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Early County News. VOL. V. Forms for Drawing Soldier’s Pay. STATS' OF GEORGIA, > (Bounty or j . BEFORE me an acting Justice of the Peace, (or Notary Public,) in and for »aid county, personally came Mrs. , vrho being tiuly sworn, says ahem themoth- 1 deceased, late a in company —f of the Georgia Volunteers. She fur ther declares that her said son, ——, died on the —day*of‘ . 186-, and that he lea neither wife, child, nor iuthbr'fcurvmug him. . . i SignocH ■ _ S*4vrn -find cut to 'beime -me this - . <lav of , ISO-. < J P. Albo. personally came , of-;: eoun- - ty aud State of Georgia, who,. being duly sworn, says that the statements in the a bwa affidavit-heshe) personally knows to be V true. (Signed) ; - . Sworn ami subscribed to before mo this day of IS6-. J. P. P , an acting Justice of the Peace (or Notary Public) in and for said county of ——, do certify that the above named witness is personally known to nle to bt of 1 good standing, and whose affidavit is. enti tled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand, and official signa ture: this day of- —% 186-. J. P.' ‘ Know all Men by these Puesents, That I, Mrs. , of the county otjjM—-, and State of Georgia, being the mother of 1> •deceased, who died in tho seavice of tha •Confederate States on thp day of , •18G-, no make, constitute arid appoint , •of— —county, and §tate of Georgia, my true and lawful attorney, in fact to receive and re ceipt for all monies, goods and chatties that may bo due mo as heir ofmy sou, -r, dec’d, by virtue of his military or other service to the Confederate States*: hereby ratifying and confirming all lawful acts of "my said .attorney in the premises. - tSignal) ’ ■ . ' —• Witness: J. r. • I, (Terk of court’of coun ty, Stare of Georgia, do certify that —•—, whose genuine signature appears above and before whom the above affidavits find, power -of attorney were made and -executed, is an acting Justice of the Peace,- (or 'Notary. Public') in und for the county of— State of Georgia, duly cojmpissionecl at the time ■ of signing the same, and all his attestations 4us'Buch are entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my band and seal of office this —— day of—-—, one thousand eight hundred'and sixty-. f'Lc: k Oourt, - County, Georgia. NOTE."- -The affidavit may be made either pr-f, ,r>* ft Justice of the Peace or 'votary Public, and .the certificate of its legality may .be made cither by a Clerk ot the Supd* rior,. Inferior, or Court of Ordinary, with the seal attached. All claims made out according to tho above instructions 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 * *uoh an aitiiile ought to weigh per bushel. Here is a table which all would do well to cut out and preserve. It will provo valuable •for' reference: ■ ,■ Rush els. Pounds. Wheat ...60 V helled corn...; 56 Corn in the ear 70 Peas : 00 Rye st>» Cats..; ;i 32 ' Barley 47 Irish Potatoes 00 Svaeet Potatoes 05 TV hi co Beans : 00 Castor Beans ..46 Clover Seed 60 *. 1 lax Seed .’ 50 Hemp Seed ...' 44 Blue Grass Seed... ■ 44 / Buckwheat 52 Pried Peaches. ....33 Pried Apples.** 24 Onions 57 Salt • < 50 Scone Coal ..80 Malt 38 * Bran 20 Turnips , 55 Plastering Hair 8 Unslaeked Lime 80 Corn Meal 48 Fine Salt 55 Ground Peas -..25 A box 24 by 10 inches, 22 deep, contains 1 barrel. A box 16 by 16J inches, 8 deep, contains 1 bushel. A box 8 by 81 inches, 8 deep, contains 1 "p«ek. A box 7 by 4 inches 44 deep, contains 4 gallon. A box 4 by 4 inches, 24 deep, contains 1 quart. s o~tTc¥7 ALL persons wishing to have their Clocks repaired, can do so by calling on S. A. Howell, twelve miles from Blakely on the Wcodville Road. All work warranted to' jun’and keep time IV six m.-uchs, or no pay. ] Juut 15, 1861. 35-tl BLAKELY.-GEO., JTTLY 20, 1864. (Bavin Cmmtir Hctos. Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year SIO,OO For 8 Months $5,00 No subsciptions received for less than six months, and payment always required in ad vance. 0 Rates of Advertising: 1 Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour geois lines, or less.) each insertion.. .$2,00 ,rr:c~ra!y7vrrr:r'.;v". ■ r— —n-- : ■ ■ ~—rj - A PROCLAMATION. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) MiLLUDGEVILEK, > . . . July 9th, 1864. ) ■ To the Reserved. Militia of Georgia: *A f laie correspondence with the President of. the Cqpl’ederate States satisfies my mind that Georgid is to l)e lett to her own resources to supply tiie reinforcements to Gen. Johnston s army, w'hieh are indispensable to the proteptibn of Atlanta, and to prevent ’the State from being overrun by the overwhelming numbers now unde# command of the Federal General upon , ' our soil. The officers, civil and mili tary, who constitute, in a great degree, the remaining active militia force lett to the State by the different acts of Conscription, have already been called out, and have rendered effective ser vice, while they, as well as the two regiments of the State Line, have dis tinguished themselves by cool courage ■find intrepid valor when attacked by the enemy- But there is need of fur ther reinforcement,, as will be seen by the accompanying letter from Gener al Johnston ; and while a very large - proven- on <i< the gallant and chival rous sons ail Georgia are on distaut fields defending the soil of other States, it becomes my duty to call forth every man in the. State able to bear artiy? as fast as they can be armed, to aid ■ in the defence of our homes, our al tars, and the graves of our ancestors. 1 am fully aware of the importance of the growing crop of the Stale, and have delayed this call as long as the exigencies will possibly permit, to en able the people to do the labor neces sary to secure the crop. In the South ern port.Am of the State it is believed this will be accomplished by the time this proclamation can be generally published, while ten days or two weeks longer will enable those xu the North ern halt’ of the State to do most of the labor necessary to make the crop. If I, therefore, by virtue of the author ity in me vested by the laws ol this State, do hereby order into active mil itary service all that part of the re serve militia of this State between the ages of 50 and 55 years and all be tween the ages of 16 and 17 years, who reside South of a line running East and West across the territory of the State, passing through the city of Ma con, to report to Gen. G. W. Smith at Atlanta, with the least possible delay; and 1 further order that all persons be ! tween said-ages,subject to militia duty, who reside North of said line, report to Gen' Smith,tfcach leaving Ids home on the 20th of this month, and repair ing to Atlanta by the nearest and speediest route. 1 also order all free . white male persons in this State be tween the ages of seventeen find.fifty ! years who are exempt from Confeder ate Conscription, and are not absolute ly unable to do militia duty, which disability must be shown by the certi ficate of a Surgeon properly appointed under the laws of this State, to report with the militia of their respective counties, as they are subject to State j militia duty. And I further require all free white male persons between said ages in this Suite, not in actual mili ■ tarv service of- the Confederacy, ex ceptasherein exempted, to report also, as I cannot suppose the President will claim as exempt from militia duty in this great emergency the large num ber of able bodied young men who have Confederate details to attend to various industrial avocations and pui<(| suit.-, m which they have no military service to perform. It cannot surely be the intention of tho Confederate - Government to place a large number o; young men able to do service, in the organization to keep them out of the bullet department. Hence I claim their aid in the field till this emergen cy is passed, and direct, in case of their refusal to report when Others em braced in the call respond, that their neighbors, who are going to camp, ar rest them and compel them to go. The time allowed enables those of them who are planters to lay by their" crops, or to approximate so near to '<■ ~yph* iou that serious injury cannot g«iw out of their absexvhe while little . damage will be done by the temporary absence from their places, of Confeder ate Tax Assessors, Collectors, Tan kers, Mechanics, secret service men, <fcc.. &c., as their business must cease entirely if the enemy overruns the State. All who respond to this call are requited to arrest and carry with " them ali deserters within their power at the time they start to camp. The following persons are not em braced in this call. All commission- - ed officers of the Confederate States on detatehed or local service, all State officers and others exempt from mili tia duty by the act to reorganize the militia, and the act amendatory of that act. All persons in the employment of the Confederate States in the cities of Savannah, Augusta, Maeon, Colum bus, Griffin, Atlanta and Athens, who . belong to regularly organized milita ry companies, who drill frequently and are held for the local defence of the , place against .raids, etc. All officers and employees of any Railroad,company in this State, who "are regularly and constantly employ ed in the service of said Road at the date of this call. All Telegraphic-op erators and employees of the Express company. All persons employed in any cotton • or woolen factory or paper mill in this State, who’haye details from the State ar Confederate-Government, on con dition that they keep themselves or ganized as military companies prepar ed to do all in their power to defend . the factory in case of attack. The Mayor of each of the cities above iramed and such policemen and fire men as he will certify to be indispen sably necessary to the protection of the city. All practicing physicians not exceeding three in a county, to be se lected by the Inferior Court in case there are more, all sucli millers as the court will certify are actually nec essary at home. Two agents of the / relief fund selected by tlfe court for each county. All postmasters in cit ies, with their necessary clerks, and one postmaster in each county toAyn, and all mail carriers constantly engag ed in that business. All State House •officers and their necdssary clerks. The officers and guards of the Peni tentiary and the officers and employ ees of the State Arrnorv and Card fac* tory, who are required to drill twide a* week, as a military company, for the defence of the capitol. All persons who remain in counties in the rear of the enemy’s lines; all who reside North of the Blue Ridge, with the.people of the counties of Rabun, Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Gilmer, Pickens ancl, Dawson, on account of the great scar city of provisions and the distance they have to haul them, to preserve the lives of the inhabitants of these coun ties. As the law of this State declares ev ery man, subject to militia duty, who refuses to respond to this' order, to be a deserter and liable to be tried and punished as sucf, all aids-de-camp at home, and all Justices of the Inferior Court, Sheriffs, Clerks. Ordinaries, and Tax Collectors and Receivers of ,Tax Returns of the .State, who are by stat ute declared exempt from militia duty, i are hereby required to travel through ! their respective counties constantly, I and, if necessary, arrest and send for- ! ward all persons subject, who neglect i or refuse to report. In case any of- . those officers neglect this duty and re- • fuse themselves to report, and aid in re .jj peliingthecnerhy.itishoped ail whoare in serv ice will remember them in future, and place more faithful public servants * inpositionsof responsibility. • Howev er weighty the reasons each man might be able to give for remaining aUvoms, there are more important reasons why he should hasten to the front if he is able to travel. Georgians, you must reinforce Gen. Johnston’s army, and aid in driving back the one mV, or he will drive you back to the-Atlantic, burn your cities and public buildings, destroy your property, ayd devastate the fair fields of your noble State. if the Goniencmte G uosturr. .-wetst• will not send the large Cavalry force (now engaged in raiding and repelling raids ) to destnfy the long line of railroad over which Gen. Sherman brings his supplies from Nashville, and thus com pel him to retreat with the loss of most I of his army, the people of Georgia, who I have Already been drawn upon, more ! heavily in proportion to population than those of any other State in the Confederacy, must at all hazzards and at any sacrifice rush to the front, and aid the great commander at the head of our glorious self-sacrificing army, to drive him from the soil of thd' em>* pire State. • 1 beg you, fellovv*.citizens, to reflect upon the magnitude of ijie issue. If Gen. John's ton ’Mutiny is destroy 1 ed, the Gulf States are thrown open to . the enemy and we are ruined. ' 11/Jfanr. Sherman’s army is cut off, tlte "West is-, thown open to us to the Ohio River, f and all raids into Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama will at otiee cease. If e very citizen of Georgia Will do his du- I ty and the President will permit Ken tucky to rest free from raids Tor a time, and will send Morgan and Forrest to operate upon the Railroad line of com- I inunicatjpn, nearly three hundred miles, in dhmnan's rear, which passes over I many bridges through a -cwumrydesti i -tute of supplies, the*grand army of In vasion can be destroyed, and not only our own St ite but the Confederacy de livered from disaster by the triumphant success of our arms. Joseph E. Brown.. Each Railroad will convey to AN lanta al! who are on their way in re sponse to these orders. Gen. Johnston’s Letter.’ Near Chattahoochee, July 7th, 3801. To His Excellency, J. E. Brown, Gov.: 1 have the pleasure to inform you that the State Troops promise well, and have already done service. While the army was near Marietta they were ' employed to support the cavalry on the extreme left, and occupied a posi tiem quite distinct from any other in . fan try of ours, According to all ac counts their conduct in the presence* of the enemy was, firm and creditable. . Such Federal parties as approached tjio crossing places of the Chattahoo chee guarded by tlifcm have been driv en back. These proofs of their value makes me anxious that their number shall be increased. Is it possible? You know that the distinguished o/IK cer at their head is competent to high command. Most respectfully your obedient, J.-E. Johnston. * ♦ • + f The New York Observer, of the. 12th inst.,contains a letter from its cor respondent at Larnsoa, in the Island of Cyprus—Turkish dominions—des cribinga most remarkable lusus nature recently discovered there. It is noth ing less than a wonqan with horns growing out of her head ! She has one large horn on thfe side of her head of the size and-consistency of an ordi nary ram’s horn, besides three or four cornicles on. other parts ot the head. Th.e writer states that he has seen her, and that she has been visited by near ly all the Consuls and Europeans in that place, some of whom are making an effort to secure her'for exhibition. Tor Sale, A fine BLOODEDIiLACK STALLION, 7 years old, 15 hands high, of very gen ii,-. disposition, broke to cavalry service, and works Lindly in a buggy. Confederate nont-v wanted for him. A good barmaid can bo had for the canh. Enquire at, th.e NUn a OFFICE. July IS, 1351. 38 : tf iSTO. 39.