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BY SAMUEL BOYKIN. 50 NOS. IN A YOL. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. A FAMILY RELIGIOUS PAPER PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT MACOX, CA. . SAMUEL BOYKIN, Editor. miißti i- — ~ ■ ‘■ -—— grsr . • . TERMS. Daiatow - - $lO 00 ■ .. -.500 ALWAYS IN ADTANR*. All Baptist Ministers are agents; and Post masters are athorized to remit money. Orders for change of direction must give the Post Office, county and State to whieh thepaper has been, and is to be sent. Money due the office may be by mail at the risk of tire paper. Notice.—To send meney with safety, seal the lelier carefutly, and mail it yourself, saying nothing to any one about the money, not even the Postmas ter. :'?mSTIAS INDEX,” Mason, Ga. KATES OF ADVERTISING. For advertising our terms are $2,00 for each *qnare of ten lines for each and every inser Macon, March 4, 1864. Enlargement. LadCweek we announced that, Providence permitting, we would enlarge the Index the first of May. Such is our determination, ff ter a careful survey and consideration of all the circumstances of the ense; but we are compelled to put up the price of the paper to •Silb from the prevent. In crediting we, how : ever, make an allowance in favor of the ■*L ecriber for the length of time he tajtcs a half shee^|^ This course we hope will givs general £at isfactio*, as the first of May will soqp’ Le here, by which time we hope the oloulft lowering al<#|eTrffrr political horizon wilt havj dispnjgeil.^'We repudiate any other thought than finuLtrUimph and the attainment of per fect national independence, and the continued qjhd prosperous and (w* hope) useful exis tence of the Index. . * \Yg begin this week an acknowledgement ofthe $lO subscriptions that have been sent us, which were held in abeyance until we could arrive at a final determination as to our course. 2t The Index. The price of the Index is raised to $lO in anticipation of a return to a full sheet in May, and subscribers wishing to renew are request ed to remit at once, that we may lay in a large supply of paper. The subscriptions of a great many expire in Marsh and April, and they are invited to remit at once and not let their names be erased from the Ledger. All min isters and post masters are requested to act as agents in procuring and remitting subscrip tions and money for sending the Index to the soldiers ; and to those of them who make lib eral remittances, from good will to the paper, wo promise an individual credit, gratis , as a token of our appreciation. Money may be sent by Express at our expense. It shall he our aim to make the Index a first class religious denominational Journal. fit ■* Tlie Currency. We are perfectly willing to receive the cur rency at par for subscriptions. Let all those who are willing to change their ten and twen ty dollar bills into credit on our books remit to us without delay. Send it on. Don’t be bashful. We are wil ling for £IO,OOO to come in between now and the first of April. Perhaps there are 1,000 * subscribers out of from 4 to 6 thousand who will remit $lO ’by that time, and thus secure a full sheet. Churches, might advantageously for the sol diers take collections to secure them a full sheet also. But what is done should be done ■quick ly. , , Missionary Money. There may be perturbation in the minds of some in regard to money collected for missions; and it has become a matter of some import ance. But we see no difficulty at all in the matter: no fears need be apprehended provi ded the proper course be adopted with all such money as may be in hand. And that course is to fund all the bit/s over $5 at once. By fun ding we mean depositing the amount with any Government Depositary, and receiving in lieu thereof a certificate which will entitle the hoi der to the same amount of four per cent, bonds which are receivable for Taxes for the year 18G4, at the full amount expressed on the face without interest, and are not subject to the tax imposed for that year on other bonds and credits. These bonds may be obtained of any size, and doubtless will command a premium after the first of April. Missionary money and col portage funds of denominations over $5 will thus be rendered safe; but this funding must take place immediately,.for after the first of April all Notes over the denomination of Five Dollars can be funded only at sixty-six and two-third cents to the dollar except One Hun dred Dollar Notes, which after that date are no longer receivable for public dues, and can only be funded at an additional reduction of ten per cent, per month. The necessity of early funding arises from the fact that the Depositaries are few, and, if the matter is delayed, they will not be able even to count the money presented towards the latter part of March. Cause for Alarm— Remedy. Amid the excitement, anxiety and worldly ■ solicitude of the day, there is very great dan-! ger of the Christian's heart becoming distrae- j ted and weaned from those heavenly contem plations and sweet enjoyments that once con stituted its chief employment and greatest de light. There is danger lest the closet lose its ipterfst, Nba-saadtosry its attractions and all religions duties their sweet savor. Hard, hard, indeed, is the strug gle, in which the conscientious Christian is engaged, to withstand the enticements calcu fated to drown.his heavenly affections and cool the ardor of his religious zeal; and, notwith standing all his efforts, he feels a sensible de cline in spiritual comforts, a diminution in the fervor of his devotion and a growing dis- j relish for religious duties. Then it is that he takes the alarm. “What! Shall I, the child of grace, allow my love to cool ? Shall I, an heir of immortality, per mit the petty Cares of life to steal in and di vert my soul from its great duties? Must I suffer the of my sweet joys simply thro’ a neglect of Christian obligations, or by sub mitting to the distractions of the day? Never ! I will fly to my closet: with holy fervency I will seek the divine favor. Day and night wilt I call upon God not to give me over to a worldly spirit. My soul shall feed largely upon the truths of God’s blessed hook. My feet shall turn often with joyful steps to -1 wards the sanctuary. O my God ! Hold Thou me up and I shall stand. Let reviving beams from thine own throne of love preserve the wafnith of my affections ; and help me suc cessfully to resist the distracting influences that would wean my soul from thy service and tend to bring dishonor upon thy cause.” Thus alarmed, actuated and determinod, the Christian soon finds his waning ardor revived, his love and z#al strengthened, his comfort? restored and Ins-spiritual strength renewed.— Ah, brethren, if you havo allowed your hearts to grow cold, and yourselves to grow negli gent ot duty, and consequently your comforts to diminish, and the church, of which you are a member, to bocome listless, and the cause of Christ to receive a wound, the remedy is easy —Haste to your closet and maSe your peni tential confessions, and seek there pardon and peace, with strong cries and tears ; ari3 from* that sacred place go forth panoplied with re newed zeal and energy to perform every Chris tian duty, as in the day when you walked close with God, and enjoyed the daily light of his countenance. Then shall sweet peace flow into your souls, as a river ! Then will religion be indeed a delight, and its duties a joy forever! Oh, sweet is the comfort that flows from duty per formed ! Sweet, even in this (lay of trial, the peace that accompanies an effort to battle a gainst distractions and walk closer with God ! Try it, brother—try it, sister—and speedy will be your reward; and early will be the bene ficial effect upon Zion ; and glorious will be the result upon watchful and censorious un believers! Could we Submit to It P From two extracts in our last number may have been seen the results of our subjugation, in an ecclesiaetiearpoint of view, should it be the will of Providence to give us over to the power of our Yankee adversaries: our church es are to be dissolved —our houses of worship are to be appropriated—our ministers silen ced and driven into exile—all ecclesiastical property confiscated—all rights of conscience denied and all soul liberty abrogated. The dearest and most sacred God-given rights are to be trampled under foot, as though we were the veriest, the vilest and the most wrath-de serving wretches that ever bowed beneath the tread of a conqueror—slaves who deserve no consideration and will enjoy no mercy. The ecclesiastical organizations of other de nominations are to be entirely subverted, their property is to be seized and their very name rendered extinct! Truly our enemies are in sane! Insane in thinking they can subjugate us—insane in supposing a proud people would submit to such indignities—and insane in im agining that, after we had learned what is to be our fate under their dominion, we could lay l!own our arms until independence crowned our efforts! . Soon will their delusion be dispelled! And soon will they awake from their vain dream of Conquest, and abandon as utterly imprac ticable that which now appears a task so near ly accomplished! Then will they stand aghast at the madness which rules them in this hour of frenzy, and bitterly lament the sorrow and woe with which they so mercilessly flooded a whole land, in order to gratify their pride, fanaticism, avarice and lust for power and of fice. Extract from the Banner. The Christian Index. —The last number announces the return of the editor to his sanc tum, ‘recuperated in body and revived in mind and spirit.’ The further announcement is made, that ‘ln future, subscriptions will be ta ken only at the rate of ten dollars per annum.’ Won’t brother Ells be kind enough to add to the above “further announcement” that the Index is soon to be enlarged to a full sheet? E Sitton and T Carter, have sent money for the Index, hut did not give their post office. THE PASTOR'S* AID: THE CHRISTIAN'S GUIDE: * THE SINNER'S FRIEND. MACON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1864. -50,000 Bibles. I We are rejoiced to know that there are i now on the way from New York, per flag of. i truce Boat at Richmond, 50;000 Bibles and Testaments, sent out by the Memphis and Shelby county Bible Society , a Confederate So ciety, though within the enemy’s lines. These Bibles are bought at the instance of the Sol■* dienl*. Bible Society-oi Mississippi, which thisA -this same means has already obtained and distributed in our Western army, 20.000 Bi bles and Testaments. These facts are gathered from Mr. W. 11. Thomas, formerly agent of the Memphis and Shelby county Bible Society of Tennessee, and still recognized as such, and also agent of the Soldier’s Bible Society. Mr. Thomas has been indefatigable in his efforts to procure Bibles for our soldiers. lie has labored for this sole cause ever since the commencement of the war. He was instru mental in procuring the twenty thousand Bi bles and Testaments ts which allusion has al ready been made. He it was who volunteer ed to procure, and did procure for the “Con federate Bible Society” of Augusta, stereo type plates of the Bible by running the block ade with them. He it is who obtained ;he late purchase of the fifty thousand Bibles and Tes taments, bought in New York by the Memphis and Shelby county Bible Society, for the Sol dier’s Bible Society. He has just returned from Richmond, where he received assurances from Judge Ould, com missioner of exchange, that the Bibles should pass by flag - of truce boat. It is to pay for these Bibles that Mr. Thom as is endeavoring to procure funds. He has secured several thousand dollars, and wishes to raise $25,000 or $30,000, necessary for that purpose We heartily commend him and his cause to all the citizens of the Confederacy, and hope he will speedily obtain the amount he desires. lie was in our city lately, and collected From the citizens, . . . $1,327 50 “ Wesleyan F. College, . 331 85 $1,659 35 Personal. Rev. T. E. Skinner, of N. C., writing from London to the Raleigh Biblical Recorder, (Baptist) pronounces Spurgeon a “Monte bank.” We are glad to learn that llcv. W. L. Mans field is improving. Rev. J. 11. Cambpell passed thro’ Macon, lately, on his way to the Fla. army, on a mis sionary tour. Mr. Taylor, a Baptist, lately elected Sheriff of Jefferson county, Fla., recently committed suicide, at Monticello, Fla. The verdict of the Jury attributed the act to partial mental derangement. Pen and Scissors. Right Spirit. —A brother sends us two five dollar bills, saying, “I did not send a simple ten dollar bill, since all over five dollars, ac cording to my understanding of the currency act, will soon be below par.” Such a spirit is noble and is appreciated by us. At least one other has acted purposely on the same principle in remitting S2O. Timely Genjcrosjty. — Enclosed you will find thirty dollars, ten of which is to pay for the Index for another year, and the rest you will please remit to Rev. Jos. S. Baker. Respectfully and truly yours, W. B. CRAWFORD. The S2O shall be handed Over. We know Dr. B. to be in needy circumstances. From the Rel. Herald. The Errors of the Past Year. There was much wisdom in the custom, ex tensively observed among ancient Christians, of devoting tho first three days of the new year to penitence and fasting. At once a protest and protection against the riotous excess and abandoned revelry to which the heathen pros tituted that season, it gave appropriate expres sion to humiliation and self-distrust awakened in the renewed heart, as often as we pause amid the busy whirl of life, to look backward’ on the offences of the past, or forward to the spiritual perils of tho future. The usage lias died out; the spirit that prompted it should still live on. What can be more timely, when the record of a year is closed, than we should “ponder the paths of our feet,” and see where we have turned aside from the even tener of the Christian way? Especially, in these times of war, it becomes us to ask whether no line of duty has seemed so rugged that we have shrunk from following it—whether no cunning snare, with lures of gain or ease, has tempted us to its pitfall? Oh, if we have not yet marked the beginning of the new year by this jealous scrutiny of our lives during tho year that has closed, let each of us, in the seerosy of his own personal experience, give thought, and prayer, and if need be, fasting, to it. If we share the sins, on account of whieli the nation suffers the strode of the Lord, perhaps lie will give us the grace of conviction that we may see them and the grace of repentance that we may for sake them. And putting them away, we may abate the fierceness of llis anger toward our people; may pass into the rank of acceptable intercessors for their pardon, and for peace, as trie providential seal of that pardon..* Lmy Correspondence of the Index. The late engagement —Condition of the army . *-—Balls—Rebuke—Mean Whiskey—Relig ’ > ious interest—A straight laced Baptist.— -vThe best of all Baptist Books—Rev. A, B. ■JBrown. y : Camp, near Orange C. H., Va.,) ’ ~ February 13, 1864.. j itffair alluded to in my last proved move pops’ posed,. Their papers admit a loss of several hundred, and our scouts report that they put their loss sit fifteen hundred. Our loss did not exceed twenty killed and wounded and twen ty-five prisoners. While at Morton's ford our boys could distinctly hear the Yankee officers trying to get their men to charge our breast works ; but seeing that they refused to “come up to the scratch” one of our brave fellows called out to them: “Give them a little more bounty, and some more whiskey and then per haps they will come.” We are now having a very cold spell of Weather and I fear that there will be suffer ing among the poor fellows on picket. I have been glad to lcaru that the number of bare footed men has been considerably reduced.—■* The system of regimental or brigade shoe shops recently inaugurated, i§, working finely, and if the ladies will only see after the supply of socks, (as I doubt not they will,) our army will be well shod by the opening of the spring campaign. Re-enlisting still goes on bravely, and will only cease when the last man in the army has declared himself “in for the war.” There ace a great ma*y parties and balls being given near the army now. No pains nor expense are spared to have “splendid affairs,” and a peep at the tables, or the merry dan cers would hardl}'remind one of a starving country draped in mourning. Gen. Ewell shocked some gay young ladies at one of these entertainments by telling them that “if they wished to send a message to the spir it land they could probably do so very soon by delivering it to one of those young officers.” And I learn that Gen. Lee has recently given some of his officers a very severe rebuke for getting up a grand military ball. I wish that he would go to the extent of prohibiting them altogether for sun this is not “a time to dance.” rC 43 Strother rmarntrccrheTW that I wald. like very much to see abated—l mean thesel liog of liquor to our soldiers. There are in the little village of Ocargo C. 11., twenty-two places \ here mean whiskey is openly retail ed for two dollars per drink, besides other places where it is done secretly. Gen. Lee recently wrote an-urgent letter to the county Court of Orange begging them to withdraw the licenses’ of these liquor shops, but they ro fused to do so, and as he does not wish to bring the military in oposition to the civil law this stream of demoralization still flows thro’ the army. I have seen more drunkenness here within the past two lfionths, than for the twelve months preceding. It does seem to me that military necessity demands that the deal ers in this liquid poison should be forced to cease their unhallowed traffic. One of the institutions of the army now is our Tract and Book Depository. Our agent, • (good brother FYy,) is kept busy pretty con stantly, and the supplies of reading matter which he daily sends out to the camps are a fruitful source of pleasure and profit to our bravo boys. One must come to the army ful ly to appreciate the eagerness of our men for religious reading. Last summer a chaplain arrived in Staunton with several ges of Testaments and tracts which ne was anxious to get to Winchester, but had despair ed of doing as he had to walk, when a party of several soldiers volunteered to lug them the whole distance—ninflfy-two miles—so anx ious were they that their comrades should have the precious messengers of salvation. I have been on the “sick list” for the past week, and have not, therefore, been able to visit the camps to much extent, but learn that there is a great deal of religious interest in many of the brigades, and deeply interesting revivals in the several of them. I have en gagements to baptize in several of the regi iments as soon as I am well enough to do so. These candidates professed conversion under the labors of a Methodist and two Presbyteri an chaplains and desiring to join the Baptist church these brethren promptly requested me to baptize them. I have had since I have been in the army a large number of requests of this sort. And it gives me pleasure to tes tify to the courtesy and kindness with which I have been treated by the chaplains of the different denominations all of whom know that lam a straight-laced Baptist. Indeed there seems to be in the army a truce to de nominational bickerings—there are - no secta rian sermons preached and no sectarian tracts circulated, hut all seem to work together to make men Christians and then leave it to their consciences and their Bibles what denomina tion they will connect themselves with. A distinguished Pedo-baptist, (Professor in the University of! irginia,) once gave as a reason for circulating denominational hooks, that “every body can see immersion in the Bible hut it takes a great deal of explanation to see any thing else there.” Now if this be true surely our principles have every advantage in the present truce to controversy exists in the army. All are helping tojfhculare the best of all Baptist books—the Nets Teataiiient —and nothing is being done to “explaife” *- way its plain teachings. f .M ■ Rev. A. B. Brown, one of the attest Virgin ia ministers, have recenjjjy entered the army as chaplain, and. I only ‘diope that sort. We have also had recently added to the list of Baptiit chaplains several of our most promising young pastors. The field is still necftly, the way is open, and we call upon the brethren to come. There are two noble Ga. brigades in this army where the Baptists are in a large majority but which are without a single Baptist chaplain or missionary. “Breth ren, these things ought not so to be.” W. * We did not have room for the letter allu ded to—Editor. y?or the Christian Index. Books for Sunday Schools. The S. S. Board of the Southern Baptist Convention are able to announce the following books, as now on hand, or soon to be issued. Testaments. The greater part pf the Testaments which were obtained last fall from New York, havo at length, through much exertion and the aid of several gentlemen, boen started from Rich mond by Express, and it is believed they have reached their several places of destination.— They are to he sold, it will be recollected, on ly to Baptist S. Schools, (it being impossible to spare them for any other than the S. S. use,) at ten cents per copy. Brethren are par ticularly requested not to take more than their schools* absolutely need at present, or else most schools will get none at alb And coun try brethren will need to be active, or the sup ply will be exhausted before they send on.— They can be had of F. M. Ilaygood, Macon, and of J. J. Toon & Cos., Atlanta. Hymn Books. 1. We have published “The Little S. S. Hymn Book,” containing 20 choice S. School Hymns, designed especially for starting new S. Schools, and for supplying any others that may wish it, until a large one can be procu red. Price 10 cents for a single copy, 75 cts. for a dozen, $5 for 100 copies. The undor fogried'caii send it ItT rrnttrrW atrymißp who nil dresses him at Greeuville, S. C., lH.packages of fifty copies each, at the rate of $7 a hun dred, the addition being necessarj’ to pay for postage and putting up. 2. We hope to have out soon anew and en larged edition of “The Confederates. School Hymn Book,” which sold so rapidly last sum mer. This will contain 150 Hymns, beingall that a school will need for permanent use.— The l ook is believed to contain a judicious admixture of sprightly S. S. songs and those precious hymns which our children ought, from the tenderest age, to learn by heart and to sing. It has been carefully prepared by one of the ablest and most experienced Super intendents in the country. Question Books, &c. 1. A S. S. Primer is in preparation by Prof. W. J. Palmer, of Raleigh, and will be printed by the deaf mutes under his charge at the North Carolina Institution. Thisisgreatly needed in the S. Schools, and we hope it will be ready in a short time. 2. A Question Book for inerinediate and higher classes, by Rev. B. Mauly, .Jr., is now printing in Raleigh, the S. S. and Pub. Board of N. C. uniting with us in bringing it out.— It is on the Gospels in Harmony ; this volume extending through a considerable portion of our Lord’s history, and is so-contrived, by a new and felicitous arrangement, that it will meet the wants of all but the Primary Clas ses. The work will be found to be of the highest excellence. The Board will not at present publish a book of Qustions and Answers for Primary. Classes, because the house of Burke, Boykin & Cos., at Macon, Ga., are about to issue an edition of the well known “Child’s Scripture Question Book,” which will supply the pres ent need. They promise to have this out by the 10th of March. Wo were thinking of publishing a volume of S. S. Music, hut find that Messrs. Schreiner & Cos., of Savannah and Macon, are preparing an electic “Sunday School Bell,” which it is hoped will be all that we want. Inquiries are frequently made why we do not publish a S. S. paper, but the Board think it better to aid in every way we can the cir culation of the “Child’s Index,” published monthly by S. Boykin, Macon, Ga., at $2 per annum, or at §1 if five or more copies are ta ken. We cannot give the children new Li brary books now, and it is all tho more im portant that every family and Sabbath School should have this admirable little paper. This brief exhibition will show that the Board is at least doing something. Brethren not injmediately concerned in publishing can have no idea of the enormous, almost insuper able difficulties to be overcome now by anew concern which undertakes to publish, espe cially to publish large editions, when almost every paper-mill and printing house has more work engaged to old customers than it an possibly do. The Board have plans for Missionary work in the Spring and Summer, which, it is hoped will soon be consummated. JOHN A. BROADDUS, Greenville, S. C., FqJj. 10. Cor. Sec y. TERMS, SIO.OO IN ADVANCE YOL. XLIII-NO 9. South- Western Georgia—Army Col > ‘ portage. * Bro. Boykin—l have just returned from S. W. Georgia, where I baveJSeen prosecuting my agency, the past few days, and wish -to give through your columns the gratifying sue- . cess with which I met, As yill be seen, I in clude in the acknowledgements made below,*, the result of a few hours labor in Macon be fore leaving that dtty,"Vfl : From the citizens of Macon, . $365 00 “ ‘ “ Albany, . 759 00 “ Bethesdachurch, . . . 430 00 “ Pine Bluff church, . * 415 00 “ From Mount Enon, . 318 50 “ Citizens of Americus, . . 455 00 “ “ of Fort Valley, . 190 00 “ Brethren in Washington (addit ional) through brother F. C.. Armstrong, . . . 78 50 Total, . . $3,011 00 I could by no means make a thorough can vass in all the places visited, and in some of them, had been but recently preceded by oth er agents representing a similar interest.— when these facts are considered the above con tributions will be regarded as exceedingly lib eral. I not only had a prosperous time for my work in the “Egypt of the South,” but one very agreeable in a social point of view. The brethren received me every where with open hearts as well as open hands, and their kind nesses will not soon be forgotten. Brethren *• Mallary, Chaudoin, Ilillyer, Webb, Daniel and Wilburn, gave me their earnest co-opera tion, for which I beg to tender them my warm est gratitude. Dr. Mallary especially gave me the weight of his great influence, and was unremttting in fatherly kindness, and atten tions. In him I found blended, more than in any man I ever knew, wisdom and modesty, greatness and humility. I think he may be appropriately styled the “old man eloquent” ot our Southern pulpit—eloquent in thought, eloquent in diction, and eloquent in that pie ty which always makes the true theologian.— Bro. D. A. Vason, of Albany, aided me great ly in my labors with the people of his town, and entertained me most heartily and most handsomely at his pleasant home., M. B. WHARTON, Agl. Army Colportage. Macon, Pclr. 1&, A- Election Announcement. Hindman’s Corps, Army of Tenn.,) Feb. 6th, 1864. j Bro. Boyicin—l ask the use of your col umns to make the following announcement: At a recent meeting of the Chaplains’ Asso ciation of Hindman’s Corps the following offi cers were elected for the present year: Rev. J. G. Richards, President, 10th S. C. “ J. F. McCutchan, Vice Pres. 24tli Tenn. “ R. W. Norton, Clerk, 19th Tenn. “ C. S. Hearne, Ass’t Clerk, sth Tenn. “ W. T. Bennett, Cor. Sec., 12th Tenn. “ W. F. Norton, Treas., 39th Ala. A resolution was passed appointinga stand ing committee to encourage the presence and labors of missionaries, and to facilitate the ef forts of ministers in securing chaplaincies ip this army. Brethren contemplating this work will do well to visit or communicate with eith er of the co'mmittee, which is as follows: Rev. W. McDonald, 50th Ala., Deas’ Rrig. “ J. A. Ellis, 20th Tenn., Bates’ Brig. “ C. W. Ilutton, 36th Ala., Clayton’s Rrig. Yotirs fraternally, R. W. NORTON, Clerk, 19th Tenn., Strahls’ Brig. Papers friendly please copy. Ha3ty Telegrams. T D Key. You are paid to Dec 31, 66. Cassvillo Baptist church. Your S3B for ar my colportage is received. F M Haygood. C N Horn. We have Dr. Dagg’s Theology at $3 to $4. F. M. 11. Received for Rev. W. Huff’s agency from Miss L Bell, $37. (Acknowledged before) Miss Mary A Gilham, SB2 : Mrs Mollie Mcßee $24, and Mrs E Landrum, sl4. Total $157. F. M. 11. Rev W N C. The S3O was received. F M H. Rev SL. Miss S II Hartridge’s paper is sent regularly. Rev J E Carter. We have no Testaments for the army. C W Brown. Your S6O for bro Huff’s agen cy is received. Mrs E Latimer. Your $lO came. Rev It Webb. We cannot s'endthe book you wish. Isaac Moore is paid to April 10, 1864. Rev J II Stockton. We cannot furnish the Psalmody. B. M. 11. P M Tidwell. $2 bad money. The Next Ga. Bap- State Convention Will meet with the 2nd Baptist church in Atlanta, 21st of April next. The following nominations for preaching was made at the last session, held in Griffin : Introductory Sermon—P. H. Mell. Alternate— B. F. Tharp. Education— E. B. Teague. Alternate— J. R.-Kendrick. Clerks of Associations ore earnestly reques ted to bring or send a copy of their minutes to the Clerk of the Convention, for the pur pose of making out the statistics of the denom ination..