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THE MISTER LEDGER P u bliched every Wednes lay Morning w. M. CONNORS, K.DITOR AND l'ROriMBIOK. T K It M fcj: In ad\ wico, f2.('0 At the expiration ol Sis Months, - - - - 2.5U At the end of the Year,*- 3.00 advertisements VVH! he inserted it the following low rates: One square (of It) lines or less,) one insertion, f I ; pr, it continued, 75 cents lor the lirst inse.-tion, and 50 cents for each subsequent inserion. ?55"' See Fourth Page for deductions in favor ol standing advertisements. The number of insertions utu>t be written on each advertisement, or they will be inserted tilt *rdered out and charged accordingly. Types oi Mankind. This it n very ctfrioift and learned work. It is a hitgo volume, containing seven or eight hundred pages. The work is composed by Messrs. Morton, Aggassiz, Nott, Gliddun, l.'sher and Patterson?all men of groat learning, science and antiquarian research. The object of the book is to show the plurality of the origin on map kind ; and that it is physically impossible that all tl.e different races of people on the earth should have had a common oritrill, one and the sumo nnronis. 'I'lmtlio. ory of llio writers is, that men wore ore" ated by the Alupghty in different sections an"! for different sections of the world. Ii the satno way, they contend that the atii in ds were first placed on the earth.? They say it is impossible that a horse anc an ass could have sprung froin the samt st>ek; and that it is equally impossibh tint the negro or Hottentot could have had the same original ancestor with tin (.'.suenssian or wh'te man. It is impossible, they allege, for climate, food, or inodt f keeping, to convert the pine descendant* of the jackass into fine Arabian steeds; and that neither clfniate, food nor nothing else, will so change the negro's head, heels, skin and wool, as to give him, or Jiis descendants, in all timo to come, the fair complexion, intellectual organs, and form and comeliness, of the white man.? The writers contend that, in all probability, instead of one pair of human lu-ing? being created, from whom all mankind have descended, that there were as many as there now are difi'eient races of mankind. In the earliest history of the world, As far back as the Jewish account of the creation of man, the monuments ami liicr oglyphics of Egypt prove that the white man. the negro, and the red man, all existed then, as now. There are paintings and representations of them, showing all the peculiarities as they now exist. As to tlfe antiqhitv of these representations, it is made manifest by Egyptian history, contained in the hieroglyphics themselves. It is something remarkable, too, that the negro was then, as now, represented as a slave. The book is illustrated with a gieat many plates and representations.? (n die latter part of the volume, we have a most learned treatise on the imperfections of our present translation of the Bill!". The writer affirms that, in the original Hebrew or Sanscrit, Sampson is said to have put the tails of sheaves of wheat, instead of foxes together, and set fire to them. That, instead of Joshua commanding the sun and moon to stand still, the expression is, thai the sun set, and that the iqoon still looked on the slaughter.? We are quoting from memory, without referring to the exact words. Hundreds of such instances as these are given in the work. Persons who have any curiosity in regard to these matters, will find "The Types of Mankind " worth reading*?Patriot and Mountaineer. Bi.aves in Kansas.? From the follow ing paragraph which we clip from the Squatter Sovereign, of the 8th instant, published at Atchison, K. T.,it would ap pear that the stave population of the Territory is upon the increase: " "During the past six months the slave population in this portion of the Territory Irns greatly increased. Many settlers from South Carolina, Virginia and other Southern States have wisely brought slaves with them as being the most effectual way of settling the question of slavery in the Territory. These are the kind of settlers We need here now. We want men of means, who will open large farms?work their slaves, and by experiment test the adaptation of slave labor to Kansas. Every farmer in this neighborhood, assures us that their servants are much healthier fluin lltov u*<?rp un/l ?ru J ..... - . .. ....v. capable of performing more labor. The soil of Kansas cannot be beat, and every staple that is produced in the South can be profitably cultivated here. What then is to hinder our Southern friends Irom ihoving into the Territory in iargo numbers, and in all cases to bring their slaves with them. We can assuro then) that '.hair property is just as safe hero as in Sooth Carolina, and the negro thief is as closely watched, and as severely punished as in the most distant Southern State. We again repeal there is no risk or dan ger in bringing slaves to Kansas." Decidedly Rich. It will bo remembered that an account of a cat ing nt the Metropolitan Hotel, by Mr. Vicks, who thrashed Stanwcod se verely, appeared in our columns a few days since. Connected wiili Mr. "\'it-ks up have a tale to unfold which will make the aboliti*-' !>ta of Philadelphia feel very cheep. Ii seeins that when Mr. Vicks was ahout to leave North Carolina in company with Mr. Haywood on a Northern pleasure tour, ho was rerpeaud by the State authorities to take with him a negro who had been sentenced so banishment from North Carolina for a glaringoutrage upon the laws of that State. Mr. Y'.cotisented and on his arrival at the Hotel in l'hiladelplr'a he registered his name Vicks and Servant. Soon after the Abolitionists appeared and used every persuasion to induce die 'legro to abscond ; ami 'he informed Mr. V, that they had offered hiin t<>ff- Mr. V. advised the lx>y The amount was paid negro who was taken to fefg llsctJ^Kiie left there, received aid tinis now residing among a - altogether wortii sssoc!UtH^fijSriHro/taa Ttmt*. <(TV v ' I ! LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. \ WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 6, 135C. [ W. C. Castor, Esq., is our authorized . agent to receive npw subscriptions to tlie l.edgek, , < RELIGIOUS NOTICE. I 1 We have been requested ?o state that the 1 Rev. J. II. Tiiornwell, 1). !>., will preach 1 ! in the Presbyterian Church, on next Sab- ' ' hath forenoon. PROHIBITION, We understand that a meeting was to have ^ been held ir. Winnsboro on Monday last, to nominate a candidate for the Legislature, | to run on the prohibition ticket. ? FOR KANSAS. 5 Ore emigrant for Kansas. Mr. J. \V. IIokxe, ' sent by tiie Lancaster Kansas Association, , left our village on Saturday morning last. | More arc likely to soon follow, as several , other applications have been made to the > Executive Committee. The Association | convened on .Monday last, and some addi- . ( tionni subscriptions were made. I THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS, j j Messrs. Brooks and Klitt have botli been j ( returned to their respective seats in Con- , ~jj ivij i.nyc iuu'5, i ne vjovernor , I sent certificates of their re-election t?> , Washington in advance. Mr. Hkooks' dis- . triet contributed 9447.93, for the pay inchl , of liic line and costs of tlie Sumnku iifiair. ^ , HANGING HOCK MINERAL \ SPRINGS. , ('apt. James M. ! so ham, requests us to i say to the public, that he is now \v4ll pre- ? pared to tecoive i:ud entertain persons, who 1 may desire to visit his watering place, near 1 Hanging Hock. Some sixty or seventy I boarders can be handsomely accommodated, i 'Idie utmost energy and despatch has Leon 1 shown by the proprietor of these Springs* t in furnishing such arrangements in so biief c a period ; the plaeo has already been exten- I sively resorted to, and will doubtless be 1 J 1 more so now, with the increased means of i accommodation. We have lieard the medi*> j cinal properties of the water highly spoken \ of, by persons visiting the'Springs, for the a benefit of their health ; it is said to lie peon- i liar I y adapted to tlie cure of dyspeptics. PROFESSOR J. F. G. MITTAG. i This gentleman lias been sojourning in o.ir village and vicinity for some weeks, says the Edgefield Ailcertiier, and will probably re- ?. main with us a good while yet. Interest- ( ing as a philosopher, successful as an artist f and pleasing as a couipat ion, the 1)actor is j sure to win friends and admirers wherever ' j he goes. Wo have not enioved a fortnlirlii ill :i twelve month ho much as wc d'ul one i he lately spent with us. lictwecn the Pro. . lessor's scientific speculations on the one j < Milt, and on the other, watching the progress f of our youngest'* portrait to completion,! , it was really one ot the dream spots of otir j life. | , I WINTER'S LOTTERY. j , 'The following we take from the Georgia Citizen. Mr. Winter's advertisement can i always be found in our paper: fl "The Mas we Head of!?Newspaper ? renders frequently hear of lucky chaps who ( t have drawn the high prizes in a lottery, but they, almost always, are located so f.tr off, v and in some obfeure, out of the way place, i that it is very rare that they are come up c with by oecular demonstration. We have, . however, an exception to record. We have seen the individual, and no mistake, who, 1 the other day poekVtcd and carried off the ? fourth of the capital prize of $16-000, sold < bv the Augusta Agent of Air. Winter's . Havana Plan lottery in this city, Class N, for June. Mis name is John L Wiki.e. of ( Cartersvillo, Cans County. Ga. Winter * also sold several handsome prizes in the e Lottery of July 15th." ,] i AN Af FAIR OF HONOR. ! n A meeting look place on tho evening of the j n 28ilt ultimo, near the city of Charleston, \ ? between Col. John Cunningham, Editor of ? the Evening l\'cirr, and J. 1.. Hatch, Esq., v ore of tho Editor* of tho Charleston Stan-' t ilanl. Tho difficulty arose from certain edi- j t tori.ils written by theni for tlieir rvrpeetive ! * papers. A card is published in the Charles- j ' ton papers explanatory of the dillicuTty, and j i containing the correspondence between the I *? prir.'-irnU previous to the meeting; said ' card is by tHd aulhoiMy of IVit, R. XaBRR, j i Jr., tlie friend of Col. Cunningham, nnd 8. < I.or.n, Jr., the friend of Mr. Hatch. It ? concludes with the following which explains r the result of the meeting,nnd termination of 1 the difficulty ; " t "Accordingly.!he parties met on the after- I noon of the 28th. After np exchange of ^ shots, vyilliout hrjury to either party, Mr." ( Tabor, on the part of Col. Cunningham, repeated his demand for retraction, which .Mr. " Lord, on the part of Mr. Hatch, refused, but r tendered the foliowinoproposition,which was e accepted by Mr. Tuber: c " Air. Hatch feiterntcs that his article was responsive to Col. Cunningham's article, immediately preceding it, wh.ch he considered personally insulting to himself. If Col. Cunningham will disclaim any Intention personally to insult Mr. Hatch by that article, Mr Hatch, simultaneously with this statement, consents to the withdrawal of j both articles." Whereupon the affair terminated. ' i MR. BOYCES SPEECH. Ve commence the publication this week, n our first page, of the speech of the lion. iV. \V. Bovck delivered in tie llouso ol Representatives on ttie HSili ultimo, upon he resolution pending for the expulsion ol llr. 13kooks. it lias been said of Mr. llovcp hat he is one of the beat constitutional uwyers in the House, and for reasoning lowers, and as a clear, e- 1m and forcible de iter, lie is certainly inferior to no mctnbei if that body, lie contends,nnd slmws very onelusively that the House would iin\< >ect. acting contrary to the .* pit it f tin (institution had they expelled Mr. Brooks ind that under the eonstitution, it had m power to expel him. His allusion to tin mistaken idea of referring in such cases t< he precedents establish! d by the Euglisl Houses of I'vilianient, shows a mind wel versed in Parliamentary law, and a eleai enow ledge of the difference that exists be ween the limited powers of the llouso o [Representatives of the American Congress ind that of the imperial llouso of Common! if England, that is " above kings, abort peers, above constitutions." The speech ii very plain and forcible in style, and on readers will tind that it well repays a care In I perusal. It will be concluded nex week. THE MINERALS OF LANCASTEr DISTRICT. We arc gratified at being able to prescn to our renders ibis week, a letter from Plot Lif.ber, ,,n the Geological formation oftlia portion of our district that he has yet sur voyed, and respecting its Mineral.igical re sources,consisting of gold,lead and copper;: specimen of the I Iter being left at oui of lice for the inspection of those vv lio insv o isli to examine it. It will be seen Ilia Mr. l.tebeu speaks highly of this last, put ling it down at 33 J per cent, and his re marks concerning the probable value o liese developments, if properly follower ap, are encouraging. Our district lias evel had considerable reputation for minerals especially Hie eastern portion, tlmf Mr. l.ir. iiF.it has not yet auivcycd, where sever:; gold mines have been opened, ami at on< ;imo those w ho workeil them were hind ioincly paid for tin ?r labour, 'i'iiis survey xisely ordered by our state, in-eessarily do .eloping as it does her mineral ri source-" u C(>uneetion with the ntlainineiit of a ?nottbilge of Iter general goo'ogy, tun) rove to be of highest pecuniary advantage* o us, and those persons who suspect gold ?r other minerals to exist on their premises, vith the aid of Mr. l.tnr.Ku's Ncientitic < now ledge, can determine whether it njouikIs to an extent that would juslifv tie t:i ii seeking for it. lie savs of the mine.* hat he has examined ill this district, lb it hey have not been woikcd to a sullicicnl lepth to determine neeurately llieir \ lite nit in eomparing tlteiii with mines in otliei ilaees, of a similar ehararter to these am hat have been more thoroughly explored.In uts them ?I?i\* n r.s belonging to that etas* \ l.ieli sustains the |iiont prominent positio: inmng the gold mines of the allanlii Stales. We hope Mr. Liebki; will conlinr.e to f.i our us with the result of his future exam nations. THE EXAMINEE?FEIZE TALE. ?r?Mk mi'vi'r?l months li. ck, the Editor ?>l he Examiner offered a prizo of f.ftv <I<>!L.t* or the hi'Ml original laic to be published ill Is coluniH ; the cflort of each competitor to >e examined by n committee who should lecide Upon their merits. Tin ir decision ins just been published r.nd the prize is warded to Dr. \V. I> Mr.vi n.of Newberry, er the best tale er tilled "O/d .YicA; .1 'I'tih f Eire, I Yalc.r and Brimstone?" The com mtt ce say, " many otiierenpit.il stoie. s w ere rresentcd ; but being chietly in the beaten rack of modern fictitious literature, wen lot deemed ci|U..l in litvrnry excellence ti. he above." The above offer on the part of the Exam incr should be commended as encouraging i tiste for literary efforts in our State, am! it the same liine it serves to add to the in* crest of that Journal. In this connection ve w ill mention a very culpable practice thai s entirely too common in our Southern 'ountry, viz: that of patronizing Northern inblications, many ot them teeming with an xcihiblc and fascinating, but often a dan. ferous and demoralizing literature, w hilt iur own publications of superior merit?su .erior hecauso of being untainted with thi idour of nboliliorii on, and devoted to the entiments thai should govern ns as South, mors?are neglected and suffered to g< lown for the want of that support wliicl hev deserve, and naturally expect from thcii iw n section of country. True there ar? nany excellent Journals published at tin v'orl!), and manv that are entirely free frnn howiiig nny *< ctionnl partiality, but whet n; have some among n? I lint are equal t< hem in literary uurit, and arc Southern ji one and sentiment front a sense of feeling Kid not front n sense of policy, should v\? tot give to them the preference \\ hen select ng a Journal thai is to form n part in mould ng the sentiment* of our family circle ?? IVhen wo have a literary paper piibl.shec n our own {State, or in our own section o oiintry, that is inferior to none of the atom haracter and price at the North, we shouh ertainly give our preference to the former I'he Examiner is a paper worthy of an ex ensive patronage, and should he suhserihet V?r hyetety family in f'outh Cnroiina, wh< an t.lford to take Miv other than their Disriet paper, which should he first sustained nd then in selecting a tirst class family, lite sry and political fiewspaper, they eoui<] boose hone heller than the Examiner. \V? lieeitally recommend it to the renders ol he I.KDOgR. Anothcr Steamboat disaster. Vf HITCH ALL, N. Y., July 20. The steamer John day was consumed >} firo on Lako ticorgo to day, and sevcal passengers perished. BRCC/KS AND BURLINUAME. We publish on our first page, a card Iron ! the lion. P. S. Brooks, in relation to th( proposed hostile meeting between him am Jdr. UfiM.iM.AMK Another card h.xs sine* * appeared over the signature of Lewis 1) Cami'Bki.l, Mr. Buklinqame's friend in lh> I artair, which gives rather a different versioi . to some of the points, referred to by Mr . j Brooks. We regret that our space doei . | not allow us to publish this card entire.? . ) '1 he tb'lowing is the concluding portion o p, it, which lifers more particularly to tin , jilrcr selected by Mr, Bpiti .ikramk : " It appears by the note ot (Jen. Lane t< him that he ha.I informed Mr. rmlingaiiM i at the ou'sel, that ho had the riuhl of select ' | ing the place tor the meeting, &e. and yet > alter it Was chosen he objected to it, on tin i i ground that it was ' too ibr distant,' am I i Would subject Mr. IJrooks Mo so man; hazards of arrest,' and thcrotorc od\isc? r I him Mo take no farther notice of the mat - j tcr.' I w ill not stigmatize the people south I' ward as mobs, 'assassins,' etc., but in be half of the people between this point am Niagara Falls, 1 assert th.>t Col. Brook j would have been quite as secure, north o ' | M; son and Dixon's line as Mr. Burling..nn x would have been south of it. I know n ull r ing of the rules of chivalry, except what na { tore has taught me, nor lune I studied, no ! Iltir will ! I'Viir nwl.. flu... ;?? ill. 1 matter?ctxlc duello?but as my action ii tlii* premises Refills to be relinked, I leavt Ibe part if s 10 show the 'authorities' to jus lifv their propositions. I " First, that the challenging party may. ii his message, make any restiietions either in . i to the time or place of meeting. Second that in selecting the place the challenger party is circumscribed geographically hj t any precise latitude or longitude. Thiol . that when the place is fixed by the party entitled to the selection the challenger maj retire jiiun the fi. 1.1 on Ills objections to (lis 1 I. nee, if within one day's travel, or fron '* fear of ' bailiffs and constat Ies." Fourth that under liiutuiii agreement, not to giv< . publicity, one party is authorized to publis! the affair through the press, without tin consent of the other. ' My eomplieity in this affair was indum j solely by private fiiendship, and the liopi i that I might he iuslriiinertal in some l.iimbii way in iestoringamicable relations between the pin ties. ? " I now dismiss the whole matter, r.r fat - as may be possible, from my min i, forever I consoled by the reflection, that whalcvci may have been my errors in the premises I no brother's blood has been sited or lit-* sac i diced, by reason ol anv act of mine. I.KWI.S 1). < TvM IMIliLI,. Washington, 1). (?'. July titi, f.sjii. NEW ALVE11VISEMEKT. IltvF.t: I.axd roti Fai.i:.?Col. J. K. Cure1 Tox olfer.s for sale a veiy v .luable plantation on the Catawba llivcr. 'I in* superior add ' and vveli known quality of l.nlul* in that vi. ciniiv, will we presume, secure for it n readv sale. We direct attention to his advertisei t IIH'III. Wastd to I'ltciiam:.? Person* w ill nlst see 111411 Col. ( "lki. 1 on in desirous of purchasing negroes, and is willing to pay foi tliein the highest e:n?h prices. iPi 111 r'3 <T u[ If 1 i Ciahr.m's Magazine. Tho August number of this excellent Iiiontlily lias been on out table sirec ia-t week. It contains the u*u..l xaiicly of I'm cifol Mai elegant literature. Published in Philadelphia $:<, per nnnuui. The Heme Magazine. The rUlbber for Angus! is :i rich speci tnen : it- literary meiit is inferior to no pubi lieatioii of the kind in the 1 otinlry ; it is it I so very cheap, only JjeJ, per annum ; pub limbed in Philadelphia. South Carolina Agriculturist. The fourth nunilwr of this well conduct ? <! Journal, published b\ the >'t te A;_riciil. tort.I Society, is at hand anil contains nine I valuablu ami useful information. Edited by (' I. A. <1 S^utnuivr?term* ?1. ptr aiuraiu in advance. 1 (Poiiiimuiiniiioiio, (For the Isiucaster Ledger. XIr. Eoitor : Allow me through the col. , umn.t of jour paper, to notify the citizen* ol I Lan roster District, that 1 >r. JAMES li ( THOKNW KI.L, late President of the Soul! ( Carolina College, yielding to the almost nni ! versa I solicitation of our citizens, has con sentcd l? dclicver nn Address on " lhluca , lion and the South Carolina College," in tin Court House on Meuday next, lliu till , August. , In the present distracted state of populm feeling, in some quarters of the District , against the College, I prvsutne that the inert announcement of an Address on thissiil j -el fro si one so justly celebrated as Dr. Thorn ....it .......i.I a. I. .if 1 , , ...... vu.u, HI It.-M-Ii, III- rullKI.nl i?i ledifl an unusually large altcnduiicu on Monbaj next; but alien uo consider that hisiuforma lion on the subject is b.-mod upon an intimah connection with the College lor cightevi years,?(bat ho lived within its w tils a* i student?graduated with ils highest hotutT ?r.fierWards tilled, \t ith honor to l.iiiiscl and the Slate, the distinguished po.silion o ils President?and now appears in onrmids to enlin the wild frenzy 6f an lioinal, (it ma] I be) lint ignorant popular indignation?whei t We r. IIret that sueh ? man is to spe. k on I i, subject with which almost hiscntirc life lui | rendered him intimately familiar, I am eer tairi that the citizens of the District wil . turn out en matte to hour the great aposlL | of TkUTH." , Ijtncastriana,?Von have r.ow nn opportn nity of hearing from one who speaks on/i ( (ratli?one who, by hia own uiai.ly cllortu . has risen from the ranks of the people, am I in reality, if not in world!, renown, placei , himself side by sido with Karlh'a greatcs f and best men. The nddrc?s will lie-deliver ed at 11 o'clock A. M , and wilf furnish ev ery information on the Free School system the College and Kdncation generally. At ter tho eonelm ion of the address n splendii Pic Nie uKI be ready for Ai.r., in tho Ae-ade my lot. Respectfully, JOHN D. W VI.IB Angmt 5th, 1856. [For the Lancaster Ledger. f j i i Mr. Edi.tor : We noticed several queries i * I ptopounded to the candidates for tlie Legis- ' 1 , laiure, sotuu of which \vo consider of not ' J much importance, nnd only calculated to I . 1 create excitement and do but little good.? I * We dislike to trouble them with others, but i would be glad to know whether or not, they . nrp in favour of git ing the piegtjon of Cum- I s initsioiier in Equity, Mogish ales, and Cure* - j nvr to the people of their respective Disf ! tri<-Is. b REPUBLICANS. , [For the Lancaster Ledger. ' Some TTcw Minerals of Lancaster Dist. | Mi:. Eiutok: As some remarks on recent ( 1 J discoveries of import, at metals, may not be I j uninteresting to your subscribers, 1 beg to I communicate a fe v facts, requesting you, j | ' j howcyer, to recollect that the portion ofthis | district, which I have as yet only examined. ', . J is very small, and entirely confined to the , I corner Noith West of the Court House.? * j The rocks of this strip of country arc gran- , | ite and gneiss, occupying the whole portion ] \ . north of Bclair, with the exception of a nar- \, . ! row portion of the micastatc, which in York | r j shows itself north of MbcneZcr; tnlcose- j j slate, which comes in just north of 1'oL.ir, , . , and extends thence down the Catavvb.. near . . j to the Wax haw Cheek, on the west nnd on I the east, only a short distance south of .Mot- ( 1 row's saw mill. Then again wc find gran- , ite and gneiss, which covers the ground < I south ot lhe southern boundary, of tbc tal. ' , cose si. to, t? a line t xtcuding from Jaekson- , I ham, to a point a mile below I).ivy's Isinnd, 1 . where it t'oniiccts westward, with the saiuo , ro? ks in Chester. Fowih of the gr. nile. we I i find tulcoee-slate again. Mclaphyrcs, por- ' i ? ph> rics, dioiiiic-sbitcs, phonotith and other! varieties of tracliy lie and trappcan rocks ap , pear frequently, la dykes, as at Lancaster Court House and in the Wax haw's. They I arc often accompanied by quarts porphyries. ' It was neeis>ary to mention lltu? much of f ( the general Ut-olngy ,,f the region, as that will render the description of tiio inines r more intelligible. > it iti ii surveying i <>rK iiiMitct, l visitcil , the neighborhood of Bel.tir, in company with i Mr. Ilagin, and examined nn old mine on ; llin I.mhI of Mrs. John llagin. i think it is i about Ihiily yrarn since the mine xvm last i worked for gold. The character of the vein ijnart/, an well ns theere.it abundance of I ironpyrite*, gave great promise of coppert t i.l no great tlej th, but ns tliu evening was far advance d, a fart her examination wan post- i potted lit! should t. ke the field in I?ancnn- ?| ter. FoiInnately on my rt Inm to the neigh- I borltood, in eon puny with Mr. Fiiedcman, ( we were aide t.? obtain some very fair specimen ft of coppcrpyrilcs, disifteinniinted < , through the quatlg, somewhat in the man- s ner in which that tnirieral occur* near Mr. t . A. Morgan Dow r's on Wolf Creek, in \ ntk Disiiiet. That eopper exists here, is r. .Iready, therefore, Miflicienlly established, r w kite the character of the nit ;rtz permits ns to expivt a eontini:nee in depth. The a coiinlty ruck is l..lei>se slate. The vein is e <mii ii \ ? n iuv < iiiu <tuivru|>, ??*?i mm* v (Vet where it makes i'i with rigulitily, do that itin size in considerable. I leiivi' a i specimen of tlic ore with you, fur tin-in > portion of those who may take nn interest ? in it. A qnilr important fact, in th.it we I fitui little or no malachite,or other lilim-ruls, i resulting from the decomposition of the copperpy riles, and that the first copper ore | we fiinl, in this yellow aulphmvt (containing > 33J per cent of met.lie copper). This < rive* us reason to expect that no expensive , ' or deep ex,d ration* are nrci wiry to deter- < mine the linal character of the vein. Another locality w here a fine quartz vein, I containing gold, argentiferous galena, (aul1 pliurct of lead) and copper Cecil's, is to be t seen c>n the land of the late Win. I'otts, on < the N. C. line, ahout a mile north of lb* I/eli ? mine, where it lias hern opened to some s i slight extent for gold, by n man of the name t of I'axlon. The quartz is peculiarly lively and promising, nnd although'the quantity of , t had hitherto found, is small, much resem- ' blance is to l>u found with the will known Morg. n or l.iglitm r mine, in Spartniiburgh. > Both lead and copper arc Inclined to ho mns. > I' sive, which is an important point. It will ' certainly be of importance, ;s w ell as inter- I i est, to see this mine properly opened, as it i may teach us much regarding other similar occurrences. The vein extends some dis- t - tanco into both Slates in an cr.*t and '.vest ' : course. It is about tw o feet w ide. 1 i The ores of copper lik. wise occur, on n tract of land belonging to Mr. Morrow, in ' r the northernmost corner of yo ir district, and . besides I found some of it while panning for j ' n gold, on land belonging to Mr. \\ in. Ilagin. ; ' , Taking all these facte together, we most re- ' < - gard tl is portion r I^wieaslcr peculiarly I1 t iifii iMi|"j?in?J With this Inclii, *? hidl lliis ku j t recently only been discovered to any extent, i ' . in our State. It must continue to be tbu t urgent wish of nil interested in the welfare i of tliis commonwealth, to see the*" our it mines opened, and returning the rich reward k which niav reasonably be expected from (hi* ' T I f import:.nl industrial pursuit?mining, f The gold mines of this region of the dis 1 t trift are nil what are termed slate mine*. v Anion'' them Ve have tiiel/.ell mine, which, I i however, it differs in some respects from the n others; * mine opened to n very slight exs tent, by Messrs. Ivy, M.uuu y and l>obv,nnd the long succession of mines on the lands I of Messrs. Mephcns, Belk and !>; Masscy, u dee'd. The mines belong to that ciiss, vebieh in North Carolina, has proved itself to be more persist* nt In depth, than any , y other gold mines, for while in llm ordinary . a gold quartz veins, it lias rarely been found < i profitable to wgrk at a depth below filly or ] 1 a hundred feet, the works at too gold Hill < t mine, in North Carolina, now extend to s ' depth of four hnndred feet, and the Huey ^ mine, in tl e same State, to one hundred ' > and fifty, while * clear profit of $lb,000 to ( ' i $?JO,OuO is mnde monthly st the latter.? I The mines of I ho same description in this district, or nt least those which I have ss yet examined, have not been opened to a sufficient extent to give us a full insight into ^ < ' their character. We must therefore eo'o- 1 - M . w >are thi'in with those which have elsewhere * 1 * # ?een most thoroughly explored, and it U for ,hc present sufficient in thii respect, Jo say that the class to which they belong, occn- ? [)ics the most prominent position among the [^old mines of the Atlantic States. 4, 1 close these brief remarks, with the expectation that 1 tuny bo able to givo you some further information, regarding the mines of your district, before I leave it. Most respectfully yours, OSCAR M. LIBBER, HI. (.?. and A. Stir v., S. C. Cany?, Lancaster, 27th July, 185G. [For the Lancaster Ledger. To the Intcndant and Wardens of the Village of Lancaster: The undcrsighcd having been appointed by your honorable body, a committee of |)( health, for the purpose of inspecting the 1 condition of our village, as to the saititory I condition of the same, beg leave to report : 1 That they have, in accordance to your or 1 jr, dcr*, gone over and cvnmined the various j fr, Idealities, supposed by them to require your at uttcntion, in order to insure, as far as possi- at l?le the healthful condition of tlie village; te it thing always desirable, and one that should w never be overlooked by those having the ?auio under their iharge. We suggest, 1st. That a deep and per- S( innnent dindi, with several branches running into it, he made; to commencu in J" . . In Jones Croekctt's Lot, near his stables or garden, and to pass thence through J. A. llasseltinuV yard and garden, thence bnek of ). W. Cooke's office, until it reael.es the liicii i:t liav Street. We think it would, be i A H-st tu liavo it mid itn br.mvhes dug deep sa mil covered over. j hi lid. We suggest, Tliat Win. M<Ivonnabe i cijuired to plow the vae.it.l lot, Hiiotli ol i 5'' lie old eourt Ionise, up tliorou.lily, and ' " '.ike or make it lo\el, and then linvc sueli ^ I rains or ditches made in it, reaching t !?? Iralii", in M. Ill Street, us will i fleettinil}' drv S( t. W e would especially enll your nttenliuu |if o the condition of said lot. situated in the 'entre of i|ie village, nml being ovcrhi:: **' villi weed* and vegetable matter, on v\ lii-h vater in nbundanee remains after every rain, iixl these two causes too,.;her, it i* believed. * the most prolific source of summer fevers !l" n our climate. 3d! We recommend that a suitable diteb ' x ?e ope net! b;.?k of I>. W. lirowu's stables . o drain that part of the village. W( 1th. We recoinmiund that a ditch comnoticing below, or near J. lb I'< n.sarl's gar- j?j ten, be opened, passing throogh I) I'.ilii: gs' ot, and tbrougli or by the side of M. 1*. "raw ford's garden. 6th. We suggest that a good ditch be pened from Mrs. SaiMer"*. past J. A lias- * ' clline's and Jones t'roekelt'* stables, ter ,i ?... i'i:?i.. i . eei uni t* IIIp. m mi mmiii I v>i mmjjiv M??. Clh 'I hat a ditch or ditches lie opened . I **1 cross J. It. Mutton's lot, luck of Ills enroll age bIu>|) and through his garden. We W 'uhl recommend (li.it all dead trees, ,,;i nd rotting or decomposing timber of what- s,,, \ er hind, that ins:^ l?e on the streets or side- ji,. valks, be immediately removed. Wc suggest the propriety of having nil mid hole*, where lings are in the habit ot (allowing, tilled up with stones, we found several, one under Win. Mclvcntm's old ?tajle, and one back of his lot, on which Kobnson and Croekett now liven We recoir.ittend most cm neatly that sdl 'every body) be required to have their gar- . len or necessary houses, properly cleared x nit, at leant once si month, mul an iibun- '|'| lance of iwpcrus water or lime thrown in im md ahout them, to keep down the foetid mi ll, thai emanates from tliem during the hot months of suuimmcr. We further recommend that all rank vcrd* ami vegetable matter, growing about 11 ' ?ur lots nml yards, be out down and rrinnv. d soon, as the hot season Is now on us, mil we may expect eoon to seefeitrs make heir appearance. We also suggest the propriety of having J|(1 he weeds removed from the streets, for the 'C.ikoiis above stated. or We think it necessary in .111 rtjrria! man- hlt ar, to call your attention, (thai v on m. \ p,, ?otify the propei persons,) to the very bud (Ji ind lilihy condition in which we found the de tack house in tho court hous<: lot, it is of tsclf mflicient to create a pestilence. Wc also suggest, or bring to your notice, j*M lie dilapidated and dangerous condition of f) he puhlic well in front of A. C. Dtinhtp's, j,;( ive think it would bo proper for you to have I lilted up in such a way, as to ntakc it iscful in case of need from lire, etc. jj Wo recommend that the old well at the ^ rack end of Odd FcnowY Hall, be tilled up i|f| >r ojiened, nr.d properly fitted up for use, in (;, use of need, it is at least in n dangerous md unhealthy condition as it is. rj All v-T v. aivh i* respectfudy ouLiiiitt.*!. |:c 23d June, 183t>. 8. !* STR \IT. M. D.Cb'n.) o JAft. MO 11 IN SON, \ o D. \V. llHOWN. \ ? ,rr | The foregoing Committee having this ! < J, reported, ordered that (f.e various rccoin nuiidiilion* luir^iilcd, be adopted by renin il, except the 3d nnd Gtli; nnd that :;n ordinance be forthwith prepared, contemplating the enforeeiiient of the lirul nnd accond reeouiuiendaliou*. '*1 J. ADAMS, Intond't. of July 8 1856. u, IIomicidk.? We are pained to bo rail ad ed u|K>n t<? announce a death by violence to in our dialritt, which occurred in the up- C< |H-r |Motion ol it on laat Friday. A <ju.?rrel Hronti between Mr. Jame* Drown and ;tr Mc Fur I an, brother* inlaw, alight of koaued, in which, aa we nre informed, an Drown waa rather badly beaten. After vii the fight, had ended D. retted hi? gun and diot McK. killing him almoal inrtaiilly.? Drown i? now in jail. An in<ric?t baa (t>een held, we have not learned wbalver- ' licl waa returned.? Darlington Flog. m ^ h? Fire in Beaton. * Doalon, July 30. 0* The Jcflereon block of building* in thia 1 lily waa burnt to-day. Entmntfil km b< 75,000. jm ivIegrn|iljif, [1 ;n!:; Mie t'lnulcston Sl.riilaitl. LATER FROM EUROPE. \nitivai, of ~nu: steaiueh ARABIA, General IntelligenceNkw York, July 29. Tlie Spanish Minister, Esncrado, has on compelled to resign, and a n^w ininiry has been formed, with 0'Dom.cl a* s loader. General Anfonta Leaded (lie revolution-; ts in tlie battle at Madrid, Thirty horses r?in the National Guard and the citizens atomised and finally defeated the enemy every point. Many wore killed. Tlict rests, however, were indefinite. Thoh\< si aij\ices say that theNntional (.*11ar<) ts disbanded, and the country was in ate of siege. France had despatched an army of ob^ nation to the Spanish frontier. An explosion of a coal mine had taken aco near Cardiff, Wales, by which a itidrcd persons were killed. From Kaucas. Kock 1st.and, July 27. Stringfellow issued n handbill on tho h calling on Missourians to g<> into Ivans before August, to vote in November idor Toombs' bill. Gen. Smith sats if Lane comes into tho e Territory he will resist him at any *?, Six hundred M -sonr'ar.s were at St. sophs, to intoieepi I, a la's pnitv. Ninety Cliieagi'i s and 3" M issnchutts mi n were expected to joiy nt No-' aska city. jiler Explosion and Dreadful Loas of Life. New York, Jul)' ?8. A ?? !r<?I ncriili'iil ?ii board t? Kiii|iii?* Stale, i it lirr passage in I' ill River to this city. 11? lloiier plixtcd on Saturday ettiling, whilst she is in the Ilii'Non livtr. Sin.* htid on ard 111': \ pass, tigers, out of whom woven Mi* kill ;l mill llll. cn eriil.lcd. 'I'mclve persons ha\e already d:id from trie* received. Llecsrs- Burlingnine and Erook*. Wamiimiton, J.tiy 'Jo. Mr. IitirliuMtiine publishes, to day. h rv revere ami w:trea?lic cm *1 on Mr. i.oks' cmirre in tlic nUair ol honor relitlv decided hy Mr. 11n k- d? e'iiiin^f meet Mi. lJnrlitiiounc at the pi are dmia'cl. M r. ('aniphcll, ?1 < >i?i. a -stone* responsibility in tefettence to tin-limu .1 place of meeting, ami Mr. 1'nii.inme assorts I.is m illiu^mvK to j?n to oi.lt Carolina ami teed Mr. 1'. looks if eei mi rv. Hurricane in South America* New Yin k, J uly, 30. Advices from the coawt of l.al.i ad. r >? e I >t instant, mate tli.il lire. n Man I ? is visited by a terrible ami most disni*. his liunieaiic. Out of a fleet of thirty |*, t\\i nty tiine veto totally wi.,I i.huh-* unknown. Tin* gale c\t? mini !> -g l?htnd, w lien* three inure largo s-i!s uvre Inst, and ilivir ircAii iM riMKil, ic lo?s is \cr) heavy, and only joiilty >ur?d. Tornado in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, J u!y 30. A tornado lot* passed over the cit\, iinl Kli properly i? destroyed. Congressional. washington, July 28. Ill the United Slates Senate to day iilitng of importance was transacted. Tlii lloiisu amended the Army Appreciation bill so tlial the military tones ouM withdrawn from Kansas until uhcr net ion ?>n die niljivl be taken by ?iigre?a, and tliat tlie militia be diabau* d, their arum reclaimed, Ac. washington, July 28. (Governor Shannon lms been removed' mii tin: gubernatorial chair of Kansas, 1 J. W. Geary, of l'a., apointed in hi* ace. Washington, July 20. Tlie Senate passed scleral Western arbor llill?. The House amended iho ruiv Hill by adopting Mr. Sherman's ncndmvnt, |>roviding for a Termor'a I overnmciitfor Kansas, freedom of *|*.ech id of the | iress.i coloration of the M>*OUCompromise line, discontinuance of all ,'ttc.i* jirosctuimnr-, Ac., %?v?, A.. Washington, July 30. In the U. S. Senate to-day nothing of iportance transpired. The House pasa| a bill for the settlement of the claims revolutionary ofliecr* and their orphan*, re Kansas election case w ill be discussed morrow. Washington, July 30. Skxatr.?The Senate took up the bill regulate the compensation of members Congrcs*. Mr. Goilaminr?r uronr?? ! , | . . | ? pih''UUI i V ri.n: they ?hn!l receive for their Allenknee al the te*?ion* twenty-Are percent, iditi >i:el to wlml they nro now entitled by Il?v. The bill wai referred to tbo tminiliee on finnuce. House?The Huiiao discussed the bill nviding for a settlement of the claim* of fU-or* of the Revolution end the widow* id urphtuit of those who died in the torre. NVealtu* Pauper.?Catherine Alber lieggtr ted fortune-teller, died in tleigh, N. C., Istt w?*?k. On examining r efl'e t* $2,000 in gold, silver nnd notes a? found, together with ov dcnces of her ining ? plantMtion in Kentucky, and 00 ares of milrond ttoek. Around her. dy ?ai a belt full of gold coin.?ttithH<an linnntr.