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(tarln (mmtv fjttos. E. H. GROUBY, Editor, Proprietor & Publisher. B A- K|l£ LY: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1863. The Stewards of the Blakely Circuit will hold their last meeting in the M. E. Church in this place on Saturday, December sth. 1 desire to meet the members of the Church at the same place at 11 o’clock, a. m., as I wish to consult with them in regard to the tribute of respect lately paid to Rev. IT. M Sneed, and to pass resolutions in regard to his late conduct. F. M. VTii.son, P. C. - Who will hire ue a negro woman for neat year ? Don’t fail to read the advertisement of the Enrolling Officer of this county. i Head the advertisement of Capt. R. K. Hines, in regard to your tithing matters. The city authorities of Augusta have prohibited the purchase, within that city, of any article of produce for speculation. No man is to be permitted to buy any arti cle and sell it for more than he paid for it. To enforce the observance of this ordi nance, a detective has been appointed, with power to prevent or report violations of the •ordinance. L*. + A conspiracy, the object of which was to effect the release and escape of Gen. John H. Morgan, and other Confederate officers, confined in the Ohio Penitentiary and Camp Chase, has been discovered. The organization is said to have been very extensive. Aipong the conspirators alrea dy arrested are the Rev. Sabin Hough and a Mr. Cathcart, who, a special Cincinnati dispatch says, were to have a hearing be fore U. S. Commissioner Holliday. The late victory over the Federals at Rogersvillc, Va., is said to be a glorious one. A correspondent of the Lynchburg Republican gives the fruits as follows : Eight hundred and fifty-three live Yan kees, fifteen hundred horses and mules, four fine brass rifled field pieces with their full outfit, one thousand stand of small arms, nnj over forty wagon loads of valua ble plunder of various kinds, besides re lieving the country of Yankee presence. ‘ Some of the planters of Mississippi, says the Brandon Republican, will plant no more j corn next year than will be sufficient tor themselves, on the plea that the Govern- i ment will seize it. If such a spirit as this prevails to any great extent, among the ! producing class of our citizens, wc may look out for squalls next year. He who is actuated by such a spirit ought not and will not bo permitted to retain what be may produce. Our Soldiers must and will be fed, if those who stay at homo have to starve. A Y’ankce cavalry force, numbering sev eral hundred, and dressed in Confederate uniforms, recently rode leisurely into the town of Woodstock, Va., whistling uncon cernedly, so as to excite no alarm. They drew up in front of a public hotel in the • place and fired several pistol shots into a party of gentlemen sitting at the door, one • of which took effect in the jaw of one of the gentlemen. They then retired, carry . ing off with them a number of horses, and also sixteen or eighteen young men who were just ready to enter the Confederate army. We have heard of some men in Georgia who have plenty of hogs, and thousands of corn to fatten them, fattening just enough pork to do them. The idea seems to be to keep the Government from getting it. If the Yankees do not get all such “ pa triotic ” hogs, and their pigs, too, the devil will, which amounts to the same thing, in Dutoh. Just think of it! A man with country, liberty, property, everything at stake, and trembling in the balance, will ing to lose all rather than let the Govern ment get a piece of his meat! Why, if the hogs themselves had a fay so in the matter, they* would scorn such littleness of eoul and contemptible selfishness, if they did not cut their own throats in utter shame of their meanness and want of patriotism. As is known by some took a trip, week laWFto “ Camp Lamar Cobb,” to ses some of our friends there, who are members of the “Eaily Hussars,” Capt. Wade, and “ Miller Ran gers,” Capt. Hall, and, of course, it will be expected that we give the readers of the News some “ dots ” about our trip, &c. Well, we “ let out,” at a 2:40 gait, early on Friday morning, 20th ult., to go to Camps byway of that notorious place known as “Sykes Store" —and we believe we would just as easily have found Camps if our in structors had told us to go straight ahead until we got to “ Old Beck's Nest,” and there to turn to the left, for if we didn’t come very near traveling all over Early, Miller and Decatur counties before we found the notorious place spoken of, we are very badly fooled. But' at last we got to what we supposed was “ Sykes’ Store,” and thought to ourself that there we would get such directions as would carry us “straight through ” without again enquiring. Well, we started, and we’ll be darn’d if w« didn’t get out of the right road in less than an hour. Wc verily believe that every man down ia that country has a separate road for every different kind of stook—one for goats, another for cows, another for hogs, &c., &c.—in fact, the whole country is big pine trees and roads, and the devil himself couldn’t find the way to Camps by “Sykes' Store” if he be had never traveled it be fore. We saw some people who couldn’t tell you how far it was to their nearest neighbor’s house, or who lived there ! Wonder if such people know that we have seceded from Lincolndom ? Wo doubt it very capitally. But, after wandering about considerably, and taking a dozen or more roads for Cloud’s Ferry, aud every one wrong, we at last found a road that “ they said ” would certainly take ns to Bain bridge, so we took it, and after traveling about fifteen miles more we arrived, safe and sound, at the river, and pretty soon after at the city ! Yes, at the city of Bain bridge—the place we have heard so much about, but never before saw. Having driv en our “steed” about as far as we wished to for one day, we “ took up ” at the “ Sha ron House,” where we fouud a polite and attentive landlord, and more eggs and bat tercaJces tbau we have seen before in two months, together with meats and some of the best substitute coffee that ever went down a one-horse Editor's throat, without a doubt! . To this we had no objection, as we are a •“ dear lover ” of “ something good to eat ” particularly when we so seldomly get any thing of the sort. After supper wo hired a mule about-the size of “ Uucle Jack’s Jennet,” and made our way for Camps, a distance of ten miles, where we arrived at about 10 o’clock. Many of the “boys” bad retired, but some few were “ bruising about,” with whom we enjoyed ourself for several hours, and then “ turned in ” for the balance of the night with our friend Lieut. Leath, of the “ Miller Rangers.” We arose early next morning, and soon “ spied ” several of our old friends, with whom we enjoyed oui'selt “ hugely ” dur iug our stay. There are stationed at this Camp some seven or eight Companies, or between four and five hundred men. As a general thin" the men and horses look well. The men are all well quartered in comfortable‘huts, built by themselves for the purpose, and, under the circumstances, we think they are all pretty well “ fixed up,” and enjoy them selves as well as circumstances will admit. We were pleased to see that the officer’s huts were the same as those of the privates, and that, as a general thing, the officers do not think themselves “ too big ” to put themselves on a footing with the privates. We did not see but one officer who was touched with the “ big head,” which is a very bad disease when it gets proper hold. But we do think that there iS one certain Lieutenant iu the Regiment whose head ueeds “banding” pretty badly. If this jackass of a Lieutenant keeps on much longer playing the “fool,” we fear that some day his head will “ go off about half cocked.” No doubt all in Camps will at once know who we allude to, and for that reason we do not give his name. We called on our old friend Dr. G. W. Holmes, the Surgeon in charge, and found him using every exertion to relieve those who were siok. The Doctor has the Hos pital kept in fine order, everything being kept in a very neat condition, the floor I clean, and every patient having bis personal attention. Dr. Holmes, we are glad to suy ) is giving general satisfaction to all mem bers of the Regiment, and seems to be a “ favorite” with the “ boys.” We also called on Col. Hood, at his quar ters, and found him in mpst excellent health and spirits. As the Colonel was just in the act of leaving for Quincy, we were deprived of the pleasure of having a long chat with him. Enough to say, he has seen service before, and will no doubt prove “all right” when any fighting is to be done. It being cloudy and rainy we did not have the pleasure of seeing thß Regiment on drill during our short stay of a day and a half. But we did have the pleasure of seeing the men formed into line before going on guard duty, and we could not help noticing the fine military bearing of that brave and gentlemanly Sol dier, Capt. Campfield, while engaged in getting the men properly into line, having their sabres inspected, &c. We have seeu but little cf military matters, but, from what we saw at Camps, we would say that Capt. Campfield is undoubtedly a No. 1 drill officer. We were glad to learn that most of those living near the Camps are very kind and attentive to all the Soldiers. Among the many others who have visited the Regi ment with provisions and nourishments for the sick, we cannot help but mention the names of Mrs. C. J. Munneilyn, Mrs. M. McLoughlin, Mrs. Mary Bryant, Mrs. N. Griffin, Col. C. J. Munnerlyn, A. Mc- Laughlin, Esq., and 11. Thomas, Esq., as being particularly attentive to ail who need anything. Long life and good luck to all of the Regiment, (except to the “ swell head ” Lieutenant spoken of,) say we. + + + lion. 11. V. Johnson was re-elected Con federate States Senator by the Georgia Legislature on the 25th iast/ou the third ballot. The vote stood: Johnson, 115; Toombs, 51; Gartrell, 15; scattering, 15. Not that rve like Johnson, but that we despise Toombs, is the reason that we ap prove of the choice of the Georgia Legis lature. We know other men whom wo would have preferred to Johnson, but we saw, some time ago, that the race would be between Johnson and Toombs, and there fore made up our mind to be satisfied with the former it elected. Trickery, oh, trick ery, when will you cease to rule? # - A cavalry officer of Crews’ Brigade gives the Confederate the following description of the situation at Kuoxville: “ Our troops completely invest the city, from the river above around to the river below it, the river side of the town being the only way of ingress and egress for the enemy. Our infantry li ues extended about two-thirds of the way around, and our cav alry the other third. The Cavalry are on the side of the river looking toward Cum berland Gap, with the infantry on each side of them, extending to the river bank. A body of our infantry, after a skirmish with the enemy, had been thrown across the Holston, near the mouth of French Broad, witli a view of preventing the eue emy from planting a battery ou the south bauk of the river, immediately opposite Knoxville, which, it was said, they were attempting to do. The enemy had pou toons across the river, and holding the heights, would be able to forage on the south side, if their attempt succeeded. One of our batteries was within three hun dred and fifty or four hundred yards of the railroad depot. The enemy had burnt the Humphreys House, and the East Ten nessee aad Virginia Railroad Depots and machine shops, but had not burnt the East Tennessee and Georgia Depots or shops.” A gentleman just from Louisiana states that Baton Rouge is entirely free from the * Yankees. The Headquarters of our cav alry pickets are now in the town. Some time since there was a grand fight between the niggers and the whites. The niggers clamored for pay, and, when paid, declared they were uot paid as much as their white * skiuned brethren. The ill feeling created a row ; the darkies fired upon the whites, killing about fifty, when the Yankees form . ed, pitched into the sable crowd, and mas sacred the greater portion of them. Those who survived were disarmed and ironed. Two days after this occurrence, the. Fede ral force at Baton Rouge left, horse, foot and dragoon, for Natchez. Lieut. Col. Irvine, of the 10th New York Cavalry, captured last June and con fined as a prisoner in Riohmond four months, was exchanged for Lieut. Col. Al ston, Morgan’s chief of staff. He has been ordered to make out a report to the Commissary General respecting the treat ment of Yankee pneouerG in Richmond. All the State Legislatures now in sees sion have before them bills in relation to the impressment law of the Confederate Government. We obeerve that the con stitutionality of the law, or ita propriety or necessity is not questioned. The discon tent is in relation to its execution. Ita agents, as we infer from our exchangee, have often been badly chosen, and are with out experience in human nature, the deli-'* cate office they have to administer and business habits. Many of 1 them are very young men, whose proper place, it is aaid, is in the army, with mnskets on their shoul der or swords by their sides. In all pro< bability some of the discontent which has suggested legislative action in the matter is due to the cupidity of those persons who have an aversion to any action which may interfere with the full liberty which they claim of speculating on the necessities Os the country. The Government officer, with a schedule of prices in hi 3 hand, is a ter ror to these people. They would rather see a fore-stalier, with his pockets full of money, ready to outbid the Government. Yet we have no doubt there is reason in these complaints in some cases, and the source of them can only be removed by the employment of adroit persons, who have been accustomed to mingle in business with the producers, and who are familiar with their ways and prejudices. A man of this kind can . pass through a district, acquire all that he is in pursuit of,'and leave be hind him satisfaction and an increase of respect for the Government. The approaoh to many of those who must be called ou is the main thing. One man will travel far, gather nothing, and vex the people, while another will accomplish his purpose with out leaviug the least ill-feeling behind him. But there are persons with a superabun dance all around them—superfluities on all sides—irom whom neither courtesy nor craft can obtain anything. These are the men who are ready to see the army starve rather than abate one jot of the profits they hope to receive from the agent who pur chases for the purpose of making large profits from the consumers in our cities. We find an example of this narrated in a letter of a district impressing officer in this State. After thoroughly canvassing it him self, and by his agents, ho obtained noth ing. He met everywhere men who bad surpluses, but who, by subterfuges of va rious kinds, managed to hold back their produce, and were always ready to bring it forth wheu the citizen speculator cornea along and outbids the government price. Greed of the worst stamp was met at every step. From such people what cun be ex pected but grumbling ? aud it is probable that their representatives in the legislatures are the sometimes unconscious instruments of parading these complaints in resolutions and acts. There are unquestionably faults ou both sides, but the onus of them is with the producer. If we have patriotism, the mere machinery of the law will not be much considered. The purpose of it is what a true man must always bear in mind. Such a one will pardon some defects in agents for the cause of which they are the instru ments. The responsibility of feeding the army and the non-producers is now with the farmers ; and if they fail to respond to the public necessities, for the base purpose of gain, on their shoulders will perhaps rest the destiny of the country. If there be any one part of our tpeople more inter ested than another in the achievement of independence, it is that of the planters. Food secured, the end is certain. That lacking, aud no amount of courage, endur ance, patriotism or auy other high human quality can withstand the hireling invader The planter, and no one else, can supply this absolutely indispensable thing. We don't like to see original secessionist* dodging the army themselves, or getting their son 3 in bomb-proof aud lucrative places. We don't like to see Christians forgetting their religion when an object of charity knocks at their doer. Remember the re ward of charity. We don't like to sec a man of wealth ask ing all that famine will enable him to get for his corn, wheat, meat and potatoes. He i 3 helping to cut his own throat. We don’t like to see merchants making a big fortune on a few rags—especially if they were original secessionists* We don’t like to see Soldiers' families neglected, who had assurance that said fam ilies should he well oared for. We don't like to see a fire-eater, out of