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1— . . VOL. V. <£arln Cwmto Ildus. -n -v> v > Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year 5,00 For 6 Months 2,50 No subsciptious received for less than six. months, and paymeut always required iu ad vance. SCALE OF PRICES To be Charged by tlie “Early County hews,” 1 Square, (occupying the space of ten bour geois lines, or less.) one-insertion,2,oo Forevery subsequent insertion, 1,00 Obituary notices charged as adverti-wvuits. lic-organization of the Militia. The fallowing act to ro-organize the Mili tia of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, was passed; Lv the late Legisla ture of Georgia, aud has been assented to by the Governor: Section 1. lie it enacted, Ac., That each Senatorial District in this State shall consti tute a separate Military District, aud it shall lie the duty of the Governor, as soon as prac ticable after the passage of this act, to ap point an Aid-de-Camp, with the rank of Qol onel, in each district, who shall be charged with the dirties hereinafter set forth. Sec. 11. He it further enacted, That with in four days after being notified of his ap pointment, it shall be the duty of each Aid de-Camp to commence the enrollment of all free white males resident in his District, who are or shall be of the age of sixteen years, aud not over sixty years, and also those who shall from time to time arrive at the ago of sixteen years, or who may come to reside within the District, except those who shall ai-tually be in the Army or Navy of the Con federate Stales, or in the State service. The enrollment shall be by Company Districts, and shall show the age. occupation and na tivity of each person enrolled, the number of the Company District in which he may re side, and if auy exemption is claimed, the ground of it. For the purpose of facilitating the enroll ment, the Aid-de-Camp shall he authorized to employ, with the approvalpf the Governor, three or more assistants for each county, wise shall .receive tier their services compen sation at the rate of fifty cents ft r each per son enrolled by them ; but they shall not be exempt from service under fills act. in cori sequenee of their being such assistants. For a failure faithfully to discharge their duty (he Assistant Unrolling officers shall be lia ble to removal by the Governor, and if with out sufficient excuse to be judged of by the Governor, shall be liable further to forfeit ure of all compensation. Sec. HI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty oftfie Aid-de-Camp, with in ten days after she-enrollment has been com pleted iii* his district, to forward complete lists, iu duplicate, of the. enrollment in each . county of his district to the Adjutant and In spector General, and to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, in each county, a co py of the enrollment in his county; and the Aid shall be empowered and required when there are but few persons enrolled in a par ticular eompauy district, to incorporate and consolidate., subject to the approval of the iiovernor, two or more adjoining company districts into one, reporting the consolidation made aud the numbers of the company dis tricts so combined, aud in cities to divide dis tricts. Sec. IV. Beit further enacted, Thai the Governor be authorized, on receiving the re ports of the new company districts provided lor in section third, to arrrange said compa nies into Keghneuts or Battalions, defining their limits without regard to county lines, aud if need be, for the purpose of effective organization without regard to Senatorial Districts ; Provided that no Regimental dis trict shall contain more than one thousand, . or less than five hundred, men, arranged iu ten companies; that no Battalion district of the first class shall contain more than six hundred, or less than four hundred, men. ar ranged in not more than nine, nor less than six. companies; that no Battalion district of the second class shall contain more than four hundred, nor less than two hundred, men. arranged in not more than five, nor less than two, companies ; and that no company district shall contain more than one hundred, nor less than sixty-four, men. Sec. V. Be if further enacted, That to each Regiment' there shall be allowed one Colonel, one Lieutenant-Colonel, and ouo Major; to each Battalion of the first class, one Lieutenant-Colonel and one Major ; to each Battalion of the second class, one Ma jor; and to each Company one Captain, four Lieuts., five Sergeants, foifr Corporals; and that each Company shall be divided into two platoons, each platoon into two squads, and that there shall bo,-for the purpose of drill and discipline, one Lieutenant, one Sergeant, aud one Corporal to each squad. S**c. VT. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the arrangement of Regiments and Battalions and Companies shall he comple ted in each or any of the Senatorial Districts the Governor shall be required within ten davs thereafter to order elections for officers to command said Regiments, Battalions aud Companies in the same manner now; prescrib ed in the Military Code of Georgia, and shall issue commissions on the election returns as ♦herein also directed uuder the Seal of the BLAKELY, GEO., JANUARY G, 1864. Executive Department, aud in the event of a failure or neglect on the part of the peo ple to elect, the Governor shall commission to the vacancy u fit and proper person on the recommendation of a majority of the Com pany officers concerned. The officers thus elected, or appointed and commissioned, to be vested with all the authority usually apper taining to such grades. And all members of the State Guard, who are absent- iu the ser vice of this State or the Confederate States, shall be permitted to vote at said election for officers at the places where they are station ed, and two commissioned officers shall pre side at said elections, and transmit returns thereof, within fifteen days after said election, to the Governor of this State, whose duty it shall be to consolidate said votes as iu other cases. Sec. VII. Re it further enacted, That whenever the Governor shall have been ad vised by the Aid-de-Camp iu any Senatorial District that the organizations hereinbefore provided for, have been completed in the District, and the officers therein elected, or appointed and commissioned, it shall he his duty, within teu davs thereafter, to declare the militia organization heretofore existing in said District, under the Military Code of Georgia, suspended, and the officers under said previous organization relieved from their command, and said officers shsll be subject to all the Military duties imposed by this act upon persons of the same age with themselves, Sec. VIII. Beit further enacted, That it ' shall be the duty of the Aid-de-Camp in each Senatorial District to supervise aud direct, under the orders of the Governor, all military matters within his District. He shall be the channel of communication between the Ad jutant & Inspector General and the troops in his Dist rict, for the transmission of all orders, instructions, reports and military communi cations generally, and he shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of seven dollars per day for the time lie may be employed in per fecting the organization herein provided for, and for such time iu each quarter, not to ex ceed teu days, as he may be required to de vote to military matters in Ids District. Ho shall be removable at the pleasure of the Governor. 3ec. IX. Ill' it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each Lieutenant. of a squad to keep a list of all persons enrolled within the limits of hiasquad beat, and shall notify the Aid-de-Camp of his District, thro’gh his Captain.-quarterly, of all persons arriving at the age of sixteen, or who shall move into or out of his heat; which notifications shall be consolidated by the Aid-de-Camp, and for warded within ten days after the end of each quarter of the year, to the Adjutant A In spector General, noting also such other chan ges in rank, command, Ac., that may have occurred during the quarter. The object be ing to continue a complete enrollment of tho District, and to preserve its military organi zation. Sec. X. And be it further enacted. That the persons enrolled under the second sec tion of this Act shall be divided into two classes. The first shall be composed of thoso between seventeen and fifty years of age, to he styled the Militia proper, who shall bo first liable and subject to perform all the military duties contemplated by this Act. The second class shall be composed of those between sixteen and seventeen years of age, and between fifty aud sixty years of age, aud be styled the Militia reserve; who shall organize with the Militia proper, but shall not l>e required to drill or perform any of the military duties contemplated by this Act, until the Militia proper shall have been call ed into active service, nor be subject or liable to any draft or other compulsory process to fill any requisition for troops, uoon the Gov ernor of this State, bv the President of the Confederate States. U’hen the Militia prop er shall be called into active service, *he Lieu tenant of each Company most advanced in age shall he left with and in comtnaad of the Militia reserve ot their respective Com panies. Ami if any person belonging to the Militia reserve shall at any time he elected to, and shall accept any office under this Act, he shall be required to perform all the duties of the office without reference to the class which he may have belonged. Sec, XL And he it further enacted, That whenever, in tin* opinion-of the Governor, it shall he necessary either to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or to execute the laws, to call the State Militia, or any par' theroot, into aotiv** military service, he ih hereby au thorized and empowered to da so; hut the Militia reserve created by this Act shall be called into active military service only after the Militia proper has been called out in great emergencies, to meet which the Militia proper are deemed insufficient, and shall be discharged from such active service as soon as the emergency to meet which they aro called out shall have passed; and whenev er the Militia, or any part thereof, shall be called into active military service, they shall receive the same pay and allowances as if they were in the service of the Confederate States, aud shall be Subject to tho rules and articles of war and the regulations for tho government of tho armies of the Confederate States. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted, That whenever the militia shall be called into ac tive service by the Governor, Brigades and Divisions may be organized for the period of active service, in such manner as the Gov ernor may direct; the officers and tarn com posing the Brigades and Divisions inali cases electing their Brigade and Division comman ders ; provided that tlm officer of Brigadier j and Division General shall expire when dis banded, and the individuals holding them shall return to service according to their ages, as provided for in this act. Sec. XIII. And he it further enacted, That whenever a requisitition lor troops for local defence in this .State shall be mndo by the President of the Confederate States upon the Governor of this State, the Governor snail bo etnpowered aud authorized to fill the re quisition by apportioning the number requir ed among the different regiments, battalions or companies of the militia proper, provid ed for by this act; and when the apportion ment is made, the Governor may order the number apportioned detached, drafted or se > '.jjCted in suchother manner as h* may eh-om advisable, aud may squire the Aide-de-Oamp for tha Senatorial Districts to superintend the draft, or to to execute such orders as may be necessary to accomplish the object; pro vided, that unmarried men, bachelors, or widowers without children shall be subject to draft before married men or widowers who have children, and provided further, that tho men drafted or selected shall be formed into companies, battalions or regiments, as the Governor may direct, and shall be permitted to elect the officers to command them while iu service ; and in case of neglect or refusal to elect when ordered, that tho Governor may appoint the officers and compel them to or ganize, or he may appoint officers to fill va cancies, if the men to be commanded fail or refuse to elect: and provided further that in case of requisition for troops for local ser vice in a particular part of tho State, tho 'Governor may fill it by ordering the number of troops called for to be made up from such regiments, battalions or companies as he may select, iu the section of the State where the service is required. Sec. XIV. Aud be it further enacted, That auy militia ordered into active service, wheth er by order of the Governor or on a requisi tion from the President of the Confederate States, who shall fail or refuse after due no tice to cuter said service, or being therein, shall leave the service without permission, shall be liable to be tried and punished as a deserter, aud subject to all the pains ami ficnalties imposed upon deserters iu the vules and Articles of War for the govern ment of the army of the Confederkte States. Sec. X V. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the Governor one Sur geon for each Senatorial District, whose duty it skull be to examine, all persons who claim to be unable to bear arms, and shall give cer- • tificates to such as, iu his judgment, are un able to bear arms, clearly slating therein the cause of such disablity. Said surgeon shall be sworn to discharge his duty faithfully and impartially, aud shall receive compensation at tho rate of $5 per day for every day he shall be employed under the orders of the Governor, and who shall be removable by theGovr-ruor for neglect or failure iu the dis charge of his duties. Sec, XVI. And be it further enacted, That exemptions from, and discharges after en rollment before organization under this act may bo granted by the Aids-de-Oanip ot the Senatorial Districts, on the certificates of the District Surgeon; and discharges from ore fanization under this act, may be granted v said Aids-dc-Camp on the certificate of the battalion or regimental surgeons, ap proved by the company and buttalion or reg imontal commanders. Sec. XVII. And be it fqrther enacted, That any person made subject to service under this act may volunteer in the military or naval service.of the Confederate States, or in any company authorized by the Con gress of the Confederate States, providing for local defence and special service, butshall again he subject to State service when his term of service as a volunteer shall have expired. Sec. XVIII- And be it further enacted, That any person subject to service under this act, who is in the employ of the government, of the Confederate States, or has a contract with said government or is employed on any railroad, may be detailed for special duty upon the request of the Secretary of War, addressed to the Governor, naming the emt plovee or contractor, and the length of time tor which such detail is requested ; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as authorizing the detail for spe cial duty of any common laborer or other person in tho employment of railroads, manufactories, Ac., unless the President or Superintendant of the road, manufactory or other labor, shall make application to the Governor, through the Aid-de-Camp of his Senatorial District, on affidavit, that such persons are indisponsiblo to suid road or work, and their places cannot be filled by other persons not liable to military duty. Sec. XIX. Be it further enacted, That in making tho enrollment provided for by this act, the enrolling officer shall report by name all persons having efficient guns, describing the gun, whether rifle, musket or shot-gun, and those who have not; also such persons who can furnish their own horses, baddies and bridles, acd serve as mounted men, and that the Governor be authorized, whenever in his power to do so, to furnish arms and ammunition to the forco herein created, an in his judgment lie may deem advisable*, upon the requisition and receipt in duplicate of the commanders of regiments, battalions or companies, who shall beheld accountable for the same, and vdio shall make returns of the same quarterly to the Adjutant aud In epnetor General, through the Aid-de-Camp of their Senatorial diat.ricL and who shall, • for hit own security, be entitled to make do- maud tor auy guu fufui.shed by him to uny person; and auy persou failing to roturu naid guu to the officer accountable tor it, on his demand, or who shall injure or damage any guu or ammunition entrusted to ins care, shall be guilty of a misdemeanoP, and on conviction thereof iu any county in this State shall be lined or imprisoned at the discretion of the Court trying the case. Soe. XX. lie it further enacted, That the Commanders of regiments, battalions, brig ades and divisions shall be entitled to ap point such staff officers as are allowed to Bimilar grades in the Confederate service, and to secure the efficient operation of this Act, that the Governor be .entitled to ap point. from time fb time ttadfs trtkff officers and additional Aids-de-Camp as lie may think necessary. ** Sec. XXI. And be it further enacted, 1 hat the officers of the Executive Department, members of the General Assembly, Secretary ot the Senate, and four principal assistants. Clerk of the House ot Representatives, and six principal Clerks, and the Clerk of the joint Committee ol both houses on Finance, and the Clerk of Military Committee of tha senate, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, and Justices of the Inferior Courts, Attorney and Solicitors General, Reporter and the Supremo Court, Clerks of . the Superior and Inferior Courts. Tax Col lectors, Shot ids, Ordinarios, Ministers of Religion in the actual care and charge of any organized Church or Synagogue, aud such other persons' as the Governor iu his diners-* tion nj'ay deem it absolutely necessary for the public interest to exempt, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. Sec. XXII. And be it further enacted, That, the Governor be authorized to prescribe the number and kind of drills and military exercises to be performed by the militia proper, created by this Act, when not ac tively engaged iu the field, and that for a failure to attend as required on the part of either officers or men, it shall be the duty of the Aid'de-Camp of each district to whom reports ol‘delinquencies shall be made, with in three days alter any called drill or exer cise by the senior officer or non-commission ed officer present at the drill or exercise, to issue a writ of ficri facias directed to any Sheriff or Constable within his district to collect out of the property of auy delinquent who shall not furnish a satisfactory excuse, wit Urn ope after being reported, a sun net less thay three dollars nor more than fifty dollars, at the discretion of said Aid de-Camp, which sum shall be turned over by said Aid-de-Camp on receipt therefor to the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county in which the delinquent may reside, to bq applied to the benefit of soldiers’ fam ilies within said county. Sec. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That so much of Hie military code of the Shite of Georgia as is inconsistent with tho provisions of this Act, shall be, aud the same is hereby suspended so long as this Act shall be in force, and this Act shsli beofeme inoperative and void upon the ratification of a treaty of peace between the United States and Confederate States, Sec. XXIV, And be it further enacted. That no person shall be enrolled under this Act who is subject to conscription under the Conscript Act or Acts of the Confederate Congress ; if the State Enrolling officer has doubt whether any person within his limits is subject to enrollment as a conscript he shall report the fact to the Confederate enroll ing officer of the Congressional district, and if such Confederate officer does not cause such person to be enrolled within twenty days after such notice is given, the State En rolling officer shall enrol him under’ this Act, or if he is found to be exempt after he is enrolled by the Confederate officer, ho shall then be subject to enrollment by the State officer under this Act. Sec. XXV. And be it further enacted. That this act shall take effect and be oper ative and in force from and immediately af ter its passage. Sec. XXVI. That, all laws and parts of Jaws militating against this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Feeling on the Battle Field. Before tho battle begins it is usual to feel no little tremor, aud many cheeks, which known to bo in communication with stout hearts, blanch visibly. As the conflict be comes imminent, courage returns, aud with the first flow of blood an enthusiasm is ram ed which constantly increases until the last shot is fired. The effect of seoing a comrade shot down is generally to excite an unapp* as able thirst for vengenco against the sos, though one in the end “gets used to it." When wounded legs than mortally, it is not usual for the soldier to be immediate ly aware of the fact unless some bonea are broken. A sabre may be run through any fleshy part of the body, and even a bullet lodge iu dangerous proximity to the vitals, ana he for some time be totally unconscious of even a scratch. When life is taken by a singlo blow, tho effect is varied with the na ture of the wound, as well as with the tr-m --fverament of the man. Sometimes the poor allow will lean high into the air, give a piercing scream, and again he will lie down quietly. Oftener, however, he simply falls dead without a stuggle. In most cases the features of the killed remain unchanged for a long time after death—eyes open and bril liant, and, perchance,, a smile illuminating the lac* To see such a one, it is difficult iu deed to real're the presence of the grim mon ster -Death. NO. 12.