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About The Baptist banner. (Atlanta, Ga.) 186?-1??? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1863)
THE SOLDIERS’ BANNER. THE SOLDIER’S TEAR. Upon the hill he turned, To take a last fond look Os the valley, and the village church, And the cottage by the brook. He listened to the sounds So familiar to his ear, And the soldier leant upon his swbrd, And wiped away a tear. Beside that cottage porch A girl was on her knees, She held aloft a snowy scarf, Which fluttered in the breeze. She breathed a prayer for him — A prayer he could not hear— But he paused to bless her as she knelt, And wiped away a tear. He turned and left the spot,— Oh'. do not deem l)im weak, For dauntless was the soldier’s heart, Though tears were on his cheek. Go watch the foremost rank, In danger’s dark career; Be sure the hand most daring there Has wiped away his tear. THE PRIVATE SOLDIER. We are willing to admit that there are many base fellows among the thousands who compose the Confederate army. But the number of those ignorant hirelings bears no population to the multitude of no ble spirits who suffer and fight under the grandest motives that ever moved the hu man heart. Though the number of those who serve our high cause by bearing arms simply for the wages they receive for their hard and dangerous duties is exceedingly small, those sordid fellows have detracted greatly from the honor and praise justly due the worthy defenders of Liberty in the ranks of our army. And informing our estimate of the character of Southern troops, we should be careful to draw a well-marked distinction between those who fight for pay and those who have buckled on the armor under sol emn convictions of duty. The obligation to the former is discharged when they re ceive their monthly pittance; the obliga tions to the latter endure through all com ing time, for no compensation can meet the demands made upon our gratitude and ad miration by their indomitable courage, ready obedience, unfailing fortitude. If we strike from the list of the champi ons of freedom the few dishonorable names it contains, we have an array superior in intelligence, refinement, virtue and courage, to any army that ever trod the field of battle.. The ranks of the Confederate army are mainly composed of men of character and j position. Not a few of the privates in our army had attained to distinction in the learned professions, many of them are pos sessed of extensive substance, and the large numbers whose means are small were ac customed to the comforts and elegancies of polished life. The sacrifices they have made, the patience with which they have endured, the valour with which they have fought, the promptitude and cheerfulness that have marked their obedience, entitle them to glorious praise and eternal grati tude. Born to affluence or pursuing lucra tive vocations successfully, they are content with the paltry wages of eleven dollars a month; with servants under them, they have taken the position of servants, sub mitting to authority without murmur or hesitation; unused to physical labor, their hands have grown hard in the menial ser vices they have rendered. The motives that impel and sustain the private soldier must exist in all their force and grandeur. All his duties are toilsome and dangerous. He fights and wins bat tles, marches over snow and rocks, digs ditches, builds entrenchments, is exposed to every form of peril, and performs all kinds of laborious work. And what com pensation does he receive for these labors and hardshipsand risks? Contemplate his social position arrd intellectual culture, his habits and tastes, and is it not the height of absurdity to suppose that he would un dergo such toils and privations, and encoun ter such dangers, for the petty sum that constitutes his wages. No, he must feel to th<» bottom of his noble heart the mighty influences that emanate freftn the just and holy cause, and we must conclude that he suffers and fights solely because his con science, his country, and his God command him to take hit place among the champions of Liberty. • W hat compensation does he receive ? A general compliment in official orders, holds up to admiration the resolution and gallant ry of the*br:gade or division of which he composes a part, and the portion of the ar my he was attached to is spoken of, in fit ting terms, by newspaper correspondents; but we very seldom read of the individual prowess and heroism of soldiers in the ranks, and their names are not emblazoned upon the scroll of fame. ( ot. i.on t he Bribed.—\\ e learn from the Bristol .IdrooUe, that a deserter and S PJ • h y Bie name ot Harris, who came into East Tennessee with the Yankee force that burned the bridges, was captured near Jonesbojo’, recently, with a commission of Captain in his pocket, bearing the imposing seal of Andrew Johnson, Governor of Ten nessee. Private Philip Warwick, of Col. I»ove’s N. C. regiment, was detailed as guard to deliver the prisoner to the author ities at Knoxville. Harris offered Warlick $ 10,000 to allow him to escape. The hon est North Carolinian indignantly informed him that Lincoln’s government had not money enough to bribe him to the per formance of such a dishonorable action.— Such is the metal of the true Southern pa triot fighting for his home ami his country.; A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga-\ -v/fe, writing from Ivoseucranz's army, ini describing Bret kinridge’s charge on the 31st December, says: “If utter madness ran be called bravery, then indeed were; these rebels brave.’’ BA F» f I >AOB B . Tout le Mond, the interesting occa sional correspondent of the Savannah Re publican, writing from near Fredericks burg, Jan. 12, says: Hardly two weeks ago, General Toombs’ brigade was moved back to this place, ten miles distant from the lines, and ordered to make themselves, at least temporarily comfortable, near Guiney Station, on the R., F. &P.R. R. Axes clamored in the forest, and the log huts rose like magic into little towns, and the little towns grew to busy thriving cities, as uncouth as one ever saw in Ethiopa. Most all of the “ castles have rssumed the desired proportions, and a cozy nest of barons laugh, jest or sorrow over the scenes of the past, around quite a cheerful—however rude —fireside. Go into your warm beds or bs cheerful, “old folks at home; the soldier is not now so badly off after all. He has his straw bed at night under a good shelter, to which slumbers come as happy as to the prince’s gorgeous couch, with now and then the brightest, loveliest dreams that ever attend poor mor tality ; or, by day, he enjoys beef and flour rations, otium cum dignitate. With the warm clothing which our until rin (r and ever affectionate mothers and sis ters are constantly sending forward, the Southern soldier may never be unhappy. — ’Tis only the careless and imprudent who go about now in rags; all look warmly clad. This, we know, is most gratifying to the soldiers’ friends at home. We think, however, it would be better now, if the Government would send such agents to buy this clothing from the mothers and fathers of the land, for this reason: If they con tinue to give, the supply will be exhausted finally, and Government manufactories can not furnish the demand. But if each house hold is a manufactory, with means to pur chase manufacturing articles, when one sup ply is exhausted, then no one need appre hend that the army will want good warm clothing in the future. Everything of this sort should be looked to, that we may ever be able to conduct this war until Northern fools are satisfied. Nearly all the troops have reared huts to guard against the wintry days, all in conve nient proximity to the lines at Fredericks burg. INFAM Y EN DO RSE D. The United States Senate have passed a resolution of thanks to the infamous tyrant of New Orleans. Butler the beast has • drawn a bill of infamy unparalleled in the annels of civilized nations, and the author ities at Washington have become his en dorsers. The force of fanaticism can no farther go. The outrageous, cruel, heart less and detestable oppression of this inhu man despot, so flagrant as to call forth the unsparing denunciation of all Europe, and even the execration of many Northern ■ presses, has received the sanction of the highest deliberative assembly of his nation. The cold-blooded murder of Mumford ; the imprisonment of helpless women ; the pub lie insult of ladies by a general order so outrageous that the dialect of the infernal regions would have to be learned to find an epithet expressive enough to character ize its atrocity ; the wholesale and syste matic robbery of private citizens •who had committed no offense save that of quietlj I pursuing their vocations—these, and more! than these, have received the unqualified! approval of the supreme Yankee legislative! authority. After this, who is so poor, so! degraded, so lost to all sensibility of shame,* so destitute of the common instincts of hu- 1 inanity, as to do reverence to such a gov-! eminent? In every depth, the poet tells us, there is a lower deep, but it is assured ly not in the power of any human imagina tion to conceive of a point of degrading ! infamy below this. Never before, in the l history of the world, has a great nation! stooped so low to conquer its enemies.— The Roman and the Carthaginian were of ten oppressive, cruel and vindictive, but they still kept up a show of honor, and re tained a decent respect for the feelings of mankind. In the midst of their extremes! ferocity, they never dreamed of such dis-i honor and disgrace as the Lincoln Senate! has achieved. It has perpetrated a deed sol foul that, like the blood stains of Macbeth,l all the waters of the ocean can never wash it out. 'There is no political purgatory on 1 earth, through whose fiery ordeal nations* have to pass, that can ever cleanse a people 1 from such direful pollution. It is a‘damned spot’ that will never ‘out.’ It is doubtless well for us that this crown- 1 ing act of infamy has been perpetrated by * the Northern Senate. It places in clear! light the designs of our enemies. \\ e know the worst now, and can provide fur it. It scars as with a red-hot iron the last hydra head of reconstruction. With the most timid reunionist in the land, the last link of that strange delusive hope is now broken. None now so pusillanimous, none so blind as not to see that our people must be tree! To show the spirit which animates the Southern arniv, it is stated that some 14,-1 000 Missourians, who left their State ini small parties, have joined the Confederate standard in Arkansas. < hie regiment of; 1,000 men was raised in his native county • by Col. Clarke, a son of Governor Clarke,! now a member of the Confederate Congress. Missouri was in the possession of the Fed erals, and to succeed in obtaining his force, A 01. t larke had to conceal himself in the play time and to work at night. His whole regiment ot 1.000 men swam across the: Missouri river, a mile and a quarter wide, and at the time full of drift ice. Two of 1 | the men perished from the cold in crossing. 1 eople who endure su h hardships for the' lu \‘f i P r j. nei can never be subjected to’ j the will of a tyrant ’ i The New York 7Lm x, speaking of the j battle at Murfreesboro , says : “ The rebels | have seldom fought with such fury, never with such tenacity. They were handled bv their Generals. Johnston and Bragg, with (consummate skill ” WOUNDED AND KILLED. It takes but little space in the columns of the daily papers; but, OI what long household stories and biographies are every one of these strange names that we read over and forget! “ Wounded and killed ! ” Some eye read the name to whom it is as dear as life and some heart is struck or broken with the blow made by that name amono- the list. It’s our Henry, it’s our John, or our James, or our Thomas, that lies with his poor-broken limbs at the hospital, or white still, and with ghastly face, on the battle field. Alas ! for the eyes that read !—alas ! for the hearts that feel ! “ lie was my pretty boy, that I’ve sung to sleep so many times in my arms I ” says the poor mother, bowing her head in an guish that can not be uttered. “He was my brave, noble husband, the father of my little orphan children I ” sobs the stricken wife. “He was my darling brother, that I loved so, that 1 was so proud of,” murmurs the sister, amid her tears; and so the terri ble stroke falls on homes throughout the land. Killed and wounded! ” Every name in that list is a lightning stroke to some heart, and breaks like thunder over some house, and falls a long black shadow upon some hearthstone. KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE FIFTH GEORGIA REGIMENT AT MURFREES BORO. Field and Staff.—Killed : Colonel W T Black. Company A, Clinch Rifles, Captain D H Ansley commd’g.—Killed : Newton Rice, Thomas W Morgan. Wounded: A C B Holt, W P Steed, H M Walton, severely • J J Miller, W J Milner, slightly. Coinpany.B, Griffin Light Guards, Lieut W J Duffy comd’g.—Wounded : Sergeant J W Duffy, slightly; Private A J Burr, severely. Company C, Irish Volunteers, Lieut W T O’Connor comd’g.—Killed : Corpl M J McNamara. Wounded: Privates C Han lon, T Sullivan, C P Cody, severely; T Mahoney, slightly. Company D, McDufley Rifles, Capt W B Hundley comd’g.—Wounded : Sergts G P Hudson, slightly ; E E Cody, severely; PrivateS W Story, severely; J B Har low, Jas English, R M Shurley, slightly. Company E, Dawson Volunteers, Capt. J A Fulton comd’g.—Killed : Private T J Brantley, color bearer. Wounded: Sergt J M Bush, severely ; Corp’l W L Beard, privates J M Horn, slightly; W B John son, severely and missing. Company F, Cuthbert Rilles, Capt John F Kiddoo comd’g.—Killed : Sergeant S P Kiddoo. Wounded: W D Ward, slightly ; privates W C Jenkins, severely; T J Sea ley, slightly ; J F Sealey, severely ; Theo dore Skelton, slightly. Company G, Schley Guards, Captain J T Hurt comd’g.—Killed: Ist Lieut J W Ea son. Wounded: Sergeant A C Cleveland, mortally, since died; corporal R W Killa brew, severely and missing; private Chas Womack, slightly. Company H, Hardee Rifles, Lieut J B ! Johnson comd’g.—Wounded: Sergt D W Taylor, mortally, since died; corpl B D Bedell, privates L M Waters, J J Pruitt, severely ; J W Ogletree, slightly. Company I, Georgia Greys, Capt Jno F i Iverson comd’g.—Killed: Private G W Ward. Wounded : Sergts J S Baxley, M I V Cook, corpl L P Henchbacker, private J iS Everett, slightly ; privates G F Banks, L G Guerry, G W Shearer, severely. Company K, Upson Guards, Capt W G Horsley comd’g.—Killed: Private Geo W I Horsley. Wounded : Capt W G Horsley, iSergt G P Birdsong, Corpl W T Jennings, J W Durrough, severely. Stale of Georgia, Quartermaster General’s Office, I Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15th, 1863. ) Some malicious person or persons have I put in circulation a report to the effect that i the Georgia soldiers now in Confederate I service, will have to pay tor the socks be- I ing donated to them by the patriotic women of Georgia, in answer to my appeal of De- ( I comber 15th, 1862. I take this public j - manner of contradicting said report. It is utterly false. I Every sock received at this office is en-. i tered upon a record book, giving the name,! | county and post office of the donor. These, I socks will be packed up and sent, FREEj iOF CHARGE, to the soldiers of Georgia, in Confederate service. The soldiers req oeiving them will not have to pay either for , the socks or their transportation; and eve ry sock sent to this office will find its way ! to some soldiers feet. I regret to know that some have given, credence to this report, but sincerely hope that this note of explanation will set the, - matter right, and that they will at once go I to work and gladden the heart of some 1 I Georgia warrior, whose feet now press the frosted, icy turt of Virginia and Tennessee.; Already a large number have come in, and the work is only ju<t begun. Ira R. Foster. Quartermaster < leneral State of < Georgia., N. B.—Papers in the State friendly to our great work will please copy. Gen. Robkki E. Lee.— The Sjjuthern people owe a debt of gratitude to this great man for his services in their Jefencv. His ability none will duubt; and yet be is not ashamed to acknowledge the hand of God in his successes. It is gratifying to the Christian portion of our people to know that they have a man of prayer, a server ( of God, as leader of the armies. It adds to their confidence in the cause in which thej , suffer. Every proof such a leader gives,, of his trust in an overruling Providence, they accept as a token ot ultimate success. ‘ Eight the good fight of faith.’ r x ' ‘ Georgia has sent into the field, since the opening of the war, near eighty regiments of infantry, thirteen battalions of artillery and infantry, a number of cavalry regi ments, several independent companies, who have been attached to regiments from other States, and a large number of volunteers who have connected themselves with com panies from almost every State in the Con federacy. Besides these, she has for some time been furnishing conscripts, and is still daily doing so, in large numbers, from eve ry section of the State, to the excent of her capacity. Georgia has not only done this, but she has armed and equipped from her own resources, more than thirty thousand of the men whom she sent into service at the beginning or first year of the war. A CONSCRIPT REGIMENT. A gentleman from Vicksburg tells us that in one of the late fights around that city, a regiment composed of conscripts, and not considered very reliable as raw levies, was posted in a position where it was supposed they would not be exposed to very severe ordeal. It turned out that their position became the hottest part of the field. They were singled out for a charge by a heavy column of the enemy. Their Colonel, who tells the story, states that when the Yankees made their appear ance in front and came up in splendid line, the conscripts showed evident signs of un easiness. He saw the heads of his men turning every which way, to the right, left, and rear, and from all the indications of un steadiness, he expected every moment to see them break and run. He found it ne cessary to use all his coolness and judgment to restore confidence. Riding along their lines, with a “steady men,” “wait for or ders, “don’t fire until 1 give the word,” he managed to keep them in line until the Yankees got up without point blank range, when he gave the word “fire.” Says the Colonel, “ It seemed to me that every sol dier in the regiment picked out his man in the enemy’s ranks, and that one went down for every trigger pulled.” The fire threw the Yankees into confusion, seeing whichs, the Colonel of the conscripts gave the com mand to charge, and with a wild hurra, the “fresh levies” rushed forward like a pack of devils just uncaged from Tartarus, and drove the enemy from the field. Since that day, no officer makes any distinction between volunteers, regulars and conscripts in the Vicksburg army. The Camp Itch— A Remedy Therefor. — A gentleman who has had much experience in the treatment of that loathsome disease, the Itch, sends us the following recipe for its cure: u Dear Editor: For the benefit of our soldiers suffering with camp itch, if you think proper, you may publish the follow ing: Take lodide of Potassium GO grains, lard 2 ounces, mix well, and after washing the body well with warm soap suds, rub the ointment over the person three times a weeP. In seven or eight days the Acarus, or itch insect, will be destroyed. In this recipe the horrible effects of the old sulphur ointment are obviated. I speak knowingly in this treatment. Medicus.” We publish this recipe with pleasure, as we understand there is great suffering in the army from the effects of this disease. The remedy is a very simple one, and within the reach of all who are near an apothecary store. RAILROAD GUIDE. Georgia Kailroad & Banking Co . Augusta to Atlanta... .171 Miles... .Fare $5 50 GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent. Morning Passenger Train. (SUN DATS EXCEPTED.) Leave Atlanta daily at 6 10 A. M Arrive at Augusta at 5 04 P. M Leave Augusta daily at 15 45 A. M Arrive at Atlanta al 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 runs in connection with the trains oi tlie South Carolina and tiie Savannah and Augusta , Railroads, at Augusta. Macon and Western Kailroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. I Macon to Atlanta .... 104 Miles. ... Fare #4 50. ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent. j i Leave Macon at 10 00 a. m ; Arrive at Atlanta at 4 00 p. in ’ Leave Atlanta at 11 00 a m ! Arrive at Macon 4 55 p. rn • This train connects with Centra), Southwestern -and Muscogee railroads at Macon. —— - —— Western & Atlantic (Stare; Railroad. • Atlanta to Chattanooga, 188 Miles—Fare,.. $5. JOHN S. ROWLAND, Superintendent PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, nightly, at 7.30, P M ! Arrives al Chattanooga at 4.51, A M ! ' Leaves Chattanooga at 5.00, P M t Arrives at Atlanta at.. 2.30, A M: EXPRESS FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN. I 1 Leaves Atlanta, daily, at.............. 3.00, A M Arrives at Chattanooga at 2.50, P M , ; Leaves Chattanooga at 3.15, A M I . Arrives at Atlanta at 3 38, P Mj ACCOMMODATION PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta at - - - 2.00 P. M. Arrives at Kingston at 7 00 P. M Leaves Kingston at - - - - 530A. M ■ Arrives at Atlanta at - - . . 10.50 A. M I This Road connects, each way, with the Rome i Branch Railroad al Kingston, the East Tennessee 1 and Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. i SOI THI RN PCAXTERS! SHOULD ALL TAKE IT!! | TilE SOL PHERN CI LTIVATOR—the old pio-i neer in Agricultural Improvement— the only! Agricnfiural Monthly Journal in the Confederate i States that has lived " through the war”—is still published and will enter upon its 21st I year on January 1. 1863. Now is the time to sub ; scribe I One Dollar per year, in advance! | Address D REDMOND, Augusta Ga I The Baptist Banner. FOR 1863. The proprietors of The Baptist Banner would inform the reading public, especially heads of families, that, as an excellent HOME PAPER, THE BANNER shall be surpassed by none. It will be published every Saturday morning in Atlanta, at the rate of three dollars a year — subscriptions taken for any length of time. The LADIES, the CHILDREN, and the SOLDIERS IN OUR ARMY, will receive special attention ; and each number, in addi tion to a carefully prepared synopsis of reli gious and secular NEWS, will contain a good STORY—together with entertaining Miscella nies, Sketches, etc. It will be, emphatically, a FAMILY paper. The editor’s motto is, 'Make Home Happy.' Those desirous of subscribing will please en close the amount of their subscription, with the name and post-office, and address JAMES N. ELLS & CO., Atlanta, Ga. Money due the Office, may be sent by mail at our risk—always mail it in presence of a friend (other than the P. M.,) or procure a friend to mail it for you—never register. Contributors to The Banner. Rev. 11. C. Hornady, Atlanta, Ga. “ J. M. Wood, Newnan, Ga. “ J. S. Baker, Thomasville, Ga. “ D. P. Everett, Orange Hill, Fla. “ N. M. Crawford, Penfield. Ga. “ J. H. 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, Rieumvud, Va. “ W. D. Mayfield, South Carolina. M. W. Philips, Edwards, Miss. Agents for The Banner. The following brethren will act as Agents ior the Banner, and will receipt for money ■ paid for the paper. Elder J. S. Murrow, Traveling Agent. “ F. M. Haygood, do “ J. 11. Stockton, Thomson, Ga. “ Thos. Muse, Cuthbert, Ga. “ Robt. Cunningham, Macon, Ga. “ Thos Aldridge, Millwood, Ga. “ G. F. Cooper, Americus, Ga. “ J. H. Campbell, Griffin, Ga. “ W. J. Speairs, Starrseille, Ga. “ John 11. Clarke, Henderson, Ga, “ P. A. Lawson, Gaiffin, Ga. “ William Lowe, McDonough, Ga. Dr. E. R. Carswell, Waynesboro', Ga William Roberts, Byrumville, Ga. R. 11. J Kerens, Franklin, Heard Co., Ga. J. H. B. Shackelford, Spring Place, “ Dr. John Cheney, Columbus, Ga. PROPOSALS FOR A NEW WORK, BNTITLVD Angels’ Visits along the Pat Ji way of Lite; OK, Whisperings from the Spirit Land. “ APPLES OF GOLD, IN PICTURES OF SILVER.” The undersigned has long been impressed with the idea of getting up a work on this sub ject, not to be dedicated to any particular Sect or Denomination, but a book which will interest all, and in which all may share a part. While we may be permitted to visit the graves of loved ones, and read their epitaphs engraven upon marble and, as it were, hold sweet commu nion with departed spirits—yet, there are many, very many endearing traits of character, as well as many things they have said while living, which, if written in a book, would afford us in calculable pleasure, and stimulate us to imitate their virtues. What family is there in this wide scope of country, who has not lost some fond relative or kind friend, and who would not delight to see that precious name thus preserved and handed down to posterity. To accomplish this impor tant object, I now make an appeal to all such to furnish me with sketches of loved ones gone, from the infant of two years old up to that of old age, enumerating all expressions particular ly used previous to their departure from earth to Heaven. Especially do I request facts in re lation to the honored dead who have fallen in battle. It will require time and labor to accomplish the object, but when perfected, it will doubtless be a work of general interest to all those who love to think of loved ones who have “ entered into that within the vail.” The author feels greatly flattered in the fact that several gentlemen have concurred with him in the belief that such a work will meet with a hearty reception by our Southern people, and have given assurance of their assistance in fur nishing many interesting facts in relation to kindred and friends who have fallen; and most respectfully do I solicit aid from all quarters, sent by mail, by which I may lie enabled to proceed with the work, and get it ready for pub lication at an early day. As it is a Southern effort, I respectfully re quest Editors throughout the South to give this a few insertions, sending a paper containing the same, and as soon as the work is published, each one shall receive a copy gratuitously. JAMES W. PRICE, M. D. Atlanta, Ga., 1862. MERCER ll&IVERSlTl, PENFIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA. FACULTY. President—N. M. Crawford, D. D. Professors—S. P. Sanford, A. M., J. E. Willett, A. M.’ U. W. Wise, A. M. j Theological Seminary.—Professor N. M. Crawford, I). 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 j cd for those who are preparing lor theG«>&pel Min istry. 1 3. A scientific course of four years, including, with some additions, all the studies ot the eollegi , ate course, except the ancient languages. j 4. Au academical department, embracing al) wno are not prepared to enter college. commencement and vacations. The Commencement is held on the second Wed nesday in July. i There are two vacations, dividing the year Into I two terms. Fail 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. 8. LANDRUM, Secr’v Board Trustees, July 26,1862. ' Savannah, Ga
