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Atlanta, Ga. nb. messe eratem es.1 Barham's Unfa!IbIe PILE SURE.. i IS?. ~ bie nre Ea ?I The Publie Schools. The-followinig circular has been sent to the School Commissioners of the several countiest The fist regular meeting of. the Ptate Board of Examiners was held May 1st and 2d. The following re solutions are taken from the minutes of the board: RESOLVED, That 2n those -localities in which the number of children de siring to attend school is less than the minimum number prescribed by the various boards of trustees for the establishment of schools, teachers should if possible be procured, the compensation in such cases to be less than tLat usually allowed to the grade of certifibate held by the teacher. RESOLVED, That the various school officers of this Stale be urged to ee cure the services of the most compe tent teachers to -instruct the colored' children, and that this b-oard heartily commends the white teachers who have heretofore engaged in their in struction. RRSOLVED, That this boai d has re-, ceived with gratification the encour aging repo'ts of the progress in edu, cation made by tho colored, children in certain portions of the State, espes cially in Charleston. The following rules, f)r the exams ination of applicants for the position of teacher in the public schools were adopted under the autthority given t) the State Bo.trd of Examiners in sub divisions 2 and 3 of secion 5 of "An act to alter and amend the school law of Sonth Carolina," ap% proved M%rch 22d. 1878: 1. All examinations before County Boards of Examiners must bo in writing, except examintaiions in read. ing, and must be condtcted on ques tions lepared by the State Superin tendVnt ef Edtication; seperate ques tions to be prepared for each of the three grades. 2. The number 10 to be the max imum mark, and no applicant wlose average at an exam)inatio 101s less than 8 on all branches to receive a certificate. 3. '1lbst at all examiniations before County B3oards, at least t wo members of the board mnust be presenit. 4. That applicants before counlty boards shall ho examined in orthog raphy, reading, writing, arithmetic geography, English grammer, history of the Uniited States and of this S.ate. 5. That applicants for teachers' S ate cer tificate must appear befor'e the State B3oar&sExaminers at tihe reguilar' meeting, which will be held in Columbia during the first week in May and the first week in September of ea.h year; and that in addition to the branches of stud'y mentioned in the foregoing rules, said appl.licants must be examined in algebra,iinattiral philosophy and physiology. Ly ac.pordance with the p)rovisions of Rule 1. School Commissioners will ho furnishedl with questions, before each examnination, onIl ap)plicationI to this office. Trhe questions wiii be sent in sealed envelopes, w bicb should be opened on the day of ex amninat ion in the pr'esence of the County Board of 'Examiners. Eadh applicant should be rdquired to state in ,writing, at tye clode of the exami nation, that no lssistance hlas been receiv~ed from any sourice whateter. These p)recaut ions should be observed to prevent applicants from ob'aining copies of the questions before the ex amination, and also from receiving assistance after the examination beh. gins, The great want in our public schools is for better teachers. Until training schools for teachers can 'be established, the State Board and tihe county boards must be relied on t'o secure competent iristr'uction, and4 for this Teason great care ebould be exer., cised in ti.0 examinldnie. I would eopccially urge that no person b)e granted a certificate who, in addition ,to other requirements, has not the high moral qualifications which should be poesebsed by every one who is entrusted with the important work of teaching the youth of our State The school lav gives to the State Board of Examiners authority to se lect a uniform series of text books to be used in the public schools. The books will be selected at thi next meeting of the board, which will be held during the first -veek in%Opten. ber, and it is hoped that by the * be" ginning of the next school year th.ere will be in use in all counties of the State books well adapted to the ag sistance of teachers and the instruc t00n of'pupils. Huou S. THoMpsoN, State Superinten dent Education. A CASE OF CIROUMSTANTIAL EvI DENCE.-Nearly a year ago a wealthy merchant named Rozier was robbed and murdered near Sparta, Georgia, whilst on his way from- his store to his resilence in the evening. The body was alleged to hafe been dis covered by the town marshal, a man named Griggs, and two companiotis, named Lovett and Barnes. It was found that Mr. Rozier had been struck on the head with some blunt instru met, wiich had crushed in without brerking the skull. The stoi ies told by the tihree men did not agree, supposed iNonsi stencies were. de'ected in them, and the sus picion was excited that Griggs and Jis friends were themselves the i mr derers, and a nminibel of circumn stancCs havi n g been, adduced caltt lated to eswablish the guilt of ite pris o-)n)el, they we e convic'ed and sell teced to death. The en.rcemient of the penally has beni postponed from tim1e to time, Inainly I brough the earnest and dovoted eib ris of Marshall Gigg's wife, who has per sisted in avowig her convic'ion of her hju-band's innm.cence. 11cr plead ing inlduCced anr experieced detciU hive to take h14old of the case, antd it is niow tolerably certaini that t he murder was coimmnitt ed, tnot by the c(ndemnied men, but by two, roughis attaiched to a circus that was at theo time playing in thle neighborhood. Mr. Rozier was known to have had a valuable watch atnd a revolver in his >ossession, and these could not be traced. The .watch has now beeni recovered, and every ting points to the certainty that the mur:derers were the~ circus men against whomi sus picion hae for some time been dis rected. It is said of Spurgeon that in his pointed way he cr ied out from the pulpit, "There's a shoemuker. Last bunday he sold shoes thait amounitedl to ninepence, and there was four pence profit on it." In the audience there was a shoemaker who had dotne that very thing. .The mnystery both ered him all the week, so on the unext Sunday he had his girl open the shop w hie he again went to chureb. "A hi, sinner," Spurgeon began, "sit. iiin g by proxy is just as bad as though y'ou had sinned yourself. It's no use for you to come here yourself and leave your daughter to keep shop." The shoemaker, was dutmfonnded. It set him thinking, and he was converted. Spiurgeon, hearing of the circum stances, said lie believed the IIoly Spirit inspired his words. There was a littlo fellow who know Mother Goose better than ho knew his .Bibble. One Sunday he was asked i his class, "Who were thrown into the firey furnace?" That was, too much for him. The question was passed; the answer came promptly, "Shadraeh, Meshack and A bednego.'" This was a nr.ortification to the little fellow, and when the next question oame, "Who put them in?',: he ans, wered with a jump, "Little Johnny Gron!"-.Sunday School Times. .&- Republican Pronuncjamento. The Republican Congressional Committee have issued the followilIg address to the voters.of the United States: The Democratia House of Repre sentatives has to day, by a party vote, Odopted a resolution which, under the pretenee of an investiga tion, is to lay the foundation for a I evolutionary expulsion of the Pres ident from his office. This is the culmination of a plot that has been on foot from the day that Hayes and Wheeler were constitutionally de clared elected. It made its first public appearance in the resolution of the last Democratic House, adop ted at the cose of the session, de clar,ing that Tilden and Hendricks were elected. Tilden and Hendricks subsequently M'ade similar public declarations themselves. A few timid members have lng held back, and some of them after being co erced to the final vote, still pretend that they will halt as soon as their partial and one-sided investigation shall.have ended. In other words they intend, aifter hearing suborned evidence, to bring in a verdict that Hayes is a usurpeir, and that he shall not remain in oflice. Thesc men iave no control in the Demo cratic party; &hcy dar'ed not even fo'low Alexander 11. S'ephens in a revolt aj(ailjst cauctis dictation to the extent of showing Sc)me0 seiblan1ce of faCirl l".;y. They - %i ill be im potent i!i the fhiie as they have been -Ii the pa-t. Morcover, it is difficulb to believe inl their si icerity, in view of the public avowal of thieir party tha- ilheir purpose is, if possilo, to disiace the Presidenf. It is a mIlatter (Of L.itory that the Treshiion juzt adopted was objected to. Tie Speaker of the l1use was counsul;ed in ndvai!ce as t. u hether he would rItle Ihat it was a p'rivi. leged queslion. The party nanageis Wlwee anios to conceal their pcilr p' se it poissible. In this t hey were deieated by the Speiiker,,who would niot rule it a questIin of privilege, uLie.CSs it c!early assailedl the titje ot the Presidenit. T6e~' resolumt ion beinrg, offered, hie'read a carefully .repared opinion, declaing it to be a question of' highest privilege, becauise it in vol ve(I the qm.st ion of the validity of' layes' title. there are his ver'y words: "A higher pr ivilege than the one- her'ein involved, and broadly arnd direcily pre'senIted as to the rightful uceupanicy of the chief' ex ecutive chair of' the government, and the connection of high government oflicials with the frauds alleged, the chair is uinable to conceive. The chair fin ds en ameri'ated am6ng- the quest ions of p)rivilege set down in the mahuimal the followinig: 'Election of President.' The preamble and r'esolut ion em brace questions of pri vilege of' the h'ighest character, and the chair r'eccgnizes tIme rigat of the gentleman from New York to offer the same." UJpon thmis the Republicans Com menced ai sti uggle against the r'evo intionary echmene, which, after' five dam s' duration, tejriated in the success of the conspir'ator's. . The Republicans (offer'ed to favor the fci., lest in vestigation in alleed frauds, by ub ichever party charged to have been coImmiittedl; but the Democracy pursued its cour'se shamelessly and recklessly, aind sti fle& all inqiryi' into the attemir ts at bribery ini Oreg'on, So.ut h Carolina arid Louisiania, and miuider and violence in several of thme States. Neither anmendrment nor debate was8 allowed. The ineCxor'ai ble previous question wats aplied arnd enftorced. The scheme,'it pulrsued, and it is now fully inaugur'ated, carn only have the effect of further para'flyzing business oh aill kinds, pr'even)t the restortioni of conafdence which seemn. ed promising, cas3tinig a gloom over every household and bringing our nation into reproach before the civ ilized world. The peace of the country is the first consideration of patriote. This iew effirt of the De mocracy to inaugurate anarchy and Mexicanize the government by throw ing dubts upon the legitimacy of the title of the President, is in keep ing with the record of that party, one wing of which rebelled against the government, while the other wing gave them aid and comfort. We call, therefore, upononll Iwho oppoged the rebellion of 1861, with out Iistinction of party, to rally well to the s'upport of law, order arid stable government, and to over whelm with defeat the reekless agi tators who, to gain'.political power, would add to tho present distress of the country by shaking lhe-fouinda lions of a government they failed in a fouir yea:-s' war to destroy. * By unanimous order of the com mittee. EuaENE jIALE, Chairman. GRo. C. GILLIAM, Sec'y. Convention in Chester. The Democratic Club of Chester Township met hero to day. The body Xas called to order by President John J. Hemphill, late:member of the lower House of .Representatives froim our county- A constitution of the usual tenor wts read and adopted. The next business in order was the discusrion of the pritnary election Nsystem, as indicated in our last letter. Judge T. J. Machey was present, and with appairent reluciance roso to offer his views on the Subject. lie said in substance that Patriotis,n was one of the chief features and greatest virtues of "our people." So interested were they for the public good, that no sooner would the time conio to elect mien to the public service Lhan five hundred, Cognizant of the burden Of oflice and of the responsibilities to be met, of the sleepless nights an11d irk some days ahead, would tep forward and sacrifice all for thecir country's good-they would consent to become candidautes. Hie said that the ques, tioni was, not which wans the best mode of nominating candidates, but of the twvo plans presented, (the convention or the primary system,) wvhich was the one calculated to give mcst saitis faction? lio explained the two sys., tems and astonished the houso by ad vocating,'without reserve, the primary election plan. lie thought that the nearer you get to the pulse of' the p)eople, the nearer you approached the true systoem of governnTent. lie wvas proud to speak to a Democr'atic audi ence, to have his name on .thoe roll of theo clI'o; and that it matte-ed rnot how the candidates of the party were nominated, it wan his p)urposo to stand by them and to raise his voice for them in the coming campaign. Of course, lhe eulogized our uinivers sally p)opular Governor and his admin,. istration. The addross wvas greeted with ap plauso, Thcere were no other speak ers, no opposition having beon mnani fested, (the Judge is noted for his pwercu of snuffing the breeze,) and the resolutionis in favor of adopting the primar~"y election system were unan-, imously car~ted. Tho constitution of the club binds the members to support the Foederal as well as State ticket. The action of' this township) will no doubt be fo)l lowecd thr ughout the en tire couinty. Let the good woork go on.-Cor. News and Courier. Ie came in with the majestic stridle of a star actor; bowe toth editor, thme waste basket andI the spit. tooni; theni spake in oratorical tonmes sub)statitially as follows: "YOU may talk of the Golden Age, of the Iron Age and all of thme other' famous ages; bumt, as f>r me, give mae spin-nigei''... Afueir which he again bowed 1,ro foundly and -went out,to bask in the starlight. The Plan of Salvation. The plan of salvation was not ther contrivance of human wisdom. It'is unlike what men have themselves devised'as systems of religion. It did not occur to ibe ancient philoso. pliers, nor has it occurred to 'The modern. It may be -expected to ex cite the opposition, the contempt and the scorn of this world; and the Gos pel makes its way usually, not with their frieidsliip, but in the face Of their 6ppo3ition. Its SUCCOS is such as to conf ound mnd per'plex them. They despise it, and see not its se cret power ; they witness their effects, but are unable t6 account for them.. It has always been a questton with philosoplhers why the Gospel met with such success, and the vario.us accounts which have been given of it 1)3 its enemies show how much they have been embarrassed. The most elaborate. part of "Gibbon's Declino aiiLFall of the Roman Empire" is cmntaiied in hiis attempt to state the causes of tle Carly propagation of Christianity, and the obvious failure of the account shows how much the mind of the phidosophic skeptic was. embarrassed by the fict of' its rapid and wide diffusion. The rcep-lition of the Gospel do mnds an humble mind. Men of god sense, ot- hmme fears, of child like temper, embrace it. "N ot inany mnigllty" are called to be Christians. Not many men of I)ower, or men sustaining important officeR in tho State. Not many ot llustrious birth, or descended from illustrious fani, lies. III resp'ect to each of these classes, the Apostles does not say liere were no inen of wealth, power and 1.irlb, but tho mass or body of Ciristialns was not compliosed of such. * * * Thie reasons why tho6e of rank and wealh do not become Christians are iany and tbs ious. They are beset with peculiar tump taitms. They ae usually satisfiod, with rank and wealth, and do nt feel their need of' a hope of i.leaven. Trhey are sur'rounded with objeois that flatter their vanity, which. min ister to their pride, aind whlich throw thiem in to the circle oh allurhing anid tempting pleasureis. They are drawn away from the meanis of grace and the lafces of pr'ayer by fashion, by bumsiuness, by temp jtation. Tfhere i& something about the pride of learn ing and phih>sophy w hiich usually makes thore wh~o possess it unwilling to sit at the feet of Chrisit,-~'to ac'. knowledge their dependco on God, and to confess that they are poor, and needly, and bliind, and naked before liim. lit ofteni l: hppenis that obscure. and ignorant mleni, who have been aughit in ihe school of Christ, hav'o natre tr'ue and teal knowledge of that w hieh c< neerus t heir wvelfarec, and evince mote real prtact ical wisdom' than cana be :ear'ned in all the schools of' philhsop)hiy and Iearn ing. CuIINJOr RoCKc, N. C., May 12. Bald Mountain has split in twain! Your' reader's will rememb)er that two year's ago great excitement existed in this section on accounmt of the wonder.' fulh and inexplicable no0ises heard ini the bowvels of the old Bald. The soun1 ds, like mnuttetred thunder, appa-. renitly prmioceed from the innermost depths of the mnounitaini, and cre ated the wildest excitement among the residenits of' the valley. In the pas few' days the mountain has liter-. alIfysplit in twain, leaving achm of t hr ee hutndred feet in lengthI and( from eight Lo ten feet in width. So hft' as youi' correspondent cant asaer.. tain, thle depth is one bottomuless abyss. As yet nto smioke or lava has been t hrown out from the crater. Great excitement exists, and Bald Mountain bids fair to become the mnodern Vesuvius. 14'y for yrert paper. '