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church —62 by baptism, 14 only of whom
were colored. The meetings were conduct
ed with the least appreciable excitement;
no prayer-meeting in your church was-ever
more calm, and the professions clear and
joyful- —never more than one prayer was
offered any day or night for those who
came forward for prayer. The ordinances
were witnessed by large crowds, and were
blessed to the conviction of some, and
others professed to find peace while witnes
sing them. The audiences were always at
tentive and solemn. Too much cannot be
said in praise of the respect'paid to the
preaching of the Word by the people of
Summit. Oh ! that each church in the Con
federacy could be visited by such a previous
work of grace. 1 now expect to spend the
winter preaching among the churches, and
preparing to enter the army in the spring,
as preacher, colporteur, nurse, and soldier.
My heart has ever been with our dear sol
diers; but <Jire necessity has kept me, now
one year, away. J. R. Graves.
Our Richmond Correspondence.
Tracts ——ReUgiow* Editor a Newspapers
and the Army—The N. York Chronicle
—Timothy Dwight and John Taylor of
Ca ro 1 i n e—Revival.
RICHMOND, Va , Nov. 31,1863.
Zteor Banner :
A colporteur said to me a short while
ago, “ 1 visited a prison the other day with
the tract ‘ One Word Afore,’ and distribu
ted a number of.copies. On repeating my
visit shortly after, 1 was beseiged on all
hands for ‘ One Word More.’ They came
to me in flocks for it. Do, my dear bro
ther,” (said the colporteur,) “do let us
have another tract for distribution.” I
confess the news was pleasant to me. I
had written “One Word More” to do
good, and I felt that I had not altogether
failed of my purpose. The little messen
ger had been sent on its mission, and before
manv days it returned to tell of some of
its triumphs. Who can say what one word
may accomplish for Jesus and for the sal
vation of souls —and who would not be
..lad to utter such a word? I would rather
utter such a word to win a soul thdu to
wear the brightest diadem that sparkles oh
the head of the proudest monarch of earth.
I would rather utter such a word, assured
of its potency and success, than to own the
wealth of the Indies.
Yom- office is enviable, my brother.—
RDhtly employed, the religious newspaper
is only second to the pulpit in its civilizing
and Christianizing influence. You are call
ed upon to speak many words for Jesus. —
Let them all be spoken, let them all bo
written, with the single object to advance
truth, to promote the glory of the Redeem
er, ami at the end of a long career in the
life editorial, you will look back over your
past labors with unmixed satisfaction and
gratitude. The Christian e<ji|or who can
review ten \ears of labor, without having
penned a line “which, dying, ho would
wish to blot,” may well congratulate him
self ant! bo the worthy recipient of the
gratulations of others.
“ Fortunatus nimiiim sun si bona uoyint.
Cognate to this matter is jhe thought
that your profession is not as highly valued
as it should be by the churches. There is,
perhaps, no more labori )us and useful call
ing than the religious editor’s. If faithful
to his trust, he spends ue idle lime. lie
must carefully read, as much to exclude
improper matter from his columns as to
cull that which is suitable and judicious.—
He must have a charity overflowing in its
kindness, and \et as a watchman zealous
for tin* truth, he must not fail to lilt up a
warning voice against error-let it assume
what form it may. He will often fall into
peril, as Paid did, among false brethren.—
His temptations to diverge from the recti
lencar path are innumerable. Sometimes!
they vome in the shape of long established
friendship and affection—at others they as
sumo the grosser forms of threat and vul
garity. It is a wonder that the editor does
not stumble into error oftener than he does.
If he be fair, he will open his columns to
both sides, yet even in this he is in danger
of giving currency to those views which
are handler! with the chiefest ability. It is
impossible that one should know thorough
ly every thing—and yet little less than uni
versal knowledge and thoroughness are re
ipaired for the proper management and con
duct o< journal which is to be the light
<f so hundreds. If the churches
x alued as they ought t)ie office, I am satis
fn d there would be fe< religious journals
pin ng for support. We pay & city pastor,
wah a pastorate of (say) eight hundred
i uimunicants, a salary of $2500; how
much, it the coinpetisaliol* were commen
surate v ilh the work done, ought the editor
t r, <vi\e who feeds with food spiritual his
foe or >i\ thousand subscribers and their
families f A school bov could give au an
s-wer to the question which should put to
th© blush the churches and Christians vt
this favored land. There are many such
THE BAPTIST BANNER
i editors of religious journals that with much
“sweat and toil” prepare their c weekly
; feast of fat things for their readers, who af
’ ter all scarcely receive a decent support.
I This war is showing what religious news’
; papers can do. Tracts do an effective
work, but newspapers do more. At the
beginning of the war, shortly alter the
Virginia Army Colportage was started, the
warm-hearted Superintendent was urging
me to write a tract for him. “ Don t you
wish,” he said, “ to speak to thirty thousand
persons?” The thought impressed me.—
It was a grand one. But what an audience
have the newspapers —the religious news
papers of the country ? It is not an exag
gerated estimate to say that every week
two hundred thousand readers are found in
the army for the religious journals of the
Confederacy : and many, yea, most, of
those who read could not if they would,
and would not if they could, withhold from
their comrades the opinions and facts they
have been pondering. Oh, that this mighty,
potent instrumentality were baptized by
the Spirit of Grace! I am sure in that event
the religious awakening in the army would
increase and not diminish as the weary
months of warfare go on.
Chance threw in my way, the other day,
the New York Chronicle of a late date. I
was astonished to find in it an article assert
ing that the present hostilities were a rnat
! ter of absolute necessity on the part of the
United States ! Can it be possible that the
writer of such a sentiment in a religious
I journal believes himself? There has not
been a day since the present unfortunate
and cruel war began in which the South
has not been willing to accept a fair and
, proper adjustment of the difficulties. “Our
voice has been for peace —theirs for war.”
And I believe we may confidently appeal
’ to the God of peace for protection and de
liverance, and for final triumph.
The malignity of the North is deep-seated
’ and perverse. It is in great part the growth
of the schools. The people there have im
bibed it with their mother’s milk, and as
the years went on, prejudices were being
constantly instilled in them, so as to be
come almost a part of thdir very being.
'Two.remar kablcletters between Timothy
Dwight and John Ta) lor of Caroline, have
recently been exhumed, illustrating the or
igin of these prejudices, laylor had writ
ten to Dr. Dwight, then the. President <4
Yale College, inquiring as to the studies
. prosecuted there, with the view to place
his son at the school. Dwight answers
these inquiries mid appends tlrs remarkable
paragraph : ( Hie letters bear date in 1805.)
“Permit me. to say that I do not think it
would forward, your design to sen.l your
son co this college. If I may judge from
the Virginian youths who have been here
during my presidency, I cannot form a ra
tional hope that youths from that country
will at all acquire here any portion of the
New England manners. The number of
who have entered themselves in this
institution during the period specified has
been perhaps ten or twelve. <>t these I
think hut tiro have gone through their rou
tine of education. The rest despised and
hated our manners, morals, industry and
religion. No part of our system or con
duct was agreeable to them. Some of
them were compelled to leave us; others
left us voluntarily ; and all disrelished us
alike; the two above-mentioned excepted.
These indeed harmonized with us entirely,
and will be remembered herewith pleasure
and approbation while they live. Ihe oth
ers were, I ’.think, more opposed to our
manners the longer they remained iieic. ——
The people of this State (Connecticut) hold
the Christian Religi in in high estimation;
the Virginia youths who have resided here
(except as before) despised it entirely.—
The people of this State are universally
industrious; those, youths considered in
■ dustry as the business of slax os and i < tun
es only. Your children, sir, are undoubted
ly’ very dear to you. ♦ * * i hey
would regard their New England compan
ions as plodding dm ges, destitute of tal
ents as well as of property. 1 hey would
esteem their New England lite as slaveiy,
iunreasonable and useless. Illis is,at least,
what from my past experience I should ex
! reply of Taylor of t aroline is
|a dignified but scathing criticism ot the
: spirit and manner of this remarkable com-
I munication. “It is evident,” he says,
“that you have used \ irginian youths as a
. speculum to reflect your own opinion of
the Virginians. A vouthful mind is inea-
5 pable by nature of nurturing the black and
criminal passions of malice and hatred
| against poverty, talents, morals, industry
. and religion ; prone even to pardon vice, it
Jia never an inexorable foe to virtue.” It is
r doing injustice to this letter to attempt to
i abridge k. I enclose it for full publication
-in your journal. I.am sure this taste pf it
. will whet the appetite of your readers tor
», more.
f Congress begins its session on Monday
i next. The country looks to it with much
1*
anxiety. The currency and the army are
the two prominent objects before it. May
they be endowed with wisdom to devise
salutary measures in reference to both! If
we had been heretofore as wise in council
as brave in battle, our prospects of an early
and triumphant peace would have been
much brighter than now.
The rivivals in this city are progressing
with increased success. We are expecting
much more copious showers of mercy.—
More than one hundred and fifty have pro
fessed conversion ; and the work is still
going on. Observer.
- —-rjfr
fiieply of John Taylor, of Caroline,
to Hie Inciter of ©r. Dwight, refer
red to by our flielimond Corres*
pondent.
Sir:— Whether your letter was dictated
by prejudice or civility, it merits an ac
knowledgment, for the purpose of repay
ing the one by endeavoring to remove the
other.
An opinion calculated to corrode the free
dom and happiness of our country ought, 1
think, to be made a subject of public discus
sion by surrendering our letters to commen
tators more adequate to its examination.—
This opinion is lodged in your objections to
my idea, of bringing the moral quality of
the States nearer together by an exchange
of youths for the purpose of educa ion.
You assert, from experience, “that the
Virginian youths hate and despise your
manners, morals, industry, and religion,
thatthe peopleof Connecticut highly esteem
the Christian religion, and that these youths |
despise it entirely ; that these people uni-'
versally love industry, whilst these youths
think it the business of slaves and wretches’
only ; and that they consider their New
England companions as destitute of talent,
as well as property.”
It is evident that you have used Virgin- f
ian youths as a speculum to reflect your?
own opinion of the Virginians. A youthful; 1
mind is incapable by nature of nurturing .
the black and criminal passions of malice |'
and hatred against poverty, talents, morals, j
industry, and religion; prone even to par-- 1
don vice, it is nev.r an >rable foe to! 1
virtue. Unbending age, enslave. Iby habit,
avarice, or ambition,and bihJni by nursing
party or fanatic zeal, is their uatmai dwel
ling place, and their own xirulence causes
them to as ribe their own v'.ees to the inno
cent objects of their malevolence. Such a
zeal t.as openly spent its fury on women
and children, and can with as good a con-;
science misconstrue the conduct of boys,!
and misrepresent the character of a State. I
This misfortune has happened to the Vir-I
ginians, among whom, during my whole :
life, 1 have never heard an expiession con-!
taining any portion of that mass of malig- 1
nancy toward their New England brethren
ascribed to them in your letter. Those who
come among us are undistinguishable from
ourseives, because, as we do not hate them,
we never suspect that they hate us.
The Christian religion, which you say is'
despised by us and venerated by you, has
taught us not to make our faith the nrescri
ber of other laiths; not to hate those *vho
differ with us in opinion, because, though it ■
may please au ambitious or rapacious hier-j
archy, it will not please God; and not to i
worship such a hierarchy instead of the
Deity. In place of this cruel, malicious,!
and impious temper, all our religious
sects mingle and worship together’ in har
mony, and the State abounds with Chris-!
tian ministers whose religion is not banished >
by intermeddling with civil government. —
These defensive observations are not in-!
tended to insinuate that the people of New
England are deficient in an equivalent re
spect for the Christian religion with th ir
Southern brethren.
“ That we arc induced by wealth and idle
ness to hato your industry and poverty,”j
being morally incorrect, is only an evidence'
of a very strong prejudice. What moralist
has heretofore made idleness tho cause of
wealth, and industry the cause of poverty ?
When we deduce opinions from breaking
the ligaments between cause and effect, they
must be erroneous.
Perhaps you may think that tho partial
cultivation of Virginia by slaves will recon
cile these contradictions. But all economists
have agreed that such is the least profitable
mode of agriculture. If the term slavery
were pressed into service as an additional
reproach to us, we must answer that we re
gret, whilst we are unable to remedy, an
evil forced upon us against our will, by ar
bitrary power, and that to show the sin
cerity of this regret by our enmity to the
system of hierarchy patronage and public
diet, for making slaves of freemen. Figures,
which tell truth, demonstrate Mathematical
ly that this system of slavery ex
torts from the laboring people of-England
farjgreater profit; than direct slavery has
■ ever produced to Virginia, or even West lu-
■ dia masters.
t If your people are bot h industrious and
, poor, some such causes probably open upon
them as have forced anomalous moral char
acter upon the laboring people of England.
•But in fact the poverty you insinuate is
‘, neither to be found in the exact division of
f l the national debt, in the state of commerce,
Jin improved or useful edifices, or in the
I! wealth and luxury of individuals.’
A Boston nabob, it is said, is able to ex
pend in a single entertainment, a year’s in
come of a good Virginian farmer. As the
: cause to which you ascribe the malignancy
i you charge us with does not exist it, follows
that the effect does neither exist.
I Consider, sir, the consequences of
imieal institutions, which teach local prpjii
|dices, State enmities, and individual h.-vrvd.
I What will become ot the L nion and ratio:.-
al happiness, if errors calculated to arm
[State against State with the most uc.idiy
I moral weapons, are inculcated by zcJ, reu-
Jdered doubly dangerous by credulity. In
i one sentiment we agree. That it would be
I extremely injudicious in me to send a son
in search of instruction to one who believes
him to be a wretch destitute of morals, in
dustry, and religion, when the last of such
prejudices suffice to plant the dagger of a
barrister in the heart of a great prince.
I am, with due consideration," sir, your
most obedient servant. J. T.
An Extract from the Council Proceedings—
Council Chamber, Atlanta, Ga., December 4, ISC3.
Council met. Honorable James M. Calhoun, May
or, presiding. Councilmen present: L. C. Wells,
J. E. Williams, James G. Kelly, F. I). Thurman, Z.
A. Rice, J. E. Gullett, Perino Brown.
An Act to Alter and Amend the several Acts In
corporating the City of Atlanta, was read in Coun
cil, whereupon Mr. Brown moved that the Clerk of
Council be authorized to have the said Act pub
lished one time in each of the newspapers publish
ed in Atlanta, and his motion was unanimously
adopted.
An A.ct to Alter and Amend the several Acts In
corporating' the City of Atlanta.
Section 1. The Senate and House of Represen
tatives of Georgia in General Assembly met, do
enact : That immediately after the passage of this
Act, the limits of the City of Atlanta be extended
so as to include a parcel of land situate on lot of
land No. Twenty-One, in the Fourteenth District of
originally , Henry, now Fulton county, containing
one hundred and sixty acres, recently purchased
by the Mayor and Council of said City for a Ceme
tery—the line to commence at the present corpora
tion line, near the southeast corner of Atlanta Cem
etery, and to run in a southeast direction until it
strikes the line of saidjiarcel of land, and thence to
run around the east and south lines of said lands
to the southwest corner of the same, and thence in
a northwestern direction to the present line, inclu
ding said parcel of land and the land lying between
it and the present corporation line within said City.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that the City
Council of Atlanta, or a majority of them now in
ofilce, shall have power and authority to fix the sal
ary of the-Mayor for next year, and the Council for
any year hereafter shall have the power to fix his
salary for the'subsequent year ; provided, said sal
ary shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five hun
dred dollars. And the City Council for the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-four shall each receive
for his services a sum of not exceeding two hun
dred dollars, the amount to be determined by the
present Council; and each Council hereafter to fix
the amount to be received by their successors, not
to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars each per
l.annum.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that the Mayor
and Council of said City, shall have full power and
authority to regulate the retail of ardent spirits
within the corporate limits of said City, and, at
their discretion, to issue license to retail, or to
withhold the same, and to fix the price to be paid
i for license at any sum they may think proper, not
I exceeding two thousand dollars. Said Mayor and
I Council shall also have power to pass such Ordi
! nances as they may think proper in regard to gran
ting or not granting licenses to Theatrical compa-[
j nies or performers, or for shows or other exhibi
; tions ; provided, the price to be paid for such lif
: censes, when granted, shall not exceed two hun
dred dollars for each performance or exhibition.—
And said Mayor and Council shall also have power i
and authority to levy such tax as they may think !
right and proper on all commission merchants, auc
tioneers, or negro brokers or traders within said
City, not exceeding two per centum on the amount
of their sales.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, that.the Mayer
of said City, or, in his absence, three members of
I Council, when sitting as a Court, shall have the
. power to impose a fine of not exceeding five hun
dred dollars’for the violation of any ordinance oi l
| said City.
Section 5. l>e it further enacted, that said Cotin-!
[cil or Mayor shall be authorized to fix the amount 1
[of all bonds to be given by the various officers ci
, said City, and to adjudge ot and approve the same, j
I Section 0. Be it further enacted, that all laws |
I conflicting with this Act be and the same are here-1
by repealed. TIIOS. HARDEMAN, Jr.,
Speaker House of Representatives.
L. (’AtißiM.rox. Clerk House of Representatives, j
A. R. WRIGHT.
* President of the Senate.
L. H. Kenan. Secretary of the Senate.
| Assented to Nov. 26, 1303.
JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor.
Execctive Mansion, Milledgeville. Ga.. i
Nov. 26, 1563. j
I, J. B. Campbell, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is n true copy of an Act to Alter and
amend the several Acts Incorporating the City of
Atlanta, as passed by the present General Assein
b!l J. B. CAMPBELL,
Secretary Executive Department.
1 On motion, Council was adjourned.
11. C. Holcombe, Secretary.
, THE JJRAVE.
j Sister Josephine V. adb died at the residence of
: her grandmother, sister Teresa Wade. Blakely. Ga.,
, on the 12th of last August, in the 16th year of her >
age. \V hen she was only twelve years old, she
, was made happy in finding her dear Saviour. She I
. then made a public profession of tier faith, and was j
baptized by Elder C. Smith. By nature she pos-1
sessed an amiable and sweet disposition, and God’s '
grace shed a halo of righteousness over her life.— |
; She was greatly beloved by us all. 1 have never;
known one ot her age more devotedly pious. She- [
dearly loved her Sabbath School. On every Sab
bath morning, unless prevented by Providence, she
could be found in her class, with a heart longing to 1
; learn more of Jesus. Oh I she was a precious sis-'
ter. The dav before her triumphant spirit ‘-went
home,” I called to see her. and asked her if she!
• could trust her life and her soul in the hb.nds.of the
J Lord. She assured nie she could. One or two
. hours before her happv spirit soired away, herdear
father, brother J. M. Wade, said to her, “ Daughter,
do you know that you are siek enough to die ?
She replied. “Yes. pa: but I am prepared!” >-
riorts answer! T. H. >.
Christian Index. ?
I J . 1 . u_ ■ c
LEVI M. CHUnCniLL. j. E. W. JOHNSTON
CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON.
Goods
AND
<jJcjicr.il Commission Merchants,
233 BROAD SI'REET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Will cive prompt and personal attentivu to all Coolga
mcnU they may t-e favored with.
CONSIGNMENTS solicited.
FACTORY GOODS aiwaya < u hand and «ald at the low
-1 j market rates. Sept 26—ly. |
i ( Military and Legal Blanks.
; I i
; , FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE
’ rH AXD
ft BOOK-BINDERY, "il
s' _ g
I■ ■ -
o _ ft-
a? THREE PRESSES BY STEAM! ?
! o * BLANK BOOKS p
pq Ruled to>ny pattern. Old Books rebound, S’
J. J. TOON & CO., Proprietors. P
B. F. Bennett, Foreman.
Circulars, Bank Checks.
CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.
GENER A L
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Auctioneers,
No- ‘ b S.” WlisielstsSS Street,
(Opposite the “Intelligencer” printing office,)
ATEAXTA, GA.
rPHE REGULAR AUCTION SALES of our
house will hereafter be on
TUESDAYS,
THURSDAYS,
and SATURDAYS
©F EVERY WEEK,
AT HALF-PAST TEN O’CLOCK A M
C3F* All goods, wares and chattels should be
sent in the evening before, or early in the
mornift; of sale day.
STOCK SALKS OF
HORSES, MULES, ETC.,
will commence at FOUR o’clock in the after
noon on each regular sale day.
N'o. 8.
CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO..
E3F’ In addition to our
A UCTI ON- AND NEGR OHO USE,
at No. 8 Whitehall street, we have
FI RE-PROOF STORAGE
of three thousand barrels capacity at our new
Ware-Rooms—No. 1 Alabama street. Our j
NEGRO J ARD and 'Lock-Up, at No. 8, are
safe and comfortable.
Dealers and other parties will find us pre
pared to feed and lodge well; and, from
experience in the business since our boyhood,
TO HANDLE THE NEGRO PROPERLY.
Charges reasonable and right, and satisfac
tion guarantied in every instance.
Parties at a distance may know our market
1 by addressing us.
fi’ease & Davir,
jWHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEUS IN
PRODUCE and PROVISIONS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
(Whiship’g iron-front store, Peach-Tree st.)
ATLANTA, GA.
I. I. 1 ea-e.J ££ g Davis
A.. a Business entrusted to us will receive prompt
attention and returns early made. We ask out
friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pro
duce consigned to us will receive every advantage
our market can give. Also we can make purchases
to the very best advantage, as we are aiwavs dos
te<! in reference to the market prices.
Febru.ry 15, 1862.
Anderson, Adair & Co.,
W 11 O LES AL E GROC ER S,
produce and
COMMISSION MER CH A NTS,
Whitehall, street, near Georgia R.-R. Bank,)
ATLANTA, GA.
Oct. 11. 9m
Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. 11. R Fowler.
Foster, Queen & Co.,
GROCERS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
ATLANTA, GA.,
ILowe, Fam l> rough & Co.,
| GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
IN DANIELS’ AND WINSHIP’S BLOCK,
ATLANTA, GA.
T°r the sale of PRODUCE, and all kinds
of M EEC HAN DIN E; N egroes,
Ileal Estate, Ac., Ac?
Orders and consignments respectfully solicited.
FOB.
; A fine Cotton and Corn Farm, contaiomg
Seven hundred and fifty-three Acres—l(»o ipei
—lt o good Creek Bottom. Good Springs, ;•<«>«!
two-story frame Dwelling, and necessary I m.d
ings; Gm house Ac., Ac.; situated half mile
from t tie Railroad and Town of Thomaston
Upson Count',•, 70 miltby Railroad from At’
ilanta.
S 3. U Illiums
C(> MMIS SI O N MERCII AN T ,
MARIETTA STREET,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
JO fl A FI( KEV
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
JRLS,
Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes. Meerschaums,
SEGAR-CASES, ETC.,
In t’-e nne granite building, Whitehall st.,
Atlanta, Ga.
