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(karli) (Counti) Btfos. HEIJRY Id. SNEED, EDITOR it PROPRIETOR. f), K. GROUEY, Publisher. TiT.A KELY: WKDNKSDAY, NOV. 4, lHtio. — ■ ■ - Religious Notice. I will commence a meeting of some days at Pit jsant Gtove Church, in the Blakely Circuit, on-Saturday before the second Sunday in November. F. M. Wilson, P. C. The Editor, in conjunction with other Ministers, will hold a Protracted Meeting at Cordra’s Cross Hoads, commencing on Saturday before the !ld Sunday in Nov. • -4 • ♦ ♦ Th will be absent for a few days iu Florida. • In consequence of a glorious revival of religion at the M. E. Church, the appear ance of Blakely has assumed quite a dif ferent feature. Would that the world could be affected iu the same way—truly would the sword be beaten into a “ plough share,” and peace shed its lovely mantle again over our distracted country. ♦ ♦ We respectfully invite all hoys who have business with either the Editor or Publish er to call on us at our office; but to the friends and associates of our “Ucvil ” we would say they will oblige us very much by seeing him, after working hours, on the street, or other places than the office. A printing office is no place for boys to be loafing about. We would call especial attention to the advertisement of Col. 0. I*. Fannin, in our issue of to-day, who has the agency for re ceiving the Tax in Kind for Early county. Col. Fannin is a man of business qualifica tions, energetic in the discharge of his du ties, and a polished gentleman. The pro ducers will find Sacks at the Court House, and deliver their produce either at How ard's or Porter's Landing. ~ ♦ ■ Wc would call the attention ol’ the pub lic, and especially of young men between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years, to the card of Capt. B. ]). Lumsden, who is authorized to raise a Company for guard duty in Macon. Ilis Company has been organized, but is not yet full. This i* a rare chance, and a delightful service, es pecially when we remember the dignified, kind and gentlemanly deportment of its gallant Captain. We naturally feel a delicacy giving publicity to the “Tribute of Respect” paid the Editor by the M. E. Church in this place, and as an apology for so doing we would remark that the card of Resolu tions iu manuscript hear the genuine sig natures of every member of the Church who have had an opportunity of signing it. We have been urged, moreover,, by them, in person, to insert it, and in doing which the Editor returns his heart’s warmest gratitude to the Church, with whom he has labored with unparalleled pleasure, and in praying for the future prosperity of the Church, do most cordially accept the kind invitations set forth in the Resolutions. Fort Gaines and Colquitt- Scarcely a day passes over onr head but we hear complaints from the direction of Fort Gaines and Colquitt, and beyond, of not having received our paper. There is doubtless a “screw loose” somewhere,and wc arc sure the fault is neither with our office or the post office at this place, hence, the fault is elsewhere, and from the fact of a number of letters returning to this place, after having been forwarded from here half a dozen times to Fort Gaines’, wc arc constrained to think that the Post Mas ter at Fort Gaines if continually drunk, and having evidence of the fact ol his direlec tion of duty of every character, wc shall report the drunken Post Master to Ifcad- Quarters , if these complaints arc not ceas ed, and more respect paid to the delivery of th*e.A cics to its subscribers. It would he well for the Post Master at Colquitt to take these hints to himself, for fear wo might, after trying turf and grabs, see what virtue there L in Hones. A Visit to Columbu3. In going, in staying and in returning we saw many things that we don’t like to see. Even in the short distance from Fort Gaines to Cqfhbert, we were shugrined at the very vulgar conduct of some of our own Sol diers, who had beeu stationed at the ob structions in the Chattahoochee River, and were beiug scut to the Hospital in Amen cus, and who had, while lying over in Fort G aines, gotten beastly drunk. There seem ed to be no superior officers among them ; or, if there were, they, too, had fallen vie- tim to “JBilhf Patterson.” At all evlluts, the uuceariug strains of profanity that com manded the attention and disgust of the whites, caused reflections something like these : Now these poor fellows have been compelled to lay over at Fort Gaines, and some unprincipled wretch, not satisfied with having bereaved the widow and gob bed the orphan of their livelihood, and scattering want and degradation abroad in the land, had put the bottle to these brave Soldiers mouths, subjecting them to the dire punishment consequent upon -u'eh a violation of the “ Army Regulations.” When will the world be relieved from such? Rut we were no less mortified at the very bigoted, unaccommodating and foolish airs of the Conductor from Fort Gaines to Cuth bert, who is also (as we learn) Express Messenger and Agent. We know but lit tle in reference to him, but our opinion is, from his abrupt address to ladies and gen tlemen, that lie has by far more brass than brains, and is very fond of yood whisky —- ihouffh lie drinks “ ball-face ßeside these very unpleasant scenes, we found at Fort Valley a “ place to get your money back*,” (in a horn !) bearing the name of a Hotel, where they feed on “bull-beef and “bran cofce,” at only three dollars a meal, pro vided the patrons require no extras, or to be treated as gentlemen ! From this place to the city of our destination wc found in the person of some foreign-faced creatures the remaining features of “big [ andlittlQ U.” One thing, however, that we did not fancy, was the custom among the Conduc tors of the Hoads of locking up the “ La dies’ Car” and carrying the keys in their pockets, and refusing to let any stranger in, no matter how much of a gentleman he might be, while any vagabond with a bot tle of “ red-eye” could enter without any difficulty whatever. But after many long and tiresome hours, and passing through many scenes of unpleasantness, 4 we arrived at the City, and, as is natural, a feeling of joy iuvoluntarily hurst upon our minds as our feet once more rested upon the soil of our nativity. In passing to the hotel, and in slumbering, we could but dream of the pleasure of meeting old friends, and view ing the first works of nature'our eyes ever beheld. But shame! These reflections were only to be dispersed by the light of the following day. To our astonishment, Columbus has decreased over two hundred per cent. The best citizens are all gone, and their honest avocations suspended, while their places ave filled with filthy Jews with shops of swindling and robbery. Think of calico at ten dollars per yard, seventy live dollars for a pair of pantaloons, fifty dollars for a hat, three dollars a pound for meat, and everything else in proportion ! and then tell us, is it any wonder tve were ashamed of our birth-place ? But if this was all we could get aloug; but, in addi tion to this, we found men who were out of the army because of Ministerial func tions, and who had taken advantage ot the “ five corner fraternity ” for obtaining fa vor of the people, and who, by soiqe hook or crook, had gotten a contract with the Government for making Soldiers clothing. But “ nary bit” of the work do they do ; but, carrying out their obligations of be nevolence, have hired a number of poor women, and are paying them the enormous price of fifty cents a garment, aull, being desperately opposed to extortion, specula tion, and such like, (!) they only charge the government tweuty times as much as they pay the poor women iu their employ, and who, being kfi’t alone, are dependent upon their own labor for support. Os all the fiendish speculations of which we have heard during the war, this is the darkest, being not only a speculation in dollars and cents, but of the labor, and we may say of the life-blood of poor, honest females—the wives and daughters of brave and gallant Soldiers! My God !is there a place iu all the domain of Satan sufficiently hot and miserable for such men ? We think it very doubtful. We doubt uot the exceeding great pity of a merciful God is long since suspended toward these men; and feeling such—and also that the avocations and gen eral, operations'of that once lovely City (Columbus) were in keeping with the con duct of those good brethren who were ing so much good for the poor in the City— our joy turned into disgust, and rushing hurriedly to C ’s Hotel, we called for our bill —which wa3 only fifteen dollars a day !—paid up, and “ skedaddled,” refus ing to let our eyes farther behold the polu- , tions of the world. And. indeed, we felt somewhat fearful that the fate of Ilighteous Lot would overtake us while sojourning iu those regions of consumate crime before we could escape—but a wise Providence, or something, has returned us again to our lovely village, and to our office, where, for the future, we will try and be found often cr, and with more care and interest for the News. A Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of the members of the Methodist E. Church at Blakciy, held this day, the following Preamble and Resolu tions were unanimously adopted : Whereas, Almighty God, in his prov idence, (as we believe,) has timely directed Rev. Tlenry M. Sneed to our midst, by whose indefatigihle efforts the Church has prospered beyond-our most sanguine ex.- pcctations in (lie conversion of our children and friends, and the general upbuilding of the Church ; th re fore be it Resolved, That we do most heartily ap preciate the very faithful labors dispensed by’him from lime to time, and humbly trust, and respectfully request that he con tinue his labors of love with us; and be it further Resolved, That we, in the main, do hear tily approve of the doctrines promulgated by said Rev. Homy M. Sneed as sound, forcible, Methodistic and irrefutable, and, moreover, believe him to be a man of piety and union with God, with talents of great usefulness; and be it further Resolved, That we earnestly request Pro. Sneed to unite with us as a member of our Church. Resolved, That the above Preamble and Resolutions be published in the Early County News. F. M. Wilson, Cii’n. J. S. Rowland, Sec’y. Blakely, Nov. 2, 1808. Weekly Summary of Hews. The news from Charleston, dated Oct. 30th, says the bombardment of Sumter on that day is regarded as the heaviest that has yet taken place. From sundown Wednes day to ' sundown Thursday many shots of all calibres, from 15 inch Mortars so 300 pound Parrots, and downwards, had been thrown into and against the fort, caus ing a portion of the seawall to fall in, bury ing thirteen men beneath its ruins. Advices from North Alabama say that Gen. Ferguson, with a portiou of his brig ade, attacked aud completely routed the enemy’s cavalry on the 27th, which has been making a raid iu Marion county. The guerrillas are getting troublesome on the M ississippi river. G rant announces that Sherman succeeds , him iu the Department of Tennessee. There arc rumors of another raid from Vicksburg, but arc not generally credited. Twenty-one Yankees were captured near Corinth by Bolton’s cavalry. Atlanta papers state that a portion of the Federal army crossed at Brown’s Fer ry, three miles below Chattanooga, and have taken possession of Raccoon Moun tain, from whence they are shelling our troops on the west side of Lookout, and our batteries are replying. Further infor mation says that two lines have already come iu coutact, resulting in scenes of fierce combat. It is said our loss is alrea dy as high as one thousand in killed aud wounded. The Prince of Wales is tolerably comfort able for a young man just commencing the world. Oue million dollars of the accumu lation of his Cornwall estate lias been paid for an estate in Norfolk ; two millions and a half remain as a balance with his banker, and he lias besides an income of §125,000 a year from his landed uroperty, with $500,000 voted him by IVainwt while his mother lives, and §250,000 nth money for his bride. A youug gentleman, with no present family, may manage to keep house very comfortably on this amount, and not deny himself any of the usual com fort:! of a household, When will wc have Peace! We hear tlii i question propounded by almost every one with whom we meet, and, indeed, we often, in our moments of reflec tions, ask our own heart aud mind the same question, aud while the echoing shouts of triumph, from the swamps of Chickamau ga, the valley of 3lanassas and Sabino Pass, together with tidings of continncd defiance to the unparalleled efforts of the hireling crew from the “ Island City ” fall upon our ears, we are almost ready to exclaim, rce shall soon have a conquered peace. But when we arouse a’nd look abroad upon tlu> flood of extortion, the depreciation of Con federate money, the innumerable tricks and hellish plans in operation to scrceu m< u from the army, who were exceedingly anx ious, before the war, to drink all the blood shed in consequence of secession, and, moreover, the vast deluge of practical wick edness that overspreads the land as a sheet our sanguinity sinks into an abyss of fear aud doubt. Nut fearing, however, subju gation by our euctnies —nay verily, for we. have yet the first impression iu that direc tion to harbor within our breasts—but we do fear that the continuation of unholy pursuits—Extortiou, Speculation, depreeb ation of the Currency of the country, and that by its own officials and “ tax-gather ers" drunkenness, littleness of soul, refus ing to become subject to powers that be,” and such like—will so engulf us in dissention, strife, emulations, aud such like, as will but tend to darkness both the poli tical and religious element to such an alarm ing extent as to call down upon the land the unmitigated curse of a Righteous God, and thereby continue the unholy war from which we now suffer; and falling by these reflections into such fears and doubts, we can but fall back upon the correct data, that when Extortion, Speculation, depreciation, drunkenness, littleness of soul, dissention, strife and emulation, and such like, is ban ished from the face of the earth, and eve ry man in every station rises up in solid phalanx, and rushes to the contest, bearing not only the legitimate equipments of iit tcral warfare, but being armed by faith iu the God of Gideon, without reference to self-aggrandizement, or anything else, but .the ultimate conquest and lasting indepen dence of these Confederate States. ' But when will these things be ? But there is something else to be done besides a cessa tion of evil works and a general rallying to the standard, and to God. There is bread and meat to be made for the suste nance of the army and the people at home; and yet we hear men claiming loyality de claring they cannot get anything for their corn, and have been compelled to suffer the loss of at least half a crop, and conse quently plant just enough to do them, and let every one look out for themselves iu like manner. But oh! how little such men feel for the suffering family of the Soldier and the indigent poor ! Yea, how little the soul of such men!—imagine the shake in a mustard seed, and you have an idea of their patriotism ! If wo would succeed, let us plant large crops of wheat, corn, and all other necessaries of life, and then, with devotion to God and the cause of Indepen dence, let us consecrate not only our influ ence, but our crops, property, family, and even our own life’s blood, if need be, and after the fire of patriotism has fallen, and consumed the sacrifice, let us stand firm aud unshaken as the “ rock of ages,” feel ing that the earth may quake and move beneath us, the political element swell with convulsions ol war and rumors of war, the heaveus pass away with the philosophical ignition ordained to the event, and after all, let life sink apace with the patriotic sentiment, “ Rather than become subject to the dominions of “Abe,” let the earth open and swollow us,” control the last ac cents of our lips, and echo forth to rising generations. “ To rob the country, two contractors come One cheats in corn, the other cheats in rum; Which is the greater, if you can explain, A rogue in spirit, or a thief in grain." Major IV. S. Wood, Quartermaster at Bacon's Quarter-Branch, and Major J. 11. Whitfield, Quartermaster, have been drop, pod from the roll of Quartermasters of the » Confederate States Army. No doubt they can afford to be dropped. ♦ ♦ -♦ The Atlanta Confederacy announces that Gen. Polk has been assigned to duty in M iss issippi and General Hardee transferred so Teuncssee. In other words, the two Gener als have changed places.