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‘fi| if ‘f if ( |jty sJ’ JC BY SAMUEL BOYKIN. 50 NOS. IN A TOL. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. A FAMILY RELIGIOUS PAPER PUBLISHED ETEET FBI*AT AT MACON, HA. SAMUEL BOYKIN, Editor. TERMS. One year, - * $5 00 Six months, - - v.” 9® Three months, - - 1 50 ALWAYS IN ADTANMS. All Baptist Ministers am agents; and Post masters are athorixed to remit money. _ Orders for change of direction mast gire tberosl Office, county and State to which thepaper baa been, and is to be sent. . Money due the offioe may be sent by mad at the risk of the paper. ..... , .w Noticb.— I To send money with safety, teal the letter carefully, and mail it yourself, saying nothing to any one abeat the money, not eren the Postmas ter. Address “OHISTIAN INDEX,” Mason, Ga. KATES OF ADVERTISING. For advertising our terms are $2,00 for each square of- ten lines for each and every inser tion. Macon, Feb- 6, 1864. The Editor Is absent in Alabama on a short trip to at tend to some business and to recruit his fail ing health. E. W. W. will be Locum Ten ens, as far as his pastoral duties will permit, until his return. Bev. S. W. CaUigham, Agent of army missions for tha Domestic Board, preached two very acceptable sermons in the Baptist church of thiseity last Sabbath. Avery handsome contribution was given in response to his appeal. Is it Bight for Church-members to deal in Ardent Spirits, either by Manufacturing or Selling itP A query embodying this sentiment appear ed in the Index a short time since. We pro pose to give our opinion on the subject,though we must confess to some surprise, that the question should he asked, for we thought the time had long since passed when information on so plain a subject should he needed. Bap tists should never make or sell liquor, save as a medicine. The moral evils resulting from the use of ardent spirits are too wide spread and apparent to require proof of their exis tence. Nothing can so blind the mind or per vert the judgment as to incapacitate a man to see and realize these evils but the unlawful I love of S S n. That anj professed Christian . should obtain his consent to give his influ ence to a business so manifestly injurious to virtue, good morals and religion, exhibits in a melancholy view the demoralized state of the public mind. It is not a time for Christians to indulge in business of even questionable propriety, much less in that which is condemned by the good sense, philanthropy and moral feelings of all the wise and good. The rod of our covenant keeping Father is upon us, and calls for re pentanco and humiliation. Let us bring forth fruits worthy of repentance. But the manu facturer and vendor of ardent spirts fosters evil. He encourages drunkenness; this de thrones reason, blunts the moral sense, deba ses all the better feelings and nsbler princi ples of men, aud fits them for profanity, Sab bath breaking, theft, murder and debauehery, in its most revolting aspects. The intelligent man, who in this age of the world, and under present circumstances, would engage in the liquor traffic, must first obtain his consent to stop his ears to these injunc tions of the Bible, “Abstain from every ap pearance of evil. Let not your good be evil spoken of. Cease to de evil, learn to do well. Be ready to every good word and work.” He must cease to love his neighbor as himself and to do others as he would have them do unto him. lie must love h ; s gains better than tho temporal, spiritual and eternal welfare of men. He must become indifferent to the social well being of the community in which he lives. In a word, he must become an active co-operator with a selfish and mercenary world whose sole aim and desire is tbo accumulation of money. He sells himself to do evil, because he loves the tcages of unrighteousness. He puts a stumbling block in the way of his neighbor over which he plunges into the dark prison-house of woe. He disgraces the church of which he is a member, and barters its rep utation, as Judas did its Head, for less than thirty pieces of silver. He destroys the con fidence of his friends in the sincerity of his re ligious professions; places himself beyond the pale of Christian fellowship with his brethren, destroys his ability to judge of moral and re ligious subjects; renders himself calous to re ligious impressions, and excludes himselftrom a participation in any of the divine promises. He incurs the divine displeasure; awakens the suspicion of all the good who know him, and should, if he persists, after affectionate admonition and warning, be excluded from a participation in the privileges and commu nion of the church. Let the question bo forever settled, that Baptists “touch not, taste not, handle not,” sell not, make not, urink not, ardent spirits, except as a medicine. Locum Tenbns. Renew your Subscriptions To prevent a discontinuance of the paper.— It is always stopped when the time of subrcrip tion expires. Full Sheet for Soldiers. Brethren, do send np voluntary subscrip tions to supply our soldiers with religious reading. Cannot the proposition of a “Snb seriber,*^"published a few weeks ago, to raise ten thousand dollars in Georgia for this pur pose, be met? Who is willing to begin by sending just what he feels able to give? Our soldiers had better be reading the Index than setting over the card table, for want of some thing to read. This is better employment than listening to or joining in obscene conversa tions. Indeed our missionaries and chaplains are calling for them because they consider them indispensable to their complete success. ‘ Send now. ‘ L. T. Brief Mention. Bev. Charles Miles was ordained to the min istry in Campbell county, Ya., on the 20th of Dec., in compliance with a call from the Pleas ant Grove cbnrch. We gather frem late Texas news that the Mt. Lebanon Institution is broken np, and tbe Louisiana Baptist suspended. Our brethren, however, seem in good spirits and determined to do their duty to their day and generation. CnAPLAixs—Congress has passed a law al lowing chaplains to draw the rations of pri vate soldiers, and forage for a horse when they have one. Support of Ministers. —The Confederate Baptist states that as prices now rule a whole year’s salary will not purchase the preacher a suit sf clothing, and urges the churches to quadruple their subscriptions. Confederate Baptist. —Tke proprietors of this journal announce that there is danger of its suspension, for want of support. We hope South Carolina Baptists will come to the res cue and that right speedilv. Death. —The Baptist church at Macon, Ga,. has been sorrow-smitten lately, by the demise of a member, whose lovely Christian character, amiable deportment and tender charities won her the hearts of J. W. Fears, form erly Miss Sallie Bledsoe. CiTAULA, Ga., Jan. 11, ’64. The state of religion in this section is very much like the weather, somewhat frozen over. You know that is one of the best inodes keeping lion ey. why nptcood for relijtion ‘V I am an advseate lor warm weather and relig ion ; I wish to see both different from what I now experionce. lam one of many troubles. May God bless you and the Index. Yours in Christ, 11. S. R. To the Editor of the Christian Index. Dear Brother —ls information which I have recently received is correct, drunken ness never stalked abroad through the land with a more unblushing front, than at the present time. It is, therefore, not without cause, that your correspondent “Abner” is grieved at the conduct of professing Christians with respect to this destructive vice. You do well that you think of writing on the subject, and, although you may find but little to say that will be entirely new, you may profitably stir up men’s minds by way of remembrance, and may, from your lofty watch-tower on the walls of Zion, sound a needful warning in the ears of the people. “Abner” inquires if it is consistent with Christian character to make, buy, 3ellordrink distilled or fermented liquors as a beverage. If no one drank intoxicating liquors, the ma king, buying and selling of them would be in nocent, In the crime of drunkenness, the prin cipal offender is the drinker, and ths maker, buyer, and seller, should bo indicted merely as accessaries. They may plead that they do not make, buy, or sell the liquor as a beverage ; and that they are not responsible for the use which is made of it; but they are not at lib erty to shut their eyes to the consequences of their conduct. If they voluntarily so act as to promote crime, they are guilty as accom plices in that crime. Whether their acts tend to promote crime is a question of fact, about which,.because of the immense interest invol ved, they should judge with exceeding tender ness of conscience, unbiassed by the love of gain ; and lest the love of gain shonld have an unsuspected influence on their decision, they should gladly welcome ihejudgment of disinterested Christian friends in the case.— Hence no truly conscientious man will make, buy, or sell intoxicating liquors, against the judgment of the church to which he may be long. Revelation traces the ruin of our race to the eating of fruit which Eve saw to be good for food, and to be desired to make one wise. Nat ural religion may trace the ruin of happiness in individuals, families, and communities, to the drinkiDg of liquor,which is pleasant to the taste and productive of a pleasant exhileration which makes men feel happy. The cases are parallel. In both God’s authority is disregar ded and the restraint of his moral government rejected. Let the drinker of intoxicating li quors be made to feel that he h'as to do with an awful God who forbids his indulgence afid let him tremble at the thought, that he sips his pleasant beverage with the prospect of ruin in this life, and of eternal exclusion from the kingdom of heaven. What Christian man will hold the bowl to his lips ? J. L. D. THE PASTOR’S AID: THE CHRISTIAN'S GUIDE: THE SINNER’S FRIEND. MACON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1864. For tbe Index.. The Comparative Usefulness of Army Missionaries and Army Chaplains. Bro. Editor —Will you permit one who has been in the army since May ’6l, who has been both Chaplain and Missionary, and who—has bad a pretty fair opportunity of judging of the workings of the two systems to say a few things with reference to them ? I will endeavor to state fairly the advan tage* and disadvantages of both. The Mis sionary has—l,-The advantage of a freer lo comotion and wider field. He is not confined ■ to one Reg’t but may go from ReginieTfCUo ■ Reg’t as there may seem most need for his ;pr vices. 2. He is not subjected to petty annoy ! ances which an irreligious Colonel will some times subject his chaplain to. 3. He may go at pleasure from the hospital to tbe field as the weather or the circumstances of the army may indicate that he may be more useful. In a word he is his own man —free to pursue whatever plan of labor bis conscience nmy dictate, while the chaplain is under military regulations which may sometimes seem an tagonistic to his work. The disadvantages are : 1, He has no reg ular “mess” arrangements, but must either board in the neighborhood of the army, which is frequently very inconvenient and expen sive, or share-the hospitalities of some uffijier or private to whom he may be 2, He has no transportation for either his beg- gage or himself and when the army move&iie must go to the rear, or else trudge along thro’ dust or mire until he is too much worn hut to render much service in his calling. These two disadvantages may be sometimes obvia ted where one has friends at head-quarter^- — But there is another and much greater disad vantage under which the missionary labels. 3, He is a comparative stranger to all of pis congregations. He does not know their wahts and consequently cannot adapt himself Bo them. He loses all the power which a minisß of the gospel may exert in private intercourse with those whose religious status he knot s. In a word ho is all the time a visiting mirjis ter instead of a regular pastor. The advantages of the chaplaincy are, Ifct, The chaplain has his regular home in the \r my. He pitches his tent amongst his charft, has his “mess,” lives with (not on) his ag gregation. ( 2. He has ample transportation for ding, books, &c.; and while the law on tjhe subject is somewhat indefinite and the privi lege has been sometimes denied, I’ve knoivn very few instances in which a chaplain has been denied the privilege ot keeping a He can move whenever aud wherever the %r ----my moves, and thus avail himself of every <kn portnnity that may present itself of preachiig along the march. This latter may be esteem ed es little moment since it is the general im pression that not much can be done during & active campaign, but I am satisfied that son* of the most impressive sermons that have preached in the army hav# been during tfl most active campaigns, and by the faitlrl chaplain who has stuck to his post and water ed for opportunities of proclaiming the gls{l tidings. I remember that when the enenjy first advanced to the Rapidan last summer and our army moved forward to meet them ■ihat many of oar missionaries left when in a few days everything was quiet, and the chap lains and the few missionaries who remained were laboring as before in the glorious revival with which the “Army of Northern Virginia” was then being blessed. And when Gen. Lee moved forward on his “Bristow Campaign” nearly all of the missionaries went to the rear losing the opportunities of preaehing along the march, ministering to the wounded, and preaching five or six times a week as many of us did after recrossing the Rappahannock and setting down to a brief season of rest. 3. But the most important advantage which, tbe chaplain has is that he is the pastor of his regiment. The faithful chaplain by mingling freely with his charge, talking with them around their camp fires, marching with them along the weary road (while he resigns his horse to some foot-sore fellow, - ) sleeping un der the same tree, going to them on picket or in the trenches that he may speak words'of cheer, ministering to the sick and the wound ed, in a word, by sticking to his post and do ing his duty—can acquire an influence over them and a power to do them good which a transient visitor, however competent and faith ful, can never attain. I know a brother who came out as private in a Ga. Reg’t, young and of but little experience, as a preacher, who as chaplain exerts a far greater influence for good than the ablest missionary I have ever met in the army could command. The disadvantages of the chaplaincy are suf ficiently indicated in the advantages of the missionary work, but it may be remarked that these can be greatly obviated. The chap lain can do a great deal of missionary work without interfering with his own immediate duties —e. g. I have known a chaplain to preach from fifteen to twenty sermons per month outside of his regular duties. And then if a chaplain deports himself properly ho has a sufficient freedom of commotion and meets with all neocssary respect from his officers (nnless they happen not to be gentlemen.) On the whole, I am thoroughly persuaded that the best method by far of supplying the army with preachers.is to fillup the vacant regiments with chaplains. Some brother may say that it would be best to have permanent missionaries, but besides the difficulty of sus taining them, the fact is that the Government provides for chaplains, and if we as Baptists oppose chaplaincies the result will be that the regiments will be filled by brethren of other denominations and there will be no opening for cur missionaries. 9nr denomination bas been sadly delinquent in this matter. We have in this army only about half as many chaplains as our Methodist brethren, and not near so many as our Presbyterian brethren.— And we have also been content to send to the army the vonng and inexperienced (with hon orable exceptions,) while the ablest and most useful of our ministers stay at home. Now this ought not to he—the army has claims up on the very l#st pastors in the land. If it is right that the flower of the land should be in the army is it not equally right that our best preachers should bo their pastors ? And now that our Ya. Board, (which by the way has always led the way in our army work) has re moved a standing excuse, I trust that Georgia Baptists will send to the army brethren who shall be worthy to labor amongst the noble veterans of the “Empire State.” I will not be understood in what. I have said to oppose the sending of missionaries to the ar my —I would have the number greatly increas ed—but I only mean to say that it would be as wise to dispense with all pastors at home and attempt to do the work by means of Evan gelists as to dispense with chaplains, (ourar mypastors.) and attempt to supply their pla ces with missionaries. And I trust that I will not be misunder stood in the remark that we have not our “ablest” men in the army. I bear willing testimony to the fidelity and success of most of our Baptist chaplains, but it is still true that our ablest men are at home. Brethren, you are needed in this great work— will you not comet MISSIONARY. Camp, near OraDge C. 11., Ya., Dec 31, ’63. For the Christian Index. From our Army Evangelist. The past year—Purposes for the future—Trig to Savannah — Defero i of the City— preach. - ing to the State Gua. —Pleasant interview —Wayside Homes ti„ain —Injudicious Ap ’ pdliitineut. Bro. Boykin—The beginning of last year found me ‘ \ very poor health, but it gradual ly improved ns-the months progressed, so that I wad enabled io perform more labor than du ring the year previous. The liberality of my brethren and friends enabled me to continue in my chosen field—the army—as an indepen dent Missionary. To say I am grateful to them and to God for the support thus spon taneously and generously afforded, bat feebly expresses my real sentiments. Strong induce ments have been offered to divert me from this work, hut I cannot give it up—and, so I am in the field, as “Army Missionary,” for an other year. Though there is much to be done at home, I felt impelled to vist the coast occasionally.— A recent trip to Savannah proved on the whole a very pleasant one. The defences of the city, already formidable, are still being pushed for ward with great energy. The presence of Gen. Gilmer is accomplishing wonders. Even the official drones thereabouts seem tj be in spired with new life. The enemy make slow progress in getting to Charleston. They will find Savannah a still heavier job, should they ever undertake it. Col. Loftin, of tho State Guards, sent his horse to the city for me, and I rode down “three miles below the city on a beautiful Sabbath morning to preach to his regiment and oth ers. When I reached the encampment, some were already singing in front of brother Mill’s tent, and others, were flocking together. (Rev. P. 11. Mell, you know, is Col. of one of these regiments.) Never have I been more impres sed with the “terrible earnestness” of our people in this struggle than when I saw be fore me so many of the “anoient m#n” of the State, who have left their various pursuits for the tented field. These men are neither vis ionaries nor enthusiasts. Posterity will hon or them as true patriots. There was a moral sublimity iu their characters and conduct which impressed me deeply. Into many a fa miliar face did I look that day while I preach ed “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to day, and forever.” I had the pleasure of di ning with brother Mell an! brother Saunders, of Peniield, after which I returned to.the city. On the Central train, homeward bound, while distributing tracts and religious papers as usual, I encountered Lt. Hughes, son of brother G. B. Hughes, of Wilkinson county. I found him an intelligent, pious young man. He is a member of Barkaloo’s veteran Regi ment, with which he passed through the Mis sissippi campaign and endured the horrors of the seige of Vicksburg. He and other pions men were in the habit of keeping up nightly prayer meetings iijt their company. After marching all day and until tern or eleven o’- clock at night, they would hold their prayer meeting. The usefulness of such men in tbe army will never be fully known in this world. At Millen I went with a crowd of soldiers to the Wayside Home for a sapper. We were cordially welcomed by that same old lady, whos face is ever radiant with smiles and beaming with benevolence. And those youn ger ladies, God bless tl^m! llow they do wait on those warworn soldiers with their own fair hands, and encourage them to eat by such attentions as none but such women can bes tow. Reaching Macon at dawn of day on a cold morning, I repaired to the Wayside Home for a warm fire and breakfast. Regretted to find that certain changes in its rules and management have been made, which to my mind, are of doubtful utility. There was a certain coldness about the establishment which I had not witnessed before, and I was sorry to see several soldiers turned off without break fast. Not being acquainted with the new manager and the new regulations, I thought best to-go with them, which I did. By the way, brother Boykin, can you tell me how and why it is that so many foreign born men are placed in positions which give them control of the business of feeding and otherwise providing for our soldiers! I learn that many of the principal Quarter Masters, Commissaries, Ac., iu this State and elsewhere are of this class. Asa citizen of this Confed eracy, I beg leave to enter my protest against the policy. “It is all wrong.” If these men are disloyal at heart, they have it in their power to starve our soldiers and to withhold from them other things, vital to the success of our cause. I have the utmost confidence in the loyalty of many of our foreign-born cit izens. Let such go into the ranks, if fit for service, and let the feeding and provisioning of our soldiers be confided to our own South ern-born men. J. 11. CAMPBELL. Written for the Indew. NELLIE NORTON : or, SOUTHERN SLAVERY A THE BIBLE. BY A GEORGIAN. Nellie lost no time in introducing the sub ject. “Well, uncle, I have engaged Mr. Pratt as my representative in our Bible discussions on slavery. He has consented to take my place, if you have no objection, and as you are so confident of your ability to justify slavery the Bible, I feel sure yon will consent to th'c arrangement. .Your Southern chivalry will haturaily desire a foeman worthy of your steel.” “Thank you, Nellie. lam pleased with the arrangement. I shall have a double advantage in Mr Pratt. A scholar fully able to under stand the meaning of the Divine word, and a Christian with moral honesty enough always to eonefede a point when fairly established from the infallible source of truth. I can only express surprise that a student of the Bible should not already have so far satisfied him self on the subject as to admit without further investigation, that slave) y is a divine institu tion, that it is of God.” “So far from this, sir,” said Mr. Pratt, “I believe it is the institution of Satan, and only permitted to exist for a short time, like other sins which are forbidden, as a scourge to our race, as a trial to us, to prove men, and see what are the depths of depravity which exist in his heart. lam only surprised to see a man of your intelligence and professed piety, hold ing slave3. To see you guilty of such injustice to your fellow beings as to hold them in bondage, forging chains and riveting them upon them, and crushing out their manhood with the “weight of servitude.” “Do you believe,” said Mr. TANARUS., “that the ne gro is less a man in his Southern bondage, than he is in his African idolatry and super stition ? Do you believe his contact with the social and religious elements of southern soci ety, though restricted by slavery has degraded him beneath the Bushman, the Hottentot, the Cannibal, or even below the somewhat more elevated central Africans, who bow down dai ly to their household gods, and who in their superstition, lay on the funeral pile, the survi ving widow to be consumed with the body of her deceased husband ? Do you think the en lightened and Christian Slave, is less happy, less contented, less elevated in tbe scale of moral existence, than his ancestors were in the dark land of Ham? Your familiarity with ethmology, has long since taught you that Southern Slaves aie the happiest of theirrace, and approximate more nearly the great object for which God has created man. This being undeniably true, then where is the injustice of which you speak ? Is it doing a man injustice to enlighten his ignorance,to teach him howto enjoy the social relations of life, to deliver him out of barbarism and introduce him into civi lized life, to break tbe fetters of idolatry, su perstition, and teach him the knowledge of the true God, to take his being and fill it with all those holier purposes, desires, and aspira tions; which have been so long exiled by the reigning demon of darkness ? If this be injus tice, then sir, do we plead guilty to the charge, not otherwise.” “Injustice is done a man,” said Mr. Pratt, “when his natural or acquired rights are ta ken from him, no matter what these rights are, or whether he uses them or abuses them ; if he should misuse them, the wrong is to him self” TKRMB, $5.00 IN ADVANCE YOL. XLIII.—NO 5. “ I suppose then,” said Mr. Thempson, “if a man purchase a gun to shoot himself, and I, knowing that fact, take it away, I do him an act of injustice, by taking away from him the power to commit suicide. If a man threatens the life of another, the officer who arrests and imprisons him, thereby preventing murder, does injustice by stopping tbe abuse of physi cal liberty; or if a woman in a violent passion is about to beat her child to death, and I seize hold of her, and by constraint dispossess her of the freedom to kill her child, I do her injus tice. Or to put a very plain case, when a man becomes so depraved that he is not restrained from the violation of law and a court imprisons him as a felon, it does him injustice. Or if an individual refuses to pay his just debts, and his creditors hv due process of law, imprison hint, he does him an act of legal injustice. Sir, is this your sense of justice? You cannot deny that these are legitimate deductionsfrom your premises.” “O, that is not what he meant, uncle,” said Nellie, rather emphatically, as she eaw her representative kad committed himself too far, and that her uncle was making him appear the advocate of a most licentious and wicked free dom, and taking from society all lawful means of self-protection. “I mean, sir, that God has made “all men free and equal, and any infringement of this freedom and equality, except for the mainten ance of law and order, is an act of injustice, and one at which a pious man should shud der.” “You take for granted the very point in is sue, and quote from the Declaration of Inde pendence instead of the Bible. God did not make all men free and equal, ne has enslav ed Borne by placing them in bondage to oth ers. Ham manifested the wicked traits which afterwards developed themselves in his des cendentr, and on this account Heaven forged the chains of slavery and placed them upon him, using his father, Noab, as his agent.— Hear him : “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. Ged shall en large Japhet and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.”— Thus, when there was but one family on earth, a portion of it was doomedtoY servitude. A “servant of servants,the slave of *pvv:int-.. N..vr ■■ -‘f so. Was it of Satan or of God , haOle made all men free and equal? Were Ham and Ja phet made equal, when one was placed over the other ? Were both made free, when one was put under slavery to theother ? Tle.-e is a great deal of prating nonsense in the world claiming very high and respectable authority. To be Continued. * — For Bro. Barrow. J J Cumming, . . . $2 00 A Friend, . * . 2 00 G F Hudson, . . . 11 00 A E Appier, . . . 5 00 II A Bussey, . . . 10 00 Mariah P Slade, . . 10 00 Dr W B Crawford, * . . 10 00 A Soldier’s wife, . . 10 00 Rev T H Stout, . . . 10 00 Mrs M L McDonald, . . 10 00 Mrs L Smith, . . . 45 00 T Whitset, . . 10 00 Jesse Beall, . . . 5 00 Mrs M Beall, • ’ . . 5 00 Miss Annie Beall, . . 1 00 Mrs Fannie Beall, . . 1 00 Miss Mary F Livingston, . . 50 Mrs Harriet Livingston, . 2 00 Mrs J A Key, . . 5 00 Jas Cason, . . . 5 00 3 A Mullen, . . 2 00 Jatf4Nfewn, ■ 5 00 H Arrington, . . 5 00 Receipts to Feb. 1, 1864. Mrs M J Kimble, July 26, C 4 $3 00 WN Nelson, “ “ ..3 00 J R Way, March 31, 04 1 85 Dr F Ficklin, March 6, 65 5 00 F Shanks, Jan 26, 05 5 00 Miss H Warren, Dec 31, 64 3 00 John Holder, Jan 26, 65 5 00 Sallie J Hurst, Dec 31, 64 5 00 W G Whilden, Dec 31, 64 5 00 Rev C S Gaulden, Dec 31, 65 5 00 Rev C M Irwin, Julv 31,06 13 00 W C Gill, Dec 31, 64 10 00 T Green, July 11, 65 5 00 Mrs M T Pope, Dec 31, 64 5 00 J G PolhilL Dec 31, 64 5 00 Mrs C S Rollins, July 31, 64 2 50 Mrs M B Barron, Jan 22, 65 5 00 Col II Till, Feb 6, 65, 5 00 Mrs. C W Bruner, Dec 31, 65 10 00 Rev J A Preston, Feb 20, 65 5 00 Mrs W J Brown, July 31, 64 3 00 Mrs T A Hubert, Jan 25, 65 5 00 II Hargrove, “ “ 500 Miss C Brewer “ “ ....5 00 Mrs £ Hardison, “ “ 5 00 J O Sanders, Apr 30, 64 1 50 Col E M Seago, Dec 31, 64 5 00 A Lampkin, Jan 25, 65 5 00 J P Milner, June 30, 65 5 00 MrsE B Green, Jan 25, 65 .5 00 M B Perkins, Dec 31, 64 10 00 Rev J G Ryals, Mar 6, 65 5 00 Mrs L A Ryals, Mar 6, 65. 5 00 J T Boykin, Feb 29, 64 50 * Mrs E Powell, Jan 26, 65 .5 00 Jas II Calaway, May 8, 65 5 00 J Averitt, Dec 31,64 5 00 J L Griffith, Jan 26,65 5 00 Rev W Tharp, Jan 30, 65 .* .5 00 Cash received to send Index to Soldiers. A Young Lady, by M. Joyce, Boxville, SSO 00 Rev C S Gaulden, Ohapilco, 147 00 T J Swanssn, Madison, 40 00 Mrs E A Kirby, Macon 5 00