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V AND MESSENGER By Clisby, Jones & Keese. MAOON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1871. Number 6,077 tlror,ii* TelegrtiplA ItuIIdlnt, Macon T.'l-trap! and Messenger, ono year $10 S i montlia 6 OnJ month 1 Seini-iV'eekly Telegraph and Moesenger, 1 tear 4 Hu months 2 Mammoth Weekly Telegraph and Messenger, 60 oolnmna, 1 year 3 Six month* ..1 parable always in advance, and paper stopped ' alien the money tons ont, txnleea renewed, rtrmiwo AHttAomcrrs wrrn t. w. burke 4 oo.’s iurucations. Pail; Telegraph 4 Ueaaengur and Farm and ‘ Home #11 00 Weekly Telegraph and Messenger add Farm and Home 4 00 Seiui-WYekly Telegraph and Messenger and Farm and Home. 6 00 S .oibeni Christian Advocate with Weekly.... 6 00 Unrka’e Magazine 4 00 Tins arrangement is where remittances are made din'd to the office of pnhlioation. The consolidated Telegraph and Messenger trprerenle s large circulation, pervading Middle, gontbeni and Southwestern Georgia and Western Alabama and Middle Florida. Advertisements at ron.onable rates. In the Weekly at one dollar per rqnare of throe-quartern of an inch, each pnblica- iimi Remittances should be made by exprees, or I V mail m monev orders or registered letters. 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 SPECIAL NOTICES, Hoy. Alsx, H. Sty^xens. "Hare derived feme benefit from the use of Sim mons* Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial.” "Your Regulator bas been in use in my family foi some time, and I am persuaded it is a valuable addi tion to the medical science.v« J. Gill shorter* •' Simmons* Liver Regulator is certainly a specific for that class ot complaints which it claims to cure.** —Rkv. David Wills, president Oglethorpe College. Simmons 5 LIVER DISEASE and Indiges tion prevail to a greater extent thaa probably any other malady, relief is slwaj g anxiously sous ter. If the Liver is regalatod action, health i3 almost in secured. " ant of action or causes Headache, Jaundice. Pain ir Lough. Liaziness. had l’aste in tt attacks, Palpita D e p r cation of ini a hundre which SIM j. ' is the beat remedy for ever been discovered idly, offectlly, and being e vegetable compound, can do jury. It is harmless in every y; i* has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the good _nd great from all parts of the coun try will vouch tor its virtues. ULAl'OR taut has acts t simpl Kegrriator. Or, MEDICINE J. H. ZEILIN A CO.. Proprietors. 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. janll-d&wtf 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. ■S'. HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMB0LDS HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. CATAWBA GRATE TILLS, CATAWBA GRATE TILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE TILLS. CATAWBA GRATE PILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS A a V A* Stock *V Bond a B p o k c r - / General Commission Merchants, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 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, 0Ct2-tf 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. HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S HELMBOLD’S ♦ FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA, FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. ELUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA. FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA, PURIFY THE BLOOD AND BEAUTIFY THE COMPLEXION 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