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i — - -- . —- ■■ 1 Ufa* God will forgive the sin, B tin it u, our lives are swept eo dry, isocold, so passion-clear, bet kirn death comes at last—and so good-bye. AND GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSE NCfKR. REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Joubnal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agrioulture—Domestio ;Affairs. = established isg6. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING MACON. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1870. YOI. LXIV.-NO. 39 Inconstant. Inconstant! Oh, my God! ., nt * when a singlo thought of thee sends all my shivering blood ^ 03 my heart in thrills of ccstacy! Inconstant! When to sleep i that thou art near me, is to leam I* 1 ®* go much of heaven, I weep j^inse the earth and morning must return. Inconstant! Ah! too true! I / r mi the rightful shelter of tby breast. *“"* ' yiv tired heart flutters through iteckiti -cfiil world—a bird without a nest. Inconstant to the crowd fk.jc"!) which I pass, as to tho skies abovo, ** Xhe fickle summer cloud, to thee, Ob, not to tliee, dear love! I may bo false to all /y, ank beside, and eveiy tender tie * Which seems to hold In thrall feitffS life of mino may be a lie. lint true as God’s own truth, tnt heart turns backward evermore, To that sweet time of yonth ^ golden tide beat such a barcen shore! Inconstant! Not my own w>Ur.d which builds the wall between our lives; v On its cold shadow grown ^perfect shape, the power of love survives. God knows that! wo uldgive .-Mher iovs. the sweetest and the best, *"’ 0 “ ‘ for one short hour to live (fcjto tby heart, its comfort and its rest. But life is not all dark; »»onli"ht gladdens many a hidden slope, J Rue dove shall find ite ark « peaceful refuge and of patient hope. I vet shall be possessed nftttam * meed-roy small world set ap«rt! v Home, love, protection, rest, And chadren'a voices singing through my heart. By God's help, I will bo 1 faithful mother and a tender wife; Perhaps even more, for He 3achastened the best glory of my life. Bnt sacred to his loss fa ibito sweet chamber of my heart shall bo. Xo foot shall ever cross biiieut portal sealed to love and thee. And sometimes when my lips toll my iiist bom's clinging, close and long, " Draining with l>oo-like sips Hia sweet lily heart, will it be wrong— If for an instant, wild Isi precious pain, I put the truth aside And dream it is thy child fa:lam fondling with ench tender pride ? And when another's head ips on tby heart, if it should ever seem To be my own instead, , darling bold it closer for the dream. The I.oved and Lost. "Hebred and lost." Why do we call them lost ? Because we miss them from our outward road; ioia unseen angel o'er onr pathway crossed, sold on ns all, and loving them the most, Stnightway relieved them from life’s weary load. key are not lost; they are within the door That shuts out loss and eveiy hurtful thing— r«han.«'s bright, and loved ones gone before, i their Redeemer's presence evermore, And God bimself their Lord, their Judge and King. this we call a loss! O selfish sorrow Of leltbh hearts! O we of little faith! u look round, some argument to borrow, hr *e in patience should await the morrow, Tut surely must succeed this night of death. ly look upon this dreary, desert path, The thorns and thistles whereso'er wo turn; ‘ttrails and what tears, what wrongs and wrath! -tstruggks and strife the journey hath! they hays escaped from these; and lo! we mouru. tie poor sailor, when the wreck is done, «*wli bis treasure strove the shore to reach, with tho raging waves he battled on; wit not joy, where every joy eeemed gone, Tosco his loved ones landed on the beach ? ptrvwfsrer. leading by tho hand lottlr child, had halted by the well, •n«!i from off her feet the clinging sand, Uttiltke tired boy of that bright land "**• >bia long journey past, they longed to CWcll. tho Lord, who many mansions bad, near and looked upon tho suffering twain. ’ Give Mo the little lad; glorious beauty clad ' come again." " ami loosed upon un “Whig, spake, ‘‘Give Me tl wength renewed and glorious i-bag him with Me when I < dike nuke answer, selfishly and wrong? •'*L but the woes I feel he too must share!” *“« bunting into grateful song, lent her way rejoicing, and made strong ittuggle on, since ho was freed from care. io likewise. Death hath made no breach 6 and sympathy, in hope and trust; ard sign or sound our ears can reach, c’s an inward, spiritual speech greets us still, though mortal £>ngues be '•;* M do tlio work that they laid down— u *ap the song where they broke off tho strain, feting till we roach the heavenly town, *■ are laid np our treasures and onr crown, 'a cur lost ones will be found again. [ Church of England Magazine. Stonewall Jackson’s Way. ttack arms, men 1 Pilo on tho rails, drtp the camp-fire blight! tatter if the canteen fails— -‘H mako a roaring night tSbmandoah Drawls along, burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, brigade's rising song, Aiitoccaail Jsckson’s way. a now; tho queer, slouched hat e’er his eye askew; d, dry smile; the speech so pat, r to blunt, so true! old Elder knows them well: Tint's Banks—he’s fond of sholl; his soul! We’ll give him”—Well! tonewall Jackson's way. ■ Ground arms! Kneel all! Caps on! u round arms: Kneel au t ua; Blue-light’s going to pray; > the fool that dares to scoff— Hon! It’s his way. from his nativo sod, •"pauperis, to God— « Thine arm! Stretch forth Tby rod! •"—that’s Stone wall’s way. “the saddle now; Fall in! the whole Brigade, tho ford-cut off. We’ll win 2*»y°at, ball and blade. « Batter if °ur shoes aro wom ? *2^4* onr feet aro tom ? j?«ep! We’re with him before mojn “btonowall Jackson’s way. ' bu! 1 bright laaoM rookth* atyta -• “Cming; and, by George! j^wgatrcct straggling in tho lists, his Yankees!—whipped before, ■Tf ueu aad g^pe!" hear Stonewall roar. and grape!" hear 8ti bS^baart! Pay off Aabby’i “•“new^l Jackson's way | L and watch, and yoam, II A®** from Stonewall’s band; Iwv!* • read, with eyes that burn, W*f* npon thy hand; biSV •«» on. pray on, hopo on! JrJJ^aUnot be all forlorn. Ivjvjad better ne’er boon born, ** acts in StonowalTs way. Id la m?' 1 com paratively young at bis death, he was "• v ays, and in tho affections of his men. The .Southern Baptist Convention. Wo condense from bur Louisville exchange, the Courier-Journal, the proceedings of the An- nual Convocation of tho Southern Baptists. Tho Convention mot on tho 5th, in tho Wal. □nt Street Baptist Church, and Dr. P. H. Mell, of Georgia, was chosen President by acclama tion. Dr. W. C. Crane, of Texas, Rev. J. S, Coleman, D. D., of Kentucky, Dr. J. P. Boyce, of South Carolina, and Dr. A. Sherwood, of St. Louis, wero elected Tice Presidents. Dr. J. B. Jeter, of Virginia, offered a series of resolutions, providing for tho appointment of a committeo to confer with a similar committeo from Northern societies, to seo liow far and in what way there can be co-operation between them. Rev. J. Wm. Jones, of Lexington, Va. moved to lay the resolutions on the table. The vote being close, a “division” was called for, during tho taking of which Dr. Jeter asked and obtained permission to withdraw the resolutions, intimating that he would renew them at somo other time. Rev. Dr. J. B. Taylor, Corresponding Secre tary, presented the report of the Foreign Mis sion Board. Tho report shows an increase of over $5000 in contributions as compared with last year—shows the decided success of their missionary paper (the Home Foreign Journal,) and ably and earnestly sets forth the necessity of reinforcing its missionary stations. It re ferred to the convention the question—which some have raised—as to whether onr work should be vigorously prosecuted or transferred to others, and ably set forth the advantage of former. It gives a detailed, most interesting, and satisfactory account of the stations in China and Africa, and refers to the Convention the question of starting missions in Europe. Rev. Mr. Stout, of Georgia, moved "to refer the report to a Committee on the Chinese Mis sion and one on the African Mission. Rev. J. B. Hawthorne moved to add a Com mittee on a European Mission. Rev. Dr. Williams, of Maryland, moved to refer also to a Committeo on Co-operation with Northern Baptists. Rev. Dr. Jeter seconded the motion and avail ed himself of the opportunity of explaining his position on this question. He was not in favor of a dissolution of the Sonthern Baptist Conven- ton, bnt he wanted to see if we could not have some co-operation with Northern Baptists,which should be mutually advantageous. He wanted to see if we could not adopt some plan which should unite all hearts and all hands in onr com mon and glorions work. He thought that the question should be fairly and kindly met, and that in this, as in all else, we should seek after harmony. He was not simply a Southern Bap tist, but a Baptist for the whole country, and for the world. Rev. W. D. Thomas, of South Carolina, sub mitted that Dr. Jeter’s speech was on the reso lutions he had some time before offered, and not on the real question before the house. The Foreign Mission Board had snbmitted no ques tion of co-operation, bnt one as to whether we should transfer its operations to others. He did not wish at this timo to disenss the general merits of the question, bnt simply to raise this point. Rev. Dr. Taylor explained this was the ques tion raised by the Board, that there had been certain publications on tho subject, and that the Board had received various letters on the sub ject. They did not desire the transfer, but wanted the question settled. Rev. Dr. Williams modified his resolution and moved a Committeo on Transfer. He firmly in favor of standing by our own organi- they do not come here to ask a cent for them selves, bnt only for tho students. Various spioy speeches were made, and $2500 raised for the object. Many others made pledges to collect money at home for it. On Friday night the Church was well filled to hear addresses on domestic missions. After prayer by Rev. E. W. Warren, of Georgia. Rev. W. H. Felix, of Kentucky, explained tho object of the meeting, and introduced Reverend J. D. Renfroe, of Alabama, who addressed fhe meeting with telling effect on the objects of the Domcstio and Indian Mission Board, Rev. W. H. Felix followed in a short and ap propriate address. Rev. Dr. M. T. Sumner, Corresponding Sec retary of tho D. M. Board, made an earnest ap peal in behalf of this work. Anumberof other short pithy speeches wero made, and $2025 raised for the Board, This brings tho proceedings down lo Friday night Perhaps a brief Bketoh of the history of this Convention would not be uninteresting to onr readers. UptolbUS the Baptists of tho North and South worked harmoniously together in the same general organizations, and no strife was permitted to enter. But at the meeting for this year, held in the city of New York, sectional feeling was engendered, which was still more manifest three years later at the meeting in Baltimore, and which grew so bitter at the meet ing in Philadelphia in 1844 that it was apparent to all that the day of separation was at hand. In tho antumn of this year the Foreign Mission Board, (located at Boston, but' established and sustained by the contributions of the Baptists of the whole country,) in response to a direct question from the Baptist State Convention, declared that: “If any one shonld offer him self as a missionary, having slaves, and insist on retaining them as his property whilst in the service of the Board, they shonld not appoint him.” This declaration, of course, rendered tho withdrawal of the Southern Churches from the general organization imperative. Accordingly, thero assembled in Augusta, Ga., in May, 1845, a Convention of Southern Bap tists, distinguished alike for its ability, numbers and the entiro unanimity with which it resolved to withdraw from all organized association with Northern Baptists in the conduct of its misiona- ry operations. Thus was formed the “Southern Baptist Convention,” which up to the breaking ont of tho late war had a degree of prosperity and success unsurpassed, if it has been equaled, in the history of such organizations. At this time tho Convention was sustaining its foreign mission work with such liberality that the Board announced that their need was “not money but more men to carry the gospel to the heathen,” and in response to thiB appeal young men all over the South were saying: “Here am I— send me.” In the domestic and Indian mission department they had had great success, and wero enlarging their operations every year.— They had just raised a liberal endowment and put into successful operation the “Sonthern Baptist Theological Seminary 1 ” located at Greenville, S. C. In a word, they were nobly do ing their part towards promoting the interest of that conservative Christianity for which all de nominations at the South were so earnestly work ing. The blighting effects of the war were felt by none more severely than by the enterprise of the Sonthern Baptist Convention. Cat off during the war from communication with their missionaries the Foreign Mission Board found itself with a heavy debt and an empty treasury, and all of zatious. But he wanted the question fairly met and settled. Rev. Dr. Sumner, of Alabama, was unwilling even to consider such a question. To him it was deeply humiliating even to think of the possibility of transferring to others our own work. The question being pnt, the motion was over whelmingly lost, and this would seem to settle for the present that, wbilo the Baptists of the South cherish tho most fraternal feelings to ward thoir brethren at tho North, they intend to abide by their own organization and do their own work. On Friday morning, after half an hoar’s de votional exercises, led by Dr. Poindexter, of Virginia, Dr. Mell resumed the chair, and complimented, the body on the partial good order of the day before, and begged that they would neither walk about the room, talk, nor gather around the tables. The various com mittees were appointed daring the day, and the report of the Sunday School Board was read by Dr. T. O. Teasdale, Corresponding Secretary. The report gives a detailed account of the la bors of its missionaries, shows tho need of its aid, and earnestly appeals for help to do its work. ‘As to co-operation with Northern societies in onr Sunday school work, we would simply re mark, that if it wore possible to secure such co operation on terms of perfect equality, and if it could be done with proper respect to our pao- plo, and with duo honor to the Master, then we should say with all our hearts, let it be done. But we seriously apprehend that any attempt at organic union for the present woo.d be found to be not only inopportune and impolitic, but would seriously retard the work of real union by exhuming tho seed3 of peaco before the germs shall have become fairly imbedded in the soiL The acknowledged want of homogenei ty between tho people North and Sonth will render tho work of pacification slow. Mean while let ns follow the reiterated conviction of this convention, that wbilo fraternization with Northorn Baptists is desirable, and will be sought, separate action in general denomina tional enterprises is tho policy of true peace and surest progress.” By special invitation, E. D. Jones, Esq., of St. Lonis, was invited to address tho conven tion on tho subject of Sunday Schools, and did so. Ho earnestly argued that Snnday school work is necessary to the promotion of all the other enterprises of tho Denomination. Ho urged tho establishment of Snnday school con ventions which Bhould give to tho people both enthusiasm and instruction, and closed with an earnest appeal to make tho children Christians and then Baptists. On motion of Dr. Jeter, Dr. J. P. Boyce then addressed the Convention in a very able and in teresting manner, on the interests of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary, at Greenville, S. C. While speaking, Dr. Graves roso to a “point of order," which was that he would bo ono of fifty to givo two hundred dollars each to this object Tho chair ruled the “point” well taken, and Dr. Boyce said that he would be most happy lo have many such “points of order. He closed with an eloquent appeal in behalf of this great work. Dr. Graves renewed his pledge, and a number of other responses wero made. Dr. Jeter testified to tho self-sacrificing spirit of the Professors at tho Seminary, and urged a response to tho appeal for funds to help in sus taining the students. President N. K. Davis, of Bethol College, wished to testify their interest by pledging $200 to this cause. Dr. Ryland reminded tho Convention that ono of these Professors had refused $ 10,000 salary, and another $7,000, and bad nobly remained at their post on the piltanco they now receivo Dr. Skinner reminded the Convention that though these Professors wore thus suffering, the other boards wero in a like situation. Thus was the convention has had great obstacles to con tend with. Yet it has struggled on throngh these. The churches aro rallying, and the boards of tho convention will report their work in a much better condition at present than at any time since the war. Immigration. About two months ago, Duncan Stewart, Esq., a distinguished citizen of Detroit, Mi chigan, visited North Carolina, with the view of fixing his residence here. He has traveled extensively through the South, and has writ ten a series of letters, to be published in Scot land, for the benefit of his countrymen there who desire to emigrate to this country. We have been furnished by a correspondent of Mr. Stewart in this city with the subjoined extract of his observations in North Carolina. It is a just and beautiful tribute to our State: l have briefly sketched some of the advan tages that North Carolina presents to settlers. To the people of Scotland it offers greater in ducements than any other quarter. It is not subject to long cold winters like panada and the States of the Northwest. It is free from the excessive heat of the for South. It is not subject to the fearful want of rain that proves so disastrous to the Australian farmer. It is much nearer the land of their birth and the kindred left at home than New Zealand, It is only one day’s more sailing to Norfolk than New Tork. It is 500 to 1500 miles nearer the sia than the States of the Northwest, so its products can reach the markets of tho world at a much lower rate of freight, so much lower that the savings in freight alone would pay the cost of an improved first-class plantation in ten years. It has a very large population of Scot tish descent. It is a strongly Presbyterian State, hence congenial to their religious views. Its people arc very favorable to the interest of education, hence high mental culture is at tainable. . . _ ,. , To the banker and capitalist it offers a high rate of interest that can bo well secured. To tho cotton manufacturer it offers cheap water power and abundance of cheap coal; and a healthy country in tho close vicinity of the cotton fields. To iron masters it offers induce ments equal, if not superior, to any other quar ter of the globe. The future Wilsons of Dundivon, and Lairds of Gaitshenic, of this couDrry, will be found in Chatham county, North Carolina. Where the cotton and iron trade flourishes, all other incidental industries will abound. . To tho Scottish farmer it offers plantations at from one to two years of his present rent, per acre, on which a large, industrious family can earn a fortune in ten years; a mild climate, a great variety of productions that como to maturity in convenient rotation, and enables him to keep at work with vigor all the year round. . ,, To the Scottish stock-raiser it is an earthly paradise. The mountains and vallics of tho western portion of the State being much richer than the Lammermoor hills, the Pentland hills, or the hills around the home of Dandy Dinmont. Nothing in tho highlands of Scot land can compare with these grazing moun tains for richness, and Switzerland.cannot vio with them in beautiful scenery, while no snow clad peaks threaten tho valleys with dcstrue- ive avalanches. To the laborer, good wages, kindly treat ment, a fine garden, where abundance of fruits, flowers, and vegetables that aro easily raised, will make his life ono of rational enjoyment, and give his family a chance to climb fortune’s highest ladder. With these glorious advantages, the entiro emigration of Scotland should bo "directed to this one point for the present. A new Scot land can be founded, which at somofature LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. Radical Reorganisation — Determined to Carry the Southern States —The Third Party in the South. Washington, May 7,1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger : The Radical party is already arranging its schemes for carrying the next Presidential elec tion. The party caucus, soon to be held here, Quadrennial Address of the Bishops of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, Mouth. To the General Conference of the Jf. E. Church, j J South: Beloved Bbethben : We would join you in devoted thanksgiving to God that another qnadrennial session of your body has occurred. will be the largest assemblage of the kind on I Representing, as you do, all parts of our wide record. All the Radical members of Congress will participate in it. The programme for the approaching campaign will be agreed , upon, and the necessary funds—of which thero will be no laek—provided for. The agents of the dom inant party are now at work in the South; and it is openly declared that •‘V/Hisjority of the Southern States will be secured for the Radical nominee. The “third party" movement in the Sonth is a part of the Radical electioneering scheme. It is simply an attempt to break up the Democratic party. “Only this and nothing more.” The Conservative press of tho South should sound the noto of warning, and bid the people beware of “third party” agitators, who would lure them on to their ruin. Look at Louisiana. The Democratio party in that State was perfectly organized and thor oughly harmonious. With this organization in tact every office in the State is secured to tho Democracy. A Democratio delegation can bo elected to Congress, and the vote of the State for a Democratio President is assured. Yet here we find the third party movement taking root, under theauspices of Warmonth, the pres ent carpet-hag Governor, and with the aid of i newspaper controlled by a man whose antece dents by no means commend him to the South ern people or to the Democratio party. If suo cessful this “third party" movement will simply destroy the organization of the Democratio par ty, and place tho State under the control of a ’ring” composed of carpet-baggers and adven turers, who will prove quite as corrupt and un scrupulous as the men foisted upon the people by Federal bayonets. What is being attempted in Louisiana will be tried in all the States of the Sonth, and with the same results, if success ful. Every man whose disabilities have been re moved by the present Congress shonld be view ed with suspicion; his conduct closely watched, and his advice cautiously received. There may be exceptions, but—of the majority—this holds good. In most instances tho application to a Radical Congress for clemency has been accom panied by pledges which no true Southern man could honorably make; or it has cloaked some ulterior design for individual benefit. The Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina, is un derstood to have allied himself to a certain ex tent with the Radical ring, in order to secure the removal of his disabilities; and ho is there fore no longer to be trusted as a counsellor for his people. The attempt to cany water on both shoulders always results in a leaning to the stronger side. These “third party” men will sooner or later come into close affiliation with the Radical party, whoso agents they now are. Let the Sonthern people bear those facts in mind, and heed this timely warning. Let them raise aloft the banner of pure Democracy and rally around it to a man. If the Radical party succeeds in 1872 by the aid of the “third party” allies, there will he nothing left for the i Democracy to do bnt to sing a requiem over the downfall of Republican government and ■irel in stitutions in America, Of candidates for the next Presidency there is no lack. Grant’s desire for re-election is well known; Bontwell is said to have an eye to the nomination; and Beast Bntler is working industriously with a view to the same end. Not withstanding the letters Chief Justice Chase has written in declination of future political honors it is well known that he is not averse to a four years’ residence in tho White House ; and his friends are now busily engaged in paving the way for him. Their especial aim at present seems to be to secure the support of Southern men. So much for tho Radical candidates. Among tho Democratio politicians there is less stir and les3 talk ; but a great many good and true Democrats havo fixed upon Senator Thur man, of Ohio, as tho “coming man.” Come what will there must he no more Democratio Conventions held in New York city. The party was “sold ont” there in 18G9, and its bright prospects for snccess mined, by a nest of trai tors whose organ was tho New York World; and neither the World nor the Belmont oliqne should bo trusted more. Forney was before tho Senate Judiciary Com mittee yesterday to give evidence in relation to the operations of the Bullock lobby. It is well known that Forney received one check from Bul lock, for 4500; and ho says this was paid for printing Morton’s speech (it appeared ns a sup plement to tho Chronicle) and that all money paid him by Bullock was for printing pamphlets, speeches, etc. It is generally understood that the Chronicle has a “job office, and takes all kinds of jobs, for all sorts of prices—small fa vors thankfully received;” large ones in pro portion. But where does Bullock got the money :e sponds so lavishly in Washington ? That is what tho people of Georgia want to know, I reckon. The Senate did a good day’s work yestorday, having disposed of some twenty pages of the legislative appropriation bill. Neither House is in session to-day. L. A. Gobright, Esq., the popular agent of the New York Associated Press, lectures on Benj. Franklin, at Masonio Hall, next Friday evening for tho benefit of the widow of Dr. i Brock, of tho Richmond Enquirer. Tho Choral Society gives a concert at Lincoln Hall to-night in aid of the Richmond sufferers, and Miss Laura Keono gives an entertainment at Wail’s Opera House for tho same object. Dalton. day may rival tho old in scicnco, literature and song, where the liberty bo loved by Bruce and Wallace wifi bo tempered with a lovcof justice founded on the teachings of Calvin and Knox. { Raleigh Standard. The Anti-Slavery Standard, which for many years has been advocating the cause of the colorjd people, as a weekly journal, has been changed into a monthly magazine, en titled “Tho Standard; a journal of reform and literature.” tsnv Washington Letter Writers. There’s Ben Perley Poore, who is probably the most successful, as to his emoluments, and his employers are satisfied as to other essen tial?. He is clerk to tho Committeo on Print ing, which pays $2500 a year, gives him pos- sc.-sion of tho committee room and the privil ege of the floor of the Senate. Ho has a Boft place, has l’erley,- and tho light labor of cor respondence is the jollicst employment imag inable, when performed in tho midst of luxu rious surroundings and to tho musio of $5000 a year. He has tho pay of a momber, with more advantages. Don Piatt, who does for Cincinnati folk, is ono of the most popular and ratty of tho fraternity. The most sympa thetic and thorough correspondent of a load ing daily, is Connery, of tho Now York Hor- ald. IIo was formerly the Albany correspond ent of that paper, and was transierred to tho chargo of their bureau at Washington be cause of his pcouliar fitness for tho place. Absorbed as he necessarily is, with tho details of duty, ho has little timo to dovoto to letter writirfg; but when ho occasionally works up a gossippy letter, ho writes nothing inferior; and many of his efforts are full of spicy inci dent and abound with gems of humor. Mrs. Mary Ulcmmer Ames is one of tho correspond ents of tho New York Independent, and is said to bo tho best paid letter writer writer in Washington. She is young, bright and pretty, and has access to tho best circles of Washing ton uocicty. Her husband is an ex- Congrega tional minister. Sho is also ono of tho editors of tho Brooklyn-Union, where sho receives a liberal salary. “Olivia,” of tho Philadelphia Press, is Mrs. Briggs, whose husband is print ing clork of tho IIouso. He was formorly an Iowa editor, but is more successful in tho per formance oftholight dutiesofclcrk. “Cimon” is Mr. Clounsc, tho Washington correspond ent of tho Now York Times. He. too, is clerk to a oommittcc, and enjoys its light labor and liberal compensation. Ho is a good writer, candid and accurate, but never humorous. Ho owns stock in the Time s, whioh gives him a permanent position in Washington. field of labor, conversant with their conditions and wants, and invested with authority over the wholo church, we beg respeotfnlly to remind you of the importance of prayerful, vigilant, and impartial attention to the duties of your delicate and responsible position. We trust that the subjects whioh may be brought before you will bo disoussed and decided as ia the im mediate presence of God, and with direct ref erence to the welfare of the whole church. With profound emotion we announce to you that since yonr last session, onr venerable and beloved colleague, Joshua Soule, has departed this life. His death occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, March G, 1867, in the 87th year of his life, and the 70th year of his itinerant min istry. In many respects Bishop Soule was a remarkable man.. At too time of his death he was, probably, the oldest traveling preacher in America, if not in the world; and was thus the connecting link between the Methodism of Wes ley and As bury and that of the present day. Throughout his whole ministerial life he was eminently devoted to God, and employed exclu sively in the servico of the Church; often filling positions of the highest responsibility, and al ways honorably nnd usefully. His mind was clear and vigorous, his deportment dignified, and his whole course was marked by constancy, purify and unswerving fidelity to principle. Whether viowed as a man, a Christian ora min ister, or as filling the highest office in the chnrch for forty-three years, his character deserves to bo held in the highest esteem, and his memory to bo perpetuated in the history of the Church. We devoutly thank God for such a man, and for the gifts and graces which rendered his eventful life so useful, his declining years and closing day so beautifully serene, so sublimely trium phant. The past four years have abounded with trials to the Church you represent, especially in those portions of the country which suffered most by military devastation daring the late war, and by ecclesiastical interference with our Church property. But it is a matter of devout grati tude that poverty and persecution—even unto stripes and death in some cases—have only test ed and increased the attachment and fidelity of our ministers and the general body of our mem bership to the Church. The itinerant preaoh- ers, although very meageriy supported, have, iu general, been faithful to their ordination vows, and have persevered, as best they could, in performing their duties. By the blessing of God this has resulted in the maintenance of our itinerant system, and the steady increasing prosperity of all the enterprises of the Church. Even where we had suffered most we are rapid ly regaining our former ground, and in many sections extending our borders and multiplying onr membership. Seasons of refreshment from the presence of the Lord have come upon the people, and thousands have been converted and added to the church. We rejoice, also, to report that the greatest unity and harmony exist throughout the whole connection. It has been truly said that “Metho dists, all over the world, are one in dootrine; so that. hnwAvar wiAaIj- ooRttertti and ttifferittg in othor respects, they present the peculiarity of agreeing cordially in the great doctrines of Christianity. And as the members of our commu nity are a unit in faith, so also there is scarcely any disagreement among them as to our Church polity. Their prevalent desire is that both be preserved—the former intaot, the latter, if al tered at all, to bo modified so far only as to make it more effeotive in accomplishing the original purposes of Methodism. This ia seen in the fact that we have quietly passed what is justly regarded in all forms of government a great crisis, in the adoption of a new element into our system. We allude to the introduction of lay representation into the Annual General Conferences. This important change in onr economy was not a peace offering, rendered necessary for the preservation of the unity and peace of the church, from the attacks of a dis satisfied and refractory membership, but was proposed and effected by the nearly unanimous voice of the laity, both believing that tho time had fully come when it would enhance the effec tiveness of tho Church and the glory of Christ. In attestation of the approval of the whole church of this measure, we are gratified to see in this body so large a number of lay delegates, representing the intelligence, piety and strength of the connection. Wo are sure that we express the feelings of their clerical associates and of tho entire church in welcoming them to thoir seats, and we shall gladly share with them tho labors and responsibilities of this chief council of tho church. It may not be amiss in this connection to suggest that excessivo legislation is too common in all deliberative bodies. Laws and usages, generally understood and approved, should not be changed hastily; or, if changed at all, only from a conviction of the greater utility of the change. Nor is it prudent to alter oven a re cent enactment until it is practically demon strated to bo necessary to do so. This caution wo would respectfully apply to tho regulations under which lay representation has been intro duced. Would it not bo judicious to loam by experience what modifications, if any, may be necossary, rather than risk the success of the system by hasty attempts to improve it ? Tho efficiency of the Ghuroh of Christ must result from His gifts and groee, and the Gen eral Conference can reasonably expect to do bnt little to increase it by merely prudential means, except as these tend to increnso its spiritual life. It is your first duty, therefore, to ascer tain the real condition of the church in this re aped, in ordor to correot what may be wrong, and Bupply what may be needed for this great end. Yonr attention is earnestly invited to a careful examination into its spiritual state, and of the tneans and measures likely to contribute to this,Tib bighost, most vital interest. Without intending a disparaging comparison between the piety of tho present day and of our fathers in tho early days of Methodism, we feol it right to say that we are deficient os to several matters whioh wore formerly regarded as aids and tests of Methodistio piety. Wo allude, es pecially, to tho neglect of class and prayer- moetings; of fasting nnd nkstincnce; of family and scoret prayer, and tho indulgence iu world ly pleasures. In somo, if not all of these things, wo foor onr people, not to say our preachers, too, aro all bolow tho pattern sot U3 by tho piety of our fathers in other days. We do not mean that this declension is universal, but gladly ad mit there aro large numbers who exhibit tho anciunt marks of Methodistio piety in an Intel- telligentuud ardent devotion to God, and in firm allaohmont to our doctrines and discipline. The action of tho laat General Conferenoo modi fying the rule ou class-mcotings, so thatattond- iug thorn should not bo a condition of chureh mi uiborship, has been constrain!, unforlnnato- ]y, by somo as abolishing them. Wo do not so tho church, and bo essential to tho efficient working of our economy, that we are very re luctant to 800 them fall, in any nioasuro, into disuse. WhiJo Attendance upon those mootings ia not a condition of membership, yet, wo do not consldor that pastors havo been released from the appointment and oversight of leadors, clas3cs t 'and at toast a quarterly visitation and report. Wo reootnrnond to tho General Con ference tho consideration of Uds aubjoct in con nection with a pastor’s duty. Wo invito your attention, specially, to the subject of family religion and the Christian training of children. Its importanoo oannot bo over estimated. Regular family worship, morn ing and night, ncoompaniod with tho oonsoou- tivo reading of tho scriptures, is so morally fit, reasonable aud salutary, that to u« it seems strange that the heads of Christian families can feel guiltless In neglecting it While vere- joioe in the greatly increased interest exhibited in behalf cf tiuudoy-aohoola, we an eurq Ihtt there can be no substitute for religious training in the family. The impress whether for good or evil, by family instraotion and example is indelible. In the home circle is found a do mestic and patriarchal church; the training sohool of tho kingdom of Christ; the pledge and foretaste of the bliss of the kingdom above. Indulgence in worldly and fashionable di versions is another great enemy of earnest piety whioh is invading the church, and threatening to estrange our children from us. Dancing, in particular, whatever plausible exouses may be pleaded for it, is destructive to the growth, not to say the very existence of spiritual religion in Uiose who delight to indulge in it. Generally, it is a species of “reveling,” condemned and forbidden by the word of God; and its tendency isevilonty. In immediate connection with the spiritual welft-re of the church, tho great and only effec tual remedy for most if not all our deficienices as a Christian people, is an increase of inward, genuine, scriptural holiness. We fear that the doctrine of Perfect Love, which casts out fear and purifies the heart, and is the “measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,” as taught in the Bible and explained and enforced in onr standards, as a.diatinct and practicable attain ment, is too much OTerloooked and neglected. This was a prominent theme in the discourses of our fathers; and alike in thsir private conver sation as in their ministrations, they urged reli gious people to “go on to this perfection” of sanolifying love. The revivals which followed their ministry wero not superficial or ephemer al. Their genuinoness and power were proved by the holy lives and triumphant death of the converts. If we would be like them in power and usefullne8s we must resemble them in holy consecration. Nothing is so much needed at the present time throughout all these lands as a general and powerful revival of scriptural holi ness. We regret that we have not been able to extend our foreign missionary work since our body assembled last, owing to the want of funds. Indeed, after all the efforts which have been made, we have not liquidated in fall the old debt contracted during the late war. There is, however, a strong probability that this very desirable result will be accomplished before long. Our domestic missions have multiplied, and with increasing usefulness. Your atten tion is particularly invited to the great and effectual door now open in the West. From the month of the Kansas river to the Golden Gate, from tho Rio Grande to Paget’s Sound, there is a field becoming populous more rapidly than any in which our fathers labored in their day. No louder call has ever fallen on the ear of the ministry than that which comes to us from this vast region. Other forms of religion, some of them corrupt, are pressing their mis sions with astonishing vigor. All along the line of the Union and Pacific railroad they have se cured real estate, and at many places they al ready have church edifices on commanding sites. They lavish money in gaining a foothold there, where, in the coarse of a few years, as they foresee, there will be populous and enter prising communities. Much of the population will bo from our own country, and in sympathy with us; yet, up to this moment, we have done nothing toward the occupancy of the country. Yonr bishops are receiving repeated and most urgent calls for men. But in the very nature of the case we oan send no men, unless the ohnrchat home will send money to meet the first expenses incurred. This is all properly missionary ground at present, including Ore gon and Souths- In Central Oali- r«rnia the work is, for tne most p«*,—r/ sns . taining, ana, indeed, prepared to aid the com mon enterprises of the church. We feel well assured that money expended on this great field will yield as rich a harvest as bas ever been gathered from suoh sowing. The subject of education is one of general interest and prime importance, and no intelli gent philanthropist, patriot or Christian can feel indifferent to it. Yiewed either in its in tellectual, moral or religious aspects, it rises into grand proportions and is invested with powerful influence. The impolicy of multiply ing colleges under the patronago of annual con ferences must be evident to those who are ac quainted with the present condition of many of those already iq existence. In wielding aright this great agenoy, there must bo more foresight, and concentration of effort and liberality. Let those institutiens to which we aro already com mitted bo encouraged with the increased effort to endow and sustain them. Lst a higher grade of scholarship be established in them, and tho most earnest spirit of religion be cultivated by officers and students. If there be those which oannot sustain the rank of collegiate establish ments, they must be content with a lower posi tion. The proper training of young ministers is a matter of high and acknowledged importance. How this may be best and soonest accomplished will claim yonr most thoughtful consideration. Wo commend the subject to your earnest atten tion. Tho inadequate support furnished, in many parts of tho Connection, to the preacher regu larly engaged iu the pastoral work, and the con sequences whioh must follow if this evil be not remedied, will not fail to be nolioed by you. We must perpetuate an itinerant ministry, sep arated to the holy office, and consecrated to tho caro of souls; with all of timo and thought and energy devoted to their sole and appropriate work. But to enable them to do this the church muct mako provision for a proper supply of their wants. Whilo it affords us pleasure to say that in most of our wide field of operations there has been witnessed a decided improve ment, yot there is no doubt of tho fact that in some sections there is still a great amount of negligenoo in raising tho means of support, and of consequent privation and suffering among the preachers. Do not the members of the chureh need to bo specially instructed and trained iu this class of religious obligations ? Our attention has boon oi late years arrested by tho inadequate supply of young men offer ing thomsolves to tho work of tho ministry, either for the homo or the foreign missionary work. May wo not assume that Christ, the Re deemer of all men. the Intercessor for all. does call men to the holy offioe, in numbers sufficient to the demands of His cause in the world ? The fault must bo with us. How soon would an in- croaso of piety nnd zoal in the church supply the remody for this deficiency ? What can bo done to arouse our whole communion to united, fervent prayer to “tho Lord of tho harvest that He will send forth laborers into His vineyard?” You will consider, of course, with great care, tho whole Sunday-8ohool interest, which, we are happy to say, has assumed a magnitude nnd im portance never before known in the history of the Southern Methodist Church. We think yon may find it practicable to adopt measures that will secure n uniform schemo of instruction, suffered greatly from the difficulty of obtaining even a hymn book and discipline. If, in your wisdom, any relief can be afforded, a great want will be supplied. We congratulate you upon the ability and fidelity of tbose to whom the journalism of the church has been entrusted during the past four years; and especially upon the energy, ability and success of the agent and of the editor of the Publishing House. They deserve the highest commendation. The pros perous condition of the publishing interests un der control of tho General Conference is matter of special gratification, and of high import to the future development of the church. Soon after tho last session of your body the bishops proceeded to carry into effect the plan adopted for tho religious benefit of our colored members. Tho effort met with the approval and concurrence of many of them, notwith standing the prejudices which were attempted —too successfully in many instances—to be in stilled into their minds against us. A great number of them still retain their attachment to the church and ministry that had in the past bestowed so much attention and labor upon their religions instruction, and throngh whose instru mentality they had been enlightened and con verted. Still, it is true, that many thus disposed have been alienated from our communion political and ecclesiastic In&uuww. In conformity to the wish of the last General Conference, we have organized and presided over Annual Conferences, composed exclusively of colored members, have formed forty-five districts, with circuits and stations, in all of which, with a few exceptions in which white preachers have volunteered to act as supplies; our colored brethren are performing the duties of presiding elders and pastors. The principal fields of these operations extends through por tions of Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis sissippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida; and is widening by ap plications for the organization of new confer ences. The colored preachers have conducted themselves, both in their annual conferences and in the exercise of their pastoral duties, so as to win the confidence and co-operation 0f those of their white brethren who have become best acquainted with their deportment. It is onr purpose, unless otherwise advised by your body, to call a General Conference, to be holden next winter, for the purpose of organizing them into an entirely separate church, and thus ena bling them to become their own guides and gov ernors. The suggestion of district meetings, origina ting at the last session of the General Confer ence, has been practically adopted, under the sanction of the Annnal Conferences, with signal bonefit to the cause of religion. At those meet ings the lay representatives to the Annual Con ferences have been elected; the leading minds of the church, lay as well as clerical, have been brought together, impressed and moved with new zeal; the bishops, as far as they could find the opportunity to attend, have had a new and important field of influence opened to them- and the results havo been of great value to all the prominent interests of the church, spiritual as well as economical. In conclusion dear brethren, we pray earnest ly that the plentiful enrichment of the “spirit- of power and of love and of a sound mind,” may rest upon you in all the deliberations and decisions of the present session—the first of th* kind in the annals of Methodism. Could we take you up the shining mount of vision, and show you the vast and grand future before the Methodist Episcopal Church South; the sublime possibilities which await development ln_fh» aces ~«n*_ and wtheir condition, ask for unswerving fidelity to Christ and the solemn trust he has plaoed in your hands for the world, you would need nolof tier inducement to the patient, resolute, prayerful discharge of the duties imposed upon you as the representa tives of the entire church. That tho Divine counsel may guide you in all things, is eux de vout and constant prayer. R. O. Axebew, R. Paine, G. F. Pikece, H. H. KiVANAuaff, W. H. WlGHTMAN, E. M. Marvin, D. S. Doggett, H. N. MoTtEtSE. Memphis, Tenn., May 5, 1870. The Result or a Case of "Texas Fever.” We find in a late number of the Hawkinsville- Dispatch, a letter from Texas, signed by J. O. Parnell, formerly of Irwin county, which ought to cure every ease of Texas fever in Georgia for the next two years. We make some extracts from it. He writes from Smith county to his brother. Tom and I have traveled over nine counties, and fromwbatwe have seen, and from what men who have lived in Texas all their lives, and say they have been in every county in the State, tell us, I am deoidedly of the opinion that it wotiid net bo to your interest to leave Georgia and come to this country. Now, my reasons for thinking so are these: 1st, in good, (or what they call good) moral sections, improved lands, and poor improvements at that, are selling at. from five to ten dollars per acre. Remember,-, now, we were told and written to, that we could’ get these improvements at from two to five doR. lars per acre. Tho figures I have given you are correct for the timbered lands in Eastern Texas. Higher up, North and West, improvemsats are much higher, say from $15 to $25 nor asre. Under the present system of labor, unimproved lands in this country I consider worthless. “Why ?” says somebody. Well, when I see yon 1 will tell yon why. I have not been out to 8. D. Ander’a yet, aud from what hondaeds of fam ilies tell me that have moved to that section, or on what they call prairies, it is useless for a. man to move there if ho wants, to raise any- children. They say the pneumonia kills thenq in piles all over tho prairie country, owing.to, these heavy and frequent North***. The people- that tell me all this, have lived; on. the pnupaa. and moved to this and adjoining. oonnties- I was told by ono man before I left .Georgia .that, this was the poorest connty in the Stata, aid from what I have seen of ame counties .it i&by one-half the best oonnty in.the lot. Emaagh or* the land subjeot. Now, we wero told that we could get thou sands of com at 37jcts. per bushel^ we paid $1 00 in gold. We were to get perk at 4 «fct; we paid 'Jo. in gold. Salt $5 50 a sank; dour, very common, $10 U0 per barrel in gold, and other things in proportion. Corn is now worth $1 75 per bushel, and baoon 20 to 25 cte. per pound. So yon seo everything we heard was exaggerated or false. Now then is some lands with texts furnished at onr publishing bouse’, KStoi SSiU^'St^iJBjht^fS toS than abovo rates. Tom and I wont, to look ah together with the enlargement of th« Sunday school Visitor, and possibly, in addition to that papor, tho publication of a mouthly journal them, but the fl—1 himself would not associate with tho inhabitants of those sections. They adapted to . ton ®} ier ® iw th ere riio uhl rob * 8le * 1 » nmrder > ooramitaU the depreda- pupiis. Ills very doairable that there should imaginable for human beings to be guilty bean improvement both ia the character and ofNmv formark-trieiLitier It o.JbTni price of the books prepared for tho use of Sun-! of * for fao ' uUo? - - co *“ “ day-school libraries. We recommend tho $14.00 a bale to sot cotton to New Orleans, turd r _ ■ I _ . . ay-aohooi m.ranes. ne rooommena uiosp- | ia ’oo a ba le tore.ch as good a markkas understand it; and wo regard these meetings to polntment of a suitable peraon to bo specially, HawUasville, ex h«ml It yourself 75 miles over bo so promotivo of the spiritual prosperity of entrusted withlho oversight of these vital in- ^ worst road* you over saw. Big Creek hill ” . ... , . ■« la as smooth as a pavement ta the most of it. litornturo of tho church will not bo over- to sum up the whole mattev la as few words looked by you. Wooannot consent to surrorrier M possible, whoa you leave Georgia you wilt to others th* vast power and influence wielded loIIVO the best country thatlknow anvthhw by the press; no church cani safelydo so. In nboutv , ud I have seen, some of everySteto proportion to the potenoy of this toQjionoo Je froitt the ^ oloaj . i0 rivcr to ^ QftU o| 'fo exiw . the soloma obligation restiug ou us to guard ^Ffrom dS Atlantio to the Pacific, and itl ahd guide the pro® It meat matotaiu a hlgh ^ Watte; X ahaU retract mv steps, religious tone neither WgjjWJ aud move hath to Irwin oonntv, OeorgltJ whioh at eousorviDg tho oonnectipualiflin of tho chureh, and bo committed to trustworthy nnd compc-. tent men who lore the whole church too w*U to W# should I over saw, taking everything into considera tion. It is a long ways the beat tango and gum* Country I over saw. put In peril her ivtity and peace, hail with rapture the day that saw n firet-olaM . religions nnq literary now*P«p«f in eyery Meth- odiat family, and our stauaani works in every library. There is, allow us to edd, pressing fic*d of greater facilities for procuring oqr aUndord lit erature 9U tie Faolfio Slope, Oqr chtttoh hto Uuait Hastings, editor r,f tho New Ywk Commercial, talks to tho Rev. Tkei*k>ro Til ton in tho following stylo; “We tnforni the editor <>f tbo Independent th*j we hats kicked nothing moan for a long time, ho will bo wry likoly to bo introduced to out oal(-ekih the first lime We ohanoq to meet hitn.' ’