Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

HATI.H OK HUldHCBIFTION. Onn (’opy of thn T'npor own your W 0<| One (’.opy of Ilm l’nprr sU month" 'J One Copy of thn Paiior throo month" 1 00 Single (k>py of tho Paper • * 10 Club lUrfort. Ten Ooplns of thn Pnjwr otto $00 00 Twenty Unpins of tho Paper olio year 40 00 l¥ir All Hulisnrlptlnns must he pnld invnHahly lu ad- ▼anrr. No discrimination In fltvnr of anybody. 0d*Tho Paper will ho stopped, In all Instances, at tho lime paid for, unless subscriptions are pruvloualy renuwod. *ir Addivss all orders to .TONF.8 k WILLINGHAM. Attorneys. IV. O. TUGOLE, ATTO H N E Y A T L A W, I.n (Irnngr, Georgia. <2. I. TOOLB. 0. W. MAUUY. TOOLE «fc MABRY, A’lTORNEYH AT LAW. LaOrnngK, Georgia, W ILL practice in tho Superior Courts of the counties of Troup, Hoard, Carroll, Coweta, Meriwathor and Harris. AIho, in tho Supremo Court of (Jeortda, and in the United Staton District Court at Atlanta. itirnn'ICK—Kant Side n| Hi- Puldie S.juaro. nrflO.lf •a. c. KKnnKi.i., I n. a. iiammond, | r, w. iiammokd, LaQrungo, (Jn. | Atlanta, (la. | lAQnuigo, (Jn. . FEnilELL, ItANMOXD & HRO., "£u tfirunac VOLUME XXV.l RATKB OF ADVERTISING. Ar» /p.BTiHitiiKKTH nt (1 per square of 10 eoltd lines of tlila type for one inaertJnn. Subsequent insertions half price. Double column advcrtiietnnute, 26jmr oont extra. LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1809. (NUMBER 11. Groceries. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, T.nGrang. «„ »•«>• tsfoful attention. * J-HAMMOND atill remains a morabor of the firm of a w Hammond I* o^ n| 0 f Atlanta, except an to Troup ceunty. Jo3-tf Dentist iy, II. II, ALFUKIJ, SUHUKON DENTIST, I,a Grangr .Georgia. OFFICE—Northwest corner Public Bquaro, lu Thornton's ltock building. January 8th. 1800. j. T, DOBBINS. SURGEON DENTIST, HAVINO located at LaOrange, rospeotfidly tenders bis proJesMioiml servings to the citizens of the place and surrounding country. All work done at hi" nflleeshall ho ne itly and substantially fxoouted a*.d warranted to give satisfaction, at reasouuble ■hargna. For roforonen apply to Col. Hugh Huchanan, Col. W. F. Wright. Dr. Calhoun. Dr. Wollborn. Nmvnnu, On.; and Dr. Stanley and Dr. Wimhieh, LaOrange, (iu. Office up atairs over l’ullun A Cox’s old stand, Northwest corner of Public Square. Jau8 Miscellaneous. T W1 lo WILL furnish, nt LnOr.uige Depot, by the ton r l(. U. WIMUIUH. A. 1). ABKiliiHH. WIMBISH & CO., MEnCUANTS and T T{ AT3EXIS, (North East Goruor Public Square,) .Georgia, g'jod us the best, In sacks (per ton) nt.. lu Bbls. (per ton) at .. LaOrango. Nov. IT—If $2'.) 00 '21 00 . E. COX. Agent. NOTICIE THIS I I TUK BUnSCRTHEH. thankful for past favors, I by apiDinptutteutlou to business, hopes lor a coi: Luune* of the same Cutting; and Work Done Promptly I ienrgia. T« THE OLD TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA T73NIT1CT> STATES HOTEL, Atlaniu, Georgia. 8A9SEE.V 6i MAXI, Proprietors. J. F. W. BRYSON AND ISAAC N. SCOTT, Clerks. FRANCIS A. FROST, IB A N K E R , ('Office West Side Square, next door to Who A Douglass.) La Grange, Georgia. to thoir largo stoek of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, PROVISIONS. HEAVY BOOTS AND SHOES, BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIALS, STOVES, AC., kC. STEWART’S CRUSHED, TOWDERED, A, B and C SU GARS, aud SUGAR HOUSE SYRUP and MOLASSES, CHOIOF, RIO, LAGUAYRA and JAVA COFFEES, STOVES—(Warrantud to glvo aatlsfactlon,) GUNNY and I1IANKET BAGGINGf (44 to 40 in, to2* lb*,) GREEN LEAF ROPE and ARROW TIES, AXLES, HUBS, RIMS and SPORES, (buggy and wagon) BUGGY TRIMMINGS, (every klud.) GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES aud CAPS, PLANTATION and MECHANIC’S, TOOLS, (every kind,) LOCKS, BUTTS and SCREWS, (groat variety.) BUOGY aud WAGON HARNESS, CALF SKINS, SOLE, UPPER and HARNESS LEATHHR, IRON nnd STEEL, (SwedeH aud R;iflnod—all nizes,) SUPERIOR CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO, BACON, LARD aud FLOUR, (superior quality,) COTTON YARNS, OSNABURGS, STRIDES k HIIIRTINGS, NO. 1 SIIOP.E and BAY MACKEREL and WHITE FISH, nnd EVERYTHING ELSE in our liuo, ou tho moat roaaon- ublo term*. Call and see us. WIMIJISU 4c CO. WIMBISH L CO. New Orleans Molasses. Choice article, fur sale by WIMBISII 4i CO. Pest Orleans Sugar JUST rocelvod by W1MBIUII 4: CO. O T, I; WIMBISH k CO. Family Flo TTMU’SIT and of superior qualltv, Ju^t received nnd for I. sulu by WIMBISH 4: CO. Clover Srril I |TRESH and OENU1NE, fur sale by LOGO X Fine Cheese I BS. EXTRA FINE CHEESE, just receive WIMBISH k CO. C l OLD nnd SILVER bought and sold. Atlanta, Now , X York and Philadelphia EXCHANGE always ou baud : QNE CAR LOAD juat rem pool Malt, eived aud for sale by qy*Special attoutiop given to Collation*. octflO tf STUD H2 B A Iv v: 11 WAGONS’ rjIHEsiib! WIMBISH 4t CO. H a lot Of thu FARM WA<IONS f. .r sale. TI lateriuls and admirably adapted of furiu hauling, marketing, Ac. They are sold at MOl KRATE PRICES and warranted to bo us they uro renn ed. In the absi'iii tiie store of Ev vrinhing to pun ed. H base. Call and > ig aiul handsome i GUANOS. i- U’laln and reliubh: hmtiliz a r8 for cotton, built of thebe.ri | Will alsn furnish g. nuinc PERUVIAN GI*vNO, BONI " - DUST’ and LAND PLASTER, all at Baltimore prices, with freight added. Give us your orders early that vou may have thorn filled in time. Will send your orders to obei or Morrynmn, as you may prefer. Can furniah you Lturi Plaster, lu iitrong now sucka, at £T2 per ton, ut tho ilepoi hole. WIMBISH 6i CO. hem to pel ; Imfore the; OWEN ik n.VHNAUD, COTTON WAREHOUSE, La Grange, Gcorgln. We also have a NIGHT- :ul)li aliment. wepll-tf MEDICAL NOTICE I D R. R. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with himself, hie hum. Dr. CHARLES B. RIDLEY, a re.-eut gradu ate of the Now Orleans School of Medirlne, would offer their services in the various branches of the Medical Pro fession, to tho citizens of LaOrango aiul Hurrouudlng country. A residence of thirty years in LnC.range, and an exten sive practice during that time, by the acnior member of (the firm, la a tnilfick ‘ rases, either from ti and fnithfully attended to. Office ono door North of Pullen A Cox’s old stand, and three doors South of fhe Poet office. CLAGIIOH.V, HERDING «k CO M COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 7 Warren Block, { Augusta, Georgia ; Corner Yanduo Rango and Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, South Carolina; 120 Chestnut Street, ft»fefi.o4*)j>h!a, Peuusylvnnla. #9* JOSEPH 8, BEAN, of T.ttUratige, Georgia, is our Agent, aud wifi give prompt attention to ahipm^uti nnd nd. 9a nett. aepU-tf ATLANTA MARBLE WORK I 1VM. GRAY, Frop’r, 8, 11, OAT3IAN, Ag’t, DEALE11S W American nnd Foreign Afnrblo, MONUMENTS, T0M8S, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS, Mantles, Statuary, Urns and Vagi'*, 49” DESIGNS PUBLISHED, for those purchasing of up, fret of charge.! 4^r.M01)K,rj ltC, in clay or plaster, aud other ornamental AF* Ail otdats faithfully executed and promptly filled. 49-OFPJCK AND YARD—Opposite Georgia R. It. Depot, Atlanta, Ga. octlO-tf IJullc Aleut. ill sell BULK MEATS, for CASH, nt very short rofits, or urder them for a small com miss ion. declO' WIMBISH k CO. w*s declO 500 U b :SI1 ' WI£ITE C0RN ' TON8 A. A. GUANO just r. CHARLES HANDY, (8UCCKSSOB TO W. C. TANCET,) COMMISHIOX MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES, (At Pullen k Cox’s Old Stand.) Tjol Grange Georgia. CUAS. HANDY. I.VRDWAltE tu my stock, which i« complete. I n.VVE onh offer at .She CHARLES HANDY. CHARLES HANDY'. CHARLES HANDY. Drugsjmd Medicines. WARE’S DRUC 8TORE I AUGUSTUS C. WARN, DRUG a 1ST AND APOTIIECAHY, North Hid® Public Square, LaGrangc, Georgia. .T L’HT UECEIVKDt ASPAJUGU3-- BU3II BEANS— Bix Works or Mohawk, Red Spockled Vale’glfne, Brown Hjieokled Valentino, Early Y. llow Six Works, Newington Wondor. Cldna WTilto, RUNNING BFANS— Limn nnd Wren's Egg. BEETS— Philadelphia Early Turulp Rooted, Extra Early Turnip Rooted, Early Blood Red, Silesian Sugar. BOnECOLE- Gonnnn K«de. CABB.VGE- Rod Dutch, (for pickling.) Drumhead, (largo lot) Drumhead Savoy, French Oa Heart, Early Sugar Loaf, Orooti Glazed, Early York, TUt Dqtb, CAROTS— Long Orange, Early Ilorna CAULIFLOWER— Early Asiatic. CELERY— Large Whito. CORN— Evsrgroon 8ugnr. Adams Early. CUCUMBER- Long Groan Turkey, Early Frame, Vfhito Spine, E*JG PI. VNT— Ijtrgo Early Puri’lo- LETTUCE— Early Cabbage, Ice Cabbage. MELON—(water)— Mountain Sweet Wntor. CANTELEUPE— Green Citrou, Pino Applo. MUSTARD— White and black. OKRA— Tall, aud Dwarf. ONION— Silver Skin, Stroaburg, (long yollow.) PARSLEY— Curled. PARSNIP— Fine Sugar. PEAS— Landroth’s Extra Early, Largo Whito Marrowfat, Dwarf Blue Imperial, Early Frame, Tom Thumb, Eugoule. PEPPER— Cayenne, Largo Spanish Sweet Boll. RADISH— Long Scarlet, Golden Globe. Red Turnip Rooted, Whito Turnip Rooted, SALSIFY— Or Oyator Plant. SPINACH— llouud DuU-b, Savoy Leaved. SQUASn— Early BurIi, Long Green, Oocoanut, Marrow. TOMATO— Tildcn. Ivvye’s Prolifle, Cook’s Favorite, Largo Stuootli Rod. TURNIP— Early Flat Dutch aud Red Top. POTATO— Early Opodrieh, (Landreth’s.) •0 mj mm? mm,.me c: mu jc m'ju: jb» AND FOR SALE BRADFIELD & PITMAN, DRUGGISTS AND AROTHKCARIKS, La Grauge, Georgia. Fly Poison. J UST RECEIVED 23 Packs Fly Paper for poisoning flies, for sale by BRADFIELD it PITMAN. Yeast Powders. B11.YDFIELD & PITMAN. Horse Phlegms. BRADFIELD k PITMAN. JpOR SALE BY JjlOR sale by_ 'Y^/'ANTED.-COO pounds DRIED I ALEXANDER ERGENZINqER, (Hnutcr Street, near Whitehall,) Atlanta, Georgia ITrOULDro! W and su: fkll orders for fURNITURE, UPHOLSTERINO, MATTRESSES AND BEDDINO, DECORATIONS. WINDOW CURTAINS, PTOVHS, TINWARE, AcO. J. F. SLAUGHTER, DEALER IN HEATING AND COOKING STOVES, PLAIN, JAPANNED, PRESSED AND PLANISHED *ap M »n. -ma*r sm. :mr , LA GRANGE, GEORGIA. ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK, In my line of bualuoaa, done to order. Sell Them as Cheaply as They can be Pur chased anywhere in Georgia: e their old friends. CHARLES HANDY. HAVE removed to Pullen k Cox’s Old Stand. CHARLES HANDY. EVANS & RACLAND, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (East Side Pgblic 8quare,) La Grange, Georgia. A 8SORTEP stock of HARDWARE, IRON and NAILS A. for sale by EVANS ii RAGLAND. I F you want heavy BOOTS and SHOES call on EVANS k RAGLAND. S HOT-GUNS, PISTOLS and CAPS on hand and for aalo by EVAN8 4t RAGLAND. find a EVANS 4: RAGLAND. IDS finest Rio COFFEE for sale by superior lot of all grades TOBACCO at r k vo r rjMiE gUGARS, A, B and C, EVANS k RAGLAND. Dressing Combs, i Dozen assorted Dressing Combs for sale by BRADFIELD k PITMAN. Lubin’g Extr Lily White. Do*c|> botes assorted Lily Whito for sain by BHADFIELD 4: PITMAN. Whit* Pond Lily, 1 Dozen White Pond Lily. ju*i saje by BRAD"" 10 Gulf hell ver Pounds Quicksilver, for bud bugs, ju FILL ' 300' Condition Powders, Dozen DENISON’S CONDITION POWDEIIR. for sale by BRADFIELD 4t PITMAN. Cooking Soda. Pounds English Cooking Soda for sale by . BRADFIELD k PITMAN. -■«. a-: nl-*.' m, ac Mvoxaib. At IIogaixHville, Georgia. McIVER, PHILLIPS & UO. B UY their goods from first-class Drug Houses, North. and receive supplies every week. Dealers aud all other persons can, therefore, depend upon getting Pitre and Frcslx Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, from tho best manufacturers, Pulsate, Oils aud I)yc Stuffs, Window Glass uud Putty, Soda, Kpiers and Pepper, Kerosliie Oil, bust quality, Roek Potash and Turpentine, Toilet Articles and Perfumery, of superior quality, Garden Weeds,—crop of 18(18. and lflverything Usually Kept in a First-Class Drug Store, • at ns low prices ts tho same quality of goods can be bought in tills sootiou of country. tfjtr PRESCRIPTIONS accurately filled, day and night, by Dr. Mclvef. fcblO-3sqH-:)m’ , ‘ Marietta, Oa. | Marietta, Ga. | Louisville, Ky. tub oraonai* maiiulk works A RE now nnMt^ toUl^l ord.r. tor MARBLE, >nd to turn ' Moi&lpiente, Slab*, Tombs, Ace., style, and at LOWER PRICES than « done with Northern Marble. Our Murble is equal to tha>BEST AMERICAN. Dealers nan bo supplied with BLOCKS and SLABS of any dimensions. For any Information or designs address 4UOROIA MARBLE WORKS, Either at Marietta or Jaaper, Pickens eo., Ga. W. H. 900 is iha Agent at LaOnmge. aepl-tf CAMFonMA. Friend Willingham; Iu r letter publlHhoil in your paper lust wock, I ubitod that I would en deavor to rIvo you an idea of what I couaider serious objoctioiiH to California, ns a home for Southum familiop. They ure baaod upon faetg Btati d below all of which, as a matter of course, did not como immediately within the scope of my observation or experience; but such uh did not, wero presented to me by reliable men, who expect to sleep their lout sleep iu California's soil, nnd who would he glad to sec an influx of population from the Booth, but are too honest to impose upon any one false ideas in relation to their Stale, for the purpose of inducing them to come. Many who read this will, no doubt, think it colored by a prejudiced mind, as ’Lis materially different from accounts of the Slate which have, «o far as I know, been published heretofore. I j find requests I have received on the subject, would merely remind such that, almost without 1 I submit three propositions: exception, these accounts of the inducements 1- The debtor and creditor should meet each for emigration have been circulated by steam I other for the settlement of old debts iu a mutual navigation companies, real astute agents, and j spirit of kindness, candor and justice. The property holders, whose interest it is to present debtor should be willing to pay according to the only the favorable side of the question. The cllmate of California, as I stated before, is delightful, so far as temperature is concerned; but this is owing .entirely to the winds, which come sweeping from the Pacific, across the T1IK MOWS IN 11KIIOF. PAYMENT OF OLD Dl£irJ% Editor La Granok Hkpobter:—At the close of the recent war, I wrote an article recom mending tho settlement of debts on principles of equity. It was first printed in your paper, aud afterwards copied by most of tho journals of Georgia, and iu many of the most widely cir culated and rospoctable journals of the South.— It met with such general favor with reflecting men, that I lmvo boon frequently requested to fifty pounds, worth $15 to$20 n pound! roproduce it. Hitherto I have declined to do so; j r 0 «,..i an i., but, as the Supreme Court lias recently made an important decision relative to old debts, I deem this juncture of time opportune; and, feeling willing to contribute my humble mite to tho public good, I have concluded to communi cate, for your columns a few ideas which I beg may be taken ns n reply to the many letters Col. Giles Mitchell, of Athens, is dead. The Catholic Church iu Bparta, will bo finish ed and dedicated in May. Fine shad ure welling at forty-five or fifty cents por pair in Jacksonville Fla. Several responsible parties are taking stops V) erect cotton mills in Savannah. It is said that an acre of pop ieB will yield G. P. Asliburn was arrested Thursday night for robbing the mail, and plead guilty. Tho Democrats carried Portland Maine, ou tho 1st in ut., fur the first time since 1 bfi(). Tho nnme of Dig Shanty—seven miles above Mariota—haa boon changed to Kcnesaw. Mr. Edward Varner, of Indian Bpriugs, died in tho Asylum at Milledgeville lust Friday. The pork dealers in Cincinnati have made, this season, a clear profit of three millions of dol lars. Tho Spanish press advise the provisional gov- Flvc Squares.... His Squares Quarter Column. Half Column.... Throe-fourths Col’ "rw.;. , ira«7e.;3tfoi | » 00 % li U0 I 0 A0 B 00| D 00 11 00 7 60I 18 00 10 00 io oo in oo, 20 oo ' 12 00 1 10 (Ml 24 00 14 00' 22 00 27 00 L'l 00 2A 1)0 30 00 20 00J 40 00 60 00 05 00 OMni nrod 15 00 '20 00 26 00 SO 00 03 oe 05 00 00 00 ) 00 $16 of M Of 06 Of 40 Of 40 Of 60 Of > Column ' 45 00 00 00 76 00 06 00 160 Of coast-range and through the valleys of tho inte rior— being impregnated with moisture to such an extent that they bring, with their burden of vitality for vegetation, the germs of neuralgia, rheumatism, and ail pulmonary diseases. An eminent physician, who has been practicing in tho Slate for the last five years, told mo that more than ono-half of his patients who have died, fill consumptive’s graves; and that ho had never scon, in any other State, so much Hufiering, in proportion to the population, from tho above named diseases, Tho patent medicines for their relief I noticed upon tho shelves of all country stores that I suw, whilst they are a considerable item in tho stock in trade of ever}’city drug store. Perhaps, on account of the immense amount of cnpftul necessary lo carry ou what was, ten years ago, the chief attraction of California min ing, nearly all who go there now expect to de vote themsedves to farming —which, upon the whole, may be considered-a safer business there than in Georgia, as the production of its soil, when everything is favorable, is so much greater, aud failures in crops fiom drought or flood less frequent. But there is a terribly destructive el ement there that seldom interferes with the farmer here. Ever}’ valley, except immediately along the water courses, aud iu the grain grow ing sections, these are few, is one vast wheat field, covering, frequently, without intermission, scores of square miles; aud whenever there is, iu these valleys, a space uncultivated, it has upon it either a heavy growth of “volunteer wheat" or wild oats. Tho entire absence ol rain during the summer renders this, when ripe, very inflamma ble. A cigar carelessly dropped, or even a match, if exposed to the sun for half un hour, is sure to ignite —frequently causing the destruction of millions of property, and leaves homeless, and sometimes penniless, hundreds of families, who, but the day before, considered themselves inde pendent for life. As I stated in my former letter, the soil of the State is universally good; but it cost 60 much to plant a crop that, when an account of a too wet or too dry winter, and when the crop is destroy ed by tire, he has no harvest. The fanner, un less very wealthy, is a mined man. Many lose, in the failure of one crop, the savings of years. But, what, in my opinion, would bo. to a Southerner, the greatest objection to California is, its standard for morals, state of society, &c. Nearly every one, who, prior to 1858 or 1859, and many since, went to California, were mere ad venturers, of an unsettled, dissatisfied disposi tion, curing more for excitement and lreedom from the restraints of social and civil law than for the comforts of home and the refining influ eucc of homo association—many of them refu gees from the courts of justice, a cosmopolitan I mass, gathered together from the four corners of the earth, living almost entirely without religion, tbe refining influence of female association, or tho restraints of law. It is not to me a matter ol wonder that, where such a p iople control or make what we term public opinion, that its social status should fall far short of the standard re quisite to suit refined Southern taste. Decently, California lias, in this respect, began to improve; but tho morals of the State are still iu a deplor able condition. Gaming and dissipation of even- kind is carried on to an alarming extent. I saw around me there, every da}’, the paiulul evidence of the train of evils consequent upon them —in the miserable, broken-hearted women, men de prived of all of the nobler attributes of their nature, and mere children sunk to tho lowest depth of vice and degradation—whilst the jails aud lunatic as} buns of the .State are crowded with the votaries of these pernicious habits. The majority of the people show no respect for the Sabbath—many of tho stoies are never closed upon this day—whilst many stop their work to meet ut the cock-pit, race track or gam ing table—all of which places ure much more largely attended upon this day than any of the churches. These habits are confined by no means to the lower classes, but extend to all grades of society. Tis unnecessary for me to consume your space by entering into detail as to the result of the in fluence of such characters, upon the grading of society, when they have the controlling voice.— Suffice it to suy, that some of tho worst charac ters are in» and component parts of, the best so- c ety. There is ono other very serious objection to the State, and with it I will close, as I have al ready trespassed too much upon your time. As 1 believe I have mentioned before; winter aud summer are not marked so much by cold and heat as by rain aud (bought. For five months, commencing with November, it rains almost incessantly—causing the ground to re main, during that time, perfectly wet; and a6 the soil is very fine, the mud becomes so deep that ’tis ulmost impossible to ride a horse along the beBt roads iu the valleys. In the summer, for seven months, not a drop of rain falls.— During this time the dust is so objectionable that the inhabitants prefer the mud of their winters. The winds are constantly filled w-ith it, and it is utterly impossible to keep it out of the closest houses, As my time did not admit of a full summary of fiiotu favorable to California, ’tis equally true that I have, by no means, exhausted this view of the subject Hoping that what I have written will prove of some interest to your readers, I am, respectfully, W. W. TURNER. Atlanta, February 280L Wants to Ride Fbee,—In the South Carolina House of Representatives, on the 15th ult., Mr. Henderson introduced the following preamble and concurrent resolution: Whereas, That railroad companies of Geor gia, either by consent or by actiop of her Gen eral Assembly, are now poking members of her Legislature free of charge over all the roads in its State; therefore be it Kesolved, By the House of Representatives, tho Senate concurring, that the General Assemb ly of South Carolina take such measures as may secure tho same privileges for her members. States. means left him by the war. The creditor should bo willing to compromise and accept payment in proportion thereto. 2. If, after e fair, unreserved, friendly confer- re . Be enco, they cannot agree, thoy ought to leave it to ! l )riaouor8 - others, and abide by the judgment of their neigh- Tho “blue Grass region,” of Kentucky, has i of Grorgla Hr fore tko on ('omiDlitre. have received, through tho attention of the lion. Nelson Tift, mouther of Congress from tho First District, a copy of the evidence given be fore the Reconstruction Committee of Congress in regard (o the condition of affairs iu this State. Tide evidence is quite voluminous, covering two hundred and thirty-six closely printed octavo pages, and embraces thn replies to Mr. Tift’s cir cular Iruin one hundred State officers, including the testimony of Chief Justice Brown and Asso ciate Justice Warner, of our Supreme Court — All of these officials save one F. J. Robinson,. Ordinary of Oglethorpe county give it ae thoir decided opinion that no further action is neces sary on the part of Congress looking to the re manding of the Btate to a terriloriai oondition. Some of tho Republicans, like Mr. Akcrman, recommend Congress to taku action securing the negroes the right to hold office, but even he thinks it would be decidedly better to have this done through the agency of the State government. The evidence submitted by J. E. Bryant, con sisting chiefly of affidavits of negroes and car pet-baggers, is so grossly absurd and improbablo as to have produced upon the mind of the com mittee but little effect. We shall endeavor to give nt least tho substance of this pretended idence, so far as it relates to the counties’in- . ,1 vYmt-uce, Qtj jiti UN It MJIIUL'N iv uiu cuumieH'iU' eminent to keep on good terms with the United the Middle and Eastern portions of the Btate, The English Government proposes shortly to j imprisonment forty-five Fenian ' bora. 3. In coming to a conclusion as to any partic- j tfii 8 Rooson. ulur enso, the general condition of tho country, Mr. James Hudson, of Talbot county, made as to thrift and prosperity, should be consulereil j 220 gallons of Syrup from i of an acre of land —for our ability to pay is measured not only by j planted in red cane, wliat we possess, but also by our income. Thus, if the community is prosperous, each worthy member of it is proportionally so; and if it is suffering undor what we all know as “ hard and particularly we desire our friends in Burke, Columbia and Richmond, to sec wlmt Madden, and Powell have to say of them. Wo present this morning the reports in full from Jefferson, county, hk they are shortest and we are much pressed lor space’; JKPEEGHOW County.—The Ordinary states that received two million, of dollars for mulee sold dtSTn.^feDM!J,eprivfleVoof volin. on account of not having paid thoir taxes; with this exception the election was held iu accord ance with law. Win. Alaxander, Notary public, states that he is informed that numbers ol both white und col- times,” each member of it suffers in his ability to pay. It is, therefore, plain, if we could ascertain the depreciation of values caused by the late war, we would have a general rule for settle ments substantially just. Believing this to be true, in preparing the article nbovo referred to, I compared with each other the reports of the Comptrollers of Georgia, made just previous to the war and just after its close. It so happens that we have two very able reports for this com parison—the one by Col. Thwcptt, long a favor ite officer, and the other by Col. Burns, now of the Senate. These reports are based upon the Col. Win. M. Smith, » prominent citizen of J o”toxe” rojouted on account of “°“-pavment of Selma Ala., died at the 8t. Nicholas Hotel j I held an election at the 81th militia district; ) challenges there. Jefferson Co., Ga., Nov. 3C, 1868. New York, at four p. in., Monday. The Suhlirne Porte has revoked all orders and ! decrees aguinst the Greeks, and Turkish ports I are now open to Greek shipping. The failure of the 4th National Bank is attri- ; buted to the defalcation of the Treasurer. De- j posits amounted to half of a million dollars. Two New York mechanics, have invented a j “ monoeycle’’-a one w ieeled velocipede—which I they claim can be driven sixty miles an hour. Sir: The polls here were not open uutil JO o’clock. Republicans were driven from the polls, waylaid at night, assaulted and badly beaten; many turned out of house and home; many votes rejected for non-payment of poll tax; colored people fleeing for their lives; and republicans both whito und black, feel unsafe a. their homes at night. Respectfully, Sam’l J. Jones. W. M. Moore, Esq., Sec’y, &c. Will some of our Jefferson readers be kind rm,„ cv -44V rn. ii * x* v , , . enough to tell us who Samual J. Jonos is? Wo lue Sheriff of Oneida county, New \ork, hae ; !mve qaite au extonsivc acquaintance there, bav- been indicted for malfeasance iu office; for ad- j ing lived in the county from our birth up to tho ministering chloroform to a criminal he was about hanging. We learn tlmt Mr. Luther Toney was accidcnt- oaths of each tax-payer in the State in giving in ally killed at the Pine House, Edgefield, S. C, \ — their property to the Tar Receivers. Therefore, j terday afternoon, by a pistol shot fired by Mr. u^hol'lvan'd trosriv lMse tm8Ut ° f Kepublicaua the data stand upon the sworn testimony of all Benjaraine Boothe. * ' g • «} i e. the men of Georgia., Tl '° <;° m P<‘ ri *> n I Gen. John Forney who recently recently ac- to will show that the taxable property of the roft6s m ^ A i abania Unjver . U.illn A* 41, A aIaba a f f1\A ...n (I A r. OO «A 4 a 1 OO I ' sity, has become insane—tho result of a wound ear I860, and we have never hoard of such man. Wo incline to the belief that he is a myth produced by the magic wand ol Bryant lor this especial purpo.se. But whether or not he bo a rual personage, this we do know that his stute- Perhaps old “ Bre ze” could tell who wroto the letter ! Will he do it?— *hronicle& Sentinel. Btate. at the close of the war, was, as 22 is to 100, when compared to the taxables of the last date previous to the war. 78 per cent, of the property of the State had been lost from the aggregate by actual destruction and depreciation. I have never stated this as a correct measure of settle ment in any case, but I have said it ought to be considered in every settlement. What I then wrote was founded in common sense. It was right then. It is right now. In individual cases, starting out from this as a general basis, when tho equities fall lower than 22 cents in the dollar, the settlement should come down, and when the iquities go higher, the settlement should go higher. I am greatly gratified that thousands of settle ments have taken place in accordance with these views, advanced by mo more than three years I do not claim them as exclusively mine; but I urge them upon the consideration of all ir citizens. Do we nut all have an interest in each other beyond the moro debts we hold tho one against the other? and of what earthly value is an old xecution, no matter how strong and valid of itself, that has no property of the debtor out of which to be enforced? Wliat reason is there, then, in forever holding many of our bebt citi zens uneasy with old claims that can never be hoped to be realized ? And what good sense is thero in any debtor to be over dodging the just e juity of creditors ? It is better lor debtor aud creditor to compromise, and then lor us all to be constant and persevering and generous in trying to build each other up. It is to our in terest collectively aud individually to do so; for ii each individual thrives, tho whole commu nity will improve; and there can be noprosjjerity in ‘ any community that the man of honest in dustry does not deserve, nor can thero bo any division of wealth in which he does not take his share. B. H. B1GHAM. Kimball’s Opera House, This is the house that Jack built. The State Treasury. This is the mult that lay in the house that Jack built. Gov. Bullock. This is the rat that eat the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. Du. Angier. This is the cat that caught the rat that eat tho mail that luy iu the house that Jack built The Sub-CoMMiTTEE. This is the dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that eut the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.—Federal Union. The Legislature. This is the cow with tho crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried he cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. —Atlania Constitution. Granny” Bard I This is the ‘ maiden’ all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the cut that caught the rat that eut the mult that lay in the houso that Jack built. Parson Caldwell, (C. L.) This is the priest, all shaven and shorn, that married the maiden all forlorn that milked the v with tho crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that eut the malt that lay in tho house that Jack built.— Griffin Star. Sam Bard. This is the maid all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that eat the mult that lay in the houso that Jack built. JonN E. Bryant. This is the man all tattered ami tom that mar ried the maid all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried tho cat that caught the rut that eat the mult that lay in the house that Jack built.—Au- yusta Press. The Miseries of a Ricn Man.—Tho New York correspondent of the Rochester Democrat is re sponsible for the following: Alexander T. Stewart clears one thousand dol lars per day, Sundays excepted, all the year round. Cornelious Vanderbilt pleads guilty to twice that sum, while William B. Astor rates his income at four thousand three hundred and thirtv dollars per diem, Bleeping or waking, the last named gentleman finds a three dollar bill dropping into liis hat every minute of the twenty-four hours. He cannot sit down to talk with his physician without having a little more wealth, it not health; he cannot unburden his mind without feeling his burdon increasing in his pocket; and he cuuuot walk Broadway, how ever the weqjher may be, without meeting a shower of money. At every turn cash stares him in the most insolent manner; banks fling their dividends at his head; ruthless financiers beat him with coupons; unpitying and soulless corporations dump their lucre at his doorstep; and contemptuous bill stickers plaster his door with greenbacks. One might wonder what that follow’ has done to merit this treatment, and the only charge that can be brought is that he is a rioli mans sou, and therefore must suffer. received during the war. A desperate affray occurred ut Hamburg, S. C\, on the 2d inst, between W. W. Kennedy, county marshal, and J. Ii. Keys, a citizen. The former was dangerously wounded. The Augusta Press of Saturday, regrets to learn that the recent cold snap operated very unfavorably on Hon. A. H. Stephens’s recent in jury. lie is entirely disabled. There is au ox on exhibition at Montgomery, Ala., measures 18 hands high, 13 feet in length, 115 feet girth, and weighs 4,540 pounds. He was raised in Bourbon county, Ky. Jonathan Burr, who recently died in Chicago, left about a quarter of a million for charitable purposes, and put his relations off with small amounts. Now the will cannot be found. Mr. Henry E. Lucas, Jr., one of the most es teemed and successful citizens of St. Thomas parish, near Charleston, accidentally shot and killed himself with a pistol, on Monday last. The youth charged with the murder of Mr. Charles Axt, near Crawfordville, Ga., was tried this week. The evidence being purely circum stantial and not sufficient to convict, he was ac quitted. The editor of the Air Line Eayle, Guinseville, has been shown by Captain Boswortk, tmee Mail Rodder Caught.—The Atlanta Era con tains the following item of news: For some time past there have boon suspi cious against a mail messenger iu the employ of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. On the 8th of last month, envelopes were found near the lino of tins railroad, addressed to Philadelphia pub lishers, and which were mailed at Columbus on the 6th. This led to the conviction that some one connected with the mails who went up tho road ou tlio night of tho 7tli, had abstracted let ters therefrom. Suspicion rested upon George I*. Ashburu, mail messenger, and he has since been watched very closely. Ou Wednesday night, special agent W. T. Howell, who was con cealed iu the car, detected Ashburn in the very act of abstracting lettero, before the train had left the car shed. When arrested letters taken from t .e mails were found in his pocket Yes terday lie was taken before United .States Com missioner W. B. Smith, and upon the testimony of special agent Howell, he was required to give bond in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. The young man alluded to is a son of the no torious G. W. Ashburn. The State Fair.—The premium list for tho State Fair, to be held in Macon ou the second Tuesday in November next will soon be issued in pamphlet form, and, iu addition to the list of premiums, will contain the rules and regula tions governing the action of the officers of tho Fair and those competing for prizes, and much other interesting mutter bearing upon the subjects By the lights in which we now view the subject, we have no doubt that the Fair will be one of the grandest affairs that ever caine off in tho . .* ix i • .. , i State. The eeutral position of Macon; her ac- mights ol gold, recently louud m the Nuohoo- corailji]itv from all p £ inta . the kll0wn 'liberality chee mines, weighing respectively 370, 210 and 1 and hospitality of her citizens; aud the eminent 102 dwts. j administrative ability iu such matters, which a,. „ ,, , . , characterizes the executive committee of the . Th0 lkrM tUlljka Bnm11 bcM ' ° r tbe P r °l 03ed i Shite Agricultural Society, all give us the ussur- X\ amendment It says: “Nothing is said of ance that the fair will attract such a crowd to A. G. Perryman, ope of the most prominent lawyers of Western Georgia, died at Talbotton on the 22d nit., aged 52 years. the right to hold office. The mountain has b. in labor a long time and lias now brought forth a mouse.” Major Alexander Gregg, formerly a citizen of Nashville, and a member of Gen. Forrest’s staff during tho war, committed suicide by jumping into tho Mississippi, near St. Louis, last week. A New Orleans doctor sued a man for attend ance ou the child of the latter during an attack of small pox, claiming five hundred dollars.— Tho father brought a cross suit, charging the doctor with mal-practice, tho child having be come permanently crippled. The jury gave a verdict of $2,500 and costs against the doctor, and disallowed his bill altogether. $ The Livingston (Ala) Journal says that one causo of labor in that section is from the mania of the negroes for planting “ on their own hook” this year, hoping on account of the present high price of cotton to get rich iu one season. One of these would-be-planters was seen iu a store a few days ago trying to get <\ pair of shoes for a bale of cotton yet to be raise d. The Treasury plate printing office has nearly ready for printing a new emission of the fifty dollar greenback notes to take place of the pres ent issues w kich have been largely counterfeited. The hundred dollar notes will bear a likeness of Mr. Lincoln, with a vignette, symbolic of Recon struction, and the fifty dollar notes will bear a likeness of Gen. Grant, with a vignette symbol ical of the restoration of peace. A Washington dispatch to a Philadelphia pa per says Senator Yates “appeared suddenly ap peared suddenly, a few evenings since, before the ladies in the parlor of the St. James Hotel, in his favorite disabillle costume, and flourish ing a revolver in a very careless manner. He was attired in nothing but a single article of rai ment, uud was, of course, intoxicated at the time. Tho sensation produced, however, was startling. ’’ This was his Becond appearance up on those boards in that costume. Refugees in New York report that at least fif ty thousand Cubans are among the insurgents* notwithstanding the many who have left the is land for the United States to avoid conscription. Many of these bring what property they can, and leave the rest for confiscation. Every means of conveyance to the Btates are used, and some of them have to resort to subterfuge to get off.— The most excited aro resolved either to be free of Spain or to destroy the island, and most of them would like annexation to tho United Stutos. In the evening session of the Senate on Sat urday a rioh scene occurred. Garret Davis rais- ec a point of order on the Constitutional Amend ment, claiming that it required a two-thirds vote of thotio present. Mr. Davia went on to elabo- raet his point of order. Mr. James M. Ashley, of tho House, being present, seemed greatly amused aud laughed ostentutiosly iu tho faco of Mr. Davis,-who thereupon rei. arked, “ Yes, you chucklehead, you may laugh, and all your inter lopers may laugh, but the point I make is tech nically, constitutionally, and logically right The whole Senate burst into a roar of dignified laughter, and stamped with stately delight. Macon as was never before witnessed or record ed i i the history of the city. Meanwhile let every planter, mechanic, artisan and housewife in the State set about preparing something valuable or interesting for exhibition and have it here at the fair in November next— Let ns prove to tbe world, and to carpet bag gers particularly, that some things cau be done in Georgia as at tho “hub of the universe.”— Telegraph. Good Chance fob a Boy. —The editor of the Erie Gazette, no doubt tired of the old system of apprenticeship, thus advertises for a boy: “ Wanted, at this office, a boy to take sheets from the press every Wednesday and Saturday altemoon, no limits as to salary, and the said boy is to consider tkut tho office exists for his Hpccial convenience. If he don’t feel well or wants to go fishing, or play marbles, or see match games of base-ball, or go shopping with his girl, or visit his cousin, the paper will wait his sovereign pleasure. Anybody who presumes to criticise his efforts is to be immediately ar rested for contempt All the boys he knows aro to have free run of tbe office. The editors time to be exclusively at the aforesaid boy’s disposal. Salary to be drawn two or three years belore.— A boy possessing these qualifications, please re port where he can be found, and wliat time a deputation of printers may call upon him and respectfully present references of good character on the part ol the employes. Please write for pontage-stamps and monogram gilt-edged pa per. A North Carolina Romance.—The Winston N. C.) Sentinel tells thiRRip Van WinVlish story: Thirty-six years ago, a man living in this county was arrested for some violation of the law. He was tied and placed on horseback, and started off to Germantown, then the county sent— After he was arrested, his wife managed to slip him a knife, aud ou his way to prison he cut hw bonds, aud being well mounted, he made good his escape. Nothing was heard of him after his escape, by his family. He had been married but a short time, and his wife mourned lor him as one dead. A few weeks Rince, an old gray-lieaded man stopped at the house where she was living, and inquired for her. She came out, when he asked her if sho knew him, sho told him she had no recollection of ever having seen him before.— He then made himself known as her long absent husband. And now, after a separation of nearly forty years, they are again living together as hap pily as a newly married couple. A Strange Phenomenon.—A strango phenom enon occurred nt Talcnhuann, on the Southern const of Chilli, in connection with the last shock of an earthquake. A boiling hot spring bub bled up from the ground, and the water in the river Audalieu increased bo rapidly in heat that shell fish wore cast upon the beach actually boil- od! And eggs placed in the spring were cooked in a moment, wnile fish and chuns were vomited up boiling hot, and ready for use. The sea roeo and fell rapidly during this disturbance, and strange low muttering in the air was iuoesaant There was not a breath of air stirring, not even enough to move a feather^ yet tne tido ran in and out with increased violence, and the sea rose and fell sufficiently high to set ships all tossing about like toys on a miniature pond, bracking their anchors aud turning them around and around. Lands Bbooimo.—The Tallahassee Floridia* says that several of the most valuable tracts of land in Leon cotfntv were sold by the United States Marshal- under execution, at tho Court House, in Tallahassee, recently, none of which brought more than r dollar per acre in currency. For ono of these tracts, tne Floridian under stands, $27 per acre ip gold was offered a Httle bpfor*' the war.