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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 wm .-,,. iiuiuii i ll V?U1J1>, FROM M VII I II \ W.\MII,\UTO.\ TU IW?E BLIXAIIKTII (LKVIil.WD. An liitci?Miiii.; bkelrh ol tin- Women Mho Haw Dr. II >||sirc?Nr? ol tho While IIOIIHP. (From tho I'htlado phia Time .) Tho announcement timi t)i?- President will many Miss frances Folsom in Juno recalls tim historia series of White I Inns.' nuptials. Washington, it is well known, married long before ho became Presi dent, or ?von general of the anny. Ho met tho lovely Willow Cnst is ?I Wil liamsburg during bis service as n mem ber of tho Virginia Legislature. Mrs. Washington presided OM I-tia- Executive household at tho stat ol' government, first in Now York, Hu n in this city, with u good deal of forinality. Their house in this city was ono'rented from Robert Morris, on Market street, between Fifth and Sixth, lt was hero tho Friday levees were held, and the rules wore very rigor ous. Tho first President's wife was born a Jones, that of the second II Smith Abi gail Smith sollie Itcpuhl ic, so far as the domestic head of it was concerned. was ushered in with II certain dei.'ratio simplicity. John Adams married his wile when she was Iwollty, and her fath er, who was a clergyman, preached a sermon on the Sunday alter tho wedding -so a historio old chest nut relates from the text, ".lohn ca. neither eating bread uor drinking wine, ami ve ?iv ho hath a devil." Puring Adams's torin of office, in lsn:i, the (iovcrmneiit was re moved to Washington, Mrs. vdumswas tho first lady of tho Whin House, bul she never liked it and lived Iber?! alto gether but four months. [[or picture, by dilbert Stuart, represents her as a cheerful and liol unhandsome looking woman of fifty, with cap. ami ringlets of curls wreathing the edge. Jeflorson went into th" White House n widower of nineteen years' standing, and his diary lately published by John Rige low shows ho understood thoroughly tho domestic economies which were necessa ry in tho mallei- of providing for tho wants of tho mansion ami ?ls hospitali ties. His wife was tho willow of bathurst Skelton, a Virginia gentleman, ami the daughter of John \Yavlcs, of ( liarles City Comity, Virginia, site was .-aid to be a beaut ifni woman, and Jo (Verso ll to have won her over other suit? rs through his musical oico and ability to plies the \ iolin. Dolly Madison was one of the most popular of the White House women, if we believe tradition, and yet sin certain ly was not pretty, if Priidhonnne's en graving from tho picture of Herring ts to bc accepted, with tho ipic< r turban, pro fusion of ringlots, large nose and po itivo mouth. There is, how? vcr, a glimpse of a prettily rounded arm and a classic neck through the lace and dllipi ry, thal perhaps max have combined willi hoi well-attested tllct 1111(1 \i\acit\ to have given her thc reputation she certainly enjoys anion;; the President's wives. She was aa F. F. V., Dorothy Payne, al though born in tho I'illo Tree Stale, ami in early lifo her parents lived boro and Dolly actually joined tho Society ol Friends in this city, although no doubt a rising young Quaker lawyer, one John Todd, whom she aftorward married, had .something to do with this. Todd ?lie?! and left lura willow with one soil, si Dolly set her cap foi some of tho lilli looking young members of thoCongresi then wont to come lo Philadelphia b transact thu public business, and in ITO! married James .Madison, one of the m Obi talented of tho body. Mrs. Monroe was Hie daughter of ; British army officer named Cartwright distant relation: of the Philadelphii Cartwrights, who settled ill New Vori after the peace of 17 s:'. She was ono <> four girls. ( >m of lllCSO married Mr Heyligor, Grand Chamberlain to Hu King of Denmark; another a Mr. Knox of New York City, whose onl,\ dailghte WHS the w ile of the late Alcxiuuh r Hamil ton, son of Alexander Hamilton, th first secretary of tho treasury; a thin married Nicholas Gouverneur, of Ne\ York, und tho fourth Senator Jame Monroe, of Virginia, aftorward Prcsi dent. The first White House wedding wa that ol Prcsidont Monroes you ugo* daughter, who married hor cousinSaiiu el L. Gouvernour, in 18*20 ll too placo in the Fast room, and was a Knick erbocker affair, stylish mid hightoned fo tho day. A number of brilliant roCO] tions in Washington were tendered t tho bridal couple, and the cards wei out for a very swell one by Commodol "FSHCX" Loiter and wife, when it hud t bc given up, owing to tho .untiniol death of Commodore Decatur, killed i> Barron in a duel Tho dead officer ha given the young couple a brilliant part but a few days before at his own bonn An OMOT daughter of President Madiso married Judge Geo. Hay, of Richmoni Hortensia Hus. n beautiful girl, ?tungi ter ot thia match, was thc wifo of Loi Roger?, of Baltimore, whom old soeiel people of this City remember. Lad Rogers died in Paris, and is buri"! i l'?re la Chaise. Most pe rsi m , w ho h.oe i I the Ve ominous diarj of Hie - old m.m oloqnoi? know moro or less of Louisa Catharii Adonis, his wife, sli" waa th? (fought of a Marylander nairn?! Johnson, wi lived in London ?ha ine th? Uovolutio where ano was born. Charles Franc Adam? was her third ?on. si"- secoi pained her distinguished husband du ing much of Ids diplomatic and offloi journeying abroad, and did tho bono during his I Aecutivet? rm, amt was a w man <>f varied aooonipHshments. A ft) painting of her by Leslie is in pO8S0f??< pf tho Boston family, mid represent! h .i^?ii<nuy woman, elegantly robed, a jewelled liam in ber liair, necklace oma menl ami lao- shawl, with a handsome gown, cut far moro decollete than Rose Cleveland could possibly approve of. Mrs. AduiUH died in 1852, ami is buried w ith ber husband at Quincy. Goneral Jackson's w ife died before he went into the White Mouse, and, as bc had married before she was formally iii voiced, thc holi-hearted old Democrat was, with her, often the subject of piti less political calumny. She was a plain woman, but undoubtedly possessed the undivided alVcetion of thc great Presi dent, who never was so happy as when praising lier memory or defending it from slander. \'an Duren married a woman who, like himself, caine of Dutch stuck, Hannah Hoes. She died carly in their married life ?it Albany, and her brilliant husband in ver after took another partner. The wife of Major Van Ihnen was thc lady of Hie White House dttriug her father in law's tenure, and ably tilled the place. Ann Synuiios was the wife nf d?lierai Harrison and was a Jersey girl, born near Morristown, lier father liebig a Con tinenta! army officer. She never entered the White House, for when the Presi dent caine Eos! in 18-11 to bc inaugurated her health was precarious and would not permit thu journey, ile died a month after he became President, while she lived until February, 1804. President Tylor's lirsi wife was Letitia Christian, (laugh ter of Robert Christian, of New Kent County, Virginia. Tyloi was at tho time of his marriage n young law graduate from thc office of tho cele, binded Edmund Randolph, but bis polit ical prospects were bright, as the son ol Governor John Tyler, and to this honoi of the father the son succeeded, ami from thence to the Presidency. Mi? ('brist ian was a noted Eastern Virginii bollo, and when her husband becuna Presiden! assumed the White lions* duties Ibr health was feeble at tin tillie, and she died there ill September 1842. Elizabeth', third daughter o President Tyler by this union, was mar lied ill tho While House to ?I Souther! gentleman named Waller. Three grand children of this President, sons o Lightfoot .loin s, who married the chics daughter, fought in the Confederad army. 'Ono of Unan, Robert, receivc< three wounds at Gettysburg. Mrs Robert Tyler a daughter-in-law tin President, acted ?is the mistress after hi wife's dentil. She was a lady of g rea culture and milliners, tin- daughter o the tragedian Cooper. lier eldest child Let ?lin, was boru in the White House. President Tyler remained a widowe but a short time, paving thc Jolilisoniu compliment to Ids Hirst spouse by soo selecting another, Miss Juliet Gtll'diliei of New York. Sin- was the daughter i the wealthy gentleman who owned Gai diner's Island, familiar to many navi people as near the roadstead in lia* Lt>n<( Island where the naval pine tic squadron, v ?th the Annapolis cadet: spends much of its summer cruising an exercising. Although Mr. Tyler was til Hrs! President and so fur thc only on to marry in the high oflicc, the ceri mony was not performed in the Whil House, but at the Church of the Asci i sion in New York, June, 1844, Afb lin- wedding a grand reception was givi in the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Polk, now living ?it ?in udvilUCi lg in Nashville, was Olio of the mn td m i ruble mistresses the White lion has ever bad. She was Miss San Childless, born near Mnrfrocsboro', 111 married Janies K. Polk, then a month >f tlio Tennessee Legislature, in ber Ifl year. 1 le went to Congress tho folio' illg year, ?ind for fourteen sessions co tinned there, being elected Speaker 1880. In 1880 he became Governor Tennessee, and Mrs. Polk presided wi ponce at tho State Executive Mansion, that when in 1845 they came to t White House ahe proved one of tho nu igreeablc and popular of hostess* Many innovations or rather changes >!d customs of receiving were introdtlC [luring Mrs. Polk's residence at the ca lal, notably thc one of dispensing wi refreshments during the levies. The wife of old "Rough and Read was a member of the extensive family Smith's-Margaret Smith, a Marv la ^irl daughter of a plain farmer of tl State,,Mid their married lifo for ma Veals was the prosy om- of an army Cl ph- on tho frontier. The li ist home tl lind really was when in 1840 Col. Tay went to the United States barracks Paton Rouge. lt was while stutiol here that Jofforson Davis met and ?rn old Zach's second daughter, mi igainst thc father's wishes, who dislil to see bis children subjected to the sa wandering existence he had lcd spouse os un army officer. Lieut. Du wits then a handsome young subalb ind tllO seceding clement was so stn in him even at that time he ran av with Miss Taylor, who died shortly a! their marriage and before tin- stern parent had become reconciled to olopement. Miss betty Taylor, the youiif [laughter, was the mist ress of thc WI House during President Taylor's si incumbency. She became the wife Major Mles, Taylor's adjutant ge nera Mexico, and was a charming won well known in her youthful day.', in ?ity, where she went to school, w ?fe of the President never received went out much in Washington soci ind, like Mrs. Garfield, never liked White House or enjoyed the lifo thor Millard Fillmore married a New \ Behool teacher, Miss Abigail Powers, fore ho became, like Cleveland, a Dui lawyer. Hbo jicrforincd nil the pu social duties devolving upon ber by son of her husband's political emin? with great grace and intelligence. W ho became Chiof Magistrate she wa? aol in vory good health, anti ?1 tow weeks after the close of Ids torin ?lied ul Wil lard's Hold, Washington, of au illness probably much hastened by lier attention to tho onerous requirements of lier sta tion. President Fillmore survived bis wifo twenty-ouo years, dying in 187-i ?il Buffalo, lllld both lie buried, willi mi only daughter, in tito beautiful Forest Lawn Cemetery of that city. Franklin Pierce pronounced Perse up in Heston -was a classmate of Haw thorne's nt Uowdoin Collogo. Tin presi dent of tho college then and for many veals was the Hov. Jesse Appleton. Jonny Appleton, a daughter of this col lege prosidont, became Mrs. Pierce, and her husband, at the time of the marriage n young Now Hampshire lawyer and Congressman, became afterwards Presi dent of th. United States. Tin inst few years of official life waa shadowed with grief, owing to the death of their univ son, ll few weeks befoio the inaugu ration, in H frightful railroad accident, in which Mr. and Mis. Pierce were also injured. This east a gloom over the early years of the social regime of theil brm. Many living persons remember tie incidents of society lifo of this period, the quiet, graceful manners of Mrs. Pierce and the hearty cordiality of tia President, at tlio levees and Stale recep tions. Mrs. Pierce died at Andover, ?dass., during tho war. and the ex-Prosi dent at Concord in IMHO, both un buried in thu cemetery, not far from th? spol where the embattled fanners lire? the shol benni round thu world in thal pretty New l-'nglaud town. .lames buchanan was il bachelor, am everybody recalls the presiding lady o his stonily career in the White House Harriet Lane, his niece who was wei known in her youth in tho society of thii city, Lancaster and Pittsburg. ll wai at bedford Springs she niel the young Bultimoronn, Johnston, who married le nt Wheatland in iHfiO. The Whiti House never had a moro accomplished domestic and social bead than this youie. Pennsylvania girl, lt was while .she wa hostess that tho Prince of Wales visitei tho I nib d States and was t ntcrttiitlcd a the President's mansion, Albert Ld ward boro aw a v with him, so tho shir; of the day conies down to us, warm ll)] predations of tho grace and beauty o Miss Lane. With the history of Mary Todd Lin coln, the wife ol' the ti nat Km.mei pal ot of M rs. Johnson, who was l '.li/a Me Ai die, and of .lidia Dent Grant, the wit' of the Silent Captain and President, wh has so lately passed away, tho publie i to-day i- familiar. Mrs. Lincoln an Mrs. (irani both look part in tie soeii duties of their stations, us did Mr Hayes and Mrs. Gortlold the lorim Lucy Webb,, daughter of Hr. Jill ill \\ ebb, ol' Ciiillicotbe, ( >hi<>, the lath Lucretia Lhldolph, dutlghtcr ol' Zebulo Rudolph, of < larrettsv die, in (lie >AU State. Lincoln lost a son, his favoril Tad, iu Hie W hite I louse. Nellie dan the (1 mend's beloved daughter, wu* nm ried -a brilliant wedding in tho sun place, President Arthur assumed tho < hi Magist,acy il willower, and, alt houp rumor was very free with bia name du mg his term, he did not marry. Il deceased wife Wttfi a daughter of t'apta Herndon, ol tlio United Slates Navy, tl gallant officer who went down on tl Central America. Janies buchanan ai (?rover ( le velan d were tlio onbj c bachelor Presidents, and if Hie Inti marries Miss folsom thia year it w ?..ave thc Pennsylvania President uloi in tho celibate list of Chief Magist inti Four Presidents wera widowers at lin inaugur?t ?on Jclfcrsou, Jackson, V\ I lure ll and Arthur. Sixteen were in: ried winn they went into Hie Win House. One alone, President .lohn I 1er, married while holding the Fxecnti title. The .IO>M ot Mnrricil l.ll'e. Referee IX lt. Shiel has reported favor of awarding n degree of limited < voice to Mrs. Henrietta F. Hartman, Mount Vernon, N. V.. from her ht band Jacob, The testimony in tlio ct revealed a long course of treatment the most inhuman, ingenious, hunton and lingering cruelty on the purl of t loving husband toward the Ullfortuui Mrs. Hartman. In his jocose inonu lu- was accustomed to slap his wife, st r In-r with Iiis list, pull her hair, knock I around thc room, juill]) on her. tin cold water on her, lire dishes at her a empty slops on her. On several oe sinus, while eating bis meals, he bui lds dinm-r plate at ber, shied the ten] at her head, tired knives and forks lier, heaved a platter of fish in her fa pounded her with a broom, t?cente: to shoot her, smashed dishes against wall, kicked thc table over, cut and bl open packages ol' toa, coffee and sup and scattered them on the (loor; b her when in a delicate condition, i caused dangerous illness; threw aligh lamp at her, setting her on lire, wi sick in bed; made her lie down mi bcd and jumped on her, and thivate to kill her if she so reamed; presente* revolver and threatened to kill her ii ever told anybody about his alu threw mustard in her face, broke bedroom windows, so that she can cold and had t he pneumonia, and ci mittcd divers other OCtS Ol violence wi made it impossible for lier to live v him. - An English statistical writer | that while population in Lu rope OQjtl United States has risen 84 percent, si 1860, working power has increased per cent., and na a consequence of flvo men can now accomplish as niue! six in 1H70 or eight in I860, The woi steam power is now five and a half ti what it waa in 18G0. \ PATIIKIt'K LUTTUM. Soi II i* I "II I <-lil M I CoilltluM lilVl'll III :i X ll > Uri: i nal Munni'!'. (HUI Nyo in Thc Oraphiu Newa.) MY DKAII SOS Vom* lottor of last wi rk found ymir mother mid mu fairly vvoll, though 1 can see thal I ain't thc sann- man I used 1" ho bs any means. ICvory Spring I huvo trouble with my lungs. <)m- ol HIV lungs is entirely gone) Tind tin- other ono is hepulizcd, sn tho doctor n ils mo. I've tried inosl over thing in tin- way ol' medicine fur to renew my lungs, hut tin y get worse and worse nil the time. Bill still I on! a gund hearty meal ot' victuals. YUH refer, casually, in your lotter, tu a misspelled word in my last communication. Von speak ul' grammar also in a reproachable way, which is annoying tu a mau like tuc I am nut great un tin- spell. I ad mit. Henry, fur when - Ol*glll tn been learning I'm- tu spell at the ?pelling schools and great orthographical retorts of our section of country, I was licking thc smart Alecks from town that seemed tn lie smarter than their parents. Nu, Ib ury, 1 in ver got a meddle for (pelling lung hard wonts willi great fluency, hut I ve tried b> bo II well-he I laved parent. In my poor weak way I I've aimed to be a good father to you, Henry, and so has your mother. I think I may say, with pardonable pride, that I have IKJCII moro successful in thal line than she has. We ha\e Iwitll tried, ill sea-nil alni Olli of season, tn sn live thal we would not bring your gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. I, fur nue, have tried tu shun thc demon rum fur yuin sake. I lia Ve conic linnie early nights, sn that you could know where I was. and I have always been willing that you should smell of my breath ii von felt so disposed. I have never filled a drunkard's grave or brought reproach upon you. Spelliug is not always my best holt, bul I dm to pienso as II parent. I have I ried aol to bring the blush of shame to yuin- fuzzy cheek, and wish yon would try lo do as much for me sometime. W in ii I was H buy. they didn't sugar coat cdjiicatiou and make it one lung drawn halluloog? r to g<> tn school as they now do. On tho contrary, the straggling idea-, of tin- roodhlicilts which I now have, was Socked into me liy main strength and awkwardness. To get thc roodimciits ol'un cdjucntion we had to possess great physical strength and nor mal cou inge. W in n I seo the student to-day with a bi" picture bunk dun? up in a shawl strap, wearing ono of tlioso little cigar ettes in Iiis mouth, and riding on thc bimi end nf a buss car towards the big red female seminary, I often think of tin ?lass when I did a day's work before breakfast, and then walked two miles in oil ll I' to 1"- ll adv tu get licked when the old cast iron cuss that presided u\( r our -chm,I felt like it. Ile -V.is a Hubie brui--. Ile t 'Mgllt OUI' school. I reckon, because he hadn't Cl!ju- j cation enough to engage in oilier manual pursuits. I Ie is now (lead. I do not go ovel to the cemetery every Spring to decorate his grave. Spring is a very busy season with me. li he had died in the Winter, about foi ls years earlier than lie did, I would have gone mit of ms was tu dec orate his grave, lt would hast been a pleasure to m.-. Winn bodied, your motlier asked me if I ssas going to the lum ral. ..Nu." .-ass I, speaking up ill that droll way of mino "No, says I, I shan i gu to the funeral, but, as the teller says, I approve of it." That's the way I am abo u I everything. I speak ms mind righi mit and nobody ever knew me to licsitatu'aboutsaying what I thought ol' a man. even il' he ssas dead. With better i djiicaiional advantages, I always thought our schoolmaster would have inade a good pirate; but his parents ssas poor and so lu- had to hustle for himself. Ile had sn earnest desire to lld va lice in his profession, but he did not succeed ill Clirvhlg his milne on tile heights of fame. Ho yearned for glory ami grub. I remember that In- used to teach school Winter., and work oui Sum mer-, on a farm. In this way lie kept up his muscio all tho time; ami though ho frequently gol mixed up in long dix ?sion, he ssas never successfully licked, up to the tilllO that old Mr. Wright caine along ssith his justly celebrated disease ami in troduced ii into thc schoolmaster's ?lady lifo. Then ho yielded gently. Hike a linke of ice cream Ol] tho bosom of a fat man, the schoolmaster began to subside. Ono by ono his kiddies began to fade, I'ah r ami paler grew the great educator, till at last, om- evening in Spring, just as the bull frogs over in the north incddi r had unwrapped Hu- red flannel from their throats and sounded "A," our old schoolmaster skim out for tho sweet ult i - mutely. Hundreds of his old pupils nil uver Hie State tclegrulted Hu i) COIlSCllt, It was the most harmonious thing I over knew nf. I regarded it as a great suc cess. So you can SCO, Henry, the kind nf a (unter I hud, and that is partly why I sometimes spell words oroncously if tin ink has been froze. I hopo these few lim s will lind you ill good health, and that in your subsequent letters you will devote inore space tu telling of the things you know, instead of telling mr about Hie tilings 1 don't knosv. Your mother also joins nie in hoping so. Sight thousand persons attended Sam Jones' first inootinu in Baltimore on Sunday night. The uieelings will continue several weeks. -A rose seventeen and ii half inches in circumference is the attraction qf a flower garden in Santa Barbara, Cal. ITIIK QrADKKNNlAI, CONFERENCE. THU UHKAT 1.'Wr.\<.'lli Ol' TH li vir.THO ?IST rm n< H. MU TH. IM,in |IUIto|itt mini TH? lluitilrt-il mid I ?li I,ny Di'lrKiili'M VKHCIIIIIIO lil Itlt-lttiionil, (Special (otho Now*und Courier) UiciiMONi), Muy 5. Tho General Con ference o? thu Methodist Episcopal .i'Imrt-li. Simili, un i to-ilay in Centenary Church. Nearly till Hie delegates were present. Tlio thirty-oighl Conferences, muli r tile control of Iii?' ( louerai (.'onfer oncc in tho United Stuten, renell from Maryland lo the Republic <>!' Mexico, nuil from Florida t<> Washington Terri tory. Tin ire are two other Conferences, one partly in Texas and partly in I Mexico, mid the other entirely in Moxi co, wi? h headquarters ?il tho City ol Mexico, oinking forty Conferences in al the ;% inthorii Mcthodial Church. Tho membership of Un Church, ao cording to thc Inst report, received oulj II few clays sinn-, is nearly ono millioi persons, ll hus increased to Ibis fron 100,(MM) persons in 1805. Besides, then I is mission work among ibo Indians am sparsely settled districts of tho West, 01 the bord? rs ?uni in Mexico, and in ilra/.i I and Cliiiia. The i louerai ( ?ouferenco representa tin Church, lt employs nearly three hun I dred niissionaeies, and expenda in tin maiuteuimi.f missions and 41 ? . - per 1 rornianee of mission work sunn- $800,00* annually, tts church extension board 1 w illi headquarters ai Nashville, hus bool organized only four years, lint in tba j time ii hus expended ?du.ni $150,000 am hus assisted 550 churches. Tho publish big op?rations arc conducted ?ii Nash j ville, wie r- Ibo largest printing-house i situated, and operated by tho Church ? lt is interest! tl in ?< large number o I educational enterprises, tho Inrgosl o I which is Vanderbilt University. Tho (louerai Conference is tho chi< legislativo lindy of a largo Church scat len d over ii vast domain. It is, in roali ty, tho Congress of tho Church, bavin supreme power in forming and main honing thc Church polity, lt is eon possd of delegales selected by each < the annual Conferences in proportion t tluir membership. The Con fe rene comprises about 250 members, divide equally into clerical and lay reprosenti Uves. Secretary !.. Q. C. Lamar is prominent delegate. I Tho whole work of the Church in ii I various departments will ho reviewed ? lim Conference and plans devised fi future operations. In faut, Hie who polity i, subject t-. the revision o? tb lindy. Tim Discipline of tho Chun will bo gone over, and any advisable r I visions made. A resolution was made at the last Coi terence to chango the name from tl Methodist ( ihlirch, South, to the Mi-til dist Church of America, Litt was ovo willimill;'';, defeated, and the matt - ill probably liol be brough! up agni The general drill of feeling seems lo 1 conservative, mid (hero is nol likely lat any radical elia age. The relut io: I willi the Northern Church are most <.. dial. Tho Conference is charged with tl I duty of electing nil tho general oHicoi laud will probabh elect live newbisho] who hold their o ll ices for lifo; three ge . ml secretaries ?md editors ot the \?i ons organs of tin Church, besides fillii thc various hoards, the membership nil of which will be revised. The bisho i will presido over the C<inference in tm but ure not properly mcmliora of tl l?id\. They have in? righi to Vo Tiny have tho privilege of the Ilia however, but rarely avail themselves it. The secretary of the Conference, hnpo it oflicor, is elected after it mc in iVfj dar session and is liol uccossai' of I hat lindy. The Conference, which meets ot every four veals, will last from twvi to thirty day ,. Much interest has lu aroused tm account of tho import) business to be transacted. Thc elcoti of bishops has ospcccioily attracte<1 I great deal nf attention, as there aro H j end candidates for the hieb honor. The Conference was called to order bishop H. N. McTyiore, of Tonnest senior bishop. Four other bishops the Church were present, to wit: Kc er of New Orleans, Wilson, of Mn land, (Irondborry, of Missouri, and ll grove, of Alabama. Besides these th are about J?u delegates, clerical and 1 present. The Conference elected Ib v. I >r. iTollll S. Martin, of tllO Ik mme Conference, secretary, with following assistant secretaries. Dr, B. Crawford, of Alabama; Bov. Dr. W. Candler, North Georgia Conforojico, Uov, .lohn C. Vincent, Missouri Con I euee. Tlio Rev. Dr. A, c. Bledsoo, of Bi stre.t Methodist Church, Biclimi delivered lill address of Welcome in half of tho people of that city, Bishop MoTyioro responded and in name of the Conference returned hoi thanks for the Welcome from a pcopl proverbial for their hospitality and f a city so rich in historic association! Church as well as of State. The address of the bishops was by Bishop Keener. The rapid git of tho Church in tho past hundred v and thc attractive simplicity of M odism were favorably commented tr Tho history of tlio church and PTOgrOSS to ?late were fully reviewed, oondomnatoryJtorms were used In licet iou with violation of marriage i by obtaining divorces; of gainblinj "futures;" of neglecting lo attend oh and of Sabbath desecration, Atton theatres, balls and matinees were ref? to as growing evils. At the afternoon session various < miltees wero funned. Tho dolegate tho Conforonco embrace Rome ol tho most prominent divines of the Southern Methodist Church, ll. C. Hernandez, lay delegate from tho Mexican Border Conference, is the only active Mexican in attendance upon tho Conference. RICHMOND, May ll. - in the (?uadreii nial General Conforonco of tho M. E. Church, South, to-day, after divino ser vice conducted hy Dr. Hunter, of Ar kansas, and after the transaction of rou tine business the secretary called th? delegates by conferences for th?' intro dliotioi) of resolutions. A resolution un adopted for the appointment (d' a com miltie h> devise a plan hy which the en tire Church can he called on to eon tributo to the expenses of the delicia Conference. Tho special committee 01 rules reported rules of order for the gov cr?ment of thc Conforonce. The dis cussion of the rules occupied the eldin day's session, and after thorough revis ion and amendment tiny were finally adopted. l'M-:i MOM \. wile fi \\>U*Kiiown Medical Journal HIM li hny tl boil I ll. The prevalence of pneumonia, its mph increase, and fatal consequences in man; instances, says Hall's .Journal of Health have led a number (d' our ahler physi eians to carefully investigate the peen hardies of this alarming disease, am smile of them have published the resal of theil observations in a way to benefi the public, not only by pointing out th best methods of prevention, but likowis of treatment, in the event of its ocotll renee. Dr. John T. Nagle, Deputy Registe I of Records of tho Health Hoard of th City of New York, has? given much al b illion to the disease, and has prepare valuable statistical tables concerning it. ' The prevalence of pneumonia,'' h says, "may be owing to a lack of OZOll ia the air, or it may be because there i too much ozone. Sudden changes i weather and high winds, particular! from the north and east, certainly hav much to do with it, and draughts of al kinds are bad, and should be avoided Smoking may be a predisposing CHUM as tobacco is certainly an irritant. Any thing which irritates thc lungs shout be avoided, lt people would breath through the nose instead of through th mouth, especially when in the open ai ol- facing a cold wind, thc lungs wolli lie less irritated. "One great cause of tho tearful deat rate among children from this disease : undoubtedly the criminally foolish wa in which they are dressed. Many niotl ors seem more anxious to make thc children look pretty than to dress Hid comfortably. On a par with this worse than folly of low-necked dress, among women as viewed from a heall standpoint. Ladies so dressed \\ill ru from a heated ballroom or theatre ?ni the open air. and then wonder that tin have colds or pneumonia. VYearscasoi able underclothing, and don't remoi your heavy llanm-ls too early in tl -pring or liefer putting them on until ti late i'. the fall, 1 should not advise pe pie 1 coddle themselves, but OHO sholl dress according to the season, and slum cover the body evenly. Add to this proper regard for the general health ai au avoidance of draughts, ami om- ne< not worry much about pneumonia.'' Prof. A. C. Loomis, in his "Practi ol' Medicine," say .; --lt is a woll-kiiov fuel that th.- disease attacks thc po oftener Iban the rieh, the ?ne ate often than the olllcer, the sailor mi sbo oftener than mi ship, the soldier often than (he civilian at the same post. lt unknown in the polar regions and coi mon mi tin Mediterranean, increasing a direct ratio from tin- poles to the eqil tor. elevation above the sen predisp? ? s to it: north ami east winds favor development; rainy seasons or damp ai marshy districts do not seem to in H non ii. Periods of steady and extreme <.< have little i Heel except Upon the ol but sudden changes ?uv Very disastroi Thc Hist predisposing cause is age, t disease being most common in eui childhood, from twenty to forty, a alter sixty . The proportion ol' male female victims is as three to one. A general condition of tho body which < bi li bites is a predisposing cause. 'I complications which render the disc; so dangerous are those which diinin thc nerve supply or weaken the mus lar power of tlie heart. Had seweri and miasmatic influence are potent eau of the disease." Pneumonia usually begins with ach inti use ami prolonged, generally night, and followed by a correspond?: ly high fever and sharp pains in sides. TllO disease is very rapid ill progress, reaching a crisis in from ti vc six days, and sometimes causing de within three days. Usually but i lung is affected, and often the disease Confined to a singh' lobe. A person may have "double pu monia.'' or pneumonia of both hu and recover from it, but the chancey against him. When the disci1,*-, si>*t I * ' all of the lung lobes, death \s ecrb ns Hie patient cannot breathe, and < of suffocation, Tho diseased lung Iii st inflamed, soon becomes hard h athery, and incapable of perform ?ts natural functions. A curious fae that usually m> second chill occurs w another lobe is attacked, and there pears to bc no relation between amount of lung affected and the inte ty of the symptoms. All physic agreo in saying that tho disease lu contagious, bul may may be epide and it has been noticed ?hat lt ?S di oped under the same conditions diphtheria that is, thc conditions w produce diphtheria in the young are to cause pneumonia among adults Dr. J, R. Lea ming, special consul physician in du st diseases in St. Luke's Hospital, luis published a little pamphlet concerning it. entitled "Endemio Pleuro Pneumonia, as seen in New York during tho past ton or twelve years." Tn that pamphlet l>r. Lcamuig holds to tho theory that the pneumonia of tho present day, or plcuro-pueuinoilin, as he calls if, is tho same as thc epidemic which caused such havoc among the troops in Canaria during tho war of. 1812 IO. That the weather has much to do with pneumonia is appan ut. Tho number of deaths in Nev. York city for the first seven months of last year was as follows: January, :57-V. February, 480; March, 087; April, 512; May, :>:>7; .tune, 229; July. 100. Ale r August there is usual ly a steady increase until March, tho most fatal month of the year. Tho death rale, loo. is very high. Tile .statis tics so far published, both in hospitals and private practice, show an average death rate of at least L'H per cont., or ono in live of those attacked. The theories concerning tho nature of tho disease itself are many and varied. Some physicians hold that pneumonia ?8 only a local manifestation of a general disease, others that it is a spooiflo discaso caused by a speedie poison, while still otliers hold as tenaciously to tho germ theory. Without speculating upon these differ ent theories, from what has been said in which all agree, it is plain that anything which lowers the vitality of tho system is conducive to tin- disease, and should be carefully avoided. Overwork, either physical or mental, lias nnich to dc? with it, and this explains why so many busi ness men and brain workers become its victims. Sudden changes of tho weath er and draughts of all kinds are also to be guarded against. Eu a word, livo temperately, dress warmly, avoiding all manner of imprudences, and you need have no fear of pneumonia. m.oom wornt OK Tim SOCIALISTS. Kl\ty.Throe I'ITMIIIIN Klllril ur Haili) \\ oundi'd, I ori > - Oin- nt \\ hum arc I'olli'omen-Arrest or Mn niiitcicailem ol lin- lt lol. I Cnn .oat. May ?. The Anarchists of I Chicago inaugurated in earnest last night the reign of lawlessness which they havo threatened and endeavored to incito for years. 'riley throw a bomb into thc midst of a lino ol' 200 police ofliccrs, and it exploded with fearful etlect. Almost before tho missile of death ha<l exploded the Anarchists directed a murderous lire with revolv?is upon tho police, as if their action was prearranged, and as tho latter were hemmed in on every side ambuscaded thc oifeot of tho Uro upon the ranks of thc oftlcers was fearful. When tho police had recovered from tho tirst shock ol' tho attack they charged upon their would-be murderers, shooting at every step and mowing them down, as their fellow-ollie, rs had beeil laid low by tho bomb. The Anarchists lied in dis may in ion- tin charge. The collision between tho police and tho Anarchists was brought about by thc leaders of tho latter, August Spies, Sam Ficldon and A. R. Carsons, endeavoring to incite a large mass-meeting m riot and blood shed. From Socialistic headquarters there issued lat? in tho afternoon the. fol lowing circular, which was distributed throughout the laboring quarters of the City by thousand- : "Attention! Workingmen: (oval mass meeting to night at 7.o" o'clock, at Hay market. Randolph street, between Des plantes and lialstcd. Good speakers will bc present to denounce tho latest atrocious act of the police in the shoot ing of our fellow-workmen yesterday afternoon. Signed: Executive Commit tee." August Spies, Schwab, Sam Fielden and other Socialists (all foreigners) harangued thc crowd in a blatant and reckless manner, win n tho police march ed ni? to the wagon containing tho speakers, and Captain lion Hold said: "In tho name of thu State of Illinois, 1 com mand this crowd to disperse." Almost immediately a bomb fell between tho two columns of thc police and literally mowed them down. Sixty-three la rsons were cither killed or badly wounded, forty one of whom were policVmeii. Several stores were raided and tho en tire contents carnell off. Dynamite bombs were found in the oftlco of thc Arberter Zeitung, and all parties found Oil the premises wen arrested. Threats of buming the city an freely made by thc Socialists. Tia Vigilants are moused. Tuooven ing papers publish tho following: rlEADQUAiiTKits OP Tm: 49TH VIGILANT COMMITTEE, Maj .>. Meet sharp at 1,40 A. ll. 7s, Otb inst, Business of great importance. Spies, Parsons and Schwub, and others ol their kind beware! Tho rope does its work quick. Tb ,' massacre of oar brave policemen m;,isl be avenged. By mder of tho l.x'.vutive Committee. Signed: ** Several 0* dlO leading Socialists havo been CVrosted on tho charge of murder .vial will be hold without bail, v> Hope Tor Clnvrrlns, The counsel for T. J. Cluverius, con victed of thc murder of Fannie Lilian Madison, intered a motion in tho Su preme Court ol Appeals on Friday for rehearing of tho case decided on Thurs day, in which the judgment of the lower Court wus fully affirmed, No rehearing will be allowed unless one of the Judges w ho concurred in tho decision is dissatis* fled with it and desires a rehearing. -The latest form of brutality which ls in danger of becoming popular in tho shin-kicking match, Why not havo oar ohpping, or eye extinguishing, or rib breaXing matches, too? Where is thia sort of thing to stop / -Miss Mary Anderson in negotiating for a largo stock ranch in Nebraska,