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) n ('a ■ i * / / E, 0in " L '' ■ . » ^sfAti 11 . ■"-& 2^-t 4 w. ❖ SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, JANUARY 17, 1873. NO. 29. ij. i*. O. XEDLOCK. JETHBO ABUSE. B, I* BODOKBS. By Medlock, Ariinc A Bodgrru. The Herald is published in Sanders ville, Go., every Friday morning. Subscription price TWO DOLLARS per annum. Advertisements inserted at the upual rates. No charge for publishing marriages or ■deaths. SELECT MISCELLANY. [From the Savannah Morning News.] AN IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL EX PERIMENT. A Practical Test of Fertilizers. The annexed letter or proposition from Lawrence Langston, Esq., Pres ident of the Maryland Fertilizing and Manufacturing Company, will be read with deep interest by even- planter in our State. The proposed test is of a most practical character, and in its results, can but j rove of in-eat value to agricultural science. It will be seen that the proposal has met with favor, and the experiments will be conducted under the auspices of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association. In every respect it is a fair one, and will determine, (when •carried out), with more accuracy and satisfaction the value of diher on t fertilizers, than by any other means that have yet been broached. The letter alluded to plainly sets forth the manner and conditions un der which the test is to be made, and will be readily comprehended by every intelligent reader, as involv ing points fraught with results of •great benefit to our agricultural in terests. We commend it to the care ful consideration of all, and tiust that the several agents ancl owners •of fertilizers will agree to the pro posed movement: Savannah, January 6tli, 1873. Odiums Cohen, Esq: Dear Sir—1 have, for some time past, held the opinion that the only true test of the value of a fertilizer is the result of its practical applica tion in the ground, at the hands of •careful and intelligent planters, and that while chemi-try is an exact 'Science, and will determine, with un failing accuracy, the component parts of any fertilizer, it affords no pro tection to the planter unless lie knows whether those component parts arc derived from bases that will assimilate in the ground to the grow ing plant. It has occurred to me that the meeting of your Agricultural Socio- sty would afford a very favorable op- tportiuiitv of having a practical test made of the different fertilizers sold in the market. I propose, therefore, if the officers of the Society aie ’willing to undertake it, that such a Vst .-.hull be made, believing that smell a test will be within the scope *df tthe objects for which the Socety -Wats'created. I propose— 1st. That a Committee on Fertili zers shall be appointed by tlm So ciety, who will receive donations of 'one* ton or less -from the different manufacturers and'Agents who find a market for their .products in this ■State. That said 'committee shall procure suitable practical agricul tural trials tho be made with such fertilizers. 2id. That each party entering in to competition in this trial, shall de- | posit wherever the Committee mav | direct, the sum of two hundred dol lars, or a less sum, if that be deemed ; too much, to await the result of the (. trial, and that when said resrlt shall be determined one half of the entire ■amount shall be paid to the party whose fertilizer produced the largest amount or value of cottou; one- fourth to the second best, and one- to the Society^ as some compensa tion for the labor of making the ex periment. This trial to be subject to the fol lowing conditions: 1st. That the ground selected for [the purpose shall be of the meanest possible kind of thin or sandy land that will grow cotton at all. 2d. That the quantity of fertili zer used shall not be less than two hundred or more than three hundred | pounds to the acre. 3d. That the fertilizers shall be drawn from the stocks of agents, and shall have been manufactured prior to the date of this proposition. 4th. That the Committee in their report shall state the date and num ber of pounds of each picking, and in determining superiority shall be at liberty to consider quality of cotton and early maturity as items constitu ting value. 5th. As a thing to be devised, but not constituting one of these con ditions, that the same land shall be planted in cotton the following year without anv additional manure, with ia view of determining how far the fertilizers may have exhausted them selves the first year. Every intel- igent planter will understand the ralue of this experiment, j I May I ask the favor of you, as ' | me of the officers of the Society, to present this paper for their consid eration. Very respectlully, your obedient arvant, Lawrence Langston. We agree to become one of the 916,814 73 300,000 00 188-379 63 123.972 13 108,706 43 90.232 17 11,182 i)ll parties to the within proposition, as owners of tLe English Stonewall Fertilizer. B. C. Flannagan & Son. January 6,1872. On behalf of the Maryland Fer- tilizig and Manufacturing Company, I agree to become one of the par ties to the above proposition. Lawrence Langston, Pres. January 8,1872. The Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Georgia having agreed to superintend the. test proposed by Mr. L. Langston, and accepted by him as President of the Maryland Fertilizing Company, and Messrs. B. C. Flannagan Son, owners of the English Stonewall Fertilizer, I here by invite all dealers in Fertilizers to participate in the proposed test. Entries and deposits to be made on or before the 1st of March, 1873, with Mr. Clavius Phillips, Treasurer. By order of the Board of Directors. Geo. S. Owens, President. [Papers interested will please copy. ] GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. Executive Department of Gborgia, i Atlanta, Ga., Jaduury 8, 1873. ) 7b the General Assembly: The following statement shows the finan cial operations of the State Government lor . the lisoal year ending December 31, 1872 : RECEIPTS. Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1872. .$ 186,767 01 Received from general tax Received from rental of West ern A Atlantic Railroad.... Received from sale of bonds.... Received from poll tax Received trout school tax Received trout sale of Agricultu ral scrip Received from temporary loans. Received from tax on insurance companies..., 25,711 93 j Receive i lrum railroad.banknn-i expr-ss tax 21,432 13 j Rcceiv.d lr*.-.ii ••restitution money” 19,67121! deceive 1 from pay ft >:tt convict labor 9,777 26 i Receive.i from liquor tax 9.333 oO | Receive i from balance of r'ourln National Bait a .. 7.533 18 Receive t from tax on circuses.. 3.2J1 25 Receive 1 from dividends of Georgia Railroad stock.... 3,931 89 Receive i lvotn special reciproc ity tax on insurance ....... 2.833 33 Received from relit of t'apitot.. 1,369 3., Received from United States for support, of convicts 1,313 75 j Received * iron fees Secretary of State's office 762 09 j Received from .■•turn premiums on insurance. 733 22 | Rec-ii e.i -r mi Con . • nrion vox of jaOc 510 01) | Received from tax on wild lands 427 6v» : Received from sal • of damaged material Georgia Peniteuli- ar,- 350 00 Received from over-drawn Ex ecutive warrant 100 00 | Received from ••conscience money” 50 00 j Received from mileage, over drawn - 18 0" t Received front fees Executive office 10 (,V Received from tecs Comptroller General's office 31 50 j Total received $2,101,350 84 ! DISBURSEMENTS. Paid principal and interest on public d lit i 4V.12.892 00 j Paid special appropriations. . . -295,227 73 ] Paid legislative pay-rolls 172,251 92 ! 1’aid civrl 'establishment ‘39,403 49 Paid contingent fund of 1872. . 39,622 72 ■Paid printing land of 1872'.... -26,977 23 Paid educational fund 5,261 32 •Paid ovel-payiuent «f tuxes.... 3.561 73 Total disbursed $1,335,207 14 The balance ou hand in the Treas ury on anuary 1,1873, was $760,133 70. Included iu this balance is the amount due to the,fund devoted to the support af cominou schools, and which cannot be used for generl pur poses. I invite the attention of the Gen eral Assembly to the following ex planation of the apparently large pay ments made from the contingent fund during the year. Claims were fre quently presented at the Treasury that could not be classed amoug the contingent expenses of the Govern ment, and for the payment of which no paovision had been made by law. TJie General Assembly at the adjoun- ed session, in the month of July last appropriate 1 the sum of $20,000—or so much thereof as might be neces sary—“as a contingent fund, to be used by the Governor in the payment of just and legal claims against the Staie.” The fund thus appropriated has been drawn upon to meet such just and legal claims as have been presented at the Treasury, and for the payment of which no other pro vision of law existed. PUBLIC DEBT. The public debt oh January 1,1873 —as shown by the report of the Treasurer, herewith transmitted— amounted to 88,186,500 00. The amount of gold bonds issued in 1870 due in 1890—reported by the Treas urer, is $2,598,000 00. The total amount of currency bonds issued in 1872 is $700,000 00. The last men tioned bonds were issued for the pur pose of redeeming the old six per cent, bonds which fell due last sum mer. According to information lately obtained through the Treasurer, the amount which has been disposed of including all sold for cash and those exchanged for old bonds, is $277,000 00. In disposing of them due regard has been had to the public interest; and it is believed that in the improved state of our credit—confidently ex- peeted soon to take place—the sub stitution of the new for the old bonds referred to will not be long delayed. The interest which has already ac crued upon the gold bonds mention ed, and also that which will accrue thereon the present year, must be provided for. This will increase the interest account of the present year, and will render it necessary for an additional appropriation to be made for its payment. The Treasurer es timates the amount necessary to be raised the present year as follows: For t..e payment ot Slate bonds maturing in 1873 $ 137,000 00 For interest on bouds for the last half of 1873 and the first half of 1874, 581,935 00 For j a, went of unsettled claims against the Western & Atlantic Railroad 120,000 00 l or ordinary disbursement, of the wo. eminent, including Legislative pay-roll 600.000 00 Total *1,418,935 00 The bonds mentioned above—for the payment of which means must be provided during the present year —are of the issues of 1842 and of 1843, and mature, one-lialf during the present month of January, and the remaining portion on the first day of July next. The amount necessary to be raised to pay claims against the Western <fc Atlantic Rail road, still outstanding and unsettled, is large, and in my opinion, is not over-stated by the Treasurer. The sources of revenue to the State during the present year may be stated as follows: Rentals of the Western «fc Atlantic* Railroad; dividends upon stock held in the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company; general taxation, and] taxes ou banks, railroads, express i companies and insurance companies, 1 and the hire of Penitentiary convicts, j The amount of revenue uceessan ] to meet the wants of the Govern ment, with the sources from which the same is to be derived, is stated as follows by the Treasurer: .-C iting t . • taxable property of t eSi:R t-l»e «uueas lost ,v*ar, •igR-tsntns of one per cent. on the same will yiel 1 81,875,939 06 Oiie-Tiilf of the rental of the Western A Atlantic Railroad will yiel.l 150,000 00 Estimated receipts from taxes on banks, railroads, express an 1 insurance companies The hire of Penitentiary convicts Mi -cilaneous sources 35.000 00 29.000 00 5.000 00 Total $2,085,939 00 By this statemeii , a balance would be left in the Treasury, at the end of the present year, of $667,000, di minished by the cost of collecting the revenue and by the amount of the insolvent lists. The estimate of the amount of revenue to be derived from general taxes is based by the Treasurer upon the rate of valua tion placed upon the taxable proper ty of the State, as shown by the re turns of last year. He places that valuation at 8234,492,468. It is be lieved, with reason, that the value of the taxable property of the State is much greater than the amount just mentioned. The Comptroller General directs attention to the evils resulting from the very prevalent practice on the part of many tax payers, of returning their property at less than its fair market value. It is the duty of the Legislature to distribute the public burdens as equally as possible, and the evil complained of should be remedied without delay. I respectfully rec ommend a careful consideration of the ways and means suggested by the Treasurer. If the interests of the Commonwealth demand an in crease in the burden of taxation, the responsibility of imposing the same should be assumed without hesita tion. By carefully revising our tax laws, with a view to securing the re turn of taxable property at its fair market value, and by the practice of rigid economy in our expendi tures, it is believed, however, that a sufficient amount to meet all just de mands upon the Treasury may be raised without any material in crease in the present rate of taxa tion. I respectfully invite the attention of the General Assembly to the sta tistical tables embraced in the re port of the Comptroller-General. They have been prepared with great care, and contain much interesting information in relation to the wealth and resources of the State. The report of the Treasurer shows the amount of State bonds issued, and of railroad bonds endorsed, dur ing the administration of Governor Bullock. Of the $3,000,000 of gold bonds issued under the authority^ of the act of September 15, 1870, $300,- 000 have been returned to the Treas ury and cancelled. Certain others of the same series—the numbers of which are specified in the act ap proved August 23,1872, and amount ing to $102,000—have been declared void by Legislative enactment. The balance of the series, amounting to $2,598,000, are recognized as legal, and are included in tha amount of the public debt already stated. The gold bonds, issued under the act of October, 1870, amounting to $2,760,- 000, have been disposed of as fol lows : $880,000 have been returned | to the Treasury and cancelled; the j balance, amounting to* $1,880,000, I have been declared void by Legis- j lative enactment-. Of the issue ~of currency bonds under the act of Au gust 27, 1870, $500,000 have been returned to the Treasury and can celled ; and the balance, amounting to $1,600,000, have been declared void by Legislative enactment. The State currency bonds, issued under the act of ‘September 16, 1868, amounting to $600,000, have been returned to the Treasury and can celled. The indorsoments of the bonds of the Alabama and Chatta nooga Railroad Company, amount ing to $194,000, have not been de clared invalid. The indorsements of the bonds of the South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company, amounting to ?i r J4£*00, and the in dorsements of the bonds of the Ma con and Brunswick Railroad Com pany, amounting to $2,550,000, are admitted to be binding upon the State. The indorsements of the bonds of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company, amounting to $3,300,000, also the indorsements of the bonds of the Bainbridge, Outli- bert and Columbus Railroad Corn- pan 1 .', amounting to $600,000, and of the Cartersville and Van Wert Rail road Company, amounting to $275,- 000, and of the Cherokee Railroad Company, amounting to $300,0QD, have all been declared void by Leg islative enactments. STATE UNIVERSITY. 1 transmit herewith the report of the Trustees of the University, and also that of the Board of Visitors appointed to attend the University examination preceding the last an nual commencement. The Trustees report, that on the occasion of the commencement, the total number of degrees conferred on members of the University was forty-six. There were matriculated, in all depart ments during the year, three hun dred and seventeen students, who received constant instruction in the courses of education to which the University is devoted. The income of the University, for the year ending July 29, 1872—in cluding the cash balance of the pre vious year—was $29,221.25. Of this amount, the tuition fees for the year were $11,305.00. The expenditures j for the same period were $29,337.10. The reports give an encouraging j account of the condition of the Uni- versitv, and show that the Trustees, - the Chancellor, and the Professors forming the Faculties, have been | faithful in the discharge of their re- | sp jetive duties. I cannot too strong- | lv impress upon the General Assam- ; lily the duty devolving upon th *m i to advance the general interests of j education by carefully fostering and j building up our State University. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ME- , CHANIC ARTS. This College went into operation, i in connection with the State Univer- i sity, on the first day of May last, and has already reached a promis ing degree of development. One hundred and twenty-seven young men have received instructions in its classes during the recent term ; and taken as a whole, their progress has been, in a high degree, gratify ing. The flattering success which has attended its operations demon strates the propriety of the action of the Trustees in organizing it un der the auspices of the State Uni versity. Under the agreement of sale, by which the Agricultural College Land Scrip was disposed of by Acting- Governor Conley, it was provided that $50,400.00 should be paid in cash. This sum has been received, and lias been invested in the bonds of this State, under tho authority conferred by the act of December 12, 1866. These, bonds have been turned over to the Trustees of the University, in. accordance with the provisions of the Executive order granting the fund to the Board. By the terms of the contract of sale, time was given upon the balance of the Scrip until July 3, 1873. In the month of July last, the holder of the agreement for the purchase of six hundred aud sixty-mne pieces of the Scrip offered to pay for the same' at a discount of seven per cent. p§r annum from the contract price. Act ing under the authority of a joint resolution of the General Assembly, I accepted the offer, and the sum of $90,202.17 was paid into the Treas ury by the holder. The Trustees of the University, at a meeting of the Board held m November last, agreed, in effect, to accept the amount paid into the Treasury in lieu of the contract price of the said six hundred and sixty- nine pieces of Scrip. I recommend that authority be given to issue sev en per cent, twenty-year bonds the State, in which the proceeds of of said Scrip, not already bonded as aforesaid, may be invested as re quired by the said act of 1866. POPULAR EDUCATION. ' I herewith submit the report of the State School Commissioner, showing the operations in his department du ring the year 1872. By authority of an act approved December 11, 1858, State oands, 1 Counting, in the aggregate, to $350,- 000, were issued aud placed in the office of the Secretary of the State, to be used for educational purposes. There is little reason to doubt that the General Assembly intended, by the provisions of this act, to estab lish a permanent educational fund, the annual interest only of which was to be applied to purposes of educa tion. To carry this intention into effect, the act provided that, “as any S ortiou of the bonds of the public ebt shall be paid aud taken up', the Governor shall issue an equal amount of bonds, in sums of $1,000, payable at such period in the future as he may deem best for the objeets aud interests in view,“to the Secretary of State, as the Trustee of the educa tional fund of Georgia, so that as the public debt is extinguished, the edu cational fuud shall be increased.” And it was further provided “that the interest on said educational fund shall be annually appropriated to educational purposes.” The bonds referred to were made payable to the Secretary of State, as trustee of the educational fund of Georgia, and were clearly intended to constitute a portion of the fund which, by the terms of the act, was to be used for educational purposes. Paragraph 1, sectiion 3, ar ticle VI, of the Consti tution of 1868, is m the following words: “The poll tax allowed by this Constitution, any educational fuud now belonging to this State— except the endowment of and debt due to the State University—or that may hereafter be obtained in any way, a special tax on shows and exhi bitions, and on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors—t-whicli the General Assembly is hereby authorized to assess—and the proceeds from the commutation for militia service, are hereby set apart and devoted to the support of common schools.” The bonds in question being,' at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, j by virtue of the act authorizing their ! issue, a portion of the educational j fund belonging to the State, are. by ! the paragraph of the Constitution j just quoted, devoted to the support j of common schools. It is submitted j whether the Legislature is not bound, i under the Constitution, to appfopri- j ate the annual interest upon these j bonds to the support of our present i common school system. The whole amount of School rev- ! enue received into the Treasury, from j all sources, prior to October 1, 1872 —according to the report of the Com ptroller General—was $492,924 27. This amount, diminished by the sum realized from the special school tax levied for the payment of the claims of teachers, and by the expenses of the department hitherto incurred, ! will leave $353,924 27 now due from j the State Treasury to the commout school fund. Tho State Commissioner j recommends that this amount be J bonded, and that the bonds, in amounts proportioned to the school population in the several counties, be turned over to the county authori ties, on the conditiou that the school debt shall be assumed by the respec tive comities, aud with the further provision that the bonds shall uot be disposed of at less than a minimum price fixed by law. I recommend that due consideration be given to this suggestion of the Commissioner, and that suitable measures be adop ted for the p iyment of the claims of thachers at an early day. Under the authority of an act, passed at the last session of the Gen eral Assembly, a special tax of one- tenth of one per cent, on the value of the taxable property of the State was levied to raise money to pay a portion of these claims, and I have directed the Treasurer to set apart the sum of $100,000 from the reve nues of last year for this purpose. The School Commissioner has ap portioned this amount among the several counties upon the basis of the number of children in each of school age, as fixed by the school law of October 13, 1870, and has sub mitted his estimate to this office, a ] copy of which will be found append ed to the report of the. Commissioner herewith transmitted. The policy suggested by the Com missioner for the support of common schools is respectfully recommended to your favorable consideration. LUNATIC ASYLUM. I communicate herewith, for the information of thei General Assem bly, the report of the Board of Trus tees of the Lunatic Asylum, with accompanying documents. The report of the Superintendent shows a large increase in the per cent- age of admissions in the Asylum du ring the past year. Since the date of his former report, made in July last, the number of admissions has been one hundred and twenty-four The whole number of patients in the institution, at the present time, is five hundred and nine. Of these, 400 and twenty-three are white . and eighty-six are colored. The number of lunatics is three hundred and seventy-nine ; of idiots, seventy-four, and of epileptics/ fifty-six. The rapid increase in the number of these af flicted classes, indicated by these re- by accident, and one killed by the ports of the Superintendent, renders j guard. it probale that additional actrunda- j There has been a marked improve- tions may soon become necessary j ment recently, in the health of the for their comfort and proper treat- j convicts. They have been treated ment. The appropriations required j with humanity, and the discipline for this purpose should be made without hesitation. I may here re mark, however, that the necessity for increased expenditures begets a corresponding necessity for greater care and economy in the management of the affairs of the institution, and has not been more strict than was necessary for their control and safe keeping. The fpod furnished to them has-been wholesome in quality and sufficient in quantity. Tne clothing is substantial and sufficient for their health and comfort. Their condition j renders «Ten more imperative the in all respects, is reported by the duty of the Legislature, while ex- j principal keeper to be as good as tending the benifits of tiffs great! their circumstances will allowThev charity, to protect the people who j are not required to labor excessively, support it fr om unnecessary burdens. | and the principal keeper expresses As a means of increasing efficien- ] the opinion that the lesses are faith- cy in the administration of the in- ! fully complying with the require- stitntion, I would suggest that the j ments of the law and of their con- law be so amended as to authorize I .ract. the appointment of two additional ■ public buildings. members on the Board of Trustees, j l respectfully invito vour attention The easting law places the Asylum j to the propriety of adopting meas- under the management of a board | ures f or the removal of themeumb- composed of three trustees The rance resting upon the title of the duties, which devolve upon the Board j oa p ito l building. On the 22d day of are numerous and important, and ! j u i v> 1809, E. N. Kimball, who then since the institution has grown to its , held the title to the property, execut- present proportions, have become j e( ] and delivered a mortgage to the onerous. -The presence of the Trus- Noathwestem Life Insurance Com- tees at the institution is required . pany> a corporation of the State of more frequently than formerly, and I Wisconsin, to secure the payment of its demands upon their time and at- ; t h e sum of $60,000 and accruing in tention are constantly increasing, terest thereon. This mortgage was The adoption of the recommendation ; du l v recorded in the office of Clerk for an increase of the number of; of * the Superior Court of Fulton Trustees would enable them so to CO imtv. It was provided, in the mort- divide their labors as to give the re- ! gage , that the company should have quired attention to the varied wants j the right to foreclose at the end of of the Assylum. I would also direct; twelve months, after the date of the your attention to the propriety oi m- 1 instrument, if the sum mentioned creasing the salary at present allow- j were no t paid, ed to the Trustees, llieii compen- The existence of this incumbrance sation is wholly inadequate—baldly was known to the Legislative Corn- sufficient, indeed, to pai their tra\ ei- mittee appointed to examine and re- ing expenses while engaged m per- j port apon tlie title before the pur _ forming the duties of tlieir trust. A ; chase of the property by the State, just public does not expect that ser- j The reports, made by this committee vices, snch as are required by law of • stated that the title was free from in- the Trustees shall be gratuitously reu enmbrance, and recommended that dered. I recommend, tliat the law be i purchase be made, so amended as to give the members ; Jt was arranged between Governor of the Board a fixed per diem pay, Bullock aud H. L Kimball, who had and necessary traveling expenses, in- j become the owner of the property, stead of the compensation now ai- , that a certificate for the payment to lowed. Snch a provision might be j fh e State of $130,000 of the citv of so guarded as to protect the Treasury*. • Atlanta bonds, iisuedby the Mayor and at the same time give just com- and Council, should be deposited with pensation for the services performed, j the Governor to secure the State By referring to the report of the j against loss on account of said mort- Comptroller General, it wifi be seen j gage. The certificate was issued, in j —-— — * —i — - ' ' " vjvm/iuui c iiaiiun This amount includes $61,916 43 paid ] ou the same day. By the terms of on special appropriations for com- j this certificate,' the bonds, thereby pleting buildings and for other lm- ] agreed to be paid to the State of provenients. It does not include, ; Georgia- were made deliverable to however,the expenditures for the sup- ] the holder of the certificate. It furth- port of the institution during the last | er appears that it contained no words quarter, an account of which has not j of negotiability, vet been rendered. With the nuin- j Two days after the delivery of the ber of inmates constantly increasing j certificate' to Governor Bullock, $30, it is not probable that the expenses j 000 of the bonds mentioned therein of the last quater have been diinin- i were delivered to H. I. Kimball. I ished. Nothing need lie added to im press the General Assembly with the importance of so amending the laws governing the Asylum as to secure the proper degree of economy in its administration. DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM. The report of the Trustees of the Academy for the Education of the have not been able to discover any evidence going to show that Govern or Bullock authorized the delivery of the said bonds, or any portion there of, to H. I. Kimball, or to any other person. The amount of bonds paid upon this certificate by the City Council of Atlanta was $100,000. The evidence taken by the commit- Deaf and Dumb, accompanying this jappointed, by the authority of communication, showsthe operations : the last General Assembly, toinves- of that institution for the year end- ; tigkte the official conduct of Rufus ing July 1, 1872. The whole num- ! Bullock, shows that, at the time ber of pupils who received instruc- ! the purchase of the property by tiou in the Academy during the year j the State, an understanding existed was sixtv-one. The number will prob- i between the City Council of Atlanta ably be increased to seventy during H* I* Kimball that he was to re- the present year, and a correspond- j ceive ot ny $100,000 of city bonds, in- ing increase in the amont appropriate s tead of the full amount of $130,000 ed for the support of institution will j w bieh the city had undertaken to be thereby rendered necessary. The contibutq towards th® purchase of Trustees suggest that certian im- * Capitol property. There is evi- provements, pointed out in their re- dence raising a strong presumption port, be made. The report shows ] that the existence of the arrangement that the affairs of the Academy were between Governor Bullock and H. I. managed during the past year with Kimball, for the deposit of the oerti- due regard to economy. I recoin- ticate to secure the 8>tate against loss mend that the usual annual appro- 011 accouil t of the mortgage, was not priation be made for its support dur- j unknown to the Mayor a-nd Council mg the present year. °* Atiata. ArADFvn-TORTHv wTTxn The mortgage referred to is still hold by ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. the Nurthweetem Life Iituranee Company, I transmit herewith the reports of nn< * kis claimed that the same hu* not been the Board of Trustees and of other pa - id> or ° tbe ,!7T , The nu^tion a. til * 1 r hi- V I »nses, under the foregoing statement, wterth- omcers Of tllO Academy for the -Blind. ’ er the Mayor and Council nf Atlanta are not These reports show that the iustitll- 1 bound to "pay to the State the amount of (he tinti n*j)q mnnuopd tlimutr 6.q ,.q-i bondfi of the oity mentioned in stiid certifi- tion was managed aunng tne past cato> or some ti ierKOl -. without en- year with proper care and economy; j teriu” ujkui the discussion <>f this question. The number of pupils, according to I n»pectft»ily refer the whole subject, to the the rannrts in thirtv nine nn/i tL*> ! G«aer4 AsaruiWy. with the recomm»n<i«!iaa tne reports, w inircy rune, and the tbatsoeU0 , v ^ Ukeu v.,11 beat whole amount disbursed for its sup- j protect the public interest. S ort was $10,759. The unexpended | Tl»« report of tho Seop.r of the Cupitol alance in the band* of the Tiv>n~nr sbo '* s ' ,bat the TOcf ' teWet “' 1 portions aiance m mo nanas oi tne iieasur- , of tb „ bujldin(? Deo j repairing. Repair* np . er of the Academy at tue date of the tbu Executive Maneioo will also become report was $1,115. According to the i necessary during the present year to protect estimates for the year 1873, submitt- j “SXmms’knffiSTpay for ed by the principal, the annual ap- ; Hit needed repairs and to defray the necesea- propriation of $11,000, for the pay- ] ry rrpp-ses attending the h tping of the Cip- ment of salaries and for the main-j wtRerAightb,’ etc PPljinS t>>C uan,e witl1 luel * tenance of the institution, will be suf- I During the put year, it (became neeeawy ■ ficient. 1 to replace a portion of tbie wall mcloeing PEsiTEsmBy. . lyjssaasaaKagas ees. since the first quarter of 1872, the cam of the public property in that city Juts been without cest to the St. te. The report of thi Superintendent of Public * Works and Keeper of the Capital Bnii lings and Grounds is herewith submitted, with the The report of the Principal Keep er, herewith transmitted, snows that the number of convicts now in the Penitentiary is five hundred and thir ty. Since the convicts were turned .. ^ over to the Lessees, under their pre- ■ ritwmmendation that, the same be properly- sent contract, there have been forty- . conB1 ® r four discharges and twsnty-onc es- , e The montblv renU i 6 * the western and capes, one has been pardoned; four- ] Atlantic Railroad hare been regularly f -iM teen hare died; on© has been killed _y oVo-veiIt' ok tee sacrum.- j• j