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m '©IjC ^Icporic?. taking »tnte», # (Hnnv.nT linns*. ArhM'tm A nil, faith, he'll prtnl it. bFFICE: 98COND FLOOR STERUJ|g'S HALL BUILDING. Rubines* Nivrtrr.H, under tblrt bond. will l»»* chaqgpd for ntjk^wra^tffjihovirthi^^ . I,* (tramp. (leorgla. Friday Morning. Jan. 1. I*“W. Notion ldxtrnordInnryAil odmlnlnlrulorM, ex- (MMitorn, guardian*. ntul other*, who an* Indebted to till* oniort are urgoutly requested to come forward and settle. Wo are in need of our money to ro*pouil to tUo aontdtiu* of SOWS* ti WtLTJNClltAM. Janu try 1, IS l'J. Christinas Tree.—Many of the «ood Milo ot the city of La Grange were eitgljgml In building •• Christman Tree*.” Some one Of them mint a lUlgUUoyc'd. clever looking little hoy, to borrow a pair of CUTTING PLYKKH to •• dtp Hontn wire* to tin things. The sender willV' return the Plyer*. fay for thin advert | Jan 1,1800-ltlt J ■ ^ ♦ ♦ id niter till* date, the CASH nl nbllRC . SLAUGHTER. To I he Puldti • all WILL he REQUIRED in adv tortUtt Itkl'oivrru, advertising, and Job workdi oilier, except in rdganl to pennm* to whom is indehlnd. W«Ml»ull conduct our ImshIik the OAHU 8YSTIM in the futur eith 1 riptintiH n at thin me of uh strict l^tipon • not able to longer do a credit bttolboas, nn we find it linposslblo to col lect what in already duo uh. Wo have lout too much already. jannary 1,1801 JONES Sc WILLINGHAM. M«»nnic.-The auvural Masonic bodies of thin place UNION Lorn'iE, No. 28, First and Third Friday Nights in each month. 1). F. CURTRIGHT, W.M. JOHN G. W$ITFIELD, Secretary. RT. JOHN'S CHAPTER, No. 11, Fourth Friday Night in each month I. F. COX, II. P. JOHN G. WHITFIELD, Recorder. SCHLEY COUNCIL, No. 14, Jtocoud Friday Night in each month. Ib F. CURTRIGHT, T. I.%. M. JOHN G. Mil IT FIELD, Recorder. Not ire.—ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO US ARE RESPECTFULLY hut EARNESTLY REQUESTED TO CALL AND SETTLE. // it imjemible for lit to extend ar amni>"lnti»nlo those i*ho cannot pay at trait oner a year. W. F. SPALDING tt BRO. Wi> have Junt received on con«lgument, for thirty days, a large lot of FURS. Thu ladle* will do wall to caltffct once. W. F. SPALDING & BRO. A LARGE STOCK of CLOTHING AT COST. For cash. W. F. SPALDING k DUO. •Tuat Rrrrivi'iL—A large lot of PRINTS, DELAINES CLOAKS. FURS, Ac., which wo oiler at the lowed price for CASH. WISE .* DOUGLASS. I», h.—h it 1* very disagreeable to refuse Credit, w Would advise our friends uot to a*k for it. WISE & DOUGLASS. , for the future. WISE k DOUGLASS. narked out at the lowest CASH priccn •e not able to wait for the money. WISE Si DOUGLASS. MP* Masonic.—To-niglit is tin* Stated Moot ing of Union Lodge, No. ‘28. Rrmqioits Notice.—By refuwmco tfPthe Appointments of the Presiding Eler of this Cir cuit, it will bo seen that the first quarterly meet ing for this (the Lu Grunge) station willbo held at the Methodist church, January 10th and lltli. Tt*" Christmas. —The Christmas holidays pass- .pd off very quietly in this place.’ One or two, . difficulties occurred in which powder and buck 1 >! uVn *L>iIth’ -V I. 11. Jewett. P. E. Xftr Oun Chain Gang Squad, -^Twelve ne groes, convicted for various little yoiUtiffil Itulls- orations obtioiioiiH to law (illcl good order, were scut from this county, ofi Tuesday last to tbo Muoon itsHrttuswlftk litiilroudln charge of Messrs. Grant, Alexander & Co. Dr. Cary, Our Ordinary, has succeeded in getting these culfirits og with out further expense to the county tlmu to iron and deliver tliom lit the depot in this place-the arrangement to apply to all future eonvletions of the kind. This will be sumo relief to tho tax* pay era of the county, and speak well for the good management of Dr. Cary. # »T* Otin Christmas 1 >uam. - -To Messrs, Frost, Hall A Co. we are indebted for a bottle of otcol- lout Dourlnm whiskey uh a Christmas treat, for which they havo our thanks. It was an excel lent article. To our friond, T. C. Evans, of the firm of Evans A Rtigluud, we arc also under obligations for a bottle—one of your big quart bottles at that-of prime whiskey, pure and delicious. In truth, wo do not know that we over tasted a bet tor or pilfer article. We would especially recom mend it to persons desiring u pure article for medical purposes. .Tf!**Personal.—-Wo neglected, in our last is sue, to notice the arrival of Mr. L. M. Park, of tho house of Evans, Gardner A Co., New York. This firm, composed entirely af Southern mou, and all of its employees being Southern, is well known to most of our merchants as a stanch and reliable house. Our readers are already acquainted with Mri Park who, uudor the von do plume of “Purquo, has contributed a series of interesting letters to the Reporter. Mr. P. needs no commeudution from us, in this community, as a gentleman of intelligence, sterling integrity, and thorough' business qualifications. We wish him a pleas ant visit to his Georgia home. jDCf* New Year’s Presents.—We would call the especial attention of our readers to the fact that Mr. Lehman has at his jewelry store mag nificent articles for tho season which have been just received. We will guarantee that purchas- ill find every thing as represented by Mr. Lehman in his store. Go and see him to-day. ul A Mcjhhcu.. . '(••—Appointment* Albany, Ga., Dec. 22, 1868. The South Georgia Conference closed its sec ond session, held in Albany, Ga.. Monday night. The Conference was well attended by ministers and luvmeii. The session was, perhaps the most pleasant ever held in the State, and t n kind people of this growing eitv will long la remembered by the members of this body. Snrelv, the services of the Sabbath will novel lu* forgotten bv those whose good fortune it wm to hear tho sermons of Dishop Andrew, at 10* w . m., J)r. L. Pierce, at’Jp. iu., and Bishop Pierce, at night. Next Conference to be held at Cntlibert, Ga. I herewith send appointments for 1869.^ ^ Say.vnn.vti District—.Tok. W. Hinton, P. E. Savannah, Trinity, George G. N. MaeDonell. Wesley Church and City Mission, D. D. Cox. Springfield. William M. Watts. Svlvania, It. II. Howreu. Beaver Dam Mission, to be supplied. Vlexiiudevaud Bethel, S. S. Sweet, L. A. Davsoy. 1 Waynesboro, N. B. Owsley. I Milieu Mission, to be supplied. \ Louisville. It. P. Evans. .J. T. Johnson. I Gibson, William M. O. Conley.* Washington, 0. J. Toole.* Saudersville, T. B. Lanier. Again wo como before you to plead the cause of our unburied dead. As you limy know, the Legislature of 1866 made a small appropriation, and appointed us the trustees of the fund, to bury the dead of Chickumuugn, and also on tho line' of Sherman’s, and to gather togethur in u common restingplivce those who were not un der the protecting care of local moiuoriitlassocia tions, For this purpose the citizens of Mariet ta gave us a beautiful site immediately on the railroad, into Which with Gtir limited means wc havo removed over twelve hundred bodies.— Hundreds still fetmiirt u turn'd for lit tlm neg lected corners tilld rotldsldes. rtnd t he battlefields where the.V fell, to be trampled by the bcUstW of the fluid, or titrnmi over by the plowshare. Another small appropriation Wits tinkle by the Legislature—too small, however, to continue, with any hope of success, so great an Undertak ing. The general government 1ms spoilt millions on the Federal cemeteries of Marietta and Andcr- sonville. The humblest colored soldier, who died in the Federal service lias u Wull-guarded, beautiful and costly rcstingplucc, marked with slabs of purest, marble, towering monuments at test the gratitude of their government, while our noble heroes ure still left in silence and neglect. HImll this disgraceful neglect contin ue, or can wc got such aid ns will enable us with the npcuiug spring, to place them all in conse crated ground? May we not bog aid of every Georgian? Can they continue deaf to the cry of their uncoffinod dead? Will not their friends and neighbors and comrades, in the glorious cause for which they fell, see to it that their bones no longer moulder uneared for, on the hillside? We ask not for graded walks, nor iron railings, nor marble slabs nor Heaven pointing monuments. Wo/,note tbut Georgians will educate, their sons to givuall this in the fu- , but wo do ask for them note all untrodden grave; surely that is little enough for the most lowly—cau it be refused to those loved martyrs, who for onr honor, our homes, our Hag; our all that was dear to us, risked their lives, and full where brave men love to fall—on the field of bat tle? That our cause was lost was surely not their fault, nor has defeat lessened our obliga tion to them: then in the name of Immunity, and in behalf of Georgia's honor, wo appeal to you as Georgians, as Southern men and women to finish this work, and to tho people, of this community in this State to remmember these luon died defending your right to worship God according to the dictates of your own conscience, and we earnestly ask every pastor to act as our agent in his charge to receive and forward to us lor this work. As another means to the accomplishment ol this object, by our earnest solicitations, a small party of the ladies of your State, whole-souled, conn tty-loving women, have consented, for the benefit of this special work, to given series of concerts in the principal cities of the State, and thereby aid to wipe out the record of Georgia’s ingratitude, as it now stands forth in her dishon ored graves, and in the name of the mourning hearts oi the laud we thunk them. Mas. ('nuii.v.s J. Williams, Columbus, Miss Mary J. Green, ltesaca. Trustees G. M. Association. Washington, December 24, 1808. Whereas, The President of tho United Htutcs has heretofore set forth Huverul proclamations offering amnesty und pardon to persons who had been or Were concerned in the lute rebellion against the lawful authority of the Government of the United Staten, which proclamations were severally issued oil the 8th duv of December, 1803; ou the 20th dav of March, 18(11; on the 2!Hh duv <>f Mliy, 1805; on the 7th day of Sep tember,* 1807; and On tile 4tl» day of July iu the present year; and whereas, the authority of the Federal Government, having been re-established in nil the States and territories Within the juris diction of tho United {States, it is believed tlmt such Presidential reservations and exceptions us ut the dates of said several proclamations wore deemed nocessary und proper, may now be wisely und justly relinquished, und that one universal amnesty and pardon for participation said rebellion bcl extended to all who have borne any part therein, will tend to secure per manent peuce, order und prosperity throughout the land, and to renew and fully restore confi dence und fraternal feeling among the whole people, und their respect for and attachment to the National Government, designed by its patri otic founders for general good. Now, therefore, bo it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by virtue of tho power in me vested by the Consti tution, and ill the name of the sovereign people of thb United States, do hereby proclaim uml declare, uncoudff ionally and without reservation, to ull and to every person, who directly or indi rectly participated iu the lute insurrection or re bellion, full pardon and amnesty, tor the offence of treason against the United States or adhesion to their enemies during the Jute civil war, with restoration of all rights, principles und immu nities under the Constitution, and the laws which have been made in pursuance thereof, Iu testimony whereof I havo signed these pres ents with my hand and have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Done owimi a „ at the City of Washington this the tweuty-iifih j folding his feet up to the Georgia Tax Returns for 1868. The Macon Tcle'iraph says, wo learn from tho watchful und geiitlunmnly Comptroller General of the Stute of Georgia, Muj. Mudison Bell, that the tax books returned from the counties ol Berrien, Gwinnett, Gnut'tooga, Fayette, Campbell, Lowndes, Madi son, Pierce und Glascock show property valued April 1st, 1808, ut $0,1:18.351; a falling off ot I ho valuation) of 1807 of $588,940. If tho other jouiitios full off iu the sumu proportion the whole property of the State will not bo valued at much over $175,000,000. if this bo the caso, assessment for the Stute purposes will huvu to be made of 35 to 40 cents on tho value oi 100 dollars- University of Georgia. Wc learn from the Macon .lourmil 3' Meimemjtr tlmt the iiourd of Trustees of the University of Georgia, ut its ses sion recently, iu Mu eon, made the following elections; A nevV Chair, that Of History anil Political Science, wus created, end lion. A. H. Siepheiis selected to fill it. Major Charles Mor ris, late Professor in William and Mary College, Yu., was elected Professor of Belles Letters and Oratory; und Mr. M. J. Sinead, of Montgomery, Ala., i’rofi'HHor of Modern Languages. The election of Adjunct Professor of Ancient Iaui- guages was postponed till the next regular ses sion of the Hoard, in August, 1869. Another Georgia Author.-—The New York J fume Journal of last week says: “Mrs. M. J. Westmoreland, a lady who en joys consi .eruble distinction in the South for her literary accomplishments, bus arrived in thii from' Atlanta, und : Hotel. She has rei novel, we believe, t ie public through ing houses.” One very cold night a jolly old fellow who hinl been drinking too freely at a tavern started for home in a gig, and ou the way wus upset and left by the side of the road. Some per ms passing a short time utter discovered him uud ejaculating staving at the Metropolitan mtly written a new work, u liieli will soon be given to ne of our leading publish- Rehorteii device, 1 LtiUrango, 4 o'clock, P. M., Due. at, 1808. j COTTON.—MiiLUing* '22Da. Til 10 LAUKANUK MAH KMT. Correclud Weekly, by WIMBISM A CO., Grocery Dealor*;. BAi'ON - t.Vui Sel. •) '• io «v TJ L'leur ltib’d SiduH — IU (<v 20 Shoulder*- ".. 17 i,» 37 Ilutu* (country,) 00 <yi '28 Hum* (ceuviiMMcil) ".. Ul» (uj *2;i LARD " • ay '25 FI,OUR—Hupurliuu t* OWt f, 00 (a, C 00 Kxtru •*... 0 00 i% (5 50 Family 7 oo in, 7 f*o CORN—old tf bu*hel «v 1 25 MF.VL BAGGING BALE HOPE.. IRON TIES.... COFFFK- • V y»rd '27 (a> J»vu. Lag u TEA—Blu.k G i coll (!HEKHK—EogliKh Dairy. YclloW Coffee Cluritiud C Clarified B CluriliuU A SALT—Liverj*»oi Virginia CANDLES—Star Hpurm IRON—I'jigliHh Rotttieil.. Swudu* Uor*e Shoo Nuil K<kl STEEL—Cast Blow (wide) MACKEREL—No. 1 '2 00 (+ 2 50 ir ... -V kit . >• bbl . >* L bbl . * 1 bbl V m to some invisible person, “Pile on tho wood; day of December in the year of our Lord ono ^ thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and | jpy ^ miserable cold llru, of the Independence of the United States th< ninety-third. » . . ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President, F. \V. Seward, Acting Secretary of State. liniilnr of lie \«*l4. vast« d without uflect. We observed tlmt there were not as many negroes iu town’as usual during Christmas weeks iu the past. f-f? • Another Old Citizen Dead.—Dr. N. L Smith, an old and respected eiti/.eu of this place, died ut his residence on the 20th nit." He was born in 1799, and has been a resident of this county 31 years. Dr. Smith was one of our most learned anil Hiicecssi’ul physicians, and profession uirtil a few months * a North Carolinian by birth. Notice in Time..—Tim subscriptions of many of our subscribers expired with the last i <suc. Wo send them this week’s paper us a notice. If such do not renew, their names will bo dropped from our lists. So look out for the cross mark! We. desire to retain all our sub- seribers, us wo intend to make the Reporter a better paper than it has ever been if possible.— We intend to have a lively time and a jolly cmiso for the next year’s voyage. \ Macon, Mulberry Street, ( “ City Mission, Jus, S. Key ones, J. W. Biukci First Street, J. Blakely Smith. Jeffersonville, R. W. Flournoy. Irwinton, W. Lime. \ Gordon, C. W. Smith, ) Ocuiulgee, to be supplied. Hawkinsville, Mission, W. F. Robison. ■ Pulaski and Wilcox, to be supplied by E. A. Birch. Fort Valley, E. A. H. McGolme. Perry, \V. Knox. Huyncville. W. W. Stewart.^ . ( .VIontev.uma and Vienna. / >mos Harris. ) Swilt Civek MiHKinu, .T/.nus Spoune." Mncim Uinmit, \V. C. Ifnss. Knoxville Mission, .TiinieK U\mwondy. \V F. Colleo,., J. M. Monncll. I’lesnlent, C. M. o Hmitli, W. C. ISnss, l’rofossors. Editor tintihrm <!liri4i'iii .1'hoctili-, E. H. Myers. Columhuh District — R. B. Lester, 1. L. Columbus, St. Luke, James E. Evans. St,. Paul, A. M. Wynn. ;T<T* Caldwell’s Pet Gone. The notorious vagabond anil Radical leader, Tom Maryan, the 1 >luek scoundrel who has scourged this commu nity so long with his pestilential presence, the color-hearer of Caldwell’s Radical processions, Mid who did most of the applauding of Old Ku- Klux speeches, together with three or four other culprits, left here for the Penitentiavy since our last issue. Tom Maryan was convicted of rape upon a little colored girl about twelve or thirteen years old. Old K. K. ought to be with him. Our “Devil” desires to return his hanks to those generous patrons of the Rep ter who aildial materially to his eujoymeuts of the holidays by purchasing his Christmas Ad dress, which was written by one of our most oomplished ladies, and will be found on the first page of this week’s paper. To them he ex tends tho compliments of the Now Year, wish ing them unalloyed pleasures and unbounded prosperity for the next twelve monrhs. • supernu- Index to Advertisements.—W especial attention of our reuders to the follow ing new advertisements: Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid. Costar’s Preparations. Notices and Citations of tho Ordinaries of Troup and Meriwether counties. J. F. Slaughter—Steves, Tin ware, Ac., Ac. Houses and Lots for sale—A. F. Griggs. Spalding A Bros.—Notices under local head. Tax Receiver’s appointments—.T. L. Cameron. McMillan, Mayor—-Municipal Election. Masonic Elections.—The following are ’the officers of tho various Masonic bodies in this place for tho present year: Union Jjodyc, No, 28. R. F. Curtright, W. \ M. •. J. H. Scott, Senior Warden, Isaac Wise, Junior “ T. S. Bradfield, Treasurer, John Gibson Whitfield, Secretary, W. C. Yancey, Senior Deacon, Albert Lehman, Junior “ Rev. Robt. W. Bigham, Chaplan, F. L. Miller, Steward, W. J. Rainey, “ W. B. Jones, Tyler. W SI. John's Chapter, No. 11. I. F. Cox, High Priest, J. n. Scott, King, L. Pitts, Scribe, W. H. Huntley, Captain of the Host, 13. F. Curtright, Principal Sojourner, N. B. Dozier, Royal Aich Captain, W. J. Rainey, Treasurer, John Gibson Whitfield, Soeretary, . P. B. Hall, Master 3rd Veil, G. Koncr, “ 2nd “ A. Lehman, “ 1st “ W. B. Jones, Guard. Si hley Council, No. 11. B. F. Curtright, T. \ II. •. G. *. J. H. Scott, IL \ &/. of T. -., T. B. Hall, 11. \ H.\ J3.m W. J. Rainey, Captain of the Guards, C. H. C. Willingham, Treasurer, John Gibson Whitfield, Recorder, John C. Battle, Steward, W. B. Jones, Guard, ( Gimr.l uud MYslt'y Clmiivl, .T. U. Littlcjulm. Unsroj-vu, s. 1). Glfineuts." mio tti bu KUpidivd 1‘lrnnaut (irnw, B. E. L. Tiunuuus.* But lor, li. E. WilUiiniwin. Godur Crook, XV. XV. Tidwoll. Tidbottou, ’L'. T. Cliristiuu. Talbot, 11. J. Corley, II. 1’. Myors.* Hamiltou, IV. A. 1’arliK. Lumpkin, 1). 11. McWilliams. I Buena Vista, Gcorgu T. Embry.* i Juuipor Mission, to bo supplital. CilHsotu, B. O. Driscoll, V. I. Tig: mevary. Florence. S. R. Weaver, Henry C. bentress.’ Americus District - J. B. McGeuee, P. E, Americus, R. W. Dixon. Bethel, M. A. MclCibbou. Magnolia Springs, J. M. Marshall. Starkvillo Mission, to be supplied by 1. L. Speight. Cuthbert and Georgetown, J. 0. A. Cook. Spring Vale, George S. Johnson. Dawson, B. F. Breedlove. Terrell, C. A. Crowell. Weston, J. W. Mills. Oglethorpe and Ellaville, E. J. Rcutz. Albany, II. D. Moore. ( Flint River Mission, Hustings Packet. Bainiuudoe District—Geo. C. Clarke, P. E. BaiuVnidgc, A. J. Deau. Decatur, W. M. D. Boud. Spring Hill, J. T. Ainsworth. Thomasville, J. M. Austin. Camilla, W. S. Baker. Ocklocknee Mission, P. C. Harris, one to bo supplied. Morgan, 0. E. Brown.* call the Colquitt, to be supplied by D. C. Stanley. Spring Creek Mission, to be supplied by >\. M. Russell. Trinity and Blakely, George L. W. Anthony, j Fort Gaines, B. J. Baldwin. •( Grooversville, J. W. Talley. Brunswick District—J. W. Simmons. P. E. Brunswick and St. Mary's, C. A. Fulwooil. Centre Village, J. L. Williams. Waynesville, J. M. Potter.* Waresboro, W. T. jMeMiehaOl.* • Doctor Town Mission, W. M. Kennedy. Holmosville, to be supplied. Oenmlgoo, A. P. Wright.* Coffee, to be supplied by E. B. Finley. Stockton, J. D. Maulden. Valdosta, J. M. Hendrey. Quitman, O. L. Smith. Morvcn, J. J. Giles. Moultrie Mission, M. H. Fielding. Berrien and Irwin Missiou, to be supplied l>v N. Talley. Altamailv District—L. P. Payne, P. E. Iliuesville, J. E. Sentell.^ Darien aud McIntosh, W. M. Hayes. * Bryan Mission, to be supplied. Statesboro, to be supplied by D. Roberts. Swainsboro, N. D. Morehouse. Dublin, J. J. Morgan. Oconee, C. C. Hines.* Jacksonville, J. G. Worley, lteidsvillo, D. Crenshaw. Altamalia, D. G. Pope.* Trofessors in Emory College, J. O. A. Clarke, I. T. Hopkins. Agent for Emory College, F. F. Reynolds. Sunday School Agent, L. Pierce. Agent American Bible Society, R. II. Luckev. S. Anthony, Superintendent of Colored People. James A. Wiggins, transferred to the Florida Conference. Geo. Bright, transferred to Missouri Conference. C. P. Jones, “ “St. Louis “ John P. Duncan, transferred to North Georgia Conference, and siationed at Dalton. John H. Harris, transferred to North Georgia Conference, and stationed at McDonough. ‘Deacons or Licentiates. House or Representatives United Stati Washington, Dee. 18, 1868. To Urn Honorable Judyes of Urn Supreme Jmlyrs of the Superior Courts, Judyes of the < hurts of Ordinary, and Mayors of Cities in Ihe Stale oftjeoryia: The present condition of affairs in Georgia is being investigated before the “Joint Commit tee ou Itoeonstmeten,” with a purpose of adopt ing such action by Congress as limy seem to them neeeessary and proper to insure the faith ful and prompt administration of the laws and protection to the rights of all classes of persons and property. Certain parties from Georgia, and among them her present Governor, with the avowed purpose of inducing Congress to destroy the present organized Government of that State anil remand her people to military rule or to the dic tatorship of a Provisional Governor, with the iirmv and navy of the United States to enforce his edict*, arc representing hero the imperative necessity of a change in the Government ot Georgia* on account of anarchy and lack of pro tection to life, liberty ami property, and the per secution uud cruelty which the people are ii dieting upon the innocent negroes ol that Stut It is important, to the character und interest of Georgia, that the truth should be known on these subjects, aud rs one of her Ilcpresenta-1 tives in Congress, I take the liberty to usk. you, j as au officer of the State, to furnish me with a brief statement of your j , ‘* rHOUU \ knowledge ot the truth or falsehood of the representations of affairs which are being made of affairs which ure being made of afiairs in Georgia and your opinions''of the effect upon the interests of Georgia and tho United States, ol’ the adoption of the .above measures, which are now being urged upon Congress. My^ijjeet in this communication is to place your testimony before tho Reconstruction Com mittee, which will meet here January 5, 1867, and subsequently if neeeessary before Congress: 1st. Are all the laws of Congress faithfully and impartially executed. •2. Is there any organized or unorganized re sistance to the law ? 3. Are the officers of the law faithful to their duties? •4. What is the disposition, feeling and treat ment of the white people towards the blacks ? 5. What towards Republicans ? 6 What towards Northern men visitiug or de siring to visit Georgia ? 7. Do the people desire peace and a restora tion of their proper relation to the States and Government of the Union? 8. Is there, iu your opinion, any necessity or justification for the proposed destruction ot the 1 iivHufifc Government cl Georgia, and the estab lishment of a military or provisional govern ment? Please auswer as early as practicable. Very respectfully your obedient servant,, J 1 NELSON TIFT. Savannah, Deo. 30.— The Sheriff of tho county and two assistants went to Haywood’s plantation, on the Oguchoe river, eleven miles from the city, on Tuesday, to arrest seventeen negroes charged with shooting a watehmun on the plantation and currying, away the crops of the planters, made five arrests. At Station No. 1, ou the Atlantic A Gulf Railroad, they were surrounded by about one hundred armed negroes, who released the prisoners, disarmed and robbed the the Sheriff and party, destroyed the warrants, and threaten ed to kiil them if they ever served a process again in file vicinity. Tho negroes then sepa rated into squads and marched back to the plan tations, avowing that, they would have the heart s blood of every white limn on the Ogeechee, say ing the war liud commenced. One negro watch man was supposed to be murdered, and two white men badly hurt. All the white men had to tioo to the city to save life. The women and children in the hands of the mob were carried off into the woods. ('neat ex citement, in this community. The Sheriff's posse numbering three or four hundred citizens will leave tomorrow morning at day breuk to rescue the women and children. The military decline to interfere until Jhe civil means for pre- ing order are exhausted. Tho Lu Grange Reporter comes to us in a new and beautiful dress —now type and fixtures' througmit. It is a lire paper, and is edited by Messrs. Jones A Willingham at $3 per annum. It is lull of interesting news and is decidedly one of our best exchangers. If you want a wide awake paper, take tho Reporter. — Unirersatist Herald. Senator Hill of Georgia.—The Louisville Courier-Journal's telegrams say: “ Senator J. Hill, of Georgia having become disgusted ut the delay attending his admission, has gone home, declaring tlmt he will not re turn until he is assured tlmt he will be allowed a seat. • Death of Rev. Guo. L. Barry.—The Cuth bert Appeal records the death of Rev. George L. Barry, which occurred in that city on Monday, the 21st instant., after a lingering and painiul illness, which he bore with exemplary* fortitude and Christian resignation. Noticing the death of this venerable and good mail the Appeal says: We have never known a character possessed of more honesty, originality and independence. Masonry was the pride and delight of his exis tence, and that ancient order has lost in him an able elmmpion and bright and shining light.— To every Lodge in Georgia he was known us a popular aud accomplished lecturer, ll may be proper here also to state, tlmt bis iamily will re ceive the benefits of his connection with the life insurance system of the fraternity. Judge Barry passed away like the calm setting of the summer's suu, without a cloud to obscure the horizon of eternity. In his last moments lie | made every arrangement eounooted with his ! burial, directing especially that his remains be placed in a plain coffin, with the regalia of the Masonic order and his office of P. D. G. M., laid upon the lid. Special Notices. Hinokiug. COTTON YAltNK.. Oimubui'g* ^ varil ’23 OSN A BUKOS -Stripe* . 20 .SHIIITINO— 10 LIME V bbl MOLA8SKH V galon 75 8YUUL* •• 1 25 Country Produce (It in proper to Htatn that tbo follmviug prici try Produce urn paid by the uieivtiMut* Irom 1 llama BUTTKIt BEESWAX CHICKENS CORN MEAI APPLES—lirceu Dried PEACHES—Urind (peeled). Dried (impeded) FLOUlt EGOS FEATHERS LAUD OATS POTATO IRS—Sweet IiMh PEAS RYE WHEAT (* 4 (W fiV 8 0<# la, 113 (Ml (a) 11 50 (4 1 50 (a, 1 50 i for Couu le wagon* ,re higher. (a, 1 in (% 1 30 io» 2 00 PHOTOGRAPHIC* HAVING Hllowed much work to bo taken from the GuJlery upon promise ol uu laui.y payment, I flud iny*nlf ut that point where I must have the MONEY, or give my bnnimui* up Ut the SheriU. 1 »hall, tburefuru, in the work to be taken out Until Paid Fc tlmt Some |jeruou* will take often ; pay CASH for what I A lot of Hptomlxl ALBUMS • ioU hiwer than the Old Stand, oppa . Him t 25 pe TASS lend*.—-Ah defender* of the ]*eo- intinol* upon the wall, it iH plainly our duty to warn the public agaiimt a perilou* foe iu what ever Hhape or form lie may present himself. Harbingers of death are clustering thickly nrounil you, and every family is iu quest of some kind of reliable fuui- lly Medicine to stay the blighting hand of disease. A number of Southern Physieians are now preparing a elans of Family Medicines, specially adapted to the dis eases of the South. See advertisement of the "Great Southern Preparations” io euothor column, and we take n heart v recommendation. LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST ! great plat l giv: Sword, Torch «*• » kill, the torch t to divide out the beautiful lands the emphatic language used against n Si Shall we calmly submit, aud permit lh< the h •nth. ” The compass ’ This is people- making use of icribi Bittei ■s, Blood Puri 11' X prepare all of our Pills, . Cough Syrups, (.'hill Med- , better Medici lies are prepared kith uud kin?” Tho "Great re made in the South aud em- illy Medicines. Hog advortlfle- v±dei J. M. BEALL & SON. lotiu\(i, nuors *xi> sum*, hits and /VotioiM*. &C w Full uml Winter Stock t*h prient, and will HELL L»lit for Ca*h «1 Y* purclui 1 STOCK OF GOODS' joods at uuparukdled Wo invite all buyei Wo will keep/ii/i fi/ii earnestly request Those Indebted to 15* to Settle their Account* iouu as possible. Come forwRrd and settle!—sustain credit iu Now York, and *n other markets, so that wo i extend additional accommodations iu the future. losiiccUuny, J. M. BEALL Si SON. Special \oticc to the Imtllra ! The Suicide— wife ickly An Act to malm tin irhalerer, (Inrimy his term denture the same a Misdcme Section 1. The if yment of my Servant, ■ Uleyul, and Resumption of Specie Payments ami From tho. bills uml talk before C< tho clamor of Northern newspapers, it is evi dent that the disposition is strong to press an early return to specie payments. Tho most mo (haute of the projects assign the ilh of July* 1872, as the date of redemption, and we would therefore take this early occasion to impress upon our readers the importance oi preparing lbr that event. Let, the effort be to get out ol debt before that, extraordinary contraction comes, which must preeeed any sane attempt to redeem the currency iu specie. After a long circulation of a base and depre ciated currency* resumption is practicable upon no other basis than that of dollar for dollar— The people will empty tho hanks in twenty-four hours, and clutch the gold as if they never ex pected to see anymore. It: will only be after they become familiarized to the sight of it, that they will accept and retain the more convenient paper representative of its value. During the progress of that bold and sagacious measure adopted by William III. of England, to recall percmptorially all the English coinage, which had been universally clipped, and sub- stitue a now coinage properly protected from mutilation, the reader will recollect that, it was a long time after the people had been supplied with abundance of the new coiuage, betore they could make up their minds to .part with it, and thus liaVo a circulating modi urn. . After ten years’ absence of coin iu the United StateR, wo may look for the greatest distress from the disposition to hoard, as well as trom the ex treme scarcity of money. The national wastage of the. war will then for the first time be griev- iously felt,. Seasons of great financial distress have invariably followod nil wars, and our time will come with tho resumption of specie pay ments. We havo not seen it yet, simply because we have l»ecu running so tar on au cxehaugo of tho evidences of tho public debt. \> lien the time qomeH for cashing these, people will see how poor and embarrassed the country is, and what small oeension there is for dashing ana splurging around in all the paraphernalia of ri diculous fashions nnd reeklossBextravagance. We in Georgia and the South have had a hard lesson, aud lot us profit by it. We are just es caping from a condition ot almost universal in solvency and getting our heads a little above water. Strive to pay oil’ all your obligntiiouH before the second deluge comes. Live prudent ly and industriously. Create no new debts, un less in the wav of business to aid in paying on tho old oues. Control household nnd personal expenditure; look to solid, rational and eomtort- ablo living and have nothing to do with the vulgar Hash and dash of tho day. —Macon lei- egraph. unbly do enact, That from and after tho passage of this Act it shall not he lawful for uuv person to employ any Ser vant in the employment, of another, for and du ring his term of service, und if any person, by himself or agent, shall be guilty of employing the servant of another, during tho term lor which he, she, or they may be employed, know ing that such servant was so employed and tlmt his term of service was not expired; or it any person or persons shall entice, persuade, or de coy, or attempt to entice, persuade, or decoy any servant to leave his employer, either by ot tering higher wages, or in any other way what ever, during the term of service, knowing that said servant was so employed, shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fiued any sum not more than two hundred dollars, or confined in the common jail of the County, iu the discretion of the Court, and not to exceed three months. Sec. 2, Repeals conflicting laws. Approved 13tli December, 1806. Negroes Elected to Office in* Georgia.— The Augusta Republican (Radical organ) gives the following as a full list of all the nog elected to office in Georgia at the election held last spring; It. W. White, of Chatham, Clerk of Superior C* mrt. P. Hines, of Dougherty, Coroner. H. Sherman, of Glynn, Tax Collector. (). Sherwood, of Hancock, Coroner. S. Jackson, of Houston, Tax Receiver, J. Day. of Lee, Coroner. S. MeKeivct, of Liberty Tax Collector. L. Girurdy, of Liberty, Coroner. T. Barksdale, ot Lincoln, Ordinary. G. Daniel, of Lincoln, Coroner. L. Jackson, of McIntosh, Ordinary. S. MeAllaster, of Morgan, Coroner, T. Jenkins, of Randolph, Coroner. S. Braeamy, Taliaferro, Coroner. 8. llyrains, of Wilkes, Coroner. Increase of tue PUtlic Debt.—The estimat ed increase of the public debt during the past month, is the mere tritle of. ten millions of dol lars! At this rate wo will soon have a public debt which will deservq to bo considered a “ public blessing” of respectable proportions.— It will have tho merit, too of not bcifig “a bless ing iu disguise.” There is no disguise about it. Figures are stubborn things, and tax collectors, and levying, and selling s.herifis have the blunt-, est way of explaining them. When they tell you they want a sixth of everything you have got, they arc simply blessing you, though you may not know it; and when they sell all of your property under a tax ji. fa., they are showering blessings upon you though you may not see it m that light. And whoso very looks told a im-laueholy tale, Was soon in a deep meditative mood. Walk to a foamy stream that ran through a wood; IIis face was pale, his eyebrows dark and low, His blood-shot eyes flxed on tho stream below; He walked, then stopped, no if lie sought to find A balm for his wife, und ease for his mind; He pondered over tho deep unwilling tide. Then stopping, ho laid his garments by his side, And with pou iu his baud, paper and ink. He Boats himself on tin* turbid at ream's brink, Aud writes, " send two buttles English Female Bitters, quick— My wife is declining—oh ! ahe is an sick.” ■ry,—^Dialogue Vuiith.—"Sis Lola, why don't oil, und r j she ad pr ft is Let a.—" Bi ers. like 1 have been using them.” I* that what cured grandma, Sis Lila.—" Yes.” y„\ith.— 'l reckon Uncle Bob has be mile Bitters, too, ho looks so well.” Exit HiH Lola blushing. .Extr English Female Bit- Special Notice.—Bowaro of c Smith's Tonic Syrup has been c terfeited, nnd the countorteiier brought to grief. The genuine article must have* Dr. John Bull's private Stamp ou each bottle. Dr. Jolm Bull only has the right to maimlacture ami Bell the* original John Smith’s Syrup, of Louisville, Ivy. Examine well tho label ou each, bottle. If my private stamp is not on tho bottle, d purshasp, or you will be deceived. Seo my column adver tisement. aud my show card. I will prosecute any oi fringing on my right. The genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrup can only bo prepared by myself. Tho public's servant, I.oni.iville, Ky. Du. JOHN BULL. For sale iu La Grange, Ga., by BRADFIELD tc 1’ITMAN, Sole Agent*. Apr24 tf DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, QUEEN SWARF, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES, BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE. SYRUr, MEAL, FLOUR, FISH, PEPPER, SHOT, POWDEn, SARDINES, OYSTERS, CANDY. PICKLES, CHEESE. Ac., A Hams. Shoulders, Hidon; LAItD, Ac., . ug. i r the ; Mills IF]onr icfcy—called lor by . re to pie! .TAII A It BO E A WILLIAMS. SOLD OUT I H A VINO Bold my indebted to me ... *, as I intend cloning up my business immediately WILLIAM C. YANCEY, -oinmend Mr. Chns. Handy, my successor, to thoi wauting good aud cheap Groceries. W. C. YANCEY. EVANS & RAGLAND, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (East Side Public Square,) Ln Grange, Georgia. A ROE supply BAGGING uud ROPE just Jl ^ Lurfe mildly Urn A F S hot-guns, pistols and caps .... >rted L1PUORS at EVANS A RAGLAND. SHOUTED stock of HARDWARE, IRON nnd NAILS for sale by EVANS Si RAGLAND, heavy DOiri’S aud SHOES call on EVANS Sc RAGLAND. superior lot of all grad* HE finest Rio COFFEE for sale by who don’t chew can find TOBACCO at EVANS S: RAGLAND. oke fine CIGARS? COMFLIMFNT TO GEORGIA MANUFACTURES.— The Charleston News says that Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, ut a dinner party givou to him the other day at the Charleston Hotel, by a few leading citizens, said that “it Would prise the people of the South, and still more prise the people of the North, to know—what is a fact—that the best cotton factory of its size snd kind fn America is to be found in tho city of Augusta, Georgia; and that in looking at the sub- jeot from a manufacturer’s point of view, taking the productions per hand and per spindle, und comparing them with tho work in other mills running on the same class of goods, he found that these Southern goods wore equal to any of their kind-ueen in the Northern markets.' To this Clerks, Sheriffs^ and Orpinarys of the State of Georgia. - This is to notify you that the Western & Atlantic, Macon A Wes tern, Atlanta and West Point, and the Georgia Railroads, have authorized us to say to you that they will pass yoiuto our Convention hero on the' (5th day of' January, I860, at one fare. We hope and boiievo connecting roads will do tho same. m We sincerely hope that every Clerk, Sheriff aud Ordinary will attend the Convention. W. R. Venable, Clerk, J. O. Harris, Sheriff', p. Pitman, Ordinary, Fulton county, Ga. General Early on Stonewall Jackson.—The Savaunab News, of the 16th, has a long com munication from Gen. Jubal A. Early, dated Drmmnondville, Cauada, December 10th, in which tho General exposes the folly and impos sibility of the story in Putnam’s Monthly, that General Jackson “ once recommended a night attack to bo made by assailants stripped naked and armed with bowie knives.” The folly and m- deconee of sncll a suggestion preclude the possi bility that it eould have been made by Stonewall Jackson. But besides this, the time was in De cember, when the assailants would have been frozen to death, and besides at tlmt time few or no bowie knives were to be had. Noble Thoughts.—I never found pride in a noblo nature, nor humanity in au unworthy mind. Of all trees, I observe that God lias chos en the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpfull wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all fowls the mild and guileless dove — When God appeared to Moses, it was not m the lofty cedar nor the spreading palm, but a bush —an humble, abjoet bush. As if He would, by by tliOKO selections, cheek tho conceited nno- gnnee of man. Nothing prejudieeth love like humanity, nothing hate, like pride. Only “Three Dollars."—Tho Postmaster- General, in his recent report, says “that three dollars will buy the far. simile frank of any m«n- e her of Congress, and the use of it by claim a- gents and business mou, in cities’ in sending books, periodicals, circulars, etc., defrauds the Govermeut of at least $1,500,000 yearly. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College, was the first in this country'to give strawberries garden cultivation. T i^UGABS, A, B nud C, jrr VjOLASSES |)I(. KLES, SAUCES, OYSTERS JURIED BEEF (finest quality) t EVANS A RAGLAND^ bo had at EVANS k RAGLAND. EVANS k RAGLAND. CHAS. HANDY, GROCER and commission merchant, (At Yancey * Old Stand,) La Grangp, M W TILL hc-U GROCERIES as Cheap a C'HAH. HANDY. Hardware, Provisions, &c. splendid Rtnek of GROCERIES, HARDWARE and PROVISIONS o * *- any tiling It 1 They will n: with prompt attention, and tho th til re. WE OU AKA NTEE SAT ISFACTION ! ornher 1st, 18C.SV,cnl J. M. BEALL k SON. BRADFIELD A PITMAN, 4) matt I STS AND APOTHECARIES A ttbo Old Stand of T. S. Bra.Uiald, on the West Side of the Public Square,) Lit Orange, Georgia. K PRESCRIPTIONS filled at ull hour*, day or night, with ail possible care. Cotnlw. 0 doz. Finn and DrefiHiug COMBSJor sale BRADFIELD k PITMAN. (V SjTiip Tar. on'* SYRUP TAR, for Cough*. Colds, lie., ,y BHAPFIELD Sc PITMAN. Kmit li’w Tonic Syrup. Dor. Smith's TONIC SYRUP, for Chill* and Fever, for 4 A 100« 400 W BRADFIELD At PITMAN. Cochineal and Wolut ion ’Pin- Large lot of COCHINEAL and SOLUTION TIN Just received by BRADFIELD k PITMAN. Kerosene Oil. Gallons C. West k Son's pure KEROSENE OIL BRADFIELD k PITMAN. Hoda. Lbs best New Castle English SODA, for Cooking, ,y BRADFIELD It PITMAN. Onion H<*tw. TE will havo in store by the 15th Inst. Laudreth’s ONION SinS. fine lot of D. BRADFIELD k PITMAN. 8_ 50 1 Doz. l»ost SCOTCH ALE for sale by . „ BRADFIELD & ITTMAN. W indow GlftMH. Boxes assorted WINDOW GLASS Just received and for sale by BRADFIELD & PITMAN. Tea. Caso each of Green and Black TEA for Rale by BRADFIELD k PITMAN. Oil*. INSEED, Lard, Lubricating andNeata Foot^OIlL^f»> r New Good* EC LIVED every week. Como and « 11 Helln Cheap lbr Cash. I NTENDS selling far CASH, « evil Cheai*. M essrs, wm. a. putj.en, .tames h. soott and ROBERT A. CAUDLE will still bo glad to see and wait on their old lrioud*. L 200 HH'iDFIKLU Jc PITMAN ■ Korcwene Ijiuuiw. KEROSENE LAMPS Ju,t noelv«lind for Hi. by BRADFIELD A PITMAN. ANOTHER OUTBREAK CHAS. HANDY. ItIrM. S. K. Stevens, MH.LINER AND DRESS MAKER. RESPECTFULLY announees to the ladies of LaGrange and viciuity that she has opeued a Hue stock of Pall anil Winter Millinery t eonsisting of IlaK Donnets. Ribbons, Flowers. Feathers, different kindH of Bri dal Attire, nil the latest styles. Also, Dress-Making in all its torms. fit stly calls upon the ladies to sustain her in her honest s to make a living. ™39-tf Prrali Meat* of all KLIimI*. BEEF, PORK, MUTTON. KID. kc . may be -found, at nil ttmes. at. the atore of Evans Ar Rag- riTid, which will be sold LOW FOR CASH. ovfi-2m P. B. HALT.. ryEALOUS in our endeavor to give entire satisfaction to fi our customers, tho Job Deiwrtment of our Printing stnblisbment has been supplied with New Type and good vorkmen, nnd is new- capable of turning nut the best work it fair prices, nt the . REPORTER OFFICE. UPERIOR JOB PRINTING.—New Type enable i promptly to execute, in the best manuer, all orders for every desa iptlon of Printing, at the BEPORTER OFFICE. TANTED.—As many auhscribers an wo can get. am all the Job Work we can do—FOR CASH—at tba REPORTER OFFICE. ROSADALIS The Great Blood Purifier. Cures Scrofula in all tt» Forma, T HE firm of Thornton ft Sledge is, by mutual consent, this day dissolved, Mr. Sledge withdrawing. Books will be found at old aland. THORNTON Sc SLEDGE. TO THE PUBLIC. ..... ...its earlier stages. Enlargement tbtf Glands, Joints, Kidneys, Uterus, O THER business compelling me to withdraw my inter, est from the firm of Thorotou k Sledge, I lake great pleasure iu recommending the firm aa it now atanne, T. 2. Thornton k Son, and feel confident that uo house has bet ter facilities for conducting a businesa than they, * nivr mom induceinonts to customers. With the a REPORTER OFFICE. PORTER OFFICE in the v DUcascs of Women, Loss of Appetite, Sick Headache. Liver Complaint. Pain in the Back. Imprudenco in Life, Gravel, general BadHeaHh, ROSADALIS eradicates every kind of humor Rndbnl taint, and restores the entire system to a healthy condWon. It is perfectly harmless, never producing tho slightest iU It to not a secret quack remedy. The articles of Which it in made arc published arouud each bottle. Recom mended by Medical Faculty and many thousands pf our beet citizens. Prepared only by • DB. J. J. LAWRENCE & CO., 244 Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md. inducements to customers. » ~,.~had with Mr. J. P. Thornton in Juwmesa, I have always found mem. I will remain at the old stand, where I will be ready to wait upon customers and settle a P. of the old firm, and will be glad to sea my old friend*. With tbanka for rast favors, I remain, gLETKIE TO OUU CUSTO»nC»il.
