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Precious treasure, thou art mine."
H. C. llOU\ \l>V, Eaitor.
J. M. WOOD, i
J. 8. BAKER, >• Associate Editor*.
D. P. EVERETT, )
ATL AJSTT A, "GhEORGTAT"
Saturday, July 19, 1803.
Editorial Correspondence.
Dear Brother Wood :
I arrived in this city (Riohmond) cn
Friday at 8 p. m., having been three days
and nights on the road. We were detained
ten hours at Wilmington, and about the
game at Weldon, owing to failures in ma
king the connection. The passage from
Atlanta was one of regular penance, comfort
being entirely out of the question.
Arrived in the city, I made a bee line for
the Spotswood, indulging golden visions of
the luxury of a bed. But alas I human
hope is oftentimes the most fragile thing
imaginable, and so it proved in this ease.—
Every nook and corner of that magnificent
establishment was filled ; and after a well
felt sigh, I took up the line of march for
the Exchange, still doomed to disappoint
ment. In company with two other fellow
passengers, I then wended my way to a
private house, where the kind lady allowed
us the inestimable privilege of sleeping up
on the parlor carpet, with my valise for a
pillow.
After enjoying the luxury of a night’s
rest, I set about obtaining information oi
our poor wounded soldiers. My brother
passed through the severest of the series of
battles, on Tuesday evening, without re
ceiving any serious injury; ho was struck
once by a spent ball upon the knee, which
lamed him for an hour, and he also received
a slight wound upon the hand. My nephew,
J. M. Hornady, was atruok by a bomb,
whilo oharging a battery on Tuesday eve
ning. His right shoulder was torn off, and
he died in a short time and was buried up
on the field of battle. Among our friends
from Atlanta and vicinity, Major Hoyle
was killed ; Lieutenant-Colonel Parr lost
an arm; Charlie Maddox was severely
wounded while charging bravely upon the
enemy's linos. 1 found Dr. 0. F. Cooper
very sick, under the care of Dr. O’Keefe,!
but he is now doing well.
Wo have had a considerable number j
killed and ntßny wounded in the various j
engagements. Many of the wounded will
uot recover.
McClellan had about 140,000 men en
trenched in a aeries of fortifications extend
ing for miles back into the country. His
fortifications are represented by eye-wit
nesses as being of the most formidable
character, which, had they been defended
with the same sbirit exhibited by our men,
would havopreaented insuperable difficulties
to our onward march. Many of these en
trenchments are ten feet deep, and about
the same in width, with strong abattis work
in front, and defended by heavy siege guns.
But it would not all do. They were storm
ed one after another; and as fast as the en
emy was driven from one aeries of fortifi
cations he would take shelter under another
-~and in this way he ha* been forced back
a distauce of forty miles, taking a final
stand under cover of his gunboats.
We have taken a* out ten thousand pris
oners, one hundred pieces of the finest ar
tillery, twelve thousand stand of small arms,
army stores beyond computation, besides
millions of dollars’ worth of property which
the enemy destroyed to prevent its falling
into our hands. It is thought by my bro
ther, who was upon the held, that the enemy
has lost not less than $50,000,000 of prop
erty of every description. This estimate
may seem large, but it must be remembered
that McClellan’s army was the best equip
ped of any ever sent into the field. lie
succeeded in getting off the remains of his
vast army, but lost almost every thing else.
The loss sustained by the enemy in men is
uot less than sixty thousand, killed, wound
ed and missing. Some estimate his loss
much higher, but I think my estimate is
large enough. Since reaching his gunboats
he has been reinforced, but to what extent
1 am unable to say, *ud am equally in the
dark as to his future movements.
The successes gained by our troops are
universally admitted to be the most bril
liant ever achieved by any army. A Ken
tuckiAn who has since ridden over the held,
BAMNIR AAD BAPTIST.
remarked in rnv hearing that he could have |
held a hundred men in cheek had he been;
in one of the enemy’s fortifications.
This victory, dearly won, is another evi-i
deuce that the God of Battles is on our side, |
and that He has decreed out* final inde-i
pehdenee.
1 will o>m muni cate the news as as i
can obtain it. Yours truly,
H. aw |
OCCASIONAL TALKS.
REVIVALS
We have heard but little revival newts
for tne last twelve months, and of but few
conversions. While thousands are passing
into eternity, being carried to the grave by
disease and by the sword, there seems to
be but little prayer for thesalvatiou of souls.
Christian minds appear absorbed in the af
fairs of the cruel war now raging and in the
common troubles of the times. Vet it
seems to us that the very opposite of this
ought to characterize God’s people. It
surely is a time for much prayer and great
devotion to Christ’s cause. Satan is turn
ed loose for a season, and good men should
withstand him with might and main —and
the strength of good men is in humble
prayer in the name of the crucified One.
Christians are powerless in themselves—
their strength is in their Elder Brother.
Gracious revivals would do much to cheer
them, and to temper and guide their patri
otic feelings and actions. Thousands of
bereaved hearts would be vastly relieved
by such home influences.
God is yet gracious and will be sought
unto. 1 His eyes are over the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.’ Will
not Christians, all over the Southern States*,
pray, constantly and fervently, that our
Heavenly Father will, in mercy, revive.
His people and oonvert sinners ? During
these times of lamentation and mourning,
much prayer should be offered for the out
pouring of the Holy Spirit. He can cheer
our drooping hearts, He can reclaim a
backsliding people and make them to re
joice with joy unspeakable.
Instead of praying and working for a re
vival, it really seems that even ministers
are vieing with each other to see who can
attract the greatest crowds. __ It appears
that they have yet to learn that novel sub
jects announced through the papers, follow
ed by sensation discourses, is not preaching
the simple Gospel upon which Christians
are to feed and by which, under God, sin
ners are to be converted. If crowds simply
are evidences of Gospel preaching, then tin
Devil is the greatest preacher in the world,
for he has the heart and ear of the multitude.
Oh, for the return of the times when
Christians shall sing, pray and preach with
unction and with power ! Our children,
servants and friends are exposed to eternal
torment, and yet the ohurches appear cold
and obdurate. Too many of us can say,
The rocks can break, the mountain* rctul;
Of feeling all thinsrs show somo *ign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.
Our workasChristians will soon be done;
The appointed hour makes haste
When we must aland before the Judge,
And pass the solemn test;
and we ought to be up and doing while life
continues. Wo ought to work fur and love
God now, and constrain others to do so be
fore each friend lost shall take up the never
ending lamentation
O, wretched *tato of deep despair l
To ace my God remove,
And tlx my* doleful station whor*
I cannot taateiiis love. W.
The Struggle.
To you, Christian loaders, all over our
fair land, let us appeal. Be more prayer
ful and devoted to God, our Benefactor,
than ever before. Live and walk in the
light of Gis countenance. Go to Him with
thankful hearts for His kind providence ir.
our battles. Pray for those who are in
authority, for our generals and our soldiers.
We who are at home must pray for our
success. Let us place our confidence in
Hina who loveth justice and who will de
liver us from the snares of our adversary.
In God’s own appointed time wt* will
secure our rights and privileges, Peace
and prosperity w ill gladden our hearts.—
The cause of education and religion will
mark anew epoch in our history. Our
nation will move on in a glorious career, as
the metropolis of commerce, the home ol
education, and the great centre from which
the Story of the Cross will L. heralded to
the world.
Adlre*s.
Correspondents of Elder G. C. Connor
will please address him at Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
Hunner for the Soldiers.
The religious paper furnishes a cheap
aud available means of reaching them; and
our brethren and sisters should come to
the rescue before it is too late. What say,
our readers! Shall the sick and wounded
soldiers have The Banner #
Sail Making in Florida.
ST. ANDREW’S BAY, Fla , I
July 3,1863. >
Dear Banner: lamat a place and in a
business disabling me from writing for you,
and the worst of it is 1 can’t get tho paper
till too old to er.j<<> so much. There is no
mail down this way, and opportunities for
communication in the interior only occa
sional and uncertain.
I have been here a long while trying to
fix up for_makiug salt, but my progress is
i distressingly slow. Some of more experi
(enoe and larger means get along faster, but
all find putting up works a slow business
compared with the same work at home
I where every thing is more convenient. —
Heradhere are no workmen to be had, nor
things to work with, except such as are
brought from home; and though millions
of fish are close by, they are not in easy
! reaqlw'f ; land lubbers’ with no means nor
line to catch them. So provisions, as well
for man or beast, must be hauled front
home, however remote the salt-maker’s
home may be, and every thing hauled over
not the best roads in the world.
Tho great job oi making salt on this coast
is the fixing up proper works ; that done,
and being let alone, the remaining cost will
be trifling. We aro an easy prey to the
Bloekaders, their vessel lying inside, and
has once been up ashore and talked with
some of the people. They, perhaps, will
not notice the few small works now in op
eration for private use—but the number of
salt adventurers increases, and it is feared
all w ill be broken up as soon as the enemy
finds out the extent of these works. The
best way is to get out of sight, have small
works, and scatter, and have no soldiers
about unless protection from that source be
efficient. West of this, and east of Choc
tawhatehee Bay, is a better place than St.
Andrews, as there the Gulf water can be had
and works put up out of sight, near to an
abundance of wood. On the Gulf, too,
landing is mofe difficult, and in the direction
indicated it is not known that any blockader
has yet visited.
From what I have seen and heard, 1 con
clude that one bushel salt per day can be
made for every 100 gallons of boiler. I
have seen some pretty enough, and some
ratHei sorry . Like all other experiments,
this business has to be learned, and the
quantity and quality made will improve on
experience—those succeeding best w'ho have
the best judgment and most energy. But
those wanting salt w ill have to get to w here
it cm be made—to buy, is a very uncertain
mat ter.
•Should the people engaged remain un
molested, which is hardly to be expected,
some may make more than for their own
use ; but the great trouble and expense to
fix up, and the uncertainty of the time they
will be permitted to work, will cause a
ver y high price if any should be for sale.—
1 have seen one man who offered to sell,
after hauling it out from his works, at S2O
per bushel. Another said he would take
$lO at the boilers; and at these prices they
say they would not meet expenses.
1 believe, if men could be safe in their
business, after getting pay for fixing up ,
salt could be made here at $1 per bushel,
land cheaper when facilities are greater. —
| i shall feel grateful to* make enough for
myself. Had 1 seen any fair pilVspeet of
buying at a living price I should never have
undertaken, to me, so heavy a job as to
make it. Yours,
l). P. E.
P. S. Some salt has been lately sold
here at $5 per bushel, and some at SB.
l-'roiu our Army Evangelist.
Sickness und Sorrow.
Bkoiuek Hornadj - : Most of the time, j
for five weeks past, 1 have been confined to
my bed by sickness, in the form of a slow'
fever , con trailed, asl suppose, on the coast, j
l have been reduced quite low', but am im-j
proving now,*and hope soon to be at my j
work again. It has been painful to suspend ;
mv labors, even on account of sickness.— ]
I kept going a week or more after I ought!
to have been in my bed, which 9tily aggra- j
vated the attack.
The affliction has b.-t*n greater on account
of the tbods of sorrow which have recently
swept over our country. W ith what an
guish of spirit have I read ihe names of
hundreds of my acquaintances among the
killed and wounded ! Many of these dear
vouß2 men have I known from their child-!
hood—the sons of th) dearest friends IJiave j
on earth. Ail 1 could do, for weeks, was
to lie on my bed, repeating, day after day,
the language of the prophet, * Oh, that my
head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain •
of tears, that 1 might weep day and night.
for the slain of the daughter of my people!’
Hoping soon to be able to report further
progress in my efforts for the welfare of
our suffering soldiers,
I am yours truly,
2 H. CAMPBELL. 1
cißirria, July 14, l&ii
ANCIENT OEMS,
Re-net to suit Modern Faahlotia.
No. I. :
“A house is an insecure treasury, bat the head*j
of tho poor are a safe treasury.’’
[Chrysostom Horn. S9 on Job*.
Hard as are the times on the poor; much
as the wives and children of the poor sol
diers may suffer, there are many who have
money whioh they do not know what to do
with. There never was a period when
speculation was more rampant, and when
capitalists were more anxious to obtain
either a profitable or a safe investment.- —
What shall 1 do “with my money 1 is the
universal cry of the men of means. Bank
stocks, town lots, improved farms, wild
lands; eveu King Cotton himself ha* felt
the elevating effects of a redundancy of
currency seeking investment. Yet how in
secure are all these! An adverse wave in
the great tide of war may lender banks
and cities and lands worthless; and the
glory of the dethroned monarch may ascend
in black smoke. The woe of the Scripture
may descend and corrupt all these effort*
to preserve or increase wealth: ‘Go to new,
ye rich men, weep and howl for your mis
eries that shall oome upon you. \ r our
riches are corrupted and your garments are
moth-eaten. Your gold and silver ia can
kered ; and the rust of them shall be a wit
ness against you, and shall eat your flesh
as it were fire.’ (Ja. iv., 1.)
The Golden-mouthed Preacher teaches
all such as desire to find a safe depository
for their money where to look. ‘The
HANDS OP THE POOR ARR A 8 APB TEE ABORT.’
O ye who have money in these times of
distress, deposite it for safe keeping in the
hands of the poor. No salamander safe
can keep it as securely for you. No moth
can destroy it there; no rust corrupt; no
robber steal ; no fire burn it; no deapot
plunder it. ‘ lie that hath pity upon the
poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that
which he hath given him will he pay him
again.' (Prov. xix, 17.) What money
lender wants better security 1
But money given to the poor is not only
a safe but a profitable investment. *He
that giveth to the poor shall not lack/
(Pro. xxviii, 27.) Come, my brother, don’t
hoard up your money for fear of coming to
want. Give to the poor and you shall not
laok. The poor ‘ widow woman * of Sa
repta found it to be so ; and so will you if
you try. ‘The liberal soul shall be made
fat.’ (Prov. xi, 25.) Come up, my brother.
lam tired of hearing your complaints of
‘leanness * (and God, I suspect, is tired too)
—come up and get ‘ fat,’ by being ‘liberal.’
‘He that hath a bountiful eye shall be
blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the
poor.’ (Prov. xxii, 9.) Come up, I say
again, my brother: God wants to bless
you, and lie has filled your pocket with
money and the land with poor at the same
time. There is a beautiful correspondence
in all of God’s providences. He has put
the poor right before you that you may be
blessod. God help the poor rich man that
neglects this opportunity of being blessed !
* Give to the poor and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven.’ Chrysostom is right.
‘The hands of the poor are a safe treasury,’
for they are the treasury of heaveu.
Coine up, my brother: you, that have
Confederate jjotes which you are afraid will
depreciate in your hands. Put them in the
handsof the poor. They’ll appreciate there,
and bo worth more than gold. The old
Grecian was a wise man, for he got his
wisdom out of heaven. Do you be wis
also and put your money in this safest cf
all treasuries, the treasury of God, ‘the
hands of the poor.*
People talk about ‘ Havings’ Banks’ to
take care of the money of the poor.—
But here is The Savings’ Bank of Heaven
to take care of the money of all. Come
up, my brother; you’ll want some treasure
ir. heaven as well as upon earth. O, what
a fool is that man who keeps all his treat
uro here! Come up! Every day is a
business day and every hour is an ofliee
hour. The counter is every poor man’s
table, but the books are kept on high.—
That which you deposit will be credited to
you in heaven. Then let the hands of the
poor be the treasury of the rich.
Mkrcsb Usivkhsitt, July, 18®2. .V * C.
A Good Example
A brother in South Carolina ha* sent $5
to be applied to Indian Missions, he having
heard that the Cherokee Baptist Convention
was sustaining a Missionary. He d*>es not
give his name—says he ie a poor man, and
has saved the amount sent, for missions,
by quitting the use of tobacco. This, we
take it, is true Christianity. Who will do
likewise! VV.
Back lumbers.
W e shall be obliged to any one ho car !
send us numbers of The Banner covering
the time from the first number in March to
the last number in May, 1862.
All letters containing remittances, or articles
or the Paper, should be directed to the Baaxer
& Baptist, Atlanta, Georgia, and not to the Edi
tors by name
COMMUNICATION S.
Baptist Historical Model).
Brother Editor: Some months ago I
consented to deliver an address before the
Baptist Historical Sooiety at it* first annual
meetiug, which is to be held in Atlanta on
the 20th July. Since then, my mind and
heart have been s< engrossed with the
thrilling event* transpiring around us, that
I have been unable to prepare myself for
the service in question.
1 doubt not that the same causes which
have influenced me have operated equally
on others, and that the public are as little
inclined, uuder existing circumstances, to
hear sueh an address, as 1 am to deliver it;
all of us too deeply eugaged in making
history, to have either the opportunity or
the heart for the study of it—too much
concerned for the present, to make research
ea into the past.
For these reasons, 1 would suggest that
the address on the occasion referred to be
dispensed with for the present year. 1, at
least, must beg either to be wholly excused
or to be iudulged until more peaceful times
shall afford opportunity for such careful
preparation as the occasion demands.
:i 11. TCCKEK.
ftnmaxe, July IS,
Christian Index please copy.
Dear Brother Hornady :
The Domestic Board has now under ap
pointment eight Missionaries to the Army.
They are doing good service. Already six
teen hopeful conversions among the soldiers
are reported, besides many cases of serious
enquiry. Who can properly estimate the
results of this mission 1
Sinee the organisation of this Board, 1164
commissions have boen issued in the Do
mestic department, and in the Indian.
In the Domestic field, 14,641 persons have
been baptised by our missionaries, and
1,524 ia the Indian. To God be all the
praise!
Shall this work be sustained ? This ques
tion is proposed to every disciple of Jesus.
Will not the brethren remember us at their
Associations this summer? Brethren, help,
mwi,r ! Yours truly,
M. T. SUMNER, Car. de*
lAry-]
Thomas JT. Perry.
The speeial committee appointed to ex
amine the case of brother Thos. J. Perry,
who is under the watoh care of this church
(First Baptist Church, of Savannah), who
has beeu court-martialed and censured by
the Twenty-fifth Georgia Regiment, for
writing and publishing an article exposing
the injurious practice of gambling, playing
of cards, &se., in their midst—-beg leave to
report:
We have read the article and tho partic
ular paragraphs upon which the charge cm*
chargee were based, and in our judgment no
blame attaches to brother Perry. The
publication of the artiole referred to may
be an infraction of military rule; but cer
tainly no violation of any known moral and
religious duty. And so far from imputing
guilt to him, we cordially state that we be
lieve he was in the discharge of a high
Christian duty, in thus grappling with this
fascinating ain in its comparative inoipiency
in their midst. Brother Ferry, with us,
enjoys the full confidence of his brethren.
We suggest that a copy of this Report
be transmitted to the Church, at Rome, of
whieh he is a member.
AH of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. DAVIS, I ~
W. W. WABH, [ h wan tee
Index please copy.
The Heap Tub.
1 Have you ever been to Greece f ’
* No. But I fell head-foremost in a tub
of soap once, if you call that any thing.’
[Field and Fireside.
Just so. And as one thing suggests an
other, Uncle Phil has been thinking about
it. That same old Greece aud his neighbor
Rome must have been great men in their
day. School boys, young men at college,
young lawyers and politicians have daubed
them so much, that oue would think that a
tub of soap would be decidedly useful for
their genteel appearance. My own opinion
is that they ought to be thoroughly soaped
before their ueit public exhibition. One
special reason is, £at ministers ought \o be
nice folks—and they are eo fond of taking
these old gentlemen into the pulpit where
the ladies and all get to see them. When
they get up there, the minister puts them
to talking about history and ‘ My thology,’
or some other yoeeeteiee ease and such like,
and all the people gaze at them. One dif
ficulty is, that the preacher by such inti'
mate association gets daubed, too, and then
stands so close by them in the pulpit that
people see him occasionally, aud you really
couldn’t hardly tell but that he wan born
and raised up with them. Now, if they
oould all fall bead foremost into a soap tub,
and then wash off in pure water, and then
ail three oJ them turn in to preaching the
old-fashioned Gospel, we would have a nice,
clean time of It.
PHIL CRtSTY.