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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. A » 4 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 ! X* "*"* ■ 1 + ♦ i * 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, ” j on ** '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. \ \ \ 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 * >” ' . i 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. •—» ♦ s. 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.” —» '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. — : » ♦ » . 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.” • _ 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. • . ♦ ♦ » , 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. * • -»■ 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. >