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I commend to tlie favorable con
sideration of the General Assembly,
the several recommendations of the
Comptroller General, suggesting
amendments of the law exempting
certain kinds of property from taxa
tion.
The tables accompanying the re
port of the Treasurer contain a partic
ular statement of monthly receipts
and expenditures in the year 1875;
and, also, a distinct statement of tlie
amounts received at the Treasury
since he came into office, afid of the
sources from which the same were
derived. A tabular statement of the
public debt, with amounts of inter
est thereon, payable quarterly and
semi-annually, is presented. The
Treasurer gives a detailed descrip
tion of all the maturing bonds of the
State; and, also, of the bonds of
the several railroad companies on
which the State is bound by indorse
ment.
E EC'OM MENDATION REG AUDI NG
BONDS.
I would respectfully call the atten
tion of the General Assembly to the
following extract from my last an
nual message:
“To prevent the injury to the pub
lic interest likely to result from any
unauthorized or unlawful negotia
tion of our securities, I would sug
gest that all the bonds recognized as
iegal and binding on the State, issued
during the late administration, be
withdrawn from circulation, and that
other bonds, of similar amount, and
of proper tenor and effect, be issued
in lieu thereof.”
The reasons which induced me to
submit this r r oinmendat'on at the
last session, still exist, and make it
my duty here to renew it. For
causes needless to be mentioned, the
bonds issued during the late admin
istration are not equal in value to our
other public securities. It is mani
festly to the interest of the State that
all her bonded obligations should, as
nearly as practicable, be made of
equal value in the market 3 of the
world. It will be remembered that
a large amount of the gold quarterly
bonds of the State in the hands of
Messrs. Clews & Cos. have been de
clared null and void by legislative
enactment. Coupons of these bonds,
amounting to $2,625.00, it is alleged,
have already been presented and re
deemed during the administration of
the*late Treasurer. It has not been
determined whether the same were
redeemed at the State Treasury, or at
the Fourth National Bank in New
York. From the close similarity be
tween these coupons and others" per
taining to valid bonds of the same
issue, there is great danger that re
peated frauds will be practiced upon
the Treasury.
I also recommend ttrat-bwrdeo-r the
State be issued for redemption, by
exchange, of the securities of the
Macon & Brunswick and of the
North & South Railroads, upon
which the liability of the State is ac
knowledged.
Estimates of the probable receipts
and expenditures for the present
fiscal year aresubmitted by the Treas
urer and the Comptroller General, to
the consideration of which I respect
fully invite the attention of the Gen
eraf Assembly.
ATTORXEY GENERAL.
The accompanying report of the
Attorney General shows the disposi
tion made of tne official business in
his hands during the last year. The
itemized exhibits attached to the re
port contain a statement of the sev
eral amounts received and paid out,
the cases for and against the State
now pending in the courts, the cases
pending against the Western & At
lantic Railroad, and of the execu
ting iTeutni by the comptroller Gen
eral against the late officers and
agents of this roads. The body of
the report contains an explanation of
the various items embraced in these
exhibits.
Particular attention is invited to
that portion of the report which re
fers to the sale, under the direction
of the Governor, of the house and lot
in the city of Atlanta, formerly own
ed by Foster Blodgett. The net pro
ceeds of this sale amounted to $4,-
561.50. The two remaining lots in
said city, purchased as the property
of Foster Blodgett, are still owned by
the State. The Attorney General
recommends that these lots be sold
before the building season of the pres
ent year begins.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
The accompanying report of the
Trustees of the University shows
that the amount of money received
from ail sources during the collegiate
Year was tpag.sog.vu. ' me expendi
tures during the same period amount
ed to $38,150.35. The attention of the
General Assembly is invited to the
very full reports of the Board of Vis
itors, and of the President of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, # which will
be found among the accompanying
documents. 1 also submit the re
port of tlie Trustees of the North
Georgia Agricultural College, located
at Dahlonega, showing the applica
tion of the appropriation made for
the benefit of that institution, at the
last session of the General Assembly.
This college is under the auspices of
the State University, and receives
annually therefrom a portion of the
interest accruing from the Land
Scrip fund. Satisfied that this insti
tution is managed with ability and
efficiency, I invite attention io the
suggestions contained in tlie report,
and earnestly recommend that such
an appropriation be made, as will
not only meet its present wants, but
will also increase its capacity for fu
ture usefulness.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The report of the State School
Commissioner shows the operations
of the Department of Education dur
ing the past year, and exhibits the
growing efficiency of the common
school system. Accompanying the
report will be found an able and ex
haustive argument in favor of the
system, published during the last
year, in letters address'd by the
Commissioner to the public. I in
vite the attention of the General As
sembly to the suggestions in the re
port pointing out the defects in exist
ing school laws, and indicating the
amendments necessary to correct the
same. I concur in the views express
ed by the Commissioner in reference
to the propriety of establishing nor
mal schools. The lack of competent
teachers is, without'doubt, the great
est drawback to the efficiency and
beneficent operation of the present
school system. I respectfully sug
gest that a portion of the fund an
nually appropriated for the support
of common schools be used for estab
lishing schools for the education of
teachers. These should be at least
four in number, and located at con
venient points m the Slate. Under
proper regulations, they would fur
nish annually a large number of
competent teachers, fitted to take
charge of the common schools.
I respectfully commend to the con
juration of the General Assembly
" f urged by the Commis-
V* r tu , :V, ,iie annual appropriation
a the Atlanta Uni
and deaf AVI) DL’MBINSTI
TUT IONS.
tle h s>r5 >r <hfi ls 'tnd and
institution lor the Deaf and
Dumb have been conducted, vluring
the year, with gratifying success, and'
with due regard to economy. I rec
ommend to the careful consideration
of the General Assembly the sugges
tions in the reports herewith sub
mitted.
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
A most gratifying exhibit of
the operations (of the Luna
tic Asylum during the past
year, is presented in the accompany
ing report of the Board of Trustees.
According to the report, the cost to
the Treasury for maintaining the in
stitution in the year 1875, was over
20 per cent, less than the average
cost for the three previous years;
while the number of inmates was
20 per cent, greater than the average
number for the same period. This
diminution of expenses is due, part
ly, to the reduced cost of subsistence
and clothing, and, materially, to the
judicious economy exercised by the
steward and by the medical staff of
the Asylum.
Attention is called to the necessity
existing at this institution for a con
stant and abundant supply of water.
It is required for healthfulness and
comfort, as well as for assurance
against loss by fire. The Trustees
have caused to be made a reliable
survey and estimate, and have ascer
tained that an ample supply can be
bad at an expense of from $15,000 to
SIB,OOO. If, upon examination, it
should be ascertained that this work
is needed and practicable, the appro
piation asked for by the Trustees
should be made.
PENITENTIARY.
The whole number of convicts re
ceived in the Penitentiary last year
was three hundred and ninety-one,
and the whole number remaining
therein on the the 31st day of De
cember, 1875, was nine hundred
and twenty-six. The number of par
dons granted during the year was
sixteen ; the number of deaths, forty
nine, and of escapes, fifty-three. For
the reasons set forth in my last an
nual message, I renew the recom
mendation therein made, to the ef
fect, that there be a thorough re-or
ganization of the Penitentiary. The
adoption of a permanent system of
government for the institution,
should not be delayed beyond the
present session. The views of the
Principal Keeper upon this subject,
set forth in the accompanying report,
are expressed with great clearness,
and with a force of reasoning which
entities them to the fullest consid
eration.
THE MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAIL
ROAD.
By a joint resolution of the Gener
al A jsembly,approved March 6,1875,
the Governor was directed to sell the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad,
.either at public or private sale, on
such terms and for such price in
money or in bonds of the State or of
the company, as lie might deem con
sistent with the public interest. In
accordance with this requirement,
all the property and franchises of the
Company, after proper notice, were
publicly sold, in the city of Macon,
on the first Tuesday in June last. To
prevent the sacrifice of the property
at this sale, the same was purchased
for the State at and for the sum of
$1,000,000. A deed of conveyance
for ail the property so purchased has
been duly executed and recorded on
the minutes of the Executive Depart
ment, and also in the proper offices
of the several counties which the
road passes. After the purchase was
made, the road was placed under the
management and control of a Board
of Directors, consisting of E. A.
Fiewellen of the county of Upson,
and W. A. Lofton and George S.
Jones, of the county of IliLlx Among
the accompanying documents is sub
mitted the report of this jioard, show
ing the operationsofthe road since the
same was placed under their manage
ment. I also transmit, herewith the
report of the Receiver covering the
portion of the year 1875 prior to the
date of said sale. The net earnings
of the road during last year were
very small, in consequence of a large
expenditure for repairs. The track
is now in good order, and a consid
erable increase in the business of the
road is reasonably expected.
In the exercise of the legal power
vested in them, the Directors have
advertised that they wi 1 offer the
road for sale on the 25th day of Jan
uary, instant. The law provides that
any contract for the sale or lease of
the road, to be binding on the State
must have the approval, in writing
of tljp Governor indorsed thereon.
This provision renders it especially
proper that I should here present a
brief statement of my views in refer
tn jjdlr j yt?itvW uU>viLi L>o
pursued by the State with regard to
this road.
Asa general proposition, it is
doubtless true that the State should
not own or operate railways. This
raad, however, has already become
the property of the State, and it
should not be parted with, except for
anadequatc consideration. The com
monwealth has already been more
than repaid the cost of its construc
tion, in the increased value which
the road has given to property in the
section of the State through which it
passes. A large increase of business
over the line of the road, may be
confidently expected at no distant
day. The statisticts show that near
ly one-fifth of the lumber exported
from the continent of North America
goes io sea from the coast of Georgia
and it is reasonable to include that
this portion will be largely increased.
This road traverses, for a great por
portion of its length, the best lumber
region on the continent, and it may
bo safely assumed that the transpor
tation of this product alone will, in
time, furnish it with profitable em
ployment. If an adequate offer for
purchase or lease of the road should
be made, it ought to be accepted;
but in no event should its present
character, as an independent through
fare, be changed.
NORTH AND SOUTH R. R.
Submitted herewith, is the report
of the Receiver of the property of the
North & South Railroad Company
for the year 1875. The road has been
kept in repair and operated without
expense to the State; but the report
show that an : n crease of expenditures
above the probable receipts will be
come neccessary the present year.
Unless otherwise directed by the
General Assembly at the present
session, the property of this Compa
ny will be offered for sale early in the
ensuirg - spring.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Accompanying this communica
tion, are the several reports of the
Commissioner of Agriculture and of
the State Geologist. The duties im
posed by law upon these officials,
respectively, have been performed
with ability and fidelity.
The report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture is replete with valuable
information, which should be gener
ally circulated among the agricultur
ists of the State. The publication of
a Hand-Book of Agriculture has nec
essarily been delayed, on account of
the great labor of preparing it.
The report of the State Geologist
clearly indicates the progress made
in the survey during ’the" past year.
The field notes, and other informa
tion ol the survey, are too volumin
ous to be incorporated in the report.
A detailed report will be prepared
for the press during the winter
months, while the field-work is nec
essarily suspended.
The Geological su#ey should be
completed as soon as practicable, and
the Department of Agriculture should
at once be placed upon the best pos
sible footing. I respectfully recom
mend, therefore, that the additional
appropriations needed for these ob
jects be made.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Under authority of an Act, enti
tled “An Act to create a State Beard
of Health for the protection of life
and health, and to prevent the spread
of diseases, in the State of Georgia,
and for other purposes,” approved
February 25, 1875, the following
named physicians were appointed as
Sanitary Commissioners, one from
each Congressional District in the
State, to-wit:
Fort ahe Ist District, J. G. Tho 'li
as, M. D.
For the 2nd District, Benj. M.
Cromwell, M. D.
For the 3rd District, George F.
Cooper, M. D.
For the Ith District, F. A." Stan
ford, M. D.
For the sth District, Joseph P. Lo
gan, M. 1).
For the 6th District, C. B. Notting
ham, M. D.
For the 7th District, G. W. Holmes,
M. D.
For t’n Bth District, H. F. Camp
bell, M. D.
For the 9th District, H. H. Carlton,
M. D.
These Commissioners convened at
the Capitol on the 9th day of June
last, and, together with the Attorney
General, the Comptroller General and
the State Geologist, organized, under
the authority of said Act, “The
Board of Health of the State of
Georgia.”
Accompanying this communica
tion, will be found the first annual re--
port of the Board, to which I respect
fully invite the attention of the Gen
eral Assembly. The report sets forth
briefly the transactions of the Board
at its first annual meeting,and serves
to illustrate, in a measurer, the ob
jects of its organization.
This Board should be generously
sustained by the State, and to this
end I recommend that the law be so
amended as to secure the collection
of statistical information in the man
in the repeat. I .further recomend
that the annual appropriation
for tho support of tho Board
be increased by an amount sufficient
to defray the expense of publishing
its reports and transactions. The in
formation collected by the Board
should be disseminated among the
people, under the auspices of its own
members.
CO N STIT UTIO NAL AM E NDMEN T3.
I respectfully call the attention of
the General Assembly to the Act en
titled “ An Act to alter and amend
the second section of Article 2 of tho
Constitution of the State of Georgia,
so far as relates to the residence
of voters,” approved February 21,
1875. Tiiis Act has been passed by
two successive Legislatures, and only
needs the approval of the people to
become a part of the Constitution.
There is no law providing for the
submission of this amendment for
ratification. I respectfully suggest
the passage of a measure directing
the manner in which all amendments
of the Constitution shall be submitted
to a vote of the people.
CONCLUSION.
In concluding this communication,
it is not improper to state that the
public credit has steadily continued
to improve, and may now be justly
considered as firmly re-established.
The public debt was reduced to a
slight extent the past year, and will
bo still further reduced during the
present year. It is now believed
that, with the abandonment of the
ruinous policy of State aid to railway
enterprises, and a faithful adminis
tration of our finances, the public
debt will continue to be reduced, and
with it the rate of taxation. The tax
imposed by the State is one-half of
one per cent., which is light compar
ed with the rate levied in other States;
but small as it is, it is our duty to re
duce it at the earliest possible day.
But for the burdens imposed upon
us by those who came into power un
der the Reconstruction laws, our in
debtedness, as well as our taxes would
be trifling in amount. As it is, much
the larger part of the taxes paid by
the people—at least sixty percent, or
more—is levied by the local authori
ties for county purposes. This was
rendered necessary, to a large extent,
by the ravages of war. In many
counties, court houses, jails, bridges
and highways had to be rebuilt or
repaired ; while the increase of crime
and litigation, resulting from the
emancipation or tne column m-oc, i. ,
added largely to the expense attend
ing the administration of justice.
The past year has been one of un
usual financial stringency with our
people. The seasons have been uu
propilious for our great staple, and
the price has not been remunerative.
Asa consequence, the farmer has
been cramped in Iris resources, the
merchant has not prospered, and in
sympathy with these, all classes have
suffered from the depression in bus
iness. But with the State in tho
hands of her own people, and our
public debt ascertained and defined;
with a system of public schools for
the education and enlightenment of
the rising generation; with a Geolog
ical Bureau to search out and make
known our hidden resources; with
an agricultural department to stimu
late and encourage our leading in
dustry; with a Sanitary Board,
charged with the important duty of
collecting vital statistics, and pro
moting the health of the people—
with all these, and the countless
other helps and advantages we
possess, it will bo our own fault if
we do not, at an earlay day,
relieve ourselves of the heavy
burdens under which we now labor.
These burdens were pbreed upon our
shoulders, for the most part by un
friendly hands. The duty of the
hour is to remove them, and not re
pine over the past. Our public debt
is small, compared with our vast re
sources. Then, calling to our aid
courage, patience and self-denial, let
us labor earnestly to advance the in
terest of the Commonwealth, confi
dent, in the meanwhile, that a just
and merciful Providence will even
tually right the wrong and reward
the right. James M. Smith.
Mr. Clements, of Walker, moved
that 1,000 copies of the message be
printed for the use of the House.
Mr. Peeples, of Gwinnett, stated,
at the request of the Governor, that
500 copies were printed by executive
order, and the motion was not in
order.
Mr. Clements withdrew his mo
tion.
Leaves of absence were granted E l .
D. Graham, of Dade, and J. 11. Fan
nin, of Troup.
On motion of Mr. Shewinake, the
House adjourned until 10 o'clock
Tliursday morniug.
When a St. Louis boy has been
gone several days his parents miss him
and the papers come out with adver
tisements like this: “If anybody finds
a litle boy, four or five years old dress
ed in blue jean pants and jacket, and
brown cap, it would be well to ship :
the lad to Henry Thon, No 2,000
Franklin avenue, who is one boy ■
short. i
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Tennessee.
riAHE centralization of power in Washington,
A aud the control of currupt combination:,
ot the day in the Government at various poiuis
throughout the country to fleece the people f
their hard earnings, has justly excited the pub
lic. Ti e unexampled policy of paving billions
of debt in gold, at a period of general stagna
tion in business; the disposition manifested,
if not to convert the govern meat into an abso
lute monarchy, to reduce the free people of
America to absolute serfdom; the continual
cry of the tax gatherer; the building up of the
few at the expense of the many; the exce--i ve
inequalities of .burdens imposed by the Gov
ernment on it* own citizens, all ol whom are
entitled to equal privileges; the results of all
these in the general prostration of business al
- just cause for alarm. They afford also a
just cause for a demand for a charge in ib
National administration of public affairs,
it is therefore the duty of the Democracy,
which in its purity is the representative arid
defender of the people, and of the people
themselves who are really the Dt morrow. ‘ to
correct the growing evils which threaten to
overwhelm all in common ruin. T here must
be a change ot the National admiuiiration
before there is either safety or real refoim.
This is the vital question betore the people.
The American is on the side of the people
and of change. It has its views and ex ,-ms
them from day to day, and while doing -o
frankly and honestly, it also fairly and as
fully as its space will permit, gives the views
and arguments of the other side. It claims
nothing outside ol the interests of the people,
and seeks only to iniorm them truthfully of
all matters in which they themselves are
mostly concerned.
On the eve of the Centennial of the Republic
and of a Presidential campaign ol the greaie t
moment to the people, it behooves the con
servative and Democratic masses of this sec
lion to supply themselves, it time, with <dit
ical nev. s, facts anil general political iiuonajt
tion Horn the nearest central distrihuiing
point. The American, issued from the cap
ital of Tennessee, and supplying as well, much
ol the tenitoryol Kentucky, Georgia end Ala
bama, is the only Daily Democratic journal
published w ithin a radius of more than a hun
dred and fifty milts in which there are nearly
if not quite a million of people. H furnishes
to its readers, at heavy expense. the full vol
ume ol telegraphic reports of the Western As
sociated Press, h eluding the Congressional
proceedings of the most interesting si -sioti for
many years, in which the Democrats, for the
first time since the w >r. have a majority in the
Lower i louse and nearly half the members of
the Senate.
The season is rapidly approaching and near
at hand when will he discus-ed political i-sues
affecting the National, aud State elections of
18T6. The Presidential election overshadows
all others in ils importance at this time, nut to
our section alone, hut to friend- and defenders
of Republican institutions throughout the
Union. Though times may he hard, the very
occasion of hard times is tract”.Me lo sources
with which the people ought to be acquainted,
and ot which i; is the mission ot the Ameri
can to inform them, and we think it is not in
opportune or immodest to:!.* the attention of
the masses of tin* people in its columns, \\h. li
will he always lull and reliable. The sugges
tion to Democrats and Conservatives ofTenucs
see and .States adjacent, to help extend it- cir
culation and enlarge its sphere of u-ctuliu-.-s,
is the more confidently made in view of the
very grave political and financial questions
which are now agitating the public mil and. and
which will enter largely into the approaching
Presidential canvass, and perhaps determine
the character of the Government itself in the
future. The American has undeviatlngly
stood forth in defense of the Constitntion, of
the rights of the States, and of individual lib
erty. Now, when all these are a.-sailed ■,\ a
powerful ami corrupt centralized administra
tion, it pledges itself anew to devote all its
mean* and energies to political rcloim ai.il the
rcstorati< uof the old lam n limita
tions of delegated authority and of the stand
ard of official honor.
Bv a law o! Congress which went info effect
on the first of January, 18T5, the publishers of
daily newspapers are required at the time of
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cents:aud on the Semi-weekly £0 cent.- instead
of 40 cents. Our subscription prices will,
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THE WEEKLY SUN
IS?6. SEW IGRK. IST6.
IjMGHTEEN HUNDRED AND 3F.YEXTY
-2J six is the Centennial J car. it is ul- tho
year in which an Op;.o-ition House of Repre
sentatives, the tirst since the war, will b in
power at Washington; and the year of a twen
ty-third elect jot; of a Broshlent'of the Tniled
States. All of these events are sure to be of
great interest and importance, especially the
two latter, and all of them and eveiything
connected with them will he freclvand fresh
ly reported and expounded in THE SUN.
The Opposition House of Representatives,
taking up the line of inqnirj opened years ago
by THE SUN, will sternly and diligently in
vestigate the corruptions and misdeeds of
Grant’s administration; andv.ill.it is to he
hoped, lay the foundation for anew and better
period ip our national history. Of all this
THE bL'N will contain complete and accurate
accounts, furnishing its readcs- with early
und trustworthy information these absorbing
topics.
The twenty-third Presidential election, with
the preparations lor it, will be memorable as
deciding upon Grant’s aspirations for a third
term ot power and plunder, and still more as
deciding who shall lie the party of Reform
and as electing that candidate. Concerning
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will have the constant means of being thor
oughly writ iufoimod.
iHE Vv EEKLY SI X, which has attained a
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tory, and we trust that the j ear 1576 will see
then numbers doubled. It will continue to be
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unimportant, at fil' length when ol moment;
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esting and instructive manner.
It is onr aim to make Til E WEEKLY SI S
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we shall continue to give in its columns a
large amount d)l ii><’ellaiic"ti' reading, such
as stones, tales, poems, scientific intelligence
Jifi’l agricultural information, for whi h wt 1
arc not aide, to make room in onr daily edition,
i fie agricultural department especially is one
oj its prominent features. The fasiiions are
al>o regularly reporter in its columns, and so
are the market* of every kind.
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Dec. 9-1875. X. Y. City.
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volume under the same control as* for thirty
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of agricultural improvement, and devoted to
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