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?- ?<-j- urn The Eighth Annuel Meeting of the Methodiat < Xpiteopel Church South- ( The Conference of the Methodist Episcopal . Church, commenced in Atlanta on ThurMajr lest, Uishep Paine, presiding. The first day's session was occupied in effecting en organiselion. On Friday Wightman occupied the chair. ' A resolution of respect to the venerable Le- . vick Pierce, and a request that he preach before idc cotucrcncc tu some umc mat will autt uis convenience, was offered by Rev. A. K. Winfield -auwumjn' jmt tbi address of tu r. bishops ( was then reed bj Dishop Doggett, amid profound silence and attention. The document was most profound and comprehensive, and will be u read with great interest by the entire church, and many outside its boundaries. The refer- j ences in the oddreea to the death of Bishop Marvin ; Dr. Duncan, of Virginia; Dr. Myeid, of * Savannah, were pathetic nfijl*'eloquent, mid ( 'brought tears t<r"many eyes. The address concluded with wholesome counsels and a plain statement of tho best aud safest policy for the church to pursue. ( At the conclusion of the address, Rev. J. E. j Edwards ofTerod a resolution referring matters , touched on by the address to an appropriate commit tec, which should consider them and report * 10 me vouiercnce. Rev. R. A. Young, of Tennessee, moved thai the address be published in all the papers of the church. Carried. 1 On motion of Rev. J. E. Evans of the North i GeorgiaConfcrcnce, other matters in the address, , besides those before specified, were referred to appropriate committers for their consideration for reports of suitable action to the Conference. , On motion of Rev. A. S, Andrews, D.D., the part of the address on boundaries of annual Conferences was referred to the committee on boundaries. 1 Resolutions upon the deaths of Bishop Mar- < vin, Dr. Curry and Dr. Myers were offered by , Rev. C. D. Oliver, of the North Alabama Conference, but weio withdrawn on suggestion of tho chair that proper resolutions would be pre- 1 eented at the proper time. I Bishop Paine annouueed that he had received a communication from tho Methodist Episcopal viiureu norm, 10 wuieu rcuircnce imu ueeu made in the address of the bishops which had \ just been read. t On motion, the communication was then read. It refered to the propriety of calling a great 1 KCUVKNICAI. COUNCIL of Methodism, to represent all its branches and \ to consider interests common to tliem 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 1 Southern Methodist Church to further the call for the council. It also suggested the topics which might be profitably considered by such a council as that proposed, and stated some of the 1 good rosults which would surciy follow from tlio calling of such n general consultation. It also presented a list of the church organizations which should properly bo represented 1 in such a grand council as was proposed, and also that the Conference bo composed of clerical and loy members in as nearly equal proportions as possible. W. L. Nugent, of Mississippi, moved that tlio communication bo referred to a special committee of five. Carried. Attcr the transaction or some further unimportant business, the Conference adjourned until Saturday. Tiie Franklin Murder?A Case of Circumstantial Kvioksce.?At Abbeville Court Inst week nn aged colored man, named, Jeff David was contictcd of the murder of the two Franklins, hrothvr and \at?r. Tk* prit?a?t was lk?ir former slave, and was convicted upon strong circumstantial evidence. He lived near the house in which the murdered mnn 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 from his house to a thicket where a persimmon tree hnd been cut, and thence back to the house 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 had actually cut the cluh from 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 knifo was used to cut the limb from npersimmon tree; the stain was the same as that found upon the knife of the accused, and it was proven that this stain could be produced by no clbcr means.? The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be hanged on the 17th inst, The Abbeville He ? ??"? ai?ys i He bad but little to say, merely reasserting liis innocence and taking his doom with a smile on his face. The jury consisted of nine whites and three colored, and their verdict was a lighteous one. Evidence since discovered points unerringly to hint ns the parly committing the atrocious crime, and his fate is merited. Hnppilysuch crimes are not frequent in t|iis latitude. It was cold blooded and diabolical in the extreme. The forbearance and love of order that characterizes our whole pepple was displayed when they refrained from taking immediato vengeance on the offender. The attempt to fix the guilt upon Mcdarvcy. we imagine, will fail.? JelT David is not looking for clemency, but has set about preparing for his death, making his will and setting his worldly matters in order. e> Explosive Patent Floor.?Minneapolis, Minn, May 3.?An explosion occurred here last night that caused such a shock ns te be at first gcucrally mistaken for au earthquake, but on examination 11 proveu 10 uo a large Hour null, which, ns previously telegraphod, set firo to other mills, causing an extensive conflagration. The cause of (he explosion was gas generated by the manufacture of patent flour. Hevcnteen persons were killed and property to the amount of $1,000,000 destroyed. The flouring mills which were involved in the disaster form a group which comprises the heaviest concerns in the Slate. Chief among them were the two Washburn mills, the property of ex-Governor C. C. Washburn, of Wiscon- 1 sin, in the one of which the explosion occurred, 1 It tlifc li\rcr*at flrtiirinw nr??ll set llm and the largest but one in the world. 1 # ?. Messrs. Dun, Barlow SiCo.'b report of the fail- ' nreof the quarter ending April 1st is instructive reading. As a chronicle of commercial disaster it ' has not been equaled in the history of the country. ' The number of failures in this quarter exceed* j fliat of the corresponding quarter of last year ( by four hundred and eighty-six ; tho amount of the liabilities exceed* that of the same period of last year by $17,546,75C; and of this in- 1 eroase in number the Western States furnish 1 two hundred and forty-nine, or more than half ? ?of the increase in liabilities $10,458,583, or thirty-eigbt per cent.", and this in spite of 1 abundant erops and vast exports. Survivors ok Hart's Battery.?The surviving members of Hart's Battery, (Washington ' Artillery, Hampton's Legion,) are requested to ' send their names and addresses to Dr. L. C. ' Stephens, Blackville, S. C? in order that ar- i rsngements may he made for a re-union fit Binck-, t vilie of Barnwell lid* summer. < ^ ? . i <?hc lacchta fiRnion Sinus.]' H? M. STOKES, Editor. j UNION, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1878. ( TEEM8 0F SUBSCRIPTION. ? 1 Copy, one year, is abvanck, $3.00 ( 2 Copies one jmi. " " 8.75 8 5 " 8.50 ] 10 " u - - " 15.00 . a..???raaiKSsh... *fcach subsequent Insertion, - - - sc? . . 75 Liberal discount made to merchants and others adreo 1 lain* for six months or by the rear. , Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, Inserted free. " " orcr ten lines, chargod as Advertise- | uents. jfST* Mc<sra Shand, Steedtnan, Munro and ilcKissiolf, have been attending the Supreme ( Court, at Columbia, this week. Knch of those ( jentlemen had important cases in the Court. ? 'Citiiens" Proposition. We are not so sure that the proposition of our Correspondent, "Ciliien," to allow all who enn prove that they voted the Democratic tioket in L87G, to vote at the Primary elections, is a good >nc. ? m -??? Keating of Mt Vernon Clnb. The Mt Vernon Democratic Club will hold a meeting at Mt Vernon Church, to-morrow, Saturday, afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose if reorganising the Club and putting it in working order for the campaign. County Examiners. ' 4 At a recent meeting of the State Board of School Examiners, the following gentlemen were appointed School Examiners of this County, in connection with tho School Commissioner: Darid Johnson, Jr. and R. R. Rawls. The duties of the Boards of Examiners are rery important, being no less than the perfection of the Free School system. To "32." Wc will try and explain to you next week why we, at any rate, did net notice that Republican man's false representation of tho people of the upper Couuties. We, however, will hint to "32" that if any of the up country Tress had noticed it. in the style it deserved, the Newt and Courier would have raised its ueual cry of "trying to create sectional prejudice between the upper and lower Counties." . . A Case for the Bond Conrt. A gentleman in this County, jn 1808 or 1870, owned from_ $11,000 to $13,000 instate Bank Bills, and, under an act of the Legislature, consolidated them in Bonds of the State nt 60 cents on (he dollar. Now llie question is, will those same bonds havo to^be again consolidated at 50 cents ou the dollar, so that the owner will only realize, in State bonds,'25 cents on his first investment ? . Mrs. Biohards' Millinery. If you want a "love of a bonnet," a pretty Hat, a tasty Flower, a Ribbon to suit your complexion; in fact anything that will make you look handsome aud becoming, go to Mrs. Richards; eko lias got the very articles to suit.? And married ladies should not forget that nothing pleases n good husband better than to see his wife with a tasty and becoming lionntl "on. Mrs. Richards has got Bonnets and Hats to put all the Husbands in the County in good li imor with their wives. Weather and Crops. The weather so far has been all that could be asked for the growing grain crops, but the nights are a little toe 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 ot year, than they do now. In many parts of the ccunty a much larger acreage has been put in grain than over before, so that tlic present outlook is tine for abuudance of food for man and beast-next year. Tlie Fruit crop is promising, in quantity, but it is feared the quality will bo inferior. ? The Image of her Kother( Is the title of one of the most thrilling and interesting novelets we ever read, now being published in that sterling and valuab'e family journal the Savannah Weekly A'eict. The yeurt has published a number of most excellent Stories, but "The Image of Her mother, we think, is equal toif not belter than any. As a newspaper, we consider the Netet one of the best in the country, while its literary, agricultural, domestic and Kditorial departments are filled to the brim with the 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 the Orders. Mr. P. M. Cohen, on last Saturday, was victimized to the tune of about $40, by a colored man who passed an order on him purporting to have been written by Mr. R. M. Robinson, one of tho most responsible oitizens of this County. The order was pronounced a forgery by Mr. Robinson, oa Monday, but was so well executed that even Mr. R. had to look at it twice to sat isfy himself (hat lie had not writteri it in hia sleep. The forger lias 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 that so many of them apply the faculty in the same way now. Judge Wallace. From the mnny decisions rendered by Judge Wallace, and published in the Nexct and Courier jince the close of the last term of Charleston oourt, it is evident that he is not idle and enoying much rest during the present intermix lion. It isknown that anumber of very important cases, involving large amounts of money, nuou tuumh? property, and grove questions of lew, hed beeu long pending in (he Charleston < Court, Awaiting the time whena Judgein whose 1 ability and honor all parties interested could 1 place implicit confidence would be upon the bench, and in Judge Wallace the people and Bar of Charleston recognized these essential quali- J lies, consequently to him they referred those < cnaes. The Judge has spent but little idle time i since his returu^/rom the Iqng and arduous I lerm of that Court ; of wnich tho many able I decision* he tendered i* proof (foncluOite. ] r> m ?' "'' the State Bask bills. We learn that Northern holder* of bilh of the Bank of the 8tate have .appointed Agents in teery County and are sending them those bills lo be soULto tax payers to pay their taxes with, it varionjbrices?according lo the purchaser's election, whether he will buy at the lowest price and risk a law-suit or give a higher price sad the seUsr. Shn that risk. There is no doubt that U?e SdbT^^Qourfof the United States has decided that the State oit South Carolina is responsibly for they redemption, and beand to take those notes Ms taxes ; but we uuderetand some persons olalaPtht|^ the County Treasurer is bound to reoeivathem for County taxes also, and sillier have already or will tender them for their whole taxes, and refuse to pay until that question is settled .the highest authority.? It seems to us that qo man of ordinary judg. ment will put up suoh'a claim against the County, if^he will think calmly upon it. If de remember right the Court decided that those Ijille should be received for State Taxes only, and eithsr oxpresslytor impliedly declared them not a valid tender - fof? County or special taxes. Suppose, for instance, the Treasurer of Union County received $5,000 in State Bank bills for w-mV AI.AV9, num TTuuiu no uo wnn mem : The County Commissioners would not receive them frnof hiimforthey would be as worthless as rags, for*fltyto5f county debts. The County Treasurer does not pay county funds into 'he State Treasury. The State has nothing to do with the^county funds, nor is it even responsible for any loss the county may incur from the Treasurer's receiving depreciated currency for County Taxes. To whom, then, must he turn over those Hank bills received for county Taxes T The County Commissioners are not authorised te receive them and the State will have nothing to do with them, for they were received for county purposes, belong to the county, and the law declares who shall receive and disburso the county funds. What an inextricable dilemma tlio County officials would be in. And wouldn't there be a few anathemas showered upon them by the impecunious creditors of the oounty. No doubt many will take advantage of the doubt and test the matter, for the sole purpose of Mouaing.AJew months extension of time to pay their taxes. But that would neither tx honorable, nor just to the welfare of the county If the Treasurer is compelled to receive thost bills for County purposes, instead of this Coun< ty being out of debt nnd the County taxes re' duoed one-half next year, an inerea?e of past ?i ?- ? ? lauoimuua BUM) wouoctjucn.ij, mi incrnte 01 taxes to paj it will be the result. Without some law instructing tho Countj treasurer how t( act in the premises, we can't see how he cat take the State Bank hills for County purpose: and protect himself and bondsmen from harm and we all know that Dr. Thomas will do noth iug outside the strict lino of law and honor. "Up Country Farmer." Whilewogive placo in our columns to the views ot *n ''Up-Country Farmer" upon tin validity of the State debt, we wish it to be un derstood that we do not endorse those views.? Our correspondent appears to thiuk that (hi whole of the bonded debt of the State is owned at the North, by northern people. In this w< known he is greatly mistaken. On the contrary wd'lcarn from parties who have looked into th< matter carefully, thnt a large proportion of thai debt is owned by our own citizens", and nc incousiderable part of that by widows and orphnns of Confederate soldiers. But it matters not, in our opinion, to whom tho debt it due, that does not impair the moral or legal obligation to pay it. When our correspondent takes the sweeping position thnt the whole ol tho St ol O . ilohl VVM?.?v??u uciwccu lOOO QDC 1878, sheold-be repudiated, we think he wil find but few followers. In our opinion "Uj Country Farmer" at this time occupies manj very vulnerable positions, but we have neithei space nor inclination to enter into a full discus sion of the subject. Another Dastardly Aet. There must be some very badly disposed per son or persons in Santuo Township, who should be caught and made to suffer for their bad conduct. I>ist week we chronicled the shooting ol two fine mulesj in that township, belonging to Mr. J. T. Ilill, now we have to reoord the wilful and malicious stabbing of a very fine celt, belonging to Mr. J. Droxie Jeter, in the samt neighborhood. Mr. Jeter says he was plowing with the dam of the colt near the house, on Saturday, and saw the colt in the adjoining lot, alive and well, half an hour before a colored man came and informed him that the colt wai dead a short distance off. On examination it was iuubu ion me ammai nan been stabbed to the heart with a long sharp instrument. We hope the wretch who committed the inhuman act will be caught. Commissioner LeDuc of the Agricultutal department is constantly hearing of facts which encou.-age him in the belief that teaean be successfully and profitably cultivated in this country. A Baltimore importer of teas 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 inquired what he would give fer such tea. The gentleman, after examining it after the custom of the trade, offered seventy-fire cents a pound. Bankrupts.?Petitions for voluntary bankruptcy have been fllpd in the United States Court by Alfred Tollesoa, of Spartanburg; Lester & Hobo, of Anderffh County; Raymsn Gibson, Thomas B. Withers, of York County; Jacob Sulzbacher, Solomon C. Peixotto, of Columbia ; Davis LipfelVef Hamburg; W. B. Coleman, G. W. Calhoun, Berry P. Pool, and James Compton, of Laurens County. The petitions were referred to Registrars Spencer, Jaeger and Seabrook, for adjudication, &o. Revolution in Mexico.?San Antonio, Texa*. May 3.?An official telegram to Gen. Ord says that a revolution-has broken out in the Mexlean States of Dnrango and Nuevo I.eon. Gen. Trevino has been ordered to quell it. The garrisons of Matamoraa and Mier are said to be on tkrn point of pronouncing against Bias. There iff great excitement en the lower Rio Grande.? Cfob. Eeehbedo ii here. k V Th? Hnday &*Mbl Flo Kit. Tfa? Pie Nio last Friday of the Sunday School* of the different Churches was one of the most delightful occasions ever cajpyed by the young people of this town. At 9 o'clock,' A. M., they assembled in the Methodist Church to arrange the programme and practice (he songs selected for the day. At 10 o'clock the profession was formed in front of the Church^wbere it was halted and the column completed by ^additions until between two and three hundred of the sweetest faces and happiest hearts graced the liue. They then marphed, in true soldier regularity, to the beautiful grove on Mr. C. Gage's grounds, when the rank was broken nnd a more joyful, happy oene was never witnessed or engaged in. Two long tables?eno for adults and tbe other for the children?had been erected, and they were literally burdened with all the rioh dellcaoies that the hands of thoughtful, loving mothers could make, together with au abundance of the substantiate. Strawberries and Lemonade were served in abundance, and if anything wee wanting te make .that interesting part of the festival complete wo have not heard it mentioned. The sweet songs selected were sung in sweetest style by the hundreds of sweet voices assembled, and the grove was vocal with notes of Surest joy and gladness. In their singing the kltdren did uncommonly well. To add to (he general pleasure of the day the gallant young men of the Union Silver Cornel Band, voluntarily "discoursed swoct music" to the assembly, which was received with delight by all and duly appreciated. It was a happy day for all. Parents and children alike epjoyed it from.the begining to the close. To the Rev. Campbell, Pastor of the Methodist Church, is due the credit of managing the whole affair with so much order, precision and success. Nothing occurred during the day to mar the harmony and joy of the festival, and the only , regret was felt when it ended We think it in place here to state that the Sunday school of tlie Methodist Church of this i town was never as flourishing as at present.? i The school now has one hundred and one pupils , on its roll, and still increasing. ' For the Ttoics. The Bonded Debt of the 8tate. > The Charleston Newt and Courier, on the 4th of May, editorially publishes the following paragraph in oonnection with^and commendation ' of an article extracted from the Springfield, r Mass., Republican, in disparagement of the in> telligence and acquisitions of the upper Coun> ties of South Carolina, as compared with the ' lower ones. > "And it must be added, right here, that the ; up-country cannot expect to be regarded in the . North as the centre of liberal opiuiono, when from the up-country comes the most ardent support of such measures as the Usury law, and the hottest opposition to the payment of the debt of the state, which the Demaei*ilft n*rtv had solemnly bound itself to {toy to. the lout birthing " Now, just here, wa would add, that tho upemntry has been enslaved, victimised and impoverished by the North and her agents and advocates of liberal opinions, until self prcscr ation forbid* further usurious exactions aud no further pnyment of fraudulent or forfeited bonds. The people of the upper counties are toilers and tillerr, not drones, er dawdlers or/lrivtlers, or sharks, or shavers, or slrietertk They know tho value of their earnings; they know then obligations to their Children, to their families, tc their society and to their State. To all these they aro faithful, earnest and true. They look not for regard at the Ner h ? t ey know the North regards nothing of theirs, save their dimes and d dlars. Their earnings do not enable them, with the practice of frngal habits and stinted outlay, to save 7 per o*nt. They cannot afford to pay usury, therefore they are the most ardem supporters of the minimum legal rate of inter ' est. They make (he hottest opposition to tin j..?ymcnt of the ao-cnllod debt of the State, be causc it is illegal and fraudulent, from 18G8 t< 1878 ; the product of usurpation, force and rob 1 hery; nnd hns been thrioe collected froin tin prostrate people, cmbeziled by its collectors f or perverted to the destruction, and not the se ' curity or good of the unfortunate ones who paid - it. Not a dime of if slioulJ ever be paid again > The old debt, or bonds of the state, from 18W i back, that were issued by the State when it wai ! sovereign, were forfeited by this same North when they bonded together, seised upon oui portion of the treasury, our part of the army and our part of the whole properly of the coun' try, nnd with them .hurled upon us war, destruction of State Sovereignty, annihilation ot properly, and left us nothing but a heritage, ol poverty and lawless exaction. The North re pudiated our debt ; the North destroyed out credit; the North destroyed our sovereignly, and thus released us from every civil obligation ; and the state is no more bound to pny these bonds than it is to pay its own citizens for the destruction of their hundreds of millions of property, which it was una! le to prevent, llow, then, can the honor and the credit of the state be more involved for the payment of the one thnn the other ? What made the claims of bondl,?l/l.? 1 ' ? ~ -i-: * 1 ' - - ?uu uiii . iiig vi imuuuicni noaung debts more sacred than the claims of property holders? The suppsrters and defenders of the old sovereign State are, many of them, la bloody graves?their old homes deserted or in possession of their former slaves?how could these betnade to pay ? It is the North, of liberal opinions, which did it. This is the view of an UP QOUNTRY FARMER, ?to ns contisvko.] "K(tr?ka" is the sentiment of countless sufferers who find the balm ef relief, aud the fountaia of their health and strength, in?VvKn's Sabsaparii.ia. It is the most potent of nil the alteratives to purify the system and cleanse the blood. It possesses invigorating qualities, so that it stimulates the faded vitalities and purges out the corruptions which mingle with the blood, promoting derangement aad decay. We are assured by many intelligent physicians that this medicine cures beyond all others of its ki*4, and we can fortify this statement by our own experience.?Athol (Hait.) White Flag. ^ ' fbi the Times. Tit Up Country of tontk Carotin*. , LONG fenvKL, M?y 6. MB T ul.. \ i. u. !_ ll.. U.I vwikVB. & VfM piWHaCU IV OVV IW UIO ?MI issue of Ike Times, the timely and ablneditoriil of the Augusts Chronicle and Conililulionalitt upon tlio misrepresentations of the correspondent of the Springfield BepubUean. Althoua^^^^ publfafiJbji_oa the dm pa/VA|J^Bj^^BMhmm^m been road it <s'? uttte ^MHPSPRHMH iry Press should have kept sO L , . misrepresentation of the SpringflmiTeOf!^^ ' man, and that the first defense should a Georgia paper. I notice thai the Sew and Courier and Journal of Commerce, of Charleston / hare been very much disturbed bjr the chntn- * plonsliipof the Augusta paper, and are trying to impress tne people with the eonviction that Ibi Springfield correspondent did not "draw h i inspiration from his surroundings." Tl.*? a ?? - - 1 Aline la uu use 'Tying (O disguise Ibo lnct that the Charleston people believe that they are superior in intelligence, in foresight, in m?B? ners and culture, to the back country people. There is no use trying to disguise the fnctihct their State policy is always fixed upon a Charles-* ton basis; that their literalism is conscrva-1 tism, and theii conservatism a policy that winsi It is not strange, either. Charleston represent!! the commercial interest?the capital you may fcer?of the State, and capital jta always timid* ^ and shy in making changes or encouraging . revolution. The Cooperation movement, by which, in the language of one of Carolina's most distinguished conservatives, "the South lost the Golden opportunity of a redress without ths resort to arms," had its origin in Charleston. The know* nothing movement, so far as South Carolina was concerned, had its origin in Charleston. The first effort to check-mate the pfnnderere ef the Radical Party had its origin in Union,and was crushed by Charleston liberalism. And1,if I am not very mnch mistaken, all the com*' promises have had their origin in that quarter In the lato revolution Cor Hampton and Home* n..i? v.- ? * ?! '?- - - uiuiiuiiui upigiuueu in ini M9K country, and no one will pretend to demy that Charleston entered.into it with reluctance. No blame should be attached to tlieni on that account. They bad a great deal at stnke, and didn't like to run risks. They were governed ( by policy. Not so with the back country people; they had borne oppression until it became intolerableThey had faith in the people, in their leaderand they drew the sword and threw away the cabbarth The ofrence is that the back country Representatives had the temerity to shape the- * polioy of legislation. There is just where the: shoe pinches. "82." - ? ' ^ I - *% For tl>e Times. Whits Teachers for Colored Schools, 1 have taken great pains in rending life fired column in the Timk* of tho 20th ult., headccE "Whito Teachers of Colored Schools." It iw true that a great many of ourSchools have been taught bytfnefficient teachers; but the reason was ^ / v this: when the white people were more needed to tench for us than they are now, there could be scarcely ouc found who would tcncli for us; and ths most of tboss who did teach were unnblo to perfornwtheir duties, and we had to employ tsnchsrs of our own color, many of i whom as it was said, wore barely able to read the [ simplest sentence correctly. There has been a time when we were nearly destitute of any < schools and tenehera. Then was the lime when + ' we would have been only teo glad to have had r some from among, yon to help ua teaoh our little . onea, who have been so sadly neglected. Now j .. ... vnu jwunjj men and tvomca ' are being educated and growing to be useful. r 1 tli'mk they are* the onee who should be oar I school Teacher* , As for tire white people knowing the negro , nature best. I am under the impression that that is altogether a mistake. Our teachers from > a distance (alt that I hare known or heard any I thing of,) hare performed their duties well, and I it would not be right for me to agree with "Esprit Fort," in saying that they only came for the aalary. No owe wants to work without a ' salary. Often these teachers hove'beea put off > a year or two to wait for what they were prom . isen and some hare never been paid yet The colored people are taxed, and 1 have been * told often, by white men, that it was the colored * people who made the taxes so high and "we . ? will deduct enough front your wages to pay our taxes." If that is true, the lax money ahostld find its way back to us. And if we employ our own race of course that will be helping to bring I it book, for there are a great numberof our race . fully competent, whether natives of cur own ) State or not. I do not mean to create the impression on any one's mind that it is a disgrace * 1 to teach the colored children, for 1 do not think i so; but I am only expressing my opinion. I r prefer my own color, who are able to leaeh. If the colored children advance as rapidly in the ' future as I bey have in the past, (of which I have not the least doubt that they will, and do five times better) we will have teachers bv tb? f )i 11 ndroiia "-1-1* ...... ... Kuv. .uu uiivii vges, lit, t Very Respectfully, ' _ A. J. P. Colonkl John H. Evixs.?Id the Raleigh [ News, of Sunday morning last, we find the mar* ited compliment which wa republish below, paid to our immediate Representative, Co), 1 John II. Evins, by a Washington correspondent i of that paper: We have beard but one opinion expressed in thia part of the 4th1Congreaaional, District, and that la, that Col. ^Evins should be returned to 1 the place he baa thua far filled with ability and honor. We do not pat our preference fur bio* on the ground that he ia the present inetijpbenl and was elected over Wallace, who had acqutred an unenviable fame aa well aa political atrength by bia Radicalism, but we would havo him returned because he possesses in an eminent de jrreo mo qualities Wlileh OUght to belong to a Keprescntatire ip Congress. He is a gentlemen of information ape] ability equal |o the piece, and in honesty, ardent patriotism, and lofty dials pride, no one cen excel him. He has none of the arts of the demagogue?no rant and fustian?no hobby to ride, but mores straight forward i? Ihe^tTCehe^p^hduty, frying npon his reel merit, and eerrleto for the snpport of his constituency. We hope that there will be no opposition to his re-nomination. The Stele apd the country?the cause of de- ' cent representation and of public morale?bar* gained inexpressiblj by tbesubstitution, on the floor of the House, of such a man as Col. John II. Krins in lieu of tbe notorious Waltaoe. A high-toned, henorablegentlemaa?firm and fhltb* ful in the discharge of dutj?sensible, earnest, practiced and assiduous?be is".#* huAor.to his oodstitueaeT, and, Ufris to be hoped llatbi jelll be fttawbd J6 (hit IhMl/fl d/ Jbla pserSlnws.