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TIE A.TLMTA STODAY HERALD. VOL. II—NO. 9. ATLANTA, GA.. SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1873. WHOLE NO. 317 BUTLER. A SMART OLD SCAMP. I to .loot him, and who shall stand between the I representative* and the people 1 (Cries of | “Boiler!” “Batler!”) No man can stand and say to the people, “Yon shall vote for tbis man, or yon shall vote for the other." There is another question comiDg, aa to whether General Grant shall he elected for a third time. SPLENDID CHANCES FOB GRANT. 1 have no opinion to express, bnt one thing I tell everybody is, that if the people want j General Grant for a third, fourth, fifth, sixth One of the liveliest campaigns ever made or seventh term, they will^ have him. (Ap- Opening Shot of the Mufcaehn setts Campaign. A RARE STUMP SPEECH. in the United States is just opening in Massa chusetts. A host ot Radical politicans, headed by Iloar and Washburne, are charging on Ben Bntler, who is aspiring to the Gover norship. Ben is himself a hard hitter, and comes back in a horrible manner. We pub lish extracts from bis opening speech. It will do to take along: butler's opening volley. The following is the substance of the ad dress: Mr. President, Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen—I first desire to thank yon lor the cordial greeting here to-night after the very delightful stream of calumny that has been poured upon me. It shows that the hearts of the people are true to those who are true to them. (Applause.) Your represen tative in Congreas bes been kind enough to say that he has given me a text for my speech. Pardon me; the text comes from father back. I ask leave to read to you the first scurrilous newspaper attack I ever received alter I went into the service of my country. It is as trne as many, nay, most others; bnt it is a con venient one, because I can contradict it and bring proof of its lalsity on the spot. It is dated May 22, 1861, when Mr. Boar, of Worcester, was safely at home. (Laughter and applause.) It pur ports to be taken from the New Orleans Pica yune, and begins in these words: “ Ail of the Massachusetts troops now in Washington are niggers, with the exception of a few. Gen. Butler, in command, is a native of Liberia. Our readers will remember old Ben, the bar ber, who emigrated to Liberia. Geo- Butler is his sod." (Laughter.) This I have the means of showing was un true. (Cheers.) The next newspaper publication that vety considerably concerned me was in 1862, also emanating from a distinguished enemy of mine—a former friend—and ran thus: Now, therefore, I, Jellerson Davis, Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. The General proceeded to read the procla mation declaring him a tellon and an outlaw, and authorizing his immediate execution it captured. After that he read another procla mation offering $10,000 reward tor bis cap ture and delivery to the Confederate authori ties. Did anybody ever offer half as much as that for Mr. Hoar's head ? [Laughter. ] Now, I am going to say something of inter est to the ladies who have done me the favor of being present A daughter of South Caro lina writes to the Charleston Courier saying : “I propose to spin the threads to make the cord to execute tne order, and my daughter asks that she msy be allowed to adjust it around his neck.” So you see, my friends, the abuse came early. Yet started by the enemies of my country, it has been re-echoed by mine until the air is lull of it I do not know that THEY WOULD HANG ME NOW, if they coutff, but if they can daatroy that which I value more than life, the honest, hon orable position I hold in the hearts of my countrymen, they may then take the worth less life which the enemies of my country tailed to take, either in the war or since. (Ap plause. ) Now, then, do not let these gentle men who have made these calumnies suppose that I am likely to be deterred from doing what I think is right because of their quipa and pellets. No, my friends, no! I am told by Mr. Hoar that my life has been a failure. Be it so, he it so; bnt thank God there is one thing cannot be said, that I did not try to do my best, and if 1 failed was not it better than to stay at home and try to do nothing? (Loud applause.) The man has not lived yet who says I did not try to do my best, and if I failed it was because I conld do no more, God help me. I wish that he bad given me the power, the talent, the ability, the streugtb to do more. I did what I could, and I am only sorry I could do no more. Another of the objections of your represen tative to me was that in 1864 I OUTBLAC XOUARDID A MOB IN NEW IOEE. Here U a paper signed by one hundred of the first merchants in New York. Perhaps yon will remember some of the names when I read them: Hamilton Fish, G. W. Morgan, Daniel Headly, John M. Williams, and William Arnold Bntler, and a hundred others Let ns see what they sey, because I didn't ask them for this testimonial any more than I did Mr. Hoar. (Laughter.) He then read this testimonial, also thanking him for his services to the country. Another step farther. In 1804, by the command of President Lincoln, and at the argent request of Secretary Stanton, I was sent to New York at the time that the whole Hfe of the nation hung trembling ria the balance as to whether we should be able to go on at that time. Mc Clellan was is the field for President; a mob had burned aa orphan asylum at New York, and mnithr»d soldiers, and the question was whether ft* > would not seize the city and carry it bf ataba, so that then coo Id be no legal election, or so that the whole vote might be Coasted for McClellan. 1 wes sent there with a small command, and the result waswbat yon know: no orphan asylum was burned white I was there; no mao, woman or child wee murdered while I wae there ; no dis order or riot was had while I was there. (Applause.) No! New York bod for the fifst time, and almost for the last up to this time, a fair and just election; sod the city was carried for Lincoln, sad the country eared from bloodshed and civil war. (Applause.) For that man, not unknown to fame, Henry Ward Beecher, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, at a levee given by the citizens of ftew York in my honor, nom inated me for President of the United States. This is the occurrence which Mr. Hoar, in bis letter, refers to ae oar-blackguarding a New IMlmob. (Loud and renewed applause.) But I forgot—I am quarrelsome. Whet has happened in this Commonwealth in the last six months? J came home from Congress, where I did my duty as I understood it, and I did not go there to do it as anybody else un dentood it—and some of my friends chose to invite me to a dinner. I did not refuse to go, as I did when the New York mer chants invited me, 'for then I said : “ I cannot go. My soldiers are in the field and in the trenehes, and their general, although he is at home, shall not be found feasting, while they are starving." But I thought I had a right to attend ttist dinner in Boston. Only a few gentlemen were there, and some body there was kind Enough to speak to me about being Governor, and somebody made a toast Well, as 1 had got a notion in my own mind that I was cheated out of it two yean before this (all—(applause)—I thought it was possible somebodv else Slight want to be Governor. Bnt all in the world that I said was that if the good people of Massachusetts want to rote for me for Governor I should not object Now they sey. “Oh, he's going to seize the Governorship. ” How can it be seiz ed from the people? Whv do they trouble themselves ? No man can Le elected Govern or or anything else unless the people choose plause.) Why does Mr. Hoar find it neces sary to go down to Hamilton Hail so that people may not vote for the wrong man ? Do not the people know as much about it as Mr. Hoar? People of Worcester, are you under guardianship? (A voice, “No we are not” I trust not They forget thst last year the Republican party were in a doath straggle with all the elements opposed to it and then General Butler was patted on the back, and was a good fellow, and was to go here to make a speech to the people and theie make a speech to the people—to Michigan, to Indiana to Pennsylvania —and sustain the Republican party. And I went and the result you have heard. Now Mr. Hoar will go and do it all himself. (Laughter.) But in all this did I quarrel with Mr. Hoar ? No; but I simply went on about my business, until my honored and lamented friend, Chief Justice Chapman, died, and THE GEORGIA RAILROAD. A Conclusion of the Investigation Benched. A -lumber of Irregular it tea Discovered. Sevenl Officers Discharged for Misconduct. asserted that he lost in Washington City, was $3,500. He afterwards appropriated, it is also said, a check for about fifteen hundred dollars belonging to the company, which he gave as security for a sum of money borrowed, according to his statement, to pay back the amount alleged to have been lost in Washing ton. It was also discovered, by an examina tion of the books of Messrs. Bignon & Crump, auctioneers, that the General Freight Agent had received from that firm $600 for unclaim ed freight sold. Of this $600, only a very SMALL SUM WAS BETUBNED the interlude after his death there was a Chief I United States Government The money Justice to be made, and a Hamilton Hall meeting became necessary. Wbat happened then ? Did I quarrel with the gentleman (Mr. Hoar) ? By no means; bnt there one of them called me by an opprobions name—that of a criminal now having his trial in England— and said they would have no Tichbome claim ant for Governor. Ob, what a quarrelsome man that Benjamin F. Butler is. Therefore I have stood all the newspaper abuse, because with great respect to these reporting gen tlemen below me, I have got quite indiffer ent and used to it. (Laughter.) I have to endure it at the same time that I have to en dure the smell of Mi’ler’s River when I go up on the Lowell Railroad, (laughter and ap plause); but I can’t help it When, however, there came from these men an attack on me for what they ch^se to call the back pay grab —the salary steal—I thought it wus time to speak, and I did speak, and I stated then ex actly the truth, did I not with one exception, about yonr representative, and that was when I said he took his money and put it where he thought it would do the most good. That was not true. If be must give it to his con stituents why not divide it fairly? Why give to five town8 only almost $5,0U0, and these live towns were out of the county of Worces ter. (Laughter.) But I made no objection, and I make no objection. I have said that every man had a right to do what he liked with bis money. Some men want ed to buy glory with it. He wanted to. I WANTED TO BUY BUTCHEB’s MEATS Angaata Chronicle end Sentinel. In the course of the conversation Judge j King mentioned that the present official sys- the company. When charged with this, tern of the road was instituted about thirty I Rhodes said it had been paid out for the years ago by J. Edgar Thompson, then Chief! company, but not being able to produce the Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, but he i receipts, he obtained the sum missing on this had been convinced for some time past that I account and paid it over to the company, it did not do for the present day. That sys-1 Th e amounts of the other defalcations we un- tem was made ! derstond, however, the General Freight Agent fob UDKEir men, 1 has never returned. And not (or the present demoralized slate of 5"™' society. Men now reqnired more checks J?«s referred the whole matter to Co E. W. - Cole, the General Superintendent, with power to act. Col. Cole took prompt and decided action in the premises. After a careful examination —a sort of court-martial being held in the Superintendent's office at the Georgia Railroad depot—he discharged the Road Master, P. W. Printup; the Supervisor, J. S. Shipley; and the General Freight Agent, R. L. Rhodes. It is also understood that the entire force in the Road Master’s arid Supervisor’s Departments has been dismissed, and that new men will be appointed. Colonel Cole, before his departure lor Atlauta, yester day, appointed Mr. Newnan Hicks, Road Master, and Mr. Thomas C. Hendry, Super visor. The position of General Freight Agent has not yet been filled. A great deal of credit is dneto Mr. Carlton Hillyer, the Anditor of the road, for his sa gacity and energy in ferreting out the defalca tions and irregularities. He has worked with coolness and care in the matter, and his re ports are described as being very fall and able doenments. Ths investigation could not have been confided to better hands. npon their conduct than they did in those days. There was no doubt bnt that there were irregularities iu the official conduct of several prominent employees of the road, bnt from wbat he had heard, rumor had greatly exag gerated the matter. Ho mentioned as one of the irregularities that abont three years ago Mr. R. L. Rhodes, General Freight Agent, went on to Washington City as special agent •o settle a claim of the company against the hich he obtained npon that claim, he asserted, about a month since—alter the ir regularities were discovered—that he lost in Washington, After the interview with Judge King, the reporter called upon CoL E. W. Cole, the General Superintendent. Col. Cole was pre paring to leave for Atlanta by the 2:15 truiu, and said thst it would be impossible for him to give any particulars of the investigation iu the short space of time before the departure of the train. He stated, however, that sever al officials of the road against whom charges of misconduct had been proven by the in vestigation, would be discharged and others appointed in their stead. He would leave a list of the parties discharged and the new From the Aogunta CouatitutionaliBt. The most prominent officials of the road The next most prominent official charged with having his bands tainted with these peculations and misappropriation of money which should have gone into the treasury of the company was R. W. Rhodes, Gen eral Freight Agent of the road at this point for the past three years, and for the past thirteen or fonrteeu years connected with the road in various official capacities. To the better understanding of the charges against Mr. Rhodes, it is necessary to state that in bis official capacity he bad control of what is known as “lost freight" which accumulated at this point. Frequently when owners presented their claims to the road for freight loot in transpor tation, such claims were promptly paid, the missing freight becoming the property of the road whenever it turned up. Mr. Rhodes was charged with converting this freight from time to time to his own nse, and with the appro priation of the proceeds of its sale. He was also charged (so says rumor) with having retained in his possession con siderable amonnts of money collected through him from the Qnartermaster's De partment of the United States Government for transportation of troops. The loss to the road through these irregularities we have heard placed at $7,000 to $8,000. It is reported that Mr. Printup has turned over his entire private property to the road, to make good Sts losses by him. To what extent this rumor is true, we are not at present definitely advised. appointees, which the reporter conld obtain ■ named in connection with these peculations at the office of Superintendent S. K. Johnson, was P. W. Printup, Road Master, who has with mine, and lor that he comes ont and calis me a number of hard names, accuses me of being a failure and now of “being quarrel some.” (Uproarious laughter.) All because, having made an attack on me, I choose to answer back. I call on Mr. Hoar to witness, he has been in Congress with me, and I defy him to deny that he never knew me to begin a personal attack on aoy man in Congress, until I was first attacked, nor did any other of my colleagues. And another thing they never knew is this—they never knew me to give op a Matas* until tha other aid* said they were sorry. (Renewed lafighter.) Now, that beiDg the condition of things, the question is, in what have I done wrong ? Wherein am I any worse a man than I was a year ago, when the stream of calumny was not upon me, when I was the petted fa vorite of the Republican party, for I have a right to say as much, at least, if patting hard work on me, and slobbering me with praise is any evidence. What have I done ? Why, they say I took my back salary. Nay, more, I engineered the bill through the Hoase. Well, I did.all I conld, after I began it, os I generally do and always mean to do. It was brought up in my committee without my knowledge or consent. I at first voted against it in committee, the question being on the sal ary of the President; bnt on ascertaining that relatively the salary of the President was not more than a fourth of Washington’s salary was I withdrew my objection and agreed to support the bill, and every member of the Committee of the Judiciary agreed with me. The qnestion was, who was to present the bill to the Hoose ? Most of the other mem bers excused themselves, as they were going oat ot Congress; and knowing that I some times achieved success—that I was not alwsys failure—[laughter]—they wished that I should presentIt. I consented to do so, and pressid tt through ss a matter of goad faith to my committee. I believed in it then and I believe, in it now. In Washington’s times Determined to obtain fnlier particnlars than be bad received so far, the reporter re newed his efforts. He had previously ascer tained that the principal PARTIES IMPLICATED in the defalcations were R. L. Rhodes, Gen eral Freight Agent; P. W. Printup, Road Master; and J. S. Shipley, Supervisor. Other supervisors and employees In the Road Mas ter’s Department, it was said, had a “finger in the pie.” Iinmor placed the amount of the defalcations at a very high figure. Finally the following abstract of the auditok’s reports was ^obtained from one of the Directors. Mr. Carlton Hillyer, the able and efficient Audit or, first made his reports to Suderintendent Johnson, and they were afterwards submitted to the Directors at their recent meeting. Both the reports are lengthy and full. ROAD master’s DEPARTMENT. The report in reference to the Road Mas ter's Department shows that the price of wood has increased in six years from 51 to 9 7-10 cents per mile run. The price of wood has West Point, August 8,1873. Dr. J. Bradfield, Atlanta: Dear Sir—Please ship ns another half gross of yonr Female Regulator, on the same terms as the last. As we have been keeping it ever since you first commenced to muke it, it may be of interest to yon to know bow it stands here at yonr old home. It gives ns pleasure to say that it bos given satisfaction in almost every case, (and in no case has it ever done barm) and as an evidence of this, our sales have steadily increased every year, until now it is a standard preparation, and onr stock wonld not be complete without it You have our best wishes tor your success with it, and trast it may be a source of profit to yon, ns : Sherman as Caesar. New York Herald Interview with “Mack-" Reporter—Are the President and General Sherman on friendly terms? Mr. McCallogh—I do not think they are on terms of more than formal friendship, and have not been since General Rollins, as Secretary of War, refnsed to allow General Sherman to ran the War Department Sherman is essentially an egotist, and be lieves himself to be the hero of the rebel lion, while every friend of General Grant knows that it took all his military genius to cover up Sherman’s blunders. There was some family trouble between Sherman and Fred- Grant on the visit to Europe together which resulted in the latter parting company with the former before the journey was half over, and the two great Generals have never been on terms of cordial intimacy since. I suppose you know that Mrs. Grant had to go to Sherman to get a staff appointment for Fred. It would have looked better had Sher man given the appointment unasked; bat I am doubtful if General Sherman would have granted that favor to the wife of the Presi dent Reporter—Do yon think Sherman would like to enact the role of Ccesar himself? Mr. McCallogh—I think he would; but he would have no chance unless after a long struggle, in which he would come out head of the army. It is not likely, for the reason tliAt should a long straggle ensae between this country and the people, Sherman would not be at the head of the army. In fact Sherman, without Grant's backing, would play a small part in any revolution. Reporter—Wbat part would Sheridan take in a conflict for empire? Mr. McCallogh—^Sheridan would support the powers that be. He would obey every order given to him, and would do his best for Uiose who held authority to direct him. Sher idan has no political ambition, and would be only desirous to make the best showing for the forces under his command. He is a mere soldier and nothing else, believing in the power of the sword and the virtue of blood and iron. been identified with the road foi thirty j’ears, to many in our place, filling responsible positions, and, so iar as Yours very respectfully, we are advised, without the slightest suspi- i Cbawfobd & Henderson. cion previously ol his integrity and perfect | fair dealing. Upon him rumor charged (for we do not profess to speak strictly by the card) the use of the road in his official capac ity to advance hia private fortune, by the transportation of grain and other supplies necessary to run his plantation. As Road Master he had lull control of the matter ot supplying the lumber, timber, cross ties and wood necessary for the use of the road. His accounts for the pur chase of the supplies necessarily came under the notice of the Auditor. The accounts for lumber, as furnished to the Auditor’s office, are reported to have been startlingly in excess of the amount which eould be traced to con sumption for road purposes. After funds had been placed in his hands with which to pay for cross ties purchased for the road, it is alleged that claims were made against the Mr. W. Bradford’s magnificent folio of the Arctic regions is said to be the most com pletely illustrated record of Polai landscape which has yet appeared. The London Times says that its one hundred and twenty admira bly executed photographs bring the ice-world more vividly before us than all our profusely embellished literature of Arctic travel. For his successive painting expeditions north wards Mr. Bradford first chartered a sailing ship, then a steamer, the Panther, of about 300 tons, in which he pushed as far in the di rection of Smith’s Sound as Melville Bay. Dr. Hayes, the well known Arctic traveler, was among the companions of Mr. Bradford’s last trip, and has published a pleasant journal of it. Mr. Bradford had with him a strong staff — of very skillful photographers, who took their road for payment for those identical pur- ( notes with camera and chemicals, while Mr. The Denver News thus summarizes the know it has been the means of doing good | ^ork ot railroad building in Colorado the present season: Denver and Boulder Valley, 15 miles; Colorado Central, 200 miles; Kan sas Pacific, 55 miles; Denver, South Park and Pacific, 30 miles, making a total of about 355 miles of track, which will be completed in Colorado in 1873, saying nothing of the grad ing, surveys, ate., which will be accomplished preparatory for the work of 1874. AND ENCYCLOPEDIA. A complete Directory and Book of Reference for the nse of Farmers, Mer chants, Manufacturers, Professional and Business Men generally. The Most Valuable.and Practical Work ever Published in The South. dent's house at Philadelphia worked for fifty cents a day, when I undertook to hire a man to go to Washington sad superintend the building of a house, and he wanted $8 per day, and tea hours a day at that. Such has been tha advance in wage*, and yon workmen who want year wages raised must let na all go np to gether. Tbs sooner you let na hare ours Wised we will raise yours. It ia a capitalist's cry, this keeping wages down, became the aapitahata want to keep yon down; for the oapitaliaU own all the newspapers—all that are worth owning. (Laughter.) Again ths question was, how waa this pay to be raisad? sod we said at once if it was right for the next Congress to have it raised, it is right for this Cougresr, We bad been there and dona our duty. We bad had an extra Motion, and if it w.a right to raise the pay for the next Congress it was right, we thought, to raise it for that. ^ After a very lengthy defense of the salary increase, and many personal retorts npon bis assailants, Gen. Batler referred to the prohib itory law. All the people in tbis Common wealth, as I understand it, want tbis law en forced impartially and firmly, so that wc can understand if it is a law, or only the mockery of a law. The law never was enforced in Bos ton except in the Butler wards in the city, a few days ago, at the opening of this cam paign. Tbis is mere’)- making sport of the law, and you will hear before many days lon ger that it is meant to be kept on the statote book, bot to be enforced only against the poor, letting the rich go free. It is meant to crash the poor woman with her jog, and let the man who sells it by the puneneon and hogshead go. (Applause.) NOW I HAVE NOTHING TO TAKE BACK from that, and they need not send any in sane men to question me on the subject. There sre enough of mad men in the hospital now. (Langhter.) 1 say. and take care you do not tell anybody ol it, that if I have the power, that power shall be used to enforce that law everywhere, to the great and small alike, so that the Commonwealth shall ascertain jut what sort of a law it is, and if it will do good, and the people of the Commonwealth see that ita enforcement does good, they will sustain it and keep it there to the end of all time, and there will be an end to the question. And if they don't believe it to be good when they have seen it enforoed they will give us another and better one that shall forward the good cause of temperance as all men desire. (Prolonged applause.) He then referred to tbe growing expenditures of the State, into wblcb they conld never get an investigation while the State Hones wae in its present hands. chases. Other irregularities in his accounts j Bradford "took bhf in his sketch-book or on F . K were reported, resalting in a loss to the road canvas. Tho result is a record of the Arctic been ran up by favoritism and other opera-1 of severaljthousandsof dollars—placed at from J regions, both photographic and pictorial, un- tions with relatives and friends of the Road i 396,000 to $180,000. equalled for completeness and exactitude. Master and ^Supervisor. A large amount of lumber-Juts been used for private pur poses—for houses, barns, etc. A large quan tity of freight has been hauled free for the pri vate nse of the Road Master and Supervisor. Wood has been cut off the company's land and sold, without returning proceeds. The Supervisor has acted as agent for a well known firm in Atlauta, and carried a large ftmount of groceries to be retailed to the em ployees without paying the Georgia Railroad any freight. The Road Master and Supernisor each had several hands who were paid by the company, bnt attended exclusively to the pri vate work of these officers. Tbe amount paid for stock killed last year was about $12,000, while the amount returned to the company for sale of beef, hides and tallow, was only about $200. The pay roll in 1867 averaged $17,000, but in 1873 it had risen to $34,000. The Road Master has a mill at Union Point, built at the expense of the company, but operated FOB HIS PRIVATE ADVANTAGE. Tbe Georgia Railroad carpenters and mate rial were employed in bnilding a fish trap at Yellow river for tbe beads of the roadway Department. Tbe Supervisor filled every offioe in his gift with his relations and friends. They formed a sort of ring to control the wood and cross-tie business. Tbe Georgia Railroad owns over 5,000 acres of land, valued at $130,- 000. The timber from this land has been used in various ways for tbe private ad vantage of the roadway officers ; in some inulanoea the land was even bought at a very small figure from tbe company. In bis report Mr. Hillyer allows the Road Master some dwffit for system and accuracy in the manage meat of his business, and the same for the Supervisors, but too many years of nninter. rupted control has led them into the assump tion of privileges which from mere habit they grew to claim as their right THE GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT. The Auditor's report and accompanying evidence sho-s that the General Freight Agent Mr. B. L, Rhodes, seemed to have en deavored inten . mally to throw freight matters into confusion, t j that there might be a large amount of nnclaimed goods. The General Freight Agent would pay the claims for those goods when presented and afterwards sell the goods, making no returns of the proceeds. This system he regalarly carried out, greatly to the annoyance of the merchants, and oc casioning great loss to the company. He rendered himself popular with some by grant ing improper favors and receiving presents. Mr. Hillyer, in tbe report, gives a full list of all tbe payments which he has been able to discover of proceeds from sale of un claimed freight, paid by parties in tbis city to the General Freight Agent Upon being questioned by Col. Cole, Mr. Rhodes was un able to give any satisfactory explanation whatever. On one occasion the Auditor took out of the Geoeral Freight.Agent's bands the extra depot pay roll, without apprising him of the tact until after the pay roll was made out In this way he detected the General Freight Agent in entering fictitious names, so as to Craw the corresponding amount of money. A VERT LARGE ITEM OF DEFALCATION Georgia farmers appear to have heeded the counsel so often given to planters in the cot ton States, to grow their own corn. This year 1,720,169 acres were planted in cotton, and 1,791,468 acres in corn, showing a differ ence in favor of the latter, and there are be sides over ODe million acaes planted with other crops. Among tbe passengers from Europe by the steamship Egypt was Mr. Mark Smith, who returns to fill some engagements in tbis coun try. His stay will be bnt brief, as he returns in November, to be present at the operatio de bat of bis daughter, Kate, which is to occur in Milan in December. “ Skin-Out City ” is a thriving precinct in the Pennsylvania oil region. The Georgia Gazetteer and Encyclopedia of Knowledge useful to every Fanner, Merchant, Manufactu rer, Professional and Business Man in the State, compiled by JAMES P. HARRISON, will be published on or about JANUARY i, 1874, by the Franklin Steam Printing House, Atlanta, Ga. 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The work will also give the name and office of every public officer and functionary in the State; a list of charitable institutions, Masonic, Odd Fellow, Temperance and other Lodges and Societies, with the names of their officers; also, a list of Churches, Schools, etc., throughout the State; also, interesting tables from the most reliable sources of the condition of our State Finances, and its transac tions ; also, a valuable history of the material wealth and resources of the State; its railways, chief manufactures, and internal improvements completed, in progress, or contemplated. It will also contain a census of the State, arranged by counties, with the value of Agricultural, Mining and Industrial products of each county; also, a complete list of Post Offices, Internal Revenue Offices, etc., etc.; also, an accurate TRAVELERS’ GUIDE, with such other Statistical, Historical and General information as will make it unsurpassed as an TTsFV A T .TT A ~RT .TH BOOK OF* EEFERENCE I m^x „ This work will be the best advertising medium ever offered to the Commercial World, and a copy of it statement was obtained front the’ United j should be kept in every counting-room in the Southern States, and find a place in every library. StstM Government of ail payments made to | Our Agents are now canvassing Georgia and the adjoining States. Wc bespeak for them the favorable By UmTLns'theditore^noy w« bronchi consideration of the public, and unlimited patronage for the great and invaluable Southern work they represent Has been in the account for transportation of United States troops and army supplies. to light, and has been acknowledged by the General Freight Ageut. The irregnlarities commenced throe or four j years ago, and have continued almost nninter- { raptediy until the commencement of the re-, cent investigation. The total amount of the defalcations we were unable to obtain. It must be seen, however, from the above ab stract of the Auditor's reports, that the total amount cannot be a very email one. It is said that the amount obtained bv Mr. Rhodes from the claim against the United States Government, about three years ago and which after the deficiency wee discovered and the investigation # was proceeding, ebont a month since, , he RATES OF ADVERTISING: ONE PAGE, HALF PAGE, QUARTER, PAGE, CARD, with Copy of the Work. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, per copy. Judge T. O. JACOB, General Agent. $60 -40 2T> 10 5 OO 00 OO OO 00 P. O. Drawer 24, ATLANTA, GA. ■ri*M in the Ofttce el LiiirnriNn. at WMNhlngton, 1>. C.» AuguH IS, 1873.