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this Circuit. We commenced holding pro tracted meetings on the 16th of June last, since which time we have held them at eight appointments, all of which were very inter esting meetings. Some of them were at tended with the most powerful displays of Divine power that we have ever witnessed. The result is that there have been 240 ac cessions to the Church, and we think at least that number have professed religion, and the good work is still going on. Jackson Ct., Ga. Conference. ' Mr. Editor: Our grac->us God has pour ed out revival influences u . >n three Church es in this circuit—at New Hope in the latter part of July, at Jackson during almost the whole month of August, and at Midway, a Church six miles from Griffin, the first week in September. The Ilev. W. S. Read, local preacher and teacher in this place, was a strong helper at the first named Church. He and Rev. M. W- Arnold, of Covington, chiefly carried on the meeting here; and Rev. W. R. Smith, a co laborer in the circuit, was united with me in the work at Midway. Against many difficulties, God encouraged us to labor on. He raised us up a goodly number of earnest helpers, male and female, among the laity. He sometimes surprised us by the evidence that His Holy Spirit was at work with some, who had almost been abandoned by hope, as far as ourselves were concerned. Some of these are now happy in conversion ; others are ‘‘weeping between the porch and the altar/’ Will you not join us in the cry, “ Spare Thy people O Lord, and give not Thine heritage to re proach ?” Will not all who read this, go to their closets, just one time , and cry, “Lord save the mourners in the bounds of the Jackson Circuit ?” Some of these are beset with peculiar dif ficulties in the way of education and preju dice. Others are surrounded by well-cir cumstanced sins, and are threatened with the painful end of being drawn back towards the devouring vortex from which they had strugglingly found partial egress. God for bid that they should go hack! Very ear nest efforts have been made to lead them to Christ. If they go back now, oh ! when will they start again ? Bro. Arnold not only portrayed the dan gers of sin in a vivid light, from the pulpit, but with loving courage, he approached men and plead with them personally to flee to Christ, the Refuge. Others, both ministers and laity, made personal app als, and not without evident effect. About seventy-five have professed conversion—sixteen of them being colored persons. Beside this, there have been gracious reclamations of back sliders; while some rich seasons of joy have been experienced by the membership of these Churches. Some members of other Chris tian denominations kindly labored-with us, and consequently, shared with us the de scending manna. Other Christian Churches have had pre cious revival seasons, also, at their own pla ces of worship. Thanks be to God ! God’s Spirit is at work in Arkansas, too. A young man ran away from a revival in his own village in that State. He, who came to seek and to save the lost, led that young man to this place, right in the midst of the awakening and converting influences here. He yielded at last; remained several days over his appointed time for leaving, an anx ious seeker ; nor did he leave until his heart was lightened of the burden of sin, and his face made to glow with the peace of God, which passeth all understanding. At least such he claimed, and such we hoped. Would God that His Spirit’s influence might he so generally poured over all the land, that no town, village, or neighborhood should give a quiet resting place to any sin ner, until saved by grace ! But alas ! even in some Churches of this circuit, either sins are nourished, or iciness prevails. We fear it is so in other circuits and in other States. Lord “pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of sup plications.” J. W. Turner. Manasses and Carroll Circuits, Ga. Mr. Editor: The glorious work of saving souls has been steadily going on since I last wrote you I have recentlyreturned from a visit to Manasses Circuit, Bartow county, the work I travelled last year. I went by Special request of the brethren, and of Bro Evans, the pastor. Abundantly was I re* munerated for my trouble. Besides the bless ed privilege of once more looking dear brethren in the face, and shaking them by the hand, I enjoyed a gracious “refreshing from the presence of the Lord.” God has wondrously blessed the labors of Bros. Evans and Ellis the present year. — The very best material in all that country, is being brought to a saving knowledge of Christ. Everything earthly has failed them, and their only hope is in God. That section was awfully devastated by Sherman’s army. It was their custom, while through there, if any of their soldiers were shot at, at or near a house, to burn it down, often amid the shrieks of the widow and orphan. Nearly all the live stock was taken by them ;—in deed all, except what was driven out by the old men ahead of our artny. These are facts. I travelled the Manasses ct. last year, and I can vouch that these things are true. — But with all this, the people are cheerful. They have a fertile soil, and with the bless ings of Providence, they will yet do well.— The drought has greatly cut short their crops. They did not realize more than half a harvest of wheat, and their corn is even a worse failure than that. The crops are very poor all the way from here up there. In this county, (Carroll) I have no idea there will be on an average, more than one-fourth of a corn crop, at farthest. But thank bod, amid this general gloom temporally, the people are beginning to think upon their ways, and turn their feet to the testimonies of the Lord; and as a natural consequence, are making haste and delaying not, to keep His commandments. e have had one general revival, almost through the entire circuit. Since the Ist Sunday in August, there has been over one hundred and fifty accessions to the Church, in this circuit, and still the good work con tinues. May it go on until the last sinner is converted. Amen. W. C. Dunlap. Lane’s Creek Cr., S. C. Confer ence.—Rev. Landy Wood, writing to the Record , says: This circuit has been favored with a most gracious visitation from on high, in a revival of the work of grace at almost every appointment At Bethesda, commencing on the fifth Sun day in July, we held a meeting con tinuing nine days, and received twenty-one converts into the Church. A four days’ meeting at Gilboa resulted in four conver sions, and a considerable warming up of the Church. At Harmony, on the third Sunday in August, we begun a meeting, at which we numbered six converts. At Lane’s Creek sev en converts have recently been added to our Zion, and two backsliders reclaimed. Alto gether, the circuit is new in a flourishing relig ious condition. The new Ritual, with all the changes made in our Discipline by the late General Conference, are heartily approved by our people, and if we had bread for our people for the coming year, great success might reasonably be expected for Method ism in this section. But the failure of the crops will cause a considerable breaking up and the emigration of many families, who, as the patriarchs, will have to go into Egypt or somewhere else to buy corn. Many will no doubt suffer greatly. Springfield Ct., Ga Conference.— The Ilev. - N D. Morehouse writes: We have had a refreshing season from the pres ence of the Lord. We had a meeting at Whitesville, of two weeks’ continuance, which resulted in the conversion of several, and the addition of seven to the Church.— We have just closed a meeting at Mizpah. Bro. Jarrell and myself labored day and night, for eleven days. I never saw any thing to equal it. There were a great many conversions. Some of the brightest I ever saw. We had one of the most glorious love feastsT ever witnessed. Ladies, young and old, expressed themselves freely. We had such a time of rejoicing that their voices Were drowned amid the shouts of others.— Our Church meetings are working well. Cuthbert, Ga —The Rev. J. R. Owen writes : I am again in the midst of a gra cious revival. I commenced a meeting at Burney’s school-houso last Sabbath. The work has gradually increased from then un til now; twenty-six have joined the Church, and asYnany 1 hope have been converted. — Last night, I believe everJMtneonverted man and woman in the bouse was at the altar for prayer. One of the regular mourners is a man in his seventy-fifth year. Many back sliders have been reclaimed. Christians have been greatly blessed. oif we preach ers would only be more holy, more humble, and preach in faith, the Lord would soon convert the world, and then we would have a grand jubilee, and go home to God. Micanopy, East Fla —The Rev. W. K. Turner writes : The Lord has been with us in this pirtof His vineyard, in reviving showers of grace. We have recently closed a meeting ot eleven days’ continuance, at Gainesville, in which there was, to all human appearance, a very deep, and we trust, an abi ding interest taken. There were quite a num ber of mourners at the altar day after day; some of whom professed faith in Christ. Twelve were added to the Church ; among whom, were several backsliders. The members were also blessed to some considerable ex* tent ; though not so much as we desired to see Bro. J. Penny, of this Conference, continued with me during the meeting, and preached and labored much to our satisfac tion. Other brethren assisted us, to whom we return our thanks. The meeting was conducted in the Presbyterian Church, wlrch had been opened to us by the pastor and Christian gentleman, W J. McCormick, whose courtesy and brotherly bearing, made us feel quite free. May the Lord bless him and his labors. ■ j Laurens Ct , S. C. Conference. —The Rev. J. R. Little writes : “ The Lord has not cast us off forever. Our labors have been abundantly blessed during the present year, for which we have great reason to be thankful. We have had sever al precious revivals at various points, viz : Laurenceville, Clinton, Sandy Spring, Dials and Salem. Over one hundred and fifty have been added. Among the num ber converted are several young men of promise. The revival influence seems to be general, and the prayer still is “ Lord revive us.” Our people appear satisfied with the changes. I think they will be greatly pleased with the “ Monthly Meet ing.” Crops are short, scarcity is appre hended, but they have paid us something in way of support. -• • • _______ Bulloch Cos., Ga.—The Rev.* W. T. Mc?dichael writes; Please inform the friends of Zion that God has revived his work in Bulloch. We hud an eight days’ meeting at Mt. Carmel Church, and the re sult was thirty-eight accessions and manv conversions. The Holy Spirit seemed to abide with the Church at every hour’s ser vice. The work was deep and thorough, I hope and pray that it may spread through out the country, for we have been dead spiritually here. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Jacksonville District, Florida Confer ence. Mr. Editor :—I have just closed my third round on the District. God has blessed us with revivals at a few points. The first was at Houston, in July; it resulted in seven teen additions to the church. The next was at Mt. Tabor on Columbia ct ; we con tinued that five days and received five mem bers; this too was in July. The third took place at Pine Grove, Houston county, two or three weeks since ; this meeting was con ducted by two local preachers, Bros. Hunt and Mosely and resulted in about forty ad ditions. With these exceptions the other appointments have not yet been visited by the reviving influence. However, I must except one other and that is the Orange Mission. Brother J. T. Stockton employed on the mission is doing a good Work. I had to travel 300 miles to attend the Quarterly Meeting on the Orange Mission, and before I got to the place I had well nigh concluded that it was nonsense for me to travel all that distance and be gone two weeks, when the preacher on the mission could hold the meeting and Quarterly Con ference as well as I could. Rut finally I reached the place and commenced the meet ing, and when I discovered how eager the people were to hear preaching, I soon got over the fatigue and felt glad in my heart that I went. I had to leave on Monday and regretted it very much, for I left the meet ing going on with interest. On my way back to Mellonville where I was to take the boat, I turned aside a little and preached in a neighborhood, where there were boys nearly grown who had nev er heard a sermon before; I had some lib erty, and trust the Holy Spirit was there to seal the instruction given. I was in that county eight days and preached six ser mons. • That part of the country is beginning to improve, and the citizens now there are expecting quite a large influx of popula tion this winter. By the way, I think that is the place for those want to get away from the ne groes, and it is as little trouble to make a living there as anywhere in the world, I reckon. It is a great stock country and al-. ways will be. I believe it has been suffi ciently tried too to prove that it is a fine long staple cotton country. But the most attractive feature is that a man can estab lish a fruitery there and equal almost any tropical region. I believe the banana, guava, lime, lemon, oranges, figs, grape, pine ap ples, cocoa nuts, dates, and, in fact, almost all the tropical fruits will do well in that section—and it is thought that peaches and perhaps apples can be raised to perfec tion by grafting or budding. I saw some of the finest oranges grown there I ever saw growing, on what appeared to be as poor pine land as 1 ever saw used for any pur pose. The secret was, it had been cow penned. And now let me advise those who are de sirous of moving to a better country, to let Brazil and Mexico alone and move to Florida. In conclusion let me say that I am glad to see an increasing desire to take the Ad vocate. This I consider an omen for good. I expect to send subscribers frequently, now that the people expect to get a little money. Robert L. Wiggins. « - ■■ Louisville Ct., Ga. Conference.— The Rev. Wm. Hauser writes : After along dreary winter in religion, Bethany, in this circuit, has been visited with a very inter esting revival of religion, under the labors of two of our local preachers, Revs. Jeff. Harvey and Wm. A. Hayles. Thirty-five, mostly young men, joined the Cbuich du ring a protracted meeting held here by these two brethren week before last. Prof. Leroy A. Murphy, the talented and accomplished Principal of Bethany Collegiate Institute, joined the Church with his pupils; and now he and they hold a private prayer-meeting, for mutual edification, one night in every week. The good work goes on. "■'■■■ Bethel Ct., Ga. Conference. —The Rev. Jas. Jones writes : We recently closed a fourteen days’ meeting at Brick Church. Some eight whites were presented to the Church as candidates for membership, and twenty penitents were at the altar for pray er. The Church somewhat revived. We are now holding a meeting at Bethesda Church. Some dozen or more come to the altar for prayer. The Church which has long been near dead, begins to give signs of life. This is encouraging, especially after a long drought, on land and Church. Dr. Lovett has labored with us with good effect. The Lord reward him. Will God’s people pray for us. —— ◄ ♦ * ——— Washington, Ga. —The Rev. Morgan Callaway writes : During the months of Ju ly and August, the Church at this place was unusually active. Services were held with few exceptions, night and morning. Ag gressive energy was put forth, and God smiled upon the effort. Prayer was preva lent, and the Holy Spirit was poured out Much of bitterness was neutralized, frivolity checked, the Church made hopeful, a num ber converted, and fifteen added to the membership. Newberry Ct., S. C. Conference.— The Rev. J. B. Tray wick writes : Since our 3d quarterly meeting the God of all grace has poured out liis Spirit upon us abundant ly, and many souls have been saved The number of conversions among the whites thus far, is 400; number of colored not known. A marked feature at the meetings, is the unity between the various religious denominations of the country. Sectarian ism has received a blow, from which, we hope, it will never be able to recover. CorrafDntitttte. LETTER FROM PARIS. The 16th of August in Paris, is like the 4th of July in New York, and Christmas at the South, only “a good deal more so.” From the Ist to the 13th, little else is talked of here but the Emperor’s Fete. This is a national and church festival combined. On this grand occasion free indulgence, and the greatest liberties are granted both by Church and State. The lame, the halt, the blind, who have been shut up for twelve months by the strictest police regulations, are now permitted to ascend from the dark, damp cellar, and descend from the lofty cramped attics to beseech alms of the millions who are swarming the streets. The privilege of asking alms in the streets of Paris is only granted on the occasion of the fete. Large sums of money are expend ed by the Government in preparing for this annual celebration. The railways reduce the fare to a very low rate, and the country come to town, from Ato Z. I made four excursions on the tops of the omnibuses to the suburbs of the city, to see the vast mul titude of people, as they came crowding in to the city in the antiquated carriages of the first century. The crowd was so great in the street, it were worth one’s life to at tempt to walk. The houses from cellar to garret were decorated with national flags. Even the horses’ heads were ornamented with them. The honor of announcing that the fete had commenced was conferred on the small remnant of the first Napoleon’s old soldiers. The booming cannon was heard at an early hour from the hospital for the superannu ated soldiers. At various points in the city depots of provisions were established, and gratuitously distributed to the poor and in form. Many a human soul was made happy by this charity, which is said to have been paid for out of the Emperor’s private purse. The 600,000 troops received a double por tion of wine, and all who could be relieved from service were permitted to leave the barracks and be out until 12 o’clock at night. The military with their splendid bands paraded the streets, and were objects of great attraction. On this occasion, it is the custom of the old soldiers of the First Emperor to visit his tomb and decorate his grave with a fresh wreath of flowers. This to me was an af fecting and interesting sight. The number of these faithful, old soldiers is diminishing every year; like the fathers of our own Revolution, they have nearly all gone to their rest. At one o’clock the theatres, operas, museums, and all public places of amusement were thrown open without charge for admittance. The vast multitude of people began to assemble around these houses at the dawn of day. Many stood at the doors five to six hours. They were kept in a line of ten abreast by the police. These lines were often several hundred yards in length. This is a proof of the fondness of the French for amusement. They are a gay, light hearted people. On the River Seine the boat races took place. These races drew large crowds to see which boats would win the prize. The garden of the Tuilleries was thronged all day. Near the Royal Pal ace was erected a lofty colonnade formed of colored lamps, arranged with great taste; the letter N in gold color, and the imperial crown, in crimson, appeared on the col umns The four side avenues, leading to the fountain from the Palace, were beauti fully decorated with lamps and Chinese lanterns of the variegated colors of orange, pink, blue, red, and green. The effect was beau ifu 1. The fountains were all turned loose, and the display of water works seen at night through the brilliant illumination was grand to behold. Down the centre ave nue of the garden, stood at equal distances, lofty piles, bearing each an escutcheon of colored lamps having an N in green, sur mounted by white, and a crown in yellow. The tri-colored French flag floated at the top of each. In the Place de Concorde — the famous square where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were* guillotined—the globes were large and of ground glass, light ed with gas. In the centre of that avenue is an ornamental garden, gotten up for the occasion, filled with the choicest flowers and shrubs. This was formed around an “ Egyptian Palace” with lofty colonnades, ha\ing gas pipes running through it. which would give more than 50,000 jets of flame. On the faces, north and south, appeared the Imperial Eagle, and on the east and west, two immense suns. Up the Avenue of Champs Elysees white globes ran along each side for more than a mile extending to the Triumphal Arch. This grand monument was brilliantly illuminated, displaying to fine advantage the historical scenes of the many hard fought battles and victories of Napoleon I. A little after dusk we started in a car riage to the Garden of the Tuilleries and Champs Elysees, but the police stopped us, as can i: ges were not permitted to be driven within a mile of either place. Not willing to risk our lives in the crowd, we drove some four miles, and came in the rear of the illumination where the crowd was not so deme, and where we had a fine view from a high hill near the new Fair Grounds. The ft stooDS of lights crossing each other in every direction, and the beautiful effect of the fountains playing, made the scene quite enchanting. The private houses, markets, hotels, etc., were generally illumi nated either with long lines of gas pipes, or Venetian lauterDS. The use ot fire crack ers in the streets, has wisely been abolished. The fire works on the Seine were grand They commenced by a flight of rockets, succeeded by an eruption of Roman candles, filling the air with various hues. The illu mination representing the initials of the Emperor’s family was probably more ad mired than any part of the exhibition. We reached home a little after midnight, highly delighted with the day’s entertain ment. A finer display of fire works T do not suppose could be produced in any coun try. On this occasion there were twice as many people in the streets of Paris as there are in the whole State of Georgia, and to their credit be it said, I did not during the whole day see a drunken man. This mass of human beings was to me quite interest ing. At one or two crossings on the Seine, the crowds were so dens; that hundreds were trampled under foot, and some twenty persons killed. The wonder is that more accidents did not occur. About 10 o’clock, wc stood on a high point of land near the Triumphal Arch, and had a fine view ot the whole display of fire works. They represented in one portion of the exhibition a battle of infantry and artil lery. You could hear the sound of the musketry, and see the flash of the cannon, and then the fuse shell burst in the air, and a moment more hear the explosion. The scene reminded me forcibly of the Fete on Morris’s Island, gotten up by Gen. Gilmore, for the amusement (?) of the people of Charleston. Just think of a Christian nation who were for two years employed in throwing hot shot and shell into a city, among helpless women and children ! Let it not be told abroad, or written in history, that a nation of broth ers could be engaged in such warfare. His tory teaches us, that civil wars ot all others, are most to be deprecated. Just look at Germany. You see a million and a half of men speaking the same language, sons of the same Fatherland, divided only by artificial lines, engaged in the most deadly conflict, producing desolation and misery throughout the land. Hear wbat a heart-broken moth er says after the last battle fought in Ger many near Prague, when the Austrians suffered so severely, “Deeply afflicted, I announce to our relations and friends, that my beloved husband died yesterday morn ing from the terrible agitation caused by the death of our children. Our five sons, Francis Joseph, Ernest, George, 1 eopold, and Henrich de Stovolinski, have all laid down their lives for their beloved Emperor and master. Four young widows and an only sister mourn with me! De Stovolinski.” What a picture ! Such is war! May a kind and merciful Providence guide our people for all time to come, in the paths of peace, love and unity. G. W. W. August , 1866. Rev. Mr Saunders’s Select School for American Young Ladies in Eu rope.—Mr. Saunders and his wife were formerly at the head of the Female College in Tuscaloosa. They now propose to estab lish in Berlin a school in which the most perfect educational facilities may be afforded such young ladies as may be committed to their charge. This is obviously a most de sirable undertaking. The advantage of pursuing studies under accomplished masters in every branch, and under the care and direction of an experienced and skillful American instructor, and amidst the educat ing surroundings of an old and settled so ciety, and with the aid of the finest works of art, are so manifest that Mr. Saunders has his number nearly complete. Last Sat urday the party sailed. On Friday evening we had the melancholy pleasure of taking our leave of so much genius and loveliness— melancholy for our own sakes, not for theirs. They go to reside amid good society under a powerful kingdom, rising into the strength of empire, while others are compelled to remain where all seems so dark, so insecure, and so tottering. And it was painful to us because it puts the ocean again between us and some that we have tenderly loved through many years of ti ial. May God give them a prosperous voyage, and make the new enterprise a complete and happy sue ce-s ! — N. Y. Watchman. Ministers Emigrating. —The Sumter correspondent of the Charleston Courier writes: Rev. Dr. Chas. Taylor, a member of the South Carolina Conference, and former ly missionary to China, who has during this year been a resident of this town as pastor of the Sumter Circuit, has accepted the Presidency ot a College at Millersburg, near Lexington, Kentucky, and will shortly re move to his new fitdd ot labor in that State. Inadequacy of support is his only reason for leaving us. W hatever lie may gain by the change, it is very certain that we gain nothing. The Conference loses a member greatly endeared to the ministry and mem bership throughout its bounds, and the State loses a valuable citizen. Rev. 11. A. 0. Walker, of the same Conference, and now stationed at Summerton, is also about to transfer his connection to the Kentucky Conference. Few, if any, are more widely known, or more generally beloved in South Carolina. That such men have tq seVeYr the fond associations of past years and leave the State, is indeed to be regretted. Rev. J. W. Wightman, a brother of the Bishop, expects to make a similar move; and how many others will be added to the list remain* to be seen. One thing is evident, that if the people of any and all denominations wish to retain the services of theii time honored pastors, they must support them better. ■ »»■••*« Street Preaching. —The Baltimore Gazette of the 15th instant, says that the Methodist Ephcopal Church, South, having but few churches in this city, have adopted the plan of the olden time of preaching in the open air. Every Sunday aiternoon they preach on Broadway, at the foot of Wildey Monument. It is a mission under the charge of Rev. Dabney Ball, who will be assisted to morrow afternoon by Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Bond. The object is to build up a society in that part of the city. 5