The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 13, 1853, Page 38, Image 2
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LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. ?
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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.
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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