti. 1872.
•.
b«Nati
I ALSO KEEP T.1E
FOREST CITY,
QLEEN OF TFIE SOUTH.
FIRESIDE,
CAPITOL CITY.
And Many Ollier Leading
Slaves.
1 have on hand at all times a large stock of
Till 1Varc of all Kinds
Tin- mp
thr.t ,/O.V/iii’ T/.V WARE has met
introduction, isasulllcicut guarantee
ROOFING,
GUTTERING,
AND.JOB WORK,
OF ALL KiNDS,
Fall and Winter Clothing.
J. E. BITCH
] NVITES the attention of his friends
and the public l<> his large aud carefully selec
ted s.uck ol
Rladi Midi Clothing
V * .lcr In Wa*rhev, flocks. Jewelry, Silver-plated
Ware, iu'.:*ra .» nts. . iacles, l»uns,
PistoTa, Sp iiiug l^jujpT.ients, Ac. Ac.
A .Select stock of American and im
ported Watches, DoubleGuns with
40 inch barrel, excellent Jot long
range. Pistols of all kinda.
, Penetration of bull 6^
inches into wood.
With a desire to please all, will sell the above good
at verv reasonable prices.
REPAIRING.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and Tistols,
pr »mpt!y attended :o in a satisfactory manner.—
Call and see for Yourselves. apr 4
11 pul’s Fiiriii'liin* Roods.
His stock cm Drees French, German ami English
ItruaLdotns, a v iriety of cotor-d cloths, i-incy ca»-
sj.ncr s, heav.-r •lotii',ca''D»rs, melton-,fur «*e.ivers,
L **i Ion a.id 6c.Rcli -oaUiig , silk velvet an l .mn -y
Votings, Ac. My stoca ot Furuisaiug <»OnhIsciu-
hraecs
Shirt*, Collar*, Tie*, Saspen lers, Under-
Shirts aiul Draicers, Half-Hose.
Gto> as in great variety, etc.
JaU ^ila k J';/ii.
J. E. HITCH.
Oct. I"-lf
FREE! FREeTi FREeTi!
SINGLE COPIES OF
ROMAN’S Ml AL WOUO,
A WEEKLY Agricultural Journnl
r 4 -J- that has been publinhetl tweety-tbree years
sn.st I/mis, having Hie largest Circu.aip.u* and
tne tirst t'orps of contributors of any agricultural
pa!**r fMih!i*|,ed in the valley of the Mississippi,
wui I*** vMit free to all applicants. Send lor a copy.
P'tainutn Address Norman J. <Tol-
1 uMUher, sLoutM. , Mo. dee 2011
GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE
Agriculture" and the Me-
..... chanlc Arts.
,,f T ^tees
Tisioiul niyauiz _ui Ill!' 2 *’ un< l<r the pro-
u.at. E»uU eei.atoriai " a *he lal <»fMav
■rliulmnhip, anU ra. h roui.tJ , l “ lo a free
Kepre-enuiive,. The ipouLot,*? “ ha.-
•hips luimt be sixteen rears ..r . l !*“* -cboiar-
WwleJn- »f .UUhm.u^ Kn^.h V" 1 '>»'« •
Htstiwy of twe United .SiateaT U ' and
tJIXUfinS “• hnii*
All applications should lie o4dre»s^j
april I2-4t W L ‘‘ r “ i4 *a‘.
•iiiets Georgia.
The Savannah Republican.
Established in 1802.
BY HARDER A SfUDDER.
r. >■ '<.11.I.i. H. IV. .(I’Dutf.
lernt; Invariably in Advance:
Hx Month
4' I^Miahed eeery
nttendfd to promptly. The manufactory is still in
charge of Mr. W. il. JCNES, who will b • pleased
to see ms old nc.tds aud customers.
orders from th Country lor w^rk or goods will
m«-»?t vritn piompl atieutioii.
E. K. JONES,
Carncr Braaland Tboravssts.,
ATHESS.
R. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
Druggists and Pharmacists,
And Dispensers of Family Medicines,
W OT TaD rea|>pctfullv <nll nttontion
Vt their el '^ani prep.irati-m ofeJervcscing
solution of
Citrate of Mignesi i, or Tasteless Salts, i
Aperient Seitlidz Powders,
Crn’i Orchard Sidts.
Tlii< article Is m tnuf.iciure I from the waters «»f t!ie
ceb-br ited *,intigs at t 'r ib Ore.i ud, Ky., and is a
complete* substitute f*»r carbariir Pil.s, l.psoui 8alt.
Hiu»* Mass, Calomel, Ac. It w rl® a s|>eeiflc action
ipon the liv -r, excit ng it when languid to accre
tion, and resolving its chronic engorgements.
ROSE TOOTH POWDER
A superior and well selected stock ol
PERFUMERY,
FANCY ARTICLES,
FINE SOAPS,
FINE SPONGES,
And Plinrnncriili ai Specialties.
J* W* H
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
YNFFICE i-orncr of Lumpkin and
' Clayton street*, neir the Epispocal Church.
Pupil* living out of town can take their lessons
and practice at the office.
Pianos, Ops & Sheet Music
for sale, on the most reasonable terms. All instru
ments »f the best maker* and fully warranted.—
I'ervon* -ledring to purchase can have an instru
ment plac *d in their house, which, if not satisfac
tory liter fair trial, can be returned or exchanged.
WTPiann an 1 Organs sold on Monthly Pay-
•nents, andoTd instruments taken in part payment,
if In good condition. [oct 27-tf
R.
T. BRUMBY <£• CO.
Druggists and Pharitiucists.
CORNFLOUR
PEARL GRITS and
BIG HOMINY,
At
June 14-2t
ENGLAND & OILR’S.
TOB PRINTING neatly and quickly
-I exocut:.! at the Banner Office.
MARY A. EDWARDS, ) Ube) forDtroice.in
n. L Franklin Sup'r Court,
HENRY EDWARDS. J April Terui, 1H72.
It appearing to the fourl that the Detendant,
llenr; Edvarda, cannot be round in this county,
and it further appearing that h.a residence la un
known , it is ordered by the Court that service of
tl»i- I.It- 1 ! he ,H’riCL’le<l I'T puhlication of this order
once a month for four months precious lo the next
n riii of ,|,is Court in the Southern lianner, a pa-
her published in Athena, <>a.
* true extract from toe minutes of Franklin Sn-
P* r - a Court. June il, 1X72.
THUS. A. LITTLE. Clerk.
. Picture Frames,
V i ADETO ORDER, of anv size,
-* - and in various at vies of moulding, at
HI?IIKK V S BOOKSTORE.
Rales of Advertising:
lint - |uare, «,t,t insertion «i ^Ki.h
I77'i‘i ^71 ^nuCenu o*rt“£, hwert^TaTeek".
aagii.mikDSffg emus
pro”. . r eX |J^''7ifr“reading pnblie. Ni
! * U ** 0B "
Liberal (Jasli Advances on
OOTTOW*
GBOOVR STUBBS SCO..
RESPECTFULLY inform the
.5.att WfiSr^' Q,ar ^ Ftoid *
fire proof warehouse,
tV|,fc n Copnctxa sf2S.OM nolo,
ia now ready tor the storage of cotton, and that they
arc i ow prepared to
make liberal cash advances
on cotton in store and to hold a reasonable length
cha ? in * hank rate* of Interest. If you want
monsy. send your cotton to
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
'•r* v,f Sarannah, Ga.
tm smMBMBa
0 ft C ESTER’
DICTIONARIES.
s
rj a ve been adopted by
l X the male Board-of E'a-cf. •.. ..f *
Virginia,
Sorlh Carolina,
Alabama, and
Arkansus.
In u*e in the cities of
Richmond, Va.,
Sorfolk, Va.,
Mobile, Ala.,
Savannah, Ga.,
Message of ttorenior Suilk.
: -ass •£>■
Executive DpjutnuSt, )
Atlasta, July 17, 1872. j
lo the Senate and House of Represent
atives:
It is made my duty by the Constitu
tion to give to the General Assembly
imformation of the state of the Com
monwealth, and to recommend to their
consideration such measures as may b.-
deemed necessary and expedient for
the public good. I approach the dis
charge of this duty with a feeling ot
dithdence, produced by a consciousness
that the subjects before me will re
quire a more extended notice than X
shall be able to bestow upon them*
When I entered upon the duties of
the Executive office, in January Sax
great confusion existed in almost every
department of our public affairs. Our
finances were in the utmost disorder,
and the stock boards of this country
aud of Europe had been flooded with
!x>nds, purporting to have been issued
by this State, but yet regarded of
doubtful validity. The administration
of justice had been rendered ineffective
by the abuse of the pardoning power;
the confidence of the people in their
public servants had been impaired by
the fhithless conduct of leading offi
cials, and a feeling of general distrust
and insecurity prevailed. The civil
authorities had so long been subordi
nated to military power that many
true men had reached the melancholy
conclusion that civil liberty had al
ready ceased to exist.
The earnest efforts of every depart
ment of the government have been di
rected to the correction of these abuses,
and if these efforts have not yet prov
ed entirely successful, it has* been be
cause the evils sought to be remedied
were manifold aud deeply rooted.—
Evils, the result of years of misrule,
cannot be extirpated in a day. Much
patient labor yet remains to be done,
and in its performance I earnestly in
voke the assistance of the representa
tives of the people.
PUBLIC DEBT AND FINANCES.
By legislative act, entitled “ An Act
to protect the people of the State of
Georgia against the illegal and fraud
ulent issue of bonds and securities,
and for other purposes connected with
the same,” passed Decomber 9, 1871,
it was provided that ajoint committee
of the Senate and House of Represent
atives should be anpointed, whose du-
it should be to ascertain and report
c number of bonds and endorsements
which had been issued and put into
circulation by Rufus B. Bullock, late
Governor; the aggregate amount
thereof, by whom the same were sold,
the amount of money paid therefor,
the times when, and the persons to
whom such payments were made, and
all other facts connected with the his
tory of said bonds.
The committee appointed by virtue
of thia act will submit their report, I
learn, during the present session of the
Legislature. While it is proper that
I postpone any extended remarks upon
the classes of claims and securities
mentioned in the act, until after the
information collected by the committee
shall have been laid before you, yet I
feel constrained to say that, in my
opinion, the State is bound for the re
demption of only such obligations as
have been issued in conformity with
law. If money raised upon unauthor
ized securities has come into the Treas
ury, the State is bound to account for
the same. But considerations of nnb-
lic policy forbid that tl e State should
recognize as valid and binding any
contract entered into by any person
not authorized to make the same.—
The Governor has no authority, by
virtue of his office alone, to issue
bonds of the State. To do this he
must he specially authorized by a leg
islative act, passed for that purpose.
When so empowered, he becomes a
special agent, and cannot transcend
the limits of the grant conferring his
powers. It is a well established prin
ciple that perrons having dealings with
public agents, in matters like this, are
strictly bound to look'to the authority
of such agents.
The following is a consolidated state
ment of the exiting debt of the State,
created before the fourth day of July,
VOL. XLI1.—NO. 5-—HEW SERIES VOL 5. NO. 40.
ational Bank of Com-
meree t**MFte th* ftgtet of the Stale
m exchanging the old for the new
bonds fitUtbg due this rear. This ar-
rangemeni a as follows: An offer is
to the holders of the old bonds
to exchante therefor the new seven
per cent jj>nds authorized to be issued
by «***. In the event this offer
should ao^jw accepted, it is proposed
that the senji-annital interest shall con
tinue to be paid upon the old bonds
until the State shall be able to redeem
the same. Thia arrangement is the
best that c6uld be effected in the pres
ent condition of the public credit, and
it is believed that it will give satisfac-
itora. There exists uo
g the payment «f JpMK
asaafei
tion to
lair.
est _ _
toritjr, but'bain&etotistiled thattbs
proposition to that effect, embraced in
the arrangement above referred to, if
carried out, will be promotive of the
pnblie welfare, I respectfully recom
mend that the same be approved by
the Legislature.
In effecting these arrangements, I
have to acknowledge the obligations
under which I rest to the Hon. Chas.
J. Jenkins, who, while refusing all pe
cuniary compensation-therefor as the
agent of the State, brought to my aid
the benefit of his well-known wisdom
and experience.
By the wasteful expenditure of the
late administration, the State was de
prived of the meaus of paying the
semi-annual installment of interest on
the public ’debt, and to supply such
means it became necessary to resort to
the doubtful expedient of a short loan.
The necessary effect of this will be to
place three seni-annual installments
of interest on the public debt upon the
revenue of the present year. In De
cember next we shall have to pay the
temporary-loan contracted to meet the
interest falling due this summer.—
Then following closely, in January
and February thereafter, another semi
annual installment will fall due. This
we shall probably be able to meet with
out serious difficulty. In June, July
and August of next year, however, an
other like installment will become due,
and will be*, upon us before the taxes
of next year can be collected. The
temporary loan just negotiated should
be promptly paid at maturity, aud
provision be made to meet future in
stallments of interest without recourse
to temporary expedients.
It is of the highest importance that
the credit of the State be fully re-es
tablished, to the end that the heavy
burdens now resting upon the people
may l»e removed as speedily ns possi
ble. The present impoverished condi
tion • of the country, produced by the
late civil war, the disorganization ot
our labor astern, and the wasteful ex
travagance which characterized the
acts of those lately in authority, ren
der the practice of the most rigid econ
omy indispensably necessary. Our
resources should be husbanded, our
expenditures confined with in the
strictest limits of necessity, and public
officials held to rigid accountability.
By a wise, honest and faithful admin
istration of the government, the public
credit will soon be restored, aud the
people relieved of the weight of taxa
tion which now oppresses them.
FLOATING DEBT OF WESTERN AND AT
LANTIC RAILROAD.
000 per annum. This rental has been
regularly and punctually paid. The
terms and conditions of the lease are
fully set forth in the accompanying
documents, and need not to be recapit
ulated here.
The circumstances attending this
transaction from its inception to its
consummation, have excited great in
terest in the public mind, and have
been the subject of much diverse criti
cism. In consequence of this fact, the
Legislature at its late session, by a
joint resolution, provided for the ap
pointment of a committee, whose doty
it was made to investigate and report
upon the lease. This committee, I
run informed, will submit their report
jvdtofthHit Mfoioak' -Anydis-
this
Atlanta, Ga., <tc.
The Mandarin Orthography .ad Pronut elation in 1868, showing the amounts and dates
II /idfnn/n/in /iii/f I yp f /rntwesifir - . . ”. _ . . _
Washington and Lee University,
The University of Virginia,
The College of William and Mary,
The University of Georgia,
The Wesleyan University, Alabama,
BREWER 1 & TILESTON,
17 Milk Street,
ROSTOV.
BLACKSMITHING.
A llenlion, lhe Whole!
rpHE UNDERSIGNED still con-
L tinuea the above business at hla old s'-nd,
the BRICK SHOP, on Prince Avenue, srhcie all
elasae. of work in lii* line wUl be faithfully execu
te-1.
Particular attention given to hone-ahoelng.
Those in want ot the genuine
HEMPHILL PLOW,
which la now so popular, will do well to call and
Imy from the old man himself. Uia superior
will alto be kept on hand.
Thankful for past patronage, ho respectfully so
licits a continuance at the anto.
W. 8. HEMPHILL.
dec 29*tf
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The Largest in Form, the Largest in
Circulation, and the only original
FASHION MAtiAZIXf.
T'YEMOREST’S ILLUSTRATED
Lr MONTHLY conttins original Morion, now
■untie, household matter*, eerier*! and nflrteW-
and iboouly reliable Fashions, with Full
SliePattoms. Ye ilv, only *t no, with the toJcu-
$d flO, sent post free to each subacriber, or, tha
. 1 _ ’ __ _n a * aAno *—~ i Tnomtv*
of the issue and maturity of the bonds:
When Issued.
1842 and 1852
1*8 i»and 1843
1844 and 1848
1858
1859
1860
1861
1866 -
When Dae.
1872
1873
1874
1878
1879
1880
1881
1S86
Amount.
$560,500
137,000
251,500
100,000
200,000
200,000
100,000
3,600,000
Grand....,
From the foregoing tabular state
ment, it will appear that the total
amount of onr bonded debt, contracted
prior to July 4, 1868, is 85,238,500.
To meet the bonds falling due the
present summer, the Governor was
authorized to issue bonds to the amount
of 8700,000 due in twenty years and
bearing interest at a rate not exceed
ing seven per cent per annum, paya
ble semi-annually. As required by the
provisions of this act, I nave caused
bonds to be prepared, and the same
are now being used in exchange and
redemption of the old bonds falling
due the present year. By the third
section of the act, a temporary loan
was authorized in a sum not exceeding
300,000, fer the purpose of paying the
semi-annual interest, due the present
Your attention is also respectfully
called tj. : the propriety of making
provisiOb for the jiayment of the float
ing debt of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad'. The annual report of the
Comptroller General, herewith trans-
mitted,allows that there was paid out
of the public treasury during the year
1871, td etaims belonging to the class
just named, the sum of 8453,089 92.
There ie still * large number of just
such claims outstanding, a portion of
which have been audited by the com-
missioneits appointed by the Legisla
ture in the act approval October 24,
1870. ,p,‘ ...
At the late session of the General
Assembly a committee was appointed
with powertb investigate the conduct
of the said commissioners, and to in
quire whether any claims had been al
lowed them after being rejected by the
Legislature or by the courts, or wheth
er any claims had been allowed which
had been barred by the statute of lim
itations, and whether any fraudulent
and illegal claims had been allowed,
and upon what evidence. No war
rants have been issued for the pay
ment of these claims since my acces
sion to office. It is a matter of doubt
whether lay appropriation exists for
their payment, and 1 deemed it proper
and respectable to await action on the
part of the Legislature, before direct
ing further payments to be made.
. I would also call your attention to
the fact, that there is outstanding a
large amount of claims against the
State, in the form of change bills, and
notes issued by the Western and At
lantic Railroad. Most of these pur-
C irt to have been issued during the
te war, and others bear date as for
back as the time when the road was
being constructed. I have been in
formed that it has been held by the
courts of Tennessee, that the full
amount specified on the face of the
change bills issued during the war is
recoverable. In view of the fact that
much litigation mav arise, chd great
expense be incurred in suits brought
in the courts of Tennessee for the col
lection of these bills, I respectfully re-
. no, and in ad^aiM oPttef e
-evidence, might justly be deemed pre
mature.
The magnitude of the interests ia-
'volved, and the concern which the
transaction has excited iu the public
mind, render it proper that I should
invoke at your hands, whenever you
should feel it to be your duty to take
up this important matter f tr consider
ation, the exercise of your highest wis
dom and justice. I fed assured that
vou will lose sight ot neither the true
interests of the people, the honor and
digityn of the Stiite, nor the rights of
the lessees.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
I transmit herewith the report of
the State School Commissioner upon
the present condition aud wants of our
common school system, to which I re
spectfully invite your atteution.
The attempt to establish the com
mon school system in this State has
not been crowded with the sucoesa
which was anticipated. It is not diffi
cult to understand the causes which
have led to this result. In the im
poverished condition of the people it
has beeu found impracticable to raise
the means at once to carry into suc
cessful operation a system so. expensive
without too great an increase of taxa
tion. Even the scant means which
have come into the treasury, and
which, by the constitution, were set
apart and devoted to common' school
purposes, have been misapplied.
By order of the General Assembly,
in the year 1870, the sum of 8240,-
027 62, belonging to the school fund,
was taken from the Treasury. Soon
after this was done the Legislature
passed an act establishing a cumbrous
aud expensive system, requiring for its
successful operation a heavy outlay of
money. No efficient appropriation
was made for defraying the expenses
of the system. The necessary conse-
ouence of this unwise procedure was
tkiat heavy debts were contracted in
the employment of teachers, and for
other purposes. The present General
Assembly, at its late session, sought to
correct existing evils by remodeling
the whole system. The law as it now
stands, although an improvement up
on previous legislation, is still very de
fective. These defects are pointed
out in the report of the Commissioner,
aud the necegsary remedial legislation
suggested. I cannot too urgently re
commend that provision be at once
made for paying the just claims of
teachers.
When the school fund was takeu
from the Treasury, certain bonds of
the State were deposited in lien of the
ssnie. The Governor was authorized to
sell these bonds to raise money to pay
the teachers, but the power to sell was
expressly made dependent upon the
condition that such sale could be made
without injury to the public credit.—
Upon jnquiry maim of the Treasurer,
I found that the bonds bore litho
graphed coupons, and in his judgment
were so defectively executed as to be
of little or no value. As an evidence
of this, it was stated that they bad
been offered by the late Governor, in
the New York market, but a sale of
them had been found impracticable,
except, at a ruinous sacrifice.
Being satisfied that the mere foot of
these bonds, thus executed, being
placed upon the market would greatly
impair the credit of the State, 1 deem
ed it to be my duty to defer any at
tempt to sell them, and to submit the
matter to the General Assemblv.
summer, upon the bonds of the State commtn6(f that tome provision be made
issued before the first day of June, i whereby these evils may be avoided.
1868, which loan, it is provided, shall TH western ani
be paid back out of the moneys receiv-1 *^ 8E OF THE WESTEB “ A5i
ed from the taxes paid into the treas-
fur JS 00poMfa
dec 1
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Hi Broadway, New Yon.
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TU&T RECEIVED*.-a- foi supply
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NEW DRUG STORE.
ary during the year 1872.
Acting under the authority thus con
ferred, I borrowed from the National
Bank of Commerce, in New York, the
sum of $200,000 at seven per cent
S r annum, to be re-paid on the first
y of Decomber next. This sum was
placed to the credit of the State on the
Z9th day of June last, and Is sufficient
to pay the interest . foUlqc d*a npoq
our old debt in the months of Jane,
July and August
An arrangement has also been ef-
OF THE WESTERN AND ATLAN-
:• | TIC RAILROAD.
The attention of the Legislature has
neter'been formally called to the lease
of the'Western and Atlantic Railroad,
and I therefore-transmit herewith cop
ies of all the papers of record and on
file in this department, referring to
tbestoaoi taraa^f **
From'.these papers it will appear
that on tha 27th day of December,
1870, ray predecessor leased the road,
its rolling rtock and other property,
wntti WWpflM wftfo
sum rof $25,000 per month, or $800,-
AGRICULTURAL LAND SCRIP.
By an act of Congress, passed in the
year 1862, donations of land were ot
tered to the States for the purpose of
establishing agricultural and mechani
cal colleges. The States accepting the
donations were allowed until the sec
ond day of July instant, to establish
the colleges. The scrip issued to the
State of Georgia, under the provisions
of said act ot Congress, was sold by
my immediate predecessor, at ninety
cents per acre, making the sum of
$243.<MM). Of this, the sum of $50,-
400 has been received. The remain
ing portion will not become due until
the third day of July, 1873.
Finding that the time in which the
colleges in this State must be estab
lished, if at alL would expire before
the meeting of the General Assembly,
and feeling unwilling to apply to Con
grass to extend the time, toe the rea
son that such application, in all prob-
abjjity, would have been used as a pre
text for attaching to the donation con
ditions; which would have rendered the
same odious to the people, 1 determin
ed that it was ray duty to exercise the
power conferred upon the Executive
by the Legislature, and to save this
iaprtaltdiiaidiir’ our people- > The
Question arose, how oould this best be
done. >■.«'.
In looking over the State, it was
found that ve bad several excellent in
stitutions of learning, and that the
people J* several toeulitiee desired to
have tho college established in their
midst This was natural and praise
worthy. But my dura- wee plainly
pointed ont by law, and beyond this I
could not go. The act of the Legfefe*
tore, approved December 12, 1866,
conferred upon the 'Governor all |ha
power necessary to save the fond to
the State. Tho aofrof *~
that the college should be actually es
tablished by the second day of July,
1872. There was no such college in
existence in this State, and I, as the
chief executive officer under the Gov
ernment, had no authority to create
such an institution. The Legislature
had foiled to organize a college for this
purpose, or to dispose of the fund,
and would not reassemble in time to
take the necessary action. What then
could be done?
By the terms of its charter, the
Trustees of the University of the State
located at Athens, and already in suc
cessful operation, possessed ample pow
ers to establish such a college as that
described in fne act of Congress mak
ing th* donation, and it ww only fay
come forfeit. The Trustees field's
meeting in this city on ihe thirtieth
day of March last, when they organ
ized a college in conformity to the law
granting the donation, mrde formal
application for the use of tho fund,
and received au Executive order be
stowing the same upon the University.
1 herewith transmit copies of the
iroceedings hod at said meeting of the
Trustees, and of the Executive order
referred to.
It may be remarked that the act of
Congress prescribed the conditions
upon which the donation wa3 made.—
One of these conditions required that
the State, upon accepting the douatiou,
should become bound to preserve the
fund, and to see that no part of the
same was lost or misapplied. The
acceptance of the fund made the State
trustee for the uses declared in the
act creating the trust. To enable the
State to perform its duty and to pro
tect the fund it was manifestly neces
sary that the same should be kept
within control of the Legislature. The
University is a State iustitutinn, and
the actiou of the Trustees umy be re
viewed by the General Assembly.—
This is true of no other institution of
learning in the State. In granting the
use of the fond to the University
therefore, I was careful to place it
where the Legislature would still re
tain the power to interpose for its
proper application and preservation.—
No part of the principal fund, or of
the interest, could be appropriated to
the purchase or erection of buildings
for the college, but no delay was oc
casioned on this account, since there
were already suitable buildings belong
ing to the U Diversity, which could &
used for that purpose.
For there and other reasons which
might be given, I deemed it to be my
duty to save the donation in the only
practicable way left open to me, and
to grant the fund to the University of
the State.
It may be added that the college
went info operation on the first day of
May under the most promising auspi
ces, and that there are already about
one hundred students receiving instruc
tion in the same free of charge. The
prospect is that this number will be
largely increased, and that the State,
so far at least as her agricultural and
mechanical interests are involved
will soon enter upon a new and more
prosperous career. What we. most
need is thorough and practical educa
tion, and this the new college promises
to secure to all classes of the people—
to the poor as well as to the rich and
more fortunate.
, PENITENTIARY.
By authority of the act approved
December 14, 1871, authorizing the
Governor to form out the convicts in
the penitentiary, I proceeded, after due
notice given, to leases the same for the
term of two years, to Messrs. Grant
Alexander & Co., at the sum of fifty
dollars per eaptia per annum. The
number of convicts in the penitentiary
on the day the lease was executed was
432. The number on the first of this
month had increased to 475. Thirty
two have been discharge ! in the mean
time, their terms having expired.
This marked increase in the number
of convicts is not due to any augmenta
tion of crime in the State, but is be
lieved to be the result entirely of a
more rigid and proper enforcement of
the laws. This institution heretofore
has been a source of expense to the
State. Under the present arrange
ment, however, it is not probable that
any appropriation will become neces
sary for its support and maintenance.
Ou the contrary it will probably be
productive of considerable revenue.
PARDONING POWER.
It may be here remarked, that ;n
the present state of society I have felt
it to be my duty to confine the exerc
ise of the pardoning power within very
strict limits. Courts aud juries con
stitute the proper tribunal for the
trial of criminal offenses, aud it is no
part of the duty of the Executive to
intervene to screen the guilty from
punishment. The theory of the law
upon this subject is, that when guilt
has been ascertained in the manner
prescribed by the supreme authority,
the interest of society demands that
the offender be punished. The most
painful duty which devolves upon the
Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth
is the refusal of appeals made to Ex
ecutive clemency. Impressed as I
have been, however, with the contri
tion that the good order, peace and
welfore of society depend in a large
measure, upon the due enforcement of
the laws. I have felt constrained to re-
fuse to interfere with the due execu
tion of judgments pronounced hffoe
judicial authorities. It is believed
that a strict adherence to this line of
duty will result, at no distant day, in
restoring to the people tlmt feeling of
security, without which society can be
neither prosperous nor happy. I am
glad to have it in my power to add
that there iuu been a marked diminu-
tion of crime throughout the State,
and that there is reason to believe
that this diminution will become more
marked in the foture. *'•
A< LUNAtIO CONVICTS. - 1
Your attention is respectfully called
ever, making the dnnqtHraNraiptiM 1 taMffttttltf the $tv now
stands in regard to the
rition to he made of luL_ _ .
Under our present system, there is uo
provision oflnw specially adapted to
such cases. When the convicts were
confined in the State prison, under
direct control of the Principal Keep
er, a provision existed for the removal
of lunatic convicts from the Peniten
tiary to the Lunatic Asylum, upon
>roper certifiestesof lunacy being made
>y the Physician of the Penitentiary
and the Principal Keeper. At this
time, however there is no such officer'
as Physician of the Penitentiary, ami
thePrincipal Keeper has ceased to have
peculiar custody and control of the
convicts. The only evidence, there
fore, upon which the Superintendent
of th« Lunatic - Asylum is authorized
cannot'
bound by their contract and by‘the
law to treat the convicts with humani
ty, and to confine them securely ; but
there is no provision prescribing the
proceedings to be had in care any of
them becomes lunatic. I therefore i e-
commend the passage of such act a*
will cure the evil here pointed out.
LUNATIC A8YI.UXL
I herewith transmit the report of iho *
special committee appointed to iuvestf-
;ate the condition ot the Lunatic A
um. The investigations of the com
mittee have been thorough, ami th-j
information which they have collected
in regard to this great * charity cannot
fail to attract the earnest attention of
the General Assembly. The number
of patients now being treated in the'
Asylum is large, and tho expenses at
tending the same are heavy. The**'
unfortunates must be cared for, how
ever, and to that end all needed re
forms in the administration of the in
stitution should be introduced, ami all
existiug abuses corrected. The com
mittee, whose report is now submitted,
is composed of gentlemen of high char
acter and marked abilities, and any
suggestions that they should muke aro
entitled to the most respectful consld- .
eratiou.
MAIMED SOLDIERS,
I respectfully ask that your atom *
tion be directed to the subject of sup
plying means to furnish artificial
limbs to such indigent soldiers of this
State as were maimed in the late war,
whether in the service of the State of
Georgia or the Confederate States.— *
The Genera] Assembly, in 1866, made
an appropriation for this purpose, hut
I am adv jed that there are still many'
indigent soldiers remaining who have
never been supplied with artificial'
limbs. The report of the Comptroller
General, made in the year I860, shows
that a portion of the appropriation
mode in 1869 is still unexpended. As-
this fund cannot now be drawn from
the treasury without further action by
the Legislature, I respectfully recom
mend that an appropriation be made
sufficient to meet the wants of thU
meritorious and unfortunate class of
our fellow-citizens. Those patriotic
men gave their natural limbs to the
service of the State, and it is but little
to ask that the State should replace'
them with artificial limbs.
OUB DEAD SOLDIERS.
Your attention is also earnestly
called to the fact that the bodies of
over two thousand soldiers, who fell
fighting upon our own soil, still re
main uncared for on the hillsides aud
in the vallys, where they surrendered
their lives in our defense. By appro
priation heretofore made, and by pri
vate contributions of means and time,
expended under the patriotic direction
of the ladies composing the board of
trustees of the Georgia Memorial As
sociation, twenty-two hundred and
eighty bodies have been gathered up
and decently interred in the Soldiers'
Cemetery laid out for that purpose Ht
Marietta. AU the means on hand
have long since been exhausted.—
Nothing further has been done within
the last three years, and now even tl.e
cemetery, prepared with such pious
care, has faUen into decay from lack
of funds to keep it up. I respectfully
inquire—how long shaU this neglect ijo-
permitted to continue? Having put
our bands to this good work, shall »>
turn back and leave it unfinished ?—
These men died for us. Shall ao not,
then, at least save their bones from the
plow-share, and pat them tenderly
away ? Duty calls us, and our noble
women stand ready, with tearful eves,
to peform the hqly task. Our people
are poor, sod the State is cramped in
her finances—for the stranger and the
spoiler have been among us—but wo
are not so poor but that we can vet *
bury ourdcad. • •' <■>
MILITARY INTERFERENCE. ’Ji
lt may be that it is unnecessary to
caU your attention to the correspond
ence which was recenty had by this
department with the commandant of
the military forces of the United State*
stationed at this place, in reference to
the interference in our local affhirs by
armed Federal soldiery. The copte*
of fetters, herewith transmitted, will
put you id possession at all the /acts
connected with this unauthorized at
tempt to set aside and supersede the
authority of the State; ' It ts the ear
nest desue of the people of Georgia to
preserve good order, to put down crime
in their midst, to discharge all their
duties, public and private, in a peace
able manner, aba to maiotain between
tha authorities of this State and of the-
United States kind and pleasant. eria-~-
Such ia my own fixed purpose
aa the Govern^ rf t&jaS* It; is
hoped, however, that, we have sceiLtbe
last of this kind of interference wiffc
doraratioafirira. wTbaro-fc tmittvr-
reason for it nor warrant oCfe*, It
“ my duty aa Chief Magistrate ofofae .
Commonwealth, to nphold' the lawt^
to maintain good, order within our fen
ders, and to protect Jhe people in their
tore has dot&ad^bh^^tiMtira^riitti ‘
ample powers. Thera iff riot likely to
arise an emergency wh*a r the aid of-
tbe Federal authorities will be requir
ed. »c4 there oes never oroar a case i*
