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MAI1IIV, TOOLTS & MAIlltY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. LaGrangc, Georgia, JF“ .. . llnrrta. Alan, In the Hunremn Court oT Grorrln uml ] tlm United stilt™ niatrl. t Court nt Atlanta. Iff omuK—Kmt stile of tin. fnWle „.eta- it. (I. rRIIMM. | S. J, HAMMllNII. I It. IV. HAMMONII. LaOranpe, On. \ Atlanta, Oft. \ ItaCtraiiQO, (1 IfISlUtEU., HAM.MOM) & BHO., attorneys at law, T.i> Ora. B r GroiKltt, W ILL practice in Troup ed to their care will careful attention. N. J. HAMMOND Mill remain* n m A. W. Hammond ft Son, of Atlanta, VALUABLE SUGGESTION. M Atlanta, Oa., .Tune IbI, 1809. To the People qf Georrilni I am prompted by a senso of official duty, an well an by a sincere desire to benefit tho State and people, to ad- tlross you in this form. In the month of March lant, I had the honor nf being elected Domestic CommiHuioncr, under an act of tho General Ah- mbly, entitled, “An act to encourage Immi gration into the State of Georgia, and tho iu- stmont of capital in laudn." By the Rccond section nf the Act, it in made made my duty to faithfully devote myself to the “encouragement of tho immigration of good citizens, laborers, artizans, moehnuics, etc., and to the investment of capital in lands.” My position 1 a«thrown me into an extensive correspondence with persons residing in diffur- nt sections of tho United Staten, upon the sub ject of immigration to Georgia, and the invest ment of capital in her lands. This corrospou- . deuce, together with what I continually see in d | the newspapers, discloses the fact that the " Northern people havo a settled impression up on their minds, that a general sprit of lawless ness prevails in Georgia—that lynching is either approved of, oi* winked at by our people—that the civil administration does not afford adequate protection to life and property—that the lives of men are destroyed on account of their politi cal opinions—that it. is not safo for Northern men to reside in Gr; rgia- and that officers, courts, and juries, either from harmony of feel ing with oil’endera, or from indifference to crime, t bring to punishment those who violate Jnr.-tr Dentistry. B. B. ALFRED, SURGEON DENTIST, I.n GrHtlgc G Public Square, Work dam executed charge*. .January Sth. lsi’.fl J. T. DOllltl \s7 S l J RGIK) N D K NIT ST, HAVING located nt LaGrangc, ropy: .tender* hi* professional services to the f the jdaco and Rurrouudiua count t» apply to Col. Hugh Duchanau, Col. \v. F, Wright, Dr. Calhoun. Dr. Wellborn. S-wnan, On.; amt Dr, Stanley and Dr. Wimbi*h. LaGrango, Ga. Office up a lairs over Pullen A Cox’* old stand, Northwest corner of Public Square. jau8 Medical. Dr*. LITTLE A; IhU GH, H AVING a**ociated In the practice of Medicine In its vnriou* brandies, respectfully offer thdr wtrvluoa to tliocitixen* of LaGraugo and surrounding country. During the day they can bo found at ihe Drug Store of Dradflcld k Pitman, and at night, at thdr respective resi dence*. Dr. Baugh may ho found at the residence lately occupied by Dr. J. A. Long. H. D. LITTLE, March 9, IRAQ.—12tf MEDICAI. NOTICE . T. UIDT.F.Y, having . BAUGH. .tod ■ “pvlt. It A. T J / hia *on. Dr. CHARLES It. RIDLEY. n recent gradu ate or the New Orlean* School of Medicine, would oiler thdr aervicRH in the various brandies of tho Medical Pro fession, to tlie cltizeiiH of LaGrange and Hurroundlng A residence of thirty year Hive practice during tlint til the firm, in a sufficient gnai cases. cither from the town and faithfully attended t i In T^G range, nnd t ie. by the senior me Miscellaneous. NOTRE THIS! Cutting nnd Work Done Promptly J my Terms CASH! -Vo ll’orlr drlirrrr.l vulil psht for GILBERT FultfiE? W. C. HEWITT, E. W. HEV. ITT, Virginia. Virginia, HEWITTS’ GLOHE HOTEL, AUGUST A, OA. FARE THREE DOLLARS PER DAY. Tlie Sf»< iboCitv. J5. R. HAPKKKS, «• n* M ( m NS * Georgia. Icunosaee, TIIK OLD TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA UNITED STATES HOTEL, Atlanta, Gpor«ia. 8ASSEEN & MANN, Proprietor*. J. F. W. BRYSON AND ISAAC N. SCOTT. Clerks._ FRANCIS A# FROST, HA N K KR, (Offico West Side Square, next door to Wise & Douglas*, laws. There is no just cause whatever, for this im pression upon the Northern mind. I well know that the great body of tho people of Georgia nro opposed to violence, lawlessness, lynching, and mobocracy, in any shape, and in every form. I know that they love law, and order and so cial quiet, and moral progress. Yet a wide spread impression to the contrary exists, and is doing us incalculable damage. It is injurious to our reputation us a State, and to our charac ter as a people. It is an unjust impeachment of the integrity of our Judges, the fidelity of our officers, aful the virtue of our juries. It very greatly endangers our political rights, and if not removed or counteracted will constitute an ef fectual bar to immigration, and hinder all in- * I vestments of money from abroad. No man will seek a home where' ho thinks it unsafe to dwell. It is bootless to discuss the question, as to how, or by what agency these improper and unjust impressions found a lodgment in the Northern mind. Suffice it to say, that they are entertain ed, and are doing us injury, and greatly retard the prosperity of the Commonwealth. As a cit izen of Georgia, jealous of her reputation, and sincerely desiring the prosperity and happiness of her people, I want these unfounded impres sions removed. I want, tho Northern people to look at Georgia in her true light and do her people justice. That acts of violence have been perpetrated here, 1 will not deny, but I do most roundly deny, that the great mass of our citi zens have any sympathy with crime, or give any approbation to lawlessness. I freely admit that wo have in Georgia, just as they have every where else, rough, reckless, hot-headed, indiscreet, violent men, who sometimes commit acts of violence, and perpetrate.outrageous crimes; but those men are comparatively few in numbor, and are no correct type of Southern character in general. Tho large majority of our people are good, true and law-abiding. They deeply de plore every act of crime and lawlessness, that bad men commit, aiuT"will, I feel confident, ex ercise their power to bring to punishment, those who violate the law, ami to prevent the occur rence of ciime. Now the question arises, what can we do more than we have already done to remove the hurtful prejudices that arc enter tained or fostered against us? Many of the public, journals, and the jmlggs i in their charges to the grand juries, and tho I grand juries in their presentments and others ! in circular letters have endeavored to counteract j these, prejudices. The railroad mop of the South I nt the call of Uni. E. Halbert, the energetic Su- j periiitendent of the Western and Atlantic Rail- i road, which belongs to the State) have mot in ! Convention and invited the people of the North, I to visit and examine our country, and invest their capital in tho rich field of speculation, hicli our Stato so invitingly p: ll most nominal rates. The hotel keepers of (leor- gia, and elsewhere in the. South have also pledg ed a reduction in hotel fare. -The planters, far mers and manufacturers, of the State, represent ed by their best men, have also met in conven tion, and extended a cordial invitation to the people of the North and of Europe, to seek homes and invest their money in our genial clime, pledging to nil who may come, a cour teous and hospitable welcome. r l ho Legisla ture of Georgia in conforming to, and carrying out tho popular will, has passad an Act, elected officers, and appropriated * press purpose of euconr He I*ttor Ucltoro Y Explain to mo, if you can, Mr. Jtonnor, why it is that bo many young people are ashamed to have it thought that they arc ashamed of econ omy in tho management of slender means, and frugality in living? There is no disgrace in being an acorn before being an oak. Young people frequently wish they were grown men, but they nro not asham ed of being youlig. No one iH ashamed, td liuve it discovered that his strength, knowledge and skill are proportioned to his VearS. lint these same persons will blush aria suffer shame, at being supposed not to have any money, under circumstances in which all tho sensible world knows that they ought to have none ! A young fellow lias been put to school by tho igorous economy of his father and mother. — •Sly by the tho very hardest industry and clos est economy iian they sustain him in college.— Every single shilling is important, and like shingles on tho roof, the absenco of one makes tho whole house inconvenient. And yet this lad shall ho ashamed not to hear his part in so cial exponses. He is utterly unable to say, I cftnimt afford it.” It is the harder to say it, I must confess, because, in a community of sev eral hundred young men, two-thirds of whom are poor and the children of poor men, there is a lurking shame of poverty, which radiates into public sentiment and reflects a kind of disre pute Upon those who bodily say, “ I must, deny myself, boyond the barest necessities of life, ot whatever costs money." Poverty has enough trouble without the addition of foolish and dis honorable sentiments. Who expects young men to have money to pare? Does not the w 1 1 11 1 * K Id know they are just starting life that as yet they have earned nothing, and that they inherit no for tune that they receive but a small stipend— j and that, if they be honest, they must practice rigorous economy? Why, then, do young men engage in pleasure boats which drain their pockets dry, and lay them under temptations to dishonesty for fear people will think they have ) money ? ; Of course folks think so! And just as much if you nro inveighed into unwise giving, as it rerosed! A poor young man ought to bo poor until ho has broken tho spell of poverty by in dustrious enterprise; and he should rather glory in it than be ashamed of it. It is necessary that you should be frugal; it m coBeary that yon should bo holiest; it is not icessary to attempt to walk in circles of socis- ty that will swallow up the pitiful pennies ol poverty like a quicksand, and leave only irre- sistable temptations to dishonesty. It is a good vason for not joining a club, an excursion or •idiug party, and still more an extravagant ball, that “you cannot honestly raise the money."— Who ought to hold up his head tho highest, the young man who quietly says, “I cannot, yet in dulge in such expense,” or the fellow who is not ashamed to steal the money on whicldhe makes a false appearance. I hear a good deal of Yankee meanness-of tho spirit of trade and. dicker—of the stingi ness and parsimony of Northern men. But, while the manner of showing economy is a thousand limes nobler than the free-handed squandering >f money which gives a spurious reputation for generosity, to people who are on the road to bankruptcy, who have long spent, money not their own with a special gracefulness.—Henry 11 ’urd Ui ccher. The JlourA Tabic is read by the cultivated minds of tho North. From an article, in a late number, we quote a few sentences culled out here And there: Our States being equal and voluntarily joined, the Constitution being the expression of thdr will and the Federal Government being their agency, in tho very nature of things, no coer cive power over them could be derived from tho Constitution. Buchanan, Lincoln, and others, argued that the recent exertion of Federal force aguinst cer tain Suites was not coercion of States, but was military coercion of persons banded to oppose the Federal laws, or in other words, the putting down of a rebellion; blit such views nro dignified by calling them weak sophistry. For the said States acted as bodies in making the Constitu tion; they moved as such in seceding; and they warred as such in resisting coercion. And, in each case, they respectively exorcised tlint right of command over the citizens which results from the social compact, binding each to obey the col lective will, and which is sovereignty itself. The word “States,” used in tho Constitution to designate tho contracting Bowers tlmt ratify and make it, is used in juxtaposition with, and has the identical meaning of, tho word “Htates 1, that signifies the, Powers of Europe (see Article III, section 2; Article XI, amendments); and it is absurd to suppose, that Massachusetts, New York, or Virginia, in making a constitution of government, deprived herself of statehood or nationality, wh n t he merely declared her will, which remained in her, and expired no portion of her own being, and when her name, descrip- nnd essentials were, rftcr associating, en tirely unchanged. Neither the Constitution nor history warrants the restricted meaning vulgarly given in our country to the word States.” In seceding, the Southern Commonwealths ex ercised an indisputable right, though they acted with impolicy and erred in ignoring tho opera tion of international law. The Southern Commonwealths were really fighting for constitutional liberty, which, under tho circumstances, they thought seriously im perilled, and likely to be preserved by secession. Earl Itassell's assertion was true, that “the South fought for independence, tho North lor empire.” As to the right of secession, it will hereafter be shown by authorities that no one will venture to gainsay that it is (not constitutional, but) in herent and inalienable; that it is absolutely es sential to, and pro Umlo identical with freedom; and that it was taken for granted, or expressly stated by the fathers servo statehood and liberty We clip the following from tho Warronton Clipper: The down-east sensationalist and private Rea ct ary of our Bovine Executive, having paraded J. W. B. EDWARDS, A O E N T , COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHOICE GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES, (At Pullen k CoX’s Old Stand,) Ln Grange, Georgia. FRESH GROCERIES. T JJAVF. on band nnd to arrive a -plendid assortment of FllERH GROCERIES which I promise to Boil Cheap for J. W. li. EDWAKD8. SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, &C. sensational outrages on Radicals, white and black, without exciting the desired sympathy of the powers at Washington, has abandoned the male portion of that “persecuted party,” rind seeks to arouse the passions of the North by ap pearing in the role of an injured woman appeal ing for justice. Eugene was roared in New Eng land and should therefore know that the appeal of an “injured woman" receives but little sym pathy from the North. Hear his petticoat wail: Atlanta, May 29. Miss Penelope Adkins, daughter of the* late Senator Adkins publishes an appeal for justice, in which, speaking of the reports relative to her father she says:— “I hurl back tho infamous charges they al lego agaiust my deceased father—charges which consists altogether of vague rumors. If they have proof of difisolute conduct against hint to justify murder for personal causes, let it bo pro duced. They are woll aware that no private in jury to his assassin caused his murder. They k»;,w mul feel in tlielr henrte tlmt he wn« ltille.l Wul Mll tu „ ni at CM( . on account of his politics alone— solely because he was a republican. The murderers ivre well known and can be named, yet no stop has berm taken to bring them to justice. I have no re course but to an appeal to the people of Georgia and of the nation tor retaliation upon them and their secret elan of assassins. .Such an appeal I hereby solemnly make.” If any production ever boro the stamp of for gery and falsehood upon its face, this certain ly does. You are too far from the scene of ac tion. and too ignorant of woman’s character, Mr. Sensationalist, to attempt such canards.— Why, you couldn't make even Beast Butler be lieve that the lowest nml vilest creature that wallows in the ditch of infamy, would be so fiir debased as to flaunt the death of her father to the public for its mere political effect.— Then why attempt to foist upon the public the eminations of your own black and villainous heart as the production of a lady who is known and respected by a large circle of friends. We do not think it neccessary to defend Miss Ad kins agtinst this vile slanderer, but for the in formation of those who are not acquainted with the lady wo will state that her mother has con sulted with the military commandant in regard to ferreting out the perpetrator of the murder, and who, “if known" (as alleged in the dis patch), would have been arrested ere this. As to Miss Adkins appealing “to the people of Georgia nnd the Nation for retribution," we will >ly state for the information of Mr. Bullock’s tary, that Mr. Absalom Jackson who ' to Miss Ad- umplv: dispensable 10 pre- ! i« a Magistrate, and near relative to it is. indeed, a kins, and who lives in the immediate neighbor- right as absolute and indestructible as the Htute | hood will, at the proper time, render such a itself. Without, it, Roverignty cannot exist, and ! “ solemn ” appeal unnec there can be no self-preservation and only constituents of our publics.” the original I epublic of re- unnecessary. Secretary Boitur.—The “.Sun” returns to the consideration of what it calls the “ corrupt and discreditable appointment of Secretary Borie.” Alluding to n remark of a Radical cotemporarv, that General Grant made him Secretary of the Navy, not because “ he thought Borie was the best man for the place," the “ Sun'' says: “ No man knows bettor than Gen. Grant that Mr. Borie is entirely incompetent to perform the La Grange Georgia. iff Hold. Atlanta. New NOTICE TO COTTON PLANTERS! GEORGE KIDD, MANUFACTURER OF IMPROVED COTTON OAiN’S*. W OULD rtwpoctfuUy minminw tn Ills nlil MmiiK, anil tlu 1 lmhlin gennrally. Ill'll Is still oiiltaK hi. oil, bnsiui'ss i.fMAlCINil COTTON M! >S. noar La Onrage. anil would lm pleased to naf hr ™3 or f „, In 1,1? liuo, A. F. UOUEUTSON, Agont, May21-4m« Luaramm, Ororgta. IV. K. SOLOMON, WHOLESALE GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, IMPOSTER OF Wines, Jamaioa Rum, Holland Gin, &o., WHOLRSALE DEALER IN bOMESTIC l-iIQUOHS AN1) CIGARS, 205 Bay Street, Savannah Georgia. f April 30th, I860.—tf ATLANTA MARBLE WORK ! WM. GRAY, Prop’r, S. B. OATMAJf, Ag’t, DEALERS IN American nnd It'oroiRn NTnrltle, MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS, Mantle., Statuary, Urns anil Vases, • A ND all descriptions of FINISHED MARTILK OF THE A BEST WORKMANSHIP AMI ROM ESI_ I RICES. Kf DESIGNS FURNISHED, fur tin fret nf chnrfet , , WMODELING, III clsy or plaster, i to *jp All orders fsitlifiiUy etecilted and promptly fl'led g®-OFFIOK AND YARD-Opposlto Georgia R. 11. J pm. Atlanta, Ga. “ “ e purchasing of i iu\ other • CLAOHORN, HERRING & CO., COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 7 Wnrreu Block, Augusta, Georgia ; Corner Yeuduc Range and Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, South Carolina; 120 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. L IBERAL CASH ADVANCES made at all times on con signraents of COTTON. „ . IS-JOSEPH S. BEAN, of LaGrange, Georgia, is out Agent, nnd will giro prompt attention to shipment* ami ad vances. sepiLtr ALEXANDER EllGENZINGER, (Hunter Street, near Whitehall,) Atlanta Georgia, •\XroULD respectfully inform hi* old friend* in LaGrange W and surrounding country that ho l» prepared to nil all order* for I'URNITURE, UPHOLSTERING, MATTItASSES AND BEDDINO, , DECORATIONS, WINDOW CURT .MM tec., kc„ kc; lid promptly attended, to,oh Thf. Malignity of Grant and his Cabinet.— During tho campaign, says the Columbus Sun, before hid inauguration and since, some Southern men who profess to sound and pure principles, have endeavored to commend the conservatism of Grant to our people. These same gentlemen have been quick to denounce those who did not agree with them as extreme, violent aud imprac- tible men. To all such and the poor dupes whom they succeeded in indoctrinating with the belief that Grjint was nn honest and fair man, wo commend the following from the Washington correspondence ot the Now York 7Lemhi: “The appointment of the negro Turner as post- aster at Macon was made at the. request of Senator Sumner and General Butler, and with the full concurrence of the Cabinet, as a rebuke to the disloyal element of Georgia for the late murders and outrages alleged to have been com mitted there. Butler is said to have told tho . .President that mtlem it was taken he (Butler) n „ , . I to would make the omission the cause of pitching this end they have reduced railroad fare to nl- j juto the administration with all his ability on the reassembling of Congress. A deputation of Georgians waited on the President on Thurs day to protest against the continuance of Turner in office. They stated that Turner was entirely unfit for the position, and made himself odious to nil parties by liis impudence and ignorance: and that Mr. Washington, who had been remov ed to make way for Turner, was a truly loyal re publican, and had given the highest satisfaction during his administration of the office. The President informed tho deputation that he had nothing wliatever against Mr. Washington. His removal had been made through a conviction that it was necessary to administer some sort of , rebuke to the rebel element there who had nuntenanced tho late outrages, and he (the President) thought. Turner would give them a most unpleasant dose. It was too late now to protest against the appointment. It lmd been made and must stand, no matter how unpnlato- it might be to the people of that section, loyal or disloyal.’* The Whirligig of Time.—-We find this pun gent paragraph in tho Now York Times, of the 25tli: : 4 “ As a striking specimen of ‘ Time’s revenges’ we have late ly had presented to us tho colorsd men’s appointments to office, at home and abroad. ‘Think,’ writes one correspondent ar- tidiotically, ‘ of Toombs, instead of calling his slave-roll on Bunker Hill, only calling for his letters from the colored Postmaster at Macon.’ Think again of tlie son of the black Douglass holding a Government office, in the same city with tho son of the white Douglas, and support ing the Administration. But there is another contrast still more remarkable in Charleston, where, at this mdment, the new Mayor is said to be a brother of Parker Pillsbnry, the anti slavery agitator contemporaneous with Garrison. Were this relationship all, under the changed aspect of affairs, doubtless, this historic compar ison would not bo more ‘ odorous’ than the oth ers. But, according to some of the Southern papers, since Pillsbury’s inauguration tho chief municipal activity has been a scramble for spoils. One of Pillsbury’s friends used to talk of ‘ plow ing u|) Charleston and sowing it with salt’—but isn’t this last a worse inflicted?” Now these are all very striking examples of the topsy-turvy ways of fortune; but when the whirligig turns again, as turn it shall, the South may have .“revenges” as strange as these. Who knows? . It is absurd perhaps to think so now; but suppose Toombs should actually perform his promisq one of tlieso fine days? We have seen stranger things than that. The country men of Alva clamor for a ruler from the country-’ men of William of Orange. In the tide of time, the countrymen of Butler may clamor for a pro tector from tho countrymen of Jefferson Davis. So look out for the next prank of the whirligig of time \—Augusta Constitutionalist. Letter fbom Judge Chase. —In response to an invitation to be present at the decoration of tho graves of the Federal dead at Magnolia Cemettfly. Charleston, the following letter was received from Chief Justice Chase who was, at the time, holding liis Court in that, city: Charleston, S. C., May 20, 18G9. Dear Sir) Your note inviting mo to attend tho ceremony qLdecorating, at Magnolia Cemetery, the graves of'the bravo men who fell in defence of tlie Union during tho recent civil war, only reached mo this morning. I am very’ sorry that I cannot be with you at this most interesting occasion; but it is now too late to make the necessary arrangements. Tho nktipn • cmlnot too teuaefty clieri memory flf? Voters of Tennessee Restored to Their Rights.—The Memphis Avalanche thus notices the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee on tho Franchise law enacted and en forced by Brownlow nnd his minions. It says: At last the Supreme Court of Tennessee has __ # r spoken, and the great, principle revived that has | duties of a Cubinet’Minister, either in the Navy been kept in abeyance ruder usurped powers i Department or any otuer. He is incompetent, that would have been becoming to the worst of first, by reason oi iuoxperience of that sort ; despotisms. The special dispatch to the .Ira-j and secondly, by reason of physical debility.— Unic.hee.xplains the nature of the ease upon which ; }{j s nervous system is brokeu down, lie cannot the opinion of tho Court was pronounced. This j read or write an hour at a time. He cannot fix legalizes every preceding registration, and de- j lfis mind intently on any subject an hour at a privos of all vitality Hie s veral arbitrary acts ol time without suffering pain in consequence.— Brownlow, by which he took from the people He can only live by having no serious occupa tion* constitutional rights, and set aside proper- i ti«m, and simply U4 ~ ,f fin " ly authenticated and authorized pr Every citizen of the State who lia registered, since, tlie inauguration EREL, RICE, FLOUR, Ac., CHEAP, call c J. W. B. EDWARDS. MECHANICS’ TOOLS. ECHANICS! come nnd buy Hatchet*, Hammer*, (all kinds,) File*, (mill and hand *aw.) Tire Iron, (buggy •rlago.) and all kind* of TOOLS, cheaper than the J. W. B. EDWARDS. HARDWARE, &C. Y OU can get Locks, (all kind*,) Butt*. Whitewash Brushes, Sad Irons, Coffee Mills, Oven*, Lld*. (without oven*.) Spring Balance*, and almost anything needed ubout the hoUBe, very low, at J. W. B. EDWARDS. TOBACCOS, LIQUORS, CANDY, &C. , Can- , Tea, . W. D. EDWARDS’. “QUICK SALES A- SHORT PROFITS.” qy ew goods aud yo Ived every week; and “ Quick Sates d Short Profits" being my motto, call aud aee me, will fiud I will do what I *uy. J. W. B. EDWARDS. CALL AND SETTLE. A LL person* having account* with CHARLES HANDY win please (*11 and Nettle immediately, a* I have con trol of hi* books, knd highly oblige J. W. B. EDWARDS. REMEMBER! P C J, ULLEN LOOK HERE I LOOK HERE!? lE-VIBJIK.'X'BOIDY NDS THE PLACE? BUY GOOD GOODS. m-m- J. M. BEAM, it SON, Dry Goods Merohnntel C. C. MlHCHMAS. WII.L1AM A. SEAT. C. C. MARCHMAN & CO., GR00ER3 AND COMMISSION MEROHANTS, ]Woet Side Public Square,) La Grange, Oeor(jia, K EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND; ::y for the ex- ^ [the immigration of good citizens, laborers, artisann, and median- iiiH, anil till! investment of capital in lands.— Can it be miiil with anv semblance of Iraili or jus tice tlmt wo have (lone nil this, to pet Northern men to settle here, simply that we nmvhave a banco to insult them, and take their lives ?— Will any one pretend that all this trouble and expense, havo been encountered, simply to in dues Northern men to invest their capital in Georgia, that we may rub them of it 1 Tho idea absurd. Men and property are as safe in Georgia, as anywhere on the globe. We may ilo one other thing Hint lias not been done, nnd I sincerely hope that our people will make haste and delay not to do it. Let public meetings he held all over tlie Stato, and especially in those counties in which lnwlessnessnliss has been most frequently perpetrated. Let tho meetings be attended and conducted by our best and most influential citizens, and let a solemn dec laration he put forth that we have no sympathy whatever with lawlessness, crime and violence or lynching in any form that wo will not give give support or countenance to those who per petrate them; and the few instances of lynching, and other acts of lawlessness that have occurred in Georgia, shall he tho last, so far us we are able to prevent their recurrence; that no citizen of any color shall lie molested, or treated with violence on account of liis political opinions; that law, and the administration of law shall be upheld and maintained; and that lull and com plete protection to life, liberty and property shall be guaranteed and given to all who now reside, or who may hereafter Reel: homos in onr midst, or invest their capital in our State. Let all Grand Juries, composed as they generally are, of our best and most intelligent oitizens, also speak out on this subject in their general presentments, nnd when wo shall have done this, and shall have faithfully endeavored to carry out the resolves, all cause for prejudices against us will he removed, and in my judgment our troubles will cease, and peace, prosperity and happiness will smile on ns again. With tho earnest hope that our good old com monwealth may speedily enjoy her former -aye, more than hev former prosperity. I am your obedient sorvant nnd fellow citizen. G. N. Lester. Commissioner of Land atul Immigration I fully and cordially concur with tlie Domes tic Commissioner in the foregoing communica tion, Hamuel Weil, Foreign Commissioner. I most fully and heartily concur ill tho recom mendations made by tho Honorable- Commis sioner, and do most confidently believe tlmt tlie unoil people of our State do deprecate tho acts of violence which have occurred, that it is in their power to take such steps as will make, every citizen, ho he rich or poor, native or for eign, black or white secure in liis person, liis prnpertv, and in tlie enjoyment of his civil and political flights! nlnd I do earnestly recommend that the good people of our State give expression to such a determination, and that they exercise their moral and physical power to tho end that absolute security ahcl peace may prevail, bring ing with them inevitable prosperity. R. B. Bullock. High D?onn Piatt.—Tlio famous correspondent of tho dincinnaU Commercial has roundly abused tho foreign appointments of tho administration, but there is an ugly reminiscence of his own pranks when Secretary of Legation at Paris.— The story as wo heard it is this*. Piatt livoa pretty freely tiud became involved with F rench tradosmeu to tlle^ trine of several thousand dol lars. He invited them to lrieet him at Ins room's on a certain day. They came, they saw, they did not get their nfoney. Donn Piatt was ready to start homeward and start he did, leaving the confiding Gauls in tlio’ hjrch. Piatt is Witty, eloquent and full of sap* bht once upon a tune he seemod to think that “ base is the sbrfre that pHtsV- Aiijiista Coritdimicfrinlisit cmluot too tendefty cherish the dead heroes, or too watchfully eiug of those who survive. And lulge the hope that ere long wo, he national cause, will be prompt ^.-commemorating tho heroism of m who fell an the other side, and bo pow specially mouru their loss, the arbitrament of arms, and ro- lir old love for their country and ttie and indivisible, will join with mem oration of the fallen braves fbe'ltniqm? . iUU not dead. They have only gone before, and now ^ee eye to eye. Why may not a their sacred graves oblivion . and honceforlli unite in uo- <endeavor to assure the hottor fit- whole co'tfiftfy, (rf all her her citizens? , . , yours, B 1 . P; CuASBr i over been ; of the post he deprived of his right. This is the decision of the Supreme Court. It sets aside the arbitrary acts of brown low, by whk'h \Y. J. Smith aud others (among them *Stokes), wore impudently thrust into Congress over tho votes of the people. If the registration papers have been lost (the poll books for the most p:\rtyet survive), an affidavit to that effect*would amply suffice. This decision marks a now era in onr State.*, and a more hope ful view of the situation may be. entertained. It annuls the despotic, acts of the worst tyrant with which a State Government was ever afflicted, brings back the people to a just contemplation of their rights and privilege ., and revives in many .a doubting heart renewed hopes of the Republic. Loud Macaulay's Letter to Mil Randall.— A letter criticising the Working of republican institutions, which was written by Lord Macau lay (then Mr. Macaulay) some twenty years ago. has been republished by a weekly paper; and the Commercial Advertiser doubts the genuine ness of the letter, saying: “It is not in the style of Lord Macaulay, and there is one sentence in it which it is impossible he ever wrote." It nevertheless, written by Macaulay, and is genuine. It was originally published in this journal some eight or ten years ago.—New York 'Times. That part of the sentence to which the Com mercial objects is ns follows: “I seriously apprehend that * * * * * you will act like people would in a year of scarcity.” The Commercial says this is a thoroughly Vir ginian sentence. Perhaps so. At at any rate, Virginirns ought to be satisfied to write as good English ns that of Lord Macaulay. The Com mercial is wise above what is written. “Like" is not only an adjective, as it supposes, but is an ubverb, as it does not suppose. “Quit you like men,” (would quit thoiuselves), is a scrip- ural phrase—“good, old English.”—Pichmond Dispatch. Old Horace.—Greeley wrote the following to the editor of tho Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligencer, on the 18th of November last: jlly Dear Sir: I Lave yours of the lfith. Its leading positions have long been understood and appreciated in this quarter. Now hear me. Every year one thousand of your rebels die, and one thousand (or more) of their sons be come of age. You can’t disfranchise them.— You have now five thousand majority. Six years at furthest will convert this into a rebel majority of one thousand. Then the rebels will be en franchised in spite of you, and the blacks will be left under foot—and you under estimate these at two thousand. Go your own way, and see if the rebels don’t have you under foot in less than six years. I s'peak from a wide experience when I tell you that your house is built on the sand. It cannot stand. Every year will see the passions of the war cool aud tlie demand for amnesty strengthened. Now you can amnesty the rebels. Soon the question will be, shall they amnesty you? Look at Kentucky and Maryland, and read your certain fate in theirs. Cincinnati Southern Bait,road.—A Cincin nati dispatch of the 25th nit says: D. N. Stan ton, of Boston, President of the Chattanooga and Alabama Railroad, makes tho following proposition to tho committee to-day: If Cincin nati selects Chattanooga as the terminus of^ the proposed road, we are prepared to build a first- class railroad from that point to the Kentucky State line, near Chitwood, and will havo it equipped and running as soon as Cincinnati can meet us at that point. With the aid that Cin cinnati offers, we will also undertake tho con struction and equipment of a first-class railroad from the same point to Cincinnati, and will take perpetual lease of this part of the road on reasonable terms. The whole line from Cincin nati to Chattanooga shall be so arranged as to run as one through lino, aud in the interest of Cincinnati perpetually, and as soon as your trustees can meet us, we shall be ready to enter into an arrangement on basis of tho above. D. F. Stanton, J. T. Brown, R. T. Paine, Jr., and Judge Mills represented Nashville’s inter ests, and Col. Wohler the claims of Decatur.— Tho meeting was large, and much interest was felt. The First Show Across the Continent.—The Omaha Herald says Jas. M Nixon, Esq., Direc tor, has concluded arrangements with Union Pacific Railway for tho transportation of Dan Gastello’s great combination show from tho Mis souri river to tho Pacific ocean. It requires an immense train of cars to .trans port this great show. The company will per form at all the principal cities and towns along tho lino between Omaha aud the Pacific coast,— The menagerie contains two elephants, camels and various animals. The circus troupe, iu men and horses, is very largo. Tho undertak ing is a mammoth one. Beauties fire apt to die old maids. They sot such high value oh fliomsolvelves, that the mar ket (Jkteerv before’ they f'tnr frtfd tf >ATrcbascr; l deceitful honor of fig- j [Clear Bides. Clear Ribbed Side*, Hams, and Shoulder*,) . Uriml A r]rnivnl Dor- nising himself. Gen. Grant ; all this, for Mr. Borie has told him so.— It is due to that gentleman to say that lie did not seek the empty uring as the dummy hohiud which Admiral Por ter governs the Navy, lie did not wish to wear tho insignia of power he cannot exercise, or to draw a salary for work ho cannot perform. He j is naturally too honest to do such things. But I (i n. Graut insisted upon it, and Borie yielded to the arrangement. j “ As wc have repeatedly said, this is a corrupt ! and discreditable affair. Had it been possible i to charge Andrew Johnson with any such of- i fences, there would have been no seven Senators | bold enough to vote for his acquitUd.” I A Decision of Interest.—In our Superior ! Court, on Thursday, a promissory note which had been stamped,' but the stamp on which had not been canelled as required by law, was offer ed in evidence, Tho counsel for the defendant objeotod to it on this ground, aud cited the law as thus announced by Commissioner Rollins in his compilation of “Laws and Regulations concerning the purchase and use of Internal Revenue Stamps”: “ It is not lawful to record, any instrument, document, or paper required by law to be stamp ed, or any copy thereof, unless a stamp or stamps of the proper amount have been affixed and cancelled in the manner required by law; and such instrument or copy and the record thereof are utterly null and void, and cannot be used or committed as evidence in any court until the defect has been cured as provided in section 158.” Judge Woirill concurred in the decision of a Massachusetts Court, to the effect that it is not within the jurisdiction of Congress or the Fed eral Government to establish rules governing the admissibility of evidence in State Courts.— The note was therefore admitted as evidence in the case.—Columbus Enpuirer. (Everj* grade,) (Great variety,) (Side* and Shoulder*,) S'UCrJm. M. ■ (AH grade*,) Significant.—The Imperialist, of May 22nd, contains the following paragraph: The “Grand Army of the Republic” lias just held its annual convention, and is more pros perous than ever. The public has no true idea of the immense power which this organization can wield should its services be called for. It is a disciplined army four hundred thousand strong, and nine-tenths of its members are vet- i soldiers. This silent unnoticed army gar risons the entire North. It can take the field at an hour’s notice, and what possible force could be raised to resist it, should the “long roll” once be beaten from Maine to Minnesota. The badges of the various army corps, which are still worn by the veterans of the Federal army, show how strong is the veteran’s instinct for decorations which are proof of his valor on the field. The Empire will have its legion of Hon or, and will know how to reward bravery aud •devotion.” (Rio and Java Coffee; Green nnd Black Tea, (Tho best of nil kinds,) MOLASSES, SYRUP, RICE, CANDLES, &c. TO THE PUBLIC: B EING determined to keep a good stock of groceries. aud to *ell them as cheap as they can be sold in this market, we very respectfully nolicit a liberal share of pub lic patronage; and therefore invite buyers to give us a call and examine our goods and learn April 2d.C. C NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC! I AM NOW OFFERING STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, hoots, SHOES, NOTIONS, &C.y &C.( AT GREATLY RKHUCKD MHCJ2SY A LL persons having the MONEY, and wanting to buy GOODS, will do well to call and soe me at once, as I have determined to make it to their interest. Will price Good* so low that all will feel that just like they had found something. I am offering a certain line cif Goods at extra- ordinarily low figure.:,[uprDO]V. L. HOPSON. MARCHMAN k CO. Coming Back at Us.—The English papers do not moan that we shall do all the bullying.— Some of them are coming back at us rather sav agely. The United Service Gazette, the leading military press, talks sharply. It says: “The New York papers speculate pleasantly on the ultimate possession of Canada; but it is well to remember that, with all their resources, and with all the poverty of the Southern Con federacy, it took tho North four years to annex the Southern States. How about Canada with open ports and England at her back? The whole affair is too ridiculous for serious thought, and we may rest assured that Jonathan has no wish to burn his fingers by war with England, whether it may or may not become neccessary for England to bring him to his senses by open war becomes every day u less doubtful ques tion.” Punch Settles the Alabama. Bill.—A late number of tho London Punch says: Mr. Punch himself has paid Mr. Sumner’s bill. The handwriting of the latter being indis tinct, Mr. Punch is not quite, sure whether he asks for two hundred and fifty millions or bil lions, and therefore has sent crver the latter sum. If there is any balance, Mr. Sunnier can keep it for himself, or lay it out iit building a lunatic asylum into which, if the quarrel should really arise, the people of the United States will do well to insert every public man they have, from sobor Sumner down to drunken Chandler. What Disposition Bulloch IVlade UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS. Treasonable Prices. they must buy soon, and pay the CASH, as no man knows what becomes of his money when they buy on CREDIT, and pay the exorbitant prices now charged. In fact.ffiis _ _ enforced; aud, without arrangements can be made os to overrule them, we will have to clo -e ou the lien busi ness but to such parties as can make a good lien good security we will sell, or for CASH ONLY. Wo have now on baud and to arrive— 30 CASKS BULK MEAT, 4,000 BUSHELS CORN, 500 •• OATS, (good seed.) 20 BARRELS SYRUP, (Assorted,) io x •* •• 40 BARRELS SUGAR, (all grade*,) 30 •• POTATOES, 5,000 LBS. FLOTJR, No. 1, (warranted,) Hardware, Woddenware, Hollowware, Orookery, EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY LINE. Soliciting all to call and oxamino before buying, we n main.yours, T. J. THORNTON Is SON. February 5th-ly GO AND 8EE “ MIKE !** C H 'JE A. M f JC <CP 14 TE Z B. MICHAEL & CO., e oonstant- SPRINdi & SUMMER GOODS, SUCH AS Pry Goods, CLOTHING, NOTIONS', HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, <3-ents* Furnishing Goods, ALSO, Family Groceries, AND A LARGE STOCK English Crocltery and Glassware, *S»THE CHEAPEST IN LAGRANGE AND NO MIS--©* H®-TAKE—BARG AKINS WILL BF. GIVEN.-®* Call and see “ Mike” and convince yourselvos that good bargains can be had from B. MICHAEL, apr23d M. 8ULOMON. ALBERT LEHMAN, WATCH-MAKER AND JEWELER,* La Grange, Georgia*’ NEW JEWELRY. rU8T received a largo stock of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. Tho Cincinnati Commercial of tho 27th says: “Lieut. Gon. Phil. Sheridan arrived in this city yosterday. He is a lover of good horses, and was a spectator ot the races yesterday. John C. Breckinridge is in the city, and ttlsd took a look at the fast animals on the Buckeye track. Sheridan and Breckinridge, during the first race were on tho judges’ stand, and got along togeth er quite amicably. They might have compared notes as to their experience at Stone river and on other histone fields where they laced each other, each leading a division of braves, but wo did not hoar that they did so.” Gen Biplby a Bankrupt.— London, Mdy 25.— Gon. Ripley, formerly of tho Confederate Army, and at one time commandant Of Fort Sumpter, has passed through bankruptcy. Hie liabilities are fixed at ?*J7.'000. ami bin assets at.$50,000.- . JOHN N. COOPER, COTTON WAREHOUSE, GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, (West Side of the Public Square,) La Grange, h Georgia, ion to the STORAGI COTTON entrusted t consignments to Au- Guano! Guano!! Guano!!! A GENT for Wilcox, Gibb* k Co.’s Manipulated GUANO. JOHN it. COOPER. Salt! Salt!! J AM, also, agent for tho Virginia S Lome! QNE car load Alabama LIME c WATCH CHAINS, CLOCKS, (of all son* aud JEWELRY, (of the very latest style*,) POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, (Vi SCISSORS, (every size, and the finc*t that can 1,) New Cfvlfdtin Syrujjf arid fSugrirs I UST RECEIVED. AIko, A largo and well selscted atock of GROCERIES, always on ha PLATED WARE, (all descriptions and best quality,) SPECTACLES aud SPECTACLE CASES, (of all IdudH. / MQNTVAtE HPR1NGH T HIS FATORITE SUMMER RESORT, situated in Blouni county, East Tennessee, will bo opened, for the re ception ol visitors, on tlio FIRST OF JUNE; The markod beneficial results attending the use of these water*, in functional dcrangemouta of the Liver, Bowels, Kidneys and 8W«. Cure of Chronic Diseases, attest their Medicinal Properties. Tho buildJnrts at Mnntvale We now belt$4 fitted and repainted, aud everything put tn,appl AU the accessories for enjoyment end recra best watering pieces will be found here. -; The facilities for reaching Montv ale this season are t creased by the Knoxville aud Charleston Railroad regular twins are running to ManrviUe, whence pa gore are conveyed in coaches to the Spring*; nine 1 distant RAtEB OF BOARD: Per,day.. •••• v Per week Per month...». • • »-• •'» a- Address, for ptttnphlcVe contain r«ML -jjpHfiigSJ Mrtptioo kc., N- COOPER. may It Tm

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The La Grange reporter. (La Grange, Ga.) 184?-193?, June 11, 1869, Image 1