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VOL. V.
Forms for Drawing Soldier's
Pay.
STATE OF GEORGIA, »
• County or )
EKFORE mo an acting Justice of
the Peace, (or Notary Public,) in timl
tor said county, personally came Mrs. ——,
who l>cing duly sworn, says she is the moth
er of , deceased, late a-- in company
—*—, of the Georgia Volunteers. fur
ther declares that her said sop,*-—-, died
on the —r-- day of-—TBG-, and that lie
left neither wile, child,, nor father surviving
him.
(Signed) —*
Sworn and subscribed U) before me this
day of I —■-*, IS6-. J. 1’
A?-.-, ' e-an
ty and' StVtlo Os who, .being duly
’ sworn, says that the statements in the above
affidavit lie (or she) personally knows to bo
true.
(Signed) •
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
day of —j — 18G-.
, J. P.
I, ~ an acting Justice of the Peace
(oj; Notary Public) in and lor snid county
of' , do certify that tli& above named
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, this —— day of . 180-.
,J P.
1\ VO tv At. I. Me\* JSY THESE PRESENTS, That
I,’Mrs., , of the county ot , and
State of Georgia, being the mother of ,
deceased. who died in the seavice of the
Confederate States on the day of ,
ISG-, do make, constitute and appoint ,
of county, and State of Georgia, my true
and lawful attorney, in fact to receive and re
ceipt lor all monies, goods and chatties that
may be due me as heir of my son, —. —, dee’d,
by virtue of his military or other service to
the Confederate States': hereby ratifying
and continuing all lawful acts of my said
attorney in the premises.
(Signed)
tV itness : J. P.
I, , Clerk of court of coun
tv. State of Georgia, do certify that ,
whose genuine signature appears above and
before whom the above affidavit:, and power
of attorney were made and executed, is an
acting Justice of the Peace, (or Notary
Public) in and f**r the county of— State
of Georgia, dulv ethnoissimud at the time
of signing the same, and all his attestations
as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and seal «d office
this day of , one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-
Glcrk Court. County, Georgia.
NOTE.--Tim affidavit may be made either
bofuro ii Justice of the Peace or Notary
Public,, aud the certificate of’ its legality
may be made either bv a Clerk of the Supe
rior, Inferior, or Court ut Ordinary, with
111 ft seal attached.
All claims made out according to the _
above instructions and forwarded to tho
War Department will be attended to.
Weights and Measures.
Persons are frequently puzzled in their
daily transactions to ascertain what such and
' such an aiticlc ought to weigh per bushel.
Here is a table which all would do well to.
cut out and preserve. It will prove valuable
for reference:
Bushels. Pounds.
Wheat GO
Shelled corn 56
(,'orri in the ear 70
Peas GO
Rye 56
Parley 47
Irish Potatoes.... GO
Sweet Potatoes 55
White Beans GO
Castor Beans. 40
Clover Seed GO
Flax Sped 56
lienip Seed 44
Blue Grass Seed...'. 14
Buckwheat 52
Pried 1 caches 3.5
Dried Apples 24
0ni0n5...;..' 57
Salt 50
Stone Coal ' 80
Malt •••“.*
Bran 20
Turnips 55
Plastering Ilair S
liuslacked Lime 80
Corn Meal * 43
Fine Salt *5
Ground Peas 25
A box 24 by 1G inches, 22 deep, contains
1 barrel.
A box 16 by 16 J inches, 8 deep, contains t
bushel. t
A box 8 by 81 iqches, 8 deep, contains 1
peek.
A box 7 by 4 inches 44 deep, contains •]
gallon.
A box 4 by 4 inches, 24 deep, contains 1
quart.
" NOTICE.
ALB persons wishing to have their Clocks
repaired, can do so by calling on S. A.
llowcll. twelve miles from Blakely on the
Wuodville Road. All work warranted to
run and keep time for six niyulk.-, or no pay.
Juno 15, 1861. <35 tl
• BLAKELY, GEO., AUGUST 10, 1864.
faltr C&Mftto Itctos.
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Terms of Subscription:
For 1 Year SIO,OO
For 6 Months ....$5,00
No subseiptions received for less than six
rtKuiths, and payment always required iu ad*
vanco.
Rates of Advertising:
1 Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour
geois Hues, or less,) each insertion...S2,oo
Ajxi’t A, I\ai\ Gi:nehai.’s Otriri;, )
' ■ jlfaeou, Ga./ August- ij-rjhii. j
Special Order,)
No. —. j
- *As there is a misapprehension about the
powers of ( thc Inferior Courts in making
-details for poiicc duty, (he following orders
are published for the information of all con
cerned :
Ode policemen is allowed for each 500
negroes in each count}’.
All nicu between 56 and 60, able to ride
and carry a gun, are to act as a police force
in their respective counties. The A ids de
Cutup are specially instructed toprder them
upon this duty,-an 1 any man between these
a Lies, able for service, who refuses, will bo
sent to the front. They are to ride all
through the county, coulining themselves
to no particular district or plantation, and
are to give their whole time to this business.
As they can sleep in houses at night, they
can do this duty, when they would not be
lit for other military service. They will
visit the plantations, correct insubordinate
negroes, and do all in their power to pro
tect property and preserve order.
It is believed there are but lew counties
in the State in which there arc not in the
comity one man able for service for each
500. negroes. If there should not he that
number in any county, the Inferior Court
wilhrecommeud lor detail fi uumber of men
subject to the late call sufficient to make
up th'e deficiency. These should he select
ed from swell overseers and others as have
most control over the nerroes. The recom
mendation of the courts must be sent f>
these headquarters, where they will he al
lowed, if lie * vidciiec ol deficiency iu the
nufnbor of old men is satisfactory.
'fhe court must accompany (lie applica
tion for tin detail by a certificate, giving
the following (acts :
Ist. (hi ntimber of slaves in the eoCuity.
2nd. The immbcr.and names oi the old
men between 55 and 60 iu the county,
will) the name of each who is too lceble
to ride through the county,
i * Jrd. The names of the persons recotn-
I mended by the courts to make up tho de
ficiency, if any. All details granted by the
courts without au order .from these head
quarters arc invalid, and will be so treated
by all Aids-dc-Camp and ‘other State offi
cers, who will send all such detailed men
to the front immediately.
As the late interruption in the railroad
transportation may have caused some of
(lie militia who had started to Macon to
return home for want of transportation, all
such arc required to press forward to .Ma
con without delay, as the channels of com
munication will he open again in a day or
two.
All officers at home will exercise great
energy in sending all men subject to tho
call forward promptly, under arrest when
necessary. Henry C- Wayne,
. Adjt. & Insp. GeuT.
The Peril of the Capitol.
MiHcdgcvillc escaped falling into' the
hands ol' the raiders only by the skin of its
.teeth. The traiu containing troops from
this place, sent to protect the Capitol, pass
ed Gordon only a few minutes before the
Yankees obtained possession. Had they
been a lew minutes earlier, our forces would
have been intercepted and Milledgevillc
would have fallen a prey to the spoiler.
Napoleon once observed that battles were
lost and won in a lew minutes, and in this
instance the Oapitol of the State was saved
by the enemy being delayed less than a
quarter of au hour. Ilad they hurried a
little faster, the last few miles, on their way
to Gordon, we should have suffered the
mortification of seeing the Capitol of the
Empire State in the possession of the van
dal foe. Military men should take care of
the minutes, and the hours will take care of
themselves. — Conjedmtte.
Bishop Watson compared a geologist to
a nat mounted on an elephant, and laying
down theories as to the vast auimai flora
the phenomena of the hide.
The uio..i « uiious thing in the world ij
i woman that is not curious.
The Raiders.
On Sunday evening last the news reach
ed thi,< place tliafc-a Yankee raiding party
had appeared iu front of Macon and were
shelling the city, which occasioned no lit
tle excitement among our citizens, as ma
ny supposed that the object’ of the raid was
for the purpose of releasing the prisoners
at Camp Oglethrope, Macon, and those at
Camp Anderson, fifty-eight miles’ above
this place; and uutil Tuesday morning
i when it was ascertained-that the raiders
had bceu repulsed by the State Milita and
subsequently defeated and captured neat
•Mintonby a portion of Gen. Wheeler’s com
jf <ud) our ; -eopie were left in a state of
unpleasant suspense. In our Macon ex
changes of Tuesday, we find a full account
of the raid, the lighting in front of Mdcon,
the repulse, the defeat and tho capture of
600 of the party a few miles from Cliutou,
the county town of Perry. The raiders,
numbering about 2500', were commanded
by Brig. Gen. Stonchiau, one of the best
and most notorious raiders in the whole
Y'ankec army, and is supposed to he the
same party that wont down the Georgia
Bail Road, as far as Covington, some ten
days ago, burning aud destroying the track.
Os the surrender the Maeuu Confederate
thus speaks:
“ We had forced, the enemy hack in (ho
direction of Clinton fully two miles, when,
arriving at the House of Thus, llaskel, a
short distance beyond Sunshine Church,
a flag of truce was sent by Geu. Sfoneuun
to Col. Crews proposing an unconditional
surrender of the whole of his command.
Col. Crews received the flag, and ordered
Stoneman’s army to stack arms, Fix hun
dred cavalry, aud two pieces of artillery,
immediately obeyed the order, but all of
fifteen hundred refused, and immcdi-.itely
broke through the woods on the right of
the road, going in almost every direction,
without organization and totally demoraliz
ed. Pursuit • was made, and when we
-left the field, 12 m. Monday, they were be
ing rapidly brought in. It is supposed that
none of them will ever escape back to Fhcr
| uiuu. •
il Wi capturqd Gob. Stoficmau and ev
ery member of his Staff, commanding the
expedition. Six hundred prisoners, includ
ing officers ol' every grade from Col. down.
Two pieces of artillery and two caissons.
At least one thousand horses aud mules,
with all of one thousand stand of small
arms. Stouctnan and the field officers
reached Macon Monday night aud are now
in Gump Oglethrope. The remainder of
the prisoners will be here this (Tuesday)
afternoon.”
Col. Crews, (than whom there is not a
more gallant officer in the Confederate ser
vice,) to whom Stoneman surrendered, is a
citizen of Cutlibcrf. He came down on
the train to this piactfon Tuesday evening,
having with him the sword of Stonouiau,
which we had the pleasure of seeing.
Gen. Roddy, we learn by telegraph from
Atlanta, also engaged and captured a par
ty of raiders, numbering 700, near New
nan on Sunday last. Col. Brownlow, son .
of old Parson Bill, is reported to have been
killed in the engagement.
Cuthhcrt Times.
>-4. ■ + . ..
A Quiet Sabbath.
. Yesterday was the most quiet Sabbath
day it has bceu our lot to witness in Atlan
ta, and those who have been with the array
for the last ninety days assure us that it
was the least belligerent, so far as the ar
mies are concerned, of the campaign. Tire
Federal commander seems to bo upon his
good behavior —lie hits not thrown a siuglc
shell at the devoted city for thirty-six hours
previous to the hour at which we write —
0 a m. But few soldiers were to be seen
during the day, and only a little stir and
bustle took place about the depot. We
observed a number of women and children
on the streets, who evinced no fears as to
their safety. Regular services were held
at the Catholic church, which was filled to
overflowing by a devout audience. Our
people were thaukfui for one day ot quiet,
and the prayers of thousands' were sent up
that ere another Sabbath the foe might be
driven so far away from our city as to be
incapable of disturbing us, nomaattcr how
much he might bo disposed to do so.
Atlanta Appeal.
A young lady at St. Joseph, Missouri,
had, a few days since, made a hot lire in a
cooking stove, made her bread, and was
about placing it in the stove when, on open
ing the oveu door, a large cat, burnt and
in a dying state, jumped out and seized one
of the young lady’s fingers, inflicting a ve
ry painful wound. After a minute the cat
released its hold and 1111 en tin? floor dead.
Mr. Mcimuinget’a Reasons for Resign
ing. ■]
Iu his letter to Mr. Davis tendering his
resignation, Mr. Memminger says:
\V r ith au earnest purpose to devote to
the service of my country during the per
ils which surround her, whatever faculties
may l possess, I had, nevertheless, pcrceiv
ed that the enormous burdens imposed on
the Treasury by a war on so vast a scale,
ami the difficnity of sustaining them had
given rise to discontent and to distrust in
the ability of the officer administering tho
financial department. To these element
*} ot dissatisfaction was added another, aris
ing from essential differences in the plans
submitted by the Head of the Department
aud those adopted by Congress.
llis reasons for not resigning immediate
ly after the adjournment of Congress arc
thus given by himself:
The first was a repugnance to any act
which could be misconstrued into an aban
donment of a post of duty assigned to mo
during a struggle in which 1 felt that ev
ery citizen owed to his country whatever
sacrifice or service was demanded of him.
Tire financial plan which wasfiually adopt
ed by the last Congress bad been uncer
tain until the end of the session It was
not matured until the two houses had re
ferred the matter to Committees or'Confer
ence, and it became a law only on tho last
day of the session, 'flic machinery which
was required for its operation was complex
and extensive, and by the terms of the law
just forty days were allowed to carry it iu
complete effect. No new Head of tho De
partment, however competent, would have
been able to acquire sufficient knowledge
ot office details iu time to have carried out
the provisions of the act. The public good,
therefore, demanded that 1 should not
leave tho post during’this period.
The second consideration which prevent
ed, was the umvilligness l felt to leave you,
in opposition to yout desire while your
whole energies were still taxed by the great
and varied responsibilities attendant upon
the office in which Providence has placed
you. ♦
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A Rciiatmubfe lufiuwiet
The steamer S., commanded by Captain
8., exploded several years ago with terri
ble effect, and burned to tho waters edge.
Capt. 8. was blown into the air, alighting
near a floating cotton bale, upon which lie
floated uninjured, but much blackened and
mudded. Arrived at a village seveial
miles below, to which new., of the disaster
. proceeded him, he was accosted by (ho cd
itor of the village paper, with whom he
was well acquainted, and eagei for au item.
“ 1 say, is the 8. blown up?”
“ Vos'”
“ Was Captain S. killed ? ”
“No! I am Capt. 8.”
“The thunder you are! How high wera
you blown ? ”
“ High enough to think of every mean
thing I ever did m my life, before L tamo
down.”
The editor started on a run for his office,
the paper about going to press, and not
wishing to omit the item of intelligence
for the next issue, two weeks ofi, wrote as
follows:
“ The steamer S. has burst her boiler,
we learn from Capt. 8., who says lie was
up long enough to think of every mean
thing he ever did in his life before he lit
* We suppose lie >vas up about three months ”
Official Family Orders.
The following was posted in his house,
a few days since, by a Poughkeepsie busi
ness man :
Headquarters House of—r —
“General Orders No. I.—Julia :
Until the price falls, no more butter will
be used in our family. James.”
• He had hardly reached his counting
house, when a special messenger handed
him this:
“James': Until butter is reinstated, no
more tobacco will be use in this ho.use.
Julia, Chief of Staff ”
It is said that butter won.
A correspondent of the New York Aete*,
writing from Grant's army, says :
It is rather a painful thiug to see shells
fall from our mortars into tho afflicted city
of Petersburg, where they may explode in
the street, church or dwelling, but is now
witnessed four times within each how of
the day, and go far its only effect has been
to keep the unfortunate inhabitants of the
city in constant fear and terror. General
Grant may have demanded the surrender
of the place, and it is charitable to suppose*
that he has’, but I have not learned from
any reliable source that such a demand
bten made.
ISTO. 42.