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W. O. TUGItliR,
A T T O n N K Y A T 1. A W ,
I«n (inu.y;r CJeorgln •
VOLUME XXV.
LAOKANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORXIXG, JANUARY 15, 1869.
(NUMBER 3.
»:. rooi.K,
. JiAimv,
TOOLE »Si MA1IItV,
ATTOltNFA'S AT LAW.
LaGrange, CJcorgla,
-fVriLTi practice In the Superior Courts of the enmities
V? of Troup, Heard, Carroll. Coweta. Meriwether and
Harris. Also, in tho Supreme Court of Gcorgiu, mid in
tlio United Staten Dint riel Court at Atlanta.
f^omi T.-Kilnt Side of the I’lllille Square. .«. |(* tf
b. r. rrnm:i.i, 1 s. j. hammokii. I k. w. hammomi>,
UtGrangO, Ga. I Atlanta, Gn. | LnGrungo, Qo.
FKRllKLb, HAMMOND 1IUO.,
ATTORNKYS AT I.AW,
La Grange, Georgia,
■eful nltentii
N. J. HAMMOND still remains n member of the fnn of
A. W. Huiuiiiotid .V Son, of Atlanta, except us to Troup
rounty. Je.t-tf
Dentistry.
B. B* AJiFBHJD,
SURGEON DENTIST,
1 Grange, Georgia.
OFFICE—Northwest writer Public Square,
hi Thornton's Rock Building.
Jauuary 8tli, isflfl.
•T. T. DOHHINS,
SURGEON DENTIST,
HA VINO located at LaGrange, rospoctfUUy
Steiidem Ids professional services to the citizens
of tho pluee and surrounding country. All
work done lit Ills olhceshall he neatly and substantially
executed uiul warranted to give satisfaction, at reasonable
charges.
For reference apply to Col. nugh Buchanan, Col. \V. F.
W right. Dr. Calhoun. l)r. Wellborn, Newiion, Ga.; and Dr.
Stanley and Dr. Wimhisli, LaGrange, Ga.
I Slice up stairs over 1'tiUeu k Coi n old stand. Northwest
corner of public Square. JanH
Miscellaneous.
NOTH K THIS!
of the
Cutting nml Work Done Pi’
AH ’ Terms CASH ! Xu Worl d*
ptiyi
tiverrd until Paid for/
GII.HEHT FG1U1ES.
I'NITED STATES HOTEL.
At lan to, Georgia.
J. >r. F. IHtVSON AND U. T. JOntDAN. ClerkH.
•eugoi
W
r Alllb
W. I.• TK1UIV,
FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER,
- • (In the Kims House,)
Lu G rn nge, fc Georg 111.
S PECIAL attention given to CUTTING CHILDREN'S
HAIR.
4«F* GrateAil for past patronage. will, by diligent alien
tlan to business, hope to continue the same. oct:io-tf
FRAN GIB .4. FROST,
H A N K E II ,
(Office West Side Square, next door to Wisp k Douglass,)
La Grange, t Georgia.
n. a. wiMDiHit. a. n. amiaham*.
WIMBISH & CO.,
MlSnciIANTS mid T1IAOKIW.
(North East Comer Public Square,)
La Grange, Georgia,
W
GllOCEllIEH, HARDWARE, PROVISIONS,
HEAVY BOOTH AND SHOES,
BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIALS,
STOVES, AC., AC.
STEWART'S CRUSHED, POWDERED, A. B and 0 SU
GARS, ami SUGAR HOUSE SYRUP und MOLASSES,
CHOICE RIO, LAGUAYRA and JAVA COFFEES,
STOVES—(Warranted to givo tmtlitectioti,)
GUNNY and BLANKET UAGGINGf (44 to4rt in. to2J.( lb*.,)
GREEN LEAF ROPE and All&OW TIES,
AXLES, HUBS, RIMS and SPOKES, (buggy and wagon)
BUGGY TRIMMINGS, (every kind,)
GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES and CAPS,
PLANTATION and MECHANIC'S, TOOLS, (every kind,)
LOCKS, BUTTS and SCREWS, (groat variety,)
BUGGY and WAGON HARNESS,
CALF SKINS, SOLE, UPPER and HARNESS LEATHER,
IRON and STEEL, (Swedoa and Refined—all sites,)
SUPERIOR CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO,
BACON, LARD and FLOUR, (superior quality,)
COTTON YARNS, OHNABUROH, STRIPES k SHIRTINGS,
NO. 1 SHORE and BAY MACKEREL and WHITE FISH,
and EVERYTHING ELSE In our line, ou the most reason
able terms. Call ur4
WIMBISH k CO.
Seeil Outs
A
J U8T
New Orleans Molus
Choice article, for nolo by
WIMBISH k C'0.
WIMBISH A* CO.
WIMBISH k CO.
Family Flour!
7M1KSH and of superior quality, Just received and fo:
- sale by WIMBISH k CO.
} Colleetioi
t:io tf
OWEN & BARN A III),
OOTT(.) X \V AR EIIOUS K,
La Grange,’ Georgia.
milANKFUL for tho liberal pnfronngn bestowed on us
J liiat year, we announce to COTTON SHIPPERS AND
FARMERS that we have re-oponrd our old Stand, m ar tlio
It. R. l>epot. ami will give prompt and personal attention
to nil cotton stored with us. Wo also have a NIGHT-
WATCHMAN ill the establishment. SOjfll tl
MEDICAL NOTICE .'
D lt. It. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with lilmself.
his son. Dr. CHARLES It. RIDLEY, a recent gr.idu-
liiverpool Hull.
I QNE CAR LOAD just received and for sale by
WIMBISH A CO.
Gi
Cin
\CM:areAg.-nmr..rOber'H(Klttlowe||'H) MANIPULATED
> > GUANOS, certain and reliable leiitUlxer* r..r ett-.n.
Will also furnisli genuine PERUVIAN oUANO, BONK
DUST and LAND PLASTER, all at Baltimore |irlcos, with
•iglit added. Give ns your orders early that you mav
• allot
r Mei
filled in time. Will send .
1:111. as you may prefer. Can furnisli you Laud
stroug new sacks, ut £22 i*-r ton, at tho ilopot
WIMBISH \ CO.
A rosidenct
Orlei
1 the 1
tlm citizens of LaGrungu und
iidlng ,
'T. will sell BULK MEATS, for CASH, at very short
, or order them lor u small commission.
WIMBISH & CO.
•of thirty years in LaGrange, and an extern
duriug thut time, by tin* senior member of
the firm. Is a kiittk-icnt guarantee to the people thut all
cases, either, from the towu or couiitry, will bo promptly (
and faithfully attended to.
AH' Office nun door North of Pullen k Cox's old stand,
ami three doors South of the Post ofiie<\
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER AND P7.UNELLA!
F. IIOLLE,
HOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
(Still at his Old Stand,)
La Grange, Georgia,
\TTITII Hie very best of FitKKni C.u.r Skins and othoi
Tv material for putting up his famous work In tin
BOOT and SHOE lino, when* lu* invites his friends audod
others to call and see him and continue the generous pa
trnnugc with which they have hen*tot<»ro lavored him.
him for recent work, he begs that
1: that be may ho enabled to keep
novlfi-tf F. IIOLLE.
Those indeli
they come up and 8k
lits business going 01:
CLAGlioRK, llERIUNG ifc CO.,
COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 7 Warren Block,
Aiiguata, Georgia ;
Corner Vendue Range nml Accommodation Wharf,
Charleston, South Carolina;
120 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
T IDERAL CASH j
j signments of t
49* JOSEPH 8. BEAN, of LaGrange, Georgia, is
Agent, and will give prompt uttoutiou to shipment* and ad
vances. wepll-tf
ATLANTA MARBLE WORKS! -
Will. GRAY, Prop’r, S. R. OATMAN, Ag’t,
American and ^Foreign ^larblo,
MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS,
Mantles, Statuary, Urns and Vases,
A ND all descriptions of FINISHED MARBLE OF THE
BEST WORKMANSHIP AND LOWEST PRICES.
45- DESIGNS FURNISHED, for those purchasing of us,
fret, of charge!
'MODELING, in clay or plaster, and other ornamental
All orders tiiitlifully executed and promptly filled.
49-OFFICK AND YARD—Opposite Georgia R. R. Depot,
Atlanta. Go. octlO-tf
ALEXANDER I5RCEXZINGER,
.(Hunter Street, near Whitehall,)
Atlanta, Georgia,
ITTOULD rei
V V and hui
all orders for
FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERINO,
MATTRASSES AND BEDDING*
DECORATIONS,
WINDOW CURTAINS,
&C., kc„
Marietta, Ga. | Marietta, Ga. | Loiliavillo, Ky.
THE GEORGIA MARBLE! WORKS
A RE now prepared to fill all orders for MARBLE, and
to furnish
Monument*, Slabs, Tomb*, Ae.,
finished in tho best style, and at LOWER PRICE8 than
tlio same work can bo doun with Northern Marble. Our
Marble ia equal to tho BEST AMERICAN.
For any Information or design* address
GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS,
Either at Marietta or Jaspor, Piekona co., Ga.
Ay W. H. SIMS is the Agent at LaGrange.aopl—tf
L AW PRINTING.—Law Cases, Legal Blanks, and all
other Printiug required by tho legal profoaaiou,
neatly executed, on new type, at tho
REPORTER OFFICE
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST !
T HE largest, newest and most varied STOCK OF GOODS
to be fonud in LaGrange, have just been opened at
tlio house formerly occupied by .1. B. Rhea, next door to
W. F. Dansby, East side public squure, LaGrange, Georgia.
Most of c
uls \
.Tlought fox* Cush ut l.*anic l^ricex,
enabling u* to offer, to our customers, Goods at uuparalellcd
Low Prices for Cnsli,
sortiuent of
DRY GOODS,
HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
IIATS,
GENERAL ASSORTMENT OP GROCERIES,
BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE,
SYRUP, MEAL, FLOUR, FISH,
PEPPER, SHOT, POWDER,
SARDINES, OYSTER8, CANDY,
PICKLES, CHEESE, Ac., Ac.
FRESH BACON. Hams, Shoulders. Aides; LA11D, Ac.,
constantly arriving. We are agents for tho
Grave's Mill* Flour,
JAllBOE A WILLIAMS.
EVANS 6t RACLAND,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
(Euut Slilo Public Square,)
I*a Grange, Georgia.
T” AltGK supply BAGGING and ItOPE just received by
i J EVAN8 & RAGLAND.
4 Largo supply fluo assorted LIPIJOR8 at
i\ EVANS k RAGLAND.
A SSOllTBD stock of HARDWARE, IRON and NAILS
JY for sale by EVANS k RAGLAND.
TF you want heavy BOOTS and SHOES call on
i EVANS & RAGLAND.
QHOT-GUNS, PISTOLS and CAPS on hand and for sale
O by EVANS k RAGLAND.
mHOSE who chew and those who don't chew can find a
|_ superior lot of all grades TOBACCO at
EVANS k RAGLAND.
rpiIE finest Rio COFFEE for sale by
X EVAN8 k RAGLAND.
CtUGARS, A. B and 0, can bo had nt
O EVANS fc RAGLAND.
T\0 you smoko flue CIGARS? If so, ure hsvo them.
±) EVANS k RAGLAND.
T\«*GLASSES aud SURUP can bo hud at
1V1 EVANS k RAGLAND.
TUCKLES, SAUCES, OYSTERS and CRACKERS kept by
F EVANS A RAGLAND.
TYRIED BEEF (finest quality) at
1 ) EVANS k RAGLAND.
CJUPE1UOR JOB PRINTING.—Now Typo onablo us
O promptly to exocute, In tho best manner, all orders
for ©very description of Printing, at the
REPORTER OFFICE.
\\TANTED.—A* many subscriber* as wo can get, and
YV all tho Job Work wo can do—FOR CA8U—at tho
REPORTER OFFICE.
'\7'Enyfew printing cutatillubinont. can equnl the RE-
V PORTEH OFFICE In tho way of noat printing.
W
WARE’S DRUC 8TORE I
AtlOBHTlJ, C. WAIIK,
DnuciGIST AND APOT1 MX’AIiY,
North Side Public Hquarc,
TiitGrmigr, ft.oigla.
» f PnJMcniPTIONB nilml nt .11 hour..
I Il.m-1 .llvor nliln ONIUN HETH JUHt received and for
“>o b y A. C. WAIIK
Window Gla.o*
L AIKIE lot of WINDOW OI.AHH, nil »lr.n». Jiint received
and lor wile by A. C. WAIIK
Hmltli’n Tonic Syrup.
2 I)or.e» SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, for chill* and love:
jurt revolved nod for AUlu by A. O. WARE.
IIi.Klira' A(j.ic Cure.
2 Dozen HUGHES’ AGUE CURE JUHt received and for
“kby A. 0. WARK
Ayrca* Ague Cure.
t’luamplnu'a Fever nml Ague Pill..
Real Cooking Hodn.
H ALF Rorrel boat COOK1NO SODA Ju»t receive,! an,
for Hide by a. C. WARE.
Cream Tartar.
Yeast Powders
Black Pepper.
H ALF Barrel BLACK PEPPRIt Just received nml for
«*!’■ by A. C. WARE.
Alaplcc*
H ALF Barrel AL8PICE Just received and f.ir sale by
A. C. WARE.
1 Barrel Spirits Turpentine
J UST received and for sale l»y
A. C. WARE.
1 Barrel Train Oil
T UST received and for snlo by
A. C. WARE.
Toilet Soaps,
[ N great variety, just received nud for sale by
A. C. WARE.
Tobaeco, Snuff, Ar,
,4 large lot Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO, SNUFFS
i'l. am] SEGAltS, Just received ami for sal- bv
A. V. WARE.
Fine Cut Chewing Tohaeco,
Garden Seed, Drugs, Arc.
D R. A. 0. WARE will rurtdve, in a few days, one of the
largest assortments of DAVID LANDRKTH k SON'S
GARDEN SEEDS over brought to this market. Also, a
new lot of DRUGS aud FANCY ARTICLES, which he will
sell ('hcii)i/ ClIRAPEB11 CHEAPEST! I \—FOK CASH !!!1
1I« is determined, from this time out. not to be undersold
byunyoue. Jan8
CHARLES HANDY,
(SUCCESSOR TO W. C. YAKCKY,)
COMMISHION MERCHANT,
CHOICE GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
(At PuUeu k Cox's Old Stand,)
La Grunge,., Georgia.
OliAS. HANDY.
EARNESTLY request tlie attention of tboso wanting
HARDWARE to ray stuck, which is complete.
’ CHARLES HANDY.
CHARLES HANDY.
4 LL kind* of COUNTRY PRODUCE bought Ut the
higho«t market prices. CHARLES HANDY.
wRANTED.—500 pounds DRIED FRUIT.
W CHARLES HANDY.
CHARLES HANDY.
ALBERT LEHMAN,
WATCH-MAKER AND JEWELER,
La Grange, Georgia.
NEW JEWELRY.
JUST received a large stock of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
WATCH CHAINS, CLOCKS, (of all aorta and sixes,)
JEWELRY, (of the very latest ■tylcs,)
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, (very best quality,)
SCISSORS, (overy site, and the finest that can be had,)
PLATED WARE, (aU dcocription* and bo*t quality,)
SPECTACLES and SPECTACLE CASES, (of all kinds.)
and many other fancy orttola*. AU of which I will sell
lew for Cash.
novfi-Ott-tf A. LEHMAN-
Georgia New* fVoiit our Exchange.
Captain J. E Ilitch him been elected Mayor
of Athens.
Thu receipts of the Atlanta City Treasury lust
year were $409,025.
Only nine adults, whites, and eleven children
died in Athens during the past year.
The Augusta Cotton Factory has declared a
quarterly dividend of five per cent.
Augusta Factory stock sold, in that city, nt
150, after the quarterly dividend had bocnjmid.
On Christmas a negro man named Henry Arm
stead, killed his wife six miles from Columbus.
One of the murderers of tlio Martin family, in
Columbia county, # has been arrested near Madi
son.
A bale of Peeler cotton shipped from Mem
phis, was sold in Savannah at 45 cents, per
pound.
A sharper giving his name as Chas. S. Vautell,
of Atlanta was arrested and committed to jail in
Savannah for swindling.
Mr. Paschal Brisendine, of Floyd county, died
very suddenly on the night of the 1st inst., in
the 60th year of his age.
The total earnings of tho Macon & Western
Itniload from December 1st, 1867 to November
30, 1868 are $181,373 82.
The Augusta Factory and Graniteville Manu
facturing Company’s goods have been advanced
in price half cent, per yard.
A negro named Garrett attempted to kill Mr.
William Baiikliu, of Columbus, on Saturday, by
cutting him six times with a knife.
Mr. Akcrman did not vote in favor of tho ex
pulsion ol'tlio negroes from the Legislature.—
He was not a 111 ember of that body.
A notorious burglar was arrested in Augusta
aud taken to Charleston, where he had commit
ted no less than thirteen burglaries.
A darky bought a piano (cost twenty-five dol
lars) for liis wife and daughter, 011 Christmas
day, in Washington, Wilkes county.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
have declared a dividend of four dollars per
uliuro payable on and after the 12th inst.
Col. J. W. Duncan, of Atlanta, died in that
city on Tuesday, 5th inst. Col. Duncan was at
one time editor of the Atlanta Intellhjcnrcr.
Mrs. Ellen Barfield, wife of B. F. Barfield,
Esq., proprietor of the Soulhrni Gcovylan, died
in Buinbridge on the first instant, after a short
illness.
The first patent rigdit over issued to u citizen
of Spalding county, has been recently granted
to Judge A. A. Porter for an improvement of tho
cotton gin.
Col. Jared Irwin Whitaker, proprietor of the
InteUijriinr, gave a banquet to tho editors aud
'proprietors of the Atlanta press 011 the night of
the 7lh inst.
The total number of deaths in Atlanta during
tho year 1868, were 421—whites, 156; blacks,
265—being 44 less than in 18G7, and 321 less
than in 1866.
Henry S. Glover, of Jasper county, has been
appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue
for the 3d District, and W. II. Peters Guagerfor
the 1th District of Georgia.
Tho Albany Xctrs observes a decided falling
oft’of lreedmen upon the streets of that town.
The most of them have contracted and gone
home to'comnionec the year’s work.
Mr. John B. Peck, of Atlanta, hit.’ Muster of
Transportation ou the State Bond, has gone to
New Orleans as General Agout for tho ‘Palmetto
Line,” between Charleston aud that city.
The Columbus .Sea says the freedmen are con
tracting very freely. Men are getting from sixty-
five to one hundred dollars a year, women foriy i
to sixty, The "share plan” is in general dit-.
favor.
The Kenncsnw House, nt Marietta, has passed j
into the hands «*f A. A. Fletcher and F. L. Frever, '
who will conduct it in tin- future; and the Jour- j
nal guarantees to all stopping with them comfort
and satisfaction.
William Duncan, John Stoddard, Alexander
B. Lawton, Bobert A. Allen, John Davison,
Augustus S. Jones, und Wulluco Gumming, have
been elected Directors of the Augusta and Sa
vannah ltailroad. Wallace Gumming was elected
President.
Four hundred acres of land in Montgomery
county, and two hundred acres in Decatur county,
sold in Augusta, on Tuesday, 5th inst., for two
dollars and a half, all together. Four hundred
and ninety acres, in Appling county, sold for
t n cents an acre.
The Athens Sumer says that the friends and
patrons of tho University will be gratified to
learn that Hon. A. II, Stephens has made bis
arrangements to enter upon the duties of his
position in the Faculty, having engaged rooms
at tho Newton House.
Tho Brunswick Sumer of the 1st inst., says
that Mr. John Corbett, of that town, cm the 28th
ult., attempting to get on the railroad train
while it was in motion, accidentally fell between
two cars. Tho wheels of the rear cur ran across
his breast, killing him instantly.
The Borne Courier saj's the following city offi
cers have been elected for the present year:—
Samuel Stewart, Marshall, salary $600; James
D. Muueie, Deputy Marshal, $550; II. A. Smith,
Clerk; IL Z. Haygrove, Treasurer, $200; James
C. Pemberton, Clerk of the Market, $240.
Tho Borne Courier informs us that tho deaf
and dumb asylum, ut Cave Spring now has fifty
three inmates. It is supported by an annuity
from tho State of $12,000. " The asylum is a
beautiful building, conveniently and comfortably
located,” and is under the control of W. 0. Con
ner, principal, James S. Davis and James Fisher,
teachers.
Tho Sun, speaking of the running of tho Mo
bile aud Girard Railroad trains through Co
lumbus says tho people have not yet become ac
customed to seeing the railroad pass through the
city. Crowds daily go to Thomas street to see
the Mobile und Girard train arrive and depart.—
It is a good place for loafers. The atmosphere
perfectly black with inky faces.
Tho Sun notes tho improvement of tho old
race track, near Columbus, aud says a large
force commenced work on Wednesday. The
track is to be so arranged for pleasure drives
that four vehicles cun go abreast all around it.
Tho improvement is being accomplished by
means of subscriptions from a number of citi
zens. It will bo made one of tho choicest
drives in tho country. We are informed that
the design of improving the Chattahoochee
course, mentioned somotime since, has been
ab.indoiicd for want of encouragoment.
Tho Savannah Sepublican says that, notwith
standing the wharves of that city are crowded
with shipping—the forests of masts extending
from tho Ogeecheo canal to Willink’s ship yard,
foreign and American colors giving variety to
the scene—steamships, ships, barks, brigs and
schooners intermingled, at some docks four or
five ships lying side by side—the work of dis
charging and loading rapidly going on—mer
chandize of all kinds crowding tho wharvos—our
river was enlivened yesterday by the arrival of a
fleet of nine vessels, all sailing up on the after
noon tide and ewolliug the grand total in port.
Mu in uni ry of lV«w* from our KirliKtige*.
Brownlow has sold his interest iu the Knox
ville Whly.
The Boston Fenians havo naked ^corge Fran
cis Train to address thorn.
The Alubatna Legislature is busy passing bills
relieving its members from indictments for lur-
ccuy.
Two murdorous wives are in juil in New York.
One killed her husband with a rolling-pin und
the other with a poker.
Among the recent announcements of deaths,
is that of Nelson C. Clayton, Esq., father of
General II. I). Clayton.
Despatches from Hong Kong received in Lou
don confirm tlio re-establishment of the Mika
do’s government at Jeddo.
The first strawberries of the season made their
appearuticn in the New Orleans market last
week, selling at three dollars per basket.
A Boston paper remarks that many people are
moving from New England to tlio South, to
avoid tho insecurity of life and property in
that section.
The Board of Conneilraen of New York havo
adopt' d an ordinance subscribing $1,500,000 to
tho capital stock of tho New York and Brooklyn
Bridge Company.
Colonol Stanton, paymaster, lias disbursed
during tho past year $1,200,000 to the troops
stationed at Bichmond, Petersburg, Farmvillle
and Fredericksburg.
The former attempt to convict Surratt of com
plicity in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln cost
the Government $150,000. A new triul would
cost half us much more.
The Indian Bureau asserts that there are now
300,000 Indians to be provided for by tin? Gov
ernment. This is too many Indians. There
are not half that many Indians in the country.
The work ou the suspension bridge at Waco.
Texas, is now being pushed forward rapidly,
night and day. Three full sets of hands are em
ployed, each set working eight hohrs of the
twenty-four.
The Lynchburg Sepublicttn states that the
Ifon. J. A. Seddou, who acted for several years
as Confederate Secretary of War, lias become a
member of tho mercantile firm of George Lee
& Co., of Bichmond.
Kentucky papers say that four hundred dol
lars per barrel for Bourborn whisky have lately !
been paid in Bourborn county, by railroad lob- |
byists for use at Washington, in getting through j
a Southern Pacific ltailroad.
Edward Hoel and a man named Dennis, op- 1
posing candidates for the ofilee of constable, lmd j
an altercation at Greenville, Pitt county, North j
Carolina, on New Year’s day, when Dennis drc\\*t
a pistol and shot Iloel, killing him instantly.
At a meeting of the Lyceum of Natural Histo
ry in New York, a few evenings since, Professor
Joy, of Columbia College, announced the prob
able discovery of metallic hydrogen by Mr. T.
II. Graham, of the Boval Society of London.—
Hitherto hydrogen lias been known only as a
gas, and in that form only for about one hun
dred years.
The failure of the banking house of Tucker &
Co., at Louisville croated great excitement in
that city. It had enjoyed unlimited confidence
twenty years; aud no one expected it to collapse.
The creditors who had their money and faith in I
the concern, were paid oft' in full theoLher morn- '
ing, by a little red card sticking on the outside j
of the door upon which was the word " c-l-o-s- I
e-d !”
A\ ilmington, Delaware, retains tho whipping-1
post and the pillory— ancient institutions at i
which progressionists, favoring tho doctrine of
theft and murder matle easy, carp -but she has \
the very latest modern improvements to atone j
for this, viz: several negro Aldermen, who were
elected January 4th. How many of the elect j
havo tasted the thong in former times is not !
stated.
The oldest man in Minnesota, Louis La Rou
te, aged one hundred and lour years, died at the (
residence of his son-in-law, at Fairmont, a short |
time since. His wife, still living, is ninety-nine
years of ago. Eight years ago Mr. LaBonto be
gun to grow childish, though he still possessed
his intelligence. • Three years ago • he lost his"
power of speech, and with it apparently his
Modification of the Civil Ter
Hill.
There iH no doubt an attempt will bo made to
modify the Civil Tenure bill so ns to induce what
General Grunt professes to want, and not relin
quish wlmt Congress affects to consider sacred.
The proposed changes leuvo the President ab
solute power to remove Cabinet officers at pleas
ure, though successors will bo subject to the
chances of confirmation. If, however, nomi
nees should not at once, or, if offered, rojocted,
thr President is at liberty in the meantime to
designate the official next in rank in the same
department, or any other member of the Cabi
net, to discharge the duties of the vacant place
until a successor be duly qualified. Tins is in
tended to prevent any such contingency as made
Stanton " stick'' and put General Grant under a
cloud of conspicuous inexactness. The second
and most important proposed amendment is to
alter the method of change of officials, which
now is only a suspension ol the incumbents and
a designation of ud interim successors who serve
legally without pay until th . reasons for the re-
inovul oi the original officials are passed upon
by the Senate. These reasons are to bo sub
mitted to the Senate within twenty days after
their re-assembling. If they are sustained, the
official complained of goes out, the ad interim
incumbent draws pay for as long us he bus been
iu, and a successor to the man removed is qual
ified by nomination and confirmation.
If the charges are not sustained, the official
resumes, us Siuntondid, the office from which he
was suspended. The change in this respect pro
posed is that officers may be suspended, their
pay to stop from dale of suspension for cause,
ud interim incumbents may be appointed to hold
till forty days alter the reassembling of the Sen
ate. These incumbents will draw pay as long as
they hold. When Congress reassembles, the
President, within twenty days thereafter, is to
inform the Suuatb of the suspension oi the ad
interim incumbent and recite as ground of sus
pension merely for cause, at the same time nom
inating a successor, ns for instance: I suspended
on July 4th. J. H. Baily, Collector of Revenue
in the Fourth District of New York, for cause;
appointed John Smith to the oilice ud interim,
and hereby nominate John Smith to succeed J.
II. Daily. It is further proposed that if within
twenty more days officers so suspended for
cause lniJ to demand an investigation, then the
successors shall be qualified by confirmation.— I
II they demand investigation tne President shall
file ciiurges aud these shall bo tried 11sat present.
If the charges ale sustained oi course the mail
goes out. if not sustained he resumes office
and his back pay is to be met out of the contiu- 1
gent fund. This change merely assures pay in (
any event to ad interim incumbents, aud put*, j
the onus of demanding an inve-tigatiou upon i
the person suspended. --C ■;•. World .
A Fighting Parson.—The following appears
in the Franklin (St. Mary parish, La.) Sunders' •
Banner of the 26th ult. From the editorial in
the Banner and several scattering paragraphs re- ,
ferring to the expected fight, we must accept the i
letter us genuine. The good people ol Si. Mn- :
r}* are much exercised about the coming fight, i
aud numerous nfro the suggestions given the
Banner man as to time, place, training, Ac.:
Office New Orleans Advocate, \ i
December, 20. 1868. « ;
D. B ett. Esq . I ■ l Ba \ er:
Sin -Perhaps you think 11 Northern Methodist ;
cannot be even goaded into a lignt. 1 will stand j
the venom of your vile pen 110 longer. 1 will j
fight you. I will show you that religious and
loyal editors are not cowards. The Lord of
Hosts will stand by me. You must be humbled.
The Lord will humble your rebel heart. David
fouglif,* and he was a man alter God's own heart.
M"ses uml Joshua lought. And none of them
had to contend with such children of the devil us
the rebels of this country are.
You will receive a note from my friends ar
ranging the details of our hostile meeting.
Kespectfully your obedient servant,
J. P. Newnan, D. D.
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Grant's Policy nml Cabinet*
Notwithstanding Gen. Grant’s reputation for
reticence, it is well known that be 1ms always
been in tlio habit of talking quite freely of mut
ters lhat lie was called fo consider, when ha
thought the time to talk had arrived. It is not
out of character, therefore, for him fb be nt this
time expressing himself without reserve upon
questions of public concern. Thut lie has boon
so there doing is noauestion.
It is true that he nos declared Very plainly
that, in his judgment, tho tenurc-ol-uflieo bill
should be repealed. Ho thinks it would bo im
possible for him or anybody else to successfully
administer tho Executive office without power
promptly to remove au officer for inefficiency or
dishonesty, and that without awaiting the slow
motions 01 tlie Senate. Ilis idea is, that while
there should be an end of tho tcnure-of-offlco
bill as it is, the. civil sen ice bill of Mr. Jonckos,
of Rhode Island, or something like it, should
be enacted. The general proposition is to muko
tlie tenure-of-offire depend upon merit; to givo
security in place to competent and honest men;
but to make the Chief Executive responsible for
their competency and' honesty. There are not
many who will dispute that the President elect
is 111 this looking in the right direction.
As to the Cabinet, it nmy be called certain
that Mr. K. B. Washburno, of Illinois, wants a
place in it, and will get the Secretaryship of the
Interior; and there will be no mistuko mado if
it is assumed that Grunt sympathizes strongly
iu those peculiar and ardent efforts to save tne
people's money, by which Washburne’s career
m Congress has been distinguished, and which
have made him hated und {cured by the lobby.
Those best informed do not tnink there will l>o
a change in tlie War Department. 1 here is no
more competent man for War Minister in tho
country than General .Schofield, and he is on
terms of tho cloucBt personal friendship with
Grant. It is conjectured, that something more,
that Grant’s Se. ietary of tlie Navy will be a na
val officer, and Admiral David D. Porter is very
confidently named as the man. It will be re
membered that lie and Grant were, during tho
w ar, long and intimately associated in combined
military und naval enterprises.
It lias been whispered in Washington that
General Grant, during his visit to New York city,
has been sounding some of the eminent men of
that place us to the Secretaryship of the Treas
ury. That lie was at \ . u.*» to gather opinions is
pretty char. How influential thes-: opinions
in \ be is another matte r. But, wo may add
that the most wvighty New York opinion favors
Mr. Du\id A. Wells fur Secretary of the Treas
ury. flint gentleman has certainly disp layed
- xtraordinnry knowledge of financial topid*
und honestly earned u national fame. It is eer-
uiiu that Grant will not look among the politi-
eianh fi r a Secretary of the Treasury, and that
Mr. Wells will be back* d by liis excellent repu-
tuti 11 and by zculous friends of high distinc
tion.
Last and not least, there is something more
than mere gossip as authority lor the assertion
that General Grant looks upon Charles Francis
Adams as a man admirably calculated by educa
tion, experience, und temper for the management
of our relation with foreign powers; und one
> «*ll-kno - .vn friend of Gen* rul Grant is quoted as
saying that he "knows” tne Secretaryship of
Slut*.* will be offered to Mr. Adams.
This leaves the Postmaster Generalship and
Attorney Generalship, for both of which offices
thorn are Ohio aspirants, to fill; and our infor
mation does not warrant the use of their names
011 the blute.
We may mention, in this connection, that Sen
ator Sumner wishes to be Secretary of State, and
that Senator Morton does not wish to be Secreta
ry of the Treasury.
Tlie Alabama press contains awful tales from
the Brazilliau colony which went thence a few
years ago, chiefly from Marengo county. The
poor immigrants have certainly soon a hard time,
and are now reduced to the utmost poverty.—
They are all anxious to get back, but have no
means with which to do so. We hope the Legisla
ture of Alabama will make an appropriation to
pay their passage homo.
Archbishop McCrosky has conferred tho or
der of sub-deacon on Francis A. Spencer and
Henry A. Lake. The ceremony took place in
the church of St. Paul the Apostle, corner of
Fifty-Ninth street and Ninth avenue, New York.
They are both converts to the Roman Catholic
faith; the former is a son of a Protestant Epis
copal clergyman residing in Tarryton, aud tho
latter was a Homeopathic physician.
The Legislature of Alabama incorporated a
new railroad, called theEufuula, Opelika, Oxford
and Guntersville railroad,, tho corporators held
a meeting Monday, 4th inst, and elected J. L.
Pennington, of Lee, President, and George F.
Harrington Sesretary. Books of subscription,
we hear, will be opened nt once, and the coun
ties through which the road will run will be ap
pealed to to subscribe capital stock iu the road,
under a law recently passed.
The Florida Legislature, which adjourned last
November, met Tuesday, 5th inst, but transact
ed 110 business, no quorum being present in
either house. At the regular session Wednesday
there was no quorum in the Senate, but the low
er house organized aud reported to Gov. Becd
as ready to receive any communication from him.
An attempt was made to displaeo Speaker Moore,
but it proved a failure. Lieutenant Governor
Gleason occupied the Speaker’s chuir in the
Senate.
Brigham Young has telegraph-wires leading to
his oflieo and connecting with every' hamlet in
Utah—a line 500 miles long. Every settlement
of holf-a-dozen houses has ft telegraph-office,
with female Saint operatives, and iu charge of ft
Bishop of tho Mormon Church, iuid who can
report at any time all thut takes place to Young.
From his private office in Salt Lake City, like
tho watchman in the fire telegraph, Brigham
may give an order or ring an alarm from Ida
ho to New Mexico.
Tho New York Repress says a new balance has
been made for the mint, adjusted with such
nicety that uftor 1,000 oz. of gold are equipoised
ou one side, tho almost infinitesimal weight of
of half a grain —that a cricket would scarce brush
from its eye —sends down tho side of the balance
upon which it alights. The assay balance ore
wonderful pieces of elaborate workmanship; tho
knife-edges upon which the beam vibrates are
balanced upon rubies, agates, and other stones.
Tho knife-edges aro of steel, tempered like the
blade of Saladin. If a balance have 500 grains
in each pan, tho one-thousand part of a grain
will effect it either way.
Indictment for Treason.—The following is a j
complete list, hitherto unpublished, of tlio in- i
dictments for treason now on file in the office of j
the clerk of the United States Circuit Court for |
the District of Virginia:
Jf tier so u Davis, John C. Breckinridge, Judge
Henry W, Thomas, c-x-Governor William Smith,
General Wade Hampton, General Benjamin Ru-
ger, ox-Oovernorii' nry A. Wise, General Samuel
Cooper, General G. W. C. Lee, General B. E.
Lee. General W. H. F. Lee, Secretary C. K.
Mallory, General William Mahone, General
James Lougstreet, General Fit/.hugh Leo. Wm.
E. Taylor, Oscar F. Baxter, George W. Alexan
der, General Eppa Hunton, B. H. Booker, M.
D. Corse, John lt.'DeBreo, General Roger A.
Pryor, Major D. B. Bridgford, General Juual A.
EaVlv, Gen. Richard Ewell, Thomas P. Turner,
William S. Winder, H011. James A. Seddon,
General Booker, William II. Payne, .Cornelius
Bay tea, Riclia.id S. Andrews, Wm B. Richards,
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, It. II. Dulaney, W.
N. McVeigh aud H. B. Tyler. Xolte prosequ'is
have been entered in the cases of Hon. Thomas
S. BocOck and Judge Robert Ould.
Novel Marriage in Charlotte County.—The
Danville (Va.) Times gives the following:
A rather novel ceremony took place in the Up
per end of Charlotte County, not long since.—
The water was high and the bridges all gone;
the parson lived ou ono side and the bride and
bridegroom on the other. But amor vincit omnia
—they were not to be outdone. So the parson
stood on one bank and the bridal party on the
other—all decked out in their finery—aud in the
mud. And thus they were united. But a most
amusing scene took place before they were pro
nounced man and wife. A difficulty arose how
the parson was to get tlie license. The groom
was called upon, but he, not being able to swim,
positively refused to take it over. At length ono
of the waiters volunteered. There w h a log
over the stream, but it was covered with water
two feet deep. lie hesitated awhile, but fluully
concluded to straddle it. Wo arc happy to say
he made the trip, aud deposited the uccccssary
document with the parson, which enabled him
to tie tlie knot as effectually as it was ever done
before.
John C. Breckinridge.—John C. Breckin
ridge is not rich. He is not poor; but he is not
a seeker for office. It is quite possible that he
might have returned home any time during the
last eighteen months without much risk. lie
was urged to do so by many; and on one occa
sion, at Paris, iu the autumn of 1868, the Gov
ernorship of Kentucky happened to be suggested
when he said: "I would not accept any office
within the gift of the people, if I could get one
I could not hold ono outside of Kentucky; but it
I could be returned to my old place in the Senate,
and should be { erniitted by Congress to take my
seat, I would not consent to go back to Wash
ington. I am growing in years, and have been
loosing in fortune. My family is increasing—I
need money, and look to my poofession, not on
ly as the safest, but us the most suitable and
agreeable means of providing it. I11 speaking
thus we doubt not he was sincere. His enemies
give him credit for a keen, discriminating judg
ment, for tlie strict personal integrity, and for
remarkable prudence. -Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Financial Crash Predicted.—The Bulti-
moro Commercial says:
“A friend of ours, just from New York, called
in to see us to-day, and says that u heavy money
pressure exists th re. which, it is believed by
many of the best citizens aud most reliable
financiers, must terminate iu a financial break
up more disastrous than 1ms ever yet occurred
on this continent. Tho gaieties aud lavish dis
plays of the city are the ialse excitements which
in general precede the crisis of disease. The
failures that have already occurred are ho signifi
cant as the harrowing anxiety displayed 011 every
hand for getting ott’ enormous stocks of goods
on almost any terms that may bring money.”
Over a Century Old.—On the 24th of Decem
ber last, a negro, George Thweattt, died in the
city hospital, at tho advanced age, according to
the records, of 105 years. Like uil very old ne
groes, I10 claimed to have been in the Revolu
tionary war, and that be knew General Wash
ington, and other distinguished men of those
days that tried men’s souls. With the events of
a hundred years ago, he seemed very familiar,
and loved to talk about them. For many years
he has been a slave iu this region. He is said
to have been a faithful and industrious worker,
and alter freedom was declared, ho continued to
labor, saying ho liked employment. According
to his own account he must have been about 130
years of age.—Columbus Sun.
Why don’t you limit yourself? said a physician
to an intemperate person. "Sot down u stake,
ihat you will go so far and no farther."
“ f do," replied the other, " but I set it so far
off, that 1 always got drunk before I got to it."
The Tenure or Office Act—Senator Sher
man’s Proposed Bill.—The special correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post, telegraphs as
follows to that paper, under date of Washington,
2d instant:
Senator Sherman is prepnrir.", and will intro
duce, alter tlie holidays, a bill amending the
Tenurc-of-office act. The principal points of his
measure arc the repeal of ull parts of that act
which relate to the tenure Cabinet officers, oud
important modification of the law reflating to
suspension tor cause. Under the proposed act,
the President will report that on cftlctr is sus
pended for cause. The onus of demanding au
investigation is thrown on the officer so suspend
ed. If within forty clnya tho officer files such a
written demand, the President must furnish the
charges, and tlie Senate confirms a suspension.
If not made within this time, the suspension
amounts to a full removal. Ab interim appoint
ment*, will be allowed pay during the time of
their sendee, the money lor that purpose to be
drawn from the contingent fund. Mr. Sherman
docs not know whether his propositions are ap
proved by Gen. Grant.
A Reminiscence of George Peabody.—W. W.
Cocoran, Esq., in an interesting letter to tho
Georgetown (D.C.) Courier, refers to CoL Kurtz’s
reminiscences of the war of 1812, and says rela
tive to the Georgetown Aatillery Company,
which figured in that war:
" There aro two names omittted. and those of
world-wide fame, viz; Geo. Peabody, now of
London, and Francis S. Key, the latter tho au
thor of 'The Star-Spangled Banner,’ und the for
mer the great philanthropist of the age. Mr.
Peabody was the rammer and spnnger of gun
No. 1. I have often heard him speak of tho
fight with the British frigates on t o Potomac? 1
when this company was acting under command
of either Commodore Perry or Connuodore Mor
ris. Mr. P'eubody, in ono of his visits to his na
tive country, obtained a laud warrant lor 100
acres, for his services in that war, with tho in
tention to have it framed and hung up in his
home, os a memento for his services to his
country.
Sponging on the Printer.—Here is an article*
we think of framing to hang conspicuously over
tho editor’s table:
"The public have a funny notion about prin
ters. They think it costs nothing to puff, adver
tise, etc. And thus one and another will sponge
an extra paper, a puff, of some benevolent ad
vertisements. They forget that this businesn
makes them known. They forget that it is prin
ter’s ink that makes nine-tenth’s of their im
mense fortunes; they forget that it takes money
to pay compositors-to buy ink, type and paper;
and, lastly, they forget to even thank you for
working lor nothing, by gratuitously puffing
business." /
Railroad and Manufacturing Stocks.—The
The following prices were obtained at the Ellis’
auction sale yesterday:
Twenty-seven shares Southwestern Railroad
stock, $102 per shave.
Oue hundred and thirty-six shares southwest
ern ltailroad stock, lately Muscogee—twenty
shares at $99 per share; five at $97; ten at $9275;
fifty-one at $92 50; fifty at $92.
Oue hundred shares Eagle and Phoenix^Manu
facturing stock, $103 per share.
The stock was put up in lots of five sharos,
with the privilege of tho whole.—Oqlumbus Sun.
The Bankrupt Law. — A legal firm in Macon
furnishes the Telegraph with the following infor
mation:
"There can bo no question of the right of
creditors to force debtors into bankruptcy after
January 1st 1869. There is an important braneh
of the law and permanent. There can be no
doubt, too, that petitions (voluntary) can bo
filed after January 1st, 1809, the same as before,
aud the case proceed. All the difference is, a
majority of those proving claims must consent
in writing, or the bankrupt cannot be discharged
unless his assets pay fifty per cent.
Wintering Sheep.—The Ohlb Winner thinks
it poor economy to neglect tho sheep in early
Winter, and that wintering thorn to mute them
live only, is not attended with profit, let prices
rule high or low. While the sheep is thnving
the wool grows rapidly; when the sheep is de-
olinihg tlio growth in chocked. If kept fkt
through tho kousou ft largo lleeeo in shorn, if
tliiu, a light one. Tho filmier also thinks it iu
not tho largo quantity of grain given sheep tltot
makes them do well, hut giving it at the right
time, and that a gill of corn or oatapor day from
tho middle of November until April, woohl be
bettor than a pint per day from January to Jane.
Macon anu Vustebsi IIauuoad.—An election
of offieore of this company was held youtorday
with the following result:
President—A. J. White.
Directors—John B. Boss, T. G. Dolt, W. C.
Redding, 1’otCr Solomon, L. N. Whittle, L. D.
Mowry, Edward Podelford, Andrew Low, J. C.
Lew, Charles Moran, William D. 1 bompson,
Adam Norris. -Macon IWojropA, 6th.