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nently, offers Ills services an physician to the citizens
of La Grange and adjacent country.
nr Office at the store of J. M. Rcall A Hon. Can ho
found at night at the rcaldcnce of his mother. Ja28-6m
DR. J. A. BAUGH
H AVING located permanently In La Grange, offers his
services, in the various departments of medicine,
to the citizens of La Grange and aurrounding coun
try. He may be found, when not professionally engaged,
at Bradfleld k Pitman's Drug fitoro In the day time, and
at bis residence, east of public square, at nights and Hab-
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for past patronage, he hopes still to retain tlio con-
fldenco of his friomls 1>y prompt attention to all calh
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fully tenders ids services to the citizens of La Grange
and vicinity. Thankful for for the liberal patronage here
tofore extended to tdin, ho hopes still to merit the confl-
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Residence, the. Seri veil lot.
AlKIMO.VlV.
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DIIS. RIDLEY A SONS
ILL continue to practice medicine in all its
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friends and the citizens generally of La Grange and Troup
county. They have all the ueceessary appliances for a sue-
ces«ul practice. IV A. T. RIDLEY, M. 1».
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LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1870.
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Judge Warner’* Opinion on I
Ity’’ Ciui Mtlon.
Atlanta, Ga., .Tan. 31, 1870
iron. Hiram Warner, Associate Justice Supreme
Court of Ueort/ln:
Dear 6ir: VVo respectfully request your opin
ion iih to the eligibility of members of the Geor
gia Legislature, under the provisions of the re
cent net of Congress, entitled “An Aet to pro
mote tlio Reconstruction of Georgia."
J. E. Bryant, Jluulsp Hcott,
J. II. Caldwell, M. A. Candler,
A. J. Williams, 0. K. Osgood,
J. E. Shumate, J. T. Burns,
W. F. Holden.
Gentlemen: I have tho honor to acknowl
edge tho receipt of your note of tho 31st in
stant, requesting my opinion as to the proper
construction to bo given to the late act of Con
gress, in regard to tho eligibility of tlio members
of tho Legislature under tho provisions of that
aet. This is tho second time my opinion lias
been requested in rogard to that question.—
Prior to tho organization of the General Ansem-
b’y any expmsionof opinion on my part, calcu-
lutetl either to encouratje the members thereof to
take the oath prescribed, or to intimidate them
from taking it, would have been both indelicate
and improper. But as the Legislature has now
been organized, however unimportant my opin
ion may bo considered, when in conflict with
that of Mr. Attorney General Farrow, still, no
valid reason presents itself to my mind why it
should not now bo expressed to those who desire
to know it, the more especially as it relates to
a question in which the whole people of the
Shite have a deep and abiding interest.
In the construction of the act of Congress to
which my attention has been called, there are
three points to be considered: first, bow the law
stood at the time of the passage of the act; sec
ond, what was the evil or mischief which the act
was intended to remedy? Third, what way the
remedy that Congress intended to provide to cure
this evil or mischief which existed?
By the Constitution of the United States a
certain enumerated class of Stato officers were
required to take an oath to support that Consti
tution, as well as the officers of the United States.
The existing evil or mischief was that certain
officers, both of tho Federal and State Govern
ments, had taken this oath and thereafter en
gaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, in violation thereof. It was consid
ered by Congress to bo an evil and mischief to
allow that class of persons in the Stato who had
sworn to support tho Constitution ot the United
States and thereafter engaged in insurrection or
rebellion, to bo members of the State Legisla
ture.
In order to remedy this existing evil or mis
chief, tho act of Congress under consideration
was passed, and should bo so construed as to
suppress the mischief and advance tho remedy.
Now, if any member ot the Legislature has ever
held an office under the Government of the Uni
ted States, or been a member of any State Leg
islature, or held any civil office created by law
for the administering of any goneral law of a
State, or for the administration of justice there
in, and was required, and did not take an oath,
to support the Constitution of the United States,
and thereafter engaged iu insurrection or rebel
lion against the same, ho is ineligible, for the
reason tlmt he is within the mischief intended
to be remedied by the act, as well as by the four
teenth amendment of the Constitution, which
the act was intended to enforce. All other offi
cers of a State, who were not required, and who
did not take an oath to support the Constitution
of the United States, were not intended to be
embraced, and are not embraced within the act:
because, they are not within the mischief, as
contemplated by it, neither are they within the ■
reason or spirit of the act. They, not having '
taken an oath to support the Constitution of the j
United States, have not violated that oath, and
do not labor under the same disability as those
who have taken and violated it. If we construe
this aet of Congress in relation to the subject
matter of it, in connection with the third sec
tion of the fourteenth amendment of the Con*
stitution, the same result necessarily follows. —
Besidcd, it is apparent on the face of the act,
that Congress did not intend to impose or create
any other disability on the members ««f the Leg
islature tliau was imposed and created by the
fourteenth amendment of the Constitution; for
it is expressly declared, that if the member claim
ing a seat will sw ur, that be ha* been “re
lieved by an act of Congress of the United States
from disability, as provided for by section 3, of
the XiVtli Amendment to tho Constitution of
tlio United Slate,” that he is then eligble; sure
ly Congress did not intend that those who who
had not been relieved by Congress, and were re
quired to take the first oath specified in the
act, should labor under other, or different disa
bilities, than those whose disability had been re
moved by Congress." If the disability of the
member has been removed by Congress, then
he is eligble to liis seat in the Legislature.—
What disability? The disability imposed by the
3d section of the XIYth Amendment, and* that
3d sdbtion defines and declares that disability —
If the disability imposed by the 3d action oi the
XIVtli Amendment does not exist, ns applicable
to member claiming liis seat, then he is eligible
under the Act. If the disability imposed by tho
3d section of the XIYth Amendment did exist,
as applicable to the member claiming bis seat,
and that disability has been removed by an act
of Congress, then he is eligible under the Act.
Tho disability is the same in both cases. Iu the
one, the disability has been removed by an act
of Congress; in the other, it has not; and in the
latter case, the member claiming his must swear,
that he is not laboring under that disability.
It is a sound and well established principle of
the law, that statutes creating disabilities, being
nl in their character, must be strictly construed.
My conclusion, therefore is, that all persons who
held office, either under tho Government of the
United States, or as a member of the Legislature
of any State, or who held any civil office created
by law for the administering any general law of a
State, or for the administration of justice in any
State, who were required, and did take an oath, to
support the Constitution of the United States,
and thereafter engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against tho same, are ineligible as members of
the Legislature under tho provisions of the act,
unless relieved from that disability by Congress;
and that all other State officers who were not re
quired, aud who did not take an oath to support
the Constitution of the United States, are eligi
ble as mombers of the Legislature—they not be
ing within the mischief which the act was intend
ed to remedy. It will be perceived, that if the
late act of Congress was intended lo create, and
does create, other and different disabilities than
such as are imposed by the 3d section of the
14th Amendment, that then, those mombers
whose disabilities were removed by Congress
prior to the passage of this last act, have not
had those other and different disabilities, im
posed by the last act, removed by congress; but
only such disabilities as were imposed by the
third section of the lltli Amendment. It would
seem, therefore, that if other and different dis
abilities were in fact created and imposed by
the late act of Congress, that the members who
have been relieved by Congress from their disa
bilities imposed by the third section of the 14th
Amendment, should now be required to swear
that the. ave not laboring under any of the other
and different disabilities imposed by the late
act if indeed that act does in fact, create and im-
poso any other or different disabilities; for it is
very clear that Congress has not relieved them
from any disabilities created and imposed by
the late act of Congress. Did Congress intend
to impose other and different disabilities upon
those members who had not been releived there
from by Congress, than upon those who had
been so releived ? Iu my opinion, such was the
intention of Congress in passing the act under
consideration.
Very repcofully,
Yours ob’t serv’t,
Hik.vm Warner.
A Well Deserved Compliment.—Wo find the
following complimentary notice of the able cir
cular recently put forth by the veteran editor
aud writer, J. N.- Cardozo', Esq., iu the Februa
ry number of the Nineteenth Century:
We have received from tho veteran temporal
economist'. J. N. Cardozo, Esq., a very able and
comprehensive circular letter, entitled “Compa
rative value of Hired aud Purchased Labor in
Producing Cotton.”
He begins with a brief history of the cotton
trade, which is divided into four parts:
1. Invention of the Cotton gitf, which led to
the general extension of the cotton culture of
United States.
2. The acquisition of Cotiou territory.
3. The gold discoveries of 1848.
4. The civil war. The author writes? * r The
last of these, changed culminated in a sectional
contest, which has been accompanied-with a de
rangement of labor without parallel in the his
tory of the trade, and a disturbance of the rela
tions between supply and consumption of a mag
nitude that threatens ttsT subversion. ”
It is a most able statemejft dfe’ a whole.
Dr. 8am Hard In Lurk.
Homo sixteen years ago there came from North
ern lauds a now political star into this our Louis
iana, bearing Qie significant name of Bard Dr.
Samuel Bard, to be more particular. Few knew
anything about his antecedents, or indeed busied
themsalvcs in. tho least about them, for those
were days of libornl ideas. Thoso who were ac
quainted with his personal history said that ho
was from New York, and followed the two very
inconsistent callings of dentist and preacher,
until ho became also editor of a country paper
in the northern part of this State. It did not
require a long acquaintance by those who came
into contact with him to ascertain that Bard was
an individual who had a high appreciation of his
own exalted merits, and who never hid his lights
under bushel measures.
About that time there chanced to assemble at
Baton Rouge a Democratic Convention to nomi
nate candidates for Stato officcH. Bard was there,
and industrious iu impressing upon the delegates
his extraordinary personal merit,and when it was
ascertained that no one else aspired to the nom
ination for the post of Superintendent of Public
Education he promptly and patriotically let it bo
known that, ho was ready to take that position.
After his election he quietly installed himself in
his official residence, made no attempt at show,
for really ho was about as much fit to discharge
the duties of the office as a second class boy iu
a country school, and regularly and quietlyy
drew his salary as the quarter day came around.
Unlike the ambitious and pretentious Conway of
this day, ho made no exertions to extend his
powers, but left edncablu children to their fate
under tho supervision of their parents.
When the war came about, Bard got a com
mission in tho Confederate army, and, with ad
mirable tact, always managed to get into a safe
and comfortable berth. While the struggle was
going on ho took it into his head to enter upon
a course of theological study, with a view to
taking orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church,
but for some cause he soou changed his mind,
and, by the time the war was ended, it is said
that he could swear as round and emphatic an
oath as a Texas cavalryman. When the conflict
ended, he returned to Louisiana, and sot up an
agency in this city to supply free labor to plant
ers; but not succeeding in that, he transported
his household gods to Atlanta, where he man
aged to start a newspaper, which soon espoused
the Radical cause with great enthusiasm, and
now we behold him rewarded with the Governor
ship of the far-away territory of Idaho, aud we
niay expect that he will not long delay in mak
ing it a State and himself one of the Senators
in Congress. Here, no ono soon failed to dis
cover that Bard was all things to all men, and
not to be relied on by any one as to any pledge,
promise, or assertion.
fi’e cannot congratulate the Idaho people upon
their new Governor; but we feel certain that
neither tho Louisiana or Georgia people will be
grieved to learn that he has got so far away from
them that it is not likely lie will over again make
his appearance in either State.—N. 0. Picayune.
Tlic Florida Impeachment.
The Floridian, of the 8th, 1ms an article upon
the failure of the impeachment resolutions in
the Florida Legislature, from which wo extract
the following:
We have heard of as much as five thousand
dollars, with a Cabinet appointment, being of
fered to one impcachcr for his influence the
other way. One member, just before the vote
was taken, wrote a note .o an officer of the
House, stating that he had just been offered
three hundred dollars for his vote against the
minority repoft, and although he affected to be
indignant at the supposition that he was for side,
liis virtue was not proof against tho temptation.
And so of others. The member who made tho
minority report does not escape suspicion of
having been influenced by considerations other
than tlie public good. His conduct was singular,
to say the least of it. The evening before the
result of the investigation was submitted to the
House, the committee unanimously agreed to
unite, in one report. We quote from the record:
“ The vote being taken upon the matters in
testimony, it was unanimously agreed that im
peachment bo recommended by the committee.”
What transpired during tho time between this
unanimous agreement, and tho hour at which
the report was made to the House, is not known.
Certain it is that the intention of the member
from Clay to go back on his own pledge and
come out with a minority report was not oven
hinted to the other members of tho committee,
and if suspicion rests upon him on account of
his yasclllating courso, the injury, if injury there
bo, is of liis own provoking.
Now, what does the testimony substantiate?
In otir judgment, and we believe such will be
the judgment of the intelligent portion of the
people, the evidence taken by the committee es
tablishes these four points :
1. That Gov. Reed received money for calling
the Legislature together in June, and for using
liis influence to secure the passage of and for
signing the railroad bill passed at that session in
the interest of Swepson. (See Exhibit G.)
2. That Gov. Reed drew $5,000 from Soutter
&■ Co., which Was charged against the State, and
for which lie has never accounted, and which in
deed he had no right to draw. (See Exhibit A.)
3. That Gov. Reed has speculated in State
Scrip wiih the State’s money. (See testimony of
Judge Westcott and Dr. Conover, Treasurer.)
4. That he drew, without authority, the inter
est due on certain outstanding Bonds of the
Florida Railroad Company, which he attempted
to turn into the Fund and Scrip without success.
The amount of interest drawn ho withholds from
tho Fund to which it belongs. (See testimony
of I. K. Roberts and Dr. Conover, Treasurer of
the Internal Improvement Board.)
The Georgia Stale Agricultural Society.
Through the kindness of the Secretary of the
Society, we were furnished with the following:
Agreeably to the call of the President of tho
Georgia State Agricultural Society, the following
members of the Executive Committee met in the
City Hall. Hon. B. C. Yancey, President of the
Society, aud ex-officio Chairman of the Execu
tive Committee, Vice-Presidents C. W. Howard,
Schley, Capers and Brown, ex-officio members
of the Committee—from the First District, Dr.
J. T. Chappell; 2d District, J. 13. Burk, and A.
H. Colquitt; 3d District, James H. Fannin; 4th
District, G. S. Obear, E. Steadman, and L. J.
Livingston; 6th District, B. H. True, T. J.
Smith; 6tli District, James S. Hamilton, John
N. Montgomery; 7th District, E. E. ltawson and
John W. Fitten.
On motion of Mr. Howard a committee con
sisting of Messrs. Howard, Colquitt and Schley
were appointed by tho President to confer with
the City Counoil of Atlanta in relation to ar
rangement for the Fair of 1870.
On motion ot Col. Capers a committee was
appointed to audit accounts of the Secretary aud
Treasurer for last year and to the present time,
and also to audit all claims against the Society.
On this Committee Messrs. Capers, Obear, Raw-
son, Colquitt and Steadman were appointed.
On motion of Mr. Howard all essays on re
claimed land not reported upon at the Fair, be
referred to tbe Committee on Essays appointed
at the Fair. On this Committee Gen. Browne
and Mr. Howard were appointed.
On motion of Mr. Hamilton, a communication
from the Rev. Mr. Ting, in relation to an essay
on the policy planters should adopt to protect
themselves against the combination of specula
tors and capitalists, was referred to a committee,
consisting of Messrs. Colquitt, Livingston and
Chappel.
The President read a letter from Dr. C. P.
Culver, in relation to claim of Dentblo, for ser
vices in procuring the use of the Laboratory
buildings for holding the Fair of 1869.
The following gentlemen were appointed to
revise the premium list: Fitten, Fannin, How
ard, Steadman aud Montgomery.
The report of the commit) eo to confer with
the Mayor and Council, made a report which was
received and laid over till 7 o’clock, P. M.
The committee then adjourned to visit the
grounds purchased for holding the Fair, two
miles from the city on the State Road.—Atlanta
Intelligencer, 11th inst
Gen. Lee.—We grieve to learn, as we do
through a private letter, that tho health of Gen.
Leo is not so good as his family and friends de
sire, though it would appear to give himself lit
tle or no concern. A trip to Europe iu the
spring is urged upon him, but there is no certain
ty that he will' acoede.
Had we the ear of the General, we would tell
him that, if he does not tako the very best care
of his health, we believe the Southern people
will actually get angry with him.
A trip to Europe will give him a new lease of
life, while his presence there will bo hailed with
the liveliest satisfaction by millions. This latter
feet may, we fear, have rather a deterrent effect,
but it is no less a fact, as every American who
visited Europe during or since the war can testi
fy.—-V. 0. Picayune.
In every city, town and village of our State,
oiki will find companies or agencies of Life In
surance. Tho North is well represented through
agencies, and tho majority of companies are strong
and reliable. Tlio West and North West is down
among us with their agencies also, and then we
have a number that are purely Southern. We
have several in Georgia that are backed by good
and strong men financially, and ihat are grow
ing int) importance. As none of the Companies
think it to their interest to advertise their business
with us, we do not feci disposed to bo special in
our notice of them.*
But the object of this article is to call the at
tention ol tho reader to the importance of Life
Insurance. Before the war Southern men, espe
cially our planters, had enough to leave their
families comfortable upon their death; but times
have changed, aud if any feels that his death
would leave his family in needy or straitened cir
cumstances, the host thing he could do is lo iu-
vest Irorn $100 to $500 yearly in a Life Insurance
Policy which will be to their family so much stock,
drawable at liis death, of from $3000 to $10,000.
It is simply an investment and purely a business
transaction, as much so as the insurance of a
house or a lot of goods.
We would advise our friends of Bmall moans,
to lay aside so much money every year to be in
vested in Life Insurance Policy; for the days
have been appointed when wemust throw off our
mortality, and in so doing, it would be well that
our death will not bo a total loss to our families,
and they suffer for want of our protecting cure.
As wisdom dictates that we should be prepared
for tho charge that must come sooner or later if
we would enjoy happiness beyond the grave, so
wisdom and common sense dictate, that we should
leave a bonus in the way of a Life Insurance
Policy to our bereaved families when called
away.
The money paid out for Life Insurance is not
lost; it is only placed to our credit to be return
ed to our families upon our death. Take the
case of Gen. Sterling Price, that glorious old sol
dier of the Confederate cause. After the war
ended he found himself ruined like all the rest of
us; but he felt that the best thing he could do
tor his family, was to take out a Life Insurance
Policy, and with his limited means, he invested
part in a Life Policy for $10,000, perhaps paving
from $300 to $500 for it. He did not live but
about three months as it happened, alter lie had
insured his life, but his family got $10,000 with
in thirty days thereafter. No one will say that
it was money thrown away, or that it was an un
wise investment. He had the good sense to feel
that death would come sooner or later, and ho
thought it best to provide for his family while
he was hale and strong. Don’t wait until vour
health is giving away, for then you run the ‘risk
oi being refused a policy or the premium asked
is so high you may not feel able to pay it.—
Take out a life policy while you are in fine health,
and can make a good showing as regards the
physical man. Every man of family of limited
means, stands in his own light the longer he puts
off such a duty, for every year but adds to tho
premium you have to pay.
*Tlie atteutiou of the readers of the Reporter
is called to tho Piedmont and Arlington Life In
surance Conpany, Wiley P. Burks, Agent; to
the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company, F.
M. T. Brannon, Agent, and the members of the
Masonic Fraternity to the Georgia Masonic Life
Insurance Company, W. B. Jones, Agent.
What the War Cost.—Mr. Stoughton, in his
recent speech in Congress, on the national finan
ces, sent to the Clerk’s desk to bo read, the fol
lowing statement, taken from the report of the
Special Commission of tlie Revenue. The Clerk
read as follows:
Tlie amount of outetunding indebtedness March 7.1801,
was $70,455,299.28
During the four years of war which terminat
ed in April, 1865, (April4,1861, to April 1,1805),
the actual receipts of the Treasury were as fol
lows:
$314,337,317.01
280,801,018.45
1,812,083.80
4,088,259.31
74,120,413.37
Dry Goods, Groceries &c.
AMOSS & WHITFIELD,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, HATS,
BOOT’S AND SHOES,
4j iiiiyg,
^\3JR^STO(‘K Jb now ci>m]>letc and we are determined v
LESS THAN OUR USUAL PROFITS.
QJLTllY U8, IF YOU WANT GOODS AT LOW FIO -a
ttH- URES. WE WILL NOT 13E UNDERSOLD. f r *J
TO THE GENTLEMEN:
C3- A largo lot of PIECE GOODS, for men’s wear, ... a
1f!t- VERY CHEAP.-a a
SALESMEN :
Messrs. A. F. GRIGGS aud WALTER T. FOIU .S will
lie pleased to wait on all customers.
seplT-ly AMOS* WH1TFIE’.').
_ .....rw.jj-~M.]Qqmmir-iry:
l«i S0|*'i2r,!|3iw mo *oal*T5o r
j 2 i5| 4 00 5 fit) () 20 9 25 12 00
J® 1 ® £5| 7 00 8 1)0,12 00 18 60
l r C 2 52 ,5 C0 ‘ !l 7r, i 15 00 19 00
■ I « 2. 7 ,r, ’ 1 ° 00 11 SO 18 00 22 B0
0 75 J l) 00 J1 50 13 25 21 00ItM 00
. 7 78 10 25 13 00 16 00 34 00 29 00
. 13 00 17 25 21 75 25 60 41 r.o'no 50
. |10 50 23 25 28 75'34 25 55 50*09 00
. 18 25 20 76 34 00 41 25 05 OQIBfl 00
ible column advertisements 2fi percent extra; sue.
.tires jr, nt.ri .... -~"<iinf? notices, 60 per cent,
Groceries, &c.
CORN!—1870—CORN!!
rnilOHK who Wish to lmy and pay tlio Cash for CORK
1 i«av, to he delivered iu Deoonlher, January or Fob-
nuu y, will find it to their interest to call on us at once, as
we have made arrangements for a largo lot, which wo wlU
hid] at luw prices. OC2V FROST, hai.t, & <J0.
FROST. HALL & CO.
HAVE rx STORE, AND TO ARRIVE,
UriflR FOLLOWING.
E W COODS .^1
■■ .m
11 Cuhku Bacon,
Tierces Hams,
o
G) Kegs Lard,
Cy ~ Barrels Hour,
200 CuIlM Roi, °’
-J BaleB Bagging,
5000
.'( ) Barrels Sugar,
4)^ Barrels Syrup,
X. Hogsheads Mo-j
O lasses, 1
1 llbla Mncli-
|0 Kits Mackerel
10 ,1 " MCh0Me '
4)0 Sticks Coffee,
1 0 Barrels Whisky
*> Ban. Is French;
’>
io 'kx.H
to
Sherry Wine',
• liu
1 / k Dozen Assorted
IU Pickles,
50 Kegs Nails,
py Tons Iron,
1 /*i Kegs Horse fc
XU Mule Shoes,
300 lbs Sad Irons,
300 lb3Boes '
Locks, Pad
Locks, Chest
1 ^ocks, Trunk
AXl'l, iiuicueia.
Hammers, Hand
Saws, Locks,
Bolts, Bridlo
Bitts, Blacking;
30 Sacks Shot,
| 0 Kegs PowdeA
25000 c,i ' r '
Pistole,
30 Shot Guns,
OX Saddles & Bri.
ZO ak'B,
A. LEVI & CO.,
DEALERS IN
i Internal Reve
From miscellaneous i
STAPLE DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS. HATS.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Holland Gin; IO tingales,’
1 A Doz. Schiedam T_T EAVY Woolen and Cot-
lv Schnapps, XX ton Goods,
X Dozen Bitters, poOTS, Shoes, Hats, and
ALL OF WHJ'TI WE OFFER CHEAP FOR CASH.
ROPE PREFERABLE TO TIES.
There is n i a cotton buyer iu LaGrange, or any other-
place, but what will advise planters to buy Rope every
time in the p!-jre of Ties. There are many reasons why
Rope is superior to Ties, a few ol which vre vrill mention,
Total receipts $075,799,691.94
The receipts of revenue from April 1, 1865, to
June 30, I860, inclusive, during which period tho
larger portion of the expenditures has been di
rectly in consequence of the war, were as follows:
From internal revenue $907,207,221.41
From lands 7,402,188.28
From direct tax 9.017,217.30
From miscellaneous sources 194,949,122.13
Total receipts
The amount of outstanding iudebteduei
sinking fund in Treasury, June 30, ’09
shipped
place, a
die
$1,908.607, f
$2,489,002,480.58
2,412.547,181.30
Deducting from this tlie amount ol out
standing indebtedness at the outbreak
of the war, ($70,455,299.28.) wc have as
tlie sum borrowed for war purposes and
not repaid out of the receipts above in
dicated
Making the total expenditure (loans and
receipts) in eight and a quarter years oi
war aud its effects 4,990,914,498.33
Deducting tlie amount which, but for the
war, might be taken as the average ex
penditure of the Government during
this period, say $100,000,000 per annum.. 825,000,000.00
We shall have $4,171,914,498.33
which sum represents the cost of the war to the United
States Government down to June 30. 1809.
To this sum should be added the value of the
pension now paid by the Government on account
of the war; if the same were capitalized. This,
at eight years’ purchase of the present annual
payment, would amount to about two hundred
millions.
But this aggregate, however large, must still
further be increased by other items, if we would
reach the true cost of the war to us as a people,
the above representing only the expenditures
of the National Government.
•ito the citizens of LaGra;
•minding counties, to cull
d well selected stock—all f
nil Sell as Cheap as
FOR CASH.
r>\ aud Tr..
ml examine
ZVLIT. W. r» LLLEX.
PRINCIPAL SALESMAN, will gladly welcome h
to Messrs. LEVI k CO.’S New Store, Northca
Public Square, next door to Wimbish A Co., L
NEW VARIETY STORS!
JUST OPENED HY
JZ. s. TOAIAII3,
LA GRANGE,..-. GEORGI A.
r two Tics burst off of nearly every halo that is
mi this place; then Rope must be put in tlicir
, of course, it comes out of the buyer. When
oil, they are perfectly worthless. Every butt-
you buy bus already iu it from two to six Tioo
jrtliless. liope don’t give you this trouble or exponso;
is n.s heavy and as cheap, aud 24 per cent, mere service*
le than Ties. FROST, HALL ft CO.
C. c. MARCUM AN. WILLIAM A. BEAY.
C. C. SV*ARCHSVJAN & CO.,
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
[East Side Public Square,)
La Grange, Georgia;
’ CONSTANTLY ON HAND:
T AY
1. pul
Starving Needle Women—A Sad Picture.—
The Star assures us that its statement iu refer
ence to the number of women who ward ofl’stnr-
vatiou in New York by using the needle, is not
at all exaggerated. The editor adds;
“The figures are terrible, we know; but when
you come to bring them down to facts, aud
translate the dumb statistics into the actual real
ity of living, moving, horrible incarnation of
want and woe, you have before you a panorama
of misery so overwhelming in horror as almost
to raise a doubt as to whether this is the year of
our Lord 1870, and we are even a civilizedpeople;
but here are the figures, and here for each ‘dumb
initial’ stands a living monument of misery and
sorrow to something wrong and false in our so
cial polity.
“ Those who have eyes to see may see. Every
thoroughfare teems with this misery. It spreads
through every avenue by day, and swarms in
the lmunts of poverty by night. It makes hell
in life, and thrusts thousands into its despair,
and yet we do almost nothing to relieve it.—
With this walking, creeping, infectious horror of
wretchedness staring them iu the face, good men
and women, people who * want a mission,’ stand
idle all day, asking what they shall do."
This is, indeed, a sad picture—and to contem
plate it, we respectfully invite,
First—The admirers of the Republican federal
administration who are squandering the public
money in such a way as to increase the burden
of taxation upon the people—a burthen which,
as much as anything else, is grinding the poorer
classes to the dust, aud producing the starvation
and want whick the Star holds up to view.
Second—The well-to^do sisterhood who are
making believe at the Sorosis, Suffrage and other
Clubs they are dying to do something for their
sex. If they are not making believe, why do
they not go to work and do what they can to al
leviate the sufferings of other women not so
well off as they ore ?—New York Express.
Aaron Alpeobia Bradley. —Our contempora
ry of the Edgeneld Advertiser thus gives the bi
ography of “Senator” Bradley:
“Tradition hereabout hath it that Aaron Al-
peoria was born in this same town of Edgefield
—belonged to Col. Eldrecl Simkius—was a shoe
maker—escaped to the North while hired in Au
gusta at his trade—aged about twenty at the
time. ’Tis beyond a doubt that tv boy, said to
be an unusually smart one, and bearing the
name of Aaron, did run away from Col. Erdred
Simpkins many years ago, and was afterwards
heard of being at the North. It is said further
that Aaron Alpeoria’s mother, Celia by name, is
now living in Beech Island with a daughter.—
We call for further light on this important sub
ject. 1 The venerable and highly intelligent moth
er of Judge Bhtler always affirmed, believed, and
said a great deal to prove, that Marshal Ney was
born on Saluda in this district, and was named
Rudolph. Of Course Edgefield would be proud
to enroll among the names of her great men those
of Marshal Ney and Alpeorin Bradley. However,
we are ashamed of having coupled the two names.
We beg pardon of decency and of history.”
iidanil opened
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, TOYS,
FRUITS, &o.,
All of which I am determined to sell
CHEAP AS TIIE CHEAPEST,
My Stock consists of
FLOUR, (all graclow,)
Meal,
BACON,
COFUKF,
SUGAR, fall erodes,)
N. O. SYRUPS,
MOLASSES,
AND ALL OTHER
CHOICE FAMILY'SUPPLIES.
I have also on bund and for sale a good lot of
IIATS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
FINE LIQUORS ami
CIGARS, (all kinds,)
TOYS, (in abundance to please the little ones,)
CANDIES,
NUTS,
FRUITS, of all descriptions and
choice quality.
FRESH
MOBILE OYSTERS, LOBSTERS & SARDINES
Served iu all styles to satisfy the appetite.
FORTUNIO PRIZE BAGS & CASKETS,
5, 10, and 85 Cents Each.
CALL AND SEE MY STOCK.
oe.t22- ijfcoltf R. S. TOM ME.
J£EEP CONS
(Every grade,)
com»
(Great variety,)
it o m r s
[Clear Sides, Clear Ribbed Sides, Hams, aud Shoulders,)
JS«C T XiK AffXLm.Gdlla
(Sides and Shoulders,)
ft* ~*j » jmL.-MM.rn *
(All grades,)
(ltio aud Java Coffee; Green and Black Tea,
(The best of all kinds,)
MOLASSES, SYRUP, RICE, CANDLES, dfc*
TO THE PUBLIC:
B EING determined*to keep a good stock Of groceries,
and to sell them as cheap as they can be sold In tlitn
market, wc very respectfully solicit a liberal share of pub
lic patronage: and therefore invite buyers to give ub a cal!
aud examine our goods aud learn ourprices.
April 2d. C. C. MAROHMAN H CO.
NEW FURNITURE STORE.
COMPETITION* IS THE LIFE OF TRADE.
I WOULD respectfully announce, to the. citizens of La
Grange, and Troup aud surrounding counties, that I
am receiving aud opening one ol tho largest stocks of
jFirjam’ituh e-: ^-7
Ever brought to this market—consisting of Parlor und
Chamber Setts, Wardrobes, Uarbletnp Bureaus and Wash-
stands, froiu tbe commonest to the best Bedsteads, Exten
sion Tables, Oak or Walnut Crib Rockers, Rocking Chairs,
and a lot of ChairH, from tbe cheapest to the best, and
many other tilings too tedious to mention—all of which 1
am offering
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
interest to examine my stock beforo purchasing elsewhere.
The ladies are especially invited to call,
gale and Sample Room'under tlie Sima House.
J. H. JjILFL
LaQrango, Ga., October 29ffi, I860.—tf
LA CRAWCE HOTEL
P.’ B. HALL, Proprietor.
m THIS HOTEL has been completely and thorough
ly renovated, and is now open for tho uccomoda-
tion of permanent boarders aud transient guests.
The tables are supplied with the very best tho market
ket afforda. Porters at the Depot upon the arrival of every
train. janl4-tf
EVANS & RAGLAND,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
(East Side Public Square,)
La Gra ngc, Georgia.
I 1
you want heavy BOOTS and SHOES call on . .
EVANS & RAGLAND.
T HOSE who chew and thoso who don’t chew can find a
superior lot of all grados TOBACCO at
EVANS & RAGLAND.
riUGARS, A, B and 0, c
D°
D ried BEEF (finest quality) at _
EVANS A RAGLAfP,
ATLANTA NURSERIES,
Atlanta, Q». -r X
HARDEN,' COLE & CO., Proprietors.
W E have for sale this season a superior stock of Fruit
Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruits. Roses, Ornamental
Trees, Shrubbery, Ac. All of which have been tested in
the South, and arc adapted to the climate.
Catalogue sent free on application. Address
HARDEN, COLE k CO.,
DoclO 8m Atlanta,Ga.