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Time and Harvest. * .if 80 eorely, heart of mine, veiled sun hath ceased to rest— 'east, shine. IjJ^doud-Trfled ^ ^ thou art seamed, and scairod, and loro; i]e a whero tinted vetches were; flatlS*om* crawl to light, and brown rifts J* 1 * 1 tender grasses, widely yawn. Ifptl® • mi the rlow. So be thon still. > 13 afle Him, fortbine eyes are dim. jboa <*“» lienee put thv trust in Him- fr^foriove, and leave these to His will. • time the lowering clouds shall rain &*£.« «t *22?.!i Ip: nouo _ parched furrows; jl Bnaii sow ‘ ^t^^pJjerS’ and green corn-blades will I «"«" back 8Saln - I clad that I did work and weep— l*» *! B oC.od mv slumbering soul did wake- B&saSfBsF! ■ f»;th I prav, I cannot seo, m miMnieddle with Thy work, lS d ShI"i“ ce and tr f: 1 ww } ld nfl that is so good for mo 1 not shirk l,w«*thit Thou wilt make my grief to cease- |IKHS the cool, soft drops of healing ram, I mveearred heart groen with epringmg J ^n»k«By eearred Lftiffll waiting cometh peace; l^.fiffiithful labor I shall rest, Kjjjr weeping have my fill of joy. I £Lireik«t down, to bmid np—not destroy; Ibflixstri’ht, 0 Lord!—Thou knoweat best. liltit Shall the Baby’* Dimple Be ‘ iMihodle a mother hung, I USIr(loaning a slumber song; [hltbiie were the simple words sho sung IjS lie evening long: Istakortliui, or knuckle or knee, I notin'' 1 th# baby's dimple be ? IJLthiU the angel’s finger rest Ins be cones down to the baby's nest ? Inhibit the angel's touch remain lUmbciirikens my babe again ? Jb eie bent and sang so low, I larmr into ber music broke; Mtbeptused to hear, for she could but know jbebiij’sangel spoke: cr chin, knuckle or knee, eeiillthe baby's dimple be? .etbll my fingers fa!) and rest , jtleomedown to the baby’s nest ? Iliw still my finger’s touch remain ' iltmken your babe again ?” ■Satthe mother eat. and dwelt . I tog in the sweet delay of choice; ■bitten by her baby's side she knelt, 1 Itl wag' with pleasant voice: liil oo the limb, O angel dear! * |hrtha dorm with its youth will disappear; 'donthe cheek shall the dimpte be, alts tutoring smile will fade and flee; lit teh ikon the chin with an impress deep, I bio? baby the angel's seal shall keep.” Hours at Home. [A Horrible Crime—Retributive Jns. tlce. Fm fir SuMtlleille (Ay.) Herald. \ Wt ire informed that a horrible crime was (milted by a negro man upon the person of HriiteMy named Mrs. Newman, in theneigh- etiood of Greenville, Kentucky, onlastFri- h In the morning the lady told her hus- that she and her son were going to spend lay it a neighbor’s house, and u they did Kara that night he need not feel uneasy, wa her own and her neighbor’s farm she tnet by the negro, who violated her per- utea murdered her and her son. The n Homing the husband started to his neigh- i&na to escort his wife and son home, wnd them on the roadside brutally mur- The news soon spread—men collected igated the matter, and soon were satis- u to who was the guilty wretch. He was that day and made a full confession inilt. Whilst in the hands of an officer ns taken possession of by the excited pop- R who at once decided to smear him with ndborn him at the stake; but whilst the U appointed to procure the tar was gone, fnpulaee became impatient and hung the 9) to a tree until he was dead. His head 'ta,severed from the body and posted in /owe Square of Greenville, on a stake jtntho ground in front of the court-house, one was allowed to remove it The ^ of the populace arc said to be Radicals; ®e Judical papers cannot raise a howl this Q relation to one of their party being ■Wed by Southern Ku Klux 1 As for us, not who were the leaders, they did a *tuat daserves commendation. Let sum- N/Wioe ho inflicted in all such cases, bo % get into the hands of the lawyers. _**» of us looks forward to being eaten by ho may wish to be informed how he to be cooked. It is a comfort to koow ^ lavages who may devour him are by no devoid of refinement in culinary dispo- "Wen are CooUed—PJeasaut Kead- tog for Warm Weather. giving an account of the eating of a 4 loldier by cannibals, the London Daily ■Jl: Some French soldiers were recently ■prisoners by the Kanaks, and one of them killed and eaten. His comrades described Ptoaa. The Kanak3 first decapitate their ■: a matter of no small difficulty, consid- tho bluntness of their hatchets. Ten to a Mows are necessary. The body is then l£»p to a tree by the feet, and tbo blood to run for an hour. Meanwhile, a hole in tod a deep, and a yard wide, is dug J® poind. The hole is lined with stones, in the midst of them a great fire is lit. «a 11:5 wood is burned down a little and * heat it is covered with more stones, then cleaned out and divided into about a foot long, the hands and feet , *2 thrown away ns worthless. The pieces are placed on the leaves of a large j"** peculiar to the tropics. The meat is fowled with cocoa-nut, banana, and some Phots noted for their delicious flavor, i.-d together firmly; the fire is Removed from the pit; the meat is placed .stones, and thus, carefully cov- left to cook for an hour. Women don’t of a warrior’s feast. Men alone are to enjoy so great an honor and so ■^•oelicaey. L op a Soldier.—The Colonel, of regiment was famous for having j done up in military style.. Once, 5?"! officer of the day, and going his t g^pection, he came to a sentinel from ■‘wajth Mississippi regiment, lying flat Ms post, with his gun entirely to i&kri’-l—Don’t you know that a sentinel, -Vi'; si? on duty, should always keep on his (without looking up)—That wa9 tin l '"linout looking upj—mat was ® ae ^ 10 when tne war broke out, played long ago. if" beginning to°doubt if the man was v..Arc you a sentinel hero? asM^srf m a sort of a sentinel, m a sort of officer of the ' lit n" 0 '—^AVdl, if you'll hold on till I sort (nte. t ’ un Aether, I’ll give you a sort of CHRISTIAN CHIVALRY; Oration Delivered bjr Rev. D. 'Wills, D. Tore the Grand Com- Grand Prelate, Before the Grand Com. manucry or Georgia, 23th May, 1870. IiigJit E. G. Commander— Officers and Knights, Ladies and Gentlemen : ■ ■ ji ‘ Tho love of tho romantic and chivalrous is one of the most powerful passions pertaining to man. “Human beings are composed not of rea son only, but of sentiment and imagination also.” Hence the thrilling power of the drama in the. progress of tho ages. Genins by one splendid stroke of its magic wand, can convert romance into reality and people the boundless solitudes of space with. millions of shining worlds. Homer sung the fall of Troy in a vol ume of golden verses which are inspired with theintensest glow of the old Greek fire, and which have animated the martial spirit of all nations; and yet his brilliant battles were fought on the bloodless field of the imagination^ and his bands of immortal warriors were myths and not men. • • ^4‘sM * 01 • Dante’s visions of a future world constitute the master-poem of the middle ages—now they fill the soul with ecstatic joy, and now they freeze it with terror—but still it is a fact that Pargatory and Paradise are here dressed in all the extravagant colors of the countless supersti tions and absurd legends of medieval times. Tasso’s enchanted forest is such a lofty and ter rible creation of genius as makes “the blood run chill” and “the cheeks of all grow pale as death." For the time we feel all the thrilling sensations which seized the souls of the gallant Godfrey and the intrepid Tancred; but in the midst of the appalling apparitions which rush upon the sight and the horrid groans which is sue from this gloomy region of spirits, we are relieved from our agonizing fears by the reflec tion that all is nothing but a piece of magnifi cent fiction. Apart from the crucifixion of Christ, no moral painting, in all the annals of time, has made so powerful an appeal to popu lar sympathy as the play of Hamlet, and when the ghost of the king hearsed in death appears, the dramatic effect is indescribable; and is it not true that we who havo no faith in the ap pearance of ghosts and spectres, involuntarily share the agitation and grief of the personified son when the shade of his murdered father con fronts him. Banyan's Pilgrim’s Progress has been, for more than two centuries, accounted one of the choicest classics of the chorch—mil lions of believers have drawn the warmest in spirations of piety from its picturesque pages— and who does not know that this is simply an allegorical composition hatched in the brain of the “prince of dreamers.” . . The institution of chivalry lies in the region of imagination and romance rather than in that of strict philosophy and fact There is confess edly much oonnected with it that is purely ideal and visionary, and yet it is founded on some of the most sublime and benevolent truths which have engaged the attention and moulded tbe oharaoter of mankind. The two great ideas which its brilliant defenders songht to vindicate by the power of the sword, are a superstitious devotion to religion and a romantic reverence for the female sex. The Greeks and Bomans fought for liberty, dominion and glory, but the grand battle cry of the Knights of tbe Middle Ages was, “God and our ladies.” Under the influence of this inspiring motto, these mail- clad warriors made their martial steel ring on the heads of their foes and performed feats of valor that astounded the world. They were taught to look with contempt on danger and death when fighting for tho objects of their en thusiastic admiration. From the fall of the Boman Empire in the fifth century, the public mind of Europe was preparing for important changes in the structure of society; for the overthrow of tho feudal sys tem and for the establishment of a more en lightened and liberal order of things. The deep slamber of barbarism began to be broken by occasional birth-throes of thought and action. The spirit of chivalry which was born in the dark foresta of Germany, and which had pre vailed for several preceding centuries, about the beginning of the twelfth century culminated in the Crusades; a system of warfare which un questionably had its origin in religious ignorance and fanaticism, but which wrought important results in the history of Christian civilization. It was in (he last quarter of the eleventh cen tury when Peter, an enthusiastic monk of Amiens in France, viaited Jerusalem to pay his devotions at the tomb of the Saviour. At this period the Holy Land was completely under the sway of the Saracen and Turk, who wantonly desecrated the most sacred places and inflicted the greatest barbarities on tho Christian pil grims who flocked thither from occidental coun tries for pions purposes. The famous French anchorite was filled with holy indignation by these flagrant acts of cruelty and sacrilege, and resolved to return to aroose the Christian nations of Europe to combine for the overthrow of the Moslem power in Palestine, and to rekindle the light of Christianity beneath the refulgent beams of tho Orient. He soon found a powerful champion of his cause in tbo person of Urban II., who then held the pontificate of Borne. The preliminary Council of Placentia was called, consisting of 4,000 ecclesiastics and 80,000 lay men, and where the mighty multitude decreed a war of extermination against the infideL Then followed the Council of Clermont; where a whirlwind of excitement was created by the im passioned oratory of the Pope and the wild ha- md with this sublime battle cry all Christendom was summoned to arms. The tide of enthusiasm had now set in in all its strength and was rolling wildly over the Western world. The rabble of Europe not only enlisted under the banner of the cross, but im- j aro to be carried victorious round the globe. And yet it is a redeeming trait in the character of the crusaders that they acted in nocordanoe with the spirit of the times : they lived in the midst of the institutions of superstition and barbarism, and had not the light of a superior civilization and a purer Christian sentiment to guide them. It must be remembered, too, that these lofty warriors were defeated in their ef forts to obtain a permanent possession of the Holy Land, and that on this account they are judged more harshly than if they had been suc cessful. With the popular mind success is the test of merit, whilst the penalty of defeat is crimination and curses. Chivalry is the sublimest pf professions, and has always challenged the admiration of the world ; but when it is brought into the service of religion the danger is that “the devotion of the knights may degenerate into superstition, their love into licentiousness, their loyalty into tyr anny, and their generosity and gallantry' into hair-brained madness and absurdity.” And yet with the acknowledged tendencies to excess in this science nothing is clearer than that it has conferred innumerable and inestimable bless ings on mankind. The long wars of the cru sades aroused the mind of Europe from the slumber of ages and launched it forth on a new career of development. Old systems of caste were shaken to their deepest foundations and a more general diffusion of wealth and social oomforts was the consequence. New channels of commerce were opened up among the great maritime powers of the earth, and the free im portation of the arts and sciences from the East to the West gave to the European governments a higher type of civilization. It is a beautiful and striking fact that the crusaders prepared the way for the celebration of the golden nup tials of the Greek and Latin muses, that the- immortal lines of the Iliad were sung amid the soft and smiling skies which had inspired the sweet strains of the Eneid, that the orations of Demosthenes were recited in the same stately forum which had once rung with the robust and polished eloquence of Gicero, and that the Ital ians were enabled to present the extraordinary spectacle to tho world of bearing off the palm of literature in two noble languages. * The famous revival of letters in the four teenth century immediately followed the holy wars of ohristendom. The art of printing, and the mariner’s compass were invented; a new continent was discovered by the distinguished navigator of Genoa; Galileo and Kepler ex pounded the constitution and laws of the plane tary worlds, and then the sublime systems of Baoon and Newton sprung into being and laid the foundations of universal learning and civili zation. Moreover, Wickliffe, the morning star of the Reformation, rose just as the stormy night of the crusades was receding before the dawn of a brighter day. Bnt one of tho most sublime and charitable institutions which was brought into existence by the bloody wars of Christendom, is the Order of Knights Templar, or Knights of the Temple as they were first called in oonsequence of their occupation of a palace adjoining tho Temple, in Jerusalem, which, by the favor of Baldwin II, was appropriated to their use for a season. This sacred Order was founded in 1118 by nine noble Knights of France, and was regularly incorpo rated in 1128 by Pope Honorions II, who wo3 one of the most zealous advocates of its princi ples and purposes, so that it is how 752 years old. These Christian Knights, in addition to their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, bound themselves by a solemn oath to defend the sepulchre of the Saviour and to protect all Christian Pilgrims in their jonmeyings through the Holy Land. By their lofty deeds of benev olence and valor, they soon beoame, says the historian, “tho most celebrated and powerful of the religious military orders of Christendom.” Wherever the widow's wail and the orphan’s cry broke upon the air; wherever the sanctities of innocent maidenhood were imperiled or viola ted ; wherever tbe roads leading through Pales tine were infested by barbarous banditti, and wherever the rites of the Christian Religion were trampled upon by a Moslem foot; there the glittering blades of the Sir Knights leaped forth from their scabbards and inflicted sum mary vengeance on these wanton violators of the most sacred obligations of life. It is not surprising, therefore, that a body of men who rendered such eminent services to the cause of humanity and Christian trnth should have won the admiration of mankind. Accordingly the Templars rose rapidly from poverty and absti nence to great sllluence and luxury. They were enriched by large donations of lands and money, so that by the middle of the thirteenth century they numbered nine thousand lordships in Europe, and commanded the free homage of every dynasty and throne. But their immense wealth and prosperity proved their weakness and extinction as a corporate body.— Tne adulations of monarchs and tbe excesses of self-indulgence corrupted them and caused them to lose that native virtue and martial spirit which had been their strength and glory in former days. The institution oontinued to de cline nntil the spring of 1312, when Pope Clem ent V, at the instigation of Philip the Fair, of France, issued a decree dissolving .the Order of Templars and transferring all their possessions to the Knights of St. John. Thus history pre sents the novel spectacle of a Pope claiming to be the infallible head of the Church, becoming the miserable tool of a profligate , prince, and by an act of tyranny, a Christian liant achievement in arms is fostered by the education of a' Templar. If onr-predecessors admitted to membership none but men of noble rank, we should oeminly require nobility of soul on the partof every candidate for knightly honors. ’ .LnaLioalUi?' Moreover, Templars, you am fijf profession the soldiers of the cross. : There on that bright banner is the sacred emblem of the Order, and over it is the glorious motto, In Hoe Signo Vinces—Under this Sign thou shalt Conquer. Under the influence of these sublime and holy inspirations you are to go boldly forth, in the faoe of infidels and heretics, and advance the kingdom of the blessed Immanuel, until the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the the Lord. It is by the precious blood of the atonement that you are to conquer the com bined foroes of your advenaries and achieve a T triumphant entrance into Jerusalem the golden. The enemies which assr.U you at every point are not troops of barbarian^ ooming with /wav ing crescent oud gleaming cimetar to sweep you to destruction, but they are moral and spir itual powers; the evil habits and passions of depraved human nature. One of your enemies lives in a glass house covered with a corked roof, and with smiling face and sparkling eyes looks out through blue windows to captivate the young, the impulsive, the gennrous and the brave. His name is Alcohol. Another resides in a royal palace, is clothed in purple and' fine linen and fans sumptuously every day, and in the pomp of lis pride looks down with sovereign contempt or the poor, de spised and miserable of mankind; His name is Luxury. Another dwells in the secret place of the gilded saloon and under the brilliant blaze of the gaslightj sporta with a father’s coansels/a moth er’s prayers, a wife’s entreaties and a sister’s tears, and on a mere freak of chance madly stakes the fortunes of families for all succeeding time. His name is Gambling. Another sitteth at the door of her house on a scat in the high places of the city, to call to passengers who go right on their ways : Cover ings of tapestry and the fine linens of Egypt are hers; the perfumes of myrrh,aloes and cinnae mon. She saith stolen watery are sioet .and- hread eaten in secret is pleasant, . Her lips drop as a honey-comb, her mouth is smoother than oil. But her end is bitter as womwood, and her house is the way to hell. This character is called Licentiousness. A fifth foe is cruel as the giave in hia na ture, and fretful as the porcupine in his prac tice, who under provocation glows red with rage, spuming with indignation all the over tures of an honorable reconciliation, and scat tering this solemn oath to the winds : “I now declare, in trnth and soberness, that I hold no enmity or ill will towards any soul on earth, that I would not freely reconcile, Could I find in him a corresponding disposition.” This may be denominated the demon of Malignity. The last enemy is an exceedingly lofty one, that is ever exulting in his own superior wis dom and virtue, saying with a supercilious air to his neighbor, stand thou therefor I am holier thian thou, and insanely refusing to bow humbly before that august and blessed Name which causes all the principalities and powers of Heaven to prostrate themselves at the foot of the Throne. This is that evil spirit of Self- Kighteousness, which ought forever to hide its diminished head in the presence of that grand and exalted Latinized maxim before your eyes, non tobis, domine, non vobis, sed tua nomini da gloriam. If these insidious enemies conldbe slain by the sword, I know your gallant blades would in a moment be dripping with their blood, but it is by the grace of God alone that they can be ef fectually subdued. The weapons of onr war fare are not carnal but spirituaL Wo conjure you, therefore, Brothers, by the blood of tn&t cross whose image lies this day upon your beat ing hearts, and by the splendors of that crown which shall eternally adorn the brow of every true moral victor, to be faithful to all your obli gations to God and humanity. Thus may wo hope to meet again when the bright morning of eternity cometh. rangues of the hermit—if j the «id of God, it abolishing, by an aot oL tyranny, * Chmtian is tbe mil of Gcd, was tb^ fanatical shont of the inBtitution wlijchMother Po^hfldnicorporated tumultuous assembly, and consecrated with all the solemnities of pon tifical authority. It is important to observe, here, that Chris tian Knighthood had originally no connection with Free Masonry. The cause of the union of the two orders was the fierce and unrelenting The crowned heads perial princes, mitred prelates, wealthy barons,, persecution of the former. I R . honored dukes, and titled counts and earls, in !^f Italy, Germany, England an. Spam corn- short the highest dignitaries in church and state j bmed to exterminate the Templars from foe embarked in the holy war and urged the com- earth. Their estates were oonfisoated and their mon crusaders forward to fight for the rescue of ; conclaves broken up and in then: feeblejmd the holy city and sepulchre from the profana- dispersed oondttionThey proposed to form aide- tions of Paganism. Frederick, the Emperor, j fensive alliance with the ancient Masonic Fra- Bichard, King of England, Philip, King of; temity. “Masonry at^epted the proposals of France, Leopold, Duke of Austria, Robert of this would-be ward, and placed it m a seat supe- Normandy, Godfrey, of Bouillon, and his chiv- ! rior, upon condition that the Knights should ro- alriobrotherBaldwin, together with a multitude quire, as a qualification ®®“kfrslup them, thatthe candidate previously pass throngh the several degrees of Ancient York Masonry. Hence the relation and superposition of Bine of bishops: these are some of the illustrious names associated with this wonderful movement of the middle ages. Eight distinct crusades ~ ■_ - « ... were undertaken within the space of two him- Lodge Chapter and Cou.mandery which con- dred vears and in those several expeditions, it i tinne to this day. fs csdmatad,Xt eight millions of the European I ■ Templarism is, therefore, no longer a military nooulation were ponred upon the ensanguined . body, marching forth in serried fines and with nlamsof Asia, and that twomillions of the ora-, burnished armor to battler bravely with barbano sadera perished in their bold adventures against hosts m the great valley of slaughter and their Pagan enemies. Men have never made ; blood, but it is now pre-eminently a benevolent greater Orifices or fought with more deter- {and moral institution, whose exalted ends are mined courage than the Christian armies of the 1 effected by Christian agencies and appliances. West They felt that they were fighting the The present purposes of Templar Masonry.are battles of the King of kings, and hence they , compendiously expressed in one sentence : willing to pour out their last drop of blood ; “The protection of innocent maidens he pless >£k rr„i„ p.iti. Ana hy their ! orphans and destitute widows and the Christian Wanting I religion.” Every true Templar is sworn to sup- - - - - "port these objects at every cost, and if he fail were a in defence of their Holy Faith. And b; heroic achievements they snoceeded in pi the standard of the cross on those sacred heights where the crescent had long waved in triumph. But by a series of misfortunes which it were needless to enumerate in this presence, they lost the empire of the East and fell under the iron rale of their savage conquerors, who in flicted upon them every species of persecution and outrage. The sentence of confiscation and banishment fell like lightning upon the masses of the soldiery, whilst the leaders were impri soned and exeented in the most horrible man- A few of them recanted under the severity pf their tortures, but a majority maintained their principles firmly to the end and met death with the magnanimity of true Christian heroes. Tbe praotioai effects of the crusades upon the world, and especially on European oountries, have long famished a fruitful topic for discus sion among historians, statesmen and divines, and much diversity of sentiment prevails in literary circles on this snbj not. /It is, however, admitted by all that snoh a mighty revolution could not take place in any age without many attendant social disorders. and moral evils. These are unavoidable in every case where the great sea of popular passion is stirred to its depths. None will deny, too, that it is a plain perversion of Christianity to attempt to propa gate its principles at the point of the sword. It is by the power of trnth and love, and not by the force of arms, that the banners of the cross to do it he is guilty of the grossest per jury. He is instructed to copy the precepts and examples of Him who “spake as never man spake.” The Lord's prayer is the model for his devotions. Tbo Apostle’s creed is the excellent epitome of his faith. The h°!y Beatitudes are embraced jcawuu in hi* beautiful Liturgy. He is taught to ba the masses lieve in the doctrines of the unity of God, a Trin ity of persons ia the Godhead, the incarnation of Christ, His spotless parity and bloody pas sion, His resurrection and ascension to the Throne of universal power and glory, and His final advent to judge the world. The emblems of the Order are the Cross and Crown, the Square and Lamb, the Level and Triple Trian gle the Eagle and the Sword, and it were need less to tell you, fraters, that.the moral signifi cance of these symbols involves the practice of the cardinal principles of Christianity. Sir Knights, yon have a splendid system of morals and religion to uphold and adorn. - You are the honored representatives of the highest type of Christian cbivafiry, the chosen guardi ans of the consecrated glories of Knighthood. Honor bright is the living gem of the institution to which you belong. Truth, Charity, Courtesy, Magnanimity, Courage and Faith constitute the moral armor of a true Knight. Every noble impulse, ©very honorable sentiment, every lead- able enterprise in beneyoleno* rad every bril- Correspondenee of the Telegraph 6 Messenger. The Hempbis Conference. Memphis, May 20, 1870. On the call for reports from standing com mittees, this morning, only one brought in a paper for action, indicating that their work is nearly done. A Committee on the Bible Question made a lengthy report, as usual endorsing the American Bible Society, and asking for more agents in the land. The Committee of nine to whom was submit ted the interests of the Publishing House, made a report. They recommended the continuance of tbe publishing interests at Nashville. This called forth a long and excited debate. The first point was unanimously adopted. The sec ond point was amended by inserting Baltimore for Nashville. After a long discussion it was substituted by Louisville, Kentucky, iastead of Baltimore. This was voted down C3 for, and liu against. The report of the Committee was adopted,, leaving It at Nashville. This is the. fourth time Nashville has won in this contest. Uncertainly is time for the Church to cease this continual agitation of removaL It is damaging to the publishing interests of the denomination, and can only ultimate in disaster. Dr. Bedford, the agent, made an extensive statement, defending his administration, show ing that the books of Nashville are to be found in every part of tho extensive field of Southern Methodism. Tbis has been the most exciting day of the session.: Several speeches of great ability have been delivered. Such men as Dxs. Bond and Wilson, of Baltimore, Drs. Green and MoFer- rin, of Nashville, Drs. Lee and_ Bedford, of Louisville, are capable of conducting a debate of this character. Dr. Green, of Nashville, and Col. Johnson, of Washington City, were appointed a commis sion to prosecute the claim of tho Church against the United States, for rent and damage of the Publishing House during the war. Suits have been instituted. The Committeo on Boundaries made a report which produced an animated discussion, in ref erence to Holston and North and South Caroli na Conferences. The State of Alabama was divided, North and South, into two Conferences. The Alabama and North Alabama arc to be tho names. Also the State of Mississippi was similarly divided, and permitted any time .during the next four years to make their Conferences out of their combined territory. A . new Conference was formed, including. Kansas and all other territory to the Rocky Mountains. This is designed to meet the urgent demand of the country developed by the great Pacifio Railroad. It i3 said that two hundred men are now called for if the Church only had the means to support them for a short time. The tide of emigration is throwing into that country thousands of inhabitants, and to a great extent without religious privileges. Tbe report on tho Annual Conference’ rec ords was made. The records of tho North Geor gia and South Georgia Conferences were highly spoken of, with the exception of a neglect in both journals, of stating who occupied tho chair daring the sessions each day. The secre taries are Rev. J. B. Smith, of Macon, and Rev. A. G. Haygood, of Atlanta. The journal of the Florida Conference was very defective. Ex-President Davis, has been an auditor in the Cimference room for a day or two past. Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, formerly of Georgia, is also a visitor upon the floor of the General Con ference. . . , . & report from the committee on publishing interests endorse and highly commend the con- duct of Drs. A. H. Bedford and T. O. Sum mers, the agent and auditor of the Southern Publishing House. _ There have been some four or uve no w Con ferences made, showing an increase in the de nomination. in influence and members. LaRztz. THE ARMORY FACTORY. Visit of Inspection—Progress of the Com- ' pony. ■ 'J ; 'A-J-T ^earAtrs New Armory yesterday morning, for the pur pose of giving CoL J. T. Snead, Secretary, and agent of the New York association, his first view of the buildings and grounds. Entering the east gate our carriage drove to the rear, when the party proceeded to make a minute inspection. We first went into a beau tiful grove skirting the right rear of the. forty acres of ground in the inclosure. It is densely grown up with native forest trees, and, besides its lofty boughs, perfect canopy, cobl shadeMd generally romsmfio look, has two limpid streams meandering through it. Col. Snead was at once struck with the shaded spot, and remarked that it would be of great advantage in.' tnaVTng tho operatives of tho contemplated factory content ed and happy. He at once determiucd u, their houses so arranged and located as to give them the full advantage of it. Passing from the grove west we ascended a gentle hill, from which we obtained a full view of the whole premises. Through this hill a railroad cut had been nearly completed before the Confederate government abandoned it. It' was designed for the purpose of lapping the Macon and. Western Railroad a few hundred yards above, and over its track the material, wood, coal and freight of the Company will pass. The grading has been nearly.completed;! It appears to have been the original design of the engineer to run two tracks along the build ings. Freight can be discharged from the ears immediately, into the warehouses, or into any or all the grand divisions of the building. Passing around the left wing, and walking a hundred yards or so, we came to the front cen ter, and there obtained a full view of .the main' structure. It is in shape like the letter T, and two stories high. We have no figures, but judge that the front length is equal to that of the largest square in the city, and perhaps longer. It is doubtless constructed of the finest brick ever moulded in Georgia, whilst the con struction shows, even to the unpracticed eye, that a master mind direoted, and master hands performed, the work. Around the main front door are specimens of brick masonry of sur passing beauty and displayed taste which rises above criticism. It must have cost the archi tect, Major J. H. Barton, and his master me chanics, a deep pang of regret when the death- knell of the fallen government£vaa followed by a summons to leave their work in all its unfin ished state. A few short months more would have witnessed the crowning of their toil—the transmission of all the dreaminga on paper into solid reality. They will rejoioo with all of us to learn that the very men we were then con tending with in an unnatural strifo have come to take up where they left off, and go forward with their ideas. ; Such is one of the chapters the finger of time points out for us to muse upon. Cannon, Congreve shells, rifles, sabres, the bayonet, the breach-loader, the carbine, and all other implements for defending a coun try, were to have been fabricated there. But the child was strangled in its mother’s womb, and never saw the light. Entering this main door, four or five small rooms are arranged on either side, no doubt in tended for clerk's offices and for reception. One step forward, and we stand in the rotnnda of the tower. It is round, scored for winding stairs, and designed for .what purpose we do not know. Walking forward npon sleepers, underneath which wo noticed several .vaults, wa came im mediately into the centre of the main room. The right and left wing stretch to dizzy heights. When abandonfid, the sleepers, the joists, the rafters and the sheathing had been finished, and were ready to receivo the floors and the roof. The rains of five years have fallen upon them. Much of this mould work will have* to be. re constructed. There is ample room, both upon the first and second floors, for all necessary machinery of the largest cotton factory in the South—enough in this and the other grand di vision to successfully introduce thirty-five thou sand spindles. ■> Going farther back we entered that portion represented by the stem of the letter T. This has been nearly or quite completed. It was cover ed, and hence all the timbers are in a perfect state of preservation at the present time. Immediately in the rear of the : extreme left of the left wing is a small house ereoted for of fices. Covered with slate, cut into*five rooms, it is admirably adapted for such. In addition to these main buildings there are two large houses on the rear of the right centre, originally intended for casting shot and shell, but which will easily store two thousand bales of cotton. They only lack floors and roofs. On the outside of all these, scattered right and left, are massive foundations of solid masonry, some of them just up to the level of the ground, others three, four and five feet high, bnt all of tbe most substantial workmanship. Upon all these, in due course of time, buildings will be erected, until this shall pass among the largest and tho grandest factories in the World.— They are all upon made ground. . This work could not be done to-day short of an expenditure of $350,000. The city of Maoon subscribes it all, and twenty acres of ground at the nominal valuation of $75,000, not because this is far less than its worth, but for the pur pose of takiDg a step in making this one of the largest manufacturing cities in the world. It will quickly add one thousand people to our population, add a million dollars to onr material wealth, and caflse many hundred thousand dol lars to be annually paid oat here. We know nothing of the immediate designs of ibe company, but preshme^^ work of com pleting buildings.will be commenced right away. And as it is to their interest to make it com mence paying as quickly as possible, we pre sume a vast number of workmen, mechanics and laborers will be employed. Every dollar of the stook has been subscribed, the officers elected, and Col. Snead is here for the purpose of actively inaugurating the mag nificent enterprise. We are glad to know he is well pleased with the buildings and the grounds. An objection could scarcely be raised, to. these by any one. Indeed, there is more there than the company oan utilize in years. Every citizen . of Maoon; rejoices at the com mencement of this Factory. It has our best wishes for a longlifo of 1 prosperity. Wo hbpe it Will realize the most sanguine expectations of our New York friends. ; Every, aid incur power should and will be extended to them. From Macon Conniy. Montezuma, Ga., May 23, 1870. j Editors . Telegraph and Messenger .-—I' am satisfied that we have plenty of min in tbis section, from the fact that it has not rained here in ebpot six weeks. So soon as the' order passes through the circumlocution office, rad is handed i to the clerk of the weather, wo will have an abundant shower, 'at \br*qp *Wd{oq > * Our town languishes occasionally in the way of commerce. This generally occurs on the days which the warehousemen devote to fishing in stead of accepting liens and other hypotheca ting papers for planters,'as the merchants here Methodist General Conference. Memphis, May 21,1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Last night, instead of attending regular service, a number of members met, and among theta Dr. W. E. G. Cunningham, for many years a missionary in China. The conversation natu rally turned upon China and the missionary labors there. : 'v Chinamen are peculiar people. They re verse the order of things. In whatever way that you would do a thing, they would per* pomoio, uo tua iut»unamB Here n •. . -n • . are notdisposed to traffic without Surety of some j torm lfc J U3 * ln an opposite way. Forinstanoe, kind. It is a difficult matter sometimes to tell | the left hand ia the place of honor, not the upon which articles, liens or ootton, planters : right They mount a horse on the wrong pay the most storage. Liens in the banker’s vault during'summer at a small discount—2} or 3 per cent, a month—and fifty or seventy-five cents a bale in the warehouse during winter, be- sides an addiHr.Y)a| por hjr t.Vta pro duce merchant, “the same being an advance on side. Eaoh man shakes his own hand, in stead of extending it to his neighbor. Every thing is reversed—because, as my friend sug gest*, they li-T'G <ra the other side Of lllC WuxkL - my present growing crop in provisions and sup-! ^'\ s as ma L’ ^ ic -f things very plies, etc.” We will, in a short longth of time, strangely, be rid .of this vampirical busmess, as I have 1 hfi been informed by the reliable reporter “They Say” that some inventive genins has completed a machine .folc husking cotton: seed,’and by im mersing them f° r a short time in a chemical so lution and then exposing them to the sun, they become, in a few minutes, thoroughly dessica- ted and free from any oleaginous substance whatever, and far superior for all purposes to Indian corn. A patent has been applied for and will be obtained sometime in the year 181)0, provided that reconstruction is thoroughly, com pleted by that.time. The whole machine and knowledge of manipulating will be sold cheaper than “the same being an advance on my pres ent growing crop in provisions,” etc. Thursday next is the day appointed for onr Sunday School Celebration, after all of which we will report. Until then we are, Meltingly yours, Flint. It is now confidently stated that Mile. Nils son’s tour in this country is to be managed by Mr. P. T. Barnum. 3 ill .*! .• iiPMafesiR-MlF'fcml The Georgia Bill. The Heiald specials from Washington last of if to StaSoi raw e-->oT - J It is understood that the Georgia bill will not be reported now until next Thursday, General Butler having gone to Massachusetts to look af ter some private affairs. There are many mem bers who announce their intention to vote for the Bingham amendment or any other measure that will result in ousting Governor Bollock.— This, it is stated, is partly the result of the re cent investigation of the Senate Judiciary Com mittee and partly owing to the belief that the condition of affAirs’in that State cannot be set tled while Bullock remains Governor. Judge Bingham proposes to Offer his amendment when the bill comes up iu the House, though in a somewhat modified form. The chances are that Butler will be again defeated, by haring the Bingham amendment added to the bill. Jute for Gunny Cloth. The South has annually to Import from the antipodes the material with whieh to cover her cotton crop and render it marketable, and dur ing this Summer she will spend upwards of $7,- 000,000 for gUDny cloth alone. Now all this large amount of money could be saved by the cultivation of jute,, and the manufacture of the’ cloth at home. Having this end in view, Hon. Horace Capion, Commissioner of Agriculture, has imported a quantity of the seed of the jute plant, and some of it may be had. from him up on application. . Tho jute wiil flourish anywhere south of the 33d parallel of latitude, but is sensible to oold. The seed should be planted about the same' time as corn, and the plant will flower about the beginning of August, when the tops should be cut off: A month later the entire' plant should be steeped in water for a week, when the bark will slip off. The fibrous interior is then tied up in bundles of abont 75 stalks each, rad is ready for market. It finds a quick sale at the ports, and is now quoted in Ne w York at 7 cts. per pound, o. • ' , i 1 The introduction of this new fibrous staple is of great importance to the South, as it will render her independent of the world, as to her annual supply of bigging. If all the jute re quired for her consumption was grown and manufactured in her own limits, her planters would obtain their bagging at about ten or twelve cents per yard, and would not be sub jected to the high prices consequent npon a small supply on hand. In : 1863 bagging advan ced to forty-threa (43) cents per yard'; and this Summer the supply on hand, and expected, is smaller than it was then, and we have reason to anticipate an advance in price, perhaps even beyond that of 1866. There * are now thirty (30) jute mills at work in this country, which will turnout for 1870 about 24,000 bales of •gunny cloth ; and if the staple mentioned was grown in the South, as it can be, the number of mills and amount of their product would soon be increased sufficiently to supply all the bag- The Doctor gave us the modus operandi of “opium smoking.” The opium is imported just as we have it in our drug stores—in balls, ift cost about five dollars per ounce. It is ta ken by the smoker and boiled, and during this process it rises to the sutfaoe and is similar to molasses when cooked, thick and stringy. Their pipe is a large bowl, but coming to a paint, with a small hole about the size that would admit a knitting needle. The opium in its prepared state is taken up by a small \ iron hook, and by twisting it around it forms a small ball on the end or tho hook, which is ) placed on the little hole in the top of the pipe and; set on fire, which burns slowly. And then, in accordance with their perverseness, they stiek the pipe into the stem, instead of the stem into the pipe, and inhale the fumes —often closing their noses. : ui7 j They never smoke sitting up, but in accord-* ance with the Oriental custom, they recline upon a lounge or divan, or lie down. They say that the first.sensation pioduced is that of drowsiness. This will result from the con suming of the first ball of opium. It requires about three “balls” to satisfy, a confirmed smoker. The second sensation, which imme diately suoceeds that of drowsiness, is that of a nervous exoitement, which produces hilarity, 7 and that is followed by a dreamy sensation, when they become insensible to outward cir cumstances, and enter into dream-land, wheye they see green islands, flowing streams, gilded palaces and happy dreamers. And it is thus they get a great deal of their theology from cloud-land. I cannotdescribe the scene as the Doctor gave the description. The doctor is hopeful as to missionary efforts in China. Thinks the enterprize of Rev. Y. J. Allen, one of the grandest agents for christianizing the people of that empire, that of publishing a newspaper, weekly and tri-weekly. The' only enternrize of the kind in the realm save the official bulletin at Pekin. He was asked as to the success of the pro posed mission among the Chinese in this country. He had no ground of hope. The men, who are here, are the veriest rascals, t ging needed by tho South. Our planters will do well to obtain some of the seed and give this bew staple a fair trial. It may prove of great Benefit to the whole South.—Charleston Hews. ' From South Carolina. Columbia, S. C., May 21, 1870. _Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—A week’s sojourn in this nest of Radicalism will convince any Georgian that his own State is in a far bet ter condition than South Carolina, and he may well wish that reconstruction may never come if it brings with it the indignities suffered by the citizens here. A visitor walks through street after street and looks in wonder upon the rains met with at every turn. The business houses he sees standing are built of motley brick which tell but plainly of the crucible through whioh they have' passed. Some hew houses are going up, but I imagine it will-be some years before Colombia rajoys her former prosperity. . _ The Secretary of State is a negro.who two years ago was worth nothing, bnt now owns the finest residence in the place. MyibusinesB call ed me into the office of the Superintendent of Public Schools. I found him to be a “down- easter,” known bettor perhaps as a carpet bagger. He was quite pleasant, and is said to be one of the best of his class. I had not been seated five minutes, however, before several negro officials entered, rad for the first time in my life I saw the “brothers” together in an official capacity. I would like to report the conversation, that went one around me, bnt I cannot give it in full as other matters called me away about that time. I had presented to me by a friend, a photo graph of the county Superintendent of Educa tion here. He is a very ordinary negro, of meager education, and totally unfit for his posi tion. vaiU cxian .. ' bt’I Vo *d The new railroad from here to Augusta is in splendid condition, and runs through a beauti ful country. You g6t a good meal served on the train in nice style for seventy-five cents.— The crops have suffered much for rain, but last night a terrific storm in which the rain came down most abundantly, extended from Edgefield South Carolina, away into Georgia, beyond Au gusta. It will do much good. Tho LiddeU-Jooes Tragedy. We find in the New Orleans Pioayune, of Fri day, the following paragraph with reference to the sequel of the above named bloody tragedy; Messrs. Voloey Liddell and Wads Young were yesterday arrested and taken before U. S. Com missioner Urban, on an affidavit made by Cath- bertP. Jones, charging them with hilling and murdering his father Charles Jones ana his brother William Jones, when they were in charge of the sheriff as prisoner*, on the. 28th of February Iasi, at Harrisonburg, in the parish of Catahoula. The aoouaed were remanded to jail to await an eraminatiog^jol flss^'^wi w* 1 From Hall County. O* > Gainesville, Hall Co., Ga;-T= May 19, 1870. j Editors 1 elegraph and Messenger: We are all much pleased with the course of the 1'ei.eoraph and Messenger. Have a fine prospect for a fruit crop, and small grain never looked better. The Air Line Railroad is making fast progress to this place, and we hope to see the Macon road extended to this place on its way North. " . We are in hopes Congress will let us man age our own affairs soon. Mr. Bullock’s course don’t suit us exactly. If we get a chance we will elect men to the Legislature who will not, for the sake of nine dollars a day to themselves, be willing to sad dle a nine dollars a day thx, on every body else. -We want allvthe counties in the State to elect men to the Legislature who will be willing to give their time for three dollars a day, and out down all the salaries to this mot to one third, commencing at the Supreme Court and Governor, and thus relieve us of our onerous fixes. . And also investigate the past actions of our former pubhc servants and give them justice- Respectfully, eta ’a. t?. w. Fob Futubb Dslivkbt.—For the week ending May 2 tat, tbe sales of sotton iu New York fox aources future delivery reached 22,350 bales, at 22 cents for May, 22 for June, 22} fox July, 21} for An. glut, 20} for September, rad 19} for October— all on the basis of low middlings. i: '1.-.*''’ wharf-rats and debased of all tbo inhabitants of that great empire. Among all the lOOjOOff in this country, there .is not a single family, there is not a single stable man m all their number. If they were all converted, they could not, from, the nature of circumstances, ts convert the kingdom. They have no influence, never can have any in that country. Invidual souls may be converted, but he has no hope of a general work among them, r , He deprecated the anxiety of many for the . introduction of Chinese among them. He an ticipates much trouble on account of the 15th amendment. The people of California already hate them, and a greater antagonism will be the result if this wild and destructive measure is ever extended to them. They are good workmen he admits, but more unreliable than the negro. They are greater knaves. Thus far, every effort forciviliziDg them,or christen- izing them in this country has signally failed. They have their temple in California in whioh their Gods are enthroned and all attempts to induce them to abandon this heathenist mode of worship has proved fruitless. ' This morning in Conference, a report from the committee on missions recommending the establishment of missions in Mexico or Texas, for the benefit of Mexicans. Also protesting against the profligate use of missionary money for a country not strictly missionary work, in older Conferences. Abuses of this kind had been made known to the committee. Also recommends tbe employment of a missionary agent among the Chinese in California—all of which was adopted*)'* ert-ju &i<r A resolution was introduced calling for the election of two more Bishops. This was amended by striking out two and inserting one and was adopted. ai:a The Conference then proceeded to the elec tion of a Bishop. Ou the first ballot, Hon. J. C. Keener, of New Orleans received 25.— Hon. J. A. Duncan 51, and a large scattering vote. The second ballot, Keener 87, Dun can S4, scattering 16. Third ballot, Keener 96, Duncan 84, scattering 4, Dr. J. C. Keen er was declared elected. LaReve. <0-1 To be given away ! A coliege site with 125,000 dollars to boot. WhoiwiU.have it; if Mercer dont? Wonder ful liberality to educate the sons of the rich t Contrasts terribly with 5 cents a day in Bibb for the education'of the poor. How proud and prosperous the Maoonians be! Lost nothing by the war, far richer than ever! Common things will not do for them any more, they are so wealthy! Their new court house must ba palatial, their new college grand. Plenty taxes, ample salaries, much money, easy spent and so profitable, never eatned -and may never be paid, but what of that, let our children look to it. Is not their prosperity secured in the new project of a railroad to the moon, the earthly terminus at Macon ? Have we not a.million well invested already? True, we havo had not a dollar in come from it yet, but then our children will perhaps, or at least they ought to, for they will have it to pay, as they deserve, for choos ing to have such liberal FATHERS. The one hundredth anniversary ofthe birth of Beethoven is to be celebrated next month by a musical festival on a scale never hereto fore reached by tho Gothamites, The pro jectors claim, of course, that it will surpass even tho memorable Boston jubilee of last year. An immense building is to be erected oniThird avenue, sufficient to accommodate at least 25,000 people; * chorus of 3000 voioes, and an orchestra oflOOO pieces, among them the Handel and Hayden Society, and Gilmore a- renowed band, are announced; Mr. G. will also be one ofthe conductors. The principal feature of the festival will be the combination of star artists from all the operatic organisa tions at present in America, with many for eign artists of repute. Wi seo that the City. Council of Atlanta has remitted $4 and some odd cents taxtoE B, Bollock, showing that the council aforesaid are sorry for £. B, for having spent Ml his hard earnings in endeavoring to have Georgia a re developed,” rad are disposed to give him a lift B. H. Shacklxvobd, one of the moet promin ent lawyers of Virginia, diedl^j ^k in Salem, . Fauquier, ooaaty, . ■' > - -- t&t* : tA -iah* 1 '. ...■s *• V£>Y.' .. ■ ■ -... . 1 : -J.. av !