The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 31, 1853, Page 118, Image 2
Beautiful P&isage.
Lord Ellesmere made a speech at Fancuil,
Hall Boston, last week, from which
we copy the following beautiful extract:
Still, the designs of Providence ar? inscrutable.
I bow my anticipation to His
will, but as an Englishman looking to his
country, I feel and say, come where and
ho.v it will, our chastening, "won omiiis
tLlMiif " Tlu? ?rv tl>n 1 uown<>*!??
?",,vv" j i t,,v 111*.7
intellectual feats of ray country shall survive
beyond tlie Atlantic. As I look
round this room, I am reminded of some
lines which one of our minor poets 1ms
put into the mouth of a young husband
addressing his bride yet in the blootu of
her charms, when, not shriuking from the
future, he tells her?
And when with envy timo transported |
Shall think to rob us of our jovs.
You'll in your girls again be courted,
And I'll go wooing in my boys."
Yes, gentlemen. I'll go wooing in ray
boys, and the bride will be fame and
empire, aud the dower will be the waste
roclaimed from the savage beasts or man
more savage, and the issue will be freedom
and civilization?freedom tempered by a
willing submission to legally constituted
authority, and civilization founded on the
great text book of true civilization, the
revealed word of God to man.
An Exciting Scene.
Yesterday afternoon, just as the steamer
Alabama was about leaving her wharf,
an Irish woman whoso name we could
not learn, attempted to go on hoard.?
Not having a ticket, she was refused permission
to pass. She plead most piteously,
upon the ground that her husband was
on board, and that he was about to desert
her and her infant, only five weeks old.
There was no timo fur an examination I
into the facts. The gangway was withdrawn.
The almost frantic woman then
attempted to climb on board the vessel
forward. In this she also failed. She
noxt folded Iter arms and remained silent
for a few moments, when she made a rush
for the river, evidently with the intention
of drowing herself.
Fortunately a few persons standing near
tho edge of the wharf, succeeded in arresting
her progress at the moment she
was in the act of taking the fatal leap.
She appeared perfectly frantic, and resolved
upon her fell purpose. She was
finally carried off bv the officers in a
wagon and properly caried for. Why she
persisted in deserting her infant child in
order to pursue her husband, teninins a
mystery. The rahcreant who would
desert a female under such circumstances
is unworthy of her affection, and fit only
for the pillorv. Sho was a woman of
rather respectable appearance, and we
learn, of good character.?Suit. Cou.
The Hot Weather.
Ar Now York, on Friday, the weather
I- i I iiMn iisiwii uim,u?tn- ?emj?rrtrmnr,
the thermometer marked one hundred and
one degrees. At midnight it was 00.?
It was not much cooler Saturday. Up to
5 o'clock, on Friday afternoon, no less
than th rty sudden deaths were reported
at the coroner's olliee. Of these upward
of twenty were caused by the excessive
beat of the weather. The corner's were
busily engaged during the day in holding
inquisitions upon the bodies of those who
died on Thursday, and many inquisitionshad
to be deferred until Saturday. During
the week there were 53 deaths in the city
from sun stroke. A number of horse*
fell dead in the streets on Friday.
In Boston, the beat, last week, was
intense, and has ocarcelv been lessened bv
the going down of the sun. The denizens
of the country, as well as the city, suffered
much from the oppressive atmosphere.
The thermometer was up to 96
in State street on Friday. There were
several sudden deaths.
In Philadelphia, on Saturday afternoon
the thermometer stood at 90. Geo. Key
who arrived from Europe the day previous,
died from the heat
We learn from the Greenville Patriot
that the Greenville Rail Road is completed
within nine or ten miles of Greenville C.
H,and that the President of the Road,
Col. Perrin, says that the passenger and
freight cars will run to that point immediately.
It >s possible that the entire
completion of the rail road to Greenville
may bo delayed for want of iron. Col.
Perriu is now at the North making arrangements
in reference to this matter,
and may have the iron forwarded in time
to prevent any delay in the completion of
the Road.
Tko xu:?? ^ "
a iiu jjunvi vi iiio vrrccnviiiCj
Patriot, was shown the other day hy
Mr. Chandler, some beautiful specimens
of gold, found on the farm of Mr. AndcrsOii,.?
the upper pa-tof i^auiuUH District
near the Spartanburg and Greenville line.
Two of the particles were half as large
and much thicker than a finger nail.?
These were found in the sand and washed
out by means of a tin pan. It is thought
that the working will be very profitable
when machinery is applied.
Thr Oldest Maii in Kuntuckr.-Fro' ably
the oldost citizen of Kentucky at this
time, is old "Ben Duke", a free man of
color who is well known to almost every
man, woman, and child in Louisville, lie
is now 108 years old, enjoys extraordinary
good health, ia in full possession of all his
faculties and faithfully attends to his
Tegular daily avoeation of hauling saw
dust from the mills to his customers
throughout the city. Ben has had seven
wives, ard any number of children and
giandchildren. His last wife died about
a year ago, and it is reported that the old
man has some notion of taking to himself 1
another rib at an early day.
Mr*. Partington says that nothing despises
her s<J^aucb as to see people who
prdJUn to expect salvation, logo to church
without (their pursea 0ben a recollection
js to bo taken.
[X JUo* FrU*y, the 96th of May next,
fhets will be an eellpse of the sun. It will be i
f more er lees visible in all parts of the Uni- i
uk States and Canada*, ?nd h a a portien I
ef both t ill b? annukr. i
to/fa
MBL
How a Man Feels with his Head Off.
It it considered on all sides that the body
docs not feel one instant alter decapitation ; :
for the brain being the saat of sensation to
the whole frame, through the medium of the
spinal narrow, every part of the body, beneath
the joint at which the latter may be
divided, must be deprived of feeling. Itut it
by no means follows that the head is deprived
of sensation immediately after decapita- i
tion, not that it may retain its conscious- j
Oftut, and, like the head of the Irish Knight,
who wns killed by iSnladin in the Holv \? ar, J
get up and declare it was never cut off by so I
sweet a scimitar before?nor like that of the
assassin I.egare, swear roundly at the executioner
for not keeping n keener axe; but it
is quite possible that it may be troubled with
very serious reflections upon the irrevocability
of its fate, and the nwfulness of its deprivation.
In support of this unpleasant thoo- j
ry, many facta are adduced, with grave
vouchers for their authenticity. Among others
is the unfortunate Queen of Scots, whose
lips continued to move in prayer for at least
a quarter of an hour after the executioner
had performed his duties. Wiudt states
that having put his mouth to the car of a decapitated
criminal's head, and called him by
name, tho eyes turned to the tide from
whence the voice canio ; and this fact is attested
hy Fonletiello, Mogore, Guillotine,
Nauche, and Aldini. On the word murder
being called, in the case of a criminal executed
for that crime at Coblentz, the half-closed
eyes opened with an expression of reproach
on those who stood around.
Horrible Murder.
Tho Alta California publishes the following
account of a horrible murder committed
iu Sacramento:
On Tuesday morning about 3 o'clock,
persons residing between 2d and 3d streets,
immediately in the rear of tho Madison
House, were aroused by cries of murder,
and deep groans. Mr. Avalinc, who lived
in the back portion of the house, went into
the room front of the one occupied by hitn,
and there saw the most frightful and ghastly
sight one could imagine. A young and
beautiful woman lay on the floor in her
night-cloths, floating almost in her own
blood. Iler throat was eut from ear to ear
with a razor, and her head almost divided in
twain hy a blow from a sharp axe ; the weapon
lay cross h?r h ire limbs, and the razor
was on the floor. The bed,wall, floor,chair*
and everything were bespattered with blood.
In a room next to her was found a man with
his head nearly split open ; they proved to
bo Henry E. JStriblu and his wife, Agnes
SStrible. In the yard, and about fifty feet
from tho house, was found, lying undent
carpenter's bench, 011 a pile of shavings, another
man, Joseph M. Strible, a brother of
the other parties, with his throat cut.
The truth of the matter appears to be,
that for some little time there has been an
unkind fueling existing between the brothers,
and on the night in question, Joseph
went fo his brother's house for the sole purpose
of murdering him. He went into the
room where Henry and his wife were asleep,
and in so doing, awoke Mrs Strible, It appears
he did not intend to kill Iter, but awaking,
she screamed and aroused her husband
when Joseph struck her w ith the axe, and
then attacked his brother. After he had
killed Henry, ho returned to Mrs. S., and
made sure of his hellish work by cutting her
itr-rtrmr immrt ??>v w ??1 . >iit
out and laid down on the pile of sliavings,
and, as he supposed, eut his own throat so
eu ?.v a.,..ua I.!.. .1..-4L . I a _ it ? ?
iu v.iuat- ma ui'uiii , iiui in mi* ne was
mistaken, as lie now lives at the time of 1
writing this, and there is a chance ot'his j
recovery. While Joseph supposed he was r
dying, he called for a pencil and paper, and i ?
wrot ?
"I struck her first, and him after; I went a
to kill him ; he has not used me well. I was c
crazy then, but am not now." d
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Singular Device. 1
A singular circumstance, exhibiting in a
remarkable degree the reflecting faculties {*
of a wolf, is related as having taken place
ut Signo-le-lVtit, a small town on the bur- C
dors Chnmpage. A farmer, looking through n
the hedge of his garden one day, observed a ^
wolf walking about his mule, but unable to ,
get at him on account of the mole's constant a
kicking with his hind legs. As the farmer C1
perceived that his beast was so well able to o
defend itself, he considered it unnecessary v
to rendci him any assistance. After the at- ..
tack nnd defence had lasted fully n quarter
of an hour, the wolf ran off to a neighboring
ditch where he severul times plunged into d
the water. The farmer imagined he did 8l
this to refresh himself after the fatigue ho p
had sustained, and had no doubt but that
the mule had gained a complete victory ; R
but in a few moments the **'olf returned to n
the charge, nnd approaching as near as ho 1
could to the head of the mule, shook him- f(
self, and spirted a quantity of water in flic
mule's eyes, which caused liiin immediately
to shut them. That moment the wolf leap- I
ed upon him and killed the poor mule be- tl
fore the farmer could come to his asuis- f|
lance. |(
?e
Steele paid the finest compliment to a e
woman that perhaps was ever offered. Of
ono woman, whom Congreve had also ad- c
mired and celebrated, ho says, that "to have it
loved was a liberal education." "How of- b
ten," ho says, dedicating a volume to his ft
wife, "has your tenderness removed pain
from my afflicted heart! If there n re such ?
beings as guardian angels, they are thus cl
empioycu. I cannot believe one of them to
be more good in inclination, or more charming
in form than my wife." His breast
seems to warm and his eyes to kindle when a'
he meets with a good and beautiful woman, ir.
and it is with his heart as well us with his (}
hat thut he salutes her.
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Percussion I/Ocks.?The New York Coo- w
rier &. Enquirer of the 5th, says an order
will bo issued by the commander-in-Chief , ,
of New York, and perhaps by the cominan- '
der-in-Chlef of the other States, ihat alt T
muskets belonging to the State, issued to is
State troops, shall be returned to the arse- n<
nuts, and pieces with the percussion locks )l(
Siven in oxchuoge. This will be a very juicious
measure. We do n't know whuth- 81
er or not all the flint locks have been taken c<
from the ranks of the army, nnd percuanion el
locks substituted, but this will be done as (c
fust as the former csn be converted into the
latter. It is of the first importance that the
army and militia of Unifed States should '
use the same weapons in their respective d<
armies. f,
? ? ai
Ths Fins Acts nf the Crystal Par- si
Acs.?The New York Day Book thinks the tl
line arts do not stand much of s chance in 0)
competition with things of s grosser nature.
The editor ssys?An exquisite status of s tf
girl in prayer is dlaced directlv boaidAinUt- hi
form weighing scale, in tho north nave of hi
the Crystal 1'alaee. We watched them both u
for fifteen minutes, and found that twenty even
people weigbed themselves, while on- 11
ly one stopped to look st tlie status. The ?
fins arts stand about the same ehans* that a M
CA3 iuui to wis at roulatte. ki
raiii'
Cnrrrspimiienr?. '
NEW YORK.
Louis Napoleon's I'urliTs Fair?Lighting
up the Palace?Evening Exhibitions?
American Fire-arms?Colt's Recoiling
Pistol?Porter's Self-Loading Rifle?Its
superior Advantages?Thorwaldsen s (treat
Croup?Christ and his Apostles?Irish
Contributions?Embroideries?Handkerchieffor
the President's Wife ? Steamboats
for the Amazon?Departure of Laga?
Testimonial to Capt. lugraham?Sailing
of Foreign Appointees?Jullien and his
Prima Donna?Unprecedented Mortality,
(j-C, tj-c.
New York, August 23, 1853.
Mr. Editor:?I.ouis Napoleon has deternincd
to be in the fashion. Enelantl and
\mcriea having had their World's Fair, lie
las resolved that France shall not bo long
x'hind. For his universal exhibition lie has
ixed the year 1855; and as he will bring all
he resources of government into play, and
vill do his best to outstrip in point of maglificcncc
his potent rivals, there is no doubt
hat the Crystal Palace of Paris will not safer
from a comparison with cither of its preleeessors.
Otlicial information was received
mine time since at our State Department,
that goods, the importation of which is prohibited,
will, on that occasion, be admitted
into Paris, nnd that after the Exhibition they
may, at the option of their owners.be either
re-exported free of duty, or delivered for interior
consumption by paying a duty of 30
per cent
I-ast evening the Palace was for the first
time brilliantly lighted up, editors, reporters,
mid other guests having been invited to commemorate
the occasion. The long vista of
the naves, illuminated with a Hood of light,
presented a striking appearance ; while the
vast dimension of the dome and the singular
beauty of its embellishment seemed rather
to belong to the sublimities we read of in
fairiy-tulcs than to sober reality. For n
week back, workmen have been constantly
occupied in putting up gas-fixtnres. Some
idea may be formed of the vast size ot the
ouilding and the brilliancy with which it is
lluminated, w hen we say that four thousand
nirners are in full blaze at once. All this
s preparatory to opening the exhibition on
he evening?a stop which will be much to
lui J*-of-lit of elerka^lid others w hom btisi"
In time of peace prepare for war,*' says
i time-honored adage, w hich we Americans
ludcrstand and act on, at least if wc may
udge from the formidable array of muskets,
illos, cannot), and bayonets, to be found
long our contributions. It is universally
dmitted abroad that the ingenuity of our
ountrymen has carried off the paint in this
epartincut of iiinnuf.ctiirc. In its comtents
on the various contributions at the
ondon Fair, the Maidstone (iazettc pul>?i
i ...MI i > .... . .
siiuu, ii win ue rvmeinDcreil, at llio prmcial
cavalry depot of the United Kingdom,
olds the following language respecting
'olt'.s repeating pistol: "tl>e result of exomiation
and inquiry convinces us that if the
Irent Exhibition conferred no other nationI
benefit, that of having public attention
idled to this formidable arm was one of no
rdinary importance." If it held Colt'# reolving
pistol in such estimation, what would
lis paper say to thodf-loading rifle oxhibi;d
in the present Fair, which is capable of
ischarging forty shots a minute ! It would
ecui as if no impression could bo made
ither by bayonet 01 by a cavalry charge on
body of men armed with this weapon, no
latter how great the disparity of numbers,
'he legislature of Tennessee has adopted it
>t the militia of that State, and in January
852, passed a resolution recommending the
Inited States Government to purchase from
lie inventor the right of manufacturing it in
he various arsenals. Louisiana and Florida
ave also adopted it, nnd (lenorul Scott has
ndorsed it in the highest terms. That it
an shoot forty times a minute is almost in
redible ; but this is accomplished by n moat
igcniou* and yet simple mechanism. It is
oth self-loading and self-priming; is per?ctly
waterproof, not liable to get out of
rdcr, and is said to shoot as far and as ncuralely
as any other rifle.
Wandering through the various apnrticnts
of the Exhibition, we find ourselves
t length, nmid a group of silent admirers, ,
i a room draped with dark velvet, around <
le walls of which in bold relief are ranged
lirtecn figures. This group is that great j
lastcr-piecc of Christian statuary, Thoraldsen'.s
' Christ and his Apostles." The
reatest of modern artists, Michael Angulo
imself not excepted, in this sublime w ork (
horwaldsen put forth all his powers. There ,
no unity of time or action in the group; |
> particular scone or season is represented( |
; which all were together; yet, notwith- i
anding this, harmony of thought and con- <
jption prevails throughout tlie whole. The <
taracter and disposition of each are indicn- '
d in I ia countenance and attitude. >'
Our Savior stands in the eentre, a colloid* I
figure, larger than the rest, because intcn- '
sd to stand in a niehe some fifty feet distant
om and higher than they. ilia countcn- .
nee ia the embodiment of benign majesty, |
nlees repose and inedible love. The apos- ,
ea are arranged abont him in the following i
rder. On the right of our Saviour and next <
> him la St. Paul, substituted by a pardons*
le anachronism for Judaa. With his right i
?nd, the great apostle of the Gentiles points <
> Heaven, while his left rata on a sword, t
ie emblem of hi* martyrdom- ( Next fob 1
wi Simoo with the aavrwhereby he suffer*
1 the ftnal agony ; Bartholomew with the
life to which the Armeniank'ng, Aatyngua f
iffjgj- ^
consigned him ; James the brother of John,
xbout to set oat on his npostche journey,
with his Pilgrim's staff and Palmer's hat ;?
Thomas with a square, the emblem of his
doubting mind ; and Andrew with the cross
on which lie expired. On the left are Peter
with the keys ; Matthew with the Publican's
money-bag at his feet, seated with a tablet
before him as if about to indite his gospel,
while an angel kneeling by him, seems ready
to assist him in his task ; John, the impersonation
of love, with his eyes raised to the
heaven in which he trusted ; James the son
of Alplieus, with his staff; Philip bowed
down by the labor of years ; and Thaddcus
with the executioner's axe, by which he testified
to the sincerity of his belief. The
marble figures, of which these plaster casts
were the originals, stand in the metropolitan
church of Copenhagen.
Ireland is beginning to be worthily represented
in the Fair. The show-case of John
Iliggins &. Co. makes a creditable display of
embroideries. Among these is a splendid
handkerchief, intended for presentation to
Mrs. Franklin Fierce. It is embroidered in
the most elaboritc manner, with the arms of
the United States, the Plough, a number of
cotton bales, and other appropriate devices.
The above-mentioned firm, is an enterprising
New York house, which, during the height
of the famine of 18-47, opened n brunch establishment
in Dublin, for the purpose of
manufacturing embroideries. As their enterprise
promised employment to a number
of the sufferers by that lamentable visitation
it received every possible local and governmental
encouragement. The cinbroideri. s
the Dublin establishment has turned out are
fully equal to the best productions of France
and Germany.
The superiority of American mechanics
in naval architecture is fast coming to be acknowledged
in all parts of the world. One
of our countrymen, a short time since,entered
into a contract with the government ol'
Chili to deliver at Para two steam boats intended
for the navigation of Jhc river Amizon.
On Saturday last they left for their
destination in the "Star of the East." They
were of course taken out in sections, competent
machinists being sent to put them together
when they shall arrive on the ground.
They will be the first steamboats that have
over plied 011 this noble river, and will no
doubt be the means of bringing in from
South America many future orders.
The Danish man of war, "Saga," which
had been for some time lying in our harbor,
sailed day before yesterday for the West Indies
and South America. The day before
her departure she was visited bv Commandant
Pooman of our Navy Yard, and Captain
Hudson. They were hospitably received,
and on leaving the vessel, were honored with
a salute of thirteen guns, which was duly returned
from Governor* Island.
The gallant conduct of Captain In grab an)
?t 1 rxrm? .-frm p. Jt> ttfiily.. fenja. 0 f
Our adopted citizens,especially, have appreciated
it: and so highly, that they have deemed
it right to ifcivo a public expression to
their approbation, and present the Cap tain
with n sword in token of their respect.?
They have held several meetings for this
purpose ; and a couimi'tcu of Italian*,?
Frenchmen, Germans and l'oles, have been
appointed to take up a subscription.
The new nppointces to foreign stations,
are leaving for their respective posts in great
numbers. I?i*t Saturday witnessed the departure
of scvcrul of thorn in the Arctic. Autong
these were J. M* Daniels, Charge d'
Allaire* to Turin ; -August Belmont, Charge
to the Ilague ; Mr. Welch, private Secretary
of Mr. Buchanan,and K. D. Syekles, Secretary
of legation to London. An affecting
parting scene took place on board the steamer,
between the latter gentleman and his
young wife. 8he,Mlike Niobe, all tears,"?
could ill endure the agony of a first sepanu
tion. In October, I understand, she is to join
him in Kngland with their only child.
Julien the great conductor, is busily engaged
in fitting up Castle Harden for hia concerts,
w hich are to comincnco on the 'JUth
iiut. His prima (Ionna, Anna Zcrr, when in
I?ndon, sung for the benefit of the Hungarian
refugees ; and for that act, her name
was struck from the list of the Imperial Opera
House at Vienna. This will not render
ner any less popular in America.
Our city inspector's report shows for the
week ending the *J0th,the unusual number of
961) deaths. Four years ago, when the cholern
was at its height among us, during tho
same week, there wore but 968. This excessive
mortalily it attributable to the late
intense heat. Sun strokes are set down in
the list as having produced 1214 deaths.
Yours sincerely,
HUDSON.
1 I Inoexkous
Escape of a Phisoner.?
Jiis. 1 >unii, a convict at --dug Sing, N. Y,
on Friday last effected his escape from
that institution in a very ingetiious man
ner. Procuring somo strips of India rubber,
he made an air-tight tube sotne six
feet long, to the end of which he attached
a bag of tho same material, shaped like a
Juek. Managing to elude his keepers, ho
name to the river, where he threw off and
secreted his clothing, and with his new
life-preserver plunged in, and when at the
bottom kept one end of the tube in bis
mouth, tlm bug meanwhile floating un the
lurface anil supplying hiin with air. In
this way he passed the prison docks, and
liad proceeded about half a mile down
the stream to Colyer'a dock, when, his j
[>i e giving way, he was forced to swim
whore, where be met a crowd of people,
ind informed them that some one had
itoieu his clothes, and left them in pursuit
>f the thief, which was the laat that has
been heaad of him He was twenty years
>f age, had served one term of confinement,
and wm at the time of eseape unler
sentenco for life.
.... The claim of Dr. King at Athens has
been settled by the payment of 12,000
hrachms for hie land, taken for the public
ise. His religious griefs were not reeoglixsd
as sntitle^g^edreee.
BeWif2fu&4ke potter to the elay and
t became w^l.
* " " a i i is > ? n
ICanrnster Mger.
LAHCASTERVILLE, S. C.
VEDNESDAYAUUtJSY mm
Acknowledgements willnppenr next
week.
Controversy.
We publish Cnpt. Perry's reply to J. R.
H., although, we hope this will be the last of
it?in fact, we must protest against the continuation
of a controversy, which is productive
of no good, and may lend to hnrni; besides,
we are sure wo could devote this space
to other matter, nt once more instructive as
well as more interesting.
Large Cucumber.
I)r. T. K. Cuueton has presented us with
a cucumber, grown in the garden of our esteemed
townsman S. B. Massey, Esq. w hich
is decidedly the largest we have ever s??cn.
It measures in length 13 inches, and in cireumfcrancc
8 inches.
:-ir Charleston, with her accustomed
liberality, has sent over six thousand dollars
to the sufferers in New Orleans : from the
Courier office nlone, five thousand dollars
lias been sent. From the urgent appealmade
to the people of Charleston, as well as
to those of the state generally, we would
not be surprised if the amount swells to ten
thousand dollars, from that oflico alone.?
The Courier has acted nobly in this cause of
philanthropy.
Dccumcntory History.
Da. R. W. Gibhes the author, h:.a very
kindly sent us a very neatly printed volume,
containing pages, bearing the following
title :?" Documentary History ofthe Auiorcan
Revolution, consisting of letters and papers
relating to tt contest for liberty chiefly
in South Carolina, in 1 "781 and 17^2."
What cau prove more interesting to our
people, than a history o! our own beloved
" n,m'"
Marion, Green, Rut ledge, Hampton, Sic ; the
mention of whose names, is sufficient t<i
show the interest the work possesses. 11
can l>e obtained at uny of the Coluiubhi
Book Stores. Price ono dollar.
The Recent Soath Carolina Duel.
Wo published a tellegraphic despatch
some days since, announcing a fatal duel
at Charleston, the papers of which citv
have been silent as to the nature of the
difficulty. Tlio Washington Si'tar ol
Saturday, however, g'vos the following
particulars:?Savannah Courier.
"Mr Lcgaro was engaged to a young
lady in Columbia. Iler friends inquired
of Douavaut what was the character and
habits of L.f This coming to his cars, he
inquired of 1). what he had nnswered;nni]
found that he had spoken favorably tl
him. l>ut not satisfied with a verbal
statement, he demanded it in writing,
which was refused. Logare challenged
on this refusal. The distance was twelve
paces. Legare fired at the word "one,'
and missed: Ihmovntit tired at the word
two and killed his antagonist. The
survivor was wholy unskilled in the use
<>i mo pistol, having never In-fore lia<l
anything to do with a duel. Ia-gare, on
the contrary, was notoriously, a cra? k shot
having, h few days before tiie uiTuir came
off. tin practising,) pheed forty-eight out
of fifty balls in a card at loo word. He
became verv nervous on starting for the
ground, and re narked that he felt apresentment
that he would fall, notwithstanding
his skill with the pistol. lie was
formerly in the Navy as a Midshipman,
from w hich he was dismissed, it is said,
for running a sword through a marine."
The above uiny be correct, excepting
that the young lady resides in Chester, and
not Columbia.
Business In Charleston.
We aro truly gratified to extract the following
paragraph from the Courier:
M\Ve are gratified to learn that the Fall
busiuesa of this city is likely to be verylarge.
Considerable quantities of goods
are daily arriving, and buyer* from Alabama
and Tennessee have already, we
understand, made their appearance in the
market. The city, to^use the phrase of one
of our leading medical practitiom ra.beintr a
W m 7 ?
larimngly healthy, no one need fear coining
at once, and auch an impetus we trust will
be given to the trade of our city by an
early attendence of our country friends aa
to place Charleston at the highest pinnacle
of commercial prosperity ahe haa ever atpuoed."
*
Hew Cotton.
The Charleston Courier of Thursday
saya that two more bales of new cotton
reached that city on the previous day
from Newberry District, consigned to
Mesan. Keeder k DeSauasure.
The Cheater Standard aaya that a bale
of new cotton from the plantation of Mr.
Thomas Shannon, of that District, waa
offered for sale in that market last Monday
and bought by Tlioa. 8. Mills, at 10 7-8
BT" Tax haat^feirVork ta Mgbtfcl.
Ninety deaths oecovred ftote the beet oe
Stndey.
BEITORXAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Philadelphia, August 15. 1853.
To-day and yesterday have been excessively
hot days in the Quaker City. It was
so very warm yesterday, that I did not go to
church. We are stopping at Jones' Hotel,
which used to be the cruckcd Hotel here,
but now it is eclipsed by the Gerard House,
which I am told, is one of the most extensive
in the United States. It is capable of
accommodating five hundred lodgers.
I will continue my trip from Camden,
where I left you.
Wo arrived in Camden on the afternoon
of the the 9th. Having some Bauk business
to attend to, which occupied all the spare
time I had there, 1 was unable to call on
several of my friends, amongst them, Majors
Rosser and Warren, who I was anxious to
see. I tvas made acquainted in Caaiden, with
Messrs. Grant and West, the former Cashier,
and the latter Teller of the Bank of Camden.
Mr. Grant, the Cashier, I found to be a very
affable gentleman, nnd Mr. West very courteous
and obliging. It was after Bank hours
when we arrived there, and Mr. West was
at first not disposed to accommodate us, but
upon further consideration ngrced to do so.
While in the Ban' he took some pains to
show me the manner in which they secured
the vault. It is secured by two heavy iron
doors?the inner door, having a lock, the
key of which is so constructed, that there
arc fifteen hundred ways of putting it together
(after it is taken apart, which is done
whenever they close the vault,) before it can
be opened. If you do not exactly arrange
it, the only one iray out of 1500, you cannot
open it. As T observed to Mr. West, it
would take a burglar, even if he possessed
himself of tins various pieces of the key, a
week trying, and then may l?e net succeed.?
It is not probable lie would hit the [dan in
a thousand trials. Even the outer door
which is not as ingeniously arranged, appeared
to mo to be ample security. The precious
metal though, possesses such a charm,
that it ever requires a vigilant eye to its safe
keeping.
PuiLAnr.i.nrtA, August Iti. 1853.
We think seriously of returning home.?
The weather is so very hot, and we are told
the yellow fever is in New York. Persons
drop in the streets from the excessive heat,
nnd if medical aid is not at once procured, I
am told they die in a few minutes. In New
York from roup tie soil some CD or 70 are
dying per day. It has never been known
to be so warm in that city. Mr. Faust a verykind
gentleman, who composes the tinn of
Faust & Winebrenner. II aril ware Merchants,
North Third street, advises us to do
what business wo have to do in Philadelphia,
sud return South. Wo will no doubt set
upon bis suggestion.
8ome how or other, I am continually desiring
to take a trip, and no sooner have I
left home, but I wiuit to return. At last
u there is no place like home."
1 snxious to call on my kindred in
> Charleston, Dui u.s?..K ?,w **?um|na?lin 3oat
> immediately as we left the cars, I was uttert
ly unable to do so. A great ninny travellers
i going North now, take the Wilmington and
Manchester llnll Road, which, excepting
Home 'li or 30 miles, is completed from the
Camden Branch, to Wilmington; by this
route aea sickness is avoided. When this
i romi is completed, 1 expect this route will be
' abandoned. There is nothing interesting
between Charleston and Wilmington after
j. j you leave Charleston harbor. The Cape
Fear River is a turbid stream, and reminds
one of the chief articles of commerce of the
, Old North Stole through which it runs tar,
| pitch and turpentine.
| They have a very fine Hotel in Wilmlng!
ton, the Carolina Hotel. From Mr. Ilobt.
B. Wood, Uie gentlemanly bar keeper, 1
I learned that the former Hotel of the same
' name, wus destroyed by lire in 1840, and
' this tine structure erected the succeeding
?
year. The distance from Wilmington to
, Weldon by Rail Road is IflO miles?n very
fine road it is. Very much improved since
! I rode over it three years ago. The country
i is uninteresting?blazed pine'trees, and barrels
of tar and turpentine all along the road.
Weldon is not much of a place, it was our
intention there to tnkc the Bay Line, but
having met with some friends from Winnsborn,
Dr. Me Master, and Messrs. Clarke und
Wolfe, we concluded to accompany them on
by way of Richmond, Washington, &c.
Something calls my attention off. More
anon. B.
? ii itii r' 5 ? a jj I r.
Godv's Lady's Hoo*.???'Tho Mepiumbrr
number ia a very handsome one. It contains
a Inrge amount ?f excellent reading
matter, a handsome fashion plate, beautiful
steel enjrravlng, uThe Hehoolmoslvr in
I?ove," una several well executed wood
cute. The price of the Lady's Hook is
93.00 per year, but those who will pay
up for the Ledger can get iLf< r 93.
L A. (JODEY,
Philadelphia.
(Jr aiiaw's Maoazise.?The September nomber
ia a most excellent one. "Annie" is
a very handsome steel plate.
In looking over this number, it strikes
US- lllPIW is s lnrt,i? rniumiil "-? I!-?
, . ? MIM'-HMV VI IVitUlllg IUUIter,
and something good, too. Does any
one tnk? Graham's Magssinu here J If
aot, do tome one try it The price ie $3,
we will furnish it for $'i by your paying
for the 1 /odgur.
CEO. R. GRAHAM,
Philadelphia.
Foa tub I.edob*.
A few Word* is Reply.
Tame, August 23d, 1853.
Mb. Editor,?Allow ine through your
columns to return thanks to a friend, for ids
most consoling piece of last week.
Mr. J. R. H. you have lost your subject
fror* which you wish to write. It appears
to ho a eotton blossom io the garden upon
tha 13th of Jons, but you iu your last pioee
admit that it was the 16th. In law matters
? anything admitted is evident* iu tbo ease.?
So it appears you hare quit ths garden and
gone to the field, as 1 hod blooms there by
that date. You admit, 1 am not disponed to
talk about myself. Mr. J. ft. H., I admit
- i wm - l
that you are in a free land aa well as myself,
that is what we Tank people think, that is
what tnnkcs us ant as we do. Tank people
do not try to excel, but to keep even. And
as for your starting something now, you are
about to start something new indeed, if you
can come to any precision on the growing
crop; for it appears to have been the study,
(from what information I can gut by reading,)
of all the mercantile establishments .
both in Europo and America, to come at
somo true estimate; but we see them fall
far short of it, with interest to stimulate
them to their study.
If they could come at the production
while in a growing state, knowing as they
do the consumption, there would be no need
for so much loss in the traffic of cotton.?
You seem to intimate that I am to be chargeable
with tho downfall of cotton. Well if
my few early blooms knock down the market,
I will have to bear it with the rest of
you. For 1 did not think that Tank, with
a good crop could make any, or scarely any
difference, as the State of South Carolina is
considered so small in making up the amount
necessary for the consumption of the whole
world, to say nothing "of the rest of mankind.
I would prefer the large or true estimate,
?the large estimate is not very injurious to
any part of our community, agricultural, or
commercial. If the estimate is large the
farmer may lose a little nt the commencement
on his fair article but he will make it
up toaards spring on his inferior cotton, but
if the representation is too small, wo lose
more on the inferior than we make on tho
fair. But I should prefer tho true estimate :
then nobody is hurt, the merchant is not
hurt; the farmer gets what the foreign market
will warrant, and the man who has no
gin is cna'.lcd to git Ills cotton off at the
same rule of his more fortunate neighbor, or
nearly so Mr. J. R. II., you want me to
hold up the man that wrote my piece for me,
till you taken peep at him; that is just what
I am trying to do. I am not quite no illiterate
as you took me to bo, for I can blotch
out my own piece. That makes it worse to
think that a man of your learning, should
take up a man that he considered unqualified
to compete with himself, and this is the
only apology I expect to offer for the arrangement
of my piece that appeared nome
time ago.
I am superlatively happy to find in tho
person of Mr. J. R. II. or his dictator, my
old friend of (lie telegraph, long since lost
to view. In speaking of lightning's speed,
Aic. he revealed an old acquaintance of mine
that had it not been for the revelation, must
have remained forever lost to mo. Rut
while I rejoice in the disc overy of an old associate,
I must beg lieve to urge that ho
omitted a considerable portion of tho narrative
that nevertheless has made me to feci
such ecstatic joy.
M\ fiicnd says, that "I hitched my horse,'
but be should have done ine justice, for wo
were both there on borrowed horses, and
when I took RIV horse ???r tVoin that drat,
ted machine, says lie, "Friend, let him stay,
and let us see it ii nrli " -5- i"
_ ...... .... an . nay a lt
if you want to ace it work, put your horse
there." "I don't caw if I do," nays he, "for
he's not mine no how," So up he rides,
hitches his horse to the post, alights nod
takes a sent upon n log, nnd says: "Now
stranger, let's see Iter go it."
Ahout this tiiuu I left, nnd the last I saw
of inj friend ho still occupied Ids sent seemingly
intent upon seeing her go it."
If the nbovo conversation be admitted by
Mr. J. R. 11. or his dictator, I own we must
have seen each other, as he supposes, if not,
there must be some mistake about the matter.
As you have quit the garden and gone to
the field, your piece would rail for some information
on the culture of cotton, nnd it
would make me happy to ucconmiodate you,
hut you have opened such an extensive field
for thought, that if 1 was to tuko up nil the
points 1 fear I should not be ndmittod into
our most excellent Paper.
Hut hoping you may be informed upon ths
subject, I shall bid you adieu.
J NO. S. PERRY.
roK THE LEDOKK. *
Oh call Her not to Earth Again.
TO THE SPIRIT RAPPERS.
Yc
rulers of the spirit-realui * * ,, I
Your magic powers please restrain, -^
Forbear to more thy wsnd?thy helm ;
Oh ! call her not to Earth again.
In silence long, her soul at rest
Released from care and earthly pain,
Among the sainted and the bleat;
Oh ! call her not to Earth again.
1 would not that she should renew
The sorrows of this world in rain,
To time and mo she bade adieu;
Oh I call her not to Earth again.
The tears Pre shed, were idly spent
If she be roused by fox's train.
To me, at first, she was but lent;
Oh! call her not to Earth again.
Let! her not lose one moment's time,
Where joys and bliss eternal reign
To riait this ungrateful clime;
Oh! call h?r not to Earth again.
Let her, I beseech the* ever
In the bright spirit-world remain,
Call her not back, no, no, oarer;
Oh ! call her not to Earth again.
To Mary aoon, my aoal shall gut
tier tuft embraces to regain.
Beyond death's rale no parting know;
Oh \ eali us not to Earth again.
.... Tat Freeman'* Journal state* that
the distinguished Henator, at praaant ht Europe,
recently concerted to Roanoi?a,ls net
Senator Douglas* of Illinois.
.... Ma*. Fmaca, tha President's villa,
has reesived as a presentfrtwn Dublin, a mag!
nileeot embroidered poaket handkerchief,
the embroidery sold to be eqonl to anything
of the kind dons io France, i
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