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Early County News.
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Blakely Male & Female
Academy.
Rtv. T. 1!. Stout D. M. Wade,
Associate Principals.
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TIM IE al iovc Institution will open again -on
1_ Monday, th« 12th of September next,
said continue for the term of fifteen weeks.
< Competent assistance will be procured if
necessary.
Hates of tuition for the term will be as
follows:
First Ci.ass—Spelling, Reading,'Writing
and Mental Arithmetic..*...' $22,00
SKcosft"t'r,KS: -Kuglish Grammar; OCOg
ratdiy and Written Aritbmvtic„„ r >,oo
ThikdCLass —Advanced English and Lan
guages f............ 560,00
If parties desire it. tuition will bo charged
at old rates, payable in provisions at the old
rates.
A Music Teacher will be employed in con
nection with the, school.
N<> deduction for a few weeks absence at
the beginning of the term, or any time there
after. except in cases of protracted sickness.
For further information, address either of
tin* Principals.
Blakely, Aug. 17, 1864. 43-lm
Flag of Truce Letters.
Cosixdkkate States or America, 1
, War DEt’.tmment, Bureau or Exc’o, *•
Richmond, Yu., duly 1, 1864.)
A lAj letters to go North by flag of truce
Jx must be sent to this office.
2. Each letter must be enclosed in a sepa
rate envelope and addressed to me, Bureau
of Exchange, Richmond, Va. *
3. No letter must exceed in length one
page of ordinary sized letter paper, and its
contents be confined strictly to personal* or
family* matters. No letter alluding to the
movements or localities of troops will be ai
lowed to pass.
4. Each-letter must cwstain a United States
postage stamp, or its'equivalent in silver or
I’nited Stares currency. Those regulations
will be rigidly enforced, and no letter trans
mitted iu which they are not strictly ob
«ep.v-d. . »UER'£ gulp,
A gout pt*Exehang@.
[Official:]
W. H. Csq.4- A, A. A. G.
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Planters of Georgia.
Oirics Georoi.a Relief and ]
HosriTAi. Association*, j
Those iif you who have subscribed Cotton
to the objects of this Association, and whb
Nave not yet put ns in possession of the same,
wilil please forward the bales subscribed, or
their equivalent in money, as vve propose to
invest immediately the funds derived from
t his .source of supply in Clothing lor the des
tiitaxte and suffering of the Army.
By order of tin- Executive Committee.
• JOSEPH 11. WILSON, Chairman.
<itet. If), 1»62. l-ts
WHEELER'S
CENTRAL HOUSE,
FOHT (,'AJXES, GEORGIA.
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The undersigned returns thanks for the
liberal patronage that has been extended to
lawn tor ttie past two years, would also in
form tho traveling public that lie is still on
hand with the best the market affords, to
supply their wants.
As I have no blowers, who blow for
itkeir cnu'ii. attached to the Railroad to
clow for me, please give me a call, and
pudge for yourselves.
GEO. W. WHEELER,
v*2-’l2-tf Proprietor.
Troy Manufact’ing Company.
WOODEN Ware, Furniture, Mattresses,
&«•.. Ac., for sale bv
TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
Spinning Wheels,
AT wholesale and retail, by
TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
* Camp Stools,
] 7*oll sale by the
'I TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
• Columbus. Ga., Sept. 24, 1862. v2-19-tl
In the field again J
JAMES BUCHAN NON &, CO.
Have for sale
Fine English Prints,
Fine English Bleaehings,
Augusta Sheetings,
* Spun Yarn.
Spool Thread,
Flax Thread,"
Shoe Thread,
Iron, Nails, Tobacco, Snuff, and many other
articles too tediouß to ment!
Feb. 10, 1864. 17-ts
N 0 TICE .
-| )FUSONS having Cotton stored in our
X Ware House are requested to come for
ward and deposit funds to pay the taxes on
the same, else we shall be forced to sell a suf
ficient quantity to pay said taxes, in accord
ance with the provisions of the law. And
all Cotton lying in Store twelve monthsafter
date of receipt, will l»e put iu good order at
the expense of the owner.
SUTLIVE & HOLLAND.
Fort Gaines, July Y->, 1-03. 36 ts
BLIKELY, GEO., SEPTEMBER 31, 1864.
€adir 'Cwmtg fte. *
Term 3 ofSubscription:
Im- 1 Year SIO,OO
Ftir 6 Months....*. - 35,00
No subsciptions received for less than six
months, and payment always required in ad
vance. »
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Rates of Advertising: .
» 1 Square, (oeeupyiilgfthe space of ten Bour
geois lines, or less,) each insertion..,s2,oo ,
GRANTS ‘‘SONG OF THE DIRT/*
The following was'found in the trenches,
in the pocket of an oflicer of the Corps d*
Afrique, killed at the battle of the Mine, be
fore Petersburg, on the 30th July, ISO 4 :
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With digits bleeding and bare, ’
With brain all whiskied and sick,
Ulysses stood in the house of the blue,
Plying the shovel and pick.
1 Dig. dig, dig !
Iu blouse, suspender and shirt,
And still, in his costume of woeful rig,
He sung this “ Song of the*Dirt: ”
Ditch, ditch, ditch 1
While the r mor tars arc having a lout,
• And dijph, ditch, ditch,
Whili? tie dead are carried out.
Its *1 to be a knave,
And here in the trenches to lurk,
Whik there is a ‘ Union ’ to save,
This is the Yankee’s work.
Dig, dig, dig,
In a parallel up to the eyes,
And dig. dig, dig*.
’Till the strongest staggers and dies.
Trench, bastion and ditch,
Ditch, bastion and trench,
The blood that flows in, will it never flow
* out, * » •
And the Yankee ardor qnench 1
O, rebels over the' way !
O, robs, with rifles true!
It is .not Yanks you’re killing off,
Rut the 4 Old Union’ too !
IJifeh, ditch, ditch,
fn a blouse bine row of slaves,
Digging at once with spade aud pick, •
Our* irinc-picsYinirgrdYos.
Dig, dig, dig,
By the light of moon, or sun,
Dig, dig, dig;
Will this digging never bo done ?
Ditch, bastion and trench;
Trench bastion and mine,
From one to another, by zig zags slow,
I change the base of my lines.
Q, Abe, of the brawny hand !
O, Stanton and Seward so thick!
Gome, Abe, you take command,
And Seward you take my pick.
A little whisky would ease my head,
•But. Butler has lost the key
That locks it up in Petersburg,
And behind the door is Lee.
I had hoped to catch that Reb,
And was weaving his shrouding, when, *
Like a spider caught in his web,
1 was 4 boss ’ in a 4 slaughter pen/
And the souls of the slaughtered men,
That I hurried into the fight, *
All pass in review again.
In a phantom host to-night.
O, Ape, with the ass’ head !
O, Abe, do votl call this a joke 1
With a record of thousands dead,
And the Union gone up in a smoke ?
To-morrow ’twill be the same—
A year of to-morrow’s yet,
Digging right under the rebel aim,
The grave and parapet!
With digits bleeding and bare.
With brain all whiskied and sick,
Ulysses stood iu his blouse of blue,
Plyinjj the shovel and pick.
Ditch : ditch! ditch ! 4
In trowsers, supender and shirt,
And oft with a voice all thickened and rich,
Pausing only to scratch the itch —
He sung the “ Song of the Dirt.”
The following anecdote is old enough to
have been fbrgottou by most of the present
generation, but't is good enough to be pre
served :
A renowned clergyman preached rather
a long sermon from the text “ Thou art
weighed in the balance and found wanting.”
After the congregation had listened about
an hour, some begau to get weary and went
out; others soon followed, greatly to the
annoyance of the minister. Another per
son started, whereupon the parson stopped
in his sermon and said, “ That is right,
gentlemen ; as fast as you are weighed
pass out.” He continued his sefmon at
some length after that, but no one disturb
ed him by leaving.
♦
What a glorious world this would bo if
all the inhabitants could say, with Shake
speare’s Shepherd:
“ Sir, I am a true laborer ; I cam what
I wear ; owe no man hate ; envy no man's
happiness ; glad of other men's good ; con
tent with my farm.”
. Specimen of Red Tape.
The Ytlanta Intelligencer is responsible
for the Allowing:
Offer—W.ell, sir!
Sick joldier— I wish to get a requisition
approve! for ratious to go home on.
Office—What are they sending such
fellows $ you home for? Let’s see your
papers. Be-in a hurry; I. can’t wait all
da ?' i
Therds my sick furlough^and here is
my— j
Office* —Oh! I donfc want, to sec your
pushes,aid This isn’t fixed up
right, put I haven’t timd to fbol with it.
(Applies the document.)
soihier —Where must I go now?
Ofleer —Go? Why go the commander
of thqpost and get it approved. I’m tired
to dentil with answering you fellows.,
OFFICE.
Soldier—Major, please sign this for me,
1 can get my rations.
Oftifca —Hand them over, f writes.)
Thhti n&c!
Collier—Cau you tell me where I must g
go to now ?
t (flioer —No! Orderly, tell this man
where to. go to the. commissary.
Orderly—Go down the street two squares,
turn to (inf left, go one square and the se
cond housa beyond the corner Depot Com
missary.
. COMMISSARY DEPOT.
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Soldicfttl want to get my rations on Ibis
paper.
Commissary—«Wcll, sir, hand ’em over.
” What the devil is the reason you fellows
don’t gctlyour eating at the Way sides, or
bring your ratious along, and save us all
this trouble ? Never iniod, l don’t want
to hear anything about it. (Approves the
paper.)
•Soldier—Where will I get thfe rations ?
Commissary—Get! why, get them here.
That man will give.them to you.
Clerk —Hand over your ticket. Mr.
Smith, gife this man this requisition.
This niipemjsn’t right 4 , ‘that line needs fill
ing out, and here's a blot. Well, give it to
him aiftl' gift*id its the a ofible. -
Soldier—Will I have to wait long? I'm
mighty hungry. It’s nigh onto two days
since I had auything to cat.
Smith —Yes, wait your turn. We’ll
help you some time to-night, 1 expeet. .
Here, get off them sacks. You can't lie
there.
Soldier—T have walked three or four
miles to get the . requisition fixed up, and
am mighty tired ami hungry, and sick too.
Smith—Well, damn it, l cau’t help that.
Go to the hospital.
The soldier sits down on a box, and in
an hour, when they wish to close the store,
he is found dead—literally starved to death.
A victim to red tape and neglect.
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Obeying Orders.
A oertain General supposing his favorite
horse dead, ordered an Irishman to go aud
skin him.
“ What, is Silvertail dead?” asked Pat.
“ What’s that to you ? ” replied the of- .
fleer. “Doas I bid you, and ask no ques
tioni”
Pit went about his business, and in au
hour or two returned.
“ Well, Pat, where have you been to
thi.Si time ? ” asked the General.
’“fSkinning the horse, your honor.”
d Does it take nearly two hours to per
forin such an oporation ? ”
‘‘No, yer honor, but thin you sec it tuck
’bout half an hour to catch him.”
“Catch him! fire and furies ! was he
alive.”
“• Yes, ycr honor, and you know 1 could
not skin him alive.”
‘| Skin him alive ! Did you kill him ’
“ To be sure I did ; you know I must
obey orders without asking any questions. ’
True happiness is oi a retired nature,
aud an enemy to pomp and noise : it aris
es in the first from the enjoyment of ones
self, aud in the next from the friendship
and conversation of a few select companions.
False happiness loves to be iu a crowd, and .
to draw the eyes of the world upon her.
She does not receive any satisfaction Ironi
the applause which she gives herself, but
from tho admiration which she raises in
others.
Three things appear to be uninjured by
the fall of man —the songs ot birds, the
beauty of fiowers, and the smiles ol infan
cy ; for it is difficult to conceive how eith
er of theso could have been more perfect
had man remained holy; as ii God wouM
leave us something pure to remind ns ol
the Paradise we have lost, and to poict U 2
to that which wc shall re£MD.
An old Catechism renewed for th* use
of Children in the Confederate States.
We extract the following Sp&nish Cate
chism from an-old French History ot the
wars of Napoleon iu the Peninsula, which
we commend to all instructors in our Sun
day Schools who may desirfe a terse, popu
lar formula containing Bound theological
and,political doctrine, nad eawlly memoris
ed by children. The names of the three
persous of the diabolical' Trinity used by
the Spaniards Murat'and Man
uel Goday) have beenchungbd.losuit tidies
and circumstances:
Qrf.st j o-n—child, whai
Answkii —A Southron Iry the grace■ of
God.
Q. What dast thou mean by that 7
A. An honest man.
<J.. Who is the enemy of our Felicity ?
. A . The Emperor of the Van hoes. ,
<j! How many natures has he ?
A. Two : the bumau and the diabolical.,
Q. How many Emperors of Y’ankcednm.
are these.
A. One veritable Emperor joined in
three persons. *
Q. What are they called ?
A. Abraham Lincoln, W. 11. Seward
and Butler the Beast.
Q. Which of the.threc is tffo most wick
ed ? '
A. They are all three equally so.
(T. From what is Lincoln derived ?
.V From sin.
Q. Seward 7
-A. From Lincoln,
0- Add Butler?
A. From the formation of the two.
Q. Wiiat is the spirit <#f the first ?
A. Pride and despotism.
Q. Os tho second ?
A. Cupidity, treachery and ignoran-w.
Q. Os tlie third?
* A. Rapine and cruelty.
Q. What are the Yankees ?
A. Former QUriijtiana lapsed into iulidcl
ity and htfresy.'
Q. ]« it a sin to >!yy a Yankee ?
•A. A'b. father, we gain heaverfby killing'.
quo of tlie impious .does.
Q?'Wl»at punishment
merit who fails iu his duty* *> *
A. The death and infamy of a traitor.
Q. What alone will deliver ps frofn our
enemies ? , *
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A. Confidence in each other and in nur
arms.
SorvitMK.
South Carolina to the Rescue.
Governor Bonham, of South Carolina,
has issued a proclamation calling out tin?
militia of that State to organize for imme
diate service. The Governor thus con
cludes’his proclamation :
Citizens of South Carolina ! You enter
ed this contest resolved to live free or per
ish. Your brothers, sons and fathers of 1
the army, and State Reserves are already
in the field. Place yourselves by theiv
sidett and make good your determination,
that no foul minion of the despot Lincoln
should ever place, with impunity, his un
hallowed foot-print on the soil of your
State. You have never wronged your foes.
Make them rue the day they attempted to
efface you from your heritage and give it.
to others. Tho ray of hope wAiich some
sanguine persons supposed they saw in tho
Chicago Convention has gone out in dark
ness. Be uot deluded. There is no pros
pect of peace from that quarter. Peace is
to be obtained alone, under the blessing of
God, through your fortitude, your sacrifi
ces and your own strong arms.
The word con is a peculiar word, for if
we eon-jecture right it is quite necessary
to the con-struotion of many things besides
the cou-st itution of the Confederacy or Con
gress cither. In fact it construes many
things which seem con-temptible into what
may be con-sidered ot some concern to man r
kind and to the country, as con scription,
coo-fisoation, ind which may be con-veu
icntly applied to military as well as civil
life, as the, ini Itary con is conquer ; a civ*
il eon enn-qn st; a Confederate con con
scription ) a railroad con con-ductor; a mat
rimonial con ebnnubialj a judge’.*, cog con
demn ; a fop’s con eon-ocit; a fireman » con
con-Sagratioqf; a religious con con version;
a bachanaliatf con cou-viviality ) a patient 3
<con con-valej»eencc, &c.
Mrs. Eliza Swearengen,
MIDWIFE & NURSE,
Acatx tenders her services to her former
patrons, and to as many uew ones as may
call on hcD- She will also put up female
medicine. Can always he found, unless pro
fessionally fttgaged. at Mrs. \Ut. Williams'
residence, one mile from Blakely cm the road
loading to Cuthbcrt.
Blakely, April 1864. ~8-ti
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