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says that the gleanings of the s^’ 1
be left for the stranger, for the fathei.ess,
and for the widow, (Deut. xxiv. 19 21),
hindering them, saying, “Leave the food for
some hungry wayfarer, who, perchance, will
bless the hand that supplies his wants.
The dwelling of David lay near the banks
of Jordan, in whose clear waters the green
meadows and golden harvest-fields of his
patrimony was reflected. As he led his
young wife beneath his roof, he said—“ May
thy life, O Berenice, be as tranquil as thy
home, and thy days as peaceful as these
glassy waters!”
Then, having also welcomed his mother
in-law and Paulina, David ordered a ban
quet to be served, of that simple abundant
character which distinguished the feasts of
the ancient Hebrews.
Large vases, filled with new milk, and
others, sparkling with the juice of the grape ;
baskets of bread, cakes, and fruit were min
gled on the table with roasted kids, and
pottage of lentils.
Shortly after sunset; the whole family
retired to rest; and on the morrow, to the
inexpressible grief of Berenice, her young
husband left her to join the warlike ranks
of his people, resolving, in this time of peril,
to exchange his ploughshare for a sword.
Months passed on, and during many days
the inhabitants of David’s farm heard no
tidings from Jerusalem, when, at length,
one evening, a wounded man, covered with
dust and blood, was seen slowly and weari
ly approaching the gate. He desired to
speak with Abigail, and she immediately
recognized in him Horam, the captain of
Eleazar’s guard.
“What woeful tidings bringst thou ?” ask
ed the trembling matron.
“Jerusalem is fallen,” cried Horam, tear
in his beard ; the enemy has encamped in
the Temple of the Lord !”
“My husband —what of him ?” asked Abi
gail ; while Berenice murmured the name
of David, and Paulina listened with breath
less anxiety.
“Famine and pestilence,” replied the cap
tain, “were in the Holy City, and Titus cru
cified any stray captives whom he seized ;
yet nothing could conquer the valor of our
people, nor force them to yield. At length
the Romans raised a wall against the ram
parts, and set the city on fire in many pla
ces. The Holy Temple was in flames, and
in their midst perished my noble master. —
There, too, the yonthful David and his
brother Daniel found their tomb. Now the
threatenings of the Most High are accom
plished ; our nation has no longer a temple
or a country. Fugitives and wanderers on
the earth, when will their sore punishment
be ended !”
Horam ended speaking, and a mournful
silence followed. It was broken hy the
loud wailing of Abigail and her daughter,
who tore their hair and scattered ashes on
their heads. Paulina, pale and trembling,
sought in vain to comfort them.
On the following morning, Paulina rose
early and presented herself in a travelling
dress, with a staff in her hand.
“Whither goest thou ?” asked Abigail.”
“I go,” replied she, “to seek the wounded
and the dying ; perchance I may be able to
staunch their wounds and bring some com
fort to their souls.”
“We will go with thee,’ w said her friends.
And together these three delicate, unpro
tected females—united in affection, though
n<4t, alas I in faith— set out on the perilous
road that led to Jerusalem. Every where
they beheld devastated fields, burnt houses,
dead and dying men. In the fallen city (he
scenes were yet more awful ; for there the
plague—a conqueror more resistless than
Titus —struck down, alike, the vanquishers
and the vanquished.
A few days afterwards, three women lay
expiring near the city gate. Two of thenv,
w ith the name of the God of Israel on their
lips, cried, “Lord, look down upon thy ser
vants !” The third had her eyes raised to
heaven, and a smile of holy peace played
on her lips. Turning to gaze .at her com
panions, with an expression of unalterable
tenderness, she murmured with her dying
breath, ‘J esus, Master,havemepey on them !’
And thm she fell asleep.
Contributor!* to The Banner.
Rev. 11. C. Hoknady, Atlanta, Ga.
“ J. M. Wood, Newnan, Ga.
“ J. S- Baker, Thomasville, Ga.
“ D. P. Everett, Orange Hill, Fla.
“ N. M. Craw ford, Penfield. Ga.
“ J. 11. Campbell, State Evangelist.
“ J. R. Graves, in the Army.
“ B. F. Tharp, Perry, Ga.
“ W. N. Chaudoin, Albany, Ga.
“ R. J. Mays, Florida.
“ A. E. Dickinson, Richmond, Vs.
“ W. D. Mayfield. South Carolina.
M. W. Philips, Edwards, Miss.
Agent* 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. Mi hrow, Traveling Agent.
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“ .J. 11. Stockton, Thomson, Ga.
“ Thos. Muse, Cuthbert, Ga.
“ Robt. Cunningham, Macon, Ga.
“ Thos Aldridge, Afillvjpud, Ga.
“ W. W. Odom, Valdosta, Ga.
G. F. Cooper, Americus, Ga.
J. IT. Campbell, Griffin, Ga.
“ W. J. Speairs, Peaks P. 0., Ga.
Jo«* Clarke, Henderson, Ga.
J'. A. Lawson, Gaijfin, Ga. '
illiam Lows, Jf(- Ponough, Ga.
Dr. E. R. Carswell, Waynesboro', Ga
William Roberts, Byrumville, Ga.
R. H. J ackson, Franklin, Heard Co., Ga.
J. H. B Shackelford, Spring Place, “
Dr. John Cheney, Columbus, Ga. *
P. A. Hughes, Atlanta, Ga.
All Baptist ministers and others, in the
Confederate States, friendly to our paper,
are requested to act as Agents.
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Precious treasure, thou art mine.”
ATLANTA, GEO RCGIA:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13,. 1862.
We would say to the friends of soldiers,
that The Banner has been furnished in
large numbers to the hospitals in this city
three weeks beyond the time for which
most of the subscriptions were paid. It is
our intention still to gratify the requests
of these suffering soldiers, by furnishing
the colporteurs with copies for gratuitous
circulation among them ; and, inasmuch as
the actual expenses for typography and
paper are unprecedentedly high, we hope
to be aided: in this work by the free-will
offerings of those who can appreciate the
condition of the brave men alluded to.
entire page, to-day, to The Soldiers.—
This will be a permanent arrangement;
and while special care will be bestowed
upon this department of the journal, we
may be indulged the expression of a modest
assertion that naught will ever be found in
the remaining columns of The Banner
tending in any manner to harm the brave
defenders of our country.
Rev. Win. Huff,
This brother has been appointed General
' Agent for Army Colportage in Georgia,
and will spend several months in visiting
the churches for- the\purpose of soliciting
funds. He comes to\this State with the
highest testimonials as a faithful and effi
cient and we takp great pleasure in
commending him to the confidence and aid
of our brethren generally.
* . \
Richmond, i\\ov. 24, 1862.
Rev. Wm. Huff, General, Agent for Ar
my Colportage, is about to visit the State
of Georgia to secure funds with which Bi
bles, Tracts, and other suitable reading, can
•be obtained. Rev. Mr. Huff has been ac
tively engaged, both in Virginia and Ten
, nossee, in this good work, and has proven
' himself eminently adapted to labors of this
character. lie is widely known in Virginia
j as an able, pious and successful minister of
’[ the Gospel, and a true and tried friend of
( ' the defenders of the South.
. 1 cordially commei d Mr. flufl’to the
J kind regard and cooperation of the good
people among whom he may go.
During the war 1 have had the coopera
, ‘ tion of many good and true ministers of
t : the Gospel ; but no one has done as much
; towards this great enterprise of giving the
j Word of God to the Confederate soldiers,
as this gentleman. May the blessings of
God continue with him in his self-denying
’ labors. A. E. Dickinson,
Superintendent Army Colportage.
I A New Book.— We are indebted to the
author fora copy of an interesting work,
■ J just from the press of J. J. Toon & Co., in
this city, entitled the ‘ Confederate Monitor
and Patriot’s Friend,’containing nnmerous
important and thrilling events of the pres-
I ent revolution for Southern independence,
together with several chapters of history
I concerning Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Gen.
Morgan, and other celebrities, interspersed
j with patriotic gems, Ac. The compilation
is by Mr. 11. W. R. Jackson, of.Aiken, S.
• C., an invalid ; and his interesting ‘ Moni
tor w ill be held in cherished remembrance
by a devoted people. Price, sl.
‘The Soldier’s Friend.’—We have re
ceived (too late for insertion in this num
ber) a prospectus, issued by A. S. Worrell,
tor the publication of a weekly paper to be
f called 1 The Soldier’s Friend,’ the chief
. object of which will be the promotion of
‘the intellectual, moral and religious inter
ests of the soldiers,’ and to ‘elevate them,
jif possible, to the dignity of Christian gen
tlemen and soldiers.’ The paper will be
furnished at five cents per copy, if sub
scribed for by regiments or companies.—
IWe are requested to ask those desiring
further information, and all contributors, to
address A. S. Worrell, Atlanta. Ga.
The Educational .Journal, published at
Forsyth, has secured the services of that
’ highly accomplished lady, Mrs. Mary A.
McCrimmon, to preside over its Ladies’
Department. Her salutatory, in the last
number, is an excellent production. We
predict for this lady ‘ troops of friends.’
Msthodist Conference Appointments.
—1 he follow ing are the appointments for
Atlanta: Wesley Chapel, J. W. Hinton;
Trinity, 11. 11. Parks; colored mission, J.;
B. Payne; city mission, W. IT. Evans. !
Charity.
‘ Charity,’ says an able writer, ‘ consists
not in speculative ideas of general benevo
lence floating in the head, and leaving the
heart, as speculations often do, untouched
and cold ; neither is it confined to that in
dolent good nature which makes us rest
satisfied with being free from inveterate
malice, or ill will to our fellow-creatures,
without prompting us to be of service to
any.’
True charity is an active principle. It
is not properly a single virtue, but a dispo
sition residing in the heart as a fountain ;
whence all the virtues of benignity, candor,
forbearance, generosity, compassion, and
liberality flow as so many native streams.
From general good will to all, it extends
its influence particularly to those with
whom we stand in nearest connection, and
who are directly within the sphere of our
good offices. From the country or com
munity to which we belong, it descends to
the smaller associates of neighborhood, re
lations and friends, and spreads itself over
: the w hole circle of social and domestic life.
; We mean not that it imparts a promiscu-
■ ous, undistinguishing affection which gives
i every man an equal title to our love.—
; Charity, if we would endeavor to carry it
so far, would be rendered an impracticable
; virtue, and would resolve itself into mere
words, without affecting the heart.- True
: charity attempts not to shut our eyes to
the distinction between good and bad men,
nor to warm our hearts e jually to those
■ who befriend and those who injure us.—
It reserves our esteem for good men, and
! our complacency for our friends. Towards
our enemies, it inspires forgiveness and
; humanity. It breathes universal candor
i and liberality of sentiment. It forms gen
: tleness of temper, and dictates affability of
i manners. It prompts corresponding sym
pathies with them who rejoice, and them
who wcop. It teaches us to slight and de
i spise no man.
Charity is the comforter of the afflicted,
the protector of the oppressed, the recon
’ ciler of differences, the intercessor for of
' fenders. It is faithfulness in the friend,
public, spirit in the magistrate, equity and
l patience in the judge, moderation in the
i sovereign, and loyalty in the subject. In
parents, it is care and attention ; in children,
it is reverence and submission. In a word,
it is the soul of social life. It is the sun
• that enlivens and cheers the abodes of men ;
: not a meteor which occasionally glares—
( but a luminary which, in its orderly and
regular course, dispenses a benignant and
- salutary influence.
, “Wh at Time Have You ? ” —This ques-
t tion is repeatedly asked in this city, and
f’ answered, it may be, but very few answers
f agree—and how can it be otherwise w r hen
there is no generally acknowledged City
I Time ? Upon this subject wish to make
a suggestion, viz.: That his honor, the
Mayor of Atlanta, take the matter in haiM,
*' and be authorized by the City Council to
employ some responsible man in the cen
tral part of the city, and furnish him with
f a bell, or secure the use of the bell of one
1 of the churches, and hav’e it rung every
hour in the day and night. The cost to the
City, compared with the advantages and
i uniformity in all our movements, would be
a mere trifle, and in our opinion it ought
i to be carried out wizhout-delay.
r Will not the Mayor of the city move in
5 the matter at once, and inaugurate a new
- state of things with reference to the impor
-5 tant matter of all being upon “ What time
have you ? ”
• j Murder at Marietta.—Thos. L. Ross,
1 of Macon, and Confederate States Marshal,
1 j was murdered at the Kenesaw Hotel in
•: Marietta, last Saturday night. A party of
men, under the’ influence of liquor, were
disturbing the peace, and on being remon
strated with by Mr. Ross, the lights were
i extinguished, and some one of the party
i shot him, causing instant death. The hotel
! keeper, Mr. White, was also seriously
Jstabbed during the affray.
p After an investigation, Joseph Harrison
f was committed to jail to answer the charge
of murder.
The last Congress passed an Act to ex
empt shoemakers, with certain restrictions
' as regards the profits on shbes. If no at
- tention is to be paid to this portion of the
■ law, then it becomes the duty of the Con-
I script Commissioner —if indeed we have
‘ one in the community—to conscript every
shoemaker who disregards this law, and put
them in the army.
be see it stated that under the decision !
of the watchful and laborious Comptroller j
I General of this State, the property of
~cities is subject to taxation. The Macon
■ Bridge has been levied on to be sold for
the tax claimed to be on it.
Change Bilu.— An act has passed,
which will be very acceptable to the peo
ple, authorizing the Governor to have issued
one million of change bills in Treasury
1 notes.
The War.
The Chattanooga Rebel of the 9th instant
states that there had been a general move
ment of the troops towards Nashville. Gen.
Kirby Smith’s corps, ’heretofore stationed
at Manchester, had advanced to a short dis
tance from Murfreesboro’, and is destined
for Lebanon. The whole army is stated to
be in motion, and skirmishing has com
menced between Nashville and Murfreesbo
ro’. It is the opinion of some at Chatta
nooga that Nashville is to be invested on
all sides. Our line of battle, says the Reb
el, now extends from Franklin, in William
son county, 18 miles south of Nashville,
to Lebanon, the county seat of Wilson,
about 30 miles north-east of that city. —
These movements would seem to indicate
the design of Gen. Jos. Johnston to lay
siege to Nashville; but such is not the
opinion of the editor of that paper. VYere
the forces under Rosencrantz *to come into
the level plains around Lavergne or any
where between Murfreesboro’andNashville,
our army, he thinks, would engage them
in battle. Otherwise he concludes a gen
eral engagement between the two armies
is not imminent.
The English Press on the Proposed
Mediation.—The London Times says it
cannot look upon the proposals of the Em
peror of France as wholly useless, inas
much as it called forth such clear opinions
from the two leading nations of Europe, and
gives also reason to believe that Russia,
which the Republicans affect so much to
admire, is equally opposed to the policy at
Washington.
The Morning Herald says, of all politi
cal crimes since history began, this which
has just been committed by the English
Government is one of the most foolish and
unpardonable. For cold-blood cruelty and
pusillanimous betrayal of duty, Lord Rus
sel and colleagues are hardly to be matched
among statesmen living or dead. If rivals
in guilt are to be found, they must be sought
among the generals and ministers of Lin
coln, and the agitated and self-styled preach
ers of the Gospel, who hound them on to
deeds of wickedness unparalleled in the
history of civilized warfare.
The Daily News shows that the proposal
of France would benefit the South and in
jure the North.
Soldiers’ Clothing.—The Richmond pa
pers publish an important announcement
from the Quartermaster General’s Office,
dated Richmond, November 28th. It gives
notice that that Department will pay for
shoes, blankets, and other articles of cloth
ing which may be contributed by the peo
ple of the counties in the several States to
their soldiers in the field, provided that
such articles are supplied under the direc
tion of the county offers
the following prices therefor:
Caps $2, Jackets 812, Pants 89, Flannel
Shirts 83, Cotton Shirts 81, Striped Cotton
Shirts 81,50, Drawers 81, Shoes 86, Wool
en Socks 81, overcoats with capes 825,
Blankets per pair 815.
‘ The articles so furnished will be issued,
as far as needed, to the particular troops
for whom they are intended—but if they
are already supplied, to others. Payments
will be made on delivery at the nearest
Quartermaster’s post.
How to Have Cheap Leather.
We find in the Athens Watchman a com
munication from Dr. Daniel Lee, which
contains hints and suggestions which every
planter should know. Nature, he says, has
supplied us with a great abundance of oak
timber, and the best tan bark in the world.
It also gives us uncommon facilities for rais
ing cattle and hides ; so that no people at
the North of elsewhere have advantage for
the cheap production of leather over those
of Georgia. We quote from the Doctors
remarks :
We cannot have plenty of hides and leath
er unless we produce them ; and we cannot
raise fine cattle without grass, nor tan leath
er largely and cheaply without we husband
our oak bark. In riding over Clark county
I sec farmers wasting tan bark everywhere
by cutting down green oaks in autumn and
winter for fire wood and rails, when the bark
will not separate from the wood and is
lost. A large tree will yield a cord of bark
in the spring, which will tan three hundred
pounds of good leather worth six hundred
; dollars at present prices. Think of a com
munity destroying bark enongh to make a
thousand tons of leather, and then paying
two dollart a pound for sole leather, which
can be manufactured at twenty cents a
pound and give a fair profit I I speak from
i observation when I say that full three fourths
lof all the oak bark suitable for tanning,
■ which God placed in this country, has been
thoughtlessly wasted. It is in tha very na
ture of things that such improvidence shall
Ibe punished. Let the people everywhere
, save and husband all this tin bark, and en-'
I courage cattle raising, and shoes and boots
will be as plenty as feet to wear them—
VV ith cheap bark a tanner can give a farmer
a pound oi leather for a pound of dry hide,'
and in the end make a fortune by the ope- ■
ration, as thousands have done in the State
of New York. It is alarming to witness
the universal destruction of tan bark by
the felling of forest trees when the bark I
will not peel, and of course is noLsaved. |
[For The Baptist Barnier.]
My Trip to Texas.
. NUMBER 11.
At Vicksburg we crossed the mighty
Mississippi. It is about one mile wide.
Its deep waters flow as quietly onward as
though no roar of cannon had ever thun
dered o’er them, or abolition gunboats dis
turbed their ceaseless course., . But the city
tells a little different story. That four-sto
ry, big brick building, is the Washington
Hall. That patch of new bricks, that looks
a little like a window had been closed • up,
is where the Yankee balls knocked a hole
in the wall. That shattered column, and
those few bricks out of the corner of that
house, are from the same cause. But the
signs are few, and soon lost sight of, in
view of the Spartan valor that defended
the place. On the western bank of the
river stand a few houses, pretty well torn
to pieces by our shells, shelling out the
Yankees. Here we first meet with the
great allevial bottom lands of the Valley.
The soil is of a very dark grey ; and at
this place it is probably fifty feet deep, and
about eighty miles wide. We ride over
this country in a large cotton wagon, with
four mules attached, and at a brisk trot. —
For twe®ty-five miles nothing but ruin
meets the eye —elegant mansions, long rows
of white negro houses, and thousands oi
acres of the most fertile fields, all deserted ;
the railroad washed away in a few places,
and the depots burned. But the Yankee
ditch, of which we have heard so much, to
turn the river, is a burlesque —probably a
mere pretext to get negroes to their camps,
to steal. It is not more than four or five
feet wide, and may be as many feet deep.
After twenty-five miles in a cotton wagon,
we come to the useable part of the rail
road, which takes us to Monroe.
Dion. .
[For The Baptist Banner.'} *
Broken tip Agiiin.
Another raid upon the salt works at St.
Andrews Bay was made by the blockaders
a few days ago. For about two months
past the weatfrtjt has been entirely dry,
and salt in large quantities has been made
by the many hundreds of persons encamp
ed and encamping on the Bay and Gulf
coast, from Alabama and Georgia. On the
west prong of St. Andrews, a very large
flat or salt marsh was discovered, where it
was found that water could be obtained, by
digging pits, so strong that from 60 to 100
gallons would yield a bushel of salt; and
for miles around this marsh the salt camps
were “thick as hail,” makiag from two to
thirty bushels of salt a day, according to
amount of boilerage. At fifteen and twen
ty dollars per bushel, those making for sale
were realizing money Tapidly, and never
was the gold fever higher than the salt fe
ver here amongst all classes, few knowing
when Sunday came and none stopping their
works at night.
But last Monday the Yankees fell in up
on them with five launch loads of armed
soldiers, with two “ pivot guns,” and such
excitement and stampede has not been
known since the Bull Run panic. One
man wounded and si\ mules killed. All
the wagons and kettles, which could not be
gotten off in time, were destroyed, with a
i good deal of salt left on the ground by the
panic-stricken campers. Six of the men
were made prisoners, but afterwards “ pa
roled.” I have seen some of these paroled
men and the paper given certifying to tlje
fact. It was written in pencil, somewhat
in form, on two leaves of a small blank
book, signed, “John E. Hart, Lieut, com.,
U. S. N.” These men regard this paroling
of citizens as a “ Yankee trick,” and will
govern themselves accordingly. Those
higher up the Bay, and remote from the
place where the Yankees first landed, lost
nothing except perhaps some boilers too
heavy to be easily removed. At night a
serious panic occurred among the numer
ous wagoners who had gotten out several
miles from the Bay and camped, when it
was reported the Yankees were in close
pursuit.
Notwithstanding all this destruction and
i danger, there were men making salt again
the next day, and many wagons have pass
cd down since, and are still passing. The
works on the Gulf, fifty miles west, and
those on East Bay, have also been broken
up, but the people still say they must have
salt, and are risking it again. It would re
' quire but a small force, with a battery of a
1 few guns, at a proper place on West Bay,
to prevent the Yankee boats from going
up ; and no place but a salt mine will yield
• salt in such abundance as the extensive salt
marsh before alluded to. Six hands, with
boilers sufficient, can make thirty bushels
of salt per day, and if the, government
! would protect them, thousands would go
and make it at $5 per bushel, and coin
money at that.
P. S.—l have not been to the Bay my
self since the raid in September, when my
works were.broken up before I had finish
cd making salt.
December 2, 1862.
Brother Daniel left the salt works on
W est Bay yesterday. No Yankees there
since the great break up on the 24th. (The
Ea.:t Bay works destroyed on the 27th.) —
.There seems to be almost as many camp
.firesnow as before, and new parties are
icoming in daily. They make salt rapidly
.from the wells or pits. A firm with 240
gallons boilerage made eight bushels per
day —but they are in constant apprehension
jof a Y ankee visit. D. P. E.
! Hereafter, those sending money letters
to the paper will be particular to address
them to The Baptist Banner, and not
jto me individually. This is made the more
! imperative as brother Ells will have the
entire control of the financial department of
I the paper. We hope the brethren will
i labor U> increase the number of subscribers,
land that The Banner may longwave in our
I Baptist Zion. 11. C. llornady.