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UOVKK.VOR'N MESSAGE-
Exicutiye Dzpaetuint,
AtT-xhta, Ox., November G, 1378
IV fJke General Assembly:
The clrcnnntancs* attending the pri
ent aae.mUing of jour hedy are so “
preaaive and marked tr. their character
038 58 was paid by the United Slates gov
ernment.
The original agreement as to compen
sation between Col. Baugh and his part
ner, Gen. A. C. Garlington, aod G
Bollock, was that the State was to par a
retainer of to liangh and Garling-
ton, and a conditional fee of 12d per cent,
of the amount recovered. Other attor-
i of country it kas at equal.
i£ele$raph&J§$t88tn8*r
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER a 1878.
lit Kansas you can boy oorn at 25 cent*
per bushel, oats *t!8 oento. and wheat at
70 casta
Tbs average population to each phy
sician is. in the United Stales, COO; Eng
land, 1,072; France, 1,814; Austria, 2,500;
Germany, 8,000,
A rrw days ago a fisherman, near Sioux
City, Iowa, eawa box floating on the eur-
face of the water. Ho secured it, and it
proved to be water tight, and contained
an infant eeveral weeks old, provided
with abotUeofmilk and sufficient cloth
ing U* beep it warm. There is no clue
as to bow far the little waif had Bailed,
or to whom it belonged.
W.uin Suffrage has been discussed
anew in Ibe Vermont Legislature, tbo
immediate issue being whether woman
should |bo permitted to rote for school
trustees. Judge Poland advocated tho
restriction of the privilege to unmarried
women, because be deemed '.married
woman sufficiently represented by their
husbands. The entire meaauro was voted
down.
Tbi Belgian Minister of Justice hae
demanded certified returns of all acts of
donations and legacies |to the Roman
Catholic chnrcbes of Belgium. It ia sup
posed that these returns will serve os
basis for legislative measures to prevent
the .immense accumulations of property
in the name of the churches, which are
obtaiued mostly by elcncal preesnro on
djing person*.
Srsaumo of the obscurity of most of
the men who attended the prophetic
ooueell in Now York, called to consider
Uie .secoad advent, tho Herald very ac
curately deucribee ibe whole proceeding
by H^iug that It appears, to have been
"a c inference of the unknown on the
subject of the unknowable.” Taking
tuto consideration tho variety of opinions
raised et the council, the conclusion likely
to ho reached ia that ono may believe
whet he will or can, or perhaps that one
will hardly by warranted in holding an
opinion on tho subject.
Hctlih’s Eirimss.— A Boston corns'
pendent of the IVorM saye that tbo elec
tion for Governor of Massachusetts bos
cost tho General a personal contribution
”1 not less than a hundred thousand dol-
Wt—two of his personal friends havo
contributed eighty thousand, and about a
hundred thou Bind more have been raised
and spent by tho managers—so that a
signal defeat has been well paid for. If
tlio bills were not all squared before tho
votes were counted, the liquidation was a
very dismal businoea for Butler and his
managers.
Baas atocioa are common in the far
West, but Uio, ono that Charles Norton
told was eo&oliDtatcd by a crushed jaw
and a broken wrist. Ho says that he
was hunting uoar Boise City, Idaho, when
ho took hold of a small treo to pull him
self up to tho rocky crest of a steep hill.
A big she bear lay olose under tbo other
side of tho ridgo with her cubs. Sho
••iced him by tho faco with her teeth,
hugged him, and rolled with him down
tho hill. He managed to get his gun
aimed at a vulnerable part, and killed
her with a singlo shot.
It ta a tula of tho Chinese Six Com
panies of San Francisco that no China-
tnau ahall open a wash-honso within a
certain distanco of ono already establish
ed. A Chinaman infraotod tho rulo, and
waa ordered to cloeo hie shop. He re
fused. Next he received a formal notice
that ho most movo and pay a fine of $20.
Still lie di.-obered. Soon bo was missing.
After a long search by white friends be
waa found chained in a cellar, where he
bad lieon left to ntarve. Ho was releas
ed only to disappear again, and it is sop-
posed that, by order of tho secret tribunal,
ho has been murdered. Tho San Fran
cisco Chronicle vouches ' for tbo tiutb of
tho story, ami adds that many eu:h could
be told.
FosTat. caRPa give rise to peculiar
trouble*. A Rochester lumber dealer
mailed a card to a discharged clerk, accu
sing him of swindling, and tho clerk has
obtained a verdict of 1450 damages, based
on the publicity of tho charge while pas
sing through the mails. A similar case
is on trial in Pittsburg, the plaintiff being
a sowing machine Agent, to whom his
employer addressed an accusation of im
properly retaining money. An Omaha
clergyman publishes a card complaining
that ho frequently receives advertise
ments of wino printed on postal cards,
and, os he is a total abstinent from strong
drink, tho impression might be wrong*,
fally created that ho is a . buyor of tho
ulna. A Boston landlady ssuds bills on
postal cards to former boarders, accompa
nied by nrgont reqnests for payments.
One of the recipients began a suit against
her for libs], but withdraw it, his lawyer
advisinr him that, as the communication
was a simple request to pay a just debt,
bo bad no legal grievance. A Kansas
City girl jilted her lover, and he retaliated
by writing her amorous letters on postal
card?. Sho did not invoke tho law bat
put a rawhide in her pocket, lay in wait
for her nnnoyer, and whippod him.
a- in my judges- n* !j >r. 1 pr. ;.- L( .-, H were afterwards employed and the
dense over all other questions which I i conditional fee wan enlarged ta a usr cent,
shall present in this message, referring
merely to our material condition and ne
equities.
The prssent year has been one of snch
afflictive experience in many sections of
our land as to appall the heart and at'
tract the rympstby of tho civilized world.
Ibe retlstless pestilence, baffling the
utmost that man could do, and leaving
behind it the habiliment! of woe in thorn
sands of household', hat not touched one
spot in all our borders. While our part
has baen that of the sympathising friend
and brother, we have been so blessed_'
our exemption from the awfal visitation
which we deplored for others, that wo
thonldbsfilltii with grateful and hum
ble acknowledgments. We havo been
spared from tno desolating storms and
inundations which havo swept over ether
section*. Not one case of popular com.
motion has excited or alarmed ru. The
State has been blessed generally with
such crops as leave no causo for com.
plaint. Onr merchants and manufactu
rare have passed through tho year with
such . . wards a* tbonld satisfy the mod
erate.
In review of all interests, and the for
tune of every section of our State,
have very much to cheer and enconrage
us.
The depression which for years prece
ding this has so weighed us down is grad
ually giving way to the hopeful promiso
which rises np before us of a hotter day
coming. Does it not become us to make
formal, as well as heartfelt acknowedg-
menta for such a catalogue of signal
benefits.
THE STATE FINANCES.
The cosh balance in the Treasury, Jan
nary 1. 1877, was J5C4.283.33. Tho
amount received from all sources into
the Treasury during tho year 1877 was
$1,998,316.84, the details of which will
appear, by reference to tho reports of the
Treasurer and Comptroller General, here
with submitted,
The disbursements during the year
1377 were $1,728,910.80, leaving a cash
balance in tbo Treasury of $333,710.37.
Tbo objects of these disbursements are
stated in the accompanying reports.
Tho public debt of tho State on the 1st
of January, 1878, was $10,614,500, the
annual interest on tho came being J710,
135. Of tho public debt $200,000 prin
cipal became payable, and was paid in
1678, and $100,000 was paid in 1877.
tbo year 1879 there will mature $300,000
of the public debt, for which provision
must be made, as well as for the annual
interest accruing of $703,135; tho whole
amount to be paid on tho public debt,
principal and interest, next year being
$1,008,135.
In consequence of tho receipt of a con
sidarsblo Bum of money from unexpected
sources, vizs $152,073.94 from the United
States government on claim of tho Wed
ern and Atlantic Railroad, and $25,000
incoma from the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, tho temporary loan of the year
187C of $350,000 was redneed to $200,0 00
in the year 1877.
As the fiscal year begins tho lBt of Jan.
nary and ends the 31st of December, tho
foil financial reportB of the year 1878 aro
not roady, the present fiscal year not
having expired. The Comptroller Gen
eral recommends that the fiscal year be
changed from tho present time and made
to run from October first to October first,
each year. I favor this recommenda
tion, na under tho now Constitution tho
General Assembly meets biennially on tho
first Wednesday in November, and the
chango ia necessary in order for tho Gen.
eral Assembly to have before it tho re.
ports of tho year before its session.
Tho Treasurer, howover, has mado
a supplemental report to tho Re
port of 1877, giving the financial
operations of the nino months of tho year
1378. to tbo 1st of Ootobor. which ia horn-
witb submitted. From this roport it ap
pears tbst the—
Cub balance in the Treasury Jan.
nary 1878 „. .$ 8SS.719 S7
Receipts during the ntne months
wero ..... $ Cl2.080 SS
And tho disbursements....—....... 1,ISO,010 01
PoTcniK Ebp.om.—To think that the
more a ruan eats tbs fatter and stronger
he will become. To believe that the
more hours children study, the faster they
will learn. To conclude, if exercise is
good, the mere violent it is the more good
is dene. To imagine that every hour
taken from sleep is an hoar gained. To
sot on tho presumption that tho smallest
room in the house is large enough to
sleep in. To argue that whatever remedy
causes one to feel immediately better is
K ood for the system. To eat without an
appetite, or to continue to eat after it is
satisfied, merely to gratify the taste. To
eat a hearty supper for the pleasure ex
perienced during the brief time it is
psssiDg down the throat, at the expense
uf a whole night in disturbed deep and a
weary waking in the mornieg.
D. G. Owens, druggist,'Altoona, Pa.,
■writes: “Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrup has a
wonderful reputation, the demand for it
i- really astonishing. Mothers f 1! bavp
no otbsr. It is destined to supersede all
other Seothing Syrups. I
Leaving a balance in tho Treasury on
the 1st ot October of......™. 293,739 C8
It is well to state the gratifying fact as
evincing tho improved financial oondl
tionof the State, that for the first time in
a number of yeaia it has boon unneces
sary to make a temporary loan to meot
tho heavy summer payments upon the
pnbllo debt that fall duo before taxos be
gin to oomo in. In 1877, thongh tho
General Assembly provided for a loan of
$500,000, it was only necessary to borrow
$200,000, while in 1878 no loan was made.
As, howover, the oxpenso of the Legisla
ture ia to bo paid out of tho incoming
taxes, and as $300,000 will have to bo
paid on the principal of the public debt
In 1879, a temporary loan will probably
be neoessary.
I shall be pardoned for n brief olIU9ion
to tbo general fiaanaial condition of our
State. Tbo facts of that condition show
that no State in the Union is more scl
vent, or should have a stronger fiaanoisl
reputation than Georgia. Our public
debt is bnt one twenty-third of our taxa
ble property. The State has nearly am
pie assets in Us two valuable railroads and
other property, if sold, to payoff the debt.
Thera is a constitutional prohibition
agninst nny farther increase of onr State
indebtedness, while tbo annual income
pays the expenses, and, in addition, liqni
dates yearly from two to three hundred
thonsand dollars of the pnblio debt. This
is a gratifying exhibit to all of her oiti-
reue, ana especially to the holders of
Georgia securities, who have the assur
ance, that as tbo faots of the abundant
financial resouroes of the State, and its
growing prosperity, become known, tbeir
bonds will rise above even tbeir present
high value in the commoroial world.
WILD LANDS.
In this financial connection, it is prop
er to oallyonr attention to the faot that
the present wild land law needs some
amendment. The Comptroller General
recommends that the present law, ap
proved February 23, 1374, be amended so
as to allow tbs Comptroller to mako np
a list or all nnreturned wild lands and
improvod lands, and npon these issue fi.
Ass.; and also, that eeclionJSOi of tbo
Code, requiring a transfer of wild land
fi /as., be amended so as to allow the
State oontrol of tnoh A- fa*. Under the
present law, by which the Comptroller Is-
sues p./«*., on lisle of nnrelnrned wild
lends sent up by Reoeivers, and the State
is obliged to transfer tho fi. fas. to par
ties applying,many errors aro committed,
and injustice done. Tho object to be
served is snch a m jelling of the laws
will force the owners of wild lauds to pay
their legitimate share of tho hardens of
taxation, and at the same time avoid mis
takes tbst work forfeiture of property
npon individuals, or else put them to
trouble and expense to correct such mis
takes. The matter is an important one,
and I oommend it to the General Asssem-
blyas urgently needing osrefal atten
tion.
a collected claim.
Daring the year 1877 a very timely
payment into the State Treasury was re
ceived from an unexpected sonroe. At the
close uf tin. war the United States govern
ment was in the possession of the West
ern and Atlantia railroad, and when the
road was turned over to the Slate, the
Federal government sold the rolling
stock to tbo State of Georgia for a oertain
amount of money, which onr State paid,
thru closing the transection. Col, Baogh
was Superintendent of the road at the
time. Four years after, in 1869, Col.
Bangh proposed to Gov. Bnllock to enter
into an agreement to induce the United
States government to re-open the daim
and refund to the State money alleged to
have been in excess of the real valne of
the rolling stock sold and paid for. For
eight years this claim was pressed, and
success seemed impossible. The Quarter
master General of the United States made a
lorg and decided report agsinBt the claim.
No less than ten attorneys were connect
ed with the claim from first to last, and
nsed energy and expended ti oeand mon
ey npon wnat seemed to bo a hopeless
enterprise. Eirlyin 1S77 tbo claim, how
ever, vfas passed, and i he .sum of $199,-
conditions! fee was enlarged toapsreent
not to exceed 25 per cent, of the amount
recovered. Tbs attorneys interns tM were
Ool. Robert Bsngb, Gen. A. C. Garling-
toD, and Ool. R. A. Alston, of Atlanta.
Ga., the law firm of Jackson, Lawton A
Basinger.of Savannah, Ga., Col. J. C.
FsId, of Gordon county, Ga., and W. A.
Prescott, Eiq., and O. D. Willard, Esq.,
of Washington, D. C. The 23 per cent,
agreed npon was allowed the attorneys,
t£e retainer of $3,000 being first deducted,
and tbo balsnce $152,273.91 was paid in
to the Treasury of the State. The only
question to be considered in the allowance
of feo to the attorneys for collecting the
cl rim was whether the contract for a con
dltionsl fee tn bo enlarged from 12J per
cent, to a snm not to exoeed 25 per cent,
of the amount reoovered was to be con
strued as giving them 25 per cant, or less,
The evidence upon this point was, in my
judgment, full and conclusive that incase
of recoveiy^tbe fall smoant of 25 per
esnt. was to be retained as the contingent
fee. _\ •
THE STATE DNIYEBSIIT.
Tbo condition of the b'tate University,
of the College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts, and cf the North Georgia
Agricultural College, is shown in the ac
companying reports.
Tne receipts for 187C 7 were $41,529,54,
which, with the balanco on hand Jnly
1.187C, mado tbo revenae for the year
$10,518.80. The disbursements wero
$34,88644, leaving tho tbalance on
band, July, 1877, $11,995 19, which
with scrip fond and tuition due, would
run the balanco to $15,000.00. The
amount of $15,000.00 voted by tho Gen
eral Assembly to snpploment the experi
mental and mechanical departments of
the University, has been received, and
judiciously used, as far as expended.
For tho year 1877-8, the receipts, not
inclnding the balanco from the previous
year, were $33,862.61, and tho disburse
ments, inclnding purchase of apparatus,
were $33,200,93. leaving a cash balance
of $9,686.79 belonging to the Library,
Apparatus, Land Scrip and General
Funds. The report gives tho details of
receipts and expenditures, and says that
leaving out tho expenditures for appara
tus, the total disbursements were $67.22
in excess of tho total receipts, and in
cluding refunded tuition, $990.70 less
than the appropriation made in Angnst,
1877.
Tho decline in tho number of students,
and in consequent income from tuition,
caused the Board of Trustees to examine
doBely into the causes of such decline
Thero is no reason why this venerable
and illustrious institution should fall into
docadence, but, on the contrary, every
good gronnd for its increasing in uaefnl
nes3 and prosperity. The University has
anablo and full faculty, it ia provided
with $22,600.00 worth of apparatus for
tho instruction of science, it presents
facilities for the education of our youth
surpassed by no college in tho country.
In the inoroased number of pnpils in at
tendance, there is an indication of a more
prosperous condition.
Tho plan of utilizing the public build
ings at Millsdgevillc, by establishing in
them a branch agricultural college, like
the one at Dahlonega, is one that prc.
sents strong merits, and is respectfully
brought to tbo consideration of tho Gen
eral Assembly. To show the value of
the Dahlonega college, it may bo stated
that the report of tho President, submit
ted Juno the 10th, 1878, nnd approved by
tho Board, for the scbolastio year, shown
that three hundred pupils received in
struction in the various departments of
the institution, at a total expanse of tho
small sum of $1,440.00. If like favor
able results can ho reached by tho estab
lishment of a similar institution in tho
unoccupied public buildings at Milledgo-
vitle, it would be both a wise policy for
t.hn State, nnd » grateful favor to tho
citizens of the old capital.
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The report of tho Trustees of tho Luna
tic Asylum for tho year 1877 is very satis
factory. The appropriation was $107,230.
Tho balance at tho beginning of tbo year
was $1,9G5.36. Tho expenses of tbo
Asylum for tho year were $81,250, leaving
$2G.OOO of tho amount appropriated nn~
drawn from the Treasury. Tho cost per
capita of maintaining thoinetitntion was
36 63-100 cents a day, against 37$ cants
the year before. The number of patients
was 673 at the closo of the year, against
605 the year before, being an increase of
US in number. Accommodations were
added daring the year for about 136 ad
ditional patients, the capacity of the
institution being enlarged to abont 800
patients.
Tho death of Dr. James F. Bozeman
for five years the President of the Board
of Trnstccs, during the year 1871, was a
loss to tho institution of a manager distin
guished alike by a thorough conception
of the needs of the Asylum, superior exec
utive management, and a Christian public
spirit.
For tho ten months beginning Decern
ber 1. 1877, and extending to September
30,1378, the Trustees report the expenses
$73,291.41, for an averago of 725 pa-
tientp. On tho 1st of October, 1878, the
number of patients waa 742. The ex
pense per capita was 34 55-100 cents
dnriag the ten months. It will thus bo
seen that tho management of the institu
tion has been economical and efficient.
Of tho amount appropriated by the
General Assembly for the 22 months from
December 1, 1876, to October 1,1878,
$10,625 has not been used, and remains
in the Treasury. This largo saving is
duo to tho rigid economy used by the
Board. The Trustees ask permission to
use $25,000 of this amount to enlarge the
buildings for the colored patients, and to
finish a number of rooms in the main
building, that may be made available, and
other improvements. The necessity of
an enlargement of the negro buildings is
represented to be pressing. Tho Trus
tees, after consultation with tho Execu
tive and Attorney-General, did not deem
it proper to use the unexpended money
appropriated for the maintenance of the
Asylum, for the construction of buildings,
but preferred to ask the General Assem
bly for authority to so apply a portion o
the undrawn appropriation.
The snggestion ot the Trustees in this
matter is in the spirit of humanity. The
number of this unfortunate class of col
ored people is increasing yearly, and the
proper and humane care of them demands
enlarged accommodation.
ACADEMY FOR THE ELIND.
The twenty-sixth annual report of the
Trustees of the Goorgia Academy for tho
Blind, at Macon, for the year 1877 is
herewith submitted. It shows the at
tendance of eixty-three pupils. The re
ceipts for maintenance were $12,732.07,
including balance of $33.07 from the
year 1876, and the expenditures were
$12,433.14. In addition, $1,174.62 was
expended for’building a cistern.
THE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
The Institution for the Desf and Dumb,
at Cave Spring, is ia excellent ccnditioc.
The roport of the Trustees covers the op
erations from July 1,1S77, to Jnne 30,
1878. Tho pupils numbered 73, the
largest numter at one time heiog71, and
the average 65, or 25 more than the pre
vious year. Ot these 37 were males, and
36 females. The asylum appears to
have been managed economically. The
Trustees urge that the Legislature make
provision for completing the department
for colored deaf mute*, and for increas
ing the accommodation for white mutes.
The quarters are alleged to be inconven
ient for the number of pupils now in the
institution. There are said to be fully
300 deaf mutes in the State needing the
benefits of this institution. The Trus
tees ask an increased appropriation for
the sustenance of pnpils,
-THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
The report of the State School Com
missioner shows an encouraging condi
tion of the<pabUc schools in the State. In
IS?7,tbe attendance was 190,626; in 187G,
179,403 > in 1875, 156,394, and in 1873,
83, 677.. These figures show the steady
growth of the common school system. In
1S77 the attendance of white children
was 12G,962, end of colored £1,66-4. The
statistics for 187$ are' net y*t eh tamable
as toaj of the schools are still in opera
ticn and reports are not made zntil the
close of the term.
The State school fund, including the
poll tax. Is about $300,000. The ooun-
ties and cities raised by local taxation,
under local laws, in 1S77, the sum of
$100,153.19, making the entire freesoboo!
fund for that year abont $400,000.00.
The enumeration of the Bchool popula
tion in 1878 shows 236,319 whites and
197.125 oolored ; total 433.444. This is
a total increase over the ennmerstion of
1874 of 39,407; whites, 17.5SC; colored,
21,821.
While there has been an increase in the
school popnla'.ion, there has been a de
crease in the illiteracy in the State. In
1874, the nnmber of persons between ten
and eighteen unable to-read was 106,444
of which the whites were 26,552 and the
colored 79,092. The returns for 1878
show atom! of these illiterates of 85.C30;
whites, 22,323; colored, 63.307; showing
a decrease of 20,614; whites, 4,229 ; col
ored, 10,335. This is an encouraging re
sult of the free Bchool system.
The report recommends amendments of
the school law, looking to an increased
income for the support of the public
schools.
Your attention is respectfully called to
the suggestions of the Commissioner.
DEPARTMXNT CF AG2ICUIAUOK.
The fourth annual report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture for the year 1877,
and the fifth annnal report for 1878, are
respectfully submitted. They present
folly the work of this important depart
ment, and show a valuable aggregate of
result. The department has proven ben
eficial to the agricultural interests of the
State, and has undoubtedly made the
State reputation abroad for farming prog
ress. The collection of farm statistics
and planting experiences has educated
the farmers in improvod methods of ag
riculture, in the use of labor-saving im
plements and .in the general planting
of better seeds. The inspection of fer
tilizers has saved a large amount of
monoy to tbo farmers in the exclusion of
inferior . commercial manures from our
markets. The railroad statistics of tho
sums spent for foreign provisions has
shown the dependence npon other Slates,
and the large amount spent abroad for
farm supplies. This information has
stimulated the production of food crop3
to the great benefit of the State. Daring
the last year, the receipts for the State
Treasury from tho fees for tho inspection
of fertilizers under the new system have
not only paid the expanses of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, but left a very con
siderable balsnce in the Treasury. The
gross amount from inspection in 1878
was $45,235.77; expenses of inspection,
$11,150.30, leaving net balance of $34,-
0S5.47. Deducting from this $14,700, tho
cost of tho Department of Agricnltnre,
there remains $19,335.47 in the Treasury
of income for the State from this souros.
The reports contain a number of valuable
matters that are commended to the care
ful consideration of the General Assem
bly.
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The State Geologise has steadily pro
gressed in tho work of a survey of the
State, covering the western third of the
State, and nearly all north of the Chatta
hoochee River, embraoing the main por
tion of the mineral territory. Maps have
been completed of twenty-3even counties,
the marl beds In fifty-two counties have
been looatod, and analyses made of sev
enty-five marls, showing a great variety
in character as wall as abondanoe in
quantity. The measurements - of water
courses have been,continued over nearly
the wholo'State, especial aUentiou hav
ing been given to the counties bordering
on the Blue Ridge oh aooonut of, the im
mense valno of these Btreams in working
tho gold mines: There are over four hun
dred stamps in operation in the. forty
gold mills ill the Bt-ite. A special oollao-
non of minerals, rooks and woods was
sent and exhibited at the Paris Exposi
tion.
ATTORNEY OBNERAL’a RETORT.
Tho Attornoy General embraoe i in his
report the full operations in his depart
ment, from tho first of January, 1S77, to
tho present time. The litigation in which
the tstato is interested, has been . and is
largo, important, and varied, and
comprehends questions of legal
difficulty as well a3 of great
pecuniary magnitude. Tho most impor
tant, perhaps, are the Tailroad tax cases
which involve over half a million dollars
of money, and cover grave legal issues,
Theso have been ably represented in tbo
oourls by General Toombs and tho Attor
ney General. Tho attention of the Gen
eral Assembly is directed to tho sugges
tions of tho Attorney General .in connec
tion with these tax cases and other sub
jects.
THE PENITENTIARY,
The report of tho Principal Keeper of
tho Penitentiary is full in its details.
Thera aro now in tho penitentiary 1,239
convicts. Since October, 186G, the whole
number of convicts received in tho peni
tentiary 1ms b t en 3,293, ot' which 2G5
were pardoned, 40G died, 555 escaped and
823 discharged. In 1878 were received
3 40, and in 1877 to October 209 convicts.
The report states that the lessees are
faithfully endeavoring to carry out their
contracts with the State. Tho convicts
aro well treated in every respect. There
has been a gratifying decrease in the
deaths and escapes for 1S78. tho records
showing one-third less in tho number of
deaths and two-thirds less in the num
ber of escape?, thus erinoing more care
ful attention to the comfort and health
of the convicts, the greater watchfulness
in guarding them.
Tbo Principal Keeper recommends
some amendments in the law, to which
your attention is directed.
Tho receipts from tho hire of convicts
from January 1,1877, to December 31st,
wero $14,160.47. Tho hire for 1878 will
not be duo until December 31et..
PARDONS.
In conformity with the new Constitu
tion, I submit, in an accompanying docu
ment, a list of pardons granted by me
since tho new Constitution went into
operation, with a statement of the
grounds in each case for the exercise of
Executive clemency.
THE MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD.
This important work, now controll
ed by the State, demands some
decisive action by the Legislature.
The direct pecuniary interest involved in
this property is large, and the incidental
interests resulting from a wise and ener-
getio management of its business, seem,
to my mind, to promise incalculable ben
efit to- that section penstrated by this
road. It would be difficult to find a sec
tion which embraces a wider range of
production, or whioh possesses such pos
sibilities of profitable development. Fa
vorable rates of transportation, and such
general and permanent encouragement
as a great line like the Macon and Bruns
wick road conld give to industrial enter
prise in all the territory within easy reach
of it, wonld add largely to the valne of
such property, and thousands to our pop
ulation. It will be for the Legislature
to determine whether these desirable re
sults can be expected as reasonably while
tho State holds the road as property, as
could be looked for if it waa under the
control of parties who were interested as
private individuals.
Evan under the State’s fortunate own
ership of railroad property, it is question
able if »nch ownership, under all oonsld-
eia ions is a wise policy,. To my mind,
nothing is clearer than the wisdom of sim
plifying anil restricting the duties aod ob
ligations of government. The great
work to be accomplished by the State is
the protection of life and property. When
ever the Oommcnweallh attempts to act
the part of a property-holder, enteriog
into competition with private individual
enterprises, we may look for such com-
pi.cations, and increase of expenditure,
and enlargement of State patronage, as
will embarrass the success, if it does not
threaten the purity, of administration.
It is a question of large import, which
is before us for solution, how sood, and
on what terms should the State relinquish
to the citizen all proprietorship in such
property. It is a question that, to my
mind, has long been settled, that cots
dollar should be drawn from the pocket
of the lax-payer that could, with a wise
eoouomy, tie left there; and that 'an in
terest-bearing debt is no benefit to any
S:ate that owes it, and the sooner a pub
lic debt is extinguished, when taere are as
sets to pay it, the better it is for Cie pub-
lio interest. Feeling and believing this,
I am prepared to advise a long lease
or the sale of theMaoon and Brunswick
Railroad, nnder such restrictions as will
secure the State against loss, aod protect
the citizen against oppressive rates ot
transporta ticn.
The report of the Commissioners ot the
Macon A Brunswick Road, herewith sub
mitted, shows that for the twenty-two
months beginning December 1, 1S7G, and
ending September 30, 187S, tho total ear
nings were $631,911.79, and the total
expenses $554,352.47, leaving as net ear
nings for that peried the sum of $77,-
559 32 Of this amount $65.000has been
paid into the State Treasury. OF the ex
penses $37,035.74 were paid on matters
not chargeable to current expenses. This
added tc the net earnings would make
the sum of $114,594 0G over the actual
cost of running thoroad. The road ia in
good condition 'and the limited motive
power in fair order.
NORTH AND B0UIH. AND MEMPHIS BRANCH
RAILROADS.
During the administration of Governor
Smith, the North AScnth.andtce Mem
phis Branoh Riilroad Companies having
failed to pay the interest upon their Stste-
iudotsed bonds, eaid railroads, and all the
property of said companies, were seized
and taken possession of by tho State.
Under the discretion vested in the Gov
ernor by the act granting aid to said
companies, and in pursuance of an Ex
ecutive order of date July 26,1877, the
North and South railroad was sold in the
city of Columbus, on the first Tuesday in
September next thereafter, for the sum
of forty thousand five hundred dollars.
The purchaser at Eaid sale failed to pay
the amount of bis.Did; and having receiv
ed an offer from Louis F. Garrard, and
others of said city, to take said load and
other property for the sam so bid at said
sale, if time were allowed for tho pay-
mont, I deemed it for the best interest
of the State to accept the same.
Accordingly a deed has been executed
by the Governor on behalf of tho State,
conveying to tho said Louis F. Garrard,
and hi3 associates, all tho property and
franchises of said North and South Rail
road Company. In consideration of
Baid conveyance the purchasers agree
to pay to the State, on the first day
of January, 1884, the said sum of forty
thousand live hundred dollars; and also,
to pay to the Tro l-mrer of Georgia, mmi
annually, in advanoo, interest on said
sum at the rate of ssveu per cent, per an
num nntil said principal is paid. They
farther agree to expend, within twelve
months from the date of said conveyance,
tho sum of twenty thousand dollara upon
the extension and equipment of said
road. ■ , ,
Under tho terms of said deed the State
holds a prior lien npon the property oon
veyed, and, also, upon tho property that
pasy be added thereto, and expressly re
serves the right tp seize and resume pus
session thereof upun the failnre of said
purohasers to pay the principal, or tiny
part of said interest, within thirty days
after the same may become due.
In aooordanoe with said agreement, the
sum of two thousand eight hundred and
thirty-five dollars, interest on the amount
of said pnrohaso up to January 1, 1879,
hia been paid into the State Treasury.
In pnrsnauoe of an Exeontivo order is
sued June 6, 1877, the property of the
Memphis Branch Railroad Company, ex-
eept its franchise, read-bed, and the
bridge across the Oo3tauanla river, was
exposed for sale in the oity of Rome on
the fiast Tuesday in Augast next there
after, nnd was bid off by the Marietta and
Noith Georgia Railroad Company for the
sum of nine thousand dollar*. Said last
Ufmed company being nnable to pay tbo
amount of said bid in cash, I consented,
in behalf of the State, that tho payment
of said sum should be defeired nntil the
first day of January, 1881—the company,
in the meantime, paying interest thereon,
annually, at the rate of seven per oent!
per annnm. Said Bum of nine thonsand
dollars will bo retained by tho State from
the proceeds of tho hire of convicts for
tbo year 18S0, which prooeeds havo been
annually loaned to said company by an
act of the General Assembly approved
February 24, 1877.
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
In January of the present year I gave
the State’s endorsement npon ;tho first
mortgage bonds of the Northeastern
Railroad to tho amount of $2G0,000, this
being $6,500 per milo for forty miles.
By not of tho General Assembly, ap
proved October 27,1870, the State’s guar
anty was pledged to this road npon the
completion of each oontinuous twenty
miles to tbo amount of $15,000 por mile.
The aot of tho General Assombly, approv
ed Fobrnary 25, 1874, repealing the act
granting tho right to saoh guarantees os
this, excepted all cases whero tho right
had vested. The same General Assembly
that passed this repealing act by express
resolution approved, Maroh 3, 1874, de-
olared that the said repealing aot did not
apply to the Northeastern Railroad, its
right having vestod. A Board of skillod
railroad Commissioners, consisting of
John H. Powers, John A. Grant and
Charles B Wallace, was appointed by.
Governor Smith on application of the
railroad oompany to inspeot the road, and
reported January 9, 1877, that over forty
miles of said rosd wero completed, equip
ped and in ranL<jg order, and the cost of
said road was $541,200, more than half of
which amount was the investment of pri
vate capital. They also reported tho road
free from legal incumbrances that wonld
endanger the security of the State.
Upon my installation in offico tho com.
pany applied to me for my endorsement
of the bonds of the road in conformity
with tho law. While the company pre
sented a strong ciso for endorsement, in
view of the disasters connected with
similar enterprises whero State nid was
granted, and of my own opposition to the
policy of Btato aid, I used great deliber
ation in my action. I advised the com
pany to bring tho subject before the
General Assembly then in session, but
tho session was too near its close to Der-
mit its decisive action. In tho repealing
act otl874, section 2d, has this provision,
viz: “Should any of said companies
claim that thoy havo a vested right to
such aid, and apply tor tho same to tho
Governor, any citizen of tho State may
interpose by bill to restrain tho company,
and the question of whether said vested
right exists shall be for the court to de
termine.” I suggested to the company
to have the rights of tbo company tested
under this provision in the court?, and in
consequence a bill of injunction wa3 filed
by William S. Morris to restrain the
company, the proceeding being insti
gated by tho company. Tho Attorney
General waa instructed to support the
injunction. The Supreme Conrt decided
that it bad no jurisdiction in the case,
and referred the matter to the Governor.
The subject thus finally falling to my
decision, 1 gave it thorough considera
tion. Tbo statements of tbe officers and
leading members of the General Assem
bly of 1874, that passed tbo State aid re
pealing act, and the declaratory resolu
tion that the Northeastern Railroad was
excepted from tbe repeal, wero obtained
and referred to me. They declared that
it was the express and general intention
of tho Legislature not to apply the pro
visions of the repeal of State aid to the
Northeastern Railroad. Among those who
thna wrote were Hon. L. N. Trammell,
President of the Senate; Hon. A. O. Ba
con, Speaker of the Honse; Hon. T. J.
Simmons, Chairman ot Finance Commit
tee of the Honse; Hon. Geo. F. Pierce,
Jr., Chairman of the Hsuse Judiciary
Committee ; Hon. George A. Mercer, pro
tern. Chairman of same Committee, and
the Hon. Henry D. McDaniel, of the Fi
nance Committee. In addition to this,
the opinions of some of tbe ablest lawyers
were given the Governor, notably among
them Hon. Robert Toomb’, Gen. A. R.
Lawton, and ex-Chief Justice Joseph E.
Brown, arguing the endorsement of the
bonds as a legal doty.
Even then, in the exercise of cantion
I determined to defer action on the mat
ter until the meeting of the present Gen
eral Assembly if it could be done without
a serious sacrifice to the interests involved.
It was represented to me that, upon tho
pledge of the endorsement of its bonds
by the State, the company had incurred,
au indebtedness of $237,032 97. It was
further exhibited to me by a transcript
of the record of Clarke Superior Court,
that thia amount of claims was already
in suit against the .road, and that judg
ment therefor would be entered up at the
February Term, 1878, of said court. I
endeavored to impress upon the attorneys
and officers of the company that they
most not look to the State for relief from
their present embarrassment, bnt that
they should, by negotiating a loan, or
raising the money by some means, tide
over their trouble until the Legislature
could meet and consider the matter.
It was not until I had become fully satis
fied that all hope of relief from other
sources was abandoned, and that the
whole property of the company would
inevitably be sacrificed under the Bherifi's
hammer, that I decided, within two weeks
of tho jaagment term of the conrt to in
terfere.
I was satisfied that the faith of the
Stato was pledged to the indorsement ot
the company’s bonds, and becoming far
ther satisfied that great and remediless
injury would bafall the oompany, if such
indorsement were longer withheld, my
Bense of official duty left mo no alterna
tive bnt to give it.
As to the propriety of my conduct in
this matter, I invite the most rigid sern-
tiny of the Generally Assembly.
Tho road ia doing well, end there is
every prospect that it will meet its obli
gations and save the State from any loss
on account of the gnaranty of it bonds
while it will contribute largely in devel
oping a fine portion of the State.
In oouneotion with this subject of State
aid, it may be proper to say that applica
tion was made ta me to ascertain whether
the State's endorsement wonld be given
to tho bonds of the Griffin, Montioella and
Madison Railroad, and it was urged that
its right had vested before the repeal of
Stato aid. This road was not specially
exoepted by the General Assembly, nor
was thero any evidenoe that it intended
to except thia road, nor was it exposed to
immediate hazard, as was the ease with
the Northeastern Railroad. I, therefore,
declined to give the State’s gnaranty, and
advised the referenoe of the matter to
tbe General Assembly.
CONCLUSION.
Upon a calm review of tho condition of
tho Stato—her credit abroad—her re
sources—her wonderful productive power
—the goneral salubrity of our climate—
the almost limitless range of our valua
ble staples, and tho energy, enterprise,
admirable moral tone and intellectual
balance of our people, we have the strong
est reasons for onr hope of a grand future
for our beloved co union wealth. The
path for. us to tread is, to my
mind, most distinctly indicated, and
if faithfully followed, will load . us
inevitably to great happiness as
a people and controlling ioflaenoo among
the States of the Union. Let onr home
talent and domestlo virtues be given with
patriotio devotion and nngradgingly to
the servioe of Georgia first, and as far as
anything human and contingent can be
assnrred, we are destined to be a rich,
prosperous and powerfal community.
Alfred H. Colquitt.
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THIS GEORGIA PRESS.
The total vote of Chatham county on
Tuesday was 3,869, and Nicholas major
ity 30S.
Thirty shares of Central railway slock
wore sold at Savannah on Tuesday for
$78 por share.
We find tho following incident of the
election at Savannah in tho News:
A well known colored tonsorial artist
who wields tho keen razor at an estab
bailment on Congress street, near Dray
ton, whilst going to the Bhop early yee-
torday morning, chanced to catch up
with two colored citizens, evidently from
tho rnral regions, who wero engaged in
an earnest conversation. Maintaining a
respectful distanco in tbo rear, he over
heard tho following conversation, which
he relates to us, as follows:
“Say, Bruddor Snow, wich ono uv dem
Buokra yer gwinetos’port to-day—Nickle
or Cookery?”
“Yer see, my fren, I don’t know noder
one dem mans, bat yer see, my friend,
Nickle hab snm berry good hed mens fur
him.”
"Bnt dat don’t bribe me. Cockery
mans ain’t so sharp, but he perfesaes to
be do fren uv de culled folks.”
“Oh, bedder, nigger, him got no influ
ence ober de white folks, and can’t do
nuffin fur culled men.”
Wall, den, I s’pose you tink Nickle
de man fur de Congress da-street?”
“Yas, dat so, Brudder Lumpkin, he am
de man ter put yer ticket in fer.”
Mrs. J. P. Brown, of Norcross, as we
learn from the Constitution, while labor
ing under an attack of temporary insan
ity threw herself into a well forty feet
deep last Wednesday, and died shortly
after being taken out.
Among the sales last Tuesday at Au
gusts was Simmons' Wasto Factory with
nearly $27,000 of iooumbrancee, which
waa sold to Mr. H. H. Hickman, Preen
dent of the Graniteville Manufacturing
Company, at $25. The machinery, with
$7,500 of incnmbranceB, was sold to F.
H. Miller, Esq., attorney, at $10. Tho
yarn and rope factory, with $36,000 of
incumbrances, wa3 sold to L. A. Ashley,
at $20.
We clip tho following from the Angusta
Evening Chronicle:
In tbe river appropriation bill, passed
by the last Congress, an appropriation of
$650 was made for a preliminary survey
of the Savannah river above AuguBta.
Mr. J, P. Carson, one of tho assistant en
gineers on the National Corps in New
York, has been appointed by Colonel Q.
A. Gillmore, of the United States Engi
neer Corps, to make the survey. Mr.
Carson arrived in the city thia morning,
bringing an introductory letter from Sen
ator Batler of Carolina, to several of our
prominent citizens. He was taken charge
of to-day by ex-Mayor Estes, who took
him up the canal thia morning. Mr.
Carson will, in a short time, begin his
preliminary survey so as to report the
result of his survey to the general gov
ernment. He will make this survey up
to the junction of the Seneca and Tnga-
loo rivers, reporting depth and width ot
the stream, the nature and probable cost
of obstructions to be removed, the chan
nel of the river at different stages and
seasons, and the class of commerce to be
benefited by the improvement in navi
gation.
The Columbus Enquirer relerring to
tbe election of Oapt. Persons over Mr,
H.iris in that district, says the “lawyers
have won the fight.”
The Augusta News says while workmen
were engaged Tuesday afternoon “in
painting the new obapel of the np-town
mission, and standing on ladders held by
ropes st tbe top of the bnilding, a ronnd
of a ladder slipped, throwing the ladder
To the ground. Tbe workmen were hail
ed from tbe top of tbe house and fifteen
or twenty feet from tbe bnilding into the
garden of Jndge Paghe. One of tbe
men, Wm. Guess, waa very badly braised,
suit another had his arm badly spialned
and waa saved from serions injury only
by bis weight falling on bis arm. His
arm waa bnried in the gronnd nearly to
the elbow.”
Onions sell in Jackson county for fifty
cents per peck, and tbe farmers are fig
ring to seen how much that beats cotton
at eight and half cents per pound.
‘Lost Cause.”—Under this head the
Marietta Journal says:
At thtj.ime we go to press (Wednesday
evening; it is quite evident that Judge
Geo. N. Lsster. tbe Democratic standard
bearer, has suffered defeat at the hands
of Dr. W. H- Felton, the Iodependent, by
probably 1,000 majority. I( is not tbe
first time he has suffered defeat for the
right of his country, as Ws empty sleeve
attests, and be oan tenderly fnrl the
Democratic banner, that he never onoe
let trail in the dnst, with a oocsoions
pride of dnty well performed. He foaeht
a brave, manly, heroic fight, against dis
couragements and odds, that few men
wonld have bad tbe plnok to have under
taken. He did his pnrfjnobly and faith
fully, and by hia canvass illustrated un
selfish patriotism that will orown bis name
with honor and gliry, if his deserving
brow is robbed of tbe wreath of vlotory.
The Journal also says that over 3,300
votes were polled in Cobb connty, thongh
there ate only 2,400 names on the poll
list.
Wz quota as follows from the Thomas-
vllle Enterpiise:
Gin House Burned.—On Thursday
night last, between twelve and one
o’olocb, tho gin honse on Col. McIntyre's
Springbill plaoe was discovered to be on
fire. The fire, when first discovered, was
in the lint room and spread rapidly, oon-
snming everything, gin house, sorew, two
gins, gin gearing and atoat thirteen bales
of ootton. Tho total loss is something
over a thousand dollars, with no insur
ance.
Thomas County Abroad.—Mr. James
A. McKee reoently sent a lady friend in
Minnesota a basketful of nice pomegra
nate?. This fruit beit-g ratber novel in
that Beotion, nnd arriving opportunely
for the State Fair, was placed on exhibi
tion. The lady writes that it attraoted
great attention. By this basket of frnit
thousands perhaps heard of Thomas
connty for the first time, and doubtless
rooeived a favorable opinion of ita pro
ductions and genial climate.
Mbs. Elizabeth Peabody, of Colum
bus, died last Tuesday, aged seventy-one
yesia. She had lived in Columbus since
1834, and was the mother of Hon. John
Peabody of that oity.
The Marietta Georgian says:
On Monday evening after attending
the Felton meeting at this place, and
while on their way home, an altercation
occurred between Hiram Sherman and
James Garmon, about some money, when
Sherman rooeived a severe beating. This
involved Mr. lliram Sherman’s tao sons.
Bill and George. In tho fight George
Sherman stabbed Jim Garmon throe times
in tho baok to tbe hollow, infiioting
wounds from which he died that evening.
Bill aud George Shorman both elnaed ar
rest. Thoy wero all Felton men and poli-
tios had nothing ta do with the difficulty.
Of tho lste State Fair the Brnnawiok
Advertiser has this to say:
In point of numbers we should cer
tainly pronounce the fair a success—for
there was present on Thursday at least
fifteen thousand people. Same estimate it
as high a3 thirty-five thousand, but this
is all visionary. Other days there were
not so many. The display of stock, pigs,
poultry, etc., was indeed line, and alone
worth a visit to the fair.
Tho displays in the fancy work aud art
departments were very fine and much
admired by all, as also the displays by
merchants of their respective lines of
goods. _
Horticultural Hall, we were sorry to
find uot all crowded. A very limited
display of tho products of farm and gar
den were here to be seen—a little more
possibly than was to be seen at tho Glynn
connty Fair last spring. The truth is
onr Fairs are fast losing their agricultu
ral characteristics, and becoming mere
shows. Thia should be stopped, or else
drop the word “agricultural.”
Machinery Hall was well filled with
all classes of agricnltural implements,
and showed very clearly that Georgia
was not behind in her farming tools, if,
from her display, sho appearod to be in
her farming products.
Of the grounds, location, race track,
buildings, etc., we must Bay we doubt
very much if any better ore to he found
in tbe Sonth, certainly not in Georgia.
Taken as a whole we pronounce tho Geor
gia State Fair of 1878 a grand suen.'ss.
QUERY—"Why will men smoko common
Tpbacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros.
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tract is used. Tbe pamphlet which accompanies
each bottle gives full directions how it should be
applied. Any one can use it without fear of harm.
CAUTION.
Pond’s Extract 5&S?iSS&
has the words "Pond’s Extract.” blown in tbe
glass, and Company's trademark on surrounding
wrapper. Il is never sold rn bulk. None other
is genuine. Always insist on having Pond's Ex
tract. Take no other preparation, however much
you mav be pressed.
Prices 60c. Jt and 81.75.
PREPARED ONLY BY
POND’S EXTRACT CO.
NEW YORK AND LONDON.
Sold by all druggists, netted wed thr Iri wly
nxt rdingmter
VEGETINE
PCB
CHILLS. SHAKES,
Fever aud Ague.
DR HR STEVENS, Tasuoro. N C. IJJj.
ingyouofthsiwonderful*cureofmy»m tfJJ 1 ?*
My son was Sick with.measles in 1S7S, srtdch ta ;
him with Ulp-JOint disease. My son snff.Sj 1
great deal ot painallof the time?theUhr2? .*
great he did nothing but cry The SorLJJV?
not help him a particle, he could not UftWfiJ
from the floor, ho could not move w u»S?
crutches. I read your advertisement in th, ta?,
isville Courier-Journal,’ that Yceetine
gnat Blood Purifleraud Blood Foot iTrU
one bottle, which waa a great benefit. HeWt
on with tho inadicinegradually gaining
taken eighteen bottles in all. and be ™ JS“**
ly restored to health, walks without
caue. Hoi* twenty year s ot tge. Ihaveav™,-
Fefwnffitfen Jeara of age who is ,ubS?'
(.hill*. Whenever he feeis ono eom5g£f*ta
comas in. takes a dose of Vegetine aiie tta.
the last of the Chill. Vegetine leaves^? {£5Vf*
foct upon the ustem like most of the raeffioni
recommended for phiUs. I obeo-fullTiKS?
mend Vegetine for Mich complaints, 'ftlffi;
is the greatest medicinojn the world. Re*n>. *
MRS J WLl-OYb
\eoetine—When ths biood fcocomeshta..,.
and stagnant, either from changh cf weather or
of climate, want of exercise, irregular diet a,
wil renew
the blood, carry off tho putrid humors, ci-x?.
the stomach, regulate the bowels, and immrt
tons ot vigar to the whole bedy. ^
VEGETINE ,r
FOR
Dyspepsia, Nervousness
AND GENERAL DEBILITY.
„ .. , . Bsu*aww»oh, Mass. 1*58.
We the undersigned having used Vegeta?
tako pleasure ta recommending it to olftho.0
troubled with Humors of any kind, Dvspcmi.
Nervousness, or General Debility, it being th«
Great Blood Purifier. Sold b.rR I, Crowell s
Sons, who sell more of it than all other patent
medicine put together.
MRS L P PERKINS.
MRS II W SCOTT,
„ . , JOSEPHUS SLATE.
> egetiue is tbe great health restorer-eomnos'
ed exclusively of barks, roots end herbs It is
very pleasant to take, every child likes it.
VEGETINE
FOR
Nervous Headache
AND RHEUMATISM.
HR«TEVBN S .KT™ aA, ’ ri ' 9 ’ 1877 ’
Dear Sir-I have use,lyour Vegetine for Ner
vous Headache, aud also for Rlieum tism. and
have found entire relief from both, and taka
great pleasure in recommending it to all who
may lie likewise afflicted.
FRED A GOOD.
„ .. , 1«S Mill St. Cum.
\ egetine has restored thousands tu health who
had been long and painfuLitufferers.
IN E
DRUGGISTS’ TESTIMONY.
Mr HR STEVENS:
Dear Sir—Wo have boon selling your remedy,
tho > egetine. for about three year*, and take
pleasure in recommending it to our customer?,
and in no instance where a blood purifier woulu
reach the case, his it ever failed to effect a cure,
to our knowledge. It certainly is the no plus ul*
tra of renovaton. Respectfully
K 11 SI1RP11KR1) & CO, Druggists.
T M t Wrnon. Ill.
Is Acknowledged by all cl ass on of people to be
the best and mo«t reliable blood puriftar iu the
world.
VEGETINE
Prepared by
H. K. STEVENS. Bmton. Mas*.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
noV^wedfrlsundSwsww*' °
BUSINESS MEN
U SE Stafford’s Inks. Sample bottles free.
Blank Books, Letter and Invoice Pooka,
Shipping Tags, Envelopes by the pack or thou*
sand. In short bookkeepers’ supplies of every
de«c;iption. The Opaque Envelope. Something
new and cheap. A new Ink Stand. A novelty
and a success. Call and see them.
oct20...2aw if D IRVINE.
City Marshal’s Sale.
G EORGIA, BIBB COUNTY—Will be sold be
fore the courthouse door in the dty of Mo
con, doring the legal hour* of sale, on the first
Tuesday in Decemoer, 1878, the following prop*
erty as shown on tho map of the city of Jiacoe,
Georgia, by A K Boardman 1572. to*wit:
One*seventh of an undivided interest of block
eight, southwest range in the city cf Macon.
Levied cn as tbo property of Mary H Findlay,
guardian of Arthur P Findlay, to satisfy two tax
fi fas in favor of said city vs Mary H Findlay,
guardian of Arthur P Findlay, for the tax for
the year 1878.
Also oce*seventh of an undivided interest of
block eight, southwest range in th9 city of Ma
con. Levied on as the property of G W Findlay
to satisfy a tax fi fa in favor of said city vs G W
Findlay for balance tax 1878.
Also one*seventh cf an undivided interest of
block eight southwest range, in the city of Ma
con. Levied on as the property of C 8 Findlay to
satisfy two tax fi fas in favor of Eaid city vs C S
Findlay for tax 1873.
nov2 ..td O F ADAMS. Marshal. ^
FOR RENT.
S LEEPING apartments, on first and second
•to»y, thoroughly furnished* can be obtainea
at reasonable rates by application to Mrs George.
Smith, on Pine Street, west side, between First
and New streets. novSeod3t*
Nature’s Noblest Remedy.
Bedford Alum and Iron Springs
Water and Mass.
Efficient for throat diseases.'—Dr Carrington
of Vs.
•Specilio in skin diseases.'—Dr Allen of N O.
'Unequated lor Scrofulous affections.’—Dr Wal
ker of Va,
'Prompt and beneficial as an alterative.'—Prof
Duncan. D D. late Prest, Randolph Macon Col-
■Rejuvennttag on pertous worn with toil and
care.’—Dr Hales of Va.
^'Invaluable for Neuralgia.’—Dr Harriien oi N
‘Regulates the Secretive Organs.’—Dr Chris
tian of Va,
'Purifies the Blood. '—Dr Lsnghorne. Va.
'Successful in Dyspepsia.’—Prof Jackson. \!i;ir
of Pa.
'Has no equal for chills.’— Rav Elison C Hud
son. Va.
'Excellent Tonic and Diuretic.’—Med. A*o. oi
Va, L’b’g.
'Unsurpassedlor diseases peculiar to v, .,oien.—
John P Mettauer. M D, L L D, ot Va.
‘Well adapted iu Ulcerative affections.'-Prof
Moorman, M D, of Va.
‘Nonahave a wider ranee of usefulness.'—Va
Bled. Monthly.
'Very valuable for Stomach, Liver, Kidnejs
and Rowels.—Hon Landou Scruggs, Va
'Powerful natural remedy.—Prof Hardin. V M
Prices: Water, 81 case of a dozen half gallon
bottles; 83 for five gallon demijohn; in cents a
gallon.
MASH: SO cents and $1 bottle, $8.50 and $5 half
dozen: $5 and $10 dozen: stnt postpaid.
Libera! terms properly graded to wholesale and
retail dealers. Analysis nnd direrlions with each
package. Full proof of all claimed sont free upon
application. Sample supply Ireeto physicians
desmug to test.
These charming springs open for visitors and
invalids the year round from end after June 1st
1878. Board $S5 a mouth; $10 n week *1.50 a dav.
Conveyances daily from Lynchburg to springs,
twelve miles distant, over pleasant roads through
a picturesque country, connecting with all the
trains. Round trip tickets from all points South
and North at reduced rates. Buildings all new
or thoroughly refitted. Fare and accommoda
tions first-class. Skilful resident physician.
„ ft 1 ®* 4 B A AI Springs Co., Lynchburg, Va.
Eold by Hunt, Rankin A Lamar, Macon, Ga..
aep5 StawSmo
n^ S i'. LENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A
FORTUNE. ELEVENTH GRAND DI8TEI-
fiyTIOX.'S73. AT NEW ORLEANS, TUES
DAY, NOV. 12TH.
Louisiana State Lottery Company*
This Institution was regularly incorporated by
the legislature ot tho State for Educational and
i-uaritablo purposes, in 18es, with a Capital of
*1,000,000, to which it has ainee added a rcsorve
fund of JXM.OOO. ITS GRAND SINGLE NUM
BER DISTRIBUTION will take place monthly
on the second Tuesday. It never scales or post
pones. Look at the following Distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE $SftOO0.
100,000 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH.
HALF-TICK RTS, uNE DOLLAR.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 Capital Prize *80.003
1 Capital Prize 10.000
1 Capital Price S,000
t Prizes of $2500 6,000
6 Prizes of 1000. ... 6.000
*0 Prizes of 600... le,n00
100 Prizes ol 100 10,000
200 Prizes of 50 10.000
600 Prizes of 20 lo.ooo
1,000 Prizes of 10 10,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of $800 *700
9 do do SOO 1^00
9 do do 100 SM>
1867 Prizes, amounting to *110,400
Respocnble corresjionding agents wanted at
all prominent points, to whom a liberal compen-
at ion will bo paid*
Application for rates to clubs should- only be
nsde to the Homo Office in New Orleans.
Write, c’tarljr stating full address, for further
information or send orders to
M A DAUPHIN,
P O Box «B. New Orleans, Lu
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawing* are
nnder the supervision au,l management ol Gen
erals G T BEAUREGARD and JUBAI. A EAR
LY. cct9dwed sat aw 4w
The Worid’s Standard
FAIKBANK
SCALES.
FOR LE ALS O.
Patent Alarm Money Drawers,
Coffee Mills, Spice Mills, and
Store'Fixtures Generally.
THE IMPROVED TYPE WRITER.
OSCILLATING PUMP CO’S PUMPS.
Send lor Circulars.
FAIRBANKS & CO. f
311 Broadway* N. *•
For salo by leading Hardware Dsxlcrr,
sep«,„diaw w-iat
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