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Governor Smith's Keuage.
Executive Department, \
Atlanta, July 17, 1872. )
To ths Senate and House of Jtepresenta.
/•re# :
It iH made my doty by the Constitntion
to give to the Uentmil Assembly inform*-
tiou of the eUrte of the Common wealth,
end to recommend to their couaideratk n
finch meantirea m may be deemed necessa-
ry and expedient for the public good. I
approach the diacharge of this duty with
a feeling of diffidence, produced by a
ronaeioiiBnesa that the subjects before me
vill require a more extended notice than
I shall be able to bestow upon them,
h When I entered upon the duties of the
Executive office, iu January last, great
confusion esiated in almost every depart*
ment of our public affairs. Our floauces
Were in the utmost dinorder, aud the stock
boards of this country and of Europe had
been flooded with boudn, purporting to
have beeu issued by this State, but vet
regarded of doubtful validity. The ad
ministration of justice had been render
ed ineffective by the abuse of the pardon
ing power; the confidence of the people
in their public aervnnta had been impaired
tnr the faithless conduct of leading offi
cials, aud a feeling of general distrust
and insecurity pruvailed. The civil au
thorities had so long been subordinated
to military power that many true men
bad reached the me ut.choly conclusion
that civil liberty bad almost ceased to ex
ist.
The earnest efforts of every depart
ment of the government have been di
rected to the correction of these abuses,
and if these efforts have not yet proved
entiroly successful, it has been because
the evils sought to be remedied were
manifold and deeply ro ted. Evils, the
result of years of misrule, cannot bo ex
tirpated in a day. Much patient labor
yet remains to be done, and in its per
formance I earnestly invoke the assist
ance of the represent at ives of the peo
ple.
PUBLIC DEBT AND FINANCES.
By legislative net, entitled an “set to
protect the people of the Htato of
Georgia against tbo illegal and fraud
ulent issue of bonds aud securities,
and for other purposes connected with the
same, ” passed December 0, .1871, it was
provided that a joint committee df the
Senate aud House of Representatives
should be appointed, whose duty it should
be to ascertain and report the uumber of
bonds aud indorsements which had beeu
issued and put into circulation by Ilufus
B. Bollock, Lite Governor ; the aggregate
amount thereof, by whom the sumo were
■old, the amount of money paid therefor,
the times when, aud the persons to whom
such payments were made, end all other
facts connected with the history of said
bonds.
The committee appointed l»y virtue of
this act will submit theic rej ort, I learn,
dntiug the present session of the Legisla
ture. While it is proper that I postpoue
any exteuded lemurks upon the classes of
claims and securities mentioned in the
act, until after the information collected
by the committee hhull have »>een luid be
fore you, yet I tool constrained to say
that, in my opinion, tbo Suto is bound
for the redemption of only Mich obliga
tions as have been issued m conformity
with law. If money raised upon unau
thorised securities has come into the
treasury, the Statu is bound to ncouuut for
the name. But considerations of public
policy forbid that the State should recog
nize as valid aud binding any contract
entered into by any | ersou not authorized
to mako the same. The Governor lias uo
authority, by virtue of his office aloue. to
issue bonds of the State. To do this he
must be specially authorized by a legisla
tive act, passed for that purpose. When
so empowered, he becomes n spcoial
agent, and cannot transcend the limits of
the grant conferring his powers. It is a
well established principle, that persons
f having dealings with public ngeuts, in
’ matters like this, are atriekly bound to
look to the authority of such agents.
The following is a consolidated state
ment of the existing debt of tho State,
created before the fourth day of July,
1868, showing the amounts and dates of
the issue and maturity of the bonds :
When Issued.
1842 and 18/12..
1842 and 1843..
1844 and 1848 .
1858
1859
1860
1861
1866
aatioa os ©if lab# ^
ful extravs^a 4ee which I
sots of those lately la
the practice of rha most rigid economy
Our resources
indispensably u#
ahottid be lmsbai
banded, our Expenditure*'' al localities desired to have the oollege
confined within the attiotfat limits of na-
cessiijr, aud public officials held to rigid
accountability. By a wise, hguaat and
faithful administration of the government
the public credit will aoon be restored,
and the people be relieved of the weight
or taxation which now cypresas# them.
FLO AT IN Q DEBT OF WESTES* AMD ATLANTIC
Your attention is al»o respectfully called
to the propriety of making provision for
the payment of the floating debt of the
Western and Atlanta) Railroad. The an
nual report of the Comptroller General,
herewith transmitted, shows that there
was paid out of the public treasury during
the year 1871 t to claims belonging to the
class just named, the sum of *453,089.92.
1 here is still a large number uf such
claims outstanding, a portion of whioh
have Leon audited by the commissioners
appointed by the Legislature, in tho sot
approved October 24, 1870.
At the late session of the Gouend-iyi-
semblv, a committee was appointed with
power to investigate the conduct of the
said commissioners, and to inquire wheth
er any claims had been allowed them af
ter beiug rejected by the Legislature or
by the courts, or whether any claims had
been allowed which had beeu barred by
the statute of limitations, aud whether
auy fraudulent and illegal claims bad been
allowed, and upon what evidence. No
warrants have beeu issued for the pay
ment of these claims since my accession
to office. It is a matter of doubt whether
auy appropriation eiiata for their pay
ment, and I deem it proper and respect
ful to await actiou on tho part of the Leg
islature, before directing further pay
ments to be made.
1 would also call your attention to the
fact, that there is outstanding a large
amount of duiuia against the State, iu the
form of change bills aud notes issued by
tho Western k Atlautio Railroad. Most of
these purport to have been isnued during
the late war, and others bear date aa far
back ns tbo time when the road was being
constructed. 1 have beeu informed that
it has been held by the oonrts of Teunea-
soo that the full amount specified on the
fuco of the change Lills is-med during the
war is recoverable. In view of tha fact
that much litigation uiuy arise, aud great
expense bo incurred in suits brought in
tho courts of Tenuosseo for the collection
of these bills, I res|»oatfully reoounueud
that so rue piovihioti be made whereby
these evils may be avoided.
LEASE OF TUX WEST KIN AMD ATLANTIC
RA1LUOAD.
*lhe attention uf tho Legislature has
never been formally called to the lease of
the Western and Atlantio Railroad, and 1
therefore traiiKiuit herewith copies of all
tho papers of record and on file iu this de
part merit referring to tho sumo.
From these papers it will appear that
n the 27ih day of December, 1670. my
predocissor leased tho road, its rolling
stock aud other property, for the term
of twenty years, for tho stun of *25,000
per month, or *300,000 per annum. This
rental has been regularly and punctually
paid. '1 ho terms ami conditions of the
h uso are fully set forth in the accompany-
iug documents, aud need not to bo reca
pitulated here.
The circumstances attending this trans
action, from its inception to its cotisum-
illation, have excited great interest in the
public mind, and liavo bocu the stibj
of much diverse criticism. In cou.._
4nonce of this fact, the Legislature at its
lute session, by a joint resolution, pro
vided for the appointment of a committee
whoso duty it was made to investigate and
report open tho Ioaso. This committee,
1 urn informed, will submit their ropoit
during your | resent session. Any diKOiiH-
sion of the lease therefore, at this tiuio,
and in advance of the officiul evidence,
might justly be doomed premature.
'lho magnitude of the iutorests in
volved, and the concern which the trans
action has excited in the public mind,
rende r it proper that I invoke ut your
bands, whenever yon shall feel it your
duty to take up this important matter for
consideration, tho exorcise of your high
est Wisdom and justice. In the discus-
sion which will doubtless arrise, I fool as
sured that yon will lose sight of noithor
tho tine interests of the people, the honor
and dignity ot the State, nor the rights of
tho Icskcos.
m
Out «• btd HHill ilMlUnt Uxtilutioe.
of lMrniig, .b<1 that la. paopte of MT.r-
»• jin&ttfc! ssldUit d tkl# SUU -ai l
• * ~ J Mimed iu tb©Wft* «»r, whMbtr iff __
found Mtviou of Iff# SUta of Georgia or of tbo
Grand #5,238,500 00
From tho foregoing tubular stutemeut
it will appear that tho total amount of our
bonded debt, contracted prior to July I
18418, ia *5,238,500.
To meet tho bonds falling due the pres
ent summer, the Governor was authorized
to issue bonds to the Amount of *700,000,
due in twenty years and bearing interest
at a rate not exceeding seven per ceut.
par annum, payable serui-anniialiy. As
required by tho provisions of this net, 1
have caused bonds to be prepared, and
the eamo are now being used in exchange
and redemption of the old bonds falling
due the present year. By the third sec
tion of the act, a temporary loan was au
thorized in a sum not exceeding *300,000,
for the purpose of paying the semi-annual
interest, due the present summer, upon
the bonds of tho State issued before the
first day of Juue, 1868, which loan, it iR
provided, shall be paid back out of tbo
moneys received from the taxes paid into
the treasury during the year 1872.
Acting under the authority thus con
ferred, I borrowed from the National
Bank of Commerce, in New York, the
sum of *200,000 ut seven per cent, per
annum, to be re-paid on the first day of
Daoember next. This sum was placed to
the oredit of the State on tho 29 th day of
June last, and n sufficient to pay the in
terest falling duo upon our old debt in the
months of June, July and August.
An arrangement Las also been effected
with the National Bank of Commerce to
act aa the agent of the State in exchanging
tha old for the new bonds falling due this
year. This arrangement is as follows:
An offer is made to the holders of the old
bonds to exchange therefor the new seven
per cent, bonds authorized to be issued by
said sot. In the event this offer shall nut
be acoepted, it is proposed that the semi
annual interest shall continue to be paid
upon the old bonds until the State shall
be able to redeem the same. This ar
rangement is the host that could be efr>o-
ted in the present condition of tho public
credit, and it is believed that it will give
aatiafactiou to our creditors. There ex
ists no law authorizing the payment of
Interest upon the old bonds After their
maturity, but being satisfied that the prop
osition to tbat effect, embraced in the ar
rangement above referred to, if oarried
out, will be promotive of the public wel
fare, I respectfully recommend tbat the
ame be approved by the Legislature.
In effecting these arrangements, I have
|to acknowledge tho obligations under
Lwhich I rest to the Hon. Charles J. Jen-
■ kina, who, while refusing all pecuniary
[eompenaation therefor as the agent of the
Btata, brought to my aid the benefit of his
Mall-known wisdom and experience.
Bj the wasteful expenditures of the late
liniatration, the State was deprived of
» means of psyiog the fiend-annual in-
Ument of interest on the public debt,
I to supply such means, it became nec-
ary to resort to the doubtful expedient
fa abort loan. Tho necessary effect of
l will be to plsoe three semi-annual in-
‘ manta of interest on the public debt
l tha revenues of the present year.
TDecember next we shall have to pay
is temporary loan contracted to meet the
^taraat falling due this summer. Then
7 r! «cly in January and FuLrnn-
\ there attei, st.o'her scmi-hounal iustuli-
nt will fall uii-\ This we shall pruba-
f be able to u»«?t without serious diffi-
Ity. In June, July and Angnst of next
if, however, another like installment
1 become due, and will be upon us be-
l the taxes of next year can be collect-
Tbe temporary loan jnat negotiated
ild be promptly paid at maturity, and
ovieioa be made to meet future install.
I of interest without recourse to tern-
j expedients.
It fa of the highest importance tbat tbe
edit of the Bute be fully re-established,
> the end that tha heavy burdens now
on tha peopla may be removed
r aa possible. The present im-
I condition of tbe oo untry, pro-
11*7 Ut St« writ ww, tlM dMorgsai-
POPULAR EDUCATION.
I transmit herewith the report of tho
State School Comiiii^ionur upon tho pres
ent condition nnd wants of our common
Kchool system, to wbioh I respectfully in
vito your attention.
Tho attempt to establish tha common
school system in this State has not been
crowned with the suoness which was an
ticipated. It in not difficult to understand
tho causes which have led to this result.
In the impoverished condition of the peo
ple it bus been found impracticable to
raise tho means nt onco to carry into suo-
caiwful operation a system bo expensive,
without too great an increase of taxation.
Evon the Meant means which have come
into the treasury, and which by tbe con
stitution were set apart and devoted to
common school purposes, have beeu mis
applied.
By order of the General Assembly, in
the year 1870, tbo sum of #242,027 62,
belonging to tbo school fund, was taken
from the treasury. Boon after this was
dor.n the Legislature passed an act estab
lishing a common school system. Tbo
Bravo wrong was committed of first mis-
appropriating tbe Kchool fund, and next
of establishing a cumbrous and expensive
system, requiring for its sucoessnill op
eration a heavy outlay of money. No suf
ficient appropriation was made for defray
ing the expenses of the system. The nec
essary consequence of this unwise proce
dure was that heavy debts were contract
ed iu the employment of teaebars, and for
other purposes. The present General
Assembly ut its lute session sought to
correct exi&tiug evils by remodeling the
whole system. Tlie law ae it now stands,
although au improvement upon previous
legislation, is still very defeotive. These
defects are pointed oat iu tbe report of
the Commissioner, and tbe neeeasary
remedial legislation suggested. I cannot
too urgeully recommend that provision
be at nuco made for paying tbe just claims
of teachers.
When the school fund wee taken from
the treasury, certain bonds of the State
were deposited iu lieu of tbe same. Tbe
Governor was authorized to sell these
bonds to raise money to pay tbe teachers,
but the power to sell was expressly made
dependent upon tbe condition tbat stich
sala could be made withont injury to tbe
pnblio credit. Upon inquiry made of the
Treasurer, I found tbat the bonds bore
lithographed coupons, and in bis judg
ment were so defectively executed aa to
bo of little or no value. As an evidsnoe
of this, it was stated that they had been
offered by tbe Into Governor in tbe New
York market, but a sale of them had been
found impracticable, except at a ruinous
sacrifice.
Being satisfied that the mere faot of
these bonds, thus executed, being placed
upon tho maikct would greatly impair tha
credit of the State, I deemed U to be auy
duty to defer aDy attempt to sell them,
and to submit the matter to the General
Assembly.
AGRICULTURAL LAND SCRIP.
13j an act of Congress, passed in tho
year 1862, donat ons of land were offered
to the States for tbe purpose of estab
lishing agricultural aud mechanical colle
ges. The States accepting the donations
were a'lowed uutit the second day of July
in.stant, to establish these colleges. The
scrip issued to (he State of Georgia, un-
der the provision* of naid sot of Congress,
was sold by my immediate^redecewsor, at
ninety cents rer ujre, making tbe sum of
*243,000. Of this, the sum of *50,400
has been received. Tha remaining por
tion will not become due until Um turd
doy of July, 1873.
Finding that the time in which tbe col
lege in this State must be ettaklklfted, if
at all, would expire before the meeting at
the General Assembly, and fesUng unwil
ling to apply to Congrtaa to extend tbe
time, for the reason that such
in all probability would bars been used
aa a pretext for attaching to tbe
conditions whieb would have reodersd
tha same odioua to tbe people, I deter
mined tbat it wae aay duty to
established In their midst. This was nat
ural and praiseworthy. But my duty waa
plainly pointed out by law, aud beyond
this, I oould not go. The act of tbe Leg-
IMatnre, approved December 12, 1866,
eonferred Upon tbe Qovdiffor nil tbe pow.
er necessary to save the fund to the Bute.
Tbe act of Congress, however, making
tha donation, required that the college
should be actually established by the eec-
oud day of July, 1872. There was no
such oollege iu existence In this Bute,
aud I, as the chief executive officer under
the government, had no authority to ore-
ate aueh au institution. The Jjegialatore
had failed to organise a oollege for this
purpose, or to dispone of the fund, and
would not ra-aaaemble in time to take the
ueceaaary action. What then oonld be
done 7
By the terms of its obartsr, the trus
tees of the Uoiversitv of tha State loca
ted at Athena, and already in successful
operation, possessed ample powers to es-
tAolihh such a college aa tbat described in
tbe act of Congrtaa making tha donation,
and it wat only in the prompt exeroiso of
tbefie powers by tha trustesa that tha fund
did not become forfoit The trustees
held n meeting in this city on the thir
teenth day of March last, whan they or-
f lAuizod a college in oonfonuity to the
aw granting tho donation, made formal
application for tbe use of tbe fund, and
received an Executive order bestowing
tbo same upon the University.
I herewith transmit oopiea of the pro
ceedings had at said meeting of the trus
tees, and of the Executive order referred
to.
It may be remarked that tha sot of
Congress prescribed tbe conditions upon
which the donation waa made. One of
thcHe conditions required that tba State,
upon accepting the donation, should be-
oorne bound to preaerva tha fund, and to
ate that no part of the asms wae lost or
misapplied. The aooepUnce of the fund
made the Bute a trustee for the usee de
clared iu the act oreatiug the trust. To
enable the State to perform iU duty aud
to protect the fuud it was manifestly ne
cessary that the same should be kept
within tbe control of the Legislature.—
The ITuivomity is a Bute institution, and
tho action of tha truateaa may be review
ed by the Goueral Assembly. This ia true
or uo other institution at learning iu the
•State, iu grautiug the use of the fund
to the Uuiversity, therefore, I was oareful
to place it whore the Legislature would
atili retain the power to interpose for iu
proper application aud preservation. No
part of the priueipul luud, or of the in
terest, could be appropriated to the pur
chase or erection of buildings for tbe col-
lege; but uo delay waa occasioned on this
account, since there were already suitable
buildings belonging to tbo Uuiversity,
which could be uaed for tbat purpose.
For theae anil other reasons wbioh
might be given, I deemed it to be my
duty to save the donation in tbe only
practicable way loft opeu to me, and to
grant the fund to the University of the
It may be added that tba collage wont
ioto operation ou the first day of May
under tho most promising auspioes, aud
that there are already shout oue hundred
students receiving instruction in the same
t roc uf charge. Thu proapuct is that this
number will bo lurguly increased, and
that the BtAte, so far at least uh her agri
cultural and mocbauicul iuterett* are in
volved, w ill soon enter upon a new aud
more prosperous career. What we moat
need is thorough aud practical education,
nnd thiH the now college promises to so-
euro to all olassea of tbe people—to the
poor an well us to the rich and more for-
luuate.
rXNITKNTIAEY.
By authority of the act approved De
comber 14, 1671, authorizing the Gover
nor to farm out tho couvicts iu the l*eni-
teutiary, 1 prococded, after duo notice
given, to lease the same for the term of
two years, to Messrs. Grant, Alexander k
Co., lit the sum of fifty dollars per capita
per annum. The uumber of convicts iu
tho Penitentiary on the day the loose was
executed, wus 432. The number ou tbe
firht of tills mouth had increased to 475.
'Thirty-two have been diachargcd in the
meantime, their terms having expired.
This marked increase iu the uumber of
convicts is not due to sny augmentation
of crime iu the Htuto, but is believed to
bo the rosult entiroly of a more rigid and
proper enforcement of tbe laws. This
institution has heretofore been a aouroe
of expense to tbo Stute. Under tba pres
ent arrangement, however, it is not prob-
ahio that any appropriation will become
nocossary for its support and maintsin-
ance. On the contrary, it will probably
be productive of considerable revenue.
PARDONING POWER.
It may be here remarked tbat in the
presont state of aucioty. 1 have felt it to
be my duty to confine the exerciae of the
pardoning power within very strict limits.
Courts and juries constitute the proper
tribunal for the trial of criminal offences,
and it is no part of tbe duty of the Exec-
utivo to intervene to screen tbe guilty
frckin nnniuhniAiil 1'ka ..f ii... u
po**r oanfamd «poo tfa. bMrin br dine*
Um UgiiUlwe, «d 19 MTt tkl* imptt-
— A
fruui puninhaieut. Tbe theory of the lew
upon thiH Mibject in, that when guilt hu
beeu ucer'Mued iu tb. rneuuer preecribed
by the eupreuio authority, the iotere.t of
society demands that lb. offender be pnu-
iahed. Tbe most punful duty which de
volve* upon the Chief Magistrate of the
Commonwealth ia tb. r.fuul of appml.
made to Executiv. clemency. Impreued
a. 1 have been, however, with the convio-
tion thet the good order, paaoe and wel
fare of society depend in a large measure
upon tbo due enforcement of tbe law., I
have felt conelraiued to refuse to inter
fere with the due execution of judgment.
E renounced by the Judicial authorities.
t is believed that a atrict adherence to
thia Jiua of duty will reault, at uo diatant
day, in reatoring to the people that feel
ing of security, without wbioh society ean
ho neither prosperous nor happy. I am
glad to have it in my power to add that
there lias bean a marked diminution of
crime throughout the Bute, and tbat there
ia reason to believe that thia diminution
will become more marked in tba future,
LUNATIC CONVICTS,
Tour attention ia reapeotfully called to
tbe defect* in the law aa it now stands In
regard to tho proper disposition to be
made of Junatio oonviot*. Under onr
present system, there ia no provision of
law specially adapted to auoh eaaea. Whan
the convicts were confloed in tbe Btale
l’riaon, nnder direet oontrol of the Prin-
ot pal Keeper, a provision exialed for the
removal of ionatio convict, from tha Pen-
iteutiary to the Lunatic Asylum, upon
proper certificates of lunacy being mad#
by the Physieian of the Penitentiary and
tba Principal Keeper. At this time, how
ever, there is no auoh oiHoer aa Pbyaieian
of ths Penitentiary, and the Principal
Keeper has ceased to have peculiar cus
tody aud control of the conviota. Tba
only evidence, therefore, upon wbioh the
Superintendent of the Lnnatio Asylum is
authorized to receive a cooviot into the
Asylum, cannot he supplied. The lessees
are boned by their contract and by tbe
law to treat tbe convicts with humanity,
and to confine them securely; bat there
is no provision prescribing tbe proceed
ings to be bod in esse soy of them be
come lunstie. 1 therefore recommend tbe
passage of snch act as will cure tba avil
bars pointed out.
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
I herewith transmit the report of the
Special Committee appointed to investi
gate tbe oondition of the Lnnatio Asylum.
The investigation* of tha oommilte* have
been thorough, nnd tbe information whioh
they have oolleeled in regard to this gnat
charity cannot fail to attract tba earnest
attention of the General Assembly. Tho
number of patients now being treated in
the Asylum ia large, and tbe expense*
attending the earn* era heavy. These sn-
fortunatea must he eared for, however,
and to that end all seeded reforme iu the
edminiatntioe of tbe tnetilution should
be ia trod need, aud ell etietieg ebuaee oor-
teoted. The committee, whose report ie
now eubmitted, is eomueeed of goetlamoo
of high character and marked abilities,
“7 eaggaettooe thet they should
makaara yritUte «he moat impactful
Coufojocoto 84otoo. Tho Goooiol
bly, in 1666, rnodo ofc opproptiotioa for
tbio purpose, but 1 om Mvteod tbot tboro
f still ttony indifMt oaidisrs romoiniog,
wbo bovo novor boon oupptiod with arti
ficial Hob bo. Tbo roport of tbo Oonp-
trollor Gsusrol, mod# in tbo yoor 1869,
abowo that o portion of tho appropriation
modo in 1866 is otiU unoxpoadod. Aa
tbio fund cannot now bo drown from tbo
treoNury withont furthor action by tbo
LogMotnro, I roopootfully re command
tbot on nppropiiotioo bo modo ouffident
to Boot tbo won to of thia meritorious and
unfortunoto oUso of our follow-oitiaoua.
Thooo potriotio men goto tboir natural
limbo to tbo oervioo of tbo State, aud It io
but little to oak tbot tbo State should re
place them with artificial limbo.
OUO DEAD SOLDIEEO.
Your attention is also eeraeotly colled
to tbe foot tbot tbe bodies of over two
thouRond soldiers, wbo fall fighting npon
onr own soil, still remain uncorod for on
tho hillsides and in the volleys, where
they surrendered their lives in onr de
fense. By appropriation heretofore mode,
end by private oontribntiono of means
and time, expended nnder tbe potriotio
direction of tbe ladies componing tbe
board of trustees of the Georgia Memo
rial Association, twenty-two hundred and
eighty bodies hove beeu gathered up aud
decently interred in tbe Soldieru' cemetery
Uid out for tbot purpose ot Marietta. All
tho means ou baud hove long Bince been
exhausted. Nothiug further bos been
done within tbe laHt throe yeoro, and now
even tbe cemetery, prepared with ouch
E iouii core, boo fallen into decoy from
ick of fundo to keep it up. I respectful
ly inquire—bow long Hhull this negleot be
permitted to oontiuue ? Hoviug put our
bonds to tbio good work, shall we turn
book and leave it unfinished? These
men died for us. Shall we not, then, at
least save tbeir bones from tbe plow
share, and put them tenderly away ? Duty
oollo uo, and our noble women a tend
ready, with tearful eyea, to perform the
holy teak. Our peopla ora poor, and the
State ia cramped in her finances—for tbe
stranger and tba apoilar have boon among
us—but wo ora not ao poor but tbat we
can yet bury onr dead.
MI LIT AST INTEEFXBKNOE.
It may be tbat it ia unuaoaaaary to call
your attention to tbe correspondence
whioh waa reeantly had by this depart
ment with tba commandant of tba military
furoas of tba United States stationed at
thia place, in reference to tbe interference
in our local affair* by armed Federal sol-
diary. Tba eopisa of Utters, herewith
transmitted, will put you in poeseesion of
all tbe facta connected with tbio unauthor-
i*od attempt to sot aside and supersede
tbe authority of tbe Bute. It ia the
earneHt desire of tbe people of OeorgiA to
preserve good order, to put down crime in
their midtt, to discharge all their duties,
publie and private, iu a peaceable man
ner, and to maintain between the author
ities off thia State aud of the United
Staton kiud and pleasant rolatioiiH. Such
iH my ou u fixed purpose as the Governor
of the State, It is Doped, however, that
o have soeu the lant of thiH kind of in-
toiforeuco with our domestic affaira.—
Thera is neither reason for it, nor warrant
of law. It ia my duty, oh Chief Magis
trate of tho Coiuiuonuealth, to upheld
tho luwM, to maintain good order within
our borders, and to protect the poople in
their ligbta of peraou and properly. To
discharge thin high duty, the Legislature
ban clothed the Executive with ample
poweni.
There ia not likely fo arise an emergen
cy when the aid of the Federal authorities
will be required, and there can novor oc
cur a case in wbioh tbo voluntary and un
authorized intorferenoa of tbe miliUry
forces of tba government can be necessa-
rv or justifiable. And so long aa 1 bold
the offioe with whioh tbe people have so
freely honored me, I aball protest against
suoh interference with all tbe earnestness
of outraged j notice. Tbe people have no
thought of offering any kind of resistance
to the enforcement of tba laws of tbe
United States, but they do protest, and
will oontiuue to protest, against all illegal
aud nnantborized attempts to trample un
der foot the great right of looel self.gov-
ornmout, whether such attempts be made
by tbe military forces or by tha Judiciary
of the Federal Government.
JAMES M. SMITH.
fttaum 09 Co EM AMD fUooK AT CCLUM*
■tfa von tee Past 10 Mourns.— llr. JR.
A. Bacon, tha accommodating ageut of
tha Western Rood at ibis point, him kind
ly furnished us wjth the following corn
andbaoon statistics:
Total amount of corn reoeived at Co-
lumbua, from Sept. 1st, 1871, to July 1st,
1872, (ten months,) 2,170,000 bushel*,
making 7,233 car loads, of 300 bushel*
each, or 26 car loads per day.
Total amount of bacon reoeived in same
time, 6,558,000 lbs., or an average of 21,
526 lbs, daily.
When we reflect that nearly *.3,000,000
has been sent West to pay for this vast
amount of provisions, is there any won
der that onr section is impoverished ?
We commend these figures, (taken from
the books at the Western depot), to the
prayful attention of Shorpshirc, of the
Eufaula Times, who lately boasted that
his man Woods had shipped inoro corn,
than all of Columbus put together. If he
can make a bigger truthful showing than
this, we pity Eufaalo, and the people who
do their trading there.
Thank God, a large per ceut. of thin
corn money will be saved to our commu
nity, the coming year, if there is any reli
ance to be placed in the glowing crog re
ports which reach us from all quurters.
An Alabama correspondent calls our
attention to tbo very creditable and pro
mising collegiate eereer of a young gen-
tlemao from llortvilla, Ala., *bo ia about
to graduate at ths University of Georgit.
Wo taka pleasure end pride in hie distinc
tion, end in the promise of future useful
ness and honor thet ia eo gratifying to his
friends. The young gentlemen ia Joseph
Stovall Powell, son of Ur. Joe. S. Powell
of Hurtville. He has, we understand,
been four ydars at the University, end bee
each year acquitted himself with honor.
Hie habits at tbe College have uniformly
beeu of the moat exemplary oharaoter—
studious, strictly temperate, and in all
things observant of tbe rules. He bee
been elected to dolivor the Valedictory
Address to tbe Demoethenian Booiely at
the Commencement the :id of August.
Wo find in the Georgia Collegian of the
8th of June, the following notice of e
epeech delivered by Mr. Powell on tbe
occasion of a debate on tho qoeation,
“Waa there more to be admired then
condemned io the obaracter of Bratus?"
Mr. J. H. Powell (Alabama) then spoke
on tbe affirmative, tracing the history of
Brutua from the commencement of hie
political career, showing that be began
public life with tbe tole object of “rercu-
ing hie country from tba Hoyile of Patri-
oieu despotism on the one bend, end the
Cbsrybdie of eivil anarchy on the other,
end that he never swerved from hie pur
pose, bot ever sioeere, and ever apnrning
the temple of ambition, he lived, fooght,
bled end died for Homan liberty.” He
also showed that tha testa to b* applied
to hia ebaraoter must be the tiniea end
ciroumatanoes whieb moulded tbat ebar
aoter, and tbe greet ideee and prineipisa
wbioh war* tb* rnltng element* of hia Ilfs.
Aa a criticism of his whole apeeob, I sen
only re-eobo the words of one of the
Professors: “He mad* one of the finest
end moat happy efforts ever heard on the
stage in Athene.”
Fatal Amur nr Twtaoe County.—
We learned thia morning, thet a fetal af
fray occurred in the upper end of Twiggs
county, dry before yesterday. Oor in.
formant soys, thet on thet day a quarrel
look plaee between the families or Henry
Crawford and Wes Green, whioh wee im
mediately asanmed by them, resulting in
f the killing of Groan by Crsw-
Crewford struck Green on the head
with a fence rail, crushing tbe skull end
producing almost instant death. He waa
nnder arrest and in tha bands of a strong
guard at last accounts.
Those men bed long been intimate
friends, and lived npon the same planta
tion. Tba difficulty was aa sodden aa its
termination was deplorsbls.—ilaion Hu-
terprine, 18th.
Ths Wreck ef LoeilMlew.
N*w Von, July 18.— A Saratoga dis
patch says:
I paid a visit to Harper'a stable* early
this morning. Than stood tb* wrack of
Long Branch racing greatness in an un
dignified attitude. Three lege have gone
forever. The wound in the heal is not to
bo oompared to the breaking of tha ten-
don, ths asiddl* oea too, and to ua* tba
precise language of Ua trainer: “He'll
narar man than walk—ran ha oonldnV’
The eity of fialaee, Ala., by e vote of
175 to <5, hia snbaaribed $100,000 to tba
atoek ot tho “Mow Orlaana aad Belas
Bailroad.”
,x
“Vallxy of Humiliation."—After good
“Christian," Banyan’s immortal hero, hnd
progressed far in his journeying* toward
tbo “Celestial City," and hnd reached a
point where he was probably beginning to
congratulate hitnnelf upou his ability to
stand firm upon tbo mighty conquests he
bad won and the heaveuly grace he had
acquired, just hero ho was called to pass
through one of tbe most trying ordesln of
his life—which was nothing less than a
hand to hand enoounter with the great
Apollyon himself. This memorable con
flict between thorn took placo in what
was called the “Valley of Humiliation."
It waa an exceedingly fierce encounter,
and for a long time tho insuo thereof
seemed a doubtful one. “Christian” wan
wounded and fell, but suntained by on
invincible valor aud a determination that
would not yield, be was enabled by tho
use of the shield of Faitli aud the sword
of the Spirit to arine again, and pron* on
to viotory—repenting in the hour of bin
triumph that encouraging portion of the
Scriptures which haR served to cheer nnd
strengthen so many other pilgrims under
like trying circnnintaneen, “Rejoice not
againnt me, O thou mine advernury ! for
though I fall, yet will I rise again.”
From the above epinodo in tho lifu of
onr hero pilgrim, the humble followers of
ChriRt at the proNent day may loam useful
aud instructive lessons, both of warning
and encouragement. 1 heir live*, we know,
aro beset with many Bore and grievous
trial* and temptations, and which often
increase rather than diminish a* tho true
hero ndvanceH. Tho grace which enables
uh to overcome to-day, may not bo avail
able to-morrow, nor can wo repose upon
tbe viotorie* of tho present, in view of
the fierce struggles which mny await us iu
the future. Daily grace for daily needs,
is the only condition upon which God
promisos to BHHist ns iu fighting our bat
tles here. The uiau who expects to enjoy
the happiueRs and security of Heaven,
without a diligont use of tho iiieau* of
grace to obtain it, is a* foolish n* he wiio
hope* to revel iu wealth and luxury with
out turning a hand to eurn tho money
which secure* such thing*. Wliou tho
Devil soes that you are fully Met upon the
work of saving your soul, ho brings into
requiaition all his hellish denign* to defeat
the accomplishment of a purpose which
promises to cheat him out of a victim.
Hence you will often observe that the very
best men are tbe most severely tempted
and tried, Baton weli knowing that many
will desert the standard of Kiug Immunnel
in the hour of peculiarly sore persecution
and trial. Let those who uiuy find thom-
selves thus beset, by foes within uud
foes without, pray and fight but the more
earuastly, resting assured that the day of
their redemption draweth nigh.
UNivERsiTx or Nashville.—An adver
tisement of this institution mny be found
e .**0where. In additiou to Praparutoiy
Bchool and College Proper, the Universi
ty includes medical and military depart
ments. Gen. E. Kirby Bmith is Chan-
cello.', supported by uu uble und learned
faculty. From a catalogue before us, wo
learn there wero present in all depart
ment*, last session, 496 pupils. We com
mend this institution to the putronage
those wishing to send their hour beyoud
the limits of Georgia to be educated.
Cotton.—Market dull and declining-
nothing doing. Middlings quoted nomi
nally at from 20 to 21c. licceiptH for the
weak 10 balsa—2 by H. W. R. R., 1 by
M. k G. R. R., 1 by river, G by wagons.
Shipments during the weok 52 bales—27
by 8. W. B. U., 25 for home consump
tion.
Office Dailt Enquirer, I
Columbus, Ga., July 19, 1872.)
Columbus Cotton Statement for the
Seaeon of 1871-72.
Bales.
Stock on hand Bent. 1, 1871 1,550
Received past week 10
Raoeived previously 40,883—40,393
Total 41,943
Shipped peat week 52
Shipped previously 41,579—41,631
Stock on hand to date 312
All fob Greeley.—Of Hsvcnty odd po-
litical papers published in the State of Al
abama, all but three support Greeley and
Brown, two of which a re tbe Radioal pa
pers of Montgomery. —Eufnula Times.
New Cotton.—Mr. James Camp, of
this oity, brings us tbe first open boll of
cotton we hove seen this year. It wa*
raised on bis plantation in this county.—
Three cheers for Mr. C. lie’s a model
farmer, an enterprising citizen, and al
ways up to the times.
Onr cotton proapeet ia splendid, and if
the eatarpillar and rust will hold off a lit
tle longer we ll have a dead sure thing of
it.—Albany News, 19/A.
Let Us Minqlk Oue Tears.—We can
drop a sympathetic tear with IJ rant'a Own
(the New York Times) in contemplating
the “melancholy" fate of the Democratic
party—and that paper feelingly says:
“It is a little melancholy to aee them
voluntarily inviting tbe most ignominious
end whioh ever befel a great organisa
tion."
And we ean’t charge it on you, dear.
We oon’t say you sntioed us ou to nomi
nate Greeley. No. Oo the oontrary, to
do you jostioe, you hove labored hard and
long to show ua all what fools we were
making of onrselvea; and tbe Grant head
quarters in New York have ably aemuded
your efforts by sending mousy, in *500
packages, about that Stats, to seenro the
attendance of anti-Greeley Democrats at
Baltimore. But it waa all of no avuil.
Tha “malanoholy” result ia before the
world. Greeley is Dominated ; and what
in worse, ia going to be elected. Boo-hoo,
boo-boo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo-oo-oo!
[Hartford Times.
Adminiatratror’a Bale.
TJT vlrtwa of aa order from tbe Coart of Ordinary
D of Mwacogaa ooaaljr, I will Mil oa tba Ural
Toaa4ay ta SapUMbar aaxt,withla tha local bouts
of aala, ia frost of tbo auction bouao ot Ellia A
fsoaear, oa Broad atroet, la tba city of Colonboa,
tbo following oity proparty, to-wlt:
City Lot la said dty Vo. 830, that ta to aay, all of
aald lot asmpt 84 foot running through aoiti lot oa
•Ida tbaraaf, horotoforo aold to Mr. Wood,
aalaaaab.
F01TI1 1H0BAV,
Quasi at Hone.—The WorU ■*;
the goobers Aeiegetee to Baltimore,
Matted Mr. Oraelej at Ghaopeqae,
eheratod with Uo freak, raea)j eed aordi-
rideoeeMarwUeeUell tbot 1*jneyrirod
IrVfM) Ata'tcftyMLfeN&rMK'J. ^Gowtuhtatedslfbat tUtty
telegraphic news.
[pen* mepATOBt*. ]
London, Joljr i:>.—It I* reported Peril*,
■uout will be prorogued Angnst 10th.
Ths steamer Hibernia, from Liverpool
for Qnekeo, tekee a parly of English set.
Here, pioneers of a oolony whioh it It pro
posed to establish io Minnesota.
Specials to tbe London papers say thet
no progress bee been made before the
Board of Arbitration at Genera. AU the
mcniticra present to-day.
COMPARATXYn COTTON ■TATXUXNT.
New Yoke, July 111.—Ucceipta at ell
tho purls fur Ihe week 2,114.1; seine time
last year 10,800 ; total for the year2,CV2,
028: last year 3,752,554. Export* for the
week 0,7'Jb ; name time lest year 18,058
total for the year 1,026,084 ; leak year
8,017,022. Stock at eU U. 8. port* 124,-
724; last year 180,774 ; at interior towns
0,718; last year 18,208; at Liverpool
070,000 ; last year 660,000. American
afloat for Great Britain 350,000 ; lest year
80,000.
London, July 20.—Advices from Bt.
Petersburg state that e cholera epidemic
la gradually making its way from the seat-
tern provinces and steadily gaining foot
hold iu tbe central aud western portions
of the empire. Mosoow ia now suffering
from its ravages, end tbe disease there ie
of tho must malignant form. The pro
portion of deaths to recoveries ie placed
at 8 to 1. Thia terrible fatality creates
a panic among tho inhabitants, and thou-
sands of the hotter clasaee ere fleeing into
western Enropo. At 8t. Petersburg few
sporadic oases have appeared. The au
thorities are taking moat rigid precautions
to cut off communication between the
capital and the infected diatriots.
The grave diggers of Wootwioh ceme
tery, iu (ho eastern suburbs of London,
ere ou a strike.
San Ekanoibco, Cal., July 20.—Detec
tives Inshro and Smith, ware committed
for trial tu-day, ihe former for libel, the
latter for perjury, iu Ihe case of Edilli
O'Gorman, Ihe escaped Nun, mentioned
in Ihe morning cell, who woe shot by Mc-
Canslin, ia dead.
Pououkkxpbie, N. Y., July 20.—J. B.
Sln Mceds' paper mill, at Suntang, e large
concern, was burned lo-day. laws $300,-
000. Insurance $150,0(81. No lives lost.
Thu mill employed 150 hands.
Indianapolis, July 20 —Assistant Su
perintendent Jno. T. Wood was arrested
being charged with $1,000 defalcation.
Boston, July 20.—Jno. Douahoe, raper,
wiui sonlouced fifteen years.
A mulatto was arrested on charge of
raping ut Tnnnton, Muss.
Philadelphia, July 20.—A boat con
taining four porsous was capsized in Ihe
Delaware. Harry Bowmsu, journaliat,
wus drowned.
liooHRsTRit, July 20.—An appeal signed
by Susan 11. Anthony, President, nnd Ma-
tilda Jocelyn Gage, Secretary, of Exeen-
live Committee of the Woman's Suffrage
Association, lakes strong ground for the
Philadelphia Platform.
Banuoh, Mr., July 20.—Hon. Sainnel
Hatcher dead ; aged 06. He was eleated
to Congress iu 1782. He was tbo oldest
Mason in Ihe United Staton.
New Yoiik, July 20.—A Niagra despatch
says Demoornlio and Liberal leaders in
consultation there have agreed on Hand-
ford E. Church (Deni.) for Govornor.
Buffalo, July 20.— Evana A Co's plaln-
iug mill and several adjoining lumber
yards burned ; loss $1(8),OHO.
Montoomeiiv, Ala., July 20.—Damages
by the late flood roach $5,000,000. Wa
ters iu central Alabama higher than ever
known at thia season. Cotton nnd corn
ou highlands badly damaged by heavy
ruins. The cotton crop of Alabama out
40,000 bale* Rhort.
Geneva, July 20.—Gentlemen connect
ed with the hoard of arbitration atili pre
serve most profound secrecy on the sub
ject of lho proceedings of Ihe counsel of
ihe governments, and refuse to answer
any communications ou questions pend
ing, iu order to prevent inlorference of
newspapers nnd the possibility of their
claicising influence on the minds of the
arbitrators: Huresfter tbe board will
hold flvo sessions | er week, sitting every
d ty except Saturday aud Sunday.
London, July 20.— Rev. Mr. Yales,
Ameiicau missionary to China, is here.
Madrid, July 20.—The examination of
two assnnsins captured develops the faot
that tho uttack wee on the part of an or
ganized couspiray, extensive in its remifl.
cations and provided with ample fnnds.
Washington, July 20.— Bontwell has
returned from North Caroline, end says
leading men promise ten, probably fifteen
thousand majority in that State for
Grant.
Coiu balance in the treasury seventy-
one millions, including thirty-two millions
certificates; currency hslanoe nine aud a
half millions.
The ammunition hoe been removed
from lho privateer Pioneer end stored in
the government magazine et New York.
Grant returns Tuesday, when it is said
tbs Indian question will be dieonased in
Cabinet. A strong effort will he made Io
have Sheridan’s views adopted as policy.
Wilmington, N. 0., July 20.—A re-
port has just reached here that Tom Low-
rey, oue of (be Bobeson outlaws end
hrothor to tbe notorione Henry Berry
Lowrey, wes killed near Moae Nook this
morning by ltobert Wlabart, a younger
hrothor of Col. F. M. Wisbart, who wee
killed by tho outlaws some month* aino*.
Hia body reaahed Lumberton jnat before
tbe train passed.
New York, July 20.—A temporary in
junction he* boon granted in the unit of
the Erie It. B. Company egeinet tbe Jet-
fersou Bailroad Company, Jay Gould end
Justin D. White restraining defendant*
from transferring oertein stock in their
possession. Tbe officers of Ihe Erie rood
will he removed immediately from tb*
Grand Opera House.
Specie ebipments to-day five-eighths of
e million.
Deelha of tho week 918.
Balsioh, N. 0., July 20.—Tbe U. 8.
Commissioner gave his decision to-day in
(he oase of tbe United 8tates against
Shedraoh Jones, colored, for *n attempt
to intimidate Simon Cramer, * colored
Greeley Bepnblieen, in the exereiea of
bis political franchise, finding the defend
ant guilty and binding him over to the
U. K. circuit court. Mack Jones, colored,
who esaaulloil Samuel G. Cross, colored,
e marshal of the Greeley end Brown rati
fication meeting, wee also tried Ixndsy
end eonviated, the commissioner giving
hie decision nt length. He we* bound
over in the earn of $1000. The evidsnoe
in the other oeeee whioh will be tried oo
Monday 1* said to be (till etroager.
Mew Yoee, July 20.— Cotton In dull—
eelea 441. Uplands 22a., Orleene 22!at*.
Futures to-day 18,200 bales i August 20}
*20 9-16, September 20*20 13-18, October
19faiU^e., November 18}el»ie., Deeem-
Moaey very eery et leS. Storting doll.
New Osmans, July 2d.—Market dull
end nominal—middlings 22)r. j. Net re
ceipts 48; gross 115. Stock 11,562.
Savannah.—Market dull—midl'gii 21 j.
Net receipts 56,
Mobile.—Dull, middlings 22. Net re-
oeipts (i; gross 51. Stock 1038.
Chaulkston.—Middlings nomine]. Not
rocoipta 81; gross 1116. Stock 6,65.1.
Wn.MiNOTON.—Middlings 21 j. Sales
160. Stock 757.
Galveston.—No- receipts 89. Htocl;
482.
August a—Market nominal, middlings
2DJ. Not receipts 66. Salas 40.
Boston. Middlings 22). Gross l-eo'ps
205. Sales Itkt. Stock 9,000.
Norfolk.—Middlings 20). Not rcci ps
277. Stook 681.
A good ward-robe, economically pur
chased, ia Indispensahlo lo every bride.
An economical way of purchasing any
ertiele required ia really indispensable to
every housekeeper. A peculiar facility to
purohaso at close figures is absolutely
necessary lo the pater families of large
end moderate circumstances, mid it is at
loast desirable (hut dealers and johbin in
any and every kind of goods and intr
chandise, ho ounbied to sort tip stoeiiH in
email or lurge quantities us may bo :in
quired, from tiiuo to time. All this can
bo accomplished by addressing tho Now
York Purrhasing Bureau, 701 Broadway,
N. Y. Endorsed by prominent New York
men. Scud for circular. jy2B-wlt
IN MBMOniAM.
MISS JlhuT XEACIint.
1>IK1>, mi ttie 14:li lUy of .time, nt tin- rentilrlire
of Cn;>l. N. U. llnllle, In r-
sin, silee Julia J. Mzacucu, In tlm twcutloili year
■Irani, inn Hit- (ml,.
till.*, up
Ih'l*, like
bo9tow.ll,
with t
hor last lirentli.
ItoW bill) tlitin
io Ui«* tin* tloiith tt
tl bo Ilk- WV
Sister, woci. r.ol
Urotli r, nbr.l not a tour-
I wotil.l nnt ling r her..
Tai be In luilii, w lit'ii tItiiiit t t
Columbus Wholesale Prices.
J*ROVrSION£
Hulk Meat—C. It. Sides Me
»o.
Rhouhlol'R
Bacon—II.mu, |>lnin i5e.
8. U. iiiiiiiH, RittiVIUUiud I7(*. l8e.
Hides—clour 10; clour rit>
SlltMlIdlTM 7
Breakfast Bacon, emivansed
Dried Beef—CimvaHKod
Beef Tongues, none.
Laud—Choice Leaf, in tierces
“ “ in hnlf bills 1 ‘J jo,
“ “ in kegs 1 flo.
“ in 10, 5 nnd 3 lit cuddies. 15.
Butter—Goshen, per Hi 50c.
UllOOKUIKS, ETC.
Coffee—Rio, couuunn, 35; choice *J7.i-9o
Legnyre, 27.
Java, 30.
Chekhk— !4al7o. V tt>.
Candles—»Stur, box li‘2, half box 28,
quarter box ‘J4o.
Candies—Common L’Oc, Fancy !*5<\
Caaokkhb—Butter loo, Hoda l'io Nic
1*2j, (J ruck in* Is 15.
Canned Good*—Oysters, per dozen, l lt>
onus, *1.75(6)2.00; LMI» cans $2.50.
Haliuond, 1 Hi cans, per dozen, Jj»4.
Lobsters, I lh cans *2.50; 2lh uuus *8.50
Pouches, 210 cans, *8(ju'3.50.
Pineapples, 210 cans, *4.50.
Strawberries, 21b cans. *4.(Ml.
Tomatoes, *2.50^*2.75.
Molasses—Now Orleans, per gallon 75c ;
Golden Syrup, *1.00; Cuba, 50c; Flor
ida, 50@60e.
Suoak—New Orlonns yellow clarified II;
Refiued—A 14j, B 15, C 14 j.
Liquors—Brandy, French, per gallon,
*10(6*15; American, *1.75(6; *2.50;
Peach, *2.25(a)*4; Apple, *2.25(6b*4;
Giu, Holland, *7; American *1.35(fo*2;
Rum, Jamaica, *7; American, *l.5U(a
*2; Whisky, common, *l(a;*L.50; film,
*3(a>*6.
Fish—Mackerel—bids, No. 1, *28; No.
2, *16; No. 3, *9(6)* 12; Kit*—No. I,
*2.75; No. 2, *2; No. 3, *1.50; White
Fish, V j bbl., *7; kits *2.50
Teas—Imperial, V lb, *1.50; Young IIy2
son, *1.50; Black, *1@*1.25; Gun
powder, *1.50.
Hfiok*—Alapioe, V tti, 25c; Clove* *1.50;
Nutmegs, *1.50; Pepper, 30c. Medium,
65x75c.
Tobaooo—Common, t' lb, 50c; Fine, S5x
*1.25.
Rxos—South Carolina, V tb, 10c.
Baooino—Kentucky, «i jd, 19a22c; Baling
Twine, V lb, 25e.
Iron Ties, 9(5)0)o.
Oils and Paints—Lard Oil, Vgu!., *1.25;
Lina'd, 1.15; Coul, 80n40o; Lubricating,
75c; Sweet, *2.50; Tanners' *1; White
Lead, V cwt, *U(5)*14.
Salt—Livorpool, sack, *2.50; Table, bogs
per doz., *1.50.
Flour—Columbus mill*—A *11, B 10.50
C *9.00; Western *9@*14.
Grain—White Corn, V car load, 97 ot*.,
mixed, 90@92c.
Gunpowdrr—Dupont’s, per Itog, *7.25;
Hazard’s, *7.25; Blasting, *5, Grange
Rifle, *7.25.
Shot—V bag, Patent, *3.00; Buck, *3.00
Nails—V keg, *6.50a7.
Hardware—Axea, tier dozen, *12@*16;
Spades,*18.50al 7; Shovels, 13)si 7; Cot ton
Card*, *7.50@*9; Iron—Refined Tots.,
Castings, heavy, 5)c.; light, 7c.; Plow
Steel, lOallo.; Cast Steel, 25e.; Buggy
Springs, 20c.; Horse and Mulo Shoes,
10o.; Shoe Nails, 20a25o.; Swedes 8c.,
Spoken *8*4 per *ut.
Wooden Buorkth—Paiuted, per dozen,
*2.75; Cedar, *12; Juniper, *6; Nest
Tube, *4<S>*6.
Hides—Dry Flint V lb, 10@12)o.
Leather—Sole, V lb, 33@>85c; Oak, 40(5)
45; Upper, *2.50^*3.50 il aide; French
Calf, *4<$>*6; American Calf, *3(6»* h
Snuff—Maooaboy, V !t», 85c; Scotch 85c.
Starch—V tb, 8(5)12)o.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried Fruit—Apples, per bushel, *2
Peaohea, *3(5)*4.
Butter—V !b 30$>33o.
Foo*—It dozen, 20<|>25q.
Chickens—Hens 40c; half vrown, 25c.
Beeswax—V lb, 20@25o; Tallow 8(5) 10.
Ayer’s Ague Cure,
For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever
Chill Fover, Remittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical or bilious Fever, Ac.,
and indeed all tho affections whioh arise
from malarious, marsh, or miasmatio
poisons.
tho disease, nnd with ak&ui*-
That which protects from or prevents thia dia*
order must bo of iminenso service in tlie cont-
munltica whore It prevails. Prevention is better
than cure, lor the imttent escapes tho risk which
he must run in violent attacks of this baleful dls»
temper. This “CURE” expels tho mlnsnintic
poison of Fever and A oue from the system,
and prevents tho development of the disease, If
taken on the first approach of its premonitory
fiymntoras. It is not only the host remedy ever
yet discovered for this cfa?s of complaints, but
nirio tho cheapest. The largo oiuintity wo sup
ply for a dollar brings It within tiio reach of
everybody; and In bilious districts, where
ri’.VKit and A min prevails, everybody should
havo it, and use tt freely, both for cure and pro-
lt Is hoped this *■- 1 '
•h of all —Um ]
A great superiority ■
other ever discovered ... .,
ciirooflntorniittonts is, that it contains ..
nino or mineral; consequently it produces no
quinism nr,oilier injurious effects whatever upou
the constitution. Those cured by it aro left an
lmalthy as if they bad never had tho disease.
Fever and Ague Is not alone the consequence
of tho ndustqatio poison. A great variety of dis
orders arise from its irritation, among which
aro Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Headache,
blindness, Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asth
ma, Palpitation, l*ainfill Affection of the Spleen,
Hysterics, Pnln in tho Rowels, Colic, Paralysis,
and dornngement of tho Stomach, all of which,
when-originating in this cause, put ou the in
termittent type, or become periodical. This
“ Cum:” expels tho poison from the blood, and
consequently cure3 them all alike. It is an in
valuable protection to immigrants nnd person*
travelling or temporarily residing in the mala
rious districts. If taken occasionally or daily
while'exposed to the infection, that w ill lie ex
creted from tho system, and cannot accumulate
In sufficient quantity to ripen into disease.
Hcncc it is even more valuable for protection
than cure; ami few will ever suffer from Inter*
mittents if they avail themselves of the protec
tion till-* remedy affords.
For I.lrcr Couiplniiitn, arising from torpid
ity of tin* Liver, it is an excellent remedy, stim
ulating tho Liver into healthy activity, and pro
ducing many truly remarkable cures, wucra
other medicines fail.
pnr.PAHF.n by
Dr. J. C. AYF.R& CO., Lowell, Ma*a.$-
1*radical and Anatf/ttcal Chemist*,
AND ROT.D AT.Tj ROUND TUB WORLD.
PRICE, $1.00 PER POTTLE,
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills,
toms, ftilin
aclic. Juuinlicc •
foiiN foliv and Ikiliotiw IV
bejtnllc
•«| actio:
For IKiicufcrv f
mild •lose is gimcmlly
For It Im* ii mi .it is h
f'itkitioii of «la-
Will**. IliM'b and I
tiously talc
. Nirk lie
Niciiiii kk, fill).
r<»rN,thcv hliotiM
e. t,» correct the
listriictiona which
r lYimri’huui. but on*
rcu Hired.
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complaints disi
For II i*<8 iis
they r-hoiild In
to producetho
tor Muppr
taken, as it pn
jmtliy.
As a Din nri
promote dige-t
s.lhc
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in. With s
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tolerably well, olf.-n find': that ,|.
Pills makes him fuel decidedly belli-
Dr. ,r. C. A yi:h .V <
LOWELL.
i:d iiy
, Practical Chci
SS., v. S. A.
FOR SALE DY ALL llltlUUISTS EVERYWHERE,
ml nil tbe POP-
AND PICTORIAL WEEK-
OU It road Strrot Columbus
foct27 podkwtf
Books and Stationery!
W. J. CHAFFIN,
D ealer in rooks, stationery, music,
MUSICAL 1NST1*”** —
L'LAR MAOA'/.INES
LIES OP T11K DAY, a
Georgia.
Rags, Rags!
J WILL ''4YTIIB IIKH4K9T CASH PRICK FOR
100,000 lbs. Cotton Rags!
delivered ut tlm Railroad Depots aud Wharf ia
Columbus. Parties will Had it tn their iuteroat to
ruiuiuiiiiicnto with in« before shipping elsewhere.
Dry Hides
uliich tbo highest market price
Trunk Manufactory!
I RESPECTFULLY notifv the pnblio
that I have oonmieucea al tuy store,
148 Broad street, the manufacture of
ZINC AND WOODEN TRUNKS,
vhich I no prepared to faruicli citizen,
and tbe pnblio nt Urge, .ingly ur by the
nest, AT NEW YOIIK COST.
I will warrant my work. Send in your
order, or give me > eel).
Jy21-d2Jfcwlt] WM. KORNEll.
University of Nashville, Tenn.
FocMDse 1785.
fT* HE Collegiate Department end Academy open
i Sd September next. Dticipllne military. Ia
tba Ualverelty Schools, course elective. Tuition,
board, waabiBg. fael, Ac., from fl'JO to $175 per
term. For caUlua ue or information, apalv to
GIN RIAL *. K1RBT filllTU,
JyM w7f ObnnooRoc..
Gin Repairing.
Piirchusud, I
nill bo paid.
JOHN MEHAFFEY,
COLUMBUS, GEO.
_apl2 deodfiWtr
DEPOSITS"
JN THE HUM OF I ROM
ONE DOLLAR UPWARDS
RECCE J VKD AT TflJJ
SAVING BANK
Or this Gkorciia JTome Insurance Co.,
♦A- F..r i
tnl can |di
while Security Irt
i may whose- Hiuaih
h Interest at tin- rate of 6 per cent.
II bo |iaid. Ptti'tli-H having idle capi-
liosiuiiO at iuti-ie.it ntitil required;
- * nd theft id offered to
o nut admit of tuvest-
mont, yut lioro will uiru uu interest, while being
M ift ly kept to uieet Itny suddou want or tincxport-
ed demand. jeSO eodewdlR
JOHN W. CLEMENTS
W'lioM:*.tLL AMD H trail.
G- R O C E HR_,
No. Ill Broad Stroet.
Now iu storei and ccceitriug a lunge lot of
CORN, BACON, FLOUR, SUGAR;
COFFEE, SYRUP, WHISKEY,
TOBACCO, BAGGING, TIES,
id everything usual It kept in a fibst-clas*
DI SC, at tlie LOWEST HU- E.
Particular attention pnld to orders for good*.
The public are .respectfully invited to call and
|e for i In-iiiseIven. Jyl3 ood»w2w
FRUIT JAE8!
LATEST STYLK3—ATX SIZES ;
Spear’s Preserving; Fluid,
Ac., Just recehed t»y
J. I. GRIFFIN, DjtPiioiar.
Jy4 oodaw2m i
LEMON SUGAR!
Flavoring Extracts
OF EVERY VARIETY;
Mustard, Sweet Oil. Spioes,
*c„ BEST QUALITY. YOB 94LB BY
J. L GKIFFIN, 106 Brawl St,
jjr« eoiteia