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c. K. C. WILLINGHAM. EDITOR LA GRANGE: raiDiv moryiyg, September «. **•■» for tlie State Uonvcntioq. Wk Hrc nuthorizen to announce the ia>ue Ot SAMUEL PASCHAL as a candidate to r-pre- seut Troup county in ihe approaching .StateCon vention. Election h-t Wednesday in * htobu. MEflgRS. JONKS & Wti.I.i.'.oiiAM : Please aumuticc my name aa a c.iudidatc to represent the ccunty of Troup in the approaching Convention. The People know me; and, it elected, 1 primise to represent them to the liest of my ability. If they desire to hear from me upon the c.ndi- tion of the country, either verbally or in wrr ing and will inform uie >*t it, 1 will take yreat peas- ute iu conforming to sheir wishes. R. A. T. RIDLEY. The Productive Labor of the South. It is to the agricultural products the South most alone look for a revival of her former prosperity ; al( i thc-re ; are few who fully realize the extreme poverty towards which we shall inevitably find unless we can so direct the labor of the fret-dma'i as to make Lina available in ihe production of cotton, corn, &c., which must be the basis of our future prosperity. The negro must, by some means, be induced to enter, heretofore, into agricultural pursuits in order to make this land again smile with prosperity. He must till the soil for. beiDg a consumer, he most j rjilurt to tn-c: his own wants and comfort. He i~ by notur-' and education < ~p daily adapted to the cultivation of cotton, which nnt.it torm the mainbasis ot our fu ture pro-p-rity. Ilut the great question, and an n- tricate one it is. is to get the negro to work and be, come, >v heretofore, a reliable source nt tabor.— How he shall be made to und-Y.-tand tfic quest ion of labor and support as a freedman, in the employ of his firmer owner, and fully appreciate t! ‘" n '-" For the Reporterj , Vox Resurgent. Mk. Willingham—Dear Sir: Your com- ments of September loth on “ r..ion" are | lost in a ha/.o that perhaps Webster can wrappe dissolve: — Integral—Composing all the pasts entire.” the hated “ gridiron” flag, are now hug- jrinw it for dear life, though their stoin- ,.-1,8 loath its contact as contamination. In response to a La Grange, Sect. 16, lSGo. call made through the NEW ADVERTfSEMt/V/o- Plantation for Rent. R»uorler a portion of the citizens of the «- OFFER. FOR KENT. LEASE OK SALE, Ml ., .. assembled in the court 11 PLANTATION. 4 mil n east ef LaGrange, County this u.tv . containing three lote..adjoining Hie places "f Mr. It was “ loyal southern men,” who have County this day . s d i- containing three lot*, adjoinh “ , . , I i„ mourm-mr anj pa.'. I.ouso for tlio purpose of selcet, , K co.id, «*. I« i tide bind in inouruiug and pcs. , . - - „ j , . hifh-ways with cripples; who, dates to represent the County i» t ic . p ■ j 3 C - like wild Scythians, lifted up the 1 pi caching State Convention. r. • so. — WK1»V.|H.U.-I-"* - staked “ their lives, their fortunes and ; deliberations of the meeting a.i __ common objects and bound i gacrc( j ’honors” upo its perilous j Cook to act as secretary, lhere icing TOOLS .and STOCK. COWS. * (sep'22-tf) ell PLANTATION Also, some fine MILCH IS. T. VV. LINDSEY. Community—* An association or society of , j ng . individuals, unit' d l,y peculiar r-lations in regard to property and , labor.’ So that “ integral'’ does not mean ■ ual and tin-expression of “ two races j *‘l united in an integral community” simply has turned the scales against them, are moaning over losses their own hands have ' m ade, calling themselves a most “ de means the same relative co-existence of gra ded’’people, a “ poor” and proud, “ no- the races here now as there has been for hie” and unoccupied, “brave and dissatis- the last century, barring the condition of | j* e( j population; who, wilfully blind to slavery. What an old “ Down-Easter that their own intatnation has StSTJTS theCod of’battles j so few preset-and so little intent " 1 fosted, it was, on motion, decided to aa Houses and l^«ts for Sale. TWO of the most durable Houses and Lois irf. the city, large and finely finished. f'l . • 11 I* .rrAiimlc linn PVPI V jonrn 15. < John -S. Hill, Chni’n. Cook, Soc.’y- T real men f of Prisoners. In discussing the question ot treatment, r prisoners bv Federal and Confederate a vital element in its solution ability properly to provide of I autliorit i« The Temper of the Southern People. Rrave and heroic, determined, as they w< re to establish a separate government, they, like true men, have accepted the results o! the late war with an honesty of purpose which should challenge the admiration of the world e.nd the highest confi dence of too Federal Government »!■" jieoptn with whom they have contended so persistently for the last four years i:i the m bilr.imefit of anil-. The people of the South arc not fools and fanatics aa some vile scribblers of the Northern press would have the world believe. Tle-y fought to late war lor what they lidieveil to be a great principle in- volving their future prosperity and the most sa cred rights handed down to them by their fathers. They were honest in their convictions, notwith standing some are so blinded by prejudice as not to hate aecn that fact, who have imputed to them Ap higher motive than mere revolutionary design. Fitch men do not understand Southern sentiment ; and, therefore, they misrepresent »nd malign it, ond thus onr motives are misconstrued at the North and we aie regarded by the lt ,c s informed iu the light of criminals and outlaws, creating in the Northern mind a spirit of hate towards us, when manly forbearance aud forg.veuess should take the place of spite and revenge. # The people of the South having 'left the ques tions of dispute between the North and Soutli to the arbitrament of the sword, and that arbitra ment. having decided the issue against them, they have accepted the result as the fortunes of war without humiliation or degradation, and now say to the General Government, You have prevailed against ns—our cause has fallen—our nrie g<>r« t'rnmt nt hits been obliterated we have no other government to claim our allegiance, and we uow tender that allegiance in all houe-ty of purpose as we fought honestly for the establishment of our new government—we syy we offer the allegiance due the United States Government by reason of the fortunes of war—not as cringing hypocrites, but as men desiring to yield obedience where obe dience is due—claiming the right to lie respected as a "people of courage and of the highest integri ty, determined to perform all the duties incum bent upon ns as law abiding, loyal citizens of the United States. We return to our first allegiance in the full attitude of honorable men, despising, in the depths of onr hearts,.any spirit of cringing or truculent cowardice, and we expect to be treat ed in the same magnanimous spirit which prompt ed Gen. Grant to return the sword-of Gen. Let. at the outrentter in the surrender nf I.vp’j ix.i Johnston’s armies, the cause of the South, M as surrendered; in our acquiescence ia tho results which foliowe<l—an ae<|uieseencc we have abun dantly manifested by ready acceptance of amnesty aud panlon troiu the President—we surrender all opposition to the United States. Th is we do with out mental reservation and iu all candor and sin cerity of heart. Gun we do more to attest oui sincerity (A tWhirc to l>econie true ami loyal citi zens of the United States? We might fall upon our laces and ’humble ourselves in the dust, but. then, we should despise ourselves and lie unwor thy the proud appellation of men: we might-come before the General Government and Northern peo ple on our knees in an attitude ot supplication, but we can only l>ow to Jjon who has stamped npon as too much manliness to thus humiliate and degrade ourselves; we might present ourselves as fawning sycophants and crook the supple hinges of the knee that grace might meet us from the popular North, but then we should be treated, de servedly. as insincere and unworthy of the least respect. None of these will the proud, chivalrous, brave Southern people ever do. But, they will yield implicit, manly and honest obedience to the Constitution, laws and authority of the United States ; they icili prove true to their present obligations and never swerve from any duties which these obligations may impose; thev will do every thing to obliterate the bad feelings of the past four years if they are met in a corres ponding spirit by the Northern people; they trill do all these things, however much they may be maligned, ami their motives and purposes impugn ed by bad and malevolent men, either North or South. When we have showa to the Government, aud the world, our purpose and desire to restore our States to their original position in tho Ameri can l uiou. by all the means within our power, it is due to us that we should be received in a kindly spirit and our good intentions properly respected and acknowledged. Such we believe to be the true spirit of the Southern people, and in that spirit they arc met by tho good and true men of the North. We are not truculent—we never shall be; we are not de ceptions—we never will be; we are not sycophan tic—we should despise oureelvs if we were: but we are honest, and return to our allegiance to the United States in a spirit of mani.ness—of honesty —of self-respect—not shrinking before the world's gaze as eowardly fcloos and outlaws whose fates should have been dangling at the end of a rope National Intbluoknokr.—It is with unfeigned pleasure we again welcom to onr exchange table the old A'mionaJ Intelligencer, which has ever been a modle paper for conservative dignity, it brings to light the memory of other and brighter day*. Although the names of its old condsctsrs- Seatox & Gatjk, aro no longer known in its col umns as editors, the paper still retains its high-ton ed conservatism. The spirit of the old conductors is still infused through its columns. May it for ever live the model of propriety and dignified journalism. Good Men for the Convention.—Among the Dominations and announcements of candidates for the Convention, it is with pleasure we'observe the names of Hon. Charles J. Jenkins and John P King, of Richmond, and E. G. Cabantss, of Mon roe. It is just such men we desire to see sent to the Convention. If every County will elect such men, we shall have a harmonicas and working Convention, which will despatch the business in a few days. Webster was, not to know that “integral sca ] L .j their doom, are seeking the same cecity of corn-taut an-1 honest labor, in order to \community” meant an “ interfused amal- tj,- ctnii'ortaM" arid r«s*p*ctable. involves aprob- ^ arna ti,,n of the races'corjx really and so- i tQ t j, c “eternal bonfire/ and ” precipitat lifa : daily'/’ What an etymological, ortlmgra- ■ 0( p t k; s ] nn j into bankruptcy phieai aud ethnographical, wooden-beaded | <• l' n iou d-unne to be sure! Block-iiead .is /as l>aelc, in- , hHS - y os i their absence and influence j not *]-X'iliVv” was a contradiction of words j i, ave been seriously felt for four years, u ‘ H lorn our wisest men are puz/.ied to solve ! : i;om presents to the negro a new theory iu which he does uoL or will not, comprehend cor rectly. According to his ideas be feels that be is i, ft to do us he pleases—work only when absolute j 10 was , he knew that the expression necessity compels him to do -o, and ?p-nd a great -. part" .Id quic leadership in politics as led thousands on j is the relative ’ - . j or them. ,-.,,1 i-i^i i We mnv assume, as admitted, the 1‘td- j ■ oral authority could command the means j ” knows that “ Yiutlve !>a>/onets ( ., )n! t' (ir t:il>]y to house, feed, clothe and >nld not vrilt i deal of his time ill idlene-- and iimcti-n. ... ! main he d «- not look to the future, lb- wauw ; I are few- aud .ue often supplied, to a great • x l,y petty stealing, and the consequence timi he will be an nnr drone upon society. f til : ai.d an utter vacuity | lucid interpretation was resi-rv. ill be | day of “ learned Thebans/’ who inoculate liable source of labor ami a /prose.y tea with their own cross inferences, unless some means: are adopt- . the “ Wish the lather ed to induce or force him to become a source ot r. liable and coustant lal-or. which, of course, will Yes! have been and this quotation,is the very confession of a dominant terrorism, cloud has passed away, speech is, for a while, again ours! ot the j <• touch-stone” tried to find how mild all prisoners, and that it this won* nst be sought else- gilt. This 1 for this The inability of the Confederates prop erly to house, cloth, feed their prisoners Thank God, that j ias s tood eon tossed by the Confederates and freedom of and charged upon them l>y IVlorals i,|, well improved* grounds, and every thlEFto make them .U-irabfo. tti.c si mated E.n= t of the Public Square, and Ihe other on Ihe West. Mattrnns Making ami lleparing, 1\ the room under the Krpnrter Vffire. next door I to V. llolte’s boot and s .op. Aho RED COMI OUTS and l»UILTS ma-le to order. 1- sons wishing such work will ph-ase cab and leave their-orders. f cpl2Z-Jm _ .Iti-I Heceiveil, COPPERAS. i rickets. TEA, CHEESE. M MH»ER, RI.ACKING IiRUSHES, |*|i ’K I.ES, Ac.. Ac pepo2-tf HARWELL .i RAKER. One llumlreil Dnllarn KfWard> a STOLEN from the pre nises of C. t? rM> !i iron gr< r I'ustM-ta. Gi»., *iii_ Moiotay l—night. Aug. 1 nh. one hoavv-biiilt, light •v HORSE, ten or i b 'cn ».»n< ohl. blind XCept back, liar- mil , , h-r's uroclivity to run a-rnuck, to jump at cnially benefit himsell with hia employer and the k - substantial prosp-rity of .he country. \ fon-sonc conclusions. It w as just such If, by some system, humane and advantage as well to the negro as the employer, he can be lame and impotent conclusions, such considerate looseness of thought, that iin 1 1 '-.iiv* 1 p'- i . . . . i p 1 i irun gi < * >• ** * 1 . U1 J therefore, the mere fact that the l ed- I jn , e| , eye> , (U , blindness not ,m-,v ptihle exc ' .,--.l’ nrisoiicrs were not comfortably pro- | on close examination : saddle mail's on hm h:u i no ,tro..f of an intention o„ >c j Th, l..r,o i, ,.-,v »"•! , , : Confederacy willfully to cause sutlermgs j "”p w5n p;iy fifty DOLLARS REVFARb cos were called up from the past; when it by withholding comforts, but on the con- j th „ r.covco of the Hors.* an,l F was their ox that, was slightly gored;“ is only ™ ^ ?.{?!«. when the public print superseded iQsid '- j if we proceed lo judge of the* disposition j _Colun»hn*.Ga , •-lit.” Let Webster dispel the Ihpor- ot j iers would feel, w hen a few reminiscen for and FIFTY DOL- ict. VMII.TON. sept!2-2t nmdu reliable as a laborer, toe prosperity ot the p roux j,t about secession and all its woes S.,uth will again assume the brightness of former jays, and w.* may again Income a happy and pros perous people. Some sort of sy-tem should be adopted calculated to ethtrafe the negro in his new duties as a part of society. When he shall have : plain phrase and have valiantly bclabor- becn properly trained in these now duti'-s. made ],i n1j thereby demonstrating what you to foil the importance and necessity of goo.1 char- j couIJ j. aye j one> j. at i t i JL . rc bceu any suh- acter and hpiiest integrity, he in// become, to a greater extent than now, a source of reliable la- Your strictures aaiuunt to only this; that in a vague hallucination you have set tip a man of straw, evoked a ghost out of a stance in the object assailed; but as it is, ous private letters to uruflending parties it desired to test, whether there was enough freedom of speech left here to enable a voice, long stilled, to put on re cord some troublesome facts, to bring home to others that memory aftd ink have of the two authorities to mitigaiu, wholly avert suffering by captivity, be j find an unbroken record of Confedciate j action, ceaseless and importunate in soek- ii)«- so to arrange for the disposal of all i captured soldiers as to have no one to on- ■ s y’FERS HIS PR<iFESSI dure the ills of confinement—and subsc- V_/ the Citizens ol LaG fixed in a permanent form a short history j V gently, when all their propositions to ; ,-s ♦!,» must I this end had been rejected, to mitigate as , WpJit touch-stone,” that expected of the past. It was a far as possible the hardships oi captivity. On the jiart of the federal authoiity a record wlmlly at war with a pretense ot even to cs- l>. 11. lAlORRISOM, (Late Surg-’on ol the C. H. Army.) physician and surgeon, FFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES't izens of I.aGrange and surround- country. „ „ ,, ... nt. Morrison A Crawfords Drug Stole. sep22 />in b r. and will do h's part in the revival of South- your blows have fallen upon the. air.— to rouse up some replies; in this it has n, prosperity. We hope -uch may be the result You have unresistingly thrashed the east- , p u t it has not failed to expose tho p Urposc to avert captivity, or even to es ’ * all [ fientially mitigate its horrors. A recon in' reference to the freed man. We desire, and so j do the people of the South desire, that the n>gru . shall tlo well. We have ever claimed for ourselves to be the best and truest lrieixl of the negro; and ranti y. the Southern tchile pcopfo, as a whole, will do all they can to promote the good ol their former slaves. of the legislation of the country which is to be ha 1 w j nc ] p un Quixote, charging wind-mills, anticipated you by only a few centuries, in valorous and unprofitable knight per- Thc gentleman, with a card of ginger- btead under each arm, munching and if their efforts will be met by correspond.ng eit -us murn |jli n ^r like Bombastes FuriosO, will on the part of the negro It isVilly by a decided and humane policy to- wvids the negro can he be educated to act well hi* probably feel better, when he knows that “ Union’* is a “ Down-Easter,” that he con- part iu supplying the productive labor ot the South- fosses now as he has frequently on the street before, having played the hypocrite President Johnson's Policy. i The Southern people must see that the lenient policy of President Johnson towards us is pursued in the face of much opposition and contain dv pre sented by the radicals of Ihe North; that he isdi- ] posed to giv-‘ us every advantage possible, consis tent with his views ot what i« right; that he in tends there shall he no infringements upon "ur constitutional rights ; and That he is willing to, trust the Southern people in the "irk of rec*>n- cwuclloii. In a recent letti r he says, speaking of . Uf: “ the pr"l‘le tnio' t.” ,.l.,lc thv m l. e»|s say we mu-t not be. S.-.y- Prcsidi : ^J.-!ivs.,x of us : “ //' trusted, th’ i/ teiH. ia mi/ opinion. art in good faith ii’i't restore th■ ir former cun, relations With 111/ the Statric.niljiusing the fneoi." If President Johnson i« so ready to trust ns with such implicit confidence, iw must trust him and heartily sustain Lis measures and administration It we do not, we must oppose him—and there can • he no middle ground occupied by any true South- j orner. We must stand, shoulder to shoulder, with »ho conservative people of the country in support Of his present policy towards the South. By his policy we shall soon resume our former position in \ the Union, and be equally entitled with the other long years and thereby sact'd his neck, and knows it full well—and was conscious nf it all the time. “A narrow-minded, selfish, vindictive man,” he may be—God ha’ mercy on all! — but Gingerbread should know that ‘‘Union” became so used, during secession times, to the fulininutimi of such bolts— bolts t«.o laith d by that- he now looks up the shafts of harmless insanity. Vv iiy, the commonest shrew in town can outdo him in calling names. Every mat:, more over, that wants to know, can find that ‘ Union” wears :n> “ mask”—all e.:n know him, and all know that ho means what he says and said what he meant in the “ Po litical Touch Stone.” Perhaps the “Stone’’ existing animus of many to j>ut down independent opposition of thought—the old proclivity of setting up an oligarchy, shorn of its prerogatives, and trampling down others, even while they themselves are experimentally learning the difficult art of coming down. Should your future numbers contain the “ foar of sucking-dovcs’’ or the frantic screams of impatient misses, the scrutiny pipes of senility or the sonorous tones of Parolles my object is accomplished, and there will probably be no response from Union. ssmii Cyelups— j miiar at tael s as • hit the G ith Nomination** in !Uc»i»»c«nri> Grf.ennille, Slit 16, 1S6.1. Pursuant to previous notice the citizens <>f Meriwether county assembled this day at the courthouse, for the purpose of no minating candidates for the Convention to meet at Miilcdgeville, on the 4th Wed nesday in October next. The meeting or ganized by calling M. P. Titkeu to the chair, and requesting W . A. Adams ti» act as secretary. The object of the meeting was briefly explained by the (’hairmau.. On rn tio’n of lion. Hiram Warner, a committee of twenty, (two from each dis f secession so plump in ■ tr ; ct N was appointed to report suitabh the forehead, that iiis minions cannot help crying out, as the hoary monster kicks and scuflles in tlie dust. Gingerbread, names to represent the County in the Con vention to assemble at Miilcdgeville, com posed of IIon.,lIiram Warner, A. I>. Abra Sutcs to all the privileges ami rights enjoyed by ; the son of Sorghum, should have only said j j g J () | in - j> R opf ... John W iSirlson. * a . Tf I.-11 .1... . L, * 1 . 1* • •< \* xr I 9 4 ’ t 9 V us prior to the war. If we diall thus be r--store-1 to our ancient rights, in a few ;/ month*. have w not cause to ttiaak President John-on. l. tn the depths of our lcarts, that be has hun the moral courage and magnanimity of heart to pur sue a policy of such leniency towards us iu the in reply to Union: “ Yuu are a Yan- T. F. McGehcc,- S. Ballock, B. F. Tigner, policy iu restoring to the Southern people their ancient rights aud privileges in the Union. As honest journalists, we accord to him our true an l ^ sincere support: and, had we his ear. we could tell him that the Southern people—we mean the best and truest men of the country—trill join iii in sustaining his net ministration. kee.” This is the purport of his diatribe, j Jaincg w stinwn, John Jones, William It embraces the wide matter, in a verna- > Watson , YYiHi am Morris, A. L. Anthony, cular familiar to his lips—words, which !. Jno u Williams, J. C. Ingrem, P. ,T. Wil- have filled the air and saluted the tars of kingon) j uo> g G rant , W. I*. White, Xa- 1 Wilkins a brief ab- names— j Hon. 0. Warner, John L. Dixon, and W. .. iiicli a cartel contracted to avert alto- ; get her, -during the whole war, the hard ships of captivity, was unceremoniously! and cruelly abrogated! and subsequently a per sistent refusal t" return to its guid- j ance, or to accept any lair l this, the 'inly j proposition made on the tederal side be i ill"' made purposely to insure rejection. ; New Yorl Sens. Troops to he Entirely Withdraws from j rnk S"i rn.—A Washington eorrespondent j of the New York ll-rttld, writing undei j date 13th i;ist., says: “It is understood here that it is eon- | , template! by the I’resident to entirely ! i withdraw the troops •roin Hie .South, in a \ i short time, leaving the states lately in : ! rebellion to reorganize on the basis of civ- j il gov’CMiment, precisely as they stood be fore the late war, with the: exception ol i slavery. This policy is said to have aris- ; en through the good sense of the leading : Southern men tliemsi Ives, in accepting tie* present position of affairs, as disclos- 1 ed iu tlie interview between I’res'.denl : Johnson and a i-oiisidei able deputation of ; their bailing men, at tin* White House ' the other day. Tims, the. late slave i States will have hardly a soldier left I among them, save such as may be requir- 1 ed to garrison tlie several forts; and these , as in the North* in States, will be retain I ed in active service only for the purpose of meeting any emergency that may arise from the action of foi icgn Powers.” The Commissioner of Indian . Affairs’ writes that Siip*:rintendent Irish, of l tali, has made a treaty with the Indians, which if ratified, will put the relations ol tin: Government with*the tribes on a good footing. Public Square. LINTON K DOl Ciiri’Y, A lig.s t a , Geovgia- I H’ERAL GASH ADVANGES made on G* r Jt signments of COTTON to In* shipped to N<’ York or Liverpool. Terms same as In-fore the war. S. I> LIN foN, G. \V. DOUGHTY. ^ Of Reese & Linton. < >f Doughty, Beall A C< sc pi 22 * r »t MOItG AN S. ( <>., HEADERS IN F XT XX M I T XT XX 33 Parlor Sells, Bedsteads, Matt ra^es. Bureau-, Wardrobes, Wash Stands, Tables, # Sa fvs, l.oungi'H, 1 hairs, 1 Lilt Frames, Pietiires, Shades, Wiiite Lead, l.inseed Dll, Benzine, Japan Varnish, Putty, Jtr. W# MHfhtfHl t;i..tw, S‘s. I -|i : leir-. Ma riel I: ( All;: ILL SIZES WIVDOW Gorn-'r I’each Tree ttepi'J2 At rilOTOGKACHS. 1 take ple \si;re in an «y hL j/e&e (f tlolint: Ilg to 111" g"' '1 Jieopj* - ol Irf '41 !.a *;I:i-Hid vieinilv. Ilial f j,.,. ... «| i.,, GALLERY a*. ilit- Olii Stand, over the it l- I am taking the A. E. GlIX It <,le the secession regency. By tlie by, that “ Stone” did touch a j ^ j Phillips. * the wounded bird flutters ;” the galled jade winces." Through an ob liquity of mental vision, wise-acres see ; enormities in common things and discover j heresy iu free speech. It is hoped that Correction. j this indication is bnt the dying spasm of Mr. Editor:—In justice to your corrcs-, dictation. There is no sacred institution pendent, “ Union” (whom I regard as an . now to over-awe thought and utterance, earnest man, and no hypoerib’.y please al-' That dynasty fell, Mr. Sorghum, before low me to correct a typographical error 1 Down-Easter& ’and “Union Men;” “Down* committed by your printer in the squib of ^ Easters,” who forever hurled hick some mine contained in your issue of the loth , vaunted legions on the hills of Gettys- instaut. I characterized “ Union” as hy- • burg—“Union Men,” who set up again perchilical, i. e. one who is critical beyond j the flag of republican principles over the measure or reason: a captious censor. Very respectfully, A Loyal Southern Man. wastes of the Confederate Autocracy. “ Union,” accepted or “ unaccepted” seeks to be no political teacher, asks for r , no vote; he can bide his time, “Union” (COMMUNICATED.] ’ , , Me. Editor: As our Citterns’ Meeting, k°ows that thoso,wbo were loyal watte™ on last Saturday, failed to make a aorai. who forsootl, d.sdamed to be peace nation, permit me to suggest the follow ing named 'gentlemen, living in different sections of the County, as suitable dele gates to the approaching Convention: Dr. IL A. T. Ridley, Thomas Leslie, and Joel M. Chivers. They are all gentlemen of experience and possess, in an eminent degree, practical business and conserva tive qualifications. Dr. R. having received, within a few days past, special pardon and amnesty, is now no longer ineligible. Pacificcs. La Grange, Sept. 19, 1S65. [communicated.] Mr. Edditor: Allow me to suggest a National loyal ticket” for the'approach ing Convention, for each one of whom every good and true man can vote. R. A. T. Ridley, Robt. Robertson, and B. C. Ferrell able unionists, who were going to drink several gallons of blood, are the very men who have “ disfranchised and stripped this land of all rights;” who have mar shaled gaunt beggary and crime through out the South; who, having acted like the Dervishes of the Orient in a hurly-burly of political intoxication, ‘are now spasmo dically starting in their broken slumbers and muttering their old party-cres; who, having hnng themselves politically, are by gasps, begging others not to “hu miliate'the former masters;” who have rode the high horse of sectionalism so long, that they know.no other manner of speech, limiting worth to geographical lines and honor by Confederate bounda ries; who. would like to call up from the grave and again galvanize into action the spirit of nocturnal domiciliary visits: and who having been roasted and basted on On motion, the report of the committee was received and unanimously adopted. On motion of Ii.on. Jas. A. Render, it was resolved that these proceedings b§ published in the La Grange Ile'por/er. The meeting then adjourned sine die. ‘M. 1\ Tucker, Clim’n. W. A. Adams, Sec’y. [communicated.] Tlie State Convention. Mr. Editor: I cannot refrain from ad dressing a few hints to the people of Tronp county npon the subject of the coming Convention. I regret to see so little interest manifested upon so great an occasion. Do the people consider that this Con vention is to be one of the most important ever assembled ? Its duty is to change old institutions for flew. Its duty will be to place us back under the Cunstitations and Laws of the country as a State, and secure to us the rights and privileges of a State. For this we most hare onr best men—men who are not afraid to do their duty—who have done their duty—who have taken the oath and, like brave men, will keep it. Elect such nicn aud Georgia will be an honor to the Union But, for God’s sake, preserve os from such men as “ Union,” the sycophantic “ nigger” champion of your paper of the 8th—men who were too cowardly to go and battle with the brave men on either side—who never smelt gunpowder—bnt who are now willing to draw pay from the Government. All such men “ arc too mean to live and too trifling to die.” . Troup. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. K. 31. Hit L I E At CO., BANKERS AND COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA. GA. E. F. METCALFE & CO., COMMISSION A\D FORM AllDIXG MLRC1H3TS, Savannah, oa/ E. M. BRUCE, .MORGAN S. CO., COTTOY FACTORS & FORH AKDIYCi SERCHAYTS, APALACHICOL A, FLO. P&- A i lvanc<*s made on Uontfignmen*! to WATTS, CRANE & GO , New York. WATTS. GIVEN & CO.. New Orleans, W. C. WATTS & GO.. Liverpool. Eng. By either of the above Houses. Pcpt22-Sm BOOKSTORE A.N l> NEWS DEPOT. r I''HE undersigned has opened a BOOKSTORE A on the West side of the Public Square, where he will keep constantly on hand, BOOKS & STATIONERY, Late Xartliefn News and Kiterary Papers and Magazines. Also, a fine lot of LADIES’ TOILET ARTI CLES, such as Fancy Soaps, Pomades, Colognes, Perfumeries, Sozodont for tt* Tceth»- Bnrsett’s Cocoalae for the Hair, Laird's Bloom of Youth, For the Skin and Complexion, NIGHT BLOOMING CEBUS, etc., etc. ecpt22-tf C a i- <1 P ia <> t o g r a •» ! <, The niokt popular Picture ever yl int"idiieed 1 I have just brought out si fine selection ol Ihe Must Elegant Alliums, capacitated lor from 12 to JUO Pictures. Also, ;* line assortment of Ainbrii!ype Cases <*** Hand. I hope to tic aide to ph-nse the most fastidious, and will receive in payment M<»NI A or l’l»*i\ 1 SIGNS. ,**r- CANNOT GIVE CREDIT. gi:p22 tl r. TROl’IJITT. JNO. K. MOIMSAN. I>- W. MOKOAV. J. E. MORGAN .V SON, W Ii'O L E S A L E AND 11 Ii T A I L GROCERS &. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, LA GRANGE, GEORGIA, For tlie Sale oi" Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, Bacon, Eard, IJricd Fruit, Produce Generally.* We also keep **n hand a good assortment of Groceries ot aall Descriptions. Will piirchose Cotton and all tfouutry Prod'ice at LIBERAL PRICES that way be brought lo us. £ 0 m 0 One, Co me Alii Public Square, Gorham Located ,,n North sid & Swanson's old stond. sepBEJ-tf J. E. MORGAN &.SON E. D. SMITH. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons indebted to the estate of John T. Gay, Ute of Troop county, deceased, are re quired to make immediate payment; and those having claims against said deceased, will present them to me in terms of the law. sep22—40d C. E. GAY. Adm’x. BOOT AND SHOE SHOP HARNESS REPAIRING.^ ns THE undersigned has opened a BOOT AND SHOE SHOP under the “Reporter” office, where be is prepared to execute all orders confided to him, with neatness and dispatch. J®* lie will also repair harness. augUlf J. SLOPEB. j. K. W.4KKE-V. W. W. BCKCV.' WARREN S. BURCH, Comrni.ssioii Merchants A N D WHOLESALE GROCERS, And Agents for the Sale of .Ranufactared and Smoking Tobacco, 94 COMMERCE STREET, qi Montgomery, Ala. |V/I ERCllANTS buying for the trade will always iri find onr Stock ot TOBACCO varied and complete, embracing almost e?ery style and quaiU tj. We expect soon to be adding to our present assortment, lar.c shipments direfet from our friends in Virginia and North Carolina, which we will sell, as heretofore, at’inanufuc'urcrs prices. In connection with our well known and long- established Tobacco Trade, we are receiving 1 Large and Splendid Stock of Groceries, Including almost any 'and every article usually found in a Grocery Hou e. Being connected with a House in New .Orleans, we have facilities and advantages m this line of busiuess not surnawed by any other House in this city. . We inviteattemion to our General Stock'both Tobacco and Groceries, and, with tho advantages we possess, lee Icon fideut that we can oiler induce- ments. (sept22-,lm) WARREN & BURCH. P k fnr D th C |P of k ' Q ds, received iu payment A for the Reporter at the market, prion when the produced is delivered. • P