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Yol. IV. such a paper. Can mch a paper t,l them? is the next question. It can. if the people at home are not insensible of their obligations to those who are keepmg . th ,. „„. m y away from their homes, and sa ving thei from the loss of property and liberty. The privates in our army are sac rificin" nearly every thing for their own ad our liberty. The mtlance they revive for their wages would barely supply them with shoes at the present exorbitant prices. We can not, therefore, expect our soldiers to supply themselves with a paper, pome can ami will do so; but the vast majority can not. Subscription, then, is the necessary re sort. Does someone say, “The times are too bard”? 1 answer, “They may be,bar der, and probably will be, unless our sol diers are rendered as efficient as possible. 1 do not wish the wives of poor soldiers to contribute anything for this object; but 1 do wish and expect those who are remain ing at home and making money, to contri bute liberally. A monthly contribution is desir< and. Not less than 10,000 copies should be issued every week. This would supply the whole of Gen. Bragg’s army by giving a copy to each “ rness.” Faci 1 ities for send ing the paper to them are easy and cheap, us they, are accessible, most of them at least, by railroad. No one, who has not been in the army, knows how much our soldiers crave something to read. Their wishes can be gratified by contributing a little of our abundance, all of which is pro tooted by them. One brother in Atlanta says, “ But- me down $lO per month;” another from the same place says, “ i will invest $5.00 per month in the enterprise; ” and another in Dalton says, “But me down $5.00 per month ” This, brethren, friends, patriots, philanthropists, is the way to do the work, Let each one, who can, lie prepared to give Ids name with, “ But me down $lO, $5, $2, sl, S2O, &e., per month.” Seeing the great want of such a paper, 1 am willing to edit it during the winter or the war, if I can get bread to eat, provided the expenses of publishing can be raised by contributions from those at home, and those in the army who are able to give. The best talent in the country will be en gaged to make the paper what it ought to be. The principal object of the paper, if issued at all, will lie to elevate the soldier above the contaminations of camp life, and especially to direct him to “the Lamb of God that, taketh away the sins of the world.” 1 will visit Atlanta soon for the purpose of perfecting, if possible, all arrangements necessary to the commencement of the work. Please, brother Hornady, insert this in your paper, and give it as favorable a no tice as you can. A. B. WoKMn.il. Hie W*it-Floi*idu /iKMoeiaiioai. Twelve churches were represented, as fullowy: Greenwood, 100 mem. $45,15 min,, &c. Friendship, 22 “ 4,00 Campbcllton, 75 “ 12,00 “ (Jchuanna, 45 l,OO Orange Hill, 05 (15 col.) 20,00 Handy Creek, 80 mem. 2,00 “ Sardis, 44 O,OO Pilgrim’s Rest 20 “ 5,00 Pine Barron, 20 “ 1,50 “ Hale m, 50 “ 2,50 “ Poplar Spring, 18 “ 1,50 “ Now Hope, plotter absent) 1,00 “ Collection on Sabbath, $55,20 Baianee in Treasury, 14,02 Subscriptions collected, 40,00 And $50,75 was contributed to Elder Sims for Missionary services. I suppose about S7O will be the “surplus fund” to be appropriated to the religious benefit of our soldiers. No delegation to the Florida Baptist State Convention could be obtained, and but a partial correspondence promised to sister associations. To the Tuskegee, third Friday in Sept., the name of Everett was set down as a standing lolnnietr. The Fufala, fourth Saturday in Sept., Everett, Lacy, The .1 udsrni, first Saturday in October, Everett, Lacy, Alien, Barkley, Barksdale. The Zion, t hird Saturday in October, Ev erett, Lacy, Sims, Ward and Whidden. The Executive Committee reported ar mirage due Elder Siuis sl)s, and an un eolleeted amount on pledges to Elder Bos tic for supply of Apalachicola church.— Brother KVnve made no report of supplying Antioch church, and asked no remuneration. The same Executive Committee were re appointed by acclamation, and Win. Sorry elected Treasurer. The committee on the Constitution and Decorum were allowed another ya ar tore port. The next session to boat Campbell ton; Elder Howe to preach the introducto ry* Lacy alternate; Elder Lawrence to preach the missionary sermon, Cnderwood alternate. As this synopsis is of local interest, The Banner will present bill fur publication to the undersigned, and VVcat-Florida Bap lists will please forward $8 for a whole year’s subscription to this excellent paper. D. P. E. NLssks. Editors: l wish to make public through your columns and those of other widely circulated and influential journals, a suggestion to the Wemeu of the South, It is that a day bo appointed on which at a certain hour, they with one consent shall unitedly beg fur PEACE from Him in whose hands arodhe hearts of men and the destinies of nations. Prayer has Ixieu made continually fur the success of our arms in Little, and those prayers have been an swerv'd, in many instances beyond our hopes. Every pray or has douUSess breath ed an earnest for peace, but it is %'mm mjkMMMM. am& asAjpsas I x. suggested that now bur faithful womon should unite to pray in an especial manner for it—that God would forgive us our debts, and deliver us speedily from the evil hands of bloody men. Let Monday, the first of December, be appointed ; and on that day at 12 o’clock noon, let the hearts of every wife, mother, sister and daughter in every State in the Confederacy go out in fervent prayer to God for peace. In places and churches where female prayer-meetings are usual, let the women themselves order the matter; where such meetings are not usual, or are consid ered impracticable, let the women in their own houses stop all work at the hour named—suspend the carding, and spinning, and weaving, and knitting, and sewing, and teaching, if for only one half-hour, and, alone with God, plead with Him for her country. Let the sick woman on her bed remember the day and hour ; let the busy forego her business; and 1 was going to say, let the gay suspend her gaiety, but I trust there are no gay women in the South now ; but let the young, and beautiful, and hopeful, equally with those who can lay no claim to such titles, think of the broken hearted, the destitute, the homeless—think of the widow, the fatherless, the childless of this war, and let every woman’s heart be raised as with one voice on that day to God for help and for peace, an honorable peace. Mas. C. A. L. tlnw Can ffiNbirs Live ? This question ought to receive the instant and careful consideration of all our church es. By a few it has been taken up. The fear, nay, the conviction that by most it is overlooked, impels us now to urge them to examine the state of the case. No long ar gument is needed. If they will only look for a moment at the truth of the matter, they will either act upon it, or they would not “be p rsuaded, though one arose from the dead.” Now, what are the facts? One is that our pastors have fixed salaries, and have to buy wfith money what they need. Another | is, that food and clothing have advanced to prices beyond any parallel in this genera tion. The average increase of cost is not less than four times as great as it was two years ago. Now put this and that together, and let the question be answered in the fear of God, “ blow can pastors live ? ” Some congregations, we hear, have actu ally by vote recently curtailed the salary of their pastors, and of course, after an op eration of that sort, they will pay slowly, poorly, and grudgingly what remains.— This is a crying injustice, and, to speak hon estly, a great public shame. And all the greater from this fact, that at no time have their salaries been more than a bare subsistence. And all the great er still from another fact, that money never was so plenty over the country as now. .From these facts combined-it is as plain as the day, that a pastor whose income is limited to a fixed salary no larger this year than in former times, must find himself greatly straitenod. Our ministers must! indeed bear their fu.il share of the burdens! and trials of this day of tribulation. They! are ready for it and will not complain.-—: All we urge is, that the people whose wel-j faro they labor to promote shall stand by J them and see to it that their part of this j burden is not beyond a due proportion. As winter is close at hand, will not those | who have charge of these matters see to it, that arrangements shall be made for an in crease of the pastor’* income for this year? Let energetic efforts be made to secure prompt payment of all dues. Let not the people wait for the collector to call upon them. Act so as to secure that noble ©om menejation awarded by the great Ajsistle to the churches of Macedonia: “ How that in a great trial of affliction, * * to I heir power, yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves ; praying us with much entreaty that we should re eeive the gift.” 2d Cor. viii., 2-4. Terrific explosion and Foss of Fife. VV c take the following sad account from the Mississippi Baptist, at Jackson, of the 15th instant: Yesterday week was a calamitous day for our city. About half-past three o’clock in the afternoon, tlie laboratory belonging to the Confederate States Arsenal of this city, exploded, destroying instantly every human being within the walls, with all the Contents of the building that were not bu ried beneath the ruins. Between forty and filly lives were lost, most of them children and young persona. About eleven of the bodies were so badly mangled and disfig ured that they could not be identified; ma ny of them were blown Into fragments, and were found at a considerable distance from the exploded building. We are informed by the government officers in charge of the arsenal, that but a small quantity of pow der was destroyed, only the amount which had been made into cartridges that day and that would have been used for the same pur pose before eight—about three kegs in all. The cartridges made every day, w e arc in formed, were removed from the building at night and placed in the magazine, which, though neap the laboratory, did not explode, if was saved by the exertions of the fire company and citizens, who bravely placed themselves between that and the burning ruins, and thus saved the neighborhood as well as perhaps hundreds of lives from de struction. As it was, the buildings in the neighborhood, all private dwellings, were greatly injured, nearly every pane of glass being broken, the plastering shaken down and the walls shattered. W * ourself were among the greatest suf terenr in this respect. W© live nearest to the exploded building, and our yard was mScd w ith the tragments of the building, as 'xeil as with several 6 and 12-pound balls that were thrown out by the force of the explosion. Two fragments of dead bodies were also thrown into oar enclosure. But, thanks to an ever watchful Providence, tho’ Mrs. Jones, with an infant only three days old, was lying asleep on the side of the house nearest the explosion, and our second child was lying on a bed near, also asleep, and though our little boy was playing in the yard still nearer, in the very midst of the falling missiles and fragments of the ex ploded building, yet all escaped uninjured. And though our house was rendered tem porarily untenantable, yet by the kindness of a neighbor we have been provided with an excellent house, with every attention that our circumstances require. This calamity will long be remembered by our community. None such has ever befallen it before. It was truly heart rending to hear the cries of bereaved mo thers, some of whom lost every child they had, as they sought and identified their blackened, mangled remains. Some two or three persons were injured who were not in the building, but none others were killed. Our citizens paid every respect to the remains of the dead. They were all decent ly buried, and followed to the graves by a large concourse, the Mayor having request ed that all business be suspended, and that the citizens attend the burial. THE ALTAR. MARRIED, On Hie 201,1i inst., in this city, by the Senior editor of this paper, Mr. M. I. Welch and Miss Annie E. Walker. On the 23d instant, at Fairborn, by the same, Mr. G. W. Baldwin, of this city, and Miss Bekthenik Elder, of the former place. At the residence of the bride’s mother, In Dougherty county, Ga, on the 20th inst, by the Rev. W. N. Chaudoin, Mr. H. T. Allen, of the above county, to Miss Sajllie G. .Janes, young est daughter of the late Col. Archibald G. Junes THE _GMVE. Henry Newton Rhodes was instantly killed, on the 4th November, 1802, in bat tie with the enemies of the South, near Salem, Virginia. Pierced through the forehead by the foeman’s bullet, and dying in his saddle, the brave young soldier’s spirit passed from earth without a struggle. It is not too much to say that Henry Rhodes died, as he had lived, without an enemy. Quiet and unassuming, possessing the most amiable qualities of mind and heart, he was endeared in an eminent degree to those who knew him at home ; while the sincere expressions of grief on the part of his surviving comrades evince the deep sorrow they feel in his death. The deceased was the eldest son of Thos. R. Rhodes, of Augusta, Ga. He was a member of the Richmond Hussars, and had been in service more than a year. At the time when he yielded his life upon the altar of his country, he was nineteen years and ten months of age. It is not our province to enter the sacred precincts of the disconsolate home circle, and attempt by human sympathy to mit igate the anguish of mourners for a slain idolized son, brother, and friend. Loving hearts at home will ever weep at the fate which caused this separation ; and though deprived of his dying testimony, by the instant summons of death, his friends have the best grounds of hope that his happy spirit ascended from the field of strife to the better plains above, where parting, nor tears, nor war, are known no more. E. Alhkbt G. MoMukry, A. M., Adjunct Prof. Ancient Languages in Cherokee Bap tist College, died, near Hhephardstown, Va., on the 18th September, of wounds received the evening previous in the battle of Sharps burg, Maryland. Mr. McMurry was aged twenty years, seven months and twenty three days ; was baptized, in the fail of 1855, by the venera ble Elder J. Crawford, into the church of Christ at Cassville, the place of his residence He entered the Cherokee Baptist College in the spring of 1856 and graduated with first honor in 1859. During his college course he was distinguishad for love of instruction, aptitude for learning, amiable manners, and scrupulous observance of the rules of col lege. He was particularly noticeable as a scholar for his admiration of the classics, elegance of composition and depth of thought. He had equals in the recitation room, but no superior in the neatness of his translations, the appreciation and power to retain niceties of construction. Mis pursuit of learning did not closo with his college course, lie entered the. University of Vir ginia, that he might understand the Univer sity system md profit by the lectures there. Having spent a year in the study of modern languages, history and moral science, he returned home. The faculty of his Alma Mater, in their high appreciation of his abilities and character, recommended him to the chair of Languages, upon the duties of which he entered in the spring of 1861. While there, fulfilling his office to the per feet satisfaction of the students and college authorities, this cruel war broke out. Al most at the souud of the first drum he flew to arms for his country’s defence. The profession of arms was not the calling for which nature moulded him, but she did mould him for the love of country and the call of duty ; and although arms would be his last resort, they were dear to him if he only might use them in behalf of his country. lie volunteered in the 18th Georgia reg iment, under Captain John Crawford, and served at Dunkirk, York town and Malvern Hill, during which campaign he was pro moled to be Sergeant-Major. Last summer he came home on sick furlough, but hearing that his comrades were advancing against Pope, he hastily returned and came up with his regiment just before the two days’ battles at Manassas, in which he served with coolness, bravery, and faithfulness to duty. At Sharpsburg he acted as Aid-de- Cftmp to that gallant soldier, Colonel \\ . T. Wofford, who on that day so nobly led, is acting general, the Texas brigade. At | the close of the day, while executing a flank j movement, he was wounded by a stray shell athwart the hips, and died in twenty hours. On the morning of the fatal day he wrote h;s mother: “We are about to have a great battle. What may be the conse quences to me 1 do not know ; but this 1 do know—that if I am taken from this, I shall go to a better world.” His last mo ments were spent in sending messages of comfort to his parents, whose idol he knew himself to be. Ilis messages were all of heaven and hope to be rejoined with them there. Thus has fallen Another of the South’s noble sons. Society has lost an ornament, his parents a jewel indeed, and his friends one well meriting their esteem; but the hosts of Jesus on high are increased in number, and we submit. T. It. The War. There is a complete dearth of news relating to our national contest The prevailing opin ion is that the Federate design an attack—an other ‘ On to Richmond,’ by the way of Peters burg. In the West, things are working; we expect stirring news in a few days. sl)e Atlanta Banner ant) Baptist. FOURTH VOLUME. Kow i the Time to Subscribe ! Terms of The Banner and Baptist, $3 per annum—invariably in advance. •’-PI- CARDS. | J. JL Toon & FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE, ATLANTA, GA. All kinds of PRINTING and BINDING neatly executed, on reasonable terms. M. D. G AA r, S. D. Nines, V. A. Gaskiu.. Cbutr, Nile* & Cos., COMMISSION AND AUCTION MERCHANTS, AND It EA L ES TA TE A G ENTS , (Store formerly occupied by 11. Joiner & Son,) Alabama street , ATLANTA, GA. N1 Robert F. Crawley A Bro., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Franklin Building,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. October 1, 1862. fti. A. Honsady, RESIDENT DENTIST, FORSYTH, GA. Office over Lampkin’a store. Particular attention paid to calls at home, and also at a distance. Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb 15 ’O2 A. 14. Seago, offioje, At his old stand, comer of Forsyth and Mitchell streets, ATLANTA, GA., WANTS— -200 ball's of HAY, 10,000 bushels of CORN, 2,000 bushels of COW P®AB, 5,000 bushels of SEED OATH, white or red, 500 barrels ftajterfine or Family FLOUR, 10,000 lbs. OLD BACON, 2o bbls. Leaf LARD, 20 to 600 Head of PORK HOGS, either fat, or ready for feeding, 10 to 100 Head of fat BEEF CATTLE, 1 or 2 choice MILCH COWS, with young calves. Also, a small lot STOCK HOGS. I will co tract for any of these articles, to be delivered at at any railroad de|ot In Georgia. Enclose return postage, an*l address A. K. SEAGO, Atlanta, Ga. Win* wauls to Buy, or Sell, Real Estate ? J) if it SON 8 wishing to purchase or sell REAL ESTATE in 1 the city of Atlanta, or the surrounding country, arc requested to leave written instructions at my office, corner of Forsyth and Mitchell streets. A. K. SEAGO. for Sale, CITY PROPERTY, Negroes: Boys’Shoes; Flour, Rice, Varnish, Tobacco, Ac. A. K. SEAGO, nS ly corner of Forsyth and Mitchell sts. To tlie Planters of Georgia. Headers Military District op Ga., ) Savannah, November 8,1862. \ IFIAVE received from several counties of the State of Georgia, and from individual slave holders, requests and demands that I should re turn t heir negroes now working upon the .forti fications of Savannah. It is my sincere and ear nest desire to do so. I think it an injustice to those who have sent their negroes at my first call, that they should be compelled to bear the whole burden and heat of the day, while oth ers, who are among the wealthiest of the land, look calmly on the danger of the city and the State, without contributing a single laborer from tiieir hundreds or their thousands to their de fence. Fellow-citizens, with whom ought the blame to rest? Not with those who have contributed their labor, for they have nobly done their duty. Not with me, for I am simply doing that which is absolutely necessary to the protection of the State from invasion, and from the designs of the ! abolitionists. Let the blame fall where it is justly—on those who have refused to send labor to the defences of Savannah, find who still refuse to take their turn in the work, xvho, after enjoying immunity for so long a time, still refuse those who have been laboring for them. Let those citizens | whose vital interests arc at stake, and who have, done their share to the common weal, rise up and; compel these backsliders, ami cspceiallytherieli | among them, to do their part. From the thousands of slaves who have thus j been withheld from the defence of the country, j enough, and more than enough, might easily be contributed to enable me to send back to their masters all those who have already worked here for three months, and at the same time would g:ve me a sufficient forcetooomplete the defence of our chief city and coast. Patriots! will yon allow the selfish and the unpatriotic to reap all the benefits of our war of independence, without’sharing with you its bur dens, its sacrifices and privations ? As soon as those who have not hitherto con tribated send me a sufficient number to fill their places, I pledge myself to send back to their masters the negroes who are now at work. Un j til tlib is done, necessity compels me to retain them. * H. VV. Mkrckr, nov2b It Brigadier General Commanding. Wanted. BY A YOUNG LADY, A situation as Teacher in some .Seminary or private School. She is prepared to teach the English branches of education; also Mnsic. Address the editor of this paper. None but •Baptiste need apply. uov22* W 1 . *. B. Tippin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer and Domestic DRY GOODS IW ■ Connally’s Block, on WhlteliallJStreet, ATLANTA, GA. r n Beach" A Rool, L OUTERS and DEALERS IN DR Y CTOODS, (Whitehall Street,) Oct 11 ATLASTA ' GEORGIA ■ ——3 m Hamilton, Hark toy & Joyner, dealers IS DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE-STUFFS PAINTS, OILS, ETC., Concert Ilali building, opposite Georgia R.-R. Bank ATLANTA, GA. 025 A C. Vail, —SIGN OP milledgeville clothing store— Empire House, Whitehall Street , ATLANTA, GA., Has & large assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING, and a large variety of Fancy Articles generally. Oc 25 S. 7Nilcs, Fire and Life Insurance AGENT, [Corner of Whitehall and Alabama streets,] ATLANTA, GA. Oct 18 lluglier,[Hagan &. €o., 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 Ficken, 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. D. Mayer, Jacohe & Cos., AUCTION and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the sale of Merchandise, Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds and Negroes, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, Ga. Oct. 18. 3m E. fit. Edwardy, WHOLESALE AND RKTA L DEALER IN Gfnoceries, Family Supplies, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Oct. 18 . __ 3m A. €. Wyly & Cos., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Corner of Walton and, Peach-tree sts., ATLANTA, GA. O 25 J. T. Porter, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. Marietta St., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 025 Thomas F. Lowe A Cos., General Commission Merchants, (exclusively,) K@P- For the sale of PRODUCE, and all kind* of MERCHANDISE; Negroes, Real Estate, Ac., &c., (In Daniels’ Block, Peach-tree st., and Winsliip’s corner, ditto,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Thomas F. Lows. Jrsss Lowk, of LawrencevlUe. John C. White. W. Powers. White A I’owers, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, DEALERS IN PRODUCE, and FAMILY SUPPLIES, Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 18 . 3m Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. 11. R.Fowler. Foster, Queen At Cos,, GROCERS, AND COMMISSION MERC IT) A NTS, ATLANTA, GA., Keep constantly on hand nil kinds of PRO VISIONS and Family Supplies. Buy and sell all kinds ol Tennessee and Country PRODUCE, and sell Goods consigned to the best advantage. Oct. 11. * 8m Perino Brown. Thos. P. Fleming. M. L. Licbtoiistatit Brown, Fleming: A: Cos., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Masonic Hall Building) Decatur;Si, ATLANTA, GA. Advances made on Sugar, Molasses, Wool and other Produce. Special attention’given to the Texas and Georgia trade. Oct- 11 3m Anderson, Adair A €'o., WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Whitehall Street, near Georgia R-R. Bank,) ATLANTA, GA. Oct 11. 3* Peanc &- ®viE, WHO L ESA I. B AND BETA II IBA LESS I 1 PRODUCE and PROVISIONS, AND COMMI SS I0 N MERC II A NTS, (Winship’s irou-froul store, Peach-Tree ust.) ATLANTA, GA. P. P. Pease.] I)AVIS - Any business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention ami returns early made. We ask oui friends to give us a call when m our city. Any Pro duce consigned to us will receive every advantage 1 our u- irket 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. "sebool Wanted in Georgia, JJY A VIRGINIA I.ADY. A returned Missionary—every way compel*** to teach—is desirous of obtaining a School in : Georgia. For particulars, address the b’hior of this paper. Wanted. \ FT ELD OP LA BOR (one or two Churches A and a small School in a healthy locality. Satisfactory reference s''ven Addrem Elder E. B. Barrett, lrwiuton, Cm. Dct lb 15