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Obituary notices, and wM matters imarirw Is to the benefit of auy one. ape; regarded,. W Advertisements. POETRY. ~ Gone I ' * U ^ Over the west, to rrimsoo turning, , ., The sun, like a ru' y set in sold Over the breast of the twilight t urning. Fastens its ui.ntlv Cold on (old | , T ie sea like a maiden's face is glowing'. The sweet, S"Uth wiud it m?rrily blowing? Still am I sad, tor summer is going? Summer is going?summer is gone I Merer a leaf on the tree is faded, Merer a blade ol the grass Is sere, Osyer and brighter the dowers are shaded Fairer and fairer grows the year; Only who knows what uijr luoey is showing Onlj- the roses no lunger are growing? Only I leel (bat lb? summer is gujng? Summer is going?summer la gone I Brighter nnd brighter the skies are shining, Deeper and deeper the fresh Air thrills, Larger and fuller the vines ure twining, Clearer than ever tho distant hills ; The fall tides aweep in their ebbing and flow >???. Nothing is lust that is worth the knowing, < Only I icel that summer is going? Summer is going?summer is gonel What do I mourn ??Who knows? for surely Never was world more fair than now, Fiom the harvest moon tit it rides So purely To the ripe red apple upon the l-ou.h, What do I mourn ? Atus, no knowing ; Nothing is lost Ihgt is worth the showing, m Only I feel that summer is going? Summer is going?summer is gono I From lh? Abbeville Medium. Trip to Greenville. One of ilie cliitf defijgliis < ! Hie journalist i? l?? relate a Isie?t.trv "I Ins ti uvuls, jtii?| reO'iinl lite vat ion* ilicidcflllH vvlricil ililt\ occur to Is I ill as lie winder- troin place to place. Such wi iinitr is verv highly piizcd by lite reading public, iiii'u is iiotv very miiicIi in vo^jue. Tlje works of no Hiitlior litive had more eajier readers tlutii r Itose pi liatard Tay lor, nnd Eusbbiiis*' " Around Hie World,' iiu- lieen scanned b milltilmies. and ulihougn we cannot liope 'o approach lltou Ceb loll ctl writers mi beauty ??r iilolmoas o| diction, we trust we slia'1 be ubie to ^ive a plain, brief statement of our recent visit to the iiioiintaiu city of dear old Cu'olinii. Tlie patio Hiuii wliicli met our fjaae on Wednesday evenino |,ini, as our wiilbmt htile engine, red in the b^lit o| tin* seli'tio sun dusli oil it11 n> the Ct: e?:n* die Railroad Depot, enti never be forgotten ? llie city, quiet and sea cue, iav embowered uniiil beautiful forest trees, clad ill tluir Autumn cos tiime of purple anil <r M, and pencilled with ilie rave of llie ivinjfof Dav a- he Mink to ins criiiisoti couch, over die mountain tops, in the distant w *i ; the iiver lioanded by on its way to I tie se.i in iis Ceaseless chant of I "'I ?fo on forevci \ tlie nay equipage-, noble steeds, and beaunt.,1 women, pass i'<l belore me e?o in kaloidopcbnc visioii M ill*hi s p-?ei ic ifenius deserted in*, it is hmiiI. in t'ne Autumn when I he. leaves we' e d>. too and tuliilie; lu.r: hud Ipe yre d poel ftv C J HiDo'10 :hti^i 11*H11 rr;'i111 - oTWrir State. v\ e imagine that his Jiiifi w 'ill'I have 11cci at timed a- well I" *1"}! of lie i?e?i?r< v tin*2 "leoav Am* tiiiiin, a> it was w<t|i: in do, when the iHrnii'ttiiMirVivtoc'tttf in Iiie time of j m on* JS|?i iito. We fniiiiiir C'Mil ! fHMtt imd e\cclieiir ^ hmI cnee** ut itui jn-dy mMmhi ed hotel, the *' iMiltirti' ll I Inline." and cannot fail to ;ri?e (he Proprietor, clerk, cook*. and all con earned, the meed of praise, The tallica were loaded' with the choicest food ; the beda were clean and nice, and the aervantg very alieiitive. The " Mai simi (Inline" in tt?e l?e?i hotel in the Sxtu. r a I'imtli'lll - - IlUu ?? ? .luilal - -4' w vvi>< it? ?riw ? |? jnriff' lull *?J l)Oiwc? n live Mild six ilioiMHiid ; in one of ilie most healthy localities in the Sta'c, Had invalids and pleasure Perkins ffwrtfto it in large numbers during Ilie summer in* nit lie. Tho bracing mountain air and full market* eoim to tiring color in the check and vigor to the Imdy, and- the sportsman and angler tind in the luess and stream* around, a large hopuly of game. Tho streets of the city form rlghl angled triangles, and the city Itself it> rather rhnmhoidul in shape. Tt;u sidewalk* are nicely ahaded by tree-tot forest growth; the sireetn are wide, smooth. level, and are graced on either aide with ' residence* of which no shame need be felt. .The city government ia ro(H>aed in a Mayor and Aldermen elec:ed by the |?eople for that wiir? pose, and we learned that tlictse*! men wore of the beet character and of the highest position in so-J ciety. The police force is Iimitod.1 and ndt Ikfge enough Jo pro' ect. the interests of the people. In educational advantages t >reen ville rank* uell with any other place in the State, and the hi'telli .gence of her people is very tioticiI ble. The Baptist male and feinule . Colleges and Theological Seminary ' are situate^ there, and rtiey are aui nig tlie.I#fl institutions in the land. The Professors in these dif tVpent bqIj?h>1s are very talented men, and the Semi nary is Considered futie ol ttie liest schools of theology in America. It is to he removed ]/?up?v iile, Ky. Dr. Jan. P. Bo) ce litis ah earn left the place tor his new Held of labor.? i)i'. Btroadus. wlio/Jio* lately visited "'lhe Orient." is coiibiderod one of ilie ablest meti in the land. Greenville id guiding a higli reputation as a manufacturing and eoiumeiciai eeii're, and when all of die advantages which Jfumie lias so bountifully lavished uj??n tliat region are improved 'and turned to proH'able "account, the cit\ will increase in population and wealth, and will distribute blessings broadcast over the land. i he winers of Keedy River run through the city, and furnish sufticient powel to move thousands of spindles, and ilie wealth <>t the everlasting In.la only awaits the pick and shovel of the hardy miner, i'hc liver, within a dia tunce of a half mile, falls some thirty tcet, and without the ncces sily or -expense of large clams, rftshes down with tremendous loicc. lie factories of G??uer. Cox & Maikley, and tlie Me Bee Mtlis, me situated on the liver, an-, ihe machinery mils hy water power. We were shown through the carriage and wagon lacou-i ol G-?wer, (JoX Maikley, and have never seen a more complete and well ai ranged establishment.? E?er\ ilong works with clock like precision * and the amount ?d ma lerial consumed in ijie inauut.ic line of buggies, carriages, wagons, &i:., in elioriuoiis. The lllost skill fa I woi kiueii are employed, and llie finest S|<ecimens ol work turned o If. 1 he income of these men before the War was alsnu $T^J.OU0, and aliiioiigli (hey sntfered severe losses by tne war, tile amount ol income nuw is ah lit iiGo.UUU. Orders tloiu all parts ot (lie b ate crowds up-hi litem, and cannot lie tilled, b<? great is iheir iiiiiiiber. The hubs. spoke-1. irons and everything; in the make up ?-f vehicles, are manubtciuvec., oil the ground, ot I ho very best material, b'j t*iy or sixty hands are constant l\ eiupioyed, and eaC i one of these lias Ins par liC'dur woi k to do. A large Innii her shed is erected oil the bank of the ri-er 10' feet in length, and Completely liildi witn huge piles o| liitiiber, estimated to be Worth fie1 ween seven and eight "thousand diillais. . lie process o| se soiling is Very tine, and the liitiincr is I liioi oughly s usvDjd beloi e C"ii I veiled I ill o tlie use* for whicll it is intended. lint it would he useless ! to id tempi a lint description ot the uiaiiiiooih CoiiCe'H in the short space ot a newspaper ai pcle. i vTower. Mills A: Co., have latclv | established n JSnoe Kucinry, . tlirnugii v\ i11c11 it wad our pleasure t<> bj i?lio?vii. iiiu i* actorv is i tic olio ?'t itie Kind In Ine State, ami in destined in introduce, by l>io.njiiing itic undertaking ol Mialiar co ty prise*, a ne?v ami innhy Cla-p oi lan a ers i?i ? our country, llie propnet ui? iiav'o secured Hie ftci v ices id Northern laborers, ami l lie vhi loiis dt-pai tinemS are eon d icied wnli skiII. Major N. 11. Monioe. d Auburn, Maine, id the Snpeini emleul. amJ rectus lo be a clever gentleman ? the operatives me huge, line looking % men.? Seven liainld are employed, and aboiiL mx?y pa.is td dimes are tinned ofi daily. The Work, 18 all done by band machinery, and appears to be ut a very snb-<a<iiai nature. Varrioy's pegging niucliino is ined/ liu di jv ing capacity ot wmcli h fix n it ml red pegs per I'i - .-i . ? IUIIIIIIO. IIIU |IU^ v? Willi IB HI WlillO , l)li ell, UM(I id put up III roll* dike ribbon. T'ltrafroe Hi e cut by died made |??r the purpose, aud the | machinery id so adjusted that a perlect til ia made nil round.? i lie beet material id used, l?ut only e->ai>e work id now n ami lectured, li id hopud that the ediahlidiimeut ot ihi? tact my will lead others le make the taiiue Venture. Xhe A. triune ita broad is pro gre?*mig rapid!v, and the (Jhint hutgmeer, Co.. Liurduul, informed hd lit at it wol'ird be comnfeied witUih tire or aix tubulin). iVaok laying had begap at the Greenville mill ?d the road, and will be brink ly carried cflt. llio road will be a great lietiunt to GreenVille, and excite hew energy and activity among the poop 14. The track will be Iqilundid, aud the felling Slack first class. Tb# political condition of affairs in Groonvillc is rather mixed, and llireo tickets are in the field claiming I be suffragea.nl the people.? n It ui thought that the race will be ehee between the tickets. We heard swine leers expressed flint , the white people would not tern out'to vivte and they wonh) lie de ' feated by default. The County ? luw a Conservative majority, hut the people Scetn jKiliticallv dead. But we must biri'Greetiville adieu. ^ 4M> Wrom tk* Southern Farm amd Bom*. . The Comparative Value of Oats sad 1 udtau Corn as'Ydr* ge Cgips. 0 Whatever the'pftuithrfe may be, the generally adopted theory (is that it ?H the best |Miiicv of 'ue.( Southern planter to raise bin own tirovisions tor man ami boast, and ;eep the money at home that lie would he obliged to send abroad to liny them, 'litis being admitted, theoretically at least, the question arises how this can he none in the safest. Barest and most inexpetiiiiv e manner. ^ Ot all the eeieals. it is unquestionably true that Indian corn is the timet expensive crop that we can raise, whether we regard the cost of cultivation, or the rink ol a partial or total failure of the Crop tioiii the frequently dtvtrnc tive droughts in June and July.? C uM we always count on a full crop every year, when the eost of making it is counted, it will still bu found to be very expensive; but as the tact is that not more than one year i.. four or five do we raise a full crop, it will readily be seen mat it would be greatly to ihc planters advantage :f he couhl find u substitute in w hole or in pait for corn, which does not call for so much labor and expense in cultivation. We lieiievc tnat, notI withstanding its cost ami its iia btlity to he cut off by ilnm gilt. it pays to raise our corn i at her ilian to send abroad to buy i . ami \vea> out our mules and wagons hauling it home It oiu the ucai est depot ; but we are satisfied thai so tar as we use Corn as food for unties and horses, we con Id find a substitute m oats which are better a?.d more wholesome food for animals, nud which ftvi Wot fc?sc dWuMVfVT*' the lalior that must be expended to make a corn crop. Until recently the oat. crop in I the Southern Sums lias had little J or no attention. It was regarded | as a sort of make-shift to make up ! for a deficiency in the corn crou 1*1 " ------- r i of the previous vent", or to provide green fV?.?<J for n few weeks, and then i< whs so ?n on the |>o..r est hind. and in the most slovenly manner. The tesnlt was a few I bushels -d wretched grain or a lew bundles <>f veiy poor forage, hardlx worth harvesting. Latter ly more attention litis been paid to this crop, and we are luippy to say that now its value is very general I >' recognized, and the j largo 3 ield of this year has served to encourage this appreciation of its importance. Now is the lime to prepare for the oat crop ihis month is the time to put the seed in thu ground. The earlier in October I the seed are sow 11 the i>eHer the crop Tcis, at least, is our own experience. The laud should be as well pi o pa red as lor wheat, and it should be manned as libetally.? We recommend sowing fully three busuels of seed per acre, covering with a harrow, and then ro ling mm (i i wiiCI . The "Hid known in Georgia as Irwin oats,*' a species Sold > f.?p many years near (Joluuimis. Ga., as Hie rust ami smut moot oats, and an ?>af t >r sale by Mark W. Joiiusoii, ot Ailama, us a i usipp ?t oat, are sirungly rec??mmended as an excellent variety. We do not believe that there is 8nch a thing as an infallibly rust proof oat, but ?u know tliat tne kinds we nave named escaped rtist a lien all other oats in the neighborhood were destroyed by rust. Where the laud lias been well ^prepared, and a ell put in t lie ground, from forty to fifty bushels i of cleaned outs are liot an unusual j yield fioiu laud which, with the ?aute man me, would not yield more than fifteen bushels of corn. W aking animals can be kept fat on half a peck of oats and a bundle of fodder, of the same /mailt f! P iJ tut i' llkt-Axx tiling " V . . J vi 9W?\J I III w IIIIIVO O U(?) | and we aib convinced tliar their huiiltli is promoted by this kind *?t f?x>d. as C 'liiparud with c<>ru. Wo never hcanl of a ln>r.-o or nude which wax fyd on oats being affected bjr col ic. . j * We mast raise corn for bread, and it is well to havo a little aim for the animals; but we think that the main food of the stable should be oats. Tittrus. ?+ mm ? ? k' A oknti.km.vn named Brown once observed 111 company that be had toasted a ladv tor twelve months, and yet had little hopes of erer making her Brown. 'I r' 4 JVom il? Ckarlufn k Vmp Horiw?A Fsreeiatos Sam* site Tak-n from a Man* Lof. A oliorr tirtie ago a l?il. r Sva* unit*'to Hie Ofc'y the British bark GPorgirtr.a.'toho wag silppo-ed to he sutVeihhft froth a Roie leg. The man hadMienn ailing tor near three mop (he, bin none ot hie fdiipmatc^ .i^ippnsyd that the'e was anything 8fnoVie ttie matter wjth hup. ,Acpprdiijg I jr. when, a few da\* In;fore jiia re uioval to the h?*pifgL hv hiun-elt unable to walk ?bi"M fc captain of the ship supped ||hut he was endeavor jug./1m make tn excuse for getting a>av<UoMi .the ves-el, that lie might he left in port, the ship being prepared to anil iu a few' data. When removed to the hospital, the man's right leg was very much swollen, and manifested all the Symptoms ot erysipelas, tor which malady hie affection ?ft-* m first mistaken. At the end of a few days, however, an ab-cese formed upon the inner side id the ankle, livni Which, at tei it had burst, protruded about three incite* of si while. inenihrim us looking snh-tance, about an eighth of an incti m diameter.? This singular manifestation induced a careful examination ot t lie leg, which developed I lie faet that the man wax afflicted wi'h ihe drucunculns, or Guinea worm. This in a luuiilile paiasitc, Ion ml only along the shores ol the Indian Ocean. Red Sea and certain portions of the Mediterranean. It intes'H dump and mitddv soil* and impure water, and generally attacks the feet and lege, hut ikhiio times other |>ortion-? of the bod*. At the time that it forsakes its native element for the more luxiiri ottrt habitation He-h and lilood, it is scarcely larger than a common fl.-.-i; bur. having once- buried itself beneath the skin, it grows with alarming rapidity, ami wdl attain a size varying from six inches to MX teet in length. h\ one t welft'i tooneeigth ot an inch in diameter. It lieu dot mant until it reaches the age of maturity, after which it commences a scries ot wanderings and m anderiugs about the muscles ami hones, winch cause intense pain to the unsus pecting vic<im. It always travels dow nwards, and with such raui 1 ity that it will sometimes travel the whole length of the human frame in twenty-four hours. I< v* ill sometimes come to the surface and lie under the rkiu like a long white cord, hut should the surgeon attempt to extract it w th the kuile without first securing it with a ni|-per, it will elude Ids gra?p and scamper away with the agility of i ? . * - an eei. xi a |? ?]* t<>ii oi i iic worm in removed, ilie remaining portion will not die, hat continues us gay and lively as ever. Tf?e first sy i n p toms of the Guinea worm are a disagreeable idling and irritation ??t the infected parts. Alter it begins to uiovo about, its paths are followed by ex ermil a''sce>se8, and when the paths lie along the ftoiiiuoh. imernal ab-ces-es also. It always uliiiiiinely emleavors to ieave the system by working its way through the skin, g iierally near the ankle, but iIiih is only alter u ha-, lell from ten to hfteeu young behind. The usual milliner ot worms that are found in one poison \aiies from one to titiy ? ihete is one case oil record, however, ot a mail dying flolll (lie etfects of the Guinea Worm, whose body ami skin were nothing but a net woi k of tlu-se horrible creatures. Death rarely results from the ravages of this worm, and when it Uoe?. it is generally the result of some dioeaae produced by the inanimation and oilier effects id the worm's wanderings.? Tiiu Guinea worm does nut confine Us lavages lu man, ln?t a ill ttlao attack *1 gs unci horses. The sailor in question made a voyage to Ilia curleni coast of Africa aiiutii six iiioinba ago, ami alula lliaie, received the palilalias into his system Una of these worms lias already been extracted from Ins right lag, but another lias maue its appearance in the toft lie is doing as well as can bo expeo a>> under lite circumstances. This is probably the first case of thu kiud< ever known iu Charleston. ? ?? The Baton Post sa)s: u Ex Governor Bullock, of Georgia, lives ill regal at) le in one of the finest suburban residences about the city of Loudon, Ontario. His house is f iruished magnificently ; hid stud is of the liiient stuck, his turnouts unsurpassed, and he says he has concluded to make Loudon Ins residence fur the future." The Charlotte Olwervcr, of the 1st iiict., stt)s that 1013 bales cut tun were sold in market lust week. The reooipts were larger fur the Benson than for many years pre* ions. . Judf* John T. Green. It ie n source of But inaction to the friend* of tlw Judge in this pftrt of the 8* ate who differ from him politically. hut esteem him perriftiatta,' to find tliat white eve rvwmdlrfhm dt uny note <m both thijvttejtfth?r;*tf?<r Bolting ticket* I In*v-ii 1 heed e Wged with crime* ami ViifhHset* <ff Mifioat every kind a?id decree, no word has yef been uttered n??)f; a Tiiie been written, Whi&f) casts the' shallow ??f a bur |,jci.;n hia l..;nrttjr anJ Ti.tew jar right ness aim fairness as a judge. It HuytUing couid have huen rak dicta! conduct, -the scavenger* of the party, who are hired to do its diny wmk, would l??itg since have gathered it up and exposed it to public view. That in all the excitement of a. heated campaign, when party spirit is leaping beyond i'8 legittnato bounds, no charge reflecting on Judge Green _ _ l l J i % in any way snonia mive ocen made, is conclusive proof that none can he found against him, having even tlio color of truth.? His record for the last four years is hetoro the people of tlie State, and particularly ot this part ot the State. It will stand the ex actcet scrutiny. He has never cat-red politics on the Bench, nor will .e carry it into the Attorney General's office. IIis conduct in the past is a strong guaranty for his course in the future. We know that Judge Green is a Republican ot settled convictions, ami were lie a candidate for a political office either Federal or State, we would vote, and advise our triends to vote against him ? But as tLe office for w hich he has been pLced in nomination is pure ly ministerial and having no c?>.? motion whatever with politics, and as lie is iminettsnrahly supert or in even way to his competitor, we think it is sound policy for tlie Deim era s and Liberals of the State to support him lor A lorneyGeneral ol bourn Carolina. \\ c Canuot get the man of our choice for the office. Let us come us near to it as we can. - \G?*rg*tMDn, Timet. How a President is Elected. Each State is emitted to as many debtors of l'recident and Vice President as it has Senatois and Representatives in Congress. In each Statu the electing are cli"8un hy a plurality vote. That is, it there aie three sets of elect ma voted for, the seta having the highest it 11 in Iter of votes is chosen. L>nt a candidate for President, in order to he successful, must have a majority of all the electors. 1 he elcctoiul colleges, as now con stituted, consists of 317?159, therefore, are necessary for a choice. If there are three candidates for President, and neither of them receives a majority of the electoral college, then there is no choice, and the election goes to the House of Representatives. The House must confine their choice to the three Inchest candidates voted for by 'he electors.? The lle|Mcseutatives vote by States, and each State lias but one troio: so that the power of Delaware is as great as that of New Yo'k.? Each S'a'e has one vote. The majority of the State delegation casts its vote. A candidate to lie successful, must receive a majority of all the >tatc8, or nineteen Stales. It the delegation is divided, the vires of the State can not be cB3t, and is therefore lost. As the present Ilonse is constituted. and it is noun t.hi* llniina tluif the. election will devolve in ilie event there is no election l?v the people. nominally the Ilepub iicUtiH itoida twenty States; hut its majoritv in ten of these i holds by the slender tenure ot one single vote. TiikRjok II aktkst.?The Times, ot Georgetown, ft. (J., of the 4>h, 6a) s: "The rice harvest is being pushed as rapidly along as the supply of labor will permit. The weather has been, glorious, and trofn the commencement of the ' harvest to the time we write there have been but three days when rico could not safely be handled. If the (.fops turn out be short, (iii.d we fear they wilt,) it m?3t be attributed to the caterpiller, the salts, the rice birds and thothiovs, and not to ah unpiopitibus harvest. From the small quantity of lice I being brought to town by the no I groes thus tar, we aio.inclined to believe that the sfenlgo has ncen less this year than in the last three or lour years." ty bushels to the tree. Forty trees to the acre. One dollar |?er bushel?make your own calculation, and then say what you think of the mountain counties." Death of Rat Peter Cartwright One ot the oldest and most widelv known Met hodest preachers in America, died on Wednesday, 25th ult..at his home near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County. Illinois. Peter Cart wright wm eighty-seven years old. He was a native ot Amiieist county, Ya., and was horn in X785t~two years after the close of*, the Revolutionary War. Wh.lu he was still a child hisymreuts rei?<<v?At with him to Ken MiSky. His ehrly y.ea? s were spent in th#l *;>ld Jand, where the war**hoop of the saaaga often amused hia lather and* Wis neigh Ihh*? in ilic defense of their lives and homes. PdfBT WSs'scaceely sixteen years old when he whs con verted by an ilitieraut preacher, and t?ct:aine a iretiilie- of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The event determined the career of his whole lite lie conceived the idea that llt? llllli hni'ti i?nl!n/1 In uruonli tl?*? gospel in the wilderness, and almost immediately he entered upon that duty. In InV autobiography, published about fifteen years ago, lie related many inter'sting and often amusing incidents ot his ear ' Iv labors iti the back wood*. Like many of the men ot his time and section, he had an iron const it u tion and a strongly nnoked individuality, and was a bold, courageous and zealous worker. lie feared neither man nor the devil, and for his cause was ready at any time to tight both if they stood in | his way. ilis speech was homely, but it was earnest, and went straight to the hearts of his rough audiences. lie was heard to 6ay, a tew years ago, that he had re ceived into the church no tewer than 12.000 person, and that in his lotig career, lie had preached ! 15,000 sermons. In the early pioneer days lie naturally met some hard charac ters, who, instigated by the adversary, would endeavor to bring dis grace upon him. He tells in his autobiography that once a brutal fellow threatened to "whip" him. Peter said, " Well, 6ir, I never like to live in dread. If \ou real ly intend to whip me, come am Jo it now." The, man continued to bluster, whereupon the lighting preacher, dismounting from his horse, walked up to him and S lid, "Now, sir, you have to whip me, as you threatened, or 6top cursing me, or I will put you in the river aud baptize \ou in tbe name ul the devil, for surely you belong to him." This cowed the bully. An anecdote is also related which illustrates his siiignlar boldness aim independence, lie was preaching before the Nashville Conference, when the timeserving clergyman whose pulpit he occupied, seeing Mo,,. i .1 i?... ;? v* v* vi t?i v uvncvii oioiiuui^; ill iii^ aisle, leaned over and'said in a loud whisper, 4* General Jackson lias come in, Gencial Jackson lias come in.1' " Who is General Jack son?" cried Carta light in a voice of thunder; " il he don't get his soul converted, God will damn him as quick an he would a Guinea negro." 1'his did not convert Old Hickory at the time, but it com manded his respect tor his monitor, and ho treated him with the grea<cat consideration ever after wards. Mr. Curtwriglit was first rp pointed a presiding eider in 181*2. lie spent eight yeuis in the Old Western Conference, four years in the Kentucky Conference, eight years in the Tennessee Conference, and over forty five years in the Illinois Conference. He held a> different times many of the most important offices in the church, and wan delegate to General C?>n ference thirteen times. In 1833 and 1838, in the absence of the Bishop, lie was President of the Conference. It iste orded of liitn that in all the \cars of his minis try he was never disconiiued, lo cated, or siqieranriuated, and was never dismissed tor a time for mis demeanors of any kind. In 185G ho published the story of his lite iii a volume entitled: 'Autobiog uliy of Peter Curt wright, the Backwoods Preacher." The book had a wide circulation^ and made the old tpan better known in the East, where heboldom had visited. Dining the last tew yeaia the feebleness of advanced 3ears prostrated hint, and it was only a tew months ago that Ins death was prematurely announced. Tiik Board of Trustees of the 1 South Carolina University have elected Dr. U. W. Gibbea. of Co1 lumbirt, as Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, vice Dr. John T. Darby, resigned. - -<* ? ? Ada* ) M. Iiiser of Newborry, who has been confined in jail for nearly two years, under sentence for a term of tea v? ars for robhng the mail, has been pa doned by I the President. Paddle Yode 0*r* Oahoe.? Youug man, you must paddle vour own canoe! It is, on the who!#, better that yon should. See that young man who gets into a canoe bought with the uioney of hie parents or friends. W lien the vessel is launched, lie must have it paddled by lored hands, while he lolls buck, ai d perhaps sees nothing bit an onMibataiit a' shadow yf iiiiubclf in the smooth watjrs. By and by the canoe, through carelessness and presumptuous steering, is dashed among the rapids, and he goes down. 8hould be cotne up again, lie finds that ho is abandoned by all, and that ho hat asadea' wrick, where be mig! t have made a fortune. Youn^' man or woman, paddlo \our own cauoe. Even if you are favored with parents and friends who can give yon one. be sure you earn it bv the worthiness of >our lives. In high purposes, in noble resolves, in geueious deeds, in purify and virtuous endurance, and blameless convertsti??n, let your endeavors tr? onrtrM** your own canoe be seen by all ? :'ull away ! If the paddle breaks while pulling against the rapide, have another ready. If you have but one, pull with the stump of the old. Don't relax one effort. One stroke h?t, and it may be the fatal one. Pull awav 1 your canoe, if you hate built it, like your friends, or the right material in your character, will hold as long as \ mi)self will. Pull away, and before King you may find yourself in as fair a haven as the man that paddles his own canoe." ?? 1 Help Your Town. The following from an exchange, is true as pleaching and our people should keep the views contained in the article constantly i i iiiiud. The way to make a town is to help as much as possible every industry in our miaet.? Judiciously aid every enterprise that piomises to add strength and charac er to the place. It your neighbor builds a house, help him to pay lor it. If you are a property holder, every new house strengthens y<\ur-4U>d it is but right to reciprocate. Don't hide a dollar with a penny. Look ahead. Consider what is best tor you in the long run. Don't bo so jealous. If you can draw advantage front an enterprise forwarded by an enetny, support it, even it it does enrich him. Shoulu a man start up a legitimate Lusiness in at) obscure part of the town, whother or not a friend or even acquaintance, say a good word to Iniii whenever occasion presents itself?it will cost you nothing, and may 00 linn incalculable good?al?ii}8 mm inhering that bread eaft upon the waters will return after many dnjs. Dfatu <f Sknatob Gabkitit Davis.?Senator Gairctt Davis, us lias been stated, died at bis Ken* tncky home on Sunoay. lie was born in that State in 1801, and while yet a boy, was employed as a writer tor the County and Circuit Courts of the District. Beginning in 1833. ho was for three successive terms elected to the State Legislature; from 1839 to D47, be was in tl?e lower Homo of Congress, and since 1861 be had represented bis native State in the United States Senate Hi6 second teim in that body would have expired on the 4th of March next. Mr. Davis was originally a Whig, and was ono of the most intimate personal and political friends of Henry Clay. At tho outbreak ot the war, he sided with the Soutii, and wee one ot its tew advocates on tho floor of the Senate. An upright and amiable gentleman, holding fast to the landmark* of thv paet as hia guide* for the present, and thoroughly ea uoht hi advocating 6uch viowa in Oongreaa in the face of an overwhelming majority, Mr. Davi* will leave behind him the memories of ao honorable public life. Kkakly three millione of dead lettei? weiil to the Diad Letter ! Utiice last year. They me partly classified ae follows : 58.000 Utters had do county or State direction ; more than 400.000 lacked stani)*, and 3,000 were jugted without anv address at all. lite sum of (92,000 in cash, and more than $3,000,000 in drafts, checks, dtc., were found in these letters.? It appears that on an average every letter that is misdirected or that goes to t) e Dead Letter Office from any catve contains $1. A papkr called the Meteor ia pnbli hed hy the inmates of tho Alabama Insane Asylum, and it is I not S1 flighty a sheet us one | would imagine, either.