* * * * * THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. BY SUPERINTENDENT ROY. The dedication of Christ’s Church of Wilmington, and the building of the Teachers’ Home and the rebuilding of the school-house were duly noted in the AMERICAN MISSIONARY, as the _plant_ of that _seedsman_ Mr. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass. The picture of the same three buildings has also adorned our magazine. Now comes the Conference of the State to inspect the working of this machinery, to test the quality of its products and its capacity. Arriving one day ahead of the opening, we take a leisurely visit through the several departments of the school, and find it reconstructed after the most approved style of the Grammar School. We find it presided over by six accomplished lady teachers, Misses Chandler, Warner, Fitts, Jewett and Bishop, and Mrs. Steere, who has charge of the musical department. We find it numbering 220 pupils; we find custom work done; we find the temperance text-books proposed by the A. M. A. introduced, as in all its schools of the South, and working wonders in laying the foundations for a temperance-loving generation. We test the capacity of the Home and find it elastic enough to take in sixteen guests beyond the fifteen of the regular family; we find it a marvel of convenience and taste and economy. We find the church edifice a gem of beauty, with its noble bell, which does double duty in serving the church and the school; and we find the saving of several thousand dollars of expense and the superior quality of workmanship due to the personal supervision of Rev. D. D. Dodge, the pastor, who selected the material and had the jobs done by the day. We hear of a Sister of Charity, who says that the only thing in Wilmington she covets is this group of buildings. We hear of citizens pronouncing it an ornament to the city. We hear of leading pastors in the city saying that it is doing the best work in Wilmington for the colored people. We find that the entire work on the three buildings was done by colored mechanics, except one master mason on the brick work and a dozen days of bricklaying.