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disappointqff At all events, they were easily
satisfied, aid their object, if accomplished,
must hay been a very insignificant one.- —
There a*e r ofcher objects on this side the
Rappahannock which they have had in view
for several months—they are slow to move
to their accomplishment, having full assu
rance from the past, that failure and disas
ter will attend their progress. ?
l’ 1 ROM Tennessee
The news is good. So far as the main
position of the two armies is concerned, it re
mains. but slightly changed. The enemy are
still in force in the vicinity of Murfreesboro,
while Gen. Johnston’s army continues at
Tullahoma. The late movements of Rosen
crans were not serious. It was announced
that his object to unite with Gen. Grant
and to concentrate their strength upon Vick
burg. But it would not do to leave a mag
azine in the rear, liable to be exploded by
the touch of a febel match. The condition
of things in Kentucky, and the West gener
ally, would not warrant the abolitionists in
giving us comparatively free access to those
regions. . %
Morgan, Van Horn, Humphrey Marshall,
and Forrest, have reaped a heavy crop of
abolitionists within the past ten days. On
the 20th 3larch 31organ encountered the en
cmy near 3lilton. The fight continued for
five hours. The enemy were driven eight
miles. Their loss was about two hundred
killed and wounded ; ours about half as
great. 31 iiton, we believe, is North of Duck
River, and a little South-east of Murfrecs
boro. Not long after this exploit of Morgan,
Gapt. Lawrence Jones of his command cros
sed the Cumberland Biver and captured a
train of cars near Bowling Green, with a
large number of Federal officers, and twen
ty-five thousand dollars in funds. About
the 22d ult., Van Horn, of Gen. Jenkin’s
command, is reported to have captured the
14th Kentucky Regiment. The news from
Gen. Humphrey 31arshall is confirmed by a
surgeon from his command. * He st&tes that
on the 22d of 31arch, Gen. 3larshall surroun
ded and captured the entire command of
Gen. Sam Carter, of Fast Tennessee notori
ety. This is the Carter that made a success
ful raid upon the Knoxville and East Ten
nessee Railroad some time last winter and
burnt several bridges. He was captured be
tween Cumberland Gap and Bourbon coun
ty, Ky., a rather indefinite locality, but such
is the wording of the telegram.
On the 25th of 3larch, Forrest made a
dash upon Brentwood, nine miles in the rear
of Franklin, capturing 800 prisoners, togeth
er with arms, ammunition, Ac.. He destroy
ed a large quantity of commissary stores,
burnt the Railroad bridge, tore up the track’
and took 17 loaded wagons. Franklin is
not more than twenty miles from Nashville,
so that Forrest was not more than twelve
miles from the city when these captures were
made. Our cavalry have done splendid work
during the winter campaign. By striking
the enemy in rear, burning bridges, tearing
up railroads, and cutting off supplies, they
have so impede 1 his progress and crippled
his operations that the winter has passed with
out his having gained the least advantage.
From Mississippi
The news is quite as encouraging as from
Tennessee. The Jackson Appeal says that
the enemy have again appeared at Fort Pem
berton. The abolitionists say that the Fort
can not be attacked by infantry. They es
timate our strength there at six thousand.
Since the first attack our batteries have been
greatly strengthened, and when the next as
sault is made the enemy will meet with an
other repulse. All the efforts in Northern
3lississippi are bent upon Vicksburg. Their
experience in front of our batteries is by
no means encouraging, hence their digging
canals, and dredging passes to
find a way to the rear of the • city. Their
attempts will prove fruitless if they do not
terminate in disaster.
v At.-5 o’clock, P. M, on the 25th ult., four
Yankee gunboats attempted to pass the up
per batteries at Vicksburg. A vigorous
fire was opened upon them driving
The other two passed under fire of thF^bat
almost every shot taking effect. One
of them received'a-shotyn her
causing her' to sink in .'fifteen
ifw of th* escapee?. The jfl
posed to be the‘Benton; was
and had to*he toWed beyond the-
guns by the Albatross. A few more ■f§|ff|
will teach them to keep out of danger. NH
are a stubborn race, and hard to learn. w3i
dom. Their great* Western fleet of gilpboatl
and iron-clads is no longer a terror to oft
batteries. ■
No farther attempts ’ have beeh made at
Port Hudson irfße the firing of the Mis
sissippi. The two ships that passed Our bat
teries at that time in a damaged condition
have been trj ing to get out of their dilemma
by going above Vicksburg or returning be
low Port Hudson, but they are hemmed in
on both sides. The northern papers are
growing -somewhat impatient over the ope
rations of their Western armies. An uneasy
feeling in regard to the Yazoo fleet.
The levees above Vicksburg are flooding
the Federal camps to such an extent that
Jy llnii quar-
pended on account of Their ar
my is said to be suffering terrflfly w ith all
kinds of camp diseases. It feally seems that
between high water and low Water, sickness
and rebel batteries, the operationVof the en
emy in the West are about
failures. \^<o
From the Coast ’i
We have no news of special interest. The
enemy have evacuated Pensacola. In doing
so they fired the town, but an order from the
officer in command of the fleet threatening
to shoot every man engaged in the affair if
the fires were not immediately extinguished,
put a stop to their proceeding; Dot, howev
er, before quite a number of buildings hud
been destroyed. All the troops that could
be spared from that place have been sent to
Banks. The remainder now occupy the na
vy yard, Forts Barrancas and Pickens.
Jacksonville, Fla., was for a time occu
pied by a regiment of negroes under the
command of white men. The citizens were
subjected to the grossest, indignities at their
hands. Ladies were insulted publicly upon
the streets, and white men put under guard
of negroes and compelled, upon pain of death,
to obey their orders. These infamous scoun
drels, white and black, have all been driven
out of the city, and it is now in possession of
Confederate troops..
The attack upoh Charleston is a matter of
daily anticipation'. The fleet of the enemy
at Port Koyal numbered, at last accounts,
one hundred and fifty vessels. Burnsides
is not in command. He has been sent to the
West, to take care or Kentucky. The at
tempt upon Charleston surely can not be
much longer deferred. Their preparations
have been of the most elaborate character.
A failure will cover them with disgrace.—
We believe that, both failure and disgrace
await them, It is said that they intend to
reduce the Forts commanding the entrance
to the harbor first, by means of* their iron
clad monitors, and then run up and shell the
city, landing their troops upon the wharf
under cover of their gunboats. The people
of tha city are calm and collected in view of
all these huge preparations for their des
truction. very little apprehension is felt, in
regard to the result.
Upon a general survey we think every
thing looks bright and encouraging for our
cause. The winter has gone and our ene
mies have accomplished nothing worth men
tioning. Spring is rapidly advancing, and
yet they hesitate. Our own armies are rep
resented as being in fine health and -spirits,
and very considerably increased in numb’ers
Our ability to meet the enemy in the field is
not questioned by any one. The greatest
obstacle, it seems, with which we have to
contend is the supply
emn duty of every man who owns an acre of
land and who is able to work, to turn every
foot of land and every muscle of liis body
the production of food. The success of our
cause depends much upon it. K
But we are not among the number
who believe that starvation is at our door.
The high prices of provisions has been pro
duced by other causes besides their scarcity.
The redundancy of the currency and its
consequent depreciation may be mentioned
among them. But we think that the unac
countable manner of seizures, in many cases,
made where they were unnecessary and hard
upon the parties from whom the articles
have been taken, has operated as much as
any other cause to drive provisions from the
market into places beyond the reach of gov
ernment officials. We have all the time
dreaded the effects of violent and arbitrary
proceedings of the government upon a peo
ple who have hitherto been voluntarily mov
ed by the nobler impulses of patriotism.—-
Force, upon a republican people, tends to
produce resistance to authority, to dry up the
springs of liberality, and to chill that warm
love for the government which was once the
agent for the protection of their rights and
property. But we rejoice that this evil is
about remedying itself. The impressment
bill which has recently passed both Houses
of Congress will prevent any future difficul
ty upon the score of seizures. „ W ben pro
perty is taken, the matter is to be left to the
wo or three disinfested par
A the vicinity, pnder the
“just compensation”
Blow that the government
Hpess to heed the well-
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timately work out for us the most glorious
results.
Let us be patient under tria 1 .
COMMUNICATIONS;
Richmond Correspondence.
%>■ Richmond, March 23, 1863. ■
—Sabbath Schools—Revival a
mom^SolJiers — Convention — Georgia Grad
uates— Georgia Influence.
The English Emancipation Society under
took, (according to its own announcent for,
weeks,) to get up “a monster demonstration”
at Exeter Hall, in support of President Lin
coln’s abolition policy. The meeting was ap
pointed for the 29th of January, ‘a week be
fore the opening of Parliament, when London
must be full of persons of considerable emi
nence and of all shades of .opinion,’ and-*“a
gents of the Northern Government, provided
with funds from America, were at work on tlie
familiar business of agitation,” to invest the
meeting with eclat. “Times,”
“Morning Post” and “Daily Telegraph,” how
ever concur in representing “the result of the j
mountain’s labor as the birth of a most redic
ulous mouse.". The speakers, indeed, were
true to the pi vyi um„w of the agitators, .'tty -
“made heavy speeches in favor of Mr. Lincoln
and Gen. Butler ; gave iji their adhesion to the
Northern pol'cy, through thick and thin; talk
ed unctiously about the Divine blessing on the
Federal arms ; went in on Christian principles
for a war of determination ; blackened fUg.
names of So a thorn generals; and palliated the
monstrous lies of the Northern leaders.” But
among these speakers there was “not one man
sluua ooußtrr would Baton to On
any political subject.” I regret to say that
Ilou. and Rev. Baptist Wriothesley Noel, whose
accession to our denomination in 1848 clothes
liis name with some interest, was of their num
ber. He has hardly consulted his own best
reputation.through coming times, in tliusjoiu
iug the long line of men who find no use for
their charity hut to devise Bethesdas for the
cure of imaginary moral diseases on the Other
side of the globe, “And whirl them (happy rid
dance !) from themselves.”
If we may credit the ’‘Philadelphia Inqui
rer,” a lady, a native of Virginia, has recently
gone North, “longing anxiously, yet hopefully I
lor the day when the benign influence of the
Federal Government shall again shed the beauts
of peace and blessing on the unhappy and suf
fering States, composing for the time the des
potic realm of Jeff. Davis.” Her vivacious ac
count of the present condition of society in tht,
Old Dominion, includes the statement that
“Preaching, Sabbath and day schools, in iuo*t
places, have been suspended.” -This is tlie
shameless exaggeration of falsehood, stooping
to the “dirty work” which malignity desires
at his hands. And yet it must he confessed
that Sabbath schools especially have suffered
in Virginia, under the adverse influence of war.
Among our churches in this city they have
greatly fallen off; and at the last meeting of
the'denominational Monthly Sabbath School
. Concept,, the school in Manchester, for the first
-tinie, repaved a larger number of scholars
than any of our Richmond schools. W$ Hr* a
lost ground, not from necessity ; for after all
the depletion of our membership by the
draft of the army, Baptists enough remair(. if
they only ‘had a mind to work,’ to keep u| as
numerous a corjgs ot officers, teachers and asi
tors, as ever. That our Manchester brethren
have maintained their ground, argues wellffor
the genuineness of the recent revival in t&eir
midst, and abundantly testifies that, even du
ring these times of convulsion, the churffies
need only to be “in the Spirit,” to ensure the
perpetuity and efficiency of the Sabbath School.
I hope that lie who, in the days of His flish,
was a lover of little ones, and whose grace,
wherever its legitimate results are reached,
causes all His people to love them, will nse
the “Child’s Index” as an instrument for
the awakening of our denomination to greater
fidelity in this regard.
The revival among the soldiers of Barks
dale’s brigade*, at Fredericksburg, is a bearu of
“glorious summer” in the winter of our na
tional calamities. On last Sabbath wlek,
twenty-six of our veteran defenders were iap
tized by Rev. Mr. Carroll, (amissionary it,the
employment, I believe, of thq Domestic Biaid
at Marion.) Rev. Mr. Owen, chaplain of the
17th Miss, regiment, baptized eight, and sprin
kled eighteen. The baptisms took place in a
stream of water flowing in rear pf the tows, on
the border of the grave yard in which so many
of our soldiers lie interred, the victims of dis
ease, and at a point where, after the sangui
nary battle of December, the ground wastbick
ljLtrea with corpses of our invaders. The
sprinkjjlMts wSre performed in a church which
had lflKriddled by the balls of the enemy. —
Th ujßEjjating mistakes in the matter ofposi
the gospel reclaims to itself the
>'^W r ’ 8 an S r . y strife ani teriafic car
• j|?-jKd “a pleasant thing it is for the eyes
ft the ■•. Sun ..f breaking
H#s4.i:fthe sulphurous cloud, “with healing
ftpgs.” <J precious gospel 1 “Time's
Bl tyrant’s rod shiver up mthoe and
irond the reach of the worst arts of
as! If defeat could not rob us of
s inheritance, how must our name
th dishonor through succeeding
should we let it slip— -should we
tain its institutions—should our
L political life break loose from its
all the victories with which God
our arms ? This is a question in
me has a personal, vital interest ;
u ch one to lay to heart his share in
Pflft’shall he pass through the snares of the
b-; .jßt by rage canine of dying rich—
|gjP^blunder! and the loudest laugh of hell.”
Representations have
eign Mission Board, which incline its merJib'e’r?*
to prefer Columbia, S. C., as the place for the
meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The silence of the “Confederate Baptist,” is
sued at Columbia, ‘gives me pause,’ however.
And then, as the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church in the Confederate States
meets there, Thursday, May 7tb, I doubt
whether it is expedient that the Conven
tion, whose session opens the next day, should
appeal to the generous liberality of that com
munity at the same time. But it is better to
run the risk involved in that'step, than not to
hold the Convention.
For two weeks, I have designed, hut omit
ted, to say that, amoug the .forty-six “gradu
ates” at the late Annual Commencement of
the Medical College of Virginia, four were
from Georgia; namely, Robert C. Eve, and
Virgftlius G. Hitt, of Augusta, Thomas B.
Slauajiter, of Putnam county, and Jett T.
W of Morgan county. It is a fair speci-
typographical errors*in newspaper of
fices,’ shat these forty-six gentlemen were pub
lished, by 4he “Richmond Enquirer,” as “fi
radnftes.”
T|p correspondent of the “Savannah Repub
lican,*” who has earned a national reputation
by his contributions to that paper, ha3 said
that, as a result of thk^ttlfttrover -iy between
Gov. Brown and President Davis, “Georgia
has hut little influence at Richmond.’’ I can
not but regard this statement as unfortunate
—as one which the facts of the case will scarce
ly make good. I doubt whether the hearing
ofvour Executive in that discussion was such
as to ipipair his legitimate influence with the
President-, and even ifihe President received
it in that light, I cannot believe that He'S HlluW
visit the penalty on your whole State—a State
whieh has so many distinguished sons in mil
• ttai y and civil life j so many who are the Presi
dent’s peers in every thing except the accident
►of office. * SEMEI.
Acknowledgements.
I have the pleasure to acknowledge the re
dbiptof contributions of hooks from the follow
ing named persons :
Mrs. J. C. Whitaker, i':OB1
Miss Annie Safibld,
Mr. J. M. Palmer,
Rev. S. E. Brooks,
Miss Delia Hays,
Mr. F. T. Allen,
• Mr. F. M. Haygood.
I would urge the friends of the Soldiers to
send them books at every opportunity, to any
and all parts of the army.
J. A. GARRISON,
Chap. 20th Ga.
Brevities.
Dr. Iloge has arrived safely in England.
We can.commend the Soldier’s Friend as a
good paper for soldiers.
The British papers contain teriible details
of the distress in the manufacturing districts.
The Confederate Bible Society has i eceived
$50,595,29.
A letter from Albany says—“ Bro. Mallary
is improving from the fatigue of his return
from Macon, though he was unable to fill his
appointment here last Sabbath. Bro. Huff
left us this morning for Macon. He will no
doubt report his good success in person.”
Bro. McCall paid us a visit, lately, aud re
ports coldness in his churches.
Bro. Wm. Huff is commended to the breth
ren as agent of the useful Baptist Publication
Society, of Virginia. He is in South Western
Georgia.
Can’t other .bnrehes imitate Macon and Sa
vannah and Atlanta in making gifts to their
pastors ?
Extract from a letter to the Index:
“Your paper is now, I believe, the cheapest
thing in the Southern Confederacy. How you
can furnish so large a sheet, pay for communi
cations and make such a good paper for three
dollars, is a great mystery to us who have to
pay at market more than $3 for a chicken
scarcely feathered. At least 10,000 copies of
your paper ought every week to visit the camps
and hospitals. Nothing is cheaper, and noth
ing but the Inspired Word is better.
Yours, in Christ,
If brethren wish the Index to circulate more
largely in the army, they must contribute.—
We get many letters announcing its accepta
bility.
Dr. Talbird’s health is slowly improving and
he will soon return to liis command of the 41st
Alabama Regiment. .
The Methodists have decided not to hold
their General Conference.
Notice.
We would advise brethren to xorite to Be~
F. M. Haygood, Agent, when they desire hooks.
We have nothing to do with the Baptist De
pository, and consequently can fill no orders.
’ 2t
The Index for Soldiers.
The missionary finds the religious paper a
valuable aid. It contains general information
and much Gospel truth, well calculated to do
them good. We are anxious to put a thousand
copies of the Index into the hands of our mis
sionaries, weekly, for the use of our brave
boys. Who will aid us in this enterprise! If
any, send your ftfbds to Bro. Boykin, and they
will he placed to the credit of our Beard.
ts M. T. SUMNER, Cor. Sec.
Power Lost by Wickedness.
“When do you expect that your nation
will recover its power in India ?” said an En
glishman to., a Portuguese priest of Goa, soon
after the power of Portugal in India had
been overthrown. The priest replied—“As
soon as the wickedness of nation exceeds
that of ours”
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[ 25 lines-of writing will be published gratis
by the Index ; hut for every additional line of
writing five cents must he sent or the obituary
notice will he curtailed. We never “send
bills” for such service: the money must ac
company the article.]
In Seottsboro,’ Feb. Ist, at the residence of
his mother, Benjamin F. Palmer, aged near
ly 20 years. He left his home in April, ’6l,
at the call of patriotism and went forth a vol
unteer in the Baldwin Bines, to the defence of
his country. After a long absence of twenty
one months, during which time he showed
himself to be a faithful and gallant soldier, and
bore himself bravely in all thebattles in which
his regiment, the 4th Ga., was engaged, he re
turned oh a brief furlough to his home, appa
rently in perfect health. Within aday or two,
a violent attack of pneumonia prostrated him
and in a few more days he died. Not because
he served his country well—not because he
was an affectionate son and brother—an up
right and exemplary young man—hut because
he believed in Jesus, and gave pleasing evi
dence that he looked alone for salvation to the
crucified Redeemer, his bereaved friends re
joice in the hope that he is now “forever with
the Lord.” L.
Departed this life; in Crawford county, Ga.,
on the 2lst February last, Mrs. Elizabeth El
lis, wife of John W. Ellis, Eeq., in the forty
first year of her age.
Sister Ellis made a public profession of faith
m her Saviour and was baptized about twenty
yaars since. She was devotedly attached to
the Saviour’Bxnuo. life, and in death liis
presence and love were very preciwa to her.
Expressiunslof luve to Him tor His kindness to
her were among the last words she mttered.
The husband has lost a dear wife, the chil
dren a precious mother, and her church and
community a valuable member, while she, we
trust, has gained by the separation a world of
unalloyed happiness, an ample recompense
for all she has left below.
Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not
deplore thee,
Since God was thy Ransom, thy Guardian, tliy
Guide;
| He gave thee, lie took thee, and He will res
tore thee,
An£ death hath no sting, since the Saviour
has died, A.
“Our days are as the grass,
Or like the morning flower,
When blasting winds sweep o’er the fields,
It withers in an hour.”
Sis 4 tr Catharine M. Stkoxc, consort of
brother 11. 11. Strong, Jr., departed this life
10th Dec., 1862, aged 20 years and 5 months.
Sister strong was the youngest daughter of
bro. Jacob and sister Sarah Freeman. She
was born, raiseiland died im’froup county, Ga.
It seems that the hand of Providence had
marked her path of life with misfortunes ; in
early * childhood her mother’was taken from
her, by the fell monster disease; in a few short
years after, while still in childhood, her father
then in the prime of life, was laid low in the
dust of the tomb. These afflicting dispensa
tions, visited upon her, in her tender years,
may have contributed much, -to make her so
eminentJbr piety, so calm and resigned under
whatever circumstances her lot was cast, as to
procure the admiration and esteem of all
who knew her. But so modest and. beautiful
a rose was not destined long to bloom on earth,’
so pure and bright a jewel must glisten and
sparkle in heaven.
Tlie scenes attending the death of sister Kit.
ty, (as she was familiarly called,) were dis
tressing in the extreme. Her husband had
but recently returned from the army in Ya.,
where he had entirely lost the use of one of
his eyes and the other very much injured,
with his physical strength much impaired.--
Nevertheless, on the very day of her death, he
was enrolled as a conscript. A few days be
fore her death she gave birth to twins, and
her oldest child was barely two years old. —
Thus she was the young mother of three help
less babes. However fondly her husband clung
to her embrace, however piteously her babes
looked, however ardently her relatives and
friends loved and respected her, yet the edict
had gone forth from high heaven, that sister
Kitty’s earthly career had closed, and all earth
must submit, though the fond hopes.and ardent
desires of those that loved and respected her,
be forever blasted. All that could be done,
both by kind friends and a skillful physician,
was done, but alas ! all in vain, heaven claim
ed her for its own.
Sister Kitty seemed to have a presentiment
of her departure weeks before, and frequently
spoke of it to her husband and friends, with
Christian confidence and an humble submis
sion. She gave her heart to God in early
youth, and united with the Baptist church at-
Antioch. She “fought a good fight, has fin
ished her course, and kept the faith,” and is
now gone to wear that crown of righteousness
that was laid up for her. She leaves an afflic
ted husband, three helpless babes and many
relatives and friends. She was an affectionate
and devoted companion, a kind and discreet
mother, and a compassionate mistress. Whilst
we were placing the last clods on her tenement
of clay, we could not help thinking that her
spirit was in heaven singing praises to the
Lamb of God, that taketh away the sins of the
world, and that death was only a full admit
tance into the joys of the Elysian fields of Par
adise.- J. G. G.
In this city on the 22d day of February,
1863, sister Emily Bern, wife of brother J.
M. Bern, in the sixtieth year of her age. Sis
ter Bern was baptized by Elder Luke Robin
son, at Rockbridge, Gwinnett county, in 1831,
and until the day of her death continued an
humble, devoted and consistent Christian. Her
faith was of the most lively character, and
when assailed by affliction she was wont to
JlTrh oracles, for strength and com
fort. Tne Bible was her constant companion
and from this rich treasury she was enabled
to bring out things new and old. During her
last illness the writer had opportunity for as
certaining the ground of her trust, Christ the
Hope of glory.
Her illness, which was of long continuance,
she bore with Christian fortitude and when the
hour for her departure approached it found her
ready, with her lamp trimmed and burning.
And when the final summons came she quiet
ly fell asleep in Jesus, leaving a fond husband
several affectionate children and many friends
to mourn her loss.
“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep.”
11. C. 11.
Green B. llayqood, son of William Hay
good, was horn in. Clark county, Ga., Jan. 22,
1811, and died at his residence, in Atlanta,
Ga., Dec. 24, 1862. His early years were
spent with merchants. lie was at one time a
student in the Academy at Monroe, Walton
county, Ga., entered Judge Gould’s Law school
in Augusta in 1833. Soon commenced the
practice of ldrw, which profession he followed
till his death. He was married to Miss Mar
tha A. Askew, on the 11th of March, 1838.
She now lives at Atlanta, Ga. He left two sons
and two daughters. He was for many years
a member of the M. E. church. His life was
that of a Christian. He loved the Bible, the
Sabbath, the church and the family altar, and
his great delight was to keep God's law.
G. B. 11. was one of the best and most pub
lic spirited citizens in his city. And thft
church lost in him one of her most enlighten
ed, liberal, consistent and pious members. lie
was determined in liis course, detested hypoc
risy and deceit. In the language of another,
“Death came and cut down our brother in the
midst of hrs usefulness. Bat he found his
house in order, and himself ready and willing
to obey the summons. For several years past
he has b<en afflicted with a disease, which as
suming_a form, he was fully aware
must, at no remote period, close his mortal ca
reer. lie made and signed his will, then said,
“I feel that I liaie done my whole duty to the
best of my ability, and that God, for Christ’s
sake has pardoned aft my sins, and that I shall
go to heaven.”
Receipts to March 31,1863.
J. C. Whitaker, Mareli G, 04 $3 00
T. W.White, Oct 24, G 4 300
Miss M. C. Tunnillin, March 31, 04 3 00
E. F. Strozier, March G, 04 3 00
F. M. Ward, May 29, 04 3 00
Rev. G. T. Wellborn, May 1, 04 3 00
Miss E. Wilson, March 31, 04. 3 00
Mrs. 11. F. Bunkley, March 31, G 4 3 00
Miss 31. E. Murden, March 31, 04 3 00
Mrs. R. B. Chapman, March 0, 04 3 00
W. T. Nelson, March 31, 63 300
J. M. Osborn, April 17, 64... 3 00
Osborn & Mann, March 31, 64 3 00
E. J. Tarver, Sept 30, 04 9 00
J. W. Rushing, June 30, 03 *.... .1 00
Mary Ilerin, March 31, 04 3 00
Mrs. F. D: Scarlett, May 0, 04 3 00
S. O. Adams, June 30, 63 .1 00
C. R. Strother, 3larch 31, 04 3 00
I. V. Gordon, “ “ “ 3 00
Mrs. S. S. Hamilton, March 6, 65 0 00
J. W. Asbury, March 6, 04 3 00
Mrs. A. Parker, March 31, 64 ~ 3 00
W. F. Brinkley, March 31, 64 3 00
F. A Stone, “ “ “ 3 00
Jas. Seymour _ “ “ “ 300
J. W. Butler, June 31, 64.. 3 00
J. B. Wilson, Aug 28, 64 .3 00
A. E. Sturges, June 5, 04 .3 00
F Judson Knapp, March 31, 64 3 00
Dr. J. C. Gelber, Feb 26, 65 5 oso0 s 0
Mrs. E. 6. McLendon, May 7, 64......'. .3 00
Louisa Iluff, March 31, 64 ~.3 00
E. S. Harris, July 1, 64 3 00
Miss A. Lawrence, March 31, 64 i. .3 00
E. M. Amos . “ “ “ 3 00
Mrs. Dr. W. R. Gilmore, March 31, 64.. .3 00
E. Ivey, June, 12, 64 3 00
J. Powell, March 31, 64 3 00
Mrs. N. A. Williams, Nov 30, 63 2 00
Mrs. S. C. Boyd, June 30, 63 1 00
Mrs. E. F. Boatwright, March 31, 64.... .3 00
Rev. J. Hillsman “ “ “..,,.3 00
Mrs. B. T. Rees “ “ “ 300
Mrs. G. Wilkinson “ “ ... 3 00
Cash received for sending the Index to sol
diers:
J. C. Whitaker, Talmage, Ga. § 5 00
F. M. Ward, Quincy, Fla 6 00^|
Mrs. S. S. Hamilton, Athens, Ga ....
W. A. Fleming, Mclntosh, Ga
Rev. J. 11. Stockton, Agent JDT .
Rev. T. R. West, Agent.......
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