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■ v ' .' .- '< * • '» ■■■■ II JM II I VOL. V. Aunt Nabby sent him a cockle with the motto— ‘'To Samuel I resign my heart, He only can relieve its smart.” He gave her a cockle containing— "' When Abigail’s persuasive voice I hear, My heart beats quick, and I feel very queer.” And w.hen she handed him another, reading— " Wilt thou name the happy day, Oh, mv bosom's idol 1 - • I will erteay For tile tender bridal,” he returned the following, which clinch ed the whole business— “ Flank of sweetness, hear me speak: Let us both hitch teams next week.” * Aunt NM>by was as good as mar ried, andEiaer Sparro wgrass rose from the table with five thousand dollars more than when he sat down, Gen. Stafford. This gallant Brigadier, who fell on the first day of the great battle in Vir ginia while leading his command with conspicuous valor, was a native of Louisiana. He was a member of one of the honored families of the State, and was a sugar planter on Bayou Boeuf, in the* Parish of Rapi des. Before the war he was a mem' her of the Legislature, but upon the commencement of hostilities he raised a company and tendered it to the Con federate Governftient. From Captain he was promoted' Colonel, and then Brigadier, *He was one of the best officers in the army of Gen. Lee. He. leaves a mother, and a wife who is said to be one of the loveliest of women. + We have the very gratifying infor mation, says the Richmond Whig, that the Commissary Department has re cently come in possession of three millions of pounds of excellent bacon, which will be none the worse, we pre sume, from having been cured beyond the limits of the Confederacy. The reclaimed districts in .North Carolina are also furishing large quantities of nice bacopj Several days ago, we stated, on official authority, that the tithe of bacon in Georgia would ex ceed five millions of pounds. All of these facts tend to assure the army and the country that the period of abort rations is passing away, to be followed, we hope, by a season of plen ty if not of peace. 11 1 .» ■L.'—'-lL™ .... I Rags for the News. We desire very much to procure a quan tity of Clean Cotton <k Linen Rags, that we may obtain a sufficiency of paper t© continue the News through another volume, which we will be unable to do without we *>.an get Rags to exchange for paper. We appeal, then, to the lady readers of the News to forward us all the Rags they have on hand, and save us still more. We will certainly be under many obligations for large or small quantities, and besides will pay ten cents per lb. Then let us have Rags, atid continue our paper. • • Taken Up, THREE stray Steers. .The mark of the first is crop and under bit in one ear, and split and over bit tn the other—no brand. The mark (it the second is crop and half crop in one ear and crop and two under bits ana over bit in the other—no brand. The mark of the third is crop and two splits and under bit in one ear, and crop and un der bit in the other—no brand. The above steers have been sold to the Government because they m-pre mischievous. Any person claiming the same, will call on me and get their money, after proving pro perty. JOHN FIVEASII. Colquitt. Dec. 23, 1863. 11-Om* T. T. SWANN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Blakely, Early Co., Ga„ War. give prompt, attention to all business ' ■Confided to his care. vo-13-tf BLAKELY, GEO., MAY 18, 1864. •' ■— • (Karin Conttto Mftos, Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year ~..510.0.0 For 6 Months $5,00 No subsciptions received for less than six months, and payment always required in ad * vance. Rates of Advertising: 1 Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour- . geois .’Acs, or less..' .Aflrtiou...s2.oo. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. A friend of mine was married to a scold. To me he came and all his troubles told ; Said he, She's like a woman raying mad ! Alas ! my friend, said I, that's very bad. Not bo bad, said lie, for with her, true, I had both houses and land, and money, too. . That was well, said I: No, not so well, said he -. For I and her own brother Wept to law with one another ; I was cast, the suit-was losjt, And every penny went to pay the cost. That was bad, said I; . . No, not so bad, said he; For we agreed that he the house should keep, And give me fourscore of Yorkshire sheep ; And fat, and fair, and fine they were to be. Well, then, said I, surethat was well for thee. Not so well, said he. For when the sheep I got. They every one died with the rot. That was bad, said I * No, not so bad, said he ; For I had thought to scrape the fat, And keep in an open vat, Then into tallow melt for winter store.. Why, then, said I, that’s better than before. No, not so well, said he; For, having got a clumsey fellow To scrape the fat and make the tallow, Into the inciting fat the fire catches, And, like to brimstone matches, Burned n;y house to ashes. That was bad, said I; Not so bad, said he; For, what is best, My scoldipg wife is gone among the rest. ——— ■ ■MIBj II ■ 111 ■'■■■! ■ I————l liailßl ■» ■■■■!■-» What Lee lias Accomplished. Enough is known, at least to satis fy us that if Gen. Lee has not utterly defeated the “ man on horse back,” he has punished his army so as to prevent a successful advance. Even it it were possible for Grant, by means of over whelming numbers, to persevere until our gallant army should be worn out with fatigue, there is many a mile to be fought over before Richmond could be reached, and if even captured, the Federal force would be too much weak ened and demoralised to ho,ld it for any length of time after. Thus, one more “On to Richmond,” and per haps the last, has added another to the briliknt list of failures on the part of “ the Grand Army.” If we should have been, or if we vet •» may be forced back even to this side of Richmond, but little is gained to the Federals.- The Southern veterans of the Virginia army are uriconquered still, and unconquerable. On the oth er hand, if the enemy is- repulsed, or even held in check, no defeat eould be more disastrous, in moral effect, to J them. Every account which has reach J ed from that glorious field, tells*of vie- # tory, and confirms the first glad reports ) of Federal defeat. Grant has been j badly whipped, but he has not yet been driven across the Rapidan. YYe should be better satisfied if that should ■ be announced over the wires, but if it < is not, our slumbers shall not in the least he disturbed for the safety of the republic. We have at least checked the “man on horse back/’ and Rich- ' mond is as safe as it was before. Atlanta Confederacy . - » 4 A German statistical writer remarks that the invention of the sewing ma chine has enabled one woman to sew as much as a hundred could sew by hand, a century ago ; but, he contin ues, one woman now demands as much clothing as a hundred did a century ago—so that the situation is not so j much changed alter all. These two lines, that look so solemn, Art just put here to fill out this column. mummM* ~ymrmn i-i im i ih. uiuli.uuilhii m oiitwwuJM• ~S N& ~ /“ Debt of the United States Government. The Northern journals begin to soundsr the alarm, and we may soon look,fop a financial crisis among the Yankees, which cannot he much long er delayed, even should there be no Southern victories in the present cam paign to hasten it. It is believed that .the debt created by Mr. Lincoln, and whip:! he will entail on his constitu ents m the 4th of March, 1865, will mi’: css than $4,000,000,000, equal sos each of the SOtOO OXO9 of persons in the non-slave holding ►States. The interest on this sum at six per cent, will be $210,000,C00 per . annum, giving a rate of sl2 to each person. Who.believes that this debt will ever be paid ? Ths thing is im possible. The utmost that can be done to prevent repudiation of the whole at once, will be to reduce the interest to ' three per cent., and issue stock accord ingly, which will resemble the consols of England (consolidated public debt) and have a market value, more or less, ' as the means of paying the interest punctually are mor.e or less apparent, from the different sources of reve nue. This we think, is the most fa vorable view that can be taken of the Yankee war debt. The New Haven Register has made a calculation on the figures of Mr. Chase, showing that the debt of the United States estimated to June-30, 1865, will be 82,692,086,941, thfe re sult of four years rule bv an Abolition President, and almost double the whole expenditures of the government for 72 years, from March 4, *1789, to j March 4, 1861. The parallel is thus drawn : Expended in 72 years $1,458,790,786 ! Expended in 4years, ’0 ito '65. 1. ! Excess in 4 years, $1,233,296,115 The foundation of the national debt ! of England was laid by Charles 3, more than two hundred years ago, and has since included the war with the Amer ican colonies, the war with the United States in 1812 and the wars with con tinental Europe of not than thirty years of actual hostilities in the field and upon the high seas, and yet the debt of England is to-duy less than a third over that of the United States, created by Mr. Lincoln in his vain attempt to coerce the South back in to the Union. The British debt draws three per cent, interest, which author izes this comparison : Deiit. Interest. United States, $3,000,000,009 $180,000,000 England, 3,912,600,772 137,072,903 Excess of burden to U. S ...$ 42,927,097 The Register, to which we have re ferred, sensibly remarks : “ Yet with all her wealth, the accus mulation of centuries, England is un able to pay her debt, and the payment of the interest even at a low rate, is a burden which has driven one-eight of her population to pauperism. The expectation that our public debt will ever be paid is, therefore, out of the question. , We can only provide for the interest.” The shock must come, and even the military subjugation of the South could not ward it off. When the debt of a nation excaeds the value of its real and personal property, as in the case of the Yankees, it is evidence of bank ruptcy. Mr. Chase may continue to pay out. his greenbacks by the cart load, and to patch up the gold mar ket so as to keep down for a while the rise from 170 to 200; yet when the latter figure is attained by the Opera tions of trade, away goes the whole North into spasms, political, financial and destructive. Then will be the i beginning of the end fur which the j Abolitionists have toiled for the last j thirty years, and then we shall see how ■ Yankee enterprize will profit by the convulsion. At all events, the Yan- no. pi.* kees will have a full opportunity to Earn the! negro question, and how it Jms contributed <6 their happiness; Tnere is nothing like experience, and and they were resolved to possess this precious commodity at all hazards. Now they have acquired it. “What will they do with it?” A few years will return the answer. Official Report of the Battle of Main * * §treet. « To Jimmy Se.dJ’n, Esq., Sea'etary of Thor; Mv Dz.Ui Javco : The battle of Main street fire-plug occurred between the undersigned and the “ Magnolia Barroom,” about the settlement of a sn?all “julep” bill. The proprietor aforesaid rejoiceth in the appellation of “ Suggs.” 1 came to the premises of Suggs to. make (in military par lance) a requisition for a short horn of “ Beach ” —then I come to words— then I come to blows—then both the enemy and myself “clinched ” and we came out in the street. 1 Crowd of spectators soon collected and made a circle so that the Provost Guard was unable to get a sight, or prevent the manoeuvers. Observing that the en emy (Suggs) largely outnumbered me in the force of bis muscles, 1 fell back in a,sort of rapid hog wallow to the curb stone, where I fortified with a resolute determination to die in the last ditch. Enemy advanced in a ser pentine crawl and took firm hold on my hair. I immediately advanced a thumb and took possession of the ad* versary’s left eye. He skirmished vigorously with his right fist, apd made ! a desperate charge qn the back of my neck with his teeth.. He held his position until I drove his nose back in utter confusion with my left piauler. j l then ordered my right arm to ad j vance arid take possession of the base of his neck beiovv his ears, with in i struction to garote. This order was promptly obeyed. The enemy then brought up his#ieels (until that time held in feserve) and proceeded to kick a hole in my bread basket in order to cut off my supplies of wind. With the same design I advanced my left hand into his mouth—but in this the enemy anticipated me, by taking five of my fingers prisoners in his teeth, evincing a determination, emphatical ly to' make war to his tee.th. My mouth then went forward at a double quick and captured bis nose. He then kicked me in both flanks with his toes with a toe-tal disregard of the rules of civilized warfare. Discover ing myself flanked in this manner, I bit him severely in the rear and rais ed the black flag, when he drew off’ his forces, and left the field. I then deemed it prudent to fall back, which I did as soon as an opening in the crowd could be effected, and thereby saved myself and an unnecessary effu sion of blood. It was one of the most skillful retreats on record. One of the best evidences of military genius is to retreat well. It is a matter of no con sequence to know how to fight. Any body can fight, and fighting is com mon. But to know how to retreat when you arc whipped is the highest perfection in the school of high tac-' tics. By the blessings of the God of war I have achieved a complete and deci sive defeat over the left. J. Happy, Gen. Coind’g Dep t Main St. Kwort Kk«, A. A G. State Tax Notice. ftO R the benefit of Tax payers of Early 1 county, J will be at Blakely on Tuesday, 17th: at Esqr. Urqulmrt’s on, Wednesday, 18th :at A. I>. Smith’s on Thursday. Tilth; at R. W. Sheffield’s on I ridav, 20th, and nr Damascus on Tuesday, 21 sh May, to rccoiro their Tax returns. J. M. WADE, May 11. ISH 4. 30-2 t T_ Osnaburgs for Lard. I WILL exchange a lor of eight ounce Osnaburgs for Lard, at my store in lv, for the next thirty dnv«. ' May 11, 18**1. S<i-2t ' R. >l. l UVER.