The Daily Dispatch: July 29, 1864., [Electronic resource]

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Gov. Brown's proclamation.

Macon, July 28.--Governor Brown to-day issued a proclamation ordering all aliens in the State who refuse to volunteer to defend the State which affords them protection to leave the State within ten days; also, that the orders of Confederate officers attempting to protect from active service their favorites in civil purlieus, when the State needs all who are able to bear arms in front of the enemy, cannot be respected by the State officers. While it is not his purpose to cripple the Confederate Government in providing all necessary support for the army, he will execute the laws of the State, compelling all detailed persons attending to ordinary business to aid in repelling the enemy.

He denies the Confederate Government's right to divest the State of its jurisdiction over the whole militia by mustering into service and detailing them to remain at home engaged in the common avocations of life. All persons claiming to be employed by the Confederate Government must be exempted by certificates of the State authorities, on evidence that they are constantly employed and are indispensably necessary.