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waru't particular as about the prices, the way I naturally hauled in tlie pewter was enough to send a thrill of joy to tbe heart of a dying Christian 1 When I was felicitatin' ntyseK on tbe luck which followed advertising, I received a letter from my first customer, wanting to know ift had sold his corn yet, and if so to let him know, so as he could draw on me for the tin. "As this plantation was away in the interior, I wrote to him that it woro't sold yet, and there was no telling when it would be, as money was ee orful tight, and more corn in the market than there was any <letnand for. This shut liim up for a month or two, when along camo another letter, which I answered as before. "I didn't hear from him again nigh on to eight months, whjn ho writ mo a sassy letter, stating that he was hard up, and must have the money; that I must sell the corn off at any price, deduct my commission and let him know what the balance was, so that he could draw on me for the amount This letter took me all of a heap, as I bad been putting off the settling with all my correspondents, with the intention of making a slide.?However, thinks I, I'll give this Puke a small sight, out of a fellar feelin*. lor I've known what it !s to h<> hard up myself. The Puke's corn came, even at the price nt which I sold it, to 475, and I thought, seeing as how I was doing a pretty tall business, that it was nothing more than fair that be should have a part of the pewter; so I set down, made a statement of the account, and sent it to bim. The dockyment run thus: For Boatage. 125 00 Cartage, 12 00 Wheelage, 12 50 Storage, 90 00 Batage, 30 00 ? Statage, 45 00 314 50 ? Leaving, as you perceive, a balance in your favor of $191 50 You can draw on me for that sum. Hoping that you will honor mo with still further consignments, 1 remain, sir, your's sincerely, Sam Swintok. "On this statement of accounts," continued Sam, " the feller's hair must have riz orful, for he sat down and rit right under the items, this sentence: "You infernal villain 1 put in 'Stealage* and keep the whole of i*. 1" Fit for a Lawyer. An old lady walked into a lawyer's office, lately, when, the following conversation took place. "'Squire, I called to see if you would like to take this boy, and make a lawyer of him." " The boy appears rather young madam. How old is be?" " Seven years, sir." ne ? too young,decidedly too young. Have you no older boys!" "Ob, yea, sir I have several; but we have concluded to make farmers of the others. I told my man I thought this little leilow would make a first rate lawyer, and so I called to see if you would take him!" " No madam; he is too young yet to commence the study of a profession. But why do you think this boy so much better calculated for a lawyer than your othea sons? What are his peculiar qualifications?" " Why, do you see, sir, he is just seven years old to day. When he was only five, he would lie like the devil; when he got to basix, he was sassy and impudent as any critter could be; and now he will steal everything he can lay his hands on. Now, if he's not fit for a lawyer, I would like to know what else he will have to learnT "Pretty well educated, I should think." The Troublesome Neighbor. A few years ago, a poor mechanic of a very quarrelsome disposition, settled near a Christian farmer, whnae frienda nanresaed to him their sympathy in the annoyance he was likely to receive. "Never mind," said the good man,uI have never yet quarrelled with a neighbor, and I am too old to begin now." Some six months passed, and then began series of petty annoyances, which the farmer bore uncomplainingly; but this only irritated his neighbor the more, until meeting the farmer one day: he poured opoa him a torrent of inanlt and abuse. ' Friend," said the farmer gently, "no man under the influence of passion ean reason clearly; come to me calmly, and we wiil discuss your grievances." The angry man raised his clsnched hand to strike him, but was restrained by some unseen influence, and both went on their way. About a weak after, the mechanic waa passing the farmer's house with a load of grslb. It was at the foot of a hill, and the lend wae heavy. He coaxed, threatened, aad but his oiao, but all to no purpose. He nut leave Ms load4 or ask aid of the mb he had Injured. Prmatij ho saw the haw mbitah hi* mm froaa a load of hay With kindly words* the fawr proffered kiteadttMNa, haw bha aihlf to (Jm mm MrfttMot waitiag fbr Ikioka, depar* tad a? be oum. Hat* wao a aiaapta eat, Vat nightj in Ha WhiBii. The wehaete wash?mblad1ae> knowledfad tho parity and power of that ' aeffgoo i>?at could -bear ami forbear.'and has doe* that ttaae MW willingly provokI ad Ma ?fctd> -4'A p?r**..- * . fc yjf 'jb ^-d^VLa. t tW Wk> v> I * THE LEDGEI - - 0 L ANC ASTER VILLE. 8. C. WEDNESDA"JULY 18, I BLANKS. We hnvc recently had printed a supj the various blanks used by Lawyers Magistrates, which will be found a Printing Office. JOB WORK. We are now prepared to do any kin Job Work at the shortest notice, and o most reasonable terms. The patrouaj the public is solicited. PremiumsBeing axious to give our paper an e: sivc circulation, we offer tho following milims for new subscribers, to be sei by the first of January next; the Cash accompany the names. For tho largest number sent in by time, a gold watch worth fifty dollars c ty dollars in money; provided they ox one hundred names. For the second Inrgest list, a silver v worth twenty-five dollars, or twent] dollars in meney; provided they ex seventy-five names. For the third largest list, twelve d< in cnsli?provided they exceed fifty ni For the fourth largest list, six dolls cash; provided they exceed twent; | names. For clubs of five one copy 0f the | extra. IdST" Names may be sent in n few a time, or many, as the case may bo, i of which we will keep, and on the fii January the aggregate will be cast up the premiums awarded to those entitle Persons intending to compete for p urns, will please add a note to that efli the first list of subscribers sent. In all cases we must receive two d as subscription price. We could not i to give premiums at club rutes. Court Week. The extra session of the Court of , nion Pleas, commenced its session Ik Monday last, Judge Mlxrok presi I here have not been as many pe present as at our regular terms. TVe of no case of any great importance, time seems to be pretty much occi with land cases. We presume the j er part of the week will be occupied. Our country friends give us very fa ble accounts of the corn crop, but has been too much rain for cottou. have every reason to believe that a I crop of corn will be made than has io the last eight or ten years. Our Next Governor. Notwithstanding the political anii ty entertained, by many in the Stat< wards the gentleman whose nanr. mention in connection with the Gob toral chair, we honestly think South olina would not regret her choice, i be elected to preside over her desi lor the next term. We nominate Hon. B. F. PERKY as our next G nor. No man in the State has done moi the State. Men may cry out against mid treason may be echoed far and but there is no treason in Major P e would much rather sea a sen good common sense union man, G nor of the State, than some hothei rabid secessionist, who would secede the Union at any and all buzzards. We are satisfied, from the past ji life of Major Perry, that when our f ancos from our northern brethren be too burdensome, he would be one < first to seek redress in some way. I papers, and broken down politicians, much pleasure in villifying and ab him, and for what! Because he honest man I Because, forsooth, h elares hit opinions openly and fearl he is stigmatised as an enemy to 8 Righta I Many public men io South olina coincide in the opinions of I Major Perry, but are afraid to ei these opinions. This fear is occasion the erroneous views inculcated it minds of the public by prejudiced i papers. Death of E. J. Henry, Esq. We learn with osueh regret by the Unboiy Expreesef the 10th inet., ti Jonas Hanrv tk. Journal, departed this life on Sunday I ' iag Icat, after a lingering lltaeaa of m ' weeka. The deceaaed wan nock k ' by all wHo knew him, for hie many i qualitiea and amiable dwpoeiltoo. We > pathian with hie asmerooe fHnuda in loan of ao preraiaieg and oeefal ? aoi lot*. ?? Cotton in Charioaton 1? worth fro *. * 0m -ban- V \ Know-Nothingiim?Abolitionism?J \ Southern Confederacy * The people ot the South have had an pie time to digest the principles of th platform laid down l>y the Know-Nothic convention, recently assembled in Pliili delphia. Doubtless, a great nutnbe those whose proclivities favored each < the two great national parties have b 4 come prosolytes to the cause of the ne party, influenced by this very platfornr'? We confess, the principles laid down I ( the convention appear to bo just and cqu ? table. If any measure could concilial r the South, it looks reasouable that tl Pr promises of the Know Nothing pari would. ' For several reasons we place no reliant in tho promises of this party. If the poli ical affinities of i iueteen twentieths of tl people of the North could be correctly a 85?, certained, it would bo found that tin were ultra abolitionists. It is no use feather our eyes by adroit, cunningly d ,)y Qf vised promises; tho Nortliorn people a and opposed to the institution of slavery, ar t tho even those who have sought and four homes in the South, arc, with a few exec tions. more or less infected with the san feeling. A Northern man with Southei principles can hardly be relied upon, an . if this be so, bow can wo rely upon tl of , , , ., promises of those who are residents Northern soil, and more especially, win we consider that all promises of a like n: xtcn- ture hitherto made, have been unscrup pre- lously violated) 111 in The origin of the Know Nothing par must should caution us and arouse our susj that c'ons* *ny one t',e South, #v ir j-j. hear of a party of Norliern birth, favorit ;c0C(j the perpetuity of Slavery. Did ar one ever hear of a party originating i-ntch the North, but that it did net most hcai ( -five ily oppose ill It is a notorious fact, th tceed Northern papers, to ensure their succcj are as loud in their promises to oppo dlnrs 9]avery, as Southern jouruals are to upho ?mes. difference as regards the puri j. or honesty of these promises, from opp sing sections, is, at the South we are pr lapcr our own guaranteed right, wher as, at the North, it evinces a vindictiv it the meddlesome interference. While tlie co a list tontion exists between the two sections ( rst of the subject of slavery, no conciliatory , and friendly feeling can exist, and the result this contention must result either in tl abolition of slavery, or tho dissolution LCt the Union. ollars k?* reflecting mind trace the cau ifford *b's soct>i>nal bickering to its sour< let it go baok to the first adoption of ll -?? Federal constitution to the present perio and let it examine into the primary ca Corn- sea of our contentions. Slavery is tl !re on cause! The casual reader or obsorv uling, cannot fail to see that the subject of slav irsons ry has been directly and indirectly tl hear bono of contention. The North has us The moans, evasive means to eradicate slave apied from the Union, and has hitherto fail* front- It is true she has gained some conquer by a dishonest course of action, but so fi vora- the South has resisted, aud now the c there max approaches, when she must make We most manly resistance, or else give up t ictter rights we have so long been coutondii been ^or* The last subterfuge of the North is t creation of the Know-Nothing party.We understand from tho name, that th< nosi* recognise the tenhets of neither of the tv ** to* great national parties, and are told th< e wc labor to act as a common brotherhood erna" maintaining, and conforming to the pr ^ar* visions of tho Constitution. We dou ( )10 not, but as this party first originated Limes tjje North, WJI9 anotlier attempt, by e 1 tbo dcavoring to blind the eyes of Souther over* ers, to carry out their own long cheri* ed views of ultimately destroying the i **/or stitution of slavery. First, then, we p b',n? no faith in it, from the consideration of neftr? origin. In the second place, wo look u ori7* on tho designs of the party aa the subU 8ib,c* fuge to bribe and corrupt us. Ry the oycr* designs we have particular reference their vindicative animosity to foreign* ^ronri and the Roman Catholic Church. Tl poliey of the North is to form one gr< >ublic National Party. This can only be accoi l""' pltshed by securing tbe approbation a come co-operation of the whole country. Tii ^ l^e and again have the North found that th can effect nothing indvidually of the 1 selves, but if they oan bring into the Us u,,n8 a common qoeetion,upon which the Nor ie an , East and Weal can nnite, their si 8 der cess would be achieved, hence, have th ***'/? ranted and dilated upon the evils and o ruption* of tbe Roman Catholic Chun 1 ^*r* and more particularly upon the growi Maior greatneaa and importance foreigner! i [press jmgumjng in the United States. Th ^7 have endeavored (and in part ancceaaful! 1 l*,e to impress upon the mind* of Southern* news- foreigner! who seek homes in < country, are enemies to onr governme are rank abolitionist*; that if some chr is not put to their influence, our count will become corrupt; that in the end c ' that rtlifjpo0 w'" denied us; the Pope i morn* be our sovereign, and all such nonsense, rrsrai We believe the Know-Nothing party rlored the North care nothing about foreign flaence. The North baa before eeen tl 7*^ the first Native American party poaaeai some influence, and they have raabib S**an" aad inculcated this doctrine, merely . briny about that unity they so mnoh < m 10 1 sire.* We do mraatle siwiw ?>>? nr>n,l> [of I hoot who Mcfted from die ooa?<Ntfi ? frfr * L at ibe North; webePeve they were honest men. Those of the North who have ad* ' lteted to the party, the party which gives ie couuLenance to slavery, an institution they g are so cnthusastically opposed to, are disa hv/nest and uncrupulousmen. TheKnowNothings of tho North very well knew,that of even if the proscription of foreigners, one 0- of its fundamental principles, were rigidly w adhered to, it would do them no injury.? - It would be the means of giving them y greater claim to the newly acquired terrii torial Slates. It would in plain terms, be tho means of settling those States by ,e men of tho North; men of their abolition y principles. Another consideration?tho Know-Nothing pnrty is identified with :e whigery. Examine closely into tho nintter, and it will l?? seen what elements 10 wcro brought into their creed to ensure s" their success. Previous to the organiza?y lion of this society, the Whig party existed only in name; tho result of the Presi0 dential election of 1852 completely annire hilaled the party. With the view of securing the co operation of a large number of adherents, the new partyembraoed some P" of the political tenh??ts of the Whig part}', 10 adopted tho principles of the Native An mcrican party, and to give themselves a 'J still greater influence, they profess to l?e in 10 favor of African slavery. Cannot any ?f Southern man see, that as slavery has JH been the subject which has so particularly a" engrossed attention, that the ultimate obu ject was by these cunningly devised tricks to give strength to their Abolition patty? ^ Does knownothingism favor the present M* Administration? If any of the members er do. tlier?- must hn nut "( , ? ?. - '=> for every Whig paper opposes President Pierce and his Cabinet, and every Whig at paper supports the Know Nothing party. Wo would like to know what has so suddenly awakened the tniuds of Atnericans to the gross enormities of foreigners sC and the Roman Catholic Church. Why 11 * is it that the matter has slept so longl? ^ It i6 true, as we have remarked, the party has existed some years, and acquired 0 some influence, but the understanding u* mind knows thnt the formation of the old e? American party, owed its origin to perso n" nal animosity between local associations. >n The tire companies of Philadelphia first or gave rise to that order. As observed, the Know Nothing Party found It was a subject upon which all could unite. They 01 would prejudice you against the present Administrlion, they give a falso interpre56 tat ion to the advice of Washington and :e? Jctlerson, in order to increase tlfe nuiner10 ical strength of the American party, aud Whig party, for, by the increase of these u" parties, they ad4 to their own strength. Our limits wilf not permit us to enlarge er on this particular part of our subject, but we will consider what will probable be the result. As we before said, it will lead cither to the abolition of slavery or *7 the disolution of tbc Union. >d. In the consideration of the abolition of slavery, the subject is such a momentous jj* one?the necessity for slave labor at the South, tbo very imposibility of clearing |]e our country of the institution, the vast a ,g mount of inonoy invested in this propcitv, and so forth, that we will pass it by. he In fact, human reason can hardly devis? a plan, by which we could eradicate it.? Py If in the course of time the institution be ,0 abolished in the present aspect of Htl'airs, By the Union would be dissolve 1 a long periin od before. o- It is thought by many, that adisolibt lion of the Union would be to our beneat tit, this inay or may not be. At all events, n- we would rather remain a united confedn eracy, as long as we }>os?ib!y can. We h? believe the growth and progress of our n- country would be inucli retarded. We ut believe our comfort, economy, our bappi its ness as a nation would be seriously atfecp ted. "In union there is sticngth," as the n- Uuited States, we are the most nowerful km nation on the globe, divide our forces, end to we become on an equality with other >rs powers, therefore would be r?sort to dishe olution as the last and only expedient. 'nt The South possesses a great advantage ,n confined exclusively to herself. In uo other section can our great staples cotton ne and rice be cultivated. In the event of disolution, the North would l>e as depen m* dent upon us for these products as they ue are now, on the other hand, although at present our manufactured goods are all 1,0 purchased at tho North, iu the event of a e7 division, we would see the necessity of do or" ingour own manufacturing, and no doubt but as a manufacturing people the South n8 would soon equal the North, The advo,re cates of a Southern confederacy, contend, cy that disolution is the beet thing for us,that iy) our patriotism would be aroused, and we ** would turn our attention to thoae matters >,,r which are at present neglected. All this n,'? may be so, and yet we would dread to see ^ it only as a last resort. By a glance at lr7 the map, it will be seen that not more than one fourth, or at any rate, one third of the union would oomprise the Southern confederacy, surrounding us would be nations opposed to ue, and our oldbrethren would hs ib? lm ?<?? ???<1 iAt l?*t us. The metier b a serious one end **J demand* careful consideration. What ed to would be lite float reealt, time only ean show. As a Union we are sale a* a neid tbn, bat as a 8outhern confederacy we on won Id not be safe, & \' ^ . ' .* # S * % 4 ' Where " Bam" got hi? Heme. The following from the Yorkvi'lo Citi- te mm may serve to elucidate tbo mysterious L origin of ".Sum." ! " Mr. Editor:?Will you be kind enough d< in your next issue, to inform me bow the ''I Know Nothings come by the name of a' "Sam." This question is often asked and in never answered in my neighborhood. If if you can give the information desired, it si will oblige, A Subrckiiikk. tc The Know Nothings claim to be Native a American in their origin; and as there is but one genuine Native whoso cognomen p< is Sam," we suppose it is from him they li derive this euphonious appellation. We I refer to Sam Scott, the Catawba Indian, ai who loves Split ^kull whiskey as ardently ti as his offspring the Know Nothii gs, pre- hi tend to love their country. 01 The Charleston Mercury. ^ We fully agree with the Newberry Minor, in the following opinion of this CJ staunch southern Journal. The Mercury ol is, without doubt, onfe of the most ably ai conducted journals in the United States, ;c "The Charleston Mercury,in beginning 0| a new volume, has commenced a change in its business department. Hereafter the cash will he required from all new sub- Cl scribers from the country. This is, no ,r doubt, the best policy for the press gene- h rally, and wo are glad to see the loading ?, papers of the Slate adopting it. fhe Charleston Mercury deserves well the patronage of a Southern community. c< It is of the right stamp in politics; a 11 faithful observer of the course of events, cl and a fearless and able defender of South y ern Rights and interests. If the whole ^ South were animated by tho tone ami spirit which pervades its columns, it would not he long before the spirit of fanaticism n would bo rolled back from her borders n into the caverns of darkness whence it f( came. Sheriff's Election in Charleston. 11 Col. John E. Carkw has been elected a Sheriff of Charleston, by a majority of J-' about f 00 votes, over his opponent, Col. " Kaunnpcnux. Col. C. had the support of r< tlio American Party, his opponent being l' a Roman Catholic, trpeaking of the elcc- 1 tion the Charleston Standard, of the 12th, says: When the result wns known, quite a large party assembled belore the ofHco of the Evening Mews, and raising Col. Can* a ninghum, the senior editor, aloft, with the p folds of tho star-spangled banner about |( his shoulder*, they called upon him for a ( s|>eech. lie congratulated his party upon success, but sold theni they must show, " bv their conduct, that they were worthy s of it, and that it expressly become them j to indulge in no unseemly demonstration*. With this little show of exultation, all fueling seemed to subside, and in the boat " humor possible, every person went about b his business. An exhibition of fireworks was expected in tlio Citadel Green, in lion- ,, or of the occasion, but the evening was so unfavorable it was not attempted. The political force of this result will 1 hardly be estimated properly. It will i doubtless be regarded as a triumph of tho ? American Order ; but it would be hardly safe to say that they alone had carried the election. There were nearly 1,000 more v vote* cast for Col. Carew than is claimed ? by the party. Rut it may be taken as n an evideece of the fact, that with the Know nothings on one side, and the foreign vote upon the other, the conservative vote of tho city is at present with tho Int- 1 tor; and to this extent, at least, it may be *1 taken as a tost of the American sentiment t of the district. t COMMUNICATIONS. : Far the Laneaster Ledger. _ Mr. Editor: Having been at home but littlo for the last three weens, and during that time having suffered a very sore domestic af- ^ diction, 1 have had hut little tiino and no inclination to respond to tho coininunica> tion of "Lancaster" which appeared in your paper of June 13th last. And now feel that reluctanco to examining this matter, ^ that a man should always feel, when about ^ to handle a nasty thing. Rut be assured ^ did I not hope to make an impression, that may do somo good to a vicious, obtrusive troublesome citizen, I would now . ., i lu? Sllotll Now to the comtnuuicntiou of the 13lb. WIihI a splutter ! The flutter of pigecne shows where the shot struck. I fired into a dirty rough, expecting to pepper some dirty fallew, when lo! somebody ww sorely sprinkled, who uses every means an uncandid man can use to induce the belief he is somebody else. Now Mr. "Lancaster," who, most probably, came bore bat a few years since, and have arrogantly assumed to yourselfthe name of the district, "and must needs b)a lawgiver in Isreal to day," if you are conscious of having acted otherwise than discreditably, why those vile subterfuges to hide your real qsma and calling with which your dirty communication abounds? At ter yon had written your communication of the 18th ; or to speak figuratively, after you were delivered of that loathsome compound of low personal a I hiss, sneak ing subterfuge, dirty insinuation, pnlpaple disregard of truth, mental imbecility and ( pilAre malignity, did yon feel ashamed * of the nasty thing, or eackle over it, lis a silly ban over her recently laid egg f Do tell us, did you feel like a clergyman, or a blackguard! Poor Hi tie fellow, you must ' hare been badly hurt, surely no animal, not even the skunk himself could pour forth such a sfaiWo of fiJth from a slight ,*?U?d. [t I # & " ? t , t~ , .. j?~" - 1 ' 1 That "Lancaster" "has always been on and rms of tbe greatest friendship" with the poali ancasier I)nr', that the Bar received his land ande'rous attack en their character as A jcetit men in the Spirit of kindness; that tlae '. 0. B.' ever pursued a helpless foe, or ??I^ .Inched any one intbe rear,or dodged tiny iter view or conflict that a gentleman . 0f al light engage in. When "Lancaster" in- pap] miates, or asserts any one of these things, ^ricl ? use his own language, "he it guilty of p-wl palpable falsehood," Taj|( You kick any body Into notico you tellij oor gump-hend ! Tis true I may liavo nGT( red to but little purpose in this life. But gggu have long since acquired a reputation, him, nd been raised to places of public distinc- The on, as the freewill offering of men to i( igb in the literary world, wLicb puts it j at of the question that you can either ive mo any thing or take any thing froin gon| ic. Lancaster would have you to be* w|jC eve ho does not know T. O. B. that he innot tell whether T. O. B. is married ono r single, that he has shot a "bow drawn rRg( t a venture"and yet with an air of pharisa- Rn(j al hypocrisy assumes to have a knowledge f my religious habits, religious knowl. lge, the moral influence I am ex- j)RV rting on society, nnd finally denies to Gf a ic a auflicietii acquaintance with the con ill 11a (n /In I nrrr.ino *?!*? /w\ho?!???Iao - ,v,v uv?m iiaiaiv num. VVIIOHVUICO Jown-right profanity" and horrid And vou ivolling blasphemy.'' In this opinion Lan- onc, lister differs widely from nn intelligent j,pM lan, and an elder of long standing in the ^j,x hurch, who on hearing T.O.B.'s answer to gjro onrfirstcoinmunication rend,declared that gre, T.O.B. was not a member of the church tQ o understood the duties of a christian Wrts lighty well." Partiality for me did not 'arp that man's judgement, friendship jn,p >r me is not among his failings. me Now if "Lancaster" as lie declares, docs tjerj ot know me, has shot a "bow drawn at |ent venture," cannot say whether I am mar- ^ w ied or single; from whence comes the ^ isinuation and direct charge of want ol jaj| eligion tf'c. on the part of T. O. 1) I To fort liis there is but one answer, it emies pom the cess pool of his own bad CUp eait, where among other disgusting liings, palpable disregard for truth has xcd its strong hold. ,ultj Tom Paine'a Book to which Lancaster limbs, 1 have never read, and never excct to read. From the dirty specimen of tv vulgar personal abuse, with which ffoj Lancaster" has presented us, it would bo jy ? 0 great stretch of the imagination to pro (nij nme. that he had made the vulgar inli- ]^|r els coirse book bis |>ocket companion, jmv ?r a coarse and disgusting liook it must for e, if half be true I have beard ill regard jJ4;r 5 '* pat Thank heaven I am not responsible to (he Lancaster" for my religious opinion*, regious habits or religious knowledge.? fani tut to that Being of Beings v ho spoke ne into existence, lias tints far conducted c|tn ne with unerring band, through the stor <Jov uy vicissitudes of a bard life, and now, flt.g 1 ben the frosts of nearly an half century hed re gathering over my bead, lias left in nag ay tiosoin an unextinguished ray i?f hope wol bat "Lancaster" can neither give nor take je| way. In the nnme of the C eator of all ^er bings, may that ray, yet rise "a cloud by ^n( lay and a pillar of tire by night" to guide ity weary feet, through the desert of life, CJ|l o a home in a better world beyond the pave. There, in the namo of bint, who ^ sine to save a lost world, may I meet all wj( ny fellow mortals, for I fully ladieve, that ju he Omnipotence that can prepare tne fur uch a home, can purify and prepare even he uiif.?rtuna':o creature"Lancaster" hiin- m(J elf, where little is given little is requited ter ind nothing is impossible with Oinnipo- tur ?nce. rwjl When you penned that unequivocal, * ? indoniable, inexcusable, wanton falsehood eai if falsehood's, in which you charge me cat villi making an attack or onslaught oa blc he cler gy of Lancaster District, did no cev tlush of shame suffuse your downcast Ces ace I For if the moral nualiiiMi deter. ?.: _ .. -J III! nine the pysical appearance of the man, pUi is you have maintained, you must be an "L indcrlooking fellow. cxt In iny first communication, with the (be tvowed object of correcting a rumor which of lad gone abroad, charging a minister of he he gospel, with being the author of the cat ilanderous, cruel and wanton personal del mirages I have been treating and by oil say of protecting the purity of the cler- hoi (yinan'e character from so grave a charge oec >r so foul a blotch, in subetanoe here ie I r what is maintained?that no man into tio whose soul had hcen infused that lienevo his ence which said "father forgive them dir hey know not whsffltifc^o," could com- roc nit a wanton cnMH^mal outrage; in I ?uld indulge in a veu^OT levity when rc* ed mking and endeavoring to correet grave eoi ind revolting enormities; could maintain eai it any connexion' or under any c* flit annstanoas, that the word of Ood would be tare no more binding influence OQ hit eai nind and cooed Mice than Georgia Soenea I act >r the interior novel Horse Shoe Kobineon; | <p? ;ouid go oni of hi* way to eatrh a pretty j ?ir jirl and kiae Iter twice ; could perpetrate I the iint otber dingMing thrite kitting i?d<4- in eacy. And nil thin, trhen In the net of or ttbakittg, (1 ueer hie own languge) "alto- of < jetlier uncalled for" "downright prolhnl- dir y" ' horrid end rewriting blaepkeeny and M ow and diaguettag vulgarity," which, had u? wen (meticed "hi preeente of ladta, of yu leccnt, and higl.ly ?*efeetaUe WWh* ?W ? - Wk ' & ' * . Jl* * ' under h? own by men high in lion, nod in the high places of lb? k' . \ J nd this is what you call an attack on clergy of this district!! Wby Mr. ncastcr" even yonr gump beaded imlity, cannot be plead, in extenuation n incorrect statement so clear and pal' le. My poor little fellow your shallow c to ei/gage the clergy of Lancaster eict in your defence, will be of no aThe clergy of Lancaster are an in gent body of men, they are good be>lent men, they will pity you, but rdat red tbey will never stretch fortli their ds to pull you out of a dirty "scrape. * y had nothing to do in getting you in* now maintain, that no person qualit to be a minister of that Divine Pof>ge, who came to save a lost world| spoke as never man spake,who went a1 t doing good and teaching men to lord another,could havecoramiltod the out1 m, with which I have charged you; which you have not even attempted id K trove, and moat certainly no man qua!* I to be a minuter of tVe gospel, could; e dreamed, even in the troubled tleeff burning fever, of writing your filthy imunication of the 13tl? June last* ' by your low vulgarian) 4'totber house1' moan Lancaster jail, I auttver I was p, for two weeks, an inmate of that se. In my younger day, when my >d was hot and my hand somewhat ng, I had a contest with a man of it physical streugth. He complained the constituted authorities that ha badly beaten. I plead guilty to tbo rge, and was sentenced to two weeks risonment. But the Judge led it with to say wheu it would suit inc to un50 the sentence; which was equiva. to saying, apply to the governor aud ill be remitted. This I would not do. the end of two weeks I repaired to the , found one of the debtors rooms cornably furnishod for my reception, which Judge had told the 8herifif I could ocy. The door remained open, my friends ted me daily, the little girls of the viL 3, for the reason that I had done them I their mothers some kindness, filled room with flow.-rs, which they visited ly, and watered with their own hands, m morn till eve the tnerry laugh and ic step of innocent childhood was raroibient from my room. Such was my trisontr.ent?what do you think of it, , " Lancaster." By the wry, prisons c none of the terrors for me they have bad nun, who are troubled with appreisiona that through a prison they may s to some scene of infamy, in which y may be the " observed of all observ" Two objects should appear on a lily coat of arms of mine, wore 1 to de!> such a thing. One, a beardless youth ined to a floor, the blood trickling mi bis leg as the cold iron entered the h; the other, the same youth with clubI gun, dashing through the wild carpi of a desperate fight. The former uld represent my grandfather, iu Cain1 jail, a prisoner lo Cornwall!*?the lathis bearing through many a bard ght battle of the revolution. When Lancas ter, in hit first communw ion, introduced the idea of the estimate 1 ladies would place on the beauties of 1 Judge's face, under circumstances >r? litf Miiilil not if l^m I.. -Ca- I hia cruel boeom that vibrate* to a ling of human sympathy, hav? exclud* from his raind the image of a wretched >ther and her gri?f-overwbelroed daugh?, whose tear-galled eyea were often ncd imploringly on that Judges face, L to estimate hie beauty, but to disoover olren of tbet benevolence which * Lanier's" heart has naver felt, and his bend i never understand. Over the eold- - ' oded cruelty that could have introdnI such an iden under soch eircumstao* I thought I detected a shade of sotno ng?how shell 1 designate it?well, t it down disgusting levity. But when aucasier" went far out of his wuy to ch a pretty girl aud kisa her twice, I ind that shade fast ri|>ening iato colore less questionable character ; and when perjietrawd that other ^altogether onled for," inexcusable, thrice kissing inicacy, I had no doubt that among ?cr disgusting things that had found n me in his bed heart, was want of fc >cjr m thought had fee'ing. m?t vbw and tha p?r*graph in kb oomnMDN*' n of J una 13ih, ia which kumealt* ?* favorita lopb of woman aliWUihig, m ty thing, waiting to araMjfraliag o# * xleaty or common dneaik^ptood awO bold raliaf to arary diacarhing aya, dtaU with tha blaak ichor thai caa ooly i from a rory bad heart. From whence na tha dirty iaainnation la thb ntat by paragraph I M Lancaster dacbaew doe* not know T. O. M>, eea*aqwe*?tlr< i know nothing about bb priaata ahaaav. I caa aaa bwt own nnawaa b thar Mtios, till Ihi womiw a?p acta lb1 to* of fry rtopncuMo My, wad tW mgUu amI ftekaga of * hm4 bwh iw ill A AflltkA /> lift ? lanl A #K I* (A! t MH ?BUfC ClrwvMrlt P MYMW to ftl> lk? riativ* ctogymnn, b<tv?l yi?M tbkw?fi 1J paf.g?j4#4 t ffeiak not, In n pnpw, Abnaqtmit u JKiivn Ml., ilonthn Jn-Os of4w{m}f?l pubttedoeMf'V off* mmm exptnnaikw i , /*. *