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Atlanta. • .
Mayor Calhoun has issued a proclama
tion, calling upon residents, in the most
earnest manner, to be prepared to defend
their property and homes. Every citizen,
capable of bearing arms, is urged to enroll
his name, at once, on some company list;
and captains of companies already organized
are requested to i eport to Colonel Wrightj
who is charged with the deTence of the city.
lie also requests that all business houses
will be closed every Tuesday and* Friday
afternoon, to give opportunities for drill.*
The time has come when every man must
act. ‘ Home defence’ is the watchword.
Fortification.
It is stated that the Governor of Georgia
has procured the services of Gen. Gustavus
W. Smith, late of the Confederate army,.to.
assist in fortifying several important points
in the State against Yankee raids. General
Smith is pronounced one of the best engi
neer officers in the confederacy ; and having
a large interest in the iron works in the
northern part of Georgia, must be as much
interested in defending the State from raids
as any man in it.
Fulton County Militia.
In obedience tp instructions received from
Governor Brown,.the Colonel commanding
the militia of this county has issued his
‘Order,’ summoning all white men between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five to appear
at the City Hall parade ground on Tuesday,
the fourth day of August, next—to complete
the number of troops we are called upon to
raise, in order to fill the requisition made
upon the State for eight thousand men for
‘ local defence.’
Fulton county is required to furnish tne
hundred soldiers, rank and file; and by ref
erence to the general order of the Adjutant,
very few exemptions are made. Persons
who have substitutes, discharges, surgeons’
certificates, and foreigners— all—have ?iow
to bear their personal part of this burden,
when our very hearthstones are to be de
fended ; not even commissioned ‘ Militia ’ •
officers are exempt,* but nre called upon to!
turn out on this occasion to .volunteer.
The officer issuing the order states that■
there will be perfected by the day a most I
complete list of every man’s name in the!
city and county; and all absentees from !
parade will stand the first chance for the!
draft. Turn out !
Make a Note.
VVe observe that Major-General Buckner
has issued very stringent orders against the
practice so indiscriminately indulged in by ;
minor military officials,* of interfering with
citizens. He lays down the rule distinctly
that the military lias nothing to do with the!
conduct of the citizen, except for violation •
of military law, and officers who make ar
rests are to be held accountable in eases of
improper detention.
‘ Minor ixylitary officials ’ vould do well
to ‘ make a note on ’t.’
4 Fine Ciiauce.
It has been well remarked by a Macon
ootemporary, that there js a class of men
till over our country who have not done their
whole duty in this trying revolution. They
have been very ready to save and turn a
penny, but not to exposeiheir precious per
sons upon the battle-field.
Borne of these kid-glove gentry and Gov
ernment ‘details’ have now a chance to
show their patriotism. Then is another
class of men very forward to make up com
panies and regiments, but very backward
in filling them. They are now wanted in
the thinned ranks of our commands already
formed. The men who now linger at home
when the ciumtry urgently calls for their
services, will be marked.
41 moot Intolerable.
Some of tl<e ‘ Government ’ meat stored
away in certain localities in Atlanta is in
a bad way, if our olfactories deceive us not.
Pass the fine row of buildings, for instance,
on Alabama avenue, upon which the por
trait of the genius who bottled up lightning
looks down; and we venture the remark
that no one would detect, in the aroma
arising from the porcine depoaites in the
basements thereof, the faintest resemblance
to that emitted from a happy combination
of ’ peachea and milk.’ No indeed.
Seriously considered, this scent from
damaged meat is fast becoming intolerable,
and the proper authorities should at once
take*measures to abate the nuisance.
The Soldiers’ Way tide Dome.
The superintendent of the ‘ Home,’ at the
corner of Decatur and Lloyd street, asks
tor bandages to bind up the wounds of the
soldiers who arrive there to lodge, eve.ry
night. And it the citizens whose gardens
aie teeming with all sorts of vegetables
would send him a small quantity every day
or two, the donations would be gratefully
relished by the war-worn, wounded and
sick soldiers.
fir
D. Will Gwin.
We regret our disappointment in not be
ing at Forsyth to hear the address of our
talented friend, Rev. D. W. Gwin, of Rome,
at the Commencement exercises of the Fe
male Institute. The Educational Journal
says his address ‘ was full of wit, pathos,
, poetry, philosophy, and religion. The au
dience was charmed. Sometimes convulsed
[ with laughter and then suffused with tears,
they followed him along his brilliant course
I | until he left them, where all human elo-j.
• i quance should'-lead—to the great Author of
I the universe.’
■:
The Cherokee Fund.
j Received the following, fur the mission
: represented by Elder Compere: .
J Citizens of Rome, Georgia, • $479.00
I Mission Church, Mobile, - - 20,00
i G. W. Milner, Spalding county, 20,ft0
J Elder A. T. Holmes, - - - 5,001
. From Coosa, Ga.: $5 00, each, from Mrs.
> Christopher aud Mrs. Haskinson, with list
of blankets, domestics, socks, etc., from
II various persons.
—
Charleston.
>' The fcnemy, during the past, week, made
‘ another attack on Fort Wagner, and were
1 1 repulsed with a heavy loss in killed and
This occurred last Saturday.—
‘The fight lasted from eight until eleven p.
! in., and was of a desperate character. The
( enemy’s losses were very heavy ; his killed i
, and wounded reported at fifteen hundred. !
’ Our own losses were comparative!^light,!
! not exceeding one hundred. We have to i
J mourn the death of Lieut.-Col. Simkins and j
! Captains Tatum and Ryan, of South Caroli-;
’ na; Major Ramsay was severely wounded, i
J Gen. Taliaferro commanded our troops on i
the Island during the fight, and is commend •
Jed for the gallantry which he displayed on!
i the occasion.
Im test.— A n official despatch dated the ,
i22d, says the enemy recommenced shelling!
: the day previous. in the battle on the 18th i
! we lost one hundred and fifty in killed and ,
| wounded. The enemy’s loss, including |
prisoners, was nearly eight thousand; eight i
hundred were buried under flag of truce, ]
j I
The President’s Proclamation.
In another column we publish the recent '
proclamation of the Presideht, callingout <
“all white men, residents of said (the Con- J
federate) States, between the ages of eigh- 1
1 teen and forty-five years, notjegally exempt pi
from military service,” for the defence of t
I the country. All such have the privilege,
\ before .enrollment, which is ordered to take, f
place forthwith, “to volunteer, and select
the arm of service and the company which *
they desire to j >in, provided such company I
be deficient in the full number of men al- j
j lowed by law for its organization.”
Dr. A. C. Datton. —This distinguished ; i
i divine and scholar, assisted by hisaccom-i 1
! plished daughter, we learn, has been invited! j
’to* take charge of the “ Houston Femalej:
iCollege,” at Pern, in this State, and will !
! open that institution fur the reception of j
! pupils on the first Monday in September <
next. Dr. D. is well known in Tennessee j
and upper Georgia, as a successful instruct- ,
'or and an able scholar; and in taking charge 1
of the institution named, which is well pro- ]
ivided with apparatus for the instruction of j
[young ladies, will doubtless succeed in im- 1
II parting to it a high reputation and Conse- ,
• quent popularity. Its trustees have been
r I fortunate in securing his valuable services.
t ; Located in a healthy and wealthy section ot
the State, among a religious, refined, and
cultivated people, “ Houston Female Col
lege ” should be one of the most flourishing
-i institutions for the instruction of young!
/ladies in the South, and we doubt nut will j
r so Become under the direction of Dr. Day !
ton. —pfrfwwftr TuteUlnencer.
Morgan’M Men hi Indiaua.
) I
I The Mobile Tribune of the 18th instant.!
isays:
e
r The Missouri diepublican, of which we
have received a copy, has a letter from
! Paoli county, in Indiana, which gives anac- i
count of a party of ‘ rebel raiders,” who
1. entered that State b\ the way of Harden
•j, and Meade cottn’ies, Kentucky. They were
{evidently men of go<ai appeutes. At the
writing of the letter Paola had been ini
’ their possession K>r nearly forty-eight hours.
■ Their number is not stated. They had not
j then molested the citizens in either person
t or property, and when the tradesmen re
.{fused to receive their Confederate money
in payment of such articles as the
f wanted, the latter generally quit the prem
-8 ises without forcibly taking them. The
a writer says, however, that they have the
finest appetites of any human beings he ever
! saw, and the citizens are afraid of being
eaten out of house and home. Nine of them
» had billeted themselves at his house, and
e his entire family had cooked and cooked
until they were in a state bordering on utter
physical exhaustion, without being able to
appease the appetites of his ag|*nge guests.
f» “ They eat,” says the writer, “as if the sole
g .‘object of their vi-.it to Indiana was to get
? fat ufxin Hoosier bread aud meat, and make
up for the privations they have endured
down in Dixie.” Every other family in
< the place was as severely taxed in the cook
iug and provision supplying lineas his own.
J VVe trust that “good digestion may wait
II on appetite” in this and aU other similar
lease*.
THE BAPTIST BANNER.
I BKFIIHTI fJMB OF Ml
SrnjrGATIOW ADMITTED
TO BE IMPOSSIBLE.
The New Yoik Catholic Berard has a very long ar
ticle on the present aspect of the war. It thinks it
requires no prophetic vision to foresee the result of
Spre 8 .« »<.«>«. -TM.U -rt V «>•
•‘terminate in the complete Independence of the
Southern Confederacy, there q»n, we think be no
doubt in the mind or any rational man The old
qtorv of the overwhelming resources of the North,
k ;n men and money, is dissected by the tecord-
Those overwhelming resources have been brought
into play. An army of one million .five hundred
thou and men has been thrown agsin.t seven hun
dred thousand men, and yet has not overwhelmed
them. In money, millions have been spent by the
Not th where only thousands haw been Incurred by
the South. This is, so far, the result of the o ver
whelming resources, and that result will not be
altered by this war. The Becord, thus hopeless of
«übj igation, turns its attention to the terms of
peace, and gives the following conditions :•
1 A convention of the Northern Stites must be
held to take into consideration the new condition
i-> which 'hey are now placed, and to devise means
for their reorganization or c miederation under the
new Constitution. This convention, if held, wit
be composed of delegates froni each n State, whose
nt reuresentation will be fixed, not by Stites.
' but bv the proportion of population. Btat®,
•mwever, being sovereign, will have the power to
mtitv or refect the Constitution proposed and
! adopted by the convention. In this re pect their
action will not differ from that of the States that
adopted the old Constitution and formed the Union
which has been ove-lhrown by the Aoolilion Ad
minlstrailon. In the convention, we have no doubt
the •soverei' ,- 'ity of the Suites will be guarded with
the same Jealous care that marked their action in
the convention to which the present Constitution
° 2 The vast debt which ha? been accumulated by
i the present mad, fanatipal aud suicidal war, will, as
I a matter of imperative necessity, be r pudiated In
! stating this fact we do not seek t» justify the pfrin
i ciple-of repudiation, which is alike dishonorable in
! a nation or an ind vidual. SVe speaa of such a pol
! i 'V now, as among the inevitable consequences el
! the lamentable condition in which the North finds
| itself after an abolition crusade of over two years
' The debt of the North may now be estimated at
about two thousand five hundred millions of dol
! lars, and the iuterest on this, at seven per cent
would be about one hundred and eighty millions,
which is 1 irger than the icterest on the national
debt of England. When it is remembered that the
1 English national debt wa? the growth of centuries,
! whib- otrs has been created by a two years war, the
restiveness and impatience ot th'- American people,
under such a load, will be fully understood and ap
prechted. We do not believe they will stand it,
and we entertain no doubt whatever that they will
seek relief in repudiation.
3. The people ha > iug had, through the policy of
the present Administration, a pretty fair experience
of a military despotism; will i .stract their delegates
to the aforesaid convention to insist upon the invi
olability of State Rights, the sovereignty of the
States, the libeity of the press, the ireedom.of
speech, habeas corpus, and all the rights guaranteed
by the present Constitution. Upon these impor
tant pouts they will be so explicit, and so direct,
os to leave no possible grounds for apprehension in
the future.
4. Admitting the existence of two Confederacies
within the limits of the old Union, the Government
established under the new Constitution will have to
deal with th; important questions of boundaries,
customs, river navigation, and the general relations
that may spring up between the two Confederacies.
It is essential that thess relations" should not be
< omplicated ; that they should, in fact, be so simple
so easily understood jia to avoid the possibility
ci future collisions. We trust thal there will be
entire free trade between the two republics, ao as to
render.bordcr custom-houses entirely unnecessary
The navigation of the Mississippi will, and must be
free to the Gulf of Mexico; auy other arrangement
will inevitably Oe productive of future wars.
5. As friendly relations between the two Confed
eracies are essential to the welfare and the future
prosperity of both*, it should be the policy of the
Northern, as we trust it will be of the Southern, to
discourage and frown down every attempt to create
hostile and bluer feelings between iheir respective
Governments and people. As to the North, iw com
mercial and profit-seeking people will be among the
first to oblite ate tne past and to sink its memory
into the gulf of oblivion. It must be acknowledged
that the Northern people, to a great extent, are like
the English, “a na.ion of shopkeepers,” and that
»he pre-ent war has been waged' as much to retain
the custom of the South as to maintain the Union
Now, we venture to say that noue will be moregnx
ious or more earnest to exhibit their friendly feel
ings toward the South than tne very people who
have been, and who arc still, so rampant lor a vlg
orous presecutjon of the war—nay, wo not only
believe this, but we believe also that they will be
the greatest toadies of the Sou h ; that they will be
profuse in their professions of good will and friendly
■eeling; that they will fete and *our Southern
b ett ren’ at the future banquets that will be given
t<> them in Northern cities; that they will never
.tire ot speaking or writing ot a common origin, a
common ancestry, a common language, and all
hose other things hich we have been accustomed
to hear at convivi <1 assemblie- of Americans and
Englishmen. All this we st all, most probably, see
wi bin a very few years, in this our own day and
generation.
6. We have referred to the convention of the
Northern States, as among The in< vitable con>e
quqpces 1 of this war and the condition to which the
Ndfth has been reduced. It is possible, but we do
not regard it as probable, that the North shall wit-
I ness another PresideutlaJ election before the con
tention shall have taken place. This is a ipelafi
| choly reflection, but we are considering our present
position, and dealing with the ha d, su stantial facts
that have been forced upon our consideration. It
we could blot out tne memories, the sad, bitter re
collections of the past two years ano a halt, oh,
how willingly would we do so. It is not we, nor
. such a- we, wh » have destroyed this. Union. The
; uurderers ot this nation, the-a sas-ins of the re
i cublic, are to be fouudin W*-nington in members
of the pre-ent Admlnistrat on, who, with ih ir co
consplrators, the Abolitionist-*, have overthrown
the Union, and arc now seeking to bury In the same
I tfrave with it the vestiges of American freedom
Taking it for granted that the Administration has
not only destroyed the r public, but that by its
manner of prosecuting the war, its confiscation and
emancipation measures, its vandalism in the de
n action of Southern cities and Southern homes,
its war upon the freemen of the North, upon State
sover- Ignty, as well as its nullification of ail the
i guarantees of the Const huilon—taking it for grant
d that the Administration baa by auch instrumen
talitl s not ouly destroyed the republic, but is now
seekinguo re manently fasten a mill ary despotism
upon the Nbrth, the free States will be compelled,
in their own defence, aud for tire preservation of
their independence, to begin anew the proc- as of
reconstruction and reformation. The men who have
not been committed to the Abolition podcy of the
Government mu-t be selected for the performance
of inis work. Abolitionism must o# Abolished if
we would preserve friendly relations with the South,
•’ a vie* to an offensive and defensive alliance of
tue juo great Republics of America against the
intrigues and machinations of foreign powets.
• It Is proposed that the memories of wrongs
and outrages commuted durb-g a ruthless invasion
■ ‘Jim e . uth ma y rend r BUI h »n alliance a work of
difficulty for many years; but the statesmen of the
South will, we believe, be the first to perceive the
necessity fur, and the benefits derivable from, such
rvlatlonshlps between the two republics. It would
te a*xnuch to their inte est as ours to establish and
preserve these ielation* between the North and the
South. Such au arrangement w.ould do awsy with
the neccs ity of laree standing armies and extensive
nvne*. If mistake not, there is a treaty b-tween
the United States and Great Britain in regard to the
ir» eat lakes, by which the maintenance of a large
naval force in thpse waters is rendered unnecessary.
As for the cettlem. nt of Abolitionism, there will,
we think, be less trouble than wheq the South wa*
tn the I nion. We may not h: ve a fugitive slave
law, and we may; but whether we shall or shall not
have one, we think the great majority of the peop e
of the North have shown that they are not desirous
of a farther increase in the negro population of
thrse Blates. T ey are excluded f-ou UH not* ov
Legislative enactment, and m other State® such
demonstrations have been made against U« intro-
I duction of contrabands as ought to-satlsfv any ra
tional mind that they are not considered desir ble
addlt ons to the population. In fact, Mr. Lincoln
himself may be quoted in proof of the relia“ilitv
ana truth of these arguments. His interview with
the colored dele Mon that visited him about A
year ago, in which he told theta that they could not
« * r J l \ incntde sa ffie country with the white*
tTu 2 U « t 0 is pretty satisfactory on
Cmnr.il“a m« t ttlß ° . bla t 0 Co lonize them in
8. One of the most difficult questions to settin
will be that of the territories, wtaeh, it ? no! ?sSed
?he ?wo I ConfHd°^ C | USiVely by aconv tnilon between
tne two Confedera les, may lead to endless di»tiutps
and perhaps hostilities. It mav be that the old
Missouri compromise Lne will be adorned •
Northera q liay . be ado Pted as the of the
Northtnj and Southern territories, that line mu*t ‘
mar di^ incll y drawn. Whatever disputes
may arise about these territories, they certainly ca..-
? rl s! nate in J. in . y fear that ehher Confederacy
w “ot have sufficient land to meet the demands
..f their population for two or three ceuturie.s to
come. In tact, the growth <»f population on thi
continent, although unprecedentedly rapid, will not
be adequate for generations to the settlement of tt e
Q M 2»» 8 .K Blp ? 1 awa j lhe Rock y Mountains.
v. At the close of the war a new que-tion will
come up lor the consideration of that portion that
-t il remains of the old Union. This is no fess a
Bta e ( 3 es lOU lf h thA l i e / Ut - Ur i e position of the border slave
nr Jo., he pr il . clple or ““iversal suffrage is to I
hml il *^u b to lhe election of then-cho ee
H l J een A? rth and the South, then that q ies
tion must be left to tueir own decision by a eeueral
election m each State; andwbh regard-to the selee
r eV t e lh n t left en Iby
Governmental or bayonet intent rence they will de
clde bv large majorities of their popu allots to lo
with the Southern Confederacy. There is one sub
stantlal reason for arriving at this conelus on These'
States are bound together by common -yinpathhra I
by common interest- , ana by the instituti n of !
slavery which is common to all. These are like so !
many links or steel; but, independent these con I
siderations, the fact that all of i h one ex '
ception, have been made the theatre of war and ■'
have been subjected to the lull f ,rce of the Wash !
ington tyranny and-its military satraps- affords, of ,
itself, sufficient grounds for the belief that they will
go with the South. It i* absurd to urge in refuta '
tion of this position that if they conclude to remain
with the Northern States their slaves will not be
interfered with. What power on earth can guarantee
this in view ot the rampant, despotic Aholi. ionism
that has taken possession even of the Government
itself? What guarantees have they even that in
the event of interference with the peculiar institu
tion th y will be compensated by the Government
for the emancipation ot their slaves'? In this con
nection let us ask what has become of the offer to
purchase lhe slaves of Kentucky and iMissouri ?- -
Do we not all know that, the proposed manumission
so far as Missouri and Kentucky are concerned has
turned out to be a miserable failure ? Os the whole
two thousand five hundred millions of dollars ex
pended during the war, we doubt if one ini lion was
appropriated to the purchase of the freed ,th of
slaves. Such is the result of a sentiment that has
convulsed the country throughout its entire extent
that has Jed to the Sacrifice of some six or seven
hundred thousand lives; that ha- made the land to
resound with the wails of the widows aud the or
phans, and that has overthrown the mightiest Re
public the world has ever seen. Who believes Unit
with lhe knowledge of all these tacts, the border
States would be willing to remain with the North if
they are afforded an opportunity of linking their
destiny with that of the 3 _»uth ?
The Becord thus concludes the article;
Is any one mad enough to think that such a force
is equal to the overthrow of the armies commanded
by Lee, and Johnston, and Bragg, and Beauregard,
and the other great generals of the South ? Is any
man in-ane enough to believe that McClellan, even
if he had the genius of Napoleon himself, would be
equal to such a task ? What a del- sion, then, to
flatter ourselves with the hope that a people who
know their strength, and who have tested it through
the ordeal of a two years’ war, the most sanguinary,
ihe most disastrous, the most expensive on record,
will be Inclined to give up that independence for
which they have fought so long, struggled so val
iantly, aqd sacrificed so mucn. Let tis accept the
•‘logic «f accomplished facts,” and manfully and
courageously resolve that although the Union hts
been destroyed, our libertlea'shall -e preserved, and
democratic freedom saved from the wreck of our
onee proud, free and happy Republic. Let us per
form tne task that remains to us, and leave to tims
the work of reuniting in lhe bond-< of a powerful
alliance the now severed sections of a once grand
Confederacy.
* The Retreat from Tennessee.
The Chattanooga Rebel asserts upon offi:
cial authority that the command of Hoover’s
and Liberty Gaps was not surprised. The
retreat was not precipitate, apd instead of
the immense loss which these correspon
dents set forth as being sustained in the way
of stores, we have to again repeat that all
that was left, was left at Shelbyville, and
this would not amount to §2,000 worth.—
This consists of a small quantity of floor,
corn and corn meal. Not a dollar’s worth
of quartermaster or ordinance stores was
lost by either corps. The small amount of
commissary stores left at Shelbyville was
distributed by our chief commissary to the
families of our soldiers before leaving. -
There was not a piece of artillery Tost
during the retreat. Martin was in advance
of the army about fifteen miles, and as they
fell back Martin retired to Shelbyville, and
there, twelve hour* after the army had left,
he had a fight with the enemy, in which he
lost two pieces. The amount of desertion
and straggling.was small beyond precedent.
Polk's corps was absolutely stronger by
four hundred men on its arrival at £hatta- j
nooga than it was when it left Shelvj ville,
and instead of a loss.of three thousand, re
ported by one writer as having been sus
tained b\ the army, it was not five hundred
men short when it reached this place.
To the Public.
From and after the 29th April, 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
nated to establish and support a Swkliers’
Orphans’ Male and Female School, said
School to be established in Atlanta or its
vicinity.
The editor of the Atlanta (ba.) Baptist
' Banner, is appointed to receive auy and all.
contributions made to the object and pur
! pose above stated.
r I propose to be one ul twenty who may
■ donate §SO each into the hands of the par
!ty above mentioned, as the start. ng poit.t
'for the establishment of the institution
1 ! above des-ribed, and hope that tins
r‘ble*offering will be cheerfully iespond»*l|l
‘ tx, even bv more,«nd many more, that, the
[ nineteen who are called upon in thuaiticle
i to lav the foundation of an institution which
1 must eventually elevate to posts of honor
' and responsibiHty, “at some future day in
i this infant Confederacy,” many of our now
‘ humble and destitute orphans of soldiers
• who have freely given their lives in defence
• |of liberty and their homes and hearths so
('sacred and dear to man.
:! I herewith deposit §so,'together with
‘ §lO5, as the amount of proceeds of the per
J cent, in the sale of my publica
f tions since the 29th April', 1§63.
Respectfully, &c.,
•! AUuUa, JUy K. H. W. R. JACKSON.
- Proclamation by the President.
i Whereatq it is provided by an act of Con
■ gress, entitled, “An act to further provide
j for the public defence,” approved on the
16th day of* April; 1862, and by another
act of Congress approved on the 22d of
Sept., 1862, entitled •“ An act to amend an
act entitled An act to further provide for
the public defence,” approved J6th April,
1862, that the President be authorized to
call out and place in the military service of
the Confederate States, for three years, un
less the war shall have been sooner ended,
. all white men who are residents of the Cun
fed -rate States, between the ages of eigh
teen and forty-five years, at the time the
call may be made, and who are not at such
time legally-exempted from military ser
vice, or such part thereof as in his judgment
may bti necessary to the public defence •
And, whereas, in my judgment the neces
sities of the public defence require that
every man capable of bearing arms, between
lhe ages aforesaid, should now be called out
; to do his duty in the defence of his country,
and in driving back the invadersnow within
the limits es the Confederacy :
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson ..Davis,
President of the Confederate btates ot
America, do, by virtue of the powers vest
ed in me as aforesaid, call out and place in '
the military service of the Confederate i
J States, all white men residents of said States I
; between the ages of eighteen aud forty-five!
years, not legally exempt .from military ;
' service, and 1 do hereby order and direct
that all persons subject to this call and not I
now in the military service, do, upon being
; enrolled, forthwith fepair to the conscript
; camps established in the respective. States
; of which they may be residents, under pain
: of being held and pqnished'as deserters, in
their fuilme to obey the call, as provided in
said law.
«4nd 1 do further order ynd direct that the
enrolling officers of the several States pro
ceed at once to enroll all persons embraced
' within the terms of this proclamation, and 1
not heretofore enrolled. ;
And I do further order that it 'shall be
lawful for any person embraced within this
call to volunteer for service .before enroll
ment, and that persons so volunteering be '
allowed to select lhe arm of service and the
company which they desire to join, provided !
such company be deficient in the full num- !
ber of men allowed by law for its organ- 1
ization. . j
. —, Given under ?ny hand, and the .
seal. - Seal of the Confederate States of
' —r—- America, at the city of Richmond,
this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-11
three. . ;
(Signed) JEFFERSON DA\ IS..
By the President. . .
(Signed)’ • J. P. Benjamin, ,
Secretary of State. j
The Planting Interest.
it is certain that unless peace becomes es-1
tablished -between the warring sections, or '
al least the blockade of our ports be raised,
during the next three months, there will be
less cotton planted next year than there has
been thp present year. Planters will be
forced to forego the pleasure of pitching a
crop'of cotton next spring from their ina
bility to purchase bagging, rope and twine ■
wherewith to bale it, at any price. If the
outside world suffers from the want of cot
ton'now, their prospects of obtaining a sup
ply is more gloomy in the future, and 111411-
ufactnrera in Europe and the United States
have only to “grin and endure it,” if rulers
do not choose io inaugurate the necessary
policy of obtaining what we now have, and
encourage us to plant more. There will be
1 scarcely one-eighth of a crop of’ cotton
planted, per annum, until the close of the
war.
But our people will be all the better off
for this omission to plant Cot’.pn. There are
a hundred other art clea of prime necessity
tliat may be planted profitably, which have
heretofore been .almost wholly neglected. !
Planters can make as much mony during,
tlie war by edible vegetables, as they for
merly re d’ized fr<>m overwhelming crops of
cotton, to the neglect of everything else. —
It is hardly necessary’ to" enumerate here!
the various kinds yf crops that may be plant-!
ed with profit. All intelligent farmers
know from their own wants, what the peo-'
pie want and absolutely suffer for, even 1
those who have plenty of money w itH which
to purchase. The people need not only an
abundance of bread and meat, &C., but a
hundred other article? which can at present;
only be supplied by our own planters and
farmers. We’trust that the platters will
consider the subject of these rerparks ma
turely during the ensuing winter. Without,
their aid, a large proportion of the non
producing people must approach the verge'
of starvation next year, and w.c much fear
that there will be severe suffering before the
next year’s crop can bb guthereff. There
should be many jporc millions bushels of
potatoes, peas, beans, turnips, cabbage,
okra, &c., planted lhan were ever planted
> before, and particular attention should be
given t<> the production of plants possessing
med cal virtues. Rice ought to be cyl'iva
ted w herever jyi acre of suitable laud can
be found : but above ail, let there be an
abundance of corn, rye am. oats. — [Jfont
' gomery .Mail.
I A Gainful Surrender. —When you give
yourself up to Christ, you make "the best’;
bargain you ever made. You will receive
x ourself" ennobled, exalted, purified,
made free. You wiM be more* your own
than ever. That which ought to obey will
obey.* The true balance of power will be
restored w ithin you, and God will be as lie
ought to be, supreme. When you labor to
subdue yourself to Christ you are laboring
.to drive out the tyrants and robbers who
have usurped possession of you ; and when,
heart and will are recovered to Christ, they
are restored to you, and you will rule over
> that mysterious citadel "of the will and vast
domain of the affections and faculties; 10/d
1 of yourself and loyal servant to Him/ 1
RAILROAD GUIDE.
’ Georgia- Bailroad & Banking Co
• Augusta to Atlanta .... 171 Miles ... .Fare $8 00
GEORUE YONGE, Superintendent.
Morning Passenger Train.
'(SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.)
Leave Atlanta daily at 7 00 A. M
Arrive at Augusta at 5 47 P. M
Leave Augusta daily at 7 00 A. As
Arrive at Atlanta at. 6 00 P. M
Night Passenger Train. >
Leave Atlanta daily at 6 30 P. M
Arrive at Augastaat .* 5 30 A. M
Leave Augusta at 6 00 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta at 5 00 A ; M
This road runs in connection with the trains or
the South Carolina and the Savai.-iah and Augusta
Railroads, at Augusta. .
Macon, and Western Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Macon to Atlanta.... 104 Miles.... Fabe 15 CO.
ALFRED L. TYLER, Supebintendent.
Leave Maron at 9 00 a. tn
Arrive at Atlanta at 4 00 p.m
Leave Atlanta at 6 3 ) a. m
Arrive at Macon 12 51 p. tn
Thia train connects with Central, South-western
and Muscogee railroads at Macon.
Western & Atlantic (State) Railroad.
i Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Faro,.. .$5.
JOHN 8. ROWLAND, Superintendent.
passenger train.
j Leaves Atlanta, nightly, qt..... 7 CO, P M
Arrives at Chattanooga at 4.14, A M
I Leaves Chattanooga at 4.50, P M
Arrives at Atlanta at 2.38, A M
EXPRESS FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 6.45. A M
Arrives at Chattanooga at.#. 6.25, P M
Leaves Chattanooga at 4 25, AM
Arrives at Atlanta at 4 20, P M
ACCOMMODATION PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta at - 2.40 P M.
Arrives at Kingston at - - - b 50 P M.
Leaves Kingston at - - - - 430A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at - - - 9.25 A. M.
This .Road connects, each way, with the Route
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville
& Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga.
Atlanta and West Point Railroad.
Atlanta to West Point 87 Miles Fare $4 25
GEORGE 3. HULL, Superintendent
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 5.30, A M
Arrives at West-Point at 11.07, A M
Leaves West-Point, daily, at ,12.10, P M
Arrives at Atlanta at...., 5.28, A M
EVENING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta 6 30, P. M.
Arrive at West Point - - - - 11.58, P. M.
Leaves West Point - - - - 100, P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta .... 6 20, P. M.
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' TEN PHESSESJN OPERATION I
ill kinds of Printing executed in tlia best style
Address J- J- TOON A co., Proprietors.
. IKAKKUN BVH.DINO, ■■
GEOB gV>
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
THE undersigned propose to publish in the city
of C >lunibia, S. C., a monthly r ligiou-t mauu-
Ein , to be called “ The Confedfate Baptist Review,"
jto be edited by Rev J. L. Reynolds, D D. We
have determined to undertake this enterpi ise from
the convietlun that such a periodical wil be useful
and highly appreciated throughout the Confederate
States. Ihe editor and the pi <>p. ietors will do every
Uiing in their power to give no their readers a wel
come messenger of good ti ings, and worth? in
evert respect of their support. • All who may read
this pro-pe tua are earnestly sw’icitcd to use th. ir
influence in obtaining subscribers, and to forward
th* ir names ’immediately. Aw t><»>n as a sufficient
number ot su scribers to secure the success of the
enterprise is received by us, the first number ot the
Review will be issued. The subscription price will
be five dollars per annum, in till cases to be forward
ed by thu subscriber upon the reception ot the first
number.
I The Review will be published in pamphlet form
■ of about .thirty-six’patres, primed on good paper,
indexed, &c , and nicely arran ed for bind ug.
All communications must b < addres-ed to The
I Confederate Baptist Review, Golumb a, 8 C.
) - . Dr. I. 6 DURHAM, i Pro ,_ fi
G. T. MASuN, > irorfl ’
southern”
“ENVELOPE”
FACTORY,
' (Over Low., Fambrovgh d Co.’s store,)
. . PEACH-TREE BT-,
ITUXTA, GEORGIA.
Hughes & green,
(successors to Hughes, Hagan & Co.)
always keep a large sock of ENVELOPES
and PaPER on hand. July 25, 1853.
[SgT* NOTICE. Having this day disposed of
my entire interest in the “ S utbern Envelope
Factory ” to uiy former partners, M* ssrs. D. W.
Hughes and John D. Green, I take pleasure
in recommending them as gentlemen worthy of
the confidence and patronage of the public.
The Factory will be continued at the old
stand, by my successo s, Messrs. HUGHES &
GREEN, who will settle all the business of the
• old firm. John t. hagan.
j Atlanta, Ga, July 23, 1863. jy2s ly
The Baptist Banner.
A RELIGIOUS AMLEAIIILY PAPER.
The proprietors oi The Baptist Banner
would inform the reading public, especially
heads of families, that, as an excellent
HOME PAPER,
THE BANNER shall be surpassed by nets.
The LADIES, the CHILDREN, and the
, SOLDIERS IN OUR ARMY, will receive
* special and tach number, in ad di
lion to a carefully prepared synopsis of reli
, gjous and secular NEWS, will contain a good
I rSTDRY— together with entertaining Miscella
nies, Sketches, etc.