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THE BANNER AND BAPTIST. “termsoFiUBSCRIPTION. WEEKLY, (fifty Nos.,) per annum, invariably in Advance. $3 00 Money due the Office, may be sent by mail a our risk—always mail it in presence of a friend (other than the P. M.,) or procure a friend to mail it foryou —never register. Contributors should write only on one side of each leaf, and number the pages, 1,3, 3, &c. * The Editor will be responsible only for his own articles. Those wishing papers changed, should give the Post-Office they wish ch angedfrom, as well as the one to be changed to* Those forwarding names of subscribers or re mittances, should always write the name of Post Office, County, and State, in full. ADVERTISING* SCHEDULE. jl Mo. |3 Mo. 3 Mo. 6 Mo. 9 Mo.\ VZMo. fooCAKfiFT oO'lfoTOO $ 7 0(1 $ 8 oojfia ooT4 00 3 sq’rs 5 00t 7501000 13 00| 18 00; 33 00 3 SQ’BS 700 10 00 13 00 16 00 34 00; 30 00 4 sq’rs 900 13 00 15 00 20 00 30 00; 36 00 5 sq’rs 11 00 14 00 17 00 24 00 34 00; 43 00 6 SQ’RS 13 50 16 00 19 00 38 00 38 00 46 00 7 sq’rs 14 00 17 50 31 00 33 00 42 00 50 00 8 sq’rs 15 00 19 00 23 00 35 00 45 00 54 00 9 sq’rs 16 00 20 00 23 00 38 00 48 00 57 00 10 sq’rs 17 00 21 00 34 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 A Square, is the space occupied by ten lines of Minion type. One Square, one insertion, $1.50; and SI.OO for each subsequent insertion. Professional and Business Cards, not ex ceeding five lines, $5 per annum; each addi tional line $1 00. Special Notices, fifteen cents per line, for the first insertion; ten cents per line for each subsequent insertion. School Advertisements.— Our charges for School advertisements will be the same as for others, when not paid in advance. When paid in advance we will deduct Twenty-five cents in the Dollar from our regular charges. Cash for Advertisements considered due, and collectable, at one half the time contracted for insertion, except yearly advertisements, due anu payable quarterly. Special Notice. Letters containing remittances —'ilso 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 , /o** they are frequently absent. Always give your Post Office, County and State, in full. Notice to City Subscriber#. The time for which many in the city had subscribed for the Banner, has expired, and we re spectfully solicit it continuance oi their patronage. As we intend to adhere to the CASH SVSTX3M, 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, 1801. RAILROAD GUIDE. Georgia Railroad & banking Cos Auotim to Atlanta,.. .171 Mu,us Fails $5 50 GEORGE YONG’E, Siti'kki nth-SOsst. Morning Passenger Train. (aUNDiTS KtCKPTKD.) __ _ Leave Atlanta daily at ? 00 A. M. Arrive ivt Auguaui At.., 5 55 F, M. Leave Augusta daily hi 8 30 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta at 7 15 P. M, Night Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta daily at 7 48 F.M. Arrive at Augusta at 5 48 A. M. Leave Augusta at 4 00 F. M. Arrive at Atlanta at 3 05 A. M. This road raue in connection with the traiue oi Ihe South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta Rfttlrouds, at Augusta. Macon and Western Railroad. OHANOS or acHAOPL*. Ma.COM TM Atlanta 104 Ml MM likE *4 50. AT,FRED 1.. TfLER, ScTßaiNTWiniwvT. MACON, Georgia, July 30, 1800. On and alter Sunday, 4th of August, the train* wll he run as follows: Leave Macon at. 10 00 a. id. Arrive at Atlanta at 4 00 p. . Leave Atlanta at t> 00 a. u. Arrive at Macon li 05 m. This train connects with Ceutral, South western, and Muscogee railroads at Macon. Western & Atlantic Railroad. Atlanta to I'battanooga, J3N Milt*—F*re,...|6. JOHN 8. ROWLAND, Superintendent, PASSENGER TRAIN. Liavco Atlanta, uigiuly, at 7.30, P M Arrlvf* nt Chattanooga at 4.10, A M R-ave* Chattanooga .-it 8.05, P U Arrive* at Atlanta at... 2.38, A M KXCREB* KREIOttT AND PASBKHOKK TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, dally, at 4.00, A M Arrives at Chattanooga at 3.40’ p M leaves Chattanooga at 4.40’ A M Arrives at Atlanta"at.... 4 j>o’p M This Hoad connects, each Way, with the Rome Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville ,t Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. Atlanta and West Point Railroad. Atlanta to West Point 87 Miles Fare $3 SO GEORGE O Hn.L.erPSSiNTSNDKXT. Crave* Atlanta, daily, at 3.00, A M Arrives at West-Point at 7.90, A M ! West Point, daily, at 2 00, P M \t at\ta at .... j, M This Road connects with the Montgomery and West-Point Road at West-Point BANNER AND BAPTIST. Tract Depository. Brother A. E. Dickinson has established a Tract Depository in this city. Those de sirous of distributing Tracts in our hospitals can obtain them by apply mg at the office ol The Banner and Baptist. *— 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 we do nothing to arrest these evils, and avert the anger of our insulted King ? 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. — 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. Warren. Headquarters, i 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 propeity, 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 cdfcton, hay, or other combustible material, are required without djlay 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. 6. No officers or soldiers will be allowed to remain inand 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. in., either with or without a pass, unless accompanied by his or her owner. The officer commanding earnestly invites the aid and cooperation of his Honor, the 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 soldiers under his command. By order of Colonel Commanding. A Sysleut 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 State* of America. By John TT. 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 w hich 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 ple. 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 00 per dozen to schools or classes. Those wishing further information will address Gen. J. H. Rica, Atlanta, Oa. —— + * — ™ For our terms for advertising, see Ist 'Oluom of this paga. 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 , ’That the President be, and be is hereby authorized, to call out and place in the military service of the Confederate Sta’tes, for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner end ( I, all white men who are residents of the ( on federate States,. between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years at the time 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 light, within forty days, on a day to be fixed fey 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 riot re ceived furloughs under the provisions of an act entitled ‘An Act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to 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-commissioned 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 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 ate hereby, repealed. S etion '2. lie it farther 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 'm 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 be lawful i for the President, with the consent of the j Governors of the respective States, to era- j 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 j the preceding section shall be assigned by the Secretary of War to the different com- j panies now in service, until each company ; is filled to its maximum number, and the j persons so enrolled shall be assigned to companies from the States from which they j respectively come. Section 5. Be it further enacted , That; all setuneu and ordinary seamen in the land i forces, of the Confederate States, enrolled; under the provisions of this act, may, on i application of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the land forces to the naval service. Section 0. fie it farther enacted, That in nil eases where a State may not have in the army a number of regiments, battalions, squadrons or companies sufficient to absorb the number of pel-sons subject to military service under this act, belonging to such State, then the residue or excess thereof shall Be kept as n reserve, under such reg* ulations as may be established by the Sec retary of War, and that at slated 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 remain at home 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 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 entire reserve, or so much as may be ne-l 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 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 bq 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 carbine. Section 0. lit 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 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 enucted 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 tha manner in which the officers thereof were originally appointed. Section 12. Be it further 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. 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 thoservice. ExemptN from (jonicription. 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 fall 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 ents of the public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants therej 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. Sabbath Mails. As fast as a petition is fdled 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 comic, tinn with others to Richmond. Petition to toßgreo. To ike Honorable Senate and House J Rep resentatives of the Confederate Staffs <>j America : The undersigned, deeply realizing the; truth that we can neither ask, nor hope | with any show of reason, for the favor of j God to our loved Confederacy, or His aid j in the deadly contest in which we are now engaged, while our Government shall de j liberately and persistently continue to dis-| regard Ilia laws and require the violation! yf them by officials and soldiers in its em-j doyment—do earnestly petition o-u t.. iake such action as will repeal all laws re-i firing 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 prsy. Dissolution. The firm of Wood, ffanleiter, Rice & Cos. was dissolved this day, by the sale of the entire concern known as the ‘Franklin Printing House,’ to Mr. J. J. Toon, recent ly of Charleston, S, C. We respectfully ask our many friends who have so liberally patronized us since we established the concern, to continue their favors to Mr. Toon, whom we recommend to our friends as worthy of confidence and a liberal patronage. John 11. Rice, one of the firm, can be found at the old stand until our business is closed, where he will be happy to have his friends call—during which time he will also lend his experience in the business to his successor. W ood, Hanlkitek, Rick & Cos. Atlanta, J uly 8, 1862. Franklin Printing House. ATLANTA, OA. Having purchased of Messrs. Wood, Hanleiter, Rice As Cos. their entire establish ment, favorably known as the Franklin Printing House, we would respectfully ask a continuance of the patronage heretofore so liberally bestowed on them, and promise to use every exertion to render entire satis faction. Our facilities for the printing and binding of BOOKS, and for general JOB WORK, it is believed, are equal to any establishment in the Confederate States.— A reasonable stock of Printing and Binding Material now on band, and will be kept for the purpose oJ suppling any demand. J. J. TOON A CO.. Atlanta, Ga., July ft, 1802. CARDS. !¥. A. flftoriiady, RESIDENT DENTIST, FORSYTH, GA. fif Office over Lampkin’s stors. Particular atteution paid to calls at home, and also at a distance. Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb 15 '62 Crawley & A moss, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Franklin Building,) ATLANTA, OIORSU. Robert L. Crawley. | [Benj. B. A moss. Pease & Dari*, WHOLESALE AND KIT A i I* £AHi K o IN PRODUCE AND PRO VISIONS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ( Winshlp's lron-f ont store, Peach Tree st > ATLANTA, OA. P. P. Psass.J [L. B. Davis. Amt business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention and returns early made. We ask out friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pro duee 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 pou ted In reference to the market prices. February 15, 1862. ADVERTIS hMEJN’TS. IVanted, THREE COMPANIES to fillup the late Thirty sixth Georgia Regiment. All the SUIT offices to oe tilled. GEORGE A. SMITH, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding June 8, 1862. Regiment and Post. School Notice. Miss ANNIE SMITH, a graduate of a Southern Female College, has just opened a School, for girls and small boys, in the base ment room of tho Second Baptist Church In this city, and respectfully solicits a share of public patronage. For testimonials of scholarship she refers to Prof. U. W. Wise, Pros’t U. D. Mallary, and to Rev. 11. C. Hornady. Atlanta, June 6, 1862. BAPTIfeT FEMALeIiOLLIIO'eT CUTHBERT, GA. rpHE FALL TEIiM will begin the Ist MON _L DAY, in September. Parents desiring Board for their daughters, can apply to Prof. J. F. Dagg, or the President. gtajP* Confederate Bonds, taken in payment foi Tuition fees, &c. R. D. MALLARY, President. August 5 1861 James McPherson & Go. RAVE 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, BNGRA VINOS, GOLD PUNS ANI) PEN CILS.. WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT CORNICES, PICTURE FRAMES WALL PAPER, FIRE SCREENS, RICH CHINA AND PARIAN VASES, PARI AD FIG URES, Ac,, Ac, Their Stock of School, Miscellaneous, KeH fious, Medical and Cheap Books, is not surpassed y 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. C#“Picture Frames made to order. Remember the New Book Store of jas. McPherson & co. Arrivals per fj. G. R. Soap! Soap!! Rock Potash, Concentrated Lye, For Salt by MABHEV Ac LAXbIieLL. Jsi 19. HWI. INDIGO, ~ ~ MADDER, SULPHURIC ACID, For Salt by MASSEY Sc LAYSDELL