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It ATE B 01 r BUBSOIUPTION. Onn Copy of the Papot 1 olio year, f 3 00 <h>n Copy of ibo Paper h!x months 3 00 Oue Copy of tho Paper three montliH 1 00 Hlngle Copy of tho Paper, 10 Club ItiiluH. Ton Coploi of tho Paper ono year $35 00 Iwouty Copies of tho Paper one year, 40 00 tfir All Subscription* must bn paid Invariably In ad- No dlarrlmlnatlon In favor of anybody ♦§* Address all orduni to JOKES A WILLINGHAM. Attorneys, W. O. TUGULK, ATTOHNKY AT LAW, La (•range', <>cnrglu. 9. K. TOOLE. 0. W. MAlIRT TOOLlfi & MARRY, ATTORNEYS AT I,AW. LnGrnngo, .Georgia, \\TILL practice In tho Superb ▼ ? of Troup, Heard, C Harriet. Alan, In tho Httpi ... . tho United States District Court at Atlanta. *»- OFFICE—Boat Rldo of tho Puhllo Bquaro, ocOO-tf U. O. rKIUtKI.L, I N. J. HAMMOND, I K. W. HAMMOND, LaQranRo, Ga. | Atlanta, Oo. | LaOrango, Ga. FBHKELL, HAMMOND «fc BIIO., ATTOllNEYS A']’ LAW, La Grange, Georgia, ed to tliolr careful ottontlon. N. J. HAMMOND still romalna a mcrabor of tho linn of A. W. Hammond A Son, of Atlanta, except ah to Troup county. JoS-tf , .• Court* of tho countloa . of Troup, Heard, Carroll, Coweta, Morlwnthcr and llarrl*. Alio, in tho Supremo Court of tiuorglu, and in Tailoring. NOTICK THIS l [ THE SUBSCRIBER, thankful for past favor*, and I by a prompt attention to buaiuaaa, hopea for a oontin- Luancu of tlie *amo Cutting and Work Done Promptly 1 WM. E. LOVELACE, Tailor, via HAS RE-OPENED 1118 SHOP, up-stairs. over tho Grocery Storo of Wm. C. Yancey, Weal aide Public (wlSquare, whoro bo invltoa all to call who want choap —lliLwork. PRICES: Outting Coat $1 00 CutUug Pant*.. Cotton Warehouses. FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (No. 9 Boyco’a Wharf,) ChariMtOll ....South Cnrol In a ). r. OWEN. J. M. DARNARI OWEN & BARNARD, COTTON WAREHOUSE, Ln Grange, Georgia. o to COTTON SHIPPERS AND FARMERS that wo havo ro-opeuodour old Stand, near the It. It. Depot, and will give prompt uud poraonal attention * ... ...— -»—j ~'.u .... w- aig 0 have a MGH1- aepll-tf COTTON WAREHOUSE GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (SEW FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE,) SouthwJht Corner of Bay and Jackson Street* Georgia. VOLUME XXIV.1 LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1868. (NUMBER 50. Our Own Colutnu. Augusta,. TIIOS. M. JONES, A BOLD, LIVE AND STIRRING PAPER! THE LAGRANGE REPORTER. »■- «pmim r IN HANDSOME NEW DKKSH! FI'UMSIIKD UNTIL JANUARY NEXT FOR NOTHING 1 TO TIHfi READING PUIlLIU. cal prlneiploa, and in tho promotion of tho material inter nal* of tho South, propone to aund thu Paper to nil now HUbBcribors, and to those whoso subscription* may expire between now and tho let of January, 1809, Until January, 1870, for Three Dollura! It 1* hoped that tho friend* of tho Reporter will tako Home lutnreat in oxtoudiug it* circulation. It i* now, in our oplniou, ouo of tho lIamlHorac»t Papers In tho South I Wo havoboou at a considerable oxpouso In the purchase of A New and Complete Outfit I And wo hope an appreciative public will giro uh the on- couragomont duo to our onterprl»o and a desire to pro mote all tho interoat* of Georgia and of the South, now suffering under the weight of poverty and oppression. A* an Advertising Medium, Oio Reporter 1* ono of tho beat country paper* In the State, having a largo and growing circulation in Western Georgia. Advertiser* would do well to coualdor tho ad- vautoge* of this paper iu that particular. POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Ah 1h generally known, tbo Reporter 1* an active polit ical paper-over maintaining those principle* and idoa* of political economy, which it* proprietor* conceive calculated to promote tho bent and lilghont interest* of the whole country in general, an the South iu particular—regarding the Constitution and political landmark* of the father* of the Old Republic a* the only correct guide* for * talesmen and the safari restraints upon the aggrorionism and des potism of mere partisan supremacy. Wo aro for maintaining tbo Federal Constitution and perpetuating tho Union under its benign influnneo and teachings—regarding the Constitution and the Union as the sacred Inheritance bequeathed to this people by the wisdom and blood of our patriotic sires. Tho Reporter will ever *tand tho uncompromising advocate and defender of these hallowed bequests of Civil and ltoliglous Liberty handed down to us by u patriotic ancestry. NEWS DEPARTMENT. In thi* department groat pains will be taken to keep rcailor* advised of the current ovouts of importance transpiring throughout the country. We will always be glad to receive news aud important matter for this featuro of the REPORTER. We, therefore, earnestly ask our friends in tho surrounding country, and at a distance, to send us all news of interest transpiring iu their midst. 1* our deslro to make tim REPORTER a* much of a success in this particular a* it is ponsiblo to make a weekly journal. V . W. SIMS & CO., COTTON FACTORS and GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Narnutinli, Georgia. 1 N order l<> uunbln I'lmitor« to HOLD TlIF.IIt COTTON, I we nropone to a'traurr 12!; r-ult prr ymrnd on all pliinmont* to UK, and hold kIx inontlin, (hut Hubjeot to tho iditnnor’a ontor., if ho Hhouhl doHire to aidl boforo that tiniK.) nt 1 per rout por month, for the money advanced. nct2-3m» “ clagiiohn.iiuhhinu * co., COTTON C0IWIKISSIOK M t R CD A N T S\ f No. 7 Warren Block, Augusta, Georgia ; ft truer Vendue Raugo and Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, South Carolina; 120 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. T IBERAL CASH ADVANCES rnado at all time* on co 1 sigumeut* of COTTON. 0§- JOSEPH H. BEAN, of LaGrange, Georgia, is m Agent, and will give prompt attention to thipmenlt ami a AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Tn the future, we shall endeavor to give this department of the REPORTER that attention tho planting interests of our Hortion demands. Under tho appropriate heading, our agricultural readers may always And something useful and entertaining to them in their groat and noblo calling. ‘ *“ ‘ ‘ r paper Miscellaneous. K. K. HASSKKN. | B. W. YORK. | n. T. JOUItDAN. UNITED STATES HOTEL. Atlanta Georgia. SASSKKN, YORK JOUItDAN, PROPRIETORS. j. W. F. BRYSON* AND It. T. JOUItDAN, Clerks. -IITTTHIN ouo hundred yards of the general Paaecngm- VV Depot. Corner of Alabama and Pryor Streets, n\r W. E. TERRY, FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER, (Iu the Sim* nousc,) ha Grange, Georgia. PF.0IAL attention given to CUTTING CHILDREN'S 1 HAIR. Grateful for past patronage, will, by diligent atten business, hope to continue tho same. octao-tf FRANCIS A. FROST, 13 A N K K 31, (Office West Side Square, next door to Wl*o k Douglass,) La Grange, Georgia. G OLD and SILVER bought and sold. Atlanta, New York and Philadelphia EXCHANGE always on hand at Atlanta rates. .. .. Special attention given to Collections. oct30-tf MEDICAL NOTICE ! D R. R. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with himself, ills son, Dr. CHARLES B. RIDLEY, a recent gradu al of tho New Orloaus School of Mcdiciuo, would oiTor their sorvicofl in the various branches of the Medical Pro fession, to tho citizens of LoGrango aud surrounding ^'residence of thirty years in LaGrangc, and an exten- Hive practice during that time, by the senior momber of tho firm, is a sufficient gunranteo to ’ * people that all cases, either from the town or country, - will bo promptly and faithfully attended to. , _ . , , Office one door North of Pullen k Cox'* old stand, and throe doors South of tho Post ofllco. "NOTHING LIKE LEATHER AND PRUNELLA! IT. HOLLE, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, (Still at his Old 8tand.) La Grange, Georgia, W ITH the very best of French Calf Reiss and other material for putting up his famous work in the BOOT aud SHOE liuo, whoro ho invites ui« friends and all others to call and see him aud coutinuo tho generous pa tronage with which they havo heretofore favored him. Those indebted to him for recent work, ho bogs that they codlo up and 8ettle that ho may bo enabled to keep his bn sines* going on. novl3-tf F. HOLLE. jpiw vri'.i. v&ixSmKI 9fcV jyr.. Special attention will bo given to this department. Wo mil endeavor to keop our readers posted regularly iu re gard to our local aud tin* distant markets. Nothing will bo left undone wo are capable of accomplishing, to make the REPORTER tollable this important particular. IN CONCLUSION, wo say to all who wish a bold, live, stirring paper, to subscribe at once for the REPORTER.— Our proposition to furnish it to new yearly subscribers for nothing for the noxttwo months i* a strong Inducement to tho public. Wo also oxtcuond tliis proposition to clubs JONES k WILLINGHAM. Proprietors. ATLANTA MARBLE WORKS! \VM. GRAY, Prop’r, 8. B. O ATM AN, Ag’t, DEALER*IH American and Foreign Marble, MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS, Mantle*, Statuary, Urns and Vases, A ND all description* of FINISHED MARBLE OF THE BE8T WORKMANSHIP AND LOWEST PRICES, dj- DESIGNS FURNISHED, for thoso purchasing of us, hi clay or plaster, and other ornamental mi orders faithfully oxecuted and promptly filled. *®-OFFICE AND YARD—Opposite Georgia 11. R. Depot, Atlanta, Go. octlll-tf JOB PRINTING. A LARGE and hamtoorao assortment of NEW JOB /Y_ TYPE enable us to execute all orders promptly at Low Pricet, nt the REPORTER OFFICE. TYILLS of FARE. BILLHEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, and J 1 all varieties of Lcttor-Prcss Printing, at tho shortest notice, at the . REPORTER OFFICE. /CIRCULARS, CATALOGUES, CARDS, and evory de- VJ scripttou of Printing required in bturineB* transac tions, neatly dono at tho REPORTER OFFICE. i~\ON’T forget that every variety and style of Job Print- 1 / ing i* done in the best manner at the REPORTER OFFICE. TACONOMY will bo found in ordering Printing nt tho REPORTER OFFICE. T7UR8T RATE PRINTING MATERIAL always on hand r at tho REPORTER OFFICE. C1 ENERAL JOB PRINTING, of every description, nt lx the REPORTER OFFICE. TT AND BILLS, aud every othor kind of Printing, for iJ_ exhibitions, mootings, public sales, Ac., cheaply and neatly executed at tho REPORTER OFFICE. TMMEDIATE attention givon to all orders for plain and I ornamental Job Printing at tho REPORTER OFFICE. TOD PRINTING.—The Jobbing Department of tho ltE- PORTER Printing Establishment is copablo of turn ing out tho best work at tlie shortest notice. T7 NOW all men, that all sorts of Commercial and Pro- XY- fessional Printing is dono in tho best style, nt low prices, at tho REPORTER OFFICE. T AW PRINTING.—Law Cases, Legal Blanks, and all J.j other Printing required by the legal profession, neatly executed, on new typo, at tho REPORTER OFFICE. A rKRCAN'TN.E PRINTING, MILITARY PRINTING, 1VL MEDICAL PRINTING, Ac., at Uic shnrtwt nollco and loweat pricea. at tho REPORTER OFFICE. -VTEW PRINTING OFFICE.—We havo facillti™ to do In tho compoHltion and press work for any amount of .lob Printlne, nt tho REPORTER OFFICE. 1 VENAMENTAL LETTER-PRESS PRINTING, in the U latest atvlen, at the REPORTER OFFICE. TkOLITICAL.—All klnda of Printing, in the way of largo JL Posters, Handbills, Tlcketn. Pamnhlota, Circulars, Ac., at tbo REPORTER OFFICE. UESTIONABLE. —Whether any kind of Printing can Ivl be done neater, cheaper, or more expeditiously, than at tho REPORTER OFFICE. . TA ELY on it that, all work dono at the REPORTER ofllco JL is noat and to the point CIUPERIOR ,1011 PRINTING.—New Typo enable un O promptly to execute, in tho best manner, all ordors for every description of Printing, at the REPORTER OFFICE. myPOGRAPHIOAL NEATNESS vAW characterize all Job X Work done at tho REPORTED OFFICE. "TTNUSUAL—For a country printing ofllco to do work U with the neatness aud dispatch as docs tho REPORTER OFFICE. -T7ERY fow printing ostabliahmontB can equal the RE- V PORTER OFFICE in tho way of neat printing. XWTANTED. —An many eubscrlber* as we can get, and W all tho Job Work wo can do—FOR CASH—at tho REPORTER OFFICE. 9 -\T TRAORDINARY.—-The low rnicnfl at which wo are enabled tn do all HorU of Printing, at the REPORTER office. VOl) CAN SAVE MONEY by getting your Printing done x at tho REPORTER OFFICE. VEALOUB1“ o\xr endeavor to give ontiro satisfaction to Ml our customers, tho Job Department of our Printing establishment ha* beon supplied with Now Type and Rood workmon, and ia now capable of turning out at fair prices, ut tlie REPORTER OFFICE. "ALEXANDER ERGEN ZINGER, (Hunter Btroet, noar Whitehall.) Atlanta, Georgia, TTFOULD respectfully inform hi* old friends in LaGrangc VV and Bur/oi.nding country that ho i* propared to fill Jdl older* for FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERING, MATTRASSES AND BEDDING, IECORATIONS, WINDOW CURTAINS, Ae., Ac,, Ac. 69" All orders carefully and promptly attended to, n the most reasonable terms, ritHE prioe ofYur. LaGR-erox Rnti’owTKn i* $3 fbr one JL year; J2 for elx teontA*; and $1 for tltfCO mopths. a. 3. itonEBT*. I J. A. D Marietta, Go. | 2fi THE GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS A RE now prepared to fill all ordors for MARBLE, and to furnish Monument*, Slab*, Totoab*, &«•» OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. Thanksgiving Day Nortlt—SumptuouB Dinner* given at till the Benevolent Institution*—A Review of Five Poiuta — bloody Murder—Prise Fighting the imllroct Cause. NewYobk, Nov. 28, 1808. Thanksgiving day at tho North aud in tho South, aro entirely two distinct and different things. Hero it in tho grand gala-day of the wholo year, universally observod, and hailed with dolight by tho old and young, tho rich and iho poor. It is, to tho Northerner, what Christmas is to tho Southerner, and, on that day, aro wont to gathor tho far uoparatod members of the family irclo onoo again, to reassemble around tho henrthstono of tho old homestead, to cheerily while aw ay the hours in feasting and morry-mak- ing, inutcad of tho lang syne stylo of fasting and prayer. It is cany to imagino what a gay and festivo occasion it is to the opulont and wealthy, but thoso poor, friendless lioira of flclclo fortune, tlioao who have not whorcon to lay their heads, it in imposaiblo to describe with what unuttorablo delight tlioy welcome in tho day, and with what gusto they dovour tho dainty viands on which this day, alono of all tho year, they aro regalod by tho charity of fortune's more favored children. At nil of tho bonovolont and charitable insti tutions, and New York stands pre-eminent for its many institutions for tho alleviation of tho miseries and sufferings of those poor outcasts, sumptuous tables wero spread, groaning beneath tho weight of dolicacies. I had tho pleasure of witnessing tho oxorcises at tho Fivo Points’ House of Industry, Fivo Points’ Mission and House of tho Littlo Wander ers, but the exorcises boing very similar in all, it is needless to givo you more than a brief account of one of them. But ilrst, lot mo introduce you to tho locality those principal institutions are in. Fivo Points 1 Who, that has heard of Now York, has not also heard of this, her peculiar in stitution? Ton or fifteon years since it was a leprous plague-spot to the city; a howling earth ly hell of infamy and degradation—indiscrimi nately peoplod by demon Jews, negroes and Irish-—abounding in hot beds of prostitution—the den of thieves and black legs, and a harbor of refuge to all criminals and skulkers of law and justice. It was a reckless jeopardizing one’s life peacably traversing it after night-full or even in the sunlight, unaccompanied by the police; and a belated wanderer, if ho was dressed docontly, was relieved of his clothes us well as money; if resistance was offered, ho would soon be knock ed senseless by a merciless blow or two on the head. So powerful had they become, that it is only after years of the harshest legislation that tho city authorities have been able to hold them in check, but, at length, it is gradually becom ing purified and reclaimed, and now it can be explored in comparative safety. This glorious result is, in a great measure, due to the health ful influence exerted by tho benevolent build ings, erected right on the site of the former (lens of vice and pollution. Upon the site of tho “Old Brewery” now stands the Mission House, and is the original institution from which the Howard Mission and House of Industry are branches.— Thoy nil aro seeking to porform their part in tho bonofleent work of relieving the sufferings, edu cating, elevating and saving tho thousands of orphaned street children, who, if left to tho bale ful influences which surround them, would bo irretrievably lost, without the aid of such insti tutions. • Thankflgi ving day k&Iways a wishtKl-for period with these stray lambs, for, on it and chistmus, they are treated to a splendid dinner of turkeys, chickens, roast beef and pork, apples, oranges, pics, puddings, cakes, etc., in great abundanco and endless variety. The exercises, besides the banquet, consisted of speeches from various friends of tho institu tion, and singing and calisthenics by the little wanderers. It was a touchingly beautiful sight to see four or five hundred of them, from tho little toddler of four summers to twelvo and four teen years of ago, march to the dining table to tho tap of the drum, and at a given signal they all clasped their little hands, closed reverently their eyes and, in sweetly modulated tones, in voked their Father’s blessings on his children* — After they had feasted they devoutly returned thanks, and in tho samo orderly manner filed out of tho room to the sound of the drum, into the largo chapel, where they all took seats in rows ranged one above tho other, so as all to be in full view of tho spectators. Hero they were catechised and declaimed pieces, while from time to time, their tiny voicos ruised aloft in warbling aud lisping hymns of praiso and grati tude, made most sweet and plea&ing melody.— They were all neatly dressed, persons cleanly washed, with eyes sparkling and flashing with pleasure and happiness. In singular contrast to these quiet, well-behav ed children, were the street children, who, crowd- g by hundreds around tho doors, were brought and gladdened by a hearty square meal By their rude, boisterous^mauner they exemplified, in a painful degree, the vast difference between tho boorish, uneducated man, and the refined, polished gentleman. After theso tho destitute old men and women had their lean, lank stom achs astonished by what was to them a royal banquet. Bosides the Institutions I have named, there are very many other similar ones—all engaged in tho grand, praise-worthy undertaking of caring for theso poor, destitute children. From some cause or othor the newsboys wero neglected, and dropping in their lodging house about noon, I saw some half score of the littlo fellows lounging about, looking perfectly miser able—for they had counted so high on having a good time, and were so cruelly disappointed.— On to-day, however, thoy had ample amends raado them, by an elegant dinner, which they did their utmost to punish for its not coming soonor! On Tuesday, of the present week, a terribly bloody tragedy was enacted on Canal Street Tho unfortunate victim was a noted sport by tho name of Felix Larkin, a keeper of a drinking saloon, a dear lover of prize fights, and a great backer of prizo fighters. He was “over three shoote in the wind;” when, with two other sports and his pet prizo fighter, O’Baldwin, the Irish giant, ho, by his foul-mouthed, filthy tongue, brought on his own rash end. Tho particulars are, that ho, with his threo pals, wont into an oyster saloon, and ordered oysters, when ho, with foul words, mingled with cursing, ordered the proprietor to hurry up the oysters. The man, taking umbrage at his unbearable conduct, a hand to hand conflict ensued, and, after a des perate strugglo, resulted in the death of Larkin. Whore will this beastly prize-fighting mania coaso ? and why are there not laws enacted so stringent and aevoro as to quell -forever theee fiendish displays of brutality ? PARQUE. finished in th* best stylo, a , ^ at LOWER TRICES than work can be done with Northern Marble. Our Marble iu equal to tho BEST AMERICAN. For any information or daeign* address GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS, Either at Marietta or Jasper, Pickao* co., Ga. nr H - SIMS ia the Agent at LnOrange. *epl- Among the gifts to a newly married pair in New Jersey tho ‘other evening, was a broom sent to the lady, accompanied with the following sen timent: ••This trifling gift aocept from me, Ita use I would commend; Iu sunshine u*c the brushy part, Iu storms, tho other end.* 1 Swearing on the bible wa i first introduced in to judicial proceedings by the Saxons A. D. 600. It was called a corporeal oath, because the wit- neas touched some part of the holy scriptures. Georgia New* from our Exchanges. Bishop Boekwith officiated at tho churohos in Augusta on Hunday lout. It is thought that Mr. Frierson, of Athens, shot by Knox lately will lose his log. Maj. J. P. Cowardin is lecturing in Augusta on the “ Horrors of Reconstruction.” Gen. Joe Johnson has been in Romo, tho guest of lion. Charles If, Smith (Bill Arp.) Lands In Southwestern Georgia havo recently sold at from ten to twenty-two dollars an aoro. Tho cotton receipts in Romo, since September 8tli, are 2,642 bales, of which 2,423 have been shipped. Tho gin liouso of Gen. Wm. M. Browne, near Athens, was robbed of a quantity of sood ootton a few nights ago. Tho largest cargo of cotton ever sent to Liver pool from .Savannah—4,899 halos—sailed on the 28th of Novomber. Foster Blodgett loft Augusta for Washington City, on tho afternoon of the recont charter election of that city. Tho Albany and Thomaaville railroad has been put under contract aud will bo finished by November next year. A Radical membor of the Legislature from Lowndes was urrosted, “drunk aud disorderly,” in Atlanta u few days ago. Mr. David E. Cumming, on old residont of Washington county, and a prominent Mason, died a few days since. A white woman was brutally beaten by a negress at Westovor, about four milos from Augusta, the other day. Mr. B. A Wise, of Macon, is inaugurating a hoavy diroct trado with England, in all the lines of Crockery aud Chiuaware. At a sale of city lots for taxes, in Columbus, on Tuesday, 1st inst., nobody would bid, and the proporty had to bo withdrawn. A nogro paper in this State says that John A. Wimpy has received a certificate of election as representative from tho Cth District Mr. E. T. Powers, of Columbus, Ga, w as mor tally wounded a few days sinco by tho acciden tal disohurgo of a gun whilst out hunting. The residence of John F. Morton, Chattooga county was, with all its fumituro, destroyed by fire on the. night of the 30th ult Loss $8,000. Tho Talbotton Gazette says that nine out of ten farmers of that county, have made more than enough corn and meat to do them the coming year. D. W. D. Boully, the founder of tho Hawkins- ville Dispatch, (a paper which has been tuspend- cd for some time), iB about to resume its publi cation. Mr. Mathews, employed on tbo Muscogee road, while attempting to couple two trains on Thursday, was so badly hurt that he died in a few hours. A negro killed another negro at Taylor’s Mill in Forsyth county, a few days since, in a quarrel about ten cents, which the murdered owed the murderer. A committee of dissatisfied Rudicals called on Gou. Meade a few days since to got his aid iu defeating the Atlanta election. The Gonoral couldn't see it. Capt. Barney being now sick in New York tho Festival in Rome, that tfasappeinted for tho 9tli inst., aud tho jubilee in Selma on tlie 10th have both been postponed. LFivo men escaped from tho Columbus jail on Sunday the 29th tilt. They broke the lock from the main door, and are at largo. All were con fined for minor offences. A negro woman, living near thu Augusta Arse nal, shot another, with whom she was quarreling, on Monday, but only succeeded in killing a child of the latter about six years old. The physicians of Rome, Ga. aro out in a pub lished curd appealing to their patrons to pay for services. It is rather hard to work for money and then beg tho beneficiary of your labor to pay you. One hundred and tbirty-nino marriage licen ces were issued from the ordinary’s office iu Chatham county for tho throe months ending November 30th—of which fifty-eight wero for white parties and eighty-one for colored. 6revet Capt. Charles F. Rockwell, First Lieut. Ordnance Department, U. S. A., and late military Treasurer of Georgia, died after a short illness, at the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs. S.. R. Hobbie, near Washington City, on the night of 14th ult. De la Mesa, Bureau agent at Rome, has been arrested on a bench warrant, signed by Judge Parrott, based on a true bill, for seizing a plantation in Whitfield county, as abandoned land, and, by threats of the military deterring the agent of the owner from acquiring posses sion. The Columbus Sun says that, just after Court adjourned in the afternoon, a few days ago, An drew Howard, a tolerably old negro, who had beon found guilty by a jury of keeping a disor derly houge, approached Judge Worrill, and begg ed that ne would order him given thirty-nine lashes and lot him off. The old fellow was in eameBt Of course his feeling appeal for tho drubbing was disregarded. The West End suburb of Atlanta is fast grow ing into importance. It is now incorporated as a separate town from Atlanta, and is to have a city govormnont of its own, independent of At lanta, thus making taxes much lighter, while protection to tho citizens ia much greater. A street railroad is about to be started, connecting the West Endians with the main town town, and we expect to receive a copy of tho West End Ga zette. “Go in West Endians and Win.” So says tho Griffin Star. Eight or ton miles below Macon, the Telegraph says there is a historical spot known as Brown’s Mound. It is surrounded by a low, level ooun” try, and is the most elevated point for many miles. There are traces of a fortification upon it to this day. The lino of breastworks can be distinctly traced out. Barious relics, such as crosses, bavo beon picked up upon the mount, and as no other army except that of Hernando De Soto ever passed through Goorgia, whose re ligious faith was that of the Catholic Church, it is certain that tho works were thrown up by the troops of that Spaniard. Ho fought many bat tles with tho Indians upon his march from Florida to the Mississippi river, and perhaps ono at this point. Judge Parrott, during tho week, in Dade Su perior Court, dooided that the “Homestead” provision of the now Constitution,, so far oe it attempts to oxempt laud which by the laws of forco at the date of tho rendition of a judgment, prior to tho adoption of the Constitution, was subject to levy and sale, as in conflict with the Constitution of the United State*, and to that extent void. He also decided that sections two and seven of the “Relief Law," which authori zes a defendant, by affidavit and motion, to open a judgment, and again submit this case to to a jury, under that law, for tho purpose of re ducing tho amount acoording to the equity of the case, arc in conflict with scotion six, article U of the new State Constitution, and therefore void- Mummarx of Kcw« from out-Excbaugo*. The inaurreotion in Cubu appears to bo dying out. Thanksgiving day was observed by tho Amer ican residents in Berlin. Bayard Taylor is now iu Romo writing letters to tho New York THbune. Jofferson Davis has delivered a locturo in England, on tho Holy Land. Sovon hundred trains pass oaeh othor daily at tho Clapham, London, Junction. Gypsies have mado their appearance about Pensacola. Bo says tho Observer. J. M. Lyon, oditor of the Milwaukee News, died suddenly in that city rocently Ten thousand dollars is the cost of a trossoau that was rocently married in Now York. Several public speakers have been arrested in Paris for an expression of their opinions. Tho celebrated Atlantic Garden Theatre, iu Philadelphia, was burnod on tho 25tli ult. W. W. J. Kelley, late Democratic Lieutenant Govomor of Florida, has gone over to the Radi cals. James Grant, charged with killing of H. Itivos Pollard, has been admitted to bail in tho sum of $10,000. By tho latest votums the Liberal piajority in tho recent elections in England is one hundred ond seventeen members. A stove pipe hat, sixty-five years old, has been discovered in Essex, Musb., and is said to be ex actly in the present fashion. Many mombers of tho Forty-first Cougress aro said to favor a meeting in March to elect a Speak er, and then immediately adjourn. Tho suit for libol, based on a parliamentary debate, which was brought against the London Times, has been decided in its favor. Republicanism is on the increase in Spain. — A public demonstration woe made in Saragossa in favor of a republic on the 25th ult. The Russian government has sent to this coun try two civil engineers for the purpose of exam - ination of our gTcat system of railway. British claims tor indemnity on cases adjudi cated in tho American Courts of Admiralty will not bo hoard by tho Alabama commission. Li Washington, on Thanksgiving day, tho ne groes turned out in force, and tho streots were crowded with admiring colorod spectators. Tho tugboat O. L. Swift sunk in Lake Erie recently, and tho officers, taking refuge on her cabin, were floated into the Niagara river, where they wero rescued. /.Jr. Sumner declares himself in favor of a spoody return to specie payments, to relieve the country from the disgrace aud embarrassmout of continued national bankruptcy. Ex-Presidont Davis delivered a discourse at Leavington, England, on tho importance of ex ploring Jerusalem, and tho peculiar fitness of Englishmen for the honorablo task. Hunnicutt, tho Virginia Radical, culls the Frecdmeu’6 Bureau “a politicalcurso—the most powerful engine of political trickery that has boon known to the world since God made Adam." The Alexandria (La.) Democrat learns that the sugar planters expross themselves more than sat isfied with their prospects this season. The cane is yielding bountifully and has never done bet- VltwM of Senator Morion. From a letter in tho Nov/ York Herald, giving THE an account by ono of ita correspondents of a conversation with Senator Morton, wo extract tho leading portion, as follows: “The rooonstruction laws propor, of course, will not be iutorierred with, but the establish ment of governments in these Bouthorn StateB HATES OF ADVERTISING. Advebtueocmt* at $1 per square of 10 *olid Uuoa of 11 h tvue for oue Insertion. Subsequent lueertlou* li*!f tills type for oue lueertion. Subsequent lueertlou* prior. Double columu udvcrtleemont*, HOporcent, eitr* —Bquiiar*:—] i~^o^YrdiHrHus--^ n,rr ^ r ' Tfr - t: Ono Bquaro; ( 2 eo|$ 6 00 » II 00 Two Bquaro. 0 0O 10 00 12 00 Three Hmuw«* 7 f>0i 12 CO 10 00 Four Squires 1 10 W 15 00 20 00 Five Square* 1 12 001 17 60 22 00 Six Squuro* I 14 001 20 001 25 00( 05 00 Quarter Column....' 15 (W> 22 fs>| 27 0U| 40 00 Halt Column j 25 001 Uf- 00 40 00, 75 (10 Three f-utlho Col’n 40 0U: 05 00 70 OOl 95 00 Due Column ( 50 00 70 00' VO OOl 115 » 10 00 10 00 21 00 25 00 90 00 TYSer. $ 16*00 26 00 95 00 40 00 45 00 50 00 66 00 loo on 130 (HI 160 00 Insurance Nulndle. bo accomplished thoroughly, oven if fur- j circulating i emulation i:; needed. A Government nuist I - Last evening a must afford protection to its pcoplo, or it is no govern* I It should bu noil-reliant, no doubt, while 1 fu "? comprehend one of tho most extensive aud it i.i.. a- ’... 1 mucinous BWindloa over Doruetrutod UDOU anV From the NmIivUIc Rttuuer 1st.) Mysterious hints as to the solvency of the “ Southern Firo Insurance Company,’ of this city, and even of gigantic frauds on the part of those immediately concerned in its management, jn our streets for several uing a flood of light wak poured Iho subject, which enabled the public to ent. suit or Injury. The governments in tho Boutli- orn States have failed in this respect, not from uny inherent defects in the constitutions of these governments, but from the spirit of riotous and community The following synopsis of an application filed with Judge Cary by some of the chief sufferers, will give a clear idoa of the developments that luctious disregard of law and order exhibited by 1 have been made. one portion of tho people, and the inability of! , ^ bill chargee that in l8Gl> the Legislature the other portion—to whom by legal process 0 f I ebarterod the Firo Insurance company, aud Tho Bible Society Record says, that in more than two hundred different languages the people of tho earth arc permitted to read tho word of God in their own tongue, in which they were born. Tho death is announced of ono of tho last of tho Waterloo officers, General Alexander C. Mer cer, Colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery, which occurred on the 9th ult, ut the age of eighty-five years. Tho fruit and vegetable canning business is said to rank third in point of importance in the business of Baltimore. We have hoard it said that the peach canning establishment in Atlan ta, last summer, made forty thousand dollars. A “ girl of the period” comments thus on Mor- monism: “How absurd—four or fivo wives for ono man, when the fact is, each woman in these times ought to have four or five husbands, would take about that number to support her decently.” Secretary Seward, recently sent a note to Secrotary Wells requesting him to instruct Roar Admiral Davis to proceed at once to Paraguay and tako measures there to prevent violence to American oitizens and redress any extreme in sult to our flag. A negro riot occured in Washington on the 27th ult, and in quelling it two officers were in jured and one negro killed. The fight was ex clusively among negroes and originated by some trouble in a procession on the way to lay the corner stone of a church. A number of Charlesionians are making pre parations to build a large and magnificent hotel at Aiken, South Carolina, as a summer resort for Southerners from the low country, and winter refuge for Northern invalids, to whom the cli mate of Aiken has long proved salutary. A young man was shot and killed at Colling- wood, Canada, recently, while ho was attempt ing, with a party of others, all of whom were dis guised, to rescue a girl from a house iu which she was said to be detained against hor will.— Tho proprietor of tho houso fired the shot Louisville lately enjoyed a first class sensation —a Judge Leslie with throe hundred thousand dollars, in search of an alleged heiress, supposed to be a shining light in the demi-monde. Just as the excitement was at its highest pitch, the Judge departed suddenly and mysteriously. Papers are telling their readers that the air pump (or, in other words, dry cupping,) is a cure for paralysis. Why do editors publish such stuff? It is the cause of much distress and dis appointment among tho afflicted ond cannot by any possibility benefit any body but adventur ers and swindlers. One of thoso floating paragraphs which get into tho newspapers without examination, is go ing the rounds now, stating that the first Presi dential olection in this country took place in 1783. Tho Constitution was not adopted until 1788, and the first Presidential election took place in that year. Tho Government was not organized until 1789. The discovery of coal on the line of tho Facifio railroad, oast of tho Sierra, is an event of impor tance in connootion with that work, and the min eral deposits of the regions through which it is built. A correspondent of the San Francisco Bulletin says tho locality of the discovery is not far from the dividing line of Humboldt and Lan der counties. The Government has had revenue cutters cruis ing around tho coast of Alaska ever since it was purchased, for the purpose of getfcong up evi- - ■ They have so election the management of affair* was entrust ed—to enforco the law and command obedience. Until these governments aro bo established that their official uctH and representatives can oper ate without obstruction or intimidation, Con gress in bound to make such provisions as will get rid of the difficulty, and make theSlato gov ernment of Louisiana oh stable and respected an organization as the government of Pennsylva nia. Troops may bo required for this purpose, aud if so, there should be no maudlin sentiment of opposition expressed to their employment; for a spirit once exhibited of weak dallying and dilatory temporizing will but encourage the ele ments of discontent and lawlessness, and thus indefinitely postpone, tho secure outubliskment of what tho Boutn bo much needs--effective gov ernment. ” Do you intend, Senator, to bring in any bill having reference to this subject ?” “No; but 1 shall give my wupport to any com prehensive measure looking towards the object I have indicated. Tho financial question occupies more of 1ny attention than any othor. ” “ It is understood you are preparing a bill to introduce on the assembling of Congress.” " Yes; I have been misrepresented as to my exact views, but I shall be happy to give you a correct understanding of what 1 propose.” “Well, Senator, what is it you propose?" “ I propose to return to specie payments, and contemplate fixing a lime by law, say the 1st of January or July, 1871, for beginning tho redemp tion of t)io greenback currency. Tliis, for sov- oral reasons: First, to give notice to tho country, that everybody may prepare for it, make their contracts and adjust their business accordingly; socond, to give time for the payment of tlie great body of tbo existing debt among the peo- plo before it arrives; third, to give time to col lect the amount of gold necessary to begin re demption, by reserving the surplus gold in the Treasury, and that which is to accrue. By fix ing the time for redemption a fixed value, 1 con sider, w ill bo given to the greenback note, which will gradually appreciate as the time approaches for redemption, when it will be at par, and but little gold will be required, as tho greenbacks, then being of equal value, will be lar more con venient in business than gold. I am opposed to further contraction until redemption begins.— Then contraction will take place by the act of redemption, the bills redeemed being cancelled, but their plane will bo filled by gold and silver, which will then be poured into tho volume of currency. The process will be so gradual as to cease to excite the attention of the people; will carry with it public confidence, and take place without crash or convulsion. The return to spe cie payment will settle all questions about the mode of paying the bonds, restore confidence in business, aud revive trade. Tho flow of gold from this country to Europe can only bo check ed by creating a demand for it at homo fora cur rency. In every country whoro a logal-tendor paper currency has been established it has driv en gold Rnd eilver from circulation, and in great E art out of tho country. Tho only way to call ome our gold and keep the product of our mines is by reintroducing it as a part of the currency." “ What do you think of tho plan for tho set tlement of the Alabama claims ?" “Well, it seems plausible enough, but I can not take a correct measure of its nature till it comes up boforo us for consideration. Then it will receive such a rifting as cannot fail to show what it means. Should it result in a successful settlement of the Alabama difficulty it will bo a grand triumph for Reverdy Johnson, and will give a different complexion than wliat it now wears to his peculiar career since he went to England; but n* it fails, it will cover Mr. Rever dy Johnson with a good deal of ridiculous ob loquy." “Who do j’oii expect General Grant will send to fill liis place ?” ‘ ‘ Impossible to 6ay. General Grant will be careful in his appointments, and nobody will learn much that it true about them for some time to come. His Cabinet advisers will very likely be settled upon ft week or so before inauguration po u C y holders in Rutherford; Franklin day, and then each one will be privately notified : Be aforf “ Muiry, and other counUeo. The gen- of his selection, and afterwards consulted as to v™..,. nit-* W.Satnrrinv. his disposition to act." iaed that tlie persons named in tho char ter, to-wit .1 R. Berry, Robert Thompson, Wright and Tyros, should become a body cor porate ami politic, who, with others thereafter to lu become stockholder* and policy holders, might organize uud becotn* Directors <>f Kaid company. That they should have power to elect Directors of said company. That thoy met, and, without consultation with the stock-holders, Te- elocted themselves; and without giving bond, proceeded to tho appointment of irresponsible agents; that those agents proceeded to travel through the States ofTonnosHce, Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama, received notea and is sued policies of insurance to tho amount of $400- 000, recoiving of cash premiums at least $100,- 000; that the charter provided that the directors might invest tlie assets of the company in any property or thing, which thoy, in their discre tion, might regard as most advantageous to tho policy holders; that the charter further provided, that the directors might issue guarantee notes to the amount of $500,000, which were not to bo used unless tho assets of tho company were de ficient. Tho bill charges that J. R. Berry was the principal manager of the concern; that ho was the acting Secretary, Treasurer, Prerident, and Executive Committee; was not worth ono dol lar, had failed in othor establishments ol a simi lar character in Indiana, aud had inaugurated this policy here for the purpose of fraud and speculation; that auidBern*drew tho chart* aud engineered it through tho legislature fraudulent ly; that he practiced a fraud in the election of the Director*; that he practiced a fraud by exe cuting his guarantee notes to $140,000, when he was not worth 140 cents, that on said note thus executed to the company as a guarantee note lie has received six per cent, interest and his only object iu executing this note was to iu crouse his rialar3'; that the whole amount of caah premiums paid in by tho stock holders, at leant $1.3,000 per annum as his salary; the wlioh- amount of cash premiums paid into the office by the policy holders has been absorbed in the payment of the salaries of officeers, and that greater part hud boon received by Borr}*, who was or discharged the duties of Prerident and of Secretary and Treasurer and Executive Commit tee, and all, and received the salaries of each amounting to a fabulous sum, and that in this wav cash premiums paid in by the policy holders had been absorbed. The bill further charges that the term South ern hud been adopted as a prefix to encourago Southern people to take policies, when, in truth it was a Northern caipct-bag concern, composed of bankrupts—Northern bankrupts—there neing no Southern man the company. That frauds had been practiced in the entries on the books, and especially in ante-dating an entry as of 3rd September, purporting to withdraw as of that date the guarantee notes oxecuted by Berry and Thompson and others, when in truth and in fact, the same was not signed t>y the President until since his return from New York, a few days ago. The bill charges that the whole thing is bogus, capital, assets, men, charter, and all, and is a most ridiculous and shallow swindle, and that every man concerned in practicing such a fraud upon a gallant, confiding, and unsuspecting peo ple ought not only to bo held liable for his fraud* but ought to receive tho penalties of the North Carolina whipping post for the sin and folly of his frauds. The bill seeks to attach all tlio as sets iu the keeping of the company—tho books and notes and carii on deposit and tho private property of Berry and asks for tho appoitment ol a receiver and an injunction as to all the suits wherever instituted, against the policy holder*, and that whatever private property the Defend ant, Berry, may have may be attached, and espe cially “ his black horse and buggy," bought with tho proceeds of the premium cash paid by tho policy-holders. Tho bill was filed by Judge Riley, and Hon. Charles Read}*, of Murfreesboro, CoL T. H. Pee bles, of Spring Hill, and Judge Baxter, of this county, who acted as a committee by appoint- These are a few of the Senator’s views on pub lic matters. Washington, D. C., November 30, 1808. To the Editor of the World: Deaii Sib: In the New York World of the28th instant, I find an articlo from which I quote the following: “A telegram to an evening paper states that Senator Morton, soon after the opening of the session, will introduce a bill, directing tho im mediate payment in greenbacks of that portion of the five twenty bonds which has been issued for five years. If this report be correct, the course of that Senator upon that subject is con spicuous for vascillation. Eight months ago he was an open advocate of the so-called greenback theory. During the Presidential canvass he publicly recanted. If he is now about to pro pose and advocate such a measure as that des cribed in the Washington telegram, his renun ciation must have boon a mere political “dodge,” a feigned surrender of his principles to promote the interests of his party.” In the first place, I do not intend “to intro duce a bill directing tho payment in Jgrecnbacks of that portion of the five twenty bonds w’hich have been issued for five years," and have never said I did to Secretary McCulloch, or anybody else. In the next placo, I did not, during tho can vass, recant what I said in tho Senate in regard to the payment of the five twenties in green backs. No speech by by me to that effect has been made. What I ur"od during tho canvass was that tho first duty ol the Government was to return to specie payments which, when accom plished, would settle all questions as to the mode of paying tho bonds. I further urged that the Government had no right to issue new legal- tender notes, and make them applicable to the payment of the bonds, arguing that such notes could not be made to sustain same relation to tho bonds, in law and equity, that was sustained by the existing notes, and that the further issue of such notes would indefinitely postpone the roturn to specie paymouts. Theso propositions were fully stated in my speech in tho Senate last summer, in which I t ar- gued the legal right of the government to use the existimj legal-tender notes in the payment of the bonds. I oiso argued at various times dur ing the canvass, that whatever might be tho law on tho subject, the government could not pay the bonds, or any considerable portion of them, in coin, while tho currency remained depreciat ed, and that the improvement of the currenc)*, by bringing it up to par, was a necessary con dition precedent to tho payment of the bonds in gold; that, if the Government could not procure gold enough to redeem three hundred and sixty- five millions of legal tendor notes, it was folly to talk about paying tho bonds in gold; that tho question of the mode of paying the bonds will become important only by tho continuance of a depraved currency, without taking steps to im prove it; that to take the surplus gold in the Treasury and apply it to the purchase of bonds in the market, which will not fall due for four teen years, “would not be paying tho bonds,” but “shaving” them, and would be an improper use of the means by which the paper of the Gov ernment, overdue and dishonored, should be re deemed. Those positions are not inconsistent with any thing I said in the Senate. . ^ I am, very respectfully, yourr, ,-Q. V. MORION. Baptist Brother.—“I don't like your Church Government It is not simple enough. There is too much machinery about it’’ Episcopal Brother—."It is true, we have more aence that it was a good trade. * — - — far failed to do eo. The last steamer report®' , , . ■ ■ .. , , . .. , . , , machinery than you; but then, you Bee, it don t having “ discovered several new and excellent taJfe m mucll Mle[ to run it harbors,” but what is an harbor worth in a worth-1 less country? Wo aro afraid the coarse old Rust A UtUtngirl wa» lately -rertrorottar pitying out Sian Bear swindled the young and uneophietieat-1 ! ho >y"' formed that, ed American Goddess rtf Liberty in thiB Alaska business, tlemen have been in the city since lost Saturday, engaged in making a rigid examination into the affairs of the ‘ 4 company. ’’ Their application to ~ Judge Cary was at once granted, and attach ments were gotten out, and the office with its as sets, books, notes, etc., are now in the hands of CoL Peebles as receiver. Our information extends to the fact that w’liile the policy-holders will all get back their pre mium notes, they will lose thi cash premiums already paid in. Suspicion was first excited about two weeks ago, when a demand was made for fifty por cent, of the premium notes, or about $100,000. Col. Peobles came up from Spring Hill, saw how the thing was working (as charged in the bill) and immediately communicated with policy-holders in all tho surrounding counties. The Commit tee of investigation wnich lias so successfully un earthed the swindle was the result It is now impossible to ascertain the total loss that will be sustained by tho victimized. The “ compan3*’8" operations extended to every coun ty in the State, aud throughout the Btates south of us. Until quite recently, a pretense of prompt ly adjusting all losses has been succesfully main tained. By employing young men who had served in tho Confederate army, and who were popular in tho neighborhoods where they resid ed, tho public was easily induced to believe that the institution was a thoroughly homo affair. It is now thorouglil)’ demonstrated that the agents thus employed were also tho dupes of tho swin dlers who employed them; that they bad no sus picion whatever that the “ company" for whioh they* wore canvassing was not sound and relia ble in every sense of the word. Jno. R. Berry, who is charged in the bill with being the originator of the swindle, was arrested yesterday evening, and will bo brought before Judgo Cassety for examination this morning.— His property* was attachcc , i even to his trunk. We learn that tho Committee, in the bill, filed by them, compliment in high terms of commen dation the conduct of Robert Thompson, Esq., the first President, who withdrew from the con cern after he found how it was operated. They likewise completely exonorated Mr. Rich. H. Thompson, the present President, from even a suspicion of complicity on his part. The facts clearly show that he was acting in good faith to ward tho insured, and that no one hoe been more completely taken in than himself. No further vindication of these two gentlemen on our part is neccossary. Their reputations are above reproach, and they* have tho confidence and respect of this entire community. The following are, or wero the officers of tlie company: R. H. Thompson, President: John R. Berry, Secretary;Robert J. Thompson, Treas urer. Directors—Thompson, Berry; B. J. Thompson, 0. P. Wiggins, R. B. Winslow. Tho Washington correspondent of the Press writes under date of the 26th ult; Now that the injunction of secresy lias been removed from the negotiations of Minister John son for the settlement of our difficulties with Great Britain, it is proper to announce that the prootocol agreed upon contains three ariiolcs, whioh are virtually as follows: Article first provides for tho general settle ment of all claims betwoen tho two government* which have arisen since the oonvenuon of 1859. Article second provide* especially fbr the set tlement of the oliuins against Great Britain by this Government known in the diplomatic' cor respondence of tho last three years as the Ala bama claims. Article third frovidcctogJhjB appolntpest ttf a joint commission of selected by each govc: _ , Washington to decide uffvflP^hyidii&r of d claims, and alsr* prow brission does not unanimously the questions committed W vVl ., shall be referred to the arbitration of some ; tentato not specifically to be named, < ~ he shall be friendly, or, in other 1 1 with Loth England and,the Y Whv is a con who objects 1 “Why, craudma, the bigger we grow, tjra bet- riago like an e«hau6ted p* (1« ter ire like ’em." | can *t go r. gtepfather.