The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 14, 1852, Image 2
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1852.
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INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
We have no agent at present for the
Ledger. Subscribers will pay us peraonally,
or remit their subscriptions by mail.
The Crops.
We should certain ly be n grateful people
for the great benefits wc enjoy. There never
was such a prospect for an abendartfcrop of
Corn before in this District. Old, worn out
fields in this neighborhood which do not appear
to be worth any labor to be bestowed
on them, arc really producing abundant crops
of corn. There will be more corn made in
, this District than was ever before known.
A very large Beet.
Dr. Wylie has presented us with a large
beet which weighs five pounds and measures
17^ inches in circumference. It is certainly
the largest we have ever seen. From the
specimen of potatoes kindly sent us by Dr.
W., wc should say he was hard to beat in
gardening.
The Rail Road.
We direct attention to the Communication
of " Iron Horse "-in this paper.
A Rail Road to connect I-anrnstcr with
some other point, is a project to which the
attention of tlio citizens of Lancaster is directed.
It need not be told you at this late
day that such an enterprise will advance
your interests. A Road to run from either
point, Camden, Ridgeway, or Chcsterville
would terminate at Lancaster C. II., there is
not the shadow of reason to suppose it
would ever be carried farther. It could not
be carried to Chesterfield; it could not be
built in the first place from here to Ch< stcrficld
C. II., and even admitting it could be,
it could not possibly pay expenses between
the two places, that the plan would be an
injudicious one. It would never be carried
from here to Charlotte, from the fact that
the people of Lancaster would not wish it
to go there, and the people of Charlotte not
wanting it, no money would be subscribed
towards it, or but a trifling sum, wholly inadequate
for the purpose. The Road would
stop at Lancaster C. II., and the question
arises where should it be commenced from.
The people of Camden do not want it, the
citizens on the route between here und
Ridgeway, and between here and Chester
are anxious forft. Chaflt^District will subscribe
liberal^^ Cheated tillage will subscribe
liberally, the Charlotte Rrond will sub
scribe liberally, and the State, already implicated,
will contribute something to the enterprise.
On the route from Ridgeway the
people are able to subscribe and they will subscribe
towards it. As we once before observed,
we understood a gentleman of wealth
in Fairfield Will build the bridge over thfe river
at his own expense ; the Charlotte Road
would subscribe, and the State likewise. It
remains for the people to decide which route
is the most practicable. It is well to consider
the fact, that?one great advnntage Ridgeway
has over Chester, is,we would be nearer
to market, it would lessen the distance to
Charleston, near fifty miles, which of course
would lessen the expense of travel between I
thy up country and the sea board. <
On Sale Day in August we hope to see <
some definite action taken.
Tiie Souther* Press.?Mr. Elwood Fish
er, the senior Editor of this pnper, refuses to <
support the nominees of the Democratic Convention
for the Presidency, in a most empha- ,
tical manner; wnilst Mr. DeLeon is in i
0) favor of the nomination. "Tl is has raised a i
broeze between thenfuid Mr. Del/eon do- f
ctares he will nnt^^fteaponaible for the |
course the Press pnranes, although be still |
continues his connection with it j
The Palmetto State Bansee.?Wo i
congratulate the Publisher on the very neat f
appearance of the Daily Banner. We never (
did like " States Rights Repaid* ," and
always thought it would save confusion to a
have the daily and weekly of the same nam* q
The Daily Banner is puUiahod in Colwnbia \
every morning at $5 p?r year. I. C. Mor- ,
gan, Pabliaher, Jno. O. Bowman, Editor. j
Britton. why do you not change the Rag. a
iater to the Daily Herald 1 ,
JStT The Pebltahwa, If?ew. Jobaeoo ?
& .Cerie, Cotomtfc, will accept ew thaoke k
ftti eopy of the "hem of ?f the Rhea ?
OonvtjRoa* h
[he Democratic and Whig Candidates
There is no doubt that, although somo of
ho States will cast tho Electoral vote for
tome independent candidate, yet tho two
imminent leaders being Scott and Pierce
ineor the other will be elected. Webster
,vc observe, refuses to be a candidate, and It
n favor of the Whig ticket The Whig
jress throughout the country, with few ex:eptions,
support the nomination of Scott
uul are loud in the praise of his eminent ser
vices to the country.
Gen. Pierce, 011 the other hand, is support
cd by the Democratic press; and even ii
onr State, a number of papers have hoisler
the flag of Pierce and King. Not only hav<
the*Demoerntic ?ress lauded Pierce, but eve
ry circumstance in Gen. Scott's life whicl
can in any way throw calumny upon hi
name, has been hunted up and made t
work against him. The Georgia Tele
graph, a strong Democratic, Pierce papci
contains acolumn of correspondence betwec
Gen. Scott, Gen. Jackson, and De Witt Clin
ton. It appears that in April, 1847, Gener?
Jackson, the Commander of the Souther
Division, issued an order concerning the go\
eminent of that division.-fcThis order wa
spoken of in highly insulting terms by Gci
Scott, to a brother officer with whom he wa
on very intimate terms. Gen. Jackson wa
informed by an annoynious letter from Ne>
York, of the language used by Gen. Scotl
and he made a formal call on the lattea fo
an explanation. Gen. Jackson therefore ad
dresses a letter to Gen. Scott, charging hir
with his dishonorable conduct, and wouiv
up by saying, 44 I will barfly remark, in cor
elusion, that if you fstl yourself aggrieved a
what is here saicf, any communication fror
you will meet me safely at this place," (Nasi
ville.)
To this Gen. Scott replies, that he regret
ho cannot accept the. offered challenge, as
41 sense of religious feeling, as well as patrh
tic scruples," would keep him from levellin
his pistol at the breast of a follow man.
Gen. Scott'then accused De Witt Clinto
of being the author of thennnoyinous lette
and after Clinton was elected Governor <
New York, and had unequivocally declare
lie would not be concerned, directly or ind
rectly, in any duel, it appears by the Georgi
Telegraph, that Scott, after having refuse
to engage in a duel with Gen. Jackson, o
account of his 44 religious principles and pa
riotic scruples," challenges Clinton in a due
when lie knew Clinton had raised his voie
against duelling. It is also said Gen. Scoi
is a Free Soiler. \Vc publish a* card t
this effect in this paper, signed by Missii
sippi, Geergia and Alabama members. S
much for General Scott.
Gen. Pierdfw comparatively a young inn
but little known, nnd when the nominatio
was declared the universal inquiry was, wh
is Pierce 1 He has not been so much engi
ged in public life as many others, that w
I know not much that is good about him, nc
ther do we know much that is Cci
Pierce Is from an Abolition State, and w
never place much confidence in a Northei
man professing Southern principles. \V
will speak on this subject again.
The Carolina Spartan is the title no'
adopted by the old Spartanburg Spartan, j
comes out in a new dress, which improve
the appearance exceedingly, nnd its value i
still known nnd appreciated by being unde
the management of its former editors .Messrs
Tucker and Wallace.
The Western Democrat is the title of.
new paper, printed in a very neat style, \v
have received from Charlotte, N. C. It i
devoted to the interests of the Democrat!
party, and supports the nomination of Pierc
and King. R. P. NVarring, Esq., is the Edi
tor and Proprietor.
Any of our readers having friend
in Florida, and who may wisU a paper fror
that section, will find the 44 Conservator,
published at Ocala, which has improved v?
ry much of late, worthy of thoir pntronagi
Heroism of a Little Girl.?A"bot
ten days since a little girl aged 8 or 9, th
daughter of Jas. Steele, near this towi
attacked a rattlesnake and succeeded ii
killing it, without any assistance. Tta
skin is now in our office, measuring ,
feet in length and 10 inches in circumfei
ance. The snake had ten rattles.
S3T 0. M. Heath, Esq., of this I)is
trict, aged 47 years, quit chewing tobac
co on the 20th of May. His weight a
that time was 138?on the 25th Jun<
he woighed 153?gain in five week 1J
pounds. He also states that he has beei
free from a nervous headache whicl
constantly attended him while in the babi
of chewing.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Godey's Lady's Book. .
The Lady's Book was received some tinv
?ince. The July number is certainly supo
lor to any preceding number. Godey i
lever behind the times. In this numl>er w<
ind a hsndsome engraving, 44 The first Tri
iute." It represent* a mother holding he
ittle girl who is dropping a piece of mone]
nto the box in Church.
44 A Summer House " so4ft Rustic Pavil
ion " also posses* beauty. Terms #J(X
>er year. Address L. A. Godey, 1'hila.
ma ham's Maoazthe.
In eonsennenea of onr iWn?? ** -
Jao been unable to notice Graham before.?
Phe number for July ia inferior to no one ot
ta pMtdeeeeeore. The " Willing Cnptiro,'
i beautiful engraving, repmeenta a young
nnooent looking lad, with a dove with out
itratehed-wtng*, mating on hia band, appaently
vary willing to be a aaptiea far a tMM
* loam Grabaa'a MipdM rank# Ugh
a apgat Ma llagadnaa oft be waatry, whlah
i Awing to Mr. Grjhfja'k untiring tata
lona to imprcvo. Addreaaa Oao. ft. flanam,
Mia.
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For the Ijidoer.
Lancaster Bail Road.
A respectable and influential. portion of I
the citizens of Lancaster District in public 1
meeting, assembled at the Court House on 1
the first Monday in July, the 7th instant,
amongst other things, adopted a report and
resolutions to this effect, "That the construe- j
tion of a Railroad from Lancaster Court
House to some point, connecting us in the
scheme of Roods in this State, is a work, to
the accomplishment of which, we are invited
by every motive of self interest, and every
sentiment of patriotism."
j It will be observed that no point has been
designated, nor any particular route selected
whence the proposed Road shall run. Three
I points are however, contemplated, Camden,
Chestervillo and Ridgcway, on the Charlotte
Road, between Winnsboro' and Columbia.
The different routes, from Lancaster C. H.,
to each, of the points named are believed to
' be entirely practicable, and a Road could be
built on either route, at, or for neuf about
I the same cost. The route to be selected
^ should be hereafter determined, after a char,
ter has been obtained from the Legislature,
for the Road, by instrumental surveys, estimated
eost and amount of stock subscribed
for the different routes and whichever subscribes
most to the success of the enterprizc
8 or whichever one it will be most to our in^
tercst to select, thereby reducing it to a certainty
that the Road will bo built, that
I route should be preferred, and adoptod, and
we should all heartily unite in support of it.
^ It is believed upon a rough estimate* that
the proposed Road can be graded upon cither
route, on an average for 0700 or 0800
per mile, and will not at any rate exceed
01000 per mile; and it can be constructed
at a cost of 7,000 or not exceeding 08,000
per mile. The distance to Camden 38 miles,
8 at 07,000 per irtile would cost 0260,000, at
tpouuu, $3U4,uuo. i ho distance to Kidgcway,
33 miles, at $7,000 per mile, $231,000,
^ building bridge, $50,000, $281,000?at $8r
000, $261,000?bridge $50,000?$314,000,
n To Chesterville, 28 miles, at $7,000. $196,r'
000?bridge, $50,000?246,000 ; at $8,000
'J $224,000, bridge $50,000?Total, $274,000.
If the supposed estimate of the cost of
construction of the proposed. Road be cof'j
rect, (and every year's experience demonstrates
that a road can now Ik* built for or near
n one half leas than itcould have been construc*
ted ten years a go, occasioned by the great im'
provemcnts made in building Railronds, and
0 the cheapness of Iron,) then the question
arises, have the people of Ivineaster and ad?
joining Districts, interested in the building
| of the proposed road, the means within
? themselves to accomplish the work! and
even though they have not, will not the
n State afford aid in the construction of the
proposed road, ns she has already done, to
? all the roads within her limits, now in ptou
gress of construction ! This she is bound to
0 do by every consideration of justice. But
1" we have the ability within ourselves, and i
we should, each and all contribute to the at?
most extent of our means, even though it be
y to subscribe but one share only to the stock
e in the Rond, and the work can and will be
accomplished. The people of Lancaster
District, certainly will not be so blind to
j* their own interest, as to sufTer an enterprize
of such vast importance, to their present and
8 future prosperity, to fail for the want of a
9 liberal subscription on their part to the
stock, in the proposed Road, which would
insure its completion. This we cannot believe
; we have too much confidence in their
x intelligence and patriotism, to entertain, for
^ a moment, a doubt but that they are fully
H alive to the work, and each and every man
u ready to do his part. Then let each and
(> every man put his shoulder to the whecl,and
make a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull
altogether, nnd success will crown our efforts,
and the time be not far distant, when
? will be seen, snorting through our midst the
n Ikon House.
The doodIo of the United States hav*
scarcely yet recovered from the intense exB"
citement produced by the recent assembling
and proceedings of the National Conventions
it representing the two great political parties
e into tthich our country is divided. But
what a littleness does Death stamp upon i II
'? these questions of a day ! We have been
n much affected by the following extract from
a letter by the Washington correspondent of
'lhe Presbylrrian, dated 15th ult.
5 - Mr. Clay in sinking so gradually that the
r. changes from week to week are scarcely perceptible.
What a contrast may be witnessed
to-day in different apartments of our 4 National
Hotel ? Its public saloons and drawi
ing-rooms are crowded with the political
friends of the great sage of Ashland, on their
way to the great National Convention. Ths
1 intense excitement of politics scarcely P?re
mits them to remember that they are VKndsr
, the same roof with him, who was by them,
* only not adored,' but who is now dfimg;
i and if an enquiry is now and then made,?
li * How is Mr. Clay to-day V it subdues and
softens, but for a moment, the hearts that
1 still revere him, but which are now agitated
by thoughts of other men, and other things
thwprkness, death, and eternity. In the
a|>amnent of the dying stateaman,all is quiet,
peaceful and subdued. There lies the
emaciated form of him who very lately was
the eynosure of all eyes. ,For him .the world.
I politic*, dcplomacy, honour*, pleasures^arthiy
aspirations, arc all things of the pest The
" prtteni and the rternal only are now of ira
portance to him. One drop of atoning blood
B la to him far more valuable than presidential
or aenatorinl honors. One whisper from
the Saviour, M Thy sins be forgiven thee ;*
r sweeter, more transporting far, than the
J plaudit* of the murmuring multitude! What
a contrast between the thing politician, tossed
upon 'he troubled sea of popuiar exefte'
meat, driven before the gaies of psaaioo or
of prejudice, and struggling amid the conflicting
waves of interest and poliey, choak*d
with their foam and soiled by their filth,
and the dying statesmen, with all this turmoil
and noise hushed behind him, the calm'
ly awful solemnities of the death-bed arsond
T htm, and eternity iust before him! M Or that
they were wise, that they understood this*
that thsy would consider their latter end r
' ?flewKr at the Cross
Mi. gut1! Scoaaaao*. TUB^Ilw
Pre* mt*i that Jumm GadpjfL' ! %*. a
<li?tingniehad Democrat of KailuJtf. wfll
fa*appointed by the Oafwaor to fill tha
r*e*ncy fn tha fan?4< *aanet4 by tha
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Letters ot Aoosptaaoe ^
The following ur the letter* of Generpla
Bcott nod Pierce neoepting the nomination
tendered to them by their respective Conventions
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Washington, June 34, 1863.
Sin : I have had the honor to recoive from
your hands the official notice of my ?* unanimous
nomination as the Whig Candidate for
the office of President of theUnited States,"
together with "a copy of the resolutions
passed by the Convention expressing their
opinions upon some of the most prominent
questions of nntional policy."
The great distinction, conferred by a numerous,
intelligent and patriotic body, representing
millions of my countrymen, sinks
deep into my heart; and nqneuiboring the
very eminent nam a which were before the
convention in amicable competition with my
own, I am made to fuel, oppressively, the
L. _f !L!l!t.. U.. t ? ?I
WVI^IIl Ol rV?|IUII9IUIIIl}I IU Illy
new position.
Not having written a word to procure the
nomination, T lost not a moment, after it had
been conferred in addressing a letter to one
of your members to signify what would be,
at tho proper time, the substance of my reply
to the convention; and I now have the
honor to repeat, in a more formal manner, as
the occasion justly demands, that I accept
the nomination with the resolutions annexed.
The political principles laid down in those
resolutions are so broad that but little is left
for me to add. I therefore barely sugge t
in this place that should I, by the partiality
of my countrymen, be elevated to the Chief
Magistracy of the Union, I shall be ready, in
connexion with Congress, to recommend or
to approve of mensures in regard to the management
of the public domain so as *o secure
an early settlement of the same, favorable
to actual settlers, but consistent nevertheless
with a due regard to the equal rights of the
whole American people in that vast national
inheritance; and also to recommend or approve
of a single alteration in our naturalize
tion laws, suggested by my military experience,
viz : giving to nil foreigners the right
of citizenship who shall faithfully serve in
time of war on board of our public ships, or
in our land forces, regular or volunteer, on
their receiving nn honorblo discharge from
the service.
In regard to the general policy of the administration
; if elected, 1 should of course
look among those who nppro%'c that policy
for the agents to carry it into execution ; and
I should seek to cultivate harmony and fraternal
sentiments throughout the whig party
; without attempting to reduce its members
by proscription to exact conformity to
in) own views. But I should, at the same
l>?t ion of my judgment; and with them I
believe I eaa aafely my there hae been ae
word or aet in my life in eeaJWt
1 bare only to trader my fratafal aahaiwl.
edfiaeaU to yen, gentlemen, to the convention
of which yoa ware members, aad to fee
people of oar eommoa emntry.
I am with the highlit njapoet, yomr meet
obetW enrrant, pfKACE.
? the Howa> J. A B?W, * Tbampaan,
lime, be rigorous in regard to qualifications
for office?retaining and appointing no one
either deficient in capacity or integrity or in
devotion to liberty, to the Constitution, and
the Union. ?
Convinced that harmony or good will between
the different quarters of our broad
country is essential to the present and tuture
interests of the Republic, and with a devotion
to those interest* that cun know no
South and no North, I ahould neither countenance
nor tolerate nny sedition, disorder,
faction or resistance to the l*w, or the
Union, en any pretext in any port of the
land ; and should carry into the civil administration
this one principle of military conduct?obedience
to the legislative and judicial
departments of Government, each in its
constitutional sphere?saving nly in respect
i to the Legislature, the possible resort to th?
veto power?always to be most cautiously
exorcised, and under
ab?J iietmiihK.
1 Finally, for my strict adherence to the
principles of the Whig party as expressed in
the resolutions of the convention, und herein
suggested, with a sincere and earnest purpose
to advance the greatness and h.,ppiness
of the Republic, and thus to cherish and encourage
the cause of constitutional liberty
throughout the world, avoiding every act and
I thought that might involve our country in
un unjust or unnecessary war, or impair the
fkith of treaties, discountenancing all political
agitation injurious to the interests of society
and dangerous to the Union, I can offer
no other pledge or guarantee than the
known incidents of s long public life, now
undergoing the severest examination.
Fooling myself highly fortunate in my associate
on the ticket, and with s lively sense
of my obligations to the convention, and to
your personal courtesies,
I have the honor to remain, air. with great
esteem, yo^ most obedient servant,
W1NF1ELD SCOTT.
To the Hon. J. G. Chapman, President of
the Whig National Convention.
Coxcosd, N. Y., June 17, I8M.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to scknowledge
your personal kindhess in presenting
to me this duy your letter officicially informing
me of my nomination, by the EhsmocraU
ic National Convention, as a candidate for
urn rresiacncy of the United State*.
The surprise with which ! received the
intelligence of the nomination wua not unmingled
wth painful solieitnde, and yet it la
proper for me to say that the manner in
which it was conferred was peculiarly gratifying.
The delegation fkrom New Hampshire,
with all the gio* of State pride, and
all the warmth of personal regard, would
not have submitted my name to the Convention,
nor would they have raat a vote for
me, under circumstances other than those
which occurred.
1 shall always cherish with pride and gratitude
the recollection of the fact that the
voice which first announced me?and pronounced
alone?came from the mother of
States?a pride and gratitude rising far above
any consequences that can betide me personally
May I not regard It as a fact pointing to
the overthrow of sectional jealousies, and
looking to the oawnnial life and vljer of a
Union, oemented by the blood of those who
have pnseed to their reward?a Union wop
derful in its formation, boundless in its hodB
amazing in its deathly! I accept the nomP
nation, relying upon aa abiding devotion to
the interest*, the honor, aad the glory of
our whole country, bat beyond and above
all, upon a power superior to all haasaa
might?a Power whlea, from that ttrat gun
of the revolution, in every crisis, through
which we have peaaed, in every hour of acknowledged
peril, when the dark clouds
have shut down around as, has interposed,
aa if to bailie beams wisdom, outmarch human
lorveaat. and bring oat of darkness the
rainbow of promise. Weak, myself,- faith
and hope repose there in security. I accept
the nomination upon the platform adapted
by the Conventioa, not bassaae this Is expected
to roe aa q paalMati, bat baaaasi the
dadnlM U ?'1 rt
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tdtojti* tni^pcebo**ou, W^Uw^wedwrUtocTof
making a joint statement to our constituents,
respectively, and to all who may
take an interest in the subject, that we
cannot and will not support General
Scott for the Presidency, as he now stands
before the American people, for the following
amongst other reasons:
lie obstinately refused, up to the time
of his nomination, to give any public
opinion in favor of that serins of measures
of tlie last Congress known as the compromise;
the permanent maintainance of
which with us is a question ot paramount
importance. Nor has he, since his nomination,
made any declaration of his approval
of those measures as a final adjustment
of the issues in controversy.
It is true the resolutions of the Convention
that nominatad him are as clear and
as explicit upon this question as need be;
hut Gen Scott, in his letter of acceptance,
which contains all wc have fn>m liiui, on
that matter, docs not give them the approval
of his judgment. This he seems
studiously to have avoided. He accepts
the nomination "with the revolutions annexed."
That in, he takes the nomination
cum onere, as an individual takes an estate,
with whatever incumbrances it may
be loaded with. And the only pledge
and guarantee he'offers for his "adherence*
to the principles of the reeoh'titibs" are
"the known incidents of a long public life,"
Ac. Among these "knovm incidents" of
of his life there is not one, so far as we are
aware of, in favor of the principles of the
compromise. In one, at least, of his public
letters he has expressed sentiments inimical
to the institutions of fifteen States of
the Union. Since the passage of the compromise
he has suffered his name to be
held up before the people of several of the
States as a candidate for the Presidency,
by the open and avowed enemies of those
measures. And in the Convention that
conferred this nomination upon him he
permittted himself to he used by the Free
Soilrrs in that body to defeat Mr. Fillmore
ami Mr. Welwter, became of their aevocacy
of these measures, and their firm adherence
to the policy that sustained them.
To aid such men and aid them in completing
their triumph over, and mcrijice
of, the true and tried friends of the constitution
and the faithful discharge of all its
obligations, is what wo can never do.?
The dictates of duty and patriotism sternly
forbid it.
We consider Gen. Scott, as the farorite
candidate of the Free Soil wing of the
Whig |>arty. That his policy, ifhe should
be elected, would be warped and shaped
to conform to thei* views, and to elevate
them to power in the administration of the
Government can but be considered as a legitimate
and probable result, and believing
as we do that the views of that faction of
mischievous men are dangerous not only
to the jnst and constitutional rights of the
Southern States which we represent in
part, but to the peace and quiet of the
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nmnr wuiiiif,AUU n I vur JXTIIIIUCUl uiduii
yjf tiitj o uwa, wo regard it as (no lustiest
duty of the well-wishem of the country
every where, whatever else they may do,
to at least withhold from Aim their suje
port. Tliis we intend to do.
Alexander II. Stephens, of Ga.
Charles J. Faulkner, of Va.
W. Bkooke, of Mis*.
Alex. White, of Ala.
James Arercromiiik, of Ala.
K. Toomiis, of Ga.
James Joiishon, ofGa.
For reasons to 'some extent indicated
in speeches and addresses heretofore msde
by the undersigned, they deem it to be
their duty to withhold their support from
Gen. Scott as a candidate for the Pnnidencv.
If it should seem to !>e necessary,
we will hereafter, in some fonn, exhibit
more fttlly to our constituents the fact*
and reasons which have brought us to Ihi*
determination.
M. P. Gentry, Tenn.
C. H. Williams, of Teun.
Lasok Cotton Boll.?Mr. Andrew
Turner, of this District, has laid upon our
table a cotton boll which measures one
and a half inches in length, and nearly
lour inches in circumference.
It must not be infered from this specimen
boll, that the cotton crop ia in a state
of forwarddom and thrift. On the contrary,
Um account* we received on Monay
last, Bale-day, from almoat every neighhorhooein
the District, represent this crop
a* quite backward and unpromising. The
growth of the weedwaa cheeked by the
cool weather, that prevailed aoine three or
four week* ago, plant* became dieeeaaH,
and many of them died outright. The
stand ia, in oonoeqoence, very bad. The
danger is now, since the dyys rnd night*
have become warm, that the plenteous
rain* which have fallen during the last two
or three weeks, and which are likely to
continue two or three weeka longer,
judging from present appearances, will
cause the p!*nt to rw? to weed wkh but
little fruit on H. However, nothing like
an accurate tinsels of the yield can be
I ? mm> <Um ' - ?>-?? ?
J ??jwn IVT |H Willi f mi
much (tapwds upon (In fall myow. But
jadgieg Rom "the Mtpu of the time," we
report (he peospeeta of mi ibuadant cotton
crop as very unfavorable.
We-rejoice that we Mill here a moet
cheering report to make of the com crop.
There here been abundant nine in nhnoirt
every section of the DieUfcc end the prow
pecU of e plenteous herraM were never
moftdsttotiag. The com plant hne that
dark grssa^atnelaat end hwtiuui apnearaaee
whieb an daKgkts the eye o^he
farmer. And were no more rain to fall
from this tintH in maturity, the yield would
be amply sufficient far the wants of the
.District Tla tree, it wit reqaire a quantity
ef thin gram to swell to their jnet
peopertiene the leap, lank and flabby horses
and males that msv now he earn Mrs*
g?nff timr ?fow akMg" U? cotton
iwlja. b?t mum (imn me m
omm( of whoa* eomiMirioti h*i6 ibmd
UmAt g*rw is Mm buzuwdVi Ui?
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f.W We hare received from the office f i
of the Edgefield Advertiser a pamphlet 1
"Incidents of a journey from Abbeville '
8. C. to Ocala, FlaH for which we are j
obliged. We observe some good, things j
in it, and transfer the following to our i
columns.'
In the evening of the day I left the Orange
Spring, I reached Ocala. This is ]
an Indian name; it seems that L)e Soto
once landed At Tumpa Bay, made an excursion
through the peninsula, went by thc0 ^
place where Home, in Georgia, now stands,
and penetrated the country as fur as the
Mississippi valley, ut lue place where the (
Red mingles its waters with the Mississippi.
He died and his body was committed
to tho stream. In the course of bis journey
he came to a largo Indian Town called
Ocala, that being the name of the
Chief. It is supposed that tho present
Ocala occupies the site of the former one.
It is an inland town; the nearest navigable
water to it is the Silver Spring, which is
six miles off. It is two or three miles from
Fort King in a South-Western direction.
The Town now contains between three
hundred and fifty, and four hundred inhabitants,
and six or seven stores; it is
doing a very good business and I think is
destined to Lecome a place of importance.
It is now the seat of justice for Marion
fVftlint.V. It- ie ftiirtvuinihul K*r l?r?o
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extremely fertile hammocks, and since I
left it I have learned that it is tin most
central place in Florida, and probably
will become the seat of Government; it
will certainly be removed fronrTallahassee
before very long, as it ii on one side
of the State. There are some of the best
houses in Ocala that I saw in Florida.?
There fs a very neat two story Court House
nearly finished, which is on the plan of
the Court House in this District. The
Jail is an odd looking little affair, not
more thnn fifteen feet square with two stori<?,
the entrance to the lower story is
through the upper one. It is constructed
of hewed logs, double walled, and the
space between the two walls is filled up
with loose bits of wood j but what I liked
best of all was that there was not aiflnglo
prisoner in it; that speaks well for the
county. The Tobacco trade is carried
on very extensively there. Improved
Farms in that section of country sell
for from twelve to twenty dollars per acre,
though I think tliere are still some public
lands near Ocala that can be procured at
Government price. The clearing of Hammocks
is very heavy work on account of
the thick growth. The hammocks are
mostly small, containing from one to three
hundred acres, though I was told that
there are some from ten to fourteen miles
in length and upward of a mile wide; but
I did not see any of that size. Hammock
lands in this part of Florida yield
from eight hundred to one thousand
pounds ofTobacco to the acre, and that
l'obacco sells from thirty cents to n dollar
per pound, though tho dollar Tobacco is
scarce. From twelve to twenty-six hundred
weight of J""* Cotton j?er acre,
is dso produced; (tlie long stable is
now nearly ubandoncd,) thirty or forty
bushels of' Corn per acre ; two hogsheads
of Sugar anj ?ny quantity ?f Syrup and
.Molasses; as to potatoes they could not
tell me how mnnv were made as they are
nev^r dug except for immediate u?o.-^A
patch wn? pointed out. to me that had
flrfnu'tnrr *1*?? -?-? >
H'l UIIW ^ t'?rS.
I told the owner he must find the potato**
very largo. lie said he sometime* pot
them weighing fifteen or sixteen pounds.
I did not see nny that large. Root* of every
kind grows finely in Florida, and Cabbage
, grows very large, making fine heads. The
, market in Savannah is taginning to lie
supplied with vegetables from Florida. It
is an excellent poor man's country and I
think that the rich can do well there two.
Tfie pine Innd* produce from fifteen to
twenty bushels of Corn per acre, from eight
hundred to a thousand weight of Cotton,
six or right hundred weight of Tolwcco,
, hot this Tobacco is not of the l?e*t finality;
indeed it m quite inferior if the latin is not
manured.
The Arrow-Root in cultivated with profit
by some, but I suppose that if many
undert ke it the market will he overstocked.
The cattle that I saw disa|iointed me;
the were small and not very fat, the Butter
was very poor. I was told that I had
not seen any good ranges. The grass
was very luxuriant hut coarse.
I uw ft Cm> luftM tin! !>? ? . 1. ~
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finest I ever H? in my life.
I tasted no cool water in Florida, and
> what m n remarkalde fact, the warmmt
' watercameoutof the deepest well. That
, wed vm forty foot deep; (lie well* are
i generally from fifteen to 1 wenty feet deep,
i As I wm in the ae of drinking dome water
that had just been drawn up from this
i deep woll, the owner told me not to
? drink it ae H wm nuhe warm, .that there
wm some in the house that had been
drawn some time and waa cooler. I tantad
what waa n the bucket and found it
Were indeed. I renrerked to the
> owner that I supposed he had the deepest
i well in Florida- "Oh, no!" said he,"there
is a well in my neighborhood which is
i ninety feet deep, and the water is much
> warmer than this." This is a phenome
non A>r which I cannot account
While at Ocala I visited the Bilrer
Spring; but words will fail to convey to
you a correct idea of the surpassing beauty
of this Kpring. It ie an otdong basin
over three hundred feet wide ano eighty
fret deep, end ?o peifectly trar.alucid ?
the water, that a aigflgfty be distinctly
aeen at the bottom, bn^t and beautiful.
There are projecting ledges of limestone
from the depth of forty feet to ike bottom
under which the water cornea h?, and he
entrance can he plainly peresrred by the
nndnlatlng of the plant* that grow around.
All kiade of neqwatki plants are m? growing
at the bottom, they are of the deepest
to the palest green, approximating to yellow.
Mow grow* in eeme places; there
, are othera where the lime atone k hem,
looking m white ne arrow. To inhh the
etory there are frh distinctly rinblo and
eeamfcgf net in the leaat disturbed he my
appwraaui. I nw flahee in that Spring
from two feet long down to fair inches.
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mm Mm ?W* ?f tto Wi awi
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its outlet is very deep and runs six miles
when it empties into tho Ochlawhha Ri\r8r.
This Hiver empties into the 8t. Johns
above Palatka and thero is water enough *
For Steamboat navigation ; but the River
is obstructed by rafts of logs, and where ? '
these rafts are, the banks Hre low and *
flat, so that the River h ? branched out <
into a great many (Areains, none of them
affording water enough to float a Steam- ?^
k?o? T :c ?i.? i . .....
wi?i. jl iuiiiiv ji uiu iuj^h wcrr tin uut
i?f the channel, and the others stopped, it
would* become a navigable stream for
Steamboats, Pole-ltoat* go from Palatka
to the Silver Spring in hair days.
The construction of a Plank Road from
Ocala to Fort Gates, on the St. Johns, a t
distance of twenty-two iniles, has l>ecn
suggested. I think that opening the OchInwaha
for Steamboats and running A - #
Plank lioad from the Silver Spring to
Ocala, a distance of six miles, would l>e jff'
much eheaj>er, and more convenient.
cost about two thousand dollars per mifljffT ??
to make a Plank Road ; hut if the Pladfc>.7^/'4
Road were buiit to Fort Gates that wtfflT W
also become a place of iiiu>ortane>gJ^Bvm
On Sunday night while I was at*
the Metjiodists had a irifeting
Church which did uot break up uttQpiHprj
As the Minister was returning home ne^T
was passing by a drinking establishment, j
(1 am sorry to say these banes to all
morality are couutonaneed in Florida,) hie
name was abruptly demanded by a man
standing in the door; the Parson thinking
this was impertinent, paid no attention to
the demand and went on ; the man steppad <Kg
out, cursed him, and told him that ii he W
did not give his name ho would shoot hittu
The Minister still disregarded his throaty
so-the man exploded a cap at him ; fortunately
the pistol did not go olT, or them
would have Ikhmi another murder laid to
his account. The Minister got out a war- * ?
rant for him, hut none could be found uith
hardihood enough to arrest him. He
stayed at Ocala all of the next day, but at
night he was privately conveyed awav br
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some of his friends. Friends did I any 1
No, companions. Such have no friends. #
Now was the Minister right in the course
lie'pursued? I think not; it is nlwaya
l>est to return courtesy and politeness lor
discourtesy and incivility. I was told that
this desperado was the younger Tobin, a ;
fugitive from justice from Barnwell Die- . ' .
trict. The slain man was a very sober, '
honest, industrious man, with a family ,
dependent on him for.support: tho murder
was committed in the pressence of his t
wife who "^covered from the shock and t
has since died. Thus there are five poor
helpless little children perfectly destitute,,
1 brown upon this uncharitable worlds? ^
Tobin was passing under' the- assumed
name of Livingston.
Fatal Accidknt.?Wo regret to learn
that while tho Nationnl Salute was being
fired at Castle Pinckney on Monday, one of
tho guns was prematurely discharged, by
which Private James Murphy, who Vu
engaged in manning home tho <mrtridjgt>t
was blown to atoms, and Private MicliMMBa
Shanagby so badly injured that no ho|?# '
arc entertained of iiis recovery.?Mercury.
Homicide.?Isaiah Scott of this District
was shot on. Wednesday lost by Juiiuvt
Dens, Jr, and died in a few hours. We
liavo not learnt tho particulars. DonaU
I1DU' in inil u(?? (II.I.. *-1-1 & *?
? ... j.m.. .. ina mm. OMHlirr
n'//? Batter 6 th ? 1
Fall Elections.?The Presidential electiou
is to occur on the 2nd day of November
next; nn?l eloctions in advance
oftlie Presidential will occur in the fiillowing
States at the time mentioned below,
at most of which 'members of Congress
are to be elected :
Alabama, Aug. 2d; Kentucky, Aug. 2d;
Indiana, Aug. 2d; Illinois, Aug. 2d; Iowa,
Aug. 2d; Missouri, Aug. 2d; North Carolina,
Aug. 4th; Tennessee, Aug. 6lh ; Vermont,
Sept. 7th; Maine, Sept. 13th; Georgia,
Oct. 4th; Arkansas,Oct. 4th; Florida,
Oct. 4th'; Man-land, Oet. tttfi; South Carolina,
Oct 11th ; Ohio, Oct 12th ; Pennsylvania,
Oct.' 12lh.
Gkmh ok Tuocoht. ? The human ,
heart is like a feather bod?it must be
rought handled, well shaken, and exposed
to a variety of turns, to prevent its bocoming
hard.
Use not evasions when culled upon
to do a good thing, nor excuse when you
are reproached -or doing a had one.
Female eduction is generally a gaudy
and tawdry setting, which cumbers and
almost hides the jewel it ought to bring
out.
If you sleep well l?o happy ! Remenil?er,
man led* two lives, ins days ami
bis dreams; and if you are safe as to
the latter, accept the former #* the best
that could be allotted you. If every man
wan in reality as bad as some person* at
some time thinks him, the work! would bo
much worse than it is: again,rif every man
vtm really a* pool an ha sometimes think*
iriinwir, iiin world woulu oe mucu better
than it is.
Deep in the foundation ofhia character,
like the immovable block* whereon grent
edifice* n-jxwc, each man has to jay down
for himaelf certain thought*, wxftUr or later,
of pawiing consequence, got out of
secret ami manifold communing* regarding
the vast roysterie of here and hereafter.
Acknowledgment*.
With thanks, we acknowledge the receipt
of the following subscription* to this date:
Henry Duncan, Plerfaent Hill $9 00
Hngh MeManua, Hickory Head 1 00
Glgaa C *aton, do 9 00
Jno. V. Dem, do 1 00
W. Mungo, Jefferson 9 00
James J. Faulkner, PonteiavUle,Tenn..9 00
James Glenn, Wilson's BlornJ^I.. f 00
Jacob IMylcr, Juckaonham, shonUHUyo been jflj
receipted #1,00, ioataad ?f t?<??Whenever
mistake* iMNFId roeatpU, or I
any omission is mada, the subscribers inter- W
rated will pi asm Inform as, so that proper 7
corrections oan be BuuU. * tyA
?w. .i ' i iumJu- js
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AMX1HO WOMAN TO OOOIt FV>? "
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