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% WOT- V': Forms for Drawing Soldier’s Pay. STATE OF GEORGIA, f County ok j | 4 iiV’OHr' uae au acting Justice of 1) t!i» Peace, (or Notary Public,) in and tor ftii’ul couutv, personally came Mrs. , who OAUg duly sworn, says sLe is tnt moth- ! ■e-r of , deceased, late a it company • —‘ of the Georgia Voloateerc. She fur ther declares that her said son, , died on the day of- . led-, and ih.it he left neither wile, child, nor father surviving him. (Signed i • —7-—— ■ a worn an-i suba-ribwi to before me tl L-. —j —- iia> of ji,j 1«—. J. Jr . j ' At so, .orsenully came cf coun ty and State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn, says that the statements in the above afhdavit he •,or she)-personally knows to be j true. (Signed) ——. Sworn- and subscribed to before me this I —— day of IS6-. , j ,J. P. I, , an acting Justice of the Peace (or Notary Public) in and for cdunty of— —, uo certify that the above named witness is personally known to me to be of £<xk! standing, and whose affidavit is enti tled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand, and official signa ture, this day of , 18G—. •' , J- P. Know all Men jjy these Presents, That I, Mrs. , of the county of , and f-oate cf Georgia, being the mother of , deceased, who died in the Beatrice of the •Confederate States on the day of , i 86-, do make, constitute and appoint , ‘ cf county, and State of Georgia, my true and lawful attorney, -in fact to receive and re -coipt for all monies, goods and chatties that may be due me as heir of my son, ~dec'd, by virtue of his military or other service to iue Confederate States: hereby ratifying and confirming all lawful acts of my said attorney in the premises. 1 Signed) . W ituess : J. F. I, , Clerk of — ; —court of coun ty, State of Georgia, do certify that , whose genuine signature appears above and before whom the above affidavits and power of attorney were made and ej edited, is an acting Justice of the peace, (ov Notary Publici "m ami for the county of Htaio of Georgia, duly commissioned at the time •of signing the same, and all Ills attestations as eueh arc entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand.and ecul of office ■this day of , one thousund eight hundred aud siity- Clerk Court, County, Georgia, NOTE.--The affidavit may be made oitjmr *•■ . before a Justice of the Peace 'or Ihibiic, and the certificate of its may be made' either by a Clerk of the Supe rior, Inferior, or Court of Ordinary, with the seal attached. All claims made out according to the above instructions and forwarded to the M ur Department will be attended to. Weights and Measures. Persons are frequently puzzled in their daily transactions to ascertain what such aud such au aiticle ought to weigh per bushel. Here is a table which all would do well to out out and preserve, It will prove valuable for-reference: Buses*.*, Pounds. Wheat 60 iShellod corn 56 1 torn in the ear 70 Peas 6 OF Rye 56 Oats 32' Barley 47 Irish Potatoes 6.0 Sweet Potatoes 55 White Beaus 60 Castor Beans ...46 Clover Seed 60 l ift*. Seed 56 liemp Seed.... ..44 Blue Grp.se Seed 4-1 Buckwheat 52 Dried Peaches 33 Dried Apples 24 Onions 57 Salt t 50 Stone Coal. ..80 Malt 08 •Brum ...20 Turnip 3 54 Plastering Hair.... 8 IJuslacked Lime 80 Corn Meal 43 Pino Salt, ~...55 Ground Peas 25 A box 24 by 16 inches, 22 deep, contains 1 barrel. A box 16 by 16$ inches, 8 deep, contains i bushel. A box 8 by 8$ inches, 8 deep, contains 1 peck. A box 7 by 4 inches 4$ deep, contains $ gallon. A bex 4by 4 inches, deep, contains 1 quart N 0 T X <fE . " A LL persons wishing to have their Clocks repaired, can do so by calling on 8. A. jlowell. twelve miles from Blakely r, n the Woodvillu Road. AU work warranted to . run and keep time for six months, or no pav. June 16, 1804. 3-5-ts ‘ 1 BLAKELY, GEO., .TTJEiY »7, 1864. ~ ' i darln Cmratir Jta. Cy, X'&ms of Subscription: Tor 1 Year SIO,OO For 6 Months $5,00 No subsciptions received for less than six mouths, and payment always required in adr Vance. Rates of Advertising: I Square, (occupying tlie space of ton Bour geois lines, or less,} each insertion...s2, o6 a. Circular. ' State of Georgia, Ad jt. & Intp. | Gen: Office, Atlanta, July 15,1864. y To the Aids-de-Camp of the Military Dis tricts and Officers detailed bv Major- General Smith to bring uu the Reserve Militia: Immediately upon the receipt of these in structions you will call upon the justices of the Inferior court, the clerks of the in ferior aud superior courts, sheriffs, tax col lectors and other officials exempt by law from military duty in your counties to as sist you in carrying out the orders given by the Governor in his proclamation of the 9th iast. These officers will be expected to go through their respective counties, sum moning individually every one ordered by the Governor to report to Gen. G. IV. Smith at this place, and warning them to assemble at the county seat on a given day, (within five days after youi arrival in the county,) to repair in boijy to Atlanta as re quired ; and subsequently to that day, to arrest any one refusing or delaying to obey the summons, and send them forward un der guard. In the execution of this duty, you will be governed by the priciples laid down in the Governor’s proclamation of the 9th July, 1864, and in his letter to his aid, Col. J.C. 0, Blackburn, July 14,1864, copies of which are herewith enclosed ; »#i,d you will see that all militia men, exempts and detailed men within the limits of your senatorial districts and counties, except, such os are exempted by the laws of the State, or by the Governor’s proclamation above mentioned, either come or are sent forward to this place as directed. By order of the Commander in Chief. Henry C. Wayne, Adjutant and Inspector General. ♦- : Atlanta, July 18.—The army and | public were surprised this morning with the announcement of a change of comman ders, Gen. .Johnston being relieved, and Gen. Hood receiving command. The fol lowing is Geueral Johnstons farewell ad dress to his troops: lleadq’rs Army op Tens., ) July 17,1864. | To the Army and Department of Tennessee : In obedience to orders from the War De partment, I turn over to Gen. Hood the command of the Army and Department of Tennessee. I cannot leave this noble army without 1 expressing my admiration of the high mj- - itarv qualities it has displayed. A long j ai d arduous campaign has made eonepicu ! ous every soldierly virtue, endurance of 1 toil, obedience to orders and brilliant cour | age. The enemy has never attacked you I but to be repulsed and severely punished. You, soldiers, have never argued but from your courage, and never counted your foes. No longer- your leader, 1 will still watch your career, und will rejoice in your vieto ] rh; s. ! To one and aIM offer assurances of my friendship and bid an affectionate farewell, i [Signed] J. E. Johnston, Gen. On assuming command, Gen. Iloodissu- I ed the following address : j Headq’bs Army or Tenn., ) July 18, 1864. / Soldiers : In obedience to an order 1 from the War Department, I assume the command of this army aud department. I feel the weight of the responsibility so suddenly and unexpectedly, devolved upon me by this position, and lend all my en ergies and employ all my skill to meet its requirements. I look 'with confidence to your patriotism to stand by nje aud rely on your prowess to wrest your country from the grasp of the invader, contenting yourselves to be proud of the distinction of being called the deliverers of an oppress ed people. Yours respectfully, J. B. Hood, General. 1 The Louisville Journal says disre garding the Constitution to save tire Republic is like, a man disregarding j the Bible to save his soul. i Naval Engagement between the Ala- | bama and the Kearsarge. Northern papers have received far- j I\ eign intelligence of an engagement be tween the Confederate Steamer Alaba- ; ma, commanded by Capt. Semmes, and the Yankee Steamer Kearsarge, Com-- • mantled Dy Capt. John A. Winston, j The engagement lasted one hour and ■: forty minutes. It took place on Sun- • j day, 19th of June, near Cherbourg, a j g snapert of France. The Kearsarge challenged trie Alabama to a fight, which was accepted. In attempting to board the Kearsarge, a shot entered the boiler of the Alabama, putting out her fires. She was reported to have afterwards sunk. Capt Semmes, and a portion of his crew, were taken off by the English Yacht Deerhound, and landed at Southampton, where the Captain was tendered a dinner, which he declined, and proceeded to Baris to report to the Confederate commissioner. He le*ft all his valua bles at Cherbourg, previous to the fight. Capt. Semmes reports his loss 1) killed and 21 wounded. The enemy’s loss unknown, though the Kearsarge was considerably damaged. The Alaba' ma is said to have been in an unseat worthy condition at the time of tho fight. It is.stated that the Kearsarge fired five times at the Alabama after her colors were struck. The Alabama has “ done the State some service.” For three years she has ruled monarch of the Seas. She had ail this time defied the enemy’s attempts to capture her. and has done more damage to the Commerce of tho enemy than any other single vessel was ever known to inflict on an ene mv. She has gone down full of glory, and her name, and the deeds of tho brave crew that fought her, will live in history till time shall bo no more. Capt Sfesnmas wifi not remain idle long. lie is a working tnan, as well as a great fighter, and we predict that ere ninety days shall expire, he will again be afloat, sailing up and down the Sea, seeking whom he may devour. + A Useful hint To Travelers. Every reader of Indian history must be acquainted with the fact, that the Indians are in frequent habit of per forming long journeys, during which they often subsist entirely on a very small daily allowance of paTched corn; but it may not be generally known, that an incredibly small quantity of I Indian meal, parched brown, and then mixed with about one-fifth of sugar, wiii answer the purpose much better. • One person, whose statement 1 thought I entitled to credit, assured me that he | knew, from actual experience, that a "1 single table spoonful a day not only . served to keep up his health and strength, butpievented an unpleasant craving for more food, and this for many days in succession. He put a j spoonful of the parched meal in a cup of water, sweetened it well and drank it ; after which, without any other nourishment, he usually felt as much revived and strengthened as he would j have done with a lull customary meal ; of victuals. Edward A. Pollard, Esq., who was | captured on the Greyhound, by tho Yankees, has written ip Lord Ly ons. He states that he was captured a hundred and tiftv miles at sea, on i board df a vessel flying the British col ors—that he is not an agent of the Government, but simply a private cit izen going to England on his own bus . incss, and asking protection as an in nocent passenger on the high seas, under the British flag. We hope Mr. . Pollard may be released, but we doubt it. Earl Russell has already eaten too much dirt for the benefit of Sew* ard to raise objection now—he must continue to swallow all that is present ed. Mr. Pollard we fear is “gone up” for the war. We generally prefer new articles to old ones—the new mades to tho s old inaids. 1 Bring us all your old Ccrion Rage. I j “He sever came home, and I never 1 knew where ho died, or where ho was buried.” When this crudest of cruel wars is over; when the white'robed ancjel of . Peace spreads a /.hclfering wing o< _ er our blood-stained land, and thousands j and fens of thousands of anxious fain j ilies are tnadeffiappy by the'safe re turn of loved ones to the security and quiet* felicities of ;* Home/’ ” Sweet Home,” how many other thousands of ■broken-hearted widows and pr.-ent.? will utter, in tones of anguish and des* pair, the words, “he never came liome, and I never knew where he died, or where he was buried/’ Oh, the un> know and unrecorded dead ! Near the. town of Marietta is the grav(| of a dead soldier. A rude head boara tells all that is known of him now perhaps forever. It bears this in scriotion —“ Unknown!—killed by rail road accident, Sept. 14, ISOd.'V How many such unknow graves billow our our land l'ro.n-Gettysburg to the Rio Grande! How many thousands of our bravo boys have not even a rude head board to mark their places of rest.' • Peace will, no doubt, create sunshine in many shady nooks and corners of the heart,, but peace can never restore sunshine and smiles to hearts and homes made desolate by the absence of the loved and lost. Poor heart-bro ken Fathers, JVfothers, wives, sisters-- •-urth lias no balm to heal your wounds. Heaven alone can com for land con sole you. The Past is black with des pair—-the P'-esent is clouded by afflic tion—the Future is cheerless and hope less ; but beyond the narrow- bounds of Time, brightly beams the star of Hope. Over the river of Death there is another home, where the weary, fainting soui may throw its burden off, and lie down in green pastures bo pi de the still waters, never more to know a human sorrow, or hear a hu man sigh. . God comfort and strengthen the bro ken hearted /’athers, Mothers, wives, and sisters all over our unhappy land, and keep perpetually green in the hearts of our people the memory oi the unknown and unrecorded dead. How a German Woman got Along. I .a pleasant Golfing German womani in market one roid morning if it was not hard work to coins? every morning mid mind her ssall. “ Oh, yes," was her reply, “ tiwh pretty j cold, but I .must do"something.' I did not use to tend market. ” I inquired how it happened that her cir cumstances had so changed. In her broken litiglish she told me the following story: “ Me and my husband fcouif; from Ger. many, aud on the sea he die,-and when me got to St. Louis, me have no monish, and four, five children, so I wash, I iron, I do everything I can do, aDti 1. only get bread —den I gets sick—washiu’ and ironin’ too hard for urn. So I said, I will go in the country and work garden, und I soils my ironings aud everything, and works some more and gets twenty dollars, and theu 1 rents ot German man one acre of ground, and I spade him and dig him and work him ail myself —my boy only seven year old then—and I raise lettuce, and beets, and onioas, and corn, und everything, and " . I make moniah. Then in two year I rent two acres, and theu my boys and girls help Borne, and I make lots of monish. Then in four years I buy the land, and then 1 builds mo a koot house, and two year ago I gets me husband.” “ How do you get on now 1 ” I asked. “ Oh, very well,” she answered—and * with a merry twinkle in her eye, she ad ded, “ He is the most convenient thing about the house, but my new cookink stove. He spade my ground and help me to get ready for market, aud nurse my baby while I comes, for I know better aa he how to sell. I been kaoin’ so Jong.” The Lincoln journals are very b>tter on Fremont. The following is a specimen: JOHN CHARLES FREMONT The statesman who never originated a public measure The orator who never made a epeboh. The General who never fought a battle. The path finder who universally loet his wav The miliiouario not worth a !< continen tal damn.” The rlaoe of da?.*: of his birth ao maa kuoweth. INTO. 40.