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„ume to oGl'jlC ais too late. What say our readers ? Shall the sick and wounded ♦ soldiers have The Banner ? REMITTANCES. Money due the Office, may be s~nt by mail at our risk —always mail it in 'presence oj a friend, {other than the Postmaster ,) or pro cure i friend to mail it for you —never reg ister. 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. Our terms of Subscription, |_s2 00 per Annum, always in advance. THE CASH SISTEE The BANNER and BAPTIST is regularly discontinued to all mail sub scribers at the expiration of their sub scription. We can make no exception to this rule. A printed slip is put m the paper of each subscriber two wicks pre vious to the expiration of his subscrip tion, notifying him of this fact, and so liciting a renewal. The times absolutely require that this rule should be rigidly adhered to by us. We hope all will re. new. This is not the time to desert the religious Press. Friends, stand by your BANNER and it will stand by tj ie ruth. mar 2, ’6l. Special Notice. Letters containing remittances —also containing articles for pub lication, or other business connect ed with the Paper, should be ad dressed to the “Banner & Bap tist,” Atlanta, Ga , and not to the Editors by name, they are frequently absent. Always give your Post Office, County and State, in full. Notice to City Subscribers. The time for which many in the city had subscribed for the Banner, has expired, and we re spectfully solicit a continuance ot their patronage. As we intend to adhere to the cash: systeim, we trust all who have heretofore favored us, will come forward and renew their subscriptions, and thus enable us to sustain the pa per. Aug. 10, 1861. Frank!iu Printing House, We have determined to adhere strict ly to the CASH SYSTEM, in the Job De-partment of our business. For all material used in this Depart ment we have to pay cash , and our em ployees have to be paid their weekly wa ¥>s in cash every Saturday night.— herefore, all ordinary Job Work will be done by us at cash prices, payable on the delivery of the work, or upon pre sentation of the bills. Wood, Hanleitkr, Rice k Cos. Atlanta, Oct. 5, 1860. I with j, further, commutation -asportation here , be paid to each pri non-commissioned officer to receive it at such time as .uxiough 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 eighteen and thirty-five years; and 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, repealed. Section 2. Be it further enacted, That such companies, squadrons, battalions, or j 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 Staces 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 for the enrolment of all persons compre hended within the provisions of this act, who are not already in service in the armies of the Confederate States, it shall he 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 officers, charged with the duty of making such enrolment in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by him. Section 4. Be it further enacted, That persons enrolled under the provisions oi 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. Section 6. Be it further enacted, That iin all cases where a State may not have in Ithe army a number of regiments, battalions, ! squadrons or companies sufficient to absorb j the number of persons subject to military 1 service under this act, belonging to such ! State, then the residue or excess thereof j shall be kept as a reserve, under such reg i 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 Jthat each company shall, as 1 nearly as practicable, be kept full. Pro vided, That the persons held in reserve may remain at homo until called into service by 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- I federate States; except that said persons, when enrolled and liable to duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each of them shall be held to be a deserter, and punished as such under said articles. Pro-, vided, further, That whenever in the opin ion of the President the exigencies of the public service may require it, he shall be; authorized to call into actual service the i <, further enacted, That „o military duty may be titutes for those who are, ulations as may be prescribed ,rary of War. .. 10. Be it further enacted , That .nancies shall be filled by the Presi .o 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 in 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 which the officers thereof were originally appointed. Section 12. Be it farther enacted, That each company of infantry shall consist of one hundred and twenty-five rank and file; each company of field artillery of one hun dred and fifty rank and file; and each of “avalry of eighty rank aud file. Sectiou 13. Be it further enacted, That all persons subject to enrolment, who are not now in the service, under the provisions of this a:-t, shall be permitted previous to such enrolment to volunteer in companies now' in the service. llAcmpts fi’om 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 all teachers having as many as twenty scholars; superintend jents of thepuKUc hospitals, lunatic asylums, ;and the regular nurses and attendants therej i in, and the teachers employed in the institu j 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 i tives in wool and other factories, who may : be exempted by the Secretary of War. | An enemy waging war in a manner vio jlativeof 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 j tion of our God. Recent disaster has spread gloom over the land, and sorrow sits at the hearthstones of our countrymen ; but a peo i pie conscious of rectitude, aud faithfully re j lying on thoir Father in Heaven, may be east down, but cannot be dismayed. They I may mourn the loss of the martyrs whose lives have been sacrificed in their defence, | but they receive this dispensation of Divine j Providence with humble submission and j reverent faith. And now that our hosts are | again going forth to battle, and loving hearts i 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 His all-powerful pro tection. — [Jefferson Davis. +, For our terms for advertising, see Ist column of Ist page. D BAPTIST. b as may be ne ed to different Vision of sec serve to be e Secretary The com ■•rs shall ing the in any i regi apany other That y or ice ued on act, fty i be That stered himself r carbine, m, shall be -certained by ueh regulations he Secretary of il the same* and be entitled to re i for the use of said musket, rifle, shot- Petition to Congress. To the Honorable Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Confederate States of America: r lhe 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 His aid in the deadly contest in which we are now engaged, while our Government shall de liberately and persistently continue to dis regard Ilis laws and require the violation t>f 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 upofi that day. And as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray. [Papers friendly to the object will please eo py-l L _ * 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 —drnnkenness and Sabbath-breaking. Either ofthese is enough to bring down the Divine anathema upon us. Can w r e do nothing to arrest these evils, and avert the anger of our insulted King 1 Our good President has called on us and our charges to humble ourselves before the mighty hand of God, and by fasting and prayer, beseech Him to bless our land and prosper our arms. We have done so.— No\f let us call on our wise and Christian President to dismiss every drunken officer whow'ill 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. 1 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 those 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. Warren. Headquarters, ) Military Post, Atlanta, r May 14, 1862.) General Order, No. I. In obedience to orders received from Brigadier-General A. R. Lawton, command ing Military Division of Georgia, in assu ming command of this Post for the purpose of guarding the Government stores, to pre serve order in and around Atlanta, and for the protection of all loyal citizens and the puhishment of all disorderly conduct, the following regulations will be observed : 1. Details will be made daily to protect the Government stores and property, and guards will be posted at different points in the city for that purpose ; also a scouting guard, day and night, to preserve order, act ing in concert with the city authorities. 2. Sentinels will be posted on each rail road train to examine and arrest all suspi cious persons pointed out to them ; and to make this order effective, superintendents of railroads are requested to instruct con ductors to cooperate with the sentinels for that purpose. 3. Owners of all cotton, hay, or other combustible material, are required without delay to remove the same to such points of safety, distant from Government stores, as may be designated by the commanding of ficer of this post. 4. Any grocer or other person selling to or furnishing any officer or soldier with spirits or wine, which is prohibited unless upon the order of an army surgeon, will be arrested and dealt with by the proper mili tary authorities. 5. All officers, soldiers, or citizens, found drunk or otherwise disorderly in the streets, will be taken in charge by the guard and sent to these headquarters. 0. No officers or soldiers will be allowed i to remain in and around Atlanta, unless such | officers or soldiers be furnished with a per mit from their respective commanders.— | And all commanders of troops stopping over in Atlanta will report the fact to the ! officer commanding this post. 7. No slave or free person of color will be allowed to walk the streets after the hour of nine o’clock p. m., either with or w ithout j a pass, unless accompanied by his or her owner. The officer commanding earnestly invites I the aid and cooperation of his Honor, the j Mayor, and city authorities, and all citizens ‘ in preserving good order and sobriety in the [city, and specially requests of all persons to report to him any improper conduct on the part of any of the officers or soldieis under his command. By order of G. W. Lee, Colonel Commanding! Lieut. John C. Hendrix, Adjutant. Our Bindery, in its appointments, has perhaps, no equal in Georgia, and an old and superior workman has charge of it. Send on your work and it will be done with neatness and dispatch. Terms task, R, §al>bat!i Mails. 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. The Hospitals. Our friends abroad are ieminded that sick soldiers are almost daily arriving at the different hospitals in this city. 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. 1 hose desirous of aiding in relieving the sick can send their contributions to Mrs. W. E. Westmoreland, President of the Soldiers’ Relief Society ; to Miss Lou. Co zart, Secretary, or to Mrs. H. C. Holcombe, Treasurer. A System of Modem Geography. Compiled from various sources , and adapted to the presen t condition of the world, ex pressly for the use of Schools and Acade mies in the Confederate States of America. By John H. Rice. We have examined this work and are ment upon it. nr AVe n Yi!iv(i 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 uvail 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 ple. The work can be obtained from the publisher, at the Franklin Printing House, in fhis city, and, wo presume, from the principal booksellers throughout the South ern Confederacy, at 118 00 per dozen to schools or classes. Those wishing further information will address Gen. J. 11. Rich, Atlanta, Ga. - BOOH BINDERY. Our friends will see, by looking at our own advertisement in this paper, that we have got our BOOK BINDERY fitted up, and are now prepared to doany kind of work for our friends—such as binding Law Reports, Magazines, Music, <ko., in any style desired. We will bind Georgia Rep. orts for $1 per volume. SOUTHERN FURNITURE ! MANUFACTURED CRAISVILLE, Catoosa County, Gu. I AM Manufacturing and hara constantly on hand, a Isi-ge STOCK of FURNITURE, at my Factory at GRAYS TILLS, Catooaa county, Goorgln; also, at my Storo in MoNaugbt, Ormond A Co.’s Brick Block, FURNITURE, andin workmanship and finish equal to any made in* the South or Imported from any other lection. Those wishing to purchase Furniture in small or large quantities, will find it to their interest to call and examine my Stock and prices before purchasing in any other market. To those who purchase wholesale, to sell again, I will say that I am prepared to fill orders for eustora made or knock down Furniture, finished or in the white wood, as low as you can purchase the same class article in any other market. If you are disposed to encourago 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 us good term s as any other Faetory. In addition to my stock of Furniture, at my store in At lanta will bo found all the articles usually found in a Furni ture Store, such as Mattrasses, Lounges, Looking Glasses, Window Shades, See., See. 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. All orders addressed to my Agent, Chee. I. Grady, Atlanta, or to me at the Factory, Graysrille, Ga., will have prompt attention. JOHN D. GRAY. M. J. FLYNN, Agent. July 27, 1861.—1 y Arrivals per U. G. . It. Soap ! Soap 11 Rock Potash, Concentrated Lye, For Sale by MASSEY & LANSDELL. Oct. 19, 1881. Two Thousand ballons Train Oil* 2,000 GALLONS LINSEED OIL, 2,000 Gal lon h Cotton Seed Oil, For Sale by MASSEY & LANSDELL. indigo” MADDER, SULPHURIC ACID, For Sale by MASSEY & LANSDELL