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Macon, Ga., February 2, 1865.
Notes on the Times.
Tbe icy hand of winter has with relentless
grasp, held in check almost all military move
ments for more than three weeks. It seems*
to bo generally understood that Sherman is
marching on Charleston. One Corps is advan
cing directly on the city, and two, in the di
rection of Branchville. There are strong indi
cations of an attack on Augusta. Gen. D. H.
Hill has ordered all the cotton stored there to
be removed, or heaped on tbe commons, ready
for the flames, on the approach of the enemy.
He is determined that it shall be destroyed,
even at the risk of the city, rather than allow
it to fall into the hands of the Yankees. His
well known resolution inbures the execution
of the order. That the enemy entertain some
serious design upon Augusta, appears from the
fast that Gen. Hill has also given notice to
non-combatants to leave the city, and advises
all young men who have no fancy for the
ditches, to leave under an escort of old ladies.
This demonstration is made in a direction near
ly opposite to that in which he is generally
believed to be really moving, and may be in
tended as a blind to cover his true object.—
Whenever, and wherever he may strike the
blow, active preparations are being made to
ward it off,and to destroy its effect. His force
combined with the fleet, has been estimated as
high as 80,000. This must be an exaggera
tion, or else he has been reinforced by nearly
the whole of Thomas’ army. This may be true
as it is known that numerous transports have
gone down the Mississippi river, laden with
troops. It looks very much as if a'l the strength
of both parties was being concentrated for a
grand trial. We have for sometime thought
that the greatest, and most decisiye battle of
the war, would be fought between Augusta
and Wilmington, unless peace soon inter-
In the fall of Fort Fisher, we lost about
three thousand men. Five or six hundred
were killed or wounded, the balance are pris
mer'. The enemy admit a loss af about nine
honored in killed and wounded. The fight is
‘ud to have been a very desperate one. The
garri>an did not surrender, but fought until
they were completely overpowered by num
"rs. Gen- Whiting and Col. Lamb, who was
in command of the fort, were both wounded,
and are now prisoners. They behaved with
•jreat gallantry. Since the capture of
tiiC enemy have made one attempt upon Wil
mingt -n, on the 24th inst., but were repulsed
with heavy loss. At present, there seems to
’ e no reason to doubt our holding the city.
• it- chief value to the Confederacy, is lost
‘ iA 1 >rt Fisher, and the evacuation of other
n* points which command the entrance to
• Fear River. Blockade running at that
nt is ended. Five vessels were captured a
. tv- since, in attempting to run in, not
• : w". ng that the forts were in the hands of
r my. But our sea-coast is too extensive
gu tr ied at all points successfully. The
- • ie • usiness is too profitable to private
; ia and too beneficial to the Govern
m- - ritto be stopped. Other ports of en
try will s.n be formed.
T;.e armies of Lee and Grant, still continue
The extremities of the lines seem to be
t-z. and watching the contest as it rages
the ntre. Indeed, the lines are con tract
and the military power of both Govern
met-,:- i< being rapidly transferred to new fields
rum rs of recognition, and opening nego
tist r-f.r peaee.it appears, have not been
with -ut foundation. The telegraph brought tbe
■ew- .n tbe 2nh inst., that Vice President
StoT.fions. Hon. R M T Hunter, now a sena
or of C in Virginia, and Judge Jno. A
Campbell of Ala., have been appointed Com
ni-- ners to pr.veeed to Washington City im
meihately. in order to confer with tbe United
>tates Government on the question of peace.
They were to have left on the day following.
The-e men are all noted for their firmness >
wis 1 >m. and moderation. The interests of the
Confederacy could not have been confided to
safer hands. They will consent to no terms
which will be dishonorable to us as a people.
Whether the United States Government is hon
est in purpose in regard to so momentous a
question or not. we are sure that our own Gov
•'ramon-, and the people which it represents,
are p -rfectly sincere in their desire that the
■i -ly strife should end. It has been intima
ted y Northern papers, that it was theobject
of the l nite-I States Government to propose
-- :h terms as we eould not accept with honor
t ‘urselves, force us to reject them, and by
ih - hypocritical course, excite the Northern
nr.nd more intensely against us, in order to
; re: are them for willing submission to the
impending draft. But we are inclined to
: . k that as the door of negotiation has been
• ?i. it will not be closed until peace is at
’ i ned. We shall not be surprised, if an ar
m-- > i-declared before these lines fall un
i- rth ; eye of oor readers. We will venture
n. -T-vulations upon the terms, but earnestly
t r.:j. and we urge upon all to do the same,
that God may direct and rule in the approach
ing conference, so as to bring us peace, sweet
peace, with honor and independence.
Foreign Items.
The committee appointed by the General
Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church
of the U. S. to prepare anew version of the
B ->k of Psalms, has offered a premium of
from fire to twenty thousand dollars for the
best new version of the Book of Psalms. And
contributions are solicited from the Church
generally, in aid of this fund. The premium
i* not to be paid until the new version is
adopted by tbe Church.”
A posthumous Ecclesiastical History, by
Dr is now in process of publication at
Leipsie. The first volume, reaching through
the first fonr centuries, will be followed by a
- nd, embracing the period of the Middle
Ages, and a third bringing the history down
to oor own times.
Fen and Scissors.
Lord’s Supper. —The Confederate Baptist
“ holds, with Andrew Fuller, that fop tbe cele
bration of the Lord’s supper, the presence of a
minister is'not necessary.” We hold that in
the apostolic churches the administration of
the ordinances belonged to the presbytery,
the plurality of elders in each church. If
that presbytery is absorbed in our “ minister,”
then the Lord’s supper should not be celebra
ted without the presence of a minister. If
our ministers are virtually reproductions of
that presbytery in part, then they, perhaps,
may celebrate the supper. It is best to re
store the congregational presbytery.—Reli
gious Herald.
The New Testament is silent in Yegard to
the person whose prerogative it is to adminis
ter the sacrament. At its institution, Jesus
himself administered it, and afterwards, prob
ably, the apostles; but it does not appear
that its administration was restricted exclu
sively to the apostles. Acts ii.: 42, 46. Acts
xx: 7 : 1 Cor., x : 4, &c ; 1 Cor., xi: 23, &c.
Indeed, we judge that it was the pastorfs duty
to do so. ,
About the year 138 or 139, Justin Martyr, |
who became a convert to Christianity at Eph
esus, and resided there for ‘some time, wrote
an apology in behalf of the Christian religion,
and presented it to the Roman Emperor An
tonius Pius, and in that apology he states the
method of administering the Sacrament by
one of the apostolic churches founded by Paul,
presided ever by John, and which, doubtless,
followed correct New Testament usage. We
will quote from that apology his account of
the ceremony : “On the day called Sunday,
we all assemble together, both those who re
side in the country, and those who dwell in
the city ; and the commentaries of the apostles
and the writings of the prophets are read as
long as time permits. When the reader has
ended, the president, in an address, makes an
application and enforces an imitation of the
excellent things which have been read. Then
we all stand up. together and offer up our
prayers. After our prayers, as I have said,
bread and wine .and water are brought, and
the president [or pastor] in like manner offers
prayer and thanksgiving according to his abil
ity, and the people respond, saying, Amen.”
We present another extract from the same :
“ After baptizing the believer, and making him
one with us, we conduct him to the brethren,
as they are called, where they are assembled,
fervently to offer their common supplications
for themselves, for him who has been illumi
nated, and for all* men everywhere—that we
may live worthy of the truth which we have
learned, and be found to have kept the com
mandments, so that we may be saved with an
everlasting salvation. After prayer, we sa
lute one another with a kiss. After this, -
bread, a cup of wine and water, are brought
to the president, which he takes and offers up
praise and glory to the Father of all things,
through the name of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit; and gives thanks that we are account
ed worthy of these things. When he has
ended the prayers and the thanksgiving, all
the people present respond amen , which in
the Hebrew signifies, so may it be.”
The deacons distributed the elements among
the communicants, according to the same au
thority, According to Ignatius,, the ordi
nance could not be administered without the
presence of the bishop—synonymous with our
past ;r. Primitive churches had a plurality of
elders, as well as a plurality of deacons ; but
all these elders were not preachers in our
sense of the word : they all united, according
to their “gifts” in “taking care of the
church ” ; and one or the other of these pre
sided at the sacrament.
Ground for hose.
In the conduct of our enemies, the editor of
the Confederate Baptist sees good ground for
hope. Speaking of the atrocities, the harsh
and intemperate measures of our enemies.
lie says:
“Generosity on the part of the foe might
have appealed successfully to some among us;
and eagerness to end the strife might have in
duced a return to the old Union. But it has
been ordered otherwise; and we can read in
very atrocities of the foe the design of Provi
dences in regard to us.
“ Every desolate field is a witness against
our enemies. Every charred and blackened
homestead is but a monument of the dead
Union. Every drop of blood on our desecra
ted soil, cries out against reconstruction. Had
they come with honeyed words and precious
gifts, many would have thrown down the
walls for the entrance of the “ Trojan horse.”
But they have approached with tire and sword.
God has judged them. The prophecy of their
doom, is it not written in their own acts ?
They have treated the people cruelly, “ and
that one thing will ruin them and save the
country.”
Soldiers and the Ministry.
Rev. T. H. Pritchard, in an address to the
Baptist ministers of North Carolina, published
in the Biblical Recorder, uses the following
language:
“ Brethren, we owe it to our soldiers to
preach the gospel to them. They are fighting
for our liberties as well as their own. Is lib
erty dear to us ? Is the name of freeman price
less in our esteem ? Had we rather die free
men than live slaves? These are the men who
bare their breast to the leaden hail: who pour
out their heart’s blood to achieve liberty for
us and our children. Thousands of them
have fallen to rise no more; tens of thousands
of them fill shallow graves on the hills and in
the vales of Virginia and Georgia and Tennes
see, and yet they “ bate no jot of heart or
hope ” in the struggle for independence. Cold,
naked, hungry, torn and bleeding, they still
dauntlessly confront the foe, and, spite of fear
ful odds, exhibit the heroic spirit of the im
mortal Henry, when to the faint-hearted of
his day he exclaimed, “ I know not what
course others may take, but as for me, give me
liberty or give me death.” These men, who
first sprang to arms in defence of the rights
God guaranteed to us in the very charter of
our creation, were the noblest and purest of
the land, and they have become thrice noble
and heroic, purified in the fires of patriotic
suffering. . Brethren, it is a privilege to be
fellow-countrymen of such patriots, and we
should esteem it an honor above all earthly
dignity to preach the gospel of God’s grace to
such men.”
Winter, when troops are in winter quarters,
is an excellent time for pressing upon them
the truths of Christianity, and Christians’
should, with more avidity, avail themselves of
the opportunity. A missionary, writing from
Gen. Lee’s army, gives the following testimony:
“ The unusually active campaign in which
we have been engaged, has been very unfavor-,
able to religious services, but the work of the
Lord has still gone on, and wo have had abun
dant evidence of the Divine blessing. But
now that we have settled down into win-’
ter quarters, and chapels are being erected
all over the army, there is offered a golden op
portunity for pressing the great truths of the
gospel upon eur noble soldiers. It may be
said emphatically that the field is “white unto
the harvest.”
Infallibility in a Quandary.
Under the above caption, the Confederate
Baptist enunciated the following :
“ If tbe infallibility of the Pope were worth
anything for practical purposes, it might be
exercised in instructing his bishops on which
side to pray, and keeping them and their
flocks aloof from jlu 4 iniquitous contest.’ ”
To which the Catholic Pacificator, of Au
gusta, replies:
“ The infallibility of the Pope ” exists only
in the imagination of the enemies of the Cath
olic Church. It is not an article of Catholic
faith, and no Catholic is required to believe
such a doctrine.”
And it then quotes authors to prove the po
sition, after which it proceeds thus:
“ Such is the language of a Catholic Divine,
and ought to be conclusive evidence that we
do not believe in the ’ndividual infallibility of
the Pope. That the Pope is infallible in spir
itual affairs—that is to say, when he gives ex
pression to the expositions and decisions of
Councils and the teachings of the Church, we
do believe; but with the political affairs of
nations he has nothing to do, and his infalli
bility does not, in the opinion of Catholics, ex
tend to such affairs.
“ Dr. Nichols, another Catholic writer, in
his ‘ Lectures on Catholicity and Protestant
ism,’ says : 4 The Catholic Church teaches that
the Head of the visible Church, acting in that
capacity and exercising tbe functions of his
holy office, is guided by the Holy Ghost; and
is thus, and so far, infallible, Catholics be
lieve that, however fallible or even simple, as
a man, the Pope may be, he is not permitted,
in any official act, to introduce erroneous doc
triues into the faith of the Church, . . .
and the common opinion is, that the Pope, as
Head of the Church, is infallible whenever he
declares the Church’s decision.’ In other
words, as the Doctor further explains :
“ 4 Now, Catholics believe the Church of
Christ to bo thus infallible ; and the HPope,
giving authoritative decisions (that is, the de
cisions of Councils), in speaking ex cathedra,
to he also infallible, being guided by the Holy
Spirit of God.’ Pase 18a.
44 Such is the belief of Catholics in the in
fallibility of the Pope—very different indeed
from that infallibility which our Baptist co
temporary would insinuate in the foregoing
paragraph, and very different from that which
our dissenting brethren are taught to believe
that Catholics claim for the Head of their
Church.”
We agree with the Confederate Baptist that
an infallibility that cannot and does not direct
aright in the holy exercise of prayer, is of
little 44 practical purpose,” especially when, in
the opinion of tbe Pope, this is an iniquitous
contest on the part of our enemies, to whom
he himself said, 44 Mitte gladium tuum in vag
inam, et Deus pads erit tecum.”
Clippings from our Exchanges.
The Southern Presbyterian, in an article on
the second coming of Christ, has the following
appropriate sentiments:
“In view of the actual state of our public
affairs and the unknown issues of the war, re
garded only in the light of human reason, but
much more, looking at them in the startling
gleams of divine prophecy, now is the time Jor
a Christian man to be found at the post of
duty, of every duty, as the servant of the Lord.
This is no time for a Christian man to live,
and think, and feel, and act as if the world
and its possessions were the one thing need
ful, to be in an agony of fear lest he may suf
fer the loss of his temporal interests. This is
no time to betray conscience, truth, right,
duty and honor in order to escape temporal
loss. We entered on the contest to defend
and maintain the cause of our country, be
lieving it to be right, under a sense of duty, in
the fear of God. No reverses and misfortunes
can prove it to be wrong. No Christian wor
thy of the name can abandon the cause of
duty and right in the fear of any earthly Ca
lamity. And when, for aught he knows, the
hour is about to strike which will usher in the
coming'of the Son of God with the latter-day
glory, least of all can he think of deserting
the cause of truth and righteousness.”
True to Ourselves.
From the Soldier’s Paper we take these
ringing mords: .
44 The independence and welfare ot this na
tion depend upon the valor of its soldiers, and
their determination to be forever free from the
authority of any foreign power. So long as
as this purpose remains firmly fixed in the
minds of our heroic troops, we may look for
ward with certainty to the deliverance of our
country.
44 Politicians may wrangle, croakers may
croak; opponents of the Government may
abuse and villify it; the faint-hearted may
take counsel of their fears ; theoretic states
men may speculate on the prospects of peace
by again swearing allegiance to Old England,
or France, or Spain, or Mexico, if they will;
the wealthy, who have made their fortunes
during this national baptism of blood, may
tremble for their riches and wish for the hal
cyon days of peace; but above and beyond all
these dismal forebodings, we look to the tried
and true men of the armies, and to them we
look with confidence. They are unshaken
in their purpose, and all will be well in the
end. It is in the power of the army to rally
around it the whole Confederacy. When the
army speaks, and speak it will, its words of
life and power shall send a thrill along the
nerves of our people from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande.”
Orphan’s Home of Georgia.
The Religious Herald has a letter from a
Georgia correspondent, from which we make
a few extracts:
“ The enterprise of providing a home and
education for the orphans of deceased soldiers,
which promised so handsomely, . and which,
apparently, was launched upon its life-voyage
under such favorable auspices, is at a com
plete stand-still. At the last Georgia Baptist
Convention, it sprang into being with an eclat
that gave angury of transcendent success.—
Our first men received it to their arms with
tbe greatest cordiality, our Governpr be
came its god-father, and treasure in immense
sums was promised to it. An association,
styled the Orphan’s Home Association, was
formed; officers and trustees were elected ; an
agent was appointed ; and—there the matter
rested. Sherman’s advance discouraged col
lections in its behalf: interest in the matter
became absorbed by the dangers that en
thralled the State ; and no steps were taken to
bnild up the institution. In the course of
time the trustees had a meeting in Macon, and
resolved to collect funds, and, instead of build
ing up a large seminary, educate the orphans
in the existing schools; but no active steps
have been taken, and thus reposes a noble
and gigantic enterprise, worthy of the Bap
tists of Georgia, and calculated to arouse all
their excite all their liberality, and
kindle the fires of patriotic zeal in their
bosoms.”
Here are a few items of interest concerning
some of our first Baptist brethren :
H. 11. Tucker. —“ Bro. T. resides in Penfield
not now a professor in Mercer University, but
pastor of two or three churches, and for many
months the agent of the Georgia Salt Associ-.
ation. In this capacity his services were ex
ceedingly beneficial to the State. The asso
ciation, however, is not in operation now. I
wonder if you know Bro. T. Picture, then,
to yourself a rwddy-faced man, nearly bald,
with whiskers sprinkled with coun
tenance wears an habitual -smile in conversa
tion, for he is ever in a good humor. He has
a keen, sparkling blue eye, and his conversa
tion is full of piquancy and originality. He
evidently a man who thinks, and studies men,
things and nature more than books. He is
like no one else, and says and does things as
no one elese does. In the pulpit he is com
manding, as he arrests and retains the atten
tion from first to last. If declamation is elo
quence, he is not often eloquent; but if the
power to enchain the thought, and control the
mind, and carry his purpose is eloquence, he
is eloquent. lie is not a tall man, and has a
slight swagger in his. gait, and a certain spe
cies of bravado in his speech, that do not ex
actly wear a clerical aspect. Nevertheless,
Bro. Tucker, by force of mind and character,
has influence.’
P. H. Hell. — 44 Dr. P. 11. Mell is Vice-Chan
cellor of Franklin College, and resides at
Athens. He is well known to your readers,
and is outranked by none of our Baptists for
keenness and vigor of intellect and pulpit
ability. Asa presiding officer, he is peerless.
The exercises of Franklin C Liege are suspend
ed, and Dr. Mell relies uoon his churches for
a support.”
*N. M. Crawford. —“ President Crawford, as
a matter of course, lives at Penfield, where he
occupies himself in preaching, writing, study
ing, and presiding over a College that is not
suspended, but which contains probably as
many professors as pupils. Few of our lead
ing men are more popular, than Dr. Crawford,
and deservedly so, for to great good humor and
bon hotnmie, he unites piety, ability and ur
banity. He is a man, though, of great inde
pendence, and says what he has to say regard
less of opinion—saying, however, what he
feels it a right and duty to say.”
Depression.
In regard to the depression that hangs, in a
degree, over onr people because of recent dis
asters, the Confederate Baptist makes the fol
lowing pertinent remarks :
“ If we believe that tbe war in which we are
engaged is just, we must look upon disaster
and suffering as the appointment of Provi
dence, and bear them with becoming spirit.
It is a poor thing to surrender principle on
the danger, or under the pressure
of calamity. Ten bitter persecutions failed to
shake the faith of God’s people in the divinity
and power of Christianity. 4 The blood of the
martyrs was the seed of the church.’
44 There are doubtless some among us whose
patriotism needs the support of well-filled
barns or successful speculation. The appre
hension of a raid extinguishes .their hopes,
crushes their courage, and they cry out in
dismay that the country is lost. But the
army, and the better class at home, are pre
pared to make any sacrifices which may be
required for the achievement of independence.
If we believe our cause to he right, let us
breast manfully the present tide of disaster,
and from danger pluck security. Above all,
let us receive, with submission and reverence,
the rebukes of the Lord’s chastisement, and
endeavor to become an humbler and holier
people.”
According to a writer in the N. Y. Observ
er, in every part of the U. S. there is, to a
great extent, a distaste for Biblical preaching,
in consequence of which the pews are desert
ed in the afternoon in churches where such”
preaching is maintained ; and “under the for
mal respect for religion, a reaKnfidelity ex
ists in the majority of those who attend
church.”
Married.
On Tuesday 10th inst., at the residence of
Captain Bevills by Rev. R. W. Phillips, Mr.
E. B. Ze igler and Miss Mary R. Bevill, all
of Lowndes county, Ga ;
On the 17th inst., at the residence of the
bride’s father, Mr. Ephraim Witcher, of Ran.
Idolph county, by Rev. M. L, B. Binion Mr.
A. J. Habfe of Terrell county, to Miss Carrie
T. Witcher.
For the Christian Index.
A Correction.
Mr. Editor.—Allow me to correct an erfor
into which I was led by my informant, in ref
erence to the proceedings of the late Metho
dist Conference of Florida. The question, it
seems, that was referred to Bishop Andrew,
was not what was to be done with those mem
bers who refused to have their children bap
tized (sprinkled.), but whether baptism was to
be administered to those who had been sprink
led in infancy, when they demanded it. The
answer was as before repealed—it was to be
left to the ministers in charge to act as they
might think proper. This makes the matter
no better. It appears to me to present it in a
more unfavorable aspect; for it not only vests
minister with a divine prerogative, but teaches
that the consciences of men should be regula
■ ted, not by the will of an unerring God, but
by the will of an erring, mortal man! Here
is a man who has been sprinkled in infancy.
He has become convinced that he has never
complied with the Divine requisition in refer
ence to the ordinance of baptism ; his con
science upbraids him ; he applies to the min
ister for baptism. The minister replies: “In
fant sprinkling is valid. To immerse you
would be, in the language of one of our Chris
tian Advocates, 4 a solemn trifling with, and
profanation of, this ordinance of God.’ It
would be, in the language of the same, to
4 undo all the labor in defence and confirma
tion of infant baptism,’ and to 4 stultify our
selves in the sight of the churches and nations
of the earth.’ You must rest Content with
your infant sprinkling. I, by virtue of the
authority vested in me, not by the great Head
of the Church, but by tbe decision of Bishop
Andrew, absolve you from all guilt in neglect
ing to observe the ordinance of baptism as
originally instituted.” The poor, conscience
smitten man must submit, or go and seek,
among the 44 sect everywhere spoken against,”
for one to administer to him true Christian
baptism! Monticello.
* A Missionary’s Eeport.
Monticello, Fla., Jan. 19, 1865.
Bro. Boykin : As I have made to the Do
mestic Mission Board at Marion, through
their Corresponding Secretary, within the last
four months, two quarterly and two monthly
reports and one semi-annual report, and have
written one letter extra and our church has
written one, and we have received not a line
nor a dime in reply—l am bound, by the laws
of charity, to suppose that some mishap has
befallen every communication that has been
made to them by myself, or by others in my
behalf. This appears to me the more strange,
as, to my certain knowledge, the Correspond
ing Secretary has held communications with
others in this region, within the time above
specified. Presuming that all my communi
cations by mail have failed to reach the Board,
I ask leave to report to it, through your col
umns, my labors for the last six months, and
to say to them, necessity has compelled me to
dissolve my connection with it. I will return
my commission as soon as my past dues are
paid. There are ample funds of the Board,
as I have previously informed them, lying idle
in the hands of Rev. B. S. Fuller, Treasurer
of our Association:
Sermons delivered by myself and others for
me, 82 ;“addresses, 32; prayer-meetings at
tended, 25 ; other religious meetings, 8 ; fam
ily visits, 48; visits to hospitals, 105 ; trips
to railroad junction for the distribution of
tracts, &c., 10; distributed tracts, 8,574 pjj,;
do Testaments, 435 ; do hymn books, 64; do
religious papers, 704; expended for Testa
ments, $350 ; contributions received for same,
without solicitation, $142 ; received and paid
over at our Association, to be divided equally
between Indian missions and Atlanta refu
gees, $53 33 ; wrote pastoral letters to mem
bers in camp, 3 ; baptized three whites and 9
colored persons ; baptized by others at meet
ings in which I participated, 62; traveled
abroad, attending meetings, 666 miles ; do on
foot, at home, 250; received from the church,
$500; do from individuals, for my personal
benefit, $153 33 ; do from the D. M. 8., $000!
Absent attending meetings, 15 days. I preach
to one church every Sabbath, and to the col
ored poople on one plantation once a week.
For the present year I have engaged to preach,
on week days, to the colored people on two
plantations, one of them ten miles from town.
I have kept up weekly prayer-meetings and
Sabbath Schools. Jos. S. Baker.
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than our limits allow.” That is a tax we
can’t impose on ourselves. Count the lines,
and send the money with the obituary. Com
pliance with the above will save time and
trouble; while deviation from it will cause
trouble and disappointment to those sending
the notices.]
Departed this life on the 22d of last Decem
ber, near Columbia, Tennessee, Lieut. E. F.
Bowrguine, of the 54th regiment Georgia Vol
unteers, Hood’s Army, in the 25th year of his
age. After passing through all the dangers of
the battle-fields in Northern Georgia and Mid
dle Tennessee, and the severe privations of
the recent return march from Nashville, it was
decreed that this gallant young officer should
lose his life by the fall of a tree. A purer
patriot, a’ more affectionate son and brother,
and a braver soldier, never breathed than he.
At the commencement of our struggle for inde
pendence, he promptly responded to the call
of his country, unsheathed his sword, and
death only has returned to its scabbard.—
High in the list of Georgia’s heroic dead let
his name he recorded.
May God, in his infinite mercy, bless ana
comfort his widowed mother, who has now of:
l sered two of her noble boys upon the altar ol
our independence, while the only remaining
one in the midst of our little army is opposing
the advance of the Sherman host on the soil of
South- Carolina.
January 29th, 18G5:
Died, at his residence in Lowndes county,
Ga., September 24,1864, Bro. Joedan Tucker
in the full triumph of grace through the right
eousness of Christ. When interrogated by
his pastor, a short time before hjs death, as to
his acceptance with God, he expressed a firm
and unshaken hope in Jesus, and not a single
cloud seemed to darken hi* prospect* of im
mortality beyond the grave. He was a kind
and indulgent father and an obliging neigh
bor, and, above all, an exemplary Christian.
He leaves a bereaved and devoted wife, an
interesting family, and a large number of
friends t:> mourn his loss. R. “W. P.
—iMM
Receipts to January 28th, 1865.
Miss S A Reynolds, Dec. 31, 65 S2O
Miss M A Vones, June 30, 65 10
Rev. J F Moore, March 31, 65 5
W S Bunch, “ 44 44 5
J H Burt, “ “ 44 5
J R Ogletree, June 30, 65 10
Rev. W J Morcock,l)ec. 31, 65 20
R W King, March 31. 65 5
C II Smith, June 30, 65 5
B H Wrigley, Dec. 31, 65 20
Rev. C M Irwin, March 31, 68 v.. 20
TP Burge, Dec. 31,65 20
Mrs. E P Powell, Dec. 31, 65 20
Mrs R W Denton, June 30, 65 10
N K Davis, “ “ 44 10
Mrs. R A Prior, March 31, 66 10
Mrs. J M Taylor, June 30, 65.... 10
Gov. J E Broome, “ 44 “ 10
To Georiga Editors, and the Hatless.
I want rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins,
otter mink skins, beaver skins, and all
other skins that have fur upon them. I want
them for the purpose of making hats, and will
pay the highest cash prices, or swap hats for
them. I will give a good rabbit hat for sixty
rabbit skins: a good coon hat for two dozen
good coon skins: a good beaver hat for three
beaver skiijp: a good wool hat for two pounds
of clean-washed wool, free from cockle burrs,
and cut from the live sheep’s back : and so on.
The skins must be taken from trie animals in
winter, and be well stretched before drying.
Parcels may be sent by express, and hats in
the same way. J. A. TURNER.
Eatonton, Ga., Nov. 22,1864,
N. B.—All Georgia eeditors who will copy
the above notice four times, inclding this note
and also the following prospectus, the same
number of times, sending mo their papers in
exchange, with the advertisements marked,
shall receive, by express free of charge, a
good, soft, rabbit-fur hat, which will bring in
the mafket $100: provided they will have
their heads measured, and send me the dimen
sions. ,
NILES’ REGISTER REVIVED.
PBOSAKCTUS OF
THE COUNTRYMAN.
44 Niles’ Register,” the most useful journal
ever published in America, has been revived
in the publication of The Countryman. This
journal is a lac simile of its original, in the
number and size of its pages, its typography,
and all the features which gave value to the
standard publication of Mr. Niles.
Besides the features of Niles’ Register, The
Countryman haß ’ others which should render
it still more attractive—to wit, a department
of elegant literature, rejecting the style of van
kee literary journals, and modeling itself af
ter the best English miscellaneous weeklies,
but, at the same time, being stamped with an
independent, southern tone, original with, and
peculiar to itself.
An altogether novel feature with it, is that it
is published in the cquntry, on the editor’s
plantation, nine miles from any town, or vil
lage, and devotes much attention to agricul
ture, rural sports, and everything that inter
ests the country gentleman.
The Countryman is a handsome quarto, of
sixteen pages, published weekly on the editor’s
plantation, near Eatonton, Ga., to which all
communications should be addressed.
Our terms are $5 for three months, or S2O
per annum. Send all remittances by express.
J. A. TURNER, Eatonton, Ga.
Feb. 2 1865, No. 5 4t;
PROSPECTUS.
Will be issued from the publishing house
of Messrs. Burke, Boykin & Cos., early in
March, a treatise entitled
Trice’s Theory and Practice; •
OR THE *
REMEDIAL USE OF BRANDY AND WATER
IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
The work will consist of a volume of near
two hundred pages.
The above system of practice is different
from any heretofore offered to the public.
Z. B. TRICE,
Talbotton, Ga.
All Newspapers in the Confederacy,
publishing the above Prospectus, shall have a
copy of the book sent to them free of charge.
All those publishing it will please send a
paper to Z. B. T. containing the advertise
ment—post-office as above.
January 26, 18(j5. 2 mos.
, HOUSTON FEMALE COLLEGE,
PERRY, GA.
The Spring Term for 1865 begins on the
second Monday in January.
Tuition in College Classes.... §30.00
French extra 12.50
Music.... 30.00
The President can accommodate a dozen or
more pupils in his own family at §12.50 per
month, payable, as is tuition, in provisions at
old prices, or their equivalent in currency.
For further information, apply to
A. and DAYTON,
Dec. 29, 1864—4t.* Perry, Ga.
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States by T. P. Ashmore, Americus,
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formaiion not contained in any other Almanac
fublished.
rice per single copy, by mail post pd.. 1 5 cts
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where as mu ch as five gross are taken.
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