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>7EDS£BDAY JANUARY 19, 1876.
UOBT IN THJ WINDOW.
Where the wild north wind* their eeldeet Mow.
’Mid the blinding dnfu of the oroei enow,
An aged women, with weary feet,
He* struggled on through the lonely etreet.
She see* the light m a window shine;
She read* the word* on a lettered rigii.
Proclaimed by the Prinoe of Dttidi line:
•‘Oome onto Me, ye that labor,
And I will gire yon reet.
To keep one ahirenng infant warm
■. clean* it clone to nor half-numbed form.
And there, behind her, another stand*.
Ho xQMkIY pleading with ontetretchea hand*;
Bat anil the great light hold* her there;
She look* no farther, but linger* where,
In golden letter*, the word* declare;
* •‘Come ante Me ye that labor,
And I will gire yon reet."
Who knoweth what wilder storm* hare paeaed
O’er the drooping he* 1 of the poor oetoeet.
That she stops to rest where the glittering *lgn
Beneat* the promi-e of lips divine ?
”*Nor heeds what th* Wintry blast* oaa do,
Bat only the letter*, gold and blu*-
Th* gionoos message, sweet and tree:
‘•Come unto Me ye that labor,
And I will give yon rest.”
U)TE AND COWSLIPS.
** OOL. CLAUDE M HATZS.
Gold -crown ad daughters of the Summer, floet-
On tbs of this deep
How iWSTSiihid ; but m, foot
stp may not venture
Hearer then the graeey fringe* of the water*,
pure and cool*
BUiwart stem* of reed* and mahea, thickly
*U the
night and all the day, . .
With their emerald spears uplifted, with their
feathery, floating plumage,
And their gaily flaunting banners, with the
(summer breeze* sway.
Ail In vain I feast my longing eye* upon yonr
peerlee* beauty;
All iuviin my footsteps linger near yonr
dun, secure retreat: ..
Pain to crown my gold haired darling, I yonr
starry disks would gather;
I would weave a anowy garland for her lore
head fair and sweet.
Bhe in gsrments white end dainty, as your
fragrant, waxen petals,
Cewaiip maiden, of all maidens, walk* se
renely on hef way,
And her eyes are blue and tender as the Hum
mer skies above her,
And the aunbeams are the brighter for her
shining hair to-day.
Sleep to-night, thou beauteous cowslips, with
the nodding reeds around yon ;
Booked upon the wavelesa waters, to an un
disturbed repose.
Fire-flies light their lamps around yon, and the
young moon's silver crescent
O'er yonr softly folded petals her resplendent
radiance throws.
Hlaep, 0 jnaiden, pure and gentle, spotless as
those golden cowslips;
On your hai py pillow slumber lightly, peace
fully as they,
•nil the stars shall fade from Heaven, and the
orient born with crimson.
To awake as to the glory of the perfeot Sum
mer day.
HEART'S-EASE.
f Celia Theater in the Independent.)
Southward still the sub is slanting day by day,
bkiet that brim with gold and aznre slowly
chstiged:
Asanty waxes cold and dim and oannot stay,
„ Into tone and tint steals something ill and
strange.
Threat of evil find its way to every ear,
Larks In light and shade and sounds In
every breath;
Prom the pathless snow fields oomea a warning
drear.
And the shuddering north wind oarriss news
of death.
Stealthy step of Wintor nearer and nearer
draws;
Locking earth beneath him, terrible with
might.
Strides he from the icy cone without a panae.
Swift and snre and fierce, with ready hand to
smite.
•
Dearest, when without the door he threatening
stands
Having rendered desolate the fair green
earth,
And sent their happy birds to snnnler lands,
And choked with sullen snows her Hummer
mirth,
We shall ait together, yon and I once more,
Warm and quiet, shut sway from storm and
We shall smils to hear him blnsiering at the
door,
While the room glows with the firelight s
ruddy gold.
How safemv heart keeps every memory sweet,
Holding still yonr piotnre. as you used to sit,
Ever lovely, full of grace from head to feet,
With that heap of snowy wool 1 watched yon
knit;
With the lamplight falling on yonr oloudy
hair—
Qn the rich, loose bands of brown, so soft to
tonoh;
On the silken knot of rose yon used to wear,
On the thoughtful little faoe I love so mnoh.
Ton remember, when aloud I read to yon,
R Sometimes silenoed intervened. Yon would
not move.
Bat In yonr radiant cheek the blushes grew ;
For you know 1 paused to gaze at yon, my
love!
Paused to realize my Heaven, till with kind,
Clear and questioning gray eyas yon sought
mV faoe—
Whit a look ! Its kindling glory struck me
bUnd.
Twss s splendor that illumined all the
plaoe.
What to ns are Winter's blows and hate and
wrath ?
And wha' matter that the green earth's
bloom is fled ?
There has been immortal Hammer in oar path
All the happy yean since we were wed.
MR. WHITTIER’S NEW POEM.
Saoeet on the Bearcamp.
[Prom the Atlantic Monthly forlJannary ]
A gold fringe on the pnrpling hem
Of hills the river rnns,
As down Its long green valley’s falls
The last of Summer’s suns.
Along its tawny gravel bed
Broad flowing, swift and still,
As if its meadow levels felt
The burry of the hill.
Noiseless between ite banks of green
From ourve to ourve it slips;
The drowsy maple shadows rest
Like fingers on its Ups.
A waif from Carroll's wildest hills,
Unstoried end unknown;
The arsine legend of its name
Prowls on its banks alone.
Yet flowers as fair its slopes adorn
As ever Yarrow knew.
Or, under rainy Irish skies,
By Hpenoer's Mulls grew;
And through the gaps of leaning troaa
Its mountain cradle shows
' The gold against the amethyst,
The green against the rose.
Touched by a light that hath no namt,
A glory never sung.
Aloft ou sky and mountain wall
Ate God's > rest pictures hung.
Cow changed the summits vast and old ! {
No longer granite-browed.
They mat in rosy mist; the rook
Is softer than the cloud;
The valley holds its breath; no leaf
Of all its elms is twirled;
She silence of eternity
Seems falling un the world.
The pause before the breaking seals
Of mystery is this:
Son miracle play of night and day
Make dumb its witnesses.
Whet unseen altars crown the hills
That reach up stair on stair T
What ayes look through, what white wings fan
These purple veils of air?
What Preeauce from the heavenly heights
To those of earth stoops down ?
Hot vainly Hellas dreamed of gods
On Ida's snowy crown!
Flow fades the vision of th* sky,
The golden water pales.
And over all the valley land
A gray winged vapor sails.
1 go the common way of all.
The sunset fires will burn.
The flowers will blow, the rivers flow.
When I no more return.
Ho whisper from the mountain pine.
Nor lapsing stream shall tell
The stranger, treading where I tread.
Of him who loved them well.
Bat beauty teen is never lost,
God’s colors all are fast;
The glory of this sunset heaven
Into mv son! has passed—
A sense of gladness u noon fined
To mortal date or clime;
As the soul liveth. i shall live
Beyond th* years of time.
Beside the mystic asphodels
Shall bloom the home-born flower*,
And now horizons flush and glow
With sunset hues of oars.
Farewell! these smiling hills most wear
Too soon their wintry frown.
And now cold winds froth off them shake
The maple's red leaves down.
Bui 1 shall see a summer sun
Still setting broad and low;
The mountain slopes shall blush and bloom,
The golden water flow.
A lovers claim is mine on all
I see to have and hold—
The rose-light of perpetual hills.
And sunsets never cold!
LOUISIANA.
Bwttw f Caiiad Sum SMattr.
Nsw Orlkass, January 11.—The
Democratic members of the House to
I day went into an election of United
States Senator. Of the Republican
members only ex Governor Hahn took
part. He nominated Judge Talhaferro,
of the Bopreme Court of the State. State
Senator J. B. New Orleans,
was elected bv 58 majority. He reoeiv
ed his 61 votes. The Senate passed a
resolution that there was no vacancy,
and therefore no necessity for an elec
tion. The Democratic Senators, how
ever, will attend the joint session to
morrow, and it is said three Republican
Senators will join them, when E ostia
will be eleoted by a legal majority on
joint ballot.
The three-card monte men who fleeced
the Florida youth on the Macon and
Western Road the other day, have been
captured by the Atlanta police. They
have returned the $230 they got from
the student
THE GEORGIA lEtHSLATTRE
FIRST PATS SKBSIOI*. \*
{Btedel PiepeUh to the Chromate and Sentinel.)
Atlanta, Janunary 12.—The Senate
met at 10 o’clock. President Simmona m
the Chair. After prayer by Ber. J. P.
Duncan, the roll was called. Thirty
eight Senators were present. The Presi
dent addressed the Senate. He briefly
referred to the stringency in financial
matters, ariairfg from the failure of
crops and failures in commercial circles,
which he attributed to the acts of Cou
gresss. Taxation at home must be re
duced and economy and retrenchment
enforoed in every department of tbe
State government. While the State tax
was light, oounty and municipal taxa
tion was a heavy burden. Extravagance
and wastefulness in these corporations
must be obeoked by reducing the num
ber of offices and office holder*. He
said that there was no nse in employing
two or three men to do the work of one,
and the Legislature should eradicate
the evils oomplaiued of. He made some
timely suggestions in relation to
tinkering at the Code, and said that no
cbaDge should be made unless positive
benefits would result He referred to
the bad effects of hasty legislation,
crowding the most important business
into the last of tbe session and throwing
it on the hands of the Governor, who
has to sign bills without proper consid
eration, and suggested that no bill be
introduced after the twenty-fifth day of
the session.
The Senator from the Forty-second
Disriet, H.n. Mark A. Cooper, was
sworn in by Justice Bleckley.
Senator Hudson introduced bills to
alter and amend the act for the preven
tion of cruelty to animals; to amend the
act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating
liqnors in the oounty of Putnam —out-
side of Eatonton; also, to punish any
person or persons selling or giving to
rniuors deadly weapons.
The Governor’s message wag received
and read and referred to the appropriate
oommittees. Adjourned to 10 o’olock
to-morrow.
Haase.
The House was called to order by
Speaker Hardeman. Prayer by Bev.
John Jones. The Speaker made a brief
address, in which he referred to the
general depression and want of confi
dence in tbe business community and
urged economy and prudent legislation.
The people demanded retrenchment in
every department and the Legislature
should not disappoint them in protect
ing their interests.
Irwin, of Cobb; Binns, of Wilkes; and
Holcombe, of Haralson, were sworn in.
The Governor’s message was reoeived
and read, as follows :
Exbotjttve Dbf’t., State of Ga., /
Atlanta, Ga., January 12, 1876. j
To the General Assemblyi
In the discharge of my duty under the
Constitution, I proceed to inform the
General Assembly of the state of the
Commonwealth, and to recommend to
their consideration the measures that
are deemed necessary and expedient.
In consequence of the vacancy in the of
fice of State Treasurer, which occurred
on tbe 26th day of November last, no
formal report of the operations of the
Treasury during that period of the last
fiscal year, ending on the day just
named, has been received for transmis
sion to the General Assembly. It de
volves upon me, tberetore, to present in
this communication a fall ana particu
lar statement of the affairs of th® Treas
ury during the period mentioned.
State Tneeerj.
By a joint resolution of the General
Assembly, passed at the last session, the
Governor was directed to appoint a
"skillful and oompeteut person to assist
the Treasure Fin systematizing the man
ner of book keeping in bia office, to
make out a full and complete registra
tion of all the bonded obligations in the
Treasury, to ascertain, if possible, all
the outstanding obligations reoognized
as legal or illegal by the State, to report
to the General Assembly a tabulated
statement of the same/’ and to do*
whatever else Wit necessary “to proteot
the interest ofdhs State in the ooDduot
of the business of th office.” Under
the authority of this resolution, I ap
pointed James F. Bozeman, who enter
ed upon the disoargeof his duties on the
22d day of March last. Mr. Bozeman
has prepared and submitted a full re
port of the results of bis investigations,
which is herewith respectfully transmit
ted for the information of the General
Assembly.
By reference to the tabulated state
ment accompanying the report, it will
be seen that the valid bosded debt of
the State amounts to $8,005,500. Tbe
whole amount of outstanding bonds of
the Btate declared null and void by leg
islative enaotments, is $2,872,000. The
amount of bonds classed by Mr. Beza
man as “invalid," i55473,250. The out
standing past due bonds of the State
amount to $35,500. Of these it has
been ascertained that $12,500 are in tbe
possession of Messrs. E. P. Scott k 00.,
of New York; SB,OOO in the hands of E.
L. Haves, of the State of Rhode Island,
and $17,000 are either in the possession
of parties unknown, or have been lost
or destroyed. A full descriptive list of
these bonds has been made and recorded
in a book prepared for the purpose. The
report shows that the amount of past
due bonds legally outstanding is very
small. Books of record Lave been
opened, in which all the recognized nd
valid current bonds of the State, as well
as all the overdue and paid bonds found
in any quarter whatever, have been care
fully registered. A book has also been
prepared for the registration of s*ifi
bonds as shall hereafter be issued. Uo
der an act approved December 11,1858,
entitled "an aot to provide for the edu
cation of the children of this State, and
to provide a sinking fund for the extin
guishment of the pubiio debt,” $350,000
of bonds were prepared and placed in
the custody of the Secretary of State.
I would respectfully suggest that the
pubiio interest does not require that
these bonds should be longer kept, and
it is, therefore, recommended that they
be destroved. I also recommend that
the $268,000 of 7 per cent pnrrenoy
bonds, numbering from 1 to 268, inplu
sive, now deposited in the Treasnry a.
security for the school fund, be de
stroyed. These bonds were deposited
as a pledge for the replacement of $242,-
027 62 of the school fund taken ou tbe
6th day of August, 1870, by authority
of the Legislature, and applied to the
payment of legislative expenses. It is
not probable that the school fund will
be materially inoreesed by this deposit
of bonds; they should, therefore, be de
stroyed. The second section of an aot,
entitled “an aot to set apart and secure
the school fund,” approved Ju1y28,1870,
is as follows: “ That, from time to
time, without delay, as definite
amounts are ascertained by the
Oomptroiler-Generfli to be due said
fund, he shall report the same to
his Eioellenoy, the Governor, who shall
thereupon deposit with the Treasurer 7
per cent, bonds of the State to suoh an
amount as will perfectly secure the
school fund.”
Under this section lso 7 per oent. cur
retiev bouds of SI,OOO each, dated May
1, 1872, and due July 1, 1892, were pre
pared for execution in the Snmmer of,
1872, They were never executed, how
ever, bees use it was feared that a com
pliance with this law would Injure tne
public credit. Never having been exe
ented and issued, or even deposited as.
direoted by the aot, they do not form
aDy portion of the public debt of the
State. It ia also shown by the report
that an amount of 6 per coat, bond*, not
exceeding $375,000, waa executed, pro
bably in the year 1854, for the purpose
of being exchanged for the outstanding
bouds of the Central Bank. For some
reason these bonds we to never issued,
but remained in the Treasury vault at
Milledgeville uutil November, 1864,
when, it is supposed, they fell into the
hands of the Federal troops. A rumor
exists thst sttempts hsve sinoe been
made to put them in circulation in a
Western State. For the protection of
the pnblic against fraud and imposition,
I recommend that appropriate action be
taken, declaring these bonds null and
void. The attention of the General As
sembly is especially invited to that por
tion of Mr. Bozeman’* report which re
fer* to the State bonds redeemed by
Henry Clews A Cos., as former financial
agent of tbe Stats. It ia abown that in
the years 1870 and 1871 this agent re
deemed bonds of the State amounting
to $272,250, of whieh $98,250 were after
ward* csiiceiled. The remaining $174,-
000, together with SBOO 000 of void cur
rency bonds, and £15,000 of sterling
bonds, whieh had also been redeemed,
were, on the 13th day of Deoember,
1873, sold by the said agent at pnblio
auction, in New York, on oe day’s
notice. At the sale, the $174,000
of bonds mentioned were nominally bid
of as follows, via: $156,000 by J. D.
Hayes; sl2 500 by the Miasee Clews
(said to be the sister* of Henry Clews),
and $5,0C0 by Messrs. Chittenden k
Hubbard. The amount realised from
the aale of theae bonds was $18,625
The sterling bonds, and the void onr
rency bonds mentioned, were also dis
posed of for a trifling sum. It cannot
be donbted that this pretended aale waa
a mere device resorted to for the pur
pose of obtaining a color of right for
placing these already redeemed securi
ties a second time moon the market.
After the sale, they all went baok into
the control of Henry (Hews k 00., and
it is alleged that, early in the Spring of
1874, a portion of the aame bonds,
amounting to $149,250, Was presented
at the Treasury of Georgia, and again
redeemed by the late Treasurer. It has
not yet been ascertained when er by
whom theae bonds were thus presented
for payment. The late Treasurer bim
self declares his inability to give any
information whatever upon theae points.
He represents that no written entry or
memorandum, throwing any light upon
the subjeot, was made by him. He
further professes to be entirely unable
to recall any fact which would serve as
a clue to the person or persons who
presented theae bonds for payment.
His possession of them seems to be tbe
only evidence within his knowledge
showing that he redeemed them. In
addition to the principal of the bonds,
the late Treasurer claims that he also
paid interest thereon accruing after
maturity, amounting to $24,782 15.
This alleged payment of interest is not
verified by proper vouchers, nor is the
Treasurer able to State, from memory
or otherwise, to whom the same was
made. In addition to the foregoing, it
would seem the late Treasurer also
redeemed a second time other
bonds of the State amounting to a large
sum. On the Bth day of Jan
uary, 1873, Alton Angier, clerk i* the
Treaauary, reoeived from the Fourth
National Bank of New York $21,500 of
nncancelled bonds which matured in
June and July, 1872, and in January,
1873. These bonds had been redeemed
by the bank, as agent for the State, by
exchanging therefor new 7 per cent,
bonds, issued under the authority of the
aot approved January 18, 1872. Mr.
Angier states that he brought the bonds
from New York and placed them in the
vault of the Treasury. It should be
here remarked, however, that no entry
of the redemption of these bonds was
made on the records of the Treasnry,
either by the Treasurer or his clerk
The thea Treasurer went out of office
shortly after the bonds had been, re
ceived in New York by hia olerk, but
failed, seems, to take any receipt
showing the delivery of them to his suc
cessor. The latter denies that the bonds
were turned over to him by his prede
cessor, and claims that he redeemed
them in good faith after he came into
office. It ia proper to state that he
does not remember from whom they
were redeemed, nor does he reoall any
circumstance from which the fact of
their redemption by himself can be as
certained. He also claims that he paid
interest on these bonds amounting to
SI,OBO. The ascertained amount of the
alleged payments made by the lat •
Treasurer in second redemption of
bonds waa $196,612 15, a particular
statement of whioh ia presented in the
accompanying documents. Before pass
ing from this subject, it is proper to state
that, in the latter part of the year 1874,
the Treasurer obtained warrants in his
favor for the amount of the alleged pay
ments mentioned. The payments them
selves had been made before the war
rants were applied for, and without the
knowledge of the Executive. It is not
intended by this statement to imply that
the special oonsent of the Executive is re
quired to authorize the Treasurer to re
deem the principal and interest of the
public debt. Each outstanding bond,
and ooupop, also, when properly signed,
is itself a lawful warrant upon the
Treasury, which it is the dpty of the
Treasurer to pay upon presentation at
maturity. Paragraph 11, section 92 of
the last Revised Code of the State is in
the following worda :
“When he (the Treasurer) pays the
interest or principal of tbe State debt,
upon a warrant issued in his favor, he
shall deposit in the Executive office oon
pons or bonds, on which the payments
are made, there to be marked ‘paid’ and
filed away, subject to the order of the
General Assembly.”
Section 955 of the Oode ia in the fol
lowing langnage: “When bonds or cou
pons are paid they mnst be stamped as
paid, and preserved in the Treasurer’s
office with the same oajre tfie funds of
tbe State.” The first section is a codifi
cation of the aot of 1845. The second
was introduced by the Oode of 1863, and
materially changed the old law. The
first does not require the redeemed
bond or oonpon to be cancelled until
after the same i® presented by the Treas
urer for *n Executive warrant. The
second requires the cancellation to be
made at the time tbe bond or oonpon is
paid. The first implies that the cancel
lation should be made under the direc
tion of the Governor ; the second that it
must be made by the Treasurer at the
time of payment. The first provides
that, after the Executive warrant has
issued, fpd tbe redeemed bonds or cou
pons have baan parked “paid” or can
celled they shall be Dfileq away” in the
Executive office. The second' pteatmfies
that, after* payment and cancellation,
thev shall be “preserved in the. Treas
ures office with the same oare as the
funds of tbe Under the law, as
it now stands, the Treasure* fc clearly
the custodian of the redeem®*! bpnas
and coupons of the State, ft has been
the usage when tfie 'treasurer applies
for a warrant to cover the payment of
bonds or ooupons, for the Governor to
cause snoh bonds or coupons to be care
fully counted by one of the Secretaries
of the Executive Department. When
the COffi)t, which frequently consumes
many days, fit ppjppleted, the vouchers
arc sealed up in q spd a memo
random of the contents anmrit JS
endorsed tbriFeon. A warrant, based
upon this memot&ndhiL i® then issued
in favor of the Treasure?, and the
package itself remains in the Treas
urer's office, “subject to the order of
the general Assembly.” The warrant
thns issued, ;t wil] be borne in mind, is
not intended to give aqtfyority to draw
money out of the Treasury, ft# only
effeot ia to certify that the Treasurer is
entitled to credit on the books of the
CompUnHqr-General for the amount
stated in the w?-§nt. The allowance
of such credit, however, is aqfe intended
to conclude the right of the State to
reqp.en tbe transaction for the oorreotion
of any e*y!? r that may have been com
mitted. It i proper here to observe,
that the usage jnst mentioned waa con
formed to in every respect, ylien the
warrants covering the improper pay
ments referred to Tore issned. No sus
picion had then arigeu It)}at the Treas
urer WA* not entitled jto the whole
amount of the credits claimed fiy film.
I recommend a care/gl revision of all
the laws governing the State Treasury,
and that snoh amendments thereof be
made as will gnard more effectively the
pnblio interest. The law itself should
require that itemized monthly reporte
of ihc condition and transactions of the
Treasnry fie submitted to the Governor,
and the ihforinatioa contained in these
reports shonld be, fh fit* discretion,
from to time given to the pubiio.
The law sfiotfld create a lien in favor of
the State upon 1) tfie property of the
Treasurer and of his saritie#, from the
date of the eaeaution of fiis bond, pro
vision should also he made for the issue
of execution against a defaulting Treas
urer and his sari ties, withont the inter
vention of suit, as is now allowed in oases
of T*z Collectors and Receivers. The re
port of the Treasurer, submitted at the
last session of tfip General Assembly,
showed a balanoe in tbe’?re*#urr on the
Ist day of January,lß7s, of $1,003,128 89.
The amount reoeived into the Treas
ury from a*i Sources from that time to
the 25th day pf jffoyember, 1875—the
date of the Treasurer’s reefOtS 1 — was
$1,287,277 87. This *um. feed to ttje
balanoe on hand on the fat day of Janu
ary, 1875, amounted to $2,290,406 25.
With this gross amount tbe Treasurer
stood oharged at the time of his remo
val (gog). office. The aggregate amount of
his disburseotents in the year 1875, as the
same appears oh the Comptroller-Gene
ral’s books, was $810,40175. Tfiig sum,
deducted from the gross amount wuh
whieh fie stood oharged, left a cash bal
ance against fiim at the time of bis remo
val of $1,480,004 fifi. The amount of dis
bnrsements just stated inolndes only
the payments made nnder Exeentjye
warrants. In addition to these, the late
Treasurer eta*C} th®! be is entitled to a
large amount of er4;t for which no
warrants were issued. To th® Mlowing
statement of the items of credit thus
olaimed, th® attention of the General
Assembly is respaeifullj invited.
On the 24th day of #®no t 1875, the
Treasurer presented his account for in
terest paid upon tbe pubiio debt in the
year 1874. This Moount consists of the
following items :
8 per cant, coupons for inter
est due October 1, 1873 .. .$ 46,360 00
8 per cent, coupons for inter
est due April 1. 1874 47,210 00
8 per oent. coupons for inter
est due October 1, 1874.... 44,690 00
7 per oent. oonpons for inter
est due on or before Janu
ary 1, 1875 259,700 00
7 per cent, ooupons for inter
est due on bonds issned
under Act Jau’ry 18, 1872. 89,007 50
6 per oent. coupons for inter
est due on and before Feb
ruary 1. 1875 82,145 00
7 per cent, on gold coupons
due on or before Ootober I,
1874 99,207 50
Miscellaneous ooupons for
interest on past due bonds,
etc 34,207 50
Aggregating $632,527 50
Of the ooup ms last mentioned, $6,645
matured at dates prior to January, 1873,
and, in some instances, as far back as
tbe year 1861. The records in the
Treasurer’s office show thst tha bonds
to whioh some of these ooupons pertain
ed, were paid at date* varying from
■even to sixteen years ago. After the
year 1668, the State paid the interest on
her old bonds, from which fact the pre
sumption arises that three coupons were
paid prior to January, 1873, the date of
the late Treasurer’s accession to office.
In many instances the dates ofmatnnfi
are carefully and ingeniously dipped,
or punohed, from these ooupons,
is a manner strongly suggestive of
a doubtful claim, a portion of them
had been twice cancelled, and the
records in tbe Treasurer's office indi
cated that many of them had been paid
by a former Treasurer.# In many in
stances original entries of payment on
tba records in the handwriting of a
former Treasurer, are altered and over
ridden by second entries in the hand
writing of the late Treasurer. A far
ther saspicionof the validity of these
coupons was raised by the admission of
the Treasurer, frequently repeated, that
portions of them were not proper
credits, and had probably been gathered
by his olerk from the sweepings of the
vault, and carelessly placed among his
vouchers.
Objection was made also to allowing
the $93,570 of 8 per oent. oonpons pre
sented, as already stated, with the
Treasurer’s aocount. These ooupons
represented all of the first year’s inter
est upon the whole issue of 8 per oent.
bonds, exoept $41,000. It was a fact
within my own knowledge that a large
amount of these bonds was not disposed
of nutil after the first coupon for the
semi-annual interest thereon had ma
tured. It was hence reasonably inferred
that when they were sold, the matured
oonpons pertaining thereto were out off
and retained by the Treasurer. No
amount of coupons so out off and re
tained was reported, however. It was
not donbted that the Treasurer was en
titled to credit for a large amount of
this interest, bat no data were furnish
ed from which this amount could be as
certained. His books ought to have
nished the desired information, but no
full account of the sales of bonds was
submitted. Neither his written or ver
bal explanations furnished any satisfac
tory evidence of the specifio amount of
credit to which he was entitled. In the
absence of this information, it was
manifestly improper to assume a fixed
amount; and hence, this whole item was
held up for farther investigation. I re
spectfully submit, herewith, for the in
formation of tbe General Assembly, a
particular statement of the coupons so
disallowed, and of the Treasurer’s writ
ten answers in explanation of the objec
tions thereto.
Removal *f the TTroasnrer— Hl* Ascertained
Liabilities.
From faots whioh came to my knowl
edge daring the Treasury investigation,
I formed the opinion that the surety on
the official bond of the Treasurer was
insufficient. Thereupon an Executive
order was issned and served upon him
personally, on the 15th day of Novem
ber last, requiring new bond and surety
to be executed in terms of the law.
With this requisition the Treasurer
failed to comply, by reason whereof his
office became vacant by operation of
law, on the 26tb day of November last.
Daring the period allowed for the exe
cution of new bond and surety, the re
ceipts into the Treasury were deposited
in the Citizens’ Bank of Atlanta, and
disbursements during the same period
were made direotly from this bank, upon
Executive warrants only. The sums so
received and disbursed are particularly
stated in the report of the Comptrolffer-
General, herewith transmitted. Within
the time prescribed by law, the late
Treasurer made a statement of his ac
counts and delivered the books and pa
pers of the Treasnry, together with an
amount of money, to his successor,
taking his receipt therefor. This state
ment of settlement was duly recorded
in the Comptroller-General’s office; but
the receipt taken, as just stated, for the
property of the Treasury, has never
been presented for reoord. By referring
to this statement of settlement, a oopy
of which accompanies this communica
tion, it appears that the late Treasurer
stood charged, at the time of his remov
al, witha balanoe of $1,480,004 46. This
statement of balance is verified by the
Comptroller-General's books. The cred
its claimed by the late Treasurer in his
said statement, amount to $1,544,930 95,
from which it would appear that tbe
State is indebted to him, on aocount, in
the snm of $64,926 49. A careful audit
and statement of accounts, made since
his removal from office, Bhows a net oash
balance against the late Treasurer, how-*
ever, of $110,274 84. This balanoe, it
should be here remarked, is exclusive of
all illegal and improper payments made
by him, and inoludea only the ascertain
ed amount of oash actually remaining in
his hands at tbe date mentioned. The
entire amount for which he is liable on
all aoconnts, as shown by the carefully
prepared statements accompanying this
communication, ia $291,969 95. By a
joint resolution passed at the last ses
sion of the General Assembly, the Gov
ernor was direoted to have suits institu
ted again*! £be Treasurer and his securi
ties on their several bonds for the re
covery of the amount appearing to be
due from the former to the State. The
institution of these suits was attended
unavoidable delay, on account of
the great difficulty in ascertaining the
true condition of flic Treasurer’s ac
counts. Sq soon as tfie necessary in
formation PO n which tQ predicate suit
was obtained, however, tbe Attorney-
General was inßtrueted to lay the oases
before the proper Courts. These in
structions have been complied with.
The Governor was also instructed, by a
joint resolution passed at the last ses
sion. to cause certain bonds and ooupons,
in Bald'jresolfftjqn mentioned, to be
burned; atnj to (report the faqfc of thejr
destruction to the General Assembly at
its present session._ This direction has
not beep complied ’ with, for the reason
that these bonds fe coupons will be re
quired as evidence in the'several actions
now pending against the Treasurer and
his securities. A vacanoy existed in the
office of State Treasurer from the 25th
day of ft oven,be' last until the 4th day
of December following, faring this
period the Comptroller-General aoted,
by Executive appointment, as State
Treasurer. The amount, reoeived by him
whiie so noting was $204,287 79. The
amount disbursed during this period
was $21,730 16, leaving a balance, to be
turned over to the new State Treasurer,
of $182,557 63. On the 4th day of De
cember last the Hon John W. Renfroe,
of WashingK u voputy. was. by Exeeu
tive authority, appointed and’opmmis
sioned State Treasurer, to act until the
n6it jneeting of the General Assembly.
Receipt* and H*ei|ditiu-e.
The whole amount received by the
present Treasurer, from the date of his
appointment until the olose of the last
fisoal year, was $783,241? 07- dis
bursements during the same period
were $270,454 86, leaving a balance in
the Treasnry, at the beginning of the
present year, of $511,785 21. For a
mqre particular statement in regard to
the receipt# apd expenditures of the
last fiscal year, tfiq Gepejtal Assembly is
respectfully referred to' the' report* of
the Comptroller-General. I commend
to tfie favorable consideration of the
General Assembly, tfie several recom
mendations qf tfie GQmßtrqll,cr-General
suggesting amendments of tfie law
exempting certain kinds of prop
erty from taxation. The tables ac
companying the report of the Trea
surer oontain a particular state
of monthly receipts and expendi
tures in in? yqar 1875; and, also, a dis
tinct statement or the amounts received
at the Treasury sincri he dame into offioe,
and of the resources from which the
ass;ri were derived. A tabular state
ment of the public debt, with amounts
of interest tfiei-equ, payable quarterly
and semi-annually, i® prevented. _ The
Treasurer give® a detailed description of
all the maturing bonds of the State;
and, also, of the bonds of the several
railroad companies on which the State
is bound by endorsement.
Recardiac Band*.
I would respectfully call the attention
of the General Assemoly to the follow
ing extract from my last annual mes
sage: “To prevent the injury to the pub
lic ;utere-t likely to result from any un
authorized or i,’B)swfnl negotiation of
our securities, 1 would suggest tUS fj!
the bonds reoognized as legal ana bind
ing on the State, issued during the late
administration, fie withdrawn from cir
culation, and that other bonds, of simi
lar amount and qf proper tenor and ef
fect, be issued in lieu thereof.” The
reasons whioh induced me to submit,
this recommendation at tbe last session
still exist, anfi make it my duty here to
renew it. For causes needless to be
mentioned, the bonds issued during the
late administration are not equal in
value to our other pubiio securities. It
is manifestly to tbe interest of the State
that all her bonded obligations should,
as nearly as practicable, be made of
equal value in the markets of the world.
It will be remembered that a large
amount of the gold quarterly bond# of
the State in the hands of Messrs. Clews
A Cos. have been declared null and void
bt legislative enactment. Coupons of
these bonds, amounting to $2,625, it is
alleged, have already been presented
and redeemed during tbe administra
tion of th® late Treasurer. It has not
been determined whether the tame were
redeemed at the State Treasury, or at
the Fourth National Bank in New York.
From the close similarity-between these
coupons and others pertaining to valid
bonds of the same issue, there is great
danger that repeated frauds will be
practiced upon the Treasury. I also
recommend that bonds of the State be
issned for redemption, by exchange, of
the securities of the Macon and Bruns
wick arid of the North and South Rail
roads, upon whioh the liability of the
State is acknowledged. Estimates of
the probable receipts and expenditures
for the present fiscal year are submitted
by the Treasurer and the Comptroller-
General, to the consideration of which I
respectfully invite the attention of the
General Assembly.
The aooompanying report of the At
torney-General shows the disposition
made of the official business in hia
hands daring the last year. The item
ized exhibits attached to the report con
tains a statement of the several amounts
received and paid ont, the oases for and
against the State now pending in the
Courts, the oases pending against the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and of
the execution issued by the Comptroller-
General against the late officers and
agents of this road. The body of the
report oontains an explanation of the va
rious items embraced in these exhibits.
Particular attention is invited to that
portion of the report whioh refers to the
sale, nnder the direction of the Gover
nor, of the house and lot in the oity of
Atlanta, formerly owned by Foster
Blodgett. The net proceeds of this sale
amounted to $4,564 50. The two re
maining lots in said oity, purchased as
the property of Foster Blodgett, are
still owned by the State. The Attorney-
General recommends that these lots be
sold before the bnilding season of the
present year begins.
University of Osorjia.
The accompanying report of the
Trustees of the University shows that
the amount of money received from all
sources daring the oollegiate year was
$38,858 70. The expenditures during
the same period amounted to $38,150 35.
The attention of the General Assembly
is invited to the very fnll reports of the
Board of Visitors, and of the President
of the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture and the Meohanio Arts, whioh will
be found • among the accompanying
documents. I also submit the re
port of the Trustees of the North
Georgia Agricultural College, lo
cated at Dahlonega, showing the
application of the appropriation made
for the benefit of that institntion, at the
last session of the General Assembly.
This College is under the auspices of
the State University, and receives au
nually therefrom a portion of the in
terest accnring from the Land Serin
fund. Satisfied that this institution is
managed with ability and efficiency, I
invite attention to the suggestions con
tained in the report, and earnestly re
commend that snoh an appropriation be
made as will not only meet its present
wants, but will also increase its capaoity
for future usefulness.
Common School*.
The report of the State School Com
missioner shows the operations of the
Department of Education daring the
past year, and exhibits the growing effi
ciency of the common school system
Accompanying the report will be found
an able and exhaustive argument in fa
vor of the system; published during the
last year in letters addressed by the
Commissioner to the pnblio. I invite
the attention of the General Assembly
to the suggestions in the report pointing
ont the defects in existing school laws,
and indicating the amendments neces
sary to correct the same. I concur in
the views expressed by the Commis
sioner in reference to the propriety of
establishing normal sohools. The laok
of competent teachers, is,without doubt,
the greatest drawbrack to the efficien
cy and beneficent operation of the pres
ent sohool system. I respectfully sug
gest that a portion of the fund annually
appropriated for the support of common
schools be used for establishing schools
for the education of teachers. These
should be at least four in number, and
located at convenient points in the
State. Under proper regulations they
would furnish annually a large number
of competent teachers, fitted to take
charge of the common schools. I re
spectfully commend to the consideration
of the General Assembly the objections
urged by the Commissioner to the an
nual appropriation for the support of
the Atlanta University.
Blind and Deaf and Dumb Institution*.
The Academy for the Blind and the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
have been conducted, during the year,
with gratifying sucoess, and with due
regard to economy. 1 recommend to
the oareful consideration of the General
Assembly the suggestions in the reports
herewith submitted.
Lnnatie Asylum.
A most gratifying exhibit of the opera
tions of the Lunatio Asylum during the
past year is presented in the accompany
ing report of the Board of Trustees.
Acoording to the report, the oost to the
Treasnry for maintaining the institu
tion in the year 1875, was over 20 per
cent, less than the average cost for the
three previous years; while the number
of inmates was 20 per oent. greater than
the average number for the same period.
This diminution of expenses is dne,
partly, to the reduced cost of subsistence
and clothing, and, materially, to the
judicious eqqnomy exercised by the
Steward and by the rnedioal staff of the
Asylum. Attention is called to the ne
cessity existing at this institution for a
constant and abundant supply of water.
It is required for healtfifulness and com
fort, as well as for assurance against
loss by fire. The Trustees have oaused
to he made a reliable survey and esti
mate, and have ascertained that an
ample supply can be had at an expense
of from $15,000 to SIB,OOO. If, upon
examination, it should be ascertained
that this work is needed and practicable,
the apppropriation asked for by the
Trustees should be made,
Penitentiary.
The whole number of convicts receiv
ed in the penitentiary last year was
three hundred and ninety-one, and the
whole number remaining therein on the
31st day of Ifeoember, 1875, was nine
hundred and twenty-six. The number
of pardons granted during the year was
sixteen; the number of deaths, forty
nine, aqd qf escapes, dfty-thpee. For
the reasons 'set foytb in iny last annual
message, I renew the (recommendation
therein made, to the effect that there be
a thorough reorganisation of the peni
tentiary. The adoption of a permanent
system of government for the institu
tion shonld not be delayed beyond the
present session. The views of the Prin
cipal Keener nnen t*;jg gphiyfih * l *> t forth
in the (fyeqihpanymg report; ari ex
pressed with great clearness, and with a
force of reasoning which entitles them
to the fullest consideration.
The Mason and Brunswick Railroad.
By a joint resolntjoq qf the General
Assembly, approved' March fi, 1875, the
Governor'was directed to sell the Macon
and Jf r hmYi(ik tyajlro§d, either at pub
lic or private'sale, on suoh terms and for
such price in money or in bonds of the
State or of the company, as he might
deem consistent with the pubiio inter
est. In accordance with this require
ment, all the property and franchises of
the comply.
publicly sojd; m the city of M®cdn, on
the first Tuesday in June last. Ih pre
vent the sacrifice of the property at this
sale, fbe same was purchased for the
State at'and tot the Hum of 81,060,000.
A deed of conveyance for all the proper
ty so pnrohased has been dnly executed
and recorded on the minntes of the Ex
ecutive Department, and also in the
proper offices of the several counties
through which the road passes. After
the purchase was made, the rqad If as
placed' 'under the management °° n "
trol of a Board of Directors, consisting
of E. A. Fiewellyo, of the county of
Upson, and W. A. Lofton and George S.
Jones, of the oonnty of Bibb. Among
the accoHipaufing documents is submit
ted the ffeport of this board, showing
the operations of the road since the
same was placed nuder their manage
ment. I also transmit herewith the re
port of the lteoeiver, covering the por
tion of the year 1875 prior to the date of
said sale. The net earnings of the road
during last year were very small, in con
sequence of the large expenditure for
repairs. The track is now in good or
der, and a considerable increase in the
business of the road is reasonably ex
pected.
fn fhp pxciciee qf the legal power vest
ed ih them, the Directors hqye advertis
ed that they will offer the road for sale
on the 25th day of January, instant.
The law provides that any contract for
the sale or lease of the road, to be bind
ing on the State, mnst have the appro
val, in writing, of the Governor endors
ed thereon. This provision renders it
especially proper that I shonld here
present a brief statement of my views in
reference to the policy which should be
pursued by the State with regard to
this road. Asa general proposition, it is
doubtless true that the State should not
own or operate railways. This road,
however, has already become the prop
erty of the State, and it should not be
parted with, exoept for an adequate con
sideration. The Commonwealth has
already been more than repaid the oost
of its constrnction, in the increased val
ue which the r-md has given to property
in the section of the State through
which it passes. A large increase of
business over the line of the road may
be confidently expected at nodistantday,
Tbe statistics show that nearly one-fifth
of the lumber exported from the conti
nent of North America goes to *®a from
the eoast of Georgia, and it is reasonable
to conclude that this proportion will be
largely increased. This road traverses,
for a great portion of its length, the
best lumber region on the continent,
and it may be safely assumed that the
transportation of this product alone will,
in time, famish it with profitable em
ployment. If an adequate offer for the
purchase or lease of the road should be
made it ought to.be accepted; but in no
event should its present character, as an
independent thoroughfare, be changed.
North oad Sooth Railroad
Submitted herewith is the report of
the Receiver of the property of the North
and South Railroad Company for the
year 1875. The road has been kept in
repair and operated without expense to
the State; but the report shows that an
inorease of expenditures above the prob
able receipts will become necessary the
present year. Unless otherwise direoted
by the General Assembly at the present
session, the property of this oompany
wil be offered for sale early in the ensu
ing Spring.
Department f Acriealtor* and fiol*el*al
Eorver. ‘
Accompanying this communioaion, are
the several reports of the Commissioner
of Agriouitare and of the State Geolo
gist. The duties imposed by law upon
these officials, respectively, have been
performed with ability ana fidelity. The
report of the Commissioner of Agricul
ture is replete with valuable information,
whioh shonld be generally circulated
among the agriculturists of the State.
The publication of a Hand Book of Agri
culture has neoessarily been delayed, on
account of the great labor *f preparing
it. The report of the State Geologist
clearly indicates the progress made in
tbe survey during the past year. The
field notes, and otiier information of the
snrvey arc too voluminous to be incor
porated in the report. A detailed report
will be prepared for the press during
the Winter months, while the field-work
is necessarily suspended.
The Geological Snrvey should be oom-
Eleted as soon as practicable and the
lepartment of Agricultare should at
once be placed upon the best possible
footing. 1 respectfully reoommend, there
fore, that the additional appropriations
needed for these objects be made.
Beard afHaalth.
Under authority of an aot entitled
“An Act to create a State Board of
Health, for tne protection of life and
health, and to prevent the spread of dis
eases in the State of Georgia, and for
other purposes,” approved February 25,
1875, the fo lowing named physicians
were appointed as Sanitary Commis
sioners, one from each Congressional
District in the State, to-wit: For the Ist
District, J. G. Thomas, M. D. For the
2nd Uistrict, Benj. M. Cromwell, M. D.
For the 3rd District, Geo. F. Cooper,
M. D. For the 4th District, F. A. Stan
ford, M. D. For the sth Distriot,
Joseph P. Logan, M. D. For tbe 6th
Distriot, C. B. Nottingham, M. D. For
the 7th Distriot, G. W. Holmes, M. D.
For the Bth Distriot, H. F. Campbell,
M. D. For the 9th I istrict, H. H. Carl
ton, M. D. These Commissioners con
vened at the Capitol on the 9th day of
June last, and, together with the Attor
ney-General, the Comptroller-General
and the State Geologist, organized, nn
der the authority of said aot, “The
Board of Health of the State of Geor
gia.” . .
Aooompanying this commumoation
will be found the first annual report of
the-Board, to whioh I respectfully invite
the attention of the General Assembly.
The report sets forth briefly the trans
actions of the Borad at its first annual
meeting, and serves to illustrate, in a
measure, the object of its organization.
This Board should be generously sus
tained by the State, and to this end I
recommended that the law be so amend
ed as to secure the collection of statis
tical information in the manner suggest
ed in the report. I further recommend
that the annual appropriation for tbe
support of the Board be increased by an
amount sufficient to defray the expense
of publishing its reports and transac
tions. The information oolleoted by ths
Board should be disseminated among
the people, under the auspices of its
own members.
Ooaititntlanal Amendment*.
I respectfully call the attention of the
General Assembly to the aot entitled
“An Aot to alter and amend the second
section of Article II of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia, so far as relates
to the residence of voters,” approved Feb
ruary 24, 1875. This act has been passed
by the twq successive Legislatures, and
only noeds the approval of the people
to become a part of tbe Constitution.
There is no law providing for the sub
mission of this amendment for ratifica
tion. I respectfully suggest the passage
of a measure directing the manner in
whieh all amendments of the Constitu
tion shall be submitted to a vote of the
people.
Oanelnsian,
In boncluding this communication, it
is not improper to state that the public
credit has steadily continued to improve,
and may now be justly considered as
firmly re-established. The pubiio debt
was reduced to a Blight extent the past
year, and will be still further reduced
during the present year. It is now be
lieved that with the abandonment of the
ruinous policy of State aid to railway
enterprises, and a faithful administra
tion of our liuanges, tjie pubiio debt will
continue to be reduced, and with it the
rate of taxation. The tax imposed by
the State is one-half of one per oent.
which is light compared with the rate
levied in other States; but small as it is,
it is our duty to reduce it at the earliest
passible day. But for the burdens im
posed upon us by those who came into
power under the Reconstruction laws,
our indebtedness, aa well as our taxes,
would be trifling in amount. As it is,
much the larger part of the taxes paid
by the people—at least sixty per oent. or
more—is levied by the lopaj authorities
for county purposes. This was render
ed neeessary, to a large extent, by the
ravages of war. In many counties Court
Houses, jails, bridges and highways had
to be rebuilt or repaired ; while the in
crease of crime and litigation, resulting
from the emaqoipid'iqn qf the colored
race, has addqd largely tp the expense
attending the administration of justice.
The past year has been one of unusual
financial stringency with o.qr people.
The seagqns hays hueu uupropitious for
our (j-reat staple, and the price has not
been remunerative. Asa oonsequenoe,
the farmer has been cramped in his re
sources, the merchant has not prospered,
and, in sympathy with these, all classes
have suffered from the depression in
business. But with the jq fhe
hands of her o®; people, f\nd our public
debt 1 and defined ; with a
syste.m of public schools for the educa
tion and enlightenment of the rising
generation; with a Geological Bureau to
search out and make known our bidden
resources; with an Agricultural Depart
ment to stimulate and euqurage q,ur
leading judH 9 tW) a Sanitary
Board, qliarged with the important duty
of collecting vital statistics, and promo
ting the health of the people; with all
these, and the countless other helps and
advantages we possess, it will be our owu
fault if we do not, at an early day, re
lieve ourselves of the heavy burdens un
der whieh we now labor. These burdens
were placed upon our shouldierg, for the
most part, hy ’nUwyociiy feds. The
duty ql fUC hour it to remove them, and
riot io repine over the past. Qur public
debt is rimail, compared with Q\\X vast
resources. Tfe t cqdjag iQ our aid
ooqrqge, patience and self-denial, let us
lahor earnestly to advance the interest
of the Commonwealth, confident, in the
meanwhile, that a just and merciful
Providence will eventually right the
wrong and reward the right.
Jakes Iff. Siam.
which House adjourned un
til lfi o’clock to-morrow.
eRANTISM IN DIPLOMACY.
An Envoy Extraordinary Acting a* th* Agent
ff ,n Ann* Company.
[Jbumat of Commerce.)
The English Court of Appeal, on the
11th inst., heard an appeal in the case of
Sickles vs. Norris, from an interlocutory,
order of the Common Pleas Division,
setting aside an order for a commission
to tafie evidence on the part of the de
fendant at Madrid. The case is thus re
ported bv the London Times, of the
13th : “The action was by Gen. Sickles
(who was Minister of the Uoited States
at Madrid) again*,! tfiu agent in this
county q| fileasrs. Remington & Cos.,
the rifie manufacturers of New York, to
recover a large sum of nearly £20,000
claimed as due ou an alleged contract
between the parties to pay G p n- Siekles,
in consideration of eertain services said
to have been rendered by him in pro
curing them a certain contract with the
Spanish Government for the supply of
rifles, all beyond a certain sum °f four-
teen hundred dollars gold received for
each arm- The alleged contract was de
nied, and, moreover, it was set up aa a
defense that Gen. Sickles had nut ren
dered the alleged servioes, and, farther,
that the oontraot was not to pay all be
yond the price stated, bnt all that was
received beyond that price plus cer
tain payments to certain other parties,
and particulars having been ordered of
these parties, the name of one of them—
a Colonel Canterack, at Madrid—was
given as having received more than
£IO,OOO, and others were stated as hav
ing received other sums, amounting al
together to £13,000 and upward, where
as the whole sum received above the
stipulated prioe was only about £12,000,
so that no surplus would remain to be
paid to General Sickles. In short, the
defense set np was, first, a denial of the
contract as alleged, and next, that noth
ing was due under the oontraot as it was
made; that being so, of course evidence
of tbe real terms of the contract was re
quired, and also evidence of the alleged
payments. That being so, the defend
ant obtained an order from tho master
for a commission to take evidence at
Madrid on the gronnd that the evidence
of the terms of the contract, as he al
leged it to be, was oontained in a letter
from him to Colonel Canterack, and
could only be proved or produced by
the Colonel, and that he alone coaid
prove the payment to himself, which
absorbed the largest portion of the sup
posed surplus, and on appeal to a Judge
at Chan ber*, Baron Cleasby, the order
was upheld. But tbe Court of Common
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Fort Mill Grange recently held a
fair.
Taxes in Horry county are seventeen
mills.
It costs five dollars to swear in
Oamdea.
Horry county will grant no licenses
this year.
The oolleotion of taxes in Greenville
will begin ou the 16th instant.
Mr. Henry McKee, an old and highly
honored eitisen of Beaufort, is dead.
Taxes in Union, twenty mills, in
cluding three and a half mills for rail
road tax.
Taxes in Spartanbnrg reach twenty
two mills, over three mills more than
last year.
The Spartanburg and Union Railroad
is transporting five hundred bales of
cotton a day.
A Leap year party is the latest sensa
tion in Winnsboro’. The News man waa
the reigning belle.
The large and commodious academy
at Chestnut Ridge, Laurens county, has
been destroyed by fire.
Mr. Henry Elliott, aged seventy-seven
years, and Mr. Wm. Suggs, aged seven
ty-five years, died in Horry last week.
Passenger coaches will hereafter be
attaobed to the day freight trains run
ning between Columbia and Augusta.
Col. E. M. Boykin delivered an inter
esting address before the Survivors’ As
sociation of Camden at its late meeting.
A tournament has been held at Black
ville. Mr. Joseph Rice won the first
prize, and crowned Miss Dosie Tyler
queen.
At a tournament at Rioh Hill, Ches
ter, Mr. P. W. Harden crowaed Miss
Laura Brown Queen of Love and
Beauty.
The tax payers of Wagoner Sohool
District, Oconee, are called to meet and
rescind a local school tax of four mills
levied last Juue.
Congressman Wallace has introduced
a bill into Congress for the erection of
a post office, Court House and revenue
office in Greenville.
Out of $8,868 29 of claims audited by
the Commissioners of Williamsburg
county, the olaims of W. W. Ward,
sheriff, amount to $6,657 09.
The anti-Cotton Shop Association
held a meeeiing at New Prosperity,
Laurens, and resolved to prosecute a
vigorous warfare against the seed ootton
traffic.
Governor Chamberlain haring required
of James M. Bunion, Esq., county treas
urer, the filing of anew offioial bond, he
has not yet conformed to the require
ment, bnt it is supposed he will do so.
Judge Mackey has issued a mandamus
instructing the county commissioners of
Chester to levy a tax to pay the interest
on the bonds of the Chester and Cheraw
Railroad. The act was ambiguous and
the commissioners desired further au
thority.
ORGANIZE FOR VICTORY t
Th* Address of th* State Democratic Som
mlttee.
To the People of South Carolina:
The State Central Executive Commit
tee of the Democratic party do not deem
it necessary to publish any lengthy state
ment of the reasons which induced them
to meet at this time. It is sufficient to
say that .events with whioh the people
of the State are painfully familiar made
it indispensable that,the organization of
the Democratic party in South Carolina
should be revived, as the speediest and
most praotioal means of bringing to
gether our hitherto scattered foroes, and
of concentrating them in the struggle
into which we are forced for the mainte
nance of liberty and law in tbe State.
Thus it has become the duty of the
State Committee to take snoh steps as
will enable the people of the State to be
gin the work of party reorganization at
onoe, and make it thorough and com
plete.
In the oontest in whioh we are about
to engage we must win. Defeat oannot
be borne. Suocess, however, cannot be
expected to crown our labors unless
there be absolute unity in the Demo
cratic party, together with snch disci
pline as will insure the prompt and
effloient execution of its policy when de
clared, From our adversaries must we
learn, at last, the lesson of organization
and activity. When the agencies on
which society relies for the conservation
of its varied interests menace those in
terests with destruction, and threaten a
whole people with destruction, politios
are no longer a matter of sentiment in
which the citizen is free to engage or
not, according to bis tastes. Upon the
management of our political affairs de
pends the security of property, as well
as the safety of person. By political
movements alone oan the purification of
the State government be accomplished.
Only through political instrumentalities!
can honesty, fidelity amt capability re
gain a preponderating influence in the
councils of the State. To politios, then,
for their own salvatiop, must the poeple
of South Carolina now address them
selves with the vigor, the persistency
and the systematic endeavor which mark
their conduct in business life. It would
nof bri wise to declare a policy before
the party whioh shall give effeot to it is
ready for both deliberation and action.
The officers mnst not be chosen before
the rank and file of the political army
shall have been mustered in and trained.
There should be, in fine, such organiza
tion in each ward, township and county,
that when the State Convention shall
assemble, it shall represent, by its dele
gates, the known wishes, opinions and
purposes of the organized Democracy of
the State. Then will its voioe be the
voice of the people; its determination
thefi’s, its fight their battle. To such
organization, searching and far-reaching,
should the people of the State, without
delay, address themselves. Without it
the State cannot be saved !
The State Convention, when ik shall
assemble, will determine authoritatively
the policy of the party; and by the de
cision qf that Convention shall we all be
i boqnd. A®, however, the Democratic
party, as such, has had no active exis
tence in South Carolina for some years,
the State Committee desire to say em
phatically that, in recommending its in
stant and comprehensive organization,
their sole purpose is to obtain an honest
and economical government in South
Ckrolina, whioh ofiall maintain, without
abridghwM or change, the pubiio
rights and liberties of tbe whole people,
and guarantee to all classes of oitlzens
the blessings of freedom, justice and
peace, And in this crisis iu the consti
tutional life of the State, when civiliza
tion itself is in peril, we look for and
confidently expect to receive the sym
pathy and aid of every citizen whose
aims and desires are like unto our
own. f
In eqmtq°n with their fellow-eitizens,
the State Democratic Committee have
watched with anxious solitude and grow
ing confidence the course of the present
Governor of the State. They recognize
and appreciate the value of what he has
done, promoting reform and retrench
ment, during the past year. They ap
plaud his wise and patriotic conduct in
exerting his whole official power and
personal influence for the undoing of
the infamous judicial election. And
they declare their belief that the Demo
cracy of the State, rising above party
as he has done, will give an unfaltering
support to his efforts, as Governor, for
the redress of wrongs, for the reduction
of taxation, to obtain a just administra
tion of the law, and make the State gov
ernment a faithful guardian of the pub
lic and private interests of the people.
Therefore, the State Executive Com
mittee earnestly advise the people of the
-.tate to reorganize thoroughly the
Democratic party, iu preparation for the
State Democra io Convention, which
will meet a* a time and place to be here
after designated by this committee. The
following gentlemen aw charged with
this organization of the party in every
precinct, ward and township in their re
spective counties:
Abbeville, J. S. Cothran; Anderson,
James A. Hoyt; Aiken, G. W. Croft;
Barnwell, T. J. Counts; Ber fort, Wm.
Elliott; Clarendon, B. P. Barron; Ches
ter, W. A. Walker; Chesterfield, A. Mo-
Queen; Colleton, J. J. Fox; Darlington,
F. F. Warley; Edgefield, J. Soott Allen;
Fairfield, John Bratton; Georgetown, B.
H. Wilson; Greenville, T. B. Ferguson;
Horry, J. T. Walsh; Kershaw, E. M.
Boykin ; Lexington, Gerhard Mailer ;
Lancaster, J. D. Wilie; Laurens, B. W.
Ball; Marion, A. Q. McDuffie; Marlboro,
J. H. Hudson; Newberry, Y. J. Pope;
Oconee, B. A. Thompson; Orangeburg,
J. F. Izlar; Pickens, R. E. Bowen; Rich
land, John McKenzie; Spartanburg, J.
H. Evins; Sumter, T. B. Fraser; Union,
R. W. Shand; Williamsburg, S. W.
Maurice; York, James F. Hart.
The organization of Charleston conntv
is entrusted to the Committee of Fif
teen, of whioh Colonel Charles H. Bi
monton is Chairman.
In conclusion, the State Committee
earnestly say to their fellow-citizens that
we are not a* those who are withont hope.
Tfie magnitude of the task before us can
hardly be overrated. Eveiy step is be
set with difficulty, if not danger. Bnt,
knowing this people, the committee are
confident that the fntnre can be made aa
bright as the present is dark. This is
the accepted time 1 By organization,
labor, patience, boldness and liberality,
can peace and plenty and political se
curity be restored to the State. M. G.
Butler, Chairman; Samuel McGowan,
John S. Richardson, Thomas Y. Simons,
W. D. Simpson, W. W. Seller*, Wm.
Wallace, S. P. Hamilton, Johnson Ha
good, M. P. O’Connor, F. W. Dawson.
1 New Advertisements
GREAT
CLEARANCE SALE
OF
Dress Goods, Cloaks,
Shawls, Blankets, Flannels, &c.,
AT
JAS. A. GRAY & CO’S.
Determined to Tarry o?er no Winter Goo.’s we hare pat the
knife in the abore, and will offer to-morrow and daring the
week t
700 Yards Dress Goods at 20c.; reduced from 30 and 35.
Beautiful Serges—all Colors, it 80c j reduced from 50.
All-Wool Serges—all Colors, at 40e j reduced from 60.
A Magnificent line of Plaid Dress Goods at 20, 25, 30, 40
and 50c; reduced from SO, 40, 50, 60 and 75.
Cloaks—Our Sales in this department hare so far exceeded
our most sanguine expectations that but few remain; these we
hare marked so low that we cannot fail to dispose of them*
Those who put off buying until now will do will to eall early.
Blankets, Flannels, &c.—We hare put at prices nerer before
heard of for such goods. It is useless to state the reduction
made on them; we simply ask all who think of buying to call and
examine our stock.
James A. Gray & Cos.
jan9—tf
1 876. Centennial. 1876.
TO MY PATRONS.
the close of a year which in spite of croakers to the. contrary has proved
fairly successful, I desire to return thanks for tbe patronage with whioh I have
been favored, and to assare them that it shall be my oonataut endeavor to desire a
continuance of the same. It requires hard work, prudence and economy to make
a success of any business at any time, but especially are they prime requisites now,
and by adhering striotly to these neoessary virtues, and by keeping a full
stook of FIRST GLASS
DBY GOODS,
And selling for CASH as low as any house in the country, I hope my friends
and the pubiio generally will be convinced it will be both prudent and ecoaomioal
to buy of me. Again thanking you for your favors bestoned, I remain,
Very truly yours,
BY. KEAN.
jang-dftwtf 271 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga.
Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell k Cos. established their adver
tising agency in New fork City. Five years ago they absorbed the busi
ness conducted by Mr. John Iloopcr, who was the first to go into this kind
of enterprise. Now they have the satisfaction of controlling the most ex
tensive and complete advertising connection which has ever been secured,
and one whioh would be hardly possible in any other country hut this.
They have succeeded in working down a complex business into so
thoroughly a systematic method that no change in the newspaper system
of America can escape notice, while the widest information upon all topics
interesting to advertisers is placed readily at the disposal of the public.
NEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1870.
dec22-lm
fCAHTEBS LOM ADD SIMS BAM,
223 Broad Street,
CASH CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY*
Transacts a general banking, exchange and collection business. Five pet
cent, allowed on Pail; Balances, subject to CHECK AT SIGHT.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits, as may be agreed upon.
T. J°. BRANCH, President. J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier.
N. B.—SIGHT DRAFTS on GREAT BRITAIN and CONTINENTAL EUROPE in sums oT £1
and upward. tub SO—tf
BUGGY HARNESS FOR $10!
A GOOD snbstxni I*l home mad* Baggy
Harness may be bad at the above
pnee by calling on W. L. Sherman, Saddle and
Harness Maker, at Royal’s Shoe store, opposite
Express offioe. Saddles and Harness of all
kinds made to order at prices in proportion to
the above figures. Oriers from the country
promptly attended to. Don’t forget the plaoe—
Royal’s Shoe Store, opposite Express offioe.
oclo-w3m W. L. SHEKM.tN.
m
be
mailed free
j all apple
ts. This is
the largest
t complete
fue* pl
ains about
r 600 fine
egant col
res full dc-
S, directions
rarieties of
la,Bedding
valuable to
Address,
eo„
deqi7-weqwasr
THE JAb. ItEFFEL
Doable Tarbiao Wfticr Wheel,
JRn L lf&nuuitcrou 07
W PCCLE & HUNT.
Baltimore, Kitf.
tiff 7,000 Ao w J ,Y vsi:t
tUS n bintple. Strong-, Durable,
Nip J always reUaiticand aatia
'*i*anffictnrers,alßo, ci
Tortabla & Stationury
hSKSSrwM&yELgities, Eteam Boilers,
* Orist Mills, Min.
W M;tc it utc.y .bearing
for Cotton Mills, Flour,
Presses,&c. Eh-ftiniy.{Tilleys and Hangers
a rbec’-tUv. Machine made Gearing; sccu
tale und of very best finish, bend for Circulars
FOR SALE!
A VALUABLE
Fam in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
I WILL SELL MY VALUABLE FARM,
lying on Little Kiver and Sill Fork Creek,
in Og etborpe connty, four mile* east of
Bairds town, containing 320 acres of *a fine
land aa la in Middle Georgia; 100 acres in
wood land, and 60 acres rich bottom. On the
place is a comfortable dwelling, good stable*
and all neoeeeart out-bmldinge. The society
of tbe neigbborhorhood is good schools and
churches are convenient. The water is as
good as oan be found anywhere.
The Btock. Corn. T°<Mer *nd Cotton Seed
oan be bought with the land.
Terms—One-half cash, balance in twelve
months, withont interest. For particulars, ad
dress THOMAS A. BKOWN,
Bairdstown. Ga.,
Or THOMAS T. BROWN,
novlfi-d6Aw2m Oreenesboro, Os.
To Persons Desirlo; Bones la
Arkaasas.
I HA YE twenty thousand acres of land or
more iu Colnmbia connty, Arkansas, which
I will sell in quantities and on terms to suit
purchasers. The climsTe is entirely healthy
and the land produces any and every product
raised on t-outhem soil. B. F. ASKEW,
oc3B-w3m Magnolia, Arkansas.
RAW FURS WANTED.
SEND for Price Current to A. E. BUBK
HARDT & CO.. Manufacturer* and Ex
porter* of American Fur Bkin*. 118 West
Fourth street, Cincinnati They pay the high
est price* current in America. Shipping to
them direct will samlhe profit* of middle men
and bring prompt return*. dov37 w 3mo
ONE CAR
CLEAR 818 BACON SIDES
(hi Consignment and for Sale by
BBANOH k SMITH.
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anymore and Vkoe’ihib has cared me; and I
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it one of the best medicines for conghs and
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Report from a Practical Chemist and
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Bostok, January 1, X 874.
Deab Sib—This is to certify that I have sold
at retail 134) dozen (1,802 bottlos) of yonr
Veoetike since April 12. 1870, andean truly
say that it has given the best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
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AI GILMAN,
To H, B. Stbveks, Esq. 168 Broadway.
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HONKBT OPINION.
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docti rs of high standing in their profession—
two from Boston and three from Charlestown—
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use of bis limbs whatever. When we bad
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to try VEGETINE, the great blood remedy;
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little. He was soon able to sit up in bed, and,
by constant use of VEGETINE, it has cured
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if we had used VEGETINE before we bad
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.on, who is now well and able to sreak for
himself. CATHUtINE MAHONEY,
DANIEL MAHONEY,
19 Trenton St., Charlestown, Mass.
May 10, 1672.
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