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kctofitoi 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