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PROGRESS OF THE PLAGUE. Nkw Oulkaks, August 31.?To-day's report is 231 new eases ami 4$ deaths. ' Lhiritig* the week, ended yesterday noon, there were 1,20-1 cases of yellow fever ntid 333 deaths, inakiug in ull 2,878 eases and 8G7 deaths. The death list to-day includes twenty children under soven years of ngc. Nkw Oki.kans, September 1.?New eases today 2(30, deaths 88. Mkmi'iiis, August 31.?At the hoard of health ??"?* , up u? ttoon, only seven physicians out ot about twenty had uiado their reports , cases, tlio number aggregating forty-two. " In-oni tliis it will be seen that not more than half the ? ???,i ??,i ,|iat ti10 enideinic is Cases are rcpui?U| ?? more appalling than tho olHoial reports indicate. At the county jail thoro nrc about twenty casus of fever. M. C. Williams, under sentence to the penitentiary for murder, died last night, and lluz/.ell, a negro murdcier, under sentence of dcith, is in a dying condition. At Camp Joe Williams live or six deaths occur daily. Alex. Hunn, of the Masonic board of relief, is down, and Jos. llusscll, ol' the Odd Fellows' relief board, is very low. The undertakers report 55 yellow fever interments up to noon to-day. Tho report for the week shows 721 cases and 241 deaths. The official records to-day exhibit 148 now cases for the 24 hours ending at 0 1*. M., and 77 deaths. Volunteer physicians continue to arrive. Five from the Ohio board of health. Dr. McCorniick, from ludiann, and Dr. E. T. Easly, from Little liock, arriving to-day. Dr. Easly was accompanied by a corps of .'10 nurses. Among the rcccut cases arc H. S. Lnndruin, down, but doing well. Joseph lluVsclY, superintendent of the Odd Fellows nurses, died and was buried to-day. Howard llcymnn, a druggist, died to-day. J. H. Kobiuson, one of the principal druggists, cioscu ins vstuuusiiiuciii. today ami left the city for rest. J. S. Armstrong, photographer, died to-day. Moiiii.k, August 31.?Dr. 12. P. Gaines reports one case and death from yellow fever this morning?a white child, 9 years old. VicKsuuna, August 31.?During the week 110 deaths from yellow fever have occurred, making 185 deaths in all, 17 of which occurred during the last twenty-four hours. It is estimated tlint 800 cases of fever have occurred to date, about half of these in the past week, and 59 new cases in (lie last twenty-four hours. New York, August 31.?A Vicksburg dispatch says that the deaths to-day were 8 and now cases 50, and tho weather mild aud more fnvornblo. Tho fever is spreading in Delhi, La., where there have been 7 new cases and 1 death in twelve hours. LvuioviWo) ftli ^iuQo lU? Ittoi vopori eleven refugees and boatmen have been attacked with yellow fever after arrival in Louis* illc, four of whom hnvo died. Cincinnati, August 31.?Nine cases of fever, and four deaths have occurred since last report. Two of the deaths were cases reported last week. /in cnmc iroin lniecicu places noimi. Morgan City, La., August 151.?The refugee reported last week Hick of yollow fever died August 23d. Seven other cases have since occurred and four deaths in all to yesterday noon. Ocean Springs, Miss., August 31.?Three cases yesterday morning. No death during the week. Water Valley, Miss., August 31.?Two cases, both refugees. First on 12th, is convalescent.? Second on 2tith, terminated fatally. Holly Springs, Miss., August 31.?Seven cases, two deaths to yesterday evening, all refugees. St. Louis, August 31.?There have been eight cases during the week and two deaths, all ret'u\ Aid for Yellow Fever Sufferers. Montuomeuy, August 28.?The guests of the Jackson House, Hlounts Springs, contributed ?>100 to the yellow fever sufferers of Grenada. Detroit, August 28.?Subscriptions for the yellow fever sufferers of the South were opened to-day by the Detroit Free Prete and the Hoard of Trade. $700 have been forwarded to New Orleans, Memphis and Grenada. Charlotte, N. C., August 28.?Tho Hebrews of this city contribute $125 for the fever sufferers. New York, August 28.?The Chamber of Commerce and Southern Relief Committee today received $2,075 additional subscription in aid of the fever sufferers. The committee was , organized last Saturday, aud have received to : date $17,880.71. Montgomery, Ala., August 28.?The Hebrew 1 Ladies' Jiencvolcut Society of this city lias for warded ?100 to the fever sufferers. < Gknkhocs Contributions.?Washington, August 20.?Telegrams from all parts of the country last night show a continuous and generous ? contribution to aid the yellow fever sufferers. ' New York, August 20.?The Southern relief , committee has sent another $5,000 to tho yellow fever stricken cities. Total collected $28,000. General Agent Jones, of the Louisville, Nash- t ville aud Great Southern llailroad, sent a letter f< of information to the committee that ho would transport supplies free of charge from Louis- ft ville to Memphis on his rjaJ ? or T-oulsialia ^appeal at the meeting of tlio commit- j ice to-dny for aid for (lint State, uuil depict <nl ( tlie sad condition of matters there. ( Chicago, August 2^.?Up to noon to-day the ( subscriptions actually paid in for the yellow fe- , ver fund hero to the citizens' committee was , $(i, 872 ; to other committees $5,13.'; total $12,- j 003. I New York, August 29.?The total amount received at the oflice of the Virginia and Tenncs- ( see Air Line for the relief of the peoplo at Urenada to-dny is $2,727. The telegraph reporters' contributions for the sufferers through....I |L. I...... Mil ?imli?ning m !> fmmtO' ^ of tlio country. t " ? - A Mystkry is AnDr.vu.i,k.?Abbeville, September 1.?.Sheriff Jones has been missing since August 22. His oflice was opened and investigated by his bondsmen to-day. He is behind Bomo $2,0000, and the whole affair is shrouded in mystery. In a letter addressed to the public, which was found in his safe, ho says : "lly one hour of neglect I have wrecked my own happi ness. I have been robbed, whether through negligenco or not I am at a loss to say, but such is the fact. I cannot meet my bondsmen, I cannot meet my friends, with suspicion written in their faces. 1 have raised suliicient money to * carry me safely and securely across the ocean." This letter was written on the night of the 21st ult. A letter received from tlitj fugitive yesterday, postmarked Cincinnati, August 28th, said that he was making for Canada or England, ile is evidently insane, as ho left sufficient properly to meet all liabilities, lie is due the sheriIF'? office from $1 ,K()0 to nml lifts left uvuilftMo assets to the nmount of $'2,ft00.? News and Courier. A nd yon can win liy plantingyouracl ves square ly nml firmly on that glorious platform given to you l>y tlie Democratic Convention, by devoting yourselves In this work ; and I say to you Hint you must win ! I know Hint Hie men who in '7<? proved Hint llicy could Iifit Hie Stale from ruin will show in '7S Ihnl tfiey intend to preserve it. ? Hamptons V.dyefield Speech* ?hc i&lccltlii fttniou $Kmcr?. it. M. STOK KS, EtlitoF. " UNION, 1'IUDAY, KKl'TE.MBBIl 0, I?7?: TEKMSOF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, out* year, in adv.vnck, 12.00 2 Culiies one year," " 3.73 5 " " " " ' 8.50 10 " " " " " 13.00 ADVERTISING. One square or one inch, lirat insertion, - $1.00 Kaeli siiliseqiient insertion, - -- -- -- 73 Liberal discouut made to uiureliaiits ami others adverli-sina f"r six inoiitlis or by tlio year. ..Ublluuty NulWt?gC.ti'f?444i.?i oa loaaflntcrtcd Tree. " " over ten lines, eharge4 as AdvertlseUIGIlts. _____ mo Lancaster Ledger jronaaio. Mr. D.J. Curler, Proprietor of I ho Lancutler Ledger, ofFers that paper lor sale. Wc think it must be a profitable concern, for Mr. Carter has been able to mako a good living out of it for himself and a family of about a doieu children for some years. Who Wants Cheap Furniture Don't forget to attcud the sale of the Hotel Furniture next Monday. You can get everything in the Housekeeping line, from a fine set of Parlor Furniture to a kitchen dish towel. If you don't wish to attend the sale you can make the best kind of bargniim by calling on Mr. E. 11. Wallace between this and Monday. Ho will sell dirt cheap. The Second for the SufForers. We bono th<^ congregations ^of thq_.various that next Sunday is the second Sunday in this month, ajd devote the collection of that dny to the great Christian duty of relieving the sick and destitute in the plague stricken sections of our land. The more liberal your coutribution the greater blessing you may expect from "the giver of every good and perfect gift." ?? # Our School Facilities. We had prepared an articlo for this week, upon the Educational advantages of this town. but the many favors of corrcsp indents have crowded it out. No Town in the State can boast of more efficient Teachers than we liavo now, in Mrs. Clifford ut the 1'cnialc Academy, and Miss C. M. Reed who lias opened a private school, for girls, while Maj. D. A. TownsenJ and W. B. Fambrough are botli superior Male Teachers, and have flourishing schools for boys. Any girl or tioy can obtain as thorough an education Union as they can in any place short of a first class College. Our Town Council. In our Inst issue we published the annual report of the Treasurer of the town of Union, for the fiscal year ending the first of this month.? It will be seen that out of the receipts of the currcut year the Council paid one hundcrd and fifty-one dollars of debts contracted by the former Council, and after paying for the Fire Engine, Water Tank, and other extra expenses, I they leave the town not only out of debt, but with forty-four dollars in the Treasury. The Council has done somo good work. The streets arc generally in good repair; a tiro Engine and Water Tank lias been purchased, wllinll vvn Inlin n rr.\ mlvlo.tl " n 1 ?t>? .... , , umc vuiu|inuy iius been organized, and pretty good order has been uu ncii?ncuun t uenevc fney can do better. Our Business Outlook, The Merchants of Union appear to be determined to do all that they can to command the trade of the County hereafter. Messrs. ]'. M Cohen nnd A. II Foster arc n? w in the Northern Markets purchasing their Fall and Winter Stocks, and the other merchants will leave next week for the same purpose. Most of our stores have already received some of their Fall goods, such as Calicoes, Linseys, Hoots and Shoes, &c. The merchants express a determination to put their prices down to the very lowest figures, n competition with other markets, so that there > ihull bo no good excuse for our Farmers pur- 1 aliasing whatever they may want outside of the , uounty. ] One Or two ffOO?l enttnn >>.">?? *? "L- 1 " 1 ? ? " V"'3 v.iiarioiic ' 11 0,l'?r ci,ic8 wi? bo hero, and we may safe- ( j promise the highest prices for coiion. ' I Fatal Accident. Our friend, T. J. Orr, the felhcicnt Trial Jus- ' ice ,n Draytousvillo Township, sends us the allowing: I nr^y^l>^Jc(^erics, dwellings. Sir. Mitolicll's v vagon, loaded with a large saw log, upset, kill- t ng (iranville Lit llejohn, a colored man and count of Mr. Mitchells, instantly. It appears hat lie was sitting sidev/ay on the log, when I he wagon suddenly getting in a rut, llio log * oiled to one side of the wagon upsetting it, | hrowing the negro over on his back, the log Tailing on his head. A post mortem examinnlion was made by Drs. Tench and Orr. On examination they found the left breast ' crushed, neck broken, the left molar bone I crushed and also the external cngular process | of frontal bone. A jury of inquest was immediately empan(Tefea t>y Trial Justice Orr andavcrdict of dcaih from accident rendered. Take Three.?Every wise and patriotic farmer should take three papers at the very least, lie should take his local paper because of the important advertising service it is renderiug to the particular section in which it is published, and for which it exists; he should take an agricultural paper that he may know all about the latest improvements in bis business, that he nu j keep bis ideas bright, and that his sons and (laughters, if lie has any, may learn to love country life through an acquaintance) with its literature ; and ho should take one of.the great political weeklies?something thoroughly cosmopolitan, and that will givo him the freshest and best from every corner of the earth. The farmer who has such an outfit cannot bo behind the times. Wo don't know who wroto the above, but whoever he may bo stopped short of what wo conceive to bo a bounden duty of every head of a family. No family should bo without its church newspaper. The leading political paper should givo placo to the church paper, in our opinion. Wo regret to state that many families in this County take no paper at all. not even their County or Church paper, cither of which coul,| lie paid lor from the proceeds of one lion every yenr. \. ? * ' The Sunday School Causo.* ' ~ The State Convention united by an Executive Committee appointed in Atlanta last April, met in Uruunville on the 21st and 22d of August. About eighty delegates were present. Threefourths of the Counties were represented. Before the Convention met the doubters prophesied a failure and the friends of the cause were filled with anxiety, knowing that n failure at Greenville woi^ll rotftrd effective and organized Sunday SShoJPypirk tn South Carolina for years to couic. But the Convention was a grand success. Tho delegates Carried homo with them an earnestness and entlukiasm, that will carry tlicui on till the next meeting of tho Convention. Dr. James II. Carlisle %us chosen President. That in itself implied suobess. One of the objects of the Convention is to irgnnizo the State in Bitch a way that wo may vknow what the Sutulnj School is doing, mid what it has not done. It is desirable that the |rcscnt schools be made more effective and tlintihc unoccupied territory have schools cstftblishclas soon as possible. It is nlso the aim of the friends of the Convention to maKo it so goou, tnot licrealier there Will o< no lack of delegates froti nny County. ; To complete tlic Siatc c -gauization, it is necessary for each County to j H up a County Convention at onto. This is ciuily douo, if llireo or four earnest teachers will take the matter in lWg bonTojilio'ii at ^ A largo nunibci of doJcgatsr was present from every corner ol the County Many earnest nnd able speeches were tund^ They were all short; not a single one running over fifteen minutes The large chapel at the Female College was crowded with an attentive audience. At that County Convention, the nluablc instruction imparted nnd the enthusiasm aroused, will tell on the Sunday Schools of "the County. What Spartanburg has done, Union can do. A few earnest men should meet and Talk the matter over in a sensible, business-like way. If it he loo late in the season to call a convention this fall, make arrange inents to have one in April or May next, before the meeting of the Slate Convention. Uniot cannot aflbrd to be behind the other Countici in this matter. The Columns of the Times art always open to Sunday School men ami women aud slinrt. pointed paragraphs, bearing on thi: all-important 'work, arc solicited. If llio Sun day School men do not move in this matter w will nomiunte ait executive Committee oursclve and appoint the time ef meeting. Aid For the Afflicted. We gladly give place to the following gene nus offer from our enterprising fellow Townsman, Mr. W. A. Nicholson : Will not the citizen! of Union avail themselves of it to do a noble, and generous deed ? We arc confident it will not pass unheeded. The only thing now necessary is for some one or more of our benevolent and stirring christian Ladies to give it a start. The appeals which conic to us front the plngut stricken sections of our country arc of the most heartrending charnctcr, and call loudly upon the tenderest sympathies of our nature fut prompt and efficient help. It is a christian dutv i?-ft W-?\r-iittTsq* ~wno' *nrb" tk fearfully stricken. Who can read the accounts we publish-*-nnd they are not half the horrors that appear in our daily exchanges?of the terrible scourge now sweopiug along the Mississipp Valley, depopulating towns, making homeless uuu iiuuacicss whole fami.ics, robbing wives and mothers of their husbands and children, tender children of their parents, and lcavit g hundreds of helpless sick to die for want of mcdi cine, nourishment, care and nttcnlion. Surely no heart in the favored town and County of Union can withstand such nn appeal as this terrible scourge makes to them. K. M. Stokes Esq. As many oLlhc towns in the interior are taking steps to raise funds for the ntllicted in the plague stricken portions >f our lund, I do hope Union will uot be backward in <ioii\g her full share in tho noble work. If you think the ladies and gentlemen of the own would get up nn entertainment, the pro oeds of whi^UJtp be applied to the benefit of ho poor sufferers, 1 am willing to place tho use if my Kail ut their disposal, free of all charge. _? ? ro "Road Hand." Your communication will appear next week, n your private letter you say "If it was not hat.llio pcoplc&tro ovym^^^^^JdMCchan^^j^U rith iust com JiiWW?n^n^of our toun y Officials," We would not thus l>reak the privacy of any tart of your note to U9 if we had not heard it laid in oilier quarters that the Tim km was con:rollcd by certain parties in this town. If you or any other person say* or iusinunte, hat any other mau than U. M. Stokes has anything to do with the conduction of tho Times, in any respect, the assertion or insinuation is utterly false. No nan in this town or County lias even so much as advised with us as to the courflfn the Times shouTl take ; and we sny further that during the whole course of our nine year's connection with this paper there has net appenred in its columns, as Kditorinl, mpre ^hnn two political articles that we did not write. In two cases, when we were sick, tom^t/ean ago, we requested a gentleman to write alleles upon certain political questione, and he did so ; but he, even, did not live in the tow'Aof Union. We care not one jot about men^opinion of our ability, but when we nro told Ithat we write at tlier command or under the influence of other wn tun tliSnlr Aim mnnliAAil ia hHoaIo/I fintl tvfl tlnrc resent it, because it is false. If there it one tiling we can boost of i^is that we do out own thinking and writing for the paper ; and if a pretty good article should come from us oe rationally, we don't like to bear of other person: receiving credit for it. Commissioners lof Election. (lor. Hampton bos appointed Mr. II. L. Goes II. T. Gallman and Paul Ausfen, Commissioner! of Election for (his County. It is a capital Heard and will do justice to all. Paul Austen is a re spect able colored man. ? 1?- ?.o< ? , Daif Okn. J. E. Ju|tNsott litis been nominate for Congress, from the third district ofVirpinii 1 I For the Times. ( Economical Taxation. I Like the Israelites when under Kgyptian op- ^ prcssion and tyranny, ami when compelled to make brick without straw, wo have sighed, ^ moaned and groaned undct radical administra- ( tiou and misrule, liut we trust that day liua ( gone ; its dark sun has set behind tlio horizon ( of shame and crime, never again to be rcsur- j reeled. Our noblo and worthy Hampton took ^ the field against thoso daring and exulting Phil* ^ istiues; and his tcrriblo army of bravo warriors | of justice and right spread dismay aud confu- | siou through their rauks. tTlie bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion-ramp ; old warriors turned Their plated backs under his heel, Or groveling soiled their crested hcluicts in tho i dust." We rejoice that wo contemplate and expect to ' bo ruled by a democratic government in our oinitt legislature. inav ^uvcruiuvuk o??vnv..u and fosters the spirit of political economy ; its bones, sinews, muscles and marrow, constitute its basis; and while men in the past have ignored tlicir country and its rights and sedulously sought the offices purely front a selfish, mercenary consideration, wo deprecate sucli a spirit, and we feel authorized to say that our candidates will not in tho least affiliate or idcutify themselves with such a class. Wo think in our integrity ; men who will disburse tho finances Of the peoplo with strict economy, and in the langunge of a learned Divine, an ex-Congressman, will ulford equal and adequate protection, and -make no distinction on account of "race, color or previous condition," and make taxation low, simple and economical. To lake more money from the people than an economical administration demands, Mr. Calhoun, in bold and terse i language, denounced as robbery. It is the ty| rauieal exircise of arbitrary power. It is en , ossiuiululiott of radical precedents?at least, it . engenders and fosters that spirit. Vigorous and constant ctrorts should be made to diminish the > burdens of taxation, and sleepless vigilance is i needed to confine tho disbursement of the peo9 pie's money to few and proper purposes. To > tnkc the money of the lax-payers to indulge in , luxury or charity, to discriminate injuriously 9 betwixt citizens or classes of citizens, to multi ply needlessly salaried officers, to pension and e to feed drones, is to use tho power of taxation s unmercifully and injuriously. Our taxes arc as high, or nearly so, as they were under radical jurisdiction. Why is it so ? we are asked. Did not our Legislature renovuto, reform, retrench and reduce our taxes as low as practicable? llut, wo respond, lhay site uot do 1 ' more? May she not lay down an economical ' precedent? May sho nut commence tlie scaling of tlip salary of her uiciubcr?#and extend that scaling to all of the salaried officers in the State, as far as expediency and j racticability will admit ? May she not abolish some offices and ' merge others into one? What use have wc for an Auditor and Tax Co'lector? Let us return ' to the days of our fathers ; let us uo longer ignore the wisdom of our ancestors. Let us , c W)<L ll?& J.0 tttftftfVfi clztwuti ( general and universal satisfaction. Uudcr the , existing slate of affairs wo hear complaints of heavy taxes and salaried officers; and wo have heard the remark made "that scores of compotent men would gladly tako the Treasurer's office, as it now stands, with the assistance of an Auditor, for five hundred dollars." And so with many of tho other offices. There are many 1 perfectly competent men, who arc willinir to ' blend labor with honor, wtio would accept of ' many of onr otliccs at a reduction of the prcB- 1 cut salary ; while, wo aro sorry to say, there ore ' others who arc cnlhusiastio aspirants for office, ' anil partly we believe, if not altogether, for the ' money that the office affords. We know it is not so easy to make money out of I ho carlli as many would supposo, and the fact has been fully developed in the ruinous overthrow of many fanners who have been taught, educated and fully instructed by physical labor that they were 1 to gain their "meat and bread by the sweat of ? their brow." And do not these farmers pay the tax. With due discretion and proper legis- f lat ion taxation could be brought to a proper eqn '? J librium. iJVnyjiicji ? fljjifltfttpPHffPll^^^^nvilcgcas n ^Tul^opay his tax. We arc told that our taxes aro increased by ? our Railroad and County taxes. Wo have nl- t ways been opposed to our Railroad tax, as it was lovied, and we have sensible and good reasons for our opposition, but it is too late to discuss that subject now. Had we have had the power, we would long ago have scattered the taxes with the besom of destruction. Let us discuss our County taxes. Wo learn that our County Taxes arc increased for a special, Sfo| cific purpose, but unfortunately the funds paid Jnto the Treasurer's office, fail to meet the do- | rounded emergency. And just here wo hear a la- 1 rocntable cry indeed. We are informod that a 1 portion of the inonoy paid for County purposes was in the old State bills, when the farmer, perhaps, invariably paid in legal tender. Who is to blame for this oversight ? Who is to be reprimanded for this inconsistency in these pres^ sing and needy times, when wo want our bridges built and repaired, and when we would gladly meet the various emergencies of our County. Who has holped the capitalist, the moneyed man, the speculator, to reap a ricbhar vest in disseminating a fund in payment of taxi es that does not suit our pi esent purposes ? ' Unwise, unmerciful, partial discriminated. I Our treasury is depleted as it should not be, - and next year, perhaps, we will hear again of a J hoavy County tax, which is subversive to democratic principles, and well calculated to create discontent, dissatisfaction and wrangling among the masses of tax payers. If a law lias been made by the Legislature, or even sanctioned by he Courts, that allows one tax pa>er to take the ' advantage of another, that allpws certain persons, or classes of individuals, to screen themselves 1>y paying into the treasury as their taxes, d funds that are not currcut, funds that nre not i i. conformable to the uses and purposes of our Comity/can wo anticipate anything but, tlu.t injudicial influences wilt result from^forcing ucn to abide by such a law. If such a law has >asscd, nnd is or will be snntioncd by tho Courts, ve say unhesilatively that the courts have erred igreglously, and let It be ropealed, and the soon>r the bettor for the tax payer*. Tho governucnt of tho United States is founded on equal aws, equal rights and <cqual justice to all of its sitizens. Tho humblest citizen should feell his privilege and dignity as n rational and rcponsiSlo being ; and the -world presents no sight moro lovely and delightful than "Tho freeman, casting with unpurchased hand, The rote that shakes tho turrets of our land," Will our Stalo Legislature reorganize tho South Carolina College as n State or National Uuivcrsily? Will she open tho College and tax the peoj-'e one, three, five or eight thousand dol* bus as she may see fit or think hest to do at her next session? Wo would strike the note of alarm and warning prospectively. W j have no earthly need of a State Collogo or University. It has fulfilled its object, day and generation. It bo* longed to a postgeneration, the old dispensation; I-t !* -I 1 - ? - " - * 4 jui ii Biuup miu Hiumoer, or ict It t? converted into capital lliat will bo equally bene^.cial to all classes. Wo live under a new dispensation, and i, n i-ir - 1 Wy Ovtiegos who Ignore denominational and sectarian principles in their instructions; some of which opon their duois and tell all to como in free of tuition. Just above us aro Wofford College and Furman University, two excellent Institutions. They are accurate and thorough in all the branches, and filled by learned and judicious Professors. A noble Professor, who taught both in the South Carolina College and Fufman University, said that the etudics in the latter University were as thorough as they were in the South Carolina College. We urgo no invidious distinction. Wo cannot see the necessity of a State College or high School, underany nauic, type or modification. The Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists and others, have their Colleges, Institutions and high Schools of learning and if any of us fail to get an education it will be our own fault. These Colleges aro accessible, accurate and thorough, and their tuition, board, &c., ar<iACCOinnutijt|^iii0. Lei these Colleges lake tho place of the State University. A redundancy of Colleges docs not comport with these "trying, hard times," and we urge the argument, "abiurdam in abturdo'* comple absurdity. While the South Carolina College in the pasi, like a great sun in chaotic darkness, has dispelled tho gloom and stimulated our people to thinking, studying and readying, yet it is doubtful in our minds whether she has accomplished fully the objects and purposes^ upon which sho was founded. Very few of our friends have been the shaters of her collcgihlb privileges; very few have felt themselves able lb1 meet the necessary expenses, and perhaps, nob more than one or two among five hundred'of her tnx payers can this day call her their Alma Mater. We would say, well done, old South Carolina College in your day and dispensation!- Let yiny sun. uaatainaJ Aw oiitnly sel In tho sea ef quietude, never again to rise. So mote it be. We aro opposed to the College solely on ttie grounds of its support. We sanction no Institution upheld and supported by the government in these times. * Let the ball of political economy be set in mo- #.. lion, let it roll through all of our Townships*, and let a voice be heard from every Townshipof approved or disapproval. Let there be no> list ruction or confusion in our camp ; lot every man be firm and unflinching to our nomination, and with "the shield of faith, the sword of the Spirit and the helmet of salvation," we will go 'ortli conquering and to conquer. Fish Daui Township. PRO BONO PUBLICO. For tho Tiaics. A Great Work in Progress. Ms. Editor:?We have just closed a very Interesting meeting at Ml. Tabor. The services ontinued four days. Twelve were roceived Ino the Church, on profession of faith in Christ. It is wonderful to see what a ohanire ban ?iace, in a religious aspect, inlfc i>r ~ n ....<? > ur me county in- ? ^^^rci'gltborlioods of Bethlehem, Wesey'a Chapel and Ml Tabor. About thirty have Iroady organised themselves into a Young Mon'o Mirislinn Association. They ineot, as a body, ivery Saturday night, to hold religious services, ind different divisions hold prayer meetings in heir immediate neighborhoods once a week. They require every one who joins, being a nomberof a Church, to offer prayer when called ? ipon at any of thair meetings. If he is not a uomber of a church, he must promise to quit twearing, gambling, drinking liquor, &Oi That nucli good is being done by the Association, iq ' he portion of the county referred to, none will lispute. Many of the most dissipated and reckless young mon have joined some branch ( the Church and are now proroiuoiit in the Amocintion. During our meeting tk?jM?M*g n|#n - >?-. generally held a prayer meeting before the hour for preaching, and more earnest and appropriate nraveVH I havn nnvnr l>?nril. Air HHi. lor, 1 hare never attended just such a meeting. We all feel it to be the moat encouraging one * we have ever witnessed. The young men are working for the Lord and we are assured that, by Ilia help, they can do more in checking the progress of vice and immorality than any other class among us. Let the young men, one an4 all, think of this. United in the cause of vir* tue and religion, they can wield nu influence for good found no where olqe. Let ua nil, then apeak encouragingly to the young persona en? gaged in this noble work. Lot our prayers ascenti in their behalf. The Church and the country will be blesRC^I, in ibeir efforts to advanco tho cause of truth end piety. They are saen and felt now, more or leas. 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