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Dart it ao rtbnvt afawandia* roar ttatit, pM
■ -i—i -s<»- ■*«*■■■>,—.;..
Maa tear a pr r nlatiaw. tber* Mt alw*y* bt • «uw
a&nkia awnfoar, w wkana, witkowt nif am tut t «U. ««•
) »mMi i nhi in » ~ *- L:J - 1 - *-*» If
that ha iwgardnd ainqihr ia lhair tadividawbly, th«r foataMe
daw af aaaatai rad— mm* appaU rtrtwfffr » *» yapakia
oftkar an farfuaait MW* nturm hut ike mm ia
tkaaWaai m* ian—narahly whew the# arr fonked upon aa
kta aMaabtai af W» kadv prJrtsr, kkr a awittkt,
gHMii .41st to naif ntiMt
A ntaarirwti-1 man, whcJlv unrdaraWsi,ahrayw Wait Mark
■aknat anrat ia riawway brtwraa weal Mmhfowa for ptpt
lar afowsr, aad wkaarrrf ke k* mmuff tpffiiwnaiart, aad
koaaaar paßauarat hit virtue*, ia row Sm«t hia aww '■*»*
ufjrtfrfo w.nn forp«»Jr»™™* * Sn fMw prarawitww row
bt «rttd than tkrt > p*pW *ko |rona«. aap* W be aa umf)
I **Snerrom- hw» »haa»g tint h it £•*■* i» «*■«»»• aad
kata in awcrcrafrrt opantiM. a *rmrm af liarta fWkael
Wat the ckfocwhy
kkoaM not diaroonafre aflert. Piniaiat trial wilt expo**
iilata aad awgjt*rt iiiaiiW. Ear* oar iaipcrfcrt aria*,
baa, Bfcwwß other asefol aatatyriaaa. i.npiatS* 1
iriaatkaai with ghw-ara, that at roar teat naatoa. yaw had
taiaad fraat roar tarn bodir* a joint eoaamittee to roaaidte,
during aarwai. aadoa year rr araroabhag. to tap art apaa
thin fraat awkjrot. Behring apoa their fidelity and ability, at
roar ova ckrar* depenitanra of a* fra re a treat. I Vrwtwro
apaa ao aanodo* a* to drraita
It «m. of more , wmr to voa, and will doaktleaa have
ooMaaadrd tke arteatfoa of yowr roauarttoe, that the tuorras
trhaara dte Aiarf mr the purpose waa derived, k*ve almm
mlhitr faded. TV Baal Sooefca owned by the State, aad
to the* object, have been kirt TV VVeetrva aad
Jtdaik KaUriad he yielded ao revenae within the part two
mad a half yearn—and ia alt probability, until it aboil have
tkiaara off tV war-iapoard hardw. fan do little or nothing
far tkia raw e. Ia reviaata are nera pledged to ike payaaeat
of kmant oak and a Maine fraud fee tV pablir debt, oeeea
mnh e wndienhty i non owed within the port financial year.
Notwithacaadiag all tkear diftiewtura, I rmprctftdiy swggrrt
that attentan* In, aad penvwioa for tkia poblw intern*, dnee
not admit of dehay. I doubt art that roar raaatitaenta will
ehrarfuUy baa*, even an*. >ark onwtrihaftiaaa m ear be dr
meadtd of them. t» foatrr it.
THE «mm AM* Atut-vnc UIUOAA
t *"■rtwft- Vrrwdb t.ooqy of lha..tt*o*ift of thaSuwrin
by npnate to him of subordinate ofcay aad euadry tabular
Prom a careful prrnaai of there document*, not only general
i—W. bat drafted akrartiea rrialiee to the different
branch** of acrvkr. aad a dear iaaigbt into the general man
agement of thw important interest, may he readily obtained,
fte very great improvement made yiore the road pawed under
the management ot the peearnt Mtpenatendeal, m the track it
•ell" La the m-*tn r j*>*» r an<l other rolling et**ck. nod in.the fen
enl eatite. whethrr stateeiaty at the termini aad at interme
diate depot*, or moving »ith the train*, redert* tV highaaf cre
dit upon him aad hi- Mibordtaate*. Thaw <hctuarata darker
the £art» that rrcDcatrortioak rvm>vatioa aad in rraaid capa
city to meet thedemoi Uof travel ami mem 1 , were required
at point* and in alt depanmenta, aad that large arrears***
uccumng h**mi the ixh Srpeember, ISAS, and the lrt of
April, lkhti, have been taut *iacr the latter day. Aocidenn*
aad loam arc »>v of Wy rare »»*-urrcoee. aad hiltsrm or
iidyy» nf train* alnwot unkaown.
During the first aix month* of the year the btnaaeaa of the
road tea* very large, cauig to tbr tat that many roads in the
Eastern har of fwiaticfina «ith the Northern rttiea were not
in operation. They, having been put in aorktng order during
the kpnatt. have aeain drawn to ihrmaeives much of travel
and traaeporuthti f .rmerly enjoyed and properly appertaining
V* them.
Thw rir oimt i~i * and a evneral. thooch it u believed tem
p*r»r> falling off during the sanuaer month* of thi* hoamnw.
nave greatly cartaiVl the grow mertpt*. shoald there come
a revival in the activity aad prvapmty of the country, now
alowty iwivenag tom the exhaiwtwn of long war. railroad
hu«iaaw will revive with them. The l-cauae mad conaor
tiooa of the W totera and .kllaauc Baihuad. a* well rianarkwl
by the Sapmnlmdeat, emure it a large partinpatma. nader
any .a the gt-nrrml travel and tranwportatwio.
be they groat or xmail. Shouki the good time hoped for owe.
there i> every indkatioa that this Tt ad will be in a eondiUou
to do Hr part ia the geacrai *rv»* promptlv and eficwntlr.
It >■ ,Mu.M>al etoeu jin were met m ew'mc. that, to pwt
the rewi ia ail nsfsct* in thmrwgh working condition, it
would be neremary for the state to r»>qtribute from half a
mil boo to seven hundred thousand doTlar*. The aid, an far
eiteadwd. really ev*eed* eery little the urn <Mliu hundred
ibooamd dnllan It will prnbeddy he nerewary to add to
thu warn two hundred and fifty thrwaatnd dolbua, being an
aggregate of ah»ut five hundred aad fifty thniwand dollar*,
moderaarie esteveding the tnalhrt ntiaitr. To make this
farther advance. you have atready provided tbr mean*.
There hangs, however, over the road a heavy deb* to’th
{/lutedStave irovernmewt. roeirracted hi th* purrhana nfmp
pbaaand railroad prr.fierly by the prvewfooal superintendent,
tor the fwTwel of which a year hence, the forth of the State
ia pledged The State of freoegia has a chum upon that
Guiaaiaott for th, n*e end occiputk>n of the rowd and its
rolling awiE and <ch*r item*, whb-h mar or mar not he an
tar IhjauiaWd »•«! v-4, i,cwledf»d hv that lime.** to he act off
qgaiiMt that iiwlc+Uciw***. Every effort will le made to *ff »t
a tuH aad amieank- »rtkwwnt. which will ease the State of
thw hnevfa a ; hot. in my rretjt, the fcaith of the “*t»lc mow
be kept.
looking to the erKStingcxuSr of this paymrnt having V, hr
made. If if Sf ?.hS'“ ri 'lj»m the mrtAlx, n-liarw-r ran l» pi.i*>*!
upU it for IWffiT i’ ' ■’■f tii* ■ Wt, ' aipn** th— f krr
cm nrtrt it during the r--, r oj»,.i which w have just entered. The
pewisc aowmi. of li ili’c kw hid. tsvu eien-rtaiiwd, in no*-
oucive of a foilor. to >! liver e.nic <«f tlw car- pim-hnsed. But,
'toiirfiiMf from tHcnf,.!. ansvftit 'file uiyoicc. [•vroente
madc;~vfc lt ~rtlHn r n’t' - Hitt i-irrvd a norm liar fsir huivfrt'l
If Htbndvr Is 1 . i*i ff* Kvociitivc f<- mvfc* purmcats
upon thi* «Ms. ft;»M tint*- to tltu. .'<sit of any money in the
Trcamry rr" >•_ ..viri-T a'proprial«*l, ,'foiluig all cfij.r-. at srt
tlcmcnf.' i* iray l » umtiged in th* i*>uinc of tlic year, and
th, altvcrr.' , f -ot*-- ■ rc-.uifim»- r**lii*ed. Mi
Is-Jwrf a the: rs ti,. ■ : men the k*wf he even foir, tie
•uai ffkoaf*! V t*w * •folkv ficnml. to arise fr*wn that
"were, any Is* and ! id ’hS div harg**! whlwwit
enwttnr a fa tie.
1 nnciu' in ti - S. si-,.f ;!, "uprriiilmilcot, rvlativr
to tbc ino-k-rtn- ;> t t t H Tnwinr awl Audi
tor If If- - - : -*v —id v: : <t fill (twee offieiv
ppysviv ( ao- 1 f.i o if. ii f>*|>iifeiliilitr atlcni
in-.* Arm t- • • would .rv ei.ur that tin
pf*v*-iit - ii**.*,. jo ■ i th** ,in n-.* -oijoeisn. I
rojOe-I t!,, <», - ,o , ■ j-.-t ,*,u*ek rrif nsi to
thi» *oljret-
D'ui -fc lie **iH,i*, of in nar uitlmrity *e given to tlw
Sup nulv»*k-ut u, i— ii b i-i.-i Ull -k-r a uat.l anesiM. <tf
the-*- ill -r, »*■ fl' » ■ -UJi iing Iroiu Wcnly-li .e I * rigktv
tisci'-aud ‘i*4Ur*. 1- V. so- i.-d-i- -- ~j tlw**. ,-f -vn—■ bills are
emit i * payuM-nt by -*(.u- ruie. >-ju •nrrlj !»■ ,fn*e4usvc*i
I tiei m r,. |K,. - .’i*vi s *h ;mv v lev* «, aui in tlw war, tmt to
IVit c ils m*i aid tie p*t*pk ir,*m one 'll tile iliC/fjv emeie*--
a.u 1 ' 1». ..f' mifhißY foe tins p***-
r' the? *< f v v.itii findnk-atr tnwsury twv*»
**-tik«‘nts. iosi ti* ,|iu7tu*u t-, «b»tlier they daouki lie
a te r is. si ' a,is or us fie tltm value of < **o
t*l< ratc we., -. on i.v . v,| of v.!>,i*h dry st<»sl.j at tlw lim*
• 4 Ikiir »***i, .or -mi - in: other **T»b* II is a small mattrr,
last tb< Nj[« not* is i-u.. a irking t** ikt w hat 1* right, 2«as frit
warttjmilei.rar.oi. :o. Tliere i* link- d*siht liiat they bates
hasa to a nswulnai* i iam oainkvtvuvl, and, thi lefnri,
lheir payuacm iu nirmm at s,r* «*-t value would bat muck
*afiv than tioir als**rpts*n for <ar* or Irvjghl on tba rowd.
The uialtwr Is submitted for you r determination.
i of aavlwma for tke staickm, where tkair wants art cared for.
ftp*-
brum tkcaa so its danrt. Tbv report of tke SuprrTntendrtit
and Baatdrwt Fkvaichm will be before run, advising row
in jartil -< rta cowdksw *mf manaffeiTii'itt. irt warts and *«w
cepkhilitv of improvetnrtn. Yowr cWmwdttrea af aumtidc
prvdwwwcial men and finance rri will look been tkuar eufaierta
with mare ouarity t«> enlighten yon than I cast bring to hear.
. On owe point however, I deem it my duty to invite roar
aarwaas tWilwratkm The Ode requrrea that perrons effeulur
ahull hr wlmitted into the iweritadon ; bat another wrocm nf
the aw ('ode enjoins it a* an impaaatrve dam on the Super
intendent t» keep patients of the white and'African race*
aantr, a provision founded so tke wiaast military aoliar, I
am iallinncd ky tke Sop-riut. uifowi and Kcaideeit Physician,
that with the prramt arvocnmndatioßa and plan of tke WM
iug. and the nnmher «t whde jutk-nts there and liknhr to be
time, it is impomible so rnotphr With hath minitreucnt* of
tlw Code. Ssncrtninr n.u-t be done fivr the cnlnrgmjcnt of
the building, or colond pcjdc mt»s« be exrludnl cocitimiottsly
from it. The bitter siicrnatirr, alfovwr me to say, sfovah! ink
be enntrnifdated hw a moment. The infimnatinn brou*»W to
aoc, indues the brlirf that fkia firorftit malady is on the in
neasr among that jicople. Heretofore spcartoriml to he rarwl
fcr, themselves un, tiring, tkrv have Ism free frooavrry many
aauetice an*l rc-|wwisiutiitt,-s. trhk*h often harram and crmie
tbnae ia higher social position. Now, smldeolv, after many
rewre of irrmpoosible, uiradL-itows lift, they find themselves
inverted with the boon of freedom, coupled with the burthens
of self prraervatkvn aisl family provision, whiKt their evil
proprasiti***, previously kept in check by wholesome liotur
government, arc left unliridled. Among them insanity most
aw-unollv will increase Heretofore when it has ivvnrrcd,
home provision has hern made for it, hot home, sorb as they
otter rojovwl, remain* to tlwm no kmgrf. M ill the State
sUwlw them to all the miseries. soiFcringa and pctils that
wait upon insanitv * Humanity to them and sanry to the
public alike forts-1 i*. Either in the State Asylum or in
eountv pis>r fostscs, iaim*-dun* ami cflirtrnt provision -lumld
hr tna»k- fiv the rv*-. Voor attention fi* annnwtly r«n»rti*l
to it. s
the A' Aorjtv roa the *u.rte.
Tlw whuwl for the uistructiun of unfiirtunanw deprive*! of
the sae of eight, is in tewr—ful •■|*rati'-:i- It ie otiv *±f
tbrwe hcm-V'.lrnl div-litnffofv-. which cuuunrixis it/s ls to the
support of goyrrmofint* mel of uidirttuvlr. It is truly an
int*voting rntmaiument to kcur thiwe louj* shut out front
light of dav—mb, mi never i-njoywl it* percept km—
reading tlu -ntlv am! aetHjately from the Wool of liie, or
from anim-pim) tfosigh iastrwtive ls*>ks. Tilts art gmer
albr rttended rr yteh miraytnil the nnmher nf hooks
meat and iinprov ,-iinnt will I** ofs-ticd to th-*v - tin r'i i-.
dimmed to liva-cbcrrlese and alimwt il-* li*e. Hut it is lint
alone mental cultivalion ami literary enjovnirtif tjat an- |*ut
within th, ir rva-ii in tlw* Aimlciny. Thera an -inipie
branehe* ,-f manufiui r>. ! r vvli-. h tii, v an* entirely ,*>ujs
tent, if onlv in-:ru- *,,*l by tlw*-, l,le-w*d with »ight,and wIiIMk
mav affimi manv tin- iie-a.i.* of making » livelili-sal, vlm>
must otherwise dcpc-ml up si ,-harity. Sneh instruction L
now hriu- imparted in this insftttttkm, greatly mkmnJiug to
|he rrolil - tbc managers, and im-n-aein * it* usefulihws. i'lic
annual rvj* rt of tin- Primipul will he K*fora too, ami to your
favorable >*Mi-nl, Taliott Ii > -nuneml tin- iii-titutiou.
v v.-'f'liY i rur i>r.*r avp nmn
#
In the rt'-rcts. of the dierracioa given me by thi- 10-ro-r.v!
Asrmblv. I have.n,it erui-ssi thL« in-tirution to Is* rrcjsii,, 1.
Had it been in oprati-m, 1 should liave felt it a duty so to
coatinu** it. But lieilig already in a *ta?e of stt-p-tLskm, it
would iloubti,-*, have r,*jtur>'l prompt per-tmaiT aid to enable
it jo rr-unx' its fumvksi-. Not until a very late period could
*ueh ai*l hau l-*-n furtwlied, nor ,-an it even now without
increasing tlx? h.**-al >udcira.i-e-nents prwwing up>n ltie State,
i tru-t, however, that at the commencement of amtlier year,
this tuav be d««x-. and that ii will lie the pleasure of the
General Amemldy to provide fir it. Thi* i* another of tin**-
great humanitarian enterpi iws which loving h*vn undertaken
by the State, should uy£ is* suffered either to fail ,*r to
languish
i.Mir*TBtAL prfctrrri.
The failur, in agricultural pursuit* during the year I*oo,
resulting in ptrt ii“:u lie- iixli.-j***ilion to steady lal»>r <>! the
froclmet,, lmt cbk tlv fr*,ni uupropriti, «t* siwniqr, ha.- dniihtkn*
exerrised a dejm-sing inflc-ttiv upir. th* energio- of our
propte. It i- t-* I*- h*'p*l that tia*y will sptsviily rally, and
rise also, and. ndtncj 1' Anold ba.aawtmed that nmtkar
of them* emus,-' will prove leintiniioua. It rarely hamietio, in
the dealing- — ± ' I’oo *l. ■*■ >, ii.it two *gas»in-i, ilrvi*kdly iinfa
lurtt, *- si— cultivation of the anil, **>me artMOUitchr, in
tix* mnx h.wlity. Thi- n* xt may rvwani (be »*■«->—...i-i—,
with abumLant iiarvmt*.
Nor *h,xlkl tfrt js-e-h- *d" tie* yield readily to di»-
maragvnient in rvganl to ihe lal»*r of tin- negro in his new
statu*. All r. d,*thg minds cannot fail to perreivr, that the
ftrtt eff»»v of -sidh-n maiuiatiivioa must Is* unfavorable to
bis well-doing and to hi- well-lving. UnaecmstOnxd to
caring fi>r lunv-s ls. be i* p-nne to lieliev* tiiat the fh**lom
with xh • ;*.» fr*»'i r;. from Ldarr.
which va.', in bis <-y the diatinetive trait in the condition of
davery. It i- not. In Le i xpoct/al liiat he would, at oiu* .
reason ennss-tjy to hi* -tirr itinduig* and pn»,p* ts, or
adopt promptly th* o-w, nthe late proprieiai-', race.
Experience ,di*m *as tenth him wesh«H, arc! what hrr
tcaehinjf will l » .* n- * a :of -js-culatum ;we all, know
what that iltt !» In ad*l.ti,,n t" all thi*, there i* ahumiant
evidt-rxs- tiiat lx- I*!. .-.-I-;: --.l t-i-, t ,-ltr.i\—.l*:in: and mil’ .i-nd.-d ,
ex|*s-LiTe>n* •: i> - ■/.- !■ fa - ouferrt-d up,n him liv tlx
Ihsleral OoWi nt.root. IT It*- * V|s* t*sl IW*m tfott Mims i
f#ra gra l • • ; ri„ , and lu* l*ta iixL*p-s*l
In ciltivate ti. ■ ..U)d * : - >’h ll driicn to it In p;.-. nt
ncre-sity,- !*-■ 1 -r / vn: ,1 i: a_t*-.upirary. and
Went to w-rtk -fa. hirk it. Tiiue will di—i | site
thesr *|ri’l«irir - It W l*-I ’* I .Jth jl)*t .1 [|il k 111,1 to vi.l l for
and P. avis- ufa aw . ~-tmig from them. Many vrle> have
burr-d ..*• . v.-i rim*-, Will p pr ,
irnrtuu.a: ie. i !, . . '*■ nitumiuid to a just and
im|wrtial a*i -. ■< law. a. i* praeti**si »i;ji
j.yigM*lteuf igj? uc-n fed - grog* BWs* *4 thcV** ffvpk-,
— . , , , s.u,i
I TTt> jaj • r*‘ ‘i. /hv-i «an xif*v-r U w;at .
jit ka- I-* i~ ... . , r..:l t»- aid*- to pr —t-itt it a- ,
I largr x~ia.-g' , '..i- - *l* ce in th* |u*l. I——ogri- i
I culture .-in •• • *• th < hies ndiMtriul pi.r-mt us.
I tbr State. - —r —my wilt only I* n tanbel i,y (
j mersv-1-rot. -of :t umlcr a fivling ol n
jdrties . *•• . .—: - ;i-r ri]«,rl i- no,, -n.d.
| man w_i ..* j,r I tin** p*siniar- is -.lit*,
ev* n ill lilt* ' ft*' ' T* - p-ee- *.f tile art lele wilt fa i
i nxwi rha.i - ~ i 5 ■ .twr.i.-- .ff.i.ar-, i
i whd*t tl.- pt" . gtt . —r» 1» ,‘?\i!o one-; bird of thill,
taah .-l i I oy ix.: .*• r, * tii, - n,.*^■
timi, to tlw o.' .♦•••' . i- *!. jiro.-i-hm crop. Tiiat
will &11 -hoit r- • i , i»r,*[ to *nfa.-r I.', people ,
of ill* >i-it‘ . i ' •! 1. XI wi. . > lihox* l » ,'h it tbr-.-td
tival .<• <f ■■ i, t. ii- 1 •o.damlyr ah!* t-i stipplv tin
ilehewn - , t *»r ehfc,~. - ,i , were lew a<-nia!- !u*<l to
tirtehie*- i-o ii, i.i a liv. hie* wi!l l»* graatly *tra* ■ :*»«!.
sell-1, ia *■ r (| rieixT urwler like ■in uni
rtanee*. ami *' * i.:*- ! '* !pd, a* herw « i.re, lc- th**s* nxira
fa'.or - ! i: 1 1 *,« .a!!y *!iotil,i i! ( e .xiilitor j
•fort fivor I th iaatrly litnflnl li wku,
oixl-r -in h * ‘ • , -. " •*•, would nero |*vrtneiir, so kyal
«vm»|«i!*.>m. I-;.- . ,-ive re*e—iti.s. w.silil fa> » i,xm
-smr. ■ ——r - .it:. ~r *J,,ini., ,i,,
f>o*«t I*,, . .: lirxl..lilitollv rerpure di* er
ntv ~l pur u !! **..ir.o-, o ii-r flam
v - ■li o- il*l ] - drvmwL And fkart j
are tkurr *.«u lia-.i pivinarv aliilitr. wit'fut atUfifMkm
to hustundr , o, ' ,tl. rs w!x, have hrnin,.*»r l**P*e aixl lOOs
elr, r,r all o.i- ie , •, , have iie,tl»*f faml nor tlx* nxwo* of
purehsil, to , ie :i* fi;-*,- taller Ik* I*l* of eur.vpris** are
iwperially inrii i.g. lfot agriculture i* at larttbr badiug ami
tix- Horn* *k-*ifabl- t o* .... and r|.-e having ei|*erien-e mu,
or a*la|itohility to it, <*,u,bui«d with lit* pwraxai of land nr
the mean* to purchase it, should struggle with all p saw hie
ha —it rtiltireea Os Mil, to tha 0m ihwwtf at hath tw
*• *
bKr«» -■■-* n|Mfi r mmroa
tHlt Ottil Amttu-
mm ii I imi iimii m/Utdm dm hm* o i Martry, I
W|« «*ca them. Hmw UMWMtm okir«y of
nr4
z.’sattars^^^ - - -
Tin wanr»Ti4«T. ■
TKt hmlrnttiurt -f lht BMi km bam this jw pening
though t tiyiac ordeal. Subjected during the war to the
lord) ul an inviting anuy ; al the «—l—K «»f the pra-
Mt polttnd wear it Waa ia a mam at great dilapidation—
araratete evihhh- taaaWMM oa Um> premi—, i«a workahoya
Aataaß Urn large mll-hatiMiag rename, ami otherwise iw-
wearing the aspert of rain, with no Amda,
ami few nan rum to aid ia the work of iet«i—ruction. The
appropriation made far repair* and far support of the institu
tion waa, ia nee —ituatoon, very mmieqiiate to it* ncmxitien.
Vet. 1 think Unam who will charge themselves with personal
[ lix-pertxju will ted that, by aoomamy, v*-rgy, ami a wire taw
I of limited ntiTTir. Terr much ha* been anoomplialicd in the
j way us renocat— The eell-lwilding, aaaontial to the mfe
kaepiag of the inmates hen boot pat ia emeelteut mnditxm ;
anna workahupe have baaa martini led ; the tannery ami -hoe
manulhctnry bare been pot in good working i>nler; a large
eating-room, with kitcheu ami wnoke-houao appurtenant, ha*
boro built dr nan*; the barrack* fur the guard have Iweti
made o*W habitable, I art comfiwtabh-; the nteam engine
hm been repaired ami made aulwxliary to maov useful pur
poses, ami the d* brie of the fire ha* disappeared. There re
main ruin* not removed, beaaaae *o*re|>tible, at moderate
expemw, of aerfbl renovation A* a Georgian, I regret to
add another evidenoe of it* proaperity a* an institution, riff
the large inctram ia the number of it* iumate*. I willingly
hwr tmtimony to the fidelity ami ahility with which the
Principal Keeprp ami hi* amintante have de-charge. 1 tficir
doty. The Report of the firmer will br.brfivrv you. Your
i-ominittem will MTUtinixr it, inspect the premise, ami look
into the general management of the inetitution, I d«eni i,t
unnenemtrv to reiterate the views perorated to you in my first
uxwgc relative to ita.mntinuano- aa a State inatitution, ami
the rxteuMoa Ur itef such Entering care *a iUt novdli may
require.. '
In onfbrnitV with a rmnlution of the treneral Amemhly,
Mirers. Howell ( obh, Mark A. <*s.por, ami John 11. Kitten,
were appointed maunimuoner* “to examim- ami report u(»>n
the propriety of removing the pneent Penitentiary ami lo
•-atiug it elsewhere, or of mtabliahing an ailditionnl one."
Their n-port lias not yet been received, hut, I am informed,
will be amm peim-nted. When received, it will 1» tnuwuit
te«l; ami until then I reaeevi- any other views I may dcaire
lo walla lhaa Cwbwrt
'rHlTritxraT»xw<r
By an art of the General, Assembly, entitled “An Act to
alter and amend the Penal (ode of Georgia,” approved ‘doth
Man-li, lhtrtr, a large number of ofiencu*, previoualy tnuls-d
as felouits, were rwluctsl below that grade, and were made
(km inhabit, in tlx- discretion of the Judge, by sentence, “to
work in a chain gang.” Ami by another art, entitled “An
Act to regulate tlx- uuuiner of omvx-te laboring upon public
workss au-1 to define the powers and dntkx of the Inferior
Court and Governor of the State, touching the same, and for
.*thir piiquM-x tlx mu mentioned,'' (approved on tlx- same
day,) it was left discretionary with the Interior Courts of the
several oountiw to employ such convict* on the puldic works
of the county, or to report them to the (iovt-rnor, to !»■
otherwise employed. W hen ao reported, it was made the"
fluty of the Governor to m-nd a guard for them, ami to rmploy
them diligently ou the Wixtern ami Atlantie Uailnswl, or
u|sin such other public works or iraproventrats as he might
judge to the liext intenwt of the State, ami as sliall last
subserve the taxis of justice. Sratemwt of this eliaracter
have Iss-n very uumerous, and in ix-arly all cmr, the Inferior
C-sirte, declining to employ them in the cnuntii-x wherein
tiny wen; coat ietod and sentemvil, have reporU-d them to the
Kxeeutive.
Tlx- )s-tii>rmamv of tlus duty has hern attended with great
difficulty, ciulwmssiuent and expense. I nuxlc early exami
nation into the practiothility of employing thns- tvtnvirta
■st'. ly and advantageously on the Weetern and Atlantic lCa.il
rotwl, ami Iss-aiue thoroughlv satisfied, that, although such
lalsir might be very profitably used in constructing a railnsul
when- there wore cits vats me and embankments to Is- math-,
it was entirely unaiUpted to anv work to Is- done on a railroad
fine-bed ami in operation, in ordinary employment, as dcjsit
nr tram liaml-, or track-men, or in any other work of which
they an iafiatilc, they require more frvwlom of actum and
more dLs|x-mion tlian wouhl be isimpatible with secure <oit
finctaeat, without employing alrmet as many guard- as
laborer*. That, therclure, was not available. There an- no
istahledied (Kililic works, except within the walls of the
Penib-ntiary, wliere mechanical arts arc chiefly pruneeuted.
For tlx*--, the term ot' pumshtueut usually prosnlafl lor
ch.iin gang njovicts is tusi short, and in them oonviet*
-entenced for felonHw can be mod- profitably employisl for
tlx- State ami for tbcmaelvAi. The expense of transpirting
them to the seat of government is very heavy. It sotm tiiuix
hapjiras, aixl tuay often occur, that • guard is sent from the
.-eat us government to a county most -remote from if, lor *
single chain gang convict, and within a month has to tie sent
to the same or an adjoining county for another, aud, |s rliap-.
neither may have Ura acutr»xs-d for nxire tlum sixtv duv».
Wh-ui hmught here, then- are no [»re-amingid iactlities for
deploring, kosping nr guarding tlicm. To overcome tlxee
-lithculti-x, I have uonneeted this branch tis the public service
nxire or less elwly with the^-operations of the Penitentiary-,
live* made the transportation ctxapsT, tsswuse often the same
. guard w.iuld bring convictaof h-lonxe and oattvirtsof tni.-flr
mmnnrs—Within Uie waits of the Penitentiary, 1 have also
farad it draper apd safer to confine them lit night; and
whenever their labor coulil la- emphiyol protitahlv to the
Penitentiary, 1 have caused it O to be so u.-«l, and have
charged t lust institution w ith it. At tlie aanx-time, I have
Iftn i.-olupclJefi »o im|»e«- iijam it the lodging, guarding and
■ - - them, and --t eourar to alfim rraannahla nan
pit.-.item lor thetu. They have Iss-n, as tar as prartioahle,
cmpluyid in out-door work—-in doing, raming and lifting,
nis i-surv in tlx n-|«ir* on the Kxciutive man-ion and Slutc !
H •!—. ;n Searing awa- thr ruitii*of the a- -li-.i.-hist Ar- mil, !
•n iaiprovijag tlx- gr-umls of tlx- Pulilie.- _ jrc. in miprm intr
the. -treeta Mtlln|gi-yille at very misleratc bin, iu making
lire’s iii the Peuinnhary hriek-ymnl, in ipiurying gnmite,
winch may i»- Itsehil to the .'state, or Saleable. But a- the
number inertar-*—and it does so rapidly—the diffienllv of
• mploving tliefn and tlx: incidental el|s-its,. ini-nasm dispnl
iHirti-iualelr. If tlx- polu-y of throwing tlx-tn u|sui the
I.iuuls of tlx- Kxeeutive lie cnntinunl, it i* iixlisprasahlv
ixx'sxsry that *aie n-gular csuitiiming puldic work-, ixLipied
to their iwfiw-ity, t» inaugurated,alxt That a system liead-ipti-l
for this w hole- «Tvi«e. I recommend, however, that their
employment l]|».n tb<- Jilihlic r-iaih of the several rnuntiea,
#d ill making Imek lor tha erection of matrt hnii-.- ami
j-nis. aixl in Imilding liridgtx, I* made nompiihorv upon the
1 uli-rior < -sirts of the several counties. f l hrre is o|m-h to
tlxec < -Hirts a wide field for their employment, in every
i-.uiitv, which, with gi««l managenx-iit. ciHihl lie nuxlc liighlv
xlvaiit-ignais to it.., .Nothing nxin is wanting than a spirit
•sf ei-t<Tpris< *txl improvement. Tlx- r-nxls and hri-lgi- of
tlx- State, with rnr- exceptions, an- prov-i-rliiallv Uxl In
many crtintira, crairt hoitssw sip wantnl; und, in a vial
jnajoritv, safe and mmmodinuM jail-. Herr is an ojiponunilv
to eiiftimarxl free labor for such tiseful ptirmees. Man,
-brink fnmi it, Iseana-, in the In-ginning, the Islsir r- are too
f.-w to l»- nmfitaWy employed ; But the indi-ntt-ni- are, that
fin- wiaild lx- onlv temporary. An eflieient gang 'mix- made
op wmtd nixhaibtedlv lx* maintained a* regard- nutid- r-.
B here it l-'cams nenywnrv, pravision might Is- nuvte for
siutsnlxlating the gangs nf two nr thru adjoining nmntitw,
and winking them alternately in the «me anil tlx- otlx-r.
\fter mueh n-fler-timt and a little ex tx-rx-tx*-, I am sntisfied
of thro- thing*. Ist. That owing to the short terms of pun
i-hnx-nt, no general srst<-m of State employment of these
eonri -ts ran lx- devised which wifi at all coni|ixn<xlfe for the
ea|x*n—* of trana|s*rting, siil»i»Ung aixl guarding tlxini. ‘Jd.
That the eni|doytnent of them in tl*e ormntioi where roui irtnl
can lie made «> rrtirr* the planting interrwt generally of an
xw»ou* pahhe sarriae, th« waekiag af tha nxxiaj ami m
rnmhm a?
niairwrd aoldian. No general inconvenience. Imwt-ver, has
raawiaadl tent 11, in ot taediu.s in rKuraw nale
to the OampttoUtr General; lon than on - lunxlml applica
tiotw having band made t>y the first of ks ptetnW, of whxh
one-fourth were informal, and only alxitrt one-half the couo
fia having been yet beard from.
I appointed M k bunnl us aurgeun.- u> exauiino H|sviuicn* of
various patents which were put in eomnctifnui for the work
ordered V 1 the General Assembly,'l»rs, 1., A. lVtga-, 11. 11.
Hteiner aad L. 1). Ford, of Augusta, having |x-nioiial know
ledge of their ptufuaaiuual attoimueut.- aixl skill, und believ
ing that the exanuiialhuu and niasttitwliotp- <vuld he made
with mere ddibcratimi tuxl 4ue> <lnlay In- —-1«-ting those rnw
deot in the same plant.
A nail was alao made through tin- gaanttra, as diructnl ia
the aet. for propoeal* from, inaiuiiiu-turcix cxliihitmg -jxxxraenx,
which elicited quite a nmulx-r. ('otixxlering lugvtlxtr three
pnipuaala, die report of tbs- siirgi-on- ujxm tlx- rrlativo merit*
of the luala* suluuilti-l to their ixainuulioti, and the dirro
tions given in the first section of the act us a gyide to the
Kxeeutive, it was very nieorlv -my duty to a-v--|*t the olfe* of
I>r. 1 touglam Bly. l'o him, Umidbre, tire eoutrart iu- a ward
e«l, and it has Ixxtu duly everat-d ; lu- nuuiiug Mania as the
central point where the limle were t-- lx- fitful Tlx- price of
Umw limb* will lx? seventy dollar- for nu h leg ami for eacli
arm when- the amputation »> alsive the jllsiwr, ami fiirtv
dollar* when- it waa mail** below tlust joint.
The report of the Couiptndler General will iufurin you oT
the wlxdt- number of apiilicoliona that liuVc Ihvii and
of the probable total. The Mini required to i-upply all appli
rant* who bring theimx-lvcs within the pm vision.- of the aet,
will nrviliahlv sornewhut nn«l tlx- :ippn-|-rialion made, hut
it wiU ikxilititw* Is- vour pleasurv so im-n-n it a- to leov -
nonickt- litute. Ailequ.it ini''-nu-i: : n will probably la- at
your command in time to n--t.
From information rullertul, I am -alii-tieil that tlx- braxtit
to lie derived by tlx- w rarer of ilti- aiiniiralje inventiou, will
ihqseod mainly U|s*n himself.- 1-iarlv ex(x*ri*-ii<c in the use of
the nxwt prrfeet atxl l*>-t adapted uri.li.ud limb will lx- di»-
a(qx>iiiting, Ixit priqxv caution mid petweveninci; tv ill so lanui
iariae tlx- wearer with its ixlion, as to make it sjs-etlily a
wonderfully uxekpi Mhatiluto tor the 10-t ntrather.' It i* to
lx- hoped that the brave men who have sttii'ered mnUlatxHi
will, by the exert-ise of paliitnv,--cure and j« r-i-ti ixx-, dfrivu
all tlx- Ix-ix-fit you haw dreigmsi for them.
(TltlV AJ'l-BOintlATK'*.
Afts-r careful enquiry 1 Ixs-nme -ati-nol that corn could he
m-ot ailvantngtsHistv supplied to the d«-titute midi r the appro
priation of the hist senuon by -ending an ng- ut to the N->rth
wext, and that St. Gxiis wns tlx- Is-st js-int fi-r hi- ojxuwtions.
r-yUqj Ms-.W-iy wax U-vol'e-iv auisp—— 1 —d -l-u-wtcheil «a
tdl likiTsxixC* itma* - -
lilx-ralitv of conitxtniT- enga-gi-l m ti.m-|-.rt.-ii -u l-v sti-ani
hoat anil ntilrxxl lietwes-n N. Louis anil (Ii at titm sign, half
freights only were charge*! lor brihging this i-om t-> the wm
tern terminus of the State road—which i n:iliTi*T me t-> expend
in the purchase at hast s.T>,o*T* nxm than i*xdd otherwise
have lx»-u done. Tin- dilli-mit rnilnaxl lomjxtniex of this
State, with tlx-ir arrustonted ptihlie -pint in tlx- fnrtlientnen
of gixsl works, have done tin ir |sirt in tlx- transportation with
prom|itm*«i tuxl fidelity, fn-c ol i linr*---. To avoid delay I
appointid Culnnel twMm Thirta-!, AgCfit, to receive the
corn at (’liattatxssga and tr> di-trihtit-' it t.rthc -ountirs, thus
oorrving on the pnreliuse and dtstfihntioti •iiimltatwouslv.
The Superint*-ixlent aixl nthi-r' i*fth-<-rs and agent* of the
Wextern atxl Atlantic Kailr»*itii have a: • mat- Hally aided the
operation. Tlx- pun-lmsing and tlisfnhutiiig agents have dis
playtxl a high degree of Im-rne-- rapacity, p-nmptnow, and
fidelity in the dischargi- of their duties, fix- rc-ult is, the
|Hirelias-' and liiMriluition in nxiiid nnfid- r- of H-'-yaxl huxhrl
i»f com, bi-iug fonr and a half bushels t>- - ach lx-nefiriarv
reported, at a i*xt (al! i-x|x-n-i-. iin-!u-l- <|) a ltd; 1 *• h-- than one
dollar |»-r Ixi-hel. There ar-’ -i-ntr it- rr- not vrt Tejxvtted,
which prevents a mon-lutvts- »t.-iti tui-tit, l ot when all i-x]»-ti
ss sliall have been paid, there will remain in the TryitstitV, of
this appropriation, alxait $1 oJITsi. Hepurt- v l ' the sgi-nt*
mwimpany this comniuniratdoi.
I rantxit oiiwg. this subject (relief to the destitute and suf
fering people of Georgia,) without making thr- ptihlie. ac
knowledgment of c-rtain not»h» Iwnefnrtimis front tlx- diari
talile.nf other States, (partly in provision- ,-ir-d partlv in'
money,) whieh have Ixra aixl are Ix-ing di*tTthuli*l tlirough
my instrumentality. In thirs- nuiuifiiviit el.arilii- the noble
women of our iseintrv have, as il-iml, l—n tin- i-hies ftetors.
lax 1 1 *e Southern Belief Association- of Baltimore, of .Sf.
Josejdi, Mo., atxl of Wnodfonl, Kv,; tie l lori-'int Saitb
em Kelief Association of St. lent is. Mo., and eitiw-ns of St.
I soil-, Mo., acting through a enmmittee, are the ihs-r- of these
grxxl works. We can give them only our jsst thanks. Mav
Ho who is love, and who loveth a cheerful giver, he*tovv
ufxMt them a Ixrtir retynnl
I'L’BJ.IC lICII.niM.a AM* i.l'tol M-.
The State Hnnae ha* been rc-r-s-list, aud, I trust, aiaile
sec-ure ngainst leakage; and tlx- legislative hall- lrnve Iss-n
renovated. Water has Us-n introdiHy*) into the Imilding,
atxl arrangement* are in prugrexs io light the hulls with ga-,
both of which improvements will tend to dimini- h l In- n»J*
of fire to the building. The <-u|.,,| a i, n pr- -nled u> he in
an unsafe isuiilitipn, requiring some repairs whieh ismld not
be mode with the existiug appro|irintbj-. For this reason t~.
hav*- tx*t hail tlx* ch«-k rrjmtcsl whiet; rtnnrl wittlin h, and
could not lie t-xpectid to run well until th- repairs -hall
have is-cn made. Tlx- Kxisrnrrc Al»i. ■..» 1,-.. p.p j n
si cure anil mnifortnhlc order; lint, owing to tlie high prirtw
of furnitun-, nutti-ruil, labor ami freights, and tlx dns-overy
of gnnter ihswy and ililanidaiioii than via- ami-i|mtis|, the
appropriation praml inmitfieient fi-r tin olqis-t,an-1 tlx cm-«
lias Ueu |*Mi*i out of tlx- contingent faint, of not with
standing ->th.r unex|x-rttsl drafts utsm it, then- nmains a
considerable um-x|s-nihsl lialams . 1 n-li-r you, fiir detnihsl
ei'l-irt und sitggixtioti*, to tlx- aoom|ainvitig n-js-rt of tlx*
ragineer in eliarge.
tegr.vtn-'ji'cr.
j My ex|*yrietxw in thr- Ihpnrtnx o' nxlinv- l\, i*-ii*T that
\ two S-Ti-lariix will Is- ade-jiinte to its bfr-itx- I di-|s iiMs|
j with tlx- fs-rvnsx ot the adilitioiml *er**tan en-pl' Visi iluring
1 vow hiKt awanntt V'-rr -onr nftrr your adj- ttrnnx-ut! flfljSw
| ''W. the dot ire U- |* rliwmedjar two, a- I think they .-an !»•
by tlx-, pr-s-nt eflici*nt incumlieti'- tin ir I d-• r- off Is- anlit.
one; and this, together w irh the very gr- ,ti.-*t* f living at this
time, eiititlix them to a mndcrat- in-:- -of -alarv. There
will ts- (vsiixany in imploying tvv•» Capable -Ti hirie-*, w-ifh
gissl mlariix. rather tlum thn- cotiqs tent,‘at lower sala
ries. llx-ir dittiix an- al—• i vaetin.-r.mxl i|o not admit ■if
uniting.ofh*-r avocations w ith thent.
MlSll.t spiv
Whilst our politii-.1l relate.n- an -un . itlA, aud so few
glewmx of ho|«-. I. to US here MT a lew
thing- especially infuiuls-iu iiis-.ii u-.
I»t. It Iss-Hixx ii- to eulllVHli aiiuuig ouix Ivix uuitv of
feeling, of opinion, and of yriion; unity alnong liie (ample,
unity- Slnolig tlx- 1 K-jwirtm: uts ot t >.»v uine*it.
J-l Our int/ r-xt Ii ... in i —hev. ne_ jm l l ,e.i 1i ,i ip-men t,
studiously avoiding ill witli .mlli-iritiie nrWxxcn l*y
"S. Imt plxrd over Ua.'And iimpl.*y,ug .or a. live I nrrgiiw in
n laiil-ling our own waste plan* uiid 4le\- lopi out u. ghvud
r*s*ounix. Whilst others ragi and v. :nn,. I. ■ r ephrax-ral
isstnx, let tp* l»- busy with the rial, al.idiu n-iHirns iif life.
I hu- shall we emerge fr-im.tlil perils! et is*tnieism, wim-r,
mofy thriving, and nxm-t-ixpn-trtl than evi r.
- -Td. It is-hisivix its, alsive all, to kicji i.ur-t-lvis in proper
rrlalxHi with tV *u|mnx- Kilter of- tic- | nivrr-c. To this
eixt, ii is right aud pro|« r that, uu • day to 1«- «p|*niuted,
•air wlxile (s-.pk should -imuluiii(oti-lv (mstran tlnnin*tv<w
l*-for<- the Dm me of Gran, mwli ring ilmiik-for Missing*,
enjoy.si, imploring forgisen-** |,, r ern i. lomuiilted, and
s*-eking light !<■ guide its oiifour rugg.tl, darketxd wav. I
have refrained Ironi inviting -ueh i pitsisslmg, U-lx-ving
tliat, in imr eUr-raily, it is inure fitting that the nmvemnit
lx- nuxlc lh tlx immediate nqmxentaim -of tlx- (MXiiiln. 1
will eheerfidly do your bidding, and beurtilv co-opt-ratei in pri>-
rimmitijjand observing s *oUiiuu < hri*tinn holiMsuat tor sui
t'll A H1,1.S .1 JKNKINh,