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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.”
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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.
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“ 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.
