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main. That was a grand manoeuvre by which Bragg and Smith have wrested from the enemy the whole of Tennessee and Kentucky with scarcely a battle. The effect of the wholesome discipline which the presence of the foe, and their < m ild and generous ’ administration of af fairs has given Tennessee, have been very tTO od. The people are gathering in masses for the army. Old men and middle-aged, strong and weak, rich and poor, are decla ring with one voice, “Come what may, we will never be found within the lines of the Union government again.” It is not to be denied, however, that not a few young men went North to avoid the conscription, and others are wishing they had gone or could , 0> One thing even the Union men them selves seem at last reluctantly to admit— and that is, that the Yankee-army is a great negro thief. The man who was first to welcome them to this place, was among the first whose negroes were taken; and though he has been, with the best recommendations and counsel, to the authorities, he has re turned a poor, negroless, forlorn ‘ Union man.’ To tell of a thousandth part of the thieving and murdering and vandalism to which the whole country has been subject ed would require volumes. Should the Yankees ever return here they will find few friends to welcome them. But I trust in God they may never return. How won derfully has He answered the prayers of His people! How does His hand drive them out before us! Let all the people praise Him. To all human appearance, if the summer would but last some three months longer* we might end the war. But winter is com ing, and madness is in the Northern heart. None but God can toll what is yet to be endured. May He put it into our power to open the ports, so that our poor soldiers may be clothed for the snows ! 2. What do I propose for my own affairs'? I am afraid to have a plan, because I have been so often disappointed—-but, if God will, 1 intend to bring my family to my cabins, on the mountain, near Gordon’s coal mines, and wait there for the end. 1 should have been there now but for this sickness, and trust I may be strong enough to travel by another week.* Once there arid safe, if my voice is restored 1 may be permitted to preach; or if not, to ‘practice’ my old profession for the means to feed amt clothe the loved ones dependent on me. ‘ The Lord will provide.' 1 Thus far His promise hath not failed, though my faith hath often wavered. 1 will get any letters addressed to Shell Mound, Tenn., care of Elder Z. IT. Gordon. Yours, as ever, A. C. Datton. Ocoee Association. Cleveland, Tknn., Oct. 0, 18(1*2. Dear Brother Ifarnady : l have just returned home from the Ocoee Association, which convened with the Shep herd Hill Church in Hamilton county, East Tennessee. There was very little business of importance transacted during the session. Churches very well repre sented by delegation. Elder Lewis Mitch ell Moderator, and Eider L. D. Tipton Clerk. This was the fourth annual session of this body. The table will show twenty eight churches belonging to it. This is, indeed, one of the largest district associa tions in all this country, of its age, and is not done growing, provided it will manifest a little more loyalty to the South in the future than was exhibited in its last session, f will now give you a few items. The committee on Publications offered a report, only recommending the Holy Scrip tures, and ignoring all other publications. Supposing that since the suspension of the Tennessee Baptist, our people knew not where to get a sound Landmark paper — which I found to be a fact—l moved an amendment to the report, by adding “The Banner and Baptist,” which would have carried had it not been for the astuteness of one Elder C. D. Stephens, who very significantly inquired if there was any thing the in it but religious reading? i under stood the nature and object of his inquiry, but replied *‘ It has some advertisements in it,” w hich answer, of course, was not satis factory to Aim and others ; audit being iny object to get him to make his point clearly, tasked him to state what ** else" he al luded to, and l would candidly tell him all l knew about the paper, lie then inquired ! t r its pulitical character. To which I re plied it was not a political paper—its col umns were mainly devoted to religious matter—it gave the latest -war news; and that its editor was a sound Southern man, fully loyal to his country, as were all other Baptist editors South ; —and that, if this v as an insuperable objection to The Bttnner > I U.\pllst. thn same tell stroke that low-' < v I ft would strike down ait Baptist pa pees ■© the confederacy. The vote was U aCI! lui sUh-4 thus : tor the amendment, It; against it, SH. I'folding this kind oi sentuuant in :ke Association, and remembering that w* mm am® were then assembled not far from the spot where the United-States flag had been pub licly thrown to the breeze ever since the first great battle at Manassas, I at once de termined to test their sentiments more fully ; and offered the following preamble and resolution : • i. Whereas, The Holy Scriptures require that we should pray for those in authority over us, and inasmuch as we all are inter ested deeply in the war now going on be tween the United and the Confederate States of America, and our near and dear friends have gone, and will go, to meet our enemies upon the field of deadly conflict Resolved therefore, That it is our duty to pray for our rulers and armies of the Southern Confederacy, that God may so influence the mind of our rulers, and so bless our arms, that we may maintain our independence and have peace upon honor able terms.” This preamble and resolution shared the same fate of the amendment offered to the report on publications —-voted down, 1 will not now say by some who had taken oath to support the Confederate government. Brother Hornady, I would like to make some comment upon such religious action as above specified, but forbear, knowing that such sentiments do not exist elsewhere ir the great family of Baptists, and thank God there are many honorable exceptions in Ocoee Association. After .1 had taken my seat, the following brethren came and asked me to send you their money and names for The Banner and ! Baptist: Elder Z. Rose, Mouse Creek, McMinn county, Tenn.; H. H. Gamble, Cotton Port, Meigs county, Tenn.; W. R. Demore, and Charles Hutchison, Cleveland, Tenn. You may shortly look for a long list of subscribers from this county. Yours, in Christ, Wm. McNutt, “Baptism, was a very common ceremony among the Jews.” — Dr. Lightfoot. “John the Baptist baptized infants .”— Dr. Wall. Whence is this information derived ? From the books of learned men, of course, for they so declare. The Catechisms say so, too, for many things which are difficult to prove by the Bible are made very plain in the Catechisms, and other learned works. Does not the Bible affirm that baptism was a common practice among the Jews, as they baptized proselytes many years prior to the advent of the Messiah? No; the word baptize is not in the Old Testament, nor is any account of baptizing proselytes found in the Apocrypha, Philo, nor Jose phus—it is a mere figment of the Rabins. If found in those books, it was never com manded of the Lord ; hence not a Divine , but a human institution, just like a great many others, the observance of Christmas, the worship of the Virgin, christening of babes, &c. Why, if the Old Testament does not speak of baptizing, do men so represent it ? In order to make it appear that from the ceremonial washings of the Jews, John de rived the pattern of the New Testament ordinance, which the Lord sent him to ad minister. The Assembly’s Catechism says: “ Baptism is an ordinance of the New Tes tament”—unknown to the world till John first began to practice it. llow is it ascertained that John baptized infants ? Both St. Ambrose and St. Austin declare it. No better proof? Is not their word sufficient ? Not for a New Testament ordinance; we must have inspired histo j rians in a matter of such importance. Who was John the Baptist? He was a Jewish priest, as was his father before him, and he baptizad Christ to introduce Him into His priestly office. Hebrews, vii., 14, 16, shews that Christ was never a Jewish or test, for He descended from the tribe of Judea. If John were e Jewish priest, how comes it to pass that priests and levites were sent to ask him ‘who art thou?’ ‘why baptizest thou V if he was only performing a ceremony long in vogue among that peo ple? Would a delegation of ministers be sent to enquire of another, whom they had ordained, who art thou? If baptism were a part of duty usually performed by priests, in that age, would these questions have been asked ? Surely not. Circum cision was common—no one was sent to ask why a child had been circumcised; but the enquires made to John show that he was no priest, and that baptism was a new thing under the sun ; for if the priests were in the habit of administering baptism to all! proselytes that turned to Judaism, surely ■ the people would have supposed John was! doing the same thing, and asked no ques tions : this settles the matter, that baptism was a new ordinance, and John was en gaged in anew business. John i., 10,26. Again: Jesus asked the chief priests whence was the baptism of John ? Their reply w as, “We can not tell.” Math, xxi., 1 35,27, Do not both of these passages prove that John was not a Jewish priest, and that baptism was not in the Jewish 1 priesthood? Else they oould have answered the questions, specially if they had con ferred upon John the authority to baptize. From whom did Washington, Jefferson, and other early Presidents, derive their authority to govern? Would any states man in this country have answered : “ I cannot tell whether they were made Presi dents by the English or Americans ?” All our people know whence authority is de rived, and it is very strange, that if the priests had conferred on John the right to baptize, they should enquire whence it was. John’s was anew rite, unknown to the priests; hence Dr. Lightfoot’s assertion is without Bible authority. Such is the state of Wall’s assertion, that‘John baptized infants;’ it is without inspired direction; those saints would manufacture any story to sustain their the ories in ecclesiastical matters, true or false. They never saw John baptizing, and de rived their information from tradition, and hence not to be depended on; they would affirm any thing to enlarge their party. Their affirmation has no weight in a matter of such importance. It is said, ‘ the Albi genses held that the Holy Scaiptures are the only source of faith and religion with out regard to the authority of the fathers or tradition.’ Such should be the creed of every Christian, without regard to the as sertions of all the saints in the calendar. The Talmud also says : “ they baptized young children with their parents,” hi pa triarchal times. Dr. Prideaux says the Talmud was composed about A. D. 150, and Dr. Lightfoot A. D. 190. This is queer, that a book composed, confessedly, long after the advent of the Messiah and establishment of Christian churches, should be quoted as proof of baptizing “young children” as proselytes among the Gentiles, hundreds of years before it was made! Yet such are the necessities and straits to which the abettors of this theory are driven in order to sustain it! You might as well quote from Cesar’s Commentaries to show the cruelties of the war of 1861-2; that is, prove the stragetic talents of “the Young Napoleon,” who figured so largely around Manassas arid in the Peninsula, by quota tions from the Gallic or Germanic wars, carried on prior to the Christian era. The New Testament is the only true source for information in regard to baptism, and the proper materials for Christian churches. Senex. THE SOLDIER’S COLUMN. A Brave Soldier. During the battle of Magenta the com bat was exceedingly severe round the rail way station, and as the French regiments advanced, men were busily employed in removing the wounded, fearing that if their comrades should by chance be obliged to fall back, the men lying on the ground would be trampled undir foot. An oljteer perceived a soldier on his knees near his musket, busily employed in binding up his head with a handkerchief, having u thrust from a bayonet which had passed through his cheek and entered his left eye. The officer asked him what he was doing, and seeing that he was badly wounded, told him to go to the ambulance. ‘To the am bulance!’ said the soldier, ‘and why?’ ‘Be cause you have lost your eye,’ said the officer. ‘Yes,’ said the soldier, ‘but the other is still good,’ at the same time point' ing his musket to show' that he could still take aim. In a quarter of an hour the rail way station was in the hands of the French. A ball fired by the Austrians struck in the arm of a French soldier who was climbing up to one of the windows,and he fell. The same officer ran and raised him up. ‘Ah, is that you, captain?’ said the same sol dier, * thank you, but the rascals have bro ken my arm.* ‘Yes,’ said the officer, ‘ have you not had enough of it now ?’ The sol dier did not for a moment reply, but after taking up his musket, he said, with a smile, I‘ It is only the left, captain, the other is still good, s and he again hurried to the combat. The captain went on also, and in a few moments again saw him fall from a shot in the breast. £ Poor fellow !* said the officer, leaning over him. The soldier heard his voice, and in dying accents said, ‘ Captain, you must, not be angry with me, for if I had left the field two other men would have been hit, whereas in my ease it makes no great matter, as my time tvas evidently come.’ And the poor fellow, falling back, expired. It was the officer who told the story, and in his turn was killed at Solfcrino. Such is the fortune of war! The Praying loidier. During unhappy commotions in Ireland, a private soldier in the army of Lord Corn wallis was daily observed to be absent from his quarters, and from the company of his fellow-soldiers. He began to be suspected of withdrawing himself for the purpose of holding intercourse with the rebels, and on this suspicion, probably in creased by the malice of his wicked com- rades, he was tried by court martial, and condemned to die. The marquis, hearing of this, wished to examine the minutes ol the trial; and, not being satisfied, sent for the man to converse with him. Upon be ing interrogated, the prisoner solemnly disavowed every treasonable practice or intention, declared his sincere attachment to his sovereign, and his readiness to live and die in his service; he affirmed, that the real cause of his frequent absence was, that he might obtain a place of retirement for the purpose of private prayer, for which his lordship knew he had no opportunity among his profane comrades, who had be come his enemies merely on account of his profession of religion. He said he had made his defence on his trial, but the offi cers thought it so improbable, that they paid no attention to it. The marquis,/ in order to satisfy himself as to the truth of his defence, observed, that if so, he must have acquired considerable aptness in this exercise. The poor man replied, that, as to ability, he had nothing to boast of. ’The marquis then insisted on his kneeling down, and praying aloud before him; which he did, and poured forth his soul before God with such copiousness, fluency, and ardor, that the marquis took him by the hand, and said, he was satisfied that no man could pray in that manner who did not live in the habit of intercourse with his God. He not only revoked the sentence, but received him into his peculiar favor, placing him among his personal attendants, and in the way to promotion. “The Terrible Pass.” A traveler relates that among the Alps there is a narrow path along the precipi tous slope of a summit, which is crossed by a deep and dark defile. When the guides, one before and another behind the traveler, reach this fearful seam, they pause upon the dizzy edge to re assure j his mind ; then the leader makes a swing I from a projecting rock, and lands upon the opposite side. Immediately turning to-; wards the man he has left, urged forward by his rear-guard, he kneels upon the mar gin of the abyss, extends his hand over it, and says, ‘ Place your feet there, and trust my arm to bring you over safely.’ It is done, and in a moment the traveler stands on the solid path leading into a sweet and smiling landscape among the mountains— ‘peace reposing in the bosom of strength.’ This is called ‘ the terrible pass.’ How forcibly it represents the convicted sinner’s transition, from disloyalty to re conciliation. He reaches the limit of his own wisdom and strength in seeking peace. Then Jesus bridges the gulf of alienation and death with Ilis sacred hand, and in vites the sinner to step by faith thereon, trust his Saviour, and be saved. How sim ple the act; how glorious the result! He is brought over the terrible, dreaded pass, into ‘a large place,’ and one full of fra grance and song. Refusing to advance, escape is cut off’, and he falls into the ‘ blackness of darkness forever.’ Baimer for the Sol tilers 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 readers ? Shall the sick and wounded soldiers have The Banner ? Useful to Housekeepers. —Recent ex periments in more than one family in this city established the fact that the plant commonly known as ‘water pepper,’ or ‘smartweed,’ which may now be found in abundance along our ditches, roads, lanes and barnyards, is an effectual and certain destroyer of the bed bug. A strong de coetion is made of the herb, and the places infected with the insect washed thoroughly with it. The plant may also with much advantage be stuffed in the cracks and cor ners of the room. Elderberry leaves laid upon the shelves of a safe or cupboard will also drive away roaches and ants, while the common house fly will not venture in smelling distance of them. These simple remedies should be extensively nsed. — Petersburg Express. FranUlin Printing- House, ATLANTA, GA. Having purchased of Messrs. Wood, Hanleiter, Rice & 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 everv exertion to render entire satis faction. Our facilities for the printing and binding of BOOKS, and for genera! JOB WORK, it is believed, are equal to any establishment in the Confederate States. A reasonable stock of Printing and Binding Material now on hand, and will be kept lor the purpose of suppling any demand. J. J. TOON **c CO. Atlanta, Ga., July ft, 1662. The Banner and Baptist is published ev ery Saturday morning, at Atlanta, Ga., at the priee of three dol'ars per year, always in advance. CARDS. Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. H. R. Fowler Foster, istteeit &’Co., GROCERS, AND COMMISSI 0 N MERCHAN TS, ATLANTA, GA., Keep constantly on hand all kinds of PRO VISIONS and Family Supplies. Buy and sell all kinds ot Tennessee and Country PRODUCE, and sell Goods consigned to the best advantage. Qct - H. _ 3m Beach & Boot, IMPORTERS and DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, \ (Whitehall Street,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 3m Robert JL. Crawley & Rio., COMMISSION MERCHANT, (Franklin Building,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. October 1, 1802. J. B. Tfppin, V holesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, £§T Oonnally’s Block, on Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA. Anderson, Adair & Cos., WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, near Georgia R.-R. Bank,) ATLANTA, GA. Oct, 11. _ 3m Hughes, Hagan A Cos., Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of ENVELOPES, ATLANTA, GA., Having their new machinery, propelled by steam (in the Franklin Bui ding), are prepared to fill all orders for ENVELOPES. Oct. 11. 3m Perino Brown. Thos. P. Fleming. M. L. Licbtenstndt. Brown, Fleming A €o., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MERCHANTS, (Masonic Hall Building) Decatur St, ATLANTA, GA. Advrnces made on Sugar, Molasses, Wool and other Produce. Special attention given to the Texas and Georgia trade. Oct, 11 8m Pease &IDavh, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN PRODUCE and PROVISIONS, AND COM MiSSI G N MERCHA NTS (Winship’s iron-front store, Peach Tree at.) ATLANTA, GA. P. P. Pease. J [L. B. Davis. Ant business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention and returns early made. We ask our friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pro duce consigned to us will receive every advantage our market can give. Also we can make purchases to the very best advantage, as w e are always pos ted in reference to the market prices. February 15,1862. X. A. Hormuly, RESIDENT DENTIST, FORSYTH, GA. yar Office over Lumpkin’s store. Particular attention paid to calls at home, and also at a distance. Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb 15 ’62 j. j./roon & O., FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE, ATLANTA, GA. All kinds of PRINTING and BINDING neatly executed, on reasonable terms. ADVERTISEMENTS. School Notice. (gfp Miss ANNIE SMITH, a graduate of a Southern Female College, has just opened a School, for girls and small hoys, in the base ment room of the 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, Pres’t It. D. Mallary, and to Rev. H. C. Hornadv. Atlanta, June 6, 1862. 9ICK6ER UXIVERMTt, PEN FIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA. FACULTY. President—N. M. Crawford, D. D. Professors* —S. P. Sanford, A. M., J. E. Willett, A. M., Wm. G. Woodfin, A. M. Theological Seminary. —Prolessor !N. M. Crawford, D. D. DEPARTMENTS. 1. A college course of four yew *, equal to that of the best colleges in the country. 2. A theological course, oi three years, ae*i*u ed for tliOiO who ure preparing tor the Gospel M>n- L i[“' A scientific courso of four years, including, with some additions, all the studies of the collegi ate course, except the ancient languages 4. An academical department, embracing a. 1 who are not prepared to enter college. COMMENCEMENT AND VACATIONS. The Commencement is held on the second wed “ vacations, dividing the year into tW FaliTerm begins ou the first Wednesday in Sep July 2d, 1862. Savannah, Ga. .Innies JlfPliemn die Cos. HAVE opened next door North of BEACH & ROOTS Store on Whitehall Street, a new and select Stock of BOOKS and STATIONERY, Together with an endless variety of fancy arti cles, such as, ENORA VINOS, GOLD PEAS AND PEN OILS, WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT CORNICES. PICTURE frames:, \rj*LL PAPER, FIRESCREENS, RWII CHINA AND PARIAN VASES, PARIAN FIG URES, d-c., dr. Foreign Books imported to order. Teachers and Merchant* supplied at charles ton prices, freight only , Picture ni&de to order, i Itemember the New Book Store of jas. McPherson & c©.