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Southern Christian locate.
MACON, GEORGIA, JULY 24,1868.
The Wesleyan Female College.
When we went to press last week the
® Commencement exercises of this Institution
were in progress. We can cordially en
dorse the good opinion expressed respecting
these exercises in the report of the Visiting
Committee, found elsewhere in these col
umns. We could add nothing to the com
pleteness of this report, unless by parading
the name s of the many young ladies partici
pating in the exercises before the public—
for which we have neither space nor (in
consideration of good taste) inclination.
We have not, since the war, seen so large
audiences as graced this occasion; and all
seemed interested, entertained and highly
gratified. The standard of education in
this Institution is higher than in any other
Institution for young ladies in the land, and
great pressure has been brought to bear
upon the Trustees to reduce this standard,
and popularize the course, in order to draw
a larger patronage than these embarrassing
times will allow to a college of very exten
sive cunlculum. But they have steadily
resisted, believing tLat as times improve and
money becomes more plenty, notwithstand
ing the lofty standard here erected, the
days of her old prosperity will return to the
Institution, and that she will number, as
aforetime, more pupils than aDy other In
stitution in the land.
It has always embarrassed this InstitU'-
tion that it never has had an endowment.
For many reasons, the Board has needed,
but lacked a yearly surplus fund, to appro
priate for enlargement, improvement and
beautifying the grounds. Such a fund
would be greatly useful, just now, in provi
ding for the educational necessities of many
young ladies who are unable to educate
themselves. For years, the Trustees have
been casting about, to see if there were any
means of obtaining the needed endowment.
At last the happy idea ot an “Endowment
Association” has been lit upon; and it is
believed that in this will be found the ne
cessary relief. The last South Georgia
Conference proposed to the Trustees that
they should inaugurate such an Associa
tion ; and it was accordingly done, at the
close of the Commencement exercises.
Bishop Pierce made one of his brilliant ad
dresses, and set tho ball in motion, and in a
few minutes about eighty names were se
cured, a Constitution adopted, and officers
elected. Five hundred names arc solicited.
The plan is simple. Each member is
pledged to give $lO a year, in aid of the
Institution, unless, for any cause, tho sub
scriber declines further payments, in which
case it is to bo considered that no obligation
is violated. These payments arc to be made
in January, or July, at the option of the
subscriber; and the Board of Managers of
the Association aro to give direction to the
appropriation of tho funds. An anniversary
meeting is to be held during Commence
ment; and the Association is to be kept
alivo., through all time,,by making it a ccn-
L, jbBJCU 1 ., an tire annua* vjuiiege iratm*
Now, here are all the elements of suooess.
The thousand friends of this noble old In
stitution in Georgia, and other Southern
States—the numerous pupils and graduates,
their husbands and children, are for the
future to bo looked to as the guardians and
supporters of the Wesleyan Female College.
They will not only not let it fail, but they
will lift it out of all its embarrassments.
Ten Dollars per annum from each one of
insures to it a future of unbounded
■prosperity. Beautified, enlarged, thoroughly
r furnished in every department, its wants
met systematically from year to year by a
liberal public, its tuition and other expenses
reduoed because it has an income outside
of thorn, it will, from this time, take anew
departure, and move on a higher plane of
useful labor. Let the Church thus take
up one of her most important agencies for
good, and tfcc most glowing inspiration of
hope cannot make extravagant prophecy
respecting the future of this Mother of
Female Colleges.
We address many readers deeply inter
ested in tho Institution. They propose to
give it aid. Let them send to Rev. E H.
Myers, Treasurer, their names, post office,
and their donation for the present year, that
the list of members may grow as rapidly as
possible. Already the managers have ap
propriated SSOO to a very necessary use;
and wo now call for the money, without de
lay. We beg that every friend of the Col
lege will respond to this earnest appeal.
The Savannah District-meeting.
The brief but comprehensive report from
the presiding elder respecting this meeting,
published last week, renders it scarce ne
cessary to say what we were reserving for
an article in this week’s paper. The old
at Bethany witnessed a scene
reminded many of the days of yore.
The power o« the Holy Uhost was present
tjrconvict, convert and bless. The Church
was edified and stimulated. New plans
were devised, new purposes formed, anew
zeal inspired. Our stay was brief, but from
the spirit predominant in the meeting, and
the results attending the sermons, from tho
excellent opening discourse of Rev. D. D.
Cox, to the last we heard, by Bishop Pierce,
we felt sure, when we left, that a great
meeting was in progress. We rejoice to
learn from those who remained to its close,
that these expectations were fulfilled.—
Thank God ! for the District-meeting.
The Week of Prayer.
We hope the Church will not forget to
prepare for the protracted services recom
mended by our Bishops to be held August
23-30th. As Friday the 28th is to be ob
served as a day of fasting and humiliation,
the Nashville Advocate very wisely sug
gests, that previously a sermon shall be
preached to all the congregations on the
duty and value of fasting and of observing
public fasts.
We have heard it suggested, too, that it
were well that those in charge of the pro
tracted meeting should select a topio for
each day—a topic to engage the attention
of the entire Church, and to become the
subject of prayerful examination by all the
members—such as, the attention to social
worship, for one day; to family religion, for
another; personal growth in grace, for an
other; the prosperity of missions, for an
other,; the call of young men to the minis
try, for another; the outpouring of the Holy
Ghost upon the church and ministry, for an-
other ; the conversion of the world, for an
other, etc., etc. ,
Even if all these topics are not chosen,
and if every day be not thus devoted to
special subjects, yet there are some of them
which should engage serious attention—
none more fully than the increase of labor
ers in the Lord’s vineyard. The thought
and prayers of the Church should be care
fully given to this important subject. We
do not now propose to discuss it. We only
throw out this hint, lest a matter of moment
should be crowded out of mind by the many
interesting topics that must arise on such
an occasion as a week of prayer, observed
throughout the whole Church.
Death of Gabriel P. Disosway—
Gabriel P. Disosway, Esq., retired to rest
Thursday night, July 9th, after having
passed the day in perfect health, and feel
ing, as he said, unusually well. In a shoria
time he spoke of oppressive heat, and soont
, afterward of a sensation of faintness. Froml
this he did not rally, and in a few moments!
had sunk, without struggle or pain, into the!
sleep which has its waking in the world ofl
endless day. Mr. Disosway was born ini
New York city, in 1798. His parents wercl
both members of old John street church,!
and were among the earliest of American I
Methodists. lie experienced religion while I
a student in Columbia College., from which I
he graduated in 1819, and joined himself!
to the church in which he had been reared. I
For some years he was engaged in mercan-1
tile pursuits in New York, and in Peters-1
burg, Va, but retired from active business I
life twenty years ago, since which time he I
has quietly resided at his pleasant home — 1
“The Clove,” Staten Island. He was well I
known to the older generation of Southern I
Methodists, and was, for years, an occasional I
contributor to the Southern Christian Ad
vocate.
Bisnoi* Marvin expects to sail from
New York to California, July 24. He has
removed his family from O’Fallon to St.
Louis, Mo. •
(ftomsputoita.
Bishop Pierce in Kentucky.—No 111.
Mr. Editor: —Having given you a
hasty sketeh of my recent tour in the Ken
tucky and Louisville Conferences, I close
with the following reflections :
Since my first visit officially in 1857,
there has been the most decided improve
ment in the Conference and the Church.
It is more obvious to one who, like me,
comes and goes, than to those, perhaps, who
remain upon the ground and are familiar
with every thing. This change for the
better Is mere discernible in the spirit of
the preachers, their unity, harmonious ac
tion, increasing enterprise, renewed devo
tion to thoir work. Tho secession, three
years ago, eliminated a discordant element,
and those who remained came at once into
closer fellowship, mutual confidence, inten
sified affe.t on. Cliques, jealousies, antag
onisms eamo to an end, and relying upon
each other, they went to work with one
heart and mind, rejoicing in each other’s
success. The people, too, have felt the
impulse, and co-operate more heartily than
aforetime. The ministry and membership
have been favored, and all are beiqg mould
•wuitiu a liigun ijpv
anity.
The Northern Methodist Church may
live nominally, whilo tho present actors on
the stage survive. Impelled by ambition,
and sustained by missionary funds and
Church-extension societies, they will hold
on a spell, but, like the rest of our race,one
by one they will drop into the grave, or dis
couraged, if not disgusted, they will emi
grate to a more congenial clime. “It is
written ” the enterprise will come to naught.
It is the lesson of history.
The great contest in Kentucky is not
with Northern Methodism, but with Catnp
bellism. Without a well-defioed creed or
any authorized standard of doctrine, or even
of opinion, except with regard to immersion
much of the teaching of this sect so dilutes
Christianity that those who accept it at their
hands, hardly get a homeopathic dose of it.
The silence of our pulpit on this subject is
betraying our owu people into loose notions
of experimental godliness. Our preachers
must bear tbeir testimony against these er
rors, prudently, meekly, but faithfully. I
am no abettor of strife or even of contrpver
sy, but I insist that ministerial fidelity de
mands a trumpet voieo against every theory
of religion which ignores heart-repentanco,
the new birth, the witness of the Spirit,and
revivals.
Our Church in Kentucky occupies the
vantage-ground in many respects, and is re
sponsible for the use she makes of it. Red
ford’s History of Methodism in Kentucky
comes out very opportunely, to tone up the
sentiments of the Church, by the romance
of the early times, to stimulate modern zeal
by the example of the fathers, to give fresh
vitality and vigor to the denominational
feeling, by the glorious records of the past.
I commend the book. Let it be widely dif
fused and read, till the spirit of aggression
once more animates the Church, and the
great revival shall be no loDger simply a
marvel of history, but a living scene, a re
alized experience.
Two things on this trip have surprised me
very much. One is,that in the country whore
our people have built Methodist Churches,
they have done so well, shown so much
taste, enterprise, and liberality. I saw sev
eral, heard of others, just every thing they
ovigixi to V>o. Pot this X heartily commend
all concerned. The other is, that there are
so many union Churches. Thiais all wrong.
Good will, fraternal fellowship, love among
all Christian people—this is right; but let
each one have his own house of worship. —
On my first circuit there were three union
Churches, and they were dry places for us
all, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.
Neither party prospered. So I have found
it ever since, everywhere. We are in
each other’s way—conflict of appointments,
disputes about days, and collisions which
neutralize each and all. There is no excuse
for this evil. Are you weak and poor ?
Build a-plain log house This any neigh
borhood can do. - Let it be your own to
have and to hold, to come and to go, to
open and to shut. You cannot develop
Methodism without it. Without it, you
will have to give up your class meetings,
give love-feasts the go by, drop your prayer
meetings, have a union Sunday school,
where, of course, there must be no Metho
dist catechisms or books on theology. There
can be no free, full gspwn, vigorous Metho
dism under this arrangement. You have
sacrificed your independence. Association
in this way is contagion. You cannot help
yourself. If you keep your faith as to doc
trine, you will modify your experience as to
its spirit and modes of expression. If you
have a revival, it is hampered by the cour
tesies and jealousies of your partners, and
your own fear of offence. When you shake
the tree they gather the fruit. Gome out,
brethren, and set up for yourselves. Be
Methodists out and out. Live peaceably
with all, but maintain your individuality.
Keep up all our peculiarities. Preach like
Methodists, pray like Methodists, sing liko
Methodists. Imitation weakens us. Saul’s
armor does not fit us. Stick to the sliug
and tho stone. Israel ruined herself when
she asked for a king, that she might be
(‘like other nations.” There is nothing
}n Methodism to be ashamed of. Cherish
reverence for her history. Believe her
theology, admire her system, sustain her in
stitutions ; defend her when she is opposed;
se k to develop all her resources; live up
to her “ General Rules.” Shun bigotry,
exclusiveness, ritualism. Cherish charity
for all, but thank God yon are a Methodist.
Beware of “ liberality,’’ falsely so called.
It is the devil’s bait on the devil’s hook to
catch unwary souls. Once more I say,
build your own houses of worship, and when
they are open, always occupy your place
therein. A log-herusejs. bush harbor, a Meth
od ist tree, is better for us than any partner
ship arrangement. Have done with union
churches. What you save in money, you
lose in members; what you gain in accom
modation as to a better house, is lost in
power as to a distinct denomination.
Will my good friends pardon me if I say
that both Confereiras are behind with their
finances? I think I know tho causes which
produced and have perpetuated this short
coming. But I will not meddle with first
causes. At present, both preachers and
people are at fault. One party is timid and
_thc_other_backward, and both delinquen^or
To fill up
the werk at the next Conference I shall
need ten thousand dollars. Can not 15,000
members give it? Will they? The moun
tain districts must be served. The scattered
sheep must be refolded. Thee preachers
must have bread. In the name of the
Church I le t them forth, with the prom
ise of support. They have gone, worked,
suffered, endured. They have trusted me.
Let us all “ push on the great work.” This
was Bishop Soule’s last message to the
Church. Dear brethren, build the family
altar ; read, and sing, and pray, night and
morning. Train your children in the way
they should go. Teach them to love Meth
odism ; carry them with you to the house
of God, to the class-meeting and the love
feast. Keep up your Sunday school; buy
books; give, work, and teach ; hunt up the
poor and the neglected ; “ bring the out
casts in.” Pray for a revival in the Church
in the school, in your own heart. Lord,
send now prosperity.
Geo. F. Pierce.
Amoricus District, S. Ga. Conference-
Mr. Editor : My protracted absence from
the columns of your excellent and improv
ing journal is attributable, not to indiffer
ence or inertness, but to the length and
breadth of my oharge. Here are portions
of Macon, Schley, Sumter, Webster, Stew
art, Quitman, Randolph, Clay, Terrel, Lee,
Dougherty, Dooly, Worth and Irwin coun
ties —all to be seen by steam and saddle—
evangelized, disciplined and visited pasto
rally.
Fifty-two quarterly meetings! Super
intendency of temporal and spiritual inter
ests i_“ care of all the ehurohefa^—“dcbjmr
to an otay tne tnowgnt. w nat
responsibility ! What a field for labor and
usefulness! What wisdom, piety, pru
dence, application and nerve are needed for
successful tillage ! Who would expect to
seethe pastor of such a charge subjected
to the expense, outfit, embarrassment of
his owu hired Douse ? A single District
with thirty-six hundred white communi
cants ! How amusing to hear such a Church
held up as “ a sect ’’ by Bishops unconfined
to a “pentup Utica,” presiding over a Dio
cese— 1 “ the Church ” —a boundless universe
of twenty-three hundred members!
A truce to reflections —and Geography
until we meet in Albany.
We arc in the “ black belt ’’ but have no
apprehension of insurrection or murder.
Baling petty larcenies, not always confined
to color, the country is quiet, orderly—safe.
The freedmen are largely conservative, and,
as a class, are more industrious aud less
insolent than in higher latitudes. This
good order and peace will increase whenever
and wherever the self-interest of all classes
is permitted to think and act for itself.
And this liberty will follow, upon the re
moval of bayonets and bureaus—provided
that mammoth, missionary-politico-religious,
disintegrating communion constrained by
the love of Christ (!) should not introduce
a “ pure gospel,” and substitute our class
and other social meetings, by political con
claves.
The planter’s prospects are unpromising.
Rain is needed. If God is seekiug to re
form our manners, purge away our iniquities,
aud prepare the Church of this stricken
South for a mission freighted with blessings
for the ends of the earth—the rod remains
iu His hand, and swifter, heavier chastise
ment may fall upon us. “Be still and
know that I am God; I will be exalted
among the heathen, I will be exalted in
the earth.” Christians should have done
with every shade of skepticism —initiate
reformation —repair broken altars, and ask
of the Lord “rain in the time of the latter
rain.’’ “ Then shall we eat in plenty and
be satisfied, and my people shall never be
ashamed.”
The spiritual statffof the District is im
proving. At Albany, Adam’*, Cuthben,
Preston and other points, we have had
profitable meetings. The ministry, travel
ing and local, are in harmony, 'have the
work at heart, and, with sickle in hand
enter the field already white unto harvest.
It is pleasant to be associated with such
men. To see local ministers—taxed by do
mestic cares and pressed by want —commit
loved ones and interests to God and go
forth swinging the seed baskets of eternity
—to see intinerants resist the haste for
riches—resign themselves to the merest
skeleton of a support and without strife or
murmuring preach Christ for Christ’s sake
—to see all these alive to the clarion tones
of a world wide commission, all instant in
season, and out of season—praying a world
to be reconciled to God—abolishing a vain,
ritualistic, demoralizing dogma by inculoa
ting aud illustrating a religion with a soul
and a witness. Oh, sir! such specimens of
the moral sublime assimilate us to the Re
formers, Apostles, Prophets—yea to Him
who became poor that we through his pov
erty might be rich. In patriarchal days
such faith and courage attracted and enter
tained angels—received their benedictions,
and dismissed them with zeal and bliss in
tensified.
We would be understood. I write these
things to educate—lead out—a higher ap
preciation of these servants of Christ. We
would not parade their sacrifices: neither
should the Church surrender a willing, la
borious, uncomplaining ministry to a single
unnecessary embarrassment. Many—too
many—have no just conceptions of a min
ister’s call and work—dignity and duty.
Better trained, they would cease to regard
us as burdens—to speak of ns as gentle
men at leisure, instead of “ laborers ” fer
the Lord—to maintain us as creatures cf
oharity, troublesome mendioants, instead of
accredited ambassadors from the Court of
Heaven. Oh! sir, lam sick of the selfish
ness, the stint of our untrained economy.
“Live of the Gospel ’’ I Heaven has select
ed a liberal, live word, and our people must
SOTJTHEHIsr CHRIariAN ADVOCATE.
away with that exegesis which narrows
down a gospel living to a bony, shadowy,
ghostly existence. We must teach them
(prudently —fearlessly) that such a living
assessed by the Great Steward of the Church
and apportioned according to individual
prosperity is more material than souls and
more corporeal than simple breath.
We are seeking a more effective organiza
tion. So essential everywhere, it is indis- !
pensable to the Chureh. No antiquity, 1
doctrines, prestige, polity, condition can
atone for the absence of completeness of or
ganization. A Church cursed with swarms
of stragglers in the rear and an undrilled,
demoralized soldiery in ranks will flee or
falter or fall before the missiles of the slight
est skirmish.
Last Sunday was spent with the Church
of this growing and interesting city. It
was my privilege and pleasure to visit tfie
Sabbath-school, superintended by my friend-,
President Wilson—preach two sermons,
administer the sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper and conduct a class-meeting. May
the esteemed pastor find each successive
.one as this—a well of water. On the 22d
lour District meeting convenes at Dawson,
■Bishop Pierce presiding. Fail not to favor
lus with the light of your countenance.
I Yours in Christ,
I J. B. McGeheb.
I Americu.s, July Bth.
I Tallahassee District-meeting.
I Mr. Editor : It was my privilege to at
tend, as one of the delegates, the second
■Tallahassee District-meeting which con- 1
tonm) at Tallahassee.-Wednoaday. 3dJlU»«r-
Bind continued with increasing interest un-
Btil Saturday afternoon. '
I No doubt the presence, the direction and
Igodiy counsel of our loved Bishop would
■have contributed additional interest to the
■Meeting, but while we all felt disappointed
lon account of his absence, we were honored
■jy the presence of Jesus, “the Bishop of
Kouls.’’
1 Rev. W. F. Easterling, P. E., of the
■District, was President of the Conference."
I The opening sermon was preached by
TDr. Josephus Anderson from St. Lake,
xvi: 8.
An impressive and instructive discourse,
delivered with great earnestness, and well
calculated to quicken intelligent zeal and
diligence both in the ministry and laity.
The Church in Florida is awakening to a
right appreciation of the District and
monthly meetings, and those meetings are
surely destined to accomplish a great spir
itual good for Methodism.
There was a good representation of the
several charges iu the District, and I am sat
isfied that the Delegates have gene home,
from this meeting more thoughtiul aud
prayerful, with enlarged conceptions of their
privileges and duties and resolved “ to take
heed afresh to themselves and the flock over
which the Holy Ghost hath made them
overseers.’’
The second day was devoted to hearing >
statements from the ministers and delegates
in regard to the general condition of the
Church. It may be that this is a custom
ary part of the order of business for Dis
trict Conferences. Certainly it ought to
be; for it gives a clear and concise view of
the religious status of each charge, brings
out for comparisou and emulation the plans
of pastors and stewards, and stimulates
Christian sympathy and charity.
Emory and Wofford Colleges have placed
us under bonds of gratitude by the gener
erous offer to educate free of tuition charges
all young men within the bounds of the
Florida Conference who feel called of God
to preach the gospel. This action on thqg
part of those excellent anjl well known Inf
stitutions, ought to and surely will commanlk
for them a much larger patronage in thaw
State, from those who are able to send thein
sons to College. I
WT ICTTP « omwiwi I. .. ■ irtj J
have sent one young man to each Institution, J
and this District-meeting has authorized thel
collection of two hundred dollars to be ap-B
propriated to the paying of their board. I■
believe several other District-meetings ini
this State have made appropriations for the
same purpose.
The Meeting appointed a Committee of
ten, composed of ministers and laymen, to
act in reference to the establishment of one
or more District Academies. The commit
tee have gone to work promptly and we
hope to see those schools fully organized
by the first of 1869.
Rev. Benj. How, T. J. Perkins, Geo. W.
Taylor and Dr. R. Gardner were eleoted
delegates to the Annual Conference: and
W. A. Giles, J. S. Bernard, W. H.
Scott and Jas D. Wade were elected alter
nates.
The next District-meeting was appointed
to be held in Quiney, the first Thursday in
June, A D. 1869 ; provided the Presiding
Elder Lave authority to change the time, so
as to secure the attendance of the Bishop.
Rev. Jas. O. Branch will preach the
Annual Sermon.
Several times during the Session, busi
ness was suspended and the conference
united in prayer to God in behalf of absent
and sick members and for the revival of
His work in the Distiict. On each of these
occasions, it pleased the Master of Assem
blies graciously to reveal Himself in our
midst.
Your correspondent with several other
delegates remained iu Tallahassee over Sab
bath, and right glad we are that we did so,
as it gave us an opportunity of visiting the
Sabbath school under the superintendency
of Bro. T. J. Perkins. For over twenty
years he has occupied that eminently useful
and exalted position. The school is large
and flourishing; well officered aud well dis
ciplined. The singing was delightful. We
noticed that even the smallest children were
interested and took part in this soul-inspi
ring exercise. Tho scholars are trained to
cheerful and liberal giving. Every Sab
bath morning they bring up contributions
for missionary and other causes. The
morning I was with them, I think the con
tribution amounted to seven or eight dollars,.
Rev. R. M, Tydinjas
priate and moving address to the school in
the afternoon.
Our hearts were made glad to see so
many young men and young ladies, mem
bers of the Church, and taking an active
interest in the Sabbath-school and Church
services.
The Chureh at Tallahassee seems to be
in good working condition. The report
from the pastor and stewards was truly re
freshing.
But this communication is assuming un
warrantable proportions. Pardon me. 1
cannot conclude, however, without referring
to the cheering and Christian heart-welcome
extended to the Conference by the citizens
of Tallahassee. It would fully repay you,
Doctor, for a trip all the way from Macon
to be a partaker of Tallahassee hospitality.
Hoping you will be present at our next
Conference, I remain very truly and fra
ternally, Jas. D. Wade, Sec’y.
Alonticello, Florida, July 11, 1868.
Tallassee—Auburn College and its
Late Commencement.
Mr. Editor On 2d July I set out for
Tallassee, to be present at a Sabbath-school
celebration on the 4th, and to make the
ohildren a talk. The oeoasion was a plea
sant one. Large numbers were in attend
ance, both of old men and children, young
men and maidens. After the religious ex
eroises at the Baptist church, the S. S.
scholars, in procession, marched to a grove
near by, where tubs of iced lemonade and
other rolishable things awaited us. In the
afternoon my kind brother, Rev. Mr. Tim
mons, preacher in charge of the oirouit,
carried me in his buggy to near Cole’s Sta
tion, where I took the oars, and prooeeded
to Auburn, to attend the Commencement
exercises of the Male College. - The Com
mencement of the Female College, nnder
the Presidency of Rev. J. K. Armstrong,
had just closed, aud is spoken of as having
In quite interesting.
•On the sth, your worthy friend, Dr. Sum
ws, preached the introductory sermon to
flrilliant and delighted congregation. His
Ipwn pulpit ability precludes anything
ns laudation. He was present not for
&>lay, but to do his Master’s work; to de
fer a message of truth and wisdom to the
■mg men, upon whom the welfare of this
(fcutry, social, political and religious, de
peik.
JTork, in its relation to God and man, !
and eternity, constituted the staple of
discourse. It was exceedingly profita
ik in that we were (I judge others by
«seit) left under the conviction that our
W:k had been poorly done in the past, and
tit we were determined the future should
y testimony to our improvement. The
gator’s known’habits of industry wero a
illustration of his theme. He be
ings to the great workers of the age, and
<Aman has a right to speak more authorita-
Usly_on that subject than he. It is not
qPSnim, “do as I tell you, but do as I do.”
for Christ and the good of the
ohrch entitles one to be put in the line of
t? apostolical succession, then he belongs
tire, along with Luther, Zuingle, Knox,
1 Jalmers and Wesley. May he be divinely
attained and long spared to serve his gen
eVtion. At night he preached a most edi
ffcg discourse on the “Witness of the
■rit.’’
HRhe Commencement exercises through
■Lwere very pleasing. The speakors of
classes showed careful training
VRkory, and acquitted themselves in a
■Mw-whieh does hopor to their pweeep-
Hil which inspires* parental Hearts
hope for their future. The orig-
of the Junior and Senior
*Wes were, for the most part, highly com-
Waentary to the heads and hearts of the
flfekers. They showed that they were not
'jlensiblc to the demands of the times, that
t jy were equipping themselves for tho
wtest with poverty and all the other incon
tinences consequent upon the recent war.
fLe subjects dwelt upon were, Education,
3s of Adversity, True Greatness, Self
lp, Conquest of Difficulties, Labor, the
ice of Success, etc. Never before have I
*' t so deeply the importance of educating
ol r young people. The redemption and
P isperity of the South depends upon it.
i luoated mind and heart can alone, under
s blessing of God, raise it from its fallen
S ate and send it forward on a career of
* *nor and glory.
} i)n Tuesday night, Rev. J. B. Cottrell
girded the prizes to the Sophomore spea
|j |. Being called away for the time on
“|flhiess, I was debarred the pleasure of
;fcring him ; but competent judges mcn
jined bis effort in terms of praise. It is
irid to have been piquant, humorous and
Radical —well adapted to the occasion,
t Bishop MoTyeire delivered the Literary
“ddress on Wednesday. He discussed the
iv ility of studying the ancient languages;
Jld though one may imagine the subject to
% a dry one, and only suited to the taste of
or an Anthon, and their disciples,
it was invested with an interest that
Wed the attention of all classes present.
Horace and Virgil, had they been present,
Hold not have failed to relish the rich lit
jjSn'y repast, and to have accepted, in the
ptrson of the distinguished speaker, an able
a Aologist and advocate of their noble lan
guage. Right glad would I be to see it
spread out n someone of our church pa
ler?, or in all of them, that all who aro
vgterested in the education of tho young
““light study it. It merits more than a
existence. It should have per
akuity in some of our best Reviews and
■■azines.
Jf Bwo young men graduated—W. W.
and W. T. Pattillo. Both of these
in high esteem by the Faculty for
scholarship and personal worth. The
and prs*uji## aoiioL
Hess to me enurcli. BevuraT young men
with tho Institution are expect
engage in the work of the ministry,
are favorably mentioned as studious
habits, and as making that general
■Mgress which gives promise of much fu-
Tre usefulness.
JOn Wednesday night, tho College halls
JJire thrown open to visitors and friends,
ir social intercourse and conversation. Old
Jhd young mingled most pleasantly together,
jj nd amid kind words and smiles seemed to
ive forgotten each their sorrows and to
rs ive bid “dull care” adieu. We could but
j call the better days, before the desolations
u war had come, when this Institution,
0| ider the Presidency of the lamented Sas
w :«, opened with over one hundred pupils,
■d gladdened the hearts of all its friends
being no insignificant rival of the best
:ucational agencies of the land.
It has suffered much. Not a few of the
j e mug men who first entered its halls were
w ft on the gory fields of war. Very many
jji so subscribed to its endowment fund have
7 ed to see an empty purse, and have notli-
Jjjg to give it but their prayers and good
tit has trembled amid the rude blasts
dsfortune which have assailed it; yet,
ligh the divine goodness, it stands, and
rust in God that it is destined to stand,
rough the ages to como, a blessing to the
£ ung men of the country and a glory to the
lurch.
President Jas. F. Dowdell and his able
and worthy co-laborers seem determined to
ide by its fortunes—to live or die with
. • it, and to secure for it, so far as human
lD itrumentality goes, signal and complete
su jeess.
, The Institution was more prosperous this
jj in last year. And there has been a plan
a0 opted by which the advantages of a lib
er il education are to be placed within the
.oh of almost every young man. The
P .a will be made known in due time. By
younfemen can rent rooms, and furnish
. t clothing and provisions, and obtain tui
«, at bout a cost of SIOO for the scho
%tio year of ten months.
_lThere oan be no reflection upon any young
in these times, will submit to the
rS it rigid and humble regimen to obtain an
llr? ’nation. I ~
“fTnnfMM «re TrOHTiio co'bdiitfon rlse,
part, there all the honor lies.”
>Ve hope that the inducements offered for
ah (education to our young men will prove
in bistible; that they will avail themselves
of the opportunity to enrich their minds
wi h useful knowledge, and, in thus eleva
tti i their own condition, they may elevate
an 1 serve their own beloved South. Five
ha idred pupils can find accommodation at
thi i Institution. All worthy students, how
ev'-r humble their circumstances, will have
Ur sympathy and respect of the comma
tit y. The society of Auburn is intelligent,
: ef ned and moral. It is an exceedingly
Jei .lthy locality, I heard one of its leading
»h; isicians say, recently, that he intended,
tn< ther year, to give up medicine, and go
t> arming, as the place was too healthy to
mike the former profitable.
,May the smiles of Heaven rest upon all
the Institutions of the Church.
i ■ Yours, C. D. Oliver.
—fitly IS, 1868,
Wesleyan Female College.
V REPORT 07 VISITING COMMITTEE.
'fhe Examining Board of Visitors to the
Wesleyan Female College at Macon, take
great pleasure in bearing publio testimony
to the thoroughness of the course of study
and of the instruction of the pnpils in this
venerable seat of learning. The examina
tion of all the classes was creditable alike to
pupil and preceptor. The Sophomore,
Juuior and Senior exhibitions, that of the
Adelphean Soeiety on Monday night, and
the annual Concert on Tuesday night, were
all excellent. The ease and graoe with
whioh the young ladies oomposed and read
tbeir compositions, their invariable distinct
ness of pronunoiation, propriety of empha
sis and modulation of voice, entitle them
selves and their Professors to onr unquali
fied praise; whilst the eonoert, instrumen
tal and vocal, was highly oreditable to the
youthful performers and sweet young sing
ers, and their Instructors in music.
The Literary Address of Dr. Wills added
to his already finished reputation as a man
of geriius and taste, and his subject—
Woman, her Vocation and Education —
though the theme of poet and orator for
centuries—was presented with strokes so
fresh and colors so rare and beautiful, as to
unfold anew and lovely picture to the eyes
of the large assembly.
The Baccalaureate Address of Dr. Bon- i
nell was one of the most practical, beauti- •
ful and finished productions of the kind
ever delivered on any stage. The promi
nent thought of his address—around which
central diamond many a rare jewel was ar
ranged with singular art by liis tasteful
hand —was, that education oonsisted not so
much in storing the mind with knowledge
as a mere receptacle of information, as, in
so training each organ of mind by use, oc
cupation, employment, that the whole mind
might be led out —a self sustaining—self
reliant—self-acting agent —thus made ready
by exercise to complete its own education;
and, presenting strikingly to the young
ladies of the graduating class the fact, that
the passing moment was the point of time
when their minds would cease to receive as
sistance Irom Preceptors and Tutors, he
exhorted them tenderly and kindly, yet
with much force and earnestness, to seek
at once active employment that they might,
by Ihe continued exercise of their mental
faculties, perfect an education so auspicious
ly begun and so full of promise.
At the close <nj| this ad4eess and after the
degrees were conferred. Bishop Pierce,
with his usual energy and eloquence, ad
dressed the large audience in behalf of tho
College; and proposed an Association for
its endowment by annual contributions of
ten dollars for membership. The Associa
tion was formed, some eighty or a hundred
members immediately joined, a President,
Vice President, Managing Board, and Sec
retary and Treasurer were elected—the re
sult of which will, it is hoped and believed,
enlarge the usefulness, and perpetuate the
blessings of this noble, and now venerable,
Female College.
By order of the Board of Visitors.
James Jackson, Ch’n.
Mecklenburg Female College, Char
lotte. N. C.—Annual Commencement.
The Annual Examination took plaoo on
the Ist and 2d July. The pupils gave most
satisfactory evidence of proficiency in ail
the branches usually taught in colleges.
There is no question about the thorough
ness with which they have been taught and
their rapid progress in learning.
We were assured that the mode of exam
ination adopted was to interrogate without
previous intimation as to the page or seotion
of the text-book, and that the pupils were
not drilled merely to make a public display.
On the 2d inst., compositions were sub
mitted by the younger students, and of the
number who read very creditably, the com
mittee adjudgod Miss Lizzie Yates as enti
tled to the prize for.superior elocution.
The sermon before the young ladies was
preaohed on Sunday morning, the sth, in
the Methodist churoh, by the Rev. T. B.
Sargent, D. D., of Portsmouth, Va., and was
an able and eloquent exposition of a part of
the 12th verse of the 15th chapter of Ist
Peter.
Tho Sophomore and Junior Exhibition
came off on Tuesday, July 7tli.
The Commencement exercises occurred
on Tuesday evening.
The attendance was very large—many
were oompollcd to stand during the evening.
Tho musio interspersing tho exercises
afforded pleasure to the audience and added
much to the interest of the occasion.
Tho awarding of prizes for the best read
■Tng-TTt 1 Tjuuipusmons was u mostrpleasing
oeremony.
The competition did not extend to the
Senior Class.
By request, the Rev. E. J. Moynardie, as
chairman of the committee on the reading
of the younger students, whioh was done on
the 2d inst, in a very feeling and affection
ate address presented an elegant copy of the
New Testament to Miss Yates, who, as
gracefully as she had appeared as a reader,
received it from his hand. Dr. Sargent, of
the committee to award the prize to the
best reader on tho occasion of the Sopho
more and Junior exhibition, presented a
a beautiful photographic album to Miss
Florella Moynardie, accompanied with com
plimentary remarks.
Miss Whitaker, of Thomasville, N. C.,
was the only graduate, ller graduating
composition was truly excellent. Its liter
ary ability, its style and taste, we have never
known surpassed on any similar occasion.
It was genuinely eloquent.
The allusion to the President who had
been her educator for the last several years,
to his wife, and to his able and accom
plished professor, Jones,was most felicitous.
The graduation of one young lady like this
would do honor to any literary institution.
The President, llev. A. G. Stacy, A. M., in a
feeling and appropriate address, presented
to her the well earned diploma and a hand
some Bible, conferring upon her the first
Degree in Polite Literature.
The President stated that her grade had
always been first; her deportment always
exemplary.
Two French and two Latin compositions
were well read. We were particularly struck
with the reading of one of the Latin.
During the scholastic year one hundred
and fifty-four pupils have been enrolled in
this Institution. The next annual session,
as announced by the President, will open
October the Ist, with a full Faculty of able
and accomplished instructors.
It will be the object, as we arc informed,
not only to educate pupils in the solid
branches, but to give special attention to
the Ornamental Department; to Music in
particular. Without any attempt at com
pliment, we leave the Institution to speak
for itself. . Observer
LETTHw-raaM CHINA.'
Rev. E. W. Sehon, See. For Miss. Board M. E. Church.
South:
My Dear Brother :—By the mail via San
Francisco, of January 17th, I forwarded
you a brief financial and general report of
the China Mission for the year 1867, which
I hope will reach you prior to the next
meeting of the Board. By the present op
portunity I write to inform you that, in con
sequence of no remittances having yet
reached us, I have been necessitated to ac
cept the charge of the Government Anglo-
Chinese School at this place for another
year.
The position is certainly a desirable one,
and is so regarded by the Missionaries gen
erally, yet I must confess it is one whioh I
accept, not of choice, but from necessity.
I long to consecrate my whole soul to tho
preaching of the Gospel, and would gladly
surrender the school for tho wore congenial
labors of the active ministry.
The Missionary field at this time is posi
tively inviting—the utmost freedom of ac
cess to the interior obtains; in many places
the old forms of idolatry are being de
nounced, abridged, proscribed, while procla
mations tolerating Christianity give assur
ance both to native and foreign Missiona
ries, that former obstruotions and disabilities
are fast being removed, yea much faster than
we have the means or the men to avail of.
Already numerous places, large cities and
small, in the interior, are occupied by both
foreign and nativo preachers, yet there are
so many points at which stations might now
be advantageously established, that what
is being done in comparison seems small !
indeed. There is every prospect that our i
access will never be less restricted, but on
the other band, extend and widen from year
to year.
The enlarged and liberal views now ob
taining in Pekin are producing results in
the provinces, and many reforms are being
projected.
China is not so obstinate after all; she
only needed light and understanding, both
of which she now has, and in obedienoe to
the facts of her position and condition, as
compared with the once despised nations of
the West, they are prompting her to accept a
proffered and honorable seat among the
family of nations. The Government is wide
awake, favors a change of policy and the
inauguration of a general and progressive
reform. I
A minister (foreiga), acoompanied by a
large embassy to all the courts of the West,
has reoently been appointed by tho Chinese
Government. They are all here at present,
and will leave by this mail, via California,
to Washington City first, and thence to
Europe.
Large and favorable results aro anticipa
ted from this unexpected step of progress.
The simple fact of the announcement has
effected the liberal liberalizing influence
among the people, and the .status of for
eigners has been much enhancod thereby.
The embassy will, doubtless, pass through
your city soon after the receipt of this by
you. More by the next opportunity. We
wait with the utmost anxiety to hear from
you. Yours in Christ,
Young J Allen.
Shanghai, China , Feb. 18, 1868.
[We learn from Bro. SmithsoD, that rer
cent remittances have reached China.—Ed .
S. C. Adv.]
English Methodist New Connection
V . Conference. , ..
i TKio Annual Confcrenoe of tho Methodist
"New Connection Churoh commenced at
Longton, Staffordshire, June 15. The an
nual report of the Oonnectimal Committee,
presented to the Conference by the Rev. J.
Taylor, ex-Prosident, states that during the
past year there had been an increase of 941
full members to the various societies of the
Connection, and of 586 probationers. There
aro on trial at the present time 3,386 per
sons. Seven ministers were received on
trial.
One of the principal resolutions disoussed
was the following: “That, in the judgment
of this Conference, the time has come when
suoh a modification of our ministerial ap
pointments should be made as will al'ow, in
all oases where it appears to be desirable
and expedient, the extension of a preacher’s
stay in bis circuit from three to five years,
the appointment in all cases being, as here
tofore, from year to year." An animated
discussion arose. It was affirmed that there
were in favor of tho change thirty-nine cir
cuits with 15,114 members, and against it
twenty circuits with 7,571 members. Some
were in favor of the change, who recom
mended that it should not take p/aoe till
the next revision of the rules, seven years
hence. A resolution on the subjeot was
submitted, whioh provided that it should
require the votes of two-thirds of a District
meeting, as well as the discretion of Con
ference, to extend a preacher’s stay, and
that there should be an oxtension of the
young ministers from one year to two with
the same conditions. The result of tho vo
ting was that seventy-five iverc in favor of
the resolution , thirty four against it, and two
remained neutral. Tho majority being ono
above two-thirds of the members present,
the resolution was carried.
More Laborers.
By the Shelby District Conferenoo, Lin
oolntou, N. C-, June 25, it was unanimously
Resolved, That the last Friday in July
be set apart as a day of fasting, humiliation
and prayer throughout the District, with
especial reference to tho increaso of labor
ers in tho Lord’s harvest.
A. G. Stacy, Seo.
Charlotte, N~. C., July, 1868.
A CARD.
L kttv.~ T.'TCrxißiFFrrn.
As the Agent understands the above
named minister and member of tho South
Carolina Conference considers that great
“ injustice’’ has becu done him, in tho let
ter of the Agent giving some account of
the Sunday-scli ">1 celebration, at Spartan
burg, held at the close ol the District meet
ing ; this is to state, that on a careful review
of tho aforesaid letter, he is convinced, that
an unintentional wrong has been done to
Bro. Griffith, which the Agent exceedingly
regrets. For Brc. Griffith, personally, he
has the most siucere respect, and could
have no motive personally or otherwise to
do him an injury, and yot the Agent is
willing to admit that the paragraph is liable
to misconstruction ; and hastens to do Bro.
G. the justice to say, that he did not repre
sent the Sunday-school celebration, or oause,
as a “small thing.’’ But tho phrase, “ day
of small things,” on which he was properly
enlarging, caught his (the Agent’s) mind,
and suggested to him what followed.
The contrast was in the mind of the
Agent, and not in the speech of Brother
Griffith.
The Agent utterly disclaims any intention
to misrepresent, Bro. G., and could not bo
guilty of the indelicacy of making a pub
lio and unfavorable criticism intentional
ly on his speech or subject. Ilis address
was excellent. If Bro. G. has been misun
derstood, so has the Agent.
Samuel Leahd.
Athens District-meeting.
The preachers of Athens District wil
please send the names of Delegates elected to
Bro. L. D. Carlton, Union Point, Ga., at
their earliest convenience. Delegates will
be mot at the Depot by a Committee ap
pointed to receive them.
Opening exercises at 12 o’clock, M.,
Thursday, 30 th July.
Introductory Sermon by E. W. Speer,
D. I).,
Bishop Pieroe will preside.
W. R. Branham, P. E.
July 24th-2w
To the Preachers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South.
t Rev. and Dear Urethra, ; Your SeCrO
tijy is at work to the extent of his ability.
visiting Annual Conferences, District
meetings, etc.; but he cannot possibly cov
er the whole field in a brief period. lie
and the Church are greatly dependent on
you for success in our Domestic Missionary
enterprise. Have you made your annual
collections ? Please not to forget this im
portant department of our Zion. New
fields are inviting us to enter and cultivate
Immanuel’s land. We must have the
means. Let application bo made to all the
friends of our oause; let every member of
the Churoh, old and young, rich and poor,
contribute to the cause of Missions. Now
please do not delay., If you have made tho
oall, ask your brethren and friends for aid,
and it will be given. I have never failed
to get a generous response when properly
presenting the claims of Missions. Let
every man do his duty.
J. B. MoFerrin, Sec’y B. D. M.
Griffin District Meeting
Will convene at Jonesboro on Monday,
10th of August. Bishop Pierce will pre
side. Hope all the congregations and con
ferences will be represented. Full atten
dance—all the interests of our beloved Zion
faithfully promoted. Come brethren—per
haps the last year of life—work while it is
day—the starless, moonless night of death
cometh apace when no man can work. Kind
friends at Jonesboro will take care of all.
julylO—3w J. P. Dunoan, P. E.
ATHENS DISTRICT MEETING.
CHANGE OF TIME.
To seoure the presidency of Bishop Pieroe,
the time of this meeting is changed from
Thursday, August 20th, to Thursday, July
80fch.
The Quarterly meeting for Monroe cir
cuit, is ohanged so as to embrace the fourth
instead of the first Sabbath in August.
W. R. Branham.
JulylO—Bw. i
Vol.xxxi. N0.30
The Elberton District-meeting,
Will oonvene in Elberton, Ga., on
Thursday, August 13th. Opening Sermon
by Rev. F G. Hughes, at 11, a. m. The
meeting will be organized at 3 p. m.
Joun 11. Grogan, P. E. #
Change of Time.
The Augusta District Meeting will oon->
vene in Sparta, Ga., on Friday, August
21st. Opening sermon on Friday night,
by Rev. E. 11. Myers, D. D. Bishop Pierce
will presiJe. W. 11. Potter.
Address of Bishops.
Bp. J. O. Andrew, Summerficld, Ala.
Bp. 11. Paine, Aberdeen, Miss. „
Bp. G. F. Pierce, Sparta, Ga.
Bp. John Early, Lyneliburg, Va.
Bp. 11. 11. Kavanaugh, Lexington, Ky.
Bp. W. M. Wightman, Charleston, S'. C.
Bp. E. M. Marvin, O'Fallon, Mo.
Bp. D. S. Doggett, Richmond, Va.
Bp. H. N. MoTyeire, Nashville, Tenn.
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The Week of Prayer.
The observance of a week of prayer last
year, throughout the Church, resulted in
great and, wo trust, lasting good to the cause
of God. Tho appointment for tho present
week is August 23—30, that is the week
from fourth to fifth Sabbath in August,
inclusive. The intervening Friday is to be
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July 10-4 w
fbtos of t|c Meek.
(OMiIIKSSIOVA
Washington, July 14. — Senate. —Mr. Pinckney
Whyte has been sworn in ns Senator, viee Reverdy
Johnson.
The bill temporarily supplying vacancies in the
Executive Department Inis been passed.
Tlie bill authorizing a temporary loan of three
per cent, certificates came up, lending to another
wild discussion on finances— I Trumbull favoring
keeping gold in the Treasury down to forty mil
lions ; Morton favoring investment in gold in re
deeming legal tenders, as an important step towards
the resumption of specie payment. Morton’s
ttirfmftirrciic. us thin efleet WH* h IST oWsvveii
to thirty. Bill postponed.
House. —After local business affecting the Dis
trict of Columbia, the House resumed the Alaska
appropriation bill, which was passed by 114 to 4'l,
with the rider declaring tire right of the House to
participate in making treaties.
The bill authorizing temporary Executive ap
pointments was passed, when, ufter further district
business, the House adjourned.
Washington, July 15. — Senate. —The Dili
amending the various hills relating to the Navy and
Marine Corps, passed without amendment.
Tlie hill reducing the military to a peace'estab
lishment, was referred to tlie Committee on
Military Affairs.
A bill subscribing to mail lines between New
York and Europe, was laid over.
The appropriation hill was resumed.
Tlie Conference Committee’s report on the tax
Dill was adopted.
The Senate then went into Executive session and
adjourned. • ■
House.—A Committee of Five was appointed to
investigate how tlie House contingent fund of I8(i7
was expended.
Heaton, Representative from North Carolina,
was seated.
The bill removing disabilities from certain par
ties, as amended by the Senate, was passed.
The Conference Committee’s report on the tax
bill was adopted. The Senate having previously
adopted it, it goes to tlie President. Tlie Confer
cnee Committee struck out all relating to banks.
Store keepers are to be paid by the United States.
Special agents are limited to 25. Mineral oils arc
on the same footing as other manufactories. Spirits
must be removed from bond witldn nine months.
Wholesale liquor dealers pay one per cent. In
other respects the bill remains tlie same ns passed
by the House.
The House then took a recess.
Washington, July 16.—Senate.—The Bill ex
pending Federal commercial relations over Alaska,
and preventing indiscriminate destruction of fur
bearing unimals, and forbidding special bunting
privileges. Passed.
The bill extending time for collection of direct
tax in the insurrectionary States to January, 1809.
Passed.
The bill protecting naturalized citizens abroad.
Postponed—2l to 22.
House.— The Secretary of War presented a com
munication in relation to certain qotton seized at
Vicksburg.
The Conference report on invalid pensions was
adopted.
Tlie Funding bill was reported with half a dozen
amendments and ordered printed and recommitted.
The report of the Conference Committee on the
hill regulating Executive vacancies waa rejccted~"
Recess.
Washington, July 17. — House. —Prior orders of
the House were deferred in favor of the Funding
bill, by a vote of 59 to 58.
Dawes presented the credentials of Kellogg,
Pierce and Duckly, claiming seats as representa
tives from Alabama, aud asked their reference to
the Committee on Election.
Brooks inquired whether It would not be proper
for ttie committee to Inquire whether these gen
tlemen were elected at a one-sided election. Dawes
said the committee, would Inquire faithfully as to
any matter committed to them. They simply
made au examination of these credentials to ascer
tain if they were correct, and whether they pre
sented a priuia facia ease. Gullow, of Illinois,
asked if there v-us any law to prevent electors from
all voting on one side ifcthcy desired to do so.
Brooks replied that he knew of .none, but there
was a law of Congress prescribing how these elec
tiJns should be held, and tho people of Alabama
had not held their election in conformity to that
law. The credentials were referred to the Com
mittee on Elections.
A committee of conference was appointed on the
Indian appropriation.
The funding bill was resumed. Stevens favored
jurying the bonds with greenbacks. A wild discus
sion cusucd. Finally an amendment making but one
class at 365 hundreds interest (whatever that
means,) and forty years to run, was adopted. With
out definite action the trill was postponed.
The credentials of the Louisiana Representatives
were referred to the committee on elections.
Senate John Abbott and John Pool, Sena
tors (?) from North Carolina, and John S. Harris
and Wm. Pitt Kellogg, Senators (?) from Louisi
ana, were seated.
A hill authorizing a temporary three ]>cr cent,
oan in liquidation ofthc compound iuterest uotes,
was passed.
Anew Conference Committee was appointed on
temporary Executive appointments, the House
having disagreed to the report of the former Com
mittee.
Louisiana’s ratification of the fourteenth amend
ment was read, and the Senate proceeded to Con
sider the appropriation hills.
The Son ate then went into executive eoseion and