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H. C. HORNADY, \
F.DTTOR and PROPRIETOR. f
VOLUME 111.
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The Hope, (lie Star, I lie Voice.
There is a hope, a blessed hope,
More precious and more bright
Than all the joyless mockery
The world esteems delight,'
There is a star, a lovely star,
That lights the darkest gloom.
And sheds a peaceful radiance o’er
The prospects of the tomb.
There is a voice, a cheering voice,
That lifts the soul above;
Dispels the painful, anxious doubt,
And whispers, ‘God is love.’
That voice,"aloud from Calvary’s height,
Proclaims the soul forgiven ;
That star is revelation's light;
That hope, the hope of heaven.
[Written for the Banner and Ilajftist ]
To the South.
We are realizing more and more that we
are engaged in a war which will demand
all our power and will try our fortitude.—
We delayed the evil day from uuthlh f,q ;
month, yes, from year to year, hoping that
there might be some change in the national
policy. We counted the. cost deliberately;
ve discussed for a long time the elements
of pow er which would be found upon the
one side and the other; we weighed in the
balances of a cool judgment the dangers
which threatened us on either side; and —
with a full view of what was before us, of
the awful grandeur of the act, of our re
sponsibilities to Jehovah as well as to man,
of the severe struggle we should have to
wage, of the many sacrifices we should be
called to endure, —we committed ourselves
to Him who ruletli strictly, and assumed
our place among the nations. This thing
was not done thoughtlessly nor hastily.—
For many years have the feelings which
have at last brought it about been intensi
fying, and the purposes maturing. Ido not
believe that it could have been prevented
without such a miraculous intervention as
the Lord neither vouchsafes in these latter
days nor did the union of the north and 1
south deserve. And this long deliberation,
together with the interests involved in this .
confliet, satisfies me that we are only at |
the beginning of a long and bloody war, j
and that it is the duty of every southern I
man and woman to prepare for the same, j
A quick quarrel may easily be settled, but j
one which has been festering tor the last j
twenty or thirty years must be fought out. 1
Our danger, in a dispute with a popula
tion so very much larger than our own, is, j
that we shall have nothing in store if wej
too hastily exhaust our men. Hut, by
earing for every one’s life, by considering !
it a trust given to our infant republic and
not to be expended without it is for neces-1
sity’s sake, wo shall have a plenty of whole
souled men to earrv us safely through the
war. Nothing is so fatal to us at this time
as the loss of confidence, among the finks,
in those who have been set over us by our
own choiqe. We as a nat ion should repent
of this sin; for the divisions of Reuben, let
there be gnat searchings of heart.
Hut besides this evil of discord, we have
been manifesting a spirit of presumption,
which we should avoid.
Soon after our signal victory at Manassas
the Lord was in all our thoughts; we mag
nified Him, wo praised Him, wo glorified
Iftm, wo gave thanks to His groat name.—
But as time has passed on, the arm of flesh
has boon' continually taking the place (in
our language at least, if not in our thoughts)
of the power of Clod, Wo have talked as
if ell that was absolutely ncossary to vie
lory was that our soldiers should be turned
ATLANTA, GA., AD GUST 30, 1862.
i loose upon our enemies, and as if God, who
! ruleth in all the armies of the sky, had no
thing, at all to do with defeat or success! —
No kind of a spirit can be more fatal to us
than this. We should hear in mind that
I God is jealous of His glory, and especially
j jealous when lie has taken a people with
| their rulers and armies so plainly under
| Ilia own guidance m He has this people.—
j He is’leading us on to our rest and inde
pendence, and we must acknowledge the
j song of thanksgiving which David sang be
j fore God in the hour of his prosperity :
j ‘Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the
i power, and the glorv, and the victory, and
i the majesty; for all that is in the heaven
land in the earth is thine. Rhine is the
kingdom, <) Lord, and Thou art exalted as
Head above all ! ’
Again: We should avoid profaueness,
intemperance, irreligion, and extortion. —
In the commencement of the war, religion
appeared to hold paramount sway. Nearly
every body turned to (rod who ruleth the
armies of the sky, as his Help and Refuge.
And can not that state of things continue?
| Must the very success He has vouchsafed
us turn our heads and hearts, and deliver
us over to ourselves again? God forbid !
Let us rise up to the height of this great
argument, and put beneath our feet every
thing that may lower and degrade it. The
time has passed for levity, for a disregard
of sacred things, fur dissipation, for trifling
with the Lord’s most holy name. We are
now engaged in a work which demands all
man’s self possession and woman’s self
sacrifice ; which will separate the chaff
from the wheat—the pure gold from the
worthless dross.
On account of these sins and the weak
ness which they have producid in the na
tional life, our noble-hearted President has,
time and again, exhorted us to call upon the
hUTtm’ of the T>.*r<T that- .we may renew our
strength. Bless Gud that he knows where
a nation’s weakness may he repaired !
Blessod is the people that has such a Presi
dent. What is the use of fortifications, in
the increase of troops, in the arrival of
arms, unless at the same time we wait upon
the Lord? The value of troops, of fortifi
cations, of arms,depends upon the strength
of heart which is behind them and that
comes from God. The Lord can encourage,
and He can make afraid ; lie openeth and
no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man
openeth. ‘ 1 can do nothing,’ said Balaam
to the king of the Moabites ; ‘ You sent for
me to curse this people, but God hath
blessed them.’ Many a man who does not
pray himself is sustained by the prayers of
God’s people, who are behind him,suppli-j
eating God and crying for His help.—
When the youthful Joshua went out to bat
tle against Antalek, Israel prevailed in the
battle so long as Moses held up his hand
toward the Lord; but when he letdown
his hand, Amalek prevailed. Our support
in .such moments is in the Lord. He must
and He will renew our strength. ‘ When
my soul fainted within me,’ said Jonah, ‘I
remembered the Lord, and my prayer came
in unto thee in thine holy temple, for salva
tion is of the Lord.’
While our officers are training their men
in discipline, in movement, in arms, if they
would also impress upon them the great
necessity of a moral tone, we should soon
be beyond all danger from our foes. It is
wrong to neglect moral power while we
are cultivating physical power. It was
those things which made the armies of
Cromwell irresistible ; which enabled the
apprentices of London and the artizans of
the towns to overcome the disciplined roy
alists and tin* cavaliers of Prince Rupert.
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Taylor's (stffk) (hi.
Continent*.
Dear Danner: Sutler a word td com
ment on the Report of the Committee on
‘ Our Country,’ presented at the Noonday
Association, and published last week.
1. An awful calamity is upon us. 1
have been called upon to realize the most
distressing feelings in consequence of the
loss of ft brother-in-law. who fell, face
tbremost, in the charge made by Magruder
on Monday, during the fight near Richmond.
He was a man just in the prime of life—*
prominent Baptist, a leading temperance
man, possessed of fine natural and acquired
labilities, loved by all the good who knew
knew him. He left a wife and fire dear
"HIS BASHES OTIS" IIS IS "£OVH."
little children to weep in vain for him to
guide and counsel them. A halfdozen
nephews are undergoing the sufferings and
privations of camp life. Thousands of oth
ers all over the confederacy are in a similar,
and many in a worse condition. Is not
this an awful calamity—and especially when
we consider that some of our friends are
exposed and falling, who give * > evidence
of preparation for death ?
2.-Our God is a God of righteousness
I and true holiness. This is the Being in
! whose hands we are, unto whom we must
: account —One who can not look upon sin
i with allowance. And yet we know that
we have sinned, know, too, that we must
j suffer for our sins even here, and yet we
1 are continuing in sin—sinning against God,
’ our neighbors, and our country. Against
God, in violating His law. lie commands
us to ‘ do good unto all men ; ’ to love our
neighbor as ourself; to forsake not the as
sembling ofourselves together, for religious
exercises; not to speak evil of dignitaries
and authorities. How are we doing to
Others ! Are we carrying out this Divine
injunction when we exact the last hard
earned cent of the poor widow and orphan,
for one-third the quantity of provisions
usually purchased with the amount ? And
this we do, not as a matter of necessity, but
because wo have the power. How are we
manifesting our ‘love’ for our neighbor?
We consume and devour each other; take
all advantages of the times to get gain for
ourselves; seem to regard neither God nor
man, only so far as self-interest is concerned.
Is this loving our neighbor as ourselves? l
God save ns from such a fulfilment of the'
law as this!
Would it not be better for those who aiv
engaged in oppression, undue speculation, |
extortion (that’s the term), to go and fight
the battles of the country, and let the hon
<rst ‘ proilffFcT' 'furnish"'- thy hvTT
each live for the good of the" OtneFand for
their country ? Then would God bi ss us, j
and whip our cruel enemies for us,
*5. The war is sent and perpetuated in
consequence of past and present sins. As
a people we had become vain, proud, self
confident. The vanities <*f this world had
possessed us. The rich were unwilling to
appear in church unless they could attract
more attention than, any one else. The
poor, too vain and proud to go as their:
circumstances would permit, stayed at home j
or loitered about the streets. There were '
honorable exceptions, however, where they
stayed at home and read the Bible. But!
this vain and wicked course made many
vacant seats in the house of God. Again*
The poor minister of Jesus Christ was re
quired to be there. He must appear in
good time, in good style ; must preach flu
ently, logically, eloquently; tell all the
Bible teaches, all the newspapers say—
when the sun will be eclipsed, and when
the earth will get between the sun and moon
and how long remain there all this to be!
attended to, and ten or a dozen children to j
feed at home, books and newspapers to pay
for and read, and, at the same time, every!
hour of the day required to meet home de
mands. If any reading is done, it is whilst
others sleep; if studying, it is as the poor]
man, riding over bill and dale, wends his!
way on to the place appointed; and then it
prayer (earnest j is offered for him, it is by
a poor minister similarly situated, or by a
weeping wife who has wept and pined oven
her sad lot until *he is prepared to lay
down her work and, with broken heart, pour
out her cries to God, And did you know,
brother Editor, that, notwithstanding her
own sufferings, her first petition is, ‘God;
be merciful to my poor, wearied husband ! j
Be with him to-day; give him strength of;
body and mind, that Thy name may be]
glorified and souls blessed ! ’
Here, my brother, are awful sins—pride]
and vanity preventing God’s worship ; and
then perishing to death those whom God*
has sent as messengers of Him. 1 hese sms;
have been and are still prevalent, and God
will not withhold His chastening rod until
reformation is had. For these and other
past and present sins, the war is upon us.—
The report prescribes the remedy : forsake
sin, go to God in humble prayer for help.
Lastly. We had become self-confident.
Whilst as yet our army stood facing the
enemy in front of VS aahington, our people
were on their knees, earnestly {'leading for
help. At length the clash of arms was
heard, the battle was fought, God gave us
the victory. For a few days we seem to
be humble and thankful; but by degrees
we become vain and self-confident. All
over the land wo hear it proclaimed, ‘ One
Southerner can whip a half-dozen Yankees.’
We ceased to look to God, our only sure
Defence, and became a nation of braggarts.
God has been chastening us. Let us re
form, and all is safe—the victory is ours.
Yours, truly, S. M. I*.
The Salt ( amps and Camper*. |
August 3, 1802.
bear Banner: I see you have published
my scrawl about Salt; and in so badly a
written article, but one typographical error
is noticed—that quite a funny, though easy
one —making me say wc have no means
nor ‘line,’ while salt-making, to catch fish, j
instead of ‘ means nor lime'
I have received a good many letters on
the salt question, which 1 could not satis
factorily answer with more time and better
means for writing than amid the arduous
labors I am engaged in at the destitute
place of St. Andrews’ Bay.
It is anew business to us all, and re
quires harder and more constant labor than
the most of us engaged in it are accustomed
to. Farm 'managers and black laborers
have in the main been left at home, while
the proprietors of farms and ‘ professional ’
men, from the necessity of the times, are
laboring ‘with their own hands’ to obtain
the precious granulation. I am near a
lawyer, of Marietta, who, with a merchant,
of Alabama, has done as hard, as much and
as good work, for three months, as any me
chanic could do, black or white; and Jhe
su} s it is the first physical labor he ever
performed. Such .a man is a man indeed,
and is worthy of all honor. There is not
far off a Circuit. Judge from Georgia, a
‘ Major,’ a ‘..Captain.’ sevay-al piasachertk
and many others who never ‘ worked’ be
fore, who have done more work, and kept
more constantly at it, than they themselves
could have believed possible. This horrid
war is developing various resources, and
none of more importance than man’s real
capabilities and true independence. We
ought to be a more laboring, self denying,
ease abandoning and practical people, and
the hideous war is making us so. God
‘can make the wrath of man to praise Him,’
bring good out of evil, and sanctify our
greatest afflictions to our good. The pious
observer has not failed to see this already.
The salt-makers’ camps are thick and far
reaching on the prong of the Bay where I
am, yet all are so busy we seldom sec each
other except on Sabbath when wc hold
Divine worship. Many attend these meet
ings; and 1 do not believe much, if any ,
Sunday work is carried on. Some work
all night and turn out more salt, but the
most in sight of my camp only work * late
and early.’
The Yankee bloekaders not yet having
paid us a visit, the apprehensions of some
have subsided and they think we will not;
be interrupted ; others still fear their de
structive hand will yet be turned against i
us and we forced home or to some more re
mote nook and corner of the coast, or we I
will have to take the bush till their shell-i
ing ceases and their men of-war gooff-—;
then return to our business and labor on as;
before. But suppose they destroy our 1
works ? you ask. Well, that would be bad, i
but some means would be resorted to for
making salt, for we must have if. Some
have already made their own supply and
quit, and a great many have gotten w ell;
under way, while others arc still fixing up,
and new’ comers daily increasing.
The process of making salt is simple and j
the labor comparatively little, but it is
hovhthing to get ready at such an out-of-the
way place as St. Andrews’, and to travel
hundreds of miles, like some, to reach there.
1 never saw’ whiter salt, nor whiter any
thing , than is made there, ft is very fine,
because so rapidly evaporated, if coarse
salt be preferable, that can easily be made
,by having evaporating vats, which some are
preparing, to throw off the strong Irene in.
Well, well, well! 1 have written on
both sides this poor brown paper, and it is
too much to expect you to decipher and
publish—but 1 declare 1 can’t rewrite it!
You must try to read it, and tell those you
sec any thing contained which you can re
remember and think will benefit any body.
There are some negroes, as well as white
J TERMS: Three Dollars per^nnum,
J STRICTLY IN - ADVANCE.
j laborers, employed. Quite a stampede
j seemed to have eonnneocedsome time ago.
i Li a day or two after one company arrived
| bringing several negroes, three of them
j were missing; a few mornings after, two
j from another camp were gone; and before
! the excitement in the various camps died
j out, the news came that f three other darkies
were gone,’—making eight from three
camps in less than a week. Two of this
number evidently attempted to reach the
blockade, for they were found on the other
side of the Bay, faint and hungry, and very
anxious to get back ; three got tired of new
masters or new business, and attempted to
return home, but, being stopped at the first
ferry, quite willingly returned to camps;
the other three not yet heard from, but it
is believed they went home to Randolph
county. That’s the last of negroes’ going
to the Yankees, and nobody seems to ap
prehend further danger.
Salt sells at ten dollars per bushel, when
any for sale. It can’t be afforded there for
less, till first expenses are to some extent
covered. If the work continues it will sell
lower, though all that is made there will
be but ‘a drop in the bucket.’
D. P. E.
P. S. 1 have heard, since I left camps
on a few days’ furlough, that Yankee ves
sels had been recoinnoitering the coast, and
produced much excitement among the salt
makers by approaching so near to their
camps. A white flag being raised was un
noticed by the marines, who seemed to be
prying into things more closely than the
campers liked.
Bo Ikiml (o your Wife,
Be kind to your wife. Think how*, in
; the first blush of maiden beauty, she turned
aside from the haunts of pleasure and the
* caress of fond parents and brothers and
; workT Think with what blendfid hope and*
: agony you foliow*ed her from place to place,
w atching her every look, and pondering the
! meaning of her most careless tones, until,
! won by your importunity, she placed her
hand all trustfully in yours and said, ‘ 1
am all your own.’ Think of the cares and
anxieties and physical suffering she has en
dured for you, and do not desert her now,
when her cheek is faded, her step ha3 lost
its elasticity, and she sits an uncomplaining
watcher over your best interests, a self
incarcerated prisoner in her own home.
There she lingers at home, a God-com
missioned watcher over helpless children ;
singing the babe to sleep, bending to catch
the lisping voice of those dear ones who
have a thousand imaginary wants, encoura
ging the quiet and soothing the fretful.—
She is weary, but does not complain ; her
temples throb, but she does not heed their
throbbing, as ever and anon she turns a
wishful glance towards the door, for she
expects her husband.
.She expects you : and her whole world of
happiness will be there when you arrive.
Will you enter that room w*ith cold in
difference? Will you sit down with that
frown on your countenance, or complain of
the burdens you are called to bear? Will
yon thoughtlessly remind her of her faded
beauty ? or manifest surprise at her igno
ranee of many things now passing in the
great world from which she has been ex
cluded by her peculiar duties? Will you
suffer the recollection of any more youth
ful or more beautiful to haunt you in home’s
hallowed precints, or cross the white leaf
of conjugal felicity with one unhallowed
thought ? Oh! remember your early love,
your early promises; think how faithfully
she kept hers ; love her as you ought, and
she is still beautiful—beautiful in her pure,
motherly affections, her self-sacrificing de
votion to you. Realize that she is all your
own ; that throughout the wide world you
are sure of but one heart whose every cord
is linked invisibly to a counterpart in yours;
realize that upon her bosom alone you may
w*eep out your sorrows in the day of trial
without the fear of being mocked.
Husband, love your wife! Gather her
to your heart of hearts, as if in her w*ere
all your hopes of happiness combined.—
Bless her daily for her patience and truth.
Stand up like a man between her and the
rude, cold world ; and teach your children
to honor her, that. God may honor you. —
In all the relations of life there comes a
parting hour; and we beseech you so to
live that, if it should be your lot to kiss
; her clay-cold lips and lay her away in the
] grave forever, you may lay your hand hon
iestly upon your widowed heart and say,
‘I have never wronged you ! ’
Men move on, as it were, arm in arm iu
crowds, and are drawn downwards or up
wards in innumerable, companies. J hings
are so ordered in the Divine plan, that we
are certain to do cither good or harm one
ito another. We draw and are drawn, by
] one another, either to heaven or hell.
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