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ft BY JONES & WILLINGHAM. LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1865. VOLUME XXL—NUMBER 457 THE LA GRANGE REPORTER, j RATES OF SCBSCRIITfON AN D ADVERTISING. j One copy one year I f;inbof three copiv* one year, 10 | Club or fiVe copies one year, 15 Single copy, | Invariably in adnanrr. •p/r All paper* stopped at the end of the time j paid for if not previously renewed. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square of Ten Lines, for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents for each subsequent inse tion—payable in advance. Liberal deductions made on contracts for adver tisements running three months and longer. 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$M0!t A YD F0RWARD1.YG 1EBCHAYTS, savannah, ga. E. 31. BRUCE, MORGAN k. CO., C0TTDY FACTORS It FORW.IRDIYG DERCHAYTS, APALACHICO'LA, FLA. jaT" Advance* made on Consignmen'* to WATTS, CRANE & CO . New Y'ork. WATTS. GIVEN & CO.. New Orleans. W. C. WATTS k CO., Li vet pool. Eg. Bv either of the above Houses. *ept22-3m J. L. MORGAN, GROCER RND COMMISSION ^MERCHANT • LaGraugc, Ga., * receiving a large aud flue supply of GROCE RIES, eoaaieting of every thing in that liac. Merchants from the country will find it to their interest to call nnd exnmine. aug25 tf J. brown Morgan" « * AGENT FORTIIR CER9AY1A, H1.Y0YEB, YIACARA It REPTBUC FIRE & INLAND INSURANCE COMPANIES, New York. ALEXANDER 8TODDART, oct!3-6ia General Agent. No. 6 Pine St W. II. SIMS k. SONS, AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GENERAL lYSFRLYf E AYD COLLECTIYC AGEYTS, La Grange, Ga. <?PErfAL ATTENTION triven (o (he TUR chase! SALE AND SHIPMENT OF COTTON; and. from long experience in the business, flatter themselves that entire satisfaction will b« given. REFERENCES: IJlOTIXOB, GJi. j ATLANTA. GA. Hon. B. H. Hill, ICol. R. F. Maddox, B. H.Jiigbatn, Col. Jno. T. Smith, ACGCSTA, ga BOOT AND SHOE SHOP • ANJ» HARNESS REPAIRING. TBE nndereigned has op.*ned a BOOT- ill AND SHOE SHOP under the “Reported ' Rlofioe, when he is pitptntl to execute all orders confided to him, with neatness and dispatch. -S®" He will also repair harness, auglltf J. SLOPLR. Thos. G. Sim Mesara. A. E.Cox & Co.,iOen. AustelL Jatnea Turner. Thoe. 8. Bradfield, Bogert ft Forbes, Daniel McMillan. oounmos, ga. J. K. Redd ft Co., Samuel Farrar, Peter Preer. augtatrBalwia. Starr ft Co. Stephen D. Heard, Wm. A. Bealle, L. B. Davis. U. F. Russell. NSW YORK. T°^ ® VBR Y DESCRIPTION neatly (land expeditiously executed at this office, upon reasonable terms. Add re** Address JONES ft WILLINGHAM. T HE price of the LaGrange Reporter is SI ner aann»-$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- (Bffr nt£t