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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 345 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,