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The Greorgia "Weekly Telegraphy THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 18G9. Dooly County Sugar and Syrup. Wo ore obliged to onr friend, Colonel John H. Woodward, of Dooly, for a sample of Ms syrnp and sugar made last fall fron sugar-cane raised upon his plantation. Both aro very- good arti cles ; but by reason of his cane being exposed a little too late in the season they ore not so handsome as he can produce. We have seen Southern Georgia and Florida sugar, made in homo fasMon with the wooden horse mill and oommon iron kettles, as bright as flax or Sisal hemp, and the syrnp as light as clean-pressed honey. Tho Southern Georgia and Florida farmers have a great advantage over the bulk of man kind when they put their shoulders to tho wheel and do their best for themselves. They can produce almost everything one needs for com fort and luxurious living. It used to be said of the Thomas county farmers, in old times, for illustration, that they bought notMng but salt, iron and coffee, and really that was nearly the limit of their purchases—for they wore home spun week days, although many a man among them could boast of heavy balances to credit with New York factors at seven per cent, inter est on calk But when a fanner can produce inside his own fences his sugar, syrup, tobacco, wheat, rye, com, oats, rice, barley, Irish and sweet pota toes, field peas, an endless variety of fruits and vegetables, cotton, flax, leather, beef, mutton, pork, kid, fowls cf every variety, eggs, milk and butter—when he spins and weaves, and cuts and makes as tho housekeepers used to do in those days, and tans leather and makes shoes and boots as tho planter did by his tanner and shoemaker, and adapts iron and steel to all plan tation purposes as ho did by Ms blacksmith, it is not difficult to see that his real wants outside his own plantation must be few and small. Since the death of slavery, it is true, such a moasure of family independence is now impos sible ; but it may be approximated much nearer in Southern Georgia and Florida-than in any other region wo know of. It is still true, that the diligent husbandman may livo like a lord and not go beyond his own boundaries for table supplies; and when a man can do that, ho has the tax-gatherer at great disadvantage. The “Infernal Revenue” can’t make much out of him. Tho lawyers and sheriffs will be puzzled to get a hold od Mm. His bill at the merchant’s covers but few items. It is to our mind one of tho happiest conditions in wMch man can be placed. Mr. Woodward, it will be remembered, com municated his method of rearing cane to the Tklbobaph some time ago. A Scientific Success. The use of anaesthetics for the relief of pain is coming into more general use every day. Among tho more active and popular agents the nitrous oxidei, or laughing gas, is now brought to a point of great perfection, and is used ex tensively in the minor surgical operations. The painless extraction of teeth is a sure thing, and no mistake. We have tried it and speak from experience. Dr. Crowe, of this city, manufac tures this gas in large quantities of nearly a hundred gallons at a time, and, in our visit to Ms elegant suite of rooms, we have had Mm ad minister it on several occasions, and can aver truthfully that the sensations on administration are not only pleasant, but that teeth are extract ed without pain. He uses the latest improved apparatus, and the most delicate patient inhales it without the slightest exertion. We must say that it is most delightful anresthetic we have ever used, robbing tooth-extraction of all its horrors. Its effects pass away quickly, andin- and instead of a feeling of depression which chloroform-often gives, it loaves one exMlera- ted and refreshed. Dr. Crowe himself is an ex pert and accomplished surgeon dentist, and MgMy skilled in his profession. His apartments over Johnston’s jewelry store are easily accessi ble, and those desiring dental service will find in him one fully capable of giving entire satis faction. Sims Hot Tct Appointed. A press dispatch wMch came lato Wednesday night, contradicted the previous telegram posi tively announcing the appointment of the negro preacher Sims to the postoffice of Savannah, and stated that Sims’ commission had not, at that time, been ordered to be made out at tho ap pointment office. Wo solve the contradiction thus: the appointment had been determined on and the announcement by tho Agent of tho Press Association, authorized; but a timely and se vere outside pressure was brought to bear against it, and a sober second thought abont the difficulties and dissatisfaction it would create among all parties, not alone in Georgia, but eve rywhere else, suggested a revocation, wMch was had accordingly. We do not, of course, give this ob fact, but as conjecture, amply. We may, perhaps, see, hereafter, how far we miss the mark. More Stamps Wanted. Mr. Commissioner-of-Intemal-Revenuo-Dela- no has decided that the little printed slips of paper used by tho telegraph offices to receive and transmit messages upon must be stamped. They are contracts. That is true, Mr. Delano, and so is a railroad ticket a contract, and should bo stamped before using. And if yon stop to get a dinner on the road—that’s a contract, and must bo stamped. Or, if you prefer to buy a hard boiled egg and a little salt, and eat them on the car, that’s a contract, and must be stamped. Do you ask where the stamps shall be placed? On the throat or abdomen, of the purchaser, of course. Every man ought to be stamped regularly, as often as he buys a din- The Last Tie.—A San Francisco dispatch of the 4th says the railway ties of polished Cali fornia laurel, mounted upon either end with solid silver, acoompanied by a spike of solid gold, costing $200, was forwarded from here to-day to the end of the Central Pacific Rail road. It is the last tie, and will be laid by Le- land Stanford, Saturday next, thus completing the Pacific Railroad. The beauties of negro legislation were recent ly shown in Raleigh, North Carolina. The pro position was to increase tho debt of the city by borrowing $50,000. The property holders who were wMtes, voted against it. The negroes, who pay no taxes, voted in favor and carried it. Oh the Ftrst Page.—Editorial matter will be found on/tho first page of this edition. Our in side space will be occupied by reports of the Southern Baptist Convention, and probably for a few days we aball occupy an outside seat. Dawson Hoeel.—This well known hotel is still kept by Wiley Jones, one of the nicest and deverestof accommodating landlords in Georgia. It is the weary traveler’s home, where he can find peace, ease, comfort, and rest, after a day’s travel, etc. A oonosED man has sued the city of Louisville Kentucky, for $GO,000 damages for alleged false imprisonment The suit is to test the constitu tionality of the ordinance whereby parties ar rested as suspected felons are committed to the workhouse in default of bail. At a printers’ festival recently the following toeat was offered : “Woman, Second only to the press in the dissemination of news.”. Distinguished Ministers In the South ern Baptist Convention. Db. G. L. BURROWS is Pastor of the First Baptist’ Church, Richmond, wMchhas over one thonsand members—ell wMte. He is about fifty-fivS years of age, low of stature, and quite bulky. As an orator he has few equals, and though he roads quite closely, Ms sermons are very attractive. He is a man of wonderful practical ability, as is evidenced by the fact that ho has, since tho war, been educating thirty young ministers at Richmond College—raising every dollar of their expense by his own efforts. Dr. Burrows, though raised and educated at th9 North, has spent most of Ms life in the Sonth, and thorongMy sympatMzed with ns during the lato war. Ho was a member of the “Richmond Ambulance Committee," and many a gallant Georgia soldier will remember “ the short, fat preacher who took off his coat and went to work among tho wounded.” He preached a great deal in the camps, and Ms labors wero very much blessed. Dr. Burrows has a wide reputation, wMch he never fails to sustain. Db. JAMES P. BOYCE, of Greenville, S. C., is Professor of Systematic Theology in the Baptist Theological Seminary, and of a South Carolina family distinguished for wealth, social position, business capacity and sound practical tse. These characteristics ho unites in Ms own person. He is eminent for Ms financial ability and strong, good sense. In person he is commanding and dignified, courteous and affa ble. As a preacher ho does honor to the sacred desk, and as a theological professor, by Ms piety, zeal and learning, in exercising an influ ence potent for good. Ho is Treasurer of tho Seminary, and by his financial skill has sustain ed that institution in times of great depression. He is an admirable speaker when sustaining any cause he advocates, and can easily carry an as sembly with him. No one in the denomination is respected more for all the sterling qualities of head and heart which go to make up a Chris tian. To .maintain Ms present position and ex ercise the influence for good he is exerting, ho refused a salary of $10,000 offered Mm from a New York business house. Db. M. T. SUMNER, of Marion, Alabama, is the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Do mestic and Indian Missions, under the Southern Baptist Convention. Ho is about fifty years old, handsome in appearance, courteous in manner, affable in conversation and of sincere piety. He is a man of unbounded zeal and energy, of a warm and sympathizing spirit, of great practical good sense, and possesses natural eloquence of the Mghest order. Some of his appeals in behalf of the Indians of the West seem absolutely in spired. He is the very heart and soul of the Southern Baptist Domestic Missionary opera tions. and possesses an aptitude for Ms position which it would be vain to seek in any other. By birth a Northerner, he has been living so long in the Sonth that he has become thorongMy identi fied with her in every respect. HeismostMgh- ly and deservedly esteemed by the entire denom ination, and occupies a position of the greatest usefulness to the entire satisfaction of every one. Db. GEO. W. SAMPSON, of Washington City, is President of Columbia (Baptist) College, and Pastor of one of the Baptist churches of the Capital A Northern man by birth, he has be come, in feeling, identified with the South, and is a man of rare scholastic attainments. His learning is extensive and thorough. As a preacher he is earnest and pathetic, without be ing naturally eloquent. In person he is rather below than above the medium size, and is plain and unassuming in Ms deportment. Of un questionable piety, full of zeal, and of marked natural ability he wields considerable influence at home, and is known and respected through out the Baptish denomination. Dr. P. H. MELL, President of the Conven tion, is of Athens, Go.; is Vice Chancellor of our State University, and a native Georgian. He is a man of mark among the Baptists; of decided views and opinions, and the author of several denominational works and, also, of a work on Parliamentary usage. He has occupied the position of President of the Southern Baptist Convention for several years, and with distin guished credit to himself, owing to Ms marked excellence as a presiding officer. On nomina tion by Rev. J. L. M. Carry, of Virginia, he was unanimously chosen President of the present Convention. For many years he was a Professor in Mercer University, at Penfield, Ga., and after that connection was severed, was elected to Ms present position in the University of Georgia. During the war, he was elected colonel of a Georgia regiment, and was in active service for six months. He is distinguished for mental strengthand acuteness—for quickness of percep tion, end for logical acumen. Cool and self-pos sessed, he is not easily thrown from Ms balance; urbane and polite, he is courteous to all. As a Christian, he is humble and pious; as a preacher, he is powerful and instructive ; and, as a minis ter, he binds Ms churches to him permanently. No man has stronger friends than he; none love the cause of truth, as he believes it, more, or are better able to defend it. As a presiding officer, he is strictly impartial, discriminating and self- possessed. His mind is eminently practical; Ms preaching strongly doctrinal and sound to the e. He has a warm heart, fine social powers, much wit and keenness of repartee, and yet is is easily melted under the influence of the Holy Spirit. His age is something over fifty years, and he bids fair to exert Ms powerful influence for the cause of God and Bible truth for years to come. Rev. WM. F. BROADDUS, D. D.,of Virginia, has for fifty years been one of the most popu lar and useful of ministers of the Convention. He has been to the Baptists what Dr. Lovick Pierce has been to the Methodists. He is a capital platform speaker, full of humor and anecdote, and is the Prince of Sunday School speakers. Daring the war Dr. Broaddns, then pastor in Fredericksburg, was taken to "Wash ington as a prisoner of war, and confined for some months in the old capitol; but he soon became a favorite with officials, and was instru mental in securing largo and valuable supplies for onr suffering prisoners. He now has charge of the education of the indigent children of de ceased and maimed Confederate soldiers, seven hundred of whom he has at school. He is in the “habit” of receiving money for tMs im portant object. Dr. Broaddns is very popular with other denominations, and has been styled, on account of Ms labors for Christian onion, the “Grand Worthy Harmonizer.” The Doc tor i3 seventy years of age; very corpulent; of gentle and persuasive bearing, and of very com manding personal appearance. Db. Wit T. BRANTLY, of Atlanta, Georgia, was bom in Augusta, educated in Philadelphia and at Brown’s University, Providence, Rhode Island, and settled first as a Pastor over the Baptist church in Augusta. He was elected Professor of history, oratory and belles lettres of the Georgia University, wMch position he held eight years. He then was called to the charge of the Tabernacle Baptist church at Phil- adelpMa, wMch charge he resigned, returning Sonth jnst previous to the war. He was then called to the care of the Second Baptist church of Atlanta, wMch position he still occupies. He is a gentleman of strong and quick intellectual powers, of extreme good judgment and exqui site taste. Polished in manners and pleasant and entertaining in discourse, he is always an agreeable companion. He is a man of varied and elegant attainments, of ripe scholarsMp and a preacherof great excellence. His friends are many and they admire him for fill those traits that go to make up the pious Christian and tho perfect gentleman. Db. J. L. M. CURRY—The leader in the Southern delegation of the United States Con gress, just before the war, was unquestionably J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama. Though one of the youngest members of the body, Ms brilliant talents, Mgh personal character and attractive oratory won him the post of leader. Cordially espousing the cause of Ms native Sonth, he be came a leader in the Confederate Congress, and exerted there an influence scarcely second to any member of the body. But in the fall of 1863, he enlisted as private in a cavalry company, and at the close of the war was Lieutenant-Col onel in General Forrest’s cavalry. Always of active piety, and accustomed to speak in re ligious meetings, he was led in the army to speak very frequently to the soldiers, and in effect to preach to them. At the close of the war he was led into the ministry, and is now one of the most popular pulpit orators in the South. In 18G5, he was elected President of Howard College, Alabama, and resigned tMs position last year to take a professorship of “History and Literature” in Richmond College, Va. He is universally beloved, and being com paratively yonng, (only forty years old,) a bril liant career is still before Mm. He possesses remarkable control over Ms mind and analyzes a subject in all its bearings, with wonderful quickness. As an orator he stands pre-eminent, and can carry an audience with Mm with irre sistible power. He has consecrated Mmself, body and soul, to Jesus, and would refuse to address an audience if introduced otherwise than as a minister of the Gospel. He possesses a nature truly noble and magnanimous, and is destined to wield in his denomination, an influ ence second to that of no other, if he will only make the effort. But with all of Ms brilliancy and natural powers, he is a truly humble man, preferring to be loved rather than admired, and desiring rather to be good and useful than great. J. B. JETER, D. D., of Richmond. Dr. Jeter, in point of ministerial influence and power as a theologian stands first in the roll of Baptist preachers of Virginia. His person is tall and striking. Ho would attract attention in any company as an extraordinary man. His voice reminds one of that of Alexander H. Stephens. Though to all appearance bordering on the limit of human life which has been prescribed by the Psalmist, he is the same earnest and powerful preacher, the same clear-headed discriminating writer that he has been for nearly half a centu ry. His examination of the writings of Alexan der Campbell established Ms reputation as a lo gician who could follow and expose error in the most subtle labyrinths wMch it could construct, and in whose mazes it songht to escape detec tion. For many years he was the Pastor of the First Baptist Charch of Richmond, during wMch period he ministered to the largest congregation in that city. Subsequently he moved to St. Louis, but after a successful ministry of five years in that western metropolis, he yielded to tiie solicitations of his friends to return to Vir ginia. His sermons are marked by lucid argu ment, strong thought, forcible diction, and evangelical sentiment The people heard Mm with pleasure forty-five years ago, and he still commands crowded congregations. RICHARD FULLER, D. D., of Baltimore— For a full quarter of a century Dr. Fuller has stood in the very front rank of pulpit orators of the country. The etymological import of the term orator—one who begs—may be mosttruth- fnjjy predicated of tMs distinguished divine. Far gone in sin must be that man who can resist Ms pathetic entreaties to accept the yoke of Christ. We have seen whole congregations lit erally overpowered by his fervid appeals. Ho combines in a rare degree the requisites of effec tive oratory; a person majestic and commanding; a voice capable of all the gradations of sonnd, from the soft tones of tho iEolian harp to the ear piercing notes of the trumpet—a self-possession jostled from its propriety by no ordinary dis turbance—each a power in itself, unite in tMs gifted speaker. Intellectual endowments of the first class, improved by a generous culture; a heart beating in quiet response to every call of humanity; and both intellect and heart, perva ded by an earnest piety, concur with the Mgh physical qualifications of wMch we have spoken to make Mm tho powerful advocate for the truth, wMch we have described. No one, whatever be Ms creed, can hear Mm without feeling that he is in contact with a vigorous thinker and an earn est man. His fame is co-extensive with the country; Ms influence, where exerted, un bounded; and he is enshrined in the hearts of those who know Mm with loving admiration. He looks, as he is, the prince of preachers, and the devoted^nd faithful ambassador of Jesus. By birth he is a South Carolinian, but for many years has been in charge of the Seventh Baptist Church, of Baltimore. Db. A. M. POINDEXTER, of Virginia, is one of the ablest men of the Baptist denomination, distinguished for metaphysical power, natural eloquence, firmness and mental strength and independence. For Jesus he would suffer, and has suffered personal violence with meekness, but he would resent a personal insult in vindi cation of Ms own character. He is affected with partial deafness, yet attends the most prominent Baptist gatherings and manages to hear what is going on. He is a Baptist from principle, having analyzed and classified the truths of the Bible thorougMy for Mmself, and the Baptist faith of practice has no abler defend er or better expounder. He formerly resided in Richmond, Virginia, and was a member of tho Board of Foreign Missions, but during the war moved to Ms form where he still lives. He is universally respected and admired, and his influence when exerted is very great. As a speaker upon an assembly floor, and as a preacher he has no superior; and if reasoning will not move an audience wMch he is determ ined shall be moved, he will throw Ms whole soul into Ms oratory to such an extent that, by the power of eloquenoe heightened by the charms of beautiful imagery, elegant language towering fancy and vehement delivery, he will carry his audience forward os a sMp is borne on ward by tho waves of the sea and left Mgh and dry on the shore. Such is Ms power over an audience when he wills it B. MANLY, Jb., D. D., is one of the Profes sors of Greenville Theological Seminary, and formerly President of a female college in Rich mond, Virginia, and chairman of the Commit tee on China Missions, in connection with the Foreign Board. He is a most amiable man, and a fine scholar. His business talent is groat, and he loves work, going to detail with wonderful and minute correctness. His services to the Foreign Mission Board were invaluable, for he always guided its business operations with the hand of a pilot—bringing into anntshell the true state of affairs and stating pointedly what was necessary to be done. He is a diligent scholar—a regular book-worm—and great lover of children and of the Sunday-school work; a fine theologian and a capital theological professor. TUs want of physical momentum and of a power ful voice is a drawback io his pulpit power, and perhaps his habit of going into detail detracts slightly from the good effects of Ms sermons. But he is a man of such genuine piety, mental ability and.acquired accomplishments, that he is, and always will be, eminently useful and oc cupy a prominent position in Ms denomination. H. H. TUCKER, D. D., President of Mercer University, is by birth a Georgian, and descend ed from good old Virginia stock. He is one of those men who throw their whole soul into whatever they do, and, therefore, do it well.— To hear him speak you would think Min eccen- trio to the extent of estimating the subject { under consideration as more important than any other; but thatis only the enthusiasm of his nature. He is bound to succeed in whatever he undertakes, whether it be to write a prize tract or book, edit a paper, preach or preside over a college. He has occupied many prom inent positions in various States of the South, and sustained Mmself in alL Baptized by Elder Brantly, inPhiladelpMa, ho graduated at Columbian College, D. C. He then went into business at Charleston; became a lawyer and settled in Georgia, where he married. His wife dying, in bis hours of grief, seeking consolation in the word of God, he learoedthenhis condition as a sinner, and the necessity of regeneration, and was converted. Tn a short time he felt upon Mm the call to preach, was licensed, studied theology at the college over wMch he now presides, and was ordained by some of the most prominent Baptists in Georgia. Ho ranks very Mgh ns an original and power ful preacher, and discusses doctrines with the power of a master mind. There is notMng tamo or common about Mm; in conversation he is piquant, racy, and sometimes witty and brilliant; in the pulpit he is original, bold and striking, with occasionally the bearing of a platform speaker; in the professor’s chair he is attractive, convincing, and sticks to the sub ject under consideration. Apparently, rough in manner, he has a warm, pathetic and devoted heart He loves those whom he does love, and could hate those whom he 'tried to hate. He does nothing by halves. He has no conceal ments—fears no man, and having once decided upon Ms course he pursues it with open and bold frankness. There is notMng little or mean about him; and he despises anything under handed or hypocritical. Ho is bold in defense of the truth, zealous in pursuit of an object, jealous of Ms reputation, and ambitious to excel when he undertakes. He can rely on Ms own mind, and cares little for helps and aids, whether from men or books. He is a logician of the first water—the science of logic having been a special object of study with Mm. During the war he originated the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association ; then he got up plans for supplying the State with salt, then ho sought to indoctrinate everybody with the necessity of vaccination; and then he took hold of the subject of educating the orphans of soldiers; and then he edited a religious paper; and now he is guiding a college, writing and publishing books, presiding over an educational association, lecturing throughout tho State, and preaching every Sunday. He has Ms hands full —and because Ms mind and heart are full. Ho is much admired and respected for Ms learning, religion, zeal, earnestness, ability and native genius. He came off successful in a pamphlet contest with Hon. A. H. Stephens; and in a memorial taught the Georgia Legislature how the Baptists regard soul-liberty. In all tMngs he is II. II. Tucker—speaking, acting, thinking, talking, writing and preaching a la Tucker, and generally better than can be done by anybody eke. N. M. CRAWFORD, D. D., is President of Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., and a native Georgian. Formerly he was Professor and President of Mercer University, but went to Georgetown, jnst after the war, because of larger inducements. He is a walking encyclo pedia—one who is acquainted with the whole circle of sciences. Tap Mm where you will, and some knowledge or information will be drawn. He is a great student, a companionable man, a strong Baptist, and a man of fixed and decided opinions. He possesses genius—and, by one leap, will attain in an instant a summit that others have for hours struggled in vain to reach. He possesses the charm of attracting others to himself and of retaining their affec tion, and no man of Ms denomination is more popular in Ms native State. His piety is un questionable, Ms learning surpasses that of most men, he is a good preacher, and a man bold and fearless in the expression of Ms opinions.' Once before he left Ms native State to preside over a collegiate institution in another State, but was recalled because Mercer needed Ms services. It is to be hoped that Georgia will again claim her distinguished son and herself obtain the benefit of his vast powers, influence for good, and wide- extended learning. A. POPE ABELL, Secretary of the Conven tion, is from Charlottesville, Va., and a most usiful man in Church and State. £To ardent pie ty and great zeal in the causa Of religion, he unites a fine business capacity. A bnsiness man, he is nevertheless, what'might be called a lay preacher. In the State denominational opera tions, Ms services ore indispensable, and ho is most MgMy respected for his exalted Christian character, loving zeal, sterling integrity, for Ms prominence in the Sunday School work, and for the willing aid he gives to every good word and work. A- FULLER CRANE, Assistant Secretary of the Convention, resides in Baltimore, and is a man of wonderful business talent, and’ his suc cess has been correspondingly great. He is tho Superintendent of Sunday School in Dr. R. Ful ler’s church, and a model Superintendent. Ho is a fine singer, extremely liberal in the cause of Christ and of unblemished reputation. For years he has been a Secretary of the Convention, and as snch has no superior. In Mm the Mas ter has a servant who, in every walk in life, is an honor to, and adorns, Ms profession as a Christian. E. T. "WINKLER, D. D. The Charleston pas tor whose name stands above is a native of Sa vannah, Ga. Of medium size, dark hair and complexion, and between forty and fifty years of age. He graduated at Newton Theological Seminary, and, on coming Sonth, was for a time associate editor of tl^e Index. . He has been pastor at Colnmbns, Ga., and Charleston, S. O. He i3 greatly devoted to books, and is one of the most scholarly men of the day. Dur ing the War he was post chaplain at Charleston. In public meetings he speaks frequently and readily. From appearances, we should say that he has many years of increasing usefotoess be fore him. Perhaps no man in tho Baptist de nomination is a more thorough Belles Lettres scholar, or surpasses him in polite literature culture. In person he is erect, and in manners Chesterfieldian. His is a first-class mind, and he ranks among the first of Baptist preachers. Those who know Mm well love and admire Mm devotedly, for they know Mm to be a genuine Christian, a fearless and devoted patriot, an ardent friend, a faithful pastor, and a man with a large nnjl warm heart. JOHN A. BROADUS, D. D., of Greenville, South Carolina, is a young looking man of some forty years, with dark hair, keen eyes, and shoulders bent by study. "When the counte nance is lighted up by the animation of speak ing, there is a wonderful play of emotions in Ms face; but, ordinarily, he looks calm and imper turbable. Dr. John A. Broadus has no supe rior in intellect and scholarly cultivation in the Baptist Denomination South. He is and has always been a hard student, and the result is that he already stands is the very front rank of Msbrethren as a classical scholar, preacher, theological professor and a man of general in formation. He possesses real genius—thinking, speaking, preaching and writing in a manner different from, all others, and always in a man ner that has a peculiar charm. As a preacher, he possesses the unusual power of getting hold of the hearts of Ms hearers, and holding them fast ^rom first to last; and Ms sermons, though different, are inferior to none others. He has a peculiarly winning smile, attracts by the gen tleness and suavity of Ms manner, and talks like one who has the subject of discussion under per fect acquaintance and control. His conversa tion is alike attractive to the savan and to the student—to the wise and well-informed, and to those hot"enjoying those advantages. His published writings have the calmness of conscious strength, and Ms preaching is charac terized by the simplicity of real power and thorough comprehension of Ms subject. Few, if any, of our preachers are more eminent for pathos and power of thought united to a manner inimitably attractive and peculiarly his own.— He is a man of deep ■ feeling, though placid in outward appearance; and if he lives will make Ms mark Mgh upon the roll of Baptist wortMes, as he is yet about forty-two only. For several years he was Pastor at Charlcttsville, Va., but went to Greenville, S. 0., in 1859, to become Professor of the New Testament Greek, and other branches, in the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary. His abilities are well known and appreciated, for they are apparent to all. He is a cousin of Dr. "Wm. F. Broaddns, who spells bis name differently. An amusing anec dote growing ont of tMs difference of spelling is told of some good honest brother, who was greatly disturbed at what he thought was vanity in Ms Pastor Dr. "Wm. F. Broaddns. The Doc tor was having a door-plate, or something of the sort made, and laid particular injunction upon the insertion of the two d’s in his name, Broaddus. The good honest brother was really distressed thinking the Doctor desiredD. D. ap pended to Ms name, and was troubled at the thought of his caring so much abont such a vanity, until he discovered that nothing was meant except a jocose particularity in having liia name spelt Broaddus, instead of Broadus. So far from being troubled with vanity “Dr. Wm. F.” as he is familiarly called in Virginia, is one of the most estimable of the preachers of the older time, ricHy endowed with a warm heart, flowing and pursunsive eloquence, urn studied and irrepressible humor, and melting pathos. He is now engaged in an effort for the education of soldiers’ orphans, wMch has been widely useful, and deserves universal aid. His abundant labors in Virginia and Kentucky have endeared Mm to thousands; and it would be a fitting close to a life of singular usefutoess and excellence if he should be enabled to establish upon a sure foundation this plan for the educa tion of those whose natural protectors have been removed from them by the terrible ravages of war. Rev. A." E. DICKINSON is Pastor of the Leigh street Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., and Junior Editor of the Religious Herald—the organ of the Baptists of Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and South Carolina. Educated at Richmond College, and the University of Vir ginia, he has added to native talents such cul ture as was needed to fit Mm for the important positions he has filled. He was, before the war, General Superintendent of the Virginia Baptist Sunday-school and Publication Board, and when it was seen, in the spring of 18G1, that Virginia was to be the great camping ground of the Con federacy ho at once sent to the camps and hos pitals his band of trained colporters, begun the work of publishing tracts for the soldiers, and appealed to the people of the South for help. He traveled in all of the States, raised thou sands of dollars, and sent to onr brave boys tracts, Bibles, colporters and missionaries to comfort, cheer, and lead them to Jesus. It is no disparagement to other societies to say that tMs Board, the first to enter the field, always led the van in the labors of those great revivals wMch converted our camps into a School of Christ, and resulted in the conversion of fifteen thousand soldiers in the “Army of Northern Virginia” alone. Hr. Dickinson originated and for a time superintended the efforts of Virginia Baptists, to educate the children of deceased and maimed Confederate soldiers, and wMch is now being so successfully prosecuted by Dr. Broaddus. Mr. DicMnson had a very success ful pastorate in Charlottesville, Va.—the loca tion of the State University—and in Ms four years pastorate at Leigh street, Richmond, he has added five hundred members to the church, and established two mission stations at destitute points in the city. He is a great Sunday-school man, and has a Sunday-school of four hundred membors, which is one of the best conducted schools in tho whole country. Mr. Dickinson is considered one of the most earnest, efficient workers in the denomination, and is greatly be loved by those who know Mm. He is abont tMrty-eight years old, in full vigor and may hope for many more years of usefulness. Rev. S. LANDRUM, Pastor of the Baptist Church of Savannah, is one of the best preach ers in the State of Georgia, and a man of ex cellent judgment and strong common sense. His mind is very practical in its tendencies, and free from all that partakes of the visionary. He is firm and decided in Ms opinions, inde pendent in Ms conduct, strong in Ms advocacy of truth, and devoted in his labors for religion, morality and humanity. He graduated in both the literary and theological departments of Mercer University; was for several years pas tor of the Baptist Church in Athens; then as sumed the pastoral care of the Macon Baptist Church, and was instrumental in erecting its present elegant house of worsMp. From Ma con, he was called to the charge of the church in Savannah, where he still labors. Few mim isters have been more blessed in their labors; few preach with such uniform excellence, and few receive and retain so much, and so strongly, the love of their people. He is a diligent stu dent, a hard worker, an excellent pastor, a fine writer, a close thinker, and a man fall of good works among the poor and destitute. Foryears he has been the Secretary .of. the Board of Trustees of Mercer University, and by his zeal, good sense, and filial affection, has contributed no little to effect the prosperity of Ms Alma- mater. He possesses a mind of no common or der; aconscience’thatasks the Master’s will; and a heart that never willingly gives, offence. It is donbtfnl if he has an enemy; it is certain he has many friends. His influence is great and growing, because of the confidence his brethren have in Ms piety, good sense and dis interested zeal. He is a man withont quips and cranks—sober, steady, staunch, conservative and reliable. One knows where to find, and how to rely on 'him. Nor is confidence in him ever disappointed. "While his mind is discreet, strong and healthy, it possesses a playful hu- mo- that makes Mm a pleasant companion; he enjoys a joke as much as any one. He is yet young,, and has in Mm many years of active and useful labor for God, religion and human ity. T. ARMITAGE, D. D.—Few, in the present Convention, when they saw the speaker rise, on Thursday night, were prepared to recognize in the man with a jaded student look, who began to read in a low tone, one whose mind was so speedily to sparkle with brilliancy and enchain the attention of all by the power and originality of its intellectual flights. As the address pro ceeded, attention waa aroused and admira tion excited. His vivid coloring of thought, bold expression and powerful grasp of in intellect dispelled all weariness and inattention and caused excited applause. Even the word “amen,” and the expression, “ that's right,” might have been heard in snbdned tones. And when he ceased, instantly a motion was made to secure the address for publication in tract form. The speaker was Dr. Annitage, pastor of the Fifth Avenne Baptist Church of New York, and a visitor to the present Convention. By birth he is an Englishman, having emigrated to the United States when a yonng minister of the Methodist Church. It was a day of Startling surprise to his Methodist brethren when, one day, in open Conference, and boldly arose and straightening himself up, announced a change in his theological views—that the study of the Bible had altered Ms views of baptism and made Mm a Baptist in principle. He at once allied himself with the Baptists, and has ever since labored among them with great success and ap probation : and, by his commanding talents and impressive oratory, by his practical common sense and warm tender piety, by Ms strong con victions and ardent zeal, has reached the very top-most round of Baptist influence and distinc tion in the United States. He stands at the very head and front of the Baptist denomina tion in New York. Ho is a leading member of the several boards of the Baptist denomination in the city of New York, and President of the American Bible Union. For twenty-one years he has been the efficient and beloved pastor of one of the richest, strongest and most intel ligent Baptist Churches of New York city, and now visits the South for the first time. He is an uncompromising Baptist, and hesitates not to divulge his sentiments in unmistakable terms. The evidence of his (even) trans-Atlanticfameis that he was invited by Spurgeon to fill his pul pit when in the city of London. "We hope that he will have no reason to regret his visit to us, but that a cordial and hearty welcome andakind hospitality will assure him of the appreciation Southerners have of talent,integrity, piety, zeal, genius and faithfutoess. Rev. J. R. GRAVES, LL. D. TMsclergymanis widely known as a controversalist and especially as editor of Ms paper, Tho Baptist. He looks youngyefc, is of medium size’and sanguine, nerv ous temperament. He is a native of New England but has been for nearly a quarter of a century in the South. He advocated strongly the cause of the Sonth, and labored for the soldiers during the war. He has studied the points of denomi national differences and is an opponent to be dreaded before the masses. He is able to hold in fixed attention thousands for hours at a time, He is the author of a number of books, all con troversial. Since the war he has located in Memphis and is now deeply interested in pre paring Sunday-school hooks. . Dr. Graves does not agree fully with Ms own denomination but represents that class who embrace extreme sen timents. He has found occasion to wield Ms Damascus blade against those of Ms own house hold as well as others. He has many who do not love Mm overmuch and also thousands who are admiring and devoted friends. He has suf fered much by bereavements within a few years and is evidently more devout and gentle than formerly. Should Ms life be spared it is to be hoped that he will make Ms great powers wide ly useful. He is a man of unbounded zeal, great enthusiasm and wonderful perseverance. He possesses that art of attaching friends strong ly to him and retaining their affections. He exerts a wide influence and makes his presence felt wherever he may be. As an orator he is very powerful and as a writer ho unites strength, pointedness, and clearness. He is fearless where he thinks Mmself right, as he generally does, and boldly avows his sentiments and opinions, though they may differ much from those of others. De. SAMUEL HENDERSON, of Taladega Alabama, is one of the ablest writers and preach ers among the Southern Baptists. For years he has been one of the guiding spirits of the Ala bama Baptists, a position he earned by his piety, great ability, sound sense, conservative spirit, humility and unwavering urbanity. He is altogether unassuming, but beneath an exte rior not very striking, he has all the sterling qualities of a true Southerner, a genuine Chris tian, and a man of sonnd and undeviating prin ciple. He is an excellent scholar, a strong the ologian, a forcible writer and a capital preacher. In fact, Ms preaching requires an intelligent audience to be properly appreciated. For twen-' ty years he was pastor of the Baptist Church at Tnskegee, Ala., and for fourteen years he was editor of the S. TV. Baptist. He has lately re moved to Taladega, Ala., and ministers to four different churches in that neighborhood. He is. a man who must be known to he appreciated, and when known is always loved, admired and respected. J. L. REYNOLDS, D. D., of Sonth Carolina is a man of distinction in the literary and theo logical circles of the Sonth. The Doctor is abont sixty years old, and though still fine look ing, is not the handsome man he was twenty years ago. He is a native of Charleston, S. G., and is thorougMy pervaded with the spirit of Ms State. He ranks Mgh as a classical and BellesLettres scholar. His writings and speeches are nearly faultless. He was, at one time, Pro fessor of Theology in Mercer University, Ga., and for manyyears, Professorin Sonth Carolina College at Colombia, where he now resides. In sooial life Dr. Reynolds is remarkably genial, full of wit and humor. He deserves the Mgh position he has attained and commands the re spect of all of his brethren. Db. J. "W. M. "WILLIAMS is a native of Virginia, and has been the successful Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Baltimore "for nine teen years. He is a strong man, a fine speaker, an admirable preacher, and a good scholar. In every good word and work he takes a deep in terest, and feeling a warm affection for children is the recognized superintendent of the Sunday- school of Ms own Church.. During the war he was an efficient member of the Provisional Com mittee in that city, wMch looked after the mis sionary interests of the Southern Baptist Con vention; and for Ms services to the South in that respect deserves the thanks and approba tion of the entire South. He possesses fine so cial qualities, and readily makes friends wher ever he goes. He is an efficient worker in any department of labor to wMch he may be called. His long continuance in his present position is proof of Ms eloquent power; and his populari ty is evidence of the attractions of Ms mind and manners. , j U. • fu> WILLIAM WILLIAMS, D. D. This distin guished preacher cannot boast of an imposing physique. He is small, swarthy and shaven; but his. eye is full of animation. A native Geor gian, he was graduated at the State University with the first ho^orof his class. Heisprobably about forty-eight. He studied law at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and subsequently pursued the practice at Montgomery, Alabama. Twenty years ago he left the law for the ministry, and at once attained a Mgh rank as a logical and eloqnentpreacher. Some of Ms Alabama friends called him the Daniel Webster of the pnlpit. He was a Professor at Mercer University when the SonthemTh9ological Seminary at Greenville was formed. He was elected to a ProfessorsMp in the Seminary, and with his colleagues, has endured nobly all the trials through wMch that rising school of the prophets has. passed. Dr. Williams is naturally as timid and modest as a woman, but when duty demands he speaks bold ly, convincingly and with great pathos. Those who have heard him once deBire to hear him again. Rev. JAS. B. TAYLOR. D. D., of Virginia, is the Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Conven tion. He is a man of lovely spirit; indeed, we doubt whether he has ever had an enemy. With all denominations of Christians he is held in the Mghest esteem. For twenty years he was pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Rich* mond, Va.; afterwards he served in the same capacity the Grace Street Baptist Church of the same city. As pastor, he had no superior in the land, and this present great prosperity of his,de nomination in Richmond is due to no smaB ex tent to Dr. Taylor’s success while Pastor. p or twenty-eight years Dr. Taylor has had direction of the Foreign Mission work of Southern Bap. tists, in wMch important position he has with great wisdom and zeal served Ms brethren. He has three sons who areBaptiat ministers. Rev A, E. Dickinson, editor of the Religions Herald, is a son-in-law of. Dr. Taylor. [SicteAe* to be continued.] From Washington, Washington, May 6.—Delano decides that the heads under which telegraphic dispatches are writ- ten, involving a contract, require a revenue Btamp The Telegraphers will contest the decision. The President has appointed E. H. Scars. Post master at Stanton, Va. The Postoffice appointment Clerk has heard noth ing this morning about tho Savannah Postofficc. Passengers have arrived from California ineHt days. A delegation of Baptist clergymen, enroate from Illinois for the Lynchburg Conference, visited Grant to-day. Tho steamer Sangua, ordered to join the GnU Squadron, will be detained a month at the Gosnort dry docks for repairs. This evening’s Star Bays'Grantbas instructed Canty to submit the Virginia Constitution the lastTnes- day in June or the first Tuesday in July. The arti cles of the Constitution to he submitted to a separata vote will be determined in to-morrow’s cabinet. Can^ by’s reorganization of Virginia divides tho State in- to 27 military commissions. Military Commiaioneis are Superintendents of registration and election, in their respective districts, in addition to their du ties as commanding officers. During the absence of tho designated officers, the duties will devolve upon the senior officer at headquarters of divis ion. Another order gives executions in behalf of Virginia from the Circuit Court of Richmond, di rected to the Sheriff by authority of the Auditor of public accounts, to have free and full effect as pto- vided in chapter 13 of the Virginia Code. The President has appointed James Washington, Purveyance Attorney for West Tennessee; Bobt C.Kirk, Minister to Uruguay; Ephraim Lotham. Collector Third Alabama District; Edward Pullings, Collector Sixth North Carolina District Customs from the 26th to the 30th, inclusive, £2,- 500,000. Rear Admiral Bradford, of the flag-ship Franklin, arrived at Cadiz, April 17th. At Lisbon, Admiral Bradford found the British channel squadron, con sisting of eight powerful iron-dads, some of them having a speed of fourteen knots, under stem alone. The Spanish iron-clad frigate Victoria sailed from Cadiz for Havana April 14th. The American steamer Swatara sailed from Cadiz for Philadelphia April 17th. Tho Union League delegation, which visited Grant yesterday, included GovemorsNewell, of NewJersey, and Holden, of North Carolina. Their object wm to strengthen and hold together the Republican par ty and its principles, and secure an early reetoratioc of all the States. They assured Grant of their con dial support, expressing their intention to do all in their power to make tho administration a success. The President expressed his gratification and prom ised to do all in his power to- deserve their good opinion. A delegation visited Cabinet officers to-day, urging their solicitations that tho Government sell gold, thereby keeping its price down. Boutwell replied he will under no circumstances allow the Govern ment to be drawn into competition with Wall street. Mrs. Dr. Mary "Walker visited Grant—clad, u usual, in coat and pants. From Virginia- ’ ' Richmond, May 6.—Both parties are preparing for an active campaign. Jaimes H. Platt, Jr., of the Wells party, was unanimously nominated to-day, by the Conveution in Petersburg, for Congress from the Second Dis trict, and Chas. W. Butts has been agreed upon for Congressman at large, on tho Walker ticket. Both "Walker and "Wells will stump the State in s few days. Tho State Convention of .the colored men will as semble here May 27th, to consider “the total ex clusion of colored citizens from any portion of trust or profit, and from the jury box.” . Ono of the men charged with the killing of Holmes at Charlotte C. H. has been arrested and the au thorities are in search of others. A party of sixty emigrants from Holland, arrived here to-day for the interior. Alexandbia. Va., May G.—General Lee, accompa nied by his brother, Commodore Smith Lee, at tended service at Christ’s Chnrch this morning. He afterwards dined with J." B. Dougeifield and prominent citizens. Many visitors wero received yesterday. General Lee visited John Janney. President of the Virginia Convention which passed the secession ordinance, and who presented a sword to Lee in behalf of the people. The interview was affecting. Janney is now getting old and infirm. The Mount Vernon estate of General Washing ton is advertised in the Gazette for sale at auction on the 10th of June. General Lee leaves in the morning for Lexington. Va. Foreign News. Madbid, May 6.—The Spanish Journals maintain the legality of the capture of the Mary Lowell. Prim favors Olyaga’s plan for a directory. Cortes adopted, by a vote of 186 to 40, the arti cle guaranteeing freedom of religious worship. The contemplated change of the military, hu been postponed until the form of governments definitely settled. London. May 6.—After an interesting and some what heated debate, a bill was introduced disabling the Mayor of Cork from acting as a Magistrate. General News. New Orleans, May 6.—A Committee of tie Chamber of Commerce invito proposals for deepen ing the water at the mouth of the Mississippi- Re Committee, also, are instructed to endeavor to o&• tain from the Government the dredge boat now is use, with the balance of the appropriation yet — used, for deepening the passes. Key West, April 6.—The British steamer Salvti* cleared for St. Thomas via Nassau, crowded*® Cuban sympathizers. It is rumored that the Sal”" dor goes in connection with some Caban exped# 00 fitting out in some Gulf port. Buffalo,N. Y., May 6.—Richard P. Jones. of Prenche’a circus, committed suicide taking laudanum. A BuflUlonlan Rides a Hale in Florid* Bring forth the mule. The male was broo# He was a meek looking ones—a perfect Heep” of a mule, so far as “umbleness"’was «o eerned. At least that was the view I toot « him. . He was saddled, and I mounted. mile or two he paced beautifully. I tJKj«|F those old monks I had read about knew they were doing when they traveled on I had a Mgh respect for their judgment then my mule showed symptons—symptom 8 what I did not know. I found out DwPPt® Ms head between his legs, his heels describee parabolic curve, or a diabolio curve, or other infernal curve, in the air, and 1.8” ^ and sat on the ground I got off over his M** and I did it quick. I’m not so old hut I get off an animal of that kind as quick as a W Then I looked at the mule to see if he was He didn't appear to be. Then I inquired a rott ‘’j to Bee how I was. I reported an abrasion the left Mp and a contusion on the lower end my back. Then I thought I would pronoun** left-handed blessing on that mule, and on ^ forefathers and foremothers before Mm, his children after Mm. But I didn’t I'*? dered if he would stand fire. If I had / pistol, I would have put the muzzle to h* -i and tried him. Not that I was hostile to him, but I was afraid somebody might ride on him some day atad get hurt , no pistol, so that benevolent and saw idea was frustrated. Then I got up and °7 rS the dust off my feet, and brushed the w 1 ". . my trowsers, as a testimony against that Then I led the mule carefully home, i“ ' | my case to the lively man. But when I ‘“'r* that he should offer to send, fora ^°°, ji* Samaritan, to do me up in a rag, and pov<*^ oil and champagne on my braise, be “Tj laughed. And his man that he had got » j him laid down on a bench and laughe rolled off the tench tad l»ngted--*ri/ )Stta« I rid, J hoSKS ft wO be‘5 ferent Mad of beast from a C