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Vol. -vII WEDNESDAY MO1RNING, SEPTEM1BER 11, 18!;. N.3 THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. P. & R. H. Greneker, Editors and Proprietors. rVERM5, $8 !Fa ell-yrx's Invariably in Advance. --y- Tha paper is stopped at the expiration of Time for which it is paid. E7w The X mark denotes expiration of sub scription. OFFICIAL. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General As sembly of South Carolina, Regular Session, 1871 and 1872. AN ACT TO MTAKE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAY.MENT OF THE PER DIEM OF THE 'MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AND THE SALARIES OF THE SUBORDINATE OFFTCERS, AND OTHER EXPENSES 1NCIDENTAL THERETO. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene -al Assembly, and by the autnori ty of the same: That, for the payment of the ncr diem of the members of the ieneral Assembly, and the sala rics of the subordinate officers, and other expenses incidental hereto, the sum of one hundred and fift., thousand dollars, if so nach be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out :f any funds in the Treasury not therwise appropriated. . SEC. 2. That the Clerks of the :'rnate and House of Representa res be, and they are hereby, au torized and directed to furnish ,- each member of t heir respective bodies a pay certificate for the anount of his per diem, to include ich dates as the General Assem-l 'iy shall, by concurrent resolu ion, direct. SEc. 3.T bat such certificates sball ont'orm to the provisions of See wio 23. Article II, of the Consti-. 'Ution of the State, and shall be certified by the President of the ,nate, and attested by the Clerk -4 the Senate, for all members of that body, and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and tav the Clerk of the same, for all niemnbers of that body. SEC. 4. That the subordinate of ticers and employees of the Gene cal Assembly shall, in like man ner, be furnished wvith certificates f pay in such amounts as shall be fixed by that branch of the General Assembly to which such otticers and employees shall, re spectively, belong : Provided, hoto per, That their pay certificates, for services rendered common to 'he twvo Houses, shall be signed by the President of the Senate, dnd countersigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. S-EC. 5. That the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized and irected to pay the said certifi ates, at his counter, out of any funds in the Treasury not other wise disposed of. and to hold the certificates as his vouchers there for, and he is authorized and re quired to retain in the Treasur-y office all moneys from incoming taxes. A pproved February 5, 1872. JOINT REsOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE sTATE AUDITOR AND COUNTY COMMISsIONERS TO LEVY CERTAIN TAXES. Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State af South Carolina, now mnet and sitting in General Assem biy, and by the authority of the same: That the State Auditor be and he is hereby, authorized and di reeted to levy and cause to be col e.* d, a tax of six (6) mills on tihe dollar of all taxable property in the State, to meet appropria tions for the fiscal year commenc ig November 1st, 1871; that the State Auditor is here by a:uthorized an'l required to levy, in addition to the general State levy, a tax of twvo mills on all the taxable pro nerty in the State, for the support of public schools, which shall be c:ollected at the same time the gen .'ral State levy is collected and pai d into the Treasury of the la:te. The same shall be the - .State Se l Fund," and shall be kept by t..e State Trreasur~er sepa rate and apart from all other funds in his possession, and shall, under no circumsances, be used for oth er thatn school purposes. And the County Commissioners of each of the counties are hereby authorized to levy and cause to be collected, a tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar of all taxable property i:.heir respective counties, except the County of Fairfield, in wvhich the County Commissioners shall not levy a tax of~ mor.e than one and a half mill, for the tiscal year commencing November 1, 1871. Approved March 13, 1872. "Would you take the last cent a peso has for a glass of soda water ?" ne~ed a vouth. '-Yes," respondedJ the unthin~king proprietor ; whereupon honpekl pulled ou: the cent and go1 the drink. One of our merchants was troubled all day with something in his boots n drawing off thiat article in the cvening, dijscovered his wife's Sunda' hat in'the toe of it. Tt nearly spoile( Practical ResuLs and Bene fits of Granges. We copy the below interesting extracts on this subject from the St. Jonsbury, Vt.) Weekly Times, which paper was furnished us by a Pomaria reader, and their care ful perusal is recommended: Farmers are familiar with the fact that the largest productions of the earth sometimes spriMg from the smallest germs. Three thousand years ago a few tiny seeds, blown by the breeze, or borne by the stream, lodged in the soil ot the Sierras. They swelled and sprouted. and little spears, no larger than a blade of grass, sprang therefrom. Those tiny sprouts, which an insect might have destroyed, grew till their taper points upheld the firm ament. Having survived t h c storms of thirty centuries, the giant pines of California stand to day, the wonder and admiration of all whose astonished eyes wan der from the mountainous base of their trunks to their tops among the clouds. What respect would you have for the opinion, the judg ment or the taste of him who would turn from these old primeval monarchs of the forest, as beneath his notice because they sprang from an insignificant seed. The grand old oak is none the less majestic because its infant form w a s enclosed within an acorn's cup. The friends of the order ask, (and every one not controled by ignorance or prejudice, will grant the reasonable request,.) that it shall be received and tried upon its merits,. regardless of its origin or its authors. The founders of the Patrons of Husbandry claim little credit for having originated the order. If they had n-ot done it, other and perhaps abler hands would, doubt less, soon have initiated some such movement. America would not have re mained long undiscovered if Co lumbus had never been born. The steam engine would soon have be gun to do the heavy hauling and to turn the machinery of the world, if Watts and Stephenson had never thought or experiment ed. The printing press would soon have led the way out of the darkness and debasement of the middle ages, if Faust and Gutten berg had been apprenticed to some other trade. The reformation would soon have followed the dis covery of the art of printing. if Martin Luther had remained faith ful to the doctrines and practices of the church. Reform, discovery and invention are ever prompt to respond to the calls of necessity. Thus, we are willing to admit, was it with this order. The ne cessity existed and cried aloud for relief. The time had come for that cry to be answered. It wvas in ac cordance with the plans and pur. poes of Divine Justice and Equi. tv that the great agricultural in terests of this country should rouse from their lethargy, break their thrall, unitedly to assert and peacefully to conquer their inde, pendenc. The originators of this orer were but the humble instru, ments employed to find the roac and point the way. They are now willing to admil that they then had an inadequate conception of the magnitude 'inc grandeur of their work. e .y builded wiser than they knew. New forms and features, and newi elements of strength and useful ness are continually developing themselves. Capacities and possi bilities which were not dreamet of, or which were only contem plated as ultimate and remot< possibilties, have already becom< practical and valuable features o the o-ranization. One of the most prominent o these ideas was to enable the far mer, who is the great consumer o agricultural tools, implements an< machinery, commercial fertilizers &c., to purchase the same direc f-om the manufacturer or import er, thereby saving the var-ious corn missions and profits of the agents jobbers, wholesale and retail deal ers, and middle-men. The present system of commer cial exchange, througn h ne vention of an interminabwe line o dealers and forwarders-standn; beteen the producer and con sumer-has, with.the developmfeni of the counti-y, gradually grow1 into a gigantic evil, under- whici each are equally wronged ; th one receiving far less and the oth e paying much more tban a jus piice for the article exchanged. For example, the manufacture of an agrricultural implement whic he can sell at a good profit at te dollars, establishes the retail pric therefor at twenty.five or thirt3 The immense margin of 250 a 300 per cent. is.necessarily ini posed to cover the expense < agents' fees and expenses, con missions to wholesalers and prof1 [~to retailers. All of this has to 1: aidb heh farmer who is the coz sumer or ultimate purchaser. IR pays $25 or $30 for an articl which the manufacturers thereol would gladly sell to him for 810 the balance ging to enrich a class of' speculators and middle-mer whose services might be dispeusec with, and whose profits might bc saved, by bringing the manufac turer and the consumer into di. rect conmunication. The importer of commercial fer. tilizers and the thousands of other articles of whic-h the farmer is the great consun-er, adds his own profits to the original cost trans portation arid duties, and passes t h e m along to the consumei through the same extended line of middle-men, each of whom adds a heavy per cent. to swell the ulti mate price to be paid by the con sumer. In a recently published article upon commercial statistics it is quoted as a fact that the city ol New York sends out 30,000 com mercial agents, or drummers, at n cost of 68 per day for wages and traveling expenses. This will amount the enormous sum of $240,000 per day, or $7,200,000 per month-wbich of course is added to the price of the goods sold by them, and is of course eventually paid by the consumers of the same, of whom the farmers constitute four-fifths. . This is only a simple illustration of the manifold ways in which the producer and the consumer of everything that becomes a subject of trade is taxed by the present system of exchange, the one re. ceiving less and the other paying more than he would by a more di rect and less circuitous s3 stem. The evil of which we complain finds a stronger illustration when we come to consider the way in which the Farmer sells the surplu; of w hat he produces. Speculators, dealers and transportation compa nies so combine as to leave in the hands of the farmer or planter, barely enough to cover the cost of production, while the price paid by. the distant consumer is equally under their control. This evil is undoubtedly t some extent inevitable. While the me diation of agents of exchange can not be wholly dispensed with, it can and should be largely decreas ed. It is one of the designs, and has been one of the practical effects ol this order to do this. Perhaps the best illustration of how this can be done, is to relate how it has been in those States where I the order is the most extensive and the best organized. I will cite the State of' Iowa where there are between four and fi v e hundred active, workina Granges, under a zealous, vigilant intelligent a n d well organ izec State Grange. The National Grange severa months ago, called the attentiot of' the officers of the differen1 State Granges to this subject, and recommended them to comnmuni cate with the manufacturers o: the various kinds of agricultura tools, implements, and machinery commercial fertilizers, &e., to as certain if they would deal directly with the various Granges, with out the intervention of agents an< dealers, and to procure the lowesl wholesale cash terms of the arti cles manufactured by them. As the National Grange ha< several hundred subordinate G ran ges under its immediate jurisdic tion, it issued a similar circular t< the most prominent manufactu rers, &c. The State Grange o Iowa took prompt action inth matter, and in a short time hun dreds of responses were receive< soliciting direct trade with th' Granges, and giving their whole sale terms or rates of discount Others declared that as soon a they could honorably release them selves from existing obligation 'they should seek this system c exchange. rThe modus operandi then wa Ithis :-The Secretary of the Stat Grange addressed a confidentia circular to the Secretary of caec subordinate Grange, giving thm names of the firms, price, &c. The members of their Grange then gave orders to the Secretar; of their Grange for such article as they desired to purchase. W~Xhe -the Grange had been thoroughl; canvassed, these orders were sen to the Secretary of the Stat Grange. SWhen the orders were all 1from the different Granges. the were classitied and forwardedt the parties who had made the bes offers for the various articles. Special rates for tr.anspor'tatio were then arranged, and the r< rsut of this first experiment n that the members promptly rt Sceived the articles ordered at Snett saving of from 25 to 40 pe Icent. from the regular trade prica which otherwise they would has been forced to pay. f Here was a tangible illustratic -of the benefit of co-operation, arm 8 it perh aps sufficiently illustrat< I j oyuti beneficial feature Granges in the east canl in likc manner deal direct with Granges in the west and south lr such products as the former consume and the IItter produce, as corn, wheat, pork. beel; &c., to the great material aivanta C of both par ties. But the greatest and most benefi cent work of the order is the de. livery of the agricultural produ- j cor, and incidentally of all other classes of producers and consum ers, from their present helpless, I impotent and deplorable bondage to the great grain elevator, ware house and transportation monopo lies. * * * * * Another of the prac,tical bene fits that the order will confer upon I agiriculture. is the facilities that it, will afford to its members to pro- i cure, experiment with and ex- E change new and improved varie- i ties of seeds. The importance of this subject f is not only not properly under- f stood, but is not dreamed of gene rally among farmers, t h o u g h through the experiments institu ted and encouraged by the Agri- t cultural Department it is annually o attracting more attention. t For many years past, the Ameri- r can farmer, in every section of I the country, has observed that the e average product per acre of all the I staple grains has been steadily di minishing in quantity. It is I now an ascertained fact, that the v principal cause of the deterioration t is the slight attention paid to the selection and renewal of seed.- t Farms that forfrerly yielded 30 to q 40 bushels of wheat now can be t made to yield only 12 to 15. As shon%n by the last agricultural re- c port, the production of wheat in t the United States for the year f preceding was 224,000,000 bushels, being an average of 12 1-10 bush- r els per acre. A variety of wheat has been r imported and largely distributed t by the agricultural department which, sown upon the same land, and subjected to the same culti- t vation as the general crop, has produced an average yield of 25 i bushels to the acre. If the entire t acreage of the United States had i becn sown with this wheat with the same result, the product would i have been an increase of 237,466,- 1 000 bushels, giving an increase in i money value of $337,202,009. f The productions of oats for the f same year amounted 254,960,000 t bushels, being an average of 26 6-10 bushels per acre. A variety I of oats has been imported and largely distributed by the depart- I I ment known as the excelsior oats, I which have produced the aston ishing results of from 40 to 60 bushels per acre. Taking the ave rage as 40 bushels, and supposing the entire acreage of the United States to be sown with this seed,li the result would be an increase of< 137,256,000 bushels which, at the' average price of 55 ets., would represent a money value of $7, 479,800. Here, then. is an aggre gate of over $412.000,000 a year that might be saved, or rather by which the wealth of the farmers may' be increased by procuring the~ best seed. Is not this subject worthy of your careful attention ? How, it may be asked, can this result be brought about by the Granges better than by individual effort ? I answer first by arousing attention to the importance of the subject by discussions in and cor-I respondence among the Granges. Second. instead of waiting to re fceive a pint package from the ag-, ricultural department, let the - members of different Granges con-1 solidate their orders and purchase direct from Scotland or other places of production in Europe. In this way they may receive the best seed grain in such quantitics as desired, at the actual cost o importation and freight which, in fmost eases will not exceed twice the price of common and inferior varieties here. .Heavy fires are now raging ,in the woods below Richmond, V a., and cover an area of from 1,500 to 2.000 acres. The fields of grass of this year's growth, in their dry and parched cond,ition from the drought, were burned over like stubble, and two houses were con sumed in the progress of the flames. The manufacture of dolls' shoes has become quite a business with in a few years past. A single con cern in New York m]anuifactur-es fifty thousand pairs per annum, uing twenty thousand feet of mo rocco and sheep, mostly scr-aps, beides cutting considerable whole stock of all the fashionable colors. aThe journeymen bakers of Dub r lin are on a strike for high wages, , in consequence of which large Snumbers of inhabitants are de prived of bread and are in a fain 2ising condition. sIf you would have a faithful ser 2f vant. "and one that you like, serve Helen Takes a Bath. Approaching the bath hous< ,he coy Miss .Hclen glauces nei -ously about the premises, an, hen enters. Passing into th >ath room, she cautiously lock .he door, at the same time look ng in every direction for som itray insect that mig(ht possibl: )ossss intelligence enough to ai >reciate her charms. Some fiv >r ten minutes are spent in ex lmining the cracks of the dooi tuffing the key hole with pape: Lnd exploring ihe premises fo: ome chance eyeball that ma] iave been left behind by the pre -ious batber. She then approneh s the mirror, contemplates her elf a few moments. and discover ome peculiarity in her apparel vhile she wonders: "Could it pos ibiy have been noticed by any )ody?' Consoling hersdf with the re lection that she will correct th< ault befbre leaving the room, sh< >repares herself to disrobe, con nencing by removing her hat. ['he basque is then loosened, ther oken off and carefully hung upor peg; then follows a piece o lack velvet that encircles th eck, and the collar and breas1 in; her watch and chain are dis nngaged from the dress, an' daced upon the mantle befort he glass, her two diamond ring .nd ear-rings are laid beside them nd the process of taking dowr he hair begins. A number ot hair pins are ex racted from one side of the head ,nd a "rat" is carefully unrolled he operation is carefully repeatec m the other side ; a multiplicity f hair-pins are extracted fron he back of the head, her beauti al curls, together with the "wir< vater fall," are placed on th( nantle; her own hair is wel haken by three or four quieL novenents of the hand gently wisted into a roll by both hands mud impaled to the summil f her cranium ; unhookin. he waist it is carefully doffed ud holding it before her persor n one hand, she again reconoiteri he key hole, and tries the dooi vith the other ; satisfied with he1 ectrity, she hangs up the wais Lnd disengages the skirt, whicl he gently lifts over ber head vrong side out, and places care ully upon a peg; she then sit acing the door, allows one limi o cross the other, and unlaceshe: hoe, repeating the operation witl ,he other, her eyes resting on thi loorknob during the proceeding he shoes are dropped gently bi he chair, the stockings are takei )ff, and, after being well shakei nd straightened out, are allowe< o lie over the back of a chair Sgentle rubbing to the feet take >lace as an acknowledgement c ~heir heroism in enduring the re ~ent torture ; a general stretc! ollows this act, then the whit skirts are unloosed and allowed t. all to the floor, out of which sh steps, then picks up and dispose >u a third peg; the corsets ar 2nhooked, and as she takes ther >ff a sigh of relief escap)es her hcse are also laid away, tLe nex ;arment is taken off with extrem 3ution, whilie the eyes of the fai bather penetrate every crack an aranny of the room ; but after ittle agitation something or ar other occupies an additional hooli the towels are now examined, an on of them spread before the tal on which she stands ; one hand placed in the water to ascertai its temperature ; a little white foc is lifted over the edge of the wt ter-, but is quickly withdrawn, a< companied with the well know feminine utterance, "Ouch !" A second attempt is more su< essful, and the foot sinks to th bottom, the other timidly finds it way to its companion, and tb fair form stands in the tub; anoti er glance at the door, the knec bend, and after several exclam: tions, such as "0 my ! Gracion: Ouch !" etc., the body is recun bant beneath the water; sever: ineffectual attempts to withstan the inclemency of the showe and she emerges from the tub an begins the drying process ; aft which an hour is spent in donnin her clothes and arranging h( "twilight," not forgetting tli aforesaid defect in her appare and spending ten minutes exti in admiring herself; she the saunters forth, inwardly congra ulating herself that the bath is o of her mind for a week, anyhos A little girl who had never see any kittens was shown a litt< lately, when she expressed h< opinion that "some body had broke pussy all to pieces." A little boy out West was ask< if he knew wvhere liars went, at answered yes-they went to Ne York to write for the papers. A person addicted to the habit chewing the finger nails shows a wa of decision of character, at least sa the cranium savans. The True Lucrezia Borgia AN EXCELLENT LADY AND A BEAL TIFUL .RINCESS. All the historians of Ferrar; s mention her with respect. Liba nori calls her "an excellent lad' 4'rd a beautiful princes, endowe< I with rare qualities of mind an<' - heart, esteemed by all as the ligh of her time and the treasure o her age." Capello says she wa, i "a most amiable and good wo man." Still greater is the praisc of Caviceo. who, in dedicating t< her one of' his works, places her as superior in excellence to the famous and virtuous Isabelk d'Este. who was considered it pcint of rank and goodness th< first woman in Italy of her thfie Assuredly, if there had been the least suspicion that Lucrezia hac been the infamous monster whicl the Ncapolitan poets represented her, these wtiters would rather have dwelt in their compliments on her learning and personal at. tractions than extolled her mod esty, virtue and charity ; for to dc so in that case would have been to venture too far in the field of bitter satire. But it is to Ariosta that Lucrezia owes the highest and most lasting testimonials of her virtues. This immortal poet in an epithalamium on the occa. sion of her marriage with Alfonsc d'Este, represents her as "rival ling in decorum of manners and beauty all that had yet been seen in'former times." In the forty second book of his great poem, the "Orlando Furioso." he raises a temple of female excllence, thc niches of which are occupied by the most meritorious of Italian women. Among these, Ariosto places Lucrezia Borgia as the first and most prominent." "Rome should prefer to the Lu crezia of antiquity the modern. as well in modesty as in beauty. The Doge of'Venice, on learn ing thesad n-.ws of her death, thus feelingly condoles with her be reaved lord : "Sir," he writes, "I have this day learnt the news of the death of the lady, your wife. Believe me, my lord, I could not be more afflicted if'I had lost one of my own beloved daughters. k But we must both console our selves in remembering that th virtues and piety of this lady wil not fail to receive their reward.' Aldo Manuzio, the great prin ter, a man of unimpeachable char i acter, veracity and respectability incapable of base flattery, thus ad dresses to Lucrezia Borgia the first edition of the works ofl Stroz I zi: "Madonna, your chief desir< 'in life has been to stand above all I approved of by God, and to bi useful-your most ardent wisl not to live in vain, and when yoi f~ quit this world, to leave behin< - you a monument, in the heart e igrateful generations." He pro a ceeded to enumerate her virtues > justice, liberality and amiability But I think that my readers n il s now conclude, with Roscoe, thati a Lucrezia Borgia were guilty e i the crimes of' which she now stand ;acciped, the prostitution of he t panegyrists is greater than he e own ; but of such degradation r such men as Aldo Manuzio, Bem ibo, Baviceo and Ariosta were in a Icapable." And we may safely a: -firm that the fiagitious and abo:t inTble heroine of the moder Sstage has nothing 'whateveri ,common with the respectable an s honored Doana Lucrezia Borgia a Duchess of Ferrara. t ( Galaxy for 3May. -A LOVE LETTER.-The follow a ing is atrue copy of a letter picke up on the street not a thousan - miles from Ur.ica: "Der Miss e trec'd a note from you to Day wit s a fotograft of' Myself and Reques e ing me to sene you one that thad of yours that-you had frot s a Lady f'riend that Wanted on Sand you wished to give her on 3, and had none for her I am ver ' sorey to think that You have L lady fr'iend that you would tak d youre pietyer from me and give r, to anyone for 1 do ashore you the d there is none on earth that I Lov r as I do you sens the Death of' m gwife the f'urst time I ever saw ye rI have loved you and when 1 e: e changed pietyers with you I wt , in hopes that at some feutur tim a that yo u anid Eye would lhvei n the andjoyments of this life an t. father my Family are all welplese f with your fotograf't andl Betie h: rput it in her albumun and fane my Babey who is 6 years old Ki it Every Day and cales it man: and from these concider Ration Eye should hate to give it up Bi will say to you that you arc mn choise from all others and will n< sen the pietyer until I hear fro you a gaine I Made the swap dgood fath But if you are in ear d est Let me no and I will reea: But I do hate to give you t -Beleave me yours, true lover, u til death, . of!I atAn Ohio boy has walked 13,04 so miles already to see his girl, and ist half throngh yet . The Hairy Chap that Stole Jerusha Jane. IL is many years since I fli in lovw Jane Jerusha Skegg L the ha:nd-Uom'eSt counitry girl by - fr, that ever went on legs. By e colow, ereek and wood and dell, I Qo often did we walk, and the Smoonlight siievd oi her meiting 1 lips, and the night winds iearned 1 0 u talk. Jane Jernsha was all to me. 1or my heart was voun,g and r . and Ioved with a doubled !and t wisted ov:'. and a love that !as h%neL t to* I ro.1med all over the neighbors' farm. aId I obbe d the wildwood bowers. and t tore my trousers and scratched i m1y hani1s in search of the cboicest fLow :.I In my joyous love I < lruh t these t - my Jerusha " Jan : but I -.ould'n't be zo : olisb I No. it I were a boy again. A city cliz thou came along,. all dressed up in fine clothes, with a t shiny hat and a shiny vest, and a moustache under his nose. He c talked to her of singing schools t (for her father owned a farm) and she left me, the country love, and c took the new chap's arm. And c all night I never slept, nor could s I cat next day, for I loved that '] girl with a fervent love that 9 naught could drive away. I strove I to win her back to me. but it was n all in vain ; the city chap with t the hairy lip, married Jerusha 1 JJane. And my poor heart was i sick and sore until the thought c truck mine, that just as good fish J remained as ever was caught in the sea. So I wnt to the Meth- t odist Church one night, and saw r a dark brown curl peeping from f under a gipsy hat, and I married t that very girl. And many years r have passed and gone, and I think t my loss my gain ; and I often bless r that hairy chap that stole Jerusha r Jane. 1 Mr. Spurgeon on a Minister's Strike. -Kr. Spurgeon was present at the laying of the memorial stone of a new Baptist Chapel at Lord ship lane, Dulwich, and in the course of an address he said he w-s thinking about calling the f ministers together and having a strike. (Laughter.) He was quite t sure that the ministers of all de nominations did not earn any- t thing like so much as the men who !aid the stones of that build ing. There were many of his stu dents-men who were doinggood, useful work-who, if they earned as much per annum as an ordinary laborer, would think themselves well off. How was it possible to expect a minister to contribute to the various works, and to mingle as one of themselves in society if I he were not supported adequately? 1: (Hear, hear.) Further on, Mr. UI Spurgeon al!aded to the spirit of -"caste," ns hich divided so many , classes of society. He hoped, they -said, they were not respectable, l(Laughter.) There was nothing fin the world he hated so much as fj respectability. The respectable Speople never spoke to-the respect r able half-sovereign, the respecta r ble half-sovereign utterly ignored the existence of the half-crowu, -the latter in its turn looked with -contempt upon the sixpence,while -silver had no knowledge of its re -lation, copper. (Laughter.) There '1 was as much caste to be found in 1 English society as ever there was Iin Hlindostan, and what people I termed "respectability" was sin p)ly a dislike to mingle one with the other. (Hear, hear.) He should like liberty, equality and fraterni -ty, and to see peop)le shake hands. Ino matter o1 what class, every Sunday. How A PRESIDEN'T IS ELECTED. Not all of our readers, perhaps, understand the mode by which a the President of the United States e is elected, as we not unfrequently C hear inquiries on the subject. S'Briefly stated the plan is as fol e i Each State is entitled to as many telectors for' President and Vice President as it has Senators and IRepresentatives in Congress. uIn each State the electors are chosen by aplurality vote. That ,is, if there are three sets of elec etors voted for, those having the Shigrhest number of votes are chosen. d But a candidate for President, in d order to be successful, must have s at majority of all the electors. y If there be three candidates for sPres,ident and none of them receive a a maijority of the Electoral Col slege, there is no choice, and the it election then goes to the House of y Representatives. >The House must confine their ncvoie to three highast candidates S otdfor by the electors. The 2-Representatives vote by the States, t and each State has but one vote, p so that the power of Delaware is 2as great as New York. A '6andi date, to be successfu', must receive a majority of all the States, or nine 0teen States. If the delegation is. tdivided, tlze vote of the State can not behast, and therefore is lost. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.50 per square-one inch-forfirst insertion, and i for each sabsequent insertion; Double column advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents perline. Advertisements not marked with the num ber ofinsertionswi4.be.kept .in.tl forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductions on above rates Jo. PWrZXG Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. Lightning Among the Lions. A SCENE IN A MENAGELIE A correspondent of the Chicago [nter Ocean writes from Daven >ort, Iowa: Adam Forepaugh is a famous hownian, but he has never offered .o the public so thrilling ind ex raordinarv an exhibition as that Thich "might have been seen" at point near Pleasant Hill, about even miles from Davenport, on 4onday morning before daylight. Che scene was that of a menagerie ttacked by a thunder storm of Lnusual ferocity in the dead of ight. Mr. Forepaugh's establishment, onsisting of a menagerie, museum nd circus, exhibited at DeWitt, owa, on Saturday, August 17, nd at midnight startedforDaven ort, where it was to exhibit on he 19th. At Pleasant Hill, a mall village, it encountered one f the most terrific storms of hunder, lightning and rain ever xperienced in this part of the ountry. It was about two o'clock n Monday morning when the torm broke upon the caravan. "here were one hundred and eventy-five dens or cages of wild ,easts and birds, a museum equip ge, baggage wagons, &c., drawn ,y five hundred horses,. and fol :wing the great chariot.. This, a turn, was preceded by a dozen amels and the elephant Romeo, r. As the storm increased in fary, be chariot horses became un nanageable and started off at a 3arful speed. The camels, unable o stand, crouched down by the oadside, trembling with fear, and he elephant lay down in the iiddle of the road and stubbornly efused to rise, completely pre -enting the further progress of he long train of cages, which vere scattered along the road for early two miles. A TERRIBLE SCENE. The animals, thoroughly fright ned, mingled their yells and roars ~ith the deafening thunder and ~ounded from side to side of their arrow cages with tremendous orce. This caused many of the orses to follow the example of hose before the chariot, and, as io further progress could be made, he whole train soon became in ~xtricably confused. To make 'confusion worse confounded," he driver of the lion cage vas hurled from his seat by the alling of his wheel horses, and >ver went the cage containing four arge lions. The museum wagon, containing he "Lord's Supper," was struck >y lightning and four ofthe twelve Apostles laid low. And yet the worst had not come. The awful ury of the stor m, and the terror >f the scene, demoralized about ~wenty drivers, who had been bired a few days previous, and, in i cowardly manner. they deserted thir horses and fled to the woods. One of these eages left driverless contained a gnu or horned horse, a most vicious and untamable brute, and the horses, plunging from one side of the road to the other, overturned the cage, causing the top to break open. Instantly the brute leaped into the road, and, over turning a cage filled with monkeys, darted offinto the woods. THE >.ITUATI0N of the caravan at this juncture was very critical, as may be readily im aained. There was the pitch black darkness of the night con tending wiLlh the lurid glare of the lightning. There was the drench ing rain pouring down in sheets. There was the almost constant roar of thunder. The roar of en raged tigers, the neigh of fright ened horses, the wail of a hundred animals, some to be feared and others to be pitied-all were con centrated. Trees fell around. Horses dashed hither and tbither, crashing the vans which they drew, and scattering their contents. One of the drivers, who still re mained faithful and courageous. was killed in his seat by a shock of lightning. No wonder that men's hearts quailed, and that among the less bold of them a panic -and stampede set in, which promised to end with the total ruin of the caravan. This was doubtless averted on ly by the appear-nee at the front of Colonel Forepaugh, who had been following the train, arnd who had come up as rapidly as possible on realiziog the danger of the situation. He ordered the horses to be detached from the animal cages, and the wagons corralled. The lion cage was righted, and a detail sent to recapture the escaped Daylight dawned and the storm abated. Ten horses had been killed by lightning, four drivers were injured seriously and one killed. With the assistance of the far mers in the vicinity the menagerie people soon put matters in a pre sentable shape, including even the surviving apostles, eight in Dum