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The METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
From the General minutes of the Church Just
published, it appears there are % conferences,
2,l7l travelling preachers, 1853 superannuated
preachers, 1900 local preachers, 3O9, 3S2 white
members, and $1,000 on probation, 30.490 Indian
members, and 296 on probation. The total of
ministers and members is 643, 708, which is an in
crease of 1916. Seven Of the conferences ex-
hibit q decrease, sixteen an increase.
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Crops are nearly annibilated. Some hail stones
measured five inches in circumference,
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Our country is not homogeneous. One kalf of
it is seventeen hundred years behind the nine
teenth century-that part where the faggot still
burns, and where opinions are met with tortures.
That country has ceased to be Republican which
meets the widest insanity of opinion with any.
thing but argument. Universal suffrage implies
the most unfettered wiidness of thought; it pre-
su2poses the most unchecked individualism Of
opinion.
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AGITATION, THE SAFETY OF REPUBLICS.
God asks of US faith-that sublime faith which
believes not that human nature is perfect, but
that truth launched upon the masses is as safe as
harbored in some aristocratic class that faith
which regards toll, struggles and contests with
error as a blessing sent from God. The natives of
the sandwich Islands believed that the life of the
victim passed into that of the slayer so every
error gives back the strength with which it was
bafHed.
Agitation is the safety of Republics. God grant
that the tumult may never cease, but that from
age TO age prophets may arise to break up the mo.
notony of wealth and arouse the people to ideas
as fast fading out to trouble the waters that
there may be health in their glow. Agitation is
the cold water and daily bread of republican lie
for the human race wandering in the wilderness.
There Is no Canaan in politics, Distrast, says
Demosthenese. is the safety of republics. If the
Alps. tower ing in icy grandeur are the emblem
Of comfortable despotism, ours is the ever rest,
less ocean which is always pure because it is never
still.
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
From the True Californian
OrhitnarN.

It IS our painful duty to record the death of 'S' 'l'am THOMAS T. CONWAY, who fell, mortal N wounded, in the recent engagement between ne Costa Ricaus ard Walkers forces, under "@mand of General Sanders.
 Gapiain Conway was the eldest son of Dr. h. Conway, of this city, and nephew of the sent Governor of Arkansas. He was born Arkansas, in 1929, and was therefore 26 ''@'S ot age at the time of his decease.
 Captaln Conway was volunteer in the First a. a. Ha'sas Regiment, during the Mexican war V Was promoted, after the battle of Buena aa, to 2d Lieutenant, and again to 1st Lieu Cl"gl He fought afterwards by the side o t.. ' Tell, in the engagement in which the lat Lf g.. Having acquired thirst for military - ms friends strove in vain to dissuade him IT u'i1 Jonlng his fortunes with those of Walker 'V ielt San Francisco in October last, and had zen in almost every battle in which Walker: M "eeS Were engaged during his short career r I4ra9ua. He was wounded in the battle or s -e ranst Route, and upon his recovery, was I4sy promoted to the Captaincy, and contiuu. VI 'hls until the time of his decease.
 Is said of Captain Conway that his un- ~,,nchIng courage had won fo. him the affection 'ne entire army; that he was ever found I uere the battle ragged the fercest, and that Inc sN' ms life in vain endeavor to rally his mer tY tne charge. His untimely end is mourneC ms grei-strickeE parents and family, anc N'epiy lamented by all who knew him.
 E. c. N.
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
Hot Springs of Arkansas.

A writer to the New Orleans Picagltae gives graphic account of these springs. He says they are certainly both curious and interesting:
 Suppose deep rocky glen, between almost perpendicular thinlv- wooded mountains: A pretty crawling stream, tumbing and gurgling along; considerable of village strewed on one side ot the brook; one little mill busIy at work. and another in ruins; dense cloud of vapor arising from the base of the hill on the left. and you have atolerable idea ofthe Hot Springs. For my part was pleasantly di,appouted.- It l3 sad that as long ago as 1872 parties of French and Spanish residents in Mississippi and Louisiana visited these springs for the cure "t rheumatism and other diseases, camping in the then wilderness; and ever since that time t.has been, more oress, place of resort. Many wonderful cures have been effected; though some ot course return uucured.
 ne water IS perfectly pure and impid though hot. l was prepared to find it strongly imPre5nated with sulp phur, etc. The main hot SprIugS gush out of the face of the mountain at the nel ght of perhaps 50 to loo feet above the base; and for distance of one hundred wards or nearly they break out at the same level- he entire body o: hot water would fill pipe "i ID or Is inches in diameter, if all issuing at one spot The springs vary somewhat iii tenn tN''O''O O-ll'li IOo utS. Jo loo ic9 Ol | an rtnheit. At the foot of the mountain, and where there is every reason to believe that the not water at one time poured out dense cloud, Of hot vapor issue.
 The water, though apparently so pure to both the eve and the palate, deposits with some Apld'ty mixture of siIex and carbonate of Iirne, forming lava-ike stone The deposit has evidently closed up the original outlets lorcug the water to find it's way through crevi ces m the rocks, to great height. 1.-the opin- ions based upon the results in boring artesian wells, are to 1e relied upon, showing that the temperature Increases about five degrees with ever alIluonal 100 feet of depth, these spring, are probably the outlets of vast natural arte san well, coming from great depth, say 4OOU| feet. The San Antonio river, and those other lovely streams of Western Texas, which burst from the earth in a similar manner are of like character The temperature of all the springs tormng the sources of the San Antonio, is near ly the same-78 degrees The effort is now beng made in Paris to procure a supply of hot water for the Use of that city, by boring great CT depth than ever before
 Baths are arranged where the vapor issues from the foot of the mountain, to which the water Is carried from the hot springs above; 50 that the bather has the choice of water baths at any desired temperature, or of the most delight tul vapor bath. 1 tried both, and enjoyed them exceedingly
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
were 15,ss9. BOA, and in 1886 the sales were

AODS 5,l67,833 acres
 It was thus apparent that the transfer of the pubic money to the pet banks enabled the par tlSans Of MT. Van Buren, who managed the pet banks, to purchase the public lands with the notes of those banks; and that, if the pub He deposits were permitted to remain in them fewlndlvlduals night, through their agency, monopolize the public land without money and without price,
 The process as follows: A and B. poli- tlcai partlsans of Mr. Van Buren, having the control of one oi the pet banks, wishing to purchase public land. gave their own promis. sory notes to the bank, and received the bank notes of the bank; these notes were paid to the receiver of public lands aaE by him deposit et lclth tte same bank. By the same process, again and again repeated, the public Ian Is were being transferred to Mr. Van Buren's partisans. al the rate of more than twenty five millions oi acres per annum. Mr. Calhoun did me the honor to consult me to the best means of ar resting this abuse; and it was upon my sugges- tioh, Ill letter written at Annapolis that he advocated the transfer of the public money from the pet banks to the States. 1 urged that it Was a question of a proper custodian of the pubic money. He and 1 concurred in the wish to separate the government from banks; we saw tii'U tlc Use oi the puOllc money by the banks had tendency to create fluctuations in the currency; We saw that 1t was impossible to save the public lands unless we could take the sur plus revenue from the pet banks; and we saw that we could not deprive the pet banks of the pubic deposits unless enlisted an influence stronger than the pet banks and the public de- posts combined; and therefore, l suggested and he adopted, the expedient of transferring the surplus to the States. 1 repeat, that the transfer of the surplus revenue to the States was not an act of distribution of the public lands, but was adopted necessity, and as the only means of preventing the transfer ol the pubic lands to private individuals, who had combined to use the pet banks as the agents Tor the consummation of their fraudulent spe- culations
 have thus given plain, unvarnishcd state ment, hoping that there is sufficient intelligence to see the truth, and that there Is sufficient re- gard for truth in portion of the conductors of the public press which has given currency to the errors which 1t is intended to correct. to Induce them to publish what 1 have written: Intending, if this be done, to show, in subse queht communlcation that the appropriations of alternate sections of land in the new States Tn aid ot railroads does not justify claim for distribution by the old States; all that if it dld, the old States have within thsir coustitu- tonAl control measure which, as an aid to their credit, and to internal improvements, is much more efficient than the proposed dstr- button of the public lands would be-
 DUFF GREEN.
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26

Arkansas at the last census had 162 900 white population and 47, 1000 slaves. It had 781,OOO acres of improved land and 1,8l6,OOO of un- improved. The value of the improved farms is estimated at fifteen millions of dollars. Its products are singularly various. It raises wheat of the finest quality, and when made into flour It Is not surpassed by any in the United States It also produces corn, rice, tobacco of the best description, hops. potatoes. butter, maple sugar, vegetables of every kind, and more horses than Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin put together or than most Of the New England States It IS also sheep grazing country, being the ninth III rank in this respect in the whole Union.- The climate of the interior is like that of Charleston, without being rendered unhealthy by the introduction of epldemics. The finest counties in the State are Hampstead, Lafayette Sevier Pke Polk, Montgomery and Clark, all accessible by steamboat and the new railways Lands are here subject to entry to actual set tiers, at prices varying from twelve and half cents to one dollar and fifty cents per acre. Manufacturing establishments have been erected on the Little Missouri rver blaming mills, saw mills, wool carding machines and flour mills which last turn out a superior article of four
 In Hempstead county there are numerous churches, excellent male and female semna- rles, and a polished state of society. It will be soon as easy to go by railroad to Arkansas as to Kansas, and as cheaply
 We perceive that some of the leading men ot the State have called the attention of the public to these facts, and are anxious to have share of emigration directed towards Arkansas. From the accounts they have gven--and they come from such persons as the well known and highly esteemed General Royson--we are in- clned to think that our northern emigration companies would do public service by paying some attention to Arkansas as we'll as Virginia.
 Its lands are newer, fresher, more fertile and cheaper, It's products more varied and valuable, and It's climate more equitable and as healthy. 1t has mountain ranges like Virginia, and much larger rivers, navigabe for far greater distance
 W hat It wants Is an influx of industrious white emgrants to infuse into it the life and spirit winch St. Louis has Z ven to the State of Mis- Sour. We recommend Mr. Thayer, therefore to enlarge his programme, and secure for him self some of the beautiful cotton and wheat lands of Arkansas, for cotton mu,tye be king
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
Every Farmer Growing hiS own Sugar.

The great demand made at the patent office. this year. for the Chinese sugar cane, indicates that the cultivation will be very extensive, the only difficulty in the way being the want of cheap ard portable macifuery for extracting the juice of the cane. This fiiculty, we see, our own inventors are endeavoring to remove 4 Mir Hodges, of Cincinnati, has machine on ex hibtion at Washington, which is designed for asugar mill It consists of three vertical iron rollers supported between cast iron plates, rest ing upon triangular wood frame, about eight feet on its sides. Under each corner is large truck wheel, 50 adjusted when working, as to revolve in a circle, the shaft of one of the rol- lers occupying the center of the frame, and clutched last to a timber below, preventing it's turning, while the other two geared into it at top, are made to revolve around it as the whole frame is turning by the horse. On one corner is feed table, from which a man feeds the cane, which having been acted upon by the two rollers, passes out upon table on the other corner, which is removed as often as sufficient quantity accumulates. The juice passes down through the bed plate and is received in ves- sel made for that purpose Cheap and portable machinery is all that is wanted to test the great experiment. which is Low being tried with the Chinese sugar cane.
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
IAII, the Weeds.

April wat busy month with the farmer in preparing his ground and planting the seed of his various crops, and May will still tax his energies aul his patience, if he does justice to his crops and keeps ahead of the weeds.- Weeds always have the start of the farmer.- They are planted and ready with the first ge- nial rays of spring to come forth, and will con- tend for the mastery through the season. Our warm springs and hot summers are peculiarly favorable to the growth of weeds on our rich western lands. T. sublue weeds they must be taken when young, One man will easily destroy the weeds upon an acre of ground in a day while they are small, which woul! require the work Of four men when they are large- Besides, weeds overshadoW and choke the crop and drink up the very elements of it's subsis- tence and growth. With the improved impe- ments of the present day, the farmer can much more easily subdue the weeds than he could in earlier times when his tools were limited to the blow and the hoe.
 The method now practisei by most good far mcrs in the first dressing of corn and potatoes. is worthy to be recommended and widely adopted This consists in narrowing the ground after planting with the two horse harrow. II the ground were well rolled or narrowed Gas it always should be after it is plowed) the youn, plants sustain no injury from being crushed or covered with clods by the operation, while the weeds are entirely eradcated, and the land is left light and porous and in the best possible condition to communicate the heat, air and dews to the roots of the growing plants
 For potatoes the harrow may be used with all the teeth. The narrowing should be done just at the period when the plants are within an inch of the surface, or before many are to be seen above the ground. Corn should be narrowed when its about three or four inches high. If the triangular harrow is used, the two for ward or middle teeth should be remov- ed; if square harrow is used, the teeth should be removed as to leave clear space twelve inches wide through the center on the line of draft In narrowing, let the horses walk each side of the row.
 A thorough dressing in this way will give the crop such start of the weeds that the sub sequent work is comparatively trihing.
 These may appear like simple directions to those who have long pIactced them but there are still many farmers who have not learned the value of this method of cultvaton-IM ey Turner.
The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
A Drunhard's Brains.

The startling doctrines taught in You
 MANS "Scentitic Basis of Prohibition" are fully corroborated by the following passage from late number of the Boston Medical Journal. What trade of guilt and horror is that, whose legitimate effects upon the heart and brain of it's patrons are so unnatural and monstrous!
 HYRTI, by far the greatest anatomist of the age, used to say that he could distinguish, in the darkest room, by one stroke of the scal- pei, the brain of the inebriate from that of the person who had lived sobery. Now and then he would congratulate his class upon the pos
 session of drskard's brain, admirably fitted from it's hardness and more complete preserva- ton for the purpose of demonstration. Wher