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" " 1 ** The Eighth Annuel Meeting of the Methodiat Ipisoopal Church SoathThe Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, commenced in Atlanta on Tliur#ioy last, Bishop l'eine, presiding. The first day's session was occupied in effecting an organization. On Friday Wightman occupied the chair. A resolution of respect to tIre venerable Lovick Pierce, nud a request that ho preach before the conference nt some time that will suit his convenience, was offered by Rev. A. R. Winfield . rrk . tub address or tur nisiiors was then read by Bishop Doggett, amid profound silence and attention. The document was roost profound and comprehensive, aad will be rend with great interest by the entire church, and many outside its boundaries. The references in the address to the death of Bishop Marsin ; L)r. Duncan, of Virginia; Dr. Myeri, of ( Mavannab, were pathetic nftfi"'eloquent, and | 'brought Dears to*many eyes. The address concluded with wholesome counsels and a plain statement of tho best and saf VM jMiiiujr IUI IIIC tuiutii iu puiaii?. At the conclusion of the address, Rev. J, E. Edwards offerod a resolution referring matters touched on by the address to an appropriate committee, which should cousider them and report ' to the Conference. Uev. It. A. Young, of Tennessee, moved that the address be published in all the papers of the church. Carried. On motion of Uev. J. E. Evans of the North GeorgiaC'onference, other matt era in the address, besides those before specified, were referred to appropriate committees for their consideration for reports of suitable action to Iho Conference. On motion of Rev. A. S, Andrews, D.D., the part of the address on boundaries of annual < onfcrcnccs was referred to the committee on boundaries. Resolutions upon the deaths of Bishop Marvin, Dr. Curry and Dr. Myers were offered by Rev. C. D. Oliver, of the North Alabama Conference, but weio withdrawn on suggestion of the chair that proper resolutions would bo presented at the proper time. i Bishop I'aine announced that he had received a communication from Iho Methodist Episcopal Chureh North, to which reference had been made in the address of the bishops which had just been read. ( On motion, the communication was then read. It refered to the propriety of calling a great BCCMBMICAL COI .MM I. of Methodism, to represent all its branches and i to consider interests common to tlioin all and the best means of advancing their common cause. The report asked for the appointment of a committee from the general conference of the ' Southern Methodist Church to further tlie call for the council. D also suggested the topics which might be profitably considered by such a council as that proposed, and stated some of the ( good results which would sureiy follow from iiic culling 01 sucii a general consultation. It also presented a list of the church organizations which should properly he represented 1 in such a grand council as was proposed, and ' also that the Conference ho composed of clerical ( aad lay members in as nearly equal proportions j as possible. W. L, Nugent, of Mississippi, moved that the ' communication be referred to a special committee of five. Carried. After the transaction of some further unimportant business, the Conference adjourned until Saturday. ? The Fuankun Mi uueii?A Case ok Cinri ?istastiAt. Evidence.?At Abbeville Court last week an aged colored man, named, Jeff David was convicted of the murder of the two Franklins, brother and Bister. The prisoner was their former slave, and was convicted upon strong circumstantial evidence, lie lived near the house in which the murdered man and woman met their death. They were both brained by a persimmon club, which was found near the house. The evidence against David was first discovered by tracks leading front ltis house to a thicket where a persimmon tree had been cut, and thence hack to the hou?o of the Franklins. These tracks were measured and found to tit David's shoes. Not only this, but it was proven that his shoes were half soled in a peculiar manner, and the identification was complete.? The crowning link in the chain of evidence, however, was the proof that the defendant hail actually cut the club front the persimmon thicket to which his tracks had been traced. The knife found in his possession bore peculiar stains, which the prosecution contended could be produced by the sap of no other than the persimmon tree. In order to prove this, a new knife was used to cut the limb from a persimmon tree; the stain was the same as that found upon the knife of the accused, and it was proven that this stain could bo produced by no other means.? The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to he hanged on the 17th inst. The Abbeville .!/<; i 'him says: He had but little to say, merely reasserting his innocence ami taking hi* ilooin with a smile <>n his face. The jury consisted of nine whites ami three colored, nnd their verdict was aiighteous one. Evidence since discovered points unerringly to hint as tlio parly committing lite atrocious crime, and his fate is merited. Happily such crimes are not frequent in this latitude, it was cold blooded and diabolical in the extreme. The forbearance and love of order that characterizes our whole popple was displayod when they refrained from taking immediate vengeance on the offender. Tito attempt, to fix the guilt upon Mrlttirvcy. we imagine, will fail.? .Jetf David is not looking for clemency, but has set about preparing for his death, making his will and setting his worldly matters in order. Exi'I.osivk I'atkxt Flock.?.Minneapolis, Minn, May '>.?An explosion occurred here last night that caused such a shock as to be at first generally mistaken for an earthquake, but on examination it proved to tic a large Hour mill, which, as previously telegraphod, set fire to other mills, causing an extensive conflagration. ; The cause of the explosion was gas generatod 1 by ilte manufacture of patent Hour. Seventeen persons were killed ami property to lite amount ' of $1,000,000 destroyed. ' The (louring mills which were involved in (lie disaster form a group which comprises the | heaviest c mccrns in the State. Chief among them were the two Washburn mills, the property of ex-Hovernor C. C. Washhurn, of Wiscon- 1 s.it. in the one of which the explosion occurred. It was the largest flouring mill in the country, and the largest hut one in the world. a - - ?Mt -srs. Dun, Harlow & Co.'it report of the fnilureof the quarteren ling April 1st is instructive reading. As a chronicle of commercial disaster it has not been equate I in t lie history of the country. 1 The Dumber of failures in this ouarfer excoeds tnat of the corresponding quarter of last year by four hundred and eighty-six ; the nmotint of tlie liabilities excee h that of the same period of la?t year by ?27,o4'>,7">t>; ami of this increase in number the Western States furnish two hundred and forty-nine, or more than half ?of the increase in liabilities S 10,458.<1811, or thirty-eight per cent. ; and this in spite of nbundant crops and vast exports. Si rvivokh or Mart's Hattbuy.?Tho surviving members of Marl's Mattery, (Washington Artillery, Hampton's l.egion.) arc requested to send tlioir names and addresses to i>r. I,. ('. Stephens, lilackville, S. I'., in order that arrangements maybe made for a reunion fit Mlaekville or Harftffcll (hi* summer. "* mi^i ? L ji.Mi mf v if. ?he "Selcfhtn (Anion $intra. H. M. STOKES, E4ltor. UMOX.FIU DAY, MAY 10, 1878. TESM8 OF SUB8CXIPTI0N. 1 ropy, one year, t* advaxck, 82.00 2 Copies one tp?. " " 8.75 5 " " " ' 8.60 10 " * M " " 15.00 (On. square <fr - - $1.60 ^".arh subsequent Insertion, 75 I.ibcrul discount made to merchants and others advertising for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertisements. Messrs Shand, Steedtnan, Munro and McKissick. have been ntlending the Supremo Court, at Columbia, this week. Each of those gentlemen had important cases in the Court. "Citisens" Proposition. We are uot so sure that the proposition of our Correspondent, "Citiscn," to allow all who can prove lhut they voted the Democratic ticket in 187G, to vote at the Triirary elections, is a good one. Mooting of Mt Vernon Club. The Mt Vernon Democratic Club will hold a meeting at Mt Vernon Church, to-morrow, Saturday, afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of reorganizing the Club and putting it in working order for the campaign. County Examiners. At a recent meeting of the State Board of School Examiners, the following gentlemen were appointed School Examiners of this County, in connection with the School Commissioner : Darid Johnson, Jr. and II. It. Rawls. The duties of the Boards of Examiners are eery important, beiug no less than the perfection of the Free School system. ro "32." We will try and explain to you next week why we, at any rate, did not notice that Republican mau's false representation of the people of the upper Counties. We, however, will hint to 32" that if any of the up country Pross had noticed it. in the style it deserved, the Xetct and Courier would have raised its utual cry of "trying lo create sectional prejudice between the upper ind lower Counties." & Case for the Bond Court. A gentleman in this County, in 1808 or 1870, owned from_ $11,000 to $10,(HH) iuJStute Bauk Bills, and, under nn act of the Legislature, consolidated them in Bonds of the State at 50 cents on the dollar. Now the question is, will those same bonds have to^be again consolidated at 50 cents Ml flip (InllttP that ftwnftp urill ftnlw **ao1 - , ... ""V iz?. in State bonds,'25 cents on his first investment ? Mrs Richards' Millinery. If you want a "love of a bonnet," ? pretty Hat, a tasty Flower, a llibbon to suit your complexion; in fact anything that will make you look handsome and becoming, go to Mrs. Richards; she has got the very articles to suit.? And married ladies should not forget that uelhing pleases a good husband better than to see his wife with a tasty aud becoming bonnet on. Mrs. Richards has got Runnels and lists to put all the Husbands in the County in good h tutor with their wives. Weather and Crops. The weather so far has been all that could be asked fur the growing grain crops, but the nights are a little too cool for cotton. From all parts of the County we learn that the Wheat and Outs never gave finer promise of good crops, at this time ol year, than litcy do now. In many parts of the ccunty a much larger acreage has been put in grain than over before, so tbat the present outlook is fine for abundance of food for man and beast next year. The Fruit crop is promising, in quantity, but it is feared the quality will be inferior. The Image of her Mother, Is the title of one of tho most thrilling anil interesting novelets we ever read, now being published in that sterling and valuable family journal the S'lvannah Weekly Xewa. The Xeirg has published a number of most excellent Stories, but "The Image of Her mother, wcthink, iscqua: toif not better than any. As a newspaper, wc consider the Xeiet one of the best in the country, while its literary, agricultural, domestic and Kditoriul departments arc tilled to (lie brim with I lie very choicest of matter. It should have at least one hundred thousand subscribers. Send for a sample copy, if you want a good Southern paper in your family. - - Look Well to tho Orders. Mr. 1'. M. Cohen, on last Saturday, was victimized to (lie tune of about $40, by a colored man who passed an order on him purporting to have been written by Mr. It. M. llohiuson, one of the most responsible citizens of this County. Tho order was pronounced a forgery by Mr. Itohinson, on Monday, hut was so well executed that even Mr. It. had to look at it twice to satisfy himself that he hud not written i! in his sleep. The forger has not been caught, but most of the goods obtained under the order have been recovered. Before the war, if a negro could write lie applied that accomplishment?generally with success?to the sole purpose of forging passes for himself and friends, and it is not surprising tliut so ninny of them apply the faculty in the same way now. Judgo Wallaco. Front the many decisions rendered by Judge Wallace, and published in (he .Wirt and Courier since the close of the last term of Charleston Court, it is evident that he is not idle and enjoying much rest during the present intermission. It is known that antinibcr of very important cases, involving large amounts of money, nuch valuable property, and grave questions of aw, had been long pending in the Charleston 'ourt, awaiting the timo when a Judge in whose ibility and honor all parties interested could (dace implicit confidence would be upon the tiench, and in Judge Wallace thepcoplo and liar t?f Charleston recognized these essential qualities, consequently to him they referred those eases. The Judge has spent but little idle time i since his return..from the long and arduous term of that Court ; of which the many able decision# he has tenders! i? proof eondusire. The State Beak bllle. We learn that Northern holders of bill* of the Benlt of the State have .appointed Agents in c every County and are sending them those bills J to be sold to tax payers to pay their taxes with, J at variou^prices?according to the purchaser's election, whether ho will buy at the lowest 1 price and risk a law-suit or give a higher price a ou me setter rtin that risk. There is no doult that Ute Sifei^t Courfrof the United States has ' decided that the Slate of South Carolina is re- t sponsible for tbelf* redemption, and bound to t take those notes f<m taxes ; but we understand f some persons clai Jim* the County Treasurer t is bound to receive them for County taxes also, I and either have already or will tender them for t their whole taxes, and refuse to pay until that ? question is settlod the highest authority.? It seems to us that qo man of ordinary judg- f ment will put up such'a claim against the Coun- * ty, ifTic will think calnijy upon it. o If i+e remember right the Court decided that ? those lulls should be received for State Taxos t only, and either cxpresslyfer impliedly declared v them not a valid tender fc^- County or special v taxes. ' f Suppose, for instance, the Treasurer of Union t County received So,000 in State Bank bills for County Taxes, what would he do with them? e The County Commissioners would not receive b them frouf hiunfor they would be as worthless r as rags, for'paying county debts. The County c Treasurer docs not pay county funds intq the Slate Treasury. The State has nothing to do g with the county funds, nor is it even responsible I far any loss the county may incur from the t Treasurer's receiving depreciated currency for b County Taxes. To whom, then, must he turn over those Bank bills received for county Taxes ? c The County Commissioners are not authorized t to receive them and the State will have nothing to do with them, for they were received for coun- ^ ty purposes, belong to the couuty, and the law ii declares who shall receive and disburso the c countv funds. What an inextricable dilemma tho County l officials would be in. And wouldn't there be a >" few anathemas showered upon them by the impecunious creditors of the county. S No doubt many will take advantage of the t doubt ami test the matter, for the sole purpose 1 of securing a few months extension of time to < pay their taxes. But that would neither be honorable, nor just to the welfare of the county. If the Treasurer is compelled to receive those bills for County purposes, instead of this Coun- c ty being out of debt and the County taxes re- j duced one-half next year, an increate of past ( indebtedness and, consequently, an increase of j taxes to pay it will be the result. Without some t law instructing tho County treasurer how to t act in the premises, we can't sec how he can i take the State Bank bills for County purposes and protect himself and bondsmen from harm; i and wc all know that l>r. Thomas will do noth- * iug outside the -Uriel lino of law and honor. "Up Country Farmer." ' While wc give place in our columns to the j views of fm "Up-Country Farmer" upon the t validity of the State debt, we wish it to be understood that wc do not endorse those views.? c Our correspondent appears to think that the j whole of the bonded debt of the State is owned ? at the North, by northern people. In this wc , kqown he is greatly mistaken. On the contrary, , we learn from parties who have looked into the j matter carefully, that a large proportion of that ( debt is owned by our own citizens . nnd no ( inconsiderable part of that by widows and j orphans of Confederate soldiers. But it mat- c tcrs not, in our opinion, to whom the debt is t uu?, iriiu noes noi impair ine moral or legal ohligation to pay it. When our correspondent ^ takes the sweeping position that the whole of r the State debt contracted between 18C8 and > 1878, should be repudiated, we think he will find but few followers. In our opinion '-Up Country Farmer" at this time occupies many t very vulnerable positions, but we have neither , space nor inclination to enter into a full discussion of the subject. 1 Another Dastardly Act. ( There must be some very badly disposed per- ] son or persons in Santuc Township, who should I be caught and made to suffer for their bad con- > duct. LSst week wo chronicled the shooting of c two tine uiulesj in that township, belonging to c Mr. J. T. Hill, now we have to record the wil- i ful and malicious stabbing of a very fine colt, belonging to .Mr. J. Broxic Jeter, in the same f neighborhood. Mr. Jeter says he was plowing s with the dain of the colt near the house, on Sat- , urday, and saw the colt in the adjoining lot, r alive and well, half an hour beforo a colored a man came and informed him that the colt was t dead a-start, distance off. On examination it s was found that the animal hud been stabbed to p the heart with a long sharp instrument. We p hope the wretch who committed the inhuman act will be caught. ^ Commissioner I.clMic of the Agricultuial department is constantly hearing of facts which encourage hi in in the belief that tea can lie successfully and profitably cultivated in this country. A Baltimore importer of leas offered to one of his largest customers in this city, the proprietor of a retail shop patronized by the best citizens, a sample of tea grown and cured in Baltimore from plants obtained in South Carolina, without informing him of these facts, and 1 inquired what lie would give for such tea. The | gentleman, after examining it after the custom i , of the trude, offered seventy-five cents a pound, i ?. - ? II It an km* its.? Petitions for voluntary lmnk-| ? ruptcy have been tiled in tiiu United States Court j ^ by Alfred Tollesoj, of Spartanburg; Lester & , " Hobo, of Andemn County; Itayman (iibson, ' Thomas IU Wiliters, of York County; Jacob w Sulzbachcr, Solomon C. Peixotto, of Columbia ; Itavis I.ipfeltv of Hamburg; W. It. Coleman, (J. W. Calhoun, Berry P. Pool, and James t'ompton, of LaurensCounty. The petitions were referred to Registrars Spencer, Jaeger and Scabrook, for adjudication, &c. ,f a, Revolution in Mexico.?San/Antonio,Texas. u May SI.?An official telegram to (Sen. Ord says b that a revolutiot.-has broken out in (lie Mexican 1 il States of Durango and Nuevo Loon. (!cn. Trc- 01 vino has been ordered to <|iicl 1 it. Tlte garri- p sons of Malamoras and Mier arc said to be on m the point of pronouncing against pi.iz. There ; ni is great excitement on the lower Rio Orande.? I ai (f?ti. Kseohedo is hove. ' e: ' * The Sunday Flo Hie. The l*ic Nic last Friday bf the Sunday Schools >f the different Churches was one of the most lelightful occasions ever enjoyed by the yoang ' >eop!e of this town. "Sl At 9 o'clock, A. M., they assembled in the of I dethodisl Church to arrange the programme UP< md practice (he songs selected for the day. den At 10 o'clock the procession was formed in yon ront of the Churchjftwhere it was halted and bee ho column completed by additions until be- I ween two and three hundred of the sweetest 'ry aces and happiest hearts graced the liuo. They hen marched, in true soldier regularity, to the mai eautiful grove on Mr. C. Gage's grounds, when a G he rank was broken and a more joyful, happy Cot icane was never witnessed or engaged in. has Two long tables?one for adults and the other pio or the children^-had boon erected, and they 'mI rere literally burdened with all the rich dclica- Spi ies that tha hands of thoughtful, loving moth- 'n* rs could make, together with an abundance of 1 ho substantial. Strawberries and Lemonade tha rera served in abundance, and if anything was VP ranting to make that interesting part of the ner estival complete we have not heard it men- 1 ioned. Gie The sweet songs selected were sung in sweet- t?H st style by the hundreds of sweet voices ossein- Gsi led, and the grove was vocal with notes of "' turest joy and gladness. In their sieging the Gic hildrcn did uncommonly well. J To add to the general pleasure of the day the anc allant young men of the Union Silver Cornet r6v land, voluntarily "discoursed swoct music" to 1 he assembly, which was received with delight 'an y all and duly appreciated. ei* It was a happy day for all. Parents and ?PI hildren alike enjoyed it front .the begining to arn he close. not To the Kcv. Campbell, Pastor of the wa! lethodist Church, is due the credit of manng- ^ ng the whole affair with so much order, preision and success. ant Nothing occurred during the day to mar the larmony and joy of the festival, and the only Prc egret was felt when it ended ' We think it in place here to state that the iunday school of rhc Methodist Church of this 00,1 own was never as flourishing as at present.? rhc school now has one. hundred and one pupils in its roll, and still increasing. cou . . ? did For tlic Times. jj.. Tho Bonded Debt of tho State. The Charleston Xtws and Courier, on the 4th if May, editorially publishes the following par- r ' igraph in connection with and commendation an( if an article extracted from the Springfield, tlass., Republican, in disparagement of the in- ^ elligcnce and acquisitions of the upper Counies of South Carolina, as compared with the she ower ones. "And it must be added, right here, that the ip-country cannot expect to be regarded in the Sorth as the centre of liberal opinion*, when 1 rom the up-country comes the most ardent sup- col iort of such measures as the Usury law, and he hottest opposition to the payment of the iobt of the slate, which the Democratic party ru iad solemnly buuud itself to pay to the last far- tau hing " tlii Now, just here, wc would add, that the up- to ! uintry has been enslaved, victimized and imjoverished by the North and her agents and jj* t Ivocalcs of liberal opinious, until self preser cn, ration forbids further usurious exactions and wh ao further payment of fraudulent or forfeited s.ln londs. The people of the upper counties arc toil- ^ ?rs and tiller?, not drones, or dawdlers oCdrivtl- wc ;rs, or sharks, or shavers, or ?biister?, Thry sot tnow the value of their earnings; they know their oni OS ibligations to their Children, to their families, to r> arc heir society and to their State. To all these they j | ire faithful, earnest and true. They look not scl or regard at the Nsr li ? t ey know the North J . Ilf\l egards nothing of theirs, save their dimes and j I liars. Their earnings do not cnablo them, a j vith the practice of frugal habits and stinted thi >utlay, to save 7 per cent. They cannot aflord 11 ] o pay usury, therefore they are the most ardent lupporters of the minimum legal rate of inter;st. They make the hottest opposition to the a j my men t of (lie so-called debt of the State, bejatisc it is illegal awl fraudulent, from 1808 to (o| 1878 ; (lie product of usurpation, force aud rob- pei iery; and has been thrice collected from the wil irostrate people, embezzled by its collectors, ',n> >r perverted to the destruction, and not the se- QW airily or good of the unfortunate ones who paid \{ [ it. Not a dime of if should ever be paid again, fill The old debt, or bonds of the state, from 1800 ^lu ?ack, that were issued hy the State when it was overcign, were forfeited hy this same North, so; alien they banded together, seized upon our prt >ortion of the treasury, our part of the army, t'ie ,nd our part of the whole property of the conn- j ry, and with them liurlcd upon us war, dc- fiv? traction of Slato Sovereignly, annihilation of hut iroporly, and left us nothing but a heritage, of loverly and lawless exaction. The North rcudiated our debt ; the North destroyed our ( redit; the Xortli destroyed our sovereignty, nnd hus released us from every civil obligation ; ml the state is no more hound to pay these ,|()| onds than it is to pay its own citizens for the of extraction of their hundreds of millions of } ropcrty. which it wasunaMoto prevent. Ilow, lien, can the honor and the credit of the state u,c e more involved for the payment of the ono lion inn the other? What inadc the claims of bondolders and the claims of fraudulent lloalinir nn obt.x more sacred than the claims of property j,y olders? The supp:rtcrs and defenders of the |?r Id sovereign Stale are, many of tlieui, in bloody ?ro raves?theirold Iioiiics deserted <>r in possession |{c. f (heir former slaves?liowconM these hemade 0j- , > pay ? It is the North, of liberal opinions, an,] rhich did it, Tliis is tlie view of nn j$(n LT OH'NTUV FA KM Jill, ,lon [to iik contijumi.] fllsl ~ 'fori "Kckkka" is the sentiment of countless snIV liis rers who find the halm of relief, and the foiin- his tin of their health and strength, in.Writ's Kaii- no i mmim.lA. It is the most potent of all the al- T irntives to purify the system and cleanse tho eeni lood. It possesses invigorating Qualities, so pair ial it stimulates the failed vitalities and purges floo it the corruptions which mingle with the blood, II. romoting derangement and ilecay. We arc as- liigl tred by many intelligent physicians that this fui icdieiue cures beyond all others of its kind, prat ad we can fortify this statement by our owe rout tpetiencP.?At/wl (Vast.) II 'hit' bet - ...' I. L -ill 'or the Times. The Up Country of 8oath Carolina. , Long birn, May 6. Jr. Kv>iTon.?I was pleased to see in the last ic of the Timks, the tltuely and ab1?cditori*l tho Augusta Chronicle and Conilitutionaliet >n (lie misrepresentations of the corresponit of ihe Springfield Republican. Although i publish Aut.Qrt the first pa%V/t',,tI n road i(nd 1'ress should have kept so "-jf" '* ireprescntation of tho SpringfiwiT??^f! n, and thnt the first defense should coiMQll^^^ corgia paper. I notice that the Xetes and trier and Journal of Commerce, of Charleston; e been very milch disturbed by the chani. * nshipof the Augusta paper, and are trying to iress tne people with the conviction thnt th<t ingfiehl correspondent did not "draw h i piratioo from his surroundings." 'here is no use trying to disguise the fact t the Charleston people believe that they nra icrior in intelligence, in foresight, in man4 s and culture, to the back country people. "here is no use tryiug to disguise the fact that ir State policy is always fixed upon a Charles' basis; that their liberalism is conserve* u, and theii conservatism a policy that winsi s not strange, either. Charleston represent* commercial interest?the capital you may ?of the State, and capital is always timid* 1 shy in making ehatiges or encouraging elation. The Cooperation movement, by which, in tho guage of one of Carolina's most distinguisliconservntivcs, "the South lost the Goldtn lortunity of a redress without the resort to us." had its origin in Charleston. The know hing movement, so far as South Carolina i concerned, had its origin in Charleston. The first effort to check-mate tho plnnderers the Radical Party had its origin in Union, I was crushed by Charleston liberalism. And:, [ am not very mnch mistaken, all the com* imises have had their origin iu that quarternn the late revolution Cur Hampton and Ilomo* le, the movement originated in thi baa it intry, and no one will pretend to deny that irlestou entered, into it with reluctance. No mc should be attached to them on that acint. They had a great deal at stake, and u't like to run risks. They were governed policy. <ot so with the back country people ; they 1 borne oppression uuiil it became intolerable* cy had faith in the people, in their leader,, i they drew the sword and threw away thebbarih The offence is that the back country presentatives had the temerity to shape tholicy of legislation. There is just where tho ,e pinches. "32." ? l-'or tho Times. wane xcacaers lor colored Schools, have taken great pains in rending tRc first umn in the Timks of tho "fith ult., headem hito Teachers of Colored Schools." It i* c that a great many of our Schools have been ght by.incfficient teachers; but the reason was s: when the white people were more needed leach for us than they are now, there couM scarcely one found who would tcacll for ; anil the most of tlw.se who did tench were \blc to pcrt'ornw tlkcir duties, and wc had to ploy teachers of our own color, many of om as it. was said, were barely able to read tho lplest sentence correctly. There has been a to when we were nearly destitute of nny iooIs and teachers. Then wns the time when would have been only too glad to have hud ne trom among, yon to help us teach our little es, who have been so sadly neglected. Now, many of our own young men nnd women ! being educated and growing to be useful, liink they arc- the ones who should be onr tool Ten slier*. Ks for the wbito people knowing, the negro lure best, I am- under the impression that it is altogether a mistake. Our teachers from iisranec (all that I have known or heard any ng of.) have performed their duties well, and nrould not he right for me to agree with "Kst Fort," in saying that they only cninc for ! salary. No owe wants to work without a ary. Often these teachers h.ivc been put off rear or two to wait for what they were promn nnd some have never been paid yet.? e colored people are taxed, and 1 have been tl often, by white men, that if was The colored jple who made the taxes so high nnd "we . II deduct enough from your wages to pay our ics." If that is true, the tax money should j its way hack to us. And if we employ our n rnce of course that will be helping to bring jack, for there are a great nnmherof our rnec ly competent, whether natives of our own tc or not. I do not mean to create the imtssion on nny one's mind that it is a disgrnce * teach the colored children, for 1 do not think but 1 unt only expressing my opinion. I :fer my own color, who are able to tench. If ^ J...1 -l.!l ? 1 vuiuicu uiiiku'cii auvance as rapidly in the lire as I hey have in the past, (of which I iq not the leust doubt that they will, and do s times better) we will liavo teachers by tbo ndrcds and Rood and noble ones, too Very Respectfully, A. J. P. - ? 'oi.onr.i, John H. Kvins.? In tho Raleigh ivs. of Sunday morning last, vvc find the mer* I compliment which we republish below, d to our immediate Representative, Co), in 11. Kvins, by a Washington correspondent that paper: Vc have heard but one opinion expressed in i part of the 1th Congressional District, and t is, that Col. T'.vins should be returned to place lie lias thus far tilled with ability and mr. We do not put our preference for hint the ground that he is the present incupihcuti I was elected over Wallace, who had acquired unenviable fame as well as political strength his Radicalism, but we would have him relied because he possesses in an eminent dce the qualities which ought to belong to a ircscntative in Congress. He is a gentleman llfi.lorilii.il onil ..1.Hi... 1 ' v|iihi 10 ine place, I in honesty, ardent patriotism, and lofty Ic pride, no one can excel hint, lie has o of the arts of the demagogue?no rant aud iah?no hobhy to ride, font moves strnig^t .vnrd in the^lficlia^Wfcf "duty, relying upon real merit, and services for the support of constituency. We hope that there will foe ipposition to his re nomination, he State nnd the country?the cause of dct representation and of public morals?have led inexpressibly by the substitution, on the r of the House, of such a man as Col. John I'.vins in lien of the notorious Wallace. A Honed, lionorab'o gentleman?firm and faithin the discharge of duty?sensible, earnest, iticcd and assiduous?ho is ?n Jiojjor to his ititucncy. and, it is to lie hoped ll^ijUc will ^turned to this (Uentre of ljja usefulness.