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E. H. GROUBY,
Editor, Proprietor & Publisher.
BL A KELY:
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 18G4.
Rev. James Wallace, of Fort Gaines,
will preach at Blakely on next Sabbath,
the 29th inst., at 11 o’clock, a. m., and take
up a collection to furnish Religious read'
ing to our Soldiers in the artny and hospi
tals.
Hon. T. Butler King died at his resU
dence in Waresboro’ week before last.
Attention is called to the advertisement
of Col. 0. P. Fannin.
The Milledgeville Union and Recorder
seem to be having a fine time of it in a dis
cussion about Gov. Brown’s exemptions.
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John M. Wade, State Tax Assessor, has
another advertisement in this issue of our
paper. This, we believe, is his last round.
See advertisement to the citizens of the
2Gth District. Can’t other Districts of our
county call like meetings ?
Wo have seen a list of the killed and
wounded of the 13th Ga. Reg’t. in the late
battles in Virginia. None of either re
ported in Co. G., Early Guards.
Neither the Jail or the Court House
steps have yet been put in order. If both
don’t need working on, we’ll give up that
we are no “ judge of small matters.”
Salt is now selling at from sls to S2O
per bushel on the Way, though we under
stand little is selling even at this
price for money—the salt-makers want
provisions.
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'1 he Macon papers state that one of the
Federal officers, a prisoner in the jail in
that city, lately gave birth to a fine infant.
They fail to state whether the child is
white or black I, Wonder if extra rations
are drawn for this young Yankee I
Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put
out the kitchen fire.
If that is so, we think there are a good
many “ kitchen fires * put out in this sec
tion—altogether too many for these war
times.
The Militia Officers of this county left
yesterday evening, in accordance with Gov.
Brown’s proclamation, to report to Gen.
Wayne in Hell! (Atlanta!) We hope the
“ boys ” won’t get as badly “ sucked in ”
when they arrive there as we did once!
Twenty-seven car loads of Yankee offi
cers, captured in the late battles, are now
lodged iu Camp Oglethorpe near Macon,
Ga. Thirty-two of the miscegenators es
caped on the way down, aud the prisoners,
officers and ineu, are said to be short a
thousaud in number.
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Since the beginning of the present cam
paign the Federals admit a loss of 50,000
men. This was previous to the Trans-Mis
sissippi, Georgia and Virginia battles. The
Felma Mississippian estimates their loss in
the first at 44,000, in the two last at 11,-
000, making a total of 105,000 men.
Attention is called to the “ Wool Card
ing Machine ” advertisement in this issue.
Mr. Ivineheu has just repaired his machine,
and, if the sample sent us is a fair speci
men, as we suppose it is, there is no doubt
but that his carding will please the most
fastidious. He will also sell lint wool for
negro clothing at $2,00 per lb., or to the
poor and needy at SI,OO.
One thousand dollars is the price now
asked iu Richmond for ladies’ spring bon
nets ! The papers state that several have
been sold at this price to some of the fash
ionable ladies of that city, but fail to state
whether they are “ sky-scrapers ” or not.
Dog’d if we can fancy the things to save
our life! It’s a good thing that people
difler in their notion of thesp articles !
•■mmnmmmmmmrnmmmmmmwmmmm—smammmm—mmamm
We are informed that Capt. R. K.^lines,
P. Q. Albany, claims the credit (God *
deliver us from such credit!) of being in
strumental in getting Congress to pas* the
' five-fold Tax in 'Kind law ! This is un
doubtedly one of the meanest laws that the
old Congress ever passed, aud if it is so
that Capt. Hines was instrumental in get
ting it brought before Congress and having
it passed, we don’t look upon him as any
better than the law itself, which we con
sider an imposition upon, the people. But
how it is that such an important (!) per
sonage as Capt. Hines could bjave had such
a tremendous influence over the whole of
the old Congress is astonishing to us. Wo
will here dose our remarks for the present,
but nmy refer to the matter again, and at
length, when we get better “ posted.” If
Capt. Hines wishes, he can have the use of
our columns to defend himself until we
see further into the matter.
We believe the crops in this section are
looking well, considering the late spring.
There is no doubt but that the crops geu«
erally will equal that of last year, many of
the farmers to the contrary notwithstand
ing. We believe the farmers generally
make it a rule, about this time of year, to
complain about poor prospects to make
good crops, and say they can’t see how they
are to live another year. Our opinion is
that this unnecessary “howl” is generally
brought about in order to keep up prices.
From the best information that we can get,
Early county farmers will kill more meat
next winter than ever before—probably
twice as much. All our planters who are
exempted under the meat act will, there
fore, find no difficulty in meeting their ob
ligations with the Government.
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As will be seen by an advertisement in
another column, Gov. Brown has ordered
his Militia Officers to report to Gen. H. C.
Wayne, at Atlanta, immediately, for fur
ther orders, “ to aid, during the present
emergency, in driving back the enemy from
the soil of this State.” He also requests
many of the Civil Officers to report. The
Militia Officers, he says, must report, or
they will be dealt with; but the Civil Of
ficers lie merely requests to report. How
many will go from this county we are at
this writing unable to say, though we think
that every man who lias taken “ shelter ”
under a Militia Commission, to keep out of
the war, ought to report forthwith to
Atlanta. Can anybody tell us who these j
Officers are to command ? 1
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We heard of an ordinary lot of land
(250 acres) in this county selling, on or
about the Ist inst., at fifty dollars an acre!
How is it, under these circumstances, that
the most of our citizens are giving iu their
lands to the Tax Assessor at from fifteen to
thirty dollars per acre, when they have to
swear that the price put upon the same is
as much as it wpuld have brought on the
first day of April, iu the old issue, without
the discount ? If such laud as this would
have sold on the Ist day of April at fifty ,
we know of other lands that would have
sold at from one to tibo hundred dollars an
acre ! Look out, gentlemen, or some of
you will get yourselves into a “ diffieilty! ”
Water is the best drink. Exercise and
pure air the best medicine.
Water may suit some people, but so
far as we are concerned, we believe we’d
rather havoit mixed with a little “good
old rye ! ” —and if we couldn’t get the rye,
we believe we’d be satisfied with a little
“ corn ! ” The fact is, most anything that
tastes like “spirits” will suit us better
than water! , We’ve always heard it said
that “the way to keep spirits up, is to
pour spirits down,” and we have got to
believing that it is so !
Allow others to discover your merit;
they will value it the more for being their
own discovery.
The alcove may do very well in some
cases, but we think we know a certain chap
who had rather think well of himself than
for anybody else to do so! Ho has a no
tion that ho ought to have everything his
own way; the public to the. contrary not
withstanding.
In another column will be found an ad
vertisement of John'F. Saunders, Esq., of
Madison, Ga., headed, “ For 'Posterity.”
He wants some person in each city, town
and village to report to him every man who
has been speculating since the commence
ment of the war, giving the fellow's name,
what he has speculated on, whether Jew
or Gentile, so as- to enable him to publish
a book in regard to this class. As our
readers are aware, we are as much down
on this class of vampires as anybody that
ever lived, and we hope that every man
who has speculated on the necessities of
the poor may be reported to Mr. Saunders,
and tb#fc his book may do sojne good, and
cause those who have been speculating and
swindling almost everybody, heretofore, to
do better in the future, and from now on,
act like white meg. Tfho will report the
“Roll of Honor Early county to
Mr. Saunders ? There is a good deal of
material here to work on. Every specu
lating man in the county should be imme
diately reported. Wonder if a certain
firm in Fort Gaines won’t come in for a
“ benefit ” in this “ Roll of Honor! ” A
certain large business house in Macon is
also entitled to about §500,000 worth of
this kind of “ honor.”
We are glad to learn that the Hotel at
our friend J. W. Lane’s Mill, two miles
from Blakely, has been closed. The rea
son assigned for this step, by the proprie
tor, is that provisions are too scarce and
high to any longer Jeed people for nothing !
How it is that Mr. Lane has stood up to
feeding about half the county for several
years free , gratis, for nothing , we cannot
see, and we are glad to know that he. has
closed his house, for the present at least.
This will no doubt be rather bad news to
his old customers, as they will hereafter
either have to bring their “ snacks ” with
them or stop at some other hotel and pay
their bills. There is no fun now in a per
son feeding a man, his whole family and
two or three horses every few days for
nothing. The “ funny” part of this game
has long since “ played out.” Those who
have heretofore been stopping at the “free
hotel ” at Lane’s Mill are informed that
Judge Brown is still keeping his hotel
open in Blakely, where they can alwayg
be accommodated, get the best the market
affords, and at a little advance on the for
mer charges of Mr. Lane. A hint to the
wise ought to be sufficient.
Militia Commissions have taken a con
siderable “tumble” in this section during
the past few days ! A week ago we sup
pose, if they could have been transferred,
. it would have taken ten thousand dollars
in the new issue to have purchased one of
the “ dear pocket pieces,” while now they
can be had at one’s own figures! Coro
ner’s Commissions have also declined very
considerably ! Our’s could now be bought
for a trifle l Who bids ! And all this
“ tumbling ” is caused merely because the
Governor wants the officers of the State,
both Civil and “ Miiishus,” to report to his
Adjutant General!
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While the war news continues to be ex
citing, as it has been for the past few
weeks, we ought to have a daily mail.
Now if you want it, you must help to pay
for it. Call at the Post Office, then, and
subscribe, and put down a white man’s fig
ures you do subscribe. Some people
like to get a daily mail, provided they can
get it at other people’s expense. Soon ev
erybody will bo crazy to get the news daily,
but what is everybody doing to secure a
daily mail? Almost everybody is inter
ested in this thing, and we hope they will *
come up and subscribe liberally. Those
who are too stingy to pay anything ought
net to send for their mail.
From all that we can learn, wo think the
new issuo is quite slow in making its ap
pearance. So far we havo seen very little
of it in circulation. Why don’t Mr. Mem -
mingor put all his “ mills'” to work? If
he don’t look sharp he won't get enough
issued between now and the first of Janu
ary to take up the old issue, and then some
people will feel “ minuß ” a few ! .
We learn from the Columbus Sun,
Sunday,‘that Messrs. May, Huagwfard,
Woodfield, the three Frys, Captain* of
Chattahoochee river bouts, and F. Mark.-
. ham, a pilot, all of Columbus, and Meaar*.
Geoige Drew, Garraway and Johnson, of
west Florida, have been arrested on the
charges of giving information to the block
ading fleet at Apalachicola of the propoeed
attack upon it; that they had been run
ning parties to the North via west Florida
and Pensacola; that one of their number
had taken fifteen men to join the deserter* -
in Florida, who have caused bo much trou
ble, and who captured the blockade rutmer
on the Florida coast; that the clique had
induced, and were still trying to do so, our
machinists to go North, and that they were
trading in “ greenbacks.” The evidence
against the parties is said to be complete.
■> The Frys and Markham are all Northern
born men, but have lived here for many
years, and made large sums of money—the
Frys, we believe, have made large fortune#'.
All the parties have been sent to Savannah,
there to be tried by the mjjj||ry authori
ties. We hope the last deviWf them will
be shot. Their “hash” should be settled
at once, and they can then do our eauae
more damage.
Editor News: Give me, for the satbb
faction of many of our citizens, your opin
ion of a man who will one day pay out five
dollar bills to Soldiers’ families at their
face, and the next day take them back by
shaving them 33 J per cent, from the earns
families. I know a man in this county who
has been doing this for some time.
Justice.
Miller Co., Ga., May 20,1864.
If we are not very much mistaken, we
have heard of this very same chap before,
and we think just the same of him now as
then, and that is that he is too in
fernal mean to live, and is decidedly the*
most trifling scoundrel we have ever heard
of yet. It is the duty of every good citi
zen of Miller county to look into this thing,
and if they find a man among them who
cheats and swindles Soldiers’ families as
stated by our correspondent “ Justice,”
let them see that he gets wbht is due him—
thirty-nine lashes on his bare back. But
iu case the male portion of the citizens fail
to deal with this trifling fellow, we would
suggest to the Soldiers’ wives whom he has
swindled to treat him to a coat of tar an<?
feathers, and drum him out of the county.
This chap, be who be may, should be
dealt with iu some way or other, and vr*
call ou the good citizens of Miller to eee
to the matter. *
The telegraphic news for the past week
is so conflicting that it is a matter of im
possibility for us to give our readers any
thing that is reliable in regard to army
movements, &c. In another column will
be fouud a synopsis of the news up to the
20th, copied from the Cuthbert Times,
which wo suppose ia about as correct as
unything that we could write. The vary
latest dispatches, which have been received'
for the last day or two, will be found in
another column, which we publish for what
they are worth.
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One of the greatest blessings we can en
joy is a tender, honest, enlightened con
science.
There are confounded few of these kind
of conscieDcies left of late. The Devirff
got the whole of them.
A full attendance is requested at a
meeting of the Soldiers’ Aid Society to
morrow evening, Thursday, 26th inst.
Important Order.
Adj’t. and Insp. Genl’s. Office, )
Richmond, May 21, 1864 }
Special Order, I
No. 234. j
Owing to the inestimable service render
ed to tlie Confederate States by Major
General N. P. Banks, U. S. A., all officers
and men in the service of the Confederacy
are horeby prohibited from harming a hair
of his head, and are especially ordered ru
der all'circumstances to allow him to es
cape.
By order
(Signed) S Cooper.
Adjutant and Inspector General,