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E. H. GROUBY,
• Editor, Proprietor & Publisher.
liLA K ELY:
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1864.
A Yankee force of 10,000 now occupy
Holly Springs, Miss.
The citizens of Eastern and Middle Ala
bama are flocking to Motile to engage in
the defence of their gullant State.
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Our thanks are tendered to our friend,
Mr. A. Barksdale, for an excellent Water
jnellon, the finest we have seen this year.
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Since the war commenced the Federate
have lust f)J Generals, of whom ;»G were
killed in battle, and 15 have died of dis
eases contracted in the service.
The Yankees have desecrated the grave
of Stonewall .lackson at Lexington, la.
They also broke up the headstone and car
ried it off.
'l'hc Richmond states, upon the
authority of an officer in the Quartermas
ter’s Department, that the- tithe bacon in
the seven States cast of the Mississippi
will amount to twenty-one million pounds.
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Among the killed by the explosion of
the Yankee mine at Petersburg, was Col.
John \V. Evans, of the 61th Georgia—a
most valuable officer: lie was formerly
Solicitor General of the South-Western
Circuit.
The Richmond Examiner says that the
Confederate Government having expressed
its right to couscribe natives of Maryland
who have obtained a residence or domicil
in the Confederate States, the enrolling
officers are proceeding with the work.
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Can any one tell us what has gone with
the Cuthbcrt Himes? We'havn’t sccu a
copy of it. for two or three weeks. Wo
have bad an intimation, though, that the
Josephus lamp part of tho concern has
etc tamped for .parts unknown.
During their late visit to Madison, the
Yankee raiders did not burn the depot
there, as was at first reported. The failure
to burn the depot is said to be owiug to the
remonstrance of sonic of the citizens on the
ground that many family residences would
be endangered.
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Can any one tell us how many of tho
infernal scamps now claiming “ foreign
protection ” participated iu the Presiden
tial election of I 860? Our opinion is that
the last rascal of them voted in that elec
tion, but we would like to hear somebody
vise’s views on the matter.
The Richmond papers are pleased to
state, for tho benefit of the Soldiers, that
it. is reported that the Government has now
’ secured the services of honest and compe
tent men iu a department lately complained
of, and that hereafter none but sound to
bacco will be issued.
Tho Detroit Tribune says that quite a
cumber of rebel emmissarios are now re
cruiting in Canada. Toronto seems to be
their bead quarters. At Windsor, Maj. S.
Lawrence, chief in the hi?-inoss, obtained
uv>>r fifty recruits in a few days, chiefly
from rebel Soldiers who had escaped from
l uion prisons.,
from preparations being made iu Mis
sissippi, it looks as if the Federate were
about to start on another grand raid thro’
that State. The papers say that our guer
illas are fully prepared to moct them, and
will give them a warm reception when they
make their appearance.
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The negroes and clerks in the Govern
ment departments at Washington have been
mustered into the same battalion—here a
piece of white stone, there a piece of black.
Thin is white washing with a vengeance.
If the Treasury vaults do not suffer more
from this organization than the “rebel”
armies, old Abe will be lucky.- There is
but ouc thing more needed to make this
battalion complete—that is, to muster old
Abe’s Congrcatjuieu wlieu they return to
the Capuui.
Stephen Hcitzelberger has arrived in
Haiti more, from Richmond, and taken the
oath of allegiance to the Yankee Govern
ment. We have always heard it said that
“ Stephen’s so deeeiven ’till the devil would
n’t believe him”—though we don’t know
whether the saying originated from the ly
ing .propensities of Stepheu Heitzelberger,
though we suppose it did, as he is a tri
fling,lfeto—but one thing we do know, and
that is that the Devil will not refuse licit
zelberger a place iu the lower regions, no
matter what he says, whether be tells a lie
or the truth when he is drawn up to ren
der iu his final account, for every Jew in
the land is as certain to go to hell when he
“ shuffles, off this mortal coil ” as a thrip
used to be good for a “ jinger-cake!” All
thieves and scoundrels go to the Devil cer
tain, and hence there is not the slightest
chauce for even the toe nails of a Jew to
be saved.!
is tho time fur good citizens to
stand py the country.. J*et the? acts of
those who arc refusing the currency bo
condemned by the voice of the people.
Let it be done in any mauner so as to strike
it borne to those unpatriotic men who have
taken this step. It is the duty of the peo
ple to protect the Government in the rear.
It is a duty they owe to*the Soldiers who
are standing in arms at the front. It is h
duty they owe to the families of those Sol
diers who are at home toiling day and night
for a scanty subsistence. Speak out your
open condemnation of those who are re
fusing this money, and force it upon them
to take it. Relieve the country at ouee of
the influence of those who are operating
against it, and let these bills buy bread aD<l
meat for the poor for the few short months
they have to run.
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The Yankees are famous for their yin
der-ground proclivities. They worked a
month iu making a tunnel or “ gallery ”
600 foct iu length and about 20 feet under
• the surface of our breastworks at Peters
burg, just where one of our batteries was
located. The mine was charged with 12,-
000 pounds of powder, in eight boxes, and
was ignited about 5 o'clock iu the morning.
The explosion was terrific, heaving lgrge
masses of earth* fifty feet in the air, and
creating a chasm sixty fc#t in width, which
destroyed about a hundred Confederate
Soldiers. It was afterwards nearly filled
with dead Yankees, who rushed in our
works, but were repulsed with great slaugh
ter by Mahone’s Brigade.
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The crops are now made. The next
most important step is to urge upon all of
our planters the importance-of full crops
of cabbages, turnips, beets, &c. If every
planter will put in and properly cultivate
one quarter of an acre of cabbages and tho
samo of turnips to the hand, it will add
greatly to the comfort of our armies, and
diminish the necessity for a full supply of
other provisions. With a very small al
lowance of meat and bread, with pleuty of
vegetables, our Soldiers will go through
the winter in contentment and comfort,
especially if they are led by skillful Gen
erals to victory and the reacquisition of
our territory.
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If our readers should find any mistakes
iu our present number, they will have to
lay the blame to our friend Mrs. E. J.
Garliugtou, who sent us a bottle of decids
ly the finest and best home made Wine we
have drank in years* aud which was tho
cause of our getting a little score than
“joyful ”• last Monday !—and heDce wero
almost unable to attend to buisness ! Ev
er since we finished the wine, we have been
“ smelling ” the bottle, and wishing—that
somebody else would fill it again ! Oh, ye
departed spirits !—how we mouru about
thee!
We are far from being even with the
enemy in burning. They have burned
Germantown and Madison 0. 11., in Va.j
Washington, N. C.; Bluffton, S. C.; Da
rien and St. Mary’s, Ga.; Jacksonville and
Tampa Bay, Fla.; Jackson, Miss; Green
ville aud other towns iu Arkansas; Alex
andria and New Iberia, La.; Hickman,
Randolph, Lake Providence, Bayou Sara,
Plaquemine, Donaldsonville, and every oth
er towns on the Mississippi river, from the
mouth of the Ohio to New Orleans, except
Memphis, Xatchez, Vicksburg aud Baton
Rouge.
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See advertisement of the Drug Store.
Gen. Hood is gathering up quite an ar
my from the cooks and teamsters. If the
hundreds and of Quartermaster
and Commissary departments in the South
were filled by clerks who had been disabled
in battle, thousands of able bodied men
could be added to the armies of Hood and
Lee. An order has been issued for the
hiring of negroes as teamsters. - The Gov
eruineut offers $25 per mouth, with food,
clothing and medical attention, and guar
antees the value of the negro against loss
by battle or the accidents of war. If the
negroes are not voluntarily hired, they will
be impressed immediately. This is a step
in the right direction, certain, but will he
the cause of many of the rich commencing
a general “ howl ” if their a God-blessed
negroes” have to assist in our present
struggle. There are one or two things,
though, about this matter that we cannot
understand. One is, why it is that the
Government offers to pay for all-negroes
who may be lost in battle or the accidents
of war—aud the other is, why it is that
the rich man is paid $25 per month for
the services of his negroes, wheu the poor
devil of a white man is only allowed sll
per month for his own services. Is this
right ? Is it fair ? Is not a poor mail’s
service's worth as much in the army as a
rich man’s negro ? Is it right to tax a
poor man, who never has, does not now,
and never expects to own a negro, to help
pay a rich man for a negro it is his mis
fortune to lose-iii the army ? So far as we
are concerned, we wouldn’t" care a cent if
every rich man who would receive a cent
from the Government in such a case as this
was in the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.
Mr. W , a resident of this-county,
happened to be at Macon at the time the
Yankees made a raid on the city, and, see
ing a number of Texans and "Louisianians
preparing to meet the enemy, promptly
volunteered, drew his gun, went to the field
with those old veterans, and helped to drive
back the enemy. We only mention this
case from the fact that tire newspapers in
Macon are parading the names of several
preachers (and, we believe, some of them
residents of the place,) as lining assisted
in defending Macon. We think they did
their duty— twthwy more —and if there was
a man in Macon, able to fire a gjui, who
did not go promptly to the field, he cer
tainly neglected a duty,, of which lie ought
to be ashamed as long as he lives. Preach
ers, we believe, are as patriotic as other
people. "They pray for our cause —love in
dependence —hate Yankees, and will fight
for liberty. But this “ puffing ” a few of
them for defending their homes looks like
the press has but little confidence in them.
. as a body. We don’t believe the “ spunk ”
all belongs to oue denomination, either.
The Missionary Baptists arc good “pluck,”
the Methodists aud Presbyterians are hard
to beat, and the old Primitive Baptists will
fight “’till everything turns blue,” for they
believe that it was intended that we should
fight for and gain our independence “from
the foundation of the world.”
Gen. Hunter, immediately on bis return
from his disastrous campaign to Lyneh
burc, is said to have had J. E. Wharton,
editor of the Parkersburg (Ya.) Gazette ,
put in jail, for commenting severely on thq
failure and his (IP’s) incompetently. ‘This
is “freedom of the press” with a caution,
ain’t it? Military power” will, some
day, entirely rule, both North and South.
God deliver us from ever seeing that day!
We had as soefn be in hell without claws
as to be ruled aud domineered over by some
of our present little jackass officers after
this war is over! Mauy of our present
military officers arc a perfect disgrace to
our country and cause, and the only thing
they need to become more so is a little
more power aud authority, which thou
sands of them are daily seeking to obtain.
May the Lord blot out all such power-hr
imj wretches from the face of the earth
immediately after the war closes !
Stanton, the Federal Secretary of War,
whose resignation was lately announced,
will leave a name in history as the second
greatest liar in Yankcedom. Pope stands
first, and has won a reputation in this par
ticular branch of the Yankee" service which
no man may ever hopo to obscure. Pope,
Stauton aud Halleek ! Their names are
suggestive of excellence in the art ot pre
varication.
Below will be found a list of the contri
butions made to the Soldiers’ Aid Society
of this county last Saturday. It is with
shame, for our eitizeus that we publish
it, for there are many, very mauy , in our
county who are well able to give bountifully
who have not contributed a cent, while
those who have, have only given a very
small mite. The ladies of the Society are
sadly disappointed, for they expected, ai
the enemy approached nearer, that our cit
izens would be more liberal, and give tea
pounds of meat, ten gallons of syrup, &c.,
where they have not given one. They ex
pected that the people of Early county, on
this occasion, would show their liberality
by making up at least three or four large
boxes of provisions, &c., for our suffering
Soldiers, while they have only had contrib
uted for this noble purpose one very small
The fact is, we cmee heard of a
fellow who had a shirt made that would
hold everything that was contributed on
this occasion. How is this? Is not Ear
ly county as patriotic as any other in the
State? We have a name abroad that
makes every county in Georgia envy us,
but it is fast oozing out at tin l linger? ends
of our citizens. Po you, citizens of Early
county, expect to gain independence by
your infernal stinginess ? If you do, you
will be certain to obtain it, and that very
soon.- But if this is the way you expect
to gain independence, you are very much
mistaken. How can you expect Soldiers
to light for you ami your liberty while you
refuse to give them something to eat and
in this county who have, and continue to
say, that they don't believe in these Relief
Associations, and think the Government
ought to do.this feeding of the Soldiers,
and therefore refuse to give anything.
Whenever we hear any one say this, wo
believe our part of it. which is confounded
little. They only say this becaused they
are too inf' enal stinyy to give anything to
those who are fighting for their all. It is
a great deal better for ever one to give our
nepdy Soldiers’ something now, than to af
ter a while have to give ail to the Yan
kees. it really looks to us, whenever any
thing is asked to be contributed to our
Soldiers, thatyhere"are many in this coun
ty who would rather let the Yankees take
everything from them than to give our
braves enough to “ keep sou! and body to
gether.” It is now perfectly useless, we
consider, lor our Soldiers’ Aid Society to
try to do anything further in this noble
cause, and had as well “ hang up the fid
dle and the bow, for ” —tbe people are to?»
infernal hard-hearted and selfish to give a
poor Soldier a mouthful to eat. iff they
thought it would be the cause of saving
his life. Until we think there is a change
in the liberality off the people, our columus
are no longer open to anything pertaining
to the Soldiers' Aid Society off Earlv coun
ty, for we consider it perfectly useless to
be continually calling meetings, Ac ~ when
tbe people are. too stingy to do anything
in the matter. We would also advise the
ladies of this Society to stop their exer
tions until they are convinced that they
can accomplish more good iu the future
than
.
’I lie news by this morning’s mail says
our forces have attacked Memphis, and
probably captured the place. Also a great
riot in New Orleans is reported, jn conse
quence of the attempt to enforce the draft.
Ihe raiders who recently made an attack
on Jonesboro’ have “ vamoused.” Wheel
er has driven the Yankee? from Dalton,
! and occupies a portion off the town.