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been permitted to believe and practice what
they understand the Bible to teach. A
slight taxation alone does not destroy reli
gious liberty, however unjust such taxation
may be.
I will not elaborate this point now.—
i consider that the “ 1260 days ” ended in
the year 1792. At this point it becomes
proper to notice an error commonly com
mitted by writers on prophecy. The error
alluded to is the use of a solar for a Jewish
year. The former contains 365£ days ; and
the latter, 360. This difference—consider
ing that ail the prophecies, involving the
use of “ days,” or years, were delivered on
the basis of the Jewish year —is very con
siderable in “ 1260 days”; of course it is
less in 30 “ days,” (1296—1260=30) and
in the 45 “ days ” 1335—1290=45). It
is a general rule in prophecy, that a “ day”
means a year —that is, a Jewish year, or
360 days. But 1260 Jewish years make
not quite 1242 solar years. Hence, in the
popular calculations there is an error of
18 years at least. But if the *‘1260 days
are ended, this error cannot atlect the cal
culation.
If the first prophetic period ended in
1792, the second, or “ 1290 days ” should
end in 1821 or 1822. The margin of one
year is here allowed for the difference be
tween 30 Jewish years and the same num
ber of solar years, as also the fraction want
ed of making out 1242 years above. Now,
what transpired in the year 1821 or 1822?
The Mahometan power began to wane —
the second prophetic monster began to lose
his power—the river, “ Euphrates, was
dried up.” There now. remains but one
other date till the blessed period—4s Jewish
years. This period reduced to solar years,
considering the loss on the preceding “ 30
days,” makes 44 "years, or thereabout. —
44 added to 1822 will make 1800, the
blessed period. “ Blessed is he that wait
eth, and cometh to the thousand three hun
dred and six and thirty days.” (Dan.xii: 12)
The writer does not affirm that these dates
are correctly interpreted. There may be
an error connected with the interpretation
given to the “ 1260 days” still it is be
lieyed that if any such error does exist, it
is not a very considerable one—and “ the
signs of the times ” go far towards estab
lishing this fact.
— How the blessed era is to be introduced,
and what arc to be some of its prominent
characteristics, will be considered in a fu
ture article. A. £5- VV.
Anollier Rnconrnfinx Aspect or the
War.
Brother Hornady : In a former commu
nication I made mention of the fact, that
many arc now receiving religious instruc
tion in the camp who were deprived of it
when at home ; that multitudes from the
new and sparsely settled States are being
thrown into the older and more evangelized
communities, and that the missionary or
00l porter going among them can now im
part as much knowledge of Divine things in
a few months as formerly in as many years.
My purpose in these lines is to direct at
tention to another star shining out of the
dark clouds. The hearts of thousands are
more susceptible of religious impression
now than before they entered the service.
At home, in times of peace and prosperity,
how hard is it to realize one’s danger—to
feel that there is but a step between him
and death ! Speak to him about the great
concerns of eternity, and he replies, ‘ What
you say is true and important, but there is
no need of haste. I have the prospect of
many years, and shall have ample time to
attend to this matter. Go thy way for
this time.’ It is very different with the
soldier. Around him dangers are so thick
and manifest that he is forced to feel how
frail and uncertain is life. He sees his
comrades falling into the grave from the
effects of camp disease and from the weap
ons of the enemy, and he knows not how
soon he may follow them to the house ap
pointed for all the living. Thus he realizes
to a great extent the very thing that must
be felt before any soul turns to God, and
which men in general are so slow to realize.
Facts, familiar to every chaplain and
id porter, fully confirm the foregoing state
ments. A Presbyterian chaplain assures
us that during the eight months he has been
in the service, he has witnessed more anxi
ety to hear the gospel, and more tears, than
during the same period while engaged in
the pastorate. A Baptist pastor says,
“ before that regiment left our city, the
t'olonel, a very irreligious man, said to me,
1 am about to start to the theatre of war;
I know that the fortunes of war are very
uncertain, and therefore 1 beg that you will
remember me in your prayers.’ ” In scores
of Instances those laboring for tfe spiritual
interests of the army have testified that,
“ with few exceptions, they find the soldiers
solemnly impressed with the importance of
religious matters."
Here, then, is another incentive to prayer
end effort. Many, probably thousands, will
be savingly impressed wifh the weight o‘
BANKER A_ !N D BA.P XX SX.
Divine things in the camp, who, at home,
with peace and prosperity, would have re
mained careless and Christless.
A. E. Dickinson.
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The News.
From Corinth. —The two armies at this
place are standing face to face, and a gen
eral engagement seems imminent. Heavy
skirmishing has been going on for several
days, With various success, 001. Morgan
encountered a supply train of the enemy at
Pulaski, Tenn., which he succeeded in cap
turing, with 280 prisoners.
From Virginia. —The Confederates have
fallen back from Yorktown, it is said, to
within ten miles of Richmond. 1 here was
a considerable fight at Williamsburg with
our rear guard. We lost 500 in killed and
wounded. The enemy were repulsed with
heavy loss. We took 900 prisoners and
ten pieces of cannon. Our forces have
evacuated Norfolk, and in the neighborhood
of Richmond the great battle for Independ
ence will probably be fought. We would
urge upon our people to be earnest in
prayer to Almighty God, who “can help,
whether with many or with them who have
nopporer.”w r er.”
Paste-board,
All who have paste-board boxes, can turn
them to good account by sending them to
the Franklin Printing-House, Atlanta, Ga.,
to be used in binding Testaments.
Wlial They Say.
The following paragraph comes to us in
a letter renewing the writer’s subscription:
“If it will produce a ‘smile’ on your
features, dear Editor, these ‘ trying times,’
to know that you have another friend be
sides Aunt Edith, who is very solicitous
for your welfare, the writer can assure you
that she had rather be deprived of her third
meal each day than to be deprived of the
pleasant weekly visits of The Banner.”
PROCLAMATION.
To the People of the Confederate States:
An enemy waging war in a manner vio
lative of the usages of civilized nations, has
invaded our country ; with presumptuous
reliance on superior numbers, he has de
clared his purpose to reduce us to submis
sion. We struggle to preserve our birth
right of constitutional freedom. Our trust
is in the justice of our cause and the protec
tion of our God. Recent disaster has spread
gloom over the land, and sorrow sits at the
hearthstones of our countrymen ; but a peo
ple conscious of rectitude, and faithfully re
lying on their Father in Heaven, may be
cast down, but cannot be dismayed. They
may mourn the loss of the martyrs whose
lives have been sacrificed in their defence,
but they receive this dispensation of Divine
Providence with humble submission and
reverent faith. And now that our hosts are
again going forth to battle, and loving hearts
at home are filled with anxious solicitude for
their safety, it is meet that the whole people
should turn imploringly to their Almighty
Father, and beseech 11 is all-powerful pro
tection.
To this end, therefore, 1, Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States of Amer
ica, do issue this, my Proclamation, inviting
all the people to unite, at their several
places of worship, on Friday , the sixteenth
day of the present month of May, in humble
supplication to Almighty God that He will
vouchsafe His blessings on our beloved
country; that He will strengthen and pro
tect our armies; that He will watch over
and preserve our people from the evil ma
chination of our enemies; and that He will
in this, our good time, restore to us the bless
ing of peace ami security under His shelter
ing care.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
Confederate States, at Richmond,
[seal) on the third day of May, A. D.
eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Jefferson Davis.
Macon, Georgia.
To Christian Ministers in the Confederacy :
The watchmen upon the walls of Zion
should cry aloud against every violation of
the Divine law.
While we are rallying our Churches to
invoke the Divine benediction upon our
arms, there are two palpable evils winked
at by the authorities —drunkenness and
Sabbath-breaking. Either ofthese is enough
to bring down the Divine anathema upon
us. Can we do nothing to arrest these
evils, and avert the anger of our insulted ‘
King?
Our good I s resident has called on us and!
our charges to humble ourselves before the
mighty hand of God, and by fasting and
prayer, beseech Him to bh ss our land and
prosper our arms. We have done so.—
Now let us call on our wise and Christian
President to dismiss every drunken officer 1
who will not abstain from the use of intoxi- ;
eating liquors, and to put an end to all;
drills and‘reviews on the holy Sabbath.—'
So long as the former continues, the de
moralization of our armies will place them:
out of the pale of God’s favor and protec
tion, as well as unlit them for the trusts,
sacred and holy, which have been commit
ted to them. The latter is placing us as a
nation in defiance to the authority of Heaven.
1 would propose that every Minister in
this Confederacy, of every name and order,
who is w illing to sign a petition to the au
thorities at Richmond to have these evils
removed, send their name-' to Rev. S.
Bovkia in this city. Let us act, and act at
once, a4 the evils may be removed,
8, W. W arren, ■
Travels in the South.
Bear Brother Hornady:
Having been for some time visiting prom
inent points in the South, in behalf of army
colportage, I will, from time to time, fur
nish the readers of The Banner with brief
sketches of whatever I may see and hear
in these travels calculated to interest them.
Wilmington, N. C.—At this point 1 found
a considerable army, in which but little col
portage work had been done, though the
pastors of the various churches of the city
had distributed whatever reading matter]
they could spare from their libraries. The
Baptist pastor, Rev. J. L. Prichard, re
marked that he had gathered up all the
pamphlets, tracts, papers, &e., which for
many years he had accumulated, amounting
to “ several bushels,” and while'going from
tent to tent had realized, as never before,
the blessedness of such labor. Oftentimes
on entering an encampment the soldiers
would flock around him, begging to be sup
plied with the word of the Load. While
in this city I arranged with brother C. D.
Ellis for him to keep on hand a large sup
ply of our publications, and to furnish with
our tracts, gratuitously, all the pastors and
any others who may desire the luxury of
acting as distributers. In this way much
has already been effected for this division
of the army.
At Colombia, 8. 0., much bile rest was
excited in behalf of this cause. An im
mense mass meeting was held at the Baptist
church. A lady present went home sad,
because she “ had nothing to give, having
so frequently contributed to the soldiers,”
as she remarked. The next morning she
handed me a fine gold watch, stating that
she could better do without a w*teh than
the soldiers could do without the Testa
ment. Ex-Governor Gist handed me a do
nation, with the following statement of his
conviction of the. importance of the work f
“ The soldiers are not only exposed to the
bullets and steel of the enemy, but the con
taminating influences of camp life, and
should, therefore, be furnished with the
word of God and the writings of ploys men,
that their leisure hours may be spent in
useful readingrather than frivolous conver
sation, or what is infinitely worse, idleness
and dissipation.” 1 called to see Colonel
John S. Preston and left at his residence a
circular, as he was not in. The next morn
ing he sent me the following note &vith a
handsome contribution : “My obst'Hation
of the army is, that the better man the bet
ter soldier; and Igo a step further, in our
sacred cause the better Christian the better
soldier. We are now fighting not only for
political and civil liberty, but for existence,
and, as I solemnly believe, for the purity of
our religion, in separating ourselves from
the debauching influence of alliance with a
people half infidel, half fanatic. When
President Davis announced to Bishop Polk
i his appointment as Major-General, the Bish
op said, * i accept it; believing in my soul
that in fighting for the South, I am lighting
the battles of my Master, the Lord Jesus
Christ.’ leach a soldier to die like a Chris
tian, and he will be very apt to fight like a
patriot.”
Greenville, S>. 0., is a beautiful town,
surrounded by a country very much, in ap
pearance, similar to that around Charlottes
ville. It comes as near being a Baptist
town as any in the South. The Baptist
iState University (Furman) is located here,
and there are some twelve Bapt.st minis
iters in the v illag e, one-half of whom are
1 Doctors of Divinity. The seminary is do
' ing well, and 1 think will continue to flourish
and secure a large place in the affections of
the denomination in all the Confederate
States. It would be difficult to find men
] more adapted to guide such an institution
(than Doctors Boyce, Broadus, Manly and
Williams. Brother Boyce is for the pres
i ent a chaplain in the C onfederate service, 1
i though the duties of his chair are well at
| tended to by the other professors.
It would be difficult to furnish the reader]
j an adequate idea of the munificent liberality
which the eitizens of Charleston bestow
upon any cause which looks to the good of
i the army. A large proportion of the city
still smoking in its ruins,- 1 hesitated as to
whether it would be worth while to slop
there. Knowing, however, that “every
little helps,” I concluded to remain a few
days. Rev. J. P. Boyee, D. I)., whose
regiment was in the city, said to me—
; “ Though I’ve so recently sent you 156, you
are welcome to this, if it will do you any
good,” handing me SIOO. Rev. If. A.
Tupper, chaplain <*f a Georgia regiment*
also handed me f 100. These two brethren
went with me around, and, largely through
their influence, I obtained seventeen hundred
and fifty dollars in Charleston.
In Savannah, Rev. S. Landrum inform
ed me of some very interesting facts illu*
trative of the good that may be Jnue by \
sending religious reading to so’uiers. A
few Teatamoat* were given to a company
near that city , w hich weje instrumental in j
establishing a Sabbath-school and a prayer- j
meeting, and several had professed conver
sion at the meetings which were then being
held every night at that encampment.—
All this resulted from the inspired pages
which had found their way to these poor
soldiers. Brother Landrum has of late
baptized a captain, who stated that never
till he became a soldier did he understand
the way to be saved. We have now a de
pository at Savannah, by means of which
the large army around that city is being
supplied with the Word of the Lord. •
A. E. Dickinson.
Cherokee Indian Mtnasion.
The following subscriptions, to establish
a Mission among the Cherokee Indians,made
at Dalton, May, 1859, remain unpaid:
C.H, Stillwell $ 5
A. A. McKee 5 ]
G. B. T. Moore 2 ]
J. H. McClung 10
F. R. Robert 10
A. W. Buford 10
A. S. Smith 5
Miss E. Culbertson 5i
J. B. Shackelford fii
W. Drummond 5
C. W. Sparks : 20
C. B. Martin..- 2
James McDonald... 20J
J. A. R. Hanks 10 J
W. S. Tweedle 10
J. N. Cate 5
S. Hillyer 10
A. B. Ross 5
H. A. Williams 5
.The following subscriptions, for the same
purpose, taken at Marietta, May, 1860, re
main unpaid :
A. W. Buford $lO
B. F. King 10
T. 11. Stout 5
W. 11. Robert. 5
11. F. Buchanan 5
George F. Cooper 10
Edwin Dyer 10
C. W. Sparks 10
M. J. Crawford 5
M. 11. West 5
S. Root 5
This Mission has been established by the
employment of E. L. Compere, whose la
bors commenced the first of September last.
The funds are needed, and the brethren are
earnestly requested to bring or send them
to the Convention. W.
Church Bells.—To the Patriotic.
The Ordnance Bureau of the Confederate
States solicits the use of such bells as can
be spared during the war, for the purpose
of providing light artillery for the public
defence. While copper is abundant, the
supply of tin is deficient, to convert the
copper into bronze. Bells contain so much
tin, that 24°0 pounds weight of bell-metal
mixed with the proper quantity of copper,
will suffice for a field battery of six pieces.
Persons and congregations placing their
bells at the service of the Government are
requested to send a statement of the fact,
with a description and weight of the bell,
to the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance at
Richmond, for record in the War Depart
ment.
Petition to Congren.
To the Honorable Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Confederate States of
America:
The undersigned, deeply realizing the
I truth that we can neither ask, nor hope
j with any show of reason, for the favor of
God to our loved Confederacy, or His aid
in the deadly contest, in which we are now
j engaged, while our Government shall de
-1 liberately and persistently continue to dis
regard Ilis laws and require the violation j
;of them by officials and soldiers in its em-j
jployment—do earnestly petition you to
take such action as will repeal all Jaws re
quiring unnecessary mail service to be per
formed upon the Sabbath-day; and to enact
such as will secure our soldiers from un
necessary drills, reviews, or other labor
upon that day. And as in duty bound,
your petitioners will ever pray.
[Papers friendly to the object will please j
A. System of modern Geography.
Compiled from various sources, and adapted
to the present condition of the world, ex
pressly for the vse of Schools and Acade
mies in the Confederate States of America.
By John H. Rice.
We have examined this work and are
prepared to pronounce a favorable judg-j
ment upon it. We have detected a few
typographical errors in the production, but
none calculated to hinder the usefulness ol |
the work.
The plan upon which the Geography is
gotten up we think an admirable one, and
teachers will doubtless avail themselves
of the advantages it offers by introducing
it, at once, into their schools. This is an
effort at Southern independence, in the right
direction, and we hope the compiler will
meet with such encouragement as will
prompt others to emulate his noble exam ;
pie. The work can be obtained from the
publisher, at the Franklin Printing House, -
in tlys city, and, we presume, from the
principal booksellers throughout the South
ern Confederacy, at $lB 00 per dozen to
schools or classes.
Those wishing further information will j
address Gen. J. H. Rica, Atlanta, Ga.
For our terms for advertising, see Ist
i column of Ist page.
CARDS.
I>. C. O’Keefe, M. ,
ATLANTA, GA.
tSSF” Office and residence on Hunter at., opposite
P. E. McDaniel’s warehouse.
N. A. Ilormuty,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
FORSYTH, GA.
|dtf* Office over Lampkin’s store.
Particular attention paid to calls at home, and
also at a distance.
Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb IS '62
Crawley & Amos*,
IC O M MISSIO NM ER CIIA N TS,
(Franklin Building,)
VtJ AN T’A , GEORGIA.
Robert L, Crawley.] [Benj. B. Amoss.
Pease & Davis*
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. DEALERS IN
PRODUCE and PROVISIONS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
(Wiiiahip’s iron-front store, Peach Tree at.)
ATLANTA, GA.
P. P. Piaii&j [L. B. Davis.
Any buslni s entrusted to us will receive prompt
attention and returns early made. We ask our
friends to give ns a call when in our city. Any Pro
duce consigned to ns will receive every advantage
our market can give. Also we v.an make purchases
to the very best advantage, as we are always pos
ted in reference to the market prices.
February 15,1862.
D. N. Judson* Agent,
(ATLANTA MARBLE YARD,)
Dealer and Worker in best Italian and American
MARBLE,
Corner of Peach-Tree and Walton streets,
ATLANTA, GA.
Monuments, Box Tombs, Tablets, Head and Foot
Stones, Furniture Marble, etc., furnished on ac
commodating terms.
HggrOffiee and Yard corner of Peach Tree
and Walton Streets, opposite High, Butler &
Cos.
HSFHe Is also Agent for the sale of Iron Rail
ing.
June 8,1861, —ly.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
James McPherson Ac Cos.
HAVE opened next door North of BEACH
& ROOT’S Store on Whitehall Street, a
new and select Stock of .
BOOKS and STATIONERY,
Together with an endless variety of fancy arti
cles, such as,
ENORA VINOS, GOLD PEES AND PEN
CILS, WINDOW SHADE BANDHILT
CORNICES, PICTURE FRAMES,
WALL PAPER, FIRESCREENS,
RICH CHINA AND PARIAN
VASES ; PARIAN FIG
URES, do., &c.
Their Stock of School, Miscellaneous, Reli
gious, Medical and Cheap Books, is not surpassed
by any in the State.
All new publications received immediately
after their publication.
Foreign Books imported to order.
Teachers and Merchants supplied at Charles
ton prices, freight only added.
gar Picture Frames made to order.
Remember the New Book Store of
jas. McPherson & Cos.
BAPTIST FEMALF COLLEGE,
i CUTHBERT, GA.
THE FALL TERM will begin the Ist MON
DAY, in September.
I Parents desiring Board for their daughters,
J can apply to ProL J. F. Dagg, or the President,
Confederate Bonds, taken in payment
1 foi Tuition fees, &c.
R. D. MALLARY, President.
I August S 1861
RAILROAD GUIDE.
Georgia Railroad & Banking Cos
I Augusta to Atlanta ... .171 Miles... .Fare |5 50
GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent.
Morning Passenger Train.
(SUNDAI'S EXCEPTED.)
Leave Atlanta daily at r m
Arrive at Augusta at 2 £ * ii'
Leave Augusta daily at ir v 5*
Arrive at Atlanta at ( r, Jtt.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Atlanta dafly at J 40 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta at & 4a A. M.
Leave Augusta at 4 w P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta at * A • “•
This road ruufi In connection with the trains ot
| the South Carolina arid th® Savannah and Augusta
| Railroads, at Augusta, -' .
Macon and Western Bailroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Macon ro Atlanta.... 104 Miles .... Ftxfc $4 50.
ALFRED L TYLER, Superintendent.
Macon, Georgia, July 30,1860.
On and after Sunday, 4th of August, the trains will
be run as follows:
Leave Macon at no
Arrive at Atlanta at * p. no.
Leave Atlanta at -to rw m
Arrive at Macon - 12 05 m *
This train connects with Central, South-western,
and Muscogee railroads at Macon.
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
ATI to CuaTVanooga, 138 Mile3—Fare, sf.
JOHN S. ROWLAND, Superintendent.
passenger train.
Leaves Atlanta, nightly, at 7.30, P M
Arrives at Chattanooga at 4,10, A *t
Leaves Chattanooga at •>, r M
Arrives at Atlanta at —a., a at
express freight and passenger train.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at.. m
Arrives at Chattanooga at f ™
Leaves Chattanooga at..... *•*' £ ™
Arrives at Atlanta at r M
This Road connects, each way, with the Rome
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville
A Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooca,
Atlanta and West Point Bailroad-
Atlanta to W T eet Point 87 Mile* Fare *3
GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at.
Arrives at W est-Point at. '!■*>, A H
Leave* Weet-Point, daily, at. ' *
Arrives at Atlanta at... t> ao, a. at
This Road connects with the Montgomery and
ftm-toint Road at West-Point.