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Early County News.
VOL. V.
Forms for Drawing Soldier’s
Pay.
STATE OF GEORGIA, * .
CoUNTV OF- )'
Before me —an acting Justice of
the Peace, (or Notary Publie,) in unci
for said county, personally came Mrs. , .
■who being dufj sworn, says she is the moth
er of——, deceased, late a in company
,of the Georgia Volunteers. She fur
ther declares that her said son, ——, died _ •
on the day of , 186-. and that he
left neither wile, child, nor lather surviving
him. ..
(Signed)
Sworn and subscribed to before me this i
day of 18'>~. J. P
Also, personally came ,of coun
ty and State of Georgia, who, being duly
eworn, says that the,(Statements in the aßove
affidavit he (or she) personally knows to bo
true.
. , (Sign el?) •* .
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
dav of —* — 186-.'
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" I, —an acting *J ustice of the Peace
(or Notary Public) in and for said county
of , do certify’that the above uaiiieu
witness is personally known to me to be of.’
. good standing, and whose affidavit is enti
tled to full faith and credit.
Given under, my hand, and official signa
ture, tins day of
—r_l— V.
Know all Men bt Presents, That
■ I, Mrs. , of the comity ot , and
Btatc of Georgia, being the mother of—-,
. deceased, who died in the seaviee of the
Confederate States on the day of ,•
186—. do make, constitute Rid appoint f-,
of county,, and State of Georgia, my true
~aud lawful attorney, in fact to receive and re
ceipt for all monies, goods and chatties that
may be due in ft as hei-r of my eon, K deed,
by virtue of, his military or ctlmr service to
the Confederate -Stages : hereny rat living
and confirming all lawful acts o's iny said
attorney in-the pregiisSs.
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Witness:. J. P. •_ ’»
I, Cdork of —court of coun
ty, State df Georgia, do certify that .
'tvhose genuine signature appears above and
before whom the above affidavits and power
of attorney were made and executed, is an
achig Jn.sdree of the Peace-, (or Notary •
Public) in and for the county of State
of Georgia, duly commissioned at the time
of signing the same, and all his attestations
as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand atrcl seal of office
this day of , one thousand eight
hundred s.nd ei-xty *
Clerk Court, * County, Georgia.
NOTE.—The affidavit may, be made either
before a Justice of the Peace cr Notary
Public, and the certificate of its legality
may be made either by a Clerk of the Supe
rior, 'lnferior, of Court of Ordinary, with
tne seal atta'ched.
VAtU claims made' out according to tfte
above ifastructiens and forwarded to the
War Department will be attended to.
Weights and Measures.
- Persons are frequently* puzzled in their
daily transactions to ascertain what such and
such an aitiele ought, to weigh per bushel.
Here is a table which all would, do.wfell to - ’
cut out and preserve. It will prove valuable
for reference:
• Bushels. ’ Pounds,
Wheat..., •—. .60
, Shelled corn.. o 5
* Corn in the ear .7-0
Peas 60
Rye........ ....56
Oats.,.. ..a.*. 32
Barley :..47
Irish Potatoes .60
' .Sweet Potatoes ....55
.White Beans 60
Castor 8ean5....... ,4b
Glover Seed.., 60
Flax Seed. 5 1 ' ■
Hemp Seed ........... 44
Blue Grass Seed..... 4*l,
Buckwheat..., .53
Pried Peaches 33
Dried App1e5....,.., .!....,....24
Onions ’57
Salt. ~.*>o
Btone Coal.’. .-80
Malt .’ ~,...,...38
Bran ;... 26
Turnips, ,55
Plastering lla.ii* •• ••...$
buslackeil Lime '. 80
Corn Meal... ...48
Fine Salt.. ■..! ~65
Ground Peas . 25.
A box 2-1 by 16 inches, 22 deep, contains
1 barrel. * ,
A box 16 by 16J inches. 8 deep, contains 1 •
biiwel, *.' . *
. Pox 8 by 81 inches, 8 deep, contains 1
puck. .
A box 7 by 4 inches 4J deep, contains 1
gitllun.
A v,ux 4 by 4 inches, 21 deejs, contains 1
quart.
Iff 0 T I C E.
ALL persons wishing te have their Clocks
repaired, can do so by calling on S. A.
Howelh twelve miles from‘Blakely, on the
Woodvillt Road. All work warranted t’o
?ua and keep time for six months, or no pay. j
i .y. r 15.18 M. ,3o_tf.
BLAKELY, (}EO., .TOLY *l3, 1864.
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Otatlg Coimtg JTttos.
Terns of Subscription:
For 1 Year slo,oo'
For 6 Mouths, ..$5,00
No subsciptions received ftr less than six
months, and payment always required in ad-,
vance.
Rates of Advertising :
1 Square,, (occupy ;ug the space oi ten Bour
geois lines, or less,) each insertion...s2,oo
j * TO GO GE 170 TJO GO. |
To .go go, .that is she question :
Whethbest to suffer pestering
By idle wohien,
Or to take up arms against a hqst of Yankees, ,
And by opposing get killed— To die, to .sleep, »
(Git eoutjjmd in this sleep to say We “ sink •
To rest by all dur Country’s wishes blest ”
And live Torev-y—(that’s a consummation
. Just what I’m. after.) ' To march, to fight—
. To fight! perchance to die, ave there's the
rub! r . .
For while. I’m'sleep, who’ll take dare Mary
And ihc babes—pvhen Billy’s in the low
ground,-
WhoTl feefl ’em, hey 1 There s the respect
- I have for them that make’s life sweet-.
For who would bear the bag to mill,
Plough -Dobbin, cut the wheat, dig taters,
Kill hogs, and do all sorts ofdrudgery
. If lam fool enough- to get a Yankee '
Buljet on m’y.-brain ! Who’ll cry for me !
Would patriotism pay my debts when dead?
But oh! the dread of something'aftcr death—
That undiscovered fellow who ill court Mary,
And do my huggin—that’s agony,
; And makes jne want to stay at. home,
S ’Specially as® aim mad with nobody.*
Shells and bullets make cowards of ue sll,
And blaraJd niv skin if shbrfin steeds,
Andipompandcirctunstane'e.JAVar
Are to be compared with.feather bejs. *
| And-Mary tv my side. Exemi-t.
The battle flag of the First Florida *'
Battalion, Col. Hopkins, - now in Vir
ginia, was recently presented to Gov. .
Milton and filed in the Executive lie l *
.partment. The flpg was trims-muied
by Maj. Puleston, the efficient agent
of the State. The torn folds and shat
tered staff tell of the fierce conflicts
through which it has "been borne, and
it will ever be kept as a sacred relic,
a record of the glorious deeds, the suf
ferirxgs, the. heroism and the blood of
our gallant soldiers. ' The flag is pi ere
' ed- by sij.ty>flve balls, and the. staff i
struck and broken in many pjbees, and
it seems. almost incredible that it should
have been carried through such a storm
of lead. But anything is possible to
g the soldiers of tne. South. As time
rolls on, the young men of future gen-'
erations will come to view these em
• blems of glory, and almost esteem as
demigods the heroes who achieved the*
independence of the South.' .
Floridian,
.The St. Louis Republican of the 31st
lilt, relates the following anecdote of
Gen. Sherman: •j
, Beck with,The commissrrv on Sho;r-. " {
man’s staff went into the General’s r
tent a ikw days ago, and accosted him i
ihps:
“General,’ we must make another
contract for beef; we have not enough
■ to last two months.”
li Have you enough to last for two jf,
months ? ” inquired the General.
“ Y r es. sir.”
» Well in less than two'months the (
army will be in h or in Atlanta.
If it goes to the former place, we shall
need no beef; if it goes to the latter,
we shall find enough. So make no.
more contracts, Beckwith.”
. • Mobile Advertiser .’
• Brig. Gen. G. T. Anderson, of
Field’s division, is known among the
soldiels of that division by the soub
riquet “Old Tige,” and Brig.. Gen.
Benning’s bv that of “Old Rock.” •
When the battle of the Wilderness
opened on thfe morning of the 6th of.
•JVlay, Anderson’s brigade became heav- *
ily engaged. One of his wounded
coming to the rear, metßeiming’s brig
ade going to the support of Anderson,
and, pointing in the .direction of the
heavy firing from his brigade, said to
Gen. Benning, “ Hurry up, ‘ Rock,’
‘ Tige ’ has treed.” “1*- n his im>
pertinence,” said the rude Old warri
or judge, to an aid, smiling, “if he
wasn’t-shot, I’d have him shot, I he^
* Hove.” #
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O'.u’ Leaders.
There are three, men upon whom
the eyes of the whose Confederacy, we
may say of the whole civilized world,
are now turned, Our President and
the commanders of our two principal
armies, Lee and Johnston. Provi
j dence has placed the men at the head
of affairs’upon which the fate of mil*
lions ot beings depend, and the mo
’Utons of their Blinds under the rnyste*
rious operations of Providence vyill soon
j decide events not'exceeded in impor*.
! e pyj&y that have transpired in
the of mankind. Fully im
pressed, as they doubtless are, with-the
magnitude of their trust,- these men
are entitled to our- most earnest sym
pathy and assistance indhis great tr.ial,
not only on account of our
ests, but from consideration of tne in
tense mental pressure under which
they must labor. It is not impossible
to imagine a.position in which a con
scientious man could suffer more in
tense anxiety than that ill which these
leaders ai’e placed. What sleepless
nights of thought,* what days of labor
do they pass.' The physical suffering
• of our b|;iv'e soldiers, grea't as they are,
aro not like those rtf the men upon
whose minds is the greatest pressure
of command-—the great responsibility
for the life and blood of the nation.
It is, therefore, our duty as well as
our interest to hold up the hands of
these men while the. battle/is joined,
• and we believe this is the disposition
of our people. The voice" of faction
should .be stilled. Captious and un
timely criticism Should be stopped.
And especially.those who are not them
selves in the field should bear without
■ .murrain ing the ‘ inconveniences and
even the petty wrongs that must oc
casionally occur in the unparalleled
circumstances of our government and
' people, it is no time to set down*and j
argue about the architecture* of our j
house when it is on%fire.
We believe that the President, and
his Generals have the enthusiastic oon
fidenbe and support of ihe peopie, as
well as of ttie army. We notice vyfth
regret, however, that some journals
have- begun,* to criticise unfavorably
the movements and strategy of Gen. •
Johnston. We think this in premature
and calculated tA do injury*. ‘ Let us
. wait for the event before we express
an opinion. The movements of the
army in Georgia are probably regula
ted by circumstances of. which edito
rial generals are not'informed. We
are satisfied that strategy or necessity
» has dictated the course of -our gener
als m this section, and that no ad van- '
tagef has been gained by the., enemy
that was’not inevitable. ’ Let us be
patient and not- increase the trouble
and diminish the prestige of any of
our leaders by untimely and utterly,
useless criticisms and complaints. As
for Lee and Beauregard, they have ful
filled the-public expectation id.every
particular. There is not .better evi*. *
dence that Providence is Tvith us in
this contest than that \ve have found
, such leaders for our'armies as we.
have. * •
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It is a curious circumstance that
the statue of Liberty which has. just
■ been unveiled on the top of the capi
.tol at "Washington represents a color
ed woman. For fear of-discoloration
the excuse' is. an acid ha 3 Been em»
ployed which stains the surface of the
figures, and makes the color weather
proof. - , -
• . New York World.
The above is another proof that the
present delusion has reached its cul>
minating point France ( reeled on in
madness until she put up a prostitute
*as the Goddess of ‘Reason, We have J
capped the climax of our insanity by
raising upon the dome of our capitol
a statue of freedom in the person of a
• negro wench.
New York Day Book.
A man that always keeps close
mouth, it is true, will never say any
thing foolish; nor d’iil he say anything
wise.
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Brine us all your eld Cotton Uag3.
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Dogs, Yankees and Negroes.
* The Houston Telegraph is respon
sible for' the following : t
An amusing incident occurred in
Louisiana the other day. Among the
prisoners captured in,the late battles
-were two Yankees who were deter
mined to escape. TJi'ey adopted the
ingenious plan of burying themselves
alive. They dug I convenient sized
holes in the nigh# got in, and, by the
aid of comrades, were covered * up,
loose leaves being thrown over it, In
the morning risoners were moved
I off under guard, leaving the two buri
-1 ed men. After everything got quiet,,
they crawled out of their hole#. Un
fortunately for them they, were seen
• by two little,boys, who, however, fail
ed to give the information for
hours. . * -.-
When it was known that there
•two* Yankees lost, it was determined
to secure them. 'A. pack-of negro
dogs were brought out and put on the
. scent in the lately occupied holes.
They followed the track until they sh
nfulv treed the Yankees, miles
away.- The Yankees were exceeding
ly indignant at being hunted by dogs.
T hey.cursed the Confederates sound-.
I'y for chasing white men with dogs,
it was bdd enough' to chase negroes
that way, but.-pt was brutal for white
men to lie * treated so. One of the
chasers replied: “Weil, now, you
neail’t take on that, away, Yarik.
Fact is, you have yourself to blame
■ for it. You. have been associating
with the niggers'so dog on rnftch, since
you have befen South, that the dogs
took you for -them.”
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The following incident from an ar
ticle in the Atlanta Register, on the
skuafum in Rome and vicinity’,, is
; wor.th recording • •, .
A straggling Yankee, armed with
an Austrian rifle, was seen to pass an
old gentleman's.house eifrly one
jug, cruising his way towards Home
The old man was informed that, the
Yankee had just gone.by, and that he
was ali alque. He says that either
or the devil, or some des»
perate thing took possession, of him,
and he vowed that no one Yankee,
* should go by his house. lie had neith
er gun, pistol nor pocket knife, but
mounting his horse started in pursuit.
Getting up pretty, near he halloed
Stop stranger—stop, for the 'Lord’s
sake let me have your guri a'lew 'min>
• utes—the dogs as just killin’ my sheep
over the hill like blazes.” The old
•man's earnest manner at once disarm
ed, the Yankee of all suspicion and of
his rifle at the same time. Says the
old man as he' took it, “is it loaded ?”
“Yes.”' “Will it shoot?”* ‘-‘Yes”
“ Wall, it’s all right mv friend—you
are the dog 1 was Lookin’ for—'bout ■
. lace,” and he marched hitn nine mites
' without stopping, and delivered him
to our soldiers. This incident is liter
. ■ ally and strictly true.
It is a well known fact that the rea
son assigned, hy many, for the panic
w hich causefl our troops to oreak at
the # battle of Missionary Ridge,- was
that the enemy showed themselves in
such overwhelming numbers thjit the
boys thought the whole world was
marching to attack them. We, to
snow the opinion prevailing among
■our boys, will-relate the following an
ecdote, which we do not remember to
hgve seen in print
tfYs line alter line and mass after
nhass of Yankees appeared, crossing
the plain-and aspending the hillside,
marching onward with seemingly re
sistless force, our troops began to wa
ver and many of them, to their siUame,
fled without firing a gun. JSoane of
thfem, however, staid until the last, and
. among these was one fellow who, to
use his 'own language, “ staid thar till
they got so close that he heard one of #
the Yankee* Generals give the conrw
mand: ‘Attention World! By,
tions right wheel!! By states fire!,!!*
and then be thought it was time lor this • •
darned little Southern Confederacy to’
be giltin’ out o’the way !”’ Don’t
blame him for it; it was about.time to
git out o'the way.
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