The barque “Jasper,” which sailed from the port of New York, September 24th, carrying the missionaries Snelson, James and White, with their families, to reinforce the Mendi Mission in North-western Africa, was reported in the New York _Herald_ of Saturday, Dec. 1st, as arrived at Sierra Leone. The date of arrival was not given. A note just received from Mr. Snelson, dated Nov. 20, then at Freetown, assures of the health and safety of the party. The same Hand which we trust has delivered them from the perils of the sea is able also to deliver them from perils by land and from perils by their own countrymen. We hope before our next issue to receive the account of their voyage, and their first impressions of the field they go to cultivate. * * * * * NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. Rev. J. E. Smith has accepted the pastoral charge of the Midway Church, Liberty Co., Ga., succeeding Rev. Floyd Snelson, who has gone to the Mendi Mission in Africa. Rev. Wilson Callen has gone to the churches at Belmont and Louisville, Ga. Rev. J. G. Kedslie, from Jamaica, West Indies, to McLeansville, N. C. He reports an increasing religious interest there. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke is with the church at Woodville, Ga. Mr. J. R. McLean, a student at Talladega, is preaching at Ogeechee. Rev. William Ash has gone from Providence, R. I., to the church at Mobile, Ala. Two brethren from the North have recently gone to take charge of churches in the Southern field: and Rev. Fletcher Clark, son of Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D. D., of Albany, N. Y., to Selma, Ala., and Rev. Geo. E. Hill, recently of Southport, Conn., to Marion, Ala. A church of twenty-one members was recognized by Council, Nov. 12, at Marietta, Ga. It has been gathered under the labors of Rev. T. N. Stewart, formerly of the African Methodist communion. Rev. S. S. Ashley preached, and Revs. H. S. Bennett and J. Q. A. Erwin bore other parts in the service. The place is a beautiful town of three or four thousand inhabitants, with a large colored population. Several young men have joined the new enterprise, and seem very much interested in it. The Central South Conference of Congregational Churches met Nov. 9th in Atlanta, Ga. The meeting was very spirited, though the attendance was not large. The narrative of the state of religion was, on the whole, very encouraging. Prof. Bennett, of Fisk University, occupied one evening in giving an account of the National Council at Detroit, and the Annual Meeting of the A. M. A. at Syracuse. Mr. Clark, referred to above, was ordained in connection with the meeting of conference. * * * * * SOUTHERN EXODUS NOTES.