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EARLY COUNTY NEWS. VOL. VI. BY E. H. GROUBY, €ix\% Countg Jletos, • Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year.... -..510,00 For 6 Months. a $5,00 No subsciptions received for less than six months, and payment always required in ad vance. » ' V. Rates of Advertising; l Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour geois lines, oY less,) each insertion...s2,oo * r SPEAK GENTLY Speak gently —it is better far To rule by love, than fear— Speak gently—let not harsh words mar The good we might do here! Speak gently—Love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind; And gqntly Friendship’s accents flow ; Affection’s voice is kind. Spoilt gently to the little child ! Its love be sure to gain ; Teach it in accents sou ajnd mild— . It may not long remain. Speak gently to the young, for they Will have enough to bear—- Pass through this life as best they may, ’Tis full of anxious care ! Speak gently to the aged one, Grieve not the care-worn heart, The sands of life are nearly run, # Let such in peace depart! Speak gently, kindly, to the poor— Let no harsh tone be heard; They have enough they must endure, Without an unkind word ! Speak gently to the evring—know, They may have toiled in vain ; I’erchanee unkindnoss made them so; Oh, win them back again! Sp**ak gently—lto who gave his lifo To bend man’s stubborn will. When elements were tierce in strife, Said to them, “ Peace, be still.” Speak gently—’tis a little thing Dropped in the heart’s deep well; -stiwaih Eternity shall tell. A Northern Man’s View. The army correspondent of the Mail, in his lust letter, says he has just seep a copy of the Louisville Journal of the 26th. It contains a very sensible letter from John G. Davis, of.lndiana. Mr. Davis does not think the capture of Southern towus and territory are unravelling the mystery of peace. He believes that jvery city in Dix ie might fall without the conclusion of the war and the disorganization of the rebel lion. “ For,” observes he, with great truth, “ when you have driven Lee out of'Rich mond, as you have Hood ,out of Atlanta— captured Augusta, Macon, Montgomery —taken Mobile, and forced the grand ar mies of the South to unite, you will still have that great territory west qf the Mis sissippi to clear, and this alone is a task , equal to the last three years’ work.” Up on these ideas Mr. Davis thinks it would be wise to offer some terms to the rebels to in duce them to enter a convention of the States. “In the event of such a general Congress,” says he, “ there is a great reason to hope that the good sense of both parties would be able to reach some wise, patriotic and happy consumation.” From the position of Mr Davis, as here indicated, it would seem that he is more hopeful (by implication) of our cause than many of the croakers in our mids.t. ■ ♦— . A lady writer in an exchange communi cates the following bit of information ob tained where she “ took tea last.” A dislx that I took to be preserves, was passed, which, upon tasting, I was surprised to learn contained no fruit. The ease with which it was prepared, and the trifling cost of its materials, are not its chief recommen dations,for unlessmy tasting apparatus fool ed me, as it is not usually wont to do, it is emphatically a tiptop substitute for apple sauce, apple butter, tomato preserves and all that sort of thing. Its preparation is as follows : Moderately boil a pint of mo lasses from five to twenty minutes, accord ing to its consistency; then add three eggs thoroughly beaten, hastily stirring them in, and continue to boil a few minutes longer, .then season with a nutmeg or lemon. -♦ »■ (Gov. Allen, of Kentucky, recognizing the powerful and beneficial influences of t he press, has imported paper enough to keep them all going for a year, and exempted all the printers from State service. lied cheeks are only oxygen in another shape Girls anxious to wear a pair will get them where the roses do—out of doors. JKay DEATH ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RASCALLY G#tfE*NMENT &c., &c.“©* * , 'l W ■ _ ' BLAKELY, GLA.., OCTOBER 19, 1864. Federal Outrages in Virginia. A lady residing in the necx of land ly ing between the Rappahannock and Poto mac rivers, Va., lias written a letter to one, of her friends in Columbia S. C., which chiefly describes the month of June in that section. We make the following extracts: I suppose you,have seen through the papers that our neck of land had been raid ed by nqgro and White troops, and that they had destroyed almost everything before them, insulting ladies in the basest manner, shooting at old men, cutting lip furniture, burning books and farming utensils, car rying off clothing of every kind, cattle, J mtvwoj <v»yfeiog-before these. The very wealthiest of our people are living in per fectly empty houses, without knowing from one day where the next meal is to come from, and utterly without clothing, except the one change on their backs. Not a ser vant —literally nothing. In many places the base attempts of the negro troops upon the ladies proved but too successful, while oftener the poor wretch ed women, who seemed imbued with more than natural strength, broke from them, and spent days and nights in the woods j in several instances in their night clothes. Don’t think lam exaggerating things. I could mention names even which I am sure you have often heard. Persons of the very best .families have suffered every thing the most fiendish hate could devise ; although the white troops abstained from taking part in the worst acts, they never at tempted to curb the .blacks —rather en couraging them “ to drag down the spirit of these proud Southern womefl,” as they call it. Fdur negro men attempted such a foul outrage ou a lady, that she tried to throw herself out of the window, preferring death - to dishonor; but just as she threw up the window, while her negro women were en deavoring to hold the wretches off, she heard her little children crying; she says, it flashed over her that it was still a duty to try and live for them. Just then one of the creatures caught hold of her, but , she fcrplj;e for the stairs ; one of them, guarding toe stairs. Teamed Ins musket and threatened to fire if she came down; but in her agony she sprang over the banisters and fled for life; on the way to the woods, she caught her two little babies up and ran on. When she reached her sister’s house, about two miles distant, she fainted at the door; and though only about twenty-five or six of age, her hair'Was blanched as white as cotton ; in the struggle, before she got away, she was bruised black by strokes from the musket barrels. ' In another instance, not two miles from me„ a young girl almost just confined, was beset by six of the viliians ; let your imag ination picture the worst it can, and a lin gering death for six days after tell, when God freed her from her misery and shame, and you have the story which I blush to write. Nor are these solitary instances. * *• * * * * One thing I forgot to tell you in refer ence to the lady whose miraculous escape I have mentioned. Col. Draper, of the Fifth Regiment, searched her house in a very gentlemanly manner, bowed politely . at the door, and promised her on his hon or she should not be molested by any one else, since he had searched her house, and was perfectly satisfied. She then distinct ly heard him when he said, waving his hand to the negroes, “ Now you can go in,” and rode off. His command, when he disband ed his troops at Warsaw, was to “go loose and do as you choose.” Au Arkansas correspondent makes .the prediction that within three months For rest will command as large an army as either Hood or Lee, and another, that as a neces sary consequence the war will be transferred to its original starting point, and adds: For rest sent into Kentucky, before he crossed the Tennessee, the remnant of a Kentucky brigade, with the assurance from its officer that they would meet him in Tennessee or on his way to Louisville with three or four thousand wen. + »-♦ • The New York Times confesses honestly that “ a people in such a state of mind as the Southerners, with armies of so much ?>luck, spirit and endurance, and so well ed, as they put and keep in the field, can not be subdued by hired aliens and South ern field hands.” An honest confession is said to be good for the soul. Arnold, sin abolition emissary from Illi nois, who has been speaking in Western - Pennsylvania, reports that the Union men will carry Pennsylvania by fifty thousand » in November. A Minister Flogged! The Rev. 0. B. Caldwell, who Is on du ty in Gaa. Wheeler’s corps,-gives the Bris tol Gmtfte the follow ing narrative of a shock ing and fiendish oruelty displayed by East Tennessee Unionists towardsa Presbyterian minister. He says : Our people are all hopeful, yet they are suffering as people never did before. Tho oppression has turned to a religious perse- Rev. Geo. Egleston, pastor of the New Market Presbyterian Church, was or dered by the Union meft to quit preaching. » He knew it was not done by proper au thority, /so he continued, and the next * uj*ycb 7> ed down the railroad below town and order ed to draw off his coat, then his shirt, and when bb refused it was taken off of him. Then two men, who had withes prepared, whipped him, while a third one stood be fore him with a drawn pistol, threatening ' * his life if he offered any resistance. Part of the time he was unconscious of his awful condition. Two weeks have elapsed, and still his wounds are unhealed, but he had to flee for his life. Yet this man was more quiet and peaceable than any one else, and no charge was made against him, except that because* he was a rebel mimster, he was a minister of the dev il. . This whole affair was conducted by men in his own chnrch, and some of the good old Christian men were at his door Toady to dress his wounds when he return, ed. But the worst of all was that the same threat Was extended to, all who sympathiz ed with him or showed him any favors. Rev. McCampbell and Rev. Isaac N. Caldwell were also threatened with the same treatment if they did not leave the country. Rather Pointed. Wtj, confess to no little, disgust at the hue arid cry which is raised after every dis aster tpr more men. If our reverses ‘in most instances were attributable to want of numbers, then the continued sacrifices the people are called upon to make migh t lie borqgj,with more composure; but when it ; day Becomes more obvious that they* are the victims of persistent mismanage ment, we can only look with wonder and admiration at the patriotism of a country which can endure sack imposition without publicly' remonstrating with whom they have entrusted the chief direction of af fairs. We arc not among those who, in the lan guage of tho President, caa look upon the suu and observe only the spots, hut' when that sun is obscured by cloud and rain aud’ storm, wo must be pardoned if we do not appreciate the appositeness of the illustra tion. Mr. Davis certainly places a very high estimate upon himself if he would have us look upon him as the magnificent luminary around which the States of this Confederacy revolve. He must pardon as if we insist upon viewing him as a secon dary , orb of the people, whose errors are not only proper to be seen, but pointed out and corrected. We need not go far into particulars. It Mr. Davis could only be brought to see the discouraging effects his course has had upon the country, and set about in a spirit of genuine humility to do better in the future, how much more he would ac complish towards reclaiming the mefi who ' have abandoned the service, than by vain appeals for everybody to go to the front! Montgomery Advertiser.' Dates of {Secession. The Richmond Dispatch places Georgia next to South Carolina in the order of Se cession. In a note to section 5100 of the “ Georgia Code,” the Compilers say : The following is the order in which the several States seceded from the United States, to wit: 1 South Carolina, Deo. 20th, 1860. 2. Mississippi, Jan. 9th, 1861. 3. Alabama, Jan. 11th, 1861. 4. Florida, Jan. 11th, 1861. 5. Georgia, Jan. 19th, 1861. sh Louisiana, Jon. 30th, 1861. *3. Texas, Feb. Ist, 1861. 8. Virginia, April 17th, 1861. 9. Arkansas, May Cth, 1861. 10. North Carolina, May 20th, 1861. 11. Tennessee, June Bth, 1861. 12. Missouri, August 12th, 1861. + ♦ * . A late correspondent of a Georgia paper advocates the putting into the field two hundred thousand slaves to fight for the Independence of the Confederacy. Would it not be a good idea for the whites of both sections to withdraw and let the negroes • continue the contest, as there seems to be many in both ’sections who consider them the superior race ?—Daily Progress. EDITOR & PROP’S. Convention <ff*tl*o States. We do not fed iu the’ Udmor to write long editorials. This is not a time for words. Ft is idle to speak to the whirl wind. What we need at preaetit is milita ry success. That will come erelong. J,efc the storm rage; it wil] spend its fury in duo time, end then men will begin to reason. We only desire it this brief paragraph to ~ put on record the prediction (which wo* have perhaps made before)' that when peace does come, it will come not through Mr. Lincoln, nor by the sword, nor by oe s gotiations between the two Federal Repub lics ; but through a convention of all the J 0S I - . £ « of rulers at sh« Kerth will bring * change ol policy. StatS Rights, State Sovereignty, will become the basis of settlement. A general convo cation of States in council would be the highest acknowledgment of State Rights. Each State must be allowed to decidp, through her ballot box, what relations she will sustain to the Northern the South ern Confederacy. This is the only ration al mode of settlement, and it will ultimate ly come to this. And why should wc seek to defer it ? Are not our people “ sound ” on the question of independence ? Caq we not trust them ? Then why object to an ar mistice and a Convention, such as will be prepared by the party represented by Me- Cleilan and Pendleton.— Columbus-Sun, Gen. Lee. • TTistory gives but few instances of iqdi*. viduals in whom the elements of greatness so eminently combine as in .the character of Gen. Lee. In the annals of modern heroism he stands almost, without V pcor. As the defender of his country the past may be searched in vain for a model that surpasses him. As the bearer of our stan dard he has proven to the South her Mo ses in the Wilderness. , The idol of his people, they look to him for deliverance ip the hour of trouble. Born to command, ho is endowed by nature with the qualities es sential to success. In him his bleeding country finds ason to vindicate her wrongs , —a triumphant leader of her gallant ar mies. Uniting the virtues of heroism with" the spirit of chivalry, bis triumphs over disparity in numbers have been the woti ‘ der of the world, from his great gifts as a military chieftain, he rises pre eminent in the scale of excellence as a man. To the genius of a fearless leader he adds the sublime virtues of the Christian patriot. Adding to heroism virtue, to vir tue morality, and to morality religion, as a man, a soldier and a Christian, he inspires his army with a sincerity of purpose that renders it invincible. «—i + _— Artomus Ward says : I wont to Wash ington and put up at a leading hotel, where seeing the landlord, I accosted him with “ How d’ey do, squire ? ” “ Fifty cents,’' was his reply. “ Sir? ” “ Half a dollar.’* u We charge twenty-five cents for looking at the landlord, and fifty for Speaking to him. If you want supper, a boy will show you the dining-room for a quarter. You* being in the tenth story, it will cost you a dollar to be shown up there.’* “ How much do you ax a man for breathing ia this equonim<feal tavern ?” said I. “ Ten cents a breath,” was the reply. < Artemus’ remarks would apply remark ably well to this latitude. The Hillsboro’ (Ohio) Gazette has the following: Mr. Lincoln received his nomination for the Presidency over two months ago, and notwithstanding we have made dilligcut ior quiry, we cannot learn that any man, wo man or child in the city of Hillsboro’ has given a single shout for him. “ Hurrah for Lincoln !•” is an obsolete exclamation. It is not heard above the lamentations of the multitude who are weeping for fallen kindred, if it is spoken at all, the sound is lost in the wail of the widow and the fatherless, for literally, ,r The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for tho dead.” The salary of the Governor General of India, which is the highest in the gift of the English crown, is thirty thousand {rounds sterliag a year, exclusive nf all al owanccs, which may be estimated at ten thousand pounds—in all 8200,000 a year. •4♦ ♦ ; There are four thousand one hundred and twenty-eight men employed in the Boston navy yard) thirteen hundred and twenty one carpepters and six hundred engineers. 8226,586 32 per month for their wages. +■ » - ■ ■■■■■— A Judge, ignorant of grammar, is very apt to pronounce incorrect sentences. JSO. 2.