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" """ ip ; wm m - .. iiriHfatf ANDGEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER clIS BY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1870. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING =Sf= Inconstant. Inconstant! Oh, my God! . ^unt! When a single thought of thoo I 8 ® 08 sends all my shivering blood BV heart in thrills of ecstacy! Btfkoni Inconstant! When to sleep . . j rP5 rn that thou art near me, is to leant ^ sj much of heaven, I weep gvtase theearth *nd morning must return. Inconstant! Ah! too true! .; /rein the rightful shelter of thy breast. iar " My tired heart flatters through Iteci-wsefnl world—a bird without a nest. Inconstant to tho crowd ftrtcsh " hich I pass, as to the skies abovo, * The fickle summer cloud, to thco, Oh, not to thee, dear love! I may bo false to all lfit irih beside, and every tender tie v Wliich seems to bold in tlirall jy f eary lifo of mine may bo a lie. But true as God's own truth, VritaHlast heart turns backward evermore, *• ‘ To that sweet time of youth jbDM golden tide beat such a bareen shore! Inconstant! Not my own eg hand which builds the wall between our lives j 1 On its cold shadow grown jj, perfect shape, the power of lovo survives. God knows that I wo nldgive another jove. the sweetest and the best, w For one short honr to live dote to thy heart, its comfort and its rest. Bnt lifo is not all dark; n. snniicht gladdens many & hidden slope, ™ The dove shall find its ark 0( peaceful refuge and of patient hope. I yet shall be possessed 0! winin''* meed—my small world set apart! Home, love, protection, rest, isdtti&tu’s voices singing through my heart. By God’s help, I will bo * fairbfnl mother and a tender wife; Perhaps even more, for He Hu chiatened the beat glory of my life. But sacred to his loss (bevlite sweet chamber of my heart shall be. No foot shall ever cross hs silent portal sealed to love and thee. And sometimes when my lips in to my first hom’d clinging, close and long, Draining with bee-like sips Cia eveet lily heart, will it be wrong— if for an instant, wild tsi precious pain, I put the truth aside And dream it is thy child hit I am fondling with such tender pride ? And when another’s head Seep on thy heart, if it should ever seem To be my own instead, Ob, darling hold it closer for the dream. God will forgive the sin, B tin it is. our lives are swept so dry, So cold, so passion-clear, Back him death comes at last—and so good-bye. The Loved and Lost "En loved and lost.” Why do wo call them lost ? Btcacso we miss them from our outward road; Ood’a unseen angel o’er our pathway crossed, Looked on ns all, and loving them tho most, Straightway relieved them from life’s weary load. Bey are not lost; they are within tho door That shuts ont loss and every hurtful thing— rah ange'a bright, and loved ones gone before, hlheir Redeemer's presence ovormore, And God himself their Lord, their Judge and King. lad this wo call a loss ! O selfish sorrow Of selfish hearts! O we of little faith! “ us look ronnd, soma argument to borrow, ihy we in patience should await the morrow, Bat surely most succeed this night of death. fe look upon this dreary, desert path, Be thorns and thistles whereao’er wo turn; trails and what tears, what wrongs and wrath! straggles and strife tho journey hath! Bey luv3 escaped from these; and lo! wo mourn. * Id the poor sailor, when the wreck is done, Mo with his treasure strove the shore to reach, ™e With the raging waves ho battled on; sa not joy, where every joy seemed gone, lo see his loved ones landed on tho beach ? IWwayfarer, leading by tho hand a little child, had baited by the well, 5* f , rom her feet the clinging sand, o-tcll tho tired boy of that bright land 'his long journey past, they longed to j*lo. tho Lord, who many mansions had, * near and looked upon the suffering twain, «Jitymg, spake, ‘-Give Mo the little lad; '•'icujLi rei.twed and glorious beanty clad " “ ;u b him with Me wheu I come again.” iRemake answer, selfishly and wrong? “Jjf* hut tho woes I feel he too most share!” hi-er l.nrcting into grateful song, !**“ 1,ar way rejoicing, and made strong m struggle on, since ho was freed from care. Ml do likewise. Death hath made no breach “~ T ® >t»d sympathy, in hope and trust; ,iR " or sound our ears can reach, ■meres an inward, spiritual speech Wets us still, though mortal tongues bo Jr* us oo the work that they laid down— “ en P the gong where they broke off tbo strain, turneying till wo reach tho heavenly town, J* tre laid np onr treasures and onr crown, L u cur lost ones will be fonnd again. | Church of England Magazine. •Stonewall Jackson’s Way. he. ttack arms, men! Pile on the rails, trep tho camp-fire bright! tatter If the canteen falls— .1 make a roaring night Shenandoah Drawls along, “‘burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, •Withe brigade’s rising song, "ciocewall J.ckson’s way. «« bio now; tho qaoer. slouched hat *»ed o’er bis eyo askew; •urttrd, dry smile; tho speech so pat, •aim. so blunt, so truo! cute old Elder knows them well; -.be, "Tbit’s Banks—he's fond of aboil; fjjttw liis soul! We’ll give him”—Well! ** * Stonewall Jackson’s way. K*.L Gr °nndarms! Knoelall! Capa on! 4e C iht W’W *o pray; !«!!!■ fco1 that dares to scoff— ;r? u °u! It’s his way. T** from his native sod, The Southern Baptist Convention. We condense from our Louisville exchange, tho Courier- Jonrnal, the proceedings of the An nual Convocation of tho Southern Baptists. The Convention met on the 5th, in the WaL nnt Street Baptist Chnrch, and Dr. P. H. Hell, of Georgia, was chosen President by acclama tion. Dr. W. O. 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, were elected Vice Presidents. Dr. J. B. Jeter, of Virginia, offered a series of resolutions, providing for the appointment of a committee to confer with a similar committoo from Northern societies, to see how far and in what way there can be co-operation between them. Rev. J. Wm. Jones, of Lexington, Va., moved to lay tho resolutions on tho table. Tho vote being close, a “division” was called for, during the taking of which Dr. Jeter asked and obtained permission to withdraw the resolutions, intimating that he would renew them at some other time. Rev. Dr. J. B. Taylor, Corresponding Secre tary, presented the report of the Foreign Mis sion Board. The 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 tho convention the question—which some have raised—as to whether our 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 tho stations in China and Africa, and refers to tho Convention the question of starting missions in Europe. Rev. Mr. Stout, of Georgia, moved to refer tho 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 Committee 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 Southern Baptist Conven- ton, but he wanted to seo if wo 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 glorious work. He thonght 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 tho whole country, and for tho world. Rev. W. D. Thomas, of Sonth 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 submitted no quos- tion of co-operation, bnt one as to whether we ehonld transfer its operations to others. He did not wish at this time to discuss tho genoral merits of tho question, bnt simply to raise this point. Rev. Dr. Taylor explained this was tho ques tion raised by the Board, that there had been certain publications on the subject, and that the Board had received various letters on the sub ject. They did not desire the transfer, bnt wanted the question settled. Rev. Dr. Williams modified his resolution and moved a Committee on Transfer. He was firmly in favor of standing by onr own organi zations. Bat ho 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 onr own work. The question being pat, the motion was over whelmingly lost, and this would seem to settle for tho present that, whilo the Baptists of the Sonth cherish tho most fraternal feelings to ward their brethren at the North, they intend to abide by their own organization and do their own work. On Friday morning, after half an hour’s de votional exercises, led by Dr. Poindexter, of Virginia, Dr. Moll resamed the chair, and complimented the body on the partial good order of the day before, and begged that they would neithor walk about the room, talk, nor gather around the tables. Tho various com mittees were appointed daring tho day, and tho report of tho Snnday School Board was read by T. C. Teasdale, Corresponding Secretary. The report gives a detailed account of the la bors of its missionaries, shows the need of its aid, and earnestly appeals for help to do its work. “As to co-operation with Northern societies onr Sunday school work, we would simply re mark, that if it were possible 1 to secure such co operation on term3 of perfect equality, and if it conld be done with proper respect to onr peo ple, and with due honor to the Master, then we should say with all onr hearts, lot it be done. Bat we seriously apprehend that any attempt at organic nnion for the present wonld be found to be not only inopportune and impolitic, bat wonld seriously retard the work of real nnion by exhuming the seeds of peace before the germ3 shall have becomo fairly imbedded in the Tho acknowledged want of homogonei wmm oavli to. YOL. LXIV.-N0. 39 they do not come here to ask a cent for them-1 selves, but only for tho students. Various spicy speeches were made, and §2500 I raised for the object. Many others made pledges to collect money at home for it. On Friday night tho Chnrch was well filled to I hear addresses on domestic missions. After | prayer by Rev. E. "W. Warren, of Georgia, Rev. W. H. Felix, of Kentucky, explained the object of tho meeting, and introdneed Reverend I J. D. Renfroe, of Alabama, who addressed the j Quadrennial Address of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Sonth; * L ' l .• > soil. ak to God— Thine arm! Stretch forth Thy rod! ® sa • —tbat’8 Stonowall’a way. the saddle now; Fall in! SAftSSHrtU ford-cut off. Wo’llwin ball and blade. 4, J~{ cr if our shoes are worn ? B& ir °or feet are tom ? IuJvK ! We’re with him before morn 1 * Monowall Jackson's way. way. height lances root tho mists nmon.”"-. and, by George ! ' struggling in the lists. ffT"^nnacK6cs!—whipped before, irr» ?. tn< * prapel” hear Stonewall roar. jj’i^aowS jick^o^nray?' 8 8COre ’ l.7!?*J.. and wa tch. and yearn, [ QVn»— . auu nniuLu ajiu y i, ^ roa Stonowall’a band; I • read, with eyes that bum. •"-i-'U thy hand; on, pray on, hope on! »SS5H. not b » forlorn. I>u better ne’er been bom, ;!i Moncwall's way. ! la ^“Oomparalively young at his death, he - " a yn. and in the affections of his men. between tho people North and Sonth will render tho work of pacification slow. Mean while let ns follow the roiterated conviction of this convention, that while fraternization with Northern Baptists is desirable, and will be sought, separate action in general denomina tional enterprises is the policy of trae pcaco and surest progress.” By special invitation, E. D. Jones, Esq., of St. Lonis, was invited to address the conven tion on the subject of Sunday Schools, and did so. Ho earnestly argnodthat Snnday school work is necessary to the promotion of all the other enterprises of tho Denomination. He nrged tbo establishment of Sunday school con ventions which should give to the people both enthusiasm and instruction, and closed with an earnest appeal to make the children Christians and then Baptists. On motion of Dr. Jeter, Dr. J. P. Boyce then addressed tho Convention in a very able and in teresting manner, on the interests of theBonth- ern Baptist Theological Seminary, at Greenville. S. O. While speaking, Dr. Graves rose to a 'point of order," which was that he would bo one of fifty to give two hundred dollars each to this object. Tho chair ruled tho “point” well taken, and Dr. Boyce said that he would bo most happy to havo many such “points of order.” ■ . He olosed with an eloquent appeal in behalf of this great work. Dr. Graves renewed his pledge, and a number of other responses were made. ■ Dr. Jeter testified to the self-sacrificing spirit of the Professors at the Seminary, and urged a response to the appeal for funds to help in sus taining the students. President N. K. Davis, of Bethel College, wished to testify their interest by pledging §200 to this cause. Dr. Ryland reminded the Convention that one of these Professors had refused $10,000 salary, and another $7,000, and had nobly remained at their post on the pittanoe they now receive. Dr. Skinner reminded the Convention that LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. Radical Reorgan I&tion — Determined rto Carry Hie Southern State* — The Tbird Forty In the South. WAsnrs-axoN, May 7,1870. I To the General Conference of (he IT. E. Church, Editors Telegraph and-Messenger : - - hit j | South: ‘ ^ The Radical party is already arranging its Beloved Beethbek : We would join you in schemes for carrying the next Presidential elec- devoted thanksgiving to God that another tion. The party caucus, soon to be held here, quadrennial session of your body has occurred, will be the largest assembloge of the kind on Representing, as you do, all parts of onr wide record. All the Radical memberisof Congress fiel . d of labor, conversant with their conditions will participate ItfCT The programdte-for tho meeting with telhng effect on the objects of the j approaching campaign wifi be agreed upon, yon of the important* of prayerful, °vigti£mL Domestic and Indian Mission Board. and tho necessary funds--of whioh there will be and impartial attention to the duties of your Rev. W. H. Felix followed in a short and ap- no lack—provided for. The agents of the dom- delioate and responsible position. We trust propriate address. - inant party are now at work in the Sonth; and ^55 - ( Kev ’ ?!': M ‘^ r S “ mnS /’ Co ^ esponain g Sec -1 it is openly declared that a majority of the mediate presence of God, and with direct ref- xetary of the D. M. Board, made an earnest ap- I Southern States will be secured for the Radical ere nee to the welfare of the whole church, peal in behalf of this work. A number of other I nominee. Tho (< third party” movement in tho J With profound emotion we announce to you short pithy speeches were made, and §2025 South is a part of the Radical electioneering V f n61 5 ble ^ rniqpfl for fh* Tinnrd , T . . , .... beloved colleaguo, Joshua eonle, has departed raised for the Board, I scheme. It is simply an attempt to break np this life. His death oocurred in Nashville, Ihis brings the proceedings down to Friday the Democratic party. “Only this *nd nothing Tennessee, March C, 1867, in the 87fch year of night Perhaps a brief sketch of the history of more.” The Conservative press of the South I 1 * 8 an< * Y ear M* itinerant min- this Convention wonld not be uninteresting to should sound the note of warning, and bid the Bishop Sonle was a ir renders , . - ..... , , „" , remarkable man. At the time of his death he ir readers. I People beware of “third party” agitators, who was, probably, the oldest traveling preacher in Up to 180S the Baptists of the North and would lure them on to their ruin. America, if not in the world; and was thus the South worked harmoniously together m the Look at Louisiana. Tho Democratic par tv enacting link between the Methodism of Wes- same general organizations, and no strife was . .. . “ . i 6v and Ashnrv »nd that nf ih* permitted to enter. But at the meeting for this m State was perfectly organized and thor- Throughout his whole ministerial lifo ho was year, held in tho city of New York, feetional onghly harmonious. With this organization in- e mI3y de^fed^?o Go” ^Kployed oxd“ feeling was engendered, which was still more | {S*^^* 1 **Demoerftio^elo^ato^cSi^o I sive - 1 ? in servic ? of tho Cimrch?often filling manifest three years later at tho meeting in , n ?°S r ? cy A A ■ Uemocrat ‘° delegation can bo positions of the highest responsibility andal- Baltimore, and which grew so bitter at the meet- ® leoted to CoD 2 r . eES * and th ? T ot0 #f tbe stato ways honorably and usefully His mind was ingin Philadelphia in 1844 that it was apparent I f or a De fl m j°, r ^ tI *. ^President is asmred. Y°t c i e " r and T ; f , or y n3] ^ deportment dignified to all that the day of separation was at hand. b ® r f find the third party movement taking and tia ^hole course was marked by constancy In tho autumn of this year tho Foreign Mission ro °t> nnder the auspmes of Warmonlh, the pres- j prtrity and unswerving fidelity to nrinciDlo’ Board, (located at Boston, but established and “‘““J**; 1 ^Governor, and with the aid of a vi6we d as amm.a Christiana amin sustained by tho contributions of the Baptists M?®'W per controlled by a “ a .n whose antece- is t or> or as filling tho highest officeinthechumh of tho whole country,) in response to a direct denls by , no m . ea “® commend him to the South- for f or ty.threo years, Ms character deserves to question from the Baptist Stato Convention, ®. 6 “ ocraUo pa f ty :„ “ su , c * bo heldin the highest esteem, and his memory declared that: “If any one should offer him- ® esafal tbis tblr d party movement will simply to j, 0 p er p 0 t ua ted in tho history of the Church self as a missionary, having slaves, and insist j Mfflnkftionof the Denooratio par- | Wo devoutly thank God for sndh a man, and for „ in pioptu, vhUM i. u,e j I £; service of the Board, they should not appoint I ,„ IU1K immpotjeu oi carpei-Daggeis ana aaven-1 u fe useful,” his declining years and cfosing him." This dedaration, of course, rendered 11™* * b ° will prove quito as corrupt and nn- dayso beautifnhy serene, fo sublimely Warn the withdrawal of the Southern Churches from acrap ^ ona as the men foisted npon the people phant. y the general organization imperative. Jjf Bederal bayonets. What is being attempted * Th0 past four yoara hav0 abounded with trials Accordingly, there assembledinAugusta, Ga., J? Bomsiana will be tried in all the States of I to tha church you represent especially in those in May, 1845, a Convention of Southern Bap- £? Sonth » and Wlth 1116 samo resnlt3 ' ^ snccess - portions of tlnfcountry which suffered most by tists, distinguished clikefor its ability, numbers 1 1 J 3 —*- - - - ' Ev.,y »„ whoso (Usabilities bar. b.„ | ‘ wilh*”oT’ SbtS property. But it is a matter of devont grati- and the entire unanimity with which it resolved ““ ablllUe3 beea 10 " | ecclesiastical interference with onr' Church to withdraw from all organized association with m0T ®fi b J tb . e present Congress shotdd be Northern Baptists inoSconducTof ite mTsi^- ed ^ ^ do*ly watched, ™Zr y and r™cn?ion-lZ B ^ ry operations. Thus was formed the “Southern and his advice cautions y received. There may _ t _ .. „ 1 tho “Southern beexcenMons bnt_nfth«ZVmS- thinhnil 6tri P e3 and deathin some cases-have only test- Baptist Convention,” which np to the breaking exceptions, but—of the majontv—this holds ed and i ncroased the attachment and fidelitv of ont of the late war had a degree of prosperity 1^' /p tha ap^cation toa I our ministers and the general body of onrmLn- and success unsurpassed, if it has been equaled, aeoom- b orship to the Chnrch. Tho itinerant preach- m the history of such organizations. ,At this ^ ® ontbe ^ n man ers, although very meagerly supported; have, time the Convention was sustaining its foreign °?, n . bon °rably make; or it has doaked some j | n general, been faithful to their ordination mission work with such liberality that the Board Thomas if 1^°• H ° D ‘ vow3 » and ha ve persevered, as best they could, announced that their need was “not money but 1| i? performing thS duties. By the blessing of The attempt to cany water on [ d ^we are rapid- * * * ly regamiDg our former ground, and m many send mo.” In the domestic and Indian mission i.. - - department they had had great success, &nd ~I ^ ^kouuuk uur lunuei rarouua. ana m many were enlarging their operations every year.— ^ a f m ,? g to sections extending our borders and multiplying They had just raised a liberal endowment and 5&,- ? en onr membership. Seasons of refreshment from put into successful operation the “Southern ?P atlon the presence of the Lord have come npon the Baptist Theological Seminary 1 ” located at a 0 h people, and thousands have been converted and Greenville, S. C. In a word, they were nobly do- fj e * ^5* “S S . 0Qtb ®^ W bear tbeso fa T cl3 added to the church, ing their part towards promoting the interest of ?? mmd, and heed this timely warning. Let We rejoice, also, to - * - - J them raise aloft tho banner of pure Democracy „ that conservative Christianity for which all de- n ioju.uo, iv, report that the greatest “fity and harmony exist throughout the whole ^ Aiaaicai I nnnrto/ilinn TI Visa Kflnn 4*n 1T. nrviJ _ Of candidates for tbo next Presidency there I '° fo ? rcomm ?- .... . . f. . J nity are a unit in faith, so also there is scarcely k. rants desire for re-eleotion 13 I any disagreement among them as to onr Church tho Foreign Mission Board fonnd itself with a heavy debt and an empty treasury, and all of i • . , . tho other boards were in a liko sitoation. Thus I ,, u-.—l -t, , ... . . ion is u uiongreexLiuui amung mein uh io onr unnren tho convention has had great obstacles to con- 2$ t0 polity. Their prevalent desire is that both be r° rallying, and the I nu-.c.c eh,™ I t6r ed at all, to be modified so far onlyas to these. The churches aro boards of tho convention will report their work in a much better condition at present than at any time since the war. withstanding the letters Chief Justice Chase has I 4 , writtenindSgrgon of future political honors or J na S pnr 0 poaes ff of Methodism! Sws^se^n years’ residence in the White House j an/h” f tba fact tbat .^° hava Paaaed what is friends are now busily engaged in paving the jnstI / 1 . e ? ard . ed J a aUfomaof government a -.Vfi 1 linTii, - I great crisis, m the adoption of a new element S o „.ch ,o, u,o economy was not a peaco offering, rendered Immigration. About two months ago, Duncan Stewart, Esq., a distinguished citizen of Detroit, Mi- S& Carolina, with tho’rlcw I ‘J.mSSTZ of fixing his residence here. He has traveled B f; r . u nfc „ nni i 1 cuouumy w»o xiuu » po»uo tmormg, renaerea extensively through the South, and has writ- i Democr^h’avo fixed 8 npon Senator Thnr- neceS9a ^f° r tbe preservation of the unity and ten a senc3 of letters, to be published m Scot- man , c f Ohio as the “cominu man ” Come peac ! °J the church, from the attacks of a dis- land, for the benefit of his countrymen there what will there must be no nfore Democratic satl806a and re i ra , membership, but was who desire to emigrate to this country. Conventions held in Now York city. Tho party We havo been famished by a correspondent was “sold ont” there in l SCO, and its bHgbt of Mr. Stewart in this city with the subjoined prospects for snccess mined, by a nest of trai- tivenoss^of the Church and the extract ofliis observations in North Carolina, torn whose organ was the New York World; 11 Fu iUS k aU fl b< f ati £ ul 1 tribute « ur State: “J***gsrttaWoda nor tho Belmont clique cliarc h 0 f tMs measure, we are gratified to see i have briefly sketched some of the advan- should be trusted more. in this body so large a number of lay delena tages that North Carolina presents to settlers. Forney was before tho Senate Jadioiary Com- To the people of Scotland it offers greater in- “ ltteo yesterday to give evidence in relation to - - - 1 the operations of the Bollock lobby. It is well known that Forney received one check from Bal- lock, for 4500; and he says this was paid for the excessive heat of the far South It is not I pWnt to° thT cSclc^and^thlfalTmo^fy I ^ f b ,° h ra and rasponsibllitie's of this chief council subject to the fearful want of ram that proves pa id him by Bollock was for printing pamphlets, ' °* * 6 c c ’ so disastrous to the Australian farmer. It is speeches, etc. It is generally understood that much nearer the land of their birth and the tho Chronicle has a “job office, and takes all kindred left at home than New Zealand. It kinds of jobs, for all sorts of prices—small fa- b only one day’s more sailing to Norfolk than vora thankfully receivedlargo ones in pro- New York. It is 500 to 1500 miles nearer the portion. Bnt where does Bnllook get tho money I ^° ^ conviction of the creator utilitv of th'e «a than the States of tho Northwest, so its he spends „ lavisMymWghfagon.? That is ftt^mtofto?e- products can reach the markets of the world wbat the people of Georgia want to know, 1 1 cent enactment until it is practii ducements than any other quarter. ~ It is not subject to long cold winters like Canada and the States of the Northwest. It is free from I body so large a nnmber of lay delegates, representing the intelligence, piety and strength of the connection. We are sure that we emress the feelings of their clerical associates and of tno entire church in welcoming them to their seats, and we shall gladly share with them the It may not be amiss in this connection to I suggest that excessive legislation is too common ] in all deliberative bodies. Laws and usages, generally understood and approved, should not I bo changed hastily; or, if changed at all, only cost Of an improved plantotmin ten f e ^ la 8 ti d 0 a P ppr oprialion bill. Neither House is years. It has a very large population of Scot- to-day. tish descent. It is a strongly Presbyterian State, lienee congenial to their religious views. practically demon to-day. L. A. Gobright, Esq., the popular agent of « -ithe New York Associated Pres3, lectures oni „ . u„ »„ o Its people are very favorable tothe interest of Benj. FrankliD, at Masonic Hall, next Friday y mu • ty , ? pr ? v ^. 1 . . education, hence high mental culture is at- evening for the benefit of the widow of Dr. The efficiency of the Church of Christ must strated to be necessary to do so. This eantion we wonld respectfully apply to the regulations under which Jay representation has been intro duced. Wonld it not be judicious to learn by experience what modifications, if any, may be necessary, rather than risk the success of tho there can be no substitute for religions training in the family. Tho impress whether for good or evil, by family instruction and example is indelible. In the home circle is found a do mestic and patriarchal church; the training school of the kingdom of Christ; tho pledge and foretaste of the bliss of the kingdom above. Indulgence in worldly and fashionable di versions is another great enemy of earnest piety which is invading the chnrch, and threatening to estrange onr children from us. Dancing, in particular, whatever plausible excuses may be pleaded for At, is .destructive to the growth,' not to say the very existence of spiritual religion in those who delight to indulge in it. Generally, it is a species of “reveling,” condemned and forbidden by the word of God; and its tendency is evil only. In immediate connection with the spiritual welfare of the chnrch, the 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 Lovo, which casts out fear and parities tho 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, a3 a distinct and practicable attain ment, is too much overloooked and neglected. This was a prominent theme in the discourses of onr fathers; and alike in their private conver sation as in their ministrations, they nrged reli gious people to “go on to this perfection” of sanctifying love. The revivals which followed their ministry wore not superficial or ephemer al. Their genuineness and power were proved by the holy lives and triumphant death of the converts. If we wonld be like tliftm in power and usefullness we must resemble them in holy consecration. Nothing is so mnch 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 onr foreign missionary work since onr body assembled last, owing to the want of funds. Indeed, after all the efforts which have been made, we have not liquidated in full 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. Yonr atten tion is" particularly invited to the great and effectnal door now open in the West. From the month of the Kansas river to tho Golden Gate, from the Rio Grande to Paget’s Sound, there is a field becoming popnlons more rapidly than any in which onr fathers labored in their day. No loader call has ever fallen on the ear of tho ministry than that which comes to ns 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 chnrch edifices on commanding sites. They lavish money in gaining a foothold there, where, in the course of a few years, as they foresee, there will be populous and enter prising communities. Mach of the population will be from onr own country, and in sympathy with ns; yet, np to this moment, we have done nothing toward the occupancy of the country. Yonr bishops are receiving repeated and most urgent calls for men. Bat in the very nature of the casa we can send no men, unless the church at home will send money to meet the first expenses incurred. This is all properly missionary ground at present, including Ore gon and Southern California. In Central Cali fornia the work is, for the most part, self-sus taining, and, indeed, prepared to aid the com mon enterprises of the church. We feel welt assured that money expended on tins great field will yield as rich a harvest as has ever been gathered from such sowing. The snbjeot of education is one of general interest and prime importance, and no . intelli gent philanthropist, patriot or Christian can feel indifferent to it. Viewed 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 patronage of annual con ferences must be evident to those who are ac quainted with the present condition of many of those already in existence. In wielding aright this great agency, there most be more foresight; and concentration of effort and liberality. Let those institutions to which we are already com mitted be 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 cannot sustain the rank of collegiate establish ments, they must bo content with a lower posi tion. . - .J . • . " > T The proper training of yonng ministers is a matter of high and acknowledged importance. How this may be beat and soonest accomplished will claim your most thoughtful consideration. We commend the subject to yonr earnest atten tion. , - . ■ The inadequate support famished, in many parts of the Connection, to the preacher regu larly engaged in the pastoral work, and the con sequences which must follow if this evil.be not remedied, will not fail to be noticed by yon. We must perpetuate an itinerant ministry, sep arated to the holy office, and consecrated to the sufl'ored greatly from the difficulty of obtaining even a hymn book and discipline. If, in yonr wisdom, any relief can be afforded, a great want will bo supplied. We congratulate yon npon the ability and fidelity of those to whom the journalism of the church has been entrusted during the past four years; and esceciiilly upon tho energy, ability and success of the agenTahu of the editor of the Publishing House. They deserve the highest commendation. The pros perous condition of the publishing interests un der control of the General Conference is matter of special gratification, and of high import to the fntore development of the church. Soon after the last session of yonr body the bishops proceeded to carry into effeot the pi»u adopted for the religious benefit of onr colored members. The 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 religious instruction, and through whose instru mentality they had been enlightened, and con verted. Still, it is true, that many thus disposed haye_ been alienated from our communion political and eoclesiastic influences. In conformity to the wish of the last General Conference, we havo 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 whioh 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. Tho colored preachers have conducted themselves, both in their annnal conferences and in the exercise of their pastoral duties, so as to win the confidence and co-operation of those of their white brethren who have become best acquainted with their deportment. It is our purpose, unless otherwise advised by your .body, to call a General Conference, to be holdea next winter, for the pnrpose of organizing them into an entirely separate chnrch, and thus ena bling them to become their own guides and gov ernors. _rq oil . The suggestion of district meetings, origina ting at the last session of the General Confer* ence, has been practioally adopted, under the sanction of the Annual Conferences, with signal benefit to the oause of religion. At these meet ings the lay representatives to the Annnal 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 conld find the opportunity to attend, have had a new and important field of influence opened to them, and the results have been of great value to all the prominent interests of the chnrch, 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 npon yon in all the deliberations and decisions of tho present session—the first of the 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 in the ages to come, and which, as thoir condition, ask for unswerving fidelity to. Christ and the solemn trust he has placed in your hands for the world, you wonld need no loftier induoement to the patient, resolute, prayerful discharge of the duties imposed upon you os the representa tives of the entire chnrch. That the Divine -counsel may grade you in all things, is onr de • vout and constant prayer. B. O. Asebiw, R. Paine, G. F. PlEEOE, H. H. Kavanaugh, W; M. Wightmait, A E. M. Mabvin, D. B. Doggett, ■- : H. N. MoTyeihk. Memphis, Tenn., May: 5,1870. V Tbe Resnlt oi* a Case of “Texas Fever.” We find in a late number of the Hawkinsville Dispatch, a letter from Texas, signed by J. O. Farnell, formerly of Irwin county, which ought to cure every case of Texas fever in Georgia for the next two years. We make some extracts from it. Ho writes from Smith county to hia brother. Tom and I havo traveled over nine counties, and from what we have seen, and from what men who have lived in Texas all their lives, and say they havo been in every county in the State, tell us, I am decidedly of the opinion that it wonld not 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, tainable. ... . iBrock, of the Richmond Enquirer. To the banker and capitalist it offers a high The Choral Society gives a concert at Lincoln rate of interest that can bo well secured. To Hall to-night in aid of tho Richmond sufferers, the cotton manufacturer it offers cheap water- I and Miss Laura Keene gives an entertainment power and abundance of cheap coal; and a I at Wall s Opefa House for the samo object. though these Professors were thus suffering, 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. Tho future Wilsons of DaIinn. resnlt from His gifts and grace, and the Gen eral Conference can reasonably expect to do bnt little to increase it by merely prudential means, except a3 these tend to increase its spiritual life. It is your first duty, therefore, to ascer tain the real condition of the church in this re spect, in order to correct what may be wrong, and supply what may be needed for this great end. Yonr attention is earnestly invited to a Washington Letter Writers. 0 .. . There’s Ben Periey Poore, who is probably I careful examination into its spiritual state, and Dandivon, and Lairds of Gaitshenic, of this t ‘} e most successiuJ, as to his emoluments, and of the means and measures likely to contribute counrry,'.rill be found in Chatham county. 1 his employers are satisfied_as to other essen-1 to this, its highest, most vital interest. ?' North Carolina. Where the cotton and iron rials* He is clerk to the Committee on Print- Without intending a disparaging comparison trade flourishes, all other incidental industries in g» which pays $2500 a year, gives him pas- between the piety of the present day and of our w : !l abound. ! se.-tion of the committee room and the privil-1 fathers in tho early days of Methodism, we feel . . t,, , ™ ea , l P i and poor improvements at that, are selling at care of souls : with all of time and thought and {rom l flv0 to V on dol!aM per acre ’ Eemem | 6 r, energy devoted to their solo and appropriate now we were told and written to, that we conld get theso improvements at from two to five dol-l work. Bat to enable them to do this the church must make provision for a proper supply of their wants. )Vhile it affords ns pleasure to say that in most of onr wide field of operations there has been witnessed a decided improve ment, yet there is no donbt of the fact that in some sections there is still a great amount of negligence in raising tho means of support, and of consequent privation and suffering among the preachers. Do' not the members of the church need to be Specially instructed and trained in thiH class of religious obligations ? Our attontion ha3 been of la to years arrested by tho inadequate supply of yonng men offer ing themselves to the work of the ministry; either for the home or the foreign missionary work. May we not assume that Christ, the Re deemer of all men, the Intercessor for all, does call men to the holy office, in numbers sufficient to the demands of His cause in the world? ’ The fault must be with us. How soon would an in crease of piety and zeal in the chnrch supply the remedy for this deficiency ? What can be done to arouse our whole communion to united, fervent prayer to “the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers into His vineyard?” You will consider, of coarse, with great care, the whole Sunday-school interest, which, we are happy to say, has assnmed a magnitude and im portance never before known in the history of the Southern Methodist Church. We think you may find it practicable to adopt measures that will secure a uniform sohemo of instruction, To the Scottish stock-raiser it is an earthly and racy of the fraternity. The most synipa- 0 f onr fathers in other days. We d<Tnot mean paradise. The mountains and vallics of the 1 thetic and.thorough correspondent of a. lead-1 that this declension is universal, but gladly ad- western portion of theState being much richer 13 Connery, of the New York Her- mit there are largo numbers who exhibit tht than the Lammermoor hills, the Pentland ald - Ho was formerly tho Albany correspond-1 ancient marks of Methodistic piety in an intel- hills, or the hills around the home of Dandy of that paper, and was transterred to the telligent and ardent devotion to God, and in Dinmnnf Nothin^ in the highlands of Scot-1 charge of then- bureau at Washington be- firm attachment toiour dofctnnes and discipline. Iind can coiimare with these crazing moun- I cause of his peculiar fitness for the place. I Tho action of the last General Conference modi- tains for richness and Switzerland'cannot vie Absorbed as he necessarily is, with the details fymg the rule on doss-meetings, so that attend- PV StheminSSSe^^ whifonosnow of duty, he has lktre'time to devotp to letter ln 8 ^emshoffid not.be n icondUion.nf church; bean improvement both m the character and with them in beauuiui scenery, wnue no snow . . . oeoarionallv works nn a membership, has been construed, nnfortunate- clad peaks threaten the valleys with destruc- wnun 0 , out when ne occasionally works up a j . abolishing them. We do not so ive avalanches. . no hing inienor; ^ stand it . and wo r f gard theso a d ° t ^ “ To the laborer, good wages, kindly treat- and many of his efforts aro lull ot sp.cy mci- bo so pr0 motivex>f the spiritual prosperity of ment, a fine garden, where abundance of fruit3, dent and abound with goms oi humor. Mrs. t h 0 church, and so . essential to” tho efficient flowers, and vegetables that arc easily raised, j Mary Cjemmer Ame3 is one ot the correspond- working of onr economy, that we are very re-, will make hi3 life one of rational enjoyment, I cnts-oftim New York independent, and .li inQtant to see them fall,'in imy measure, into and rive his family a chance to climb fortune’s “id to be the best paid letter writer writer m disuse. While attendance upon these meetings hi vb^st ladder Washington. Sheisyoung, bright and pretty, is nota condition of membership, yet, we do With these glorious advantages, the entire and has access to the best eilcles of Washing- not consider that pastors have.been relied Jllnnf Seif land should be directed to ton ooeiety. Her husband is an ex-Congrega- from tbe appointment and oversight of leaders, SnfpointforSprit. A new Seo£ I tional minister. L She is also one of the editors | classes, and at least a quartoly visitation and laud can bo founded, which at some future day may rival the old in science, literature and song, where the liberty so loyed by Bruise and | ivfcrnmrlvah I' We invite yonr attention, specially, to the Wallace will be tempered withaloveof justice i n S c 7,® y„c„i j subject of family, religion and the Christian founded on the teachings of Galvin and Knox. training of children. Its importance can ' * [Raleigh Standard: overestimated. Regular family worship, • 13 c ° ITC ?P 0 . nd ing andh bight, accompanied with the eou«. u »- The Anti-Slavery Standard, which for I ent of the new lork Times. Hc> too, is CiCrk ft V6 reading 0 f the scriptures, is so moraUy.fit, many years has been advocating the cause of to a committee,-and epjoys its light labor and reasonable and salutary, that to uait seems the colored people, as a weekly journal, has I liberal compensation. He is a good writer, J strange that the head* of Christian families can been changed into a monthly magazine, en-1 candid and accurate, but never humorous. I feel guiltless in neglecting it. While we re- titled “The Standard: a journal of reform He owns stock in the Times, which gives him joice in the greatly increased interest exhibited and literature.” 1 a permanent position in Washington. in behalf of ttanday-eefcoob, we are sore that lars per acre. The figures I have given you are correct for tho timbered lands in Eastern Texas. Higher np, North and West, improvements are much higher, say from §15 to $25 peraore. Under the present system of labor, unimproved lands in this country I consider worthless. “Why?” says somebody. Weil, when I see you 1 will tell you' wby. I have not been out.to 8. D. Ander’s yet, and from what hundreds 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 he wants to raise any children. They say the pneumonia kills them in piles all over tho prairie country, owing to these heavy and frequent Northers. The people that tell me'all this, have Jived on the prairies and moved to' this and adjoining counties. X was told by one man before I left Georgia Fh«a this was the poorest county in the Stato, aid from whatl have seen of nine counties, it is by one-half the best county in the lot. Enough oo the land subject. Now, we were told that we could get thou sands of com at 37 'vcts. per bushel; wa paid § l 00 in gold. We were to get pork at 4 cte; wo paid !)o. in gold. Salt $5 50 a sack; floor, very common, §10 00 per barrel in gold, ai»d other things in proportion. Com is now worth §1 75per bushel, and bacon 20 to 25 eta. par pound. So yen see everything we heard was exaggerated or false. Now there is some l«n«4« wm secure a unuorm seneme or instruction, g oattl o{ {his in Angelins, Tyler, Trinity, and with texts furmshed at our pnbhahmg house, Honston C0t i Ue9j t g at y< J a getfZlam together with the enlargement of the Sanday- j than aboye rate8 . Tom y and it ent to look at school ,Visitor, and possibly, m additiomto tiiat th but {bo bimBolf not associate ■h.int.bi...,.., those T, - \ M ,1? r .1, rob, steal, murder, and commit all the depreda. popiU. l. U “fUom im^ipeble for hopeui beioe. to b* guilt. of. Now for market facilities. It costs us price of the books prepared for the use of Sun- §14 00 a bale to get cotton to New Orleans, and .* b f E '5. 1 .tf',i.i^^.5 a ff m .™t.° d ._ t ! 1 . e : a ,?" §10 00 a bale to reach as good a market as point ment of a suitable person to bo specially jjawkinsvllle, or haul it yourself 75 miles over entrusted with the oversight of these vital ita-' yj 0 WO rst roads you ever saw. Big Creek hill crests, j Hate'- ' r * HgtoSaal . — is as smooth as a pavement to the most of it, The literature of the church will not bo over- and ^ snm U p the whole matter in as few words looked by you. We cannot consent to surrender M possible, when you loave Georgia you will to others the vast power and influence wielded leaT0 ^ 0 coan try that I know anything by the press; no church can safely do so. In a b 0 ut, and I have seen some of every State proportion to the potenoy of this influence is from th0 p otomac rivei . to the of Mexioo, the solemn obligation resting on us to guard and from th0 Atlantic to the Pacific, and if I and guide the press. It must nwintam a high Kv0 nnU1 next viDt „ ( r shaU retrace gt ep«, religions tone-neither subsidized by wealth or Rnd m070 back to Icwin oonnt y > Georgia, which power nor perverted b *“ t “ b * > la ° a I consider the poorest, though the best country and political purposes. It should aim steadily j ever saw. taking every thing into consider*- at conserving the oonneotionahsm of the church, ti It { j ® ^ range and game and be committed to trustworthy and compe- , t J* J tent men who love the whole church too well to ^ — ■¥&£&&&&& put in pemnB,un..j .n« .. imn HUGH Hastings, editor of the Nev York TPrt/s.™, Stain"'iS&t There is, allow ns to add, pressing need of kicked nothing ifleap fora ‘Oog b S«,7p greater facilities for procuring our standard lit- * ke very likely to be introduced to OUT w-Wll eratore on the Pacific Slope. Our church has the first time weohfinoe te meet him.? >;,f