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E. H. GROUBY,
Editor, Proprietor & Publisher.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1864.
Attention is called to the advertisement
of J. M. Stewart.
It is possible that Sherman’s destination
ia Selma or Montgomery, Ala.
The merchants in this place have put on
their goods the “ thirty-three and a third !”
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Freemont is to succeed Dayton as Min
ister to France, from the Yankee Govern
ment.
That bridge hasn’t yet been fixed, al
though we were assured laßt week that it
would shortly be done.
Don’t sell your five dollar bills—if they
are worth any premium now, they will be
worth more in a short while.
All persons having published legal ad
vertisements in this paper from Calhoun
county, will please pay for the same to their
Clerk or Ordinary, who are duly authoriz
ed to receipt lor the same.
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The writ of habeas corpus has been sus
pended by the Confederate Congress. Our
freedom is now gone ! May the devil get
the whole of the old Congress! If we had
any specie go to Cuba !
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A large fire occurred in Dalton on the
17th, destroying four large brick stores, the
Commissary Depot and Confederate print
ing office. Loss said to bo $150,000.
{Supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
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The Yankees have to select a new King
this year. It will be difficult to succeed
the Fool who now occupies the throne, with
another of such “ infinite jest ” and exqui
site buffoonery.
Four Companies ot Hood’s Cavalry Reg
iment passed through this place last Wed
nesday, on their way to Florida. The la
dies of this place gave them an excellent
dinner, and there was also enough left on
the table to fill their haversacks, which
they did, and when the boys left they gave
“ Three cheers for the ladies of Blakely!”
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It is reported that Gov. Brown will is
sue a Proclamation in a few days calling
an extra session of the Georgia Legislature
to meet on the 9th of March. The reason
reported is to do something with the Con
federate money held by the State. Won
der if they won't change the line between
Early and Clay counties !
The Devil will no longer have anything
to do with Hell! He has been superceded
by Brownlow, who died in Knoxville a
week or two ago! It is probable that
Brownlow may employ the Devil to keep
books for him ! We pity the democrats
who die, and go to the lower regions—they
will fare badly under Brownlow’s adminis
tratiou!
There was an attempt made, one night
last week, to burn the Baptist Church iu
this place. It is not known who the vil
lain is that put tho fire to tho steps, but as
there has lately been seen four or five sus*
picious looking characters about here, it is
very reasonable to suppose they had some
thing to do with the firing of the Church.
This is the third "fire that has occurred in
Blakely within the last three months. It
surely should be a warning to our citizens
to keep a look out.
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We have received the first uumber of
the Georgia Times, the publication of
which has been commenced in our sister
town, Cuthbert, by our old friend, J. T.
Whitman. This paper has heretofore been
published in Dalton, but, in consequence
of the Yankees getting “ too hot ” m that
quarter, Mr. Whitman has removed to
Cuthbert. The Times makes a very res
pectable appearance, and contains many
good articles, both iu editorials and selec
tions. Having been acquainted with Mr.
Whitman for over ten years, we have no
hesitancy in recommending him to the citi
zens of Cuthbert.
We paid our first visit to the town of
Morgan, Calhoun county, last week. We
were somewhat surprised to find the place
so well arranged in the way of public build
ings, residences, &c. We are indebted to
W. E. Griffin, Esq., for his kindness in
showing us around through the many pub
lic buildings. They have a very neat and
substantial Court House and Jail in the
town of Morgan, also two neat Churches
and a School House, together with many
beautiful residences and store houses. In
fact, there seems to be as much public spirit
and pride in Morgan, and throughout Cal
houn county, as any village or county that
we have ever visited in these parts, as the
fine taste and neatness of their public and
private buildings will prove. We should
judge, from the appearance of the many
store houses, law offices, &c., that before
the war, Morgan was quite a “ thriving ”
little inland town—but now, like the bal
ance of our country villages, it has about
“ played out.” There is now but one or
two stores kept open in Morgan, and one
of them is kept by that clever and accom
modating gentleman, W. G. Pierce, Esq.
We stopped with Squire Pierce during our
stay in Morgan, and must say that we were
never better treated in our life than by
himself and family, to whom we hereby
return our thanks for their kindness. Wc
formed the acquaintance of many of the
citizens of Calhoun, and must say, so far
as we wbreable to judge, that we have nev
er met with a more generous, whole-souled
people anywhere in Georgia or any other
State. When a gentleman goes to Morgan
we will venture to say that he will be as
well treated as anywhere else in the Con
federacy. There is but one thing that can
be said against the citizens of Calhoun,
and that is their neglect, since this cruel
war commenced, in attending to and keep*
ing iu order many of their public roads,
some of which are in a very bad condition.
We would advise the Road Commissioners
of the county to have a “ general stump
diging ” and “ hole filling,” on the road
from Blakely to Morgan, in tho neighbor
hood of McClary’s Mill. The proper au
thorities should also have the Court House
steps repaired, which are now in a very
dilapidated condition. These things should
not be neglected, war or no war, and we
hope the good citizens of the couuty will
see that they are put in proper order. We
cannot but give Calhoun the credit of hav
ing the best bridges we have ever seen iu
all our travels in South-Western Georgia.
They have no such old “ wrecks ” as we
of Early have. May the good citizens cf
Calhoun ever be as generous as now, and '
not turn speculators, as many in this sec*
tion have, for the sake of making money,
and thereby lose their kind-heartedness to
their fellow beings!
We have got it ! What ? Why our
Tobacco Bag! Yes, two of them—one
from Miss Lula Speight, and the other
from Miss Gabriella McMillan. They are
aro as pretty Bags as any we saw “ up the
country,” and we are not afraid to compare
them with any we have ever seen. Our to
bacco now smoke 3 twice as well as it ever
did before! The fact is, anything from
tho hands of a young Miss is sweet to us!
Think we’ll take another trip u up the
country ” shortly— gust to show our Tobac
co Bags ! Thanks to the youDg ladies for
their remembrance of the u old ” Editor !
We are anxiously looking for the third one
from a certain quarter! We have heard a
word or two about it!
Tho Editor of the Early County Netcs
need not be alarmed about any person con
nected with the Patriot wishing to escape
conscription. When the country first call
ed for men, the Publishers of this paper
dropped pen and “ stick,” and willingly
enrolled themselves among the first of its
defenders; and now, though maimed and
impoverished by the war, no conscript offi
cer will ever have to force us to perform
our duty. Can the Editor of the News
say as much ?
The above is from the Albany Patriot,
of the 13th. It speaks very flatteringly
(and probably deservingly) of the Pub
lishers, but says nothing at all of the patri
otism of the Editor of the Patriot. Will
the Publishers tell us how the Editor of
their sheet has shown his patriotism —has
he ever been in the army, or has he re
mained at home to make money ? We
hope the Publishers will answer this ques
tion.
Wish we could get that old bridge fixed.
The Jews—“An Israelite."
We see an article, going the rounds of
the Southern presß, headed “ The Jeics,”
written by “An Israelite,” who is gener
ally down on Congressmen and Editors who
have been abusing the Jeics. We are no
little surprised at the press of the South
in publishing said communication, and that
too, while almost the whole press of the
laud admit that the Jews are the meanest,
most contemptible and thieving set that
ever lived on the face of the earth. Then
why is it that they publish the article of
“An Israelite,” gratuitously, without even
making any editorial comments ? This Is
raelite asks:
“ Has it never entered into the imagina
tion of these editors that the hackneyed
phrases of contempt against the Jews, which
daily fill their columns, might wound the
feelings of the brave, the educated, the pa
triotic, the good, the charitable, the refined,
of that sect? lla3 it never occurred to
them that their remarks might torture the
sensility Gs some Jewish matron or maiden,
who was ministering to the wants of the
weary or wounded soldier, at the hospitals
or the way-side home ? Have they never
dreamed that their indiscriminate abuse
may have added mental terror to the phy
sical sufferings of some wounded Jew, whose
blood had been shed for his country’s free
dom?”
In reply to the above paragraph we have
only to say that we have never yet seen or
heard of a brave, patriotic, charitable or
refined Jew in our life ! Neither have wo
ever seen any of the Jew women of the
land “ ministering to the wants of the wea
ry or wounded Soldier.” And further, if
a single Jew has ever spilt any blood in
defense of the South, it was merely be
cause he was “ hemmed up ” in such a
way that he could not get away in time of
battle, and, being compelled to remain and
“ face the music,” he failed to get behind
a clay root or “dodge” the balls! We
don’t have any idea that one of the rascals
ever stood up like a white man in time of
battle. The only thing in the world that
they care a cent for is the almighty dollar ,
and when they get that, the country may
go to the devil for what they care. Eve
ryone who knows anything at all about Jrics
will admit this.
Again this “ Israelite ” asks :
“ Do they know that the Jews are God’s
chosen people—the recipients of his work—
the selected channel through which He has
spread the light of civilisation and reveal
ed religion ? His witnesses—the ouiy peo
ple to whom He has ever manifested him
self, or through whom He has ever propbe
cied. Do they know that Christ, the foun
der of the religion they profess—* religion
of love, charity and good will to all man
kind—was born, reared, lived and died in
that religion that these men abuse and re
vile.”
Well, we will try to answer the above
paragraph as best we can. Though the
Jews, as “An Israelite ” says, “are God’s
chosen people,” yet they have always been
rebellious and 3 thieving set. Though they
have been the recipients of Divine favors,
such as were bestowed on no other people,
yet they have ever been ungrateful. Jeho
vah revealed Himself to them in signs,
wonders and mighty acts, yet they have
been disposed to turn aside quickly out of
the right way and forget the God of their
fathers. They bowed down to the golden
calf in the wilderness, though they had
just been the witnesses of His allmighty
hand, with which He smote Egypt with ter
rible plagues, and with which He divided
the fled Sea ; and from that day onward
they have gone whoring fram the Great I
Am. For their rebelliousness God drove
them from their land, and has accomplish
ed His threat to make them a hissing and
abyeword among all nations, and now they
have no country of their own. Though
God’s word was delivered to them, they
rejected the New Testament, killed the
Lord’s prophets, and at last added the great #
crowning sin of their nation to their form
er wickness by crucifying the Messiah.
But, to make a long matter short, the
Jews are, beyond a doubt, the most thiev
ing, pusillanimous sot on top-side of the
earth. They cheat and swindle every one,
white and black, that they have dealings
with. They were never known to act hon
estly, only in cases where they expected to
have a second transaction with the same
man, in which case they always act as hon
est as a thief possibly can, iu the first case,
in order that they may swindle the deeper
in the second case. The Jews have nearly
all hired substitutes since the commence
ment of the war, and have themselves re
mained at home aud made fortunes ; but
now that the substitute - men have to go inv
the field, these infernal Jetcs are buying
up all the gold and silver they possibly can
in order to leave the country. They arc
willing to live in our country while they
can stay at home, make money, enjoy the
pleasures of our fair land, Slc but when
we get into trouble, and need the assistance
of every one, they leave us like a cat does
the house when she gets her tail burnt in
the fire ! Their religion teaches them to
act honestly among themselves, but to swin*
die the “Christians,” as they call us, eve
ry chance they get! Such i 3 the charac
ter of the Jew race, as every one very well
knows who has ever had any dealings with
this infernal skinflint tribe of dogs !
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Everybody, white and black, ia talking
about the Currency Bill which passed Con
gress a few days ago, which seems to have
fell upon all like a pine-tree upon a cow.
The principal feature cf the bill Beems t»
be, so far as we are able to judge From the
imperfect telegraphic reports that we have
seen, that all Treasury notes now in circu
lation over the denomination of five dollars
must be funded or retired by the first of
next April, which can be done at par; and
if not retired by that time, the holder will
forfeit cne-third ‘their present value, and
the loss of the wholf if not retired by the
first cf next January. We cannot see how
the country is to stand this, for, if we un
derstand the bill correctly, it must certain-,
ly produce much suffering in the country
before the good we suppose it i 3 designed,
to accomplish can come about. It is true
that the currency is in a bad state of health*
and needs “ doctoring,” but we think that
Congress has adopted the wrong plan by
which to cure it. If there is too much
money in the country, which we do not
doubt, let the people be taxed, heavily tax
ed, and thereby let it be taken out of cir
culation. We believe in taxation, let it
come as heavily as it may, but we do not
believe in repudiation, which is now com
ing upon us. Why is not the Government
as much bound to recognise large bills as
small ones? How are Soldiers’ families
to get along if nothing but five dollar bills
and under are to be any account ? It is
the poor man and woman that this bill will
hurt, and- not the rich. Jt has been the
custom in this country for years to oppress
the poor and bold up the rich, and we sup
pose Congress intends it shall continue as
heretofore.
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Surely prices are high enough, without
men trying to put things up higher. But,
nevertheless, we hear that a certain shor„
maker in this county is continually visiting
another shoeshop in his neighborhood and
enquiring the prices charged, &c., and,
finding that his brother shoe-maker is do
ing work at less rates than he i 3, he tells
him he ought to charge more, that he is
not charging near enough, &c. Now we
would just like to know why it is that this
shoe-maker wants others to be as mean as
he is. If others have a mind to work for
less than he does, what business is it of
liis ? Why should he want everybody else
to go to the devil because he knows he is
“ hell-ward bound ? ”
We would like for somebody to tell ua
what they think of a man who will buy up
his own note at a discount of one-tbird its
face. We lately had some notes on a cer
tain chap nine years old, calling for 890,
and he bought them himself for SQO J If
he thinks no more of his notes or himself
than this, what should other people think
of him and his notes ? Believe we will
buy a few more notes on the same chap,
“just for the fun of the thing,” as we
know where we can get a pile of the trash
at ten cents in the dollar !
Mobile, Feb. 19.—The steamer Admir
al, from Demopolis, reports our army con
centrated and ready to dispute the enemy's
advance,
The Fcderals are reported thirty miles
west of Tuscumbia. Wirt Adams engaged
their advance to-day.
A letter from Quitman says the enemy,
20,000 strong, entered that place on Wed
nesday morning, burned the Court House
and several hundred bales of cotton, &c.,
and retired to Enterprise on Sunday, car
rying off some forty negroes.
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Why are editors like good judges?
Because they are not satisfied without
proofs.
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Why are dumb-waiters objectionable ?
.Because they don’t answer.