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skill to engage in them was a desirable ac complishment. They had never had either dancing or card parties at their own house, but their son had often attended both, pre vious to the present winter, and found great pleasure especially in the dance. Last fall, however, there had been a revival of reli gion in the Light-street church; and Thom as Sinclair had been, as he and his friends believed, truly converted to Christ. He had learned to love the prayer-meeting more than the ball-room, and the Bible more than a pack of cards. He enjoyed religion.— He had sweet communion with his Saviour and loved the people of the Lord. The church had high hopes concerning him.— But about the time of the Christmas holi days, there had been some social parties to which he had gone, and where dancing was unexpectedly introduced. He had no de sire to engage in it, but had been over persuaded to do so. He went home sad, and when he kneeled to offer up hisaccus-7 tomed prayer before retiring to rest, he found no words or heart to pray. He fan cied it was because he was weary ; but in the morning it was no better. There seem ed to be a cloud between his Saviour and his soul, and many days he had walked in darkness. His hope was dimmed and at times most gone. He felt that he had done wrong, but when he mentioned it to his mother she told him that dancing was no where forbidden in the Word of God, and, in fact, that it expressly said some where that there was a time to dance—so it could not be wrong to dance just to make out a set, or at a party of friends. She would not have him go to balls; oh no, that w'ould be quite sinful—people would talk about it since he was a member of the church ; but she herself had danced many a time, and thought if people never did anything worse they might easily be for given. This conversation to some extent silenced his conscience, but it did not re store his peace. He had indeed resolved never to dance again, but this resolution he had broken only two nights ago. Since then he had been less troubled, and he had almost determined to dance as often as he had any opportunity. Mean time a dancing-shool had been opened in the neighborhood, and some of Mrs. Sinclair’s lady friends had insisted that she should send Bettie—Uncle Arthur’s little pet, to whom the reader was intro duced at the beginning of our little story. < Uncle Arthur had been watching for a favorable opportunity to talk with his sis ter on the subject, and now little Bettie had ( created it for him. i “ Oh, mama ! what do you think? ” she ; exclaimed as the good lady came in and re sumed her accustomed seat in the corner— “ Uncle Arthur says this Bth chapter of Ist Corinthians tells about my going to dancing school ; but I can’t find a word about it.” “ Oh, Bettie, you don t know your uncle as well as I do. He can always find more in the Bible than anybody else. 1 think he ought to have been a preacher.” “ Preachers, more than any one else, ought to be careful, sister,” said the old man, “that they don’t find in the Bible any thing that is not there.” “ You don’t pretend to find anything against dancing in the Bible, do you, bro ther Arthur?” “ Certainly I do.” “ How comes it, then, that Solomon said there was a time to dance? I think it was Solomon.” “ Yes, Solomon did say it; and his father David found the time and actually danced, in the fervor of his religious joy, before the Lord, as he brought back the ark, and, hav ing done so, returned to bless his household. But your dancers in these days dance be fore the Devil. God is never so far from their thoughts as v hen they are dancing.— With them it is no act of religious worship, but one of worldly amusement. They neither pray God’s blessing on it before or after engaging in it. Would it not be a strange proceeding if one should open a ball by prayer? Do you expect your dancing-master to call on God to bless his lessons to the future usefulness of your sweet little Bettie, and the salvation of her precious soul ? Can you take the dear child aside when you have dressed her in all her finery and, kneeling down beside her, say, * O Lord, my Saviour, who hast given me this precious immortal soul to train for heaven : Thou knowest that it is for Thy glory and the honor of Thy name that 1 am about to teach her to dance; and I pray that Thou wilt give skill to the dan cing master, agility to her little feet, and make these lessons the instruments of our mutual growth in grace, and her salvation Irom the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil, so that we and her com panions in pleasure may be enabled to dance <>ur way to heaven and sit down with the angels to praise Thee forever ! ’ ” “ Oh. brother Arthur! You shock me. — You know I never thought of doing such a thing.” “ But you can pray God to bless her other studies.” “ I nele Arthur, 1 don’t want to go to the dancing school. But what has my Sun-' day sch<‘ol lesson to Jo with this?” “Oh, a great deal—as 1 will show you, when I shall have first eonvincetl your mother that the good of your soul and the glory of God do not require you to be taught to dance.” “ Why, brother Arthur, you talk as if you thought I was a simpleton ! 1 never pretended that it was essential or even very important. I only thought it was innocent, or at least not very wrong, and might be indulged in without any serious injury.— But the way you talk about it actually frightens me.” “ \\ ell, if it is only iunoeent and indiffer ent, and so a thing which may be done or not as you think best—l am prepared to talk about the chapter.” (CONTIKVKD NEXT WKKK.] Terms of The Banner, f 3 a year. Sa B SA2 W S BAa» £B. THE SOLDIERS’ COLUMN. [For The. Baptist Banner.} MT BROTHER. BY T. B. E. When the autumn winds were sighing Sadly through the leatless trees, Thou, loved brother, wert dying—• Hastening to eternity. Swift came the call, and early, That bore thee up on high, And those who love thee dearly Now mourn the parted tie. They long will weep above thee, Grief-stricken at thy fate ; Alas ! they but deplore thee When it is too late. Just like our parting breath, Or music’s stirring sound, Thou hast passed away in death To the nations underground. Adieu, brother! my early playmate, Rest thee, loved one, in the sod ; Fly, parted spirit, through the gate — Hide in the bosom of thy God. Before thy soul to heaven had oast, We heard thee gasping, sigh, (For thy life was flitting past,) “ Blest Jesus, let me die’.'' Now, by an eye of faith, I see Thee up in regions of the blest, Where ever and eternally Thou hast day perfect rest. [For The Baptist Banner.} “ Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.” Fellow Soldiers :— This beautiful senti i ment, expressed in the comprehensive lan , guage of the inspired poet, is peculiarly adapted to our present situation, and plain ly elicits our undivided attention to the two important truths contained in this single couplet. We are apt to pass cursorily over such expressions, even when we know they are the wisdom attained only by a life time of assiduous devotion to grave reflection, aided by the divine spirit of God. Now, let us calmly, quietly, and without hurry, dissect these two little lines, and see what is meant by them, and in what degree they are applicable to each and every one of us. It is a part of our duty to God and to man to think ; therefore let us reflect how it is that “ ’Tis not the whole of life to live.” 1 would say that the brute is an exam ple where it is the whole of life to live, be cause he has no power of reason, and is in capable of thinking for to-morrow or for eternity. He is incapable of enjoying the noble social and intellectual qualities with which man is endowed ; neither has he an ; immortal soul, with the power to promote or destroy eternal happiness. It is true that the brute is flesh and blood, but he lacks immortality. He knows nothing of eternity —he knows not good from evil;, and in that great day of judgment, when the angel’s loud trump shall wake the slumber ing bodies of all mankind, and bid them come forth to the dreadful bar of God, the brute will yet remain inanimate in his ashes, until the “elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works thereof, shall be burned up.” But we, my friends,] will surely be made alive in eternal bliss,! or in everlasting torment: therefore it is I not right for us idly to spend the breath which God has given us, nor merely to use the oxygen of the atmosphere for the pleas- 1 ure ol keeping up an unprofitable existence. Nor is it right to spend our intellect and power of locomotion in procuring those things which tend only to gratify our sensu al desires. It is those noble attributes of the mind which, when properly applied, render man the lord of all other living creatures. The power of intellect moves every thing before it, even as the maddened storm bends the majestic mountain pine, and may bo to others as the cooling zephyrs are to the delicate flowers of summer. It is therefore all of life to live when we make our best endowments the to satisfy our fleshly appetites and carnal de sires. But it behooves us, as living intelligences who are accountable to a Superior Being for every idle word, nd for every deed done in the body, to see for ourselves wherein “it is not the whole of life to live.” We must live for one another : we must live for eternity, so that Christ will own us “in that day,” and, like Mary of old, “choose that better part, which shall not be taken away from us,” so that, when this ephemeral ex istence on earth is terminated, we may boldly enter the presence of the great Judge “of the quick and dead,” feeling confident we shall receivoThe glorious plaudit, “Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Oh! what ec static happiness, when we enter those golden palaces of eternal elysium, where our bliss will be uninterrupted by rolling centuries, and “ unmeasured by the Hight of years.” But, my friends, it is not the “whole of death to die.” It is not the mere closing out of the vital breath from the nostrils that makes us fear to die, forthat would but end our existence. It is not the thought that we are leaving large possessions or great prospects that makes us fear to die, for that would only create in us a desire to live.— What, then, makes us fear to die ? It is the. consciousness of oui immortality—of our accountability to God, and the dread of that solemn day of judgment, that makes us cling to life like a drowning man to a straw. Until that awful hour for the dissolution of soul and body shall roll around, many may lie panoplied in voluntary error, —the in fernal network of the Devil; and as it will arrive sooner or later, then, with the exodus ot their souls from time into eternity, ter , ror worse than fear will overcome them, 1 while they read the dread sentence uttered by Jehovah himself, “ The soul that sinneth, 1 it shall die,” “ and the smoke of his tor ■ i ments shall ascend up forever.” Then it is, l> dear reader, that all those who have not I yet learned the truth, will acknowledge “ It ' is not the whole ot death to die. ’ J It is doubly every soldier’s duty to ob r I serve these two great truths. In camps or o j in hospitals, or any w here else, live for each other and tor your own welfare in eternity, tor you have not the slightest idea when the enemy s deadly missiles will lay you ■ low : then, it you do not attend to this, it iwill be the sorrowful cravings of your tor- tured soul, that you. had properly improved the talents placed in your hands by the Lord, so that, instead of meeting a fierce crew of hellish demons to hurl you into the burning gulf of woe, you could meet upon the brink of Jordan, a joyous band of sweet angels to welcome you to the pleasures of heaven. G. A. W. Tullahoma, Tenn., Feb. 21st, 1863. STATE OF GEORGIA, ) Adj’t and Insp’r General’s Office, >- Milledgeville, Feb. 23, 1863. ) General Order No. 1. I. A moving appeal having been address ed to the people of Georgia by Gen. Beau regard, to rally for the defence of Savan nah, and a call made also upon the Gover nor to furnish all the assistance in his pow er for the same purpose, his Excellency, as the readiest and most effective manner of meeting the General’s request, and of con tributing, as much as in him lies, to the protection of Georgia’s commercial capital from the horde of abolition emissaries seek ing to wrest her and her constitutional rights from the care and guardianship of the State and of the Confederacy, hereby orders all the militia officers of the State (except those already tendered to, and ac cepted by, General Beauregard,) including General. Field, Staff, and Company Offi cers, to repair forthwith, without hesitation or delay, to the city of Savannah, and re port to Gen. Beauregard, to be organized, under his direction, into companies, as hereinafter directed, for duty in the defence of that city, until their services can be dis pensed with. 11. The officers of the thirteen Military Divisions of the State will be organized at Savannah into, and will constitute, thirteen companies, to be officered as follows : The Major General of each Division will act as Captain of the company formed of his Di vision, with his Brigadier Generals, and so many of the field, staff’ and company offi cers, according to grade and rank, as may be requisite, acting as his lieutenants, ser geants and corporals, allowing four lieuten ants, six sergeants and six corporals to a company —the officers taking position ac cording to the dates of their commissions in their grades, and the supernumerary of ficers falling into their ranks as privates.— Should a Division be without a Major Gen eral, as may be the case in two or three ; Divisions, the senior Brigadier General of ’ it will act as Captain, and so on in the or- ; der of seniority according to grade. 111. Transportation to Savannah will be ’ furnished to the Militia officers on reaching J the line of any railroad, on their exhibiting < to the agents or conductors of the trains j their commissions ; or, if their commissions , be lost, on a certificate previously drawn 1 out, setting forth their rank, and the Dis- 1 trict, Regiment, Brigade and Division to i I which they are attached, furnishing also 1 their names; which information will be no- j | ted by the agent or conductor, and forward- 1 cd to this office for comparison with its re 1 ( cords to form a basis of settlement by the : Quartermaster’s Department. Railroad companies are requested to take special no- J tice of this paragraph, and, to protect them selves from imposition, will scrutinize care- ; fully the commissions and certificates of all claiming to be Militia officers. IV. Each officer will take with him to Savannah a blanket, shot-gun or rifle, or other serviceable weapon. But that there may be no delay for the want of an arm, preparations wilt be made to supply all that report with an efficient fighting weapon, with which, as Gen. Beauregard suggests, he can “ kill his enemies or protect his friends.” Each man, moreover, will take with him provisions enough to feed him self until he reaches Savannah, where, on reporting, he will be subsisted by the Con federate authorities. V. As the companies are organized, muster rolls of them will be made out by I the Captains for payment and other pur poses —the officers and men being paid as Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, Corporals • and Privates, according to the positions ac tually held by them in the companies while in service. VI. Any Militia Officer not obeying this ‘j summons, and reporting immediately, as <1 herein ordered, will, if within the age for: II conscription, be no longer exempted, but 1 I will be reported to the proper officer foren-j • rollment in the Confederate service; and if II he be beyond the conscript age, he will be] ; tried by Court Martial for disobedience of, > I orders. That there may be no excuse for disobedience on the plea of ignorance of the i f i order, newspapers throughout the State are [i requested to give it immediate publicity,; ' (each will insert once and send in bill,) and I patriotic citizens are urged to make it known through their counties. VII. All able-bodied citizens, whether, - subject to Militia duty or not, are earnestly ■ invited to volunteer till the emergency is ‘ passed, in answer to Gen. Beauregard’s elo quent and patriotic appeal. All who vol- •junteer will be expected to conform, for the ’ time their services are needed, to the rules • which govern troops in the service, and to 1 such organizations as the Commanding i General may find it necessary to order.—. ■ Tu facilitate their journey to Savannah, the I I railroads will be authorized to pass all: ’ volunteers, who present «ertificates of Mili- ■ tia officers that they are volunteers, on their I > way to Savannah. The certificate must in 1 each case give the name of the volunteer, » and his place of residence, and must give \ the name and rank of the officer, with the! ,;county of his residence, or it will not be ti recognized when presented for payment. t VIII. If this order is promptly carried 'out, it is expected that from two to three - thousand able-bodied, effective men will be r added to the forces at Savannah, in time to !>i assist in repelling the assaults of the ene ,lmy. The high character, intelligence and jI military training of the persons of whom j this force will be composed, justifies the ex t.pectation entertained by the Commander -1 in-Chief, that they will not only render the : (State the most effective service in this hour of trial, but that they will display an intre pidity of valor upon the battle-field which will make them invincible and will satisfy all that injustice has been done the Militia officers of Georgia by those who have doubted their willingness to sacrifice their lives, if need be, in the defence of their Henry C. Wayne, Adjutant and Inspector General. THE"GRAVE ~P! ed > m or the 1711. or September, 1862, of wounds received during the early part of that daj, in the battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland Lieut. (Edivin Dallas —aged thirty-seven years seven months and five days. Lieut. Dallas was born and reared in Lincoln co. Ga.; but not long after his marriage,* he removed to Upson, and settled on his farm about one and a half miles from the town of Thomaston, where his family still reside. His was the regular and peace ful life of the farmer, and he generally moved on under all circumstances in the even tenor of his way, making himself agreeable to those about him. He was indeed the life and joy of his own house hold, and by his genial nature and eminent social qualities, he rendered his home the dearest spot on earth to its inmates, and a pleasant place to their visitors. Being ardently attached to bis young and promising children, and feeling the weight of pa rental obligation, he always manifested an anxious solicitude for both their mental and eternal wel fare. He sought in every laudable way to promote their comfort and improvement: and, on the other hand, his family confided implicitly in his tender watch-care, and chose to be guided, in all matters of importance, by his superior judgment. Lieut. Dallas was a friend upon whom those who shared his kind regards might rely. With him friendship was something more than a name, and he was the last man to shrink irom any obligation which it might impose. Possessed of a high sense of honor, he had proper regard for his own reputa tion, and never condescended to anything that would tarnish in the least his good name. He despised a little mean act in any one, and could not for a mo ment countenance duplicity. So open and frank was he in all his social and business intercourse with the world, that none could fail to discover in him the noblest work of God—an honest man.— Such was the high regard entertained for him by his associates, and such their confidence in his sin cerity, that the greatest plainness of speech used by him in correcting their faults and pointing out their errors, seemed to have a salutary effect, and gave not the slightest offence. His rebukes were administered in such a spirit of gentle candor as to excite the admiration of his friends, and to strength en the ties of existing friendship. There was in his nature a vein of humor which made him quite a pleasant and entertaining companion ; and often in camps, when time hung heavily, was his pres ence sought, in order to drive away “dull care” and raise the flagging spirits. Our deceased friend was also a patriot. He had no peculiar fondness for military life. “ The pomp and circumstance of war ” possessed very few at tractions for one whose early habits and taste had led him to pursue so retired a life. One day of do mestic felicity was worth to him a whole year of public gaiety. But notwithstanding all this, a for midable enemy invaded our beloved country with the avowed purpose of subjugating its people. He halted not between two opinions, but hastened to gird himself for the conflict. He seemed to feel 1 that no sacrifice was too great to be made, if, by means of it, we only could save our land from the impending thraldom. On the Bth of July, 1861, his company, the Upson Volunteers, united with oth ers in the organization of the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment; and he shared with that brave and no ble band of patriots all their hardships and perils, through every campaign in which they were engaged until his life was yielded a sacrifice upon the altar of his country. But the crowning glory of Lieut. Dallas’ charac ter was his religion. He was a Christian. In ’52 ‘ he embraced the Saviour, and was baptizod into the fellowship of the Thomaston Baptist Church ; and he continued through the subsequent part of his c life, under all circumstances, to maintain his stead ' fastness in the faith which he had professed. His 1 piety was quite unassuming ; so imvh so indeed r»« rarely to disclose itself in words, but so deep and | influential as to produce uniform benevolence of conduct. His religion shone more in his deeds than in his words. I But brave, noble and generous as he was, he is ’ gone. His body lies buried on a distant and deso late battle-field, while hik spirit is with the God who gave it. Farewell, my dear brother. “ On the other side of Jordan, In the sweet fields of Eden, Where the Tree of Life is blooming, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for you." IV I ’ ( Mr. Lindsey Edwards died, at his residence! near LaFayette, Walker county, Ga., on the 19th December, 1862. The deceased was born in Orange county, N. C., on the Sth of December, 1804. In the 27th year of his age he made a public profession of religion, and was baptized by Rev. Hezekiah Harmon, in the fellowship of Antioch Church, Orange county. His life as a Christian was such that, in his 29th year, he was selected by the Antioch Church to act in the capacity of dea con ; he was ordained, and after faithfully serv ing his brethren at Antioch for several years, he removed, with his family, to Walker county, where he continued to hold the office ot deacon. On the 18th of December, 1823, he was hap pily married to Miss Sarah Marsh, daughter of William and Sarah Marsh. Mr. Edwards was afflicted with a “ Bone Cancer,” from which he suffered intensely for nearly two years. His sufferings, tho’ severe, were borne patiently and with Christian forti tude. A month or so previous to his death, when j J the disease had so far progressed as to injure 1 the vocal organs, so that he could not speak dis-, j tinctly, he called one day for a slate and pencil, upon which he wrote the following : “ When I depart this life, I wish to be depos- I I ited in the north-east corner of the graveyard j lat LaFayette. You may send for my children. I die in peace with all mankind. My afflictions, though great, are not worthy to be compared j with what my Saviour has suffered for me. — When I am gone, don’t grieve for me.” When the young people gathered around the bedside of “ Uncle Lindsey” (as he was famil iarly called,) to attend to any of his wants or to ; i sympathize with him in his affliction, he labor ; ; ed to impress upon their minds the importance 'of early seeking Christ. Upon one occasion he called in each of his servants, and separately exhorted them to lead a Christian life, so that; they might meet him in heaven. Thus we see that this aged follower of Christ, even upon his death-bed, felt it his indispensa ble duty to labor tor his Master’s kingdom. Uncle Lindsey was truly a man of God, up ' ! right in his walk and godly in his conversation, j Weep not, thou aged and stricken wife, and you ye devoted children—your husband and fa-1 i ther, who on earth was so much loved, honored i and respected, has gone to join that happy shi | ning band in God’s bright world above, where: I affliction and death can no more torture him. “ Blessed are the dead who die In the Lord.” A Friend. Summerville, Ga., January 31, 1862. j In Dalton, Ga., on the first inst., Mrs. E. K. Vandivere, consort ot the late Rev. Matthew W. Vandivere, in the sixty-fifth year of her age. The deceased was born on the 28th of February, 1798, and baptized by old father Watley in the fifteenth year of her age, having walked with God for fifty years. Her whole life was marked with piety and Christian love. Having i filled her mission here, God called her above, where she could rest in peace with the good ! who have gone before her over Jordan—where her joys will be eternal, and her summer never I fade, and where death dare not enter. Dalton, Feb. 2, 1863. J- E. C. [CAriatwn Index and Soldiers' Friend please : copy. Died, in Marietta, on the 24th inst., of the ef fects of scarlet fever, James Scott Gignilliat, youngest son of the late Henry G. Gignilliat, of Glynn county. Truly deatliTn< chosen for his victim a bud of the fairest promise, and by his my touch desolated our homes. Darling “J. 5.,” we shall miss thy affectionate tones and lis-> ten never more to thy innocent prattle; but we feel thou art infinitely happier safely folded in the bosom of Jesus, who has said “ for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Yes! he is now an angel, and walks in Jesus' sight. “A harp within his little hand, 11 P raise him day and night—” Er lle , n , ever more he’ll feel the pains He felt while here below, Ono MO “ ore wUI 8orro «’ cause One bitter tear to flow. Not willingly the Lord afflicts, ?" eves the sons of men— Tis but to wean our souls from earth, And break the bonds of sin ’ Then let the remnant of our days Be to His service given, J Who takes our idols from our hearts To call us home to heaven. M. Died, in the city of Atlanta, at the residence of the late Colonel W. T. Wilson, on the 12th of September, 1862, sister Rebecca Frances Lumpkin, wife of John 11. Lumpkin, of Schley county, and daughter of Ezekiel Stanly, of Monroe county, Ga. The deceased graduated at the Female College in LaGrange, which was then under the direction of President Mont gomery. In her early youth she united with the M, E. Church, and continued an earnest, devoted and pious member until the time of her decease, in her thirtieth year. Sister Lumpkin possessed that richest of all ornaments, a meek and quiet spirit, and in all the relations of life exhibited that gentleness and amiability of character so becoming to an humble follower of the meek and lowly Saviour. During her last illness the writer had an interview with her, in which she spoke freely, though in a feeble voice, of her interest in the dear Saviour, and her prospect of getting to “ the better land.” She was a friend to the poor, and spent much of her time in works of benevolence and charity. One of her last acts, before her confinement to her room, was to prepare a box of hospital stores for the sick and suffering soldiers of our army. Sister Lumpkin was a devoted wife, a fond mother, a humane mistress, and an obliging neighbor. She has left an affectionate husband, two dear little children, and many friends to mourn her loss. But they sorrow not without hope. When again the balmy spring returns, the green grass and the blushing flowers will a.dorn her quiet resting-place. AUCTION SALES, BY CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO. & J. Shackelford, Auctioneer. THE REGULAR AUCTION SALES of our house will hereafter be on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS OF EVERY WEEK, AT HALF-PAST TEN O’CLOCK A. M- All goods, wares and chattels should be sent in the evening before, or early in the morning of sale day. STOCK SALES OF HORSES, MULES, ETC., will commence at FOUR o’clock in the after noon on each regular sale day. Feb. 21 6m No. 8. CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, TV u ctio n e e r s, AND DEALERS IN NEGROES, No. *• 8.” Whitehall Street, (Opposite the “Intelligencer” printing office,) ATLANTA, GA. In addition to our j AUCTION AND NEGRO HOUSE, \ at No. 8 Whitehall street, we have FIRE-PROOF STORAGE of three thousand barrels capacity at our new Ware-Rooms —No. 1 Alabama street. Our NEGRO YARD and Lock-Up, at No. 8, are safe and comfortable. Dealers and other parties will find us pre pared to feed and lodge well; and, from experience in the business since our boyhood, TO HANDLE THE NEGRO PROPERLY. Charges reasonable and right, and satisfac tion guarantied in every instance. Parties at a distance may know our market , by addressing us. CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO., No. 8 Whitehall street, Feb. 21 6m AfZanta, Ga. 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. I 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.
