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GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
Ex. Department of Georgia, )
Atlanta, Jan. 13, 1875. )
To the General Assembly:
In the discharge of the duty imposed
upon me by the Constitution, I have
the honor to lay before the General
Asembly the information deemed pro-
j»er in reference to the condition of the
Commonwealth, and to recommend to
their consideration such measures as
are deemed necessary and expedient.
Most prominent among the subjects
claiming the attention of the General
Assembly, is the financial condition of
the State.
Tho balanco in the Treasury on the
first day^f January, 1874, was $922,-
556.257and the amount received du
ring the last fiscal year was $1,895,-
116.86; making the aggregate amount
charged against the Treasurer last year,
$2,817,723.11. The disbursements
for the same period amounted to 81,-
814.594.23, which deducted from the
amount received, leaves a balance of
$1,003,128.88 on hand January 1,
l,s75. The particular sources from
which the recepts were derived, and
tho various purposes for which the
disbursements were made, are stated
in the Comptroller Geueral’s report,
and need not be sj»ecially set forth in
this communication.
The Legislature at the session of
1873, made an appropriation to pay
the claim of Kusscll Sage. This
amounted to 8423,125, and no means
having l>cen .-jovially provided for its
payment, it was satisfied out of the or
dinary revenues which came into the
Treasury during tlint year. This cre
ated a deficiency last year, which
could not he supplied otherwise than
ex-
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ATHENS, GEORGIA.
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M* For contract prices, see schedule.
by resorting to the very doubtful
{■client of short temporary loans,
evidence of the improved condition of
the public credit, it may here be stated,
however, that no difficulty was found
in raising the required amount, at
rra^mable rate of interest
The steady growth in the wealth of
Slate, as shown by the Comptroller
General’s report, cannot fail to be
very gratifying to the people. The
reported increase in the value of taxa
ble property for the year 1874, is
more than $30,000,000 over and
above the value reported for the previ
ous veer. This increase was produced,
in part by the rejteal of the law ex
empting a certain amount nf property
from taxation. Hut a/ter making fitil
allowance for the repeal of this exemp
tion. it appears that the net increase in
the value ot taxable property returned,
was 813,700,376. I may here lie al-
1 >wed to note for commendation, the
thoroughness and accuracy exhibited
by the Comptroller General in prepar-
int* t!i ■* different tables contained in
this re]iort.
I uni'e with tho Comptroller Gene
ral in recommending that his office lie
relieved of the duty of consolidating
nud taking care of the agricultural re
turns. The reports of Tax Receivers to
this office, in my judgment, furnish
the most economical and reliable chan
nels for the collection of agricultural
statistics. The law should be
■mended, however, as to secure with
reasonable certainty all the information
desired, and to this end, Tax Receiv
ers' should be obliged, ns a part of
their official duty, to collect and return
their required statistics.
Other amendments of the tax laws
recommended by the Comptroller Gen
eral, which are respectfully referred to
the General Assembly for considera
tion.
According to the statement present
ed by the Treasurer, the funded debt
of the .State, not yet matured, amount
ed, on the first day of January, 1875,
to $8,105,500. The principal and in
terest due thereon the present year
amounts to $670,385
this is the first instalment of $100,000 1
of the eight per ceut. bonds issued un-1
tier the authority of the Act approved j
February, 10, 1873. The Treasurer .
states that in addition to the foregoing,
there is also outstanding $269,500,
past due bonds, which, together with
the unpaid interest thereon, amounts
to 8324,400. The report contains a
full nnd particular descriptive list of
these last mentioned bonds. It is sug
gested by the Trea»urer that a large
amount of the same was paid by a
former agent of the Slate, and not re*
turned to the Treasury for cancella
tion. It should here be stated that the
failure upon the jmrt of this agent to
make such return has produced serious
inoonvenience, and perhaps loss to the
Treasury.
Having reason to Itelieve that Messrs.
Henry Clews A Co., the agent just re
ferred to, were converting to their own
use paid up bonds of the State, and
desiring to relieve the Treasury from
all complications growing out of their
transactions as agent, I directed the
Attorney General to pr »ceed to New
Y ork nnd obtain, if possible, a settle
ment of their account with the State.
I'pon h'3 return, this officer reported
that he found it impossible to effect a
satisfactory settlement of the account;
that Mr, Clews positively refused to
permit any examination of his books
and vouchers, unless the account which
h» had theretofore rendered against the
s tnto were first paid. It liardlv need
he >tatcd that such unreasonable con-
oition could not be complied with.
The chief objection to the account ren
dered was, that many of its items were
“"t supported by proper vouchers.
The examination of these vouchers, if
produced, would necessarily have in
volved an inspection of the hooks and
pajs-rs of the agent. A settlement
having been thus refused, the Attorney
.»pneral requested to be furnished with
'"formation in reference to the bonds
l 'hich had gone into the possession of
-Messrs. Clows & Co., and which had
not returned by them to the
treasury. This request was also re-
ljSL. I* » rumored that this firm
it will be seen that in addition to the
bonds declared void by the act ap
proved August 23, 1872, Henry
Clews A Co., also hold $800,000.of
currency Imnds, issued under the ac
tion of the Legislature declaring these
bonds invalid, this agent transferred
or in some other way converted the
same to his own use. _ To prevent the
injury to the public interest likely to
result from any unauthorized or uu-
lawfhl negotiation of our securities, I
would suggest that all bonds recog
nized to be legal and binding on the
State, issued during the late adminis
tration, be withdrawn from circular
tion, and that other bonds nf similar
amount and of proper tenor and effect
be issued in lieu thereof. This action
would, in my judgement, be beneficial
to the public credit, and would effect
ually protect the Treasury against im
position and fraud.
There being no reason to believe
that the railway companies, whose
property has been taken possession ot
by the State for the non-payment of
interest, will be able to make any ar
rangement to resume possession of
their property, I respectfully suggest
the propriety of authorizing the issue
of an amount of State bonds sufficient
to redeem the bonds of the companies
upon which the State is liable. These
companies are insolvent, and the hold
ers of their bonds will have to look to
the State alone for payment It is
not probable, therefore, that the bond
holders would hesitate to exchange,
upon reasonable terms, the securities
held by them for State bonds. In
settling the details of such an arrange
ment, a material benefit might be se
curities placed in their hands as afore
said to such persons as Messrs. Hull
& Miller should direct, upon the esti»
mate of the chief engineer of the com
pany. The company also agreed to
obtain the indorsement of the State
upon the first mortgage bonds as afore
said, upon the requisition of zaid trus-
tees, and “ to provide that a majority
of the Board of Directors should each
be a holder of two hundred shares of
the preferred stock.” It would thus
seem, that it was the intention of the
parties to this agreement, to transfer,
in effect, the entire property of the
company and the control thereof to
respectfully advise that the invest
igation be extended to nil the indorse
ments gran tea said company by the
8t«te, smeethe adoption of the present
Constitution. 'Attention is also called
to the appropriation act ot the last Leg
islature. in pt&ard to the interest upon
bonds of thfifonpany, which it may lie-
come necessary to repeal. It may also
become necessary for the State to con
tinue to hojd the road for a longer pe
riod than two years, to which time it is
now limited by law. In that event, it is
hoped that the set imposing this limita
tion will bo modified, and that the Gov
ernor will bt authorized to keep posses
sion of tlte roftd until the saute can be
disposed rtf to the best advantage, both
of the State and the company.
NORTH* SOUTH RAILROAD.
The Nil,
pany having ft
Railroad Com-
to pay the interest on
cured for the State without doing any
injustice whatever to the holders of
the bonds. Believing the interest of
the Commonwealth would be subserved
thereby, I respectfully recommend the
a adoption of a measure giving effect to
the foreitoing suggestions.
The following estimate of the Treas
urer, showing the probable receipts
and disbursements at the Treasury,
for the fiscal year ending December
31, 1875, with such alterations as, in
my judgment, the public interest de
mands, is respectfully submitted :
RF.CF.IPTS.
Cash bal. in Treasury
Dec. 31, 1874 81,093,128 88
From general tax of’75 900.000 00
From general tax of’74 300,000 00
Rental of W. & A. R. R. 300,000 00
Insurance tax 1875 20,000 00
Railroad tax 1875 10,000 00
Ex. Company tax 1875 500 00
Dividends....* 2,000 00
Taxes of former years
unpaid 10,000 00
Hire of convicts 10,000 00
From nil other source?... 30,000 00
the contractors, and poetically, to Efe*. uSSreSTl* the State,Tor>l«r“
deny to the common stockholders, nil. Cl j lx \\ tho property of the same to be
voice in the management of the affairs ; seized and taken possession oi on the
Having then become satisfied that the
company wonld not pay this past due
interest, nnd believing that it would
probably be for the interest of the
state to divest the company of its title
to the property, an order was issued
directing tne Receiver to advertise n
sale of the road and its equipment on
the first Tuesday in December last.
Before the day of sale arrived, how-
ever, I felt it to be my duty, after an
examination of the company, to with
draw the property from the market,
and to submit the question of the prop
er disposition to be made of the same
to the General Assembly. In expla
nation of this action on my part, the
following statement is respectfully sub
mitted !
The Legislature, at the adjourned
session of 1872, adopted a joint reso-
tution declaring “that the State’s
guaranty placed on the bonds of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad Com
pany is binding on the State." At
the time of the adoption of this resolu
tion. the Legislature had before it
what appeared to be sufficient evidence
of the validity and regularity of these
indorsements, and especially of the in
dorsements made under the act ap
proved December 3, 1866. These in
dorsements received further recogni
tion by the Legislature in the annual
appropriation act of 1874; and no
doubt as to the validity of the last . .
named indorsement arose in my own whatever, was subscribed and paid lo « to public treasury,
mind, until the recent examination of I into the capital stock of the company, 1 sottatt^d serious dnniage llie past
the cotepeny-s record, referrrf to after the «< aafoaU.. the St«,j
above. A brief review of the history dorsenient of its bonds, Tlhe fund a . impracticable lor the n^ent t*>
of the company just here may aid the mental condition upon which the ad- apply any part of the earnings to the
ditional indorsements were made, after payment ot the interest on the indorsed
of the company. It is proper here to
add, that there is reason to believe, that
Messrs. Hull & Miller were only uomi-
nal parties, and that the real con
tractors were persons known only in
the records of the company as “ the
New York Associates.” These “ As
sociates,” it seems, employed Messrs.
Hull & Miller to construct the road
23d day of April. 1874, and appointed
Edward A Fletvellen, Superintendent of
Public Works, as agent ot the State, to
manage and control the same. The law
under which the seizure was made re
quires the Governor to hold the property
at least si# months before offering it for
sale, and the
the latter part
therefore hare been made earlier than
■ubiuit /all annual report* of their proceflinjj;*,
and of the rendition of the UnWer*it jr.
The change* ju*t suggested would,' in my opln-
ioo, greatly advance the cause of llnl remit r edu
cation in the State. The institution would draw
around it thetympathy and support of all the beat
men in the State, and the repreoantatirea of tb*
people would not hcaltate to make all needfal ap
propriations for ita tupportmnd advancement.—
The people of the State desire to eee their Unirer
and /hty fully ament to
that the greatne*.* of a
State depend* upon, and is proportionate to, the
higher education of its people.
ATLANTA t’Sf IYKRS1TY.
By an act approved March 3, 1874, the nun of
88,000 was annually appropriated to the Atlanta
University, upon condition that the Institution
according to the condition of said con-! November. The road has not been sold
tract, and paid them therefor, at the t f " r ,l,e **•«•" t,,nt u wasnotbelieved
rate of 812,250 per mile, this being ,ha !, W™ ch,n £J* 8 , v “'" e
. . * . * £ ., . * . ^ ~ ® ! could be obtained in the present comli-
the actual cost of that portion of the j fion of the moncy market. It is hoped.
road which was built after the grant I however, that this state ot things wili
of the aid of the State. j not continue long, nnd that some nr-
It nowhere appears, so far as I have 1 rangement may be made by which the
been able to ascertain, that any amount! property can be disposed of without
.. . - . ..i The
82,585,628 88
DISBURSEMENTS.
Civil Establishment $ 100,000 00
Legislative pay-roll 100,000 00
Lunatic Asylum 115,000 00
Pay of Chaplain and
Trustees 2,000 00
Deaf and Dumb Asylum 13,500 00
Academy for the blind.. 11,000 00
University of Georgia... 8,000 00
Printing fund 20,000 00
Contingent fund 20,000 00
Public buildings 20,000 00
Sup’t Public Works 2,000 00
Cl’k Wild Land Office.. 1,200 00
Vaccine Agent 300 00
Educational fund 150,000 00
School Commissioner &
Clerk 3,700 00
Supreme Court Reports 3,500 00
Solicitor Gen’l costs in
Supreme Court 2,000 00
Old debts W. & A. R. R • 25,000 00
Public debt and interest
. due in 1875 670.000 00
Included in p r j nc j pa l Keeper Pen-
”1'^ itentiary ....L. 2,000 00
Agricultural Departm’t 10,000 00
Geological Survey 10,000 00
All special appropi’tions 200,000 00
General Assembly in solving the grave
questions here presented.
In the President’s report submitted
to a meettng of the stockholders of the
companv. held the first day of Feb
ruary, 1866, that officer used the fol
lowing language:
“From the necessity of keeping the
accounts for the last four years in the
depreciated currency, of the Confed
erate States, the balance sheets of the
Treasurer present an exaggerated
statement of the cost of the road through
its various items of expenditure. As
suming that we are able to liquidate
the bonds and outstanding liabilities
during the coming year with the assets
in hand, which, I think, can bo done,
or nearly so, having thus no debts, the
amount of stock paid in should give
the cost of Ihe road. This will simpli
fy the matter very much. The stock
list gives not quite $800,000, in round
numbers. We have, then, for this
sum of $800,000, a first-class road fifty
miles long, equipped and running, to
gether with seventy miles additional
ready for the iron rails, clear of incum
brance or debt of any description. De
duction 8200,000, as cost of the seventy
miles of grading, we have $12,000 per
mile as the average cost of the fifty
miles of running road—an extremely
low figure for (this) description of
road.”
From the foregoing statement of the
President of the company, it appears
that, so early as February, 1866, as
much as fifty miles of the road was
ATLANTA CXIVKRSITT.
Bt an act approved March 3, 1874, the turn of
88.000 “ *
UnlTe
should admit for instruction a* many pupils from
each county in the State, free ofcharjzc for tuition,
as there arc or may be members «.f the House of
Representatives from each county, to t»c nomina
ted by said members respectively, so long os said
appropriation continues. The Governor is inhib
ited from drawing bia warrant for the auld sa*o t
until the Trustees of said Institution shall have
submitted apian for the expenditure of the same
to a Board of Orotnis»I ?ners. consisting of the
Chancellor of the State University and two * mem
bers of the Faculty of the same, end until such
plan shall have been approved by them each year
In writing, nnd filed in the Executive office. The
condition upon which a warrant was to be given
for the appropriation, having been complied with,
the amount tor the past year, w * paid over to the
President of the University. The report of the
Committee, whose duty it wa« to visit the institu
tion, will be found accompanying this communica
tion.
common schools.
The report of the School Commissioner, shows
that there Is a school organization in every county
in the State, and that public school* have beeu in
actual o]M»ration In one hundred and twentywflve
^ couuties the past year. A growing interest in the
fii>iTnn» hnviinr lw>i*n inn Ho I * chl “ ols *’ mai.ir«*t«l, and thero liasWn a marked
KUZU1L n«\lug ucenmaac in j.ur.lic ..pintou iota»»r of th.i.rwnt
ft Ol April, no Stilt* could system. The Commissioner directs attention to
‘ “ the /act that there are SJ50.000 of school bond* now
in the hands of the Secretary of State, and claims
that the interest on these bonds from October 13,
1870. to Octol**r 1, 1874, amounting to $80,**00, is a
debt due from the State to this department; aud
he asks thut the Legislature take some action re
cognizing the validity of the claim.
The nett amount of the school fund, collected
from all sources, fn.ra the adoption of the present
Constitution down to 1 treemher 1, 1873, wa* 34S'.»,-
72242. The omits collected since the l;>st mention
ed date, amount to 3i^,lK»90, and the disburse
ments to 8189,071 84.
The whole amount • f p«dl-tax a>ses*ed for the
year H74. and which, by act of February 28, 1874,
Is ret dned in the counties, was S1P9,i&h of this
amount, the Comptroller General estimates that
the sum of 8133,000 has lieen collected.
1 concur in the opinion expressed by the Com
missioner, that the art «*f the 1 st General Assem
ble, providing for the payment of the school debt
of 1871, ought Ui lie repealed. I also *upa?'t, that
the law prescribing the mode in which the srh«»ol
tund shall be paid over to the County Sch«**l Com-
the State’s guaranty was placed upon ) bo'mis. It is not probable that the future
the first 81,000,000 of bonds, was | earnings ot the road will be sufficient to bo iu»-lc at th« sut<-t ~ " *
$1,499,583 00
Total receipts 2,585,628 88
Total disbursements.. 1,499,583 00
Ralance in Treasury
Jan. 1, 1875 $1,086,045 00
In the foregoing table I have made
no estimate for the Atlanta Univer
sity. For reasons briefly given in an
other part of the communication, no
appropriation ought, in my jadgment,
to be made for that institution.
MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD.
Accompanying this communication
is a statement made up from the
mouthly reports of the Receiver of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, show
ing the receipts and disbursements on
account of the property in his hands,
since the same was taken possession of
in behalf of the State. For reasons set
forth in ray last annual message to the
General Assembly, it was found neces
sary, on taking possession of the road,
to continue to receive as money the
change-bills issued .by the company
for convenience in its business. All
the net earnings of the road.since its
seizure have been applied in the re
demption of these bills. As fast as
redeemed, the bills have been deposit
ed in the State Treasury, where they
remain subject to examination by the
General Assembly. Some time before
the road passed into the hands of the
State, the company executed a deed
conveying considerable property to
certain trustees, to be nsec in redeem
ing the bills, and this property is now
in the possession of the Receiver, and
when sold, the proceed* thereof should
be used to reimburse the State for.tbe
amount paid out in their redemption.
The amount of these bills still m cir
culation, according to the best inform-
ation of the Receiver, $16,749
Having been led to believe that an
arrangement might be made whereby
the company would be enabled to pay.
. ■ y,—«. now nopea uiai satisfactory the accrued interest on its bonds m-
UMonoatioa fa* mmobm to tho Stats dorsed by the State, mad resume pos-
is fa poassswon may be ob- j tcirion at the row!; and,' OUtHirig
therefore disregarded, and these in
dorsements were given, so far as I can
learn, without authority, and in direct
violation of the law. It also appears
that “the New York Associates” vir
tually acted the double part of con
tracting with themselves, and that in
effect, they occupied the position of
both, employees and contractors, at
the same time. In view of these facts,
the question naturally arises, whether
the agreement between the company
and the contractors was not in itself,
illegal and void.
I transmit herewith copies of a letter
and estimate ot the President of the com
pany, allowing that the actual cost of
completing the road and putting it in
running order was $12,250 per mile.—■
This estimate embraces the entire cost of
the road, including graduation, trestling,
bridges, piling, station houses, side
tracks, superstructure, iron, and all that
was necessary to the completion of the
work. The letter of the President shows
not only the cost of the road as dIm>vc
stated, hut also that “the New Y'ork As
sociates” were the real contractors, and
that Messrs. Hull <fc Miller were in fact
employed by them.
TTie'Legislature, at its session in 1871,
raised a committee commonly known ns
the “Bond Committee.” whose duty it
wag made to investigate and report upon
all the bonds and indorsements of the
State, during the administration of Gov
ernor Bullock. The committee, in pur-
snrsnee ot its duty, made an examination
of the indorsements placed upon the
fitlly completed and in running order, j bonds of the Macon and Brunswick Rail-
ata cost of 812.000 per mile, and that ! road Company after the. adoption of our
in addition thereto seventy miles had | present Constitution. Upon reference to
been graded, at a cost of S200.000, and , the report of
was ready for the superstructure, and j i it nesse^vho were exam-
that the property of the companv was ; j nc( j M to t j, e cog t 0 f the road were
“clear of incumbrance or debt of nny I Prudent Hazlehurst. and Messrs. J. P.
description.” So far, it appears that Giraud Foster, Morris K. Jessup, nnd D.
the road had been constructed by indi- Willis James, understood to be three of
vtdual enterprise alone. “the New York Associates.” These wit-
The act of!866 already refetred to, Brunswick Railroad
granted the aid of the State for the cost, for building and equipment, twenty
completion of the road on the following thousand dollars per mile, fully ten thou-
tet ms : that is to say, the Governor sand dollars per mile of which were paid
should place the indorsement of the j in and invested in good faith by the
State on the bonds of the company to stockholders, independent and outside of
the amount of $10,000 per mile for the (‘he) State’s indorsement. The company
»• ,t. i received one million nine hundred and
portton of the road oimpleted, and the , fi thoUMnd do „ #r8 of bonds lln Horthc
like amount per mile for every addt- of , 8R6 and gix hundred thnusand
tional ten miles, as the same was coin-! d „u arK 0 f bonds under the act of 1870.
pleted or put in running order; upon j The amount of money paid in nnd in
condition, however, that before any ( vested in good faith bv the stockholders
indorsements were made, the Governor j will cover the first indorsement tully,
should “be satisfied that as much of j but not the second.”
the road as the said indorsements shall | Tim Legislature acting upon this testi-
be applied for” had been really finish- . mony, as reported by the Bond Corn
ed and equipped, and that the road ! w»«tw. adopted the resolution to which
A * ’ jn/inrnkt^noa *ixof reference has already been made, recog-
free from every incumbraqoe that n | z j n g t | ie validity of said indoraementa.
le*a than one month a/trr Hit pan are of $hU art.
In consequence of the short time a’lowctl within
which to dispo*/ of thatn, the latent*** of tho
Mason, ami the genera! condition of the conn try.
e«tab!i*h *uch anc’.al and bu<inr« r%4a»ioa« with
•ACh other, a* ih«*ir own peace, happim-aa, and
Irur interest* r -quire, tuothor wortU, our people
, only a«k that tlt«*y !•* necured In the great riaht_nf
it was found impracticable to obtain full ! 1'"m it oarr nxiatrd In all 1
for tho cotirirL*. All of them were di*po»e«l of. t titAtea in the Uni -n. hut which i*now#i»|i
however, on ternm which relieves the State ot j '
•eery expense on account of tho Penitentiary. In j
J, *poaingof theconricta, I aouxht as far as practi- !
ble. tod! * * ‘ *
1?&
pomiiite.
• It will appear l»r iwferonee to th» report nf
Principal Keeper, herewith IrammltlM, that
number of e*<-*pea and demtb* has' been lai
meet this interest. It will be necessary,
therefore, for the Legislature, at the
present session, t«» make provisions for
its payment.
MEMPHIS BRANCH RAILROAD.
The Memphis Branch Railroad Com
pany having completed and equipi>e<l
the first section of five miles of its road,
ns required by the act entitling the com
pany to aid of tlic State, applied for its
bouds in May last. Alter causing a
thorough examination of the affairs ot
the company to be made, I placed the
State’s guaranty on its bonds to the
amount of $14,000, this being one-half
the vnlue and cost of the section com
pleted nnd equipped. The section of
the road was finished, and the applica
tion for the State’s indorsement was
made before the passage of the set sp- rrry pert
proved February 25, 1874, repealing the ° B - V . , '' i,
provisions of the several railroad char
ters theretofore granted, which gave
State aid to such enterprises. Ift my
judgement, the application came within
the saving operation of that clause of
said last named act which provides that
any company which had already acquired
a vested right to the aid of tlie State,
should not be affected by the act. It
may he added that the commissioners
who examined the road reported that
more than $100,000 had been in good
faith invested in said company by pri
vate individuals, and that satisfactory
evidence was exhibited, showing that
there was no lien or incumbrance npon
the property of the company which
could endanger the prior lien of t lie State.
STATE AID.
Reflection has satisfied me that addi
tional legislation is required to check
nblf, to diversify th*ir employment, with a view
ofaftcertaining in what *t*cial* Induntries aurh la
bor could be most beneficially ensu'd.
Tho terms for which the conviut* have l*o<*n
leas.-d, will *oon begin to expire. *nd it will 1m-
necessary therefore, for the Lexi.*!ature to devise
in advance, a permanent and more *ati«fartory sys
tem for keeping and employing them. The pre-
rent plan, ran be regarded only a* a temporary
expedient, rendered necessary by the condition of
our finance* and the inconvenient c, if not imprac
ticably, of itemring a better system under the cir
cumstance*. In any permanent nvatem adopted,
care should be taken to preserve th«> punitive and
reformatory character of a l*mlt«nU*rr t and. at
the same time, make it eeif-stntaining, as for sa
possible.
f the
that the
- _ ..!• large,
since the la-t Jetting of the convict*. This resulis
probably, from the vice* inherent in tho *y«»#ni,
rather than from negligence on the part of the
leasees. The escapes have been at the rate of ten
pc-r cent, per annum of the whole number of con-
ricts, and the death*, at the rate of *1x per cent.—
This, it must l*e confessed. is»an unfavorable show
ing for the present system, and el**-irty demon
strates the necessity of abandoning it a* mk»ii r.s
possible.
The number of convicts, at the pres- nl rate of
increase, will soon reach one thousand. It h*s
b *en ascertained that for a |>eriod of fifi v year* an
terior to the late war. each convict cnni*jn"»d in th»*
State prison involved an actual expet I Mire from
the public treasury, over and alMivc the proceed*
of hi* labor, of 8-19.0*1 per annum. It c n not lie
expected that convict* can hr kept under that
system, at thi* time, fora less amount than this.—
Assuming this to t*e fane, the number of convicts
which may reasonably lieexpe* ted at i*n early
day, wilt require for their maintenance, !f kept
iu prison, an annual appropriation of over Sion.ono.
iSneh a burden a* this, should not he imposed
uimn the people of the State, for the mppoi t of
violators of the law. if it can !>• avoided.
It will thus t>e seen that the distxnotion to be.
made of the convicts under our law*, is a matter
of grave public concert). The attention of the Le
gislature is earnestly invited to the subject. It
can scare* ly be hoped that any system which may
be adopted, will he free from objection. While I
have no plan to offer entirely satisfactory to my
own mind. I would snggest thr^ in any system
that may be devised, the convicts should h<» placed
under some one responsible head, rather than di
vided among several, and that th** State, in the
event it should part with the laltor of th**e mviets,
ought, nevertheless, t« retain right of polb-r, in
cluding tho-right of supervising their sanitary and
moral condition, their trc Umeut and oaf«>-kcciug.
VOI.I NTKF.R COMPANIES.
The number of volunteer cwnipauh * organlacd
in the State, i** two hundred and twenty-one. Of
ent, required lo these, one artillery company, eleven cavalry and
Treaanrv.^ By^the aniena* jbrty-throo infantry companies have been armed.
by the people of the Northern <«*tea.
Government will but give us home rule,» revenue
tariff, an hom*st mua economical administration,
and a sound circulating medium, wt shall not
have long to wait for the return of peaewand proa-
peri* v to all part* of tho countrv. and among all
“ VMfca M. SMITH.
i of people
ZS M. SMITP
Business & Frofes’nl Cards.
At-a M. Jackson,
W. Thorax,
JACKSON & THOMAS
Attorneys at Law
Athen*, Georgia.
P L* For ref?renc« by special permlsoJoo
• L. W. rhonias refers! t » William L.
Mlteholl lv*q.. of Athens and lion. A. II. Stnunt,
II. Hill and It. Toombs.
C
hOBB, ERWIN & COBB
7±tlornevs at. La?v>
ATHENS. GA.
Od* Office in the heupree Building.
It. LITTLE,
Attorney al Lan\
W.
T OIIX T. OSBORN.
CA US ESVILLK, OA.
merit recommended, the funds due to each county
would be paid over directly bv the Tax Collector
to the County Schmd Commissioner. By thi* ar
rangement, the collections by the County School
Commissioners would be much simplified, and the
cost of transmitting the money to and from the
State Treasure would l»e saved.
I c -ncur fully in the opinion expressed by the
CommiaMoner to the effect that the act of Che last
General Ansemblv. giving an annual donation of
88,0-0 to the Atlanta University, should be re
pealed. The colored os well aa the white peopl
Attornoy-at-Law,
ELBERTON, GA.
Will practice in the counties *rt the Northern
Circuit, Banks. Franklin and Habersham of the
Western Circuit; will give special attention to
all claims entrusted to Ids care.
Jan. 10, 1874—lr.Is
J S. DORTCH,
^ * Attorney at Z/ct?r,
CARXESVIH.E, OA.
of the Slate, should b, ®lucate<1; and to thi, end,
the tax-pa»rr villini; to oontrll.ute to the ex
tent of their ability. It eannot reasonably In-ex
pected, however, that the elaaa upon which tho
burden of taxation chiefly falls, will consent to
support an Institution wherein the niiachiernua
doetrinesof social equality is,iractieally inculcated.
Thewtihesand feetlufla of those u|mn whom resla
the burden ofaupporting the ROvenimcnt, should
tie consulted In this a' well as all other matters
aflectiotc the public interest.
By reference to the report of the Hoard of Visi
tors, who atteuded the aunual examination at
thi. institution, it will also be seen that some sys
tem of theology ia taught therein. Adopting the
rtinvnt inquiry of the Roan), Whose tlicol-
it that is taught? Without walling for a
reply to this question, It may .afely assumed
that'teachings upon this subject, are certain in
their character. The Constitution ol the Stale in
hibits the granting of a donation or gratuity hy the
Legislature lo any sectarian corporation or asso
ciation. It is hardly necessary to add. that the
spirit, if not the letter of this constitutional pro
vision would lie violated liy continuing the appro
priation under consideration to this institution-—
Rut recognising the duty resting u|h>ii the public
to proride for the education of the colored people,
1 respcetftiUe submit the views expressed by the
state School Commissioner on this subject,
the recommendation that they 1® favorably
•idered hr Ihe Oeneral Assembly.
ntcraBTiutsT or a«RirfLTf»K.
I transmit herewith, the first annual retort nf
the Commissioner of Agriculture. This depart
ment was created by the act apprured February
JO 1S74, but the Commissioner was not appointed
till the *6th day of Augast last. A* soon a* ap
pointed. however, he entered energetically upon
the discharge nf bia duties, and has already suc
ceeded in organizing his department and placing
It in thorough working order. The materials nec
essary for Ihe hand-book, required by the act. arc
being collected, and a specimen, showing the man
ner In which this valnahle work ia being prepared,
will s-mn t-e ready for delivery A laboratory has
been fitted np at the Capitol, and furnished witl:
chemical apparatus suitable for conducting analy
ses nf soils and minerals. The rules preseril®d for
conducting this anal vacs, it is confidently believed
‘ * * * ’* f great prnc'
might endanger’ the security of
the State.
On the day after the approval of the
act just referred to, a series of resolu
tions explanatory of its provisions, was
adopted, by which, among other things,
it was provided that the bonds of tne
company, to be indorsed by the State,
should not exceed $1,000,000, until an
amount of capital equal to the addi
tional indorsement was “bona fidesub-
scribed and paid into said company.”
In other words, after the indorsement
of the bonds to the amount of $1,000,-
000, there should not be any further
indorsement unless an equal amount
of capital should be subscribed in good
faith and paid into the company.
After the grant of the aid of the
State, it does not appear that any ac
tion was token by tne company ex
tending the road, until the 25th. day
of June, 1868. On that day, an agree
ment, a copy of which is herewith
transmitted, was ostensibly entered in
to by George G. Hull and Sidney G.
Miller, of New York, with the compa
ny, whereby they agreed to furnish
material and construct the unfinished
mrtion of the road to the city of
Brunswick. In consideration thereof,
the oomnany agreed to pay the said
It cannot he reasonably supposed that
either the committee or the Legislature
were advised of the cost of the road, as
set forth in thJ letter of the President
accompanying this communication. The
cost of the equipment of the road cannot
account for the discrepancy between the
amount of the cost of the road ns stated
In the President’s letter nnd estimate,
and the cost of the same ns set forth in
the testimony of himself nnd the flirct
“New York Associates” before the Bond
Committee. And as to the amonnt claim
ed to have been paid in by the stock
holders, it is not to be supposed that the
committee had examined the stock hook
and minutes of the compauy. These
books, now in the hand* of tho Reccivcr,
hare been searched in vain for evidence
that any stock whatever wns actually sub
scribed and paid in by individuals, after
the grant of aid by the State.
It will not bo expected that I should
pause to comment upon these and other
facts of equal significance disclosed by
the examination made into the affairs of
the company. I feci it to be my duty,
however, to recommend that a thorough
investigation be made, to the end that it
may be ascertafaed whether the law wa
der which the company procured tho
State's Indorsement has heen complied
with or not. The public interest requires
that tliia shall be done. If it should ap
pear that the company has complied with
the law, and has thus entitled itself to
the evils likely to flow from tlie unwise
poliev of granting the aid ot the State to
works of internal improvoments. I tirl>VT>enpfit to nur^crirnlumil intrrovts. A'nnr-
pericnee has shown that it is almost irn- c >ir*t<<knowltdgv<-ftheeonilitios and want*mast
po'i-iible to so guard the public interest
as to prevent injury to the same under
these grants. The larger portion of our
finanrini troubles of late years may lie
traced directly to this mischievous policy.
The net approved Fobrunry 23, 1874, re
pealed nil existing railway charters, so
tar as the same provided tor State aid.
except in cases where the right to the
same had alrendy become vested. What
would amonnt, under the law, to a vested
right, is a mooted question. It has al
ready lteen claimed that the mere ac
ceptance of the charter by the company,
without more, would have the legal
effect of vesting the right to the aid
therein granted. It this claim should be
allowed by the courts, the object sought
to lwt accomplished by the act would be
entirely defeated. The Code, however,
as will l»e seen by reference to section
1382, authorizes the withdrawal by the
State of the franchises granted in certain
cases. Indeed, the franchises granted to
railway companies, since the enactment
of this pnrt of the Code, were granted
and accepted subject to .the right of
withdrawal, unless otherwise expressly
provided. I would, therefore, icsjiect
noce--.irilv 1h- the hast* ••fall improvement in our
agriculture. RecoenUim: this truth, the Com mi 5-
sh.ner has arranged a system nf collection of rclia
hlc information. He has already gathered a ms
of valuable farts, showing the present condition
of our agricultural labor system, the amount of
home supplies produced, and the general conduct
and management of «mr husbandry.
The le-gislature. in establishing this depart'
,.ient, took a step in the right direction, and in
my judgment, the future material pri*perity of
the State will depend. In a large measure, upon
the manner in which It may l* fostered and sua-
tainrd. ... .
Judging from what has already heen achieved,
I think it may I® safely predicted that, under the
able management of the Commissioner, this de
partment will soon entitle itself to the confidence
and l-ermatient support of the people.
GEOLOGICAL Sl'RVKY.
T!i» office of Slate (ienl«eist. created hy an act
approved February 27, !*7t, has heen conferred
noon Dr. fieorge I.iltle, who hold, at the time of
his appointment, a professorship tn ihe University
of the State of Mississippi. This otlii-er after or-
..iniiing hi, d-partment, entered at wire upon the
discharge of his duties. Taking Ihe field late in
the fall, after a hurried preparation, lie traversed
nearly the whole of Northwestern Corgis l®vond
the Chattahoochee, and has slrevlv made a large.
<■ dlectlon of specimens, showlngthegeologualaiid
mineralogiral eharaeter of a number of the counties
embraced in that section. The information con
tained in his report, herewith transmitted, ia very
valuable, and Ihe attention of the Ceneral Asaem- _
hly is specially direr ted thereto. I think it is not Q f „„ r labor, and the con sen
P® much to say, in behalf of this officer, that the idleness, vagrancy and ert
Ito-neflts expected hy the peonle of Georgia from
the operations nf this department of the public
service " ' " J “ *
Three haa heen issm-d to the infantry, two thou
sand three hundred and thirty stands of arms,
with accoutrements In full. Included in this
amount, are one hundred muskets, furuished to
the Agricultural College at Athena. Four hun
dred and sixty pistols, snd an i ipial number of
sabres, have l®en issued to the cavalry. Five
twelve-pounder Napoleon guns have beeu drawn
by the .State from the Ordnance Department at
Wnshiugbin, four of which have bveu givcu to an
artillery eompariy at Savannah.
Experiencedemoti-lrntes that nothing len-b* so
effectually to preserve the pit Idle no-ce as a con
sciousness on tho part ufthc* evli-disiKiscd atid
lawless, that government possesses the |«.wer to
enforce the laws. Hence, the militia ah-mld, to
the;extent practicable, I® thoroughly organized
and armed. The quota received annually, from
the Federal Government 1-y the State, Is wholly
Insufficient lor this purpo-c. The quota- of four
teen years—from I ‘cl I to IK7I, inclusive—were re-
qu.red to supply the fifty-live companies already
armed, and to furnish the Agricultural College, as
before stated. The companies organized, hut now
unarmed, must therefore 1® disbanded, unless an
appropriation lie made Ssjr tLe Legislature to sup
ply them with anus. I recommend that a suffi
cient amount be voted to arm the ernupn-
uies already organized. The ex|®uditure ol this
appropriation should be guarded bv limiting the
cost ot the arms to he purchased to the regulation
prices presr rils-d hy the Ordnance Department of
the United States.
r otoKTiTVTP'SAL awknuhent.
Tin- Secretary of Slate lias lorn dir«»-t«nl lo send,
properly authenticated, to the Senate, where it
riginat- d, the ad of tli.- lest Legi-I Hurt-, ap-
iroved March 2,1874, entitled “ An act tn amend
tin- Constitution of the State." An examination
of tit is act snows that it ia applicable only to such
ndn-seiuctits t-f railway l*nuds made by the late
iovernoras the le-rislatere had "dr, hired iilegzl,
fraudulent or void." A large amount ..fihr fraud
ulent indorsements an t Imiid-.. Issued during the
late administration, arc not covered by the lan
guage of the act. It ia doubtful, therefore, wheth
er the public int-rrst would In- subserved hy the
final adoption of the act a* an amend men I to I ho
Constitution. It is also questionable whether il
would I® competent for the Legislature to to
amend the act aa lo include the other booda and
indorsements tn which attention haa just been di
rected. The question is thus brought before us,
whether, for this and other reasons, ft is advisable
at this time, aud under existing rircumstanrea, to
call ai-unvention for the purpose nf revising and
amending the Constitution of the State.
It is generally conceded that such a convention
ought tn assemble in thp courae nfa few years.—
Indeed, there seems io he but little, If any, nifler-
enee of opinion as to tiro propriety and necessity
nf rerlsing the Constitution ; the only doubt In
the puMic mind being, ns to the time when this
can he done. There are certainly many reasons
whv a convention ah-mld be callad without un
necessary delay ; and yet, it must l® confessed,
that there are other reasons, equally cogent, why,
tn a matter of such grave concern, the State shonld
move with extreme caution. The peculiar condi
tion of the State, ita relations with the Federal
Government, the necessity of acting, .a* for as
practicable, s I.h due regard to other Southrrn
States similarly situated with ourardvva, impose
urton usagrmve responsibility. The people, how
e’er, have a right to decide the question for them
selves, and to them, the Legislature can safely re
mit it. AVhen this has l®cn done, the en ire
question can I® discussed and determined upon
its merits. lean see no reaso®. therefore, why
the Legislature, If it see proper, may not take ac
tion during the prc-cut session, for the purp.®c of
referring the question of assembling aconveutlon
to a vote ol the people.
FKPKBA L BKL VTIOX S—I.OFISt V X A.
The exhibit here made of the affairs ot the State,
though not all that could 1® desired, furnishes
orb gTound for hone and encouragement In the
ture. Our financial condition ia steadily im-
E. A. WILLIAMSON, „
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER
At Hr. King's Drugstore,
BROAD STREET ..ATHENS, OX.
iwr All wurk done in a superior mamcr, anti
warranted to fire satisfaction. jan—tf
WILEY CHILDERS, "■
T OCATED in this city, ia prepared
-J to do all kind* of Carptntvra' Work in th»
IksaI stylo, and at reasoamblr rat***, with dispatch®
flhop in the roar oj tl»e Fitjr Clerk’s Office.
June 3, 1474.
M Y. GURLEY,
Sir-RGEOJV DEJmST,
T AKES pleasure in announcin'; to
the citizen*of Krunklin hivI un*i adjoining
counties, that he is now located on th* Athens
Street, mile smith ot t'xruesville. where he is
prepared in practice Uontistrr in *11 Ita different
mn-hvs. 1‘riec* h»w to *uit the times, but posl-
ively no inferior work. wctl9-tf
GEO. W. COOPER,
Carriage and liug^y
•M
Thomas Street, opposite Coepcr’a 1-irery Stable.
YDARTICULAR attention given to
JL REFAIR JOBS, orders left with A. A. RrD,
at Sumtuey * Newton's, will receive prompt at-
tiuo. June 17 If
iA. /V. WINN,
WITU
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Cotton H’aotors,
—AND—
general Commission Merchants
Savannah« Ga.
Bagging, Tlet*. Hope, am) other hofftle, fcil-
Oifthcd. Also, Llt-eral Cash Advances mrh t»®
zmsignmenls forsale urahipmeni te l.ivejrpool
Northern ports. luytto-tf
the same cun lie done, the franchises to
those railroad companies whose charters
make provision for State aid. be with
drawn by lajrislative enactment, unless
they shati, within a prescribed time, re
nounce respectively all right to.claim or
receive the aid granted in their several
charters.
stub latvrasiTT.
The report of the Board «,f Trustees of the Stmt v
Unlrerslly, shows that the receipts from all
arm rcaa. during the eollcgiate year ending July 28,
1S74, amounted to Ztn.Otl M.
The University la reported to l« in a prosperous
condition, and the devotion of the student* to
their studies during the last eollegiate ye*-, ia
b'ghlv commended. The number of new students
received the present roar, haa exceeded anything
'"Vi'nvUe'artenrion to tK*report of the Board of
Visitors who attended the examination of the
Senior Ctase, prior to the l«* eommeneeiBei.t.-
proving, and our great agricultural interests be
gin lo show signs of reviving life and vigor. With
the Increased production pi hreadstuflk the past
TO RENT,
IJ'ROM 1st October, 1874, to Dec’r
IJ Slst, 1875, •
The Best Businf.hr Stand, , ^
%n«I best arranj:M Slur* in Athens.
jui> i tr Apply to t. r. m.snor®
Look Out For fine Beef. >
W R. DF.MORE. Agcut, re-j>et:»-
fully .uf-rTins th a citizens *.f Athena and
vicinity that lie h.-.s ..|®ncd n stall for the «a!e of
the 'gn^t’sUl.ie.'wouid I® on a more svti.fac-o- j « B f, Fork. Mutton, Lamb, *e., at the shop fonntr.
footing at this lime, titan It ha. been f-rsumc ly occupied I,v Mr. Scl.cveneU, In the rear of L. J,
vl^r*"t!ie" t>iat'tiug interests, with a hotter_pri
forth
veara. ,i The iutercst In' the State which seems t-
iangnl-h m«ot, is our railways.
The Chief ohstad- in the way of our advinre-
ment. has arisen from tl.ec.mn® pursued hy the
partv in possession oftl.e Felcral Government to
wards the Southern State*. One of the Inin.edlnle
result. «r this policy has
“S3T SEE that TheforefyTn®^
class would not receive Just
Derations of this depart-nent of Ihe public c i;„„ Would not receive just or proi®r treatment
•e. will 1® fully reallze-1 under Its present tn-| fn)m the white people, and to prevent this tm-
L-nt, and ctu.rg-tic management. Believing binary evil, the miarhlcvousand unc-.n-til utlonai
he work thus undertaken will, when eomple- m easnrea known a» the enforeement a.-t*. have
ted, be of Incalculable value to the people of the
State, I earnestly recommend inch approprintiou
he made therefor as may I® deemed necvssajy for
Us eucrgrtic proses-uttoii.
I.CSATIC ZsVL.'M.
The report of the TruaU®« of the Lunatic Asy
lum exhibit* fully and particularly the condition
and management of the inatitutUn during the I cut
rear. It* official organization ia reported good, and
all ita affairs have l-een conducted with a Just and
reasonable e.-,.nomv. For reasons stah-d In the
report, the am»uiit’appr»iprtatsd for thei anp|®rt of
the institution the present year should he larges
than that given for asimilarpnrpose last year. Th<
suggestion qf the TruaU-cauimn thi* sutneet, may
in my judgment, he safely adopted, and 1 reoom
mend that the amount asked for be given. Dupli
cate vouchers for the expenditure of la«t year have
been reenlarlv forwarded, ns the taw requires, and
are rea.lv for'lnspectlon by the proper committee
of the General Assembly.
ACADBMY FOB TUB BLIHP,
Lampkiu'a Store, an l near the Engine House; at
ent. l.c supplied every .unminj, and meal will bo
delivered at nny ito.rtionnt the t-ity.
be ope.nasl .S.ituritu;
Aug. M, 11*74—41.
His stall will
W. R. DKMORE.
Sen* retried to! We are now further tfcr.-atei.wl
hr still greater evils, in the passage by Congress
of what ia commonly designated ms tlie civil
right, hill.” hhnul.1 this »•»»"? ?“‘!E3E5j;
wrong bo Inflict.-.! upon os, I hatanl nothing In
saying that it will be folh.weJ by the immedfote
overthrow of the public «h.«f system, bv the
complete dcmoraliaatlon of our labor, by great in
jury to our flnattec* and the holders of our securi
ties, bv confusion in every department of ness,
and by further alienation between the two claaat-a
of our rs-pulation. The unwisdomlof the mraaure,
an for a* least as the State of (.eorgia i* concerned,
U ahownT.v the fact that the la.sof tl’isHtateal-
readv guarantee precUel) the same rights toall the
peoplefof whatever class, condition or eohir. Wo
C7vV> one law for all—for the white man atid for
the colored”^man—for the fr.wtnan and thc frecd-
!«an It la admitted thar Cher* are distinction*
among us, but tliay are such dtotinclion* a« ohtain
among all people*, under all government* and In
ml! anil inch a* ito guvcrmiujul bsui herp-
tofo“7 ever’ undertaken to regulate by legislative
enactments. Thstauel. leglifattOB to untfoereMJT
livery, feed and Sale Stable,
ATHENS, GA.
GANN & REAVES.... PROPRIETORS
-YiriLTz BE FOUND AT THEIR
V V «>M stand, rear Franklin lions* bolldlng,
Tbouias street. Keep always on band great Turn-,
ouU and careful drirera.
Stre-t well cared for when cn.nisted to our care.
.Stock on hand for sale al all limes. derl.t-tf
doubts whether the property could be
w # BHIIl I
Hull A htiller as follows: 81,500,000' the State’s indorsement, justice to the
of the first mortgage bonds of the com-1 holders of its indorsed bonds demand*
pany indorsed by theState, $1,000,000 ths* the obligation shonld toaeknntrW
of7 per cent, second mortgage bonds lf ’iR luj^a^hu
Of the company, and $1,50§,000 of it should be shown that the company has
preferred capital stock of the compa
ny, which should lie entitled to receive
dividends at the rate of 8 per cent
per annum, before any dividend what
ever, should be paid to tho common
stock. It was further agreed, that all
of said securities should at once be is
sued by the company, and pheed in
the hands of Dabney, Morgan* Co.,
tJfcp of New York, as trustees,
wfco should, npon the completion of
each section of too miles of the road,
not placed itself in a position to claim
said indorsement, and that the same has
been illegally obtained, and that the
present holders of the bond* arc prop
erly chargeable with noticeof the wrong
doing. then deity to the people, atteady
overburdened by debt ardtaxation. re-
quwe^ that mm
with equal prom
At the
sembly,
as to the
^^^UMedT ondef the act«»» 1870.
This report I' very frill, and th* thoroughness with
which the Board discharged It* duties, reflects
great credit upoo It* member*. Attention l»called
lvc the Board t* a defect ia the lav prescribing it*
dutlci. The law require, no mmi than that the
Board shall “attend the University examination
wreeredtuc tb* annaal commencemenf. and report usage.
L xh* Oovernor th# eharaeter of aacta examina
tion ” The power* given to the Board, are not
bread enough to give value tn its reports. Au
thority should be given to extead its tnvosthca-
tlona to evory matter affeefng tho Interest of the
rnlveraity. It 1* thm only. Ant the report of the
V bit tors can bo tea** a channel through which
the Ovoaral Asaemhly may receive trustworthy
tnforSril^Whlea'lheJondttlj® a- »
the nnlveralty. I receaaatend that
amended a* here indicated.
I fttoher .eegg^ t^J^try be mad^lnto^he
g^SSeuStJ?. *£■jsskJs:
fi. Board of Trustees cnnsl-ts ef tklrtv-*vc mtttt-
hree-toa larger number, a* I am advised, than eom-
oosee a similar organlzatkm In thi* or any other
JSSrer. The body fete* large foeefficlenerj be-
SdeariUtnemberg are appointed for life, and thna,
Di vine measure, are left wlthent that sen** of rt-
sas^&tasssw
oointmeni should ho made ie lb* manner which
The rep-.rt of th* Trustees ofthe Acedemvfor enactments. Thotawdi
prjeusigsSiaiaigSS
the GenenU Assembly. I rsapectfr.Uy lautmreenn
that whatever amount may 1® found neeoaaary to
secure the eomf-.rt nf th# pnpila and to promote
the effieteney of the inxtlution be aupplled.
PEAK ASP PUMB ASYLl’M.
Herewith transmitted »«t be found the aneoal
report of the Board ot ComatMoners of the lastl-
that aa addiUeoal sum of *1,000 b«»5p r ®pri»ted to
mssm
**&£< 'E.78# i
lntereat of the latter 'Jiat hi* rights should bacarc-
(Sl?v C guarded, tbs, hi. efficiency « a laborer
iheuld^Si Increased, and thathlamneraJcoiidiU.>i»
aVittuld be improved In all prwtlriWf way*.
But injurtoua effect u|®o the Pe*>jp •J’j 1
nnamerilT ofthe Sonthoro people, la Itot the only
rrtiffichief iustlv chargoablc to .*uch. lejl»l»tl<*n. j
ThSdlmnditbe^rtfbt nfl*xai!^lf^overpment, \
ftf which Ulithetx|>rcMl<>8i bettayathe ealatencp
^ an^rmlng dliU»e in the Federal nvjiem.-.
The experience of thi* peoMe. daring the batten
years, tonflru.s the ^niform
FALL % WINTER
MILLINERY GOODS.
MS
T. A. ADAMS would mast
re»pc ffkillv iuf »rm the U*lk» »»f Afh«f.k
an«l anjod-ent, lhal *he ka« n»*w receiv
ed aud opened a mnatrhoire and Mle^t aN«ortment
of Kali and Winter Millinery tJood*, coin-
prising fa part the latent »t} lea and faaMmis of
HATS, B0NIET8,
'JirJJBOAS, LACKS,
in.owers, O loves, «fcc.F
Which i!ie will *ell at fiSMuAlblf pricoo. .Mwbrt
a call bdutf v^rylipaing elaevhere.
a <U»txQ(v Wlrefnllr filled. Store iWttnl «n Brood'
htrcrl, oue door «Wi Bauk. uctlf-tC.
J. W- COLLINS
Haa now in Store n Full Stock o5
NEW COOSSr
SUITABLE FOR THE
SPRING AND STTMMERi
Consisting, in part, of-
DRY GOODS
€B0€£Bt£S
1IAT8, SHOES « N0TOW
Of All Kind*, which he offer*.
CHEAP K)R OASHT
Or in Exchange for Country PhMUlBff-® 1
aw Tho highest mWfcet |ffic* paid it. tfli'lfr-
cott«* * 314/ IS‘
statement of^ the_MMmoMto Sbtojn hta Sl^l^tve finmcM««d thymTOyof
XSSTS. AiTeerTAttention i* eepeeteUy in-
v ttrttto Hiatpartof »b report wMehretoafotho
„r nmnertv at tmblic a***, for the use OI
lot box, are at enee the farm
lthartr The recent attempt w
purchase of property te pebuc an, »r we uxcm ^‘ bhl umWanfo may well ««»•*►•
n.nvrvIn* certain property .thna porehaeed. .b* if ,u^h
'hime lor the pcrptenlty of ourfree Inri i
tuitions, tf such inaUtutfona srere me^wlth pebll^
(kemnation this ■«»»v T th *
Tbe change in public a»>> ijtn en t i ndictecdbyt »
eg n’srtvSa*' If *e poll-
sssa S&ggS&SEsz
such action a* m
ruirntior.
