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71 PUBLISHED EVER* fltlD.f J* JVfOMHtTIJVGi BY r. W. & T. L GANTT, [WO OllARS PER ANNUM, variably is advance. iissTSfii 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 ** -stuns Z VOL. 1. Sear Sack Man's Censure, bul We sc we Tour Judgment. A, * . f t h ***++ „,-, - ,>l l ^-|>^ rx ? l i_rX|J j J ^ -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- *1?* ?“?!“*, Send for circulars of Vent'* Unabridged Illustrated Family Bible. ■>*..», s:« SBFUGX? Evening!. Sfith 1000ready The American Farmer's Horae Book:" The Standard. 46th 1000 reedy, Epirootrc Treatments, etc. C. F. Yont, K. Y. A C(ue:nnatl, Vent A Goodrich, fhlraga.