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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. J. GOD ^\_]NJ"D OUR COUNTRY. VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 18T4. Tho State Campaign. The Meeting a.t Chester?Bad Weather, hut a Good Meetino? The Court House Crowded? Great Speeches uy Chamrf.ui.ain. Judoe Mei.ton and Judoe Mackey Chester. S. C, September 28, 1871. To the Editor of (he Daily Union Herald: It is fcnrlul wontber for campaigning, and tbc skies have done their best to throw a wet blanket over the business. At Chester there would huve been an immense meeting at the prove, hut those who could not swim wore com pelled to stay at homo. As it was, how? ever, the court house was crammed, and there were a goodly number of conserva tives prceeut. Of course, the country folk were not there, but those who gol the word can puss it around It was n good woid, too, delivered in Chester to-day. Tho court adjourned by 12 o'clock, aud the meeting was o died to order, Mr. Dublin Walker in the chair. Mr. Walker is county chairman, and a prominent, candidate for the senate The speaker introduced was tho Hon. D. II. Chamberlain. The-.dlowing is the mere substance and skeleton of his remarks, alt.'otigh in some sentences will be found the exact d:ctiou. Mr Chamberlain said : That, four years ago, he had spoken to the people of Chester in advocacy of the - republican party as represented by another; uow he was to uddress them in behalf of the republican party us repre sented by biUKclf. lie bad nothing to soy about the individual; it was the -party .?nd its imperishable principles ho felt cal cd upon to maintain He was m.t hero to defend himself; that was the province of others; but am hero to give iny reasons why the republican party should be supported in its regular nomination. Under a free government, it is necessary that there should bo political parties. .No one questions that pur tfonn of government is the bet. History, experience, tradition, nil show that ? ^republican form of government, an in ?destructible union of indeslr.totibie Stiitcs, is the best that I'rovidonco co t d havo planted on American sojj. Tue gn at principles of political truth, arc eternal and unchangeable; but there must be honest differences of opinion a* to those best qualified for pubhc oih* c. and, consequently, the p jdple itifi-fC b i divided in all free governments Til :ru could be nothing more unfortunate than that tho people shout, be uuite 1, pro vided always that there urn serious, important aud healthy issues upi>u which they can bo divided I am free to ho lievo that tho great misfortune of the State before the war was that there was only ooo party. The war originated because there was no healthy opposition to check the move men t and put before the people its inevitable resuLs. Thero was hope for tho State now. because wo arc houostly aud h julthfully divided on the great issues of the d iy Some say that it is unfortuuatc, beoaai-vj there is danger of collision?tint re t son may cease to control and force might tuke its place. But, my fellow citizens, why is it that any mere political differ ence thould excite fcolings of hostility and enormity '{ No community can piospcr until all men can houestly differ, without feur or reproach, on th ? grave issues bclo.e them. No | olitie.il difference is over worth one drop of hu man blood, or the commission of a single crime. O'Conncll, tho grcar Irish/ orntor.and statesman, who held in his hand tho heart of bis people, said, at a time when he could have flung the whole country in rebellion, that no political differenco was worth a single drop of human blood, or a tingle crime The Eoil of Chester has already drank up many a drop of humun blood becuuso of political difference. 1 am honored by the presence of ninny whoare attend ing tbiB meeting. I am here to answer thp question, why I am n republican ? because I bclievo iu the principles of the republican party, which ure, in one word, my fellow-citizens, equal and cxatt jutitico before tho law to all men. Every man is entitled to his civil and political rights as loug as be abides by the law. I take no count of anything except tho strmp that God has placed upon the lo'.Ci c.d of every man. This is the priueiple of the Declaration of Independence and, of the denn cratie party, according to Jefferson, and this is the principlo of tho republican party to day. 1 have nothing to do with the past, but no man can avoid alluding to tho pnbt iu discussing the live issues of to day, not for the take of exciting old animosities, but to poiut the urguiuout, In looking buck less than ten years ago. J find the democratic \ arty upholding ^?e.principles which Jeffersou deplored. 1" find the democratic party tho main support of human slavery. I find tho republican party steadily moving against it, and not only that, but devoting itself to^ tbc safety, edutution aud welfare of those who have 'been sluves, steadily pursuing tho great principle that it was I not education nor property, but his man hood, based on the Declaration of In | dependence, that gavo him his rights. I find the democratic party steadily I opposing this great work?the establish in Mit of human rights. I find it, in 18(58, declining -the constitutional amendments uno institutional, revolu tionary and void?not only unconstitu tional, but revolution try; not only revolutionary, but void [ find their chief purpo.se is tho undoing of th j grout work of emancipation. I tiny again allude to the past, but I have put forward in brief the reasons why I sus tain tho party. Do I mem equality in social life, iu property, or in intellectual endowment? Not. at all. I mean civil and political equality, iu whieh his j ballot is as free and hoavy as yours, no I mutter how many broad acres you m ?y call your own. D ies this insult the pride of my race!' Noj it exalts it. I rcjuco that my race, who hid the billot, iu its bands aud could do as it pleased with it, has given the helpless negro h's rights. All this rests lipon principle. There is nothing better, stronger o: truer than principle. It' you believe that the principles ol the republican party are true, then no charge, however just ur unjust, that urty be made against llmsu who represent it sh mid in ike you .swerve. Correct its abuses, repair its errors, relieve it, of its bad leaders, but stand by tliu faith tint is in you. You arc nuked to loosen your boll on that organization aud to joiu some other undefined and ephemeral patty, that seeks to disguise its purpose, but will ultimately disclose it If the party is good iu itself, no matter how many mistakes it has made, stand by it so that yuu can make a true reform inside the par'y lines In some political shape or organization I know that republican principles are defined to control this republic so lung us it shall exist. Here uro wo entering upon a new campaign. I recognize iu politics iu this State as elsewhere but two p irties--do n ocratio and republican. I know that the repub licim piety has put. f mvar I its o luli dutes, and that th ?80 who ate u it lot us are uguiust u.s. The cili/.jii must cither support the can lidar.es ut' the. republi can party ur not; he must eithe- tie for ur iiL'ainst ns The democrats in ij' say ihut they will now give the colored in in his ri_hf.-i, a 11 1 to that I won' 1 reply. "S;r, jou are a man of honor au 1 iutegi ty, and L believe you, but y.iu have but recently accorded in s 1113" r g'i s, an I how can you expo t mo t ? truft yo 1 as much us thus.1 who haw; stjii-d hy and fought for mc for twenty years ? How can you expect me L 1 go wit!) y? >u against them '! I do not charge the democrats with deception, but these are facts,aud this is com uon sense There i* a inoveinont ah tut which yuu of Chester may h ive hoard little, but doubtless will heir much 1 mean the Green tnove-n-int. The pur pose of that movement is vjry simple and plain. Judge Green is to be nominated by n few dissatisfied repuMi cans, und if Ii? can succeed in delecting 10,000 or 10,000 republican votes, these, with tit) ,000 democratio votos, might elect him. lint what would be tho result? The majority always c m trola iu politics, aud tho mm eleotc 1 iu tili-* way will be control! d by tho GO. 000 democrats, instead of the 15,000 republicans. That is eo 11 n Ml se ne It' you have a party composed of 15,000 republicans and (j t,000 democrats, whose party is it ? Why, tho democrats of course. The result would be the s une ::s if you elected a deuiierat. As sure as two i.s liiere than one, sixty 11.ore than fifteen, so sure will it be really the democratic party, n > mutter what colors it sails under. There are but two parties, and [ say to you that when you pert con puny with the rep ib licau party, you go to tho dem >eratio party, 110 matter what uame you go under. iMr Chamberlain here told the story of the woolen horse in Troy, in the most simple and accomplished rluglish and eloquent manner. The Green movement, my fellow citizens, is simply an attempt to introduce into the repub lican Troy the wooden horse, with the democratic warriors in its bowels, to surprise us iu the hour of our security, and murder our political peace and life. Shall wc permit tint to be done by stratogem which could not be done by power ? I tell you that the success of any man not nominated by the republi can party is tho defeat of that party. The Mian who is not true to his own party will be true to no other. Count him until democrat. 11c is not worthy of being a de ..oerat. I respect an open enemy, like Kur-haw, but a disguise never commands my regard. When they come to speak to you, however, hour tliem with respect, quiot and at tention, but when yuu have heard them vote against them. A Strategeui tried twico is buuud to fail. Uuving said this much, I desire to call your attention to the condition of the lcpublican party iu this State. It is the duty of tho republican party to give to Smith Carolina and all her people n good aud honest government if corruption shall go unhindered through the veins of'our party orgauiza tion, if there be no remedy, then in deed, its dnys nre numbered. It will full, ns Romo fell, through its own in ternal rottenness nnd corruption. Wo must havo a thorough and complete ro fonn in tho lezislntive and executive departments of the government. My bitterest political enemy has as much right as [ have to an honest and faith ful trial justice, and to have honesty in all the public offices. Tho burden of all the taxes squandered or robbed falls on tho laborer not on the property holder. [Here Mr. Chamberlain addressed him self with great force to the poor work iiigmeo of the audience ] What does good government mean ? It moans a great deal; but it means more particularly the lowest possible taxation, consistent with the necessities of the public service, and that the taxes shall be paid out according to law?a dollar of the people's money for a dollar's worth of actual service from the public servant. It moans that a trial justice is an olficer of the law, nnd must ad in in is tor jus-.icc to all the people, democr.it aud republican alike. [Mr. C. wont, on for some tiuio ou this subject, taking a bold, manly, resolute stand in the inter est of all the people, and making his position so plain that none could mistake Iii in]. If you do not.believe that I will cor rcct, with .in unflinching h ind, all these abuses, will Icq) tlieui all oil*, the i I tell you, right, here aud now, n it to vote for nie?vote for Green, or, wh it would be far more manly, vote for Ker sha.v. Hut what right has any man to disbelieve me ? 1 am pledged publicly, privately, orally and in writing, to give this people a good government, aud to appoint, no man to olfic,! who will sell jiiftioo lor money. Hut, above all, look to your legi.-l iturc. If you can get tuen of character and education, so much the l oiter; but il you eautiot then send any man, if he be hottest,and will not soil himself to some harpy outside the rail lor a hundred dollars. Mr. Chamberlain made a most earnest appeal to tho pcoplo to send a good legislature to Columbia, as it was tbc all impoi taut branch of the government, and ilid what pleased with the other do part incuts, lie reue wed, in the most .-oleum aud? impressive mr.uucr, all hia pledges in relation to the debt of the State, and said : I am bound to stand by them, not only us an honest man but us u candidate for office. Mm talk of my "surroundings." 1 am pledged in no way to tuiymau or set of men. I am surrounded by nothing but the [tied go J of the party and the interests of the people. My right arm shall bo wither.d, and, what is worse, my plight rd word will be violated, il 1 do not place the fraudulent debt of this State, so far as in me lies, beyond the hope of resurrect ion. I am bound, my fellow c ms, by o 11 <i I jr 11 to its th r, I c:i in > t violate, to do nothing for party that be longs to the whole people. (living another parting sh it at tho (ireeu movement, which he dotl itinccd as the mere slave of tho democracy, he closed by a most touching and beauti ful appeal to all t he people of the State to move forward together and secure for South Carolina the blessings for a pjr mane lit peace and prosperity. Mr. Chamberlain occupied nearly two full hours in the delivery, and was listened to with the moit marked silence throughout. At the clote the outhu i.-aui of the audience broke forth in loud and continued cheering. Judge Melton was next introduced, and spoke for about one hour an 1 a haif, making, as is a linkte, 1, one of the best efforts of his life. I have very luli notes of his speech, but cannot write them out iu time for this letter. What he said about certain certificates and about Senator Dunn was rich, and every word of it went right home and stuck. .Judge Mnckey next rose, but not to make a speech, ns the hpur was late He went, however, for the (ireeu move incut without gloves, mid said ho could sec the big loot of the democrat iu the boot ol the Green movement. After the speaking, the party adjourned to Judge Mackey's for lunch. I know of no private dwelling in which more re fined elegance and hospitality greets you than when you step over tho tbrcs hold 6f his lion or's residence. It is the modest yet classic refinement of tho old Virginia school. Chester is solid for Chamberlain sure. 1'ut that down. Aud now for Spartunburg, the Sparta of the democracy. Anon. Yours laboriously, "Jo.n ks." Senator T. C. Dunn is tho recog nized leader oft bo bolters' movement in favor of'honest government and against tho 'bond ri'ig-' Have the people for gotten tho position takon by Senator Dunn last winter iu regard to the lllue Kidge scrip and the conveisiou bonds '{ Was ho not the champion of both these repudiated obligations, and did ho not use alibis influence to upset tho settle, incut bill after it passed and became a law, because these matters were unpro vided for? Did he not champion Mr. K. H. Wesley's littla claim of an htm red thousand dollars or moro, and for what purpose? Mr. Wesley was a large holder of'scrip, nnd one of the agents of tho "bond ring" in New York. Thcro qfo good reasons for believing that Senator Dunn is acting in the iutorcsts of that 4bondring,' and that his opposition to Mr. Chamberlain arise, from tho fact that the latter is unutter ably opposed to any bond schema what ever. Did not Souator Dunn, or his committee, secure a pay cortiGeatJ for ?2,000 last winter, to pay the expenses of tho investigation of tho bonds, and did he not, in addition to that amount, receive 8700 from tho attorney-general for the same purpise ? We arc credibly informed that ho did?Columbia Onion. Etl.cefleltl Wnuts no Green. A Dheary Sham Which Edgekield will Assuredly Scorn. [From the Edgcfield Advertiser.] Sinco*he nomination of Chamberlain by the radical convention, our county has been so convulsed and occupied by tho negro troubles that wo have ha 1 no opportunity to chronicle succeeding events in relation to the coining election for oovoruur. "We will do so uow, briefly. Senator- T. C. Dunn, of Ilorry, and other republicans, such as Delano}- and Cain, the two Charleston negroes, Nash, the Colombia negro, Sam Lee, the Sum ter negro, Jones, the mischievous Georgetown negro, Mclntyrc, the in famous Collcton' renegade, etc, etc., etc. ?have issued a call for an independ ent republican convention, to be held in Charleston on Friday of tills we.ik October 2. The?c bolters arc to uomi unto Jujdgo Green, of Sumter, for ^over nor. Judge Green is a native South Caroliiiian, who belongs to the radical party, who is not as bad us some other radical perhaps, and who openly avows hi nisei] in favor of the civil rights bill. Tbc ?opo of these men, backed up energetically by the Charleston Ac mm nnd Courier, nnd rather hesitatingly by a few- othor papers, is that tho white people of South Caroliua will make no nominations of their own, but vote for -JuJg?f/G^ceu* as our bo.t policy?bo cause }hc is what they call an honest re publican, i ho subject is a disgusting, ' repulsive and degralitig one. Ami this is the dreary sham of which we speak. Tho Charleston News and Courier as scrts that nine tenths of the white people of the State will unite with these bolters in supporting Jud^e Grceu. The assertion is idle vaunting- -to call J it by uo worse name. In all I'jdgcficld there arc tut a hundred men who would evcu dream of voting for this man. Our meeting fur the election of live de legates to represent Kdgefleld county i i the State conservative nominating convention of the Sth instant, will as semble ou Moud.iy next. As regirds whether or not the conservatives shall nominate a ticket, or whom they shall nominate, it wore bi tter perhaps to let the>c delegates go uninstructcd?left to work us wisely as they may with the convention. Hut as regards taking up . this civil rights advoeate Judge Green, let them be fully instructed. And let their instructions be by no means iu the world to touch this unclean thing. - miW ? - ? -amarmm-? New Proceedings in tho C;tso of K P. Stokes. On last Saturday, Ju Ige Cuke. at Chambers in Greenville, dircC'ul that Mr. E. F. Slukusshould bo brought be fore him, He announced to him that tho Supremo Court had sustained his decision, but th it he wish ?1 to give him nn opportunity; by answering of such questionsho would proviso c-inserning his property, to leave the prism where bo has so long been confine). Great stillness followed thh nddross ol tho Judge, and tho prisoner, after s > n i mo incuts, made the following s id an 1 pecu liar statement in writing : To Judge T. II Coohc : May il p'eate th.: Court?For many years I have b' e i endeavoring to live with a oniseienco void of offence towards God and man ? by obeying tho laws of God and man. In the discharge of this duty comes my duty to tho Judge as nn,; of tho 'powers that be;' is is described by th; lliblo. In the guidance of my condtiot, I rely entirely upon the guidtneo of the Holy Spirit of God. ' My Bible tolls me when brougt before judges, tint the Spirit of God will toll mo wh it I shall speak, nml for me not to promcditato. Iu every act of my life, and every word that I utter, I try to bo guided by the Spirit of (?od. 1 have been now, by your Honor's order, iu jail for nearly thirteen months, and cotno baforo your Honor by your order. From tho time [ lo v my sick bed till tho present mo mcut I have been praying to my Mas tcr Jesus Christ, for words to speak to you us the Judgo, as I have been prom iscd by my Master to bo given words when called before the julgos and offi cors of tho law. Hut with all my pray crs, I am not given tho words, The Holy Spirits of God ? has gifou tue uo words. 1 have nothing, by the Spirit of God, to say. I urn as a lamb led to the slaughter. I am, by aud through the iuflueuoo of tho Ifoly Spirit, dumb. I am dumb, Do with as sccmoth gool to your IIou or. Judge cook thereupon undo an or der that .Mr. St kss be examine 1 by a hoard of five physicians ? Dris. Marsh ill Trcscot, Hokc Jtiulelgo and Jones, touching his smicy. Lf the com nis sion rcpoit him to be insane, ho wiil follow up tho present proceedings by an order to commit him to the State A By lum. Ed ii cat ion in Japan. . -* . , in t ti\Tt Istc Since Europeans, and especially Americans have established their influ once in Japan, that country has mile gigantic strides in the path of educa tional, as well as of piliticit progress. The Japanese Government is carrying out to the reform of the country, at lo ist in the matter of educatim. Tho litest, official documents on the subject arc furnished by a report of Mr. Watson, Secretary of tho British Legation at Yoo'do. In the year 1S72, an Act was passed, by which the ejuntry was m-tp ped out into seven e lucational circuits. Inspectors were to be app tinted to eve ry district, each of whom was to bo en trusted with the supervision of twenty or thirty schods. All tuiohira WJro t> be certificated, and the schools were to ho divided into high mtdlle and primi ry schools. This act was promulgated barely two yeirs ago, and since th.it time 1,71)9 private schools an 1 ;3,603 public schools h ive been established at which 338,463 boys and 109,037 girls attend. Add to this number the 30,?0U students who are receiving in slructinns iu the highor synods, jjo'd we have a total of IS ),0 )3 young Jap i ncse, or 1 iu 03 of the en ire populatio n who have already taken advantage of the system prescribe 1 by the (.1 ivorn mont. At Yeddo the educational cstab lisltmcuts now acta illy in operation arc the '.Dai Gakko,' or university; tho 'G > Gakko,' or school for the instruction of Japance teachers. Besides a princi pal female school and b3ver.1l * school preparatory schools. Tho education given at all Government schools and Colleges is entirely secular, ;as far as is ci no.* tent with the fundamental teucts of Shinto faith,' and, having due regird to the proselyiing zeal of Knropeins it is ordered that no Christian divino is lo be ad.uitbcd to the ranks of a teach or. An Unnatural ?lolhor? 'Some cnvs arc sore;tivo and difficult to milk, that the herdsman has to give them a calfto lick moanwhile. Hut for this device, not a single drop of milk could he obtained from them. One day a Lama herdsman, who lived in the same liott-e with ourselves, e.uno with a long, dismal face, to announce that his cow had calved during the night, and that, unfortunately, the calf was dying. It dieil in the courso of the day. The Lama forthwith skinued the poor beast, and stuffed it with hay. When the operation was complete tho hay calf had neither feet nor head. Tho next morning, when the herdsman issue 1 forth to milk his cow, he had his pail under one arm an 1 th ; h iy-cilf uu ler the other. IIis fust procoeJing w is to put the hay call'down before tho cov lie then turne I to milk theow herself The mamma at first opened enormous eyes at her beloved infant; by degrees she stooped her heal to.vtrl it, then smelt at it, sn seze I three or four times and at last proceeded to lick it with the most delightful tenderness. A few days afterwards, an absurd inei leot os cur.'ed : Dy dint of caressing ancrliek ing her little calf, the tender parent one line morning unripped it, the bay issue J from within, and tho cow, manifesting not the slightest surprise nor agitation, proceeded tranquilly to devour the uu expected provender.' The last touch entirely paints the brute. She has recognized her offspring by the smell chiefly, and, never having hoard of ana tomy, is n it surprised when the inter nal organs are found to consist siirply of hay. And why n it eat the hay '! The swallow tail coat is in danger the Czar danced in a frock coat while in England. Ati inventive genius gonius in Ohio pn poses to furnish horses with false teeth, so as to conceal their age. Said a justice to an obstreperous p ris oner, on the day of his trial. 'We want nothing but silence, and but little, of that.' Tho resolutions of the Iowa Runners Convention do no good. Tho bests sun p'y twirl thoir forelegs against their no sea sarcastically. A home sick Pennsylvania school boy e'even years old, walked home, seventy cigh t miles, in two days aud a half, with no nourishment whatever except ?jroen clover leaves t .-,?-r-T-i?ri-?f ? ? '?I ? ? #!,-?> o.?,???Items*?ji .. .i? LA >i Afgfefcij grpoor-^Qno jihd irp^I Vcgetablo philosophy?Sago advice. A table of intcrost-?The dinner to* bio. * Cremation^ ma^is^lignt of* a grate subject. Cure for a f elon ~Take it to the peni tentiary. o:f.trrH yr A family of original cromationiate*-?? * Buin-'ctns. ^ ?><IT Tailor, measuring fat customer.?* '?Would you hold the end, sir, while I .gO'round?" "Why arc clergyman likeTailway^pbm tcrs ? Ik cause they a .good deal rf., coupling. l ? I .? ' i '? ! Iii'??' Looking two ways for Sunday.?* Scrutinizing in duple directions for tho Christain Sabbath. A llobokcn editor, being challanged. ? sent word in reply: 'When I want to die I can shoot myself.' 'lie haudled his gun carelessly, aftd put on bis augel plum ige,' is tho latest, > Western obi.uary notice. A Yankee editor has recently "got up i a remedy for hard times. It consiats of ten hours' labor, well worked in. Tho Western women have in a great * degree stopped praying in publio and arc making up their summer clothes. It is fashionable in England to jump . fences for exercise, but very vulgar to saw wood for tho sards thing. An old gentleman of much oxporTenoe'1 in the world says that all that is hid?r: j sary for the.perfect enjoyment of lor?* i sausages is confidence. . ,,;t i 'Tho least said, tho soonest mended.'' The minimum of an offensive remark , is cobbled with the grossest prompti tude. A New York" merchant absent mindo flly copied a love letter to his "heart's idol" iu the letter book of the firm be fore sending; ,it-;i <.,??*!.?*. A gentleman in Pottsvillo, Penn., has named his dog Penny, because it was ono cent to him and has had ten mill* with the cat. , ... A placard in a Brooklyn barber shop window announces, 'Hoots blaeked in side.' \ Bnt must net that bo very bad for* the stockings V *? Why should there bo more marriages iu winter than in summer? Because iu winter tho gentlemen ro."iuiro com forters anl the ladies bluffs. It is good ground for divorces "in St.-. Louis if a wile finds ono hundred and thirteen love letters from a rod h;:vl:d woman in her husbaud's pocket. A cautious gEvansvillo reporter, iu speaking of i man both of j whoso logs were cut oft'by a 'railroad train, say*, 'ho will probably bo a cripple for life.' An old woman was beaten almost J to death in Apango, Mexico, recently t?ra' having brought the small pox into the community by means of witchcraft. A Detroit paper, noticing tho faot ? a man* lately dropped dead while comb- ? ing his hair, says, 'And "yet thcro are people who will persiit in this dinger ous habit.' Meridcn, C ion., has no coroner, and the suicidos of the city are forced to re sort to strangers, who have no tender feelings, and do not exclude reporters,, from the iuriucst. It occurred to n Daubury scholar, while writing a composition, last week, to make the rem irkablo statement that, ?an nx docs not tasto as gold a9 an oys ter but it can run faster. Cottage' Pudding.?One egg, 1 cup sugar; 1 cup sweet milk; 2 spoonful mel ted butter; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon of soda an 1 1 of cream of tartar. Steam 1 hour. To bo eaten with pud do a sauce. The girls of Vassar College havo moonlight sails on the Hudson and, the young men of that vicinity ore gracious ly permitted to stand on tho shore of that noble river Jand sec them go by. No cards, and no hope of any. The Socrctary of tho Kansas Board of Agriculiuro indignantly denies iu print that chinch bugs are thoro doing any damage worthy of noto, constitu tional grumblers and item gatherers to' the contrary, notwithstanding. Tho following advortisoment appear ed recent!:/ in au English paper 'St .lames' Church?On Sunday next after noon service will coiumonoo at half past thioe aud continuo until forthor no tice/ " t ;'? ' - ??? A gentleman met a half-witted lad in the road, aud placing iu one of his bauds a sixpence, and a penny, asked hjm ol'which of the to he would chooso > The lad replied .that 'wouldn't oj grco dy; he'd keep the littlest.' j