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Vol. VI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1870. No. 34. THE HERALD is rLBLISIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOrNING, . At Newberry C. II., By Thos. P. & R. H. Gpenekep, Editors and Proprietors. Invariably in Advance. -n T, paper is ctopped at the expiration o ime for which it is paid. rg- The Y mar' denotes expiration of sub cription. Letter from B. Odell Duncan, United States Consul at Na ples. HIS VIEWS ON T11E GREAT REFORM ?iOVE11ENT. The following letter from Mr. B. Odell Duncan, U. S. Consul at Naples, was addressed to a promi nent Republican of Cbarleston, and member of the State Legisla ture. In it a decided and compli mentary preference was expressed for Judge Carpenter, as our next Governor, but for certain reasons, then deemed expedient, that por tion was o-nitted in the publication. The cogent reasoning of the writer, and the timely appearance of the letter for good are so pow erful that the radicals stoutly pre tend to deny its authenticity. But the original letter is on hand, and 3Ir. Duncan will never deny- his <wn views, a n d , furthermore, Judgc Carpenter threw down the gauntlet in his late IIaleyon Grove, speech to-wit: That he would bet one hunlred.I dollars that the letter caine from Mr. Duncan,-the mon ey to be placed in responsible hands. The party losing to turn the funds over to the colored peo ple to be used in building them a c-hurch. Now, there's your roos ter. We faled to publish the letter when it tirst appeared owing-to thefact that some friend borrowed, or enemy purloined, it. But its publication now, is in the nick of time, and we endorse the follow in( jnst conments from the Charleston Courier-: "When we say we take pleasure in laing the letter befo.re our readers. we are actuatedl by the fact that it is fromu a South Caro linian. wb .-e perso)na! charaLcter is abr>e r pro':h Iw who, ailhough a st.aunch Recpub!ean. andI sepa rated1 fromt us be 'housands of mnil's. ha :t-he w i+iom~ to p.ereiye. and the eandIr in acnweg the facts t hat rrup.tion and dis honesty have pr:evailed t o a ni alarmingI ete .n t in the conduct of our .1at .imr, dan'ng the past two ear. M. Dunlrcan. it wili be perc'ived. is ala:rmned at the pe encon:! rtion ofr affairs, and most heatily: endorses any move ment made. in grood faith, that will ensure~ a cha nge. Wit hout fur ther com'nenit we commend the letter to the attentive perusal o Nl c as. PG:S, A pril 23, 1870.of My .Dear r : It was certainly not my intention to have dlelayed writing to yo soln. But I have been kep)t so exceedigly busy- durin:g the winter as to be cm lldto n'g!ret manyfriends to have done before now. The position I hold has not been a sine. cure th als far. it. .n the cont tary. much labor and poo pay. I1 see, however, that the politi cal contest is be:rinning to grow warm in Soutth Carolina, an'd a~s a good Carolinian I feel most deeply interested in the result. A desire to exchanige ideas with those of my political, as well as personal friends,in whom I have confidence,. p)revents me from longer silence -withi you. .I have followed with gre?at interest, andi as carefully as *possible at this grLat distance, the cou4rse of events in our State. The ;result has generally been disap -pointment and grief. Now and ~then I could see a ray of hope, when -an upright and able Judge was put on the bench, or when :those swindiing- railroad schemes ~were defeated. But the general choaracter of our Legislature and of the legislation int Columbia du ring the winter has certainly ?.ot been such as to inspire me with confidence in the wisdom, patriot ism, or even ordinary honesty of those at present controlling thei State Gov'ernment and the "Riadi cal" party in South Carolina.-< Their action has been such that 1I do not see what reason any class of our perple can? have for sus- J taining them. Every property owner, of course, has-most justr reason for complaint of the heavy< expenditures, a nd conseq,uentfy ii high taxes, unless he be in some I wvay connected with the Govern-i ment so as to reg~ain, corruptly, more than ne has to nay. Our goodGovenor,forinstancee, and< some of the other State ofileials< will not complain of their taxes< while they have such a control of: the Legislature as to be able to t make or unmake:( the market for< State or railroa.i bonds at pleasure,J and thusi gain many times over< the amount of their taxes. At a time when it, should have been: the prime object of any party to< reduce the expenses of the Gov ernmnen t to the very lowest figuresi mssil.!e. m:r '-Ra lical" friendsi have made them far above what 1 they were at any former period g when the State was in a pr(;Sper- t ous condition. and our legislators most umreasonably lavish. Nor i do I see that aniytlhin.g has been , done to alleviate the condition of t our laboring classes. Our legisla tors seem to have been too igno- -i rant to know that when the in- I dustry and prosperity of a coun- 1 try is disturbed, it is always the ( h poorer classes who suffer most. t Their action has generally been t such as to prevent a return to a e state of peace and quiet, and to o foment the bitter feelings hereto- a fore existing. This course may n prove beneficial to certain corrupt , demagogue politicians, who can 1,v hope to remain above the surface t only in times of excitement, but it o will certainly prove most calami- p tous to our poorer classes, whom 11 they pretend specially to repre- fc sent. When some of us united with li the newly formed Icpnblican par- s tv in South Carolina it was because b we were convinced that both jus- n tice and good policy required the o civil and political equality of all p classes. Justice required it to en- V able the colored people to defend e their rights at the ballot box.- e Good required it to put an end to d the conflict with the National i. Government. This idea of civil t: and political equality was and is ti still the fundamental principle of; h the Republican party, and is as r< fully endorsed by me to-day as a when I first united with the party S in South Carolina. But while I g have seen no reason to change my n views on this fundamental princi- b ple, I admit that I have at least b been more vividly impressed at p the facility with which corrupt, Ii ignorant self-seeking adventurers r can control a mass of ignorant vo- o ters unaccustomeu to political life. p No one can regret more sincere- tl ly than I do that the Republican a party and the State Government b; have fallen into such hands as tI they have. No one can regret more ci than I do the frequent violations d( of iaw by our Executive ofieers su while pretending to defend the is !aw. No one could be more shocked of tha~n I was at hearing of our chiFj se 'ia rate pahn!!icl'y prochaiming Wieheter rils 'he best law IJi :.r . great comminxealth. And r.o -e onle would nure hiearLily unite sI with any honest etrort to rescue j both our party and our State Gov- mr ernment from thc e!itches of those at who now control them. pi I am very well aware that in so rc doing I should be violently as- ;n: sailed for desertion of party. But or while I admit the necessity of se parties in free Governments, I do m not admit that my first allegiance so is due to any party. It should be he the prime duty of any Govern ment, or any party, to promote Iti: the general welfare of' the people. m And whbenever a party or Govern- c ment becomes too corrupt, or from st other causes fails to do this. it is ze high time t hat goodceit izens should in unite to substitute something bet- th ter. The "Rladical" party in South ec Carolina has clearly shown that with its present or-ganization and leaders it dloes n)ot govern for the good of the peeple and the gencral prosperity of the State. Then it r should be abandoned, or very "ratd- XI ically" chianged. jth I am giau to observe that the press of the State seems geerally In to have come up to the goodI 1Re publican principles of i-equality mn ii the eyes of the lawv," Por all classs. hionesty and capacity in ofice. &ck TFhese are principlez to which good Republicans will certainly not object. If they arc bona fide ou on the par-t of our former antag~ anists, I can see rno good reason :ii uvhy good Republicans should not mnite with them in order to rescue a the Government from the hands s >f those at present ruling the State he. bor its rumn. It will not bo an wli ,.bandoment of the principles of~ a ur party, but only a union with s >ur for'mer foes who accept our ort rinciplcs and join us to rescuethe go state from corrupt and incapable. iands. But very great care should be g( aken in a movement of this kind mot to be humbugged. In somea >f the States such movements havetu >een a mere sham. In Virginia it nay be considered a great success. 3ut in Tennessee it sccms to have be: esulted in throwing the Govern- thi nent into the hands of the "irre oncilable" Democracy. The same p vould doubtless have been the re ult in Mississippi and Texas, had at t succeeded. Rlather than biave th< ueh a rcsult in South Car-olina. it vould be better to suffer still long rthe evils of the present (Gov- u rn~men't. Cur experience of' the dld Democracy has not been such^ ~s to make us trust too implicitly o simple professions. B3efore to one ting to upplort the Citizens' n ?at,wesol k-now something wa f the men who are to be put for yard by t hat party-, as their stand.. ] Lrd bearers. As the condition of~ let ur support, we should require to crc iave mcen who can be trusted to naintain the principles the party4 :aders coming forward in new armeits f,r the sakce of getting he power into their own hiands. Ve have in the iepub iican party i South Carolina lione..",l intelli el!t, capablc an il patli is len, othti white a in d coored, bet Ii ,orthern and Southern born. We ave in our Legislature a few who are stood out boldly and fearless E in defence of the interests and onor of the State; and against he tide of corruption by whieb hey were surrounded. We have von in our State Government two r three such men, finely educated, ble and honest, who would orna ient any Government. These ien have had to suffer with the rorst members of their party for Ee defence of principles which ur former opponents now seem erfectly ready to admit. They are been thoroughly tried and )und true on all occasions. If the Citizens' Party" wish us to be eve it is acting in good faith, zch men must not be neglected, ut have a prominent part in the ew movement. Let us have no lious distinctions on account of lace of birth or color of the skin. Te want\orthern meno. rther ipital and \orthern eet.y to >me into the country, to aist -n .veloping its resource. Jt is t he iterest of all who desire quiet al1d is prosperity of the State, that ie ,wo races should live together armoniously ; and it is as nani s"ly the interest of the colored 3 of the white people, that the Late should have an economical >vernment. and honest capable en to administer it. If they can a convinced that their rights will a respected by the "Citizens' irty," all who have acauired a Ltle intelligence, or who are al ady or hope to become property vners, would undoubtedly sup )rt such a movement. But if iey see men of known intelligence id integrity of character rejected this new party, merely becauce ey had advocated the same prin. pies when it was unpop!lar to > so, they will very naturd'ly spect that the whole roem;ienlit intended to get the power out their hands. and they wil o quently reject it. .1 then the iiadical" press id the "Citizeu ty are sia re int tlicir proiessions they ould not f: i to ct nsult lioiest Id eapable .1Repnhlie:sii about the tanization of this new party, d the candidates who are to be it forward for prominent and sponsible positions. In the nomi Ltions to the Legls!ature the cel ed people should be well repre nted whenever men of their imber can be found with a rea nable amount of intelligence and >nesty. In this way the confidence of c best class of colored people ay be gained, anid an honest onomical Government b e re >red to our State. Such a "Citi ns' Party," I, as a Repubbecan, movable in my attachment to e great principles of that party, uld heartily support. Very truly yc ar friend, B. 0. DU.N C X rl. once V ' we;.t i to cty to Ay c . rcat, md vw:r a Lc:)ir fb:, city etit.tte, of c'.ur- te:i - -was ver.::t. and t:-ise nemou st:cs Ee~r fri.nd wxiJ . to init her fully into .h-". -*ri Sher thc follw. *w-ons, : nt ouly (itt sn' 6:. -d .rc. anisi:-r that you have. muastie:d--a~ su*iiec and mrer~ would bem superfluity." - Thinmgs w:nt onI oothily until her attciadant redd -to partaim of more refrshmrts.: eni to the horror of her friend :id' usement of the. coImpany, she r.n ered, in a ked v(oice. "I have evap.. ted insuf.iciently ; any more would flippity-floppity." WVHITEwASH.--Take good fresh >und water lime and skimmed 1k; mix to the consistency of .nt. To one gallon of the mix-! -e add one piut of spirits of tur 2tine. With a whitewash brush 1y two coats of the paint. Let ifirst one get thoroug-hly dry 'ore applying the second. nk this compound, or any coarse nt does much the best on un-| ned hoards. I used paint made above described, on a building een years agoJ last fali and for first ten years it looko Awell i even! norv it shows the~ p:duit. e building\ was c'sc:'ed wit hi )1a nedi p)i ne.-oorC's Rural w Yorker. tn Indliana ed?tor ab'used a man the extent of halh- a column, i stated the next week, that it s a slip of the pen. ?ere IIvacin the has written a ~er against infallibility, which ates sensation. alifornia hna a Chinen law Prussia. ROYAL I'IlCeLAMATION OF A Wa rAST-TIE ItELL:W OUS SENTI3E1F_f The f +lowing proclamation oj 1ii ii :ppointir.gthe Ger man fist d:, on account of th< war, was published in the Prus sian Staats Anzce r, July 23d: BERLIT, .i uly 21, 1870. I am com'pelled to draw the sword to ward off a wanton at tack with ail the forces at Ger many's disposal. It is a great consolation to me before God and man that 1 have in no way given a pretext for it. My conscience acquits me of having provoked this war, and I am certain of the righteousness of our cause in the sight of God. The struggle be fore us is serious, and it will de mand heavy sacrifices from my people and from all Germany. But I go forth to it looking to the omniscient God and implor ing His Almighty support. I have already ca'ise to thank God that on the firNt news of the war one only fen animatcd all German iearts and pr claimned aloud the i. i' tion fl(. at the attack, and the jnyful con idece timt God will bstow vittory on the right cou. cause. My pe.)ie will also s:and by me in this struggle as they stood by ray father, who now rests with God. They will, with me, make all sacrifices to conquer peace again fbr the na tions. From my youth upwards I have learned to believe that all depends upon the help of a gra cious God. In him is my trust, and I beg my people to rest in the same assurance. I bow my self before God in acknowledge ment of his merey, and I am sure that my subjects and fellow coun tryle,l (o so with me. There fore I decree that Wednesday, the 27th of July, shall be set apart for an extraordinary solemn day of prayer and Divine service in all our chuurches, with abstention from all public occupations and lbor so ilr as may comport with th' - p reln neer-. ities of 0.5 time. I also decree that whil: the war a prayers shall be of fered in all divine services that in thi= st ru;le God may lead us to vict0rV, th:t he may give us(rrae to bear our ourcives as Christian men even unto our enemies, and that it may please Him to allow us to obtain a lasting peace, fbun ded on the honor and indkpen dence of Germany. WILLIAM. VON MUTILEn. The Evarngelischcr K irchen Rath (governing council of the 1'rotestant Church,) In promulga ting the proe!aiuation, adds the King-'s command, that Suniday in allpubic ervcesthefollowiing prye shall be inserted, in the Liturgy: Almighty and merciful God ! Lord of Hfosts ; we beseech Thee for Thy all-powerful succor for our German Fatherland. Go to war wih the Ger:nan armies, and bless their weapons that they may overcome the enemy. Lead us to ViCtory, and grant us merey, that we ruay sow ourselves to be Chritians even to (our enlemfica. r et as man :nake p"ace that will 2ea l guaraintee t he hcnor andl( h:dne:t!,ne of Germany. Be *the rng' pro ceMion and defenice ofr Germa Fatherland. DTsMARmC's ANNorNeDI'ENT oF THlE FRr.NCHI DrCLAP'.AT1ON OF WAa. The. following is the text of the Cireuhar adldresmed by the Federal G-overi,nment to its diplomatic agenits ab'road, announcing that Frne' dcclared war to Prussia: B : s July 19, 1870. The Imperial Government cf F2ranIce haS sent to us, through its Charge d'A%tfirs, the enclosed doe umnt, w bich contains the Deela rr.tion of War. It is~ the first odli eial docuweirnt we have received from the French Government re lative to the grave affair which has occupied the world for a fort night. In that document the French Government gives the fol lowing reasons for the war it makes against us : Firstly, the re fusal by the King to pledge him self that the advent of a Prussian Prince to the throne of Spain Should not take with his consent; secondly, the alleged not ification to the (abinets of the Refusal by the Kiing to receive the ambassa dor of France and to continue ne gotiations with him. We summna rily aniswer to those allegation s 0:t L \iMj's ty the King, hxaving, 11rom respet for- the indepen1dencei anld thle autoniomy of the Si>an iTh niation, and for the freedom of thle resolutions of the Prines of the Hohonzollern House, never thought of putuing Prince Leo pold on that thronie, the demands to which his Majesty has beenfl mnbjected to obtaini assurances for the ftaure were both unjustifiable mnd arrogant. To have a suspic on that lie entertained an after Lbought of an intention hostile to vention. The alle.ed notifications to the Ca bineti nuver took place. and the King never refused to treat ,ith the French Ambassa dor. On t-he co trary, the French representative never expressed the -::ish to enter into ofieial ne Ot ation with the King's govern ment. it was personally, and in a private conversation with the King at Ems, that he spoke about the questions referred to. At home and abroad the German na tion has recoonized that the ef forts of the French Government had but one aim-a humiliation, which the nation cannot bear; it was recognized that war, which Prussia could never have thought of, was imposed by France. The whole civilized world will admit that the motives put forward by France do not exist, that they are merely pretexts invented for the occasion. The German Confede ration and the allied Governments of Southern Germany protest against an aggressi.n which nov er was called for, and they will re pulse it with all the means Cod has given them. You will leave a copy of the present despatch wiih the Minister of Foreign Af fairs o thLe Governmeut to which you are accredited. ( ~ISMARLPCK. A Siartling Revelation if True. The Abingdon Virginian. con tains the foilowing comimunica tion, which i3 well calculated to excite profound interest. If the revelations it makes bo true, the matter should engage the atten tion of our people. The following is the letter: SALTVILLE, VA., Aug. 2,'70. EDIToas ABINODON VIRGINIAN : I saw a man to-day who gave his name as Edward Parker, and rep resented that he was a Lieutenant in Captain J. W. Kelly's Company K., Colonel Greer's Regim ent, 40th North Carolina Cavalry, in the Confederate Army; that he was captured at the battle of Chickamanga. on the 12th June, , was sent to Camp CLae,t and from there to Dry Tortugas, w*hero he has remained until the :irst day of June last. lli, tale is a strange one, but I am forced to believe every word of it-awl1 so would you if you I could see the man-and it may be of some inter-est to some of your reaiers. He says there are still about three thousand men on the island, who have no means to pay their pass:age, and no way to make monoy enogh to do so. Among those still there whose names he reneulberx are: James Grady, Thomnas W. Stinson, William Stinl son and George Taylor, of Wash ing county ; Thos. Carter anid Jessee Carter, of' Russell! John Black and William Black, of' Scott ; J a mn e s Iigginbotham, Th'los. W. May, JTesso T. May and William A. May, of Ta'zewell county. Parker says that the pri.2oners were all released at the close of the war. but they' had no means ot conmmunicationl withi their friends, and they are still there in a most wretched condi tion, their only means of support beingw der'ivedl from labor at the levees at Iifty cents per month. and by begging. lHe worked cver hive years at fifty cen ts pe monthn anid saved thiirtv-six dollars andl fifty eents, with which'l he paid his farc to New Orleans, -from which plae he bas walked since the 7th of' Jane, and begged his~ way. lie is in a most pit ab!e con dition, being entirely blind in one eye n.'d very nearly so in the oth er--eanaed by exposure-and very lame and crippled up from long walk. lie is on his way to his home in HIopkins Coun'.,y, North Carolina. having walked up the Mississippi to the mouth of the Ohio, up' the Ohio and through Kentucky, several hundred miles out of his way. owing, he says, to his ignorance of the country, and the igntoran se of those who gave. him directions. He says the poor fellows on the island are praying for relief from their friends, but ~ he does not know how that relief can be afforded, as he seems to be ~ entirely ignorant of the means of ~ comnmunication with the island, I and only knows that vessels go there for coffee. I write this, hoping that you will publish it, and that it may be ~ the means of communicating the, whereabouts of some of t'aose a poor wretches to their friends. There is a boy in Sullivan county, Pa., three months ol, who weighs forty ~t poi<~'. Hie weie,l tre~Ay-e i g ht p;rouns at birth. Th~e mother was buried wvhen the boy was only a day old. An incorrigile loafer, taken to task 'or bis lazines, replied, "I tell you, gen tlemten, you are mistaken, I have not a t azy bone in miy body, but the fact is, I C was born tired." A Canal to conneet the Atlantic and Pacie oceans through Central America, i'd one through the Isthmus of Corinth' zirc discussed. IC Iowa has a femala sherim j Is a Battle Imminent. VON MOLTKE'S PLAN OP ATTACK TUE FRLENCFH RESCUPCES. There are some reasons for be lieving a great an decisive battle is not so imminent as is now gen erally supposed. The reasons for so thinking may be thus stated. It is bey^ud question a cardinal principal in Prussian strategy to concentrate a superior force be tore attack. Thus at Sadowi a Von . Moltke only advanced against thel 180,000 Austrians when, by the junction of all his corps, he had 250,000 Prussians; and at Iiage nau, on the 6th inst., the Crown Prince hurled at least three full army corps upon McMahon's sin gle corps and five of DeFailly's di vision. Now, as the Pruss&an army ad vances in to Fra:-ce, and the French retire befors it, it is evident that the F"-ench are necessarily thrown back closer on their reserves of all kinds, while the Prussians are, just in that proportion, separated farther and farther from theirs. To transport reinforcement to and concentrate all the troops now at the front in one position is an easy thing for the French, as their liue of comrmunic:.tion are short cried, and a work of growing dif' i culty for the Prussians, as their lines, long enough at first, are now greatly extended. Moreover, it i= to be borne in mind that while the Prussian army, when all its reserves and classes are in, is considerably larger than the Frencb, the French standing army much exceeds that of the Prussians. Marshal Bazine has now subject to his orders close on to 400,000 men, already armed, uniformed, in camp, ready for service in all respects, and amply provided with magazines, depots, and so on. The Prussian army can hardly be as strong as this. The forces on foot at the outbreak of the war we know did not amount to 400,000, and it is doubt ful if the bare four weeks since the declaration of hostilities have given time enough to take the re serves from their various avoca tions, uniform, arm, and equip them, put them in their several organizations, provide the neces swry depots, &e., for their service, and send them on to the front. In the-Austrian war it taskcd the railroad ?tilities of Prussia to the utmost to concentrate 200,000I men in three weeks on the front iers of Saxony and Silesia; how unlikely, then, that in the twenty six days she has been able, on the much longer line leading to France, to concentrate more than about that number - in France. Every nerve must have been strained to get the standing army up to the Rhine, and no chance to bring the reserves in has been af Corded, even if we can suappose the brief space of four weeks long enough to fit those reserves ?co transportation to the front, But, it may be argued, if this be so, why have the Prussian forces made so desperate an assault on the French line, brokea through in two places, and given every sign of being in force enough to march upon Paris? The answer' is easy, Prussia is fighting jus;t now an offensive-defensive fight trying to hold the Phine Trontier till her reserves can come into :te tion, and, that she may h(old it,l issnming the offn-ive. The sue-! :-es o0' this policy in its offensive tspect may seem to show a deliib- 1 Irate purposo to advance at once. >ut the great1 length of their pros-I unt line of commnuniention, the -onvenient shortenin:r o f the e 3rench lines, and the obvious im-v >ossibility of the Prussian reser re being now ready, arc all good I -easons for suppo'iing that the I ?russian generals are anxious to ;ain time. If so, no great batele nay be looked for in some days. J ADVICE To AN APPRENTICE. 1. Seize every .opportunity of mprovmng your mind. 2. Be careful as to who are rour companions.r 3. To whatever occupation on be called as a means of oh. aining a livelihood, determine to mderstand it wvell and iiork heart-V ~y at it. 4. Accustom yourself to act v indly and courteously to every 5. Carefully avoid all extrava -ant habits. I 6. D)etermine to possess a char- 9 cter for honesty. 7. Cultivate a str-ict regard forb ruth. b 8. If your parents are living. a 0 your utmnost to promote their t tappiness and comniort. t It is said that an ac-e of ground cul- Y ivated with mulberry trees for silk t: ulture will pay $4,000) per annuum, with b nly one month's silk makir.g, commenc- d( ig abour. tbe last of June. Of course be eggs must be put away and kep.t in cool and dry place for the next season.t 'he price of raw silk in the cocoon is ver eight dollars per pound, and eggs re worth from four to siz dollars pere unce t The French at Nancy-"Be fore the Battle." A correspondent of the N. Y. Herald writing from Nancy on the 25th ult., gives the following de scription of French camp-life: It was hot enough in Paris, but here we are fast becoming cinders. There is but little excitement in the camp. . The troops have made up their minds to beat the Prus sians, and no thought of a reverse enters their heads. Having con vinced themselves that they will return to Paris within a short time as conquerors, tTe Emperor's Guards enjoy themselves as much as possible in this good and ancient town of Nancy, which, if truth be told, is anything but lively. I have just returned from visiting two balls in the outskirts of the town. Admission ten sous. Zou aves, voltigeurs, chasseurs, gre nadiers, guides, cuirassiers, dra goons and artillery men are trip ping the light fantastic toe and creating sad havoc among the hearts of their partners, who are about as homely a lot as it has ever been my bad fortume to cast eyes on. Theyare bounding,,"bout like mad, totally unmindful that we are within thirty miles of the frontier, on the other side of which several hundred thousand men are waiting to despatch them to a bet ter world. As tothe bumpkins of the locality, they look ferociously jealous, and not without reason, for their sweethearts evidently approvo of their waists being en circled by the arms of the sons of Mars. As for the "cancan" I have never seen it danced so outrage ously in Paris. One fair young daughter of Eve managed to have the skirt of her dress trodden on by some clodhopper who was dan eing with jealous frezy. Crack went the dress at the waist, down came the skirt; but the young lady, who hadgot well into fling, did not stop, and danced herself clean :ut of a crinoline and three of four petticoats. She then thought it timo to be annoyed, boxed the ears of her bumpkin lover, fainted and was carried away by that in lividual, who, in common justice it must be admitted, appeared to be iccu stomed to the proceeding. The Little Kingdom that Na poleon Hungers for. The kingdom of Belgium con 'ains a little more than 11,000 ;qnare miles, upon each of which lwell an average of 433 persons, making it the most densely pop ilated country in Europe. Its urmy numbers about 74,000 men, and half a dozen vessels comprise ts navy. The prevailing religion s the Roman Catholic. and the French language is generaily spo- I ren. After a long subjection to spain and Austria, and a forced subjection to France under the irst Napoleon, B3elgium was uni ,ed to Holland in 1815. The con 1eetion was very unpleasant, how mver, and in 1830 the Belgians re rolted. T bree years latter their udependencee was guaranteed, and t king turn ished them in the per. on of Leopold, of Saxe-Coburg, ;he bereaved husband of the Prin :ess Charlotte, of England. 'He s-as a sagacious monarch. and., hough a Protestant, was3 popn-lar tmoig his Catholic subjects. He narried a daugh ter of Louis Phil ipe of France, aed died about nyve ear ago, leavitig his eldest son xing in his stead. His daughter s the unihuppy widow of Maximni !anI, of Austria-Napoleon's p)up >et in the invasion- of Mexico. L'he late King Leopold was thej avoriite uncle of Queen Victoria, .cd hcncc fausily symnpathies comn ine with poli: ical necessities in aaking Great Br-itian exceedingly olicitous for the welfare of Bel :ium. Should Napoleon pounce nt the Kingdom, either he or Prus ia would swallow np Holland, and he freedom of England in the forthern seas be seriously menaced. f France is desirous of a second Vaterloo, she can seek it in no lace more acceptable to her-oppo ents than on the soil where the rst was fought. s There is astory going the rounds ~ rhich relates how an Englishman- r rho had swallowed a sovereign, r rent to a London theatre, and ras so much amused that he >ughed up the coin in a violent t of laughter. But this is no bing to a case we knowof here was a boy out at Manyank S -ho accidentally swallowed a silver. alf-dollar. Well, they gave t .t oy warm water, andtaare c,d nd antimonudl wine, and ,iked a ieir fingers down his threat n I the boy thought ye would irow up his very toe-fAils. And* et there that half dQflar stuck, as ght as if it were inA bogus savings ti ank. After awhile along came a 01 octor who understood these cases. r [e gave the boy a small dose oft x atent medicine, and in less than o mn minutes he threw up the -hole of that half-dollar in five mnt pieces ! Science. is a big li binge ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements Inserted at tbe'rate of$1.4 pjr square- oe inch--or Srst ,nsertfoo, and Si for each sabscanent insertion. Double cornu advertisements ten per cent on abve. Notices of mieetings, obituaries andtibutes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in Ioal comuni !20 ee' per line. Advertisements not marked wirt1beam ber of insertions will be kept in tilt forbid and charged accordingly. Speciai contracts made with I adier= tisers; with liberal deductious on abovite JOB2 P2IJZIAt Done with Xestness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. Whitefield and the Thunder Storm. On one occasion,'Mr. Whitefe?d was preaching in-Boston, on th'e wonders of creation. providence and redemption, when a violent tempest of thunder and lightning came on. In the midst of the ser mon it attained to so a}r'ig , height that the erig're'gtio'n nit in almost breatrless awe. Tho preacher closed his note-book, and stepping into one' of th;e wing! Af the desk, iell on his knees, an< and with much feeling rd fm# taste repeated: "Hark I The Eternai+ rends the' sy l A mighty voice before Him goes A voice of music to His friends. But threatning thunder.to'his foes. Come, cbildrea to your Father's arms; - Hide in the chambers ofmY: grace; . Till the fierce storm be overbroWt; And m'y revenging fury cease" "Let es devoutfy sirg; to i1? praise and glory ofGod,hts byi -Old Hundred." The whole congregation'instant. ly rose, and poured forth the sa cred song, in which they were nobly accompained by the orga; in a style of pious grandeur aid heartfelt devotion- that was Ifrob' ably never surpassed. .By tle time the hymn was finished, the storm was hushed; and the sun, bursting forth, showed- through the windows to the enraptured as sembly, a magnificent and brit liant arch of peace. The preachd resumed the desk and his disCousb' with this apposite quotation . "Look upon the rainbow ; praise Him that made it. Very beauti ful it is in the brightness thereof! It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle; and the hands of the Most High have'b'edi ed it." The remainder of thre eF9i,4 was calculated to sustain tha't eW vated feeling which had been pra duced ; and the benediction with which the good man dismissed thlW aoek was universally received witi' streaming eyes and hearts over-: flowing with tender'ness and grat itude. Living Beyond their Meaur' Bulwer says that poverty is only an idea, nine cases out of tei. Some men with ten thousa'nd- dol lars a year suffer more fdr the' trant of means than others with th ree hundred. "'he reason is, tiis ricber man has artificial wantk [Iis income is ten thousand and he, suffers cnongh for being dunned F'or unpaid de bts to kill a sensitive nan. A man who cares s#doBhi" i. day and does not run in de6t2j& blhe happier of tho two. Very few' people who have never beerr rich will believe this; bnt it is true. rhere are thousands and thoui inds with princely incomes who' never know a moment's peace, be :ause they live above their means.' rhere is really more happiness im' the world among the working pe& ple than among those who are cafl. ad rich. This living beyond one's mea-e; s the cause of more demoraliza dion and woe in the human family mhan any other of those indiscre Gions in which it seems man is ih Mlined to indulge. Especially iV is so in the cities of the world wIhere sc'ious temptations in so many varied forms abound. Bubver,' 'fore than ar.y other of the popu.' ar moder-n writers, seems to un-' Iers.tand what poverty really is. LIe is poor who lives beyond his. neans, while lie who lives w'ithjry hem is not. And this will apply o0 the millionaire as well as to iim who has to labor for his daily re'ad. how TO GF.T WoaK DoNE ON A 'ARM.-Every farmer is at tim.es' ppressed with a sense of theov'dri ~helming number of things that equire to be done. We have seedi nervous man in such cirent~ tances commence one job and' be ore he had got fairly startid' ,bandon it for somethuing t' eemed more pressing, mro save this in the same un tate ; and .when.night 44 ad accomplished little ')tbirig nd passed hours to . about on sleepless bed thin awhat he bould do on the o't.'A young' irmer could adopt a..be'tter' ule than to to hun.s?lf every, oig atsoever thy hund' deth t o,do it with all thy' ig"d act upon it. When a' b-' omumenced, finish beforo ee mng another; but, at the time, attend to the little ngs. But if you happen to get, hind, strike a lively gait to do due6 ing at a time, and when it-i.r ne. take a little rest by immiedi elv c'ommenacing another, and in is~way you will pull through in od time.--American Agriculturist. "Silence in the court-room there," undered a police ibagistrate the her morning ; "the court has al ady committed four prisoners ithout being able to hear a word the testimony." It is said that the connecting nk between the animal and veg Lable is hash.