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Early County News. *VOTJ. V. Orarli; (tountn U’ctos. ..._____ * » . Terms of Subscription: For 1 Year ..SIO,OO For 0 Months ....$5,00 No subseiptions received for less than six months, and payment always required in ad vance. Hates of Advertising: 1 Square, (occupying the space of ten Bour geois lines, or less,) each insertion...s2,oo AdJ't. & INSP. Gp NEKAf.’J OiKICS. ) Macon, Ga., August 1, 1864. j Special Order,) No. —. } As there is a misapprehension about the powers of the Inferior Courts in making details for police duty, the following orders are published lor the information of all cou cci tied : One policemen is allowed for each 500 negroes in each county. All men between 55 and 60, able to ride ami carry a gun, arc to act as a police force in their respective counties. The A ids de \ Camp are specially instructed to order them upon this duty, aqd any man between these ages, able for service, who refuses, will be sent to the front. They are to ride all through the county, confining themselves to no particular district or plantation, and ) are to give their whole time to this business. j As tbev can sleep in houses v at night, they j ■an do this duty, when they would not be j lit for other military service. They will ( visit the plantations, correct insubordinate negroes, and do all m their power to pro- j tcet property and preserve order. It is believed there are but few counties ; in the Bfate in which there are not in the ' count// one man able for service for each suo negroes. If there should not he that number in any county, the Inferior Court will recommend .for detail a number of then subject to the late call sufficient to make | \.p the deficiency. These should be select- j ' »>•! from such.ov tuners and others as havu • most control over the negroes. Th (‘.recoin- j viendation of the courts must be sent to ] these headquarters, where they will he al-. j lowed, if the evidence of deficiency in the number of old men is satisfactory. The court must accompany the applica tion for the detail by a certificate, giving the .following facts : Ist. the number of slaves in the county. 2nd. The number and names of the old men between 55 and 00 in the country with the name of each who is too feeble to ride through the county. 3rd. The names of the persons recom mended by the courts to make up the de ficiency, if any. Ail details granted by the courts without an order from these head- ! quarters are invalid, and will be so treated by all Aids-de-Catnp and other Btate 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. 1 the militia who had started to Macon to return home for want of transportation, all such are required to press forward to Ma con without delay, as the channels of com munication will be open again in « day or two. • All officers at home will exercise great energy in sending all men subject to the cull forward promptly, under arrest when necessary. Henry C. Wayne, Adjt. & Insp. Gen’l. The election in North Caroliona, says the Richmond Examiner, is not more de cisive of the sentiment in that State than we were always satisfied it would be. A great deal of nonsense has beep*,,ilked and Written about tories in North f <Vina. A great deal more importance than was nec essary has been given to an utterly insig nificant set of bad people. Gov. Vance took a great deal of worse than useless trouble to conciliate and compromise. He did himself and his cause both harm by dabbling ever so little iu 'the obsolete .trick ery of past politics. He had better have plauted himself higher than he did on the Confederate mountain. He has been elect ed,by the patriotism and devotion of the p-mple, not by his correspondence with Jeff Davis or trumpery talks about the desirability of peace. The people of North Carolina want aud will have no peace that is not won for them by the courage of her soldiers and the genius of her Generals. North Carolina is not less true to the South than Virginia or South Carolina. Let there be an end to discussion and suspicion. Gen. Anderson was wounded in tbc.late fight with the Yankees near Ncwoan. '• haps, for you own husbands, brothers and sons, whose suffering condition.must plead more powerfully to your generosity than any eloquence of words. Would you have them left on our streets with no shelter for their suffering bodies, and no food to sup ply their necessities ? Must they not on ly bare their brave bosoms to our common I 'enemy until they fall wounded by the I deadly missiles, but when wounded, and it ! may he dying, they seek a distant home, shall they then be allowed to suffer, or at best, be dependent upon uncertain chari ' u? ; ■ . • j Our generous citizens will not allow this, and when we assure them that our treasu , ry is being rapidly exhausted and our pro visions consumed, they will nobly respond* as in former times. Were it only thfi soldiers of Clay county, we would not solicit one dollar out of the county; but we entertain but few of these, aud a majority are from the lower counties of Georgia, South-Eastern Alabama and Flor ida. In a former appeal, Florida respond ed nobly, especially Jackson county; now our necessities are greater, and we make more uvgent demand upon your charity. Will notour patriotic and wealthy planters give us supplies from their overflowing granaries and smoke-houses? Only one personal appeal have we made, aud here I would record- the generosity of Col. John ! H. Starke, who was the liberal donor of five hundred pounds of bacon, and a quantity of eorn —the name of such men belong to .the public. Especially, we solicit donation? of pro visions of all kinds, but those who have not | the provisions to spare must aid us from •their purses, and we sincerely hope to be able so publish a long list of contributions very early, or onr “ Home” must be aban , doned, and our bravd defenders left to the cold charities of the world. Augusta A. Ward law, Sec’y L. P. R. S. Fort Gaines, Ga., Aug. 8, 1864. ' We are gradually collecting all life par ticulars of the recent invasion of Maryland by onr forces. The following, which has never been published here before, is both piquant and amusing. A correspondent of . the Washington Chronicle thus describes his visit to the Yankee camp, after the battle of Monocac^: Rickett's camp I visited yesterday. His men were badly worn by the fight near Frederick, aud for a time were reported unfit for duty. There they lay in Brown faced gipsey parties, helterskclter, under the brief shade of canvas stuck on bayonets, and hardly protected from the broiling sud. They were about getting themselves fresh again. The world never saw soldiers more severely tried than the veterans of the Po tomac army ; and yet their iron hardihood and cheerful spirits are surprising, while they also appreciate their terrible experi ence. Much fun was made in camp, over the Maryland regiment and one hundred days’ men, who broke and ruu at the Mo nooacy. Four or five officers, bye the bye,, were found in a barn, away from their commands, and were, of course, disgraced. I Two part 3 Epsom Salts and one of Salt is said to be an unfailing remedy for flux —one doee frequently curing, if taken iu '■ time. WBH'.. A! It. ISO!. Editor Sir : Mai»j Os my friends are of opinion that it be proper in rae to solicit your to my present condition. You must; kuow, sir, that up to this time I. have joined no military organiza tions. ' Some would seem to insinuate that this/on my part, may be traced to cowardice or a want of inclination to aid the South, now, as some people thin’k, on her last legs. ' Were they to attribute to me such mo tives it would fie doing great injustice. From the very commencement of this struggle, I have ever been known to be a most rampant secessionist, and there aro those now living among you who must re member the zeal with which I espoused the cause of the Southern Confederacy. But it So happened that I have not, up to this time, hazarded life or limb iu actu al battle, but I have ever, in my conversa tion aud language, aided and abetted the cause of the South. Y.ou, doubtless,- are aware, sir, that my health has been failing for years, and ii board of Surgeons have pronounced me un fit for the service. To be, sure, I eat and exercise ns usual, in fact, these functions have neves been interfered with, and ou that account my enemies whisper about that I am abio to take the field. But you know, sir, appearances are ! fallacious, and that there is a vast difference between real and apparent health. My wife, God bless her, loves mo to dia .j traction, she affirms and reiterates, that a compaign would be the death of me. And between ourselves, she knows more than all the - doctors, and savs in an hour she could convince my bitterest enemies that lam unlit for the field. I must con fess that I would have volunteered to de fend Macon in the late raid, but with tears in her eyes, she besought me to remain at home, that if I went to the field I would [ he the cause of her death, as well as of poor little Tim, who is now' only six mouths • old. IJudcrf <• •cunritaqe.es my jscnrtipl valor was forced to succumb. Besides, sir, she said, you kuow, Tobias, our lauds and negroes amount to a big round sum, and should you fall iu action, your loss will be quadruple that of a poor desperate devil, who has scarcely a shirt to his back. Well, I opiped, there was much reason in this, and affected to be griveously ill, and while many of my neighbors rushed to meet the foe, I took my bed, and kept out of harm’s way. But it is all over. I feel that I have acted a cowards part, and iny wife with all her apologies cannot entirely ease my con science. But the long and the short of my letter amounts to this—that henceforth, I am re solved and willing to take the field. Upon this my mind is made up —nor wife —nor child—nor fortune will hold mo back from the thickest of the fight. I know there are many, very many, who have acted as T have done. ' - We appeal to them todo aslam resolved in future. Let them cast off all subterfuges. Let them seek to shelter themselves be hind no partial or friendly medical boards. Let them not hearken to the syrene * tongue- of wives, children or fortune, but let them, like tru<?hearted Southern men,’ gird ou their armor, and at'all risks, haz ards and dangers, rush to the front, and there remain till Southern Independence is in fact accomplished. Laggard. u Harvey,” the correspondent of the Appeal, gets off th£ following “ good un ” on the contraction of our lines in Geor gia: . A facetious soldier explains the unex pected and dove-like civility of the Yan kees for the past few days. He says that the limits of the Confederacy are so con tracted by our retrogade across the river, that they refrain firing, especially with ’•lampposts,”and “quartermaster dispatch es,” for fear of injuring their friends at Andersonville, and posts on the coasts. Thoughtful, isn’t it? Surely it is “an ill wind that blows no good.” » —»- The New York Times estimates Grant’s losses, in killed and wounded, north of James river, at 70,000 men, Sherman’s losses at 45,000, and the total Federal loss es, since Ist of April, at fully 185,000 men. ♦ + It is spoken as a bolemn fact that, not withstanding the Yankees have five hun dred vessels of all classes in commission, in their navy, they are incessantly begging Great Britain not to allow the Confederates j ' to fit qut one \>r two lucu-of-war. ‘ Animal Intelligence That animals have souis ■which are im mortal, has beon maintained by many wri ters long before Mr. Wood had entered ou his present existence. Some of the follow ing anecdotes, respecting what some ara pleased to call “ brute beast/’ have been related to me by friends, the remainder ara derived from my own observations. The first I shall relate was told me a few days ago by a friend and a man of probity, aud proves that a dog may be trained to pertorm acts which have very much tho appearance of being the result of reasoning, and comprehension of tho meaning'of what is said to him. The friend in question was staying with a cler gyman, and after the cloth whs laid, tho latter said to a sharp little terrier, who was stretched out comfovtably on the rug % before the fire, and watchiug with deep in terest the preparations for dinner : u Billv, get your table-cloth ! ” The dog,ran un der the sideboard, brought out a copy of the Saturday Review aud spread it on tho rug. What, Billy, can a dog of your sensibility eat a dinner off a paper which, advooates prize fights ? and, perhaps, will encourage next a return of canine encoun ters!'” If ever a dog secured against an im -. pet ition, that dog was. Bill}'. He barked furiously, aud seizing the paper in his teeth, he worried it as though he held an unusu ally strong rat in his mouth. When bo had satisfied himself with the amusement., he shot under the sideboard again ond brought out a copy of the Times, which he held up to his master with au enquir ing look, that seemed to ask : “ Is thers auy objection to this ? ” His master shook his head, and said : “ I am afraid its opin ion ou the subject of church-rates is not quite what it should be.” The dog seem ed troubled by some misgiving ub to wheth er it was, under these cirdbmstances, a suitable table-cloth for a clergyman's dog ; but Sliding his master made no further re mark, he proceeded to open it with great care and deliberation. As 'soon as tho mutton was placed on the tablo, a couple of slices were cutoff and put on a plat® and laid on the tabte cioth he had spread out. With an eager appetite, Billy wm about to hegiu his dinner, when his mas ter said, “ Ah, Billy, Billy, isn’t it a sad thing to find that the woman who cooked this diuuer is a Roman Catholic ? ” With out a growl or a whioe the dog turned away from tho food, and retired to the furthest corner of tho room, where he lay down with au air of resignation which a human . being might have copied with advantage. After a minute or two, his master said, “ Billy, I find I was mistaken about the cook. She is asgood a Protestant as ever attended a May meeting.” The joy of . the dog at this intimation was expressed in the most emphatic manner, and the ea gerness with which he attacked the mut ton, was the strongest possible proof of the greatness of his previous self restraint. Chamber* Journal. -* * .. : .'.i.— ■ .... . _ _j Flag of Truce Letters. CONFEDERATE STATES OT AMERICA, ) War Department, Bureau or Kxc’o, Richmond. Ya., July 1, 1864. ) ALL letters to go North by flag of true* must be sont to this office. 2. Each letter must be enclosed in a sepa rate envelope and addressed to me, Bureau of Exchange, Richmond, Va. 3. No letter must exceed in length one page of ordinary sized letter paper, and its contents be confined strictly to personal or family matters. No letter alluding to th» movements or localities of troops will be al lowed to pass. 4. Each letter must contain a United Staten ? .outage stamp, or its equivalent in silver or Ini ted States currency. These regulations will bo rigidly enforced, and no letter trans mitted in which they are not strictly ob% served. ROBERT OULD, Agent of Exchange. [Official:] W, If. Hatch, Capt. <fc A. A. Q. 40-6 t Exemption for Sale! ANY one wishing to purchase an Extmp lion for the War, can do so by bringing along the cash and applying to the Editor of - the News. Prico $6,000 in the new issue. The position which is offered for sale is a lucrative and pleasant one, und would not be disposed of but for the fact that the hold er of it. has another exemption, and cannot well attend to the duties of both position*. For further particulars address EDITOR NEWS, June 20, 1864. 37-lm Blakely, Ga. Free Omnibus Line! TIIE undersigned takes this method of in forming the traveling public that all pas j aengers from the rail road depot, wishing to stop at “ Wheeler’s Central Hotel,” will be 1 brought up in his hack free of charge. ft. \Y WHEELER, ‘ Proprietor. isTO. 43.