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VOL. XVI.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 187 4,
NO. 12
iiaiiY WEEKLY, AND SUNDAY : the wants of the Government could tie
U“' L1 f raised at a reduced rate of taxation.
ALFRED R. CALHOUN,
Proprietor.
AORICULTURR.
l-'rom the vast importance which at- P r, " uuu -'‘ 401 n
wliPM to tlm wnhieet. it would stw-m l.n i- U pUTpOS
mouth*), in ndvaarn
S’t months,
Three months,
One month,
iYserly Enquirer, one year
Hcnd.vy Enquirer, one year
Sunday wild Whkki.y Enquirer to-
gather, one yoar
r£JrilVES . hie property of the State. With au«h a should ho paid iuto the Treasury, to he which have boon turned over to the tins- ! to the care of their Lunds And relatives.
i valuation, there is but little ret son to used for other limn school purposes. The ties of tbo University. The emiuout rank In consequence of this defect in the law,
doubt, that the money needed to supply act further provided that the bonds, tu which the University has assumed among : the institution is becoming crowded with
which the school fund v as required to bo the institutions of learning Is a just cause , this class of patients. Some of tbo pres-
investtd, should be sold, ‘‘under the di- of prido on the part of the people of j eut inmates, who are healthy in body And
rectiou of the Governor, to meet appro- 1 Goorgiu. , harmless in mind, huve been in the Asv-
priatious for school purposes, und for no dkaf and dumb asylum. . lum for periods varying from ten to
other pnrpou?." Authority wiw yiveu by 1 .ubmit herewith the SitUmmUr Annual fwenly.elght J««r«. 1 «t)Kgeat that Iho
oal to Hive priority and supremo cutisid- ,ho “ ot Au S ,lst ,S| -- to l | ust , r 7 i ltoport of tho Trustees ol tbo Institution law l)» ho amended as to Riv« to the lrn«.
! eration to tbe sirionl.iueof the Stute thefle boD<1s ““<• suhstituto otlier • lawful- for tho education of Urn Deaf and Dumb. J fl6H th “ P" wor to disehar 8 e, lor reasons
„ A | It Is too trite to repeat, tbat this interest ly ,Uelv pl . a0 ®,- , lh *. B ® 1 Tho number of pupil. admitte.I to tbe lu- ,bo >" kerned sufficient, any patient in
•** 110 ia so vital and extended, tbat it underlies ,n , b ?'. 1 , t “ ted . bond , w * re . r *fl ulred to b ® Htitution,during tlreyear, wassixty-seveu.
sold at rates not injurious to the credit Six pupils completed within the yoar, the
of the State, ’ and the proceeds apportion-
ed among the comities ou tbo basis of
the school population. The fund so ap
portioned was required to be applied to
thn payment of the claims of teachers
for 1871, till such claims wore satisfied,
and then to future school work.
encouraged ns the leading industry of the ! , A ‘ n .° ,ime siu ,? e ‘*| e P“ s "« 0 of V
State. But is our agriculture advan.ingV ! *“* ' l l !fV' P^eticable to dispose of these
n;' e ,neri f n a B t “ 0 And na d P oe a H U ‘^ 1 T ^ “ "^^=^0^^
which they ‘ have elected to follow’ “ud 1,0 ° r . 0,1 “ R ’ DCe the P“ sa 8 0 °f the act has
llnnn which th«v are «n nntirelv d»Ao,.d. I re ‘l m « td . th « 0X f™. 1S0 » f P. rU<,en06
And caution in placing
75c.
annual message
OF
GOV. JAMES M. SMITH
tiL* KK.4JL AftSK.UBI.YOF UKORUIA
January 14, 1H71.
Executive Department of Georgia, >
Atlanta, Ga., January 14, 1871. /
To the General Assembly:
The reports of the Treasurer and of the
Comptroller General, herewith transmit
ted, show the financial operations of the
Stuto Treasury, for the fiscal year ending
December III, 1873. It will be seen, that
the amount received into the Treasury
from all sources, during the year, includ
ing the proceeds of the sules of bonds,
and the balance on hand January 1, 1873,
i* throe million, one hundred and seven-
ty-two thousand, seven hundred Htid
eighty-eight dollars und seventy-four
omits. The disbursements for the same
period, including the amount of principal
and interest paid upon the public debt,
are two million, two hundred and fifty
thousand, two hundred and thirty-two
dollars und forty-nine oautH. The amount
of public debt, principal aud interest,
paid during the your, was one million,
three hundred and thirty-five thousuud,
seven hundred aud sixty-seven dollars and
seventy-three ceuts. This amount ia
made up of the following items:
Komi i ru.l6o:u.Mt $ 320,300 00
I Uto.vst 393,14- 75
Aniotitil Uusnt.II angu cluiin 433,133 oo
Total, ns above stati‘1, $1,333,707 73
As required by the Act, approved Feb
ruary lit, 1873, 1 issued the sum of ouo
million, two hundred thousuud dollars of
bunds of tho St »te, hearing eight per cent,
interest, and to become due as provided
in the Act. These bonds have all been
placed ut pa", uud, as will appear from
iho loport of the Treasurer, at uu expeuse
less than oae per cent. I respectfully
rooouitnond, that the amouut necessary to
defray the expense of negotiating these
bonds bo appropriated, und that the Gov
ernor be authorized to draw his warrant
therefor in favor of the Treasurer. The
largor portion of the bonds was disposed
of in this State; and the faoAity with
which the loan was made shows, not only
the confidence of our people in the pledg
ed faitli of the Government., but the souud
condition of tbo public credit.
PUBLIC DEBT.
The following is u consolidated state-
mint of the debt of the State, on the
first day of January, 1871 :
it.tie of 14sin
of Bondi. W.ienditi Amount of l\
1644 ,tad 1 si.4, 1874, $
l«7;l, H?r., •
and supports all other indu-trial pursuits.
We are essentially an agricultural people,
and will remain so, no doubt, for an iude- ;
lluito period ; and while au intelligent
aud observing mind does not fail to ap
preciate a diversified industry, we never
theless feel that the host interests of our |
society require that agriculture should bo
1373,
Iso* and 1873,
iHfi.i bud 1873,
iBWiind IM7.1,
JStJl und loT*
1873,
Hi 1878,
l-»73,
1872,
1877,
337.000
100.01.0
103.000
100.000
300.000
31*0,000
aon.ooo
v oo.ooo
loo ooo
11.0,0 10
loo.oiio
100.000
.$4,343,31
'IV»»kI JiMblJo debt
The foregoing statement shows that
the bonds issued in IS 1-4 and 1843 will be-
oouiQ mJuo tbo present year. Means for
their payment have been already provided | ho gathered
ia the sale of eight per cent*, bonds,
the Gold Quarterly bonds, issued under
authority of the act of September 15,
1870, the sum of $2,038,000 is outstand
ing. Thu sum of 500,000 of these
bond*, in the hands of Un-sell Sage, to
secure a loan of $375,000, has been sur
rendered lu the Agent of the State iu
New Yolk. The total amount of interest
to he plid upon the public debt the pres
ent year is $583,4 00.
receipts ani> disbursements for 1874,
The Treasurer estimates the probable
receipts and disbursements for the pres
ent fiscal year, as follows :
UttUBlPTS.
In Treasury January 1, 1874
Koeolpt* fro in general tax, 1874
** rent W. & A. U illroad.
‘‘ “ poll tax.....‘
‘- tax on InHur’o couip’s..
" *• railroad tax
•• tax uu shows
exp. couipaules.
upon which they are so entirely depend
eut, make them such annual returns as to
satisfy a reasonable expectation ? These
questions, it is feared, must be answered
in the negative. I have given, of late,
much e-arnest and anxious reflection to
the condition of this groat industry iu our
State ; nml candor compels me to say,
tbut the result of my investigation is f»i
from satisfactory. Many reasons might
he given for the present depressed state
of our agriculture. Chief among them
are, the imperfect inodes of culture and
fertilization which have so extensively
obtained. It must be admitted, however,
that there has been more intelligent effort
directed towards tho discovery of better
and more scientific modes, since the close
of the late war, than during any previous
period iu the history of Georgia husban
dry. llut what a vast amouut of improve
ment is yet to be made ? Of all the futile
attempts upon the part of men to secure
material prosperity, nothing can exceed
iu hopelessness the task of the farmer
who toils in the cultivation of a soil whoso
sterility refuses any adequate return. It
is not too much to assert that there are
thousands of such acres iu cultivation in
our State, aud that largo sections, unless
soon recuperated, will become so unpro
ductive as to compel their abandonment.
Here, then, is a case which is too vital to
be tampered with, or treated with a resort
to palliating and temporary expedients.
Throughout the leading States of Eu
rope tho public mind seems to be pro
foundly interested upon the subject of
improved husbandry. This interest has,
iu a great measure, extended throughout
the older Atlantic States ; and it affords
gre.d satisfaction to know that the farmers
aud planters of our own State are ener
getically seeking out new roads to sue
cess. All seem to agree that we cun no
longer suffer the exhausting drain on our
production which our trade iu fertilizers
has culled for. Millions of dollars are
each year sent out of tho State to pay for
commercial manures which have been ap
plied to our crops, aud tbo prevailing
opinion among our farmers seems to l>e
adverse to the economy of their further
use at tho price which is demanded for
them. A cheap and portable manure
seems, in our present condition, to he the
graud desideratum iu Georgia agricul
ture. With this secured, every other ame
lioration is within our reach ; hut, with
out it, no puins-taking in culture, and no
expenditure of intellect or capital, will
produce encouraging results. Recent dis
coveries give promise that the tillers of
the soil will at no distant day tie placed in
po.-sessiou of sounder theories on the sub
ject of fertilization, and of cheaper aud
more efficient formulas for the prepara
tion of manures, thau they have yet had.
Sound policy requires, however, that iu
matters essential to success in this great
department of industry nothing should he
left to the mere accidents of'individual
enterprise or research. The State, very
properly, keeps jealous aud sleepless
watch over its financial department. It
is doomed of vrtst importance that tbe in
come of tho State mid its taxable prop
erty should bo digested into convenient
foitus uud tables, and that tho public
treasury should he appropriated and paid
out with elaborate particularity. Rut,
when it coiues to the production of this
wealth, and the means by which it is to
jverythiug is left to the
of
* 022,554
1,090,000
auo.ooo
loo.uou
(Uviileiiiln
taxes of 1873
taxes of former yours
Dlrtltl'USUMKNTB.
Civil list
Legislative nav-ro.l *
Lunatic Asylum
•Salaries of Trustee* ami t’hapUin v»l
Lunatic Asvlum
university of Uer>rgla
Doiii und Dumb As> lum
Academy lor the blind
tut.lh building*—Atlanta aud IMIl-
ledge vt lie
Priming iuod
Oontlngeut fund
Seoreui! lev, Clerks and Mossouger of
Lxecutivo Department
Solicit!,r-LJcniTtfl -Fees In Supremo
Court lu erimlu it easjt»
qiers in wild L .nd Oltloe
Sonool ttommts.-ioncr and Clerk
\oocino Agent lor Die State
Subscription tollode of Georgia
lunthiy and uuat-Nisted exertions
each producer in tho State.
After much reflection upon the subject,
I am prepared *«» iccomuiend to the Gen
era! Assembly the establishment of a
department of agriculture for tho Stato.
It. would be difficult to enumerate the
advantages which would result from the
operations of such a department. Among
i:s duties .should be included tho super
vision of our mineral interests and resour
ces, as well as the practical application of
chemistry to agriculture aud the mechan
ic arts. Men now distrust aualyses and
experiments which are given to the world
on unofficial indorsement. Could the
information, so much uoeded in the every
day operations in the field and shop, be
sent forth from such a department as the
olio here recommended, it would carry
with it a weight and sanction rendering it
acceptable to tho public. Here could be
gathered from every source the most ad
vanced ideas and methods affecting the
great interests committed to this depart
ment. Graffu.dly the scope and value of
tho practical operations of tho department
would ox'end, so ns to iuciude a full de
tail of the physical characteristics uud
advantages of each county in the Stato.
It is witn regret that we ohsoivo how far
Iho Stato of Georgia is bohind even some
of tlie newly admitted States, iu those
3,(DO valuable statistics justly deemed of so
i" fcou i mUy k importance by capitalists and im-
11.000 ! migrants.
I In connection with tho subject of amo
20.000 ; |j,,rating our agricultural interests, 1
•vj'ooo I would respectfully invite your attention
I to the propriety of revising tho lion laws
10.000 | in force iu this State. The most casual
•» ooo ulucrver has uot failed to note the perni-
L2oo ! cions intluencc which these laws have
exerted upon our agricultural and other
is.ooo industries
300.000
30.000
20.000
100.000
100,000
103,000
securities upon
the market. Mu h as I have desired that
the just claims of teachers should be paid,
I have felt that it would not be proper to
raise money for that purpose by tbe sale
of bauds.
I especially invito th.» attention of the
General Assembly to so much of the re
port of the School Commissioner as has
reference to tho claims now under consid
eration. If it should bo thought proper
to provide for their full settlement, I re-
commcud that the suggestion of tho Com
missioner iu reference to the manner of
payments, be adopted.
At the date of the Commissioner's re
port ho hud receive 1 reports of school
operations iu ore hundred uud thirteen
counties. Three mouths’ schools have
been kept up in most of the counties,
with results which hive generally been
satisfactory. The faithfulness with which
financial obligations have been met has
secured the confidence of the public.
The system which bus been inaugurated
should bo firmly established, and in
creased efficiency should be given to tbo
work so auspiciously begun.
The sum of $250,000 was distributed
among the counties for the snppoitof
schools last year. 1 his sum is made up
from poll tax; from, the rental of tho
Western mid Atlantic Railroad, and from
tho dividends on stock owned by the
State in the Georgia ltaiho.id and Rank
ing Company. I concur in opinion with
the School Commissioner, that the
amouut annually received from these
sources should not be materially increased
by appropriations from flic State Treasu
ry. This amount will be sufficient, at
least for some time to come, for the sup
port of schools in tho several counties of
the State for three months iu the year.
Ail amounts supplemental of this, intend
ed for school purposes, should be raised
by local taxation. I I idly approve tho
views expressed by Iho Commissioner
upon this subject, and recommend them
to the careful consideration of tho Gene
ral Assembly.
Your attention is invited to that portion
of the Commissioner’s report referring to
the appropriation made by the General
Assembly at its last session to the Atlanta
Univor i'y. That institution is not re
sponsible to tho State Government for
the proper application of donations made
for its support. Our institutionsof learn
ing, as far as practicable, should bo fos
tered by the St.fto Government; but no
money should be given from the Treasury
for that.purpose without a sufficient gu-T-
an'oo for its proper application.
HTVTE UNIVERSITY.
I have tho honor of presenting here
with the reports of theRoardof Trustees
and of the Hoard of Visitors, showing
the operations of tho State l!uiversity
during last year. Tho session closed
Angu.-t ff, 1873. on which occasion de
grees were conferred upon thirty-throe
students who had passed the examinations
in the schools of tho University with
which thrv had been connected. The
number of students nmtrienlatf d dming
the year was three hundred aud eighteen
Tim several courses of htmly prescribed,
ami tho nnmbt-r of Hindi nts pursuing each
course, are )• ported by the (’Lancoilor as
follows :
.Student*.
Tho Classical ('ours*. 53
“ Scientific “ 2t»
Elective “ li»
ttapho
term of six years allowed by the State
The sum of $13,500 00 wus appropri
ated at tho last session of the General As
sembly to pAy the officers and teachers of
the Institution and for tho support and
education of the indigent pupils therein.
This sum was found sufficient; and, in
the opinion of the Trustees, a similar sum
will meet all tho wants of the Institution
the present year. The General Assembly,
at the last session, appropriated tho sum
of $1,500 00 to construct water-works for
tho Institution, and the further sum of
$1,000 00 for repairs. By a judicious
expenditure of those sums, the buildings
have been ropaired and furnished, adding
greatly to the comfort of the pupils, and
water-works have been cor.s rnoted of
sufficient capacity to supply the Institu
tion. The Trustees recommend that au
additional term of three years in tho In-
stitulion bo allowed to such pupils as may
prove themselves competent, intellectual
ly and morally, for tho same ; and, also,
that a department he established for
teaching articulation. They also suggest,
that the Institution needs additional
school-room furniture, and proper sys
tems of drainage und ventilation. I roc-
ommeud, that au appropriation of $13,-
500 00 be made to moot the ordinary an
nual expenses of the Institution, and thul
such other sum be specially appropriated
as its wants iuay require.
ACADEMY FOR TIIK BLIND.
Herewith i* presented the Report of tho
Board of Tiuatees of tho Academy lor the
Blind, for the yoar 1873, with accompany
ing documents. The affairs ot the Acad
emy have been managed with due regard
to economy, aud its condition reflects
credit upon tho officers and Trustees. The
receipts during the year were :
From rtti« , xj»ctulo«l lailttiire .Ihii. I. 1871, f 1,113 .;7
A|i|>’tiou Ioi MU|ij»ot I of Ilia A' lut' iiry '7-*, Ml
Sp'Tinl H|ii>roi>riutioii for ri'j iiir* 3.MM) on
Total receipts for W73 $i3.tr. ;7
DISBURSEMENTS IN 1873.
For support of Academy, 18;3.$11,20<) 00
For repairs 3,000 00
Total disbursements $14,200 00
The number of students in the Acade
my has increased to a degree which will
require a larger appropriation for tho sup
port of the institution during the present
year. The principal estimates that the
sum required will ho $12,000 00, which
will give loss than $275 00 to each student
iu attendance at the Academy.
A special appropriation of $3,000 00 is
also asked for,to complete certain improve
ments already commenced, and to repair
the buildings. I recommend that these
additional appropriations be made.
LUNATIC ASYLUM. •
1 have tho honor to submit herewith
tho report ol the Trustees of the Lunatic
Asyluiu. Thu number of patients in the
Asylum, at the date of the report, wushvo
hundred and seventy six. i he capacity
of the institution is uot sufficient to ac
commodate over six hundred patients,uud
it is not improbable that it will be tilled
the present year.
The report shows that the Asylum is iu
good condition : that its departments are
well organized, und its business conduot-
o 1 with reference to economy und effi
ciency. No allowances, of any kind, are
made to the officers and employees of tho
institution, (excepting the superintendent
aud resident plijaicians,; other than quar
ters and fuel io the c llioeiH tesidiug in
tho Asylum
Tho reports of the Treasurer and Stew
ard show the receipts and disbursements
during tbo year ending November 30,
1872. Duplicate vouchers of disburse
ments have beou made out and placed on
file in tho Executive OfBoo as tho law* re
quires.
According to estimates submiited by
tho Board of Trustees, $105,(MM) will be
required for the support of the Asylum
during the present year. The expense of
each patieut, on tbe basis of this amount,
is fifty cents per day to the State. This
estimate is not excessive, and I recom
mend thut tbe amount asked for hy the
Board be appropriated.
PENITENTIARY.
I he Annual Report of the BnueipHl
Keeper shows, that the total number of
convicts now iu tho Georgia I'onitoutinry
is six hundred and sixty-tour. Of these
ninety-three Are white und live hundred
aud seveuty-one ure colored persons.
There are one white and nineteen colored
females among the convicts.
Tho present leaso of the convicts will
expiro ou the first day of April next, and
it w ill ho necessary that some action he
taken at the present session of fhe Gen
eral Assembly, directing the future dispo
sition to bo made of them. Tim Slate
prison has been unoccupied for several
years past, aud is not of sufiiciout capaci
ty, or iu proper cond.tiou to accommodate
and keep securely the present largo and
constantly increasing number of convicts.
If it should hu detuimined riot, to lease
the convict force iu tho lulu re, hut to
confine them within the walls of the State
prison, steps should at once bo taken to
enlarge tho buildings and nuiko tho ic-
pairs necessary for tho sale keeping ot
tho piisoncrs.
From the year 1817, when the Beintoii-
tiary went into operation, down to 1837,
a period of fifty years, Iho average mini
bur of convicts within its walls was forty-
two. The average annual appropriation,
for tho support ami safe kooping of the
prisoners, during (he same period, was
$11,210 (10. or$2lfi 00 for each one per
annum. From this statement it wmld
seem impossible, if the convits are kept
and employed withiu prison walls by the
State, to make the penitentiary system
self-sustaining. To appreciate fully tin-
justness of this con elusion, it should be
remembered iu this connection, that lim
ing tho period just mentioned, all the con
victs woro white persons, ami tor that
reason, probably more capable of learn
ing tho arts in which it has beer found
practicable to employ convict labor. Of
tho couvictn now in the Penitentiary,
nioro than five to or e arc < olored persons,
most, if uot nil of who i-, by reason ot
thpir ignorance and former habits of l.fu.
can never be profitably employed iu any
of the mechanical arts. And when it is
borne in mind, that for some years to
como the number of convicts will prob
ably ho increased, rather than diminished,
the disposition best to h - made of the
Penitentiary hocoiii'** a ques io-i of the
gtAvcst important*-.
If the General Assembly, in its wis
dom, should dolem.il o ih.ff li would be
for the public intercut t » agon farm out
tho convicts, 1 would siiggual that author
ity be given to leass tor a longer term
than two years. The piolilublu « uiph y
meat of so large a force would necessa
rily iuvolve a heavy ou lay on the part of
contractors, und it might bo found ditli
cult, it not impoH-ible, to lease the con
victs for a period less than five years upon
the Mate
the Asylum (building, and forage for one i terms w hich would
horse to tho chief steward. Commissary 1 expense.
stored to tho extent of .v 1.500 00 pci-an- J I respectfully invite the alt*«uti<
the General Assemb’y to 11 «
the Principal Keeper, herewith siibm: o
It contains a succinct histmy of iheP«
teutiary from its cstubii hmeiit down
Did fmntG.es f.i
!>»•*'
time,
JCoeper Public Property..
tvtu<t.-ui.>ii>il turn!
<>U debts \\\ ic A. Killro-i.l
Old change Mils W. & A. itatlraud.
PublloMeht and liiterc-*t
2,000
250,000
25,000
COMMON SCHOOLS.
1 transmit herewith the annual report
of the State School Commissioner, show
ing tho operations of that department
during last year. Of tho special tax of
oue-teuth of one pur cent., ievio-1 by vir-
$2,722,853 t no u f the act to provide fur tho payment
The amount of taxable property, in of claims due to teachers of 1871, thero
1873. as shown bv tho ComptroPer-Geu- I was colleoted, prior to tho tir*t day
Aral's report, was $212,487.382 0 ). This ! of December Lint, $170,237.01. Of this
valuation, we may safely calculate, will bo amount, the sum --f $174,0(K) has already
increased tho preseut. year to $250,000,- [ been apportioned among tho counties of
4K)0 00. Four-aud-n-hulf-tonths of one ' the State. Thn School GoimuisHioncr is
per cent, on this amount would raise j not in possession of the information ne-
•$l,125,ooooo, wtoioh, together with the i cessary t<» enable him to report tho
revenue lo ba derivod from other sources, ] amount of these claims yet remaining
will he sufficient to meet fill just claims | unpaid.
upon the Treasury during next year. At the lime the teachors of 1871 took
Your utteutiou is respectfully invited to i service, there
Lu
cln.'/l.
i U.l!e f; .
The
8' ho-;I
i no fund in the Treas-
the amendments of tho tax laws suggest- ! ury for the payment of their claims. One
iouer «l iu his re- | y^ar after the schools of 1871 wore open
ed by tho (L)inpDoiler (icuer
port. I renew tho suggestion mode in
my List ann'i il message to the General
Assembly, th .t the law be so amended us
to SocUl s a con Kdt valuation of thu tax*
J. Iho Hcho«»l fund, amounting to $?P2,-
027.32, whs bonded, under th** provisions
of the ait of July 28, 1870. This act re-
quit ed that thu .school fuuda then ou hand
Slut
University had id* preparuloiy
and no Freshman class, anil the
iDhtric-ulaf.on indicates a change in the
.structural working of tho University.
Of the three hundred and eighteen stu
dents who attended the I’niverriity last
year, two hundred aud ninety-one woro
from this Stale. This fact indicates that
our people not only feel an increased in
terest in education, but that they also
have a ju t appreciation of tho educa
tional Advantages afforded by their State
University. «
The 1 ist session of the Stuto College of
Agriculture and the MechanicArtsshowod
tho increasing prosperity of that institu
tion. Under thu careful supervision of
President Blown, aided by the professors
associated with him, it is rapidly growing
in public favor, and promises s*»<m toper-
form a prominent part in tin* work of
education in the State. Tne College now
inis three departments, viz : Agriculture,
Engine.‘Hup, and Vpplitd Chemistry
each hiving its appropriate professor. In
-.ddiiion to the instruction obtained in
these departtiD h -. the .students of the
foUrgo a; e al ;•» in ru'-ted by thrprofei-
*ors in the schools of the t uivaiMly- iu
mathematics, natural philosophy, modern
languages, uu 1 English literature. They
also hive the advantage of all tho auxilia
ries of education, such ns the libraries,
museum and lileraty m duties of the Uni
versity.
Towards the <»<o of tho year 1872 the
North Georgia Agricultural College, lo
cated at Dahlomga, ^ec inu a branch of
tho State College and a deportment of the
University. 1 hat college was formally
opened iu -'annoy. L>73, and numbered,
during its first sevion, one hundred and
seventy-seven students. The Chancellor,
in his repott, speaks in thu most encour-
aging terms ot this branch of tho Uni
versity.
The incoini- of tin* University for last
year, from nil a urce*, and including cash
baluhce, wa-» $3 1,71)8 'J2 Of this amount
there was receive.I from tuition foes
$10,540; from interest on the land scrip
fund $10,23 4 15 and from all other
sources $1 4,021 77. The expenditures for
tho intnn period were : For salaries,
$27,383 27 : for sundry expenses,
$5,518 03; cash balance July 20, 1873,
$1,80'} liO. The expenditures on account
of the St* to College were : For salaries,
$0,7ofi oi ; for sundry expenses, not in
cluding repairs, $3 25!) is.
'1 he in-t payment for tho Agricultural
College land scrip, amounting to $03 102,
v.'as received in tho mouth of July last.
Of this stun $Ui».OtH) have Iman invested
in thu tight per aunt, bonds of thu Mate.
num, or so inui L theieot us may bo nec
essary for the m lintanmnco of his table,
aro allowed to the superintendent. This
uliowuncc is made 1<» jhat officer in view
• >t the necessity which is imposed upon
him of entertaining visitors to the Any- whir*
lum, aud for providing for his own table I mining the proper disp«
such special diet a* is found proper for ' <-f the nMit-mion.
.-evli'in female ,miientH i ma. os anu dki.x-w.,',.
j Ihe suliiiy ol the (.tiaplain of the
Asylum w..h fixed I in the I'nistc-es iu De-
j cember, 1872, at $501)00 per annum. ; I wus Informed *»:. h»<
j Tbo regulations require that officer to hoid j July la*«t b^ emi„in lo*iU<
loro that the State could not lose largely .
by receiving the bills in bu*ine-<a tiansae- -
tions of the road. The public interest
required that the road atiould be *-parated
so as not to involve) the necessity of de- i
fraying its expenses out of the public!
treasury. Believing that to make tho road
hell-sustaining, it w ould bo necessary to >
tuke thu bills, 1 directed the Receiver not j
to refuse to accept them for freight and |
passeugov earnings ; and that the hills, :
when thus received, should be cancelled j
and held by him as vouchers, to be used !
iu the sett lenient of his accounts with tho |
State.
After takiug possession of tho load, I
determined that it would not be proper
for uie then to exorcise the authority vest
ed iu me, to dispoaa of it by sale. 1 had
hoped tbat the company would bo able to
mako an arrangement to relievo the State
aud resumo possession of the property.
Acting upon this impression, l made as
little change as possible iu the practical
management ot the road. There has been
little reduction iu tho working forco ou
tho road, and the track aud other pro
perty have been kept in good condition.
On account of tho recent financial
troubles in tho country, the company io-
pnrt to me that they will nut bo able to
make any arrangement for the lelief of
the State. In consequence of this, it will
uecesaary for the General Assem
bly io make provision, ut the present
session, for the payment of the intercut
upon tho company's bonds, for which the
State is liable.
it is cluimed that the amount of these
bonds is $2,550,000 00 Of this amount
$t*oo,oou 00 were indorsed undnr tho act
approvdd Octol-en 27, 1870. There iH a
doubt in tho public mind ns to the validi
ty of the last, moutioued indorsements.
Information iu my possessoii induced uie
to believe that a largo amount of tho
bonds bearing this indorsement has nev
er been legally negotiated by tho coiupa-
The bonds which have not been sc#
negotiated are still the property of the
company, aud under the order ol seizure
ought to be surrendered lo the receiver.
No payment of the principal or interest
of these bonds should he made until tho
Legislatin'.' is lully satisfied that the pub
lic (aitb is pledged therefor.
The net earnings of tho road since its
seizure, as reported by Ihe receiver,
amount to $27,DIM 5!l. Ihe earnings of
the road have been derived, almost exclu
sively, from its local business. Tibullus
resulted from the fact that it Ins
not been practicable to make any
satisfactory uiraugemcnts for through
f i eights with connecting roads.—
The rocoivor ostiuiatos that (he net earn
ings of the road the present yoar will
probably amouut to $30,uot) 00.
Tho history of this company idustrates
tho impolicy of granting tho ai 1 of tho
S'uto to works of internal improvement'
The road was commenced under very fav
orable auspices, and it was claimed that
it possessed advantigos which would ren
der it solf-sustaining. Iu less than eight
years after the aid was given, however,
the company lias became uniiblo to meet
the interest upon its bonds, and a practi
cal addition of several millions of dollars
to the public debt is the result.
There are numeioiis charters upon our
statute hooks containing provisions for
the grant of State aid to railroad compa
nies In some instances, these compa
nies have not organized so us to claim
their chartered privileges. In other in
stances, organizations have takeu place,
hut no work has been done. Home, and
p rhups all, of these enterpii ea would, if
completed, be useful to the public ; but it
may be confidently asserted that not one
of them possesses merit sufficient to war
rant its construction at the public expense.
It will hardly he found practicable to es
tablish tliu credit of the State upon s solid
basis so long ns it is in the power of pri
vate corporations or individuals, by com
plying with the comparatively e*»sy condi
tions prescribed in these diallers, to add
countless millions to our public debt. 1
therefore recoin mend the pasaage of a
measure repealing the aid foul ure in cvoiy
(dialler in tiie.Sl.de, whc"« (lie same has
no' actually become a ve.tcd ligtu m th**
laimii'g it.
OPELIKA DIRECTORY.
Lawyers.
A. j. VICKEHS.
Attorney nml CouiiKollor nt Ijtir,
Otlli-H oppufcit' Alabama llouae.
Ri.tUHtm ill all Iho Court* of tho Htut-. wv*.
Tailors.
M. H. « Tnllor,
Tut Him tnnl Makia? in Late.it Ntjle*. R«-
RitiriiiK in tttly <tun».
HouIII JUilrou'l bt., ov* r Fuinuuio Slur*- U»T
Dentists.
j. i.. k. smith. n«utiu,
JJot*« IMhio Work anil Fliiipdiu;' on o-u,
C'3] Inrum. CliHinl*! r* Mioi-t.
Barber Shops.
WENLKY 11 Alt III AO K It. Ilnrln-i
*ruer South Kitilroud mil Clniiabt-rH Htn
lilfiXO.M A T tit NEK. Harber*.
idi Httilrital ill-i*l, uu*. or Adauis II*.
Hotels.
ALABAMA HOLME,
tViivpuiuiit In htiniiii-ii. portion of Hit* city.
Jut _ d. W. ALI.KN, Prop
ABAMN HOUSE.
When you pi* to Opelika, !>** mire to htop at 11
AUitnm House, opposite Funrii iigt-r Lcpot.
Doctors.
I>R. J. W. It. WI 1,1,1 A.VIM
Insurance.
K. «\ HOWES A MON,
Ucncriil Insitt-itnee Affenl*.
Rut I mail Sir. ft, over K. M. < I rente .v »
$200 Reward!
rntlK abovn rewind will I. p.id for tho a;.pi* •
| hniiHtou. with evidence to tonviri th< pi*r.-»:i
or porMUiN who removed the tiack mm SmitSTi
Station, oil the i-il nml.. or fur ihe upprt-bi‘Mrti<*ti
ot any p.-r*u*ii who m<*y at any hint! iii.dii-ioind)
pi a ch oliitii Ui’tioiM oil tic* track that would rtidun
”.*r lit - !- or p operty.
A. .1 It KA III), K. M. \V. It. It
Opelika, AU , Dec. 24, k873 doVI :;i
For Sale or Rent.
T. L FIIA/Kil-
SCHOOLS.
Monroe Female College,
Korsyth, Georgia.
rpllF. SI'KINU 8K-
I on WcdimiiUv.
187 h
Ren id iti rim yt'anl
, ..in-f in Mu*.< I’
(ho mu it and t-p.iiii.ili
Iim true lion lit roi
idinrm h reai..n.d.I**.
For purlit-til.i
A CARD.
M V CLASS Full VuL'N'i it KN
IK'lit i'll ill 'l.f I Kllji'U;.- l.ll'i 4Q5
tin* bij*lii-. f-i.xIM* will !•*- i — .'I'.-in '1
my i*Iu.
FoLrii.ii y.
Dull all Mb
i up;.
Ill Dec*
i. minimi
b
h,b-
♦lie North /. South
in ted i lint i ho fust
c-i »»l lti r.**id bad
da
id liti
•f ttie Macon and Biunswick II
(huupMiiy. w tin h hod best, mdor
tin* St d.*, iiuiler the a.-l apj*i.»voi| I
tier 3, I Still, thru llmt hit pit; *r,t
interest coupons oi their nuii*iA
company I.*r pa\meiit, and ilini p.
li.ereot had tioen ret used A-nn
ing this mforiuution were notice* *•
that the coupons h-id lieen pro
uon-payineul ou tho fii-*i day
By the recond section *-t the at
which the bonds were nut it
Ihe duty ot tbe Governor, in tic
lhal any interest upon the bond
dorsc-d (shall iml be pal I
imviog
led lor
f July,
t unde;
i/o and take pus-no
city of the company, mi
ing* of the road to tin- t
tho bond or bonds or co
ihe road and other pi<»p*
tlm company in such nia
ti him ns in his judg'i.et
serve the intcred ol nil
d.-r tl.e authority thus ;
order July 2 1873, suizn
city «»f the comp.iny,
same in tin* posses-mm
t he end 1 hat i lis ro id.
I tic pi Mp-
it-*, *-ii 1 lo sell
belonging to
. and «il such
• Dig the
hgious hi ivicc ul thu As) Ini:
»S dibatli and once dining the week, and
also thn usual servics ut lending the biirnti
of the dead. '1 lie General Ahsombly at
its last session appropriated iho sum of
$250,4)0 to pay the sulaiy of the (Tiuj 1-iiu.
and the Trustoes hive not felt antlmiiz.*d
to exceed the sum appropriated. 'They
rncotmnend that the additional sum of
$250.00 bo paid to tlm Chaplain for his
last year’s survive, and that his salary ho
fixed at $500.00 per annum, or tic. loft to
tho discretion of the 'Trustees, as in tlm
imho of other subordinate i Hi -era.
1 rospeetfu ly call the attention of tbo
Genera! Assembly to tho fact, that tho
practice of furnishing intoxicating liquors,
without proper authority, to patients and
employees at the Asylum, is springing up
and threatening to become deliimetilul lo
the interests of the instnii'ion. For the
suppression • f this < vil, I recommend
th »t the sale of spirit lions and null liquors
within one in le of ihe Asylum lie prohib
■ ted by law ; and that it he m do penal b*
furnish such lojimrs to any patient of tin*
institution, unless jn cs-Tii* 1 I hy the ]»r«jp
er medic I officer.
'The report ot thu 'Trilitees disclose-
tho fac‘, that iu many niittimes thero his thft o’lier proper'y «*! tii# computiy might
not been a atiicl compliance) with the law be held and disponed «*t in U0i*ord.iiuo
regulating the admi.is"»u «>f pauper pa- with Ihe provisions ot the aforesaid act.
ti.-nts into the Asylum. Tim la-.v .1 »*)- Acting under this «*»d *r, (L'.ng.- It 11a-
not provide for the adm.s i'Mi •*! paupers /.lohurst, Ihe receiver, look possession ot
who nre not residents of this Stato. When »ho road and other property ,3 the cam-
a pauper has been c mvioted of a malady p iny in behalf of tho Stale. Th o prompt
• equiiing him to be couitullti li t*» the ' ac i »n m.ih deemed necessary lor the pio
Asylum, it i- tin du y ot the couit. pro 1 •••ctmn of thn putiiic intereit. l was up
siding at tho tri-d, to certify if stu b per ! prehensivo that any delay on my pi;it
soil is a pauper : but he shall not lie oer ' would hu taken advantage ot tty crmb’.-.i ,
titled a pauper unless ia whole, or iu part, to place the company in bankruptcy, iu
siippoited by the cotilDy, or unless the which event tho public inlcicit. would
c '.mily is bound for his support, it i- unqu« stioiiably have suffVied Miimis in -
further provulni, that if there ho per- juiy.
sons win* t*y law are bound and able At thu time the road was seized, tho
support tho lunatic, the names of such company Und outstanding »d*on» $<n,t)c.u
pemoos must be given. If the lunatic ot pu^s lulls, which l ad Se en '.ssinui from
lias means enough to support hinr-elf in time to time for convenience in its I
pirt, the amount of such means must ho ness trnt.sactiona. The** Dills had g
stated an*i must be paid towards his sup- into general circulation, but wore mostly
port. The object of tiiose provisions *<t held l*y the patrons and employees ot the
t ie law jw lo piotoet the public from the couqauy. Any rotusal to receive those
burden of supporting lunatics ulm have bills, I bond, w-.ml I iuv-Ivp incniivon-
the means *>t supporting themselves, or ience to the Si Mr Many ot the patrons
who ought to be supporud by private in <*f the r-md, wh » held • lirk«» bill*, notified
clividuals. I suggest that the law- t»c hi* iuo that they would withdraw their pat-
Aiuuudod as to heouro tho <»bsei vunoe by ronage nnb ss the t*iwere uccived for
officials of th* so salutary provisions. passenger taro and for freight. Many ot
Attention is called to* the suggestion of l tho employees and laborers, *)«.», who had
the Board—that no distinct provision ot i received the bills for seivi- . s, threatened
Ihw exirits for tho discharge of patients j to ahundoii the road unless bills wore
who, while not in a condition to t*o corti | redeemed. Inquiry into m* bu«incs4 of
fiod of sound mind, arc nevertheless i *L*- road xatisfied tno 11im» us cnrim-g*. t<*r
hurmlcss. and might with benefit t.» them I sumo time to come would not he mu . iu
selves uud relief to the Htato be remitted 1 excess of Us current oxpeusos, and there-
It.) I c.itastd a tlio
! t work aud of th*
; to he made by c
(! 4 for t lint purpoK rt ,
l»y the Prcsidotit
company, slow ing
been invo-ted in th
sons : and liu
tli*! company.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
YOUR
I I I k-M n-.X - r.-|.. ...
\ II. I •*.. ;o- SF.t'.iS i) jo .Son r. it, th
iiouik i\i» siior.w.
be
•:loi.i of the '
nt winch had
pi i vn* m per- i
to* saltilicd Mist (
harlar, wit** t-it!i-
ct I
HEAD
i»ui i-i: ami;it m t'Vld him
tied thereto, 1 placed ilia ••miniscmci.t of
the Stale upon Ps bonds !•* 'ho extent of
$12,0(10 per mils for tin* twenty miles l
completed as aforesaid.
The length of tho main line* of tin* road
between tho termini is on» lumdic I and
thirty miles; thn length of road com- 1
plated, twenty miles: the length of nddi
iinuni road graded ih forty miles Tho !
Kuril reported ns invented in the company \
is $<;«<>, un; 7:;. Of this file sum <*f $120.*-
I D* U2 has boon applied to thn section ot j
twenty miles already completed. In this
amount are included the expenses of 1
survey, location and eqtiiprm.nl..
1 he your just i ruled has booh one of |
disaitor to the mnterinl welfare of a large ,
poilimi of our people. As these disaster*-
« "iild u«»t be pr* vented, so they cannot I *
curd by simple legi-lation. '1 he remedv
D-t many "f the evils (*f the times lies
within niiiselves. As far. however, as np
propiitte legislation can avail. 1 desire to
say, it will b« my agreeable duty to ro
op-fite with the Genera! Asscmtdy in all
proper effoils [o ameliorate the condition
ol our common constituent-. It ia our
highest duty as it will dotiht)c*-n he out
ehiofcsl pleasure I** do rdl we call lo pro
moto the general welfare, advance the !
public credit, enforce the law*, and pro- ,
le d and d* fend the lights and liberties ot
th-* people. Jimks M. HxrrrH
IS
"LEVEL-
WELLS & CURTIS.
73 Broad Street.
CROCERIES.
Go to Pomeroy’s,
%T IKMM3I ICVS < OilMlti,
For Ferris & Co.'s Suqur-cui etl Pqj
Hams and Strips, Ferris’s Milti-curcd
N. Y. Bellies, Wright’s Ne P*us Ultra
Mmco Meat, tar superior to Atmorc's,
Raisins, Figs, Oranges. Lemons, Pr«*-
served Ginger, Jellies, Corn Start!:.
Sardines, Salmon. Oysters, Tomatoes
Christmas Eggs, Turkeys, Ducks . cJ
Chickens. Whip, Miik, Butter. Bosto i
Butter, boda and Pic-nio Crackers.
Snaps, Ac
*rMr. 1 r. Puns KOS Wilt Is! lutui'l .ut: ■
,•).!!,.(VI. a*. ! W.II !•** pif.-.i.-.i M )•- .1, l-.i.- r..
r« »nd tii'-ii'l*. The patretmvv •»
• ri-q.e. tlully »*.iteite . pi.vu
I> F. \ \ ISON’S
i* t i t n i mii r i* i .mi i u. -
*\ Ut 'i v>t* JD NLkr.l* Mt 1.1 -• t *>
utr I H *."1 w iildll tin p.e*t 1 1 ) >'*
Notice to the Ladies.
rv. a. nrssiES
Ai* KM’ I UR
American Cotion Tic
Co.
III MAN llalit.
Ml - OV KU All Ol.t* M AIR.
.a all th« lat«*i»t ■(>!«■ M i'
LI. AITUOVM*
,V1,
A t'U' UlX
