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THE SOLDIERS’ COLUMN. [for 7’Ae Baptist Banner.] SOLDIER’S FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE. The time has come, my country’s call I must once more obey — Must go where battle thunders burst, And heroes win the day. I would to Gad that I could stay, But freedom calls aloud; She throws her lifting flames aloft To gild the darkly cloud. The bugle blast hath caught my ear, And shook my panting heart; While honor, my God and nation Require that we should part. Scenes of the past come rushing up, . And make thee seem so dear! They dim my eyes and burn my face With th’ hot and scalding tear. There was a heaven in that smile That told thy heart was mine— A sun that lights the path of life, And ceaseth not to shine. That doubly dear and kneeling form, Those trembling lips of pearl, I’ll ne’er forget them while I breathe, In calm or giddy whirl. The burning kiss, those gentle words, Ne’er half so sweet before, Now make the thought of parting dark — Parting for ever more. Thou art my life—l have two lives, My dear, to sacrifice, Ere on the final field of death I shall to heaven rise. I leave my hope and joy behind, ’Tis death to part with thee; But let me die a thousand times If blood will make thee free. Tell sons of Freedom how I died, Hard battling for the right, Led proudly on to grand success By Valor’s streaming light. And know thyself, when I am gone, How freely I could die, To drive the low’ring clouds away . That darkened our sky. And now good-bye, my tender wife, In hands of Heaven left, And think ’twas Him who dwells above That hath our bosoms rest. Me follow with that voice of prayer; And, meeting here no more, We’ll meet with endless rapture full, On heaven’s burning shore. W. D. M. Martin's Depot, S. C. . ——— # The Influence of One CliriNtian Otll ccr. The name of Captain Hedley Vicars will live, so long as vital godliness is esteemed among men. lie was an earnest and unti-, ring laborer for Christ, not only among the members of his company, but also of his whole regiment. Many were brought, through his instrumentality, to a saving knowledge of the truth, and many others' who made no profession of religion were reclaimed from dissipation and drunken- j ness. On this latter point, one of his men bore the following testimony : “Since Mr. I Vicars became so good, he has steadied about four hundred men in his regiment.” “ Four hundred!” was repeated with sur prise. “ I don’t mean that he has made all the four hundred as good as himself. That he couldn’t; I know enough of religion to ; know that God alone can do that. But while he was adjutant—and since, too—he has sobered arid steadied nigh four hundred ' of the most drunken and wildest men of the regiment. „ There isn’t a better officer in the Queen’s service.” What encourage- 1 ment is hero given to all those who, while J in arms in defence of their country, are 1 still desirous of doing good! The means i 1 are within the reach of all. Let them be ’ improved. I > THE SOLDIER’S DREAM. j ( Our bugles sang truce—for the night-cloud had I' , lowered, ’ 11 And the sentinel stars set their watch in the: | And thousands had sunk on the ground over-1 ’ powered, i: 1 he weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. i 1 Whan reposing that night on my pallet of straw f By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the shun, ; At the dead ot the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere morning I dreamed it again. Methought from the battle field's dreadful ar . rs . iy ’ „ bar, tar, I had roamed on a desolate track; lavas autumn—and sunshine arose on the wav, To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. 1 tiew to the pleasant fields, traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young; I heard my dwn mountain goats bleating aloft, I And knew the sweet strain that the corn-1 reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore From my home and my weeping friends nev erto part; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o’er, And my wite sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. “Stay, stay with us—rest, thou art weary and I worn,” And fain was their war broken soldier to stay; But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn' And the voice in my dreamitig ear melted away. Our Barefbot Soldier*. “P. W. A..” in a recent letter from Richmond, says: A brigade, composed for the most part, : if not entirely, of South Carolinians, pass- 1 ed through this city yesterday, many of the i men in which were badly clothed and deati- ■ ’ tute ot shoes. Their feet were as naked as l when they first came into the world; and*’ ’SHJS SA SPSISW SAHHK». yet they marched over the frozen streets through a furious snow storm, and right under the eye of the Government officers, by whom they have been so cruelly and shamefully neglected! They passed along the street just in front of the War Office, whether by design or accident 1 am unable to say; Nor do I know what brought them to Richmond, nor whither they are going. I only know that the snow-clad streets of the Confederate capitol have been crimson ed by the bleeding feet of its own defen ders ! A private letter from a soldier in the ranks of Armstead’s Brigade, in Virginia, to a relative in Richmond, contains the fol lowing paragraph: “We have had quite a fall of snow here, and it remained on the ground very well — not beginning to thaw. My feet are per fectly naked, and I have to tramp over the frozen snow with bits of old blankets tied i over them, which keep constantly coming off. We are' about marching; tents are struck, baggage packed, and we are stand ing out here jvaiting for the order to fall in.” This statement is accompanied by not a i murmur of complaint, or even a request j for assistance; and the writer, who is a mere boy, goes on to describe the route (over which they are about to march.— Should not the silent sufferings of such he roes extort from the most callous some es- I fort for their relief? Deceased Soldiers’ Pay.—The follow j ing information is given by Adjutant Ells, ! of the 3d Georgia regiment, in a letter to the Augusta Constitutionalist: In order to draw the pay of a deceased ■ soldier, it is necessary for the party apply ing to make affidavit that he, or she, is the I nearest relative—that is, father, mother, ■wife, child, brother or sister (no other rel lative can draw without letters of adminis tration) of the deceased. This affidavit must be sworn to before some competent officer, who will certify that the deponent iis known to him, and entitled to full faith and credit. Then, let the relative give to ' some one a power of attorney to draw the money from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, in Richmond. The clerk of one |of the courts must certify that the officer before whom the affidavit is made is justly entitled to administer the oath. The seal of his court must also be attached. Banner for the Soldiers. 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 ? I _ ■ THE LADIES 7 COLUMN. Our Southern Women. W. W. Turner, of Eatonton, Ga., thus very prettily discourseth : All over the country, woman is at work. She sows or knits, spins or weaves. Those who, a few years ago, never made any fur ther attempt at industry than is the accom paniment of a cambric needle and a piece of muslin, now knit the substantial woolen l sock, or make the coarse shirt, or jacket.— It is when wrapping himself in the blanket or quilt furnished by fair hands, that the soldier in camp —or when enjoying the lux uries provided by ladies, that the poor sick lone in the hospital—prays, with all the fer vor of which the human heart is capable: “ Oh, God of mercy, bless our Southern women ! Shield them from all harm.— Confuse and destroy the vandal hordes that war upon them and our country ! ” -And God will blesss them. They need not fear. In working for the soldiers and their families, they are choosing the better part, in comparison with those who, in this their country’s hour of need, indulge in the same old extravagance, luxury and idle ness. Their own consciences recompense them. Do they not, in their new vocations, experience a holy joy to which, before, many of them were strangers ? Could the frippery and folly of fashion ever give them half the delight as the consciousness that they are now v arming many a cold one, raising to health many a sick one, cheering those who are desponding, making all around them comfortable? Great indeed is their reward ! There is but little romance in nursing the sick, feeding the hungry, knitting socks, J sewing on kerseys and osnaburgs. It is not like making silk flags, and presentation speeches, and many were not sure whether Southern women would ever go heartily into anything so plain and useful as attend ing hospitals, or getting up coarse, com fortable clothing. How little did these doubters understand those on whom they sat in judgment! How small was theirl j knowledge of the instinct that has made I woman a blessing to the human race in all , ages of the world ! In this war, she stops not to ask whether she can perform some deed of daring that shall astonish the world, but how she can be useful. She does not wait for an opportunity to do something that will entitle her to a place on the page of history, but exerts herself wherever want is to be relieved, or suffering allevia ted. \\ ith the spirit and the intellect to accomplish all that the favorites of Fame have done, she hesitates not to act the smaller and obscurer parts that are neces sary to be sustained in this the great dra ma of the age. God bless our Southern women ! They are reaping for themselves a monument more lasting than the brass that perisheth. Search history as you will, you can find no record more glorious than that they ar. making. No Sparta nor Rome could afford mothers more heroic, wives or sisters more . devoted. No wax, either ancient or mod- ; eni, ever developed A purer patriotism, or < more ardent love and support of a just cause, than they display. Generations to come shall rise up to call them blessed.— The poet will wreathe his brightest garlands with which to deck their memory, the his torian will choose the story of their deeds as his most pleasing theme ; and never, so long as civilization shall last, will the South , ern women of this age, or their good f works, be forgotten. The Countenance.—Amenity of temper has a great effect upon the countenance. — It is a foe to wrinkles of all kinds. A ' woman lately died at Peoria, over seventy > years of age, and it is said her face was as • smooth and her skin as soft as a young girl’s. But she was a quiet, tranquil-heart- > ed creature. Care never troubled her, and • she had never been known to frown. Ver ily indeed, ! “ How noiseless falls the foot of Time, I When it only treads on flowers.” r ————. —. > To Impart a Gloss to Shirts and Col . lars. —To one tablespoonful of starch put 1 one of cold water, beat very smooth, and L add another tabiespoonful of water. Then ■ pour on boiling water until it becomes the k consistency required. Add a little melted > white gum (about the size of a pea before . melted,) and a few shreds of white wax.— . This will give the article a clear, glossy . appearance. THE CHILDRENS COLUMN. [Let those children who can read, read the following to the little ones who can not ' read. We think the little ones will be pleased with these rhymes, and will learn I to be good : ] ! LITTLE TOTTY. BY »KV. JAMES KNAPTON. Little Totty went to Ma! Ma w as very busy Rocking in her old arm chair Little sister Lizzy: “ Get to sleep, my pretty one,” Patiently and cheerly Sang she oft, for 0 she loved Little Lizzy dearly. Soon to dreamland Lizzy went, Then that happy mother Thought that like her children twain Never w<.s another: Baby was so cherub like, Totty was so sprightly, Day or night to see them smile Made her heart dance lightly. Ah ! but why o’er Totty’s brow ( Hangs that shade of sadness 1 Why in rapture from her eye Beams no ray of gladness ? , Can it be, on life’s rough path One so young hath started ? You shall hear a simple tale — Totty is true-hearted: “ Dearest Ma, as Fred and I On the lawn were playing, Naughtily I took a stone In the pathway laying; It was but a tiny thing, So in sport I aimed it At a little robbin’s head— Hit it hard and maimed it. “ Soon it died. ‘ Now let us haste Secretly, and throw it O’er the hedge,’ said cousin Fred, ‘Ma will never know it; ’ But behind your pretty vase Carefully we hid it, Purposing, when found, to say Little Tibby did it. “ And for such a wicked thought Now my heai;t is smitten, Though n-nr little Tibby bo Rut s. ■ kittan; And In .A steep to-night I%st confessing- Do yoHJtflnk that God a. E’er will grant His blta.'^- 1 ” Clasping Totty to her breast, Heaving with emotion— Lifting up her eyes td heaven, Beaming with devotion: “ Yes, my child,” she softly said, “ Go to Him in sorrow, Tell him all, and joy shall be Thine again to-mbrrow.” Little reader, when in fault Never seek to hide it, ' Always to the God above Faithfully confide it. He is ever kind and good— Over thee and near thee— And though*every friend forsake, He will wait to cheer thee. Xever Tell a I.ie. Two lads came at an early hour .to a country market town, and spreading out their little stands, they sat down to wait for customers. One sold melons and other fruit, the other dealt in oysters and fish. — The market hours passed along, and each little dealer saw with pleasure his store decreasing, while the money was filling their pockets. The last melon lay on Har ry’s stand, when a gentleman came by, and placing his hand upon it, said, “What a fine large melon ! 1 think I must buy it.— W hat do you ask for it, my boy ? ” “ The melon is the last melon 1 have, isir; and though it looks fair, there is an un sound spot on the other side,” said the boy, turning it over. “So there is,” said the man, ‘ I think I will not take it. But.” he added, looking into the boy’s face, “ is it very busi;;?ss-like to point out the defects of your fruits to customers ? ” “ It is better than being dishonest, sir,” said the boy modestly. “ ou are right, my boy ; always remem ber to speak the truth, and you will find fa vor with God and man also. You have! nothing else I wish for this morning, but J shall not forget vour little stand in future. Are those oysters fresh ? ” he continued, turning to Ben Wilson’s stand. “Yes, sir; fresh this morning,” was the reply ; and a purchase being made, the gentleman went his way. “ Harry, what a fool you was to show thejgentleman that spot in the melon ’ — Now you can take if home for your pains, or throw it away. Jlow much wiser is be about those oysters! Sold them at the same price I did the fresh ones. He would i never have looked at the melon until he had gone away.” “ Ben, I would not tell a lie, or act one i either, for twice what I have earned this morning. Besides, I shall be better off in i the end, for I have gained a customer, and • you have lost one.” And so it proved ; for the next day the I gentleman bought quite a supply of fruit of Harry, but never spent a penny at the stand of Ben. Thus the season passed; ’ the gentleman, finding he could always get' ■ a geod article of Harry, always bought of him, and sometimes talked a few minutes ’ with him about his future hopes and pros s pects. To become a tradesman- was his I great ambition ; and when the winter came ■ on, the gentleman, wanting a trusty boy I for his shop, decided on giving the place to ■ Harry. Steadily and surely he advanced in the confidence of his employer, until at length he became an honorable partner in the firm. Speculation and Extortion. I We smile with contempt, or glow with i indignation, when we learn that the Inqui ; sition destroyed heretics by fire, to elude I the force of the maxim which debarred the 5 church from “ shedding blood.” But if our own hearts were laid open to us, might we not find that something of this unfaithful ness to the spirit of the law has often min gled, when we knew it not, with our obser vance of the letter? Especially in times like the present, mo ral perversion is rife through the land.— And we doubt whether even Southern reli ' gious society does not present instances, ri ‘ vailing the failure of the self-complacent 1 inquisitors to see that, while no blood was shed if men were turned, a far more cruel blow was dealt against the life which the prohibition sought to guard, and the bur den of a deeper guiltiness, therefore, fas tened on the church? Take, for example, a class whom we will not trust ourselves to characterize, except in the briefest possible manner. There are those whom no temp tation could induce to outrage the letter of that law—“thou shalt not steal.” They would recoil, with irrepiessible loathing, from the bare thought of ‘ grinding the fa ces of the poor ’ by the violence of robbery or the treachery of theft. And yet they swim with the current of speculation.— They keep back articles of prime necessity from sale, until prices, through this course of theirs, reach a height which compels thousands of families, for present subsis- Itence, to incur “ the penury that kills the soul thousands of families, we say, with widowhood, and orphaned infancy, and “all the weary worn-out weaknesses of age.”— Now, do not these outrage the spirit of that law, less palpably indeed, but not less real ly than the thief or the robbei ? Is their offence lighter than the Inquisition’s? Can they urge a sounder plea to clear themselves from condemnation ?— [Be/igious Herald. Some one has well said that the history of the Church ought in propriety be called the history of truth. ®l)e (Atlanta Baptist banner. FOURTH VOLUME. Now In the Time to Subscribe ! The Baptist Banner, $3 per annum—invariably in advance. James N. Ells & Co., Proprietors. 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. MVrrow, Traveling Agent. “ F. M.'Haygood, do “ J. H, Stockton, Thomson, Ga. “ Thos. Muse, Cuthfart, Ga. “ Robt. Cunningham, Macon, Ga. “ Thos Aldridge, Millwood, Ga. 11 Y; W. Odom, Valdosta, Ga. “ G.’F. Cooper, Americus, Ga. “ J. 11. Campbell, Griffin, Ga. “ W. J. Speairs, Peaks P. 0., Ga. “ John H. ClTrke, Henderson, Ga. “ P. A. Lawson, Gaiffin, Ga. “ William Lowe, McDonough, Ga. Dr. E. R. Carswell, Waynesbord 1 , Ga Williamt Roberts, Byrumville, Ga. t R. H. J ackson, FBUntklin, Heard Co., Ga. t J. H. B. Shackelford, Spring Place, “ Dr. John Cheney, Columbus, Ga. P. A. 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Leave Augusta daily at .\...... 6 45 A M * Arrive at Atlanta at 5 32 P M Night Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta daily at 7 15 P M Arrive at Augusta at 5 30 A M Leavq Augusta at ’’’ 4 qq p‘ m Arrive at Atlanta at .2 05 M This road runs in connection with the trains 01 the South Carolina 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 Allanta at 4 00 p. m Leave Atlanta at n oq a ’ m Arrive at Mae0n....................... 4 55 p’ m This train connv r ”fs.with Central, South-western and Muscogee railroads at Macon. Western & Atlantic (Stare) Railroad. Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,.. .15. 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 FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 3.00, A M Arrives at Chattanooga at 2.50, P M Leaves Chattauooga 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 - - - 7.00 P. M. Leaves Kingston at - - - - 5.30 A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at - - - - 10.50 A. M. This Road connects, eacli 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 50 GEORGE 3. HULL, Superintendent. MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 2.45, A M Arrives at West-Point at 7.35, A M Leaves West-Point, daily, at 12.40, P M Arrives at Atlanta at 5.30, A M 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 and West Point Road at West Point. ADVERTISEMENTS. School Notice. 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/R. D. Mallary, and to Rev. H. C. Hornady. Atlanta, June 6, 1862. MERCER IMVERSITI. PENFIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA. FACULTY. ’ ’ President—N. M. Crawford, D. D. Professors—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 years, 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 ot the collegi ate course, except the ancient languages. 4. An academical department, embracing all who 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 y -ar 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 V ednesday in January, and closes on Commencement day. 8. LANDRUM, Secr’y Board Trustees, July 26,1862. Savannah, Ga Jinnee McPherson A. €O. HAVE opened next door North of BEACH & ROCT’S Store on Whitehall Street, a new and select Stock of BOOKS and STATIONERY, j Together with an endless variety of fancy arti •; cles, such as, ’ ENGRAVINGS, GOLI) PENS AND PEN CILS. WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT i CORNICES, PICTURE FRAMES' • WALL PAPER, FIRE SCREENS ' • RICH CHINA AND PARIAN 1 VASES, PARIAN FIG- UREfy &c. Foreign Books imported to order. Teaches and Merchants supplied at Charles ton prices, freight only added. Picture Frames made to order. Remember the New Book Store of __ jas. McPherson & co. Franklin Printing House, ATLANTA, GA. Having purchased of Messrs. Wood, Hanleiter, Rice di Co. their entire establish ’ ment, favorably known as the Franklin ' Printing House, we would respectfully ask a continuance of the patronage heretofore so I liberally bestow ed 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 j 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 for the purpose of suppling any demand. J. J. TOON A CO.