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[For The Baptist Banner ]
Yankee Oppression; or, The Offence
and the Penalty*
Dear Brother El’s: ,
As I am just released from aseven months
captivity in a Yankee bas.ile, I have thought
i. m-ht not be uninteresting to your readers
if 1 should give, in The Bn«r,l sho.t
sketch of my experience while subjected to
this ignominious captivity, together with
the circumstances of my arrest and release.
And I shall not he laying -myself open to
the imputation of egotism, I hope, it I ven
ture to express the opinion that to that por
tion of the readers of The Banner who
were formerly the patrons of the Tennessee
Baptist, the interest of my narrative may
be enhanced by the remembrances of for
mer days, r-nd by those relationships which
we sustained to one another growing out of
my connection with the latter paper as its
secular editor. I gladly embrace this op
portunity to greet them anew as brethren
and sisters beloved, partakers of the com
mon salvation, and heirs of the same bless
ed inheritance. I fear, indeed, that many of
them, in this most momentous interval,
have been made to drink deep draughts
from the cup of sorrow, and have been called
to take their full share in that fearful aggre
gate of suffering which has resulted from
the present sanguinary conflict. But yet,
they will not sorrow as those who have no
hope, nor will their grjef lack the mitiga
tion which cannot but spring from the re
flection that the very events which are
producing in them the acutest pain, are
most effectually contributing, under the
blessing of the Lord of Hosts, to the disen
thralment of themselves, their children, and
their fellow-citizens from the yoke of the
hated Abolitionists, and to the establish
ment and consolidation of the liberties and
independence of the Southern Confederacy.
I will speak of my arrest and release
first, and reserve for the next number of
The Banner a statement of the horrors
which I witnessed and endured during my
incarceration in the State Prison.
The circumstances of my arrest were on
this wise: On the 9th of November last,
1 was called to deliver a funeral oration over
the grave of a beloved brother —or rather,
I would say, father—in Christ, the late John.
Corbitt, a member of the Spring Street
Church, at Nashville, and a most true and
devoted friend of our beloved brother, J.
R. Graves. Brother Corbitt, though in the
seventy-fourth year of his age, had, up to
the time of his death, been blessed with a
most vigorous state of health, and bid fair
to enjoy many years of life and usefulness.
He had lived nearly all his life in Nashville,
and for nearly thirty years immediately
preceding his death had been a Justice of
the Peace, of that city. I think it may be
said that, us a man of probity and integrity,
he was universally respected. On.the night
■of. the last day of October or the first of
November, three Federal Soldiers entered
his premises for the purpose, it would seem,
•of driving off some or the whole of his
stock. The barking of his dogs awoke him,
and being apprehensive of something wrong,
he went into his stable yard, where he en
countered the three ruffians alluded to, in
Federal uniform. He remonstrated with
them and tried to dissuade them from their
thievish purpose. Tne only response he
received was a blow on the skull, struck
with a huge square piece of rock, which was
afterwards found with the felt of his hat
and with some of his hair and clotted blood
attaching to it. His skull was literal!v
smashed, and he fell insensible to the ground.
By this lime his son, living on an adjoining
lot, had been aroused by the noise and
•came to his father’s rescue, and conveyed
ihim to the house, whence he never again
departed till he was carried to his tomb.
llh remained in a state of almost entire un
consciousness for about six or seven days,
and was buried as 1 have stated on Sunday,
the 9.h of November.
The circumstances connected with his
death, his social position, and the respect in
which he was held by the community at
large, brought together a large concourse of
people, numbering several hundred, to wit
ness the obsequies—amongst them were
some sixty or seventy of the Abolition sol
diery. AV uh such surroundings—confronted
■on the one hand by those dastardly ruffians,
among whom stood, probably, the murder
ers themselves, and on the other, by the
aged widow, almost frantic with grief, by i
his sons and daughters, and a host of help
less, and now, alas ! almost friendless or
phans, to whom he had sustained the
generous part of a most kind and tender
hearted f ster-father, il certainly was not
in a man’s nature —at any rate not in one
of my temperament —to remain impassive
in the midst of such incitement to feelings
commingling grief and indignation. Yield
ing, then, to the impulses which the occasion
supplied, 1 denounced in terms of severity
this and like atrocities which just then were
being daily perpetrated by the soldiery. I
denounced the dastardly cowardice of such
outrages, and insisted strongly upon the
unsoldterly character of such atrocities, re
minding these imbruted mercenaries, that
it wtq as much characteristic of the true
soldier to shield the defenceless and pro
tect the weak, as it is to be cool and collect
ed in tie midst of danger, and to be brave and
intrepid in the face of the foe. I then ad
verted to the assurances and pledges which
had been given with so much emphasis, and
such a show of ostentatious magnanimity,
in the proclaimations of Generals and “Mil
itary Governors,” assuring the citizens of
Nashville that the Federal army had come
not a* Enemies but as friends, and that, if
need be, the whole force of this army would
be put in requisition to secure their safety
and protection. 1 then remarked upon the
maimer in which these pledges had been
redeemed, and shewed that vke were receiv
ing at the hands of the soldiery just that
kind ot protection that the wolf gives the
lamb, and with which we could very well
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have dispensed. I then shewed that if there
was any power or authority capable oi
putting a stop to these outrages those en
trusted with it had, by forbearing to exercis.
it, forfeited all the confidence which the
citizens might have b-en inclined to repost
in them, and on every principle, both of
common law and commo i sense, must be
held as acce-sories to the crime committed,
and to be as guilty as the actual perpetrators
themselves.
Tnese topics embrace all of my address
that had any reference to, or interest for,
the soldiery.
It will be seen at once, that, however un
palatable these sentiments might be to the
military, they certainly did .not violate any
law, either of Tennessee or of the United
Slates, and could not, therefore, justify my
arrest. Notwithstanding, 1 had scarcely
reached the street when I was confronted
with six or eight soldiers and told to con
sider myself under arrest. I was taken by
them to head quarters, and, after a little
questioning by General Negley, without
being confronted by a single witness, was
sent to the State Prison—where 1 remained
closely confined until Tuesday, the 9th of I
June, when, about eleven oclock in the |
morning, the officer in charge put into my j
hand the following notice:
“Pkovost Marshal’s Office, 1
Nashville, Te>n., Juue 8, 1863. f
To Mr. John Tovell:
You will take notice that you will be required to
go South of the Federal lines within one day from
date,
By order of JOHN R. MARTIN,
Col. & Provost Marshal.”
“ JOHN CONOVER,
Cape. Commanding Guard.” .
This notice, a'though dated the Bth, was
not served on me till about eleven o’clock
on the morning of Tuesday the 9th of June.
I at once became aware that I should have
to leave, perhaps in a few minutes, but at
most, in two or three hours, and as such an
order as this had been utterly unexpected
by me, I was quite unprepared for the trip 1
was required to make. So near-my home,
and shut up in prison, I had no need of ei
ther money or clothing except to the meagre
extent sufficient to meet the necessities of
the position I then occupied. I deem it a
fortunate—or rather, I should say, provi
dential —circumstance that just at this mo
ment my wife made me her usual daily
visit, which was at least two or three hours
earlier than her usual time. Upon my in
forming her how matters st >od, sr.e hastened
home to procure me the money and clothing
necessary to enable me to prosecute my
journey with some comfort; but she had
not been gone two minutes before an escort
arrived to march me out of the Federal
lines instanter. I had no alternative but to
start off at once, taking with me such things
as 1 had, and reconciling myself as best I
could to the condition of, at least, temporary
destitution, even of the eommomst necessa
ries, in which the exigencies of the hour
• had involved me. I made arrangements
with two ladies, a mother and daughter,
from Kentucky, who were being banished
in a similar maimer from husband, father
and home, to ride in the vehicle with which
they had provided themselves, as far as
Kingston Springs, twenty-three miles from
Nashville, which we reached with comfort l
and safety by about half-past six o’clock in
the evening. At this delightful retreat I
was most kindly entertained by the propri
etor, Captain Yeatman, and remained there
until Saturday morning, when, having ar
ranged for the conveyance of my carpet bag
and writing case by a loaded wagon, going
to Pulaski, some eighty five miles distant,
by the route we were compelled to travel,
which for a great part of the distance lay 1
through a wilderness known as ‘the barrens,’
I started, on foot, keeping company with
the wagon, and camping out in the wools
four nights out of the six which intervened
in traversing the region between Kingston
Springs and Pulaski, and arrived safely at
the latter point on Friday, the 19th inst,
when I took the railroad and whence I was
brought by continuous railroad travel to
this city. I arrived here at three o’clock
on Sunday morning the 12-. t inst. Through
the generosity and kind hospitality of dear
brethren and friends, I have wanted no yood
thing ; and have certainly had abundant
demonstration, both ocular and gastric, that
there is no ground for apprehending famine
and starvation in the South, w hatever Yau i
kee mendacity may alledge to the contrary.
1 am, dear brother,
I • Yours in Christ,
JOHN TOVELL.
To tli<y Public.
From and after the 29th Apr 1, 1863, in
the sale of ‘The Confederate Monitor,’ and
all other works published by me, twenty
five cents, on each copy sold, shall be do
i nated to establish and support a Soldiers’
Orphans’ Male and Female School, said
i School to be established in Atlanta or its
vicinity.
• The editor of the Atlanta (Ga.) Baptist
| , Banner, is appointed to receive any and all
i o?ontri but ions made to the object and pur
. i pose above stat' d.
I propose to be one of twenty who may
t donate SSO each into the hands of the par
ity above mentioned, as the starting point
- tor the establishment of the institution
- above des -ribed, and hope that this hum
| will be cheerfully responded
. to even by more, and many more, than the
i nineteen who are called upon in this article
I to lay the foundation of an institution w hich
, must eventually elevate to posts of honor
. and responsibility, “at some future day in
f this infant Confederacy," many of our now
. humble and destitute orphans of soldiers
f who have freely given their lives in defence
| of liberty Ind their homes and hearths, so
sacred and dear to man.
i I herewith deposit SSO, together with
i $lO5, as the amount of proceeds of the per
cent, set apart in the sale of my publica-
- lions since the 29 h April, 1863.
> Respectfully, &e.,
I ( Atlanta, May 25,1863.’ H. W. R. JACKSON.
[For The'Baptist Banner.]
To Elder A. E. Dickinson.
My Dear Brother:
If this should meet your eye, let me beg
o f you to consider the destitution of our
irmy in the trans-Mississippi department;
and it is enough just to mention the fact
that there are more than 50,000 troops
there—that there have been thousands and
thousands of these in the hospitals at one
time. After severe battles, and fatiguing
marches, thousands of that noble army
have gone to their graves from our hospi
tals. But, my brother, no colporteur or
missionary, with the Testament or hyhm
book in his hind, ever visited them; for no
box of religious literature, or any distributer
of such reading has ever reached that de
partn.ent that 1 have heard of.
I cime here under orders, approved by
Lieut.-General Holmes, to procure colpor
tage literature. The Marion Board agrees
to give me three thousand Testaments and
300.000 pages of tracts. A noble gift in
deed! But w hat are these among so manj
hungry, dying souls? Same Board agrees
I to send two men, if they can be found; but
i they are not found yet. And then think of
I the position of the army—a portion in Texas
j—a portion in Louisiana—a portion in Ar
kansas, and a portion in the Indian Terri
tory ; each portion often two or three
hundred miles from another, and no railroad
communication. Are two men sufficient
for this vast field ? These poor soldiers
have been suffering and dying from the first
of the war—and yet hungering and thirsting
after the bread and water of life ; and from
the host of laborers east of the Mississippi,
cannot more than two be sent to this
of the Lord’s vineyard? We need all that
we can get!— and in the name of our Divine
Lord, and of Confederate soldiers destitute
jof the Word of God, I appeal to you to
i render us all possible aid that you can. And
. will all organizations cooperating with you,
Sand engaged in disseminating the Word of
God, and the support of the ministry among
the soldiers, consider this appeal addressed
to them ?
There are no publishing houses west of
the Mississippi river, aud no running the
blockade with r< l igious literature; hence
we can not buy the Bible there. And we
cannot get much aid from our pastors in vis
iting- the army, because of the general
destitution of our churches in times of
peace. To illustrate: In times of peace
there were but few churches that sustained
these pastors — now, in the entire State of
Arkansas, I think there is not one.
The soldiers are glad to hear the Word,
and if you can send us some brethren who
love Jesus, and the souls of men, there is no
place on the green earth where they could
do more good than in the trans-Mississippi
army.
Please correspond with me at Atlanta,
Ga., which will be my head quarters for
some weeks.
Your brother in Christ Jesus,
E. L. COMPERE.
Baptist papers please copy.
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[For The Baptist Banner ]
The Church at Corinth.
The Concord Association, at its last meet
ing, having njected our Chui ch in conse
sequence of our Articles of Faith; it wa<,
on motion of brother Tucker, resolved that
a committee be appointed to have the same
published, in order that the Baptist family
may know the grounds of our rejection.—
Brethren Tucker, Scruggs and Rivers were
appointed said Committee, in conference on
the second Saturday in February, 1863.
I Articles of Faith of the Baptist Church at
Corinth, Brooks County, Ga.
■ I- We believe the Bib’e to be the word of
God, written by men Divinely inspired, and
our only rule of faith and practice.
j 11. vVe believe in one living and true God,
s cousisting of three persons, the Fattier. Son
and Holy Spirit, and these three equal in wis
dom, power and glory.
111. We believe in the fall of man from his
original righteousness, and in the utter deprav
ity of his nature.
IV. VVe believe that a man is wholly unable
t > n cover himse.f from his los and ruined state;
butthat his inability to obey God’s laws, con
sisling in the depravity and rebellion of his
; nature, furnishes no excuse for rejecting the
call of the Gospel.
V. We believe in a covenant of redemption
; between the Father and the Son ; ihe doctrine
lof Election; effectual calling; justification by
I the imputed righ eousness ot Christ; regenera
! tion by the Holy Spirit; the unchangeable love
i of God to His people, aud their perseverance in
! grace to glory
VI We believe in the resurrection of the I
! body ; the tinal judgment; the eternal happiness;
of the righteous, and the endless misery of the
wicked.
VII. We believe that a properly constituted
Church of Christ-is, a congregation of immersed
bt lievers associatedly covenant in the fellowship
of the Gospel, and governed by the laws ot
Christ; the officers of the Church are Bishops
or Pastors, and Deacons; the ordinances are
immeision and the Lord's Supper the former
■ to be administered to believers only, by an
authorized administrator, aud ihe latter to such
persons only as are thus immersed.
\ 111 he beljevcj that the first day of the
week is the Lord's day, and to be kept holy, ami
to religious purposes—-works of necessity and
' mercy only being allowed.
i ~
Special Notice. *
Ihe friends <t the Cherokee sufferers
w ho desire to send them clothing, may put
up in boxes such articles as blankets, quilts,
domestics, jeans, and anything that will
' make them comfortable, and direct these
boxes to me, in care of The Baptist
Banner. •
Those who may desire longer time than
till the first of July to pi epare their con
tributions will please correspond with me
‘ at Atlanta. Do not fear your contribution
> will not be cared for because it may come
late— it will be sent to its destination if it
i comes during the inunsh of July.
E. L. COMPERE.
Spiritual religion is an affair between
G»»d and the soul, that is principally trans
acted when no eye sees.
[For The Baptist Banner.]
Marietta, Ga., May 30, 1863.
Editor of Baptist Banner:
Dear Sir: —What right have we, as a
I Christian people, to pray for, and ask the
assistance of, our Heavenly Father to pro
tect, shield and preserve from harm the
Confederate soldiery and government —
whilst we have, as a nation or government,
omitted, neglected or refused, in our Con
federate constitution, to recognize Him as
such ? Neither have we, in any of the va
rious articles of that constitution, covenant
ed with each other as children or brethren
of one common Father.
While in the act of secession, we made,
as a people, a solemn pledge, through ail
of our newspapers of the day and all of our
public speakers, that we were seceding from
ihe Northern States for the purpose of es
tablishing a government on the principles
of the institution of slavery as it existed
here in the Southern States. What are
those principles ?(:) —There exists but one
God in infinite space; He rules and con
trols supreme; He is the Father of all the
races of men. We find here in our midst
a portion of the' race of Ham, who, in their
native country, have not intelligence enough
to provide for, as a nation, the actual ne
cessaries ot life. God has, to make you
know your duty, made it to your pecuniary
interest to provide for and take care of
jour infant brethren in point of intellect—
His, so to speak, infant children ; has won
derfully blessed you in all your commer
cial relations, with many other comforts
enjoyed while doing so. Our relation to
ward them is that, of natural guardians—
the older brothers taking care of the young
er ones. Or, in other words, the principle
of the institution of slavery is that of broth
erhood.
Before the adoption of our Confederate
constitution, and while acting under that
solemn pledge above referred to, we fought
the battles of Fort Sumter and Big Bethel,
not losing a single man, except one wound
ed at Big Bethel, and that by violation of
express orders on his part. At the latter,
we contended with eight or ten to one, kill
ing and wounding four or five thousand of
the enemy. Soon after we adopted our
prestnt irreverent constitution, and have
been suffering, more or less, in every con
flict of arms since.
Now, my Christian friends, would you
like to have peace? would you put a stop
to this carnage, bloodshed and desolation
spreading all over our sunny South ? Then
call a convention of the people of the Con
federate States, and redeem that 'solemn
piedye; establish such a Constitution and
government that you will, as His children,
nave a moral right to ask Ills help and as
sistance in all your trials and troubles.—
Do it, and “ye shall go out with joy, and
be led forth with peace. The mountains
and the hills shall break forth before you
into singing, and all the trees of the field
shall clap their hands. Awake, awake”
uh, nry Christian friends, “ put on thy
strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful gar
ments, O« Jerusalem, the holy city : for
there shall no more come into
thee the uncircurncised and the unclean.”
“Shake thyself from thy dust, arise and sit
down, O Jerusalem ; loose thyself from the
hands of thy neck, O captive daughter ot
Zion.” Do you believe there exists in in
tinite;space but one God, the Author and
Creator of all things, who hits power
and the will, as taught us in the Bible, to
care for, help, aid and protect His dutiful
children? Then why should we be so ir
reverent, so remiss, in the organization of
our government, as not even to recognize
Him as such in it, nor our citizens as chil
dren of one common Father?
Am I told, in reply to these positions,
that the sovereignty of the Slate lies in the
people; that our people, being nearly alia
Christian people, it is therefore Useless to
alter our constitution as suggested ? I an
swer, that our people being a Christian
people, it becomes, on that very account,
more imperative that we should alter it—
th it their hearts and eyes maybe more
constantly directed to their God and King,
and not to their numerical numbers, when
our State may be endangered. Do you,
Gen. Led oi* President Davis, return thanks
to the sovereignty of the State in the peo
pie, after one of our signal victories, or to
the Source of all sovereignty—to our God,
who is King of kings and Lord of lords?—
Then let us, in our constitution, recognize
> Him as such.
The products of a country or government i
J should, in justice and of moral right, sus
•iin, support and build it up. Then put. a
clause in your constitution, declaring that
that shall be the way of raising revenue—
that is, by an export duty. Say that Con- ,
gress should pass a law, based on that
clause, that no cotton should be exported
out of the government at a less price that
twenty-five cents a pound, ten cents of than
to be the producer's for raising anil bring-'
ing it to market —the balance should be
ihe government’s, with which to pay our
war debt, build up a navy, and give a mil
itary education to every male child in all
the Slates, and a good common school edu
cation to every female child —all tree from
I cost to them or parents.• Prepare teachers
with it bv giving them, free of cost, a vol i
legiate education to teach your common
schools. Let all the export products of the
country pay such duty as would net, from
thqt cause, prevent their beiny exported.
What three States, by the action of rheir
’ Legislatures, will be first to make the call
for a convention of the Confederate Stans,
to change and alter our constitution as sug
gested, that we may have peace ?
1 am respectfully jours, &c„
’ CARY COX.
[ XV e give place to the foregoing as an
act of courtesy to the author. We bv no
means concur in some of his views.—Ed ]
Religion of the heart may justly and truly 1
be called the heart of religion.
THE GRAVE.
MATTHEW II MOORE was born, June
3d, 1831, in Greenville, 8. O, and died in R< me,
• Ga, May 19, 1863.
Brother Moore was immersed by Elder Dyer
about fifteen years ago. His life has been that
. of a Christian. He was always sensitive to ary
injuries done his Saviour. Tenacious of His
honor, lie was scrupulous in bis own conduct,
■ and in his cri ici>njs on the culpable delinqu- n
cies ot others. Rigid in his convictions < f duty
and o doctrine, ne endeavored to follow the
path of the Christian, d< spite the whims and
opinions of the v. oi id. Strict honesty marked
his business transactions; sympathetic affeclii n
glowed, in his intercourse with his mother, of
whom he was ever a warm-hearted son; and a
strong love for the Church evidenced itself in
his attendance upon its meetings. The death
of a devoied brother, a little more than two
j ears ago, seemed to make him more anxious
about his Christian character. That brother
was more public, because morp fitted, in his
manifestations of love lor the church, jet the
piety of Matthew was not the less genuine.
Several months befoie his death, he visited
Florida tor his health. But it was not the will
ot the Lord that it should be restored, and He
gi aciously led him back to his widowed mother’s
bosom, to bre ithe his life out, calmly reposing
on the strength of Jesus’ righteousness. He is
“ not dead, but sleepeth ! ” ”To die is gain ”to
him. Ah ! yes,- he has, we trust, gained my,
peace, holiness, pure society with Jesus and
angel? —and it is an eternal gain.
“Asleep in Jesus! 0 how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
. With holy confidence to s-ng ‘
That death has lost his venomed sting.”
May the Lord comfort his sorrowing mother
and sister I G.
Rev. L. W. MARBURY, ofTullahoma, de
parted this life on Thursday, 11th June, 1863.
Mr. Marbury was born in Rowan county, N.
C., June 24th, 1790, and was therefore nearly
seventy-three years of age He embraced reli
gion in 1822, and for many years past has been
a faithful Miniate** in the Baptist Church.
The simple upright demeanor of his life en
deared him to many hearts, and left for him a
monument of love in the hearts of the Church
in Middle-Tennessee. His greatest desire seem
ed to be to do what was right and just; and the
constant pract ce of equity, and a fearless de
nunciation of evil, built up for him a name of
which his surviving family may wqll leel proud.
His sons are absent, defending their State and
country, the freedom of which was one of the
dearest v ishes nf Mr. Marbury’s heart. True
it is that he had lived beyond the allotted time
of man ; but the friend who writes this cannot
but feel regret that his length of days was not
spread out till he cou’d have seen once more his
country at peace, and his family once more
gathered around the altar of his wn hearth
stone. G. W L. B.
u Stonewall ” Jackson ’
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ATLANTA, GA.
Goods bought, sold, a d shipped, on commission
also all business promptly fai hhtlly attended to.
Refers to a<-qiiaintani*os and business men here.
Atlai.ti, May 30, 1863.
Eowe. ranib«*ougli & Co.,
General Commission Merchants,
IN DANIELS’ AMI WlNSniP’s BLOCK,
ATLANTA, GA.
For the sale of PRODUCE, and all kinds
of MERCHANDISE; Negroes,
R*al Es ate, &c., &c. •
Orders and consignments respectfully solicited.
The Baptist Banner.
A RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY PAPER.
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.
The LADIES, the CHILDREN, and the
SOLDIERS IN OUR AfIMY, 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.'
JAMES N. ELLS & CO.,
January, 1863. . Atlanta, Ga.