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montj i« floating around in
Th, tow-boat Admiral Farrsgot hss 1
‘ 11£ th« waters of the St. John • and
*!• to S*w ^o*k. « , , .
’ ^ ^urtnnee river ha* r.obsided, and the
btrtueD w c ba<y.
, v ;i tM Florid* 8Ut® indebtedness was
•• in 1871 it has arisen to $15,426,970/
* p.^cuion of tbeincxeaaa the Eepnb-
* " t j cinnot tear to bate scrutinised.
^ Oik Times says that the oropa of
inil C otton are recovering from the
* ntB iod ctrd npon them by the late cold
^vy rums, and farmers are very busy
ar thinff* ahead.
* • J Q A Warren, one of the editors of
. Lot ion Land awl Water, will deliver a
10 Jacksonville this week on the sub-
?! silk cslture.
■ t L»ko t’lty Press learns that Judge
i.^rintends forcin* the collection of the
I * . ( «J tax of Cointnbis county, and will
‘iblr 0Tl i,-r the U ailed States Marshal to
! Jafoce collecting the same at an curly
,Jir Kt-ys is to have a horso railway. One
... irrd f<M-t aro already completed, and the
| j^uoisg one hundred will bo completed in
, roir or two.
p, 4 M of tho grand opera troupe, that
. „ tong delighted the ears of the mnsio-
, r^ Uun* of Cedar Keys, have left for
engagement in New York,
i New England free lover and reformer
.Kiorfd in Jacksonville recently. His wife
! >vopied tho stand with him, arrayed in a
. xtozi blootner costume.
A log-train was smashed np near Jackson-
rj# recently.
Uminna is congratulating herself on the
‘x: tUt *bo boa no colored loafers,
pit Method...t Festival in Jaekaonville last
tt,k Tiii a very successful affair.
Humid* of tha Florida Railroad hss been
:x4fd to the West India and Gulf Transit
.2:anr. It only costs $4 55 to bring
urrtl of kercsene from Fcrnandina, a dis-
■xat of one hundred and flfty-fonr miles.
!:e dealers in the artiole feel encouraged,
::: unnot see how they are benefitted by
lUntnsa is pining for her dancing school
a raamence.
vuncy has reorganized her Thespian corps.
Lie Oik thinks she wants a new road to
Ferry and another to the Ichetnoknee
W
A Like City man is baying a grocery in
lf*.«e cents installments.
A Columbia county woman, named Mrs.
Irtitooe, grew jealous of her hasband’s at-
whom to another woman, and proceeded
u iirrop her the other day. Three of her
I ‘ocile friends went along with her as
Makers.
| The Jacksonville Union says that the body
Mr. A. K. Anderson, who left that city on
.tilth of March, in company with Mr. R.
uoora, iu a sail-boat, for St Aagnstine, and
ns drowned by tho capsixing of the boat,
ni found by Joseph Floyd on the beach
it- ot eight miles below tho month of the
r.v«r, on the 13tb in«t.
P.e »tturner City Point, on her rccont re-
•» trip, hroaght on® hundred and fifteen
from Florida—the largest namber,
--•jrdmg to the Fernandine Observer, that
U. been carried over the route by any ateam-
• r u my one time since the war.
A new •learner has been pat on the Indian
f w route.
A belt connected with the machinery of a
Juamg mill in Jacksonville broke the other
4*!. striking a white boy in tho eyes and
booking him senseless. It is thonght be
*•3 lose his eyesight.
Jacksonville Union was recently shown
J Mr. David Janes, of that city, a rare cori-
t * !T - It w*s a miniature orange tree, grown
•'f® the seed, only soven months old, and
‘l'i-cod with a fully developed blossom,
f) »un,ing within its pearly petals an embryo
3r * t ** Mr. June* has seven of them grow-
‘ t ‘- .)ur of thorn having blossoms.
Mtinori*] Day will bo appropriately ecle-
•*** »n Marianna.
Tlj* little lake City boys are too cunning
U ll,f A bog •wallowed a ball with which
‘J"! wire playing the other day, and now
' r * br *wd children have got the anfor-
swine penned— to prevent aocidents,
know.
Forundius lu, , new lirary slablo.
*’ PUylal n.gro at Cedar Keys tampered
**“ e«lsl appensUge of a male. H.
' r '" ' tbs next morning la an adjoining
** W ‘U fa ts buai in an nah barrel, and when
s‘% lined therefrom he lulled a sickly
l0l l a..kej to bo cnrled np in hi. little
The snrgeon has been Tery assidaoni
1 theaiion,. bat a small funeral proces-
* u tsesnlly aeen wending ita wny to-
Ue cemetery. foUowed by bis bereSTed
^ ^‘ttins-T .fonnial annoanccs the dentb
lea M. Smith, of Miss Emily BaUoo
01 Us. Jsmee 1L Black, all of Gadaden
treaty
iJJ* l1ik Tima wants the jonrnale of
***>« of the General Assembly made
Tie:
c °ooty. la ocenpied by two large
, /“**** * nJ • gopher. They don’t care
^7***0 Is Governor. It U sold there is
r °'thejsUlnthnieoantyntan,aotbe
a r" Ut the preMnt oocopanU have It
IrsT? “ d ^ *'• J«* u happy as a
^"1 Probate.
b u / tt sre not uncommon In TaUsr
("h r* ** ,M * lc bingforflsss.
fira h “ recently shipped fire
lllu. ba,t ' 1 « of oorn to Tallahaasoe.
I t/fl* hu 'otoato plants In bloom.
I n«r*“ 0D of b *«“nUk st one sitting Is
tk.^1 to tho psmpscsd editor of
i ‘"tprl' 11 ’ ? lk * Cowrisr, Is the
o' «i ssgls egg. He thinks
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J. H. ESTlLIi. PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1872.
ESTABLISHED J.850.
showing Tory eonelosirely that tho farmers
are beginning to find It in shssper to make
oorn Umn to bay it. It nmhss soe ISsl more
comfortable and independent to ten plenty
of corn of his own tnlslDg In tbs csib than (o
depend on baying It with the money for
which he sells his cotton.
Tha Psdatka Herald has (Ida: Oapfc John
son, of Ssvannslr/vho has been traveling
extensively through tho oonntiaa Sooth and
Westof PoUtka, informa os that the yonng
crops are looking ftnsly. The Captain gives
ns the most encouraging view that we have
had upon this subject Wears hopeful that
the misfortunes of last year may in a great
measure be retrieved! and that the abundance
of good tUags ttde year mSsy put our people
at their ease.
The weather was hot in Tallahassee last
...
The Tallahassee Sentinels ays that planting
in that vicinity is over. In many plimes the
ootton is three or four inches above ground,
with every prospect of a good crop.
The Sentinel says that the telegraphic busi
ness from Tallahassee daring the pest week,
to all points of the compass, has been simply
immense. If the gubernatorial imbroglio
oontinuee muoh longer another line will be
Gibbs has returned to Tallahassee. No at
tempt was made to arrest him.
Tallahassee wants her sidewalks improved.
Tho tableaux in Palatka, for the benefit of
the cemetery, realized one hundred and
twenty-five dollars. The fair and supper, for
the benefit of the Presbyterian chnrcb, re
alized one hundred and fifty dollars.
Hillsborongh county thinks that her
abandance of cypress timber should be put
to immediate use.
For the information of outsiders tbo
Gainesville Era states that Alachua county
has plenty of fertilo lands not under cultiva
tion, which can be purchased on reasonable
terms.
.Strawberries are plentiful in Jacksonville.
The exodus of visitors from Florida so
early in the season is a little remarkable.
They will find but cheerless odmfort at the
North in comparison with the genial climate
of the’ •• Land of Flowers.”
The Palat^afohespians are preparing for
series of theatrical entertainments.
The Palatka Herald says: "Persons de
siring to make investments in the lumber
business would do well to examine Palatka
as a location. Before the war an extensive
lnmber trade was carried on here, and was
fonnd to be very profitable."
A colored citizen of Jacksonville named
John Rankee, abused a colored brother very
badly the other day. lie did it with a little
hatchet.
Dredging operations on the St. John’s bar
are suspended.
The Florida Presbytery will next meet at
Marianna.
Palatka is still on the imposve. The Herald
has this: "It is ramored that a grand hotel is
to be put up this summer in Burt’s Live Osk
and Magnolia grove. This is the most besot!
ful situation for a business of this kind on
the river. We hope that the rumor may soon
become a certainty.”
The Tallahassee Sentinel says: "The last cf
the three hundred thousand dollars in State
bonds issued by authority of the set of the
Legislature, approved January 21, 1871, waa
exchanged for Comptroller’s warrants at the
office of the Comptroller on Monday last
Owing to some delay in engraving and sign
ing the bonds the first bond was not ex
changed until December, and on the 1st of
January of the present year 1,619 bonds,
representing $161,900 ware taken. For some
time the bonds appeared to go slowly ; but
after the approval of the act of the last ses
sion 'To facilitate cash payments,’ Ae., a
rush was made for the bonds which oontinned
until the whole issue has been taken as above
statod.”
This from the Palatka Herald : We have
heard much lately about a wonderful sulphur
spring which has sprung into existanee in
the vicinity of Mellonville. It is said to
cover about an sere. When first noticed it
appeared to be a small orifice emitting small
quantities of water, strongly impregnated
with sulphur. As the volume of water in
creased, its margin gradually extended to its
present size. Persons visiting this singular
phenomena, say that the spring is all of rix
feet higher in the centre then at its margin,
which is occasioned by the great force of the
boil of water coming up, and gradually flow
ing off from the centre with singular uni
formity.
The Courier-Journal comments thus on
Florida matters: It seems to be as difficult
for people to live -together peaceably in a
small State aa in a small house. Lieutenant
Governor Day, of Florida, has issued a pro
clamation deposing Governor Rsed. The
letter will probably fire back with s counter
deposition. Each must, therefore, logically
arrest the other for usurpation. Suppose the
officers respectively charged with reciprocal
warrants disobarge their dntiee simultane
ously and arrost both Governors. But, then,
Harriet Beecher Stowe would be at large.
At the reeent municipal election in Gaines
ville the following named gentlemen were
elected. Mr. Matheson. one of the Alder
men, declined to qualify: Mayor—Dr. R. Y.
H. Thomas; Aldermen—Dr. J. F. McKin
stry, J. D. Matheson, G. M. Coleman, CoL
W. A Colclongb, Hon. J. C. Gardner. G.
Joseph, Joseph Avers. E. C. Sanchez; Mar-
ohal—P. Shemwell; Clerk—E. A. Jeffords;
Assessor—J. R. W. Grissom.
An alligator, measuring over thirteen feet
in length, was killed reoently near Palatka.
A convention of the citizens of Columbia
county, irrespective of party, was held in
Lake City on the 15th, for the purpose of ap
pointing delegates to a State Reform Con
vention. Dr. W. T. Bacon preaided, end
Dr. T. W. Carter acted as Secretary. An ad-
drees, explanatory of the objects of the meet-
ing, wax delivered by Hon. W. W. McCalL
The resolutions of the Orange County Con
vention. which we have already published,
were endorsed, and a suggestion made that
the proposed State Convention Meet on the
first Monday in July. Hon. W. W. McCall
was appointed a delegate to the Cincinnati
Convention. The committee appointed to
select delegates to the State Convention pre
sented the following names, which were
unanimously confirmed by the Convention:
Methodist and Hard-shell Baptist brethren
la their demonstations. Bunts of nocturnal
feline music make the welkin ring, and be
neath the blue eanopy of the star-decked
sky the Thomases aiug the plaintive strains
of their native land which are sweet, though
melancholy. The performance is kept up at
intervals through the entire night* end when
the first faint light breaks in the east they
quietly disperse, limping home on four lege
ae innoeentiy es if they had reposed in the
bosoms of their respective families.
The Jacksonville Courier, commenting
Day’s hand bill assembling the Legislature,
says: We say to Gov. Reed, that as the Ex-
exutivo it becomes him to set, and to do so
promptly and vigorously. We are sufficiently
familiar with the popular sentiment to know
that he will be sustained. We say to these
members of the Legislature, Democrats and
Republicans, who are not Day's satellites,
that they should disregard this call, or if it
has not yet been made, that they pay no at
tention to it when made. As we have said
before the formation of a quorum may by this
means be averted. At all events, no honest
member of either boose should give his.
countenance to this high-handed outrage.
We counsel the Secretory of State to retain
the possession of that Great Sea! without re
gard to the threats and bombast by which
Day may undertake to frighten him from his
position. He is far less dangerous than he
affects to be. But something mutt be done,
and done at once. Thia imposter most be
disposed of, even if it becomes necessary to
accelerate his progress to that haven of his
inevitable destiny—the Penitentiary. A suit
of striped clothing would be a much more ap
propriate costume for his would-be Excellen
cy than the robes of the Gubernatorial office.
Benton—Wm. H. Gone, David Futon; Lane's
Branch—J. a Godbold, Wm. Turner, W. W.
Hmud, Thomas Hart; Laka Citj-W. V.
McCall, W. T. Bacon, F. McEooa, James
Stephenson, J. B. Wood, W. P. Eobarix, Gar-
rett Vanxant, B. H. Charles, Goorgs B. Smith-
son, A. J. Smith, Joseph Price, ADaoghtexp,
T. a Griffln, M. M. T. HaoHapoa; lefe-
lieknis Tsai TralMk. T. W. Mno;
Mikasrillo-llito Whetstone. Alan Weak*
W. M. Duke; Wmfllr 0, U. HU* Jack
Andrews. On motion. Dr. T. W. Carter,
CoL W. B. Moor* Mr. J. M. Tolbert and
TIIE WASHINGTON TREATY.
Tilt English View of the UueMtlon ol
Indirect Claim*—She Refuses to Aerrdi
to the American Demands—A Synopsis
of the Conn
The following is a synopsis of the counter
oase presented at Geneva by the agent on tho
part of Great Britain:
Part first begins by announcing that to
American imputations of hostile motives and
inainoere neutrality no reply whatever will be
.offered. England distinctly ret uses to enter
into a discussion of these insinuations, be
cause it would be inconsistent with her self-
respect, irrelevant to the main issue, and
tend to inflame the controversy. England’s
governing desire is to fulfil, even exceed, her
international daty; nor will any reference be
made to claims for indirect damages,
respondence with regard to them is pending
between England and the United States.
England assumes that the claims are limitod
to losses occasioned by tho Florida, Alabama,
Georgia and Shenandoah, bat does not ob
ject to the introduction of nine other rebel
cruisers added to the list, though none of
these vessels bad previously been mentioned.
No award is possible for the] depredations
of the Boston and Saliie, which are in the
list, bat which are not mentioned elsewhere
in the case of tho United States, and were
possibly inadvertently included. The board
of arbitration is reminded that its con
clusions mast be formed on proofs and not
allegations; and the evidence must be
sifted. The statements of American consuls
are credible when mode with regard to facta
within their personal knowledge ; but they
are unreliable when dealing with rumors.
The consuls of the American government,
zealous to indiscretion, shared the irritabil
ity generated by the war, and erroneous
views tbroughoQt the straggle colored their
reports. England rejects as evidence the
papers captured on the Richmond, their au
thors being unknown.
Part two deals with the American argu
ment It disputes the proposition that a
neutral power is bound, at the request of a
belligerent, to enforce its municipal laws and
add to them if they are insufficient It ad
mits that reparation is due for appreciable
injury resulting from a dear violation of in
ternational duty, bat is unable to attach ^dis
tinct meaning to somo of the twelve proposi
tions of the American case, and demurs to
the exceptionally rigorous application made
of these propositions to England. It urges
that at the time of the Confederate war the
mere sale and delivery of a vessel adapted for
war to a belligerent was not a violation of
neutrality. Nevertheless, on this point it
accepts the rules of the Treaty of Washing
ton, not with the overstrained construction
put upon them by the United States, bat so-
cording to the obvious purport. It regrets
that the United States should see fit to strain
the interpretation of these rules to the utter
most, instead of accepting them in a fair and
reasonable sense.
It argues that England was bound to re
ceive the Ai«h*w»a as she would a vessel of
war of any sovereign State, and oopcludes by
quoting from an eminent French authority
on international law to show that the princi
ples for which the United States contend
were never heretofore seriously asserted and
recognized in Europe and America. '
Fort third treats of the precedent adduced
in the American case, and replies thsreto
with others, snch as the filibustering attacks
of Lopes iu Cabo, and Walker in Mezioo
and Central America, and the Fenian raids
on Canada. The history of this subject is
the history of unlawful enterprises originat
ing in America and with American citizens.
American privateers have from time to time
harassed England. Spain, Portugal, Mexico,
Central America, Cuba and Canada.
Part fonrtb considers the various complaints
made of the traffic in munitions ot war with
the South, blockade-running by British sub
jects, Ac.
TH JMD dox’s mocxzxizxas
Valdosta, April 20, 1872.
This morning a motion was made and car
ried to reconsider tho report of the Commit
tee on the Bible cause. There was an effort
made to amend the resolution I sent you yes
terday, and specify certain districts of coon-
try as having greater claims upon the charity
of the American Bible Society, because of
their extreme poverty resulting from the al
most entire failure of crops for ayearor two.
Many families have nothing to tray meat and
bread with, and the scanty supply is now
nearly exhausted. They are not more desti
tute of temporal food than they are of the
word of God. They appeal directly to the
Christian Church for relief in this respect.
However, alter considerable discussion, the
original report was adopted, the amendments
being voted down.
The Conference proceeded to elect dele
gatee to the Annual Conference of South
Georgia, which convenes at Thomasville in
December. After balloting, the following
were elected: Rev. H. W. Sharpe, of Lowndes
county; Thos. J. Livingston, of Quitman; N.
Campbell, of Brooks county, and Dr. J. J.
Harris, of Brunswick.
The following were chosen as reserves: J.
A. Ousley, G. C. Fahn, W. E. Barnes, and J.
H. Stephens.
A resolution was pissed endorsing and
giving expression of the general gratification
of the church within the Brunswiok District,
with the editorial management of the Smth-
era Christian Advocate, and extending a hand
of welcome to its editor, the Rev. F. M. Ken
nedy, who arrived this morning.
A plan for developing the Missionary spirit
and to educate the Sunday School children in
the mode of systematic giving was also
adopted, which draw ont some practical re
marks and suggestions from many of the
more experienced Sunday School workers.
Thus far, everything has moved along in
perfect harmony, and the work of the Con
ference is nearly complete.
The afternoon was taken ap in presenting
the claims of various institutions. The Rev.
J. B. McGhee, President of Andrew Female
College, at Cathbert, Go., entertained the
congregation and Conference with the modus
operandi and nrged the claims of that insti
tution npon the consideration of those who
have daughters to educate. And to-night.
Rev. Samuel Anthony. Agent, will present
the claims of the Orphan’s Home, to be lo
cated near Macon, Ga. He has been quite
successful in making provisions for the
homeless and destitute orphan, for no one
can hear him plead a cause so touching to
the human heart and withhold an offering.
His efforts in the past will warrant success
to-night
The remaining service will be entirely re
ligions, the Baptist and Presbyterian Church
es having tendered to the Conference their
booses of worship. There will be service in
all on to-morrow, with Dr. L. Pierce in the
Methodist and Rev. S. Anthony in the Pres
byterian, and Dr. Kennedy in the Baptist
In taking leave of the citizens of Valdosta,
wbo have so kindly and hospitably entertain
ed the strangers, the Conference, by a rising
vote, expressed tbeir gratitude and thanks.
And long will the households be remembered
by many of the delegates. We leave on Mon
day morning for oar homes, after one of the
most pleasant gatherings it has been our
pleasure to attend. S.
The Sonrees and Condition of
the Sehool Fund.
Department or Education, 1
Atlanta, Ga., April 17th, 1872. f
To the School Officers, Teachers and all Persons
Interested in the Public Schools:
In entering upon the duties of this office I
found myself perplexed by the different
views entertained by able minds as to what
really constitutes the school fund of the
Stale, and embarrassed by outstanding debts
against the department, contracted in carry
ing forward the school operations of last year,
and by the utter lack of anything like ade
quate resources to meet these obligations, or
to furnish the needed Slate aid in prosecu
ting the work of public instruction in the
future.
After giving the most earnest attention to
these different subjscts, I am fully persuaded
that the most efficient service which I can
render, iu the present state of things, to the
interest wnich I represent, is to submit for
the consideration of all—Legislators and
people—an impartial discussion of the several
topics above indicated, in order to secure
wise action upon them in the future.
At a recent meeting of the State Board of
Education, the following action was taken
npon the fund:
• ‘Resolved, That there is due the educa
tional fnnd as follows:
this kind, take a very different view. They
say that the act of 1858, which is followed
very closely by the chapter on the edneation
in the Code, simply gave the interest on these
bends a« an annuity for the education of the
children of the State; that the machinery pro
vided in the act and in the Code clearly con
templated the annual expenditure of the
nsity for the purpose for which it was gu
that from the date when the first installment
of the unpaid interest fell fine down to the
passage of the school law of October 13,1870,
a state of war having intervened, the object
for whioh the money was given was not car
ried ont; and that, upon the plain legal prin
ciple, that when a gilt is made to a particular
person for a specified object, and that object
is not carried out, the gift reverts to the
donor, no part of the interest can be lawfully
claimed which fell due prior to the date of
the school law jast named. This view would
give the school fund only about one year’s
interest, or $21,000.
As to the third proposition of the resolu
tion, it is only necessary to remark that as
the act of 1852 gives the railroad shares them
selves, that is the corpus, to the educational
fund, I have not met with any one who doubts
'* this department is entitled to all that ’
in the sot
imedi
Part fifth gives the history of the cruisers
Sampter and Nashville, complaining of
being required to meet demands in regard
to which the sole difficulty is to treat thorn
as serious.
Fart sixth gives an account of the Florida
and Alabama, with details of their escape.
It seeks to show that the time which elapsed
between Mr. Adams’ application and the
Alabama’s departure was too short to justify
the charge of negligence, and claims that in
this respect England cannot be charged with
any failure of daty.
Fort seventh is devoted to the history of
the Shenandoah and Georgia.
Fart eighth relates to other vessels, and re
pudiates the responsibility of Great Britain
lot their depredations.
Put ninth treats of the reception of rebel
ernisew In British ports, end seeks to defend
the conduct of Greet Britain by compering
tt with that of other nations.
Pert tenth, after recapitulating the facts
end arguments of the preceding perl* de
clare, the claims for interest on the damagee
from Jot/ 1. 1863. untenable. The losses
whioh the arbitrator* may take into eoounnt
at* at the utmoct. those directly erieinf
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"1. A'l the poll tax the tax, on shows and
exhibitions, and the tax on tpirituons and
matt liquors that has been levied since the
adoption of the Constitution ot 1868.
"2. All. the interest due on the bonds issued
under Act of December lltb, 1858.
"3. AU dividends that have accrued on one
hundred and eighty-six share* of the capital
stock of the Georgia Railroad & Banking
Company not hitherto used for educational
purposes—arid shares having been set apart
os a permanent educational fnnd by the Act
approved January 22d, 1852.
"Resolved, That this Board would also sub
mit, aaa question for the consideration of the
General Assembly; whether there may not
also be due the educational fund one half
the monthly payment* made by the lessees
of the Western and Atlontio Railroad, esti
mating from the 19th January, 1872, thedat6
of the act amendatory of pnblio school law
of Oct 13th, 1870.”
It will be observed that the first resolution
contains three distinct propositions. In ref
erence to the first of these there is no differ
ence of opinion. All agree that the taxes
therein named constitute a legitimate part of
the school revenue. AU discussion aa to the
right of this department to chum these taxes,
is silenced by the Constitution, which "seta
apart end devotes” them to the support of
oommon schools.
In respect to the claim set up in the second
proposition, there is a difference of opinion.
The act of 1858, referred to, gave one hun
dred thousand dollars of the annual net earn
ings of the Western and Atlontio Railroad to
the State school fund, the corps* of which
was to be seed for educational purposes, and
provided that the remainder of the said an
nual net earnings should be used os a sink
ing fund, to take up the bonds then out
standing against the State. As these bonds
were thus taken up, others of equal amount
were to be issued, drawn in favor of the Sec
retary of Stale as trustee of the educational
fund, and bearing interest at six per cent
per qnnnm.
The object of the legislators, according to
the view of some, was not to diminish the
then existing indebtedness of the State, but
simply to transfer it from other parties to
of 8tate, as trustee of the edo-
. One hundred and fifty bonds
i issued
d of like
Ring in
anddoi-
rnnds of
that the
» benefit
it there
ion that
had the
nd there
doneao
be very
they ell
Ida G of
ur'toy
8 aetion of the State Board above
second resolution demands a fuller
discussion.
The school law of October 13th, 1870, gave
"one-half the net earnings” of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad to the eduoaticnal
fund. The law authorizing the lease of the
road, passed eleven days afterwards, provides
that, in case there are any outstanding debts
againrt the road at the time of the lease,
thesMebts shall be paid ont of any moneys
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
"to be replaced by the monthly payments
made by the lessees." This latter act clearly
has the effect of suspending the grant to the
school fund contained in the school law till
the debts of the road are paid, and, if the
amount of these debts should prove to be as
great as is believed, all monetary supplies
trom that source will be cut off for some
years to come, unless they are restored by
the act amendatory of the original school
law.
The amendatory act left section 43 of the
original school law (section 33 of the amend
ed law) standing unchanged down to the
words "school fund” and added certain
provisions to the section. In the part of the
section left unchanged occurs the grant of
half the net earnings of the road to the
school fund. If adding to this section had
tbo effeot of re-euaoting that part of it left
unchanged, then this re-enacting of that
part of the section will give it a date subse
quent to that of'the lease act. and mayor
may not restore to the school fund one-half
the net earnings of the road, according aa
one or the other of two views may obtain.
This re-enactment may be considered as a
virtual repeal of that part of the lease set
which appropriates the whole of the monthly
payments to the liquidation of the debts of
the road, leaving only one-half of those pay
ments to go in that way, and restoring the
other half to the school fnnd. This view, it
will bo observed, would require the words
"monthly payments,” under the changed
policy in reference to the road, to be con
strued as net earningB. The other view,
which seems to be tho better and mere
rational one, is that the nnohanged part of
the seetion was simply permitted to stand
as modified by the lease act. This view takes
away from the school fnnd tho whole of the
revenue derived from the road, till all the
debts of the road are paid.
It will be seen from the action of the Stale
Board above given, that this last view is the
one whioh will be acted upon until a legisla
tive interpretation is givon by the General
Assembly.
The whole object of the foregoing discus
sion has been to evoke thonght and investi-
nation, that right views in reference to the
different sources of the State school fund
may be reaohed, and that oar Legislators
may be induced, at an early day, to put
whatever may be lawfully claimed in an avail
able form by proper legislation.
I come now to speak of the embarrassments
under which I am laboring, on account of the
debts already contracted, and the lack of re
sources to pay these debts, or to aid in the
school work of this y*ar. In doing so, I shall
endeavor to point ont the causes of tho em
barrassment and locate the responsibility.
According to the official report of the Comp
troller General, there bad been collected and
paid into the treasury, of the taxes set apart
in the Constitution as a school fund, up to
October 1, 1871, the sum of $327.0S3 09.
A law was passed July 28th, 1870, with the
delusive-title of "An act to set apart and se
cure the School Fund.” This law made it tbo
daty of the Comptroller General, from time
to time, as definite amounts due to the school
land might be ascertained, to report the 6ame
to the Governor, who was required thereupon
to deposit with tbo Treasurer eeven per cent
bonds of the State to such an amount as
would perfectly secure the school fund.
These bonds were further required to be kept
iu the treasury, and to be sold to meet ap
propriations for school purposes alone.
The effect of this law was to throw the
school money in bulk with a 1 ! other moneys
in the treasury to be drawn npon and used.
I find, by reference to the Senate Journal,
page 260, that the amount tbns thrown in
bulk to be used was $242,027 62. for which
bonds were deposited with the Treasurer to
the amount Of $268 000. The taxes from
which this fund was derived are, by the Con
stitution, "set apart and devoted to the sup
port of common schools,” and I must bo
permitted to say that any law which diverts
them to other.uaes, upon any pretext what-
ever, is, in my judgment, a clear violation of
that instrument
Bat, however much the pnsr&ge of the law
is to be condemned, the manner of executing
it is still more deserving of animadversion.
The bouds pat in the treaanary in iduee of
the money abstracted were of tho illegal is
sue which hadltbeTreosorer’s signature litho
graphed. I am told by the Treasurer that
the then acting Governor had been trying in
vain to sell them in the stock markets be
fore they were deposited in the treasury,
and that there ha* never been a time since
when a sale of them could have been nego
tiated.
It will bo observed that this diversion of
tho school fond from ita legitimate object
occurred before the passage of the first school
law.. Let ns aee, then, what were the rw
sources whioh this department had upon
which to rely to meet the expenses of the
schools inaugurated throughout the Slate
last year.
From the amount of the school fnnd offi
cially reported as paid in, up to Oct. 1, IS71,
$327,083 09,.take $242,027 62. the amount
diverted, and there Is lift $85,055 47. Take
from this last sum the expenses of this office
up to 1st of January of this year, about $10,-
000, and there is left, in roand numbers,
$75,000,whioh ought to have been in the trea
sury as an available fund.
This conktito ted the sole resource for
mooting the expenses of the school last year.
Tl is statement will be better understood
by referring to the school law of October
13th, 1870. There was no provision in that
law for local taxation to pay teachers and
school officers. The only provision in it,
looking to the raising of rcsourees to supple
ment the State sehool fond, is found in sec
tion 43. That section made it the duty of
the State Board to moke an estimate of the
supplemental amount necessary to be raised
by taxation upon the property of the State \o
keep up the schools for three months of the
year, and report that estimate to the General
Assembly. The General Assembly waa not
to be convened till near the close of the year,
and, if they had aeen proper to past the tax
law contemplated, it would have been at
least twelve months before the tax could
have been asseosed and collected. It is plain,
then, that the only reeource to be relied npon
for the rapport of the eehools waa the $75,000
already mentioned.
With, this very alender resource the mis
taken policy waa adopted of encouraging the
general establishment of schools, and a debt
el at least three bandied thousand dollars,
and perhaps considerably more, was cre
ated.
It gives me no pleasure thus to speak of
the blunders, to nee no harsher term, in the
management of this great interest, in the
pest, bat justice to the tax-payers, to the
suffering teaohers, and to the children now
growing up untaught, demands the utmost
plainness of spebeh.
Since my enframes upon the dptise of this
office, I have been endeavoring to arrive at
to the Treasurer, a very large number of them
have failed to do so. They have simply re
ported, from time to time, so much tax
money, without separating between the poll
and other tax.
When all the taxes are collected, the
Comptroller will be able, from certain data
in his office, to make the separation and ar
rive at the exact amount of the poll tax, and
not till then. A few days ago, on a requi
sition from the Governor, he made a report
of the amonnt of the school funds collected
up to date, giving only an approximate esti
mate for 18^. His exhibit is as follows :
Poutoxof 18C8 States si
•• 1B«9 «.1W IS
18TO 90,081 er
ll other source* except poll*, aome years. 91,380 T8
Since tho ab'tve statement*
the eiuouut charged tberei
on deposits of school f
funded to the State Tn
Leaving $319,667 83
Total amonnt of school fund os ascertained
and set apart, np to 1st March, 1373....$387,793 OS
From tho above estimate of the Comp-
saleable bonds were deposit
ed ...» $942,037 S3
Expenses of this offlee to data
aa recently reported by the
before the 16th of January
ent incumbent $ 10,898 87-353.918 31
Amonnt which ought now to be In the
Trca.ury $134,808 75
The present General Assembly, at its
session, passed a law appropriating $300,000
for the payment of the teachers and school
officers who served last year. This money
to come, first, "out of the funds then '
Treasury appropriated by law to the pub
lic school system;” and if those funds should
prove insufficient, then from the sale of the
bonds placed in the Treasury in 1870, in the
room of the sohool funds then drawn out
The statement above shows that there
ought now to be in the Treasury to the credit
of the school fnnd the sum of $134,806 75;
whereas, I learn Irom the Treasurer, that the
whole amonnt of funds of all kinds now
his custody will not reach one-tenth part of
that sum.
Under tho act of July 28th, 1870, the very
prehenoible policy of throwing school
funds into tho Treasury in common with all
other moneys, to be drawn npon, was inau
gurated and persisted in. The present Gen
eral Assembly sought to arrest this, by en
acting, in section 33 amended schopl law,
thnt—
>1 be the duty of the officer authorized by law to
tod, to keep the sam* separata and dls-
be invested in bonds of this Stats. 1
This is the first legislation in reference to
the school fund since the adoption of the
present Constitution, whioh I have been able
find, that seeks to carry out iu good faith
the provision of that instrument upon the
subject.
Much as this action is to be commended, it
itself defective in two respects. In the
first place, it came too late to save the fand.
If this be a fault in our representatives, it
will be held os a venial one when it is re
membered that a large number of other sub
jects of the gravest moment were pressing
themselves npon their attention, and de
manding, at their hands, immediate action.
All could not have been done at once that
ought to have been done. The other fault is,
that the action above quoted does not effectu
ally reach the source of the trouble. As has
already been explained, a very large bulk of
the taxes come into the hands of the Treas-
urer without any means of discriminating
between school and other fnnds, through the
negligence or incompetency of the tax col
lectors.
If. in addition to the aotion given above,
the Legislature had farther provided that the
Comptroller General should, in no case, re
ceipt tax collectors for moneys reported till
the tax for school purposes was separated, in
their returns, from other taxes, the remedy
would have been completed; and I hope this
action will be taken at an early day.
In the merciful allotments of Providence,
it rarely happens that meu experience from
anything that befalls them unmitigated evil.
So it has been in the passage of the law of
July 28th, 1870, already so often referred to.
While that law opens wide the door for the
escape of the school fand, it also provides
-COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
DOTH WELL BROTHERS,
COTTON FACTOR 8,
GBOCEKS AND COHHISSION
MEROHJUSTTS,
Me. 170 Broad Street,
oplS-lm
AVGUSTA, OA.
EDW’D C. ANDERSON Jr.
a n n a h • G 0 o r g t a
BANKER.
Gold,
Stocks,
Bonds,
FOREIGN AID D0HE8TIC EXCHAIGE
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Collections mods on a promptly remitted for alow
EDW’D C. ANDERSON, Jr.,
COTTON FAOTOB
COMMISSION MERCHAN1
Liberal odvaaoas mads npon Gotten.
JOHN a. GARDNER.
JOHN H. GARDNER & CO.,
SHIPPING & COMMISSION MERCHANT-
IRS Dajr Street, Savannah, Ga.,
anouL teXHTs ran rax stats or orooaiAt
Kosendale Hydraulic Cement
Esnntaetnred by tbo Iawraneeville Cement Oorn.
•ny. Rosendolo, Ulster county. New York.
Mock of this old established brand constantly oo
ansL
General Agents for Georgia and Booth Ctrolinu
MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK,
Manutactnred by the Union Mining Company (Estota
“ ‘ \ 1841). Mount Savage, Allegany county, Mar>
Special shapes of any else nude to ontaa
ALSO AOXSTS TOB
Union Line New York Sail Vessels.
Merchants’ Line Boston Sail Vessels
WASHBURN & HLVL "
Stock and Bond Broker*
A uctioneers, dealers in real estate
and GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Bay street Savannah, Go.
* 1 Produ.
Oorrespondsnoe Invited 1
j\w essWwrstnun^m un t» .
Ll Foss—gar Train* on the Georgia Central B*.t
nte. Us Branches oad Connections. wCl rwa as let
... 7:15 A.»
UP DAY TRAIN.
ids a. > -
... StaOP. > -
... 8:UM.
..10:46P. i.i
4«ir. >.*
Leave Macon for Atlanta 1:35 P. 1..
Leave Macon for Colombo* 8:15 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 10:30 P. h.
Arrive at Ootumbas 4:45 A. li.
Making close sa— istloa with trains leaving A <«
gaata, Atlanta and Ootamtma.
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta. 2:00 A.M.
Arrive ex Macon 7:30 A. M.
Leave Angnsta..8:15 A. M*
Arrive at Angnsta 6:40 P. a,
rannoh Sd5P.».
connects at M«een With 8. W. Aeoammo.
datlon train leavingOMnmbasat 8:06P. M.. and ar
riving at Macon at 4:10 A. M.. and makes the son.*
on at Angusta os the np day train.
NIGHT TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Angnsta.** 7:30P*hi
at Macon 6:16 A.M.
Leave Macon for Atlanta. T:lO A. ^
Leave Macon for Columbus 5:25 A.M.
Arrive at Oolnmbns 11:00 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 1:48 P. M.
ta and Columhna thr0Bfih ooaQ * ct *° & * ** both Attau.
MIGHT TRAINS GOING MONTH.
Leave Oolambaa 13:45 P. >r.
Leavo Atlanta 1:10 P.M.
Arrive at Macon from Colombo* a.-00 P. »i.
Arrive at Mooon from Atlanta 6:10 P. M.
Leave Macon 6:20 P.i. t
Leave Savannah 7:UOP. il
Arrive at MlDodgevlDe 8:45 P. M,
Arriveat Eaton ton. 10:46P. 64.
Arrive at Augusta. l:tf A. If.
Arrive at Savannah 8:90 A.M.
Making perfect oemneoaon with trains leaving A a.
Passengers going over tha MIDedfevlll* and Eaton*
m Branch will take night train from Oolnmbns, A t.
lent* and Mnoon, day train from Augusta and Bavin,
non, which oomeot dally ml Gordon (Sundays . x.
ospted) with the MDlodgevil]* end Ntessrton trains.
An EUgsnt Sleeping Car on all light
Through Tickets to oil points can be hid at Centra
Railroad Ticket Offlee, at Pulookl House, corner Bi.il
and Bryan streets. Offlee open from S a. tn.
m^ and from I to 6p.m. Tfoksts can aim be
DvpotOffloe. WILLIAM ROGERS.
else be had
ROGERS.
General gupwintondant.
Change ofSchcdnk,
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, J
AlURlo jjd Guu Railroad, j
Bavaxsah. December 8,1871. )
Leave Savannah dally at..
A. O. KNAPP. Arrive at Jssuu ••
Arrive at Balnbrldgs M
Arrive at Albany “
Arrive at Live Oak
7.60 0,10.
Leave Live Oak
Leave Abaay •• 7uop.m a
Leave Batehriigs " 8.20 p. m.
Leave Jeanp •• 8.26 a. os.
Arriveat Savannah •• 11.26 a.m.
Through to Jacksonville without change.
No change oT ears between Savannah and Albany
Goa connection at Baldwin with trains oa Fior ds
Railroad, to and from Fora ending and Cedar Eaya.
Arrive at Tallahassee
Railroad.
Pssssngers to and from Brunswick make does com
neetton with this train.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Lssvs Savannah (Saturdays excepted) at ..11:00 p. m
Arrive at Jesup (Sundays exotptad) at.... 4:00 a. m.
Arrive at Albany M ....8:10 p.m.
Arrive at Live Oak *• ....12:55 p.m.
.... 6:35 p. m»
.... 8:00p. ns.
.... 8:30 a. m.
• - .... 8:45a.m.
Leave Live Oak •' .... 1:65 p.m.
Leave Albany " .... 7:io a. m.
Leave Je«np •• ... .10:45 p. ns.
Arrive at Bavonuah (Mondays excepted.... 2:45 a. m.
This is the only train making do— connection at
Live Oak, tor stations on J., P. A M. Railroad west sf
Live Oak.
does connection at Albany with trains on South
extern Railroad.
Both or the above trains maks cloaa connection at
Jesup with trains to and from Mooon for and from
Florida.
MACON PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah (Sundaysexospted) at.... 7.60 p. m.
Arrive at Jesup " •• at.... 10.30 p. in.
Arriveat Mooon (Mondaysexcepted) at.... 0.60a.m.
~ i (Sundays excepted) at 8.30 p. is,
(Mondays exoepted) at 6.00 a. la.
Arrive at darannah ** “ at 8.00 a. za.
Mooon, both ways, with Macon
that bonds shall be issued to seeure the
monejs thus disappearing, and I am author
ized by tbe Governor to say that, under the
authority thus given, he will, at the earliest
practicable day, cause to be issued, iu proper
legal form, bonds of the State in sufficient
amonnt “to perfectly secure” the $134,806 75,
which, according to the showing mode above,
bas been used for other than school purposes;
and have them put upon tho market.
In reference to the bonds placed in the
hands of the Treasurer under the law in 1870,
which he was authorized to soli to raise tbe
remainder of the $300,000 appropriated, he
has grave doubts as to whether they can be
sold at all under the existing provisions of
law. They are defective in execution, whioh,
in his opinion, will prevent the sale of them
at any other than "rates injurious to the
oredit of the State.” He requested me to 8ay,
nevertheless, that he will make an honest
effort to carry into execution the law os it
stands.
The Slate School Commissioner, the State
Board and tbe Governor all sympathize deep
ly with the teachers wbo are still unpaid for
honest and faithful services rendered iu ac
cordance with contracts entered into, in good
faith, on their part, and would be glad to
have it iu their power to afford immediate,re
lief, but these officers, like other citizens,
are bound to obey the laws and can do noth
ing not Strictly in conformity thereto. As
soun as any funds can be realized from the
two claj-ses of bonds above mentioned, dae
notice will be given, and tbe money will be
distributed among the counties aa speedily as
possible.
Section 38 of the amended school law mokes
it tho duty of tbe State School Commissioner,
immediately after the adjournment of the
General Assembly, to send to the Ordinary
of eaoh count; a statement of the fund stand
ing to the credit of his connty for school par-
)sos to be submitted to the new Coanly
sard at its first meeting.
The foregoing discussion and exhibit will
show tbe reason why this bas not been done.
If we hod the whole of the $387,725 06,
which the Comptroller’s report shows to be
due the school fund now in hand, I am of
tbe opinion that it would exhaust all of it to
pay the present indebtedness.
The counties may rest assured, then, that
there is no hope of aid in school operations
the present year from the State.
The taxes of • 1872, which will probably
yield to the sohool fund $160,000, and which,
it is hoped, will be rendered eeonre by the
additional legislation herein suggested, will
not be collected early enough for distribution
in aid of the schools of this year.
I would reoommend the different Connty
Boards to make the estimate required of them
in section 38 of the sohool law upon tbe hy
pothesis that there will be no aid afforded by
the State, and to submit it when mode to tbe
grand juries, seeking, at the same time, to
secure its approval; but would repeat what I
stated in the circular of the 7th of February,
that there is no safety in attempting actual
sehool work without that approval.
Allow me to say, in eonewsioB, that I
not diaheartened by tha blunders and mis
management exposed bn almost every page
of this paper. I am well convinced that, in
the altered state of our Southern society, tbe
publie school system has become an absolute
necessity. There is no hope outside of it for
multitudes of the children of tbe State—
white as well as oolored—whila it oan ba de
monstrated that, under it, arfaoatian eon he
made cheaper, more thorough, and far more
general.
Let ns, then, as becomes thonghtfal men,
summon to oar aid all the patience, the en
ergy, and the wisdom which we may be able
E. F. BRYAN.
W. 8. MCINTOSH.
bryan & McIntosh,
Receiving, Forwarding,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Ho. 140 (Kelly’s Building) Buy Street,
down stairs, Savannah, Go.
Agents for sola of the -PRATT” OOTTON GIN.
Prompt attention given to the sola of Gotten, Wool,
and Country Produce of every description. Liberal
oaah advances made on above when in store.
a W. ANDERSON f a H. MOREL | B.L. MERGER
G. W. ANDEBSON & 60.,
Mini Huns,
Grain, Hay, Bacon, Flour, Salt, Ac
No. 99 Bay street, near Drayton,
SA V Aft 3 All, OA.
my!7-ly
J. A. JMERClfiKj
Commission IdLerohant*
ASD DEALER III
Grain, Hay, Coal & Country Produce
Orders and consignments solicited, and satisfaction
• 15T BAY street.
Savannah, Go.
Change of Schedule.
SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON B. R
Ttaronsh to Blew fork In 47 Honrs.
Quicker Time than hy uny other Route.
O N AND AFTER MONDAY, THE 11th DEOEM.
HER, Passenger Trains on the savannah art 1
Chari—ton Railroad will ran at follows:
DAY AOOOMKODATION TRAIN.
L—Savannah daily (Sundays excepted) at 8 .-00 A. M.
Arrive at Chariest n at 4.-06 P. M.
Leave Charleston daUy(8ttndays excepted jat8:16A. >f.
Arrive at Bavannahat. 4:15b*. M.
NIGHT EXPRE&8TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, dally at. 11:30P. K.
Arrive at Savannah at 9:45 P. L.
The Day AcOo—modarkm makes clow oonnsettot *
to all points North, by oither the Bay Line route, via
Portsmomh and Baltimore, or the!Aoqala Creak rou t *
via Richmond and W—hlngton. lime flfty-alx and a
Through Tickets can be purchased at B. R. Bran's
pedal Ticket Agencies at Mcreven House, Marshall
AgeutR. andO.B.
McKEE & BENNETT,
Nos. 4,6 Si 8 West Broad St.,
CORNER OF BAY 8TBHT,
SAVANNAH,
OF ELEGANT
BUGGIE8. top and no top.
CARRI AGES.
PHOTONS.
And other Tehicl— of the bate Northern and Eastern
manufacture, and of oar own moke. Our prices vill
favorably with say “
anted te he —repreei
to aommaod, and mske an earnest,
ed effort to retrieve the errors of .
god build np a syetem adapted to the wantv
of our people, which shall be the pride, and
glory of the State.
Gusxatub J. On,
State School ~ “
PLANTATION WAGONS,
Porttee porch— ng should inspect ear Bttek b
seektag other markets. Orders from tha eotmtry will
receive prompt attention. Bspabiny of oU kinds
A— ft—bed as—. - au*34(novSK
PAINTING! PAINTING!!
MURPHY & CLARK,
orncx asd stobb.
1* Or,an, b.c. Bwll .rnd Dt*ytm street..
House, Skip, Sign and Ornamental
PAINTERS,
aiuma. QBArarao,jiuDBLnio._
UIST*
Postponed City Marshal’s Sale.
- OFFICE CITY MABSHAL. 1
SavaxMAX, April 4, 1872. j
O N THE FIRST TUE8DAY IN MAY NEXT,
between tbe legal hour* of sale, before tha door
or the Court House, in the City of Savannah, count /
of Chatham, and 8tete of Georgia, a nd under thedi
recti on of the Committee oa Public Hal— and City
Lots, wil be sold the following property, for arrears
ofgronndrsntedaetheOltyaresvaanah:
Sprinffield Plantation.
Lot Ne. 1. HoUldsy * MUcheJ. 33 quarters.
Lot No. 2, M ” *3 quarters.
Lot No. 3, Haywood k LaRoche, 20 quarters.
Lot No. 4. •• •« — — *
Lot No. T, Holliday * MUchsll, 32 quarters.
Lot No. 8, - - 32 quarters.
Lot No. t, a H. Laf barrow. 36 qaorters.
Lot No. 10. Hoinday * Mitchell. 32 qearters.
Lot No. ll, Edward 0*Byxne. CO quarters.
Lot No. 12, •• CO quarters.
Lot No. IS, J—., Jos. k T. R, Hines, 43 quarters.
" —quarters.
Lot No. 15, " " " 41 quarters.
Lot No. IS, •• « " -quarters.
Lot No. 17, " •• M — quarter*.
Lot No. IB, •• K "43 qaorters.
Lot No. 19. Lett- G. Geo. Spolthofl. — quarters.
Lot No. iG, Z. N. Winkler, 48 quarters.
Lot No. 27. " -quarters.
Lot No. 28. ** 48 Quarter*
Lot No. 32, Hamlet k Swain, 26 quarters.
Lot No. 33. John B. Hamlet, 26 quarters.
Lot No. 34, •• 34 qaorters.
Lot No. 48, V. O. Charlton. 33 quarters.
Let Ha «9, estate E. G. Wilson. 61 quarters.
Lot 5a 50, Louisa Runes, S3 quarters.
Lot So. 65, estate O. F. Graft, 40 quarters.
Lot No. 66, *• " 40 qaai
Lot M >.90. John Ryan, 90 quarters.
Parch sers paying Sir OU— sad stamps.
GEORGE. W. UTILES,
’ up64 ’City Marshal.
City Marshal’s Sale.
OFFICE CITY MARSHAL. 1
Bovannah, April tth. 1673.)
TTXDEB RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
U of Savannah, —d by virtue of City Tax Execu-
ttons in my hoods, I have levied on and will sell un
der direction of a special eoumlil— of OouaeALon
the fir— TUESDAY in May next, between tbe local
hours of sole, hsfore tee Court Hon— dear. In th«
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irttete for pnblio an 1 private bouses and offices. mM
| CITY MARSHAL'S RALE.
Ore— Word—LOT No. 2. with improvements,
Rroughton strset, Mrs. M. A. Dent; 20 quarters.
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apd-td . Pity Marshal.,
ryiY SAVANNAH BONDS.
Guaranteed Gulf STOCK;
City Atlanta BOND8;