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<§arig (STountir JltSs.
E. H. GROUBY,
Editor, Proprietor & Publisher.
BLAKELY:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17,1864. ;
No news of importance by this morn
ing's mail.
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.8. J. Dickinson, Esq., Confederate Tax
Assessor, has another set of appointments
in this issue.
Mr. Kinclicn has again put his Carding
Machine in operation, and will receive and
card wool as heretofore.
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From and after this date the mail going
north from the Blakely Post Office will
bo closed at 5 o’clock, p. in. Positively
no Inters mailed after this hour.
Our thanks are tendered to Mrs. J. D.
McCullough for a bottle of fine Wine, which
we relished with a considerable gusto. As
wc were in quite low spirits yesterday
morning, this wine just come in time to li
ven us up.
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Another bridge iu Blakely needs the
assistance of the Inferior Court. Ihe one
over the ditch on the Cuthbert road, few
, ' yards off the public square, is in a very
bad condition, and is much in need of re
pairs. We hope the Court will give it
their attention before it becomes impassa
ble, which condition it is now nearly iu.
How patriotic peoplo are becoming of
late! It seems that everybody wants to
go'to tbe war ! At least this is the con
clusion we have come to of late, for we
have as yet received but one or two appli
cations for the purchase ot‘ an Exemption
which has been advertised for sale in tbe
j\eics for over a month ! Come up, gentle
men, we’ve got the sellling of an Exemp
tion that wilr“ do to tie to 1 ’’
We arc reliably informed that the Infe
rior Court of- Miller county is now holding
secret sessions l Can any one tell us what
this meant) ? Are they fishing forjtopular
ity, in order to got elected for another
term ? If so, this very thing ought to
damn them forover. This is the first time
we have ever heard of anything of this sort.
We have frequently heard of secret sessions
of Congress, but never before of Inferior
Courts.
A protracted meeting has been going on
in the Baptist Church iu this place for the
last ten days. There has not beeu such an
iutercst taken in the meeting as we think
' there should have been, though many have
beeu up to the mourner’s bench? We arc
sorry to see that some of the male members
of this Church are taking so little interest
in the good work. Many of them have
attended the meetings very irregularly,
while others have yet to be seen in attend
ance for the first time since the meeting
commenced. Certainly such men caro very
little for the salvation of souls. But our
" hopes are that much good may yet result
from th* meeting.
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Some month or so ago we received a com'
TOUnieation, from a member of Col. Hood’s
Cavalry Battalion, then in Florida, in re-*
gard to tho negligence, carelessness and
drunkonuess of the Post Master at Fort ,
Caines, and the irregularity of letters be-, '
ing mailed at that office in consequence.
Now we are asked why we did not publish
said communication, and we wish to give
our reasou for the “ negleot,” as some one
sees tit to call it. It is well known to al
most all of our readers that we have fre
quently, in times past, called the attention
of the people of Fort Gaines to the con
duct of this drunken, careless, neglectful,
polecat-eating government official, but can
any one tell us what good it has done ? If
our strictures on him has accomplished
anything, we have been unable to see it,
for he is the same polecat-eater now that
he was when we first took him in hand.
If hell was raked and scraped, and combed
with a fine tooth-comb, and boiled down to
the tickness of salt, a meaner man could
not be found than the Post Master at Fort
Haines! For these reasons we put said
communication iu the stove instead of ip
the Mm. Arc they satisfactory ? I
Special attention is called td the adver
tisement of the Blakely Mala & Female
Academy, to be found in another column,
which will open on the second Monday iu
September next, under the management of
Ilev'. T. 11, Stout and Prof. D. M. Wade.
It is known that we havo for thellast year
or two needed a good School, kut have
been almost entirely without one until the
first of this year, when these gentlemen
took hold of this Academy. As to how
they succeeded, every one, we suppose, is
aware, as they had over one hundred schol
ars, and,* so far as we have been able to
learn, gave almost entire satisfaction to •
their patrons.' Every one should, at this
time, see the great importance of having
a good school in our midst, in order to give
our children a good English cducutiou at
least. The higher branches will also be
taught. But llev. Mr. Stout’s and Prof.
Wade’s efficiency as teachers are too well
known here to even require tbe scratch of*
a pen from us, and we merely say what
we do iu order to call the attention of our
peoplo to the fact that the School will soon
open again, and urge upon every one the
great importance of their sending their
children to School while they have the op
portunity. All who fail now to' send may
regret it hereafter. Considering the times,
the charges of this School are very low in
deed—in fact, we are assured by one of
the Principals that the last term lacked con
siderable 6f paying actual expenses, when
their rates were a little lower than now.
Os course it cannot be'expected that they
should throw aWay time and money for
* the benefit of others. Ilev. Mr. Stout and
Prof. Wade are gentlemen of superior en
dowments, aud as teachers have proven a
skill equalled by’few. With the utmost
confidence they can bo intrusted the res
ponsible and delicate talk of “ teaching the
young idea how to shoot.”
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We have received a note from Capt. C.
B. Graybill, Commissary at Fort Gaines,
in which he says that the statements made
by our correspondent “ Beef Eater,” some
two or three weeks ago, in our paper, were
slanderous to him, and that the charges
were incorrect. If such be the case, Capt.
Graybill can have the use of our columns
to set himself right in the matter, which,
if he qan do, will clear up all the charges
of “ Beef Eater.” We know the writer
of this communication to be a gentleman
of veracity, and know that he would not
have charged Capt. Graybill with neglect
ing his duty unless he had gotten his in
formation from what lie must have consid
ered reliable authority. It is not now, nor
never has been our intention to publish
anything that will injure a gentleman un
less lie is guilty of the act he is charged
with—but when we get a communication,
or information any other way, from a gen
tleman whom we believe to be as reliable
as the writer of u Beef Eater,” we give
place and credit to the same until we havo
proof to the contrary. If “ Beef Eater ”
has misstated the facts in this ease, wo are
satisfied that he will, when so convinced,
take great pleasure in correcting the same.
We are .requested to call a meeting of
the Soldiers’ Aid Society of Early county,
to meet in the Court House in this place
on next Saturday, at 2 o’clock. All others
who feel an interest in the comfort and
.welfare of our sick and* wounded Soldiers
are also .requested to attend. It is the de
sire of the Society to make up one or more
boxes of provisions, &c., on Saturday next,
to be forwarded immediately ter the Battle
field Association, and it is hoped that eve
ry one who feels any interest in this-matter
will come out, and bring aloDg everything
that can possibly bo spared that will assist
in making our brave and noble Soldiers
comfortable. If every one will do as much
in this good cause as the l’rcsidedt of this
Society, Mrs. Dr. Standifer, has, and will
do, we feel satisfied that our citizens will
send up such a supply of good things as
will make our Soldiers overwhelmed with
joy, and give “ Three cheers for the ladies
of Early county ! ” Then come up, every
body, next Saturday, and bring along with
you everything that will relieve the wants
of the suffering defenders of your wives,
daughters, homes, property, your all.
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Col. Jack Browh, of the 59th G a. lleg’t.,
was again wounded in the fight of New
Market Heights on the 14th inst'. lie is
a brave jnd gallant officer, and wo hopo
he may soon recover, and be able to meet
I the foe agaiu.
For the following dispatches we are in
debted to Lieut. E. 11. Winn, the Enroll
ing Officer of this District. This plainly
shows that “Joe. Brown” has no right
to call out detailed men :
Head-Quarters 2d &3d Con. Dis., )
Columbus, Ga., July 25,1864. )
Col W, M. B. roivne, Avgusta, Ga.:
Arc men detailed & exempted under Gen
eral Orders No. 2G, Adjutant and Inspec
tor General, subject to the call of Governor
Brown ? Wm. S. Davis,
Capt. & En. Officer.
• . Augusta, Ga., July 25, 1864.
The Bureau*of Conscription has decided
that exempts are liable to the Governor’s
call, but details are not; and directs that
whenever the latter are takeD, a report of
the facts be made.
By order
Cor,. W. M. Browne,
Comd't Conscripts of Ga.
P. Loany, Lt. & Adj’t.
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The Editor of the Albany Patriot is
continually “puffing” the hotels in his
town ! In one issue he advises everybody •
to go to the “Albany House,” and in the
next he wants them to stop at the “ Ivey
House ! ” This is queer to us ! But wo
suppose there is policy in it! As whisky
is high, and the Patriot man don’t have
any “ more money than the law allows,”
and it takes all be can get to buy whisky. .
we guess the hotels feed him by turns for
nothing, in order that he can keep up his
“ spiritual ” ways S lienee he « puffs ” *
one or the other every week !—the one
feeding last always getting the next blow !
There’s a considerable amount qf policy in
this “ puffing ! ” —for he.gets whisky for
his money, and “ grub ” for his continual
“ blowing! ”
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From Mobile.
We learn from Mobile direct, that on
last Mouday we had as many as nine thou
sand men in the trenchc| around the city,
and that this force was receiving large ac
cessions upon boat and train. By this time
the army there must be at least twenty or
twenty-five thousand strong, or quite suffi
cient to successfully defend the city against
every man and gunboat the enemy has
along the Gulf of Mexico. There is not
the slightest apprehension felt in the city
for its safety. The works around it are
considered as strong as those about Charles
ton. The Yaukees will no doubt make a
great blow over the feat performed by Par
agut, but it will eventually avail them
nothing, just like the other victories they
have won.
The Mobile papers fail to throw any
light upon the singular circumstances at
tending the surrender of Fort Gaines.
They seem to wish for an excuse for Col.
Anderson, but have not yet found one.
We hope they will succeed in rescuing
him from that everlasting infamy to which
he is in danger of being consigned.
Macon Confederate.
Correspondence of the News?
Camp at the Big Spring, near )
Leesburg, Va„ July 16, ’&4. }
E. H. Grouby— Sir: As we have got
back into Virginia, and I have an, oppor
tunity at this time of writing a few lines,
I thought I would avail myself of it, ami
let you know a little of our travels Bince
, we "Richmond. You have no doubt
seen Irom the public prints an account of
Gen. Early’s leaving Richmond for Lynch
burg, and chasing Mr. Hunter with his
Yankee mercenaries into the mountains.
After he had driven them below Selam, on
the Lynchburg & Tennessee Rail Road,
he turned his course. We crossed through
the country by Buchanan, and on to Lex
ington, and from there to Staunton. When
wc got to Buchanan tho track of the Yan
kees on their way from Staunton to Lynch,
burg was very perceptible in tho destruc
tion of mills and bridges, and some private
property, such as dwelling houses and torn
down fences, and also fields of grain des
troyed ; but what I thought was the most
wanton destruction was the Military Insti
tute—a fine building built after the order
of the old 1< udal Castles of old times—at
present nothing is left of it but the black
ened and charred walls. From Staunton
we took the pike road to Winchester, and
from there Gen. Early sent part of his
forces to Martiasburg, and the other part
to Harper’s Ferry. At each place we cap
tured a great quantity of stores. We took
the Yankees by surprise at each place.
They had made great preparations for a
fourth of July jollification. But how fu
tile are thi# plans , and calculations of poor
erring mortals! for when “Brother Johna
than ” was calculating on a big blow out
here, the cussed rebels come and swept ail
away from there. Well, after moving all
that was valuable from each of the places,
we crossed the Potomac; and at Sharps
burg both parts of the army came together
and moved on to Boonsboro’, at which place
it became apparent was our destination.
At Boonsboro’, by turning to the left, the
road would take us in the direction of Har
risburg, Pa„ while turning to the right
leads in the direction of Washington. We
took the latter, and went on to Frederick
City, at which place wo found some Yan
kees, who made a demonstration as if they
intended to dispute our further oriward
movement. The Yankees left the City»and
took possession of some heights at the
junction of the rail road on the Washing
ton pike, On-Monday afternoou of the
I Oth inst., our men were formed in line of
battle, and for awhile the light went on
pretty hot, but towards night the Yankees
made tracks towards Washington, and. did
not stop until they got there, except some
five hundred, who were Gor
don’s Division had a good share of tho
fighting as usual, and Evan’s Brigade (for
merly Gordou’s) came in for a good share
of killed and wounded. I have not learn-
ed what the exrtct number was, but 1 will
give you the casualties of the old, true and
brave “Early Guards:” One killed and
. seveq, wounded, as follows : Killed—Capt.
Potter, shot through the heart. Wound
, cd—Lieut. Poster, in tho leg, the ball
running round the bone below the knee,
without breaking it—l was told that w hen
the ball was extracted it had mashed up
and bent around the bone; James Bush, iu
leg, since amputated; William Lewis, in
three places, mortally ; Richard Lewis, in
arm and side, but up with his command ;
John RansoDe, in the knee, bone not broke;
William Howard, in the hand, lost two fin
gers; and a young man named Reynolds,
who joined the Compauy at Griflin, Ga.,
in Lieut. Poster, Bush, William
Lewis, Kamfone and William Howard were
taken to the l’aukce hospital at Frederick
City. The Yankee cavalry came in there
as soon as we left, and of course captured
them.
On Tuesday evening, 12th inst., we ar
rived before the breastworks arouud Wash
ington, some three or four miles from the
city. We did not go by the way of G eorge
town, which was the nearest way, but'at
Rockville wo turned t» the right and took
a road that led ihto the city at Seventh
street—our reason for that-was the defences
at that part of the city were not so string
as at the other. I have no doubt but wc
could have gone into the city that evening,
only that the men were broke down with
marching, for we had inarched over twenty
• miles that day, and I believe it \yas one of
the hottest dayg 1 ever experienced; dura.*