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GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Establish ed|S?6.
MACON, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1875.
Volume LXVIIT—No. 30
r,V PE. o. W. SiCBT.
Toni, ctl Lm?ionse"at your side: -
....
at th.it is.Joke-
^llT^n-y -lirinklne pahn-
«£?‘tot. I «v your toerobfiijK lip,
‘ ilJvr on earth can I bee 1m?
JSn *- 1 hinksthrt oulptirsleeve
' 4 had*) of honor ; »*>do I, ,
i^i .11 <J os—1 dobelieTO
Ilia fellow is soin* to cry!
IM1 deserves * perfect man,” you ray i
vw not worth hr in your pnmsj"
! Hi" arm tint has turn’d toclsy
wi have SbJjd i“the Malre^l-th
11 be dearer than all tt> your wife.
the people in the street
ik at your sleeve with kindline eyes;
rou ‘now. Tom. there’s naueht sweet
bomase shown in mute surmise.
..a crave it;
perished—^but a nation’* love
J remembranco will save it.
Co to your sweetheart, then, forthwith—
You’re a fool for staving so Ion*—
ffoman’a love you will find no myth,
But a truth, living, tender and strong;
And when around her slender belt
Your left is. lasped in fond embrace.
Your right will thrill as if it felt.
In its grave, the usurper’s place.
\, I look through the coming years
I seo a one-armed mar ied man s
A little woman, with smiles and tears.
Is helping as hard .« she ran
To put on his coat, pin ms sleeve.
Tie his cravat and rut his food;
trd I snv, as these fancies a weave,
' “That'is Tom and the woman ho wooed.
Tire jeers roll on, and then I see
A wedding picture bright and fair:
I look closer, and it’s plain to mo
That is Tom with the silver hair.
He gives away the lovely bride.
And the guests linger, loth to leavo
The house of him in whom they pride—
-'Brave old Tom with the empty sleeve.’’
FIFE HUNDRED SHOTS A MINUTE.
A Xcw Camion that might Wow Dewn
an Army In an Hour or Two.
IV oc tho New York Sun, of Friday.]
A machine gun was exhibited and test
cl yesterday in the Twenty-second Regi
meat Armory. Mr. Willard B. Farwell,
the inventor, operated and explained his
invention. Among those who saw tho
experiment were Col. John E Gowen and
Col Knox, of the Ordnance Bureau, Col.
Porter and many other officers of the Na
tional Guard.
Mr. Farwell’s invention consists of ten
steel barrels oi twenty-five calibre ar
ranged exactly parallel to each other in a
metallic frame. From centre to centre
of the outer barrel is three feet. Each
barrel is charged separately from a mag
azine containing fifty rounds of ammuni
tion. The charging, firing and extrac
tion of exploded shells are all accom
plished by the turning of one crank, at
each revolution of which the whole ten
barrels are discharged, emptied, and re
loaded. With relays of magazines five
hundred shots can be fired a minute. A
- jstom of cog wheels connects the firing
crank with a traverse, and each turn of
the crank traverses the exact width of
the target. Thus tho gun is automatic
in this particular, designed to pick off a
line of battle in regular detail.
The points of difference from the Gat
ling gun are in the simultaneous loading
and firing of teu barrels, the latter load
ing each barrel through the same maga
zine ipertureand firing but one shot at a
time.
Mr. Farwell had only ono magazine at
the trial yesterday, so the actual rapidity
of the fire attainable was not demon
strated. The fifty shots contained by
that one magazine, however, were sever-
al times fired in six seconds. Tho ap
pearance of the target after the firing, all
the shots having strnck at about the
height of a man’s breast, showed how
irresistibly destructive such a weapon
would he in a street fight or in resisting
a charging enemy.
CIVIL* WAR.
We are Clearer One Saw than Before
the Election of 1SGO.
r : cm the Chicago Times, March 4.]
There is much better reason for Mr. B
P. Butler’s lugubrious forebodings than
people generally suppose. Civil war is
not only possible within the next two
years, but Mr. Butler is entirely war
ranted in saying that the reasons for an
ticipating it are much greater now (twen
ty mouths before tho election of 1S76),
than they were twenty months before the
flection of 1SG0. Not a man in America,
in the beginning of March, 1859, dreamed
°r saw cause to dream that ere two years
should pass the country would hear the
• all to arms. Tho reasons to anticipate
civil war within two years are a thousand
troes greater now than they were then.
Then the heat of political controversy
centered in a sectional question that did
not involve any question of right funda
mental to tho whole people. Now, every
thing tends to show that the central is
sue in the next choice of an Olympiad
u.onarch will bo one touching the very
vitals of our political system, one involv
ing not any question of territorial integ
rity, but involving the far deeper ques
tion of popular government.
An attempt, in 1S7C, to proclaim a new
hxecutive by suspension of the habeas
corpus, or by any other arbitrary asser-
tion of tho kingly prerogative over the
l'? C - ia, ?!» *k 0 electorial bodies, will be
resisted by the sword as surely as any
sheh attempt is made. And yet, by such
the prerogative is tho only
Cfv wa 7 ' a which the present dynasty
Rn.i . a - to Prolong its existence. Mr.
Watin a tio n that the prerogative
’ tans exercised can have no other
possxblo meaning than civil war.
- To be forewarned is to bo
‘-.earaed. The fight between tho mon-
iC ,, aa< * 1‘ 10 republic, in which one or
, 0 ‘hcr must fall, is certain to come,
=ocner or later. Perhaps the war may as
ire., open in 187G os at any other time.
, h .‘acksonville letter say3: “In this
V cf tidal waves, polar waves, political
jV es and religions, waves, I suppose it
,, ; j d be “the thing” to call the immense
h here during the last conplo of weeks
visitors from the North a human wave
that has completely ficoicd tho hotels _
Jacksonville. Crowds aro daily turned
away from tho hotels and boarding
houses because their unhappy proprietors
can find no empty shelf in tho pantry or
nt-hole in the garret where they can
*>tow away "still another.” Many ore
forced to pass tho night in the sleeping
cars and on the boats that happen to
o at tho wharves, and I heard of one in-
uividual who, as a dernier resort, went to
wkenohank, and while passing the night
there lost all bis money.”
CITIL BIGHTS IN NEW TORE.
if no bill at all had been passed than the
present one. It gave the colored man no
How tlie Law is Received la Theatres, other rights than be-had already gained
Hotels and Restaurants—Expressed { under the to the Constitu-
Iutenli:.'~<*of Evading It* Provisions tion. The greatest advantage to be gain-
— Beginning to Know How It la
Themselves, lit the Metropolis. ' % f*
From tho N. Y. Tribune, S&J . ' . ‘ j
■ The civil rights bill has been signed
by the President. The question of the
right of colored people to’the privileges
of the hotels and the theatres, is exciting
considerable attention in this city. It is
stated that the United States officers hol
der this act will enforce its provisions
and compel obedience on the part of pro.
priotors of hotels'and theatres. X Tribune
reporter conversed yesterday with tjiff
managers of several of the leading then-'
trios a* to tho probable effect of the law
on their business.
Tneoilorc Moss, of IVa’i lack’s Theatre,
said that the management'had not deter-
ed by the former bill would have been
education, and that was denied to tho
colored youth by this bill. He believed
that if the colored'people were to he citi
zens, as they are by the Constitution,
they should have tho rights of citizens,
and the ; r children Bhould have the ad
vantage of ‘the best education that the
children of any other citizen coUld.Obtain.
THE LIE DIRECT.
ni
What Congressman Poland Said to
:irza;-.’- nen Butler.
Washington better to the New York Tribune.]
During the night session Messrs. Po
land and Butler were discussing private
ly upon the floor which measure, the At-
ought to take
mined how to act. Theatres aro aluiury, t kan-as xeport or force bill'
and the mana.ers ought to have the j precedence,'when Gen. Butler -said,“I
right to run them in tueir own way, and j <ion't beiieseyou have any desire or in-
admit whom they please to admit, and j tention to get your resolution upon Ar-
to refuse admission to those who would , kansas before tho Hoo3e." To that
injuro their business, or who were other- Judge Poland replied: "Ton have no
— ou J — * e right to say that. What .evidence, have
wise objectionable. Sheridan Shook, of
the Union Square Theatre, stated that
the theatre would no doubt obey the law,
but it did not follow that colored people
would be admitted except on the condi
tions made by the proprietors. Mr. Fiske
of Daly’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, said that
there had been set aside a portion of the
family circle in that hoosotor the colored
people, and he did not expect that the
arrangements would be altered except
tinder advice of counsel. In London, at
the St. James, one of the fashionable the
atres, he had seen colored people sitting
next to duchesses and noblemen, and oc
cupying the best places. He thought
that in a few years tho prejudices against
colored people in this country would
wear away, and they woald enjoy equal
privileges without question or notice.
Mr. Tooker, of Booth’s Theatre, stated
that there would probably be a union of
interests, and the theatres would bo gov
erned by the advice of counsel. At the
Lyceum Theatre and the Academy of
Music, it was also understood that the
managers would be guided in their course
by counsel. »
INTENTIONS OP HOTEL KEEPERS AND EE3-
TAURANT PROPRIETORS.
At several of the most prominent ho
tels in the city, where inquiries were
made yesterday as to the action proposed
to be taken in relation to the civil rights
bill, the managers were found to bo very
reticent upon the subject and disposed to
evade the question. At the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, Mr. Griswold said he did not think
that the bill would trouble the New York
hotel proprietors. To the question if he
would permit colored men to have such
rooms as they desired, he said he did not
allow his present guests to dictate to him
os to what portion of tho house they
would occupy; they wore assigned such
rooms as he saw fit to give them, and if
they were not satisfied they were at per
fect liberty to go elsewhere. He declared
that his course would be such as was for
the best advantage of the house and for
the comfort of his patrons ; but if a col
ored man came he wonld give him a room.
In answer to the question if he wonld
allow colored persons to sib at the general
table, Mr. Griswold said that there was
more than one dining-room to tho hotel,
that he certainly would not refuseto feed
a colored guest, and would take him into
such of the rooms as he saw fit.
At tho Grand Central, H. L. Powers,
the lessee, was called upon, and in reply
to the question whether he would enter
tain colored guests, he said that he did
not think he would be either hoSored cr
troubled with them. When asked if he
would allow them to sit at the general
table, ho said that the hotel was pro
vided with three dining-rooms, and as he
did not allow any one to dictate in his
establishment, he could dispose of colored
guests as be saw fit, and that if he saw
fit to put any one in the smallest dining
room he should do so.
At other hotels, the proprietors said
that they were not prepared to commit
themselves upon tho subject; that they
thought it was a matter which would
regu'ata itself, and when tho time came
for action they would bo better able to
say what they would do. At tho St. Den
is, in reply to the question whether the
hotel would admit colored guests, tho
dark said that if it was the law he sup
posed that there would be nothing left
for the management to do but to obey.
The general impression given by the pro
prietors was that probably all their rooms
would he occupied, or not in a condition
to receive undesirable guests.
In conversation with the leading up
town restaurant proprietors yesterday,
with one exception, there was found a
bitter sentiment of opposition to the
features of the civil rights bill relating
to tho entertainment of the negro in
public houses and restaurants. One pro
prietor of many years’ experience with
colored waiters had found them the first
to protest against serving their own
people. lie thought it a matter that
would regulate itself; that tho interests
of his business and the sentiments of his
patrons should be protected, and this
even at the disregard of law. He pre
ferred to pay penalties rather than suffer
the destruction pf his business. Another
gentleman, employing French servants,
stated that he shonld exercise the right,
as be always had, of discriminating with
regard to the quality and character of
his patrons; that ho could not entertain
colored people, intoxicated or disrepu
table persons, nor those who wero un
tidily dressed; that in all these matters
he was obliged to exercise the greatest
caution. Tho sentiments of other pro
prietors wero found to be similar to these.
Only one was found that expressed him
self willing to abide by tho law. How
ever disagreeablo it might be to him
personally, ho said ho knew of no other
alternative, and in caso his servants
shonld refuse to wait upon colored per
sons, ho would serve them himself. Ono
proprietor had in a few instances served
them in a retired part of his saloon, or in
a separate room, and wonld continue to
do so as long as it did not injnre his busi
ness. Generally no troublo wa3 appre
hended from tho new law, as it was
thought that the matter would regulate
itself in tho future, as it had done in the
past.
VIEWS or PROMINENT COLORED MEN.
The feeling of tho colored portion of
the population of this city generally was
found to bo that tho civil rights bill was
of little advantage to tho race, and as a
political measure was a failure. Isaac
H. Hunter, of No 119 West Twenty-
sixth street, one of the members of the
Liberal Republican Association, eaid
that the Radical Republicans had played
this measure as their lost card, and in so
doing had thought to win over tho col
ored voto; but tho colored men had lost
all confidence in tho Republican party,
and by taking from Charles Sumner’s
bill tho very essence of civil rights to
the colored man, tho Republicans had
spoiled their whole game. Tho colored
voters had depended on tho Radical Re
publicans so long, and had absolutely
gained nothing, that they wero not
likely now to place any trust in them for
the fntcre.
Peter W. Downing, who is in the Cus
tom-house, said it would have been better
you?" w
Gen. Butler—None, perhaps, but I be
lieve it.
Judge Poland. I don’t believe that
you believe what you say you believe.
Gen. Butler—I do believe it.
Judge Poland—I believe that you are
a d—d liar. .
Gen. Butler—My courage, sir, has nev
er been impeached. I am quite able to
resent an accusation like that. Yon had
better be careful.
Judge Poland—I don’t think I have
great courage, hut I have quite enough
for this occasion. Not much is needed.
At this point the two men parted, and
as Judge Poland turned around, Mr.
Lamar, of Mississippi, who stood at bis
elbow, remarked that he thought that
Judge Poland might have needed some
assistance, and intimated that he was
ready to render it. Mr. Poland thanked
Mr. Lamar very cordially, but remaiked
in a very dignified way, “I am a fighting
man myself, sir.”
Statement oi Treasurer John
Jones to the People oi Geor
gia.
Fellow Citizens :
Within the last three weeks the air has
been loaded with numerous assertions
that there had been discovered by the
Finance Committee a terrible deficit in
your State Treasury. It was wafted
rapidly as on tho wings of the wind, that
your Treasurer had squandered an im
mense amount of your money for which
he could give no account. One million of
dollars—seven hundred thousand—three
hundred thousand—ninety-eight thou
sand—sixty-nine thousand—and at last
four thousand, which, perhaps, if they
bad taken a little more time, might have
come out at zero. The joint Committee
on Finance, however, thought proper,
from want of time, to stop at the four
thousand dollars balance against me, and
with a vote of censure OTer me order the
Governor to proceed against me and my
bondsmen for the deficit.
It is well known to yon that before and
daring tho war, and until Gov. Jenkins
was forced to leave the State and the
Union (?) to avoid arrest, imprisonment
and perhaps the sweat-box, for nine years
I served ho State faithfully, and, as
judged by each succeeding Legislature,
successfully and welL An evidence of
this is the fact that at each election I
was retained in office by a larger majority
over my opponents than at the one im
mediately preceding it. In January,
1873, after an interval of just five years
from the day I was driven from my office
by Gen. Meade for refusing to send $40,-
000 of the fnnds of tho State to Atlanta
to pay tho piebald Convention of 18G7,
and placed in arrest because I had sent
these funds out of his reach, yet where I
could still control and devote them to the
payment of your public debt, I waselect-
ed'to my position again, and since that
day I have devoted day and night, every
power of my mind and all the energy of
my nature solely, wholly to the State’s
service, thwarting the machinations of
the harpies that would tear her vitals,
restoring her waning credit and re-estab
lishing her tirnished honor.
How I succeeded during tho last two
years is seen in tho financial records of
stocks and bonds of States and corpora
tions to be found in the daily newspa
pers. Our six per cents., which had been
quoted as low as fifty cent3 in tho dol
lar, aro past eighty now. Our sevens
have risen from seventy odd to above
ninety, and our eight per cent., author
ized by the Legislature of 1873, for
which I was offered eighty-five cents in
April of that year, were all sold before
January, 1874, at par, and now held at
three per cent, premium. Yet it is be
ing said that my loose management of
tho Treasury has endangered the credit
of tho State, and I have been declared
incompetent and deserving of a vote of
censure by the General Assembly on re
commendations of the Joint Finance
Committee.
On tho publication of their first report,
of which the committee had not tho cour
tesy to servo mo with a copy, and which
I saw for tho firat time, not until it was
printed on the day after it was read in
both houses. So soon as I saw it I re
quested a few friends in tho Houso of
Representatives to demand for mo an im
peachment. If I was guilty, fellow citi
zens, of the charges against mo in that
report, I ought not to have been allowed
to remain in tho Treasury a moment
longer than it would require to impeach
and convict mo. If I was not guilty, it
was my right, after such an assault on my
diameter, to be declared so by tho ver
dict of tho High Court of Impeachment,
by whoso action alone could bo decided
the question of my guilt or iunoccnso;
and whose sworn duty it would bo to take
time, patiently hear tho evidence, and a
verdict give in accordance therewith.
This I was entitlod to; this I demanded,
and this wa3 dented me. Tho want of
time and tho great expense of an im
peachment trial were tho reasons given
for tho denial. When we consider that,
if tho Legislature had preferred articles
against me on Tuesday and adjourned,
they would havcEaTed four days’ expenso
at two thousand ($2,000) dollars a day—
eight thousand dollars—and tho Senate,
with the Judgo of the Supremo Court as
presiding officer of tho court, could have
finished tho trial in four days at tho
farthest, at throo hund red and fifty dol
lars a day, or fourteen cndrcddollars, it
will bo seen at one s : 'impeachment
and adjournment v • tho proper steps
to bo taken to co • land oust me, or
vindicate me f * the detraction they
hadputupon
I do not i .uk it at all necessary, fel
low citizens, to say moro to yon than just
to submit for your consideration a state
ment which I prepared to lay before the
General Assembly, but was unable from
want of time to do so, and which embod-
ic3thestatements and explanations which
I made to the committee when question
ed for tho first time at their second ses
sion, when tho Houso ignored their first
report and ordered them to try again.
I crave a patient hearing. I have made
this appeal to you, and my statement to
the Legislature, as short as I could, and
have used the language of complaint as
little 03 possible, for I do Dot like?to
whine. But tips much Lmuat state in
duty to myself aad to you : The papers
were, filled almost daily with interviews
of the chairman of the joint Finance Com
mittee by their reporters, with th6 most
astounding charges, developments, and
expectations, calculated to forestall pub
lic opinion and condemn me before trial,
and the chairman of the House commit
tee solemnly announced ixx open session
his determination not to leave that House
or return to his constituents until he had
driven . me from the 1 Treagury^.'yet they
have gone bome/and T am here ! T men
tion these facta simply to. fehow the dis
position towards me of the two chairmen.
The rest of the committee, except a fear,
never entered the room where my ac
counts anc Vouchers 'were being exaniia-'
ed, but took the exports evidence of the
sub-committee;: lead'by.tho.chairman of
thp joint committee, upon which they
made their report anih stood by it to the
bitter end, because their chairman had so
decided. An honest man’s character to
be endangered, stained and destroyed to
vindicate the. virulent -notion of the two
chairmen ! ■
Tho ilratl
oTtliif matte* which they had begun to
consider trivial in tho extreme (many
members characterized it as an outiage),
and becoming uneasy at tho prolongation
of the session, concluded that the short
est way out of it was to humor tho com
mittee, sustain its action and censure me.
Fellow-citizens, I beseech you to read
this statement patiently; think of it
carefully, seriously. Tho reports of tho
committee show their side—this state
ment shows mine. I have so far only
my naked word and heretofore unslan
dered reputation against the majority of
the committee from different ports of the
State; yet I have reliance on your justice
as I have on the mercy of Providence, and
to your judgment I must submit the
questions: H «ve I performed the duties
of my office as tho law requires ? Have
I been careful of the credit and honor of
the State, or havo I deserved tho censure
and odium that i3 sought to be heaped
upon me by a committee (except a few
who know mo well), who, with profes
sions individually of friendship, reverence
and unwavering belief in my integrity,
wonld put this foul blemish on my repu
tation and blast mo forever? I herewith
submit my statements.
To the General Assembly of the Slate of
Georgia :
In view of tho voto of censure, pro
posed to be passed on me for the mal
administration of my office, I respectfully
ask leave of this body to make a few
statements and explanations, which I
made to the snb-Committee of Finance,
that within the last three weeks have
examined my accounts and vouchers—
many of which statements and explana
tions they have not thought necessary^to
give, in cither of their reports lately sub
mitted, nor, I think, even imparted to
the Joint Committee on Finance when
met to make np those reports, and others
of which statements and explanations
they havo, through misapprehension or
design, misinterpreted, rather to sustain
their own positions than to do justice to
the State or to me. . .
First, it is sought to condemn me, for
that I have been negligent, and careless
of the duties of my office, and not suffi
ciently mindful of the interest and credit
of the State. In answer to this I beg to
refer you to those sections of the Code
which specially define tho duties of the
Treasurer. Section 92 of the Code of
1873 lays down as tho duties of tho
Treasurer:
1. To receive and keep safely all the
money which shall bo paid to £im in be
half of the State, giving certificates
therefor, which shall specially set forth
the amount, on what account, and by
whom paid, and shall bo lodged as
vouchers in the Comptroller General’s
office; and to pay out tho same only on
the warrants of the Governor, when
countersigned by the Comptroller Gen
eral, except tho drafts of the President
of the Senate anl tho Speaker of the
House of Representatives for tho sums
due to the members and officers of their
respsetivo bodies. This chum I have
followed strictly, except that as author
ized by another section. I have advanc
ed to officers of tho State seventy-five
per cent, of tho amount for which ser
vice has been actually rendered.
2. To keep in his office a boob, in
which shall be entered all warrants drawn
on him by tho Executive, stating in whose
favor drawn; tho date and amount there
of, to what fund charged, and to retain
and filo away all such warrants. This I
have done.
3. To keep annually an account of all
taxes that may be due and unpaid by the
several chartered banks, and to enforce
tho collection thereof agreeably to tho
law in force; also, to keep account of|all
taxes paid into tho Treasury annually by
tho Tax Collectors of the several coun
ties, and an abstract of theso accounts
must ho laid before tho Governor. The
firat requirement of the paragraph has
been superseded by a later law, which
makes it the duty of tho Comptroller to
collect tho taxes from tho banks, and pay
them over to the Treasurer. The second
clause is strictly complied with, and
whenever the Governor has called for
such abstracts, they havo been furnished
him—no particular day being fixed for
laying them before him.
4. Preceding each annual session ho
must submit to the Governor dotailed
estimates of probable receipts and ex
penditures for the next fiscal year, stat
ing tho sources of incomo and the proba
ble amounts to be received therefrom;
also the objects of appropriations, and
the prohahlo necessities of tho Treasury.
This I havo done.
5. To pay all funds pledged to the
payment of tho public debt, or interest
thereon, or to any object of education,
and to theso objects only, and in no wiso
to any other purpose. All payments
from tho Treasury shall be paid from the
fund appropriated for such purpose, and
not from any other. This I havo com
plied with strictly, except on occasions
when there was no other* funds on hand
except the school fund, which, not being
likely to bo required for several months,
I havo paid out to other objects, rather
than pay interest for loans until the
school funds should ho called for—thereby
saving tho interest of two hundred and
fifty to threo hundred thousand dollars
for from four to six months,
6. At tho end of every quarter of tho
year, to make a written report, on oath,
to tho Governor, of tho several amounts
received during the three months pro-
ceding such report. This I have not
done, c«r nas it been done within my
recollection of tho office, because at any
moment, when required by tho Governor,
aroportof tho condition of the treasury
could bo mado within an hour, by run
ning over tho book of balances, which is
and has always been promptly kept and
balanced at the end of each and every
month.
7. To keep safe!? the scrip for hank
stock, the State bonds and others of tho
educational fund, and manage and con
trol tho same for the purposes for which
they are pledged. Ho may, under direc
tion of tho Governor, deposit all funds set
apart for (he purpose of education or any
other purpo3f>,not required for immediate
use in any chartered bank of this State,
subject to his dreft3 as Treasurer, and,
with the Governor, make such contract
with said banks for the use of such fund
a3 aiay be beneficial to the State. An
occasion for complying with the para
graph has not presented itself since my
last election as Treasurer.
8. Ho shalb net, under any circum
stances, use himself, or-to allow-others
to use the funds of tho State in his hands,
and for every violation of this section he
is liable to the State for the sum of $500
as a penalty, or a forfeiture of salary if
said forfeiture will pay the penalty in-
curred. This I have not done.
9. This paragraph, authorizing the ad
vances, is mentioned in my notice of the
first, and I havo complied with it liber
ally and without hesitation, as fell offiers,
members, etc., who are entitled to ad
vance know^and I believe remember
pleasantlv. -#. -
10. Refers bvthe annual report of tho
State debt-, which, to the best of my
humble ability, I have always made.
11. 'When a-vpay3 tho interest or prin
cipal of tin - o.’ato debt upon a warrant
issued ill h.. favor, he shall deposit in
ika-oxaautiv,, office coupons or bonds on
which payments are made, there to be
marked paid and filed away subject to
tho order of the General Assembly. This
I have only failed in doing because such
coupons as have been paid by our finan
cial agents -in New York are canceled
before they leave New York, to avoid
large express fees,- which would have to
bo paid if they were not ; and being can
celed by punohing; it has been thought
not necessary to mark them paid.
12. Ho shall not pay any appropria
tion, duo and not called for within six
months after tho expiration of the politi
cal year for which.it is appropriated, but
it reverts to tho general fund in the
Treasury.
Sec. 90. Tho Treasurer shall keep a
bcok in which he shall record a descrip
tion of all the bonds.hcretoforo or here
after issued by- this State, and in said
hook shall note all bonds paid and date
of payment, and.all coupons paid on
each and the 'date of their payment. I
have complied with this section accord
ing to the interpretation of every Gov
ernor, and Treasurer and Finance Com
mittee since it was enacted. "When the
bond is paid at maturity the date of pay
ment is written on the line of coupons
opposite it. number and beginning at the
column of tho last coupon paid.
Looking hack on lhi3 statement, or on
examination of the code of 1873, pp. 22,
23 and 24, where the duties of the Treas
urer are defined, it will bo seen that tho
only books prescribed to bo kept in tho
Treasury h a book for receipts of taxes,
etc., another for payment of warrants,
and a third for record of bonds and cou
pons, wherein ho may note all bonds and
coupons, with their date of payment.
Thi3 is what tho law requires of tho
Treasurer; but the committee condemn
him for not keeping a cash hook for
their information, when ho really did hot
know that they desired it until called be
fore them out of a severe spell of illness,
too weak in mind to think, and almost
too feeble to walk. In thi3 connection I
would call attention to tho complaint of
tho committee, that I got my balances
from tho tahks by telegraph. I did this
designedly; that the committee might
havo a quasi, if not a Iona fide certificate
from tho cashier or bank officer of the
amount to my debit or credit, which
should be better testimony than tho bal
ance exhibited on the books of the Treas
urer, and would be so considered before
a court in caso where theso two show
ings might differ. I havo not kept a
book for bank accounts, because I nave
requested tho hanks to send me the last of
every month my account-current, which
I verify by my letter book, where all re
mittances are recorded, and the stub
leaves of my check book, where all _my
drafts aro shown, with their date, size,
drawee, and hank on which thoy aro
drawn. With theso bank accounts, mado
out by tho banks and forwarded to me at
the end of every month, and compared
carefully with my letter book and check
book, I havo had no troublo in kcoping
my cash straight, and until nov have
satisfied every Finance Commilteo for
ten years under whoso examination I
havo passed, that I havo done my duty,
and that the State has heretofore not
lost a dollar by mismanagement,
Passingby the various tables or sched
ules of bond's by which tho committee
profess to show tho condition of the
bonded debt of the State in the series of
years from 1870 to tho present in some
of which I detect mistakes of figures,
which may bo tho fault of tho printer,
when I como to where they take up my
report of January 1,1875, with my state
ment of tho bonded debt of $8,105,500
running to maturity, to which they add
$325,000—which, by-thc-way, should bo
$269,500, if they propose to quote from
my report—^to which being added the in
terest to 1st of April, 1874, we havo $323,-
400, instead of $325,000 as they have it,
showing plainly that theso figures are
not to bo relied on. Giving them their
own figures, they make tho public debt,
according to my showing, $8,430,500,
which, for sake of round numbers, I will
adopt as mine.
Tho committee then make on estimate
of their own, which they put down at
$8,730,000, which, if thoy will tako the
troublo to cast up their own figures, will
bo found to prodneo $8,730,500, from
which tako my figures, and the difference
will be $300,000 instead of $299,500, os
thoy mako it. Up to this point tho com
mittee seem to havo lost sight of me, and
to have been engaged intently in ascer
taining tho truo debt of tho State. But
thoy havo discovered a serious mistake—
a difference of $300,000 deficit in my
report; and hero comos in a few wordis
which show tho animus of the committee,
or certain members thereof. Up to tho
evening that they left my office to mako
up their report, a3 it happened, though
they said they would return next morning
at nine o’clock, there had passed no
words of impatience at tho frequent
lectures and insinuations of negligence
and incompetency thrown out by cer
tain members of tho committee. The
next morning, without notice to me,
instead of coming to my office, whero I
waited until II o’clock from my regular
duties for them, thoy went up to their
room and prepared their report; in
which, after putting down what they
considered my guess-work and their own
figures, they say: “Tho discrepancy of
$290,500 (tho correct figure is $300,000,
if they will add it up again) between
tho Treasurer’s report and the Inoicti
summary of maturing obligations most
find its explanation in that unknown
realm of past due obligations.” Theirs
is a. known summary, is it? If the com
mittee will go over it again, they will
find that thoy havo put $300,000 exact
ly to tho State debt that does not belong
there. They havo stated that the West
ern and Atlantic mortgage bonds, signed
by Gov. Jenkins and myself, and issued
in 18GG, at $3,900,000, whereas it was
only $3,000,000. And yet theirs is the
known summary ! Now, there wore $3,-
000,000 of State bonds issued that year,
signed by Jenkins and Jones, but $300,-
000 were Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
bonds, (which the committee did not
think to take off of the $900,000
of Atlantic and Gulf Railroad bonds)
which is the ' next item in their
known summary, which they oxultingly
roll as a sweet morsel under their
tongues.
As to the deficit of nearly $69,000 they
thought thoy had caught against me,
and had reverberated through the town,
and'dealt ont to the press reporters and
newsmongers, corresponding everywhere,
they enumerate a long list of credits,
some of which they allow and others
which they propose to allow, though they
have not had time to count them. The
oommittee then say: “The Treasurer
produces Executive warrants dated back
toj.871, signed by Governor Bullock and
Comptroller M. Bell, amounting to $10,-
'934 09, which, without further and more
satisfactory information concerning them,
the committee ore not willing to accept
to his 'credit." Now, not one of those
warrants had. Bullock’s name to it.
They wero all signed by Conley, ex
cept two,; which were signed by Gov
ernor Smith, and countersigned by
Madison Bell, Comptroller. I explained
to tho committee that when these war
rants were drawn, they were presented to
my predecessor, who refused to pay them.
Shortly after I came into office one wa3
presented to mo, and on examination, see
ing its date, I asked the presenter why he
had not been paid before. Ho answered
that he had presented it to Dr. Angier,
who refused to pay it. I then said I
must decline also until I can learn his
reasons for not paying, and what should
bo done about it- Two or three days after
wards, he came again with Mr. Camp
bell, tho Financial Secretary of tho Gov
ernor, who handed mo tho warrant, with
tho words : " Approved, James M. Smith,
Governor,” written across the face, and
said the Governor had decided to examine
the claims on which theso warrants were
drawn, and when satisfied of their virtue,
would approve them in a similar manner,
and I must pay them, which I did ; and
the warrants paid amounted to $10,954 09.
I stated these facts to tho committee,
and showed them tho approval end sig
nature of tho Governor, which thoy ig
nored, and refused to credit me with tho
amount; and failed to state in their re
port—an important fact for me—that
those warrants were approved and coun
tersigned by Gov. Smith. As to the
John King matter and counterfeit mon
ey, I offered them to show as so much
cash, though worthless, in my transac
tions, without expecting the committee
to allow them, as I told them, but intend
ing to mako them good to the State if
tho Legislature did not think proper to
relievo' me.
Tho committee complains of the dis
tribution of the funds of the Treasury,
in so many bank3 throughout the State.
I explained to them, when they ques
tioned mo after being sent back to try
again, that I considered it best to do so,
for the purpose of getting exchange in
Savannah, Augusta and Macon, which
would often save mo the trouble and ex
pense of sending money to those points
by express. The funds accumulated in
those banks by deposits of the tax col
lectors, who sent mo tho certificates of
deposit by letter, which cost them only
tho postage stamp, when the currency
by express would havo cost them from
two to five dollars a package—sometimes
more. Furthermore, I had the officers of
the banks to detect counterfeits for mo.
All this I thought'was good, safe finan
ciering, hut tho committee did not. Tho
loss by the King draft was not by any
deposit I had with him, but by a check
on Savannah sent me by him to buy
some bonds for a easterner, John H. Wal
ton, of Talbot county, which being re
tained a little too long, was returned
when I sent it to tho bank, with the an
swer, "no funds.” Thi3 explanation I
made to tho committee, though thoy
still speak of it as “a deposit.” So that
has nothing to do with the deposit in so
large a number of banks throughout tho
State.
“Your committee do not desire to bo
understood a3 attributing all tho defects
and omissions in tho Treasury to the
presentincumbcnt. Some of them aro of
long standing." Such is the language of
tho committee, and yet I am to bo the
scapegoat to save thi3 little Isaac—this
very accurate, laborious report—this
known summary of the actings and doings
of tho Treasury for years before I camo
into office! It looks hard to mo, but tho
committee do not think it unjust, and
they know best.
The committee chargo mo with paying
$152,250 of tho bonds maturing before
the 1st of January, 1872, which had been
paid before. They assume that all tho
bonds of the State that fell duo prior to
tho 1st January, 1872, havo been paid,
and this assumption is based upon a let
ter of Bullock, a fugitive from justice,
whoso oath in a 'court of justice would
not be credited by a single member of
that committee; and upon this assump
tion, in tho face of my solemn assevera
tion that I had no knowledge that those
bonds had been paid, they declare that
the paymet of these old bonds by tho
present Treasurer is unauthorized and
illegal!. Tho committee also refer toa
note beneath the appendix to table F, in
my reports of tho last two years, to show
that I had notice of their payment. If
the venerable chairman of the Joint Fi
nance Committee will refer to the tahlo I
gave him a day or two after the investi
gation began, ho will find exactly the
same note made in my report of 1SGG, ex
cept tho mention of tho disagreement
between the late Treasurer and tho Gov
ernor.
This is “the most nnkindost cut of all”
—tho assumption that Bullock’s letter is
all truo, and that I havo spoken falsely—
taking advantage of their position to add
insult to injury, and publishing the foul
assersion to the people of Georgia under
legislative sanction.
The committee lay great stress on my
allowing the bonds of the State, depos
ited with the Fourth National Bank of
New York by Russell Sage, on payment
of his claim, for which ho held them as
collateral, to be considered collaterals to
secure payment of tho overdrafts for
which I made arrangements with
the bank last summer, when wo
were much troubled about negotiat
ing loans to meet our liabilities
until the taxes shonld come in. The ar
rangement about overdrafts was made
several weeks before tho 1st of July,
when there would fall due at tho Fourth
National Bank $178,000 of interest on
oar bonds; and fearing that tho back
interest of quarterly gold bonds, which
had been suspended, and lately on proper
proof, restored to credit, would swell that
amount to near $200,000,1 wrote to know
if they would permit mo to overdraw.
They consented, on condition that I
would allow them to hold the bonds in
their bank 03 collateral. Being in daily
correspondence about a loan to meet tho
Jnly interest, I consented, with the con
fident feeling that I would get a loan
thereby, or very shortly after, the 1st of
July. The bank paid our interest duo
that day, and the overdraft of about
$200,000, or over, if tho committee pre
fer, was settled, or nearly so, not very
long after. This is the history of
that matter if my memory ta correct,
and although I had no war-ant of law
for it, I felt that rather than allow the
State’s credit to suffer or fall back from
the high position to which I am proud
to know I had- assisted to raise it, I was
not only willing but felt it my duty to
risk your censure and jeopard my
office to hold it up and maintain it when
the'object was so important' and the
danger so little. If I deserve your cen
sure for this, I can console myself with
the reflection that better men have suf
fered far more for much lighter offenoes.
One more' paragraph of the supplement
al report, and I will oease to vex your
ears. The committee kindly attribute
these inaccuracies, largely, if not wholly,
to the recent illness and physical disa
bility of tho Treasurer. But the busi
ness of the office shonld be so conducted
as to leave nothing to memory—detail
and inaccuracy is demanded for the pub
lic interests—every banking institution,
raitroad office and mercantile house of
high standing, in Georgia, exacts from
tho custodians of its money not only fen
accurate statement of their business,
but require them to be ready to report
at any time, and in less than twenty-four
hours, their real standing, and the Treas
urer should be able to supply all the
needed _ information in relation to
the business affairs of tho State.accu
rately and properly kept, and with like
dispatch." In connection with this—not
in retort—I beg to remind the committee
that the Western and Atlantic Railroad
Company pay their treasurer $4,000, and
his clerk $2,000 a year. Tho Central
Railroad and Georgia Railroad Companies
are not behind those figures in the sala
ries of their cashier and other officers,
of which it is their policy to have enough
to do their work promptly and accurately.
Every bank in the State of Georgia of
$100,000 capital pay their cashiers $2,500
at least, and give them clerks enough;
while the State of Georgia, with $2,600,-
0C0 passing ehrough hia hands backwards
and forwards during tho year, gives her
Treasurer $2,000, and a clerk at $1,600 a
year, and requires of them the labor,
promptness and accnray for which small
er institutions, who know their own in
terest and are not amenable to or afraid
of the clamor of tho dear people, give
their officers at least twice as much.
I would not have it understood that,
by this contrast, I am asking or sug
gesting an increase of my salary. Ibavo
taken tho office at tho present rate, and
the General Assembly could nob alter it
during my term if it. desired to do so. I
mention it. merely to show that, if the
Treasurer and his ono clerk can have
their health guaranteed, answer all the
letters of business, to say nothing of the
hundreds of imfiiiry, accommodation
and mere courtesy, and keep the hocks
required of them by tho Code, they can
not reasonably he censured ; and I think
that if I so manage a3 to make the
monthly accounts-current from tho
banks, verified by my letter and check-
stubs, keep iny business straight with
them, I ought not to bo so severely
blamed because I do not keep my ac
counts with them in a big book—espec
ially as my connection with them is ex
tra work altogether, for which I do not
receive a cent, though tho State i3 saved
the express fees on every package of cur
rency I may have to send to New York,
instead of drafts, to pay six or eight
hundred thousand dollars a year for
principal and interest on tho public
debt, payable there. I will say nothing
of the express fees saved to tho tax col
lectors, by allowing them to deposit their
collections in convenient, safe banks,
and send certificates and drafts to the
Treasury at postage rates, particularly
as with this tho State has nothing to do;
they will appreciate it, however, if the
committee cannot.
John Jones, Jr.
Atlanta, Ga., March 4,1875.
Central City Park Course.
Daring tho late meeting of the Can
trnl Georgia Jockey Club, at Central City
Park, wo had a conversation with Major
T. G. Bacon, of Augusta, relative to tho
track. 17b found him perfectly enthu
siastic over it. He told us that ho had
been on every course in the United States
and Canada, and ho knew of no other
one that is so excellent as this ono for
the speeding and training of horses, and
he is fully of the opinion that if tho
Jockey Clul* will tako hold of tho matter,
and handle it proper, tho course will
flourish and become cno of the most
popular ones in the country. He is sat
isfied that it only needs to be known
abroad to bring to it all tho fine stock of
the country.
Tho Major, in the points which he sug
gests for ite improvement, says driving
carriages and vehicles over it will deaden
tho track and lessen its excellence. He
says they should bo kept off of it even
though it involve the necessity of con
structing a carriage drive on the inside.
This can ho dona at a comparatively
small espense, and would save the course
from being packed and deadened by con
stant use.
There are enterprising gentlemen
enough in the Jockey Club to take hold
of this track and mako it all that it de
serves to bo. They can make it as cele
brated as the Metarie course ever was in
ite palmiest days, as celebrated as the
Long Island course, and quite as popu
lar. Properly managed, it would bring
here, once a year at least, all tho famous
racers and trotters of the country, and
tho meetings of tho Jockey Clnb will
then ho looked forward to with the
highest interest by horse men from all
parts of tho country, and they will gath
er here from all directions, both to test
and train their hors03. Not much needs
to he done to complete tho beauty of tho
track and its surroundings, and that
llttlo will entail an inconsiderable amount
of expense. Let n3 hope that the club
will give tho matter due considera
tion, and wo thick they will find all we
havo suggested practicable and easy of
accomplishment.
M. A B. Fare Bills.
Tho Receiver of tho Macon and Bruns
wick railroad gives notice this morning
that after the loth of April, the fare bills
of that road will not bo redeemed, neither
will they he received for freight or pas
sage. This will mako an end of that
portion of our somewhat burdensome
local currency, but tho people havo plenty
or time loft in which to get rid of it.
CioAR3.—The average number of ci
gars smoked each honr in the United
States is 5,168,000. During the last
fiscal year tho import duties on cigars
amounted to $6,150,060.41. Tho total
amount of taxes on cigars in currency
was $33,212,875.62. Grand total $39,-
392,936.03. Tho increased taxes on
cigars, which havo just gono into effect,
will doubtless in no wise lessen the con- ■
sumption.
TkeSteswlSesifls Battalias.
For the firrt tune (lace Ike preseat or
ganization than was a parade of the Sec
ond Georgia Battalion, with all the com
panies in line. The Baldwin £lca«, fri)m
Mill edge rill*, reached this city by a
special car yesterday morning. They
were meet by a detachment of Macon
Volunteers, Co. B, and eeoorted to the
Lanier House, where accommodations
had been provided for them. The Blues
spent the forenoon in rambling about tho
city, and seemed to enjoy them&elroa.
At half past three o’clock the battalion
was formed on Mulberry street in front
of the Lanier House. The companies
took position according to seniority, the
Baldwin Blues being «a the right, Macon
Volunteers, Co. B, on the left, the Macon
Volunteers in the right .centre, the Floyd
Rifles the left' oeatre and the Macon
Guards the centre. The Guards was
the color company, bat in courtesy to the
Bines, requested the Major to haw their
color-sergeant assigned to them dosing
the parade, which was done, and tho
banner of the Blaes floated over the
battalion during the parade.
The companies were all in command of
their captains.
The Baldwin Bines, Captain Herty,
numbered 36 men rank and file.
Tho Macon Guards, Captain Bacon,
numbered 45.
The Macon Volunteers, Captain Wiley,
numbered 43.
The Floyd Rifles, Captain Ross, num
bered 34.
The Maoon Volunteers, Co. B., Captain
Findlay, numbered 47. t-.--
The battalion was . commanded by
Major George S. Jones, who appeared
mounted, Lieutenant K. M. Hodgkins,
Adjutant.
When the battalion was formed, it was
marched directly to the parade ground,
at the park, whero they were drilled
pretty actively for about an honr and a
half. The drill was entirely satisfactory
to the military gentlemen who witnessed
it, and was pronounced first rate, consid
ering the fact that it was the first drill
of the entire organization.
After the drill was over, tho ljattalion
was marched back to the city, and a dress
parade took place in front of the Lanier
House, after which the battalion was dis
missed, and tho companies returned to
their armories.
The Blues accompanied tho Floyd Rifles
to their armory, where, over an immense
howl of punch, a moro familiar acquaint
ance was formed. Speeches were made by
Major Jones, Captains Herty, Ross, Ba
con and Findlay, Lieutenants Walker and
McKinley, of the Blues, ColonetMcAdoo,
Col. Blount, Col. Hardeman, Lieut.
Carnes, of M. Vs., Lieut. T. L. Ross, of
Co. B., and Preach Hardeman, of the
Rifles. It was quite an agreeable merry
making, and everybody seemed to enjoy
it.
The parade was witnessed in the city
and at the park, by a large number of
spectators. A crowd went to the park os
foot, many carriages wero out, and the
street cars, which run every ten minutes,
went loaded every trip. The people ap
peared to enjoy the speetacle, the moro
so on account of the presence of tho
Blues. The Blues is a fine-looking body
of men, and are handsomely uniformed
in bine, with red stripes and white epau-
leta and plumes. Its officers are as fol
lows:
B. R. Herty, Captain.
L. H. Compton, First Lieutenant.
Sam. Walker, Second Lieutenant.
Wm. A. Jarratt, Junior Second Lieu*
tenant.
Wm. McKinley, Jr., Ensign.
The company returned home iastnight-
Af ter the return of tho Macon Volun
teers to their armory a meeting was held
and tho following resolutions were
adopted:
Armort Macon Volunteers, >
March 10, 1875. )
Whereas, The visit of the Baldwin
Blues, of Milledgeville, to our city to
participate in the battalion parade of
March 10,1875, is an event of unusual
interest and an act which calls for an
expression of our appreciation; it is
Resolved, by the Macon Volunteers,
That their thanks are due, and are here
by tendered to the officers and members
of that time honored corps for the inter
est manifested in the Second Georgia
Battalion, and for the pleasure afforded
the citizens of Macon by adding so much
to 1 the beauty and effectiveness of the
parade.
Resolved, That by their drill they have
proven themselves soldiers, and by their
decorous deportment gentlemen, and we
hope that the acquaintance thus pleas
antly inaugurated may be extended by
frequent visits of their company to Ma
con in the future.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be transmitted to the Baldwin
Blues, and a copy be furnished to the
Maoon Teleotaph and Mbssenoss for
publication.
Lieut. A. L. Butts, )
Serg’t A. E. Boardhan, V Committee
Private T. U. Coir nib, )
The New Orleans Times says the result
of sugar planting in that State the past
season has been highly satisfactory, des
pite the demoralization of the labor sys
tem and other drawbacks. It cites the
case of Mr. John Burnside, whose plan
tations are located on the Mississippi
river, abont eighty miles above New Or
leans. Mr. Burnside produced daring the
past season 4,180 hogsheads of refined
and clarified sugars, averaging 1,200
pounds, valued at $418,000, and 7,500
barrels of molasses, worth over $1^0,000.
This is a return of twenty per cent, of
Mr. Burnside's investment, which is es
timated at $2,500,000.
The late Hon. Sam Galloway, of Co
lumbus, Ohio, was a remarkably homely
man. On one occasion, whilo dining
with a personal and political friend in
Chillicothe, the six or seven year old
daughter of his host, who had been in
tently studying Galloway’s face, eaid.
loud enough to bo heard by all at table :
"Ma, didn’t that man’s mama love chil
dren mighty well P” “Why so, my dear?"
asked her mother. "Oh, just 'c
raised him."