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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 r*v. r. m. Wilson is an authorized A geutfor the “ Early County News.” BLAKELY, GEO., NOVEMBEIt 11, 1863. (Karli] dlflunfti JJetos. Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year 4,00 For 6 Months 2,00 No Bubsciptions received for less than six mouths, and payment always required in ad vance. scale OF PRICES To lie Charged the “Early County News,’* 1 Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour geois lines, or less,) one insertion,...S 2,00 For every subsequent insertion 1,00 1 Square 3 mouths, 8,00 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. — » ■■■»■• ♦ ■ 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 - ■» ■» 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. INTO. 5.