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“Holy Bible, —Book Divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine.”
H. C. HOftNADY, Editor.
J. M. WOOD, )
J. S. BAKER, V Associate Editor*.
D. P. EVERETT, J
ATLANTA, GKEOROIA:
Saturday, July 26, 1868.
Increase in Price of the Banner.
Owing to the immense increase in every
thing connected with the newspaper busi
ness, it has become absolutely neeessary to
advance the price of The Banner to three
dollars per annum, instead of two as here,
tofore. Our patrons will see the propriety
of this wher. informed that the price of
paper is more than double that of former
rates, and that of printing and mailing has
also advanced.
We can not publish the paper for less
than the amount stated without loss to our
selves, and we call upon our patrons to
pay the increase of price in order that we
may keep The Banner going. Those who
have already paid will receive the paper
according to the old rates until their pres,
ent subscriptions shall expiry
Editorial Correspondence.
RICHMOND, Jui.T 15, 1803.
Dear Banner: To the uninitiated this
city seems more like the capital of the
United States than that of the Southern
Confederacy. Every where one meets with
articles of property bearing the significant
letters U. S. Horses, mules, wagons, can
non, can tees, knapsacks, haversacks, etc.,
are found in abundance bearing this unmis
takable stamp, and affording conclusive
proof of the facility with which the ‘Young
Napoleon* performed his wonderful straget
io movement. The streets are filled day
and night with soldiers, cavalry and infant
ry, passing to and fro with groups of Fed
eral prisoners on their way to the several
tobacco factories which have been prepared
for their special accommodation, ft seem
ed a little hard to me, at first, that our gov
ernment should be so liberal in providing
room for these visitors from the other side,
while the prospect before me was not very
promising for lodging, die. 1 succeeded,
however, in getting a room formerly occu.
pied by the Rev. W.M. Crumley, chaplain
of the Georgia hospitals, who is absent on
sick furlough. This arrangement was made
by Mr. Selkirk, the business agent of the
Georgia Hospital Association. Here 1 re
ceived a great many evidences of kindness
and sympathy from Drs. O’Keefe, Ellison,
Carleton and others, while engaged in vis
iting the sick and wounded of our own
State, confined in the hospitals.
Of the wounded there area great many,
injured in almost every conceivable way.
The-surgeons in these hospitals, under the
efficient direction of Or. Campbell, of Au
gusta, are unremitting in their attentions to
our suffering soldiers, and their relatives
may. rest assured that every thing is being
done which can possibly contribute to their
comfort as well as to their speedy recovery.
But in spite of all their exertions and skill,
many of the wounded are dying, and their
bodies will be left to moulder in the soil
which they have so gallantly defended.
The brilliancy of our victory over the
enemy can be fully understood only w hen
the great difficulties to be overcome are
adequately known. Suffice it to say, we
have defeated one of the strongest and best
appointed armies which ever took the field,
entrenched behind redoubts and breast
works which to a civilian seem impregnable.
'The enemy in his retreat either lost or de
stroyed the most of his outfit—well satisfied
in being able to get off the remains of his
broken and discomfited army to a plaee of
safety' under the friendly protection of his
gunboats, where he now lies awaiting re
inforcements and supplies. Should he again
take it into his head to go to Richmond, it
is presumed he will be defeated, as every
soldier in our army is fully confident of our
ability to defend the city. But we shall see
what we shall see. 11. C. 11.
llaiitier Tor the Soldier*
The religious paper furnishes a cheap
and available means of reaching them ; and
our brethren and sisters should come to
the rescue before it is too late. What say
our rea-U*ra ? Shall the sick and woundtg
soldiers have The Banner f
BANNER AND BAPTIST.
State Evangelist.
Brother Jesse B. Campbell has been la
boring as State Evangelist, and recently as
Colporteur among our soldiers on the coast;
The committee regret that the income of
the Permanent Mission Fund is so small as,
to allow no appropriation this year. We
can only urge that our brethren will make
contributions to the support < t brother
Campbell, and continue him in this import
ant field of missionary labor. —[■AxOnc/
from Report of Executive Committee, Geor
gia Baptist Convention. 1? MEND.
The. above extract has been sent us by a
friend of voluntary missions, thusUmely
calling the attention of brethren to the im
portant work in which brother Campbell is
engaged. His labors for our soldiers have
been arduous, and no doubt very profitable
to them. His gifts and capacities, com.
bined with his ardent patriotism, peculiarly
jit him for ' this very work. But he nor
any other man, with small means, can de
vote his time and incur the expense of such
a work at his own charges. Brethren, he
ought to be fully and liberally sustained.— 5 *
The associations will soon meet, and Chris
tians will be doing a good work to bear
these suggestions iri mind and provide lib.
erally for his support. In the mean time }
individual Christians w ho wish promptly to
do their part can send to him at Griffin, Ga.>
or to the Banner for him.
Friend of the Soldier! listen to this
appeal. •
For the Index.
GRIFFIN, Julv 2,1862.
At a called conference this day the Bap
tist Church in this city passed the follow ing
preamble and resolutions :
Whereas, Elder A. C. Dayton has pub
lished in the Christian Index an appoint
ment to preach in this city on next Sabbath,
the 7th instant. And, whereas, he thus
compels us to decide whether we will or
will not allow him to occupy our pulpit. —
Therefore,
Resolved, Ist, That while we will allow
Elder Dayton to occupy our pulpit, it shall
not be regarded as taking any position up
on, or even as the expression of an opinion
in regard to the late difficulties of Elder J.
R. Graves and party, and the First Baptist
Church in Nashville, Tenn.
Resolved, 2d, That* a copy of this pre
amble and resolutions be given Eld. Dayton
on his arrival in this city, and that the same
be sent to the Christian Index for publica
tion. A. Vanßoose, Moderator.
S. Warner, Clerk pro tem.
We have clipped the above from the
Christian Index of 22J instant. This is
rather a singular document, and as brother
Dayton has 6ome character for modesty
it may not be amiss to say that he probably
did not think of compelling the goo . breth
ren at Griffin to say whether he should
ocoupy their pulpit.' They could have put
him in their College building, as was done
at LaGrange—or in the Court-Home, as
was done at Albany', where a different state
of things appears to exist to that which pre
vailed in the life time of the honored dead.
Our brethren at Griffin appear more sent
pulous than the members of the late Geor
gia Baptist Convention. Upon motion of
one of the oldest and best members' of that
body (the lion. Thomas Stocks), Elder
Dayton was received as a minister of the
Gospel and invited to a seat in the conven
tion, and he returned over the railroad on
a certificate, of membership) of the body,
signed by the President—Dr. P. 11. Mell.
A few other things in other quarters we
may notice, as matters of curiosity, at some
future time, unless we find that the viper
will die without additional blows. The
good Lord, we trust, ‘ will bring it about.’
W.
Army Chaplain*
These devoted workers for their country
and their Saviour, find that religious read
ing for the soldiers helps them very much
in their labors of love.. Hence, they call
for tracts, Testaments, and religious papers.
These brethren say that the soldiers are
very fond of religious papers, and many of
them have written and asked for The Banner
to be sent to them weekly for distribution.
But while brother H. would gladly furnish
large numbers to his country's defenders,
he can not do so unless the means are fur
nished. Will not these Chaplains take up
contributions for this object? and will not
brethren, pastors and others, at home do
the same, and forward the amount to bro
ther 11, I Each number of The Banner
will be worth more to the soldier than an
ordinary tract.
Although l feel that 1 have done more
than m v share fur The Banner, 1 will follow
the advice given to others—and hereby
contribute #5 for this object.
J. M. Wood.
— •#
City Subscriber*.
We have been sending a carrier with
The Banner to our city subscribers, but
we can not continue to do so after the pres
ent number. They must send for them to
our office, or else get them from the Post
office. The trouble and expense of carrying
are too great, entailing positive loss on us
for every paper so sent.
Brother Wellborn’s Proposition.
Brother M. J. Wellborn has sent four
dollars and twenty-five cents for The Ban
ner, being confident that the paper can not
bg,published at 12 per annum without great
lees to the proprietor.. In this he is right;
aud unless our friends generally come up to
our support promptly, they will soon have
no ‘ Banner.’
“The editors have already made g-reat sac
rifices in order to sustain the paper, but
there must be a limit to these; and we now
call upon every friend of the paper to imi
Tate the worthy example of brother Well
born, in sending up contributions to keep
it afloat. Let every subscriber, who is
able to do so, send six dollars and pay for
two years, and there will be no failure in
the paper.
Correspondence of The Banner.
NEAR VICKSBURG, July 9,1862.
Brother Wood:
I promised, when I parted with you in
Atlanta several weeks ago, that I would
occasionally write you and keep you posted
as to my whereabouts and whatabouts. —
I have had so little to communicate of in
terest that I have put off writing from w'eek
to week until this time, and 1 now' w T rite
with very little on hand.
I returned to camp at Corinth, and found
the Army preparing to fall back. The sick
that were able to be removed were being
sent to the interior hospitals, and the extra
baggage to Okalona. Determining to give
m v attention to the care of the sick and to
preaching, when not engaged upon the bat
tle field, 1 looked around for a life to save.’
Before sundown I found a Surgeon of the
Bossier Cavalry, La., low with camp dys
entery and typhoid fever supervening, and
learned from the surgeon attending that
his ease was hopeless unless he could be
removed into a private family and receive
especial attention. I immediately procured
the charge of him from the proper authori
ties and conveyed him to the residence of
my father-in-law, Dr. George Snider, who
lives in Magnolia, Miss , who enjoys an en
viable reputation asa physician ofeminence.
There 1 nursed him fur fifteen days, when
heTted—the fatal shaft had been sent too
deep to be reached by medical skill.—
After a visit in the bosom of my family,
from which I had been separated since the
first of last March, 1 supplied myself with
‘lint and bandages ’ and some simple medi
cos. 1 embarked for Vicksburg where a
iarni engagement wiis daily expected, as it
was reported daily" that the enemy was
landing heavy forces both below' and above
the city to reduce the fortifications by a
double Hank movement. I have been here
now over one week, and the prospect for a
land or naval engagement is lessening daily.
Tht> enemy amuse themselves, and perhaps
seek to divert our attention from what they
are doing, by bombarding our batteries,
but without effect. They have driven the
citizens out of the city, save some few mer
chants, and have riddled the buildings and
ploughed up the streets with their shot and
shell, but have not killed more than five or
six persons and wounded twice as many ;
only two of the killed were soldiers, one a
{ a dy —Mrs. Grabble They have found
out that we have a very large force massed
here to meet them when they touch the
soil, and have doubtless given up the idea
of taking Jackson via Vicksburg. And
they have been sadly disappointed in their
| naval project. They undertook to pass a
; portion of their gunboats by the forts to
make a conjunction with the fleet above,
and to test the effect of our guns upon their
‘steel-elads.’ They learned a lesson that
made its impression uporr them, and it
should upon our rulers. Under full headof
steam, with every gun belching shot and
shell like so many volcanoes, enveloping
boats and men in a cloud of smoke and fire,
they pushed by, while our batteries hurled
their heavy iron dowrn upon them. One
of the boats was their magnificent 4 Brook
lyn’ ship of war; it succeeded in passing
the point above the city, when it staggered
and went down n full thirty feet of water
—ao utter loss ; her masts stitf stick out
of the water. Two or three other boats
were riddled and may prove a loss. This
shows what might have been done by the
forts and those batteries below New Or
leans, ha 1 they been properly manned,
gunned and worked— New Orleans could
not have been taken by Lincoln’s fleet
combined. The enemy have evidently de
spaired of reducing Vicksburg , and given it
up! You ask, What are they doing?—
I can tell you.
The river comes into Vicksburg making
a V, touching Vicksburg by ita base point.
The Yankees are engaged cutting anew
channel for the river across the opening of
the U, expecting to leave Vicksburg by this
means some six miles inland, high and dry !
They have impressed some fifteen thousand
negroes, from the plantations on the river,
to complete this work. If they succeed,
the Y ankee nation will raise a great laugh
and fondly dream that the river is theirs
from head to mouth. ‘ Will they succeed V
Those who are acquainted with the river
say no, for the river is falling faster than
they can dig, and will continue to fall faster
for three or six months to come—and
so they will have the delightful exercise for
their reward ! But suppose they do suc
ceed, the river is by no means in their pos
session. We are—and you will rejoice to
hear it—putting up suudry heavy batteries
below, that will prove as formidable as
those here. The news to-day is that the
mortar boats have left for d.own stream.—.
Doubtless they have got wind of what we
are about, and have gone down to shell us
away, if possible. Mark the prophecy :
The-Yankee transports will never enjoy the
Mississippi River; nor will the fond hopes
of the invaders, to open up.the trade of the
River and New Orleans with the North-
West— never.
The most vigorous movements are now
being put forth to defend every foot of soil
from New Orleans to Memphis on both
sides of the river. I expect to be able to
inform you of a brilliant affair in a short
time, occurring out west on this side of the
river. Our information to-day is, that
Curtis in Arkansas is in quite as bad or
worse a ‘ fix ’ as his friend McClellan is
on the Peninsula. Have we not much to
be thankful for, brother Wood ? The light
of a better day seems to be breaking in the
East and shining even unto the West.—
Beauregard’s retreat was a masterly affair,
and utterly disconcerted Ilalleck.
Thursday morning. —The house in which
I write (Dr. Philips’) shakes under the
heavy firing of our batteries, which has re
opened biiskly this morning. Cause un
known. It is evidently from our 10 inch
guns, as the reverberations aie deeper and
longer, and the concussion more severe.
But my main object in writing you is,
to see if through you 1 could be supplied
with Tracts for our soldiers in the camps
and in the field, i suppose we have over
100,000 men in tent and hospital in the
West, and yet nothing adequately has been
done, or is now doing, known to me, to
supply them even with tracts. 1 have sent
brother H. $lO for a supply to distribute
as Igo from camp to camp. 1 would send
6100 were I able; but, literally reduced to
nothing, and never having received one
dime from Government or from any source
for my service*, beyond transportation
when on Government business, I can not
afford it. Now, 1 am willing to preach
through all these camps, and at all the hos
pitals on the line of the New Orleans and
Jackson, also the Vicksburg and Meridian,
and the Mobile and Ohio from Mobile to
Tupelo, without compensation, provided
my railroad expenses are paid, and I can
be furnished with tracts to distribute gratu
itously. If this is asking too much, 1 will
meet my own expenses, and preach and
distribute the tracts gratuitously. Can 1
get the tracts on these terms? A deposi
tory has been located at your office—what
can you do for the army out here ? If no
thing by way of supplying tracts without
the money, can they be had with it ?
By the w'ay, what does it mean that, after
the churches and brethren have given the
money to issue millions of them, they still!
have to be bought at all? What can bej
done? Write me about it.
My experience proves that our soldiers
and the people every where will listen to
preaching now as they have never done be
fore. Soldiers and people need encourage
ment; the spirit of all has been most pain,
fully depressed, and not a few despair. —
The hopes inspired by the teachings of
God’s Word and Providence buoy them
up and inspire them to suffer and to sacri
fice, to <Joand to dare. When our armies
as well as our people come to look alone to
God for salvation, we may safely conclude
that He will say to the sword that scourgeth
us, ‘Thou hast drank enough of the blood
of this people.'
I am spending a few days with our mu
tual friend and fellow-worker, Dr. M. W.
Philips, whose heart is in this as it has been
in every good work. If tracts cannot be
obtained from Atlanta, we must engage in
publishing them in Mississippi. I shall
wait to hear from you.
Affectionately yours, J..R, Ghavks.
(Address me at Magnolia, and letters
will be forwarded.)
Letter from A. B. Campbell, Chap
lain Ninth Georgia Itcgiinent to
hi* Parents.
RICHMOND, V*., Jlly 8, 1862.
My Dear Parents: —My emotions are
too big for utterance, a* 1 attempt to give
you an outline of my experience for the
last few days. The arrival from Griffin of
Mrs. 11., this morning, and the intelligence
she brings from home, combined, w ith a re.
collection of the wonderful events I have
recently witnessed, to fill my soul w ith eon
flicting emotions. I can hardly decide
whether I am most transported with joy,
or overwhelmed with sorrow. My main
source of distress is my sympathy with my
anxious, afflicted parents. If 1 cotM know
you. were aware of my safely <<> V(
ing, I should be much more uatquil in
mind; but, knowing your apprebtunions,
my sympathies are painfully txcited. 1
haps vou have felt like chiding me for net
having sooner informed you of my escape
from the dangers of the late battles. ut
circumstances beyond my control have In
vented me from writing you since the des
perate engagement of Tuesday.
written us on Monday, and here reft is to
the conflict of McGruder’s Division. J.
H. C ]
From Monday motnir.g until Ihuisday
noon, 1 did not sleep more than eight
hours, being all the time either in motion
with the army or on some recently fought
field, trying to ameliorate the snffi rirgs of
our own army as well as the mangled, dis
heartened unfortunates, whom the beaten
and retreating ent my left upon out hands.
I spent Wednesday night in Jacksons
army, and, as the ground was thoroughly
wet, the air very chilly, and, as 1 bad
neither blanket or overcoat with me, 1 sat
up all night shivering over the fire, with
the corpses of friends and foes strewn all
around us. As the men Itad lost touch
sleep, made heavy marches, and eaten but
little, most of them fell down on the wet
ground and slept, despite all their discom
forts. Those of us who could not sleep,
spent the hours in conversation, each nar
rating his most important adventures, and
all, with one consent, and without hesita.
lion, attributing our personal deliverances
and national triumphs, to the special inter
position and favor of a most merciful 1 iov
ideuce. No true soldier will deny the pro
tection of God. Since entering the army,
[more than twelve months ago,] I have
known but two men who have avowed in
fidel sentiments on this subject, both of
whom, though in command, one of a com
pany and the other of a regiment, betrayed,
in the hour of danger, the most disgraceful
cowardice, and are now ol jects of derision
throughout the entire circle of their ac
quaintance. This fact illustrates a great* 1
truth. * * * * *
On Tuesday afternoon 1 remained with
my regiment, went with them to the field
of battle, and intended to take part in the
conflict, but was dissuaded from so doing
by a number of the officers and men, who
begged that 1 would remain behind aud at
tend on the wounded as they were brought
from the field. The reasonableness ol the
request, coupled with the fact that the bur
geons would need my assistance, induced
me to comply. I bade our men “ Do their
duty,” commended them to God’s protec
tion, and reluctantly turned back with a
heavy heart, because they were going into
danger without my accompanying them,
from which some of them, poor fellows,
would never return alive. I had hardly be
gun to retrace my steps towards a neigh
boring yard, which had been selected as a
i suitable place for the wounded, when a dis
charge of canister from the enemy swept
past me, one of them passing w ithin a few
inches of my head, and cutting off a color
staff just behind me, the colors falling at
iny feet.
In a few momenta the battle had opened
in good earnest. The bombs burst furi
ously around the ) ard above mentioned,
where we were attending on the wounded
and dying. The litter-bearers and ambu
lances were running to and fro, bringing in
our bleeding, groaning comrades as fast as
they could. But alas, not as fast as they
fell ! Some believed the affair was badly
managed, owing to the drunkenness of one
or more in high authority. * * * *
We were in doubt as to which side was
victorious, until the revelations of the fol
lowing morning showed how terribly the
enemy had been beaten. They had a strong
position, and the fighting was desperate on
both sides. Our boys are not satisfied
with the results of the engagement, be.
cause the enemy was not compelled to
leave all their artillery behind. During
the fight they begged of their officers per
mission to drive the Yankees away at the
point of the bayonet. With a competent
and courageous leader, such as our brigade
commander, Col. G. T. Anderson, they
would either have captured the entire force
or driven them from the field in confusion.
I hesitate not to say that our men are abso
lutely invincible in the present cause.
1 must not close without a tribute to
your friend, Col. G. T. Anderson. For
several months past he has had command
of our brigade, and, so far as 1 can learn,
has won the esteem and confidence of both
men and officers. He has led us into dan
ger on several occasions, and is as calm and
deliberate amidst a storm of grape and
shell as when sitting in front of his tent,
conversing with his staff. Ilis courage
never betrays him into rashness or reckless
ness, fur he never loses sight of the safety
of his men and the interests of the cause,
tor example, on Tuesday evening, before
leading his command into action, he took a
