But the inaugurals are all to be published: procure the pamphlet and read them. It may safely be said that there is here a seat of learning inferior to none in the country. The Freshman class has advanced to Sophomore, and this to Junior. A large Freshman class is wanted on the fourth Wednesday in August next, and at the same time additions to the Sophomore and Junior classes, while a Senior class is a desideratum, and a large increase in the Preparatory Department (which is to be reorganized) is greatly desired. Surely the friends of learning will come up nobly to the patronage of Wofford College. Students are what the college wants. With these, and God's approval, for which we devoutly pray, all must do well here. VOX COLLEGIO. SPARTANBURG, Jan. 27.

[From the N. O. Advocate, July 14.]

CENTENARY COLLEGE, LA.

The commencement exercises of this institution, as advertised in another column, present a rare treat, and all who can attend there will find their account in doing so. Though the village is small, it is big in hospitality. It has a habit of annual expansion in midsummer, to meet the demands of commencement. See the standing advertisement on fourth page.

This college was taken under the patronage of the M. E. Church South in 1845, and has been constantly growing in importance. It is located in the village of Jackson, about 12 miles from Bayou Sara, în a grove of pine, magnolia, oak and beach, unsurpassed in beauty and magnificence. The location is not only remarkable for its beautiful woodlands, its bland and delightful atmosphere, its pure water and its unrivalled healthfulness, but for the refinement and morality of the inhabitants. The buildings are large, commodious and substantial, affording ample room for a large number of students. A new and neat catalogue has just been issued, presenting the following summary:

The alumni number 98, among whom are some of the most promising men, in every honorable profession, in the South.

[From Nashville Advocate, July 19.]

LAGRANGE COLLEGE, FLORENCE, Alabama.

Rev. A. R. Erwin has just returned from the Commencement of LaGrange College, Florence. He reports, that the occasion was one of thrilling interest-a large concourse present to witness the exercises. Eight young gentlemen graduated and received diplomas. Rev. L. D. Huston, because of personal affliction, did not reach Florence, and hence did not deliver the Annual Sermon. His place was filled by Rev. J. R. Barker, of the Alabama Conference, who delivered an able discourse on the Sabbath. Rev. A. R. Erwin addressed the Literary Societies, and Mr. Key the Alumni of the College.

The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on Rev. Josiah R. Barker, of the Alabama Conference. That of D.D. on the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of the Presbyterian Church, Florence, Ala.; Rev. T. W. Dorman, of the Alabama Conference; Rev. Joseph B. Walker, of the Louisiana Conference, and Thos. L. Boswell, of the Memphis Conference.

The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on the Hon. John S. Brien, of Nashville.

The next session will open the second Wednesday in September.

[Editorial in Richmond Christian Advocate, July 19.]

BUCKINGHAM FEMALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.

The annual commencement of this seminary was held on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The examinations were held during the week preceding, and were closed on Tuesday. They were of a highly satisfactory character, evincing diligence and persevering application on the part of the students, thoroughness and accuracy on the part of the Faculty. The grades of scholarship were generally good, many of them taking the highest rank according to the standard of discrimination established by the college. Seven young ladies graduated, all in the classical course. Nearly 100 were in attendance during the session.

On Wednesday morning and evening a concert was given by the scholars. This was properly the musical examination. As an exhibition of skill and proficiency it was excellent. The music, instrumental and vocal, gave ample proof of the industry and carefulness of the Professors in this department of instruction. We profess no acquaintance with musical science, but confess to a great fondness for "the concord of sweet sounds." We judge of music by its impressions, by its influence on our feelings. Measuring it by this standard, it was all that could be desired. We are pursuaded that all the crowded audience would unite with us in a compliment to the good taste of the selection and the excellency of the execution. Some of the voices possess great compass and power as well as great delicacy and sweetness. Combined, they stirred the very fountains of feeling, and awoke the soul to gladness or grief, affection or merriment, as they carolled forth the diversified selections of the programme.

Thursday was the high day of the occasion. We give the order of exercises as they occurred: 1. March Brilliante, on 3 Pianos, 6 performers. 2. An Address, by the Rev. John A. Broadus. 3. The Burial of Mrs. Judson, (a chorus.) 4. Pride; an essay, by Miss Ella Winston. 5. Hunter's Chorus, from Der Freyschutz. 6. Female Education; an essay, by Miss Fannie Talbott. 7. Rainbow Schottisch, on 3 Pianos, 6 performers. 8. An Essay, by Miss Josephine M. Spriggs. 9. The Chink of Gold, (a chorus.) 10. Mother, Home, Heaven; an essay by Miss Bettie Walker. 11. Do they miss me at Home, (a chorus.) 12. Destiny; an essay, by Miss Julia A. Marsh. 13. Wood Up, a quickstep, on 3 Pianos, 6 performers. 14. The Proper Sphere of Woman; an essay, by Miss Mollie Jarratt. 15. The Lords of Creation, (a chorus.) 16. The Influence of Educated Females on our National Character; an essay, by Miss Jennie Brown.

The address of Rev. Mr. Broadus, on the subject of female education, was brief, earnest and elevated; clear, discriminating and strong. It was rich in thought, truthful in sentiment, and felicitous in expression. It was an address that one would like to sit down and read, and could not be read without profit. Mr. Broadus is a minister of the Baptist Church, not long entered upon a career that, judging from his mental aud social qualities, and the earnestness of his religious convictions, one, without assuming the prophetic office, may safely predict will be both brilliant and useful. Without a dissenting voice we believe his address received the cordial approbation of all who heard it.

Of the essays of the graduating class we could say a great deal, of each separately, and of the whole as developing the vigorous and cultivated intellects of the young ladies, and the eminent success of those under whose skillful training they have attained to a ripe and accurate scholarship. We can not trespass upon that richest and purest gem of female character, the delicacy and modesty which so distinguish and adorn the sex. It is but simple justice, however, to remark that the essays were characterized by clearness of thought, precision of language, and propriety of sentiment; and they developed considerable acquaintance with general literature.

At the close of the exercises on Thursday, the attention of the audience was called to the necessity of a church edifice on the grounds of the institute. The chapel within the college is scarcely large enough for the daily uses of the students. It affords accommodation for very few of the citizens in the vicinity to attend the regular Sabbath services; and on commencement occasions is totally inadequate. To afford an opportunity for the crowds usually in attendance resort is had to an awning, a temporary and troublesome arrangement, on the shady side of the building. This is uncomfortable at best, and useless if the weather be un

propitious. A church edifice, apart from the college, convenient to it, and under its control, is very desirable. To obtain funds to erect a neat and suitable place of worship for those connected with the institute and the citizens of the vicinity, an appeal was made to the audience present at the time, and something more than eleven hundred dollars were subscribed to aid in its erection. It is proposed to build a house that will cost about $2500. We sincerely hope the plan may be carried through at an early day. The friends of the institute, its former pupils and graduates, and the friends of female education generally might aid a praiseworthy object, and promote one of the noblest causes, by contributing to this enterprise. We are sure our colleagues of the company of stockholders and of the Directory will not complain of us, if we constitute ourself an advocate of the measure, and an agent to receive any donations that the liberally-minded may be disposed to contribute in its behalf. All who are so disposed may use us as freely as they please as a medium of conveying their gifts to the committee appointed to receive donations, and superintend the erection of the edifice; or they may send them directly to the Rev. J. C. Blackwell, President of the institute, and Chairman of the building committee.

[Editorial from S. C. Advocate of July 19.]

WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE, Ga.

We heard Bishop Pierce's commencement sermon. The text was the 9th and 10th verses of the 2d chapter of 1 Timothy. The Bishop dwelt principally upon the positive not the negative ornaments of the perfect woman-showing what they should be, not so much what the text excluded; though he left no doubt upon the mind, that proper religious principle did not allow even the baubles and follies which fashion so universally assigns to woman's adornment. A truly Christian spirit can find no pleasure in meretricious ornaments; and a highly cultivated taste, well regulated by piety, will discard them. His sermon was full of sound instruction, ably stated and eloquently enforced.

The exercises were all interesting: we refer to the report of the Visiting Committee for a full account. The institution has been highly prosperous, and is advancing with equal steps upon its lofty mission. The closing address of Mr. Lamar was a masterly vindication of the need of woman for a solid education. His argument was unique and well put. He appealed to psychology. No sexual difference in mind had ever been discovered or intimated in any treatise on the philosophy of mind. The sexes had always been classed together as coming under the same law-and no reason could be shown why the process of development for the minds of one sex should not be adapted to those of the other. If education, then, has the same design in each case, as he contended it should have, the process for each should be the same. He contended, contrary to those who demand for woman especial cultivation of the sensibilities rather than of the higher intellect, that the most unhappy of all marriages were those where the marriage was a sort of mental co-partnership, the husband bringing into the firm the intellectual endowments, and the wife furnishing the stock in trade of sensibility. The speaker fully entertained, for near an hour, the most brilliant audience we have ever seen assembled within four walls—and this is a great deal to be said by one who has for ten years witnessed the assemblage of Georgia beauty and intellect at the annual festivities of the Wesleyan Female College. It would scarce be praise to those whose sense of propriety could hardly allow them to feel and act otherwise, to say, that their manifested interest, attention and propriety of demeanor, notwithstanding the heat and the crowd, can never be surpassed at any public gathering, where so many elements of pleasure and hilarity meet and combine.

The resignation of Prof. Bonnell, on account of his own health and that of his family, created a vacancy in the Professorship of Natural Science. He was absent in Athens, waiting at the bedside of a dying infant, which, as we have since learned, has been taken home. The vacant chair has been filled by the election of Mr. Marcellus Stanley, formerly a tutor in Franklin College, Ga., more recently an incumbent of the same chair in Centenary Institute, Ala. He comes with a fine reputation and accepts the Professorship.

We need not recount the closing scenes-the parting with old and long-tried friends-and the hasting to our exile from the State where they dwell, to our newer home, whence from our throne, amid the dust of "the den," we issue this bulletin to those who may choose to read it.

[Editorial from Memphis Advocate, July 25.]

JACKSON FEMALE INSTITUTE, TENN.

On the Sabbath, July 10, we had the pleasure of advocating before an attentive and highly respected audience assembled in the Methodist Church-a fine, large, brick edifice--the true sphere of female influence. This was the commence

ment sermon.

Monday following found us in the hall of the Jackson Female Institute, under the patronage of the Memphis Conference, and ably presided over by our able and learned brother, Rev. Amos W. Jones. When we entered, the class in Horace was undergoing examination. We were pleased to see in the instance of this class, as of all the others, whose exercises deeply interested us, that there was no attempt at display, no aim for stage effect. In a modest and unostentatious way, as if they had been in the recitation room, the young ladies underwent the searching and rigid examination of their instructors. Perfection we did not find in all, and we are glad of it. We were convinced, that, for a rarity on such occasions, we were to have a candid exhibit of the proficiency of the pupils. The result was gratifying, for with one or two slight exceptions, and these, we believe, were mainly owing to embarrassment, all acquitted themselves in a manner which showed they had been undergoing careful and thorough instruction. The class in Horace read with fluency, and manifested a sound acquaintance with the construction of the lan

guage.

Classes in Geometry and Algebra were brought up before the audience. Theorems and equations, judiciously selected, so as to involve in their solutions acquaintance with the whole field of study embraced in their several departments, were promiscuously given out to the young ladies, and solved and demonstrated with an ease and accuracy which did credit to the learned faculty of the institute. The French class, under Mons. Gabriel, read with a fine Gaelic accent, and translated with fluency. Mons. Gabriel is an exile from Italy, and is a patriot, a scholar, and a gentleman, in which the institute may justly congratulate itself.

The classes in Logic and Anatomy were subjected to a long and rigid scrutiny, and the result proved, not only that they had studied, but that their instructors had taught.

The musical department is under the charge of Dr. Roemer, who is another exile from Hungary-one of the late companions of the unfortunate Kossuth. Dr. R. is a superior Greek and Latin scholar, well versed in modern languages and natural science, and does not rest his claims on his musical pretensions alone. The manner in which his pupils acquitted themselves at the piano and on the guitar, modest, graceful, and yet spirited in their performance, quite won us over to music as a female accomplishment. The exercises of the occasion were frequently relieved by the performance of his fair pupils, and told with fine effect upon the large audience who were in patient and constant attendance.

Tuesday was the day for readings and addresses. In the former the young ladies acquitted themselves handsomely. The first address in the forenoon, from Dr. Jackson, was replete with sound practical views of female duty and propriety, and administered a deserved rebuke to the tyranny of modern fashion. The second, by Dr. Dashiell, was a chaste and elegant discourse, showing the false method too prevalent, of training and adorning females more for the material than spiritual attraction.

The closing scenes on Wednesday were deeply interesting. The graduating class read a number of humorous and spirited essays, among which we were highly gratified with the Latin salutatory, the valedictory by Mrs. Hubbard, and an essay on Ennui, replete with thought.

Degrees were then conferred on the following young ladies: Mistresses of English Literature, Misses Matilda Cone, M. S. Caruthers, Julia Cozart, S. R. Boyce, Mary Jackson, J. E. Campbell, Isabella Dickerson; Mistresses of Arts, Misses M. A. Skillern, A. S. Hubbard, S. A. Burrow, R. E. Burrow, E. Y. Harris.

Brother A. W. Jones then proceeded to address the graduating class in his customary able and strongly eloquent style, on the subject of the proper motives to be employed as stimulants to the mind in the acquisition of the truth. We listened with deep attention. The close of the address was truly affecting. The class, the

audience and the President were all in tears.

The presentation of a silver fruit-basket by the graduating class, with some happy remarks by its fair presentress, Miss E. Harris, eliciting a happy rejoinder from Brother Jones, closed this thrilling occasion, one long to be remembered by ourselves and those in attendance.

Finally, long live Jackson Institute. With commodious buildings, a superior apparatus, a faculty modest, scholarly, pious, talented, honest and sensible, a location healthy and inhabited by a refined and moral community, it is an honor to the Church, an ornament to Tennessee, an institution worthy of the support and patronage of all who desire to see the great cause of female education judiciously conducted and prospering in the land.

[From the Nashville Christian Advocate, Aug. 2.]

EMORY COLLEGE, Oxford, Ga.

MR. EDITOR: As I propose travelling extensively in the South, I will, with your permission, communicate such matters as I observe which may be of utility and interest to your paper and patrons. Without further introduction, allow me to introduce an account of Emory College and of Oxford, with observations on some of the men of Georgia.

This country village, or village country, whichever you please, is situated about one mile from the great line of railway leading from Nashville to Charleston, S. C. Taking every thing into account, it is the most charming college-ground to be met with in the land. I have seen many locations which I thought would be felicitous for a seat of learning. I have given fancy a chance to combine the beautiful, the agreeable, and the convenient. I am a dreamer, and I have dreamed of earth's approach to Eden restored; but I was never able to picture a place so pleasing to my taste as is this same matter-of-fact village. After a stay of several days with Dr. Green, I found him as perfectly enchanted as myself, and I heard him say in a speech, that he "felt while here as if he had been looking upon the slopes of the land of Beulah." We feel, as we are about leaving it, as if we were parting from an encampment of exalted spirits in the confines of the better land. I can not describe the town, with its groves, streets, and temple-mansions, its blending lights of snow and emerald, of vermilion and gold. It may seem but a common town to those who are familiar with it; but I must acknowledge that its effect upon a stranger was fairly enchanting. I don't blame the students for loving it, nor the alumni for reuniting there on each returning year; it is the nearest to a collegiate paradise that I have met with on earth. Excuse my apparent extravagance-I write what I feel. But enough for the town.

It being commencement season, the patrons of the college, throughout Georgia and South-Carolina, and other States, were gathered, with joyful interest, to celebrate the occasion. The scholar, the divine, the senator; the father, mother, sister, brother, and many sweet faces of fair cousins, and some not akin, gathered, till their numbers swelled into a vast multitude of dignity and beauty, of worth and piety. I confess that the thought of such impressive interest in a Methodist institution of learning made my heart dilate and my tears flow freely. I felt that Christianity was marching on to the world's conquest with angelic strides of power, and I grew shouting happy about it.

On last Sabbath morning, Dr. Green preached the commencement sermon in the immense chapel of the college, and to a congregation that overflowed it. On Thursday evening he addressed the college literary societies. How he succeeded, I leave Georgians to say. I saw floods of tears while he preached, and heard loud applause while he talked an address. On Tuesday evening, Bishop Pierce addressed the Alumni. I need not say a word in his praise; for I can do justice neither to the man nor to his inspiring theme. As his fiery genius flew, I caught one falling feather of flame. He said: "The man who opposes church action in education, does it either through ignorance, prejudice, bigotry, or infidelity." God grant that this bishop may long be a guiding-star to old ship Wesley!

On Tuesday night, Mr. Wilson, of Savannah, addressed the Palladian Society of the college, himself being a member. He is a fine speaker, and will one day rise to the zenith.

Dr. Means delivered the Baccalaureate address on Wednesday. We make our stay at his house. I had heard of him, but on hearing and knowing him, I thought that if the Methodist Church knew its own greatness in learning, intellect, elo