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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. * Obituaries. [We publish twenty lines of an obituary notice gratis. For every line of writing over twenty lines, send 25 cents with the obituary. If the money is not sent with the obituary, it will lie over or be curtailed, if too long. Don’t tell us to 44 send bill, if the obituary is longer 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. CONFEDERATE STATES ALMANAC Fox* 1003. WITH Calculations for all the Southern States by T. P. Ashmore, Americus, Ga., with all the signs, and much valuable in formaiion not contained in any other Almanac fublished. rice per single copy, by mail post pd.. 1 5 cts “ per dozen $5 00 “ per gross 40 00 This is the Almanac for farmers, merchants and business men generally. Business Cards inserted free of charge where as mu ch as five gross are taken. Addrsaa BURKE, BOYKIN & CO.. Mae**, 9a,