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Aiuitiirii T" T * V t •B ’ v 'Tr 4 • ■ - "**&■ *?V . ' .. .'•) - *. * / £ The Georgia "Weekly Telegraph. the telegraph MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1869. The Weekly Georgia Telegraph. Subscription Price $3 00 a Year—$1 50 for , Six Month*. This paper has a heavy circulation in Geor- gift, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Texas. Advertisements $1 00 per squire each publi cation. Commissioner Weil, Colonel Samuel Weil, Commissioner of For eign Immigration for the State of Georgia, called upon us yesterday. The Colonel is a German by birth, but has been a citizen of Georgia for the past nineteen years. When elected to his pres ent position by the Georgia Legislature, he was ft practising lawyer in Atlanta, but for years pre vious he was in the active pursuit of his profes sion, principally in the Blue Ridge Circuit. He is a gentleman of good address and strong prac tical sense, and we should judge him to be very •well qualified for the position in which he has been placed. He will remain in Macon another day, for the purpose of enlarging his acquaintance with our people and interchanging views upon the subject of his mission, and will then proceed to Savan nah for the same purpose, and to make all ar rangements, at this time practicable, for the transportation of such immigrants as he may be able to secure. We understand that all the Georgia railroads he has approached on the sub ject have offered to transport immigrants to the interior for one cent per mile. The Colonel is anxious to be off upon his mission and full of determination to do his best; but much preliminary work is to be accomplish ed before he can hope for signal results. He is yet awaiting the return of the Governor to re ceive his commission. We hope he will be in strumental in introducing to Georgia many hardy and industrious farmers and mechanics, who will each add in his individual success and prosperity, to the solid aggregate of the com mon wealth. i Georgia Members ol the 41st Congress. The Georgia members of the Honse of Rep resentatives, who were allowed seats in the 40th Congress, have also received full allowance of per diem and mileage to the extra session of the 41st Congress over the signature of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. It is true the warrants speak of them as “claiming” seats in the 41st Congress, but these payments would not have been made without special authority from the House, had there been the smallest doubt about the ultimate action of that body. Indeed, we hear from Washington that it is con ceded on all hands that the re*reconstruction of Georgia is finally played out, andit is understood that the entire delegation in the House and Senate will be seated early in the December session. Turner and the other negroes who are now running the outrage factory in Georgia may as well stop, so soon as they have laid in enough money and clothing to serve their term. There is no chance for any strictly political or official spoils to be won on this card. Agricultural Report for 1S67. A number of copies of the Agricultural Re port for 18G7 have been sent to the Telegraph office by Hon. S. F. Gove, for distribution among the people. First come—first served. They are free to all applicants. The Literary Addbess before the Cuthbert Female College will be delivered by Gen. John B. Gordon, and the Commencement Sermon by A A Lipsoomb, D. D., Chancellor of the Uni versity of the State of Georgia. Chops m Monroe.—The Monroe Advertiser, of Tuesday says: The crop prospects of this se ction were never more promising. More com has been planted than was at first predicted and the stand is unusually good. The plant is grow ing off rapidly, and, on an average, is from six . to eight inches high. A good stand of cotton has been obtained, and planters are “chopping it out. ” The signs encourage us to believe that bountiful harvests will repay the farmers of Monroe for their anxiety and labor. The Liquor Question in Massachusetts.— By a mixture of contrivance and blunder, an act has been adopted in Massachusetts prohibit ing the sale of liqnor in that State in any quan tity or for any purpose. This is the explanation of the "dispatch about the liquor dealers. The law will of course be evaded, but it puts them in a dangerous position. Patino the National Debt.—The Herald says the national debt less the amount of cash in the Treasury, was: On the 1st of May, 1869 §2,529,158,205 On the 1st of May, 1897 2,520,158,196 Increase in two years $8,872,009 and wants to know when, at this rate, the debt will be paid? Nearly the snm total of the debt has been collected from the people since the war. StT.it in Forsyth.—The Advertiser says last Tuesday being sale day, several valuable pieces ,, _ ,„ , , , ... c-. .~ rp. unsafe as it could well be. Let Mr. Forney ask ofproperty were disposed of by the Sheriff. The .. . „ , . _ » , „ * * * * hio tt-t nn/lo tVifl t rcflflrvioti t-Tn Tinrta +/\i» Mr. Forney's Epistles- The travelling apostles of negro equality, white and black, differ widely about the condi tion of affairs in Georgia. Forney finds life and property as safe in Georgia as in Pennsylvania, while H. M. Tomer assures the New York Tri bune that “ assassinations of loyal men are quite common in Georgia, though not so frequent as formerly on the main lines of travel!" He himself, Tomer says, had to travel in South western Georgia with an armed guard and change his sleeping place during the night in order to pnt assassins on a false scent and con ceal his whereabouts. Tomer appears to be about the most malignant and cold-blooded liar now traveling around the country, and that in so great a crowd as has been earning a subsistence by sheer falsehood during the past five years, is a remarkable distinction. Lying to pander to and inflame sectional ani mosity and prejudice and bigotry in order to tax it for traveling and hotel expenses and clothing, has become as regular a profession as that of the East Indian Fakirs, and thousands of lazy and unscrupulous rascals resort to it rather tb»n labor for their subsistence. We must look for it as a permanent institution of the country until the Northern Radicals discov er that a negro party in the South is a bad in vestment That they will find out in time. We shall not accuse Mr. Forney of lying, but his letters are often exceedingly disingenuous. He makes many mistakes, and the facts which he discovers he perverts and misuses to the ser vice of his political theories. Thus all along his route Mr. Fomey sees ip every Southern railroad, factory, and every other enterprise, the frnits of emancipation—the contributions of Northern energy—while the truth is, that what ever may hereafter be, the Southern railways and factories are still in far worse condition than before the war. And in the letter which we copy to-day, Mr. Fomey points to the growth of the trade of Savannah, as resulting from the same causes, while in truth it has been effected in defiance of the operation of these causes by the extension of a low freighting system to the Mississippi river. Cotton constitutes the great item of Savan- nnV> exports, and the product of cotton, Mr. Fomey well knows, is little more than half what it was before the triumph of the abolition pol icy by force of arms. The average decline of every interest in the Sonth since that event has been not much less than one-half, and Mr. For ney cannot be ignorant of a fact patent in ev ery statistical table. How, then, can a candid man brag of what emancipation has done in a material point of view? He may, if he pleases, amuse himself of brag ging about what it is going to do in the future; and since we were not allowed to progress in our own way, it is to be hoped we shall do so in some other; bnt all this is in the future. So far, we only know that the abolitionizing of the South has been effected at the cost of a million lives—of an immense debt—of an immense property—and of just about one-half the pro ductive power of the Sonth. That is nothing to boast of. And suppose this vacuum of demoralized and ruined productive power is to be filled, as Mr. Fomey predicts, by immigration of labor and capital from the North—what then? Is that an addition to the snm total of productive power? Do yon lengthen a blanket by catting off from one end and sewing on to the other ? And, then, what shall we say as to the cant about the negroes being the only producing class in the South ? If the crops of the Sonth rested upon mere negro labor they would not be worth gathering. If the vast mercantile, manufac turing, internal improvement, and most of the agricultural enterprises of the North and "West rested solely with the men who do the drudgery —who make the entries, drive the engines, man ipulate the tools and tom the soil, the results would be more disastrous than valuable. What is the use of such stuff, except to play upon preju dice ? Intelligence, capital, and labor must co operate to produce any beneficial results, and where is the evidence that a less active co-opera tion exists in the Sonth than anywhere else ? Now we do not propose to be hide-bound or sensitive about these matters. We are glad to see Mr. Fomey or anybody else taking an inter est in the material progress of the Sonth, and investing their money in this section. We hope it will bring them good returns, and that the time may come when Southern lands will be in as active request as Western lands ever were. We hope that all who come South to ac quire familiarity with our material and social condition and prospects may be kindly received, and we are not of the unreasonable class who expect them to be free from error and preju dice, and who take affront at criticism. There is no land or people on earth who are not fair subjects of criticism. If it is fair and good-natur ed, it will be improving; if false and malicious, we can outlive it. It is right, however, as we pass along, to point out plain misconceptions, errors and misrepresentations, and Mr. Fomey has made a great many besides the few we have pointed out. We don’t think property, for il lustration, is as safe in Georgia as in Pennsyl vania. “Meat on the hoof,” poultry, com in the fields, and all exposed property, is about as house and lot occupied by Mrs. Jordan was sold to Mr. Thos. E. Chambless, and brought $1700. A lot of land containing about two hundred acres—owned by D. F. Walker—was purchased by Geo. W. Adams for $625. Alabama Ibon for New Robe.—The Atlanta Intelligencer mentions the fact that a train load of “ pig iron” from Columbiana (on the Selma Road) would arrive in Atlanta on the 5th, on its way to New York. It seems that Mr. Lincoln appointed a Quaker Indian agent for the country west of the Arkan sas. He got a salary of $2000, and it is stated by a New York correspondent that he accumu lated in a short time $150,000. Gov. Bullock.—The Now Era of Saturday states that Gov. Bollock was still “ at his home in Albion, New York,” hut we understood the Constitution of Saturday distinctly to announce the Governor’s arrival in that city. . ■ V The Alabama river is now receding into its banks again. The Montgomery Advertiser says hat the overflow destroyed thousands of acres of com and cotton. The Quincy(Fla.) Monitor, of Gadsden coun ty, says the cotton and com crops in that coun ty arc very fine—not having been injured by the late cold weather. From Jefferson County.—A note dated at Toombsboro’ the 11th, says the farmers are • planting heavily and crops are looking fine. The wheat is excellent There will be a big railroad barbecue at Ope lika on Saturday, 22d of May. An election will be held on that day on the question of subscrib ing to the Oxford and Opelika Railroad. Facts for the Ltnrm.—I have had a Wheel er & Wilson Sewing Machine in my family for fifteen years, and have not paid a cent for re pairs. All my family sewing Lim been done with it, and all the for lining generally of my stare. A. Moor. St Paul, Min. An Omaha dispatch says two hundred Sioux pounced upon a party of Snake and Bannock Indians, eight miles from South Psss City, ten days ago, and killed twenty-nine of them. his friends, the freedmen. He finds, for ex ample, no beef raised in Florida, which a few years ago teemed with millions of cattle. Let him ask the freedmen how that is. A very few inquiries would have possessed him of the fact that his only productive labor in the Sonth is also a peculiarly destructive labor, and that al though freedmen are far safer in the Sonth than they ever could be anywhere else, yet property is not at all safe from their constant depreda tions, and had we the same active police he has in Pennsylvania, the amount of his “prodnetive labor,” foot-loose, and out of jail in Georgia, would be materially reduced. The Imperialist. In the last issue of this journal we find a de fense of the loyal leagues, involving a pretty broad intimation that these Radical machines, while pretending to work for a “ true Republi can form of government,” are secretly plotting for an Empire. The Imperialist justifies this on the ground (1) that a people who willfully abandon control of their own affairs are incapa ble of self-government; that (2) truth impels the confession that the Republic is a mere idol of rags and straw; and that (3) a declared and responsible government is better than a sham. The Imperialist says: “The fact is, that very little is left of our Constitution. We have so battered it in the hurly-burly of our national politics that its own fathers would not recognize It Its defenders have defended it almost to pieces, bnt, there is, nevertheless, a great deal in it which may well bear making over into the something new which is to take its place.” Yes, making an empire out of the “battered relics” of the Constitution will end like the amateur blacksmith’s vaunt that he could make an axe. Well, says Vulcan—here is the iron- try it! And to work went Mr. Amateur. He blowed, and boat and mauled, until ho had burnt up half his iron. At last, looking around at the crowd, who were laughing at his failure, he said he gave it up on the axe, but would make a hammer. But after a world of beating and sweating, he gave it up on the hammer and said he would try a horee-ahoe; but with no better luck on the horse-shoe, he plunged the battered relic into the cooling trough, saying— Corse the luck! I know I can make a fizzle. The Imperialists can make a fizzle out of the battered relics of the Constitution, bnt they cannot make anything else. When is a sermon like a kiss ? Ans. When it is composed of two heads and an application. General View of the Convention. The Southern Baptist Convention, which has just closed its session in Macon, was dis tinguished for its harmony and unanimity of sentiment - t for the ability of its discussions and its manifestations of brotherly regard; for the prayerful spirit that prevailed and for the strong desire exhibited to glorify God and spread the Redeemer’s Kingdom. Men from all parts of the Sonth met and prayed together most fervently; discussed measures for spread ing the Gospel, with some little differences of opinion, bnt with singular unanimity of spirit; and, for four days, exchanged views and senti ments without the utterance of a word to mar the universal good feeling or destroy the pleasantness that prevailed. The proceedings were characterizedby order, dignity, courtesy, brotherly kindness and in tellectual ability, and made a good and lasting impression upon the minds of the community. It is bnt justice to say that this, in a large measure, is due to the excellence and ability of the presiding officer, Dr. F. H. Mell, to whom the Baptists of the South owe no little for the feelings of respect for their general Convention entertained by the world at large, and engen dered by the dignity and decorum which at taches to a well-conducted body. The intellectual strength and ministerial tal ent of this Baptist Convention was, perhaps, never supaased by any previous one; and all the prominent members took part in the discus sions. There was the venerated John L. Dagg, D. D., old in years, venerable and apostolic in appearance and saintly in spirit, whose presence was almost like a re-appearance from a saintly grave; there was the celebrated Dr. Fuller, from Baltimore, whose golden oratory delighted all; there was the distinguished Dr. Armitage, of New York; the eminent and dignified Dr. Jeter, of Richmond; the learned Crawford and Broad- us; the commanding Boyce; the eloquent and brilliant Curry; the accomplished Brantly; and among many other able men were Manly, Williams, Tucker, Winkler, Poindexter, Taylor, Sumner, DeVotie, Graves, McIntosh, Reynolds, Henderson, BnrrowsandDr. Wm. F. Broaddus. All these and many others discussed impor tant questions, and did so with a dignity and ability that excited admiration in the minds of most intelligent visitors. The preaching on Sabbath was universally applauded for its excellence, and for the gospel spirit which pervaded the sermons—Doctors Fuller, Broaddus, Burrows, Armitage, Bums, Henderson, Williams and Pentecost, all exciting the highest commendation. The Convention was composed of about three hundred delegates, who spoke in high terms of the kindness and hospitality with which they were entertained by the citizens of Macon, and not a word of complaint has been heard. Mach gratification was manifested at the liberality and enterprise of the daily papers of the city, the Telegraph and Journal and Messenger, for their full reports and gratuitous distribution of papers. The goodlmpression made upon the commu nity by the Convention is a source of congratula tion to every member of the Baptist family in the Sonth. Many of the delegates expressed the opinion that they had never attendeda more pleasant meeting, nor one where there existed so much harmony and unanimity. Some little trouble had been anticipated in regard to the election of President, but when Dr. Curry rose and proposed the re-election by acclamation of Dr. Mell, and when the response, in the form of one general aye, rose from all parts of the honse, a feeling of universal relief and satisfac tion was experienced. The two able secreta ries, Crane and Abell, were also re-elected unanimously. An interesting incident was the relation by Dr. Fuller of his narrow escape from shipwreck, in a violent storm off Cape Hatteras, on his way from Baltimore to Savan nah. He told how he thought of the Conven tion in that solemn time, when, according to the word of the Captain, he had bnt five minutes to live—how ho wondered what they would think and how they would feel when the Convention heard of his death—how, amid the excitement and solemnities and terrors of the moment, he felt the calm that accompanies peace with God, and preparedness for departure. "While he was speaking, tears suffused the eyes of all, and when he had finished, a special prayer of thanks was offered for his deliverance from a watery grave. The missionary mass meetings at night were largely attended, the addresses very fine, and the collections veiy respectable. Especially gratifying was the consideration given to the Greenville Theological Seminary, and the suc cess which attended the efforts made to raise funds for its support Dr. Fuller made a mas terly effort in behalf of the Seminary, and va rious brethren spoke with great eff ect—the re sult being to raise about $5000 in cash and pro spective funds enough to support the Institu tion for the next five years. A new Professor, Toy, has already been elected, and the Semi nary may now be regarded as a great and glori ous success—a result due, in a great measure, to thG ability, wise management and self-sacrificing zeal of Dr. Jas. P. Boyce. That Seminary has now a faculty that may he denominated perfect and complete, and is an Institution of a charac ter to excite the pride of Baptists, and admira tion and imitation all over the world. A question which took up much time was the duty of Baptists towards the colored people of the South, and a set of resolutions was passed expressive of the sense of the Convention on that point, and declaring that it was the solemn dnty and desire of the Baptists to see that the freedmen had the Gospel preached to them, and that their ministers be properly educated. The subjects of Missions and Sunday Schools received a great deal of attention, and much money was contributed to farther those great schemes. The presence and addresses of Rev. Mr. Phillips, a returned Missionary to Africa, who had labored among the inhabitants of Cen tral Africa for fourteen years, awakened much interest an disseminated much information. The closing scene of the Convention was im pressive and affecting; the President delivered a feeling and appropriate address: daring the singing of a pathetic song, the delegates ex tended to the President and to each other the parting hand—many shedding tears: Rev. M. J. Wellborn offered a solemn prayer to the Throne of Grace; and then Dr. Mell pronounced the Southern Baptist Convention adjourned, sine die. Clothing fob Everybody.—Messrs. Winship & Callaway, clothiers, Second street, Macon, Ga., have one of the largest and most complete stotks of ready-made clothing to be found in the State. Men’s and boys’ clothing of every quality, style and price can be had at this establishment, and satisfaction is always given to the purchaser. They have but one price for their goods, and the purchaser may rely upon it that he cannot obtain the same quality and style at a lower fig ure than that at which this honse offers them, sonth of the Potomac. No matter how large or small you are, they can fit you opt with a full suit, in tiptop style and on the most reasonable terms. When you need clothing, never pass the store of Winship & Callaway, 50 Second street. A Suit against two physicians for a piece of stupid malpractice is on trial in Worcester.— David H. Maynard, of Clinton, put himself into the hands of Drs. Benditt and Symonds, of that town, to have a stiff finger cut off. They gave him chloroform and took off a good finger, and be wants $15,000 damages for it. All the doc tors urge is that chloroform stiffened all of Maynard’s fingers. - v Distinguished Ministers in the South ern Baptist Convention. Dr. WM. McINTOSH is over sixty, and though a Georgian by birth resides in Marion, Ala., and is Pastor of the Marion Church. Per haps he has no superior as a sermoniser, and the concoction of his sermons manifests a beau ty and symmetry that invariably give delight. His composition, style of though^ expression and general arrangement are almost perfect, and were he a popular orator he would be unsur. passed as a preacher. As it if, those who sit beneath his ministry prefer him to any one else, and always regret his absence. He is the able and zealous President of the Board of Domes tic and luJinri Missions, and President of the Board of Crus tees of Howard College. He always reads his sermons. He is a fine scholar,of the most gentlemanly demeanor, par ticularly neat in his personal appearance and one who in any company would be regarded with respect. He is universally esteemed for his piety, ability, and warm, liberal nature and perfect Christian character. Rev. J. C. HIDEN was bom at Orange Court House, Virginia, graduated at the Virginia Mil. itary Institute in 1857, and for a time was Pro fessor of Latin in Chesapeake Female College. He spent two years at the University of Virginia and graduated in various studies there, after, wards becoming a Pastor in Albemarle county, Virginia. He served as a Chaplain in the Con federate army from 18G1 to the surrender. Af ter the war he became Pastor of the Portsmouth, Virginia, church, and remained such two years, when he was called to the charge of the First Baptist church in Wilmington, North Carolina, entering upon his duties last fall. He found the church unfinished, and deeply in prospective debt, and took such active meas ures that the money to complete the build ing is now all rtised, and the edifice nearly finished—and that without going out of the city of Wilmington. Be is a fine scholar, a logician, an acute critic, aniis one whose native strength of intellect and originality of mind, whose ver satility of capacity! and excellence of perform ance, rank him anpug those whom the world calls geniuses. Hs mind is of that order that it scorns the rule! of others, and acts for it self, and always in a striking and forcible man ner. If he intench to be humorous, he is very humorous; if he disires to be sarcastic, he tears his victim to pieces; if he would ridicule, or be pathetic, he excitts the risible faculties, or melts the soul to tetrs. As he wills, so his mind acts; and his mood depends upon his inclina tions. His mind if so well cultivated, and un der snch control, that every phrase is a thought, and every sentence a point. In style of intel lect, delivery and expression, he resembles Dr. John A Broadus, and, like him, is great by the power of native geiius. He is a fine preacher, a good pastor, a string advocate of the Sunday School cause, and unmistakably pious. In per son he is rather stout, but below the medium height, with dark hiir and eyes—the brows run ning together. He does not strike the beholder as an extraordinary man, bnt converse with him, and his difference from the ordinary will be perceived ; but-ho will not feel bound to say he thinks there is anything remarkable in yon. Rev. G. F. PENTECOST, Pastor of the Cov ington Church, Keutucky, is a stranger to the Baptists of the South, but is, nevertheless, so thoroughly indentified with us in feeling, that he will yet rise to distinction in the Southern Zion, and be honored by the Southern Baptists. He is a man of remarkable natural powers, though only twenty-six years of age. He was bom in Illinois, and educated partly at Georgetown College, Kentucky. He was converted in 1860 under the preaching of Rev. Geo. C. Lorimer, and baptized by him. In 18G2 he was ordained, and has been preaching since 18G4. He has been Pastor of the Covington Church for the last nine months, and during that time one hun dred and thirty-eight persons have joined his church—ninety-four of them by baptism. His people contemplate the erection, for his ad vantage, of a much huger honse of worship.— He is a splendid preacher, a capital children's preacher, and an able Sunday-school man in every sense. He is a true child of God, a warm hearted, sincere Christian, devout, humble and with natural powers surpassing those of most men. When better known he will be greatly ad mired, and is yet destined to occupy a promi nent position among Southern Baptists. Rev. T. E. SKINNER, D. D., was bom and raised in the Eastern portion of North Carolina, and was educated Rt Columbia College, New York, and at Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey. His first pastorate was in Peters burg, Virginia. He served the Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, for twelve years with great acceptance, and was instrumental, while there, in the erection of the splendid house of worship, for the completion of which Dr. Skinner and his father paid out not less than $20,000. Both the father and son were immensely rich until the war swept away their possessions. He went to Europe in 1SG2, and remained till the close of the war. On his re turn he resumed his pastorate of the Raleigh Church, but, after the death of tho lamented B. B. C. Howell, was called to the charge of the Church over which that distinguished author and divine had exercised the pastor’s care so long, in Nashville, Tennessee. And there he now resides. Dr. Skinner is an excellent preach er, an amiable, genial, friendly man, and in so cial life is cheerful, entertaining and attractive. He is extremely liberal in disposition, a good pastor, and makes his people love him devoted ly. His face indicates intelligence and vivacity, and his conversation is lively and interesting. He is a good scholar, but not as hard a student as some men in our denomination. He sus tains himself wherever placed, and exerts* good influence in his sphere. He is a Sunday School man, is possessed of sufficient enthusiasm, and sustains all denominational enterprises with all his heart and purse. He has proved himself folly equal to the important position which he now occupies, is always readjuto assist every good cause ; and, being full of /nit and humor, is the life of a convention, when he chooses to be. He is yet young, and has a right to expect many years of honor and usefulness. Rev. J. WM. JONES.—The Baptists cannot point to a more zealous and effective worker than this brother, whose name is a household word in almost every family a member of which was connected with the the Army of Northern Virginia. Rev. Mr. Jones, after spending two years at the University of Virginia, and as long at Greenville Seminaiy, offered himself to the Foreign Mission Board and was appointed to China, bnt the war breaking out just then, he enlisted as a private in A. P. Hill’s regiment, and" being a relative of General Hill, he was soon brought into the acquaintance of officers of rank, by whom he was urged to accept a chaplaincy. For some time he was chaplain and missionary at large to the army of Northern Virginia* in which position his influence for good was felt throughout the entire army, from General Lee to the humblest private. He bap tized not less than five hundred soldiers. At the close of the war he removed to the Valley of Virginia, where he has been very useful. He is now pastor of the Baptist Church at Lexington, Va. He writes a great deal for the secular and religions press, and would make a capital editor. He is quite young, being only some thirty years old. In person he is short and stout, in dispo sition agreeable and entertaining, and fall of good humor and boa Ttommie. ■ His zeal, energy and perseverance are great, and his piety is of that working order which makes itself seen and felt. No one can know him without loving and respecting him. He is now engaged in collect ing funds for building a new Baptist house of worship at the “Home of Lee and the Grave of Jackson”—Lexington, Va., where many South ern students of the Baptist denomination sit be neath his ministrations, and he brings with him special recommendations from the great and be loved Lee, and others residing in Lexington. Rev. J. H. DeVOTIE, D. D., is by birth a New Yorker, bnt has been living in Georgia ever since early youth. He has been pastor in seve ral of our Southern cities, was a long time the ef ficient Secretary of the Domestic Mission Board, and is now the very able and beloved pastor of the Columbus Baptist Church. He is a man of commanding powers, towering in the pulpit and unsurpassed as a platform speaker and for abil ity on the floor of the House. "When he under takes to carry a point, that point will be carried. He is a man of inimitable tact, of delicate and exquisite humor, of a bounding warmth of heart, and of boundless generosity of spirit and charity of feeling. His presence in a city is a public blessing to the poor and needy—in him they have an advocate and friend whose efforts, devoted, unselfish and untiring, always result in greatly benficial results. The widow and tho orphan of Columbus consider him their bene factor, and the public have refused to let him leave the city lest tho poor should suffer by his absence. He possesses one of those genuinely pious hearts that melts beneath gospel influences and affects to tears those who may be heeding his pathetic appeals. He is the very prince of beggars, and can, in convention, with quiet tact, make a thought or word or simple incident the means of averting unpleasant results, or the means for restoring universal good humor and creating general merriment. He is a man of singular independence of spirit, decided in his opinions, strongly Baptistic and yet is beloved and respected by other denominations. His good humor and geniality of spirit are unbound ed; his big, warm heart palpitates with love to God and man; and his kindliness of disposition bespeaks a regenerated soul. He has been a hard and faithful worker for the Master and is getting old now; but age, nor trouble, nor cares con repress the zeal and fervor of his spirit, or the quiet and unostentatious energy of his na ture. Doubtless his greatest grief is that he cannot do more for religion and humanity. He is too modest for his merits, and too unassum ing for his abilities. During the war he was, fora short time, Chaplain for the “Colnmbns Guards," and served on the coast Mr. DeVotie has seen trouble. He buried an amiable and noble son who had jnst graduated at Princeton Theological Seminary and was pastor of the Selma Church, though at the time of his sud den death by drowning was acting as Chaplain. His countenance indicates a man who has borne the heat and burden of the day, and who is ready to receive the crown that is laid up for him in Heaven. No man has warmer friends or stronger admirers, and none deserves them more. An attack of Bronchitis has given a pe culiar, bnt not unpleasant tone to his voice; still, when aroused, he is ovepowering in his eloquence. His church has flourished greatly un der his pastorate, and he has been instrumental in erecting one of the handsomest houses of worship in the State. Dn. D. E. BURNS is pastor of the First Bap tist Church of Memphis, and older than he looks. He commands the largest audiences in the city, crowds often unable to obtain even standing room, being compelled to leave. It is his oratory, beautiful, ornate, elegant, founded upon the Gospel and Gospel truth, and pointing ever to wards the skies, that attracts. He is an able, sound and thorough scholar and preacher—one who has occupied many important fields as pas tor in Kentucky, Mississsppi, Louisiana, and and Tennessee always with a power and elo quence that have fully sustained him. He is a thorough-going Baptist and a man of warm, ar dent piety, earnest zeal and active devotion to the cause of religion. In person he is fine look ing, and he wields a strong influence. His age is forty-six. Rev. T. H. PRITCHARD, D. D., was bom in Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated at Wake Forrest College, studied theology under Rev. Jno. A. Broadus at Charlottesville, Virginia, and attended lectures in the University of Vir ginia. He became Pastor of the Franklin Square church, Baltimore, early in the war, and was arrested for his Southern proclivities during the war. He left Baltimore, came Sonth and labored in Petersburg, Virginia, from whence he was called to Raleigh, North Carolina, about one year since. He is a man of strong, good sense and very fair attainments, genial in his manner and becomes popular wherever he goes. He has not an enemy. His heart is warm and his so cial qualities are very great, rendering him a de lightful companion. He is a good and sound preacher, and has a fine reputation as a pastor, and occupies a very important and useful field. Rev. Q. H. RYLAND, of Virginia, is the Gen eral Agent of the Virginia Sunday-school Board, and a man of indefatigable labors in this position. He is thoroughly acquainted with the Sunday-school work—a labor which is with him a labor of love. To a mind of great intelligence and cultivation, he unites a fine person, a pleas ing address, an exalted character, and great zeal. Ho is well educated and would adorn any po sition in life. He has established many Sun day-schools, and is making his mark upon his day and generation as a pious, able and devoted servant of Christ. He occupies a field of vast usefulness and is filling it with great success— both by his pen and personal labors. All who know him love him. As yet he is young, bnt occupies a position of distinction denied to many older men; and if he lives will make a great and useful man. Rev. M. B. WHARTON was bom at Culpeper Court-House, Virginia, and is now thirty years of age. He graduated at Richmond College; took charge of the church at Bristol, Va., in 1862, receiving into its membership daring his pastorate of two years seventy-five persons. In 18G4, he came to Georgia, as agent for the Sun day-school and Publication Board of Virginia, and shortly afterwards married and settled in the State. For a year or two after the war, he acted as traveling agent for the Board of Domes tic Missions, and with great success. In 1867, he accepted a call to the Enfaula Church, at Eufanla, Ala., where he has remained for the last two years, laboring with great success and acceptance; during that time baptizing one hun dred persons. His church is now endeavoring to erect a new honse of worship, and he himself has raised $20,000, by subscription and other- iwise to effect that end. Mr. Wharton is superior in many respects. He possesses a strong, active mind, a retentive memory, a vivid imagination, great zeal and energy, a fine flow of language, and eloquence of a high order. He Bees a sub ject clearly, grasps it strongly, and states it plainly. His pathetic powers are great, his im itative talent large, and his analytical ability un usual. He is well read, a good theologian, and arranges his discourses with order and propriety. As a writer, he is graceful and forcible; as an extemporaneous speaker, he is exoelled by few; and, as a preacher, he surpasses most others. His natural powers and gifts are great; and, as he is possessed of ambition, may become emi nent, if he remains in the ministry. He has no superior as an agent for the odleotion of money; is an ardent Sunday-school man; and, as a pas tor, wins and retains the affection and confi dence of his people. He is young and healthy —in person below the medium height, and beardless—and may rightfully look forward to many years of usefulness. Rev. E. W. WARREN, Pastor of the Macon Baptist Church, is a Georgian by birth and edu cation. His is one of those amiable, sincere and honest dispositions; one of those pure and pions hearts; one of those warm and zealous natures; one of those strong, truthful and prac tical minds that gains universal esteem and con fidence. There are men in the denomination of more culture, but none who can reach the heart, touch the feelings and retain the attention more uniformly and nndividedly. Himself easily melted to tears and possessing an excellent flow of language, warm in his own feelings and pathetic in his demonstrations, he can easily bring tears to the eyes of others. He is a very faithful pastor, earnest and untiring in his work, indefatigable in his efforts to save souls and extend his Redeemer’s kingdom. He is a ready speaker and a facile writer. His sermons are always good, of a practical turn, and over running with the love of the Gospel. He preaches that we should do right because it is right, and from love to a crucified Saviour. He possesses native genius, and is not a book worm—depending on his own mind and feel ings, and on the aid of the Holy Spirit, in the pulpit. His delivery is natural and unstrained, and, at times, rises to the height of eloqnence, with a vein of poetry and poetical rythm run ning through it. We have better scholars, bnt few better preachers; men of more command ing eloqnence, but no superior pastor; men with keener and more cultivated intellects, but none of a warmer heart, more fe&ent piety and zeal, or more imbued with the Holy Spirit in life and pulpit ministrations. He was once a lawyer, but on becoming converted entered the minis try. He is the superintendent of Ms own Sun day-school, and as a man, humble, charitable and generous to a fault. He is firm in his opinions, decided in his views, strongly Baptistic in his sentiments, and possesses the Christian love and confidence of all who know him. His age is about forty-five. LANDS nr GEORGIA. From Moore’s Rural Neuj Yorker.] I did not apprehend when I wrote my short letter to the Rural of February 8th, that the en tire North was in a blaze of excitement, from Maine to Missouri, and from the lakes in the North to Mason and Dixon’s line in the Sonth, in relation to emigrating to this sunny clime. Bnt such is the fact, and from all parts of the North and West comes the same entreaty for truthful information of the climate, soil, and so cial condition of the people. While I fully ap preciate the earnestness of those who have so licited a personal reply, still tho magnitude of such a task—when the number of writers is taken into consideration—would be too laborious for a farmer, whose business at this season of the year, (we are jnst in the height of com planting,) is so pressing. I will try in this sketch to answer honestly and truthfully, as far as possible, all the questions asked by the differ ent writers. This shall be no varnished tale, to deceive the people, and fill the columns of a pa per to delight the fancy of the fiction reader. For the first time in onr country’s history, the doors of Southern emigration are thrown wide open, and a people once proud and happy, with all the comforts of life around them, are now comparatively poor; their fortunes gone; their homes made desolate, and their fondest hopes crushed. In this prostrate and helpless condi tion, they invite yon, with your money, your muscle and your energy, to come and help re build, on the ruins and ashes of war, the coveted temple of prosperity. The large plantation most be divided into glebes of one or two hundred acres, and the small farmer, with a system of mixed husband ry and a new mode of culture, will soon restore the lost elements of fertility to the soil. Part of the lands are worn by excessive cropping, without fertilizing, and the virgin soil, by the slovenly scratching system of cmtnre, has been nearly exhausted. But deeper down lie the mines of wealth, new farms untouched, which, by skillful hands and new appliances for tilling the soil, will fill the gamers with plenty and add wealth to the coffers of the State. The people are fifty years behind the times in agriculture, when compared with the thorough and complete system adopted at tho North. Where you find one man who plows deep, you will find ten that scarcely plow at all, scratching along the surface with a one-horse scooter-plow, at an average depth of about three inches. The first heavy rain washes the surface soil into the creeks and branches below, but when plowed deep, not a particle will be lost If clover be the sheet an chor of American farming, underdraining is the rodder wMch guides the sMp to a safe harbor. But, alas 1 how little has been accomplished in laying the foundation for permanent success in Georgia! How few are fields of clover, and fewer still the rods of underdrains. Yet clover flourishes in the middle and northern parts, and underdraining would be equally as advantageous here as, if not more so than, throughout the North. Mr. David Dickson, of Hancock county, be fore the war, was demonstrating the practica bility of deep and thorough culture and on nat urally poor and sandy land, made a princely for tune. Dr. Parker, of Columbia, S. C., (about the same latitude as this place,) in 1S57, pro duced on poor, worthless land—as'it is callod— two hundred bushels and twelve quarts of shell ed com upon a single acre, the largest yield on record. My experience fully corroborates these statements, and I firmly believe that, with prop er treatment and tillage the land will surpass in productiveness the richest lands of the North. The cold, short climate will defeat any effort to compete with us. Let the same character of emigrants concen trate here that built Chicago, on the swampy shores of Lake Michigan; that has pushed the car of civilization hundreds of miles beyond onr western frontier, and there in the wilderness built cities, reared factories and developed the mines 2 Let this same energy, skill and capital come here, where railroads are built, schools and churches established, the forests partially cleared away, and the fields ready for the plow, and where the climate favors every undertaking, and in a few short years the South will “bloom and blossom as the rose.” This mighty revolution has already began.— The many advantages of this mild, healthful dimate are becoming known, and instead of the tide of emigration flowing to the West, it is gradually turning Southward. The proper plan for emigrants coming Sonth is to settle in com munities, so that by combination the good re sulting from the use of the larger and more ex pensive machines, tools and implements, may be immediately shared by all.' The great length of the season, and wide scope for planting, sow ing and harvesting, make this plan practicable. The Georgia Legislature has recently passed an act establishing a “Bureau of Immigration,” with an appropriation of $10,000 to direct this current to her soil. The railroads have reduced the fare to two cents per mile for excursionists and others who are looking for homes-in the State. The hotels have also, in the principal cities, agreed on reduced rates for this class of persons who can show the proper certificates showing their good intentions, etc. "Why are such steps taken, if the people are so bitter toward Northerners? Everything has been done to assure the people that they will be wel come, and that the Southern masses are ready and anxious to meet upon a common platform all those who will oomo and identify themselves with the interests of the State. The climate is all that could be asked. No snow or slosh in winter, but sufficiently cold to kill all injurious insects and make everything healthy and salubrious. No day is so hot in summer but that Northern men can worktho nights are cool and refreshing; the labor of feed ing stock through a six mouths winter saved; roots of all kinds for feeding purposes can re main in the ground, and there is not a month in the year we cannot plough and sow. You need not expect to see a country so very prepossessing in appearance at first sight but if you are able to overlook the dilapidation of the old system of culture and its consequences, you may behold as lovely a region as that of the far- famed Italy. The habits and customs of the people do npt materially differ from those of the North, ex cept perchance, the dusky servants and the odd appearance of the houses, by having the chim neys built on the ontside. In this part of Middle -Georgia we have all the advantages of the great cotton growing belt without its sickly atmosphere. Then, too, the grasses and grains (I make no exception) of the more northern latitudes grow luxuriantly; fruits are raised in perfection, and vegetables in rare profusion. As a noticeable incident, I must mention the fact that last fall, two young men froir Baltimore came to Atlanta and commenced the canning of of fruits. They cleared by this operation $40,- There can scarcely be fotmd any of these 000. smaller enterprises throughout the South. Ck^. ton is mainly depended upon for money, and .n these little odds and ends are allowed to _ . , go U T default. "We need men to develop these 1 0I J hidden stores of wealth. We need mechanics to build along our water courses new Manchegan and Lowells, whose spindles shall hum to th# song of joyous labor. We need men of moac]. for the farm, the workshop, and the mines. need every class, from'the aristocratio capital^ to the humblest day laborer. There is room f ot alL The country is sparsely populated; the cities and towns small, and the negroes male very fair laborers when properly directed. It jg astonishing that lands are so cheap, bnt after a careful study of the habits and customs of the people this state of things is not surprising. In slavery times the negroes were in fact the only real estate the planters owned. land bought and worn out (as it was called) as a wag. on or other perishable property, to make cotton to bny more negroes. While we find some of the land good, a greater portion has been aban doned to the mercy of broom-sedge, grass and small pines, for the want of a sufficient number of laborers to till and keep it up. The land wag cleared faster than the population increased. The lands were never considered valuable, even when they were fresh and new, in the palmiest days of slavery; bnt a man’s wealth was count ed, not by the number of acres, but the number of negroes he possessed. Originally this section was the richest in the whole Elite. The timber now left, indicates rtiig, and was the only criterion went by in ^ eating in this region. White oak, red oak, white hickory, poplar, chesnnt, and pine mostly abound, and are found in abundance for all and every purpose. The poorest lands will make ten bushels shell com per acre. Plowed deep and thoroughly cultivatedtiiG product is oftenin- creased one-half. Even at that rate we can raise more com to the hand than on the richest lands in Western New Yoric. For while the New York farmer has only time to break np and plant an acre, in this latitude we canten. "While the teams of the former are standing still in the stable; and being fed through a six months’win ter, ours are in the field at work. The only dif ference 4s, we must pay and feed a hired man. But when yon learn that we get our laborers st less for twelve months than you do for six, the difference is more than balanced. The people are awake to all the improvements in husbandry, but are unable, in a majority of cases, to adopt them. Only one way remains for them to regain their former wealth, and that is to sell a portion of their land and improve the balance. This they propose to do. I cannot imagine a plaoe better suited for stock raising, if a man has enough capital to start right. One thousand sheep fed upon an acre of land in turnips a single day, will make it rich enough to produce a bale of ootton. About four hundred pounds of good superphos phate will bring the turnips. At that outlay, to- gether with the sheep, the land is immediately improved. Frnit raising will no doubt become a great busines in the South. The peach is grown with- out the least trouble, on any kind of land, and being so muoh earlier, commands the highest price in market. The water is soft, bnt pure and good, and furnished in every field by never, failing springs. The water power of this sec tion is ample for mills and manufactories of every description. The General Assembly has passed an act, exempting from taxation, for the next five years, all capital brought to the State and invested in machinery and manufactories. The soil is divided into two general classes, commonly known as “stiff red” and “gray land.” The former is a kind of day, with a slight admixture of sand, and best adapted for grain and grass. The latter is a sandy loam, better suited for cotton. On nearly every plan tation these different soils may be found. The soil has a good foundation, and will hold the fertilizing properties. When properly manured and made rich, the vegetation is perfectly as tonishing. Please bear in mind that in the list of draw backs you will not find a single impossibility to contend with, and no task half as herculean as to warm np one of your winter days, when the thermometer is in the teens below zero. Now if you wish to enjoy a climate so mild and healthful, where lands are cheap and water good and pure, come to this part of Georgia. Come with your wives and children, your neighbors and your friends, your household goods and your household gods, and build cities, churches aiji schools suited to your tastes and wants. Bring your mechanics and artisans, your workers of wood and moulders of iron, your improved stock and labor-saving machines, and on these ruins will soon appear a dazzling picture of prosperity. Good improved farms can be bought at irom. $8 to $10 per acre, according to location, num ber of acres in timber, and productiveness of soil. It was only last Tuesday that a farm o£ eight hundred and fifty acres sold at sheriff s sale at $1.10 par acre. The buildings and fences alone are worth that amount. The farm of four hundred acres I only notice to distinguish many others that can be bought in this neighborhood. A good horse is worth $200, males $150 to 5200 cows $30 to $40, sheep $2 to $3. All kinds of new and improved agricultural implements can be bought in Atlanta. A nucleus of Northern society is already found here. Five men from New York, one from Missouri, one from Cali fornia, one from Illinois, and one fromWiscon- sin have settled in this county. Yellow fever is not known in this section, end according to the census of 1860, there are only two other States in the Union where a less man- ber die annually of consumption than in tie State of Georgia. The thermometer seldom gets lower than ten degrees above zero in winter. Two days last summer the mercury reached nine ty nine degrees, while at the same date, in Ro chester, N. Y., it went up to one hundred and five degrees. It is a great mistake about the summers being so oppressively warm. As the season is so far advanced there is hard ly time for a person to come from the North and make a start thief spring, without it be me chanics, day laborers, and those who contem plate fruit-growing, stock-growing, or some oth er kindred enterprise. Now is a good time look around; ana even if a man should not con clude to locate, he will never regrot having made the trip. Expenses from New York Coj for the round trip will not exceed one hundred dollars. There are various ways to come: he* York, Washington, Richmond, Ya., Weldon, >. I C., Augusta, Ga.,-and Madison, Buffalo, N. hi i 1 Cincinnati, O., Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenii Atlanta., Ga., and Madison. By steamer in® New York to Savannah or Charleston may he > trifle cheaper. Madison is the county seat of Morgan. It “ situated on the Georgia Railroad, sixty-f°“-’ miles from Atlanta, and one hundred and ft" miles from Augusta; contains 2000 inhabit*®^ four churches—Methodist, Baptist, Presbytenm and Episcopal—a female college, several paratory schools, two papers, and about tluw stores, and other places of business. A teimplated railroad to Eatonton, twenty*” miles distant, will make this place easy of oess from all parts of the State. , ,, The people are intelligent,kind and bospifc* and I can assure all persons of the right staB| that they will be kindly received, ana treated. B. H. TstL Madison, Ga., March, 1869. New York Dry Goods Market. New York, May 8.—Cotton Goods—The®^ ket is decidedly more steady, with a prospect a good business next week. Brown Sheering The production has been considerably re “? c flj standard goods 15Jo; Augusta, Medfem, other three-yard goods 14ic; Pepperell B 1 ’ Pocasset K and ether fouit yards Bleached Goods—New York mills reduce^ 23c; Wamasntta steady 22jo; Bates -^5" Lonsdale, 18; Lawrence B 10c ; Red Bank,! - Prints fewer; fresh styles are offering ana market is firm; Cocheco 14o; other prune m-*j ders 12@12jc; C Arnolds 10c. Ginghams rjw> Tickings drooping. Denims moving more ly. Corset jeans very firm. Cambrics q® Woolens rather more steady for heavy Foreign dress goods very irregular.—l*> m Courier-Journal. Twv. Point of the Bayonet—A New *iox.-A neighbor tells us he heard a effl! preacher, on his farm, get off the followin 0 tho benefit of his hearers: .. “You thinks de Lord ain’t ’bout heah » time! If you duz, you is mistaken. One.' « be met the debble walkin' roun, like a & on, an’ de Lord say, I gwyne to put yon pit for a thousand years, an’ I got a gr ea ‘ . 2J . " pnt you in dar for two thousand years; an . __x dirt, if I eotch you roun’ agin, I’ll put dar forebber, if I’s got to do it at de P inl jj bay’net.” The preacher said “deLora *** full blaze of alabaster glory all de tim« talkin’. ”— W. Baton Rouge Sugar Pian.sr. Preparino fob Mischief. —A South negro named Isaac Sanders has issued * c _. } the negro militia to assemble and proasaxe.. .