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NEWS OP THE WEEK.
Macon, Feb. 5, 1864.
Notes on the Times.
There is nothing of particular interest to
note in regard to the situation of affairs in
Virginia. A telegram of the 29th Dec. from
Orange C. H., states the cavalry of the enemy
are moving. Some say they are going towards
the Peninsula, others, towards Fredericks
burg. Soldiers from Gen. Lee’s army repre
sent the men as well elad, in excellent spirits,
and in line fighting trim. A statement is now
going the rounds to the affect that Gen. Lee
recently said in conversation that with an ad
dition of 20,000 men to his own army, and
40.000 to that of Gen. Johnston, “we could
whip all the Yankee tribes that could be
brought against us.” Now we don’t believe
that Gen. Lee said any such thing. He is not
a man who boasts of what he can do. Great
modesty and caution have characterized all
Gen. Lee’s written documents even after the
most signal victories, and wc do not believe
he would deviate from his habit in private
conversation. Nevertheless, we believe the
remark itself is true. Such an addition to our
strength in the field would make us as nearly
equal to the enemy as we have been since the
commencement of the war. The various meas
ures which have adopted by
Congress, and the returning spirit of devotion
to the cause of liberty will no doubt send even
a greater number to the army. The army of
Northern Virginia never was beaten and we
do not believe that it ever will be.
From East Tennessee wo learn that Gen.
Longstreet’s headquarters have been removed
to Morristown. A dispatch from that place
dated 29th of January, states that the enemy
attacked Gen. Martin on Wednesday 27th with
a superior force and compelled him to retire
after a severe fight with the loss of two pieces
of artillery, and 200 men killed, wounded and
missing. A subsequent dispatch, dated Jan.
30th, says, that Gen. Martin attacked the en
emy on the 28th, and after a stubborn fight
drove them from the field, the enemy retiring
in the direction of Seviorsville.
If Gen. Martin has been finally successful
in defeating the enemy it will probably put an
end to any further operations until the spring
campaign is fairly opened. Gen. Longstreet’s
position in East Tennessee will prove one of
great advantage to us, and of no less annoy
ance and danger to the enemy when the work
es fighting again begins in earnest.
We are glad to note the most encouraging
reports from the army of Tennessee. The
Dalton Confederate says that there was a nett
increase in Gen. Hardee’s corps of nine hun
dred men, and seven hundred in that of Gen.
Hindman during the firsttwonty days in Jan
uary notwithstanding the excessive cold weath
er. We presume that this is a fair index of
what is going on throughout the entire army.
The Atlanta Appeal says that the moral of
the army has improved vastly since General
Johnston took command, and that its force has
been by numerous additions
of multitude* of absen
tees Jand JMMMwcumplaints, so frequent
heretofore, ©insufficient subsistence,'and de
ficient clothing, are being rapidly obviated by
the increased energy and vigilance of the ap
propriate departments. There was an attemp
ted raid upon Rome a few days since. The
enemy came within 16 miles of the place and
drove a small battalion of State Guard from
their camp, destroyed it and then quietly re
turned.
From later dispatches we learn that the en
emy have been moving down towards Ring
gold in pretty heavy fierce. It is also said that
a large force is moving down the Tennessee
River towards Chattanooga from the Eastern
portion of the State. The design seems to be
to concentrate their strength near our array at
Dalton. The enemy retired from the vicinity,
of Ringgold on the 29 th ult. Should the weath
er continue so pleasant much longer, the spring
campaign will open at an early day. It is no
doubt the policy of the enemy to come down
upon us before they think we are ready.
Great activity is manifested in the vicinity
of Vicksburg also. Heavy reinforcements
have been sent to all the river posts. Sher
man is reported in force on the Big Black.—
That river is pontoonad, and e very tfcMtpeems
to indicate the opening of the campaign on
that line in earnest. These demonstrations
are meant for Jackson and Mobile. General
Polk, who is now in command in Mississippi,
is making every arrangement to moot the en
emy. He is said to have some of the best
fighting material in the Confederacy. He has
valuable coadjutors in Lee aud Forrest. Re
port says that these demonstrations are of too
serious a nature to be merely a feint. Still,
we should not be surprised if the design was
to cause us to weaken our force in front of
Chattanooga- Grant is a man of great activi
ty and boldness. His policy has been to
t strike where the blow is least expected. But
we trust that due vigilance wiH be exercised
by those in command, and that the pla4s of
the enemy will be frustrated.
For several days past the enemy have kept
up a heavy fire upon Fort Sumter and the
city of Charleston. The fert has, as yet, sus
tained no additional injury, and there have
been no casualties there. In the citv, two
persons have been slightly wounded/#’
Across the Mississippi things appear to be
in good condition. A late telegram says, the
health and spirits of our troops ate good. The
organization of the army is thorough, veterans
in command in every brigade. Many of the
regiments are from 800 to 1,000 strong. In
a word, Texas is all right.
All things indicate a better state of feeling
and a more hopeful spirit throughout the
land. If all do their duty as patriots, six
months hene§ the Btar of the Confederacy will
be in thq ascendant. Despondency m ust give
place to strong faith, apathy to active effort,
speculat on to patriotism, and we cannot fail
of beating the enemy and winning our liber
ties. The doom which awaits us if subjuga
ted should stir every heart, and nerve every
arm. The plan of the enemy is no doubt
foreshadowed in the late speech of “Wendell
Phillips. He who would not boa slave to the
negro must fight the Yankee. He who would*
not change the parlor for the kitchen, or the
lawn for the cotton field mxxat fight the Yan
kee.
Richmond Correspondence of the
Index.
Richmonb, Jan. 22d, 186-1.
It is reported here that Gen. Lee, during
his recent visit to Richmond, after carefully
inspecting the fortifications, avowed his abili
ty to hold the city against any force which the
North could send to take if. As this distin
guished commander has been no less eminent
for cautious judgment and moderate profes
sion than for splendor of achievement, I hope
that his words mrfjr contribute to allay any
apprehensions which are felt for the safety of
the national metropolis. He is also represen
ted as saying that our condition is more pros
perous and encouraging than could have been
reasonably anticipated at the outset, if it had
been known then that the war would prolong
itself through three years. This sounds like
the hopeful tone of a man unaffected by the
panic which appears to have smitten the pub
lic mind, and warped even the legislation of
Congress. It is the more worthy of consider
ation from the fact, that Gen. Lee has al\ ays
looked the difficulties of our position fairly in
the face, and has uttered no sanguine proph
ecies which events straightway belied.
By the way I am increasingly doubtful, how
far the leading spirits in legislative and mili
tary spheres really share the prevailing panic.
Much that has been construed in that light is
sufficiently explained, if we regard it as de
signed to soften for the army the necessary
protraction of its term of service in the field,
to mislead the enemy as to our real state and
probable designs, aud to gather sufficient for
ces for unexpected and decisive forward move
ments. If this be the true interpretation of
certain measures, adopted or proposed, which
have excited a clamor of comment in many
quarters, we shall all hereafter recognize the
direction given to affairs at present as a mas
ter-stroke of policy. I mean, of course, if suc
cess crowns it. And here there is a risk of mis
carriage which cannot be wisely disregarded.
Our legislators and rulers must not show them
selves oblivious of the great principles so preg
nantly expressed by Sydney, in his Discour
ses concerning Government: “There is no
safety where there is no strength, no strength
without union, no union without justice, no
justice where faith aud truth in accomplish
ing public and private engagements is want
ing.”
The law putting those who have furnished
substitutes into the army—which seems (and
perhaps only seems) to violate the maxim of
Sydney—-will, in many cases, carry with it a
righteous retribution for wrongs done to tlig
country and the cause. Take one example. r
hear of a young man, whose father purchased
a substitute for him, who from that date,Employ
ed himself in the sale of strong drink to soldiers
and negroes, even on the Sabbath day, weaken
ing at once our military arm and arm of labor,
until the act of Congress renewed his liability
to conscription; whereupon, seeking shelter
under the exemption ’ bill, ho betook himself
to Richmond, and entered the medical college
as a student! That kind of see Icorn, all will
agree, we can grind none too soon ; and who
can repress the hope that legislation may
weav* a net, in whoso meshes he, and such as
he, shall be caught and held beyond possi
bility of escape ? Let the argument, that the
repealed legislation did not merely confer a
privilege but created & contract, be urged nev
er so strongly ; still it remains true that this
contract proceeded on the tacit, underlying en
gagement, that the immunity from bearing
arms should not be abused for unpatriotic pur
poses—should not be perverted as an opportu
nity for a line of action hostile to the stability
of our government or the success of our cause ;
and a failure to keep this engagement works a
forfeiture of the contract! To deny this, is to
suppose that our authorities absolve the citi
zen from his obligation to be a soldier in camu
and invest him with the right to be an enemy
at home. But were there ever authorities so
fatuous ?
The panic of the public mind draws the
question of subsistence into perplexing doubt.
This is not surprising, when flour has sold in
Richmond at the rate of $275 per barrel, and
SSOO per barrel has been offered for it in
Lynchburg! There can be no doubt, howev
er, that except in particular localities, the
country contains an abundant supply both for
the army and the people. Several facts w'hich
have incidentally come to my knowledge il
lustrate the true state of matters on this point.
A gentleman from one of the adjacent coun
ties says that a neighbor of his, with from 75
to 100 barrels of corn which he could afford
to sell, -went round among his friends, not long
since, attempting to buy corn, in order to cre
ate the impression that he had none to
spare ! From a more remote county, a gen
tleman says that the farmers of his section
hold large quantities of breadstuffs which
might be brought into market, but refuse to
part with them, not want higher
prices, but because there is no opportunity to
invest money in real estate ! And I notice in
the public prints, that the farmers of a coun
ty contiguous to the one from which the latter
gePtleipan hails, have now on hand the wheat
of three harvests, but neither the Government
nor the people can get a bushel of it! Now,
should the m£Xim of Sydney stand in the way
of compulsory relief to public and military ne
cessity out of these boarded supplies ? Per
haps my position biasses my judgment, but
I am free to say, that as the subject now strikes
my mind, I think it should not.
While I am indulging my pen in these un
wonted speculations on affairs of State, per
mit me to mention the prophecies which shed -
their sombre hue over “the time coming.”
The’ first, fulminated by Orson Pratt, and
reaching Richmond through a little knot of
Mormons in South-western Virginia, fixes on
1877 as the year of tho close of the war, and.
assures os that only the handful of saints like
himself shall survive the carnage of the bloody
interval between that date and the present!
The second, broached by an Eastern Virginia
“Campbellite,” on the strength of a historic
parallel between the secession of the Ten
Tribes from the house ot David and the seces
sion of the South from the kingdom of Abra
ham I, instructs us to believe that the war will
last for twenty years from the attack on Sum
ter, and cease only when five hundred thous
and men shall be put to the sword in a single
day! I take'consolation from these predic
tions. When men usurp the prerogative of
God, who alone “sees the end from the begin
ning,” He permits an evil spirit to mislead
them. They are left to stumble into those
falsehoods which lie at the furthest possible
remove from the truth. These prophecies,
therefore, eucourage me to hope that the coun
sels of God have laid up in store for us a less
sanguinary war and an earlier peace than hu
man reason indicates.
Our community here is to be favored with_
threejectures from Rev. John Leyburn, I). D.,
on his travels, several years since, in Pales
tine. I anticipate much interest aud instruc
tion from the series.
A presbytery called by Grace Street Bap
tist church, of this city, decided, on yesterday
to ordain A. H. Sands, the full work
of the Christian ministry. He is a member of
our city bar, a man of superior intellectual
endowment, the author of several works on le
gal questions, which are used in the Univer
sity of Virginia and elsewhere as text-books,
and an earnest-minded, evangelical, laborious
Christian. He will assume the pastoral care
of the Manchester African Baptist church. I
hope that many others among our ablest breth
ren will copy this example of devotion to the
spiritual welfare of the servile race.
From recent information, it is believed here
that Rev. T. G. Jones, D. D., pastor of tho
Cumberland Street Baptist church, Norfolk,
Va., has received and will probably accept a
call to one of our churches in Baltimore.
W hen I look at my chirography, I take to
myself the blame of all errors of the press.—
Butin the absence of the manuscript, the mis
takas which now and then occur in my letters
as printed, and especially in the one written
New Year’s Day, half tempt me to doubt
whether Pra 119; 161 may not have stood ctf i
rectly in the edition of the Bible, in which
cording to Cotton Mather) it ran, “Printers
have persecuted me.” Is there no remedy ex
cept in my writing more legibly ? Alas, then,
the case is hopeless. SEMEI.
Biographical Sketch. ,
Mrs. Sallie E. Fears, daughter of Rev 4
John S. Bledsoe, now of Texas, the late con-’ 1
s5eE<>TF. W~. Fears, or was born in.
Newton county, Ga-, in May, 1834. At the;
early age of nine years she professed faitir'fff
the Redeemer, and united with the Baptist
church. She was educated in the Georgia Fe
male College in Madison, by Rev. George Y.
Browne, where she graduated in 1851.
While pursuing her studies, she became
deeply impressed with the missionary spirit,
and felt called to go to some foreign land and
bear the precious message of a Saviour’s love
to the heathen. Her feelings were communi
cated to a few pious friends, who were reques
ted to pray that she might be divinely direc
ted. It was in the heart of David to build a
house for the Lord, the purpose was accepted,
but Solomon was to build the temple. So it
was in the heart of our sister to go to the far
off heathen, the purpose was accepted, but she
was not sent. Her letters to friends at this
early age, manifest an unusual maturity of
‘Christian character and was
her custom to examine the actions and motives
of each day, and if they were not all for the
glory of God, she considered “them worthless
and foolish.”
Her temperament was happy and cheerful,
her confiding faith and humble trust, so filled
her soul with joyous anticipations, that but
seldom was the light of her path obscured by
intervening clouds to shut out the rays of a
bfight and beautiful hope, and yet her joy was
softened, subdued and refined by a reali
zing sense of her relations to God and eter
nity. She felt that life was short. Said she
to a friend, “Life is too short to spend in sigh
ing.” How fall is this sentiment of wisdom
and instruction —how pregnant with the his
tory of her own brief, but bright career. She
understood the sources of human happiness,
both divine and instrumental. “The way to
be happy, is to make others happy,” was a
proverb with her, not a meaningless senti-.
meat, but a rule of practical life. Her heart
was always touched with sympathy for the
sufferings of others, and her hand was ever
ready to relieve their distresses. To feed and
comfort and clothe the poor and needy, and
sympathize with the sick, were works that
filled her heart and hands. Many tears have
been shed by those who have lost so good and
useful a friend.
The social, maternal and Christian virtues
in their highest developments, were happily
blended in the character of our sister.
“I shall pray God to forgive you, and mako
you better,” she would often say to an unfaith
ful or cross servant. These words w ere “like
apples of gold in pictures of silver.” The ser
vant’s heart is crushed at the loss of so pa- j
tientand pious a mistress.
On the 23d of Jan. the messenger came to
call heme our beloved sister. Two sweet lit
tle children had preceded her to tho “better l
land,” and two have been left to comfort the
disconsolate heart of the bereaved husband.—
A divided family, half “have crossed the flood”
and half remain yet to buffet with the waves.
<“We shall join our loved ones in heave-,
aid all join together in singing ‘glory to God
ia the highest, on earth peace and good will
to men.’ ” This she said to her husband a
few hours before ho fell asleep, while her
soul seemed to realize its nearness to heaven.
“Hark! they whisper; angels say,
Sister spirit come away.
The world recedes; it disappears,
Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears
With sounds seraphic ring;
Lend, lend your wings, I mount, I fly.”
.Thus, at the age of thirty, in the vigor of
womanhood, in the midst of a useful life, has
ottr sister been taken to her home in heaven.
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is thedeath
of his saints. Pastor.
Married,
By Rev. E. W. Warren, at the residence of
the bride’s father, on January 26th, 1864, Mr.
John M. Born, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss
Mary E. Grooe, of Maoon, Ga.
• Man was not Born to live alone,
But heaven’s law enforce ;
So twelve times twelve we wish you well,
Which is, you know, a Groce.
At the residence of T. J. Williams, Esq.,
of Jones county, Jan. 12th, by Rev. A. E.
•/Cloud, Capt. A. D. Candler and Miss E. T.
..iWII.LIA.MS.
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Copt. Isaac W. Callawat, Was born April
30th, 1825, and at the age of 20 united with
the Baptist church and lived aud died in its
jjtith and fellowship. He left the endear
ments of home and entered tho service of his
endangered country, company K, 22d Regt.
,Ga. Vols. He fell mortally wounded in the
battle of Gettysburg while gallantly leading
his company; lingered about 20 days, then
■suffered amputation of one leg, and after three
(days expired, exchanging the sorrows of earth
•for the joys of heaven. Though he died in an
.enemy’s land Christ was with him and he ex
pressed himself as being fully prepared for
tthe solemn change. Ho has an affectionate
(wife and child and a large eircle of friends to
mourn their loss which is his eternal gain.—
i“Let me die the death of the righteous.”
J. I. T.
Died in a hospital near Gettysburg, July
6th, 1863, William H. Wlncheli., from a
wound received 3d of July through the left
arm by a shell from eur own battery. He en
tered the service early in the struggle, and
was in most of the fights which have render
ed the 12th Ga. Reg. so famous in the history
of this war. He joined tho Eatonton Baptist
church in 1850, and was baptized by Rev. T.
U. Wilkes, since which time he adorned the
he had made. Having been inti-
Imately connected with him in the- service, I
Jrknoxt* he was. as faithful to the Banner of the
U Cross as ho was to the flag of. his country,
k A. M. M.
’ Died in Liberty county, in December, 1862,
!of brain fever, Mrs. Dbucilla A. W. Smith,
in the 18th year of her age.
In 1857, she professed faith in the Saviour
and was baptized into tho fellowship of Klim
church, Liberty county.
Hers was not a nominal profession of Chris
tianity. Her pure spirit sought to drink deep
ly of the wells of salvation, and her heart to
enjoy the richer experiences of God’s grace,
while lior life was an exemplification of the
; refining, elevating and purifying power of our
! holy religion.
May the bereaved husband and infant son
, meet her in heaven. She fell asleep
“Like one that draw* the drapery of his couch
Around him, and lies down to pleasant slura
j here.” , E. W. W.
Died in Forsyth, Ga., on the evening ofthe
23d Dec., ’63, Joseph Wilkes, eldest child,
and only son of W. C. and Mary A. Wilkes,
13 years old. His attainments in the ancient
and modern languages, aud natural sciences,
were far in advance of his age. Asa perform
er on the piano, he could not le excelled by
any one of hi} age. Above all he was a child
of prayer. Although he did not recognize a
change of heart, yet bs* assured his p%-ents
that “he loved Jesus ever since he was a little
boy.” A Sorrowing Father.
Departed this ‘ife Oct. 29th, 1863, brother
Jesse H. Wasson, in the 56th year of his age.
lie was born April 12tb, 1808, in Green coun
ty, Ga. ; was baptized and became a member
of the Bethesda Bap. Church, Green county,
in 1828 or ’29; moved to Ala. 1835; returned
to Ga. and settled at Palmyra, Lee county, in
1842. Subsequently he settled in Albany and
became a member ofthe Bap. church in that
place, lie discharged the office of Deacon
’ (and acceptably to his brethren,) in at least
two churches. Bro. Watson was a man of a
gentle, quiet, and unobtrusive spirit, honest
in his dealings, amiable and beloved in his
domestic relations, and extensively known and
esteemed as an upright and useful citizen.—
His end was peaceful. He has left to the
churches, with which he was at different times
connected, to eurving relatives and friends,
and to the community at large, the legacy of
a pod u-amr. yC. D. M.
Died at the residence of her son, Green W.
I Roberts, in Lincoln county,Ga., on the 30th
! ult., Mrs. Nakct Roberts in her97th year.—
She was a collsistent member of the Baptist
church for upwards of forty years, and adorn
ed tbe profession which she had made, by a
well ordered walk and godly conversation.—
She was the mother of twelve children, six of
whom she lived t 6 see consigned to the silent
tomb, and among the rest was her youngest
son, who died only a few days prior to her.—
The deceased was muth afflicted for a num
ber of years but bom it all.with Christian for
titude, She leaves numerous friends andrel
atives to mourn their loss; but their loss-is
her eternal gain. A Friend.
Sergeant C. C. Elkins, of the 47th Ga. He
had been at home for some time in order to
reeruit his health which had been much shat
tered by the exposures before which many,
including his Colonel himself had already fal
len. By the kind attentions of his affection
ate wife and friends he felt himself able to re
turn to his command. On the 20th of Novem
ber he reached his company and on the fatal
25 th of the same month, he was struck by a
minnie ball in’tho forehead and “expired with
his leet to the foe. ” Like a good soldier he
fought to the last, and only ceased his.efforts
to drive the invader back with his last breath.
His body, upon the retreat of our army, fell
into the hands of the en- my.
He nevev made a public profession of relte
ion, but during the last few months of h's life,
a great change was observable by those who
associated with him. As indicative of this,
be said to his dear wife, a day or tw,e ‘before
he left, “If I fall in battle, I feel that I have
a hope beyond this world.” A. I). C.
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45—ts Macon, Ga.
Mercer university penfield
GREENE COUNTY, GA.
FACULTY.
President—N. M. CRAWFORD, D. D.
Professors—S. P. SANFORD, A. M.,
.T.E. WILLET, A. M.,
U. W. WIS*. A. M.
G. W. WOODFIN, A. M.
Theological Seminary—Profeasor— lf. M. CRAW
FORD, D. D.
DSPARTHKtTt.
1. A College course of tour years, equal to that ot
the best Colleges in the country.
2. A Theological course of three yeare designed for
those who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry,
S. A Scientific course of fouryears, ineluding,with
some addition*, all the studies of the collegiate
course, except the Ancient Langnagea.
4. An academical department embracing all who
are not prepared to enter College.
COMMBNCBMSRT Aim VACATIONS.
The Commencement ia held on the second Wed
nesday in July.
There are two vacations, dividing the year into
two terms.
Fali, Term begins on the first Wednesday in Sep
tember, and closes on tbe ISth of Rearm bar.
Spkino Term begins on the fourth Wednesday i
January, and closes on CommeueenOuit day.
S. LANDRUM, See. Board Trustees,
Mays, 18fi2. Savannah, Ga. I
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MERCER UNIVERSITY.
THE SPRING TERM
MERCER UNIVERSITY WILL COM
, ”mence on Wednesday, 27th January, 1864.
A Preparato.y School, embracing a two
years’ course before entering College, will be
. taught by the Professors.
FACULTY.
President—N. M. CRAWFORD, D. D.
Professors—S. P. SANFOID, A.M.,
U. W. WISE, A. M.,
W. G. WOODFIN, A. M.
Theology—N. M. CRAWFORD, D. D.
Penfield, Dec. 11, 1863—ts
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Oct. 23 Richmond, Va
MONROE FEMALE UNIVERSITY,
FORSYTH GEORGIA
January 1, 1864.
THIS FLOURISHING and well established Insti
tution hasuow been in successful operation, un
derthe supervision of the present Principal, for the
last thirteen years. It has received a large patronage
from nearly one hundred counties in Georgia, and a
number of pupils from almost every State in tte
Southern Confederacy. The Faculty will do all in
their power to deserve and receive a liberal patron
age.
The Spring Session will opea on the 18th of Jan.,
and closes on the 3d Wednesday in July next.
Price of Tuition in College, this session is SSO ;
Music on Piano, Violin, Guitar, Ac,, S6O; contin
gent expenses $5; use of instrument $5.
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i6 in charge of Mrs. Mary E. Land, an amiable, in
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- For further information, address the undersigned.
W. C. WILKES, President.
Jan. 1,1864 —ts.