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T H E COUNT R Y MAN. 44i> Adj’t & Insp. General’s Office, \ Macon, Ga., August !, 1861. f Special Order, ) No. f . As there is a misapprehension ab^ut the powers of the Inferior Courts in mak ing details for .police duty, the following orders are published, for the information of all concerned : * One policeman is allowed for each 500 negroes in eaeh county. All men between 55 and 60, able to ride and carry a gun, are to act as a police force in their respective counties. The Aids de Gamp are specially instructed to order them upon this duty, and any man between these ages, able for service, who refuses, will be sent to the front. They are to ride .’,11 through the county, confin ing themselves to no particu'ar 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 fit for other mili tary service. They will visit the planta tions, correct insubordinate negroes, and do all in their power to protect property, and preserve order. It is believed there are but few counties in the State, in which there are not,in the county, one man able®for service, for eaeh 500 negroes. If there should not be that number in any county, the Inferior Court will recommend, for detail, a i umber of men subject to the late call, sufficient to make up the deficiency. These should fee selected from such over-eers, and oth ers as have most control over the negroes. The recommendations of the courts must be sent to these headquarters, where they will be allowed, if the evidence of defi ciency iu the number of old men is satis factory^ The court must accompany the applica tion for the detail by a certificate, giving the following facts; 1st. The number of slaves In the court- 2nd. The number, and names of the old men between 55 and 60 in the county, 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. All details granted by the courts without an order from these headquarters, are void, and will be so treated by all Aids de Gamp,, and other State officers, who will send all such de tailed men to the front, immediately. As the lake interruption in the railroad transportation may have caused some of the militia, who had started to Macon, to return home for want of transportation, all such are req tired to press forward to Macon without delay, as the channels, of communication will be open again in a day or two, • All officers at hem 3 will exercise great energy in sending a. I men subject to the call, for ward,promp ! !iy, under arrest when necessary. Henry O. vVay^ne, Adjt. & Insp. Gen’l. We are happy to announce that neither of the two Macon ministers, Revs. Warren, and Burke, was injur ed. They were in ftte fight, but came out unscathed. They are both brave, and worthy men, and maintain, as a part of their religious precepts, that ‘resistance to tyrants, is obedience to God.’—Albany Patriot. The News. * Son. A us. 6tk—After receiving our regular supply of papers, up to the 28th ult., the raid came along, and disturbed our conmnuniea-. tions for a week or two. We are just now be ginning to get the accumulated mails of the past ten days, or two weeks. Our summary of news must be made very brief. Towards the middle, or latter part of July, ‘ Thornton’s rebels captured Plattsburg, and Marion, Mo.’ They numbered 2000, and were marching north, gaining accessions from the people of Missouri. Sherman claims a victory on the 20th uit., and 4000 prisoners. Early made a worse than Manassas rout of the enemy, at Winchester, on the — July, capturing 2000 prisoners. The N. Y. Herald, of July 21st, says : ‘The enemy are again threatening Pennsylvania and Maryland.’ Mon. 7th. — About the last of July, the Yan kees cut the Central Railroad, in several places. On Saturday, 30th July, there wa3 a fight near Macon, b?tweeu militia, exempts, hospital in ■ mates, &c., on the Confederate side, and a body ofyankee raiding cavalry, under Stone- man, resulting in the repulse of the latter. Quite a body" (some 700 or 1000) of yankee raiders was captured, near Newnan, on July 30th. On the 31st, Stoneman and about six hundred raiders were captured at Sunshine Church, near Clinton, Ga., by Gen. Iver=on— twice as many yankees, as were taken, succeed ed in making their escape, after they bad sur rendered. Tubs. 8th.—Our losses at Petersburg, in the blowing up and fighting business, on Saturday, 30th ult., are now reported at twelve hundred —those of the yankees at three thousand. We captured twenty battle flags, and eleven hun dred prisouer3. The yankees lately crossed a body of men to the north side of James River, at Deep Bot tom, but they have returned to the south side. The Baltimore Gazette, of the 30th ult., says the Confederates have not re-crossed into Maryland. “War and retaliation have, commenced in Missouri.” Martial law is strictly enforced in Kentucky. Gold in New York, 252|. The Confederates are again operating suc cessfully on the Mississippi River, below Memphis, destroying federal boats. Wed. 9til—The Baltimore American, of August 5th, says ; ‘The loyal people are again called upon to show hov they ean bear them selves under disaster. The assault on Peters- burg„on 30th ult., failed. O-ur forces were re pulsed with a lo3s of 5,000, including prisoners. The streugthof the rebel position is unimpaired. The rebel cavalry have crossed the Potomac, passing across Maryland,and entering Pennsyl vania^ About five hundred of McCaueland’s men entered Chatubersburg, and demanded pay ment of half a million of dollars. Before the demand was complied with, the town was set on (ire, and nearly the whole burned,’ etc. It is said that Thompson, Clay, and Hol combe are in the Western States. On 4th August*at 4 p. in., the enemy made a heavy assault on the extreme left of our works, at Atlanta, possessed a portion, but was driven out agaiu. About ten o’clock, at night, another attack was made from centre to left, resulting in complete failure. At Mobile, on the 4th, the enemy placed forces on Dauphin Island, seven miles from Fort Gaines. The following despatch is otfi- cial from Mobile ; ‘Fort Morgan, Aug. 5th, 1864.—To General Higgins ;—Action opened this moraiug be tween the fleet of she enemy and this fort. At 6 o’clock, they passed with three iron-clads, and fourteen ships. The monitor Tecumseh was sunk under the guns of the water battery. The Tennessee surrendered after a terrific en gagement with the enemy’s fleet. The Gaines is beached by the hospital. The Selma cap tured. The Morgan, the officers and crew are all safe. ’ R. L. Page, ' Brig.-Gencral.’ Thurs. 10th.—The yankees being engaged in mining, opposite Gen. Lee’s centre, at Peters burg, a countermine was made, and, on the 5th of August, exploded, blowing up the ene my’s skirmish line, and demolishing his mines. Frt. 11th.—A despatch -from Atlanta, dated August 8th, says that an attack was made on' our left, the Saturday before, which drove the cavalry ‘ across the south branch of Uttoy creek.ba t in front of Bates, they’’(the enemy) ‘were repulsed with considerable loss, leaving their dead and wounded, about one hundred prisoners, and the colors of the 8th- (Federal) Tennessee, and 104th Ohio, in our hands.’ About ten, Sunday morning, another attack was repulhed, and, at night, a third as sault, in three lines, was repulsed with heavier loss than ever. At Mobile, Fort Gaines, garrisoned with six hundred men, and provisioned for six months, was surrendered, on the 8th, by Col. Charles Andersou, to the Federals, the Colonel disobeying positive orders from Gen. Page. It is thought to be an act of treachery. ‘ Great excitement exists in Montgomery county, III., in consequence ot an attempt to capture a band of guerrillas in that county. Too people of Simsboro fear the reftels will execute their threats to burn their town. A regiment of infantry was ordered to Hillsboro, and stirring times are anticipated.’ A northern aecouut says ‘Kelly repulsed the rebels under McCausland, and Bradley Johnson, at New Creek, on the 4th.’ But, nevertheless, Gov. Curtin calls for thirty thous and men. Great panic in Pennsylvania—far mers abandoning their houses, hurrying off stock, etc. (from the chronicle and sentinel ) Augustii Market.--Aug:. 8. Financial.—Gold $22, new currency, Silver 18 to 20, new currency, Sterling Ex change 17 to 18, Bank notes, 2 00 to 3 00, nominal, Confederate Bonds, 8 per cent., long date, 10 to 20, do. short date, par, 7 per, cent, bonds, 89 to 85, 6 per cent, bonds, 80, Cotton loan bonds 1 75, 7 per cent. Georgia bonds, old, 6 00, Bath Mills 3 00 , 7.30s, 80 to 83. Cotton.—Moderate demand. Middling to good Middling 1 00 to 1 20 per lb. Domestics.— We quote domestics as follows-r 3 4 shirting 2 00, T-8-sheeting 2 30, 4< 4isheet- ing 2 7.5, osnaburgs 3 00, yarns 36 00 to lO OO per bunch. Very little demand, owing to lack of transportation. Flour.—200 to 250 per barrel. Grain.—Wheat 15 00 to 20 00 per bushel, corn in the ear, from wagons, 15 00 to 16 00, peas 15 00, rye 12 00, barley 10 00, oats 7 00 to 8 00. Groceries, Provisions, etc.—Bacon 3 50 to 4 00 per lb., coffee 12 00, Rice 40c to 50, su gar 6 00 to 8 00, salt, coast, 60c, Liverpool 85c to 90, tobacco dull, lard 3 00 to 3 50, mo lasses, N. Orleans, none, Florida 20 00 to 24 00, per gal., sorghum 16 00 to 18 00, whiskey 40 00 to 65 00, brandy 6500 to 70 00, bagging 9D0 to 10 00 per yard, bar soap 1 75 to 2 00 per lb., cotton rope 4 50, nails 2 50, corn meal 15 00 to 16 00 per bushel, fodder 20 00 per cwi., shucks 12 00, hay 15 00, fallow 4 50 to 5 00 per lb., randies 4 50 to 5 00 per lb., by box, terebene oil 10 00 per gallon, at retail, black pepper 10 00 per lb., tea 20 00 to 25 00, iron, swedes, 5 00, bi-cai b. soda 4 00 to 5 00, starch 3 00, dry hides 6 00 to 7 00. Country Produce.—Beef 2 50 to 3 00 per lb., nett, pork 3 00 to 3 50,. mutton 3 OO to 3 50, kid 2 00 to 3 00, chickens 4 00 to 1.0 00 each, turkeys, none, eggs 3 00 to 3 50 per doz , but ter 5 00 to 6 00 per 1b sweet potatoes 15 00 per bushel Irish potatoes 60 00 per barrel.