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THE COUNTRYMAN.
TITKXWOLD, GA., MAKCIl 7, 1865. !
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Send to Eaton ton.
Exchanges and ooiTospondeitts will
please direct^tlieir favors, now, to Ea-
tonton, instead oi to Grceuesboro, to
winch place we had oiu papers seDt,
during the raid. tf
Independent Press.—A new paper of
this title, has reached us from Eatonton,
Ga., J. A. Turner, editor. It is a largo
eheet, gotten up in good stylo, and will
support the principles of democracy, as
laid down by Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
and Jackson. The editor, Mr. Turner,
is not unknown to fame—being, it is un
derstood, the author of The Tomahawk,
a pamphlet publication, which was issued
from an office in this city, a few months
since. He is a vigorous, and somewhat
pungent scribe, and will make a good pa
per. We doubt the policy, however, of
starting newspapers, in every county-
town in the state, as there now seems
good good prospect of being done. From
an experience of ton years in the business,
we are, we think, qualified to pronounce
it the least remunerative employment, in
proportion to the capital, and labor invest
ed, that is now pursued. And the histo
ry of the press, in Georgia, for the same
length of time, proves that the business
has been ‘ run into the ground,’ emphati
cally. Dozens of newspapers have been
started,, have run a short race—
changed hands, and ‘fizzled out,’ to the in
jury of proprietors, as well as to the pub
lic. May the Independent Press not share
the same inglorious fate.—Macon Paper,
1854.
Auction Sales.—The prices obtain
ed at Rosette, Lawhon,& Co.’s auction
yesterday, were : One sole leather
trunk $600, osnaburga $5 per yard,
nails per pound $4,20, four and a
half inch rubber belting, $14 per foot,
four and a half inch leather belting
$5 to $9,25, one gold bracelet $300,
one gold pencil $50, one silver watch
chain $210, shot $5,50 por pound,
ono double case 18 carat gold watch
$2,200, one gold chain $500, one gold
watch and chain $3,500, one negro
woman 45 years old $1,600, jeans
$15 per yard, whiskey $55 per gal
lon, tobacco, western, $8,50, one ma
hogany bedstead $675, one mule $1,-
030, one express wagon $1,7C0, goats
$41 por head, 17 pigs and shoats
$725, mattress $55. Other sales un
important.— Columbus Times, Feb. 9*
‘Some surgeons, in London, have
succeeded, by scientific operation, in
giving sight to persons born blind.
There are touching descriptions of
the surprise, and confusion of those to
whom the world is first opened.®
The Quill-Drivers.
We drive the quill,
We a band of brothers,
With an iron will,
And our own—not another’s.
We keep the keys
Of liberty’s wall,
And we know no Ices,
Nor no tyrant’s call.
With a scowl for kings,
And a tear for wo,
How the war-cry rings
When wo meet the loo.
Insatiate, we,
With the battle cry, y
By fount and tree,
Lilt our voices high.
Then spare the quill,
With its power of gode,
And its sovereign will,
For it never nods.
On its post it keeps
Its vigils long,
And it never sleeps
O’er its country’s wrong.
When the. war-cry stops
Of battling men—
When the musket drops
In its languor—then,
We raise our cry
On the slumberingbreeze,
And we raise it high,
For we know no fees.
And the tyrant quakes,
When he hears our tongue,
And the yankee shakes,
When our war-cry’s rung.
Oh ! he ne’er can rest,
While our band shall live,
Nor the craven breast
Can its mandate give.
For we live by God,
And our liberty,
And a trodden sod
We will never be.
Feb. 24th, 1865.
The Independent Press.—This
is the title of a new weekly paper,
jast issued, at Eatonton, Ga., edited
by J. A. Turner, Esq. It is a beau
tiful sheet, made up with much taste,
and the selections are good. In his
salutatory, the editor of The Press
announces that he will support demo
cratic principles, but its columns will
be open to the discussion of all sub
jects, provided they are ‘brief, well
written, and tree from' personality,
and immoral tendency.’ We wel
come brother Turner to the corps
editorial, and extend to him the right
hand of fellowship. He is an able
writer, and will do good battle in the
democratic cause.—Constitutionalist,
1854.
“The sun should shine on festivuls, but the
moon is the light for rums.”
The Independent Press.—Such
is the title of a new paper, just estab
lished at Eatonton, Ga. It is a large
and neatly printed paper, and gives
evidence of decided ability, in its edi
torial department, which is under the
i control of Mr. J. A. Turner. Gen.
Taylor once declared himself‘a whig,
but rot an ultra Whig,’ and from the
salutatory of the Independent Press,
we would say it is a democrat, but
not an ultra democrat. We wish the
enterprise success.—Atlanta Intelli*
gencer, 1S54.
The Independent Press, is
tho title of a new paper, just com
menced, at Eatonton. It is edited by
J. A. Turner, Esq., a gentleman not
‘unknown to fame,’ in literary circles.
Tho Press is a largo, aud handsome
sheet—its publisher a good printer—
and wo trust that, pecuniarily, the pa
per may succeed. In politics, it is
with tho ‘re-united’ party.—Athens
Watchman, 1854.
Our Book Table.—The Planta
tion, for September, is received, and
is fully up to its predecessors, for in
teresting aud entertaining contents.
A more valuable work is not publish- •
ed in the United States. It is south
ron in name, principle, and precept,
and should be in the hands of every
lover of good literature. Published
by Pudney & Russell, New York ;
aud J. A. Turner, Eatonton, Georgia.
Terms, $5 per annum.— Texas Ran~
chero, Sc2>t. 29, 1860.
A Nice Experiment.—“ The la
dies are introducing a new aud beau
tiful ornament, for the parlor, mantel,
or centro-table. They take large pine
burs, sprinkle grass seeds, of any kind,
in them, and place them in pots of
water. When the burs are soaked a
few daj T s, they close up, in the form
of solid cones, and then tho little
spears of green grass begin to emerge
from amongst the laminse, forming an
ornament of rare, and simple beauty.”
The New Command of Gen. Lee.
—“General Orders No/3, have been
issued from the Adjutant General’s
office, relative to the new command
of General Lee. The following is an
extract:
II. General Robert E. Loo, having
been duly appointed General-in-Chief
of the army of the Confederate States,
will assume the duties thereof, and
will be obeyed, aud respected accord-
iugly.
III. General Order No. 22, of 1864,
is horeby revoked,”