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EARLY COUNTY NEWS.
VOL. VI.
BY E. 11. GROUBY,
€mk Crntnln ITcfos.
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B L A. IC E X, Y:
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, (864.
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The candidates are now coining cut quite
freely. . *
, Next week we will again commence pub
lishing a whole sheet. It will take us till
then to get our “war fever” oil! We
started to “ the front,” but halted in “ the
ft rear
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The Y ankees having evacuated Atlanta,
we learu the rail roads and telegraph lines
will at cnce be repaired from all points.
Reports say the Yankees have destroyed a
great deal of the property in the city, both
private and public.
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The Telegraph of the Ist says at’ Dst
accounts Gen. Hood’s army was at Mount
Pleasant, still moviug iu the direction of
Nashville. • Our men are represented to be
in fine spirits, and their numbers greatly
increased. The enemy are falling back
before Hood, aud are believed to be cous
ceutrating in Nashville.
Having come to the conclusion that
ami post offices will soon cease
to exempt a fellow like ourself from “ the
front’’—and not knowing {orcertain wheth
er we will be elected a Judge or not, we
hereby give notice that we will go to
/’reaching in the course of a month or six
weeks, as w r e consider it the only safe thing
at present! If -there is any ehhrcli who
desires a Pastor, they will please address
„ -us nt Blakely ! k
The recent act of the Legislature ex
tends the time for Tax Collectors to make
their returns to the first of March ncxt >
Os course tax payers must pay their taxes
before that time, in order to enable the
Golleetors to make their returns on that
Taxes are now due. Executions arc
oul against mauy throughout the State, and
will be enforced against all who do
tip promptly. The State needs the money,
and it should be paid in at once. This ex
tension of time by the Legislature is for
the benefit of Tax Collectors, and not .of
tax payers.
When the Yankees visited Miiledgeville
lately, they only burned provisions, &c.,
and did not destroy any private or public
buildings, as was at first reported. The
reason they assigned for not burning the
Governor’s mansion was, that they expect
ed “Joe. Brown” would have Georgia
?jack into the Union in less than six months
by separate Btate action. Wouidu’t be
.surprised, if he is allowed to have his
way iu the matter. We have doubted his
loyalty for some time—he is continually
jowering ” too much with our President
to be true. Our opinion is that “ Joe.”
will do anything for office, and if the Yan
. kees will give him a “fat” one, we be
lieve lie ijrill “ bite ” at the chance, and
use all his inflnenee to put Georgia back
into the old Union.
Our energetic Enrolling Officer, Lieut.
"West, succeeded, last week, in capturing
eight deserters in and about our county,
and carried them to Fort Gaines, andturn
v ed them over tbCgpt. Johnston, Comman
dant of Post, who had the whole possec put
in jail lor safe keeping until they could be
sent to their different comtnaods. There
are still “ a few more of the sauje sort ” in
■opr county, and we Hope Lieut. West will
yet succeed in catching the last rascal of
..Gym. .,l bough he basso far failed iu his
«If.it-, tn do so. If this thing i 3 allowed
i<, g-> ou, in less than three months there
, u>. ten deserters iu Earlv county to
wlnoe there .s on*- now. But our EnroK-
Officer has made a good beginning, and
Eve hope fie will keep od until he
the last ope of the rkulkers.
i 8&“ DEATH ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RASCALLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, &c, &c
BLAKELY, GyY., DECEMBER 7, 1864.
To Producers of the Second Co ngress
ioaal District.
Office District Post Q. M. \
Alrany Ga., Not. lA, 1864.)
The time for delivery of tithes of small
grain and wool is hereby extended to 2dth
of December next. Producers will bring in
their other crops, (except Bacon and Tobac
co,) Corn. Fodder, Molasses, Peas, &c., Ac.,
nt once. All persons living over six railes
from Depots will deliver them by the 20th
of January next —those under six: miles by
the 20th of February next, or incur the five
fold forfeiture. Producers are cautioned
against delivering their Tithes to any but
regular Tithe Agents and o<fiec*rs.
r. k. dines;
C.vn, & D. P. Q. M.,
2d District Ga.
We clip the above from the Albany Pa
triot, and give it to our readers for their’
information—publishing it
Surely every one will admit That the Pa
triot has not got a circulation all over the
Second Congressional District, and Capt.
Hines knows it also. Then why does he
not have it published in every paper in the
District ? He knows it is his duty to do
so, in order to let the people of the whole
District knoyr their duty in delivering
their Tithes, and the time allowed them in
doing- the There once was a time
when this official published his advertise
ments iu the News —which was his duty
to the people of tl*e District—but we at •
one time saw fit to give him a slight “ drub
bing ” in regard to some of his officiousness
in a certain matter that we thought ought
not to have concerned him, and since that
time he has discontinued advertising with
us. No doubt but that if we had “ prais
ed Him to the skies,” when he did not de
serve it, he.would have given us many ad
vertisements to publish ; but as we notic
ed him in a different wayj he now refuses
to miblLh in our paper that which the
Government requires him to. This is too
much the case with many of our Govern
ment officials. Nine-tenths of them, in
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stead of publishing in all of the papers
that the Goverument requires them to, on
ly patronize those who are continually puf
fing them. Wc “ puff ” no man only
when he merits it, butexpo.se the rascality
of aM—hence we receive but little patron
age from a certain class of Government oft.
fioials. Capt. Hines knows very well that
our {taper is road by hundreds who do not
take any other paper, and that it is his
duty to publish such advertisements as
ti e above in our paper as well as in the
Patriot, but he refuses to do so because we
have seen fit to expose some of his
ciousness in a matter that did not at all
concern him. We can live without Capt.
Hines’ patronage, or Capt. anybody else’s,
aud only make these remarks in order
to show up some of our officials in theifi ,
true light.
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The new and elegant steamer “Shamrook,’ ,
Capt. Henry Wingate, 4s now making regu
lar trips from Columbus to Chattahoochee,
and making an average speed of thirteen
miles an hour. She was built at Columbus
during the past season by Capt. Blaiu, at au
expense of one hundred aud eighty thouflhnd
dollars, and is said to be one of the most
commodious, safe and pleasant steamers on
Southern waters. She is also said to have a
freight, capacity of one thousand' bales of
cotton, aud superior accommodations for up- •'
wards of thirty passengers.- Her officers are
well known river men, who have a loner
standing reputation for care and skill. We
append a list: Henry Wingate, Captain ;
Van Marcus, (Jlef'k ; Geo. Woods, 2d Clerk ;
Win. Thompson and Charles Brockway, Pi
lots ; R. B. Moore, Engineer ; Geo. White
sides, 2d Engineer; Geo. Couch, Mate. The
“ Shamrock ” will make weekly trips, leav
ing Columbus every Tuesday morning, and
leaving Chattahoochee every Wednesday for
Columbus. This will not only bo, gratifying
intelligence to the traveling public, but also
to shippers ‘of goods, produce, &c. They
will find the “ Shamrock ” and her officers
and agents well deserving of their patronage.
A friend of ours hopes a certain Govern
ment official in Columbus will not eat up
his Syruu barrell he borrowed some Lrnc
last year! Just like “ Brad 1 ”
Ou-ie more we have returned from the
war, aud again resume our regular publh
. cation. Wc had a “ gay time ”of it gen
erally, riding about all over Miller, Deca
tur, dit obeli. Baker and Dougherty coun
ties, hunting Yankees, but wo found them
nut! As there were plenty of Inferior
Court candidates along, the reader may
rest assured we did not lack for any of the
“ good things ” of this life that are com
matable iu these war times. Before they
left IRakely the “Early Home Guards”
numbered about eighty men, but when we
left it near Alb ny, it had razeed down to
about, fourteen every oa« v.ill nt once
see that it must have done some very hard
fighting, or considerable skulking ! As to
which it done most, we will leave the rea
der to judge. In the first place we took
Bainbridge—here wc had nothing to eon-,
tend with except a very inferior article of
“ red-eye; ” we thou made a faint on the
town of Thomasville; then 101 l back iu
good order and took Albany in the rear
this place we soon drank aud smoked out,
and returned home “ right side up with
care,” where we expect to stay in quietude
until “ Joe.” again “ blows his horn,” and
a few days after, as we consider him a very
poor general, for lie keeps cutirelv too Tar
from the “ bullet department! ” The peo
ple where we went were generally very
courteous aud kind to opr ccjuipauy, ex
pecting, no doubt, that when wc got to
“ the front” (though we were making our
way to the rear) we would play the devil
generally, Witli the Yankees. But in this
they were very much mistaken. Hope to
do letter next time.
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The iron on the South-Western railroad,
from Fort Gaines to'Cuthbert, is being ta
ken up iu repair that part efi the Central
road that has recently been torn up by the
Yankees. So hereafter we will have to
take the train at Outhbert, instead of Fort
Gaines, when we wish to go to the “ up
country.” This will be a considerable in
convenience to our people, but,we will have
to put up with it until “ this cruel war is
over.”
Wc are requested to statothat the Con
federate War Tax Assessor and Collector
will attend hereon next Monday aud Tues
day, 12th aud Kith. This is positively
the last time.
Tuscumbea, Nov. 29.—Pulaski, Ath
ens, Decatur and Huntsville have been
evacuated by the enemy. The followin'*
official dispatch from Lt.‘ Col. Winder,
commanding 40th Ala. Cavalry, General
Roddy’s command, just received :
Decatur, Nov. 28, 6 p. m.
To Brig. Gen. Roddy :
I have just returned from Huntsville.
The enemy evacuated last night. I enter
ed town immediately with a Lieut, and
two men at daylight. Scouted two miles
each side of town, found no enemy and
returned; had just arrived when a train
loaded with two hundred negro soldiers
came in from direction of .Stevenson, after
negro women and children.
I, with one man, attacked the engineer
with pistols, aud frightened him so that
lie ran the engine off the track. 1 pre
tended I had a regiment near by and caus
ed the negro troops to stampede. I had
the engine put on the track, and, with twen
ty-five cars, brought to Decatur. Am now
putting my regiment on it to go to the as
sistance of Col. Russell, who has the road
cut above Brownsboro, and nine trains
loaded with ordinauce and quartermaster’s
stores cut off and guarded by 200 troops.
Col. Russell says they have destroyed two
trains, and, if pressed, will destroy the re-,
mainder.
(Signed,) T. W. Winder, •
Lt. Col. Comd’g 40th Ala, Cav.
We learn that scouts who returned yes
terday report the Oconee bridge burnt.
Gen Wayne lought the.Y’ankees until their
infantry came up and then retired in good
order. He lost a few prisoners. When
the enemy crossed their pontoon bridge,
five hundred dead horses were fouud. At
two or three cross-roads from a .hundred
to a hundred and fifty dead horses were
lying, the Yankees killing whatever stock
they could oit -take off.— Telegraph, Re. J
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EDITOR & PROP’R.
Yankee Doiug-s.
The Marianna- News, of ihe 10th, has
the following:
e learn that a s;iUruaker captured by
the Yankees in their late raid ou this place
and paroled at Pensacola, states that alter
the enemy got some distance from here
tht>y tied the negroes together, and that
eome, getting tired of their treatment, were
shot in attempting to escape. At Pena*
cola they sent the uegro men into the
army, and,told the women, who were en
camped on the beach, that the men were
sent to Y ermont tp provide, homes for them.,
It is thus, with their lying propensities,
that they induce our negroes to leave their
comtortable homes. We presume that ’to e
inis t; r ft■ V W, ;+j i copt
New Orleans to work on the Yankee Lou
isiana plantations or sold in Cuba.
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The (Georgia Legislature, previous to its
adjournment, empowered Gov. Brown td
extend his clemency towards the convicts
in the Penitentiary, on the ground that
they were to. organize themselves- into n
mi litany company and join the army, (we
have not learned for how long a period.)
Accordingly the Governor went to the pen
itentiary and acquainted the convicts with
the conditions of their release. Wc are
told that J-2.4 men accepted them.' They
organized themselves into a military compa
ny ou the spot—chosing the notorious Dr.
Roberts their captain, who was sent to the
penitentiary for life about twelve years ago,
for man-slaughter and highway robUery. *
The Governor immediately handed them
over to Gen. Wayne, who enrolled them
with his force; and they have already dis
tinguished themselves tor daring and brav -
ery in the late fight at- Griwoldvilld.
Twenty-six prisoners refused to join the ,
company, and they iverc remanded back to
the penitentiary by the Governor.
Albany Patriot.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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EARLY INFERIOR 00CRT—IN CHAM
BERS.
December 3, 1864.
TT is ordered by the Court that an
J. rion be held at the Court House, and oth
er Precincts in said county, on Wednesday.
the 4fh day of January next, lor live dun
ticcs of the Inferior Court for said county,
to serve during the term affixed bytheeoii
etitution and laws of the State.
W. Yv. FLEM ING, J. I. C
R. >l. FRYER, d. I. C.
M. T„ ALEXANDER, J. I. C.
A true extract front the Minutes.
* J N. EVANS, 0. I. C. E. C.
Deo. .'I. 1804, 8-4fc
The Atlanta Intelligencer.
rjWIE undersigned. Proprietor A Publisher
.X of the Atl v\t\ Lvi'k-lmckncbti, embra -
ces the first opportunity of announcing to
the public that arrangements have been made
by which the publication of said journal will
be resumed at an early day in A’tJantow H»s
' presses and material for the publication of
the paper, as well as for executing all con
tracts in the Job Office attached thereto, be
ing in course Os transportation.
A- R. Papers of the State will confer a
favor by publishing this notice once, calling
attention, and send bill to this office for pay
ment. .1 ARE!) I. Wli IT AKER,
I tec. /, 18(14. 8-lt Proprietor.
'Vi KG'RG r A— E A RLY 000 NT Y.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Harriet Clemons makes
application to me for Letters ol Admin
istration on the Estate of Wm: J. Clemons,
late of said county, deceased: This is, there
fore, to notify all’jiersons concerned to be and
appear at my office dh or before the first Mon
day in January next, to show cause (if any
“hey have) why said letters should not be
granted to the applicant.
Given under my hand, and official signa
ture, this Till Doc-., 1884.
DENNIS M. WADE.
Dec. /, 1864. 8-JOd Ordinary.
GHO IIGIA—EARLY GO U N 'l' Y.
WHEREAS, R. AV. Sheffield makci appli
cation to me for Letters of Administra
tion on the Estate of Seaborn Walters, late
of said county, dec’d: This is, therefore, t,o no
tify all persons concerned to be and appear
at my office on or before the first Monday m,
January next, to show cause (if any they
have) why said letters should not be granted
the applicant.
Given under my hand, and official cigar
ture, this 7th Dec., 1864.
DENNIS M. WADE,
Dec. 7, 1864. 8-dOd Ordinary
GEORG JA—CALHOUN‘COUNTY.
TAYO months after date, applicaior l w q|
be. made-to the Honorable Court ~f Q r _
dinary of said county, for le-ayr to 8 e ]\ on ,
negro man named Lewis, as the pis „ ei .y el
Thomas T. Sawyer, deceased, f y f
of heirs and creditors of add dr j
T , 7 j, e p /yeR,
i Lee 7, ißsi. o>m Adm’x.
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