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THE DAILY
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New Adeertisemnit* ahrags found
0(1 F\«l Pape; Lorn/ and limineu Salim
o* Fourth rage.
CITY AIT
Prt*K« for M
3ITY AFFAIRS.
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One “Henry" Power Printing
atnngod for band or steam power—bed
33X47. Thk Si n ia now being printed
on tbis press. It makes from 1000 ti
1500 impressions; is strong and cosily
managed, and with Bteara power, is n
No. 1 press. It is new, baring been
worked only C mouths. Price $1200.
The "Acmo” Press works a sheet near
ly as largo as the “Henry,” at about the
same speed. Is the beat, country news
paper preen built It is new. Both these
presses can be seen at work in Tns Son
Press Boom. Address
A. 1L Btoobts, Sox oflloe.
a. t. ri>»r-
Let carriage pointers and carriage
blacksmiths read Mr. Finney's advertise
ment tbis morning.
Namw Os«|i.
The tint narrow gungo engine Ol the
season has passed through Atlanta ou its
way southward. We did not learn its
destination.
Psrseaal.
jfcCol. Herbert Fielder—well known and
highly esteemed all over Georgia—is iu
the city, attending the Supreme Court
Rev. J. H. Knowles, ol Griffin, passed
through the city yesterday.
T. ft. uipur-
This Gentleman has bocn engaged in
the crockery and gloss trade 21 years in
Atlanta. Read hi* card aud see tho in
ducements ho offer,. His location is
eligible, and ho has a house full of arti
cles in his line from top to bottom.
Fanrral Nolle*.
The iuuoral notice uf little Florida,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. ltams-
pcck, will take placo at tlie cemetery, in
this city, at 4 o’clock p. in. to-day. The
relations, friends and ncqiminlonccs uf
tho family are requested to attend. # lt
national Hotel Acepeaed.
I have removod from tho Stubblefield
House, and knvo token tho National
Hotel. I have thoroughly refitted and
furnishod it with new furniture, and will
open ft for the reception of guests on the
first day of August.
jy28-6t M. STUBBLEFIELD.
The jfkliaual Ilofrl.
Mr. Stubblefield has fittod up fifty
rooms of tho old National. They nre
handsomely furnished with new and ele
gant furniture. Ho is prepared to ac
commodate tho traveling public satisfac
torily. He knows how to keep a hotel;
ho is able to keep a hotel, and is keeping
a hotel. Those who stop with him will
find such comforts aud accommodations
ns only well kept hotels afford.
Sol* of the SUSUvtiU Stoic Itnorrr.
A gontleman who came into the eity
last evening from Ccdortown, informs us,
that on Tuesday last, at that plaoc, tho
Slate property of the Illancevillo Slate
Mining Company was sold at Sheriff’s
sale, and pa relumed by Chief Justioo
Lochrans for $7,500.
This k said to ba perhaps, the most
valuable slate property in the Booth or
the United States. The railroad now in
process of construction, will give ample
facilities for getting this slate to market.
Wotrrt Wolrrll Watcrllt ’’
Iu these miserably hot and dusty days
how one does long fur water to allay
tho dust and moisten tho burning hot at-
mosphorc. Why will not tho eity oouu-
. fell and tho water oommiasionera co-opo-
rato and give us water works. It needs
only a little legislation on tho port of
Council—legislation that will not cost
the city a cent, but will ootually save mo
ney, to give us water-works in a very
short time. Let the members think tho
matter over and see if they cannot arrivo
at soma understanding at the next meet'
ing. >
Lesihl S llayno*.
Er lawsho established hie jewelry
house iu this pises in 1851—81 years ago.
He has built up a reputation for fair deal
iug and reliability whioh is enviable.
When you buy articles from Lawaho A
Haynes, you may cxpoct to got just suoh
goods os they represent them to bit—
They buy all their goods bom reliable
manufacturers, and sell them With satis
factory guaranties.
In their card in Tab Sin this morning
tbqy offer great bargains tor thirty days.
Improve the opportunity.
Aa Uijnu* Orth* Financial ConilIlian
•f Orngl*.
Lot bo one fail to readlhe almost start
ling disclosures mode by Dr. N. L. An*
gisr, tb« State Treasurer, fn his testimo
ny before the Southern Outrage, or Ku
Klux Committee, at Washington, which
wo lay before our readers iu part this
morning, furnished by our special Wash-
iugton Correspondent
Boms porttonjof tho foots set forth have
heretofore been mode public, and our read
ers are familiar with the same; but so clear
and intelligent a statement of all the
facts connected with tho way in which the
people's money has been handled by the
•Stops Governpeftt, jp its serious
monte has ever before been made
Dr, Angier’a testimony iss tcrril
cord against Governor Bullock end his
whole Administration, and ws very much
mistake the spirit of tho true men of
Georgia, if they do not have this matter
thoroughlyy>robed to the bottom.
Webers now do our desk. Urn remain-
Aw of this highly important testimony.
It will appear to-morrow morning. Let
tbs people of Georgia read and ponder
it well.
HWtI. Bim-STKOKKS.
The gentleman who kissed a young
lady's snowy baud, hss got a cold
All the lielligcreut darkies in town are
announcing themselves “on the code.”
“Freedom’s battle once begun"—Fork
ing over $10 and costa.
All aronnd the zone—an arm around
a pretty girl’s waist.
The National Hotel now contains a
stubble field, end no trace of a pond exists.
Some Jenkinstown negroes are afflicted
with Ike “12th of July” fine.
Affected young men resemble over
grown monkies. They are great imi
tators. *
The Atlanta Pomological Society will
bavo their fruit eating every Saturday.
It is whispered that Bryant has been
here. Misforliiues never como single
handed.
We were again carried away by the
swoct sounds of melody from tho syna
gogue lust night. Wo have scarcely got
back yot.
Col. Manghum, of the Griffin Middle
Georgian, was in our oflioo yesterday, and
says Griffin is booming. Jes’ so.
$2,008 57 worth of postage stamps
were sold,
IM GOOD TIBI COMING.
Oft-tiniM me hod me nhoulder {jails
A-carry iu’ mortar ou Uie walla
lu rain and sun;
Cut bettluir times are cornin' i
Whin victory crowns the fay mall cause,
Whin women shall bo nukin' laws,
Each Wife aud maid,
Thin every mother’s son will be
Allowed to follow fancy free
Home faymall trade.
Thin party girls will fcx us out
And psy our bills and dhrivc about
Wld Under care;
They’ll koenly feel for all our woes,
And to the gentlemen propose
Who single are.
Or things to ate.
Oh! that to soe tho blessed day
Whin all ourihroublcs pass anu,
Hay be my fate.
Will bake and stew;
lie'll keep the floor both »lane and nate,
Ahd have the besht of things to ate,
And look so handy,
By cintlomen will bo controlled,
And inthim goods aro stores of gold
For put and Andy.
MAI OH’* VOVHT.
Ill* Honor Urtrayi a Disposition to
“ Arrrpt the Hltuatlon **•— Treating
One’af Friends.
Wo were muoh pleased on yesterday to
observe the smile of sweet composure
which wreathed itsolf upon His Honor's
face, and, judging from his reti
cence, we have much to hope for in
the future. If he will only continue to
lot his poor tonguo rest, tboro is ovety
reason to liopo that ho may yot develop
into a strong and healthy manhood. His
Honor secured to Ho in a deep revorio.
A goui of air swept liis waml across tho
judicial brow, and be was transported In
to a stisnge bind, and found himself
among a strange people. Tho streets
wore narrow, tbo buildings boro the im
press of age, and the whole scone indi
cated an ancient people, an onoient city
and ancient customs and manners. He
was strangely bowildcred, and was about
to sit down on a curb-stone and woep I
Bat, bark, what voiocs are those ho
hears ? Ho listens, and tho man with tho
load base voioe exolaims :
“Arrah, Tim, its mesilf that's glad to
weloome ye back to tho onld counthry,
an’ to onr ould swate Limerick. Suro'n
ye must Uavo had a prosbporous time
among those Amerikana, for ye're looking
mighty foiuo.”
“Bednd'n, I’at, share its a quaro foolin'
that comes over wan, afthcr lavin' poors
and friudloss, to conre back a great ofii-
sliur wid lots o' goold. Shuro'u its
Ajneriky that's tho placo fur tho poor
man afther all.”
rat— Av ooorso it is. But Tim,
aviek, what part ov Anreriky was it ye
war in, an' what war ye doin’ 7
Tim.—Slipakc aisy, Fat, an' I’ll tell ye.
Sknro ou’ its iu Atlanta, Georgy, I've
been. It’s tho greatest placo iu world,
aud jist tho placo for Irishmen. Fat, do
ye uoind tho boy Loebraue, that used
to Hvo down beyant tho round tower ?
Fat—Know him ? Bud sowkins it
that same gossoon hasn’t given mo more
onasiness than all tho other littlo shavers
in the pariah.
Tim.—The sanre, lie jabers I Well, lie's
King o’ Georgy.
Fat.—Holy mother o' Moses I Do yo
tell mo so f
Tim.—Bogorra an’ I do. An' do yo
remimbor young Tweedy t
Fat—The same V used to live down
by tbe bog ?
Tim.—Tho very same. Shura *n ha
makes Ice out of stame, an' is wan ov tho
greatest miu in tho country. An' thin,
aviek, there's Ed Murphy. He’s always
at the depot an' has charge ov all the
travelers. Thin there's ould man Fitx-
gibbous. Shuro bo’s kaper of tho King’s
pal soe, an' has charge ov all the royal
(Bold.
Fat—Murdlicr and ouns, how apples
doshwim!
Tim—Yes, Fat, Anreriky’s the place for
man to go. Shuro whin a daeent
looking gossoon gets there, evorybody’s
anxious to give him on office and help him
along. Why, when I got there—
At this point kisHonor thought ho board
a fly buzzing around his ear, and struok
the side of his hoad with his hand. He
awoke, and found ’twos all a dream, and
Johnson hod been tiokliug bis ear with a
straw. A poor, innocent looking boy,
named
notes; but Loyd did not come op there
to give advice; so Johnson looked back
sorrowfully at tbo Mayor, and secmed 4 to
whisper “non poetumutV His Honor
looked sorrow fully at Charles, readjusted
bis spectacles, and assessed damages at
$5 and oosfo.
LOW) JOHN BUSSBLL,
or an estimable scion of the family, hod
been troubling himself about “the code.”
He “fit, on’ ho fit, an' he font ” at a tcr-
ble rate. No Hir Galahad ever rode a
more gallant steed; no Cour do Lion
ever wielded a mightier sword; no Che
valier Bayard ever defended a more just
cause than tho heros of onr humble to-
mance. He defended defenceless fe
males against the aggressions of tho
poworfnl—only to attack them himself
when attention was diverted; ho spoke
the truth—when it suited his purpose;
when he heard a talo of wrong and op
pression, lie wopt- crocodilo tears. Much
being tho man, who can say that he was
not a bravo soldier and a chivalous
knight ? But, alas! tire ago is degcnc
rale, and such men are not appreefgted.
Armed busybodies nro no longer in de
mand, bat arc voted a nuisance; aud so
his Honor voted John to the extent of
$10 and costs.
DAN UAltPEIL
Throw offensive matter on tho street, not
seeming to know or care that there was
enough of it, in biped form, to be fuand
on the street overy duy. A policeman
took offence, and His Honor took of
fence also, but was willing to for
get the offenco for $5 and costs, and tho
exorbitant demand mado Dan tuko of
fence at tho wkolo proceeding.
H. wehneb
wus up for selling beer, cigars, etc., on a
forbidden sehednle. Tbo cvidenco show
ed that Werner himself did not sell tho
particular glass of boor in question, but
somo one else in tho establishment, who
will doubtless be arraigned to-day. His
Honor dismissed tho cose.
OOL. STROUD AND CA1T. RAGLAND
wore subjected to tbo costs for hitching
their teams to shado trees. It may be
important for tho public to know that
these trees aro not intended for hitching
posts. They are mainly intended as
marking romantlo spots where silly
youths and maids that love tho moon
may breatlre forth “love’s young dream.”
J. D. BROCKMAN
is a man of exceeding great hospitality,
and docs not chargo for beer drunk on
Hunday—a proceeding that don't pay, to
say the least of it. One unfortunate
wight, howovor, did pay for his’n, and
that pnt tho boer on Brockman. Tho
leading line of dofonco seemed to be that
they met for friendship, they drank for
friendship, and if any money was pnssed
at all, it, too, was for friendship—all of
whioh ia very commendable in Brock
man. His Honor took the matter under
serious consideration, and said tlmt oven
if tho Germans at homo were acoustom-
ed to promiscuous beer drinking, yet,
when they como bore, out of respect to
tho laws of the land iu which they live,
they ought not violuto them. lie had
noticed parties driving ont to n beer gar
den in the western part of tho city, and
they invariably returned hooting and
more immoral than when they went out.
Out of forty or fifty young mon who
started lifo with him, tho majority are
now iu their graves from tho evil effects
produood by Sunday tippling. He re
garded tho law requiring tho observance
of tbe Sabbath as one of the most whole
some in tho code. Ho ordored n fine of
$50 and costs, which was appealed from,
when tire Oonrt adjournod singing:
"We .outgo homo IU1 morning,
’Till dnylight doth «ppe*r."
TIIK SHOOTING AFFItAV ON SATUR
DAY.
Pi-clliulunrj' KxMminntloii—A Case or
H'lf-D'f'l*"—Thr Prisoner ULsIiBrg-
Mr. Raglan catne in and wanted bis pay.
I sent for McMahon, the foreman, to
give me the time; he gavo it to me and I
paid Raglan. Then I wanted the balance
of the time from McMahon, to pay the
men, and then Raglan commenced on
Mr. McMahon, calling him a Penitentia-
tiary thief, and swearing ho would kill
McMahon, or that McMahon should kill
him. I told Iisglan I wanted him to
leave; I wanted no, disturbance in tbo
place; be kept on and would not leave.
Then I told Mr. McMahon he had better
go away till Raglan left; McMahon went
away, and Raglan went right off after
him. After Iiagluu hiul gone I sent fur
Mq|Iahon to com?back again; ho came
came back and gavo mo tbo balanoo of
the timo of the men; I continued paying
tho men; about twenty minutes after, I
saw Mr. Raglan coming across from
Peachtree street towards tho building,
with a club in his hand. I judged it to
bo three feet long and two or two and a
half inches in diameter; Raglan came up
to tho office where I wus paying, and ask-
od "whore that d d son of a b .h
McMahon, was?” ho wus going to kill
him. Both me and Mr. Nichols (former
witness) told him he was not in there. I
told him-“for God's suko to go away,
and not interfere with my business, I
wanted to pay my men. ” Ho then came
aronnd and camo and looked into the
room to see if McMahon was there; he
went out and went into tho basement of
tho brick building and looked through
that, I suppose; staid in a little while and
camo out again, and asked tbo labor
ing men (I heard him ask them) where
“ that d d Penitentiary thief ”
was ? lie would murder him. Raglan
then went aronnd the front of the build
ing; there ho got sight of McMahon.
Tho first I saw of tho shooting, was when
they camo around the building about
twenty or thirty feet from us; Raglan
was running after Me., saying: “You
d d son of a b h,” and gained on
Me. till bo got within about eight or ten
feet; Me. told him to stop; Me. qpulled
out bis pistol and snapped it at Raglan;
Me. kept telling R. to stop; thou Mo.
shot; Raglan continued to advance aud
Me. shot again; Raglan fell then; he got
up and advanced again towards Me; just
then Deputy Marshal Johnson camo up
on his horse; ho jnmpped off bis horse,
left it in tho street, and arrested Me.;
tho party all went off together; that is
all I saw of it, until after Raglan had ono
of tho balls extracted by tho attending
physician,
(Iu answer to the Court)—Raglan had
been drinking some; I did not consider
him drunk.
NICIIOLS (reintroduced.)
I should consider Raglan what wo call
tight; I think lie was considerably tight,
WILLIAMS CROSS EXAMINED.
McMahon had left somo threo or four
different times during that evening to
keep out of the difficulty; Rnglau was
the first man I paid off, and I wanted
him to go away; Raglan waa threatening
all tho time; I think, liko Mr. Nichols,
thut a man could kill n beef with that
club, particularly a man like Raglan; he
is a much larger man and stouter physi
cally than McMahon.
Tho Court then dismissed tho cose.
WASHINGTON OOHKESPOND-
F.N'CE OF THE SUN.
Testimony of Dr. N. L. Angier,
State Treasurer.
A Damaging Statement of Facts.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
CHARLES BR1NDLEMAN,
was standing before him,and neither torn
ed his head to the*right nor to tho left, but
looked straight forward. They said he
a youth of vain tricks and dark ways,
and was occasionally inclined to be '‘on
the code.” His Honor's mind was griev
ously perplexed; and ia his great anxiety
he looked toward Johnson for assistanow,
Johnson looked at Loyd, who waa taking
Tho shooting affray of last Saturday
between McMahon and Raglan, about
which so much feeling hns existed, was
fully investigated yesterday boforo Judge
Uutta, and the prisoner was discharged.
In order that our readore may under
stand tho case, wo lay before them (lie
evidence, which was specially steno
graphed for Tub Sun:
JOHN U. NICHOLS
Strom—was present when the difficulty
occurred between defendant and Raglan
in the afternoon; superintends the build
ing; Mr. Williams is contractor for tbe
architectural work, and McMahon is his
foreman; was in room with Willinms for
the purposo of pnying him money to pay
his hands; Me. camo to tho room, and
liuglaa camo there, saying to Me. that ho
would havo satisfaction for what had been
dono in tire morning, and swearing lie
would kill him (Me); Me. told R. ho did
not want any difficulty and to keep his
hands off him; Me. went away, and R.
went soon after; in about fifteen minutes
saw R. return with a stick in his hand
about three and a half feet long, and ono
and a half or two inches in diameter; ho
wanted to know whore that d—d son of
a b—h was, that he was going to boat bis
brains out, or some such expression; R,
went to tire basement of tho house hasti
ly, hunting Me.; not fiudiug him there,
wont on other sido of tho street, and
found him soon; Me. came from Forsyth
Street, R. after him with a club; Me.
called out to let him alone; after they
passed on about thirty feet from witness.
Mo. halted, drew his pistol, and facing
him R. skill advanced with a club, Me.
still retreating with his pistol in his hand;
Me. snapped the pistol, Ik still advanced,
and then Me. fired his pistol, R. did not
fall, but oontinued to advance, and Me.
fired again; Ik fell and rose again; some
of the police camo np, and took Me. into
custody.
Crou-ttimined—I think a person could
have killed an ox, muoh less a man, with
tho club in Ik's hands.
W. T. WILLIAMS
Strom. I went to the office to pay my
men off; Mr. Nichols (former witness)
gave MM the money to pay the hands.—
Office of Atlanta Daily Sun, )
Atlanta, August 2, 1871. f
REMARKS.
Tbo country demand yesterday was un
usually large, and a great number of
country pooplo were in town all day.
Provisions were in activo demand,
much so that it appears liko a general
supply day, and the clerks were busy
handling hams, breadstuffs, and tire vari
ous articles going toward the sustenance
of human life. In corn there was a still
further deolino of ..one cent—tho) price
being now 95c. by tbe car-load. There
has for tho post month been a steady do
cline, now reaching 10c. on tho bushel.
The markot is well supplied, and a furth
er reduction is not altogether improbable.
Financial matters tu-e not changed, trans
actions taking place at tbo usual rates.
Cotton—Fully N. Y. middlings, 18e.
Graik—Corn can bo bad at 95 cents.
Wheat—Red $1.00; prime whito 81.00@
1.70. Oats 6C@70. Rye 81.00. Barley
*1.00.
Bacon—Shoulders 8|c; clear rib sides
10c; clear sides 10 Je; canvassed bams 14
@17c; bulk |o lower.
Labd—Barrels 12)c; kegs and cans 13
@14 c; bulk le lower.
Meal, etc.—Quito an active demand
exists, aud many orders nre received from
a distance. Corn meal per bushel 81.05
@1.10. Bran, per cat., 31.25. Oats
and wheat meal, per bushel, 80c. Meal
bran 81.
Groceries—Wo quote A sugar at 144c;
extra 0 l-lc; yellow C 13@131c; fair to
choioo crushed, powdered and granula
ted 15je; brown 12@)18c. Rio eofiee
17@19c; Java 20c; Laguna 20c. Mo
lasses, in barrels, 35e; New Orleans prime
0e. Liverpool salt 82.25; Virginia salt
82.25. Rico 10t@llo. Ginsing 12@22e.
Caudles—sperm 18c; adamantine 12J@
13)0. Pepper 25c. Race Ginger 15c.
Starch.8c. Cigars, domestic, per thou
sand $22@40. Teas—Green tea 81@
1.50; black 90c@1.25. Soap O^rlOo.
Crackers 6@15o.
Country Produce. — Butter 20@ 30;
eggs 15@25c.
Cement and Lime.—Market brisk. Tho
great amount of building going on ren
ders transactions lively. Cherokee lime
55c;- Chowacla GOc; hydraulic cement,
per bbl., 84; James River, $4; plaster of
Paris, per bbl, $6.
Hay—Moderate. Piimo cloveT, per
ton, $30; Tennessee, $30@33 ; Timothy,
$32@35.
Tobacco—Low grades 65@G0e ; com
mon, 68@65; good, 75@90; fine, $1@
$1 25, choice brands, $1 25@1 50.
Dei Goods.—Prints—Allen’s Mom-
mac's and Lancaster, lOjc; Sprague and
Pacific, 11. Sheeting and shirting, 8f
to 12|e, according to grade. Athens
checks 13@18c; stripes U@16c.
Hardware.—Nails—lOd to OOil $4.70
8d $4.95; 6d $5.20; 4d $4.75; 3d $6.70;
finished, all grades, about 15c lower.—
Iron—tiwede 7c; horse shoo iron 7c;
(fity Mills and Pittsburg box Co.
Washington, D. C., July 30.
Eiutob Sun: The following is
taken from the sicorn testimony of
Needom L. Angier, Treasurer of the
State of Georgia,given before the Ku
Klux Investigation Committee
Washington, July 1-ltb, 1871:
Question.—Wlmt is your opinion
us to the manner in which the laws
are administered in the State of Geor-
gia?
Answer.—Well, sir, they liuve been
violated. There lias been very little
regard paid to law. I am now speak
ing of our State laws.
Question.—In what way have they
been disregarded?
Answer.—I speak with regard to
the party in power there, and
Tli« Acts of the Governor,
As the records will show, there has
been very little attention paid to law,
At the elose of the war there was
considerable old bonded indebtedness
of Georgia; and ou the 18th of De
comber. 18GG, this provision, passed
by the Legislature, was approved:
“That his Excellency, tbe Governor,
be and is hereby authorized to execute
said bonds, prepared ns aforesaid, to the
amount of $090,000, and to issue the
same upon such terms and in such man
ner us he may deem best for tho interests
of the fc>t.;-: in exchange for, or redernp
tion of, said old bonds of tbe State falling
due in 18G8,18G9, and 1870.”
That was a provision for taking up
tho old bond falling dne in 1808, 1809
and 1870.
These Ho ml* XInvc Not Yet Keen Taken
Up.
About 8173,000 of these bonds are
still outstanding. Tho reason is that
the Governor in 18G8 sold $205,000 of
these seven per cent- mortgage bonds,
and he used the proceeds for other
purposes than the redemption of the
old bonds. Fifty-five thousand dol
lars of the proceeds of thoso bonds lie
gave II. I. Kimball to finish an Opera
House called
Klmbull's Opera Ileusc,
in the city of Atlanta, although there
was no appropriation for that purpose
at all. The Governor went on and
sold these bonds. He drew drafts in
the first place in favor of Kimball for
$35,000. Some of them were drawn
in blank; they did not say to whom
the money should be paid ; but Kim
ball received tho money, to be applied
to this Kimball’s Opera House, as it
was called. When it was found that
this $35,000 had been used in that
way, the General Assembly called on
me to make a report. I knew noth
ing of the nmtter.JJTho Governor
used this money and for mouths never
reported to me as Treasurer. I got a
report from the bank. Finding out
the amount that had been used,
Tike Legislature Appointed a Committee,
to investigate the matter; and that
cammittoc reported that this was done
without any authority of law aud in
violation of the expressed will of the
General Assembly. As soon as the
General Assembly adjourned Gover
nor Bullock went immediately to
New York and drew a draft for $20,
000 more on tho Fourth National
Bank aud paid it to Kimball, not
withstanding tho positive and em
phatic action of the General Assem
bly. The vote of the Legislature on the
report that Wft3 adopted was one of
censure and condemnation of his
conduct.
The Goueral Assembly passed an
act authorizing the Governor to issue
a certain number of bonds to pay off
the members and other expenses of
that body. The expenses of the Gen
eral Assembly up to the timo they ad
journed did not exceed $300,000-
about $250,000 I think ; hut I will
put them at $300,000. The Governor
issued bonds under that act to the
Amount of two Million* of Dollar*.
lie had my name engraved upon them
without any authority and sent them
off to New York without reporting
them to the treasury at all. lie un
dertook to make it appear that lie had
the right to use my name, when the
law showed plainly that lie had no
such right and that the bonds were
illegal without my signature. On tho
30th of November last he wrote me
a letter stating thut ho had ordered
9.100,000 of those Bonds
to be sent' to the treasurer’s office,
cancelled, from Clews & Co., New
York, and that the balance would be
along in a few days. That balance
has never come yet. That makes a
million and a half outstanding !
Then there was an act passed au
thorizing
The Governor to lune Gold
bonds to meet the bonded indebted
ness and other expenses of the State.
The General Assembly at that timo
had not determined to put off the
time of meeting till November. They
really did not need any bonds for the
purposes of last year; hut for this
year the meeting of the General As
sembly havingbeen put off till No
vember, I suppose that considering
all tho expenses and extravagance
that there bus been there, tho entire
amount necessary might have been
not exceeding $1,000,000 of bonds.—
At furthercst not more than that was
needed of these gold bonds. The
Governor had
F$nr Millions Dollars Worth
of these bonds engraved.
The revenue derived from poll tax,
tho liquor tax, the tax on shows and
other small special purposes, provided
by law for school taxes, has been appro
priated by the Governor to other pur
poses until there is none of those
hinds in the treasury.
Another point in which the State
administration has violated the law,
is in the use of
Stat* Railroad Find* *
for other purposes than railroads.
The law is that the funds of the
Road shall be paid into the Treasury
of the State at tho end of
each month, except so much us may
be necessary for the expenses of the
Road. The Governor has paid oat
large amounts directly from the re
ceipts of the Road, without the
money ever reaching tlie treasury;
and it lias been paid for other than
Railroad pnrposes. A short time ago
he paid to a Committee that he se
lected himself, without any authority
of law, to go to Kentucky to try to
influence the General Assembly there
to grant a charter for a railroad from
Cincinnati to Chattanooga, both
places outside of the State of Geor
gia—the road not touching Georgia
at any point. To pay this Commit
tee for which there was no appropria
tion, and which was not authorized
by law, the Governor drew his war
rant for $2,729..
Here I* a Small Item.
tlie paying of an inordinate sum for
the limiting of the Constitution of
the State, in pamphlet form. I have
here a copy of the pamphlet I hav
conversed with several printers as
what would have been the reasonable
expense of getting up that book,
Some say ten cents some say fifteen
and somo say twenty, at the latter
jirioe ten thousand copies would cost
$2,000. Most of them estimate the
expense not higher than $1,500. The
Governor drew his warrant for elev
en THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for the publication
that little hook; and I paid
it out of the (rtkasury.
The next point is paying the inter
est ou the Alabama & Chattanooga
Railroad bonds, to which the State
granted aid. The law on this subject
provides:
“ In tlie event that any bond or bonds,
so endorsed by the State as provided in
the first section of this act, or tho inter
est thereon, .shall not be paid by the said
railroad company aj maturity, it shall be
the duty of the Governor, upon informa
tion thereof, to seize and take possession
of the property of said railroad compa
ny.”
The act then goes on to provide
that the earnings of tho railroad
shall be applied to the extinguish
ment of such unpaid bonds and in
tere3t. The Governor pays no atten
tion to that provision, but is
Paying like Interest on Tlicac Bond*.
Question—Does the law which you
have just cited require the seizure
and sale of the road in case of de
fault ?
Answer—Yes sir.
Question—Without seizing or at
tempting to sell the road, the Gover
nor goes ou and pays tho interest ?
Answer—Yes, sir. Ho has
A Soil of Sub>Trcik*nry in New York;
lie has another iu his office, and lie
has sub-treasuries all around. I call
them sub-treasuries; they ure un
known to tlie law. The law provides
emphatically that no money shall be
paid ont of the treasury without an
appropriation and a warrant, lie
pays no more attention to that provi
siou than if there were no law. He
jets the money from New York, or
'rom the State Road, or wherever he
can pick it up, from the sale of bonds,
legally or otherwise.
Another point is in regard to pay
ing more clerks than the law author
izes. It authorizes only one; he has
live or six clerks in his office.
*****
Question—Yon speak of money
having been paid illegally to this man
Kimball; state vflTb and what he is.
Answer—He is a man who came to
Atlanta I suppose between three and
four years ago; that was the first I
ever saw of Trim. I have no question
on my mind that
in the Opera House, and I judge so
from this fact:
When they were trying to nego
tiate a lease with the citizens, Gover
nor Bullock took me into his private
room at tho National Hotel. He
wanted to get my influence to pay
$25,000 rent for the portion of the
Opera House needed for State pur
poses. I told him that it was
An Outrageous Rent;
That the city was not able to pay it,
lie did not say positively that the
State would pay it, hut intimated
that he thought the thing could be
arranged. We finally made the leaso
for $0,000, when he wanted us to pay
$25,000. Another circumstance, on
which I formed my judgment, is that
lie Paid $19,000 la Kimball
without any appropriation, $20,000
of it being paid after the General As
sembly had censured him severely.—
These facts satisfy mo that he was
interested in the concern. The build
ing was finally sold for twice its cost.
Question—Whore is tho residence
of Kimball now ?
Answer—He lives iu Atlanta.
Question—Does he control some
railroads ?
Answer—It is reported that he has
bought out
Tlko Brunswick «!w Albany llallroat),
235 miles iu length. Conant or
Clews, in New York, aro in somo
way mixed up in the affair, I believe.”
After giving some account of tho
reported wealth of Kimball, his con
nection with Bullock and others in
urious railroad enterprises in the
(State, and a history of the misman
agement aud plundering of tho State
Road by Bullock and Blodgett, the
following question wus asked:
What Has Become of That Money
Karncd by the Road f
Answer: Well, sir, that is the inquiry
of the people generally; they believe
it has been fraudulently used by the
officers of the Road. Nearly every
man who had anything to do with ft
came there poor; Mr. Bullock for one,
never paid a cent of tax in Georgia
in bis life, unless be paid it this yeur.
I have looked at the records myself,
and up to lost year, when the investi
gation of the committee was made,
He had nffrer given in a cent of tax.
Ho is now buying plantations and
stocking them with fine English
stock ; he has tho best of everything
aud lives very fast
Question.—What is his salary ?
Answer.—$4,000 a year—not a
third of his family expenses; I do
not believe it ia one-sixth. He re
marked to a person that
It Waal* Nat F«*d 111* H*n< Urn Oats.
Every one who has anything to do
with that Rood came there apparent
ly poor; aud now they are all build
ing new honses and riding in fine
carriages.
* * *****
Question.—Has any effort been
made to conceal the Cue state of the
indebtedness and liabilities of the
State of Georgia ?
Answer.—Yes, sir, the law requires
the Treasurer to make reports of all
bonded indebtedness—the amount of
interest and bonds falling due. The
Treasurer is sworn to do this. This
thing had been covered up so much
in darkness by Governor Bullock,
that I wrote to Mr. Clews, requesting
him to givo me a statement of the
bonds lie had received, the amount
hypothecated, the amount sold, at
what price, and what disposition had
been made of the proceeds. My son
presented the letter to Mr. Clews.
Mr. Clew. Iinmrdlatcly Telegraph'll lo
Ooveraor Bullock,
stating what I wanted. Governor
Bfillock telegraphed to Mr. Clews
to answer no questions at all, and
stated that if I wanted to know such
things I could learn them at his office.
I wrote him a letter asking for that
information, hut I got no answer.
The day I wrote the letter he was not
there; but he got there before I left.
I wrote a letter to his secretary re
questing a statement in relation to
the bonds of some of the railroads, I
got no answer before I left, though
the Governor had returned and was
in his office. The secretary, when my
son went up, said that he could not
answer it, and that he. would refer it
to Governor Bullock. It haa never
been answered. Tho attempt is to
keep all that matter concealed.
Question.—Tho attempt of, the
Governor and his friends who ought
to give the information ?
Answer.—Yes, sir.
Question.—They have it and can
give it you think ?
Answer.—Yes, sir, certainly. I
have here the statement of the party
who engraved those bonds, showing
that the-Governor hod four millions
of gold bonds engraved—out and out
State bonds!
Further extracts from Treasurer
Augiers testimony will be given in
my next, when I also hope to furnish
all the information Clews and Bul
lock refused to give Angier.
Argus.
Case* in tlie Supreme Court to be derlilt d
In order, July Term, 1871.
1.
Blue Ilidgc Circuit
2.
Wejtorn 4i
i
3.
Southern “
3
4.
Albany “
19
5.
Son tli-Western “
Of,
c.
Fataula •*
42
7.
Chattahoochee “
23
8.
Macon 41
10
9.
Flint “
18
10.
Tallapoosa “
5
11.
Atlanta 44
33
12.
Romo “
12
13.
Cherokee 44 .......
18
14.
Northern *•
15.
Augusta 44
10
16.
Middle «
1
17.
Ocmulgce “
....... 5
18.
Eastern 44
6
19.
Brunswick 44
5
Supreme Court of Georoli, I
August 2, 1871. j
An additional case was entered upon
the docket of the Fataula Circuit
Argumont of No. 23 South-We6tcrn
Circuit, G. M. Stokes vs, Duncan and
Johnson, was concluded.
No. 22, which had been passed over was
argued. It is Mary O. Stewart vs. Wm.
Stewoit, Administrator, application for
Dower from Sumter; O. T. Gpodo, Phil.
Cook for Plaintiff in error; W. A.
Hawkins for defen'L McCay, J., having
been one of the Counsel in this case diil
not preside.
No. 25 wss called. It is F. E. Lump
kin et ol, vs. Thomas Eason. Complaint
from Schley. Hawkins and Burke, Phil-
Cook, M. H. Blanford, N. A. Smith and
C. B. Hudson for plaintiff in error; 0.
T. Goode for defendant*
Fending tho argument of this case tho
Court adjourned till 10 o'clock to-mor
row.
More Taxation.
The following ordor, lovying a special
tax of four-tonths of ono per cent, on all
toxnblo property, was yesterday promul
gated by Governor Bullock:
Pursuant to Bcction 1st of the Tax Act,
approved 10th of March, 1809, which
authorizes the Governor, with the assis
tance of tho Comptroller General, to as
sess and levy such a per contage on the
taxable property os will produce, in tho
estimation of the Governor, tho sum ol
five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive
of spccifie taxes, and after approximating
as nearly as practicable the amonnt in
valuo of all taxable property in the State
os exhibited in tho Digests; it is ordered:
That four-tenths of one per cent, be as
sessed and collected upon tbe amount ol
tho valuo of property returned by each
tax payer, subject to taxation ad valoinn.
SUti Fair Premium*.
Tho contract for furniahing tho premi
ums for tho forthcoming Fair of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society has
been awarded to Messrs. Sharp & Floyd,
Jewelers, of this city. Mr. Sharp fur
nished the premiums lost year; aud the
fact that ho gave satisfaction is proven by
the award being made to him a second
time. It was the commonly expressed
opinion but year that the premiums were
as fine as were over distributed at any
Fair. All were of the most superb work
manship, aud reflected great credit upon
tbe energy and taste of Mr. Sharp. This
year tbe contract will be equally earned
out, os Mr. Sharp will have the benefit
of tho fine taste of Mr. Floyd. The pub
lic may expect a fine display of premi
ums.
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Candy Factoiy. jj29-tf
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Candy Factory. jy29-tf
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