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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 THU SOUTHERN K KU it O. Notifiable buck ut Pro^reuM in Um Itlnek Man Wileri) L'lieiieuiiilivreil l?y ihr \\ hite*, TbeAmorioan negro is an anomaly, naya u John's Island, Booth Carolina, correspondent of the Chicago Ti mo?. Thousands of volumes have bceu written about lum and ninny ton thousands of editorials und magazine articles, and the more we study him thc more we don't know about some (d' his peculiari ties. Alni now, after seeing the free negro in the North, thc slave negro in thc ?South, and thc freeman and freed man both North and South, and after coming to ?onie conclusions in regard to them, I lind on this coast alni these islands an entirely now variety of the genus, necessitating a new theory. To the best ol' my knowledge eve ry prophecy ever made about the American negro has been completely falsified by foote. 1 do not, ju.i now, remember ono guess, oven by thc wisest, (hut has proved correct, whether thw guesser was a friend or foe. In thc lint place. Hiero wore those in England and the col,,nies who said thc negro would wider away in bondage; bul, unlike every olin r race on tlx- globe, and unlike his own race in other countries, the negro m tia- United States llourishcd in slavery and multipli ed as no other race has. 11'CAI, NCO HO KOC1KTY. Here the colored people own Hie land and hold tho elective od?eos. They have all tho churches houri could wish, and at least three preachers to the square mile. They have p< rh et social equality, if there he sueh a tiling, foi' they have all tho society there i.s. Tho whiles are so isolated thal they have none. In ?hort, tho negroes have tho land, il climate to sui! then,, the unices, ibo stores, the schools, thc churches, pi rfect immunity from white oppression, and frceeourse to run and bo glorilicd. And with all this, what progress? Well, von have to set stakes and take sigh I lo see that they are moving ul all. .lames Island presents them at their best on thc coast; John's is noticeably worse than .lames; WadtUillaW is worse than John's, and each successive island from h..re to Savannah, so the whites tell me, is worse Dian tho Inst, although 1 lind this to believe. The exact progress since tho war I, of course, cannot measure, as I was not herc Iben to take a poiul ol' de parture; but this I insist upon, thal thc poorer clnss could liol linvc lived worse than now and lived at all. Thc gain has been by those who gol laud, and the poorest renter in Indiana lives far bettor than thc best of them on John's and Wadinalnw. And now, with all this evidence, lots of people uro propia sying ns confidently as ever all sorts of good Mid evil for the negro's future. Instead of follow in thia rash example, will pre sent the tacts of my trip to this point the render may do his own prophesying. Yesterday morning I lofl tho hospita ble home of thc well-to-do black brother, George Uro WU, and traveled straight south to Legare point. All the fields were dotted with black laborers, a few plows were running, but nearly all thc work was done with hoes as large as an average spade, in thc hands ol' brawny men and winni n. For many hundred yards at a time the cabins lined thc way side thick enough for an ordinary vii luge, but all were empty -thc whole family were back in the fields. Thc WOmon handled these heavy hoes quite as deftly as thc men, and ridging foi cotton was in rapid progress. In a last year's cotton patch, where the ridges were nearly two feet above the furrows, the boys and girls wont Ural w ith heavy baskets of "swamp trash,"--half rottotl leaves and grass raked up at low tide - and scattered il in tdo furrows; (he wo men came next with hoes ?md dug down the grass ami loose Btuflf from the ridges, with earth enough to cover it ami flu "trash," and then tho men with plow and hoe put enough fresh earth on it b make thc middle ridge as high as the oh one. In .this tho colton is planted, am the first plowing throws what is left o last year's ridge to the growing plants "It takes rm: MOOCH ANO rm: nos b) make tin-Sea Island cotton," is tin proverb of the whites. .Many ol' then have tried machinery to do this work but have discarded it. They say none i: laiulc suitable for it. Kverything israisci in ridges on tho islands even thoa vegetables we plant on a Hat in tin North. Li Hie abandoned cabin during work lng he .?rs y on will timi no om-, if th weather is mild; if it is cold you wdl so then from three to ton children, wit) one. girl big enough to be trusted with lire-if then- is any. Very often titer ia none, ami the little darkies crouch ol thc sunny side of the cabin, theil bbc gray-brown toes showing, like goose feet, the ofToctS of chilling winds. Thor isgenendly a water-bucket with a gourd a cooking pot or pan, perhaps a doze: dishes of various kinds, a rude table o a box, and in perhaps half the cabins rudo bedstead. Such luxuries as mil rora, window curtains, stoves or picture you will find only among thc well-to-ih and a carpid I have yet to sen in a negr cabin. All Uioir habits show that thc expect (o live and take their pleasure i the open air; the house is morely a plac to retreat to in rainy or extremely col weather. Southward the island gel lower till it termin?tes in a boggy fla but one ridge runs out to within a ba mile of tho Htono, and thc black bo who cabiua on the end of tho ridge rov tho traveler out along a narrow creel This boy can talk English tba? is, sue Kngiish as I can understand; but h father and mothor might ns well tal Hobrow as far as my knowledge ol the speech goos. Tho Stono river (thoy cn fiji theeo passes rivors or creeks) is mo Mian u milo wide and navigable for largo vowels, and on tho opposite shore is UUNCOMOB u ANDI NU, and tho headquarters of tin? groni Soo? brook plantation, Tho Uno mansion was lan iu d during tho war, and near its ruins stands a small frame house, now occupied by tho family. Sharks ure beginning to come np the rivers, and a month from now alligators w ill appear along the creeks. There is also a troublesome plenty of foxes and wildcats oil Ulis island, for John's luis three or four times as much timber as ?bunes; and much of the woodland is a dense jungle. In these woods one may walk or rest with impunity now; two months labu- Hie white niau is always in danger there, and a night in them is, to a stranger, almost equal to a sentence of death, so deadly is tho malaria. My host of tho post night tell", nie he bas known a man to die from Hie offocts of one night's exposure; and even Hie resi dents on Hie highest and drycsl lands near tho swamps do not escape. Many of Hie ohlest white natives habilifallv take a grain of (punine before each meal from May lo November. The disease caused by these jungles is called "low country fever," or "twenty-one days' fever," as many instances are know n id continuing twenty-one days without a break; at the end of that time conies collapse, syncope and death. As one goes toward tho mainland Hie disease changes its name, but all along the road from Charleston lo Savannah the whit? mau is never sab? except in a pine forest on one of those sandy ridges, which occasionally put out to the shore. Even then he must have quito a stretch ol pille to the windward, between him une the next swamp. John's I lend is in shape much Uki a horse-shoe, and Wadnialaw Island i: thc "frog" coming in from thc west; bc tween them is ('lunch creek, so nnrrov that it is bridged near thc points of Hu horse-shoe. Despite its large ana John's is nowhere more than seven mile: wide from tide to tide; but it COU tai 111 1 ld white people and uomothillg ove 0,01)0 colored. Terrible I.OHO of I.ile Amollit, Slice?) nra] Unttlc Major I). M. Hash, paymaster in Hu United Stab s Army, returned to depart ment headquarters last Wednesday fron an extended trip throughout Southwcs Texas, as far west as Fort Davis, ii Presidio OOUnty. He passed tllt'OUgl the centre of the great slice)) griizini section of Toxas, and reports Hint terri bio draught prevails in Presidio, Peco and Crockett counties. These COUlltic embrace an urea somewhat exceeding th oercagO of Hu: State of Maine. l'util fortnight ago thc larger part of tin country had not been visited by a hoav rain for eighteen months, and the recoil rain proves to have done very littie gone as tin- earth was so parched hat Hi waler, instead of filling tho small stream and reservoirs, was soaked up by th burning prairies. Major Hash says till for many miles, as fur aa the eye ca renell, thc country is bare of vcgotatioi not even weeds growing. Hundreds t small streams ari' entirely dried up, an water, oven for living purposes, is spa: i Ugly dealt out at thc ranches. Ile r< lates several instances that came undi his observation, showing the terrill etVeet of tile drought on sheep and Catt! On tho MoyorhahT ranch, out of 0,01 cattle, 3,000 have died within tile pa month, and the prairie is literally strew with gaunt carcasses, surrounded 1 myriads of huge buzzards. On aiiotlli ranch 3,000 sheep have died, while ol of tile largest Hock masters was col pi lled to kill 5,000 lambs, and a neig boring herder killed 1,200 lambs beean their mothers were too weak from sta vation to afford them nourishment. Ihu describes thc situation in this far Wc country as terrible beyond descriptio The shepherds told him that, unless rai fell s! ortly every Immun liol Hg and d mistic animal would bo compelled vacate that district and move to t! north of Texas. UurOlllltlU l lilr.lv lor (Jure. ToMOBTONR, Am/.., May IS. A COU H just arrived at General Miles' headqui te IN brings information that six of Cn tain I tart field's men were killed in t ambuscade by the Indians. ft is fear that a raid of the country is contempl?t by Geronimo's band, and couriers i' being sent out to warn thc settlers. WAHUINOTON, May 1H.-A dispat from ( louerai Miles, dated Nogales, Ari May 16, says: Captain I hu t field's Fourth Gavai struck (Jer?nimo'? camp yesterday mol ing, and at ilrst was ipiibi SUCCOSSf capturing camp and horses and drivi Indians some distance in Comma Mot tains, Mexico. About noon, in movi five miles from camp through a di canon, he wit? attacked, fought t hours, lost two soldiers killed, tit wounded, and many of his horst?? n mules. Ile rejKirts tito Indians sevei strong, and several were killed. Otl troops aro in oloso proximity to thc h tiles. It is impossible to give tho ox number of hostiles with Geronimo. C troops and the Mexicans have fou| them five times within tho last twe days, although at some disadvnntn not without loss to tho Indians. It quires nino-tonth? of thc command hold iii check tho largo bodies of Indi on reservations and to protect ox\x> settlements. -Tho grand jury at Belleville, Illim last week, returned their report to Circuit Courts after having refused find true bills against the deputy ?hoi who fired upon a mob in liest St. LK during tho recent railroad striko i killed six of their number. Au oi was mado for their release, and they parted to their homes. THU AXAIM'IIIHTH l \ I MM \(;o. t'Iinritlng tho IJraiid Jury aa lo Their Unt> in lt emmi in Hu- Itc ri iii Illili-. Win n tln> Chicago grand jury, whoso duly it will l?c to consider thc Anarchist cuses, WHS called together, the court room was crowded willi people. Gom ment was freely made mi the appearance of the jurors who responded b> the cull of their ninnes. The impression was thill they wi re un intelligent body of men. Judge Rodgers mude bis charge substan tially us follows: "Wo hear u good deal lately of what constitutes freedom of speech. There is no constitutional right formen to ussem hie und engage in w ild burruugiies and incendiary speech. These men must be held responsible for what they incite others to do. That ?S the spirit of the law. tt is .only your provinco lo deal with crimes-with acts that have boon committed. Nevertheless, thc history of the lust few duys will make it necessary for nie to advert to other matters than the actual commission of crime, as well us the commission of offences against Hie law. Tho bill of rights of tho State of Illinois incorporates the general princi ples of tho Constitution <>f tho United Sbdes. Men may assemble and discuss these mullers, that is the constitutional right of freedom of speech, but they are hold responsible for what they say. If mon are incited to riot, arson ?uni other unlawful nels the mell responsible foi this muy be held answerable foe the re sults. Moro spccuUors, mere lookers-on ure not the only ones, hut tho linn who advised commission of crimes ure guilty parties as well. The principles of law inculcate thc doctrine thal they who I teach riot, who incite unlawful gather ings lo incendiary neis ure responsible for the effects of these rantings. Tho n d ting is n public menace. It ison om emblem that nu quarter w ill be given. I Tho police have a righi to suppress those people, io prevent the commission of crime. They have the lipid to quoll all snell disturbances, and the police and chief magistrate of the city did their duty when the time came ami acte 1 like men, the noblest work of Clod." Before quoting the law on the subject Judge Rodgers adverted to the recent labor troubles. Ile said : "They huvo attracted tho notice of thc country ut large, but I don't want to lay tlie tronido to uny one nationality. It is not nationalities, but individualities who ure to Illunie, lt is not the Irish or ( ler mans or Bohemians. As nationalities all those love pone . Men luise tho righi to strike They have tho right to quit work if they please. Hut when they go one step further and suv that others have not tho right to work, they violate the law and can bo punished, lt is not only . lie principals thal muy bo lu i I respon sible, but tho accesorios as well. Ho or they w ho stand kilo after having advised violence hoing committed, may bo held equally to blame with tho principals." x'M.n i lunn i War lliimur*. There is sonic excitement throughout Prussia ??vcr the alleged immense milita ry preparations of Franco, and HlO inti mation Hud these ure linnie with a view ton war of revenge against Germany. Tlie present scare was begun by tho pub lication in Franco of tho sensational book, "Avant Itt Batbiillo," which aimed to show that Franco was amply prepared for another and successful war against Germany. Within thc last few duys, however, thc ofllcial pupers, including Prince Bismarck's organ, the North Gor man Gazette, have taken up thc cry and are daily printing 00 assortment of small venomous oxtracts from "Avant la Bat taille." The fact is that this war scare is simply a little Faroe played annually by Prince Bismarck, but forgotten when tho next year comes round. Its object is always to nssist the military budget Hill ugh thc hiet. This your the gov ernment is not only asking for un un usual arnon! for military purposes, but the Pension bill will also be a large ad ditional burden upon Hie War Ofllco. The Kplilenile ol Ulrike?, "Heats all tho way dose working pco plo is strikin'," said tin- porter; "'pears as if they wus never satisfied. i hey wants nil dey can see, un den go luckin' fo' mo'." "That's all right," said a ruddy-fncod passenger, w ho another mun said was n labor agitator; "that's nil right, porter. Every servant is worthy of Iiis hire, or should he. A workingman is entitled to ' something in this world besides u bit to eat mid a place to sleep. If he doesn't stand up for his rights nobody will, und tlie only thing he can do when he wants un improvement in Iiis condition is to strike. Strikes uro nil right, I bil you." "Guess Hud's so, boss; guess Hint's so. Brush you off, sub? Is Hus your hat? All rigid, sah ;sovonty*flvo coots, please." "Seventy-livc cents?" "Yes, sah; wo's on strike fo' higher wages. Seventy-live cents, or Hie slccpin' cab po'taliK will blacklist an' boycott yo'; a 'then yo' might as well travel in a stock car. Seventy-live cents isriglit, uah -thanks, " Chicago Herald. -The Senate committee on pensions has voted to postpone indefinitely the House Mexican pension '1 and to rc port as a substitute tho ll rat seven sec tions of tho bill introduced in December hy Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania. These are. substantially tho Moxican pen sion bill passed by thu Senate last ses sion. The ci iln 11 nt tee ?H opine ed to 0 service pension and insists upon making dopendonco and inability necessary quali fications of a pensioner. -Jefferson Davis is recovering from the nervous prostration whioh attacked him after his return to his Beauvoir home. \ Ml li l( VN \ i\r..i?ii(i\\ Kit H. The Piral \nllvnal Vllh'iiUural Convention In Un-1 ulled HIIIICH. The National Viticultural Convention, tin-fust Hie vine-growers of tile United States, lliive ever helli, mot lust week ill (lie annex of the agricultural Department building, Washington. Only about ton States were represented at the opening. Alex W. Parson, of New York, presided temporarily. The election pf permanent officers of tho National Viticultural As sociation of thc United States was hold. (Miarles A. Wetmore, of California, was elected president, and B. l'\ Clayton, of Florida, secretary. J. .1. Cucas, ol' Aiken, S. C., was olcctcd a member of the National Viticultural Council. Ono of tho primo objects of tho Con vention is tho suppression of tho com pounding of so-called wines from enc ii cnls, which operates, it is claimed, to disgrace American products and to in jure the interests of American wine growers, who are leading the world in the production of the purest and best w ?Iles. Tho Convontion was addressed by thc lion. Norman J. Coleman, commissioner of agriculture, who, in n very full and fitting paper, detailed tho direful effects of compounded bogus wines, both upon the health of consumers and upon honest American industry. Ho pointed specific ally lo the dishonest methods practiced in this and foreign countries, and in a carefully prepared statement of facts and figures showed America to 1)0 ill tito h ad and Prance to bo falling behind iii furn ishing tho world's supply of w ines-, Itoth in quality and quantity. Thc questions discussed by tho Con vention are practical and throw much light upon tho grape industry in all its branches. Great developments are ho ing made in the utilization of grapes as food, as medicine and ns an article of commerce. Everything shows that tho grape-growing industry, while vet in its infancy, is fast becoming one of enorm ous interest and results to tho United States. Thora are rensons that show that Ibero is abundant opportunity for South Carolina to step forward in tho advance in viticulture. MMie show of puro American w ines and brandies by tho Convention is lim?, there hoing over 1 wo hundred excellent .sam ples on exhibition. South Carolina is notas vet represented in the Conven tion. I lt I I.AMI ililli. VI KM lt Willi \\ MI. Thc Oraiiiicnicii \riuliiK io llcslsl I Inuit' Utile. Ttl rec ' I " 11 < M i - : i ml Volunteer* In I.on.lon. Tho Orangemen of Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, are enrolling them selves in military associations organized for tlio purpose of resisting a home rule government, lt is stated that in the event of an l ister rebellion a Loyalist expedition will la- ready lo march on huill?n, leaving strong garrisons in Pister, and au army of observation on tin- Shannon. Tho Orangemen in England are also uftbring their aid. Tliroo thousand men belonging to the London Volunteers, and om; hundred ofllcors of the same force, have offered to join any army j mt in the liehl by l ister in rebellion against In une rule. Tho volunteers, it is stated, oller to equip themselves and to light in Ulster's cause without poy or reward so long as their services may be needed, british Orangemen are called upon to hold a muss meeting in hond?n, under tl io auspices of tin- Primroso Club, for Ibo purpose of inaugurating n h ague for thc protection ofjhe "unity of tho "em pire."' The. meeting w ill be devoted to effect ing a preliminary organization, a opting a title and agreeing upon the objects to which the mission of the organization is to be devoted. Catholic as well as Protestant Loyalists arc invited to join. One of the purposes of tlx- loagna will be, it is declared, to "sCCUrO Hie enroll ment of mell accustomed to service." The Standard contains an advertisement foran Adjutant to the league. Owing to this warlike appearance of things, the Belfast, Ireland, News says: "M'he time has arrived for the National ists to prepare to meet the enemy ami disperso them. It is a fiction timi tho Nationalists nie in tin- minority in Pister. Although well disposed toward their Protestant brethren, tho Catholics nf lister will not submit to bo massacred by men armed with Snyder rides." TheHlorv Which Maxwell Telia. M lle St. houis Post-hispatch prints a statement by H. M. Brooks alias Max well, on trial for the murder of Arthur Prollor, which w ill Constitute the defence of Brooks and whiol will be urgi d t<> tho Utmost by his alt rneys in the trial. M'he substance of the statement is lind Prollor needed medical treatment, willoh Maxwell proposed to give him and which involved the necessity ?d' giving him chloroform. Preller consented and took ?io chloroform willingly, but died from its effects. Brooks, or Maxwell, became frightened al thc situation he was in, disposed of Prcllcr's body in the manner so well known and next day left lur the West. A good many of his actions he OXplainS is the result of his ticing constantly drunk after the death of his friend until some time after lie left St. Louis. Bartley Campbell, the actor, bas re cently lost his mind. Ho is in a most pitiable condition as ho is uttorly help less and totally destitute of funds. His friends aro endeavoring to raise money to have him properly taken care of at a private asylum. -Soven Mormon missionaries from Utah Ix'gan -a series of meetings near Fayctto City last Sunday. Thoy made many convorts. They wore finally driven off by a mob, and had to seek protection from a Magistrate. M'IIOOLH OK L'OOKKHY. IMOVrliix Theorien ?r French mid Biiglhtli Cook" X i I Mini \ lilllie. Cooks aro philosopher?. A certain fat butcher in Jefferson Market knows a deni about French ?uni English cooks, anti ho says tltcy will euell taken piree o? beef and go to work upon it xxitli tho widest possible uim.s in view. "Batiste Dutoit, elliot id a leading lintel, for instance,"' says ho, "would take that roast of heel', ? r in tact any solid meat, and subject it to a long though gradual, action ot' heat, so thal all tho fibrous parts would bo thoroughly cooked. That would leave hut little work for tho digestivo organs to perform. Au English cook, ou the other In ml. would build a roaring Uro, and would roast tho heel' only on tho outside, leaving tho inside rare. Ile allows only a little time for broiling or rousting, because his theory is that any other process destroys tho genuine flavor of tho meat. The point of flavor is thc one on which the two cooks split, und therefore their philosophies run wide apart. " 'Nu llavor can bo invented,'says tho Englishman, 'which can approach that of meat. Tho flavor of meat must not bc meddled with. W hether thc dish is to bo of beef or lamb <>r mutton, thai process is lu st which cnn keep the flavor of ouch incut distinguishable above any Rauco or condiment that may accompany it. "Nothing, in thc Englishman's notion, can equal the llavor of tho juice oozing from H nicely roasted joint <>r iii, when sliced. The Frenchman my friend Dutoit eau mako an endless variety of flavors from the same meat, in neither of which will thai of the original meat bo recognized. Thal iden, enlarged upon, makes the difference liotwocn tho two methods of cooking. For my part. I think the Englishman is nearest right. Ho likes nothing artificial. The only thiug in favor ol' the French cook is his economy. He wastes nothing. His ingenuity and skill transforms whal tho Englishman would throw away into tasty dishes. A combination of both Forms of cooking would mnku thc bosl system."' Hero tho fat butcher out offs picco of smoked ham and ute it raw. which natur ally intcrforrcd \xith any further discus sion. X Uno i- (Url. About (ixe o'clock on the afternoon of the l?th ol'last month, says tho Wash ington Critic, every one who passed thu corner of Seventh street and New York avenue noticed a man lying at the fool of a lamp post on tho corner ol Mount Vernon square. The unfortunate slave of tho cup was a war department clerk. Ile hud received his half month's pay and invested too much of il in nun. .Mme than usual notice wah taken of Ililli by tho passing throng on account of his handsome, manly appearance anti ele gant dress, None stopped, llOWOVOr, to lend him a helping hand, and lie seemed doomed t<> tho hiovitable policeman's rough grasp and tho shame of ll station house cell. Help carno ?il last and ho was spared tho additional disgrace through thc commiseration and courage of a protty young lady, who had a re markable hilt llolle tile less creditable conception ol' ln r duty. She was also an employee of tho govornmcnl and em ployed in Ibo government printing oflico, ?un? never saw the prostrate torin before. As she approached tho helpless man she was greeted with a reproof from her female companion. In response to lier questions lie said he cou ld not walk without assistance, and that ho lived at No. Now York avenue, braving the public ga/e, and worse than this, the speculations and remarks of tho crowd, she assisted him to Iiis feet, and, taking his arm in lu i s, helped bim to his homo, while lu r companion deserted her in dis gust. At tho door ho h arnell her natue, and the following evening Ito and his xx i fe called on her to express their grati tude nml his strong determination never to make it necessary for any one. to lift him from thc gutter in the ftltlll't . Hi? Mnjortl} tor iiic Prcftlttriil. Up to the 18th inst., tho President had in all sent about 'J, Inn nominations for oivil offices to tho Semite. Of these 1,700 have been coiillriueil and only thirteen rejected. The remaining Kin xx iii be disposed of in a comparatively short time, und it is not expected that tho proportion of rejections will bo in creased. Tho Pennsylvania nominations, it had been ant ici] lated, would meet with much objection; bul of tho entire 160 sent in ?ill have been confirmed but two or three, and these aro still pending and xxiii go through, Nearly nil of these nominations wore mado at the instance of Mr. Randall, and Senator Don Caine ron has taken as much interest in having them confirmed as if (bey were his own personal and political friends. Ihr La I'M frivolity. A honeysuckle ball is to hfl one ol' the fashionable frivolities of tho Coming .sea son, hast year it was roses; now the passion for novelty drives us from thc garden to tho hedgerows, und women and walls alike will bo decorated with trailing branolios of tlio sweetest of our English flowors. A primrose ball was suggested a short lime ago, in aid of thc funds of tho League; but as it could not take place in Loni or during the Faster recess, it has been abandoned, und some time between Ascot and Goodwood tho honeysuckle ball xx iii come off. I hope thal on this occasion no pretty young ladies will bo excluded, as the t hree WOll known beauties were from tho roso ball last year.--London World. -Tho Philadelphia Tinns speaks tnitlifull.y ?Theil it says, "If (Hailstone is riding for a fall, many a man will onvy him tho fall." THE UH ll MOM? ?OM r.HKMK. Klcvlion t>( Pour UlHli?|iM?Drlef bketvliCH ol Hie*? UflU*lalH?Uthcr Malton ol I ni?rent. Conference adopted a resolution i<> rccousidor tho notion <?f tho committee on the board of missions, looking to aa important ohango in its Ihianciul arrange? monts. Action on tho subject was post poned. Tho committee having consid eration of tho subject concerning preach ors whoso conduct in general is repre hensible and who don't pay their debts, reported against further legislation on thc subject. Tho report of the committee on pub lishing interests affirmed tho principio that tho book agent should iud decline any advertisement that may not be friendly to any patron of periodicals, but thought that no additional legislation was necessary. Tho following Bishops were elected: Tho Hov. Dr. Wm. Wallace Duncan, of South Carolina; tho Kev. Dr. Charles li. (?alloway, of Mississippi; tho Rev. Dr. Eugene Bussell Hendrix and tho Ri v. Dr. Joseph ll. Stanton, of Kentucky. Tho Bishops elect were const-crated on Thursday evening. On Wednesday the Kev. W. M. I'tottsnieer, of thc Southwest Missouri Conference, presented an elaborate paper ?is a substitute for the report of the com mittee. Tho substitute eliminated thc word "South" from the name of (he Church, and transposed the words "Methodist Episcopal" to "Episcopal Methodist." Tile substitute was rejected and tin; report of the committee against changing tho name was adopted. Dr. .(. E. Edwards, o? Virginia, offered a resolution that ministers lie excused from rending the Discipline rules annually to congregations, and that tin- question whether they did or did not read thom bo not asked at tho quadrennial confer ence. Altera lengthy discussion, par ticipated in by prominent members of thc Conference, the resolution was re jected. Dr. Kelly and JlldgO Tyler, of Tennessee, offered a resolution authoris ing thc establishment of conferences in China and Brazil, and authority lo legal izo ownership of proporty in those coun tries. Referred. Tho Conference consumed tho greater portion of Thursday's session ill dis cussing the report of tho committee on missions. The board of missions was increased lo twonty-livo, ?uni the Bishops wen1 made ex-oflicio members. A paper WHS referred to thc board of missions suggesting stops towards unifying Meth odism in foreign fields. Bishop Koner addressed the Conference in opposition to the paper, lbs. ,T. E. Cox, of Texas, A. R. Winfield, of Arkansas, E. E. Wiley, of Virginia, and others also op posed the measure. Drs. M. B. Chap man, of Missouri, Horace Bishop, of Texas, D. C. Kelly, of Tennessee, W. C. Black, of Mississippi, .). s. Gardner, of Virginia, and others favored Hie propo sition of unification and comity. Tlie discussion was the most earnest of tlie present session. At the conclusion of thc debate the committee's report, recommending no chango in tho status of our foreign mis sion work, was adopted by a vole of 10(1 to 87. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the con secration of the four newly elected Bishops took place in the presence of an immense congregation. Thc sermon was delivered by Bishop McTyeire, and tho consecration services were conduct ed in accordance with tin Book of Dis cipline. The following is a brief sketch of the four Bishops elected by the Methodist General Conference hi scsssou in Rich mond, Va.: The Kev. W. W. Duncan, D. D., was hom Dccembor "27, 1839, in Mecklen burg county, Va., graduated in Wofford College, S. C., in isr.s, nnd joined tho Virginia Conference in 1859, where he preached very acceptably, and was lunch beloved as a pastor. In 1K7? lie was elected professor of mental and moral science in Wofford College. This posi tion lu; has lilied Up to ?Ile present time. In his capacity of "financial secretary ' of this institution ho luis traveled through ?ind preached in every part of South Carolina. Ile developed considerable preaching power and gained great popu larity. His election by BUOll il flattering vote was a substantial proof that Dr. Duncan's reputation had reached beyond thc narrow confines of his own State. Bishop Duncan is in his best years, of robust physique, and doubtless w ill do good work for bis church. Dr. Charles B. Galloway was boi n In Kosciusko, Miss., September I, 1840, ?ind was educated in the university of Iiis State, entered the Mississippi Con ference in 1808, and was engaged in reg ular pastoral work till ISS'2, when ht; was made editor of flic New Orleans Christi in Advocate. He is probably the youngest Bishop tho Methodist Church has hud. The Bey. Eugene Bussell Hendrix, D. D.. was born in Fayette, Missouri, May 17, 1 HIT, graduated at tin Wesleyan University in 1807, and at Union Theo? logical Seminary, NOM York, in I8i??; joined thc Missouri Conference in 1809, sei veil on missions, stations, ami in thc pl" sidoney of Centra] College, Missorni, holding thc latter position since 1878. I I fe accompanied Bishop Marvin in his travels round thc world in 1876and 1877, and upon his return published a volume giving an account of his tour. Thc Rov. Joseph Stanton Key, D. I)., was born July 18, 1829, graduated fr? ni Emory College, Oxford, Go., in 18.?8, entered the Georgia Conference in 18,9, and has been in the regular work of thc Methodist itineracy ever since, Oiling missions, stations ami serving as prend tug older in districts. He is a member of thc South Georgia Conference. He was appointed delegate to the Ecumcni , cul Conference in Loudon, and thc Ceu tonnial Conference in UnJtimoro, but was providentially liindorcd fruin attend ing eitlu-r. Thc report ol* the special connnittcoou tho hymn book w as recommitted, and the two papers <>n the same subject were ordered to bc printed. Dr. J. ll. Mc Fcrrou, of Tennessee was elected hook agent, receiving 107 out of 209 votes east. I. (i. Johns, of Texas, was elected Secretary of thc Board of Missions, in place of I!. A. Young, of Tennessee, tho former Secretary. I), ll, Martin, of Louisville, was rc-olcctcd Secretary of tho Hoard <d* Church extension. A \ Ut?.IM V COW \ III \ M Ml, \ III.M..iv Plein Wiih stiiiekliiK lteMitta?Ono Man Kt lied, -c\criil DflllKOroil*l) \\ oiiinlril. MAI?T:NS\ ii.i.I:, VA., May 17.-No greater tra' i .ly lias occurred in Virginia ina decade than thal which tills this town with gb ?mi ami excitement to-night. In a light this evening on a c.iowdcd street many shot* were tired, and as a result Jacob Terry, .?> young larmer, lay cold in (hath, and tho life blood of his two brothers i^ fast ( libing away. Col. I'. I."). Spcnc. r. a prominent business mau and manufacturer; 'l'arh ton Brown, proprietor ol' Brown's tobacco ware house; I?. L. Jones, a saloon keeper; a clerk in a hotel and a negro are all dan gerously wounded. All the parties aro prominent in thc business life ?d' this place, and well known in southern Vir ginia. <)n Saturday night an anonym ous circular was issued ami posted U)) all over town. li seriously reflected oa NV. K. 'ferry, a y oung business man and son of tlic lalo William Terry, a promi nent citizen. This morning Terry telegraphed for his brothel's, J. K. and Ben 'ferry, living at Aiken station, twenty miles away. They arrived at 1 p. m., and after OJ brief consultation wenl io the printing oflico and domanded ile author of tho card. Tho proprietor told them if was Col. P. D. Spencer, a nu inlier of tho town board ami one of tho leading busi ness men of the (own. This evening, soon after tho tobacco factories had closed for tie.' day and win n tho streets were lilied with operatives returning from fluir work, tin Terry brothers started in thc direction ol' Spencer's fac tory. Winn al iou! half way they were nu l by Spelle? r with his brother and several friends. NV. Iv. Terry addressed a few words Lo Spencer, who told him not lo shoot. Just lin n some one tirad a pistol and thc scone that followed beg gars description, i 'oi i .v shots wore fired, and tho following is n list of tho killed and wounded : W. K. Terry was shot from tho rear, thc ball entering mar tho spiuo and lodging in bis rigid breast, -lake Terry was sin,( through tho abdomen and fell demi. Bon Tiny, another of tho broth ers, was shol through the neck and in the body. P. I >. Spencer was shot in the hip. Tarleton Brown, Spencer's business partner, received two balls in thc groin and is thought to bo fatally wounded. H. 1 J. .lillies, A saloon keeper, seriously hurt. K. Gregory, clerk at tho Lee Hotel, seriously hurt. Sandy Mar tin, a colored mechanic, seriously hurt. Thc last two were hil by stray balls. The Terrys caine fr.-iii an old and well known Virginia family, and occupy high social position. None ol'them aro mar ried. lt is believed al midnight that Brown and thc two Terrys will not live till morning. < bl Saturday afternoon NV. K. Terry circulated il card ridiculing a tax bill passed by tho town board, of which Sprucer was a member. lt did not justify, in popular opinion, thc card which followed it at night and which brought mi tho tragedy. SrveiUi*cu O AV rn of via rrlago. The seventeen oilers of marriage which Mrs. Adelaide Bartlett is said to havo received during tho lasl wcok, iu ol tiding one from a clergyman, merely illustrate and support thc argument of Huckle that human actions arc as much subject to uniform law ns tho courses of tho stars. Such (lifers of marriage, always includ ing one fri un a clergyman, are tho in variable fort une of Indies w ho are accused of poisoning their husbands or lovers. Tho number of seventeen has probably been increased tenfold by this time, if wo are to judge by tho record? l experi ence of Madelaine Smith, the hcroino of the great. Scot (di poisoning CARO of 18?8. Thal young lady accepted one of her numerous suiters (the clergyman, wo be lieve, i and lives to this day a prosperous gentlewoman in thc immediate neigh borhood of Bedford piare. Lot US hope that Mrs. Bartlett may bo recom pensed by A happy union for her past miseries, she has tho matrimonial Ad vantage of some thousands of pounds and most bewitching pair ol' eyes. Hbo is also an attentive and experienced sick nurse, whoso experiences of the dangers of using chloroform are sufficiently pain ful to deter ber from practicing with that drug upon ii second husband.-Ball Mall Gazette. I A I'resident Arthur is said to be decidedly convalescent. Tito Chicago Arbeiter Zeitung has resumed publication, fte utterances aro as incendiary as ever. -A search for the Anarchist, Harsons, disolOBOS tho fact that he is not in Flo rida. Ho bus Hms far eluded arrest. -The grand jury at Hillsboro, Mo., last week considered thc CASOS of tho lAte railroad strikers, lifty-nino of whom were indicted. Many of these escaped before warrants could be served upon them. Dr. l>io l.euis, the noted author and reformer, died al Ills home in Yonkers, N. Y.. last Friday morning; after tax illuoasof two days, from crysipohw. HQ was ia his sixty fourth year,