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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. * Obituaries. [We publish 10 lines gratis, but will pub lish as many as 30 lines, for 20 cents for each extra lino. If obituaries overrun these lim its we will have to abridge them. Our limi ted space obliges us to take this course. The money must accompany the obituary.] 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. New Songs. ME NOT BACK FROM THE EuHOI.ESS Shore”- —in answer to “Rock me to Sleep”— by the author and composer of “When this cruel war is over,” Price $1,50. “ ’Tis the March of the Southern Men,” from a Scotch melody. Price $1,50. “No one to Love,” by W. B. Ilarvcy.- Price $1,50. Trade j off. GEO. DUNN & CO., Publishers. •Richmond, Va., Jan. 18th, 1864—4-6 t A HIST ORI CAL GA TRCHI SM ON the OLD TESTAMENT. BY REV. W. J. MORCOCK, A. M. The above work is just issued from the press of Burke, Boykin & Cos., Macon, Ga. It com poses 76 pages Questions and Answers. Priow 50 cents per copy. It may be had of the auth or at Allendale, S. C., or of Rev. F. M. Hay good or Rev. J. W. Burke, Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga., Jan. 29—4-4 t THE MAGNOLIA WEEKLY—ltcompri ses eight pages, containing thirty-two col umns in new aud beautiful type, devoted to the encouragement and dissemination of South ern Literature, Embracing Romance, Biogra phy, Poetry and Miscellany, A special department will be allotted to Gen eral News. 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Daily 1 month $3,00 “ 2 months 2,00 i r 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 i RECORD” —a weekly paper, publish- I cd in quarto, like Niles’ Register, for binding, and designed, like Littell’s Living Age, to contain the choice articles of foreign Reviews and Magazines, as also the attractive foreign news of the New York Albion, is published every THURSDAY in Richmond, Virginia. Subscription price, $lO. Those wishing to obtain a complete file of “The Record” should subscribe at once, in order to obtain the back numbers. WEST & JOHNSON, Publishers, 145 Main Street. 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. THE BOARDING DEPARTMENT i6 in charge of Mrs. Mary E. Land, an amiable, in telligent, kind, pious, and motherly lady. Board and washing furnished at S6O per ‘month; pupils furnish bed-covering, towels and candles. Fees due iu advance. - For further information, address the undersigned. W. C. WILKES, President. Jan. 1,1864 —ts.