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Vol. LI.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1870.
No. 22.
2wl- OBME <Sc SO 1ST,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
$3,00 per annum, in Advance.
A.ureflVislSG—Persquare oftenlines, each
i I it*)- Mercaants and others fo: all
,ier $ i~>, twenty-iive per cent. olf.
t n j unfit
UJUAL ADVEHTfSINd
, n;. ot ; n ustor letters Ot ad-
wp.*«
i 0(1
ministration, guardians
If oint'^tGid notice , . ■» »
Applhfationtorletters of from adm n
Application for liters of di« n ot gnard
Application for leave to sell Eand
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
Hales of Land, per square of ten lines....
Sale of personal, per sq-, ten days...
Sheriffs-Each levy often hues, or less..
Mortgage sales of ten lines or less......
Tax Collector’s sales, per sq. (5J months)
( 'ler'is—Foreclosure of mortgage and oth
er monthly’s, per squaVe
Estray notices, thirty days...*....... -- --
Tributes of Respect. Resolutions bv Societies ,
Obituaries, Ac., exceeding six lints,to be carped
trausien t. advertising.
resales of Land, by Administrators, Execu-
tors or Guardians, are required by law, to be held
mi the first Tuesday in the month, between the
hoars often in the forenoon and three in the af-
, jo 0 n, at the (Jourt-h Jttse in the county in which
f jj.rtf is sitnated
5 00
13 50
5 00
3 00
G 00
1 50
2 50
ft 00
5 00
1 00
3 00
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
NO CHANGE OF CARS BE
TWEEN SAVANNAH, AU
GUSTA AND BSONSGOBI
SUIT, ALABAMA
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, CET. E. R. J
Savannah, August 14, 1866. $
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY. 16th inst., Pas
senger Trains oa the Georgia Central R. R
will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
ARRIVE.
h®
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
jizetle 40 Jays previous to the. day of sale.
the sale of personal property mustbe i Lonneetin
inner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notice f 1
gi ren iniihe in
* Notices to debtors and creditors of an estate!
m ;,t also be published 40 days. 1
V nice that application will be made to the
C.rtofOrdinary forleaveto sell land, must be
..bUstod for two months.
T . r,. ipfters of Administration, Gnar-
4iau hip,' St? •,must.be published 30days-for dis-
rfrfWfnm Administration, m ontkl 9 sixniontks;
*r dismission tmm guardianship. 40 days.
reel-sure of Mortgages mustbe
nthlij for four months— for estabhsh-
1.EAVE
Savannah 8:00 A M
Macon. 5:38 P M
Augusta 5:38 P M
Millcdgeville 8:58 P M
Eatontou . 11.00 P M
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta 8:45 A M
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon 7:00
Savannah
Augusta
Connecting with.train that leaves
Augusta
UP NIGHT TRAIN-
Savannah 7:20 P M
Macon
Augusta 8:13 A M
with trains that leaves
P M
5:30
5:38
8:45 A M
6:55 A M
Augusta - 8:33
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
DAYS OF YOUTH.
Ah. days of youth ! ah, golden time!
When living only for the present.
The soul was filled with dreams sublime,
And mutton tasted nice as pheasant;
When there was no such word as sad,
No cypress twined amongst our myrtle,
When bread and cheese a flavor had,
One can’t find now in punch and tnrtle.
When friendship was no idle word,
But every comrade seemed a brother;
When every hour of joy was binned.
Unless we shared it with another:
Days of delicious, idling bliss !
When love gilt all with magic touches,
Valued a kingdom at a kiss,
And made a seamstress seem a duchess.
Days when we festive garlands wreathed
Around loved brows, with smiles and laughter,
Days when the very air we breathed
Seemed sweeter than it e’er has after :
"When ne’er a thought of storing pelf
Disturbed the sacred joy of giving ;
When the heart sang despite itself.
Just at the sheer delight of living.
Riles for
ished hjr
p„ l):l sneu fifths full spaccof three months—
Uff lost papers,/^* S '. cutorsor Adminis
ter,“where bond has been given by the de
af three months. Charge,
'tare'oT ten lines for each insertion
rstors,
cessed, the full space
«| JO per square oft . ,
p,Vicarious will always be continued accord :
BV O them, the legal requirements, unless oth J
.rwise ordered.
Macon 6:25 P M
Savannah 5:10 AM
Angnsta 9:13 A M
Miliedgevilie 4:30 P M
Eatontou - 2:40. P M
Connecting with train that ieavqs
Augusta.... 9:53 P M
A M Trains from Savannah and Augusta, a
P M Train from Macon cohfleet with Mtlledg 6
ville Train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted.
P M. Train from Savannah connects with thro'
mail train on South Caroline w «ilroad, and F. M.
train from Savannah and Angnsta - with trains on
South-Western aud Muscogee Railroads.
WM. ROGERS,
Act’g Master of Transportation.
February J, 1870 5 tf
NOTICE-
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
G.SKKVL SUPERINTXNDENT^OFFICE, ) j AND AFTERTH^E,
ATLAK Savannah, January 7,1870. $ | ^ rtre rate of Freight bet
txt. i a. -font naQ ana.Macpn, by tm* Atlantic ana
o-
fellows:
Atlantic & Gilf, Railroad Co., (
Savannah, December Jo, i860. $
BY AGREE-
ween Savan-
... I ii.i • i mil. auu ium.yu. uj mi lumuiib nuu Glllt ATld Ma
N AND AFTER SUNDAA, the 11 > i con all( j Brunswick Railroads, will be as follows :
Piss.ag.r Train! oa .1... Road «,» ™“ ” j Fi „, d „, per ponnd *2 30
| Second class per 109 pounds I 40
I Third class per 100 pounds 1 00
: Fourth class per 100 pounds 80
Fifth.class per 100 pounds 70
I Sixth class per 100 pounds 50
Seventh class per 100 pounds 45
Eighth class per 100 pounds 35
Ninth class per 100 pounds 30
Cotton per 100 pounds 50
Salt per sack 30
Guano per 100 pounds 15
Freight received for all Stations on Macon and
Western Railroad, Atlanta and points beyond.
H. S. IIAINES,
.2.10 P M
.6.00 P M
9.30 P M
NIGHT EPXPRES3 TRAIN.
Lave Savannah .very day at...— -4.30 P M
Arrive at Jesup junction. M ;{() p M
Arrive at Live Oak every day r~'> ^
Arrive at Jacksonville every day A
Arrive at Tallahassee every day '•*" * ^
Arrive at Quincy every day j.io a m.
Arrive at Kainbridge Mondays ex- ^ M
Leave IJaifibridge", Sundays excepted.9 30 P M
Leave Quincy every day.. „ "J
Leav« Tallahassee every day....... -8 -y £
Leave Jacksonville every u«j ------- ,,
Leave Live Oak every day ~ri> ,
Leave Jesup every day--- in-a A M
Arrive at Savannah every day 10.oU A m
MACON & BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Laave Savannah, Sundays except-
ed, at
Arrive at Jesups Sundays except-
Oil &t •••«• .••--*<*• «)• HU a AI
Arrive at Brunswick daily at 8.20 P M
L*ave Macon daily at
Ltave Jesup daily at
Arrive at Savannah daily at.--
On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at
7 15 A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon &
Brunswick, and connecting with trains from Ma
con and Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at
3.30 PM.
DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, Sundays except-
ed at - 2.I0A M
Arrive at Jesups, Sundays except-
10.45 A M
Arriv* at Live Oak, Sundays ex-
•cpted at -21! £ “
Arrive at Macon duly at
l.tave Live Oak, Sundays except
ed at
Leave Jesups, Sundays except
ed at
Arrive at Savannah .Sundays ex- _
cepted at 5.3;) P M
ty Passengers for Macon take 7.15 A M train
frem Savannah, leaving daily.
Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P M. train
fretn Savannah.
. Passengers leaving Macon ft 3.30 A M connect
at Jesup with express train for Florida and West
ern Division, and with train for Savannah, arriv
ing at 9 30 P M.
Passengers from Brunswick connect at Jesup with
train for Savannah, arriving at 5 35 P M -except
on Sundays, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup
with Express Train for Savannah, arriving at
Hi 50 A M-
Connect at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav
ing at 9.00 P M.
*OUTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA It. R.TRAIM.
Leav* Thomasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at 8.09 A M
Arrive at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 9-55 A M
Leav* Pelham, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days at - 3 45 P M
Arrive at Thomasville, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at.......... - ......-.6.00 P M
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
3 tf
February 1, 1879
General Superintendent.
5 tf
Schedule of the Georgia Kailroad.
OFFICE, )
I) COMPANT, >
icember 23, ’69. )
SUPERINTENDENT S OF!
Georgia Kaiukoap
Augusta, Ga., December :
7.50 P M
6.00 A M
2.16 P M
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY,26th inst., the
Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad
will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 7.00 AM.
“ Atlanta at — 5.00 A M.
Arrive at August at 3.45 P M.
“ at Atlanta 5.30 P M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at
“ Atlanta at
Arrive at Augusta —
“ Atlanta
January,18 1870
10.00 P M.
5.45 P M.
3.45 A M.
8.00 A.M.
S, K. JOHNSON,
Superintendent.
3 tf
Jsnrmarv 1 1870
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
I Schedule Macau & Brunswick R. R-
Januart, 7th, 1870
R egular thro’ passenger trains
will commence running on this Road on
Sunday, the 9th inst., as follows :
Leave Macon at 9.15 A M.
Arrive at Brunswick at — 10.20 P M.
Arrive at Savannah at 10.00 P M.
Leave Brunswick ...4.30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon — 6.1a A. M.
TRAINS TO IIAWKINSVILLE.
Leave Macon 3.00 P M.
Arrive at Hawkinsville 6.30 A M.
Leave Hawkinsville ~ 00 A M.
Arrive at Macon... 10.25 A M.
This train runs daily Sundays exceptfjl.
RETURNING :
Leave Brunswick at 8.00 A M.
Leave Savannah at 7.15 AM.
Arrive at Macon at...............7.50 P M.
Trains make direct connections at Jesap,
both ways, with trains for Bainbridge, Thoraas-
tbe crossing of the Atlantic and Gulf Road,
ville, and all points on that Road, as well.as with
those-for Jacksonville, 2 allahassefi, and all sta
tions on the Florida Roads.
Fare to Savannah and Brunswick $ 8 00
Fare to Jacksonville - -‘2 00
Fare to Tallahassee 17 00
Fare to Bain bridge ; 15 00
Fare to New York , Philadelphia or
Baltimore, by steamers 27 00
Under recent arrangements made with the At
lantic & Gulf Road, freights to and from Savan
nali and New York have increased dispatch.
The Southern Express Company will operate on
South-Westers Railroad Company^ {
OSce, Macon,Ga.,Jan. 15th, 18/0. S
Eufaula day Passenger and Mad Train-
Leave Macon !—- 8 00 A.M.
Arrive atEulaula 5.30 P. M.
Lsare Eufaula J 7.20 A.M.
Arrive »t Macon. 4.50 P.M.
Night Freight. & Accommodation Train, j t j,; 8 ii ne tTHrunswiek, points in Southern Geor-
1 gia and in Florida, commencing on Monday, the
10th instant.
l.Mve Macon 8:25 P M
Arrive at Eufaula......---*--- .11:00 A hi
Leave Enfanl*....' 7:18 P M
Arrive at Macon......... - ... 9:10 A hi
Col /mbits Mail Train.
January 18,1670
ROBERT SCHMIDT.
Master transportation.
3 tf
Leave Macon 7:25 A M
Arrive at Columbus.-.--. 1.22 A M
Leave Colnrabiu. 12:25 P M
Arrive at Maccn (k05 P M
I
Columbus Night Freight SfAc'om'n Train j
I-eiiTe Macon 7:40 PM
Arrive at Columbus 5:95 A M j
Leave Columbus ... 7:90 P M
Arrive at Macon 4:43 A M
“Albany Train’’ connects at SiMthviile with I
Eurattla Trains and Arrive at Albany at 3:11 I’ M
»»a Leaves Albany at 9:35 A M—Regular Mail
Aeeemmodation Train connects three times a
week.
' Fert Gaines Train,” connects at Cuthbert.
Leave Fort Gaines at 7:05 A M and Arrive at
r ®rt Gaines 3:40 P M
A**ommodatio« Train connects tvviee a week,
•■Tuesday* and Thursdays.
February 1, 1870
W. S. BRANTLY, And.
5 tf.
for Sale a( lliis OHiee
T. W. WHITE,
jltLaTrLa^-cili-^-CLLiL,
MILLEDGE VILLE, GA.,
Wifi practice In this and tlyj adjoining counties.
BP Applications for Homestead Exemptions
under tb^ new law, and other business before the
Court, of Ordinary, wilt receive proper attention.
October 13. 1868 41 tf
W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the
South, and a believer in the old Jefferso
nian idea of government—a College graduate, de
sires a situation as Teacher in some Southern
Statq. Satisfactory references furnished if desired.
Address, stating terms, ‘‘CLASSICS,”
Publishers’ Box No. 7, Davtoh, Ohio
Of Recorder Office.
Oe.’ohsr IV, ItH* 42 fl
CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS AGAINST
GOVERNOR BOLLOCK.
His reckless extragancc and violation of
the Constitution jminted out.
Atlanta, Ga., May 18, 1870.
To the Honorable Senate and House Com
mittee to Investigate Charges, etc.
In compliance with >our expressed
wishes, 1 lay before yon a portion of
the instances in whicn Governor Bull
ock has transcended his amhority, and
violated both the Constitution and
Laws of Georgia.
Charge 1. The drawing and ap
propriation of State Funds from the
Fourth National Bank of New York,
which is a violation of paragraph 1,
section 6, article 3, Constitbtion of
ieorgia.
Charge 2. The hypothecating and
selling of $265,-500, of the 7 per cent.
Mortgage Bonds of this State, which
was a violation of the act of Dec. 13th,
1866, page 16 acts of 1S66, (No. 9.)
Charge 3. The drawing of Execu
tive Warrants on an improper Fund,
viz: Drawing warrants on the Printing
Fund to pay for printing or advertising
the Governor’s Proclamations, Orders,
etc., which is a violation of seciion
1043, Code of Georgia. Also the
drawing of warrants lo pay for more
clerks in the Executive office than the
law permits, viz: part of 1st sec. of
the App. Act of 1869; Furthermore,
in the manner of drawing said last
named warrants, the Governor draw
ing them on 23d Sec. App. Act of] 869,
which is a violation of Seciion 1645,
Code of Georgia.
Charge 4. The very large amounts
drawn on 23d Sec. App. Act of 18C9,
in disregard of law and precedent.
Charge 5. Refusing to draw his war
rant in favor of Public Printer for $10,-
000, as an advance on the Printing
Fund of 1869, although so instructed
by the House of Representatives by a !
vote of over three to one.
Charge 6. Employing an Assist- j
ant Librarian, and paying Librarian j
an extra amount more than was duly j
appropriated as his salary.
Charge 7. Using and allowing to j
be used the earnings of the Western 1
and Atlantic Railroad in a mariner oth-!
erwise than is prescribed
1007, Code of Georgia.
Charge S. The unusual and extra
ordinary manner of disbursing the
Contingent Fund, nearly twoMhirds of
which was disbursed for “ Incidental
Expenses of Executive Deparlmen*.”
Charge 9. The drawing of war
rants to pay for services of Attorneys
to promote partisan, personal and self
ish ends, in violation of seciion 22,
Code of Georgia.
C tiarge 10. The violation of sec
tion 61, Code of Georgia.
Charge 11. The violation of his
oath of office.
Specification to Charge 1. On the
morning of the 10th of January, 1869,
Mr. H. I. Kimball stated to me that
Gov. Bullock had advanced to him the
sum of $12,000 on the Opera building.
I asked Mr. Kimbal if I his was all that
the Governor had advanced him. He
answered it was. These inquires were
made by reason of my suspicions be
ing aroused from certain charges in the
statement of an account current re
ceived the day before form the Fourth
National Bank, New York. These
charges were as billows :
October 29th, 1868, $17,000, with
out stating to whose order, to whom
paid or for what; December 3d, 1868,
R. B. B., $8,000 ; December 14th 1S6S,
informal draft sent to Washington,
$10,000, without slating who drew it,
to whom paid, or for what.
Noticing.the Governor rejiorted al
ternately at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, and in Washington, D. C.,
hobnobbying and lobbying Congress,
and giving expensive entertainments,
rivaling princely extravagance, I felt
apprehensive, that this money was find
ing ventilation in a way not to reach
the Treasury of Georgia, which appre
hensions proved to be true. I immedi
ately started on the evening of Janua
ry JOlh 1869, to New York, to get a full
explanation. On arriving in New
York, proceeded to Fourth Nalional
Bank and learned that Governor Bull
ock had drawn the following drafts viz:
Copy of First Draft.
No.— New Yobk, Oct 29, 1S6S.
Fourth National Bank of the city of
New York, pay to the order of -
seventeen thousand dollars.
(Signed) RtfFUs B. Bullock,
$17,000. Governor of Georgia.
Copy of Second Draft.
No.— New York, Dec. 3, 1868.
Fourth Nalional Band of the city of
New York, pay to the order of R. B.
Bullock, eight thousand dollars.—
Charge account State.
(Signed) Rufus B. Bullock,
$8,000. Governor of Georgia.
Copy of Third Draft.
(Endorsed on back H. I. Kimball & Co.)
December 12, 1S68.
Pay lo the order of H. 1. Kimbal &
Co., ten thousand dollars, and charge
same to the account of the State of
Georgia.
(Signed)
Rufus B. Bullock.
Governor.
To the Fourth National Bank, New
York.
Bv the Governor.
(Signed.) Eugene Dav-is,
Secretary Executive Department.
None ot these drafts, though drawn
months before, and the Governor often
conversing with the Treasurer on mon
etary affairs of the State w r ere ever re
ported by him to the Treasurer. The
drawing of this whole amount was an
open and positive violation of para
graph I, section 6, article 3, Constiln
tion of Georgia, which says: '•'No mon
ey shall be drawn from the Treasury ex
cept by appropriation made by law."
It has not been the custom of any
Governor of Georgia, nor of the Gov
ernors of any other State to draw on
deposits or the bank acting as financial
agent* of this State in New York, yet
Governor Bullock his assumed to
draw large amounts and appropriate
the same without even reporiing them,
nil in palpable ami willful violation of
both law and precedent.
The majority of the Finance Com-
mitiee reported on these drafts Feb. 15,
1869, “that he (Governor Bullock)
acted without authority of law.”—
They further staled that the evidence
shows conclusively that it was well
known, while the Legislature was in
session last summer,tbal under the con
tract with the City Council of Atlanta,
the City Coucil did not intend and did
not think it was required, for the city
to go to the expense of heating and
lighting, or furnishing the Capitol
building with any other apparatus than
what was then on hand and in ihe pos
session ot the State. For this reason
Mr. Tweedy, the Chairman of House
Building Committee, introduced a res
olution at the heel of last session, lo
authorize thr Governor to purchase a
heating and lighting apparatus for the
new Capitol, Mr. Price moved to
amend by saying that the Governor be
authorized to pay only for gas and fuel.
The original resolution was voted
down.
The minority report of the same
committee is so full and clear on this
subject that 1 introduce it entire, as
follows :
Minority report of the Finance Committee
on the report of N. L. Angler, Treas
urer, on (he condition of the Treasury.
Submitted February ISth, 1S69.
Mr. Speaker : The undersigned,
members of the Finance committee,
would respectfully submit the following
report, upon the matter disclosed to the
sec ion | fj OQSe by report of the State Treasu
rer* on 24th ultimo., in response to a
resolution adopted by this House :
A careful analysis of the mass of tes
timony which has been before us, de-
velopes the following state of facts :
1. That His Excellency, Governor
Bullock, checked upon the Fourth Na
tional! Bank, of the City of New York,
for amounts as follows :
On the 29th Oct., 186S $17,000 00
On 3d Dec., 1868 8,000 00
On 12th Dec., 1S68 10,000 00
ever the Treasurer is plaued in proper
relations to this (the Executive) De
part ment.”
-3. That the Messrs. Kimball have
run up an account against the Stale oi
Georgia for items, as follows :
For heating the State Dep’t-- .$15,500
For lighting the two Legisla
tive Halls 1,800
For height and putting up
lightening apparatus 250
For gas fixtures 6,500
For desks, tables, chairs, ink-
stands, spittoons 10,000
For carpeting and malting.... 6,000
For painting, upholstering, set
ting up furniture, vaults, coun
ters, shelves, pigeon-holes book
cases, &c 6,500
Packing, cariing and freights,
not heretofore included 4,200
Amounting in the aggregate
lo sum total of. 35,000 00
Which amounts were charged up to
Stale account, and expended by His
Excellency without the authority of
law ; that said amount did not go into
the State Treasury, and was not drawn
therefrom in the usual way by Execu
tive warrant $ that until the 9th of
January, 1S69, the Treasurer had no
notification of the fact that said a-
mounts had been so drawn and appro
priated, though ample time and fre
quent opportunities lor such notifica
tion had transpired ; the first intima
tion of the transaction which reached
the Treasurer was in the statement of
the bank account of the Stale, which
reached him on the 9ih of January,
1869. In this connection we would
call attention to the fact that the Gov
ernor did not then, and has not since,
officially and directly, communicated
to the Legislature the tact connected
with this transaction.
Nor has he attempted to explain di
rectly to the General Assembly the
manner in which and the purpose for
which such unauthorized expenditure
was made.
2. That His Excellency explains
to the Finance Committee, and through
said Committee to the Legislalure,
that said sum of $35,000 was expend
ed as follows ;
“ The amounts paid out are as fol
lows :
To C. H. Kimball & Co., 29,
Broad Street, New York., $15,000
To H. 1. Kimball 6,000
Dratts to do 10,000
Total $50,750
And that the $31,000 above named
lias been applied in part payment ol
said account, leaving the sum of $19,-
000 yet due and upaid.
4. Thar no itemized account, or
bills of parliculars have been present
ed to the Committee, showing how the
above staled aggregate, round amounts,
have been made up. Hence, neither
the Committee nor the House can
form any reliable opinion as to the
reasonableness of the charges made ;
lhat the whole of the healing appara
tus is a fixture belonging to the build
ing, and the same is true of ihe gas
pipes; and that while either the City
of Atlanta or the Slate might be
charged reasonable ret t or hire for
those things, they certainly canno! be
expected to purchase them ; that much
of the painting was necessary for the
preservation of the building, and was
not necessitated by ihe adaptation of
the budding to State House purposes;
that it has not been made evident to
us that the furniture of the old Capitol,
no w lying idle and likely to become
wholly worthless, could not have been
made available for ihe present lempo-
rary Capiiol; that we are of the opin
ion that by far the larger portion of
said old furniture could have been
made serviceable for many years to
come, and was of a character suitable
for SLate House purposes, It is evi
dent to us that this Legislalure, at its
last se*sioii distinctly refused to author
ize the Governor to purchase a beating
and lighting apparatus for the Tempo-
rarv Capitol, and that His Excellency
acted in direct violation to the known
will of the Legislature.
5. That there are three parties in
terested in this matter—the proprietors
of the Opera building, as lessors ; the
City of Atlanta as lessee, and the Slate
as occupai t under said lessee. What
the lessors were to furnish,depends up
on the contract of leasing. What the
lessee was to furnish,depends upon the
contract between the State and City of
Atlanta. We submit, that for our
present purpose it does not become
necessary to construe either of said
contracts. Suffice it to say, that nei
ther the State nor the City contempla- i
led the heating and lighting the tempo-
rary Capitol in the extravagant mode
adopted, and the Governor was fully
apprised of this fact. It is equally ev
ident lo us that neither the Slate nor
the City contemplated the purchase of
an entire new outfit of costly furniture
tor this temporary Capitol. ; This the
Governor must also have known.—
And it is a fact, too plain to be dispu
ted, that an outlay of $50,000 00 in
fitting up a building which is to be
used for State House purposes for ten
years only, under all the circumstances,
was simply reckless extravagance.
6. That the course pursued by
regularities were brought to his knowl
edge, in ivestigating fully the manner
in which the money had been drawn,
and in ascertaining if possible, what dis
position had been made of it ; and as
certaining precisely to what extent the
unauthorized proceeding had gone,
with a view to his own protection as a
bonded officer, and the protection of
his securities, and the preservation of
the funds of the Slate. His course was
commendable, and for it he is entitled
lo our thanks.
2. That the Treasurer, when called
upon by the House for information
touching this unauthorized course of his
Excellency, did but bis duly in com
municating to the House immediately,
and without consultation with his Ex
cellency, such facts as were in his pos
session, and in his Report to the Hou^e
there is displayed no ill-feeling or cap
tious opposition to his Excelleuncv.—
The Report is simple, succinct, intelli
gible, and responsive to the resolution.
3. That any misunderstanding be
tween his Excellency and the Treasur
er,nor the absence of the Treasurer
from the city, nor any other reason
which has been assigned by his Excel
lency or his apologists satisfactorily ex
plains the failure to notify the General
Assembly, at the earliest practicable
moment, lhat he had drawn money
upon the account of the State, and ap
propriated it without authority of law,
and to explain upon what emergency
said unauthorized expenditure was
made, submitting at the same time
vouchers in detail, in full explanation
of such expenditure. Such prompt
and full explanation was due to the
Legislature and the people of the Stale.
4. Until the Legislature shall have !
been officially and directly advised of
the amounts expended, and for what
said amoilnts were expended and what
necessity for such expenditure existed,
accompanied by original bills and oth
er vouchers, we cannot say what por
tion of such expenditure ought to be
paid, or whether the City or State
ought to pay it.
When it is made evident lhat the
Slate ought in good faith to pay any
portion of such amount as his Excel
lency has seen fit to check out of the
National Bank and pay over to the
Messrs. Kimball, and an appropriation
is asked to cover said amount, it will
be ample lime to consider the proprie
tv of making such appropriation.
5. In our opinion, the facts herein
! his Excellency the Governor be au
thorized to employ such additional as
sistance in the Executive Department
as he may deem, necessary at any
time, not to exceed one.” Yet in di
rect violation of this special provision
by the General Assembly, the Gover
nor, has drawn warrants for no less
than five clerks, independent of the
two Executive Secretaries and the one
extra clerk allowed. The Governor
tries to practice subterfuge and decep
tion in the drawing of these warrants
as follows : Paragraph numbers 1 to
9 inclusive, of seciion 72 of the Code
of Georgia, specify the duties of the
Executive Department. These duties
should be performed by the legal cler
ical force of the department, which, as
will appear by the above legislation,
is only two Executive Secretary,
one extra clerk. \et the Governor
draws his warrants in favor of diese
additional unauduvized clerks upon
the 23d section of the General Appro
priation Act, at the same time making
reference to one or more of the above
paragraphs of section 72, specifying
the duties of the Executive Depart
ment. Following this as a rule of ac
tion, allowing a clerk for each specific
duty.required of the different offices,
the Secretary of State, Comptroller
General and Treasurer could each
claim more than one dozen clerks to
transact the business of their respec
tive offices.
Did the law even allow the Gover
nor these extra clerks, he very improp
erly draw* ihe warrants on the 23d
section of the Appropriation Act of
IS09, which is a violation of section
1635 of the Code, which gives him
the privilege of paying them out of the
Contingent Fund.
Specifications to charge 4. Since
the 1st of January, 1S09, the Gover
nor has drawn on the 7ih sec. app. act
of 1S68 and the 23d sec. app. act of
1869 (both of the same import) for
over $185,000, while other Governors
never made use of it, finding their
Contihgent Fund of $20,000 ample.
Specifications to charges 5 and 6
are embraced in the charges.
Specifications to charge?. The
following I ain creditably informed are
some of the amounts paid.
Five due bills to Blodgett, each
$300, $1,500
levelop the necessity for fur- Nine warrants,.
Executive warrant, No. 312,.
Amount of warrant to Deaf and
Dumb Asylum,
Total - $31,000
The balance of four thousand dol
lars is in cash items, authorized by
law, to foe canceled by warrant when
His Ext ellency, is, in our opinion, not
only without authority, but is also
without precedent, so far as we are
advised.
The direction of Ex Governor Brown
lo his Commissary General, to apply
$100 000 to the purchase of salt—said
amount to be replaced by the proceeds of the
salt—during a time of war, when the
people were suffering for lhat commod
ity, is certainly no ( precedent.
The same is true of an advance of
$25 000 to th^ city of Savannah by
Ex-Governor Johnson, when that city
was invaded by pestilence, and it's
people were suffering for food and med
ical aid.
1 he fact that Ex-Governor Johnson
expended less than $3,000 in excess
of an appropriation which had been
made lor a specific purpose, and com
municated the faci to the Legislature
upon its assembling, accompanied bv
the proper vouchers, and asking an
appropriation lo cover the excess so
expended, cannot be insisted up as a
precedent.
No emergency existed which de
manded ofdhe Governor Bullock this
extraordinary departure from law, and
tile usual custom of the executive of
Stale.
7. We ate wholly unable lo state
what articles purchased were necessa
ry, and what was the cost of such nec
essary articles. We cannot now stale
what either the State or City ought to
rent or hire from the proprietors of the
Opera building, and what the State or
City ought to purchase from said pro
prietors—what either Slate or City
ought in good faith to pay for. And in
the present state of the casp, it is utter
ly impossible to arrive at any reliable
conclusion in regard to these matters.
Under this state of affairs, we remark
set foith
ther legislation, for the security of the
T reasury.
We therefore reccommend—
1. That no appropriation be now
made to cover the $50,000 expended
as aforesaid, or any part thereof.
2. That the accompanying bill?,
which we beg leave now to introduce,
be passed.
A. S. Fo.vler,
G. S. Carpenter,
Win. B. Gray,
John Higden,
C. C. Cieghorn,
John Long,
O. G. Sparks,
H. C. Kellogg.
This report was adopted in the
House by a vote of S6 in favor of the
report to 37 against. The Governor
should be made to know that he has
no right to use a cent of the State’s
money, except by appropriation and
an Executive warrant duly counter
signed by the Comptroller General. If
he can use $35,000, why not had a
million ? And the. Governor seems to
act upon this idea, notwithstanding the
above reports and the action of the
House, as soon as the General Assem
bly adjourned in March, 1S69, the
Governor went directly to New York,
and drew $20,000 more out of the
«™nn Natim,a |- B K an , k \ ”111 ihcTrity oruTw""and propping .he
$55,000, none of which has ever found samc< 1 6
its way info the Treasury of Georgia ;
thus putting in open defiance the ac
tion of the General Assembly, and
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2.800
3,750
V. A. Gaskill, 1,000
The law is specific that all the earn
ings of the road over and above what
is used aud necessary for lailroad pur
poses, shall be paid into the State
Treasury monthly, and from the fact
lhat nothing is being paid in, notwith
standing the high freights and great in
crease of business, while other admin
istrations paid from $30,000 to $50,000
j per month, there are very strong
! grounds lo fear that very large amounts
| are being used in violation of law.
Specifications to charge 8. I find,
in looking over the reports of former
Comptroller Generals for the eight
y®*ars previous to Governor Bullock’s
inauguration, lhat the incidental ex
penses ot Executive Department aver
aged less than $3-30 per annum, while
Governor Bullock, for a period of less
than six months, drew oul 811,000.—
Ibis great discrepancy requires inves
tigation, to see wher# this large amount
of over $11,000, incidental expenses,
went to.
Specifications to charge 9. Oral tes
timony will he introduced lo sustain
this charge.
Oral testimony will be introduced lo
sustain charge 10.
Specifications to. charge 11. J. In
drawing aforesaid $55,000 without au-
in open
General
ove.-riding both the Constitution arid
laws; and there is no telling what fur
ther amounts he would have drawn
and appropriated himself in violation
of law if 1 had not sent to the bank
a synopsis of the Constitution and
laws of Georgia bearing on this sub-
ject,
The specifications to charge 21 ate
embiaced in the charge, his action as
stated therein destroying the ability of
j 2. Violating section 1321 ol the Code
in failing to order elections to fill va
cancies.
3. Strenuously soliciting the Com
manding.General to issue a military
order requiring the Treasurer to pav
the warrants for Executive proclama
tions, etc., out of the Educational Fund,
which, by the Constitution, is specially
set apart and devoted to Common
Schools.
In violation of section 75 of the Code
of Georgia, which states : “The Gov
ernor shall reside at the seat of Gov-
tne Slate to comply with the conditions eminent during his term of office,” a
of a circular we mutually agreed to j great portion of his time he has resided
| in Washington City, and has been a!>-
have published, causing great and in
ccssant rnurmuritigs by bondholders in
Europe and this country'.
Specification to charge 3, In viola
tion of the 1943d section of the Code
and the practice of other Governors,
Governor Bullock has drawn warrants
in favor of the various newspapers in
the State to pay tor publishing Execu
live pioclamations. etc., on the Print
ing Fund to the amount of over $40,-
000, besides ajarge amount of out
standing claims for similar publishing.
Comptroller General Thwealt’s re
ports show (covering
October 16, 1863, to
lhat only $5,590 10
sim lar services during a time of war,
and including military orders These
warrants were all properly drawn on
the Contingent Fund, and paid in
Confederate money when that curren
cy was sauly depreciated.
Part of section 1 of the General Ap
proprialion Act of 1869 provides for
the salaries of Secretaries of the “Ex-
a period irom
May 9, 1865,)
were paid lor
that i’feasurer Anger did nothing more ecutive Department, not exceeding two
than his duty, when the aforesaid ir -for the year 1869 and further, “lhat
sent more than half his time since he
was inaugurated Governor, defaming
the people of Georgia, and congratu
lating Senators and Representatiues in
Congress in their slanders, repiesenting
as they do, “no safety to loyal men in
Georgia,” and “the ground covered
with lheir dead bodies, thicker than
the slain on the field of bailie,” and as
he aud they allege all the work of se
cret organizations in the interest of dis
loyally ; and, furthermore, the South
ern people in general, (as represented
by Hamilton, of Texas,) “the most un
godly, wicked, abandoned wretches on
the face of the earth.” Still (he Gov
ernor of Grorgie, as if not to be out
done in this infamous work, extends
bis band of congratulation, and smile
of approval and praise lo ibese calum
niators, and nothing could more fully
give the denial to these slanders and
more forcibly show the patience and
forbearanee of the people of Georgia,
than that this traducer goes uninjured.
With such a record, he cannot ex pen
the respect of the good aud pahiotie,