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VOL. VI.
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Address of Gen. Beauregard.
Hd'rs Mu.. Division op titk
October, 17, 18G-L j
Lii ‘assuming command, at this critical
juncture, of the Military Division of the
West, I appeal to my countrymen ol all
classes ami sections for tlieir generous sup
port and _ y '
Tu asssiguing me this responsible posi
' tion, the PresMeatof the Confederate States
lias extended to me the assurance ot his
earnest jtummrk-; lire Executives of your
***#**"'aieefc me vifli sfmiTC-- -
W tl)i;ir. devottdu to our cause’; the nbb.e
strrm in the field, composed of bravo men
and gallant officers! are no strangers to mo,-
and 1 know that they will, do all that pa- -
triots can achieve,
The history,'of the past, written in the
blood of ; their comrades, but Foreshadows
the glorious future which lies before them.
Inspired with these bright, promises of suc
cess, 1 make this appeal to the meii and
women of my country, to lend me the aid of
their earnest uud cordial cooperation. I li
able to join’in bloody conflicts of the field,
they can do much to strengthen our cause,
fill, up our ranks, encourage our soldiers,
■and thus hasten ou the day of our final
success and deliverance.
The army otbSlicruian still defiantly bolds
the city of Atlanta. He can and must be
driven from it. It is only for the good
people of Georgia and surrounding States
to speak the word, and the work is done.
W-e have abundance of provisions, and
there are men enough in the country, lia
ble and able for .service to accomplish the
result. To all such, I. earnestly appeal to
report promptly to their respective com
mands, aud let those who cannot go, sec. to
it that none remain at home who arc able
to strike a blow iu this critical and doth
give hour.
To those soldiers of the army who arc
absent from their commands without leave,
I appeal iu the name of their brave com
rades, with whom they have in the past
so often shared the privations of the-camp ».
find tile -dangers o-T -the "battle ncKT, '■< : v v y.
turn at Puce to their duty. To all such as
■ hall report to their respective twin mauds
in response to this appeal, within the next
thirty days, an amnesty is hereby granted.
My appeal is to every ouc oi all classes
ami conditions, to conic iorward ficcly,
,cheerfully and within good heart do the
work that lies before them.
My eOtm Hymen! respond to this .qall as
you have ijpno in days that, have passed-,
and with the blessing of a kind and over
ruling Providence, the enemy simil be driv
en from yous soil, the security of you 1* wives
and daughters, from' the instilts and the
outrages of a brutal foe, shall bocstablisli- .
ed. Soon tube followed by a per man cut aid
honorable peaces... The claims of liotuo and
country, wife and children, uniting with
the demands of honor and patriotism, 4sum
inon ns to lhe field ; we eauuot, dare uot,
will pot, fail to respond.
Full of hope ami confidence, I come to
join in yowr .struggle, sharing your priva
tions. and with your' brave and true men,
to strike the blow that shall bring success
to our arms, triumph to our cause, aud
peace to our country.
[Signed,] G. T. Beauregard,
Official : General.
Geo. Wm. Brent, Col. & A. A. G. _
All daily papers in the principal cities
ami towns within this military division, ?
will publish the ahevo one week, aud weak
ly papers four times, and send bills to these
headquarters for approval and payment.
Fi. H. Befoiid-, A. A. G.
. Tan Yard Notice.
H A VING purchased the-lwierpst of Mr.
Peter TLiWard. 1 am now solei.iropvic
vor of the Tan Yard lug i-tofore owned by
’Howard A Stewart# The .Yard will bo kept
up as Hides will be tanned on
phiires as usual.
TliankfunWr past favors, I invite all to try
me for the future, promising to do all I can
to please, my customers. y
1 .IAS. M. STEWART.
Blakely, Aug. 8, IStid. 41-1 y'
DR. R. C. KNOWLES,
Blakely, Early County, Geo.,
Ixtexuino to make a pernmnen t resideneo
in Itlakelv, oilers his medical services, in all
’ u-iinches," to the citizens of the place and
surrounding co*itn r .
May be found, at all hours, at the Drug
•Store' unless professionally engaged.
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Notice to Debtors & Creditors.
A LG persons indebted to the'Estate of
• Ashley Phillips, late of Early county,
deceased, Itiir imvly? immediate payment;
arc! thosd having claira-- against ‘uid
wiil present them In terms ot the jaw, or i
tl,cy iviU.be tarn-!.. ’>
Oct. 12, ISG4. 1-Ot AdmT.
jjkT*.DEATH/ ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RAErJhLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, Ac.,
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Correspondence of tho News.
YYITITMATtS II Isl AND, NEAR \
SAvannah, Nov. 1, 1864.' f
Pear News : Iu a fotrfrcr letter 1 prom
ised to give you a sketch of Savannah,
This pledge I cau but partially redeem,
for it is impossible for one pefson to ex
pose all the vasealily it contains. From
its population, its wealth and its’reputation,
before the war, it is natural tlgu weshouid
look to it first for actions looking to re
duction of the enormous prices that are.
put upon every article of produce or manu
facture. Instead of this, the action of her j
people is the reverse. Whilst iu almost/
every other village, town and city within;
the Confederacy there is sonic reduction
of high prices, this city stands alone, aul,
if there, is any difference, prices hero are ad
vancing. The money is not as plontjul j
as it bus been —provisions arc just as nmon, j
or more, than they were, last year, and I
why should not every article for bale seU ft
at a reduced price f The cry of a scarci/y' j
of provisions is no longer used, but/cy b
those who grasp after the “ almighty dol- \
lar” with tho tenacity of ini death/ 1 here \
are jilcnty of provisions to feed t*e a limes
and the every — 4 ‘ 1 hero
is none in the country I ” Vpigh prices
can get anylbing—corn c^b^j^S h i. a i.
or tjvimty drdJ-m* “A V <• H j
iiv I A ***** 4 j
in A eTdo-uni-ry !” -A ids is the cry of tho 1
specVj(|itors of G^Vanuah —-/aid “ tlieir-name j
is Legion ” —and will, ooutinue to be then'
cry they arc plotted, out by pood
and honest men. Sweet potatoes sell at
«t.T2 per bushel, flour Sl'UO per sack, cum
£lO to. 812 per bushel, bacon 81 to 8d
per pound, beef 81,1 •> to 81,00 per pound,
syrup, N\ r cs;t India cane, 81H to 820 per
* gallon, and everything else in proportion.
' These are the' retail prices, but they do
not go much higher than wliolfesale. llow
do die poor or the city live ! is a qncstiou
unanswerable. The Gommfssioners put
down prices, but, they might as well have
never met, for the prices were “ put down ”
on paper —I see no signs of low prices any
. where else. There is but one remedy, that
is, for Congress to pass a law compelling
speculators to sell at the prices fixed by
the Coiritnissiohdrs, or enter the army,
where they can be of much more service
to their country. '
Eavannah has been made a depot of Fed
eral prisoners, partially known, for several
depots have been established in other
These prisoners received a good share ol
“Southern hospitality” wheu they arrived
there. Baskets cjf provisions, containing
manv of" the “ good things * ot life, tobac
co, pipes and everything that would con
tribute to their comfort, was carried to the
“ peu ” by*women —I will uot say
of the city. This was done, too, when hun
dreds, of" poor Confederate soldiers were
languishing iu the hospitals, day after day,
and to whom these provisions would have
. been a luxury. I am glad to state that
the military authorities noticed this and
put a stop to the “ galne ” by pressing ev
erythiiur, and dividing tho proceeds to the
guavd. This love for Yankees, however, is
confioed to only a certain class of tire inhab
itants, for I eauuot think that the home of
Bartow, and hundreds of other equals, gal
lant officers and privates, should be the
homo of traitors and Yankees.
Many of the prisoners" are detailed to
work in the Government shops. This is
done, I presume, by influential citizens of
Savannah, who, upon the pledge of the pris
oner to remain, obtain the details by con
sulting the authorities. These men walk
the streets more at liberty tiffin either sol
dier or citizen. This is called “ a military
necessity,” but the necessity lies altogether
[n tiie pockets of thp’ricb Government con
tractor, in the shape of so many “dues”
by the Confederate States. It is true that
we should put every man in the service
that can be made serviceable to the army,
but, to place ou? avowed enemies at work
on stores that arc tued by tkoarmy, to the
exclusion ufuurrftvii citizens aud Soldier ,
ii c. policy weak and baleful. Okes.
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WniTMAUSU Lsr.ANM, NEAR |
‘Savannah, Oet.. SOth, }
g Bear News: The following letter was
Yieke up—when, it is unnecessary testate
—uifi appearing to boa new r mode of writ*"
i lag lu e letters, I send it for the amuse-
I u out of your readers. The author is sup
i p >H'd to be non csf, and jf he should bo
J sfli vn the “ laud of the livlug,” y’our cor
j ;' speiylent does not fear a-dose of ‘.‘Old
' ? ■ V " for thus bringing to existence a j
i.'iu; teat, perhaps Would not have “ the
i x day to shine upon it;” besides,
- iginal
I the columns of your journal.
In fitter is equally instructive to the Sol-
S-i', the old aud. young, as the following
V|l show :
| An my Northern VnttorNY, \ .
It Feb. 20th, 1861. J
•♦fwa Mary—dear Miss; ,
111 liavc v.qitcd long nu<) waired still,
a .trerrino other friend si. ill.
I havo not taken my pen in hand to seu
/ ftrjy J 0" For not answering—inasinueh as
■ /t jyas yopr ruiviledge to do so & no Jen*
tk 'L ui cau i.nanic you for it, but I do think,
gorY Mary that you deserve a little reproof
" / for not seudiug my letters Back, this was
/.aii easy aud simple request of a Jentlenunh
/ 1 thought l had acted Judiciously before
/ I Wrote to you. You said I might write
if I wanted to and youde answer my let
ters -4 when I wrore to you thinking prob
* ly that you was unwilling to answer my kt
tefn 1 told you that if you was unwilling to
answer it it back to me, but after
all my d'scroftnecs my letters has not only
been silted, but I have been unjustly put
I to .shame & treated with coutcufiras indif
crcnce. I llcaly did not know that placid
I uut*fd & your dovelike disposition which
esteemed so much liko that of an angel "
would Ivitvo Suffered you to deny that sim
ple Inquest, now I do not know What
you Reasons arc for not answiriug my let
ters but 1 think you would not do so with
out the a probation of -your father, and he
mu* uot willing that you slmuicL^-^ °«r****- 1
f. ■: fepec. lUuL.tjv- m«' f j
HottSC that 1 w»s -mot with a
cordial lieception By your father and all
| the rest 1 of the family, now I imagine that
the ;ld man thought at the time that a
(, mfhtffp'ted follow as I was would not have ,
the audacity to attempt to court his daugh
ter, hut by the By an opportunity presented
itself for me to drive you in a bugay with
a little mule hitched to it about the size, of
a year old yearling —in this time the old
man begun to get a little, suspecious & the
next time I weut T was kinkly treated ami
kindly entertained But a dost olscive like
myself could see that the old mans-counte
nance looked a little as though In; h/id been
gating sour grapes —Writing love lottos is
a poor way to give the affections of a young
Lady, Verbal courtship polished off Gc
casio.mily with a verbal kiss a kind squeze
of the hand with arm around the neck is
tbfe. that produces the desired effect
indeed this is the arrangement that can
caus A pretty •Girl to anticipate pleasure
iu a married life it to vcw the married life
wit! all the complacency attached to it.
But a poor unfortunate fellow as I was;
NVa.-j- disqualified to follow this appropriate
rulel—This will inform you that 1 am well,
but ot what happen, I expect to do like
Fanrabogus live tii I die if 1 don’t killed
or downed.
Fariivcfl miss Mary dear I thought youd be
my diner
But ou will mary a Georgia boy4*jid me in
north Yirgincr
S ends the 2nd Epistle of—
>. • Ores.
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Negroes to be used as Soldiers.
"\ c are surprised to sec that a few indi
vid ds and one or two presses iu the
Sot hern Con r deracy advocate the policy
of nuking soldiers of our negroes. We
bel ve that negroes cottld be used to ad
vai igc as teamsters :«id cooks, iu hospi
tal is nurses, iu many places as mechanics
wh ‘c white men arc now employed. They
coi l be used also iu many places iu the
Or "nance, Commissary and •Quartermas
ter departments, and thus release many
th sands of white men who would make
go , soldiers. But to put arms.‘into the
hr Is of our slaves and make soldiers of
th j, or to free them for the sake of mak
in oldiers efthem, should never bethought
oi ’or one moment. Every sentiment of
hi >r, 'manhood and sound policy forbid it.
V shall have more to say on this subject
li after; at present wo refer to our read
er to an article from tho Lynchburg lie
jt 'icon on this subject, which meets our
v s. —Millcdypvillc Union.
portion of the staff of General Beau
r< ,vd, with the licad-quater baggage, L
n at- Oxford.
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EDITOR & PROFR.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
The Kichmoud Enquirer closes au cdito»
ml ou the recent disasters in tin* Valley
■' Virginia—-which the editor attributes to
the lack of confidence in General Marly
ou the part of the army—with the follow
bug paragraph:
The past cannot bo mended—the cap
tured artillery are, no doubt, ere now par
tiding the streets of some Yankee, city a.;
the trophies at .some Kepublieau maps meet
iug« But the future should bo provided
Jot . some opinum rider sent to that, at
tuy v.dipJean garotfe ooirndyuceatxl rest m<•
its itturau'. While (1 on. Joseph K. Join,-
Bton is reposing at Macon, without a com*
maud, the Valley is being plundered au *
devastated by the eucuiy. The people of
Virginia have lost no confidence in ( Jen
.J thrscou By them he b. still regarded
u> a bravo soldier, and a non of whom the
State is proud, t W o believe that bis patri
| otism is that "of noble and lofty character
that will vouder service to the oausc where
ever lie may be ordered. To see him once
more in command in his native Htatc would
be gratifying to the people ol Virginia,
! who leel deeply Iris removal from com maud
ii> Georgia. * A-u opportunity is now pre
sented, which -we hepo will be tjuickly em
braced by the I’resdont, to restore Gey.
Johnston to command. His presence in the
Valley would restore confidence and mot ■
• Htic, and assure the enemy that their victo
' ;'|tcs were not the end of the campaign ou
port.' The reappointment of Johnstuu
would silence the utelee of faction, aud res
tyre unity aud harmony in the country-.
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Distilleries.
A distillery is a curse to any country
at any time, but at such a time as*thc pres
ent, when corn is so high as to be almost
beyond the reach of the poor, it is a most
' monstrous evil. There are laws, thought
to be stringent, to prevent the distillation
of grain, yet the worm still fives, and moves
and has its being;, ia-dcliauciJ of law, ami
I tiWast .under the-noses of thexaunty in.ug-
I 1 sprites y!> lao.-duty It Is to Jli?htrrt- the rep ’
tile aud kill it. In some counties in the
State hundreds are at work every day. I n
every county in the State, we believe, stills
arc operating in defiance of law. Will not
the .beg : Jatuiv, soon to assemble, take tlii.
matter in hand ? Tire country will be ruin
ed by whisky, aud whisky imikors, if some
thing is not done to stop the distillation of
grain. It is a hideous cancer ou the fair
form of the body politic, and .is fast eating
out its heart. Our army feels its dire 'ef
fects, directly, in the case of its officer.-,
and indirectly in the case of suffering wo
men aud children at home. The monster',
fangs must be extracted. It is only nec
essary to enforce the laws now ou the .Stat
ute Hook to abate the evil. But why arc
the laws not enforced '{ Who is to blame‘s
Modern Economy of Time.
. . The Sclentijic American thus shows how
time has been economized by the applica
tion of machinery :
One man,can spin more cotton yarn now
than four hundred men could have dune in
the-same time in 17$), when Arkwright,
• the best cotton spinner, took out his liiv>t
patent.
One mau can make as much flour in a
day now as a hundred and fifty could u cen -
tury ago.
One woman oan make as much laec in a
day as a hundred .women could a lmudicd
years ago, ■
It now requires only as many days to
refine sugar as it did months thirty year..
a b">- ”...
It once required six months to put quick
silver ou a glass; uow it needs only forty
minutes.
The engine of a first-rate iron clad fri -
gate will perform as mutch work in a day
as forty-two thousand horses. '*
u Sir,”- said a pompous personage, wli o
undertook to bully an editor, “.do you know
that I take your paper .''” “ I've no doubt
you do take it,” replied the man of the
(prill, “ for several of my honest subscrilii r .
have been complaining lately about thoir
papers being missing in the morning.”
The Massachusetts Democratic conven
tion adopted resolutions endorsing the nom
ination of McClellan and Pendleton, aud
approving tire platform of the Chicago con
vention, a,sembodying the oo)y effective way
of restoring the Union and securing a per
manent peace.
The negroes of Ohicagu have published
a protest against 1 lie exclusion of their
children Ifum the public schools of thac #•
city.