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EARLY COUNTY NEWS.
Vol. VI.
(fcnrln (Loimttr Mdus.
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H. GROUBY, T. E. SPEIGHT.
BY GEGUBY & SPEIGHT.
tTeTsPEIGHT, Editor.
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Proclamation by 'the President, ap
pointing a day of Fasting, Humili
ation ana Ptayer, with Thanks
giving.
The Congress ol the Cofodorato States
have, by a joint resolution, invited me to
appoint a day of Public Fasting, Humilia
tion and Prayer, with thanksgiving to AI
, mighty God.
It is onr solemn duty, at ail times, and
•more especially iu a season of public trial
and adversity, to acknowledge our iudte
pendenefc otPllis footstool, confessing our
manifold* sins, supplicating liis gracious
pardon, imploring His Divine heip, nnd
devoutly rendering thanks for thy many
and' great blessings which He has vouch
safed to us.
Let the hearts of our people turn con
tritely and trustfully unto Gcfi; let us re
cognise in His constraining hand ttie cor
rection of e. Father, and submissively pray
that the trials and sufferings which have
80 long borne heavily upon us, may bo turn
ed away by 1m merciful love; that. His
Runtaining grace be given to our people,
.juud liis divine wisdom imparted to our
rulers; that* the Lord of Hosts will be with
our 'armies, aud tight for us against our
enemies; and that P.e will graciously take
our cause into His own band, and merci
fully establish tor us a lasting, just and
honorable peace and 'independence.
And let us not forget to render unto
His holy name the thanks and praise which
:»re so justly due for liis great goodness,
and for the many mercies which He has
extended to us amid the trials and suffer
ings of protracted and bloody war.
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States of A
-nmrica. do issue this my proclamation, ap
pointing Friday, the 10th day of March
next,- as a day oV public tasting, humiliation
nud prayer, (with thanksgiving, ) for “ in
voking the favor and guidance ol Almigh
ty God;” and I .do earnestly invite all
soldiers and citizens to observe the same
in a spirit oi .reverence, penitence ami pray
er.
Given uuder’rr.y hand and the seal of
♦he Confederate Spates, at Richmond, tins
Udth day of January, in the year of Our
Ixmi one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-five. Jefferson Da^is.
By the President;
J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
Blacksmith Shop iu Blakely at last
“GEN.IRVIN”
ANNOUNCES to his old patrons, and the
public generally, that he will open his
Shop in Blakely on’Monday next, i*nd will
be pleased to accommodate them in all kinds
of work. His “ Mass Sam” refusing to
k#ep books for him, he.will have to work for
cash altogether. So bring along your iron
auu Confederate money. "Work done at old
prices and provisions taken iu pay.
Feb. 15, 1885. 17-31
Dissolution of Partnership.
riW, firm of Powell A Grouby, in the
bhoeniaking iusiaess, was.dissolved by
• mutual consent ou the 14th ihftfe. All claims
sigainst said nrm will be settled by R?£A. J.
Powell, who has assumed, in settlement, the
OBvmenVof nil debts, it any.
K. A. J. POWELL,
E. H. GROUBY.
Feb. 22, 1865. 18-3 t.
'] he undersigned will continue to carry on
a Mice bhop, and all orders left at the News
*. ure will be promptly filled.
E. 11. GROUBY.
khb. 32, iwo- 18-31
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I&rDEATH ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RASCALLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, &0., &0.-m
BLAKELY, GaV., MARCH 1, 1805.
Governor Brown’s Mean ago-
W c have read Gov. Browu’s’ Message,
or rather the philippic <jf the Governor of
Georgia agaivist the President of the Con
fedrate Status, with feelings of mingled pi
ty and shame. Pity, that a man occupying
so high a position could so expose his per
sonal weakness to the public—aiid shame
that the Governor <J‘ the sovereign State of
Georgia should so lar forget the dignity of
his positiob, the respect due the people,
and tiie magnitude of the cause, as to use
the opportunity afforded him by the meet
ing of the Legislature to vent his personal
spite and unreasoning hatred against the
President. We feel sorry for the man,
Gut shame for the Governor. Nor is the
shame felt for him unmixed with indigna
tion. At this most critical period of our
national aftvurs, wlftn every true man aud
patriot is using his best endeavors to pro
mote a feeling of harmony among the peo
ple, and when their patriotic efforts are
meeting with ap unprecedented success,
the Governor of the State, oblivious to the
good of the country, and anxious only to
gra.il’y his personal dislikes, pours forth n
tirade of abuse against the Government and
the Executive, aud endeavors, to the best
of his ability, to create a distrust of the one
and a hatred of the other. ’
if Mr. Seward had been afforded the op
portunity of revising Gov. Brown’s Mes
sage, we doubt if he would have altered a
single word. The constant and unwaver
ing purpose of our enemies has been to cre
ate in the minds of the people of the
South a distrust in the stability of their
Government, and a tear of th?ir ehoseu Ex
ecutivo. The ingenuity aud schoralship
of Seward, though it might have improved
the diction aud the style of Gov. Brown’s
Message, could in no way have added to
its venom or increased its .power for evil.
We ask any candid man to read this mes
sage, and then say, if, since the commence
ment of this revolution, he has ever seen
or read a document so calculated to give
aid and comfort to the enemy. If the ob
ject of the Governor’s Message be not to
convince the people that* their President
is a despot, seeking the supervision of their
liberties, and that their government is a
failure, and will shortly go 1 6 pieces, their
he has signally misused language. The
sentiments and opinions expressed in this
message will be quoted and extensively
copied in the Northern journals to prove
that their libelous assertions in regard t>
our government are correct. We confi
dently assert, that the view taken of our af
fairs by the jaundiced eye of the Governor
will do more, if its .maliguity be Dpt ex
posed, to dispirit tire people and encourage
the enemy, than a dozen'defeats. If ary
man can read this message and discover iu
it that burning patriotism which we had a
right to expect, from the .Governor of a.
State—-if he can find in it words of hope
and encouragement —if he cau gather,from
it an undying determination to battle to
the death for the independence of the Con
federate States, he must possess a deeper
penetration and a clearer wit than is vouch
safed to the majority of mankind.
We think it is no difficult matter to find
excuses iu this document for lulewarnmesa
in the cause—nay, we believe that the de
serters from our armies, and those absent
without leave, will discover in mes
siige a vindication of their unmanly course
•—or, to say the least, a palliatioh of . their
crime. The Governor says :
The whole body politic is diseased, and
unless active remedies are administered
speedily, that dissolution and death must
be the inevitable result.
if * if * * . *
Our Constitution has been violated and
trampled under foot; and the rights and
sovereignty of the States, which had tfeen.
disregarded by the Government of the
United States, which formed, with slavery,
the very foundation of the movement that
brought into being the Confederate Gov
ernment, have been prostrated and almost
destroyed by Congressional encroachment
and executive usurpation. #
if . * if- if if +
In many parts of the Confederacy, not
in possession of the enemy, the Govern
ment has ceased to protect either life or
property.
jj: *■ ojc jf
Our Government is now a military de?-
potisru whenever the privilege of the writ
of habeas corpus is suspended, nil object
to which the Presidents’ earnest efforts are
constantly directed. The tendency to an
archy is rapid and fearful.
If these are the sentiments and opiuions
by which Governor Brown expects to unite
the people in a determined resistance to
the enemy, he must be blind or mad. A
guiu, iu referring to the Conscription Act,
and the appointment of officers by Ihejffies
iient, he. gnvs :
So soon as this policy was adopted* he
(the soldier) felt that it was the Govern
mentis ,war, and that he was no longer a
tree man. but the slave o* absolute power.
This waa uot the freedom be act out. to light
lor, and thousands of men, rather than sub
mit to it, and remain iu service, feeling
teat they were the eoliar of power upon •
their mtckSj have leijt the army without
leave. ,
* * * * * *
Great numbers of absentees, deficient in
neither patriotism nor gallantry, who have
been driven out of the armies by the pet
ty tyranny of subaltern officers appointed
at Richmond to command them, cuijld bo
brought back bv the States under officers
of their own choice, who would make ex
cellent troops.
If these extracts are not a defense of de
sertion, then we know not the meaning of
Words.
We want it understood by all, thaj wo
arc not the champion of the President, cr au
organ of the Administration. Our readers
can testify that we are no man’s man, and
no party’s organ. Whatever, in our opin
ion, will conduce to the success of the great
cause iu Which we are engaged, and in the
establishment of om independence and se
curing the liberty of the*people, that we
shall, as long as we live, to the best of our
abilities, continue to uphold and support.
We care not a jot either for President Da
vis or-Governor Brown, onlyso far as they
aid and assist in establishing that inde
pendence in which we, humble as we are,
are as much interested as the greatest iu
the land. Liberty and independanco are
no dearer to the President or to Governor
Brown than they ore to us The priceless
boon for which we are struggling is the
heritage of the whole people; and what
ever, in our judgment, serves to obstruct
us iu the effort to acquire that which is
our right, we will fearlessly oppose aud un
hesitatingly denounce.
We shall take occasion, hereafter, to r<f
fer again to this message.— Telegraph.
Pen Drops.
Man —A bubble on the ocean’s rolling
wave.
Life —A gleam of light extinguished by
the grave.
Fame—A meteor dazzling with its dis
tant glare.
Wealth—A source of trouble and con
suming care.
pleasure —A gleam of sum-hine passing
soon away.
Love—A morning stream whose memo
ry giads the day.
Faith —An anchor dropped beyond the
vale of death.
Charity —A stream meandering from
the fount of love.
Bible—-A guide to realms of endless joy
* above.
Religion—A key which opens wide the
gates of heaven.
Death —A knife by which the ties of
earth are riven.
Earth—A desert through which pilgrims
wend their way'.
Grave—A place of rest when ends life’s
weary day.
Resurrection — A sudden waking from a
quiet sleep.
Ileavcn —A land of joy, of light and
love supreme. *
A Gentle Hint.
A Parson who was not promptly paid
by his parishioners, on entering the church
one sabbath morning, met one of the most
wealthy of .his flock, and asked tue loan
of a dollar.
“ Certainly,” said the man, at the same
time handing over the coin.
Dominie put it in his pocket, and preach
ed his sermon in most capital style, and on
coming down handed the identical dollar
to the man from whom he borrowed it.
“ Why,” exclaimed the lender, “you
have pot used the money at all.”
“ It has been of great service to me, nev- -
ertholcsti,” replied the parson, “ I always
preach so much the better when I have 1
money in my pocket.”
The hint waa lakert, and the balance of
his salary was got together the following
day.
Beacon and the Irishman,
. ** ieaii - we litrd the following
amasmg story going the rounds •
A lew months r-.go, aa deacon Ingalls, of
it. i.. iv,s t.avchV turough
the Western pan of the Stale of .Sow V„ r fc
he tell in with ..i Irishman, had late
ly arnveu in tin- country, and who was in
ut a brother, who eau V e hgf)r», and
sottlcd m some of the diggios in tUt vi
ctuity.
Pat was a strong athletic man, a trim
kaihohc, and had never seen the interior
ot any protest ant church, it was a pleas
ant Sabbath morning that brother Ingall*
met Pat, who enquired tho load t-Mta near
est church.
Ingalls was a good and pious maD. JL>
told Pat ha was going to church himself,
and iuvited his new made acquaintance to
accompany him hither—hi? destination be
ing a small Methodist meeting-house near’
Thero was a great revival there, at the
time, and one ol the deacons (tvho, by the
way, was very small in stature) invited his
brother lugalls to take a seat in Jiis pew:
Tie accepted the invitation, and walked in
fohowed by Put, who looked io vaiu to
fiad the altur, ctt\ * * , 4
After he was seated, lie turned to broth
er iugalls, and, in a whisper which could
be heard all around, enquired :
“ Sure, an’ isn’t thin a hiritic church’ ’*
“ Hush,” saiti Ingalls, « If you speak a
loud word, they will put you out.”
“ Divil a word will I spake, at all. at
all,” replied Put.
Tho meeting was opened with prayer,
by the 1 .‘tutor. .Pat was eyeing him vorv
closely, when an old. gentleman, who wan
standing in the pew, directly iu fiout of
Pat, shouted out, ‘ Glory 1'
‘ llist-s-t! ye clear devil,” rejoined Pat,
wit!, his loud whisper, which was easily
heard by the minister, «be dacent, and
don’t make a blackguard ol yourself.’'
The parson grew more <md more fer
vent in his devotions, i'resently fcLe den
con uttered nu audible groan.
Jlist-st !ye blackguard! Have you
*“» dactncy at all, at "all I" said Pat, nt
the same time giving the deacon a punch
in the ribs which caused him nearly to lose
his equilibrium. The minister stopped,
and, extending his hand in’ a supplicating
manner, baid :
“ Brethren, we cannot bo disturbed in
this way. Will some one put this uian
out ? ■"
“Tee, your rivirenco,” shouted Pat,
“ I will,” and suiting the action to tho
word, he cuilared the deacon? and, to tint
utter horror and astonishment of tho pas
tdr, brother Ingalls, and the whole coni
gregation, dragged him through the aisle,
and, with u tremendous kick, landed him
in the vestibule of the church.
Augusta, Feb. 21. — Charleston wa4 re
liably reported evacuated four days ago,
under the supervision of General licaure’
gard. All tho public property was des
troyed. *
Sherman’s left crossed the Saluda at Al
ston Junction, ou the Spartanburg am!
Greenville railroad, destroying the bridge.
The advance was near Chester, Kilpatrick
protecting the rear.
Passengers to Richmond go by the way
of Washington, Ga.
A large amount of stores have bt£n des
troyed by our forces at Columbia. The en
emy’s right, under Foster, is in the vicini
ty and perhaps occupy Charleston." Har
dee’s quarters were at Summerville on
’ilhursdav.
The enemy are destroying everything
in their route, and have desolated Barn
well district. The last struggling parties,
consisting of squads of 10 to 15, passed
along ob the 6th to 12th, am! burned near
ly every fine mansion oa and near the Sa
vannah river.
No mails or telegraphic communications
north and cast of here for five days. The
trains run to Aiken, S. C.
The tories have again appeared in force
in Western North Carolina. The Home-
Guard has been driven hack by them.
— : i. —i
To Stock Raisers.
MY fine-blooded Stallion, “John Degee,’*
formerly owned by Col. M. W. Stam
per, will stand the present season at Gates
ville. By calling on Judge Hanks, of Clay
county, or J>r. O'Conner, at Tort Gaines,
some of his colts can be seen. Terms—s4o
for tho season, or 850 for insurance.
Y. T. URQUHAKT.
Feb. 22, 1855. IS ts
3STo. 39.