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1IATUB OF HTJllHOllIPTlON. Ono Copy of tho Paper ono your $:i no Olio Copy or tlin Paper f»lt months '2 (HI Olio Clopy of tlio l’liiior throo months l on Mingle Copy or Oio Paper, 10 Club ltntoH. Ton copies or Uip rnpor «mo your on Twenty Copies of tlin Pupor olio your 40 (H) $»j*AH Subscriptions must lio paid Invariably In ad* vnnoo. No discrimination In fiivoi' of anybody. ITd" Tim Paper will Im slopped, In nil lusts liens, at tho tlino paid for, unless subscriptions uro previously renewed. »ir Address all orders to JONES A WILLINGHAM. Attorneys, , W. O. TUGGLE, A r rT O U N Id V A T U A W , T<n Grange Georgia• Aiiunav ii. cox, ATTOUNKY AT LAW, '£u ifiranflc VOLUME XXV.) LAG11AXGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1809. {NUMBER 18. LaGra iigc, . ,.G« MV iRln. 111*1. prnctloo In nil the. Courts of tho Tnllnp Circuits. •hill OTIS JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW? Greenville, Georgia, LTTIT.T. prnetlep in nil llm Courts of tho Tidlnpnnsn Clr f ? cult und tho adjoining oonntlos of tho Cliatbilinochei id Flint Circuits. Aprlrj llm TOOLE & MABRY, ATTORNEYS AT I,AW. ti G ru it go, Georg!it, TILT, prnotloo in tho Super!. , of Troup, Hoard, Carroll - I AiH. Also. In tlm Hnpromo ( Uio TJnitOd Stales District Court at. Atlnnt it #)-_OFFI(,'K—East Hide of tho Public Square. Is of tho enmities a. Meriwether oinl f (loorgln, and in n. i IsiGiii 1 Ybn. | Atlanta, (In. | LuOrangc, tin. FbfllEIili, HAMMOND & URO., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, La Grange, Georgia, . HAMMOND. WW careful attentb N. J. HAMMOND still remains n inomhor of tho firm of A. W. Hammond At Mon, of Atlanta, except ns to Troup Dentistry. work do charge*. II. If. ALFRED, SURGEON DENTIST, tMgc, Georgia. i west eornor 1 -k UnildiiiB. ' 8th, 1H* J. T. DOOMIN'S, SLUG EON DENTIST, HAVING located nt LnGrnngo, rosy tenders his profcsBioniil services to the of tho place and surrounding count' nt his ollicosliiill ho neatly mid suhsl Hd warranted to give satisfaction, at rca enpplv to Col. Hindi Biiclinnnn, Cnl. W. F. Wright, Dr. Calhoun. Dr. Wellborn, Newuan, tin.; and Dr. Htaniey and Dr. Wimblsli. LuOruugo, (In. (Mllce up stairs over Pullou k Cox's old stand, Northwest corner of Public Hquaro. janS Medical. H A •x. LITTLE Ai IIAUGII, sodated In tin! practice of Medicine in it; brunches, respectfully oiler their sorvicoi f LnGrnngo and surrounding country, g the day they can lie found at tho Drug Store o night, at their respoctiv Hradllold A* Pitman, donees. Dr. Baugh occupied by 1 r lie found nt tho residonen lately I) li i». 18(50.—l*2tf J. A. B.VUG MEDIC AL NOTICE ! n. R. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with ldn A residence of thirty you Hive practice during that t the firm, is a sufficient gu; s .South .if the Pe irth of Pullen A < Miscellaneous. NOTICE THIS J Culling nail Work Done Promptly I < CASH! .YolFto*. 51LBKKT FORBES TIIE OLD TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA irXITED STATES HOTEL, SASSEEN MANN, Proprietors. F. W. BRYSON AND ISAAC N. SCOTT, Clerks. FRANCIS A. FROST, 33 A N K I: II, (Office West Side Square, noxt door to Wise At Dougin. Georgia G old n York ui fit Atlanta r it /)• Special n entlon given to Collectioi E M I'IIt E 4* ■»?* WTOICI In Markham's Empire Block, Whitehall St., Atlanta PESSEL! & ST ICTLZV, zDonyuTiisTic jdjehz: g-oods 7 Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Hoops Skirts r i'H i : U N RIVALED ax O O T AMC E*i Still at liis Tratio. m IT. HOLLE Root, and Shoe Lin at Ids home, a short distance from the square, ifjp- Orders for work left at Mr. John Ragland's, A. Lehman’s, or tho Post Office, will meet with prompt attention. mrjnu' C'LAGIIORN, HERRING & CO., COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 7 Warren Block, Augusta, .Georgia ; Corner Vendue Range aud Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, , South Carolina; OMUUt Street, Philadelphia, PelUlsybanlrt. T IBF.UAL CASH ADVANCES made at all times on eon- J HigmucnU of COTTON. &!)• JOSEPH H. BEAN, of LaOrange. Georgia, Is our Agent, and will give prompt attention to ihfpiHfnt* amt ml- rant's*. snpl l-tf ATLANTA MARBLE WORK ! WH. GRAY, Prop’r, S. II. OATMAN, Ag'l, UKALltltS IN Amerionn unci Foreign Marble, MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS, Mantles, Statuary, Urns and Vases, A ND all descriptions of FINISHED MAllBLE OF TIIE BEST WORKMANSHIP AND LOWEST PRICES. X£j* DESIGNS FURNISHED, for those purchasing of us, f,'re of charfle! MODELING, inftjj^or plaster, and other ornamental 21S" All ordors faithfully executed and promptly filled, if ^-OFFICE AND YAltD-Opposito Georgia li. it. Depot, ktlantu, Ga. octl6-tf ALEXANDER ER.GENZI.VGER, (Hunter Street, neat* Whitehall,) Atlantu, , f Georgia, From tho Albany Nows,] Letter Trout Hon. NuUtifl flfti To the Press awl People of (Jconjhi; Knowing tbu iinxloty which you havo felt for the welfare of our State, mid the welcome with which any intollignnco concernllia our future Would ho received, I lmvo thought it my duty to Htate, hriofly, what J suppose would lie imi»oi’- taut or intoruHiina to you. r Dho Htory of Gov, Bullock’s appoal to Con- gross to Millivolt tho Governmont of our State, together with tho niotuis used by himself and his ofllolul oo-luborers, to elVoot his purpose, would be a long, Ht\d, and humiliating Btory which it is tiiinccoHsary now to rc'jioat, Sufiloe it to say, that wo have been purmied by ftU oner- giti | persistout, a id devilish maligtiUy which can only bo rationally accounted for by tho moat selfish and evil motives. Nor is it necessary to relate tho long and in teresting story of the moans, or instnimoiitivli- ties iu tho hand of Providence, by which we have escaped, as if by miraelo, from tho calam ities which were prepared for us in the Bulloek- Butlcr Bill. AVith tho singlo weapon of Truth, wielded by friends in and out of Congress, we have defeated tho conspirators against our peace, our prosperity, and our remaining liberties.— But our enemies are again at work, preparing, by personal efforts and printed documents, for another assault, through Congress at its next session, upon the life of our State. In a pam phlet, now being circulated, entitled “The Status of Georgia—Letter to Hon. John B. Dickey, Senator list Senatorial District, upon the status of Georgia, by Hon. Henry' P. Farrow,” tho ro- futed slanders of Governor llulloek arc repeated, reasons arc given for the non-action of Congress at its lato session, and assuraueo is given that Congress will reconstruct Georgia at its next session. Ho denounces Gen. Meade and all who disagree with the views of Govornor Bul lock, who is lauded for tho “firm, decided, and bold stand taken and maintained” by him. I do not mention those facts for present com ment, hut to warn the people of Georgia, and to suggest the policy which I think ought to gov ern us. My own opinion of Gov. Bullock, and those who are co-operating with him for tho de struction of tho Constitutional State Government which they have sworn to support, is, that they are moral, if not legal, traitors to the State, aud it does not lessen their moral guilt, that, instead of using personal violence, they seek, by false pretexts and false testimony, to accomplish their objects by a law of Congress, from which there could be no appeal. How, it may he asked, should such a Governor and such men be treated by tho people whom they have sought to betray ? I answer—Treat limn irllli silnit observation; tliero is no alterna tive which would not ho worse. They will doubtless hope to excite disturbance and violence which can be used as pretexts to accomplish their pupose. It will be our duty not only as good citizens, but to defeat the purpose of our ene mies, to see. that tho laws are strictly observed and enforced, maintaining, in all things, a posi tion of conscious rectitude and a patient endur ance of evils for which there is no present remedy. Evils avo sometimes permitted to prevent still greater evils. But as God is true, so justice, with its compensations, will, in good time, prevail. I believe that the counsels of our enemies will come to naught. Tho back-hone of their pro ject is already broken. Many of their once frieiulH in Congress have been enlightened as to their character, motives, and purposes, and will not, even for partisan purposes, aid them.— Among these, I am happy to say, is President Grant, who hold that Georgia has complied with tin* Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and is en titled to tho same rights as other States of the Union; Representatives Bingham, Schenk, Jenks, Poland, and other Republicans, and the entire Democratic party. Whilst mentioning these evi dences of hope and confidence, wo should not forget how popular majorities are sometimes swayed by circumstances, and that a two-thirds majority in Congress is practically omnipotent. Iam satisfied that in this rests the only hope of There is now really but ono disturbing ele ment between us and a majority of Congress—*, the right of colored m n to hold office under our Constitution und laws. It was represented and generally believed, that the Legislature acted in wilful violation of law, in declaring them ineligi ble. Tho opinion and decision of Judge Schley in the case of the State vs. White, which was printed in the Xulional htiellt[ic..v:er and distrib uted in Congress, modified, and in some in stances changed, tho prevalent opinion of the action of tho Legislature. That case will he de cided by the Supremo Court of Georgia in June. The decision will settle the law on that subject. Tho people of Georgia will abide by it; Congress will, in my opinion, be satisfied of its justice; admit the State to representation, and thus will end our Federal troubles. I take this opportunity to publicly return my thanks to tho ono hundred and eight gentlemen judges of the Supreme, Superior aud Ordinary jurts, Mayors of cities, and others—who, in answer to my circular, furnished the testimony relative to the condition of affairs in Georgia, which silenced the false witness and slanders of our enemies, and destroyed one of the chief ar guments upon which they lmd relied for the ac complishment of their purposes. In tho trials and sacrifices of war, and in tho higher moral and mental trials and sacrifices of their subsequent efforts for peace, tho people of Georgia havo illustrated the highest typo of Christian civilization aud heroic fortitude. Not- ithstanding tho afflictions which they have suffered, the provocations to disorder which they have received, and the discouragement# by which they arc surrounded, if we compare the present londition of affairs .with the past, there lias never been a time when all classes of our people were more kindly disposed, when the laws were better observed, when life, liberty and property were more secure, or when the entire energies of the people were more persistently devoted to pro ductive industry. No people have been more blessed by nature’s bounties, than the people of Georgia—situation, limate, soil, productions, mineral resources, manufacturing power—these—if we can have assured peace and security for the future—with such a people, and with the aid of capital and population which will flow iu to share the rich rewards of industry, the future glory and great ness of our State can scarcely be conceived. Our purposes and action will, iu a great de gree, determine our future. Let us strive to provo worthy of the blessings which wo seek. Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t, NELSON TIFT. pRrnlei'* for r^NITURE, UPHOLSTERING, MATjTRASSES AND BEDDING, DECORATIONS, WINDOW CURTAINS, kc., kc„ kc. fid* All orders carefully and promptly attended to. n the joift roaHonuble tornjn. -oetlO-tf H ANDBILLS, and "V.rv other kind of Printin'*, for exhibitions. mcetiu»8, public sales, ke., cheaply (liul (catly executed at the REPORTER OFFICE. ‘ 0 IN AMENT AL LF.TT EItf»RE88 PRINTING in the lute tit stolen, at the \ JtfSJL’QJi'fDtt OFFICE. Grand Catholic Celedration in New Or leans.—The New Orleans Times.^pi tho 13th in stant says; The one hundred thousand Catholics of this city appeared to he all assembled Sunday, on and arouud tho old Cathedml of St. Louis aud the Jackson Square to participate in the grand celebration of the sacridotal dignity; and the twenty-third anniversary of Ids pontifical sover eignty. R was certainly one of the grandest popular manifestations ever made iu this city. In point of numbers, it exceeded any assemblage wc ev er witnessed. In the grandeur and sublimity ol the scene, iu tho earnest enthusiasm and devo tion of tlie multitude, in the vast array of wo men and children, in tho tasteful and appropriate ornaments and the solemnity of the ceremonies, everything combined to reuder the occasion ono which impressed all beholders w ith an awe, rev erence and respect, for the sincerity and ear nestness of those who had thus gathered in such vast multitude, to testifiy their veneration for tho great father and head of the Catholic Church. For half a century he has been engag ed in fulfilling liis priestly duties, and for near ly a quarter of a century the cares and respon sibilities of the high pontifical office have weigh ed upon him w 1th moro than mortal force. Be fore tho Christian world he stands ‘as a glorious example of what sincere piety, devotion to duty and ecclesiastical earnestness can achieve.— Nevor before since the days of St, Poter himself, was the chair of St. Peter filled more acceptably, not only to tho Catholic hut to the entire Chris tian world. Catholic in all liis instincts, iu the higher and grander acceptation of that term, he has secured the love, cstoem and veneration of all with whom ho has boon brought in -contact, either as a soveaeign or as a priest. Descended from a noble family, and intended for the army, bo put aside the sword as a carnal weapon, to become an humble follower of the Prince of Peace, and now half a century of usefulness has crowned him with moro than earthly honors. Even Harper's Weekly does not scruple to say: “Ono wonders that the South does not rebel anew, when ho considers the miserable vermin who have been sent down there as government officials.” From tho Hu van mill Nowfnj llunkrupG*)-—ImimrliiNt l>«*rlxl»M In R«- pard to I lie lluiheMturtd Acti The following decision has boon recently ttlttdo by Judge Erskino, sustaining that of tho Regis ter, Ml*. F. Hi Hcssoltinoi United States Dlsh'lot Cuurl— Southern Pislrlcl rf Ueoryia. I. The bankrupt Is not chtlileil to tho exemp tion of a homostoad out of land mortgaged by him at tho tlino of its purchase, to secure the payment of the purchase money, until tho naid mortgage is satisfied, 3* Tho costs and expenses ol tho bankruptcy proceedings are entitled to priority of payment out of tho fund in Court derived from tho Hale of property, John B, WrttTHHHAD. J, I rank H. Hassseltine, Register of said Court in Bankruptcy, do hereby certify that In the course of tho proceedings in said cause, the following questions arose pertinent to said pro ceedings, ami were stated and agreed to by R. K. Ilines, Esq., who appoared for G. B. Lamar, croditor, and Wright & Warren, who appeared for the bankrupt. On the 10th day of November, 1858, John B. Whitehead, tho bankrupt, purchased from ono W. W. Cheovor a tract of land in tho State of Georgia, receiving a deed to tho land and giving his notes secured by mortgage on the said land for tho purchase niouej’. On tho ‘28th of Novem ber, 1858, Cheovor transfers said notes and mort- g ages to G. B. Lamar, who has proven his claim i this Court. Tho tract of land constitutes the bmukrupt’s entire estate, and, under paragraph 2013 of the Code of Georgia, and section 15 of the Bankrupt Act, he claims for himself and two children sixty acres of said land, including the dwelling-house thereon ns a homestead, or iu lion thereof, five hundred and twenty dollars in money, to be de rived from the sale of said land. He farther claims that the costs of the pro ceedings in bankruptcy shall bo paid out of his said estate, which claims are opposed by the said G. B. Lamar, creditor. As to the first question submitted, “is tho bankrupt entitled to the exemption of a home stead out of the land mortgaged by him nt tho time of purchase, to secure tho payment of the purchase money V” It is my opinion that ho is not. I am well satisfied, from a careful examination of the law as laid down iu tho Code ot Georgia, that it does not give to the head of a family a homestead out of laud thus encumbered. That lien is a valid lien, authorized by statute; and the law does not anywhere provide for its dis placement in favor of the creator of the lien, for the purpose of providing him with a homestead. It is true that, on the delivery to him of the deed, the title to the land is in the purchaser, and that “a mortgage in this State is only a se curity for a debt and passes no title.” (Irwin’s Code, §1944.) Yet the Supreme Court of this State, in Scott, Cilrhart & Co. vs. Warren A Spi cer, *21 Georgia Rep. 408, decided that a judg ment of older date than a mortgage could not first be satisfied out of the laud where the mort gage was taken as security for the purchase money at the time of its sale. The conveyance and mortgage were regarded as the several paits of ono agreement—tho sale as only a conditional ono, the condition being expressed in the mort gage passed to the vender at the time of this delivoiy of the deed. The Courts, by many decisions that I need not cito,*seem to regard the title to real estate not paid for and obuiined by giving back to the grantor at the time of his deed, a mortgage deed to secure tho faithful payment of the purchase money, as at the best, but a conditional title, good aud complete when the terms and con ditions of the sale shall be complied with by the payment of the purchase money. The code un der the section on ‘ ‘ Property Exempt from Sale, ” paragraph 201(5, says: “Tho following property of every debtor who is the head of a family shall he exempt from levy and sale; * * * nor shall any valid lion 1 *be created thereon, etc. From this, and from what is contained in all this section touching exemption, I determine that the debtor who seeks to have a homestead set apart for himself and family, must first have a full and completo ownership and title to the property; it must bo entirely his property, un saddled with any encumbrance, lien or condi tion affecting his title thereto. To use the phrase I have given above to express such titles as the bankrupt’s, it must not be a conditional title. And further, that niter ho has had set off to him a homestead out of his property, lie cannot of himself crcato any valid lien thereon. Th6 (.’ode does not deny tho head of the family the right to create a lien on property not exempted in accordance with the proMsions of the home stead act. He is free to do what he will with his own, convey or mortgage it; and I hold that if he mortgages back land to secure the payment of the purchase money, it is a good and valid lien, such as the law will hold und protect for the vendor against the mortgagor or any other person. By the.new Constitution of the State of Geor gia it is specially provided that the homester.d | shall not do exempt from levy or execution for the purchase money of the same. As to the second question: Are the costs of the proceedings in bankruptcy to be paid out of the proceeds derived from the sale of this estate? The costs of the Court in the proceedings un der which the estate of the bankrupt has been administered upon and the expenses attendant upon that administration have priority or pre ference in the order for a dividaml under section 28 of the bankrupt act. The costs still remaining unpaid in the suit under whichjlhis property has been sold and the proceeds' are to bo distributed should be paid out of the fund iu Court. Respectfully submitted to your Honor for your decision thereon. FRANK S. HESSELTINE, Iicyister. The conclusion at which Mr. Register Hessel- tine arrived in the matter of John B. Whitehead, certified to this Court is correct, and his decision is therefore affirmed, and tho Clerk will so certify to Mr. Hesseltine. JOHN ERSKINE, April 9, 18(59. U. S. Jo dye. The Paupers of the Press.—Senator Antho ny, of Rhode Island, in whose official course we don’t find, much to commend, did a good thing, or at any rate made a good speech, two or three days ago, in bis regard, we suppose, of party discipline.iTu all of the Southern States, the reconstniwen’ and unreconstructed, there are sets of paltry little Radical newspapers, so-call ed, not relying for support upon their respective communities, for the Democracy despise thorn, while the scalawags and negroes, as a general rule, can’t read or won’t pay, put placing their whole dependence upon the patronage which the Federal Government, through its depait- ments and its provisional and other local gov- ernmonte, its military forces, its Freoilmen’s bureaus, Ac., &e., distributes among them, at the impoverished country’s expense, to keep their screeching wheels in motion. Wo get a considerable number of these pitiful little eleemo- synury concerns every day, but we despise them too muoh to exchange v> ith them or to read them. Senator Anthony advised that tho Fed eral authorities should cut them adrift. Ho could soo no reason for keeping a lot of starve ling sheets pensioned upon the Treasury. He didn’t think that anything was to be gained, even i|i a party poiut of view, from subsisting theip by official alms. Ho didn’t believe that papers, neglected and unsupported by the peo ple among whom and for whom they were is sued, deserve the support of the Governmont or can bo of any use to tlio Government or to any body. They are tho shame und scandal of the press, and tlielr support in the manner in which they have been and avo supported involves offi cial peculation and corruption,—l/oulsvltle Cou- lev-Jour naif Beautiful Extract.—A handsoiqo young lady just helped out of a wudliole. The June Festival in Boston.—The building kuovvn ns “ The Colisiuiu,” intended for the mu sical Peace Festival in June, is going up in St. James Square iu Boston. The Traveller says it will be tho largest building iu America under one roof, retpiiring 1,700,000 feet of lumber in its cousti uotton, aiid covoring between thre e and four acres mc round. Its dimensions are 300 by GOO feet. There will also bo used in the work 15 toils of nair^j emd betwoen 4 aud 5 tons of other iron-wrtAf such aa bolts, braces Ac. To cover the os to make it water-proof, 30 tons of turiJfiijbttper vvill.bo used. The apex of the roof is Wpfcf from top to sill. At the height of 50 feot tlicjb*will bo 1,300 feet of continuous windows, 5 ffiet high all made to run on rollers, for vontillutiofi&jtoiiHiHting of 6.500 feet of glass. Ingress and are made safe aud easy by twelve door svuy?$.-each 21 feet wide. Tho build ing will luive a seating capacity for 16,300 and stauding room benejljjti the gallery and prome nade lor an iuimui^se nunlber. The height of the roof pagoda wiHibe 90 feet from tlio parquetto lioor; that pf tfjnjudo walls 35 feet, surmounted by 10 loot of pSBilKlicular glass the wliolo cir cumference, The building will be finished by tho 10th ofjghne, or five days before the begin ning of Gio resHYal, thus affording ample time for geueimrebeareMs by tho bi\ud aud chorus. Lefiff from Lieut. Gen. RhrrmiiMi THE SURRENDER OIt OKN. ,L M, JOUHBTOKi To the. mor of the y\ Y\ TrUnlve! Sib: In your issuo of yewterday In ft lUJllcc of Mr. Hcaly’s picture. fepreNetlting tho interview between Mr. Lincoln, General Grant. Admiral Porter ftnd myself, which repeats substantially tho account published some time ago in Wilkes’ Spirit (f the Timrs t explanatory of that interview, airt attributing to Mr, Lincoln himself the pater nity of the terms to Gen. Johnston’s army at Durham, in April, 1865. I am glud you lmvo called public attention to the picturo itself, because I feel n personal in terest that Mr. Henly should bo appreciated as- one of our Very best American artists. But soino friends here think by silence I may be con strued as willing to throw off’on Mr. Lincoln tho odium of tlioso terms. If there be any odium, which I doubt, I surely would not be willing that the least show of it should go on Mr. Lin coln’s memory, which I hold iu too much vener ation to be stained by anything done or said by me. I understand that the substance of Mr. Wilkes’original article was compiled by him after a railroad conversation with Admiral Porter, who was presold at that interview as represent ed in the pieturo, and who made a uote of the conversation immediately ulter wo separated.— Ho would ho more likely to preserve tho exact words used on the occasion thau I who made no notes, thou or sinco. I cannot now even pre tend to recall more thau the subjects touched by tho sovcral parties, and tho impression left on my mind after wo parted. 'The interview was iu March, nearly a month before tho final catas trophe; and it was my part of tho plan of opera tions to move my army, re-enforced by Schofield, then at Goldsboro’, N. C., to Buikesville, Vo,, when Leo would have -been forced to surrender in Richmond, join liis force to Johuston’s, and strike me in the open country. Tho only ques tion was: could I sustain this joint attack till Gen. Grant came up in pursuit? I was confi dent I could; but at the very moment of oui conversation Gen. Grant was moving Gen. Sher idan’s heavy force of cavalry to liis extreme left, to prevent tliis very contingency. Mr. Lincoln in hearing us speak of a final bloody battle, which I then thought would lull on me near llal- leigli, did exclaim more than once, that blood enough had already been shed, and he hoped that the war would end without any more. We spoke of what was to be done with Davis, other party leaders and rebel army ;and he left mo under tho impression that all he asked of us was, to dissipate these armies, aud get tho soldiers back to their homes, anyhow tho quicker the better, leaving jtliein free to apply tho remedy, ami the restoration of civil law. Ho (Mr. Liucohi) surely left upon my mind the impression war ranted by Adtnirnl Porter’s account, that he had long thought of liis course of action when the^rebcl armies were out of his way; and he wanted to get civil governments reorganized at the South, the quicker the better, aud strictly conforming with our general system. I had been absent so long that I presumed, of course, that Congress had enacted all the laws necessary to meet the event of peace, so long cx- pectod, and tho near approach of which must then have been seen by the most obtuse; and all I aimed to do was to remit the rebel army sur rendering to mo to the conditions of the laws of the country as they then existed. At tho time time of Johnston’s surrender at Durham, I drew up the terms with my own hand. Breckinridge had nothing at all to\lo with them; more than to discuss their effect, and ho knew they only applied to the military; and he forthwith pro ceeded to make liis escape from the country, a courso that I believe Mr. Lincoln wished that Mr. Davis should have succeeded iu effecting, as well as all tho other leading Southern politicians, against whom public indignation always turned with a feeling far more intense than against Gens. Lee, Johnston and other purely military on. I repeat that, according to my memory, Mr. Lincoln did not expressly name any specific terms of surrender, buttle was in that kindly and gentle frame of mind that would have in duced him to approve fully what I did, except ing probably he would have .interlined some modifications, such as recognizing his several proclamations antecedent ns well as the laws of Congress, which would have been perfectly right and acceptable to me and to all parties. I dislike to open this or any other old ques tion, and do it lor the reason stated, viz., lest I he construed as throwing off on Mr. Lincoln what liis fiiends think should be properly borne by me alone. If in the original terms I lmd, as I certainly meant, included the proclamation of the Presi dent, they would have covered the Slavery ques tion and all tho real State question and all the real Slate questions which caused the war; and had not Mr. Lincoln boon assassinated at that rery moment, I believe those “terms” would lave taken the usual course of approval, modifi cation, or absolute disapproval, and been re turned to me, like hundreds of other official acts without tho newspaper clamor and unpleasant controversies so unkindly and unpleasantly thrust upon me at the time. I am, truly, yours, W. T. SHERMAN, General. Washington, D. C. t April 1118(59. In the District Court of the United States Southern District of Georgia.—lathe matter of M. Conner & Co., in bankraptcy, at Atlanta Gal, April 5, 18G9.—Iu this case a question of law arose before me pertiueut to the proceedings iu said case to-wit: Can a bankrupt after adjudica tion and publication have liis caso dismisssed by satisi"\ing the creditors mentioned iu his pe tition and schedules.—Iaucsim Jllack lieyislcr. Opinion of liegister.— Tliero is nothing in tho Bankrupt law to authorize tlio Court to dismiss a caso in bankruptcy ou the payment of the debts mentioned in the schedules, nor for auy other cause. As soon as adjudication and pub lication is had, all the creditors of tlio bankrupt, whether named iu the schedules or not, are par ties to t he suit, and the creditor who is not nam ed in the schedule is entitled to all tho rights that"thoso havo who are named iu the schedules. They’ arc entitled to their distributive share of the assets of the bankrupt, and the court cannot deprive them of their vested right in the suit. — For this reason I presume there is no provision in tho law to dissmiss a case in bankruptcy after it is commenced, which is respectfully' submit ted to the honorable Court at the request of Moses & Gerrard, attorneys Lawson Blvok, Register. Considered and affirmed, the Clerk will certi fy this affirmance to Mr. Register Black. John Erskine, U. S. Judge. April 7th I860. The Cotton Spinners’ Strike in England.— Tho New York Herald says: We published recently an interesting letter from our Loudon correspondent in regard to the cotton spinners’ strike in England. In Lanca shire, tho principal cotton centre, some five thousand “mill hands,” as they are called, were out on a strike. By this time the number may have swelled to twenty or thirty thousand. In Lanarkshire, Scotland, where there are many thousand of families dependent upon the cotton mills, some mills were already stand 1 ng. The disease may spread until it begets great political troubles. Strikes iu England in all branches of trade have never done the workingmen any good. As our correspondent trathiiilly remarks, capital iu England always starves labor into submission.” It does so not in England only, hut every .vhore. They money' which has been actually lost through the system of striking, or “standing out,” is in calculable. In too mauy instances the working man in such matters is but the tool ol designing political demagogues. Meu who live aud fatten on the gains of their fellows and who never themselves suffer, unscrupulously bring thou sands to misery'. It is time that the working- man in all lands understood that supply aud de mand are, after all, the only regulators of wages. A Beautieul Extract.—A naval officer being at sea in dreadful storm, his wife who was sitting in the cabin near him, and filled with alarm for the safety of his vessel was so surprised at his composure that sho cried: “ My dear, are you not afraid? How is it possible you can be calm m such a dreadful storm.” He rose from the chair, lashed to tho deck, supporting himself by a pillar of the bed place, drew his sword and pointing it at the breast of his wife and exclaimed. “ Are you not afraid of that sword ? She instantly answered, “No. ” “ Why ?’’asked tho officer. “ Because,” rejoined the lady'. “I know it is .in the hands of my husband, and he loves me too well to hurt me." . “Then” said ho, “ remember,T know in whom I believe, and that He holds tho winds in His fists and the waters in tho hollow of His hands.” When does a stupid fellow soem beside him self? WUei* he is standing beside a donkey, Vurtllvr Particular* of tin* Minder of Ayer. We published yesterday, says tho Ohronlolc ct; ScntiuU, of the 21st instant, the particulars of tile murdel* of Dr. Benjamin Ayur, of Louisville, Jef- fefson county, which established that lie Was murdered and robbed by a negro man, Below wo give a synopsis of tile evidence brought out oil tho commitment trial. Wo thank our cor respondent for his promptness ill giving all tin* facts iu relation to tlm murder of Ayer; us the Radicals uro thereby rendered powerless to work this caso up into a Ku-klux outrage: Louisville, April lOtli, 1809. Editors Chronicle it Sentinel! Our usually quiet little town has been Very much excited bo-day', occasioned by the com mitment trial of the negro Wilson Flournoy, who was arrested ou Saturday night lust, charg ed with killing Dr. Benjamin Ayer. The Court House was filled with both white and black, nil eager to hoar tho ovdonco. Ou trial it was proven that Wilson came into Louisuillo ou Thursdav evening about dark; that on the suburbs he took from under a ditch-bridge (about two hundred yards from where Dr. A. was found dead) a mus ket barrel, which was found secreted iu tlio same place yesterday (Sunday) morning from thetim lie entered town nothing was seen or heard ol’ him until half past eight o’clock, when he enter ed a Rtoro and commenced trading; that ho lmd moro money than was usual lor him to have; that on liis return home, aboutil0& o’clock p. m., ho exhibited some money' mid u pistol, a six shooter, and different from the ono he usually carried, was seen in his box on Friday; that on Saturday ho lent a negro woman two bills of money, which she supposed to bo two dollars, but, ou coming to town on Saturday night, she found wore twenty dollar bills instead of ones, and that he had a large quantity beside; that he gave his brother one hundred dollars on Satur day, most of which was recovered that night ; that ho attempted to pass oft’ some through another negro, and as soon as ho found suspi cion was excited left hastily; that ho was arrest ed the samo night on the Creek Bridge about a mile from town, aud that when arrested, ho de nied having a cent of money about his person, but on being made to strip, with a view of searcliiug him, ho very adroitly slipped a pock et book down the leg of his pants and then into his shoe and then kicked his shoo off some distance; and when his shoe was being picked up he remarked to the witness that it was nothing but his shoe; that iu his shoe was found a pocket hook, containing two hundred and eighty-five dollars, which was identified by two witnesses as being the ouo seen in Dr. A’s possession the evening he came to Louisville. After his arrest he said he found the pocket book lying near the body of Dr. A. on Thursday night as ho went home. The musket barrel was identified as tho one ho took irom under the ditch-bridge ou Thurs day night, and the physician who made the jtost mortem examination testified that it was an in strument a blow from which would bo likely to produce death, and gave it as his opinion that it was the instrument which had been used.— The same evidence was elicited as on the inquest, as so Dr. A., passing .Sherman’s house with another person, aud going to George Holt’s (or his overcoat, and saying ho had company. Tli'c defendant introduced no evidence* aud after a few remarks from Major W. A. Wilkins, tho prosecuting attorney, lie was committed to jail to stand his trial at tho next term of the Superior Court for murder, On being taken back to jail, just as ho reached the steps of tlte jail, ho broke from tho officer and run for the swamp—the alarm was instantly given by the re port of tho officer’s pistol (who fired nt him as lie ran, hut missed him) when every man iu the Courthouse able to run, both white aud black gave chase, aud after a race of about half a mile, lie was overtaken and brought back, placed iu jail and heavily ironed. The blacks were more incensed against him than the whites, aud would have executed him very summarily if they lmd had the least encour agement. Some of them wanted to shoot him as soon as ho was caught, but were prevented from doing so by the whites. No doubt rests on any unprejudiced mind but that ho was the murder er, that by some means he either discovered or suspicioned that Dr. Ayer had a considerable amount of money, and that he killed him to g^t it. The Georgia Kuilrourt Depot ill Atlanta. The Georgia Railroad has built a magnificent depot in Atlanta which the IntelWjencer describes as follows: The location of tho building is excellent; its base made of stone from a Georgia quary; its walls are of brick; and the building covered ith slate taken from Georgia soil. The entire length of the depot is 278 feet.— The freight room, which is a magnificent ono, is 224 feet in length, 50 feet in width, is amply supplied with ventilation and li it from above, has fifteen doors, and is farms d with five of Fairbank’s best scales. Iu this loom is a small office for Mr. Johu Glenn, a most excellent and efficient officer. In ono corner of the freight room is a small apartment, to bo furnished with a stove, Ac., for the employees of the room. On one side of the building, aud next to the track, freights can he delivered from the cars into the wareroom while on tho opposite side, jons can he loaded, roofs project over each side. This room is substantially built, aud cov- red by a roof sufficiently strong for a loaded traiu of cars to pass over its entire length if a track was laid ou it. The two rooms on the first floor, nearest tho Railroad, and the two immediately above them are used as offices. The front room below (the one above refe: ! to) is presided over by the genial, warm-hearted, energetic Gen. G. T. Anderson, the Agent of tho Road. Like mauy other Southern gentlemen, the war developed in him energy, patriotism, talent and courage. He is better known as “Tige Anderson,” but he lias laid aside his sword, and in peace as in war, he proves himself the social gentleman, efficient officer, and excellent citi zen. After being an ornament to the Southern army, lie lias quietly turned the whole force of liis talent and influence to advance and embellish one of our great internal improvements. The room in the rear of General Anderson’s is occupied by the able and competent gentle men Captain J. MX. Morrow, Cashier; and Mr. J. C. Glenn, record clerk. Mr. E. A. Werner, the whole-souled and energetic, travelling agent, occupies a desk iu this room. The room ou the second floor and just above General Anderson’s office, is occupied by Mr. T. I. Malone, book keeper, and Mr. W. C. Johnson, abstract clerk. They require no word of praise from us. The excellent and gentlemanly transfer clerks, Messrs. Hoyle Rutledge and Berry, occupy the room immediately iu rear of the book-keeper’s room. Ou the third floor are a couple of rooms, one of which will be fitted up for the use of tho well- known President of the road, Judge King. On tho first floor, and opposite to the office of General Andersen, is the Bank of the Geprgia Railroad, presided over by Mr. Torino Brov. n, whose worth, industry aud integrity, combined with excellent business qualifications, our citi zens delight to see honored. The rooms on the second floor, above the Bank, are at present un occupied. Immediately above them, is a large, convenient and pleasant room for meetings of the Directors of the road, and for other pur poses. From the ton of the building is a most excellent sight of the city, spreading out from the Depot in all directions. A splendid view can also ho had of the Stone Mountain. The building is handsomely finished off with granite. A substantial stone wall is to be ereeted in front of it, and shade trees set out. On the side op posite the railroad, the yard will be graded, maekadamized and fenced in. Groceries. rnosT, hall & co., GR00BRS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, North HiU*. Public Sqm HATES OF ADVmmSING. Advkrtihemknth at fl per nqiurn of 10 solid linen *>f this typo tor one insertion. Subsequent Insorlions half jirlcc. Double • olnnin ntlvortisi moots, as p( r ot nt * *|rt. 1 1 TBaja SfoTnigosrnMos. «o *5 (}1||#so $ » on #1000 TUjfj Two Hqiiuros.. Throe Squares. Four .Squares,. Five BquuroH... Six Hquaros... (juurtrr Colons Hair Column... .1 o cm t) 7 fin> 111 (Mil is 1(1 ooj III 00 20 I '2 00 10 00 *21 M 00 '22 1/1 < i"M 37 ooj n:i ool f,o oo *25 ooj :m oo 1 :\r, oo| as oo :(8 (Ml f.O (HI. (Ml oo un oo II AYE JU8T RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING : HA UK ELS EARLY ROBE POTATOES, PEACH BLOOM NEW ORLEANS SYRUP, 10 CAR LOADS CORN, 50 DDLS. NEW ORLEANS and REFINED SUGARS, *5 CASKS BULK SHOULDERS, 100 TONS OF GUANO, (on time.) mj m it 9 except tho GUANO, which we propose to SELL ON TIME, at prices very little above the CASH PRICES. an.29-tf FROST, HALL k CO. T^VIvE TIMELY NOTICE! W E ’ it, tho coming set 2,000 BUSHELS NICE DRIED PEELED PEACHES, 1,500 " “ •* UN PEELED *• 500 “ “ •* APPLES, 200 “ “ “ BLACKBERRIES, 200 “ “ •• PITTED CHERRIES, Wo will pay for the above in Groeeriea or the CASH.— teiuember it, now, aud bring all of your fruits to fol>5 FROST, HALL k CO. What Disposition Bullock Made UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS. Kenxonal >lo Prices. they must buy soon, and pay tlio CASH, as no man knows what becomes of hi* money when they buy on CREDIT, and pay the exorbitant priceti now charged. In fact, this advance bnaiueHS in a bad one, us will be seen from Bul lock’s report. Besides, the Stay und Homestead Laws are without arrangements can be made so us to overrule the: ness but to such good security we u, we will have parties ue can make a good dll Hell, or for CASH ONLY, hand aud to arrive— 30 CASKS BULK MEAT, 4,000 BUSHELS CORN, 500 “ OATS, (good seed.) 20 BARRELS SYRUP, (Assorted,) 40 BARRELS SUGAR, (all grades,) 5,000 LBS. FLOUR, No. 1, (warranted.) Hardware, Woodenware, Hollowware, Orookory, EVERYTHING IX TIIE GROCERY LINE. Soliciting all to call and examine before buying, we r niaiu,yours, T. J. THORNTON A SON. February fith-ly JOHN N. COOPER, COTTON WAREHOUSE, GROCER ANT COMMISSION MERCHANT, (West Side of the Public Square,) La Grunge, Georgia, Alas ! Poor People !—The National Intelleyen- ...r fairly riddles Congress with damaging invec tive, and calls on tho people to assert their mug- esty. Our contemporary says: “ The people can have a reform in Congress if they want it, or they can go ou with the present wretched, •miserable body until tho very name of Republican government shall become such a recognized farce that for the Cat war to mount his throne will bo both an expected and a de sired event.” The South has been preaching this doctrine for lo these many days, and she fought through four years of battle to escape the fearful conse quences of oquHolidation and slavery. After the tragedy, tho fiirce. ^ After the farce Caisar.— After Crosar tho deluge. —Augusta Constitutional ist. Tho following is taken from an advertisement of Dr. X—’s liver-encouraging, silent perambu lator family pills: “ This pill is as mild as a pet lamb, and it don’t go fooling about. It attends strictly to business, and is as certain as an alarm clock,” TILL give bin personal attention to the STORAGE, ' HELLING or SHIPPING of COTTON entrusted to EltAL ADVANCES ^adeon consignments to Ail- Guano! (4-uu.uo!! Guano!!! 4 GENT for Wilcox, Gibbs k Go ’s Manipulated GUANO. A JOHN N. COOPER. Salt! Suit!! I AM, also, agout for tho Virginia SALT Work*. JOHN N. COOPER. O NE car load Alabama LIME o Drugs and Medicines. WARE’S DRUC STORE. •M S I UUUKIVKU ANI> 1-’, .It SAUK 1IT AUGUSTUS C. WARE, l> HI'UllIMT unit A IMJ'I'II IMA 111 - , LnVni.gr, Gl.urgiu. A. c. WAUE. Drukr'H PlunliMl.in UK, J UHT received und for sale by Old Carolina Kilim, J UST received and for sale by A. (*. WARE. Wilder’* Stomach HUlri'N. \1 riLDKR’H BTOMACH BITTERS, juat received and ▼ V for sale by A. c. WARE. IIOHtetter'H Hittem. J.J OSTETTElt’S BJTTEKH, juat received and f..r mile by Pearl Starch. P EARL STARCH, just received-aud forsale by A. C. WARE. ltujocg, I ) DOER'S BEST, just received and for Rale by -It A. C. WAR!:. a iAm " Yca«< Powders. XT'EAST POWDERS just received and for sale b\ X A. c. w RosndallM. Davby’H Fluid. Ayres’ Cherry Pectoral. 4 VUES’ CHERRY PECTORAL, just received and for A sale by A. C. WARE. Hasson’s Syrup of Tar. H ASHGN’S SYRUP OF TAR, juht received and for sale by A. C. WARE. Worden's Violet Ink, F OR architects and book-keepers, just received and for sale by A. C. WARE. Carbolic Soap. I TtOR killing fleas, kc., just received and for sale by A. C. WARE. C tONORESS WATER, just received aud for sale by t A. C. WARE. Denison’s Condition Powders, I TVjR horses and cattle, just received and for sain by A. C. WARE. Costar’s Rat Exterminator. C 10STAlt’s RAT EXTERMINATOR, just received and J lor sale by A. C. WARE. Singer’s Machine Oil. S INGER'S MACHINE OIL, just received and for sale by A. C. WARE. Large Lot Hair Dyes. J UST received and for sale by A. C. WARE. ’ Patty Knives. P UTTY KNIVES, just received and for sale by A. C. WARE. English Soda. White Lead. 1 AAA Pounds WHITE LEAD, just received and f 1UUU sale by A. C. WARE. 500 Ponnds Putty, J UST received aud for salo by A. C. WARE. Luudredth’s Garden Seed, J DST received and for sal- by A. C. WARE. •9 wj-mrm? H'j *: me 9» FOR SALE BY BRADFIELD & PITMAN, DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, La Grange, Georgia. 10 BRADFIELD k PITMAN. DRESSING COMBS. Dozen DRESSING und FINE COMBS, of every de scription, just received and for sale by BRADFIELD k PITMAN. AX UK GREASE. 6 Dozen boxes AXLE GREASE, for wugons, carriages, kc., just received und for sale by BRADFIELD &%ITMAN. AVITiDULl S SARSAPARILLA. Q Dozen bottles F.. Wilder’s SARSAPARILLA and POT- Jj ASH, just received and for sale by BRADFIELD & PITMAN. GRAFTON PAINT. w'AAA Pounds GRAFTON PAINT, for pailings aud out buildings, very cheap uud desirable for such work, for sale by BRADFIELD k‘PITMAN. VI OUT N STRINGS. 8 Dozen VIOLIN STRINGS, just received by BRADllELD k PITMAN. TOILETSOAPS. OA Dozen assorted TOILET SOUPS, of every variety OU aud price, for sale by BRADFIELD k PITMAN. KUDOS INK LAMPS. 8 Dozen KEROSINE LAMPS just received by BRADFIELD & PITMAN. •BABBITTS POTASH. GA Dozen BABBITT'S POTASH, for sale by • BRADFIELD k PRYAN. m jEW lauvtr jzvoM t:, At Hognixsville, Georgia. McIVER, PHILLIPS «fc CO. B UY their goods from flrst-clasa Drug Houses, North, uud receive supplies every week. Dealers aud all other persons can, therefore, depend upon getting Pure and Fresh Drugs aud Medicines, Chemicals, from the best manufacturers, Paints, Oils und Dye Window Glass and PultyT • Soda, Spices and Pepper, - ^ lvcrosine Oil, best quality, Rook Potash and Turpentine, Toilet Articles und Perfumery, of superior quality, New Orleans Syrup and Sugars ‘UST RECEIVED. Also, A largo and well selected stock Garden Seeds,—crop of 18G8, and Kvcrything Usually Kept lit a First-Class Drug Store,. at as low prices as the same quality of goods con be bought in this section of country. ... . .... Jfta- frESORIPTIONS accurately filled, day nud night, ■. Tv*. xT/*Tvn,< febl9-3aa «*8m* A. J. IIOJ1EBTS, I J. A. BIHANEU, I W. A. RMJJIABPSOH, Marietta, Ga. | Marietta, Ga. | Louisville, Ky. THE GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS V ltE now proparod to fill all orders fur MARBLE, aud to furnish monuments, Slabs, Tombs, «fce., finished in the best stylo. 5JJJ? 8 the samo work can bo done with Northern Marble. Oui; Marble is equal to the BEST AMERICAN. Dealers can be supplied with BLOCKS and SLABS of auy dimensions. For any information or dosigus address ^ GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS, Either at Marietta or Jasper, PickeuB cq., Ga. 4^- W. U. SIMS is the Agent at LaGrauge. scpl-tf