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10 ®lt §am> §*#* “Holy Bible, —Book Divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine.” H. C. HORNADY and JAMES N. ELLS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. J. M. WOOD, ) J. S. BAKER, r Associate Editors. D. P. EVERETT, ) ATLANTA, OEOROIA: Saturday, Noremb’r 99, 1869. Religion in Social Life, Alan is a social being. He is endowed "with qualities which fit him for imparting and receiving happiness from association with his kind. Whatever has a tendency to elevate and purify his thoughts, must contribute to the improvement of his social nature and to his general welfare in society. Religion is the great refiner of the heart; and wherever it prevails, it can not fail to impart new zest to the enjoyments of social life. The innate depravity of the soul, which presents so many obstacles to per fect enjoyment in social life, if not entirely effaced, is overcome and held in subjection by it. Religion strengthens the principles of honor and integrity, and gives more per maneney and reliability to the social ties. It teaches the true secret of happiness by showing that man’s highest good is identical, so that when he seeks the welfare of another he is really pursuing his own.. It deals not with actions only, but with the motives from which actions spring; and secures the peace of society by encouraging virtue and charity amongst mankind. It lays the axe at the root of selfishness, and teaches that men should “ bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ,” And thus it tends to bring all men into harmony one with another, by teaching every one to as sume and occupy his true place in the social compact, and in whatever relation he may be called to act, to do unto others as he would have them do unto him. It teaches, “ If thy brother trespass against thee seven times a day, and seven times a day turn and say he repent, thou shalt forgive him.”— It teaches further, that “If a man smite thee on one cheek, turn to him the other also; and if he compel thee logo with him one mile, go with him two.” And thus it lays broad and deep the foundations of social peace and individual happiness. It teaches the commission of no wrongs, but prescribes the remedy for them when per petrated ; and if its lessons were received and practiced by all, then would man enjoy the highest degree of happiness of which he is capable while in the body. The Revival in the Second Baptist tliureli. The right hand of fellowship was extend ed by the Pastor, two Sabbaths since, to thirty nine persons. Most of these were the fruits of the revival which has Recently been enjoyed by this church. It was in teresting to see, in two cases, father and son; in three other cases, father and daugh ter; in another, husband and wife and daughter; in several others, brothers and sisters; in yet another instance, four of; the same household—mother, two sons and j daughter; all meeting for the first time at • the table of the Lord. The old man of! more than three score, and the boy of but j little more than half a score, were there; j the old womaa trembling with age, and the granddaughter in life’s early spring-time, were there; the rich and the poor were there; meeting to celebrate the sufferings and death of that Jesus in whom they were all trusting for salvation. The work of grace in this church has been characterized bj much power and depth. Usually the congregations have not been very large, rarely, except on bap tismal occasions, exceeding the usual at tendance of the Sabbath. But nearly ail of those who came were either Christians or inquirers. Very few of those who man ifested any anxiety to be remembered in prayer remained unconverted at the close of the meeting. A sacred atmosphere seemed to pervade the place. In the con version of the impenitent, in the revival of backsliders, and in the refreshing of saints, God 1 has done great things for us, whereof we are glad.* To His praise be all the j glory in Christ Jesus! # Banner and Baptist is published ev ®?%cday morning, at Atlanta, Ga,, at e price Of |hree dollars per year, always a advance. •smm BASfSHBS. MB SSA£>SB.X. The Countryman. Sure enough, our friend Turner has filled one page of his paper in comments and questions regarding the article which I wrote for his benefit. He thinks that brother Wood was angry when he wrote the article which appeared in The Banner, but I sup pose he is the only one who read it that so thinks-—-and as he is in such a hopeless mi nority, I need not feel uneasy. Bro. Wood is used to dodges of that kind. Friend T. will probably be incredulous when he is in formed that brother Wood has never allow ed an article to go to the press which was written out of temper. He thinks also that he is not fairly rep resented. How this can be, when his entire article was transferred to The Banner, it is difficult to see, No\t, friend Countryman, it appears to me that the course-pursued by brother Wood, in giving your- entire article to the public, and the oowrse you pursue, in giving garbled extracts to your readers, are in striking contrast. When you con clude to discass fairly any distinct issue, just let me know it; but if teazing is your highest aim, that’s another matter. Some men, can not rise above that. W. better from JT. R. Graves. We give the following extracts from a letter recently received from Elder Graves, at Magnolia, Mississippi: There has but little transpired in this de partment, since I last wrote you, of which you have not heard. The loss of the steam boat “ Fair-Play,” loaded with arms, was occasioned by that King of all Evils —whis- key—and was a heavy loss to the army of Arkansas. The battle of Baton Rouge was a victory to our arms, and would have been an entire success had it not been for the loss of the Arkansas ram boat. Treason, without a doubt, sacrificed that noble vessel. Her engines did not break down, but the pin, which connected one of the piston rods with the shaft, was twice broken through the perfidy of the engineers or someone in the engine room ; the last time, just as she was going into action with the enemy’s boats, when she was run to the shore, and Panic did the rest —for she still could have been saved ai.d been towed out of danger, or placed in position to have commanded the river. Had it not been for this disas ter, Breckinridge would have captured the entire federal army at Baton Rouge, with all their stores and munitions of war; and New Orleans would have fallen into our hands. As it was, the enemy was soundly whipped, and very soon after evacuated the city, which we now hold ; and we now com mand the river and both banks up to Vicks burg. We have erected powerful batteries at Port Hudson, which a few weeks since did terrible execution on the Essex, and sent her to New Orleans for repairs. The mouth of Red river is of the utmost importance to us, since by this route we are receiving vast droves of fot beeves from Texas, and her wool, so indispensible to our army ; and sugar, molasses and salt from Louisiana The government is intensely active in mov ing out everything necessary for the army, before the waters rise and the enemy again occupy the Mississippi and its tributaries by their gunboats. Every vessel that can run in the Atchafalia have been seized by the government, to transport sugar and salt before the fall rains enable the enemy’s gun boats, now lying at the head of Berwick Bay, to come up and possess the sugar re gion and the famous salt mines near New Iberia; for this they will attempt the earli est day possible, and as yet we have nu de fences. The sugar speculators are in arms against the government agents, because they are not allowed the vessels to errry their sugar in preference to army stores. You think “ sweetning” high now, but I predict it will be $1 a pound in Atlanta in a few months, possibly weeks—just so soon as the ene my’s fleet is again in motion. You will do well to lay in your next year’s stock soon. 1 hope I may prove a false prophet. The enemy is wonderfully quiet now on the river, but it is the eve in the calm that precedes the storm. We had well nigh de stroyed their fleet by the Arkansas and our batteries. But they are building a far more powerful one, and recruiting their Western Navy, and with the fail rains and high waters, they will fall upon us with tenfold fury by land and water. We are preparing in some measure for them—put ting up formidable new batteries, and strengthening the old ones, and building a ram or two somewhere; and a few months will tell if their new-fashioned gunboats and river monitors can resist our heavy metal at close range. The supremacy of the Mississippi is to be settled in the forth coming contest this winter. God help ns. There is no movement on hand for the recapture of New Orleans, nor will it be attempted until we have gunboats to coop erate with an attacking army. That devo ted city is being plundered by Butler’s van dals, and few have any conception what the loyal citizens have suffered and still are suffering. Each day brings with it some new horror. Will not a righteous God bring the Brute to a just retribution soon ? Distillation of drain. in the Georgia House of Representatives, the bill to prevent the distillation of grain has passed. It provides that distillation shall only be allowed for army and medici nal uses—that oorn shall not be carried out of the State for distillation, and includes wheat, rye, potatoes, cane, molasses, sugar, and every article usually distilled into spir ituous liquor. The bill goes into effect within ten days after it becomes a law. Editorial Summary. —Herschel Y. Johnson has been elected by the Georgia Legislature to fill the vacancy in the Confederate Senate, occasioned by the res ignation of Mr. Toombs. An excellent ehoice. —r— The Raleigh (N. C.) Standard says that the salt-makers on the coast of North Carolina are making 3,000 bushels of salt per day. A Richmond telegraphic dispatch says that the next Yankee Congress will probably stand, Conservatives 101, Republicans S3. The Petersburg (Va.) Express says that whoever will try alum and honey~-a small por tion of each—will never suffer from hoarseness. A correspondent of the Macon (Ga.) Tele graph says that Mr. Lynch, of Putnam county, Ga., will sell, at his mill, first quality of flour at $5 per hundred; second quality, $3.50; shorts, 35 cents, and bran in proportion. The Directors of the Bank of Middle Geor gia have resolved to close its business, and noti fy bill holders to present them at the Bank in Macon, when the bills of other Banks of good standing, or Confederate notes, will be given in exchange for them. Charles O’Connor, the distinguished New York lawyer, has written a letter denouncing the tyrants at Washington. He says the acts of Lincoln are unconstitutional and despotic, and considers the Democratic victory North as the most hopeful sign since the war began. A man, calling himself John W. Lee, from Knoxville, Tenn., pretending to be “ loyal,” has been arrested at Louisville by Gen. Boyle. He had over one hundred thousand dollars with him, which was taken and is held for the action of the military authorities at Washington. Lee says the money belongs to several parties in Augusta, Ga. The military authorities think there is something fraudulent or wrong in the matter. Hon. Mitchell King, an old resident of Charleston, 8. C., died recently at Flat Rock, N. C. His remains arrived in Charleston on the 14th inst., for interment. He was a native of Scotland; was in his 80th year; was a law yer by profession; and had filled many impor tant positions in South Carolina. The Charles ton Mei'cury, from which we glean these facts, says of him: “ Kind in all his relations, just in his intercourse with his fellow-men, he was ven erated and esteemed by all.” Tlie War. The latest news, per telegraph, is, in substance, that France demands from the Lincoln govern ment a disclaimer of Brute Butler’s conduct at New Orleans. This, is gallant; but of course our readers need not be reminded that nine tenths of telegraphic dispatches, now-a day, are, like most patent medicines, to be “ well shaken before taken.” If the correspondent of the Evening Post , wri ting from Washington, is to be credited, Lincoln “ will not retreat from his proclamation on ac count of the recent elections. The Government folly realizes that what it has to do must be done j w T ith dispatch, and that going into winter quar ters means disgraceful peace; and consequently the army will not go into winter quarters unless it is possible for the commanding general to overrule the President.” The journals are still commenting upon “re cognition,” and the general opinion is, that if England and France, the two leading powers of Europe, fail to intervene to arrest Lincoln’s “emancipation” project—nothing less than a purpose to spread over the land the horrors of a servile insurrection—it will prove that they have forfeited all claim to the character of civi lized and Christian nations. „ Take Notice! We can not —we do not—we will not Take individual change bills in payment for The Banner. They are useless to us here, and if our friends send them, it will only incur post age in returning them. Send us bills on some Bank, or Confederate notes. Those sending un current money will fail to receive the paper, the money being held subject to their order, and in which case they will please enclose stamp to pay postage. Ordination. In compliance with an invitation from the Baptist Church at Franklin, Elds. J. G. Fry and Young Wood, together w ith the pastor, J, H. Hall, met on the Bth instant for the purpose of ordaining to the Gospel ministry brother R. H. Jackson, whose or dination was called by the Church at Prov idence, Coweta county. The following order of exercises were observed: The ordination sermon was preached by Elder J. H. Hall, from Ist Chronicles xxviii: 10.—“ Take heed now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it. The Presbytery then examined the candidate, to their entire satisfaction, on his call to the ministry, the leading doctrines, church government, and the ordinances.— The ordination prayer was offered hy Eld. Young Wood, with the imposition of the bonds of the Presbytery. The charge was delivered and Bible presented by Eider J. G. I 4 ry after which the right hand of fel lowship was extended by the Presbytery and Church. Benediction by the candidate. Ihus was brother Jackson duly set apart to the great work of the Gospel ministry. Religious Periodicals.— lt is a wise suggestion of the Southern Presbyterian, that every church should have a committee charged with the special duty of attending to the circulation of religious periodicals in the congregation ; to see that every mem ber of the church is supplied with one, to provide a fund to pay for it for those not able to do so for themselves, and to collect and forward the subscriptions punctually and regularly. Tract*, &c M Wanted. Dear Brethren of the Banner ; The interest manifested by Christians in affording spiritual food to our soldiers in the tented field, encourages me to apply to them, through your columns, for a supply of religious tracts and Testaments or Bi bles, to be distributed among detached companies in Liberty and Mclntosh coun ties, in our own State. I visited Liberty by special request., and preaohed and administered the ordinances at North Newport on the first Lord’s day in the present month. There were soldiers present from companies stationed severally at or near Sanbury, and at or near South Newport. I had the pleasure of adminis tering the ordinance of baptism to a prom ising young man (a soldier), and to five colored persons. At the solicitation of friends, I engaged to visit and preach again at North Newport on the first Sabbath in next month, and af terwards to visit and preach to the compa nies to which reference has been made. I was much gratified to learn that, in one of these companies, prayer is daily offered publicly to Him on whose sovereign will depends our own destiny and that of our nation. Certain young men in the compa ny, who have believed the testimony of God, that it is good to bear the yoke in one’s youth, have bowed their necks to that yoke, and are now seeking to go forward in the discharge of their duties as becomes soldiers of the Cross. May the good Lord enable them to hold out faithful unto the end, that when they doff the robe of mor tality they may put on that of a glorious immortality. Much has been written and published about the labors of colporteurs in Virginia and in the vicinity of Savannah, but 1 have heard very little about their labors in Ten nessee or Mississippi, or among the batta lions and numerous detached companies that are stationed along our sea-coast from the Ogechee to the St. Mary’s. These lat ter, it appears to me, are more in need of our sympathies and efforts than are those who are massed together in regiments, brigades, divisions, &c., and often in the vi cinity of populous towns. Our regiments in Virginia and in the vicinity of Savannah, for the most part, have chaplains, and are, moreover, frequently visited by colporteurs and missionaries. It is not so with the battalions and companies along our sea coast. They have no chaplains, are often in isolated localities, remote from any place of worship, and are very seldom visited, if ever, by ministers of the gospel. It is in their behalf 1 plead for tracts, drc. Reli gious papers are more eagerly received and more highly prized than are tracts. No religious paper is thrown away unread : tracts are often thus thrown away, as J learn from those who have had the best op portunities to acquaint themselves with the use and abuse of them. Some months ago our sister Nichols, of Camden county, generously presented me with a large bundle of tracts. I took my stand the next day at a railrood station, by which a Florida regiment was to pass. The weather was warm, and as soon as the cars stopped there was a general rush to a well. I followed the crowd, and, as each turned away from the well, I tendered him a tract. Some declined to take, but many received them thankfully, and my package soon disappeared. I turned away sorrow ful—sorrowful that I had no more to dis tribute. The tracts, &c., if sent, should be di. rected to the care of Oliver Stevens, Esq., Walthonrville, (Station No. 4), Liberty county, Ga., and should reach there by the sth of December. Jos. S. Baker. Keren! Donations to the Historical Society. I am glad to know that some interest is taken in our Historical collections. We have recently received, from Judge Whita ker, of Fayette county, a copy of Marbury and Crawford’s ** Digest of the Laws of Georgia,” 1810; from Dr. Carswell, of Burke county, Polhill and Russell’s Dis cussion on the Subject of Baptism; and from Dr. Mallory, a very valuable and in teresting contribution of autographs, manu scripts, pamphlets and books, embracing his manuscript “memoirs of Jesse Mercer,” likeness of Judson, Shuck and others, Chi nese and Burmese pamphlets, Ate. Will not brethren, and all parties inter ested in the objects of the Soeiety, forward me such contributions as may be suitable. It is especially desired to obtain likei esses of our distinguished living men, prominent preachers, dec. The Society has adopted a resolution requesting such donations. 1 hope soon to get time to make a statement of the present condition of the Library. S. Root, Librarian Historical Society. All letters containing remittances, or articles or the Paper, should be directed to the Ban see & Baptist, Atlanta, Georgia, and not to the Edi tors by name The Conneription Act, The Richmond Enquirer contains a gen eral order for enrollment, under the new Conscription Act. This order embraces the two acts, the Exemption bill, and very voluminous instructions to enrolling officet s. The enrollment is to be made from persous between the ages of 18 and 40. V\ e ap pend the instructions in relation to substi tutes : 1. When a person claims exemption on the ground that he has put a substitute in service, he must exhibit to the enrolling of-, ficer a discharge from some company, sign ed by.the commanding officer of the regi ment or command to which the said com pany belongs or then belonged, (see Gen eral Order No. 20,) or an exemption sign ed by the Commandant of the Conscripts. And if the said discharge or exemption do not show that it was granted in considera tion of a substitute having been furnished, such facts must be certified in writing by the commanding offic* r of the regiment or command to which the company belongs, or by the Commandant of the Conscripts, as the case may be. But within all cases arising within thirty days from the date of this order, the enroll ing officer may grant the exemption upon satisfactory proof that the party furnished a substitute, who was actually received into the service of the Confederate States for three years or the war, and the substitute is not liable to military service. Such ex emption may at any time be cancelled if fraud or mistake be discovered. 2. Paragraph 11, General Orders No. 29, current series, is hereby revoked. No person under eighteen years of age, or not of good moral character, or who is liable under the existing order to enrollment as a conscript, shall be received as a substitute. And in all cases in which a substitute, be comes subject to military service, the ex emption of the principal by reason of a substitution shall expire. Any person subject to enrollment, who desires to furnish a substitute, may at any time before the enrollment, or before he is assigned to a company and sent from the camp of instruction, present a substitute at such camp. And, if the substitute be ca pable of bearing arms, and be of good moral character, and not w ithin the prohi bited classes, he shall be received, and the principal shall be exempt from military service. Correspondence of Tlie Banner. Defence of Savannah—Can it be taken? — Troops along our coast. —Need of more laborers. —Doings of the enemy. Brother Horn ad y : My opinion is often asked about the de fence around this city, and the possibility of its being taken. lam conscious that my judgment in such matters is of “little worth.” Yet I inay be excused for saying the defences look very strong, and I think the enemy will find them really so. By the time they have encountered the two or three Floating Batteries or “Virginia’s” (I don’t know what they ought to be called) in the river, and have passed all the forts and fortifications around the city, I think they will come to the same conclusion: that is, those who may be left to form a conclusion. 1 rejoice to know they will never occupy the city as it is. If they en ter it, they will find nothing to reward them but bare walls and heaps of ashes. I suppose any place may be taken—Savannah and Charleston among the rest; but when the vandals have collected what they deem a sufficient force for this work, they had better send back to Yankeedom and increase that force threefold, and then make up their minds to lose one-half in the effort. Nev er were men more resolved to “ conquer or die,” than are the troops about Savannah and Charleston. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of soldiers between Savannah and St. Mary’s, who seldom hear preaching or have even a visit from a colporteur. Being the only Missionary in this field, I gieatly need the assistance of a fellow-laborer. Let me beg the brethren, having control of funds for this object, to give immediate attention to this matter. 1 can,direct them to a man whose services they would be glad to se cure, if they will address me either at Grif fin or at this place. The vandals were at their favorite em ployment of stealing negroes a few days ago, in Mclntosh county. They visited the plantation ot Mr. King, who is eighty-four years of age, and forcibly took off all his slaves (more than fifty), besides grossly in sulting his wife and daughters. Col. Dan iel McDonald, an estimable gentleman, and whom I have known from his youth, was taken prisoner (though engaged in farming,) and was driven on board their vessels in charge of armed negroes. J, H. Campbell. Savannah, Nov. 10, 1862. Florida Baptist State Convention. This b)dy will meet with the Church at Mount Pleasant, Suwannee county, Fla., on 1< riday before the fourth Lord’s Day in November, 1862. Mount Pleasant is one mile from Wel bom Station, Pensacola As Georgia Rail road. T. J. Womb well, Secretary. Yol. IT.