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EARLY COUNTY NEWS.
VOL. VI.
BY E. K. GHOUBY,
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* PROSPECTUS.
The undersigned propose to publish a
daily paper, under the title of “ The
Richmond Herald,” .oh or about the ~
15th of January next,
It will be entirely independent in poll- • \
ties, but will neveytleless accord t« the ad- ?
.ministration a just support in all measures \
twhioh inrthc opinion of its conductors, may j
be deemed prombtive of the good of the |
•cause in which we are engaged. A prop-- [
; er criticism of such acts as will be deemed
adverse to this object, will be of course, !
consistent with the independent character |
urtdei which the paper is to be inaugura
ted. ' > _ |
In the matter of General News >t will \
be found to keep-pace with the leading I
journals of the day, while it will have ad
ded to it in the matter of financial intelli
gence, a feature such as we venture to say,
no paper*in the Confederacy can boast of.
Editorials from the pen of one of the no
blest formidable writers in this or anyoth
-er ether country, will be 'presetted in each
n umber.
For reasons not now proper to be men- >
tinned, we forbear to give the names of
those who shall compose the regular edito- |
rial staff; but we flatter ourselves -that j
when they shall appear, they will be found
.to constitute sucji an array of talent as eati
uiot be excelled on this'continent.
The well known character of the indi
vidual whose name appears below, as a ste
nographic reporter, furnishes, we presume,
.a guarantee that, in all that relates to im
portant political speeches and debates,
■whether in legislative assemblies or out of
■them the “ Herald” will present advan
tages certainly not to be excelled by any
paper in the Confederacy.
The farming interest will be faithfully
vindicated, and care taken to disseminate
the earliest intelligence which a proper re
gard for the welfare of that great element
national wealth and power shall demand. j
In the matter of correct commercial in
telligence equal zeal shall be manifested,
our objeot being to assign to each of these •
■departments an editor of known experience
and ability.
Arrraogemenfs are on foot by which to
secure the earliest foreign news, and the
paper Will coutain such editorial talent as
will fully elucidate the bearing of foreign
•diplomacy upon Southern interests.
In short, “ The Richmond Herald”
will be found to combine every feature of
iuterest which the requirements of the
present crisis demand.
Tire enterprise is respectfully commend
ed to the favor and patronage of the citi
zens of the {Southern Confederacy,
P. KEAN & CO.,
Richmond, Va.
Notice'to Debtors & Creditors.
ALL persons‘indebted to the Estate of
Beni. F. Hubert, late of Putnam Co.,
Ga., dec'd, will make immediate payment ;
and those having claims against said Estate,
will present them in terms of the law, or
they will bo barred.
J. A. TURNER, Adrr.’r. .
F. H. HUBERT, Adm’s.
Nov. 23, 1864. 7-Gt
Soldiers Families.
} WILL grind, until further notice, for all
Soldiers families in need free of toll. All
desiring this privilege must bring a certifi
«-ate of the Court, stating ages and names,
and stating services of the family now in
the army, or has lost his life there.
IX S JOHNSTON,
iiaffold, Ga., Jan. 4, 1865. 11-ts
J@-DKA.rH ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RASCALLY GOVERNMENT OPPICIALS, &c., &c.-©s
BLAKELY', GA., UARY 11, 1865.
Clothing for Georgia Troapa.
*Ye have been shown a letter witten by
I one who claims to belong to the invincible
; .r;ny under Gen. Lee and a member of a
--v;gale of Georgia troops,do which the
wilier makes the following startling state- •
j ment, namely:
“ We are stationed in the entrenchments
j front of Petersburg, without clothes or
1- hats, or shoes, or blankets.''
i We say startling statement, because it
I is well kcowr\ that our Legislature has made
lavihh appropriations, and the people have
! bouti.-wiftd libers fry; for the purpose of
purchasing fill the articles named in tie
above extract, in order that her gallant
troops, who stand between the State and
the people, and oqr%uthless foe, might be
made comfortable; and because we knew
the Governor and Quartermaster General
had left nothing undone which foresight
could suggest, or money or energy accom
plish, to secure all needful articles. ,
On referring to the able and highly sat
isfactory report of Quartermaster General
Foster, we find that lie has issued the fol
"• lowing quantities of the articles of clothing
j named, up to the Ist.of October- mutely:
• 4,226 blankets; 7,504 hats; 29,745 coats;
I* 28,808 prs pants,; 24,198 prs drawers;
23,952 shirts; 37,657 prs shoes; and 23,-.
024 prs socks ; and that he had on hand
at that date 4,885 blankets, besides 8 bales
unopened, cumber unknown ; 4,158 hats;
I 38,180 eoats; 32,933 prs pants; 42,026
j shirts; 28,107 prs drawers; 15,000 prs
j shoes, and 7,289 prs socks.
About the same quantity is yet on hand,
i notwithstanding requisitions are being iiii
j cd constantly .; and how it is that any Geor
; gia soldier should be in the entrenchments
near Richmond or anywhere else destitute
of either of the above articles, passes our
comprehension.
And this is not all. These articles aro
not only supplied free of but when
needed, we arc assured "by Gov. Rrown,
!they are forwarded to the soldiers free of
charge, and when the quantity shipped
seems to make it necessary, a special mes
j peager is sent with them at the expense of
! the State. How, then, we ask, can any
! Georgia soldier complain of being in want
•of either of the above named articles ?
There certainly must.besome mistake about j
it. ' j
Os course the articles are provided only |
. for those whsaare destitute and cannot ob- ?
tain them from the Confederate govern- j
ment. All Georgia soldiers, by making (
application through their battalion, regi
ment'or brigade quartermaster can get
them, when the application is made in the
following form:
u I certify, on honor, that there are
non-commissioned officers and pri
vates of the Geo. Volunteers pres
ent,, and that of these are destitute
of the articles called for, which they cannot
otherwise procure; and I have made re
peated efforts to draw from the Confeder
ate Government, but failed to secure an ad
equate supply.”
It is hoped that after this satemerst we
shall hear no more about destitution a molt g
our Georgia Volunteers. Grtiera! Ira R.
Foster is Quartermaster Genera! of G eorgia,
and his o!£ce is at present in Macon.-'
The Old Issue.
The following dispatch has been receiv
ed by Mr. W. B. Johnson, the Depositary'
in this city, from the Secretary- of the
Treasury, in relation to the old* issue.
Persons who have jfc on*haod should not
sacrifice it, for it is as good cow as it wa3 j
six months ago:
Richmond, Va-, Jan. 3, 1865. » I
IF. B. 'Johnston, Depositary. MatCOUf Ga.: |
Ap act has becD passed extending the 9
time for the exchange.of Treasury Notes of
the old issue. G. A. Trenhoi m,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Chronicle & Sentinel says: We
would state for the benefit of our readers
that the Secretary of War has laid an era- j
bargo on all travel northward from this
place for several days to come. No pass
ports will be gramed. Those intending
to go North had better stay at heme until
further notice.
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A private letter from Monterey, Mexioo,
informs the Meridian Clarion that tbe gov
ernment paper in that city, as well as tha
one published at the Capitol, strongly advo
cates the cause of tbe South. *
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A Fdreign Yoke.
In the matter ut selling out to England,
France or Spaiu, which just now appears
to be the proposition most interesting to
j newspaper writers and readers, we candid-'
[ ly confess we are much in the humor of •
the old lady who witnessed the fight be
j tweea her husband and the bearr-“ We
♦ can’t get up an interest in it.” The pros
pect of Federal domination is gloomy
enough—but wo can’t see that a trans -At
kntia domination is any less so—since it
'hast inevitably entail upon us tbe. horrors
oi i«erp<Kaai war,* while we bargain in ad
vance for sooia! disbrganisatiori and indus
trial ruin. Our correspondent “ Barr ”
sees charms in the gratification of venge-'
aace it will afford upou the authors and
architects of our ruin,
** Revenge is a sweet morsel,” but it
i does better in the way of au occasional ban*
quet, than regular and daily meals. In a
worJ, we might well starve on it, and in
• the long run, would be dull businesa to
maiut&in a perpetual war, in order to keep
European powers in possession of their
* North American plantations. Let the *
Richmond Enquirer , the Richmond Senti
nel, and the other prints, which are busy
impressing this matter upon the people,
first satisfy us that there is no reasonable
hope of escape, and that we must accept
one or the other alternative. But, finally,
we beg leave to repeat' the earnest convic
tion that neither France, England or Spain
will for a moment entertain such a propo
sition for the Confederacy, and .we may
therefore just as well save ourselves the
t nmrtifiositiors of seeing our overtures con
temptuously repelled.— Telegraph.
Dtiring tbe recent raid on this place
many negroes heretofore considered faith
ful servants—-men, women and children—
jtcGGinpaaied the Yankees on their return,
In great glee they mounted the stolen hors
es and mules of their owners, end, loaded
with plunder, took tboir departure for the
land of Abe Lincoln’s rule.
Tbe vision of the soft rolling carriage,
fitfe dress, luxuriant eating, freedom aud
equality with their liberators, received
the first rude shock but a few miles from
town, when they were compelled to dis
mount and trudge through the mud. Fa
tigued, hungry and cold, thvy strived might
| and main to keep up with the Apostles of
\ Liberty—fear of recapture by indignant
| masters stimulating their fast fading dream
! of ease and idleness. The weather became
bitter cold, and the negroes suffered terri
bly. The first to succumb were their chil
dren, being deserted by their brutish mo
thers to perish on the wayside. We heard
of one woman who, tired of her burden,
threw her iofanfr, not a mouth 014, in the
wayside thicket and left it. We are ia>»
formed that twenty two of these Abe
Lmooln milestones have been found frozen
to death on the roads traveled by the Yan
kees on their return, mostly childreu.
Broo/chaven Mississippi Telegraph.
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Peto and Sambo, two blubber-lipped
darkies, were ‘ sputin * about a coon hide.
Sambo, as ho expressed, becoming dis
gvst'fied with the fuss, said :
“ Look a here, Pete, less hush up dis
bore fuss.”
“ Pm willin,” said Pete.
“So is I,” said Sambo, ‘'and loss talk
about dogs. Hows yer cle woman and
chile, pete ? ”
The indignant Pete made a grasp at
Sambo’s windpipe. Sambo acted very wise
ly—he run.
TJic sewing women in Philadefphia and
New York arg in great, distress, as their
scanty earnings are insufficient to support
then;. For soldier’s pants they get only
from seven to eight cents in paper money;
and for shirts one dollar per dozen, inclu
ding button holes, and get all complete.
For tents, with sixteen button holes, they
get fifteen cents per tent. These women
have held large meetings both in New
York and Philadelphia, but a deaf ear has
been laid to their remonstrances.
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The New York News says: Preston Wil
liams, a Baptist minister in Kentucky, was
lately conscripted for the Federal army.
His eongregration were going to buy him a.
substitute, but he told them he would lead
to the Confederate army as many as would
follow him rather than allow a substitute
to go into the Federal army for him. lie
went with two hundred and
followers. 2
EDITOR & PROP’R.
Tfce Origin of newspapers.
The nearest approach in ancient times
I *he uewspaper was the Arta Pitsrna,.
(proceeding of the day,) a kind of gazette,
published daffy at Itonie, UE,der the author*
ity of the Government. It contained an
account of the proceeding of the publie as
semblies, of the law court, of the punish*,
ment of offenders, and a list, of births,
marriages and deaths. The. proceeding*
of the public assemblies and the law court*
were obtained by means Bf reporters called
actuaries. Thfrproceedings of the Senata
were not published till the time of Julius.
Caesar, aud this custom was prohibited by-
Augustus. An accouot of the proceedings
of the Senate was still preserved, though
not published, and Tacitus informs us that
some senator was chosen by the Emperor
to compile the account. The Aota wa3
frequently consulted, aud appealed to by
latter historiaus.
Macaulay, in the twenty-first chapter of
the fourth volume of his history of Eng
land, has given a highly entertaining--ami
instructive sketch of tho and progress
of newspapers iu England.
Haw to Mah;e Good Tallow Candies
We find the following receipt
jet of old papers. We don't know where
it came from, have not tried it, and don’t
know whether it is good or not. If tho
addition of the ley has the effect stated,
the receipt must be valuable. Will some
, of our readers try it and let us know tho
result;
To two pounds of tallow add one fcerv
spoonfu! of strong by from wood ashes, and
simmer ovt'r a slow fire—when a greasy
scum Will float on top, skim this oft’ for
making soap (it is very near soap already)
as long as it continues to rise. Then make
your candles Ss usual, making the wicks a
little smaller—aud you have a pure hard
tallow candle, worth knowing how to make
—aud one that burns a* long and gives a
light equal to sperm. The chemisasry de
monstrates itself. 4n oljp.ee or two of
beeswax will mak,e the candle some Lard
er, aud dipping the wicks in spirits turpen
tine will make it burn swine brighter. I
i wri(e with one before me.
* Yours, W.
—
A friend of ours, says an exchange, who
had taken a pride for some time in cultivat
ing a full crop of hair on his face, wasxmlled
away from home on business a few* days
ago. While absent an inexperiencedf bar
ber spoiled his whiskers in trimming them,
which so our friend that he directed
the barber to make a clean job by shaving
whiskers and moustache all off. Tho bar
ber obeyed, and our friend’s face was as
smooth and delicate as when in his teens,
lie returned home in the night. IS’ext
morning his little girl did not recognize him
on waking up. Looking over her mother
and seeing, as she supposed, a stranger in
the bed, she remarked, in her childish sim
plicity, “ blister, get out c? here—FH fell
pa on you when he comes home.”
We are ruined, not by what we really
want, but by what we tbiqk we do, there
fore never go abroad in search of your
want; if they be real wants-, they will come
home in search of you; for he that buys
what he does not want, will soon want what
Ire can Dot buy.
The N. Y. Herald says; “It evident
£hat Mr. Fessenden knows nothing about
the national finances, and the best thing
the Government could do would be to ad
vertise for a smart, bold Yankee to carry
the Treasury Department on his shoulders.”
The consumption of gunpowder by the
Yankee squadrons in service, and for ex
perimental practice, during the last year
required a supply of' 1,K£5,00Q pounds
of powder and 575 tons of nitre.
The soldiers of Grant’s array, in order
to supply themselves with water, .have dug
wdlls from twenty to thirty feet deep. The
number of wells about Petersburg is said
: to be at least live hundred.
A man paid a bet in Columbus, Olffo,
lost by the result of the election, by walk
ing through the streets attired simply in
a shirt. His antagonist followed with the
.remaider of his garments.
Mrs. Partington said that a gentleman
laughed so Lard that he would have “ boat
his jocular vein.”
The new capitol of Italy, Florence, is
to be fortified at a cost of thirty ruilliou of
franos.
NO. 12.