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THE LEASER.| LANCA8TERVILLE. S C. s< WBBffiSMY, JUNE 13, 1855. I JOB WORK. h We nro now prepared to do any kind of Job Work nt the shortest notice, and on the ' most reasonable terms. The patronage of a the public is solicited ^ BLANKS. * Wo have recently had printed a supply of the various blauks used by Lawyers and u Magistrates, which will be found at the ? Printing Office. ^ Premiums o Being axious to give our paper an cxtcn- | sive circulation, we oficr the following pre- i ' miums for new subscribers, to be sent in i * by the first of January next; the Cash must ! 11 accompany the names. 1 ' For the largest number sent in by that * time, a gold watch worth fifty dollars or fif- y ty dollars in money ; provided they exceed |? ono hundred names. tl For the second largest list, a silver watch worth twenty-fivo dollars, or twenty-five j do}lars in meney; provided they exceed ^ seventy-five names. For tho third largest list, twelve dollars * in cash?provided they exceed fifty names. For the fourth largest list, six dollars in a cash; provided they exceed twenty-five * names. fi Pur r?] tll\? nf fit'n Ann ? ? ? ? ?? V. ?* V vuu V* IIIC J'ApCI L) extra. pT Names may be sent in a few at the |( time, or many, as the caso may be, a list of which we will keep, and on the first of January the aggregate will be cast up, and tho premiums awarded to those entitled. Persona intending to compete for premiinns, will pluase add a note to that effect in A the first list of subscribers sent. gl in all cases we must receive two dollars in *a subscription price. We could not afford ! hi to give premiums at club rates. I t| Premiums! j 'J The above notice,relative to premiums, j 1 was accidentally left out last week. As I ai will be seen, we have extended the time to the first of January, ao as to give ample opportunity to those desiring to com- j pete for the prizes. (^ Rain Again. ^ We have, since our last issue, been again blessed with refreshing showors. ^ The countenances of our farmers wear a much brighter aspect. There is reason ^ to believe, that a very large crop of corn ^ will be made. The .season is not favora- " ble to the growth of cotton. For the past two weeks tho weather has been very cool?more like October or March, than Jane. The wheat crop lias turned out m better than was expected. In the space of one week, flour declined two dollars a . IS barrel in price in this place. ' jpy W? have no fears about our friend, W. R.C. ever being placed on the black re list. His prompt respond to our call at 00 once satisfies us of the fact. ? m mi ? CO Harder. d< A murder was committed in the lower th part of this district on Wednesday last.? It appears, that early in the morning of of the day mentioned, Marion Stevens, in a to state of intoxication went to 'he house of of Mr. Andrew Mcllwain, carrying with him rti two jugs of liquor. On entering the house, th he found Mr. Perry, the overseer, who in, had been sick, lying on the bed in the gr hall, with his head bound up. Stevens, is. it appears, wanted the overseer to drink, which the latter refusing to do, he insulted on him in words, and then began an assault sir upon him, by tearing the bandage from A bis head Ac. The oversoer jumped out j to of bed, and taking up an axe handle, de- j st< fended himself with it. ft seems, that in , uj wielding it about, to avoid tlio thrusts of lb Stevens, a blow struck the Utter side of y< the bead as lie was advancing on Perry, j* which caused hie death. Mr. Perry has a< surrendered himself to the Sheriff of tho ju district, and h now in jail. \? i m <x gar Cotton in Chariest on is worth y< from 10 1-2 to 12 7 8 cents. A pretty in feir price. V fenliiese Motions. d< Attention is directed to the advertise- a ment of Mr. Thomas Carter, Tailor. Mr. Garter has done work for us, and wc con- in recommend hiro as one who fully i n, * hi* busiuese. ki Pwow wishing work don* in the book oi ^|M| Wading lino, ore Amted to the advertise^ di r ment of Gibbee Johnston of the tr * Columbia CaroHnisn. p< J9T Tbo publishers will oWige u? by h< sonding u? the June ntnnber of the "La- to dy's Book," as ours failed to come to ci % Our Qrave Yard?Again. < Once more do we desire to call the at- < ntion of our citizens to the present con- < tion of our village grave yard. We have *en requested to do so, and in a matter which every citizen of our town is so irticularly concerned, the great necessity something being done to protect the >mes of tho dead, must be apparent to cry one. A circumstance has come to our knowlIgc, the revelation of which, will chill le blood, nnd appali the sensibilities of 1?the infidel, and the christian. We re told that on the occasion of the recent eath of a young lady of this pi ice, search as made for tho grave of her relative, ho had l>cen intered in the grave yard >ni3 time previously, but without slices*. A board head pijcc bad been placed t the head of the grave, but tho horses ad trampled upon it, and so broken nnd mtilated it, that it was entirely destroyed, ly tho joint assistance of the hogs, these nimals had so rooted and trampled the round, that no grave could be discover d. Thus, a father who places his child lero, or a son mother, and should he be liable to place a stone over her immeditely, may rest assured it will be useless > make an effort to do so af.erwsrJs.? fust this state of things continue ? Seriusly fellow citizens of Lancnsterville, we sk you?Are you content to see your reltives' and friends' remains thus trampled pon ! Why is it? How can it he so! >oes not the same feeling of affection farm your breasts, as does others. ? Did ou love your father less, or your mother iss, or your wife less, or your child less ban did or do others ? We noticed in on* of onr country ex banges th? other day, that in their viltge, the citizens had erected an iron fence round their grave yard. Tell it not in rath, that in Lancaster we have not even paling fence, not even a plank fence, or even a rail fence?humanity, or renemcnt, or Christianity where is thy lush ??we have no feuee at all. A journalist would be scaiccly doing is duty, did he not bring audi matters > the notice of his readers. And yet in case like this wc regret that this duty lould devolve upon us. We have no mdred reposing in our village cemetery, ud yet, wc are sorry to see even the raves of those who were unknown to us i life, thus shamefuhy desecrated. We ope, yea, we beg our citizens todosmneting in the matter. Kven if the memo' of the dead be not regarded, let not le world have occaaon to say. that we re au unchristian, uncivilized people. Dishonest Dealers. Did wc now have all the money we dve lost by the dishonesty and rascality 'others, there would be no occasion tor ? to write another line fur the Lancaster edger. There are different kinds ef meanness, man might be an open, fearless villain, r one with the semblanceji f honesty.? t c jfi vmhi iaj uur mui'iij in?iii lis latter class. Mild and Mand tliey are their general demeanor, but at the core ere is rottenness and infainv. There nre so in any ways by which a an ntay screen himself, that we can , arccly wonder at the multifarious forms vice. What wo do wonder at though that society should countenance men, ho by intrigue and duplicity inveigle and tceivc others. Wo recollect, when we sided in Charleston, of a merchant beirning indebted to another one day, and ili lg the next. Subsequently ho roimmenced business as "Agent," A >ubt always arises in our miud, to see is evasive appendage to a man's name. We also know one, who is at the head an extensive establishment in Charlesn, who in days of yore, cleared himself debt, by taking the benefit of the Hank pt act, and for aught we know, was us the CAiise of ruin to many. This an, now lives like a prince, spends a eat part of his time in Loudon, and ParThere is one species of rascality which i account of its great prevalence, we deft to bring to the attention of ll e reader. ., for instance, becomes largely indebted you. You hold his note, and from his ack in trade, his apparent honesty and >rightness, together with his manner of dug, steady habits, Ac., you feel satisfied )u will recover every cent of it. You erhaps sue hiin, just before your case is :ted upon, A. makes a confession of . ?. . t mgenicni 10 some ontsiUur, soroo man erhaps to whom he may not l>e indebted ne copper. Yon nre swindled out of our just dues, yet society looks upon A. t 'ho same way as before. Is it not theft) j ifouId not such a man resort to any spoes of rascality to avoid the payment of ebtsf Yea, be wonld not scroplo to rob hqn's roost! We find this species of fraad prevalent i every city,town and village. e doubt ot, but every reader of this article, has sown one or more cosee of this species F rascality. If society wonld exhibit their isapprolmtion of this class of rascals, by ea'jpg them as tbey deserve, we would rlisps bare a few more honest tncu.? (ten, too frequently is it the caee, tbst meet, industrious men are compelled to ?I for the support of idle vagrants, fioety should put a stop to it. If public union would bold j and d? :h?re its voice, ami indelibly stamp on such a class of men thoopprobious epHhet thoy deserve, we would have more honesty in the world, and less useless litigation. JC-iT In the New York Correspondence of the Charleston Courier, we find the following, in reference to the new hospital for fcmulos, recently established in that city by Dr. J. Marion Sims. Dr. Sims is a native of this district, and formerly resided in this village. We reiterate the desire of many warm friends and relatives of Dr. Sims, in wishing him the most abundant success in this new project. It is raid to l>e the only institution in the world exclusively set apart for the treatment of the diseases of women. The new hospital for feineles. suggested and established by Dr. J.Marion Sims, was opened to-day. A number of the most distinguished medical men ami clergy were present. Mayor Wood, Pr.Tyng Dr. Francis and others, take special interest in the success of this institution. JtSgrTlic following wo take from the Abbeville Independent Press. The Edge field Advertiser, Chester Standard, and Orangeburg Clarion, now have an opportunity of edifvitnr their readers, bv the ren * t> ' ? I etiiion of a few more whapping yarns. Beat it gentlemen, there is no doubt of your ability to do so. A Georgia Giant In a letter recently received from Lumkin County, Georgia,, we have a brief account of a young giant who certain I v deserves to be Pressed into notice. The writer says of bim :? "I saw, last Sunday, a nine year old boy, of Luiukin production, who weighed one hundred and fifty five pounds two months ago. Hauvin Lowkv, (for that is his name) i the son of Mr. Jotin Lowry of this County, aud a boy of tine intelligence. I am told be weighed 40 pounds at two months old.'' That Lumkin is a great place for rapid developments. A year or two since we were informed bv one of its denizens that sweet potatoes grow so fast there it reqiii res the constant attention of two bauds to keep the vines out of the yard. The following deserves nolic. Toe Day Book is an excellent newspaper, and lias ever been friendly to the Sooth, having more than any other Norther journal, defended Iter from .lie a-persi-ms of malignant foes. A Puize.?The New Yuri; Day Book offers a prize of a (fold uatch ami chain, to cost not less than one hundred and twenty-five dollars, to the person who get* up the largest club or list of subscribers to the Weekly Dav Book between this and the first of January, 1850. It also offers the paper free next year to all the snlworil>or* in the town furnishing the largest list. f|?e club price ot ihe Weekly Day Book is one dollar a year. EDIT0JT8TABLE. The publisher has ! indly sent us several numbers of the Carolina Cultivator, a new agricultural journ if, recently established in Raleigh (N.C.) We find it a well gotten up periodical, and the reading well calculated to enlighten agriculturists. It is published monthly, at $1 a year. We hope the enterprising publisher (W. L). Cooke, Esq. to whom all communications should be addressed) may meet with the success which bis enterprise merits. Eclectic Medical Joirnal, for June. The Eclectic Practice, is somewhat a new ithase in medicine, but even as such, *ntiefli-s to he or?iniii(r rrroiind. The Ee lectio Medical (College in Ciwimati, meets witli great success. Tiio Eclectic Journal is h product of the College, and contains much useful and general information in relation to die Eclectic practice of tucdi eines. It is worthy of patronage,containing as it does a largo amount of medical information. It is published monthly by Dr. K. S. Newton iu Cincinnati O. at $2 a year. finxbukcn r vikw. Wo hare received the April number.? Contents, Shivery in the United States; Travels in 8;l?eria ; English Surnames; The Correction of Juvenile Offenders; Mr. Hue's Travels in China; Pascal Paoli etc. The first of these articles arrests the atlen tion of Americans, and more particularly the attention of Southerners. Were it not for this meddling interference with the institution of Slavery, these British periodicals would meet with more favor in the South. We n ay give a more extended notice of this article hereafter. A< is always the case, this rexiew, whether the articles be objectionable to its or not, contains the purest of English Literature.? Published in New Yorkbv Leonard Scott A Co. *t $3.00 h yoar, any two reviews $5, either review ami Blackwood's Magazine, $6. See pro*|>eciU8 containing further particular*! in another column. The original rongh draft of tha Declaration of Independence, in the hnnd-writing of Mr. Jefferson, Dr Franltlin, and the elder Adams, > preserved, s.iya the Washington Star, in the State Depsruit-nt, with great core. It has been framed and placed in a box of black walnut, hung against the wnll, the door of which is of one piece about 9 feet square. At certain angles of the room, the grain and natural marks of the piece of wood of 'Kiel) the door is fabricated, present a singular appearance. Without the ereretfl* of any great fancy * representation of the battle of Bunker Hill can be discovered, though some contend it has great resemblance to the storming of Stony Point, or the attack 09 King's Mountain. Kings Mountain Celebration In tho last Yorkville Enquirer, we find the proceeding* of a meeting hold in Yorkville on the 4tb inst., for the purpose of making arrangements for celebrating the aniversary of the battle of King's Mountain. We give the proceedings, omiting only the names of the members of the different Committees. In the second resolution it will Ins seen that Lancast^district is requested to appoint a CormWtee of arrangements to art in concert with tho Committee appointed by the Yorkville meeting. Surely our eiti| zeus will respond to the call. We suggest the propriety of holding a meeting in the Court House, at an early day, to signify our approval and willingness. Wo hope to be able, in our next paper, to state on what day the meeting will be held. "In obedience to tho call for a public meeting. a goodly number of the citizens | <>f York District assembled in the Court House, on Monday, the 4th inst., to take into consideration a project of n eelehra; lion of the next anniversary of the battle ; of Kings Mountain. Hon. I. 1). Witiif.upi'Oon was called to the chait, ami Sam'l W. MutVois appointed Secretary. In a few pertinent and well timed remarks tho ' Chairman stated the object of the meet i ing?that tho citizens had been called together with the view of taking whatever preliminary action might be requisite to enlUt the co operation of the districts in this State, nnd the sympathy of tho peop'e of those states most intimately identified with the oecasion. in order to the consuinaticn of a celebration worthy of the day and in keeping with the results attendant upon it?and in a truthful and forcible manner urged the adoption of measures l>est rnlculntel to effect the purpose in contemplation. On motion of Col. VV. B. Wilson, n committee was appointed torep.-rt, resolutions for tho action of the meet inc. nnd after a consultation, submitted the following. Ttcsoh'td. That it is cx|>edtent and proper Jo celebra'e the taniversarr of the Imttle of Kino's M itintain, on Thursday the : fourth day of October next. Rcxolvrd, I hat "each l>is?rict in this State he earnestly solicited to co-operate with us in effecting litis cud, and that the* he icq ousted to appoint committee* whose duty it shall b? to receive and forward whatever contribution* may Ikj placed in their hands; and that the I )istricts of Cheater, Union. Soar!anhnrc an I Lancaster, in ilns Stale, and the adjoining counties in North Carolina, he also requested to appoint commit tees to act iti concert with the Committee of A'rsugeinenta to be constituted by thi* meet tin?. Retoleed That our fellow citizens of the State* of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky, and especially the descendants of those who took part it the battle, arc cordially invited to he present; and that a committee on the part of the State consisting of fifteen l>? appointed .to solicit the ro ?|x>ri?ikai <?f the people of these United State* proposed celebration. Rraoh<rtl, That the President of the United Stales and his Cabinet, Lieut. (Jen Scott, and the (Jjvernors of Virginia, North Carolina. Tonne.ace, and Kentucky be specially invited to attend. f?tsoh>ed, That the Hon. John S. Preston of this State, ami Hon. (Jeorge K. Badger, of North Carolina, lie appointed orators of the day. Acsolvtd, That his Excellency (Jov. Adams be requested to act as Marshal of the day, and Adjt. Geu. I hinovant, as Assistant Marshal; and that Rev. Dr. Thornwell be invited to officiate as clergyman on tho occasion. Rf&nlved, That a committee of Arrangements ho appointed, consisting of sixty members, ten of whom shall constitute a quorum; that a Committee on Fi nance, consistingofei.-ht,shall be charged with the duty of collecting funds to defray tho expenses vf the celebration, and receive contributions from abroad ; that a committee of nine be appointed, whose duty it shall be to act in concert with and under the direction of the Marshal of the lay, in making the proper military arrangement*,and of extending ad necessary assistance in reference thereto; that a committee on toaaU l?e appointed, consisting of five; and that a committee of In ritation and Correspondence 1* directed to invite distinguished gentlemen frrm all parte of the Union, and to conduct all correspondence pertinent to the celebration, said commute* to consist of three. Rtsnlred, That a special committee he i appointed to inform hi* Excellency, (?ov crnor Adam*, of hi* appointment a* Mar | *hal of the day, and aolicit in lichalf of the i celebration the aid of hi* official and per *onal inflin-nce. Jietolrtd, That the committee of Invitation and Correspondence inform the Ora- , tor* elect of their appointment, and con 1 fer with them in relation thereto ; and in case either *hou!d be prevented from accepting, that tliey have power to appoint a Mibatilute. The resolution* were considered *opa- J rat elf, and unanimously adopted. Mr. Moorr submitted the following j resolution whieh was adopted: Reaolred, That the paper* of this State and the Statoa of North Carolina, Virginia, Ton- ! ne**??e and Kentucky, favorable to the olijfrt Ih? requested to copv so much of the proceedings ?if this meeting a* mnv be deemed necessary, and otherwise estend their .idluetice toward* the accomplish merit of the proposal celebration. On motion, the meeting then adjourned.1 I. IV. WITIIEFWOON, chairrr.sn. Sam'i. W. Mri.ton Secretary. The seventeen year locusts, while in na under-ground, grub state, are said to be a favorite food of various species of animals. Immense numbers are destroyed by the bog before they emerfe from the ground; ' they are also, when in their perfect state, eagerly devoured by chickens. squirrels, and marry of the larger birds. The Indians like- : wis* consider them a delicate food when fried, and in Now Jersey they have keen turned to a profitable account in molting ?"P- I F? ^ ,(Sy r> VfHMfc COMMUNICATIONS. [For Ihe Ledger.) Mr. Editor: Your correspondent 14T. O. B." will doubtless feel much better since his stomach was relieved of that mass of foul and heterogeneous matter. He it a chivalrous knight, and so anxious to break a lance with any foe, that he will espouse the cause of any?even the uninjured and uninsulted. Lancaster and the bar are intimate and have always been on termB of the greatest friendship. (Can your correspondent say thai Lb And taking the liberty this friendshtp*knd intimacy tolerates, he submitted a few suggestions. The Bar, it is presumed, knew the writer, and received them in the kind and familiar spirit with which they were offered. But the equanimity of this gallant knight is disturbed by a noise from madam "Humor,"?he mounts his noble charger ? the goose quil?and flies to the field of martial strife, (where he does not expect any blood will be spilled ;) and for what? To resent an instil and repnir an injury that were never gi>en or received. This 44 T. O. 11." is extremely brave, lie is not afraid of that "responsibility," that "mouth piece dodge." lie would never bo guilty of pursuing a weak and helpless foe, and abusing him?nor "dodge" an interview with one of equal strength and preparation with himself? uor attack in the rear, with unlawful weapon*, a gentleman quietly attending to In* own bttsineaa. Such courage an he poaaeases could not atoop to such things. lie seems awfully afraid he will die in his accustomed and merited obscurity; and to rcacdu his name from oblivion, he will seek a quarrel where there has been no provocation, with the hope some gentleman may kick him into notice. lint lie may rest quiet, "Lancaster" will not do it. Perhaps lie may have another object in view. lie may expect to l>e caught ?n some "scrape," a?*d wishes to propitiate the liar, that they may assist him in es caping justice without the usual fee. St??p, "T. O. U.," stop. The Harare a little too old to l e caught with thai kind <>f hail. When Lancaster real the second sentence of thia refiued and erudite communication, he asked a gentleman present if he thought it possible, the author felt so much interest in the matter, and had not *ttn it for more than a month. The gentleman smiled, shook his head, and replied, " I don't know about that." Another gentleman expressed the same Sentiment. And after road ilia to the end of the first column, he was convinced that it h id not heen read at all. Thu* placing himself in the same predicament with Tom Paine, when he wrote a tirade against the New Testament. The vulgar infidel had never read the book he attempted to answer. If he did read it, he is guilty of a palpable falsehood. He says that "Lancaster" denied the Har the title " gentUmrn." Lancaster cheerfully accorded to them, that which facts will not sulfur to be conceded to the writer in question. T. O. B. pour* f?>urlh a very doleful lamentation over the "unkiitdnrxa" of Lancaster. Lancaster ha* seen some of the world ; and met with many strange and novel sights; lu.t he never before caught satan reproving sin. Come, '"T. O. II.,'' let us put your kind-hearted and sweet* natured production under your 100 hore power cotton press, ami subject it to a "squeezing" process ; and if you can express a particle of kindness, it will be so small that it will rattle in a tobacco seed. 'Lancaster' asks only truth and justice, lie wants no kindness or uiercy from man. If he did, he would never goto Una man; for the very good reason, it is not there aud never was. Wo be to the ill fated wvghl who has need of hie mercy. Hie teuderest mercies would be indescribably cruel. Sup|N*?e. Mr Editor, you saw a man acting in a way that would operate prejudicially to a cause yon hold dear, and you would respectfully and kindly, but firmly, remonstrate :?and /, because I a m a nrfovA/l mi liim un?l lima ? sea am?> power, cut off the source which supplies hi* family with the comfort* of lift-; whioh, I a?k, giro* him llio "unkindtnt cutfn MIl is hope?l "T. O. BV "friend,*- will "dilate" s little more on the duties of husband* to their wives sn<i fathers to their <1 lighters ; seeing it hss had inch s won* dcift! effect *n making him s * kinder, purer and better win," Wonder if thers is not room for a little more improvement 1 If I knew your correspondent, I would take him aside and whisper softly in his ears?baa your friend much practical experience in reft renco to "husbauda? sod fathers' duties ?n T. O. B. very weM knows, the occasional appearance, in public, of pretty and neatly dressed ladies is universally approved. Bat Lancaster k? utterly at s lose to imagine bow hie neighbor would commence an apoligy for thmating bis impudent and ugly pkiM into so public n place as a newspaper. Naturalists IsH us Utsrs is n striking nnalogy between the manifestations of mind and the extern*) conformations of the ooimtnnanre. Now, if this be true, it is certain, such r coarse order of sued ? that communication 1 evinces, could never be connected with ? ii ' comely,or even a respectable looking coun tenance. And as for the matter of "kiss- n ing," it is hoped that this man never kissed a a worse looking object than his wife, (if he it has one). <1 J "T. O. B." has been, he says, in the I I Court House for the last twelve or fifteen i years. Wonder if he was ever in that t toihtr houte. f This man travelled far out of his way to undertake the advocaey of the Bar's * i case, unsolicited. And he need not have ? said he would do it in a " weak or feeble o 1 way." That was readily discovered. i< Any of its own members would have done a it far better. And no doubt they detest f his officious and meddlesome disposition. 1 But lie travelled still further out of his i way to attack and teach what he supposes I : is a clergyman. This "irresistable conclu- t sion will fasten itself" on the mind of ? every intelligent reader; that "T. O. B." i ; believes Lancaster is a clergyman. And ( he attempts to convict hiin of slander and * falsehood: and show he is not "intelligent, ? honest, and is destitute of a heart fit for ^ that office," etc. And through the whole t of his "whftngslang" (what do you call v it) there runs a vein of malignant spite, ? which indicates a heart surcharged with " hatred and resentment towards that class i of gentlemen. Will he not be wofully c I j; l I I.!.. L!. i; !.c uisappoinieu. nn'i one nin lips Willi rage, | if it turn out, after *11, that Lancaster, f like himself, it "not * member of the t church, and perhaps never will be." I "With referenco to the charge of "linn Her and fahthotxi" Lancaster answer* for ? himself. The facta are at hand And can l?e immediately produced if necessary. ( And these little thing* they call facts are 3 sometime* stubborn things. t And as for the onslaught against cler- < gymen, Lancaster will not, like hi* adver 1 sarv, undertake, uninvited and unde*ire<l, I the defence of a class of individuals nor* 1 competent to *i<enk for themselves. He I ha* but little acquaintance with the clergv * of Lancaster, hut supposes they are capa- I ble of appreciating, and willing to re- j ceive any good advice, the "100 horse- I power cotton press" may he able to I "squeeze" out of bis long, and extremely J y.-rlxwe sentences. There were many ' which may have cnnta'ned some idea, but i having no "press" they were lost to the i present writer. This much we h ?ve to aup'-nse, the i lecturer is we'l acquainted with the sub- i jeet he proposes to give light on, is a reg- * ular church going inan, is a daily and ' prayerful student of the Bible, and is ev i erting a widespread and wbolsome moral influenco in socie y : and therefore has the right, and is capable of determining who are fit, and who are not, for the min- 11 i-trv?what i* christian, ami what in not ?what is decent, and what is not. But Lancaster's private opinion ia, "T. O. B." is not well enough acquainted with th Bible, though his grandmother did have one, to know what "downright profanity," and " horrid and revolting blasphemy" is. And aa to his attainmer.ts in the school of good-breeding and the embellishments of refined life, I leave it to an intelligent public to determine. Lancaster once knew a clergyman who applied to a lawyer, with a view of procuring from the Judge exemption from tin* duties of a juror. And the lawyer told him in round and unqw<|Jified farms, "/Ac Judge had no inch But perhaps die lawyer's a 1 voeat* knows more than the lawyer's self. M Gentlemen of the Bar: if Lancaster has misrepresent**)^ "set down ought in malice," he is willing to make that rep* ration a gentleman would **r, and n gentleman would not refus*. But as for this conrtcr of-btwin***, be must submit quietly and in good humor, to whatever 1 may be projected by a "bow drawn at a j venture. Your correspondent very politely Itowe j' himself out. LANCASTER. j m ' , Reseue Grass. , Us. Editor. , No fanner or planter cares much about i the cultivation of grass, especially in the | month of June for it generally grows fast , er, thicker and more luxuriant!*-, than is ( desired. It is, too often, the cause of much | trouble and hard work. I inean the old j "General Green" that is indigenous to the country, and asserts an equal right of { possession in the uoil with the young and \ tender corn and cotton plant, and some- , times gains the mastership.?Ths prejn- , dice against grasses, in the general, is well | ,A . i? ?a - ivtumvu mm iiiurfrin I mr M f | subject of grass is mentioned, the mind ; i* immediately earned hock to the (oil i and sweat which it has occasioned, and i sometime* to the purtmikat Acid and m on where the "old General* *M victori- | oua?bat, Mr. Editor, it b the M Rescue , RrW that I now wish to introduce to \ your renders snd although it beetled i ' grass," I sin inclined to believe, Amn , whet I have seen, it b n raiaoorae#, It might tie m >re appropriately termed, S , Wind of outs, but ms it is gmeraly known by the name of Rousne grass, introduced , into the country by Judge I reason, of j Columboa, Georgia, let it be called grass? j , Ms rose (it b said) by any other name , r Would as sweet." I hgte recently seen n specimen grown by 0*pt J ames U. Mcllwain. h b ?>trn | i ik: ~'kr\ ''** 1 1 1'1 ; ? K a Ibe fall, grow* finely in the winter ma* on, and matures in the spring, this specimen is fully tali enough to cut, the groat dvADUge of this grass, it is seid, is, tbat I affords a green winter pasture, and will lo to pastnre upon during the months of December, January and February?if this i so, the Rescue grass is certainly an ag> icultural desideratum, and should be airly tried before condemned* If it will ifford a green pasture during those I nonths it is no Humbug, and no reason* ible fanner or planter will say so. The >nly green winter pasture we now hare the rye and barley, and if we can subtitute a grass, it is leas expensive and trill, rom its nature, become more abundant, besides there is no danger of its becoixng troublesome in the cultivated fields, lecause it grows in tho winter and comes o maturity io April and May, dies out ind dries up before itcan injure the grow* ng crop, and the seed tbat falls on the pound will not come up before fall. The vinter is its genial climate, the hot sun if Summer is ungenial to its growth* Alien cut and cured it is said to be mi* ritious, stock are very fond of it, hut I could not value it for food after cutting, it loast, nut so highly as in its green tate, to t?e pastured upon, this constitutes ts value. It yields largely in seed, I re:ently noticed a communication from a gentleman in Sumter District, that stales, 'rout the ground he sowed and the quanity gathered, that an aere; in the same >roportion, would yield 146 bushels of eed. Frotn the six* of the seed I have >o doubt that they are nutritious. I hare said more than I intended, mv wss ?*iinply to cull the attcntiot of rour reader* to tlim new grata, and lei hem c nverne with Capfc. lacllwain on he subject. I hare heard that Mr. Gooch, ileo, hu tried the Rwcu? graaa, they are nth practical and successful planter*, ully postetl oti the auhjert, and if they emmmend it, it ia all right, oeery peron know* they are death on "Humbug*." [ have heanl Capt. Mcllwain on the *ul?cot, and he ajieak* in rery favorable ermn about H. I hope he will give ua ;he benefit of hi* view* through the Ledger. A long time ago Dryden used the nrord "Protagonist," the tame word waa ived recently by a distinguished gentlen m of our Stale, which gave ri*e to *ev>ral lilemrv article* a* to the meaning ?nd definition. Frmu what I have heard u to the Rescue I wou'd nay it in the Protagonist" of grasses. That is, the grass," and the greatest of grans. Thia a the sen** in which it i* used hy -LONG GRABS." For Ike Ijincaeler Ledger. Mr. Editor: It appear* that the Town Co inoil <>f Lancaster, are lining very stringonl mean* o collect the flue* which bare been tin wined upon street work defaulter*. Per lap* it would he well for the council to ' fleet a little, before they enforce tlicne irMtiary measure*. A* one, wishing to !>e enlightened on the subject, I would like rery mnch to know if the town council oases* the power 'o enf-'rqflPthe collection >f tli jae fines, and, I would most respectully req ie*t the member*, or any Individ tal member of the council, to enlighten lie community on a few points, which at ireaent ara very obscure. If I recollect *>rrectly, bog fall a notice wan inserted ia he Zcd^er, oVer the signature of the W ? ndenti |li?t application would l?e made it the-coming session of tlie Legislature 'or an amendrauat of tho charter of Uia own of Lancaster, so ,?i to ompower thk wuncil to tax real estate, and also, uan an end men t lor the more effectna) eollec- -V ion of fines impoeed by council." If^I inderstand this latter clause, I most mredly must suppose, that the old coua?T .. ovifiiiniKi uiuniwi ui IllCir HUIIIuniT. [ look upon it a? a tadt acknowledge, nent, thai |bey bad no riykl to enforce irbitrsry nifwurn. At a cdateral ae> know'adgeinent, the council in 1804 must summoned delinquents to appoar bebrs tbem to giro their excuse* for dcrilio ion cf duty. Tho now council surely oust have made gitust discoveries sine* ibeir installation?considering tb? applisalion to the Legislator* was not acted jpon ?t its recent teas ion?that tbey so fearlessly issue sxeoulkiue agsiot all de feu Iters. But again?I would like to know if there really estate a Ugal towa council.? Sometime in Februarv, I believe, a notice sppeered, that an election Wogtd be held on a certain day fcr an iatendaut sad Tour wardens. I am told that the taw require* the polls to be open front in th? morning, to 1 in the afternoon, ami from two to four. A gentlemen informed us, that the polls were open only ear Acer. Another also assured us, tfcifll be attended For ill* Minwu ?/ -* 1?L r-'l ? W Rt ?V Mid waa not allowed to deposits M Otllj MM IM?|||f VMpNM. Th# Hu>r of this article, Mr. Editor, hua acted m t?MMg?w At a village 4*rti?w,*?<l mnoli particularity as* oUarvirt a# to the Msrf hoar of opeai*g awd cimiug the polk ae if the safety of the atate was involved in the isawa B??t again, it w rumored lbe* the tene of the - barter baa aspired, an*) that Lusraitw a at preeedt j only a village, b thisen! Many others i beaidea myself, would like to br relight- M awed. 80 far ae the writer of this article M is cmrtMMfcl, it naafcm no Jiff*'rt ace al.at fjS k