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HENRY M. SNEED.
EDITOR &’ I'UOVRhETOR .
E. H. GROUBY, Publisher.
"B £ A K BLIT:
WEDNESDAY, NOV- 18, 1863.
.Tames 13. Dunwody, Adm’r, will sell a
lot of valuable property at public outcry on
the first Saturday in next month.
'lo prevent dogs from killing sheep, cut
their ears off close to their tails, before
they cut their teeth.
The Publisher says the reason why so
few women get their lives insured is that
they are compelled' to tell their exact age-,
-which not one in a thousand will do.
■Messrs. Darby & Price, of Auburn, Ala.,
will oblige the Publisher if they will settle
a bill for three years and a hall advertising
he has against them.
The Publisher wants to hire, for next
year, a Xcgro Woman who is a good cook,
washer and ironer. hor sucii a one, with
out a good price will be paid.
The returned valuation of taxable pro
perty in this State is $901,590,583, an in
crease on the valuation over last year ol
$113,224)321, nearly fifty per <*wt.
Pun.
The Publisher thinks the Government
should take such steps, never mind lmw
severe, to govern men who arc not fit to
govern themselves, until the war is over.
Desperate diseases need desperate remedies.
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The responsibilities of’women have in- 1
creased in proportion with the war. Her
chief duty is first to God, and then to en- j
courage man to struggle on lor his cause
and her protection. Pub.
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Gov. Smith, elect of Virginia, and Gov. I
Watts, elect of Alabama, are addressing I
. the people of the different sections in their
respective States. We think the policy
one that will be attended with many happy
results. Pvb.
One hundred thousand slaves, from Mis
sissippi and Louisiana, have been sent to
Texas for safety, and they sell at from three
to four thousand dollars apiece. Certainly
this does uotlook very much like subjuga
tion Pub. •
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The Editor lias been absent for the past
two B%eks, during which time the Publish
er ha®tried to make the paper interesting.
If he has failed, he hopes the readers will
took over it, and content themselves uutil
the Editor returns.
The extortioners —we mean the hun
dreds of thousands who speculate in the
necessaries of life, and in fine —are doing
everything in their power to break down
the Government. Though protected by
its sturdy arm, they depreciate its curren
cy, and do all the injury to the cause in
their power. Pub.
Eighteen thousand soldiers from New
York were furloughed to go home and vote
at the election for State officers and mem
bers of the Legislature, on the 3d. All
who were already on leave of absence had
their furloughs extended to the 15th, by
order of Gen. Dix, who commands the
Department of the East, headquarters at
New York.
The Ilalcigh (N. C.) Standard says that
•“ there is but oue plan to improve the Con
federate currency, and that is to defeat and
drive back the enemy.” We think that a
very good idea, hut we are satisfied there
is another remedy equally as.good, and that
is to cut the throat of the last extortioner,
speculator, thief and Jew in the Southern
Confederacy. If this was done, there is
no doubt but that- the population would be
considerably « thinned out,” but we think
what would be left would be more pure and
honest than that now afloat. Adopt this
plan, aud there will be at least uiue out of
every ten of the present stock put out of
the way. Pub.
God deliver us lrotu Geu. Toombs !
r—r—■ 111 mi niu?
We took a short, trip to the country on
1 ast Sunday to spend the day with a friend-
W T e enjoyed’ ourselves fiuely
stay, looking at the corn, potato andicSj
'crops of our frieud, and also aaw
the finest hogs we have ever seen in Geor
gia. The trip considerably u refreshed ”
us, and made us feel like a new man. Rut
“ our feathers were cut” in returning, at
seeing a very large lot es land in cotton,
instead of having been put in corn, “ the
staff of life.” In fact, we had no idea that
there was as much cotton planted in Early
county as we saw on one or two plantations.
It is very strange to us that some men of
very large means will plant such cotton
crops these times, when they must know
that unless the farmers all make corn our
cause is gone ! Rut some people do not
care a straw “ who sinks, so they swim ! ”
A man who now plants a large crop of cot
ton is indirectly doing us more harm than
the Yankees themselves. Every farmer
with a thimble full of brains must know
that if large crops of provisions are ss«u
planted we cannot be successful in the pres
ent strife for independence. The Yankees
do not (aud never have) expect to whip us
by any other means tlmn by starving us
out, and if some Southern planters contin
ue to plant cotton as heretofore, how can
we expect to get meat and bread to feed
oar brave defenders on, so that they can
whip the fight and gain our independence?
If a. poor man should plant cotton these
times, the whole country would howl—
“ hang him—he is a traitor to his coun
try,” Ac., —but if some rich men do the
same thing, it is looked over, aud scarcely
a word said about it. This is true —and
we defy any one to deny it. Many rich
men can do as they please, while a poor
man has to do as others say, or else he will
be cursed by every one who knows him.
Would to God that things would take a
change. Pub,
would suggest to the
“ Ladies’ Aid Society” of this county to :
first furnish the needy Soldiers families
he're with meat and bread, and then, if
they have any surplus cash left, send reli
gions papers, tracts, Ac., to the Soldiers.
Soldiers can very easily get along without
religious documents, but it is impossible
for their wives and children to live without
meat and bread ! We do not oppose send
ing religious priuts into the army when
Soldiers families are first well supplied
with provisions. Rut this way of giving
money away to buy tracts, Ac., for the Sol
dier, and letting his family actually suffer
for many of the necessaries of life, is per
fect tomfoolery according to our notion of
thinking. Moreover, hundreds aud thou
sands of the tracts printed for the Soldiers
never reach them, and nine-tenths of what
do are never read, but thr.own away, and
never looked at. Our motto is, “ Meal and
bread first, and then religious tracts We
would like to hear from some of our lady
friends of the Society on this subject.
There are 4,022 soldiers’ widows in this
State; 553 disabled soldiers; 8,55 G sol
diers’ orphans under twelve years of age ;
46,219 children of women not widows de
pendent upon soldiers in service; 582-chil
dren over twqlvo years, not able to support
themselves, dependent upon soldiers, and
841 children and indigent persons depen
dent upon soldiers. The people, and not
the soldiers, who bravely storm the blast,
should bear this burthen, and do it cheer
fully. Pub.
The Publisher would caution the read
ers of the Acics against two suspicious per
sons, Messrs. Brandy and Whisky, and a
third foreign ruffian called Rum. We took
a “smile” at the first named not very long
since, and durn’d if he didn’t come out
“ first best” in the affair, and we’ve been
.as sick as th'e d—l ever since ! Hope we
won’t meet up with the chap again soon !
Don’t know, however, that we’d have any
objection to meeting up with Mr. Bran
dy, Sr.! He might “stir up our spirits /”
Eighteen thousand soldiers from New
York were furloughed to go home and vote.
Lincoln did everything in his power tw
swell the abolition vote in that State.
Amoug- the many who are acting in a
.way to prolong this war, and defeat the in
dependence of the Southern Confederacy,
we are justified iu mentioning the Tanners.
This class, coupled with the Cotton Facto
ry men, first started high prices. They
forced the farmers to advance on their corn,
meat, wheat, Ac., and as the farmers ad
vance, the tanners and factory men advance
their prices, so as to keep ahead of the
farmers, and the three classes remind us
of quarter nags in a race —the tanners and
factory lords got the start, and they are
trying to keep it, but the farmers seem to
be gaining on them, although the Govern
ment has interfered and cast obstacles in
their way. We maintain that this is un
fair: Government ought not to hold the
farmer’s nag and let the tanner’s go undis
turbed. It has the same right to meddle
with the tanner, the shoemaker, the cotton
factory man, and the merchant, (who is
aiming to make a big fortun&on a shirt-tail
full of goods,) that it has to interfere with
the farmer, and it ought to interpose. Tlje
farmer tells us that if these fellows will
take up their steeds he will check his, aud
that if they will go back to the starting
point, lie will go back ; but that if they
keep on, he must forward. We think that
this race is doing move to prolong the war
and damn the Southern Confederacy than
all the Yankee armies combined. Just
think of a pair of coarse shoes costing
from 820 to sßo,' and boots from $75 to
$100! Isn’t it shameful? It is more—
it is disgraceful. We now and then read
of a tanner refusing to take more than $1
or 82 for his leather, but have not lately
seen one. Such a man has a “ soul,” and
some regard for his country. But ninety -
nine tanners out of a huudred do not seem
to care a continental curse what becomes of
the country and the people, so they make
money. To make money they seem per
fectly willing that the South should be
subjugated, and themselves and their chil
dren enslaved. Though they lay the flat
tering unction to their souls that while they
are taking special care of themselves, by
gouging and gaffing, aud stealing and rob-*
bing, others, more patriotic and honest, will
see to it tlyit we are not subjugated. And
when Peace and Independence come they
can strut and swell on their bloated wealth,
and exclaim to their poor neighbors, “ See
liow all-fired rich I am ! ” Wealth, they
think, as heretofore, will be the passport
to respectability, common sense and decen
cy, apd the returned Soldier will esteem it
a high honor to receive the recognizing nod
of the head of one who has “ grown so
great” by robbing him and his family.
As with the fortune hunting tanners, whose
hearts are eucased in sole-leather, (hence
its scarcity,) so too with all the other class
es of fortune-makers. They all think that
while they are engaged in making money
for themselves and their children, somebody
will whip the Yankees, and save their ill
gotten treasure from confiscation. But we
started this article simply to advise a gen
eral resort to wood bottoms for shoes, in
this day of sole-leather extortion. Pub.
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If we expect to succeed iu this war
against thoso who would bring us to slave
ry, desolate our homes, aud degrade us for
ever, the men of means must be liberal,
and williug to part with comforts and pro
perty without hesitation. If they press
the eagle on the golden dollar until it
squeaks, aud God frowns, wc cannot ex
pect to succeed. Such idolatry aud sin
will be as certainly punished as that tilde
is a God, and that his word is true. The
greatest punisbmeut ever visited on man by
God was for shameful and contemptible
idolatry, and we fear that many of the
wealthy men of the Confederacy excel all
other times iu this unfortunate virtue.
Many wealthy men (and some poor ones
also) seem to attach more importance to
money than a spirit of sacrifice, while there
is so much distress throughout the laud.
This should not be. Pub.
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Wc are requested, by Dr. P. 11. Holt,
Impressing Agent, to state that fifteen
Mules are required from this county. He
recommends that the citizens form clubs
in each neighborhood, and furnish him
with one Mule. By so doing they will
save him the trouble of impressing them..
Fifteen clubs can furnish the Mules, with
but little cost.to any one. The Mules arc
required tg be here to morrow, though we
suppose Dr. llolt would be satisfied if they
arc delivered by Saturday. Pub.
This winter will be the crisis of the war,
and as it has already been demonstrated that
it is impossible for the enemy to subjugate
us, the question simply turns upon foci j
and whether we will sustaia ourselves, or
pursue a policy that will bring ue to slave
ry and degradation, is for the future to de
velope. There is oHo thing certain, that
while the brave soldier, with his musket
in hand, must be fed and clothed, it is tru
ly as certain that bia family mu9t be cloth
ed and fed, or the musket, will soon tail to
be the means of protecting life, liberty and
property. Human nature is the same uni
versally, and it can only bear to a certain
degree, and it is madness to tamper with it,
for, when men become euraged', it is hard
to quell the storm. Last spring, when we
were so zealous iu opposing the planting of
large cotton crops, we were told that com
would rot; and quite a number of persona
became vexed, and some actually persecu
ted us, but we paid no great attention to
it. Aud now we hear that it is a difficult
matter to purchase corn in the country,
when it has been notorious that a larger
crop was' made this year thai* last. We
have another duty to perform, as sacred
and high as the one performed through our
columns last spring, and it will beperforuw
ed with the same zeal, if we find the same
pressure to meet; but we are in hopes that
the planters, as a class, will do their whole?
duty, and the few who may not be disposed
to do so will be frowned down. We desire
those who feel guilty to take our remarks
to themselves, and the innocent to co-oper
ate with us, aud aid us iu the great cause,
as they have done on oth«sr occasions, which
will be recalled in alter years with great
pleasure. Now if, from great scarcity of
articles .of auy kind, prices advance, it is
proper, in a business sense, to take the mar
ket price ; but we live in extraordinary
times, and if the rich ami capitalists hold
articles, particularly food, because they are
able to do so, and create want and a de
mand, the criminality will be of sufficient
magnitude to justify extreme measures to
correct the evil. And such measures will
be the natural consequences, as the history
of human nature shows. Our bravo Sol
diers can and will meet, successfully, the
enemy upon the grand battle fields, and
drive him away, whipped aud dismayed ,
aiul the most benevolent among us w:i'_
aid to make them and their families com
fortable; but to meet succoFsiai'v this in
ward foe-, is the great aud Christian duty
we have to perform. Is it not known that
families of Soldiers in South-Western Geor
gia have done many a day on corn alone;
and have borne it cheerfully for the cause
which their husbands and brothers are es
pousing, at the cost of blood ? Aud shall
we, jvbo are left here for their protection,
allow the villainous extortioners to take
eveu the corn bread from their mouths ?
Never! no never!!’ The ladies of this
country, true to the nature of women, have
always acted their part, and as woman was
first at the sepulchre to dress the wounds
of our Savior, so she has always been the
first to dress the wounds of our bleeding
mother—our country Pub.
Some of the women, (who represent
themselves as being Soldiers wives,) in
some parts of the State, are writing to
Gov. Brown, threatening to take provisions
by force, if some arrangement is not made
to feed them and their families, says an
exchange. We should deprecate such a
step as this by auy class of our citizens*
and would do all in our power to prevent
any such occurrence; but there is one
thing certain, some reduction must be made
in the prices now charged for the necessa
ries of life, or the poor must suffer this,
winter. Those whom God has blessed with
au abundance must distribute with a will
ing hand, or what they consider a blessing
may yet pAive a curse to them. We know
of families in this county who are now out
of meat, aud have applied to some men for
a small quantity, aud were refused, though
they had the money to pay for the same.
By the way, the Publisher would like ter
know if any person, the county, or our
u Aid Society ” has yet come to the relief
of a certain Soldiers’ family iu Blakely he
spoke of a few weeks ago ! A hint to ev
ery one who has a hundred pounds of meat ’
Some time since the Northern papers
gave au account of a tremendous L niou
Meeting at Pulaski, Ark. It now appears
that the tremendous meeting was compos
ed of only five persbus.