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JHistullantous Department.
BY THE PROPRIETOR.
To Correspondents.— We beg the brethren generally
to furnish us with news from the churches.—ordinations,
pastoral changes, revivals—every thing, in fact, which
enters into the current history of the denomination.
Such intelligence is always thankfully received and
published promptly.
of any character, to insure anin
sertion in the issue of the current week, must reach us
by Monday. Let all of our friends bear this in mind.
In Mem<mam-~@ur WeeMy Heeorb.
Mrs. Eliza Yeates Peay, June 26. See obituary.
Miss Flora Maxwell, July 12. See obituary.
Mrs. Mildred E. Atkinson, Aug. 18. See obituary.
? ? —HOW any member of a Baptist
church, who expects to tie of much service to
the cause of Christ, or to render any aid to
the membership of his church, and who is
not utterly and entirely devoid of money and
its equivalents, can decline to unite with
three others in forming a club to secure a
paper which conta ! ns as much matter, and we
may safely say, as valuable matter, as the
Index, for $3 a year, is a question of difficult
solution.
Central Association. —This body closed
its thirty-sixth session, after four days of de
lightful and we trust profitable work, at An
tioch Church, Morgan county, on Monday
afternoon last. A more extended notice of
the meeting will appear in our next issue.
The thanks of the Index are specially due
to Hon. Henry Barnard, Commissioner of
Education, Washington, D. C., for a copy of
his official report for 1867—8, and other docu
ments of interest.
Rev. Wm. Shelton, D.D., formerly Pres
ident of West Tennessee College, at Jackson,
having accepted the Professorship of Moral
and Intellectual Philosophy and of Theology
in Union University, Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
renders his removal to the latter city neces
sary. His many friends will bear in mind
the change in his address.
Excursion to Look-Out Mountain. —Mr.
B. W. Wrenn, General Ticket Agent of the
W. & A. Railway, is now furnishing tickets
to parties of four or more persons, to Look-
Out Mountain, at nine dollars, which includes
staging to and from the Mountain Hotel.
By this arrangement, a rare opportunity is
offered for parents and others to indulge their
children and fhemselves in a visit to one of
the most attractive sections of our country.
The ever thoughtful and obliging Superin
tendent of the Georgia Railroad, S. K. John
son, Esq., responds to brother T. A. Gibbs,
in the following style:
Superintendent’s Office 6a. R. R. Cos. )
Augusta, Aug. 13th, 1869. j
“We will pass those desiring to visit the
Stone Mountain Association, on the second
Sunday in September, at one fare; parties
to pay full fare going.”
Wanted. —The Index will report itself
weekly for one year to the address of any
one who will, by way of exchange, send us a
copy (by mail or otherwise) of “ Porcher’s
Resources of the Fields and Forests of
the South.” It was published in 1862 or
1863. Address Index, Atlanta, Ga.
ts.
NEWS ITEMS LOCAL.
The commencement exercises of the At
lanta Medical College will transpire at the
City Hall on Saturday next. T. R. Kendall,
of Upson county, will deliver the Valedic
tory, and the address to the graduating class
will be from Chancellor Lipscomb, of the
State University. The occasion will doubt
less be an interesting one, and our citizens,
including the ladies, will be out in large num
bers. The Gate City Silver Band, Professor
Will. F. Clark, leader, will be ir. attendance.
The City Council gave the visiting editorial
fraternity a ride through the city on Tuesday
afternoon ; and we are pleased to learn that
that intelligent body of gentlemen was great
ly delighted at the thrifty appearance of At
lanta, all expressing a sense of pride at
the material prosperity of Georgia’s great
inland city.
The Press Excursionists took their de
parture yesterday morning over the W. &
A. R. R., on an elegant special train furn
ished by Col. Hulbert for the occasion. The
attendance was quite large, and we are grati
fied to know that nothing was omitted that
could add to the comfort of the party.
Chattanooga was to have been reached last
night; from which point the tourists will em
bark upon the river, and visit the iron re
gions thereabouts; after which the special
train will be resumed.
“The Handy Man.” —A distinguished
authoress prefaces the discussion of an inter
esting theme in the Hearth and Home of the
21st, in the following characteristic style:
We are going to write a treatise on a do
mestic virtue, for which we have compounded
a name of our own. We call it “ Handi
ness.” It is a qualification that we, in every
walk of life, are suffering the want of, and we
shall proceed, therefore, to give its definition,
and to treat upon it.
In Webster’s Dictionary we find the adjec
tive “ Handy,” with the definition, “ dexter
ous, ready, adroit, skilful—skilled to use the
hands with ease, in performance.” As when
we say he is “ handy with the saw or the
plane.”
From this adjective we coin the word handi
ness, of which we intend to treat as a domes
tic accomplishment, and one the culture of
which would add more to the comfort and
happiness of life than multitudes which peo
ple spend time and money to acquire.
In the course of modern refinement and
civilization, our houses have been filled with
contrivances tor the saving of labor and the
promotion of comfort, which, ow ing to a gen
eral lack of all the members of the family in
this one property, become constant sources of
work, and labor, and discomfort.
Our houses are a perfect net work of water
pipes, a wilderness of faucets. We have self
filling and self-emptying tubs, washing ma
chines and wringing-machines, scouring ma
chines and knife-cleaning machines, patent
egg-boilers, and lamp-fillers and lamp-trim
mers, and coffee-pots and tea-pots, and soup
kettles and gridirons, and gas-stores —all of
which are supposed to be exceedingly handy.
They are meant to make life so convenient
that its work will seem almost to do itself;
labor is to be performed by self-acting, self
adjusting machinery, going with the accuracy
of dock-work. •
Further extracts at another time.
A tax of four-tenths of one per cent, has
been ordered by the Governor to be assessed
upon the property of Georgia, for the pres
ent, year.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1869.
NEWS ITEMS GENERAL. D
- Miller Grieve, of Milledgeville,
died on the 10th ins^,
Knoxville, Tenn. has a population of 16,-
000, and is increasing in business and wealth.
Dr. Thomas Butler and his wife, of Grif
fin, were fired upon by a negro and wounded,
on Sunday evening last. The negro wa9
prowling about Dr. B.’s premises, and upon
being ordered to give an account of himself,
drew a pistol, fired** as above, and escaped.
The wounds are painful, but not considered
serious.
A Distinguished Honor. —The Columbus
Sun says that the “ Hon. Judah P. Benjamin,
late of the. Confederate Cabinet, but now of
England, has, after two years appearance at
the British bar, been made Queen’s Counsel,
an honor almost without precedent in the
promptitude of its bestowal. Aside from
making him senior counsel in whatever cases
he may be employed, the promotion will con
siderably add to his emoluments. Being on
the Liverpool atid Manchester Circuit, he will
be retained in commercial litigations of im
portance.”
Opelika, Ala. —The following items in
this locality will be of interest to our Ala
bama readers:
New Building. —Contracts were closed this
week for the construction of a large fire-proof
building on the vacant lot between Tucker’s
new house and the Alabama House, on Cham
bers street. Gradually the lots all along that
street are being covered by substantial brick
houses.
Religious. —The protracted meetings at
both the Baptist and Methodist churches in
crease in interest and spirit as they progress.
Rev. Mr. Wild, the pastor, assisted by Revs.
Messrs. Norton and Hurt, officiate Tit the
Methodist, and Revs. Messrs. Hearn, Carrol
and Floyd at the Baptist church. Much real
good is already accomplished, and we hope
it is only the beginning of a feast for the
Christians of Opelika rarely enjoyed.
Sudden Death. —Tuesday evening, just at
dark, Maj. J. W. De Vane, one of the first
merchants in th's city, was stricken down
with a disease of the heart, and died instantly.
He had, for several years past, been subject
to attacks of this kind, and his death, though
a shock to the community, caused no feelings
of surprise to his more intimate friends.
That Comet. —For ten years past, as
tronomers have told us that during the
months of July, August and September, in
this year, the most wonderful comet the
world has ever known, would appear. This
comet is on time. It is now to be seen, as
tronomers assert, with the naked eye, any
dear night, in the Northern part of the
heavens, between eleven and twelve o’clock,
and from that time till the morning star ri
ses. Astronomers assure us that this comet
will approach nearer the «arth than any
comet ever did before, and that either the
earth or the comet will have to change its
course, or a collision is inevitable. This
comet is said to be many thousand times
larger than the earth. It is a solid mass of
fire, with a tail of fire that would reach
around the earth more than a hundred times,
and a collision with our planet is not an event
to be very ardently desired.
The Bate Eclipse.—Strides of Science.
Pictures of the recent eclipse of the sun
were taken by a corps of photographic artists
at Bedford, Ind., and from a lengthy account
of thu operation, which we find in the Louis
ville Courier, they seem to have been entire
ly successful. Several beautiful photographs
showing the eclipse at different stages were
secured, and.thus will the country have e&sf
reference to a “counterfeit presentment” of
that greatest event (thus far) of the present
generation. We have space for but one par
agraph of the interesting account:
Birds went to roost; domestic fowls re
tired to their perches, and a premature dark
ness, different from that of any other, gave
the earth a more sombre mantle than that of
night.
Two more pictures were attempted at in
tervals of a minute each, ana then a line of
the sun’s margin emerged, and light once
more flooded the face of the earth. A cheer
rang along the street, and the sublimest spec
tacle of the generation was drawing to a
close. During the time of the greatest ob
scuration a bright bead-like body was ob
served at the right lower limb of the sun,
which sent out a fan-shaped fiery tail equal to
one-third of the breadth of the sun itself.
This part was all we succeed in getting pho
tographed during totality. We hope that a
future examination of the -enlarged prints
will show it to be of more value to science
than if we had succeeded in getting the whole
corona. As darkness suddenly shut in the
earth like a curtain (during the greatest ob
scuration) so it flashed out instantaneously
into light as the sun emerged. Men’s faces
looked like the faces of negroes, and some
amusing mistakes occurred on the streets, by
persons thinking others they met were
“American citizens of African descent.” As
the darkness was thickest the katydids chirped
their nocturnal notes, but hushed into silence
as soon as they tbund they were “victims of
misplaced confidence.” Twenty-one pictures
were taken, seventeen before and during to
tality, and lour after. Two attempts during
the total phase were failures, iuit one other
gave the bright prominence befffK& described.
An idea of chillines seemed to possess mwst
of the observers, but the thermometer only
indicated a change of temperature of three
degrees in the shade. The last moment of
contact was not noticed, but was about 6:21,
making a total between first and last contact
of two hours.
“ The Crust of the Earth ” —ls we bury
a thermometer fifty feet below the surface of
the earth, the mercury will remain at the
same point the year round, in winter and
summer, showing that the influence of the
sun does not reach below that depth. If we
carry the thermometer fifty feet lower, the
mercury will rise one degree, and will rise in
the same ratio for every fifty feet we go
down. It can be easily calculated at what
depth all known substances will melt. This
would not exceed fifty miles. It will thus be
seen that the crust —or solid part —of the
earth is exceedingly thin, in proportion to the
diameter; not so thick as an egg-shell, in
proportion to the size of the egg. With a
crust so thin, constantly cooling and produc
ing a'pressure upon the internal masses, it is
not strange that the beds of oceans should be
elevated and form dry land, and continents
should sink and form the, beds of oceans.
Large mountains have been elevated in a sin
gle day, and whole cities have been sunk in
the same space of time. The side of a vol
canic mountain once broke away, and the
livid masses flowed out, forming a river
twelve miles wide, which in its course melted
down six hills six hundred feet high, filling
up valleys six hundred feet deep, and spread
ing over a surface of eleven hundred square
,miles.
Barbarism. —Ex Presideut Lord, of Dart
mouth College deprecates the liberal tenden
cies of the age as “ loosening the foundation,”
and threatening to throw our boasted civiliza
tion back into semi barbarism. Dr. Bushneii,
of Connecticut, some years ago preached a
sermon before the Americau Home Mission
ary Society, in which he took the ground that
“ Barbarism was our first danger.”
Georgia Press Convention.
This body assembled in Atlanta on Tues
day last, and was called to order at the City
Hall at 11 o’clock. About forty newspapers
of the State were represented, there beiDg
but one proxy. Mr. Clisby, of the Macon
Telegraph, was called to the chair, and Mr.
Watson, of the Atlanta New Era, and Mr.
Willingham, of the LaGrange Reporter , were
requested to act as Secretaries.
Subsequently, Mr. Clisby was made Presi
dent of the Convention, and Hon. J. H.
Christy, of the Athens Watchman, H. H.
Jones, of the Cuthbert Appeal, and Gen. A.
R. Wright, of the Chronicle db Sentinel were
*made Vice Presidents.
Maj. Steele, of the Atlanta Intelligencer ,
offered the following resolution, which was
adopted :
Resolved, That the members of the State
Press represented in this body do hereby deter
mine to organize a State Press Association, and to
become members thereof!
Under this resolution, the following com
mittees were appointed :
1. Committee on Permanent Organization—W
A Hemphill. J M G Medlock, T A Burke, J I
Whitaker," S A Atkinson.
2. Committee on Constitution, By-Laws and
Rules—C W Styles, C W Hancock, F S,Fitch, S
R Weston, E T Pound.
3. Committee on Rates of Legal Advertising,
and rates of advertising generally—C H C Wil
lingham, S B Burr, M Dwinell, Willis M Russell,
Elam C Christian.
4. Committee on the System of Agencies, and
tbe Cash and Credit Systems—J H Christy, Sam
uel A Echols, H M Burns, J W Anderson.
5. Committee on the Press—J H Martin, W A
Harp, Henry Moore, I W Avery, J W Call.
The Convention decided to hold the next
meeting at Macon, in Njvember next, during
the week of the Annual State Fair, at which
time the above committees were ordered to
report.
Before adjourning, the following resolutions
were adopted :
Resolved, That Mr. Hulbert’s proposal of an
excursion by the State Press be accepted, and
thanks returned therefor.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention
be returned to the City Council of Atlanta, for
the use of its Chamber, and to the several rail
roads in the State for free transportation to and
from this place.
A resolution of thanks to the citizens of
Atlanta, for courtesies extended, was also
adopted.
The Convention having but one day at its
disposal, it was not deemed advisable to at
tempt the transaction of business, or to effect
a permanent organization. This was defer
red to the next meeting, at Macon, and it is
hoped that ultimate good will result from the
brief reunion of the fraternity in this city.
The New Railroad Project from Atlanta to
Tennille.
The Savannah Bepublican, of the 22d in
stant, contains the following notice of this
new railroad project:
“We allufded briefly yesterday to the pro
ject of a railroad from Tennille, in Washing
ton county, through Milledgeville and Eaton
ton directly to Atlanta. The project, accord
ing to our best information, originated in the
latter place, and is proposed as an extension
of the Air Line road from Cincinnati to
Chattanooga, and thence by the nearest route
to the Atlantic coast. It is said that the new
noad will effect a saving of from thirty-lfle
to forty miles, and, consequently, a reduction
in time and charges. We have not conferred
with the authorities of the Central road about
the matter, but learn from pretty good
sources that they have been approached on
the subject by parties in Atlanta, and that
they are inclined to think favorably of the
enterprise. What is asked of them is the
construction of a line from Tennille (No. 13)
to Milledgeville—some twenty-five miles.
The Milledgeville and Eatonton branch is
already in operation, and other parties agree
to undertake and complete that portion of
the road that will lie between Eatonton and
Atlanta. Should this plan be finally agreed
upon, the Central road will probably break
up the line from Gordon to Milledgeville,
and use the iron and other available appur
tenances on the road between Tennille and
Milledgeville, by which means the latter can
be constructed with trifling cost to the com
pany. The completion of the Macon and
Augusta road will render the breach from
Gordon comparatively useless.”
“We shall probably hear more of this
matter, and be able to speak advisedly in the
course of a few days.”
Niagara Crumbling In. —A letter from
Niagara Falls states : “The change in the
Falls this Spring is the greatest that has been
witnessed probably by any one generation.
In the Horse-Shoe Fall, where the green wa
ter is seen, the rock has crumbled away to
the depth of about thirty-five feet, on the side
nearest Goat Island. The circular appear
ance of the Horse-Shoe is now changed, and
is more in the shape of a triangle than any
thing else. The American Fall has also met
with some alteration, which old habitues no
tice this season ; more particularly is it seen
on the site toward Luna Island, and were a
pointed projection of rock to give w f ay, the
appearance would be changed to a horse shoe.
It is estimated by competent geologists that
some 150 tons of rock must have given way
from the horse shoe alone. The beauty of
the Falls is not in the least marred, but
rather enhanced, and old habitues seem to
like the Falls this year much better than
ever.”
The Durability of Georgia Pine. —ln
taking up the wooden floor in the office of the
Pulaski House for the purpose of laying
down the beautiful Mosaic pavement which
has just been completed, the joists, which
are of Georgia pine, were found to be quite as
strong as they were when put in the building
some thirty years ago. We are also informed
that there are other buildings in the city,
which were erected some 50 or even 60 years
ago, in which the joists and beams, of Geor
gia pine, do not exhibit the slightest symp
toms of decay.— Savannah Republican.
Ministerial Policy. —A recent hearer of
Spurgeon represents him as saying, for sub
stance ; The true clergyman is not brusque,
or harsh, or imperious, or eccentric. He acts
sincerely, aadalways makes a study of the art
of pleasing. And he never makes an enemy,
except where truth demands this great sacri
fice.
From Aug. 17th to Aug. 25th, remittances were
received from the following brethren and friends.
The figures after the names indicate the number
to which each has paid:
Mrs H J Nichols, 2454 ; Mrs Harley, 2478; A
Huguly, 2496; W f Thompson, 2497;; Rev J L
M Curry, 2488 ; iflte M Lasseter, 2501 ; J H Bar
row, 2500 ; Dr A J Robinson, 2502 • J E Jack
son, 2482; Rev J A McLendon, 2470; J R D
Anthony, 2501 ; N Gilbert, 2477; Rev A Whit
ten, 2475 ; 0 E Hast, 2502 ; Dr D C Tompkins,
2477 ; J T Quzts, 2502; T D Padgett, 2502 ;8 W
Nicholson, 2502; J W Timmerman, 2502; Mrs
M S Wright. 2464; J Carroll, 2451; A S Moore,
2502; Dr D. S. Perkins, 2502; S E Perkins,
2502; Mrs S M Perkins, 2502 ; McK Law, 2487 ;
S A Burney, 2492; Rev E H Lawrence, 2502 ; J
Atkinson, 2470; Mrs M F Walton, 2465; A H
Coites, 2500 ; D L Lawrence, 2465 ; Rev A Win
chel, 2502; W Hearn, 2502: W H Preston,
2602 ; J A Kennedy, 2530.
Mrs. Mildred E. Atkinson-Biographical.
It is Scriptural to teach religion 'by the lives of
believers, and then it is right that our Redeemer
should have the glory of the work, which He be
gins and perfects in Pis people. Hoping that a
brief sketch of the life of the lovely Christian
whose name stands at the head of this article
may accomplish useful ends, I proceed to give it.
Sister Atkinson, wife of Rev. Wm D. Atkin
son, Professor in the Masonic Female College and
pastor of the Baptist church at Covington, died,
after a brief illness, on the 18th inst. She was
born in Hamilton, Ga., the daughter of Wm. and
Louisa Johnson. Hef‘first husband, Mr. Crook,
died nearly eight months after marriage, and
about five years ago she was married to Rev. W.
D. Atkinson. She was thirty-four years of age,
and leaves three children, one of the former mar
riage, and two by the latter.
Sister A. made a profession of religion *when
only about twelve years of age. Her evidences
of acceptance with God were not clear and satis
factory, however, until her twentieth year. The
change then was marked and decisive. From this
time her acquaintances never doubted the genu
ineness-of her religion. She was happy in tem
perament, and her religion was of the most cheer
ful and attractive character. She threw no shad
ow of gloom around her, but won hearts to her
self by smiles of happiness. She loved to show
hospitality, and especially to the ministers of the
gospel; indeed, she was truly benevolent. She
remembered the poor, clothing the naked and
feeding the hungry.
Her religion was one of principle. She loved
Christ and His cause, under t’:e deep conviction
that He first loved her, pnd that He had justified
her by Hia blood. Her convictions were unwa
vering as to the truth «f the doctrines and ordi
nances of the Baptist church. She was an un
compromising friend of temperance, fearing great
ly the evils resulting from the use of intoxicating
drinks. The greatest anxiety of her life was that
she might see her children brought up in the
principles of sobriety and religion. Two days
before her death, she feltytbat her hour to depart
was approaching; that stbe was called, and would,
in a day or two, finish lyr- course. It was Sab
bath evening. Then shtrsutnmoned her children
to her bedside, and gave, them her last counsels
and exhortations ; beginning with her eldest son,
then her husband’s sons. Now the whole family
was gathered, and to husband, children and faith
ful servants, she spoke with an eloquence almost
unearthly, and with a sweetness and gentleness
almost angelic. At last, how earnestly and con
fidently did she commit them all to her Heavenly
Father! Here was a scene that beggars descrip
tion. Never can the witnesses forget it; espe
cially, as with all the fullness of a Christian
mother’s love, she committed her little children j
to her Father, and then declared her assurance
that no one would ever mistreat them. She was
now partly in glory, gazing upon and experiencing
the beauties and joys of the celestial world,, and
longing to induce those she was leaving to follow
her. Thanks be unto God for the victory of His
grace in her, and for making her meet for heaven 1
The sun of her earthly life went down while it
was yet day. She was but a little over thirty
four years of age. Cut off in the midst of her
days, yet that star, so brilliant in the home cir
cle and in the sanctuary, is not darkened. Its lus
tre remains undimtned. It is only transferred to a
more serene and brilliant sky, where its lustre
will shine with increasing brightness forever.
Here, she was a gifted child of song. With a
peculiar power and delicacy, she touched the
sweetest cords and uttered the softest notes.
There , O, with what delight will she strike the
celestial harp and sing the song of Moses and the
Lamb!
Her funeral was held cm the 19th, at the Bap
tist church, where the citizens, and faculty and
students of the College assembled to pay the last
tribute to her memory. It so occurred, without
any previous Rrrangemerft, that three ministers
and intimate fiiends of her husband, were pres
ent. Rev. T. B. Cooper made the opening prayer,
Rev. S. Landrum preached, and Rev. D. E. But
ler concluded the services at the grave. The
audience was solemn as in the presence of death,
and much sympathy was manifested for the wid
owed husband and the motherless children.
• S. L
llgmeiKli
DEWBERRY—BEAL.—Married, on August 17th,
by Elder H. A. Williams,-at the bride’s father’s, Mr.
James R. Dewberry and Miss Ella V. Beal—all of the
city of Augusta.
©bitirarg.
Obituaries containing ten lines will be inserted in
the Index & Baptist free of charge. After that a charge
of twenty cents a line will be made.
Sr Persons sending obituaries must provide for the
payment of the excess beyond the lines published gratis-
MAXWELL.—Miss Flora Maxwell, who died 12th
July, 1869, was born in Lee county, Ga. With her pa
rents, she removed to Americus in 1853, which contin
ued to be her home until death.
For more than two years, she was the victim of that
fell-destroyer, consumption, and for the last six or eight
months of her illness, was a great sufferer. Loving
life, and surrounded by admiring friends, and circum
stances which conspired to make it desirable, she re
sisted. and yielded reluctantly to the progress of the
disease which at last overpowered and destroyed her.
The order and culture of her mind were above medioc
rity. In her were combined a sound understanding, a
vigorous, if not rich, imagination, and precision of
thought. Conversing with ease, she expressed herself
in the fewest and most pointed words. She was un
swerving in morals, and, therefore, in a marked degree,
courageons, independent and truthful in her character.
And while disdaining the sycophancy and snobbishness
common to polite circles, no one could boast a larger
number of devoted friends. Her great delicacy of feel
ing made her study the wants and anticipate the wishes
of all she knew; and to the la3t hour of consciousness,
she was singularly mindful of the comfort of those
around her. Coupled with great personal beauty, her
manners, though unsophisticated, were easy and grace
ful, and no one succeeded better in making their guests
and friends “ feel at home.”
" The one of pure and simple heart,
Through life disdains a double part ;
She never needs the screen of lies,
Her inward bosom to disguise.”
And though not beguiled by the blandishments and
tinsel of the world, it will ever be a matter of regret
that the influence and example of such a character were
not given to the religion of Jesus Christ. It was not
till fate in life that her mind became engrossed with the
interests of the soul. I think*. said she, of nothing else
day and night. She avowed of heart, trust in
Jesus, and hope of eternal life. And if the manifesta
tions of her acceptance with God were not bright, she
left reason to the bereaved to hope “ all is well.”
“ 0 how cheating, 0 how fleeting,
Is all eartblv beauty !
Like a summer flow’ret flowing.
Scattered by the breezes blowing
O’er the bed on which ’twas growing.
“ 0 how cheating, 0 how fleeting,
All; yes, all that’s earthly !
Everything is fading, flying,
Man is mortal, earth is dying;
Christian, live, on heaven reiving.”
C.
Americas, August 1869.
PEAT.—Hied, in Lowndes cour.ly, Ala., June 26tb>
1869, at. the residence of her nephew' and adopted son,
Major John B. Rudolph, Mrs. Eliza Yeates Peav, in the
sixty-eightn year of her age. She had been for many
years a devoted and humble Christian. Amid numer
ous trials, she was sustained by the grace of the Re
deemer whom she loved : anff, though habitually dis
trustful of herself, passed away in calm and peaceful
confidence towards God. The book of her lamentations
is closed. The volume of her rejoicings has begun.
B. M., Jr.
j%rial friigious Jtoticts.
Tuskegee Sunday School Convention.
This Convention will meet with the Union Springs
Baptist church on Friday night before the meeting of
the Association. Alt are invited to attend.
J. J. Cloud.
Tuskegee Association.
The Tuskegee Association meets with the Union
Springs church on Saturday before the third Sabbath
in September. By the accompanying notice, it will
bs seen that members of the Association will only
have to pay Railroad fare going. We do hope to see
a full representation fnm all the churches. Can’t
you be with us, brother Toon f Please give the
notice a place in the Index and Baptist.
Z. D. Roby.
TO DELEGATES.
We are authorized to say that delegate to the Tus
kegee Association will be returned free of charge
over the M. A W. P., and the M. & G. R. R.’s on
presentation of tickets from the presiding officer of
the Association, showing that they paid foil sere going
down. Z. D. Roby, Clerk.
August 20, 1809.
Jhjligious glottis.
Bible Meetings for September—North Georgia.
Danlsnega, Sunday, 11 o'clock, sth ; Blairsville,
Tuesday night, 7th; Hiwassee. Wednesday night,
Bth; Clayton, Thursday night, 9tb; Clarkesville, Sun
day, 11 o’clock, 12th ; Cleveland, Monday night, 13th ;
Homer, Friday, 11 o’clock, 17ih ; Ckrnesville, Sunday,
11 o’clock. 19th; Hartwell, Tuesday night, 21st;
Elberton. Wednesday night, 22d ; Danielsville, Tues
day night, 23rd; Lexington, Sunday, 11 o’clock, 26th.
The pastors of the different churches are earnestly
requested to unite all the congregations in each of
the above-named towns, in any one of the churches,
at the time appointed ; and to give as much publicity
as possible to these Bible meetings. The object is
to re-organize the old Societies, form new ones and to
supply all the people with the Holy Scriptures “ with
out note or comment.” Wm. A. Parks,
Assistant Ag’t American Bible Society, for Ga.
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Sunday School Convention. •
Delegates wishing to attend the Baptist Sunday
School Convention, to meet at 9 o’clock, Saturday,
28th of August, 1869, at Fort Deposit, Ala., 32 miles
South of Montgomery, will bear in mind that arrange
ments have been made with the R. R. Superintendent
to pass delegates at half fare. Hope that many Sun
day school workers will meet us there.
Appalachee Association.
Extract from the minutes of the last session of the
Appalachee Association, with a request of the Clerk
‘•ls. Appointed the next session of this body to be
held with the church at Bethel, (seven miles east of
Monroe,) Walton county, Friday before the third
Lord's day in September, 1969.
“16. Resolved , That the afternoon services of the <
first day of our next • session be devoted to ihe ;
discussion and promotion of religious instruction to
the young. „
‘•-IS. Received report on Nominations, * J. J* Wal
lace to preach Introductory; G? A- - NvnntUy, *|lter
natev” . ' '■ > * * '"r'.
It is the earnest desire of our that sister
Associations be well represented. Will not many at
tend? They are assured of a warm welcome.
G. A. Nunnallv, Clerk.
The Union Meeting
For the Jackson District oi the Sarepta Association,
wjll be held with Black’s Creek church. Madison
county, on Friday before the fifth Lord’s day in August
mst. Tne Sabbath School Convention meets on
Thursday before, at the same place ; and on Saturday
lollowiiig, the Ministers and Deacons’ Meeting of
the Sarepta Association convenes also. Brethren
generally will bear this in mind and attend. Essays
and addresses will read and delivered. Let all come
wbocan. W. C. Howard, Clerk.
The Ministers and Deacons’ Meeting
Os the Georgia Association will be held with the
church at Greenwood, Wilkes county, beginning Friday
before the sth Sabbath in this month. Let every one
who can, be present and aid in the deliberations of this
important meeting. Pastor.
August 10, ’869.
The next General meeting of the fourth District of
the Tuskegee Association, (Ala.) will be held with the
Philadelphia Baptist church, near Smith’s station,
about six miles Northeast of Columbus, in Lee county,
commencing on Friday, the 27th. before the fifth Sab
bath in August. The following appointments were
made at the last session: Rev. Z. D. Roby, Introducto
ry sermon; Rev. S. C. Hearne, Alternate. A full at
tendance of delegates from the churches are desired; a
cordial welcome will be extended to all that will come.
Elders J. M. Leonard, T. B. Slade, and perhaps brother
J. H. DeVotie, will be with us.
July 3rd, 1869 CLARK ALDRID6E,
ts Secretary.
Notice.
A Ministers and Deacons’ Meeting, within the
bounds of tbe Bethel Association, will begin, at Blake
ly, Ga., on Friday before the sth Sabbath in August
next. The brethren are cordially invited to aUed.
. v Pastor.
Blakely. Ga., July 19, 1809. 2449-4 t
Notice.
The Ebenezer Baptist Association, (Colored,) will
bold its fourth Annual Meeting with the First Baptist
church, at Albany, Ga., on Friday before the second
Lord’s day in September next. It is earnestly hoped
that all the delegates will come up full of the Holy
Spirit, to do the.work of their Lord and Master well. I
would also earnestly ask the several Railroad Officers
in the State to pass all the delegates over their roads
for one fare. By request of the Moderator,
REV. FRANK QUARLES.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
pRISTINU AND BINDING ESTABLISHMENT,
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
THE
FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AH kinds of work in every department executed
with
NEATNESS AND DISPATCH, AT REASONABLE
PRICES.
Plain and Fancy Printing,
INCLUDING
NEWSPAPERS. PAMPHLETS. PROGRAMMES,
MAGAZINES, REPORTS, CIRCULARS,
«
BOOKS, CARDS, &c„
■4- *
AND ALL OTHEB
PRINTING IN EVERT VARIETY OF STYLE.
In order to meet the growing demand of the times,
the Proprietor is constantly increasing his facilities
in the Art of Printing, and hopes, with the continu
ance of that liberal patronage which has been ex
tended in past years, to build up in Atlanta, a first
class
SOUTHERN PUBLISHING HOUSE,
where every species of work known to the Art may
be satisfactorily executed, both in regard to Prices
and Style. This the Proprietor of the Franklin
Printing! House is now enabled to dd, With gratifying
success: but such has become the demand for Print
ing, that only the latest improvements in machinery
and type can enable him to meet that growing de
mand. Such of these improvements, therefore, as
the establishment does not now embrace in its vast
resources,will be at once procured; and, with the
aid of steam and skilled workmen, there cannot, in
the future, exist any plausible reason why Southern
works should be sent to Northern publishing houses.
BOOK BINDING.
This department of the “ Franklin Printing House”
is already complete as any in the South ; but
the Proprietor designs increasing his facilities in
that branch of the business, also. The commercial
world of Georgia can here obtain all that is wanted
in blank books of any and every pattern ; while to
Banks, Railroad Companies and other corporations,
the same general invitation is extended to forward
their orders and have them promptly executed at a
trifling advance upon New York prices.
Send all orders to J, J. TOON,
Franklin Printing House,
Atlanta, Georgia.
MISCELLANEOUS.
To Farmers and Gardeners. —As many of our
regular readers are of this class, wo would, in behalf
of those less experienced, propound to them a few
questions of practical importance, to which we trust
many of thorn will respond. We would urge them to
the performance ot tbe task for which they are so
amply qualified :
I. The best method of curing ami preserving Irish
potatoes for winter use. 11. The best variety of On
ion, and the means for their preservation during the
winter. 111. The method of saving seed peas, beans
Lc. IV. llow to secure a good stand of turnips in a
wet or dry season. V. The value of the root crop,
such as rula-baga turnips, mangels, carrots, pars
pips, ice. VI. The efl'ect of taking fodder from the
corn before its maturity. VII. The best plan ot sav
ing seed corn, wheat, oat*, barley and rye. VIII.
Articles upon the management of stock and poultry.
Contributions upon any of the above subjects will
be thankfully received and duly acknowledged. ts
JpALL AND WINTER IMPORTATION
1869.
RIBBONS. MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS.
ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO.,
237 & 239 BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
Bonnet and Trimming Ribbons, Velvet and Sash
Ribbons, Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets, Illu
sions, Blonds, Laces, Ruches, Netts and
• Crapes, French Flowers and Feathers,
Straw Bonnets and Lames’ Hats,
trimmed and untrimmed. Silk,
Velvet and Felt Bonnets
and Hats, Sundowns
and Shaker Hoods.
The largest Stock o#Millinery Goods in this Coun
try, and unequalled m choice variety, which we of
fer at prices that will defy Abmpetition.
BORDERS SOLICITED.
2452-2453-21*
Sunday School Books.
F. M. Haygood, Macon, (fa., Keeps on hand a full
supply of Baptist S. S. books, and can fill orders for
religions books generally.
p o WHEAT GBOWEBS-
Our Descriptive Price List of choice Seed Wheat
is issued, and will lie mailed free to any one desimntr,
on receipt of address. We offer a selection ot very
superior varieties, and a very prime article of pure,
clean seed. EDW’D. J. EVANS & CO.,
Nurserymen and Seedsmen,
2451—2456-6 t York, Penn.
QLD ESTABLISHED^TROY bELL FOUNDRY"
TKOY. N. Y —(Established 1852.) a large assort
ment of Church. Academy, Fire Alarm, and other
Bells constantly on hand and made to order. Large
Illustrated Catalogues sent free upon application to
2449-2470-22 t JONES & CO-, Troy, N. Y.
COMMISSION MEaCHANTS.
• J. W. Lathkop. j. L. Warbkk. H. W. Denslow.
J W. LATHROP & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMISSION & FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
No. 94 Bay Street.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
BAGGING AND ROPE, OR IRON TIES, ad
vanced on crops. Liberal cash advances made on
consignments for sale in Savannah, or on shipment to
reliable correspondents in Liverpool, New York,
Philadelphia or Baltimore. 2451—2475-25 t
F. W. SIMS. J. F. WHEATON. N. B. BROWN.
jp W. SIMS CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCNANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Consignments solicited: Remittances made promptly :
Advances of Provisions, Bagging, Ties and Hope mode
to persons sending us Cotton for sale.
2460 2474-25 t. „ ,
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC.
psi E BEST.—AGENTS WANTED.
“ It it worth more on a Bible-reader’s desk than
fifty commentaries.” —Howard Crosby , D.D.
Agents Wanted, to solicit orders for the
Great Biblical Work of tbe Nineteenth Century,
DR. WM. SMITH’S UNABRIDGED
DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE.
Revised and Edited by H. B. Hackett, D.D., LL.D.
With the co-operation ot Ezra Abbot, A.M., A.A.S.
Embracing numerous Additions and Corrections by
over twenty of the most Eminent Divines and Schol
ars in America.
Uniting in one Perfected Standard Work, the com
bined labors of upwards of One Hundred of the first
Biblical Scholars in the world.
An Unapproachable Work, with Exclusive Ter
ritory and extremely Liberal Terms.
Send for Circulars and you will receive ample
proof that it is the best Work to canvass for now be
fore the public.
For full particulars and terms address the publish
ers, HURD AND HOUGHTON,
459 Broome St., New York.
CAUTION. — The only complete and Unabridged
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Child’s Delight
A Baptist Sunday School paper, illustrated, of 8
jIV. pages. Published monthly in two parts, and
distributed semi-monthly. Single copy 50 cts.; 6 cop
ies $2 ; 10 copies $1; 20 copies $5; 100 copies $25;
150 copies $35 ; 200 copies $45 ; 30C copies $66.
Address, simply, S. Boykin,
Macon, Ga.
Money may be sent free of expense to the publish
er, and at his risk— either by postal order or by ex
press, or by registered letters, or by mail securely
sealed, without telling anybody, especially the P. M.
Pay must be made in advance. Specimen copies
sent on application.
SAMUEL BOYKIN,
2452—2464-13 t. Macon. Ga.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,
TJOLLINS INSTITUTE,
BotetourtjSprings,*Va.
The twenty-seventh annual session of this Insti
tute for young ladies will open on the fourth Wednes
day o) September, and continue to the lourth
Wednesday of June, 1870. The Board of Govern
ment and Instruction consists of live gentlemen and
six ladies, aud the capacity of the buildings is for 160
resident pupils. For board and tuition in all literary
branches, the charge is $250, per session. Music
SSO. Pupils furnish lights, towels and Text Books,
all of which can be procured at the place for cash.
No extra charges whatever. Payments in three
equal installments.
The premises of this Institute are extensive and
inviting, and the location most desirable. Its pupils
enjoy the further advantages of fine mineral waters of
several varieties. In literary advantages, extent and
comfort ot accommodations, beauty and grandeur ol
surrounding scenery and salubrity of climate, the In
stitute offers inducements to Southern patroiiage,
combined by no other in the State.
SUMMER BOARDING.
Pupils remaining during the vacation months, from
the last of June to the last of September, are charged
at regular rates—s2l per month. The place being a
delightful summer residence, enjoying a mountain
climate and mineral waters, their relatives and friends
will find here, at moderate cost, a pleasant retreat
from more sultry climes.
Apply to the Superintendent for further particulars.
The Post-office is Botetourt Springs, Roanoke coun
ty, Virginia. CHAS. L, COGKE, Supt .
REFERENCES:
Rf.v. D. Shaver, D.D., Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. J. A. Broadus, D.D., Greenville. S. C.
Rev. J. P. Boyce, D.D., Greenville, S- Gh
Rev. J. B. Jeter, D.D., Rev. J. L. M. Curry,
LL.D., Rev. J. Burrows. D.D., Richmond, Va.
Dr. Jno. M. Lanohornr, Uniontown, Ala.
Dr. B. H. Riggs, Selma, Ala.
Thos. St. John, Eag., Moisile, Ala.
G. W. Tarlton, Esq., Mobile, Ala.
Maj, W. H. Ross, Mobile. Ala.
Lloyd Bowers, Esq., Mobile, Ala.
Dr'- A. A. Yales, New Orleans, La.
C. W. HVywajiß, Esq., New Orleans, La.
- 2452-2457-61.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
A LBEMARLE (BAP.) FEMALE INSTITUTE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
FACULTY OF INSTRUCTION FOR BBSS. 1869-10.
JOHN HART, M. A., Mathematics, Natural Set
ences and Preparatory Department.
REV. JOHN L. JOHNSON, Ancient Languages,
Modern Languages, English Literature.
R. S. MORGAN, Esq., History, English Languages
and Composition.
REV. JOHN C. LONG, Moral Philosophy.
MISS NANNIE L. COLEMAN, Preparatory De
partment.
MISS MOLLIE ALEXANDER, Music.
The session begins on vVednesday, Sept. lf»th,
1869, and ends June 25th, 1870. The expenses for
the entire session, are as tollows: payable half in
advance, unless otherwise agreed.
Board, including fuel, lights and washing f220
Tuition, any 3 schools of Collegiate Depart
ment
Tuition, any 4 or more “••••« *’)o
Tuition, Preparatory Department. 36
Music Lessons, (2 per week, one hour each).. 50
Use of Piano for practice M”‘
Drawing, Painting dee., at about usual ratire.
For further information, address me at Charlottes
ville. JOHN HART, M. A., Principal.
2452—2456-st.
university;
The exercises will be resumed Wednesday, August
25th. Tuition for the Fall Term, SB2.
Good board can be obtained at sls to S2O per month
—lodging, fuel and lights about SB, addit'onal.
J. E. WILLET. Sec. Faculty.
Peiifield, Ga., Aug. 11, 1869. 2451-2453-31
gOWARD COLLEGE
FACULTY:
REV. S. R. FREEMAN, A.M., President.
E. Q. THORNTON, A.M., Professor of Chemistry,
Natural History and Modern Languages.
T J. DILL, A.M., Professor of Ancient Languages.
REV. S. R. FREEMAN, A.M., Professor of Intel
lectual and Moral Philosophy, and Political Economy,
and Instructor in Theology,
t JNO. h. JONES, A.M., Professor of Mathematics and
Philosophy.
« REV. I. B VaIDEN, A.M., Principal of the Prepar
atory Department.
TERMS:
Tuition in College, per term months, SBO.OO
Tuition in Prepa’torv Department, months, 20.00
Payable in advance. Board from $12.50 to $15.00 per
month.
The exercises of the Col lege will be resumed on the
Ist Monday in October next.
For further particulars, or for Catalogues and Circu
lars, apply to J. B. LOVELACE,
Sec. Board, Trusteet.
Marion , Ala., Aug. 1 st, 1869. 2450-2458-9 t.
SOUTHERN MASONIC FEMALE
COLLEGE.
THIS INSTITUTION, located in Covington, Ga., is
nowin successful operttion. It belongs to the Grand
Lodge of Georgia, and is controlled by authority of the
same The exercises of tbe Institution will be resumed
on the 16tb of August, with the old Board of Instruc
tion complete, consisting of three gentlemen and six
* nforiPa,ti °Q avVs L P Q RK, e A,' M.
RICHMOND COLLEGE.
The next session of this Institution will open Oc
tober Ist, and close July Ist.
Facu%ty.
EDMUND HARRISON, A. M., Prof, of Latin and
French.
H. H. HARRIS, M.A., Prof of Greek and German.
ED. B. SMITH, M.A., Prof, of MathemaJics.
B. PURYEAR, A.M., Prof, of Natural Sciences.
J. L. M. CURRY, LL.D., Prof, of English Language
and History.
EDWARD K. MURRAY, M.A., Tutor in Latin,
Mathematics and English.
G. MORRIS NICOL, Instructor in Book-Keep
ing, etc.
The course of study is distributed among seven
independent schools, so divided into classes and sec
tions as to accommodate students of different grades
of advancement, and secure to each thorough in
struction in the lecture room.
EXPENBBS.
Tuition in three schools (the usual number.)i and
other fees, SBS. Board, in Professors’or other private *
families, at $54 per quarter, (three months) ; in mess
ing clubs, about $9 per month. For Catalogue and
detailed information, address,
B. PURYEAR, Chairman,
2449—2458-10 t P. O. Box 183, Richmond, Va.
CENTRAL FEMALE COLLEGE,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The exercises of this Institution will be resumed on
the firist Monday in October next.
For particular information address,
REV. J. H. FOSTER,
REV. C. MANLY,
2448 —2456-yt Principals.
-Q NIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE—
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
THE Twentieth Course of Lectures will commence
on the first day of November next. The Preliminary
Course commences on the First Monday in October.
Theory and pract ce—William K. Bowling, M.D'
Obstetrics —Charles K. Winston, M.D.
Chemistry—J. Berrien Lindsley, M.D.
Surgery—William T. Briggs, M.D.
Institutes—Thomas L. Maddin, M.D.
Clinical Medicine—Willium L, Nichol, M.D,
Materia Medica —John H. Callender, M.D.
Anatomy —Thomas B. Buchanan, M.D.
Surgical Anatomy—Van S. Lindsley, M.D.
Demonstrator—Heury M. Compton, M.D..
FEES.—The American Medical Association at the
meeting in May last, at New Orleans, passed a resolu
tion that no school charging less than $l2O, (while it
favored by a large majority $140,) should be represented
in that body, nor should graduates of such schools be
recognized—therefore the tickets for the full course of
lectures is $140; Matriculating $6; Dissecting $10;
Graduating SBO.
For additional information apply to
J. berrlen lindsley.
Dean of Faculty.
June, 1868.—2448—2458-6 t *
jy£OUNT ZION SELECT SCHOOL,
MOUNT ZION i GEORGIA.
Washington College, Gen. Lee, President, has con
ferred upon this Bohool the Scholarship for this State.
•‘ The student who may prove the best scholar on
Competitive Examination, will be entitled to one
year’s tuition and College charges, free of expense
money equivalent, one hundred dollars.” The Rec
tor of the School will confer upon the young man
who may prove second, a halt scholarship in Wash
ington College. Students will be prepared for any
in any Cofege, or for Business. Expenses re
duced to $320 per scholastic year. The School is re
commended by the officers of some of the best Uni
versities at the South.
dec6-yr W. J. NORTHEN. Rector.
goUTHERN BAPTIST
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
GREENVILLE , S. C. ,
JAMES P. BOYCE, D.D., Professor of Systematic
Theology.
JOHN A. BROADUS, D.D., Professor of Interpre
ation df the New Testament.
BASIL MANLY. Jr., D.D.. Professor of Biblical
Introduction. Polemic Theology, and Preparation and
Delivery of Sermons.
REV. CRAWFORD H. TOY. Profe-sor of Inter
pretation of the Old Testament and Oriental Lan
guages.
WM. WILLIAMS, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiasti
cal History, Church Government and Pastoral Duties.
The next Session (ot eight months) opens on
Wednesday. September 1. 1569, when there will be an
Inaugural Address by Prof. Toy. It is on every ac
count important for Students to be present on the
first day. <
The studies are exclusively Theological, and em
brace au extensive range of subjects, in which the
best College graduates and those who have only a
plain English education can alike find whatever they
are prepared for and prefer. The whole course re
quires at leash three years, hut & Student may come
lor only a single Session, and select his subjects, with
aid from the Professors, if desired, and may graduate
in each of the particular schools he attends. No
charges for tuition, nor fees of any kind. Text-Books
lent to those who cannot conveniently purchase them.
Students may bqard at the Seminary Hall, with rooms
free of rent, and paying only the actual coat of living,
which, for the past Session, averaged $8 25 a month.
Those who prefer it, may board in private families, at
about sls a month. In either case, fuel, lights and
washing will add some $2 50 a month. Brethren
wishing to attend, but unable to command the neces
sary means, will please write promptly to Rev. B.
Manly’. Jr., who will arrange to givelhem pecuniary
aid. Churches aad individual brethren and sisters
are requested to send him contributions, large or
smyll, for that purpose. QreenviUf; is la a healthy
mountain region, aud is reached by railrpgd, Co
lumbia, S. 6. For further information, Catalogues,
due., address Rev. Jamks P. Boyok, (Chairman 'ot the
Faculty,) any of the Professors, or
B. MANLY, Jr.
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