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The UCriB^e Reporter.
NEW YEAR^NEW VOLUME.
. C. H.fi. WILLINGHAM, EDITOR.
LAGRANGE:
MRiliauiifi.TT.,
JiXttRY 5,18€€.
^yiiifn-mrtwrff^ in ~~tMiTti»*WMta i publish filfe foflotfTSj*
ii bis household effects one of “Johnson’s Union > important circular issued by General Till-
With the new year, the Reporter enters npon
the 22ml Jeer of its exist'-nce. For twenty one
years Ibis paper has been published without sot-
pension or int rmption ; i*. is now in t< e rigor ttt ;
Its young manhood ; ready. as eref, to riv tattle
for the cause of Justice umj Right $ independent
and free as the air we breathe in the expression
of its sentiments—nerer bavibk been nnder the
influence of party or combination further than in
the support of the principles which its conductors
believed to be correct. As has been its course la
the Past, so will it-pursue the “even tenor of its
way’ in the Future. Its co-umns will ever ad
vocate correct principles, as lar as its present con
duciors hare the ability to understand Rifibtfrom
Wrong. “ without feur. favor or affection.”
leiwrity «f a lev fallonal Party.
Pram the present political parties in this country
We can expect ao good to result either from their
polley cr influence. .The Republican p.rty, held
together mainly by the “Cohesive power of public
plladtrJL composed, aa it ie. of discordant ele-
taents, nrin no condition to heal the wounds <f
the conn try and restore it to a heaitby state. The
•OMerrative element of that party is not strong
enough to mre tone and force to the correct prin
triples to touch they hold, while the Radical wing
tarries ^ferything before it and engrafts upon the
polley of the party the views of such men as Sum
IB, STBVKxa.ripd others. The eouseoaence is. the , , , . ....
Chip of State is at sea in a storm or passion and ent n P° n . 6 a ° F ° l * r
an>AH< A? lhr.1* tieort v rn sir
Washing Machine,” with' “ Wringer” attached,
(see advertisCflieWr«n fourth page of this paper.)
has had the atone in wcchseful operation for a
wAk or two past. Yesterday M ing “ wash day,”
in company with two or three friends, we called
at his residence to Bee the Machine at work, and
were highly prepossessed with it. The Machine is of
very simple construction—apparently durable—
not easily got oat of order, and works likes
charm—onr senior’s better-half assuring us that,
with the help of a small boy or.girl. she now does
as much washing, and a» well, in three or four
hours with it. as a servant woman formerly did in
aa many days We are no advocate for the ose of
“Yankees Notions” generally, but cannot with
hold the expression of our opinion that this is not
one them—not a ca'ch-penny—but a useful labor
son, Acting. Assistant Commissioner of
the Fteedmetrs Bureau, at bis headquar
ters iu'Augusta:
Bureau or RflFtGKKd, F’refdmes, 1
and AbANDoStii Lands, j
Orncx Acruro Assm-an? ComHissionek, Ga , j
Augusta, Ga.. Dec. Aid, 16(55. J
Circular No. 5.
In answer to nnmerons inqdfrles, th&
following is published for the information
aud guidance of Officers and Agents of
this Bureau.
I. Tijis Bureau does not propose to
support or remove from the plantations,
or homes of their late masters, the help
less and decrepid freed people or young
children. If the former have children
r ^ Mfscellrinetfiif NeWs Mems. *T
i i
Fifteen million dollars’ worth of Gqv-
ciWiuetit cotton in Alabama aloud' is un*
accounted for:.
The Trla
'SS3SB&&
ehernl Mercer.
The Prisoner Charged with Murdering
Federal Soldiers. ■ .
Thf. following are the chargtj and
Raphael Semmte'arrived in Washing specifications against Gqperaril^ W
ton on the 28th ult., and wits confined at
tbfe navy yard. - 1
It is proposed to giv® the rtanle of Lin
coln to one of the new- territories in the
far West.
The Radicals of Iowa are circulatin'* a
petition for the impeachment of President.
Johnson;
B, with reckless marine® at the helm who
•an sot whether the craft is safely steered to the
fori *f peace or not. “ Rule or ruin * is the
* wish word, and the devil take the coentry lor
Wight they eare, if they can oely carry out their
diabolical schemes of oppression to the South and
Opposition to President Johnson's restoration
policy. With such a party in power, with no j
higher ambition than to keep the country in tur- |
tooil; with no nobler motives than a spirit of j
fO*eoge, at a time when the virtue ol forbearance j
too*Id be the governing principle directing the
O—acila of the nation in order to restore peace
«ol fraternity and prospwjty to Ibecountrv ; with
me higher eer* in auucsmanrhip than ■<> p
down aad keep down the highest interest of one
Section of the country to the detriment of the
Whole, merely for purposes of imbecile and un-
■anly and malicious revenuewe say wliil
party ia power is thus actuated and controlbd, i
into the pi polar mind the spirit of Enterprise and
Progress. and instill in the hearts of the youths of
the country the princ : pb s of Industry nnd the
dignity ot Labor, with' ut the prevalence aud
| pi notice of which no people can be prosperous and
happy. We have enter'd upon a nrw rra. Our
j labor system has undergone a radical change,
: leavieg the Southern people almost entirely depen-
own hands and the
sweat of their brows to earn a livelihood and to
clear out their own road to affluence and respecta
bility. Without the spirit of progress and enter
prise ie infused into tire hearts of i he youths of the
South they cannot hope to acquire wealth for
I themselves or diffuse prosperity to the whole
1 country. To point to the beacon star of Ambition,
■ and to urge them in the Work of honorable Emu-
j Iation, shall be one of the objects of our conduct
of th? Reporter.
In politics, it shall be the sole aim of this pnper
to advocate arid sustain no principles or policy not
any room of her bouse, and in all kinds of; be required to do so; if not, there is no
weather, and should be iu every family having
washing to do.
Rev. E- B. Teagck.— This gentleman, eo long
the pastor of the Baptist Church in this place, is
now the President ol th| East Alabama Female
College, in Tuskegee. ' Mr. Teague is a ripe
scholar and able teacher, and we wish him abun
dant success in his new position, ns he deserves it
as much as any living man. No truer man lives;
none more able as a teacher. For the noble quali
ties of his heart he has our best wishes; as a
Chti'tian gentleman, he commands our admira
tion ; as a man of the strictest integrity, he has
won our entire confidence.
ip* ■ The recent troubles between white men
and negro soldiers in some portions of Georgia?
«ml other Southern States, signr.Uy indicates Gen.
Grant’s views, as set forth in his recent report to
the President. The General recommends the wiib-
1 congenial to the best interests of t e whole coun- ,
I c * , drawal of colored troops from the interior, and
All measures subversive of the pub.ic 'Weal | . .... .. . ,
try.
tion from our
II ; shall met n'ern but hom-st oppO-
feeble pen. We shall tie < n to no party, nor be
come the partisans of office s-1 k"rs or political
mountebanks. We shall sustain a'l measures look-
the placing them in the forts, on the seaboard—
with a view to all ty the irritation inevitable, as
things dow stand, between the two races.
Mr. Toomus.—A gentleman ot Celumbus, Go.,
the * ' n2 to the good of the country, < mauating from i has received a letter from lion. Robert Toomb-,
whatever source. It we can. by such a course, | dated Guana. Dec. 2lM. Mr. Toombs was in
there can be bo reasonable hope that any thing j a<1(i to tlie P r °sperity Ihe country and the har- ! good health, and was highly pleased with Cuba
toty be done for the good of the whole country i moD > r amI fl:ir,,rni >)’ of the people. North and j Mrs. Toombs had joined him.
South, our highest ambition will be satisfied, so
country
while it so remains in power. From this party
•maaated the great national troubles of the last
fo*r years ; in their camps the tocsin of wat was
fint sounded; they threw down the gauge of bat
lie jean* ago and have flaunted its banner in the
face of the South at all times since, until “for-
toe*i*nee ceased to be a virtue,” and the South
took up the wager in wbat they conceived to be
•elf-defvnes; nnd, succumbing to overpowering
numbers nnd resources, they are endeay< ring to
-return in good faith to their former allegiance.—
•By the wise policy ef President Johnson, who ha
far as politics are concerned.
In conclusion : If, in our efforts, we can succeed
in making the Rvp. rtkk the medium of correct
principles an! the advocate of conservat ve. Na
tional measures, we hope to win the patronage and
good will of all those actuated by a desire io pro
mote the good of our common country.
I The Savannah RaH-roads.— We learn wi.h
| pleasure trom a recent li tter from Savannah that |
j the Central Railroad Company are pushing tor- J
fee* actuated by'the most generous and pa ri-.Cc j wttrd the re P Hiri ' ° r ,h " ir r0,d wi,h « rcal CB, ' r W
motives, they have succeeded, thus far, to the
naUatnction of themselves and the conservative
men of the nation ; but, just at the most impor
tant juncture, the returning harmony and fraterni-
♦y of the people is met by a Radical Congress,
placed In power more by fmtuilous circumstances
than by any personal merit of their own, who are
vndenvorrng, by every nntnanly effort, to crush the
spontaneous fraternity of feelings between the
•two sections.
All good men must see the nece c siiy of a nation-
”*1 polley looking to the restoration of the pros-
■perity of the whole country and a re-union of ihe
people—without which there can be no true rc-to-
ntlon of the Federal Union. To inaugurate and
•elrry ont such a policy, the coi servativw people of
■mil the States must unite in the formation ot a
party looking to such a consummation, with the
Constitution ns Ihe pjglfonn of principles. Can
Such a party be orgafTEed.' We answer, it can
A Tew bold, noble spirits, property imbued with
Ihe spirit of wational fraternity, cxiM throw on'
the banner of such a party with success. Around
such a standard all the conservative elements ol
Ihe souutry mould rally with a devotion m.Vriown ;
to the history of parties in thi- cwintry. We j
hslieve the people are tired of political emmotion.
itnd sectional anlmuFitii a These have b en tie i
Source of all our troubles. From them have
_ eprung all the evils which have afflicted th- n-r-
lional body politic. Will the conservative p,-ople |
of the Union join in the formation ol a party!
Ihnt shall have for its oljeet the government of i
this'Country upon purely constitutional an.l cm. !
servative principles? TIutc is n cunmandi R
nceewity for . neb a parly. The perpetuity, peace 1
and harmony of the country ntjn re the imme.
dlate Oltganisation of such a national party. The
Radical tlemeutsof the country must be put down,
and a political altar errcr. d around which ererv
conservative matt may gather and worship ami
perpetuate, by cleansing the halls of mir national j
and State councils of t «• di-cord.nt elements!
whleb are enntgr-d in the evil work ot seci.m il j
strife and sectional oppression. It the Xorth and j
South are-HJ remain united in one government. 1
that government rriu-l not b.- made the engine «.f
oppression to either; if rational concord is to oh. '
tarn in the councils of the nation, men must he
sent to Congress who are actuated by national!
sentiments; if national sentiments are to be in 1
euleated aad instilled into the popular heart, it
must be done by concession and forbearance and ;
forgiveness ; if the past troubles are to be healed, j
all degrtlation calculated to create bad feeling be- i
tween the i,wo sections must be avoided ; ir such
lsgislation in to be avoided, it can only be done by :
tending connervative men to Congress, ami the'e i
•MMt be elected by the national and conservative j
men-of the country, nrganizi d into a aobd phalanx !
against the |tolkical Molochs who would have the
highest and best interests of the whole c untry
bsnd to their own personal and political ;tperan ;
flisement Are the conservative men of all poliii*
••1 parties willing to enter into such an organic-
tion fcr the good of the whole country ?
peat, Is there not a necessity for such a
in the
and that the lines conucetjlhg that city with Macon
I and Augus a will be complete by the 10th or loth
) of the current tuontt,. The hr rtge over the Li'tle
! Ojtcchee. on the Sav mrah. Albany ,t Gulf Kail
j road, is already built, and Tbumnsville will also
j soon be connected by rail with t lie ancient city.
O’ A new paper, siyled the Pulaa/ii Difpa.'cli, J j s | a f, ]r( '.
I i» soon to be started at Ilawkinsville, Geoigia, by j
j Messrs. James A Boully. •• Rul y'" for Hawkins- |
j ville, say we. Mr. Boully was once cm[>loyed in j
' this office for a year or more, up to the first of j
^ May last. lie ia a good practical printer and a :
; g'-ntleman of itidniry We wish the gentlemen
j prosp' rity and a sucC' beyond their most sau-
‘ gijine exptctatiuos.
! I.ai:ge Mwoiurr.—The vote iu Washington
j City, on the 2l~t ultimo, upoii the question of
: Negro Suffrage, in pursuance of a resolution of
| Congress fur taking the sense of ihe people of the
District on the suhji ft. resulted as follows:
For Negro Soff’age 3^
Agamsi it, 6.500
Majority against.
Re
. 6,-tTu
Warned —A lady ne atly expjod d n
•> lo-vne lump ty Idowi-.g down the chimney to
extinguish it The report wa« I kr a muskel. and
the lady. Mrs. Mathew®, narrowly escaped d ath.
A poro..hi ot ihe lamp was thrown with greai
violence agnin-t (ire of her eve
nick of the lamp, w ithin which the cbimti
set. was blown imo many piiccs.
Proclamation of Sec’y Seward.
Secretary Seward lias issued the follow
ing 1 proclamation, announcing the final
ratification of the Constitutional Amend
ment abolishing slavery:
To all to whom there prerentr my come: Greeting:
Know ye, that, whereas the Congiess
of the United States on the 1st of Februa
ry last passed a resolution, which is in
the words following, namely: “A resoln-
i tion submitting to tin* Legislatures of the
i several States a proposition to amend the
; Constitution of the United States;
j u Rest lived, By the Senate and House of
j Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, two*
j liiinls of both bouses concurring, that the
following articles be proposed to the leg-
of the several States, as an
amendment to the Constitution of the U
Slates, which, when ratified by three-
fourths of the legislatures, shall be valid
to all intents and purposes as u part of
said Constitution, namely;
‘“Article XIII.—Sertiun 1. — Neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude, except
as a punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States or any place
subject to tin ir jui isdietion.
“ Section 2.—Congress snail have power
to enforce this Article by appropriate leg
islation.”
And whereas it appears from official
documents on file in’this Department that
It is opined that the vacant Jndgeehip
of the Supreme Court belongs to the
South and will not be filled for Some time.
Mrs. C. C. Clay had an interview with
Mercer; whose trial before a miBtaty d‘>ih-
missid'n at Savannah, Gjefirgife; hsfl’been
suspended for the presetst by ordei* qf fcLe ; ,
It shall he the ui j< ct ot the llEfottTEK to iufaf« j pav j n2 machine, which may be worked by a lady j who are able to support them, they must the President endeavoring to expedite the
other alternative but that their former
owners shall provide for them until the
State makes provision for their support.
The parents of the latter, if able, must
support them; if not, Agents will endeav
or to bind them out, together with orphans
and those whose parents can not be found,
as set forth in Circular No. 3, from this
office.
It must be apparent to the people that
it is impracticable, if not impossible, for
the Bureau to remove and provide for the
very large number of destitute and help
less freed peuple who are scattered j
throughout, the State/. Besides, it should j
be remembered, that there was an implied j
contract between the master and liis
slave, that in return for his service the
slave should be fed, clothed, and lodged,
during his old age, and where the former
slave .has fulfilled the conditions of the
contract on his part, the former master is
not absolved from bis obligations, bv the
fn edotn of the slave, for which the latter
is in no way responsible. Honor and hu
manity require that the former master
shall not attempt to escape from or evadi
his responsibilities. Even such colored ,
as are able, by their labor, to provide for j
their old, worn out parents, have a right j grants
to expect that the former owners of the j Col \V
sarents, will, if able, assist them in bear- ’
ing this burden
Justice requires this. It would be
shameful to impose the entire burden up
on those whose only means of support is
their labor. Very few persons have been
found in the State, and they by no means
the most estirnaole, who do not regard
the matter in the ight stated.
II. In upper and middle Georgia, where
the land is comparatively poor and but a
small quantity of cotton'or corn can be
raised to the ac e, planters offer from
twelve to thirteen dollars per month, with
bo.ud and lodging, to full male, and eight
to ten dollars to full female field bands,
the laborer to furnish his own clothing
a id medicines. Along the coast and in
Southwestern G« orgia, and in other por
tions of the Slate, where good crops ot
cotton, rice, corn or sugar can be raised,
planters offer fifteen dollars per month,
board and lodging, to full male, and ten
dollars to full female field hands. In all
portions of the State, planters are found
who prefer to give a portion of the cr>>n,
which, with a favorable season, would
probably give the laborer a sum equiva
lent to that above mentioned. Usually. !
tliriy offer from one third the gross to one i
half the net proceeds. They are at liber j
ty to pay money or n portion of the crop ;
as may lie preferred by the parties.
III. Fieed people who hare sufficient
property, or arc so situated that they can i
support themselves and famil'e®, without j
making contract for their labor, have the I
trial of her husband, if she Cannot effect
his parduu.
At an agricultural dinner the following
toast was given: “ The game of fortune
—shuffle the cards as you will, spades
must win.”
1 the liras- ! Indiana
’ V Wil-
“Female Si«tkls.”—W.- orrcc belonged to a
• fx-crct iosiinith'-n d which ladies wi re admitted
a® member?. At one of the meetings, ihe ni(j:bl
| h"io!r rather inclement. *• n worthy and zealous
j brother,’" desiring to compliment the Udie-, said
ills' he whs *• g'.a I to see so iBucy of out malt
I ?i-!crs cui in-night.”
Thu Srate of M iti ini >ny i» bom.d ;1 hv the
! or trouble." an 1 lhe“ EDsian fi' t !s"ol liap-
!'i’e-s: the in.'j rMy ol the inhabitants arecliil
'Iren, pigs, dogs, nod other domestic anima s; the
ntmosphi re is squally and sometimes stormy; and j
it is a state inm which more nia dtns ,-igh to enter
• ban any . ther State in the Union.
The Savannah Her a hi. of the 16th ultimo.
Contains an order 'rom Col. Bogart, putting the
town of Thomasyille. Georgia, under martial law.
Hon J. L. Seward anl the City Marshal of the
town are to be tri.d hy a court m-irt.al for stab
bing a colored soldier.
There's a Chance—A fellow in Arkansas, re
cently returned from the war. advertises that
Any gal what has got a effee-pot and skillet,
and who knows how to take c ire of children.” can
In ar ot a situation by applyin®' to
signed.”
the under-
Deaiuof Hon. Thus. Corwin.—'This gentleman
was stricken with par.dysis, at the residence of
ere-j Mr. Wet more, in Washington City, o:i the 15th
tional party— the creation V a ^“;ra- n ‘'i Ul,in,0 and ^ ° U 18lh ’ in lbe **«««!»
(lie Amendment <>f the Constitution <»f tin* j right to refuse to make contracts and
United States proposed as aforesaid, has ! must be protected in this right; but in all
been ratified by tbo Legislature*! of the “»i*er c.«o«-e, [vmprislMg Hie Vast ln:ij"l r -
Stat( - s of Illinois, Rhode Island, Michigan, j Ij of the freed people] it is absolutely
Maryland, New York, West Virginia, j necessary that they make contracts, to
Maini\ Kansas, Massachusetts, r«*nn*jl-i en*ine a supply of food aiid escape
vania. Virginia, Ohio. Missouri, Nevada, i starvation the coming year. It is also
Louisiana, Minnesota, Wiscm- j imperatively necessary that contracts be
sin, Vermont, Tennessee, Connecticut, N. I made in Mmc, to prepare for raising crops
j Hampshire, South Carolina, North Caro- the ensuing seaSoo.
j lina, Alabama aud Georgia, in all twenty-
j seven States.
And wfiereas, The whole number of
Stat's in tin 1 l nited States is tbirtv-six.
| And whereas, the b> fore specially nam-
j ed States, whose Legislatures have ratifi
; • ■<I the proposed amendment, constitute
j rhree-foiirths of the whole number of
j States ii; the United States;
| Now. therefore, be it known, that I,
j ^ iHiam H. Seward, Secretary ol the U.
I States, by virtue and iu pursuance of the
second section of the act of Congress, ap
proved the 20l!i of April, 1818, entitled
‘‘An Act to provide for the publication of
ti e laws of the United States, and for
other purposes,” do hereby’ certify that
the amendment aforesaid has become valid
to all intents and purposes as a part of
the Constitution of the United States.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my band and caused the seal ef the
Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
IStli day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five and of the Independence of the
Luilcd States of America the ninetieth.
Wm. II. Seward, Secy of Stale.
Coffee is improved by age. A common
article of Coffee kept in a dry place fur
two or three years is equal to the best of
recent collection.
* There was considerable disturbance
Christmas day between whites and blacks
at Clarksville, Tenn.; and at Alexandria,
Va.
There are indications that advalorem
duties will be done away With by the pre
sent Congress as far as possible, and
a specific tariff enacted.
In the Louisiana Legislature a bill has
been introduced providing for the estab
lishment of a bureau in aid of Federal and
Confederate disabled soldiers.
G. \V. Bickley, President of the ICnlghts
of the Golden Code, l:as been released
, | from Fort Warren, after two years and
eight mouths imprisonment.
Ihfbrmatioft from the Brazilian emi-
froin the Southern States, under
>d, represents that they havese-
j lected a site for a town near RagtiOra.
The U. S. Treasury, on the 2Gth nit., re-
| doomed two hundred and fifty eight thou-
j sand certificates .of indebtedness) and
j nearly foilr millions interest.
j Commissioners of Internal Revenue
! have decided that twenty five is the higli-
i est^rate <>f duty on warehouse receipts,
i whatever the value of property.
j The ladies of the National Union Relief
i Association at Washington g ive a ehrist-
j mas dinner to the negroes of that city.—
Wonder if they remembered the thousands
of destitute “-whites” there?
The Natchez Courier thinks
Governor Brownlow would die ai
the deuce, lie would a-si-rt ids
( the crown, and the devil would I>
i lieiitefiant-govcrnor of the concern.
The Mississippi delegation, appointed
by its Legislature to petition the Presi
dent to pardon Mr. Jefferson Davis, have
discharged that duty. The President i
made no formal respone.
The exnenditfires for pMislons is now 1
$15,000,000. A bill is being prepan d by |
the Republican leaders in the House of j
Representatives to double the experidi- j
tine. Pile on the taxes, is their motto. j
It is reported that the Secretary of j
State has been notified hy the Spanish |
Minister that one, certainly, and perhaps j
two privateers art 1 being fitted out at N. j
York to prey upon Spanish commerce u»>- !
dcr the Chilian Hag.
*^sTlnteri»ai luTl ^
Ta^Paytetof Troup Coun,,. ***?
V P County •
MC d '2“.';s
that if
ii go to
right to
tiiereiv
The ’• Trent,' the historic *•
ciateri with the seizne of M i* ,
del?, has tint long survived th:
'Var. At last accounts she i
she
'•••do
was to be Pick
•ssei irsso-
and Sli-
A :-ericau
as at the
ken
Isle of Dogs, whei
up. Her career is ended:
Mrs. L. J. Hubbard, of Powsetf cotinfv;
Arkansas, gave birth recently to four
Freed people have the right to select i boys, weighing respectively eleven, nine,
The following estimate of losses of
Georgia during the war has been made
by a Macon correspondent of the New
\ork TUorW;
j Tfte following figures, showing the Ins-
only ; 8o.s of Georgia in the late war are subinit-
in 18?o. be- ; tod; The taxable wealth of the State in
•n® national «hrine-with on® fw,”'"T “““ Beane,t ' S,e '- rart J® 63 * as ‘burned by the assessors to the
TV— - to one Country and one j killed anj Bennett was hung, and this ended \ Comptroller General’s office was **10 -
_ . < uelliog in that State. j 041,127. There were 486,170 slaves valu-
t N ° T,CK -' V ' R ’ Hollingsworth. Tbo Boston P,? Z7: * beir , ! $1 ° 4 ' 4 f 96 ’ 00 . 0 ’. ,ost ^ set’free.
s Dear. . Losses sustained in the destruction of
jumped ~ ‘
political history of this country? Let us unite i < —— - .
T? ‘ * P^orm of the Constiiution, and soon ; The Wat to prevent DuEi.i.iNO.-Th
rrtnd harm • % P ': 0p,e wUI U nnitwJ in, ° one duel ever fought in Illinois was
. 0D . r 0 tb® whole—all worshipping at ! tween Alfonso5tewart and W
•ne national shrine-with one Couni '
Pcatlny In the grand march of nations
The Boston Post sa.s: “That Stevens bear
the scar of a wound r.-ceiT. d when he j
J' 0 “ ttD ; v Robert ColIiD °’ J - K Garmany. and
|W ** a ‘ klD8 ' ° f Geor ff'“. »ud eight oth'-r g. n- ! through the State House
... . * P ttDtn 8 er 8 from New York to Dalton. ' dm >nir the-Buckshot
,hr0 “S h t0 !•*»« point
- Tmn Ra hlli ^ lcxrfndr,a anii Virginia & Ten-
Bmto RntiwwdH. have issued a card to warn the
when be has his pants on.
‘ . 7 " ae " f Jum ' )pd j Property by Federal armies (estimated )
ar. Whah can t be seen j in indebtedness by the Confederate Gov-
tlieir own employers; but if they continue
to neglect or refuse to make contracts
then, on and after January lOtii, I860,
officers and agents of the Bureau will
have the right, and it shall be their duty
to make contracts for them, in all eases
where employers offer good wages and
kind treatin'nt, unless the freed people
belong to the class above excepted, or
can show that they can obtain better
terms. Contracts so made shall be as
binding on l»otli parties, as though made
with the full consent of the freed people.
IV. Article II, of the amendment of the
Constitution of the United States, gives
the piople the right to bear arms, and
states that this light “shall not /x? infring
ed.” Any person, white or black, may be
disarmed if convicted of making an im
proper and dangerous use of weapons;
but no military or civil officer has the
rig-lit or authority to disarm any class of
people, thereby placing them at the mer
cy of others. All men, without distinc
tion of color, nave the right to keep arms
to defend their homes, families or them
sel ves.
V. All persons are fo*bidden to tamper
with or entice laborers to leave their em
ployers befoie the expiration of their con
tracts, either by offering higher wages
or other inducements. Officers and agents
will punish by fine or otherwise, any per
son who may be convicted <>T such acts.
The public interest requires that labor
be made reliable and profitable, ami s<>
long as the freed laborer is well paid and
kindly treated, this Bureau will not toler
ate any interference with the rights and
interests of employers.
Davis Th.Lson,
Brig. Gen. Vols., and Act. Asst. Corn.
j eminent, destruction of bridges, track,
John I st<J< -^ a,, d depots, $80,000,000 —
- ... ™ •* in »aru Hie : ° LI) <-£R'WTunE. Two ne:;ro men. joun in i • , r 1 t—,«»»,»,
traveling pnbh; against that rout®, “ as bcin* ! Wa,k - r a " d Kobm McKey, coavicted of larceny i t - ,,k V^ 8t ' ,ck ’ Losses sus-
eedinglyhaairdous and subject to innumerable I bj the New Hanover county Court. North Carolina i *7. H' ' Va,C ^‘Hviduals in various
* -have been sentenced to be sold into aerviS w i t wa .V«. 116,000,000. Making a grand to-
| a period not exceeding five years. . ot , l,,ss S'istained by the State of Geor-
. UlUUille
“” d
e. C0, £ l .3 0eDce of dlSttKreoment h.!—
hou'g aVLynchimrir 1 ; ^ Xo leFS lha " forf J propositione-all tond-
lo r watched.’i, fs very j S d<gr ’‘ de lhe man to a level with the
I negr °~ haV * h™ 11 niR ,( - b, both Houses of Con
_ ** Tbo mQOlQff timA An tko Irx— . I g,V8S t0 ai »'nd the Constitution of the United
(when coodueton not J - bad c ® ndi ‘'ou. i?
atationa ) ^ ,D K Otemseives at
rtofroading, eamnne an ^ in America «
tomi&sprjsifzszzp 1 * u
to be tk* one lab.^ * h»rge bridge, uppoecd
IbtSM, Bead. I OTW Ch »«al | ooehea. oa
*«4. i.., w,., Poi „. ,„; tll
*■* “ Stat* o» Utah >’ tTT~
Hen. M.H. Hoop,, j.. .j , 1 * “ id *kat the
Dtoh, *Q1 ^ to Co^greae from
r .^*. The be!t ca Pi ,a l for a young man to begin
to bT> / a r pita ! wifu - Th “ re arc p ,en< y
to Ik tad. and we advise our young m ,le friends to
secure one each as soon as possible.
The “Court of Venus'’
gia alone in the war of $393,986,000.
e'tn’nV," from tl,e on f?'*ial sum of
$>40,041,000, aud we have left uuly $442 -
055,000. J 9 •
The above, says the Southern Recor
der, is far from being correct. The data
should not be taken from 1863, but 1860,
when property was estimated uu a sound
currency basis. In 1860, tie taxable
property of Georgia,independentof slaves,
™ $302,634,855,
c«*8 attained than in all other courts combined.
. Prentice says the Frin dmen's Bureau is a
" c,ruid/. B
awkward p^ce of furniture. J
-- Xrr zzT r 'i:
of <». of ■■ Ubc |, s, m orvH J ““
Oneof lb. b«, e,id. „«,
making a total of $672,322,771. Sub
tracting our losses, as put down in the
above, except the slave statement, which
is incorrect, ami including the repudiation
of the State war debt, and we have a to
tal loss of $525,965,355. Subtracting
this amount from the $672,322 777 the
property of I860, nnd we ha’ve only left
$146,356,422. So nmclt for figures. Our
opinion is, that the property of the State
i« worth about $200,000,000.
A i
The Test Oath ix Congress.—The ful-
1 iwing is the resolution by which the
House of Representatives determined to
adhere to the test oath. It was offered by
Mr. Hii.i,, of Indiana:
Resolved, That the act of July 2, 1862.
prescribing an oath to be taken and sub
scribed by persons elected or appointed
to office under the Government of the U.
States, before entering upon the duties of
such office, is of binding force and effect
in all departments of the public service,
and should, in no instance, be dispensed
with.
A motion was made to lay tire resolu
tion the .table, but it was d'iagreed to—
yeas 32, nays 125.
The resolution was then passed.
The Upshot of it is, says the Mobile
Register A Advertiser, that while the oath
stands, no decont white man from the
South can take a seat in Congress. Aud
that is precisely what the Radicals of the
Puritan persuasion want.
A woman lately applied Tor employ
ment. She said she formerly bad a good
situation as tailoress, but added: “I was
fool enough to B*ap my trade for a hus-
and. The Man’s gone to California aud
1 ni rid of him.’ Her moral is—" there
arc worse things than work, a bad has-
band is one of them.”
eight and seven pounds each Twenty-
seven ponin’a of humanity at one yield is
certainly worth mentioning. l es, and
will bc.xcorlh more to care for
The Louisiana Legislature has reith*in
hered her soldiers by appointing a Ser
geant-at-Arms, without legs ; ;» Door-
Keeper, without arms; a Secretary of the
Senate and Clerk of the Uouse, both on
crutches.
Capt. John Q. Ryan, who was convey
ed to W ashington last Hummer in kiicIi a
mysterious way as to excite attention,
has been released. He lias le-en in pris
on at Vicksburg, Mississippi, five months.
The neighbors and lellow-citfzens of
the Hon Humphrey Marshall, have pass
ed a resolution in public assemblage, re
questing the President to pardon him. He
was a Major General in the Confederate
army.
The Charleston XciCs says, “a ship is
expected here in a few days from England,
freighted with merchandise, which will
be offered to our merchants at rates prob
ably muds cheaper than prevail at the
North.
On lhe 22<1 ult., Miss J. Denman, of
Port Gibson, Miss., lost her life in the
Beale street Mills, Memphis. In com
pany with other young ladies, she was
looking at the machinery, and her dress
getting caught, she was dragged be
tween two wheels and crushed to death.
lhe people of Minnesota have voted
down negro suffrage by a majority of
2 500; Wisconsin ditto by a majority of
8,000; Connecticut ditto by a majority of
6.000; C«»loiado by a vote of ten to one.
The only State which has sustained negro
suffrage is Iowa,
An Illinois paper predicts the mildest
winter known since 1852-'53. It gives
as a reason that the muskrats have, this
year, built their houses light and low on
the ground, instead of bun owing into tin-
hill side. The rats and mice are still in
tlie fields in large numbers. Both these
indications are looked upon as sure.
The Union Pacific railroad is expected
to be completed to Fort Riley, 136 miles
from Wyandotte, by July next. A branch
is to be constructed from Lawrence t<>
Leavenworth, which will be finished bv
the 1st of May next. There is now a con
tinuous line of railroad from Washing
ton to Lawrence, Kansas, a distance of
about 1,300.
The President has sent into the United
States Senate the name of Gen. Van Al-
lenbnrg as Minister to Japan. He has
also nominated Lewis D. Campbell, of
Ohio, as Minister to the Republic of Mexi
co. The name of John Bigelow, the pre
sent Minister to France, has been sent
into the Senate for ratification.
The Legislature of Tennessee having
refused to allow negr testimony to lie
taken in courts, Gen, Fiske, under special
orders from the War department, has is
sued an order which demands that all
cases in which negro testimony is evoked,
and which have heretofore been disposed
of bv municipal authority, shall be
brought before the Court of Adjudication,
Secretary of War: ' "
Charge I*—Murder, violation df the
laws-and customs of war.
Specification First.—In this, that he,
Hugh W. Mercer, -of Savannah, Ga., late
Brigadier General of the so-called Con
federate States, maliciously, wilfully and
traitorously, and in aid of the then exist
ing armed rebellion against the United
Stat’ 8 of America, and contrary to the
laws ahd customs of war, did .order and
cattle to be slmt to death seven soldiers
(names unknown) in the military service
of the United States, tFieri held and being
prisoners of war within ihe army of the
then so-called Confederate States, to the
end that the armies or fhe United States
might be weakened and impaired thereby;
said seven soldiers (names unknown) be
ing induced to enlist in the army of and
taken the oath of allegiance to the so-call-
ed Confederate States to avoid starvation,
brutal treatment, and to offer a better
means of escape, on the assurance that
they should never be required to take up
arms against Union soldiers, which as
surance was violated uu the first occa
sion.
All this at or about Savannah, Georgia,
on cr about the 15th day of December,
1804.
Specifictlion Second—In this, lhat he
the said Hugh \V. Mercer, of Savannah,
Georgia, late Brigadier General of the
then so-called Confederate States, did
mallei tisly, wilfully and traitorously, and
in aid of the then existing armed rebel
lion against the United States; and con
trary to the laws and customs of war, ol
der and cause t" be shot to death seven
soldiers (names unknown) in the military
service of the United Slates, then lu-ld,
and being prisoners of war, within the
lines of the then so-called Confederate
States.
All this at or nsar Savannah, Georgia,
on or about the lOtii day of December,
1864-
Charge IT.—Mnrdef.
S/jevificatiun.—In this, that he, Hugh
\V. M'-rcer, of Savannah, Georgia, late
GeJii fa I of the So-called CoiifederateStat<-s,
did maliciously, wilfully and traitorously,
and in aid of tFit* then existing arni«-d re
hellion against fhe United States, order
and cause to be shot to death seven men
t names unknown.) soldiers of the United !
Slates, then lu-ld and being prisoners of j
war within tlie liiit-S of the tlir-n So i-a'!: d 1
Confederate States, to the end Colt the j
United Slates might b- - e«kt in d a^ti
impuiri d then by. j
All this at or pear Savannah, Georgia, I
on or about tlffl l5th day of December, S
1864.
John II. Watrops,
Captain 103(1 U. S. (’. Infantry, '
Judge Advocate Military Commission
Tin- accused entered a protest against
the tri ■ I, on the ground that tie was a pa
roled prisoner, and by the terms of that !
parole was not to be molested so long as j
lie faithfully kepi if.
tESUM >NV;
The first witness was Maj r General '
<'ar 1 iii, who said:
This time twelve months
• "! ol the First Division
rps, under eormnand
NEW ADVFRTlJt
fax —
°’ r “PPiieVfor“Lai?*.
•'•t*GtoiM8.Ga l !;£i. SlfifeJ 4 *
wusiccla^
Si i3
A CardT^^!
Phnt-en, P l, C.tlerj. kg*T2,Tt!HC
bury <fc I rophitt, to Mr. J. jt Tn i-
n.-Nileirs for me r 0 say anythin? inf
Tomhoson a* a Gentleman fnB
favorably known to the citizen* of '
surround in £ country. «?*»«>!
- Ja ‘ W ’ 7 M ' v - RMBto*
W. F. SPALDING
A RK con'-tantlv receivinff n» C A~i n . '
already Varied and Sck-ct Stock 10 ^
Dry Goocu
which IHey offer to the Public
FOR CASH. They would call « r *
to a large stock of LADIES’ CLOAK
ceived and for sale as cheap as ib<> Xfd Hh
W. F. SPALDING^,
School noticeT^--
A/TJ6S JULIA GOOL’ER will ope,*
IV J. on Monday. January loib, at
sou's residence, east ol the .depot. 11 M.
RATES OF TUITION PER MOJffft ^
Spelling, Reading and Writing
FnglDh Grammar. Geography’/ Arfc *^
and Lnglieb Composition. • *‘ e
Algebra, G'-r merry, Trigonometry, Rot^,
Philosophy and \st onomv • ’
jtar-.VOGAL MUSIC taosht'frVe 0 ' f ch " 5 1
Tuition payable inontlifv .
*
DRAWING ( L.ISsT^
H AVING been .-nlibited to form and te^.
c!as-- in Drawing. I re-p.cllullv an,,
that 1 vVi 11 l-ai:h a linvted nnmher of puaj*' il ® ! *
art of Sketching and Drawing ir-m NaiurU* ^
Also. Linear and Lornetrical p,._’ .
ShaHt-s and Shadows, Math'-mat cnl, GeotnVw!?
M'-cli.-mlcal. and Topographical Drawing,
with the most recent and improved m'-thtd**-
plotting plain and Tfignnoineliiral surrot’^
practiced in m litary and civil engineering * *
1 enti- Ac.; tijod'* k- own on opp ication
J. M. i O.MLIXSjiN, Artht
jan5-2t nno-lat-- A.-> slant Enginfctftfl fl
ROCK
.Mali: x
a
MOUN’T
FEMALl-i 1 VvriTlTp
THE EXERCISES of this sU
ifoatcl .*
j:i Gran:
this Sch«
go! mites Xonij
me nee oa the
freond Tlon'lif in J.mnary
■4 into >,
iivtiy.
! \ ear. and conclti'l'- tl
Th* yc.:r will be divi
tr a til -ix uiontlis resp
ifi-.'i w il i,e as toliow.*:
ttdisg. Writing.Or.il Arishme-
tic. ( T eg' a } it V
Eaglitdi Grammar. Eng Lh
Ilikili T M tilt-naf'C-. lli-tarv
Algebra. Geone Ty. Tr cooienetry. .'urVey-
iog. Latin. Greek and French Lanpuag.
leeiruction on Piano l*v Mrs. if,
Ifi'trnnt'nt, p.-r animm
T is School lias been io Mice
•i iiinuie-r ol V o s; and tbe p
«■" .mtt
Army Oi
Shcrmari. 1 wa
United States
1 was m
mi'iicntli
(«( Tteral
then Brigadier Gi-to-ial
•liinteers. My divisimi
worthy "t',|"ii
ils existence.
A grn'lu ito o|
South, with a s
Uni\ ersily of v
several years in
insti I'.cti- n< witi
tic li and (Jla-sit
as the intellect
will he .vi 0bj< ■
promote this eiu
fjrs.-r-el that pr:
lo itt' ml ihe Sa
mv. each .
»f Kev. Mr
id can !/.'■
tin It
ie p .t!
- '1
id.
Ac ; 1
delict
I. ii- ct
4500
• pf-ration for
ii nw,
ac t {«notl gf
■n t"® r
•‘■.i i Wr.it Ihe
- v; *i . nee of
V'lren
was in hunt of tin- deienees of Savannah,
three or four miles from theeitv, ami that
while occupying that position, about the
13th or 14th of DecemLef; 1864, a party
of twcfity-seven int-o enten-J my lines;
havingcscnpf-rMf-o-rt the Confi-dei ate lim s.
Tlicrfo men were dn ssed in the G’Onf tale rate
gray urti'oi in, armed and eijiiipped as sol
di*, rx 1 hey had formerly been prisoners
of war in the hands of the Confederate
authorities, according to their report to
me.
'ihr* substance of their statement to me
is iilmut as follows;
That they belonged to a battalion call
ed the “ Foreign Battalion,” in the Con
federate serviee. Jhis battalion wascofn-
posed almost entirely of United States
soldiers who were prisoners of war, ai.d
who were enlisted io the Confedeiate ser
vice from the Confederate military prisons.
Those men confessed that they’were U
States soldiers—that they had enlisted in
the Confederate service—some to avoid
certain deatji by starvation and brutal
treatment—some to facilitate their escape
to our lines, while there were a few who
had become genuine rebels. They stated
to me that they had formed a p'an — that
this battalion had formed a plan—to es-
cape in a body to our linos—that upwards
of one hundred members < f tbe.battalion
had joined in the plan or conspiracy, and
that the execution of the plan was pre
vented l*y some members of the battalion
having betrayed them. Before the time
arrived for carrying on the arrangement
they were disarmed and placed under I
gnaio. They stated to me that seven
men of their number had been arrested as
conspirators—as members of the plot,
and that they expect d to be shot. De
serters came over from the Confederate
lines the next day and frequently after-
watds, and from them I ascertained that
ceitain of tfiese men—onr soldiers, piison-
eis of war, who hud be<*n induced to en
list in the Confederate service-had bc-eli
exet uted by ordei of Gen. Mercer, com
rnanding the Confederate lines in front of
apart of my division. I received the
same information frorp so many different
quarters afterwards, that I Was induced
to b< li -ve it—that the men had bee
Thai’s about ai! 1 know about
ter, sir
CVo.s.s Examination.-~\s not all your
testimony as to what occurred in reference
to the execution of any men, or how they
enlisted m the Confederate service, or as
to what their motives were, or what <>C-
curicd Within the Confederate lines de
rived from what other persons t. ld’vou
and not from your own knowledge? ’
It us derived from what these Soldiers
t-hi me, and from what deserters told me
1 know nothing of my otVn knowledge
tor l was never in their lines*
Ihe defence ei tered a protest pgainst
the acceptance of any testimony which
by all the rules of military aud civil law
is not admissible.
The facts in connection with the execu
tion tefened to in the charges against
(Tern Mercer, are well known in the city
of oavumiiih. The men. who were shot,
fiist deserted the Federal army, volunta
rily enlisted in the Confederate service
(as did hundrods of their comrades dur
ing the war) and were about to desert
that service also, when they were cap
tured and shot.
For
t-.'-rsia. cai
j‘"‘> !,r ‘
•r j.;
iljc
II'
PHOTOGRAPH AND FINK HIT
GFALLERY.
.MESSRS, TOULDSOi t P It OP HITT,
(Sscc*s*rr‘ ‘.j Pct.lnwii 5f Cn.yKilt,)
-on shot,
the In at 4 -
cute all lae various kiri'lrf '
tographic Art.
A mb retypes.
I'liot ographs,
< ’artes «!e 4 Life*.
PORTRHTS ?AIMED FROM LIFE,
In Oil Color?, Pastel un;I Wak-r Color*.
Daguerreotypes. Am irolypes. r!»oto?raph*. it.'
c-pied and enlarg' d to any desired sli -. p!*i: «
colored.
IVrsona liavinjj smell picture? of th>- : r iKSfUfl
friend? can have ttinr accurately copied.enlarged
and paint' d true to li.-’e. i
Opal N.liriiatiircs.
The last and greateit discovery in I lie Art Pk-
tographic. rivalling,ai.d evensurpa Aing the famed
ivory Miniature in the palruii-kl days of tb>- art.ar.d
possessing every rtbtiu (junlify'vriifi greatxlt*
rn-s?, delicacy, depth and lichnrs? of ton'-, and «-
quisite deliuation. aud brilliance of effect—\e»ntf
nothing rnoie to h • dciiirid a? a Miniature.
Card I’lio'ogruph- of all the Confederate Gen
eral?. made from originals negative?*taken in
Richmond during lhe 'v.ir.
Also, large Photograph?ofG'-r* Jjce.Jobm'oa.
“Stonewall"’ Jackson. BeanrojripE BragS-Stewirt,
&c.. &c.. colored In life. -
Onr stock of Photographic Atbnira
varied, comprising the most chd?l(-. t:ch »n<l wr
gant design? aud latest novelties, vbich vi offer
ut greatly reduced price». ,
We feel that from our long experience aorf «'
Cellencc in every depar-mt-nt. niWI * * .
sati.-l.y ihe most retim-d. cririod
taste, and most ye-pectfully snd cordially mvite
eoiiiutisieurs and lovers of art end px-up-- '
to call and S"e for themitelvC?. nt
Gallery at Proptaitt’s old etftf.d, COtnsr
f ! Baptist Chut-ch _
Notice to Debtors*
A LL pcrsoins indi-ht,'! to the vstntcofAirt-
r\ Allison, late of ftoup cewiJ-*W»*£r
notifiotl that Unlc-k they fnake imm'di’ie P'J :
to tlie undersigned, tl-> accunts c ,
hguinst tlien*. will be pTadtii in bit hands
officer for col Ret ion. ,;-r>v
jni5-lt* ALEXANDER ALLIsOS.
Administof.
fDMponrd iduliiblrattr'i S^Ie*
\Y7iLL he sold on the first Tuesday in FebrtudT
^ * next, in LaGrar.ge. to th highest
Two Hundred Acre? of LAND, moi -1 -* or * e ;“
joining Hcttf.v West and Mrs. Stinson’s ...'J
an iindivithil interest in live LOTS in ,he , ^
ot HarrisonviUc. Sold ns »he property otto ‘
J . W illiams, I.ue of Troup county, decea-o.
Id at same time-
tereSt of surviving Partin r
Terms made kuown on th« d iy of sale. .
jnn3 A. B. WILLIAMS.
Georgia, Troup connty.
Okdinakt’s Oftice. Jan 5 > ..ii*.
TNO. J. THRASH gives notice that be win'F
•J ply to this Court for letters cf Ad.nint* 4 ^
on the Estate of Joel -J. Dewberry. la r ^ 0 Qg
couuiy. deceased These are to cite all p<
to sliow cause, if any they have, on or before
flr>t Monday in February text, wbjr said »
should not be granted. „ *
jan5-3ihj L. FITTS. Ordtn^.
Georgia, Troip connty.
' * ' CotntT or OnDtXARr. Jan- 3 * ^
|OHJ{ H. CLINE, Administrator of the ^
.1 i,i In., 1 P PIin« taie of :«id County
A toemwlo ou the night of the 28th nit.
at Pulaski, Tenn, caused much damage.
J ol Joel P. Clioe, hoe of said County
gives notice-that bs will apply tomeo
Monday ih March next for a* Qider to mu*
Real Estate belonging.to 8aid dyceaecd.
Ut interest will file their objections with met** •"
wi " ons-rs
