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Atlanfa. tta., Similar, July 10, 1S74.
KIMBALL!
He Rises to Exlpain!
He Reviews the Question of Wild
Cat Rail Roads.
He thicks the People of Georgia Not
Inimical to Him!
He Calls on the Chronicle to Bring Him
Before the Courts.
What Gov. Smith Says About It.
The H. I. Kimball House, Room -13,
Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1874
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel, Augusta, Oeor-
gia: m I traj
from vonr issue of the 12th iostao: I clip
the following:
••We hire received a letter from Mr. H. I. Kimball
complaining af ibc injustice don* him by our Atlanta
correspondent in a loiter published Thursday morning
He character./.** the Ptatcmenfs as utterly f*he. and,
in view of the f*ct that they are calculated to do him
great inju»y. requests us to do him justice Prominent
ilMr. K i (.iball uaa been in involving the State in the
meat recklcf* and extravagant wild-cat railroad en-
ierorieei, and guilty ef peculation, as he is believed to
be by tbs great ma-6 of our people, we have no dee re
to prejudge him eince it is justice he aeek^. All men,
no matter how flagrant their abuses or revolting their
, rim eh. arc entitled to justice, and to a irial before
their peer*. Public opinion ia overwhelmingly
against Mr. Kimba J. The people of Georgia believe
h.m guilty of ihe wildest extravagance, ami of having
appropriated to hie own pereonii use mon *y on the
credit of the S'ate. They attribute the financial am-
u.M.msnt of the State to his railri ad development
mnnia, and consider him equally as guilty as Gover
nor Bullock, of peculation aod fraud. Mr. Kimbilf
will have ta auffer from the imputation of b-ing di-
honest until a jury of the eitzena of G *crgia acquit
him of Inientienal fraud. Th-^ people believe nim
gailty. They believe that he our lit to be arrea 1 e<l aud
tri.'d. We desire, however, to do u» man injustice,
and if Mr. Kimball btill lee!s aggrieved at the com
ments Neither our corrcoor.dent or ourselves, we
will give him a hearing tnioUgh our columns. The
people of Georgia would like to hear from b in. They
rather aomire hie cheek in coming hack to face the
made, mcd they would doubtless aumire his candor
if i.-y uo iia c un* out au i make a clean hrea-t of it.
If H I. h mball wonld only tell all lia knows, tho peo
ple o* Georgia. out aide of AilanU, would rejoice at his
d c.oaure*. T'util ne exculpates himaelf ttie verdict
of the people will ne agamat him.”
Whoa I addressed you ibo letter referred
to, calling your attention to the scandalous
and libdous letter from jour Atlanta corres
pondent, published in your issue of the Dth
instant. I fully believed what I said in that
note, viz : that it bad been published without
your knowledge or consent, and that I had
omy to call your attention to tbe fact to have
you do me lull justice.
I was confident that from the position
which you had occupied >on could not be ig
norant of facts that would wholly controvert
the statements of your correspondent, bnt
judging from your comments upon my letter,
I assume that you are still in ignorance as to
the facts, and while I dislike a newspaper
controversy, and disclaim any intention ot
entering the lists against so distinguished and
polished a writer as yourself, or of descend
ing to the level of your slanderous Atlanta
correspondent; nevertheless, I do “feel
agneved at your comments, and accept the
opportunity offered for “a hearing through
your columns. ”
The charges which are made at ainst my
character are generally of that va«ne, indefi
nite kind, founded only on belief wiiuout ev
idence, and upon surmise without knowledge,
and are, therefore, very difficult to answer
specifically ; but in this “hearing*' I shall
endeavor to meet with the plaia facts every
charge against my character that has come to
my knowledge from any responsible source—
and with this I have done.
The charge that such railroads as the Bruns
wick »V All any, the Cartersville »fc Vau Wert,
and the Marietta A' North Georgia are “reck-
le>s and extravagant wildcat railroad enter
prises," is rot supported by the fact. I will
not prolong this hearing to lay before you
the history of these enterprises; suffice it to
say they were inaugurated, advocated and
encouraged before the people, in the legisla
live hails of Georgia, aud before the financiers
of the world, by many of Georgia s ablest
men, lor many jears before I had the pleisure
of a residence in your Stats, or tliej honor
of a connection with these great enterprises.
This is an undeniable yact. State aid was
urged before the w*r, and the men aud the
newspapers that urged were among the sub
stantial and most able in Georgir.
Sixtv-nvo miles ot the Brunswick and Al
bany Ktilroad were completed and running
before the war, and hundreds of toDS of iron
lay at the wharf at Brunswick to extend it.
No man c.m deny this. When the sec ssion
convention of Georgia met, Judge Nesbit in
troduced and passed an ordinance guarantee
ing the protection of the btate to* works of
international improvement on her soil, be-
ionging to aliens. This convention is said to
have been composed of the bust men of Geor
gia Would tuey have solemnly guaranteed
protection to a “reckless and extravagant
wild-cat railroad enterprise V”
The iron was taken from this road by the
public authorities during the war and used on
other railroads in the State. Alter the war
the owners demanded payment (under this
guarantee) for the railroad which had been
destroyed to the amount of three millions
four hundred thousand dollars—this claim
was Jpresented to the Governor and by him
submitted to the Legislature — a committee
was appointed who recognized the legality of
tbe claim but were unable to agree upon the
amount
-* 8 a solution of the matter the State’s in
dorsement on the first mortgage bonds of
the company at the rate of (^ld.000) fifteen
thomand dollars per mile Was offered by the
State in settlement of the claim, m considera
tion of a release of tbe State from that claim.
Was it a “wild cat enterprise" then? It has
been charged that the L -gislature making this
settlement, and granting the State s indorse
ment, was a Radical Legislature which I ma
nipulated. The facts do not support this
charge. At that tune, the Detuocials bad at
least thirty majority in the House of Repre
sentatives, and this bill passed that body
by so overwhelming a majority that the
yeas and nays were not called Its strongest
opponents iu the Senate were the President
ot the Senate and the Cuainnan of the Fi
nance Committee the two leading It publi
can members. I lmd no interest in the bill,
scarcely knew such a bill was pending, nor
did 1 have any interest in the road until near
ly one year thereafter. Is there any evidence
iu this that it was a Jiadicjil scheme passed by
a lit id veal Jsglsl'ilure uruler my manipulation?
The people even cannot be accused of believ
ing that charge.
At the outset of rebuilding the Brunswick
A Albany li.nlroari, the contractors were met
with lawsuits, injunctions, strikes and other
impediments which came near overpowering
them, and in this condition of affairs 1 was
appealed to by the contractors to take an in
terest in the cnterpiise. Before doing ko how
ever I looked card ally into its whole history,
consulted with Judge Dougherty, Hon. Lin
ton Stephens ami other leading lawvers o!
Georgia, woo had fully examined the Consti
tution of the State and the act granting State
aid, as to the possibility of the law being de
clared unconstitutional. All advised me that al
though temporaty injunctions might be grant
ed, and some technical legal embarrassments
thrown in the way, they conld not stand, that
the law was strictly 'constitutional as the act
was a legislative contract founded upon consid
eration and the opposition must surrender in
tb end. I then discussed the prospective bu
siness of the road with some of,the ablest
financiers ot Get rgia and New York, all con
curring in tbe opinion that it win destined to
be tbe Eastern portion of tbe Southern Pa
cific route, and could not fail to prove remu
nerative.
Not one of all these men ever intimated to
me that they con.-idered it a “reckless, extrav
agant, wild cat railroad enterprise !’’ Ou the
faith of the information obtained as above, I
embarked in this enterprise and pushed it
forward with a degree of rapidity and enter
prise never before witnessed in Georgia, com
pleting in splendid working order one hun
dred and seventy-four miles, and grading
some forty miles in audition, all within eigh
teen months. This fact is undeniable. So
much as to the Brunswick aud Albany being
“a reckless, wild-cat enterprise.”
It is charged that I committed deliberate
fraud in obtaining the intior.-*vmeni of the
State upon the bonds of the Brunswick and
Albany Company. It is a fact which no one,
so far ».s I am uwure, has cv«-r attempted to
conceal or deny, that the bonds ot the Com
pany were indorsed by the State before the
road was fully completed, but that there was
any fraud committed by me iu this matter,
intentional or otherwise, I do emphatically
deny.
Under the advice of eminent counsel, for
reasons which I fully explained in a - official
communication to the Governor early in the
spring of 1871, aud which I presume is now
on file in the E xecutive office, I, as President
of the comp;; applied to him to is-ue the
entire amou:. of bonds on the road. Iq that
official application I set forth the fuels, that
I had just returned from New Y’ork, where I
had made arrangements forth© successful ne
gotiation of the bonds of the company through
a prominent European house, but that in
making sales ol bonds abroad, it was necessa
ly to place them in the hands of a great many
agent*, who must actually havo tho bonds in
baud tor delivery; therefore time is required
by the principal house taking these securitie
at various points in Europe tor sale, and they
would not take the matter up without abso
lutely controling the whole series. I, there
fore, in the luterest of the State, as well as
my company, decided t»lay the matter before
the Governor uud ask his co-operation. I stat-
ed;to him that the road was being very' raf.idly
pushed in construction, and would re open
to Albany early in September, and to Cuth-
bert and Eulaula in seasou Lr tbe cotton bus
iness of that year, surely on or before the first
ol January ol *he ensuing year; that the entire
grading was under contract and very nearly
completed to Albany, and more than half
done between Aibany and Cuthbert, all by
good and responsible contractors, who were
pushing it rapidly ; that the iron for the en
ure load had been purchased, and enough al
ready delivered al B tuaiwick to lay' the track
west of Cutubert. That a large amouut of ru
ling stock was at that lime being manufac
tured, and by November first the road would
be liberally stocked. I also stated to him
that if that opportunity to make sale of tho
bands could be embraced and taken advantage
it was believed that the State would be se
cured against any possibility of the company’s
failure to complete the road or to meet itsiutere
payments with an unfinished road on tbe State*
Hands. But that it he did not feel authorized
to comply with my request and issue the en
tire amount of the bonds authorized to be is
sued, then the company wouid be compelled to
its securities as collateral in working tem
porary loans, thus locking up a large amouut
margins aud at high rates of interest. While
if the company was forced to this policy it
Jwould do all ia its power to carry the work
through, bnt 1 led it my duty to inform him
that it might result iu so embarrassing the
company as to force it to fail to meet the in
terest ot its bonds.
Tne Governor informed me in response to
my application, that he had carefully consid
ered my communication, and had decide 1
that under the act approved September 30,
1870, he had the authurKy to comply with the
request, and that ho would issue the bond'
upon so much of the road (in addition to that
wnicii was completed,) as was graded and f >r
which the iron was in Brunswick, retaining
bonds to the amount of four hundred and
forty thousand dollars to complete the road
west of Cuthbert. These facts, which are ou
record in the Executive office uni in the of
fice ot the Secr etary of State, and always open
to the inspection of the public, show plainly
that there never was any attempt ou my part
to deceive tne Executive or any other officer
of the State. I was exceedingly anxious to
carry forward the enterprise and took this
course in good faith, fully expecting to be able
to push the road on to completion, and I
stiil believe that I should have done so, had I
not been assailed ia the most violent manner
by rival corporations and prejudiced persons,
whose unceasing efforts to break down the
enttrprise, through the press, in the courts
and by anonymous eommonicAiinns address
ed to bankers and capi r alists in|this country
and in Europe, bo depressed the financial
standing ol the State, and depreciated my se
curities as to deleat their bale and tflect my
financial ruin.
Vouchers which have been approved by the
Court, and I understand are now on record in
Glynn county, show au actual expenditures in
cash of three million two hundred and nine
teen thou*and dollars; and there was expend
ed in addition to that amount lor interest,
commissions, legal fees and other expenses,
fur which vouchers have not been presented
on account of my absence, to an amount suffi
cient to swell the sums actually expended to
more than three and one-halt million dollars.
Every dollar of which came from without the
.State. Any one by examining the testimony
taken before tbe Bond Committed will find
that the amount claimed under oath to have
been advanced on all ot the endorsed bonds,
and the State bonds issued in exchange lor
the second mortgage bonds ol the company,
docs not much, if any, exceed the above
amount, showing that every dollar realized by
the sale cr hypoifiecation of these bonds was
expended on the enterprise. The State has
the full benefit of this vast expenditure, which
in addition to tie value of the road, has in
creased the taxable property of the State $2,-
21'.),000, as is shown by Col. Frebel s report.
If I have, in any measure, committed any
fraud in connection with this enterprise,
neither myself or my legal advisers know of
it; nor have the parties who furnished the
money on the securities ever charged it As
regards the
republished by the press of Georgia, said pub
lication bring Keasoued with such abuse as
the political accidents of the time seem to
have demanded, aud were therefore swallow
ed with great gusto. While I do not desire
to cast auv reflection upon the honesty of
said committee, I can show that they were
mistaken in many of their conclusions; but
their investigation took place at a time of
great political excitement, and very natural
ly they looked for such facts as they had
been led to expect they should discover.
They say,'on page 153 of their report: “Mr.
Kimbal 1 received from the Fourth National
Bank the currency bonds held by that bens
and instead ot returning them to the State
or cancclledasdirected to do by his letter of
instruction from Governor Bullock
be hypothecated them * * * and received
money * * • ♦ 0 nhis private account.
I am unable to determine from the evi
dence, taken by the committee how they ar
rived at this c mclusiou, for their statement
is not true. I did not receive nnj’ bonds
from tbe Fourth National Bink, as the fol
lowing telegraphic correspondence conclu
sively proves:
Atlanta. Ga , July 15,1874.
T.» th.' Fourth National Hank, Naw York:
Tue 11 >od Committee charged tli it I received from
you in 1871, the currency bond* thru in yoar poB&e«-
aiou belonging to theHttte. Did I ever revive from
y u a tingle bond of any kind belonging to the Mate?
Please anawer. [Signed] 11- I. KI HULL.
BULL
N*w Yonx, July 16,1874 .
To H.I. Kimball,Atlanta,Ga:
CARTERSV1LLE AND VAN WERT RAIL ROAD,
what I have said in regard to the fact that the
Brunswick and Albany Riilroad was not re
garded by the best people of Georgia, and
elsewhere, as “reckless, extravagant, wild-cut
antorpii.se," will, in the main apply to the
Gartersvilie and Van Wert Railroad, therefore
I will not multiply words by discussing that.
Suffice i r to say, I had no connection what
ever with it until years after the State had,
by repeated acts ot the Legislature, declared
tbe building of this road to be “of great ser
vice to tbe whole country.” It is charged that
I obtained the endorsement of the State,|
first upon the bonds issued by the Cartersville
and Van Wert Railroad, and that after the
nameot said road bud beeu changed to that
of the Cherokee Railroad, then I proenred
the endorsement of the State upon the bonds
of the Cherokee Riilroad, also, without re
turning those which had been previously in
dorsed under the name of the C. A' V. W. lt.|
R., thereby securing a double endorsement
upon our road. This matter is now under
going a very thorough investigation in the
[Uuired States District Court, and 1 have given
ZDmy sworn testimony in regard to the facts,
which it is hardly proper for mb to make pub
lic at present. I may, however, say that the
parties who'aivanced large sums of money on
the “Cherokee Ktilroad” bonds have investi
gated the facts in the whole case, from its
inception, to the present time, employing
some of the host jega[ talant of New York mid
Geojgia—and do you imagine that if they
bad discooered fraud, or even misrepresenta-
lion, they would not at once hhave instituted
proceedings against me.
I need not tell j’ou that a man who obtains
credit in New York, no matter bow small the
amount, by misrepresentation or by fradn-
lent means, is not allo wed to escape the full
penalty of the ,law. I deny any ^fraudulent
transaction on my part iu connection with
this matter, aud look for a complete vindica
tion of the charges in connection therewith,
in the decision of the United Scat'#* Circuit
Judge before whom this case will bo tried.
PAWNING BONUS OF THE ^STATE FOR HlS OWN
UBE.
Yon charge'that the people of Georgia believe
that I have appropriated to my own use money
on the credit (bonds) of the State. If the
people of Georgia so believe, it is because
they have ^been misled, and are totally igno-
rants of the fads. —They have gathered their
belief from the report of the Bond Commit
tee and from what has been published and
Neither did I receive from any other person
any bonds of the State, except those issued
directly to me bj’ authority of tbe law. As
agent of the State, and acting uuder the letter
of instructions from Governor Bullock,
(which letter the committee rd-r to,) I simply
requested the Fourth National Bank cud
Messrs. Clews k. Co. to cancel and return to
the Treasurer the currency bonds held by
them. I never saw, or touched, any of these
bonds referred to as above by the Bond Com
mittee,’neither did I rective any money on
account of said bonds. On page 156 the
Bond Committee say, referring to the gold
quarterly bonds : “Of the twenty-five hun
dred and ninety-eight bonds disposed of,
three handled uud filty were given for the
Opera House and Executive Mansion. Mr.
Clews sold sixteen hundred and fifty and the
remainder was manipulated by II. I. Kim
ball. * * * * We are unable to state!
what amount Kimball realized from the
bonds which be sold.”
It would appear from this report that I sold
five hundred aud ninety-eight of these bonds
belonging to the State, and tbit the commit
tee were nimble to discover that the State
received the money realized. Iuauo her part
of tbe same report the com mi tree say :
“We mado every effort to ascertain how
much money the State received from Mr.
Kimball on account ol the sale of these bonds
by him as agent for the State, but failed to
do so, except five hundred bonds hypotheca
ted with Russell Sage to secure a loan previ
ously made to the State ol' $575,000.
The/uch»- are, I never bad iu my possession
a single one of those five hundred and ninety-
eight bonds which the committee agreed that
I * -manipulated" aud “sold." And by refer
ence to the testimony of Mr. Sage (137 of same
report) you will see that Mr. Sage says under
oath, that, “In May, 1871, witness received
from Gov. Bu.lojk five hundred gold bonds oi
one thousand dollars each.” He docs not kay
he received them from me, nor does he men-
my name in connection therewith. Bow
this committee could have reported that I “ma
nipulated" and “hold” these same five hun
dred bonds is a difficult questiou to solve, and
I am also unable to rrcouciie the facts with
their repoitin ragaid to the J balance of the
ninety-eight which they claim I “manipula
ted.” The following are the facts in regard
to the distrubu:ion by Governor Bullock of
the issue of $3,000,000 of the gold quarterlies :
|For Executive Mansion and Capitol
Building $350,000
To Henry Clews Ac Co 1,000,000
To Russell Sage 500,000
To Fourth National Bank 500,UOu
$3,000,000
Afterwards Gov. Bullock gave Henry Clews
& Company, an order on tne Fourth National
Bank lor one huudrod aud A. S. Whiton au
order lor oni hundred, leaving in the possess
ion of the Fourth Nitional Bank three hun
dred, which the committee report.as having
beeu returned to the Treasurer. Mr. Whit
on used the one hundred which he received
from the Fourth National Bank, up >n the
order of the Governor, as collateral for a loan
of seventy-five thousand dollars which h ? ne
gotiated for the State, with the Naw York
Loan and Trust Company, and which 1 uu
der stand he State has since paid.
I have been particular in stating the facts
in detail in regard to the dispositions an t use
of these bonds aud my connection therewith,
for 1 am satisfied that the people are more in
terested in knowing the facts in this than on
almost auy other subject, which heretofore
have been misunderstood, but 1 believe the
Bond Committee themselves, with tbe lights
now before them, will readily admit the truth
of m y statements.
Yon say the people -‘attribute the financial
embarrassment of the State to (his) my rail
road development mania."
Oa this charge I take issue. It was not my
railroad development mania that originated,
advocated, chartered or inaugurated a siDgle
one of the railroad enterprises with which I
became connected. It was only when the re
peated failure of others rendered necessary
the choice of new leaders who^could com
mand increased energy, enterprise and capi
tal, that I accepted the leadership.
This fact is well known to the people of
Georgia, who can never be made to nttribub-
their present financial embarrassment to the
expenditure of five milions oi money in their
mid t that has not cost them one dune—and
for the account ot which they have shaken off
every obligation for the future.
Your broad and sweeping assertion as to
what tbe people believe do not seem to be
sustained by the facts. The evidences of
confidence and esteem shown ire during my
former visit, aud which are now being daily
repeated, in my judgment, wholly controvert
the statement that “Public opinion is over
whelmingly agaiust Air. Kimball"
And I will udd, at the risk of bring thou
ght egotistical, that I feel the pulse of the
people iu the warm grasp of the hand extend
ed by huudreds of Georgia's best citizens,
many of whom it was never my pleasure to
kuow personally until they voluuturily
called upon me, and who assuro me that I
have many warm friends in every part of tbe
State, aud urge me to again take up my
residence in Georgia.
against me, aud that I was then here for the
pur^-OHiof answering them.
He replied saying that soon after he as
sumed the duties of the Executive office that
bold charges were made against me in con
nection with the issue and use of the bonds
aud obligations of the State, to the truth of
which luy departure from the State gave force
and color. He saidit became his duty to thor
oughly look luto the matter, which he did by
directing Hon. Linton Stephens to employ
suoh assistance as he required, and to investi
gate my connection with these matters go ful-
tully and completely as to leave no possible
ehmee of esc ipejit I had in any maimer made
myself amenable to the laws of the State; and,
says the Governor, “Judgj Stephens took a
dei p personal interest in the mutter, and was
iu earnest iu searching lor the truth, and I
am sure “ho performed his duty faithfully to
himself aud the State, and if there bud been
any wrong doiug on your part he would no
doubt have discovered it ; but ho reported to
me that he was utterly unable to find any act
of yours on which he could even bare a char
ge, much less prove one. “Ai d," continued
the Governor, “therefore I know of no reason
by you are not as free to go aud come in
[Georgia as any man in the State, and the sur
prise to me has been, that knowing yourseif
to bo innocent, that j-ou ever left the State."
I think I have stated to you almost the exact
language of the Governor, for I wa* interested,
and the Governor’s lrauk uni cordial manner
impressed me.
Iu conclusion allow me to say that I am
sufficiently charitable to believe that persons
who have made these sweeping and unjust
charges against my character have dime so
under a misapprehension of tbe facts. I have
never for a moment doubted that the calm
arbitrament of time, even though I spoke not,
would convince the people of Georgia of my
entire integrity of purpose throughout all my
dealings with themselves and with the .State.
If this letter, which contains on!j- the simple,
plaiu truth, has the effect to hasten that time,
I shall be glud; if not, I can wait, for it is
sure to come.
Bearing no malice, and desiring only jus
tice, I am, respectfully,
H. I. Kimball.
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AMERICAN < OTTON TIE CO.
R. W. PAYNE A C J., Gen<;ral Age
rilHE house occupied by Dr. J. C. Broncb for the
Ji. laet two seasona, three miles from the celebrated
laiiujali Fails, m now open for Ihe reception of
guesta.
Fine Water, (iood Konms, plenty ol' Fruit,
ilracing Atmosphere, attentive Servants.
TERMS—Per month, $23 00; per week, $7 00- per
3hj, $1 50. Children and t-ervants half price. Best
po nt to get off. Toccoa City, on the Air-Line Rail-
r t.d. :lacks will meet guests at the depot.
je4-tf SWEPSON COX, M. D.. Proprietor.
&Makajm©!
A DELIGHTFUL SlirVHViSR RESORT
GREGORY HOUSE,
Lake Mahopac, N, Y.
S. E. CHITTENDEN.
The (jiKEGORT HiH'SE will bo opened for the
recejition of Guests, JUNE 20th. The Hotel and
Cottages, suitable for the accommodation of biz
hundred guests, will be put in first-class order, and
ihe (in got y ” made more attractive and denia
ble this K-ason than ever before. Lake* Mahopac is
fifty milea from New York Oity, aituated on tho New
York, Boston aud Monti eal Railway, and is aleo-i York^ by"
[the terminus ot the New York aud Mahopac Branch |
tbe Harlem Railroad. It is one thou
sand feet above the level of the sea, and ia widely
known as the most healthful, charming and fashion
able summer resort within easy access of New York.
The Lake itself is ten miles in circumference, around
hich the drives aio exceptionally fine. Ample ac
commodations for Boating, Fiahiug, Driving, Bowl
ing and Billiards.
Application lor Rooms can bo ipado at the <'ofc-
mun House. New \ ork, or after May 1st
at the fire gory House.
S. E. CRITTENDEN,
Fonneriy Supt. St. Jamea' Hotel, New York.
Late Proprietor Kimball House, Atlanta. Ga.
apr21-*f
And all other prominont point-'.
For Price Lists, Time cards and all information, in
quire of Railroad Agents at points named.
A. POPE,
General Passenger aid Ticket Agent.
Juno 24, lw
THK tilt EAT SOUTH ERA
PASSENGER AND MAIL
ROUTE!
-VIA-
ATLANTA aud AUGUSTA.
To Charleston, Columbia. Charlotte. Raleigh, Wi!
xniugtou. Weldon, Richmond. Washington,
Baltimore, Phi.adeiphia, and
New York.
RUNNING A DOUBLE
DAILY THROUGH PASSENGER TRAIN,
FROM GEORGIA TO TEXAS.
THE GREAT TEXAS AND PACIFIC R. »
Is now Completed from Dallas and Bh eveport
to T-xaakana.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS RUN DAIl?
From Atlanta and Lynchburg, without
Charge,
ELEGANT DAY COACHES LEAVE ATLANTA
DAILY FOR kEI.MA
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH TQ ALL POINTS A*»
HANDLED FREE.
j*3“ Ask for Tickets VIA Great/Kennosaw Koufca.
YM. MacRAE, bnp’t.
B. W. WRENN,
feb7- General Pass. A Ticket Agent. |
South Carolina Railroad.
Cuaclestox, October 17, 187S.
O N AND AFTER bUNDA?. THE 19th INSTANT,
the following Schedule will be run on the South
Carolina Railroad:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Charleston 9:00 a. s*.
Arrives at Augusta 5:00 p. ac.
Leaves Augusta 8:20 a. m.
Arrives at Charleston 4 :20 P. M.
NIOliT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leaves Charleston 8:30 P. M.
Arrives at Augusia 7:60 A. m.
Loaves Augusta 6:00 P. m.
Arrives at Charleston 6:40 a. m.
AIKEK TRAIN.
Leave Aiken 8:00 a. u.
Arriveal Augusta 9:16 a. m
Leave Augusta 2:30 p. m.
Arrivo at Aiken 3:36 P. if.
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Day aud night trains out of Atlanta connect close)
with this Road at Augusta for Charleston and Colum
bia.
Dally Train out of Macon makes close connection
with Night Train.
Night Train out of Augusta makes close connection
at Columbia with Greenville and Columbia B iiroad.
Passengers for points on the Greenville and lAilumbia
Railroad will avoid a tedious delay st night in Colum
bia, by taking this routo.
JaJegaut new Sleeping Cars on night trains between
Augusta and Charleston.
8. B. PICKENS,
sngl-dtf General Ticket Agent,
Macon & Western Railroad.
BREO POULTRY.
HaVK F.iRHALKa f-w <1 z n LiG4 from the
VERY BEST STRAIN of Buff Cochin Chickens,
i 43,00 a dozou.
Aiso, a few fine Buff Cochin Cocks, at $5.00 each.
RRSKT W DBAlT.
OHM t. SPAT. WILLI.* WALXKB
SEAY <L WALKER.
HOME. CA.
MAiiL’FACTUKEKS OF
STOVES KGLLQW WARE GRATES
And all kind* of
Mill Castings,
COPPER STILLS PLUMBING
GAS AND STtSB! FITTING,
L. B. LANGFORD,
AtiantA, O-a..
SELLS OUR STOVES--EVERY
ONE WARRANTED,
All Kinds ot
MADE TO ORDBR.
You bat:
“Mr. Kimball will hfiro to suffer from (he
imputation of being UishoueMt uutila jury ot
the citizens of Georgia acquit him of inten
tional Iraud." The people believe him guilty,”
they believe “that he ought to be arreftteri.
We desire, however, to do no mun injustice.”
am bound to believe that when you wrote
the above yon neither intended or believed
you did me injustice. But I ask, in all candor
is it no injustice to declare a man “gnilty of
the most disgraceful frauds known to the com
mercial world,” wholly upon ex-parte evidence
and without u hearing? Is it,no injustice to
proclaim to tho world that tho “people be
lieve me guilty and that 1 ought to be arres
ted and tried, w hen no obstacle but the want
of proofs prevent my arrest and trial ? Is it
no injustice to declare that the people will be
fit re me “dishonest until a jury of tho ofti-
eens of Georgia acquit me of international
fraud ? If not, it changes tbe whole common
law which declares that a man shall be held
innocent until proven guilty.
If I have outraged, in any momier, tlve
laws of this State, it is the duty of every good
citizen and member ol society who have tho
proofs of guilt, to make specific charges,
swear out u warrant its the law directs, und
bring me before “a jury of tho citizens of
Georgia.” If I am guilty the way to convi
tion and punishment iu clear; if I am not, why
should my integrity be further questioned? I
have not avoided the law. My place of resi
dence has been advertised aud well known
and I am assured that the law officers of the
State, and whom there are none iu any State
more vigilaut or juat in the performance of
their duties, have not been neglectful oi their
duty to tho people iu this cage.
When I was hire in February list I called
upon his Excellency, Governor Smith, ou the
very morning of my arrival, aud said to him
that 1 had heard charges had been made
i DeiiaMlaUnpisr Resort.
KENNESAW HOUSE,
Marietta, Georgia.
■ furui.-liud aud put iu complete order through
out. 1 his popular hoif*l lias now better and more
comfortable accommodations than at any previous
season.
For a Summer Climate, Marietta is unsure
iwisr-ed—its elevation (1156 feet above tha sea level)
makes it delightfully coo', and hoalthy. It is the high
est point between b'avauuab and Chattanooga,
The water is of the purest freestone. Marietta
boasts of the finest of shade trees. Tho streets and
roods are in excellent condition, hence walks and
drives arc to be enjoyed.
A good Livery Stable furnishes horses aud carriages
at liberal . rates.
1 lie terms rtf board for families are $40 00 per
month; half price for servants, and children under
12 years of age. Single person iu a room $50 00 per
mouth.
IMPORTANT TO THOSE SEEKING
Health and Pleasure
AT THE
Virginia Spriag s
THE MANAGERS OF THE
(trfat Atlantic Coast*
rjTAKE pleasure i
Line
Informing the public that they
have just perfected an important arrangement by
which we are enabled to run
Pullman Sleeping Cars
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
.ir WITHOUT CHANGE. -&»
The arrangement gooa into effect at onco, commenc
im; JULY 13th, and will ooutiuue until the end of the
Fx.'-arsion Season.
TlfFarttflies, Invalids and Others
going and returning Irom the Springs, this arrange
ment must necessarily eooimeml Itself to their consid
eration. as by it they avoid the PRKOUENT CH\NGF-S
Incident to other routes, and withal grouty promote
their own <mu*o inti comfort.
Tim ininagaiBent fe» 1 assured tlmir efforts in this
duection will merit a hubstanlial recognition from the
traveling public.
lMsseugers leaving Atlanta 0:30 a. m.. via Georgia
Railroad, arrive at Augiieta iu lime to connect with
4:1.7 t*. at through fr.un, arrive at Spring HffW p. m..
second morning. Return: Leave Spring 8:')'.* r. m.,
arrivo at Augunta 8:44 x. M., second morning, in time
to connect with trains lor Atlanta, Macon, Savannah,
Ac., Ao. |
llound Trip Tickets to Virginia
Alleghany Springs.
Bath Alum Springs
Greenbrier While Sulphur Springs
Jordan Alum Horings
Montgomery Whit* Huiphnr Springs ,s:i ‘JO
Ro'kUndgo Alum Springs *;i y.i
Hot or Healing 8p* lags 4920
Sw'et or Sweet Chalybeate Springs 48 40
For Tickets and further Information apply at No. 4
Kimball House, aud at Ga. It. K. Ticket office, Union
Dopot. A. POMS.
Gen'i Passenger and Ticket Ag* nt.
J. H. WHim.
jyli 2w Southern Passenger Agent.
Springs:
46 20
| CONNECTIONS BY THIS LINE ARE MOST CER-
TAIN aud sure at nil seasons.
TC* lx o 353 atixxg XXoixsos
lar hours.
CONDUCTORS on this line are affable and courte
ous to passengers.
The (Juiekest Time and Sure Connection
Made hv this Route.
Passengers can purchase Through Tickets and have
their Baggage Checked through from New Orleans,
Mobile, Montgomery, Columbus, and Atlanta t«> Rich
mond, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New
Four Different Routes,
Via Augusta, Kingsville and Wilmington, via Colum
bia, Charlotte alfd Raleigh, via Colombo, Danville
and Richmond, via Atlanta, Augusta, Wilmington an*
Bay Line.
Fare as Low by Augusta as any
Other Route-
PULMAN’S PALACE SLEEPING CAES
Passengers Wishing to go North by Sea will find 1
NEW WHEAT FLOUR.
\\TE commenced last Fridav morning grinding
?V New Wheat The QUALITY of gram is very
8UPKRIOB, and ihe Floor « »r/- making f,-<w
NEVEIUlXJELLED Oar n r, FF and Family are
every exertion to
1 lively demand, which ^
SIEWART. AUSTIN * L.O.
NOTICE.
Clhbk*
•VGA.. *
s 24. 1&74. j
DOWN NIC,HX PAS!
Loaves Atlanta
Arrives at Macon
UP NIGHT PASSE
Leaves Macon
Arrives at Atlanta
funel4-tf
I T APPEARS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE Su
preme C»urt of the State of Georgia, that tne fol
lowing order was this day passed, to-wit;
Whereas, the great number cf caees brought to the
present term of this Court, has necessarily protract
ed its session np to the present date, and there is not
sufficient time to write out tbe judgments of the
Court, and prepare the same for publication, be.ore
the commencement of tbe next term of the Court, on
the first Monaay in July next
It is therefore ordered, that the next term of tha
Court be opened oa the
FIRST MONDAY IN JULY.
SOUTHERN
TERRA COTTA WORKS.
As provided by
second Monday
Court 10 prepsr
present term fo
this Court give notice of tb'
tbetwodaiiy newspapers 1
Atlanta, so that partu-
businesa in the Court,
cordingly.
iw. and then be adjourned until the
a August next, s»> si to enable the
it* judgments rendered during the
publication, aud that the Clerk of
iter by publication in
pub-ibhed iu tue city of
kiid their counsel, hav.tig
ihj- govern themselves ac-
1*45. fri 2’-V
/. D HARRISON, Clerk.
Splendid Line of Steamships
The Charleston Steamships
Offer every inducement to passengers, with Tables
supplied with every luxury the Northern aud Charles
ton market can afford, ami for safety, speed and com
fort are UNRIVAJjLED ON THE COAST.
Tlirougb. Ticliot®
On Sale at J '-ontgomeiy. West Feint and Atlanta TO
New York via Charleston steamships
S. K. JOHNSON, Superint en dent.
ROBERT, Geu. Ticket Agent. ov22-ly
POST ROYAL RAILROAD
ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE »
Or Pobi Uovau Kailuqau Compact.
Augusta, Oa., June *28, 1873.) .
N AND AFTER MONDAY, JUNE 30, TRAINS G*
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THEIR WORKS IN
lull operation aud are uow prepared to receive orders
(or all all kinds ot
TERRA COTTA WORKS
Such as Window Gaps, Enrichments of Cornice,
such as Bracket, Medallion, and everything m ihe
Arclutoctual line. Also Chimney Tops, Vases, Flower
Pots, Statuary, etc, Al6o, manufacturer of
SEWER PIPE,
From 8 to 30 inches in.diameter. Also, Ulterior deco
rations, such as
Centre Pieces, Cornice, etc.
We will guarantee all the work that we undertake i 8 p. Ol.
to execute to give entire satisfaction.
PELLEGRINI 4 CASTLEBERRY. * ~
anft-dt. Rracetra.-k Street, near U. S. Barracks- j
Dr. W M . MARVIN
Would respectfully iuform tbe citizens of
; Atlanta and vicinity that he has opened a
i Dispeuwary in Austell IiiccK. where patients
i can get reliable treatment for all diseases.
! Particular attention paid to all diseases ol the
| Throat, Langs and Catarrh. The above dis-
1 eases treated by inhalation.
: The Doctor treats all diseases of long stand-
j ing, such as Eruptions, Gravel, Paralysis,
Loss of Voice, ^aketuioess, Fever Sores,
Rheumatism, Goitre, Neuralgia, Tumors,
Cbronic Diarrhoea, Dropsy, Ifiliousness, Dis
eases of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous
Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, all
Diseases peculiar to Women, all Private Dis
eases, Heart Disease, Swollen Joints, Coughs,
! Gout, White Swelling, St. Vitus’ Dance, ttc.
j Electricity applied in case* where it is re-
I qnired. The Doctor is permanently located,
j and persons who have been under the treat-
• ment of other physicians and have not been
| cured, are invited to call, as I treat all cura-
I bie diseases, and carts guaranteed, or no pay.
Call and see the Doctor without delay. His
I charges are moderate, and consultation five.
! Dispeusary and consultation room No. 20
j Decatur street. Office hours from 9 a.m. to
tebi9-dAwlv
this Road will 1
o
DOWN DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Will leave Augusta at 6:45 a.m
Arrive at Port Royal at......... 2:1b j\m.
Arrive at Charleston at 4:45 pm
Arrive at Savanna h at 3:SC p.m
UP DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Will leave Port Royal at................... 9:46 a.m.
Leave Charleston at 8:10 a.m.
Leave Savannah at 9:30 a.m.
Arrive at Augusta at 6:38 p.m.
DOWN NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Will leave Augusta at 2:10 r.M
Arrive at Port Royal at 11:35 an
Arrive at Charleston at 6 0U a.m.
Arrive at Savannah at ...,13:8b r.m,
UP NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Will leave Port Royal at 10:30 p.m.
Leave Charleston at 6:00 p.m.
Leave Savannah at U:5o pm.
Arrive at Augusta at 8:Oo a.m
pp^aeugera leaving Atlanta by tho f> o’clock p. m.
ra n. make connection at Augusta with Down Day
Pa .sengor for Port Royal, Saxanuab, pcintt
Southeast.
JA8. O. MO »RE.
Engineer and .Snpcri&tenden
Marshal’s Notice.
vertiau
Pavement Tax fl. fas. who fail tocotue up and make
their socoud payment as per resolution of Oouucil, on
or before Saturday, the 4ili of July next. I hope those
who fall to come and pay will not eoinplalu of extra
coal, 6a the second payment is long past due, and this
In tho second notice i have given them through the
city papers,
jti 1162812
WANT
ROUND TRIP TICKETS
FUOM
ATLANTA to NEW YORK. |
ONTLY S43,
VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE
OLD DOMINION STEAMERS,
WILL BE OK SALE ON AMD AFTER)
JULY 4TH.
GOOD TO RETURN J. NHL NOVEMBER 1ST. j
J .TOR Tickets aud furlbrr information apply at
^ No. 4. KIVBALL HmUSE;
and GEORGIA 11. U. HOKE I OF* ICE.
Cniou Depot J
A. POPE,
jy2 lw General Passenger Agent J
Massey Excelsior Cotton Gin.
I^JAN’UFACTl'ULD near Macon. Ga., is the best 1
anu cheapest Gin to the Tlanter that is made. It runs I
light, gins fast and picks the seed perfectly clean, j
and cannot be excelled iu quantity cr good cotton. ^
The roll cannot b* broken by any fair means. Any j
boy ten years old can feed it. At the
GEORGIA STATE FAIR, OCTOBER, l!U3.
EXCELSIOR
Turned out MORE COTION to the aise of the Gin
than auy other make on exhibition, and at the
State Fair, May. 1S7II, The txcelslor
Took tho first premium over six other makes of Cot
ton Gins contending
Every Oiu is made
iu every parttcula
Hand
CITY JVHUIjS
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
■ HAVE THIS DAY associated with me in tho Mill-
X ing business. Mr W. s. Carroll.
The Cl 1Y MILLS will be run hereafter in the firm
name of BUTLER A CARROLL
jnly 1, d lw J. E. BUTLER.
CAPITAL - - -
Buys and Sella Exchange, Gold and Silver, at best
rates: makes Collections and transacts a General
Banking Business.
E. L. JONES. Cash'r ^ I. A. LAP HAM Preside®
■yl
J . ADiIK U SMYTH. • AS HUE W M Al'viUH.
(Late of J. E. Adger A Con
SMYTH & ADGER,
FACTORS&COMMiSSION MERCHANTS,
ADGER’o NORTH Wil\RF,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
References: Messrs. James a agar 4 Co.; Mm;-.
E. Adger & Co.. Cnarivaton. a. O. ju30 cjm
RENEWAL OF CITY LICENSE
AND
QUARTERLY SALES.
CITY OLEUK’S OFFICE. I
Atlanta. Ga., June 27m, 1374. )
^\.LL persons doing business of any character with,
n the corporate limits of this City are hereby notified
that their licenses will expire on the 1st of July, and
are required to come to my office aud renew the aame,
>f they iutcud to continue their several business, AU
failing to attend to this by the 20th of July, will have
fl. fas. issued agaiust them, aud placed iu the proper
officer’s hands lor a>Usottua, with the addition ot
costa.
Also all merchants having or sel.ing any goods what
ever on commi.-aiou, also Ar:i*ts, Insurance A gents,
aud all those wuo are requited by the Tax Ordidanoe
to make a return of their groee sales or receipt^ and
pay tne tax thereon, are notified that the quarter end
ing June 30th, is now due. and all faff*’
the 10th ol July, 1
J. O. HARRIS,
mute at tho At