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THE LANCASTER LEIHJBR. ! Publikhed every Wedneslay Morning ,T I W. M. CONNORS KDJTOll AND IMtVVHIKIUK. oSo? TE11MS: In advance, .......... f'2.00 j At the expiration o( Fix Months, .... 2.60 ! ^\t the ent of the Vcar, a.uo Al) V KliTISEXI KNTS Will ho inoi tlotl at tin- following low rates: j OncMi'taie (ol it> lines or leas,) one insertion, | #i ; or, il eontimieil, "3 cents ft-c tlje tirst in- | cition, ami fin cents tor eacj) siih--yt:ei:t iip?er- | ion. fW J?ey Foyrtl) I'tigo lor hvthictioifc* in < > or ot standing advertisements. The nutrlei ot insertion* must he written on i oucli r.iivertiseiiiriit, or thej will he inserted till : nlereii unl :.:ul ciiuigeu uecoidi'iglv. The Cotton Crop. \V AS JIMITON, }>cc. 8?, 18oG. vittvri.KMKN Helicvjnji, as I tin, thai i a >ystemalic. ctlorl has been carried un for j vcars, in this country and in England, by 1 ?| eculatois ;-u I manufacturers of our great ; staple, CoiLoti, to swell the ?StilliUlL'S ol | ih< annual production, in order that it i may be obtained. Ijoin its l.ouest producers. Ht h"=p than its real and intrinsic val ue ; and desirous, if I can, to atford the planters of the South some aid by >vhieh lirey may be induced to realize a better price, bv holding their crops until the do- j niand forces a l;.;r and just value?1 have I concluded to send you (ho result of an in j quiry, which, for my own satisfaction, I ? itist:lilted hero, and which may have some i cifect i?i f.ec.'mplishin^ my obj;et. I ScO l!iHt several estimates have recent- ! ly beci published nud sent to Kngland, j varving trotn 2,t<00,000 to 3,200,000 t tale , n -i*li r of'#hich, iu my judgment, , will likely I c realized. It w 11 !o recollected that, last year, we had the credit of making 3,500,000 bales, aad, 1 bilieve, about tuat quantity went to the ports; but it is well known that, of that, a considerable portion was of the crop of 18 4, which had been retained in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, and pora. _ ...? ... i "W, ? ? |'<|| b VI I I V/ 'inU" I quince of low ri\cr-i and want of transpor tiU:on, mi?il long after tlie month of Sop , tcntber, tljc u&mtl lime of making tip the j i estimates, ! have qovur heard that por| tioti estimate! allocs than 200,000 tales, I i aiu inclined to believe, it would I nenroi approach 250,000. Jie this as it I may, 3.500,000 bales were thrown into I tho market from the 1st September, 1635, I to Sepler.tei, 1850 , and during a war in Europe, for about five months of the sonH son, with a high rate of interest for tnonH yy in England, ntula higher rate of prices H lor provisions than usual throughout the civilized world, and yet the whole crop was sold, leaving no extraordinary accum ulotion in Liverpool, and commanding, at the very hial of the .vi'ea in t.his country, about 1- cents per pound. in 3dUiuy.11 to'.his, it v> very well known that the nop of la*t year WH* more complelelv .-o!?i ont at the commencement of the pr?. ent than hasbeen known in manv years previous ; and the present season found Ku.ope in peace, with no serious falling off o! the provision crop any w here, yvith no known reason why money tt.altert>bouM bo as stringent as last year, with price# of tOiUCat evojvthiqg ranging high er titan usual, and Australia and California yielding their usual supply of gold. lieurit.g these facts in mind, let mo now refer to the result of my inquiry, among members of Congress (without concert to getliei) from different parts of every cotton-growing State In the Union, many of ? whom are planters, and nearly all of whom left botue nfu-r tlie picking ses .on was far advanced, and whose 6 tale incut-', in wri ting, I have lieforc me. In Texas, (Jen. liusk thinks the crop will exceed that of 1855, by 20 per cent., io consequence ol increase of Und in culti yation, and hands from immigration, in A'katisas, Sen it'T J.ohnson estimates ( the crop at 10 per cent, increase, in consequeucc of extended cultivation from immigration. Mr. (ireenwood the same.? Jfr. liust thinks the crop will ho short in his district 20 per cent, on the lands cultivated in ) 655, but makes no ostium to fiom | extendinrr cu!tivaii<ti. In Louisiana, Mr Sandige estimates the 1 crop as 20 per cunt, short of the crop of " 1855. In M asisdppi. Mr. llomiot est imutcs the I crop* at one third less than the crop of! 1855; Mr. H.irkadaU tHo same, that is. at one-third sliort, Gen. Quitman at ruie- | third short; Mr. Lake * ouc-fourth short ; nud M". Wright at one-fourth short. Ill Alabama, Mr. Shorter estimatea Hit crop at one-fourth short of 1855; Mr.1 Doedeli onc-lhird short; Mr. Harris one j third short; Mr. Cobb alone fourth short, ami Mr. Ilouston at one half short. In Georgia, Mr. Crawford represents} thj crop at U7 1-2 per cent, short of last year; Judge Wrnru r one-thirl short; Mr. Mr. <J. bb one half sliort; Mr. Stephens tw ; thirds short; Mr. Foster at 70 per cent, hor', and Mr, Frip from 37 1 2 to .50 per cent, short. in Tenne ,sc, Mr. ilivcrs (Memphis) 1 represents 1bo crop one ball short of 1855;1 Mr. Wright one-hall's hurt; i\Jr. Jones onethird -h^r', and Mr. Koody (Middle Tenr^) as much as last year % f:i North Carolina, Mr. Craig estimates (lie crop :.t one third short of 185$. In Florida, Mr. Maxw?ll estimates the ? crop as sliort, decidedly but makes no ; estimate. in .South Carolina, Mr. Orr estimates ! a the crop at one fourth short of 1855 ; Mr Iv'citC Ml one thin! short; Mr. Hrooks at one-fourth sliort, and Mr. ilcyce and my- ' self at in .re than one fourth short. My rofurence to these estimates it may | be iren that Texas will make twenty per Cent.Increase extreme; Arkansas ten per j cent, ev'.roiiie ; Louisiana twenty percent. ' ' short. In Mississippi three estimate! } make the crop ooo third short, and two I on* fourlti short, which would justify an Climate at more than one fourth deficit. ,j\ In Alabama two est<mates give one-fourth fulim^ ?!f, two one third, and cm- ono-half, which indicates an averagu of a little less 1 than me-third deficit. In Georgia, the J . . greatest Ubmg ujV ;s two thirds of llto , crop, and the least n more than one.-thiol giving, us a fair average, but little nioro ' than half a crop throughout the State.? i In Tennessee, the two most important dis- J hiets are estimated one half of a crop, one at two thirds, and one full crop, (Mr. KeaddyV) where the cotton ia manufnc tured at Nashville, and do?*s not affect the estimate at the jwvrts. North Carolina gives a falling oil" of one third. In Flor id a, the crop is estimated as short, Jn ; South Carolina, the average deficit is os- I limntcd at slightly over 25 per cent. It J will l?<? sceu from tlii?, that a general esti- j mate of one fourth deficit, on the entire w cotton crop, would he lets than might be v stated upon the above tlula ; still, houev- a er, let us make the estimate upon that ba- 't sis, and assuming, as 1 think, correctly, t the real crop grown in 1855 ti have been ! ^ 3,300,000 bales, and the present crop as one-fourth sht rt, being 826,(*00 bales, we 1 , have, as the crop grown this year, 2.475, ! . 000, which will not he greatly ex?ceded, notwithstanding there is, in alt the newer | v States, incieased cultivation, and a great . I or number of ham's employed. Many of I tlie?e han Is can only pio luce an increase oil quantity in their new fields, while their labor is a !"ss to the Stales from whence j they weic taken. j c It may he well remaiked in this con | ^ nection, that while there is an increase of ^ production from extended cultivation in j 'iie newer Slates, there is a correspond- , iug falling off from the doteriorat on tide- J ( tug place constantly on old plantations in f the older States. It is. however, equally ( true that there are hands esrrie I out from , the non-cotton-growing States, whtte la- I bor adds t<> the annual increase of the <n!- | ^ Hire of cotton. Therefore, in view of all those things, in making a liberal estimate of the actual crop, we may add 226,000 c bales to the number estimated above, " which gives the outside total as 2,700.000 j bales to the number estimated above, | which gives the outride total as 2,700,- 1 ^ 000 bales, which, probably, will bo found s! to bo about the amount produced. j I 1 presume it is hardly necessary for me : [ to sav, tiiat no spwulalive inducement t has influenced mo in obtaing the forego- j ing information. 1 was net unfed, in the ' c hcgiiiiiing, from a desire to inform myself j ( as a cotton grower in regard to the sale of mv own crop, (which is more than one- j third shoit of that of last yenr.) and *e ing no reason, whilst nearly till other pro- I ducts in this country have doubled their j * former pricr, why cotton should not keep j ' pace in some degree; and wishing to give i iu nrodticcrs at larire the benefit of infor- 1 . ; motion that may he important to them, J you mnv publish this letter, to bo recviv- ( ed by them for what it is worth. i Your ob't scrv't, JNO. McQUKEX. ?-w ?> t From Washington t WASHINGTON, l>.c.30. The two Houses of Congress met this j I morning, the members generally in good ' j comJition. 'J he Senate received several 1 ] executive communications, but none ot I : importune?one firing detailed in form a j tion touching the woodou dock at 1'ensa- i cola. Several petitions were presented f1 and referred, A resolution was adopted I calling for all the items in (ten Scott's claim to extra jvay, together with the cor ' respondent*? in relation thereto. The res j < olution previously paused only called for ?l the jsay actually allowed under the prea t ent law. The Senate continued the nom ination of l'crsifer F. Smith as Brigadier Geueral, the ollice created by Cotigrto* for the benefit of <ten. Shields. lu the House, one hundred aud fiftyseven members answered to their names 4 this morning. Several coiumucicatiuus I were received from the Executive lV*part ' ments. The Postmaster (ieticnd asked t an appropriation of five hundred and tliir- a ty-fivc thousand dollars for the foreign \ mail. Most ot this service is paid for ? through the navy department A reaolu ? tion was adopted calling on the. Secretary ot the Interior lor {thins hiu! estimates of | :i new building tor bis department of the government. The building at present oc 1 copied belongs to the patentees of the " eoynuy, having been built exclusively out 1 of the Talent fund. Resolutions of the I South Carolina Legislature were present- j t cd b\ Mr. Keitt, praying tliat port U<>yal i haruor might be fortified, and a naval de- a poi established at He iufQ.it. THcso rso i s iutions were rclerred to the Naval Coin I j niittee, and ordered to Ikj printed. The I . House took up the Consular and t?ipl<> ; matic Appropriation bill, which led to l much debate. The item of twenty-five 1 thousand dollars for cosular pupils was : c stricken out. The bill of last session left it discfeliuniry with the 1'resideiit to ap | point twenty five consular pupils, to act ] a,s clerks aud be trained in consular duduties. The idea ol a school killed the j provision. The bill vun pa&aed, and the . j House. nd ion rued. I Mr. Field visited the Prc-siik-nt r.nd Sec- j * retnries to-day and exhibited to them a ' ' piece of the submarine telegraphic cabie 1 which ho brought with him from New York 'i'liey wore highly pleased and y manifested a gotxl deal of interest in the j enterprise. A number of Senators and members alio called to sea it a* Willard'a where it is now on exhibition. ! t - ? <*> mm I Congressional. \\ ASII1XOTOV, Dec. 30. In the Senate^ on motion ot Mr. Wei- I ier, the Committed on Territories were <li- ( reeled in inquire into the expediency of providing mentis to estabiisn and settle tUe boundary between California and ' Dlah. On motion of Mr. Weller, a resolu- ? lion was also adopted calling upon the " President to communicate a statement of e all the payments and allowance* made,and t< all claim as disallowed (sen. Sect It from the c date he joined the army in Mexico, to Decern her 1st, 1160, together with all the correspondence on tho subject. ^ The Senate then went into Executive Session on the Kansas appointments, In the House, they passed the Cornu- 1 Inr and Diplomatic Appropriation hillsaf- ! w ter striking out $26,000 for Consular pu- d pils. Then adjourned until Friday. n Recruits for Walker. e New Orleans, I>ec. 2t?. 11 The st. amer Texas sailed this morning I w !'h five huiidred recruits tor C?n. Wal- g kcr. I o r" " I " ) .*% : (Tljr ]CriU|iT. LAJJCASTERVILLE, S C. ? VVKWiKSPAY MOltNINO, JAM 7,1867. a . In (in our first uiiso will bio found" mim ' n< . . . I el riginal poetry from a popular author ; also | lucli other interesting matter. p en TO APVERTISERS. . . . Hi As tliis js tjie season when most busmen* j ,, lien filler into contracts ft?r the year, we ' w muld direct attention to ourycaily rates of! . dv criming. Mere hauls and others will luid | hat by contracting for u column, or less by be year, a large amount of advertising can ' ^ >c had at small cost, besides being cheap ? ' in r to the advertiser, the rule by eonlrnet is la letter for many reasons. It leaves no room or misi iidcrstuudings. frequent changes ^ vill be allowed, also the utmost pains taken . lv o di-play to advantage. j SALES PAY, p As us pal at this season oil sales day, a ^ aigo number of persons w ere in atiendanee (,f in Monday . A good deal of property was |(| isposed of, mid that which we noticed w nougbl very lair prices. The House and ot occupied by J. (lalluchat Esq., sold by j 'oiniiiissioiier, was bought by (Job J. L, ' ,'ureton for 8 I f?U0. J ^ THE MARKETS. I ?! It will be seen that the latest foreign ' it Cws, report an advance if t|ie cotton uiar- I ot vt. Those who have a supply on huud,' T apnot fail to realise Fair prices, as every in - | tuition warrants a cuptiuued advance. d< We are under renewed obligations to J il? s.-r*. >8. (? (-'oiiileuav & Co., Itooksellers | ,| ml Stationers, no. ?J Hroad Street, C'|i?rcstoii S. ('. for u copy of Millers' AllUiW*C j br H>i7. } "T~r hi The lion. Josiali J. Evans will please uc- ^ cpt our thanks for public documents revived. m m m _ I1 It w ill be seen bv a notice to that effect . CI '.oin Headquarters, that all election f<>r Mai. ?... . l( leneral of Ih'.s Division will be held on 25tli i ^ Ybrunry, j , NEWSPAPER CHANGES. | * JoIiii (j. Row watt. Esq., Into Editor of the j ^ Jrangeburg .* uulhruH, is associated with j dr. E. II. Ihilton of tin* Columbia Time*. ! I'his i* a valuable ac<|ni.-i:ioii,and with dbun- 1 ^ lant talent and enrrgy, tbo Timou cannot | ail to continue n highly interesting r. Mr. (J. 1>. M. I'itlicr bna purchased otic j lalf the Standird Office nt Chester. Tin* ? Standard vv ill hereafter be issued under the I'lojtrii tuisliip of Miekic &. 1'iihcr, and Ed. ^ led as heretofore. Col. John Cuuuingliaui. ! .&* become the '' inlc proprietor ot the Charleston firming f rtrs, Uy the retirement of S. K I'elot. Jos. >v Keiil, Esq., has di.posed of his 1 '' nterest in the Newheirv Mirror to Mr. J ! e' K J. Mel.emore, v< ho is now sole editor olj hat journal. OUR PAPER. "I W e are gratified at the C'.vn?idvMraV?h? ac *' |uUilion uiadv to our aubseription list on J' Salesday last, ami woliciehy tender to those j l} if our country friends who sent u*several 11 ^oud names, c ur warmest thank*. Hut few " i*W discontinued, and we nr? pleased to ^ u-lieve that our patrons are generally w atialicd with our etfvxis to j.lea?* them ? * A'e hope by close attention, to merit i continuance of their good wishes and , * mppcrrt. Many kindly expressions have greeted us, ] ind at the risk of being thought v&ln, we nsert an extract from a letter received from i Reverend gentlemen, whom we have not 11 he pleasure of know trig personally, now li\. ( l' ng in Alabama, but fornierally of this Dia- 1 81 rict: l' ; l 4I .-.in very uiucli pleased with your man j igenicnt of the paper, anrt am gralilied to , ^ ice so able a journal, nnd one so sound in ? ts mora! tone, conducted in my native Di*- I " rict, to which my hvaJTl $Uli clings with the P' ondest affection.'' j " We hope, at a future. iU'y? to merit the j 11 ompliment conveyed >u 'be above. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I ^ A rare opportunity for a profitable invest- ^ nenl, is offered by Mr. Stevens in propcu 1 ^ .irg lo sell lus ^ivld Mine, situated in this j )ialricl. Ah lu tL* valuable quality of (hi* . , dine, llic Li'ht refer* wo U given?Prof. w fiber's report of the Min*;</,< of thin din* ' riot. M Attention i* directed to tlio Kahi'v *aIc of; ^ il. A. < "itl?? dee'tl., to take place on the ?jnd y, nat ant. (i The advertisement from Charleston by oJ ic*srs. Nayler & Smith, wo commend to j w he notice of Merchant* and other*. ; rr ??- - I jr, APPROPRIATIONS. ! ni The bat legislature,. in n commendable j *' pirit of liberality toward* the literature of, hi* State, appropriated three thousand doU j ^ urs to aid in the publication of flolbrook'* j vthjfology ; five hundred dollar* to Prof. ' '* fiver*' Colanial History of South t'a.tolin*; I *' _ J ft ! J I I a I ft l f I nu DOiiai'-i urucrru uiu |>umicuiioii 01 mj(nw opie* vf Hon.. IV. Kliiotl'a Address on Cot 8 on nt (Ho French Exhibition, and 1000 ^ opioa of O. M. Lieber'a Geological Report. ^ LCCIPEUT ON THE S. Q. RAIP. J' ROAD. I The Augusta Chronicle 61 Sentinel of C| i'huraday ways:?**The 10 o'clock train, p rliich left the city for Charleston, (on Tues- tj ay night laat) km thrown oft' the 'rack (j ear the two mite-poet by a trco having fall- 0 n acroaa the road. The two firemen, Free- p tan and Kannady were arverely scalded ? 'he latter had hie arm broken. The enti.oer, Mr. MoaHy, escaped unhurt. .None a; f the paasengei* were injured. It NEWSPAPER RECORD. >Ye liave rmivvd from some quarter a \\>j?o|kt record, containing a list 1 f all e tvspapers published in the United States, n nnadu* and Great Britain ; together with b sketoh of the origin and progress of print, n g. The facts 8ubinittcd.esptci.ill) in eon. ' retioii with infant newspapcrdoin in thin mntry, are interesting. The first 1'rirting l'rcss in North Ameri1, was established at the city of Mexico 1 ' tout the y?ar 16U0, and lbs first one in 1 ie American Colonics, was established at " ansbridge, Mw., in ltE'9. Day I 11 as the first printer ill the ColonicM. Thoso u favor of extending the great Art, had to " unbat against the singular notions anil ' 11 rejudiees of the people. It was nearly a 1 nturi after the lit si press w as et I Disbud ( i New England, before one Would be tineled in Virginia. v The lirsl regularly issued paper from an " iiicricau Press. was the lios'.ou News l?clr, ci niuienccd on li?n tilth of April IVU X. 1 Was twelve inches by eight, two pages iliu, two columns on u page, printed in ' ica >c. The oldest living paper in f ineriea, i? the New Hampshire Gazelle ' itahlished in 175ti and printed at f rsi on a " ilf shoot of foolscap. 'J'ho Colonies ere slow to recognise the advantages of ^ in ting. Sixty tour y oars from the dale of 1 -tllemeiiV in Virginia, the Governor of the olony "th.iUKcd God that it had 110 free I cliools or printing." The first paper in South Carolina, was ' >t iblished in ITitJ, by Tlios. NVhitmarsli t was called the Gazette. 11 w'm printed 1 I a sheet of foolscap?often on a half sheet. I lie subscription price was three pounds, ibout &15). During llio struggle lor 111- * pctiUciice tlie papers of this {State, gvru- . * 11) , supported the Republican baiuu. Tlic ol.leal living paper ill the t>Ulc, is ' it- Charleston Courier. The grow III of j i-wspnper* in this, a a in all other Su>e*_ 1 " ill been repaid. In 117!) she had two) uiruals ; ten in 1810 : twenty in 1&J8 > 1 i?\enteen in lKto; thirty nine in ISiO? * lie has now sixty-five. An enlightened people now feel the ituortance of a properly conducted preaa,ana | , ckoovv K dge it a* tne first instrument of i ( ivilizalion. A pi inline press vv as uUnchctl j | i the Atnerivan annv "til uiarehed tluuugo ( lexieo, and a few hours after a battle had , con fought, the dcl;fils W ore printed and t ad l?y tho soldiers A paper pohlulietl 4 pvcrnl months since, in the Territory of | N'iirnnuD, contained the following in n , pilous announcement. , ' We are doing what, perhaps, has never ecu done in the United State* before?we > re printing the Newport Wisconsin Mirror j i the woods! Not a dwelling, except our < ivn, within, half a mile ot os and only one t >'itliiu a u ile ! The forest oak* hang ovei ur otliee and dwelling, the deer and rail- | its shy around us, and the partridges and j nails seek our acquaintance, by venturing , carer and nearer our doors. | The emigrant, whatever his other priva- i oiis, must have s newspaper, a* is evidenrd in the history of California, Nebraska, [ansa*. dL.c. Take the world over, and w beitver de*- x otisin is scveresl.tbe pr<v?s is l?u?i gid, and it is only in a Republican gov- 1 rnmeQt, that its blessings -inn be fully en- i ' yed (n 1&50 in Great R.tlaiti, one news- 1 spcr was published for every 1 2,000 iuliah- | 1 ants ; in Helgnim row for every 35,000 ; ] ' i Russia about three newspapers for everv I * lillron ; while in the Usitisl Stati*, there t ' ere about lu every mn? woman and | r liMd. t Tlie re cord from vvhicb we gather lb,- ' 1 hove facts, was compiled and published i>\ , 1 ay Ai lb other, Philadelphia. ME MEMINQERS iILL. | ' As the provision* oi this bill, whieh eniue ' i ry neiu being an Act of the last la-gisla- ! 1 ire, may not be very generally known, | 1 ibtnil lis main features The bill proposes I 1 > establish a system of Common (School?, | ' y authorizing tr?e Commissioner'. of Free | choola. to levey a tax upon ll.r inhabitant* ' * f each judicial Dis.riet. for the building <>) : no 01 more Si bovi bouses* ttu?i for thssjp- 1 ort of the SeSools ; and w hutevcr inn) be I lo amuu^i of thi* tax, the Mtntc pUdg ? I I erself f?> add to U a xii^il.ir nionnt lor llie | ug.e pmy Jvc. The CjuuMissiou. r-? abo, | > employ tcveiyws, faxing the UidrH'l lor i alt ihe luilariea, tWu Stale paving for the ! I her half. These Sehool* to U- for the | kmc tit v> jvety bod)* both ryh and poor, ee of tdl.v?e. A similar system is said to luxe worked ell in Charleston, and doubtb an ft would ork well there and many o0*-( places fain, but whether it would do ai >ull ii. >1110 of itiu poorer Districts, is exueililif'l) ueslionttble. The Commissioner* in levy ig a tax must look lis well to the means of ?e poopJs us to their wants, and the amount i f tUDliuu roiwo.i ?_:i .. L. . ' . W, Ilium m\rniwiiii| Wf Ml!l?r | hat in proportion, to the extcn* of lb we ! leans ; uud an \he w ant* of a District are I r cnerally large in proportion as her me-um re limited, the Slate, by furnishing a like 1 nil to the amount raised, will be expendig the smallest sums in the moat needy in lions of the Commonw ealth. The very ' imu objection to the basis upon which the ' I resent Free School funds i?r<>disr but"d. is 1 ppareiil in this. J We Me glad., however, to a^e ate,' wove ' nihil.g that nmy ultimately loud tn the i gUl ' irection, believing that the fund* of the I ' Utr, w hyn rightly distributed, eunuot be J * ?o largely cxpetnleu in the great 9a11.se of ' I Mai ion. We know it is easier to I'tnii < mils iu a system th in to sugg, at a better, * ui when leas attention is paid to the p<~'u*- * iple of 'gelling back w but tbuy give,' a ' Inn looking more closely to tk? wants of ( te people ui?y be adopted, which may re- ' ound to the credit of onr Stale, and prose ' f infinite blessing to the g'est mass of her 1 eoplc. J I Father Mnthew , the great philanthropist i id Apostie of 'l'e? | >,s ice, d'cil at Cork j i relsnd on the 9lh ultimo ,' I i * THE HOME JOUHIAl The number under dntc of January 3d. nines to iirt jii nn improved form, apd pre ruts many inducements for new ?ubscriera. Il is a choice literary paper, entirely cutrnl in polities and ilio slavery question 'uhliuhrd j.i New York City at 8- n year. HOMICIDE. Oil Clirimiuu* night, >;>>* tli* Pec Deo lerutd, at Springviil*!. in Darlington Disriel, a man named Henry Moore was atnost instantly killed, by r, knife in tiiu hands >f a woman named Martha Kennedy. NN c inderstand that the femoral arlerv was sevred, and t),?t Moore bled to death Ml ? few niniites. ~~hog" NN e Jeajn from the Standard, that hogs iere in ('heater about the 1st of Jan. yell* ' J,' "l "U rffoss DIVIDENDS, The South Caroiina Kail Road Company ias declared a scini-anuunl dividend of |>5 ter share, and the Charlotte Ituil It (tad j 'ompany a semi-annual dividend of $3 per h ire. Tl le Bank of Charleston has declared a | lividend ?>l four per cent, for the pas', six nontlis The State Bank a dividend of fifty cents j ier share. The Union Ban., a send-annual dividend ; f one dollar and fifty rents per shnre The Bank of South Carolina a send an. j itiiiI dividend of one dol'ar und fifty cents er share. The Planter* and Mechanics" Bank a enii-anuu.il dividend ol one dollar per ihare. The People's Bat'k a dividend of *?n?- dolor per share. The Exchange Bank of Columbia, S. C., I i dividend of one dollar per *h ire. The Commercial liauk of Columbia, a J lend annual dividend of one dollar per I ihaje. TO BE REGRETTED. It nppi-ars trout tli?" annexed extract from lit* ( recti villi- Patriot, ili.it the South Car lina Agiiculttiriiti, lately mi ali<y conducted >y Col. A. (i. Mimiii r. t.n J. r Itm inspire* >1 ii>? State Aorioiiltura" -tv. nt di*cut.? | 111III'd. '1 111- C.IUIK', i'm ill Mlllll.tr CttaCM ot | '.tillire "f .Si.alio ru I'ciiudicni cut. rpriac, i > | ioitbiii us (illribiilublv to u lack of proper Jnlrnliage. \\ Un will I he South le.1111 lu nmU.iii Iter own hlcrulurv ! liut to the run irks of the Patriot : "The Farmer and Planter, edited by .Muj. Seaborn, of Pendleton, has become the input of the Souih ( tiroliua Agricultural Society, Mill Col. li.ige, of Cllii'II, lis- taken lie place of Col Summer, a* Secretary alio fie.isurer. The agticiiUural paper, edited ?y Col. Summer is ui-coulii.uc 1. We rejret thin, bul are pluoaod at tUc promotion >f the vclefnu editor of The Farmer anil I'l.iutcT, ubo has Lboic i mi fuilntui v au<i tculou*l> in lliu caiiiMr of agriculture.'' THE CABINET. Much aprviilaijon ha* been iiik.Io an to * liu will coinpokt! Mr, liuvliuiiun* Cabinet I'lie Clou li-loll Stand.itd Ilu* lit* fi.tlotsmir n reference to the appointment el Geti. ,'iuih hi Secretary of St-to . "The newsmonger* about Wash UgloU aic , rosy now with lite report that the kniluriMe j if iiuiw>Ui has Ucvti brought, to hear iip.ni j dr. li u eh a nit n in order lo e tuee Uiv nppo.utiient of Gen. t'aiw* to (lie od.ee ot Secretayr ot State. i'lti* iadonr.il i* ?akl. for reamn of Imt kftnivn hostility to Eugbind. : ud hi* vvaa lite oveuMon of lire ahUoiitKPineiil n the New York papers a month ..go, that Jen, l'hm had actually been appo.ntcd to lial office i lid had accepted it Mr. Doug. a? and Mr. Sitdeli arc sa.il to urge ttiv ne oure, aad tile legations, ot Kiisaia aim :ranee, in inc au-ciice ?f? Britmh .Mini-tier, tie particularly busy. The source of this uiuor i* duubilcia 'it ihu ingenuity ol I icu?|tn|'tr cutri'K|HiatliiiU, but it may have l.e etVccl, it' txliotcd ubioitd,of fanning ?h? ppoiniiiieul i>t .hi Lnglinh liuiblcr ut nn ly di^r. The prenvtit of the AlbmUd iGs.J 'nirmt iu rcvunnig the dutte* uf ho* proes.ooii in.ikea the following jual cvwatk* "few Uy"w the trouble* unit rc?pv?i?ibii;iyv? of hdLor, und fewer alill pcrhap-, ?oD?VK*t fhv lU'f'Oflnnce of giving it liberal >.itr<uiagr to thow whu'h are d.iot.d o the e up port of il.i^r kwsil, W* \Jii-U on lu-tf ^?'ber?l in'erv-vt*. In a uu rc pee uuiary ^ If A, a Well fowl UC led local paper ..dilt , how?,intN of dollaia ?early lo the Value of ^ ,neit uniovi -iiu ?M'liun. When we add to, Ii.h, ibe "Jill, greater a<lvantage of a paper i lijiunno eo/reot intelligence, itouud uior.iU, | >ud anuud dnciriiiee <>t government, il la | .lie duty of every innii mid cvety family in j he cummin iiy to gi.ye U a cheerful end I niUtfaulud toi ^*4tt. A eorrrapoudenl of I'ortera Spirit of the Pima* guca into exbtcica in alluding lo the 1 IcilcucicS of a tilt Opt>s*il,iil. IfeaC lib" "Have you, tuy 4c?r I'outer, ov? r laaJrd n pomuinjt fatted i U por-iinaionw, properly raked with awiovf pudaluea, bv nn old Vir. jinia negro ? () abaiV vf AcK'V"1 l '' nauen of Lucullan ! w k*W f iuieJLe, I pity run ! for the uiicluius V'**1*'" "n* moun to the Koin in world. And thou, > hunenti'd lirilliant.S.ivarin ! hmlil thou inow ii the liiMfioua inarviipi.tl, anothr simpler, the "crime dc la ereme,'- vvyu'd one Ik'I'I) added to the immortal "Aliuayncti." lint le* mo appeal to fko living, veil to tUf?. O Vernon ! thou ku-uoM of imprennarioa, thou prince of pi>u?me4.* eave, abandon lortliwitii, thine mcciihioim. *i lent within the ahadow of the Daine du Joinptoir of the Cafe do Paris ; forsake, or awhile, t^ie turbot, the pate do foie. and lie eo(]iiill<-do>blnude-d? voiaille ; suspend die w riting of thy memories, Uu rry,. to old Virginia e <t 'j oanuni fat, and tlien depart in ier.ee ; for It will le the crowning Idien <>f Iiv b.iawfbl enre.r. Lxoua< tin* diagrcaim u]k dear F. ; the fart In, we had 'poMUui, ?crc i f ivi-edn U>- u?*y liucutcr. l u roue liiiu^lioou, l?>vx mi,a it i? uucee- *] way co we it* i?t"u^u ?e<l ?jniu? ^ojk^, t I ?iiU tone co ovcrw.iuiin nun wnb inouu , ! (milis of nuniiirr, Nothing oke iiiNuuie , lor lliu r ignis ot tin* S. u.li j, iil Him ??|>,il , sinuk u i'? enemies. 1 li?*v caii'i menu n mi , mII. I'lie Virginia Mini fci< iiitucky iv? ?o.u , 1 Uoiw etc Mottling ill cwiii^Mrinoti aiiU a. i j Ih?y 111.1} !k hum ok ml i* irom mhJ r^nr, , I Mini lern'oiy tut muck lr >m cue , ?'KJ d?*e|?p'oui?>iiu^, with ? |)teU- i i) ol il will prove invitl.i?fMb>e. tenon , ,i . .in* I, f g iin-r ,n jh,i> ,,v v, pmeeii , oca I lie heap* Ot ID'ick. What t? die Uiflcri-nce between lilting a < pivlier wilii WMurmi. ihroinr * w i uv Oiivi it " wn.cf in 'he i r,' nod the utiivr * jutch lier in the water." i t % ' \ with sweet potatoes under it, fur dinnt-rtoday, and "my innards is full, and I nut of .1 grateful naiur," <js the old woman *aiJ, in returning thank* after drinking a quart of the "reverend" smd outing four iiiiure pie*." LANCASTER DIVISION. The following nr* tho officer* elect for tho cnauing quarter of I^nneaatcr Division Sons of Teuipcranee. EH Bench, W. 1\ T. 8. Riddle, W. A., I)a\ Id J. Carter, R. S., John \V. Crow son, A. R. 8.. John J. Graham, F. S., R. 1*. Hillings, Patrick Mi l-.rnon, C., J. I). C. Cons.trt, A. C., Smith Patterson, J. fc>? ! Lafayette IsMiunond. (). 8. Cmniuuiiiratioii. jj [For the Lancaster Ledger. Mil. Kuitok :?On last Chriatnia* day. | U we attended Mount Hethel Church, and on j ' arriving nt the plmo, found that a I 'rge and ! ^ respectable company, both of l.mliva and I Gentlemen, had collided t< gather,noltvrth- " standing lh<- inclemency of the weather.? : We had not been there long before uThc j j Sons of Temperance" made torir appearance mar the Church in the form of procea- v don, headed by The Hanging Rock Hand. The procession proceeded to the church, , after a Temperance Song, the Rev. R. S. * Caper* engaged in prayer, after which the W. I*. introduced Mr. W. Thurlow Canton ^ to the audience. He arose, and in hi* pleas. ; ant t.hie manner, entertained the ttudhnct for atiool 1111 hour, during which time, lie ! compared intemperance to n dangerous Sea count, against w hich if a vessel was driven ; it must inevitably he dashed to pieces We ; considered the uoinpariaon very appropriate, ^ he then entered into an cxplansti >n of the | Prohibitory law, showing thai it wan riot so j bad and dangerous in its nature, probably ' , a* many imagined and wished to be distinct- ! ly understood, that the Son* of Temper- | 1 auce did not desire to prevent people from 1 drinking, but wished that thev might not ' li.-ivc .he privilege retailing it out to n-. 1 ami our tons, and in this way the tempt.?- 1 lion migl.t be removed trout onr mi<Ul ? 1 ' i'l.eii lie .01-vva.11 (I iiianv > bj? ctions to a | ... , i * prolob.toiy law, vvnich v\-- cannot now re- [ | I oilecl III tldall, bill VVc lnrli'ivc thai IIIanaWvr* were altogether uati.*ficlory. Wo hope (lint .Mr. (.'union will pub i.ili '.ins pari of li<i mldrrin, in your excellent , paper, for we think lliul it could lu no harm bill much ooori IK* s'ioi <*i| Unit iw hove i prohibition now in our Tinvnt ?ml Cilice, and piovrd that onu n.aii tool nut 'lu* no a to eng ige in any tiatbc or trade, lival lute a ti nncnry to injure !.in neighbor. and that by tin* pivaent ev?:eiu our nlav<*? were :m>n< ; proircti d than oilr Mini, for |io merchant ? vv.w? ..lit wed I lie priv ilog* of giving a iluvr 1 [a dram, tnuco Imi eel I l.iui a ball'pint, und | ' our Nona in Hiicii case* might buy una drink , ' arty qtiaiuly lie then made an dlwli'iiMte j ' and U'liiiri appeal tu n.e |iri>l?u<ua of re- | ' lig'on, aurt exhorted iliaui to engage in the I M 1'i.Une ut temperance. Vlieti to 'he Fullitra . . it., mu.li r? of (no fining generation, and | _ h carncxt y tot c ed tin* patronage ot y oung | , ladli-M. Thvli In iin llC'Celtoiiiuc, aloe, nut) j , eluuilcnl uuir.oer, bo a..<Jrv*oo d inui?vlt to ' > die >iiiix uid h.dy vial tor* of the Hanging j ? | Kmra L?l*i?inr., vucu.it.*g'?g tbvtu to go or. j r in tin*gnml Auilt that ihcy tiau engaged iu 1 lie I bolt took bit ?tal uit.idnl tbv ?K?I1 if 5 tin* u Iwli' audience, whwiv was laUoWeil by 1 ike k?vi*l uad liwruiuMoui eouoda of ll.e , u of go*xi "Ui CartJum. 1 Mr. A. M. Kottuvdy vtu iatr.duvv.l lo tUc (, tneilmg. IK i*pp?i.rcd to be u whole void > * Temperance tn.in and muiurii well prepared ^ *, lo ui'ikv u temperance npeveh, but aa Air. v (JmIoii bud entertained ll.e meeting aot.io* f time, and the day wi.? advancing, lie only * made n lew appropriate remark* in fn.ot ot ' I lie caiiac.il w liieli be il)<|iiired, wliulgo.nl * the u<n of wliKky bad ever done mid how | the I hrialiuu eou d go lo in? clo-xu, ntni a?k the blvMOiig of Heaven upon In* taii.iiy, und then hand hi* *un vim intoxicating enp.? dr. Kennedy inaui* many ovher intcieding , rcuinilta that Were wvll tuned ami appro* I , priate. i i TIk com puny nai then invited lo partake I i ol n bountiful pic die prepared by tlio ladies- j ' Th* in blithe i hi ii broke tip, ?il appear* , ? in^ to be well pj eased \\i.ii the proceedings ' of Ihc d*Y. Mr. Kdilor here. \\\- nii^ltl flop, bitf Wb , ihuyk it, nolhiu^ utmc than ahut is due tfvu t ll-n^in^ lu observe that it drtcrtei pcaifti1 i't it* Adherence to the cause of temperance. The Divismu i? iu a prosperous conditional nuuthci" some 40 or OuJ nudes, and females, au4 hope thai \hc little leaven that hn? been about Having ItoiW.MiaJ that Cauie no near loosing lie [ pow cr, limy yet lea\cu the whole luuip ol' Lmcisiiir District. A iXiOKl'-B. o.\. i>Kjr*SWK<4 1UK Sufru-?The Net* ( )ll,'Ull4 I >111 lift 111 nlltlilHfcl* ill.' I..,1.|U ,n? ? ?an '"S ' ; method of defending lii? SviUlh ; < j "1 he lied wuj ol defending (lie right* ! of ibe 8 lulli," Ihe liuiieliii "i? iu > ' nt iLe H ii^i'fuun unU extended uy- i I on ( hi field* Utud ihUy'id.Je.l fence*. 1 lie ? | eiiyinv m tiMo luciuer nl every g*j m.J I (T dinpjiljif. 4 . i ^ j LATER FROM EUROPE. A KitIVAL OF THE STEAMER NIAGARA* J ??(:)o , Advaiico oik C'odoil* r?i * i ' Nkw Vokk Jniiuniv ). Tim slfiiip ship Niagara i* just iu with hue i|;??* Ut'-i Irmn Run po, Ini.ii.j; It'll .i?orjH>"l on ll.i' 20;!i 1 JroeliibPr. I OTI UN WAKKKT. Tli? h.-'le* iif litc we.-!; t!? scing oil :fi8 lOlli, miiotinteil lu bb 8l?0 bales, of which i peculator* took 9 500 ntul Elpgriert I.40U. Tli? wales on tlit* 10th, Hi? ?!n) ^ irt'tristulint* ih? suiting of ill? Mingsm. mouuiCtl t" 12,000 hales ?l the following Hll1* 1 M < 1.i11?r Orleans, 7<1 ; MioltlfTri^ Up ail.I*, C 7 Ul, I Tin? market AUliy? on?l Hr?n with nil ?.?1;w:c? oil? eighlli nil ail grade*. ?? Fuutiicial iimllt-r-. were cinicr. Malik rates 10 Cnuit'>U fur money, 93 1-4 ; lor act-oiiiu, 03 7 8till ion In a iiicre.vwl in 1 lit.' B.iiih of England ?200,000. 1 lie %! -.nil Mops Erricsou ulid J'roii nrit. il out Mtfi-lv. sEi O.Nl> DlSl'ATClI. Tiie Brokers* c./viiUr lep-iru Breadstuff'* 4 t?. v tl.iiI. Wheat 11it*I declined 2*1 J lour C<! I > 1 n'liii'ii^; ami Coin O.J, with i vi>r\ -mil loaikt'i. Oilier circular* i? oit tit*' ni irkti nuiiii, tail .a unchanged ri.-.a, I ll,- M I'leliesier ii.ink>'i* w ere active M villi an iinpiov?<! tie in u lit I. In Aiio-ii.-aii slot!;? the imirket wa? iv rally nii.-haiigeil, T >t? llarvf Cot I on maiket l.a.i improv I If will Mill's of lite week ol 5.500 hales. Tics (trtfiii'iirr quoted at ]0?> trail.*. In I .vi'ipool, on Saliir.liv, ilu? rtcaiiit iV news cat it?. I nil advance of 1 10 l'? ! 8 wuli ?>d??.d 25 900 hale*, of which |**-t iii ?is look I 5,001) The inai? lei closed witii at, *c, lie .l.'inari'i, Election of a Florida Senator. Savannah, 2d lion. Stephen K M ill.>rv wa?, on S4 Ii i.iitii'., r.' .'l. cii'.i I'ii11* I Sialfs -Seaiior 1?y u?e Knrid.i Legist., to re, fur six "i-aiA lioni ili'? 4th of March ii?xi. 1 n?' !a*gi-la lire aiij<>urne.l vesierdav. Pom's in a O^od Horse. Ill pll>'i..i?.||u hofi.?, Will.I. fret ii.<i ...mil ;:i iv i?e n?' Upp'TIIMHl i J-vl* t .|ni i:r\ ; for uii v lutnw on! if It'll aro {elective Hi dim ,if the*? jiariirul ir*.? llicti, e\aiii'tia hi* e.o*, mit*I ?J.t (lit % afore 1m? comes oui??f the stable' ate ibat lie\ ait* perfectly itml trail p.rem. iihi lii..i ilii- j?i,?iU ur apph* ill li e I'm tie alike hi sine an i color. Next (Xai.m.e In* pipe*; 11' i_'im?iI an-l omari ??t? ?iinj top) eil in the gullet, be vtil) mief a iiiiiki like t'liit tiom a bellow* ; but if 'ii* unijii are tvtwh*>h ""J ? k?ekoi who lei, hit will ^ite tent to it r!ry, lui-lr !n it towjtli ; ! mk to hi* iiml?, ami in paxinn \onr birx* tk>'vn ln? Iej;.\ if t no fml inv unnatural protttl^mtice, or puftiniHv, r it'loeiiiijr firel one Irj; tIioti the otIter, ou (Jitwovcr miiv ilillVrenc* between them, liieniM', more or lc.?s, * present; lie may lot he leiite, hot lie ii? not clean upon iii* ? /*. It he i* brum) ninl lull between tho at*, lie raay he -Irpeinieil ou a.? n K?e** it ^oivl muhm*. auj i-njathw? <<Ji t?*in to almost any i'inio If yr?t1 mini m jerth- Iiom, ??*l mi* with more ?r !*-? vhtc ujmiii him; mam *np|hise thai the i.uti ooloreil home* belonging to tirrtiu* how*, ilro, are seleotoil lor their o?i?iity ; >ul it i* on account of t' cir docilitr m.il genllentM; in fart, the :'tore kindly \nu real horses, the heller you will la? treated >y iliem in return.? Spirit of the Timet. limit l'.tic.B vor Nkokos*.? a s'.hte nenl of the sale* of the iiejjr< e* belonging o (he entire uf Alexander Moore, decona mI, ul Halifax county, shows that tlie pro rices were ulnost iinpri-cedeniediv logb. Wic tnau, ng<*d ^ i \ earn, brought &1.4&6 mother c*u?-. of the satac ?gc, $i,4?3t;oiie fO years old, 1,488; h gtri 17 y ?ar? old, 1900; one \0 y ear* ol' age, ?980. The iinnlwr sold wh- forty nix, varying in age roiu 4 to 7& yeara. The ruin of the tale* **S ?8.2.324, in^va/ at* average of 1704 7<X--/tl4ui^fe |u. /ktytsfcVi Sao Acctuant.?On Monday last, a ruling Mill ol Mrs. lioiuest, ag d about .hiriecii m at with h and accident from the ise of |>ow der. ile wan amuetng himself >y jK?ur.ng powder upon the ground in rsr.uni fuiiC'lul tigi.re* and setting lire to I. He had put nte upon m piece of pa' ?er, which, i i the explosion had become gmled. Not noticing this, lie proceeded ii jhiiir out |s>wder again, when that iu Le tla.sk t aught lire and cxp'odeu, itinng ing hi* right hand in a shocking manner. \ phyaiciaii wax immediately called in, alio took of his ibmuh; and although lie a n ?w ?loiug well, we r.gtel to learn that ?tnpu.*iiou of h.a hand may laxouie tie* MMI). He K?re the pamtul o|M.-ration >1 ampulailiig .lie thuinb wiih Spartan oriilude?w.C'W fr'/oa Standard. The I'hilaticiphia iVunay ivanian tats ; I lie a\ crajc w aire* oi laUoier* in the Lui til 'Vines are 11 hmieij Higher titan I nose ixoim'U by Itie laborer* ul any other <nmlry. The opportune** of personal i?lt'auruwn.'U In ou,',hui'l, iu ??!) departnont oi itie, |i??? !?et*ii uii|>araiiei?nl by ?iiv uihtr ponton ol li e ffnrM m any age. An iu |NihlM'4 the am.* of our poorest luru nay, an J olten Jo, raacb tiie highest Innijr*, so .n t.ie business *orhi, i commerce, hi the itturhumc aria, in iiin>itih.ctiiref, ?nJ in **cry avem.e of labor, industry, presort- on e, energy, inteihgeiK* ?n I strict utteuu >n to the pursuit aeiectaJ, are aimust availably frowned with sucreia, mih! iviir richest a:, wall a? our li#st and great mi Mien, have t>a.?t ly all commenced life uit.l?r t1 ? iin.Kt'tfKiurag tig ..ii J i*?n^ circurmtanefa. m * ^ .**** a . %