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A Few Words (o the Freedracn. It is hartlly postihie that hut lew to whom these Boys, go to Work—!t is Honorable! The result of the late war has lt*lt thousand? of On 31H»ed?evil!e Correspondence* Mu.ledcevii.lk, Ga., Feb 12ih, 186C. j ddre B sed will tver read them or hear ; young men penniless who have been raised and Peak Reporter : The work of legislation has but we want to have a familiar talk lived in affluence and ease, with no means of snp- p r0 g rt ., ? . <1 rap.dly during the last few days—ow- j Miscellaneous Sews Items* The Cholera is abating in Guadaloupe, West Indies. The Black Foot Indians have been kill- ; III’ 111 ILUa . TV U llUlil IV Ol* • c » : “ r V O J J . . ... i with such as shall read them, or hear them read, I port but their own hands. Some have gone man- ; . n g p ar (|y to the growing impatience of the bus- j ing the while settlers in New AleXtCo for their special benefit. We commence by re-1 fully to work, while others are too proud to accept J ba|)< j g an Q | 0VtrB to greet once again the loved! Several wagons load d with Illinois p-a'ing what we have constantly expressed, that j their true condition, aud are loitering iu idleness , nnpg at home • and. partly, to the action of the , cotton, arrived at St. Louis recently. LA GRANGE: nnl^feHlIIXC, FEBRUARY 16, 1866. More Credit! FfWIWnd aftewthis date our business will be ^nduc^^^riefiy on the CASH SYSTEM. Pay ■wWbon^.dverthing and job work must * be made in AMrocc. We are compelled to adopt this system toJB^ current expenses ; and persons UMease noRsk for credit “for a few days,'’ as efmd therms no limit to “a few days with ; nKy men. it is our desire to see the .freedmen do well, pros per and be happy. Such is the desire ol all good men and women in the South ; and if the freed men will do their duty they will eventually pros per. Their own iiapp'ness and prosperity rests in their own hands. ToJjc prosperous and haj py all must labor who ar#* 5 ^ able to live without labor—the white} as well as the blacks. All must fulfill their contracts, be honest and frugal, and the day will com.* when they all w.ll re; benefits of honest toil. or indolent ease nben the remnant of property which their parents have saved from the geueral ruin. There is work and nrcsperitjr for all who have the will to grasp the oppy'iinities 2s thy £y. We need educated young men iD our workshops, on our railroads, ou our plantations, in our factories; and, indeed, every avocation of life is open for rivalry and competition. He who has the man hood to embrace the advantages of learning a ze the j trade, and to pursue it industriously a d honestly, ' W| ll finally succeed in makiugun honorable living Our landholders are offering the freedmen work j and become a valuable adjunct to society and Wll welfnd a great Necessity Rev Rational Party. The “actings anil doings” of Congress is suffi cient to convince®Very man. who desires the peace, harmony and perpetuity of the Government, of the necessity dbr the formation of a new National Party, combining ml the conservative elements of the country in opposition to the Radi cal Destructives who are blighting the highest prospects of the Country in the work of restora tion and consequent prosperity. We see nothing encouraging in the future, as king as the Radicals sway the destiny of the Country. The political sky is dark and portentous ;, lowering clouds of j despotism hang, like a pall, ovr our land ; one j section of the Union is arrayed in political hos- | tility to the other ; political demons, w iih d< struc- 1 tion in their countenances, and revenge in lie ir hearts, threaten to stir up the worst passions of men, North and South, and create an implacable j hatred more hitter than that created by the late i war; and there is no Webster, no Clay nor a Calhoun to calm, with the power of reason, iae ; storm of passion and revenge which revel in tlie halls of the National Legislature--no great mirui capable of commanding, wdh solemn awe, the word's of THUTll that shall hush the demoniacal, fierce! j 'howling? ol men whose reason is obscured by j rage and hatred. A voice is yet left that is potent to calm the ' political storm which is gathering overhead, and.; that is the voire of the sovereign people- -a voice \ which must Hud expression in a united opposition : to the Radicalism of the Country, speaking the j fiords of conservatism—of fraternity of feeling I and of a restored harmony throughout tlie land. Is there conservatism enough in th-- Uni ui to form such a party?—effectual and overwhelming in crushing the Hadtral Rebellion? It there is not, i the old landmarks of the fathers of the country I will be effectually obliterated, ami not a vestige | left of the inheritance Ir-queuth'd to us bv them ! iu the words of the original Constitution—the j Magna Chart nut American liberty and the rights of freemen. The same domineering spirit which! seeks to oppress the South will turn upon the Northern people in time, lienee, the like impor tance to the people ol noth sections to crush out its the viper of Radicalism which is thru-t dsallily fangs into Ihe National body politic. The pro/ile alone have the power of averting (nis calamity from ourcouiitrv bv a union of sent I ment ami of nc’ion. Then, the great duty of the conservative people is to cherish fraternal feelings , towards each other, and array th'-m-e ies in a 1 solid phalanx to meet the advancing rnaich i t I the Destructives and a'rrest them ere tie v s w the 1 seeds of another revolution more suer .--d'ul than t ie recent one more universal over tl, nmtrv and more bloody than the annals of history record. It suggests i dark picture to h-drawn out by Radi cal rule, whose oppression, il |>ers -tod in m i.v at some future d ay, n»C.V :he people in resistance fo foul anil merciless injustice. We write in uo ifpll'li ol threatening We write what only sug gests itself ns refilling from the great natural l»w of mankind- that of xtlf-prtserration ; and these thoughts should Ik* words of warning to the misguided, not to say hypocritical, philanthropy cl the Radicals in Congress. The conservative people of the cuuntrv desire peace above all things; they d*-ire that this Government should be est ibiished uper principles that shall perpetuate its power and glory fon v r —not only by the force of law. but iu the hearts of tlie people. Never was there a time, w ithin the last thirty years, when the statesmen iu Congress bad it in their power to so completely c< ment the bonds of the Union by a manly ami magnanimous course towards the people ol the South. Had such a policy been pursued, ami could such a policy yet prevail in Congress ns has been pursued by Andrew Johnson, all would be well, and pros perity would again “bloom and blossom ns the rose” over the who 1 * country : but as it is wo bearwood men—conservative men—express them- i«lvc8 as reeling but little inteiest in the affairs of the country—whereas, three months ago they were hopeful of the early restoration rt peace and harmony, and were ready to make, and did make, «ny sacrifioe to restore the Union. They have Been that their concessions were fruitless and without avail, and they instinctively turn aside with disappointment and cease to led anv inter est in national affairs. Tho formation of a new and effective p.irtv. based upon the National Constitution, construed according to the old landmarks of the fathers of the Government, would inspire the South with new real-and attachment for the Union. The Southern people cannot inaugurate such a party, because they arc in a hopeless minority. Such a move ment must conn* from the Northern conservatives. If they will throw out the banner ol Rationality, the South will rally as one man to its standard ; and no truer supporlol the Union w.ll be found In any section of the country than they will give. Secure the people of the South iu the protection Of their personal and political lights, and they will prove worthy of them. These rights are uow denied us, merely to satiate the revenge of the Radicals who arc doubtless aware of the ,-bori lieu they have upon the power they are wielding. The ^Persians heaped «p*u the Southern people are only for effect—to create a distiust and a hatred on tho part of the Northern people against the Southern people iu order that the radical senti ment may feed and grow upoa the popular mind of the North and thus increase the strength of the Radical party; and keep these politicul mounte banks in power and office. This is a fact which the conservative men of the North ought to real ize. They ought, at once, to “ lake the bull by Ihe horns”—to “beard the lion in his den” and nave the country from political anarchy and na tional contention. If they (the conservatives of the North) will step forward and invite the good and true men of the country to participate iwtbe fortnKtionof-a new National Party, basi-ti Upon conservative principles, they will find the people of the South united to a man in its supoort aud maintenance. The reports which are uttered in Congress, and find their way into Northern papers, to the effect that Urn people of the South are obstinate and contumaeeous. are base creations ot a mean and diabolical intention to keep open the breach qt distrust between the two sections of the country;' The breach can never be healed by the policy of the Radicals';-itmust ever remain as a cankering ■ore until conservatism displaces the men now in 44plt is Uttft stead -men who can and will comprehend the magnitude of the question of fraternal-restoration between the two sections. This cannot be accomplished except by the com bination of the conservative elements of the coun try into a grand' and' powerful National Party, ' hhssd upon coasttfattonal principles—forgetting the pa* nod looking totbe future harmony of the pshf^UBd consequent prosperity of a reunited and restored Government. upon tbeir plantations and tarmE—giving them. [ in most instances, at least living wages. Most of | the landholders ire paying as high wages as they feel able to give uuder the untried and. to them, uncertain yysten of labor which is forced opon them. .Many of them feel that the new system of labor is unreliable, a id that they may. after their crops are pitched and well under way. have to lose all the labor and exp rises inclined by the atoonding of the laborers to seek employment elsewhere. To tell Ihe truth, freedmen. your em ploy eis are distrustful that you will n<>t carry out your contracted obligations ; »nd, hence, they do not feel warranted in paying higher wages until you have shown and proven your.-elves constant and reliable workers. When you have done this | by a studious attention to the interests of your i employer, then he will be ready to pay yu all | the wages he is able to pay you. | Slick to your mirk and to your contracts — ! There it> the main point, the sum and -ub-tance of your ultimate happiness. Don't tie fancied dreamt ol higher iva.-e- elsewhere. Par- j lies, claiming to be from Tennessee. Aik insas. and ■elsewhere, have been among you, offering high ! ! wages. Those of you who are not tinder contract I for the year, and unemployed, we advise to accept I these offers, provided you can he assured they arc wade in good, faith. But w*e have "iir doubts ■ abwilt some of these parlies becuu-e of the high wages they offer—iu some instances promising i more than the freedmen are able to earn. We will j piwnt one or two illustrations: ; Some time ago, we are creditably informed, one of these agents, claiming to be from TennerSee. Arkansas, or somewhere else, met up with a rather :-ies I v freedwonian, with four small chil- dira. neither one of them being large tun ugh lor a muse, and offered to take her and family f> i a t ear and pav Slat) for the labor ol tlie woman — clothing und feeding them aud piying tle ir doc tor's liilU. Now, i- it reasonable t*i suppose that tier" could b • any money made by the hirer ol this women, with such a family at such tale- ol hire, bt ,-ides pay rug tbeir expense? to Tennessee or Arkansas* Hut a few days asr,. a friend informs us. that he saw some thirty women and children tar ing the cats for Tennessee, as they believed. Why, these thirty women and children Couldn’t more than earn ;h* ir living if they w re already in T*-i- ness-e There’s no morny in hiring them! Now, freedmen. let us caution you to Is- 'watch ful. Tile fn-t thing some of you know you will the promoter of general prosperity to the now prostrate South. Don’t be as -mined to roll up your sleeves and work. There is no degradation in labor. Don’t submit to the false and damning idea that has prevailed among us that honest toil is antagonistic to respectability. If y i,u B,e F’ 0, ' r ’ vou must !*-ad either a u.-eless or utn-lul die. Don't let a false | ride induce you to become a worthless vagabond upon the charity ol parents and friends. B<- a man. All can't be d>-ctors, lawyers and merchants — We m:.si have mechanics. We need educated mechanic?. The mush/Vom society of the day mav scowl at the idea that mechanic- art- as much gentlemen as professional men. Thai is all hum- j j bug. and is most cordially detested by all right : thinking m-n and women Don't take up the i fali-e id<-a of the day. Don't go to “keeping store” j ' just merely to keep from work. It is a poor bu.-i- ! ness wheu you “go in ’ ju9t to pb-a-e the false fas- 1 tidiousni*? of inconsiderate aud foolish people 1 lij.J.-d by i who resp'ct you more tor slaying iu a * ore lor 1 your “victuals and clolhes” than if you were a goo-1 mechanic making a handsome salary Before we can prosper many of our old pi-ople must lie re educated and th»* young ones brought into a new channel ot itb-as. They must all b- taught a different conc- ption of what respecta bility is. That iufernal and accursed idea ol c dtish aristur&rry. based upon a few thousand dollars, must be knocked out of th- ir head-, aud iln-ir heads better leveled by new ideas of re- spectability. Win n our people fully understand the importance and value to Society of educated mechanics and farmers, then we will oegin to prosper and flourish. It has been too- preva ent among u- to estimate a man’s personal mi-r te by the number of “daihe-s" be pos.ses-*ed and tin- money he jingled and it is too often the rt-i United States Congress which makes it visible, even to a blind man, that all legislation on the part of the Southern States, not endorsed by Con gress, will be of no effect. And upon “ The Freedmen"? Code” especially will “loves’ labor be lo"*" if Trumbull’s bill becomes the law ol the land. The Judiciary Committee have concluded to cast aside the report of the Ceminlssionfers, and include in a short bill aR tSg*. b necessary to make ap plicable to the negro our present system of laws, excepting suffrage and jury duty. They become convinced of the utter inability of the effofts to make aoy -destinction in the eyes of the laws be tween -.he while and black man, and have wisely determined to recognize the grim truth imme diately. The Hotne-tead Bill has passed the Senate, but no action upon it as jet in the House. It grauts a h-'ine worth iJ'J.jOO. Tb- Stay Law has tlso pas-ed the Senate, mak ing out- fourth collectable next January, and one lourth - itch sub-npie.t January till the d* bl is eztingttished So w* may expect a grand hue ind cry among cr* iliiors and a ru>h for the oldest t ent. In laift this is the d*rnier resort—to proceed to judgnr-tit in or-ier to b-- prepared for thr good lime coining next January, when the law in it- geuerosity will i^rinii the h-'m-st creditor, The official statement of the public debt places the total at $2,834,391,500 71. Stephen Rogers, Chilian Consul, has been arrested on an indictment for violat ing the neutrality laws. An eruption called “Swine Pox” has made its appearance in I5orth Carolina. Several persona have died with it. The Gas Works in Charleston have been seized by order of the military as captured property. Ex-Governor Ilolden, of North Caroli na, has resumed the editofial control of the Raleigh Standard. One hundred and thirty-six new patents were ; issued by the commissioner of pa tents for the week ending Feb 6th. When that load of Massachusetts wo men reaches Oregon, it is proposed to found a city and rail it Shc-cargo. i A tit in in New .Orleans received, lately, ! an order for 1.00& plows from a single jcounty in Texas. Miss Olympia Blown is the regularly ! ordained and settled minister over a ; church in Weymouth, Mass. I A colored man’s bank has been charter- ' t-d in Louisville, Ky. It is prohibited who has iie*-n so unfortunate ns to trust his fellow- j from having any tiling to do with the you Is* ton - nl uti in* island ot Culm, sold into boudag** ngaiu. You have no ussurauee that these high ind ie- iii-nt- are not made to decoy you ff tor All nf you can procure g'-od liom- - rp<. lien r al ! you will only go to work and enjoy your iu in a piict v.av. and you will find more -joyim-nt and happiness among those you than Miioiig straigers. Il you have c-m d to work for the year »/ti7«- to your con i! vo'i emigrate be certain to know where that men, admitted to what society, have more money than sense or g.uteri qua!. ties. Society, bas.-d as it i< too often t<; c case, upon dollars aud cents, i- a huml>ug and a swindle and a client ; vet^-many ol the * sanet;fl--d.'' the “pd | l irs ol the.churcbv wlu “sit in the amen corner.” i nml groan.ipiouslyt?) on Samlay. and practice J lias*- di-Uuctions so prevalent in -ociety all th>- • week, ai d tints deter young m- u (com emering- 1 into respectable bit-in- ss b-cause they do aot eon sidet* it g* nt- el to work. B at, don't la* influ enc'd by these piousi?) old men anil women, ami f olish young girls who look up'-n labor s? de grading. Tlo-re are 'housnuds who will H[-plau>l . ou for your manhood, and thousands of girl- who will home y<-u tor your udustr ., and—ai»k yon excelleiit n hf*. You have got to rHU the race of lilt—v* u've I g, t to keep running until tlie sands ol lileiun out : and your prosperity and liapp ness are wliol ly dependent upon your own efforts, and your efforts should be in the right channel, prnpi i ly directed Don’t be a jack leg lawyer or a gunck doctor: it is far piefernble and morn remunerative j to be a respectable mechanic. man, to obtitih one-fourth of a debt, which should have been paid lorg ago. “ The right to take u j penny implies the 'ight to take a pound and the ■ ^iaht to Stay the :oll ction of debts far one year : irflpliss the right tovay it for one hundred years. So it is first con-i i to repudiation—that monstrr ; which once was <•' so dreadful mein, that to be hated needed but to be seen ; vet, “seen too oft, familiar grows he! fac-- we first “t]7**re. then pity, th'.-n embrace tret, hence, alter the illustrious • xample of the State in Convention assembled, the “ Iliad of woe?" but Continues. Like Glendane, many of errr e!or|i ent legislators try their powers ••to tall the Spirits from the vasty d*->p," and lime and again h»s the spirit of the gallant soldier te-en summoued Irorn its “Chumb-r in th-- silent halls of ib-aib" to point it* slow, iinthoving finger at the hated Shyloek, who. in fflitb only claims his no ril' d dues, and iin)dore pity from tin- Georgia Legislature - Alas! that tlie poor tellow cannot it rmid the first ; i^. tp -lunAer (>«acelully in hi? hero’s An exchange saj-s. on the aittbority of a letter hi one ot itie Mr* Turk papers, ihat ;i lot ol ne- gr.-es. eighty five in number, six or eight of whom wer - over eighty year? of age. nnd some ten id th* in from ten to twelve years old, w-re recently ■oil at an average of one thousand dollars each in Havana : and adds: “ Now. wle-re did this lot of mgro's c-me front’ Children from ten to twelve year * of age. and old men above eighty w- re hardly brought all the wav from Africa — Were ihey Dot mi-t probably a part i*f the stock in trade of certain Northern c ion-ration socie- lie- said to 1 avt* been recently form'd?'" These are t; ord? of caution we feel it our duty to give you. so tar as we can. Irr the Freedmen Abased f ® It i? repeatedly announced in Congress, bv tho Radicals, that the continuance of the Freed men's Bureau is ncfess.ity to protect the freedmen in their rights against the rr.ser.litv of the Southern • rebels.” 1 otters are read, purportifig to tie Irnm the S.-uth. conveying the intelligent''Irum various sources, ot the cruel treatment of the negroes.— Their motivi s can Only lie accounted for hv the r deep hatred ,'f the people ot the C-outii ami the c n- s-quent desire to inflict upon us every possible in dignity—thus showing that they have no des r- to restore the people of the two scctiotns to that fiaternity of feeling which is now so nleoj«a-y to restore the material prosperity of the w -ole conn try. Iti order to gain questionable notoriety as philanthropists among the frei-dtnen, they would create, il possible, a war ol races—hoping, there by. to maintain their paw r over the country. Now, living in the South, a* we do—having 1 daily access-to the papers ol the South —we can} say. in ail candor, that we hare not si*en or heard ; a -i;u:le sentence printed or spoken, that smacks j in the least of a desire to mistreat the freedmen : j but the universal sentiment among the Southern j people is a desire for the comfort and well being of the nee*ni race But a few day4 ngo wt saw j an extract from a Missouri paper stating that a i former slave of Mr. Si.oan. of that State. Ahnfu ■ she had.? rxeil all her life until she fr-is emanci pated. became in bad health and recently died.— j The paragraph stated that, tbor.gh yfr I.o.vn was j a member ol the United States Congress, standing j side by side with Sumner and Stevens, in their ! hypocritic il demands for the jan-r. ilowu-trcdden j and much-abused African, this girl, this former ! faithful servant of his, was denied attention and j burial at the expense of her former master, but ; was interred at the expen-e of c*oar:ty. There carnot be found in al! the Scpth a g.n ! tlent an who would r. fuse to give their former- staves all pissible attention in sickness Und luirv ! them when dead, if he was able to do so. There i is the utmost kindness existing between the white j men -aud th-ir former slaves, where those slav*? have acted in good faith to the r own- rs. It Tt»e 0;>|>re9*l*n of ibe koutta grav ’Th • oi-« » drd bus-m--* —- robbing I’et<*f to pay Paul”- to r>lieve mr gallant n,!dirr they rob another gallant soldier seeming Id forget i what th'-y give tu one they mu-d. per force. ft»-al I from th-- other. The live siddi.-r can say to Ihe ; spirit "f the d- ad : “ Ne’er -hake thy goiy loclts I at me ; thou esust not sa\ 1 did it.” Mrs. Grot dr say- a regiment - f m-gr«i troop* !« 1 destined far th- r»|"t il to intimidate the Georgia j Legislature, Xc ; t" trna-fer th. ra from the Capital | in the Peuit- ntiary. «n!«-s th. y bee- db*- rneie snb- j servient to th* » i.-hi* - f th- ir »■ rtl y n.a-ters ; ! but nothing is positively kn wn. Gnat di—at'?- j lacti -n is fill towards »k- t'"''g!'ss. and hopi has j I'id many th it once •*■** liep ful a loa_ f.41 - w> 11. j Mexico holds out her **.r arm- to all who are j ’ erm d Willi cwre,” a:.d persuasively to a.inv who. until now. tulailw.b'd n-> such Idea. Ex Provisional Governor Johns«: is h- re. a m* j i: t umto g that lie aat c:pates a rratorai of h * j office, and it mi “(i'Kt ha’ men y i>u u* wll." for | ou his defeat he indicated hia einotiona grappiealiy ; thus : “ When* I was made Governor 1 ustorid | ev. tj body K. o«c«-.f ■ *u < anslabla tv Judge : but | if 'twae to do ov r. I'.l i-c il— tied if 1 w ould !>* so | CentTHS; ” *' lt»H*-*li*"»l** ni'*r« -T. ll.ao Th'-Radicals seem bent upon our de^ru*av*n if j traitors urine.quite vanquished hiui,’ soliloquize! possible. They waul to humiliate and oppriss us iu -ome shape—but. some how or other, they fail to agree among theme-ires as to wlmt form shall l-e given to their oppression. In the House of Representatives, United States Congress, on the 8th instant. Mr. McOetno. of Missouri, off- red a preamble, s-'bring forth that whilejit inVlimrly manifest that contumacy is continued ra the se ceding States.it is necessary toexcicise legisla tion in order to give to loyal citizens protection in their narinnal and personal rights enumerated iu tlie Constitution of ihe United Stat'-s; and n addition thereto, it is necessary to keep os fuot a large standing army ro maintain the snthc^ity ot the National Governm-tit. and to keep the peace; nnd a* the country is already overburdened by war debt* incurred by defending the Union against in'am- us r bellion. it is neither just net politic to require the penciful industry of ihe couutiv t" pay additional taxes for ihis purpo-e: Then tme Rcstdrtd. That it be referred to the joint remne*. tee . f the Seal' and If.ms-- of II•-pr< sentat ves to ' inquire into the >-x-p- diency "f levying contribu- ! t on* on the weeded Sta'e« to H.- f rav the nee' ts.'r- j expense- that would oth-rwise h* imposed ■ n th.- tleneral Government, ai d that -aid cotumitiee re- l port- by bill cr otherwise. Mr. Ivfur. oflndians. moved that t“ne rs*olu' ; u- ! h* laid upon the tatde. Thi* wasdi-sgr d t*•:"{ and debate arising, it went over The man MoCtrxn is a eint'umacravs ’far it j his assertion that '‘contumacy i? coatinu d" li the South: an i he i* a has* calumniator when he leaves th-inference in his resolution tba’ *• 1 ovn'. ci'izens” arc not protected • in their national and personal rights” among us.. He shows the spirit of a demon in his desire to thrust upon u? a “staflding array to maietain the authority ol tho National Gneniment" and to “levy confributions" upon us to defray the ex ponses of such an army. The old scnundrel (tight to hare his neck stretched. the M'Minted spirit ol J:irae.-,ye I’vovisioual Guv ernefr. ’Tis said that the long expect' d speech from Si> phens will c rtainly see the light i re another Six (lav’s work in done. Georoiv Railroad.— We learn from the Atlan ta Intelligencer that a change of ech-dule on this Road ha? taken place as follows : I p day Passenger train leaves Augusta at 7 a m : arrives in Atlanta at fi oO p. m. Down Passenger train leaves Atlanta 7.0.5 a. m : arrive* at Augusta at <i.4;t p m . Night Passenger leaves Augusta at 5.10 p. m : arrives at Atlanta at 0 41 a ra. Night Passenger leaves Atlanta at 7 30 p. m : arrives at Augusta at 9 3't a. m. The Case of G. 3 LaMar.—It is understood that the findings of the mil-tary commission who tried Mr Lamar for cotton frauds, bribery. &c .in Savannah, a lew day ago. is a fine of Sio.uOO and I three years imprisonm- nt .- !.-a! me Pnsident ha-- i ordered him to be released on bail until he can would be a (turning disgrace for anv Southern 1 - et time to examine fully into the evidence ?n man to take advantage of the ignorance of a negro in a pecuniary transaction. No gentleman would think of soch a thing; and why tbc people of the South shoald be held up before Northern eyes os demons we cannot imagine. We repeat, that the truest and firmest friends of the freedmen are their f rmer masters ; and will guarantee tl at more money can be made up for indigent freedmen among them, every thing con sidered. than can be in all the North. Tencessec lost nine Confederate Generals during the war: -Zollicoffer. Robt. Hatton, Jus Rains, Stearns, l’re tcc t Smith. Strain, Carter. John Adam! and R. C. Tyler. The last was the last General officer killvd'w either side.—Ex. We wcr« r personally acquainted with Gen Ttlkk. lie ires a brave and fearless officer, and a gentleman in «veby settlor the term. He lost his life in defending Fort Tyler, af West Point, m this county, one of the most bravely contested engagement! in the annals op the late -war. The garrison wss composed of between 130 aud 150 men, mostly old men and bftys, very-iaperfettly armed, who kept at bay 2,00(1 of Wilson's raiders armed with the Spencer rifle, from 11 o’clock in the morning nntil 5 o’clock in the afternoon. May the turf be ever green*over the grave of the brave Tyler ! which this sevi-re sentence is proi.onncd. Another - Order ’’—The Mayor of Ma.-oh h t- beon served with an order front Gen. Brei.uan, d- daring that the forne-r will uot. in fumre-. bo al lowed to exercise authority in any cus- in which a Irecdraan i? a party Sambo ai.d Dinah n-u?: I»- tried and punished by military commission and the “booro.’’ George T. Downing, ol New England, was one of a delegation of negroes who addressed the President the other day. demanding equal rights on the ground that “ the fathers of the Revolution intended freedom tor tvery American.” George onght to remember that his “ daddy”hwd nothing whatever, to do with that war. Joseph E. is to besfrn occa-ionally in the b bby. The C'-mmission sppi inti-d ly tlie Pinvisional Governor to investigate the financial operation in ; the cotton business of ni* Excellency, not having yet reported, though they strut the street at all j hours, aud cost the State lrum fiby to one hundred dollars per day. Hew shameful that the Tr< a?urj should I (Kit the bills ol th- se i-bgant gentlemen of liesure. whose inv- stigatioais are not worth a snap of the finger to the State, as all three—L"dir«ne. Saflol ami Jordan—are “Morn friends of Brown. 1 / ami they long sine-1 rormiinced that all was right What g""d can re-ult to the State wh -n the irr- , diet Was made up b- lore the ca-e went to the J r\ ? Th- cotten .- ff.nr. as a-II ns ell "th r op-rations I Brown may V pet lee! ly honest. i-ut why put , i r< e -p-ts” to in Ae the i: *e-r igalien ’ .Vrtilel writ- the Hon*e is voting to table a r-so. lotion ri-o»f-!i:i2 the Pi-'ident to 1-nd a h lpiog hand hi thi* hour ot trouble. Mar ein-an spok- I >r !«bl:ng the r.-eolut;ui.. regard ng it inexp-di- n». I a -d -ta'ed that (toV Jenki s w*- in errespon ‘I i ::ce with I’r e-d'-n! Johnson - d the subject ot the ; M-oliiioin -rem.'Tjl of tro-'ps. e.spic ally negro j •r. ..ps from tin- >t»t*». Byingt. n, of Clayton, j Dorsey, ot II ill. and Adams, ol Claik. also, were for tuhling—while Dr. Ixidley. [l:ii’>o«e and Russ-dl. ! of Mitsci-g'-e. wera lor the passage of the resolution It vi' tabled. j Th- tollow ng bills bare passed since mv last : ; To Huie'.i 4't>4 of the Co-let to authorize Phoenix Loan and Building Annotation, aud Union Loan ar.u Building Ass. elation, of Atlanta, to resume oi-in-ss and carry on i-r close up -aid companies ; to relieve the Saiauna’i Mutual Loan Association; to chang" January t'-rni of Court of Ordinary fiom second Monday to first Monday: to carry into effect 3rd paragraph. 1st Section, 4th Article ol State Constitution; to prescribe oath of voters for mende rs ol General Assembly, Governor. Con gressm-n, Judges of Superior Courts. Solicitor Getr*. i a!?, aud county officers. The following resolution? have passed: to ap point a Committee to ' iamiue the proceedings <d i the Directors ol the We-tt-rn and Atlantic railroad, appointed by the Provisional Governor; to re- j quire report from the Commissioners in regard to i Finances ol Brown's administration; (this is the ! dele tibl - trio 1 mentioned above;) to appoint a I Committee to draft a» b.il for e-tabli.-hing an Or- I j phan s Home: and. lastly, one requiring the Cf-nip ! I 'roli'i G- niTal to furnish certain inform tion. Troup and Meriwether send r g irds; also, the cheerful Major \V. \ Turner. Senator. L nu-r in i-!e a handsome speech on the alwli- j i or. ol the Pe.Htentiary, which 1 will send you in • > f-w days. T'-irrs in iiasfe, fri't-dim-n bureau. Kx-Sen:itor Gvvin is still in coiiFiiirmont :»t Flirt JaVksiHi, New Orfeans, lint with- standing' tlie efr-rirT made by Prentice and otliuts to obtain his release. The Cleveland Plaiiidealer says, the | negro vote iti \\ asliington will be about j 12.000—the w hile 7,000. So Hie negroes ran elect their city officers if they desire, j According to Senator Guthrie, of Ky., ; the lu*is*-8 of the Southern States by the war were ten thousand millions of dol- I lars. The Naahviile f men understands that, under tlie direction of the President, or- ib-is Iiave been issued for tiie restoration of the property of John Overton. The New Yotk Evening Post and the New Y' lk Sim, b- th take strong ids against Senator Trumbull's Frt-edmen’s Bureau bill. Lotiden covers one hundred and twenty sHnare miles, fcorilains 2 61*0 miles of Streets, (Linked bv 3fIO,(i0B inliabited houses, with a population of 3,000,000. J’lie reported flight of Gen. Forrest is contradicted. He is, in company with an i ex- Federal - fficer, ipnetly engaged in til j ling his fai m- The intention cf the i resid'-nt to veto - ! the negfo atiffiage hill, in the event of its pas-age by tlie Senate, has been plainly j atid frankly expressed on two occasions. ! Ixcar-Adtnii al f)u Font has be ]'loathed : ' his priZe-tm-iiev, amounting to $175,000, - t > found a National Asylii'n at 'ashing- j ton, lot the orphans of soiilu is and sailors. I The intelligence by the Palestine, just . arrived tioin Ktirofuq represents that N;i- I pnleoti, in his opening speech; ann nneed that ihe French troops w ill l>(: withdrawn j ftoin Mexico. Some of the planters of Louisiana, find it d.ftieiilt to get laborers, despite the 1 pi online of high wages. The negroi-s are leaving the country and flocking to New Orleans. It is estimated that the losses by lire of the New York insurance companies dtir ing the past year amounted to $4^ 000,- 000, and the losses of the Massachusetts companies to $11 ,000,000 The Legislature of Idaho has unani monsly indorsed tfie re-eonstrnclion policy j of President Johnson and the Adminis- | tration of Gov. Lyon, pledging both a j hearty support- An application <-f a colored girl for ad mission to the high school in Troy, N. Y., which was lefused fiy Hie principal, was : taketi to the Supreme Court, where it was recently decided against the applicant, i A shipment of pistols, &c., to Vera Cruz forjiriv.-te us*-, iias been prevent' d by the : authorities at Washington The trade on ; arms inuy be considered free, unless it apjirars the aVins are intended for bellig- ' i-rent use. ('.ilonii s of Europeans arc coming into Texas. Poles are se-ttfiiig on Tt inity river, near PalestiiiP. 'G-eirmiiis and oth'-rs from fin* Nortlirtrsteiii States are also settling in colonies. : Counterfeit gTecnbacks and postal cur rency ;ite being circulated extensively in jiMobile. Indeed, the spurious issue of the ' j small change lias nearly-, if not quite, { reached the quantity of g’-huine ‘stamps,’' Tlie committee reimbursing loyal States for fToncy expend' d for the war, | has decided to prepare a lull assigning to each the amount to which it is entitled I The aggregate claimed bv the States is : from $500,000,000 to $600,00(1,00t>. The Jackson (Miss.) Standard -says, that ii a late letter received in that place from Judge .'diar-key. Senator elect from Mississippi, he speaks quite discourag- ingly as to tire prospect of the Southern members of Congicss being received. A dispatch from Washington says that a man named Peyton, formerly of Frede ricksburg, Ya , and worth, before Ihe war, over one hundred thousand dollars, has been sent to the Washington almshouse, having lost till his property by the rebel lion, and being too old and feeble to work. The Washington Artillery, an old mili tary organization of New Orleans that served with such gallantry and distinc tion in Gen. Lee’s army during the war, has been re-orga:iized, and it will, it is paid, soon lie reviewed by General Sheri dan. Condensed from the MaCon Telegraph.] THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. MILLEDGFVILLE, FEB 12, 1866. IN SENATE. Tlie Senate met at 9 o’clock, A. M. The rules were suspended and Mr. • c- Daniel introduced a bill to regulate the sale of 8f)iritorra liquors in small quanti ties The b II proposes that before li cense are issued, a person desiring to re tail, shall give bohd not to keep a disor- dely house. Mr. Carter, a bill to authoriite the levy of a specific tax on all spiritoua liquors distilled in this State. It proposes a tai of 60 cts per gallon. Mr. Graham, a bill to repeal an act re quiring incorporated Cotton and Woolen Companies to publish listB of stockhol ders. BILLS ON THIRD REAPING. Bills to exonerate sheriffs and their deputies from liabilities in certain cases. It refers to cases where bonds were given on a confederate basis of value. Passed. Bill to prohibit itinerant trading in cer tain articles without a license. It tefers to ground peas, butter, eggs, poultry, wa ter melon8j etc. Lost by a vote of 12 to 18. Bill to pnnish with death house burn ing, and burglary at night. Passed. Bill to require persons exempt by law from jury duty to serve as tales jurors.— Passed' Bill to change the time for holding the Superior Courts of Pattlding; Floyd, Polk and Campbell counties. Passed. Bill hir Ibe relief of persons under ar- rest for offenses committed against the Confederate States. Passed. Bill to prevent persona from inducing laborers to forfeit their contracts and to abandon the interests of their employers. Passed. Bill to alter and amend section 4,596 am! 4,597 of tlie Code. Passed. PTl to invroporate the Hansell Manu facturing Company ot Compbell county. Passed. The Senate adjourned. HO USE OF REP EES EX TA Tl VES. House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by the Chaplain, ’.flie journal read and approved. Mr. Kibbec, of Pulaski, moved the re consideration of the action of the House, on the bill to fix the fees of county officers. The motion prevailed. NEW MATTER. Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield, a resolution asking the Secretary of Treasury of the United Slatcfi, to suspend the collection of tlie infernal revenue taX, and to allow the Slut** to assume the.same. Mr. Kibbee, of Pulaski, u bill to repeal an act allowing Ordinaries to charge cer tain fees. Mr. < Vok, of Irwin, a bill to remit the tax due the State from tax payers for 1864 and 1865. Mr. 1 (nssell; of Chatham, a resolution to ask the Governor to pardon from the peni tcTitiarv Epsey Woods, of Franklin co. Mr. Hollis, o! Un*on, a resolution re questing the Governor to ask of the Presi (L-nt a withdrawal oU colored troops from the I'tate. U1I.LS O.i Tt'liffi READING. "ill for the relief of Adinini trators, I Glia'.Fans and Executors. Passed Mr. ’ Ii (in s ! -soluti hi, asking the sus- |ieie-i"n "I ’I"- ‘•'•IJi etioti "f internal rc- v , „ , .et. , x v'f tvri, It'll In cr.:;" n.-ale i.ommt.sati.'rie.rS fm preparing the hicedmen’s Code. PasSeil. I>'ll to legalise acts of deputy clerks.— Passed. J Bill to incfe.'ISh/ fhe per dierr. pay of bool teachers Passed-' , No 3. Resolution authorizing the Tretj. uret to make ceitain advances, &c. No. 4. Roan!ution in .reference l td *e]i. ing the debris of the Georgia Military Institute..': , No. 5. Resolution requesting the revo- cation of the order of the Secretary of War relative to branded stock in thi§ State. No. 6. Resolution to instruct the Inf e . rior Courts to report destitute widows orphans and disabled soldiers. No. 7. Resolution in relation to iu). provements of the public grounds and buildings. No. 8. Resolution in reference to tbe President of the United States. No. {?.. Resolution relative to a revision of the Code of Georgia by lion. David Irwin, of tbks State. No. 10. Resolution authorizing his Ex. cellency, the Governor, to borrow, upon, the faith and credit of the.State the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. No. 11. Resolution requesting thq Pre*. ident of the Untied States, if not a with drawal of the troops, a finrfendor of pri, vate property, and the restoration of tbe writ of “Habeas Corpus.” No. 12. Resolution to ry^point a Cotjj. mittec of three from the House, and two from the Senate tc take into consider*, tion that portion of the Governor’s Mes sage which relates to the State’s interest in the Card Factory. No. 13. Resolution authorizing the ap. pnintment of a Joint Committee to inquire into the present condition of the Execu tive Mansion. No. 14 Resolution requesting the Gov ernor to intercede with tlie President for the restoration of property on Wilming ton; Whitemarsh, Skidaway, Sapelo and all other Islands, to its lawful owner, 4c. No. 15. Resolution requesting the Gov ernor to call upon the seqeral Banks of this State to make a return of their con dition conformable to law now existing within ten days. No. 16. Resolution to authorize the Governor to prosecute the claim of this State for cotton lately seized by the Fed eral Army. No. 17. Ri-solnt on in relation to the Card Factory recently in operation in the Penitentiary of this State. / No 18. Resolut "it in response to a fi nal settlement of the State's interest in Cotton Card Facti ry. The Commissioner of Revenue has de cided that the partition of lands owned and held in common, is not a sale in reali ty wilhiu the meaning ol tlie revenue act, but is simply making out or defining of boundaries of the property belonging to each. Such are partition deeds, he Hays, and are not subject to stamp duties as conveyances. The London Times publishes an extract from a letter of Gen. Sherman to a friend in London, da ed Jan. 2d, saying: “\ou need not lie under any apprehensions ai to cotton ' for-I saw enough on a recent trip South to satisfy me that • nearly a; ihe cotton land is clear and ready fur the dough and will be growing cotton this V year.” - The Nfi-::*cr-ti Tirm announces the arrival co of Gen. J. A. E u family, Georgia; Dr. lesfoTi, S. C.; Seimr > Col. H. T. Douglas, \ Then- has bi <•: enacted in Missis- white and bhn k equally on l oth, 1 s, of January 13th, in the city of Mex. ly; (J U. Flute an4- L.C Hassell, Char- 1'11C11 y and wife, do.: irginia. a stlift vagrant law ippi. It applies to both If it is put in force 1. iier.il Woods, the com manding ofii not be intei ft ' « 1 the d with. date, says it wilt pm > c. Bill to amend section 4,i!91 of th Passed. Bill to relieve the Bonds of Ju3lices.^— | Passed. 15.11 to repeal sections 1,775 and 1,776 j j ol the Code Passed. j Bill to change the mode of empannt-lling ! i Jurors for the trial of criminal eases.— j ! Lost. j House adjourned to meet at 3 o’clock. House met at 3 o’clock, p. in., and spent i the session in reading bills the second time. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. inn v. fclil U ; f)l»' Medical Card. TIN teii'l'-rs his professional i.jiansvills a»il Mr. J. it Loft D R. 1. C. LOl' vices to the citixrns of II, :is lather' 801 MILLEDGEY1LLE, FEB. 13, I860 IN SENA TE. Flour! Flour!! Flour!!! BARRELS of the Fj.NK.-1 FLOUR. f» r rougiit u» thi* uiaiket, jest r'C«iT-d hy JOHN GoEHAM. S' uth tYis«t C.irm-r Pii"l>c riquare COME AT LAST! I hare now in s'or-. f.'.d .o arr:/.* this w-ek. Five Thousand ,5000, Bl'lii-i of Western Corn. I have made arrang trn nt~ to supply this mar ket with any-im'iunt el CORN teat th" n*cs-tities of the p epic will tiematid. Call and see me at the o'd stand ot J. Taropr W T. GODWIN. The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A. M The roll was called, and the journal of the preceding day read and approved. NEW MATTER. Taken Up! On the 7' -. at tny residence. ?'x milet West of La Grange, on ill" Doll * F-r- ry road a small .-"rre Mar —8- von or Eight years old. with a small .-tar in her forth' ad. This being the day for the call of dis- j Tf "‘ own ' r re, l u ’° come forward and prove q£ \T. 0. T, The Radicals in Congress are denouncing all attempts to make -distinctions by the State laws of tbe Souih between tbe negro and the white. Nearly all tbe time of that body is taken up by tbe Radwals te create the distinction in fa vor of the negfo. >•' Gbv. Browxlow, of Tennessee, wants to go North do “die in peace.” if the Rebels get political control of bis State. He btfgfat to make ptaiee with his Maker, acd old Pmxe Whom he whipt oat on the slavery question: - What Senator Patter-on Thinks.—The I W ashing{nn correspondent of the New \"ik herald, in hia letter of the 2d inet., says : “ Judge Patterson, Senator tlect from Tennessee, was before the Reconstruc tion Uummittee to day, but was not ex amined at much length. Iu reply to questions on different subjects, he replied that in Tennessee the people needed no Freed men’s Bureau. The negroes there were treated with great humauity by their masters before the war, and he doubted not would be in their new rela tions. He said, ‘All the people of Ten nessee need is liberty to protect them selves—they are in no danger from rebels. In deference to the apprehensions of a portion of tbe people, he would not re commend the immediate withdrawal of all Government troops from the State, but be nevertheless believed itr might be done with perfect safety.”’ The Reconstruction Committee, says a Washington special, has decided to re port another amendment to tlie Constitu tion, to tlie effect that Congress shall have power to control all political rights of citizens in every State. The proposition meets with the almost unanimous appro val of the Committee. Senator Guatz Brown, of Missouri, has in troduced a resolution in the U. S. Senate instructing the Postoffice C unmittee to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Department to operate at reduced rates telegraph lines under its direction, for the accumuiodation ot the press and the public generally, in connection with postal service. This resolution, ii acted upon, wih initiate a uioveriiciK of immense importance. Ex-Presnient Pierct? delivered an ad dress a few days ago before the N. Hamp shire Democratic Convention, endorsing President Juhuson’s animal message, and saying he was pleased to greet, as co workers in a noble cause, all men who desired the immediate restoration of the Southern States to their civil rights, and who are williug to join in saving what ever may be saved, for the prosperity of our common country. tricts, Mr. Butler introduced a bill to re peal sec in 134 of the Code. Mr. O. L Smith, a bill amendatory of the act in relation to the establishment of lost papers SENATE BILL3 ON THIRD READING. Bill to punish with death the stealing of horses and mules. Passed. Bill to incorporate the American Indus trial Agency. The bill was amended so as to require Pie principal officers of said county to be in Atlanta, Augusta, Savan nah or Macon, and that one-fourth of the Directors shall tm citizens of Georgia.— The bill was then passed by the casting vote of the President. house nri.LS o.N third reading. Bills in reference to persons joining fences and keeping up common fences.— Lost. Bill to rriake owners and possessors of mischievous dogs fiablejor the damage such dogs rnay do. Loot. Bill to allow Attorneys and solicitors to argue their cases in the Supreme Court in writing Passed. On motion of Mr. Daley tbe Senate ad journed. BO USE OF REP RESENT A TIVES. House met at 9 o’clock, a. m. Prayer by the Chaplain. BILLS 05 THIRD READING. Bill to increase the salary of the Su perintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Passed. Bill to authorize the payment of cer tain claims against Ihe Western and At lantic Railroad. Passed. Bill to appropriate money- for the pay ment of certain claims for tbe suppres sion of sma I pox. Lost. Bill to amend section 1385 of the Code. Passed. Bill to amend section 4613 of the Code. Passed. Bill to authorize persona regularly en gaged In the practice of medicine five years prjor to the 1st of January, 1866, to practice medicine and charge for the same, ttokf. House met at 3 o’clock p. m., and spent the SSsSidn in~ rdading bills the second time. LIST OF RES0LUTIK8 SIGNED &T TBE GOVERNOR. No. I. Resolution relative to adjourn ment. _ No. 2. Resolution in refetebee to con- tinuane of cases against the banks of this State. propei ty and pay all febl6-2t LUKE JOHNSON. LA GRANGE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR MALES. The Principal of th'sFchool erateL ly acknowledges to his I’atrun*. I 1 ” the coot nued iecrease o£—pupils rendered it necessary that the ficilit-<* of this S?hool he enlarg'd Ly adding another Teacher; and he now has ihe pleasure of announcing to the public that he lias associat'd wiih him Mr J E TOOLE. A. M.. whereby it ■> hoped Ihat sufficient time and attention will be bestowed on each scholar *hfti he. alone, and not his teachers, shall be responsible for a failure tt make proficiency in bis Miodic*. To Parents and Guardians of Troup and ad joining counties an opportunity is here offer d tc give their Sons and Wards a thorough English and Classical Education, and upon tbe most reasonabif terms. A. P. MOOTY. Principal- To the Citizens of Meriwether County. DEPUTY COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, j United StaTeh Ixtcbnai. Revenue, , 1st Divisiov, 4tb District Georgia. J LaGradg^. Feb. l?th, 18G0. j I WILL be at Greenville, Meriwether County, during Court week cominz. 19th inet., for the purpose Cf receiving Taxes from those who have made returns cf Income Taxes. Specific Taxes or applications for License. Only ten days all weJ .j py | a w D. W. K. PEACOCK, febl6-11 Dnp ty Coll 1st Div.. 4th Dist. Ga. Rale Msi. Titoup Sci-eriob Court in Chavbe?-(- I T appearing to tie Court that Whit met L. Ster ling was the owner of a proraisory note msdc by J. W. B. Edwards, of said countv. dated on tbe first of March. 1861. due one dav’after date f° r tbe sum of Thr- e Hundred and Fifty doll* rt P*f able to tbe said Whitmel L. Sterling, or beV‘ T and which . being still doe and unpaid, has bets lost and c&nDot now be found. It is therefor! or dered that the-saicLJ. ,VT. B Edwards' show c»o‘« on or be!ore ihe ie:U term of this Court, wbj » copy should not be ostablisffed in lien of said k> ft original, and that service of this order be per fected by publicatioi in the La GruDge Reporter a Gazette published in said county, for tbr 1 '* months previous to the next term of this Court.-* This Feb. 8th, 1866. B. H. BICHAT Judge Superior C. C. t- A trne extract from tbe minutes. This Feb f 1866. [feb!6 m3n] J. F- AWTBE\,U^_ Sallee ta Drktars ud CrcdMart* A LL persons indebted to tbe Ests'e of Dix. late of Ttonp County, deceawd* quired to make immediate payment, and to ^ ing claims against said deceaaed wilt presen in terms of the Law, to Pr .>, febI6-40d M. B. GRADLwIl* Porter, Ale, fcc. rnVXfO TUST received and for sal* by T. S. BRAD J A CO., 11 Cask Best Porter, 1 “ Ale. 1,000 Paper* Garden Seed-, 1 Bbl. Best Machinery Otf> 1 Lot Kerosene Lamps. - 1,000 l.bs. Pure V^hiid Lead.