The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 26, 1856, Image 2
[ From the Kdtjcfleid Advertiser.
I'lht Btate and tho South.
Nothji? has yei'occurred to induco us
to ihodifjr our lately expressed conviction:
th*? the Statu of South Carolina is [at
heart) In favor of udriling in any ellort I
that may be made, at Cincinnati or else- 1
* h*rO| for the go<-d of our whole country l
ami (specially for tho security of South- ' J
vrn t ights. It is hard to believe that a J i
people, who profess (as we do) to he gov- I t
ern**d in our policy by an enlarged patriot- ' &
should turn a deaf oar to the call for j 1
help against the enemies of constitution*11?
liberie, which is now sounded along thy j <
whole line of American States, !' i* y?>? j I
more diliicult to realize the assertion, so |
confidently vaunted by a few members of ]
the C trolina Press, that the people of our
State have no sympathy with a movement <
whose main objects (as far as we are to j i
be implicated) are tlie upholding of tho M
broad rights ot our section and tho further- ' i
ance of Southern affiliation. To credit ei- j
ther of these propositions, would be to As- ]
perse the character of our fellow citizens
for' prtriotism and common scipa-; aii^
this we shall not d<> until tho facts of the t
case compel us to that conclusion. As ,
matters stand at present, these facts large- r
ly preponderate on the side of propriety j
and expediency or at least what we eon- j
sider such. Let it be remembered that, ! 8
in what has been done in South Carolina \
towards preparing for a representation in j
the approaching I>einocartic Convention,
the weight of mere political leadership
h*S Ili'tHI liirffKli1 u.lvurtn ?.?
? v *v>ovt iV ??* ! I'liiMpn*
ti(Vi. The most influential journal in the
Stale too (so, because ofits age, ability and
extensive circulation) has exerted itself to
the utmost in the suppression of all uprisings
of popular sentiment in favor of join- .
ing our Southern brethren at Cincinnati. <
Another Charleston paper of high reputation
and wide circulation?a paper which
besides exercising considerable control by
the usual reasonableness- and- force of its
suggestions; Ifasi also the complete direc
tion of whatever Know Nothing feelings
exists in dtllorentr- parts of the State?
unites with ?ts metropolitan neiglitor in
this -dampering process. The papors of |
next largest and most general scope aro
probably those of Columbia ; and of those,
one has been bitterly hostile to a representation
while another (wo aro sorry to say)
seems to liaveboen chiefly engaged in adjusting
its- sails to the weather gauge.?
Add tc this, that tho movement to ciiccL
h representation was awkwardly begun
wirl has not been systematically prosecuted
in any part of our State. Then consider
the fact, that much has beou done
by the people in favor of, and Httle or
nothing in opposition to, the measure under
consideration ; and tho conclusion
seems obvious enough, that the Stale-v. ill
go, and go legitimately, into tho great I,
meeting of Democrats which is to cotno ?
off at Cincinnati in June n?-xr. |
For one, wo have based our position in c
this matter, from first to last, mainly upon
Southern grounds. At the same time
we hold that, by going into the (Jonven
tion, South Carolina will be giving up ?
none of her ancient-independence. i>he |,
will not be endangering her States' rights t,
code of political ethics. She w ill not be 1 |,
pandering to ultra-liationnl sentiments.? I j.
She will not become more a scrambler for
?lacc and profits than she is at present.
ro?she will go to fight the battle of the t
<
wviiiiuuiiuu mm mo noutn. i>!u.' win t i
go at the call of her sister Georgia. She
will go to meet the hopes of all the other f
Southern States. Sim will go to prove to j
them that she is ready in good faith to
enact h<?r part in the last ae* of the great c
drama that now approximates its conir.'.niination.
In doing- this1'*he scorns the v
false imputation of unworthy motive*. N
She hoars with suspicion the svren voice ;
that Iure6 her back with the tale of a ho- j
called-44 time-honored policy." Sh? will
not lie hnnger with-held from the common .<
fight. T he camp itself is in danger, and | ,
none may now stand aloof frovV'.lie thick- ,
ening engagement* I,
Looking at the question front this t
Southern stand ) oint, we are unable (he t
it honestly confessed) to consider with pa ?
tienco the arguments of the opposition.?
Honestly conceiving that our State stands
pledged to all manner of righteous co-op
wation with her Southern allies, and firmly
believing that the occasion at Cincinnati
will he one at which the uriitc<hSoulh may 9
he instrumental in shaping (and perhaps
in-fixing) the future destiny of our section ! ^
of ottr countrvj we oan see no sufli- j
cient reason why'Sooth Carolina should ( e
not be thero as well as Viaginin, Alabama, ;
Mississippi and the rest. The 14 time hon 1
oVed-policv " argument ini^ht hnwe had ! ^
some little weight antecedentto the-yew j ?
ld&2. Since then, it has become but-the | 81
hollow semblance of an ezcuso for prilling 1
around the decision of that memorable e
year, a decision markedly and emphati- '
cally conclusive a# to South Carolina iso- '
Jation. Tint even supposing that the do "
oision of '42 had never transpired, the *
" tiine-honored policy " argument is n | '
pitiful thing when confronted with the 1 '
present commanding necessity for close, 1
constant, perfect, ingenuous concert of ac- '
tion in all Southern efforts that have for !
their ond the vindication of Southern <
rights and the triumph of constitutional <
republicanism. Cur Whigs and Know ' '
Nothings may object that by harmonizing, 1 1
with Southern Democrats we do not;'
achieve effectual concerted action. Ail
reasonable Democrats, however, know <
tiiis objection, to ho mere gammon, seeing '
that to iiniletlke power of the Democracy ; '
at tho South is cqihvn!oi>t toj uniting the j '
South. Tho nrgurrKT.t adduced from the '
possibility of rontarr.bWtrcn; by mingling (
with Northern Dnuocfufs ?t Cincinliati, '
is too superficial to merit attention, ft is '
h poor estimate of the integrity and firm- 1
ness of the Carolina character, that wbuld '
pronounce it endangered Ly nttcli coinigu '
itr. Weak indeed is our-virtue and ?m 1
worthy the protection of any snf.-gmrrds, 4
if we are to be demoralized by so s'impl# n
circumstance. Itut it is apprehended tbnt 1
we are also to be fa-Carolina-wed by (hit
step. If to act iu accordance with the de- r
manda of tlie times, to shape our course ^
According to the changing difficulties that 1
beset us, and to bend to the wishes of our
spirited Southern confederates, is to do- 11
Carolina i/e ourselves, then let the inno- *
ration oomo?the sooner the bettor.?
Used at this time, and with reference to
the proposition to work with our best, our
oaly lriend.1, IB the coming convention, lha <!
-
|k
word M d?-Carolina-\ze " Ubut "sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal."
The real cause of opposition in this
movement in our Statu may not after nil
Intro been fairly sot forth. It may poasi- 1
bly l>e found in the fears of ultrn-constrvatires,
that a new course of ntbiirs would
thereby bo instituted and a new lino of i'
Kilicv established amongst us, which ('
would speedily result 'in' giving tho elec- .'
ion of Presidential electors \o tho people. 11
some such fears have been expressed.? j ^
Without questioning the probability of
inch an ercnt, we would respectfully in- i *
lite a word of caution to any who may j ^
tvj influenced in their feelings t' w ards the |
present conremion uiovement by an np
prehension of this kind, Hownru how you '
plat e your State conservatism in the way .
A SouillWn" redemption, lest haply you j
neurihe curses of an incensed people, nnd
>*on an I your conservatism he swept into a ,
totnmon political grave. ' . J *
bafiies' Calhoun Monument Associate
tion.> -. t o ^ . .
A quarterly meclin j'of the Association t n
ook place on the Cth insf,, at winch there j p
vaa present a large number of ladies, who i
nnnifested a continued interest iu their ! j]
mtriotic enterprise. J ?|
The Treasurer reported the following (
Ltnounts as received since the last quar- 1 j,
erlv meeting: j ^
?rom a city Directress, ?03 00 < 0
41 Another, 44 10 00 ! f,
44 M'Uiticcllo, Florida, 8 00 ! s
44 a Planter of Sumter, 20 00 ! y
" a patriotic young Lady of L]
Columbia, 20 00 {
44 a Directress of St. John's L
Parish, 17 00 j ^
44 a Physician in Greenville, 50 00 ' n
41 a Lady of Providence. [P.. ,
I. formerly of this cit\y 20 00 ,
41 a Lady 'Directress of this 1 ;
c^ty," ^* 22 CO '
14 Another 44 la CO ! ;(
44 Interest in bonds and j (.
Stoek, 205 12 J t
44 a Lady of Laurcnsville, '*05 6o I
44 a City Directress, 2 00 j f
44 a Directress of Richland, C 00 f
5 00 L
? .. t .. i.. _r r i .
i <n i.ipwiiuw county,
(A!*..) 20 00 L
" ? Directress of Alabama, .7 00 ' s
" *' " Maysville, s
Sumter District, 17 00 t
" h Directress of this City, 12 0,^"
u a Lady, 5 00 .
" Part proceeds sale of "" ?
Meagher's address, 4 2 00 j"
Interest in Stock and ' ?
Bonds, 79 0* r
#.r>D8 22 f
To the above, should ho ??1 - " " c
led ft stint received fioin't!\a old r
lock holders of the Oharlesion ! (
lotel Company, by the hand* t
f II. \V. Connor, ICx.j., iu Slock, 1 170 8.7 j
*1 7G8 85
The Ladies offer their thanks to Mrs. >
ihuckmnn, in King street,' for a second j \
uindsotne piece ;of embroidery ' presented
o tin) Association, ami also to tin* Stock i,
loldcrs of tin- late Charleston Hotel ComHnv,
for the above liberal donation. .j
The sums collected by the % led.'as- [
mount now to about ?10,500 whi eh a
hey have invested in puhir-r.securities at
merest. 1 * r- i,
With a vit?w to thu increase of their j.
unds, and to the cml that this work of
inblio gratitude.'mny be soon commence I ,,
ind pressed to a speedy and successful
onsumniHtion, it wax rco'ved, that r
Jommiltees he raised in e.iih ward to
vait upon the ladies in their respective u
\nrds, and invite them to a participation 0
n thu undeitaking, and a contribution to /
ts resources. * j
It cannot he that thero is not public ?
pirit or patriotism enough to erect a mo- ?
uorial of gratitude to the name am) serines
of Calhoun ; and it is confidently }
lopoJ that the generous ami praisewor 0
hv exertions of the ladies will he met on ^
ho part of our citizens in a corresponding
pirit, and will he crowned with a signal c
md well-merited success.
The Fate of the Pacific.
The probabilities connected with the abenco
of the l'aoifie,?in view of the rr.teb
igence by ibe Arabia,?are touched uptm
v all the New York papers. All now tl
H?k with liope and anxiety for intelli- C
;encc from the Western Isles. h
The Courier says:?"Our hope (of the n
'aojfic) is yet strong. < >ur latest dates ! (i
;om the Western Islands aru to the 3d 1
f February, and we shall look w ith much h
olieitudu for the next intelligence from 1
hose islands, which is likely to l>? roceiv- P
d here about the latter port of this n
nonth." ' d
* The Journal of Commerce says:? h
There is only one circumstance that r
ends to identify these doors (semi by the i
klinbttrgl us lielotiging to some steamer, ; f
nstead of a packet, viz: that ocean steam- \
irs generally htw e a cabin on deck, w here- c
is packets do not; and that, in cast of a \
itcanier going down, some of the cabin t
loom might pmaibly float otf -ami lodge i
in tho ice. Tlnse consideration* nmv t
inrrow the circle of conjecture a* to what ' f
vessel, if any, has been lost, hut it does t
lot establish the loss of the I'wilic." ' I i
The Tribune says:?"It is now fifty i
lays since she put to sea, and if sIia had ; I
lot met with an accident, and still kept >
in her course, site could hardly hare failed |
o reach our coast In-fore this. 1 Visibly, ' ;
towever, she ha? sailed in a crippled con- J r
lition for the Azores or Western Islands. ; t
If she has attempted this, fire and twen- I
v days would In* a fair allowance of time n
ror Iter to reach Fayal. Supposing her to
taro arrived safety there in that time, we
??ld scarcely hear from Iter iu less than J
ihi/tjs nays more, and might not in forty j
ir fifty. ' Tho communication with the t
Western Inlands it whol!" by sailling vet- <?
o?ts, and t?>? intercourse (infrequent.* c
*1*be sun says r -^"-Thero is 110 sufficient r
aime for abandoning hope cf her safety. ^
She may soon l>e heard fioin at the Wen- |
em Isles, though in a disabled aiate.'S (
The fact that the " Kdinburg picked c
ip none of the articlos twen, which might \
hen have l>een identified, is also general- j
y commented on. .
James I.ynn recently died in Fairfield j
listrkt, sged 100 years' i 1
From, the Charter (on Mercury.
Kansas Meeting in Williamsburg. #
On Monday, the 3d instant, a respects r
jlo number of the citizens of Williams
>uig assembled in the Court llouso ih
Kingatrce, for the purpose of devising
measures for performing their portion or
iho great duty which the whole South
i\ve< to itself?the securing to its ranks as .
nt nliy ami sister the States soon to bo |
united from the new Territory it? Kansas. j
Da plain John A. Salter* was cal'ed to ilic !
ibair, nnd Mr. John R. Royd appointed j
ecretary. f he'ehairrttan 'briefly announc
*1 the object of the meeting^ ' '*
On moi.jn of Mr. J. \Y. McClutcheon.
L WHS
Revolved, That n committee of five lie j
kppointed to prepare resolutions for the ;
onsideralion of llie meeting.
The following gentlemen were appoint- '
d : Col. S. T. Cooper. Dr. D. M. Mason, | \\
lessrs Jas. W. Keels, J. W. McClulcheon { nd
John Mclnnis.
Tire committee, after conferring a short ni
nre, reported the following preamble and
esoluliops, which were unanimously adop- j ^
cd; I w
Whereas it is the duty of the people of
lie States to guard with cease-lees vigilenco .
heir constitutional liberties and msthu '
ions, and to avert by manly efforts any
inpcnding danger and encroachment.?
Iud whereas the issue is now faiily nnd
penly before tlio Soutbern people to step n<
itrwnrd and plant the standard of the intitutions
on the soil of the United States
.nowit as Kansas Territory, thereby adling
strength nnd dnrability to the instiiilion
of slavery ; or by supinely folding
heir arms, regardless alike of their inter- h;
st nnd r'ghts, to permit Freesoilism, with tl
ill its {terrors and threatening danger, to W
eigft Irrurtiphant,'and' sobvfert the fti'nda ' n
nontal principles of our Government. Re I
. .1 c
i iiierctoro
Jitsolrcd, 1st?That it is, in the opinint
-of this infecting, the duty and policy
f the Southern States to make Kansas a H<
have State. ?
Itcxolciu, 'id?That a committee of o
ive be appointed by the chair to raise
utuU by subscription for the purpose of jj
le'ruying tlie expenses of emigrants to (j
van.sas as pro slavery men. That each
(migrant bo allowed the sum of $200, j
uul that, should there be any surplus, the j
ante be expended ns it. the judgment of 1
lie Cominilteo maybe deemed best.
Jteaoieed, $\l?'That this meeting np*
trove of the suggestion that each congrcs [ n
ional district shall unite to raise a com- ; ^
tany of one hundred men ; and that so ^
ire willing to meet at any place which | '
nav be designated for that purpose.
Jietoli'td, 41It?That a committee of j "
ive be appointed, and fully authorized to |
o-operale w ith our sister districts'ill any ' ?'
ncasure which may 1ft* projtoseti, and that j
hey be conjt let I'd delegates* to represent
his meeting. ' ^
Tito chair announced the following i
oimuittccs: Cominilteo to collect suit | *
criplions.?Col. S. J. Montgomery, Col. i nl
I. 1. Cooper, Cap*.. A. K. Ijrahnui, inul |
lessrs. J. \V."Keels and S. K. Graham, i
>n motion, l>r. 1). M. Mason was added ; at
a this committee. n<
Committee itr' pursuance of Uesolutioii j ji
th.? 1 >r. 1). M. Mafcon, Messrs. J. 11.1
'rosslef, J A. Gordon, \V. O. Bradley '
till John Melnni*. ' ' ->
Mui'Cii and Jiesclrtd?That the com
niue<* to1 receive -cnMributidus l?e author- 1,1
ted to select from tho?o who oiler to e?n- w
rrate such men as tbev may consider p
nost proper. ? ?
Also Jlfsolfrd?That this committee
eport to this meeting on the 17 th ins;.
A call was made lor emigrants, wherepon
five young gentlemen immediately g
tfercd their services to their country.? ^
iboul if600 have already been pledged,
ro doubt Williamsburg will do much ^
doro towards furnishing both tneu and 1'
iioney for the ennse. w
It was ordered that the Charleston
Jercurv, Sumter Watchman, and paja-rs
f the first Congressional l>istrict, be re[uested
to publish these proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
n the 17ih instant.
J. A. SALTER, Chair'n. u
J. It. Boyd, Sec'ry. ''
Kingitree, March 5, 18oC. ')
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Another District f'
We learn from the Cheraw Guzfttte
liatn largo assemblage of the citizens of w
IhesterfiMW District convened, Sales-day n<
ist, and appointed the following gentle ui
ion to represent the <Li*trtct"in the May I.
lonvention,1 at Columbia: Dr. Thos.-K. V
'ow:,1 - Jolm -A. Inglis, Esq., If. Mclver, p<
'Aq.,<Ien. J. W. Blakeney, Col. W. L. T. J,,
'ritico, Mmsn. Hugh Craig and Geo. W.Ijwnccr.
On motion, tlio chairman of the
m-cting, Dr. Alexander Williams, waa adled
to tlidT humber. Delegates have now ?
?cen appointed by f ?urtben-Jof the-twonty- w
lino districts in the State, and -arrange- ?
nents are in progress for meetings mi the '
irst Monday in April, in several1 thoso ?
vhich have not yet taken position. The si
>pposition journals to the contrary net- ?.
vithstnnding, it is now n settled'fact that*
ho Convention will m^et, and that there
n a majority of the districts will l?e rcpre- i
ented. When wo consider that the I
riends of the measure mere fercod to con- i *
end against the mighty weight of author- , ^
ty, "time-honored policy," prejudice, ?nd v
i iMitirrul tendency towards utter somno- v
encr, we anr inclined to regard the result n
is a most decided success. b
How does our coteinporary, the Cnroli- p
in Timet, fancy the complexion of things, f
iow? W?nld it 'not'hw well to take % p
i pipe full of it, and with quiet, iinperturruble
gravity, smoke it butt i uchiis our ^
id vice.? York-rill? Kmjnirer, - *
Murder ok an Kiutok.?The Koseius- 'l
:o (Miss.) Chronicle of the 23d tilh, con (
ftins the particulars of the delil>erate mur- f<
ler of its editor and proprietor, Charles a
I. Lamshury, on the previous Tuesday e
rening, by one Itic'd W. Payne. It ap- t
.cars that Pa in bury and Payno had pre j,
iously had a quarrel, during which the fl
atter was slightly wounded with a dirk. a
)n the evening of the mnnfef, Payne t
Hint to Kosciusko armed with a double ! ^
laureled shot gun, and shot Lamhury as i
10 was going from the office to his hotel, ' x
luttiug seventy-two shot in the right tide u
if his victim who etpired in great agony j
n about thirty minutes afterwards.? i k
['ayne fled. ' i fi
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LANCASTEIIV.LLE. B.C.
"KDXESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20,
A beautiful little rose bloomed in 01
icstie garden cirele on Mot.day the 1'
11 the Monday following, we re-plant
nide one more fully expanded, but
ithered, drooped and died, in October,
If this paper is deficient in any way,
> our excuse is good.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
M.?Communications of a personal
ster, ns yours, we dccliuu publishing.
The Enigum would be difficult to s?
nd is not worth the trouble.
B. B. S., Ala.?Money received, and j
?nt. Much obliged for efforts in ou
nir, and consider it ample tompeftsaff
?c matter you apeak of. Will be'pH
> receive further evidences of your
ess.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe
lldft. Jon* McQit.ln has k
t?nt a member of our family ecvernl pi
f garden seeds, fur which ho will ai
nr thanks.
The Hon. A. 1'. ntm.r.K and llun 1
Iuookh have also placed us under ol
una hv their kindness in furnishing us
undryspowltca. "
HE DOCTOR'S SUMMONS ; OR 1
HUNT. '
We promised in our prospectus an <
al Novelette in Verso, to be eomtuc
>e latter part of tjiis^ month, or earl
prit. ' \Vu shall in our next paper pu
art li.st; the caption of thin article I
ic title of tho Story. We arc dctern
? mrtku the Lkdoer onc'of the very
oufttry papers.
THE LATE REV. R. W. DUNL
We have reeeivod a enpy i f ti.e Ha
iwn Mail, containing a lengthy prea
id resolutions of respect ;o the memo
ic late Rev. U. W. Dunlap. As we
ready pnliliahed a long obituary n i
mx r?'?*ui nun iih warci*, w i con^M.Tr '
rccs-vary to devote more sp .00 to
ct.
LEGISLATIVE TIM7.5.
Mr. I'. T. IIammomi has kiud.y |?r*i?
? with ?\ ropy of tlie l,eginlnti>oTiiiie
hioh ho will accent our thanks. The
romiscd us bv thtS Ti't.es, has nevbfr
I ue. ' " ' *'
DUEL.
A dud was about to take place beti
. Ci. Karl, tl*q, editor of the Ami
azette nud Dr. MetU, of Union di<
rowing out of a dispute on the Conve
ucstion, hut bv the interposition of fri
lot happily fi intra ted.
RECEIPTS. AC.
In another column we publish the ret
f those who have act!led for their paj
tie time. We embrace this opporti
?tender our'thanks to 'those friend*
rive *0 promptly com'6 to our relief, fo
r gentlemen, wo needed money. In
inflection, %ve also tender unfeigned tl
>1 the many manifestations of kiiidMo
avc received. At no previous period
e numbered ns many subscriber* na v
ow. This evidence of appreciation pro
?, na it should, to exert ourself to mat
edgek an interesting nnd useful p.ap
i'e do try to do ?o, nnd our hope am
relation ia, to render the Ledger still
orthy of favor.
Some Rn\\* never paid h* for the ]
ive they comni'drtoed taking it?the n
F these will appear In Hint H'ack lint,
heh. " W ' are unwilling to fitVe the n
f clever gentlemen beside those who a
> hnvii lust sight o'f tlie true character
lining to such, nnd therefore we will
uch i.aiuea in n conspicuous place, ni,
?rrvf etrirgent mwn* le get our mono
COURT MATTERS.
The busiHAWf fff Ooflrt OOetTpidl the \
reek and then w as nof all despatched,
aturday afternoon, his Honor, Judge
kr passed iorfteticc1 on those found gui
iolntions of the law. Two found gui
^tailing spirits without licence, were
no hundred dollara each?una nnab
<iy n fine, two months imprisonment,
iam McK. Mittao for assault on
If.ech, whs sentenced to four month*
risonnieiit, nnd one hundred dollars
Vo would have published, without cl
He report of the Grand Jury, had it
ainlctl to us. We heard it read Li
'lerk, ' 'J'he Town Council were rep
ir the had condition ( f one of our si
nd three persons for retailing nil hoi
*nice.?We weftt sorry to see so nun
oxication', ss several persohs exhibile*
ag Ihp former part of the week, i
ihliged his Honor to cage three of
nd an imposition of a small fine. To
he last, however, the people were vei
lerly, nnd taking it nil in all, behaved
veil. Several paid ns their subscrip
nd ninny friends brought us the nnin
lew subscribers. Ws were encourag
iud w ords, but still more so by inort
'iblc evidences.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY.
Content# of January number: Table Talk;
Reformatory School; Mcnnndcr; Henry >1
; Neology of the Cloister; Ijmd- t
scape Gardening; The Zoological Gardens; I
The Results and Prospects of tho War. c
Leonard Scott St Co., N. Y. t
A NEW BOOK. I
WanzeiS, McKim A Co , Publishers, Buf- t
falo, N. V., will issue from their Press, the S
j latter part of this month, a new work, ciiti- n
! tied " Tangletown letters, by Timothco* 1:
i Tr pp, Esq It will be fully illustrated, t
i end from the t ilde of cent nts, promises to e
i be a book of much interest. ? '
| . ^ississippt river rising. t
| The following' is extracted from a letter t
] recently "received from a friend in New Car. 1
1S50. i thnge, I?r'. i j I
, Tho Minsissippi River is ruiug at a very 1 v
ir do rapid rate, about three feet in twetity?$ur ^
;th j hours. A high water ia generally antudpat- j
cd it b>" *bo c'''Zl>n" "I Louisiana. and tho
. , 1 planters are bnsily engaged in repairing 1
' hnd their I*vecs. t
1854. i mm ? p
au re- CALHOUN MONUMENT. 1 ,
In another column, we give the proceed- o
I ings of the Indies' Callioun Monument As- f
i sociation recently held in Charleston. Most i v
char- nobly have the directresses of the Assoeia- ' n
! tion gone to w crk to erect a suitable memo- J t
'I up, rial in perpetuation of the memory of one a
of the greatest Statesmen the world has cv- L
mpcr or produced. The I-cgislaturo iu 1853 rr- j <1
r be- fused to aid in tho matter, and at tho u
on Iu time, we really welc ashamed to aeo men, n
r/Ai'i Who, hit'vlng been ' hlwayi' enthusiastic in j a
kind- praiso' ofCSrcSlina's great Statesman when v
alive,' no\V,' when rio more, refuse to exhibit n
a feeling of gratitude, yen, even a sentiment a
of colliinen'datibn. ' The ladies, God bless 1 (
i. ji. < I
inillv u?irin mrir nan<M,and h?ve ii
ipera now teu''Zt>^ th? ium ?f Mouic 910,000. Are v
[ ? ept ol,r I?ancsstci unwilling to lend a
helping hand ? We think not. There ia as
( ^ much patriotism nnd gratitude hero as in
other sections, and we feel satisfied, that now I
>?i r.'l
Tih i,d ro'1^er * pre Ken ted to and for their con* j
! sidcration, tliev will allow by their contribu- | j
1 lions, that Lancaster District i* proud of
| JoilS C. Cat fiovx, ami takes delight in hav- e
fHE ino'an opportunity to coiitriLut* heV part to
j so uoble an object. " ' c
S ; THE TRIAL OF M. M. CHANEY. 1
y in As we stated in our last issue, the trial of ?
bliali M. M. Chancy, on the charge of ucgro steal- *
icing i ing, took place on Thursday last. This "
lined case created much vxciteuieiif, and gave rise *
best to considerable gossip.
It appeara that aometiinc during tho year "
of IS54,'a negro man m.uird Toney, ab-eon. "
de<f from the plantation of our fellow-eili* ^
' vis I'*vn. Dr. K. 1.. Cmwroiui. It was not until *
mble '',Kt ^ 'ptetnhAr) or October, over a year af- *
..r ter, that Dr. 'fit swrsiin could learn of Ids B
r.? w j
l*iye whereabouts, lie at that time received a
tiee letter from the ShcrifTof King William Co., *
Vn., stating iHkt a negro whs confined ih the ^
sub- i 'l' place, who said he belonged to J
j to Dr. CitAwronn, and wbs stolen ani sold
el
I .n Virginia. Dr. C. vv'eiit to* Virginia, recog.
.. . n
i)i/i*n me uny .M.trim, as mx negro roncy, "
proved Iiiui by h gentleman who necompn"lc^
tiied biiu lo be hit property, r.nd afterwords s
',,r kitld liiai. 'Tim boy had been sold in Yirginia
to u Mr. IWkll, by a man calling j f
each- Tovf.RT. From the confusion of I
Tonev, or Martin as he was known iu Yir '
tfiniA.tt seems that ToakuT wu no more 1
intr le?H (i'perSon than \f. M. C'lunr, who "
a'een resided in the upper part of thia Diatrirt.? 11
craou \(r I>u\vr.LL accompanied Dr. Caxw roan to f
"trwt, South Carolina, and immediately on hia ar. I
ntion rjVj|| here, Went with the Sheriff to aec Cha- *
end*, nEV, for the purpose of recovering hia "
money. In Chancy Mr Powell discovered 1
Mr. ToBEHT, and ao aceoated him.?The 1 r
Sheriff subsequently arrested Ciianky on' '
'eiptn the charge of negro atualing. In the d*f?r>C'',' 9
or to a bill of sale to Chankt was produced, pur. 9
ioily, porting to be from one Crayton, in con?id- B
who eratiotrfor $700 prid'fbr Martin,witnessed by
r tru- one WaW.ace. On the trial; Wallace wna t
thia no one know a w here, and the identity of i
tanks { .such a personage as Ciiatton, could not lie a
is we eatabliahcd. In behalf of the State, the So. I
have Ijeitor, Chi. Daw kiss appeared, and for the r
ro do defence, Messrs. Clinton and Callv?:uat. t
>mpt? The Council on either aide Jld'their duty.? 1
;e the A verdict of Gtll.ty wa? returned by the I
<*' ? Jury.? In consideration of the application to i
I ox* be made for n new trial, sentence was n?.? I
more pronounced by the presiding Judge.
We hare given only a brief account of r
paper this caao, for we do not deairo to aay ono j
sines word, which would Influence the minds of ?
next the people, cither in favor or against the on- ; *
amea lorliinate criminal. Ciianey has a wife and *
pjicar | U.rcc children, and on their account, wo t
per- | really regret that the proof adduced in the r
place | examination was so strongly against him, '
d try as to induce the verdict rendered. We jj
v 1 prudently refrain *r?B? My'n2 mors ao soon *
| as wh know the result of hia appeal, w e Will <
give it to our reader*.
aItole
f)n BUSIHE86 ^OTICES.
fJu>. We take great pleaanre'ih railing attrnlly
0f tion to the advertisement of Maoill. & CavIty
of ' THr* We h1"* l,,rg* number of aabecrifined
',pr# ,n *k?t and with much confi- i
le to dence, naaure them that if they desire good '
\Vil- ; nr''c'emf reasonable price a, they cannot '
jjl| do Letter iLnfc' by trying fhl* "conrcrn. The j
, jm_ firm is eoinposscd of gentlemen we iuire
line known a long time, and to know them ia to :
large '"teem thcin. Whatever tliey assort, may j
been *** r?'''? *! npon, arid we risk nothing in nay- '
. ! ing tliey will come up fully to their promiaea.
sorted ' ^',py have 00 h*hd full and carefully aarocta
"toeIt of all kinds of Good*, and their
nt li? "''jeet ia to tell therti. Heed their advk*fe, i
:h in- an<* ',n,'*'n to their atore to Iny in your
I dnr "P'ing and summer snppprs. '* ""
which 'pie Sheriff's Sales In this paper should , I
thorn, he p'oVticjlArly noticed.1 Ai tkill be nech,
wards ?etoral negroes will he sold, 'Onr gentle,
ry or- manly Sheriff informs m that they d?? very
very Hkely r cgrora, m much or morn no, than
tions, ony he has ever seen. The sale he a?fen
ea of ??, will positively take place on thn first
ed by Monday in April, aa advertised.
> tan. 8?e the new lottery Scheme advertised
in this paper. - ,
THE RESULT.
In spite of tho predictions of the Carot
irt Times ; ft prediction based upon itn a
icipatcd hope, and noticeable more partic
arly from the dictatorial sp'.rit which prouip
d it, South (Carolina trill be Represented
he Cincinnati Convention. Already fou
eon out of the twenty-cight fjistrieta <
he' State hiive Appointed delegate*,and ol1
rft will do so on the first Monday in Apri
lo far as I^ihcastcr District is coneernc
lolwIthAtdndlYig tile tauunt of the Orange
>urg Southron, \vc assert with confidenc
hat the majority of her citizens are in far
>r of the move. We are confirmed in tl
onvictio'i from tho opinions we heard du
rig last (Court) week. It would be iinpo
ie to call another meeting, but if one d
ake place, the mensuro would by ndopti
'V a jarge majority. "VV'ith the exception
.. monster, we know of no other Djstri
chore a meeting was railed to discuaa tl
ncasurc, but Fairfield. In nil the oth
districts, mectjn^js were called by ^liosc
avor of representation, nnd so certain w.
he conviction that the State favored jl
loliey of the measure nt this particular jun
urc, that with the exception of Sumter, t
p posit ion meetings were held.?As we b
r?rc stated, several o' our prominent citirei
rcro opposed to representation. At ll
lccting on Sales-day Inst, they eierti
hcmsvlvcs to defeat the measure, and tin
uccocdcd. It was thought tliat there WOu
>c no discussion, that the Uistrtcl won
eelaro itself in favor of sending dclegati
Tstnntcr, nnd those opposed (o us would h:
otjiing, seeing the futility of wasting won
nA weak argihnenta; friuii this cause,u.ni
ho would have l>ceri present "to give the
up'port. were deterred from coming. II;
II remained who first assembled in tl
'ourt'llbhae, we would have been large
1 the majority, but we were defeated in
tny very unexpected to us.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston March 2:1, 18'>6.
Yesterday was (loud Friday, and waa o!
erved by the typographical craft as a hoi
ay, by some of the churches with religiol
crcniouics.
The Court of Common Pica* is at pro
nt in session in our city, Judge C\u*
residing As usual, there arc many viol
ions of the taws, and, such guilty of the
ffences, will no doubt receive their fu
hare froin his Honor. It is a lung tin
ince we have noted auch so excitement i
"finrteaton. aa was occasioned by the trii
>f I^keman and Anderaon, for the mordi
if Capt Ayrea of tlio ship Ariel." Aa yc
re aware, tVo Captain of th? Ariel w:
bund d?ad in his berth one morning, wh?
boot fifteen days out, with the marks ?
iolencc made Tearfully upon him. Tl
nate, I<nkvman, took charge of the ship, a
rough! her into Charleston. At this poi
n inquest was held over lite body of tl
Taptain, and tlie testimony there elicitud.lv
o the arrest of Anderson and Iwikcman.[*hey
were both ably defended, and clearei
Hie opinion is, that Anderson was the tri
iturdeVer, but lie is now safe, for a nun
if* c innot be put in jeopardy twice for tl
arac otfeuco.
Our theatre Una Wen eminently uxxte
ul during thn present winter. Of stars, w
into had'Mr* Julia Dean Hayno, who ui
nlliusiastioslly welcomed by her Charlc
(tu friends. She haa many friends Iner
ind sonic one or two uf our old bsclirb
labobs, ware rnlftVr non ptussed, when tli
air actress was woh by the win of our D<
ile Robert 1*. ' present, w? have Mil
\jjnes Robertson, w ho ia quite n favor'n
ilso, and .\]>'. Dipt) Ijourcicault, the wiih
ia well as aeior.' Xlu la the author of sev
al dramatic plays, w hie'lj ijave been partici
arly successful. To night, we are to hai
i gmnd concert, by M'llo Teresa I'srodi, a
listed by the celebrated pianoist, Strakoscl
ind others of inusic.il fame.
TJiero have never Wen as many eonnti
uerchanta iu Charleston al ai?v previous p
led, as at present. Our wholtwale home
ire doing an extensive business, sod 01
mtels slso have a finger in the piu. W
low have a Ijjie of steamships running 1>
ween Philadelphia and this port. This
rcry desirable, and I hope it may eontinu
>ut the f,to of the liae formerly conncrtir
is with Baltimore, admonishes me,that Ih
may W equally short "lived.
(Jotton Is coianianding fair prices. I ai
lex prices.
COTTON.?The ?urnpoan ad> ice* n
eivtd early during the forenoon, had t!
iffv. t of strengthening the market and en
iting a moro general disposition toopeint
The sales in consequence reached upwarc
if 3,1250 bales, at a verv full range of pr
'e?, the following showing the particular!
I bales at 8 J; 15 at 8{; 1 69 at '?fc 87 at 9
17 at Uf; 1123 al +; t.J at 9f: 527 at 9|; 7
it 9{; 73 at t) !5-16; 506 at 10; 381 at 10
130 ?s iCj; 316 at 16*, a?.J 475 bale* at it
rnts. The market closed very firm.
Yours, 8.
Washington's Hirtiiday ix Pari* Hi?
great American ball in eomtneiuon
ion of the birthday of Washington ?clip
id byfar that of last year. About 80
>cr*ot.s were in attendance, and amoti
hese %ere the very elite of French ftoci
:y. The members of the l'efcce Confe
Mice, with the exception of those of Russ
ind Ttfrkby, were there*, ami (Jens. Cai
'oWrl, BWpef, St. Jesit d'Angely, N?:
md Forty wbfe also present, Smd attra<
*d attention.' 7x>/t)ft*Otafendon am! Cov
ev. and Cuimt llnol tlie tiin?iJ ? ??
ittentiorVunH nil remained quito late.I'lie
high officers of the Crown *?*e pre
tut, m? also the prMdcrita of (he gran
todies of state. The frfhrtifies Lafayett
V?ent de Oraaae, and Count Kochambea
were present. The grot How** wM fi
presented in the pcrsofti of Baron Roth
dlild, Kmilo Pereire, and Count de Mora
Fhe hall of the Hotel de Lonrre, whe
lie ball took place, wan brilliant, the I
lie* and their 'dreeaea were dazzling, i
isual, and the auppor waa a wonder
Frenchmen, even at tha Tuilleriee. Straa
Jeld the baton with en orchestra of for
musician*, and the company did n<>t bra
up till fire o'oioek. It waa the finest bi
jf .he mmjs.
Cointnuirimtiaus,
n- _ _
u* [ Fur lhe Ledger.
in i The Landaford Manufacturing Comr.
P
^f Mr. Kditor : I uuderstand the La.-id?ford
^ j Manufacturing t'ompany are to nicrt at
|j# j Lnndsford, on Friday the 4th April neit, for
j, ! (by purpose of obtaining more SStorkholdere;
making arrangements for the organization of
p the company, nitd if poaaible, to organize
r. tiie company fjlly. I presume it ia known
ie to most of your renders"\hat a chatter for
r_ that purpdec wo? obtained s^ (he last session
lj of the f.egisinture. There U Vio doubt bu(
l(j , tli.- water power, fall of water, and the site U
| abundant and favornble, and all that ia roof
' <l"ired tft put th* wheel ir. motion, is a few
i more stockholders. A Factory in our Die^
1 trict, and at Landsford, wouldj.be valuable
(>r ! to our people" and community. It would
|() necessarily tend to ?enhau?C the price ana
nt value of lands for miles around. A factory1,
lu with a number of hands there congregated^'
e% wod(d soop bo a smaU village: it would be
1D a ready market fof al| the produce, eapocia^
ly tli-- necessaries of 1lK?, which the. ydiintry
1S aro md about it, would have to spare. H*?.
1C J bides the exchange of coltort, '****"' pCT*,
,(j i corn, butter, chickens nnd eggs, for yarn and
j cloth, would be COUVCl'ifUt, desirably and
!,J, j h'Utu-illv profitable. The erection of one
Id (,r more factories at Landsford, would con ,
! ti. to stimulate the demand for, nnd the
iv ! - j and completion of a Rail Road in
1 our ' strict, a matter and enterprise desired
(y by every person, sod which we all wiah to
|r , see nt no distant day.
u| i" 'a to bo hoped that our vitizens, and
lc ^>.1 ulurl y those ? ho have money to invest,
|.. (an.l there are "a goodly number of that
* ! i .. ri'i ?? .1
I , - ~,j mvri iyti> i;viii|m:ijr nnu omen
! <>n (In- 4th of April, atncf (nid n helping hand
unit purse to so Inndnhlu nn undertaking.
^LGNG GRABS."
March 25. 1856.
t tkftr#ir.
From the Char let tan Courier.
n ' LATER FROM EUROPE.
^ \ Hit 11 A L OF THE HTtiTISU MA Iti
M PERSIA.
in You*, March 20.?The llritLh
nl and eurtb American royal mail steamtr
ship J'vrtia, Cap!. C. II. K. Jtulkius, has
IU artivol alibis port with advices from Livts
erpool to the 8ili inst.
n COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
?f The Liverjna.l Cotton Market was firm,
IC and tiie shIvh during the week coinpiised
d 81.000 hah'S, of' which a*porters took
5500 ami's|Hvulaloni 8500 bales, leaving
50,000 bates of all description* to the
it , it r
. tfade.
Tub Ltyaaroot. Gknbhal Markets.?
~ I'ork aiid ' Reef were quiet. Rice was
iewer. Spirits of Tur|.enlitie was quiet.
,u Rosin had advanced, and Common was
'a worth 4?. 0.1.,'and tine from 8?. a 0s. per
iu cat. Sugar had advanced 0 I. per cwt.
Statb on TU'auk ? -The Manchester
markets were 11 nil.' "*
w Tits 11 %?ne Cotton Markbt,?The
tales of Cotton during the week fading
the 4th instant, comprised 15,000 (tales,
** and the *wk on hand consisted of'75,000
?* bales. Or leant tret Qrdiemirt was worth
?' 0: fr.
>? Til's London Money Mahbkt was
> tighter, and the rate ??f interest was from
>? 6 a 7 per rent. The bullion in the Hank
lr | of England had increased ?24,000 ster
tr ! >'"8'
y- GENERAL !NTKLLIGENCK.
ii- Louis y?|K?kim lot* mule ? sjieecli, ?Ur?
tiug'lhut fiv liojM-d for peace, but must be
^ prepared fur war. The fifth meeting of
I, the l'vscu Conference was'held on Monday,
(lie Cjh itkt. '"II wtfs reported that
the negotiation* avru'.'teadtlv progressing.
r) The latest advice* from Louden dated
Saturday, the Hih inst., state that the
t* Pari* M'niiteur, of the 7th inst-, couUiiu*
ir .tii 11n|x-ri.tI I >ecre*> calling into active ser*
'? vice 140,000 young soldiers of the class
0. 1805.
(i Advices from llerlin dated Sunday, the
K '2 1 in*t., slate tljalTwo Couriers had passcd
through that city on their way In Per*
j i* (muring fresh instructions to the Russian
, Plenipotentiaries.
Advice* from Hamburg to the 6th inst,
statu thai Admiral AViuaon hail tailed
froin Kiel and bad ordered*life fVoet to itae.
scuttle off Moor Island in order to ani?
ii ".:nee the renewal of the Blockade of
* the Russian Ports.
|* In the Crimea, delegates from the bel1
ligurant armies met on the 29th ult, to
,. concert measures for carrying out the ari;
misticc.
:<) In the naltic, the Russians were seed*
fr; ng c 'usidcrable numbers of troops to Kin*
'? ! . oooewnirating a isrgi force round
fc" Petersburg, and ' strengthening the
l>s...?r? round Crontiaud^. " M'
'O-??'
CONGRESSIONAL,
s- Wamiixoto*, March 20.?In tlie U. S,
s- Senate to-day Mr. Douglassreplied to Mr.'
0 Trumbull. Mr. dames reported a bill'
g drawn up by the Secretary of the Treasue
ry to preveal frauds on the twveoue and
r for other purpoaoe. It ia proposed that
ia the bill shall go into effect on the SOth of
> June, 1857. Tlie duties are to be ae Wil
low* : All imported spirituous liquors 80
5- per cent, ad relorrm. All article* now
r- ing a duty of 80 per cent end over,
b pt pihtoouK liquor* and om or two
U c .ent now paying a duly of 2ft par cant,
? o tnpViftir* rjbek artfc|ae of foraign matt aid
facUlre, aft to' lia Aibjoel to a duty of 10
c, par cant, ad valorem. Tha fraa oat com*
iu priftea raw matariala for manufacturer*
AY and mcdbabics, drt, which ara produced
a- either dot afalM??raor to nagraat a-t^nt . I
y. Articlea not a#unUratAI hi akher of the
ra other oaetioua awf(b be farad 20 per cant,
a? ad valorem. Tha main feature of tha hill
aa appaara to be tha abolition of tha duty on*
to wood. It la anid that tha tittl will ladoaa
aa tha yearly raranra abowt #10,000,0^0.
I? It proridaa, howarer, fully agatnat frapDftf
ik lent evaaions of k by iiuportMU. W
ill In the IlotMatha ua?y hM waavt^art'
^
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