The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 11, 1856, Image 2

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THKLMC.4STEE IGMBR. o3o Published every Wednea lay Morning BY W. M. CONNORS, SUITOR AND PROPRIETOR. o3o TERMS: in advance, - $2.00 At the expiration of Six Months, - . - 2.60 At the end of the Year, - - 3.00 030 ADVERTISEMENTS Will he inserted at the following low iatos: One miliars (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, or, if continued, 76 cents for the fiiat insertion, anil 60 cents for each subsequent insertion. tST See Fourth Page for deductions in favor of standing advertisements. The number of insertions irust he written on each advertisement, or they will he inserted till ordered out aud charged accordingly. Congressional. "Washington, June 2. Sknate.? Mr. Rright being absent, Mr. Sttinrt presided, llo laid before tbe Senate the Message front tho President about Central American affairs already pub lisbed. A resolution was adopted that when the Senate a Jjourns on Thursday, it be to tbe Monday following. The presiding officer laid before tbo Senate a letter from l'reston S. ltrooks to Mr. Bright, in which he disclaims any intention of offending against the privileges of the Senate by his assault on Mr. Sumner, but he says he felt bound to chastise him for the insults to his State and to his relative, and having sought him in vain elsewhere, ho deemed it proper to inflict that punishment here; the Senate not being in session, he did not think ho was committing any breach of privilege. The letter was read and laid on tho table and ordered to be printed. Adjourned. il oi'se.? Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the select committee on asault on Senator Sunnier, made a report, concluding as fol lows: Whereas, the Senate of the United States have transmitted to this House a message con plaining that l'reslon S. It rooks, a representative from tho Stateol South Carolina, committed upon the person of Chnrles Sumner, a Senator from the State of Massachusetts, while seated at his desk in the Senate Chamber, after the adjournment of that body on the 2-2d of May last, a violent assault, which disabled him Irntn nllunil!i.? ?. *' IU ma umil'S 111 lllli Senate ; and declaring that said assault was a breach of the privileges cf that body; And whereas, from respect of the privileges of the House, the Senate have further declared that inasmuch as the said Preston 8. Brooks is a member of thb House, they cannot arrest him, and a for tiori, cannot try or punish him for * breach of their privileges; that they can not proceed further in the case than t?i make their complaint to tins House; anil that power to arrest, try and punish, devolves solely on this body; and whereas, upon full investigation, it appears to thir House that the said Preston 8. Brooks has been guilty of the assault complained of by the Senate, with uiost aggravated circumstances of violence; that the same was a breach of the privileges not only ol the United States Senate, but of the Senator assailed and of this House, as a coordinate branch of the Legislative department of the Government, in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that Senators and Representatives for any speech or debate in either house shall not he questioned in any other place. Whereas this House i* of the opinion that it lias the power, and ought to punish the said Preston S. Brooks for the said assault, not only as a breach of the privileges of the Senator as sailed; and of the Senate and House as declared by the Constitution, but as an act of disorderly behavior; and Whereas, it further appears from such investigation that llenrv A. Edmunson, a representative from tiie State of Virginia, ami Lawrence M. Keitt, a representative from South Carolina, sometime previous to said assault, were informed that it was the purpose of said Mr. Rrooks to commit violence upon the person of said Charles Sumner, for words used by him in debate as a Senator iu the tJeiiHte, and took no measure to discourage or prevent the name, but on the contrary, anticipating the commission of such violation, were present on one or more occasions to wit neo* :he same, as friends, of the assailant, therefore Resolved, That Preston S. Brooks be, and he is hereby expelled from the House aa a Representative from the State of South Carolina; Resolved, That this House hereby declares its disapprobation of the said act of Henry A. Edmundson and Lawrence M. Keitt, in regard to said assault. Signed by Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, Mr. Spinner and Mr. Pennington. Hon. Howell Cobb, from the minority of said committee, submitted a minority report, arguing that no broach of privilege, under the Constitution, had been committed, and the House had no power to go beyond the Constitution in deciding that the broach of privilege had boen committed. Roth of the reports were laid on the table and ordw.ed to bo printed. The House then adjourned. Cotton to Brag On. Mr. A. J. Rates, of the Ridge, has sent us some cotton-stalks that will do to brag on. They are from IB to 22 inches in height and abound in tipires. They were selected from the best part of one of M r. Rates, fields. Th*. species is "Boyd's Prolific," which now has the reputation of being the fullest-bearing cotton known-? The objection to it is, that it is difficult to gather.? Kl'je field Advertiser. Sxow Rakkh.?In some of the hill towns in the wosteru part of this county there are yet snow l-^Ws ?it feet deep.? There has not lieen a winter for twenty year" when the snow drifted so badly in tho bill towns of this country as it did the past winter.?Orrmrille {Mass ) Onsette, Mysteries of the Post Office Department. John C. Rives is responsible for the fob lowing : lie said that when Amos Ken dull was Post Master General, ho took s tour to the South and woit, partly togctlbc film off of his official optics, and see how postal matters wcro conducted. Of course ho did not make himself known on every occasion, but ho always looked on at every turn in his post route, and sometimes ho lea.nod something. At one place in Mississippi he stopped, while travelling in the stage-coach, at a rather insignificant village, hut where there was a "distributing office" of some importance. No one know that he was the Postliias'vr , General. The Postmaster of the place i was away from home, as he had been for ! some months, and the business of over hauling, sorting ami distributing Uncle Sam's mails was in the hands of a " stih," j in the shape of a negro woman. The j post office was kept in a pretty good sized room, and on one side of it tiiere was a i heterogeneous mass that appeared seme ! thing like a huge pile of mail matter; and it looked, too, somewhat like a small tea garden. There were papers, letters, large r nd small packages of books, ?kc., " in huge confusion piled around." The old black woman very deliberately unlocked I the hags and emptied their contents out I on the floor. | Amos looked on, and like Satan mar j shading his legions in Pandemonium hi I "admired." The daikey, after emptying the eenteti'.s of the bags in the " pile,' commenced putting back, and in oven pouch replaced a "miscellaneous assort ment." The Postmaster General had hit eyes opened " some " and it occurred t( him to ask " Aunty if sho could read.' " Oh ! no," said she ; " hut I puts bad jest about as much a* master used to!' As the critic said of Macready, when In asked the Danish courtier to plav on tin pipe, and the courtier took him at hi: word, and played Y a like? Doodle!? " Pliancy llamlick's feelings!" Fancy oh Amos! But his observations were no completed. There was an enormous pili of mail matter that had been accumu lating for months under the postal super vision of the sable "sub." It was aftei "M.C.V had learned the art of frank ing, and when their "beloved constitu ents " were in the habit of applying foi seeds and other products at tho agricu! tural bureau of the Patent Office. Tin cucumber seeds of those days w ere not al " bass wood," as Kendall can testify. Tin soo.I.n in the moist, warm dim ate of Missis 1 sinpi had germinated extensively, through out this immenso mass of44 mail matter; cabbages, beets, carrots, cauliflowers wer there ; potatoes bad sprouted, while cu cumber, pumpkin, and squash vine* hat cxtendud out of the heap, and run nearh ' across the room ! It is supposed tha 1 the warmth of the political document" stimulated by the fiery nature of southen 1 politicians, had added to, rather than sub ' '.racted from, tho fertile nature of the posts ' compost! A Serious Objection to Buchanan. t An "Ex-Old Maid" writes to tbe No\ ' York Evening Post the following letter.I She draws a touching picture of the (Iesc I lation of the White House in the oceu s pancy of a bachelor : r To the Kditers of tire Kr erring Post. The l'residental chair (I presume that i sufficiently capacious,) should, at any rat be occupied by a complete Human Hemg I anu this fact, of Used, should dispose sum I marily of the claims of ilie more or lea , hoiioiablo Buchanan; for if tlicro is on< , principlo inose clearly settled than an; ; other, it is that an OIJ Bachelor is at inos but a Half man; and how can such 4 per son make more than a Half President ?? Now, sir, it is bad enough to have a mm at the head of the White House who i , destitute of a backbone; but to have on< who, in addition to this anatomical defec has tiie moral defect of being destitute 0 his most natural and essential coinple | mcnt?a Wife?would be truly mon strous. Imagine tho disgrace of havinj | our national Palace converted into 1 Bachelor's Ben ; our National Board pre sided over by a Single Man; our Nation a Fire poked by single Tong ! Old Maid are excusable, their position not being 1 matter of choice; but Old Bachelors ?lmli The very name is sickening. The w f who will let her husband vote for sucl a man, ought to be Lynched. I ask you sir, if it is not notorious that old l.ich ~i ,i._ - ...m.i. >1.. . cium ?ru nm uiusi mi.usii, mo inus i:i triguing, tho most dangerous, the ino? dyspeptic of moitsls! And then, to thin! of a Bachelor who has lived in Ktimjx;.I decline to pur>uo the subject; iny mott< is that of the Western hunter: "'Boar am forbear." OcriivoEOtH Tkeatmknt or a Bittm: We coppy lire following froin the Bosloi Ad ver titer, "A young lady who was making prop arations to be married on Wednesday eve ning made some purchases on the after noon of that d *y ?l a storo in this city.? Upon leaving the store she rolled up tin several articles which she hail bought ii one bundle, and, in the nervous JiaM< which may naturally be attributed tonn< about to enter the bonds of wedlock, ear ri?d oft" in her package two cheap fan< which she had not trought. " When she reached home she discovered the mistake, and immediately return' ed to the store and gavo the fans to th< owner. He instead of thanking tiie younjj lady for her honesty in so small a matter (for the fans were not wortli twenty-fiv< cents,) caused her to be arrested. Shar ing the fate of many rail criminals, she was placed in a cell of the "TomIV beneath the Court House. The father of tho girl in company with her intended husband hunted up Judge Kusael of the polic< court with the intention of restoring her t* liberty on bail. Unfortunately,the Judgi had no power to hail any person out u the 'Tombs,' ami the young lady wai obliged to stay in the unhealthy and re puisive dungeon till morning. She wai then brought before tho court, but no oo< appeared against her, and she was set a liberty. ltelieving that further groai barhships might result under similar cir cumstanees, measures were taken to alio* justices to take bail in such caee*." The late Hews from Kansas. Ii buw ?|>|H)Hik io be j'iciij citUiU ilka all the excitement and warlike report . fro in Kausas originated from the fact th? i the Free State hotel at Lawrence, nnd th i building adjoining, in which were th printing materials of the defunct weekl t journal called Tho llerald of Frcedou were destroyed by fire by a party of Shei iff Jones' ir.cn, who had gone into th town for the purpose of making arresti In the melee which occurred between portion of the sheriff's posso and sever? free State f-natic*, one of tho latter wn shot and killed, and n pro-.-lavery ina accidentally killed. Subsequently Got Robinson's house was fired by an uti known person and consumed. This i about the sum and substance of the fiam ing statements from the local point of th border troubles. A writer in the St. Loui Republican, speaking of the hotel, says : "The hotel, as every IkhIj knows, ws nothing more nor less than a fort. I was constructed by tho disciples of Bcecl cr, Silliman tl- Co., for the purpose of r< sisting any attempt to enforce the excel tiou of the law within tho range of il guns and musketry. Ihe town itself wn fortified on the outskirts, ami a dcterni nation to set all tho laws governing tli territory to defiance was openly proclain . ed. yut the leaders ran away, havin no man of any note to defend the plac and the result it stated in the despntel , There this civil broil, we hope, will hui p an end." A correspondent ef the same p*P? writing from St. Joseph, Mo., under Ja of May 20th, (tho day before Shwri j Jones' party entered Lawrence,) says: , " I am happy to inform you?and * should he put in capitals, and sent csp c cially to all parts of the Union?that tl ' Missourians take no part in this. Tht ; have not gone over individually or colle , lively, not interfered in any way in th k present difficulty. They think there _ sufficient force in Kansas to keep fans! ] cism within legal bounds, and have thcr t foro determined to let them settle the a own trouble) among themselves. . Work upon the Capitol at Columbi r In connection with the accouut of in - provemcnta in Columbia, wo should all - add such information as we have bee r able to procure from a friend on a visit I - I our city, in reference to the progress < ? the woik on tho new State Capitol. Tl I masonry has been raised nl>out six fe ; above the natural level of tho earth. Tl foundation is now about complete, an - there is a hope that the basement sloi " may bo ready for tho meeting of the Lej e islature. 315 hands aro etc ployed, mi one thousand perches of stone per monl j aro quarried four quarries arc open, thong y tho principal is at Granby ferry. Tl t granite here is good, comparing favorub i, with any to bo found in the country, b a tho work is liable to he interrupted I k freshets. The rock at tho o'lier quarri ,1 is harder to cut, and splits badly. It haulod by wagons drawn by mules, wagon with six mules costing $0 per di when actually employed, and nothii when it is not; a four mule team costs $ v per day; three full loads per day are rem - cd, each load for a six luulo team beii ' two perches or 8,000 pounds. i- The monthly expenditure is $18,00 and in this matter of funds much diftici ty has been experienced. An appropri lion ot $250,000 was inado to this wor s . , . . . . . . . - to ue raised in* ootid* oi t lie Mate dra< ing 6 per eetit interest, and not to be so ' under par. Some of the bond* w ere di posed of, but $200,000 are still on hnn * they will not sell at par, and the fund h to be raised upon the crodit of the prese ^ commission. It is to be ho|?vd, howev? that the greater ease in the money ma ket will let them off. The eosts of stone may l?e of interest 1 our readers, and as near its wo can be; 1 they are as fellows : ? Quarrying and hauling per perch $8 i Dressing 6 f Laying 0 t Making an aggregate, per perch $22 I Charleston Slumlord, ' Secretary Marcy's Letter of Dismlssi to Mr. Cramp ton. % Wasiiinoton, May 30.?Tho followir t is the official dismissal of Mr. Crampto , the British minister: , Department or State, ) ,f ,May 28, 1856. J Sin:?The 1'resident of the UuiU . j States has directed me to announce to y< t i his determination to discontinue furth < ' intercourse with you as ller Maj? . I ty's Diplomatic Representative to ll j Government of the United Slates. Tl j 1 reasons which have compelled him total this step at Tills time have been conr.ru j niented to your government. I avail myself of this occasion to ac that due attention will be cheerfully giv? 1 | to any communications addressed to lb department from lJer Majesty's Gover merit affect intr the relations bet we* - Grunt Britain and ilie United StnU which may be forwnrded to this Gover - -tnent through any other channel. 0 Should it be your pleasure to reti 1 from the United States, the President <1 t recta ine to furniidi you with the uau 3 facilities for that purpose. I consequent - 1 enclose, herewith, the pai?port in such c t 1 sea. I avail myself of this opportunity to r . new to you, sir, the assurance of my r? . pectful consideration. \V?. L Mancr , To John F. Crampton, Ksq , Her Ma . esty'a Minister, etc. J Tlllt ClIILDRKM IM TUB WOODS. Tl . | Fittsburg Gazette, of the 10th inst., r . lates that a l>oy and girl, rained Co aged respectively six and eight yeai were lost for upwards of ten days in tl Allegany mountains, near Suinmerviet ! They were found a day or two ago, si< , | by side, dead. The right hand of the li s | tie boy was partly torn otf, and the cbi f! dren had the appearance of having be< % 1 dead about a week. A large number < ? people continued to search the woods froi i the time the children were missed until tl j finding of the bodies. t mm mtrnu t Why is the rightful heir to an est* . liko the order in which the vowels a f placed f i Because F. stands before I and IT. i: \)t Xfiiijcr. ^ | ? ^ LANC ASTERVILLK, S. C. n f, [t WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1), 186?. 01 - &r See interesting original matter on tl? I- our first page. fo la ? co j* Notice. in All persona indebted to tho ledger for subacrlption, are informed that tlie amounts nre "I1 J _ due the present Proprietor. * R. S. BAILEY. nr b. June 11th, 1850. th ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS^ The Hon. P. S. Buook*, Hon. Jons g, ;flf McQveek and Hon. Joiis A. Q?;itmax, will please accept our thanks for Congressional nc it favors. ,e TO CORRESPONDENTS. C? ^ C. C., New York ?Your advertisement cr js ;* declined. We judge of the character of th your books by their titles, and cannot suffer *ii ti. "ur paper to be the medium through which w e. they are disseminated. ly ir - i? m wm m AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL. f" . We understand that M. M. Ciiakey, now K(t aw aiting the execution of the sentence pass. o ed against him, has been attempting to break >n Jail, by sawing tbo bars serosa his cell with ^ the main-spring taken from his watch. He of had advanced some half inch perhaps, when l'' ie discovered,and in timo may have succeeded *n et in hi# undertaking. I r' le __ , 1,1 ? THE NOMINATION. ^ _ Since our article, in relation to tlio ( 'in- w ,d cinnati Convention, wai written nnd put in nj tit type, the intelligence linn reached u# that q* [It the I Ion. James Buchanan, of Prnnaylvn nj te ria ha# received the nomination for Prcsi- (( ly dent, and the Hon. J. C. Brf.ckenridge, of C( ul Kentucky for Vice President. This termi- o) '5 nation of the matter in much sooner than we nl ** had anticipated, nnd we apprehend that the r', ^ friends of Mr. Pierce were cariy in dcaert- ||. IV his colors, and concluding upon his nun- ,,, jp availability. We do not hesitate in saying ,ji 5 that the straight-forward integrity that luia ^ il. characterized the administration of Mr. ig Pierce, and his devotiou to the rights of the j> South, has Wen the prime cause of his de* ^ feat; and a'nouid Jiis successor be disposed vj to follow in the same course, it must be in l<( the face of the warning precedent, that his ' justice nnd integrity will lw followed hy his |(j political downfall. We w ould greatly have ^ preferred either Judge Douolas or Mr. V( j. Pierce, but the majority of the Press of ^ a* our State, so far na wc have heard from. B| nt seem satisfied with the result, especially, in 1 n ?r, view of Mr. Bcchika>'s diplomatic anility. r* Should lie bo elected, bis administration may ^ prove a just and equitable one; but wc have ^ t? thari.de to r..? ? * t? ?? -?J'L **L ?? ? mi v,?wD vi ci1111*r VI me *r other two, we might very reasonably hnve re- ! j lied upon the certainty, that the interest# of i t) the South could have been cared for, and tr her right# been maintained at all hazard*. I ? Our readers will find in our columns u n] >0 condrnard report of each days proceedings. ' c< The next Convention is appointed to inset M in Charleston South Carolina. ? -zzzr- : ll( From several quarters we have received asauranees that our short Kdiloriul career, <'1 has met with the approbation of a great purtion of our Patrons, and we have been greot* td cd with uuiueroua expressions of good will ?u and eneourageiuent. These evidences of Cl er approval nre certuinly gratifying to our feel- | ^ lng?, and if a stimulus wore required, should I if> act as an incoutivo to greater exertions. We J " can make the Cr.DOFR a better paper than it n t is. if the pntionage should warrant the ex* ^ pense. It is not tho proprietor alone who I* |,| should feel a pride and an interest in the c] ?n surceae of a public Journal. If any enter* li tie priee in a District demands the support of I1 n- jier cilixens, it is ti.at of tho Press, when its ? in infliiMiM ? f"? ?!'? I.? - 1 ? ? ............. in iici?i nnu llll* j *? provement of her people. It is the medium , ? n* through which nil other entcpriscs must pass ? to a pre-eminent yxweaa. It will require r< but little exertion, and no expense, on lh? > ? I part of the prominent men of our Village . r' jy and District, to aid ns materially in Iho en- | '' a. terprise in which we have embarked, an 1 to | ^ contribute to its success and improvement, * e- by your influence nod your example. Our j it- energies shall not flag, gentlemen, so long ss our labors are rewarded, and if your ef)' forts in the cause are manifest, we do not g fear for the result; ours shall b? exerted S and your kiudness rewarded by a paper that l will rank with any up-country weekly in the ti t State. A word from you in our behalf at tl the proper moment, will coat you nothing, & Ie and may add greatly to the extension of our b w. subscription list. h ! To our merchant* and advertising comron- a aity.we can appeal with more assurance, inasmuch aa tho benefits arising from your patro* "f oage cannot fail to be mutual. Modern uaage ^ and experience haa demonstrated that it ia * tlis life of all business, and no great success ? haa ever been attained without resorting to ' it. Our terms are soeh aa cannot fail to be * ^ satisfactory, and the trills that you expend ^ re will doubtless be returned to you fourfold. Try us at any rats, and.if you are not pleas- j ed, you need oot repeat the experiment. j CINCINNATI CONVENTION. There ia no subject oi ye in-ml interest I , at absorbs stseh attention at this time, aa ! < c National Democratic Convontion assent- 1 ed at Cincinnati. Hundreds of eyes from I i>rth, South, Kast and West, sro turned in at direction, and hundreds of hearts bent spousivo to every incident that transpires < this va*t concourse of party delegation.- - i is the strongest dele, at Inn in regard to < imbers, that has ever assembled In Ameri , nnd the Importance of their action,as inliving the destiny of future events, cannot i too highly estimated. Tor several years 0 Democratic party has been gaining , ound ; it embraces men trom every see- , >n, nnd etery variety of feeling nnd scnti- , ent?it is regarded a* the party of tho coun- j y, and should they succeed in nominating | man acceptable to tho various sections and ( clings represented, he cannot fail to be | ir next President; hence wo may say, that | c future administration is in tho hands of , is party, nnd the destiny of the Union ci.- , lded within their grasp. Whether the luntry, nnd particularly the South, is safe ( the hands of this Body, is n matter for ep consideration; hut wo will have no | prehensions if their proceeding* are en raed by those who represent the flower id chivalry of the South, and ws believe | at any mcasmc that is sanctioned by < ich States us Mississippi, AlahamI, Georu nnd South Carolina, cannot be otherwise t an safe, equitable and honorable to the < Dtith. | Will tho States enumerated sustain the i tion, nnd support the nomine* of the prrsit Convention ? The three prominent imel that will conic up first before the invention, are Piekck, DoTtoi.as and Bu1 ax an. The first, Mr. PiKKCt, is certainly c most desirable to the South. Never ace the formation of our Republic, have e had a President who has more fearless- | upheld the Constitution of his Govern- , cut, and buffeted the waves of Northern j nnticiatu when directed against the institi.- , ins of the South. Should he fortunately | i the nominee, the South cannot fail to | stain him. Nt xt to Mr. Pit-Ret:, the Hon. rentes A. Dovolas would probably prove | o most acceptable. As the author of ( e celebrated Kansas nnd Nebraska Bill, < id an a vigorous nnd able champion of tho | 'lits of the South and the Constitution. , * nomination would be hailed by the South , ith bill little lees joy, than that which the | >inination of Mr. Pikhce would elicit; and { o believe that the Interest of the party and | f our seetion would be safe in his hands. I ( he Hon. James Hcchasa*, of PennsyIva- j a, makes up the trio ; a very prominent | impctitor lie is, nnd whose chances for sue- . as, are |*erhaps equally aa good, as those j T either of the other two. As n Diplomat t id Statesman, Mr. Biciiaka* hns no stipe01. He is more eminently conversant with , ic affairs of foreign Courts?possesses great- t r scholastic ability, with more polish and 1 | ignity of position, than either of the others; ; , ut whether lie lias the moral courage that as characterised the adminhtration of Mr. ir.Kcc, or the nervo and \ig?r of the "little iant," of the West, is yet to be seen. Ills evva, however, are known to bo cmincntly inscrvntive, and if nominated, we nppreeud that the South will support him. By the operations of the two-thirds rule encrnlly adopted at those nominating Conditions, it is very probable that neither ?>t ?o three will command a sufficient vote to bw and more available man must be selectI at a compromise, bot?rcn the friend* of le prominent candidates. This rule, nllough highly desirable in many respects, , nevertheless, objectionable upon the round, that it almost invariably excludes ic able and prominent talent of the counv, and lifts upon the tapis some man com* aratively obscure and untried, and who lay perhaps prove unfitt -d for the high and implicated duties incumbent upon a Chief lagistrate of the nation. It is vain to sondure who will be the fortunate man to ceivu the nomination at the present Condition, in case they should fail to elect itlier of the names mentioned. As Couwis, f Ohio, said, w hen hu heard of the nominaon of James K. Polk, no man is entirely ee from danger, and it nisy be some indiidusl whom the great mass of the Aoioriin people have sesreely heard of. James I. Polk and Frasuui 1'ikbce were both liosen in this way ; brought in as com prolises between the friends of more promient Statesmen ; but in either of these cases l? selection proved to ho u fortunate one. artieularly the last; inasmuch as the South uuld not hav? selected from our own sec011, a mas more eminently fitted, and dis. used togi-e her justica. William Aikkr, f South Carolina, has been spoken of as na as likely to embody tW? seatiineaU r th. .... ?r in- r- ? ? ...? ? VI tuv */?inciniH||, m any i thef nun in the Union ; the vote he fceircd for the Speakership evinced hie reat popularity, and it mny be, that hie L-putnlion for conservatism nnd national fecU igs may,under the circumstances, eccure >r In in the high poeition rf President of the JniU-d States. OL. BROOKS' APOLOGY TO THE 8EHATKBy referring to the proceedings of Conrese. in another column, it will be seen that lr. Brooks has tendered an apology to the Jnited Mutes Senate, disclaiming any intenion of violating the dignity and sanctity of liat Body, in his recent chastisement of lunula. This we think is highly eotumenda|e. since the investigating committee of the Innate Um refused to Uke cognizance of the ffbtr. YORK V ILLA "c IT IZRR. We see by a notice in the Cilixrn, that fr. Rire, one of the proprietors U desirous f selling his half of the concern. Mr. Jow* Cookk, the other Proprietor, and Edito, f the paper, will also dispose of his share ' n purchaser wo?V4 prefer the whete. There are from el<teen to eighteen henred men employed In the Rortnmenth (Ve.) ! levy Yt-d. The Journal informs ua of the death of Mr. Ai.kxakper Youkg, of Camden ; one of her >lu?t, and luoat rn|m;ieti citizens. Mr. I'oung was in the *73 yenr of his age, and lad been a resident of Camden for fifty years. The Columbia papers inform us of the leath of Mr. Robert Cathcart, a worthy -.r.d prominent ticrrbui of that tiiy. His loath occurred on Saturday night last, after i long and painful illness. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Cspt, J. B. Coca art having greatly reilueed his largo stock of spring goads (as uny one will do if they advertise) has been under the necessity of purchasing a new tnpply, and his friends and ctutoiuere wilt be pleased to lenrn through his advertise* nent, that he has now a full supply on hand vnd that he is Belling vcrv fast at very low prices. We guarantee that if you call up:>n him, you will leave well pleased with four bargains. See th? millinery adreriisetneot in this number. l'lnnters and House Builder* may find it to their advantage to notice that of Melon* Simpsos, of Chester. Also the card of Dr. Crave.*. Dr. C.'? professional skill is too well known in this :oinnuinity to rt quire pulling from us. Persona wanting shingles, or having hides tor sale would do well to observe the notices >f Messrs Macill it Cauthe* of Pleasant Hill. Cttuuiimiiriitiiiiis. [For the Lancaster Ledger. Ma. Editor : In the last number of the Ledger, I notice two cards calling on me to allow my name to he announced as a ;audi?Lite for the legislature. To those ijt-nt lrtni-n, as well as to many who have made applications of a like nat are iu person, I an: very thankful far thrir friendships, and , the honor thry would do sse. I hold that a man who leads the professional ifc I do, must always Ik> move or leas at the :oiomand of frk-nds who have helped him >n the rood to success; and liable to serve tis District when arolrd. 1 own that I am peculiarly at the ewenmand ot iny friends, ?nd that I owe a debt sfgratitnde to loincns. ler District, that I fear I shall never be able I,, at ? t .? - ! !? - . ,...j. i nsn willing Ml Mil limes and places, to do what I may to pro note t.S* interests of my adopted District. Entrrtauiing thcso vie.vi, 1 cannot ittiinld my consent I* become a candidate, if my portion of my friend* aerioualy desire t, and hop* to avhiev* any good by tuy e!ec? ion. If, however, nay fiicnda acvk to giv* mo a ieat in the I-egrslature, mere for the honor o be conforctl on me, than for any partivnargood to W thereby accomplished, I would rather my name would be withheld. JOHN W. COOKE. [For tl?c Lancaster Ledger. Articles in reply to the Queries of 44 Justice" BY t. t. HAMMOSD. NO. II. A littla more in reja*d to the Financial AlTaim of the State, and I am done with that aubject. The |>reaent liabilities of the Slate, Amount to aeven millions three hundred and eighty-eight thousand free hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-two cents, w ith an annual interest upon the same of two hundred and fifty seven thousand, four hundrodand aevuntv-aix d?Jl?r? ty-ono cente. Hrr resources to meet tWW Indebtedness, arc five million aeveti hwn- : dred and ninety-eight thousand, five hundred : and eighty-one dollars end fifty cent*. The amount of taxes juiid into the Treasury, average about three hundred and eighty-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty-two cente. Prom thla dsduet the interval on the amount of the indebtedneaa of the State, and we have only one ho id red and thirty-one thousand three ; hundred and fifteen dollar* ard sixty-one j cents, to be applied to the liquidation of our liabilities. In this we except the profits arising from tho Bank, Rail Road Stock, dte. j The Honda of indebtedneaa must be paid | at maturity, and how arc they to be met! and the present expenditures of Government ' continued f According to the present aye. tcm, we mnat keep up the extravagant appropriations for the Blue Ridge Rail Road, which sill be about two millions of dollars*: and also for the new Slate Capitol, which will eoat the State not less then one million end a half more. Yoo will perceive at once v, ?? ..???? wny ine 1 ?N irt raised, ind I npprthend iht-y have not mtrbtd their highest point. We ahonld here remark, that I ho large appropriations for Rail Rouds, the new State Capitol and other like purpoeea, are not included in the supplies enumerated for the State Government, but are additional expenditure* which continue to incieaae the indebtedneao of the Statu. By referring to thu Comptroller General'# report of November, UU, page 17 ard IS, you will perceive the amount of Stat# Bonds sold by the Bank of the State, to be two hundred and fifty-three thousand four bun dred and fifty one dollar*; making in all about three hundred and seven thousand four hundred and fifty-one dollars. These Bonds must L* met nt when duo, with oth* ere that will full due in 1858, I860, 1800, 1870, 1871 and 1876; amounting In all t# two million twe hundred end eighty-eeven thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars end twenty-three cents. The interest upon this amounts annually to owe hundred and twenty-four thouaaod four hand red and eevenly-oix dollars sad sistr-ono ceo Is As an offset to this, there is la U? Treeanry a balance of sheet (M hundred and sixty, throe thensand twe hundred and eleven dollars, which yon ycreelse ie very Inadequate to moot the heavy dratae male upon it. ! have oot given tho items, dot. statrd tbe particular purpose* for which these appro, priatlona were wad?. Tbia would occupy too much apace, and i refpr you to the official document*-?the Comptroller General's ?eve- , ml reports. I shall now proceed to notice the second quety propounded by "Jnattes." He has prssvstcd to our noiko the pwjr of Juiors as not being baaed upon the principle* of ju*? I tico and equity. 1 cordially cooeur with him in bis views of this matter. I know it h? I difficult to frame a law that will mete eat i justice in all its herring", but 1 think tho ( law- in till* inatanco might be so amended to , to give mere general satisfaction than it doe# at present. It would certainly be more in accordance with tbe principle* of justice to allow mileage a* well aa the per dkut, to all theee who live as everting a rvitaki number , of utiles from the Court House. Theee Kv. j ieg nt the Court Home, or in the vicinity, rati attend aa Jurors with but litllo inconreniencc or expense, while those living front ten to twenty miles from the Court House, is subjected to very great locoaccnionev and xpctiMC, and reevivu the some remuneration as the others. This state of things I' satire, ly inconsistent with the principles of right and tfp?Uy It is true, w e cannot expect perfect equality in this world ; all cannot rnjoy equally the comforts and blessings of life ; the old cannot be young; tbe dieenaed cannot be whole, and the poor cnuoot ?K waya he rich ; these are cirenmataneee over which we have no control; but we agree with "Justice,n th .t the object of all Us, is that it should be adapted to aM position* and classes, with ns much regardto the comfort and justice of each, ns the nature of tho cano w ill allow. I; is extremely hard that the poor, from the remote corners of oqr District, should be compelled to serve a* Jurors without extra remuneration for tho distance tliry arc furred to travel. It is not uncommon that the laboring class are equally, if not more competent, to serve aa Juror* than those in mora affluent circumstances, fro as the fact, that they are more conversant with me common afTuirs of lite, Mid (he cases that may ariac in their respective neighborhoods ; and we believe that in all cases \\ hen men arw required to wrve their woontry, they should b? remunerated aa well as when they contract their labor to an imlivwtu.it. It is tnu? nil ovvo allegiance, and a cvrt.iiu duty to our eoinmon country, but not to audi an extent a* ia sometime* carried. 1 tUink it ia but justice that the State should pay for all services required at 'l.e hands of her citizens, whether to attend our 1'ourta of law, or as Jurors of Inquest, or for the trial of slaves, or as witnesses for the Slate?indesd, for all services imposed upon nt Sy ths State, which if rendered to an.indhidual, would ?EtUU- u? lo a certain compensation. Dy adopting a certain ctMav??v 1 think this expense could be met walkout any additional taxation. First by imponmg upow all thw Hist riots and Parishes in the State, the bur. de 11 nnd expenses arising from all contested elections within their respective precincts. Thcss contested elections that csat the State ao iuuncnseh w ?wid then rarely be heard of; lite managers would W apt lo settle audi doubts as night aiio;inui^ thumtel vea, and even the tXMsrvwesftsI cundidtto m enndid.-?tca would ?fr.r?cly assume the rvapssndb'lity of suhjeetbg tVcavxeive* and their ht low.citizens Ia ?>'-S ? ~ on raMlUillll #?tlay fcf money. Ti m arv <?r?m elWr item a msrlinlcd In the CorirMftfet expenses that might l>? dispensed with*oegreally ndnei-d. and thereby mere than enough ?ih1to pay the mileage of Jurom, and indranif; Mate witnesses, Ac. I am already of tha opinion that many salutary changes may bo made, involving the more e^iml drntribnlion of oar puh'ie fund*, as well no a vast diminution of our annual expenses. I do not care to bo regard?*d as one of these who believe thai the Legislature ran pose laws that will ens* bio every firmer to ralso large crepe* asd reaEze a handsome pwfit fev the suae ll ie only through personal energy and iadas. try that he ran succeed m this, legitimate questions have been propounded by Justice, and my doty to a constituent, impels ins to apeak freely and candidly my opinions in r-gard to tho suhjetf of his interrogations.? My opiniooe in regard to the poliry and regulations of our Sta'e Government, I eoneeivo is due the public, wla-ncver they desire to hear them, and they shall be given artenling to my ow n convictions of right* regardless of public opinion and tha opposite views of others. The subject will bo resumed neat week. * i MI Tns Cnat.utxat.?We loam that Gen. Lane, of mmm *"'"J? '* ? ??t - ?? jmmrumj, Ul* Ixinr of ? chtlUg* from Hon. P. 8. Hrooks, of South C a relit)*, to Hon. IIn< ry Wilson, of Mtmchinetu. The letter of Mr. It rook?, we learn, conclude* thus : M I, therefore, hold tuyaelf *t liberty by this note to request thai you will inform me without delay, where and when outaide of tbia district a further note will find you." Gen. Wilaon replies: 441 characterised, on the floor ef the Senate, the assault upon my colleague aa 'brutal, murderous and cowardly.' 1 lbought so then, 1 think *o now. 1 hare always regarded duelling aa the lingering rolic of a barbarous civilisation, which the law of the country has branded as a crime. While, therefore, I religiously believe in the righto of eelf defence la it* broad**! sense, the law A my countrr and the matured convictions of my whole iifo alike forbid roe ro meet you for the purpoee indicated in your letter."? Wo iking km liar. 8cDDt* Dim?We regret to leam that Mr. R. Perry, the proprietor of the Limestone Springs Hotel, < dropped dead from an attack of apoplexy, about oYlrvk on Thursday morning last. He was upwards of eighty yearn of age, and seemed up to the moment of bis nsatkJn bis nsnnl good benhh.?flfpnrfoaterp Kmnew*. There are al present three huadmd Americans in Rome.