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NEWS OF THE WEEK,
MACON JULY 13, 1863.
Notes on the Times.
Important news fiwm every .quarter has been
pouring in upon ua like a flood for two or three
day*. From the. Gulf of Mexico, up the Mia
bi-Mppi. through Tennessee, North Carolina,
Virginia, and even to the banks of the Sus
quehanna!), the greatest activity prevails.—
Kvents hare happened and are happening dai
ly of great magnitude, which must exert an
important influence upon the .duration of the
war and upon the success of our cause.
Faou Trans-Mississippi
We hare the fruits of the victory es Gen.
Dick Taylor at Berwick’s Bay and Thibo
•teanx. Tbs following comprises the list:—
1500 prisoners, 7,000 Enfield rifles, 200,000
rounds of ammunition, 800 sacks coffee, 3.000
barrels fb-ur, 20,000 suits clothes, 20,000 pairs
boots and shoes, two trains of cars, with loco
motive* complete, and an immense quantity of
commissary stores, valued at $2,500,000, not
estimating the seige guns captured in the fort.
The enemy’s loss was 300 killed and wounds
ed-—-oaqs 3 killed, and 1C wounded. J£K* eape
ture of three set-going vessels at Plaquemine,
loaded with cotton, is confirmed. One of them
is valued at $2,000,000.
Lyon captured 500 negroes tfbd Yankees, a
large lot of beeves, burses.and mules, at Mag
nolia plantation, below Bayou Sara, and Pow
ers captured over a hundred negroes and thir
ty-odd Y ankers at Oakland Place, opposite Red
River Landing.
The Louisville Democrat has an official dis
patch, saying that Gens. Taylor, Martin and
Green surprised the Federal fortifications at
Brashear city, on the 27th June,.!fid captur
ed 1800 prisoners, 33 commissioned officers,
T- •XI,OOG worth commissary stores, $1,500,-1
<•00 quarter master stores, $25,000 ordnance
and SIO,OOO medical stores. Also 23 garrison
and regimental flags, 1,000 tents, 2,000 horses
and mules, 7,000 negroes, 7,000 stand of small
arms, 16 seige guns, and a position as impor
tant a* Port Hudson or Vicksburg.
It is said that Gen. Taylor has captured ma
ny Yankee farmers and overseeis, and holds
them as hostages for the return of 100 men
c .nfiued by Banks for shooting Mr. Colbert,
h- l-iing all Southerners who have taken the
ath as prisoners of war.
The Mob'le Tribune, of the 4tli instant, in
a dispatch from Jackson, of the 3d, says, that
it was Gen. Magruder who took Brashear city,
and that he was on his way to take one of the
forts, which was occupied by only 300 negroes,
oid that he would then act with Gen. Taylor
airainet New Orleaus. This news is brought
ly a Lieut, or Capt. Scott, who left New Or- 1
bans ou Tuesday, 3uth June. lie states that j
the t nftnleratas had captured Algiers, on the
opposite fide of the river from New Orleans, 1
and that Gens. Magruder aud Taylor had tak- ‘
en Renner depot, ten miles from New Orleans, !
on the New Jackson and Great North- 1
era Railroad. The capture include* fifty hea- 1
vy -cige guns, which command the tlun *♦*{. (
of land between the river and the marsh that
•urrwaiids Lake Poutchartrain. Capt. Scott
-ays that our troops crossed the river at Gen.
Taylor’s plantation, above New Orleans, and (
per Laps, used the Lrge steamers he had pro- (
viously captured at Plaquemine, for that pur
r -e. There is soino confusion and much un- j
ertainty in the statements in regard to all
these captures, especially those in regard to |
New Orleans. Yet, even that is by no means
iiupsablc. The Yankee reports state that all
that portion of Louisiana wost of the Missis
sippi has been repossessed by the Confederates.
Banks has, no doubt, taken alibis available
force tu the seige of Port Hudson. The only
real difficulty in the way was the means of !
transportation, which was supplied by the
capture of the steamers. It is said that there
are a<4 more than suo soldiers at New Orleans.
The possesion of Kenner depot will open the- ‘
wav for reinforcements from. Mississippi across
Lake Pontehartrain. While we scarcoly give
any credit to the report of the recapture of
the city, yet we indulge the hope that it may .
Fuo* Po*t Hudson *
<
There are rumors of another battle and of (
the complete route of Banka. An officer from
that vicinity wbo has arrived at Jackson, says ]
that Gen. Dick Taylor crossed the river under (
ever of our gunboats on Saturday, and that ,
be and Gen. Gardner attacked Banks and rou- |
bed him with heavy loss. He states also that !
they were moving to reinforce Johnston. Geo. |
Dick Taylor appears to be everywhere present ;
at the same time. He is now at Berwick’s
Bay, then at Kenner Depot, at New Orleaus,
and last at Port Hudson, and on his way to re-1
inform Johnston. We fear from his having
heat reported at so many different places, that
the great victories and wholesale captures set
ibnrn to his Credit may prove, untrue. But
purely there must be some foundation for all
Ai he Is said to have accomplished.
Tu Fall or Ykx;co
lias been announced by*the following offi
cial dispatch:
Jackson, July 7, 1863.
Hot J- A. Seddon. Secretary of War,
Vicksburg capitulated on the 4th mat. The
garrison was paroled, and arc to be returned
to oar lines, the uffioers retaining their side
arms and personal baggage. This intelligence
was brought by an officer who left the placeon
Sunday, the sth, (Signed)
J. E. Johnston, General.
Tins is a heavy blow to us, and we do not see
what is to prevent (he whole of Mississippi
foam being over-run. It will enable Grant to
send men to Rueencraaa to help him to con
tinue the pressure upon Bragg. By that
meaaa all Tennessee will be lost, and the Nor
thern portions of Alabama and Georgia expos
ed to the depredations of the enemy. Yet we
bj an aseuas regard it as fatal or even as a se
rious causa for apprehension or despondency.
The object of the capture of Vioksbbrg was
the opening of the Mississippi river to the
• commerce of the West. There are other points
on the Last and West banks which can be
made to answer the same purpose which Vicks
burg has answerod. Port Hudson is yet in
i our hands. We are in possession of Brashear
city, Milliken’s Bend, and Helena, if reports
■be true. These can bo fortified and held to
the complete stopping of any navigation ex
cept thatot gunboats. If we are compelled
to relinquish one-point we must seize another,
and so continue the struggle as long as a spot
ol ground can be held on- which to mount a
gun—as long as there remains a pound of pow
der with which to load it, and a man to fire it.
The contest upon the banks of that river must
never be given up. Besides all these means
which are yet left in our power, there is asu”
perinteuding Providence whose band hashith
* erLo guided us in this terrible struggle. What
1 has happened may cause us to pass through
i much suffering, and many more bloody scenes.
The punishment doe to our sins may not yet
have been fully inflicted. All that has occur
red may redound to our good—it certaiuly will
to His glorj?.. The clouds that obscure the sun
I hut make his beams appear the brighter when
they have vanished. Ifow is the day for the- 1
trial of our faith. Adversity calls for forti
tude ; wheu all is well, we do not need it. It 1
is when-darkness shrouds us that wo need a
guiding band. It is then we want the lamp of
faith. Let us all rouse ourselves to a sense of
the-dangers that threaten us. Every mau’s
place is in the ranks—every man’s business
now is that of a soldier; no shirking duty—no
dodging responsibility, hut a firm front to the
one and a strong shoulder to the other, with
unshaken trust in God, will soon bring all
right a> aifl. : . . , -
From Tennessee
* •
The news comes that Bragg’s army has fall
en back to the south bank of (he Tennessee
river. His entire army-is now at Chattanoo
ga and on the south side of the Tennessee riv’
or. Hoover’s Gap on which the right wing of
the army rested, was yielded to the enemy af
ter stubborn resistance, and Bragg was com
pelled to fall back to Tullahouui. >- Rosencranz
then commenced another flank movement upon
Bragg’s left, compelling him to retire to De
cherd. Then again in the direction of Sparta
on the right, which brought Bragg to his pres
ent position. Rosencranz declined battle at
every point where Bragg’s weakened force
would allow him to offer it. Some reports say,
Unit the retreat was conducted in a skillful
aud orderly manner, with but a Small loss of
men and munitions. Others say that consid
crabiess loss was sustained in both, but we
think the former correct, judgiug from North
ern tulcgrams. Bragg is strongly censured
for what is called the failure of the Middle
Tennessee campaign. . It is true that the eue
my have not been driven out Os Tennessee, nor
lias Nashville been retaken. Rut was it pos
sible for any General, be ho ever so skillful, I
In accomplish these results with the means
which Gen. Bragg had at his command? We 1
who are so ready. -**"ov*~w ■„ A
that wo have facts sufficient, upon which to;
predicate a correct judgment. But few of us
at a distance are conversant with the difficul
ties surrounding Gen. Bragg. Is it not better
that Tennessee should be relinquished for a
time and our army preserved; than to venture
a battle with great odds against us upon dis
advantageous ground, and to lose Tennessee
and the army too ? What'the Rappahannock
has been to Gen. Lee, the Tennessee may be to
Bragg. It is a much larger aud deeper stream,.
and therefore much more difficult to cross.— j
llis present position will enable Gen. Bragg to
hold Rosencranz in check. But the preseuue of
the wily Dutchman withiu sight of Georgia
soil, calls loudly upon every man capable of
bearing arms to shoulder his gun and march
promptly tu the rescue. Marauding expedi
tions of the enemy may soon be expected. Dan
ger is seemingly near to our own doors. We
must either prepare to meet the advancing foe,
or, at no distant day be over-run and robbed
as other portions of the country have been
that have fallen under their power. We must
increase the dangers of invasion as they ad
vance into our couutry, by liarrassing them on
every hand and in every possible manner. To
do this, there must be efficient organization,— 1
The Governor, under a requisition from the 1
President, has made a call for 8,000 men from 1
Georgia. Let it not be said that “apathy” psr- 1
vades her citizens, nor the Goveimor to re- 1
proach thorn, as did the Governor of Pennsyl
vania, lately, because they refuse to defend 1
their own homes. We have no time to spare. 1
The enemy is upon us. The work must be
quickly.
Pennsylvania. ,
A great battle has been fought near Gettys
burg. It commenced on Wednesday, the Ist,
aud continued until Sunday, the sth. ltseein
ed undecided which side had the advantage
until the last day. On Saturday, the 4th, Gen.,
Lee Is said to have changed his front so as to
occupy the ground the enemy had been driven
from on the Ist and 2d. Ou Suuday, Hill, who
commanded the centre, fell back, pretending a
retreat, when Ijongstreet and Ewell, command
ing the flanks, advanced and surrounded the
enemy, who, deceived by Hill’s movement, had
been drawn out from their works in pursuit of
him. It is said to have been the bloodiestbat
tle of the war. Later telegrams report our
loss at 10,000. There are seven of our Gene
rals reported certainly wounded, viz : Heth,
Pender, Hood, Anderson, Scales, Pettigrew
and Semmes. Armstrong is reported killed.
Several dispatches from Martinsburg, dated
6tb, state that we captured 40,000 prisoners.—
Paroled prisoners, while at Fortress Monroe,
are said to have overheard the Yankees say
that Gen. Meade’s army could not have lost
less than 60,000 men in killed, wounded and
missing. Gen. Graham, a Yankee prisoner,
states that the capture of a large number of
prisoners on Sunday is confirmed, but does
_ —j ■■
not aperify the number. We donot doubt bur,
that a decisive victory bas been achieved, but
we do not think the number of prisoners cap
tured will reach the figure at first reported.—
Gen. Meade is reported by one dispatch as
wounded; by anther as killed. The Penn-’
sytvanians are said to be calling for peace.
The pews from this quarter is somewhat con
fused, so we forbear further details until next
week. - *
We are in the midst of terrible times. The
flaming sword glistens over a Ijne of nearly
fifteen hundred’ miles of our border. War has
filled the land with blood and death. Every
household is bowed in mourning. -Sorrow fills
every heart. Yet there is no want of confidence
in the ultimate success of our cause. Wo are
passing through a fiery ordeal. May God con-”
- duct us and in his mercy give us a glorious*
deliverance.
Richmond Correspondence of
the Index.
Richmond, July 3, 1863.
My closing paragraph last week brought me
to the verge of a, question, from which I. ab
niptly turned aside for wuut of space, but;
lent posture of affairs to be passed oyer in si,
fence. I refer to the question <>f retaliation by
our troops, for the wanton outrages of which
the invaders of the-Sonth have (>een guilty—f
outrages denounced by Halleck, in his work
on International Law, as ‘contrary alikbto the
rules of war and the law of nature,’ aid by,
Vattel as “savage and monstrous excesses.”
To borrow the style current among you men
of the pulpit, I remark on this subject, first,
that as to the mode aud spirit of warfare,* the
South occupies an amazing vffutage-ground,
at present, before the eyes of ilie nations.—
Take, in proof, the speech of Horseman in the
British Parliament, April 24th : “Although
fighting for existence agaifist those who have
been waging a .war of extermination, the Con
federacy baa shown itself free from the pas
sions by which it has been provoked. No
cruelty has stained its arms. No savage pfor
clamatioushave disgraced its generals.’ Take
again, the recent language of tb© ‘NeWATork
World:’ ‘When wc find Gen, Leo retaliating
upon the farmers of Pennsylvania all that
Hunter has inflicted upon tha planters of Geor
gia and Carolina • when rapine and arson sot
4ip in the captured towus of the North the
same infernal carnival to which they have been
invited in the South, then, and not till,
we may call upon the world to witness that
tho officers uud of the'idave holder’s!
rebellion are reckless of huthawftcyl
and of deeenoy as the officers aud soldiarf|jjs£
liberty and the CnjoiU*
I remark, secondly,.that it v\jll read
better in history, if the South sh ...Id-maintain
this position to the end of the war; if the
modes of warfare whicifrdisgiitce a camp try
and are a crime against civilization’ be'adop
g'BiLhy the North alone; if the North alone
jgyMilpbrt to the practices, of which a Nor
l fi *k * i■ i 1 in* iffi * ‘ n r ~
dl&n sHvagttj—nxjse hell-hounds of savagewar,’
against which Lord Chatham fulminated the
most terrible burst of his scathing eloquence,
was pot worse.” Thi* would be a heritage of
glory to dbr children, not inferior to the glo
ry of the heroic daring of onr troops and the
no less heroic e injuring of our people. Provi
dence has placed us where vjq may, uay, must
choose between standing on a pi mule of honor
before the eyes of coming generations, or plun
ging into a gulf of shame only second in depth
to that which svfhllows up our foes.
I remark, tltirdly. that to sacrifice bur pres
ent advantageous position wonld be both un
fortunate *s a matter of policy and reprehen
sible as a mattep of priueiplo. The license
which by laying waste a country, wars against
womanhood and infancy, corrupts the morals
of an. army, impairs its discipline, and min
gles fresh elements of danger and doubt- with
the question of its eventual triumph. Or, if
such an army prove victorious, it pours into
the bosom of society, on the return of peace,
thousands of men hopelessly depraved, whose
vices become a more awful scourge to the coun
try than their arms were to its enemies, and
who by transmitted influence, if not by per
sonal action, subvert the verycausewhiohthey
established in battle. How surely must such
consequences follow if wo-h&ve recourse to tfyp
mode of warfare, under the prompting of the
spirit of retaliation, and array God against us
by usurping that attribute which H* specially
challenges to Himself, -when He says, “Ven
geance IS mine; I WIU. REPAY?”
Among the persons who arrived, under flag
of truce, at City Point, on Tuesday evening
last, were Rev. R. H. Stone and wife, both na
tives of Culpepper county in this State, and
missionaries of the. Southern Baptist Conven
tion to Central Africa. They reached the U-,
uited Stales early in May, but were not duffer-’
ed to come within our lines until tiller a so
journ of a fortnight in New York, of a month
in Baltimore, and of a week at Old Point Com
fort. The enemy resorted to every expedient
of intimidation and enticement, toindqce them
to take the oath of allegi&Dce to the Federal ;
government, but in vain. After a weary suc
cession of fruitless efforts, they were enabled,
through the intervention of Rev. Dr. Samson,
Washington, to obtain from Secretary Stanton
an unconditional permit to visit their friends
in Virginia, and to return by way of the North
to their foreigu field of labor, whenever res-,
tored health allows. From present appear
ances, that contingency is likely to occur at
no remote day. Mrs. Stone, on account of
whose physical infirmity it-became necessary
to abandon Africa for a season, has steadily ,
gathered strength since her arrival in Ameri
ca. Let the friends of missions thank God
that these laborers are safely in our midst
again, under circumstances which promise aa
early, resumption of their life-work for African
evangelization. Let us pray that both in the
lanrl nf thAir KirfK nml fKaTon/1 .
toil fijd,Jesus, war may soon cease to obstruct
the pn Stress of the gospel; pray belie vingly, j
‘until dawn and the shadows flee away.’
It faffs in place to mention here, as an ex-
ofi imitation by our churches.
gcneraßj/V that, all through this war, the first
Baptist church, Richmond, haskepj; up, with
out interruption, the monthly concert of pray
er for wijfjuous. Never, if I may credit the
brethren - who take part in these
uie'etTWgflJfinii’er were there .occasions of more
marked interest than at present. And why
should Mt ftiis be the case ? Why should not
God with the refreshings of His Spirit,
the zeal, which evep amidst the ap
parent suspension of our ‘missionary work,
‘cries day and night unto Him’ ou its behalf?
1 regardft, then, as a token for good —as an
indication of the willingness of God to answer
prayer with a speedy and abundant outpour
ing of gfaee oh our foreign fields, that He
.sltooldhave prompted the Virgiuia Baptist
General Association, at its recent session, to
rocommfnd and tfrge the regular observance
of this Concert. May the response of the chur
ches, show that they too have hearkened to the
voice*#‘Hiia who walks in their midst!’
;!$ Amy
%ey. l|i Rylaud, D. D., pastor of the First Af
■rfefiu Baptist church, has accepted sixty-six
for baptism, of whom the-greater number have
i-^cmvodttte^ ordinance II. W, Watkins,
pastor of the Second, has baptized thirty and
bus.twenty candidates remaining; and con
versiuns and baptisms, (I do not know to what
extent,) Lave occurred under the labors of
Revl W . T. Lindsay, pastor of tho Third. Nor
•re thes<| manifestations restricted to our city.
T hear of ai mi far revivals in various portions
of the Spate ; as a specimen of which, let it
suffice to mention that several Sabbaths since,
.Ilev. A. E. Dickinson, baptized twenty-jeignt
color at Mt. Taylor church, Amelia
county/ Such’ things ought to impress a .les
son of Christian wisdom on ns. Whose des
tiny Ikniore directly involved in the issue of
•the present war than that of the blaek. race ?
Who liemore entirely, at the mercy of events
than tjiis raCjC, while the control of events iS
removyif entirely qut of their hands? And yet
they htosstbCeu taught of the Spirit, amid tho
fierce amvulsrons-of the times, to mind rather
the thiage which pertain to. the world to come ;
a's if XtMy ih anijh them, would leach ns to look
more-4 kftl.e unseen-and unchangeable state
are tending, than at the scenes of [
tfri#sjjrsble aud vanishing earthly life.
.JreTbSsps it. would not bo amiss to throw out
jt-HHEdf cautiou to frieuds of army colpor
visit me soldiers in camp. A brth
-An|;U vlas-’ not connected with our Hoard,
provoked this comment
I
he* sc md more anxious to
. the men.’. No
one w.tm kqo.ws the brother in question will,
fin amftoise that he merited a oen-
kcverc. But then he did hot sufficient
f HiitfM
tho proper protection against suspicions of
this kind is,’to sdliett no contributions for col
portage 1 from those who are in -active military
service. T.et It suffice to accept their volun
tarjyjifts f or if it be right that they should
bring more abundant offerings into the treas
ury of the Lord, let the task , % of quickening’
their liberality be left to chaplains and other
ministers (aod zealous private Chilians) per
manently connected with the army. Is not
this your yiew ? .
.. The heart-of Richmond is profoundly stir
red, ut tlye juncture,. by the prospect of an as
sault whi^-our-own afmy is absent.beyond the
Potonaf,.Jf not tbo.Susquehannah. A thous
and rumors fix the forces of the enemy at 50,-
000, aud upwards. But we do not four cap
ture- The-wfode population seems to be un
der ams. Even the Post Office.has been clos
ed for fwo days. We are a people transform
ed info an army: we do not inhabit the city,
we garrison it: and, with the blessing of God,
if the enemy attack us, wo -will save the me
tropolis of the South for the sake of the South.
In such a. crisis we think less of our homes
and our interests aa being ours, than as being
interlinked with the hopes, of a great people,
to whbm onr fall would be an increase of the
afflictions already. so grievous as scarcoly to
be borne, and who would rejoice in our deliver
ance events, though they themselves were de
livered. How potent is an endangered cause,
in restoring (ho sense of unity to a people—in
mating et-ery member feel'the Sympathy of
the whole body—in making the members feel
rather for the body than for themselves 1
- SF.MEI.
; ; For the Christian Index.
> Cfaß.plaiHs--Liquor—Fruit.
V • ’ OufifEPPEK C<H7RT iIoCSF., V A., j
June 12th, 1863. j
Bro. Boykin.— l send you $lO, for which I
wish you to send me several copies of tho In
dex each week, till that is exhausted, and then
l will send you again, as I do not like to risk
larger amounts.
We have no chaplain now. Can’t you send
•us one? i-We need him. Bro. Burnham, chap
lain of the i>.th Ga., sometimes preaches to ua.
He is, I think, the only chaplain in the brig
ade, (Andersop’s.) Oh, why should so many
Georgians be .without any one to proach for
them; Let of the -brethren who wrote
so feelingly* touchingly, and so eloquently
last year against army chaplains, send ou their
missionaries, or carry out their beautifully
wrought theories, for verily the harvest is ripe
and the ifoWda yeJllpw to the gathering.
Brethren, snd on your missionaries, or car
ry out any of your theories, or we will have
attolJier ! gaiaud. lamentable case of “theory
vetaus.ptactice*”
My brother, Capt. W. A. Sparks, died on
the 31st of May, near Rapidan Station, Orange
and Alexander Railroad, of camp-fever and
. I wish all thegood people of Georgia would
petition our good Gqyernor not to permit any
spirituous liquors to lie made of (he coining
fruit crops, except such as may be for family
or medicinal purposes, or except what shall bo
sold to the Quarter-Master General of tho Con
federate States, for the use of the army. Ma
ny pseudo patriots will pretend to he manu
facturing for tho army,, when it will find its
way into 1 some village doggery, to do its hel
lish work. Exhort the good countrywomen
‘of Georgia to do all that can be done, during
the season iu the way of drying and preserv
ing fruit. I wish some of the Georgia Edi
tors would place the thing properly before the
people, as an article 1 6f great value as food for
tho army aud indispensable to its heallh.
* I remain yours, &c.,
G. W. SPARKS,
•A. A. S. S. 59 th Ga. Reg.
For the Christian Index.
Army Missions and Colportage
The news-from the army is always read
with interest. Our missionaries write of en
couraging success, crowds wait upon their
ministry and many are eager to receive the
tract and tho religious newspaper, which they,,
navefor’ 3isf ribu lion: During the past mouth”
thousands of copies of the Testament have
been put into the hands ol’ our brave soldiers.
We give below a few extracts irom the reports
of our missionaries for the month of May.
Rev. A. D. Cohen, Savannah, Ga.: ‘.‘Hie
interest seems to bo increasing, aud a great
desire on the part of the soldiers to.hear preach
ing continues. Wherever we go we are glad
ly received and politely treated by officers and
nrou, while-every facility is furnished for re
ligious instruction.”
Rev. W. U. Robert,
of labor is very important; when I go to one
part of it I feel that I cannot consent to leave
it for another, and yet there are so many des
titute places, that, if I icould, I would travel
and preach three times every day to our brave
soldiers.” .
Rev. G. F. Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn.
—“The box of Testaments, (454) from Augus
ta, I found awaiting me. I desire to
fuLlo God for so many means of
Lust eve I distributed tracts to the 41st Ala.
Reg., (on their way to join Gen. Johnston.) —.
■When through I took a survey, of the men . to
see what was the effect of my work. Multi
tudes of*the men were seltijpg ou the cars and
ou the track reading the heavenly messages I
had put into their hands- I went to my room
feeling happy. May God convert every im
penitent man among them.” -
Rev. D. G. Dadiell, Savannah, Gq.: “I see
no sign of abatement in - the interest with
which the soldiers recoive theeffors of the mis
sionaries, but rather feel more encouragement
■continually.”
Rev. L. B. Woolfulk, Knoxville, Tenn. “A
manifest seriousness on the subject of religion
is ev'dent among the'soldiers both in hospitals
and in camps. They are easy of approach
imT
attentive listeners to the Word. Much anxie
ty is manifested to obtain Testaments, most of
them paving beeh lost in the Kentucky cam
paign last fair Tracts are received readily
and seem to be attentively read. A number
of tbesick are* enquirers after the way of life,
and there are several who profess to have a
liepe of pardon through the merits of the Re
deemer. With the greater number, however,
the preseutatiim of truth seem rather to exert
a restraining, conservative influence than to
produce immediate positive results. The pros
pects of usefulness avo so encouraging as to in
duce a desiro to enlarge the sphere of activity
in so promising a field of labor.”
Rev. Win. C. Back, Landerdale Springs,
Miss.: “Hero I remained 9 days, preached 9
sermons, established public prayer meetings
for Wednesday and Sabbath eveuings in each
week, and set on foot a system of regular even
ing pray or sin several wards. My conversa
tion with the inmates I soon found were too
numerous to take account of; for when I was
not preaching, eating nr sleeping I employed
my time in visiting the wards and talking with
the inmales upon the great interests of relig
ion, and when I was too tired to go longer
they would cqme to my room and remain of
ten until late at night in earnest and interes
ting discourse, Dr. Gullet, the Physician in
charge; is a Baptist, and ho repeatedly said :
‘I have never seen so great a change, in such
a body of men, in so short a time, in all my
life, as has been effected since you came here.”
Indeed the hospital was like a revived cluveli,
all the religious element in it seemed to be
brought into action, aud many seemed anx
iously enquiring after the way of life.”
Rev. J. L. Truman, Petersburg, Va.: “Tho
men of‘ the army are (with but few exceptions,)
in great need of’ Testaments. They seem to
appreciate the gift of any thing for their moral
aiid mental improvement. There is an in
increased desire with the men for preaching,
to which they now listen more attentively than
over before.”
Rev. W. W. Odom, Savannah, Ga., baptized
15 soldiers during the month, and reports a
happy state of religious feeling among tho sol
diers upon the Georgia coast.
M. T. SUMNER,
Cor. Secretary.
Married,
In the city of Atlanta, on the 25th day of
Juue, 1863, at the residence of the bride’s fa
ther, by Rev. 11. C. Ilornady, Mr. George A.
Gunby, of Memphis, Tenn. to Miss Emily J.
Born, of Atlanta.
Theirs be every joy and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure.
Obituaries.
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Died in Taliaferro county, Jlul€ 2 l a t, Miss
Martha Ann Reynolds, aged 23 years To
a natural amiability, far beyond what is’com-
the deceased added the charms of Chris
tian virtue. She professed foith in Christ and
joined the Baptist church several years previ
ous to her death, and ever maintained a, con
sistent walk. But though thus loVely and pi
ous, she was the subject of great, affliction.
For nearly two years, a wasting sickness made
almost coustant inroads upon her constitution.
Her final illness waa especially painful, but
was borne with great resignation. She fully
expected death, and to the last, expressed full
Christ. May the bereaved fam
ily receive tho consoling aud sustaining; pow
er of the HoiJlppirit.. K.
Died, May 31st, Eli H. McWhorter, Jr.,
son of Eli and Anna McWhorter, after a lin
gering illness of fifteen months duration. Ho
was but budding into manhood, being only
seventeen years aod nearly eleven months of
age. Though not a member of tho church
hope he is where “the wicked cease from troub
ling tu*d tgsto”„ lie was a
youth of very fe\v words, and by those most
intimate with him was eves heard to use
profane language. Ho told his mother a few
days before his death, that he loved the people
of God. lie was remarkably fond of bearing
the preaching of the gofcpel, and seemed much’
gratified after bearing the last sermon that
the privilege had beep granted.
Tho’ he lingered for months his death was
unexpected.to the family and consequently
was questioned but little as to his willingness
to depart, “We sorrow not as those who have
no hope.”’ • A Sister.
Departed this life on th 7th of August last,
(1802 ) at Chattanooga, brother Nathaniel
G. Ro3s*Li., of typhoid fever.
Gn the 11th of March last, Jesse Russell,
after an illness of some weeks, of pneumonia,
at Vicksburg, reclined in death, leaving un
doubted testimony of his acceptance with his
heavenly Father,
Fell at the battle near Champion’s Farm on
the 16th of May, last, llenry Russell.
Though stricken down by the vengeful ball,
not giving auy dying testimony of his accep
tance with God, we indulge the fond hope that
from his exemplary walk as a member with
us, that all is well with him.
The above named brethren volunteered in
the early part of the war, aud were lastly at
tached to Col. Barkuloo’s Reg. uuder Captain
B;>nner. James M.’ Palmer, C. C.
Receipts to July 3,1863.
3 T Ilarnsburger, July 6, 63 $4 00
J II Respess, July 6, 63 1 00
Mrs Mary Peek, July 6,03 2 00
Mrs L A Ilickey, July 8,64 4^oo
Wm C Hair, July 8, 64 4 00
E H Jenkins, Get 8, 03
J.. Jan g 04, ... 11 ffv
S Thompson. Oct
G B Powell, Dec 31, 63 * twr—
llenry Anderson, July 8,64 4 50
RCook, July 8, 64. .9 00
T. F. Jones, July 8, 63 3 00
R J Terrell, July 8,63 2 50
J E Appier, July 8, 64 .4 00
R Thomas, July 8, 63 1 00
Rev J D McKinnon, July 8, 63 1 50
T F Combs, July 8, 03.. 2 00
Mrs Sarah Cork, July 8, 64............4 00
T L Shaw, July 8,64 4 00
J R A Curry, July 8, 64 .4 00
J J Dews, July 8, 64. 4 00
Janies Thomison, Oct 8, 63 1 00
WmTiite, Oct 8, 63 1 00
J EG Terrell, July 8,63 3 00
Mrs E Hilton. Jan 8, 64 2 00
Rev P G McCall, July 8, 64 4 00
W O Davis, Jan 1, 65 A 00
Rev W T Thornton, Jan 31, 65 6 50
Elizabeth E Hodges, July 8, 64.....- 4.£0
Dr J W Janes, July 11, 64. 4 00
Mrs M F Taylor, July 1, 64 4 00
M II Lane, June 30, 64..’. 4 00
Dr J H Lane, June 30, 64 4 00
Thomas W Davis, June 30, 64. .4 00
James W Wallace, June 30,64... 4 00
W D O’Quin, Dec 30, 63 ;.. .5 00
Joseph Caruthers, Dec 30, 63 .2 00
B G and W T Paschall, June 30, 63.... 10 00
P Allen, May 8, 64. .4 00
E Steadman 5 00
Miss Mattie Hyman, June 30, 64 . f 4 00
JasG Fitzpatrick, Dec 30, 63 .2 00
J B Walker, June 30,64 : .5 00
J W Watts, June 30, 64 ~... 4 00
D W K Peacock, June 30, 64...: 4 00
Win Ward, Dec 30, 63 2 00
Mouey received for sending Index to sol
diers : , *
J E Appier, Columbus, Ga. . $1 00
Mrs P Brown, McDonough, . . 500
Dr A R Wellborn, Magnolia, Ga., . 5 00
Rev M T Sumner, Ag’t, Marion, Ala., 100 00
Rev A E Dickinson, Ag’t, Richmond, 55 00
Rev J S Dodd, from Bethsaida church,
Stithville, Ga., . 108 00
J AY McGehee, Warrenton, . .10 00
Athens Aid Society, Athens, . 6 00
A Friend, Washington, . . 10 00
Thundering Spring Church, per Rev C
M Irwin. . ; . 20 00
HEPZIBAH HIGH SCHOOL.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
July 12th—Sermon by Rev. W
H. Davis, of Burke county.
Monday and Tuesday, July 13th and I4th—
Examination.
Tuesday night—Concert, Tableaux, &c,
Wednesday, July 15th, A. M.—Exhibition.
Wednesday, J uly 15th, P.M.—Literary Ad
dress by Rev. 11. W. Hilliard, of Augusta, Ga.
®feg-The public are invited to attend.-
July 13—3t*.
Baptist Female College, Cuth
bert, Ga.
In consequence of the interruption in the
exercises ot this institution, la it winter, occa
sioned by the appearance of Small Pox in
Cuthbert, the present term will be protracted
till the 15th of July, at which time the annual
commencement will take place. Examination
and Concert on Monday and Tuesday preced
ing. J. F. DAGG, Pres’t.