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E. H. GEO 13 BY,
.Editor, Proprietor & Publisher.
BLAMLY:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1864.
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’ The army of veterans call the invincible
home guards lately called out “ the new
issue." .
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den. Longstreet stiH‘continues his sys
tem of forty days’ furloughs, uuder his
general older No. 12.
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* The of horses at Richmond
is gniitg on with vigor. Only market cart J
horses and brood mures are exempted.
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The “ Shamrock ” was launched at Co- j
1 umbus week before hist She Resigned
for river service, and is J<>o feet long, 28
Icct beam, and 54 feet deep The boat
was built by a stock company.
There are now only three hundred and
fifty-four prisoners—Confederates, Yanks,
deserters, negroes, Union meu, bushwhack
ers, &c.—in Castle Thunder, at Richmond.
In December last there were 1,184 of all
classes.
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Judge Ould gives notice that all (’on
fedcrato officers and men who have beeu
delivered at City Point, \ a., at any time
previous to the 20th of April, 1864, arc
declared duly exchanged.
The Yankees have for some time had a
number of strong-minded women (models
of Yankee morality) at Ililton Head, S. C.,
instructing their colored brethren in the
arts of civilization aud Christian morality.
Wc sec it stated by a Yankee correspon
dent of a New Jersey paper that sixty-four
of these, “ teachers ” have lately gone homo
enceinte. Glad of it. Probably they will
learn some sense affor awhile.
rn Ajww&tohttfffl, 1 * *J 1 . o ¥>ißteon‘“ana n^
M. Wade, Esq’rs., Confederate and Stato
Tax Assessors, will attend at this place on
next Tuesday, 17 thinst. This is Mr. Dick
inson's last appointment, and all who have
not yet given in would do well to do so on
the 17th. This is also Mr. Wade’s second
appointment—one more will “ close the
show."
News by this morning’s Mail.
Ihe news by this (Wednesday) morn
ing's mail is glorious. Steele’s army, 0,000
strong, has surrendered to Gen. Price, at
< amden, Ark. Gen. Taylor has demand
ed the surrender of Alexandria, La., where •
Hanks is fortifying. Near Dalton the
light has probably commenced, as we see
that considerable skirmishing has taken
place there during the past few days, in
all of which the Confederates have been
successful, hi one of these skirmishes our
forces get out of ammunition, and defend
ed themselves with stones uutil the arrival
of reinforcements, when the enemy were
routed, and hastily withdrew—our loss
, small. In Virginia we have defeated the
enemy in every move he has made. The
charge of Gordon's Brigade, of which the
13th Ga. is a member, is represented as
ihe grandest of the war. Our loss thus far
is about five thousand, the most of whom
are slightly wounded. The loss of the en
emy not stated. Upon the whole, we have
never seen the news so glorious as now,
and we have reason to belieVe that the
news will continue good for some time.
Below we give the latest official dispatch
from Gen. Lee:
Richmond, May 9.—The following offi
cial dispatch has been received from Geu.
Lee:
Near Spottsylvania C. IT., )
May 8, 1864. \
Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War :
After a sharp encounter with the sth Ar-‘ *
my Corps and Ward’s and Terret’s Divis
ion of Cavalry, R. H. Anderson, with the
advance of the army, repulsed the enemy
with heavy slaughter, and took possessiou
of the Court House.
I am most grateful to the Giver of all
victories that our loss is small.
II. E. Lee, General.
Will the Inferior Court of this county
inform us whom they recognize as the reg
ularly appointed Notary Public of Early ?
According to what we oan learn about the -
matter, we don’t think that there has teen
one appointed as the law directs, and there
fore don’t believe that any of the parties
now serving as Notary Publics should bo
recognized by the Governor, although we
understand that “somebody” is trying to
keep out of the army ou this score. We
do not wish to decide for our Court in this
or any other matter, hut would merely
suggest the propriety of appointing our
friend Col. James Bucliannon Notary Pub
lic of Early county at its next meeting.
Cot. B. is exempt from military duty both
bv age arid wounds received in the Indian
war, and cannot enter the field, and there
fore his appointment would give general
satisfaction to the citizens of our county.
| It will be well enough, we suppose, for us
to state that this notice is written without
the knowledge of Col. Buchatuon, but we
are authorized in saying that he will serve
if appointed.
A large fire occurred in Macon on last
Friday. Two large warhouses, in which
were stored a large amount of cotton and
grain, together with several dwellings, were
destroyed. About 5,000 bales of the cot
ton were consumed, a small portion of
which belonged to the Government, but
the greater part of it was owned by pri
vate individuals. The origin of the lire
is supposed to have been uccidental. The
loss is put down at $1,726,500. We also
learn that the Woodvilld (Ala.) Insurance
Company, of* which our friend W. T. Rob
inson is Agent in this place, lost $/,600
by this lire. It will be promptly paid, for
we know many of the principal stock-hold
ers, and know them to be men of the right
stamp. This is the first loss that this Com
pany has yet met with, although it has
beeu in operation for over a year, aud dur
ing that time taken a great many risks.
We commend this Company to all who
w ant to insure their property iu a well con
ducted and reliable Insurance Company.
Is it a fact that there is any one in this
county mean enough to steal *“ lambs ! "
Wo have frequently heard of “sheep-steal
ing," but never before hoard or dreamed
of such a thing as lamb-stealing , but wc
have it from reliable authority that such
■ has been going on of late in a certain por
of Early couuty. Dog’d if wfi’d trust our
carcass about any one who would steal an
unmarked lamb from its mother ! If this
thing don’t stop, and the lambs already
stolen turned loose, so they can go back to
their mothers and owner, and that pretty
shortly, the stealing party of parties may
look out for us to publish something in re
gard to the ma/tter that would make some
body feel like a lamb-stealing dog. So just
turn the poor little things loose, and we’ll
“ lie low and keep dark.”
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All tax payers would do well to remem
ber that this 3’ear they have to give in the
number of Dogs they have on their prem
ises iu giving in their State taxes, and bo
they had better go to “ counting ” before
they leave home to give in. We think
there are some persons in Early county
who will have to count a week before they
will be able to find out the exact number
of dogs they have on their places. There
are undoubtedly some plantations in this
county on which there are over oue hun
dred dogs !—we mean four-legged ones !
Our friend, J. M. Wade, Esq., our “phun
ny ” and accommodating Tax Assessor,
is “ death on dogs,” though he sometimes
“barks” himself! So you’d better look
out, or you’ll all be dog-less shortly!
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Wc are the recipient this week of an
other fine “Boquet" from of the many
lovely girls of this village. We didn’t do I
much work while it lasted, for we thought
of the donor and smelt of the flowers, and
then we smelt of the flowers and thought
of the donor, until the flowers wilted, and
then we had to stop smelling , but we havn’t
stopped thinldng yet! Don’t see any oth
er chance but that the girls will eat us up
some day !— not for our good looks, though,
we don't suppose !
There has lately been a riot in Savannah.
From what little we can gather from our
exchanges, it seems that many Soldiers
families in that city have been actually
suffering for bread and meat of late, and
they were compelled, by hunger, to go into
some of the stores of thieves and specula
tors to get something to vat. In ordinary
times, when provisions were cheap, and the
farmers would sell their produce at reason
* able figures, we would oppose such riots ;
Tbut in such times as these, when farmers
and store-keepers positively refuse to sell,
unless they can get fifty or out
of poor Soldiers’ families, we think these
women are perfectly justifiable in doing as
they have dotfe in Savannah. If the men
able would only do' their duty iu
furnishing provisions and other necessaries
to Soldiers’ families,’ there would be no
need of riots. Until these men come up
and do their duty, we hope to see these
. riots continue, and probably in a short
time ui<*n of means will-learn t hat the fam
ilies of the defenders of their liberty and
property have to be fed and clothed. The
wealthy citizens of Savannah ought to feci
ashamed of themselves to let these families
suffer for the necessaries of life, and we do
sincerely hope, from the very bottom of our
heart, that every man in the city who ha;s
heretofore refused to do his duty yi these
matters will be swung up ou a gallows as
high as the oue on which Hainan was hung,
and then let them fall with such a “jerk"
that their necks will break twice before
they reacli the ground, so that their infer
nal necks may be broken short off; and if
oue hanging don’t do the work, let them
be hung again and again until justice is
meted out to them. And when they are
hung, and “ dead, damned and delivered,"
their cavcasses should not be buried like
meu usually are, but thrown out into the
woods, where the buzzards may eat ’up
their mean, trifling, . “ pickayuncish," no
account, stinking bodies.
The conscription in this county, of the
boys between 17 and 18, aud the men be
tween 45 and 50 years, closed on Wedncs
-1 u.otl tWc -*vko failotl tolwre tbeir
papers approved by the local Board were
carried to Albany by Lieut. West. We do
I not know how many got their papers ap
proved, or how many were conscripted. A
large number, who had petitions for ex
emption on the ground that they could be
of more service to the Government on the
farm than in the army, were furloughed
until they can hear from their papers.
One or two invalids were conscripted, who
will do to fill up the hospitals with. It
would be well for a Colonel in the army to
accompany these men to the field, so as to
lot the Surgeons there know that children
and unsound meu are not desirable as Sol
diers. So many efforts are made, however,
to deceive Enrolling Officers and Boards
that it would be remarkable if none were
conscripted who were unfit for the army.
By a recent order of the War Department
men who work five able-bodied hands iu
the field, and can show satisfactorily that
they ean be of more use to the Government
as agriculturalists than as Soldiers, will be
•exempt, by furnishing a certain quantify
of moat. Now, if the meat is the consid
eration for exemption, why not allow any
and all men the privilege lo stay at home
upon condition that they furnish so much
meat or corn ? This would give the man
of no negroes, or less than five, an equal
chauce with those who work five or more.
But the meat is not the thing—the point
is to run the poor men off to the army, and
to let all the rich ones remain at home.
We think this exemption law defective in
another point. The man exempt by furn
ishing meat is to be paid Government price
for it. This is giving him a bonus for stay
ing at home, while in fact he would cheer
fully give the meat to the Govefnment for
the privilege of exemption. As it now
stands the farmer is paid for his exemp
tion.
All persons who have made application
for detail are ordered to meet our Enroll
ing Officer iu this place on to-morrow week,
19th inst., as will be seen by Lieut. West’s
advertisement iu this issue. So come up,
all you chaps who hav’nt got a “ tail! ”
The battle in Virginia, says the Macon
Confederate o f Saturday,^ so logg expect
ed, has commenced. The result of the
first fighting has been highly satisfactory.
The Fifth Corps of Yankee infantry, in
eluding the “crack” brigade of Sykes
Regulars, attacked Gen. Ewell’s corps and
were repulsed with a heavy loss of prison
ers and four pieces of artillery. Failing
iu their attack upon Ewell, the cfiemy
concentrated on Hill and made repeated
desperate assaults upon his lines ; but in
the language of the noble Lee, “ By the
blessing of God’we maintained our posi
tion.” The fighting must have lasted be
tween seven and eight hours. V. c feel
confident that the result of this fight is but
a sample of that which will ensue when .
the main force of Grant conies into con
flict with the army of Gen. Lee. Ihe \ an
kees will be thrashed worse than ever.be
fore. The defeat they have met with at
the very threshold of their advance will
serve to still further demoralize an army
already lacking in confidence and distrust
ful of its ability to perform the task de
manded of then by their Government and
their neople. Before a week elapses we
expect to see the Yankee army fleeing from
the soil of Virginia, followed to the Poto
mac by the victorious soldiers of the Con
federacy. The fight on yesterday was the
begining of the end. With Grant defeat
ed, the war will virtually be at an end.
A financial crash will swiftly follow tho
retreat from Virginia and render it impos
sible for the enemy to longer wage war
against us. The sun of -notorv will bo
followed by the Star of Peace. May Iho
light from both soon light up the faithful
hearts in our beloved land.
The Pticlimond Dispatch is opposed to
the wholesale conscription ordered by the
late Congress, and thinks it must now bo
evident, even to the warmest advocates of
an extension of the conscript law, that it
would have been better to leave boys of
seventeen and men between forty-five and
fifty out of the army to cultivate the fruits
of the earth. The Dispatch urges that we
need an army of producers quite as much
as of fighting men, aud are in more danger
from the diminution of producers than
from tho enemy iu our front. It is to be
hoped that the earliest attention of the
Congress now in session will be given to
this important subject. The enemy has
made no such increase of his forces as de
manded the extraordinary measures for the
increase of our army. On the contrary,
he gives signs of debility and exhaustion,
and must place his main reliance for bring
ing us to terms on starving us out. ID
must sec by this time that be ean conquer
us in no other way; and, if we are wise,
we shall use a'll the instrumentalities with
. in human power to prevent that deplorable,
result. With the blessing of God on out
agricultural industry, we can deprive our
adversaries of their last hope. But to do
this we must bestir ourselyes, and eniist iu
the army of production every juan uuder
eighteen and over forty-five.
A letter from Riolmiond says that “ Pres
ident Davis never looked more satisfied, Mr
Seddon never less grim, Mr. Memmingei:
nevermore complacent, Mr. Benjamin was
never more composed, Mr. Mallory neveF
less unhappy’, Gen. Lee never more calm,
Longstreet never more jubilant, and the
remainder of leaders generally never ap
peared more hopeful than they do at the
present moment. Either some good news
has arrived or is at hand. Gen. Grant-is
said to be the worst scared man who ever
commanded* a Federal army, aud what is
better than all, we know the enemy’s plans •
from Alpha to Omega.”
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The Fort Gaines Hospital certainly has
some of its nurses well scattered • We heard
of one of them the other day being- twenty
miles from the Hospital, and the devil of
it is, he’s that distance off just about two
thirds, and half of the other third , of the
time ! Darn'd if we’d like such nursing
as this if wc were sick ! ’Fraid we’d “go
up a spout ” before our attentive (!) nurse
returned ! This is, we suppose, what might
be termed “ nursing at a distance J —and a
confounded long one , at that!