l.hen wqaAted 'Brown to *•<>
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accompanying the report. v ' tto £'>'
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,„ hw( j, (afier. tl..- oM ,t.,l 6 ) hmlher
SaiKou;uflwwl-|>r iw.r; #ml we adjuuined
to meet at Noonday Church, the Lord will
ing, on Saturday before. On*, first’ Sabbath
in August,. 1&6-3-. ... .
Thus brethren-say that a more harmonious
meeting has never been held, there was
8 ,, t rt ‘Mu ! .ty?.ar.d in all the deliberations,
nor the least contusion.
At the request or some of the brethren,
n send you a. copy of the Report of the
Committee oii'the State of the Country.
They want their friends m the army to see
it in The Banner. Please publish it in
the next'issueiV . Yours in Christian love,
A Baptist.
The follow mg is the copy of the Report
enclased by our correspondent :
Your Committee on the State of th e
Country' beg leave to report:
Ist. That- the people of the Confederate
States are suffering an awful calamity at
present. . "
•id That the God ol this people is a Cod
of Righteousness, and true Holiness, visiting
lli 9 people with His judgments for their
sins. . .
3d That the war upon us is not only
sent imconsequence of our sins, (not. as u
Government, but as a people,) but is perpet
uated because we continue to sin, and have
failed to humble ourselves under the chas
tening hand of God. Much complaint has
been,'and is still being,- made against our ru
fers, President, Congress, Generals, and
State Governors. This is done, too, whilst
those who are loudest in their denuncia
tions are perpetrating almost-every species
of wickedness. They seem to forget (if they
ever knew) that our Government is not a
great Central Power hi the bands of the
fea\ but is a Democracy'—the power in the
People. ......
Now. if you would correct the evil, begin
at the source. The stream is polluted ; will
you go to its terminus to cleanse it, or will
you not rather go to its source.' Cleanse
the fountain, and the stream will be.pure. —
The people is the source —tin* fountain. —
Let all the people in our Government erase j
to pervert tin* right ways of the Lord—;
cease'to abuse -oar officers, riril and milt- j
tary^Qita se to consume and devour each j
other-by taking advantage of the eireum
stances and necessities of the poor, and
thereby producing untold additional suffer-;
ing. The love of money is the root of all;
evil. This heinous monster is now to be
seen everywhere in the form of extortion j
u gin, of all practical sins, than which
God h'dtes hone worse.
Then there is a manifest fulling off in reli j
gious interests. Men have become lovers |
of money,, and of* themselves, more than of j
their God and their country, forgetful of,
their obligations to God, thcr Church and,
their country,they heap uj-riches, whilst
souls are dying, £ton languishing, and their j
country bleeding at every pore. Would
you have peace—would you aid in ameli
orating the condition of suflfci-ing humanity
would you see Zion arise and God s glory
displayed, —finally, would you see your
Government tslofthsftpd, und
prosperity, aod Godliness possess our people /
Then cease to pervert the right ways et,
he Lord, and, instead of <l>c perpetuation
of the foregoing sins, regard sacredly youri
obligations to God, your neighbor &ndyoin
country, anil bow in humble submission to
the God of Nations, labor to do good to
each ’ other, trust your cause to Him who
care.th for you, and the war (cruelly
unjustly waged against us by our enemies)
will at once cease, and peace and prosperity
reign supreme. Much distress, anxiety and
unparalleled suffering are now pi e\ a lent
throughout all the land, which call toi hum
ble shorn last on to God, deep, heartfelt and
fervent prayer, and a determined turning
away from sin.
To specify more fully the particular sms
of our people at present, would probably
intrude too much upon your time. And, as
tiuiui efforts have been made to correct the
evil* 1 extant, which have proved worse than
a failure, we can only urge upon the breth
ren those who may be willing to listen
to the voice of wisdom, a few of those warn
ings in Holy Writ which apply in the
premises. God says to the idolater,- ( whetli-
er he worship self, wood, money, land or
slaves,) Babbath breaker, murderer, extor
tioner, (he that taketh advantage ot the ne
cessities of his fellow men to get gain.) and
such like characters, they shall die. His
wrath aliideth on such. All sueh are un
worthy both of a place in the ( tiuroh below,
and a seat in Heaven above. iht>y ha\e
tailed to overcome the world, the flesh and
the devil, and shall not sit with Christ on
His throne, but shall realize the frowns of
an angry God here, sooner or later, and wail
beneath His heavy vengeance forever here
litter, Brethren, in view ot the multiplied
sins of our people, may it not be said ol us,
as pf the Jews anciently, ‘‘This whole peo
pie have sinned." With the foregoing facts
staring us in the thee, your t V.mmittoe would
insist upon a forsaking of sin, and an una
batiug effort in prayer to the ALMIG H 11,
that He might grant repentance, avert the
threatened ruin, relieve ns of su tie ring so
severe, establish peace and overrule all
worldly commotion to His glory, and the
reign of Messiah.
A word more, aud we dose this reprirt.
Brethren, do you riot feet ? Is there not cause
tor sympathy, for effort, for untiring prayer?
Can you not wrestle with God as did Jacob
of old 1 Have you. not mrighWrs, broth
er*, lathers, mm hi the tented field 1 Are
they* u-t exposed to iminent danger* The
’ ur*
the banner and baptist
pestilence that walketh in darkness is hourly
hunting them—disease is all around them
death is constantly staring them in the face
--the shafts of the devil are hurled at them
by their wicked associates' all around,'and
then the missiles of death blacken the heav
ens over them, as they are thrown by the
eneniv of our country, seemingly crowding
out the light both of the literal and the celes
tial heavens. Thus are our dear ones ex
posed, and thus hurried into the presence
of an Holy God.
Now, brethren, do we not believe that our
God is a God of mercy, as well as of justice
—that He will hear the prayers of His peo
ple ? Then let us cease -to . ski. Let us
eotne humbly, yet boldly, to a nTerey seat,
beg fervently,*beg constantly and unyield
ingly for help in this greatest extremity.
Your Committee recommend that one
fervent and united prayer’ be offered up to
! Almighty God, by the body , in behalf of our
i distressed country and bleeding soldiery.
. Respectfully submitted. .
S. M. Pyles, Chairman.
THE GRAVE
Tribute of Reaped.
. James Goss, son of Rev. I . H. Goss,
whs born January 30, 1844, in Elbert Cos.,
Georgia, and died in.camp near Richmond,
June 18, 1862.
Although too young for mi itary duty,
still he was unwilling to remain idle while
his bleeding country call*d him. Dn ac
count of his extreme youth, his parents had
dissuaded him from joining a company made
up in his own town (Lumpkin), but seeing
his anxiety ,to go, they could no longer re
sist his appeals w hen he told them he had a
letter from Lieut. R. J. Gordon, of com
pany B, '24th Georgia Volunteers, soliciting
him to join—telling him that he had not
seen a drunken man r.or. heard an oath in
his company. His parents, yielding their
consent,consecrated their much-loved son
to their country, having first committed
him to the care of their Heavenly Father.
By His care he v/as kept safe through all
the vicissitudes of the camp and battle field
until he reached the camp near Richmond,
where, on the 18th June, he fell, pierced by
a ball from one of his con lades, while on
picket. He lived but a few hours; but
long enough to forgive tin friend who had
unintentionally done him so great an in
jury, and to show his triein! that he was
resigned to death.
He died a noble martyr in his country’s
cause, without the laurels of the field, yet
the oblation was as holy as if his blood had
been poured out upon the battle field and
by the hand of the enemy.
Religiously, James (loss wa> without
reproach. Having been his teacher, I can
probably speak more positively than any
one else. 1 take pleasure in bearing this
testimony to his memory ; that in all our
intercourse, I never knew him to commit;
an action which would, not comport in the;
highest degree with the character of a
Christian and a gentleman. It in his dying
hour he had not given us any hope of the
future, his life would have given ample
testimony that his end was that, of the
righteous.
He, is one 1 A doting father and mother |
mourn the loss of a dutiful son; his bro
thers and sisters, a loving brother; soldiers,
a noble and bravo comrade missing; and
we take this opportunity to express our
love for the deceased, and our condolence
with the family who now mourn their loss.
H. T. Sherman.
Died, at Carrollton, Olh August, 1862,
of camp fever, in the twenty fourth year of
his age, A. C. Vklvi.n, only son M. J
and Priscilla \ elvin.
When the war broke out, the subject of
this notice was among the first to tender
his services in behalf of his beloved South.
He volunteered in company F, Tth Georgia
regiment, went to the seat of strife early in
the spring of 1801, w here he contracted a
disease which made it necessary, in the
opinion of those in authority, to discharge
him from the army. He returned home in
the fall, remained a few months, w'hen his
health was much improved —enough so, as,
he thought, to enable him to perform cav
alry service. So he went to work at once,
and was-mainly instrumental in organizing
company K, Ist Georgia Cavalry, one of
the finest companies now in the Confederate
service. The members unanimously eon
ferred upon him the First Lieutenancy, the
duties of w hich office he discharged with
ability and fidelity until ho was forced, by
an attack of fever, to return home on fur
lough, where he continued to grow worse
until death relieved him from all pain aud
suffering.
Although not a member of any
Lieutenant Velvin was a young man of
good moral habits. He possessed in a grs&t
degree the characteristics of a true Chris
tian. He had for some time seemed to
take great interest in matters of religion,
and shortly before he breathed his last he
gave satisfactory proof to bis friends and
relatives that God for Christs sake had
| pardoned his sins.
j He left a father, smother, two sisters tual
many other relatives and friends to mourn
his early depaiture. But we feel consoled
with tfig thought that our loss is his eternal
gain. A friend.
[South Western Baptist please copy.
Sail for th© People,
HEAD QUARTERS, )
Commissary General's Office,
Atlanta, Ga., August 4, 1832. )
To the Justices of the Inferior Court of
Fulton County. Georgia :
Gentlemen —1 am directed by His Ex
cellency, Joseph E. Brown, to notify the
Justices of the Inferior Court of each coun
ty in Georgia) of the arrangement he has
made for Salt, and of his plan for distribu
tion to relieve, as far as possible, the ne
cessities of the widow of each deceased
soldier, the wife of each soldier in the ser
vice, the widow having a son or sons in the
service, and the heads of all other families.
For this purpose, I herewith fu nish jou
with a printed copy of the Governor’s order
to me on the 31st July, 1802, and respect
fully invite and solicit your immediate and
prompt cooperation in the execution of said
order.
Please send to me a certified list of the
names of the parties mentioned in the first
and second sections in said order, and the
amount of money stated in the second sec
tion, and 1 w-ill order the Salt shipped to
your address, as you may direct, for the
use of said parties.
You w ill discover in the sixth section of
the Governor’s, order an important sug
gestion, and I would respectfully urge the
propriety of holding the public meeting in
your county, and the appointment of a re
liable Agent to sell salt tor the accommo
dation of the people of the county ; this
would no doubt greatly aid and facilitate
our object in relieving the present necessi
ties of the people.
Yours, respectfully,
Jared I. Whitaker,
Commissary General.
HEAD QUARTERS, (
Marietta, July 31, 1862. j
|Col. Jared I. Whitaker,
Commissary General:
Colonel: Finding that there was but
: little prospect, on account of the itnpossi
jbility of large importations, that private
; enterprise would afford a supply of salt for
lour people this year, and knowing how in
dispensable it was to health and comfort, 1
j determined, as the Executive of the State,
to do all in my power for the relief of the
people, though I might, by assuming the
responsibility, be exposed to the censure of
speculators and such captious fault-finders
as can never be pleased
After considerable effort, 1 have succeed
ed in procuring a lease upon a sufficient
supply of salt water at the Virginia Salt
Works, to make five hundred bushels per
day, during the war, and’ till th-ee months
after its termination, if we should nerd it
so long. 1 have also .employed a reliable
man to go tu work, who is to make all the
necessary preparation as so >n as possible,
and use sufficient labor to make the quantity
above mentioned. He is already at work
with what kettles and furnaces he has now
in order, and expects to be able in another
month to. turn out the five hundred bushels
per day.
Hon. John W. Lewis acted as my agent
in the negotiations necessary to secure these
results. A large proportion of the credit,
if any attaches, is due to him, as 1 should
not have been able to secure the lease and
make the other arrangements, without the
information received from him .aiid his per
sonal influence and efforts in the negotia
tions. Helms rendered valuable service,
and has refused to receive any compensa
tion for either his time or his expenses
while engaged in this business
My purpose is to sell the salt to the in
habitants of this State, at such price per
bushel as will cover only cost and necessa
ry expenses to the time of the sale. The
standard established at the Works is fifty
pounds to the bushel. I have to purchase
by this standard, and must sell by it, de
ducting from the fifty pounds whatever
may be found tu ie the wastage from drip
ping, leakage, &*., a'ter it leaves the works
till it is sold to the consumer. Experience
will soon show how much each bushel loses
in weight during its transportation and
storage.
I shall order all the salt consigned to you
as Commissary General, and desire you to
take charge of it and have it sold by relia
ble agents, to be employed at such central
points as may •be selected as distributing
points.
If it is ascertained in future that the price
now fixed does not pay cost and all ex
penses. it can be raised until it covers both:
or if it does more than this, it can lie
reduced.
For the present you are directed to dis
pose of the salt, when received, as follows;
1. You w ill glee, without chargt ?, one half
bushel to the widow of each soldier who
has been killedin battle, or has died in the
military service of the State or the Confed
erate States. As you can not know the
facts, nor make this distribution without
assistance from the different counties of the
State, I request the Justices of the Inferior
Court of each county to send you a list of
the names of all widows of soldiers iu their
county, with a certificate of two or more of
said Justices that the persons whose names
are sent are the widows of deceased sol
diers. receipt of such list and certifi
cate, you will ship to said Justices, at such
point as they may designate, one half bush
el for each soldier’s widow , to be distributed
among them by said J ustiees.
2. You w ill sell to the wife of each sol
dier now in military service, if she desires
it, and to each widow having a son or sons
iu service, one half bushel for me and liar .
the names of those entitled to it to be cer
tified by the Justices of the Inferior Court,
as in cases of widows of soldier,; and the
salt to be slopped to the Justices of inferior
Court ~, each count,, at „uoh point on I
railroad a, they may desi K „ a te, ~, , o on a‘
you may have it on hand, and they send
you the money for it. It is supposed there
is no county in the State whose Justices
will refuse to make this advance from the
County Treasury, for the benefit of the sol
diers’ families, and to take the trouble and
expense of getting the salt from the rail
road a. and distributing it among those in
the county entitled, at the price mentioned;
which can be refunded to the County Treas
ury when paid in for the salt by those who
are to receive it.
Should the widow' of a deceased, soldier,
or the wife of a soldier in service, desire
more than a half bushel for her own use,
she will be permitted to purchase it at the
price paid by others, in preference to all
other persons, if there is not a supply for
all.
3. You will .sell to all other heads of
families at the rate of four dollars and fifty
cents per bushel. But no head of a family
will be permitted to receive mo.e than one
j bushel till all are supplied with enough for
J present use. You will have each agent to
| keep a book in which he will enter the
name of each head of a family who gets
salt; and in oase one person applies for
the quantity allowed each of several fami
lies, and has the means of hauling it, your
agent will let him have it, taking from him
a written certificate giving the name of
each person for whom he receives it, and
stating that he will deliver it to such per
son at the price he pays for it, and such
price for hauling as may have been agreed
on between the parties. The names of the
heads of families thus supplied will be en
tered on the book, that the person receiving
the salt for his neighbors may be detected
if he should act unfaithfully. All pur
chasers will be required to bring with them
! their own sacks to carry their salt home
from the place of sale.
4. As I can place the salt only at a few
central points iu the State, you will estab
lish a depot for its sale by a faithful agent,
at each 'of the following places, to wit:—
Cartersyille, Atlanta, Athens Augusta,
Griffin, Macon, Albany, Columbus, and
Savannah. Were Ito undertake to send
it to all the towns and depots on the rail
! roads, I must employ so many agents as
|to embarrass you in securing prompt set
! dements, and greatly increase the price by
j the payment of so many salaries to dis
i tributiug agents. You will take bond and
: security'from each agent, for the faithful
; discharge of his duties and the prompt pay
i menf to you of the collected by him,
ami fur the delivery to you of the salt on
hand at any time when demanded by you
or other agent of the State. Each agent
will sell for cash, and will remit to you the
I amount he has collected each week. Any
j agent failing to make such remittance, will
! be promptly discharged.
5. You will notify the Justices of the In
ferior Court of each county in this State, of
the arrangements proposed for the purpose
ofsupplying the widow's of deceased soldiers
and wives of soldiers now in service, with
j salt to lelieve present necessities, and re-
quest their active cooperation in the pro
posed plan.
0. When the people of a county will, by
public meeting, appoint a reliable Agent
who will obligate himself to them to sell
salt for the accommodation of the people
of the county, at the prices above mention
ed, adding only the freight which he has to
pay from the place where he receives it
from your agent to the place of sale, you
will be authorized, when you have a supply
on hand, to sell for cash, to such County
Agent, in such quantities as would be the
reasonable proportion for his county, at the
prices above specified. This will afford
those who are disposed to render a public
service without charge, in a matter of vital
importance to their fellow-citizens, an op
portunity to display their liberality. It is
hoped some person w ith sufficient means
will be found in each county remote from
the central points of deposite, willing to
serve the public for the public- good.
The different railroad companies in this
State have show n a liberality and a disposi
tion to afford relief to the people in the
present emergency, which entitle, them to
the gratitude of all. 1 determined to carry
the salt imported by the State over the
State Road, to the places of deposite and
sale, free of charge, and to carry from the
place of sale to the depot of the consumer
free. 1 communicated this determination
to the Presidents of the principal Roads of
the State, and asked their cooperation, and
that they also carry all salt imported by
the State free, as well while in possession
of the State as for the consumer after he
has purchased from the State’s agent; and
it affords me great pleasure to say that 1
hrve received responses from the following
Railroad Presidents, in the order mention
ed, promptly and cheerfully agreeing to
render this public service free of charge,
till further orders: Hon. R. It Cuyler,
President < ft. R. and Brandies, and of
the S. \V .R. R.; Isaac Scott, Esq,, Presi
dent Macon and Western It. R.; Hon. J.
P. King, President G a . R. R. and Branches,
and of the A. A W. P. R. R ft is not
doubted that the President of each other
Road in the State Will meet this request
with like liberality and patriotism. The
salt imported under my direction will,
therefore, no doubt, go to any point in the
State, on a railroad, to the consumer pur
chasing from the State Agent, free of
charge for freights.
I shall do what 1 possibly can to supply
all during the summer and fall; and I trust,
w ith w hat may be made by the Georgia Salt
Manufacturing Company, whose office is
located at Augusta, and with what our pto
pie will make upon the eaast, [’t is expect
ed that all who live near the coast will at
least make their own supplythat all who
practice strict economy may have enough,
i respectfully suggest to our people, to so
divide what they may r* eeive among their
neighbors, till more can be had, that none
may suffer. And ! further suggest, that
they do all the) can to permit speculators,
who have a supply on hand for the accom
modation of the people at fifteen to twenty
dollars per bushel, lo hold it to the end of
the war, when they can prabably afford to
sell it much cheaper. ■
Joseph E. Brown.
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