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LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, fit.IV 11, I860.
A HcputiUr, dr a Monarchy 1
T«n years ago no man would havo dared to
oxproRs a sentiment favorablo to the cstablish-
mon^ pf a monarchical government in this
country; but, so corrupt havo tho times bocome,
that such a government is openly advocated,
and already wo have at Now York a paper, the
Imperialist, established for the advocacy of an
imperial government, and we are soon to have
another at Memphis, Tenn., to bo called the
Southern Imperialist. These are only evidences
of ths decay of tho American Republic. It is
charged that mon, high in official position in the
Federal Government, aro intcrented in tho pro
motion of imperial ideas, and aro connected
with the paper nt New York. President Grant
is said to give that paper his approbation.—
■Whether those things bo true or not, it is unnec
essary to discuss. It is enough to say that there
ia a growing sentimont in iavor of a change of
governmental forms. Tho people arc becoming
disgusted with the corruptions of our present
form, and that disgust is iindiug expression in
disapprobation, and that disapprobation is
cither looking to reform in the management of
the presont government or a change of form
altogether; and the consequence is tho popular
mind of this country is Lu groat foment, and we
aro, perhaps, on the verge of a groat political
revolution which may end in war and blood
shed, which wo pray God to avert from this
couutry. A republican government can only
exist by a time patriotism and an houost admin
istration of tho affairs of such a government —
The great obstacle to tho perpetuity of republi
can government is that it gives too great license
to peculation and corruption in ite offices, and
patriotism and love of country are measured by
dollars and cents and tbe greed for power, with
out adequate remedies to remove the ovils.
Tho best government is that which affords tho
greatest protection to life, liberty and property,
when this protection is not controlled by mero
partisan influences and combinations controlled
by sectional prejudices and interests. It is a
mooted question whether 6uch protection can
be best secured by a republican or stronger gov
ernment. Miud3 that once dared not to insti
tute comparisons adverse to a republican form
of government are now emboldenod to utter
doubts, and even to express opinions favorable
to monarchical forms; and the question i9 often
asked, Would not a constitutional monarchy
bo more promotive of oquol laws and the happi
ness of the people of the whole country ? If pa
triotism wero the controlling spirit of tho people,
instead of ambition for power and greed for the
emoluments of office, no one would hesitate be
tween republican and monarchical opinions —
for it is a question not to bo debated that a re
publican form would bo the government for this
country. In the “purer days of the Republic,"
when men of all classes were honest, and the
tests for office were honesty and capability, this
government was administered not for party, but
for tho whole country. It was established for
the people and not for party. It was the admira
tion of tho world, and bid fait to become tho
moael for all countries. Rut corruption and
sectionalism havo been the bane of tho Repub
lic, infusing tho spirit of disintegration and ruin
to such an extent that it
The forty-soventh Annual Convention of tho
ProteBtant Episcopal Church, Dioopso of Georgia,
which was hold in Augusta last wook, was pretty
fully attended, though a few of tbe pavinhoa were
not represented, owing to unavoidable causes.—
Bishop Beckwith presided with ability and ease,
exhibiting gveat, familiarity with parliamentary
law. Tho deliberations of the Convention wero
harmonious and characterized by great unanim
ity of purpose in promoting tbe interests of the
Church and advancing tho causo of sound re
ligion and piety.
Tho Convention sermon was preached by Rev.
W. C. Williams, rector of St. Fetor’s, Rome,
from tho text, “Seek ye first tho kingdom of
God and his rightoousuosH. Matthew VI chaplcr
33 verse. Tho subject was handled with, skill
and ability, evincing that tho preacher had stud
ied it well.
Tho Convention being organized, the Presi
dent appointed the following standing commit
tees:
On Credentials—Rev. Messm Clark, Hunt, and
T. C. Stanley.
On the Admission of Xac Parishes —ltcv. Mossra.
Clark and Neely, and Messrs. Anderson, Carter
and Willingham. . .
One church was admitted into union with the
Convention—the Church of the Good Shepherd,
and the corner r.tonc of tho building was laid by
tho Bishop, assisted by the clergy, on Thursday.
This ohureh is located at Summerville, two or
three miles flom the city.
Tbe annual address of tho Bishop, which was
read ou the Hecond day, is an able church paper.
All the parishes of Llie Dioccso have been visited
by him during the year, and the most of them
tvdee. The condition of the Church ia en
couraging in the highest degree, and the Bishop
asked tho advice of the Convention with refer
ence to ordaining permanent Deacons. Ho re
commended that measures bo taken to raise an
Episcopal fund to relieve the chnrchos from
their annual assessments, and he hoped that tho
Church would bo able to devote a much larger
amount to missionary purposes, llo reviewed
briefly the action of the General Convention,
and concluded with an earnest appeal to the
clergy and laity to work for the advancement of
tho Church and the cause of Christ.
The Standing Committee presented a report
“By the Wtiysltlo,”
Joseph Atkins, a Radical Senator ol the Geor
gia Legislature, from Warren county, was assas
sinated on Tuosday morning lastbotwoen 10
and Ail o’clock. A despatch from Atlanta Bays
ho was returning to his homo in Warren county.
Whon within three niileB of his rcsidonco aud
eight miles from Bearing, on the lino of the
Georgia Railroad, Atkins was mot by a white
man who drow a pistol undHhothim dead.—
The negro driver cncaped and carried informa
tion to Atkiu’s family. Another denpalch from
Augusta states that reports assign tho canoe to a
private difflcully growing out of n enm. con.
case. It is belbved Atkina’ wound will prove
mortal.
Now, without knowing more of this matter,
wo take the occasion to denounce, in unnions-
urod terms, the too frequent taking of human
life. It is becoming too common in Georgia,
aud ia the legitimate result of carrying weapons.
No man should bo guilty of so hoiuous a crime
as going about armed, ready to shoot down an
other for any frivolous or imaginary insult.—
Many a man lias committed murder \vho might
havo lived on in j^ce had it. not been for tho
vile and barbario practico of carrying concealed
weapons. It not confined to tlio people of
the South, noi*tb the Ku4Bux, nor to tlnjjireite
race. Tho practice pervades sqci'ety generally;
and ns thoro is a law prolubiAiffg the practice, it
ought to bo rigidly enforced, and every civil
officer should be instant in his-efforts to enl’orco
tho law.
Atkins is a bad man, and, perhaps, lnjp^uffer-
od from tho results of his own fii^iliclirteacli-
ings. Ho is an extreme Radical and has out
raged popular sentiment in tho State. He <ffliy
have been assassinated for his political views for
aught we know, or it may have boon for his
money if ho had any. Whatever may havo boen
the cause of (he net, it is to bo denounced by
As an indepondont administration offleor,
President. Grant is a failure; ns a statesman, ho
is a greater failure; and as an unaolflslv patriot,
lie is a complete failure. From his bombastic
inaugural, one would bo led to believe that ho
intended to exorcise tho functions of his high
ofllco independent, of party influences aud for
tho country; and hin sagacity as a statesman ifl
below the level of a more pot-house politician;
an a patriot, ho is controlled in tho affairs of tho
government—in making his appointments —by
tho spirit of nepotism and fondness for those
who l ave made him presents. As President, he
has become tbe automaton of Congress; as a
statesman, ho is whatover his moulders may
cast him; as a patriot, ho is merely a selfish
creature lookiug out for the interests of himself
and friouds.
Ab President, Statesman and Patriot, Ooncral
Graut is a move dwarf, warped in his course by
tho fickle fancies of hie party. His talk about
tho good of tho country, patriotism and an hon
est administration of the govornmont, and his
famous “ Let us havo peace," is merely tho idlo
and weak twaddle of an imbecile, filling the high
position he occupies, through a groat mistake of
tho popular judgment
jMJpas hoped Grant would bo somebody; it
4^^noyed ho would bo President, and not a
mere iigiurt-head in tho govornmont; it was
hoped that ho would direct his efforts to the
restoration of the peace and harmony of the
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-Quntry: but, in those things we have hoped as |
ifloao without hopo. He has only established,
himself a more creature of ciroumstancos, y;ilh-
out'WiH and without power to direct hiq will if
ho had any,
-J 5 ® - " It seems that tho d„ lt .f m sn of (ho Bteti-
ical parly aro au amorous set. Thoy scent to
havo a peculiar tenderness for frail feminality,
aud announced that the monument to Bishop
Elliott would probably bo completod within see-1 bins for an unlicensed liberty which he taoh
eral months. two several occasions, in penning loving epistles
Several changes were made in the Constitution ' to a sister of Adams. Parties interfered, and
of tho Convention which lio over for perman^it 1 succeeded in preventing a collision, advising
action at the next Convention. j Atkins, in view of tho duipemte character of his
Tho election for officers aud for members of I antagonist when angered, to take his immediate
the standing committee resulted as follows: ! leave, which ho did. After walking a indoor so
John R. Johnson, Treasurer of the Diocese. j from tho village, ho persuaded bin wife to go
A.. V.. Lincoln, Treasurer of the Missionary I ljo*'k for a buggy, white he awaited her return.
Committee. | V\ hen she returned, it was to find her husband
all peaceable and law-abiding citizens all over | white and blar-it. p 0 y, who Hhol Epsoy Hoard,
tho Stato. ; and then ..not himself to death, in Atlanta, last
Smco writing the above wo loam from the Au- ; Sunday morning, was a sub-clerk in tho Execu-
gusta Constitutionalist, that Atkins left that city, I Vivo doparlmont-on» of Bullock's "-own ap-
on Moudoy morning with his wife, "leaving t> ! pointed." It aooms the party is trying to kill
cars nt Bearing, for the purpose of hiking pri- i itself politically and physically. Never was
vate conveyance thvongh the county to his I there such a dirty, act of men combined together
home AU mo point he became involved in a ! to rob an hmaei people. Let them, go'
difficulty with a gentleman by tho namo of Adams, ; —
A one-legged man, lorr^erlya soldier in tho Con
federate army, an who was justly hostile ia At-
is already crumbling in
the first century of its existence, perhaps soon i ^ . • . a ., ,
to be annihilated in tho formation of petty sev- i
J. L. Villalonga, Treasurer of Peiwuent
Fund for support of Episcopate.
James Camak, Treasurer of University of tho
South.
Standing Committee -IW. W. H. Clark, Rev.
Samuel Benedict, Rev. J, M. Mitchell, William
Hunter, John Striven, John M. Guerarff.
Missioivrry Committee—Rev. Samuel Benedict,
R«w. J. M. Mitchell, John AY. Nevitt, William
Hunter, John M. GuerarcL
A resolution of thanks to the citizens of Au
gusta, for hospitalities extended members of the
convention, was unanimously adopted.
The next Convention will bo held at St. Paul’s,
Albany, beginning on Wednesday after the first
Sabbath in May next. Tho Diocese seeme to bo
in a most oncouraging condition, aud the growth
of the church only a question of time and the
oreignties constantly at war with each other.
The condition of the American Republic pre- i
woful picture of republican excesses.— j
SuchTs corruption and deception, |
that the aspect of the (government
iively unknown, and to present its claims to
Christian people.
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Augusta.
This is one of the prettiest cities in the Union,
ide and well shaded streets, handsome rosi-
shot and killed, with no explanation as to the
perpetrator of the deed."
Bullock is still in New York State.. Ho
pretenda that he is afraid of losing his worthless
life by returning tc. Georgia. The best thing we
can do is to continue to give him a wholesome
fear of just retribution for the many rascalities
ho has coinmittod within onr bounds.
XIV" As an ovidcnco of the bad management
of Federal finances it is, cuty necessary to
state that the public debt linn increased within
tha last eighteen months, $37,500,000.
A maif may learn a good deal in twenty
years, but it will take him thirty *or forty to learn
that he knows, but little.
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Janus-foced monster, professing a certain code , , . . 7 . .
- . . , . ... , . ! donees and fino stores, indicate a weU-ostablished
ot principles and practicing another as sectional < .. , , . , , . . r
.. , ° . . urosperitv and the highest- order of refme-
captiousness and partisan caprice may suer- • f ; . . r .. ,
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geat as matters of pohtmal expediency to | Like oll other SoutUeru citie8 , juBt uow , w0
gam power for poh .calorganlzat.ona. Already, | foand busine3B dull tat weeI , Pic . nicB ftnd
the landmarks of the old Republic have been 1
obliterated. Fanaticism, with its wild and im
practicable theories, has taken the place of pa
triotism and good government. Two of tho
three great departments of the Federal Govern
ment l^vo been made subservient to the third.
Tho Executive and Judicial have bocome en
tirely subjected to tho control and dictation of
the Legislative. Congress has become tho des
potic centre of all power without any adequate
checks to its excesses and oppressions. It has
become a power corrupt and t}Tanuical. It has j
i pleasure excursions seemed to be tho order of
! the day with all who did not attend the Episco-
i pal Convention or ride velocipedes.
Hero we saw the new mode of locomotion for
j the first time. They are numerous in Augusta,
j We think they are a great humbug. They may
! do for little boys ns toj-s: but it is too simple
| nud juvenile for young men to be engaged in
j riding them. Just imagine a young man rolling
: a hoop, oliild-like, over tho streets, and yon have
an approximate conception how childish it is to
see them astride of a velocipede.
We had the pleasure of meeting with our con-
The writer spent a few hours very pleasantly
last Monday in Newnrra, conversing with old
friends and visiting the brethren of tho press,
Messrs. Wooten & Welch, of the Meixtkl. and Mr.
Taylor, of the Peaces Defender Mr. Welch is
tho first printer we oversaw. He went to New-
nan in 1840, and, with his brother, F. S. Welch,
now deceased, established the Southern Tran
script, afterwards called the Georgia Bannc-r. —
Both were young single men. Mr. J. A. Welch
succeeded to the sole proprietorship of the paper,
and acquired a handsome property which wr.s
swept from him by the results of the lido war.—
He has a large family, some of his children mar
ried and a son in Texas. Our old friend, now a
a little over fifty, looks young and festive, and !
is good for many years to come.
Newnan has a population, we should suppose, i
from 20A0 to 3(X)0. A good deal of business and 1
enterprise marks its appenrane^-: .0^- young
friencC*Dock Thomas, gave us a ride over the
town/and we were surprised to find that it was
so large. The residences are built with an evo
to comfort and taste, and j-ards and flower gar
dens are beautiful and exhibit great refinement
of taste on tho part of the good peoplo of tho
towu.
Tho mineral spring is an attraction of con
siderable merit to tho town. Several hundred
visitors sojourned at Newnan last summer to
drink of its healing principles. It is very neatly
fixed up by contributions of the citizens. When
the new railroad is completed to Newnan it will
become a place of considerable importance, and
its prosperity will be greatly onlianced.
Newnan is a nice place. Its citizens are clev
er, sociable and hospitable. It is a good town.
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Priors to suit. Foj
* fall time. Call and h
made one portion of tho Union mere provinces
and dependencies to the government, and wields j fmes preaSi and fouud tllem ftll R0V nnd
over the Southern States a rod of despotism move tlll . ivi notwithstanding the dullness 'of the
severe than n, wielded by any living despot— 9CMOn . Especially was onr friend Randall hap-
Wekave tho form of ^republican government j IIo ha( , caua0 to be, and he fully enjoyed
without its substance. Wo are free without the I it ' Wo h ho mnv imV e manv more occasions
rights of freemen. Tho elective franchise is e_- | oflike jo We ad ; ised him j D call tll0 oVljoct
11“ .?vl-!! at0 r 1P / n l 5 —! Ut .. f j of his parental felicity Robert Edmund Lee—
Stockton kuows no such earthly happiness. He
wo daro to voto as freemen. We are free to vote |
as wo please, but are to bo punished if we do
not vote according to tho pleasure of the party in
power. Such is free government in the South.
Tho question that presents itself to the South
; is, Which would bo tho bo3t form of govern
ment under the present circumstances ? In tho
uncertain condition of our foreign relations, and
_ Heartless.—Notwithstanding Foy, tho sui
cide and would-be homicide, was a bright and
shining light of the Hailieal party, yet, when ho
was buried on Sunday evening, not a soul of
them attended his remains to the grave! Not a
single person followed the hoarse. What heart
less wretches, to desert a companion when he
has reaped the inevitable sequence of associa
tion with them.—Atlanta Constitution.
As the deceased seemed to bo a particular
friend of the black race, it is strange n negro
j is a rigid bachelor, and conforms to all the cyn- funeral procession was not gotten up. Tho ne-
| ical habits of that unhappy race of men. Gen. j groes are notoriously attentive in their funeral-
V,’right was spry and bouyaut, and Pat Walsh , istic duties; all liko to goto funerals; indeed
! was trying to overcome tlio effects of immoder- j have a fondness for it. We have known them
! ate festivity at Atlanta, where he had been “run-
J ning with the machine"—his company of firemen
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liutaining tliono priiiuiploH and ideas of
fhioli its proprietors conceive calculated
Kt mid highest interest* of the whole
d the South in particular—regarding
rth of the
Let the package be distinctly marked with INK—(little
strips of paper fall off.) Thus: ••Peter Kent.” (or other
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„ . . , , having won a handsome prize. Iiill, of the
tho disorganized state of public opinion, when | was ftt work in his office , where we found
men arc m ou" as ot.iiawi 0 p ui con 1- everything in the most complete order. A health
tion in the future, it becomes a question ot mo- ! , ,
naentoRs.importance to the Southern people.—
We hear the threatening^ of war with foreign
powers, strong and invincible. We are oppress
ed. We can hope for no protection from our
own government- It is no longer a creation of
tho will of the people. It has become tho mas
ter, and tho government is simply the will of an
unscrupulous Congress, and Congress may rash
ly precipitate a war in which we, as Southern
people, can have no interest. Wo would be
placed in an anomalous position by such a war.
We could not fight for a govornmont that refuses
to protect us and give U3 liberty. We could
sympathise with any power that promised us
good government by giving us protection for
life, liberty and property. We should be pre
pared, therefore, to accept terras from that gov
ernment able to enforce them that would secure
us good and wholesome government., if such
terms should bo tendered, if we should have to
fight for them.
Thus it is seen, how important the quoation
of government is to us of the South. A Re
public, or a Monarchy? is not an idle query.—
If we had a republican government, truly and
honestly administered, all would prefer it. As
a centrel despotism it is not deserviblc*. A mon
archy would be bettor, whether as ^n indepen
dent one or a part of another already establish
ed. Good government is what we want, and wo
must have it in the beat shape wo can get it.
Atlanta Constitution.—Colonel I. W. Avery,
date of Dalton, an attorney at law, has become
..the editor of tho Constitution. We hopo he will
succeed in making tho paper a livo journal.—
There is no city in tHb State where a bold,
staunch and unflinching Democratic journal is
more necessary than in Atlanta. The great cen
tre af Northern Georgia, tho seat of tho State
-Capital, Atlanta is thus made the best location
in .the State for such a paper. With a weak
Xegiliteture os wo have now, such a paper boa a
great duty to perform in educating and dis-
ciplinhfg the law-makers to a high standard of
duty to the public interest, Such a paper
would have made the recent session of th&Leg-
isjature stood up to its duty better, and there
would hot have been such weak opposition to
tho-16th amendment We hopo and believe
C6L Avery wfll be the. man for the place. Sue-
'.(•PKWmiwd the Gpnsttfyfioto'
and benediction to the Augusta press.
Augusta is a most pleasant city. Her history
is a part of the history of the revolution of inde
pendence. There aro many sacred associations
connected with that history; and a visit to St.
Fiiul’a Church yard Will well repay the visiior.
Here we find the tombs of men of other days,
whoseflesh has mingled with the dust long before
tho present century. In the rear of the church may
be found the grave of the great and good Bishop
Polk. No stone marks his resting place, and no
lettering tells tho name of the sleeper. It is
hoped a suitable monument may bo erected to
his mernory at no distant day.
There aro many interesting objects about Au
gusta we should like to write about hud we tho
space nnd the time. We have only jotted down
a few rambling thoughts, the results of our late
visit to tho city embowered in the vernal shades
of beautiful spreading trees and omated with
artistically trained shrubbery and flowers.
to walk ten miles to attend tho funeral of a ne
gro Comparatively unknown to them. Foy
ought to have bean funeralized by the negroes,
if by no one else.
The State Fair.—In response to a call of the
Mayor of Macon, the committee appointed to
solicit contributions to the State Fair, to bo hold
in that city in November next, met on the 3rd
ii\Hfc., nnd
On
motion it was rrsolvnl That tho Armory
buildings and grounds bo selected as tho place
for holding tho Fair, as they aro a suitable dis
tance from the city and convenient to the Macon
and Western Railroad, and afford ample room /r 5
for such a purpose. It was resolved further. . '
visitors,
FIRST OF JUNK.
The raarkml beneficial results attending tin
■tional doraugoraouts of the
liowclg, Kidneys and Skin, nnd the
e of Chronic Disca*iM, at tent their
Med ic in »1 Properties.
FARA80LH r
FANS,
MITTS.
RIBBONS,
TRIMMINGS.
LACKS—real and imitation,
LACE COLLARS AND HANDKERCHIEFS,
CORSETS,
IIOSE—-plain white, slate colored and black.
And_tho«H:md» of other thingn too Humorous to mention.
Particular attention in called to our enormous stock of
HOUSE-FURNISHING COODS.
lUtlon 1
All the uoccsflorios for
bent watering places will be found here.
Tho facilities for reaching Montvalo this Hoaaon are in
creased by the Knoxville uml Charleston Railroad, and
regular trains nro running to Maryville, whence pnn«on-
1 laches to the Springs, nine miloH
distant.
veyed in c
RATES OF BOARD:
•celt 10 00
Per mouth CO 00
fce" Address, for pamphlets containing analysis and do-
icrlptioii of waters, Ac., _ JOS. L. IfINO,
Knoxville, Tennessee,
aayl4-lir
CARPETS.
MATTING R.
OILCLOTHS,
WINDOW SHADES,
LACE AND DAMASK CURTAINS, with a i
of fixtures.
Wo defy Atlanta in tho above articles. If parties, de
siring to buy the above goods, will take the trouble to
look ut uur Stock they will auroly be suited.
KID CLOVES.
AGENTS WANTED,
— — purpose. It was resolved further, Cj
that the committee proceed immediately with >.
the work of raising, hv subscription, the sum of [ ! P° H, ‘- 1 tfuabriitucd Complete People's Edit!
*10,000 or $15,000 for the purpose of putting 1 coi( ™ ABE '*■ HOWSOX& LITE su’d fclSTI,
the Armory buildings and grounds in proper or
der for holding tho lair. . I
LIFE and EPISTLE3 of
After considerable interchange of views in re
gard to details, the meeting adjourned.
The Radical Methodist Advocate.—Some
weeks ago we published a sharp paragraph in
regard to the editor of the Advocate. It was
represented to us by a negro man, nnd we be
lieve a member of the Radical church here, that
Fuller had advised the negroes not to take tlie
Reporter, because, as he said, it is a bad sheet, i quartette a prosperous career, popularity and
Fuller says ho made no such remarks, aud pro- renown.
Sijmter Republican.—Messrs. T. A. Graham,
W. W. Reilly and J. D. Carter have gone into
partnership with tho present proprietor of the
Republican! and will hereafter assist in its con
duct, the two first in tho mechanical and tlie
latter in tho editorial department.
Tho Republican must bo very prosperous, in
deed, to havo so many editors and proprietors.
We shall look out for rr heavy paper now. The
Republican, with no one but Hancock, was a
good paper, handsomely printed. We wish the
ceeds to read ns a lecture. If wo were wrong
ly informed, we are sorry to havo done tho ed
itor injustice; biit it is a question of veracity
between Mr. Fuller and tho negro which they
may settle between themselves. He can havo
the negro’s name if he desires it. Mr. Fuller
also disclaims, if we remember correctly the ar
ticle, that his church is political in any sense. Its
history in the South for tho past four yearn, is
the best evideuco of its partisan character we
can give. It is even now trying to swindle tho
Southern branch out of its property by a polit
ical process and upon sectional, issues,
Harmless Potash Farrow and E, Hulbcrt
have gone to Washington City. There is some
devilment on hand, certain. Wonder if thoy -go
at the expense pf thq State ? Angier hao shut
down on Bullock and his crowd, by stopping
any more “draws” upon tlio Fourth, National
Bank, except by doe process of law. Good for
Angier and the people, but bad for Bullock ant}
his political thieves ancTaH^ociatea: ‘
Another Murder.—A gentleman by the name
Potter, a “Yankee" photographer, was killed
■ arv/i rtf' InoTfi 11 n 1\.. 1. umLa! 1... II. .
some days ago at Whitosvillb, by a rebel by the
name of Daniel. How aro yon,'immigrants?—
American Union.
Mr. Potter wan a iifttivq either of Texan or
Louisiana, and was a Confederate soldier nnd a
thorough Democrat, and was too much of a gen
tleman to be alluded to, now that lie is dead, by
such an infamous shoot as tha .Union, which
lives alone on filth and draws inspiration only
fronj the slime that it wiggles in.
..Southern Baptist Convention.—The pro
ceedings of this convention, as we find them
reported in the daily press, are too voluminous
for publication in the Reporter. A delegate
haq promised, to furnish us w.ith an abstract of
the proceedings, which will bo gladly published
when 'sent in. SffffiCo At ity say that it was a
large convention, and waa attended by some of
the ubtest Baptist diyiuea ftara nil parts of *th^
South.. • ' -• *'
\ eloquent dissertation by Prof. Leonard
»f Yule College. Commended by tho moat emi-
.nil ablest scholars in all parts of our country.
nentdiv
An Exact Reprint of the lutuat “ PEOPLE’S EDITION^
■nd differ* from all others, by tho wibstitutiou, by tin
.f translations and notes In English, in place of nu
merous quotations in-foreign languages.
I know of no work that can rival this; iU clear aud fas
cinating discussions arc tho very thing wo need. Rev. B.
W. MeDonuold. D. 1)., LL. D., Lebanon, Tenn.
It should be in the library of every family where the
English language is spoken. R. Milligan, Pres’t Kentucky
University.
Dr. Bacon's name in connection jvilh this edition is a
tower of strength. Rev. Jos. F. Tuttle, D. D., President
Wabash College.
it is one of tho most instructive and delightful books in
existence. Rev. John A. Broadus, D. D. t Greenville. S.
It is a work of sterling merit, and is ouloulatod to do
great good. Rev. W. W. Gardner, Prof, in Bethel College,
Rev. A. C. Osborn, D. D., 8t. Louis, M<
ork in the language approximates it. Rev. Mark
Hopkins, 1). D., President Williams College.
I would recommend this nuBurpasucd literary and his
torical work to all. llev. E. L. Drake, Jonesboro, Tenn.
The most interesting and instructive work thut him over
y notice. I’res. Caswell, D. D., LL. D.,
brown U niversity.
Wo consider it an invaluable wor
Amor. Ghr. Review, Cincinnati-Ohio.
’ >lrt of the great Apostle, as illustrated in It,
B, Franklin, Ed.
Rev. T. O. Summers, D. D.,
•nod, nocurato, and written in
Nash v illi
A most vnluublo work; 1« ,
a stylo peculiaj-ly attractive and eloquent. Rev. F. Mer-
'rick, D. J>., I,L. 1>., Pros. Ohio West, university.
Send for our 10 page descriptivo circular, giving full
nd teutiuiomuta.
NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.,
178 Elm Street, Cincinnati, O.
RHODES’
Tlie old auditing established
MANUKE.
tho market in Ike high per centage of
T$uc Fertilizing Principle.
Sold under a binding legal guarantee of purity and freo-
dom from uduitcration.
‘ WITHERSPOON A: SWANSON;
febl'Jtf
LADIES’ AND MISSES’ SHOES.
LADIES’ SHOES,
POLISH BOOT'S, and
SLIPPERS—with or without heels.
MISSES’ AND CHILDRENS’ SHOES, aUho lowest
Price
HOOP SKIRTS.
GRAND DUTCHESS SKIRT, and
WATERMAN’S INVISIBLE CLASP SKIRTS.
Thu ouly house thut keeps the above skirts in LaGrangc
CENTS’ FURNISHING COODS,
In this lino wo keep us good a otock au ovor:
CASSIMERE SUITS and
LINEN SUITS, for boys and mou.
CASSIMERES,
MARSEILLES,
LINEN DUCK, and the fluent
potini
political economy.'
to promote the’ bi
couutry ingonend, -i4 .
the ConHtitutiou and political landmarks of tho fuUierH ^oi
the O/j/ Itrpublic »« tho only correct guides for HtaU-.uium
jBtraiutB upon tlie uggrarianlam widdea-
partisan supremacy..
naintaihing Hie Federal Constitution and
perpetuating the Uninu under its benign influence and
‘/cachings—regarding tlu> Constitution and the Unto
•ho sacred inheritance- bequeathed Vv this people,
ivisdom aud bliujif of our patriotic Hires. Tho ltii
will over Htand tho uncompromising advocate anddefeuder
>i those hallowed bequefitH of Civil aud Relightuh Liberty
handed down to us by a patriotic ancestry.
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
In this department great pains will.lie tikon to keep our
readers ail vised of tlie current events of importance
transpiring throughout tlio country. We will always In
) their stock of
’RING & HUMMER GOODS,
SUCH l
♦pic by the
glad to receive news and important matter for Mils feature
of tho REPORTER. Wo. therefore, earneKMy ask our
friends in the surrounding couutry, und ut.u illskincv,
send us all nows of interest transpiring in tlicir midst. It
is our ilesiro to make il*>REPORTER an much of a succesi
in this particular as it is possible to make a weekly journal.
AGRICULTURAL DEPART»E»T
In tlio future, we shall endeavor to give this depar&nmit
of tho REPORTER that attention tho planting interests of
onr section demands. Under tho appropriate heading,
our agricultural readers may always find some tiling useful
and entertaining to thorn in their great and noble calling,
Useful articles written for this department of our paper
aro solicited und will bo thankfully received.
I>ry CroadK,
CLOTHING, NOTIONS, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES*.
GeutH’ Fux’uishuig Goods,
Family GrocericH,
> A I-AItOE STOCK
Kn^riKL CrocBrory and Glassware,
^‘THK CHKAPURT IN LAGRANGE AND NOMlS-^jfc
43-TAKE—DAIU3ANINS Wild. BE GIVEN.“Eft
Gall ami non “ Mike” aud coioJnce yonrsolvcg that good
bargains cua.be had from “
nnt B. MICHAEL,
apr23il M. SOLOMON.
ALBERT L EHMAN.
WATCH-MAKER ANY) JEWF.T.El
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
mdeavnr t<) keep our readers posted regularly iu
g.iril to our local and the distant markets. Nothing will
be left undone we are capable of accomplishing, to make
the REPORTER reliable iu this important particular.
The RETORTER has entered upon the twenty-filth year
of its publication, (luring which time it lias been regularly
issuod. Desiring to extend its cireulutiou and uscfiiluess,
we furnish it to subscribers at the following rates;
One Copy of the Paper one year $3 00
Out* Copy of tho Paper six months, 3 00
One Copy of tho Paper throe months, I 00
Siuglc Copy of tho l’uper, 10
TO CLUBS:
Ten Copicfl of the Paper ono yoar, $25 00
Twenty Copies of the Paper one year 40 00
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM, the REPORTER is
of tho boat in Georgia, uh our books of subscription
Our
IN CONCLUSION, wo »ay to all who wish a bold, livo
stirring paper, to subscribe at once for tbe RKPORTElt.-
- i to furnish it t~
ur proposition to furnish it to now yearly subscribers for
nothing for the next two months is a strong inducement
to the public. Wo ulso oxteneud this proposition to flubs
of subscribers.
Let every friend of the REPORTER now come forward
and give us a helping hand and we promise them a good
paper. Respectfully,
JONES & WILLINGHAM, Proprietors.
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES aud DOESKINS
SHIRTS and DRAWERS,
BRITISH }£ HOSE, GLOVES,
SUSPENDERS, NECKTIES,
COLLARS, SLEEVE BUTTONS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
VALISES, TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS, huwnes n
eil gratis.)
B. B. HATS, and all tho latest styles Of
CASSIMERE AND FUR HATS.
LADIES
Not being suited ffi our Store, will ftnd it a difficult matter
Uibe united atoll; and, to save time, wo-would advjHe.
them to come tu our store first, and buy what tfifey noed.
THE MINERAL SPjftlNG.
JlfM:
will find tho latest styles of Goods uU^. -m, um , w «
olmap uH anybody, they will Bavo trouble of
a »i. a.. homftSimihcunibor-
briuging the Goods with them fro w
ing thunri,lives wifh heavy baggage.
THE “CHEAPEST
We do not advertiso to be •! puffed
thiuk.it is our duty,' in these had .
“ Cheapest Placo" before thcpeoplu. •
THE FIRM OF
Wc-reat asHured that peoplo ki
tbe inemboru of our flrin for “TR1
come and nee uTauH" conUrme the
•^t»'Ted,onuH J^retOfqfe. Triily,
wite a. r>
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
This Btorling Democratic journal made its opiiearauce
last week in an entire new dresH. Wo congratulate itrt
proprietors upon the ublo and Skillful and Rucoessral man-
.. in which they conduct it.-—A r «wnan Herald.
Ono of tlio bout country wooklieH in tho South. It« edi
torials are «p oy and well written, and its Holccted matter
evinoeH both industry aud good judgment.—Savannah
Republican.
I.iko the principles of tho DumoerntiO partj’, of which it
is an ablo anil faithful exponent, tho more it in tented the
brighter and freaher it boepmea.—-4UanUi Constitution.
Displaying faultless typographic taste and experienced
Judgment in the material selected us well an the adjuntmeut
and arrangement of the typos.—Balnbnilgo Argus.
It in a Um paper * * * full of iuturuHtiug nows, anil in
decidedly one of our bent exchangea,
pager,—Universqlist Herald.
• A wide awake
i of tlio iioHt weeklioH in the State, and In typography
wears a citified uir thut make** Uu feel, wo admit, a little e
yiowH.-iuUhent Banner.
It woh alwnyfl a good paper, but it now M lay« oi
thing of its kindwckuow nf.—Chambers Tribune.
und UYKItV fcWABMJ.
SMITH & SttEDliK
New Sale and Livery- Stable,
in tljo North end of tho Htablo formerly oc
cupied bv T. C. MlUer. where they aro prepared to food
stock of all kluds. They will soon bo able to furnish
Carriage*, Buggies and Saddle Horses, «
tho mast Reasonable Terms.
They. roBuopt/ully ask a liberal nharp of publle patron
age, and will guarautoo fiUl Hatisfactioq to all cuBtomerH.—
TERMS STRICTLY CA8IL April 2d-.
April 2d-.
Fresh Jlleuts.
re & RAGLAND’S will bo found FRESH
IOAT, Ml) and MUTTO'N—Hie »M-Ht thp
untry afford*. The market will be kept up regularly.’ ‘
NEW JEWELRY.
r
ST roceived a largo stock of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
WATCH CHAINS, CLOCKS, (of all sorts and s
JEWELRY, (of tho Tory latest style**,)
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, (rory best quality,)
SCISSORS, (every size, and the finest that can be had,)
PLATED WARE, (oil descriptions anil best quality,),
SPECTACLES and SPECTACLE CASES, (of all kinds,)
and many other fancy articloH.
low for Cash.
novft-fiH-tf
All of which I will bq
A. LEHMAN.
WHOLESALE
AND SHOE MAKING.
W. J. MALONE
m
THE UNRIVAr.ED
»■: a :k
Stjll tvt Ills Trade.
ttttjll patrons ,
pored tq serve them in tho
Boot ami. Shoe Lli
at h!k home, a fhortdistance from tho square, wr Order/
—nrk iftft at Mr. John Ragland's, A « Lohman'r
(.’filer, will meet with nrcmnt aitertion. a
7,’ostT’fIlcr, will meet with profnpt alter (ion.
RESPECTFULLY announcen to tho citizens of
LaG range and surrounding couutry, that he ban
recently bought out Mr. F. Hojle, J. M. Lovelace*
and the ontiro Shoe making interest of tho town,
nnd employod nil ol the most skilled workmen of the
trydo In tlio place, and opened the BOOT AND SHOE
MAKING bnftinons, In all itn branched, under the most
flattering auspipeB, at the stand formerly occupied by Mr.
F. Holle. iu the Post Ofllco building, whsre ho invltoB old
mon with coriiH to come and have shoot* made that will
cure them; young men to have Boots made that are bound
to win the favor of Nancy Jane, and never feel tight; el
derly Indies to havo soft, easy shoes, that never look “down
at tho heel;” and tho young ladies, those exquisite, nice
“boos, all made on tho smallest kind of a last, making their
cunning little feet look liko timid little mice, peering ever
aud auon from beneath the ooy folds of their modest sk—
boliuorale, Come one, oamo all, and have your measures
taken to the.abovo programme, All work made, and war
ranted, at the shortest notice, and at the lowest and most
reasonable priceB, for CASH. april30
F. HOLLE
RESPECTFULLY informs his prorapt-naybig
itrons (no others solicited) that he la still pro-