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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1873. No. 38. THE HERALD 1S.Z7UMMISBD EVERY WEDNESDAY MOlNING, At Newberry C. H., BY THO. F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. e es, $2.A0 per sinntens, javariably in Advanoe. Th, l1w paper is stoped at the expiration of we for which it is . a7 The X mark denotes expiration of sub scription. THE INSURANCE AGENT. Twas a life insurance agent-one of the modern sLyle, With brassy cheek and fluent tongue and aggravatirrg smile Thut persecuted Abner Brown, and eke in flamed his bile. This agent- followed Abner like a sleuth hound on the scent, And man%ged to encounter him wherever Abner went; Till Abner fell into a state of chronic dis -conteet. He used to corner Abner, and hang right on and bore, Until, in desperation, the di.gusted Abner swore; Their thecalmly smiling agent would Abner bore some more. In vain he strove that agent's visitations to avoid, And he realized that, if he would no longer be annoyed, That pestilential agent must be speedily de stroyed. One d.y he followed Abner to his place of business, Remarking, "Now you'd better take a policy, Then Aber said one prorane word, the oppo site of "bless,a" Au' held a loaded pistol 'midst that agent's And grin.; -told the agent it he ever, any where, Said "policy" to lim again, he'd slay him then-and there? If that is so," the agent said, "perhaps I'd beter go; But, if you will permit me, I would just like to show Our new endowment policy, with rates ex tremely low." Bis -il-timed- iteration sealed the zealous gent'safate; For Abner pulled the trigger and forever stopped his prate, So'that he aanoyed nobody, subsequently to that date. The jurors by such agents had frequently beor tried, Bence their verdict was, that Abner was completely justified, -By "temporary sanit;y," in this one's homicide. ON THE TRAP. I was only a clown, a painted, grinning elown, attached, on a small salary. to a theatre in the capital of one of the little duchies into which Germ'any was divided before the genius and ambition of Bismarck had effected its consoli dation into the empire. My role was popular because everybody lik&s so laugh~, and likes one who pqts themi in -a laughing mood. My make-up was considered a marvel of perfection. My songs alwaya took, and my gestures and grimaces never failed to elicit the most rapturous applause. It used to be said that my face must be made of ladia-rubber, it could be twisted and distorted into such strange expressions. But I hated the life, and my success made it more and more distasteful. One night i: went home com pletely worn out in body and mnid. My little sister Ada, fifteen years old, and light and graceful as~at syiph, who was engaged as a danusouse at the same theatre, also seemed dispirited and worn. The play had been running forty nights, -and the whole company was heart ily sick of it. But it was not this alone which exerted a depressimg influence on my spirits that eve nxing. For'many weeks I had been loosing my heart to Fraulein Dora, the principal danseuse of: the the atre, who was no less lovely in mind and heart than in her person. She was the most~ beautiful wo man I had ever seen; tall, well formed, graceful ; with a step like a fairy queen ; large, thoughtful eyes ; and a sweet, winnng smile. What first drew me to her was her kindness to my sister, whom she took every opportunity to be friend and assist.in her profession. This was the more surprising, be cause Ada promised to become a dangerous rival ; and, in the thea trical profesasion, jealousy is the rate, and generosity the exception. So I learned to like -Dora, and then to love her. .But so did ev erybody else. All the gentry of the place fell in love with her, and raved about her beauty and her dancing, in a way that nearly drove me wvild with jealousy. I was in love in the old-fashion way we read of in novels-I an not ashamed to confess it.-eager to kiss the ground on which she trod, and would not believe that any one else could love and worship her with the same devotion. I must not omit to say that Dora, in, the miidst of a!l this adulation, displatyed the most diser'cct and modes b..harior. ~She was always attended, to and from the theatre, by her mother; andu!ways return ed the rich presents which were showered upon her. Among all who paid court tp Dora, I feared only one, the young, rich, handsome, aud accomplished Count Ernest von Walters, who pressed his suit with unremitting ardor. What chance had the poor clown against this mau ? Yet I fancied if he were only out of the way I need not despair of winning her. Did she not love my sister, and had she not often spoken kind ly to me, and praised my acting and singing ? But this day I bud learn ed the worst-that her kindness to me sprang only from a gentle and friendly feeling for the broth er of the girl she had learned to love like a sister, and that she had promised to become the wife of Count von Walters. What won der that I went to my igings with despair in my heart. My little sister exerted herself to make things cheerful in our quiet sitting-room, she suspected nothing of the reaL cause of my downheartedness, for she, my confidant in everything else, had never been intrusted with the se cret of my love for Dora; and in tha bope of drawing me out of my ,moody silence, prattled on about a number of unimportant matters. She'was interrupted by a knock at the door, followed by the entrance of our landlaWy. The good soul apologized for coming in at so late an hour, but, the postman had brought a letter for me just after we had left for the theatre, and as it.be a foreign postmArk, she thought it might be- important I should get it that evening. I thanked her"meehanically, but a glance at the postmark caused me to -tear the letter open with ea ger and trembling fingers; for I had often heard my flather speak of an only brother who had settled in England in early youth, and from whom vague reports came, from time to time, of a successful mercantile career. The I e t t e r was postmarked London, and the heavy black border lines told the story before the seal was broken. My uncle was dead. He had nev er married, and on his death-bed, remembered his only brother, he had left all his wealth to him or his children. For a moment I felt stunned and faint; and Ada,throw ing her arms about my neck, beg eed me to tell her what bad news ~was in myfetter to make me look so strange and pale. I took her on my knee, and told her we were rich, and would have no more need to act in the theatre. We would leave this miserable little town and go to Berlin. To my surprise, Ada again put her arms about my neck, and whispered softly, "Need we leave the theatre immediately, dear brother.?" "No, child," said I, wondering what she could mean;i "but tell me why you should want to stay another day, when you can leave at once and be free from this sla very ?" "Because, dear brother," she an swered, hesitating and blushing, "Fralein Dora told m.e 1 wvas a great deal prettier than she was, and a better dancer; and that I should have the first place in the new dance they are to put on the stage next week. Oh, I would like to have such a triumph once ! It would be such a pleasant way to say good-by to the stage." I could deny bcr notbhng, my little sister; and though for me it was like going into the torture room of the inquisition to enter the theatre and see Count Ernest on such familiar terms with Dora, I consented for the present to coa ceal my good fortune from our friends, and go on just the same as if nothing had happened. The eventful evening came at length. The play was interspersed with ballet-dancing, and was to end with a grand transformation scene in which Ada and Dora were to rise as sea nymphs, inl a shell-like car, from the waters of a mimic lake. It so happened that, just before the last scene, I went'ini to the room underneath the stage, where the machinery for raising the car was placed, im pelled by a strange foreboding of impending misfortune, to assure myself that everything was in or der; and that no precaution against aceident had been neglec ted. There I found the mas ter machinist, a d a r k and gloomy visaged man, standing by the car, muttering to himselt in an undertone, "Better she should die than marry the Count. He has bewitched her, as he does all women. A little slit would-" "What are you muttering to yourself?" I asked him, suddenly ; " and what do you mean by these mysterious words?i" He faced me, as if struck by an unexpected blow. "I was only examining the machinery to see that everything was right," he answered, sullenly, and turned away. I carefully examined the cords byhich the car was raised. ev erything appeared to be secure and in good order; and I went back to my place, trying to laugh myself out of my apprehension. But though it was easy to argue that all %as right, and that my fears arose merely from some inex plicable disorder of the brain, I could not feel secure. I was pos itive that some frightful- misad vanture would occur before the play was over; every nerve was strained in the effort to maintain a calm eterior. Tho play progressed. The cur tain rose upon the magnificent transformation scene ; and the plaudits of the audience grew tu multuous as the splendors unrolled before them. At length the car began to rise slo.vly and rinajesti cally, to low, sweet strams of mu sic. I watched, with scarcely bea ting heart and bated breath, the first appearance of the beautiful vision-for like a vision it looked, rising and still rising, the car re splendent with all the tinsel which shone like gold, and silver, and diamonds. A sound as of many tinkling fountains mingled witii the strains of delicious music; fairy-land seemed opening upon the sight, with arching bowers and far-reaching vistas, and myri ads of elfin forms disporting on the ground and in the air. For a mo ment I was fascinated, when Ada and Dora, in all their beauty, rose above the lake, their stately car seemingly lifted by invisible hands. I forgot my apprehensions, and once more breathed freely. Suddenly there was a dreadful crash, and a wild cry filled the house. The car had fallen. For an instant, I felt rooted to the spot where I was standing, and then recovered my senses, rushed foward to learn the worst. As I made my way through the narrow passage under the stage, I heard some one say in a pitying tone: "Poor thing, she will never dance again?" Which was it? Ada? Do ra ? I fought my way through the crowd of actors and attendants, and saw my little Ada lying sense less in Dora's arms. Throwing myself on my knees, I took her cold bands in both of mine. "My dear friend," said Dora, who was weeping silently, "she is not dead, though dreadfully 'hurt. The sur geon will beshere directly. Com pose yourself. She is reviving !" My little darling opened her eyes, with a bewildered gaze. "Hush, little one said Dora, soft ly, as she saw Ada was about to speak. "Lie still and be patient till the surgeon comes." The gentle sufferer closed her hands pressed mine with a tender grasp. The surgeon was soon on the spot. He assured me that Ada had susta4ned uo fatal injury, but it was doubtfl whether she would be able to walk again. With a piteous cry, she fell back in D.or'a's arms, andl fainted dead away. I had noticed no one but Ada and Dora, but at tbis moment I was conscious that the Count was kneeling beside me, and had clasp ed Dora's hand. "Better she than you, my love !" he murmured. Docra gave him a quick look of reproof. "This is nio time for lovemaking," she answered, with drawing her hand. "Have you no feeling for the poor girl lying here, whose wholo life must be one of mniser-y and sorrow ?" "CWhat is this ballet girl to me ? answered the Count, stung to the quick, and for a moment thrown off his guard. "Of course, I am sorry for her-," he added the next moment, "but-" At this moment Ada opened her eyes again, and a faint blush struggled with the paleness in hot cheeks, as her gaze fell upon the Count. A beautiful smile play. ed on her trembling lips, and she reached her hand toward him. "Oh, my love," she said in a lowv whisper-a whisper which firs1 sent the blood mantling into Do. ra's face and then left it paler than snow-"you are near anc I-"' Something in the Count's fact stopped her words. "The girl is wandering," he said coldly. "She does not know~ what she is saying." She had fainted again. "Go Count," said Dora, hastily. "Youi presence is not wanted here." Her manner was decided and ever imperious, and the Count did- noi veinture to disobey ; b'ut as he lef1 he cast upon Ada a look whict caught the other's eye, and 'from her face I knew-knew even then that he would never more hold place in her heart. We carried Ada home, an< through the long illness whici followed, Dora was her constan1 nurse and companion. To thi: dear friend was confided* witi many tears the secret of her love and had promised to ask my con sent to their union. Unrsuspect ing and confiding, she knev~ nohing of his attentions to Dora and it was by his wishes that 'sh< had never mentioned his name t< me. I heard afterward, that h< n no-a met but once after thi accident, and that he endeavored to defend his perfidy on the plea that he was only amusing him self with Ada, and never had ser ously thought of making her his wife. "So much the w,rse for you, Count," said the true-hearted woman. "I shall never be your wife, and never want to see your face again." We are married now, Dora and I. From lo-ng Ada she learned in time to l- ve me and the sweet* and gentle invalid, who never again will walk until she steps up-! on the heavenly shore, is happy in our love. No murmur ever es capes her lips. Hler sweet face is never clouded. Since Dora learn ed her sad story, the Count's name has never passed my sisters lips, nor has she ever in any way alluded to him. But Dora found her weeping silently over a piC. ture which she put away without its being seen. I have not told you how the accident happ6ned. The master machinist, himself in love with Dora, had cut several strands of the cords by which the car was secured. Ile openly avowed his crime, and only regretted that Do ra had not been killed, "She re jected me with scorn," he said on his tria;. "I was resolved she should never give her hand to an other." He was manifestly a ma niac. I can never forgive myself for not watching him more closely after that encounter under the stage.-From The ALDINE for September. FE.STS OF THE CANNIBALS. PUNISHMENTS OF NATIVES OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS BY A FRENCI CORVETTE-SEVEN CHIEFS ORDER ED TO BE EXECUTED. Some curidus statements con cerning the bombardment of one of the Marquesas Islands by a French corvette, and of the habits of the natives of the islands, are given by the San Francisco Alta, on the alleged authority of Capt. nodgkins, of the schooner Maggie Johnson, which arrived at that port on the 20th ultimo from Tahiti. The Alta says: The schooner visited the Mar quesas Islands and on the 28th, 29th and 30th of June was in Atu ana Bay in the Island of Domini que, one of the group. The French corvette Bruat was also in the port oi Atuana, belching forth sh.ot and shell on the island, but more especially i n t o a valley where the natives had retired as a refuge. They could eat each other, but they dreaded, and re treated before the thundering of the corvette's guns. Shortly be fore the arrival of Capt. Hodgkins, an incident occurred on the island peculiar to the natives, and not uncommon, -although seldom oc curring openly. Mr. Daney, resi dent agent on the island of A. Crawford & Co., and Capt. Rickie, who.trades among the Marquesas group, gave to Capt. Hodgkins the details of the can nibjl incident, Capt. Hlart, an American, has a large plantation on the Island of Dominique, on which he employs Chinamen and natives to raise cotton. There are two or thiree tribes of natives on the island, who, at this time,-are on unfriend ly relations with oech other. When a tribe proposes to gO ON THlE WAR PATHI, and have their fellow countrymen for food, the members of that tribe let the hair on one side of the head grow long,and keep the other side closely clipped. When the hair has grown to fighting length, war and man-eating begins. Short ly before the visit of the French corvette, one of the tribes wore the hair in fighting, revengeful, man-eating fashion. The natives employed by Capt. Hart were not of this tribe, but it was against them that this spirit of revenge had been nursed, and war to be made. One of the belligerent, by an indiscreet haste to satiate his appetite with a steak cut off a victim, precipitated the unequal contest between his tribe and the French. He visited Capt. Hart's plaptation, and took with him a heavy hatchet, which he asked one of the plantation hands, a na tive, to sharpen. He took the hatchet, reduced it to a keen edge,' and handed it back to the wvar-like cannibal. The latter said :"Is this well done ?" The former answer ed, "It is." Scarcely had the last word been spoken when the can nibal raised the hatchet, whirled it in the air, and aiming a blow at him who sharpened it, struck him on the neck and almost severed his head from his body. Another stroke of the hatchet and the pros tiate cannibal was IN CONDITION TO BE COOKED. His wife was then assaulted and murdered, and the cannibal buried his victims to keep foi- further- use. After the lIpne of two or three days the wily savage returned, took up his victims, and carried them to a convenient valley, roasted them, and assisted by others of his tribe devoured them with revengeful relish. Capt. Hart reported the matter to the French officials on the Island,who iminedi ately informed the officers of the Government in Tahiti. The cor veLte Bruat wasdispatched to pun ish the natives for this fresh out burs tof cannibalism. It arrived be fore the Maggie Johnson, and for seven days an incessant fire was kept up on the island. The tribe flew first to the hills, Supposing they could not be reached there, but they were soon disabused of this idea. They abandoned their f.vor ite position and took to the val leys; but here they were no safler. Shot and shell followed them ev erywhere, and they were finally compelled to surrender. It is not known-was not when the Mag gie Johnson left-how many of the man-eaters, if any, were killed or woanded; but as WOUNDED MEANS KILLED -because if unable to protect themselves they will certainly be killed and devoured-this general term will answer for both. The natives were released, after being soundly admonished that they must give up their man-eating pro clivities, but seven chiefs were ta ken to Tahiti to be hanged by the necks, or dispatched in some other way. The commander of the cor vette said they would be executed upon his arrival at Tahiti, and it is possible that by this time their bodies would not be considered desirable food by their country men. Capt. Hodgkins has no doubt they were executed. The spirit of revenge, and all imme diate desire for war, are over just now ; and the cannibal warriors have cut off the long hair, which indicates peace. The effect of the visit of the Bruat is now and will be felt for a long time. It gives additional, if not absolute security to forcigners,and has unnerved the cannibal natives. The Marquesas Islands belong to the French, and this disposition to punish native treachery will protect those who settle on them. CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES. There are six pi-ominent islands of the group which are visited by merchant vessels. They contain a total population of about ten thousand. The smaller ones are seldom visited, and but little is known of them. The natives are cannibals, and although there are Catholic and Protestant missions established on the larger islands, there are but very few converts to Christianity. Churches of both denominations are erected on the islands, which are well attended on Sundays and all times of wor ship. The~ chief missionary of the Catholic Church, the Dlomini, as he is called, is a fat, portly, heal-. thy man of about fifty summers. He is very much liked by the na tives. They flock to his s.hurch in large numbers, and after the services they talk to the good old man, feels his arm and body, and p)ronounlce him good to eat. They join in a general "Hula-hula"-a most immoral dance-after ser vice. It is said this priest would have afforded sweet and nourish ing food for~ the canuibals, only that they are afraid of the terrible punishment which would be cer tain to follow such an act. But when they talk of the EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR KILLING of the priest, their thirst for hu. man flesh becomes so desperate that it must be satiated by one of their own people. When a canni bal kills and devours a cannibal he preserves his hair, of which he makes a necklace. They also wear the hair of their victims around their waists and ankles. The more ponderous these ornaments "the bigger the ingun.'' They wear a very small covering over the wvaist, called tapa-a sort o: cloth made from the bark of the date tree. In the settlements near the ports, the natives conduct themselves quietly ; but no wvhite man is safe any distance fromr there or a setSlement. They de coy strangers to the woods and murder and devour them- Their feasting ground is generally under the spreading leaves of the banana. They get drunk on orange r-um or the fermented juice of the orange; dance around the roasting victims~ and sniff the smoke from the crisped and burning bones with a decide~d r-elish. They are tatooed in thme most grotesque style, and hand not tatooed cannot touch the roastino'human flesh. Only a short time beTore the visit of the Frenel corve.t,te, THIRTY NATIVEs wERE DEVOURED at a grand barbecue,~ and th< opinion of foreigners who havy lived on the islands is that the na tives are as much cannibals to-day as they ever were. When the' cannot get human flesh they sub stitu .e hogs; but they call this Imeat a very poor- substitute in deed. The a.- c.oked thus A hele is dng in the earth, and lined around with red-hot stones. The hog is rolled up in banana leaves, laid on the stones, covered with monre hot-rock, and, finally, with earth. Here it re mains until cooked. Capt. Hodg kins says they cook wcll-man or hog. The women of the islands are as savage and as fir removed from civilization as their lordly.: canibal masters, by whom they are by turns respect-d and de spised. They art excellent swim mers from the fact that through some superstitious notion the mtn will not allow them to go into: their boats. They will tow them t h r o u gh water if necessary, but into a boat they cannot go. When Capt. Hodgkins was in the port of PwMow, anchored more than half a mie from the shore, about sixty women Jumped froi the land and swain to the schoon er. They wear even less covering t.han the men, but they are spok en of as modest and even virtuous. They swim from -one island to another by the assistance of a board, on which they rest when fatigued. Some of them are hand some, with well formed and regu lar features, while others are re pulsive iu appearance and immod est in their behavior. Capt. Hodg kins predicts a long term of quiet for the islands, and protection for the white settlers, of whom there are only a few. . WHOLESALE PLUNDER. The New York Tribune is call ing attention to the enormous in crease of the exp.nses of the Gov ernment under President Grant's Administration. It takes up the estimate of the expenses of the Government, as furnished by the Secretary of the Treasury to Con gress, upon which appropriations to meet these expenses are based, and shows that the actual expen ditures have greatly exceeded theee estimates. That paper says: "The inconsiderable monthly re ductions of the public debt, and the heavy sales of gold which the Treasury is forced to make, in or der to supply itself with currency, are sure signs that the expendi tures of the National Government have been carried to an enormous figure. No wonder the people look with disfavor on the reci pients of back pay. A year ago, we showed that the expenditures of the Govern ment,after deducting the interest on the debt and pre mium on bonds purchased, the army and n a v y expenditures, drawbacks of duties and taxes and pensions, had increased from $29,825,535 in 1860 to $35,015,359 in 1865, to $51,688,502 in 1868, and to $63,139,379 in 18.71-a startling progression. The cor responding expenditures for the year ended June 30, 1873, are about $75,000,000, or more than double the same out-goes in 1865, when the premium on gold was at its highest elevation. The army expenditur-es, which were $16,000, 167 in 1860, were $44,080,085' in 1871 and $46,323,137 in 1873. T he navy expenditure,which were $11, 513, 150 in 1860, were $19,431,027 Iin 1871, and $22,426,257 in 1873, which seems a good deal to pay for the rotting of a few score of old hulks, adapted for modern war fare only as the minnow is adapt ed for the jaws of the pike. We have before us an official state ment of the receipts and expendi tures of the Government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873, which we proceed to compare with Secretary .Bout well's es ti ma t es laid before Congress in December last. The revenue from customs was estimated at $192,729,530; the actual revenue has been $188, 089,523. The revenue from inter nal taxes was estimated at $108, 169,047; the actual receipts have been $113,729,314. From sales of public lands, an income of $2,297, 325 was anticipated, but $2,882,31% have been recei.ved. From miscel laneous sources, the estimate was $16,119,222, and the actual re ceipts were $29,037,055. The to tal of the estimate is $319,315,134; the total of the actual receipts is $333,738,205, or more than $14, 000,000 more than the estimates. IThe disbursements for interest on the public debt were estimated at $107,696,895 ; they have been $104, 650,688. The cost of the War Department was estimated at $35,876,982; it has been $46,323, 139. The cost of the Navy De partment was estimated at $20, 805,146; it has boon $23,525,157. The disbursements for Indian af fairs and pensions wvere estimated at $36,172,734; they have been $37,311,132. The estimate for civ il and miscellaneous expenses was $59,099,894; the actual payment were $73,328,110. Total estimated expenditures, $269,551,649; tota actual expenditure, $285,239,325 -Total estimated expenditures, ex elusive of interest on public debt $152,854,754; total actual expendi. tiures, exclusive of interest on pub. lie debt, $180,488,637; correspond. Iing expedditures in 1872, 8153, ->ni18.;;i i-case. $27.286.781. The estimated surplus revenue appli eable to tihe reduction of the pub lie debt was $58,763,485; the ac tual surplns is $48,498,880, of which S14,423,071 is due to an ex cess of revenue over the Secre tary's estimates. Had the reven lie not exceeded the Secretarv's an ticipations, the surplus applicable to the redemptiou of the debt would have been only $34.075.S09, or nearly $25.000,000 less than the estimated surplus. Do not these figures call for serious con sideratioi ?" President (Grant's administra ti.>n is J)ledged t. reform and re treiclinent; and yet inillions up. on millions of the public money are squandered by the Govern meit, without even a protest from the most prominent members of the Radical part3 The Tribune alone has been the first independ ent Republican journal to call at tention to this wholesale misap propriation of the public revenue. How long will the people stand this plunder? Surely a party that wrings this money from the over taxed industries of the country, to squander 'it upon its favorites, cannot last. Patience upon the part of theSouth, cohesion umo-ng ourselves, the adoption of the best means to accomplish our end will enable the Southern people to take advantage of growing politi cal and commercial complications among the members of the Radi cal. party-the honest, working masses of which are now convin. ced of its frauds, oppressions and corruptions, and are anxious for any change that will bring them relief from their pecuniary embar rassments. When- the time for dissolution comes, as come it will, let the South, holding the balance of power, wield it in such a man ner as to be productive of good not to our section, but to the whole country. With a union of the West and South, the whole sale robbery of the Government would cease, and an honest and economical Administration be se cured. Such a anion is not at all improbable. There are strong in dications of a dissolution of the present corrupt Radical party. The cry of rebellion and treason is ceasing to be all potent as the rallying of the Radical party. The people of the North and West are now generally well satisfied that the Southern people desire contin ued peace to enable them to re pair the destructive ravages of a long and bloody war. Give the South justice, and .Southern peo ple will be "loyal-that is the the word-to the Union, but it must be the. Union of their fa thers.-Augusta Chronicle and Sen tinel. C.ESAR AT LAKE GEORGE, N. Y. Last nuight, while seated at the sup per table, at about eight o'clock, I saw the front part of the hotel lighted up in a brilliant glare. as though some enormous building was on fire. I called a waiter and asked him what the matter was. He said it was a display of fireworks in honor of Presi dent Grant, who was comirig in from the North on the steamer. I cut short my appetite and made out for the front in order to get a peep at THE AMERicAN c.EsAR. By the time I had got out he had made his entrance into the main oc fiec of the hotel, from which he was literally taken up and carried into the ladies' parlor. IIere a scene was de picted which was ludicrous in the ex treme, and must have been seen to be fully appreciated. Several thousand men. women and children all forcing and squeezing their way to see, shake hands with, and some to kiss the President of the United States! Ladies as well as men mounted sofas, chairs, banister rails, windows, anything and everything. just to get a glance if nothing more. I squeezed myself through the multitude to within about four feet of his august majesty, where I saw his hand well shaken by several hundred in real pump-handle style. I saw him also kiss any quantity of children, and though I did not see the operation performed. I heard one lady exclaim in almost a fit of exulta tion that she had been kissed by the President of the United States. Ano ther said, with emphatic pleasure and delight, that she had shook his hand, to which still anotlier replied that she had had greater honer than that, for she had had two shakes. it seemed to mue that the people would go crazy, if, in fact they were not so already. Talk about a third term for Grant!l Why I honestly believe that the masses of Northern ueople are so in fatuated with him that they would be willing to see him made President for life. .1The Goldsboro Standard says farmers in the immediate neighborhood comt plaini bitterly of the sad havoc made by the cotton wornm. Many fields thing ben entirely stripped, and no tigbtthe stalk and matured boll remains to be seen- With corn pros pec-ts blighted, and the cotton crop cut off at lea,st onet-third. what will be cNome ofu'11 ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square-one inch-for first insertion, and 7>c. for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per -quare us ordihaiy advertisernenrs. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertsements not marked with the nn ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver. tisers, with li beral deductions on above rates. FOR FirZw Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. M.. H. BERRY'S FURNITURE WAREROOMs. Of the uany models of convenience and ::tness for customers, proprietor :u:d employees, few in this city can surpass, if ejual, ti4e furniture ware rooms of Mr. M. H. Berrv. Main strcet, next door to the Wheeler House. Yesterday we had the oppur lunity of inspeceting the saue trom 3ellar to garret. The basement is in size like tho rooms above, one hundred by twenty ive feet. aired out at either end. at, luproveuent in building. both for ight, ventilation and room, never lost :ight of in Northern cities and just oing iti vogue here. This room s used for storage of a cheaper class )f furniture, wheelbarrows, bedsteads, ec.. also as the undertakers' furnish Mg departmenut. The rows of coffins f every de.eriptin eases. body pre. ervers, that are so arranged as to pre erve the body of a deceased persm or an indefinite time. are calcuBsZd D make it appear a little colder in his underground storehouse than it -eally is. However, many of the nece ssities of life are stored hear, and a arge variety of those needed at the ,ad of it. The ground or first story above is ised for the display of a general va -iety of furniture, iucluding almost ,verything needed to go to keeping iouse with-from the neatest and idiest litle cradles to extension tables >f the most improved pattern. At he rear of this room is the office, and ujoining that the fitting and finish ng up room, for in shipping furni ure hardly any comes through un cathed. all of it needing here and here the touching up of experienced workmen, who arc kept constantly em loyed at this work. In the story above is kept the fine -lass of furniture, and is really the ihow room of the establishment. con :aining nearly every variety of parlor suits at all kinds of prices, chamber ,uits of all kinds. lounges of the most elegant manufacture, chairs of the best make and many styles .of ward robes, whatnots, etc.. etc.; in short. this room, even if you dou't want to purchase just now, is well worth a visit to note the taste display in de sign and manufacture. The fourth story is used for the storage of duplicate setts, and every space is utilized, as is the case all over the building;, ty fast as room below is made by reason of sales other furniture is moved down to fill it. A conven ient elevator is arranged at the rear of the building, and an entrance on Plain street keeps the front of the building free from obstruction. The building itself is one of the most substantially built of any in the city. Something of a novelty in the way of building is erected in the rear of the main structure, it being a two-story building, built of single brick walls with jointed stays and braces, it being used for repairs, fit ting up, &e., and the second story for mattresss making. The stock of mattresses and spring beds now~ on hand is the best that can be produced including the United States spring. the Tucker springs and others, but the best of all is the wire net springs, which took the only gold medal ever awarded for such goods at the American Institute exhibition. New York. (UTnion-Herald, &Sptemfber 2. SCALING THlE S0UTII CAROLINA DEBT.-The Columbia correspondent of the .News and Courier says ; An effort, I learn is certainly to be mjade to scale the debt, and the scheme will be strongly urged by the Governor in his message. The plan recommend ed, it is said, will be the one mentioned in one-of my previous letters as beingt most strongly favored by Patterson. This is. that the whole debt, $1G.000, 000, or, with accrued ink-rest. say $IA.000.000, must be sealed propor tionately to the present value of the different classes of bonds. To explain, I will assume for instance that there is now outstanding S6.0t0000 of the unquestionable valid debt, quoted in New York at 323; scaling this double the present value, which would be 65 cents, we would have a new debt of $3,000,000 in place of the old $6,000, 000. Taking the balance of the debt, about $12,000,000 an average of 171 as its present value, and doubling it so as to make 35. we would have a new debt of $4,200.000; thus making a total new deb't of about $8,000,000. The attorney-General says that I mis represented hinm when writing upon this subject before in stating .that he favored an indiscriminate sc:de of fifty per cent. He e'aims to be an advo cate, and I believe one of the origina tors, of the proportional plan. They have had another editorial "af Ifair of honor" in New Orleans. Ac cording to the Picayune, at 4 P. M.. on the~29th ultimo. a duel was fought in that city between Andre L. Roman, of the New Orleans Bee, and Mr C. de la Bretonne. editor of the Sun. The weapons -were small swords. Mr. Roman was twice wounded in the right- or sword arin, when Dr. C. Beard, sureon, declared that the fight could ..ot go on. Thus terminated the affair. Kansas can ledA 8120.000.0000