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THE LEDGER. '>PiJr LAHCASTERVILLE. S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1355. JOB WORE. We are now prepared to do any Kind of Job Work at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. The patronage of the public is solicited BLANKS. Wo have recently had printed a supply of the various blanks used by Lawyers and Magistrates, which will be found at the Printing Office. To our Subscribers. We send in a number of our papers this week, little yellow slips, which'will inform delinquent subscribers of their indebtedness. If we do not receive the amounts duo us in a very short time, we will most certainly erase these names front our book. It is becoming quite fashionable to publish a "black list," viz: the names of those who do not pay; we may do something of this sort ourself. A number even in our own town, have not paid tts for two or three years subscription. A man who will subscribe for a news paper, 'with no intention of paying for it, is not a whit better than a house-breaker. When we publish our black list we will spare none. It is certainly more to our interest to print five hundred papers, for which we,would receive pay, than one thousand and only bo paid for half. Pott Matters. Wo have refrained, time and again, from accusing Post Masters of dereliction of duty, althugh at repented times great injury lias been done to us. It is unuleasant nt any time to provoke the ill feeling of any man, and more especially to accuse one of negligence in his discharge of a duty entrusted, to his care by the Federal Government. Recently, we have had complaints front several of our subscribers, that they do not receive their papers. A month or so ago, a subsetiber came to us and appeared hurt because we stopped his paper. We had not stopped it, but had sent it regularly every week. To every Post Office in the district, we send ft number of papers. The number is placed on our mnil book, at the bottom of each list When we have finished directing the papers to an office, we count the papers, and if the number corresp-nds with the number on our book, why it must be right No later than last week, a go -d subscriber called at our office to inquire why we had not sent hwpapcr. Mo said he had not received one for several weeks, that if he bad not paid for it, he would stop it? Now from what he told us, we can prove we have always sent it We send to that office twenty-one papers. Other subscribers he said received theirs, that when he got hia, it was a day or two after others had received them. Now all these papers arc put ?p in one package. Are we at fault ? Both complaints we have mentioned are firom the same office. We had intended to mention the name of the Post Office, and rosi master, oni me latter is an intimate personal friend, and we should be very sorry if any differences should arise between its, still we will be forced to see the error corrected or make an expose. We are dependent on our paper for a supported when Post Masters unscrupulously do us so much injury, we are compelled from necessity to see oursclf righted, or perish in the effort to do so. P. M.'s can do us much good, or much harm. Will they choose the former 1 yy The Cslhoun ode on our fourth page waa written by Rev. 8. Gilinnn, D. I)., of Charleston, and not by Dr. Henry, as the re marks of the Standard would lead one to believe. Rain! Rain!! It has been ruining almost incessantly since the issue of our J est paper. We have an abuudanee here, and all over the district.? HTKa ii nsfMi nee ilalaiv fmnl u (Kniink l**v# iom kusds in several sections have been completely inundated. It favorable seasons contmne for a month longer, corn mutt come down in prion. At present, eorn and all other pro. visions eommnnd an extraordinary high pries. Hew Mail Contract > We are gratified to learn thut the contra*, t for mail service from Camden to Charlotte and back, via, Lancaster and Monroe (N. C.) bee been given to our friend J. A. llnsseltine. Prom the known activity and indouiSUable perseverance of Mr. llasseltine, the public may mat assured, that after the first mi inly, things will go on about right Wc weald risk nothing by vouching that Mr. H. will spars neither pains or sxpense to sows the comfort ef the travelling public. We arc informed that Mr. ifasseotiac has L MM received the eeatraet for the servi?e to E Morrow's Tern Out, sad will ran a hack or tothatpMM >*.- *> Otsia tsT.?L. W. Williams, Esq., has been elected Ordinary of Barnwell District, by * majority of Mi rotes. IT * - Virginia ElectionsTho Old Dominion has triumphed moat gloriously. Firm in her principles, she has fully sustained the cause of Democracy.? Wise is elected Governor by 18,000 majority. With about only two exceptions?and it was just n squeeze?nil the D? inoeiatio candidates for Congress are elected. The Know Nothings have been entirely defeated. We begin to think, like the Louisvil'e Democrat, that these Know Nothings, are old Whigs under n new name. If they were not, why use their influence to elect men, in opposition to Democratic candidates? In June, they hold a Convention, in Philadelphia, when, we understand tire secrets of the order will be exposed.? They have triumphed in some eases, and may in a few more, but before long wo believe the order, when M weighed in the balances, will l>e found wanting." They will j be only known as a party w hich once existI ed. P. S.?Since the above was written, we have received fuller returns, though not vet complete. Wise's majority is about 10,000. Newspaper Changes. The Sumter Banner and Black River Watchman will hereafter bo united, under the title of "The Sumter Watchman." It is now owned by A. A. Gilbert and J. S. Richardson, Jr., who are its publishers and editors. Jno. R. Haynsworth, will assist in the latter department. Mr. Bomer has withdrawn from the partan, and is succeeded by A. T. Cavis, formerly connected with the Carolinian. Business Notices. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs. A. M. and R. Kennedy, of Camden. We learn from n letter received from these gentleman, that they will dispose of their whole stock of Drugs at a low priee. The situation is a good one, and Mr. Dellay has always had more than an equal share of patronage in t'nat line. It is an excellent opportunity for a young man of energy, desirous of commencing business. We can give fuller information to any one desirous of purchasing. Assylum for Drunkards. We noticed in one ofour*exchangesa few days ago, thata bill hns been passed in the N. York Legislature, providing.i certain amount fur tlio purpose of erecting an Assj lum for drunkards. When a man has been on a bust, bo will be placed in there, until he becomes perfectly well, even if it requires six months. We think it an admirable idea. All mennrc differently constituted. Some can lake ono drink and let it ulone, others again, if they take one,cannot restrain themselves from taking more. A mnn of a quick nervous temperament, for instance, when he takes one drink, his imagination becomes excited, lie feels elated, and in order to perpetuate the cxilerution, or increase it, he keeps on. Some,again, after ?ne uight's debauch, have no inclination to taste the stuff, the next morning, the smell is even repulsive to them; olhura again, on the next day have nn inordinate, burning thirst for more ; they know stimulus will rcleive thein of the ter. rible suffering they endure, and they fly to it. Your cannot restrain them. We recollect reading an account some time since, of a young roan, who. being very much addicted to the use of opium,and finding that he could not renounce the use of it, applied to the supcrintendant cf the Belle vieu Hospital, in New York State, for admittance into that institution ; lie stated his case, said ho could not restrain himself from using opium, that of late, he had consumed half an ounce n day,?which is equal to 288 grains, and one grain is considered a full dose ?that he wished-to be confined there, until ho had lost all taste for the noxious drug. His petition was granted. It is jus! so with ardent spirits, and we believe an Assylum where men, who are suffering from Delirium Tremens, or Mnnna Potu, or any of tho ills produced by the intemperate use of spirituous liquors, could be confined until perfectly recovered, would do much to promote reform in sn evil, which destroys more of the humun race, than pestilence, war, and fumine combined. A Good Sermon On Sunday lust, we attended Divine Service in the Presbyterian Church, and listened to an excellent and impressive sermon from Rev.Mr. McCormick,from the text; "It is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I ain chief." After the discourse, tho ordinnnce of the Holy Communion was administered to n number of communic.tn' a. Speaking of these things, permit us to propound the enqciry. Why is it that we cannot have preaching here on ev?rv Saklmlk 1 Tka portion of our community are the moat numerous, and most oppi; lent?they have ever sustained a chnrsetcr for refinement and liberality, and yet they have no resident minister in the plaoe. Pity! Pity it should be so. To the young especially, it fixes an indelible mafic on the mind, the early impressions of youthful association*. In a christian country like ours: in a village like Ijtnraater, we absolutely blush to confess, that rarely is it the case that we have preaching oftencr than once in throe weeks. That the citizens of Lancaster are able to anpport a Paster handsomely, thero is not the least doubt. Kven the members of the Presbyterian Chureh are well able to support one, without the aid of Mheru. As somewhst connected with the subject, we take this opportunity of saying, thst any notices of appointments of preachers, quarterly meetings Ac. from any of the churches, will bo inserted in our paper free of charge. It has never been our enstom to charge for aueh. ar Trom the Newberry Mirror, and Carolina Sport**, we Warn that there here been Ane rains in those districts, accompanied by hail which did considerable injury ; Still, ea the SftrUtn says, (he ram did more good than the bait Jtf l.arui. EDITOR'S TABLE. ' i Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.? 1 The May number we have received. There ( are some very interesting articles 'in this 1 number. Of these we would mention "The Length of Hutnnn Life," " Zaidev?A Ro- I mance," which is continued, "Modern Nov- 1 elists?great and small,and several others. 1 Blackwood's Magazine contains the purest I literature ofanv Magazine published in the world. Price $3 a year. We jvill furnish the Ledger and Black woods one year for $1. Leonard Scott, &. Co., New York. Graham's Magazine.?The June number ' ( has reached us. The very excellent histori 1 | cal sketch of Mary Stuart, is continued; besides which, this number contains many excellent articles. The plates are hardly as well executed as we have seen in Graham. Price ?3 a year. With the Ledger we w ill send both for t$4?$'2 each. Abraham II. See, Publisher, Philadelphia. Southern Medical Surgical Journal. We are in receipt of the June number.? We have had time as yet only to notice the attractive table of contents. This notice satisfies us, that the present number fully sustains the high reputation this journal has hitherto sustained. It is certainly one of the best printed journals we ever have seen. Every physician in the South should subscribe for it. 1'ublishcd it: Augusta, Gn., b J.uties McCnfferty, at S3 a year. Correspondence. Charleston Correspondence. Charleston, June 2, 1355. Air. &lilor :? We have not much news stirring in the city. Wc have had considerable rain of late, which has revived the drooping crops of cotton and corn in our vicinity no little. My first item to-day of the week's news, is to inform your readers, that the merchants of Charleston, in consid ration of the extensi- e increasing business operations of our city, have concluded to imitate New York and other large cities, and have a eertaiu hour every day at which time they yvill meet at i the "Association Hall" and consult on money and business in tters. So you see "on change," will become quite fashionable to our metropolitans. Major Weldcn, the indefatigable snperin- ( , tendant of the Artesian well, met with a great obstruction lately, in the shape of a rock some 2$ inches thick ; this lie has row succeeded in boring through, and a stream of water is poured up at the rate of 20 to 25 gallons a minute. The well has attained the depth of 1239 feet. Much satisfaction and enthusiasm is evinced by the Democratic party and anli Know Nothings throughout the Union, at the result of the recent election in Virginia. Wise , and Mayor wood of New York, appear now 1 to be the most prominent aspirants for the , Presidential honors of 1857. As we learn from New York letters, the Main Liquor I>aw exerts no influcjue in the former city at this time There is an unrestricted business going on in the Liquor buriness, which will be continued until July 4th, when the Main Law takes effect. The liqeor dealers make some show of resistance to the working of the new law. Sonic of the most eminent lawyers in New York, declare it to be an unconstitutional law.? Some fifty thousand dollars have been sub- j scribed bv the liquor dealers to try the validity of it. There will be no little excitement in Gotham when the attempt is made to enforce the new law. It is said that the enforcement of this law, w ill deprive one hundred and fifty thousand nersons In New York city :<lonc, of employment. A fire occurred in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday night last, w hich destroyed the Bucket Factory of Mr. John Hamlin. This . is the third time these premises have been , on fire in no long while. It is supposed it , was set on fire. The los. to Mr. H. is a- ; -out $10,000. and no insnrnnco. By the arrival of the Pacific at New York, i we have later nows from Kurope. The political news is unimportant. The Allies had , not yet succeeded in taking Sabnstopol.? | Pi .nori had been executed for his attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon. ( It will be gratifying to your readers to j learn, there was a still greater advance in Cotion. The circular of Brown Shipley St ] Co. of the 18vh ult. quote cotton buoyant , with an active speculative demand, nnd state , that prices had advanced from id. a 3?16d. ( per lb., the market closing on an active de- , mnnd. The report of the market hers, we , take from a city paper. , Cotton.?The transactions yesterday j (Friday) amounted to about 1050 bales at f from 10al2i, the bulk at from lla)2t, Lav. | ing changed hands alter the reception of the j accounts by the Pacific and previous to their , being generally known. Prices in conse- ( quvni'O although very full nt the tame time wore very irregular. Your* Truly, S. Philadelphia Correspondence. Philadelphia, Mny SO, 1865. Mr. Editor:? Whitsuntide Monday wm celebrated by oar German citizens with the usual spirit. I^rnon Hill,a famous resort, immediately opposite the Fairtnount Water Works, was crowdud with s hilarious crowd of men, women and children; for, on each occasions the jolly German matrons never forget "to take the baby along." On Whitsuntide, however, s sort of concentrated essence of longer, much stronger than the original aitielo called "Buck"'or "Bok" beer, is the favorite of the knowing ones, and a vast amount of it of coarse, s ent lbs way of all Lager, on the eventful day. The steamship Pacific, l?ac arrived at Now York, with dates from the Crime*. to the 12th Inst The state of affairs before 8cbastopol Is almost entirely unchanged, *1fhonjjh the allies claim that their works nra ilowly advancing. Gen. Canrobcrt has re- tc >igned his ommand of the Fronch army, | tl nominally on account of his ill health, and lj General I'clissilcr ha a been appointed hi* , I successor, I n The French Exposition opened ntthonp- r< pointed time, but the ceremonies created ^ ti much less sensation than had been anticipa- f? ted. A strong feeing of indignation is j li growing up against Austria in France and ir England. It The Virginia election haa been the nllab- o not hing topic hero for several davs past.? |i The bulletin boards of the newspaper offices have been constantly surrounded with o an anxious crowd, eager to gaiu the latent t< news doled out by detached piece-ideal* from si the electric wire. Both parlies had their al* ei tcrnatu hours of exultation aud despanden- b cy. For a time the disciples of Sain wore ti merry countenances, while the Democrats 0 were ovcrwhelnined with sadness nt the caplure of their Sebastopol. The tide of war f} however turned again, and the assurance of t, Mr. Wise's success once more revived their spirits. A number of bets were made upon n] the result. _ J Our markets have not recently undergone ti any important change. Beef catllo sell at Sl the exhorhitunt rate of from llf to 14.? tl riour commands $11 10 fitl per bbl. Corn K Meal 85. Wheat sells for from $2,60 to i B 2,65. Corn $1.11 u $1.12. Oats 65 n 66e. n Yours truly, D. ci n later from California. J e The steam ship George Law arrived at b Now York on Thursday, from Aspinwnll, v bringing California news to the 1st of May, and ?1.324,000 in gold. An interesting fugitive slave ease was do- tl cided at San Jose on the 17th of April. The 1 slave was a boy who had been taken to Cab t ifornia from Tennessee, by his master, in 18-19. before the adoption of the Slate constitution, and has remained there ever since, fi The Court, after a hearing, discharged the k slave, and declared him free under the Stats ^ laws. p About the middle of April there was a 0 great excitement on the North Branch of o the Salmon river, in Klamath county, on account of the determination of the SherilV to n CI arrest a number of persons who assisted in a the execution of the Lynch law, last fall, of William Moran, accused of the murder of )' Mr. Craig. Five men have been nr'esied 11 and are now in the Crescent City jail, nnd one of them was wounded beforo he could bo captmcd. A battle occurred at Weuverville on the ir 21st of April, between too parties of Chinese, o Seven Chinamen and a Swede were killed, t< and n dozen dangerously wounded. The p Young-Wo, or rebel army, numbered 120 men ; the Twang Tung, or imperialists,411. fi A large number of whites were out to see ir the battle. The Yung Wos in a solid body I charged upon one wing of the Kwang- I Tungs; the centre of the imperialist army ' ii rushed at the flank of the rebels, hut the a American spectators drove them off with a a volley of stones and revolver shots, and the v Yung-Wos gained a glorious victory 5 The Swede who was killed had tired four ?< shots from his revolver at the combatants. E The Methodist Church South, has been w holding a Conference at Saer.imento. They number thirty clergymen in'lbe State. They fi resolved to establish a paper. y At the semi-annual sessions of the Pres. h bytcy of San Frnncisco and the Congress- f ional Association of C liforni i, hold during the last week st Sacramento, there rvers twenty four clergymen mentioned as located in the State, nnd members proper of those bodies. On the 24th April tno U. S. Land Com- C mission rejected five claims held by Jose Y. ^ Limnntour under alleged Mexican titles for more than 1.000 aquare miles of land indifferent portions of the State. It is supposed ^ that under the decision of these cases the similar claim of Liinantoor to about 5,000 " acre* within the limits of t' is city will be ^ rejected. A Mexican was hung at Jesus Marie, in CalAverns county on tho 32d, for stsbbing J Wm Joice, an American. The latter was ' supposed to bo mortully wounded, but was not dond at the last accounts. The San Diego Herald reports that gold ^ diggings have been found at Santa Ysabol, i in San Diego county. On the 28th March, J. A. Phillips stabbed El J. McJames on Indian crock, in Klamath j ;oonty. The wounded man died in 25 min- P( iitcs. The miners collected and elected a p Coroner, and he summoned a jury and held j, in inquest. The verdict wns that McJnmes M iras killed by'Pn.Hips. A meeting wae then 0 egularly organized, and the question was jr >ut whether Phillips should be h&nded over a( :o the regular authorities or tried by Lyneh ^ Jfl. J l_i t? + ^ * a hw. i no ucciaiun wm in w?or 01 ma uv n or. A jury of twelve mon wore ompanneL w id; a couple of persona were assigned as u counsel for the aceosod, the evidence was |; icard; the jury found Phillips gnilty of the jr filling; the meeting resolved that he should j, >e hung at 10 A. M., on March 91st, and he wna hnng at the time. ? The legislature has passed s bill to take ;h?* State Prison from the hands of the lea- w tees. An act to levy a capitulation tax of $60 >n every Chinaman arriving in the State, has >fvn adopted by the Legislature and signed ?; i?y the Governor K The Loeuct. it We have gathered the following Inforflin- n linn in relation to theeo seventeen-year vie- o< (tors, that have for a while past made oer e< iroods vocal with their chirpings, and peb- si ish it in the hope that some of oar random H will be curios* enongh to watch their move- at ir.vnta and kind enough to give oe the ben- U rfit of the investigation. The Boston Ad- n tcrti?r says:? b "The locust's fWvorite reaort is that of a p ?opse of young and rather thin oak wood, *' where the soil is mther soft sod light. They , U ire first discovered In the ground near the k inrface, in the form of forgo white grab u w worm, and a quarter of an inch in diame. Ky ' 'M:-: \ , ' % ' xfr- ... v' ?r. Whore or in what mode Ihey pass trough the chrysalb state, and kcomc ful' invested with wings nnd other members, do not know ; bot they nro soon found in ust numbers, nnd in a full chorus of sono>us voices, among the brunches of the small ees. They have a distinctly marked W uind on the back. In this stage of their ves they do not seem to feed. On open>g one, the body upptars to be a mere hol>\v shell, without any feeding or digesting rgans. They continue in this state, I beeve, about nix weeks or two months. "Shortly before their disappearance, many f the small twigs of the young oaks appear > be girdled and partially cut off, and hang impended from the extremity of the brnnch?. The leaves turn rod as when touched V frost ?n autumn. On examination these ivfgs appear to bo sawed about two third* ff nnd girdled, so that the circulation of ip being cut off. it noon dies, and probably ill* to the ground during tht ensuing win;r by the nction of wind, ruin nnd snow. " The general l>elief is, that bv n curious nd remarkable instinct, the insect is led to eposit its eggs in some secure mode upon lose small twigs, and then thus partially to ever them from the parent stock, so that by leir fall tho eggs shall be borne gently nnd afcly to the ground, Into whose bosom they re in some form received and cherished, to jnppeur in the form of the full grown lo. ust, after the lapse of seventeen years. 1 m not aware that this fact of the deposit ol ggs upon the falling twig has been verified v actual observation ; it is one of the point! ihich requires careful examination. The following queries ire propounded in fie Charleston Courier. What farmer in zineuster will undertake to answer for this district ? To Planters and Paotors. We should feel extremely obliged to our riends In this nnd other States if thev would indly send us answers to the subjoined ueriea at their earliest convenience. 1. What proportion do you think the land lanted with Cotton this spring, bears to thai f last year and the year previous in youi wn neighborhood T 2 What is your opinion of the " stand" ow obtained, and the condition of the new rop as compared with an average of seasons t tho name date? 3. What proportion ol the old crop ol our district is still remaining in the county ? First Answer to the Above. Auburn, Ala., May 26. Messrs. Editors:?Noticing your enquiries i regard to the cotton crop in the Courier f the 24th inst, 1 submit tho following, af. it consultation with a good many of out lanters. To first inquiry.?There is nil of oneinrth. if not one third, less cotton planted i Macon county this year than in 1853 and 851. To second.?On the gray lands the stand i good and tho weed very fine; on the red nd stiff binds, embracing a portion of thii nd Chambers county above, the stand it cry poor?not mure than half up, in fact Liny planters have ploughed up and plant, d corn instead of cotton. The crop, Laker enerally, is not us good, by one third, as ii ras this time lust year and year before. Third.?There is not two hundred ntic fly bales of cotton in Macon county of l.i?i ear's crop, and I doubt if thcro is thret undrcd and fifty in this and Chambers eoun y?both large cotton growing counties. Pass Him Along. An infamous wretch by the name of Rae. om Prichard, of Wilkes county, N. C? elop d a few weeks ago with a woman of bat haracter, leaving behind him a virtuous ant n affectionate wife. Pritch.ird is rathci omcly, of common size, dnrk complexion jeth out in front, excessively food of amok ig a pipe?is a Free Mason, and will nt oubt make fur Western part*. He Is a mar f slender means, having always nsvocia'ci 'ith the most vulgarand degraded persons jney Rupard, the woman with whom lu as gone, is not tall, has a small forehead eilow complexion, large white eyes and a ejected countenance. Pritchard had beer ving in adultery with this woman Rupard :>me tiino previous to his departure. W? <>pc he may meet condign punishment foi is foal offence wherever he msy go. [Snlisbnry Watchman. Another Scamt.?Pass Hid Round.? 'he Proprietor of the Mountaineer, says the ilitor of that paper, deems it proper, for th? rotectlon of his brethren of the press, and otel keepers, to notlcs a fellow calling him. rlf Prof J. W. Taverner, who is traveling verthe country giving Shnkapenrino read, ige. He visited our town last week, snd Iter humbugging some of oor citizens, left ithont paying us his advertising bill. Oui eighbort of the Patriot inform us that il 'as with a good deal of reluctance,and no) ntil he was informed that he would be pub. shed, that he paid their bill. We are alsc iformed by one of the proprietors of t he otel st which he stopped while here, thai e resorted to some trick to curtail Ida bill ith them. Ife bears the general eppearnee of a senrnp, nnd we hope our exchnngei 'ill give him the benefit of the above facta Drowned. The eldest eon of Mr. R. J. NVeet. Albert god IS years 6 moot ha, waa drowned.el [Intta' mill pond oo Saturday morning le had gone there te A*h; and being nlMM la not known at what hoar, or in what manor, he got into the water; but the aitaatioii r hia flailing tackle, and other clrcnmvtanes, favor the conjecture that he fell in while ttempting to looeen hi* hook from a song lia taekl- oo the bonk and in the water ad bis cap floating oo the stream below, led > the discovery of the accident and receivef of Me body, which wee found near the ank. The afltetiug talc waa boms to hie rents, and none but a parent can know the aguish experienced bf those of the uoformate boy, when they came to view hie ody, cold and dripping, as it lay stretched pon the shore. 4' Salisbury (N. C.) Watchman. ' ' ^ .. '! Effect of Railroad* on Towns. The mpld growth of Western towns,sayi the Rational Intelligencer, under the influ ence of railroad facilities, hue seldom beei I more markedly exhibited than in the case o West Urbana, n village in Champaigne coun 1 ty, 129 miles south of Chicago on the Chi eago branch of tho Illinois Central railroad 1 One year ago this place contained but om ; building, a freight house belongidg to thi | company. Eight months ago there wen | five houses. Now thvro are at least om hundred houses and four or five hundred in habitants, and it is estimated that nmrl; three hundred other buildings, of all kind* are being erected and to bo erected duriiij the spring. Included in the buildings ar two large hotels, six stores, a largo furnitur i | wnreroom, a lurge warehouse for furw?.rdini i purposes, n Presbyterian church, and a larg ' schnol-hou80. The village is incorporate and a post office established; and all thi h is been accomplished in eight months.? ; The Terre Ilauto^ and Alton road will, i i June, give this village a direet com in unics i tion with Cincinnati and the East and it i | extension to the main trunk of tho Illinoi i Central will, during the year, also put it i connexion with St. Louis and tho West. Shocking Murder. i Our district on Mondny last was'he seen . of nn awful tragedy, the facts of *vbkh ni [ ! these: llolnun Smith, residing rear th f Rolling Mill, wns correcting n negro girl fn I misconduct, when the mother intei furred fc > | her protection. A summons from Mr. JSmit for assistance brought up several of th ! boys, and the woman's son among the nuui i , bcr. She then struck her master with > hoe handle, and the son followed it up wit ' five blows upon the head of Air. Smith wit i the poll of the axe, crushing in the head s each blow, reducing it to a shapeless mas* In the eo. sternntion and alarm the boy et I 1 capcd, but was speedily arrested, and bot ' secured to await investigation, I Magistrate Davis Moon, acting as coront . summoned an inquest, nn I the finding wa in accordance with the facts. A court ? freeholders was convened on Tuesday, an the slaves were found guilty. They wer ( brought to the village nnd loged in the ja in the evening, f They are sentenced to be hung on Frida the 6tii of July next.?Spartan. Post OrncE Discontinued.?The Pos Otlice in this District known as Lynch woo i has been discontinued?whe cforo we cat not teli. Mail facilities for tliu nccomnn . dation of the people should be increased it stead of lessened.?-Camden Journ .l. Terrible Hail Storm. I The severest hail storm that ever visii I (xl this section of country, passed tlow the cast aids of Keowcc river, in llie afici I noon of Friday the I81I1 in?t. It extern I ded about two miles in width, and rage ( I with great fury, killing hog*, fish, bird t i fowls, and ifiMK'ts; maiming and brusin the cattle, nnd stripping vegetation ( every vestige above ground. The grow ingcrops, with the exception of eom, i 1 completely ruin j I. K. Stewart, Bp inform I us that on the third day after iu fall lit hail was from one to two feet deep, an I in many places, six feet. The nverag t depth on a level, after llio storm, foti j inches. Wo arc informed by seven , persons that tlte largest hail stone* meat I tired ten inches in circumference, an others lour inches in length. It fell wit such force that the lioards on seven , houses were split *o pieces, and that 1101 Ithe steneli arising from the (Ifcavin j vegetable matter is very offcu-ive. j We are indebted to tlie kindnesi W.J. 1'arsons, K-q., for a small carja r bag full of the bail, gathered upon yestei . day ( ho eighth day after its fall.) Sum I of the stones were a* large as guinea eg j > 1 and had been taken from an open tieU 1 1 the thermometer standing at 90 durin I the two days pn*t. With this hail, un . 1 a due proportion of "mountain dew," w h ! verv SDDlt il?? liuiiru *v/ Ml?i' - J / - J storm" in miniature, nimt devoutly wisl ' ! in-i to I* spared tin* infliction of full siz< The storm extendi d from the m 'Unfair J j in North Carotin* enat. In Andersot . aa we learn from the Gazette A Advocab ' linil stone* tell, measuring 7 1-2 inclu r : in circumference. At Spartanburg C. I it wnxxnfHciently large to break the gUi in the window*. I^Picken* (8. C.) Couriei ' A midshipman ufkcd a priest to tell th 1 difference between a priest and a j.tekaae.' The priest gnve it op. ' | M One weure a cr >sa on his biek and th ' other on his broasi.n said the midshipman. "Now" said the priest, *'1611 uis the diffe ' | enee between a midshipman and a jacknss, 1 j The mid* ripmnn gave It up, and asked whi r it was. The priest said he did not know < 1 any.* PT We have again the pleasing sn * grateful privilege of reporting additioni , showers. 8ine* our b at the seasons he ' been very fine, and on Sendsy, we had he vy rains affording an abundance of this n< ' | oceanry and r\ freshing element^, From ri 1 | riiHia earls of oor Dis'rirt aim Hut* th ' now* is cheering, and we hope our nppr< (tensions, heretofore, may not be realized. [Camden Journal. jjl Rain! Ram l?We hare mPnjfc?thepai HNh-Ii rUited with showers of ffl|bterMii . ed with n little hail and wind occasion*!; We onderatend that in some wtflMi of tli District considerable da .? has been don , to lho wheat crops. [Lrgington Telegrajlfe | Hail Stosw.?The Charleston ConrU . learn*, that on Sunday last, 8t Helens Ii i land, in Beaufort District, was visited by ^ j very heavy hall storm, which proved high! i j destructive to the plants'Jons thereon, etc . ting down cotton sod corn, which had si i tnined n vary good height, to the groom I and tearing <df Wnatches of trees, and row plctely stripping and pmstrttity grow ir. vegetation. ; 1 Rain at Last. The unprecedented drouth which 1ms prevailed so long iu this section of country !i was terminated, by copious showers, on f Sunday last and since. The rain com. tuenced fulling early in tl.e day, in gentle showers, which were absorbed by the parched earth am) famished vegetation as fast as it fcIL Monday was cloudy with 8 showers during the day. Yesterday the B weather was of a similar character. B The crops were in a fine condition, p generally, and with rain from this time out, an ubundar.ee of corn will bo made r The oat crop is irretrievably injured, i, but not so badly ho as many feared. Tho r wheat crop was made,and we have never e seen finer grain. On pour land it is loo o low to save well, bit npon tho whole there will be a full average crop. Of the ^ cotton, it is too early to speak. Where c stands were secured early, it is fine, a good d deal however, has been plowed up and 9 the ground planted in corn. [Charaw Gazette, n M m ^ Tho Crops.?We understand that the prospect of a good crop ia very fine h throughout the country. The recent rains n have started the outs. Wheat is made. Cora is boing we'l. and looking well. Cotton is growing finely. The seasons have been general. * In some places the lamia have been very much washed. The hard freezes last winter, and the f tine culture this spring, havo led the * soil very light and mellow, and liable ,r to be carried ofl' by hard rains. It >r is well that we have a prospect of a h good crop. Provisions are very high, e Corn is worth one dollar aud tea cents i- a bushel; flour nine and ten dollars per a barrel; hams thirteen and fourteen cents; h beef six and seven cents per pound; cliicky, ens twenty cents, Ac., Ac., t [Southern Patriot. : RECIPES. ,r PARssira, Rhubarb, and other like acalo 8 seeds, cannot be s.fely trusted adsrthey are ^ a year old. 0 RrxEirr roa Makivo Bkkr.?Take one pint of corn and boil ft tmtil it is a little soft, add to it one pint of molasses and one gnl.* Ion of water; shake them well together and set by the tire, and in tweuly-four hours the beer will bo excellent '' When all the bear in the jug is useJ, just add more molasses, and water. The sninu '* corn will answer for six months, nnd the beer will be fit for use in twelve hours, by keeping the jug which etsnaios it wann. In this way the whole ingredients used in making a gallon of beer will not cost over four vents and it is belter and more wholesome than eider. Maine Farmer. ? ? 1 Wholesome Beverage.?Take ef the best white Jamaica ginger root (bruised,) "J ounces; cream of tartar, I ounce; water, 6 g quarts; to be boiled for about fivo minutes, ,1 then strained; to the strained liquor add one i pound of tbe best while sugar,aad again put is on the fire and keep stirred until the sugar lk is perfee ly dissolved; then pour into an e rarthern vessel into which has been previ*' 1 ously put two drachms ot tartaric acid und the rind of one lemon, nnd let it remnin ut til the heut is reduced to a lukewarm teni. pcrature; then add a tabieapoouful of yeaat, (j j stirring thein Well togctlier; and tot tie for |, ' use, the corks of which must be well tied il dua n. It w ill be in high perfection in a ft W v days. [Exchange Paper. P ^" ^ Seasonable PIml ( Pie Plart and rather insipid green apples, r nru the only resourve a' this season for fresh ? fruit pics; so many people make them nl^ 1 i ost wholly of dried fruit. We co^y from I, the Practical Cook Book receipts for the folg lowing: Dried Arn.e Pies.?Wash the apples ia jj two or three waters, a d put them to soak j in rather more water than will cover them. ^ as they ahsord a great deal. After soaking u, an hour or two, put them into a preserving ,f kettle with [he same water, and with the peel of ono or two lemons, chopped fine.-~l s Boil tender; when they rise, press them I. down, but do not atir them. When tend?r, ut ndd sugar, and boil fifWn or twenty urinates longer. Dried applet soaked over night, are r* made tasteless, and are masked op by being stirred. When eooked, stir in butter. nuU * meg, or elove. Dried Plots Pit*.?80ak the pluma, sad 0 stew them gentij; seas >n them with spice: and sugar; put a puff paste" on to the plate; r* then put a layer of the pluaas, slewed ; roll ont a piece of paste thin ; rover them ; add another layer of plums, and cover for the last time. You may have as many a lories to your pie as yon ehooee. Peach Pies.?If the pesehee are dried, stew them ftrst in a little water; if fresh, * pnrc them and rnt them In helves, or slka * i them. Dreak the stones, adding the kemela , to the pie. A little sngar, a very little?ream* ** according to tho ais> of the pie, may be pst * in at the eeme time. OBITUABT. Died, st CamdenvMi the Shk imb Daniel, * eon of l/ Bk D. and Hsrah ft lleHanannro, | aged Ave yearn and ftmr most ha, _ Pled, it 1H?tr re eidcnvc in Att*l? County, u Ml?., on tfoptfc in*., Mr. ?n?i Mm. RoK K Mnrlio, ih?y were ttaUv0 of Krinhaw DUtrici, 8. C. Tin former Jfled hi the ei*? 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