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cnrgtaa. no > ,M» PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING H. 3L CARLTON & Co., •• j,' Proprietors. * > " H. n. CARLTON, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ——t°i— ONE COPY, On* Ye«r FIVE COPIES. On® Y«r,. TEH COPIES, On® Y®»r... 2he Official City Taper 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- As LIFE. Jan’y 27, 187S. 5 OLD SERIES—Volume LIU. I NEW SERIES—Volume III. |Ui(|t«st Georgian PUBLICATION OFFICE: Ao. 7, GRAA'ITE 7i0», (L’p-Ktalra,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. Itnfes of Advertising* Transient advertisements, ofouo square or taorfe 00 per square for ths first Insertion*toA 75c#aH for oath subsequent insertion. D?. All advert I *om«nu considered tnoiiesl, except where special contracts are made. Twelve lines spare «»f this type (or one loob) make one square. 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.