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EARLY COUNTY YEWS.
Vol. VI.
<£adg Cmtiitg Uctos.
r. V.. I.ROHBY, - T. E. SPKTOHT.
BY GROUfeY & SPEIGHT.
T~E. SPEIGHT,"Editor.
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To Col. D. S. Johuston and others in
Early County who barter for Wool
and Hides.
There is a class of people in Early and
Miller counties who are doiug me the groat
injustice of not only stealing my wool, but
of shearing my sheep at a season of the
year that is certain to produce the* death
of the sheep. I wish you to keep a list
of th<* names of' persons who may bring
you wool to barter; also the number of
pounds of wool, together with a statement
of the articles y T Ou may let them have in
■exchange. •
There are personS engaged in this sheep
shearing business who have heretofore
been above suspiciou,.and unless they stop
tlloir nefarious business, I shali be com
pelled to expose their names through the
Press Some of the women engaged in
this business keep their dogs blocked in
the yard to catch with others pen the
sheep, and others catch them in the woods.
I call them women , for certainly they are
is 9* ea titled to t rie appellation of laches—
nor can a man who engages in this busi
ness be entitled to the name of gentleman.
Some may think that necessity drives
them te act in this way; others may attri
bute it to laziness ; but I am compelled to
think that it is only the development of a
principle that had its existence before the
war, and they arc now only acting hs they
always would have done, had they had the
same opportunity,
I wish all who barter for hides to look
welt to the brands —for the person who
will shear the mother of the lamb for the
sake of the wool, will kill the cow from
the calf for the sake of the hide. Please
keep a record of the names of these deal
ers in hides, also of the brands of the ,
hides, for I am determined to bring the
guilty parties to justice, if my stock is in
terfered with in the future.
Did necessity drive them to this course,
I •could make due allowance for them, but
I thick it but speculation; in fact,
I ko>.w a young man, who is swift afoot,
that has made quite a start in the sheep
raising business by running down lambs in
the woods. I will close by advising him
and his partners in crime to desist from
their present course, and adopt for their
motto in future the old adage, “Honesty
is the best policy.”
John Davis. -
M.iicr Co., Feb. 3, 1865. 16 4t
POWELL & GROUBY,
At the old Blackburn Hotel,
Are prepared to do all kinds of
SHOE, HARNESS & SADDLE WORK
at the shortest notice, and on the most rea
sonable terms. Patronage solicited.
.fun. 18, 1864. 13-ts
"T T. T. SWANN, - "
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Blakely, Early Co., Ga,,
IV i j l give prompt attention to all business
coutiisd to Ins care. v5-13.*tf
For Sale,
A jLL kinds of Plantation Irom. Shovel,
Sweep and Scooter Iron on hand. Call
ana supply yourself.
D. S. JOHNSTON.
So fold, Ga., Oct. 12, 1864. 1-ts
To Stock Raisers.
"IfY fine-bk>oded Stallion, John Morgan,
fIA stand at my house during the pres
ent season. Terms—s2s for insurance.
M. G. STAMPER.
Jam 25,1365, H-2m*
I®-DEATH ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RASCALLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, &c.,
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BLAKELY, &A„ FEBRUARY 15, 1865.
THE LONG AGO.
Oh ! a wonderful river is the stream of Time,
As it runs through the realms of tears,
With a faultless rythm, and a musical rhyme,
And a broader sweep, and a surge sublime,
And blends with the ocean of years !
llow the winters are drifting like flakes of
snow,
And the summers like buds between,
And the years in the sheaf—so they come and
they go.
On the river’s breast, with its ebb and flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen !
There’s a magical Isle up the river Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
fere’s ttehtj’dlessi sVv and a clime,
And a sdtig as sweet as a vesper chime, ' f
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name of this Isle is the Long Ago,
And we bury our treasures there —
There are brows of beauty, and bosoms of,
snow,
There are heaps of dust—but we loved them
so !
There are trinklets, and tresses of hair.
Tfierc are fragments of song, that nobody
sings,
And a part of an intent’s prayfer;
There’s a lute uhswept, and a harp without
strings, . .
There are broken vows and pieces of rings,
And the garments she us§d to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the
fairy shore
By the mirage is lifted in air,
And we sometimes hear through the turbu
lent roar,
Sweet voices heard in the days gone before,
•When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh ! remembered for aye be.that blessed Isle,
Ail the daytef life till night;
When the evening comes with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile,
May that “greenwood of soul be in sigh.”
The Result—The Issue,
It seems that Lincoln and Seward could
not dare to let our Commissioners go to
Washington, or anywhere beyond the mil
itary lines of the Yankee army, They
were afraid l’*r any one in their dominions
to see or converse with men from the reb
el States charged with & peace mission.
They dare not allow anybody bet them- •
selves to sec or .speak to Messrs. Stephens,
Hunter and Campbell.
The country North and South, if we can
rightly judge, expected Lincoln to appoint
Commissioners to meet ours and have a con
ference-—a discussion On the pointseat is
sue, and .see if some trail could not be
6truck which would lead out of our present
troubles towards the paths of peace. Lin
coln and Seward, however, it seeips, had
no such idea in their minds; but hasten
ed down to Fortress Monroe, and there told
our Envoys that wh could have peace by
submitting to be disgraced and ruined.
They require of us not simply to go back
iuto the Union, but to submit to an irres
ponsible usurpation ; to the unchecked dic
tum of the fanaticsof the North, who have
no regard for law or individual rights or
humanity. They have laid ruthless hands
upon the Constitution, and ridden rough
Ehod over it—have set it at naught; have
utterly disregarded all law—all private
rights and all personal freedom; and by
their unauthorized usurpations, have gone
through the forms —the mockery—of
ing their wicked edicts the laws of the land;
and after having done this, with impudence
unparalleled,save in the doingsand conduct
of Yankees, they gravely invite us to go
and submit to their fanatical and ruinous
dictates.
We were born free. We were born to ‘
the right of choosing our own legislators,
and obeying of own laws. These
brazen imps of sin and* Satan now have the
effrontery to bid us submit td tyranical,
flagitious and destructive laws of theif own
making, which they did not have the pow
er or authority to make, even for the States i
still adhering to the Union—which we had
no voice in making, and’which are utterly
repugnant toevery honest man in the whole
South, and have the depravity and barbar
ity to make war on us to compel us to sub
mit ! Is even a coward willing to do it 1
Breathes there a soul so dead to every in
stinct of manhood and honor as to accept ■
such an alternative ? We trust that not
one such desecrates the soil of Georgia.
It is baseness unutterable. If there be
such an one, let him basely go ; and let ns
see that he goes where he belongs. Let
not his filthy carcass pollute our Southern
air.
There arc a few reconstructionists in the
South—men who dream of restoring the.
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Union as it 1 Was Under the old Constitution.
We have always told them reconstruction
could not be had; and we now ask them
to look at the Union to which they are in
vited. We ask them if their eyes are yet
opened ? We ask them if they are still
willing to £jveqW any sort of alliance with
the unprincipled and lawless crew who con
trol the Government of the North ?
Is any one so craven-hearted, so desti
tute of self respect and self iutercst, and
the honor and interestu>f his posterity and
country?# If there be such a man on the
soil of the South, the depths of unfathom
able infamy have been sounded in that
ciaa. • acheanr* ow £.
we can obtain peace, but not from Lincoln,
and the hope of doing so might as well -be
banished; for none but villains, poltroons
and traitors will accept of any peace that *
he will give.- Confederacy.
The Gold Market, .
Several causes, remarks the Richmond
Dispatch, in speaking,of the rapid decline
in gold, have combined to bring pbout this
effect: the strenuous measures recommend
ed by Mr. Trenholm, Secretary of the Treas
ury, to Congress; the decision of that body
in determining, by a vote of 43 yeas to 31
nays, to seize all the' cotton and tobacco in
the Confederacy on Government account;
and the closing of the port of Wilmington.
The scheme of finance now determined
upon, and likely to be carried into effect,
may be comprehensively stated thus: The
cotton and tobacco of the country having
been made the property of the Govern
ment, the Secretary of Treasury will pro
ceed, under authority of Congress, to bor
row specie, giving cotton and tobacco as
security. This specie will be speedily ap
plied to the redemption of a large portion
of the Confederate notes now afloat at a .
moderate discount. No more notes to be
issued by the Department; but the incom
ing currency to be used for Government
expenditure or cancelled.' The cotton aod
(tobacco seized will be paid for in Confed
erate money at the tearket rates (gold be-*'
ing the basis,) at the rate of discount fix
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury in the
redemption of the currency. An effort
wilt be made to reduce the volume of the
currency to a certain amount, and, if pos
sible, to prevent its increase. This course
of policy, although not formally entered
upon, has, nevertheless, already been some
what effective.
The fall of Fort Fisher, and the subse
quent closing of the port of Wilmington,
though deemed attrocious in a military
point of view, has necessarily diminished
the value of gold'by lessening the demand.
The public are not aware of the vast amount
of influence exercised over the gold mar
ket by the operations of the blockade-run- •
ning at Wilmington. From twenty thou
sand to one hundred thousand dollars in
gold were required tojjneet the weokly de.
mauds of the buyers, aod nearly all the
gold drawn from the market flSw out through
< that channel. On Monday morning last,
one thousand dollars in gold were sold at
sixty-two and a half in Confederate money
for one in specie. Two hours afterward
came the news of the fall of Fort Fisher.
Immediately gold rose to seventysone, and
for several days continued to advance,
through the combined influence of the
brokers, till it reached seventy-six; but
here it stopped, and has since bad a steady
downward tendency.
So far, theD, as the monetary affairs
of the Confederacy are concerned, our pros
pects are brighter than for many days past;
and should our currency continue to im
prove under the wholesome treatment now
advised and in contemplation, our pros- j
pects in other points of view cannot grow j
worse.
“ A man who was praising porter, said
• * it was so excellent a beverage, that it al
ways made bin) fat/
‘ I have seen the time,’ said another,
* when it made you lean —against the
wall/”
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A jockey who incautiously burned his
fingers by taking up his toast from the fire,
and broke the plate by le'tting it fall, ob
seved that it was too bad to loose the plate
after having the heat.
■■♦ • -
u White hair is the chalk with which
Time keeps it scores—two, or three four
score, as the case may be-— on a man’s
bead.” •
Negroes for the Army.
W e understand that withiu .the last day
or two the Senate branch of the general
Assembly of this State have declared, by
a decided majority, that under no eircum
stauces will they consent to the proposition
to arm slaves and put them iu the army.
We presumo our information on this sub
ject is correct.
If it be true, as reported and is frequent,
ry repeated, that Gen. Leo wants the ue
groes for soldiers, and that it is neoessary
that he should have them, and that he can
trust them and make soldiers of the®— ,
then the Senate of North Carolina may yet
the step they arc reported to.
taken.
As a matter of choice we have heard no
man advocate the policy of making soldiers
of negroes. The question has ever been
based upon its absolute necessity. To say
it is nqt now necessary, ia to say that Gen.
Lee does not know the necessities.of his
own situation. To say that it will never
be necessary is the height of presumption,
supposing the necessity not now to exist.
In considering the.policy of arming
slaves as soldiers, and the necessity for
their being so armed, we need not be .
ashamed to let Gen. Lee think for us. If
Gen. Lee cau trust to the fidelity of the Die.
gro, we might safely do so. If he thinks
there is a necessity which demands the ne
groes as soldiers, with what grace can wo
tell him there is not ? What do we know
j about it, as compared with his knowledge ?
To slaveowners and to others, most ar
dent friends of the institution, we would
just suggest: If Gen. Lee insists upon the
negroes he will get them. If their owners
will not give them up they will he ta
ken by the Yankees if not by Gen. Lee.
An appeal from Gen. Lee to Stutes for as
many negroes as lie wants, would bring
thorn. No one species of property can
have immunity secured to it from the nec
essary requirements of tho times. If we,
say it is pot necessary to send out the ne
groes, five thousand man will tell ssa it is,
for Gen. Lee says so. .
We should like to see more temperate
discussion of the question. As persons,
the negro have onjoyed a singular immu
nity ; as property they have been by no
means oppressively taxed. Have they
borne their share of the burdens of the war,
particularly considering tho relationship
they bear to the war ?
We again counsel moderation in the dis
cussion of this question. And we warn
slave owners and the friends of slavery
against certain new born pro-slavery inert
in our State and Confederate councils.
We have spme in our mind’s eye who will
resist the apppal of Gen. Lee for negro
troops to the bitter end, and who would yet
.sink to perditiou the last slave to get
hack to the embraces of their Yankee
friends. The man who is willing to give
one-half to save the other—seeing all in
danger—is the prudent man aod the friend
of him who owns the whole,
Goldsboro' (iY. C.) State Journal.
• Richmond, Feb. s.—The New York
World of the 31st occupied a page with
• the proceedings and speeches of the Board
of Supervisors, relative to a draft in that
city, the quota having been increased from
ten to tweuty thousand.
Several Supervisors intimate that an
other riot was inevitable if the draft wa3
enforced.
The World says: “We counsel the peo
ple of this city to restrain their indignant
feelings, although we well know these are
intensely excited."
The draft takes plaoe on the 15th in
• stant. *
Another committee has been sent to
Washington to urge & reduction of tho
quota.
Richmond, Feb. s.—The commission
ers returued from Fortress Monroe last
night.
They had an interview with Lincoln and
Seward, and were informed, substantially, >
that peace could be obtained flnly by un- \
conditional submission to the Constitution
and laws of the United States, and that
the slavery question had been disposed of
by the action of Congress, by the adoption
of the proposed amendment of the Cocsti*.
tutiou, abolishing slavery io the United
States.
It is understood that an official statement
from the Commissioners will belaid before
Congress to-morrow.
No. 17.