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' " ' ' ' "' ' rn. ...,.." r. . ? , , ?? ? ...fl. " ^ . -?""!. "Oj W $ ff? Mi fe ? ll g? ?... rp iii Pjl? r) 1 |? 15) il Lb ly U'J LL ?EJ JI?S^^^^^?^H? ly 'iJ liJ ? J J LL ill ? .- -- ?^^S?^H^bi^^P-.--.-.-.? TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE ^'^<^^^^^^^^^?^^^^^^.:^ NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALS? TO ANY MAN. BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1879. VOLUME XIV.-NO. 18. JLrtJi UI?JNUINE DR. C. Mo&ANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. THE countenance is pale and leaden colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both checks; the eyes become dull; the pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid ; the nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip ; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach ; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout thc abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy; not unfrcquently tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompanied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; uneasy and disturbed sleep, With grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, eve. Whenever the above symptoms are found lo exist, DR. C. M?LANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOKS NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form; it is an innocent prepara tion, not capable of doing //ic s/ig/itcsl injury to thc mos/ /ender infant. Thc genuine Du. Mci.AN K'S VER MIFUGE bears the signatures of C. M O' LANE and FLEMING linos, on thc wrapper. -:o: DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS arc not recommended as a remedy "for all thc ills that flesh is heir lb," hut ill affections of thc liver, and in all bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of that character, they stand without a rival, AGUE AND FEVER. No helter cathartic can he used preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they are unequaled? CEWAltE Ot' IMITATION?. Thc genuine nie never sugar coated. Each hox has K red wax seal on thc lid with thc impression Du. M CLANK'S LlVKR PH.I.S. Each wrapper bears tbs signatures of C. MCLANK and FLEM INO baos". Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc LANE'S LIVER PM.ES, prepared hy Fleming Uros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the marget being full of imitations of the name JHcf.dllGj spelled differently but same pronunciation. THE FOR LAUNDRY USE. Nov. 21 1878 1--ll* DR."T M. MCLANAHAN, IIAVIN'O resumed tho practico of medicine, il offers his professional services to thc com munity. OfTico at his residence nt bachelors' Retreat, Oconco County, S. 0. August 8, 187? 38 WMiHAMA VHH?Iil OOMiEGE. ffMIE noxt sossion nf this institution will J_ com meneo THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 1878. lt is an advantage to touchers nod pupils to entor tho various classes at that timo, for n fow wcoks delay render it difficult to advance with class. Board in College and in privnto (amilies, per month, - - $10.00 Juvenile, Department, por month, - .50 Primary Dopnrtmont, per month, - .80 Academic Dopnrtmont, por month, - 1.00 Collegiate Department, por month, - 3.00 These prioos aro exclusivo of State appro priations. Music, Wax and Fancy Work extra. For particulars, address, J>K. J. P. SMI$I/r5BElt. July 25, 1878, 30 ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. AbL persons indebted to (ho firm of bewis & Walker, of SencoaCity, must innko prompt pay mont, otherwise their notes and accounts will ho plnccd in tho hands of nn officer for collcolion. JOHN C. CARY, Assignee Fob 13, 1870 13 St .j,. Agu??iiu-a. so.snrri.Tf o .vainillo. Put Down tho Brakes. No matter how well tho track ia laid, No matter how strong tho cngino is modo, When you find it is running down tho grado, l'ut down tho brakes, If tho demon of drink lins entered tho soul, And his power is getting beyond control, And dragging you on to a terrifm goal, Put down tho brakes! Remember tho mingo, "Don't triflo with fire," Temptation, you know, is always a liar, If you want to crush out tho burning desire, Put down thu brukcsl Arc you running in debt by living too fas'.? Do you look back with shame on a profitless past, And fool that your ruin is coming ut last? Put down tho brakes! Whether for kuowlodg", or for honor and gain, You're fast wearing out your body and brain, Till naturo no longer can bear the strain, Put down thc brakes! Tho human is weak; sinco Adam's full Bowaru how yon yield to appetite's call, "l?o temp?ralo in all things" was practiced by Paul: Put down tho brakes! Ah, a terrible thing is hum?t? liff ! Its track with many a (lunger is lifo, Do you sock for victor's crown in ibo strife? Put down t'no brakes! Normal School. MESSRS. EDITORS: YOU differ so widdy with mo in regard io "Normal Schools," tho new method of teaching and tho b ?oks now in usc, that I will give jou a few thoughts on tho subject, replying as near as possible to your editorial on tho sama subject. Allow mo to slate herc that, the introduction of tho system of teaching you condemn would bc of great and lasting boin fit to our county. As lo normal schools, [ um afraid that you do not comprehend fully its purpose, nt least my notion of one. lt is not, according to my ?deus, intended as an educational school, but n place for training teachers how io impart instruction to their pupils, and giving thom a thorough training in their duties; ?Iio for reviewing weak points in tho education of thc teachers. lt does not prevent stu lents from complet ing their education at other colleges, mid I do not sec how it can interfere with our colleges; but, as I will have something to say on (his subject in a subsequent article, I will diop it for thc present and proceed with my remarks, You say in your editorial, "Old things aro pissing away nil things arc becoming nosv, but wo arc s irry to express our opiu j ion that tho changes arc ni no way for the i better. Ono would think from thc groat I 01 y about teachers and normal schools, ? : hut in our hciotoforo days education was a Eirnil, anil teaching a dry, prosy repetition ol'books, without benefit or development, montai uf physical. What aro thc fuels? &0., fco." lt is not denied that thorn wore good teac'iors formerly, or smart men -f ids that cannot b:i denied; but you must recollect that times chango and wo must chungo with them, wllOt! thc chango is for tho bet (er, which I contend it ls in this caso. Thc world generally oiV'nges for the better, mid it is ever making improvements, nnd all this crying about teachers n.r?d nor? mal schools means that wo want tho best possible method (d' instructing our youi.bj a method, too, that meets thc contingencies of thc times. From my own rxperienco nt school, for in my day tho old system was adhered to, Mid tho chance I have had to i judge of tho new books nnd method of instruction, both from expoiienco und visi ting other schools, 1 do not hesitate to pro nounce in favor of the lust system. Admitting that wc had then u few good teachers und a great many bad ones, wc will pass that pnrt of your editorial for thc present, and I will olaini tho folio wing hiipc riority in tho books of to day over those formerly used: Tho books formerly used were not oduptcd to tim minds of tho pupils ns they nie now tosuit nil ugo-. Tho pupil lost n great deal of timo waiting for his mind to grow up to his books. (Geography, urilhmotio, &o., wcro not arranged willi regard to tho ngc of tho pupil. Only such books ns Mitchell's Geography, which was well enough for advanced pupils, was in use. Thc younger minds could not com prehend them, and u<< stated, bad to wait till tho mind was sullioiently matured lo jomprcliend tho heavy books then in uso. It consumed too much timo by this waiting. Owing to tho fact that ninc-tcuths of our boys have to quit school by tho time they reach fifteen or sixteen, we have to endea vor to givo thom ns much education us possible np to that ugo. This is ono reason why our hooks have been so much imposed on. Necessity brought it about, nnd it has dono n good thing for the country ut largo. Our books aro so arranged now that wo can commence to instruct ibo youngest in tho various branches ns soon ns they cnn rend intelligibly. Tho books aro carefully pro pared to suit ibo minds of tho youngest, anti prepared, too, in stops or grades thnt oro so gradual thnt thc pupil docs not notice the chango from ono step lo tho other, and tho mind is not overtasked Study beoomos n pleasure instead of a drudge, making tho work lighter, and enabling tho pupil to advance moro rapidly. Whenever tho sys tom has been properly tried it has not failed to givo satisfaction. Go to New York, Charleston, Atlanta or nny of our towns wlioro it hus boen properly worked and you will find that the people- arc satisfied with it, and it is daily growing in favor, lt saves timo and consequently money. Be sides tho abovo, 1 will here stato that instead of tho pupil being tuught how to think nud study lo thc best advantage, how to investigate for himself, how to originnto ideas nnd becomo mentally independent, tho studonts is discouraged by tho meth ods employed by his instructors from nny originality or independence of thought, and thus makes him a non issuing depository of facts. .Students should bo taught that thc object of their sohool work is not so much to impart to them a knowledge of facts ns to teach them how to acquire facts, how to observo, how to investigate, how to reason, how lo compose, how to utilizo knowledge alter it has been acquired. Now wo want teachers who can apply facts after they hnvo received them. This is why I want to seo a normal school established; hut moro on thia in tho future. Wc do not claim that stunner men will bo turned out by this new system than wc formally ha l. Smart men aro not found every day. Tho result obtained is not what tho world is struggling for so much ns it is tor thc manner of obtaining that result, nod with an oyo to giving eery ono a practical education. When Kneing invented tho cylinder press sixty years ngo, wo had equally ns good news vu we get from the Andrew Campbell press of 18715, but what a vast difference in tho manlier of priting now and then, with how much moro ease, how much innre rapidly, and what a saving of labor, time and expense, when wo com paro l!ie two. Besides, what I nm advocat ing is no new idea, just, sprung up, tho practicability ot which is to be tested, but it is almost now n unversally conceded fact. If tho method wo o iud practicable, why has it been so universally adopted, and if there is not any uro of it, w'i-v all this cry about teachers and normal schools!1 You Stato that there aro now ten educa ted persons VT here there used to bo one, true, nnd it. is tho result of tho gradual improvement which h ui been made in our educational system, ?ind I am sorry to say that our good old State is not fully up to the mark in this respect, taking it us a vvholo. Wo inuit endeavor to educate that tenth man. As proof of tho advantage of system, compare tho pupils of to-day with pupils of your own boyhood, und if I am not greatly mistaken, you will now lind children of eight Ol' ten tokllOW moro about geography, arithmetic, ?to., (han pupils for merly knew at. fourteen or fifteen. I mean, of course take those who have boen using tho first, second and third steps or grades under the improved method, I um deeply interestediu the educational in tercstsof Oconeo, 'nore sothan I ever thought would be in any thing, I say of (Jennee; but not only this particular spot of South Carolina; but thc whole State. In any way that I can aid in tho matter 1. nm willing and toady. You stato that our freo school system hus been injurious tn our schools. I think that it bus decidedly injured them; not that thc plan is a bad one, but thc State has not been able to conduct it us it should. As you say wo have it as a law mid must abide by il; but unless we endeavor to improve it, it will always stand an it is. Wo must not only endeavor to i ul provo our free school system, but. must impress upon tho people tho necessity of educating their children. This is tho main point and the great trouble and again if wo be idle, how uro wo to ac complish this? An interest will have to bo awakened. While wo have new books ?ind ,u new method of teaching; wo must deviso 80Lt?o method tu get good teachers, with good p.'V, und a method by which wo can got tho parents to educate their children, for wc cannot ifuild n house without ma terial, never mina how good our tools nro. As ibis letter Ima J ready grown too long, I will have to stop in tho" middle almost of my romarks, but I break oft' more willingly as I will sonic time liovt? something to say on this subject, especially thc hitter parts of these remarks a3(l on normal schools. Look into thc machinery mid see if it docs not work moro smoothly than thc old did. I would not like to nd" vocato anything that would interfere with our colleges. A normal school will not, L guess, intorfcro willi thom, tis you seem to think. C. FA m PLAY, S. C., Mardi 3, 1870. Is Memphis Doomod? MEMPHIS! February 27.-Tho yellow fever, or somo other pestilence or plague, will us surely visit this oily during tho coining summet us tho lapso of timo brings tho season and temperature suitable for the development of tho germs of fntul sick noss, Momphis is unquestionably tho nastiest, dirtiest nnd filthiest city in tho United States, if not in tho world; it ought to bo indicted ns n national nuisnnco. There is no puro water for drinking or culinary purposes to bo had within tho limits of tho corporation. Thero aro somo wells and ; pumps in tho suburbs, but they nro gono ' rally so poorly constructed that tho seep water from tho bayous nnd cess pools runs into them and poisons every drop they o?n tnin. Wolf Uiver, from whonco tho oily water works draw their supply, is, in tho estimation of many, simply a largo sewer for tho surrounding country, nnd is just rooking with soop poison and filth. In tho cintra! part of tho oity there aro many cisterns, tho covers of which aro genorally in a dilapidated condition, and tho inside work is almost invariably broken and cracked and tho seep poison libera into them. When tito pcoplo returned to this city lust year, after tho board of health bad issued their proclamation of safety they commenced to uso the water from these cisterns without having thom cleaned out or inquiring what had been emptied or thrown iuto thom during ibo prevalence of tho lever. Tho result of all this carelessness and stupidity hus boen a seimon of unparalleled sickness, tho end ot which is uot yet. Tho green and putrefying bodies of hundreds of Inst y< ar's yellow fever victims havo boon ex humed, removed and rc interred at other places. If thcro existed no other cause for thc reappearance of tho yellow fever this year, this digging up tho bodies in tho trenches, Potter's field and other places, would bc amply sufficient. There aro no sewers in Memphis worthy of the name, and tho nauseating Huid from animals and vaults just remains where it fulls or seeps through tho ground to cisterns cellars, wells and river. Tho streets, allies nnd tack yards of tho city aro in u most deplorable state of nastiness; no arrange ment or contract for removing gorbago appears to have been in existence hero for more than n year, and tho consequence is that at the doors nod in thc rear of many dwelling and business bouses ibero aro heaps of ashes, piles of manure and other filth and offal. How any community eau be at caso uudcr such n, frightful state of affairs is to thc writer a most inexplicable mystery. The inevitable advent of another terrible uilliction upon thc pcoplo of Memphis this year is foreseen by many citizens boro, a large number of whom have already rc moved their families to places of safety. Workingmen oro struggling nnd denying themselves ?nd families many comforts and luxuries in order to accumulate a few dollars to enable (bein to remove to u healthier place. Ono or two very largo business Ionises have closed out tin ir business here forever, and opened out in St. Louis and other cities. Others have determined to close al nu early day, and arc now selling out nt prices fur beiow actual cost, iu order to enable them to meet obligations to get away. There aro not a tlo/.cn retail mer chants in tho city in any branch of trndo that uro not conducting their business with striol refcreuua to an curly suspension of business, and it is safe to sny that ibero is not a busiuess linn in any liuo hero who bas now or intends to bo caught with a heavy stock of goods on hand when Mem phis bas another ..Hack. Yellow fever has not entirely subsided herc since lust summer. There are people herc now, sdck in bed, with an infirmity showing all of tho prominent symptoms of yellow fever, and physicians say that if it was tho proper season they would unhesitatingly pronounce it such. Thu lust authenticated ease on record herc, which terminated fatally, was that of Mrs Patterson, a widow, who lived on Union street, near Do Soto. Sho waa attended by Dr. Pouruell. Thc p-iticnt died about December ?. lt was a well marked ouse of genuino yellow fever, and no physician in tho city, so fur ns I hnve beard, either denies or doubla ita character or identity with the dreaded scourge of last year. Your correspondent was conversing with a young lady lost Sunday afternoon, and as there Is no meeting of friends iii this city unless yellow fever is one of the topics to be discussed, of cou rao wo had it for a while under consideration. The young lady told inc ufa friend of hers now in bcd with a "winter cane" of yellow fever. 8ho said her friend was now convalescing, but bad been only u few days before in n hopeless condition. I asked my young friend if she and her mother bad not better bo making some arrangements to leave tho city in eise tho fever should break out hero again, lier reply was: "Wc huve already antici pated such un emergency, und now have our entire household goods in such n coodi don that wo cnn in two hours get every thing on thc ours and bo cn routo to Chi cago." This family have un excellent business hero, bub arc anxious to sell out and leave thc city for all time to como. There aro more groceries, stores and va rious other kinds of business firms here a.uxious to sell out than uro to bc found in any other place in tho country, l'?ven Bar? nuby, the dealer in gentlemen's furnishing goods, tinder tho Peabody Hotel, bas given up bis stand, the best in thc city for his lino of trade, and will remove to Minnesota in a few days. In fine, every man, woman and child in Memphis, white or black who aro financially able to lenvo ibis piuco this slummer, hove alroady fully determined to do HO, and aro now shaping all their efforts in that dirootion.- Lefter to Loousville Post. Whitosido Mountain. This mountain is in Macon County, N. C., fivo miles Northeast of Highlands. Tho summit of Whitosido is 5,000 feet high. Its peculiar location enables ono to gain from it tho most striking prospoct in North Carolina, lt overlooks a country of peaks nnd projections, of frightful procipioos, often of naked rock, but generally fringed with delicate foliage; a country dotted with fertile clearings, set down in tko midst of forests; of valley.;, inaccessible save by narrow passes; of curious caves ond tangled trails; of buttes and knobs, roached only by dangerous passes, where ono finds tho bluff's bnjo thousands of feet down in somo nook, and, as ho looks up, sees tho wall tottering far above him. Thc "Devil's Court Houso" is a grund, rooky bluff, with its foot planted among tho thickets, and its brow crowned with n rugged, cnstlc-liko foriuatiou. Tho rugged sides oro hero and there Btuincd liko tho wulla of an old building, and it ia not difficult to imagino that oho is beholding 1 tho ruinod Yralla of souio giant castle lui? ngino a watorfall, 2,000 feet high, suddooly turned to stone, oud you have tho general effect of tho Whiteside prooipioo. Thoro tho curvo and tho grand, dizzy bood down ward, and were it not for occasional clumps of fol iago down tho sides, tho resemblance would bo absolute. Tho mountaiu lies rootod in tho Western slopo of tho Blue Ridge. Viewed ot a proper distanoo in tho valley below, from its Southeast front, it is ono of tho sublimest natural monuments in tho United States. Tho sunshino plays upon walls which aro nt times of dazzling whiteness, oud thc sheer full seems to con tinuo to thc very level of tho valley, although it is herc and thorc brokeu by landings. A storm on tho vost rock, with tho light ning playing hido aud seek in tho crevices of tho preoipiuo, is on cxpericuco which gives ono an enlarged iden of tho powers of Heaven. This ia a faint delineation of ouo of tho many attractive and picturesque points dotting tho Piodmont Air Lino. This section abounds in fish und gamo, and livers of fishing nnd hunting will find hero an nmplc opportunity to enjoy tho pleasures of these sports. Parties designing to visit this romautio section, will get off at Sencoa City, S. C., a thriving city on tho Piedmont Air Linc, 119 miles from Atlanta, and 430 miles from Richmond, ond proceed thoro by ono of A. W. Thompson's superb hacks. [ Western Reporter. Moitr. COHN, LESS COTTON.-Wo again warn our farmers not to plant so much cotton. A diversity of orops is tho only thing that will snvo this country. Tho price ot cotton is now no excuso for a per sistence in tho suicidal folly that has con trolled thc planters for n number of years buck and brought misery aud poverty in its train, lt must bo plain to every ouo that planting cotton to such an extent is a losing business. Our soil is suited to provision crops and wc should first look to tho neocsi tics of lifo and produce theso at home. As matters hnvo been managed the farmers have mado themselves servants to tho mid? din tuen. After toiling all year and sup porting themselves on a liun they guttier their cotton and when they offer it tor salo they aro compelled to take anything they ann get. Somebody else fixes tho prico of their productions. Having nothing to cat of their own raising thoy havo to submit or starve. On tho other hand thoy arc in thc same pitiablo Plato of dependence when it comes to buying provisions. They do uot have to pay tho worth of thc goods only but oro neocsitntcd to buy at a fictitious valuo placed upon them by speculators sometimes more and sometimes less as it may bo tho will of somo ono a thousand miles away who expects to make a fortune ot once by tho riso or full of oertain articles of present neocssity. Tho condition of tho farmer must bo doplorablo indeed when ho hos both to buy nnd sell ut a fixed prico by some ono else, ile is not freo to moko au advantageous trade of any kind and thc longor he pursues tho samo lino of polioy he will bcoomo worso and worse. Thc farmers can take it to bo true thnt nothing will save them unless they raise their own provisions. Tho lien law won't save thom. No legislation will help tho matter and if tho farmers stick to cotton they will' bc ruined foacvor.-Abbeville Medium. Go WEST, YONNO MAN.-Tho Burling ton Hawheyo is doing its best to encourage young men to go Weet and grow up with the country. This is thc ndvioo it gives them: "Yes, son, yes, yes; go out West und buy u farm. Thoro is no lifo HO inde pendent ns that of tho farmer. Do not bo discouraged if tho work in a little hard at first. Thc grasshopper will oat up oil your first planting, but they will devour it so carly in tho sonson thut you ctn pla ut a second timo. They wont cat that planting until just about throe days before harvest. Then you will havo nothing to do nil fall and winter, and you oui? put in all your time starving.- Tho next year's erop will bc destroyed by constant rain and floods. Thc third year u drought will burn up every thing that lins a root or leaf within ten miles of your farm. The fourth year, how ever will go well. You will raiso a bloom ing crop, get it all in and safely housed, and sit down happy and contented, waiting for tho market to risc Then a prairio firo, ns big ns tho but end of tho universo, will como n'ong and burn up everything you havo in the wot ld except tho clothes you havo on. l?ny n farm! A young man is neglectful of his best interests and most solemn duties who does not buy a farm right away." "A SMART 'UN."-Ono of our friends has a bright little boy who behaves for all tho world liko other children-which in a cl :hi is virtue, not a vico. Tho other afternoon ho played so hard that ho fell asleep, nnd was put to bcd without his sup per. Tho next morning Hurry got up very much rofreshed hy his long rest, and carno down to his breakfast as smiling and happy as could bo. ?'You wns a good boy Inst night, Harry," said a lady: "you went to bcd without your supper." Harry looked at her a moment in painful surprise, and then all of a sudden tho olouds gath ered upon his face, and ho asked tho nurse, "Did I go to sleep without my supper last night?" "Yes," enid tho nurse. "Well," said ho between his tears, "I want my Inst night's supper now*-and he had it.-Kr. Governors Since 1800. A friend hands tho Wtnsboro Actos ami Herald u list of tho Governors of South Curolina siuoo tho your 1800, and when eleoted, whioh wc publish as convoying in formation that few kuow: 1800, John Drayton; 1802, James iL Richardson; 1801, Paul Hamilton; 1800, Gliorlcs Pinokncy; 1808, John Drayton; 1810, Henry Middleton; 1812, Josoph All ston; 1814, David R. Williams; 1816, Andrew Piokcns; 1818, John Geddes; 1820, Thomas Dennett; 1822, John L. Wilson; 1824, Richard 1. Manning; 1820, John Taylor; 1S28, Stcphon I). Miller; 1830, James Hamilton; 1832, Robort Y. Hoyne; 1834, Gcorgo MoDuffie; 1830, Picroo M. Dutlor; 1838, J'atriok Noble; 1840, John P. Riohardaon; 1812, Jntuos II. Hammond; 1844, William Aiken; 1810, David Johnson; 1848, Whitoinorsh li. Sonbrook; 1850, John H. Mcaus; 1852, John L. Manning; 1854, James II. Adams; 1850, lt. F. W. Allston; 1858, William II. Gist; 1800, F. W. Piokcns; 1802, M. Ii. Bonham; 1804, d. G. Magrath; I860, James JJ. Orr; 1868, Robert K. Scott; 1870, Robert K. Scott; 1872, Franklin J. Moses, Jr.; 1874, Daniel H. Chamberlain; 1876, Wado Hampton; 1878, Wade Hamptou, 1879, Wm. 1). Simpson. SOMK STATISTICS ron THE METHODISTS?. -Tho minutes of thc South Carolina Con ference, just published, difcloso an encour aging condition of things in tho Methodist Church, tho largest aud most influential dououiination in tho State. Tho following statistics will not provo uninteresting to our renders: Membership, white 44.291 " colored '222 Travciiug preache s 154 Total 44,667 No. Sunday Schools 504 No. Sunday School Scholars 21,939 No. Officers ond Tcaohors 3,112 No. Colored Sunday School Soholars 78 Total ( 25,129 No. Church buildiugs 559? (ouo building partly owned by another de nomination.) Value of Church buildings ?516,145 82 Parsonages valued at 92,745' 21 Colleges and School Houses valued at 93,765 31 Camp grounds valued at 13,655 Miscellaneous property 6,857 Total value 8723,16? Collcotod last yr av for support of prendiera in charge. ?64,594 68 Collcotod for presiding eldors 8,650 89 Averogo salary of preachers in chorgo 445 48 Average salury of presiding cldora 961 21 Collected for foreign missions 2,461 42 " for domestio missions 3,713 31 " for vorious other ob jects 48,488 43 Tho avcrngo paid per member support ministry 1' 65 Average paid per mom ber for foreign missions 0 05 Averogo poid per member for dcm cst ic missions 0 08 Average paid per member for oil purposes. 2 87 TUA fl EDY IN ATLANTA,-A dispatch of Last Tuesdny evening from Atlanta, Ga., gives tho following aocount of n fetal rencontre in that city, on that day, between two gentlemen well known throughout thc country: At 3 88 P. M. thc oflioo of tho Stato Treasurer, nt thu capitol, in this oily was thc 8oenc of a bloody tragedy, tho parties' boing Col. Robert A. Alston, member of the Legislature, aud Cnpt E. S. Cox, of DeKalb County. Alston fired tinco shots' and Cox two. Alston was shot in tho right temple, tho ball passing through his brain. Cox was shot in tho mouth and through tho loft hand. Alston is dying, but Cox is not seriously hurt. Tho diffi culty arose from Alston having a power of attorney from Senator Gordon to sell tho latter's interest in tho State convict loase. Cox is n sub lessee undor Gordon ar.d wanted Alston to sell Gordon's interest to Walters, who had promised to buy Cox out. Alston sold to another person. Cox throat* onod Alston nt noon that ho would kill him beforo sundown if tho trado was not can celled nnd made with his man. Ho hunted Alston down. Gov. Colquitt and othors having detained Alston nt tho capitol, them thc quarrel was renewed, and both drew their pistols with tho result nbovo stated. Col. Alston died at four minutes niter 0, Tuesday. ATLANTA, GA., March 12.-Tho Coro ner's jury rendered a vcrdiot that tho kil ling of Alston by Cox was a wilful and pre meditated murder. Cox is in jail to await 1 trial. Tn attompting to carve a fowl ono day, a gentleman found considerable dilium!ty in separating its joints, and exclaimed against tho man who had sold him an old hon for a young ohiokon. "My doar," said tho on rngod man's w'fo, "don't talk so muoh about tho agod and respectable Mr. ll; ho planted tho first hill of corn that was planted in our town." "I know that," said tho husband, "and T boiiovo this hen soratohecV it up. Eaoh leaf has a colony of insoclS grazing on it like oows in a meadow.