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Ha tin €mmin ; |Jctos.
BHif B. H. GROUBY,
s Proprietor & Publisher.*
RbTl AK EL Y:
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1803.
is generally known by the readers oi A "
News, the undersigned sold out the of
-1» of the same some rfrten weeks ago to
Henry M. t Sneed. '''Until within the
EVlast few days we had no idea of ever being,
Vin any way whatever , connected with the
® office longer than the end of the present
Byear, hut expected either to start another
paper here, or become connected with some
office. Hutchings have taken a con-
Bttidcrablo change in a very short time. VIC I
I above named Hueed has vamosed , and
• writes Macon that ho has been
■nmusterec tuto the Confederate service.
his niaj be so, or it nmy !•»»•
pur own opinion. One fhibg is certain,
if half the reports we hear about him are
true, lie is undoubtedly the most unmitigated
scoundrel we ever knew or heard of.. He*
port eaya that he killed a man in Calhouu,
Cordon county; that he has been silenced
from proaching by the Ministers of the
. Church to which he pretends to belong;
that he forged the names of four of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Gordon
county, and bought cotton yarn on the
strength of the same, pretcndcdly for Sol
diers’ families, and then turned around aifd
speculated on the same; that he stole a lot
of money and notes from his uncle by mar
riage, &c., &c. We understand that a very
respectable gentleman, who is a relation of
Sneed's wife, tells many of these talcs on
him. We have taken the office back in
order to secure ourself from loss. But be
cause we made something by doing so, we
understand some few of Sneed’s particular
friends arc accusing us of swindling him.
Now wc will just say that wc generally at
tend to our own business, and hope those
who are making themselves busybodics in
regard to our affairs will do the same, and
lot our business alone. We don’t intend
to he bought out by nny who may ,
come along, and then when he sees fit to
say he don’t want it any longer, just take
it off his hands, and that, too. when he has
considerably damaged the office by his very
migeiUlemaidy course against a respectable
religious denomination in thjs community.
We will hereafter couduct the News as we
, have heretofore—speaking our sentiments
on every point, no matter who it pleases or
who it offends. The paper will henceforth
be conducted strictly on the cash system,
and wc hope that all will pay us in advance.
All those who huvo subscribed since the
connection of the said Sneed with the
News can have their papers continued if %
(hey wish, or they can have their names
erased from our list—it don’t matter with
us which course they pursue, we have
pleuty of friends who will stand by us any
how. Wc will send * copy of this issue
of the News to a-V of our friends who have •
had their papers discontinued since the sale
of the office to the said Sneed, and hope
that they will now again become subscri
bers. E. 11. Grouby.
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DIED,
On the 3rd inst., in Cotumbia, Ala., Rev.
Hknrv M. Sneed, late of Calhoun, Ga., aged
24 years.
110 was licensed to preach when 10 years
old, and hid fair to rank with the first M. E.
Ministers in the State. he rest
from his labors, and his works follow him.
E. A.
Wc clip the above announcement from
the Atlanta Intelligencer of the 10th inst.
We are satisfied that Rev. Henry JI. Sneed
is the author of it himself, and has proba
bly doDC so in order to mislead shine of his
friends as to his whereabouts, who are un
doubtedly very anxious to “ eo(J> ” him.
Moreover, this same man Sn|e| was in
Blakely on the 13th inst., seveul days af
ter lie is said to have died ! v He is, we
have every reason to believe, a icoundrel of
|lie deepest dye !
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Mosby, with about twenty men, dashed
l 7 upon a Federal train a ftw days wnce,
about a mile below Warrenton on the rail
iskhl lie captured several hundred horses
and mulct!; but the camp was soon roused
aroumj him, and the males being hard
he had to abandon the most of
ffy 'Hb brought out a small number,
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'1 he currency, is the johf
and the greatiquestionis, whaW
done tOi repair/i’- uninjured ? We
let every katfriot * n the land resolve JP
termine, swear to stand by the government
through, evil as well as good report; 1 4 up
hold the currency whether the nation be
in prosperity or adversity ; to crush) out
, the fell spirit of cowardice and avarice
that would decry it; to treat as thtk »ost
dangerous of all traitors, bring them to
the halter if need be, the vile miscriMpits,
who, by word or act, attempt to depreciate
it.. It must be sustained. If it goes down
Athe Confederacy totters to its fall, and
sinks to min with it. It is the life-blood
of the nation, and he who would poison it,
is tho basest of parricides. Such an one,
■ for u thirty pieces of silver," would betray
a his country, and forever destroy our hopes
\of liberty aud independence. Let those,
then, who prefer independence to subjuga
tion ; who would choose death rather than
v submission tc j Yankee domination ; wjio
rather u . die freemen,
«,laves; ” let all such jinife fl
heart and action to expel, to destroy the
brood of vipers, and hoarde of vampires,
that poison or absorb the life-blood of our
body politio. Let our motto be, “ live or
die, sink or swim, survive or perish,” we
give our hearts) oilr hands, our purses to
the sacred cause of Southern Independence.
Through blood and fire and flood let us
strike until the enemies of our cause, at
home and abroad, shall have been cut off and
perish. But, who are the timid, the un
believing, that openly reject or touch with
trembling hand and palpitating heart, our
national currency, as though it imparted
disease, and brought-death to the holders ?
Are they those who sacrifice limb, life and
fortitude in defending our rights and liber
ties? Are they the heroes of the land,
or those from every avocation-and class of
society, who have contributed freely and
liberally to support the South in her strug*
gle for her honor and independence ? No,
they are large capitalists, who have hoard
ed up riches aud fear the mutations of a
fluctuating national currency may entail
upon them some pecuniary loss. They are
heartless extortioners, selfish speculators,
who have taken refuge f rom «onsAisu;«>n
under the shelter of laWf or lies, to remain
at home aud cutail upon our people all the
evils of a depreciated currency and exor
bitant prices. Among them, too, arc many
wealthy planters, who perhaps have never
given a dollar to oar cause, except what
has been extorted from them by the strong •
hand of law, who have no corn or meat to
give, or sell except at exhorbitaht rates to
dependent wives and children, antliwidows
and orphaus of dead and absent ioldiers.
These are the men; men of meant; men
who have amassed fortunes out of the exi*
gencies of this war, and the calan4tics of
their country, who are afraid of Considerate
currency. We pray that their hotts y may
be a made dung heap, and that their riches
may take to themselves wings and fly iway;
that their riches may become cornu t, and
garments moth eaten; that the • gold
and silver may canker, and the rust here
of be a witness against them and ea their
flesh as it were fire. Wc pray tlu such
may be the fate of those who not oi y re*
fuse to come up to the help of the g vern
ment in achieving our liberties, bii who
stand hack and endeavor to bris' both
government and people down in alsi sinon
ruin by decrying and depreciating c r na
tional currency.
The members of Congress will sere a
pretty tight time of it in the Capitl this
winter. Their salary is less thaiAhree
thousand dollars per annum, and hownhose
who are exiled from their homes are Alive
on it passes couiprebenrion. The Sikate
and House will have to raise the wag* of
legislators, as some of the patriotic bo»d
ing-house keepers stand ready toask mdb
bers fabulous prices for a bed and sorfc
thing to eat. Can not Congress turn tm
tables on those who are in search of “ hon
orahle ” victims ? Let the legislation thi.\
winter be such as to strike every extortions
er with terror. Something ought to bet
\done to cure the money making mania of \
V»r people all over the Confederacy. \
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A gentleman of Winchester, Va., states '1
tb;Kd ur ; Q g the Federal occupancy of that \
town Yankee chaplain, in a sabbath ser
mon, aftci denouncing tho rebellion and
glorifying the stafi and stripes, proposed
three, mr t/e Union 1
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Hfy week, tlie cry is, *• provisions are
BPJJp Go into aDj part of the country
hear what is said of the tremendous
wiekednes of men who are hoarding up
the Decenaries of life for purpose of spec
ulation, Tind if not deaf to the warning
which the low muttering of thunder gives
of a gathering storm, every extortioner
will seek a shelter of safety in time. Men,
women and children must have bread; they
must have fuel. They will neither starve
nor freeze. Terrible, indeed, will be the
suffering which the poor must experience,
with flour, corn-meal, coal and woo'd held
at prices which should bring the hlush of
shame to any honest face. TerribhTis the
retribution which often follows such diabol
ism as is now practiced by the extortion
ers, for sympathy for humanity seems to
have fled their hearts of stone. Congress
is soon to meet. Let us trust that
thing will be done to check these agents of
Satan in working out an infernal mischief.
They depreciate the currency; they rob
the poor; they iuflict incalculable injury
upon the country. Such slaves of Mam
mon deserve a master, otherwise they may
soon provoke the people to desperation.
For, even now the low, sullen sounds of
distant thunder are heard, the sky may
soon blacken, and then comes the thunder
bolt and tempest.
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A correspondent at Wilmington, under
date of the 11th iust., writes : “ Blockade
goods are tumbling down with a crash.
'1 he last auction sale I attendedfras on the
10th, when prices fell more than 75 per
cent below those realized at the preceding
one. lam uot at all surprised at this seem
ingly extraordinary change. There are
here now no less than fifteen entire cargoes
warehoused, waiting a change in the mar
ket. The result may, in a great nffasure,
be attributed to the large stocks already in
the hauds of speculators, but much is also
due to the success which has attended home
manufacture. A merchant tailor, wh»m
1 met at the sale, observed that it was as- *
touishing to witness the great extent to
which home made cloth had come into
use in so short a time, and that almost nine
.out of every ten wore a homespun suit,
ko he said wo* tu be the case
with shifts and domestics. He said he in
tended to he very cautious in his purchas
es, as a panic was brewing, and he was not
going to be caught among the victims.”
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'J he Columbus Enquirer has heard some
of the friends of Mr. Toombs “ exhult iu
the prospect of his going to the -Senate, as
a hitter opponent of President Davis.”
Anil the Editor of the Savannah Republi
can says that he has been heard to de
nounce the President as a “ traitor ” as
well as a “ look” If these things be so,
the Columbus Enquirer truly 9Uys “ the
man whose opposition takes so violent a
form is uot the man to be clothed with pow
er in a crisis like the present.” The
Legislature will assume a great responsi
bility by electing such a man to be one of
the Constitutional advisers of President
Davis. And we sincerely trust, without
any personal feelings or prejudices against
the honorable gentleman, that he might be
permitted to remain at the head of his
Regiment, where he can do better service
to the State thau he possibly can in the
Confederate Senate.
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The Mississqypian extra, published at
Columbus, Miss., says that the enemy seem
to have resolved to use every effort in stop-"*
ping comwumeation with the trans-Missis
sippi department. An officer who started
from Enterprise some time ago to join his
regiment in Louisiana, writes from a point
on the Mississippi : “ Our party have been
here seven days, and examined the river
for a distance of fifty miles, but as yet with
out any prospect of suecess. The river is .
so closely guarded by gunboats aud patrol
cd by small craft that crossing is almost im
possible. Boats and skiffs arc being bro
ken up everywhere, and citizens who are
engaged in ferrying are arrested, and par
ties crossiug frequently captured.. We
have, however, resolved not to turd back.”
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Providence permitting, there will be ser
vices at the Baptist Church in this place
on next Sabbath, the 29th inst.
T. H. Stout.
No doubt some few chaps will be sorry
to see that we are again in the Eews!
Go it boots!
Triumph of Mechanical Qenius.
One day last week, the proprietors of
the Brown House.had the misfortune to
lose the key of their Iron Safe, with sun
dry large deposits of money and valuables
safely stored therein, not accessible to own
ers. In this emergen?v, there were but
two alternatives —to get a new key made
to fit the lock, or to break open the safe by
violence, as it was indispensible this morn
ing, to one of the parties interested to get
at $5,000 in order to pay taxes and save
a double tax of that amount. Several at
tempts to open the lock were unsuccessful,
when application was made to Mr. John#
Bromley, to know if he would undertake
the job. He consented, if his price was
paid, and gave his warrant of success, or
no pay would he demanded. Accordingly
Mr. B. proceeded to work, and while iu
the act of fitting a key, a gentleman step
ped up and offered to bet SIOO that lie
could uot open the safe. The bet was ta
ken and the amount placed in keeping ot'
the Landlord. Mr. Bromley went hack to
his shop and tool-bench, and finished his
key, and then returned with only a small
file iu his pocket to uso if necessary. lie
the key. It was a little too tight.
That difficulty was johviated at once, tbo
*l?ey inserted ai»4 tflwnfed, and the holt of
the lock was withdrawn, and the door open
ed ! The safe is one of Herring’s Patent
Burglar prods articles, of medium size. .
Mr. B. retired, richer by S3OO dollars, thau
when he came, having won his bet and
earned S2OO besides, for his practical skill
and ingenuity, in his line of business,
which is that of general mechanics. Mr.
13. is the same gentleman whose invention
of a Gun Cap Machine, now in successful
operation in this city, was some months ago
noticed in this paper. lie is a very wor
thy citizen, and deserves the rich reward
which he is now receiving, as the fruit of
honest and his superior mechanical*geriitis,
properly cultivated.— Macon Confederate.
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Dreadful Calamity.
The Sumpter Republican says it is in
formed from reliable authority that fifteen
negroes, belonging to Mr. B. F. Adaiys,
who has a plantation in Lee county, died
a few days ago from eating too heartily of
the Chinese sugar syrup.
Per Contra. —Verily, says the Lynch
burg Republican , the sorghum is bread
and meat as well as sugar and molasses.
As witness : a farmer told us that he gives
a pint of the syrup to the negroes in place
of meat; lie uses it to sweeten the coffee
drank at his table'and the coffee is made
from the seeds ; and lastly, he feeds his
cows with the fodder of the plant, and thus
g«ts milk to put in the coffee.
We have heard reports of the unhealthy
fulness of the Chinese- syrup; also that)
the fodder and seed of the ca»« are un
wholesome for stock. On the other hand
we know many who use the syrup freely, and
who pronounce it as wholesome as any oth
er syrup. As the article is being very gen- \
orally introduced as a substitute for molas
ses, we tftink the question of its unwliole
someness should be scientifically investiga- \
ted and determined.— Savannah News.
The Athens (Ga.) Banner of Wednes
day says : We have received information
of another outrage in White county by the
tories and bushwhackers infesting that sec
tion, in which Mr. Lewis Pitchford, an es
timable and loyal citizen of that county,
was killed. Mr. Pitchford, iu company
with others, was endeavoring to arrest the
tories, and for that purpose concealed them
selves on the side of the road along which
it was supposed they would pass. They
posted a sentinel near by, who was to give
information of their approach by. a precon
certed signal. The signal was given, when
Mr. Pitchford and party sprung to their
feet and ordered the tories*to halt. The
latter 'fired a volley and retreated. Our
men returned the fire, with what effect is
not known. Mr. P. was shot through the
lAeast and died instantly. This occurred
on the night of iJhj 3d inst.
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The New York Herald's Washington
correspondent speaks thus of the next race
for the Presidency in Federaldoui : The
political cauldron is beginning to boil here.
Parties and factions are preparing for the 4
final struggle. It is a noticeable fact that,
among the wireworkers already actively en
gaged, Chase in the Cabinet, Banks in the
field, jre now the only opponents of the
re-election of Mr. Lincoln, who hare pre
served the organization which supported
them in the Chicago Convention. They
art!* in fact, the only Presidential candi
dates who appear now to have organized
parties at their backs. The Chase forces
are marshalled from the northwest, and
those of Banks come from the New Eng
land States. The contest is being rapidly
developed. The fears of Mr. Lincoln’s ad- *
vocates are that he may be slaughtered iu
the house of his friends.
The Mobile Register states, on the au
thority of a special dispatch, that Dr. li
ters, who killed Gen. Van Dorn, waa<’ap
tured a few days since on his plantation
upon the Mississippi river, where he wa,
engaged in selling wood to the Yankees.
The Doctor, we learn, is under arrest at
Mcridan, Mississippi. >
