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THOMPSON ?bbovillo, S 0 ' Walhalla, S 0 MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will givo prompt attontion to all businos3 confided to thom in tho Stato, County, aud Unitod States Courts. 'Office on Court House Square, Walhalla, ? C \ ,io junior partner, MK. THOMPSON, will also practico in tho Courts of Piokcno, Oreen Villo and Anderson. January, 1870 tf THE undersigned, having retired from tho Oflfico of Judgo of tho 1st Circuit, han resumed THU PRACTICE OF THE LA W in tho Counties of Abbcvillo, Anderson, Oconco, Piukcns and Orconville. Business is respectfully solicited for these Counties; also for tho City of Charleston, and in tho United Stnles Courts for thc District of South Carolina. All matters committed to his charge will rcecivo prompt and faithful attontion. Ho mny bo addressed or consulted nt his Old Oflico, Anderson C. H., S. C. J. 1?. April 25, 1878. 23-4t Ayer's Cherry Pectoral For Diaoascs or tho Throat and Lung?, ouch as CouehH, Colds, "Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Consumption. Tho reputation it lins attained, In conpcqucnco of tho marvellous cures it has produced (luring tho last half century, i:i a sufflcioilt assurance to tho public that it will continue to realize tho happiest results that can bo desired, In almost every Ecction of country there aro persons, publicly known,Who have been restored from alarming nod even desperate dioenscs of tho lungs, by Ks uso. All who have tried lt,acknow!c<lg0 its superiority ; and whevo its virtues aro known, no one hesitates ns to what medicine to employ to relieve thc dis tress and Butlering peculiar lo pulmonary affec tions. CiiKiuiY Pr?croitAl. always affords in stant relief, and performs rapid cures of tho mililcr varieties of bronchial disorder, as well ns thc more formidable diseases of thc lungs. As a safeguard to children, amid the distress* lng diseases which beset tho Thront mid Chest of Childhood, it is invnlunblo ; for, by its timely uso, multitudes arc rescued and restored to health. This medicino Rains friends nt every trial, ns tho cures it is constantly producing aro too re markable to bc forgoltcn. No family should bo without it, and thoso who have onco used lt never will. Kmincnt Physicians throughout tho country prescribo it, and Clergymen often recommend lt worn their knowledge of ita effects. rnr.PAnED wt Dr. J. C. AYER & CO,, Lowell, Mass,, Practical an?l Annlytionl Chemists. BOLD BY AU, ?KU?OISXS EVJ?BYWlIEItK. Ii? Kin?! nt Homo. Bo kind iu thy household, Be cherry uud bright; There's a beauty io kindness That bea m.s like tho light. Bo patient end loving, Whatovor may comcj For tho .snko of tho dear ones Bo kind iu thy homo. To tho wifo of thy bosom, Oft oumborcd with caro, Bo tender und thoughtful Eaoh burden to sharej Bo generous ond noble, With sympathy moot, And hollow with kindness A. uuiou so sweet. Bo kind to tho children, Nor chook tho fresh lovo That would moko them os angels, O tod gifts from abovo. Their young hoards aro tender, Sad tears may quick come; Provoko not, by ill tompers, Thc tender ones at homo. To all in thc household, To greatest and loust, To tho porsons that serve theo, To toil weary beast, Bo forbearing and gentle, Bo cherry and bright; There's beauty in kindness That beams like thc light. Letter ft-om sion, BP. Itt. Key. WASHINGTON, May 28.-lu lieu of a personal answer to many letters rend from friends in tho South, disoluiuiiug sympathy with any effort to unseat President Hayes, Postmaster General Key hua witton tho following open letter to tho peoplo of the South: WASHINGTON, May 28.-Tho circum stances attending thc passage of tho Potter resolutions to investigate thc alleged frauds iu tho Presidential election of 1870, in tho States of Louisiona and Florida, together with thc subsequent declarations of many inlluentiul Democrats, politicians and jour nalists, evidence that if both houses of tho Forty-Sixth Coogrcss oro Democralie, tho majority intend to oust President Hayes and inaugurate Mr. Tilden. Tho title of President Hayes waa settled, irrevocably, by tho Forty First Congress, iu tho act cre ating the Electoral Commission, under which bc wes legally declared elected and legally inaugurated. Tho Forty-Fifth Congress has no moro right to dispute his election than ho has to question thu title ol tiny victorious contestant to Iiis scat in that body. Tho Forty-Sixth Congress will havo no moro right to ignore him and to recog nize his defeated contestant, Mr. Tilden, than Mr. Hayes would havo to send a file of soldiers lo the llouso of Representatives to unsent a Democrat, whom ho might consider to have been wrongfully scated or fraudu lently oleoted. Tho leaders in this despe rate attempt to Mcxicanizc our institutions rely confidently upon tho "solid South" to furnish tho bulk of tho Democratic majority to tho next llouso of Representatives, tho Senate being already secured. Remember ing tho encouragement which tho Northern Democrats in 1S60 and 18GI extended to tho Southern Stoics to secede, and tho manner in whioh their promises of aid and comfort wcro fulfilled, can tho Southern peoplo nfford to join this revolutionary movement with n certainty that when tho inevitable hour of peril comes, they will bo left unassisted and alono to meet tho storm from thc North. Onco mci o united by thia attempt to revive on isstto, whoso settlement wos forced by public opinion upon on un - willing Congres?. In tho dark days of February, 1877, when civil war over tho disputed election was imminent, and patriots trembled lor tho safety of tho Republican institutions, thc Southern members of Con gress averted tho d:jflger bj compelling the completion of tho Klcotoral count under tho law which both parties in Congress had enacted. But now tho representatives of tho Southern States, with very few excep tions, havo joined n movement to subvert tho results of their former potriotio action, und to remand tho oountry to that anarchy from which less than two ycr.rs ago it was saved by thoir efforts. Grant that in per mitting tho autonomy of all thc Stulcs, and in appointing Citizens to oflico in tho South, instead of strangers, President Hoyos has but discharged his constitutional duty. Docs that excuse tho Southern Representatives for attempting to invalidate his title, which they established, or will it justify them in bringing tho country ogaiu in danger of civil war in tho effort to unseat him and in* aug?ralo Mr. Tild?n? Tho South must now face tho most momentous crisis in its history sinoo 1801. To endorso tho rcocnt conduct of their representatives, is to admit tho truth of tho ohurges that tho South oarcs nothing for tho wei faro of tho Union, de sire? tho downfall of tho Rcpublio, and would rejoioo to seo it again, involved in civil war. If their representatives have not roflcotcd their sentiments; ns ? boliovo to bo tho copo, thou tho pooplo of th? Southern States ohonld tnko oare that in tho Forty Sixth Congross they oro represented by men who1 Will dofcat the disturbers of tho publio peuce, ?nd prevent tho M'oxiooni'/.iitioh of thoir inntitutiuhs. To do this thoy may bb compollcd to aot indopondortt of tho Domo oratio party. Recoiit ovont3 havo demon stinted tho inability of tito Democratic members of Congress torosist tho mandates of the oauoufl, and terror of tho porty lash. Tho on? >ytoldod aud tho other iuspirod, by men who eoemed willing to endnngor tho wolfaro of tho country and stability of Re publican institutions, for tho sako of re vengo on politioul opponents, and in tho hope of .dividiug^ tho "spoils of viqtory." If tho t)emoeratio Representatives of tho South could not resist tho caucus command to pass tho Potter resolutions, amended and without debato, how will they bo able, tn tho Forty Sixth Congress, to resist a Miullar command to ignoro Mr. Hayes, as Presi dent, and rcoognizo Mr. Tilden? lt ls thorcforo tho duty of tho Southon, pooplo to afford a orowuing evidence of their ro ucwed devotion to the union in which thoy now possess every right of citizenship, cud aro subjected to no restrictions not laid upon every citizen, by sending representatives to Forty Sixth Congress pledged lo r?sist?t all hazards tho revolutionary sobornes of tho mischief makers who seemed to have gained control of tho llouso of Representatives of tho Forty Fifth Congrces. To this ond the pooplo in ovory distriot should meet pub licly, organizo and rcsolvo to support no person for Congress who hos giveu aid to this movement, and who will not plcdgo himself to sustain tho titlo of President Hayos during tho term for which ho was elected against all attempts at its overthrow. Ouly iu this way oau a gravo danger to tho Republic bo averted, and convincing proof csu bo given that tho couGdcnoo was not misplaced which President Hayes mani fested in tho South when ho withdrew tho troops from tho Stuto Houses of South Carolina and Louisiana. I havo spoken plainly and oarnostly, for I feel that I should bo unworthy to represent thc South in tho administration wcro I to remain silent now. Invited to ibo Cabinet os a Southern man, to seo that justioo was dono to tho South, required neither to apologize for my record nor disown my politioul principles it is my ddtv now to warn tho people of tho South of tho danger which threatens tho country. No man nocd hope that tho schemes of tho men who havo engineered tho movomcnt to unseat President Hoyes, cnn bo carried out without a bloody civil war. To avert this danger, I confidently rely upon tho patriot ism and honor of tho people of my uativc section. D. M. KEY. [From tho Ciucinnati Commercial.] lit the Track of a Tornado. TUB DESTRUCTION DY LAST WEEK'S STORM IN THE WEST-HOUSES LIFTED AND DASHED TO SPLINTERS-A WOMAN DRAWN UP FOUR HUNDRED FEET INTO THE AIR. CHICAGO, May 24.-Last night's storm in thc subcrban towns was terribly eovcre, Noar Barrington, Illinois, tho farm of Wm. Rrun was struck afc about 6 o'clock. The storm cloud was observed first by Honry Stole), a hired mau, who was nt work near tho house, advancing from tho Southwest, hounding over tho ground, nccompanied by an ulmost indescribable noise. When it got within nbout two hundred yards of tho farmhouse it struck tho ground with a deafening noiso and seemed to rest there for a moment, it then roso in tho air about fifty feet, carrying with it a mass of earth, trees, sticks and dobris, and ns it opproached tho house it again descended, striking tho sido of tho building, literally lifting it up and whirling it over and over, tearing it to pieces and scattering it in every direction. Tho work of destruction took placo in tho air, at a height of about ono dundrcd and fifty feet. Stofel ran toward tho houso wilpri he saw tho storm ooming, taking with him a little son of Mr. Brunj but tho tornado' ctr nek him about ten rods from tho house, throw ing him and tho hoy in opposite directions. Ho struok tho ground about thirty feet distant on his bach-, and lay thoro stunned for a few minutes. Tho first thing he saw was tho houso going up, and ho was obliged to hang on to tho grass with might and main. It was over iu a few minutes, and he got up to seo what had becomo of Mrs. Brun and tho children. Tho boy who was with him ho picked up olive, n short dis tance away, and in n pasturo about a hun dred rode of! ono of ibo littlo girls wos found, with her head torn from her should ers and her clothing ontiroly stripped from her body. Tho other littlo girl was found in tho yard, whore both children wero play ing when tho storm struok. Nearly overy bono in tho littlo ono's body was broken. Mrs. Brun was found dead about fifty rods from the house. Mr, Brun was at Plano Grove, about four milos distant, when tho storm arose. Seeing tho dircotion it took, started with all speed for homo, but was mot half way by his neighbors. Next it demolished . tho barn of Henry Myers, and tho barn of H. Mundhcuko, adjoining that of Myers', was lifted from its foundation and carried some distanoo away. It thoncrosscd Salt Crook, scooping up mud and bushes, which wcro deposited in tho out skirts of Barrington to tho depth of sovcrnl inches. As it neared tho villngo it was soon lo lift up and pas3 ovor it in a North easterly direction, without doing any further dnmogo. lu 8ovorol plnoc8 whero tho storm struck tho ground it took earth and all things in its path, leaving a groat bolo from 150 to 300 foot 8quaro. Tho damngo tovogotation, fences; fruit trods abd other' property is great. Several oitttlo and' horses huVo boon missing einoo tho storm. I m?nense hail stones fell at Highland Park, soino of which wcro from throo to fivo inches in diameter. Thoy fell in olustorB, domolishishing fruit and flowers, trocs and glass. A floreo liurricano aooompauicd tho storm at that point. MADISON, W18., May 24.-In thc sparsely Bottled region betweeu hero and Minorai Point tho storm uwept a olean truck half a mile wida, from tho Southwest. Hair breadth escapes aro numerous, and dozen-) of pcoplo will carry ubout brokcu limbs, disfigured fuoc3 and maimed bodies os reminders. Hutu foll throughout in aborta, 03 though thc clouds themselves had desconded, and tho flood will injure what was not destroyed in tho traok of tho tor - nado. Olo Larson Hearth's houso, o large framo ono, stood about a milo South cf Mount Vernon. At tho sound of tho approaching storm and ominous mutterings, his wifo's mother became excited, but was calmed by tho men who had boen driven into tho houso. Scarcely was tho fright allayed beforo tho hurricane Btruok tho hmso, crushing lt Uko a paper shell, and thoo lifting it from its foundation, hurled it through tho air some twenty rods, and cast it picoe-meal to tho ground, griuding tho atoms against oach other. Olo barely cs?? caped with his lifo by taking to tho cellar. Somo of tho largest timbers disappeared ontircly. On soorching for tho inmates, Larson found his wifo's brother and father mashed to a jelly three hundred feet from the houso. His mother in-law was seri ously hurt, but escaped instant death by a miracle. r " , i : , DUUUQTIB, IOWA, May 24.-Wmi Coster, au oyo witness, tolls of tho destruction ot Mineral Point. Traveling iii a North west erly direotion from Pclmbnt Mount, tho tornado struck tho town of Mineral Point obout 1 i o'olock P. M. cf 'thursday, and in a fow minutes death arid dololation wero tho result. Mr. Spcusclcy's houso was totally demolished, most of it carried up in tho ?lir, and scattered to th? four quarters of tho compass. There wero twelve persons in tho houso, and when they saw thc clouds and lighting coming toward them they thoughtfully ran into tho collar. Tho storm then, struck tho houso, and tho framo oscillated and cracked visibly. Thc windows wero blown in, tho door? flew open, tho house was cleft in twain, and tho strong air grasped Mrs. Waller, and after bearing her aloft ubout 400 feet, dashed her to tho ground. Ilor shoes were taken from her feet and whirled away. Tho houso was demolished, ssyept from tho foundation, leaving tho terrified women and children in tho basement. Purfc of tho. houso wns found ono milo away., and a rafter of tho houso was found over a tnUo distan^ driven over fivo feet into tho.ground. MADISON, WIS., Moy 25.-From terry, in (his county, tho storm swept noross to Jefferson County, .near Port Atkinson. Thirty livc3 wore lost nud betweon fifty and a hundred persons wero injured in this county olouo. Tho track of tho tornado was from a quarter to half a milo iu width. At Waukesha many houses wero unrooted, largo shado tteeo wo?o . broken, sidewalks and fences aro destroyed, chimneys blowu down, <fcc. Tho summer house, spring houso nod wind mill nt tho Glen Springs wore wrecked. Pclhcc.du Springs suffered to somo extent. Qn? summer houso, eight to ten trees and o quarter of a mile ol' fenoo ot tho Silurian Springs, and tho unfinished summer houses, wero destroyed, with tho wing containing tho bathing rooin? and tho main building was moved fifteen feet from its position. Thc roof cf tho town hall was torn off, and tho rafters wero hurled down through tho building with such forco ns to demolish everything in their oourco, being driven into tho ground in an upright posi tion. 11 MADISON, May 2S.-A largo number of citizens aro visiting tho ?oeno of tho rccont tornado, viowing tho devastations of thc storm. None of tho accounts have been exoggornted, nor has hardly half been told of its destructiveness. Tho eastern towns did not suffer so much os Prim roso, Poul well and Porry,. Thirtylivcs woro lost in this county.uToho, and nearly a hundred persons wero ocriously injured, while tho destruction of property will roach into mil lions. From tho first appcaranco of the oyolono ot Mineral "Point, through its wholo course across thc State, tho dost met ion WOO groat, lt. is cstimotcd that 50 p?rsoti3 havo been killed, and fropi 200 to 250 seriously injured; while scores, aro loft homeless, many of thom not knowing whero their next meal ?3 ooming from. Tho r?coouots of survivors oro harrowing in tho o'xtromo, and tho woo and desolation ovcrywhoro viei blo aro extremely painful. WASHINGTON, May 28.-Negotiations aro going on for n goucrl amnesty of tho men of both parties, in South Carolina, who aro under indictment, or threatened with indictment. It is pro? posed that Governor Hampton oud tho Stato oflicials shall pledge immunity to Smalls, Cordoza, Chamberlain, Elliott and other prominent Republicans' involved; itt tho development.! of .Republican stealing. Hayes and Doyens aro to discontinuo all proceedings against South Carolina Domo crats for violonco and murder-abftirb but troublesome and cxponsivo oharges. Tito Republicans mentioned above ore trying to bring this obout, and Hampton will agree to it. Chamberlain and Corbin have nevor boen indicted, but aro still throatonod. It is expected tho arrangement will bo oom ploted within two wooks, and tho Ropubli oan Exccutivo Committee will then iesuo an address to tho Ropublio?n votora and opon tho fall oampaigol Tho Houso of Representatives hos adopted a resolution to adjourn Congress oh tho 17th Juno noxt. A Silent City. EXCAVATED WONDERS OP POMPEII-HOW THU ROMANS lil VED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Naples ia always orowded with visitors. All thc tourists "do" Pompeii, as tho saying is. A railroad runs from Naples to tho oily, which has booo about exhumed from tho ashes; und a delightful ride of about forty minutes duration, which takes us along tho boautiful bay of Naples in full view of its hluo limpid waters, and oarrics us ovor tho ruins of tho twiu city in thc droadful de struction far-famed Herculaneum. Tho remains of Pompeii aro all under tho control of tho government, wi,?oh charges an ad mission fee of two francs, for which amount visit?is arc also furnished with competent guides, Tho gateway by whioh you enter is only a few minutes walk from tho rail road depot, and you arc at ouco within the precincts of tho Silont CUy.. ? Eighteeu hundred years ago tho city was full of lifo. Nearly 30,000 pooplo prome naded its streets, and it was a sceuo of Roman luxury. Its situation ou tho roi mode ita most fashionable placo of resort for tho wealthy Romans, ond tho Emperor Claudius bad hi.- pleasure house there and tho great orator Cicero a rcaidcuco. lt was hkowiso a commercial seaport, and a lively traffic was (tarried on by its merchants. Rut in August, A. D. 79, Vesuvius belched forth a nias8of buming lava, ashes, cinders, hot water and mud, and the towu wa3 totally buried. Since that pciiod other eruptions havo heaped up moro volcanic matter on tho site of tho city, ond for nearly seven teen centuries Pompeii Remained dead to tho world. About one hundred yours ogo tho entombed city was discovered, and im mediately notion was tukon to excavate as much of the ruins as possible. Tho work has bcou going steadily on, but not moro than one-half tho city has yet been exhumed. Still, mony acres have bceu dug over and many miles of street havebecu brought to tho light of day. Tho buried portion 13 still covered with tous upon tons cf stones; ashes, cinders and hardened mud to a depth of from ten to twenty feet above tho tops of tho houses. Over Ibis aro two feet Ot rich soil, whioh io execcdiogly productivo and covered with trees. Tho governmont employa every winter about two hundred pooplo, comprising men, women and children, in excavating this part. Tho men dig; tho women and child ren oarry away th? rabbis!) in baskets. Tho exhumed portion of tho city lies open to tho bright SUD and is somewhat slightly elevuted above tho level of tho surrounding country. Tho oily is now a perfect pioturd of ? Roman city two thousand yours ogo. * Tho streets, pavements, temples, images, thea ters, dwellings, columns, household goda, paths, arches, fountains, forums, shepa of various trades, musical instruments, weapons of war, implements of lnbor, marble and bronze statues, mosaics, frescoes and draw ings, dining-rooms, bed rooms and kitchens, with their appropriate furniture; food for tho hungry mid medicine for tho sick; glassware, vases and pottery; gems, medals and coins and fruits, flowers ond shrubs arc all seen as they wero on tho terrible night when tho city was doomed to a sudden de struction. Thc streets aro narrow, somo not being more than eight feet aoross, but they aro straight and regular. Tho pavement is composed of largo flat stones or blocks of lava, oud tho deep rut cut in them by tho Roman oliartots nro clearly perceptible At tho crossings uro largo stepping stonos for thc uso of pedestrians, so as to koop their feet from tho mud. Everything in tho Street was silent nnd deathlike. Thero wero no human beings in tho houses, no promenaders in thc streets; all wero de serted. Tho dwelling houses aro generally small and ono storied. They aro built of stone and brick, plastered on tho outside with mortar. Au open court ia. rn tho center, and thc tl i fi?rent rooms aro arranged around in tho oriental style. Most of tho roofs aro destroyed, having been orushed down by tho weight of tho ashes. lu thc dining-rooms tho tables oro of stone, and many are oovcrod with petrified food. Reda and couches aro in tho sleeping rooms. In ono of tho kitchens was found a fowl put in tho skillet, and a stow pan containing a small pig, foi* roasting, all prepared eighteen hundred years ago. Many beauti ful mosioes wore found on tho. floors, and elegant frescoes pn tho walla, n:id thoy look ns bright and fresh as if they hod only boon fin ?shod a fow yearn; , Tho frescoes, pic tures, mosaics and sculptures and even jewolry discovered in somo of the houses show a terrible depravity in morals. In tho "IIouso of tho Vestals," upon tho door sill, is tho word "Slavo," wclcoino. A mosaic with tho representation of a fierce dog, with tho inscription' "Cnvo Canom/' bewnro of tho dog, ?3 noar tho threshold of tho "IIouso of tho Tragic Poot." In tho streets aro many shops whioh still havo tho signs over tho doorways. In ono. thero is some marble partly sculptured)! and tho artists' tools lying around; in an other, medicines and surgical instruments; in a third, a marblo countor, with somo liquor jars behind it, and tho stains mado by tho wet glasses on tho oountcr provo that this was a drinking saloon. Then thero is an eating houso. Meats and delicacies aro on tho counter; firoplaocs'to keep tho soups anil messes warm ero still in tho room. Tho samo building contains n grist mill and a bakery. In tho baker's shop a batch of loaver? was found which had boon in tho ovon since tho 21th of August '79. Tho mill waa turned by horso power. Tho various temples that have becu ex humed contain idols modo of marble, silver aud gold. Tho Templo of Isis is eighty? four feet loog and seventy (ive brood. Thc ashes of victims were found on it3 altars. Tho skeleton of a priest, sitting at a toblo on which was spread a meal is hero, whilo near thc door was another priest holding in his skeleton hand a hatchet, with which ho had tried to cut his way out of tho temple. Th reo hundred skeletons woro discovered In thc templo of Juno all crowded together and buried beneath tho ashes. At (ho vory hour of their destruction thc priestess was offering sacrifices to tho quccu of thc gods. The forum occupies tho central portion of thc city. On oach side ore rows of oolumns and long porticoes which show tho outline of this spot. Pedestals on whioh formerly stood famous statues aro dotted hero and thcro. Tho publio mcctiugs wcro held iu tho forum, and a uotico of such a mooting called for tho very uight when tho city was destroyod. [From tho Atlanta Constitution, May 20.] Close of tito Gouci-nl -Conference. Yostcrday afternoon at hnlf past six o'clock, after a laborious session of moro than thrco wooks, tho General Conferonco of tho Metho dist Episcopal Church South adjourned to moot on tho Orst Wednesday in May, 1882, in Nashville. Tho Conferonco was singularly conserva--, tivo, and any proposed ohango in tho church, disciplino aud customs was invariably sub jected to tho crucial analysis before it could rccoivo tho sanction of tho body. Besides this spirit, Ibero wcro two other ideas which nppoarcd to rulo tho body in all its actions. Tho first was to preservo every distinctive feature of Methodism with most jealous caro. This spirit was mado must manifest when tho doctrino of "ohtiro sancti fication" was incidentally brought up hy a resolution to rostoro in tho church disciplino tho quostion, "Do you oxpect to bo mado povfeot i? lovo in this life," whioh is to bo applied to applicants for full connection in tho church. It was admitted that other questions taught tho same doctrine, but this was insisted on as a moro emphatic endorsement of it and wa* ordorcd rostorod. Tho other ruling idea of tho body's action was a teudency to a spread of its work. . Tho board of missions held frequent and important meetings. A now conferonco was organized for Montana and ono authorized for Mexico. Tho spirit of Gio church is to push right forward both wdicro it now has n stronghold and into new fields. Tho great difficulties surrounding tho church publishing house nt Knoxville was ono of tho knottiest questions tho conforonoo had to conaidcr. A largo committco labored on tho matter for weeks, nnd at la9t sub mitted a long report in favor of continuing tho operations of tho house under now regu lations Rev. J. B. McFerrin, D. D., of Nashville, was elected tho publishing agent of tho Church, vice Rev. A. II. Redford, I). D., who bus conducted tho business for tho past twelve, years. Tho church was pledged to tho pay?? mont of ovory cont of tho debt and tho affair's of tho boneo were put iu a much moro hopo-, ful aspect. Vory few changes wcro mado in any of tho rules or regulations of tho church. Tho conforonoo refused to elect any bishops, though tho church has now only seven, two of whom aro in bad health and they aro worked too hard, either for their own welfaro or tho trno economy of tho church. Tho constant supervision of tho largest denomination in tho South, numbering nonrly. 800,000 members, and requiring, under tho polity of tho church, immonso labors from tho bishops-this isa great task for soven men. Tho bishops aro, without exception, mon of. raro powers and rich attainments, and aro devoted to ovory interest of their church and ready to do for it any labor. Tho general condition of tho church is most prosperous and it ovidonccd a most kindly Christian spirit toward its kindred in tho cordial re ception of fraternal del?galos from tho Metho dist Episcopal Church, tho Methodist Protest ant Church and the African Methodist Church. Thcso receptions wcro tho most. pleasant episodes of tho OOSsioilS.. On tho wholo tho session of tho Qcnoral Conforonoo will greatly liolp tho intorosts of tho great church of whioh tho body was tho supremo legislativo and judiciary power. GAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, May 28.-A apo-' oial despatch says New Laredo is threatened by GOO Lerdo revolutionists. Th reo Amer ican citizens, -merchants, arc in confinement by Piaz officials for not contributing; to tho defense of tho town. Another despatch says tho revolutionists aro rising ana} arming iu vost numbers. A general outbreak is doily expected. Proro^ucrtti Lordists boro oro preparing to go to tho frontier. GALVESTON, TKXAO, May 28.-A special says: "Laredo is. throutcned by throo parties of Lcrdistp, numbering 800 men, under General Gaiza Ayala and Gals Cristi and' Martine/.. Their ndvanco is within ton miles of thc town. ?ho Mcxioan oustpma authorities havo como this sido with?ttlcir books and records. Tho oomruandor .de spairs of holding tho plaoo unless relaforocd. Goncr?l Ayala modo formal demand for tho plaza this morning." fe <- -?j i Wno CAN BEAT Tiii&?--Mr.. S. lit. Provost had out rcocntly from tho field noar his homo 188 dozen of oats off ono acre and a quarter of ground, and when threshed it turned out 125J bushels, whioh io a Httlo over 100 bushete to tho-poro. Mr. . D. M. Humph roy?, who did tho threshing, govo us tho information, and ho is now looking for como ooo to boot it. .. ( ? . [Anderson Journal. How to get elong in ibo world-Walk.