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The Methodist Advocate, j
ATLANTA, GA., JUNE 30, 1869.
Rev. E. Q. FULLER, Editor.
CORRESPONDING EDITORS:
A. WEBSTER, D.D., Charleston, S 0.
J. S. MITOHELL, D.D., Lincolnton. N. C.
Rev. JAMES MITCHELL, Richmond. Va.
N. E. OOBLEIGH, D.D., Athens, Tenn.
Rev. H. 0. HOFFMAN, ShelbyviUe, Tenn.
Rev. A. S. LARIN, Huntsville, Ala.
Rev. JAMES LYNCH, Jackson. Miss.
FOUR THOUSAND
SIX MONTHS!
This number closes the first half of vol
ume one of The Methodist Advocate.
Its success so far has passed the expecta
tion of its most ardent friends. The last
half of the volume will begin with a circu
lation of FOUR THOUSAND!
Let the preachers remember that
The Methodist Advocate is their paper.
How many more will try to put a copy
of The Methodist Advocate in every
family under his pastoral care ?
The Joy Set Before Him.
Os our blessed Lord it is said that “ for
the joy that was set before Him he endured
the cross, despising the shame.” A vol
ume of philosophy in a single breath. The
joy that was before Hirn we know but little
about, but some of its influence over the
mind we can readily understand. To most
men, hope is a constant, cheering and stim
ulating presence. Disappointment may
choke and chill it for a time ; cloud-shadows
may diin if not darken the skv for a day,
but hope will soon spring again, beaming
as brightly as before. The old man turns
from a hundred failures to begin some new
enterprise, by which he hopes to gain com
petence if not affluence.
It is,however,in the Christian’s hope that
the heart’s strongest, surest, and indeed
only real anchor is found. In earth’s dull
est and darkest hours the man whose trust
is alone in the Lord goes forth singing:
“ Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the la
bor of the olive shall fail and the fields
shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut
off from the fold and there shall be no herd
in the stalls ; yet will J rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation. The
Lord God is my strength and he will make
my feet like hind's feet, and he will make
me to walk upon my high places.” In ad
versity he hopes for a better to-morrow,
and at the burial of his dead he knows of
a joyous resurrection. Is his name cast
out as evil, so was the Master’s, who for
the “ joy that was set before Him endured
‘ttre truss deffianvg the shame.” —-
Does the minister of Christ leave busi
ness, sacrifice home, push out into the
world’s furious tides to set up the cry of
wisdom against mockery and jeers, amid
poverty, persecution and peril, it is in
great part as it was with Him whom he
follows, for the joy that was set before him.
So also, with the missionary in the cities
of China or the mountains of India, the
joy set before him makes the heart strong,
so that one shall chase a thousand, and
two put ten thousand to flight.
In what this joy consists it is not the
purpose now to inquire, nor could it be
told. Paul, the Apostle, saw and felt it
for a time, and weul fnto such ecstasies as
not to know where he was or whether dead
or alive, but came back as dumb to disclose
it as before ; but he ever afterward pressed
wonderfully toward the mark for the prize.
That this Apostle was correct when he said
it could not be told, is evident from the ef
forts at revelation through the beloved dis
ciple. Who can understand the gorgeous
imagery of the Apocalypse? Hut this
refers mostly to things of time. The fields,
the trees, the liver, the streets, the crowns,
the thrones, the songs, the glory, the innu
merable company, the king in his beauty,
and to be like him, the eternal out-gushing
of that more than fullness of joy the most
saintly can only anticipate as a something
too divine for description, and too infinite
ly valuable to be put in danger of loss.
He has entered into his joy, but through
what conflict, enduring the cross and de
spising the shame, and has left the assu
rance to his disciples that where “ I am
there ye may be also “in my Father’s
house are many mansions.” Still more:
Igo to prepare a place for you.” Herein
also is that joy which was before him, the
same that is promised to his followers.
Have all our readers this joy before
them? Have they hope, good and sure,of
the same? Is it the thought of their days
and the dream of their nights? An old
man was fast sinking, four score years of
disappointment, care and fearful sulFering
had been his, but now he was falling asleep.
His lips moved —he whispered—“joy, joy”-
the joy that was before him —“ Jesus, Je
sus.” He had entered into joy, the joy
that remaineth for the people of God.
PFMn the absence of the Editor, (who
is in attendance at the dedication of our
new College building in Nashville, Tenn.,)
we have received the following “official”
announcement. The Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity has no superior in the West. We
congratulate both the University and the Dr.
Ohio Wesleyan University,
Delaware, 0., June 22. 1869.
Rev. E. Q. Fuller:
Dear Brother —I have the pleasure to inform
you that the Board of Trustees of the Ohio
Wesleyan University, at their session to-day,
unanimously conferred on you the honorary
degree of Doctor in Divinity.
1 most heartily congratulate you on this hon
orable recognition of your standing in your
profession, and of your services to the Church.
Tours, truly, W. G. Williams,
Sec’y. Board of Trustees.
Against Union.
“The great stir for a union with the i
church South does not meet the approba- !
tion ot many of us who refused to go with
that church in 1844, but remained out in i
the cold for twenty years rather than unite j
with a pro-slavery church. You say slavery
is gone. Nothing but the body the soul
still lives in the M. E. Church South,
and I fear will for generations to come.
You might as well try to mix oil and water
as loyalty and disloyalty, anti-slavery and
pro-slavery sentiments in the same church.
1 joined the M. E. Church in 1828 ; have
witnessed many changes in the Holston
Conference; on the subject of human bond
age have been anti-slavery forty years,
and denounced as an abolitionist time and
again. We could not receive the ordinan
ces of the church at the hands of those
men who prayed God to direct the bullets
of the Confederates to the hearts of the
loyal men. Without repentance and refor
mation, before we would do so we would
live in a tent or hunt anew home. The
action of our Bishops seems to me to he
humiliating.”
The above dissenting words of our brother
were not intended for publication, but
we consider that he has as much right to
express his opinion as others of us ours,
and vve are confident that mutual forbearance
alone and personal reconciliation can ma
ture and justify any proposed church union.
We assure our brother there will be no re
manding of our members to another church,
nor hasty action in this matter. Let us,
however, continue to pray for divine light
and guidance, and as these are given care
fully and cheerfully follow them.
Christian Greetings.
While the General Assemblies of the
Old School and New School Presbyterian
Churches were in session in New York city,
the Preachers Meeting of that place, con
sisting of nearly one hundred and fifty
members, appointed Rev. L. H. King, D.
Curry, D.D., and H. B. Ridgeway, D.1)., a
delegation to bear the Christian greetings
ot the Methodist -Episcopal Church to the
Presbyterian Church. The delegation was
received with great cordiality, on the first
of this month, and presented their greet
ings in the following appropriate words :
Mr. Moderator , Father, and Brethren— The
paper which has now been read is the sponta
neous outgushiug ot Christian charity. In it
you hear the heart whisper of Metropolitan
Methodism. The meeting which unanimously
adopted this paper was composed of nearly
one hundred and fifty ministers, and among
them were many of our most learned and ven"
erable men. I had prepared the paper just
read, for the meeting of the previous week, hut
fearing it might not be acceptable to some ot
our number, did not present it. Upon its pre
sentation, on Monday last, it was ascertained
that the liev. Dr. Ridgeway had prepared a
similar paper. Tims the Good Spirit; had been
leading two minds ii the same diivetion, and
to the same result. We were then, by the
good providence of God and the direction of
our brethren, instructed to say to you. *• lie
loved. let us love one another;” let there be no
strife between vour Church and ours, for the
Jtkole land is before, us, and a thousand times
as much work as we both can do.
“ Nor is this friendly greeting unnatural. It
is true we differ in some points of doctrine, but
we agree in many more. We agree in all the
great essentials, we differ in a few non-esseu
tials. Shall we make more of the few non
essentials about which we differ than we do of
the many essentials in which we agree? Thus
we are one in regard to the great doctrine of
the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, a vicarious
atonement, total depravity, justification by faith
alone, and future rewards and punishments.
And, examined closely, how slight the differ
ences iu our economy and forms ot church
government; except in the names, and surely
•• a rose by any other name would smell us
sweet.” You have sessions composed of dea
cons and elders. We have the same tiling, only
we call ours stewards’ and leaders’ meetings.
You have a Presbytery, so have we; but we
call ours a Quarterly Conference. You have a
Synod, so have vve; but we call ours an An
nual Conference. You have a General Assem
bly. so have vve; but vve call ours a General
Conference. You have a Moderator, so have
vve; but vve call ours a liishop. With you, vve
believe t hat. in the New Testament, Bishop
Presbyter, and Elder all mean the same thing.
Our Bishop is only an elder elected to preside
over other elders, and so your Moderator is as
much a Bishop as an> of ours, only ours are
elected for life, and have this official title,
••General Superintendents.” And so when
your excellent ex-Moderator demonstrates that
Presbyterian forms of worship will be observed
in heaven, vve do not object, for those forms
will not be unnatural to us.
"Our object is one; our great founder (John
Wesley) declared that object to be " to spread
scriptural holiness over these lan Is,” and being
fully persuaded that the held is too vast to be
fully occupied by one denomination, the sous
of John Wesley are happy to greet the sous of
John Calvin, and bid them God speed. It has
sometimes happened among churches, as it did
once during die late war, that friends of the
same cause, instead of tiring on the foe, have
turned their guns upon eaeli other. We pro
pose hereafter to avoid the sad estrangements
of tlie past, and unite with all good men in
maintaining a sound morality, against Sabbath
desecration, intemperance, and all other forms
of vice; and a pure, primitive Christianity,
against Rationalism, Ritualism, and Romanism.
The time has fully come for the friends of Jesus
to consolidate and close up their ranks, and
present to the foe an unbroken front, and thus
led on by the Great Captain of our salvation,
victory shall perch upon our banners, and the
nations commingle their shouts in that thun
dering Al'-elujah, ‘The Lord God Omnipotent
reigneth.'”
The Moderator responded to the dele
gation as follows:
“Beloved Brethren in Christ— The General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church recipro
cates the Christian salutations of tiie Methodist
Episcopal Ch rch. The church of John Calvin
responds to the church of John Wesley in the
name of our common Lord and head. We are
engaged in a common conflict against irreligion.
It iseu conflict of Christianity against all the
forces of anti-Christ. It is a' conflict of true
religion against irreligion and false religion.
We rejoice in the great work which your large
and active Church has been able to accomplish
in our land. All the agencies and resources of
the Christian Church are needed at this critical
moment: and we hope soon to hail the time
when the final conquest of our Kii g, Jesus,
shall be proclaimed in all the land, and in all
the world. Be pleased to bear to your body
our Christian salutations.”
An accommodation train on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad now runs as follows :
Deaves Atlanta at . . , 2,30, P, M,
Arrives at Dalton at . . 11,35, P. M,
Leaves Dalton at ... , 1.25, A. M-
Arrives at Atlanta at, , , . 9.50, A. ty.
THE METHODIST ADVOCATE, JUNE 30. 1869
The Fourth of July.
On the Fourth day of July, 1776, the
colonial Congress declared in behalf of
the American'people that, “We hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all mankind
are created equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights ; that among these are life, liberty, !
and the pursuit of happiness; that to se- ;
cure these rights governments are instituted !
among men deriving their just powers from !
the consent of the governed ; that when
ever any form of government becomes de
structive of these ends it is the right of
the people to alter or abolish it, and to in
stitute anew government, laying its foun
dations on such principles, and organizing
its powers in such a form as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety and
happiness; and that these united colonies
are, and of a right ought to be, free and
! independent States.”
These majestic and thrilling words rung
out over the land the morning peals of a
new civilization. But by a strange contra
diction, the application of these principles
was then made to only a portion of the
people ol the States; but like leaven in
the meal, they have ever been working to
ward the results to have been expected.
“All mankind created equal!” How many
thoughts have these words awakened ? how
many hearts have they stirred? '•'■All
n&n !” 'I hough some he slave, neverthe
less the}* are men. and being men by what
philosophy can the condition of slavery be
justified? Hut as if by divine inspiration,
that there might he no misapprehension in
the case, the document adds that to all
men liberty is an inalienable right. If that
Congress intended to say all white men,
only, are thus endowed, the Creator led
them to utter the whole truth without qual
ification, all men.
Hy this Declaration of Independence,
upon principles universally regarded as
light, and just, and tho successful prose
cution of the war of the revolution, the
Fourth of July became the great American
anniversary; one to be remembered while
right and liberty endure.
This anniversary is at hand, and we trust
it will he suitably kept in all the land.
Let the people gather; let the Declaration
of Independence be read; let patriotic
songs and speeches echo from hill top to
hill top, through North and South. This
is not the jubilee of a State, section, or
class, but oi the people. Let all the peo
ple rejoice that liberty has been proclaimed
through all the land to all the inhabitants
thereof.
How wide the difference between the
Declaration of Independence and the Or
dinances ot Secession ! The first was made
after mature deliberation, long controver
sies with the old government and repeated
remonstrances against oft repeated wrongs
and on a basis and in a manner that com
mand the respect of succeeding ages. The
latter was made in hot and indecent haste
because ol a- pretended fear that something
might be done against law but in behalf of
mankind, and carried into effect by fraud,
intimidation and gross violation of all that
is light and sacred. Thank God, these
days were short. This Fourth of July
comes to us in peace. Let its morning be
saluted with gladness and its evening be
dismissed with thanksgiving.
The South especially should celebrate
this day as never before. Hoth white and
colored should make it an occasion of pres
ent joy and lasting profit. The national
spirit fostered by the old time “ celebra
tions ” lias been of untold value during
these years of conflict, and now every
friend of union, peace and freedom, should
not be slow to give public expression of
appreciation of these things. How can
that be done to better advantage than by
a patriotic and Christian celebration on
Monday next?
Church Union.
“A few weeks ago the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church made some
overtures at St. Louis to the Bishops of
the Methodist Church South, which it is
hoped will lead to a union of those two
bodies. The cause of the separation has
passed away, and why any longer remain
separated? In 1844 the famous “Plan of
Separation ” was adopted—2s years ago.
During nearly all of that time there has
been a difference of opinion in the two or
ganizations. One body holding and prac
ticing that it was wrong to hold any one in
slavery ; (which now is not denied by the
most illiterate) not permitting any one to
become members that held any one in bond
age. While the opposite branch believed
and taught just the opposite. These two
bodies, differing upon this important point
only—in other respects they are the same.
And as it seems to be a natural law (proven
by history) that two bodies of the same
doctrines, etc., cannot survive, (one play
ing out or emerging into the other) ; we
say there ought and will be a union of the
Methodist Episcopal and Southern Metho
dist Churches, for they have a great work
to do.
“A great many are living yet —of both
bodies of the two churches,that once labored
together in trying to save souls; and as
they then learned to esteem each other as
Christian brethren, so the events of the
past quarter of a century have not sufficed
to change that estimate of their excellen
ces ; these especially would be glad to see
the “ good old days” come again.
"The question is often asked if this
union is actually one doubt
ing but that it would be for the best) we
are often surprised to hear the question
asked, by those, too, professing to be fol
lowers of Him whose name is the very es
sence of love. Li the family circle, har
mony, union and sympathy are better than
back-biting, bitterness and discord. !So
in the church it is the same; “ Christ is
not divided.” The “peace of heaven
should be preferable to the strife of hell
and so it is by all.
“ Then we say to one and all who desire
a union of the churches—union of work
and leeiing, (for many desire it that are
not members of any churcb) to cultivate
those principles plainly laid down by Christ
and his disciples, instead of closing
churches against and denouncing each other,
which says against union with one loud,
long, united, emphatic “ Never !” The
question is then asked when will the union
take place? We answer, when human na
ture, or the “old Adam” is held in check
by divine grace, and a majority of the
church members become high minded Chris
tian gentlemen ; and not before.”
The above, from the Cookville, (Tenn.)
Times contains views corresponding with
those heretofore advanced in these columns.
We give place to them here that our read
ers may judge how the outside world looks
upon this matter. Many who have no
special interest in either branch of the
church are deeply interested in this ques
tion—believing that it involves to no little
extent the welfare of the country.
Another Decision.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has been
called upon to decide as to the law of the
State concerning another question pertain
ing to the relation of the races. This has
respect to matrimony, and it is evident to
the bench, for the sound sense, learning
and integrity of which we have a very pro
found respect, that whites and blacks are
not permitted to intermarry in the State of
Georgia. Very few will be grieved or even
disappointed by the decision. Asa matter
of right, some may claim that the law
should not say whom one should or should
not marry, but as a matter of propriety
and good taste and judgment the law no
doubt expresses the general sense of both
races. Indeed, vve know no one who will
feel personally afflicted by the opinion of
the Court save the parties in suit and per
haps the editor of Zion’s Herald, of Boston.
Still, as this brother has already refused to
do anything but “blow” for the people for
whom he professes such unmeasured affec
tion, we doubt whether the race will mate
rially suffer through him from this cause,
unless it be from sympathy for his sorrow.
Hut if the sorrow is measured by the affec
tion, neither party will be heavy losers.
According to tbe Nashville Advocate, this
rendering will, however, bar him from taking
work in our State. But here, again, are prov
idential compensations, for, firstly, he won’t
work in our colored missions, and, sec
ondly, it would be a serious damage to the
cause if he did. He does much harm where
he is, but in the field would do immeas
urably more. His weekly aims at us are
simply firing rockets at tbe moon. If he
were to point at nearer objects he might
frighten, though he never hit. In a na
tional museum he serves admirably as a
curiosity, in practical work here the case
would be very different.
Speaking of this paper, the Western
Christian Advocate says:
“If vve could hope for success in an effort to
get the editor of Zion’s Herald to understand
us. vve would inform him that the Western
never opposed admitting colored preachers to
equal,rights in any of our Annual Conferences.
All the Herald’s representations to the contrary
h ,ve been without the shadow of a foundation.
The only real difference between the Herald
and the Western is, that while the Western fa
vors allowing the colored people to have
Churches and Conferences of their own where
they desire it. the Herald is unwilling to allow
them this privilege. Will the Herald allow its
readers to see this?”
The Days of Martyrdom. —The follow
ing letter speaks for itself. Who is it for
bids vve should preach Jesus? Let the
Christian press and people of the South
condemn such acts as they ought, and they
will cease. They cannot apologize for
them. Holding their peace, they are alike
guilty of these murderous attacks. The} 7
have “killed the prophets and stoned those
sent unto them.”
On Wednesday night, the 23d inst., one
ot the most influential colored ministers of
the Mississippi Conference, Rev. Alexan
der Phillips, pastor of our church in Ox
ford, was shot in his own yard, and se
verely, if not fatally, wounded. While
Divine service was going on in the church,
a desperado named Roop came upon the
rear of the lot on which the church and
parsonage stood, and fired two shots. A
number of the men passed out of the
church and came back where Roop was
standing, and while holding a parley with
him brother Phillips, who had quietl} 7
stepped out of church into the parsonage,
opened his back door, and stepping into
the yard, asked, “What does this mean?”*
The would-be murderer instantly leveled
his navy six shooter at brother Phillips,
and emptied the four remaining shots, one
of which took effect in his mouth, cutting
his tongue, knocking out his teeth, and
shattering his left jaw. He then threw
down his weapon and attempted to escape,
but was pursued, knocked down and se
cured, and is now in the hands of Mr. Pat
terson, United- States Marshal for North
ern Mississippi. There had been no pre
vious acquaintaince between the parties,
and as brother Phillips is one of the meek
est and best of men, no assignable cause
for this murderous attack has been ad
duced, except political animosity. Brother
Phillips had great influence with his own
people, and as politicians could not sway
him to their purposes, it is supposed that
this desperado was employed to put him
out of the way.
A. C. McDonald, P.E.,
Holly Springs Dist.
Holly Springs, Miss., June 25, 1869.
The Double Game.— The efforts of Ro
manists to appear intensely Southern in the
South and Northern in the North are com
ing to be well understood. We give a
clear, pertinent and timety article this
week from the pen of Rev. G. H. Pattillo,
taken from the columns of the Southern
Christian Advocate, entitled “Romanism
Again.” We ask for it a careful reading.
Our thanks to Rev. J. S. Beyer, Secre
tary, for a copy of the Minutes of the Vir
ginia Conference. The Conference held its
first session March 3-9, 1869, and reports
three districts ; 3,515 members ; 865 pro
bationers ; 29 local preachers; Church
property to the value of $69,200.
Methodist Advocate six months for sl.
The Andersonville Miracle.— A cor
respondent of the New York Independent,
writing from Andersonville, the locality
made notorious by the great prison pen of
forty-four thoasand boys in blue, says :
Many wells still remain which were dug by
the prisoners, now dry. and said never to con
tain much water. At one time they were fam
ishing with thirst. All means had failed to
supply them. What could they do? They had
a great and earnest prayer meeting. To God
did they cry for water. Now mark the result.
That very night a terrible rain storm came on,
such as that country sometimes witnesses. The
wind howled among the trees, and the rain
poured down in torrents. Amid the darkness
of that night to the rebels, many of our pris
oners escaped. The torrents of water gullied
deep down yonder hillside, inside the stockade.
In the morning a pure spring of water was
running from the excavation ; and it continued
to run while the prisoners abode there. And
still this *• Provideutial Spring” gives forth its
pure, overflowing water. I liave just tasted of
that sacred water. Let skeptics laugh, if they
will; but I choose to believe that God heard
their prayers.
Cincinnati and the South. —Cincinnati
has shown wisdom in so earnestly voting
to bind the South to her by railways. Our
map published last week, shows the con
necting lines. We clip the following from
the Atlanta Intelligencer of the 27th :
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Triumph
ant. —The following telegram which vve are
kindly permitted to place before our readers,
communicates the gratifying intelligence that
Cincinnati, by an overwhelming vote has as
emphatically decided on building the Cincin
nati and Chattanooga Railway, as the City
Council had previously decided to make Chat
tanooga the Southern terminus:
Cincinnati, June 28. —Col. E. Hulbert, Su
perintendent—Vote very encouraging; opposi
tion small. More than eight-tenths for the
railway. (Signed) A. E. Chamberlain.
Political Assassinations. —The Chris
tian Index evidently doubts whether there
have been any political assassinations in
the South. We believe there have been as
much as we believe our own existence ; so
these forcible words, which that paper hurls
at a possible evil, we aim at a certain one.
Assassination for political ends is the last ex
treme of folly and the lowest depth of infamy.
Nothing can be more dastardly in cowardice,
nothing more atrocious in brutality. He who
commits, or counsels, or conceals it, is, beyond
all other men, the deadliest enemy of his peo
ple. Let no wretch of so flagitious a stamp
lind shelter from universal execration and the
utmost rigor of law. We would say these
things with emphasis.* They express the sense
of the great body of our citizens. On this
point, there are no parties among us. As a
people, vve give no more countenance to political
murders than to any others which make the
course of events unsightly with their crimson
blot.
Fulton Cos. Grand Jury Presentment.
—The Grand Jurors selected, chosen, and
sworn for the county of Fulton, Ga., make
the following presentment in relation to a
certain game called Keno :
We declare it to be a common nuisance, in
this: that it encourages idleness, gaming, and
drinking; that it debauches the morals of those
who come in contact with it; and that it is cal
culated to draw in and ruin, by inculcating bad
habits, tbe unsuspecting and young men of the
county.
And we hope that His Honor Judge John D.
Pope will give such orders to the Sheriff and
his deputies, or any lawful officer iu tnis county,
that will compel them to enter and break, if
necessary, any room where such officer may
suspect that such game of Keno is being car
ried on, and at such houses as he may sus
pect that said game of Keno is being carried on,
and arrest and cause all parties found therein
playing at said game of Keno to be committed
to jail in default of bail, in terms of section 4471
of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia.
A Perb'ect Safe. —A few weeks since
we purchased a “Macneale & Urban” Safe,
and are so well satisfied with it that, un
asked, we desire to say that we think no
recommendation of its merits can be too ex
travagant. Its combination lock makes it
impossible to pick or blow open. Its steel
face secures it against the chisel or crow
bar ; and its fire-proof qualities have been
so thoroughly tested as to make it abso
lutely perfect. This safe is beautifully fin
ished—its workmanship unsurpassed. It is
the ne plus ultra of fire-proof safes.
Kimballs’ Opera-House. —Our new,
beautiful and commodious State Capitol
was designed and erected for an opera
house, with business houses on the main
floor, and is still known as Kimballs’ Op
era-house, though leased for State purposes
for the term of ten years. We have re
ceived from the proprietors a beautiful
photograph of this magnificent building,
for which our thanks are hereby given.
Read “Taking our Bearings,” on the
first page, and “General Sherman’s Letter,”
on the fourth page.
Atlanta University. —This building is
being rapidly carried forward. Already a
part of the building is under roof.
Nashville and Knoxville Railroad.—
We see from the Lebanon Herald x Register
tdat 28 sections of the Nashville and Knoxville
railroad have been let out. for grading, to re
sponsible parties, and that dirt will be broke in
a few days, at an average of a little more than
$6,000 per mile, for grading. The estimated
cost lor grading and cross ties from Nashville
to Lebanon, is only about $7,400 per mile. In
the opinion of the Engineer the total cost of
preparing the track ready for the reception of
the iron will not exceed SIO,OOO per mile. The
contract for the building of the bridge across
Stones River (a substantial wood bridge) has
been closed at $14,000, independent of th» ma
sonry. The bridge across Mill Creek is to be
a Fink Truss iron one. and is contracted for at
87,000, independent of masonry. According
to contract, the grading, bridging, etc., is to
be completed by the first day of January next.
The Wheat Contest.— The following is the
result of the contest between four gentlemen of
Athens, Ga., to see which one of them could
gather the largest quantity of wheat from an
acre of ground: Dr. J. S. Hamilton, forty-six
and five-sixtieths bushels; John W. Nicholson
thirty-nine and forty-sixtieths bushels; Col. D*
Barrow, thirty-nine and thirty-five sixtieths
bushels; Mr. E. Bancroft, thirty-five and four
sixtieths bushels. —[Cartersville Express.
The Middle Georgian says that T. J. Three
keld. of Griffin, Ga., has just threshed out a lot
of wheat, and the result is fifty-eight bushels to
the acre.
Methodist Advocate $1 for 6 months.
33. Tennessee Wesleyan University.
We wish the readers of the Methodist
Advocate, and the Methodist people in
general, throughout Tennessee and Georgia
especially, to know that the interests of
mental and moral culture are largely repre
sented and diligently looked after by the
Trustees and Faculty of this University.
It is located in Athens, a magnificent little
town which is the county seat of McMinn
county, one of the most desirable counties
in East Tennessee. The East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad runs througli the
place, and makes it approachable from any
quarter of the South, East, North, or West.
The scenery around Athens excels any of
East Tennessee. This is called the Switz
erland of the State, and the town is one
of the coziest little snuggeries nestling un
der the shadows of the surrounding hills,
that we ever saw.
There is, surely, no other place in the
State that equals this for beauty of scenery
and health of climate ; therefore, it is the
place for a University.
We had the pleasure of attending the
closing exercises of this University, which
began on the 10th of June and lasted till
the 16th. As one of the examining Com
mittee I must record their expressions of
joy and surprise at the great thoroughness
evinced in every class and department of
the University. It is but justice to say
that in all our history—in our attendance
upon the examinations of other colleges
and academies, we have never, so far as
our judgment goes, witnessed examinations
that surpassed these, if indeed the} 7 ever
equaled them.
The Academic Department, presided
over by Miss M. M. Hauschild, was a
model of good order, thorough drill, and
at once impressed you that the lady at its
head thoroughly understood and did her
work. The classes in this department ac
quitted themselves with much credit.
The classes of Prof. Barb, of the Colle
giate Department certainly excelled. The
Professor has a rare faculty for instructing,
and no one need fear a failure here, for he
must learn if he has any brains.
The classes taught by Dr. Cobleigh were
masters of their studies. We were struck
with a peculiar feature of the recitations
of these classes, which was, that in scan
ning the Greek of Homer, the Doctor re
quires each student to scan the characters
of the heroes of the glorious epic. Thus
the student is taught to converse. Thus
he is taught self-reliance, and with these
accumulates historical information which
will lend a grace to his other attainments.
The exercises made a profound impres
sion upon all the citizens of Athens, as
well as upon the various visiting brethren
from various parts of the State.
Dr. Cobleigh, the efficient President,
aided by a devoted Faculty, is entitled to
much praise. The foundation is being laid
here which will support an immense struc
ture after awhile.
But we must not close these remarks
without speaking of the efficiency of the
prize declamations, essays, and orations.
Twelve young gentlemen* competed in
the first, twelve young ladiesin the second,
and ten young men in the third. In the
first the prize was awarded to W. H. B.
Rogers. In the second to Miss Jennie
Brient. In the third to Mr. E. A. Atlee.
Other prizes were given, one to Mr. Foster
for highest standing and scholarship of the
males, in the Collegiate Department, and
one to Miss Moore for the same in the la
dies, in the same department. Prizes
(class) were awarded to Messrs. Cobleigh,
Curry, and Milburn.
The presence of the editor of the Meth
odist Advocate gave no small degree of
interest to the occasion, and his Sabbath
services in the pulpit made him many ad
mirers. Were he not a modest man we
would tell the truth in more forcible terms,
but as it is, we are fearful he might mark
us out should we venture.
Dr. Stevenson, of Indiana, lent a charm
to us, by his brilliant social and intellectual
attainments. Col. Wm. Brown, of Middle
Tennessee, showed a profound interest in
the educational advancement of the State,
by his presence and counsel. We are
thankful to God for such laymen. May
their number be multiplied.
In conclusion, we would advise our Meth
odist people, and all people who desire the*
advantages of education for their children,
to be sure and visit Athens University be
fore sending elsewhere. God bless the
President and the Faculty in their noble
endeavors to promote the intellectual andi
moral interests of this people.
Committee.
Jonesboro Female College.
Rev. L. F. Drake, of Jonesboro, Ten
nessee, in a note says :
The Commencement exercises of the Jones
boro Female College came off June 15th and
16th. The examination and other public exer
cises were held in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The pupils acquitted themselves well,
and some of them remarkablv well, as they
were thorough in all the branches studied.
The President, Henderson Pressnell, lias sus
tained himself well as an educator and Chris
tian gentleman. His heart is in the cause of
education, and every man who loves his pro
fession is sure to succeed.
On Tuesday evening, the 15th inst., Rev. John.
F. bpence delivered an able address on ••The
Conflicts of Life,” which was very well received
by the audience.
Ihe compositions of the young ladies were
very well written, evincing much thought, and,,
all things considered, well read.
The Musical Department, conducted by their
teacher, Prof. Charles E. Dillwarth, was a sue
cess as the pieces had been well selected, and!
al * of them highly entertaining.
Miss Mollie B. \Y illhait, the assistant teachotv
has given general satisfaction as an efficient
teacher.
. ale informed that the next sessiou opens
-1 n.,, u "ust, and we trust that the coming year
will exceed the former, as the College has a’ lino
reputation in every tiling
True Bi l l Found.—The Knoxville'
Whig learns that the Grand Jury of the
Circuit Court, in Blount county, has found!
true bills against a number of persons for
participating, aiding and abetting in whip
ping Rev. Mr. Smith, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, some time since.
Let exact justice be rendered, and. law
and order maintained.