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teln Cmmtir Jte. ... ® = E. H. GROUBY, J%r, Proprietor & Publisher. ■JPL A KB L Y,: WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1804. Which is the most difficult punctuation'' Putting a stop to a woman’s tongue. 9 4. . 4 Alexander Ridings, of Forsyth county, N. (J., lately eommitted suicide by hanging himself, to keep from going to the army. It may be that he’ll now have to fight the Devil for the balance of time ! Hope so ! - Ry ■order of the Secretary of War, Maj.- tren. Stephen 1). Lee assumed command, on the Ist inst., ol all the Cavalry in Ala bama, Mississippi, west Tennessee and east Louisiana. 11 is head-quarters are at Co lumbus, Miss ♦ * A good deal of the tithe meat collected is said to be in danger of being lost by bad handling iu some parts of the country. It is thrown up in bulks, and the warm weath er will spoil it directly. We urge the at tention of the proper officers to this point before it is too late. - ■ -♦ • ♦ Patriotism is a frozen reed where money is involved. Men will send their sons— aye, go themselves—to the cannon’s mouth; but never, for country’s sake, put their money iu doubtful investment. It is bet ter to rely upon the capitalist than upon the patriots in all money matters. Wonder if a certain “ Doctor," who says in a late Macon paper that he had started to Richmond to kill and poison all the Yan kees there, but had to turn back after he got to Augusta, because his “ purse "*gave out, isn’t a good judge of mean whisky ! From the way he writes we should judge that his (( biler ’’ was about ( f busted!" A Bristol correspondent says that the court martinis of Generals of Longstreet’s corps have terminated. Gen. Robertson. * ' of the Texas Brigade, is sentenced to be repremanded ; Gen. Laws, of Alabama, is returned to duty, aud Gen. McLaws’ sen tence has not yet been published, though the inference is that been acquitted. M rs. Douglas, widow of the httc Stephen- j A. Douglas, denies, in the most explicit I and emphatic manner, the reports which have been going the rounds of the news papers, t hat she is employed as a clerk iu one of the Departments at Washington. Site complains, naturally enough, of the annoyance which the circulation of this unfounded statement occasions her. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer , there is an immense feeling in favor of • placing Mr. Vallandigham gs a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and if he consents, it will doubtless be done. The Enquirer further declares that if the martyr is chosen a delegate, the Democracy will see that he attends the Chicago Con vention. We fear that the severe wound received by Gen. Lougstreet will deprive the coun try of his services for some time, which are invaluable at this critical juncture. It seems, too, that he was shot by some of our own men through mistake. This un fortunate event painfully reminds us of the fate of Stonewall Jackson. Gen. Long street came nearer filling the place of that great warrior than any other General iu the army. We have frequently been requested to publish a “ prices current ” of provisions, A:o., in our county. If it wasn’t that we* were ashamed to Jet the world kuow how ineati some men are, who have these things t" sell, we would do so ; but, under the circumstances, we prefer to let the matter vest .where it is. Moreover, we once pub lished the juices adopted by a meeting of ihe citizens ot this county in Blakely, but j it had im effect whatever, for the very men j who were in it refused to sell their pro visions at the prices adopted. j It is very strange to us that everywhere • else but in South-Western Georgia articles of every description are coming down, and the evidences of a tight mouey market are becoming apparent. But here old prices are still maintained, and public spirit and patriotism in this respect appear to be ut terly ignored. In many places five dollar bills are reported by the papers to com mand a premium, and seven-thirty notes are being readily exchanged at par for this issue. But in South-Western Georgia there is scarcely a sign to indicate that anybody has been affected, anybody cares, or any body is grumbling, except the unfortunate consumer. The explanation maybe found in the doubt which unnecessarily attaches to five dollar bills, the blindness of the people to the fact that there are, or soon will be, three or four hundred millions of dollars less in circulation than there were three months ago, and more than all, to the iron-hearted, miserly-fingered extor tioner, whose unfortunate privilege itjs to take every advantage of public necessities. There is a certain class who are hard-head ed enough to believe that a tremendous re duction iu currency can be made without changing prices. We only hope that every ■ wan who is hoarding with this belief will bold on to his property until the day of reckoning comes, and if he does not lose from one-third to one-half, we are mistaken iu the signs which are visible in every oth er portion of the Confederacy. Tho fact is, the people of this section need regulat ing, and we hope that steps will be taken to regulate them. There are some indi viduals whose destiny is a halter—a jail piece of bread aud a jug of water —and the sooner they are made to feel the near ap proach of some such punishment as this for their crimes against country, the better will the example prove to the whole country, aud the soouer shall wo emerge iroju darkness into light. ♦ ♦ ♦ It is said that there has been between two and three hundred illegal marriages iu certain counties of west Virginia siuce the war broke out, owing to the fact that tlie officers authorized to grant licenses had abandoned their positions. The young folks eouid not wait, and in some instances they obtained militarylpermits to marry. A bill is about to be introduced into the Legislature to legalize these marriages. Better not legalize all that have occurred, unless a fellow is to be allowed as many I wives as he sees fit to want, for we have I heard of many instances where men have married in Virginia, who have living wives aud several children, and among the num her is a fellow by the name of Levis An thony. This fellow Anthony married a lady of Early county several years ago, who is now living with her father in the (ith district, and since that time he went to the army with one of the regiments that went to Virginia, aud there married again, of which we have positive proof. And we also learn that this man deserted our cause aiyl went over to the Yankees, where he remained for some time, aud then re turned, and was in Fort Gaines a short •time since, as Lewis Wrigld. Here he was taken up and sent to Albany, where lie managed to fool the District Enrolling Officer, and got away. He pretended to be a paroled prisoner. We would caution ’ all good citizens to keep a lookout tor this scamp, and when caught treat him to a coat of tar and feathers. lie is no doubt acting as a Yankee spy. ♦ ♦ » It is stated by some of our exchanges that the recent large fire that occurred in Wilmington has fallen very heavily upon * blockade operations. Indeed, it may be considered to have, for some time, put an effectual stop to running the blockade. The difficulty of procuring transportation for cotton will prevent, for several months, the accumulation of a sufficient supply. The destruction of property has been very great, estimated at from three to five mil lions of dollars in gold. This loss is very much to be regretted so far as the Govern ment is concerned, but that it has knocked up speculators in making fortunes by block ade running wc are rejoiced to hear of the tire. It is our wish that the property of every man who has been interested in this kind of speculation may share tho same late. It would teach them a lesson. A From almost every quarter we hear that the price of everything is coming down. We are glad to hear it, and only hope that the “ tumble ” in prices may continue un til things get so again that a man will be able to live a year on something less than a fortune. But while many rejoice with us in the fall of prices, we have no doubt but what many, yes, thousands, in the land legret to see it, and wish that, prices would continue to go up instead of come down, for those who have stored up large quanti ties of provisions, &c., to make a fortune on, will now be compelled to lose a “ pile.” But we hope that all such fellows will loose the last cent they have heretofore made by speculation, and that all the arti cles of prime necessity they now’ have laid up may prove a clear loss to them also. There are no doubt thousands of men in our land who pray daily for the continu ance of the war, in order that they may make fortunes. They are willing that our ■ noble men in the field should suffer and die iu order that they themselves may make large, amounts of money. All such men should be treated as “alien enemies,” for they are really nothing else. + ♦ Mr. B. A. Grist, of Marietta, Ga., in tends publishing a monthly under the title of “ The Roll of Honor , or Biographical Sketches of the Noble Dead.” It is to contain Biographies of the distinguished heroes of the present Revolution. Mr. G. invokes the aid of the wise, the good and noble-hearted patriots of the land to aid him in his task. He wishes the friends and relatives of the deceased to forward ! biographical sketches to him. Each sketch ! must be accompanied by 910, and the name j of one or more subscribers. For this sum a-rcceipt will be given, entitling the hold er to a copy of the work at the subscrip tion price. Terms sl2 per year, or ten copies lor 9100. Those intending to sub scribe are requested to signify this inten tion immediately, as the first edition will be limited to the number of actual sub scribers. No subscription money will be received now, but persons will seud in their names and post offices. Agents are wanted in every county in this State, with whom liberal arrangements will be made. Ad dress B. A. Grist, Marietta, Ga. Looking at the map, says the Macon Confederate, we find the late battle-field in Virginia in Spottsylvania county, forty-five miles north of north-west of Richmond, and sixty miles south of south-west of Washington. Gen. Grant is, therefore, fif teen miles nearer Richmond than Gen. Lee is of Washington. The Richmond, Fred ricksburg and Potomac Rail Road runs through the eastern end of that county. The renowned city of Frecjficksburg is in thi north-eastern end of the county on the Rappahannock river. The battle wais firnght fifteen miles from that city*. Ches terfield is in that county the river from Richmond. Chester Court House is about thirteen miles from Rich mond, on a direct line. Petersburg is thirty miles still farther South, and is about half that distance from City Point, where -the enemy recently lauded. Fort Drewry is on the James, a few miles from Richmond, and is the main work guarding the water,approaches to the city. How is it that the farmers in this sec* tion positively refuse to sell their provis ions to the needy citizens of their own counties, and at the same time will dispose of large quantities of the same to “ refu gees?” This is very strange to us and many others —nevertheless it is so. We think that home people ought to bo sup plied with these necessaries first, and then, if there is any left, let those from a dis tance have it. Are “refugees” any bet ter than our own people ? We think not. If anybody has got to suffer, let it be strangers, and not our own relatives and friends. But there is no need of our own people or “ refugees ” either suffering, if our farmers would only “do the clean thing,” and let their provisions go. But this many of them seem determined not to do. We hope to see the day come when • . these kind of men will be forced to let the non-produeers have something to cat, and at reasonable prices, too. News by this Morning’s Mail. The following items of news were receiv ed by set mail: A rumor that Lee has driven Graut across the Rapidan, with ter rific slaughter. Drewry’s Bluff was attack ed by the Yankess on the night of the 14th, and repulsed with a loss of 1,000. Banks has survendered unconditionally to Hick Taylor, lighting has taken place at vari ous places on the W. ,& A. R. R., between Calhoun and Dalton; Gen. Johnston has repulsed the Yanks in every attack. Mor-* gan met and defeated Averill near Wythe* ville on the 10th. Averill is reported wounded. • M ♦ ■+> » * 0 FOR THE EARLY COUNTY NJSWB. Hog Cave. Editor News : The hogs which I sup posed to have been stolen from my pasture, ' the advertisement of which you published in your last issue, were not stolen, for I have found them in a cave in the same pasture; and for the satisfaction of ray friends, and those who took so much in terest with me in detecting the perpetra tor, as the circumstances seemed to warrant, I make the following statement, viz : I am •sure this cave never made its appearance until about the time the hoes went into it. It is within three hundretr yards of my house. The entrance into it is about 21 by 3 feet square, aud about 3 feet deep. Where the hogs first struck bottom there was but little dry earth to stand upon, the edge of the water then appears, and water as far back as can be seen, and to the depth | of fifty feet for aught 1 know. One thing, I however, is certain, from the effluvium aris - ! ing from the mouth of the cave, you might suppose there were fifty heatl iu it, but there is but thirty, all told, and dead. Piter Howard. May 15, 1804. The Virginia News, The reader will find elsewhere some tel egraphic dispatcher touching military mat ters in Virginia. The dispatch from Ha leigh, of the 12th, we regard as purely sen sational, and as such give it to the reader. The enemy are certainly, we think, on the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond —which runs south from the latter city The Richmond and Danville railroad runs southwest from there, and that road we presume has not been molested. The mails and telegraphic news all come from Richmond through Petersburg for all points South. The enemy being in pos session of that road is the reason we get no news from Gen. Lee’s artny, and from the capitol. The associated Press has a report er at Weldon, and we nresurne he will send off all the news coming from Virgin ia as fast as it is received tfcere. We fer vently hope to hear from him again before going to press. In the meantime we ask the public to be calm and confident. > The nervousness of some gentlemen in this city and their readiness to construe silence into a rcaliza-. tion of their worst fears, is childish. We regard the expedition south of the James a somewhat formidable raid, and believe that Gen. Beauregard will beat it back promptly. But the real situation cannot be kept from the public long. Macon Confederate , loth. Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, by his pro clamation declaring who should be exempt in that State, has made the office of magis trate and constable respectable. The Bran don Republican says : Heretofore it has been a difficult matter to get noy one to accept either the office of magistrate or constable ; but we now learn that election* have been ordered in every beat in the county, and that in some beats there arc as high as eight or ten candidates for each ♦ office.’ Wo hope the great respectability to which these offices have attained will not make the incumbents above speaking to their old friends. A telegram from Washington says that Gov. Curtin has received assurance from Lincoln that the Pennsylvania troops whose time of enlistment (commenenig with the time ot their enrollment in State service,) is out, shall be permitted to go home. This will thwart Meade’s order attempting to hold the troops for three years from the time they went in the United States (not State) service. It releases five thousand men from Grant’s army for the summer campaign. The “ One Hundred Days troops,” offered by the Western Governors are the subject of discussion in the United States Senate. An uneasy sort of feeling | seems to be agitated at the sight of so ma ny troops iu Lincoln's hands.