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Early County News.
VOL. V,
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. R. C. KNOWLES,
Blakely, Early County, Oeo.,
IHf*H»:KO to make a permanent residence
in Blakely, offers his medical services, in all
branches, to the citizens of the place and
surrounding country. *"•
Mav be found, at all hours, either at the
Drug Store, or at his residence, which iB that
formerly occupied by Dr. C\. B. Holmes, un
less professionally engaged. vI-32-ly
PILES & FISTULA CURED.
Dr. J. A. Clopton,
Rfsfectfullt informs the public that he
Km returned to his home in Huntsville, Ala.,
after in absence of several months in Mobile,
and’tenders his professional services to the
aftiCted. Dr. C. refers to the hundreds of
cure* he his effected within the last few
years, as proof of his skill in the treatment
-of theso diseases. v 1-22-ts
HARRELL, WIMBERLY A CO.’S
Livery and Sale Stable,
t. W. CORN’XR. PUBLIC SQUARE,
BAIXBRIDGE, GA.
Hoists, Bcogies and Carriages kept con
stantly on hand and for hire and sale. Am
ple accommodation for Drovers and others.
Nov. 7, 1860. 4-ts
WHEELER’S
CENTRAL HOUSE,
FORT GAINES, GEORGIA.
The undersigned returns thanks for the
liberal patronage that has been extended to
him tor the past two years, would also in
form the ttaveiing public that he is still on
hand with the beat* the market affords, to
»ppply their wants.
As I have no blowers, who blow for
tXtiR grub, attached to the Railroad to
Blow for ms, please give me a c&il, and
judge for youraelves.
GEO. W. WHEELER,
v£.l2-if Proprietor.
Mannfact’ing Company.
W CODEN Ware, Furniture, Mattresses,
Ac., Ac., for sale by
TROY MANUFACTURING CO
Spinning Wheels,
AT wholesale and retail, by
TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
C&up Stools,
IX R sale by the
' TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 24, 1862.' v2-19-tf
NOTICE TO THE
Flinters of Georgia.
Office Georgia Relief and 1
Hospital Association. )
These of you who have subscribed Cotton
to the objects of this Association, and who
hate not yet nut us in possession of the same,
will please forward the balsa subscribed, or
their "equivalent in money, as we propose to
invest'immediately the funds derived from
this source cf supply in Clothing for the des
titute and suffering of the Army.
By order of the Executive Committee.
JOSEPH R. WILSON, Chairman,
Oct. 15, 1362. 1-ts _____
Taa Yard Notice.
HAVING purchased the interest of Mr.
Peter Howard, I am now sole proprie
tor of the Tan Yard heretofore owned by
Howard A Stewart. The Yard will be kept
up as heretofore. Hides will be tanned on
shares as usual.
Thankful for past favors, I invite all to try
me for the future, promising to do all I can
to please my customers.
JAS. M. STEWART.
Blakely. Aug. 5, 1863. 41-ly
NOTICE. "
HAVING established a Tan Yard at the
Peru Plantation in Early county, I
will tan Hides cn shares, and will warrant
to make as good leather as any in the
county. I have a No. 1 Tanner in my em
ploy. So bring along-your Hides, if you
wish them properly tanned.
JOHN BOATRIGHT,
Oct. 7, 1863. 50-6 m-paid
Wool Carding Machine,
1 mile from Blakely, on Fort Gaines Road,
WILL card for one-fourth toll as usual, or
M &b low for cash as the times will admit of.
Will also card Wool for Lard or Tallow, lb.
for lb. All persons bringing Wool to card
are required to furnish Lard or Oil, 1 lb. to
every 10 lbs. of Wool.
3 HIRAM KINCUEN.
Oct. 7, <1863. 50-ts
Notice-
HAVING been called upon to serve my
country in a military capacity, I leave
all my Notes aud Accounts in the hands oi
S. S. Stafford, who will receive money and
receiot for the same during my absence.
V * B K. DOSTER.
Blakely. July 16, 1861. 38-ts
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BLAKELY, GEO., NOVEMBEIt 11, 1863.
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General Bragg-.
It is, remarks the Mobile Register, dae
to General Bragg and to his friends—and
these he has, many and warm, who cling
to him the closer as the clouds of conspir
acy and detraction thicken around him—
to state that during the President’s late
visit to Chattanooga he earnestly request
ed the’Chief Magistrate to relieve him of
his command. He did so for the reason
that out of his very triumph over the ene
my, his enemies sought the material to
work his overthrow as Commander-in-Chief.
He saw that he had three enemies to fight
—the Yankees in front, the stay-at-home
military geniu3e3 whose only contributions
to the war are their captious critioisms of
the Generals in the field, and a cabal among
his lieutenants, upon whose cordial and
hearty co-operation every commander of an
army has to rely for the execution of hie
orders aud plans of battle. The first he
could meet, the second he could treat with
indifference, but without the aid of the last
no genius or tabor could be successful.
For the good of the service, therefore, he
urged upon the President that he should be
relieved. It will be seen that the Presi
dent, upon a view of all the circumstances
and a careful personal inquiry iuto the facts,
did not agree with Geuerai Bragg, aud re
fused to relieve him.
Soon after the battle of Chiekamauga
it became apparent to General Bragg that
an attempt which had been made more
than once before was being repeated among
some of the higher officers of his army to
bring an influence to bear upon the Presi
dent to cause hi 3 removal from the com
mand. A memorial, signed, as we under
stand, by several general officers, was dis
patched to the President urging this course
—a memorial, the principal statements of
which were refuted by subsequent devel
opments, almost before the ink in which it
was written was dry. The gravamen of
the charges against Gen. Bragg was, that
it was through his fault that the victory
of Chiekamauga had not termimated in the
capture, dispersion or destruction of the
enemy's army. The arrest of Gens. Polk
and Hindman, and the grounds upon which
their arrests were known to be baaed, com
pletely spoiled the argument of the appeal
against Bragg. It here appeared that 8
failure to obey his orders in two notable
instances was the true cause of the result
complained of; and that had they been
obeyed, after events have proved clearly
that the army of Rosencrans would not on
ly have been beaten but ruined.
It was at General Bragg’s request that
the President came out to Chiekamauga to
investigate the complaints of his officers.
The memorial of the latter never reached
the President, but the complaints did from
Bragg himself, for he meant to have them
investigated,' and then ask to be relieved
from the command of an army among some
of the Generals of which he believed there
was a conspiracy against him which des
troyed his power to be useful to the coun
try. The President heard all the com
plaining Generals had to say; he took pri
vate advice and information from many
other officers, and the result was that he
sustained Gen. Bragg’s course in the most
complimentary terms, refused to relieve
him, and did relieve Gen. D. 11. Hill, and
ordered him to report to Richmond. This
officer was understood to be at the bottom
of the movement. The foregoing are the
facts as we learn them from reliable author
ity. We trust that the President’s decision
will make an end of the bickerings among
general officers in that army. They are
subversive of discipline and injurious to the
groat cause of the country. The President
may, and, being human, does sometimes
make mistakes in the selection of comman
ders of our armies. But the power must
be somewhere, and the constitution hag
lodged it with him. Upon the general sub
ject, we copy the following paragraphs from
the Richmond Enquirer as a just and ap>
propriate comment:
Almost every day we hear of tom? new
• issue arising in *hat Western country aoout
rank or precedency,or about who is to blame
for something that has gone wrong. Not
long sinoe one general officer called out an
other and shot him through the heart, up
on a mere question of etiquette. In this
provisional army, extemporized to meet
and baffle a perilous invasion and avert the
destruction of us all, there seems to be as
much profession d jealousy and punctilio as
in the o-:d Btanding armies, made up of
profe* aO .! Bolc]iers who follow war as
3 trade. We say no officer has a right to
stand upon etiquette and precedence in the
face of the enemy. Wc say, further, that
nobody cares about those petty bickerings,
and that at a time like this they are re
garded as a most disastrous, melancholy
aud fatal impertinence. Every officer
ought to aocept, without demur, the posi
tion assigned to him by the proper author
ity, and regard it as his highest honor and
dignity to do its duty in that post to the
best of his ability. Honor and dignity!
It is the private soldiers who have most of
the honor aud dignity in this war. We
never felt before how true it is that “ the
post of honor is a private station.” Gen.
Pryor promoted himself when he resigned
an empty brigadiership, and made out his
own appointment as a private trooper.
He had no command, though doubtless he
felt himself more deserving of one than
some who have it; but he had his horse
and his sword, and his country was crying
aloud to all her gallant sons for the aid of
their arms. If he was not thought worthy
to lead a brigade, then he could at least
ride with Stuart, and take his share of
picketduty, and scouting, aud rough rations,
and a saddle for a pillow. If he had been
in the West, he would probably have be
thought him of incoutineutly cutting some
gentleman's throat; hut as it was, bethought
it more useful to kill Yankees than Con
federates.
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The Navy—A Prediction.
Mr. Watts, the Governor elect of Alaba
ma, is said to have used the following en
couraging language in a recent' speech at
Selma :
Mr. Mallory, the beet abused man in
the Confederacy, would, he predicted, be
fore the end of the year, become the cyno
sure of all eyes. His work had been go
ing on Bilently, but he was confident it
would soon exhibit a power sufficient to
sweep from the ocean every vessel ot the
Yankee navy. Why! if cnlif half of that
had been told us about the China fleet was
true, our prospects for conquering a peace
were indeed blight. What! if a fleet of
iron-dads were suddenly to make their ap
pearance at Mobile and Charleston, re-cap
ture New Orleans, ascend the Mississippi
river to V*iok3burg and Memphis, re-posses
sing those places and finally threaten New
Y'ork itself! Would not these things strike
amazemeut and terror to the Yanlcee mind ?
And what was still more gratifying, their
happening was not without the bounds of
probability.
——
Lieut. General Polk-
The Atlanta papers contain the follow
ing letter of President Davis to Lieut. Gen
Polk :
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 29, 1863
Lieut. Gen. Volk, Atlanta , Ga.:
General —After an examination iuto
the causes and circumstances attending
vour being relieved from command with
the army commanded by Gen. Bragg, I
have arrived at the conclusion that there
is nothing to justify a Court Martial or
Court of Inquiry, aud I therefore dismiss
the application.
Your appointment to a new field of duty,
alike important and difficult, is the beßt evi
dence of my appreciation of your past ser
vices, and expectation of your future ca- ,
reer.
1 am very truly and respectfully yours,
Jefferson Davis
Good Natured People
Southerners are the best natured peo
ple in the world. They are charitable to a
fault, and are benevolent beyond measure.
Does a Yankee abolitionist wish to replen
ish his pockets, and serve the cause of Lin
coln at the same time? Let him come
South, put on a decent suit of clothes, talk
vociferously about the “ glorious cause of
Southern independence,” and apply for
some position of honor,and profit, and he
is sure to receive it. The “so called ”
Confederate States presents an inviting
field for Yankee enterprise. Positions,
from that of a Lieutenant General in the
army, down to a clerkship in a uewspaper
office, may be had for the asking. \Va
“ Coofeds ” verify the scriptural injuno
tiou of returning good for evil, i& most cas
es where a Y'ankee is concerned.
Columbus Sun.
Gen. Morgan.
The Montgomery Daily Advertiser pub
lishes the life and military achievements of
the renowned Gen. John H. Mprgan, now
a prisoner, with head shaved, and piebald
garments in the penitentiary of Ohio. An
extract from the article in question, whichtj
we subjoin, recapitulates all the grand ex
ploits ot this Southern Paladin. No mas
ot his day has accomplished more, if eo
much, and the summing up shows an array
of glorious deeds that were never surpass
ed in number aud brilliancy. The writer
says:
“ Morgan’s career may be summed up
with truth as follows : He has fought six
ty-three battles, and has been successful it
fifty-seven ; took 50,000 prisoners, killed
20,000, and destroyed £50,000,000 worth
of property, taken 50,000 stand of small
arms, and fifty pieces of artillery, 20,000
horses, and traveled 12,000 miles.”
These figures surpass anything in the
annals of history, and he has not had with
him at any timo over 5,000 men for du
ty-
According to a Yankee letter writer, Geo.
Schofield—a low Dutchman now iu com
mand of the Yankee forces in Missouri—
recently caused six respectable citizens of
Jacksou eo., who had committed no offend
ing act, to be allot in cold blood. The
people in that section, alarmed and terror
stricken at the threats of the infuriated vil«
lain, are said to be flying from their homes,
leaving all behind.
This is the wretch whose conduct, the
telegraph informs us, is approved by Lin
coln
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Confederate Currency
The Richmond correspondent of tb*
Charleston Mercury gives this cote :
A Bhrewd capitalist advises people every
where to hold on to note?
Why? “Because they will be worth
something a* boou as the eight per cent
tax and the income tax begin to be felt;
and that will be in November next. Peo
ple have not yet begun to realise what the
tax really is; they will, though, before the
year ends, and you will see a surprising de
crease of circulation and a general fager
ness for the very notes that are now called
“ trash." Thus paith the capitalist.
We expect before loug to see the predic
tion of the “ shrewd capitalist ” realized
A plethoric currenoy is a great evil, hut
the process of depletion is a severe one
When the contradiction begins, then look
out for “ hard times,” “ tightness in mon
ey,” etc., etc. The plethora of currency is
the condition of the drunken man. But
when the intoxicating fumes of the liquor
begin to die out on the braio, and sobers,
then follows the collapsed state known sg
the “horrors.” When a State get 9 high
on paper money, it must have a touch of
the “ horrors ” on geting sober.
Mobile Register
♦
No Confidence in their Success
The act 3 of the Federal authorities, aud
of the people themselves, show that they
have no hopes in finally succeeding in over
running aud subjugating the South. Ia
fact they do not have hopes of holdiug
even that portion of Virgiuia now iu their
possession. Large confiscated plantations
in the upper part of that State, worth fifty
thousand dollars, have recently been soli
for the pittiful sum of two hundred dollars
in specie. Other sale 3 have been made ia
sectious that will eventually belong to the
South at almost the same rate. The Fed
erate talk big of subjugation and confisca
tion, but they do not show their faith by
their works—they are not willing to bsok
their language, aud threats by their mon
ey. Had they aDy belief whatever that
they would conquer Virginia, they would
never have permitted the sales of a valua-i
bie plantation for the mere song of a sow
dollars.
Compend of History.
When the war began, Lincoln called
out 75,000 men to “crush out the rebel
lion.” After Manassas No. 1, he cried
out for 400,000 “ to end the war immedi
ately.” Then he must have 500,000 to
help the 500,000 “ finish the rebellion.”
Then he shrieked for 300,00() more “to
save Washington ” —and then he must
have 300,000 nfore “to repiace the niue
months men,” and then 300.000 more “tc
be allowed on the next draft.” One mil
lion seven hundred and seventy-five thou
sand, and the South in a better condition
to-day, and the north weaker, than ever be
fore since the war began. Who will be
crushed out ? Not the South, but the cen
tralized despotism that wields the sword,
destroys the liberties, degrades the States,
aud centralizes the power of the Norta.
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