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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