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BY JONES & WILLINGHAM.
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1865.
VOLUME XXL—NUMBER 457
THE LA GRANGE REPORTER, j
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MASONlclilRECTOIlV.
Union Lodge, No. 28, F.\ A.*. M.\
M EETS on the FIKST and THIKD FRIDAY
NIGHTS in each month.
It. A. T. RIDLEY, W.\ M.\
F. 0. Rogers,“Secretary.
ht. John’s Chapter, No. 11,
M EETS on the SECOND and FOURTH FRI
DAY NIGHTS in each month.
HENRY 1I0DGB3, II.. P.\
John G. WutTFiEi.n, Secretary.
Schley Council, No. 1-4,
EF.TS on th<* FIRST and THIRD SATUR
DAYS in each month, at 10 o'clock A. M.
james a. long, t.-. i. . K.-..B.-.
HeNRT Ilolioes, Serretary.
M
Atlanta & West Point Kail-Road.
GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent.
OUTWARD rltAlV. | IN WARD TRAIN’.
I.rave Atlanta. 6.00 a.m. Leave West l“t 1.00 pm.
DR. P. H. MORRISON. J. J. CRAWFORD.
MORRISON & CRAWFORD,
DRUGGISTS & APOTHECARIES,
(West Side of the Public Square,)
La Grange, Georgia,
JJAVE now, and will constantly keep on band.
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
DKCCS AYD HEDICIYES,
P1IYTS 1YD DYE-STIFFS,
OILS, YIRMSHES. AC.,
And call the particular attention of the LADIES
to their fine selection of
Perfumery,
flair-Bruslies, Combs,
Tooth-P rustic*, &c.
They al-o have on hand a good assortment of
TIIE PUREST
LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.
PRESCRIPTIONS filled at all hours cor
rectly nnd with dispatch. septlo-tf
C.,iB S Addrea, of «h. Pre.id.nt of | ch.rac.er of people, iheir | .loop unknown opoo ,he bo„le field, let u. !»«- .be Undo, inn, Mep.pl,,
siding officer had been passed bj* the body,
and before pronouncing the adjournment
of the Convention, lion. IIerschel V. John
son, rose amid profound emotion visible
in countenances of all present, and with
the fountains of his own great heart
his feelings delivered the following
ADDRESS:
Gentlemen of the Convention: The hour
designated in the resolution which you
have adopted, for the adjournment of this
body hos now arrived. 'Die labors which
we have been convened to pet form have
been completed; and we are now about
to separate and return to our respective
homes.
You have, in the kindness and indul
gence of your hearts, tendered me your
Robert E. Lee
At Lexington, iu the Stats of Virginia,
there is a college which beats the name of
the most illustrious citizen ever borne in
the “Old Dominion,” fertile ns that pleas
ant land has been in htroes; nor could
George Washington himself havo wished
that the college erected in his honor should
have for President a worthier chief than
the one who quietly entered upon his du-
ties just a fortnight ago. The new Presi-
Our old ! dent is still in the prime of manhood,
Arrive al
Arrive
at
Eunt Point,..
. t;.2‘*
Long Cano, ..
1.20
Fftirburn,...
. 7.25
l.aGriinite.....
. 1 55
ralrnptto.. ..
. 8 10
Hogansville...
2
-NVwnun,....
. 950
Grantvillc,... .
3.07
Grsntvillo,..
.10.21
Newnan
. 3 52
Hogaurville,.
.11.06
Pulmotto,
1 53
•LuGrnnge, ..
. 11.44
Kairliurn
5 34
Long Cano,..
.11.44
Eai-t Point,. .
6 38
Weot Point. .
. 12 04 p.tn.
Atlanta
7 03
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CAROS.
Dr. Little
C AN 1>e found at hi* Old Offide, (Up Stairs) next
door to thv Sims House. Residence, s.-cond
block. weMt of the Square.
P. S. — Pi'tsoim having Medical Worn ml In- •.
trumrntH will please return lln-m jk» nnt-23 t'
Dental ('aril.
E. J. CRAVEN. Dentifit, tenders hit*
professional services to the citizens
' d La Grange and surrounding coun
try. Office over A. K. Cox ,fc Co.'s store.
All kinds of Produce taken in payment for
work july24-if
Albert Lehmanii,
watchmaker and jeweler.
La Grange. Georgia,
WILL doal 1 work in hisliue nl business at the
Shortest uoticcand on reasonable terms. Ileso-
licitsa liberal share ol the public patronage,
shop east sideot t tie puhlicsqttarc. niayltf
Ol '
1
Notice This!
THE -UJHSCRMtKR.thankful for past
lavor*. nnd by » prompt attention to
buniueiiS,hopes fur.i continuance ul the
1
Cutting nnd Work Itonr Promptly.
TERMS - CASH No WOltW DELIVERED
,NTlLPA.il) FOR.
scptlV tl GILBERT FORRES.
II LKVV ELI. X 1IA Iv Ell,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
nmi.v t.uocnis iyi> connissiox meiuiuyts.
(Attao Store lately occupied by T. S. Ilradfield.
on the East side of ihe l’ablic Square,)
jno. k. Morgan. d. w. Morgan.
J. K. MORGAN & SON,
W II 0 L ESA L E AN D R ET A I L
GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA,
I’’ o i* the S a 1 e of
Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat, Flour,
Bacon, Lard, Dried Fruit,
Produce Generally.
We also keep on hand a good assortment of
Groceries of all Descriptions.
Will purchese Cotton and all Country Produce at
LIBERAL PRICES that may be brought to us.
Come One, Come All!
Located ou North side Public Square, Gorham
& Svvnr.sm's old stand.
sepilM-tf - •* J E MORGAN & SON
GODI REI) KENEI1,
Manufacturer of all Kinds of Furniture,
La Grange, Georgia,
WOULD respectfully inform Ids
idd friends, and the public gener
ally, that be is again engaged in
MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING
AM. KINDS OF
FURNITURE,
(At his tild Stand.)
L 6 W FOR CASH!
! METAL1G BURIAL CASKS and WOOD COF-
| KINS, of all ,|,~in«,,uniis. nUavs kept .... •
llr iiisupropoBea iu W llMUl-li iato 1-1
. BEK on shares. octl.t it
probation. When I assumed the duties
assigned me, I promised you that I would
do the very best I could 1 have redeem
ed that pledge with fidelity, .My short
comings are before yon, and for these 1
ask yotir indulgence. If I have erred it
has been unintentional, and I know 1 have
erred, and for these errors I ask and crave
your pardon. If, in the discharge of my
duties, I have been so unfortunate as to
appear unjust or harsh, or have inflicted
the slightest wound upon the feeling «>l a
single member of litis body, now, in this
paiticuiar hour and in liis presence, 1
humbly make tlie amende honorable.
We have had before us grave and re
sponsible trusts. We have been acting
not for ourselves, but for those who are
to come after ns. Many of ns will scarce
ly live to see the ft nits of our labors —
Some here arc in the prime and vigor ol
life — they will live to know whether wt*
have acted wisely or unwisely. Others
of us are already upon the verge of that
other land whither all are tending, and in
which all will render an account for the
manner in which they have performed
their duties; and our children will live to
know whether their fathers have acted
wise in caring for their interests, and in
placing our civil and political institutions
upon such a basis as to render them per
manent and benign.
W <• have performed the labors assigned
ns under very unusual circumstances, and
In view of that certain
must sooner or later con
tlcmen, be circumspect,
thoughtfully upon the s
YY 31. F. SKA
K
TKi’ cnnotanilv nn baud aG
SOKTMKNT of
.DING A. BKO.
jenkiAl as
tlie Convention. j capacities, their instincts, cind the cutises * go home, and cultivate among our follow
On the last day of the Session of the i suTOMd^nmaklng'them ^trustworthy an^ ! even^r ^I’k^d ^ ^ in , dl \ ess ’ jewing
Georgia Convention at Milledgeville, af-1 efficient as laborers, I think it is not say- j and bitte"Strife lsorder1 ' 1,cart bl,, n,n g 5! .
ter a unanimous vote of thanks to the pro-, tng too much, when we affirm that the : We have been divided in other times
I’ederal Government need not attempt it \ upon rat ty issues. Great principles have
ms icy will not, and that we will ; divided us, and in the conduct of onr po-
haye the poor privilege of being let alone, ! litical contests we have been intolerant
in ie u me in reference to this class of ; vituperative, unforgiving, uncharitable*
, J That we may avoid sudf feelings hereaf:
,_o ar as we are concerned, and so far j ter, let us return koine, as if from attend-
.... .... ..... as ^ t " e relationship we sustain to them ! iug the funeral of our mother.
ewe ling up to his eyes, and with frequent . i^nf^Georo-’i^a^Lp!t ♦* p perform ' \ nu,t!ier . thank ls ,,ot dead; but site I though already his hair and beard are
interruption from an inability to control „TlrSfe SnwtenS h^nSd j ^ueed to extrem.ty: we have gray; he has been long accustomed to
' neonle who ! n 5 i ^ u .^ alIcd to nurse around her ; command; he is familiar with hardships
82?d’utS. ,„d^readv n - 1 , f bcd ". ,do * and ? endcavor ’ if *’*'>'*, to j as with famc-has slept for months amid
ttiur duties, and riady to read tliern from reanimate and remvigorate her wasted i the woods of Virginia and has crossed tbe
Zt Jif3!H *",7. !7 t r ns ; b, i- v - i»k!iupp^«K*USSof.
Le.t and I would that I could be heard , and to drive back into her heart the vital j victorious army; he has beeu proved alike
If evfry citizen of my beloved btate, that ! blood, and bid it throb, until the vital cur- j by good and 'evil fortune, aEd, whether
ot all things upon this subject, it is most j rent shall stream through its accustomed • when threatening the Federal capital, or
and even until she shall bloom ! when surrendering his sword to a Federal
captain, he has ever borne himself as be
seemed a man noble alike by ancestry and
by nature. The descendant of “ Light
Horse Harry” has doffed the gray uniform
for the garb of a peaceful profession; nor
can we own that the change is a degrada
tion, even for Robert Lee. There is a dif
ference in the mode of action but no al
teration in the object, which is simply to
render the best service he can to his native
.State. To that single aim he has never
once been unfaithful; and he will still
pursue it, we may rest assured, with the
old high entlius'asm, tempered by a cau
tious brain. Throughout the war nothing
was more remarkable than 1/ee’s personal
influence—the Manner in which lie im
pressed every one who approached him.—
That men with Jackson’s purity and earn
estness, or with the debonaire and grateful
valor of Stuart, should appreciate the il
lustrious qualities ot their leaders, was
only natural; but even the humblest sol
diers in the ranks felt, though they might
not have been able to express the moral
power which Lee exerted. The war was,
in all conscience, sanguinary enough; but
there would have been a very carnival of
carnage, a devclish outbreak of till men’s
fiercest passions, had thc ; Southern leatler
been of different temper. Gallantly as
the Confederates fought, we must never
forget that their armies were often Com
posed of somewhat questionable raw’ ma
terial; that the volunteers, with nil the in
stinct of bravery which seldom deserts a
dominant class, had likewise many of the
vices which are inevitably engendered by
dantly necessary to our future permanent ; the possession of arbitrary and lawless
There are many who are liv- j power. Accustomed to the unchecked
which ought to animate us in our con- | big freely, in the belief that during the i license of^ authority, the slaveholders
duct towards them, and in maintaining j last year in the war, and in the last six might perchance have been ready enough
the relationship which must exist between ' months, they sounded the depth of hard ; to give the war a character of inteinecine
j us in the future. Our conduct should be i times ; that whatever may befall them j hatred; and it was eminently due to Hubert
J kind, humane, salutary, magnanimous, hereafter, they have gone through the
ijitst. The result t.f this will be the pro-j worst. It is a painful duty t
in the midst ot an_ extract dinary and per il- | ,i„ c . iv y „f u feeling of mutual confidence! to dispel so pleasant a delu
Mark race must feel that tlie white
man is nut Bis enemy—that he is just and
that on the other hand, will beget eon-
unwise, and unjust, and unkind, for the j courses,
former owners of slaves to cultivate to- 1 again in health. (Sensation and applause.]
ward them a feeling of dislike, or unkind- j We have met here as friends; the expe-
ness. I heir emancipation has n .t been j rience of the past bids us that we continue
btought about by their act; and in re-| to be friends. When we rcturn'home let
ferencc to the scenes .through which wc ! us distribute the sentiments among all
have been passing it is one of the most 1 classes of onr neighbors of charity and
unanimous thanks for the manner in which j remarkable events in all history, that s jeh i love Let us admonish them to love their
I have discharged the duties devolved I a people, with such temptation to insub- j country, and to obey the Constitution and
upon me as yotir presiding officer. It is j ordination and insurrection, as was con- ! Laws of the land,
grateful to my feelings, gentlemen, to j stahtly presented to them during all the
have received this evidence of your np-| period" uf the revolution, and must espe
cially the latter portion of it, sluuld have
been so quiet, so weH behaved, so subor
dinate. All over onr state, women amf
children have been left aloke of their i tied bless you, gentlemen! God bless
houses of abode, without one single, soli-■ onr beloved State; ami mav prosperity
tary male protector, tho husbands, the
:ad event which
to us ail, gen-
mi let us walk
re of that vast
ocean on which we must sail so soon.
God bless you, gentlemen! (
onr beloved State; and may p
and happiness be the boon which a kind
mgliout
nnlesi
von to
sons, and the brothers far away upon the ; Providence shall confer on us, thn
tented field, and yet our women and chil- | all our borders,
dren, thus unprotected, have been unmo- | You are now adjourned sine die,
lected by the colored population, and per- ! it shall become necessary t<> call
mitted to enjoy safety and security, and j gether again. [Immense applause.]
as much of the comforts of home, as was !
I compatible with the condition d thecoun-! The advice contained in the following
,rv - ' --.’M i-. * -n < ■ r »t... e. ul |,
’ . j article will apply to all parts of the Sc
I sav, then fore, that the emancipation , . , *, . , , , , ,
r ,i . ,i and its lessons should !*.• he» ded •
of the negroes amongst us is n >t the work
of their own doing. They behaved them- i Kxlravagante Relinked,
selves well during the war, and the shack- ! From the Richmond Time* ]
les of slavery being knocked ofl, it is not I We fear the hardships endured and the
surprising that we should see listlessness, | self-denial practiced by our people dining
idleness, laziness, thriftlessness exhibited j the late war predisposes them, at its c<>n-
by them, in some cases even insuborditia- elusion, to an extravagance which they
tion and a spirit of mutiny—not more,
however, than, under the circumstances,
reasonable men might have exjccted.
I speak this for a two fold purpose ;
first, to pay a just tribute to that most
unfortunate class of our people, and sec
ond, to remind ourselves of the spirit j happiness.
may repent too late. Alter a long fast, a
feast is longed for and enjoyed, but it be
hooves us strictly to look to it that wc do
not unwisely consume, in present ami .>u-
perfluoim gratification, what may be abiin-
ever unfairly, to excite an angry fecHm>
^'. 0X1,e - 518 “-refugee, would ha?«
been a living protest against the govern*
ment whtch prescribed him; President of
a Go lege in Y.rg.nm, l,e lends the aid of
his illustrious name to the good work of’
reconciliation.
set
We l
iavc* past-
.1 llm
-it ti
octfi tf
La (ii-ttnse. (ia.
SMITH A. O’NBAL,
WXREHOI'SE .(YD COnfllSSlOY HERdltYTS,
LA GR ANGE, GEORGIA,
Staple and Fanes' Dry Goods,
Boots and Shoes natu, Hardware, and Ready-
Made (lotuitig, Ae. 1 p' idt
past
w
We tenif>:r onr siojere thinks to our I’atronfi
and Friends for their liberul patronage; and
would »>e pleasdl that all persons, wishing to pur
1 ILL receive and store COTTON. PKOPl t E j c j, ase Goods In our line, would call and examine
and MERCHANDIZE. Also. Bl'Y and |
our Stock. .Vo trouble to V/otr goods.
W. F SPALDING & BP.O.
SELL Produce. Cotton.Corn. Bacon, Lard, Flour.
Meal, and all descriptions of Merchandize.
Warehouse near the Depot. ‘ ju'.y.S-tf
sept'-fi
fh a
How ■
treat :
mm.'- glo- ;
.ante lan-
(I’od. atn! '
in. How :
bloody strife should !
:t |-ei'plc so situated, i
ceties of i
and glory which illuminated onr j
tistorv! How sadder still, to think, i
that at the cud of such a contest, out |
country—I mean that portion of it which j
we call the South—is prostrated, r.ll its i
enterprises crippled, its pursuits disorgan- j
ized, its labor destroyed, its agriculture :
rendered in. fficicnt and unproductive, all - tcd Ct , de ()f hiws f
our permanent investments in the way of:, .
stocks and bonds rendered valueless—in
! had been previously associated as !
! citizens, ns members of the same
; republic, as descendants of the satti
| riotis ancestry, speak'.tig the
j gttage, worshipping the sam
! believing in the same revelat
j sad the event, that
! have existed amort*
' a***! looking back to the satm
pat t of the Alt ican race, so far
as they an-capable of row being <»; erated
upon By sucli influences, a feeling <>1 trust
and confidence amf kindness, and a wil
lingness to respond to the duties obliga
tory upon them, and tints enable both to
move along harmoniously in tlie prosecu
tion of the enterprises, and perhaps suc
cessfully in the promotion of mutual in
terests.
Now, if wo cultivate this feeling, (and
any other feeling would not comport with
our duties toward them,) and this feeling
shall be embodied in a wise and well ad-
the government of
about
. We
fv.it 1 ',(YHs'pnVl r vr-\.\h?MIieta-w,?.*'va'' i'R'
ginia.wiml that the day was passed when
llie severest economy was necessary. Hut
onr convictions are far otherwise. W e
believe that the real pinch has not yet
ml it is with serious apnrehensn
l* observe an abs*
Lee that the courtesies and humanities of
civilized warfare were, on the whole oft-
served. The gentle nature of the man
tevt
come, ;
that
ippn
e of
tat a-
rttviyfIitfntrwcTiln J rebuaui fcxccaacnr,-*J
admirably did lie exercise his power.—
There are no purer pages in the history of
the civil war than those which relates to
his invasion of Maryland and I’ennsjlva-
at a time when the temper of the
tion on the part of our people to meet it
W.ten, in April last, the war ended, and
the Federal aulhoiity was re t-tabl-.shed
over the Southern States, there was a
con
tbl<
unit of property,
JOHN A. SrKKR. Tan l- x. SVF.FR.
SREEK & SPEER,
attorneys at law,
l,aGrange, Georgia,
IN71LL give prompt attention to all burino** nt-
\\ trnsteJ to their care. Will att.-mi the Courts ,
of the Coweta ami Chattahoochee Circuits ; also. |
the Supreme Court ot Atlanta and the United i
State. District Court at Marietta. sepiS 3m*
MEDICAL CAItlA.
DUS. LONG & WARE
H AVING resumed their co-partnership in the
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, respectfully
tender Iheir services to the citizens of La Grange
and Troup county, in the praotice of the various
branches of tbe medical proteasion.
J. A. LONG. M. D.
lti|18-6flt A. C. WAKE. M. D.
D ll. MORRISON, ” |
i
(Late Surgeon of the C. S. Army,)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
O FFERS ms PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to
' the Citizens of LaGrange aud rerround-
iag country. ^ _
Office at Morrison Jfc Crawfords DrugStote.
*est aide Public Square. acp22-3m
JOHN N. COOPER k. CO.,
WAREHOUSE AYR COlfHSSfOY MERCHiYTS,
AND DK.tl.EBS IN
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES AND
LIQUORS*
Weat aide Publie Square,
»ug26tf La Grange, Gal.’St
BIRO, LATIMER & CO.,
Gr I* o o ors
with the conviction which we must real
ize, in reference to ourselves, that weave !
AND DEALERS IN
COUNTRY PRODUCE AND FINE LIQUORS,
East side of Public Square,
LaGUANGE, GEORGIA.
indeed a poor people, thrown at a single
leap, from the highest pinacle of prosperi
ty down to the most abject and humiliat
ing circumstances of poverty and politi
cal intpotency!
Vi
1
7"E are paving the h’ghest market prise* for j
BACON!
LARD !
FLOUR!
PEAS! _ l.the purpose of prof
CORN ! i,, the minds of my countrymen anywhere,
CORN .!EAL. I #n lUtinB11 |y whining and simpering over
onr situation, while I Feel it was the ne
cessary result of superiority of numbers
and resources. But, thank God ( our man
hood remains! (Applause )
I submit these facts for another pnrposo.
It is to remind ourselves that, whilst we
have thf*s been crippled in our resources,
paralysed in our energies, shrouded in
mourning and sorrow, it is the duty ol
each of us, with courageous manhood, to
look the future in the face, and to hope on
and hope ever. Something is left. A kind
Providence has cast ocr lot in the midst
of a land Unparalleled in the richness of
both in j
j town ami country, for which there was a
ready market, and almost every iudividu-
, al had more or less Federal currency or
i coin. Planters had cotton or tobacco ;
! the small farmers, sto' k tLtttrrnc kind, and
later in the season their scanty wheat
crops. In the cities and towns those who
i had net hoarded money, had thetr little
1 stores of leaf and manufactured tobacco,
or some other article readily convertible
; into money. The ladies were four years
, . i r i - .... i behind the fashions, and had been depriv-
adopt such a code of laws that shall give . nf tho thousaI .d l ux „ r ies to which they
embodiment to these feelings of justice, , | );l( j j )Pen so | 0I) g- accustomed, and money
kindness, and humanity, winch I think it j wa8 ] av j s i,cd to reinstate them in their
is our duty to cult vate towards them, we ! fornJcr comfort a!1( j 8p ] e ndor. The gentle-
homespun. and
immense
circula-
ite and
gant in
Ninety per
ith this
both classes, because laws that shall be
s ana Bonus rem.erca valueless-m j jfl n . fn ,., ic ,. to OI , e c] 0jlI1 fl0t
word, coming out of such a strugg.e j iut( ly bc 8 , liu . d , 0 U 1C other class
I on account of their color and fundamen
tal differences of race. I say if we shall
BUTTER. Ae.
Person* wishisg to Sell or Buy would, uo d.>ul*.
find it to their interest to give us a call.
oet'JO-tf BIRD. LATIMER A CO.
E. M. BRUCE k. CO.,
BANKERS AND COTTON FACTORS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
E. F. METCALFE k. (D.,
C0nni$M0!t A YD F0RWARD1.YG 1EBCHAYTS,
savannah, ga.
E. 31. BRUCE, MORGAN k. CO.,
C0TTDY FACTORS It FORW.IRDIYG DERCHAYTS,
APALACHICO'LA, FLA.
jaT" Advance* made on Consignmen'* to
WATTS, CRANE & CO . New Y'ork.
WATTS. GIVEN & CO.. New Orleans.
W. C. WATTS k CO., Li vet pool. Eg.
Bv either of the above Houses. *ept22-3m
J. L. MORGAN,
GROCER RND COMMISSION ^MERCHANT
• LaGraugc, Ga.,
* receiving a large aud flue supply of GROCE
RIES, eoaaieting of every thing in that liac.
Merchants from the country will find it to their
interest to call nnd exnmine. aug25 tf
J. brown Morgan"
« *
AGENT FORTIIR
CER9AY1A, H1.Y0YEB, YIACARA It REPTBUC
FIRE & INLAND INSURANCE COMPANIES,
New York.
ALEXANDER 8TODDART,
oct!3-6ia General Agent. No. 6 Pine St
W. II. SIMS k. SONS,
AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GENERAL
lYSFRLYf E AYD COLLECTIYC AGEYTS,
La Grange, Ga.
<?PErfAL ATTENTION triven (o (he TUR
chase! SALE AND SHIPMENT OF COTTON;
and. from long experience in the business, flatter
themselves that entire satisfaction will b« given.
REFERENCES:
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Hon. B. H. Hill, ICol. R. F. Maddox,
B. H.Jiigbatn,
Col. Jno. T. Smith,
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JONES ft WILLINGHAM.
T HE price of the LaGrange Reporter is SI ner
aann»-$l 2o for 3 months
its soil and resources, and unsurpassed in
the material elements necessary for a
great, prosperous, powerful and happy
State. So far as the development of re
sources is concerned, Georgia is yet in
her infancy. Inexhaustible mineral wealth
sleeps in the bosom of ber gigantic mont-
tains; and with the application of enter
prise and energy, these rich materials
will be exhumed, and under the skill of
science and art, and of industry and ener
gy, they will be compelled to contribute
to the elevation of onr people, to their en
hancement in prosperity, and to their
growth in power.
It is trne our labor system ha3 been en
tirely deranged, disorganized, and almost
destroyed; and we have now to enter
upon the experiment whether or not, the
means of labor which arc left to us, the
class of people to which we are to look
iu the future as onr laboring class, can bc
organized into efficient and trustworthy
laborers. ; Ihat may be done, or I hope it
may be done if left to ourselves. If I
could have the ear of the entire people ol
the Uuited States, and if I might be per
mitted, hnmble though I be, to utfef an
admonition, not by way of threat, but for
the purpose of animating them to the pur
suit of a policy which would be wise, and
salutary, and fraternal, and best for the
country, I would implore them that, so
far as providing for this branch of our
population is concerned, and their organi
zation into a class of efficient and trust
worthy laborers, the Federal Government
should let us alone. We nnder&tand the
home, npon our plantations, but in our j cagh cap j ta i 0 f the South—the cotton, to-
legislative halls. If we do not the expe ri- j, acc?J anc ] hoards of money—were of Nor-
ment will only prove to be a failure; and * t j jern production or manufacture. Whence
T fear it will be a failure. Hut let us ! ^ follows that this capital lias been trans
make the experiment in good faith, and ip j f errc ^ to t [ ie North, and by just so much
proportion as we srtceed we shall be re- j afC our p eop j e poo rer than they were last
numerated by theeffoit, and in proportion ; summcf> They may hate the wherewith-
as we shall fail, let Os inaugurate such a ! a j t(> carrv n,em through this winter, but
policy as will bring into our midst a stur- j uQ mQrc ' The , on{? njont hs of next spring
dv, energetic class of laborers from other j an( j 8umracri which must intervene before
countries, so that our country shall not bc j jj ie nex j crops come in, is the period to-
a bowling and desolate waste, so that onr j waf( j w hf C h we look forward with the
farms may be repaired, and fences rebuilt, ; g rt > a (pgt apprehension. By the beginning
and our homesteads made comfortable, j 0 j t j jat sea8()n a u the produce of this
and all over our State we shall witness* g ta * e cer tainly, and, we fear, of our South-
evidences of prospirily and thrift. j ern s i 6 t e rs, will then have been sold, and
Gentlemen, these remarks have been |i )e sole means of the people will then be
suggested by the occasion, without any
intention of making a speech, but simply
as tbe utterance of my mind, prompted
by the circumstances of the moment.
I will not detain yon longer. The re- j forced on a glutted market,-and sacrificed
solution which provides for the adjourn- i that they may live.
ment of this Convention this day, reserves ; That money has been heedlessly spent
a duty opon your presiding officer, within j which will be sorely needed before the
six months hereafter, if it should become • fields are yellow with the next harvest we
necessary to call you together again.— ! know ; bnt a word of warning, we are
That resolution also contains a provision, i glad to believe, will not even now come
that if from the resignation, disability, or^ too late for many. The practice of a pra-
deatb, your presiding officer should not bo ; dent, cautions economy now, will avert a
able to perform this duty, it will devolve { world of suffering and a sad sacrifice of
aeon the Chief Executive of the State. If propeity in the spring and summer o
their lands, and their depreciated State
and railroad securities. Woe unto those
who shall then be found without green
backs f Their lands and stock most be
Opon
not removed by death! I eoufess to yon,
gentlemen, when that clause was read in
the resolution, a thrill went through my
frame. Is it possible that, in the opinion
of more than three hundred intelligent,
experienced men of Georgia, there is such
a conviction of the probabilities of the
death of a healthy man within six months,
thatil should be provided for by a solemn
act of the Convention? So it is, gentle
men. It was well put in. Two of our
body have passed away. We shall never
all meet again. Whether I shall be called
hence, or you, it is not at all probable that
we shall meet again. Gentlemen, in view
of this thing, and iu view of our surround
ings, in view of tbe chastising scenes
through which we have passed; in view
of tbe sorrows which hang around the
hearthstones of almost every family vfrithift
the borders of our beloved State, In view
of the hallowed memories of those that
eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
How a Hog Sweats.—Not like a horse
or a human/ bnt through his fore legs.—
There is a spot on each leg just below the
knee, in the form of a seive. Through
this the sweat passes cff. And it is nec
essary that this is kept open. If it gets
closed, as is sometimes tbe case, the bog
will get sick; be will appear stiff and
cramped—aud unless he gets relief it will
go hard with him. To cure him, simply
open tbe pores. Thin is done by rubbing
the spot with a corn eob, and washing
wjth warm water.
m >■ ^ ■» »
All efforts, thus far, to secure the parole
of Clement C. Clay have been unsuccess
ful.- Several personal appeals have been
made by Mrs.- Clay, who, we believe, is
now in Washington for the purpose of re-'
newing her suit.
m.i,
! Southern people w.-is sorely tried. Such
I qualities as lie displayed could not fail, in
i t lie lotirun, to win the regard of a manly
' and affectionate people?; and while we find
: that lie was loved like a father by all those
| who shared his immediate perils, we have
! not yet forgotten that when the victorious
! veterans of the North were marching home
! through Richmond they burst into a splen
did shout of enthusiasm as they recog
nized, gravely contemplating them from
a curtained window, the familiar form
and face of Robert Lee.
“The old order changes, giving place to
new, and God fulfills himself in many
ways.” To teach young lads their classics
and mathematics may seem bnt a poor oc
cupation for one whose word was lately
the supreme law for a hundred thousand
fighting men, and yet there need be no
sense of humiliation involved in the de
liberate acceptance of such employment.
The “new order” is that of peace; for a
time, the finest thing that Lee could do
was to set an example of valor and virtue
to the whole manhood of the South; but
not less pure is the glory of one who by
honest and patient labor prepares the
young for that lo-ger conflict which fills
the whole length and breadth of human
life. Our age to quote the French phrase,
is "fertile in emotions,” is swift and sud
den in its changes. The rnlcr of yester
day is the exile of to day; the exile of to
day may be the rufer of to-morrow.—
Many a bright sword is in its scabbard be
sides that of the great Virginian. Only a
few weeks ago tbe flaneurs of Paris could
gaze on one whom Victor lingo called a
“spectre in a white burnous”—on one who
for years fought after the old Nntnidian
fashion against Bugeaod and Bedcau
against Cavaignac, Pelissier and Lamori-
ciere; and now the survivor of them all,
Ab-el-Kader, journeys slowly homeward
to Damascus.
In a Russian city, far within the heart
of the mighty empire whose power he
withstood for nearly thirty years, quietly
lives an old, gray bearded, weak-eyed
man against whom, when he held posses
sion of bis mountain fastnesses, Grabbe
and Woronzoff vainly hurled their disci
plined battalions; and so calm is now the
order of bis life that only with a strange
thrill of wonder docs the traveler hear
that be has indeed seen Scbamyl the Cir
cassian. The hero of Rome, Verese and
Marsala, limps about along the rocky
pathways of Capfers. What English
tourists on the Continent who casoafly
meets George Klapka remembers immedi
ately the exploits of the man wlio‘ held
Comorn against tbe Anstrian, and once
sallied forth as far as Raab on the road to
Pay as You Go*
The system of long credits, in vogne at
the South in former years, has cost her, to
say nothing of the demoralization occa
sioned thereby, more in average yearly -
losses, than her annual proportion of the
interest on the war debt is likely to bo.
The retail merchant becomes nnnblc to
turn over his money rapidly, has justly
asked au additional profit on his goods
above what he would have required had *
all his business been done for cash. Ten
per cent, profit tnfnod* over four times in
the year is over forty per cent, vcarlv
profit, on ms money, aYuf ts consequently
much better than a nominal fifty percent. -
credit profit, from which ten per cent, or
more is to l>e deducted for bad debts.—
These losses from bad debts, of which
payment was long delayed, Compelled a
high per cent, of profit, the solvent debt
ors, as it were, insuring the merchant
against loss from parties who proved un
able or would not paj\ Moreover, the ex
tra assistance reqnifed to transact a cred
it business, iu the way of clerks and col
lectors, the cost of law expenses whero
accounts were brought into suit, were all
paid by the solvent, customer in the in
creased rate of profit required on till lie
purchased. And as the retailer, from
want ot punctuality among his patrons,
often suffered in his own credit, he paid a
higher price for liis supplies in the city
markets. On a cash system, when busi
ness becomes re-establisdcd, more money
can be made at half the retailer’s usnai
nominal rate of nett profit, than,under tiro
old system of slow pay and 4 ir g c profits.
John Randolph was right in tainiing that
ho had found that the true pTiilosoplicr’s
stone was to ‘ pay tis yon go.”
The little merchandizing now done
among our people is exclusively a cash
business. If an article is needed and tho
cast) is in hand to pay f(.-T it, it is bought.
If not. our people manage to do without it.
It it* not likely, that under any circum
stances, we shall ever be more in want of
articles for our comfo-t or necessities than
now—or that we shall ever be more des
titute of money of other articles with
which to pay for what we need or desire.
If then, wc can now manage to get on
without credit, and it seems wc do, why
should we open stoic accounts hereafter?
Why not always pay for our purchases at
the time we make them? This will con
vert many of our merchants and clerks
into producers instead of their living upon
the productive industry of others. Our
sons and daughters will be brought up iif
luaJkiU’ of.tiwft ..«.w.A, »n>j( prosperity
and productiveness of the entire Southern
country.— [Southern Cultivator.
Arrest uf Magistrates.
Wc learn that on Thursday last, Justices
Burnett and Grannis, of this city, were ar
rested by military orders, held to bail in
the sum of $1,000 each, and suspended of
their offices, for having refused to admit
negro testimony against that of white
persons. The facts in the case are those:
A negro man in this city sued out a pos
sessory warrant against a white citizen,
and the defendants was brought before
these magistrates for trial. There was
one white witness in the case on each
side, and several negroes also on each
side, whose testimony was sought to bc
introduced. Justices Granniss and Bur
nett decided the case on the testimony of
the white witnesses alone. The code of
Georgia, which had been ratified by tho
action of the late convention of the peo
ple of the State, declares to be incompe
tent witnesses, slaves and free persons of
color, and ; rovides that the testimony of
such shall not be taken, except in cases
where all the parties in the ce.9e are of
the same status. There are no slaves in
this State,-but the law still stands with
reference to free pirsans of color, and ev
ery magistrate has taken an oalh to abide
by the laws and constitution of the State
aa well as those of the United States.—
The constitution of the State, recently
adopted by the convention, provides that
the legislature shall declare in what cases
the testimony of negroes shall he received.
When this is done, or when it shall be de
termined that, without Ihe violation of
the oath of office, the testimony of negroes
can be admitted, weJiave no doubt, from
the character of both these magistrates,
they will be ready cheerfully to comply
with the law. They did not suppose they
were competent to decide the law at the
time they made the decision for which they
have been arrested, but were willing to
be instructed by the higher tribunal to
which the case could have gone.—Macon
Telegraph, 25/A.
A Card from “ P. W. A.”
\Ve take great pleasure in laying be
fore onr readers the fallowing card of Mr.
Alexander, hoping that it will fall into the
hands of some one who may be able to
aid him in the work which he proposes?
CARD.
Persons interested iu the history of the
late war, who have military orders and
maps, places of campaigns, battles and
sieges, private letters from tbe army, cod*
gressional doenments, and messages of
the President and Governors of the South
ern States, would confer a great favor,
besides contributing somewhat -to vindi
cation of tbe truth of history, by sending
them to me at' this place. The Confederate
sallied forth as far as Raab on the road to ]• .j and rcC ords.were either destroy.
VicDDa itself. The action of these lead-1 carr j e d to Washington, as were the .
i—j i........... a.. _ r j vate papers and memoranda of nearly
ail the Southern commanders. Hence the
necessity of this appeal to the officers and
soldiers of the Confederate Army and Wa
vy, and citizens generally. » Letters aro
also solicited from parties possessing im
portant information touching onr late an-, ,
fortunate struggle, and froni prisoners 4
who were confined at the North. ^
Letters, packages, Ac., will be Purr
ed and returned if desired- - *. q
P.. W. AtXTANDgS-
Tbomaston, Upson county, Ga.
P. S,-—I must again appeal IMW
of the Southern press to &ve tern c»lA
general circulation. , * *•
ers are already passing into history, and
may surely be viewed with historic im
partiality aud calmness. Beaten like
them, Lee serenely accepts the altered
conditions of his life. Had he consulted
a poor and outworn feeling of “personal
dignity,” be Would have left the country
in which he had held command so abso
lute, and suffered a discomfiture so over
whelming. By men of all parties in Eu
rope he would have been hailed with ac
clamation; he would have found it impos
sible to remain in privacy; he would have
felt again the breath of popular applause
but to what good end? The welcome
must needs have been misinterpreted
across the Atlantic, and have tended, how-
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