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Atlanta, Oct, 5, 1860.
BA NNE It AND BAPTIST.
The Conscription Bill.
The following is*a copy of the Bill enti
tled “An Act to Provide for the Public
Defence,” —known as the Conscription Bill.
Section 1. The Congress of the, Confed
erate States of America do enact , I hat the
President be, and he is hereby authorized,
to call out and place in the military service
of the Confederate States, for three years,
j unless the war shall have been sooner end
! ed, all white men who are residents of the
| Confederate States, between the ages of
eighteen and thirty-five years at the time,
I the call or calls may be made, who are not
legally exempted from military service.—
All of the persons aforesaid who are now
in the armies of the Confederacy, and whose
term of service will expire before the end
of the war, shall be continued in the ser
vice for three years from the date of their
original enlistment, unless the war shall
have been sooner ended. Provided, how
ever, That all such companies, battalions
and regiments, whose term of original en
listment was for twelve months, shall have
the right, within forty days, on a day to be
fixed by the commander of the brigade, to
reorganize said companies, battalions and
regiments, by electing all their officers
which they had a right heretofore to elect,
who shall be commissioned by the Presi
dent ; Provided, further, that furloughs not
exceeding sixty days, with transportation
home and back, shall be granted to all those
retained in the service by the provisions of
this act beyond the period of their original
enlistment, and who have heretofore not re
ceived furloughs under the provisions of an
act' -entitled ‘An Act providing for the
granting of bounty and furloughs te pri
vates and non-commissioned officers in the
Provisional Army,’ approved the eleventh
of December, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, said furloughs to be granted at such
times and in such numbers as the Secretary
of War may deem most compatible with
the public interest; and Provided, further,
That in lieu of a furlough, the commutation
value in money of the transportation here
inbefore granted, shall be paid to each pri
vate, musician, or non-eominissioned officer
who may elect to receive it at such time as
the furlough would otherwise be granted;
Provided, further, That all persons under
the age of eighteen years, or over the age
of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled
in the military service of the Confederate
States, in the regiments, battalions and
companies hereafter to be organized, shall
be required to remain in their respective
companies, battalions and regiments for
ninety days, unless their places can sooner
be supplied by other recruits not now in
the service, who are between the ages of j
eighteen and thirty-five years; arid all laws |
and parts of laws providing for the reenlist
ment of volunteers, and the organization
thereof into companies, battalions or regi- ]
ments, shall be, and the .same are hereby, j
repealed.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That
such companies, squadrons, battalions, or
regiments organized, or in process of or
ganization by authority from the Secretary
of War, as may be within thirty days from
the passage of this act so far completed as
to have the whole number of men requisite
for organization actually enrolled, not em
bracing in said organization any person now
in service, shall be mustered into the ser
vice of the Confederate States as part of the
land forces of the same, to be received in
that arm of the service in which they are
authorized to organize, and shall elect their
company, battalion and regimental officers.
| Section 3. Be it further enacted , That
I for the enrolment of all persons eompre-
Jhended within the provisions of this act,
j who are not already in service in the armies
of the Confederate States, it shall be lawful
for the President, with the consent of the
Governors of the respective States, to em
ploy State officers, and, on failure to obtain
such consent, he shall employ Confederate
I officers, charged with the duty of making
| such enrolment in accordance with rules
land regulations to be prescribed by him.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That
persons enrolled under the provisions or
I the preceding section shall be assigned by
the Secretary of War to the different com
panies now in service, until each company
is filled to its maximum number, and the
persons so enrolled shall be assigned to
companies from the States from which they
respectively come.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, That
all seamen and ordinary seamen in the land
forces of the Confederate States, enrolled
under the provisions of this act, may, on
application of the Secretary of the Navy,
be transferred from the land forces to the
naval service.
I Section 0. Be it further enacted , That
! in all cases where a State may not have in
1 the army a number of regiments, battalions,
squadrons or companies sufficient to absorb
I the number of persons subject to military
i service under this act, belonging to such
State, then the residue or excess thereof
shall be kept as a reserve, under such reg’
ulations as may be established by the Sec
retary of War, and that at stated periods,
of not greater than three months, details,
determined by lot, shall be made from said
reserve, so that each company shall, as
] nearly as practicable, be kept full. Pro
vided, That the persons held in reserve may
I remain at home until called into service by
j the President. Provided,also, That during
their stay at home they shall not receive
pay. Provided, further, That the persons
; comprehended in this act shall not be sub
ject to the rules and articles of war until
mustered into the actual service of the Con
| federate States; except that said persons,
I when enrolled and liable to duty, if they
j shall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each
of them shall be held to be a deserter, and
j punished as such under said articles. Pro-1
vided, further, 'That whenever in the opin
[ion of the President the exigencies of the
| public service may require it, he shall be
1 authorized to e*U into actual service the
entire reserve, or so much as may be ne
cessary, not previously assigned to different
companies in service under provision of sec
tion four of this act; said reserve to be
organized under such rules as the Secretary
of War may adopt. Provided, The com
pany, battalion or regimental officers shall
be elected by the troops composing the
same. Provided, The troops raised in any
one State shall not be combined in regi
mental, battalion, squadron, or company
organization with troops raised in any other
State.
Section 7. Be it further enacted, That
all soldiers now serving in the army or
mustered in the military service of the Con
federate States, or enrolled in said service
under the authorizations heretofore issued
by the Secretary of War, and who are con
tinued in the service by virtue of this act,
who have not received the bounty of fifty
dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be
entitled to receive said bounty.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, That
each man who may hereafter be mustered
into the service, and who shall arm himself
with a musket, shot-gun, rifle or carbine,
accepted as an efficient weapon, shall be
paid the value thereof, to be ascertained by
the mustering officer under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
War, if he is willing to sell the same, and
if he is not, then, he shall be entitled to re
ceive one dollar a month for the use of said
received and approved musket, rifle, shot
gun or airbine.
Section 0. Be it further enacted, That
persons not liable to military duty may be
received as substitutes for those who are,
under such regulations as may be prescribed
by the Secretary of War.
Section 10. Be it further enacted, That
all vacancies shall be filled by the Presi
dent from the company, battalion, squadron
or regiment in which such vacancies shall
occur, by promotion according to seniority,
except in cases of disability or other incom
petency ; Provided, however, That the Pre
sident may, when in his opinion it may be
proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies by
the promotion of any officer or officers, or
private or privates from such company, bat
talion, squadron or regiment, who shall have
been distinguished iu the service by exhibi
tion of valor and skill, and that whenever
a vacancy shall occur in the lowest grade of
the commissioned officers of a company
said vacancy shall be filled by election.—
Provided, That all appointments made by
the President shall be by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate.
Section 11. Be it, further enacted That
the provisions of the first section of thisact
relating to the election of officers shall ap
ply to those regiments, battalions and squad
rons which are composed of twelve-months
and war companies combined in the same
organization, without regard to the manner
in wlnich the officers thereof were originally
app#l?ted.
Section 12. Be it further enacted, That
each company of infantry shall consist of
one hundred and twenty-five rank and file;
f‘< h company of field artillery of one hun
dred and fifty rank and file; and each of
Javalry of eighty rank and file.
Section 13. Be it further enacted, That
all persons subject to enrolment, who are
not now in the service, under the provisions
of this act, shall be permitted previous to
such enrolment to volunteer in companies
now in the service. „
Exempts from Conscription.
The Confederate Congress has passed an
Act, by which certain persons are exempt
from military service, to wit:
All in the service or employ of the Con
federate States; judicial and executive offi
cers of the Confederate and State govern
ments ; the members of both houses of
Congress, and of the legislatures of the sev
eral States and their respective officers; all
clerks of the officers of the State and Con
federate governments allowed by law; all
engaged in carrying the mails ; ferrymen
on post routes; pilots and persons engaged
in the marine service, and in actual service
on river and railroad routes of transporta
tion ; telegraphic operatives; ministers of
religion in the regular discharge of minis
terial duties; all engaged in working iron
mines, furnaces and foundries; journeymen
printers actually employed in printing news
papers ; presidents and professors of col
leges and academies, and ail teachers having
as many as twenty scholars; superintend
ents of the public hospitals, lunatic asylums,
and the regular nurses and attendants there}
in, and the teachers employed in the institu
tions for the deaf and dumb and blind; in
each apothecary store now established one
apothecary in good standing, who is aprac
tical druggist; superintendents and opera
tives in wool and other factories, who may
be exempted by the Secretary of War.
Church Bella.—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 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. .
BOOK BIX DERI .
Our friends will see, by looking at our
own advertisement in this paper, that we
have gat our BOOK BINDER! fitted up,
and are now prepared to doany kind of
work for our friends—such as binding Law
Reports; Magazines, Music, 6cc., in any
style desired. We will bind Georgia Rep.
orts for |1 per volume.
The Hospitals.
Our friends abroad now understand that
we have about three thousand sick soldiers
in the different hospitals in this city, and
that there are others constantly coming in.
To supply the wants of these soldiers re
quires a large amount of hospital stores,
and an opportunity is thus furnished for all
our people to do something for the cause.
Societies and individuals may aid by send
ing brandies, wines, cordials, dried fruits,
rice, corn-starch, arrow-root, medicines,
quilts, sheets, pillow-cases, towels, wearing
apparel, and money.
Those desirous of aiding in relieving the
sick can send their contributions to Mrs.
W. F. Westmoreland, President of the
Soldiers’ Relief Society ; to Miss Lou. Co
zart, Secretary, or to Mrs. IT. C. Holcombe,
Treasurer.
Sabbatli Mails.
The Georgia Baptist Convention, at its
recent meeting in LaGrange, appointed a
committee to memorialize the government
at Richmond in relation to this business. —
Their memorial, we have no doubt, will
meet with respectful consideration. But
the voice of the People, spoken out directly
from the masses, will be more powerful in
Congress than that of any corporate organi
zation.
Let the People, of all denominations and
all classes, raise their determined and uni
ted protests against these crying sins, and
they will be corrected.
As fast as a petition is filled up, let it be
forwarded, by mail or express, to the Editor
of The Banner and Baptist in this city—
whence it will be sent in connection with
others to Richmond.
Petition to Congress.
To the Honorable Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Confederate States of
America:
The undersigned, deeply realizing the
truth that, we can neither ask, nor hope
with any show of reason, for the favor of
God to our loved Confederacy, or Ilis aid
in the deadly contest in which we are now
engaged, while our Government shall de
liberately and persistently continue to dis
regard His laws and require the violation
of them by officials and soldiers in its em
ployment—do earnestly petition you to
take such action as will repeal all laws 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
copy-]
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 j
King ?
Our good President has called on us and
our charges to hum hie ourselves before the
mighty hand of’ God, and by fasting and
prayer, beseech Him to bless our land and i
prosper our arms. 'We have dpne so.—
Now let us call on our wise and Christian
President to dismiss every drunken officer
who will not abstain from the use of intoxi
cating 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 unfit 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.
I would propose that every Minister in
this Confederacy, of every name and order,
who is willing to sign a petition to the au
thorities at Richmond to have these evils
removed, send their names to Rev. S.
Boykin in this city. Let us act, and act at
once, and the evils may be removed.
E. W. W ARREN.
A System of Modern Geography.
Compiled from various sources, and adapted
to the present condition of the world, ex
pressly for the use of Schools and Acade
mies in the Confederate States of America.
By John IT. Rice.
We have examined this work and are
prepared to pronounce a favorable judg
ment upon it. We have detected a few
typographical errors in the production, but
none calculated to hinder the usefulness of
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 this city, and, we presume, from the
principal booksellers throughout the South
ern Confederacy, at #lB QO per dozen to
schools or classes.
Those wishing further information will
address Gen. J. H. Rice, Atlanta, Ga.
SO TJTHERN FURNI'i URE !
MANUFACTURED GBAISVILLE,
Catoosa Ceasily, Ga.
I AM Manufacturing a rut have eons'anri;, < >■ bAoii ~
1 STOCK of FURNITURE, at my Facto.y n'; FAYjmL,
Catoosa county, Georgia; also, at m.v Sx re U ‘T,"'.'*
wTT: * 4 % Ul Ati*nTa ’
furniture.
andin workmanship and finish equal to any rnrule in the
South or imported from any other section.
Those wish 1 ng to purchase Furniture in small or lape
quantities, will find It to their interest to call and examine
my Stock anti prices before purchasing In any other market.
To those who purchase wholesale, to sell again, I will
say that lam prepared to fill orders for custom made or
knock down Furniture, finished or in the white wood, as 1.. w
as you can purchase the same class article in any other
market. If you are disposed to encourage home enterprise,
give me a trial, I will likewise manufacture a superior ar
ticle of
COTTAGE CHAIRS,
which I am prepared to sell wholesale or retail on as good
terms as any other Factory.
In addition to my stock of Furniture, at tny store in At
lanta will be found all the articles usually found in a Furni
ture Store, such as
Mattrasses,
Lounges,
Looking Glasses,
Window Shades,
&c., &e.
COFFINS OF ALL SIZES ON HAND.
And furnished at the shortest notice, and Undertaking
promptly attended to. All kinds of Furniture repaired with
neatness and dispatch.
AH orders addressed to my Agent, Chile. I. Grady, Atlanta,
or to me at the Factory, Graysvllle, Ga., will have prompt
attention.
JOHN D. OKAY.
M. J. FLYNN, Agent.
July 2T, 1861.—1 y
ATLA NTA MARBLE YA RD.
D. N. Judson, Agent,
DEALER AND WORKER IN
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN
MARBLE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA .
MONUMENTS, BOX TOMBS, TAB
LETS, HEAD AND FOOT STONES,
FURNITURE MARBLE, dec.,
FURNISHED ON ACCOMMODATING
TERMS.
paPOfflce and Yard comer of Peach Tree
and Walton Streets, opposite High, Butler A
Cos.
SOLICITED**®
gyile is also Agent for the sale of Iron Rail
ing.
June 8, 1861, —ly.
P. P. PEASE.} I L. B. DAVIS.
I I
PHASE & DAVIS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
PRODUCE and PROVISIONS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, if
WINSHIP’S IRON-FRONT STORE,
Peach-Tree Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Any business entrusted to us will receive prompt
attention and returns early made. We ask our
friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pro
duce consigned to us will receive every advantage
our market can give. Also we can make purchases
to the very best advantage, as we are always pos
ted in reference to the market prices.
February 15,1862.
DOWNING HILL NURSERY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
THE subscribers offer at wholesale and retail sn
extensive collection of
FR UIT- TREES GRAPE- VIRES, ORNAMENT A L
TREES, SHRUBS ROSES, Ac., grown in and
adapted to the Southern climate.
Our collection embraces in part the choicest va
rieties of
Apples, Pear *, Peachte, Grape*, (native and foreign,)
Chsrrles, Plums, Nectarine*, Apricot*, Figs, Mulber
ries, Strawberries, Pomaranates, Quince*, Bluet
berries, Raspberries, Ac., Ac.
See Descriptive Catalogue.
Catalogues, with prices, sent by mail, free n
charge, to all applicants. Address
ROGERS, HARDEN A CO.,
Successors to Peters, Harden A Cos.
Dec. 21, 1861—tf
Arrivals per U. G. .S.
Soap I Soap ! I
Rock Potash,
Concentrated Lye,
J For Sale by
MASSEY A LANSDELL.
Oct, lb, 1861.
Two Thousand Gallons Train Oil.
2,000 GALLONS LINSEED OIL,
3,000 Gallon* Cotton Seed Oil,
For Sale by
MASSEY di LANSDELL.
INDIGO, ~
MADDER,
! „ *, s r ppß,c
MASSEY * LANSDELL.