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AND MESSENGER
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MAOON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1871.
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LETTER
I'rnm IIInKxrellenry (Jovarnor Rullork. of
lieorgln. In Kopiy to t lie Ilonorublf Jolm
Sirolf. fnllol slnlea Nenalor. <’li«fr/imn
III Joint SrlOPl (TumultIce to Inquire In
to me CouiliiIon of tlic Late Insurrec
tionary Mules.
Koosj of the Joint Select Committee to
Inquire into the Condition of
The Late Insurrectionary States.
Washington, D. O., May 24, 1871. j
Sin—The Rnh-oommUtee of the Joint Select
Committee of Congress, appointed to inquire
into tlio condition of the Lite insurrectionary
Motes, has adopted the following resolution:
On motion of Mr. Biair—
Unsolved, That the ebainnan be requested to
nddre<« letters to the Executive, or other proper
officers of the States comprehended in the reso
lution authorizing the appointment of the Joint
Select Committee, asking statements of tho
debts mid of the rates and awonnts of taxation
of said Slates, respectively, at the present time,
and to furnish eopies of the laws creating said
debts, and fixing said rates of taxation; also
requesting copies of the election laws now in
S . ... n*..I lli..uf. vtii.1l hmm ItA.n in tnrAA in
torso, and those which have been in forep in
Mid States, respectively, since the adoption
of tlio present constitutions of said States, with
snch other offioial documents aa tho chairman
shall deem essential to this investigation.
In pursuance of the duty devolved upon mo
by this resolution, I respectfully request that,
so far as relates to the State of Georgia,' the
statements and copies of laws therein men
tioned he furnished as soon as they can conve
niently he prepared aDd forwarded.
Under the lost clause of the resolution, I am
requested U> also procure, if itean lie furnished,
n statement of tho amount of the debts of the
several States at the time their respective ordi
nances of secession wero passed. In this con
nection, (if it can be furnished) I would be
pleased to roceive from you a statement, giving
llie amount, rates, nnd subjects of taxation in
tlm State of Georgia prior to the passage of the
ordinance of secession by said State, (stating,
in cases in whion slaves wore the subject of
taxation, their valuation,) and the subjects of
taxation now, as well as tho rates and amounts,
iicspoctfully, Jons Soott,
(Jhnirman of Joint Select Committee,
• and of Snb-Committee, etc.
Ilia Excellency, Uufus B. Bollock,
Governor of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
Extconv* Department, State of Georgia,
Atlanta, July 5, 1871.
ll'ii John Scott, Chairman Joint Select Com
mittee to inrjuire info the condition of late in.
m nettionary Slates, United States Smote,
Wiulungton, D. C.:
i.l.senoeYrom the State. I find a printed circa-
hr hearing ditto from the room pf your com-
mittce, May 24, 1871, addressed to myself. In
tins printed circular yon incorporate a copy of
n resolution adopted by your oommittee, on
motion of Uenoral Frank Blair, whioh roads as
follows:
On motion of Mr. Blair—
lleaolved, That tho chairman be requested to
a Mrcss letters to the Executive, or other proper
I officers of the States comprehended in tho roso-
I Imion authorizing the appointment of the Joint
I Select Committee, asking statements of the
I debt and of the rates and amonnta of taxation of
I said States, respectively, at the presont time,
I and to furnish copies of the laws creating said
debts, and fixing said rates of taxation; also,
requesting copies of the election laws now in
force, and those which have been in foroe in
■uid States, respectively, sinoe the adoption of
the present Constitutions of said States, with
molt other offioial documents as tho chairman
shall deem essential to this investigation.
In pursuance of the foregoing rosolntion, yon
request that, so far as relates to tho State of
Ueorgia, the statements and copies of laws
therein mentioned be furnished as soon as they
can conveniently be prepared and forwarded.
Yon also request, under the last clause of tho
resolution, a statement of the amounts of the
debts of the several States at the time their re-
sportive ordinance's of secession were passed;
also a statement of the amount, rates, and sub-
jects of taxation in the State of Georgia, prior
to the passage of the ordinance of secession,
construction, and as a Kepublican, decline to
accept such an interpretation as being approved
by the Uepnblican party organization through
out tho conntrv. Whatever may be the fine
spun theories of legal gentlemen upon the ques
tion of the powers delegated by the late amend
ments, we may be fully assured that the great
mass of the American people regard them as
simply Burh measures as were necessary to'
guarantee the abolition of slavery and prohibit
further attempts to destroy the Union; to secure
the payment of the debt of the United States,
and to prevent the denial of civil and political
privileges to citizens on acconnt of their race,
color, or previous condition of servitude. Any
attempt to go beyond this reasonable and well-
established opinion of the people for tho pur
pose and in the hope of obtaining political
power, no matter bow well devised may be the
pretext, will meet with a swift rebuke from an
overwhelming majority of American citizens.
Any political party that would dare to resurrect
and vitalize the issues that were crashed into
graves at Appomattox and Greensboro, would
meet with like treatment from a large majority
of the people South aa well as North. No one
in the South would now accept the restoration
of slavery; no one seeks the repudiation of the
United States. The State of Georgia does not
deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the
United States to vote on account of face, color,
or previous condition of servitude; nor does
this State deny to any person within its juris
diction the equal protection of the laws.
How, in the faco of these facts, can we justify
action towards her that if attempted against
New York or Massachusetts would be spurned
by an indignant people ?
Let ns rather adhere to the original and last
ing foundation of Republicanism, so concisely
and so ably presented by Jefferson when he
says:
lit responding to the request of the Congres
sional Committee, as presented in the circular
referred to, I cannot consent to establish a pre-
cedent for the futnre by recognizing the right
of Cungruss to in this manner interfere with or
inquire into matters which are solely withm the
control and subject to the supervision of the
representatives of tho people of this State in
General Assembly met; nor can I forego this
opportunity of rospectfnliy suggesting to the
mover of the resolution under whioh the ctrcn-
hr is issued, and to your honorable committee,
I list the State of Georgia, after much tribula
tion. has complied with all the requirements
which were prescribed by Congress as prelimi
nary to her readmission into the Union. The
fact of her rosdmission has been made known
to our people, not only through the declaratory
statutes enacted by Congress, bnt also in the re-
caption of our Senators and Representatives
into that body. The State of Georgia, there
fore, .lands in the Union the peer of every
other State, and information touching her
needs, her requirements, or her condition, will
bo made known and presented to Congress by
her representatives in that body. I cannot ad
mit that at this time there is anything in the
fact of her “late insurrectionary condition’
which would authorize the representatives of
the people of the other States in Congress to
order proceedings towards her which would not
equally apply to the people of the several States
represented bv themselves.
While I wonld not permit partisan political
feeling to influence my official aotian, I can but
feel gratified to know that in tho position which
I have indicated as to tho rights of this State in
her relations to the other States, I am bnt re
peating the views which have been continuously
set forth by the ltepnblican party in its several
general conventions from the timo of its organ
ization until the present day, and am sustaining
the position taken by the Uepnblican party in
this State in the conventions which have been
held in the course of their efforts to secure her
restoration to the Union. A resolution, adopted
at a convention of tho Uepnblican party of
Georgia, held in this city in March, I860, du
ring the trials of reoonstraetion, read as fol
lows :
It. That when the Reconstruction Acts of
Congress shall have been fully complied with,
and Georgia shall have been reoognized as a
State in the Union, wo will demand for her every
right now guaranteed to other States in the
Union, and would deprecate any act of Congress
looking to the ooutroi of the affairs of any ono
State, that wonld not equally apply to all the
States.
I am aware that by an ingenious legal con-
atructiou it is assumed that the late amendments
to the Constitution of the United States bavo so
extended the powers of Congress that a majority
of its members, acting in harmony with the Ex
ecutive, have absolute control over ali tho func
tions heretofore universally ooncoded to bo such
as purely appertain to the local organization of
the States. But, as the Executive of one of
the State*, I most positively dissent from this
“Equal and eraot justice to all men, of what
ever state or persuasion, religious-or political;
peace, commerce and honest friendship with all
nations—entangling alliances with none; THE
SUPPORT OF THE 8TATE GOVERNMENTS
IN ALL THEIR RIGHTS AS THE MOST
COMPETENT ADMINISTRATIONS FOR
OUR DOMESTIC CONCERNS AND THE
SUREST BULWARKS AGAINST ANTI-RE
PUBLICAN TENDENCIES; the preservation
of the general government in its whole consti
tutional vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of tho
right of election by the people—a mild nnd safe
corrective of abases, which are lopped by the
sword of revolution where peaceable remedies
are unprovided; absolnto acquiescence in the
decision of the majority—tho vital principle of
Republics, from which there is no appeal but'to
force, tho vital principle and immediate parent
of despotism; a well disciplined militia—onr
best reliance in peace and for tho first moments
of war, till regulars may relieve them; the su-
iretnacy of tho civil over the military author
ity ; economy in the public expense, that labor
may be lightly burdened; tho honest payment
of onr debts and> sacred preservation of the
public faith; encouragement of agriculture, and
of commerce as its handmaid; the diffusion of
information, and the arraignment of all abuses
at the bar of public reason; freedom of religion;
freedom of the press; freedom of person nn-
dor the protection of tho habeas corpus; and
trial by juries impartially selected—those prin
ciples form the bright constellation whioh has
gone before ns, and guided our steps through an
age of revolution and reformation. The wis
dom of onr sages and the blood of onr heroes
have been dovoted to their attainment. They
should be tbe creed of our political faith—the
text of civil instruction—the touchstone by
which to try the sendees of those we trust; and
should we wander from them in moments of
error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps
and to regain the road which alono leads to
peace, liberty and safety.”
T havo ventured to say this much that my of
ficial action, as tho chief Exeontivo of one of
the States in the American Union, miebt not
[WiiKtiUrf ‘ vittir fcuiuiAuuat laruaea in ine iu-
ture as a precedent against the State; and, also,
that, as far as any act of mino might go, the
Union Republican party should not be bold as
indorsing tbe extreme construction which is
sought to be given to the late amendments to
the Constitntion. ,
By the active exortions of a small political
clique, in opposition to the present administra
tion, aided and supported by the State Treas
urer and a powerful railroad corporation, which
seeks to strangle or absorb every other railroad
enterprise in the State, willful, malicious, un
founded and unfair statements have been scat
tered broadcast through the press, for the pur-
nose of injuring, to as great an oxtent as pos
sible, tho credit of tho State, and thereby pre
vent tbe marketing of such of her securities as
I havo been authorized and instructed to issue,
and to render less valuable the State s indorse
ment on bonds of railroad companies. For
personal reasons, therefore, I am gratified that
an opportunity is given me, by this request, to
make known, semi officially, the exact financial
condition of this State.
I am advised that tho Hon. Madison Boll
Comptroller-General of this State, has, In re
sponse to a similar circular, given to your com
mittee, in bulk, tho statistical information
called for; and I shall, therefore, onl y r f“ plt °;
late the comparative figures, to exhibit the
points of information which I understand your
°°It?s proper 1 "to state that under onr statutes
the Comptroller General is the official check
npon all the other departments of the State, and
that his office, together with that of the Secre
tary of State, controls the records, the official
proceedings, and the tranaction of the £*!}*.*
affairs. The office of Treasurer is only clerical,
that official being, simply a custodian nod dis-
bnrser of such money as may be
bands by the Governor or from taxes collected
through the Comptroller GeneraL
The public debt of the State, as shown by the
Comptroller General’s report f „ 01 \ was
$3,088,750. The public debt of the State on
the 1st day of July, 1808, a few weeks before
the present administration came into office,
was $G,230,G3r>: showing an increase of debt
between the close of the war and tho adoption
of the present Constitution, (the State Govern
ment, during that time, being under the able
administration of Governor Jenkins, founded
nruin President Johnson’s “proclamation ) ol
Upon which the rate of taxation was Gi cents
on one hundred dollars.
Taking from this total valuation,
amounting to $G72,202,447
The value of slaves 302,694,855
And we have, as tho total valuation
of the taxable property of the
State of Georgia in 1860, exclu
sive of the estimated value of
slaves, the amount of $360,507,592
The return of the value of taxable property
in this State for tbe year 1870, being the last
made, is—
Aggregate value of land $05,600,01 _
City and town property 47,022,544
National bank shares 985 <»o<)
Mcney and solvent debts 20,040,90.
Merchandise !... 12,884,118
Shipping -. 214,77i
Stocks and bonds 5,482,705
Cotton manufactories 2,975,498
Ironworks, etc 058,02G
Mining... 33,140
Value of household and kitchen
furniture 1,519,857
Plantation and mechanical tools.... 102,859
Value of all other property 30,933,508
Making a total val. of all prop’ty of.$220,119,582
Upon which the rate of tax is fonr-tenths of
one percent., (4-10 of lc.)
It will be observed that the total return of
taxable property (exclusive of slaved) immedi
ately after tho war is $143,478,003 less than
the return for 1SC0, just previous to tho war,
bnt when we consider that the whole domestic
and agricultural labor system was annihilated,
that our pooplo were dismayed, discouraged and
paralyzed, it is not strange that this result should
appear. In fact it is remarkable that the falling
off in values was not greater. Under our stat
utes, the value of property as returned for tixa
tion is fixed by the owner. We have no arbi
trary assessments, except in cases of default
Under these circumstances the fact that there
lias been a steady increase in the value of prop
erty returned for 1868, 18G9 and 1870 is very
gratifying. The return for 1809 exceeds that
for 1808 by thirteen million, two hundred
AND FmnMSIX THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, and the TOtOni
for 1870 exceeds that for 1869 by twenty-one
MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR DOL
LARS. The special tax on professions, polls,
shows, liquors, etc., results in an average rev
enue of nearly $500,000 per annual. Th% re
ceipts from tho State Railroad, provided by
lease, for twenty years, net three hundred
thousand dollars per son mu.
The ordinance of secession was passed on the
19thdayof January, 1801. Tbe debt of the State,
as per Comptroller General’s report of that
year, was $3,088,750. The report of the
Comptroller General, after the close of the war
—October 1G, 1865—states the debt at that time,
of bonds issued and authorized to be issued be
fore tho war, to be $3,045,250; of this amount
abont one million dollars were issued during
the war.
In the report of the Comptroller General to
the Provisional Governor appointed by Presi
dent Johnson, October 10, 1805, ho nses the
following language:
“In response to the request of your Excel
lency that I report also upon the public debt
now due, that was created before the war, and
the amount created since the ordinance of se
cession, the objects for which the same was cre
ated, etc., I have the honor further to report
that the amount of bonds issued before the war
and now unpaid is $2,077,750; the amount
authorized to be issued before the State seceded
and now remaining unpaid (including the
$2,677,750) is $3,045,250.
"That yonr Excellency may better under
stand the matter, I will state that the item of
$100,000 of 0 per cent, bonds, due in 1881, in
tbe table above, although not issued until Feb
ruary. 1861, (after the ordimneojof^ sc^cegsiun)
sued to pay the State’s Eubscripuon'L/fUuAT-
lantic and Gulf Railroad ; and these bonds wero
issned for tbnt pnrpose. Again, tho item of
$25,000 and $842,500 duo in 1881, in the same
tables, although not issued until February, 1861,
and May, 1862, yet they wero authorized to be
issned by acts approved November 10, 18G0,
and Docember 10, 1801. The act of November
10, I860, in view of the condition of the conn-
try, appropriated $1,000,000 as a Military Fund
“ for tho purposo of placing tho State in a con
dition of defense,” and authorized the issue of
bonds of $500 each, payable twenty years from
dato, bearing six per cent, interest, to meet the
same. On the 1st of February, 1861, said bonds
to the amount of $807,500 were prepared and
ready for issue. The banks agreed to let the
State have the money for $842,500of the same,
but thought six per cent, too low. Tho Gov
ernor, however, agreed to recommend the en
suing Legislature to allow seven per cent Con
sequently, on the lGth December, 1801, an net
was approved authorizing the Governor to can
cel all said bonds that were issned to the banks,
and to givothem in lieu of the same bonds bear-
ini’ seven per cent, interest, which was done on
the 1st of May, 1862.”
Bonds of the State were authorized and is
sued during the administration of my predeces
sor, Governor Jenkins, to tho amount of four
MILLIONS FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO
that the bonded debt of the State, upon my
coming into office in 18G8, was represented by
$C,544,500, and this was the amount January
upon President Johnsons
S2.5G7.885. .
Tho expenses of that Stale government, ns
shown by the report of the Comptroller Gener-
Oeh^G, 1866, to'Oct 10,1867....$2,089,363 85
Oct. 16, 1867, to Aug. 10, 1868.... 271,145.56
Making a total expenditure for the twenty-
two months of Governor Jenkins’ administra
tion TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE DOLLARS AND
forty os* cents.
Tho expenditures of the present
administration from August 11,
1868, to the first day of January,
1869, were.. § 430,9o< i
Same from January 1st, 1869, to
January lst, 1870
• Samo from January 1st, 1870, to
January 1st, 1871 h*‘0,021 02
Making a total, up to the first day
of January, 1871, a period of
twenty-nine months, under the
present administration of ^3,758,804 n
Thus showing that, with double the voting
population, and double the number of citizens
entitled to the care and attention of the State,
its courts, etc., and for a period of timo cover
ing great excitement and disorder, the expenses
of mv administration have been an average of
nearly five thousand dollars ter month less
than those of my predecessor, and this, too,
notwithstanding the heavy expenses necessari
ly incurred by the numerous, and in fact almost
continuous meetings of tho General Assembly,
made necessary by the hesitancy of the Con
gress in acting npon the question of the read-
mission of our State in tfie Union.
The total valuation of property, as retnmed
1, 1871. , , ....
Under the authority granted by act of the
The only other roads which havo organized and
secured the necessary amounts of cash sub
scription, and have constructed the necessary
number of miles to entitle them to indorsement,
are tho South Georgia and Florida, from Albany
to the Florida line, which is entitled to an in
dorsement of $8,000 per idle; The Brunswick
and Albany Railroad, running from Brunswick
to the Alabama line, which is entitled to $15,000
per mile indorsement npon gold bonds; the
Cherokee Railroad, running from Cartersvilleto
the Alabama line, which is entitled to an in
dorsement of $12,500 per mile, and the Atlanta
and Richmond Air Line Railroad, from Atlanta
to tho South Carolina line, which is entitled to
an indorsement of $12,000 per mile.
The South Georgia & Florida Rail
road, when completed to the
Florida line, will be 73 miles in
length, with a total indorsement
of $ 584,000
The Brunswick & Albany Railroad,
when completed to Eufaula, will
be 242 miles in length, with a to
tal indorsement of 3,030,000
The Cherokee Railroad, when com
pleted to the Alabama line, will
be 47 miles in length, with a total
indorsement of 587,500
When all tho railroads, .Which have up to this
time placed themselves in a condition to be en
titled to the indorsement of the State, shall
have been completed, the total contingent lia
bility of the State will be $7,545,900.
The statutes authorizing these and other
railroads to receive the State’s endorsement,
under the restrictions that I have explained,
were passed by a large majority of the General
Assembly. This question has never been a
political one here; the bills were voted for by
Democrats and Republicans, and are almost
unanimously approved by the people of the
State. The small minority in tbe Legislalure
opposed to the policy were about equally di
vided between the two political parties.
The only exceptions to the general rale are in
the case of the Brunswick and Albany, Macon
and Augusta, and Atlanta and Richmond Air-
Line Railroads. The Brunswick and Albany
Railroad Company was organized by Northern
capital before the war, and had constructed
some sixty miles of railway from Brunswick,
west. During the war, as is alleged, the iron
from this road was taken up by the then State
authorities and piaced upon tho Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, in which the State was, and is’a
large stockholder, and upon the Western and
Atlnnlic Railroad, belonging exclusively to tho
State. This company, reorganized since the
war, having rebuilt over one hundred miles of
their road, proposed as a settlement of their
claims against tho State, a plan which was ac
ccptcd by the Legislature, whereby the com
pany deposits with the State $10,000 per mile
of seven per cent, second mortgago gold bonds
having twenty-five years to run, and receives
from the State $8,000 per mile of seven per
cent, gold bonds of the State from time to time
as the rood is constructed. Aa the Brunswick
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Legislature (pages 14 and 138 of the laws of
1808, herewith inclosed, and pages 4 and 5 of
the laws of 1870, al30 inclosed, authorizing the
Governor to issue bonds of the State to redeem
bonds and coupons due, or when the samo shall
have fallen due, until otherwise ordered by law,
and for suett other purposes as the General As
sembly may direct, and to borrow a sufficient
amount of money, on the credit of the State, on
snch terms as to him shall scam best, to payoff
tho members and officers of tho General As
sembly), currency bonds were executed and is
sued as collateral security for temporary loans.
These temporary loans have been met and pro
vided for, and the currency bonds cancelled.
These currency bonds were never intended, and
were never offered for sate. Under tho author
ity of an act of the General Assembly, authoriz-
ing the Governor to issue bonds to pay the in
terest on the public debt, nnd to meet bonds
that bavo fallen due, and as they fall due,
which covers bohds issued before the war, that
havo fallen due since the war, and will fall due
during this nnd the next year (page 4 of pamph
let laws, 1870, inclosed), three millions of dol
lars of gold bonds have been executed and reg
istered, and bavo teen, and will be, sold from
time to timo, as it has become, and may here
after become, necessary for the purpose* au
thorized by law.
The contingent liability of the State is rep
resented by whst is commonly known as • btate
aid” to railroads, although under the present
Constitntion of this State, tho policy of btato
aid ” which has been pursued in other States,
is entirely prohibited, and the Legislature is re
stricted to simply authorizing the State indorse
ment for tho prompt payment of the interest
and principal on the first mortgage bonds of
certain railroad companies, after the roads have
been constructed and are in operation for sec
tions of ten and twenty miles, the indorsement
not to exceed, in any case, one half of the cost
of snch road. The State has, as a protection
and Albany Railroad Company pay seven per
cent, to the State Treasury upon $10,000 per
mile, the interest paid by the State on her
bonds to the amount of $8,000 per mile is pro
vided for, and the surplus forms a sinking fund
which provides for tho redemption of the bonds
at maturity. When the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad shall have been completed to Eufaula,
the total amount of State bonds received by it
will be $1,880,000, and the State debt proper
will then be increased by that amount secured
as above stated.
The Macon and Augusta Railroad was author
ized to receive an indorsement from the State
at the rate of $ 10,000 per mile; but, after hav
ing completed some thirty miles of their road,
the company found themselves able to negotiate
their bonds for a larger amonnt per mile than
the State was authorized to indorse for, and has,
therefore, never applied for the State’s indorse
ment. The road is now in full and snccessfnl
Operation between Augusta and Macon.
HSaeaaiumfitM ntt j havn hnfom stated, to an
pletion of tho first twenty miles oithat road,
received tho indorsement of tho Stato npon its
bonds for $240,000. Tho work having been
thus successfully inaugurated, tho company
found themselves ablo to negotiate their first
mortgago securities for a much larger amonnt
per milo than tho Stato under tho statue would
indorse for, and the company has, therefore,
returned to the State tho bonds bearing her in
dorsement, and tho road is now being rapidly
constructed, over sixty mites being already in
operation, without receiving the State’s indorse
ment upon its bonds.
Under the restricted and conservative system
provided for by our present State Constitution,
it is not believed that any serious burdens can
be thrown upon the State Treasury, because
of the fact that no indorsements are given until
the extent of the road indorsed for is in actual
operation, and when so given is for such a lim
ited amount that the property in any contingency
would bo more thaa sufficient to secure the
State against loss. In fact, the practical expe
rience, after four yoar8 r triaI, has boon su«h as
to fully justify tho wisdom and good po'ey of
our system. The Macon and Brunswiet
has earned and promptly paid its interest. The
South Georgia and Florida Road hat made_ an
alliance with other responsible .companies,
whereby the interest on its bords together
with a fair rate of per cent, to its stalk-holders,
is secured. Tho Alabama and Chattanooga
Road, owing to its complications * connection
with its larger debts in Alabama/hts i ailed to
meet its interest in January The
State, however, has promptly *“ et *“ liability,
by paying the interest on tte o 011 ^ 3 indorsed
by her, and is amply secur’d by the value of
, _ I j uno mfhin t A Sfulo
TESTIMONIALS:
I have never seen or tried snch a simple, effica
cious, satisfactory and pleasant remedy in my life.-
H. Hainbr, St. Louis, Mo.
“I have used the Regulator in my family for the
last seventeen years. I can safely recommend it to
tho world as the best medioine I ever used for that
class of diseases it purports to cure.—H. F. Thigprn
" It has proved a sood and efficacious medicine."—
C. A. Nutting.
" We have been acquainted with Dr. Simmons’
[liver Medicine for more than twenty years, and
snow it to be the best Liver Regulator offered to the
public.”—M. R. Lyon, and H. L. Lyon, Bellefon
taino, 3a.
“ I was cured by Simmons’ Liver Regulator.after
having suffered severalyoars with Chills and Fever/’
—R. F. Anderson.
"My wife and self have used the Regulator for
ears, and 1 testify to its great virtues.’’—Rkv. J. R.
ki.okr. Porry. Ga.
" 1 have' used your Liver Regulator with successful
effect in Bilious Colie and Dyspepsia. It is an excel
lent remedy, and certainly a public blessing.”—
Sheriff C. Mastkrson, Bibo county, Ga.
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READ CAREFULLY.
AGUE AND EEVEE.
The only preventive known for Chills and Bever is
the use of Wolfe’s Schiodam Schnapps.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is good for Dyspepsia.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is a preventive of Chills and Fever.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is good for all kidney and bladder complaints.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Ib used all over the world by physicians in their
practice.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is good for Gout.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
la good for all Urinary complaints.
i rceoramenactnyan tho MecUeal Faculty.
Is good for Colic and-pain in tho stomach.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
la imitated and counterfeited, and purchasers will
have to uso caution in purchasing.
■Linsrsuch^indorsementi a first lien upon the 5n of the first section of U i elr Pf>P°sed road,
S l _tv with tho right of immeffiateare enabled to borrow upon the.rjion^ -
whole property, with tho nght
and unobstructed possession of the propert
npon any failnro on the part of the compar
to meet their indorsed obligations. >nce
(In some of the other States, before apjtates
tho war, railroads have been aided by^’ D g f 0 r
becoming large shareholders and and in
their stock by tho issue of State &ople with a
this manner have bnrthened thej; vel jtbiDg of
debt. As I have before statgnstitntion.)
this kind is prohibited by on; been incurred,
Thi3 contingent ]iability; Ye Ee t forth, upon
I beg leave to call the attention of the reader to
testimonials in favor of the Schnapps:
I feel bound to Bay that I regard your Schnapps
as beiDg in every respect pre-eminently pure, and
deeerving of medical patronage. At all events it is
the purest possible article of Holland gin. hereto
fore unobtainable, and as such may be safely pre
scribed by physicians.
J DAVID L. MOTT, M- D ,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
Louisville, Ky.. September 1.—I feel that wo
haio now an article of gin suitable for such cases
as that remedy is adapted to
DR. J. W. BRIGHT.
“ Schnapps” is a remedy in chronic catarrhal
complaints, etc.
I take great pleasure in bearing highly creditable
testimony to its efficacy as a remedial agent in the
diseases for which you recommend it. Having a
natural tendency to the mucous surfaces, with a
slight degree of stimulation, I regard it as one of
tho most important remedies in chronic catarrhal
affectionB, particularly those of tho gonito-urinaiy
apparatus. With much respect, your obedient ser
vant, CHAS. A. LEAS, M. D., Now York.
26 Pine stbeet, New Yoke, November 21,1867.—
Udolpiio Woolfe, Esq., Present: Dear Sib—I
have made a chemical exam'nation of a sample of
vour “ Schiodam Schnapps,” with tho intent of de
termining if any foreign or injurious 3ubstanco had
been added to the simple distilled spirits.
The examination has resulted in the conclusion
that the Bamplo contained no poisonous or harmful
admixture. I have been unable to discover any
trace of the deleterious eub3tancoa which are some
times employed in the adulteration pf liquors. I
wonld not heeitato to use myself, nor to recom
mend to others, for medical purposes, tlio “ Schie
dam Schnapps,” as an excellent and unobjectionable
variety of gin. Very respectfully yours,
CHAS. A. SEELY, Chemist.
Chemical and Technical Laboratory, 18 Ex
change Place. New Yobk, Nov. 25,1867.—Udol-
rao Woolfe, Esq —Deab Sir : The undersigned
havo carefully and thoroughly analyzed a sample of
your “Aiomatic Schiedam Schnapps,” selected by
ourselves, and hive found the same free from ail
that portion of the road W n g withln ^ State,
upon which her imWment rests. Large
gangs of hands are vorfcbg upon the roads not
yet completed, audit U believed that they will
be completed before tho first day of , October
next. That portion of these roads already CO n-
btructed and in operation is reported asdoing a
fair business, and each company has pbmptly
Daid its inteisst on bonds indorsed.
I have heretofore referred, in this comi,, ni .
cation, to the faot lh<lt 1110 value of th ? r ^» m
of taxabl. property has increased n0arl Y J 0 r-
teen millions in 1809, and nearly twenty-tv, uuieui>t _
millions in 1870, as compared witn tne year, organic or inorganic substances more or less injn-
nrovioas, and, upon analyzing this fact, we find rioU8 to health. From the result of our examina-
” - ■ . •>'—.i_.umnioi,a by ij on w6 consider Hie article one of superior quality,
salthful aB a beverage, and effectual in its medio-
the lines of railroad which have been put in op-
oration by reason of the assistance given them ^
Vhroagh the State’s endorsement.. It is quite bigned)
natural that a practical man should uquire what
benefit railroad companies derive fnm this lim
ited indorsement by the St ^J e -,
qairy is answered when we reflect ipon the fact
Uat a portion of the money noceeary for the
construction of these roads muse bo obtained
from tho Northern States atj** JgggPg. and
that neither in the North ^ble to
capitalists take the time lveJy
to tbe solvency of coirJ a ’ h ; ch mi - ght cor
porations in the their securities ;1bnt
themselves ofierattJSrry with them the guar-
when these secnntro'Georgia, for the prompt
anteo of the btato rcs . ^ tho principal of the
payment of thoj, offered, the capitalist, rely-
securitios tha^jj^ojggjuent, fnds it unneces-
ing upon tlforther inquiry, ind tho corpora-
sary to m fr s enabled to maketho negotiations
tions arg ecssar y for their suciess.
thata£ cr words, the people, having capital
Dfent to subscribe and payfornn amonnt
snfoek necessary to pay the cat of construc-
by*the people of this State for taxation in tho | under the circumstances Railroad. now com-
voar I860, was
Land $101,704,950
Slaves 302,094,855
City and town property 35,139,41*
Money and solvent debts 107,336,258
Merchandise 15,577,193
Shipping and tonnage 943,940
Stocks, manufactories, etc 4,031,-*-.
Household and kitchen furniture... 2,374,284
Other property not mentioned 42,4-7,295
Making a total of $072,292,447 t
tho Macon and Brunsv^ between Macon and
pleted and in opertfo t wo hundred miles, to
Brunswick, a dista^oq p er mile. The total
the extent of ?'of the State’s indorsement
amonnt, howevj fbjq company is bnt $2,550,-
upon tho bonftngent liability has also been in-
000. This 'that portion of the Alabama and
eurred ur, Railroad running through this
Chatta^'distanco of 24 3-10 miles, to the ex-
Stato §s,000 per mile, the total amount of tho
tent s indorsement being $194,400.
thus
indorsed, tho money necessary to pz.y for half
of the cost of tho continuation of ecc at ruction.
And when, as in the case of the Atlanta and
Richmond Air-line, or tho Micon and Augusta
Railroad, their work has progressed to such in
extent as to attract to it puUio attention and
confidence, they find themseves able to obtain
even a greater credit than uuntate is permitted
to indorso for, and by reting tho bonds bear
ing the State’s indorsement they are enabled
to°progress without tho asstanco which was
really necessary in the infaiy of their enter
prise.
r [OOSTINCEP on fouei page.]
qualities. Respectfully yours,
ignedl ALEX. TKIPI’EL, Chemist.
FRANCIS E. ENGELHARD, M. D.
Fo sale by all respectable Grocers and Druggists.
UDOLFHO WOLFE’S EST..
july&j&waiv 22 Beaver street, N. Y.
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A. I>. SMITBM. D.,
Attorney ani Crnstor at lot,
MONTEZUMA,Va.
Hetehi^ces—Gen. PtH Cook 0 I, W. H. Eobin-
eon, Og’.ethorpo, Ga.; Col. Sam ai^ p or t Talley,
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Special Election Tor Tax Collector.
/"'t EOOGIA, BIBB COUNTY.—Whereas, a vacan-
\JT cy now exists in tho office of Tax Collector of
Bibb county: Now, therefore, I, Charles T. Ward,
Ordinary of said county, by virtue of authority in
me vested by law, do hereby order and direct that
an dec tion beheld for Tax Collector in said county,
to fill said vacancy, on Friday, tho 23 th day of July,
1871- The election m the city will be held at the
City Hall, and in the Batl&nd, Warren, H&zzard,
and Vineville Districts, will be hdd at the usual
place of holding county elections, and returns of
the same to be made as directed by law. Officers
whose duty it is to hold said elections will take due
notice and eee tliat tho same is properly and legally
hdd; and their attention is called to chapters ono
and two, title thirteen, part first of the Code, pre
scribing tho mode and marmerof holding elections.
Given under my hand officially.
jul8tdo C. T. WARD, Ordinary.
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By using
HELMBOLD’S CATAWBA GBAPE-JUICE PILLS
and
HELMBOLD’S HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA
This is the time to use good blood renewing, pu
rifying, and invigorating medicines.
HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARIL
LA AND HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT
GRAPE JUICE PILLS ARE THE BEST AND
MOST RELIABLE.
One bottle of Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Sarsapa
rilla equals in strength one gallon of the syrup or
decoction as made by drnggiste; and a wine glass
addedtoapintof water equals the celebrated Lisbon
diot drink, a delightful and healthful drink.
Tho Grapo Juice Pill is composed of fluid extract
Catawba grape-juice and FLUID EXTRACT RHU
BARB.
Useful in all diseases requiring a cathartic reme
dy, and far superior to all other purgatives, such as
salts, magnesia, etc.
Helmbold’s Grape Juice Pillia not a patented pill,
put up as those ordinarily vended, but tbe result of
ten years’ experimenting and yreat care in prepara
tion. -
SAFE FOR, AND TAKEN BY CHILDREN;
NO NAUSEA; NO GRIPING PAINS;
BUT MILD, PLEASANT, AND SAFE IN OPER
ATION.
Two bottles of .tho Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla
and one bottle of the Grapo Juice Pills are worth
their weight in gold to those suffering from bad
blood, poor complexion, hcad-ache, nervousness,
wakefulness at night, costiveness and irregularities,
and to those suffering from broken and delicate
constitutions it will give new ood, new vigor and
new life.
THE CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS are done up
with groat caroand handsome bottles, and will sur
pass all those vended in wooden boxes and care
lessly prepared by inexperienced men, comparing
with the English and French stylo of manufacture.
AU of H, T. HELMBOLD’S Preparations are
Pharmaceutical, not a single ono being patented,
but all on their own merits.
To dispel any impression or prejudice that might
exist in the minds of many against my preparations
from the publicity given through advertising, and
that I am and have been a druggist fora period pf
twenty years,and more conclusively to prove this see
Iettter:
I From tho largest Manufacturing Chemists in the
World]
November 4, 1851.
“Iam acquainted with Mr. H. T. Hembold; he
occupied the drug store opposite my residence, and
ttm unoooaofnl irk oondilCtiDg tll0 bU8U16BS TPllOr©
others had not been equally so before him. I havo
been favorably impressed with ilia character and en
terprise.” WILLIAM WIGHTHAN.
Firm of Powers & Wightman, Manufacturing
Chemists, Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
Prepared by H. T. HELMBOLD, Practical and
Analytical Chemist.
Crystal Palaco Drug Btore, 594 Broadway, New
York.
Palaco Pharmacy, Gilsey House, Broadway and
Twenty-ninth street, New York.
Temple of Pharmacy, Continental Hotelj Philadel
phia, and 101 South Tenth street, Philadelphia.
HELMBOLD’S
FLUID EXTRACT BUOHU
HAS GAINED A WORLD-WIDE FAME
may 11 tf
NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN AU
GUSTA AND COLUMBUS.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, >
Geoeqia Okstbal Railroad, J-
Savannali, May 27, 1871. )
O N and after Sunday, the 2Sth inst.. Passenger
Trains on the Georgia Central Railroad will
run as follows.
UP DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah 7:15 am
Leave Augusta 8:15 A m
Arrive at Augusta 6:38 p m
Arrive at Miliedgeville 8:45 p x
Arrive at E&tonton 10:45 r x
Arrive at Macon 4:51 PM
Connecting at Augusta with trains going North,
and at Macon with trains to Columbus and Atlanta.
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Leave Macon 7:00 a si
Leave Augusta * 8:15 A M
Arrive at Augusta 5:38 p m
Arrive at Savannah 6:26 P Jt
Making same connection at Augusta as above.
SIGHT TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Savannah 7:00 p X
Leave Augusta 8:80 P X
Arrive at Macon 5:15 a m
Connecting with trains to Columbus, leaving Macon
at 5:25 A M.
NIGHT TRAINS GOING NORTH*
Leave Savannah 7:00 PM
Leave Macon 6*20 r m
Arrive at Miliedgeville 8:45 p m
Arrive at Eatonton . 10:45 p m
Arrive at Augusta 2:45 am
Arrive at Savannah 5:30 am
Making close connection with trains leaving Au
gusta. Passengers going over tho Miliedgeville and
Eatonton Branch will take night train from Macon,
day train from Augusta and Savannah, which con
nect daily at Gordon (Sundays excepted) with tho
Miliedgeville ahd Eatonton trains.
An elegant sleeping car on all night trains.
THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL POINTS can bo
had at the Central Railroad Ticket Office at Pulaski
House, comer of Bull and Bryan etreete. Office
open from 8 a m to 1 r x, and fromS to 6pm. Tick
ets can also be had at Depot Office.
WILLIAM BOGERS,
may30 tf General Superintendent.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFIOE, )
Southwestern Rmlroad Company, >
Macon, Ga., May 28,1871. )
O N and after Sunday, the 23th inst.. Passenger
Trains on this Road will run as follows:
DAY EUFAULA PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Macon 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at Eufaula 4:58 p. m.
Leave Eufaula. 7:45 a. m.
Arrive at Macon 4:35 p. M.
Connecting with tlio Albany branch train at
Smithvillo, and with Fort Gaines Branch Train at
Cuthbtrt.
EUFAULA NIGHT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Leave Macon 8:50 p. m.
Arrive at Eufaula. 10:00 a. m.
Leave Eufaula 5:10 r. x.
Arrive at Macon 5:00 A. M.
Connect at Smithville with Albany Train on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. No
tra leaves on Saturday nights.
COLUMBUS DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Macon 5:25 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus 11:00 a. m.
Leave Columbus 12:45 p. M.
Arrive at Macon 6:12 p. m.
COLUMBUS NIGHT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Leave Macon j 8:15 p. x.
Arrrive at Columbus 4:45 A. M.
Leave Columbus 8 05 p. x.
Arrive at Macon ’. 4:10 A M.
VIRGIL POWERS,
junlO ly Engineer and Superintendent.
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE. )
jfwoa ahd CttunswioK itAiLRQad Goan*ay, *
DAY MAIL. TRAIN DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCKTTE1>Y
Loavo Macon “
8i imuB^ici!’.y.'oo r\ m
Arrivo at Savannah 8.00 P. M
Leave Brnnewick 5.00 a. m
Arrive at Jessup 7.10 A. H
Arrivo at Macon 5.25 P. M
nAWKINSVII-JiK TRAIN DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED).
Leave Hawkiupv lie 6.30 A. M
Arrive at Macon 10.20 A. m
Leave Macon 3*05 P. M
Arrive at Hawkuu'vilR* 6.4 5r. m
jun27-tf VVM. MaoKAE, GeiTl Hnp’t.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD,!
Atlanta, Ga., June 28,1871. f
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—OUTWARD.
eaves Atlanta 10:30 p. M
Arrives at Chattanooga 6:16 A. M
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—OUTWARD.
Leaves Atlanta 8:15 A. M
Arrives at Chattanooga 4-25 p. m
FAST LINE TO NEW YORK—OUTWARD.
Leaves Atlanta 2:45 P. M
Arrives at Dalton 7:53 P. M
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD.
Leaves Chattanooga.... 5:20 p.'m
Arrives at Atlanta 1:42 a. m
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD.
Leaves Chattanooga 5:30 a. m
Arrives at Atlanta 2:20 p. m
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—INWARD.
Leaves Dalton 2:25 A. M
Arrives at Atlanta 9:10 A. M
i®" The above Schedule goes into effect July 2,
1871.
E. B. WALKER,
julyll tf Master Transportation.
NOTICE.
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS.
Superintendent’s Office Ga. Railroad,!
Augusta, Ga , June 12th, 1871. f
r TIIE Commencement exercises of Colleges will
_L be held at
Athens, July 30th, 1871.
Persons desiring to attend any of said Commence
ments will be passed for ONE FARE.
Full fare to bo paid going, and tho Agent selling
tho full fare ticket will give return tickets FREE.
Return tickets good for fifteen days, from Thursday
before Commencement day.
jnn20 tjuly 30 S. K JOHNSON. Snpt.
A TBOCL&BIfi.TION.
Gr E OBGIA.
By E. B. Bullock, Governor of said State.
Whereas, Official information has been received
this Department that JAMES TOOMBS, a des
perate character, recently convicted of murder and
confined under sentence of death in tho common
jail of Houston county, has made his escape from
said jail and is now at large:
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue
this, my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for tho apprehension
and delivery of tho said JAMES TOOMBS to the
Sheriff of Houston county, in order that he may be
punished for tho offense of which he stands con
victed.
Given under my han t and the Great Seal of the
State, at the Catitol in Atlanta, this 14th day of
July, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
and Seventy-one, and of the independence of the
United States of America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G- Ccttino, Secretary of State.
jullGd3t wU
S UKL I 3 O P !
Death to Hats,
Roaches,
Bed Busts, etc*
Never failing. Boxes double tbe size as others.
Hermetrically sealed and always freeb.
For sale in Macon, at wholesale and retail, by J.
H. Zeilin Sc Co*, Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, and all
druggists. feb26diiwly