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HAT1UB OF HUBSCUrPTlON. Ono Copy of tho T’nju'r onn yrar $3 00 On* Copy of tho l’ftpor six month* 2 00 <>no Cojiy of tho Pftiwr throo month* 1 00 Hin^lo Copy of tho Paper, 10 Club Ha low. Ton Coplo* of tho Paper ono your $20 00 Twenty Oopton of tho I’npor ono year 40 00 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 , T<i» (31 ...Geo rg*«» 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, W 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. 1) 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. W 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. W 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. J mm