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Methodist Advocate.
Atlanta, Qa., June 12, 1878.
E, q,. PUUER, D. D., Editor.
Corresponding Editors:
E*v. J. Braden, Tennessee Conference.
Eet. T. C. Carter, Central Tennessee Con.
E*t. W. C. Graves, Holston Conference.
Eiv. James Mitchibl, Georgia Conference.
Eiv. W. G. Mattoh, N. Carolina Conference.
Eet. A. Webster, South Carolina Conference.
Eev. S. B. Darnell, Florida Conference.
Bev. C. 0. Fisher, Savannah Conference.
Bbv. Wm. P. Miller, Alabama Conference.
Rsv. H. R. Revels, Mississippi Conference.
Decoration at Pittsburg Landing.
The editor had the pleasure ot attend
ing the decoration ceremonies at Pitts
burg Landing, Tenn., on the 30th of
May. The cemetery at this place con
sists of twelve acres of ground upon the
bluff of the Tennessee river, tastefully
laid out, well graded and nicely kept.
It has an advantage over all the national
cemeteries which it has been our privi
lege to visit in two respects, namely, in
its riverside d/ive and the view of the
Tennessee. The cemetery is in charge
of Capt. L. S. Doolittle, of Illinois, who
did valiant service in the Union army
and was severely wounded at Chicka
mauga. That he is an excellent super
intendent is evident from the appear
ance of the ground. Though in his
charge but two years, improvement is
manifest in every particular. A variety
of trees, evergreen and deciduous, are
now growing luxuriantly where failure
had succeeded failure under the direc
tion of others. An elegant turf has
also been formed and the entire ground
is kept in excellent order. Unfortu
nately the amount of land is so small
that the plan of the cemetery is pinched.
The entrance, the drives and walks are
necessarily too narrow and of unequal
width.
The number of interments here is
3,583, of which 2,356 are unknown.
There sleep in this sacred inclosure
409 from Illinois, 238 from Ohio, 193
from lowa, 123 from Indiana, and 36
from Michigan. All the Western States
and several of the Southern are repre
sented ’amoDg these noble dead. JEt will
be remembered that the terrible battle
of Shiloh was fought and won by West
ern men.
Arrangements for the customary
services had been made and a procession
was formed at the entrance and moved
slowly and in broken order around the
grounds, decorating the graves as fully
as the supply of flowers would allow.
The first grave inside the inclosure is
that of the drummer boy from Ohio.
On returning to the point where he
sleeps, a halt was made and brother
Cotton recited the familiar verses upon
the “Drummer Boy that Prayed” and
an appropriate original poem was im
pressively read by Miss Nettie, daughter
of Capt. Doolittle.
The procession was re-formed, num
bering two thousand or over, nearly all
of whom were white people who were on
both sides during the war, (there are
but few colored people in this section of
country,) and moved to a beautiful grove
near by—Col. Isaac Ross, sheriff of
Hardin county, acting as marshal, and
Capt. J. H. Deford assistant. These
gentlemen were identified with the Un
ion cause, both of them, if we remember
correctly, doing gallant service in the
Federal army. At the stand, Rev.Thos.
Cotton, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, acted as chairman and led in
singing several appropriate pieces.
Prayer was offered by Rev. George Ha
vell, who sung (by request) the “Star-
Spangled Banner” and other selections.
An address was made by the editor)
after which the multitudes enjoyed a
picnic dinner.
Dinner over, J. W. Previance, Esq.,
of Purdy, a graduate of M’Kendree
College, 111., under Dr. Cobieigh, made
an impromptu speech and succeeded by
his humor and eloquence in holding
the crowd together in spite of a shower
of rain falling at the time. He was
followed by Rev. T. F. Sanders, pastor
of the M. E. Church South at Purdy,
who plead with the people to give a
proper burial to the remains of the
Confederate dead who fell on this
ground and whose ashes have thus
far been neglected and lie scattered over
the field. He proposed that they be
collected and deposited in a vault and
a hundred thousand dollar monument
erected over them, and that an agent
be sent North to raise funds for this
purpose. These remains should receive
suitable interment; but as the people
of the North have not built monuments
to the memory of their own dead who
died to save them a government and a
country, we do not think they will be
in haste to give for costly structures to
perpetuate the Southern Confederacy.
They still entertain an idea that there is
a distinction in the character of the ser
vices of Gen. Grant and Jefferson Davis.
They might be induced to aid in educat
ing the orphans of Confederate soldiers,
but will not assist, to any appreciable
extent, Confederate politicians in keep
ing up strife, in subjecting the country
to their dictation, or in honoring their
cause. The Confederate dead ought
long since to have been properly buried
by the leaders for whom they fought and
died.
The speaking was followed by re
hearsals by members of the Sunday
school at Shiloh. Some ten or twelve
selections were given by lads and misses
in excellent style. To us it was the
best of the entertainment. All did well,
some remarkably so. Toward night
we rode over the battle-ground from the
river to Shiloh, two miles distant, with
brother Cotton, who pointed out many
places of interest, such as the knoll
where Gen. Grant planted his batteries
with such terrible effect on Monday
morning, the head-quarters of Gen.
Sherman at Shiloh, the site of the old
church, the spring, the forests still
scarred by the battle, and relics of the
conflict scattered here and there. On
the old church lot we picked up frag
ments of the clothing of Union soldiers
which has been bleaching in sun 'and
storm for these sixteen years. The
color and texture of the fabrics are
still preserved.
After supper with Mr. Walker and
family, with whom it was a pleasure to
be acquainted and to spend an hour in
discussing the future of our country,
we had the privilege of preaching in the
new Shiloh church built by our people
under the lead of brother Cotton. We
spent the night with Mr. Barlow, a Con
federate soldier, who, with thousands
of others, now looks to the Union of the
States and the education of the masses
as the hope of future peace and pros
perity. This visit was one which we
have long desired to make and the
memory of which will be cherished for
years. We might say much more of
brother Cotton and of the inestimable
service which he, with our ministers
generally, is rendering both the church
and the country by his faithful minis
trations and laborious and almost gra
tuitous efforts to do good. Long after
he sleeps in the dust multitudes will
rise up to call him blessed. To Captain
Doolittle and family we are under many
obligations. Like the grounds com
mitted to their keeping, they are fulfill
ing a sacred and sublime mission which
the future alone can measure. May
blessed and blissful peace ever attend
them in their faithful vigils!
Returning to Corinth, an hour was
afforded to visit the cemetery at that
place with Capt. Doolittle. The pres
ent superintendent is Capt. G. A. Haver
field, who lost a limb in the war, having
served in an Ohio regiment. This eem
etery is in a much better condition than
when we last visited it, two and a half
years ago. The sedge grass has been
taken out and a splendid turf of blue
grass is covering the ground. Trees
have been made to grow well where
others allowed them to die. Here are
nineteen acres of land and the avenues
and drives are more spacious than at
Pittsburg Landing, though for beauty
of situation and picturesque view the
latter is much to be preferred. Five
thousand seven hundred and eight are
buried at Corinth, of whom 305 are
colored, 410 from Illinois, 262 from
Ohio, 166 from Indiana, 196 from lowa,
and 143 from Michigan. The unusual
forwardness of the season has made it
more difficult than it is ordinarily to
obtain flowers for the purposes of dec
oration. It seems to us that flags and
evergreens might be used more liberally
for this purpose to advantage.
East Tennessee Wesleyan
University.
This institution has just closed
the best year of its history, and
looks out upon the year to come
more hopefully than ever before.
The attendance during the year has
been 254, as follows: in the classical
course, 49; scientific, 105; irregulars,
48; music and drawing, 53. In this
enumeration a few are counted
twice, but the number of persons
enrolled is 230. Nine graduated in
the classical department, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and five
in the scientific department, with the
degree of Bachelor of Science. One,
of the best students ariH most prom
ising young men in the classical de
partment, Henry C. Mdore, died
a few weeks since.
The anniversary in all of its fea
tures and as a whole was of unusual
interest. The examinations were
close and eminently satisfactory.
On Sabbath, the 2d inst., Bishop
Haven preached the Baccalaureate
sermoD, which was of rare excellence,
and delighted the large audience
which was present. At night, Dr.
Rust preached a sermon which for
clearness of thought, elegance of
style and .forcible presentation of
evangelical truth is seldom excelled.
Both of these eminent ministers
have made a deeper impression upon
the people of Athens than ever be
fore and either of them will be
greeted with enthusiasm whenever
they can return to that place.
Monday and Tuesday were occupied
in examinations and business, the
trustees attending to their work in
all of its minutia carefully. As
heretofore, this was especially true
as regards the finances. All of the
collections made by the president or
agents, all of the receipts and ex
penditures by the treasurer or other
officers of the board, were examined
and passed upon, and itemized re
ports placed on file for future refer
ence or examination at any time by
any parties who may have an inter
est in doing so.
Three vacancies in the board had
occurred, which were filled by the
election of C. W. Depue, of Knox
ville, J. P. Bryant and F. O.
Beaman, of Athens. Others, whose
term of service had expired, viz.:
J. H. Hornsby, W. H. Briant J. S.
Matthews and J. F. Spence, were
re-elected for three years.. The
faculty was strengthened by the ad
dition of Emory Morgan, of Balti
more, a young man of rare abilities
and attainments, who is soon to re
turn from travels and studies in
Europe. All will be glad to know
that N. G. Taylor, D. D., is to con
tinue in the chair of Belles Letters
under an arrangement which will
allow him to travel a part of the
year, in the North and South, in the
interest of the Institution. So much
credit has been given to President
Spence for the ability and success
with which he has managed the
finances of the institution that the
equal prosperity which has attended
the work within its halls has seemed
to be in a measure overlooked. His
labors as administrator and head of
the have not been ex
ceeded by his financial skill. He is
a success in every respect.
On Tuesday the under-graduate
exhibition occurred, in which nine
gentlemen, three from the Athenian,
three from Philomathean and three
from the Theological Societies had
been appointed by these bodies,
severally, to compete for a prize
which had been offered for the best
oration on the occasion. All did
well. We might say, without ex
aggeration,splendidly. The prize was
awarded to David H. Taylor of the
Philomathean Society. While none
complained of this award, some
thought that others were also de
serving of remembrance for their ef
forts, which was true, and a second
prize was offered, which was awarded
to R. J. Cook, of the Theological
Society, and & third, awarded to J<
W. Bayless, of the Athenian Society.
The occasion was highly entertain
ing and a happy illustration of all
coming out ahead. May these
young men do as well in life.
The great day dawned. Wednes
day morning was bright and the air
delightful. A Latin salutatory and
fourteen commencement. orations
bubbled on the lips of fourteen
irrepressible young men. All
did themselves and their Alma
Mater such high credit that it seems
almost unjust to discriminate in favor
of any, and yet we will remark that
at least Messrs. Wright, Wilson,
Zeigler, Vaughn And Fowler are
elegant and forcible speakers of
whom any institution might be
justly proud. Every production on
that day was meritorious. Evidently
the degrees given had been earned.
The honorary degree of Master of
Arts was conferred on Prof. Ketron,
of Arcadia, Tenn., and of Doctor of
Divinity on Rev. E. Brown, of Bal
timore, Rev. C. W. Cushing, of
Cleveland, Ohio, and Rev. James
Mitchell, of Atlanta, Ga.
During all of the exercises instru
mental and vocal music wa3 inter
spersed under the direction of Prof.
Hacker, the efficient teacher of music
of the University, and by the Uni
versity orchestra. Among the vis
itors present we observed Dr.
Meharry, of Ohio, and his brother of
Indiana, who take a deep interest in
our educational work in the South.
But few, if any institutions in the
Church are doing more real service
for Methodism and the country than
the East Tennessee Wesleyan Uni
versity. The President and faculty
are noble men and deserving of great
credit for their self-sacrificing and
heroic labors.
During our stay in Athens we
had the privilege of a home for Com
mencement week with Rev. J. W.
Mann, and greatly enjoyed the rest
at his pleasant cottage with the
still more agreeable company. To
us this was one of the inviting fea
tures of the occasion.
The rebel papers howl over Bishop
Haven’s eulogy of the Chisholm
family, as might be expected. He
has seldom (if ever) given to the
public a more able, timely or valu
able production, or one calculated
to render the Church, the country
and humanity better service. The
rebel yell over it simply indicates
that the shot hit where it was calcu
lated to “do the most good.” As to
conciliationists, if they want peace
and justice, why are they angry
when one asks for protection of the
lives of citizens of our country?
This is the question which was in
controversy between us and Har
per’s Weekly three years ago, in
which that very able paper appeared
to such astonishing disadvantage.
We were right then, the Bishop is
right now, the principle is right al
ways. Had we means with which
to do so, we would put tens of thou
sands of that paper into the hands
of the Southern people. There are
multitudes who would read it
thoughtfully, notwithstanding the
screams and menaces of Bourbons.
Every Christian, philanthropist and
patriot in the land ought to give the
matter careful and prayerful con
sideration. Will they? We insert
the eulogy entire. At least every
religious paper in the country ought
to publish liberal extracts, if nothing
more. Have American citizens a
right to live, or are they the lawful
prey of human ghouls ?
The Holston Methodist publishes
Johnson’s surrender of the African
Church to the late General Confer
ence in this city and Bishop Mc-
Tyeire’s Bourbon reply, and asks
the Methodist Advocate to “please
copy.” We will do so when the
Holston Methodist copies the eulogy
of Bishop Haven which we give this
week.
The Asheville district conference
meets on the Waynesville circuit,
August 14th. Revs. J. B. Ford, J.
J. Manker and the editor of the
Methodist Advocate expect to at
tend.
It is now supposed that peace
will soon be established in Cuba.
Decoration Day.
This annual holiday was inore gen
erally observed through the country
generally and enthusiastically this year
than for some time previous. If we
were to give the briefest outline of cere
monies from all points which have been
reported, it would fill our entire space.
From the many eloquent utterances of
the day we can give but few extracts.
At Gettysburg, President Hayes said:
“Fellow Citizens: The battle of
Gettysburg will probably always
be regarded as the battle which, did
more than any other to determine
the result of the great civil war in
the United States. The honored
dead who fought and perished here
will therefore be forever held in
special and grateful remembrance.
The great martyr of the conflict was
Abraham Lincoln. He, by his im
mortal words spoken here has in
dissolubly linked his name, fame and
memory with the battle of Gettys
burg. Lincoln gave bis life, and
the brave men who responded to his
call gave their lives, for the Union,
and for a stable constitutional gov
ernment. They believed that our
institutions were equal to any emer
gency, and that they ought to be
maintained at the cost of property
or of life. If our assembling in
this place shall fitly honor the men
we now wish remembered with grat
itude, it will be because, beholding
these scenes and contemplating the
example of the heroes who made
Gettysburg illustrious, we shall be
able to estimate more wisely the
value of our country and of her in
stitutions and be better prepared for
the duties which, under Providence,
have devolved upon us. Let us
here give heed to the words of Abra
ham Lincoln; let us here highly re
solve that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that the nation, under
God, shall have anew birth of free
dom, and that a government of the
people, and by the people, shall not
perish from the earth.”
Gen. B. F. Butler pronounced an elo.
quent oration on “The Private Soldier
in the War of the Rebellion.”
At Washington there was great en
thusiasm and immense crowds visited
the cemeteries. In New York imposing
ceremonies occurred at the city squares
and various cemeteries, and at night a
vast assembly met which was addressed
by Generals Banks and Sherman. The
latter said:
The pageant of to-day and this
assemblage demonstrated unmis
takably that public interest in the
events of 1861-5 did not die with the
heroes and martyrs of that epoch.
“We claim,” he said, “that we of the
Union were right, and our adversa
ries wrong, and no special plead
ing can change this verdict of
the war.” He would not for the
world revive the an'gry passions of
that period, but we should never
tear from our history the pages re
cording the great events of 1861 to
1865. They should forever standas
a warning to those who ffbm pas
sion or self-interest, or any human
cause or pretext, may undertake to
destroy this government by violence.
[Applause.] In the language of
our great leader, General Grant, we
will never apologize for the deeds
done in 1861-5, but treasure up their
memory as long as life lasts. He
thanked God that the mass of our
people love liberty and justice, and
are too busy with their industries in
ordinary times to heed the machina
tions of the pestiferous few. We
should not be too hastily alarmed.
The armies disbanded in 1865 live
still in spirit; and will never permit
this government to drift into anarchy;
The West turned out en masse at most
of the towns and cities. At Quincy,
111., twenty thousand people joined in
the ceremonies and the speech of Mr.
Castle was listened to with great inter
est. He said:
The eloquent Hungarian exile,
standing on Bunker Hill, and point
ing to the monument, exclaimed:
“My voice shrinks from the task
to mingle with the awful pathos of
that majestic orator. Silent like
the grave, and yet melodious like
the song of immortality upon the
lips of cherubim; a senseless, cold
granite, and yet warm with inspira
tion, like a patriot’s heart; im
movable, like the past, and yet stir
ring like the present, which never
stops, it looks like a prophet and
speaks, like an oracle; and thus it
speaks: ‘The day which I com
memorate is the rod with which the
hand of the Lord has opened the well
of liberty. Its water will flow;
every new drop of martyr blood will
increase the tide. Despots may
dam its flood, but never stop it.
The higher the dam, the higher the
tide; it will overflow or break
through. Bow, adore, and hope.’
Such are the words that come to
my ears, and I bow, I adore, I hope.”
Now, standing over the graves of
these martyrs of a later conquest,
our hearts would echo the fervent
tribute, and thrill with the fervent
hope; for the whole earth is the he
ro’s sepulcher, and all time is the
millennium of his story. But our
feeble voice of praise is drowned in
the melody which rings through all
the air and the dim flicker of our
incense palesjn the blaze of a celes
tial spendor. Painfully conscious
of the incompetence of our finite
minds to estimate the infinite sacri
fice of those we would gladly honor
by our presence here to-day—pain
fully conscious that all we have
said, or can say, falls short of jus
tice to their noble deeds —let us do
what we know they would have us
do, garner in our souls the instruc
tion, the inspiration, and the faith
which the solemn contemplation
yields, and then, turning from this
doubly-hallowed ground, leave them
to their angel-guarded sleep.
At Toledo, Ohio, the following poem
was read to a vast throng;
Bend soft, 0, skies, above the graves
our fallen heroes fill,
In far Potomac marshes, on the
heights of Georgia hill.
Where the bine Virginia mountains
in their lonely grandeur frown,
Where the tide of Chickamauga
flows by fort-invested town !
Blow soft, 0 winds, around them,
with your freightedj sweets and
balm,
And the rythm of your numbers
flowing into song and psalm!
Say the Northern heart is keeping,
in its silent deeps aglow
All the sacred recollections treas-
the long ago!
Smile soft, 0 flowers, bending low,
like friends with saddened eyes,
Moist with the dear remembrance of
saintly sacrifice!
Rise, gracious lily ! Multiply, 0
rose, in regal pride!
Fit emblems of the loyal ones who
lived, and loved, and died!
And thou, 0, Flag of Freedom, fan
their slumbers where they lie !
At morning toss and flutter, and at
midnight float and fly !
Keep guard o’er all thy children as
upon the walls they stood,
Baptizing for the future all thy folds
in crimson blood!
Float on above the living; float on
above the dead,
While a hope awaits fruition, while
a prayer remains unsaid!
ThiiTmotto on thy bosom bear to
earth’s remotest parts:
God keep the Union! Give to all
our people loyal hearts !
Perhaps there was nothing pro
nounced anywhere more impressive than
the words of Col. Ingersoll, namely:
We see them all as they march
proudly away under the flaunting
flags, keeping time to the wild, grand
music of war—marching down the
streets of the great cities—through
the towns and across the prairies—
down to the fields of glory, to do and
to die for the eternal right.
These heroes are dead. They
died for liberty—they died for us.
They are at rest. They sleep in the
land they made free, under the flag
they rendered stainless, under the
solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the
tearful willows, and the embracing
vines. They sleep beneath the
shadows of the clouds, careless alike
of the sunshine or of storm, each in
the windowless palace of rest.
Earth may run red with other wars
—they are at peace. In the midst
of battle, in the roar of conflict, they
found the serenity of death. I
have one sentiment for the soldiers
living and dead—cheers for the liv
ing and tears for the dead.—
The leaders of the rebellion in
1860 were not more determined to
overthrow the government than the
Bourbons now in Congress. They
have begun their “investigation,”
but so far have accomplished nothing
but-a demonstration of their wicked
designs. A shout of victory was
raised over the testimony of Ander
son, but on cross-examination he
proved himself to be an infamous
liar and a perjured scoundrel. Judge
Levisse testified that Tilden’s agent
offered him one hundred thousand
dollars to cast his vote for Tilden
and Hendricks. We have not room
even for a summary of the case this
week, but will watch the develop
ments and give our readers the facts.
On the evening of the 30th of
May, a few of the teachers and
scholars of Loyd-street Sunday
school, accompanied by the pastor,
made a visit to Miss M. C. Owen, of
Clark University, who was about to
leave that institution, where she has
labored as matron 4 and teacher most
successfully for two years. After
singing and prayer, Mr. T. Green
wood read a short address, express
ing appreciation of Miss Owen’s
faithful and successful labors, wish
ing her health and happiness in her
future life, and asking her accept
ance of a small token of their re
spect. Two of the scholars then
presented her with a very beautiful
silver caster, which was gracefully
received, and thanks expressed, as
suring the scholars of her kind re
membrances of them. The happy
£roup bade farewell and retired,
subdued with the thought of the
departure of so kind a friend and
faithful teacher.
We are glad to see Harper’s
Weekly coming back to a sound po
sition on national affairs. Our
readers will remember that under
the last administration that paper
controverted (unsuccessfully, how
ever), our ground on national ques
tions. Now it seems to have re
turned to our platform and we hope
will stand firmly upon it. It is the
only tenable ground that a Christian
or patriot can consistently occupy.
See the excellent article from that
journal in another column.
The Eastern Question still hangs
in doubt, with probabilities favoring
peace. A congress is to meet June
13th, at Berlin. There is, however,
great uneasiness in many sections
and a state of warfare among the
Turks.
The schedule is changed on the
Air Line Railroad. Trains now
leave Atlanta at 2:40 P.M., and
arrive at 12 M.
The public debt was decreased
last month $3,070,198.
Bishop Haven’s Brave Words at
Washington.
Permit me, through the columns
of your bravely and ably edited jour
nal, to publicly thank Bishop Haven
for the grand and timely thoughts,
clothed in bold, ringing words, con
tained in his address on the Chis
holm murder. Elegant in style,
patriotic in spirit, justly indignant
in tone, wise in suggestion, they
were worthy of him both as a Chris
tian man and a Methodist bishop.
It was eminently proper that a chief
officer of a church which dem
onstrated her loyalty by sacrificing
thousands of her sons on the crim
soned altar of a war in behalf of
human equality, should speak as he
did within sight of the national cap
itol, protesting against a crime which
ought not to be possible in this land,
without subjecting the perpetrators
to the highest penalty of the law.
When he asserted that it is the duty
of the General Government to throw
the aegis of its protection over the
right of free speech and free polit
ical action in every State, he Bpoke
as every Christian statesman should
speak—he uttered a thought to
which every American in the North
and in the South should cordially
respond. May Heaven bless him for
having the courage of his
May his ideas so gain in power that
the assertion of citizenship may soon
be sufficient, even in bulldozed Mis
sissippi and Louisiana, to secure the
safety of every man, white and
black, both in the utterance of his
thoughts and the unrestricted exer
cise of his franchise at the ballot
box ! Daniel Wise.
Englewood, N. J.
The following letter is the first
ever received from our first mission
ary to the interior of Africa. It
will be read with interest from that
fact as well as from its contents.
Brother Osgood speaks hopefully of
the work. It is handed us for pub
lication by Bishop Haven.
Boporo, March 25th 1878.
Dear Bishop:—l am now at Bo
poro in good health. I reached
Monrovia Feb. 6th., left Monrovia
February 16th., for the interior.
We employed 20 carriers but were
soon compelled to hire more for
hammocks and heavy boxes. I
walked probably two-thirds of the
way. We were ten days on the way;
circumstances forced us to lay over
two days, then the two Sundays we
rested, leaves six days that we trav
eled. We had no trouble except in
securing sufficient number of carriers.
I was compelled to got goods of Mr.
Moore, in Monrovia. Cloth cost
me 17 1-2 cts. per yard. I brought
nothing with me that I brought from
America, except a tool box and a
box of medicine, the rest of my
things were left at Monrovia.
We find Jimmy Parkro to be the
acknowledged King of the country,
though he has a brother who is the
legal King. Semoro is the Moham
medan King of the Mandigo people.
Boporo is no more, as I see, than
any other prominent town, except
that it is the capital. I have seen no
town yet that is suitable for a sta
tion, i. e., to settle a missionary at, so
that his time may be used at that one
place as a preacher. We have
visited and probably selected a site
suggested by King Jimmy, eight or
or ten miles southwest of Boporo, be
ing a high hill about 150 or 200 feet
above the surrounding land. This
is three or four miles northwest of
Jimmy’s own town. I have in view
a circuit containing Boporo, Medina,
Bamboo, and Jimmy’s town, and
also other half-towns, with the mis
sion containing a school near the
center.
The circuit will be about 15 miles
in diameter. Our star is growing
brighter. The foresight by which I
have been looking at the future is
becoming more radiant. I have
thought in the past, that any mis
sion could be managed so as to be
self supporting within from 3 to 5
years in Africa and I am stronger
in the faith than ever before and
now I believe had I $250 in goods
by next July, I could open a school
of a hundred students and make
that school self-supporting hence
forth. From this we could, by the
help of Divine Providence, take
possesion of this whole realm in
the name of the Lord in a few years.
But if the month to come is lost, not
much can be done upon this plan
until one year from next July and
my eagerness to get the work in op
eration can hardly bear the thought
of so much delay.
All the chiefs of the nation are
now assembled here at Boporo in a
grand palaver, enacting laws.
Jimmy told us when we arrived that
within five days they would adjourn,
then he would take us to his town and
there “live at his hand” till we were
settled at our own location, bnt the
palaver still continues. We have
been detained so long that Brother
Pitman has decided to start home
in the morning, so I send this hasty
sketch that you might get a little
outline of what is being done.
Yours in Christ,
J. Osgood.
Notes from Nashville.
BY REV. J. BRADEN, D. D.
The closing exercises of the Cen
tral Tennessee College took place on
the 16th of May. The annual ser
mon was preached by Rev. C. S.
Smith. The examinations of the
classes on the I3th-14-15th., of
May. The visiting and examining
committees speak highly of the
character of the examinations. On
the evening of the 15th Rev. A. J.
Baird, D. D., of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, delivered a
very practical address to the stu
dents on “How to Succeed.” He
gave some very excellent advice to
the young people; called attention
to their privileges and pointed out
their responsibilities. He said they
had their own future to make, it
would be what they made it. No
one could stand between them and
an intelligent, noble manhood. Po
sition would open to them as they
by patient persevering toil pre
pared for it. The youDg man who
enjoyed good health, and had not
energy, and if need be, self denial
enough to secure an education,
would not use it well if he had it.
Poverty is not an impassable barrier
to an education. The address was
frequently applauded and no senti
ment more heartily than that no
one should be ashamed of any kind
of honest labor, whether in the office
or shop. On Wednesday night the
Endowment Association held its an
niversary. Rev. C. Pickett, Pres
ident of the Association presided.
Addresses were delivered by Revs.
J. G. Thompson, S. J. Harris, E.
Pro vine, of the Tennessee conference
and by Revs. A. P. Melton and D.
W. Hays, of the Holston confer
ence. The speeches were earnest
appeals to the young people to avail
themselves of the opportunities
placed within their reach, and carry
out the light they received and im
part it to others. The object of the
Association, to raise t five thousand
dollars as part of the endowment of
some department of the College,
was prominent in all of the address
es, and the hope was expressed that
in a few years, not only five, but
ten thousand dollars, would be raised
by the colored people toward this
endowment. Thursday morning the
members of the Theological class
delivered addresses which were
highly commended by an apprecia
tive audience. M. Williams spoke
on Baptism, W. W. McKessack,
Eternal Punishment, J. W. Pickett,
Call to the Ministry, W. H. Ogle
ton, Homiletics, K. Fields, Analogy
of Nature and Revelation, H. W.
Key, Immortality of the Soul. J.
S, Bass, M. D., The Minister a Man
of one Work.
In the afternoon the graduating
address of Miss Araminta P. Mar
tin who had finished the Classical
course was delivered by her in a
manner to elicit warm commenda
tion. This was followed by remarks
of the President, and conferring
the degree of Bachelor of Arts on
Miss Martin and the honorary de
gree of Doctor of Divinity on Rev.
Abraham G. Dobbs of the Erie
conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Rev. Samuel Rose of
Toronto, Canada, the Book Steward
of the Canada Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The closing exercises of the oc
casion was by the Excelsior Liter
ary Society at night* the members
acquitting themselves well. The
selections were good, the original
matter manifesting a power of
thought and comprehension of the
subjects truly commendable. The
debate on the question of the viola
tion of the Constitution by Abraham
Lincoln, in issuing the Emancipa
tion Proclamation, showed that the
disputants had been at work on the
authorities within their reach dili
gently and wisely.
The past year has been the most
prosperous of the school’s history.
All the departments have had a
steady healthful growth. The at
tendance larger than any previous
year, and the prospect good for still
larger attendance in the future.
Our buildings have been taxed to
the extent of their comfortable ca
pacity and we hear the cry for more
room. We hope this will be fur
nished for the Medical department,
by the liberal Christian brethren,
after whom it is called the Meharry
Medical School. This department
is growing in favor, and has already
started on a career of usefulness
which will prove a blessing to mul
titudes of the colored raoe. The
next year, of the College begins
Monday, September 2d. The Med
ical and Law schools open Monday,
September 30th.
Nathville, June 6,1878.
“Alcohol will clean silver.” . Yes,
alcohol, well stuck to, will clean out
all the silver you have.
How Much We Paid.
Dear Brethren of the Memphis Dis
trict: A glance at the statistical de
partment of the minutes of the last ses
sion of the Tennessee Conference, re
veals this fact. The several charges of
our district paid for the cause of Mis
sions, last year, an average, per member,
of :
Memphis, St. John’s, 31 2-3 cents.
“ Sixth-street, 15 “
North Gibson and Weakly, 2 “
Alamo, 1 1-4 “
Carrol and Huntingdon, 8-10 “
Benton and Henry, 18 1-8 “
Camden, 7-10 “
Clarksburg, 8-10 “
Adamsville, 2 “
Lexington, 4-10 “
Decaturville, 21-2 “
Satillo, 6-10 “
Dixon, 10 “
Dixon Circuit, 21-2 “
Buffalo, 41-2 “
Wayne, 9-10 “
Indian Creek, 1 1-2 “
Savannah and White Sulphur,2 “
Lawrence, 1 8-10 “
Shiloh, 361-2 “
These are facts, and the motion of the
“straws” indicate which way the wind
blows. A word to the wise is sufficient.
Let us amend; let no charge fall below
10 cents per member this y^ar.
Alpha.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN!
Does fraternity mean that both of
the churches fraternize or only that
individuals fraternize with Dr. Vin
cent but not with Bishop Haven?
Are they to fraternize only with
official delegates or with men whose
sympathies would lead them to give
up our work in the South, but not
with the men who are on the other
side or who are on the ground doing
the work of saving the M. E. Church
South from moral stagnation? How
unlike the real spirit of genuine
Christian fraternity it is to gush
over Foss and growl at Haven.
They could not have done the Bishop
better service. The fraternal stock
didn’t rise much on that treatment
of the official representative of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in At
lanta. Querist.
An Interesting Occasion.
Prof. C. W. Munson, principal of
Belleview City School, Nashville,
Tenn., and Miss Mary C. Owen, Pre
ceptress and Matron of Clark Uni
versity, Atlanta Ga., were joined in
marriage on the first day of the
present month, by Rev. S. A. Win
sor, Pastor Methodist Episcopal
Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The place selected for the cere
mony was novel, beautiful and
grand, being none other 4,han the ex
treme highth and point of Lookout
Mountain.
Having spent a number of years'
in our Southern wffrtr as ethicatorgr
they have many friends in the South
who will be glad to send them their
congratulations and learn the par
ticulars of this happy event. On
Friday each attended to their re
spective duties in the institutions
with which they were connected,
and the beautiful morning sun of
Saturday found them in Chattanooga
ready for one of the grandest ex
cursion days of a life time. They
first visit Cameron Hill which over
looks the city and river, and is the
best point from which to take in
the scene of the skirmish on Look
out called “The Battle above the
Clouds” and bloody fight and vic
tory of Mission Ridge. The various
points of attack being described!
they are away to the mountain to
execute an engagement far more
real, without exaggeration, than the
famous battle above the clouds.
An hour is spent in comprehend
ing the sublime view which is pre
sented from this bold height. In
the distance, as far as the eye can
see, are the dim outlines of moun
tains on every hand; then the moun
tains and ridges immediately round
about the city stand in bold relief,
Mission Ridge appears but a slight
elevation stretching away to the
North. The Tennessee river with
its serpentine course flows on before
us running South and West and
East and North, touching the city
at every point of the compass, en
circling islands, compelled to change
its course at the foot of Lookout, it
makes the curious neck of land
called the Moccasin and flows on un
til lost to view in the mountains be
yond. Looking at the immediate
valley one. involuntarily exclaims
what a chance for a great city! But
as you see the smoke of furnaces,
foundries, and various shops and
manufactories, railroad tracks and
trains moving, streets and build
ings marking that basin, you'say the
city is already there and its growth
is certain.
The wedding took place at 12 M.,
upon the extreme point, made by a
high extending tablerock, looking
down immediately upon “Lookout
Battlefield.” Chattanooga papers
say it was the first wedding ever con
summated on the Point and those who
witnessed it, that it was the most
delightful and impressive they ever
attended. They were married with:
a ring, according to the form of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. After
dining at one of the mountain ho
tels, the remainder of the day was
spent in visiting the different
springs, Natural Bridge, Old Man of
the Mountains, Telephone Rock,
Rock City, and Chickamauga Bluff.
Returning from the mountain they
visited different points of interests
in the city and were the guests of
Rev. Mr. Winsor for the evening,
where they received calls from their
former pupils who chanced to be in
the city. Taking the night train
they were in Nashville, their present
home, ready to welcome the dawn
of the Holy Sabbath. *
Dr. Wise indorses Bishop Haven’s
ulogy of the murdered Chisholms.