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1111. BAPTIST BANNER. BY DAYTON, ELLS & CO. VOLUME V. She baptist gamwr, DEYOTED TO RELIGION AMD LITERATURE, la published erery Saturday, at Atlanta, Rsoryia, at the ■nbacription pries ot nn dollars per year. CO., Proprietors. A. C. DAYTON. JAS. N. ELLS. 8. D. NILES* THE LADIF.S’COLUMN. Be a Woman. Oft I re heard a gentle mother As the twiliiht.hours began, Pleading with a son his duty, "Urging him to be a man', But unto her blue eyed daughter. Though with love’s words quita aa ready, Points she out this other duty— “ Strive, my dear,"to be a lady-” What’s a lady ? Is it something Made of hoops aud silks and airs, Used to decorate the parlor, Like the fancy rugs and chairs • Is it one that wastes on novela Every feeling that is human ? If His thh to be a lady, ’Tis not this to be a woman. Mother, then, unto your daughter, Speak of something higher tar, Than to be mere fashion's lady “ Woman” isthe brightest star. If ve, in your strong affection, Urge your son to be a trub man. Urge your daughter no less strongly To arise and be a woman. Tea, •"woman —brightest model Os that high and perfect beauty. Where the mind, the soul, the body Blend to work out life’s great duty— I* Be a woman—naught is higher On the gilded list of fame; On the catalogue of virtue, There’s bo brighter, holier name. Be a woman —on to duty, Raise the world from all that a. low, 1 Place high in the social heaven • Virtue's fair and radiant brow'; Lend thy influence to each effort, ’ And raise up our nature human ; I Be not fashion’s gilded lady, Be a brave, whole-souled, true woman. TiiclQucen’* Mother. The Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria’s mother, being left* widow when herdangh ter was eight months old, devoted herself to the great purpose of training her to be wor thy of the crown. She nursed her infant at herjownjbosoin —always attending [to her Stressing and bathing; and as soon as the little alone r ;she a was la small table beside her mother’s, at her meals, yet never indulged in any but the prescribed simple kinds of food; thus early being taught,'obedience, temperance, arid self control. Her father having died in debt, her mother encouraged her to lay aside money, which might 'have,been ex pended in the purchase of toys, as a fund to ,pay the demands againt him,tthus cultiva ting the virtues of jsutice, fortitude, fidelity, prudence, and filial devotion. Thus, through the whole period of her education, the coun sels and examples of her faithful mother, who was her sole guardian, were constantly directed toward fitting her daughter to be come what she is, the best sovereign, mor ally speaking, that ever sat on the throne of •England —perhaps the best in the world. A Wife's Prayer.—Lord ! bless and pre veserve that dear person whom Thou hast chosen to be my husband ; let his lite be ’long and blessed, comfortable and holy; and let me also become a great blessing and comfort to him, a sharer in all his sorrows, a'neet helper in all the changes and acci dents of the w orld ; make me amiable for ever in his eyes. Unite his heart to me in the dearest love and holiness, and mine to hrn all sweetness, charity, and compliance. Keep me from all ungentleness, discontent edness, and unreasonableness of passion and humor ; aud make inc humble and obedient, useful and observant—that we may delight in each other, according to Thy blessed Word, and both of us piay rejoice in Thee, having our portion in the love and.tervice of God forever. Amen. Habits of the Tartar Women.—The Tartar women have a frank and confiding look; they appear willingly in public, and are seen in great numbers in tta'atreets of Pekin. They sometimes- walk, and some- I times ride on horseback, silting, not aside, • in the manner of English ladies, but across like men. They wear ’nng silk gowns which reach to their heels. Their hair i* fastened and smoothed on all sides in the Chinese manner. Although they use as much paint, red and white, us the Chinese, it may be easilv seen that their complexion is natural- IvSner- They almoat all ornament their hair with flower*. CvRE FOR Chill* and Fever.—Mr. Ed ,tor • By inserting the following recipe tor the cure of chills and fever in your paper, y,*M Will confer a great benefit upon the public. It i* * remedy I have used far years, and have found it for many year* more effi cacious that quinine: Recife.—Mix with a wins glass of vm efili ihe seeds taken from the pods of three red peppers, and drink one hour before the expected return of the chills. 1 Physician. . Men of genius are often dull and inert in Society ; as the blazing meteor, when it da *veuds te the earth,is e»ly * ateae. A. KJgMQaOUS A,K» SKWSFAS'BB. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1868. Ho?x? and Woman. It has been well said, Home and Mother are the two sweetest words in the English 1 language. And in this day of isms and ologies, and departure from the old land marks, we think it is proper to cherish these homely ideas, fast becoming old fashioned, and to give vent to our leelings occasionally on these neglected subjects. We feel to day, as though we could almost be eloquent on either of these subjects ; but indeed they are so inseparably connected, that we can not touch upon one of them, without at the same time enlarging upon the other; for what is it tnat makes home to be prized above all others on earth, but the virtue and excellence of woman? and upon what does all our social well being rest, if wot upon the delights of home? Can we not trace nearly all the blessings of civilized life to the threshold of ourprivate dwellings? Are not these our household gods ? —our fireside deities—conjugal, filial, maternal, and paternal love. “Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges; hath his seat In reason, and is judicious.”— Every man who is of mature years should have a home of his own, if possible; for are not these homes the corner stones —the foundation structure of both Church and State? Are they not as sacred as either, and more necessary than both ? Rather,■ then, let our temples fall to ruin, and our ; colleges decay—our halls of justice and our Capitals of State, all be leveled with the' dust, than that the sanctity and privity of the homes of the people should be invaded by any wicked socialist, or profane refor mer. Let them remain as they are, as God made them, for they are no invention of man ; their privileges, man cannot improve, their responsibilities he cannot rightfully escape. Let them remain as they are— sanctions of faith—recruiting stations of both Church and Sta U—the half-way house in our journey to a better land —the purity and love and tenderness we experience; there, is au earnest and a foretaste of that; purer, and great hereafter. “ Hall, wedded love. niy>-teriou» l»w, Sole prosperity In paradise of all things common else ! Perpetual fountain of domestic sweets!” A neat little cottage to shelter two fund 1 hearts, dearer to each other than all the I world beside—a retirement sufficient to shut them out from the view of the profane and vulgar—a seclusion sufficient to niajke chil dren feel that mother is a precious, and a huly, and a peculiar name—this is home, and this is the birth-place of every virtuous impulse, and almost of every good and no ble thought. Lay no rash, intrusive and improving hand upon these relations, say we—let them alone—let them stand sacred from every polluting touch —let them re main just as they were instituted at first when the Creator said “It is not good for man to be alone/’ The Wedding If there be a scene in this wide world on which the eye of Heaven could rest with complacency, it is when two hearts are bound in that tie which no man can put asunder. Aud to those who arc fond of observing the various scenes of lift, the wedding day incident will afford a theme in which fancy can revel in wild and happy luxuriance. Although it is a time for re joicing, as every face will tell by the smile that play s upon it, yet, a solemnity will steal unawares over the mind as we ponder upon the future, that all is wrapped in dark ness, until our feeling* will be for a moment lost in wild, rich reverie. He who passes through lif® without ever feeling the soft raptures of that charm which woman possesses, when age has whitened his locks, and the incidents of his pilgrim age pass before him, will acknowledge that ■ wedding scenes are sunny spots that glitter on the landscape of his memory ; they are) scenes in which he would willingly become an interested participator, tor he now feels that he is alone in the world ; there is no heart that beats in unison with his, nohand to smooth the pillow where anguish dwells, I nor hang the fondness of affection over the fevered frame. But very different are the feelings of the i i young and enthusiastic, when they mingle ( i in the wedding joy, gaze upsm a happy i 1 groom and smiling bride. They have a i thousand fairy links woven in chain around , them by the busy hand of Cupid. If, then,| • fancy is centied on an object, they long to . make her their bride, to see her cheerful ■ and happy ; aud it not, their eyes will roam around to find a fair one worthy of the affections they have to bestow. Yes, at -such times there is a rapture in the thought, J a joy in anticipation of that day when the , sun shines sweetly upon their happiness ; ) I when their destiny will be linked with an ' I other; he to protect and cherish, she to 'Hove and soothe. Thus, one wedding cre ates another —may there be many. Try it.— A writer in a London paper, on 'i the authority of Liebig, (the celebrated • German Chemist,) says that the seeds of asparagus, toasted and ground, make a full flavored coffee, not easily distinguished from Mocha. The seeds are easily forced i from the berries by drying them in a cool I (moderately warm) oven, aud then rubbing I them *n a »«*▼«- HIS BANNER OVER US IS LOVE. Another Appeal io Hie Women of Georgia. I QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT, I LaGrange, Ga., Nov. 1,1863. > ■ Messrs. Editors :— Numerous appeals , have already been made and responded to. The Quartermaster general of the State of r Georgia has appealed for “socks,” General Beauregard for “bells,” the nitre bureau , for “potash,” the doctors for poppy seed,” and the country for “patriotism.” A few appeals may have required sacri . flees. This one can be met without that, at any rate by a sacrifice too trifling to deter any from responding. w- Have the people at home done every , thing in their power to advance the cause ; so sacred and dear to us all ? Have they , exhausted every facility to promote the comfort and health of the defenders of the 1 land? Do they fully realize the dest’tute condition of our torn and shattered armies? The noble, self-sacrificing soldier that walks his poston the watch-tower of liberty ? Do they realize it? Do the chilling winds of winter, the pelting aud freezing rains, the miasms of Chicamauga swamps, affect only the soldier whosuffers under it? Surely not. Then only withhold from him, from the only true patriotic, the patient, the wea ry, the suffering, yet' watchful bulwark of ; your safety, those things which certainly are [ not necessities. Can a humane and Christian people with hold that which would shield him from dis ease and death ? Ought they not to suffer a very little inconvenience, if by so doing they furnish absolute necessities to the sol diers ? Will youd . our.duty when made aware of the necessity ! 1 believe you will. Then I tell you the necessity exists; — Thousands of our soldiers are wi.hout tents, ! and worse than that, x without blankets.— Many of the Georgia troops are supplied by their friends at home. Think of the thou sands who have no homes I Yet they have I been fighting the enemy for over two long I years. They have met him, aud contested i his approach to our borders upon many a I hard fought Little fn Id.—They .are still Iprodly and defiantly defending “our homes 'and onr fires, the green graves of our i sires !” Under such circumstances, in this dark hour of trial, ought there to be a blanket in the house of any citizen of the “Empiie State?” Ought not the churches, the par lors, and the bed rooms to be stript of every carpet, if necessary, and hurried to the ar my ? 1 think so, and think besides that any true hearted Southern woman will be ashamed to let such articles remain about her premies when she is aware of the ne cessity to give them up. 1 believe there are carpets enough in Georgia to -supply the Confederate army with blankets. They can not be procured by purchase. Can 1 say for you, ladies of Georgia, “ They shall be given ?” Then have them cut, lined with cotton cloth, and hemmed. Forward to any of the following named officers, who will furnish the lining upon application, and receive the ■ hearty “three cheers !” from the gallant sol diers, and. the sincere thanksjjf a grateful nation : Major Thomas Peters, Q. M., Atlanta. Major L. O. Bridweil, Q. M., Augusta. Major Miekaloffsky, Q. M., Macon. Major F. W. Dillard, Q. M., Columbus. Captain J. A. Stockey, A. Q. M., Grif fin. Captain C. W. Kennedy, A. Q. M., For syth. j Captain T. S. Patton, A. Q. M., Mari j etta. • Captain Thomas Foster, A. Q. M., Kings I ton. I Captain J. R. Miller, A. Q. M. Rome. ,1 And myself, LaGrange. i Give the soldiers the blankets, since I they have the “poppy seed,” and the (“socks” and the “bells,” and the “pot ash,” and the “patriotism,” and they will 'turn a deaf ear to the croakers, and strive, land fight on, and suffer on, until our bleed- I ing country, worthy of such heroic patriots, i is forever freed from the tyranny of so con temptible and so despised a foe. Very re spectfully your obedient servant, B. F. JONES, Major and Qaarlerrm Her. This is a favorable season for pickling | boet.&nd we would advise our friend* to put enough to do them at least six months, and 'save as much bacon as they can for the ar 'mv. We would recommend the following recipe: Cut up your beet in pieces of five to ten iwnmds, sprinkle some salt on it, and let . it lay all night; next morning take it up and wash it in water, and then fill up your , barrels with water enough to cover the t • beef; put in salt till the brine will swim an ' • egg; then put in the beef, with a weight on ‘ • it to keep it under the brine ; in July pudr! off the brine, and boil it fifteen minutes, let it cool, and pour it back in the barrel, ar.d Ladd a pint of salt for every five gallons of brine, and you will have good firm beef, and can keep it so as long as you chouse. [' Suferstition moulds nature into an ar bitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down before t ie work ui its own ’| baud*. r THE SOLDIERS’ COLUMN. Rest, Weary, SouL 5 [Found in the pocket of a soldier who died in Buckner hospital, at Gainesville, in 1562. j Rest, weary soul I The penalty is borne, the ransom paid, For all thy sins full,satisfaction made ; Strive not thyself to do what Christ has done; Take the freejgift, and make the joy thine own, No more by pangs of guilt’and jtear distressed— Rest, sweetiy rest! Rest, weary heart * From all thy silent griefs and secret pain, Thy profitloss regrets and longings vain; Wisdom and love hath ordered all the past, And shall be blessedness and light at last; Cast off the eares that have B®,.long oppressed— Rest, sweetly rest! Rest, weary head! Lie down to slumber in the cold peaceful tomb, Light from above has broken through its gloom : Here in the place where once thy Saviour lay, Where He shall wake thee on a future day, Like a tired child upon its mothei’s breast, Rest, sweetly rest! Rest, spirit free! In the green pastures of the heavenly shore, Where sin and sorrow can approach no morej With all the flock by the Good Shepherd fed, Forever with thy God and Saviour blest, Rest, sweetly rest! '.A;CapitalFldea. The following order from General Bragg’s headquarters, we clip from a letter in the Memphis Appeal: Headquarters, Ahmy of Tennessee, [ Missionary Ridge, Oct. 10, 1863. ) General Orders No. 187. In order to augment the strength of the army, and to give to our brave soldiers an opportunity to visit home and provide for their families'dtiring the coming winter, the following rule is adopted : 1. A furlough of not exceeding forty days will be granted every non-commis sioned officer and private who secures a recruit for his company. 2. The recruit must be received and mustered into service and be doing du f y in the company before the application for furlough is forwarded. 3. In all applications made in pursuance of section Ist, the commanding officer of the company will certify that the applicant has obtained an who has been mustered into service, and is present with the company doing duty. 4. All applications for furloughs under this order will be forwarded to these head quarters, where final action upon them will be had. By command of Gen. Bragg. Geo. Wm. Brent, A. A. G. The effect of this, when known at home, will be to make a recruiting officer of every father, mother, sister, and wife, especially the latter, with whom, undoubtedly, the infantry ar* ever popular. Those who seek to evade the conscript act will be hunted out and reported. The quasi exempt will be compelled to show his papers, and every man within the presciibed age. capable of bearing ai ms, will be made to exchange his place at home fur the temporary gratifica lion to families aud friends of a visit from the war-worn,"battle-scarred son, brother, and husband. In South Carolina, as before stated, the plan has worked admirably, and' when it becomes known thruoughout the Confederacy that able-bodied men can thus be made to take the places of furloughed soldiers, we shall have an augmentaion of our forces in the field as gratifying to our readers as it will prove valuable to the country at large. Our National Confederate Anthem.— We understand that Professor C. T. De Coniel, the well known and able professor of music, of this city, has succeeded in set ting to music that beautiful anthem, “Goo save the. South,” with its most appropriate and soul-inpiring words. Those whose privi lege it has been to hear it, speak of it in th< highest terms, and as worthy ofcomparisoi with the Marseilles Hymn, being of a si mi lar grand and martial style, a mostadmira ble military piece fur bands.— [Richmond Examiner. We heartily welcome this intelligence; for we have long desired a National Son; fur the South. We #*nt something more martial-like and spirit-stirring than any thing that has yet qome from Southern com posers ; and we see no reason why the land . of sunshine and song should be withou song.—[ Confederacy. Physical courage, which despises all | danger, will make a man brave in oneway,! and moral courage, which makes a man de-! spise all opinion, will make a man brave ii; j (another. The former would seem most : necessary for the camp, the latter for the i ( council; but to constitute a great man both ! j are necessary. Napoleon accused Murat of I a want of the one, and he himself has not! ! been wholly unsusj ected of a want of the! I other. ■. «»■ Th* leaves of the balsam apple, steeped : in w hisky three or four days, and taken in ■ spoonful doses, is said to be an excellent 1 aubslitue for quinine. W e doubt not that. .it would be much more palatable to the; 1 tasa of a great many. ■ TERMS—Five Dollars a-year. Gratitude and Resignation. Scripture informs us that afflictions, as well as blessings, are manifestations of the Divine love and goodness. The flesh does 1 not willingly embrace that great truth. And indeed it cannot receive it unless the heart has been changed and cleansed by the ope ration of the Holy Ghost. That work whereby the inner man is thoroughly puri fied and renewed, enables the subject of misfortune and woes to acquiesce complete ly in the will of the Lord, and so potent is the grace imparted, that the man of sorrow is not merely resigned to the painful strokes, but is able to “glory in tribula tions.” is as really the gift of God as patient, joyous submission. The man who is not resigned while passing under the rod, is not acceptably grateful under the liberal bestowment of blessings and mercies.— Thankfulness in its higher and proper sense —that feeling which causes the heart to glow with love to God, and uplifts it in fervent adoration, comes from the Giver of good. To experience this ennobling emotion in due degree of fervor and power, demands abso lutely the regeneration of the moral nature. Unless that mysterious change has taken place, we can no more be reverently and truly thankful for God’s blessings than per fectly resigned under the infliction of ca lamities. We are in error if gratitude mean noth ing more than the “thank God” that drops so carelessly from many lips. This is words, mere words, altogether without sig nificance or soul. The lips and the tongue only have to do with it. The heart is igno rant that the lips have moved. There is no emotion there, no warming of the feelings, no sense of unworthiness, no desire to evince appreciation. Does the bare use of the expression show that the man is truly grate ful? Listen a while, and from the same mouth issues a stream of profauity. Anger burns hot, and the passion finds expression in oaths and blasphemies. A very brief ut terance served for the sentiment of grati tude; but the evil temper is poured forth in profuse and terribly emphatic language. Blessing and cursing proceed from the same lips. Is such gratiude acceptable to God. and profitable to man ? If that is the only form the thankfulness the man affects to feel takes, he is destitute of the feeling—a stran ger to the grace ! There is no one who will not admit,even though he does not practice it, that it is his duty to submit without a murmur to sor rows and woes. A due sense of the good ness of God in showering blessings upon us is quite as imperative, and we cannot have that becoming appreciation without giving evidence of its possession. It is strange that we are not as sensible of the obligation of gratitude as we are of that of submis sion. It would seem to be much easier to praise God for the marks of His favor than to submit to those dispensations which wring the heart with anguish, mortify our pride, and disappoint our pleasing expecta tions. But the duty in the one place is as diffi cult of performance as the other. Prosperi ty and adversity create circumstances pe culiar to themselves, and equally adverse to the state of mind that should exist at such seasons. And the obligations each in volves can be discharged only by help from above. When all things go well with us—when our plans for acquiring wealth, and honors, and pleasure are successful, we forget the source whence comes the various good—we do not see and adore the hand that coqfors the numerous blessings. We are absorbed in our gainful and pleasant pur suits, and we impute our successes to our own wisdom and worth. And in the sea son of sorrow, when impoverished or smit ten with disease, or bereaved of loved ones, while suffering under any ill, we spend our time in unavailing regrets, foood in sullen temper over their calamities, and often stand up with wrathful heartsand presurnp tuously call into question the wisdom and love of the Almighty. We cannot bear w"th patience or praise with adoring hearts unless the grace of the spirit is communica ted to the sou! made ready for its presence. Rev James O. Andrew (Bishop) writes to the Southern Christian Advocate : This accursed greed for gold is ruining thousands of our people for this world and the next. The past season has been unusu allv propituuus. Our barns and cribs have ; been full to overflowing, and yet numbers ■ of our planters refuse to sell corn at two ‘ dollars per bushel and are waiting till the I pi ice shall reach five dollars per bushel.— i Manv <>f our friend- and countrymen who | have b-en forced to fly from their homes b\ the approach of our cruel invaders have 1 come among u-, and many of our rich | planters, w hom God has so greatly blessed, ! are unwilling to sell them corn at all for i tear it will get higher aud they loose a few dollars in the sale. God has given us an abundant crop this year, and thus we show our gratitude to Him. Is there no dan ger that He w ill set his eyes upon us for evil and cut off our hopes and prospects for i coming time 1 May God reform and save : us! NUMBER I.