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ICnnraotrr l>itgfr. \l \ LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. ? 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL U \m ! The public attention is called to I the advertisement of I)r. Francis, 1-. /cmp. I in another column. | ( To Those in Arrears. Those persons who have not settled for t their paper for the last year, are requested to do so ; \vc are not disposed to continue a paper when the previous year is not paid for, and hope this notice will he suflicicnt without resorting to other means to get what is due us. Two dollars one idacc. and two nnnilin. anil one dollar somewhere else, in the aggregate count up, and as it is our just earnings, wc do sincerely hope all delinquents will come forward at onco and settle lip. Personal. We regret to learn, that several persons have been offended in consequence of the article in our last paper in relation to the party. We stated in the article, that no offence was intended, and we now say, we would not have taken the liberty, had we not considered the gentlemen alluded to, onr personal and particular friends. It is true, we had no right to speak thus, but depending upon the intimacy of our relationship, we ventured to do so. We here repeat?no offence ] was intended, and had we thought any one eoulJ have so construed it, we never would have published the article. This is conceding all that wc are able to, and if this is not sufficient, we cannot help it and will abide the consequences. S-fF"* We would call attention to the a-d vertisements of Messrs. Dun lap, Magill and Crockett. Mr. Dunlap is one of our oldest merchants, and is from his long experience enabled to make just such selections as will suit the wants of the people. His taste in such matters is so well known by his New , York friends that orders sent there <"? ?' warranted iu s.ii lug are CXeiMltcd jlist the ] ;? i... t v,i,?ooir .?:>i arc well known to this community to be saj gaeious business men. From the vast amount of goods tliev sell, we are sure.it must re*?'? , . . I'UiCIKifrom :i skill judu**'*-- \ Mr. Jones Crockett though last is not , least in this category. Ilis present stock is I as large as we have ever seen in ILancaster, I and from an examination we with certainty ^ say is well selected. c Mr. C. keeps a varied assortment, and we \ know our female friends could not but be * suited at his store, and if ladies can be pleas- J cd we know gentlemen will. ??mrnmt ( News ef Lancaster for the Week end- i ing April 12, 1853. Sixce our last issue, a good deal has trans- > pired here. On Thursday last, we had the 1 gaand IJattallion Muster. Now these militn- j ' ry parades we do unequivocally, undeniably, j enthusiastically and emphatically abhor.? 1 A man obliged to go on the old field (where "j fcogs delight to bask in the sunshine,) nnd , ...i?i ? i ? " uit'ic v? mvi'i roiimi, mm race round, and (tress ( U> the right, and dross to the left, and shoul- t der arms, (old muskets without locks, and ' sometimes without barrels) and present j arms (very frequently sticks) and all for . what I Nobody knows. We know alu at j as much of military tactics today, as we did t fifteen years ago (a boy of ten) when wo * followed our youthful leader with a wooden ' gun or sword to fight the Indians. t After the muster, a Ilail Road meeting t *vas held in the Court House, but as the en- ' ??oy, (the sun and fatigue) had obtained the j victory over us in the warm engagement on , the field, we were unable to attend it, only < for a few moments. While there, C#l. With- ' rrspoon, of York was addressing the meet- J Ing. His remarks were to the point and do- , delivered with cidmsiasm. We do not j know who all spoke, but the great effort J inndii nirt- * ? ? '1 ?1 * - 1 ? ' ?M<M?v,niV9 n/ nixure i lie cnaruT, ami ilifts was family accomplished, for twenty gentlemen, j whoso names appear in the extra wo issued, , leaving all contingencies aside, voluntarily I agreed to subscribe the amount which would , I be lacking when tho amount of stock already subscribed was summed up. There is , no kind of doubt now but we will have the 1 road ; it is for tho citizens of Camden to say whether it goes there, or the citizens of Chester, if it goes there, of one thisg we | have no doubt, if it goes to Camden, it will j be ultimately projected to Charlotte, and wo ' already believe there are some, who, having much interest In the South Carolina Rail j Road arc desirous tbstjt should go to Cam- < deu, in order thnt tho Camden branch may ^ be kept up; the fear is that if no rond bo ' projected from Cnmdcn.it will sooner <>r la- , tor be abandoned. Now, if the'road should f go to Camden, and then from hero on to d Charlotte, where is the Charlotte Rail Road ! h Road will have, which I dread. distance from BMRTvU Lancasterr*nd Camden, to t, H would be nearer thnnbv tho f< H halins and Charlotte foriHBklQe, " bo mu^^^^HJ|te>- ? and the whoJPVF#tt dSk ion. where not personally or pursely inter- 44 sted in the Charlotte Road, would use their itmost exertion to consummate this, there :an be no doubt. The Charlotte Road has v lad more freight to transport than the ea- 1 rarities of tho Road could enable her to 11 transport, still, when this road is brought in- i to competition with that, the stock of that Road must decrease ill value. In either went, whether the road tic built to Chester | :>r to Camden, we cannot say that the latter t place will be benefitted; but which would I ' Jo the least injury, to go to Chester or other iviso have a line from Charlotte through! , Lancaster to Camden It may he tie light j ive are provoking competition : so far as re- ? rjards oursell we have no direct interest at dake, owning not one farthing of real estate ^ | lere; but we state plain facts?others can 1 | udgeas they please. In spite of tho assertions ; t if others who try to throw cold water on the J ' Miterprise, and say it is nil wind?we tell : hem now, and will stake any thing we own j , in the result that tiik Laxcastkr Rah. ; ? Roah win. uf. in n.t. There is nothing to ! ' prevent it, and then where will we fuel these . | loisy, empty ga riders, 14 They will be weigh- ( , ud in the ballanees and found wanting." | I At 7 o'clock in the evening, according to < previous notice, the 1. O. t >. R. proceeded in ' procession to the Methodist Chureli, where a number of ladies and gentlemen awaited i tlieni. and at the appointed time an address i was delivered by Dr. (ialluehat, a member | of the order. We do not recollect of any occasion of a similar kind, whore such marked attention was paid to the orator as was ^ on this. Although tho address had been do- : 1 live red at a previous celebration, yet many ! who had before heard it. paid as much atten- j tion to the orator as if this were the first delivery. Dr. (i. has already acquired considerable ' reputation as an orator, and this all'ort but confirmed the high opinion already held of his elocutioncry powers. So much lor the news of the week. As we published the lirst article from j he Salisbury Watchman, from Messrs. Ho- j ger & Reese, and then gave the Railroad Agent's, (Mr. Baxley) reply, which we round in tlic Camden Journal ; we now give the . i following, wo take from the Watchman, i which is intended as a reply to Air. Baxley's letter. I We will observe here, that whoever may ' be at fault, the proper rebuke should be vis- ' ited upon, yet we are sometimes disposed to , form opinions and come to conclusions too hastily in such matters. Some time a?? we failed to receive ocr- | ' tain articles from Camden, w hich had been , shipped from Charleston almost one month previously. We wrote to Mr. Baxley, the agent, before judging him, and his reply ocrtunly cxhonerated him from blame. The articles had been delayed on the road, and were not in Camden when we lirst sent our order. r 1j ? i however plainly circumstances may preponderate against one, yet upon investigation j j we find it is wise to delay judgement. THAT HHD. SUGAR. " | , Mr. BnifsiBH:?Since the boys are down ! apon us. I must beg for another space in the i , solumns of your Watchman. It seems lliat I , ivc have waked up one of them down in the } : Sand Hills, who shall he noticed in another j , dace. I regret that I have stuinhiod against j , 'as I believed an old friend and brother Mer- | , main, "Justice." In his second cotniniini- a ation, lie says, its "passing strange" that j ve exonerate our "private Agents.' If he t vill notice our remarks again, he will that ' t ve have left the matter resting almost en- I , irely upon the Agent in Clialeslon. This Sugar was sent to Cuinden without ! ntr knowledge flonte time last fall. In Jan- | lary, we requested Mr. Kosser, through a I rieiul of ours, to examine at the depot in , 'aindcn, and see if he could find a llhd. | sugar to our address; and if so, to take | , liaigo of it and forward the same hy first ; pportunity. This request Mr. Ros-er | iromptly attended to, and there found the j 1 logshead, ami forthwith offered to pay I [lax ley, the Agent, the freight; and take , :harge of it. Hut not having Iloger & { [lees's formal order, llaxley refused to let llosscr have it. llaxley then wrote Iloger St Rue.se that they hud a lllul. Suger at i I the depot about six weeks. Hy same mail ! 15. &. R. received a few lines from .Mr. Ros- | or, requesting them to send him a regular i 'ormal order, otherwise he could not get t lie Sugar into his care. The order w as I mmediatelv sent him : then it was lie paid t his freight hill to Mr. llaxley, and heeume mr private Agent, and one, we think worthy I >f patronage. ! i ''Justice," 1 presume, never had oecasion i o ship many jjoods hy any other route than < hrongli Charleston, eonsequently is tinac- I piainted with the mmhis irjtrrnndi of other I ransportation lines?only with those "well i 'egulated Companies," who, he. says, "re- t pure cash deposites in advance for freight, | t fee , Suppose "Justice," were' to ship a , dock of goods by way of Wilmington and ] Kayettveviile for experiment, for I can as- < icrt, without the fear of contradiction that these lines, or Companies of transportation i iro as well remilatiwl aa nnu I. ,o 1 Lnroluia, mid will not require to have depos < ten of cash in advance, but they forward tins i Gfoods promptly ; and after the bustle of the I business season is over accounts are hand- . ; lomcly ami regularly made out and sent 1 I forward by mail or otherwise. But on the j ] inrt of those South Carolina Companies!' here seems t be a want of confidence; < hey must have the money in advance; aye, \ md there is a mutual want of confidence, i I 'or I can assure "Justieo" that a majority of ] Western North Carolina Merchants are as i oathe to trust their money into hands of j < hose Agents in advance as tiny can be to 1 forward goods without the freight being ? paid. All the up country merchants have j tot, like "Justice," ample moans, and cannot i ike him, keep deposites at the different de- t lots or s? .iions. It is sometiinc very incon- . renient to pay small freight bills on delivery r ?f goods. I las "Justice forgotten the time 1 c vhen a certain Manufacturing Company in , < Charlotte sent some four or tifo wagons to j J /umdcM for Machinery. And wiiat did they | a wing berk? Not Machinery, no sir; but a t i w lines requesting said Cotnpnnv to send I a own about $500,then the Machinery should | 1 ? sent forward. Of course this requisition i a rua complied with. And do<ui lie remember f ow long, besides the trouble they Una be- { 1 ?re they could got th'f bill made out ? Af- t sr the actual amount was ascertained.it was f aund to be less than $300! Thus this J well regulated Company," or sonic person I lse, had the use of several hundred dollars | l,ig enough to make a handttbme specula- v >oii! Now, is it not "psosing strange,, how li i. Justice" wields his quill in defence of such : 1 Well regulated Companies!" I If the bill of freight complained of was (s lot made out correctly, I hope the Agent < vhere the error originated will explain it. t have made more particular reference to this 1 natter in my replv to Mr. llaxlev. M. lUMiKU. 1 ot the late firm of linger & Reese. Ml!. Bkunek :?I have just read in the). 1 Watchman" some remarks from V D. I tax- i | oy, Agent at Caimleti Depot, concerning | hat same 11 lid. Sugar and don't In* score logcr & Kccse! Mr. Itaxlev, no douht. i> i_perfeet gentleman, and one of the otlicets >r a hireling. . I a stated salary, for one of hose peculiar and well regulated" tr iis<ort.ition lines, ami of coarse must rigidly diserve their rules. As you have ill your Editorial promised a leariug from lloger & Reese, I will now inorin Mr. Itaxley that all our Philadelphia mrehascs last August, were consigned to he care of 1*. T. Yillipigtic. Charleston, mid t. It. Agent at t 'aindeii. There were severil shipments hy dillerent vessels. A few lavs previous io the landing of the first ves- | tin, named NV. W. Fulton. the freshet had to damaged the Kail Road and Bridges, that , t was necessary to change the route from 'harleston or have the goods detained them or some considerable time. The only alternative then, was to send them hy Steam ' Boats to ( heraw. Olte of their friends, then n Charleston, ordered Mr. Villipiguo t<> forward the goods with iiis to I'heraW". care of Mr. MeMair. Part of the NV. W. Fulton nimls were forthwith sent to Cheraw. In I he mean time, the Pcdee had almost gone Iry. so that no steamers could get to t lieraw except with hut few ami light package-. The sixteen packages, except the hogshead uf sugar and one box Merchandize, i wliich box lias not 'vet come to band, came safe. M r paid to our Agent. .dcNair. ficiglit at ililfereiit times. In addition to his own lie mlded? In Sept. ."s.Ti, l?> for expenses pd. in I li.uTn. . Again. l.u" for do. do. do III (let. UT.^l for do. do. do For these amounts Mr. Villipiguo never sent a ser.ilie of a nen. exei'iuiior oi ui-m-.t to an inquiry about tin- NJ7 *1 bill. Mr. McNair wrote us stating that the steamer Darlington bail landed with II kegs nails ami I bag cotl'ee. ami the bill |111I to bill) for freigh wtas too large, as be thought, on the l'J package* being 8-1 * I. ami which lie refuseil to pay without I! A It's instructions to ilo so. The boat ollieers threaten ed to take the nails ami eollee back to Charleston unless the bill Was |?ai<l within a specified time. In the mean time, however. Mr. McNair recicved linger & Reese'* order to pay, rather than have the a Is taken > hack to Charleston. About the same time ; Mr. Villipiguc answ ers that tsIM J t was I for ltJ packages per sebr. K. Weston, making up the item JjjcJT >sl. Now, Mr. ISavlev Iocs it not appear to - any man of common sense," that the freight on the l?> packages was pa'nl?paid to Mr. McNair in Clicraw.? i Vcs. sir, ami freight paid for the l?o\ lost, which Mr.Villipiguesays never eame thro ugh his hands. See the copy of Hill of Doling per sebr. W. W. Fulton, as follows: I box merehnndise, (this is the one lost.) ! ?! bags eollee, 1 11 lul. sugar, (the same.) 'J barrels do. I I barrel snufl*, I boxes lint*and caps, 1 box clocks." Tim bill then reads on i'i regular form. saving?he or thee v y- \i'v,y/f||!1.,yi i iMfintS ? ?J\J. .\nW li't Air \ or ! Mr. Itaxlev, make out a rig ui ir ami business like statement, so that linger A" Reese may know what all those Charles'on charges were for. -Mr. Yilliqiguc w is written to fur 4 I',, 11 st.'iTonwnt of Ids aeeoiint. hut no answer was ever received. As to the prejudice alluded to, there is lone: Merchants in Western North Caroli-j1 i;:. are like nierclmnts every \v lieru rise ; timl n tlit* management i?t' tln-ir business ar? | norc coiieeriied about their personal inter- | st than <|Uestioiis affecting this or that line , >t' transportation. Ifispatcli, economy ami infctv, are w hat they require of trnnsportn- i ion lines; ami it matters but tittle, when I liese qualities exist, whether the line is lo- , atcd through South Carolina or South Am riea M. IK KiF.lt. of the late linn of H. ?V Keese. Sf^'TllF. Sanetllin artiele of the\ew York . I'iek is always interesting, we invariably ' .urn to that first. In the last number of that excellent and a itty sheet, we timl in said column the fob owing, which wo give our readers, that they may have a kind of glimp* at things behind lire curtain in New York City. Mr. I'iek goes to press on Friday* night. It generally happens that the night gets into Saturday morning as far as daylight, before ! [lie forms are ready to go to tlit* press room, j a hither they are conveyed by that intelleeunl attache of Mr. Williams l'r? ss Kstaliishmeiit, Fat Moore, l?sq? I'ortcr, Runner, it*. When dark begins to euvelojie Anndreet, with its sable drapery, and spirit amps shine brightly in tire printing office, if ive are ". head with matter, and "no copy" s required. Mr. I'iek gets tired of the soeietv >f bis prii ters, and about in, |\ M. sallies | forth to breathe pure air, and if anv of Ids liaunts are open he steers in that direction, ilid there holds out with any chance acqti dm Laitee until midnight arrives, and lie reiiirus to his own printing office to read proofs.? f\n a prooi innl what We write is true, last Friday night we left at 10, and Went up W? our friend Wilde'* ('unleetioniiry Store, .No. 101 Broadway. Mr. Wilde is a gentleman, j i pltmint eoinpanioii, chatty, and is generally postid in reference to tlie passing event* r>f tlie town. That is not all; either his 1 ?oiivcr*ntion or sweet iblcs induce lots of literary chap# to go there,and it has become i sort of Literary Kxchangc, from l<?, I'. M. |' to midnight, when he shuts up, and the L. 1 L C. (lauding Literary Huh; adjourn. It ' teas nearly 11 when .Mr. I'ick reached the ' [yontectionarv Depot on the occasion to 1 which wo allude. W ilde was busy selling ' lis customers; hut shortly after our friend, 1 Mr. Jervis, dropped in,and him and us mi ' Mediately dipped into liteiutnre. Jervis is 1 uninently practical in his literary pursuits lie turns them to account; that is, they li -omit him up an income of some thousand* K-r annum, for lie writes his own business ; lotices, and we have seen them copied in J he laindon papers. AtV-r a while, Wilde joined the ({roup.? j i I'hcii in came John Brougliuui, and " W hat ( lid you do I'ick.'" will lie on the tongues |} ;f our 160,000 readers, who know thst |? lolin Brougham, Hditor of the Lantern. , md Mr. I'ick, Kditor and 1'roprietor of: j he I'ick, arc two different and differing per ione. Well we ({of up of course. Mr. J. I j 1 extended his hand with a cordial. " How ,re you, mv Boy?" and we met so frank and ( nil a half way advance, the other half.? Then a lady e.ane in and joined tha group; * >ut before wc talk about tlie Isdy, we will inisli something that we have to say about i dr. Brougham. As Mr. B., actor, writer, * Ire. w0 rsther like hiin. As Kditor of the I a awtern, wc don't like him, for in thst light n ve regard him as hnving poached upon our e Horary ntedow ; for the Lantern hy rigid f iclongs to us, (Heaven forbid, we should lave a dollar invested in it now) that is to wiy, it was Hutehings and oursclf that con oeted the idea, which has been so badly carried out, and nearly used up. But when the I<antcrn is blown out. we and Brougham dial! be good friends again ; and for his sake, the sooner it is extinguished the better,? .ml then we can speak of his ability as an actor freelj. brougham told us that I'owell, the business m n of the l?antern, had broke his leg. At lirst. we thought it was some new "dodge" of Powell's to retire from public life, and write a umck farce, to be railed "A new Skip. Hop. and Jump to .void a Dun," but .Mr. Brougham assured us that it was a fuel about the leg ; that Powell had been dabbling with the tine arts, stepped on n paint brush, fell, and broke his leg. .Mr Brougham lett Mr. Wilde's, ami then the lady inquired if any of us knew where she could get a night's lodgings in a respectable house. Start not, gentle reader, she was a ladv, an educated ladv, ill the prime of life, who spoke several languages, who visited in the lirst codfish circles, who knew all the lirst people, was well posted in reference to the line arts, and had travelled and resided in Europe, in Italy several years. But she was slightly intoxicated ; no, not slightly, she was most shamefully drunk !? She had been sitting in one of those beautiful saloons in Broadway, kept by Taylor ami Thompson, where fashionable ladies can go and get drunk as Cliioc, without comment. She had imbibed until she could hardly see, and .at half past 11 was on the look out for a place to lodge in ! It was too late for her to get in at home, and she had hut one alternative, either to walk the street* all night, or get one of us to take her to a hotel. She : I .. 'I'l--. :o ...... i... - 11 - ... - iiu. iu'v win ii'?i suiiini a iniiy ai a hotel, unless sonic respectable person accompanies her." Wc knew tliat as well as she did.? She liad a roll of hills in her hagd. Wehehl a ('ouneil of War to ileeiile what it was hest to do. To let her wander forth alone, with luoiiev and inebriated, was out of the qucstiou. Anv of the three alone Would have felt particularly foolish to have taken tinlads lo a hotel at midnight. \\ ilde had a sick family, and wanted to no home. Mr. .Icrvis proposed the hotel resort, and hotli of us to with her and net her in, when she said, (ioiitloineii, get me any place, where. I can remain ami he protected until morning.'" " Mad m." said we. "at No. at; Annstreet is the I'iek publishing olliee,and there is a lire there, four wide-a-wake printers, two hoys named (tcoige and Theodore and thirls gallant lireiu in m-xt door, heh ooinn to Sonthwark Co.. .No. as, whom we can turn out at a moment's warning, in ease of tire or invaders upon our premises. Yon can stop thernall night in safely." Slie accepted. The other two assured her that we were reliable. and we placed her in an omnibus bound down town escorted her from it into the I'iek olliee. much to the amazement of our printers, (icorgc and Theodore gallantIv rcsigllcii their sola l ed. \\ e finished our duties about four o'clock, and went home, leaving the lady asleep under the watchful guardianship, of Mr. Smith our Foreman and his men lit the morning she awoke and left, but before she did so she \vrot? the following note to ourself It is beautifully written. Mrs. returns her sincere thanks to Mr. Seoville. for his kindness and protection, and also to his printers for their care ami court.-sv after he left. Ilespoctftilly,&e That lady moves in the lirst circles, anil we pity her. We w ill w.'ijjer that drinking is her only vice. This article will be read llhi 'NVil'i'"rVoV"si'is'pccC* wtio 11 it. Wo have heard her name a hundred times, as one of the most gifted of her sex : hut we never mei her before?never may again. Although in the above noto her real name was written, we omit it We mention the fact precisely as it occurred, without a name and leave our reaucrs to draw their own moral. I'rico 'J rents. EDITORIAL SI M.MARY. Meeting ol the Charleston Presbytery. The Charleston Presbytery, as constituted bv the late act of the NviiimI of South ('arolitia met in the (ilclic-stroct Church, in Charleston on Wednesday evening. The opening sermon was delivered by the Hwv. Win. State la-e. from 1st Peter, 4: a. an admirable and most appropriate discourse on Christian fellowship and fraternal love. |{c\. Mr l.ee Was then chosen Moderator, and Kcv. John Douglass was appointed Temporary Clerk. The r?.11 having been out from the rolls of the former presbyteries, and all llie preliminaries for business nettled the I'renh\ter\ Miljoiiriied until yesterday morning nt tell I) eloe k. At tin -opening of the meeting a call for the pastoral labors of the Rev. Dr. Kirkp.itrn k \n ;is presented hy the (ilebo street Cliureh. w liieh was put into his hand mid neei ptcil. Arrangement* were then made for the installation of Dr. Kirkpatrick on S.ihhatii evening next, lit 7$ o'eoek. Rev. Dr. 'rhornwell to preach the sermon. The .Moderator to preside, and put the constitution. d ipiestions. Dr. la-land to give the eliarge to people, and the Rev. Dr. Howe to five the eharge to the pastor. The meeting of I'reshvterv will continue sev..rd li e- '!' M * . ... . ... j ..in .in opeil lO IIIC public. Fi::k.?At about a ipinrtcr before II o' dock Tuesday night :t tiro broke out out in tile carpenter's shop of William .Ionen, situated on lb'- Northwest corner of l.vni'b and Heaufaiii .street!*, and although our lire department wi re promptly in attendance, the building and the entire stock of tools with a minntit v of materials, Ac., were destroyed, How the lire originated,or whether Die building and property therein were insured, we have been unable to ascertain. We regret to learn that nlt'-r the Vigilant Fire Kngiue Company had put their Kngine up. one of its members, Mr. J. A. Dennis, lost his life at linker's Kxehange, whither I he Company had repaired to obtain some refreshments, from incautiously stepping liaek in the room and falling tnrough the window. which was open, into the street.? His death, we are infonm d, was instantaneous.? Ibid. Tmf. bishops of Virginia, Ohio and Maine lave forwarded to the llishop of Connecti lit, (presiding in the House of Bishops,) a presentment of the Bishop of New Jersey? (he third, from the same hands, within ten nonlhs and twenty-six days. A court of llishops is called, to meet at Camden on the irst day of Sept*-miter?a month before the issembling of the General Convention.? riie presentment contains no new matter whatsoever, unless the introduction of a new tcm of indebtedness, in the mntter of the fas works for St. Mary's Hall and Burlingon College, in sui'. before the Cirouit Court if the United States, and a charge of paying nore than six per cent, for money be. so ro[urded. The Marion Star informs us that Judge 'rost has had a hard weeks work in the sea. ion side of the Court there, and not being hie to reach the issue docket, has ordered n extra Court. An extra Cdurt will alao be irdered for Darlington?tho time not yet ixed. * Fire.?*-A small house in tho rear of Mr. G. A. l'elton's fruit and confectionary store was discovered to be on fire last evening at a little past 7 o'clock. Fortunately the wind i which had been blowing strongly through j the day had lulled, else much damage might have been done, as a number of buildings were contiguous to the fire. Through tho I exertions of the Independent Fire Company, j the tlaines were extinguished after consuming the building in which the fire originated. ? i'liritlinian. (trace Greenwood writes from Rome, to the National Kra, as follows : " I met on this night a son of Mrs. I ieiuansHe resembles somewhat the portraits of the I poetess?has, I Rhotild say, her eyes ami hair, lie is a peculiarly mild nnd pensive ; young man, whom you might almost believe had been reared on his mother's melancholy j melodies. Mr. Ilcmatis is a devout Roman i Catholic. dp il 11 n r' s tT n Jj I f. i Barnwell Sentinel.?This paper conies to us in an enlarged form, which is indicative of prosperity. We hope this is the case. The Southern Cultivator.?With an attractive table of contents comes to us for April. W. S. JO.N'FS, Augusta, Ga. Documentary History of the American l j Revolution, consisting of I setters and papers relating to the contest for liberty in South Carolina.&c. by R. W. Guides, M. I).?The above is tin- title of a work about to be published by the editor of the Columbia Banner, a prospectus of which can ; be seen nt our otliee. The first volume will contain about 300 pages, ami tin* price will be only one dollar. We would be pleased to enter the mimes of any disposed to patroni/.c this laudible effort of the author and publisher. ('amoks.?The following gentlemen were ! elected Inteiidant and Wardens on Monday ; last. IsTKsnAvr.?Major John Rosscr. Waupens.? B. W Chambers, C. II. Davis, W. ('. Moore, J. K. Witlierspoon. * (foiiuimnirntious. IOR TilK LEDGER. Whatever is to he done, shoulil hp dour ' right, applies as well to farm husbandry, as , any other department of business. To do I things right requires time ; hut this time is ] only the result of the necessity of its being ! done, it belongs particularly to the thing to I he done, and is not extra work. One would suppose from hearing fanners I often say that they have not time to do a j particular thing as it should he done (viz ' I right,) that there is some half way point, at which a thing may he done, and that to take time to do it well, would he to bestow something additional upon it. This not doing things right is a groat er| ror, w hieli carries along with, it too often 1 failure and disappointment. It is the result | of the want of proper judgment or sufficient industry. The very necessity fordoing sny ritjiitrns mat'it ibniilH a? or in a right way. To undertake more than can he done right, evinces a want of a proper understanding of business. No prudent | business man will undertake more than he has time to accomplish. The judgment is, however, sometimes o\erreached, and "near I cuts" are taken. 1 remember on one occaI sion to have seen a farmer plowing his corn. I and he was doing so with a long grab ; the corn was about three or four inehes high, j ami he put iu each row with that long gr b, three furrows?the third dividing nearly ej qually the two furrows. The first furrow, \ on either wide of the corn, must liavo been ! at least one and a half feet from the young I corn, leaving about three feet of hard ground ] across tho corn hill. This th..n ?-_ ! first working, and wan to stand as such. I ! I thought In- might an well have heen plowing ' in liis neighbor's held, perhaps hotter, fur I is corn was certainly cheated out of a working. The long grah was a good plow for the occasion, hut it wan too far olT from the corn. On another occasion, a farmer who had , used the long grah in breaking up and pulverizing his soil, having checked otf his held with n deep lauig Grab furrow, drop|K-d his corn,and putting manure upon the com in ] the furrow, directed it ali to l?e planted in that manner, and us the gronud was cold, for it to remain uncovered for a day or two, so as to he warmed hy the genial rays ! of the sun, then to he covered with two fur, rows, with that same long grah. .-tfler the I first day's planting, the old man, who did i all thinirs "zaetly," called up the manure cari riers, and put them \\ itli their liocs to cover ; the corn, manure and ell. On the nezt day, I the man who wanted to work with the long grabs, came into the field, and discovered his I manure carriers covering corn with the hoe. falling up his old man, he desired to know why he. had not obeyed his orders; when he was told that the mice were eating up the earn in the hill, ami that he had made all the hnmh "hop" into the Jleld with their hoes and rarer it all up. Hero "Long Grabs" was out, but his corn was in. How the matter will turn out, is yet to be seen. At all events I the corn was not covered with long grabs. Whenever things are not done right, if not | from war.t of proper understanding, it, then, i is tha result of want of industry. The lazy j man never has time to do any thing right.? | He is always under a press, and he never can I find time to do any thing as it ought to be. Take time, and what is In t* ??'me let it he done right. Rearing this always in mind, with the free use of the I.ong Grab, and wo can build the Railroad to Camden without fail. ? CURDING." " thk L?doer. GLORIOUS NEWS!! | LANCASTER RRDEEX1D I REGENERATED 11 DISENTHRALLED!! THE RAILROAD CHARTER SECURED! f! To-day Itaa 1?oen a (jrwt and gala day fur the people of Lancaster District, it being the laat day for receiving aubecriptioiw to the took for the Koad, an cnthusiaatie meeting wae held in the Court llonee, when all aeemod to fool that it wn?the4a*t dAy of grace ? that the Rail Road Charter mint be secured | to-day?that it must or Smier ? Rail Road ' to-day or novcr; and, under this state of feel- j iny, all went heartily to work, and in good earnest, adopting the motto of General Taylor, at the battle of Buena Vista, Lancaster District'never surrenders.' We fought hard and fought a good fight, fighting under the solemn belief, that the result of the battle would be to us either life or death?victory or defeat, and well docs the sequel tell, that we came out of the contest victorious? 1 .urge subscriptions of stock to the rood were received, and not knowing, precisely what amount of stock had been subscribed at other places where the Hooks were opened, and ill order to secure the charter beyond alldoubt, the following gentlemen, resolving in their own minds that there should be no failure, stepped forward, and nobly did their duty, by subscribing tho hallanee of. the stoek necessary to secure the charter, including what is subscribed at other places. Their names are as follows : T. K. Curcton, Dixon Barnes, Thomas \V. ITucy, M. I'. Crawford, S. B. Mnsscy, J. P. Crockett, ll.R. Price, George.McC. Wither-, spoon, U. L. Crawford, J. II. Witherspdon, Wm. Stevens, Jus. A. Cunningham, J II. C'ousart, James Robinson, It. II. Crockett, Jones Crocketi, J. A. Hasscliinc, J. B. Cureton, J. K. Adams, and 8. H. Emmons. Then let us all exclaim, with hearts full of joy and rejoicing, bail! nil hail! to the noble Spartan Hand, who have so nobly come forward to the rescue of the road, and thereby saved the Charter. The Commissioners appointed at Ivincaster Court House, under the Charter, toincor poratc the 1 vim-aster Rail Road Company, are requested I to meet at Ivincastcr Court House, oil the first .Monday in May next with a view of appointing the time for a general meeting ot the Stockholders, to organize the company. The Spartan Hand, arc also requested to meet at the same time and place. Extensive Conflagration. A lire broke out yesterday morning between two and three o'clock, iu tho rear of Mr, William 11 uller's dry goods store, west side of King street, a few doors north of Moiris street, which, from the rapidity with which it spread, and the combustible nature of the buildings in the neigh* borhood, for a time, had a most alarming aspect, and threatened an extensive conflagration. As it was, a great many buildings were burned, and an unusual number of families left houseless, occasioning much of individual hardship and distress. The Haines were first discovered in the stable of Mr. 1 hitler, and were almost immediately communicated to tliu stables of Mr. John Wilson, who, by extraordinary exertions, succeeded in extricating ten of hi* horses, while u horse and mule perished in the Humes, and all his dray*, ten or twelve in number were consumed. Tin Humes rapidly extended to Mr. WilsonV dwelling on Kingstrxvt and thence south to the dry goods store of Mr. Wm. Hutler, and the fine new ?> .>. j wooden building at the corner of King and Morrif sl.ect, occupied by Mr. Levy Moses, all o| which were consumed. All of the foregoing were owned by Mr. Moses, n* was also a ofte story tenement north ol Mr. Moses, as was also a one storv tenement north of Mr Wilson's which, with, the drv goods store ow ned and occupied hv Mr. J. I'. 1 toed, a two story wooden building, ownod and occupied by Kliai < iard eiier, (colored) and a story wooden building, occupied by Mr. 11. Williams, and owned by Mrs. Ilium, were aim consumed. The fire terminated here on the west side of King-street. On the cast side, the grocery store at the corner of Head street, ow ned by Mrs l?avi<; a large two story wooden building owned ami occupied by Mrs. Anthonv, and an extensive brick tenement in the rear, occupied by 1 >r. Win. llimitne] and other families, also owned by Mrs \..il....... ? ?- - ? ? I. >.I?: ?mry woorieil hlllltling, occupied by Mr. J. O'Neill, shoemaker, and two or three small building were consumed. The range of tenements, sixteen in number, ex tearing from King street to the Railroad track, and occupied by a large number of poor families, were rapid ly enveloped in tkuues and destroye I.? They were all owned hy Mrs. Davis. On the north side of Reed street, the store occupied by Mr. Appier, nt the corner of King, and the bakery in tho rear, and a two story wooden building, occupied by Mr. Tynsley, all of which belonged Ui the estate of llenoist; and two small wooden buildings, owned by Mrs. Wharton, one of which was occupier! by Mr, Desmond, were also consumed; but two new framed buildings, between them and the Railroad track, were saver!. The loss may be estimated nt about $4 0,000, of which 23,000 were covered by insurance in the following oflicea, viz: 10,000 in the Athens (<>n.) Mutual Insurance; 4,400 in the Hartford Insurance Co.; 4, 100 in the Charleston Insurance and Trust Co.; $2,800 in the South Carolina Insurance Co.; and $1,700 in the South Carolina Mutual Insurence Company.? Charleston Mercury. Discovery of Valuable Silver Mines. Ir is stated that great excitement has been created in the towns on the lNn [Grande, opposite Kl ra*o,by ll?e discovery of some very valuable silver mines on the eastern slope of the mountains, about sixty miles northeast of Dons Ana. Tlio ore is found in iimnonse quantities dirootlv on the surface of the ground, and several tons of it havo already been gathered. Tha Houston Telegraph says; Ono mine is so rich that the silver ie extracted readily by molting it with a coinmou log-fire of pine. Land ore is also found in extensive veins, traversing th< rock* iu every direction. We are informed that thousands of tons of lead or*,'similar to that obtained at tha lead miMB near Galena, eaa be gathered on the earth* of the ground,on tile mountains east of H Vmo. There la a large hif! near the sllvor mines, that might wWWpreprietf he styled the lead mountain, as ft teems to bo an immense mass of galena ov lead ore. If we may believe the accounts of persons who have visited these nitnes, thev roost be far more extensive and valuable than I any of the minus in Ittitjo'n or Wisconsin.' ^ Jyjfgjg Beooers Outwitted;?Muny years agd an ingenious plan was adopted by the Grand Duke, to rid Flotenee of beggars; It was proclaimed that crvefy beggar who would appear in the grand plaza at a certain mentioned time, wotild be provided by tho Duke with a new suit of dothes* free of cost. At the appointed time, the beggars of the city assembled* and the Grand Duke causing all the atcnties of the square to be closed, compelled the beggars to strip oft' their old clothes, and gave each one, according to promise, a new suit. In the old clothes thus collected enough money was found concealed to build a beautiful bridge over tho Arno, still called "the beggar's bridge," and the city for the time being was relievod of the beggars by which it had bcon previously overrun,none would give the well drcssod individuals who implored charity not believing their talo of distress.?Portland Advertiser. 1.0pk/. Prisoners Pardoned April 5. ? ThcfWashington National Intelligencer states that information had been received to the effect that the American Minister at Madrid had obtained the pardon of eight Hungarians, a portion of the Lopez prisoners, who were working in tho Minesof Arracon. A colored woman, a dealer iu lottery tickets and stolen clothes, was recently arrested in New York, and some 03000 worth of plunicr secured. Of this about 0800 worth has been recognized, and nil persons who have recovered their property have preferred charges of larceny against tho prisoner?numbering in all, upwards of sixty couir plaints. It is said that China expends more than 010,000,000 for the single article opium, annually ; hearly as much as the whole amount of the revenue of the United States, from all sources whatever, and a larger sum than any nation on tho globe pays to another for a single raw material, with tho exception (If what Great Hritain pays to this country for country. There were 21,(501 deaths la the city of Now York, during 185*2. Compared with the previous year, the autistic* of mortality allow an increase of (514 deaths from diacasc alone- The aggregate, divided into periods, stands tfius: Average each month, 1800; each week, 416; each day, 69. The Concordia Intelligencer learns from a reliable source, that Mr. I'nrk, who was recently murdered in n flat boat on Tensas river, was a gradson of Mungo Park the celebrated African traveller. BY FRIDAY'S MAIL. i u Later ft om Europe. ' ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTftf. . .< , 1 j The U. rf. Mail steamship Arctic, Capt. l,ucc, has nrrivixl Now \ ofk with lit pasi cngors from Uvrrpoftl, which port ?lic left t on the '23d lilt. | The /Arenmol .Market*.?'The demand in tho Cotton Market has been moderate wi4? Hales since the departure of the Niagara on the tilth ult., of 11I.OU0 bides, of which speculator* took 100 and exporters'2000, st price* rather in fuvor of buyers. Fair Orleans was <|noted at t>|d , Middling Orleans at 6Jd., I and Middling Upland at 5jd. i State (/ Trade.?Trado in the Mnnuf.ici turing Districts had slightly declined. ( The Havre Cotton Market has advanced. The sate* during the week ending the Itftli ' : ult., have comprised 14,000 bale*. Orleans ' trcs Ordinaire was quoted at D3 franc*. ADDITIOXA/< TEH ARCTIC. The Iavcrpool Cotton Market closod on the '23d ult. dull, but steady, i The haughtiness of the ftultan of Turkey , to thu Itussian Envoy, lias caused much excitement. The Knglish Consul sent n summer requesting immediate presence of the Knglish Fleet in the Dardaucdle*. The Eng li*h commander, however, awaited order* ' from England. The French Fleet sailed 1 immediately. The latest accounts,however, express the belief that the mutter will be 1 amicably ndjusted. The Duchcs* of Sutherland is making , great protcirntions to welcome Mr*. Beecher . Stowc. The signature* to the addresr fill, it i* said, twenty-six folio volumes. The Mndiai hod arrived at Marseilles. Austria has revived her rigorous passport law* against Knglish Travellers. Thu British Mail Steamship Arabia arrived out on the 21st ult. Consols closod nt 91if. BY M0HDAY-S MAIL, o Col FIRM AT tons AJIX? APFoirrucm. 1 | Samuel Casey has been confirmed as Treiwu ? i rer of the United Slates, F. Burt, of 8. C. will receive the Third Auditorshtp, Findlcy lliggcr is Register of the Treaaurj, B. (5. I'rcssly, Sub i'rwaaurer at Charleston, William McNulty, Postmaster at Georgetown, S. C., John T. Rosser, Secretary of Minnesota, Richard (irilllth, U. S. Marshal of MiaI tinniniki I tIic Hod. Pit*rre Houlo, of I,ouiaiana, hs* I i I boon nominated and confirmed a* Minister to Spain. 1 Maxzi.ii.?Advice* retired by the ateain I ship Arctic, state that Mazsini is safe in Lou- 1 don. Brai.io again Coivicted.?Arthur Spring has again been convicted of murder in tho- fl first aegreo at Philadelphia. He protests^ fl however, that he ia innocent Rnodk Island Ki.f.ctio*.-?The Demo- I cants have carried Rhode Island, electing I their Governor and Members of Congress. fl Asbival or the Kl I>o* ado at New- fl Yost.?The steam ship Kl Dorado has ar- fl rived at New York from AsplowsU via Havana, She left the former port oh the 24Hh fl ult., and the Utter on the 1st that Mr. Jfl King's health ?rae unchanged. He waa to. have l?R Havana for Mobile on the 6th hurt Cincinnati Election.?The Cincinnati fl election has resulted hi favor of the fricnda of the Return! Law, and the CsthoHsa have fl been completely defeated. A Democratic fl Mayor has bean sleeted. fl Bfl&Ui itxrixanoN.?The boiler of s RoU 2j lino Mill at Covington, Kentueky, Imeinloi 1 . dML Many were dangerously wounded, but noes were killed.' jfl Hailing or the Asia.?The Royal MM^^fl Steam Ship Asia sailed Rom New VarhJfl'JI Wahinhff, with (jnOm))* epeete passengers. m r Arrival or the Aimta?Tho Conoid jt' propeller Andes has arcMflm Boston from . Liverpool, which pmtfnflfTflt on the *Jd ult Her news haa be? flflBfritrd by the * ' I *"? fl