Georgia Historic Newspapers

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PUBLISHED EVER*
fltlD.f J* JVfOMHtTIJVGi
BY
r. W. & T. L GANTT,
[WO OllARS PER ANNUM,
variably is advance.
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I1ST FULL
EpicrrtTF-DEP’T O^GA, J
Atlanta Ga., Jan. 8, 1873 J
\To the Gojeral*At*mbly : .
The following statement shows the
financial operations of the State Gov*
rnment for the fiscal year ending De*
ember 31, 1872.
aicEirrs.
ih on hand January 1,1872 —"8 IMiJfiS 01
leccived from general tax * 75
Weired from rental of Western and __
lAllant.c RailKod —•
wired from sslejof tumds... iS? 1 ™
, .#11 rtf ftxMii pi*rt mi 123,972 48
rceived from m'Iioo! tax •....«.••* 108,706 43
■ornrt-t] from wile of Agricultural
oIIor# scrip 90,202 17
■jMTctl fron temporary loan* 47,782 50
•oivril irotu ta* on insurance com*
t eiv«fl from railroad, bank aud ex-
Iceived from " restitution money’*
l.feiu'd from pay for convict labor-,
eccived from liquor tax
erelved from balance on Feurlh
[National Hank -
Ifceiiol from tax on circuses
n-fived from dividends of G'^orgia
[ibilriuil stock
reived from special reciprocity tax
iiiNuranco .4—■■
irol fhjin rent of Capitol
Reived from Cnited States for sup-
i^.rtof oirrict* « —•
.tired from fee* Secretary of
|MtlC i office
td on return premiums on in
i'eiv« ( l from Uoiiveutlori tax of 1868
.tivei) from tax ou wiM laud*
fwired frwin sal# cfdamaged male-
|nal t.Aiorgia Fcuitontlarjr -
»I from over-drawn Usocutiv*
ved fraiu '‘eonsciinct money"..,
Ted from taiUagh, over-drawn....
c«J from fee* Executive office
ve«J from Comptroller Geueral’a
25,711 93
31 ;
>tnl received - 12,101,340
DISBURSEMENT ■*
principal ana interest on publi^
•pe ial appropriation!
legislative pay-roll; —
civil establishmeut...^. - -
e intiBgeut fuud of 1872
priming fun l of 1872 ~ -
edneatv*h a I fund.,
lover- ay •nvnt vf tax **..— ■
692.692 I
295,227 a ,
172,251 1
*19,403 ■
39,626 '
26,977 :
5,261 ;
3,561
[Total dithuracd - 81,33.5,207 14
The balaaceou hand in the Treasury on Janu-
j J, 1673. was 3766,133 70. Included in this
[lance is the amount due to the fund devoted to
If support of cotfititfiu schools, and which svmnot
i -d fur gcueraJ purpose*.
tuvile the attention of Ihe General Assembly
the following explanation of the apparently
rge payments made from the coming-in fund
^nng the year. Claims were frequently uresent-
tt ttie Treasury that could not be classed among
• e mtiugent expense* of the Government, and
• the payment of which no provisiou had been
la U by law. The General Assembly, at the nd-
Kiirned session, in the month of July last, appro
bated the sum of $20,000—or so much thereof as
lUht be necessary—“as a contingent fund lobe
rd by t ie Governor in the payment of just aud
al claims against the .Stale.” The fund thus
hpropriated has been drawn upon to meet such
hi and I gal claims as have been presented at tlie
r*Miry, and lor the imymeut of which no other
ui<m of law existed/
ntlLlC DEBT.
o public debt on January 1, 1873—as shown l»y
♦•port of the Treasurer, herewith transmitted
__jouuted to $6,166,590. The amount of gold
pkU issued in 168*»—due in 1670—reported by the
lurer, is $2,596,000. The total amount oi’cur-
r boiidii issuini la 1672 is $70O,UJ0. The last
Boned bond* were isiued lor the purpose of re-
Ung the old tlx per ceuL bonds which fell
•st Summer.
•riling to iuforu-itloa lately obtained through
roa.surer, the nmount which has been dfopus-
o£ including all sold for cash and those cx-
;»*d f.ir old ih>o Is, is $277,000. In disposing of
. due regard has beeu Lad to the public in-
: aud it it believed that in the improved
..four credif—confidently expected soon to
Ike place—the substitution of the new for the old
ii^s referred to will not he long delayed.
The interest which has already accrued upon
rg.dd bouds mentioned, and also that which will
rue therein Hit present year, must be provided
r This will increase the interest account of the
.•sent year, and will render it necessary for an ad-
|n.-»nafappropriation to be made for iU payment,
tie Treasurer estimate the amount bec-jasary to
r raistsi the present year as follows;
•rikt* par incut of Stale head* matur
ing in 1 s’;J ^...$ 179,OW 09
r interest on bonds lorthe.last half
»f ls73 and the rtrst half of 1674. 561,935 00
•jr payment of unsettled claims
against the Westeru aud Atlantic
Ha
ordinary disbursements of the
jrornment, including Legislative
- —
.... 120,009 00
600,000 00
Total. - — ^...81,418,93d UO
rhe bon is mentioned above—for the payment
ck: '!» meins must 1^ provided during the pres-
t yeir—are of the issui?* of 1842 and of 1843, and
uiire, one-half during the present month <*l
.aaatt. and the remaining portion on the first
vy of July next, f he amount ueces*ary to be rais-
' t* n «hi ms against the Western and Atlantic
i lroil, %\,\\ outsta nding and unsettled, 1* large,
• J- »•» my opinion, i« not over-stated by the
TreA.su.vr.
The siurces of revenue to the Slate during tlic
|pr- s.. ut year may be stated as follows :
lhnuh of the Western and Atlantic Railroad;
ir 'leuis upon Mock heid in the <»orrgi» lUil-
«o*l aud lUuking Company ; general taxation,
'l l Ux..*s ou Iuuxb, railroads, express companies
I insurance companies, and the hire ofpeuiten-
ary r .imcu The amount of revenue necessary
» n»set the want* of the Government, with the
•or^*s fro** which the same is to be derived, is
|»uted as follows by the Treasurer:
Uitio; th* taxable property of the
Male the same ns last year, eighth-
tealh* of the one per cent, on the
same will yield $1,175,939 00
|0je-hdfof tno reutal of the \Vestem
I aid Atlantic Railroad will yield 153,000 00
I'.ilimatcd receipts f.um taxes ou
banks, railroads, express aud insur-
ance companies 35,000 00
f The hire of Penitentiary convicts 20,000 00
1 MiscelIanroos source* 5,000 00
ToU1 00
| Br thi»»t»tein«nt, a balance would be left in the
of ,h ' i'ceout year, of$fi67,
l«J0, dlinimsbed uy the cost of collecting the reve
1 Hue and by tbe amount of tlin im dvenl lUu. The
Ir.iimatrof the amount orrcrenue lobe derived
I from general taie« I, ba«ad by tho Treasurer upon
pile rate of valuation placid upon the taxable prop-
prty of the State, as shown by th, returns of last
I year. Ue places that valuation at $2:il,.aj,t6S. It
I is l^neved, with reason, that the value of the «*-
I .l ie property of tho Slate la much greater than the
I .mi, int just mentioned. The Comptroller tieneral
■ directs attention to tbe erijs resulting from tiie
vsry preva enl practice, on tbe part of many tax
[ pavers, of returning their property at less than ; —
I»ir market value. It is the duty of the Legia
tore to distribute the public burdens as euually as
possible, and thccril complained of should be ram*
edied sithout delay. 1 respectfully rcruuiniend a
I firetul ronsideration of thewavaand means sug-
Resied l,y tbe Treasurer. If the interests of the
I too)mon-wealth demand an inciwase in the bur-
,h * weponsibiiiiy of imposing the
* should lie aasumed. without hedtallon. By
■ arefullyreristngourux laws, with a view to si
re 'urn of taxable property aiits tiir
, .nr . 3 o '"'! *"' *’T l * ,e Pfaclicoof rigid economy
,, , ’" ,lH ores, it is believed, however, that a
n uu '" unl <o meet the all just demands
ri.f', * r '‘^“ r y may he raised without any
a* tnercase in the present rate of taxation.
I A»semK'o“!! y ' nvi h> 'be attention of tbe General
l'l'lort ot ,ho‘o* U1 ‘ s ''*’ tables embraced in the
I been prrJrS .'t?i u l' lrul, 'r Ueceral. They have
I Intel, fcijiig u.f K t>a: rar ®» and contain much
I re.v.urce* of the Site* 1 1151,1110,1 10 lli0 W6a,th
The report af tKo.T
‘ amount of
s endorsed,
jr Bullock
K,llf i* iiuued under
bmte bonds issued and i ur 'j' ,,lf 'Ws the amount
during ihe «Iniiii'inrsib.o 1 ,""' 1 bonds endorse
"fine ill,Hun,oon „f Governor lliilloc
autliuriiv of the a,-t of J".“•*» issued under the
'wen retunied t„ ta , ’v‘“ U,r ' b >*79. S3U0.900
v *ruin others „f tl„. . . lr easur.v and cancelled.
,* 1 rh are s iK ^,o Bll j„"“ e series—the nuiulversof
**?*• » ! 'daiiiouKiin , . t *® 1 *l'l* r ' j red August
Jt'are 1 void hr Slltt.OOO-havn been de-
# of the series, a..,,* . * ' rc •mmtment. The balance
J 'e.-ai, '1 WWW, we reeognix-
r P“ Wie debt .ilr . . '"‘r' iiied in the amount or the
•"'<1 under the T '>e gold Imnds, is-
| *-*.7*1.000, haveWn f i^ , " ber .’ Is 7», amounting to
u ‘j have been AJaposc.1 of as lolluws : 8S»0.-
•*'!ed : lhVuUn~'"*'* *° 'be Trsssqry aid ran.
' rn <ieH»r,d , ol j byi!?,"* J'-^.OtiO, have
'be issue of eurrenov S L. le 5‘ enactment. Of
Fust -■7. lsTo. S'. io^ tT"’ f"" 1 " 'be act of An.
Treasurvandeanoon2t h ^use lieen returned in the
!«* io c'^oSTalteV 1 '? emount-
i*'|ve enaetmen, ‘*T h ^o.'?* r,ar<dToM by legis-
►ued under t ha«t of sJetL*^,v cu wemy loinds, is-
J"K b« *000,000, 'h ”*»■ amnunt-
ur, aud cancelled: The i *° lh e Treas-
> m is Of the Alatmioa and tW?* n “ nu <* f the
'. ‘mpviy, aiquunling to iio?Railroad
declared iqvalid. The en.loi.1 **» h »ve not been
of the SouUeGoorgla Md KtaJSJ n, i of 'beboids
l*«ny, amounting to $4ttwo i :'l, R »'lroad fe ra .
i TtatWd }5? vitae Mico n ^ D J h S
Vadmu^, < tahi“ , w^r waun ""^ '.".Ifc 1 **
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VOL. 1.
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-ATHENS, 17 1873.
ICO. 17.
Ratll#M Company, amounting to $8,300,000
lh « *?*&» of tho Bain-
>,.Cuthbcrtand Columbus Railroad Company.
MfeMto $600,000, and of the CarteratiUeand
Van Wert Ballroad Company, amounting to $275#-
000, and of the Cherokee Railroad Company,
amounting to $360,000, have all been doclaredvoid
by legialatiye enactment**
STATE USIVEESITT.
I transmit herewith the report of the Trustees of
the University, and also,that of the Board of Visi
tors appointed to attend the University examina-
Uon preceding the last annual commencement*
Tbe Trustees report tha on the occwdon of the
commencement the total number of degrees con
ferred on members of tbe.Univeraity was forty-aix.
There were matriculated, in all departments dur
ing the year, three hundred and seventeen stu
dents, who received constant instruction in the
courses of education to which the University is
devoted. *
The income of the Univeaity fee the year end-
July 29, 1872—including the cash balance of
ie. previous year—was $29,221 25. Of this,
amount ths tuition fees for the year were $11415 60
The expenditures for the same i eriod were. $29,-
387 10. The reperts give: no encouraging account
of tbe condition of the University, end show that
the Trustees, the Chancellor, and the Professors
forming the Faculties have been faithful in the
discharge of their tespectlte duties. 1 cannot too
strongly impress upon the General Assembly the
duty devolving upon them to advance the general
Interests of education by carefully losteriug and
building up our State University*
v JLLEGIOr AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS.
This college went into operation, in connection
with the .State University, on the first day of May
last, and ha* already reached a promising degree of
development. One hundred nnd twenty-seven
voung men have received instruction in its classes
during the recent term ; and taken a* a whole,
their progre*-* has been, in a high degree, gratify
ing. TL»» tlatteriug sue ess which ha* attended itn
ofieratinns demons!rates the propriety of theac<
ti«*n of the Trustees in .organising it under the
auspices of the Slate University.
Under the agreement of sale, by which the Ag
ricultural College Land Scrip was disposed of by
Acting-tJovernor Conley, it was provided that
$50,400 should be paid in cash. This sum has been
received, and has »>een invested in the bonds of
this State, uuder the authority conferred by the
act of December 12, 1866. These bonds have been
turned over to the Trustee* of the University, in
accordance with the provisions of the Executive
order granting the fund to the Board. By the
terms of the contract of sale, time waa given upon
the balance of the scrip until July 3, 1873. In the
month of July last, the holder of the agreement
for I be purchase of six hundred and sixty-nine
piece* of the scrip olfcred to pay for the same at a
discount (fJ seven percent, per annum from the
coutract price. Acting under the authority of a
joint resolution of tit* General Assembly, I accept
ed tbe olfer. and the sum of $90/212 17 was paid
into tbe Treasury by the bolder.
The Trustees of tbe University, at a meeting of
the Boart bold in November last, agreed, in ef
fect, to accept the amount paid into the Treasury
in lien of the contract price oftU*«aidsix hun
dred and sixty-nine pieces of scrip. I recom
mend that authority be given to Fiue teren per
cent, twenty year bonds of tbe Stale, in which the
proceeds of said scrip, not already bonded as afore
said, may he invented, as required by the said act
of 1866.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
I herewith submit tbe report of the State School
Commissioner, showing tbe operations in his de
partment during tho year 1872;
By authority of ati'aet approred December 11,
1S58, Stale bond*, amounting, in the aggregate, to
$350,000, were issued and placed in the ollice of the
Secretary of Stale, to be used for educational pur
poses. There is little reason to d iiibt that tbe
General Assembly intended, hy the provisions ot
this act, to establish a permanent educational
fund, the annual interest only ot which was to be
applied to purposes of education. To carry this
intention inio effort, theaet provided that, '*as
any portion cf the bond* ofthe public debt shall
be paid nnd taken up, tbe Governor shall issue an
equal amount of bonds, iu sums of $1,000, payable
at such periiMl in the future as lie may deem’ best
lor the objects aud interests iu view, to the Secre
tary of .State, as U»e Trustee of the edacational
fond of Georgia, so that, as the public debt is ex
tinguished, me educational fuud shall lieiucreas-
ed*” And it was further provided “ that the in
terest on said educational fund shall be annually
appropriated toeducational pur|*o.M s.” The bonds
referred to were iu:id«-. payable to the Secretary of
State, as Trustee of the educational fund of Geor
gia, and were clearly intended to constitute a jmr-
tion ofthe food which, by the terms ofthe act,
was to be used for educational piuqiosc*. Para
graph 1, section 3, article VI, ofthe Constitution
of 1866, is in the following words: “The poll tax
allowed by this Constitution, any educational
fund now ’belonging to this State—except the en
dowment of and debt due to the State University—
or that may hereafter be ohtaiu.Ml in any way, a
special tax on shows and exhibitions, and on the
sale of spirituous and malt liquors—which the
General Assembly is hcrebv authorized to assess—
and the pr«>ccedt from the eommulstfow for militia
service, are hereby *et apart and devoted to the
supi>ort of common schools,” The bonds in ques-
tiou being, at the time of the adoption ofthe Con
stitution, by virtue of the art authorizing their
Issue, a portion of an educational fund belonging
to the State, are, hy the paragraph of the Constitu
tion just quoted, devoted to the support of common
schools. It is submitted whether the Legislature
is not bound, uudt-r the Constitution, to appro
priate the annual interest upon these bonds to the
support of our present common school system.
The whole amount of school revenue receive
into the Treasury, from all sources, prior to Octo
ber 1, 1872—according to the repmt of the Comp
troller General—was $492,924 27. Ill’s amount,
diminished by tbe sum realized from tbe special
school tax levied for the payment ofthe claims of
teachers, and by the expenses of the department
hitherto incurred, will leave $353,924 27 now dye
from the State Treasury to the common school
fund. The Slate School Commissioner recom
mends that tliisamount l*ebonded, mm! that the
bonds, in amounts proportioned to tbe school j»op*
ulation in the several counties, be turned overt*)
the county authorities, on the condition that the
school debt shall fo? assumed by the respective
counties, and with the further provision that the
bonds shall not lie disposed of at less than a mini
mum price fixed by law. I recommend that dut
consideration be given to this suggestion of the
Commissioner, and that suitable measures he
adopted for the payment of the claims of teachers
at an early day.
Under the authority of an act, passed at the last
cession ofthe General Assembly, a special tax of
one-tenth of one per cent, on the value of the taxa
ble property of the State was levied to raise money
to pay a portion of the*e claims, and I have direct
ed the Treasurer to set apart the sum of $109,000
from the re von nos of last year for this purpose.
The School Commissioner ha* apportioned this
amount among the several counties upon the basis
ofthe number of children in each of school age, as
fixed by tlie school law of October 13,1870, and has
submitted liis estimate to this office; a copy of
which will be found appended to the report of the
Commissioner, herewith transmitted.
The policy suggested by the Commissioner for
the support of common schools is respectfully re
commended to your favorable consideration,
I. US ATI C ASYLUM.
I communicate herewith, for the information of
the General Assembly, the report of the Hoard of
T.nstees ofthe Lunatic Asylum, with accompany
ing documents.
The report of the Superintendent show* a large
increase in Ihe per centage of admissions into the
Asylum during the past year. Since the date of
his former report, made in July last, the number
of admissions has been one hundred and twenty-
four. Thd whole number of patient* indhe insti
tution, at the present time, is five hundred and
nine. Of these four hundred and twenty-three are
white, and eighty-six are colored. The’number of
lunatics in three hundred and seventy-nine; of
idiots, seventy-four, and of epileptics, llfty-six.
The rapid increase in the number of these afflict
ed classes, iml iruled by the reports of the Superin
tendent, render* it probable that additional ac
commodation* may soon become necessary for their
comfort and proper treatment. The appropria
tions required for this purpose should lie made
without hesitation. I may nere remark, however,
that the necessity for increased expenditures be
gets a corresponding necessity for greater care and
ecouounr in the management of the affairs of the
institution, and renders even more imperative the
duty of tbe Legislature, while extending the bene
fits of this great charity, to protect the people who
support it from unnecessary burdens.
As a means of increasing efficiency In the admin
istration of the institution, I would suggest that
tbe law be so amended at to autho^** the ap|K>int-
mentof two additional members on the Board of
Trustees. The existing law places the Asylum
tiuder the manaipmeni of a board composed ol
three trustee*. The duties which devolve upon
the Board are numerous find important, and, since
the institution has grown toils present propor
tions, have become onerous. The presence of the
Tru.«tees at tbe institution is required more fre
quently than formerly, and its demands upon
their time and attention are constantly increasing.
The adoption of tho recommendation for an in
crease ofthe number from the Trustees would en
able them so to divido their labors as to give the
required attention to the varied wants of the Asyl
um. 1 wculd also direct your attention to the
propriety of increasing the salary at present allow
ed to Ihe Trustees. Their compen-uation is wholly
inadejuate— hardly sufficient, indeed, to pay
thoir traveling expenses while engaged in per
forming the duties of their trust. A just public
doe* not expect that services, such a* are required
by law of the Trustee, shall be gratuitously ren
dered. I recommend that the law be so amended
as to give the members of the Board a fixed per
diem pay, and necessary traveling expenses, in
stead of the compensation r.ow allowed. Such a
provision might be so guarded as to protect the
Treasury, and at the same timegive just compensc*
tion for the services performed.
By referring to tbe report of the Comptroller
General, it will be seen that the warrants drawn
on the Treasury, in favor of the Asylum in the
year 1872, amounted to $160,359 40. This amount
includes $61,916 53 paid oo special "appropriations
for completing buildings aud for other improve*
raenta. It doe* not include, however, the expend
iture* for the support ofthe initltution during the
last quarter, an account of which has not yet been
rendered. With the number of in mate* constant
ly ineraasing. It ia not probable that the expenses
of the last quarter have been diminished. Noth
ing need he added to impresv the General Assem
bly with the importance of so amending the lawa
govern lug the Asylum as to secure the proper de
gree of economy in iu administration.
DEAF AND DUMJt ASYLUM.
The report ofthe Trustees of the Academy Aw
the Education ofthe Deaf and Dumb, acoompanv-
tng this communication, showo the Derations of
th»t lrutltotlon for tha year coding July 1,187J.
The whole number of pupils who received instruc-
tion inthe Academy during the year waa sixty*
one. .Tbls number will probably be increased to
seventy during tbe pretent yeer, end a correspond*
Ing increase fn the amount appropriated for the
support of the Institution will be thereby rendered
necessary. The Trustees suggest that certain im
provement!, pointed out in their report, be made.
The report shows that the affairs of the Academy
were managed during the past year with due re
gurd to economy. I recommend that the nsoal
annual appropriation be made for its support dur
ing the present yeer.
academy of tbs blind,
I transmit herewith {the reports ot the Board of
Trustees end of other officers ofthe Academy for
the Blind. These reports show that the institu
tion waa managed daring the past year with prop-
er rare and economy. The number of pupils, ae-
conling to the reports, is thirty-nine# and the
yhol« ennmnt disbursed for its support was $10,*
756. The unexpended balance in tn* hands ofthe
Treasurer of the Arademy et the dale of the re
port was $1,115. According to the estimates for
the veer 1873, submitted hy the Principal, the an-
■ual appropriation of $11,000, for the payment of
a^aries and for tbe maintenance ofthe institution,
will be sufficient.
PEXITKXTXAUY.
The report of the Principal Keeper, herewith
transmitted, shows that the number of convicts
now in the Penitentiary is live hundred' find
thirty. Since the convicts were turned over to
the lessees, under their present contract, there
have been forty-four discharges, and twenty-one
escapes ; one has been pardoned ; fourteen have
died; one baa been killed by accident, and one
killed by the guard.
There has been a marked improvement, recent
ly, in the health of the convicts. They have been
treated with humanity, and the discipline has not
been more strict than was necessary for their con
trol and safe keeping. The food furnished to them
has been wholesome in quality and sufficient iu
quantity. The clothing i* substantial and suffi
cient for their health and comofit. Their condi
tion, In all respects, Is reported hy ihe Priucipal
Keeper to be as good as their circumstance* will
allow. They are not required to labor excessively#
and the Principal Keeper expresses the opinion
that the lessees are faithfully complying with the
requirements of the law and of their contract*
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
I respectfully Invite yonr attention to the prf«
pricty of adopting measures for the removal ofthe
incumbrances reefing upon the title of the Capitol
building. On the 22d day of July, 1869, K. N.
Kimball, who then held the title to the property,
executed and delivered a mortgage to the North
western Life Insurance Company, a corporation of
the State of Wisconsin, to secure the paymint of
the sum of $60,000 and securing interest thereon.
This mortgage was duly recorded in tbe office of
tbe Clerk oi tbe Superior Court of Fulton county/
It was provided, in the mortgage, that tbe Com
pany should have tbe right to foreclose at the end
of twelve months, after the date oi the instru
ment, if the sum mentioned was not paid.
The existence of this incumbrance was known tc
the Legislative Committee appointed to examirn
and report upon the title before the purchase o>'
tbe property by the State. The report, made by
tbU committee, stated that tbe title was free from
ircumbraoce, and recommended that tbe parchase
be made.
It waa arranged between Governor Bullock and
11. I. Kimball, who bad become the owner ofthe
property, that acertificate for the payment to the
State or $130,000 of the city of Atlanta bouds, issu
ed by the Mayor and Codec i), should be deposited
witb the Governor to secure it* State sgsiust loss
on a count of said mortgage. The certificate was
issued, in accordance with this arrangement, on
the 23d day of August. 1870, and was placed in tbe
Governor's hands on the same day. Hy tbe terms
of this certificate, the bonda, thereby agreed to be
paid to the State of Georgia, were made deliverable
to the holder of the certificate. It further appears
that it contained no word* of negotiability.
Two days after the delivery ofthe certificate to
Governor Bullock. $30,000 of the bouds mentioned
therein were delivered toll. I. Kim bale I have
not been able to discover any evidence going to
show that Governor Bullock authorized the deliv
ery of the said bonds, or any portion thereof, to II.
I. Kimball, or to any other person The amount
of bonds paid upon this certificate by the City
Council of Atlanta was $100,000. The evidence
taken by the committee appointed, by the uuihor-
ity oft be la*t General Assembly, to invest‘gate the
official conduct of Rufus B. Bullock, shows that,
at the time ofthe property by the State, an under
standing exl*ted between the City Council of At-,
lama and H. 1. Kimball that he was to receive only
$100,009 of city bonds, instead of the full amount of
$130,000 which the city had undertaken to con trib
ute towards the purchase of the Capitol property.
There ia evidence raising a strong presumption
that the existence of the Arrangement between
Governor Bullock nnd 11. I. Kimtiall, for the de-
i os t of the certi irate to sxii'C tbe State against
loss on account of the mortgage, was not unknown
t > the Mayor and Council of Atlanta.
The niorigaks referred to isitill held by the
North westeru Life Insurance Company, and it is
elainied that the same has not been paid, or other
wise satisfied. The question arises, under tbe fore
going statement, whether the Mayor and Council
of Atlanta are not bound te pay to the State the
amount of the bouds of the city mentioned in said
certificate, or some portion thereof. Without en
tering upon the discussion of this question, 1 re
spectfully refer the whole subject to the General
Assembly, with the recommendation that such act
ion may be taken as will beet protect the public in-
terest.
The report of tbe Keeper of the Capitol shows
that the roof, tower and other portions of the build
ing need repairing. Repairs upon the Executive
Mansion will also become necessary during the
V recent year, to protect tlie building from injury,
recommend tbs appropriation of sums sufficient
J to pay for all needed repairs and to defray the ne-
: eesriry expenses attending tbe keeping of the
Capitol building, supplying the same with fuel,
water, lights, etc.
D jring the past year it l<ecame necessary to re
place a portion of the wall enclosing the Executive
I Mansion at Milledgevillc, aud to make other slight
: repairs upon the premises. Since the first quarter
• of 1872 tl»e care of the public property in that city
' has been without cost to the State.
I The report of the Superintendent of Public W orks
and Keeper of the Capitol Buildings and Grounds
j ia herewith submitted, with the recommendation
. that the same be properly considered.
i WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
| The monthly rentalsof the Western and Atlantic
* Railroad have been regularly (aid into the Treas-
j ury. By authority of a joint resolution, passed at
; tiie last session of the General Assembly, George
; O. Hull, Charles B. Wallace and James W. Robert
son, competent railroad nieu, were selected to make
a new inventory and appraisement of the property
' of the road in the hand* of the lessees. These*
| Commissioners have performed their duty, and
; their report has been submitted and placed on file
j in the office of the Secretary of State, as directed
• by the resolution prescribing their duties. An exa-
. urination of their report will show that the Com-
l mKrioners did not find frequent occasion to differ
I materially with the former appraisers in tho valua
tion placed upon the property. The instances in
which they have found it necessary to differ from
the former appraisement are carefully noted in
their report.
Attention is called in the report of the Commis
sioners to the importance of having accurate sur
veys and maps made of the lands belonging to the
State, connected with the road. Insome instances
the land-marks, distinguishing portions of these
lands, have been removed or destroyed. It is also
believed that instances exist in which valuable
portion* of the lands have been taken possession of
by intruders, and it is feared that the necessity
has already arisen for a resort to the Courts tor their
recovery. The propriety ol the recommendation
of the Commissioners just referred to will not be
questioned, when it is remembered that a long
period of time may elapse before the .State will
again take possession of these lands. During the
term of the lease the muniments of title, and all
other existing meansof designating their re.-pecti ve
locations and boundaries, msy be lost or destroy
ed. For tbe protection of the interest of the State,
I respectfully suggest that the recommendation of
the Commissioners be adopted, and that a sufficient
appropriation be made to enaple the work to be
done.
I respectfully recommend, also, that a special ap
propriation be made, sufficient in amount, to pay
tho Commissioners and their clerk fur the servicea
rendered the State in making and returning the
said inventory and appraisement.
GEORGIA NATIONAL BANK.
Investigations made soon after I came into the
Executive office, led me to conclude that the
Georgia National Bank, at Atlanta, was largely in
debted to the State, on account of deposit* made
during the administration of Governor Bullock.
The bank having refused to make pavment, 1
directed judicial proceedings to be instituted to
collect the sum of $122,953 59—the amount claimed
for the State. An attachment was issued at the in
stance of tho State, and the same was levied on as
a portion of the assets of tbe bank. The nominal
amount of the asseU seized was large, but their
real value, as I have Vleen informed, will not
amount to more than one-half of the debt claim
ed.
At the time the legal proceedings referred to
were begun, the books ofthe bank showed credits
in favor of divers private depoaitors, whose claims,
in the aggregate, amounted to over one-half the
supposed value of the assets seized. A uutuber of
the depositors applied to ine for the release of a
sufficient amount of the assets to satisfy their
claims. I deemed it my duty to refuse the appli
cation. By virtue of the seizure, a iegzl lien hod
already vested in the St te, which I had noauthor-
ity to discharge.
A joint resolution was adopted at the session of
Ihe General Assembly in July last, authorizing the
Governor to ” release and turn over to private de
positors their deposits upon the submission of
satis:octory proofs,” I gave my approval to this re
solution with reluctance. The vagueness and un-
eertaintv of Its provisions render it difficult, if not
impossible, tocomply with its requirements, with
out doing injustice either tp the State or the deposi
tor*. A portion of the depositors, I have been in
formed, nave brought suits for the recovery of their
respective claims, and have caused assets and
effects in the hand* of third persons to be attach-
ed, to insure collection. My in forms lion is thst
some of the creditors hsre already collected por-
tlona of their clalma, and there ia taason to be lie re
that othera will meet with aimilar success. Under
the circumstances, I hsre deemed it my duty to
defer action under the resolution referred to, until
the meeting of the General daaemljly. I respect
fully recommend the passage of an act for tbe relief
of the depositors,particnlariy defining the manner
in whleh that relief shall be granted.
ALABAMA A*» CHATTANOOGA BA1LB0AD BONDS.
I respectfully invite the attention ofthe General
dissemble to the question of the liability of the
S®-The January nnraSer of the Ru-
State upon the endorsed bonds ofthe Alabama and
7r r ■ ■ r. JP1
that it should he the duty of the Governor, irhen- T£ “ Carolinian is on our Exchange Ta-
ble, and tve give it a hearty welcome,
mortgageJ^very month lliia sterling Agricultu
KjSral Journal is full of interesting mat-
only for the planter and farm-
fenfoUy.completed^“^^.“^‘^com- e r, but for the fireside. Since Octo-
pletc running order, and
from all mortgages, or le
the lafgmbrance of tbe bonds endorscd'by
State l*S Isliama, to theentent of 116,000per mile,
“Poa that portion of tbe said railroad lying within
that State.’’ Audit waa forther declared in said
act, as “ the express understanding, that any en
dorsement of said bonds so made shall not only
subject all property purchased with said bonds, or
their pooceeda to the obligation of said first mort
gage lien, until all the principal and interest due
thereon shall be paid, bat that the same shall be
a prior lien on all the property of the Company.”
It will beobeerred that these provision* are un
certain , and ertn contradictory. The Governor ia
authorised and required, when the Company shall
|orf!t-j|ast l/orpn.
HAS A2f EXTENDED CIRCCLATIOX IK THK
“ COUNTIES OF
Cittrlce, Oglethorpe, Elbert, Hart, Hall,
MadUon, Jackson, Rabun, Baida,
HabtrJiam, Franklin, Putnam,
GreenC, Walton, 'fount,
Morgan, Lumpkin,
White, Union;
Gwinnett,
And n General Circulation
,; Throughout tbe State.
lying in thtaStata. Another port of tho act de
clares that any endorsement of tbe second mort-
g*$e bonds by tbe Governor shall operate as a
prior lien upon all the.property of the Company.
Another provision of the act distinctly recognizes
the prior lien of the State of Alabama on that
portion of the road lying within that State.
The Constitution of 1868 forbids tho passage of a
law granting the credit of the State to aid any
Company, without a provision that| the whole
property of the Company shall bo bound for the
seccurity of the State, prior to any other debt or
lien, except to labqrer*. In the act under cou-
sidertioir, there ia an attempt to loon the credit of
the State by an endorsement of the second mor
tgage bonds of the Company. Tlie lien of this
btue is expressly prostponeu to the lien of the
State of Alabama upon far the larger i>orti*»n of tlie
property, viz.: Upon all that of the road of tho
Company lying within that $tate. In addition to
this, the State of Alabama, as 1 am informed, had,
at the time of tbe passage of the act, a first lien on
all that portion of the road lying within tbis State.
Other objections to the act might be mentioned,
but the foregoing aj;e deemed sufficient to show
that its provisions are unconstitutional and void.
The Company having tailed to pay the accrued
interest on its'endorstd bonds, Governor Bullock
seized that portion of the road lying in this State,
and {dated the same in the hands of a receiver.
Having become uitisfied that the road c uld not be
operated without loss to the State, and being un
willing to t ke the responsibility of selling it under
the provisions of theaet referred to, 1 ordered it to
be turned over to certain receivers aiqioiiited by
the United 6Utes Circuit Court for the State of
Alabama. The provisions of tbe agreement under
which^theroad was placed iu their possession were,
in effect, that they would hold the same, as ten-
antfr*at-wil!, acknowledging the right of the State
to resume possession at any time. This, under the
circumstances, was deemed Ihe best arrangement
that could be made for the State.
The foregoing statement will suffice to call the
attention of the General Assembly to the impor
tance of taking early action in relation to the
liability of the State on tlieeudorsement5 placed by
Governor Bullock anon the bonds of the Company.
If, in the opinion of the Legislature, the State is
bouud by the endorsement*, then it will be proper
that i>osse*sion of the road be resumed »\ once, and
that the same be disposed of for the interest of all
concerned.
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.
Under theauthority of a joint resolution of the
last General Assembly, approved August 26, 18£2,
1 appointed Mr. C. R. llauleiter, a skilled printer,
to take in hand certain printing claims against the
.State, aud audit and report upon the same, in ac
cordance with the requirements of the said resolu
tion. He has performed tti£ service required, and
lib report has hi-. n submitted, approved, and
placedou fife in the Executive office. The aggre
gate amount of the claim* passed upon by him was
forty-seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-
seven dollar* and seventy cents, aud the amount
recouuueudcd for pavment is twenty-seven thou
sand six hundred and eighty-nine dollar* and fif
teen cants.
The resdution referred to mr.de it t v .e duty of
the Governor, upon his approval of tlie auditor’s
rejHirt, “ to draw his warraut upon the Treasury
for the amount due, whenever in his opinion tlie
c .n tilioa of the finances iu the Treasury would
justify the payment of the claims.’* lty this pro
vision, the Governor waa required tn draw money
from the Treasury which had not been appropria
ted by law. The Constitution of 1868 declare*
that “ No money zhall lie drawn from the Treasu
ry except by appropriation made hy law.” With
out pausing to consider the wide distinction which
xists between a resolution and a law, 1 deem it
only necewary to say that, in my judgment, the
resolution under consideration did not legally
authorize me to draw money from the Treasury.
It authorized the auditing of the claims for the
purpose of ascertaining aud settling the acconut*
due, and for that reason it received my approval.
For the reason just slated, I have also declined to
draw warrants under the authority of ajoint reso
lution, approved August 29, 1872, providing for the
payment to certain i»crsotis thereiu named of the
amounts threin stated, in the settlement of their
claims against the State for rewards. F«i
reasons, 1 have also deemed it my duty t<
to draw money from the Treasury under the
authority of ajoint resolution, approved Angus#.
29, 167*2, to pay claims hel 1 bv certain person*
therein named, for supplies furnished to tlie
Georgia Penitentiary. Tlie respective amounts of
the claims mentioned in these resolutions having
been ascertained and fixed, I recommend that
money be appropriated by law for their pavment.
By ajoint resoluion, approved August *26, 1872,
the Governor was ”authorized and instructed to
. draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum
* of twelve hundred dollar*, in favor of John Muier,
in payment for a portrait of the Honorable Howell
Cobb.”
I was induced, by the needy circumstances of Mr.
Maier, to draw a warant in his favor upon tbe con
tingent funo, tor one-third of the amount named
iu Ihe resolution, and I recommend that the
General Assembly appropriate, at an early day,
an amount sufficient to nay the balance due.
In conclusion, I may he permitted to express the
hope that a spirit of harmony may prevail in your
deliberations during the season, and that your
legislation may l«e so wisely directed as It* advance
and secure the prosperity and happiness of the
people of the State. JAMES M. SMITH
How not to do it.—Did you ever
see a woman throw a stone at a hen ?
It is one of the most ludicrous scenes
in every-day life. We recently observ
ed the process. The predatory fowl
had invaded the precincts of the
flowerbed, and was industriously peck
ing and scratching, for the nutrious
seed or the early worm, blissfully un-
contcious of impending danger. The
lady now appears upon the scene with
a broom. This she drops and picks
up a rocky fragment of the Silurian
ages, and then makes her first mistake
—they all do it—of seizing the projectile
with the wrong hand. Then with
malice aforethought, the further blun
der of swinging her arm perpendic
ularly, instead of horizontally—there
upon the stone flies into th«f air, des
cribing an irregular elliptical curve,
and strikes the surface of the earth as
far from the hen as the thrower stood
at the time, in a course due west from
the same, the hen then bearing by the
compass, north-east by half east. At
the second attempt the stone narrowly
missing the head of the thrower her
self, who, seeing tlntt any further at
tempt of the kind would be suicidal,
did what she might have done at first
—started after the lien with her old
and familiar, weapon.—Ex.
Discovery op Indian Remains.
—Quite an excitement was created at
Sterling Rnn, in the accidental ex
hunting, almost in the center of tbe
v'lage, of 17 human sk l.*ton r . Upon
examination, however, they proved be
yond doubt to be the remains of In
dians, and to have been in the ground
a long time. Dr. J. Craigan, who
was at Sterling on Mnr.d y last, and
examined the bones, informs us that in
his opinion they have been iu the
ground upwards of one hundred years
at least. The skeletons were all those
of full grown people, and one of them
of extraordinary size, it measuring
seven feet six inches in length, as it
lay on the ground. The bodies had
evidenty not been disturbed siribe they
were first placed in the ground, and as
they were not laid regularly as they
would have been in case of an ordinary
bnrial by. the Indians, but were scat
tered about in every dicction, and
within a space of eight-teen feet square
they were evidently buried in a hurry,
perhaps after a battle fought between
the different bodies or tribes of Indi-
Sns.
her, 1872, the proprietors have added
to its various departments, one devot
ed to Horae Literature. In the Octo
ber number there appears the first part
of a story ent&bxl, “ The Cave of the
Winds,” which running through the
November and December numbers, is
concluded in this one, this piece: is
alone worth the subscription price, $2.
We advise all, wheth^ engaged in og-
-*;.t,. to subscribe
ricultural pursuits
at once.
It is said, that with the reassemb-
ing of Congress, the usual number of
oiled but highly respectable womn‘,
have gathered about the capital, on
the idea conveyed to the old prover b
we suppose, that where the honey is
there will the bees be found. There
is nothing more common than to see
members of Congress accompanying
these fashionable but fallen syrens to
he theatre and to the churches; f. r
in no city in this country is there so
much license and lewdness paraded in
the blaze of noonday. Tiny are held
as paragons of propriety until some
denouement exposes them to the world
as the Wnshingtonians possess the great
virtue of not being too inquisitve abcu*
other people’s affairs. The story that
was told last season about Farmsworth
and Butler finds its counterpart in the
amours of many other members who
are held in higher respect than they.
It was a part of the gossip of the town
that the ayes aud Does, even accord
ing to the rules of tlie House requiring
a majority to be present, might have
been called several times last sessio n
at other resorts than the legislative
hall. We hope for reform in this kind
of service as well in civil service.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
10’
MINTS
HATTE OU HARD A LAitGB ASSORTMENT OF *’***»?*>.•;
umery, Fancy Goods, fyc.
WE 11AVE NOW A LARGE STOCK. OF \ V s
glasCallsJzes, which we will sell verywtw
Terribi.e Homicide.—The heart
chills with horror at the bare contem
plation of the bloody and terrible trag
edy which was enacted in the upper
portion of our county last week. The
tragedy is one of fiendish atrocity- -
that of a brother slain by the hands of
a brother. The parties to this deed of
blood are ' Archibald Pettigrew and-
his brother Robert, and the circum
stances of the case as related to us are
as follows; Archibld and Robert
Pettigrew on last Tusday morning
Suae fi f ar,c ^ toghther from the house of Jas.
H. Wilds; were gone but a 6liort time
when Archibald returned, calling for
his brother. lie was told that Robert
had gone off with him, and then said
if that was the case he had killed liim.
Search was made for Robert, who
was found iu the road not far from
Wilds’ house, fatally stabbed, the knife
having pierced the right lung. The
unfortunate man lingered until Satur
day and died. Such an event cannot
too deeply he deplored. — Abbeville
Medium.
Slander—Yes, pass it along
whether you believe it or not; and the
one sided whisper against the character
of a virtuous female or an honorable
man, you don’t believe it, but you use
your influence to hear upon false re
port and pass into the current. Strange
creatures are women. How many re
putations are lost by surmise. How
many hearts have been bled by whis
pers. How many benevloent deeds
haw been chilled by the cold shoulder.
How many individuals have been
shunned fry a gentle, mysterious hiu*.
How many chaste bosoms have been
wrung with grief by a single nod. How
many graves have been dug by lhlsp
reports. Yet you will keep it above
water by the wag of your toungue,
when you might sink it forever. De
stroy the passion for telling. Lisp not
a word that will injure the character
of another, and as far as you are con
cerned, the slander wifi die.
Frozen to Death.—The Topeka
QmmoniceaWi says: “ A farmer who
arriued in Wichita, a day or two ago,
reports having overtaken a team
loaded with buffalo skins, and on the
wagon, stiff with cold, sat thie driver,
permitting the team to wander at will
over the prairies, and unable to help
himself. He told the farmer he was
frozen and compelled to remain in the
position he was, and at the same time
beckoned with his head to the wagon-
bex, this calling attention to the con
tents of tho bed. Upon looking over
the side of the box a terrible sight was
before him. There, lying side by side,
were two hunters frozen stiff* in death,
and as the wagon jolted over the rough
plain, they knocked together like two
icicles.”
—v.——:
Good Adviqe.—Pay your, debts
as soon as you get the money in your *
pocket. Do without what you don't
need. Speak ybur mind when neces
sary. Hold your tongue when pru
dent. Speak to a friend in a. seedy
coat. If you can’t lend a friend money
tell him why. If you don’t want to,
do the same. Cut acquaintances who
lack principles. : Bear with infirmities,
but not vices. . Respect honesty, des
pise duplicity. Wear your old clothes
till you can pay for new ones. Aim
at comfort and property, not fashion.
Acknowledge your ignorance, and don't
pretend knowledge you haven’t got.
Entertain yonr friends, but never be
yond your mean*.
J.*B. BENSON.
E. B. BENSON.
Dealers in Everything Except
Liquors,
Playing-Cards,
And Tombstones
HARTWELL, GA.
Dicksons Compound
SOLD LAST YEAR LN ATHENS 13Y US!
This Shows what the Planters think of it.
MORE OF IT SOLD AT THIS POINT THAN ANY
OTHER FERTILIZER.
Planters who used a few Sacks last year to test it have put in
their orders for a few tons this year. *
Look to your own interest, and buy a FERTILIZER
that is made in your own State, and used by your neigh
bors for three years, and no fault ever found in it.
Euery Sack is Warranted Genuine.
We have now on hand, and will continue to keep a GOOD
STOCK, so that farmers will not be disappointed when
they come after it.
1HRICE SAME AS LAST YEAR
$58 00 per Ton Cash, $63 per Ton on Time, to First
November, 1873,
The Farmer paying Freight, $2 00, and gives his note for
$61 00. Fifteen Cents is guaranteed for White Cotton,
delivered at Athens to pay for the Dickson Compound. To
those Farmers who wish
CHEMICALS TO MAKE THEIR 01 FERTILIZERS
We will furnish for Cash or on Time, as they may prefer.
"What tlie Dickson. Compound wall do-
By permission, we here state that Milton Mathews, Esq., nnd his *>n; C. W.
Mathews, Esq., both of Jackson county, planted, last year, 23 acres in Cotton,
fertilized it with the DICKSON COMPOUND, and made on said 23 Acres 25
Bales ot Cotton, We are also authorized to give their plan, and who wish can try
it: They open'one furrow potting about 100 poands to the acre, and running
around said furrow and cover it up. Putting about 100 pounds more on each side
of the first and covering it all up. This makes 300 pounds to tlie acre. When
you plant the seed, run a fnrrow on tho middle row of tlie three distribut s. The
tap roots run through the middle row, the smaller roots runs out into each of the
other two distributes, and hence one halo to tlie acre is made. In our judgment,
it ia the best plan in nsc.
England & Orh, Agents,
Athens, January 1st, 1873—Oct25tf.
MARTIN INSTITUTE,
“ JEFFERSON,«A.
TBE exercises of this School .will be
J- resumed In. ad, 1171, with a hill corps of
teachers.
Dec274t. . . ,
i. h. SAN048S & SON,
IVUOLE8ALE rwJ RETAIL
AND DKALEKS IN
Brandies, Vines, Gins,k,k
, >-r* ■,
ALSO, THE
Choicest Brands of Cigars
- Mo. 2 West End#
ELBERTON, GA.
C. H. TAYLOR,
Tuner, Regulator & Repairer
-OF—
Pianos, Organs, Melodeons
And .11 kind, of Musical instruments.
Twenty years practical experience*
Having located at Athens, I respectfully solicit
oders bom town and country.
Order, left with Prof. I, W. Usllam will receive
prompt atteurion. dec6-ly
T. MAMWAJ/m
Jflarble fForks
BIEOAD ST.
ACGH'RTS, lit
N/TARBLE MONUMENTS, Tomb
JLYL atone*, etc., Marble Mantles, Furniture
Work of all kinds, from tbe plainest to tbe most
elaborate designs, aud furnished to order at short
notice. All work for the country carefully boxed.
TOttSJHttAU
CHARLEY HILL
At the old established
cm cn
., et,
L. C. Mathews, lisve the best and moat attentive
workmen mid all the modern appliances for
Shaving, Shampooing, Hair
dressing, etc.,
Ladies and children wetted on at their residences,
when desired. Pott mortem cut* will receive
prompt and careful attention. Oct. 11,187S.
Georgia Railroad Schedule
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
GBORGlAancl MACON and
’AtTGUSTA RAILRODSi
! <\bi-ow i A at iiii 11 Superintendent’s tifflre. Y
Georgia and Maron it Augasta ltalTroad, >
• Augusta, Ga., June 8,1*72. >
fNN AND AFTER WLDNES-
\g DAY, .Tune 6th, the Fawngcr Trains'
wUDrun'asf'n^d iI * eoB Bntl All K u3ta Hallroadf
Georgia railroad.
.AL* Day Passenger Train will
Into Augusta 10 a.m.
SBBnwtewtsiKS
Arrive at.Augusta at ,_6 80 p.m.
Night Passenger Tram.
UaveABKurtamt....u..:4.1™' Jl lSp.m. .
Lmv. Atlanta at....: 00 p. mV
Arrive at Atlanta at... B 48a. m.
T 4 " 1 ?* ** Augnst^aV.— 6 00a.m.
MACON AND AVGUSTA R: R.
Day Passenger Train.
I<eave Augusta at n oo a. m.'
Leave Macon au S 80 a. m.
Arrive In Augusta at 2 45 p. ru.
Arrive in Macon at 7 to p. ni.
Night Passenger Train.
I-eave Augusta at 8 15 p. tn.
l^ave Macon at io 00 p. m.
Arrive in Augusta at • 00a.m.
Arrive in Macon at 4 15 ». m.
Passengers from Atlanta, Athens, Washington,*
and stations on Cenrgia Railroad, hr taking the
Day Passenger Train will make connection at t'a-'
tnak with the Train fur Mncou.
80S- PullmanV( FIrsl-Clniod .Sleeping Cars on all
>i*lit Passenger Trains on the Ueorgla Kail road;
and First-Class sleeping Oars on all Night Train* on
the Macon and Augusta Itallroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Supt
Legal Notiie£f
Shoals Creek Factory and Mills
FOR SALE:
W ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE
Court Uouscdooron the firet Tuesday in
February, 187.3, during tbe legal sale hour*;
in accord since witb a decree rendered in Hart
Supe rior Court, at September term, 1872, in cazt
of Win. Knox and A. Cornug, executors of Satin el
Knox, vs. Mary A. Knox and others, the Shoaia
Creek Factory and Mills, together with tho Tract
of Land on which they are situated, containing
seventy-five acres, more Or less.
The Factory and Mills are comitaYstlreij* new.
The Mills are in splcudid running order, withoiro
rock for wheat and one for cOrn. The Factory Iraf
6U6 spindles, SOS in good running order, with nstW
sa»y prenratidus for tlie same. Also, a new Lina
Shaft. The above machinery is drifen with •
'id-inch Double Turbine Water Wheel.
Connected with' tlie Factory arc a Saw Mill,
Turning Lathe and Wool Cards.
On the premises) arc good Offerings and' a uos<
Storehouse.
Terms of .Sale—One-third cash; fbe remMudcr
Iu two installments of one and two' years, with!
interest from date of sale. The purchaser wiH
receive bond for titles, and will be required to
give notes, with two approved securities.
Sold asi the property of A. Cornog and estate of
Samuel Ktiux, deceased, for a division aud distri
bution.
Said sale ha* been postponed from tale day int
December ou account of purchaser not complying
with terms of s.nle.
December 30th, 1872. WM. KXOX. J
„ A. CORNOG
Executor*of <Sfamucl Knox, dec*0**17
NOTICE.
XT'OUR WEEKS AFTER DATE,
JL 1 application will be made Io the Court of Or-,
dinary of Jackson county for leave to sell the K,«I
Estate of F. S. t, niter, deceased, late of said county.
JACKSOX SELL, Administrator.
January 10th, 1S73. 4w
Jackscfct Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold before the Court
V Y House door, In the town of Jefferson, Jack**
•ou county, Ga., within the legal hour* of sole, on‘
the FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY next, to
the highest bidder, the following property, to-w it:
One undivided halfinterest in twp hundred and
twenty-five acres of LAND, more or less, situate,*
lying and being on Curry’s Cmk, in said countv,
adjoining lands of C. W. .Shackelford aud ofhdni.*
On said premised is a comfortable dwelling and
other out-buildings.
AnJ alw.ut sixty acre* of land in a liifcli ila*e of
cultivation, twenty acres of choice botton hind.
About seventy-fire *cre* iu original forest.
Leried on as tbe property of Thomas J. ghflMiel-
ford, to satisfy a fi. ft». t from Jackson Stipexior
Court, favor of Iv. A. Lindsey, Administrator « f
J. JJudacy, deceased, /but which 6. iu. has ttwn
been turned over by said Administrator to A. |;.
Brooks, Guardian for V. V Li mist y, minor, etc.* y
versus C. Yf. and Thoimut Shackelford, rropirw
nointed out by plaintiff. (The other undivided
half interest in said fond is owned bv Miss Sue.
Shackelford.) Terms, cash.
Jau. 3—4t. M. X. BtKC, .sheriff-
r\ W. SHACKELFORD, et, si
V_'.vs. l.EMLKI, SWAX, eCul. fill! for account
-Pilingaside fraudulent deeds, injunction aoil io-
iic-f. In Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to theCourl that Earlv M.Chan
dler the Kxecutorof Solomon Chlutller, deceases),
resides out or the State of Ueorgin, to-wit, in the
State of Mississippi, and it further apneatiug i*
the Court that he is a ueeessarr party, *dUfend£i>
la the final disposition o£thc aboi, stated gesc. It
is, therefore, ordered hy the Court that this .order
he published ouee a month for four months'in the
Northeast tieorgiau, making said Early M. Ckafr-
dlera party. All parties agreeing thereto. J>ec.'
Slstr, 1S72. C. D. DAVIS, J. S. V. W. C.
miE am
lu the Superior Court.
riEORUIA, MADISON CO.-^c
V T Present: Hls Honor Osruett Andrews.
Judge of said Court.
SAMUEL O. STRICKLAND, Transferee, rs.
DAVID WTMPEY. Mortgage iu MadUonSup*-
riur Court, September Term, td72.
It appearing to the Court, by the natttion'of
Samuel t». Strickland, accompanied by tbe notes
and mortgage deeds that, on tbe Ztsth ol June.' —
thedefendant made to anj delivered hlt tWo uruRw
lasory notes, bearing the dates aforesaid, whereby
he promised by tho find, day of October n'exr, alter
tbe date of said notes, to pay one John M. Cat ml
or bearer, In one of said notes, asVeiitv-flve gallons
of good proof Peach Brandy, for value received
and in the other of aatd notes to pay John M. Car-
roll or hearer seventy-five gallons ot good r.rcof
Corn Whiskey, for value received, and on the day.
and year aforesaid the defendant, tho letter to
sraure the payment of said notes, executed and
delivered to sajdjohn M. Carrol hladecd of uton-
goge. whereby the aatd David WMtupey mortn-
ged to the ssfd John M. Carrol s eestaiu tnci or
purer! of Land in said eoanty/adj5h.T^
.Strickland, Nash, Harris and otherfo beginning at
nposDoak running tooth 71, aud west Wel.nt.ts
and fio links to a post-oak, thence north Sid and
west n chains to the branch; thence down the
creek to a dogwood, thence south 19 and cast 17
chains IU links, to u pin#; thence soeth 40 and
east 9 chains to a pine ; thence north 17 and east
17 chains to u red-oak: thence south 84, east g
chains to a re i-oak ; thence south IU. north ta
dmln. tu^u pojwak: the begitotoUM^^IS, ~
onehundred and forty acres, toiore or leas. Which
mortgage have been transferred to,thts plaintiff, »i„t
it appears that sold notes remain unpaid. It is
therefore,ordered thataald defendanttlopey Inti
court, on or before tbe first day of tM.aext terra
ot this court, the principal interest and costa due
on said notes, or show can* to the contrary, and
on failure of thedcfendani so to do, the Equitv »f
Redemption in aud to »M mortgaged prembes bo
foreier thereafter barred and fi rsclosed, and it Is
(briber orjered that this Rule lie published in tho
Northeast (Jkouoian, (formerly Southern Ban
ner), once a month for four months previous to tiro
next term of this court, o,- served on the de
fendant.
A true extract from the mlnntes of said court.
November llth, 1372. J. M. SKINNER,
noviy-lamtiu tlerk Superior Court.
O PEN the Sewers !!
Wien the Kidneys, Liver and B wvl* do
2S21f t Jr!?* ,hft, “ ,,, ,I,e wa * ,e * from tbe
action tof tlie system remain in the blood,
and prodncelrrUation and disease. Theca
organs are the outlets ofthe a stem and
uuder the iaUucnce of
HAMILTON’SBUCIIU A DANDELION,
5/e kept in rood runninu order.
W. C. HAMILTON A CO., Cincinnati.
D p A ?®U T . S * w* absolutely the heat aell-
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