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i ja Kit s '?.tri? 1 jioti-.'l: vi * r.<<ir ,, ..... :, ?Mied iff IM |||ps?!to aa? fewraJ |wti!l| ANDERSON ?. H., S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Ii, 1876. VOLUME X.---NO. 30; THE TEST hti*f ana." .peautifui;r.;nw.pureS Lora Dean, as $a'e'stood before the mirrok sraHmg at Che''face Jftft^?HPtfel^f,icW^M^i Very well that E&rard'Barle is not* indi?eVeat t? -be?ufe^T al taoagh be is encased to my plain-little saint of fe cousin, Flo. I ao not really think, she cares s? vjsry.'Emcbf for him, and if she does?pshaw ! llSave nothing bat my handsome face to de? pend Upon, so must make the best of it, and feir ofhers-ldcffi? 'but tHr themselves" ^fefldt i Deatf '-Was 'certai oly ^ery beautiful Her hair;.wa?il)lnefc as theiravehVwing,- arid j lay;in,-ti??k, Ae&v.y ^cpHa opnn'jhee shapely j head; eyes of velvety blackness, whicl. their owner .cniild at will cause to flash defiantly^.or xfroOp in sweet,-innocentrcbnfirston; cheeks and !lpsufike'Scarlietf fbses; aad: teeth rivaling pearl I* Whiteness; She was ?rliftld atovethe niecfi um. height, and- her elegant carnage would jgrace.?. queen. -,r'A jsnh ? _ Miss Dean was an orphan, and lived, with nefanut.in the city of. Ifew ^York, but had i'ccepted her cousin Kay's, invitation' to spend a^ew-m?'nths with her ifr the country.; Here "K^/met Edward Earle, Tie's *DetrotHe4 | hnsbaodi'"- He*1 waa; handsome, tafented '?add i Wealthy; and this beautiful, unprincipled girl "was not long in making up her. mind to throw all her arts into the contest, and win him for herself, thus ending a long struggle between pride and poverty, which threatened the. hap? piness of the. future, even' though" the result Sttight be the wreck of her consin'FIo's bappi "I declare! It is^almost five o'clock P' con** 'tinusd Miss.Dean, petulantly, glancing at her J&tphl.'^'JPio promised to help me.dress,fer the.part^ ' I'do wish she would cbn^e.'^'',^/ i^As if in answer to her wish, the door dpen'eaj ftfid'yiorence Bay entered" the ronm: She'; was fflairi^E? one'icould thf nk of earring1 her any1 Ibrag- eise^-yet-th'ere was-an' expression of iu nhcenoe and parity :-i?^ that- sweet, gentle face, and speaking from those soulful brown eyes, .which attracted every one, and to know her Was to love her.. . ^?br Fiol l am so glad ybu fiavtf V?meT' iSnff'-fee^-treaeherous fkd6 Wasf'wreathed in' smiles-.-:.; tr?waht;you to db^ niy harr just the prettiest you can. I know? I am a bother; but you area darling, and won't mind iti" o.JSlorence;kissed th'erpotttingy red lips of her cousin held up.to her. "No, coz, you are not a bother. It is a pleasure for me to help you." t^JF^xi?yb?/think f am very' beautiful'?" said'- Lora, wnen-her ebnsinstood: ?b winding the coils of magnificent hair. In"Yea, dear. I wish 1 were half as beanti* W ? ,WQu.d?r if Edward-?arle thinks so,, too/' she said, watching Flo through her naif-closed "I mean to win him if I can." . * 5 -^Loral"' said Florence, her face flashing, then turning, pale,- "you know Edward-is my afgapced.?? - j^JVelf, supposing he isj if he would leave you for a beautiful face, he is not worthy of you. Florence, dare you let this be a test to sei if he will remain true ?" Did there* creep aU??bt into the gifl's mind, ffiiftHsaUsed herto hesitate; ?ttd"fbr a moment' nwaiff'B?entt - Whett'-she spoke,- it was with' a^?Jhite<>yet; determined face, - and her voice sounded strange and cold. "Iam wjUyjgtf. .? ?. . But Florence's heart sank within her when her cousin's, toilet was finished, and she stood before her,1 a very"queen'iri ner* rfen robes of aiifeand-lace^rwith glittering dianionds in her ears ami., throat.,. Would., he .stand the test? iaeasxea nerselr.' . " ^^e1y7eyeir^a84tdfned-toward JifsS De?nj that eVfeuiftg,-wheo She ?Wep^ iBto^he parloTS. Her beauty, and gay, sparkling manner, soon brought ? crowd of admirers around her, and; lured by .those brighteyes, Edward Earle found iimself among,thein. FJorepc&Iky only needed that one evening to tell how the! contest would end, and who would.be the winner; yet she had herself con? sented to, the trial,, and, come what might/, she would.-hide all suffering* and act her eveaing was a fair sample^ of the days; ^hich followed. Edward, rarely, sought Flor? ence's side, .and she stood proudly aloof, never . -? by^word or signbetraying her true .feelings;' *T6 .do. 3dward Earls; justice^ his love ? for Florence was still the .same..., He was merely fgscihated, with her cousin^ artd, repelled by h^iDa^er^towa^.^ua^, he songh.t Lora's. ^^!ih^:'^^^orea^e a<^^ - diifereptly,. he Sauld.never have gone-so far as to release her orh ?thmr..engagement.JBer cold manners, topper with a few insinuatibhs from the art fuj and-treacherous Lora Dean, made the work c? parting two loving hearts very easy. Al? though no hard words bad been spoken on either side, both, realized that .a great gulf was ? fixed between them. . ri The'finishihgstr.oitecame in the.shape of a ) ??te^in the familiar'handwriting? .of Floreiice,J which fell in ^Edward!s way. It was addressed ^A?9W?fiK?#?J W^p had forijjerlybeen a. lover, of hers,- and rfijied with regrets that!she was bound to,anotiier, while her heart was always acd. would be hta, . ' CbuToTEdvvard F^arle have known how. much time that Lora "Deanspent upon that very note, in which she f?rgeo'ner c?usin's handwriting so.cleverly, he woirl&-haW- taken a different c^unB^at^nm pW4&.a>wju^?tern .faGe, be sought Florence Iflpthfl summer house, which he-had seen her enter with a book in her hand. jc*to^eti^e fi^rtfnisTamitiar footstep, and her" heart gave a great throb,, while a glad'" light '<Sme'inWn%r e^es; oht wfien he enteVed her.; presence he oflly saW^lref-lift her eyes from- the^ oook"sh? wasrreadiug, and how coldly. With the words of that note still burning- in lu'p liiMHK, Ummmmmt ?alunal). niadden^ hrmr "Miss Ray, I think we had better come to an understanding at once, and I nave taken it upon; myself; to offer your freedom from the - bonds' that; have provecr so0 irksome." -Fw iS 'moa^ntf Flortncersat! as if attinned: Although, sho had felt for a .losg> time that a great distance was between them, she could not realize it had come to this. In his: offer of re-; lease she only-saw a glad , escape on his part, that he might wed her beautiful cousin ; and, forcing back the cry of anguish that would h^e nsen to her lips, till the pride in her ?sy ttrre' came to her rescue;", ant! helped her th'r??gh': the ordeal. With' no more, visible einotion in her white face than if H were carved from marble, she-drew' the- wUjd-mittaire dia? mond from her fing?CpancUi?ld it toward him. | The last link ,that-.had bpuad. them together j had been severed, and wkhout a ?word he took 1 the ring,-and left her presence. j Alone in her room,'With no eye but God'S to i witness, Florence Ray fought with love arid j pride. Pride conquered, and she went out bpldfy determined to die rather than give one j eigjl 6f her suffering. I)ays grew into weeks, and still Lora.Dean lingered at the-farmhouse. Edward Earle atld she were almost coastantly together. ~ One afternoon Florence stood by the windoW, itf thought Irving over the past, contrasting it with the present, and wondering if she co?ld ever again think the sunshine beautiful with that dull-weary pain at her heart. A familiar form was coming up the road, and her heart b?at.almost audibly, while a crimson spot came to either cheek. How beautiful and innocent Lora looked out id the garden among1 the' flower*, Her sweet voi?e;;billing som? liappy love-song, floated m through: the window to Florence's ears. As she listened for a> moment?and only for a mo* ment?a fee'ing of bitter hatred against her I cousin crept into her heart, and was harbored there. Lora Dean's graceful, attitude diet not I lqqk.aa if.it were studiedbut she had caught ? glimpse'of Edward Earless haudsome figure, although she "was to all appearance unconscious of his'approach. :' \ ' He op?ried the' little" gate and entered the garden1; Florence satf-1 them standing there together?saw-him stoop, pick arose, and place it among her dark- tresses; then they walked slowly down the path in,- the direction of the J lake.... > . ?> \. - When the: trees hid them from sightVFlor ence sank into a chair, buried her face in-her hands, and the glistening tears fell through her white fingers. For a moment only ehe sat thus1, arid then her old pride returned, and, as if ashamed of her momentary weakness; she dashed the tears away, and.took up the embroi? dery she had thrown aside. i. An .hour later, when Lora, flushed and elated, entered the room, her face gave no sign of the struggle, she had just passed through. "Florence, beauty has wo?! Edward'n'as1 asked raeJtq.become h^s*wife." "And y?? have accepted ran ?" slowly came froiri the-white lrps< of Florence: J yttVOScourseT -I have I He ia handsome and wealthy. For one Jo- my position?having run through a fortune-r-with. plenty of pride and not the means to keep up appearances much longer,, it'is a decidedly I ncky tlii ng, I am glad you do not care much for him?at least, j?d^ tn^fffonl your actions you db rrot?for if I thought you -did, I should not have let matters gbrie th? far." ?? * "One< 'question; - Lorfi/; do you really love hirm?^ "No, Flo, I will be candid with you. It is only the position'his wealth will give me that I covet." "0, Lora, Lora ! Was it for this that you ; Wfecked'rqy life ? t Had thought to suffer in srleti'ce; but' I must speak. I love Edward ; Karle, with? a lbve'that- mil never die. Before you came we were so happy 1 I can forgive you the wrong you- have done me ,* but oh ! Lora think well before you consent to perjure your soul at the altar by giving your hand and not your heart 1 You will not be happy, ' and God will mete out punishment to you." "There, there, Florence ! Do not preach any ? longer. It is too late now." "No, Miss "Dean, not too later/' said a stern voice, as a form darkened the door-way. "Mr. Earle, as I live I And in the pleasant position of an eavesdropper I?' Lora meant to be scornful, but her voice trembled with shame and mortification. "Yes, Miss Dean; for once I have been guilty of listeniug; yet my conscience does not condemn me. I have learned that which j will greatly chahge.the future for you and mo. ?Ifyou will consider those words I was mad enough to utter a 'short time ago recalled, I ; shall be much'obliged to you." ."As"yoir please," .said Miss Dean, in a voice, trembling with-passion. Then she arose and ;swept from the room. Edward crossed, the room to where Florence jsat, wjtb bowed head, and, taking one of her : hands, he said: "Pardon me, Miss Ray?Florence?-for being a listener to this conversation between you and your cousin. It has opened my eyes in more than one respect; I chanced to think of a book Miss'Dean spoke of having; and which she had promised to loan my sister; and so I : came, back for it. Passing by the open window, I heard a few words of conversation' I deemed ?it no sin to hear more of. The words I beard l/ou say have made me doubt that; you ever' ?wrote this;" He placed in her hands/ the-note that he had found. ? Florence read it through, .then said, looking, into Iiis face with those truthful eyes : ? "No,- EUwardj I never wrote this. Some enemy has been at work." j They did not question who, for it wto evident' jto both' who' thcg?ilty person was: ' Florence confessed'that she consented tc test ' jhis' Ibve; and both' shuddered when they thought-of how near their lives came to being shipwrecked. It was a perfect reconciliation. : Miss Dean left for the city the next day in disgust. . A mouth later, she received cards of invitation to. attend the wedding of Florence 0?a? ahd.Eclward Earle; hut she very politely1 declined the"invRation. TaJcitig a Cold; vTbjs is .the -season ibr. taking! cold?first a few. snapping cold days^then a "long spell of |damp, foggy weather; so niiTd that winter gar-' ?ments feel oporessive, ahd yet one does not dare to take' them off. When some unfortu-' nate sife"'with throbbing''brow, stuffed' bead, sore1 throat,* and a-- vexations little cough, when alternate chills and fever fits run over his whole body, and hei feels "most miserable," if anything jn the ? world cap interest him,, it is the,flood of remedies suggested by sympathi?-. fri<Mi^rf or thfl^'jW^in'^.iirft for Colds" which meets the eve lnSm^^eWspaper of ffxe day/ PagjM i mil I mil In iiilm iiW'f'WHjn give a brief mention of all these remedies-^ allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic, home? opathic; hydropathic?for a {<cold" is one of the most,common as well as one of the most uncomfortable of the ills to which flesh is heir. Not long ago we read somewhere and' article on "How to avoid .taking cold"?a practical point which everybody w??la like to under? stand for his own personal comfort. Thfe. pen era!'4de? advanced was'that when the* body is atiits. prime; with youth, vigor; purity of blood, and a good constitution on its side, no ordi? nary exposure will cause any unpleasant effects; indeed, ordinary, precautions against colds may be disregarded without danger. But when the blood is impure, the body disordered, and: vigor of 'lifo-begins to wane, then coidB wilt be'developed often upon the slightest fro vocation and without any known exposure; t frequently seems as though no degree of care will prevent a person with a feeble consti? tution from "taking .cold," as it is termed. To be secure from this evil the vital processes must be strong and in a healthy action. Conse? quently the best way to avoid taking cold is to build up a good constitution by obeying all the laws-of health. These whb- are permanently and incurably weak and feeble must doubtless submit to their fate. They must carefully guard against exposures'?and even then will doubtless be afflicted with "colds." ? ? newspaper warmed and pluced inside the waistcoat will keep out cold far better than aJlarge quantity of clothing. Now is the time to subscribe. ' Appealing to the Countif ? i ,< ??? - : i .? . . ?:. . -?t- ? A NOBLE DEFENCE OF THE SLAXDEBED SOUTH. In the United States Senate last week, Gen. Gordon made an able and succinct reply to the speech of Senator Conkling, who defended the condition of the. administration in Louisiana, and argued that the President had been unwar? rantably attacked by Gordon and others : . Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, referred to his speech he made a few days ago, and'said he iiiid not made any attack- on the President. In that speech he. expressed his confidence that the bitter sentiment which characterized this debate found no response with the Northern people. Such was his opinion, notwithstand? ing the false'-charges in:ide on this floor a?ainst him. Since the surrender of the Confederate army no man ever heard him utter any senti? ments against the Federal Government. He referred to the arguments of Messrs. Conkling, Morton, and others, and contended that Vigers, the Clerk of the Louisiana Legislature, holding over, had no right to call the roll, and he did hot think any people would sustain the'Senate in any such proceedings. The honorable Sen? ator from New York (Mr. Conkling) had said the times changed and so did the people. He (Gordon) thought so, and he said it with no disrespect, but the majority in this body changed its action according to its own politi? cal proclivities- Hetben-referred to the action of the Alabama Legislature which elected Spencer",Stating that' it did not meet at the time nor the place required by the constitution of Alabama, yet the majority in this Senate admitted Spencer to his seat. Mr. Gordon then spoke of the feeling in the South, and especial? ly in his own State, and denied that there was any animosity existing between those of differ? ent political sentiments. He desired to lay be? fore the Senate the words of a gallant, soldier, who, while the war lasted, ever had his sword gleaming in the fr?nt of battle, but who, when the war ended; laid his sword upon the altar of civil war. He referred to Major General W. & Hancock, and read from an order of .Han? cock, issued while that officer was in command atr New-Orleans in 1867. Resuming his argu? ment he said those words ought to be stamped upon the records of this, land, as they are to? day stamped upon the hearts of the people of Louisiana. The Senator from New York had not touched upon the question as to whether the law authorized the invasion-of Louisiana; Neither bad other Senators on that side of the chamber. When asked to point out the law, their response bad been murder, outrage. That had been the sum and substance of all the speeches made upon the other side. What was the use of continually hurling in his (Gor? don's) teeth and the teeth of his people, that' they were rebels? They differed in opinion with the people of the North, an opinion hon? estly entertained. Perhaps if he had lived North he might have been in the Northern army. The people of the North thought those of the South wrong, but that was no reason why the sections should be quarrelling forever. He referred to the testimony offered before the committee in the other House of Congress re? cently, in which a witness said that he, (Gor? don,) in a speech in Alabama, had advised the Democrats to carry the electiou by force. To show how much truth there was in that^tate ment, he (Gordon) would say he had not made ;a political speech in Alabama in five years, and at the time he was charged by witnesses with making this speech, he was 200 miles away from the place in another State, He sent to the Clerk's desk and had read telegrams from VP. C. Morrill, of Maine, who was formerly agent of the Freedmau's Bureau in Georgia, 'and now a resident of that State,'to the effect 'that there was no oppression of blacks by whites, and also had read a telegram from the | ^Governor of the State in respect to educational | ?privileges of the blacks, to the effect that there |was: no difference between whites and bracks junder the State system, though' whites paid! taxes upon $266,000,000* and: the blacks' paid taxes upon $6,000,000, and that over 2,t)00 colored children attended public- schools last yean Numerous other telegramfe and letters? were read by request of Mr. Gordon, all tending to show the amicable relations between the races,, land resuming his argument, he said: Gen. Grabt once made a tour through the South,, land, reported thereon? but he, top; wiur charged With having whitewashed the Southern people.' [He had not been in the South since,, and'the only information he had' from'there Was fronV those'who, for nine long years, had' slandered the* people he (Gordon) represented. He next had' read atelegram from the Governor of Georgia as to the enforcement of law in that "State Under Democratic rule, and its enforce? ment under Bullock's (Repnblican) rule, show? ing that the present Governor had pardoned two white men who bad been convicted of mur? der and commuted the death sentence of four, two of whom were white and two colored ; of persons executed, ten were negroes and six whites; while under Bullock's government, forty-six persons were pardoned for the crime of murder, eighteen had their sentences com? muted and two were executed. The records under Bullock's government do not specify color ; whole number of pardons issued by Bullock, 444, to 47 issued by the present Gov? ernor, and a majority of those pardoned by the present Governor were blacks. Mr. Gordon then asked, "Where is Bullock now ?" A refu? gee from justice in Canada. He then spoke of FosterBlodgett, and said when he had charge of the railroad in Georgia, which now paid $300.000 annually to the State, it did not pay a "cenvSTJnMifi^ides he robbed it of a half million d?llam. MnS?filon then asked, "Where is Blodgett now ?" in the province of South Carolina. The road which he. had so robbed was now run by a Senator who occupied a seat on the other side of this chamber. "X Mr. Sprague?Who is the Senator ? Mr. Gordon replied he would rather not name'him ; he was an honorable roan, and paid money to the State promptly ; he belonged to a company who managed the road. He. next referred to crimes committed in the South by negroe3.. Mr. Pease, of Mississippi, rose to ask a ques? tion, but Mr. Gordon refused to yield, saying: "Excuse uie ; you have had nearly a week to pour out the vials of your wrath upon my peo? ple, and I hope I'will have an hour to reply." In conclusion, Mr. Gordon appealed from the bar of the Senate to the bar of public opin? ion, and said he felt confident that the appeal would not be made in vain. All that he asked' was, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." ? It has just been discovered by some of the States bordering on Massachusetts that a law of'that State, appearing on its face to be .praise-worthy and humanitarian, by which paupers receive passes on the railroads, is made, in fact, to servo very mean ends. The pau? pers' are carried as far as the State line free, but as soon as the railroad trains leave the classic soil fare is doinanded, and those that don't pay are put off, and consequently become a charge upon the town in-Whicn tbey afe'Ieft. Diversified Paroiingi C?tton always works out best on paper.? "Every one" says that all the successful plan? ters and farmers he ever knew made their own supplies, so that all experience is that way, and yet one can figure out more on cotton than in any other way. This discrepancy puzzles many minds. We think it can be made plain on- paper. There is nothing mysterious about it, but all the conditions and facta are open to our senses and observation. 'There is nothing more deceptive than fig? ures," says 8idney Smith, "except facts." This, however, is- because our problems have not been stated rigght. 1. The principal reason explanatory is, that he who cultivates cotton exclusively must ac? tually waste much time and labor. A farm, to make maximum results, must, like any other investment, be worked up to its capacity. Now there are parts of the year much busier than others, and parts in which the cotton requires no attention ; but the land, the hands, and the mules, are nevertheless all on hand, and the two latter on expenses, the hands also drawing wages. In pitching the cotton crop, the limit of possible production is found in the picking capacity of the hands engaged in its produc? tion, and of the extra hands who can be hired. These extra hands consist mainly of the non workers (women and children) on the farm, of drones about the town, and of some who quit household work and go to cotton-picking to the great discomfort of house-keepers. Certainly the two latter classes are not to be encouraged. Another pinch in cotton making, is in the time of hoeing, When the same classes are brought into requisition. We have here no great re? servoir of laborers, usually engaged in other pursuits, from which to draw at these seasons, as they have in other countries. The hoeing season is to some extent embarrassed by other crops, but by good management, even with the drawbacks these occasion, a farm can be made to produce as much as the available labor can pick. 2. A second reason is found in the compari? son of money made per acre. As the land con? stitutes but one of a number of necessary ele? ments of production, mere acreage is not a test In the view heretofore given, we supposed as many acres of cotton as the bands, including extra hands, could gather. There was, there1 fore, no loss of cotton, or little loas, in making the other crops and attending to other work. ,The number of days' work needed upon an acre of cotton, from the first to thedast, is great? er than upon any other crop, and the other ex? penses bestowed upon it greater. The band power, horse-power, fertilizing, ginniug, haul fng, freight, marketing, are all elements of cost. Probably in estimating the cost of cotton there are.more nncbmputed items than in any other crop?because they are more numerous. Its share of the general expenses, and the necessary conditions it imposes at seasons when labor is nigh, are'not set high enough in our calcula? tions.- The relative exhaustion of land is another element uncousidered, but which the old red hills of Georgia attest, and with their scarred and gullied faces, utter a mute protest to heaven and to man. For while cotton takes less into itself than other crops, clean culture consigns our soil to the river-bottom aud the sea. 3. A third reason is found in the imaginative income it bestows greater than the real. There is some intoxication in handling more money, though it has to be paid out again. It is apt to enlarge the scale of expenses, unless due con? sideration is given to the difference between gross and net results. The farmer feels richer than he really is, and it is hard-to anticipate all the items ofoutgo-r-just as in building a house, it is safe, after computing all you can think of, to add 50 per cent, for what you have forgotten. In accordance with this view an observant old commission merchant once told me that all his customers who did not make their own supplies would, abput March, or earlier, come to town to see their factors, remarking that they wished to make "some arrangements," which always meant to borrow money. Three: millions of bales at 20 cents, would yield the same gross sum as four million would at 15, or as five millions at 12 cents. Would not the'crop of three millions sell at 20 cents and over ? Would a crop of five millions prob? ably bring an average or 12 cents? The gross sales of the cotton crop amount to a tolerably uniform sum. Mankind gives us as much or more for a small crop as for a large, without the smallest reference to what it cost us. This is a fact of huge significance, the full impor? tance of which it is difficult to realize. That it is a fact is demonstrated, however, by expe? rience, and the reasons are not abstruse. Were five millions of bales made the present year, 1874, we do not believe it would bring an aver? age of : 12 cents. For the lower qualities there would be scarcely any demand. Probably the gross sales of three millions would excel those, of five. Let us consider the effect upon cost of the odd two millions of bales. Not only would the five millions cost more in the aggregate, but the actual cost of produc? tion per pound would be greater. For to make the odd two millions we must call into requisition much poor land, scarcely paying for cultivation. Again, the character of the cultivation would be poorer. Much ex? tra labor would have to be paid for in hoeing and picking, the picking would be protracted and gin an inferior quality. We would also have extra ginning, bagging, rope, freight, com? missions, aud other market expenses, and with this policy pursued more than one year, usury on the means of production^ To all this we must add the cost of the supplies we might have made, and we see that the hardest of work and of anxiety enter iu with the enhauced cost. More land, more work, more care, enter'into eaeh added pound, after we pass the proper limit?Exlract from Prize Fssay on Diversi? fied Farming, by Mr. Samuel Burnett, in Geor? gia Grange. ^"~"Take Away the Sword."?The Savannah Advertiser says a chord was touched in the hearts of the bandits at New Orleans on Monday last when Mr. Lawrence Barrett opened at the Va? rieties Theatre, in.his unequalled personage of Richelieu, and a feeliBg incident "not on the bills" occurred. The grlipd old Cardinal re? turned the sword to Francoiswith the words, "Take away tho uword; States can behaved without it." No sooner had Mr. Barrett's grand,voice rolled out the sentiment than its perfect patn^ss to the situation struck the house. The seals were all filled with the "banditti;" and with one Spon? taneous impulse every hand in the house joiSied in jthe loud, long and enthusiastic applause. Tfifj gentlemen who described the scene tojJj declares that in all his experience of NewJ? leans, he never heard such a kindly roaj? approval. It rose and fell; swelled inW^ . der and died away,, only to rise agaifl splendid interpretation of the line'iH greatest of elocutionists struck a ehiiB Southern heart, and it was full threjH before he could proceed. During thfl Cardinal Duke sat in his red chairH not afraid !" ? If a pair of spectacles could si historian would they name? EuseW The Deficiencies. The Legislature at the last session levied a tax of one and feur-fiffcha mills to pay the de? ficiencies or the balance of unpaid appropria? tions of the fiscal year ending October 81, 1874. That tax is now being collected, and the de? ficiencies are being paid. The tax will produce about ?200,000, while the deficiencies to be paid from it amount to about S520,000. It is natu? ral to afck how it happens that there is so wide a discrepancy between the amount collected and the amount which will be presented for payment ? This question is one of those things "which no fellow can find out." The fact re? mains, however, that "it is ever thus." For the six years in which we have had a "recon? structed" legislature, the peculiarity noted has prevailed monotonously, and to all appearance it will prevail in the future?at least until we can reconstruct our legislatures! There are three conditions absolutely essen? tial to the payment of money from the treasury: First, the claim must be acknowledged by the State as a valid claim ; second, there must be an appropriation made to pay the claim so ac? knowledged ; third, there must be a levy and collection of a tax to pay the appropriation. Oue or the other of these essential conditions arc often wanting in the character of'he drafts or orders' presented at the treasury for payment. For instance,' a person will present a claim at the treasury for payment, and the treasury will politely inform him that no appropriation has j been made for the payment of the claim. The holder of the paper will probably stare at the . treasurer with amazement and incredulity, and; I when this feeling is overcome, will indignantly , reply, "Yon are mistaken, sir; I have a claim I against the State, which the legislature has acknowledged to be valid, and I hold this cer? tificate, issued by the clerk, as an evidence of that fact." That may be, the treasurer answers; the legislature has simply acknowledged the validity of your claim, but has not authorized me to pay it by making an appropriation for that purpose. The holder of the certificate will naturally and perhaps wrathfnlly inform the treasurer that he will immediately obtain a mandamus to compel him to pay his claim, and will, in nine cases out of ten, retire feeling that the treasurer is defrauding him of bis money. But the cases that are most numerous and troublesome are where the legislature has ac? knowledged the validity of the claims, and made an appropriation to pay them, thus com Elying with the first two essential conditions, ut leaving out the third ; and, if any one be more important than another, the most impor? tant condition of the three, viz.: the levy of a' tax to obtain the money to pay with. The' holders of such papers are the most importu? nate and justly indignant, when their claims are not paid, of all the applicants at the treas? ury. Unfortunately for the treasurer, they blame -him, when he is not at all responsible for such a condition of things; he neither makes appropriations nor levies taxes. It seems strange that this simple require? ment is not complied with, but it is neverthe? less a fact that appropriations seem'to be made generally in utter disregard of the levy by which they are to be paid, and the treasurer is held responsible if be does not make one dollar pay three. The legislature yesterday passed a resolution asking him if he would be able to pay the appropriation of $150,000 - for legisla?. tive expenses from the proceeds of the one mill tax levied for that purpose, which will realize about $120,000. We will never reach a sound financial condi? tion, and the credit of the State will never be restored, and honest and competent officers will never be obtained to perform the. services re? quired by the State, until the appropriations are kept within the tax levy. We do not purpose tc say anything here in regard to a class of orders ou the treasury claiming to be deficiencies, but which really are not. Deficiencies, in the legal and consti? tutional sense of the term, are the balances of iunpaid appropriations; but the papers we here refer to, claiming to be deficiencies, are drafts or orders issued in excess of the appropriations. What a solemn farce it does seem for the leg? islature to assemble arid carefully deliberate for two or three weeks, fixing the amount for the support of a public iustitution at $50,000, and then for the superintendent of that insti? tution to spend the $50,000 and contract a debt against the State of $50,000 more. The legis? lature is thus treated with supreme contempt. They had better say that the appropriation shall be whatever the superintendent pleases to spend, and had better give him the power to levy a tax to suit his wants and conveniences. The same remarks will apply as well to execu? tive aud legislative officers.? Union-Herald. The Destitution in New York. Hard times prevail all over the country, but the destitution in New York city is said to be something apalling. Never in the history of that city has there been such a constantly in? creasing army of homeless, unemployed ones. The mauy benevolent institutions are taxed to their utmost, and the papers daily make de? mands for means to fill the exhausted coffers of the charitable associations. Collections are takeu up on Sundays in the churches to buy food and clothing for the starving poor; and the ladies of the different congregations meet daily in the church-rooms, and sew, and distri? bute articles among the needy, without regard to creed, or caste, or kind. In Jersey City, Brooklyn, aud New York, alone, are (500,000 people crowded into tenement houses, often forty or fifty families living in one tenement! There are 170,000 people living in 2,700 tene? ments ; and, with all that public and private charity can do, how are these people to be fed and clothed while thrown out of work ?^ The iucreose of crime and evil doing 13 owing to the increase of pauperism. The rich have re? sponded generously ; wealthy ladies have gone in their carriages, and personally bestowed money and given other help ; but the attempts have been spasmodic, and the mauy benevo? lent organizations cannot begin to succor all the needy poor. Frequently families are picked up on the streets, who have been turned adrift into the streets because of unpaid rents, and who have literally neither food,' clothing nor shelter. It is now a serious problem with thoughtful people what is to become of all these houseless, hungry poor, with ranks con? stantly growing larger. The Length of Human Life* by bbv; w. s. plumeb, d. P. The eagle lives a hundred years, the ass a hundred and fifty, the elephant four hundred^ and a whale a thousand; yet there is no living; moving thing that was in existence when Jesus Christ was upon earth. Some have said that there are olives trees in Judea and pines in Cal? ifornia, which were growing when Jesus was born. Whatever probability may attach to these conjectures, perhaps no one regards the evidence as conclusive, i It seems to be certain that since the birth of Christ no one has lived two centuries. And yet there have been some cases of remarkable lon fevity. I think the books state-that Louisa Yuxo lived to be one hundred and seventy-five years old. When I was young I often co^ versed with a man who was one hundred and six years old. During the summer of 1873 j saw in the mountains of West Virginia the [ sixth generation of that man's descendants, f Some years ago I visited, in Cumberland county, Virginia, Syphax Brown when he was one hundred and fifteen years old. He was of African origin. During the war of Independ? ence he was the body servant of Colonel Tuck? er, the step-father of Randolph of Roanotei When I saw him, there stood by him an old gray-headed woman who was his grand-daugh? ter. The constitution of the cld> man had evi? dently been excellent. When I saw him he was still erect, and his gate was firm. Yet the longest human life is really short?? short compared with the ages of the'patriarchsj or with the age of the world, or with eternityi At the age of one hundred and thirty Jacob said:. "Few and evil have the day3 of the years of my life been." Moses wrote the 90th psalm. Somethinlrhfl composed it in view of his own immediate death, at the age of an hundred and tweuty years. In that ode his;mind seems deeply impressed with the brevity of life: "Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass that groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and wither eth. We spend our years as a tale that is told." Inspired writers have used almost every apt figure to teach the swiftness of time and the shortness of life. They compare our earthly existence to a weaver's shuttle that flies so fast that one cannot trace its course with the eye 1 to one riding fast, who presses on day and night and never stops ; to a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away; to ? span which is the breadth of four fingers ; to a* moment, and to a little moment. Much as men differ on most things nearly all sober men agred that life is short. The poets sing about an in?hr of time. Yet on this point of time hang the most weighty and the most solemn things. Th?f everlasting destiny of the soul turns upon the course it takes in time. They, who live onto God, shall forever reign in glory. They, who despise his goodness aud waste their precious1 moments, shall awake to shame aud everlasting* contempt. Never were snch crowns and victo* ries lost or won, never were such treasures of> joy or grief laid up as in this short life. Short as life is, it is long enough for the evii disposed to do a world of mischief, and for the* well disposed to do an immense amount of good; See how busy.and successfuljtbe wicked are. in treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath; Behold the success of those who seek for glbryi and honor and immortality. They lay- up1 n good foundation against the time to* come'; Blessed is he who seizes the happy moment, lays hold on eternal life, make peace with God, works righteousness, sows beside all water courses, and gathers fruit unto life eternal!? New York Observer. : A Defence of Old Maids.?The St. Louis Republican enters a vigorous protest against the prejudice which exists in society against "old maids," and places it among the popular and pernicious delusions which seem to have guinea a firmer foothold in our country than anywherdi else. A distinguished authority has declared that marriage is honorable, but why, ids asked, should celibacy be any more dishonorable' in' one sex than in the other? A man may lire in single-blessedneas to the end of the chapter, and nobody thinks the less of him for it. It he bears the proper character and is socially disposed, he is a welcome guest in every circle long after he has swung beyond the latitude of the:forties. If he.is a good talker, the choicest, damsels of the season will tete-a-tete with him ; if he is a good dancer his arm will not be con? sidered out of place when around the waist of the belle of the ball-room?in short, the oldest of old bachelors, providing he is reputable and not a bore, may have all the attention and all the pleasure society can afford. The fact is, that in this country *old maidhood is only a mild form of social outlawry, aud there are not many women honest and brave enough to de? liberately accept it as their lot. Elsewhere? and notably in England?no such condition of things exists. "Maiden ladies" are far more abundant there than here, and they receive quite as much attention as their younger sisters. They are never considered de irop in any socie? ty ; they are not perpetual "wall flowers;" they are not treated as if they had committed some grave offence against the peace and dignity of the community. Will we ever imitate the ex? ample of our English cousins in this respect? An Interesting Question.?The Columbia iTnion-Herald makes the following point of in? terest: Gowan Reed, for the murder of Charles Sim? mons, and William Auld, for the murder of Butler Goldson, convicted in Orangeburg qoun* ty at the recent term of court, are very natural? ly awaiting with considerable anxiety the re? sult of the solving of a mixed question in that county* The sheriff is charged with hanging these men, if there is a sheriff. Edward I. Cain was elected in lo72, and disqualified by an act of the Legislature, and wheu the new election was ordered, Edward I. Cain was re-elected. He failed to qualify within the required time. Where there is no sheriff, the law provides that the coroner shall act, but J. Hammond Ford* ham, the coroner, also failed to qualify within the required time. The law provides for the designation of a trial justice to act as coroner in case of a vacancy in that office. Query?Can the trial justice hang the men ? Can a trial justice, designated to act as coroner, exercise any pow? rs of the sheriff ? The Ft. Scott (Kansas^ Monitor says: "A entleman of this city, informs us that he has jscovered an instantaneous cure for neural? a. He had been suffering intensely for sev al hours, when he was informed that his dog as poisoned, and the pain instantly ceased, id he has not felt it since. The dog recovered, nd his master wants him poisoned again next ime he has the neuralgia. This is the best se we have heard of-a aog being put to in a ong time." ? It is noticed that no church is too weak to ake up a collectioui