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THE COUNTRYMAN. 71 you agin, an I will go in opposisltun to the administrashun—yore administrashun I mean—not your kozzen Jeff’s.”—At this lie lookt powerful skeerd, an the teers cum in his ize agin. Then I thort 1 wood soothe him, and I sez— Sez I, “Josipli,” sez I, “you hesitate about appintin me major-gineral, lust be- kaws you think Henry R. Jackson mout want the appintment, and sekond, because I belong to the gender of the female seeks. An in this I don’t know that Jackson are got much the advantage of me. But even ef I am a woman you know Joan of Arc— “ No, I don’t no enny sich gal,” sez the guvuer : “ I never beam of her.” “Wellthen,sezI,you knowNaucy Hart— “ Ah ! yes,” sez Josipli, “ you speak accordin to my liistorikil nolij now. Nancy Hart is the oman what Hart County is named artev, aint it ? An she killed 500.000 Britishers, didn’t she?” “ Edzacly,” sez 1 : “she killed 500,000 of the Britishers, an they named Hart County alter bur.” “Well, aunt Sally,” sez the guvner, “ pleaze tell me who Joan of Arc war. War she raised up in the Cherokee nashun?” “ No,” sez I, “ Josipli,” sez I, “ she was an Irish gal what killed jest as many Brit ishers in Ireland, as Nancy Hart killed up in Hart County.” “ Edzacly,” sez the guvner.: “ I rekil- leck bur now, an I will put hur in my nex messij, as a liistorikil persouij.” Then the guvner proseedid an sed : “ I perseeve, aunt Sally, that God ar no res pecter of seckses, so fur as military talent ar konsarned. An ef ever enny oman war kalkilated to be a major-giniral, that oman ar you.”—So he got up an rote out my kommisshun an sez— “ Aunt Sally,” sez he, “jest make me up an'anny, an you shall liav my everlas- tin gratitude. Y.>u needn’t be pertikler who you take. Take men, ■wimmin, cliil- dun, niggers, an nigger childun : in a wurd, call out the merlishy : that, single wurd x-presses it all. An then I will have my eppvletts after all”—an teers of gratitude korsed down his classic feechers. I coodn’t help cry in a little myself, even at fust, an then as he cride louder, I crido louder, un- tel we liad a little camp-meatin* *thar, all to ourselves. By-an-by ole Billy Mosely an Dr. Talmij kum along to git ther sheer, thinkin maybe we had kouvarted sumbody, jest as the other denorninashus always duz •when we Methodis have a tiemenjus revi val. We kills the game, and the balance kums along and bags it all. An Billy an Sam both jined us in prar. But the coldness of a Prispeterian an a Hardshell is enuff to dry up enny camp-meatin in the worl: an so they dride our’n uptoreck- ly. Jack Billups, he kum along towards the windin up of the show, and sorter peep ed in, in one of his perlite ways, an walkt as strate on as Chesterfeel, with a mity quizzical look on his feechers. Presently we seed Linton Stephens kum- min on, an we cawled him in, an desired him to say in the legislatur that we.warnt a gwine to resist the kornscrip Ac, but do pray to git Georgy to keep hur reecord rite She ort to protess agin the kornscrip Ac, but go along an do it. Well, it are a grate “ The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without per secuting, and retain them without preach ing, are wealth, health, and power.” ADVERTISEMENTS. T>0 THE PLANTERS OF GFORGIA.— Headquarters Military District op Georgia, Savannah, Ga., Nov. 3rd, 1862.—1 have received from several counties ot the State of Georgia, and from individual slaveholders, requests and demands that I should return their negroes now working upon the fortifications of Savannah. It is my sincere and earnest desire to do so. 1 think it an injustice to those who have sent their negroes at my 1st call, that they should be compelled to bear the whole bur den and heat of the day, while others, who are among the wealthiest of the land, look calmly on the danger ofthecity and the state without contributing a single laborer from their hundreds or their thousands to their defense. Fellow citizens, with whom ought the blame to thing to prot*,, in thorite plane, an it are a grate thing to keep the reecord rite. The fust kumpany I shall call out, un der the authority given me by the guvner are the Rockville Rousers. I want that kumpany to go ahead of all the balance an open the rodes, as I understan ther cap ting ar an x-cellent hand at sich pvoseedins An then he must have so many of ’em ah ! tliar’s the good of bavin a fust-rate engineer fur army rodes an other rodes. As Rockville is closte by yore house you will pleaze post up the follerin notis for me : “To the Rockville Rousers:—You ar hereby komrnanded, men, wimmen an cbil- dun, to appeer for drill on the 28th day of Nov., at Krooked Kreek Meetin-hcuse, armed and equipped the best you ken. Ef you haven’t got guns enuff, the wimmin must bring ther broom-sticks, an you must all bring an axe or hatchit to cut down trees. Lige Aeons is ordered to bring his drum, an Hording his fife. Yore aunt Sally will be tliar to revue you all on boss- back.—By order of Sally Poke, Ma- jer Gineral kommandin. .—Nov. the 20th, 1862.” It mout be proper for me to state that I have appinted a lady in yore county Ad- jutint Gineral. 1 have no more to rite now, but I subscribe myself Yore fren—Sally Poke.—Mille-dgeville, Nov. the 20th, 1862. Poscrip.—What guvner Brown means in his speshal messij by the outside preshure that was brot to bar on the Soup Reme Corte, is the preshure that Joe Henrv Lum pkin an I had the mornin they tuck me away frum the guvner as we was a gwine to the x-ecutive offis, what I rit about in my fust lettur. me, for I am simply doing that which is absolutely necessary to the protection of the state from invasion, and from the designs of the abolitionists. Let the blame fall where it is justly due—on those who have refused to send labor to the defenses of Savannah, and who still refuse to take their turn in the work, who, aiter enjoying immunity for so long a time, still refuse to relieve those who have been la boring for them. Let those citizens whose vital in terests are at stake, and who have done their share towards the common weal, rise up and compel these backsliders, and especially the rich among them, to , o their part. From the thousands of slaves who have thus been withheld from the defense of the country, enough, and more than enough, might easily be contributed to enable me to send back to their masters all those who have already worked here for 3 months, and at the same time would give me a sufficient force to complete the defense of our chief city and coast. Patriots! will you allow the selfish and the unpa triotic to reap all the benefits of our war of inde pendence, without sharing with you its burdens, its sacrifices, and privations? As soon as those who have not hitherto contributed send me a sufficient number to fill their places, I pledge myself to ssnd back to their masters the ne groes who ar. now at work. Until this is done, ne cessity compels me to retain them. H. W. MERCER, Brig. Gen. Commanding. All papers in the state insert for 1 week, and send bill to the Republican office. It Nov. 24, 1862. HAT SHOP.—All persons are particularly re quested not to bring or send wool or fur to my hat shop with the expectation of having hats manu factured to order. I cannot obtain material for lin ing, binding, and dyeing them as I would desire,and hence I will take no order. I will have hats made, and offer them for sale. Then those who wish them can buy them, and those who don’t can let it alone. Nov. 24, 1862. tf J. A. TURNER. “ Accidents sometimes happen from which a man cannot well extiicate himself with out a spice of madness.” jH T R WANTED.—I will pay 10c a piece for every good rabbjt skin delivered at my hat sh >p : 30c for every good coon skia : .$3 for every good ot ter skin : $5 tor every good beaver skin: and for mink, fox, and musk-rat fur, in proportion. For extra large, fine skins, I will pay more than the above.—In order for the skins to be good, they must be in full fur, and be stretched and well cured as soon as taken from the animal. Unless ihe skins are well stretched and dried, they will be worthless. Nov. 24, 1862 tf J. A. TURNER. J ( H. PEARSON’S SALE—Will be sold at the late residence of John H. Pearson, dec’d., in the county of Putnam, on Wednesday, the 17th day of December next, all the perishable property belong ing to the estate of said dec’d., consisting of corn, fodder, cattle, hogs, household and kitchen furniture, &c. Terms cash. SARAH E. PEARSON, Adm’x. Nov. 24, 1862 w.b.c. tds T. ROGERS’S SALE.—The sale of B. T, * Rogers’s perishable property will take place at the house of Henry Rogers in Putnam Co., on friday 5:h Dec. next. Sold under order of the court of or dinary of Putnam Co.—Terms on the day. P. E. PRICHARD, . . Nov. 24, 1862. HENRY ROGERS, Aar imr’s.