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The Methodist Episcopal Church. ASHVILLE, N.C. CONF., LEMUEL BOGART.— Smce I wrote you we have had a glorious re vival. Bro. Ellar of the Methodist Protestant Church, and myself commenced a meeting last Saturday. We had a very interesting occasion. On Sunday evening we commenced the meeting at live o’clock, and such was the interest that it was after ten o’clock at night before we could close. We had a number of mourners, and live or six conversions that night, and a num ber of backsliders reclaimed. We closed the meeting last night. Left a number of mourners. Farmers are so backward with their crops it was thought best not to protract the meeting longer. We have had about fifty accessions to the church since Conference. There is some oppo sition here. At one appointment the doors were locked against us, but we moved our ap pointment to a school house, and while we were preaching the house was stoned. At another they threatened to whip us, but we went and preached from Psalm lxxxiv. 11: "No good thing will he withhold from them that walk up rightly.” None of these things move us. Paul says, “All things work together for good to them that love God,” and 1 know 1 do. and if we go on and preach Jesus, and meddle not with strife we shall overcome all our foes. White Cos. Ct., Tenn. , A. H. Duncan.— About two months ago I was directed to come to this point by elder Henry Stevens of the McMinnville district to take charge of this cir cuit for the colored people. The County School Superintendent of Public Instruction employed me to teach a free school for the colored peo ple; the school is truly interesting and the church is being organized. I have organized two churches, and have in all forty-live mem bers. and the prospect is to get a great many more. The Lord is do ng a good work here, seven have been converted. The colored peo ple are truly awake to their interest. One old freedman came a distance of twelve miles to my meeting, and joined the church; he told me he was oue hundred and tour years old and he expressed a desire to come to school. God be praised for such desires. Whitesville. Ga. Conk., Frank J«:seph. We have organiz' and a church six miles from Whitesville of lift}' members. The name of the church is Pine Grore. It has as earnest a membership as I ever have seen. There is an opportunity of doing much good in the name of our Lord. Mr. Daniels the teacher of the school in that place is a Baptist, a good Chris tian man, and lias the confidence of botli white and colored. He is doing all he can for the school and church. Our work at Whitesville is prospering. Rev. Samuel E. Paer, from the Methodist Episcopal Church South, has joined us; he is a very good preacher. We hope all the colored preachers belonging to that church will meet witli us in conference. Bell Ct., Ala. Cons., J. W. Addington.— Our third quarterly meeting was held on the 12th of June, and was well attended. Reports from all the societies were cheering. During the examination of the members the Spirit of the Lord was with us. Our beloved presiding elder, J. W. Tally, was not with us, from the affliction in his family. He sent brother T. R. Parker, who preached at eleven o’clock, then held conference; A. Willson preached at night; brother Parker at eleven on Sabbath morning, then administered the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper; J. W. Addington preached at night. The services were all attended with the power and demonstration of the Spirit. Mourners flocked to the altar. We received 31 in full con nection this quarter, and the work is still in a prosperous condition. The Lord is wonderfully blessing us. SCOTTSBURGH C'J\, ALA., J. R. JOHNSTON.— Our second quarterly meeting came off on the 23d and 23d of May. Our presiding elder, brother A. S. Lakin. was present and preached, with good effect. God attended the word with power, and many were cut to the heart on ac count of their sins. On Sabbath night mourn ers were found all through the audience in groups, asking an interest in the prayers of Ood’s people. Beaufort. S.C. Cons., S. vs. Hampton.— I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of in forming you that our work in this part of the vineyard is prospering, especially our cl lurches on the main. Both are increasing in numbers, and the spiritual state of the same is very good. Our churches on Ladies Island are also doing well. The Missionary Society. Our New Mission in Peking, China.— IBeyond all question there is a great internal movement in the populous empire of China tending to relax the hold of the people on their idols, and to destroy their faith in their old re ligions. This is the Intermediate step between idolatry and the worship of the true God. This preliminary condition of things made the late treaty between China and the United States possible, and the publication of it has largely increased the movement mentioned above. This has led the principal churches of the world to extend or reinforce their missionary work in China Hence the new missions in Pe king, the capital of the empire, have taken strong ground in the city, and manifest great activity. Among the new missions is one of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis copal Church. It is not yet organized, but is quickly to be by Rev. L. N. Whet ler, of the Wisconsin Conference, and Kev. H. H. Lowry, of Ohio. The first report we have from their mission field is in a letter from brother Whee ler, dated at Peking, March 16, 1869. We make the following extract from this letter: “■After a pleasant trip of lour and a half days from Shanghae in the American-built steamer alanchu, we arrived at Tientsin on the 4th of March. About one-half day was consumed i:: passing up the river Peiho to the city, a dis tance roughly estimated at sixty-seven miles. At the mouth of the rivers are situated several forts, which were for many years deemed by the Chinese impregnable. “The banks of the Peiho present no striking scenery, being an uninterrupted plain, and the eye is only relieved by the numerous villages seen in every direction, with here and there great trees and peach and apple orchards. After passing up the river some distance one’s attention is arrested by the almost innumerable conical-shaped mounds of earth. These are ihe cities of the dead. ‘•At Tientsin we were kindly entertained in the home of Rev. Mr. Stanley. A few days of •rest and preparation here, and we were ready for the last stage in uur journey. Four carts, drawn by horses and mules, were secured for ourselves and baggage. Two days of weari some traveling and bad roads, and two nights of imperfect rest in the cold, dismal native inns, brought us to the gates of the imperial city. Having previously received directions, we were not long in finding out the compound of our American Board missionary brethren, who re ceived us witli warm Christian hospitality. We are the guests of Rev. H. Blodget, who has al ready rendered us important assistance in ar ranging our plans with reference to an early and permanent settlement in the city. “There is a wide missionary field in this great city, not to speak of the smaller cities and the villages in the outlying districts. Although several missionary societies are represented here, the larger portion of Peking is as yet wholly unoccupied. Will not the Church pray for us? Pray that the divine hand may guide and uphold us in our efforts to plant the most distant outpost of our Zion? "We are looking for the speedy arrival of brother and sister Lowry. The state of my health encourages me to hope for an early and complete recovery; indeed, I seem to have al most regained the strength of other years.” SEND FOR A SPECIMEN. | Work at Hand—Emigrants.— We may well i concern ourselves on account of the coming of a great body of strangers among us. In addi tion to the increasing number of Scandinavians and Germans, we are having a greater than usual number of Englishmen. We notice in the first week of June 3.000 sailed for America, and in the second week 8.000. We shall in all probability find in them what is great matter of concern in the fatherland, and referred to in a speech of the Duke of Argyll on a late public occasion. After referring to the increase of church ediiices in connection with the Estab lishment and Dissenting bodies he added, “But there is one feature I observe in all the congre gations, and it is one which we cannot too much deplore, and that is the comparative nay, I would say the almost total absence of the working classes, properly so called. I think this is a most deplorable fact in the congrega tional statistics of London.” This ‘•deplorable fact” has been confirmed to us by the observa tions of an intelligent gentleman from America who is in the habit of visiting the great cities of England every year. The Duke in a subse quent.. part of his speech gave the following beautiful testimony to the character of his countrymen, the Scotch: “If there is one pe culiarity more remarkable than another in Scotland it is the universal attendance of the working classes in the parish church. It is the habit and custom, the most blessed habit and custom of our country.” The Treasury. —The Northwestern pub lishes the address of our Bishops on the wants of the Treasury, and for itself says “Let us do our full part. Let us act as we would wish we had when, thousands of years hence, we shall be looking down from heavenly hights upon the joys of a terrestrial millennium. The way to meet the necessities of the hour is for every pastor to lift up the cry for help; for all Missionary Committees to redouble their activ ities;. for all who are interested to strain up to the highest possible contributions. One united, strong, Christian endeavor will haul the old craft off the bar and launch her again in deep waters, while angels above and the good below will unite in shoutings of joy.” News from Afar. —We have before us copies both of The Sun and The Christian Star, from our press in Lucknow. India. The Sun is called a newspaper, we infer, from what is written on it by the publisher, Rev. Dr. Waugh. Superintendent of our mission press at Luck now. Botli these papers are in languages mys terious to us, but familiar now to our mission aries in India. The mechanical execution of the papers would be creditable to any press. Norway. —The work in the new mission in Arendal still goes on prosperously, as may be inferred from the fact that they have forty-five probationers and forty members in full connec tion. Their Sunday school is not large, but is prosperous. One of its interesting features is a class of twenty-eight adults in their Bible class. The school is supervised by the pastor. Rev. P. K. Rye, who gives instruction to the Bible class and catechises the children. They have purchased lots and laid the foundation of a suitable chapel, winch they hope to be able to finish by some aid from the Board. Methodist Publishing and Mission Buildings. —To those who are to receive the July number of the Missionary Advocate, we can say that they may rely upon having as ac curate and well-printed a copy of the new build ing as they ever saw come from a printing press. If the mechanical exelution of this piece of work is the type of what the Book Concern is hereafter to do its lriends may well take heart. Scandinavians. —At least one thousand Scandinavians stayed in Castle Garden one night last week, and probably more than fifteen hundred were preached to by Pastor Hedstrom and his helpers during the week. Twenty to twenty-five thousand of these people are com ing tliis season. Illinois—Georgia—lmmigration. Our correspondent, “ Hamilton,” re cently published a valuable article in the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer, contrasting the States of Illinois and Georgia, showing the influence of immigration in developing the resources of the former and how much immigration is needed by the latter. We take the following from that document: I shall present, as briefly as possible, the leading points in the history and growth of Georgia and Illinois, the area of the first being 58,000, and that of the latter 55,400 square miles. Small settlements were made in Illinois as early as 1700, but tiie population increased but slowly. Becoming a portion of the territory of the United States at the close of the War for Independence, it was embraced in the North- West Territory erected in 1787, which com prised all the country north-west of the Ohio river. Its present area was erected into a ter ritory iu 1809, and admitted into the Union as a State in 1818. Georgia was settled in 1733, and was one of the original Thirteen States, enjoying, all the time, all the inestimable, advantages grow ing out of that relation, Georgia contains an aggregate of 26,650,490 acres, of which 8,062,758, (about 30 per ceut.) are improved, and 18,587,732 are unimproved. The aggregate value returned in 1860 was $157,072,803. being an average of $5 90 per acre, for the whole, and sl9 40 for the improved lands. Illinois contains an aggregate of 20,911,989 acres, of which 13,096.374, (about 61 per cent.) are improved, and 7,815,615 are unimproved. The aggregate value returned iu 1860 was $408,944,033. being an average of sl9 55 per acre for the whole, and of s3l 22 for the im proved lands. Thus it appears that Illinois, the smallest and youngest State, has over five millions more acres of her land improved than Georgia; that the total value returned is more than two and a half times, ($250,000,000!) greater; and that the average value, per acre, of her unimproved lands, exceeds that of the improved lands ot Georgia. So much for additional values consequent upon a large and rapid influx of population ! Immigration. Again, at the first enumeration, 1790. the pop ulation of Georgia was 82.548; in 1810 (the first time Illinois appears in the tables.) it was 252,433; and in 1860, the last census, the popu lation was 1.057.286,0r18 to the square mile. Tin population of Illinois which, in 1810 her first appearance in the census returns, and when she was but a Territory, was only 12.282, was increased, in 1860. to 1,711 951, or 30 to the square mile. These incontrovertible facts demonstrate the importance and value of encouraging and facil itating Immigration, that “population merely may be added ;” while what ha been previously shown, as to enhanced values of property, de monstrates the value of population in accom plishing that result. Again, the number of miles of railway in Georgia, in 1860, was 1404, costing $29,057,742, being one mile of railway for every 41 miles of area, and Mr every 738 persons. The number of miles of railway in Illinois, in 1860. was 2867, costing $104,944,561, being one mile of railway for every 19 miles of area, and for every 597 persons. These figures show the astounding fact that Illinois of half the age, (as a State.) of Geor gia, has more than double the number of miles of railway, costing more than three times as much, and a mile for every 10 miles of area, while Georgia has only a mile for every 41 mites! In 1860 there were published in Illinois 286 periodicals, issuing 27,000.000 copies annually, against 105 periodicals, issuing 13,000,000 copies annually in Georgia. THE METHODIST ADVOCATE, JUNE 30, 1869. Woman’s Foreign Miss. Society. As we receive many letters of inquiry concerning the Woman’s Foreign Mission ary Society' of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and its relation to the Missionary Society' of the Methodist Episcopal Church, we have deemed it proper to make the fol lowing statement: The Woman’s Foreign Missionary So ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Church orginated with some excellent and devoted women of our Church, with a view to spe cial efforts for the education, elevation and salvation of the women of heathen lands. Its purposes are distinctly set forth in the second Article of its Constitution, as fol lows : Art. 2. This Society is established for the purpose of engaging and uniting the efforts of the women of the Methodist Episcopal Church in sending out and supporting female missiona ries, native Christian teachers, and Bible read ers, in foreign lands. Though this Society' is not technically auxiliary to the Parent Missionary Society' of the Church, and does not pay' its moneys directly' to our treasury', yet it is auxiliary in its spirit and purpose, and expends its funds accordingly, as may' be learned from the fifth Article of its Constitution, which is as follows : Art. 5. This Society will work in harmony with, and under the supervision of. the Corres ponding Secretaries and the other authorities of the "Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” and will receive their ap proval in the employment of missionaries. AH missionaries employed by this Society shall la bor under the direction of the Missions, or Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they are severally sent. After the Society had been organized, its officers appointed, and contributions made to its funds, the Secretaries of the Mis sionary Society of the Church were invited to a conference with the ladies concerning the relation which this Society is to bear to the Parent Missionary Society and to our general missionary work. This Con ference was held in Boston, May 7, 1869. The Constitution of the Woman’s Mission ary Society was considered, and its pur poses and plans fully explained. The one purpose expressed was to do something es pecially for the heathen women found in our mission fields, and in doing this work to co-operate fully with our missionaries in those fields. The ladies also seemed intent on main taining and enlarging our general mission ary work, and increasing the contributions to our general treasury while giving atten tion to the special work which they have undertaken. The following paragraph, taken from The Heathen Woman’s Friend, in relation to auxiliary societies, explains the methods by which they propose to raise funds for their work : In any place where there are ladies, few or many, who are willing to give two cents per week, or one dollar per year, they may organ ize themselves into a society. They will then arrange their own plans for collecting funds, either by forming missionary working circles, or by agreeing to work oue day in each month for this cause, in circles which are already formed, or by any other means deemed prac ticable. No public collections should be taken, but an effort should be made to interest every lady of each congregation, where such a soci ety is organized, to do something especially /or heathen women, in addition to what she may already be doing for the general missionary cause. This may require self-denial and sacri fice, but as the ladies worked during the war to relieve the suffering soldiers, so let them work now for their suffering, perishing sisters in for eign lands. The case, then, stands thus : 1. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary So ciety proposes to undertake, through the agency of female missionaries, a most im portant work in our missions, a work which has received, in some degree, the attention and aid of the General Society for several years past. 2. This Society will not send out any missionaries who are not approved by the proper authorities of our General Mission ary Society. 3. The missionaries sent out by the Wo man’s Missionary Society are to labor un der the direction of the Missions or Con ferences to which they are sent. 4. No public collections are to be taken in aid of the funds of this Society, nor are contributions to be gathered in any way tending to diminish the regular annual con tributions of the members of the Church to our General Missionary Treasury. 5. The missionary spirit manifested in this movement is worthy of commendation, and if carried out according to the true in tent and purpose will be fruitful of much good. J. P. Durbin, Cor. Sec. W. L. Harris, Ass’t Cor. Sec. The; Peace Jubilee. —Notwithstanding the efforts to piejudge the monster Jubilee Concert at Boston, it proved a magnificent success. On the first rehearsal the siasm of the audience rose to a fever heat. The Star Spangled Banner was given with an orchestra of 1,100, and a chorus of 11,000 singers. Bells and cannon respond ed at the appropiate places, causing, by the novelty of the arrangement, a furor that demanded a repetition of the piece. The Anvil Chorus was given, encored, and re peated in similar style. Parepaßosa sang Ava Maria and Inflammatus to admiration. On Wednesday the audience was at least 50,000, every seat being occupied. Parties outside offered SSO, and even SIOO premi um for tickets, but nevertheless could not obtain entrance. President Grant was among the auditors. On entering the Col iseum the vast crowd arose, and by waving of baukerchiefs and shouts, gave him a welcome such as no other public man had ever received. The Star Spangled Banner and the Anvil Chorus were again given and repeated. So dense was the mass that sev eral persons fainted, one lady—Mrs. Dun lap, of Chicago—falling dead of heart dis ease. Thursday and Friday were quite as successful in the rendition of pieces, and the attendance, as Tuesday and Wednes day. Saturday the school children of Bos ton did the chorus work in magnificent style. The money receipts of the Jubilee were beyond the expectations of the man agers. —[Western Christian Advocate. The Confederate dead are being removed from tiie Chiekamauga battle-field, and rein terred iu tiie Confederate cemetery at Marietta. The Journal says that about two hundred bod ies arrived there during the past week. Over a dozen Philadelphia pastors have united in the determination to attend no more Sunday funerals unless ihe necessity is certified by a physician. As yet they have had none this year, and the position they take is worthy of general adoption. In the country more than in the city is the pastor needlessly and prolit lessly overtaxed by funerals on the Lord’s day; and on week-days also, for that matter. — Ad vance. The commencement exercises of the Baker Theological Institute (Methodist Episcopal) was held on Monday evening at the Centenary M. E. Church. The exercises reflected marked credit upon the faculty and the students. —South Carolina Republican. The new school-house erected by the Freed men’s Bureau at Tallahasse, Fla., was dedi cated June 12th. The total cost, of the school building was $5,000, and it stands on a lot pur chased some time ago by small contributions of the colored citizens of Tallahassee. Capt. H. J. Sargent has gathered fifty-two and a half bushels of wheat from one and a fourth acres of ground within the corporate limits of Newnan. This is only an evidence of "’hat may be done by cultivating small 'facts of rich land in preference to large poor tracts. —Atlanta New Era. There are 38,000 Mormons and 8,000 Gentiles at Salt Lake. Japan’s first organ is being made in New l ork. Methodist lay representation carried Cleve land, Ohio, by a large majority. The Legislature of Massachusetts has passed the Prohibitory Liquor bill by the strong vote of 152 to 67. * The population of Charleston, S. C.. is es timated at 40,000 souls—2o.ooo whites, and 20.000 negroes. The veteran missionary of the American Board. Rev. Jonas King, died at Athens,Greece, May 23d. §a jot ibt Died, near Larkinsville. Ala., May 27-, ISG9. Rev. William J. Venable, aged thirty-one years. He had been a member of the Method ist Episcopal Church four years. He was li censed to preach August 1868. and filled his commission with grace and ability sufficient to cause those that knew him best to love him most. He bid fair to become eminently useful to the church. His disease was brain fever. His friends could talk but little to lim; but when spoken to he said that he bad no fear of death—knew he would be better off. He spoke feelingly of some communities that lie would like to visit. Brother Venable was a sweet singer, a faithful preacher, a kind hu-band. and a tender father. May the Lord mercifully guide his numerous friends and bereaved wife and orphan children, to heaven at last. J. R. Johnston. pelting*. I will be at the following-named places, viz.: Galesville circuit, the 3d Sunday in August, and Saturday before; Lebanon circuit. Ist Sunday in July, and Saturday before; Marshal circuit, the 2nd Sunday in July, and Saturday before; Murphrees Valley circuit. 3d Sunday in July, and Saturday before. John W. Tally, P. E. Missionary Moneys- To the Pastors: Dear Brethren —A large number of drafts for the support of missions in the West and South are maturing, while the funds received for the Society are already paid out. Pastors who have taken the missionary collection will please forward the moneys they have on hand at once. If we can receive, enough to meet the claims as they mature without being forced to borrow it, a heavy interest to the Society will be saved. We are compelled to pay out a large amount on our recent purchases of property for the Book Concern in Cincinnati, and are expending a considerable sum in the erection of a printing office. Brethren therefore will greatly oblige us by forwarding the moneys due on periodical and book accounts. Please forward what you may have on hand, and collect and forward the balance due at your earliest convenience. Remit by Draft, Post-Office Money Order, or Express. Yours, truly, Hitchcock & Walden. jijwml UatoiS. The following letter was received by the ed itor of the Cincinnati Medical Journal: Chauncy, Athens co., 0., Feb. 25, 1860. Thinking you would be pleased to hear what success the Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla and Stillingia had met in this vicinity. I venture to send you a statement of a case' treated by me in this place. The patient was a young lady, rapidly sinking under the full ment of Scrofula —profuse scrofulous dis charges, etc. She had been under treatment for some time, with the advice and counsel of several eminent physicians, previous to coining into my hands, without receiving anv benefit. Since the has been using Seovill's Blood and Liver Syrup, her improvement has been rapi ; and satisfactory. C. W. Pratt, M. I>. Entire confidence can be placed in the above statement. A Cure for Incipient Consumption. Those who wish to find the most efficacious remedy for Coughs, Colds, and the early stages of Consumption, and yet have no confidence in popular medicines generally, will never regret a fair trial of Dr. Hall’s Balsam. It has cured its thousands. BS“The great wonder is, why Dr. Mott's Vegetable Liver Pills should possess such as tonishing virtues when thev operate so mildly. They being composed ol chemical vegetable extracts, relieve the stomach from all woody and inert matter,-thereby rendering them very efficacious, without producing pain. ggi*”Mothers, relieve the toothache of your children by applying Dr. Townsley's Indian Toothache Anodyne. ggp“Useful, practical hints about the every day out-door and in-door-work, are always of great value. A single hint olten saves a valu able animal, or changes one’s method of per forming a particular kind of work so as to greatly lessen its drudgery. A farmer was troubled with smut in wheat. A single line in his newspaper told him to “wet the seed with tar-water and roll it in lime.” Acting on this hint for part of his crop, gave him an increase of over five bushels per acre of fine wheat, worth a hundred dollars on twenty acres, and many hundreds of dollars in afte years. The knowledge, extended to his neighbors, resulted in thousands of dollars of net profit. Similar illustrations are continually occurring in all de partments of life, Indeed, progress and profit come from an accumulation of these hints. The above train of thought is suggested by looking through the American Agriculturist for June Ist, an advance copy of which Inis just come to hand. It s pages are crowded wit h useful hints and suggestions, told in plain language, by practical, observing men, and in a multitude of instances illustrated with engravings that speak directly to the eye and the mind, more effectually than words can do. We doubt if there b a family in the country, or in a village or city', for that matter, that would not find this journal "tenfold more valuable than its cost — a year. YY’e notice that the publish ers otter a beautiful “Annual” tree to eveiy sub scriber to the Agriculturist received during June, for the current year. Orange Judd & Cos., publishers, 245 Broadway, New York. Book Concern Bonds. The .Agents of the Methodist B~ok Con cern in the city of New York, having as sumed a liatility of $675,000 as their share of the purchase money of the New Connec tional Buildings, on Broadway, find it necessary, in order to pay the whole of the above-named sum. to borrow for several years $500,000, and in accordance with the advice of the Commission appointed and authorized by the last General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to raise money by loan or otherwise, have prepared coupon bonds of SIOO. S2OO. SSOO. and SI,OOO, for the above named sum of five hundred thousand dollars, redeem able in three years, and payable in fifteen years from June 1. 1869. with semi-annual interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum, payable at the office of the said Agents, at 805 Broad way, on presentation of ihe proper coupons. These bonds can be had of the Book Agents at 200 Mulberry-street, New York, at par and ac crued interest. ere.-*-*. i-v.rrrs'?-. •wwjbwiwuh'.-*/v. THE METHODIST ADVOCATE WILL BE SENT TO ANY ADDRESS « MONTHS FOl* ONE DOLLAR. OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. [Official.] Executive Department, Atlanta, Ga., June 33,1809. Whereas, a vacancy has occurred and now exists in the office of Ordinary of Twiggs county, caused by the death ot Wm. S. Kelly, the person having been elected thereto. Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of this State and of the Militia thereof, do hereby appoint John F. Shine, of the county of Twiggs, Ordinary thereof, to fill the vacancy aforesaid; and order that he, the said John F. Shine, upon his executing and filing in this De partment his official bond as Clerk of Ordinary, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with such sureties thereto as the law requires and satisfactory to me, to be com missioned accordingly. Given under my hand and the seal of the Executive De partment, at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, the day and year above written. RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor. By the Governor: Eugene Davis, Secy’. Exec. Department. 20-lt [Official.] A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, A great safeguard for republican institu tions is to be found in the general dissemination of knowledge among the masses ot the people; and Whereas, it is almost universally the practice of State Governments to relieve from taxation the capital in vested in material necessarily employed in the printing and publishing of books, magazines, newspapers, etc.; and Whereas, a proper construction of the present statutes in force in this State will not permit an exemption from taxation for capital so employed. And in order that the General Assembly may have an opportunity to enact a law specially exempting fi-om taxation the value of material employed in printing and publishing; and to the end that no unnecessary bur dens may be placed upon these valuable and important public benefactions till the General Assembly may have an opportunity of exercising its wisdom in deciding this question, Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof, do hereby, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the 70th section of the Code, issue this my proclamation suspending the col lection of all State taxes assessed upon the value of type, printing-presses, and other property belonging thereto, actually in use for the purpose of publication or printing, till the next session of the General Assem bly. Os this suspension the Comptroller-General will forth with give notice to the Tax Collectors of the various counties of this State. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this 26th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1861*, and of the independence of the United States of America the Ninety-third. RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor. By the Governor: David G. Lotting, Secretary of State. 26 It [Official.] !N"otice to "Proprietors of Newsi>apers and Printing Establishments. Comptroller-General’s Office, Atlanta, Gs., June 36, 1869. You will please make return of the value of all your taxable property in the usual way to the Tux Receiver of your county, transmitting at the same time a special report to this office of the value of all property of the description mimed in the above proclamation, in order that a record ot the items may be made for tiie informa tion of the General Assembly. Respectfully, MADISON BELL, june 30 26-lt Comptroller-General. CEO. WOODS & CO’S. Parlor and Vestry Organs Mr. GEO. WOODS, for twelve years foreman in the largest Origan Factory of the country, (during which time he obtained no less than six patents for im provements,) having associated with himself a partner possessing ample means,now offers to the Public and the Trade, Organs of every style, containing all the excel lencies in organs hitherto ranking first, in point of merit, together with valuable and important improvements of his own invention,of recent date. Send for Price List Warerooms, Broome-St., New York. june 23—25 ts THE NEW FAVORITE !!! “BRIGHT JEWELS.’’ JUST OUT. Over 00,000 copies sold. This ENTIRELY NEW COLLECTION of Sunday School Songs meets with unqualified approbation. The music is fresh,easy, & attractive to children; the hymns have nearly all been written expressly for this work, and are full of spiritual thought, and pure expression. Sunday Schools ordering BRICHT JEWELS may rely on not being obliged to purcliaso large quan tities of material, which they have already used in a variety of forms. If you want the best Sundav School Songs, do not fail to examine BRADBURY’S GOLDEN CHAIN, SHOWER, CENSER, FRESH LAURELS, or BRICHT JEWELS. A specimen of either, sent for examination, post-paid, on receipt of 25 cents. BIGLOW & MAIN, 425 Broome-St., N. Y. 25—2 t (Successors to Win. B. Bradbury.) INDELIBLEPEISrCILa. Fop marking Clothing, &c. Single, 50c.; 3 for $1; per doz. $2.75; per gross, S2B. 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Is determined to WORK CHEAP, and guarantees satisfaction in every instance, march 17 Cincinnati Advertisements. Macneale & Urban, Successors to the well-known firms “C. Urban.” “Urban. Dodds & C 0..” “IV. B. Dodds & C 0.,” “Dodds. Macneale ifc Urban,” Manufacturers of SAFES and BANK LOCKS. Contractors to the U. S. Treasury. Office and Salesroom,N. W. corner Pearl and Plum sts., CINC’NV \ H’l. « *. View of the Patent Inside Bolt Work, Which makes this Safe ten times more Burglar-Proof than any other Fire-Proof Safe manufactured, and saves the expense of repairing Bolt Work and Locks. 20—(im OPEN FIRES. OUR NEW BOOK, giving directions for CHIM NEY-BUILDING, GIiATE-SETTING, etc., sent free on application, by mail, to C. 15. EVANS & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF MANTLES AND CRATES, South-East corner of Fourth and Central Avenue, CINCINNATI, O. 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