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rnnAL NEWS ITEMS. throw oftliofiscal plan iij>.>n w'uieli tlio j 0. K. Thom jjUl/ii-iJ—. - - W . SlnlfliiKl 11 nrnnfx «... r. i - . ... ”->H TKF-FVQI /UKJl. Stale had been pmcei-dingfur four years, i p ; rt*!fll !1 i, /• - X STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF TIIE CONSTITUTION-AX IIONK1T AM) KCONO.UICAIi ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. .land & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1865. VOL. VII.—NO. 251. .4 TABLE showing the returned value, on the Tax Books, in He ComptrolL r tie a v ' v <)■)'■• except Bank and Rail Road Stocks, for the. gears 185'J, I860, 1861, IHO‘2, 1804 mi l 1>1, ni returned after excluding Slaves, and the total amount return'd inrludiug Starrs PROPERTY KUBJlv T TO TAXATION. Value in 185^* Value in 18* «* V; • ^thom.i k-s liupon r. daptbo*- eiial , 9 0moEt 1 ° ct - 10,lsi5 - /.* H' 1 Jon IM Cohmon, 1 ro- H'I VrtorfiY.'r of Georgia : . ®f c0 mrauiiicatim> requesting is House Departmentto o' ricfl '',, I!,., lonaitiun of their offi- o° rtt0 Ar?re the 151.1. of October,” ha. W® . j a, tlm law requires the » rcc e r r (ienarul to .nuko hi* Annual “f U ? ll7r u=e of the Legislature }° . trt f‘ ,r lli ,| 1( ) 15.h of October in iw r n : ; f »r »» d »» ihU 1;,! " ort " and - a via with nil the information ^for'tl'" “ ,n8 i* ll< ’ reby 8ubn,,UB<J ' iirbii »s h* 1 ®** wit h tbe provisions of I' 1 S°S£limber 28lh. 18-11. December £ti (avnfnd tl>» Code, udopted ill 1H;W. 'n?; honor to !».V before your Ex« "»‘ el .iniement of the receipts and ;,€iicy» s ?“ h Treasury during tlio fis- yrnentsat tbu of . cond , 1 year Ti'b.jc Debt; a statement of ' ,| . 11 helont ing to imitate; .Diblior o ir.picaUonai Fund, ilb” & P ; and other matters "L of dii’’ 1,1 lhl * ' J el h»re first to slate, that, upon gV* SL account* between the Troll* :,ikI i p,;« i-iHce, there is a "Cash bat- n. usury, of 85.001,080 18. "•o’" .V. ..xceptibn of 844,700 Uni- in correnev, and a few thousand "* -.ki.io Treasury notes and State njiJv the balance (as 1 am in- *"*4 hr Ike Treasurer,. ia in Confodu- '■“rrrsiUfV .Notes, which may bo con- U ' ff, l T Y»wI''XUIN<> TO TllB STATE. mAith is funds a slu ament ol the 11 ,1 e oil s t' tlm Slate," asshown ' A "' u i,'w„„d papers of the Treasury i'“ l " k ',!'.eJ, r ,,r s oUi.-es, viz: in Punk of Land, value of. City and Town Property Money and solvent debts Merchandize Shipping and Tonnage tStooks, Manufactures, Ap .... Household nud Kitcheu I' urniture.. Other property not enumerated • 110.517.SH0 .t2.lYG,oi4 tKt.12i.7tH 0U,7«il •4.42H.132 12.2lSD.R17 :;\),81o.ohp Value of property except Slaves*- Slaves- Totnl No. of Polls “ Professions — “ Dontista “ Dnguurmn Artis Wlu ••.14.StU,W? Id. 50* 1*0.240,621: i| 010,411). troprrtg in • "mount o L‘.2;v..<h •LRU.'.* iKNtt/V »'l!50'.4l4j State., •<prt./ 243.620.sVh) n:.tt'.M,17:t W,5Go,(H»2 2.927.317) i‘:t.:U),4S.-> 1 l.UT.tM' 194,012,349 Free persona of color.., Acres of Lands Slaves Children between 0 nud 18 years Hands employed between 12 1.213 1,789,22:1 4 rt.tii i ,i i.*> Dobs-* killed by do SPECIAL NOTICES. Through lo Atlanta, The average reurned value per a land in 1850 wa* 84 83 ; 18*10 3 1 8->; 1 84 84; 1362, 84 08; 1803,80 35; an acre nf } 1801, ; ry fur the ensuing year will up;i as follows; 1804, in 108, 'oiit nf 132 counties, the aver- j To pay expenses of tlio. nee'value was §10 75. Tno returns for Convention. . .8 1859, 1800, 4801 mid 1802, were mad*- upon J lial.ineo of salaries to civil tile specie currency bari-j and the returns j oilieers for 180o, of 1803 and 1804 were required t’> lie made | Civil establishment, 1800, upon the value ill Confederate currency. Contingent fund, 1860, Tlio reason why the item of “murehan- 1’rintinit fund, disa” was so much increased in 1803 and | For support of pauper pa- 1804, was because cotton, not belonging j tionts, lunatic asylum, the original producer, was taxed as j For pay of officers, etc., of J Comptroller O' sSlsiaTS of stock s .leof beorgia, ■Xitu.resol stock in Haul: of Abiipsefstock i" tile Oo/'/B'* Railroad and hanking Cim- ihiduresef ft-a-k in th« At- " I,otic nud Gulf liailroad Com- -S' llanl; Assets, estimated by General hotliune, Agent, 'Jiaon Messrs.!!. Biighain, 1>. H llaklwin, Andrew Low, y' IVillber and Warren Mitchell, made Norembor 30. 1x4 and duu Ft June, 18'/,', payable “in C o n f o d a r a t o Treasury N**U*h or Stair) of (itornih Treasury Notes of the TreHsnry Notes of the new is- iue," for, $183,300 18.000 700,000 taxed merclmndiso in tiioso yoi%r*», and lax re- j lunatic asylum, ceivers no doubt mitered cotton in the i For salary of euporintond- column for **i»i<** , ch»U)cliee.** In 1804, but 108 counties out of L/J, made returns. Tho counties of Bartow, Campbell, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Milton, Murray, 1 nulu- inu, Pickens, Polity NN alkor anil NN hit* field, in consequence of tho proximity of and occupation of the country by tlio United States troops, ma'.cinc no returns nt all: and the counties of Burko, Charl ton, Monroe, Pinreo and Stewart not making returns in time to bo u.cludea in tho tublo presented in 1801. . - - . -* , . An abstract from tho books of tots omee i Hack mlcrcet duo on bonds, accompanies this report, as required by ; law, setting f<»rlh tho amounts ol the sovs | oral appropriations, both common and special, under their respective heads, the ont of lunatic asylum, For support of academy for the blind, Educational fund, To pay members of tho Le gislature, Interest on public debt, Miscellaneous, To which may ho added bends of the Slate r.mv due, but never presented payment, 1.0}" ’’ll'G.ui H'2,l2n ),&6I lun.Wi 11, I'd St. 12.1 Governor Allen’s determine! protest, Gen. Smith would have proved ; very halo of private cotton in the Stite, and thus made it the property of the United S ales Gov- iOii'J! ()■) ,»mmenl; and when we recall his untiring . ed’orls for tho good of tho people, we are r»U mm u -o j j11*y will liberal!}* respond t«»this 8s ti'.H) (H) Although the Governor positively l'K>it) (K) rt l * t jm.,1 ;l donation of live tiiiaisand dollars ‘23,000 00 ijj.jore |, ( . l e ft bore, yet we are satisfied he will accept a subscription under the cir- *V3,0tH) 00 L niinstances, as a compliment which ho ,. ..... j will gratefully acknowledge. Subscrip- F-.O'iU ot) j ij^ta w iii bo sent to ditforent parts of j North L misiann. When complotcd, tho •J.n'JO 00 ; of each subscriber, and the amount • ami n ■ sub'Ciibnd, will bo publi-hed, and tlio y l proceeds tr&nsmiUod through tho well ‘2*»,don GO | ; nowrr house of B. C. Cununings & Co., New Orleans. —S/irr.veport 11 <t «tie. SURKliINTKN DA NT’S OFFICE, ) MliSCOHfll'J RAILROAD CO., Col.LilHUS, Ua., 8cpl. Gib, 18«W>. J Muacogoc Rail ltouii Schedule* O N AND AFTER MONDAY, llth in«t.. the Puxftoiitfor Train t>n this rend will Leave Columbus at**. 7 o’clock, A. M. Arrive in Macou at 4.10 1’. M. Leave Macon ut 7.2-3 “ A. M. Arrive in Columbus at 1.21 1‘. M. DIacon anil AVewteru K. It, Scluilulc. NIG11T TRAIN. Leave Macon G.:>n, 1*. M. Arrive at Atlanta 2.^1. A. M. l.oavo Atlanta •G.*’ ,, l r. AI. Arrive at Macon * *GA) A. M. sep 10—tt, W. L. CLARK, .Sup t. CHARGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPBIUNTHNDANT’S OFFICE, 1 M. A W. 1*. R. K.. V Moxtoom khy, Sci>t. V'O, lH'Vj. J FAX and after Friday, Sol't. 321,.1885, T-nina Great Reduction in Freights -ox- COTTON. Quickest and Cheapest ROUTE TO _ this Road wi.l be noavo Columbus at Arrive West. Point Arrive at MontKOinery** Leave Montgomery Leave West Point Arrive a*t Colouinbus- 100,000 00 K8*j,710 00 nO.iKA) (‘0 2.* 4 0DO 00 1,017 00 $2,140, l Go 00 A New M ay to the Foie. A new Polar expedition is organized in Germany, with tho intention of reaching tin* Polo by a more acces-ible way than any yot tried. It is proposed to go via Spitsbergen, through Smith’^ Sound, r.t the extreme end of Baltin’s Bay. In tho latter part of duly, tho celebrated goog* raphe,i, D:\ Poterman, of Gotha, culled a ‘ng of geographers »»t Fraulcfort-o - isurer, 871,300 $1,803,700 00 Aho, tho AVe'tern A: Atlantic Railroad (value not to be jmt V p.,n the name by the Comp* »roller or Treasurer). This Road, however, paid into tho Stile Treasury, as net earn- ince, in 1850, $12,000; 1800, $150,000; in 1801, $438.(HK); in 18(12. $110,000, and in 1863, $1,650,000. Id relation to the^e Assets, 1 consider then)all gr.od for what they call for, ox- dpttbe Rank stocks. Tho stock-in tho Georgia Railroad Hoad A Banking Com- Miymay bo considered undoubtedly good -buttho value of tho stocks in tho Bank ofllieState of Georgia, and the Bank of taunt*, cannot at tt.is time be aseertain- ti Thu value placed upon the Aessots of ibo Central Bank wore mado by foa.l3ot!iunu in 1859, upon ti specie valu- iUjd. AsGon. Bethuno has been absent from tho State for several months past, no nportnt this time, could be obtained from him. It is true tho stock in the Atlantic 4Gulf Kail Road would not now sell at r, but when tho Hoad is linishod to the iir, but when the ivoau is umsaou io mu SitUhoochoe, it is destined to be very profitable. U will then afford a ready and comparatively cheap commun cation, will) Uivinnah and Brunswick, to the richest portions of Georgia and Florida, find a part of Alabama: it is thought much of tbe travel from the North to Now Orleans, 4;., will take this Hoad, und it is bolioved it till be one of tho most profitable Kail Roid* in the Southern country. Although only running lo Thomasvillo, it paid into th*Treasury last year a dividend of $5b,- 000 Tbe notes of Messrs. II. Brigham and others, were given for 1650 bales of cotton that belonged to tho State, and that were ia Savannah when that city was captured by Gen. Sherman. Tho facts uro substan tially these: On tho approach of Gen. Slier* inin towards Savannah, tho agent of the Slate sold tho cotton to Mo-srs. Brigham and others, on cert* in terms. Gov. Brown, on receiving notice from the agent, refused to ratify the sale, but this was not com municated to the ngont until after the cap ture. I have been reliably informed that tbe parties giving this > notes are willing to pay the same in Georgia Treasury notes of tho last issue; but in consequence of abat is above slated, I have b un advised by your Excellency not to attempt to col lect theso notes until some notion bus been Ukenby the Convention or Legislature «pon the same, Aithe law does not authorize the Comp troller General or Treasurer to place uny stipulated value upon tho Western and Atlantic Railroad, of course I cannot do ! p But thut some idoa may be formed of Mae, I deem it proper to state thut in lw-Jiipaid as net earnings into the State Treitfurv $420,000; in 1860, $450,1)00: in {“J* $438,000; in 1862. $440,000; and in lJW, $1,060,000—und thut in 1862, when other property was returned for taxa- u°n at a lower valuation than it was re- turned in 1850, i860 or 1861, a committee j)f the Legislature, nopointed to examine into tbe httairs of the road, «fcc., valued it' 1 s '’849,224 68. As the United Slates troops bad possession of a part of the road ? r j l f» rtof the year 1864, and finally « i lUil Poisession of it in September, was paid into the Treasury ui! f . ^ liowover, that Ht the Jr., 0 *, Atlanta, in September, 1861, tho erat0 ‘^ latcs Government owed the pSd ^ J5, * 000 ' 00 °. which was never STATISTICS of taxables, etc., IN OEOlt- usual time, lu^t March, l issued usua ; circular of instructions to re- iJvK*- 0 * ^.returns, as to their duties m D ^,* n b en dod sending out the ne- Ant« k ^ orra * by ah .ut the 1st of hi»KiL but ^° l ,tt P° r mill agreeing to fur- r^/ti: ?. ece *wry paper fniled to liavo it u,?.ip Uae, and this could not l dates and amounts of warrants, in whoso favor drawn, ami tho balance undrawn ol such appropriations. receipts and ms m: use mi: nts at thi: TREASURY FOR THE FISCAL VICAR 1865. Of the receipts into tbe treasury for the fiscal yoar 1865, there was received : From gonorul and income tax, 18U4, o $14,Old,22a 2o From genorat tax, 1803, From tax on banka, From tux cm railroads, From tax on fqr.MRn inaur- ancjQ companies, From foes from Secretary of State’s office. From money refuniletl on corn appropriation, From money refunded lrom Adjutant General’s office, From money refunded to Slate bxunknown person, From issue of State treasury notes lo pay members and officers of Le g is!uturo,and other civil officers ot tlio Stato, From issue of Stato cbutiRO bills, From issuo of treasury notes, duo 25th Decem ber, 1865, From interest on education al fund, From solo of bauRinif, used in Macon durin g session of Legislature, for car pets, From sale of cotton and woolen cards, * From temporary lonn, ar ranged for by Provisional Governor, 45 993 34 10,145 42 5,90(1 48 222 75 200,000 00 1,403 80 GOO 00 170,1X10 03 51,750 00 70,000 00 ti.000 00 480 00 2,000 00 med that there will be no repudiatin'! the State of the Bonds Issued in 1802, to 1 pay tho tax levied upon the ciliaumj c-1 Georgia in 1801, by tho Confederate Gov ernment, which tho people would have been compelled to pay had nut the State sold these Bonds and paid the tax. iheso llonds are tlio only Bonds author' r ■' t-j I n issued, sineo the Ordinance of Si'ce-.ion, that hare been issued. The amnia! interest on tiic same is $170,870. How muon o. the back intorest on Bonds, belongs to til esc Bonds, 1 cannot state, as the Coupon IF.uk belongs to, and is kei>t in, the 1 reu- 8ury Office. ii* As there can bn no t«x«*s olLp*tc*.l tl"- year, nn«! no other rovenun will liki i.v c-unc into tho Trnnaury during the year, tho State will have to anticipate h» r t i.\e* for next your, by u tonrporarv loa the a...edition next spring, and ii! from Bremen or Hum- Add to this tho cash in the treasury on tho 15th Octo ber, 1804, 2,146.037 62 And we haven total f^g^.^y! 19 Of tho disbursements during tho sumo time tbero bus been paid: ^ On civil establishment,lb62$ undertake the that it should burg. But Dr. Peterman thought it ad- vis ible Lo send out immediately « pioneer expedition, to discover tho whereabouts ,»f the wall of pack-ice, and how far south itdril'-o.l in the summer and aii'Utnn ; also to verify the discovery of the bite .Swedish expedition, that largo h *ds of coal out- I't’.ipped near Spilzborgon, and lo ascertain if it, v. a** lit for the uso of steamers. If a valuable stock of fuel exists thoro, tho expedition would have a much hotter chalice of su. cess. The meeting did not fiiv> r tin) preliminary expedition ; hut the Doctor iiH’* frinco appealed to the public, generous contributions have come in ; * •> lliul the expedition L to start at once, in tlm , t.-ikiner (i icon of the Isles, Captain 11 ugrrmann. It will go first to llummer- f Norway, the most northerly town in tlio inhabited globe. The objects of tho ox pi oration are : , 1. To examine tho coal bods at Spitz- borgen, an 1 report on tlio quantity pvobn- : Illy available, ami whether adapted for -steam fuel. , , 2, To proeood north till they reach tno puck-ice, and then follow its boundary in an easterly direction, as far as tlio mori- . .linn of Suva ’/. imbla, or further ii pos- ' siblo. , ■ . To pay particular attention tu the currents, with a view to tlio verification of Dr. lVl-rn- . very plausiblo theory that tbeGul - .earn, after roaebihgthe North Gape, I- a turn to the eastward, and extends along tlio north coast of Siberia 1803 1801 , and this could not be done, of April, however, the \ViFn lr °0PB' under Gens. Thomas and lo ok pussossion of tho Slate, an lurr.na* 3 w 5'’d < > e larod, and then a general °. f tile Confederate troops was Mtolh. .V*? " n< * "** otl'or laws on- ]a;i ^ ^oo Legislatures since January, Prohibited being executed, by li i, “* r> ' authorities, nnd, consoquont- ibl« a. nno J r °Port any "Statistics of Tax* H„1 ‘ “fnj® Georgia for 1805.” JMevor- Ux ‘k, 1 ! Legislature, in enacting its the nr,, 1 ’.*' "end a ready reference to the llons Put upon proporty, Ate., by - Pavers ih. m .,tv«s, for '| veer. a. themselves, for several the foiu •' * * 1 i vo concluded to furnish pliceit , ln B Table, showing tho vuluo the u. i! POn Property, for taxation, by VM „* P*J’ers themselves, for the past six . a, lk t« hkon from the Tax Uoolt«o»i fllo Ku.ii, . Ai the Banks und Bail Slate i^Ur taxes directly to the ►iochi 1 r M,urur , of couiso tho capital iuci.iJ-,. J'f these inililutions, are not '“Ciudtd m ihi* table - On contingent fund, 1861, .» '* 181.0, On educational fund, 1803, On $3,000,000 military ap propriation for 1801, On military appropriation for 1865, On pay of members and offi cers of Legislature lor 1804 and 1805, On overpayments, On printing fund, 186,, On fhnd for support ol indi gent soldiers' families, 1863, . , , On fund fur support ot in- di"-mt sulii-r., Iamilie8, 1864, 4 . . On fund for support of in digent soldiers’ lupulies, 1805, , . On small pox fund, On account ol treasury notes burned, On account of Stato change bills burned, On account of interest on public debt, 4)n academy for blind, bn lunatic asylum—lor sup port of, On lunatic asylum—salary of superintendent, On lunatic asylum—pay of officers, , On attorneys’ fees in distil lation cases, On Georgia Military Insli- mtg—for boot lurnishod, On Georgia Military Imti- tuto—to pay orofoMuri, On Socretary of S •nutn-; pal ary and oxnonsas, i«"i and i860, On clerk of House of Hop; resentatives—salary and contingent expensed. On Georgia lUliofand Hos pital Association, To purchase corn for ex- iles, To purchase cotton for ex portation, For fuel, lights, etc., for le gislature, ,, . For repairs on City Hall, in Macon, For repairs on blits House and Executive Mansion, Expenses incurred in i?«u ing treasury change bills, Warrant* of I Governor, ! Account • f miscellaneous appropriations,which will be seen in an abstract ac companying this reporv, 225 00 225 00 27,614 81 29,538 35 24,924 00 3 799 03 1,030 00 79,787 00 1,319,114 00 1,398,570 50 part of tlio above, and issue Bond* for lh- other part—and if it should be ortacm-d by Capitalists, 11 lien should lie given upon tho Western & Atlantic Bad Hoad, to *u- cure tile payment of tbe principal and in terest of the Bonds for the money thus ; obtained. It is true, this iload lias been -hummed considerably (although now m running order), and it will not pa.\ any money into the 1 r.‘usury shortly, aa ua nett proceeds will, for a tun0, bo ncudtal to build new permanent bridge* on the Iload; but troin its location, end the ev idences of tho past, it is bound again, before long, to yield a large rev. nun to the Stato. It is very valuable—and 1 doubt not that llio Stato could rcaduy dispose of bur Bonds, for the money she now needs, or will shortly need, upon i*olynin"if the Uussian geogriiphors). advantageous terms, by pledging me. j , | 1( i mo specimens of fossil Bond lor Ibo payment of tho principal • c>( iTicl. inexhaustible bods are and interest of tho Bonds. . 1 known W exist in Nova Zambia and tbe It is true, that, .by enactment ol tho a( |]l coasts, formed by immense num Legislatures, there is■»lri*j lv a Hen upon (> ,, H ,, t - olui.lmnte, mammoths, and othu tho Bond for about $2,OdO.OUO l.onds i.snei nht „, i i| uviall „ n ima!s, supposed to liavo for tho building and completing .-aril UoaU 1 b overtaken'by sumo sudden catastro- (only $83,000 of winch 19 now due, and no , (lurill „ t |, 0 glacial period more will bo duo in several years), yot : ' h ; the Bead is so very valuable, this hen ought not to affect the matter, where only $1,000,000 or $2,030,000 more is ended to tho same. . , , . . r . ,, The law makes it tbe duty uf tee Comp troller General t6 suggest in his Annual Report such amendments and improve ments in tho Revenue laws as bis expe rience and observation may approve. Hut a Convention of tlio 1’eoplo, to amend tno .Stato Constitution, will ussemblc in tins placo shortly, and some tiinu bclorc any Legislature will assemble, and us 1 know . .... nvil.nt. it. H1IIV HlU'f til *4 V.-')t)- ;r. MURRAY, 200,481 55 312 39 53,544 87 lli Broad Strert, Coliunl»u»* Georgia* Maker aud Dealer in Guns, Abb KIN'II.S oir dun mathriXi. and AimCbKS IN TilK Sl'ObTlNO bl.NK. with neatness 9,327 90 2,080,025 30 1,009,597 2 17,791 61 2,993,500 00 405,410 10 8,443 7o 12,<kKj 00 107,500 00 2,250 00 12,500 00 1,800 00 5,218 00 1,500 00 not to what extent it may alter the C slitution of the Slate; as we have been declared without a legal Slate orgiinizs- tiun at present; aud as lur several munllis past continual changes or aspects have been given to my observation as to the condition or things; and as we can lint nr tell two or throe months hence (nlxiul g c . >t „okias and ltoimirina do which time it is supposed the Legislature and dispatch, will assemble), what system ot taxation P0 \vt>BK AND SHOT FOR SALE will be best for our State, I have cotieiu- ; Repaired, ded lo omit any tax system or recoin men- | *«>",!£$ dation, at pr.sunl, but stand ready to . cheorfUlly respond to uny cull trom tin. Legislature, or its Finance Committee, should either of them desire to have my >. ... ..**.1 nlisnri'tition Upon tlH) experience and observation’; upon the 1 VERY andUliJrf subjoct. Tho “i’ttbln' Riven in u.o pie* u ii l r.. T f, .ii)',ui ml'*- Iroui Cilumbu$. (Bl ooding part of Ibis Hoport, will Kivo the ^; a tivQ n ,i| 03 from 1' FOR SALE. t VERY Desirablo Hesideaeu A nuggea, / ' follow H a 2f» A. M. 12 M M 15. 1*. M. I A. M. \ r» i*. m. 0 45.1». M, Connecting with trains of A. A NN . P. R. U. at West Point which arrives in Atlanta ut i 1. M.. in time to connect with the W estern and Atlantic Rail Roud for Chattanooga aud points north, pept 22 tf . Notice. MOUllsK A\'l) laRAHI) RAlhUOAD On and after Monday, '.Hh instant, too Pas senger Train will loavoOirnrd for Union Spring! at 2 o,clock, P. M. oct t»— 2ui B* E- WI.L Lb, Sup t. Notice! TREASURER’S OFFICE, \ Muhooroi) R* R» Co*, . f Columbus, Ua , Sept., 1st. P* w;> . 1 On and after this dale tho laro on this road will be five conts^r mile. tvIs . S Tr OI Sept i-tf NOTICG TO SKIPPERS. SUPERINTEND ANT’S OFFICE, Mifsconnn Uaii. Huai;. [ Columbus, Ha., Aus. it, a5. ) Shippers and Cons'Siiees are hereby notilioil that tliis Company will not bo rospouslblo fur froishts shipped lo any Station on this Road, or at Columbus, after it is discharged from our Cllrs W. b. CLARK, Sup’t. aug 14-tf _ NOTICE. OFFICE MUSCOtlEE llAlbROAD CO„ l Cot.i'Mhub, Ua., Aug. 11. > ritms COMPANY is propured to make con- I tract, for tno delivery at tins pl.ieoof Oak •iml Pine Wood by the c ir I >ad. I nrtio- «t*h- K same will please make ai’j’lma j';n 'himedi- ately.^ (f "• B. UbARIv. 8up t. Notice to Shippers. Okpick sMpscohki: Raii.ro.id. t Columbus, (»a., J uly J’.lst, Ih*o. ) The Muscogee Railroad is now running a DALLY TRAIN to Macon, and are prepared to forward freight with dispatch to Macon Millodgoville. Atlnuta.and intormodiato points. julyfil-t 1 W, L. CLARK Suu’L_ Notice to Shippers. TuRASUiiKH’a Okkick. Muscogee It. R.Co.. \ Columbus, Ga., .July 6l*t, 18»* J From and alter the 1st August, pro-payment will he required for .ill freight shipped to But ler and intormodiato Stations ... Tho freight on all goods roceivcd at this pluco from any point,must ho paid on delivery oi the Ur SiUppcrs will i»loaito take notice, ai thosi r '"SL. riBi _LM:'lSlVrNS,Tra..’r.__ Notice 1 OFFICE MOBILE ,t UIRARD R. R., August 15.13ft>. An ndiourned incctinB of the Sloe thuldors oi this Company will be held at the OflKo, (itrard, Alft.,oi tho third Wednesday m Oetobor next, at 11 o’clock, A. M. aug U) td OFFICE CObbECTOll INTERNAL REV Ukvknuk 2d DiSTitioT, iJnnniiiA. Mahon, Oa.. August 11. IS'G. By order from Treasury Department, taxes, when duo, nro required to be paid before ship ment of cotton can bo mado from this district Tho 2d District is composed of tho following counties: Balter, Bibb, Butts. Calhoun.Chntta hooch ec, Crawlord, Ileealur, Dooly, Dougherty Early, Harris, Houston, Leo, Maoon, Marion' Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Muscogee, Pulaski' Pike, Quitinun, Randolph, Schley, Spaulding; Stewnrt, Sumpter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrotl, Up son, Webster and Worth. JAMES C. MoBURNEY. August 22.1885-tf Collector. Internal Ueveuue Notice. Official instructions having been rcooivod this day from tho Commissioner of Internal Reve nue, Rail Roads, Steam Boats. Express Com panies end alt persons a-o hero y notified not to transport any Cotton, or move it out of the 2d oolleotoral district, unless they first proourc a permit from tliis ollico or from uiy deputies. Colton can he shipped on uny Railroad to lia- cun. Duty can bo paid at Columbus to Richard W. Jaquos. Deputy Collector. JAMES C. McBURNKy, August 22-tf WILDMAN, YOUNG k URO., EXCHANGE BROKERS, Dio. IlO, Kast Side Broad St* GOLD, SILVER, BANK NOTES, STOCKS, BONDS, Foreign and Domestic Exchange, I BOUGHT AND SOLD. MONEY INVESTED AS PARTIES MAY | DIRECT. City Council Money Par Sale* September l, lMS-fim 1 O. W. RORRTTK. a. K . LAWHO.V. ROSETTE & LAWH0N, AUCTION COMMISSION MERCHANTS 131 DIIOAD STltKET, COLUMBUS, GA. •ea"CorTos purchased. july20—tf At Johnsonville, on tho Tennessee river, a close connection is made with a tine Daily Lint* ot btoamors, to St. Louis. They will receive tho Cotton and pay nil accrued charges to that point, and transport it to St. Louis, k>' ing through bill of lading to Now i ork. At ot. Isouis the Cotton is transferred by tlio boats to Rroad (lague. Missi«-ii»pl A Ohio River rail road, free of drayago, stud by thorn is earned to New York without change of cars. It ship pers prefer the route by way ol Louisville, tbe agents of tbe different Through t rohrh t Lines to New York, will receive it. at Nashville and forward it all the way by Rail, paying accrued charges, without extra exponso. The Nash ville and Louisville, and tlio Nashville A Chat tanooga Roads being connected. Cotton ship- pod b> way of Johnson)ilic will not change cars at Nushvillo. „ , Kates from Johnsonville to New \ ork .>d |). r ilo; from Nashville (all Rail) 5*1^ 50, <n-s we ...o advised.) l’aities desiring, to roship at Nashville, instead oi Jolinsouvillo, can have opiioti of shipping by Steamboat to Cincinnati —“tho Cumberland River being in tine boating ordor," at low rates ol Freight, not exceeding $2 per bale to Cincinnati, nnd lrom that point over three ditferont linos of Railroad. At $5 per bale. Cotton by either route can be laid down New York lioiu Eulaula, Montgomery, Co lumbus or West Point, in twelve days. Shippers must consign to Steamboat Agent at Johnsonville, and to Agents of Through Lines or a Commission Merchant at Na*hvi!le. (lov- eminent permits must accompany each bill ol lading. tlEO. (J. HULL. SuptA. A W. 1*. R. K. Oil AS. T. 1*UL LARD, Pros’! *M. A W. P. R. R. W. L. CLARK. Supt .Muscogee Railroad. VIROIL POWERS. Supt S. W. K, R. . r.. BAt.isnuRY. n t n. warnolk. WA KNOCK & CO., COTTON BROKERS COMMISSION M F.RCHAXTST OHico No. 131 Jiruad St., (ltoautto & Lawhon’s Auction Room.) 1 MIEY ure prepared to store Cotton, Merch andise. Pro lU'.’O, Ac. tfip* Particular attention given to tho sale of COTTON. PRODUCE. A<\ U.uiuixn. Roim;, Ac., lurnishod at the market price. Columbus, On., A tig. 3,1855.-—tf J. A. TYLKIl 8AM’I. K. ItOBIHON. TYLER & ROBISON, Grocery X ( ouiiiiissioii Merehants, NO. 129, {NeaiHy Opposite the Bunk of Columbus,) 1 VAKti, roiLUT Sn.\l\ 11 AS. NHHULKS. lVMUS,Sri)()L-C(JTTnA\ HOMhSTJo Bit Y UOODS, ArC. Particular attention given to tho Pureha-o or sale ot any kind ot produce or merchandise. J. A. TYI«c.U. AUgfi.tf SA.M’L 15. KORISON. BEDELL & CO„ Grocers and Commission Merchants, (Nearly njpotiU llunk • r' Columbia, CJOLUMBUB, GA., K ELP constantly on hand (1UOCF.RIES and COUNTRY PRODUCE of every kind. Consignments ot Merchandise .solicit cd. Prompt attention given to the purchase and sale of Goods of every de.-cription. W. A. REDKLL, A. 0. REDKLL, JttlylL—If C. 8 HARRISON. ATKINS, DUNHAM & CO., COMMISSION and FUllWKUIMi MLUFHAXTS, APALACHICOLA, FLA. .1 uly 14th, ISoo.—tt ~ J. T. PEYTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ME.11PIII8, TKMIVKSSEK. I >ROMPT attention given to nil business on- ■ trusted to his cure. Relers to lion. Hines Iloit, Columbus, Ua. sept 8,1865—(3 in . J. M08K8, SKNIuR. K. *'• MUSKS, H'NIOU. LAW NOTICE. rpilE USDEKSIUNED hare fnrui.il a co- JL p.irttiersbii), under the name aud stylo of It, J, MOSES, and will establish an othce in Columbus, Ua , on the 1st Oetobor next. In tho meantime loiters addressed as almvo will be pruinptly intended to. Thu senior partner will attond regularly the United Slates District Court at Savannah, the supreme Court of (Jeurgiu for tois Judicial Dblrict, the Courts of tlio Chattahoochee Cir cuit. and upon special rotaiucr in important caj.es will attend any of the Courts in ucorgia tFederal or atute.) aug 15- tf .ALEX. C. MORTON, Att’y at Law, Conveyancer, _ ... 11. EWr.NH. Oon'l Freight Ar’iS. & C.unJ N. a N. X. It H sopt 22—tl' [BSTADI.iailKU IN 1H1S.] WM. SMITH BROWN * WUOU.SALK DF.AKR8 IN BOOTS AND SHOES, No. 53» Cliamberi St., New York. AGENT FOR REAL ESTATE. Otiices; Wo. 100 Brood Street. M R. Morton will practico in tho U. S. Court.*, which are held in Ucorgia; and, on special retainer, wilt attend to tho adjustment ot claims in the States of Alabama und Florida. juiy24-3m JAMES M. RUSSELL, ’ Attorney at Xjaw, (Othce over Store of (Junby A Co.,) will horeuttor glvo my undivided attention to all bu moss entrusted to mo for this aud cou- W r M. SMITH RltOWN will roccivo con- I tigumts counties, signipouts of Cotton lor sate on t ommis- | july 2<i-tl sion, aud rhake cash advances on shipment llis arrangements are such as to insure laitutul attention to the intorest of tho consigner. Sept 15—2m LeirisUturo some idea of tho nmU r.nl or tuX’tblo wealth of tbe State at this linif, after excluding slaves. 1 um happy t > suv, filial, from tho • *Rh l.’ aul '" r houses, nnd tho sale of leal ostato in soino of llie cities of GcorgiII, ill my opinion, real e»tiito in several, if not in many mUcs nnd towns in tiio Stnle, wmiltl now fill for ns much, if not morn, tlmn it w"; ro- turned for taxation in 18 .9, 13 . J, 891 or ]s02. Land, gmi'iriilly, would no., nnd may not shortly, soli lor n? much ns it wn- return.ul lor taxation in tin-.* yinirs, al though the valuations are low ; nevinlne- In'S from present indications, I son no reasons why tho other item* ot tnx»t''’" in said table should bo loss tb.-n in 13 A, unless it bo tbe item oi Money and ho._- vent Debts.” Bm the results of the ;-tory IratuC'J is, v ith a good s* ml hoU^e.**, in go 1 ■ dwelling, ( itblo, hui the. . ith a .,1 rv tea,, .... ..I piUJC l III the COUIltry. ; i I. -,*- ot ^ . 11 pro iuctivo land at- luebV'l ill" fl SCO; a .input el the M.aadU. Huilriui'l n.*1 l’esl Uffi..i.;'i"i" _Ui.c_|iroial*M ; Ol.e ot the be t ^"hool > .» yard) 8 of the pl»' •? with n -tat'uuod mini’- tern ... about nd a Meihodi.-t church r. For health and RO- [ in the oountry. For further information in Collector. YENUE.1 hk, r 4, 1805. I WILJjIS & CHISOLM, Factors, Commission Merchants, AX'D SHIPPING AGENTS, CHARLESTON, 8. C. K. WILMS. *• 1‘- CHISOLM ixr ILL Attend tu tlio purchase, sale and ship- VV ment—(te Foreign und Domestic PuiU/— of Oottaa. l.umbor. Naval dtuios; to the boi- lection ol limits, Purchase aud Sale ol all So- curitios. Consignmcutd of VesfloU nolleited. ItKlUtt to: Met!sirs Joan Frasier & Co., Masers Uoo t\ Williams A Co , Messrs Deo A 11 .p.c> .. c ... Ciiurlcston; S. C.: lico sebtey, hsu., 1 b Meioall, Ksq„ Augusta, f)a.; Mos.rs CluI n, Du igr _.V to. LAW NOTICE. uueatiua to Ole practice of law. Columbus, (fa., July 6.1335. HINES 1I01.T, ..ply i DA VI9 CniinnciiUKKuo, /iir.* No. 7,’i M. mid (J. li. Ii. id Bond hill t" L). A. A. GENERAL PURCHASING AGENCY. ISRAEL F. BROWN & SON, reorganization, Oco., can uo uei-ur y/;i!' l.nSDU.W C'JSXKi'TICUT, when tlio Legislature ineels, than at this , ,. tta u.l i.romptly tu the nurobasing time? and I thuieforq prefer to submit my ; \\’ n*|j dug ol alf oi.w.e. ol^ AI 1CRCII- call be better seen viow's at that lime, if desired. \Villicit at Ibis liino suggesting any 13,092 50 i system of taxation, or making mondation el every deserlptiou t>4 MAOlliN- | OFFICE C01.LECTOR INT'L REVENUE 2n Dwtuict or Ukoroi* Macon, August 14 Notico is horeby given that all Distillers of apples, peaches, grapes, corn, or other substan ces, and all manufacturers of tobacco, cigars, Jcc., are re.iuired to take out a license and give bon'd- Th.no who fail to give bond and procure liccnso are. in addition to all other penalties and forfeitures, liablo to pay one hundred per centum additional duties thcraon. Notice, merchants nnd others purchasing liquors before tho d^ty is l»«id, do ho at their own rlbk, us tho law compels mo to seUo it, u mutter in whose hands it may bo found. JAMES C. M« M RNEY. aug 22 tf Collector. COLUMBUS, Ua., August 22. 1865. Having boon uppointo l Deputy Collector li pureil ni L tho counties embracing Muscogee, Talbot, liar- | owwtl pfio *, direct lrom tho laotory Marion, Chattahoochooand Stewart, all par- | Now on hand Messrs Murray A Nephew, Now York; M K NV Clark *V Co., l'Uila leiphia. Fenii.; Messrs PenderguHt. Fenwick A Co,, Baltimore, Mi. aug 2l-2m I 3, C.U'FKIUIAN, 11 J. MKSl'.IT.K, JNO. H.M KKttRvN McFERRVN A MENEFEE, COTTON FACTORS, Gcuernl Pomiuissiou Merchanls, AND DEALERS IN raoviaioixrs. BALE ROPE AND BAGGING, main street, Law Notice. rplIE undersigned, at tboir old oflico, Craw- I ford. Russell county, Ala., are * ropnrud to fiio applications (or panlon ut*dcr the rrcsi- d< ill's amnesty proolmuutioii, uuu also to trans act all other prolessioiiul busincbi. U. D. A U. Wm. IIOOI'ER. aug 23-1 f . DOCTOR STANFORD i of Modioino u distance requiring i find comfortable u^corn- ,u**dations in the city. Othce iiours troui 11 till 2 o clock, l*. M. Sept 6, 1805—tf Bit. H. M. CLECKLEY, II OMBOPA.T1III3T, KN Dk*RS his services to ihecititens of Col- umous and vicinity. Ollico at his residence Melmosh street, betwcou Randolph and St. Ou»r. next iloor to Dr. Cushm iu’s burnt corner. Ollice hours from 6 to 8 A. M. aud troiu l to n 1». \|. '"'g iS-lt Dr. A. E. Ragland O FFERS his profos-doual acn icon to tho citi zens of Columbus, Wynuton and tho vi tiinity; aud will attond promptly to all proles- I ttmn.il calls. Ilo may be found at Mr. Bran- 1 nan's Drug ht »ro during tho day, und at his father's residency in NYynutou at night. I aug4 — i BUTWEFN FIRST AND SECONDSTRKKTS, CRANE, JOHNSON & URAYBILL, LOU18V1LLK, KY, SAVANNAH, GEOttMA, KINU AUKNTS for the prleipal Manufac- JOPktt AHIU.Mi 311(1 COJIMINSIOM )IEIi( ll.l.\f\ rvcom- tuiatloo, I will close this ;;«= bTdlitlTllng _ .pirituou. lb,nor, in Ibo | 4fi0» uondulimi us t.. lainuyn, * y •- : noxi, "turn i«wo.t n».irg«i rains, ul'jeot by meru.y saying, that b\ rofor- (,, rwai ,] c ,l by tbom..»'. expailuiuua ruuloa. ,000 00 once — . tjiut an hti valorom tax SlOO valuation ol I860 (which wns 1)27,7-2, after excluding places) yield u tax 1 e free of Commission till above named counties will apply at «nco at my luwtifit.market rains, ai.4 Lffico.uppnsiio lb. l'mry lluum. and lilo bonfi, and ! and procure permits note* ami Provisional 200.000 09 105.000 00 1,150,000 00 9,013 00 I, 033 09 II, 000 00 19,855 60 4,050 00 would IA SlJl«V:19 00, nod 'that Conn, Now York. t , ... ]*: U. Brown, Macon, Ua., und W. , Co uiubus, (ia. i-tf RICHARD \V. JAHIJES. Depot v Collector Internal llcv. 2d Dist. Ua 'cent, un the *ID0 would ytoldAMI O®' »• Surely then me State of Georgia, W illi •>-' large Asset* and maternil w. all... »nd will, hnf great Mineral rcsmire’- bar. > For Sale, I V PLANTATION, situated ithe county , the Total, in tin* i-oursu of time must bo I ^^ty towu. ami two miles from Aynttub. nml Winch in Uje . not l0 fail at ! Tho trod contains 'our thousand three bun- lbV.Xe to mi.e wl.at money she, may J drodaems. Fnarleea hundred are m culi,>..- nodi, upon tor inn. civunUgoous ^>r CONTINUED ] q tithl)" [TO HE Kx-Gov»rsor Ai.im.-4 gontlonian of tliis place bus recolvod a Inlicr D"m Govornor Allen, now in M"Xic.;,, w VJ that lie is do.-uiuic, and is learning mo Spanish liiiiguag" fortiiupurposo ol t'’»'_>* ing school for a livelihood. Incon.lder lion ol this fact, it bas been detern in«d t bilbscription for bis bonullt, and Leaving « balance in the ^ X.i^e .,«I.T,b,d bad it no. bo.n for treasury of '• ,,,,t *urpa.! od in fert lity in tho county, i.i win h cloven hundred liavo been cleared witlim 1 »ur years. I’ho ollm.ito i« decidedly grist and s years. .uiiUrtUtial mill, entirely new. Tno build- iinmodioux and well c nutructovl. r, t a the luh'.rurs aio coml«irtable |c ot accommodating upwar i* o: two Them are two laigo cotton and gin m iho plantation. All ol the stock w fl be sold with it, con§i» ing of mules, cattle, hous amt sheop. I'oisjssioli to ho given oU or bolero January, j^vaLUBHUO,Savannah. July'21-tlawU Tn.. .plan and e.i|>* hundi cd. To the Voters of Columbus. , m comidianee witb tlio law requiring the 1 nauie. af all persous cnllil.d tu vuleat ibo annual eimli-n, for *’.llayer and Alder.lien and thwart Mo^^'Mh^P-rj^ Sept 9. 1S6Ti-2ui Sun copy. 5,5Ki" «'all }&S.V : J _ ‘."dVK i country that lie has rc-ostablisho,i his firm in Savannah and will give . archil attention to all business entrusted to then:* n _ lv ., M j H. A.CUANi:, JOHN *. JOHN80N, *»* » OIl AYniLI.. ,]|KBaA ROBERT e.GWYER, Oar facilities lor tno handling nnd ealeof S H IPPI N (t ! Cotton are unsurpassed by any house in the Wo t. When desired, I CASH A l> VAN UK IFORWARDING. To this branch of our business wo arf special attention. Any goods scut toi designed is now |iroparc«Uo roceive ounts for oolleeti ‘ General Collecting Agency rplIE Norm auu pou*... -••• S') 5; -* co.. i*«. r efer'ti> ,J koMra. Gunby k Co., J- Ennis Jt Co Columbus; K A. \N ticox, cotton broker, J. McJ^ub, F.ufault, Ala ; Jno. B Wal- ter A Son, Augusta, and Jut). M . Anderson »S; C0 ,' \V. U. URN NICTT. "M S cEKRR r AX A M KNKFKE. \VM. *J. 13HANNON OO*. Auction A Comniiasion Merchants, UUFAULA. ALA. 13ARTICULAR attention given to tho sale X anil tmsiuoss ol COf ION. j uly 29-3 tn JAMKH NRI.I.IOAN, bEON VOM ZIKKEN. NELLIGAN ^ VOX ZINKEN, COTTON FACTORS, —AND— General Commission Merohants, 46, CAKONDELET ST., MCW ohi.kanh, I.a. August J9, Ui*i—*4m COMMISSION MERCHANT. No. U1 Water street-New Yoik. Consignments of COTTON, TURPEN UNE, ROSIN , Ac., Ac., solicited. Reference—h. Merchant A Co., Mobile. julya&-3m A. STRASSBURGER, General Commission Merchant, AND W1 lOL. LiS A i )K OHO (J F* 11, IO'4 COMMERCE STREET, io*i Montgomery, Ala. A LWAYS on baud an extensive losortiuent of Li*iucrs, Wiuos, Segars und Western Pro duce. Colton bough* to order. Prouu*t utienlion given lo all r**iou ninunti;; iuIyVi.- (ut