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toll) tomtu jyem 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. 'O U 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. ♦ ‘ ♦ - 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.