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it 1a* All HnhaoripUona must ho ]>iU<1 invariably in o<l-
vonre. No (liHoriiniimtion In favor of anybody.
J>«, * Tho I*upor will ho ntopped, ill all inrtAtn'cs, at tho
time paid for. unh aHNuliHcriplioiiNaroprovioualy rotiownd.
hi' AddroHH all ordcra to
.TONER At WILLINGHAM.
'Ma't&raniQ?
Attorneys.
IV. O. TUC3GLIC,
A T I O UN K Y A T L A W ,
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M AllltY.
TOOL1S «& MAURY,
ATTOUNttYS AT LAW.
T.r Grn nee, Gee
r Court* of tho rnuntles
Coweta, Moriwvthor and
ourt of Oourgia, and in
a Also, in tho Blip
ii» Umuiri Biatoa District Court ai Atlanta,
a ni l I Ragt Bide of the Psbjjo Bgunro. ocOO tf
. . K K. II11 III., I N. J. HAMMOND, I I!. W. II AM Mi iND,
J.n(iran»(o, < in. | Atlanta, Ua. | 1 •nUniiif'r, Ou.
FKllREIiL, HAMMOND & HIlO.,
VOLUME XXV.}
n. s. wmniHtt. a. h. amuiumh.
WIMBI8H 6t CO.,
M12IICHA.NT« and TRADERS,
(North I "list Conior Public Square,)
ATTOUNEYH AT LAW,
i Grange, Georgia,
praotloo in Troup county.
W ILL prne.t
ed to their
raroful nttontion.
N. .T. HAMMOND still remains a member of the firm of
A. W. Hammond Ac Hon, of Atlanta, except oh to Troup
county. joft-tf
Dentistry.
B. B. ALFRED,
MURGKON DENTIST,
I*u Grange, Georgia
.Georgia,
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GROCEUIEB, HARDWARE, PROVISIONS,
HEAVY ROOTS AND SHOES,
DITOOY AND WAGON MATERIALS,
STOVES, &C„ AO.
STEWART’S CRUSHED, POWDERED, A, R and C SU
GARS, and SUOAlt HOUSE SYRUP and MOLASSES,
January 81h, IMP.
•T. T. DOBBINS,
SI TUG EON DENTIST,
HAVING loonted nt^TAGraiiRP. resjjeidfully
work done at his olliivnlmll ho no itly and HUhstantinllv
executed and warranted to give satisfaction, at reasonable
charges.
For reference apply lo Col. Hugh Ruehanan, Col. W. F.
Wright, Dr. Calhonn. Dr. Wo(lhorn, Nowimn, Ga.; and Dr.
Stanley and Dr. Wiinhisli. LaOraugo, Ga.
Oilleo up stairs over l'nllon k Cox’s old stand. Northwest
corner of Public Rquaro. janS
Miscellaneous.
NOTICE THIS!
C’iiH ing and Work Done Promptly !
CHOICE RIO, LAGUAYRA and JAVA COFFEES,
STOVES—(Warranted to give satisfaction.)
GUNNY and BLANKETBAGGINGf (44 to 40 in. to2 1»M
GREEN LEAF ROPE and ARROW TIES,
AXLES, HUBS, RIMS and SPOKES, (buggy and wagon)
BUGGY TRIMMINGS, (ovary kind.)
GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES and CAPS,
PLANTATION and MECHANIC’S, TOOLS, (evory kind,)
LOCKS, BUTTS and SCREWS, (groat variety,)
BUGGY and WAGON HARNE8S,
CALF SKINS, ROLE, UPPER and HARNESS LEATHER,
IRON and STEEL, (Swodoa and Rollned—all sizes,)
SUPERIOR CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO,
BACON, LARD and FLOUR, (superior quality,)
COTTON YARNS, OSNABUROS, STRIPES k SHIRTINGS,
NO. 1 SHORE and BAY MACKEREL and WHITE FISH.
and EVERYTHING ELSE in our lino, on the most reason
able terms. Call and see us.
WIMDISH k CO.
■orgia.
1000 11 "
TIIE OLD TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA
UNITED STATER 1 lOTl'.L,
Atlnnta, Goor«ia.
SASSEEX cfc MAW, Proprietors.
J. F. W. BRYSON AND ISAAC N. SC00TT. Clerks.
W. E. TERRY,
FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER,
(In tho Slum House,)
La Grange, Georgia.
S PECIAL attention given to CUTTING CHILDREN’S
HAIR.
PotutorN.
V Darrels Early Goodrich o
, both very early and ehoiei
NeXV Orient..
i' article, for sale by
WIMDISH k CO.
MolaKsew.
WIMDISII k CO.
Best Orleans Sugar
WIMDISH k CO.
ed b
<>
NK Barrel STRAINED HONEY for pale by
WIMDISH k CO.
h^T Grateful for pant patronage, will, by diligent ntlon I
»ujr» buHltiPHH. hope to continue the same. ocUW-U !
FRANCIS A. FROST,
] \ A N Iv 1:1X ,
(Office West Side Skpiare, next door to Wise k Dongliu
Clover Seed !
ml GENUINE, for Rale by
WIMDISH k CO.
Family Flour!
ARKSn and of (superior quality, just received and foi
1 Haig by WIMDISII k CO.
i Gr
1000 T- EXTi
Extra Fine (’lieeae !
ItA FINE CHEESE. Jimt received
WIMDISH k CO.
entloi
Colleellm
t:m-tf
OWEN «& BARNARD,
C O T T O N XV A I. J\ IIOUS K,
i Grange, Georgia.
0
Taivorpool Knit.
NE CAR LOAD just received and for wile bv
WIMDISH k CO.
rpiIANKFlTL for
he lib<
)TTON SHIPPERS AND
'■W GUANOS, certain and reliable featillze-
Will also furnish genuine PERUVIAN GUANO, DONE
DUST and LAND PLASTER, all at Baltimore prices, with
1 freight added. Give us your orders early that
have them filled In time. Will
r Me:
Ml with
Wo
>bor
furnish you Land
mg new wicks, at £’22 per ton, at the depc
‘stabliHliment.
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s.q.n-tf
MEDICAL NOTICE!
R. It. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with liimself.
liis son, Dr. CHARLES D. RIDLEY, a recent gradu-
the New Orleans School of Medlelue. would offer
erviiVH in the varimis bnihches of the Medical Pro-
1, to the citizens of LaGrange and Hiu-roundiug
WIMDISII k
Hulk Alenl.
: -y^Ewill Rr.ll BULK MEATS, for CASH, nt vary short
A residence of thiriy years in ijiGrange, and an exton-
Hivo practice during that time, by the senior member <•!
the linu. in a sufficient guarantee to the people that all
imitry, will be promptly
WIMDISH k CO.
end faithfully attended to.
Office one door North of Pullen k Co
nnd three doors South of the Post oillee.
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER AND PSUNELLA!
F. HOLLF,
BOOT AND SHOP: MAK Mil,
(Still nt Ills Old Stand,)
I.a Grange, Georgia,
liriTH t
V\ mat
y bent of FiiP.N’eit Calk Skins nnd othei
material for putting up his famous work in the
BOOT and SHOE line, where he invites his friends and nl
; to call niul 'see him anil continue the generous pa
tronuge with which they have heretofore fi
Those indebted to him for recent work, ho begs that
they romo up and Skttlk that lie may bo enabled to keep
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST !
rilTIE largest, newest nnd most varied STOCK OF GOODS
JL to be found in LnGnmgc, have just been ojsmed ot
the house formerly occupied by J. D. Rhea, next door to
W. F. Danflby, East side public square, LaGrauge, Georgia.
Most of our goods were
his business going on. novRMf _ F. HDLLE. _
CLA <311011%, HERRING «Si C O.,
COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 7 Warren Block,
Attgmta,..,, Georgia ;
Corner Vendue Range nnd Accommodation Wharf,
Charleston, SoutU Carolina;
120 Chestnut Rtreot,
Philadelphia,. Pennsylvania.
I ' IBF.R.VL CASH ADVANCES made nt all times on con-
j slgnmonts of COTTON.
JOSEPH S. BEAN, of LaOrange, Georgia, is our
Agont, and will give prompt attention to thijnncnl* nwl ad-
ATLANTA MARBLE WORKS!
WMi GRAY, Prop’r, S. B. O ATM AN, Ag’t,
American and Foreign Marble,
MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS,
Mantles, Statuary, Urns ami Vases,
BEST WORKMANSHIP AND LOWEST PRICES.
DESIGNS FURNISHED, for thoso puruhaalug of ua,
feta of charfftj
CVMODELING, in clay or planter, and other ornamental
£3* All orders faithfully executed and promptly filled.
43-OFFICE AN4) YARD—Opposite Georgia R. R. T'
Atlanta. Ga. *
ictlO-tf
ALEXANDER ERGENZINGER,
(Hunter Street, near Whitehall,)
Atlanta, Georgia,
and surrounding country that he in prepared to HU
all orders for
FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERING,
MATTRARSE8 AND BEDDING,
DECORATIONS,
WINDOW CURTAINS,
Marietta, Ga. | Marietta, Ga. | Louisville, Ky.
THE GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS
Monuments, Slabs, Tombs, &e.,
finished in tho bent style., and nt LOWER PRICES thnn
tho name work nan be done with Northern Marble. Our
Marblo is equal to tho BEST AMERICAN.
Dealers can be supplied with BLOCKS and SLABS of
r dimension!),
r any Information or designs address
GEORGIA MARBLE WQBRS,
Either at Marietta or Jasper, Pickens go., Ga,
•• W. H. SIMS la the Agent nt LaOraugo. sepl—tf
I toughl For CJunIi at Punic I*ric«*!«,
•naliling us to offer, to our customers, Goods nt unparalelled
Low Prices lor Cash.
Consult your interest, examine our goods nnd prices be-
fore you purchase. Our stock consists of a complete as
sortment of
DRY GOODS.
HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS,
GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES,
BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE,
SYRUP, MEAL, FLOUR, FISH,
PEPPER, SHOT, POWDER.
SARDINES, OYSTERS, CANDY,
PICKLES, CHEE8E, Ac., Ac.
Grave’s IVIills ITloiii*,
JARBOE A WILLIAMS.
EVANS & RAGLAND,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
(East Sido Public Square,)
La Grange, Georgia.
AROE supply BAGGING andJROPE just received by
L A “ ' EVANS & RAGLAND.
l Large supply fiur. assorted LIPUORS nt
EVANS k RAGLAND.
r F you want heavy BOOTS and SHOES call
EVAN 8 A RAGLAND.
i hOT-GU»S, PISTOLS and CAPS o
x find a
EVANS k RAGLAND.
EVANS A RAGLAND.
x bo had at
EVANS A RAGLAND.
b have them.
EVANS A RAGLAND.
LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1869.
NEW CASH STORE!
GOOD GOODN,
CHEAP FOB CASH AND CASH ONLY.
VIBGIL, I,. IIOPNON
H
AS opeuod aatock of new and well-selected
BUY GOODS
Which ho offors to his friends and the public
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Determined to do a CASH BUSINESS he will price liis
goods so ns to induce persons to patronize him.
He would respectfully nsk an insis-cljon of his goods
and prices. Call and see hinl! JanR
CHARLES HANDY,
(BOOCEHSOn TO W. C. YANCEY,)
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CHOICE GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
(At Pullen A Cox’s Old Stand,)
Ua Orange, Georgia.
IAUDWARE to my stock, which is complete.
CHARLES HANDY.
I HAVE on hand an assortment of LIQUORS which I
offer at Short Profit*. CHARLES HANDY.
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ANTED.—500 pounds DRIED FRUIT.
CHARLES HANDY.
THU STATE FUNDS.
Ihtlloclc*/» lieplf/ to fbf Njicniitl Report qf the Tread-
urer, and Ihe Treasurer's Rejoinder.
The tTort orablt Chairman and Member* qf the Fi
nance Commiiicc qf (he House qf Representatives:
Gentlemen : I have found the encloHod Report
of the Treasurer published in tho newspapers,
and am advised by tho published proceedings of
the house, that this Report was referred to your
committee:
[Wo omit the Treasurer’s Special Report, it
having appeared in tho Reporter l ist week.]
The statements made by tho Honorable Treas
ure! are so insidious, and his course towards,
and witji, myself so extraordinary, for ono in his
position, that I fool it due to myself, as a citizen,
as well as in my official capacity, to present to
you certain facts which will, I think, sustain tho
position I now take, that the action of the Treas
urer a subordinate oflleial of the Executive De
partment-amounts to participation in what
would seem to bo a conspiracy against the Exec
utive.
No ono would go further tlirn myself in sus
taining the Treasurer in any and all measures
which wore necessary for the protection of the
Treasury against fraud, peculation or unlawful
expenditure, and of this fact tho present Treas
urer has had ample evidence; but I propose to
submit for your consideration facts which tend
to show that tho course of the Treasurer is
proi pted by other motives.
I found it necessary, in order to Reonro the
full completion of the capitol building and pub
lic offices in time for the reception o. the Gen
eral Assembly, to make certain advances of money
to tho Messrs. Kimball, and obtained tho money
for such advances lrmn tho Fourth National
Bank upon my official drafts. I do not propose,
however, in this communication to argue the
propriety of that course, but simply to state the
facts.
Those amounts were charged in account cur
rent with the State, and the bank was requested
by me to send to tho Treasurer a full statement
of account up to the lot instant.
With the knowledge that such a statement had
been forwarded, I arrived in Atlanta on Sunday
morning, the 10th, prepared to enter on Monday
upon the duty of making and completing my
report to the General Assembly.
On Monday, therefore, at the usual hour, I
was at my office in the capitol, and invited the
Treasurer and Comptroller General to present
their respective reports.
The Comptroller General presented his able
report, but the Treasurer was not present Up
on inquiring of the Treasurer's clerk, his son, I
was informed that the Treasurer, his father, had
“gone out of town for a day or two.” His reply
to my inquiry as to whether the Treasurer would
be back in time for the meeting of the Legisla
ture, was thut he “did not know.” He fur
ther informed me that his father had received
the account current ftv.m New York, and that he,
the son, was making out a report in accordance,
with his father s instructions.
The report was presented to me on Tuesday,
and as it made no mention of the. amounts
charged by the bank on my drafts, I decided not
to make any report upon this matter until the
Treasurer’s return, when the accounts and
vouchers could bo verified.
I did not learn until Friday, tho 16th, that ho
had gone to New York, and then only obtained
the information by a letter from Washington, D.
C., which related some remarkable statements
as having been there made by the Treasurer.
I then sent for his son and presented him the
letter, and asked why he did not tell me frankly
at first that his father had gone to New York.
He replied that “Father wanted it kept en
tirely secret, and did not want any one to know
where he had gone.”
I further asked that as his father left Sunday
night, after knowing that I was in the city ail
day, why, if he was anxious for information, he
did not first come to me.
Tho son replied that “Father had his things
all packed, and wanted to visit Washington on
some old business of his own, and thought he
N
VTEW GOODS recnived every week from tho host and
G EN. EDWARDS, JAS. II. SCOTT ami R. F. CAUDLE
will be glad to soo their old friends.
CHARLES HANDY.
I IIAVE removed
janS- 1 „ rol
J. M. BEALL & SON.
ou«l
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND (’APR,
Hosiery, Noiiou<%, See., &<*., &c.
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Fall uml Winter Stock
Wc inrite all bnynra to call before purchasing elsewhere.
We will koop fUll line* of all Goods mentioned above. We
earnestly request
Those Indebted to Ua to Settle their Accounts
n possible. Come forward and settle!—sustain
rjlHE finest Rio COFFEE for salojiy
gUOARS, A, B and C,
D O you smoko fluo CIGARS? If n 0 - wo have them.
3 EVANS k RAGLAND.
M OLASSES and SURUP can bo bad at
EVANS k RAGLAND.
P ICKLES, SAUCES, OYSTERS and CRACKERS kept by
EVANS k RAGLAND.
JQR1ED BEEF (finest quality) at
B 1IJ.S of FARE, BILLHEADS, BUSINKS8 CARDS, and
all varieties of Jzitter-Pm's Printing, at the shortest
notice, nt tUg REPORTER OFFJCK.
/*'1 IRCULAR8, CATALOGUES, CARDS, and evory do-
i ^ scription of Printing required in business transac-
j tions, neatly dono at tho »imniwi?.n nwrTPV.
REPORTER OFFICE.
J. M. BEALL k SON.
Special Notice to the Ladies !
If r at any tlmn, Jt la inconvoniout for you to make your
\iurcKa*e* in poraon, wo will bo glad to rocoivo your OR
DERS. They will moot with prompt attention, and the
arUclel doslrod selected with care. WE GUARANTEE SAT-
ISFACTIOm
Soliciting your Orders.
leptemhgr 1st, 1RC8.—Vool
Very respectfully,
J. M. BEALL k SON.
1
ALBERT LKITMAN,
ATCH-MAIvER AND JEWELER,
Grange, Georg la.
would go any how
About this time it was reported to mo that a
person occupying intimate personal relations to
tho Treasurer had assured some members of the
Genoral Assembly, in a somi-coutidontial man
ner and in goneral terms, that ‘if adjournment
could bo prevented, Angior would bring home
ample cvideuce for impeachment of the Gov
ernor.’
The Treasurer returned on Sunday, tho 17tli,
and on Tuesday morning, the 19th, in response
to my invitation, he called ou mo. and in tho
course of the interview then had, alter being in
formed of the facts touching the drafts, and see
ing tho vouchers in my possession, and in re
sponse to my query as to why he should have
taken the steps which I had referred to, ho, after
assuring mo of his confidence iu my integrity,
used the following language.: “To be frank with
you, os I desire to be with everybody, I do not
think you have treated me with tho courtesy
that is due to my office, and, besidos, I under
stood that you were trying to get tho State put
hack into military government and get all the
power into your hands. I was opposed to this,
and decided to fight you on it in any way that 1
could."
Upon my explaining to him his error as to
military government, See.., Ac., he expressed his
respect, regard, Ac., and the interview' closed.
I then decided to prepare a report of the ac
tion taken by myself in negotiating the loans,
making the advances to secure tfio heating, light
ing and furnishing of the public buildings, and
submit it., together with a supplemental state
ment from the Treasurer, to the General Assem
bly.
NEW JEWELRY,
JUST received % largo stock of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.
WATCH CHAINS, CLOCKS, (of all aorta and airea,)
JEWELRY, (of the very latest atylca,)
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, (very boat quality,)
SCISSORS, (every alsc, and the finest that can be had,)
PLATKD^WABE, (all doaorlptiona and beat quality,)
8P ECTACLESland SPECTACLE CASES, (of all kin da,)
H ANDBILLS, and every other kind of Printing, for
exhibition*, meatinga, public iialoa, Ao, cbnar’-
and neatly executeREPORTER OFFIC*^
On Wednesday, the 20th, the resolution was
adopted, to which the Treasurer responds. On
tin* morning of the 21st, the day following, my
Seerotary called on the Treasurer, and in my
name stated to him that I had repeatedly called
for a copy of the account current with our Bank
agent iu New York, and desired especially to
have it, and also that when he completed his
report ifc response to tho resolution I would he
pleased to see him and the report Tic fore it was
transmitted to the House. The Treasurer prom
ised to send the account current, but refused
either to call or exhibit his report, saying: “The
Govornor has not treated mo with proper cour
tesy until he finds it to his interest to do so.”
Tho report was sent, in before 12 o'clock the
same day, and the account was not handed to
me until late* in the afternoon at the hotel. I,
therefore, had no opportunity cither to be ad
vised of the nature of the report or to prepare
a statement to accompany it.
The Treasurer states in this report, referring
to the drafts drawn by myself: “ Xot knowing
how to account for these credits, I immediately
started, on the eve of tho 10th inHt., for New
York, to gel a find explanation qf them."
As the Banlyvccount, in at least one of tho
cases, states specifically that the draft was drawn
by myself, and, as I was, at that time in Atlanta,
with tho Treasurer’s knowledge, and accessible
to him, he oould have obtained “a full explana
tion"’ without going to New York.
The report further states that he “ found that
Governor Bullock had drawn drafts to the amount
of $35,000, which amount has never been paid
in or reported to tho Treasury by Govornor Bul
lock.”
This statement is made on the twenty-first, not
withstanding that, at the interview on the morn
ing of the nineteenth, the Treasurer saw my
vouchers, and was entirely advised as to the
whole matter.
The published proceedings of the House, as
given in the evening papers of the 21st, simply
mention tho Treasurer’s report as having heeu
referred Jo the Committee, without publishing
tho report in full. I am informed, however, that
tho Treasurer's Clork—his son—used very con
siderable exertions to cause tho report to be
published in full in a morning paper, thus evinc
ing an inordinate desire to give the matter a pub
licity which it would not have obtained in the
ordinary course of official proceedings.
I respectfully submit to your Committee that
the course pursued by tho Treasurer as herein
stated indicates a malicious attempt to discredit
tho integrity of tho Executive, to tho end that
a partisan political movement in opposition to
the present administration might be advanced.
I reCTet that tho conduct of tho Treasurer,
viewed in connection with his report, forces me
to this conclusion. Had ho been at his post at
a time when his duty especially required it, a
full exhibit could have, and would nava, been
made to the General Assembly accompanying
mymessage.
Had he complied with my roqnc.st and pre
sented to mo his response to the resolution, suoh
exhibit conld, and would, then have beon made.
Whenever the Treasurer abandons his present
mistaken position, and places himself in proper
official relations with the Executive, as a subor
dinate officer of this department of the Govern
ment, full and complete reports will be made to
the General Assembly, covering the financial
condition of tho State, and of the transactions
which have been had under tho authority of the
acts passed at tbQ last session,
The credit of our State is bettor, and our Bonds
soli for a higher rate than those of any other
Southern BtAte. But I respectfully submit that
this credit cannot bo maintained bv permitting
subordinate officials to advance their political
viows, or their personal opininions of what is
demanded by “courtesy,” through insidious at
tacks upon the integrity of the Executive.
IltJFUB B. BULLQCK, Governor.
The Georgia Relief Law.
Its Constitutionality Decided in the Affirmative by
ihe Supreme Court, January 26, 1896.
From the At’ante Connotation.]
Cutte k Johnson and Jamen Stewart, Plaintiff* in erro
vi. N. A. Uardoe, Defendant in orror. From Sumter.
Treasurer's Office, I
Atlanta, Ga., January. (
7b the Honorable Finance Committee qf the House
of Representatives!
Your communication of the 2Cth Inst., asking
n full explanation of my course with Governor
Bullock, received. In response to your first
inquiry, why I did not communicate with him
before going to New York, on tho 10th, I would
state that, from statements in the account from
the Fourth National Bank, received the day
before, I considered my own protection, and that
of my securities, and tho interest of Georgia
required that I should confer with said lmnk
before communicating with him, from the fact
that there was much mystery in large amounts
drawn from said bank, to appearances involving
the Governor in an unlawful use of the funds of
the State. This will explain my son’s reticence,
when interrogated by tho Governor, as to whore
I was. Tho acconnt was already involved in a
cloud I could not penetrate and, not. knowing
tho hank officers, I feared there might bo further
mystery, should the Governor bi* advised where
I had gone. As an evidence of a part of the
mystery, the State of Georgia was, on the 29th
of October, charged, in the money column, with
seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000), without-
stating to whose, order, to whom paid, or what
for. On the 14th of Docomber the State was
charged * ‘ informal draft sent to Washington,” ten
thousand dollns (10.000) without stating who
drew it, to whom paid, or wlmt for. Noticing
the Governor reported alternately in Washington
and the Filth Avenue Hotel, Nelv York, with his
private Secretary, I felt apprehensive that this
money was finding ventilation in a way not to
reach the Treasury of Georgia, and leave the ]
natural inference that the money had reached |
tho Treasury, thus ranking me and ray securities j
responsible for what he had spent without any j
authority in law. My suspicions wore further i
aroused from the seventeen thousand dollars
($17,000,) slated above corresponding in amount
with the private account of the Govornor. with
ft certain bank, and tho fact that one of his Sec
retaries presented me with the bank notice of
the maturing of a four thousand dollar note of
the Governor, with the apparent intention of
soliciting and testing whether I would advance
on the Governor’s private account. These facts
in connection with the known extravagance of
the Executive Department, I considered more
than ample ground for rny apprehensions and
departure without seeing the Governor.
To your second inquiry “ why you did not, as
requested l>y the Governor, submit your report
to him before sending it to tho Legislature.”—
I have simply to state, that the inquiry originated
in the House, the answer involving the conduct
of the Governor. Under these, circumstances I
considered the rules oi propriety nnd respect,
required mo first to r«4port to where the inquiry
originated.
You “further desire to know if the statements
of Gov. Bullock contained in the accompanying
communication to the Committee are true7"—
His first charge is “ conspiring against the Exec
utive.” If he moans by »his, opposition to the
usurpation of power, and unlawful expenditure
of the funds of the State, his charge is well
sustained. The Governor should know, that no
one has a right to use a cent of the State’s
money except by appropriation, and a warrant
drawn in conformity with law. If he can use
thirty-five thousand dollars, lie can use five
hundred thousand. Still he has the arrogance to
state, “ no one would go farther than myself in
sustaining the Treasurer, in any and all meas
ures, which were necessary for protection of the
Treasury against fraud, speculation, or unlawful
expenditure, nnd of this fact the present Treas
urer has hadrtimple evidence.”
The Governor knew when he penned the above
that I had made warfare on several of his war
rants, and refused payment because oi illegality:
he further knows that he urged me to pay mile
age to a subordinate clerk, which he knew was
“unlawful expenditure" and downright rob
bery. He has employed and paid three times as
many clerks as has beon customary in the Exec
utive Department, allowing some full, even extra
pay wheu they were absent half tho time. He
issued a warrant of two thousand dollars ($2,-
000 00.) upon an account running from 1858 to
1863, which Gov. Jenkins and the Legislature of
1866, refused to pay* He advocated the paying
of Messrs. Kimball, twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,00) rent per annum for the Opera Building,
and seemed anxious I should lend my influence
in that direction, which led me to infer that he
was interested in the building, and the unau
thorized use of the amount stated above, strength
ens my conjectures.
I must say the Governor's imagination was
very fruitful, and greatly in error, and his vanity
easily flattered, when lie stated, I assured him
of my confidence in his integrity.
His statement, is overrunning with truth, that
I was opposed to military government under his
direction. Having opposed secession, and early
and patriotically entered the service of Recon
struction, I expect to fight under that banner
until Georgia is restored to full participation in
the General Government, and purged of all
political mountebanks. His pretended speech
at Albion, New York, was a faint though unmis
takable light, that finally kindled and exploded
through Sumner’s battery at Wsshington.
The Governor must suppose me very credu
lous, if he presumes under the circumstances,
I would regard the receipt he refers to, valid,
especially without any statement of account.—
This receipt was an -after-thought after my de
parture, and would never have made its appear
ance nt the time it did, but for my absence.—
Why did the Governor not account for the seven
teen thousand dollars ($17,600) he drew in Octo
ber? He returned to Atlanta after that and
occupied the same building for weeks, where he
saw mo daily without reporting it, and finally
made bis third visit to Washington and New York
since he lias been Governor, keeping this matter
in profound silence, though we often conversed
on the monetary affairs of the State.
It is presumed tho different departments of
the State should have some knowledge of the
whereabouts of the other, but in violation of
this rule, the Governor has had three long inter
vals ot absence, the last forty-two days, without
the other departments knowing tho time of his
departure, where to address him, ortho expected
time of his return, yet he severely censures and
reproves me, for an absence of only seven days,
looking alter the security of the funds and the
credit, of tho State, though the first and only
absence since my office was opened.
The Governor manifests some apprehension
about the downfall of the administration. I
certainly desire that he should prove himself
worthy to be ono of the main pillars, yet if he
should fall, I trust it will not bo like Samson’s,
but that the Temple of Liberty will survive.
His efforts to excite the sympathy of tho Re
publican party aro bo unfortunate and feebly
drawn, that I shall refrain from any comment
further than to state, he attaches too much
importance to my partisan influence, and I am
truly sorry ho has found it necessary to resort to
this weak subterfuge. Certainly it is a poor way
to produce harmony and strength of party, to
assault in such a spirit even a “ subordinate."—
His Excellency need have no doubt as to my
position. Having been an ardent supporter of
General Grant, I believe his incoming adminis
tration will prove him the pure patriot and able
statesman, as ho was the military chieftain of
tho Nation; destined to lead ns to as signal vic
tory in the Cabinet as he did in tho field. May
his arm that was successfully raised to perpetato
the Union of the States, crush out every effort,
come they from open foes or pretoudod friends,
to prevent a full return of each subordinate to
the National fold.
In my answers to the resolution of inquiries
from the House, I gave simply a statement of
facts to tho questions as propounded, leaving
others to make their own inferences, and draw
their own deductions. If tho truth hurts, no
one regrets more than I, that His Excellency has
placed himself in a situation to feel itsgoadings,
and his resorts to abuse and malevolence in &s
efforts to sustain himself. Such weapons aro
sure to wound those who use them. If in my
efforts to ward off these undignified assaults of
the Executive, I have used some sharpness, and
called to aid, other developments, casting a
shadow on His Exoelloncy, I trust the indulgence
of the Honorable Committee will excuse the
manner in which I have need the weapons of
truth called forth hy your inquiries.
Respectfully submitted,
N. L. ANGIER, Treasurer.
BROWN, 0. J. 1—While tho Courts liavo the
power, and it is their duty when a proper case
is made, to declare nets of the Legislature uncon
stitutional and void, such acta are always pre
sumed to be constitutional, and tho authority o
the Courts to declare them Void should bo exor
cised with groat caution, and never resorted to,
but in clear and urgent cases.
2. That provisnn of tho Constitution of the
United States which denies to a State the right
to pass any law impairing the obligation of
contracts, docs not interfere with the right of u
State to pass laws acting upon tuo remedy.
8. Then) is a plain distinction between the
obligation of a contract ond the remedy for its
enforcement, and while the Legislature may not
impair the obligation of tlic contract it, has the
undoubted right to change, modify or vary tho
nature and extent of the remedy, provided a
substantive remedy is always left to tho creditor;
so long as the State does not deny to her Courts
jurisdiction of contracts, and to prescribe such
rules of procedure and of ovidonoe, as may in its
wisdom seem best to advance tho administration
of justice in the Courts.
4. That part of the Act of the Legislature
passod at its late session entitled “an Act for
the relief of debtors, and to authorize the adjust
ment of debts upon tho principles of Eanity,"
which provides for a change of the rules of
evidence (under which this case originated) is
not unconstitutional, though it may permit evi- i
deuce to go to the jury which has not heretofore .
been allowed, and which the Courts may consider
irrelevant and improper. It is tho province of |
the Legislature to prescribe the rules of evidence i
and of the Courls to administer them.
5. It is no objection to the Constitutionality
of this act, that it authorizes the jury to reduce
the amount of the debt suyd for, according to
the equities of the case; as this is done every
day in Court, in case of partial failure of con
sideration, and the like. This must* be done
however, according to the real equities between
the parties aud not according to the caprice of
the jury, and when so done, it neither impairs
the obligation of tho contract nor works injustice
to the parties litigant.
6. If this should be seized upon by the jury,
and used as a pretext for reducing the debt, other
than the equities between tho parties permit, it
will be the duty ol the Court to set aside the
verdict when that fact is made plainly to appear.
7. Iu this case the obligation of the contract
was not in any degree impaired by the filing o r
the pleas by the defendant, to which objection
was made, as a foundation for the introduction
of evidence under the statute, and the evidence
should have been received, and if the jury made
an improper use of it, or found contrary to law
and evidence, it would then have been time
enough for the Court to interfere and set aside
the verdict
8. When the statute authorizes certain facts to
be given in evidence, a demurrer to a plea which
lays the foundation for such evidence, should
not be sustained. The old rules of pleading in
Rueh case must yeild to the statute.
Judgment reversed.
McCAY, J. —1. It is not to be presumed that
the Legislature intends to violate the Constitu
tion of the United States, and when words are
used in an act, they ought to be construed, if
possible, so as to make the act consistent with
thut Constitution.
2. The consideration of a contract, and
whether there has been a tender of the whole,
or any part of a debt sued on, and if the debt
was not paid, that it was the creditor’s fault, are
not only iu all cases fit matters for proof, but
are often of great importance in arriving at
proper conclusions as to the true rights of the
parties in the matters before the Court. Nor
can such evidence, in any proper use of it at all,
tend to impair the obligation of the contract
sued ou.
3. If the property upon which tho credit was
given in contract has been lost or rendered
worthless, it is competent for the Legislature to
permit the defendant, when the contract is sued
upon, to show by whose fault that property was
lost or destroyed, and the value of it at the time
of the contract and at the time of the loss.
4. That claim of tho Act of the Legislature
under discussion, which authorizes the jury in
suits upon certain contracts, to notice the debt 1
sued upon, according to the equities of each
case, was not intended to permit them to impair
the obligation of the contract of tho parties. — j
shall pass any law imparing tho obligations of
contracts,” and not entertaining the leaat doubt
that the act of 1868, according to the decisions
of the Supreme Court of the United Staten, is a
palpable violation of that instrument. I am un
willing to embalm myself in my own infamy upon
the records of this Court as a debauched Judicial
officer in holding that act t o bo Constitutional;
therefore I dissent from the Judgment ■of the
Court.
Comptroller General’* Report*
Wo copy from tho Atlanta Constitution the fol
lowing report of the Comptroller General’* Re
port, Hon. Madison Bell, taken from the report
of the business in his offico, from August 11*
1868, (the time when he entered upon its duties,)
to January 1, 1869.
The report embraces much valuable informa
tion to tho people of tho State at large, and we
regret that our limited space will not admit of
copious extracts from it at this time.
At tho time Mr. Bell took charge of the office,
there was a balance in the Treasury of $103,179
37. The receipts into the Treasury since, in
cluding the amount turned over by Capt. Rock
well, Provisional Treasurer, amount to $647,GG3
42. Expenditures of same period, $430,967 77,
leaving balance in the Treasury, January 1,1809,
$116, 696 66.
A88ETS BELONGING TO THE STATE.
From tho report wo glean the following state
ment of the Shite's interests in Bank and Rail
road Stocks:
In the Bank of tho Stute of Georgia, $1,833
shares.
In the Bank of Augusta. S890 shares.
In the Bank of the Georgia R. K. A B. Co.,
$186 shares.
In the Atlantic and Gulf Ruilroud, $10,000
shares.
Having consulted the most reliable authority
at hand as to the market value of these stocks
at the prosent time, the result is as follows,
to-wit:
1833 Shares Bank of the State of Georgia,
worthless.
890 Shares Bank of Augusta, worthless.
186 Shares Georgia R. R. A B. Co., at $90part
sb-re. $16,740.
10,000 Shares Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, at
635, $350,000.
The Wesvern and Atlantic Railroad, rtrrtrhwy..
from Atlanta. Ga., to Chattanooga, Tena,, v
longs to the State of Georgia, ana is yielg
the State $25,000 per month, net revenue,
required by law to report this Road without
stipulated value. And, inasmuch as the B
aud it« management have been tho subject of w-
cout inspection, and no doubt thorough investi
gation by a Joint Commit-tdo of the General As
sembly, it would be a work of supererogation to
enter into details as to its value and present or
future profits, even if the law' required it.
Payments from the Treasury from and includ
ing the 11th day of August, 1868, to 1st ofiJan.,
1869:
Civil EutabliHhmcnt. 1808 $24,400 83
Contingout Fund 9,543 00
Printing Fund 14,211 04
Hpocinl Appropriation* 121,163 90
Over Payment*, General Tux 1867 159 01
•• •* Convention Tax I8G8 129 00
Legislative Pay Rolls, Session of 1868:
President'* Warrant $09,109 00
Speakers Warrant 192,152 00
$259,201 00
STATISTICAL TABLES.
The equity and justice there meant, iR. that fair
and honest duty which each owes to the other
under the contract to be gathered from the whole
transaction, as it actually occurred between
them, and from the acts creating legal or equi
table of legislations which have happened be
tween them since the date of tho contract.
5. The obligation of the contract cannot bo
impaired by the Legislature of a State, under
the guise of changing the rules of evidence, or i
altering the mode of procedure. Nor can the |
Legislature authorize a Court or jury so to adju- !
dicate between the parties to a contract as to J
alter or impair its obligation, as it was in fact
entered into.
r 6. Consistently with these principles a State j
Legislature may alter the rules of evidence, and j
change the mode of proceeding in the State
Courts. Nor is it the province of this Court to
declare an act of the Legislature void because it
permits the introduction of evidence which, in
the opinion of the Court, may be irrelevant to
the issue, and calculated to distract or mislead
the minds of the jury.
7. The act .of the* Legislature in 1868, so far
as it allows the defendant in all suite upon the
contracts dated before the first of June, 1865, to
give in evidence the consideration of the debt
sued on, whether any tender has been made, and
if the debt, was not paid, whose fault it was,
what property the credit was given upon, and if
that property has b cn lost, whose fault it wor,
and so far as it authorizes the jury in such cases
to reduce the debt sued on, according to the
principles of equity, is not, if construed accord
ing, the well established rules for the construc
tion of statutes in violation of that clause of the
Constitution of the United States which prohib
its any State from passing a law imparting the
obligation of contracts.
8. Should any Court of this State give to the
act in question in any case tried before it, such
a construction as would impair the obligation of
the contract under investigation, this Court, in
a proper cose made, will correct the error.
9. A plea filed setting up any facts which, by
express enactment of the Legislature, are per
mitted to be given in evidence is not demurrable.
WARNER, J., Dissenting.—This was an ac
tion brought by the plaintiff against the defend
ants on a promissory note for the sum of fifty-
two hundred and twentyriiine dollars, dated Jan
uary 22, 1861, and due forty-five days alter date.
Tim JnfnnJnnt StiiU’ort filofl n vilrn. Rfttt.lPf
Several statistical tables are appended to the
report, designated as follows:
“A."—Exhibiting a statement of registration
and elections in the State, showing tho number
of voters registered and the vote of each county
on the Convention and ratification of the Con
stitution, the vote for Governor and the vote for
President at the election.
“B.”—Showing the number of noils, profes
sions, dentists, and also the numoer of deaf,
dumb and blind for the year 1867.
“C."— Showing the number of acres of land
in each county, its value, tho value of city and
town property, money, solvent debts, merchan
dise. «vo., as returned on the tax digests, 1867.
“D."—Showing the total value of household
and kitchen furniture, plantation and mechanical
tools, value of property not enumerated, aggre
gate value of all property, value after deducting
5200, number of hands employed between 12
and 65, children between 6 and 18, counties in
default for 18G7, the amount of tax on polls, pro
fessions, Ac., and the amount of net tax paid by
each county.
“E.” Showing the amount paid to each Sen
ator and Representative and total amount paid
each Senatorial district
THE CONVENTION TAX.
A portion of the Convention tex remaining
uncollected, for the payment of the unpaid scrip,
the Comptroller recommends tho Legislature to
make an appropriation, the Convention tax to be
used iu reimbursing the State os fast os it can be
collected.
* MAIMED SOLDIERS.
The amounts appropriated to furnish artificial
limbs to indigent and maimed soldiers, by the
Acts of March, 1866, and December, 1866,
amounted in the aggregate to $50,000. Of this
sum about $18,000 remains inappropriated.
The Comptroller justly and generously recom
mends* an adnitional appropriation af fifteen
thousand dollars, or ro much os may be necessa
ry to furnish such as are Rtill unprovided for
with the necossery sum to procure an artificial
limb.
MAIL FACILITIES.
The want of adequate mail facilities in North
eastern Georgia is referred to, and the Legisla
ture requested to call the attention of Congress
to that tact.
BANKS AND BANK AGENCIES.
There being no new law in existence relative
to tax on Banks, the Comptroller recommends
the passage of an act making the tax uniform on
all banks and bank agencies in the State.
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
It appears from the researches of the Comp
troller that Foreign Insurance Companies are not
required by the Code to pay any State tax, hence
he recommends the passage of a law requiring
them to pay a license fee before they shall be
permitted to do business in this State.
There are other subjects of general interest in
the report, which we would be glad to touch
upon did space permit
Sure Cure for Warts.—Take throe ets. worth
of Bal-ammoniac, dissolve it in a gill of soft water,
wet the warts frequenly with the solution, when
they will disappear in a week, or two.
The defendant Stewart, filed a plea, setting
up by way of defense to the note, certain facts,
as provided by the provisions of the first section
of the Act of 1868, “ for the Relief of debtors,
and to authorize the adjustment of debts upon
principles of Equity.” The plaintiff demurred
to the defendant's plea and tho Court below sus
tained the demurrer and the defendant excepted.
The decision of this question necessarily in
volves the constitutionality of the act of 1868.—
Thu first section of that Act provides, “That in
all suits which shall be brought for the recovery
of debts, in any of the Courts of this State, or
upon contracts for the payment of money made
prior to the first of June, 1865, (except for tho
hire or sale of slaves,) it shall be lawful for the
parties in all such cases, to give in evidence be
fore the jury, impanelled to try the siune, the
consideration of the debt or contract which may
be tho subject of the suit, the amount and value
of the property owned by tho defendant at the
time the debt was contracted or the contract en
tered into, to show upon tho faith of what prop
erty, credit was given to him, and what tender
or tenders of payment be made to the creditor
at any time, ana that tho non-payment of the
debt or debte, was owing to the refusal o*' the
creditor to receive the money tendered or offered
to be tendered, tho destruction or loss of the prop
erty upon the faith of which the credit was given
and how and in what manner the property was
destroyed or lost and by whose default, and in
all such cases the juries which try the same shall
have power to reduce the amount of dd)t or debts
sued for according to the Equities of each cast, and
render such verdicts as to them shall appear just and
equitable." This act of the Legislature, in my
judgment, necessarily impairs the obligation of
the contract as it existed under the laio at the time
the contract was made, and it mokes no difference
whether that result is produced under the pretext
of regulating the'admissibility qf evidence. 1* the
contract ana the obligation to perform it as valu
able now, under the provisions of the act of 1868,
as it was under the low applicable to the con
tract at the time it was made ?
This is the practical question to bo answered,
In view of tho obligation imposed upon me to
support and maintain the integrity of the Federal
Constitution, which dedaree that “ho
Never Shirk your Duties, however low and
mean they nmy seem to you. Remember that
to do as well as ever you can what happens to
be the only thing within your power to do, is
tho best and surest preparation for higher ser
vice. Should things go against you never give
way to debilitating depression; but be hopeful,
bravo, courageous, careful not to waste in vaiu
aud unavailing regret the power you will need
for endurance and endeavor. Learn well your
business, whatever it may be; moke the best oi
every opportunity for acquiring any sort of
knowledge that may enlarge your acquaintance
with business in general ond enable you to take
advantage of any offer or opening that may
come. Above all things, remember that charac
ter is essential to success in life; and that that
character is the best which is real and thorough
—true and genuine to the core, which has noth
ing underlying it of the consciousness of secret
sin; which is as pure and unspotted as it is
thought to be, and the moral ond manly virtues
of which are based upon and inspired by a re
ligious fath—by that love and fear of God which
at once preserve from “great transgression*,
and prompt to the cultivation of every personal
and social virtue.
A Hint.—The following hint from the Dixie
Farmer, if observed, will have o very beneficial
effect:
“ By closing the north aide of your vegetable
garden, with a close plank fenco, and keeping: it
well white-washed, you may enjoy vegetables
much earlier than witnoqt such a fence, or aoino
other artificial means for accelerating,^ their
growth. The earliest varities should be planted
along such a fence, which will not only screen
them from oold winds, but by reflecting tha as
rays upon them hasten their growth.
A young man who had gainod the ailsetianaof
a daughter of Prof, Wilson, waited an ppm, Ubd
stated his case, of which the Profeasor bad*
previous inkling. The yomm genHompn wgK
directed to desire the young tody to oot wy
father, and doubtless ner obedience was prompt.
The professor h»d beftw* «•
work, on the fly le*f of which wo* maoaha^—
* With lie author's compliment*.” TeMingJhm
out he pinned it to his danghtert »»««*■
ly led her to the young lorer nnd nnM Mb
work.
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