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12 VARIETIES. The Inquisitl*' 6 Yankee. A gentleman riding in an eastern railroad car, which was rather scantily supplied with passengers, observed on the seat be fore him a lean, slab-sided Yankee; every feature of his face seemed to ask a ques tion, and a little circumstance soon proved that he possessed a most ** inquisitive mind.” Before him, occupying an entire seat, sat a lady dressed in deep black, and after shifting his position several times, and manoeuvreing to get an opportunity to look into her face, he at length caught her eye : “ In affliction ? ” “Yes, sir,” responded the lady. “ Parents ?—father or mother ? ” “ No, sir.” “ Child, perhaps ?—-boy ©r girl? ” “ No, sir, not a child; I have no children.” “ Husband, then, I expect? ” “ Yes,” was the curt answer. “Hum! cholery? a tradin’ man, may be?” “ My husband was a seafaring man —the captain of a vessel; he didn’t die of chole ra, he was drowned.” “ Oh, drowned, eh ! ” pursued the inquis itor, hesitating for a brief instant. ‘ Saved his chist?” “ Yes, the vessel was saved, and my hus band’s effects,” said the widow. “ Was they ? ” asked the Yankee, his face brightening up. “ Pious man ? ” “He was a member of the Methodist church.” The next question was a little delayed, but it came. “ Don’t you think that you have great cause to be thankful that he was a pious man, and saved his chist ? ” “ I do.” said the widow, abruptly, and turned her head to look out of the window. The indefatigable “pump” changed his po sition, held the widow by his glittering eye once more, and propounded one more que ry, in a little lower tone, with his head slightly inclined forward over the back of the seat. “Was you calculating to get married again ? ” “Sir,” said the widow, indignantly, ‘you are impertinent! ” And she left her seat and took another on the other side of the car. “ ’Pears to be a little huffy ! ” said the indefatigable bore, turning to our narrator behind him ; “ she needn’t be mad; I don’t want to hurt her feelings. What did they make you pay for that umbrella you’ve got in your hand ? It’s a real pooty one.” Beectaer’s Gospel. When at Manassas, just after the battle, an officer with whom we are intimately ac quainted, and whose word is everywhere as good as gold, stated to us that, among the Yankee pistols picked up by his men, was one bearing the inscription—' “Presented by Henry Ward Beecher" This he positively assured us he had himself seen, and also that gentlemen of his acquaintance inform ed him they had seen others of exactly the same kind. When we last saw his paper, (The Inde pendent,) some four months ago, Beecher was calling loudly for martyrs in the cause of abolitionism to rise up in the South.— lie said if they did not, it would be a to ken that the South was abandoned of God, and its doom sealed. Someone ventured to suggest that the opportunity for turning aside from millions of his fellow-men a doom so fiery, as well as for securing a martyr’s immortality, was too precious to be lost; and insisted that it had peculiar claims upon one entertaining his sentiments. The answer was very promptly given, that he preferred to die horizontally, not vertically. “Thou hypo crite ! ” We learn from New York papers that he is just now preaching and writing bravely about the grandeur and glory of dying up on such a field as Manassas. Such a man bears the unmistakeable evidence of being a lineal descendant of that wretched tribe infesting the church eighteen years ago:— “ Ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the bur dens with one of your fingers.” Beecher, it is remembered, was among the foremost to procure Sharp’s rifles for abolition emigrants to Kansas, and in a crowded meeting, on a Sunday night, in one of the churches In New Haven, expressed the special pleasure he felt in giving one to A-.-, h r ilium —saying it was an auspicious name—“ Kill-him.” It was on this aeoount some witty editor in New York remarked that Beecher's evangelical code was, “Go ) e into ail the world, and shoot the gospel into every creature.*’ His courage is of the cheapest order, and expends itself at a very respectful distance. Such a man may spend a few dollars on pistols, and in place of the pharisee’s trum pet, hut with the same object, engrave his same oa them. But worlds would hardly %'mm 'MjksmwM. &mw sajpsxss. tempt him to such a plaee as Manassas. It is indeed possible that he might have been persuaded to join, in imagined safety, that “mixed multitude” which on Sabbath morning rolled gayly out from Washing ton u to see the fun ; ” for cowardice is ever cursed with a deadly hate and a thirst for low revenge. But as to shooting a pistol at a Southern slaveholder, much as he would like to see them all killed, Henry Ward Beecher has quite too great a horror of dying “vertically” for any such operation as that. The great aim of his life evident ly is to die “ horizontally ; ” a wish very likely to be gratified, since men commonly die as they have lived. [Central Presbyterian . THE SOLDIERS’ COLUMN. Will you toe Saved ? The present is a favored time. Thedooi of mercy is open. The call of the gospel is urgently made. Christ is constantly held up before the people. God’s Spirit is poured out in many places and in large measure. Every thing seems to say, Will you be saved? You need salvation. You need nothing so much. No man ever needed health or friends, or help from man, so much as you need salvation. Without it you have be fore you an undone eternity. Your sins rise up like the mountains. Unless they be pardoned, they will, like a mighty mill stone, sink you to an eternal hell. Unless they be subdued, they will torment and de file you forever. Your native ignorance of God, if it continue, will be as fatal as hea thenism. Oh, you need salvation. You must be saved. Your soul is worth too much to allow it to be forever lost. You can not afford to be damned. Will you be saved ? You can be saved. God says so in many parts of His blessed word. He also tells you how rich are the provisions of His grace. You have no want but can be sup plied from the vast storehouse of His mer cy. Twenty-six times in one psalm of as many verses, it is said, “ His mercy endu reth forever.” His Son has died. Heaven calls you. Others are entering. There yet is room. Will you be saved ? You must be saved soon, or not at all. — The day of grace will not last forever.— God’s Spirit will not always strive with man. There is but one lifetime on earth i given to any man, and that is very short. Life ended without an interest in Christ, eternity must be awful. This moment God waits to be gracious. Beware how you lightly esteem the most glorious offers ever made to sinners, even by God himself. — Oh, will you now be saved ? If you are saved, it must be by the blood | and merits of Christ. Stoddard, the grand father of the elder President Edwards, wrote a good book entitled, “ The Safety of appearing at the Day of Judgment in the Righteousness of Christ.” There is no safety for any sinner who attempts to go through the trials of the last day in any other righteousness. “ All our righteous ness are as filthy rags; ” “By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified ; ” “ The just shall live by faith; ” “ Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth,” —these are some of the forms in which God’s word shuts us up to the faith of Christ. No blood, no merits, no advocacy, no priesthood, no sacrifice but Christ’s can avail. Will you be saved by Christ? Will you? Nor can you be saved without anew heart. You must be born again. You must be converted. Your will and affec tions must be changed by the power and energy of the Holy Ghost. He can take away the heart of stone, and give you a heart of flesh. He can annul the love of sin within you, and write the love of God on your heart. He can purify your affec tions, and make you fit for the heavenly inheritance. He only can effect so great a change. Will you be saved by the power of the Holy Spirit ? Will you be saved ? I hope you will. Many are praying that you tnay. God in vites; mercy calls; hell threatens. Your case is urgent. No mortal can state any case more so. If you die in your sins, you will mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed, and say, “ How have I hated instruction, and my heart de spised reproof; and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed roe.” Oh, will you be saved t Richard Cecil says, Hell is the truth seen too late. Will you not see the truth in time to be saved by it t Open your eyes. Oh. think ; oh, consider. If you die with out the salvation of the gospel of Christ, you die “ without merry.” Why will you pull down ruin on your poor perishing soul ? I ask again—it may be the last time any mortal will ever ask— Will too be SAVED f ®f)e Atlanta Banner ani) Baptist. FOURTH VOLUME. Now is the Time to Subscribe ! Now is the time for the friends of THE BANNER to be up and doing. We have entered upon the fourth volume, with the determination to make this journal more acceptable than ever; and ask our friends to aid us in doubling our present subscrip tion list. Terms of The Banner and Baptist, $3 per annum—invariably in advance. All Baptist ministers and others, in the Confederate States, friendly to our paper, are requested to act as Agents. Having associated with us brother Jas. N. Ells, as joint proprietor and co-editor — a gentleman of acknowledged literary taste and of large experience in the newspaper business—we can confidently challenge comparison with any weekly paper pub lished in the South or elsewhere. We have already begun to improve, and we in tend to continue our improvements until The Banner shall be everything that can be desired in a family paper. And as we are about to commence the new volume, now is the time for those wishing the paper to send on their subscriptions. To those friends who have stood by us while weath ering the storm which has swept away so many weekly papers, we would return our most sincere thanks, at the same time feel ing that words can not express the gratitude of our hearts. H. Correspondents of the Banner. Elder N. M. Crawford, Penfield, Ga. “ J. H. Campbell, State Evangelist. “ J. R. Graves, in the Army. “ G. C. Connor, Army Chaplain. “ B. F. Tharp, Perry, Ga. “ W. N. Chaudoin, Albany, Ga. “ R. J. Mays, Florida. “ A. E. Dickinson, Richmond, Va. “ W. D. Mayfield. South Carolina. M. W. Piir lips, Edwards, Miss. Agents for The Banner. The following brethren will act as Agents for the Banner, and will receipt for money paid for the paper. Elder J. S, Murrow, Traveling Agent. “ F. M. Haygood, do “ J. H. Stockton, Thomson, Ga. “ Thos. Muse, Cuthbert, Ga. “ Robt. Cunningham Macon, Ga. “ Thos Aldridge, Millwood , Ga. “ W. W. Odom, Valdosta , Ga. “ G. F. Cooper, Americas, Ga. “ J. H. Campbell, Griffin, Ga. “ W. J. Speaiks, Peaks P . 0., Ga. “ John IT. Clarke, Henderson, Ga. “ P. A. Lawson, Ga ffin, Ga. “ William Lowe, McDonough, Ga. Dr. E. R. Carswell, Waynesboro' , Ga William Roberts, Byrumville , Ga. R. H. Jackson, Franklin, Heard Cos., Ga. J. H. B. Shackelford, Spring Place, “ Dr. John Cheney, Columbus, Ga. Rev. P. A. Hughes is an authorized Agent for * The Banner and Baptist.’ The Banner and Baptist. Weekly, (fifty Nos.,) per annum, invariably in Advance. - $3 90 Money due the Office, may be sent by mail a our risk—always mail it in presence of a friend (other than the P. M.,) or procure a friend to mail it foryou—never register. Contributors should write only on one side of each lea£ and number the pages, 1,2, 3, &c. Those wishing papers changed, should give the Post-Office they wish changed from, as well as the one to be changed to. Those forwarding names of subscribers or re mittances, should always write the name of Post Office, County, and State, in full CARDS. ________ & D. Niw. Gaar At Nile*, COMMISSION AND AUCTION MERCHANTS, (Store formerly occupied by H. Joiner & Son,) Alabama street , ATLANTA, GA. N1 Robert L. Crawley Ac Bro., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Franklin Building,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. October 1, 1862. N. A. Hornady, RESIDENT DENTIST, FORSYTH, GA. HT* Office over Lampkiu’a store. Particular attention paid to oalls at home, and also at a distance. Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb 15 ’62 A. K. Seao, OPTICS, At bit old fund, corner of Foreyth and Mitchell atreott, ATLANTA, GA., WAmns— -2t b*l of HAT. SO.OCO bushel* of CORN, MOO bushel* of COW PEAS. 6,000 bushels of BKED OATS, white or red, WO barrels Superfloe or Family FLOCK, 10,000 lbs. OLD BaC >N, 2v bbte. Leaf LARD, SI to MO Head of PORK HOGS, either tut, or ready for feeding, 10 to 100 Head of fat BEEF CATTLE I or 1 choice SiltXH COWS, with youag calrea. Also, a small lot STOCK HOGS I 1U co,tract for any of these article*, to be delivered at at any railroad depot In Georgia. Enclose return postage, and ad dree* A. K. BEAOO, Atlanta, Oa. Who want* to Buy, or Sell, Real Estate r PERSONS wishing to purohaee or tell RIAL ESTATE In the city of Atlanta, or the turroending country, are requested to leave written instructions et my office, corner of Forsyth and Mitchell streets. A. K. BE AGO. For Sale, fIXTT PROPRRfT, Negroes; Boys’ Shoes; Wear, Rice, V Varnish, Tobacco, Ae. A. K. BEAGC, aS ly comer of Forsyth and Mitchell eta Terms of The Banner and Baptist— hr dollars a year, in advance. J. B. Tippin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer iniForeigu and Domestic DRY GOODS, 63T Connally’s Block, on Whitehall|Street, ATLANTA, QA. Beach & Boot, IMPORTERS and DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, (Whitehall Street,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Oct 11 3m_ Hamilton, Mark ley & Joyner, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE-STUFFS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC., Concert Hall building, opposite Georgia R.-R. Bank, ATLANTA, GA. 025 A. C. Vail, —SIGN OP MILLEDGEVILLE CLOTHING STORE— Empire House, Whitehall Street , ATLANTA, GA., Has a large assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING, and a large variety of Fancy Articles generally. Oc 25 S. D, Niles, Fir© and. Life Insurance AGENT, [Corner of Whitehall and Alabama streets,] ATLANTA, GA. Oct 18 Hughes, Hagan & Cos., Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of ENVELOPES, ATLANTA, GA., Having their new machinery, propelled by steam (in the Franklin Building), are prepared to fill all orders for ENVELOPES. Oct. 11. ___ 3m John Fieken, MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF SEGARS AND TOBACCO, Snuff, Pipes, Meerschaums, Segar-Cases, Etc., WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA. Oct. 18 3m D. Mayer. J. Jacobe. J. Kapp. I>. Mayer, Jacobe & Cos., AUCTION and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the sale of Merchandise, Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds and Negroes, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, Ga. Oct. 18. 3m E. M, Edwardy, WHOLESALE AND RETA L DEALER IN Grroceries, Family Supplies, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Oct.. 18 3m A. C. Wyly & €., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Corner of Walton and Peach-tree sis., ATLANTA, GA. O 25 J T. Porter WHOLESALE GROCER, AND COMMISSION MERC H ANT ( Marietta St., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 025 Thomas F. Lowe Ac Cos., General Commission Merchants, (exclusively,) tag- For the sale of PRODUCE, ami all kinds of MERCHANDISE; Negroes, Real Es'ate, <fec., &c., (In Daniels' Block, Peach-tree st, and Winship’e corner, ditto,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Thomas F. Low*. J*ss Lows, of LawrencevUle. John C. White. W. Power#. White & Power*, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, DEALERS IN PRODUCE, and FAMILY SUPPLIES, Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. Oct 18 ' 3m^ Gen. I. R. Poster. J. L. Queen. H. R.F owler. Foster, Queen At Cos., GROCERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ATLANTA, GA., Keep constantly on hand all kinds of PRO VISIONS and Family Supplies. Buy and sell all kinds of Tennessee and Country PRODUCE, and sell Goods consigned to the best advantage. Oct 11. 8m Perino Brown. Thos. P. Fleming. M. L. Liebtenstadt Brown, Fleming 3c Cos., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Masonic Hall Building) Dcatur]Bt., ATLANTA, GA. Advances made on Sugar, Molasses, Wool and other Produce. Special attention given to the Texas and Georgia trade. Oct. 11 3m Andemoit, Adair 3c Cos., WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, , (Whitehall Street, near Georgia R-R Bank,) ATLANTA, GA. Oct 11. Sin Pease 3c Davit, WHOLESALE AND RSTAII I>KAL*BRS 111 PRODUCE and PROVISIONS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS (Winahip’s iron-front store, Peach-Tree *t) ATLANTA, GA. P. P. Pease.] [L. B. Davis. Ant business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention and returns early nude. We ask oui friends to give us a call when In ourcity. Any Pro duce consigned to ns will receive every advantage oar market can give. Also we can make purchases to the very best advantage, as we are always pos ted in reference to the market prices. February 15,1862. School Wanted in Georgia, BV A VIRGINIA LADf. A returned Missionary—every way competent to teach—is desirous of obtaining a School in Georgia. For particulars, address the Editor of this paper. Nl* Wanted, AFIELD GF LABOR (one or two Churches and a small School in a healthy I ocaiity. Satisfactory references given Address Eider E. B. Babjlbtt,', Irwin ton, G*. Oct. 18 RAILROAD GUIDE. Georgia Railroad & Banking Cos Augusta to Atlanta. ...l7l Miles.... Fare $5 60 GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent. Morning Passenger Train. (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leave Atlanta daily at..... 6 10 A. M Arrive at Augusta at 5 04 P. M Leave Augusta daily at 0 45 A. M Arrive at Atlanta at 5 32 P. M Night Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta daily at 7 15 P. M Arrive at Augastaat 5 30 A. M Leave Augusta at * 4 00 P. M Arrive at Atlanta at 2 05 A. M This road ruus in connection with the trains oi the South Oaroliua and the Savannah and Augusta Railroads, at Augusta. Macon and Western Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Macon to Atlanta.... 104 Miles.... Fare $4 50. ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent. Leave Macon at 10 00 a. m Arrive at Atlanta at 4 00 p. m Leaye Atlanta at 11 00 a. m Arrive at Macon 4 55 p. m This train connects with Central, South-western and Muscogee railroads at Macon. Western & Atlantic (State) Railroad. Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,... $5. JOHN S. ROWLAND, Superintendent. PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, nightly, at...., 7 30, P M Arrives at Chattanooga at 4.51, A M Leaves Chattanooga at 5.00, P M Arrives at Atlanta at 2.30, A M EXPRESS FREIOHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 3.00, A M Arrives at Chattanooga at 2.50, P M Leaves Chattanooga at 3.15, A M Arrives at Atlanta at 3 38, P M ACCOMMODATION PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta at - 2.00 P. M. Arrives at Kingston at 7*oo P. M. Leaves Kingston at 5.30 A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at - - - - 10.50 A. M.. This Road connects, each way, with the Rome: Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee: and Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville: & Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. Atlanta and West Point Railroad. Atlanta to West Point 87 Miles Fare $3 5(1 GEORGE 3, HULL, Superintendent. MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 2.45 j. AC M Arrives at West-Point at 7.55, A M. Leaves West-Point, daily, at 12.4®, P M: Arrives at Atlanta at.. 5.3®, A Ml EVENING PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta 6.00, P. M.. Arrive at West Point - 11.22, A. M. Leaves West Point - 2.00, P, M., Arrives at Atlanta - - - 6 48, P, M. This Road connects with the Montgomery andl West Point Road at West Point. ADVERTISEMENTS^ School Nolice. JQgP’ Miss ANNIE SMITH, a graduate of a Southern Female College, has just opened a School, for girls and small boys, 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 li. D. Mallary, andi to Rev. H. C. Hornady. Atlanta, June 6, 1862. MERCER UNIVERSITY, PEN FIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA FACULTY. President—N. M. Crawford, D. D. Professor*—S. P. Sanford, A. M., J. E. Willett, A. M., Theological Seminary. —Professor N. M. Crawford, D. D. DEPARTMENTS. 1. A college course of four years, equal to that of the best colleges in the country. 2. A theological course, of three year#, design ed for those who are preparing for the Gospel Min istry. 3. A scientific course of four years, including, with some additions, all the studies o< the collegi ate course, except the ancient languages. 4. An academical department, embracing all who 1 are not prepared to enter college. COMMENCEMENT AND VACATIONS. The Commencement is held on the second Wed nesday In July. There are two vacations, dividing the year into two terms. Fall Term begins on the first Wednesday in Sep tember, and closes on the 13th of December. Spring Term begins on the fourth Wednesday in January, and closes on Commencement day. S. LANDRUM, Secr’y Board Trustees, July 26, 1862. Savannah, Ga Janie* McPherson Ac Cos. HAVE opened next door North of BEACH & ROOT’S Store on Whitehall Btreet, a new and select Stock of BOOKS and STATIONERY, Together with an endless variety of fancy arti cles, such as, ENGRAVINGS, GOLD PENS AND PEN CILS, WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT CORNICES. PICTURE FRAMES' WALLPAPER, FIRESCREENS, RICH CHINA AND PAIUAN VASES, PARIAN FIG URES, Ac., Ac, Foreign Books imported to order. Teachers and Merchants supplied at Charles ton prices, freight only added. BF*Picture Frames made to order. Remember the New Book Store of jas. McPherson & co. Frank I if! 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 every exertion to render entire satis faction. Our facilities for the printing and binding of BOOKS, and for general JOB WORK, it is believed, are etjual to any establishment in the Confederate States. A reasonable stock of Printing and Binding Material now on hand, and will be kept for the purpose of suppling any demand. L L TOON A CO. Vol. IV