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Early County News. VOL. V. ft Forms for Drawing Soldier’s Pay. STATE OF GEORGIA, 1 Poultry of j BEFORE me an acting Justice of the l'eace, (or Notary Public,) in and tor said county, personally came Mrs. ———, * who being duly sworn, says she is the mot li ar of , deceased, late a in company ,of the' Georgia Volunteers. She fur ther declares that her said son, , died on the day of , ISO-, and that he left neither wife, child, nor lather surviving Him. (Signed) . Sworn and subscribed to before me t hie —— • day of ,■ 180—. ' J. P* Also, personally came of coun ty and State? of Georgia, who, being duly nworn, says that tlio statements in the above affidavit lie (or she) personally knows to he true,. (Signed) —* Sworn and subscribed to before me thin day of— 186-. J , J. P. I, , an acting Justice ol the l'eace . ■(or Notary Public) in and lor said county of , do certify that the above named witness is personally known to me to be of good standing, and whose afliduvitf is enti tled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand, and official signa ture, this day of , ISO—. Know am, Men nv these Presents, That I, Mrs. , ol the county ot , and State of Georgia, being the mother ol , deceased, who died in the ucaviee of the 4Jqnfederate States on-the day ol , ISO-, do 111:1 kc, constitute and appoint , of— county, and State of Georgia, my true and lawful attorney, in fact to receive and re ceipt for all monies, goods and chatties that may be due me as heir ot my son,' ,dec’d, by viHue of his military or other service to the Confederate States’: hereby ratifying and confirming all lawful acts ol my attorney in the premises. (Signed) . Witness: J. P. 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 executed, is an acting Justice 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 attostati ms as such art; entitled to fall l'aith and credit. Givep under iny hand and seal of office this day of- one thousand eight hundred and sixty- Clcrk Court, County, Georgia. NOTE. —The affidavit may be made either before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public, and the certificate of its legality may lie rpade fijther by a Clerk of the Supe rior, Interior, or Court of Ordinary, with the seal attached. I All claims made out according to the above instructions and forwarded to the W ar Department will be attended to. Weights and Measures. Persons are frequently puzzled in their •daily transactions to ascertain what such and such an aitielc ought to weigh per bushel. Here is a table which all would do well to cutout and preserve. It>vill prove valuable for reference: Rushers. Pounds. Wheat 61J Shelled corn 56 Corn in the ear TO Peas 60 live 56 Oats 32 Harley 47 Irish Potatoes 60 Sweet Potatoes 55 W hite Beans 60 Castor Beans 46 Clover Seed 60 Flax Seed 56 Hemp Seed 44 Blue Grass Seed 44 Buckwheat... ....................... ...5.J Dried Peaches 33 Dried Apples '. 24 Onions 57 Salt 50 Stone Coal. SO Malt 3S Bran 20 Turnips 55 Plastering Hair H IJuslacked Lime 80 Corn Meal (8 Fine Salt ..55 Ground Peas 25 A box 21 by 16 inches, 22 deep, contains T barrel. A box 16 by 16J inches, 8 deep, contains 1 bushel. A box 8 by 8} inches, 8 deep, contains 1 peck. A box 7 by 4 inches 4\ deep, contains 2 galkm. A box 4 by 4 indies, 2J deep, contains 1 quart. NOtI C eT ' A LL persons wishing to have their Clocks repaired, can do so by calling on S. A. Ho.veil twelve miles from Blakely on the Woodvillo Road, All work warranted to keep time for six months, or no pay. June 15, UOl. 85 ts _ * BLAKELY. GEO., AUGUST 8, 18G4. , • • - i dSatir fantg jjcius. Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year SIO,OO For 6 Months $5,00 No subsciptions received for less than six months, and payment always required in ad vance. Rates of Advertising: 1 Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour geois lines, or less,) each insertion...s2,oo Novel Plan of Courtship. If marriage is a lottery, prizes arc apt to be drawn in the following method as any other : At a wedding recently celebrated, were present some twenty five young persons, all of them iu a condition which lor various reasons they generally concurred in re garding as undesirable —the “ unengaged.” One of the getitloincu of fbe party suss pectcd the prevalence among them of feel ings that might easily be exchanged lor others indefinitely more fixed and agreea ble. He'accordingly proposed the choos ing of a president, a person worthy ot all confidence, whose duty it should be to re ceive from each individual a iolded paper, inscribed with the name of the person banding it in, and also with the name of another person of the other sex, whom the first would be williog to marry. The pres ident, in addition to the restraints of his own sense of honor, was to be put under a solemn pledge of eternal secrecy. AH re fusing to accede to the propositions were •for the time to leavo the room. Those whose choice was reciprocal, that is whose papers contained the same two names, were to be privately informed* while the selec tions of the others were to remain undis closed. The result.was tliat the trial was made, all shared in'the experiment, and eleven couples were found to have made themselves happy; and their several un ions were afterwards consuinatcd. A Disposition. .Tosh Billings, being duly sworn, depos es as follows: , That, moslc men had ruther do a smart thing than few do a good on. That, backsliders is a big thing, espesh ila on ice. That, there is 2 things in this life for which we arc never fully prepared, and that iz twins. That, you kant judge of a man in liiz religion eny more than yon kan judge hiz shurt hi the size ov .the collar or the rest bands. That, the devil is alwus prepared to see kompany. That, is treating a man like a dog tew cut him oph short in his narrative. That, meny will falc tew be saved sim ply because tba haint got cunything else tew saive. That, the vartuos ov woman are awl her own,‘but her frilities have bin taut her. . . That, some people are fond ov bragging about their ancestors, and their grate de scent, when in real lack their “ grate de scent” iz just what’s the matter ov them. That, a woman kant keep a secret nor let ennybody else keep one. That, “ a little laming is a dangerous thing;” this iz az true az it iz common. That, it is better to fail iu a noble en terprize, than tew sucksccd in a mean one. Amy Scenes. It is with a strange and thrilling sensa tion —when an enemy is immediately in front —that the order for an advaucc be fore daybreak is beard iu camp, accompani ed, as it always is, with the ominous scrv iug out of three days’ provisions, and six ty rounds of ball cartridge to each man-; with the bustle of packing up the heavy baggage —the noise and bubble in the camp —the deep aud hollow rolls of the great, guns, dragging up from the rear —and the congregating together of the officers in their tents, preparing for the movement; some speculating upon the results ot the coming battle j some smoking cigars ami jesting with death; some musing upon absent fricuds, ruminating on the-past or | peering into the future; and, perchance, j a lew—a very few thinking beings ponder im; on the final destiny of man, the mys tery of death, aud the scarcblcsa secret be yond the grave. ♦ ■» ♦ A correspondent writiug from the bat tie-field to the MissLsippian, says that Gen Forrest was wounded iu (lie loot, in the late battle with the Yankees in .MirrHippi. * Woke up the wrong Passenger. “ Oliver ” tells the following story of an Irishman who was detailed as an Orderly for one of our Generals, nnd who was fre quently, in consequence of bis faithfulness, used by the General as a courier. On one occasion, while the army was cn route, it * became necessary for this General to send a special courier to a couutry inn which lay some distance from the road the troops were moving on. He expected to receive important papers from an officer wlrp had been instructed to have them there for any courier who might be sent to receive them. i 'is tuition he selected Pat, his iaith ful orderly. The army moved on in its course aud Pat started on his mission. The army reached its destination the following day and went into eamp. Pat, in the mean time, had arrived at the inn, big with the importance of bis mission. The General had instructed him to remain over night, and report to him as eariy the next morn i ing as possible, at head quarters. “ 1 say,. Mister, Hiilo, can ye put me in a place to-night where I can slapo a bit.” This exclamation from Pat aroused the people at the inu on bis arrival there, aud the landlord came out and said : “ I have uo room,sir.” “But” says Pat, “heme soul, sir, yo must bo after finding me a place, for its myself that’s commanded by the G inoral to stay here.” . “ Well,” says the landlord, tliqrc is but one chance—l have a double bed in one room which is only half occupied, and that half a ne;/ro sleeps in, and if you can put up with that, sir, I can accommodate you.’> “ So you mine to insult me ye spal( ecu ?” said Put. “ Oh, uo, sir, I only tell you that is all I can do lor you, and if you will ouly go to bed in the dark, and as you desire depart ing before daylight, I am sure you will nev er know the difference.” * “ So much for being a ganius, sir, be me soul i’ll do that same.” So Pat dismounted, and, after caution ing the landlord to rouse him before day light, made Lis way to the room where bis sable companion was wrapped in “ nature’s sweet rcstorted.” Tbe inn-keeper could not refrain from laughing as Pat disappeared, and to carry the joke out lie determined, aud did t(je next morning before daylight, visit the bed where Pat was sleeping with his compan ion, and blackened the face of* poor Pat with lampblack and soot. After doing this he called him up and told him it was time to depart. Pat instautly awoke and feel ing the great importance of his mission, which sleep had made him forget for sev eral hours, he sprang from his bed, looked around at his bed-fellow with “ a bad luck to ye,” aud throwing bis clothing hastily upon himself he departed. It was far in the day when he reached the General’s head-quarters, lie was astonished by eve ry one whom he met on the way laughing at him, having not yet discovered the land lord’s trick. He soon reached the Gener al’s head-quarters and presented himself before him with the exclamation, “ here be the papers, sir.” “ What the devil is the matter with you sir,” responded the General, as he gazed up on Pat’s blackened face. “ Be me soul, sir, I can’t tell, ’tia ivery body that asked me that same on the road.” “ Go look iu that glass,” said the Gcn • cral. Pat looked and saw his black face Ho threw up both hands, his eyes extended and turning to the General, he exclaimed, “ I give yc me honor, sir, thet/’ve woke up the nenjer instead of mcsc/f.” • ♦ » - Good Humor. There is nothing that renders a face so beautiful, iu our estimation, as" an unfailing fund of good humor. Much an one sometimes glances in upon us as we sit moodily in our sanctum, and the place brightens as if a stray sun beam had got into it. We never stop to analyze features at such a time, to observe whether the cheek is pale as a snow drift or glows like a May lose —whether the eyes are blue or black —whether the figure is tall or short. The eye has a merry twinkle in it— the check is dimpled with smiles —the I entire lace leaves a pleas ing daguerreo type upon the heart. The best coss inelic iu the world is good humor. It annihilates freckles, by making one for get to look at them. You may pos sess it without running in debt to drug gists agd chemists ; it beautifies the complexion more than exercise, arid acts like a charm upon all who come in. contact with ?t. Artemus Ward on the Afrikan. The Ureat Showman has given his at tention to the poor African, and the result of his observation may be summed up as follows: _ Feller Sittermns —The Afrikan may be our brother. Sevril hiljr rcspcktable gen tlemen and sum talented fcuiail tells us so, and for argument sake 1 mite be injooc cd to grant it, though I dout bcleevc it myself. But, the Afrikan Isn’t our sister, aud our wife and our uncle. He isn’t sev ril of our cousins and all of our first wife’s relushun. Me wu’t our grandfather and our aunt in the «vmi!isy —scarcely. And yit uumcris persons would have us think so. It’s troo he runs for congress and sevril other public grossbrys. But then he ain't everybody else likewise. JJut we've got the Afrikan, or lie’s got us rather, and uow what arc going to do about it 'l He’s an orful noosaucc. l’raps he isn’t to blame for it. Praps he was created for some wise purpose, like Bill Harding and New Eng land ruin, it’s mity.hard to* see it. At any rate he’s here, and its ui pity he eoodn’t go ors sunnvltares quietly by hisclf, where lie cood ware red weeskits and speckled neckties, aud gratterty his ambi.shum in various iutcrcstiu wase without having a eternal fuss kicked up about him. But praps 1 aui bearing down too hard upon Cully. Cum to think on it, I am. lie wood out ho sich an infernal noosanco if people wood let him alone. He mite, indeed, he interesting. And now 1 think of it, why cant the people let him alone ? "What’s the good of eontinnerly stirring him up with a ten foot pule / lie isn’t, the sweetest kind of perlbomery when in a uutcral stuit. ♦ ♦ Bill Arp in tlic Fluey Woods. Mr. Ef ditur — Sur: Kotivertod over to.the doktrine of squat ter sovereentv, vve have pitched our tents in the piny woods. Alur oph in thd.se lields of illumitable space, vve are lice to rortjo , through the abstoos reguns of the fih.s ofic world. Here no unfriendly sols jier is perusin around and axin lor pa pers. Here the melankoly mind is soothed. Here the lonely runageo kail kontemplate the sandy roads, the wire grass woods, arid the million of inajeslik pines that 3tand like in an ally, avvaitin some huge cannon hall to come along and knock cm down. The mounting scenery of this romantik country are grand, gloomy and pekular, consistin as it do in num berless goffer hills, spewed up in pr©*> miskuous beauty, as fjir as the eye can reach. All around us the swamp frogs are warblin their musical notes. All above us the pines are sighing and singin their mournful tunes. l)ame Nature have spied herself thcrin show ing her iavisii hand and was tin tim ber along these endless glades. Truly vve are treadin on klasick ground for we’ve pitched our tents in a black berry patch, and mornin and noon and night luxuriate in peace upon this de> lisflfrus fruit which every where adorns the sandy yearth. Ridicule. People can bear almost anything better than ridicule. That is enough to drive one to madness. Jhe hare idea of having your name bandied about with freedom—your dress made the subject ol a sneer—your actions * criticised —your motives misjudged and exhibited in a false light, is, to most people, terrible.. Why is it so ? Why arc people so very solicitous about what people think of them, and so distressed when they find their opinions to be unfavorable ? Why do we dress for other people’s eyes and not lor our own comfort ? Why get up when we want to rest, and sleep when wc want to got up? Why eat when we arc riot hungry, and fast when we are, just to please other folks ? Every man considers his existence ot immense importance to the whole world, when the fact is, if h<y were b&Atod from human existence tovlay lip would lie forgotten to-morrow. lie fears to act as conscience dictates, if it is opposition to custom, lor fear ol being ridiculed lio right, let what will hap pen, whpther they ridicule you, or whether, they forbear ~ ♦ ♦ Who qfants to hay an /' Kew^tivv, ’ INTO. 41.