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THE LANCASTER LEDGER 1.1 published evert Wednesday Morning AT LANCASTERVILLE, 8. C. Terms.?00 a year if paid in advance : 2 50 if naym't )w> .1 m's; 3 00 after six months. Advertisements Inserted at the rate of 75 cents per square of 13 lines for the 1st insertion, 37| cents for every subsequent insertion. For announcing a candidate $5. R. ?. BAILEY. Editor and Proprietor V!cgnijjljir. Prom the (Charleston Mercury. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER WASHINGTON. New York, October 25. The U. 8. Mail steamship Washington arrived nt New York at 11 o'clock last uight from Bremen via Southampton, having left the latter port on the 11th instant. Among her passengers is Baron Ocot, the new Russian Minister. Since the departure of the Africa, on tho . <111 insuuii, v^ohoii naa Deen in moderate demand at previous rates. General Intelligence.?The official accounts of the battle of Alma show that the loss of the English was 2000, nnd of the French 1400 men. The allies had changed the plan of attack upon Sebnstopol, and the base of their ! operations ivas at Balakluva. The bom- i bardraent commenced on the 5th inst. Tho Russians had sunk eleven of their ships at the mouth of the harbor of Scbastopol. Marshal St. Arnnud, who had boon for some time indisposed, is dead, and the command of the French troops have devolved upon Gen. Canrolieri. After the battle of Alma the Russians burnt nil the villages which they passed through In their flight, and left six thousand of their wounded behind. A thousand Russians who were escoitinjr munitions of war had been captured, ana McnchikofT himself narrowly escaped a similar fate; as it was, his carriage, in which were his private p tpers, fell into the hands of tho allies. The nllicd forces hud destroyed the rcqueduct that supplied Sebnstopol with water.? Eight thousand of the allied cavalry hud arrived in the Crimea. The inhabitants of Odessa were pledged to burn the city. An outbreak Was feared at Warsaw, and the Russian Imperiul Guard was marching to that city by forced marches. Momcl, a fortified seaport town of East Prussia, had been nearly destroyed by fire involving a loss of ?2,000,000 sterling. Still Later. Halifax, N. S., Oct. 25. The Rritish Mail steamship Niagara, Capt. John Leitch, has arrived at this port from Liverpool, with dates to the 14th instant. General Intelligence?Sebnstopol was invested on the South nnd East, nnd the guns of tho allied forces wero playing on the walls. MenschikolT kept tho field to the North, nnd was daily expecting Ostensneken nnd Gortschnkoff with reinforcements. In the battle of Alran twenty-six English officers and ten sergeants were killed, nnd seventy-three officers and ninety-five sergeants wounded. Three hundred nnd six privates were killed and fourteen hundred -wounded. Prussia has expressed her willingness to act_with Austria. Tho i oka of the Aretlc has created a profound sensation in Europe. Death of Got- Bart St. Louis, Oct 35. Governor Burt of Nebraska died on tho 18th inst Additional per Niagara. Halifax. Oct. 35. In Liverpool on Saturday the 14th inst., Cotton was unchanged, and Breadstuff* were firm. ' The Allied trenches wero within sixteen < hundred yards of the walls of Sebaatonol, and had fiPy guns mounted theroon. I'rirate despatches state that the Allies had mado two breaches in the walls on the 6th inst. The Allied fleet was useless, snd the marines had joined the troops. All the Reserves had also left Varna for the Crimea^ The balance of the Russian Fleet in the harbor of Sepaatopol was ready to be sunk,/ and their crews hud joined the garrison. Accounts from the Baltic render it certain that the Allied fleets will undertake no further operations this year. < The great Hebastopol hoax has been traced to the Paris Bourse, sad the Kraperor will order an investigation, and will severe- / ly punish the ofll-ndur, if ho be detected. / Late advices from Madrid stata that tho election was progressing nuietly, and that tho Progress! ta* had the advantage. Hhangbni on the 7th of August was still in possession of the rebels. Canton was also besieged, nnd business wee suspended?. The Cholera in Hew York. New York, Oct 35. The Cholera has commenced its ravages afresh in this city, in consequence of tho free consumption of oysters. Many deaths have occurred from this cause, and among those who havo died arc many prominent citi zens. 1'arposkd.?We lenrn thnt Wise nnd Johnson, convicted of the murder of Shndrach Johnson in thin district, on the 'J 1st of August, 1863, Imve been pnrdoned by the Governor on condition of their leaving tho tftate.?Darlington Flag. Aehious Acctdewt.?We regret to lonrn thnt on the night of the 16th Dr. Lunsford Douglass, ono of the members elect to the A Istgislntnre from ('hooter District, fell from the third story of the hotel of Mr. Corn* | w.ttt, of Chesterville, injuring himself aeriK cusly, nnd it is thought fatally, ile struck E on somepteees of timber in the yard, nnd although very much injured, was not, forInnately, deprived of speech. Ifu sailed some of the servants, was carried up stairs, ttfKdftL fin AvaruinnltAn Ku *(?? a%ks?_ P M?*inn, It WAS fen rod thnt hU bseh was b'ro- 1 ken.? Wlnntbortt Regittrr. 34 rlahcimlt Death.?Wo regrrt to learn t I th?t Col. Richard Ix>wry, of this vicinity, , I warn killed on yesterday, on Ms way to Con- j F; cord to attend the meeting of the Prenbyte- , f rian Byood. We ore not in possession of the particatars further than that hie horse f ft became frightened at the train on the Rail h Rood, and la Attempting to hold him, was S W thrown nod struck in the temple by the fthlL wheel of hi? baggy. He died in a fuwhourr , ?#fter. Col. L. was a most excellent tftixen, Hfif' a kind sod obliging neighbor, and a awful 1 he Prwehyierkui Church. He mmr has lefts wifusodnaaieveae fried*to moarn : f hie denft.C> fftfetmns t THE LEDGER.I _ ^ ^ ; - ? O LANCASTEBVILLE.S.C. ? WEDNESDAY*NOV. 1.1854. * Agent* for the Lancaster Ledger Now York V. B. Palmer. . Philadelphia E. \V. Cnrr. e Charleston Wai. Dewccs East Bay j Camden Z. J. PeHay. 0 Terms of the Ledger. One copy, one year 82.00 '' Five copies (each 81.75) 8.75 Ten do u $1.50 15.00 Fifteen do tt 1.33* 20.00 t) Twenty do u 1.25 25.00 , Cash in advance always. No paper will t>c stopped until paid for unless we choose to. We have a fine assortment of Job Type, and are prepared to do any kind of Job Work, I with neatness and despatch. ar a lad of about 14 years of age will t bo taken as nn apprentice at this office, lie will bo well taken care of, and his situation. made comfortable. |, We send out In this week's paper, slips ' to some of our friends, which will inform tlieni of the amount of their indebtedness. Wcliope 1 they will at once adjust the same, without fur- ^ ther solicitation. 19' A disconsolate mother is anxious to ? hear of her son, who left her wagon whilst in 1 Camden n week ago. The boy (llarvey Adams by name,) suffered the wagon to leave him, promising to overtake it in the out-skii t* of the town. The wagon waited for him, but Harvey ( did not make his appearance. Upon inquiry, it appears, he left Camden with another wagon. Harvey is between nine and ten years of age. ^ Any information which will lead to Ids re- . covery, will be most thankfully received by his * mother, Mrs. Adams, whose address is Jacksonhnm P. O., Lancaster District, 8. C. Basin ess Notices. i Particular attention is directed to the adver- n tisement of land and negroea belonging to the J estate of the late IT. T. Masscy. The sale will be positive. Those wishing to purchase, must not therefore let the opportunity slip. j, It gives us pleasure to say that Mr. E. A. Funderburk, opposite the Catawba House, is prepared to do all kinds of work in the Harness X line. He has a good stock of materials, and ^ several setts of ready made Harness, which are ^ handsomely made, and which will do good set- ^ f-ST~ Dr. A. P. Wylie of Chester, charged ^ with the murder of Perhnm has been at- ? quilted. Matters and Things abont Town. Wc seldom take a ramble aliout town, but on Sunday list, strolled around to sec what changes had taken place since our last jaunt.? We were agreeably surprised to note some improvements ; among others, we noticed that - Mr. E. D. Kknnkov, one of our townsmen, had t iroctcd a comfortable little dwelling near the Presbyterian Church. ^ About a year ago, a subscription list was landed about amongst our villagers, for the lurpoae of raising funds to eucloae the village R| jravc yard. j< r While observing Mr. Kennedy's dwelling, ti rommending within ourself his enterprising e: rpirit, our gaze was directed to the Chnrcb, from a hence to the gragb yard. Our village ccine- nj ery is attached to this Church. How sad did p. we feel, to see white marble stones denoting the q ast resting places of many lost ones?those ^ vbo in life held prominent places In the afTec- ^ ions of many of this town?those, who when he spirit first left tltcm, loved ones on earth promised themselves to erect costly mausoleums to their moinory?how sad, the graves lying waste?not even a rail fence to protect the last * homes of the dead from the depradations of ^ mnn and beast. We doubt not, but many a worshipor in that Church, wearing in his or her 0 breast pin the last sad memento of some loved o [>nc?a strand of hair?takes no cognizance of t' the fact, tliat the body of the dear one lies but tl i few feet from the Churcn, with probably no * done to mark his tomb, stall events with no tl piotection to guard his grave. || "Tread lightly on his grave." You have no v power though to cause pain or cmotiou to the j dill, 'ifelcss frame beneath, but something says, 0 "step lightly." A grave yard is sacred ground ^ mark how mournfully the leaves of the trees ling as it were a mournful anther*, as they are ^ JisturlxMl by the gentle breeze. The birds even ire silently perched upon the boughs, sadly c, iehelding the last of mortal man. When a pa- " ent stands by the g'sve of a dear son, how " piickly does memory bring to his nifnd the n rhild of lifo. The father was accustomed then " o take him by the hand, ami Lm ambitious ipirlt already fancied Ills son one of the Brat In tl he land.' The mother ever promt of her only ri wr, beheld with eyea sparkling with joy, the A iniic feats ami sprightUness ol her dear aon.? al iVliat mintage* of glory, what a future appears r< o her in the anticipation of her son's manhood T 3 is she gaaed upon him at night while be re* y rased in his cradle, did she aee In hor waking y Imam, her boy, one who woukl become a Man, ^ me vapabio to perform any duty his country ^ ' Hleep image of thy lather, sloop, my boy If# lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine, " And say, when summoned from the world and thee, w I lay my bend beneath the willow tree, J* Wilt fAoo, sweet mourner ! at my stone ap- ? foar, M And sooths my parted spirit lingering near f The charm is dispeilrdmwhere there was joy) el here Is now mourning, the son of fe-.d, !?v!ng oi j A * *' /;.' / u-enta is co isigucti lo tlic grave. The parents fu| orship in the Church, the son sleeps but a few et Loni them. Does the parent appear at his jQ < rave to soothe hit spirit lingering near? Nay, o stone perhaps marks the spot, and no sign ' ive the Church and a few scattered marble * abe, denote the place as a resting one for the mo L-ad. Sad it is to think of it. lu contributing w,t > our own comfort, let us not forget tiiose who ave gone before us. If not affection, rirt/uaiom imposes the necessity, the absolute necea- hni ty of securing the homes of the dead front adj execration. Mi We left the Church, and coutinued our stroll, sat ear Dr. Crawford's residence, in a lovely spot, mid a grove of beautiful trees, wo noticed nn , ncouth, lnnsidcd building. which we learn is >r the female academy. It is to Iks hoped, 'hen repaired and painted, it will make a betpr appearance. We cannot commend the ??' pirit of those in affluence, who would roll nn, Id worn out building to its present locality no rhon It would have taken but little more, very cm ttle, to build anew one. W e think the present uilding at the same time quite too small. Our main street presents quite a decent ap- v earance ; Capt. Cousart is repainting his dweh j jj ng at the lower end of town. Mr. brown's ousc already presents the appeal ance of a fine difice, and the neat white appearance of the / lessrs. Witherspoon's residences gives this end f Lancaster quite a decent look. We are igf roud to see such a spirit infused into our peo- /36 le. The visitor of five years ago, would ^ gt carcely recognise this as the same old Lauras- gj er' ell Next Sunday we may visit the other end of awn, and note what we deem of consequence. EDITOR'S TABLE. *' __ _ rul Vtxam'h Magazine. * *h( The November number contain* an ntiractive ''e ?ble of contents. Among other articled of in- P? crest, wc note, "The First Discoverers of U? Lmerics," "Cupid and the Wasp," &c. It is a nil iity that a late number of this magazine should of iave contained the offensive article on slavery lx n the South. It has injured its standing in bu Ida latitude. If the publishers would confine cjj lienisolves to the publication of literal y pro- ||(| actions, and leave sectional articles for politial journals, Putnam's Monthly would enjoy nu ^ nviable reputation, it Is handsomely printed, . nd contains a vast umouut of reading matter. ^ ,'erms a year. Address G. I'. Pl'TXAM & Co., ' ' New York. "*> P. S. Please to send us the October number cr KAIIAU's MaUAZINK. " du "Scenery of the Heavens," Household Trenures," "George Washington," "Demosthenes" cc? are the lilies of some of the articles in the *? (oveiuber number. "Capture of Major Andre," i a very handsome steel engraving. Graham's I'1 ingaxiuo needs only to be seen to secure favor, ode t occupies a prominent position in the list of Sfc American monthlies, and very deservedly, for lone can excel it. Price $3 a year. Graham's thi iagaziue and the Ledger $4. ph K. II. Szz k Co., pr Philadelphia. ou iktiiru's Home Magazine. It j The November number is the best we have Bo et seen. It contains several cng.uvliigs and II< large amount of choice reading. T. S. Ar- 1-ir liur, the editor, has been long and favorably Tl nowu to American reudurs as ouc of the best ),a rriters of fiction?his stories ar e very Interest- ro, ig, and the morals teach instructive lessons.? ^ 'he Home Magazine is decidedly the cheapest t all the monthlies, the price tieing only a jj( car, with the ledger $1.&0. T. 8. Arthc* & Co., j ! Philadelphia. lro CORRESPONDENCE. | P1' HAELESTON CORRESPONDENCE H C'iiahlehtoh, Oct. 37, 1854. *o the E liior nf the Ledger: Since my lust, many a one full of life, arid hi nticip vting with pleasurable delight, the on- so >yment of being reunited with absent relit aul vea and friends, who h i.I left the city to cli capo the fever, has been summoned to a ite 'orld to moot those who had left, long, long toi go, on a much longer journey. It is with ain I inform yon of the death of the Rev. oel !. M. Taggart, whoso death occurred on * I unday evening last. Mr. Tagg irt was but oh tirty eight years of age. He was the aa- -t< iatant Paator of the 'Jnitari n Church in *tc tiseity, and although only with us but a- th< oat k year, had already won theeonfidonco Do nd love of many friends, by his christian eportment That fatal scourge the Vol- yo >w Fever, has thus deprived us of another tin xcellent man,and useful citizco.Thc number doi f deaths from yellow fever average about ale welve a day. The Augusta papers say sol list the disease is moro vio.ent, and the ea- He es of a more malignant nature ia that city. Iian has been the ease since its appearaneo sel bore. There were fire deaths from the fo- er or I hers on Tuesday last. In Reaufort the w? iseose is fast disappearing. There were ( ine de-tlm there from the 8th to tho 33d the rom the fever. lav Tho papers have advised absentees to pro- its >ng their stsy from tho city. The physi- ab< ians think it highly improper to return on- fivi il we have a heavy black frost Men intaiably fear dsnth. but we incline to think lany of oar eitixens will return before long, -ost or no frost. Oar play actors at all events, will not wait >6 visit of old Jack, for the ateamur Nnah- "=r" ille on Tneaday lent bronght us Mr. Dofeld, end hie professional troop. The tliotre has been renovated throughout, the pit < moved, and will bo opened on Monday the ar? Oth. Mr. John Sloan in the stage manager <*? Ir. S. B. Duffield the satin/ manager, Mr. am V, J. Roberta who for three yearn wan the yet isder of tho Orchestra in the Brondway the- ry ire, ie the leader bore. Daring the eeanon nit; mny brilliant stare will appear on the Cher- ie i wton boards. Among other*, Minn Jnlla de. >e*n, n great favorite hern, and the lady ebi ho captivated no many old bachelors two ear Mrs ago, Minn Rlize Logan, Miss Agnes fro obertaou, Mrs. Chas. Howard, Mrs. Noah, ma [r. George Jamison, Mias Annette I nee Ate. sto It is really and to think what a disastrous Wl Feet the fever has produced here. Most be r o^ur nv-refiwU are a<viy anvicusbit fair- gat ' <*>v- '* ' ^ ' V.' to return., The total disappearance of i disease, would produce a happy change ' >vory respect. It is to bo hoped, we will e a heavy frost n.iterior to the 15th prox. which time the fair is advertised to cornnee. If the fever continues lo prevail h us, it will be necessary to postpone i opening of tho f ?ir. rhe affair I mentioned of Col. Cunningn and a writer in the Mercury, has been listed. The writer was Win. Pocher I en, and his reply to Col. C's. article, has islied tho latter. Saturday, Oct. 28 There was no death f otn any cause in i dry yesterday. Cot'on yesterday averaged from 7J to 9J its. 1 notice that the Hon. R. F. \V. Alston in minuted in the Georgetown Times as a ididnte for Governor. In haste. Your'a, Ashley. HEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. > the Ed. of the Lancaster Ledger. New York, Oct. 23, 1854. Dear Sir : Verily is this a great and owing city. Consider that it is but 2 years since, that Columbus discovered . Salvador one of the West India Islands, tain then was in the full tide of cummeril prosperity, her ports enjoyed an active ide with the other parts of the Eiistern >rld,the great city of London was the city the civilized world. Where was New >rk ? The island of Manhattan in her ruI simplicity, furnished a resting place for e birds of tho air and tho beasts of the Id. Change, which ever and ever transses the weak to the strong, and the young the old, has converted Spain into a desert nost. The trade of her cities and ports former greatness, has almost ceased.? nuon, siiii retains ner former greatness, t note the increasing greatness of this y, as compared with li nden. But for reu hundred years only marked out as a an, and now we number a population of If a million, the area of our city embraej a space of soine twelve or fifteen miles, lange! sec what it has effected. What sw York is destined to be, no one can itninc. Even at this time, land or lots ralhin the heart of the city, bring more months n lots do in the proud city of Ixnn. Thocholera still prevails here, but is not fatal as it was a short time since. I learn (list the duel here the other day nt iboketi, was between Edward Norton, a rk here and James Thompson - of your :ite, not Peter as the -telegraph reported. We notice two important arrivals here by 3 Africa, Jerome Bonaparte and Felix Raael. Tho former has left his son in anee in the army, who will be soon turned t a French officer, ready for active service, is known to your readers, that Jerome nnparte owned large estates in Baltimore, s married Miss Patterson, an American ly ; the son is the issue of this marriage, ic attractions of the Court of St. Cloud, re dar./led the imagination of Prince Jema. nnJ it is said he will shortly remove France, and beeotuc one of her nobility, le ambitious blood of Napoleon of St denn, still flows in the veins of the Bonarte's. The other arrival, Felix Raphael tho brother of Mad'lc. Raehael. the great gnftnw of iroders days. He is on hero punitory to the coming of his celebrated ter. No doubt when this interesting ent occurs, as much of a furore* will take icc as when Jenny I.ind made her appearce here. Our tliiMtri-s nr? itniiicr well \tirin anil isi are still the star* of attraction. A laige firo occur rod here on Saturday it, in Canal street, but such thing* are of common occurrence, they hardly attract fficient attention as to render the throning of the event nccesrary. Among other ma of news, I notice that Qncun Vic''a ia again >n an interesting situation. There is an individual at present in GreenIt. named Patrick Murphy, the Irish giant, ad of 18 years of age, and of tho ixtrnlinary height of 7 feet 5} inches in hia ieking soles. lie weighs twenty-one me, snd luuoaaru-t fifty-i wo inches round I chest. Murphy is a native of County wn, Ireland. Where is Huriiuin ? Among the latest city items I can inform u of, is the circumstance of a dwarf about i size of Tom Thumb, but with a treinun- ' us bead, riding in a litilo fancy carriage ing Broadway, drawn by two dogs, lie Is copies of hia life, and begs toppers.? i attracts attention, as do all novelties. A white feiuule attempted to drown her. f by jumping from a Stulcn Island steamin to the bay, the bo..t was stopped, she s picked tip and afterwards resuscitated. I >ur publishers are doing a large business; > Apploton'a have removed into their new gu and elegant estiiblishiiionL This brm ue s book l.tily, they employ a capital of out $700,000 and give employment to a hundred persons. iatcius. COMMUNICATIONS. For Iks IxinrsHsr Lsdysr. THE AUTUMtf. Oh, be glad! be gl id ! The summer days i gone And the autumn dnyaorecome,and "way of the year has fallen into the tear i yellow leaf." Tia lb* time when the ir so fall of h ippiieaa to aorea and mlacto oth*r* ; prosperity to a fovr and adverf to many; prolific in good deed* and bod; railing, and winking into the anna ofite ith? winter. But who regrets lite inge ) Regret i/1 I?ook abroad upon tlie th. teeming with tipe fruit* that spring m It* o rn generous bo*o*?- -noo all ani ted" nature rejniehg in the honntooua re,and tell me, do yon regrot the changed Ho can contemplate the nutumn day a and sad T Who can witne?n an aula me'* gBOU* snnaet and wish the tr.mmrr bacIr M.y 'p ' * again! "~Wh o cjii) walk forth in th* brucaig air of flh autumn's declining day, in the yellow wood, or golden fields. or by the margin of the murm'ring brook, but yesterday filtering its stagnant waters through rank weeds and slimy grass, and now, dancing along from rock to r?>ck in a cool, clear sparkling stream, as if it, could feel and know that the autumn days arc come, und sigh for the sultrj days of the eumtner time! Oh! glorious, golden, gorgeous autumn, how I love thee ! I love thee for thy sear ana yellow leaf. I love thee for thv cool bracing atmosphere. I leve thee, for thou bringes* in thy train, glad faces and happy hearts fl!?d plenty sod health :. and I Invn thee fin thy manly sports. I love thee good, swee' bounteous autumn, I love thee! I love thee I love thee 1 And yet, the summer was not without its merits, but it is gone; and w ith our rejoicing in the present we mingle a sigh for the season past. Farewell old summer, thy race is run an' thy duy# are numbered. When first were ushered into existence, you donueti the gay habiliments of the retiring spring and beauty certainly was thine. Flower* lliou hndsl in rich profusion, but long en thy course had half been run. they had be come leas beautiful, and most had faded uik died. When youcommcncod life, summer rich and gaudy were the colors yon wore but they were falso colors, and faded: bul yet; rich ripe fruits for all H? ing creatures thou hast left behind. As it was with thee in thy beauty, so is it oft with man. At the dawu and early morn of existence, pleasun presents herself seductively to him, in colon rich as thine were dead summer, and lurei him on from folly to fully, forgetful of tin realities of life, as if he were n butterfly born to live with the summer sun and di< when autumn's winds first a'gli the summei gone. Twas thy destiny, as the ' jarring world" roiled on to begiu life mid "flowon most rare" und see them give place to pours er things?-the fruits of the earth. But w h) should man, who has "line upon line, pre ccpt upon precept, here a littlo and there > little." born to nobler lliin<rs?live and dit like the butterfly. Grant it. almighty father, that henceforth he shall not interleave into the warp and woof of Ilia life, the false and I'..ding colors, which yiearure presents ; but touching Ihcut sparingly in the spring and summer tiuie ot his days, no improve the Intent given him that in his autumn, he shall yield a rich liar vest of good works, and at last the sun of hie existence, like the autumn sun, sink to rest in a halo of glory. J. For the LaneoMtrr ledger. Mr. Hdttor : I see in the lost number ol your paper, the affidavit ot John Isom. of Hart County, Georgia, (in which my n ime appears conspicuous,) giving notice, that he will apply to the Commissioner of Pensions for the reissue in his name, of a Land Bounty warrant, under the Act of 28tli September, 185 >, fitc In the nflidnvil it it stated,' That about the last of February l8Jl,ho verbally authorized John Williams of Lancaster, S. C , to apply for his B- unt v Land, under the Act of 28th September 1850, ns private in 'apt. Douglass'com. pany, S. C. .Militia, war 181 J, that deponent has never received any Bounty Ivtnd for a..id services, that he has had intelligence froir Washington City,that a warrant, No. 28.880 for 80 acres was issued in his name, Feb 13th, 1853, and sent to J. Williams, Lancas tin, S. Cm that deponent is iuforuud, thai the warrant aforesaid, is now located and patented in tho town of Plattsburg, Mo.' Now justice to myself, and truth idiko require and demand that I should not pass by unnoticed, this sflidavit, uor remain silciil under an imputation by tnas/ido, ns unjust as it is untrue, upon my personal character But that 1 should expluiu w hat agency I have had in this transaction, and repel the unjust uud erroneous statements artfully sud covertly set forth in said affidavit, in strong and emphatic language. It is true 1 wut verbally authorized by John Isoiu to apply lor his Bounty Laud, and I accordingly ti'ed his declaration, making application for the suue, but have never received his laind Bounty wurrunt, although the present Commissioner ot Pensions, L 1'. W-ldo, mates that it appears from the books of the lormer Commissioner, J. Id. Heath, that a warrant has been issued, and sent to my address, yet, 1 positively assert that 1 have never received said warrant. Uut it it Jai*c that (lie Ijuid Bounty warrant vl Juiiu isoiu i? now located uud - paten led in the tovn o! Piuttuburg, Mo. In July last, i received a letter from Solomon King, the agent ol John Isoui, informing me Unit they hud received intelligence from Washington, tluil John Isoin's Luud i.ounly warrant had been located und p? ten ted in the town of Pluttsburg, Mo., which ?u very strange and eurpricing newu to mo, wheu 1 ininiedi Ueiy ad. drecued a letter to tho Hon. John McQueen, our Representative in Congress, atuting to hitn the in for motion conveyed in Solomon Rings letter,and requested him ns* special favor to investigate the m.dter, and ascertain ths truth or falsity of the information conveyed, and write me the particalurs, which be did, and sent me the original letter of the Cjaimissioner ef the Utrueral Laud office, in reply to his in elation to this mutter, a copy of which said letter J Sent to Solomon Ring, and requested him to shew it to John Isum, which I U if u at doubt be did, J alee addressed a similar let Uft to the ConitnUMfOfier or feoaiona, a? I did to Hon. John MeQeuen, which wee referred by him to the CiHnni?iuo?rof th? General Lead Office who ana we red the uroe, The letter* of the Coiomiaeioner of thu General I-and ottk-e, in reply to floo. John McQueen and uiyaelf are herewith aubjoined, as a part of thia communication, w hich howa how the erroneeo* information boa bean obtained and the error corrected nnd Vllcriyreftile* mud fal?\fUr? the abatement in the affidavit, that the Honnty Land warrant of John loom ia now located and patented, Irat on the contrary, tha', U haa net been presented for e patent and moreover, it ru Jj . f V &)' * V. i L ''' * - altogether iiniieoe**"')' 'or 3 ohn !s->>i? f?? liavv published his affidavit, inasmuch .is I already had published a notieo in the L?ncastor Ledger, once a week, for six huccos. to sive weeks, ill accordance with the rcgulalions of lhe Pension Office. that an applieaHon will be made to the Commissioner of | Pensions, fbr the issue of a duplicate I J?nd ^ | Bountv warrant, under the net of Congress I of September28, 1850, in lieu of the origi- p-| P nal warrant, No. 28.880 f<?r 80 acres, which J f waa issued in the name of John Isom, us en r stated by the Commissioner of Pensions* J1? t and caused a caveat to be entered ill the <o General Land Utlice against the issue of a , patent thereon, to a fraudulent claimant.? th ( But Jolin Isoin has thought lit to publish ; his affidavit, and must therefore exercise his ^ pleasure, if a pleasure it be. t.? , John Williams. tit General Land Orrtcs, August 3, 1864. j , Kir, I have the honor to acknowledge the Jreceipt of J||our letter of the 2d inst., enelos. ing one to you from John Williams, Esq., in relation to the Bounty i-and warrant Ao. ar 28.888 for 80 acres, issued under Act of Sept. I860, in the name of John Isom. _ By a clerical inadvertence in this office, . the location of unothor Warrant No. 28.888, was entered upon the abstract book, oppo- w sito the name of Mr. Isom, aud hence the th , erroneous information, (presumed to have been obtained from this office,) that Mr. Ihoid's warrant was located in the name of un assiguee and patented. From the tenor of Mr. Williams' letter, B a thorough examination whs made, and it ^ B led to the discovery of the error nbove rei ferred to, which has been corrected, and it Vi now appears that warrant No. 28.886, in C , the name of Jul n Isom, hus not been pre- ^ r seated for a patent, and I have this day r caused a caveat to bu entered against the is- j, t sue of a Patent thereon, (should iho war- tc rant l>e returned located.) until further ad- 'i1 ?: i r In reference to the supposed discrepancy ? ( in the letter pom the Pension Office, its to J , the issue of sniil warrant, 1 c.iunot answer, except, ttiat as one of the letters may have [) referred to the c.tso merely by name, with- ? I out reference to the service or prior date of ( the application, and from the want of an in- *1* i dcx to the name, the information sought ^ eon Id nut be given, when at that time the warrant h id issued and been transmitted. Jt The present aspect of the case is this, a _ ( warrant has bcoa issued and transmitted to the party upplyiag in behalf of the warrant p tee. and has not been received by him. This informstion conveyed by Mr. Wtl- Bi liains' iettvr, which has been retsined as s P caveat, is regarded as sullicient to arrest the jj, issue of a l'atent thereon, should it be re- th tsrued located, aud Mr. Williams should " semi proof of the non-reception of the ^ warrant, to lllc l'euaion Office, with an up| plication for the issue of a duplicate war* J. rant. Very Respect fully, Your obedient serv't ^ (signed) John Wilson, Commissioner. 1 II..n. John McQueen, * House of Keprescntatives. 1 ? II i General Lasu OrricE, ol August 14, 1834. *' Slit : Your letter of the 28lh ult., which i m was nddrcsscd to the Commissioner of I'en. u| aio: s, has been referred by hiui to this Of- 1 t Oce, and in reply thereto 1 have to say, that bi I the wnrranl referred to in your letter, has < been the subject of a correspondence with jj( the Hon. John McQueen, who transmitted ei , to this Ollice your letter to him, iu relation a L to warrant No. 28.886 for 80 acres, issued ^ I under Act of Sept 1860 iu the name of u John Isoni. A | You will please find encloaed a copy of A my luttcr to the Hon. .Mr. MuQucen, who *' | has in all probability before this, given you , the inforiiialion about it. Al XT l> 11.. or J ucnpcviiiiaij , Your obedient servant, 111 John Wilson, ^ , Commissioner. {? I John Willu.niN, Esq., Lancaster, S. C. I - ? w?>JU IIOLLOWArs OINTMENT AND PILL8 THE BEST REMEDIES FOR HAD LKUH, 11 AND ALL KINDS OK W0UXD8.?The ivprising mIo of these invaluable medicines in every |>art of the civilized world is one of the 6 most convincing proof* of their efficacy in cwring bod legs, old wound*, scrofula, and diseases ' of the akin. Thousand* of people who suffered from these dreadful ntaladic* have been ( 1 cured by their use after every other remedy ^ 1 failed; and it is a (act beyond dispute that there w 1 Is no disease, bowavor obstinate, but that aoay u he shortly eradicated by thesa wonderful medi fines, therefore the afflicted should try Hollo> way's Ointment and Pills. HT*See advrmaemmL m Hold by P. M. COHEN 4 CO., 1 ( 20 Hayne at., Charleston, B C* | DR. GUYBOTT8 IMPROVED EX- J I TRACT OF YELI/)W DJCK AND8AR- V , SAPARILI.A, put up in the largest id zed w bottles, contains more of the pure llondu- p< 1 ras Haranparilln than any other preparation ui i extant, which ia chemically combined with th . the Extract of Yellotsr Dock and the Ex- eti | tract of Yellow Dork and the Extract of ly Wild Cherry, tint* making the remedy more 4tl thoroughly eflirteut than any other Haraa. g? 1 partita Wforo the public. At the earn# time ?r I it ia perfectly free from all tuinrrul poison*, ar , which cannot be said of unv other of tha gt S* ran pa rill* compounds, The invalid should ?v Ik-ware of poison* ! Mercury, Iron, Qui- ar 1 nine. I'otnah. Iodide. Hulnhur. Antonio, and hi many other mineral and nwtnllie poiaona, ch i *ntt r Into and form the aetive haaia of m?>*t ?r I.f (he tWeiparilltta and Panacea* of the yi ' day. GrVtamfound Hxtrar.t ^ fat- w, 1 tow Dock and Sarta/mrilla dtm noi contain Y i a particle of Ikvee a u balances ; m any one , can ascertain hjr applying the aoceeaarjr to teats. # oj Let ail poiaonons Marsajwrilla prepare- wi 1 lieoi ilrnr, and uao GuyaoU's Improved I* Extract, of Yellow Dock and KararporilU, which U thoroughly cflWaciona, perfectly ? , harm teen, and purely vegetable. AN kiaka (T of dtaaasu yield to tte gvaUi tnflncoe*. tjr See adverUacmont PMtir! ^ *' W*? 1 :/ ? MAGILf. it J IK ATI! *> MAI? in El). fl M .fried on Tmirf iy the TOtb All. bv tin* *v. J. T. Cowl .nd Mr. A M. Caaton jr. ^B M Us. Miiry Nnrviaau dmfartiter "f Peter I jE^EL d Serena I IttV nil of tld? District J K ii?U;htis>II:\TS. ,/J| CREWTOR VS. DEBTOR. HMiere it n duty I owe to nr. creditors mid / L which 1 feel Is paramount Co all oth- / ?, viz : to pay my debts. And thin I can- / >t hopo to do unless I.make better cnllec- . >n? ibis Fall and Winter than I have hero- * fore done. Thoao persona who have favored me with eir custom and paid promptly, will ac- j pt my grateful . tcknovrledgera-.-Rts, and use vho are in arrears and do not pay bore Spring will find their Notes anil Ac- * unts in tbc hands of th. officei a for collec,n. S B. EMMONS. Nov. 1st. 37?6t Estate of Benjamin 8ykes Masse/. ^ LL persona indebted are requested to 1l make payment, and ail persons having minnds are notified and requested to pri-* nt the same within the time prescribed by # aw. This notice wilt be plead in Bar, to ly demand iu>t ao presented. W. J. CUR ETON AdTmr. Nov. lat Pr. fee $3.37 37?8t. Estate of Andrew Gamble A l.L Persons hating demuuds against the \. Estate of Andrew Gamble, deceased, ill present thein to the undersigned ; and lose indebted will please call at the Store /' f J. B Coueart ami a?ule their Notes and ccounU. R. II, COUSART / . , , J. B. COUSART. \ Adm r*' Nov. i 87 tf. ADAMS i ? > Writ in attachment. 7. W. SHELBY J 3Y < rder of the Court of Commen Pleas and Geuurai Sessions made in above ise, tall I criu 1854. J will sell before the 'ourt House door in Ijincnater on the first londsy in November next within the legal onrx ol'ulo, one chest of carpenters tools insisting of Plains,Saivs,Ha nraers, Squares uvula, Augers, etc. etc. etc. Attached and > be sold tis the property of \V. \V. Shelby 10 suit of J. Adams. Conditions cash &c. J. D. IIA ICS, S. C D. Nor. 1st. Pr. fee ?i. 37?11 Estate of Raboooa Oibbens deceased . D. fleck haul 1 In Equity Lnucasra. > tcr ilill for Partiuivn Beckham, rl *il. J tion. JM)KR the order of the Court in nbore case the creditors of Kebecea Gibbrn* . ceased aro nolitied and required to prunt and cstabish their deuiaiiiis before the .mmissioner on or before the 1st day of inuarv 1855. \ME'S H. WITIIBRSPOON, C. K. I* D. Nor. 1st. Pr fee *3. S7 37?By NOTICE TO CKEDITOUS. . P. filming, rt at. J in Equity Csuc.:Srs. > ter, Bill fur injuueillings Sl Bulk, ct-tl. ) tion, &c. > V the decree of tiie Court in above c um 3 tlio private creditors of Kenuedy G. tilings, noil VV. L-ifiyet.o Belk, an.I also e partnership cresitors of Bil.iogs Sl Belk e nolitied and required to ren.ier in and Ublish their respective dora aids b.fore e Ceiuinii.sinner on or before the 1st day ' Fi bruary 1855. \MES 11. WiTHERSPOON, C. K. L. D Nov. 1st l'r fee (10.50 37?-3m. "ESTATE SAIET 0 HegToes, 14 Males and Horses,2000 Bushels ot Corn AcJ? order of Janu s 11. Wiliierspooa Or3 diuary lauetulrr District aud in pursuice of the will of lienry Thus. Basso y de'used, will be sola on the 18th December 154 aud days follow ing, the w bole Estate T the said Henry T. .U issey, consisting of Mint 30 likely and valuable negrvessmoug le number ia a go? d Blaeksimth, u cook, aiuntrcsa, some likely young fellows, Boys id girls?also about 14 Bute* and dorses, puir Bay Carriage llnrses young avd well roke, a iarge stock ol Csttle, Hogs, end liocp, a number of pork Hugs, Buggy, and arrisgo, t Road Wi.guiis, Ox Curt, i'lu'itson and Siniill Too>s, Household and Aiurht Furniture, about 3000 Bushels of Corn quantity of Fodder, bhucks, Hay, Cotton eed and many other at tides. Also the Tract of CiOil upon whkh the lid 11. T, Maasey rv sided, containing 570 eres bounded by lamds of James Jit Her, dam Key and Uie Catawba Blear. ?->-? M Acre* c loured uud uiuilly in eulllutwn, >uie recently cleared, .tboul 100 Acns* is lioice Hiver Bottoms, lho b>lmw? in woods id good cotton Lmiiiit, on the place is > nod dwelling, tint House and Screw, nod I necstarv oul buildings. '1'EltMS lor tlie personal Estate a credit f U mouths, note uiid 2 good sureties Willi Ureal annually, For lli? Land s credit of '2 uud 3 yours, wi li intorost uiinually, bond id good surety und a mortgage. The sale will take pLce 18th Urernbrr $64 und couliiiuo Iroui day to day until tlis hole is disposed of, oo thu River Ko.id ooi Charlotte to C'uuiUe: , ibou. 5 utils* orth ol Curelon or McClciiahsn ferry, and unles South of Belair, L. H. MASSEY J . - , W. J. CURETON \ Ad mrtNov. 1st *7?7L f-aT" The Western Democrat at Charlie, Yorltville Aliscs I tuny, Chester Slanird, Fairfield Herald sod Camden Journal ill copy until day of eel# aod lorwsrd ills to W. J. CURETON. Curcton's Store P. O. laioeaster District. "JinougK to mak< homrii f????r." HE GREAT TEMPERANCE JMOVEJL. J^ABY NAT ; or Boston and New York 14 Boys. A Tele of Cily lils. W?" till Umo., ill oat rated Price $1 ti. "W# take pleasure in rscomtuendiuir tliia ork to young men. It point* in a uwt iwerful maimer the ru.td to vice, oud wants, oat emphatically, thus* who n? in H of a fata they nuty expect if tbsy do Mot mb^? Uieir lectins. Tim author very JueU remarks thai la lha Idle and the * clous i? six degree* of crime"?win*, women, taibtiiig, theft, murder, sod tli* gallows? ? all attained. '1 he atila of intemperance ? utoet powerfully depicted, nod the <L.i. r* to whieh that ci.-.s of young nu n who ? known ns good-natured, jovial fellows o exposal, fully portrayed. The author ? also shown the danger* of rely tng on roumstsatlal proof in lh# eoavietiou of in*. His book should bo read by all tang melf who really desire to eerspe the v that hoids to ignominy and death.N, . rimes. -A temperance book, nod la wall adapted impress the lessons of this great relsrot ton strsry though.fill wind, it is written ith mash graphic fores, it* moral is excel, nt and obvious, *nd its deeertpCions of * rosier life like. Wo hope H will obtain wide circulation to/ its induenc* mind bo Mat."?Albany rrofcibuioi.ist. J C. UKKBY, Pub'tabor, hew York. If For mI? by Hoakmllor* generally. t#I by v\nt\ on rwrlpl of prtevT^yr