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Vol. VII. EDN SD)AV lMoRiLNING, JUILY 31, 1872* o.3 ________ol e___________________ __________i____ D NE____________ THEHERALDI IS PUBLISRED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. F. & R. H. Greneker, Editors and Proprietors. iJuag, $ Pa dMirms Invariably in Advance. Th per is topped at the expiration of time for wis paid. am The >4 mark denotes expiration of sub scription. OFFICIAL. Aets and Joint. Resolutions Passed by the General As sembly of South Carolina, Regular Session, 1871 and 1872. AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LOWNDESVILLE, ABBEVILLE COUN TY, SOUTH CAROLINA. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Sot th Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same: That from and after the pas sage of this Act, all citizens of this State, having resided sixty days in the town of Lowndesville, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, and the said town shall be called and known by the bame of Lowendesville, and its corporate limits shall extend one-half mile within its present limits, to be fix ed as a centre by a majority of the inhabitants of said village. SEC. 2. That the said town shall be governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, who shall be citi zens of the United States, and shall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have been residents of the town for six ty days immediately preceding their election, .vbo shall be elect ed on the second Monday in Sep tember, 1872, and every year thereafter on the first Monday in April, ten days' previous notice thereof being previously given; and that all male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one years, citi zens of the State, and who shall have resided in this State twelve months, and in said town for sixty days immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for Intendant and Wardens. SEe. 3. That the election for In tendant and Wardens of said town shall be held in some convenient house, or some other convenient public place in the said town, from six o'clock A. M. until six o'clock P. N.., and when the polls shall be Closed, the managers shall forth .with count the votes and piroclaim the election, and give niotice, in writing, to the persons elected. The Intendant and Wardens shall appoint three Managers to hold the ensuing and any subsequent election. Whenever there shall not be an Intendant and Wardens, or Intendant and Warden, from any cause -w batever, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Court of Abbevdle County to order such election forthwith, and appoint three managers for the same. The Managers in each case shall, be fore they open the polls for- said election, take an oath fairly and impart.ially to conduct the same ; and that the Intendant and War dens, before entering upon the du ties of t.heir respective office3, shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and al so the following oath, to wit : "As Intendant (or Warden) of the town of Low ndesville, I will equal ly and impartially, to the bist of' my ability, exer-cise the trust r-e posed in me, and I will use my. best endeavors to preserve the peace and cat ry into effect, accord ing to law, the purposes for which I have been elected, so help me God." The said Intendant and Wardens shall hold their offices from the time of their election un til tbe first Monday in April en suing, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. SEC. 4. That if in any case a va cancy shall occur in the office of the Intendant, or any of the War dens, by death,. resignation, re moval or otherwise, or in case of a tie in said election, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by thd appointment of Intendant and Wardens, or Warden, as the case may be, or the Clerk of Ab beville County, if there should be no Intendant or Wardens, ten days' notice thereof being pre viously given ; and in case of the sickness or temporary absence of the Intendant, the Wardens form ing a Council, shall be empowered to elect one of their number to act in his stead during the time. SEc. 5. That the Intendant and Wardens, duly elected and quali fied, shall, during their term of service, severally and resp)ectively, be vested with all the power and jurisdiction of Magistrates within the limits of said town, and the Intendant shall, and may, as often as he may deem necessary, sum mon the Wardens to meet in coun cil, any two of whom, with the Intendant, may constitute a quo rum to transact business ; and they shall be known by the name of the Town Council of Lowndes ville ; and they, and their succes sors hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all the ordinances ; lt and the said Town Council aball .have authority to appoint, from .wos-imke to time, as they see fit, such and so many proper persons to act as Marshals or Constables of the said town, as the said Town Council may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof; which persons, so ap pointed, shall, within the limits of said town, have the powers, privi leges and emoluments, and be sub ject to all the obligations, penal ties and regalations provided by law for the office of Constable, and shall be removed at the pleasure of the said Town Council; and the said Town Council shall have power to establish, or to author ize the establishment of, the mar ket house in said town ; and the said Town Council shall have full power and authority, under their corporate seal, to make all such rules, by-laws and ordinances, re specting the streets, roads, mar ket house, and the business there of, and the police system of said town, as shall appear to them ne cessary and proper for the securi ty, welfare and convenience, and for preserving health, order and good government within the same; and the said Town Council may impose fines for offences against their by-laws and ordinances, and appropriate the same to the pub lic use of said ton n ; and the said Council shall have the same pow er which Magistrates now have, to compel the attendance of wit nesses, and require them to give evidence upon the trial before them of any person for the viola tion of any of these by-laws or or dinances ; but no fine above the sum of twenty dollars shall be col lected by the Town Council, ex cept by suit i4 the Court of Com mon Pleas: And provided, also, That no fine shall exceed fifty dol lars; and, also, that nothing here in contained shall authorize the said Council to make any by-laws or ordinances inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the laws of this State; and all the by-laws, rules and ordinances the said Council may make shall, at all times, be subject to revisal or repeal by the General Assembly of this State. SEc. 6. That the said Intendant and Wardens shall have full pow er to abate and remove nuisances in the said town ; and it shall also be their duty to keep all roads, ways and streets, within the cor porate limits of the said town, open and in good repair; and, for that purpose, they are invested with all the powers heretofore granted t o Commissioners o f Roads; and shall have full power to classify and arrange the inhab itants of said town liable to street, road or other public duty therein, and to force the performance of such duty, under such penalties as are now, or shall hereafter be, pre scribed by law : Pr~ovided, That the said Town Council may com pound with persons liable to per form such duty, upon such terms, and on the payment of such sums, as may be established by laws or ordi nances : An~d provided, al.so, That the individuals who compose the said Town Council shall be ex empt from the performance of road and police duty ; and the in habitants of said town are hereby exempt from road and police duty without the corporate limits of said town. SEC. 7. That the power to grant or refuse license for billiard tables, to keep taver n, or retail spirituous liquors, within the limits of said corporation, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the Town Coun cil of Lowndesville. And the said Town Council may grant licenses to retail spirituous liquors to such persons, and in such quantities, at such rates, and upon such terms and conditions, as the said Coun cil may deem best and proper. And the said Intendant and War dens shall have the full and only power to impose a tax on all shows or exhibitions for gain or reward, within the city limits. And all money paid for license for retail ing spiritous liquors, keeping tav erns and billiard tables, and the tax for all shows for gain or re ward, within said limits, shall be appropriated to the public use of said corporation. Provided, That in no instance shall the price of a license to keep a tavern or retail spirituous liquors be less than the amount that is established by the State ; and provided, further, That the Intendant and Wardens duly elected shall not have power to grant any license to keep tavern or retail spirituous liquors to ex tend beyond- the term for which they have been elected.. SEc. 8. That the said Town Council of Lowndesville shall have full power and authority to re quire all persons owning a lot or lots in said town to make and keep in good repair side-walks in front of~ said lot or lots whenever te same shall front or adjoin any of the public streets of said town, if, in tEe judgmenti'f the Council, such sidewalks shall be necessary, the width thereof, and the manner of construction, to be designated adregulated by the Town Coun c. And for default or refusal to ake and kann in reair smmb sidewalks, the Council may cause the same to be made or put in re pair, and require ihe owner to pay the price of making or repairing: Provided, That such <:ontracts for making or repairing be let to the lowest bidder. SEC. 9. That the said Town Council of Lowndesville shall have power to arrest and commit to jail, for a space of time not ex ceeding twelve hours, and to fne not exceeding twenty dollars, or, in lieu thereof, to work the public roads, streets, bridges, &c., within said corporate limits, twenty days, any person or persons who may be guilty of disorderly conduct in said town to the annoyance or citizens thereof; and it shall be the duty of the Marshal of the town to make such arrests, and call to his assistance the posse comitatus, if necessary ; and, upon failure to perform such duty, he shall be fined in a sum not more than twenty dollars for each and everv offence. SEC. 10. That the said Town Council of Lowndesville shall have power to grant or refuse licenses to parties within the limits of said town, and the parties to whom such licenses [are granted] shall be subject to such regulations as may, by ordinance, be established. They shall also have power to im pose and collect an annual tax up on the assessed property of said town: Provided, No tax shall be imposed, in any one year, to ex ceed the rate of ten cents on each hundred dollars of such assessed property; and that the money so raised shall be applied to the use of said town. The said Town Council shall have power to en force the payment of all taxes levied by said Town Council. to the same extent and in the same manner as is now, or hereafter may be, provided by law for the collection of the general State taxes. SEC. 11. That the said Town Council of Lowndesville shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the limits of said town, and to grant licenses to auction eers: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall extend to sales by Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, Judge of Probate, Coroner, Executor or I Administrator; Assignee in Bank ruptcy, or by any other person out of the order or decree of any Court, Justice of the Peace or Magistrate. SEC. 12. That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall continue in force until repealed. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CO LU.MBIA ARTIFICIAL STONE AND CEMENT COMPANY. ISECTION 1. P>e it enacted by the Senate and House of .Reprcsenta tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same: That E. M. Stoeber, A Falk and others, and their associates and successors, are hereby made and created a body politic and corpo rate, under the name and style of the "Columbia Artificial Stone and Cement Company," with a branch at Charleston, South Carolina, for the purpose of manufacturing ar tificial stone and cement, with a capital of five -thousand d bllars. with the privilege to increase, the consent of the stockholders first held and obtained. SEC. 2. rhat the said Company shall have such officers as shall be ordained and chosen by the rules and by-laws to be made for their government, and shall have power and authority to make all rules and by-laws not repugnant to the laws of the land ; to regulate the issue of scrip and transfer of shares; to have and keep a common seal, and the same to alter at will; to sue and be sued, plead and be im pleaded in any Court of law or equity ; to purchase, use and hold, sell and alien in fee simple, or for any less estate, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, rights and credits, which mnay be connected with, or in any manner conducive to the purposes for which said Company is establish ed : Provided, That this Company shall enjoy all the privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities and restrictions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the formation of corporations." SEC. 3. That the State of South Carolina give and grant to the above named Company the right to dig and remove, for the term of tetyears, from the beds of stramsan waters within the ju risdiction of the~ State of South Carolina, the gravel, sand, and shell lime there deposited: ro vided, That the persons named, and their associates, shall not in any way interfere with the free navigation of the streams of the State ; or dig, mine or remove any phosphate rock or phosphates, or to interfere with the private rights of any citizen residing upon, or owning the lands upon the banks of the said rivers; and it is furthsr prnvded Th at aid Company sa ll pay into the State Treasury on the first Monday of April, in each year, a royalty of twenty dollars as compensation for within privi lege, if exercised by the grantee. Approved, March 12, 1872. For .he Herald. TOWN oF DEL11, Lou-SIANA, July 4, 1872. "OCR EX!T. 'Twas on the second of .Tuly. Such a thumping and banging at the door. Then an exclamation of "get up," "get up !" In a rlo ment we were on our feet-dressed and booted-ready for the coach.:: Our trunk being secured, we were next packed away in a crowd of 5 or 6 passengers, when off we ] rolled from the Hot Milliner Springs. It was a delightful morn. The air was cool and bracing, and had a tendency to invigorate and cheer up one's spirits. Tp the mountain's sides and down we wheeled along. Clear and limpid streams meandered across the road, and glided purlingly away, amid the green thick bushes. Oak,1 Hickory,. Elms, Gum, with their tall, massive trunks, threw athou sand branching arms over the mountain path, through which, at a later period of the day beamed the sunshine that fell in tapistried form over the grassy soil. Birds it twitted and carolled here and there ; the gray squirrel chattered from an occasional tree; while the shrill piercing strains of the locust sang through the forest. Sad were our thoughts as we I leaned back and thought of tho i associations we had formed at HOT sPRINGSY and with whom we had spent many a pleasant hour and from whom we must say we parted with feelings of deep regret. "How often in our wanderigs have we made some instant friend, Found, to be loved a little while, and - lost, to meet no more." To them we can but say, "Farewell, old fellow, with whom many a day was tas't In joys, ihose loy'd remembrance long shall last." For a few moments we were lost in thought, but suddenly we were aroused from our dreary reverie by a hoarse, stentorian voice, that sounded like the rum blings of a discented sore-headed bear, which uttered the most vio lent invectives and FEARFUL GRUMfILNo, and closed with a "Damn such travelling." Of all travelling characters-we should say of all living characters-no one excites more disgust than the grumbler. Some men grumble at anything and everything. Our grumbler was a heavy, stout, Dutchman,1 that went to "bile" out LAGER BEER RHEU31ATISM, but .somehowv or other failed,wxhi ch soured him against the world. lie grumbled when the horses stopped. and when they startedi. Grumbled when they wvent slow and when they went fast, when they went up hill and when they wvent down hill. lie grumbled at the sun, because it shone hot; at the places along'the road, at the trees, at the people, and finally fell out with himself because he had gone to Hot Springs. "He marr'd the face of beauty, when no cause, For such innumerable woe appeared." Such men would grumble if Heavea was within their grasp. Safe and sound, however, not withstanding this grumbler, we arrived at LITTLE ROCK. It was on the morning of the FOURTH OF JULY. The boom of the morning gun awoke us from our dreary slum ber, and as we turned over wve could not help from exclaiming with Whittier, Go ring the bells .-.d fire the guns, And fling the starry banner out ; Shout Freedom, till your lisping ones Give back their cradle shout. While we know that there are many who entertain no friendly feeling toward the celebration of this day, and to whom we are willing to allow the privilege of~ exercising their own opinions, be they what they may, yet we claim this privilege and right to our selves and are compelled to say, that we believe that the 4th of; Julyse a ay tat should be cele.I brated in every portion of these United States. It is the duty of every citizen, be he Northern or Southern, to celebrate it. Withd it is connected Washington, Jef Ferson, Franklin, Green, Morgan, Nfarion and Sumpter: Lexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga., Eutaw ind Cowpens. It belongs to the 3outh as well as the North. It :Clongs to the Republic-to the Imerican nation-to all who iove ;he liberties of the people, defined ind recuonized in the constitution. [t is a national holiday. It is a )olitcal sabbath of Freedon. We, he Southern people, used to cele )rate it with banners, barbecues, )atriotic speeches, and why should ve not again ? aye, 'In the long vid.a of tle years to roll, Let me no, see my country's honor fude, )h ! let me see our land retain its soul, Her pride in freedom, and not freedom' shade." We are now about to bid 'adios' o Arkansas and the Ia TOT SPRINGS, md as we stand on the deck of he ferry boat and look back, we onscientiously say, that we firmly elieve, from .vhat we have seen ;nd experienced ourselves, that he waters of these fountains are lecidedly beneficial in certain di eases. We have seen persons ome here, entirely helpless from Zieumatism, and in the course of hree weeks be walking about by he aid of a single stick. We have een others with loathing sores >ecome healed. Some become iealed in a short time, while in he.case of others it requires a onger time. Some come and go Vitbout receiving any material ienefit. In many cases it is ow ng to the dissipated conduct of i he parties. In some cases no natter how close the sufferer may .dhere to the rules prescribed, he waters fail. But we must re nember that vulgar old adage, ;What fattens one will kill anoth r." This is so with regard to ractitioners of medicine, to medi inc and everything else. One )hysician helps and restores a pa ient. Another fails to do any rood. Allowances must be made. ue.h is hurman nature and human xncrience. Theso waters we contend, will iot only help invalids laboring mider certain diseases, but will >rove beneficial to persons even n seeming good health. A trip icre, combining the journey, air, cenery, ascociaties and bathing, vould relieve the system of effete natter, that might in the end )rove deleterious. We do not hink th.at there is as much min ~ral as the cireulars emanating1 romn here presume on. We are atisfied that there arc many prings decidedly stronger, but ,here is a certain electrie, as yell as stimuiating quality, con ieted wih other things, with vhich the best and most scientific Lhsicians here arc not acquaint ~d, and which they cannot define. Wec would not pretend to say; ~hat they can rejuvenate AGE WITII ITS INFIRMITTES ~o youth with its vigor, strength tnd energy. Many persons living hr away aon the principile that ~ows at a dlistance have long iorns," are disposed .to imagine ind attribute to these fountains ;he moet w.onderful qualities. Upon coming, perchance, they iiscover that they have been list estly dreaming of "lotos grats" ind on the other hand become as riolentL defamers. It is evening, and the cr'y falls ilpon the air 'Commercial House," "Peabody," &c. We h are crossed Whe Mississippi, and find ourself in MIemphis. We have turned our :ours~e for Vicksburg, and anon ~vc find ourself transfe.rred to the steamer, CITY OF VIcKSBURG, :ofmmanded by Capt. Jack Carter. Eie belongs to what is termed the anchorline,which coinprises eleven in number. She is a beautiful boat, atted up in elegant style, having ane berths, sett~ing a splendid ta ble. The clerk is accommodating and thme servants attentive. We ound on board many ladies and gentlemeni, who were returning home after the celebration of the 4th. As we steamed along down, far "deep" in the night, we were very sundenly aroused by a GREAT DI5TURBlANcE. We thought the boat had runl aground. So up we jumped, put on our "harness." and made for the spot from whence the noise proceeded. By the gods ! it turned out to be a p)leasure party em barking on board. What a small army of women ! They and their gallants kicked up a tremendous HUERLY BURLY till broad daylight, "When they all went home in de morning," by landing at Helena, a little town on the Mississippi. The ladies were remarkably fine looking. We did not think that Arkansas could furnish such a fine display of the weaker sex. This boat, with the others on this line, are perfectly RECONSTRCTED. On the upper deck they have a FREEDMAN S BUREAU CABIN, equally as good, with as nice ac commodations as those for the whites. We saw on board many colored passengers. They sit any where on the deck for airing without disturbance. Their meals are served up in the oftfcer's or dinary. adjoining the principal saloon. Strange to say. however. with all this, some colored ones are not disposed to be satisfied, but must associate and patronize with the whites, or no go for them. "THE MISSISSIPPI AND ITS LAND INGs. We are now on the father of waters, rolling down a vast vol. ume of turbid, muddy waters. Along its banks are innumerable landings. Evry five or eight miles the boat utters a "bellowing cry" of its intention, swings round, puts off its freight and resumes its wonted ways. Here and there may be seen, up in this section, a good dwelling. The citizens ap pear to be as perfectly contented as Icelanders, and would not ex change this fever and aguish look ing country for any other in the world. Nevertheless, we cannot blame them, for here lies land that bears in its bosom the wealth of many Potosis. There is an in dication that means business. Some not very distant day, an in numerable, bustling, industrious population will prove here is the VALLEY OF HEALTH, containing the greatness and strength of a mighty nation. The lower down you get on the Mississippi, the more' numerous and better the build'mgs. Evi dences and sights of once splendid mansions and magnificent planta tions before the war, strike the eye as you. steam on by; now di lapidated and growing up in un dergrowth. Here and there the river, during its inundations since the war, has spread ruin and de vastation, sweeping away large portions of land. As you go steaming down, pass ing tens of thousands of small cot ton trees that line this river, you can see occasionally resting on the waters, fastened to some cot ton tree stump, or out on the land some 20 feet off, a small shanty, which is nothing more nor less than a small building 8 by 10, built on a flat; attached are one or two small skiffs or dug out& This is the residence of the MISSISS1PPI CAT FISHER. Wherever this being finds a place where fish can be caught, there he pitches his tent. This is gen crally at the mouth of some small stream. There he stretches out his taut line and sprecads his seine. As soon as he gets some hundr-ed or so, he hauls up his peg, locks up his shanty, floats down the Mississippi to Yicksburg, disposes of his cargo, plays off the pro ceeds at Faro. mustang, poker; has a good time of it. and returns when his pockets arec emptied, to replenish his exhausted stores. The cat fisher of the Mississippi is a tall, guant fellow, with a sallow compliexion and a sombrero look ing cast. In his pocket looms out the irrep)ressible bottle and the in evitable plug of tobacco. The cat fisher is not par-ticular in his mor als. lie ' ouldn't mind making a dig for your jugular, if a five dol lar bill was discernible. He is an habitual shaker, the ague to him is the happiest part of his life. He loves to shake. To be without the ague would throw him into a fever. He sleeps all day and fishes all night. He is decidedly of a retiring disposition, and seeks the most lowly, sickly, uncivilized places, far away from any body elsc. He loves the place where the mosquito, in countless my riads, pours out his dulcet strains and bites with a bloody venge ance. What cares the cat fisher of the Mississippi! With the hide of an aligator, the stomach of an ostrich, and the constitution of a horse, he is mosquito, snake, ague and whiskey proof. No floods frighten hi; nosicknesskil him ; nothing deters him; and he plods his life along as careless and as independent as a wood-sawyer. S. P. S.-Next will commence with the city of Vicksburg, crops, &c. A New York politician in wri ting a letter of condolence to the widow of a deceased country member of the Legislature, says: I"I cannot tell you how pained I was to hear that your husband has gone to heaven. We were bosom fi-iends, but now we shall never Imeet again." The "bump of destructiveness" I-A railroad collision. Step on an orange peel if you wish to make a quick trin. Do not Neglect the Turnip Patch. Few farmers do neglect to make aturnip patch of some kind, bult they too otten neglect to properiy prepare the soil, neglect to give it Suflicient manure, and neglect the proper after cultivation, and they lose money by negleet. Bad fArming does not pay, even in the turnip patch. From six hun dred LO eight hundred-under the most favorab> condition, one I thouszand-bushcls of turnips can 0e grown on an acre of land. Why should we be content with one hundred? We can, it is true, make the one hundred with less labor and less attention. We have but to cow-pen our inclosure till it shall be trodden as hard as the public road, scratch it with a "Iscooter" and sow the seed broad cast. That's not much trouble, and we don't get "much turnips !" A little more labor, plenty of manure, and six hundred bushels nf turnips to the acre (to put it low) will pay a great deal bet ter. For a good turnip crop, the soil must have a deep and thorough preparation. Cow--penning land for turnips is good on loose sandy soils, but itis r'ot to be recommend ed for those which are heavy and stiff. In any case, make the soil deep and mellow. Plough and subsoil your patch ; where the lot has not been cow-penned, spread 1 your stable manure broadcast, and don't be afraid of getting on too I much ; turn in the manure at I once by cross-ploughing, running i deeply, as before. If this be done 1 (as it should be) several weeks < before planting time, plough once I more when ready to plant, apply I a top dressing of guano or super phosphate, at the rate of from three to four hundred pounds to the acre, and harrow in both di rections till the ground is thorough ly pulverized, and the fertilizer well mixed with the soil. Throw up low beds if the soil be liable to hold too much moisture other wise plant on the level, making the rows, in either case, about two feet apart, and sov from two to two and a half pounds of seed to the acre. Pass a roller over the ground after sowing. Thin out to about a foot apart, and keep the soil light and free from grass and weeds by frequent cultivation. This plan will make a heavy crop with any kind of a season. It may not, however, be the best plan ever devised. Adopt a bet ter one if you can find it, but do not, we beg, neglect the turnip patch. and do not cheat yourself with the idea that yon can make a good crop without manure and labor, and no stinted measure of' eitheri. The Ruta Baga is the best keep er-, and more profitable for the main crop we think, than any rough leaved variety but it is slower growth, and other kinds should be planted, iu addition, to come into use ear-lier. The Amer ican Red Top, the White Globe, the Norfolk, and the Yellow A ber deen, are good vaieties The Ruta Bagas should be sown from the middle of July to the middle of~ August, (or a little later in the Low Country.) The others may be sown from August 15th to October 1st. It is best, if practi cable, to sow just before a rain. A Shocking Tragedy. TWO Boys 3IURDER THEIR 3MOTHER. One of the most atr-ocious crimies ever perpetrated in this country was enacted at West Point on last Sunday morning. A mother of seven children was murdered by her two sons, aged twelve and sixteen years, at their own home at West Point, Iowa. The lady, Mrs. Wahrer, had parted from her husband, Dr. Wahrer some time before, and on learning of her husband's absence from home took this opportunity of visiting her children. Saturday afternoon she expressed a desire to return to her~ home, where she expressed a desire to return to her home, where she was working-at the reform School-but the two boys prevailed upon her to remain un til Sunday morning, promising to take her home. She stayed, and at 5. A. M. Sunday the two boys murdered her, stabbing her in the back, breast, and throat. After killing her they dragged her body to the barn and covered it with. ha.Teyoungest son then Madison, to telegraph to his father, who was to come home that one of the children was very sick. He then returned home. The two boys reported in the afternoon of the kilhng of their mother, stating that it was done in self-defence, and gave themselves up. They are now in safe keeping.--Keokuk (Iowa,) Con-stit ution. A Western writer talks of lead ing the bride to the blushing al ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of s1. 0 per square-one inch-for first insertion, and il for each subsequent insertion. Double I column advertisements ten per cent on above. N'otices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per squarc as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept- in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tiSers, with liberal deductious on above rates Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. A Rain of Bones-A Strange Phenomenon. If the statement of some of the residents of Louisiana are to be creditc-d, Dame Nature has re cently been playing strange pranks in that part of the country. A writer to the New York Jour nal of Commerce, whose veracity and good standinA is vouched for by the editor of that paper, gives the following particulars of a 3trango phenomenon that occurred in Carroll Parish last month: He says that a heavy storm visi ed that Parish some days previous to the date of writing,. the 21st, id during the storm fish bones Fell to the ground by the million. Ihese bones seemed to come fronm in exceedingly large black cloud ,hat was passing at the time. The shower of bones was attended by i heavy fall of rain. The correspondent says that the >ones rattled on the roof of his iouse like hail stones. This trangc phenomenon extended over L belt of country ten miles in width )y many miles in length. Accom )anying the ietter were seven of he bones, varying fiom one inch o two inches and one-sixteenth n length; frtm seven sixteenths >f an inch to twelve and a half ixteenths of an inch in breadth ; 'rom one inch to one inch and iine - sixteenths in length. and rom one and a half to three six .eenths of an inch in thckness. Chey are of an irregular dia nond shape. One side of the >one is nearly flat, having on the inder side, which is worn smooth, hree small apertures, as if veins ir tendon had passed through hem. These specimens have >een shown to experienced coast ishermen, and also to learned chthyologists, but they are not 6ble to ascertain to what partic ilar kind of fish the bones bc onged. They all agree, however, in the )pinion that they are veritable ish bones. Several theories have been ad ranced in explanation of this trange phenomenon. It is gen ~rally conceded, however, that the >ones must have passed through ~he air for hundreds, and perhaps ~housand of miles. The inhab tants of the parish believe that hey were brought by a water ~pout or a whirlwind from the W~estern coast of Mexico or Lower Dalifornia, across the continent, is the wind was blowing at the Lime violently from the South east. We have heard of its raining cats and dogs, but fish bone show ers arc something altogether un preceden ted. Terrible Fall of a Lady from A Fourth-Story Window. A bout 2 o'clock yesterday morn ing Mrs. Drake Mills fell from a fourth-story window of the Me tropolitan Hotel mito the yard in the rear of Walker & Haggerty's sample-rooms, breaking both legs and one arm and fracturing her skull, besides otherwise badly in juring herself. Sergeaht Johnson, with officers Arnold and Milstead, were obliged to force open the sample-room door in order to take her out. Dr. Lincoln and Boyle rendered surgical aid, but it is feared she cannot recover. Be fore assistance was rendered she laid where she fell nearly an hour. This morning she is conscious, and says the weather being so hot she sat in the window for fresh air and fell asleep. Hon. Fernando Wood and lady the (latter Mrs. Mill's daughter) were telegraphed for, and arrived this morning. There are but faint hepes of the recovery of the injured lady, we are sory to hear. She fell on a shed, which broke her fall, other wise she would have been instantly killed. Since the abo~ve was put in type, the lady has died. [Washin gton Star How OLD JOHN HARPER FLANK ED THE EW YORK SPoRTS.-The New York Sun says that when old man Harper brought his stud of horses North he hadl a white jockey. The boy soon became intimate with many patrons of the turf- and drank and smoked with them. He was a general favorite. As soon as the old man found out that the sports and knowing ones knew the boy, he telegraphed for his colored jockey, John Sample, who rode Longfellow at Lexing ton. When the bell rang for the riders to mount the white boy came out. Apparently not noti cing him, Uncle John told the dark. ey to step on the scales. Finding lhe weighed one pound too much, he made him rani round the track and sweat 'he extra pound away. T he exeient was successful and the darker won the race. It is siad that "while the white boy is richer by several hundred dollars, some politicians are-of the opinion that they -threw some money away carelessly. *They think Un cle John Harper is too smartfor the New York boys.