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VOLUME XXV.}
LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMREIt 19, 1809.
fNUMBER 47.
Attorneys.
W. O. TUGGLE,
A T T O n N 12 Y A T 1, A W ,
La fining*, Georgia.
ALlIEllT H, COX,
A T T O n N K Y A T I. A W ,
LaGrange, Georgia.
W IIT.T. prnoltco lu all tho Courts of tlio Tallnpnoaa
circuit*. tnarcnlO
1. K. TOOI. C. C. W. MAUltY.
TOOLE Si MABRY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
LaGrange, Georgia,
W ILL practice In the Superior Courts of the cnnutloi
of Troup. Heard, Carroll, Coweta. Meriwether and
Ttarrltf. Also, In the Supreme Court of Georgia, amt In
the United States District Court at Atlanta.
Mg' OFFICE—East Side, of tin* Public Square. oeXO-lf
II. FKftnKI.L, I H. J. HAMMOND. 1 K. W. HAMMOND,
LaGrange, Ga. ] Atlanta, Oa. | LaGrange, Ga.
FERRELL, HAMMOND Si BliO.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
La Grange, Georgia,
W ILL practice In Troup county. All buatneaa ent rust
ed to tludr cure will receive personal, prompt and
careful attention.
N. .1. HAMMOND stilt remains a member of the firm of
A. W. Hammond A Son, of Atlanta, except as to Troup
county. jeS-tf
Groceries, &c.
CJOTtN!—INTO—CORN !!
Dentistry.
B. II. ALFRED,
SURGEON DENTIST*,
La Grange, Georgia.
OFFICE—Northwest corner Public Square,
in ThorntonM Roek Building.
January 8th, 1860.
•T. T. DOBBINS,
SURGKON DMNT 1 ST,
HAVING located at LaGrange. respectfully
tenders ids professional services to the citizens
UJ | J Hr of tlio place and surrounding country. All
work done at his ofltccHliall he no<tly and substantially
executed ami warranted to give satisfaction, at reasonable
* ^Forreference apply to Cot. Hugh Buchanan. Col w v
Wright. Dr. Calhoun. Dr. Wellborn. v **"*—" ■ '
Htanlo.v and l>r. Whuhinh. LaGrange
Office up stairs over Pullen & Cox'
corner of Public Square.
: ami Dr.
Medical.
Dr*. LITTLE it BAUGH,
H AVING associated in the practice of Medicine in its
various brandies, respectfully offer their services
to the citizen* of LaGrange .ami surroundim; country.
During the day tin v . an be found at the Drug Store of
Brad (told A Pitman, and at night. at their respective resi
dence*. Dr. Baugh may be found at the residence lately
occupied br Dr. .1. A. Long. 8. D. 1.1 l IT-T..
March 9*1369.—Wtf > BAUGH.
MKDHM. NOTICE !
T It ID LEY, having associated with himself.
mi. Dr. < !i MILKS B. UIDLEY. a r.-eut era 1m-
f the Now Grteaos School of Medicine, would offer
■ services In tho various branches of the. Medical Pro-
■ci. to th" citizens of LaGrange ami surrounding
X)
am.l faitlifnlly attended to.
a4T ■ )fhofl one do.>r North *>f Pullen .
and three doors South of the Post o<Vi
Miscellaneous.
NOTICE THIS!
S THE SUBS MUUHH. thankfql for past favor*, and
b v a prompt att ntiou to tMi.sliio.HH, hopes for a coutln-
.uance of the samo
Cutting and tVork Done Promptly !
US' Terms CASH 1 .Vo Work deliver*
ruary, will flint it to their interest to will on us at oneo,
we liuve made nmuigouiiMit* lor a large lnt, which wo w
Bell ut low prices. oo'2'J FROST, 11 ALL & CO,
■J Q Casks Bacon,
10
Tierces Hams,
50
O Lard,
JjO
5
C) ' Barrels Flour,
10
9Q0 Coi,s
300
■J BoIoh Bagging,
300
5000 lbB - IronTio ”’
100
FROST, HALL & CO.
HAVE IN STORK, AND TO ARRIVE
r n-Il£ FOLLOWING*
Dozen Assorted
lbs Sad Irons,
, lbH DogS,
lhe Hinges. («H-
Horted.) Door
Looks, Closot
Locks, Pad
Looks, Chest
Locks. Trunk
Locks, Knives \*
Knives, Augurs,
Uhisols, Files,
Axel, Halt hots.
Hammers, Hand
Haws. Locks,
Bolts, Bridle
Hitts, Blacking;
Bucks .Shot,
10 Kegs Powder,
25000 ,;ai ’ 8 -
^ A Pistols,
30 Hh,,t c, " aHi
O- Saddles A Hri-
iO dies,
S TIRRUPS, Whips. Mar
tingales,
iu:.y,. Y
I J 0( ITS.
50 Barrels Sugar,
9 Barrels Syrup,
P Hogsheads Mo-
tJ lasses,
i)A « Bbls Mack*
I A Kits Mackerel,
10 Boxes Cheese,
90 Backs Co He o,
■JQ Barrels Whisky,
O Barrels French
e) Bramly,
■J / \ Barrels Peach
1U Brandy,
1 / t Port Wine, Mu-
1U deira Wine,
IM PORT A NT DECISION.
Enforcement of a Vmider's Lien in a Contract Entered
Into Under tlio Late Oonfoderiilo Gotorninenl—The
Confederate Dollar and its Status in tlio Contract uud
Alter tho War.
OPINION BY JUDGE CHASE.
10
Soliiedan
linapps,
Dozen Bitters,
Planter’s Tonic
FRANCIS
1 I A N K K 11
<tiil Paid for.'
GILBERT FORBES.
FROST.
(Office West Side Sq
La Grange.....
id SILVER bought
dooi
Wise k Douglass,)
Id. Atlanta, N
( 'X OLD
J York lu.l Philadelphia KXl.MlANViE abv
at Atlanta rates.
Special attention given t<» Collections. (wtan-tf
~JL. o. iuRD, A-cuiLt
FOR THE IIOUBF. OF
E. W. ELLIOTT,
COMMISSION AND WESTERN PRODUCE
IIULtERCII.^IsrT,
No. 15 M»B«2in8 Street, Oppnaltc St. Jaraen Hotel,
NEW ORLEANS, 1,4.
AI.RO, AGENT Eon PHINVIPAI, MILLERS AND
«etmr _ I'.M'KEIIS IN T1IE WEST.
FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS!!
EVANS & ItAGLAND,
' AGENTS TOR
PI APES’ SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME,
PURE PERUVINAN GUANO,
GARDNER’S SAVANNAH POUDRETTE,
LAND PLASTER,
DISSOLA'ED BOXES A X D BOXE DUST,
P LANTERS will call and examine price*, which are
LOW. oetl-4m EVANS .<c RAGLAND.^
THE CEORCIA MARBLE WORKS
A
Monuments, Slabs, Tombs, &c
flulwhed in the. best atylc, and at LOWER PRICES than i
Dealers enu ho supplied with BLOCKS and SLABS of
auy dimensions.
For any Information or designs address
GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS.
Jasper, Pickens co., Ga.
ay Vf. H. SIMS Is the Agent at LaGrange. sep!7-ly
TO THE PLANTERS
•e in not a cotton buyer \n LaGrange, or any other
! place, but what will advise planter.* to (my Hope every
time in f.'tc place of Ties. There aro many reasons why
Rope la superior to Ties, n few of which
viz: One or two Ties hurst off of nearly
shipped from this plat
place, and, of course, it conies out of the buyer. WJion
they burst off. they aro perfectly worthless. Every bun
die of Ties you buy has already in it from two to six Tic*
worthless. Hope don't give you this trouble or exponso;
It ia as heavy and as cheap, and 24 per cent, mor
Isanti ablo than Ties. F1P)ST. HALL
Washington, November 1, 1809.—Tlio follow
ing important opinion wan delivered to-day in
tlio Supremo Court of tlio United Staten:
JVo. 112. -Tlmrington vs. Smith <f Hartley.—
Opinion of tlio Court by Chief Justice Ohaso.
Tliin in a lull in equity for the enforcement of
a vender’s loin. It is not denied that Smith «V
Hartley purehased Thoringtou's lund, or that
they executed to him their proinissory note
for part of the purchase money, us set forth in
liis bill, or that, if there was nothing more in
tlio ease, lie would bo entitled to a decree for
the amount of the note and interest and for tho
Bale of tho land to satisfy tho debt. Hut it is
insisted by the way of defence that the negotia
tion for the purchase of the land took place,
and that the note in contr vorsy, payable ono day
afterdate, was made at Montgomery, in tlio
State of Alabama, where all tlio parties resided
ill November, 18(14, at which time the authority
of tlio United States was excluded from that
portion af the Slate, and the only currency in
use consisted of Confederate Treasury notes,
ia sued and put into circulation by persona exer
cising the ruling power ol tho States in rebel
lion. known as the Confederate Government
It was also insisted that the land purchased
was worth no more than three thousand dollars
in lawful money; that this price, by the agree
ment of tho parties, was to he paid in Confed
erate notes; that thirty-live thousand dollars
were actually paid in these notes, and that the
note given for the remaining ten thousand dol
lars was to he discharged in the same manner,
and it is claimed on this state of facts that tho
vender is entitled to no relief in a court of the
United States, and this i laim was sustained in
the court below and the lull was dismissed.
The questions before us on appeal aro these:
First, can a contract for the payment of Confed
erate notes made during the lute rebellion be
tween parties residing within the so-called Con
federate States ho enforced at all in tho courts
ol the United States? Second, can evidence ho
received to prove that a promise expressed to
ho for tho payment of dollars was in fact and
for the payment ot any other than lawful dollars
of the United State's? Docs the evidence in the
record establish tho fact that tho note for $10,-
000 was to he paid by agreement of the parties
in Confederate notes?
The first question is by no means froo from
difficulty. It cannot ho questioned that the
Confederate notes wore issued in furtherance of
an unlawful alt nipt to overthrow the govern- 1
ineut of tho United States by insurrectionary |
force; nor is it a doubtful principle of law that
no contract made in aid of such an attempt can
he enforced through the courts of the country
whose government is thus assailed. Hut was
the contract of the parties to this suit a con
tract of that character? Can it, ho fairly de
scribed as a contract in aid of the rebellion?
Iu examining this question the state of that
part of the country i:i which it was made must
he considered. It is familiar history that early
in lsiil the authorities of seven States, sup
ported, as was alleged, by popular majorities,
combined lor the overthrow of the national
Union, and for tho establishment, within its
boundaries, ol a separate and independent con
federation. A governmental organization, rep-,
resenting these Stales, was established at Mont
gomery, in Alabama., first under a provisional
constitution, and afterwards under a constitu
tion intended to he permanent. In the course
ot a few months four other States acceded to
I this confederation, and die seat of the central
authority was transferred to lliclimond, in Vir
ginia. It was by the central authority thus ov-
bnlc that is j ganizod, and under its direction, that the civil
, .. .v • I war was carried on upon a vast scale against
then Kopu i»u,tl)« imt In thoir j , hu Um . |Tmucut „ f n u , mil, ,l Stntcs fur more
than four years. Its power was recognized as
supreme in nearly the whole ot 11i• * territory ol
the States confederated, it \v is tlio actual gov
ernment of all ihe insurgent States, except those
portions of them protected from its control by
the presence of the armed force of the national
government. What was the precise character
of this government in contemplation of law?
It is difficult to define it with exactness. Any
definition that may ho given may not improb
ably he found to require limitation. Hat tho
general principles of law relating to ile facto gov
ernment will, we think, conduct us to a conclu
sion sufficiently accurate. There are several
degrees of what is called de facto government.
Such a government, in the highest degrees,
assumes a character very closely lvscmhliug
that of a lawful government. This is when the
usurping government expels tho regular author
ities from their customary seats and functions,
and establishes itself iu their place, and so be
comes the actual government of a country.—
The distinguished characteristic of such a gov
ernment is, that adherents to it
the government rlc jure do not incur tho penal
ties of treason; and, under certain limitations
obligations assumed by it in behalf of the coun
try or otherwise will in general he respected by
the government tic jure when restored.
Examples of this description of governmei
i,,/.. fnmirl in 'Em dish liistcirv. The sta
Tin; JiiriT.nBON (Texas) I’iusonf.hh—The
Fjndj noh and Sentences - The findings and sen
tences i*i the cases of the Jellerson prisoners
have at length b ■< u umdo public, and we are en
abled to present the same to our readers in this
issue, it will he reinombored that twenty-throe
persons in all twuiity-ono citizens and two ne
groes - were tried before the military commis
sion, and in these raves the decision respective-
hard 1*. (hunq
r v*
United States. It was deb rmim-d by this court
ill Fleming vs. Page (9 Howard, (il l) that al
though Tampico did not become a part of tho
United States iu consequence) of that occupa
tion, still, having cornu together with the whole
State of Tamaulipas, of which it was a part,
into tho exclusive possession of the national
forces, it must he regarded by other nations us
the territory of the United State.. There were
cases of temporary possession of territory by
lawful and regular governments at war with tho Magill, Mark H. .Joplin, Silas H. Calico, John
country of which tho territory so possessed was | ('. Murphr. v, Jr., Denary A. Ktcally, Walter U.
part. : Marshal, John M. Vines, Win. A. Hightower,
Tho central government established for the | David /. Carpenter, JiUmr.l Hutto, Win.) D.
insurgent Stiles differed from tho temporary j lluuuegun, Henry M. Woodsumll, Win, I .
governments at Castino and Tampico in the cir- Crawlord, Haratio N. Goer, citizens, and Na-
cumstance that its authority did not originate iu J tlmnicl McCoy and lUclmrd Davis, negroes, are
lawful acts of regular war; but it was not on found “not guilty” o.i all the charges and speci-
that account les actual or loss supi n . md wo flcatious, and ordi ■ 1 by Gon. Lleyuold t • bo
think that it must ho classed auinng the govern-j discharged; though in tho casus of Messrs,
nts of which these are examples. It is to ho ; Crump, Joplin, Hightower and Geer, tho com-
l obligations of a hoi- ! inandunt says lie is ‘‘unable to approve of the
findings which acquit these pi rsons of all com-
- i plieity in tho offences with which they arocharg-
milita
observed that tho
ligoront wore conceded to it in i
actor very soon after the
tivos of humanity and expediency, by the United
Slates. The whole territory controlled by it van j
therefore hold to ho tho enemies’ Urritory, mid ;
the inhabitants of that territory were hold, in i
most respect#, for enemies. To tho extent, tli»*n, j
of actual supn tnacy, however unlawfully gained, j
in all matters of government within its military :
linos tho power of the insurgent government '
cannot he questioned, h l r t supremacy w«>q
not justify acts of history to tho United .Stub .
How for it should excuse them must ho left to j to l.ill
loU-ii ami Cut- j
Hat.*, uiul }
i full lot of
\ H01CE Qucon*ware—
o i(
ALL or WHICH WE OVFEIt CHEAT Full CASH.
ROPE PREFERABLE TO TIES.
i service-
the lawful government upon the re-establish-
of its authority. But it made civil obedience to
its authority not only a necessity hut a duty.-
Without such obedience civil order was impos
sible. It was by this governmoni oxerci
power through an imn use territory that tie*
confederate notes in u short time became almost
exclusively tho currency ot the insurgent State.;.
As contracts in themselves, in the conting n •;>'
of successful revolution, ihese not- s wore nulli
ties; tor. except iu that event, there could be no
payer. They boro, imh.'od, tliis character upon
their face; lor they w< romade payahh only *• : , f-
tor a ratification ol a treaty of peace between
tho Confederate States aud tho United States ot
America.” While the war Lsted, however,
they had a certain contingent value and were
used as money in all th< b i dm. s trauf i ition oi
many millions of people. They must ho regard
ed, therefore, as a cuvroncy imposed ou the
ehmuiunity by irrosistublo force. Jt r< e;us to
follow us a necessary consequence, from the
actual supremacy of the insurgent govenmn-nt 1
as a holligorcnl. wiihin the teiritor.v 'vin ie it j
Circulated, and the necessity of civil obedience |
on the part of all who re.named in it. that thi*. j
currency must be regarded in the courts of law •
iu tin s! ue light a if it had been i ■ ! by a :
f< roi ' i govern,ie nt tfj.iu. .mriiy ■• ■ ,
of tho territory of the United States, t.'ontracts j
stipulating for payment in that enrre icv can- |
not bo regarded as nmdc in aid of the foreign;
invasion in the ono case, or of the domestic in
surrection in tlio other. They have no nceoy.m- j
ry relation to tho hostile government, wheth *r |
invading or insurgent. They arc transactions j
in the ordinary course of «ivil society, and. !
though they may indirectly and remotely \
mote the ends of the unlawful government,
without blatuo, e.vcept when proved to have
terod into with e.ctual iutcut t * further tlio
vasion or insun rctiou. We ca:iuot doubt t
such contracts should b.* enforced in the cc
of the United States, alter the rest.'ration
peace, to the oxls.'ut of their first 'Jdiga'io
The first question, therefore, must recei
Ludwig P. Alford. George Gray and Oscar
Gray, the commission fined guilty of killing the
negro Smith, ami find the killing murder in the
first d ’ nd sod the said party) “to
bueonliuod for the period of their natural lives,
r | at such place as tin* proper authorities may di-
t root. n A. R ird ou, M thew D. Tay-
I ( lor and Charles A. Pitcher aro found “guilty of
! conspiracy feloniously and of malice nfun thought
“ and
Atlanta Advertisemonts.
J. M. & J. f. ALKXAMIEU,
JIB. vm BU JOB DC uz »
IKON, NAILS, STKLL,
€' zs. n* r- u JMML —• C « a* ® s* E
BOLTING 0L0TH8, MINING IMPLEMENTS,
AVIllfcliull Street, - Atluutu, Ueorglu.
Aiqeat 20-:H-9K-:iru
31. O. MAHKHAM,
ant •aB'T'W b>
LCATHER, CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS, &c.,
I’.ATKH OF APVKHTIHIMQ.
1 jX- - df w.T m. it m.
1 .... ;i“r>0 t'2‘25 ft 00 $3 50 $8 B0 i7 00 110 001 fia 00
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Double column adverllsemouts will be oliargcd 26 por
:ent. on tbc above rat h.
I'liviiii iit*. quarleily, iu advance, aroordlng tombsOul*.
A11 a n t a Ad vert iscmrn t s.
MEADOR Si DROT1IER8,
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANT*,
MANUFACTURERS OF CIO ARM,
vYL.lcUa.i Strode
T. MRAlMHI, ,
Atlanta, Georgia.
August 30-34-3»-8m
*■ lo be confi; e l for the period of four years, at
such place as the proper authority may direct.”
All those bindings aud sentences General Rey
nolds 11 ads himself quite able to approve, and
designates the Peuetentiary, at Huntsville, Tex
as, as the place of confinement, “to which the
prisoners will bo sent tinder a suitable guard.”
A.s this order hears d ec- on the second of this
month, tho victims of martial law have long ere
this been ineaiv- rat* d within tin walls of the
penitentiary. They are in for lile, reads the
m nte.iee, but unless they aro of very weakly
constitutions, if is likely that they will see, long
before their term of sentenco expires, a civil
government in Texas and in the eontry at large,
before which military commissions and their
makers alike will bo eommpelled to palo their
ineffectual tires. — Uulr-i s/on A -irs.
niuclr. White Hull feitroet,
ATT.ANTA, GEOUGIA.
<11 ASTA I
W U'JLKLALB
Ti bL • ; vrLLE C iurier-Ji urnal.- 1
Southern journal announced that on the 8th
instant was the first anniversary of its marriage,
li makes a very graceful talk to its readers upon
this occasion, referring with admirable pride to
its success.
It states the strange fact that fho advertising
patronage ot Louisville furnishes the least im
posing item of its receipts. It alludes to the
heavy amount of gratuitous advertising that
every paper does for its city; and shows how it
lmo mado for Louisville as strong a journal ns
the greatly larger cities of St. Louis uud Chic ago.
It gives the following a.s its year’s cost:
affimmtiv
er evidence cau 1
iso made in one
pressed to be l’o;
qualifying word:
ineut of nnv
United State!
quite clear that i
between citizen!
aintaining its c
.the
Phot :onn oof i
jeivedto <
e irgen
pay me ntoi d ill rs,
s, in fact, made for <
Lhtui lawful d
y.t to be consideri-i
:itract to pay doUai
any State of tin
titutional relations
cth-
])'om-
.ml . x-
vithout
great run* that a newsj)a])cr
ijion the same jn’ineipies of
that mark individual con
i’ must be just to all men.—
i Block, Broud Street,
Georgia.
\\V nrr* * *lliuff all f
. . .
goode lor CASH, we
CANNOT AND WILI
HIii«<lulto Xctts !
NOT EE UNDERSOLD 1
o lot ot
Xow York Prices,
ART GALLERY.
Jia ji*: je* jrs
r JH" a ■_ <TfI< %XT1>72
X'Ji#' JE M 1' i* LIT ^JLlETSt
PHOTOGRAPHS,
(Plain and culorud—(ill aizea aud styles.)
Ferrotypes, Arabrotypes, Stereoscopes, Chromoe, Ac.
To those living in LaGrange and Its
| .mmeduite virinity, it would sceiu a
• >rk HUp-*ix*rogaiion to Hpeak of ths
ndvautagcH and facilltl«*8 con-
•ted with this Gallery over unv aim-
• ••Htabliftliuients in the wmiitry.—
However, tor the information and benoflt of those rewidiug
in tlio a-iiaiu-ni counties it is doomed proper to meutiou
y./.i. of tli*.*u'tvantn*»e*i <-lninKd for thin Gallery:
The proprietor i‘rit.ibli*hed hinisell iu the city in 1853;
hits ii<-. : I liih willi. • time and attention x . the busllieHs,
luborim'. studying and ntri vine to excel. He has, vritliiu
tho last two yours, constructed thoiuoHl superior
SKY LIGHT .VXD SIDE LIGHT,
uud supplied the Gallery with the latent and best Cameras,
Apnratus and fixture-: indeed, has all tlio modem appli-
uneur pohac.-.sed by the emporiums of the larger cities.
Piiologrupli*, per dozen..
.8*1 OO
. '4 50
. 9 OO
O OO
largest assortment of
CHAIRS IX GEORGIA,
before you buy. The
, FREIGHT ADDED.
llL WHIOLIJSxVLE.
fairness to all things and persons. And it must
: t.ui’.-ue a cour.sc of unutterable honesty, aud
ctness of this
Ferrotypes, (richly colored aud mounted
neat card.) 3 for 1 OO
Ambrutypu, iu good case) 7 5
P. PRUPHITT
Chromes.
V T.OT Juflt received and unanimously pronounced
the in >- t beautiful, most superb, lot of pictures ever
offered iu LttGrauge. P. PitOPUIlT.
A 1
Stereoscopes.
1NE collection just iu and for &:
KiiV.BSO & CO.,
MEW STOBE!-“NEW GOODS!!
EVERYTHlPJG NEW ! I!
SWAASOA & CO.,
WHOLESALE AHD RETAIL
CftQCERS AND COIVliVliGSION
MEBCHATiTTS
TROUP, HEARD, MERIWETHER AND HARRIS!
•‘TAKE DUE NOTICE,
AND GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY!"
I linvo junt built a nnw WAREHOUSE nonr the
i ilemA—eunai-ity, FIFTEEN HUNDRED BALES.
S>I wUl bo reiulv , ut ell tin.,, tu WEIGH AND
STORE YOUR COTTON. Also, ta
Ship Cotton to any Market Free of Charge.
I am Afiont for WILCOX. GIBUS A CO.'S MANIPULAT
ED GUANO, UTLEY COTTON PRESS, ami llm CELE
BRATED BID WELL’S STEEL alul CAST PLOWS—all of
wblcli will he sold ot mauufactunir’ejirlr
Bop24-3m
JOHN N. COOPER.
THIS UNKIVALED
** *» *J| r JC -■»- * ■*
Still at Ilia Trade.
m
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TOtn.D rftspaotftilly Invite the attention of tho public
J to their large* anil varied stork of
XT’. HOLLIS
RESPECTFULLY informs Ills prompt-paying
patrons (uo othora solicited) that ho ia still pre
pared to serve them in the
Hoot and Shoe Line,
at his home, a short distance from the square. BIT Orders
/or work left at Mr. John Ragland's, A. Lehman’s, or the
post Office, will meet with prompt attention. mrantf
N. E. SOLOMON,
WHOLESALE GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
SAVANNAH, GHOllOTA,
^ OFFERS FOR SALE, AT LOW PRICES, "“UA
MACKBBKU , , „„
In BarralH, Half llarrcla, aud Ellsi
GOSHEN HOTTKK.
J-ACTOllV CIIEES15,
Stalo and Skim CUeeae;
VINEOA.TL. See.
. CLAGUORN, HERRIN (A & DO,,
COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 7 Worsen Block,
Angu.to,. Georgia)
Corner Vendue Range and Accommodation Wharf,
Charleston, .South Carolina,
120 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia .Pennsylvania,
s IBSRAL CASH ADVANCES made at all tlnioB on cou-
’ »of COTTON. , ,
of LaGrange, Oeorgla, 1, Ol
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES, &c„
WE HAVE IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE,
1 Car Load Oat«,
1 t‘ Corn,
1 tt ti Salt,
100 Bushel* Seed Bye,
100 “ “ Barley,
10,000 lbs. Bacon, Ilams, Sides tSi Shoulders,
10 bbls. Molasses,
5 “ Syrup,
40 « Sugar, A, B and C,
J4 hints. New Orleans Sugar,
10,000 lb*. Flour, In barrels, seeks aud half sacks,
all grades,
a5 boxes Tobacco,
50 Kits Mackerel, Nos. 1 and 3,
5 bbls. Whisky,
10 boxes Soap, common aud toilet,
25 bags Coffee,
5,000 yards Bagging,
26 colls Rope,
10,000 lbs. Iron Ties,
ALSO,
OSNABURQS, SHIRTINGS, LINSEY,
Kentucky Jeans,
Georgia Stripes & Checks,
Cotton Yarns,
Boots and Shoes,
BnufF,
Bard,
Iron,
and, in fact
pan JK JRTW* M *- 3C
F III S T CLASH HTOHE.
It coal, nothing to loo!i. Como and examine
and compare prlooo, uud we think we ean make to out
u)uth*l advantage for all to trade with us.
VERY LOW FOR THE CASH:
10 Gallons Oopal Varnish, No. 1,
10 “ Coaoh M t(
10 “ Japan lf
Also sundry ariluloa of DRUGS which wo will sell very
low, os’ we do not propose to keep up this department of
the trado. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore
extended the house, wo are de/«rmined, by prompt^and
tie facto ure found in English history. The stat
ute 11, Henry VII., C. 1 (Writ. Stat. tit large),
relievos from penulties for treason till persons
who, in defense of the King for the time being,
wage, wav against those who endeavor to subvert
his authority by force ot arms, though warrant
ed in so doing by the lawful monarch. (-1131.
Comm., 77.) Hut this is where the usurper ob
tains actual possession oi the royal authority ol
the kingdom, not when ho has sur eoedod only
in establishing his power over particular locali
ties. 13eiug in such possession, allegiance is
due to him as King defaeto. Another example
may be found in tho government of England
under tho Commonwealth, first by Parliament,
and afterwards by Cromwell as Protector. It
was not in the contemplation of law a govern
ment dejure, but it was a government dc fado in
the absolute sense. It made laws, treaties and
conquests, which remained the laws, treaties
and conquests ot Engl md alter the restoration.
The bettor opinion is that acts done in obedi
ence to this Government could not be justly re
garded as treason, though in hostility to tho
King dejure. Such acts were protected from
criminal prosecution by the spirit, if not the
letter, of tho statute of Henry VII. It was held
otherwise by the judges by whom Sir Henry
Vane was tried for treason (G State trials, 119),
in the year following the restoration. But such
a judgment iu such a time litis little authority.
It is very certain the Confederate Government
was never acnkowledged by tlio United Stales
as a de facto government in this sense, nor was
it acknowledged as such by powers. No treaties
wore made by it. No obligations of a national
character were created by it binding after its
dissolution on tho States which it represented,
or on the National Government. From a very
early period of the civil war to its close it was
regarded as simply the military representative
of the insurrection against the authority of tho
United States.
But there is another description of govern
ment, called bv the publicists a government.
de facto, but. which might, perhaps, be more
aptly denominated a government of paramount
force. Its distinguishing characters are, first,
that its existence is maintained by active milita
ry power within the territories and against the
rightful authority of an established and lawful
government; and, second, that while it exists it
must necessarily be obeyed in civil matters by
private citizens; who, by acts of obedience,
rendered in submission to force, do not become
responsible as wrong doers for these acts, though
not warranted by the lawp of the rightful gov
ernment. Actual governments of this sort are
established over districts flittering greatly in ex
tent and conditions. They are usually admin
istered directly by military authority; but they
may be administered also by civil authority,
supported more or lestyhy military force. One
example of this sort of- government is found in
the case of Castine, in Maine, reduced to British
possession in the war of 1812. From tlio 1st of
September, 181*1, to tho ratification of the treaty
of peace, in 1815, according to tho judgment of
tho court, in tho United States vs. Bice (Wheat,
263), “ Tho British government exorcised all
civil and military authority over the place.”—
The authority of the United States over the ter
ritory was suspended! and the laws of the Uuit-
ed States could no linger bo rightfully enforced
there, or be obligag&ry upon tho inhabitants who
I remained and submitted to the conqueror. By
the surrender, Jfcfitfihliabitantfl paBHed under a
lung I alfryliilinn to the British government,
and wqmmB >wSby such laws, and such only,
6 tOYMOgnue and impose. It is not
ined from this that the obligations of
nf Castino, os citizens of the United
abrogated. They wore suspended
u ' presence and only during tho
- TETffpnnt force. A like exarn-
‘ icupied
national government, is
money of the United St
itied or explained by parole ov.Un«v. But it is
equally clear if iu any other country, coins or
notes denominated dollars, should bo authoriz' d
of different value from,tlio coins or notes which
are current here under that name, that in a suit
upon a contract to pay dollars made in that
country, evidence would bo admitted to prove
what kind of dollars woro inton led; and it it ■
should turn oat tha/foreign dollars were meant, i
to prove their equivalent value in lawful moi uy
of the United States, such evidence does i.ot
modify or alter the contract, it simply oxplauis
i ambiguity which, under the gem-val rules of
idence, may be removed by parole evidence.
We have already seen that tho people of tho in
surgent States, under ihe (Ymfederate Govern
ment were, in legal contemplation, substantially
in the saipe condition as inhabitant;; of districts
of a country occupied and controlled by an i -
vading belligerent. The rules which would ap
ply to the former case would apply tt) the latter;
aud as in the former case the p< - pie must be re-
. garded as subjects of a foreign power, and cou-
agaius f rac tg among them be interpreted and enforced
with reference to the laws imposed by the con
queror, so in the latter case the inhabitants must
be regarded as under tho authority of the insur
gent belligerents actually established as the gov
ernment of the country, and contracts made by
them must be interpreted and inferred with re
ference to the condition of things created by the
acts of the governing power. It is said, indeed,
that under the insurgent government the word
dollar had tho same meaning as under the gov
ernment of tho United States; that the Confed
erate notes were never made a legal tender, and,
therefore, that no evidence can bo received to
show any other meaning of the word when used
in a contract. But it must be remembered that
the whole condition of things in the insurgent
States was matter of fact rather than matter of
law, and, as matter of fact, these notes, payable
at a future and contingent day, which has not
arrived and cau never arrive, were forced into
circulation ns dollars, if not directly by the leg
islation, yet indirectly and quite us effectively by
the, acts of the insurgent goverum* nt. Consid
ered in themselves and in tlio light of subse
quent events these notes had no real value, but
they were made current as dollars by irresistible
force, they were tho only measure ol value which
this people had and their use was a matter ot
almost absolute necessity, aud this gave them a
sort of a value, insignificant and precarious
enough, it is true, but always having n sufficient
ly definite relation to gold and silver, flic uni
versal measures of value, so tiint it wan easy to
ascertain how much gold aud silver was the real
equivalent of a sum expressed in the currency.
Iu the light, of these facts it seems hardly less
than absurd to say that these dollars must be
regarded as identical iu kind and value with the
dollars which constitute the money ot the
United States; we cannot shut our eyes to the
fact that they were essentially different in both
respects, and it seems to us that no rule of evi
dence, properly understood, requires us to re
fuse, under the circumstances, to admit prool
of tho sense iu which the word dollar was ac
tually used in the contract before us.
Our answer to tho second question is, there
fore, also in the affirmative. We are clearly of
the opinion that such evidence must be received
respect to such contracts, “** ina "
1 1 *V‘ i V/e ivcogmze tim thorou.f
^ j s ! statement, and we are plea
mam- 1 so anc \ intlucntial, thus marking out the
iii'>n | Kipolicy of lofty journalism,
out.'ms wnh the ; 'j’| u . South has reason to be proud of this, her !
■" •■';••:*' ! -' •' ..-i • .. I Yi'r congratulate it on its bril-
1 i*rtiinot lie niod- jj ftnt , l!U i deserved success, and predict for it,
l m<a . But it is | am i e r the same honorable and gifted manage
ment, a continued career of power uud pros
perity. — ('oust it ulion.
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TY. bL*:
V oj.j
ui*:ady-mai >i: clothina
EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY, AND PROPOSE DOING
A. "WholoHnle «Tobbing lousiness.
placed ou
be received J M'.mufiu'turiug II-»
j Pur.NTlcEANA. — Mr. S -ward li
liibiti i in New York the pn ....
while in California. The President could prob- j Hell
ably be induced t*> exhibit his pro tents there al
so if he could find vacant space enough in tho
city to hold them.
The Emperor of the French is going to spend
some time tit Nice. The Prod lent ol the Unit
ed States finds Philadelphia, New York, Boston,
West Point, Washington, Pa., Long Branch, Sar
atoga, Newport, Ac. Ac., Nice enough for him.
Butterfield and Corbin were both badly mixed
up in the late Wull-s'rcet gold swindle. Incon-
soqu uco >t' this Butterfield has resigned his
position ol’ Assistant Treasurer. But Corbin
still holds on to bis position of brother-in-law.
The very absurd medallion which Boric or
dered to bo made for Mrs. Grant has been fin-
| islied. We insist that it be immediately hung
in the coal-hole ol the White House. They
may hang Boric when and whore they please.
])r. J. C. Ayer was defeated lor Congress in
Massachusetts. He is the most unfortunate of
political and medical quacks. He can induce
neither his people nor his pills to work for him.
Gen Grant has determined not to come to
Louisville on the 18th. This confirms us in the
conviction we have long entertained that he
could stay at home if he would.
Tho Sultan of Turkey will not go with Eugenie
to the opening of the Suez canal after all. There
has probably been another “ lievolt ol the Ha-
1’iie robbery of Gen. Butler in Philadelphia,
the other day, is the best of evidence that there
is not always honor among thieves.
11 ivinq :
yolvpfl with ono cf tho lar«ci
' Phila l -lpliia, w.- arc ouahknl t
Uoiw in tho country, aud r
all and examine our block, a*
ard to low prk
tomtit to buy i
i hand a full
Goods for Mon's Wear,
call and examine our wtonk bof-
>ok of Clothing
nking
in. respect to such contracts, iu order that jus
tice may bo done between the parties, and t\u\
the party entitled to be paid iu these Couted-
erste dollars can only receive their actual value
at the time and place of the contract in lawful
money of the United States. \J o do not think
it necessary to go into ti detailed examina ion
the evidence in tho record in order to vindi
cate our answer to tho third question, it is
enough to say that it lias left no doubt iu oui
minds that the note for 510.000, to enforce the
payment of which suit was brought in the (. i
cuit Court was to be paid by agreement m <-oil-
federate notes. It follows that the judgment ot
the Circuit Court must be reversed and the cause
remanded for a new trial iu conformity with tins
•pinion.
A Summary of Mu. Peamody’s Benefaction:-,
The following summary of his benefactions is^
tlie best aud most eloquent eulogy that
pronounce upon his life:
A Georgia Improvement.—We find in the
Norfolk />•(>/ Hook of the ith iust., a communi
cation i.ddr't ssedby Mr. C. O. Stillwell, of Koine,
(hi., to the Common Council of Norfolk, in
which Mr. S. offers to the Council the control of
an improvement of his for increasing the speed
of passenger steamers. Ho claims that his im
provements will increase the speed of such
steamers to G5 miles an hour, and furnishes
specification;} for tho building of a small steamer
as an experimental vessel, offering to pay half
the exponso if it proves to be a failure. We in
fer from bis description that the merits ot Ins
improvement lie chiefly in the construction and
position of the paddle-wheels. He claims that
wheels of his improvement, being bouyant, win
aid in floating the vessel while they propel it;
that, bv presenting a revolving surface to the
water, * the wheels will not 1< - 3 force by
friction. The improvement will not answer
for vessels heavily loaded with freight tis ti
Jeep draught would submerge tho drums too
much. Ho also claims that tho hull may be'
made stronger when adapted to the use of
his paddle-wheels. Ho proposes to otter tlr im
provement to some othc-r Southern city it Nor
folk does not accept it - its terms being the pay- Jo
m,nit of him of 1 per cent, on passenger receipts Ll
of tlio first vessel put upon tho lino and * ol 1
per ceut. on receipts of all vessels subsequent
ly built.—Colunibus Enquirer.
Photograph Blhlci,
DHOTOURAFH ALBUMS, FRAMES,—(hi erreat variety)
I —Mi.cwmiit, Kilt, black walnut. Ao.—with cord and
screw even lor hanging picturca, etc. P. PROP1IITT
Gallery Open Every Day,
goad light, mnkr* fin*- picture* when the rain i« pouring
down, rooms all comfortable, Htoves rol hot nil the time.
1 have but one aim—one purpose—namely: To do finer
work, and more work, for knurr prices, than any other man
in Georgia. I love my profession, uud pursue it with as
I indescribable pleasure.
! &£• Gallurv at tho Old Stand, opposite the Baptist
I Church. p. PROPHITT.
: SOUTH’N FEMALE COLLEGE,
LaGrange, Georgia.
FACULTY:
I. F. COX, A. M., President,
Mathematics and Ancient Languages
Rbv. H. C. HORNADY,
Mental and Moral Science aud Evidences ChriMtiauitj,
Miss CARRIER. STAJvELY—French.
Mrs. I. F. COX—Botany and Astronomy,
Music Department:
Miss CARRIE R. 8TAKELY, Principal.
Miss M. E. 8TAKEI.Y.
Primnry Department:
Mrs. I. F. COX.
Ornamental Department and Fine Aria:
Miss M. E. STAKELY.
THE exercises of this Institution are con
ducted iii the iai'^e aud commodious building
recently occupied by George C. Heard, Esq.,
ny was n residence. This building has been
purchased and thoroughly repaired by the
Sfeir President, uud adapted to the wants of the
College.
An extensive chemical and philosophical apparatus, and
a cabinet of minerals—one of the finest selections in the
South—have recently been purchased for illustrating the
natural sciences. It is the intontiou of the President to
merit u continuance of the patronage whioh a generous
public has so liberally bestowed ou him fur the last four-
TUITION—$40, $50 and $00 per annum, according to
chis> of htudies. Music, piano, guitar or organ, $00.—
Uy.- piano. ~7. Contingent fee. (fuel, ink. kc $4.
lit lARD—Fall Term of four mouths, $72; washing,
and lights, extra, $2,50 per month.
Young ladies ean obtain board in ihe families of the
teachers nr with others convenient to the school room.
In.a rin-t in;i hi ('rawing and vocal music free of charge.
PAYMENTS—One-half in advance: balance nt the end
of the Term. Pupils charged from the first of the month
I I >
4 $
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No deduction for lost time, except for sick-
i—.- protracted over a mouth.
Thu Fall Term opens the la<f Wednesday in August.
For catalogues containing full particulars, apply t
Julylfi * ” 1
I. F. COX. President
ORIGINAL UNADULTERATED GLOBE FLOWER
COUGH SYRUP!
V CERTAIN, reliable, pleasant, and speedy euro for
Coughs, Coins, and all kinds of Throat and Lung
diseases. This much esteemed and extraordinary Medi-
cino has Hover failed to effectually cure every species of
Lung db ..iso arising fromeolds.it mutters not of how
long standing. The most inveterate cases of Coughs and
I.uug diseases soon yield to the magical effects of this
marvelous medicine. It gives almost instantaneous relief
tu eases of Cough or Croup, aud is the most certain and
reliable remedy in tho world for the cure of Consumption.
C YUTIOff.—None is genuine unless the label has the
trade mark of the Globe Flower printed in five colors, for
which we have a patent. All others aro base imitations,
and not worthy of public confidence. Tho trade supplied
bv the manfucturers.
PEMBERTON, WILSON. TAYLOR k CO.,
To tho Institute nt Baltimore : :
To the Institute at Danvers : : :
To tlio poor of London
To tho Southern Education Fund
To Harvard University ::::::
To Yale College
$L4on.non
a i.i,ii.!o
1.750.01)0
2,5011.000
SAVE YOUR MONEY!
'JH2 ’y&'&r •it- «J» «» MP m T
13UY GOODS,
Consisting, in part, of a full line of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS. SHAWLS, HOSIERY,
and an endless variety of
NOTIONS AND DRESS TRIMMINGS. MILLINERY,
latest styles, a very heavy stock of
CENTS’ CLOTHING &, PIECE GOODS,
Every grade ami price of
BROWN AND BLEACHED DOMESTICS.
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS AND BED TICKINGS,
Largo and complete stock of
MEN’S BOOTS AND SHOES, nil grades. Iu LADIES'
AND MISSES' SHOES, the
THE BEST STOCK IN THE CITY.
FULL STOCK HARDWARE AND CROCKERY.
1 also keep Bill line of
SUGAR, COFFEE,. TEA, PEPPER, SPICES, SYRUPS, kc.
I will bn pleased to show you through tliis very larga
stock of Goods before purchasing, aud foej burp that yog
can find everything you may desire at
SATISFACTORY PRICES.
W. C. JARBOE,
aeplT-fim Eaet Side Square, LaGrange, Ga.
MILLINERY ! MILLINERY !
MRS, S. F. STEPHENS
11ESPEC'TFULTA’ announce! to th« la.
tlicn of LaGraugo uud surrounding coun
try, that .helia. Just returned fromttia
The Canvass in Mississirei.— Il'ts/iiiuj/iw,
Xouemher 8.—Judge Dent arrived liuve to-day
from Mississippi. Ila says that both bis oppo
nent, Goneml Alcorn, mid himself aro greatly
fatigued with tlio Revere campaign they have
undergone, and that they mutually agreed to
close tho canvass, after spanking jointly nt forty
meetings. Alcorn lias, theretovc, gone home
for rest, and Dent comes to his home in AN asli-
iugton. Tho election takes place on tlio 30th
instant. Dent is contidont of being elected
Governor by thirty thousand majority. Ho ro-
licR very much on the ezruitement against Gen.
Amoy for strength, and says there is no doubt
that Ames sntd he would carry tlie Htnto for the
Itadieals if ho had to march ‘' 1 *" , * l, . llers ‘ j ijaul'y h.'tho Tat.-it" jiarlnd oflito. In „hort, it If a v
it. 1 kero aro dozens ol affidavits Hero 10 prove ( j (n . nu( | ] nxm . v , uud all who wish to have beautiful hair
Hint lie made such a declaration. Dent called H h,mid try it. Poeparad by tho]«poprictora iu their Chom-
at the White House to-night end had a long leal Lnborato^^ TAYLOR A CO..
Atlanta, Georgia.
THE WONDER OF THE ACE!
CATALYTIC HAIR RESTORER!
rriHE NEWEST and greatest discovery. The indispen-
L sablo appendage to every toilet. Tho companion of
old and young. The long sought for and now found. It
is not uti InsUuituuoous Hair Dye, but gradually and mys
tically rcstorea hair to Its original color, uud makes it soft,
glossy and beautiful. It nourishes and strenghtons the
hair, it promotes its growth, and sustains it
i pristine
ub it ol]
to lief
the peB
States,
merely "
disking & total of
To this amount filionld bo added the princely
fortune of $1,400,000, whioh was distributed
amouff liis relatives during his second visit to
tho United Staten, making a grand total of
$7,090,000 distributed by him during his life
time iu amounts of uotioeable size.
talk with the President. He will not return to
Cftn Mississippi until after the olection.—.Special Tel
egram lo the Courier-Journal.
A Specimen Scamp.- -The Governor of Florida
a Wisconsin importation to the Land of Flow
ers. The thing went there recently, and is
known by tlio name of Iteed. He is a member
in good standing of tho super-loyal Radical per
suasion. ..
Tho Savannah Republican gavo, some time
back, tlio original and conclusive proof that
Reed had mado $12,500 in cash for using his in
fluence to secure tho passage of a bill through
tho Legislature. , . . ....
Brick Pomeroy says he knew him in Wisconsin
aud that Ue is quo of tlio biggest general dead
beats known; that ho would ride in a railroad
closet to escape paying fare to a conductor, and
that if tho parties who paid him that $12,500
had only known the man, they could have Bayed
Robbery at Hamilton.—\Vq are told that the
1‘ESlllEItTON, WILSON, TAYLOIt * CO.,
.Atlanta, Geor-'
For »alc by BltADFIELL h PITMAN, LaBmngc.
THE QREATES1 REMEDY OF THE AGE!
COMPOUND
EXTRACT OT STILLINCIA,
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
tlve known, aud is adapted to fulfill the morbid indi
cations of diseases to a greater extent than any other
preparation.
WARRANTED a certain oure for all Scrofulous diseases,
Ulcurs, Chronic Rheumatism. Mercurial and Syphilitic
Diseases in all stages, aud all Skin Diseases. It quickly
removos Virus from the Constitution and Blood, and re
stores the patient to Perfect Health aud Purity, Uif* Try
this and be convinced. "Prepared only by
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR k CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, Atlanta, Ga.
None genuine unless sigued on each label, J. 8. Pemkb.v
FALL AND WINTER
millinery goods
ALSO, A NICE LOT OF LADUW'
FURNISHING goods,
Hoop Sliirt*», Corset*, Ilnir Goods,
AND MANY OTHER NOTIONS.
Rlie further announesa that she hjgkhvisited th« best
HOUSES OF FASHION ip flic above named citios, and ac-
qualnted herself with all the LATEST STYLES OF THE
SEASON, aud with a full supply of DRESS PATTERNS,
is prepared to wait on all who may favor her with a cal),
oithur lu tho
MILLINERY OR DRESSMAKING LINE.
With thanks for past favors, she still asks a Uijertfl ahara
of patronage In lior efforts to make a living.
MILLINERY AND FANCY QOODSI
DREHHER CUT & FITTED
IN THE MOST ELEGANT STYLET
MRS. MORTEN
tuo room wwjum/
k Brother as a Shoe Store, where she wiq
keep on band s complete assortment of
MILLINERY
I T °rm Mle by TOADFIELD k PITMAN. L*Oruiil«. "I>211 Prompt attention may eav» cort».
GOOD?,
NOTICE TO DEBTORS!
T HE debtor! of tbo lato llrm of Thornton fc Btadg! will
ploa»e call onA. U. OOXanA “Ottlo ttiolr acoonma-.