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the Canrastcr fcbger. T^r~r~.?~ i .' ?rr?" ' ' . ?. .. . A. ., , ... _ . _ i iw>r> fOLllM XV. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., NOV., 14, 1866. NUMBER 40. ^ 4 ^ , .. ^ i 4_ , -I. - ? -t- ? *?* * **- " ? "* l*nuen correspondence r\ew uriean# UeUa. i A Father ln-Law in Spite of Himself A good mII ie related of a wealthy banker hero, who ia very cood natured, but inclined to be a trifle fast in bin view* of life. lie had a favorite plevorish, joupp man of about twenty one and re* | taarkahljr handsome, ttv>deat and Irphlv ; Intellectual. F<>r those qna'ltier he Wav ' liked by every one, end the hanker did hot escape the general feelihg of good will* 1 to *!tr MM poor as li:a salary, nhd bad no Connections to pu*h him after fortune, and *o, like moat Knglisli clerk*, lie Won't) kite to one hundred and twenty pound* a year, go on f>r 8 yeans at ten pound* a Year riaa, and marry alien lie get* two hundred pound* a year, henceforth to Yegetato and find that the additional ten pounna a yearns* on'* keep paen with the addition tl hahe* In the household. The (anker, on Sundae afternoon, when no one ?m eipec'ed, would ?cca Clonal!? ask the young tn?n to trieit hi* young family at hi* suburban villa; a* the conversation of'lie young man waa correct and clever, it could not hut he of advantage to hia cbidren. This a a* * mistake, evidently, but it waa a f??xl nature*] ert-or, mid we can only wish, all of mp thai there were more committed.? I have not mentioned that there was a beautiful voting daughter of nineteen, but thai may always be understood in anv English family that haa known wedded life long enough. But there were, of eeurse, oo atten'.iona on the part of he young man other than eatremety delicate, reserved and proper. This will not always ha the cave with Englinh youth, a* Ante* fieana well know. Don't hem" after this. The youth, in epiie of two or three days invitation to the barker's country eat, to breathe fresh air and clear hl? lungs of London smoke, waa evidence very ill, and though he declared himself well god robust, the bauker shook hit h?ii* MI cannot make not what ?s the matter with in? voting e'?-ik," said the hanker to a confrere who was in hi* back office wiili biin after the youth had just brought in onte papers. "Well, you are green. I should say, for a man of your time of life and expe? tience," said hanker number two "Don't you aee what's the matter f lie's in love." "In In?*! bah. He is modesty and propriety itself.* "I tell you it is a fact, and with a rich old fellow's daughter who wmi'd no itmre think of having biro for a son in law than you would, yourself." "Oh, the haughty old fool; my eterk is as good as his daughter, and te banged to biin. Tliaok you lor the fctot At toon at ike banker number two bad gone, the clerk ?u called io t4S", ?ir, you are io k?ve, and pining away for the oljxct of your NffreiMio? that'* the eecrat, ia it! Why did you not tell me before, air I" The youth wm eilent. "Well, my boy, I pity you; but I will give you a wotd of advice. If the daughter ia fair, aha ia worth making a ru.lt for Look here; there are ?500 and two tnontlia* leaee of abaence. Uaaaway with the girl. Ilah, don't look ao etupid. I did the aaraa before you, and it didu'i hurt roe." The clerk fell on hie marrow bone*. and was upon the poiat of making a clean breaat of it, when the old man roee and left, precipitately, to'avoid the acene.? The young man eonaidared and ac ed, aod the consequence wne that tha nest i.. L .t * VI-J wr?? iiici* was ng jroiinf OHI^niff i lbs diuoer table of the banker al ihe country bouee. The bouae ?m in con etematioa, and a March made for ber in II direction!. A nete, however, wae found on ber dreeeitg table, conveying the cue tomary prayer of forgiveness, and one enclosed front the young clerk, elating lb el believing the banker bad meant to give him a bini ia regard to hie daughter, and wae not able to give hie puldie coa> eeot, owing to eppeeranrea, b* bad ac?ed on the suggestion, and that era hie * father in-law" had received (ha letter he woeid ha hie rrniin-law. 1 hie pill wae a bitter one end the j.-ke a terrible one egainet liim; eo it wae huebed up, and hae got to the ear* of the purveyors of aceadsl, wad to your correspondent, who records It at a trait of London life. Mcnncn aso Outhao* nr Frbedmr* i* uNPwit ?- nioi in, wioo?r '11.? Arthur William*, In* wife end two dsuuh l*n were murdrrrd near Ron*. Geor*i?. Two freed men who commuted the murder were *rre*t.<d. One confessed that. after wounding Mre Williams, he r*ei?hed her. lite accomplice killed Mr. William* ami hie daughters. The o? je?t of (he outlaw* wee to obtain money, hot (hey found nose. It wee d ffi? iil( to restrain the people from inflicting Bumtnary puoleliraeoi upoe (hem. 0 iM'mwiflr' jm^-^-eea. . - . num me fcipteis. Affectlufj 8cene. Therj w?t an affecting ecu io the Conference rooms of the M. E Ctiurch South, on Thurmlsjr morning. Tins bodv, il is well known, is now in session ih tins city. Tim mm of m true heart, will look U|ton thein with mintf!?d emotions of Mil ttiitMiion for wlint they Hre. and sorrow for what ihev have suffered. Half their number as il Was si* yexn ago is gono. Some, compared Sy 11>c violence of the times, sought safety in dim ant region** some have died in their work, and several hare pone down to liloo.lv grave* The f.-w tl??l are assembled now. era tnen who have hren*tad the ntorm. and who in the definite* of the persecution ?itd ca? Utilities they have maintained tl.air christian integrity and fealtv to th?*ir chorrti and to th?:r Q.?d Nearly all who met to day. are under indictment for preaching the gospel c>>n trarr to the laws of M'ssouri. While ac coding to the usages of the church of their love, e*ch is awaiting to he assigned to his appointment, he knows not where, hut it may tie to a fie'd of lalior where h? shall fall a martyr t that malignant spirit which has s'readv taken !' ? lives of so many of their brethren. Yet eacli seems impressed htr a solemn sense of dlltr, an.I all are se-Vmg a fresh baptism fmm on high, that thev mm h* at.'e to psr'orm il Hut to the scene alluned to. Tim Co"f#rer.<e w ?a *i??-n?l n<_? to fiHiiiini'inn of clmrartnr Tim TWhop rnllrd ill# nam# "I S S ll#?H?# T1 re waa a a'lan<m. Tli? m?*ml>?*in ffUncaJ mournfully on# ?n ilie o b#r, and each annum I waiting !<>r ?n?>|t nr t> h? mm' ih? mH taak <>f narr?tt'ig !, ? none tiifxl l?ut net nril'on mil and At Utt lb* R'?. l>r MrAn illv r.-*? br i4H'>ni an<l e*ine in ll:? at?n ' ? Briefly, and wuli d#np patlum, li * told th# traffic amrr. M ml *#? Ware nff-ia-d with tcnra. and many a Imart (mired ? th amotion, aa he told in pi ?i.* and annp'e word*. Wow one IIiiiiiLn,.n M. V .i.K I?I nought, ?? others el?e?*h?-re h?d don*, to wrf?t from th* church lo nhu h ile*<ilee belonged, a houee of worship ; hi* I.# *h? prevented lo lie id'** from succeed* ini* in lit* nefarious attempt; lio<* (lead1 lee was thereupon commanded l>v this name ffcndetaon M.-Nihlt. lo pre ch -t (lint lion** no more; how Handle* re garding il * a threat end nothing more, repaired to the place at hi* next apjioint' ni?nt? ; how he we* met h? McN ?bb at the p'nee with several armed men and informed thai lie ahould not preach ; how lleadlee strove to allav the excitement, ami aaked that for hie conduct ha might be left to answer to the late ; how M<v N abb pointing to the armed wen declared lhn>e to be hi* law ; how Head lee (tailing he could prevail nothing, obtained per* iui*M >n 10 preach on hi* own land, nine thre* quarter* of a mile distant; how he starten, with hi* congregation, was fn lo?nl l>y lour of McNabb'e men how he (oil ihnee pierced wi'h a bullet. Deep, too deep for utterance, *ai the feeling when it wae lo'd how at ten o'clock (hat night ha expired prating for hi* eoeinie*, almost in the language of his Divine Matter, who said *"Father, forgive them** And when. at the close the speaker told how, when he received the inmimf"! iii??!l!. ???..? ? * 1 ...... IIIV UI Vim own heart wcr? broken up and he wept for hours like en infant ; how the Mini* spirit that murmured Ileadlea still lives end reigna, and how others like bun would io ell pri-bthility seel their integri ly with their blood, the question thet agitaed the decip'e* et the I at supper seemed trembling on every lip. "Is it I! ie it I I" This wee the s'lth member of this Conference who bed been murdered in that same region of county, r or could it scarcely he hoped thet he ehould be the lest. Colm.?If e nine begins to cough, as the result of e common cold, it is the ef fort of nature herself attempting the cure, and she will effect it in her own time, and more effectually then an? man can do, if she hi let alone, end her inatmeii cherished. Whet are theee inotineut Hhe abhors food eod craves warmth. Il-mce the momeet a man ia eethflsd thet he hae taken eo'd, lat him do three thinge. Firet, eat not an atom: second, go to bed and cover up warm io a room; third, drink ae much cold water as he wante, or at much hot herb tea as he ran, and in three esses out of four, he Will he entire!* ?!! ? - - ? - ????7 ??? nouri.? HalCt Journal of Health. Why it at*cnant pool of wMtr like lo?d?i> imftg* of 8?t?n t Bm*um ono k d??d Uv?l, tod tho olbor m ? load dooH. jferri. - My Labor-Saving Hutbmd. J S >01* hu-btnd- are inor* |i ^||? ill no profi', and tn?ke vastly mora work than lliey do; but inme is one to brag about, i j YVh>*n I was married, lo inv stiame be it | spoken. I bad never made a loaf of bread 1 i or a pie I had no idea of savins time or ; I savins work, but bad a lui-bsnd who bad t love enoooh for lite to bear with inv aim* 1 | p'icMv.and not scold when ths bread was 1 I ' burned and the pie* not fit to eat.? Go'itif into the k t. lien one morning, lie ! < aaw nm h*k n^ buckwheat Cakea, etui , | greating (lie uriddie with h piece of pork | <>n tlit* end of h fork. IIw add nothing, | i loit went Mi to the ?ooil In mio*, him! anon i returned with a Mttooth'y whittled aiick, i ahmit an inohea long, through the epltl J i end of which he putted h folded atrip of | ] wlii'e r'otli, a d then wound it Hround I tlie end end lied n with h lot of airing ? | So I Imd a contrivance which could lie dipped in me ted greaie, and put it amooihlv over tlie griddle. One dar lie m* ine acnurn/ knive* witli a piece of cloth. "Dear me!" ?a?d he, "v<*u will purely cut your fingere,"? So he contriv-d a machine, hy nailing a broad piece of crk in a apool for a han die, >< king the tiead of '.lie nail into the cotk to tar thai it ahou'd not touch the knife Th e hfta the hand front ihe kirre. * no doe? n-o camp ihe fv?ger?. 1 u?ed.l??cal! him occaaionahv to thwack over ?he he<vv ma'trea* and t'lNW hed for me -W' a' n nuitaiice !" he exclaimed, and replaced them ?it|| H spring inati t*e?*. Ol all the tpre things |or lieda. tloa 'a the h???i It * alwitt in p'ace, j t*qt|ir--t no 'i|>, ' "I il l*W?? nnlv thffo minute* to repU-n i|j* I c'otli**, ?nl l' h h? l i? in oln ll fU iT' look* rmi'tH ?t,<| inviting, * u-1 t-atit'v %'i?U5a ?n it.* woj/li' of I ?Uf|>xr. ||i- * tiwn/ii'g lo''er. klc 'f -riuin l ili>* kn klovi-, mi<| fottli wi li ii*!? ! > t'e in?i rotifriiifi't bunging frame, o?er tli- w.i.i.| lioi, it ran take up no room *m| i? near ili? R'ntr,? Mere 'lie to?*U li -n innntli'ji *nd al wu? in p'acn. I fretted l?nt*tt?* inv refrigerator bad no ?li#'*"". in' I could not nmkK room enough for alt the in*?t, InUler, and milk So h# ?n ola t wo ra-ka, and fi tI ventila'el ?liel?e? fr-tin I It o una to ilia ruber ? The altelve* urn ventilated l?w being Iflied litck witli auger Imlea, xn-1 can Im rrluntrel for ?t?riil>l>iti > He i? troubled io ?## m? a?-w, **w. and t'tch, L'tclt, uml nnk?? newing uiarhinea lli# conut *nt ti.p'i* of con?trout ion. H# read* to n?? ewrv *dveriia*ui#nt ? d cThh la-ltet from wo'iiti't who prnio# them in tli* pnpfi*. If li# could make on# I rhoohl he in po?ae**ion of on# immediateIt, l>ut a* he ennnoi, I mutt wait till "the hip cornea in.** Thet# are tonte of the tort by which h# lighten# tit# I ihor ol tli# hooae. Would inor# hunhnnda were liue him. P?rhap?, another tint#, I ImII tell you how h? contrive* hit own garden tool#, ami *<*#? lime and mntiev by hit ingenui'y ? Firttide \f<?nlhly. Thought* for Young Men. Com!) apparatus ami kplemlwil cabinets h?*?- <> m?g chI [inwor to make kcbolar*. In all circuinaiMiic*'*, ? man is, under lio'l, the mmter ut lr* o?k fortune, >n it lie the maker of Lit own mind. The Creator "lint to constituted the human intellect, that it can (row only hy ill own action, and hy itt own action it tnoal certainly and neceaaariiy grows. E?ery man mo?t, therefore, in an important sense, educate hum-elf Ilia hooka and teachers are hut he'pa; the work labia. A man ia net educated until lie hat the ability to aomtnon, in rg-e of emergency, all It's menial nn??f in viiiorona eierciaa to effart I ? lii? prnpo??*d object. It in not the man wliu haa ift-n moat, or ?lio lim rend moil, * ho c?n -do tliiN ; auch km one ia in dung er of being borne down, like n bea?t of burden, by an overloaded utaaa of ether ineii'a thoughta. N>r ia it the mind that ran boa at raere'y of native vigor and ca parity. The greatest of all the warriors that w#nt to the aiege of 'l'rov.had not he p??eminence, l>ecauae Nature bad fftveu hint atrenglh and he carried the larg?at bow, but t>eeau?e aelfdiacipltne bad taught him how to bend it Daniel Wekttrr. Oca Lawi ?One John {Smart r*. ? a .1 . n . _/ j _i / _ rtnuy in in# V/<jiiri ni ^*??iong lor Andcinoii Dutrict, for entering and fob bin/ ihe hoove of a p*r?uti of color and Mealing ih**rcfrom rarioui arfie'ea. A t?ne l.ill *m found a/ninat him for gt*nd lirini y. He tried and convicted of the ofT-nre, and aentenead to receive the pro ally of ?och a crime lie vae eon virted tnainlv upon the evidence of the freed man, whoae hoove vai entered and robbed, Wou'd Mavvacbdhetta, bjr her lava, have fnrniahed the aero* practical protec lioa to the righta of property of lha Af rican, m has hen done by the verdict of a South Carolina jury in UiU caaef dfc--.,., , w Cure Tor Cancers. A correspondent in Indiana recently wrote to it* to inquire respecting the cure of h cancer hy a Mr. Maaon, which wn? published nnip yenra ?>nce in some of the :ity papers. The Springfield Republican lie* been fnrniaiied hv a auhscriher with the following extract from the Milwaukie Free Democrat, which, we preaume, will furniah the deaired information : Our attention hat been recently called to a cure for camera, which ia ef ao much mportanre I tint w? wish to make it known as widely ?s possible. Some eight months ago, Mr T. B Mason?who keeps mus'C sti>c? on Wisconsin street, and is a brother of the well known L >well Mh Mtn ? ascertained that he hat! a cancer on his face the sit* of a pea. It was cut out hv Or '.Volco'l, and the wound oartiallv hea'ed Suhaequenflv it grew again, and while he was in Cincinnati on business it attained the six* of a b'oknrv nut. He has remained there sinc? Christmas under trea'ment, and has come back perfectly cured The process is t|?:s ; A p;?ce of slicking plaster was put o?er the cancet. with a circular p:ece out of the centre a little larger than the can oer, ant! a small circular rim of hea'thv skin next to it was exposed. Then a p'aster made of chloride of tir.e. blood root and wheat flour was spread on a piece of muslin of the aixe of this circu lar opening and applied to 'he cancer for t wentv?tour hmi's On removing it the csneer will We found to be burnt into, and appear of the color and hardness of an o'tl shtte sole, and the circular rim outside of it will appear whi'e and parboiled, a* if scalded hv hot steam. The wnuwd i? j i ? i - nr??n??*?i. run *iih r>iu*in? rm innn mi ?"H ?ha cincer M'hm out a hard lump, and t'?a p'nca baaln up. Tli# (tUiiM kill* the r*nr?r, no tbat it slougha out lik# daad flash, and navar jro?? again, Tlti? ram#dv was discover ad |?v Or. Fa'l, of London, and bss baan n?#d lit him for nix or #ight vears. with unfailing awor#**, and not a essa has b#*n known ..f tha raappaarance of ihr cancar whar? this rsttndv has b?an spptiod. -It ba? lbs sanation of thn moat arrvnant physicians and sorgannn of Londor., but ha* not till rpaanily baan u?#d.jn tl?i* cnintrr, and manv of tba (apilfv. with tbe:r proverbial opposition to innovations, look upon it with distrust. Wr saw Mr. M ?aon at church ye?terdiiy, end have ainee ronear?#d with hi<n and took pur. ticular notice of the cicatrixed wound, and can only aa*, that if the cure it par manent?and. from tli? eeidence of eix or eight eeara experience in other caaea, we hnva no d?uht it ie?the ratnadv oui?ht to ha uni?er?nlly known. We have re Tarred to thie saae hecanee Mr. Maaoa ia well known hare and at the Eaat. The experiment excited much interest in Cin* cinnati. and we call the attention of the faculty in thie St tie to the remedy. If it ia wkat ia claimed for it, thia terrible die* rata will be ahorn of naott of its tarrora. The application ia painful, but tbe pain ia 1 of comparatirelf brief duration, which any one eo afflicted would cheerfully ent ,i uuio, 8m ttfit TonrMlf Important affair* must be attended to in parson. "It p?>\i want your business done,** sara the proverb, "go and do it ; if you don't want it don# sen 4 a?>m? ona il??" An ind'dant gentleman bad a free hold eatata producing about five hun drad a year. Becoming involved in debt, he sold half of the estate, and let the remainder to an industrious farmerlor twen ty Tear*. Almut the end of the term the farmer called to pay hia rent, and naked the owner whether he woyld sell the farm. "Will you buy it!" asked the owner.surprised. ' Tea, if we can agree about the pr'-ee " "That if exceedingly iimni* " oUorrtd the gentleman; ' haw happen* il that, while J coyld not li?e upon twice much lend, for which I paid no rent, you are regularly paying ma two hundred a year for your farm, and are able, in a few yeara, to purchaaa it." "The reaaon ie plain," waa the re pi a, "you aat etil!, and eaid <7e; I got np and aaid Come, you laid in bed and enjoyed four relate, I roae in tha morning, and minded my hoaii.eaa" Com ?W| learn that talea of CoHl I Aft mull M* ?l k??? l>?? J in Trad?H onnn?T. A gantlaman doing bu*ine*? ai D?viH*on C??llaga in thiaeoao* i talk ? ihnt ha hn? bought Corn this Fa'l At $1 par hn?hal. Wn ir? Mtiiiicd, from what w* hnnr, that ihrtt m nn ?hund?ne? ol Corn in thia fitata, nlth.-Mich it it arar?*A in noma local! lif*. Wa think that Hi Union eounty tha acarcity U graater than in any othar *a?> tioo, ?o far ?a wa ea?i jndga from raporla. Charlotte Democrat. The ?ublic Finance*. We copy (lie following statements on the ptlblic debt from the New York ' * Nation. Tlier are the best testimony of tl the power and resources of the country h we have. The grumblers at the heavy tl taxes should read, and reading, be thank' tl ful : , c On April 1st 1800 the public debt j e was $2 705 046,000. lly that lime all j w the large claims and disputed accounts p had he n settled, the arm) and navy re. fc duced and paid off, the surplus of revenue over expenditures was available and it I si mi vigorously applied to lessening the j debt. Reductions were successively rei l> ported in June, July, August and Sepi o ember; and now in October the Secre* e tarv reports that the aggregate has been q brought down to $2.503.336.000, being i li a reduction, in si* months, of no less a ! n sum tban $138,308,574. A further re !g | duction of $22,500,000 (being the tem i T porsry deposits at 4 per cent.) will be V' made on the 25th of ibis month ; t,he a money is on hand for the purpose; so j n tint on 1st of November the public debt tl will b? at least $100,809,57 4 less than j it was on 1st of April last. t At this rate we are reducing our debt : li bv a sum of $275,000,000 annually.? ! ii Should we continue to do so, the entire ' h debt will be paid off in about eight years > ( and a half. Should we be enab'ed to n curtail otir expenditures by a reduction j t of the armv and navy to a thoroughly o peace standard, and should our revenues a increase, as they would do were the reve. e nue svstern and custom* tariff s-mplified - i .1.: ? i - ' IIKI |lHrui(| IIH2II1 oe niori- i e ened hv one or two yeara. It i? quite t within the range of pnaaihi'ity that before t lie five twentie* of. 1875 mature, titer, t the long niter, and the t?n.fifl'*a m?v he n .the only outrtanding obligationa of the U. I S. Government. l There ere artounding prediction*. Put t not more astounding than the facta.? f i When the war ended, the moat judicious i fine' c:er* were of opinion tliat the aggre t ga'e deht would foot tip $3 000.000,000 and would not fall helow that figure du ring the present generation. *It te already down to nearly 2 500,000 000, and la I being reduced at the rate of $'-2 000,000 ' month. The aggregate puh'ic revenue ' hir year will not helnaathan $000,000, ' 000; the expenditure, including intereat ' on the public deht, will hardly exceed, if i ' it amounts to, $350.000 000. I 1 The Freedmen. t The freed men are largely taking ad < vantage of the Southern homestead act i of the last Congress. thousand# of home ( teed# having been occupied by them, ac < cording to G?*n. Howard. In Alabama i [ there ie no opposition to thie by the ' white*, but io Mississippi the planters are I oppoaed to the scheme, chiefly on account of the ecarcity of laborers.. Gen, J. l>. , Sewell, a##iatant inspector general of the I freedmen'# bureau, has been on a tour of inspection in Alabama, and report* on unusually short crop and a prospect of much suffering nest winter. The freed men have been industrious,but the failure of the crop* leaves thein destitute, espe ciallv ae many of the^r employers take ?.| . . I. . I I .L . fl. . ni|tnii<A^t) uI uin Slav IIIW (II lllfl nui? lo evade the p >vment of the wages due ? In Henry county, Ga., the civil authori ties hx\e agreed to protect the rights of the fre'dinea hereafter, and Gen. Tillson has withdrawn military supervision. In the case of the vagrant negroes who w**re recently sent from the workljoure at Nashville to a Mississippi plantation, the military authorities, alter a full inveetiga lion, have require ! their employes to iuing back those under age. The gene> ral cdnrt martial, Gen Shepley president, which has tieen in session at Nashville, Tenn., for several months, for the trial of volunteer officers, has adjotirred. This was the last military court composed of volunteer officers, and indicates that the trial of officers and others connected with the volunteer services, has ended. Cotton Ta*.?The Commissioner of Internal (rather infernal) Revenue has issued an additional regulation, which will afford much relief to the movement of cotton. Ity this refutation, "The bond may ba given hy tha consignee in the I>istrict to which tha ( nllnn it in l>tal>;r. pod, and transmitted to the Collector of the District in which tbecoito.i wm pro duced. The bond being properly filed, thn A?ee??or will issue permits baaed opoo the weights aa reported by thn owner.? Any wnnt of accuracy in eoch report a of i weights to he correced hy certificates of ; weights at point* to which the cotton waa J hipped. Thia neoida the necessity of having the cotton weighed bv a Govern- , ment officer prior to iia shipment." %ora than one hundred eeaaela have been wrecked or dianhled during the recent storms, and probably ae many flee hundred persons bare been drowned. J Heavy Crops in the WestIt must be a matter of congratulation tiih our impoverished planters to know bat the great grain fields of the West ave produced an abundant harvest, and hat the prospect of low priced corn for lie next year is good. Our Western axhanges report large crops of all the UilT rent cereals, in that teaming section, and ' have uo doubt but that provisions,imd articularly -corn, will be cheaper than >r some time past. The Dubuque Herald in. a recent in lie, smvs t "We are informed that both the Du? uque and Dnnleith elevators are full to verflowing, aud the same car be said of very elevator pn the line of the Dubune and Sioux City and Sooth-western lailroad. The Illinois Central "have not tore than half cars enough to ship the rairv, hence it is allowed to accumulate, 'he same evils which have cursed our Vestern producers in former years are rising this fall with redoubled force, atnelv, 'insufficient transportation for lieir products."' In Etst Tennessee and in Kentucky, he corn crop is larger than ever known efore. We learn that corn can be bought u E ist Tennessee for twenty cents per undid. The freight on it t? Middle teorgia cannot he, we would suppose, nore than thirty to forty cents. Even at he latter figure, corn jnight he laid down m the different lines of our railroads at i cost of from sixty to eighty cents, ini luding sacks. It would be better for our planter# in ach counv end neighborhood, whoh?y? o buy corn, to agree among themselves low mucb they need, and send an nge.nl o make the purchase for the whole ? nount required for each County or neigh* Mtrhood. In this way, we have no doubt hat the corn necessary for the cuUivaion of the next crop can be purchased or about one half tbe price it is now sell* ng at in our Urge cities. The experi* nent is at least worth a trial. A Hfju s ta C'/'i ranicle. 81edge*Hammer Preaching. The most popular of English preachers s tlie celebrated Dr. Snurgeon?celebraied because of tbe homely and forcible way he lias of approaching the under, itanding of his congregation. The fol* owing passages occurred in one of his ecent disco urses : "A cerUio tyrant sent for one of hi* (ubject*, and Raid to him : "What i* your employment I" lie raid "1 am a blackimith.** "(Jo home and make inc a chain >f auch a length." He went home; it >ecupied ae?eral tnontha, and lie had oo wagea all the time he was making it.? rhen he bronght it to the monarch, and he raid : "Go make it twice as long."? lie brought it up again, and the monarch Raid : "Go make it longer Mill." Each time he brought it, there was nothing but the command to mako it longer Rtill.? And when he brought it up at last the monarch said : "Take it and bind him hand and foot with it, and cart him into a Turnaca of fire" These arc the wagft'a for making the chain. Hera in meditation for yon to night, ye rarranta of the dsril, Your roaster, the devil, i? telling you to make a chain. Some have been fifty veara wielding the link of the chain, and he aaya: ''Go make it longer." Neit Sabbath morning you will open that ah op of youra, and pull another link.; next Sabbath morning you will be drunk, and put another link; next Monday you will do a dishonored action ; and so you will keen on makinor fresh links to this chain ; and when you have lived twenty vein more the devil will say : "More links on till.'* And then at last it will he : "Tike him, and hind him hand and foot, and cast him into the furnace of fire." "Foi the wage* of sin is death." There is a subject for your meditation. I Jo not think it will l>e sweet; hut if Gcd makes it profitable, it will do you good. You must have strong medicine some* times, when the disease is bed. God apt ply it to your hearts." The Louisville Journal corrects an er? roneouv impression that prevails in the minds of many persons who speak and writ* at if ilia Congressional election* occurring this fall would affect the charac* let of ilia Congress that meet* in Decern* Iwr. The only influence their election! can have upon that bodv i* a moral influence. The same member* that com? poset! the last session of Congress will constitute the neyt. except in (hove case* where vacancies hate occurred sr.d been filled by special e'eclione. The persona elected this fall to Congress will not have seat* in the present Congress?with the exception just mentioHifi. The political complexion of the next session will be, therefore, the same as that of the last Hiron.