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% Hittklg Jam rig Uetospapr—§dnrttfc to Higjrts, Jhtratore, ^griraltm, Jorrijir into Imra slit Uttos, h. BY SAMUEL H. SMITH. ** EQUAIJTY IX WE UNION OB INDEPENDENCE OUT OF IT.” B. F. BENNETT, PnMtofaer. Vol. 11. Cassville, Oa., Ttuirftday, Nov. 17, 1850. JSTOm 44. E. L. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Cassville, Geo. April 14, 1858. B. IL LEEKE, attorney at law, Cas.svii.le, Geo. B USINESS entrusted to his care will meet with prompt and vigilant attention, and monies paid over punctually. Feb. 1,1859. E. M. KEITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cassville, Gkohria. P RACTICES in the counties of Cass, Cher okee, Cordon, Whitfield and Paulding.— All business entrusted to his eare will meet with prompt attention. No\. 13, 1859. H. L. RAY, Attorney at Law, Ei.lijat, Gilmer Co., Ga. W ILL practice in the eotintiee of Cass, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Dawson, Fannin, Union and Towns. Collecting of debts will receive special attention. March 10, 1859—ly. M. J. CRAWFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Riximoi.n, Catoosa Co., Ga. A LL business entrusted to his care will be promptly attended to. Sept. 15, 1S. T 9. Henry Pattillo Farrow, ATTORNEY AT LAW, O.VKTEIISVILLB, GBORO!A. Office—next door to Kramer's Drug Store. Oct. «, 1S.V.I—ly. ]>. II. LARKY, Attorney at Law, CakteksvjuaE, Gka W ILL practice in ull the counties of tlie Cherokee Circuit, mid in tlie Adjoining: counties of other Circuits. Particular atten tion given to collecting Oct, ij, 1850—3j'. G. W. JACK, rooer, Vhitchall street, Atlanta, Ga. T HE attention of Planters mid Farmers is especially invited to the large and excel lent stock of helms now in store and for sale at the lowest prices. His stock consists in part of tlie fol lowing Goods: Bagging, Rope and Twine; SUGAR, COFFEE, TEAS, SALT; Cit/ulltM, SUirchy Simps, To1mcef\ Coj'ir*; Powder, Shot, Nails, Iron; LIQUORS, &e.; In fact almost arvthing in the GUOOFRY line. Merchants and farmers would do well to call and examine his stock before purchas ing elsewhere, as be flatters himselt that he can sell upon ns fuvornble terms as any bouse in this market. All he asks is a trial. No charge for looking. Call and see me on Whitehall street, below the Johnson block. Atlanta, Nov. 1. G. W. JACK. nmaaiKi ATLANTA, GEO. BY J. D. GILBERT A 00. Nut. 1, 1859—ly. F. A. WILLIAMS, Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinda of FUBH1TUKE, MOSS AND HAI R MATTRESSES, Looking Glass, Plates, Ac., Peachtree street, Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 1, 1859—ly. LAM) FOB SALE. Twelve Hundred Acres OF WELL IMPROVED LAND, Will be sold at Sheriff’s Sale, In Cassville, Ga., on the 1st Tues day in December nest, unless previously disposed of. This Tract of Land is a valuable set tlement, and can be negotiated for in whole or in part, to suit purchasers, previous to the day of sale on more reasonable terms and at lower prices than any such land in that part of the country. This body of land contains two former scttlnnents which aie improved aiid in a high state of cultivation, ana lying immediately oil the Western A Atlantic Rail road at the Cass Depot, two miles from Cass ville, in one of the best settlements fur good Society in the country. Pei sons wishing to purchase or look at this Laud can address the undersigned at Rome, (In., who will meet at Class Depot, any such perso i, by receiving timely notice. Time pay ments can be made for u portion of the pur chase. M IV. JOHNSON, Nov 10—titd Rome, Ga. •JOHN H. LOYEJOY, Wholesale Grocer AND DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic Liquois, CIGARS, TOBACCO, Ac., No. 19, Cherokee Block, l’eachtree Street, ATLANTA, GA. 1 -A BAGS COFFEE—Rio, Java and Li . guvra, just received and for sale bv Nov.!.' J. II. LOVEJOY. fT"- BARRELS A. B. C. Crushed and Pow- I »J dered SUGARS, just received and for sale bv J. II. LOVEJOY. C)Q HOGSHEADS N. O. SUGARS, of all grade Nov. 1. i, just received and for sale bv J. II. LOVEJOY. | A A BOXES Stnr and Adamantine 'Can- Lvv/dles; also 50 cases Sperm Candles, just received and for sale by Nov. 1. i. H. LOVEJOY. j AA BOXES CHEESE—Dairy and State— 1 v*Y* 1°0 boxes Duryeas’ celebrated Pearl Starch, the best article that is nowin use, just, received and for sale by J. II. LOVEJOY. r A BARRELS new crop MACKEREL, No Ov/ 1, 9 and 3 ; also half barrels and kilts, for sale by J. H. LOVEJOY. AAA SACKS LIVERUPOOL SALT, fresh ZUU and full sacks, for sale bv Nov. 1. J. H. LOVEJOY. 250 bv some very flue, in store and tor sale J. U. LOVEJOY. OOO AAA CIGARS, of all grad jLtJ J,VV’U to$75; olsoa fine loto; des—$6 ofebew- ing Tobacco, just received and for sale by Nov, 1. J. H. LOVEJOY. -i BARRELS French and Domestic BRANDY; also 100 Baskets of Munitns and Heidsick’s CHAMPAIGNE, and S. T. DIGGERS, ttnOLGSALK AND RETAIL. Grocer and Warehouse and Commission Merchant, ATLANTA, GA. B ACON, Lard, Grain; Coffee, Sugar, Syr- j numerous other, articles too tedious to men- ups; Rope, Twine, Bagging; Wines, Licj- j t " ,n: Send >" J«nr orders—we wiM please uors. Cigars; Lumber of all sites and quail- J 00 - ^‘ or - L ties; Lime as a Cement and Fertiliser. Strict attention given to the storage of Cot ton, Ac. Advances made on shipments of Cotton, Produce, Ac. Please give me a call. Nov. 1, 1859—ly. J. H. LOVEJOY. CUTTING & STONE, Dealers in Dry Goods, CARPETS, UlL CLOTHS, BOOTS AND SHOES, Curtain Materials, Ac., Markham Buildings, No. IS, Whitehall str.> Nov. 1. ATLANTA, GA. ly. Ftten , I Gilbert * Burr, T WO Prentinms hioreb*^ .wanted for j Itetail Defers in X these Machines this month—nt the Indiana Hardware, Stares, aad Housekeeping and New York State Fairs, This is the original and only practical (am-1 By Sewing Machine for $8, $12 and $90. Par-i Eddleman ft Banks, Whits hall Sr., Atlasta, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in and Man ufacturers of SOOTS, SHOES, Leather, Lasts, Pegs, Calf, Lining aad Binding (Mss, Snosii Annas' Tools, Ao,, Of which they keep n large and eons tout sapply at the lowest cash prices. Also agents for the only Machine that saws with n Wan Thread. Invite the alien lion of Oonntry Merchants to their prices. Nov. 1. Goods, Cutlery, Gams, foe., as well an ties wishing to purchase are invited to all BuiJdin,/JfaUrwU and £iu Mrdaoie,' Tool*, th,s *• Swede, sad Amerkwn Refined Inin, Warranted Cast Steel, Nails, Shovels, Axes, sod all other heavy goods in the line. and examine A to re of Catting A Stone, Atlanta, Ga. C. W. CUTTING, Nov. I. General Agent for the State. M«NAUGHT, ORMOND 4k CO., Commission Merchants, And Dealers nr Gntui llncumisr, JCfg*tont Bvildiity*, WkiUhaU tt., ATLANTA, GBO. To the Senate aad Hoaaa of •entativea of the State ef Gears*.! «*** <** Besides, cotegmseedn- Gentlemes;—Thin petition af the True- cation is brought withis rem* of the poor j tees and Faculty of the Cherokee Baptist id the other Colleges of Georgia than 1^ than, there should be no endowed cot- College at Cassville, Cass Co., Ga., res pectfully prayeth that you wffl aid theta in the promotion of useftil learning by en- aad is heiag embraced by them through its beneficence. By reference to its location it will be •mb that it ia tit the midst of the most trusting to them sad their Successors in valuable geological phenomena in the State. office the use of twenty-five thousand dol lars, for the permanent endowment of the school of Natural Sciences in said College. In consideration of this amount your pe titioners pledge themselves and their suc cessors in office to support in said College a Professor and apparatus for the instruc tion of the members of the Junior and Se nior classes of the College and any other students or citizens who may desire to at tend the lectures given said classes in the sciences of Chemistry, Mathematics, Geol ogy, Mineralogy, Botany and such others as come under the general denomination of the “ Natural Sciences” and also then- application to the Arts, especially to Ag riculture. Your petitioners also pledge that this Profeasor shall report annually to your bodies an account of his labors It is within tee palaesonia region near the junction line of the upper metamorphic strata, which forms the western boundary of tee great gold belt of Georgia and which is well known to contain numerous valu able veins and deposits of gold, iron, cop per, lead, manganese, plumbago, titanium Ac. Looking from its doors towards the North West we have before us the most interesting and important, though least explored, chain of fossiliferous formations to be found in the State, embracing the Trenton limestone, the Helderberg series, the Portage and chemung group and ter minating in the carboniferous system as developed in Walker and Dade counties. Hence its students in Mineralogy and Ge ology have for cabinet and museum the great laboratory of nature and but little and of any observations of a scientific more to do than open their eyes under the guidance of an accomplished instructor, to see many of the leading truths of these sciences exemplified. Besides this the seven furnaces of Cass county, particularly the Etowah Iron works, with its foundry, rolling mills and naH factory—the Allatoona and Bell gold" mines, the copper and lead mines of Can ton, the marble works of Pickens count}-, the New Bangor slate quary of Polk coun ty, the lime kilns of Rodgers and of C. W. Howard and other similar works, are all within a day’s ride of this College, and all in active opemtion, and afford its classes in natural science rare opportunities of be coming familiar with the practical process of quarrying and mining, of metallurgy and sculpture &c., at a very trifling cost, while the students of other Colleges of this State may only hear of these things or at best, make a flying trip to this region with comparatively little satisfaction or advan tage, though at considerable expense to themselves. Again, by affording collegiate advan tages to the youth of North Georgia— those destitute of means as well as those of modarate means, the Cherokee Baptist College is educating the youth who are to be the teachers, surveyors, farmers and miners of this interesting region. Thus it becomes obvious how important it is to the State that the chair of natural scien ces in this College should be endowed with a sum sufficient to support at all times a competent Professor and to place within his reach the means of instruction. It may safely be calculated that the crude mining operations hitherto conduc ted in upper Georgia have yielded in pro portion to labor and expense, less than half the profits which would have accrued to persons thoroughly acquainted with the best inodes of operating. Agriculture al so, has greatly languished, through igno rance or disregard of those beneficial ap pliances which tee man of science is ever reedy to point out Who can estimate the influence on the wealth and prosperity of the State white would in a few years he exerted by twen ty or thirty graduates annually sent forth into the ooontry around this College—each topunue his teroen avocation, with the ability to anatyaeaoOs, and minerals, con duct geological surveys, or direct a band of mitten, as occasion should arise ? How soon should we see these wide spread val leys and hills affording the means not of ■canty subsistence merely, but of wealth and luxury! How soon too, would tee result return more than twenty five thou sand dollars to the Treasury of tee State of Geargia 1 Add to this—our formers and miners are at present often desirous to have their soils analyzed, and the exact character for aid only because they are not able to support the enterprise in a manner com- Oqr Store and Tin" Deportment is qnsur- j porting with its success and dignity, and passed; we can fornisb latest patterns Cook Because they are impressed with its claims and Parlor Stoves and Grates at the very low- ' . ‘ est rates. A liberal discount will be allowed, upon the State. t II- TheCherokeeBaptist College is now . a useful and efficient institution, and its character which may arise to him and tend to the development or illustration of the resources of Georgia, especially of that portion known as Cherokee Georgia. To sustain this prayer your petitioners respectfully offer the following MEMORIAL. L The Cherokee Baptist College is nec essary for the welfare of one of the most important portions of the commonwealth of Georgia. It was projected and estab lished to provide the citizens of Cherokee Georgia an institution in which the Arts and Sciences should be taught, to as great an extent, and as thoroughly as they arc generally taught at Colleges. This was considered expedient by the projectors because the other Colleges in the State were established before Cherokee Georgia was peopled by the white race, and there fore they did not contemplate its conven ience or wants. Meanwhile Cherokee Georgia has become the inhabitancy of the larger portion of the whites in the State, and is likely to continue so, because the greater part of her farming lands are in small tracts and inconvenient for large plantations, and because on the developc- ment of her mines there will necessarily bo introduced a vast population of opera tives. The Political, Social and Religious interests of the country therefore pointed to education as the great conservative pow er ; but there being no educational influ ence in their midst, the people generally took no interest in education. The few who sought an education turned away from Georgia. It is impossible to remove the prejudices ofa mountain people against the climate of the low country, and also impossible for the fanners of Cherokee Georgia, to any extent, to meet the expen ses ofthe Colleges in lower Georgia. Thus, by reference to the catalogues of the Geor gia Colleges for ten years previous to tee opening of Cherokee Baptist College, it will be found that there has been but an average of five students from the Chero kee country at them annually, while tease were about eighty annually from the same place attending in Tennessee, the Canti nas, Kentucky and Virginia. And again, by the census of 1850 it will appear that nearly f of tee youtha of the State of Geor gia were living in Cherokee Georgia, with out the bounds of a school at which a sys tematic education could be obtained, and that while then were five of those youth who resorted to Georgia Colleges, and eighty who looked upon their native land as a step mother and sought the nurseries of other States, the vast majority wen growing up amidst the intelligence and tee refinement of the nineteenth century with but very few advantages other than those afforded by the “ old field schools.” To meet this case, an appeal might have been made long since to yoor bodies; but the projectors, at great personal expense sad toil, bare carried on the enterprise and its importance demands consideration, g tted for want of their development Give. th h j benefit of which shall return to and now your petitioners appeal to youj ^ the smaU sum here pense and Inconvenience, or this buried 1 since they must pay out large sums to pro fessors residing in other States, they must leges, there would be no collegiate educa tion in the State, while if colleges be so endowed as to afford their advantages to the poor or men of limited means, there is a class provided who will supply the common school education. It is thus that the college is the base of the educational interest ofthe State; hence kings, princes, statesmen and ecclesiastics in all times have made their patriotism effectual by their munificence to collegiate establish ments; and to-day the universities of Eu rope are the most convincing testimonials of their founders’ and benefactors’ claims to the gratitude of their country ; hence, too, we often find tyrants who revelled in human oppression, bestowing their treas uries upon colleges—not because they es poused the rights of man, but because they cared for their countries’ prosperity and the majesty of their own sceptres which they knew depended upon the ac complishments of their subjects in the arts and sciences, which arc gained in the college. We therefore appeal to you as those en trusted with the-intercsts of Georgia ; we call your attention to the fairest portion of the States a land often spoken of ns flowing with milk and honey—capable of supplying the whole State with wheat, the small grains, fruits, cattle and swine, and haying mineral wealth of iron, gold, copper, lead and coal sufficient to supply the whole union if these arts—agriculture and mining -were applied scientifically to these productions. Wc point you to the facts, that previous to our efforts the youth of this country were comparatively neglected, that we have done much to ex cite an interest in their education and bring about facilities for it, that we are doing a great work and that the magni tude ofthe enterprise is increasing beyond our ability to sustain, and therefore we are forced to look without ■ ourselves for help. We have met with misfortune, for we lost our first house by tire on January 4th, 1850, just as we were about to enter upon its occupation, which loss has ever since embarrassed our finances, and we are nearly dispirited in view of the expen se^ we find must be encountered to make the enterprise efficient. We come to you, wc cast qurselves upon your sympathy, your love for Georgia youth and Georgia soil* and your sense of justice towards those who arc working for the benefit of both. Will you help us ? We hold up before you the piajority of the white youth of Georgia who. now have the least means, but are yet to have the greatest influence at tho ballot-box and in the general as semblies of the commonwealth. We are trying to educate them. We do not want in any wise to interfere with other like institutions, but we know that from loca tion, climate, social considerations and ex penses coming within their means, that the majority of tlieuLSre dependent upon us. We bold up before you our forms and our mines, the most interesting in the States promising illimitable wealth to pos terity, which, while lower Georgia has been surveyed by a State Geologist, has, to tee great loss of the State, been wholly neglected, and is unknown except in parts through pritate interests. We are trying to locate* geologist and agriculturist in our midst, who win aid our citizens in the developement of the country and pre pare our sons to form and mine it We come to you begging aid for a .de partment of learning which cannot be effi ciently sustained except at great expense, but the benefits of which shall ultimately return to the State. To the State' we ded icate our building—the best college edi fice in her bounds—to .the State we dedi cate our college system, modelled from the best systems in the Union—to the State we dedicate otil endowment and EDWIN DYER, LaFayettc. W. T. WOFFORD, Cassville. T. H. SPARKS, Cedar Town. E. J. TARVER, Dalton. S. G. HILLYER, Rome. LEMUEL DILLARD, Cassville. J. J. HOWARD, Cartersville. A. FITZGERALD, Dalton. C. W. SPARKS, Cave Spring. J. H. MeCLUNG, Romo. G. ROBERTS, Marietta. J. A. BLACK, Dalton. T. J. WOFFORD, Cassville. J. G. RYALS, Cartcrsvillc. J. A. CRAWFORD, Cassville. ^BLLL to be entitled an act to make a^ appropriation to endow a professorship of Natural Science and Agriculture in the Cherokee Baptist College, and for other, purposes therein mentioned. Whereas it will be conducive to the in terests of the State of Georgia to have made chemical analysis of the soils there of dnd geological surveys made therein, especially in that portion of the State known as Cherokee Georgia, and whereas to-endow a professorship of Natural Sci ence and -Agriculture in the Cherokee Baptist College, an institution located ve ry nearly in the centre of that portion of the State would tend to bring about these and other similar beneficial results, as well as to promote the general education al interests of the Shite, therefore Sec. 1st Be it enacted l»y the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so soon as any portion of the bonded debt of the said State of Geor gia shall become due, or may otherwise be presented for payment, upon the same being paid off, it shall be the duty of his Excellency ■ the Governor of said State, and he is hereby authorized and required to issue in the usual form, and to have the usual attestations made thereto, coupon bonds of the State of Georgia in amounts equal to those which may have been paid off, until the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars of bonds shall he issued, payable to and in behalf of said Cherokee Baptist College; said bonds to become due thirty years after the date of those first issued, in accordance with this act, and to bear interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, the interest to be paid annually 1 and the said bonds so issued as aforesaid, to deliver to the Treasurer of tee Board of Trustees of said College, or to his au thorized agent, and not otherwise. Sec. 2d. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the bonds is sued in pursuance of the first section of this act be, and tee same are hereby de clared to be in no way negotiable or as signable, but the Treasurer of the said State of Georgia is hereby ordered and di rected to pay the interest as the same may become due thereon to the Treasurer of the Beard of Trustees of said College, or to his authorized agent, and to no other person. Sec. 8d. And be it further enacted, That the principal of said bonds, and the interest which may accrue thereon, shall not be subject to the present or any fu ture debts, liabilities or contracts of said Cherokee Baptist College, only so far as to authorize said Board of Trustees to ap ply the annual interest as the same may be paid on said bonds to the payment of the salary of the Professor of Natural Sci ence and Agriculture in said College, anil to the purchase of such apparatus, chem icals and labratory as may be found nec- cssar} - to the promotion of Natural Science and Agriculture. Sec. 4th. And.be it further enacted, That if at any time said Cherokee Baptist College shall fail to have an existence, or the Natural Sciences shall not bo taught therein, in the same manner as they are taught in like institutions in tlieSoulhem and value of their minerals determined, hut ‘provision for the annual education of portion of theUnited States, or in a sim- twenty poor youth, and of the State, through you, gentlemen, we ask aid in gnnerally remain ignorant of tee value of I th e interest 0 f twenty-five thousand dol- S. B. O ATM AN, 1 connection with the future welfare of the. 4oun<l to the general good of the State. wealth of our state will be saved as wej^ - ' FACULTY. shall perform the service required and ^ ^ ’ PreS1 ’ pare tee rising generation to do it f%' dent Cherokee Baptist College, themselves. Vj J. D, COLLINS, A. Lastly. We are pursuaded that tt will Na ^ 1 be an equitable appropriation and re- ilar or more advantageous manner, then and in that event the Legislature may in its discretion order the interest accruing on said bonds to he .withheld, and said bonds delivered up to he cancelled. Sec. otb. And be it further enacted, That when the principal of tho bonds to be issued m accordance with this act, shall become due, it shall be optional with r - the Legislature either to pay off said Professor of , D . - , . ' : , , - bonds or to issue others in their stc-ad, of FOR SALE. I OFFER (he following lots of land for sale, on reasonable terms; No. 371, in Gilmer Co., 6th distriet and 3d see. • 175, Cass, 6th 3d 383, Fannin, 9th 3d 867, Paulding, 19th 3d j Apply to the subscriber^ or to John G. Be- qune, Oolm * QcL 13—2m, mhos, Go. JORN BETHUNR. I opposite Georgia R. R. depot. . - , . , .. . .. _ . _ . . , James V.aghanlTgent, Cassville, Ga. [ > nfluence als0 u P° n rt, 5 cause of Question moro eviirot to the croe of adfeptoe ate Oct 27, 1859—ly. Js most salutary; during the four y«ar» of u«g£on than hi the case of common ScSael -{its existence a general desire for education education, for a common school education • TAILORING. has been crated and stimulated through- can be provided for without endowment . .... * .. .out Cherokee,Ga., and now there is de-, but a coUegtate education cannot be so 1 trade and stand, in Oartmvi(lft G*.-? j for tad schools pf the provided. It is expensive and limited m ; Catting and making Clothing in foe neat- er class in every, neighborhood, and more-, extent by endowment, even as it-can he est noti«.°*GhrefoS»a trial- ’ Vovlo5m than double the number of Cherokee youth 1 extended by tha magnitude of endowment. ^ o tt TTR.i-rvf>D i i: tt_ » J the same amount, of toe same purport, S. H. DE\ ORE, A. M., Professor of , „ * ,. . .. . „ . , and for the same object as those which • Mathematics and. Astronomy. , . ,.. . » . may have become due, and the same to do T. A. SEALS, A. M., Professor Ancient ' .. . .. . ’ at all times in rclatnjn to any bonds which may hereafter be issued in pursuance of this act. Sec. 0th. And be it further enacted, Jhat all laws and parts of laws militating against this act he and the same are here by repealed. .4* TRUSTEES: . BUFORD, President MERCER, Secretary. COMPTON, Treasurer. CRA.WFQRD, Cassville. J. M.1LRQ4CKELFOBD, Calhoun G. w. TUMLDC, Wnrotis. E R H ARDEN, Dalton. R. L. R06Pf!te. Cassville. ^be fugitive Duke i heir of the Stuart drnaati ,to the doctrine af TURNER GOLDSMITH, Cartereville. i <« the Mtite tte IRAK FOSTER, Alatoona. [ ST In matters of conscience the first J. M. WOOD, Rome. j thought* are best; in matters of prudencs W. H, ROBERT. Marietta. j the last. Got. Brown’s Inaugnrai SffXATons Jfse REPitEsrovATiVxa 1 Two years since; in ohScfience to tee popular will, I met year predeceases* hero; and took upon myself the kboribna Sad responsible duties,, which are incumbent upon- the Executive of our befovwh State. At that time, the future looked (fork and portentious, and anxious gloom seem ed to rest upon the minds of our peepfe. From high state of prosperity, the coun try had been precipitated into a fearful 'commercial crisis. Most of our Banks had suspended specie payment, and bad refus ed to redeem their bills in specie, when presented, as they, had solemnly contrac ted to do. The creditor was pressing the debtor, who had not the means with which to pay.' Our commercial interests were almost prostrated, and distrust and de pression. prevailed in every part of the' State, t I'i»tliis state of things, as the Executive, I was called upon to encounter grave res ponsibilities, and to act upon questions of much magnitude, when, great divemity of opinion existed. I did not hesitate to meet those responsibilities,andtodfecharge my duty, according to ro.y own conscien tious convictions of right. The correct ness of my official conclusions was repeat edly called into question, and my official acts were closely scannned and severely criticised. At this F did not contain, as I was willing for the people to pronounce their verdict upon my administration, at the proper time and in tlie proper way. The constitutional term' for which I was elected being near its expiration, it recent ly became the duty of the people, at tho ballot box, to set in judgement upon my official conduct. The decistow has been pronounced, and in accordance with it, I now appear before the General Assembly, for the purpose of taking tee oath pres cribed by the Constitution and laws ofthe State, preparatory to entering upon the discharge of the duties of another term in the Executive office. Before doing so, I feel that I may justly congratulate you, and the people whose representatives you arc, upon the present condition, and brightening future pros pects of our noble State. Between the lof tiest peak of the mountains’ which range along her North Eastern boundary, where until June, the bud has scarcely swollen upon the cliff, where the Eagle builds her nest; and the Orange grove, which blooms perpetually upon her senaw bound limits, Georgia contains a groat variety of soil and climate, with an almost endless diver sity of valuable production* Her bills, valley* and plains, are inhab ited by an intelligent, industrious and prosperous people, noted alike for their honesty of purpose, and their integrity of character. Her surface is almost check ered with Railroads, winch are in a pros perous condition, affording the means of rapid transportation and travel, from one extreme portion of the State to the other. All her groat agricultural interests, inclu ding her cotton crop, which is worth mil lions of dollars annually, exhibit flatter ing evidences ef prosperity. Her manu facturing interests are valuable and grow ing. Her commercial interests are in creasing in importance, and her vast re sources are being rapidly developed. Her currency is now as sound as that of. any of her sister States where banking is tide- rated. The. aggregate wealth of her peo ple probably exceeds seven hundred mil* lions of dollars. Her public or State pro perty, including the Western & Atlantic Railroad, is worth over seven millions of dollars, while lier public debt is but little over two aui a half millions. Each in stallment of Ikt debt has been promptly paid as it fell due^ and one hundred thou sand dollars, of iier bonds which were not due, have l>ee»» purchased at par, by her proper authorities, during tlie past year. \\ ith a large amount of property exempt from taxation, the State tax paid by her citi/xns this year, is only six and a half cents upon the one hundred dollars worth of taxable property owned by each. Her Railroad is paying into her treasury, clear of all expenses and repairs, over four hun dred thousand dollars per annum. The amount for distribution among the coun ties for educational purposes,, which baa heretofore been about thirty thausqixl dol lars per annum, lias been increased this year to about one hundred and fity thou sand dollars. Her resources wiU justify a still fiirthcr annual increase, until the a- mount in a few years, with prudent legis lation, will be amply sufficient for the 1 acation of all the children oif tea both rich and poor. The a of this grand object may highest ■infiiititojff Gc aacjpj froth **mrfima!e, are in a flourishing and are annually affording to hundreds of young gentlemen and ladies the advantages of a collegiate education; while her school houses and aeadcmian are being thrown open to her free white chil dren of every class. And it is oot devoot- ly to be hoped, teat but few man years will have passed, until she shall ham am-