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to parent, friend and brother. Yes. affiic - ed mourner, lift up the bowed head ; wipe away the falling tear; hush the voice o lamentation; receive “ the oil o joy mourning, the garments of p*aise m ’ spirit of heaviness ; ” l ike P_ aVI . little child was taken from him, anoint thy self, change thy apparel, enter into the house of the Lord and worship-for can you by your tears “ bring back your loved ones? Ye shall go to them, but they shall not return to you.’’ Sorrow-stricken fellow-citizen of our bleeding country, from whose side the de mon of war or the ruthless hand of pesti lence has snatched a dear friend, or son, or brother —know that they, if true soldiers of the Cross as well as valiant defenders of their country’s liberties, are now pension ers in heaven on God’s unfailing bounty, and awaiting your arrival there. Sorrowing parent, no longer mourn as those without hope. Calm thy troubled bosom with the submissive philosophy of Job, who, when similarly bereaved, ex claimed: “The and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.” A few more days of care and nights of sorrow, and you shall clasp that child in the warm embrace of affection, in celestials seats above. Father, mother, brother, sister, friend, still strive, through sore-besetting trials and fiery temptations, to “walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you have been called,” and you shall final ly meet—and not only meet, but bask for ever in each other’s smiles. “ I count the hope no day-dream of the mind, No vision lair of transitory hue; 1 he souls of those whom once on earth we knew, And loved, and walked with in communion kind, Departed hence, again in heaven to find, Such hope to nature’s sympathies is true; And such we deem the Holy Word to view Unfolds; an antidote for grief designed, One drop from comfort’s well. Nor shall we find More joy from aught in that celestial seat, Save fiom God’s presence, than again to greet Eah other’s spirits, there to dwell combined In brotherhood of love.” Salem, Va., Feb. 17, ’63. W. M. ■ > ♦ > —— Tribute of Respect. Whereas, An all-wise Providence has been pleased to remove from us, by death, our beloved brother, Georoe Barton, who united with this Church on the Bth day of August, 1858, in the 18th year of his age; and whereas, he fell as a Christian and pa triot, a faithful sacrifice to truth, to justice, and to liberty of conscience. Another good and noble-hearted yoqng man is gone to his last rest, with every ac tion in life stamped with the impress of honesty. In the family, with his parents, brothers and sisters, he best exemplified that meekness, humility and patience which so much characterize the followers of Christ. As a son, he was gentle, kind and affection ate. He has left many relatives and friends to mourn his early departure hence. But they mourn not without hope. Therefore be it Resolved, That in the death of our beloved brother, we feel an irreparable -loss; yet we feel cheered in our sorrow by the bright evidence that our brother gave of his tri umphant victory over death and his joyful entrance into rest. Resolved, That this notice be published in the Baptist Banner, and entered on the Church book ; and that a copy of this be presented to the bereaved family of the de ceased. Levi Loveless, 1 q James Flowers, - g Henry Boozar, ) • Mount Zlou Baptist Church, Gwinuett county — +,. Wesley his Companion.— He could be noble in reproofs, as in all things.— Joseph Bradford was for many years his traveling companion, and considered no as sistance to him too servile, but was subject to changes of temper. Wesley directed him to carry a package of letters to the post; Bradford wished to hear his sermon first. Wesley was urgent and insisted; 1 Bradford refused. “Then,” said Wesley, “ you and 1 must part.” “Very good, sir,” said Bradford. They slept over it. On rising next morn-' ing, Wesley accosted his <dd friend, and asked if he had considered what he had said, that they must part. “Yes, sir,” replied Bradford. “And must we part?” “Please yourself, sir,” was the reply. “Will you ask my pardon?” rejoined Wesley. “No, sir.” “ You won’t ? ” “ No, sir.” “Then 1 will ask yours!” replied the great man. Bradford melted under the example, and wept like a child. Prosperity and Adversity.— Faith and friendship are seldom truly tried but in extremes. To find friends when we have no need of them, and to want them when we have, are both alike easy and common. In prosperity who will not profess to love a man, in adversity how few will show that they d mt. When we are happy in the spring-tide of abundance, and the rising flood of plenty, then the world will be our servants, then all around about us with bowed heads, with bended bodies and pro testing tongues. But when these pleasing waters begin to ebb, when our wealth be gins to leave us, then men look upon us at a distance. Our fortunes and ourselves are so closely linked, that we know not w hich is the cause of the love w e find. When these two part company, we may then dis cern to which of them affection will cling. " e carry our neighbor’s crimes in sight, and throw our own over our shoul ders. • fanner. yL fcl?pH M ‘The entrance of Thy Word giveth light’ - JAS. NATHAN ELDS, Editor. Associate Editors : H. C. HORNADY, Atlanta. J. M. WOOD, Newnan. A. C. DAYTON, La Fayette. D. P. EVERETT, Florida. ATLANTA, GrEOIIGrIA: SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1863. Editor is still absent. The Times. War. of itself, is a great evil, but is not to be compared with those which it produ ces. The wounds and carnage of the bat tle field are horrible to contemplate, be cause the eye takes in the whole sickening scene at one view, while the accompani ments of war must be examined in detail. If we desire to estimate the physical suffer ings of war, we must not confine our obser vations to the camp and field, but must go to the hospitals, the abodes of the wretched victims of disease. There we shall see grouped together the emaciated forms of thoste who are no longer able to shoulder the musket or carry the knapsack. There we shall see every form of disease to which man is subject in this . sinful and pestilential world. These suffer ers have fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters in their distant homes, and yet the hands of strangers minister to them and seek to soothe their afflictions. But neither are the physical sufferings of war confined to the hospitals. The . waste of supplies, the destruction of prop erty necessarily attendant upon the move ments of great armies, are sure in the end to produce scarcity, and consequently high prices for all the substantial? of life. And here the citizen comes in for his share of the evils of war. The soldiers must be fed and clothed ; their wants must first be sup plied, and if any are compelled to sutler, the evil must fall upon non-combatants. But the greatest evils of war are of a moral nature. The lust of gain is the hy dra which first shows his monster head upon the surface of society. The derange ment of commerce, and the abandonment of business by so many who are converted into soldiers, present the opportunities for great gains, and men suddenly become the * owners of unexpected fortunes. The suc cess of one becomes a stimulus to others, and the evil grows so contagious that all classes of men are affected by it; and soon all who have nerve and capital are rushing pell mell into this mighty struggle for gain. Then we see the spectacle of princely mag nificence beside the most squalid poverty ; people may complain, and justly, but still this is one of the inevitable evils of war. I say inevitable, because it is a rule without an exception. Hard upon the heels of the evil just enumerated is the loss of confi dence and the breaking up of the social bonds. Those who find themselves grow ing poorer ever/ day look upon the man whom they know to be growing richer [as an invader of their rights, although he may never have bought from, or sold to, them to the value of a dollar, It is enoueh : to embitter their hearts that they are be- I coming poor while he is amassing wealth. The loss of confidence, and the engendering of malice are dreadful evils in a communi i ty, and ought to be repressed by every possible means. Better a thousand times • let the extortioner pocket his enormous gains in peace than to ti: a whole com munity into Ishmaelites, with every one’s hand against his neighbor. Another evil of war is, that society is, to a great cxtbnt, deprived of the support which a sound public opinion affords. The maxim which grows out of war is that might makes right, and the swoid is more influential than truth and righteousness. Men set religion at defiance, and laugh at virtue as an old-fashioned weakness; professors ot religion give way to the pres sure, an J are found floating upon the angry and corrupt flood ot publie depravity ; the press—the great conservator of society caters to vitiated public taste, and every landmark is swept away except those which are found in the incorruptible Word of God, and in the Church, which is the pillar and ground of the truth. True Christians are the world’s only hope. They are the salt ot the earth, and through them society must be conserved or go to inevitable ruin. But are there to be found Christian men and i BOHO. women equal to these times ? Momentous question ! my heart trembles for the an swer. If God intends to save this land, then there are genuine Christians who will stand in the breach and arrest the mighty tide of destruction. They may escape the public observation, for the true children of God are a meek and lowly race, but their influence — silent and unobtrusive —is pene trating the corrupting mass of disordered society, and staying the progress of putre faction. Child of God I wherever thou art, now is the time for thee to exert all thy power. A prayerful spirit and a holy life thou must have if thou wouldst stem the tide and save a sinful world. From the mighty tread of embattled hosts thy country turns to thee, and through the proclamation of her Chief Magistrate, has invoked thy aid in the day of her peril. Through her Chief Executive she calls thee to grasp the mighty w’eapon of prayer, and wield it before the Mercy Seat. Let that weapon never be laid aside until thy country’s de liverance is completed, and until she shall take her place amongst the nations of the earth. H. Logic of the Tripod. SYLLOGISM I. If the opposers of the Convention reason ; illogically, the Convention is Scriptural. H. C. 11. is an opposer of the Conven- . tion, and reasons illogically. Therefore the Convention is Scriptural. SYLLOGISM 11. i If the friends of the Convention reason [ logically, the Convention is Scriptural. The editor of the Index is a friend to the > Convention, and reasons logically. Therefore the Convention is Scriptural. > Take the logical chair, brother B. i All right. i A church of Jesus Christ can not legislate because it is restrained by Scripture. The I powers granted it are clearly defined and ‘ effectually limited by the laws of its Great I ’Head. Tract Societies, being unknown to Scripture, may legislate, pass laws, saying i how much each member must pay. I know s of one Tract Society which has passed a - law’, saying how n/tuch each member shall pay. That is the Bible and Colporteur So- I ciety at Macon. It has a law requiring the i payment of twenty dollars to constitute one I a member of it, and the payment of a f smaller sum will secure annual member ship. And the same is true of the Bienn+ al Convention. It has a latv saying how , much each member shall pay annually. In proof of this statement, I will introduce a i witness whose testimony ought to be satis factory to brother B. It is an extract from I the Christian Index of March 30, 1863, in • regard to the Biennial Convention, and is - as follows: I “It is not yet known who will be the • Georgia delegates, nor what will be their . number, as this will be decided at our State Baptist Convention, and will depend upon the amount of contributions sent up; and ’ we hope the contributions will be large, as thus many delegates may be sent, and of course more funds for purposes of good will be . procured.” If then the Convention has legislated, passed laws, saying how much each mem ber shall pay annually, surely it is logical [ to say it can. 1 hope the Index will copy the whole of this article, just to show how . illogically an opposer of the Convention , reasons. jj — Moneys Received for Colportage. Ke\. I. 1 age, Chaplain 57th Tennessee* Regiment, “ Rev. B. M. Taylor, Chaplain 23d Ten nessee Regiment, 3 00 . A Soldier 000 Rev. A. B. Moore, 17th Tenn. Reg’t, 5.00 1 Brother Wm. Huff has returned from . his tour in South-Western Georgia, and reports about *2500.00 collected for Army , Col portage. He will leave in a few days ’tor his home in Virginia, but will make a full report as soon as he can have time for . such work. He will return to this State: . so as to be at our Con vention—which is to! - meet in Griffin the 4th Sabbath inst.. at l . which it is to be hoped he will have an op portunity for presenting the claims of Ann v Colportage. * *■ * , The Weather. On Tuesday night of this week the . weather was extremely cold for the season. ater thrown upon the ground on Wed nesday morning would freeze in a few min utbs. The fruit in this section is doubtless seriously injured. The wheat crop is not; sufficiently advanced to suffer from this! cold snap, and it is to be hoped that this will be the last. Verily, winter lingers in the lap of spring. Since writing the above, it has been sta ted by persons who are posted upon the subject, that the fruit is not destroyed. In Louisville, on the 11th ult., the de mand for the notes of the three old Banks ot Tennessee was good at 2@2| premium. Southern currency is generally from 23 to 30 per cent discount. • [For The Baptist Banner.} For several weeks brother Selvidge has been holding nightly meetings, for the spe cial benefit of the soldiers at this place. His preaching has been attended with much success. Crowds have gathered around the seat of prayer, and numbers will forever more rejoice that they visited the house of the Lord. Soldiers connected with the hospitals here manifested great interest in hearing the plan of salvation and listening to the story of the cross. Brother Selvidge has been the instrument by which much good has been done; and it is to be hoped that his success will stimulate others to re- I newed energy and zeal in the good work. The soldiers about the hospitals are much i more accessible than while in the field, and f if ministers generally would take pains, I wherever this class of soldiers may be in their reach, much good might be done. i Let brother Selvidge’s example be gener ; ally followed, and eternity will unfold the 1 vast amount of good which may be done. D. Dalton, Ga., Ist April, 1863. ♦ A Private Soldier’s View and Opin* ion. Danville, Va., March 8, 1863. Dear Brother Editor: Permit me again to trouble you, as I feel solemn about the [condition in which our loved country is. Io look around us and see the troubles, trials and difficulties to which we are tend ing our enemies arrayed against us on every side and in such great numbers, and we so few, comparatively—it seems that we will be overwhelmed, but when we cast our eyes up we know’ where we can get assistance and deliverance if we will but humble ourselves before our God. If He is for us, who can be against us? If He is for us, the combined world cannot over come us; but I fear that w’e are too much depending on our own strength. I believe that when we repent and turn unto the Lord He will have mercy and remove this calamity from us, and drive back and con- I fuse our evil foes; but our people are not 'yet scourged enough to cause them to bow 'and pray always, and in all things to give thanks. There area good number of our soldiers that seem to be concerned about their soul’s salvation. I bless the name of the Lord that he has brought me through many dangers. I passed through the bat tles of Richmond ; heard many messengers of death bursting around and over me, and I many of my comrades fell around me; but |1 thank God He has said—and it is truth, Ilis Word is truth —“ lam with you always even unto the end of the world.” “ Thou sands shall fall at thy side, and ten thou sand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.” But I feel sad while I write. lam far away from home and from those 1 love. When I left I had a lovely , and affectionate wife and children ; but my home has been made sad to my dear com panion by death’s resistless hand in the re moval of my dear little boys. One of them W’as called on the twentieth of Janu ary, and the last one was removed the sec ond of February. My happy home has been made desolate to my dear companion, and Jam far away from her. I have dear parents, brother and sisters. I had as ma-1 ny ties to break as any man, but, God be-[ ing my protector and helper, I will try to' compose myself in all my troubles and dis- ' Acuities, and my separation from all that I hold dear, till our country is made free— leaning upon th? strong arm of God. Gh! that the people of God would be more prayerful and Jacob like. Brother Editor, how I would welcome one of your papers to-day. lam a native born Georgian. I love my native State. She has done nobly in furnishing men and' means for this war, and has cared for her' brave sons. I belong to company I, 44th regiment Georgia Volunteers. My home 1 is at Rutledge, on the Georgia Railroad, in' 'the county of Morgan. You may insert these few badly written lines in your col (Uinns if you will correct mistakes. My ■mind is in a bad condition. I have been afflicted a good long time. The climate does not a<;ree with me, and the exposure is too much for me. Oh! if I had to-dayj one of your papers I would prize it so highly. | 1 am, as ever, your brother in Christ, Private S. L. PATTI LLO. ATLANTA, GA., April 1, 1861. Dear Banner: I have distributed during the past month: ; 140 Testaments for the Mississippi Central Sol- diers’ Bible Society. I 19 Testaments, obtained ofbro Flornady’s ag’cy. II Hymn Books, “ 120 Soldiers’ Text-Books, “ 4 Bibles, “ “ “ “ 1 • 11,060 pages of Tracts, “ “ “ “ ; 7,060 “ “ “ from Evangelical Soc’ty. 1 420 religious papers. Yet what are these among the many brave troops of our Confederacy, who clamor for, the bread of Life? Many more could be used, and should be distributed in all parts' 'of our army. We must minister to the; 1 spiritual wants of those who are giving up their all to succor us our homes, our liber ties, our lives Very respectfully, W. 11. Robert. * The Star of Betlilelicin. I A traveler over the desert left his tent one evening alone, for the purpose of ob . taining a view of the sea, which his Arab 1 servant told h'in could be seen from a little i elevation in the distance. On reaching the - point indicated, the view was truly sublime, f The sea in all its grandeur lay before him, ? its restless billows dashing on the shore 1 while the interminable waste of sand stretch j ed almost as far as the eye could see, save i where the lofty mountains reared their 1 snow-covered Summits to the skies. 1 The exceeding beauty of the scene so - captivated him that all else was at the time . forgotten, until the shades of evening ad -1 monished him to return. But the sudden 1 gusts of wind which swept over the desert, , here raising the sand in mounds, then de -1 pressing the surface like the gently undula . lating of our own land, had so much changed - the appearance of the spot, that the terrible j conviction came over his mind that he was lost. lie wandered about for some time in vain; wearied and sad, he resolved to lie down until morning should come to his aid. But as he lay, thoughts of the fierce Be douin, that scourge of the desert, came across him. Then fears of the terrible ! beasts, who select the darkness of the night , to seek their prey, overcame all other con siderations, and he determined to make one effort more; and what was his joy, on . reaching one of these sandy elevations, to see the faint glimmering of a light! Could it be an Arab tent ? no matter—at all haz ards it must be reached. But no sooner had he descended from the spot where he stood, than the billowy surface hid it from j his view. Here was anew difficulty—how , was it to be overcome ? Again he reached . the rising ground,.and fixed on a star in the direction he sought; he followed it like the Magi of old, till it brought what proved to , be his own tent. , Traveler to eternity ! in gazing on the . pleasures of this fleeting world, in thus suf fering its cares to engross so much of your attention, you have lost your way. Allure ments are on every side to ensnare you, , and Satan goes about like a roaring lion . seeking whom he may devour. Arise ! L the star of Bethlehem shines on thee; sol s low’ its guidance—it shall lead thee to thy j home. Christian bearing the burden and heat of 9 the day, has thy faith grown faint? Dost ] thou see no reward for thy labors? Are J thy prayers unanswered? Has Christ’s' service become a task ? Is the yoke griev , ous, or do' the corruptions and deceitfulness of thy heart cause thee to filter? Art thou oppressed and wearied with thine earthly allotment? Lookup! The day star beams on thee i Soon shall it guide thee to thy Father’s house ! “Let us Feteli the Ark.” In the early days of Israel, when there was “no king, and every man did that which was right in his own eyes,” when ’ the corruption of the people had invaded the sanctuary, and the priests were leaders only in debauchery, the Philistines came up against “ the land,” and defeated its ar my, in a pitched battle, with great slaugh ter. “ Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us?” was the exclamation of the retreating host: “Let us fetch the ark of the cove ; nant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, [that when it cometh unto us, it may save us out of the hands of our enemies.” And ;so they brought the ark to the camp—the priests accompanying it —and when it came , there, “ Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.” The Philis tines heard and were afraid, “ God has come unto the camp. Wo unto us ! Who shall deliver us?” Yet they dared even “those gods, that smote the Egyptians with all the [plagues in the wilderness,” as they them . seives acknowledged, but upon whom now ' Israel’s sin had brought so much dishonor, and he was smitten, with a terrible slaugh ter, the ark of God was taken, and the priests—Hophni and Phineas—who had; ; polluted the people by their vices, were, ,slain. Is there nothing instructive in this frag ( ment of early history I Does it not teach us that there may be a superstitious reli ance for security upon the externals of re ligion, which may be disastrously disap . pointed ? Had Israel repented of his sin, and ' turned to God with his whole heart, he i would have more certainly achieved suc-i 'cess than by relying upon the presence of 1 the ark in the camp. The messengers! 1 could fetch it there, but they could not' bring God with it; though the people! might have had his presence and deliver ance had they been truly contrite. The lesson may be appropriate to us, now that I I we are observing another season of humil- j pation and prayer, and that for the very: purpose tint prompted Israel to fetch the ' ark into the camp. We desire victory over our enemies and deliverance from their j hand, and we, too,' should beware, lest we only fetch the ark, emptied of the divine glory, deserted by the Shekinah. Let us j learn that there is a so-cfWled religious trust, that is not answered by deliverance, j It is not superstition that will save us ; no mere adhesion to a creed, however true, will ensure us the divine favor. We may call on the ministers <f God to bring their most sacred things, we may subscribe to all the symbols of a correct faith, we may surround the camp and its hosts with the nht*- - --- _ 1 'most fervent utterances of the praying few we may bring the ark into the midst of it, and yet, after all, may have come no nearer to God —brought him no nearer to us. All this may be'but a mockery of true religion'" '—a mummery—an incantation —a trust " 1 like that in amulets and charms, which gives no sure promise of success. Israel would have been protected had the ’ people been true to God. Os this they were ’ assured by many rich promises. Their ■ hearts needed purifying, their live re-mod- ' j eling. They should have gone to Shiloh, P to bring the wicked priests and rulers (for such they were, as well as priests,) to jus- ■- tice, to purge the sanctuary, to repent be fore God, and to renew their vows of fidel p 'ty. They should have returned to the - battle, pardoned of sin, accepted of God, and armed with all the blessings assured by Ilis promises. And if we would succeed ’ in our efforts at self-preservation, we should be warned by their mistake, and learn wis -- dom from their folly. It is the abandon j ment of sin, the subjection of the heart, the j e return of the people to their allegiance to God, that He would have—not shouting over the ark or glorifying the parapherna e lia of religion. He would have contrition e and a righteous life; not merely the ap pointment and observance of fasts, the for mal but heartless approach to His mercy seat, the confession of dependence and 2 helplessness without the fruits of a sincere i penitence, as exhibited in a godly life. Let t us beware, lest thinking we have God in . the camp, we have only the empty ark, 5 from which God has departed —which can give us no protection against our enemies. 1 —Southern Christian Advocate. ) * I The Yankees are disgusted already with - their experiment in cotton growing by . “contraband” labor. Gen. Hunter, who especially champions the negro movement, has put his-Port Royal settlement to rais -1 ing corn instead of.cotton. The New York Tribune says: “ One of the reasons for the change is the • discrepancy between the financial profits of , last year’s cotton crop and the Government ( capital invested in it. It is true, uncontrol- able meteorological causes had mest to do with the unsatisfactory crop, but in the ' present straightened condition of the nation- - al finances, it is well argued, similar invest . mentis of uncertain promise must be dis countenanced.” The New York Argus adds: “It is stated that every pound of cotton 1 ' produced by the negroes at Beaufort, has ■ cost the Government twenty dollars per • pound. “ Thus everything these philanthropists promised us has failed—every effort in the P way of war, every enterprise of peace. The negro was to rush to the rescue of our arms, ' but he did not. He was to sustain and feed ’• our armies, but he is a burthen on them. — 1’ He was to supply the North with free labor cotton; he fails in that. He is now to be sent to raising corn, as if that must not still more surely fail.” Negro Shot.—On Friday evening after i dark, one of the guard at the barracks, ac companied to the pump, near Wesley Chapel, to get a bucket of water, I at Ma guire, a prisoner, who was under arrest and confined in the barracks charged with forging pay rolls. After filling the bucket Pat started back with it, but sudden ly dropped it and broke to run. Britt, the guard, did not fire immediately, as Maguire was in range of Judge Ezzard’s house, but calling upon Pat to stop, and moved him self towards the sidewalk so that the house would not be in front when he fired. The charge missed the prisoner, but took effect upon a’ negro belonging to Jas. C. Davis, cutting his jugular vein and killing him in stantly. The negro had just been pur chased by Mr. Davis for *2,250. The prisoner escaped. Britt is said to be an excellent soldier, a steady man, and deeply regrets the unfor tunate accident. Maguire is an Irishman, 26 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high, blue eyes, fair hair, and fair complexion.— Atlanta Confederacy. 1 Prospective Tumble in Prices.—The following admonition of‘An Old Merchant,’ through the Mobile Advertiser de Register, is timely and truthful, and should be heeded : It will not require actual peace or final opening of the blockade to bring prices .down. The first tangible indication of such a result would convert every holder into a 'seller, and drive ail demand from the mar ket, and that within twenty-four hours after such a belief had settled upon the public ; mind. Let all concerned make a note of this; when this time comes, as corp • it will, such a sudden tumble in prices—such a melting of past profits—such a “ wiping out” of past fortunes, will be interesting to I a fleeced public, and a caution to all specu -1 lators, save a fortunate few, who have had ] the wisdom and prudence to “ stand from under ” in due time. The President has approved and I signed the Act of Congress recently passed, i regulating the issue and funding of Trea sury notes. It is well therefore, for the 'public to bear in mind, that under the pro ' visions of that Act, all Treasury notes not I bearing interest, issued previous to the Ist i December last, will cease to be fundable in eight per cent, bonds or stocks, on the 22d day of next month, but will be fundable in seven per cent, bonds until the Ist of August. The expectation of a premium i upon these notes has been defeat< d by the concentration in Richmond of large amounts from all parts of the Confederacy, lhe flow in that direction will doubtless continue until the 22d of April. He who makes an idol of his interest, will make a martyr of his integrity. It is as difficult to preserve fame, as it was at first to acquire it.