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VOL. XV. PICKENS, S. C.~ TIIITSAYMY2718.NO3. Noticeable Lack of Progress in the inack Man Where Uneumbered by tie Whiten. The American negro is an anomaly, says a John's Island, South Carolina, correspondont of the Chicago Times. Thousands of volume?'s have been written about him and many ten thousands of editorials and magazine articles, and the more we study him the more we don't know about some of his peculiari ties. And now, after seeing th1d free negro in the North, the slave negro in the South, and the freeman and freed man both North and South, anl after coming to some conclusions in regard to them, I find on this coast and these islands an entirely new variety of the genus, necessitating a new theory. To the best of my knowledge every prophecy ever made about the American negro has been completely falsified b)y facts. I do not, just now, remember one guess, even by the wisest, that has proved correct, whether the guesser was a friend or foe. In the fir,t place, there were those in England and the colonies who said the negro would wither away in bondage; but, unlike every oilier race on the globe, and unlike his own race in other countries, the negro in the United States flourished in slavery and multipli ed as no other race has. IDEAL NEORO SOCIETY. Here the colored people own time land and hold the elective oflices. They have all the churches heart could wish, and at least three preaelers to the square mile. They have perfect social etuality, if there be such a thing, for they have all the society there is. The whites are so isolated that they have none. In short, the negroes have the land, a climate to suit them, the oflices, the stores, the schools, the churches, perfect immunity from white oppression, and free courso to run and be glorified. And with all this, what progress? W'ell, you have to set stakes and take sight to see that they are noving at all. .James Island presents them at their best omi the coast; John's is noticeably worse than James; Wadmalaw is w,rse than John's, and each successive island from hwre to Savannah, so the whites tell me, is worse than the last, although I find this hard to believe. The exact progress since the war I, of course, cannot meaisure, as I was not here then to take a point of de parture; but this I insist upon, that the poorer class could not have lived worse than now and lived at all. Tme gain hats been by those who got land, and the poorest renter in Indiana lives far b etter 4 than the best of them on Johi's and Wadmalula w. And now, with all this evidence, lots of pco)le arei prophesying as confidently as ever all sorts of good and evil for the negro's future. Instead of following this rash example, will pre sent the facts of mmy trip to this point the reader may do his own proph esying. Yesterday morning I left the hospita ble home of the well-to-do black brother, George Brown, and traveled straight south to Legare point. All the fields were ddtied with black laborers, a few plowS were rmuning, but nearly all the work was done with hoes as large as an average spade, imi the ltmids of brawny men and wonien. For Iminiy htundred yards at a time the cab mills lined time wav side thick enough for mmi ordinariy vil lage, but all were emplty--thme whiole family were back in time fields. Thme wonmenm handled these hleavy hoes quite as5 deftly mas time menm, mand ridging for cotton was imi rap)id progress. In ma laist year's cotton patch, where time ridges were nearly two feet above thme furrows, time boys anid girls wenit first with heavy b)askets of "'swiimp trashm,"--half rottedl leaves amid gmrass raked upi at lomw tiode amnd scatteredl it ini tdle furrows; time wo meni camie mext with hoes ando dug down the grass amid loose stuff'from tlime ridges, with emarth enioughi to cover it anid tihe ''trash," anid then the men)l with plo0w iando hoc put eniough fresh earth (mn it to mamke time nmiddlec ridge as hmighi as tihe old omne. lIn this thle cot tom is pmlanted, mind time first plmwimmg thrmows whaimt is left of last year's ridge tim the grmwinmg pmlauits. "'It takes . TIlE NiOiERl ANn lii THF. IA) mako time Sea ]siland cnt tom," is tihe pro)verb of time whites. Manmy min thmem have tied mnachimnery to o this womk, but havwe discarded it. Th'ley say nmonue is mado suitable for it. Everytinmg is raiisedl ini ridges oni time island(s--evemi those vegetables we plant on a limit ini the North. In the abamndoned cabmin durimng work ing hours you will fimnd nio one, if the weather is milod; if it ms cold you will see there from three to teni cmhirenm, with one girl big enoughm to lbe trumstedl with ai fire--if there is any. Veiny of teni there is nione, and3( time little darkies erouchm onm time sunny side of time cabimm, thmeir imlue gray-brownm toes showing, like goiose feet, the effects of cliillimng winds. Tlhmere is generally a water-bucket with a gourd, g popkoing pot or pan, perhmaps a dlozie1 dishes of various kinds, a rude table or a box, apam i1i perh~aps half time cabmins a mude nedstead. Suneh imuxuries na mir fers, wipdow cmurtaimms, stAoves or pictures yiu will fmnd only amoni0g the well-to-mo anid a emarpet I have yet to see in a niegro> cabin, All thleir. haitsi$ show that tihey expect to lhve amnd take thmeir' pleasure in time open mir;, time house is merely a place to retreat Vo im raimy or extreinely cold weather. Southiward thme island geta low till it termimnates in a boggy flat; bm- 'ne ridge rnims omit to witin am half mile of thme Stoino, anmd time black boy who cabins on the emnd mof thme riodge rows the traveler out along ai namrrow creek. This boy can talk Englishi--4hmat is, suchm English as I can understand; lbut his father aund mother miighit ais well talk IHebrew as far as my knowledge of their sp h os Th)e f3ttmo river (they call all ehse panaes niom-s m. cos.) is.. r than a mile wide and navigable for largt vessels, and on the opposite shore is BUNCOMBE LANDINo, and the h1eadquarters of the great Sea brook phuiltatioi. The fine mansion wac burned during the war, and near its ruini stands a small frame house, now occupied by the family. Sharks are beginning to como rip th rivers, and a month from now alligator will appear along the creeks. There if also a troublesome plenty of foxes and wildcats on this island, for John's haf three or four times as much timber as James; and much of the woodland is a denso jungle. In these woods one may walk or rest with impunity now; twc months later the white man is always ir danger there, and a night in them is, tc a stranger, almost equal to a sentence of death, so deadly is the malaria. My host of the past night tells me he ha known a man to die from the effecth of one night's exposure; and even the resi dents on the highest and dryest lands near the swamps (10 not escape. Many of the oldest white natives habitually take a grain of quinine before each meal from May to November. The disease catsed by these jungles is called ''low country fever," or ''twenty-one days' fever," as many instances are known of continuing twenty-one days without a break; at the end of that time comes collapse, syncopo and1 death. As one goes toward the mainland the disease changes its name, lUt all along the road from Charleston to Savannah the white man is never safe except in a pine forest on one of those sandy ridges, which occasionally put out. to the shore. Even then he must have quite a streteh of pine to the windward, between him and the next swamp. John's Island is in shape much like a horse-shoe, and Wadmalaw Island is the ''frog" coming in from the west.; be tween them is Church creek, so narrow that it is bridged near the points of the horse-shoe. )espite its large ares, John's is nowhere more than seven miles wide from tide to tide; but it contains 110 white people and something over 5,000 colored. Terrible 1.o,, or ure AmettHong Sheep amita tile. Major D. M. Bash, paymaster in the United Mtato Army, returned to depart ment 1head(luarters last Wednesday from an extended trip throughout Southwest Texas, as far west as Fort )avis, in Presidio county. lie passed through the centre of the great sheep grazing section of Texas, and reports that terri ble dlroughit prevaiLs in Presidio, Pecos and Crockett counties. These counties embrace an area somewhat exceeding the acreage of the State of Maine. Until ia fort,iight ago the larger part of this country had not, bcen visited by a heavy rain for eighteen months, and the recent rain proves to have done very little good, as the earth was so parchled that the water, instead of filling the small streams and reservoirs, was soaked up by the burning prairies. Major Bash says that for many miles, as far as the eve can reach, the country is bare of vegetation, not even weeds growing. Hundreds of small streams are entirely dried up, and( water, even for living purposes, is spar ingly dealt out at the ranches. He re lates several iiistances that came under hus observation, showing the terrible effect of the drought on sheep and catttle. On the Meyerhualff ranch, out of 0,000 cattle, 3,000 halve (died within the patt month, atnd the p)rairie is literally strewn wvith gaunt earcatsses, su rrond ed by mayriads of huge buzzards. On another ranch :3,000t sheep have died, while one of the largest flock masters was com pelled to kill 5,000 lambs, and a neigh b)oring herder killed 1,200 lambs biecauise their mothers were too weak from star vation to aford them norismen'mt. Bash describes the situation in this far West country as terrible boyonad description. '[le shepherds told him that unless rains fell shortly every human being and do muestic animal would be complelledl to v'acate that district and move to the north of Te~xas. (Geronima,a TI'Ir,-ty Icr Gor. .I'oMiIsTONE, Aniz., May 18. --A courier .just arrived at General Miles' hieadqtuar ters brings information that six of Cap tsain Hartfield's men were killed in the ambuscnde by the Indians. It is feared tat a raId of the country is contemplated b'y Gleronimo's h)and, an(l couriers are binig sent out to warn thae settlers. WAsH!INoTON, May 18-A tlispatch him (Generail Miles, dated1 Nogales4, A riz., Mtay 10, saiys: ('aptin lartfield's Fourth Cavaliry strui GerKCtionimno's camp yesterday mnorn inag, anad at first was quite successful, cap)turing cfamnp andit horses and driving Inmdianms saomue distanee in Conona Mtounm tainis, Me'xicoa. Al>oualt naooni, ini mioving five inilts fro m einpiI thriouagh a (deap caunon, hae wats atttatelod, foaught two hours, lost two soldiers killed, three wounded, andia lmay of his horses andi mules. iIe reports the ITudians seventy stirong, and several were'( kiIled. OItheri troops tile in ('hose proaximaity to the laos tiles. It is inipossib le tao givte the e'xact niuber of haostiles with Garonimoc. Our tr'oops anmd the Mexitanis h ave~ fouaghat them five tinmes withlina thle last t welv( (lays, although at so ame disitdvanatiage, not without loss to the Inadianis. It re (luires nine-tenthis of thaceconaiuid to hold in check the large bodies (at Tnadians on reservations andl to protect exposed settlements. --The grand jury at Rodlloville, Illinois, last week, returned their replor't to the Circuit Courts after having refusetd t( find trume bill8 against the dieputy slieii' who fired upon a mob in East St. Loim during the recent railroadl strike an<1 kildsix of their Jhuinbr. Au O1'deti wasmad fr theit tlense,'and thecy do 'Iet Inirst Nalloal iuJkic lturan I 'otentiou i Site 'ilted Ilnte"s. ''he National Viticultural Convent ion, the first the Vine-growers of the United States have ever held, met last week in the annex of the agricultutal dep)art.ment building, Washingtcn. Only albout ten States were repres'nted at the openling. Alex W. Parson, of New York, presided tenlporarily. 'l'he ('lctiin of psrmanient oflicers of the National Viticultural As sociation of the United States was held. Charles A. Wet.more, of California, was elected president, and B. F. Clayton, of Florida, secretary. ,T. J. Lucas, of Aiken, S. C., WIs elected a mteibler of the National Vit"icultural Corneil. One of the prime objects of the Cont vention is the ttup)pression of the c(omn P)ouiding of so-called wines from eni cals, which ol)erates, it. is claimed, to disgrace Amlerican l)rodluets and to in jule the initerests of Anerieant winte growers, who are lea ding the world in the pl'dlction of the lurest and best Wines. 'T'he Conventtion was a(ddressod ly the liton. Norman .J. Coleman, toumissioner of agriculture, who, iii a very full anld fitting paper, detailed the direful eflects of comlluntdualed boguts wines, bo)th upon the healtt of cotnsumner:s and upon honest. Auericant industry. le p oint'd sp)ecific ally to the dishonest methtods Practiced in this a ndI foreign eoun tries, and in a careflly pr1epar18ed stattemtent of facts and figran(:; shtwed Americat to bn' ill the lead and Fance tt b e falling behind in furn ishting the world's slpl)ly of wines, both im <illalit and quantity. The <tnestiotms discutssed b y the Con venttiont are practical and thtrow mulcht light 111011 the grape industry ill all its b ranlches. Grteat developmuents aret b)e ing muade ill the utilization of grapes as food, as mtedicine and as ant artiele of comnnerco. Everytlintg siws that the grape-growing idlustiry, while vet in its infaney, is fast beconintg one of elorm oils interest amud results to the United States. There ar' r easonts that shlw thaat. thert-is abundilcanIt opp1or'tatmity for South Cart"olinta to step for'art"d in the adVantce in viticulture. The show of piure American wines and brandies 1y the Conventtion is fine, there being ov i two lundred excellent sam ples on exhibition. So uth ('artolina is Iot as vet represented in the (.'ottven II iIL A%\1 T11111I' \'It:. :1) \\V1ITil \\.\Ii. '1'ht frnn utmen .\rtiln: to nIt"i,t Ilonne Runlr-. '1'hre T ht''tn,.n,uI \ oltnttter' hn I.ondon. Th Orangemnen of lnurgan, Cout Armnagh, Irelaud, are enrolling them. selves in imilitar;y associat ions orga nize< for the pnulpose of resisting a h(lte rulk governmentt. It is stated that in tin cvenit of ant Ulster rebealliont a L'valist Ixlteditiotn will be ready to mnarc I on 1)u1lin, leaving strong garrisons in Ulster, and an army of observation onl the Shannon. '['he ()ragenn') ill iIglantd (re Ilso olli-ring their aid. Three tlhousald men 1belonging to the Lolndon V 'iinteetrs, and one hundred oflieers of the sam111e force, ha.ve tfiered to join any my t lit in the field b)y Ulster in rolellion against home rule. Th e volunteers, it is stnted, ofier to equip themselves aand to fight in Ulster's ealist' without. p o\' rtwar s oi ) long as thieir serv'~ices' mayL' lIe nee'ded. Br'it ishi OranIgelmn lart ('alled upo1 n fto hold Ia malss mteetinig ill Lon01don, und1.er the au1spicts (If tilt Pr1imro'tse Club1, forl the purpos0e Iof inagurlating ai tlu for the pro'(tectionl (If.the "unity of the "emii 'T'he meeting w'till bet dete~I.d to eff'tet ing a p)reliminaryt organiization, Ia optinig at title and agr'eeinlg upon01 the obhjects to whieh the mIissioIn of the organizatIon is to ib' devolted. Catholie' as wt'll 11s pro'testant Ltoylists are invite'd tol join1. be, it is deelaretd, toI "securet ft' enlroll mentlt of men neeustolmedl to servi'(e. 'The Standard conltains anl adv'ertisemlenlt for mti Adjutan1t to the leaguet. (On ing to this warlike l1a 'arance ofi thinmgs, the Belfast, [l'eland, News says: "Te t it- hums arrived tor' fthe Nat itonal - diusperse8 themi~. It is a fiet ion thatif the Nat ionllists are ini tilt m1inorI1it.y ill Ulster. Althlough we'll dlisp osed toward their Protestant brIiethren'1, the C athllit's oIf Ulster' will nott submlit to bIe massacred by men armedI1'11' with Snyder r'ifle's." lThe sltory I\ hieb .'1Iann I'.renlii. ''lhe St. Litsi' Post-Dlispatchi pints a statemt ' by'if 1 I. M. BrooIks alills Mlax well, (Il tria1l for the murlldter of Arthur11 tile uItmotst by~ his Uttorneitys in1 thlt trial. whluichl involved te nlteessity o(f giving becames frighltened at the situation he11lI was5 inl, di@lI(sedt of IPrmelIt's bod11y ill thlt nnILumer' so1 wetll kiowi and1( next diay lef't for thle Wecst. A gt oll 1many) of hlis actiouns lhe expIlains1 is thei result oIf Ihis Itis fr'iend unil tl fom timeT aifter he left St. Louis. *--hartley C.ampbeIhll, the acttor, has1 r eitly lost his minud. HeI is in a most pIitiabIlo condition as hie is utterly hlelpI less antd ttlly dest itiute oIf funds. If is friends ar'e ('ndea'vorling to raiise' money1 ' to h ave him~1 propler'ly takien care of ut a pr-ivate asy)'lum. -Seven MtormonIi mfissionah'ites fr"oml U1ah biegan a serlies tof metinlgs near1 Faeyette City last Sunday. Tlhey~ 1111411 many converts. 'They welre finally dr'ivenl off bly aI mob, atnd had to seek protectjin froma a Magintrate. Ti1E A%Alll'ii1P. *N l'llil'. (:O. ('hnrghnk the l:rnnd Jury nw to Thit.r IPii Ig Ilegard to tie Itece,nt lilots. When the Chicago grand jury, whose duty it will be to consider the Anarchist cases, was called together, the court rooi was crowded with people. Comi ment was freely iad. on the appearance of the jurors who resl)onlded to the call of their names. The iml)ression was that they were an intelligent body of men. Judge Rodgers made his cllrge subSiti tially as follows: "We hear a good deal lately of what constitutes freedom of speech. There is 11o Constitutional right for mnci to assei ble and engage in wild ltarraigues and imcendiary speech. These len itust be held responsible for what they ineite others to do. That is the spirit of the law. It is only your province to deal with crimes-with acts that have been committed. Nevertheless, the history of the last few days will make it, necessary for nie to advert to other matters tlaln the actual conunission of crine, as well a.s the comllmissiol of ollences against the law. The hill of rights of the State of Illinois incorporates the general p rilci les of the Constitution of the U. nited States. Mcn may assemble nail discuss these matters, that is the constituttional right of freedom of speech, but tiiv are lid responsible for what they say. If men are incited to riot, arson and other unlawful acts the men responsile for this may be held answerable for tile re sults. Mere spectators, mere Iook S- Iii are not the only ones* bult the men wiho advised cumnnissioi of crimes are guilty parties as well. The principles of law inculcate the doctrine that they wlo teach riot, .who incite unlawful gather ings to ilicendiary acts are responisible for the eflects of these rantings. The red flag is a public menace. Tt is an em emi)em that no quarter will be given. The police have a right to sulppress those people, to lrevelit the commission of crime. They have the right to quell all such disturbances, aid the police and ehief matgistrate of the city did their duty when the time caime and acted like nien, the noblest work of God." Before luoting the law on the subject Judge Rodgers adverted to the recent labor troul>les. He said: "'hey have attracted the notice of the country at large, 1but. 1 don't wanit to lay the trouble to any one natitonlatlity. It is not nationatlities, but inidividn:dities who are to blame. 1t is not tile Trish or (er mans or ohemituians. As nationalities all these love peace. Men lave the right to strike. They lave the right to quit work if they please. But when they go one step further and say that others htave not the right to work, they violate the law and eai be punished. It. is not only the principals that may be held respoit sible, lut the accesories as well. He or they who stand idle after having advised violeice being comnmitted, may le held equally to )laume with the principals." 1:e"t H8nlnnaI WaV r Iufl orM. ''lere is some excitement tlhroughout Prussia over the alleged ilnunlise milita ry preparations of 'rlince, anid the initi mnation that these are niade with a view to a war of revenge against (ermanty. The present scare was Ieglin 1by the 11 - lication in France of the sensational boo0k, "'Avant. la Ilattaille," 'whVicih aimled to show thatt Franee was alt)y plrepalred for another andi successful wair againlst Germany. Within the last fewv days, however, the oflicil papers, including Prince Bismnarck's organ, tile North Gecr mnan Gazette, hlave taken up1 the cry and1( are (laily prinlting ani assortmlent (It smuall veniomous extracts fromI '"Avant la .B at talille." 'Thie fact is thiat. thiis war scare is siml)y ai little farce played anmmlilyll bly Prince Blismlarek, bmt forgot telln whenl tile nex t year comIles rolundl. its obi ject is always to assist tile miilitary bu)ldget through the D)iet. Th'iis year tilegv ernent is not only asking for an un.. usual11 amout for miil it ary 11lirposes, bulIt the Pension hlill will also( ble a1 large lid ditionl burden upionl the War O11lice. "ll) ail tile wayi dose wo(rkinlg pue - ple is strikin',"' said the porterc; 'p ears as if thley was never satistied. '11hev waniIts all dey can see, aln den1 g( ici'' fo' mo'." '"That's all right.,'' sid a ruiddy-faed passenger, whol( aniother mani said was a lab)or agitator; ''that's all righ t, por iter. Every servant is worthly of ihis h ire, or shlould be. A workingmuan is enltitled to solmethling iln tiis world 1besides a h it to cat andi a pla1ce to sleep. I1 fihe doesn't stand up for his rights nobolldy will, anid the only thing lie cani dho whien hIe wan1ts anu improvement ill his conidit.ioni is to strike. Strikes are li right, [ tell youl."' "Guess thlat's so1, bosIs; guiess thalt's so). Brash youI off, sahl? Is this your~ hat1? All right, sahi;seventy-flive cent s, leatse." "Seventy-five ee,nts?" "'Yes, salt; we's on strike fo' higherl w'ages. Seventy-five cents, or tile sleepini' cahi po'tahls will lalcklist all' bo(ycott yo'; 1an' then yo' mlighlt ats well trav'el ini a stock car. Sevenlty-five cents is righlt, sahi--thlanks."-C icago ff11rald. -T'he Senate commilttee onI pens511ills has1 voted to p)ost,ponle inidefluiitely tie I louse Mexicanl pension bill and to red por11.tI Is asubistitute' theO first sevenl see tionas of tile blill inmtroduced in Djecembher bly Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania. 'ThIese are sub1 staintially tile Mexican pen sioni blill passed~( by theO Senato last ses si111. 'The coirmmittee isi opposedC to a service penlsion1 andl inisists upon01 makinlg dlepenmdenice and1 inability necessary (Iptali ficationls of a plensionIer. - JeffersonI D)avi:, is recovering from the nervous prostration whichl alttalcked him after hlis return to his Becauvoir home. +t'lOO1.S OF (OOEII'. I)ll'erii g TheI crie"N of F'renich antl Engllsha took-- frt l Nanure. Cooks ire )hiilosoIhters. A certain fat butcher in Jcfferson Miiket knows a deal ab outt Frencl anld Englislh cooks, and he says they will e'acl tnke a piece of beef and go to work upon it with the widest lossille aimts in view. "Batiste )utoit", chief at a leading hotel, for instance," says i', ''would htke that roast of beef, or in fact. any solid meat, and subject it to a long though gradual. action of heat, so that all the fibrous panrts would be tloroughly cooked. That would leave but little work for the digestive organs to perform. An English cook, on the other in td, would build a roaring lire, and would roast the beef only on the omtsile, leaving the inside rare. lie allows only a little time for broiling or roasting, becautse his theory is that any other prouCess destroys the genuine flavor of the ment. TI IC p int of flavor is the one on which the two cooks split, and ther?fore thcir p hilosophies run wide apart. "'No flavor can h e lmtvent(d,' says the Englishman, 'which clan1 apphroacl that of meat. The flavor of meat must not he meddled with. Whetlher the dish is to lie of beef or lamb or mutton, that process is 1test which can keep the flavor of cach meat distinguishable above any sauce or condinent that may accompany it.' ''Notliiig, in the Englishmntt's notion, c;tn (luall Ithe flavor of the juice OOZing i i a Itnicely ro:tsted joint or rib when sliced. The 1 rencnimian--my friend l)ntoit--can make an endless variety of flavor:s froni the same meat, in neither of which will that of the original meat he recognized. That idea, enlarged upon, makes the dilference between the two methods of cooking. F'or my part, I thikth the ':inglishtman is nearest right. Ile likes nothing artiieial. The only thing in favor of the French cook is his ecortny. lIe wastes nothing. his ingen mity anid skill tIraisforms what the lglishman wuld thro'w away into tasty dishes. A conilnation of hotl forms of cooking would mike the best system." Here the fat 1 utcher cut off' a piece of smoked ham and ate it raw, which mint i' ally interferred with any further discus s1(11. \Iha., (:irl. Abtmt, five o'clock on the aft'rn<tn of the 15th of last month, says the \\ash iigtont Critie, every one who passed the Corner tof Sevenith st reet and New Y irk uveinuie notieed ia man lying at the foot of a lamp post on the eorner tf Mount \ernon S<(uiare. 'he I fort nlate slave tf' the eup was a war idepa itment. clerk. fle had received his ha11f montht's pay and invested too mtuch of it in riun. More than nstual ot ice wits taken of him by the p)assing throng oil i'coluit of his iiidsome, ninly aitearance and elc gant dress. Nonle stol l e(1, liiweve', to lend him a helping linad, and lie seemed doomed to the inevitiible policenani's rottugl grasp and tlie sham e of a station house cell. Ilelp caine at last. an1 lie was S stied the otditionalt disgrace throtugli thle tio)lmmisi'l'atitin aind ciouratnigl of a prt'ity young ladty, wiho lltd a ire mar'ahle int none tlie less c'reditlble conceltion of her duty. She was also an2 emloyiee tof the gotvernmienit iandt e.ui pltayedl inl te gtovtermiient prnat inig t il'ee, antd never saw thle pro st rate form beifort1e. A s she 211pproactnhitd the hielpltess n22ua i it' was greete<'l withI a retpr<a>tf from hier female comp aiont i. In retspon ilse to heri <inet.stionis lie said lie couiltd mot. walk withbout assistaince, andl that lit Ilivetd at Nto. -- New Yitrk avenue. Bralving the public gaze, and1( worste than this, thit sp'cula t ills ani d r'e2 inarks tof thIio~e itrowd,I she aissistted liin to Ihis feet , anti, aing his arnt1 in hers, It.l ied hini ti his litnit-, while her companjiiontii deted~f her ini this. gust. At the tdoitr lit learilid lwri niinie, nil the futllowinig tving lie aid his wife calletd tin heri fto exptress thieiir grati turile amid his st rong tltti iinatittalnever iO iniakt if it'et'sstarv f ir ally tint' ft t lift liini frn flit glitter iii the faitr. Up fto the 1Xth~ inst., ft ptresttin hadl civil (1ie(rs fto the Siite. ( If those thirteen i'ojectetl. lt' itiainilg -(111 will hit dlisluos'd tif ~in a t'ttitiuativtely shots tiinie, ai it is iit exptett'< lnta the pr'oporit ion tf rejet itns n ill lit ini meit tul hef itan;hutcip td wflt i-ut ith 1 sent ini ill hanvi 1been 'onirhiwid 1buit twit iir three, andit theis. tile still piniling till rn lhas takeni as nowhel initereist in haiving thit-it t,tiI'riitd ta; if' fity wire bis ttv': perssitlui lii l ioilit ihi i f i i-, f'ittiis.i Aahnesl tilf tins togt bi onei of the fiaishitnbh t ivo l titiest huf it cmingilt sai ipa' ssinforii ltil tvl ivets ustI afrom thc gardni til th itel rlut ittl yong andhts wll ali' wclill, abe tcorati well trai iling truneh it- eth fswetI ttt lof Iotal F,nglieh llra.dA prii Trms hakws triilhy wen iet sand'I (;-d odc ths rois inl ftm all,,a the thri wilelv him t1he fall."' E:k'lIon o, Four IlshopM--nrier hketehe,t of tIie OIlIeIaIM--ttl r"r Matte"r or IntereMt. ('ollference adopted a resolution to reeonsider the action of the committee on the bo4 ard of niissions, looking to an illportantt change in its financial arrange m't'ts. Action on the sub ject was post lponed1. The Commllittee having consid eration of the subject concerning preach ers whose conduct in general is repre lensille and who don't pay their debts, report4ed against further legislation on the sul>ject. The report of the committee on pub lishing interests affirmed the principle that the 1)00k agent should not decline any advertisement that may not be friendly to any patron of periodicals, hi1 thought that no additional legislation was necessary. The following Bishops were elected The l1ev. )r. Wim. Wallace Duncan, of South Carolina; the R1ev. 1)r. Charles B. (lalloway, of Mississippi; the l1ev. Dr. l;ngene ltussell Hendrix and the Rev. 1)r. Joseph II. Stanton, of Kentucky. The Bishops elect were consecrated on Thursday evening. On W'ednesday the Rev. V. M. l'rottsmeer, of the Southwest Missouri (Jon ference, p'resented an1 elaborato paper as a sul)stitut4 for the report of the con ittee. The substitute eliminated the word ''South' from the name of the Church, and transposed the words ''Methodist Episcopal'' to ''Episcopal Methodist.'' The sulbstitue was reject4(I and the report of the committee against changing the nlme was adoptted. 1r. .. E. Edwards, of Virginia, oflered a resohit ion1 that ministers h' exeisedl from reading the )iscipline rules annually to congregations, and that the (uestion Whether they did or did not read them he noa,t asked at the <quadrennial confer ence. After a lengthy discussion, par tici) ited iln by prolinelnt meuerls of the ('onferentee, the resolutiotn was re jected. Dr. Kelly and .Judge Tyler, of 'ennessee, oflered a resolution authoriz. ing the establ)lishnent of contferences in China a1d Brazil, and authority to legal ize ownership of property in those Colmn tries. Rieferred. '1'he on('oferecll'e cionsum1ed the greater puo1rtioln of 'T'ltnirsday's session in dis (tussintg the r 1) prt. of Ihe C(immittee oil llissions. '1The 1board of niissions was increatsed to I\wenty-five, anld the llishops were na(le ex-oflicio m ebl ers. A luper was referred to the board of inissioiu suggesting steps towards unifying Meth odisim iii foreign fields. Blishop Konei addressed the Conlference iii oppositior to the ltpil'r. Urs. J. F. ('ox, of Texas A. R. Winfield, of Arkansas, E. . Wiley, o1 Virginia, and others also op 1 ose(1 the mleatsuire. 1)Urs. M. B. Chap man, of Missouri, io"race .1isho1, of (xats, ). C. Kelly, of ''ennessce, V. C. lauck, of lississipp,i, .J. S. (Gaurdner, of Virgini:t, and others favored the propo sitiol of iltificatiol 1111(1 comity. The dis(us.sion wats the most earntest. of the p1eselt session. At the conclusion of the delbate the L'ollmmittee's report, lec inmellilg nlo ;linge iii the status of our foreign m1is ,ion work, was adop l ted lby a vote of lol; b> 87. At 41 o'eloek iii the aflternoon the con .e.rain o. f the fou r newl elected liislaul>istlii,k isaciin 1114 i>resen(ecolfa wVi'- del ive- by4 4 V llo M(2''Teir, and4( the (i 44 (I co eiioni servies V were (conduict - 'id in)410 acconlnce4 with th le lIook of D)is 'he followinig is atlt briefsktch of the fou i lihops eleecd 1by the M\ethodist ( 'nenda ( ')1nfIere( in 21(2s4on ill Rich 'in- lIev. W.* W. 1 )uncan, 1). I)., waus bornIl I h-i*timber 27, 18:19, in Meceln lilE ii iIiIty, V4. , gr21hmi(ted ini Woif'ord I 'ille'ge, S. 1., ini 1858, andl joinied the \iginsia C onference inI 1859, wherIe he pn-ached(( very' neCceptabily, anid was mruchi I elovedl as a inist.or. in 1875 he, was leefed professor oif mental and moral cliencee inl Wolord Colhlege'. 'Thlis piosi ion 1h0 hias filled up to thle present ttime. In hiis ailmeity o4f "fhmia(cll s4eretary" >f t his inlstitultionl he lms ft veled through itnd prlehachd in (very pasrt of Sonuth 'arolism. lIe develoleid conisiderable vot was a subhetial proof511 that Dr.iti I )iuncan's repuitati on1 had1 rtiehed be1yondl hel na(rrow confinies of hits own State. l~(iio I )unlan is ill is b1st years1, (if mbust4, phyl~si<ine4, o(n11 dloubltless will do 44o(d work for fits churiich. I)r. ('harbl-s h~. (Gailloway wats 1born in lioiciusko, Miss., Seplteniher 1, 1819, is> Stati, entered the MississjippI (1on. 4l'r1n(' ill I 81;, anid wais engaged ini re'g .1lar sb>ralil wor'k till J88'2, when he waus mmle edhitor (of f lie New Orleans Chlristian \ dvoen'Iti. iIe is probably the youngest Iliio theIIn Methodist Chlurcht has had. Th e Illiv. l'.nigene lI usse'll Helndrix, D). I)., waLs born in Fayette, Missouiri, \la, I 7, 1817, goltedtl( at the Wesleyan1 nierit in 87 n tUinTio II'ical SeinarlIity, N(ew York, inll 09 ..rl ed 4(n m1tison, sttions, and inl th w'>idiey (if (Centranl College, Mis.on i whl in4g the lat ter' p osit in sinii"jH 14It(e ac)companIied 11isho(n Mein41I in huis uif ''.p,im his return pubiilishled a volune ovmgi an. 41 accounlt of hits tgui. Thie Rev Joseph. Htantoh Key 1) 1) wa4s hm;(; 4'.'i My 1, 1 823 , groth m'ted fromil enlt(red the Georgia C(1n ferenice inl 181I, and1( ha;s been1 in l lthrgular1 work of t he I'htltodistI itineniacy e.verl since, fill lg mitssionis, slatin andI seiil.'rving as pretsidi ing eleril i districts. HeI is a member('i of the~ South (Geor'giai Conference. I Ite was$ anpointed de'legate to the Eciumeni cal Conferenco in London, and the Cen tennial Conference in Baltimore, but was provi(lentially hindered from attend ing either. The report of the special committeeon the hymn book was recommitted, and the two papers on the same subject were ordered to be printed. Dr. J. B. Me Ferren, of Telllessee was elected book agent, receiving 107 out of 209 votes cast. I. G. Johns, of Texas, was elected Secretary of the Board of Missions, in place of R. A. Young, of Tennessee, the former Secretary. ). R. Martin, of Louisville, was re-elected Secretary of the Board of Church Extension. A VIII( I%IA TOWN RUN MAD. A Iloody Fght WVth ) hockIng Re,ults..Onh Ian 1(11ed, K,ernl 1)nugerouNiy % Voiuded. MaIxru1svr., VA., May 17.-No greater tragedy has occurred in Virginia in a declale thmn that which fills thin town with gloum and exeitement to-night. In a fight this evening on a exowded street inlaly shtots were fired, and as a result. Jacol 'lerry, a young farmer, lay cold in (leath, anl the life 1)100(1 of his tWo brothers is fast ebbing away. Co]. P. ). Speneer, a )romtient l)usiness man and mnnlufacttrer; a'1rletoin Brown, proprietor of ]lrown's tobacco ware house; B. I,. Jones, a saloon keeper; a clerk in a hotel and a negro are all dan gerously wounded. All the parties are Prominent in the bllsilness life of this place and well knowi in southern Vir ginia. On Saturday night an anonym ous circular Wits isslied amd l)osted up all over towi. It seriously reflected on W. K. Terry, a young )lsiness man and son of the late William Terry, a promi nent citizen. This morning Terry telegIaphtedl for his b rothers, J. K. and Beii Terry, living at Aiken stationl, twenty miles away. hey arriVed at, 1 p. In., and after a >rief consultation Went to the printing ofhice a1 addernutlcl the autholr of tho card. T'he p rop rietor tuldl them it was ('oi. '. I). Slencer, a Inember of the townt Isard and olie of the leading busi tess rnen of the town. 'his evening, sot )l alter the tobleeo factories had closed for the tLay auul Whtel the strcots were filled wvit (.l)t-rattives rettrning fromt their V(rk, the Terry brothers started in tihe direction of SPencer's fac tory. \ hep al lt lhlf way they wore met b)y S1ene)er with l his brotler and several friends. \V. K. 'erry a<ddressed a tew woids toi S iencer, who told him not to sh( ot. .J list tI 'n someu; one fired a pistol In1d the sCene that followed beg gars deseriptionrl. Foily shots were fired, and the folloving is a list of the killed and woundeld W. K. Terry Was shot from1 the rear the ball elltering near the 51)1e and lodging in Iis right ieast. Jake Terry Wias shot througl the blldolleuI and foil (lead. Ien 'I'err;v, anotiher of the broth ers, Was siof throngh the neck and in the I ody. I'. I). Stp elver waM shot ii the hlip. '1TrlefoiI Brown, Spencer's lisilless iartnevr, receivel two 1)11115 il the groin anud is tholglt to be fatally wvonded.( B~. I- e nes, a saloon keeper, seriously irt. IL (lregory, clerk at the Le( 11otel. oei:riotlsly llnrt. Sandy Mar till, a colored met('chianlie, serionly hurt. ''he last t wo Were hit, by stray balls. T erys came IroIl an old and well I(Ownl \ irginhia famIily, andI occupy high social po(sibtn l. INone oft thiem are mar ietd. It. is bheve(.~ d at mlidnighlt that I rownl a111l tIle t wo Terrvs5 will not live til rulIling. (On Satuirday afternoon V. i. Terry (circulate.d a card ridiculing a talx bill paissId bys thle town b)oard, of whlichi Splencerl wa1s a mnembher. It did niot justify, in pop ulalr opinion, the card whlich followed it at night and which bIroughit (Il tile tragedly, ?'l fietee OlTer. or lIarriane1. 'I bC SeenteenI ofiers oif mlarriage wihichi Mrs. Adlelaijde liartlett is said to have received durlinIg the lUst week, inchuling one1 IromJI a (clrgyman, merely illustrate 1a11d suppoiIhrt. the arguimnt (of Buckle that liuilnan acetions are0 as ich subject to uniform( law1 aU s thle oiurPses of the stars. Sueh (111rs of ntarriage, always includ lg one from a clergyman, are the in. vIIilhl(f~ rtineof ades w tio are accusedl (I l poisolinig thleir hutsbamids or lovers. heIl 1amnh1r o (f :4eveniteeni has p)robably ''eln liereased tenifold by tilis time, if we arie to judge by3 the recorded experi ellee of Mdelinl Slndthl tle heroine of til great Seloth oisonlin(lig (case of 1858. Ihiat younllg lady a(ce(ptedl (on1 of her -11IlI ls.1 ite (il (lergymian, we be hi(e,) anld lives to thlis aya ropou gCltIe(IlI1(1 lte numeltdiate n)eigh iltlIood IfIldfr( s<liare(. Lot us il(lI that Mrs. Bartlett my11 eon .llIe il ilappy inin for her p)ast 1iise8. (If has tile mtatriwmnial atd andm<stb(ilUe thlousand1s ofi lounds .no motl(W nchlg paiir (If eyes. She is also an attentive aund (xpeienced( sick nlurse, whos(5 experlienles (It thle dlangora of using chloroform1 arle salieienitly pain ful to dleter hler flro mulrt ieig ait tha (druig upon1 a1 5econd husban~iid. --Pall Mall (Gazette. E8''-PreNi<h- lu hurlil is saidl to be dloeniedly ClIll V..JAVI t(osiumed publ1 IientionlJ. I1ts ultterances are as5 i Icendiary as ever. --A search fo,r thle AnarOchiist, Parsona dIiscloses5 the fact I hat he0 is nlot in 1"lo --'i gInaall jury at IIiilxboroI, Mo, I,ut. week conideIlred the eliSes of the late naiload strikers, fift.y.inie of whom~ were ind(icted. Maniiy (If t.iso escaped lItre(. wlaats (oIl he eel11)1 -I)'. I jl i1enis III henoted auIthor. and 14 Iriler (10 ut Iis h omie ill Younkers, N. V. hi~ ridv fOn)ug;. after. am waOs in is sixty- foulrthi year.