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TilG LANCASTER LBl)(iEU.| () > Published every Wedues lay Moruing BY W. M. CONNORS JfljifQ'H AND i'ROP!' ()3o , T K If MS: I u advance, At the expiration ol Six Mouths, - - - - sl.fto At the end of the Year, 3.00 nCT* o ADVERTISEMENTS Will ho inserted :?t the following I ok rates; One square (ot lt> lines or less,J one insertion, &1 : or. it eontinued. 7 A cents lor tile lir.-t in seition, antl AOcotita for each suhi*tM|uci?t insor- j ion tar See Fourth J'ago for deductions in vor ol standing advertisements. The number ol insertions must be written on I each advertisement, or they will ho inserted till j rdercd out and charged accordingly. From the South Carolinian. 'flic South Carolina College. In publishing the action of '.ho Hoard of Trustees, we designed to give simply a copy of the resolutions as adopted. That in relation to the proposed reorganization of lite institution on the University plan, seems liable to misconstruction. The res- 1 olulion met with tin; got.oral acquiescence ' of the Board, nud was referred to the Committee to report a prnjet at the meet- | ing in November next?the action of pourse will not he final until the report of the Committee is acid upon. Col. \\\ , C. Preston, who introelnc.?! the resold- j tion, authorises us to notice what he said at the Hoard for public consideration. We under-loud him, in offering his resolution, to say, that it was expedient to 1 tnake essential modifications in the tdu- j caticnal system of the Mouth Carolina College?that he pioprsd the establish- | ment of fourteen schools, or professorships r?each professor to have a salary of one 1 thousand dollars, and to receive ten dol- j lars from each student entering his school, j >vhich should bo a perquisite in addition | to his fixed salary?so that one hundred : students entering the school ot a proft s I 6cr would give him an income of *'J,000, ' find so on. The number of students would thus de? pond upon lhe reputation, ability and at- i tractiveuess of the professor, and make i 1 aiftinnlniiU'iit puiiiiimiiviii'iln !??*_ i i merit. This stimulus ot interest Mr. Proston tliouglit desirable Ibr the professors, | while the fixed moderate salary would iv i lieve the enterprise fit in tlio cliaracler of | a mere risk. This, Mr. P. said, was the ; plan at the University of Edinburgh. Each student matriculated in the L'ul- ; ' lege should be required to enter in at ! ' least three schools, and the fee of matriculation should he $15 for the whole r coarse, while the student continues in i i College, securing to hint the privileges of the Library, apparatus, and use ot the rooms. Thus the permanent appropriation for fourteen professors hips would b** $ 14 000. 1 'J'ho matriculation fee for "00 students ' would give $4,500, which would be ! I enough to keep the public property in re- | pair J while the ticket lor three schools, ! i $30, and the tec of matrictilation, $15, I would be less than the tuition charge now ; paid. The public appropriation would | be diminished $10,000, and the charges upon the students ten per cent. The I'd- ' lowing were his suggestions, as to the I 1 schools : I' 1. A School Law. 2. Of Medicine. < 3. Of Natural Philosophy. !l 4. Of Natural History. ' ! 15. Of Mathematics, j 6. Of Engineering. , 7. Of Chemistry. s 8. Of Geology and Pu!a:<?nU'logy. 0. Of lielles-Lettcrs and Uhetuiic. 10. Of History and Political Economy. ' 11. Of Greek and Latin. 1'2. Of Hebrew and Cognate Lan I ' guagw. ' 13. Of French, German and Modern languages. H, Of Mural Philosophy and Meta- j physics. The selection of these schools would be voluntary, and without any promjuisites except of moral standing. Jlio standing ol the students in tln-ir respective schools would Le . iscertained by two yearly examinations, at which the degree of proficiency shall ho marked , from 1 to 9, ami those who attain ti c mark of 1, 2 or 3, may receive a cert ill i , cato of proficiency. The diploma of the ! College shall l.o conferred ex merito. upon j 1 a final examination, having attended three schools for two years. The assemblage of fourteen learned | 1 men as instructors will create intellectual , atmosphere, and their contact will stiniu ( jato to activity and research, and mulli ! ply the means of knowledge. A very i largo concourse of students may he ex- 1 ] peeled. Their numbers would break , down the present monastic systems nfdis- ; ( eipline, arid indicate a new order of J t J tilings. Mr. T reslon said he touched upon an- i other point with much diffidence, but he thought it important. The llonrd of Trustees was constituted < n a wrong principle. U is too numerous, and it is unwieldy and lubberly. [Tliera is too great a preponderance of fx officio members. To those fx officio members the business of tbo Hoard 1* necessarily subordinate ami insignificant.? i The high oflice of tlie Judges can have no additional dignity from tlio Hoard of Trustees. To lli? labor of the Hoard they conic ?vitli thoughts preoccupied on nioie important concerns?weari? d in body anu mind with tlic labors of the Hench? ulealIing a scrap ol time from the pressure of higher duties, and coming to their per formaneo after a solid dinner. Thy col i lege is jumbled up amongst habeas corpus, scire facias, lion suits and continuances, The Trustees ovght to bo appointed ad hoc. The duties of the Uo;ird ought to be their primary business. Seven arc nough. When the College was brought into existence, the dignity and influence of the members of tbe Hoard were < s teemed neceaanry to commend the e*titl>Imhmenl to the popular mind, and toreeuro popularity.^ 'i'liene nclrciililjoijanitJn are no longer pccestarr. The 0&Sto has educated tlio ( Slate to .1 degree of intelligence able to consider mi l estimate things as they deservo. I The Trustee* referred ilio general propi osition to the consideration of the committse, to bo reported upon with the details ; at tliu annual meeting. The wants of the pubiic demand the change?wo believe it ; will ho carried out. ....... V- - " tT lir ifriiiirr - ^ ^ ? _____ LAJJUASTERV1LLE, S. C. WKPNKSD.YV UOKNlNti, JI NK 'Jt. 1857. ?~ COURT OF EQUITY. This Court is in Session hero the present week, Chancellor Dunkin presiding, liis Honor appear* quite feeble, .-ind owing to physical imli-position, did not reach here until .Monday evening. Wo learn that the I business before the court is sullieiont to occupy "fully I!?t? entire week ;:ilso, th:it sever , r:i! eases of importance lire ?>? hand. APPOINTMENTS, We are requested to |Mil>lUh that the ' Ilev. l)r. (J. 1\ II. Crockett, will preach at j tlie follow ing places and at lime* stated: on Saturday and Sunday, 18th and llHli July, at Spring Mill t'luireh ; on Tuesday, 21*1 ; at Flat Creek ; on Wednesday, 2 2d at j Fork Hill ; on Thursday 23 at New Hope; ! on Friday 2llh at l.nnct.sUr C. II , and on } Sunday 2Gth at Union. -'\ Communication received last? i week, is laid i>v for further revision. It ... iloes net >;eem perfectly intelligible. We; would suggest to the writer, that an ipi- | proveuicnt tuight he made l>_\ particularizing j ' more, hy giving greater attention to the 1 : beginning and to tjie ending of lbs remarks i... -i,,..,: i...- ? i( ibove minute things. His mhl>j? i-| is good j t tud some of Lis ideas are excellent. | f "A tills* of the Revolution" Las Icon , ceeivvd ami we will er.ueavor to look over < t in a day or tvv o. SERIOUS RENCOUNTER I A rather serious ditlieulty occurred at his | lace on Wednesday last, between Win. (,'aslon and W. A!cl\. Miflag. .\ bitter j Hostility Lad been engendered between the t larties, arising from certain circumstances ' \ hat bad occurred a IVw hours, or perhaps J i day, previous to their coming in contact ? villi ei.eli other. They met near the Court I t' louse steps, whether designedly or accideii- ! ; ally we cannot say, Mr. C. armed with a ,| evolving pistol and the other with a large \ cnife. When within a lew paces of each t tthcr, the former called upon I lie latter to | lefend iiinuclf, and, drawing his weapon, J H 11 rod. The fust shot mis-cd its aim, but a j | second took ctfect in .Mittag's cheek, enter- I r iiy just below the tii.ipleand lodging w ith- ! a hi. He staggered oil' a lew steps and fell, ; 1 [deeding profusely IVom the wound. It was I lot fatal, however, as was at first nppreheii- < led and lie is now consider! d free from lander. Mi. C. iminediateiy surrendered | ?! Iiintself to the Sheriff. Ik' was nftt-rvvartls j i arrested for an assault, was renuired and \ , (ins entered inU> bonds. ! t V. S. SENATOR. Nominations for the important |>l:u-o vacn. !l ted by tlie death of tin* lamented Iiutler, * Ooiitiniie to in- made through the public s prints. Col. llaxey Hre?jjt has been ncun- 1 inated in \ery Haltering terms. A writer L lo the Carolina Tinny, said to lie one of the | ' most inlhieiitial gentlemen in the Slate, ' 1 thinks that the lion. It. Harnwell Ithett, u j the man for the plaee and the oecnuion.? ) * Another writer, a correspondent of the L'liarlcston Couritr, whose political senti-| I nients, we shonid judge, nre diametrically | ^ apposed to those of the correspondent of v the 'I'it/u?, proposes the Hon. James I. 1 )rr. 1 1 J The South Carolinian, has the best nn- ; ' ihority f<>r saying Hint no appointment will I 1 be made for this vacancy by the Governor, J ' unless in the event ??f nn extra Session of I ' Congress. Ample time is thus afforded i I Ihe members of onr legislature to canvass I' in their minds the various qualifications? I ' the merits and demerits of those, who will j 1 likely be proposed to them as suitable and | 1 competent to fill this important position. j 1 'J lie friends of Gen. F. \V. Pickens, who ' ' has declined the ?rnbassy to Russia, it is thought,will urge his election to the U. S. , ' Fenate. (*ol. C. G. Mepi!ii\nger at;d ll<>0 W. 1\ DeSamsure, have each been notf/ma- ' ted for tin: place. DR. J. F. G MITTAG. In a late issue of Fowler's Phrenological Journal, is a likeness of this gentitpuin, together with his phrenological chart and a short biographical sketch of him. I lav* | ing no personal aequainlanee with the I Doctor, we cannot pass an opinion as to the correctness of the chart; though, it indicates a superior order of falept and a mind capable of subserving to high and useful i purposes. Persons here w |it> kn?tv him, say it is very correct, 'f'he Phrenologist did not know Dr. M'.ttag. until after the chart was made out, and then, after hearing his name, proposed to publish it in his Jour nnl. This una certainly n compliment, nnd is corroborative of the reputation which the Doctor sustains nbrond, ns a philosopher nnd n mun of science. EXCHANGES. The Charleston Standard.?Comes Jo ns clothed in an entire l ew dress, which adds greatly to the appearance of this excellent Journal. The Standard, as a gatherer of late and reliable news, has scarcely an eipial and no superior in tho country, and i as such, is most valuable to ns as an exchange. It is a good paper in every sense of the term, and.wo hope that this late imf l'iw)V'iiuiii ic? sin jL'viMviH'u ui prosperity?a ! condition that it well deserves. Okanuf.bit.o SouT|;a<>N.?This psipet is discontinued for the present. The publishers yive notice '.hat they will, within :i few weeks, issue an improved sliest of larger size. Souther* Cultivator.?The July num. her has reached us, and presents its usual variety of essays and useful hints upon Agriculture. It can be had for ?1 a year. Published by Win. S. Jones. Augusta, (in. 1 f i II A II A Mo vl !< /?? .? 'I~ 1 '' ..muAouD.? i iiu ri-niicr; Ol iliis popular and um-IiiI Mitg.veine,\vill agree us, pint the July number presents some peculiar nttrnctiuns. A splendid steel enyraving "Washington taking leave of the Army," is worth, alone, more than the priee of one No. It is embellished with o'hyr engravings ami fashion P'ntes, ami ; contains the due amount of clioiro reading, j To l>e had for .$3. a year in advjitiee. Published in Philadelphia. Tjje CntrsAPEi:.?The weekly paper called "The Crusader," has been diseontin- j ued, and a monthly, in pamphlet form, very j neatly gotten up, is published instead, hear* ing the same title. It is devoted to the] Tempernnee en use and is an ahle exponent j !tu f\ * - ? -* * 1 ' v. .a Hi* i ii-i. w?r it'ini'iTiiniT menus would be pleased with it. It U edited by tiic wtll known ami able bcturer (Jen. Samuel 1*. t'arv. Published in Cincinncti, Ohio. Subscription price fur single copy. ( SI 50 in advance. The volume commence* vvitli June, The Si'Vtiiekk Moh,t?>n.?This is a I new candidate for Southern patronage, ami ; well dues it deservo it. It is a large week- i Iv, published in Philadelphia by J. |l. Jones. ; K*q. Terms a year. Its position may I ho understood by the extract heluw, which ; we lake from it* Salutatory ; Hitherto tbe Southern States liavu liad no voice in the North, ami I eiiec they have >een misappiehended ami misrepresented. iml often condemned bv n'"<id imn. whose i i\ mpathics might have taken n ililleroiil lircction.it' thcv had received proper in for- : nation from authentic sources. Hi lieving his to he the ease, and being ctvourageil : iml endorsed by many of the leading men h tlicSuttlh, we have iiiteiuiin.it to tin-! lertake the establishment of a Southern | Jrgan in Philadelphia, whose purpose shall i 10 altogether constitutional, whilst its dc-J Vnce of Southirn rights and Soul linn 1 nstitutions will be linn and uneomprutnis. ! 'h'SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The Action of the Hoard of Trustees at , heir late Hireling, which we published last | veek, litis been very freely commented upon iy the pcoph and press of the State. It ectns to have met with very general dis- , iivor, and is chnrrcteriv. d as inconsistent, ! neongruous, destructive of public eonli-| lenec and J> -< r\ injj of j.ul?liv* eondeinnation. .Vitliont goinjf ho fi r, wo must say that j ho Trustees have ccrtniuly laid thcmselv iahle to the charges i t inconsistence and 1 . . . " . I i-rii'us omission of duty. In tin* first ; ilaoi', tin-} t.-n illy acknowledge that a se? | iou.-i ?!illieiiItv had occurred in the (, nd tin n t In y ?;o on to exculpate, first the 1 'resident, and then the Professors from nil ! ilnmo or dereliction of duly. The ciiiimc ! d" tlie difficulty is ti"t traceable to any one ! onuectid with the College, mid yet it is ' leented necessary to r<i|\u?t (amounting ii a command) the roignation of the Prcsi- . lent and all the Professors. Tliis is done, he resignation of each u tendered, and hell the Hoard of Trustees proceed to re fleet ti part of them and the baKjioo it cut drift. \Vli:.t is the moat nntur; I conclu- j ion of nil unacquainted with the eircumtanccs ? Now coti the netion ??F the Hoard j 11 turning < 0 the ('rcuidcnt and a portiou <f the Professors he reconciled with their j leclarntioiis exonerating each from the ! Itarges preferred against them ! The Trusti es are men of learning and ihility?unquestionably they have the welt are of the College at heart and it would he . 1 I resumption i.i an outsider, unacquainted \it!i the nature of the difficulty, to say I ,\hnt should have hei n the course pu'sqeil ( >y them ; hut we will venture thy opinion, .hat, Iml the Trustees tnadu a full expose f the origin ami tinale of the disturbance, t would have operated \vith less detriment o the College than thu effort to plaster ' >ver the offences and smother them from public scrutiny has done, lading the door >pen for false conjecture, ridicule and injurious imputations. The Hoard, in excitsng the ('resident and Professor*, have given rise to the oninion thai ihe students are the real offenders, and if this lie *?i, they are ,-ertairiIy guilty of n s< -rious omission of July in not subjecting them to punishment i?r censure. We arc not inclined to believe, In wever, that the students are Iho princ'li>a\ otVender*. No official account of the distuibnncu has been given by the Trustee*, nmi the Columbia pre** lias been inutn upon every poir.t which inigbt so/vc JTs n vine to the elucidation of the mystery ; but if outside rumor is to be relied upon, the part taken by iiic students, although it could not be regarded as an evidence of strict discipline, jet, it \tas the result of a high sense of honor, and as such, was not condemned by the Trustees, neither \vould it be by an unbiassed public opinion. The action of the Hoard in proposing essential changes from the system hereto, fore in force in the College, appeared fu hold out the idea that it would be reorgnni rod Nimifw lint upon I In* University plan.? This wns bailed lis in important step for* wnrd, and one tlnrt uic^Pwitli prrlly grne< rnl Approbation. 'J he elnuao relating to this, however, win mieconatrntd, m nppeara by a' further explanation in the Carolinian. For n full uniteratamiing of the proponed j 7; 'j ' VflBMUB changes, we rcfoi to the article, to be found in another part of our paper. Dr. R. \V. Gihbes, who was o ineinl cr of I the Hoard, ir. the Carolinian of Saturday J last says : "'1 hat our position, as a member pf that Hoard, may not be considered as j trammeling u free discussion in our columns , of a subject of deep and : biding interest to j the puLlic, we have tendered our resigna- j lion to the President of the Hoard." lie further says;?"We feel it iiieujuhent on us ' >0 Say that tjic triu- issue which eausedall j the diflieul'y was not investigated. The differences between the President and Faculty, grow ing out of that issue, were alone con- I side-reel. A minoiity of the Hoard opposed the resolutions relating to the ijuestioji of veracity, as the real issue li.- .I not heen invcstijjatoJ?and on that calling for the run ignntioii of the professors, the vote wvj taken by yeas and nays, and was I j to 8."' j Tlie students have held ? meeting, at which resolutions were passed condoling with tlio discharge,! Prufcssoi*; also rcllccting upon the Trustees, iuusnuieh, as they assume that Professor* lVlliaiu, l.aboido and Barnwell, had been made to sillier for the fault of others. The students have also had published, ii: pamphlet form, a statement < f the whole dillieiilty io the College, as will be seen by the annexed notice ol it front the Charleston Ci.urur] CoXTINl'Alios OK Coi Ll i.l. CO.NTL'MAUV. ?The students of the South Carolina College have eommitted yet another aet ol'outrngcou* contumacy. In condemnation a*ul rebuke of the Trustees, they have printed and published, in pamphlet form, t!i<-ir re. port and statement of the late complicated dillieiilty, in the College, between Students and facility, faculty and President, and Studentsand President, on w hich document the Board of Trustee* had refused to take any act inn ; ;ind the rebels have thus further complicated the matter, by raisings fourth issue, that between Students ami Trustees. We here give the e: ption, or preface to the report, but decline to oje,. place to the report its* If, as too indecorous and libellous to recchc circulation in a reputable journal. \\ u regri t that ive have not room for tin* the promised caption ami picface, nor foi the addiiioual comments of the C(.nrier.? I The end of this unfortunate dillieultv, is m t eftsjly eonee.ved. It ia apparent to e\cry one, that the affairs of the College are in a most serious and critical condition. The \\ kaijm k ?I'< r tItc last week <>r ton days, this plni'v and the sections of Country contiguous, have heen sutlering >e \crely lor rain, 'l't.o \eg? table gardens, especially, liaxp heen seti?.u-1 y injured hv 'lie drought. Melon this, mi the ii\or and in the neighborhood of 1'luasant llil! anil on Hanging Mock ami I xut'hcs ("reck*, we understand thai rains ha\e fallen timing (lie past week in abundance. The weather is ro'il, jnilml, fur the season, a ml at thin present lime (Tuesday in;.ruing) tires are deci il? illy comfortable. ,?J r in s n f t jj r IV f r k, Tub Uaii.uoap.?Tin* avoire (i'ieken*) i ('mirier, learns ilml an eii^im lms been j placed on tin* H ill' Ui.loo U,mil lit its e.ts tern 11-rtn111u? to :ii?l in tr.uk la\in<?, and lias iiHNuraiu't't that ibis work will tiotv be pushed forward. The yroat suit in equity between Uung? | & Co., ami tin* llailroad (. oiujiany is pr<>oressim;. Commission* to examine w itnoxs, i'? arc be in 2 executed on tin* line of road. '1'lu; case will be tried at Marietta, (Ja., in Be|>tiiiit)er next, uuk'** it be continued for eausc sbew ti. i5oatwi.li.(it Kk.-til t.u?We learn frolu I the t'aindep Journal, that Clicsley lloal* w ri^bt, who was sentenced to be liiino on j I**i iilay, 'JfJlli ilist., let I lie killing oi Cbarlc* 'J'. Kvuiim, in KersbaW Uutiicl, lias been ris spited b\ His Kxeelleney, (iov. .MUlon, ui.s til 1'iid.iy, t|u* -lib of September next. Slav hitY ix MiNXF.Ht TA-?The Minnesota i Ki publican, published . t St. Anthony, kij s 1 that negroes ure now held as slave property, : in Minncsotn. Every year tucji wl.o come j > from the South bring fticir slave* n# body | servants to Hie hotel.-, end tube them a\V?y | again. Ami it Ima positive information that ) a Southerner in now holding hi* slave al Stillw i.tir, and declares that under the l'red Scott deci-ion he Ui lies ti>c authorities to interfere. Tiik St oak Ciror.?Tin- Louisiana sugar crop |iio(iiiHeN a larger yield than for scve- j ral year* past, :?iu,UO() to uuU.UOU ling*. | head*, against only 18,01)0 Inst year. The price in this country, and, to a iiiohI *urprising extent i l*o in Europe, is tio\v nfl'ec* 1 t.ul by the production of Louisiana. Tlie stuck of sugar in Europe in considerably lower than last year, but in the I'niic*! , t-Miui'n u ii imnn larger aim noigers win no greatly disappointed in t ! v demand I In- pre*, t-iit season, w Inch they hnvc keen anticipating wtmld be very lurge froin the interior, on aecounl of the Ipwfiess of stock there, ;?s the high price has greatly clucked the ! consumption. At New Voik, the itvek on the I*t of June, wm 77,000 Idols, 1 ;,oou bags, mid boxen, against 80,1100 Idols., 4,t>00 Logs and 4,5ot> box en lout year. Cotton Ki-oom.?The Editor of tlic Chester Slumlord wan shown a cotton bloom on the k"4tli itiat., which bloomed several days previously. The Standard also >nforiim us that the cpproaching 4th of July in to be properly obecived at that place. "Tiir Oi.pstt Ir|ia9ITant."?'The Abing. ! don Virginian, states that (hero is n nian by the name of J ease, living in itursell county, V'n., who is now ) 15 years old. It is Maid that on the day lie was 100 }ears old he ipade 100 rails. I'EKsrr vteu roh IIkk.iiam's Fake.? A Mormon Elder w ho was preaehmg the beauties of M or monism in Muflield, England, llt iMfu lliiirLiiii \ nuiiff III ii cinl ?n.l , p - "-HJ-? " ? evcryitiirgr e!a* ttmt wns |>u?lu*d from I in rout mm by the inhabitants, atul durkcd upd*r th* tov n pnttip. * * J0 _? J* %SKSMHRIW iKaMtA. v, *&& Drowned*?Randolph Withers, l?sq . [ member of the Bar at Gainesville, Ala., niul brother of tjie Hon. T. J. Withers, was accidentally drowned on the 10th in*t., i while on n fishing excursion on the Alabama River. Trwrnr.AtwK Mli/um;.? Ii. reference to the meeting of the State TouU'crnnce Society in this place on 21st July, it becomes our duty to say that there was a misprint n?. -.......... I.I:. i....i i?.? ! week. Il should haw rend?There will be a public meeting on Thursday evening at , 8 o'clock and Wednesday at 10, nnd, on the j latter day, dinner will he had sufficiently | early to allow members attending the < . 1>. ' to reach York for an evening session.? ( !u *h r Shmilard. A Nojii-E Ii\aMii.K?Ilia Excellency (lov. It. h". \\ . A11.at on, has forwarded to the Palmetto Association at Colombia, a cheek for $100 as a donation to be applied as they may direct. Mii.itakv Etr.cTioH.?(VI. T. M. Dakar,: Wits elected on the liih iiut , brigadier (Jen* erel ot Cavalry, 2d brigade, S. (' Militia. Ni w VoltK, June 13.?The New York lleraht publishes the manifesto of Santa Anna to his partisans in Cuba ami Mexico, living * "iiM'iiiMii h finuu'iit :mu declaring (li.it Mexico tnu*t pass through another b'oody revolution before trmttjtiility can be restorid. (ixEAT I.eAt*.?I'robahiy the prettiest leap on record was made at the Helena Shot Mower, Wisconsin some time npo.? A horse, twelve years old, jumped front the bank over a perpendicular precipice one hundred and eiplity feel into the river b< low, anil came out safe and sound, after swim- ( niinp nearly half a mile to a suitable land- ! inp place. The water, at the point w here the leap was made, u:.s from twenty to I twenty-live feet deep. I)f.ath or as hnnon.-?A typhoid dysentery is prevailing at l.e\iueton, w hiidi has ! caused aeveral death* Anion" others, is' that of Mr. I.eppard. one of the editors of the Lexington Flap, who died last week. ? .? ?? Most PnAt*K VoliTllV ?? I'he t'lieraw (J lirfit h a mil l>poll Undoubted uuthoiity, | l li:it a riiizi 11 ?.f < in htcilicld Uislrtct, John , Wilkes. I'.Mj , \\ !)? W.J lot till;: to I llOUgll I last season to make loin to spare, h is con* ) stantly refused to take more than ?1 |'*r i bushel for Kin coin, while it Was s< lling at j from ? 1 *J6 In 1 60 all around him. Nor j would h?' soli to men of means, hut hold I his corn for his poor nr.d needy neighbor*. | The <"r:i?rs.? Prom our limiioit obsorva ! lion, nml thu general report from different j s -etioiiH of theoountry, the crops .ire grow-| ing finely, burring those destroyed by hoi'* Cotton of eourse cannot roeover sollicicntlr to make a large yield, hut wheat i? of more iuiportnr.ee just now, and we li:?\o never seen a hotter prospect for an ahiiudant liariosh Corn is Into hut doing well. Oat* ire line ? Yurkiitif Enyuirrr. lantern have heen received in Washing ton to the effect that S. iila Anna has made fiaiigeineliU w ith the Spanish (ioverno'eiiriwiit, to go hick t-> Me.vieo power.? What the terinsoi tin* har^'ahl of course we are licit aware. Ihit w hateier IItt-y inny , lu*, there i*itn ho little doubt, hut that Spain ' will he sadly ehealed hi the wily ibd Mexi- ' rail. Ill all his cii|>l<iiimtio iivhieveinejits, lie lias distinguish! <1 I.iiii.se!r niul deeeiviad the | party negotiated with, l.y his cunning in thirty-live years. In- lias hoen a ? isurg.-uiucr i and a schemer?always ciideavoriii? to raise ' himself at Hie expense of friends a:i I oneluirs.? ('hark stun Stand ml, II AH.lt A op DtVWENPH.?TliO t It II lotto , ami South Carolina Railroad Couipthy h. u declared a dividend id' per share Tl ie South Carolina Kailroad Coinpiiny on Friday last, declared a dividend ol live ' dollars pv r shaje.? ('rft'ltnii?. The Kdjjefteld Advertiser c??n!irnu 1 lie statement that the mission to Russia has la-en tendered to and refused by Hon F \V. l'iekeiis. The Advertiser further states that the friends of Col. Riekeiis v\ ill put forward his name for tile ('tilled States Soilntorship. Death o* c?<\. Matthew Iiivixe Khih. ?The Charleston papers bring the mourn, ful intelli'-'enee of the death lit one of hi l worthy and venerable citizens, wlio hay long been identified w i'.li tier in public ami . private confidence. The new tarill will go into operation on J I lit* lft of Jul) next, and na it reduce* the ! impost* on nearly every article of import, it in expected that ninny of the tie article* will ! be reduced i;i price. The dulie* on iutpurted liquor* will be reduced from 100 to 30per cent., nrd the bonded Warehouse* at New York arc said to be no full that no more mrgoc* can b'1 admitted until after the 1st. lilt All KmIKO.?On Sun Jay, the i<tli' of May, n very large bear wan killed near Cliildswille, in Yadkin county. \Ye aro | informed tbai lie weighed 3U3 pounds.? : lie was devouring a hog when discover- j e?l, and from his size and age it is |>re> I suitied that iie lias, in his pilgrimage on ; earth, appropriated many swine to his especial benefit.? L'lmrlotU DfTM/Cf*t, Vkp.dict for iitk Loss ok as Kvk.?In , one of the Now Y'?rk Courts last week,l?ucien Ktcliberry obtained jr verdict, witli $5,000 damages, against Joshepli Leveille for the loss ol his eye, which wtt destroyed in tire following manner: Tlie partiee are both Uerinnn*, iml tlie defendant keep* n beer bonce, nnd during n visit of tlio plaintiff, Levcillu commenced blowing n *hap dart tbrougU * lobe at liim iind while ho was doing so, tlic plaifttill' turned around, And lite dnrt struck him in the eye, destroying ilio sight.? Thor atncu-u claimed whs lO.OOO. ' P 1 m r 1l '*i fjL * ; ?V" li For the Lancaster Ledger. Citizens of Ansonville, i vh. > Erratn. Son of l^nncaster. y Mn. Editor :?If the theory oftho transinigrationist was true, that tho asl e* of ^Esop. or L'iecro, &c., were transmitted to the "gray goose quill" anu help to wield it. I might defend myself with inoro ability and judicial lore, and demonstrate beyond a shadow of doubt that man labors under a kindot mental hallucination,or phantasm, which causes him, of the tn >st gigantic intellect and undisputed veracity, as well as the poor, humble peasant, to advance and promulgate doctrines and theories which are calculated to lead his readers or auditors astray; and yet he may be strictly honest and sincere in proclaiming or advancing such doctrines and theories. Now, 1 assume, that no court of justice or equity, could, under such circumstances, impose or iullict that punishment upon such an one. as would be due the one, who knowingly, willingly, and of his "malice aforethought" would publish, or cause to be published falsehoods, or impositions of whatever character, disturbing and detriinonting thereby a community or even a whole common weal ill. Ilcnce the follow ing ; I visited, (iih I had been w? nt to do,) AiiKonville, otherwise C. J'. College, a few days since, and to my '-.real surprise, while honored with a seal amidst a pari of the hterali of that place, 1 had the ojrjiri'hiou$ epithet hurled at tne, "drunk again." Well, as a matter of course, I resented the unexpected and undeserved aspersion, am! called for an explanation. Now Mr. IMitor and readers, w hat du y ou imagine was the cause of this coining dow n upon me like a "thousand of brick !" please pay good attention, and I will relate my story in a few words:?The Commencement at C. I-'. College, comes oil on the "Oth of July next, instead of the I5.li. llut to satisfy myself more fully upon the subject, so vaiiou>ly represented. I stiaigbtw ay s walked up to Head Quarters ami learned for myself, that C. 1'. College i nr i iiv iitiii i* u;uHi.iru tin mi bnivi iiy iho Mayoi'a nolhe, none being nlmitleJ m 'but lit.'si* having bn-iinss. Further mil B iue ii"! apprehended, although the t loops Mre in rend ilia** at their armories, l? net nt a moment's notice. ? Obituary, I tied on the W.ixhnw, I itli in*'., MakrsARcr M. consort rf John II. laithnii. and i daughter I S.im'l Faulkner, in the '.Mill year ol her ago. Iler last illnc** w:i* protracted an.I |,ainfill; but she submitted to ' the will of Providence with christian resignation. For about i) yearn she was a eon*i.fi fit llii.tlllli-r of itli, A t.. II ..fikprt....! < otninenct-iiienl would he, Providence pcrmitlino, most emphatically mi llie ilay and lime "nib resold" iMuli July instant, and "no mistake." Now, the conclusion, which my friend* liAil arrived ut, Up there, (Ausontillo) wn* this : All tliiJ*u who should come up or down, oil the 16th. on account of misrepresentation, "drunk or no drurk," "hallucination or no hallucination," were to be sent down to where I tabernacle, and to be fed upon ilit* hest, both iiijt-ifat ami i/uailrii^ih l.'ndcr *uch circumstance*, and in view of arrangement* t?o incompatible with the hard time*," I concluded to drop a lino explanatory, as the explanation will cost infinitely less, than to have a whole colliUienceiiient crowd upon Itic for five days. Cogent reasoning" again do you not think' I niulcrriipted gnoa health still prevails amongst tlie College girls, and I have hut lit tie doubt they will be found Poking remarkably well during the Commencement time. July the i'ti4 r ii lit th." Ag in i rror.'J.i. Vour Pluto made my last slai her the old philosopher l"ato. Then in connection with 'While," read I'lato for I'll.to, the <iod of the lower regions &c. Mr. Kditor Jou will oblige tne hy publishing the above. I hope to visit you in ne.\t month, either by j>? n or person. Sox of I.aio'astf.i:. Ausonville V C, June HI, 1857. I tin* Ailaiil.t ('iillt'.vi i.?.? >.? Nt ?s of the annihilation of tho ill fa it .1 s.?n?a i expedition* reached this city mi Iio I81I1 liiMat.t, ami has been, up (o the present, the all-abaorbiiig theme of conversation, both in tbi* city and throughout Mto Mate. The information see i its to he direct ami explicit, and gath eied as it is from various sources, and all ,?4(rccinj? in essential details, leave* little room t<> doubt that it is reliable. The entire puitv, consisting of ei^htj four nien inelmling Henry A. Cr.ibb, their conini .nder, have l>een massacred. < >n the first of April tlie parly entered the town <d Cavorca. situated on ihv (iulf oi vmiiuitun, ami immediately encountered ili?! Mexican*, under liodeiiuue*, who, wiili sev. ral of hi* soldier*, lost their lis 0*. I he tillibuster* next look possession ot Several houses on the plaxa, l>ut -hortlv therenflci were Itemed in by the foe. In ibis position n soil of guerrilla war fare was sustained for eight days, with a loss to the Mexicans an.) the others. A summons from the latter to the Americans to surrrender was at first re fused, but at the expiration of the above mentioned period, Crabb and bis fiftyeight surviving Vol.lien inarched out of the building ill which they had wntrenchcd themselves, and which had been fired, and unconditionally laid down their arms. On the following d?V? tlioenlir.. i.ii.i. ... - ? ? - v .j t with the exception of their general, was taken out in gipiads ami shot. A more humiliating and ignominious death awaiteii General Crahb. He whs allowed to wiito n letter to his wife, nn<l hold mi interview with one of his original company, who had left him before they crossed into Mexican territory, alter which lie was led out to execution. He was lied to a post in front of the building he had occupied, his face to the post and lot hack to his executioners. A hundred balls were then tired into his body, after which tie was decapitated, and his head exhited in a conspicuous place tor the multitude in r?u?? ? ft upon. Ainong (he killed Are a number of'lite moat distinguished political personAge* who ItHve ever resided in thin slate. Some day* after (lie massacre a detachment of twenty live Mexicans from San Juan, crossed.the line, and, on American soil, seized four of Crahh'a party, who were sick in hod in the house of an American ; nnd mooted out to them the same punishment as had l>e*n visited upon their countrymen. Some twenty recruite from Tueson, who were on their way to join Crahb at Cmvorca, were attacked t?y 200 Mexicuna near that place They, however, after safer*) fighting reached the American side. The Mexicans at Cavorca are said to be five hundred strong. The excitement throughout the Stale ' A" ? . u. n. ^ / ? w . MBHIilMiitifiiM consequent on the reception of litis new* liitn been intense, and a very genera! feel, ing ? f revenge seems to nclunte tbe minds of the iMtw. 'l ite press of ti e State 9 have almost unanimously condt limed tbe a course jmisued by tbe Mexicans in invading American territory, end binning to an unt'mely and ignominious death citi| Kens of our country who bad never set ( foot on tbeir soil or violated, in tbe slight. <1 est degree, tbe law of nations. ft ?% ?v ?1 *DeAii,l "QnohnnOH 9 . utll TT rtlACI CVil U JL A WOIUCUV il 14 VIA u 11 (Via, Washington, June 1 H. , (Jen. Walker has written n letter tu Mr. ltuchuuan, insinuating Unit Capt 1 >.%vis acted with duplicity throughout in the late capitulation ami give# it new phase ?J to histirst entree into Nicaragua. Emigrants Muidered- Kansas Affairs. St *I?oiii?, June 17. A correspondent writing from Kurt Kill y, says that on the 1 Oth, the Ohej ennes Italians attacked and destroyed hii uni! grunt train ahout 60 miles west of that plr.ee, killing six and wounding f '111*? l>cinocrat says I'hilips has hocn chorea a State,instead of an United States t Senator. Topoka dates to the 12th say there was l a rpi mini ol tin- legislature,\nd bI! wero HUM jMMii'CHiig liii* Luiiiuv mill iu^n>ui|? m J organizations. Itobiwon's message liaj been sent in j but rests undisturbed. Riot between the New York Police? 1 Capt- Dilks Fatally injund?Iho Military Called Out. J New York, June 17. % Another m rious riot between tin* rival police ocemred m the Park to dnv in consecpieuce of an attempt made by a boi'y J of MetH'poliinn poliep to arrest Mayor Wood and Slierit) Wi.lett, on a warrant granted l>v Judge Hodman for an assault <m Mr Connor, the Metropolitan (ononis. i' sioner of Streets. The Metropolitan po- j| . lice, white ascending in a lody the steps 'of the City ll)iE|, were beaten hack with ' clubs by the Mayor's police, and ninny of tin id badly luirt. C.-tpi I >i!ks is reported I mortally wounded. The Park was filled F | wuli mi excited crowd. Mayor Wood surrendered himself to'l.o hlioiirt, cave bonds in the siiiii of $,">,000 ! The bl.trill" gave himself up to lliu corj* ik r. The tnililaiy woie r n * I < i.!. The National Hoards remained uiidir iinns an lionr, asiil then proceeded on tlier trip to Viosion, after whieh the twelfth llegiment w as called out. Kevi r.?l of the Metropolis , tan p dice arc hadly injured, and their r.-* 1 (,i'Vi ry i* very deul>tful. k::com> dkui?,\rct|. JS The city is now ipiiet. Mayor Wood j lias niccum'ted t<? law, submitting to ar? > { re*l on a second warrant without resis. > lance. Turner, the I loptity Sin et Com? inls-iotu'r, :.nd t'apt. 1 iciinett, of die M u m's I'. lice, who committed the outrmpM at the City Hall yesterday, were airo-te 1 I at the same time, a.\d all three held in f >.000 soeuritv. ti... ii ii i i - ? .11 ij.. i _ I'l'i-klntorlun nmgrfgitioii womhipiotf el Shi!' It. nn.l died in I|t\> iiuuiorVulily. Mr*. !?, wnn of a inmtt kt retiring disposition, ind innHi- n>> fflhrt nt <li.tpl.iy before llm j world. Hut in llie family circle, where her t 1 uoitii wait kiloWU , I er lost will l?e deeply ' fe'l. H. t\ I LANCASTER PRICES CURRENT. CORRECTED W HKKLY THOMAS li. MAC ILL- ^ | ^ i llaitgiug Gunny per >?l It) to 18 lime Hope, per U '.'f U) 14 Cotton Uope, per ll> ii to '2!> Utlllvr, lb to 20 |!t'?il, 5 to 7 Huron, llo-; Koittid. It to 1"J j Itcemax, 18 to 30 t'undies. All. Del'ill. 40 to -I i ('ofleo, Itio, 14 l? Itt Corn, 116 to 125 ' Chickens, per pair 2U to 25 Hufi1*. per ilox ! * Hour, per Irl 8.6?) to H.OO Fodder, per cwt ?& |IHJ Iron, per po^nd 6 to tl |--t , I,to.I, per Hi 16 to 16 I.ra'l, per lb 12 1-4 Molajo.es, X. I), per gal V6 to inu Nails, cut, per keg it jl toO.ftu oat*. p?bv 1 ! e-j to "a J . O.-uiaburgs, per yard, heavy 14 to I ^ i Potatoes, Northern per bushel *.2i ! Potatoes, Country per l>ui>hel 60 to 16 ' Powder, per lb 87 < Kiel per liuahel 4.60 to6.0O Sugar, X. (). per lb 14 to IQ , Su^nr, CttpMi pet lb u ID lu I W?K, per sack 8.0flt I Steel, earl, per lb. 22 to 26 ] Tea llyaon, per lb lot) to 1.26 Tallow, per lb (scarce) 11 to 1*1-? Vinegar, per gal. 40 to 6?? Yam, per bunch, to 1.06 THE MARKETS* Columbia Judo IP. We liavo uolbing'new to notice in tko price < i i oiion 10 any?me market ! *? been at u stand, and prices are therefore , nominal. Charleston Jtlfie 19. COTTON.?There was a very (food demand for this article to-day, which Yenulted in the aalo of upwards of 1100 bales, 820 of ? , which were sold at 14(c. Tim market wis i firm, and closed at very full rates. New Orleans, June 10. The sales of Cotton, to-day, comprised 3,000 bales.?Prices are stUFer at )3( a I3| for Middling. The rales of (lis week foot Vp 17,000 and the receipts 2.900 bales ? The stock on havd is 7,7Pu bales. The ' decrease at this port now amounts to 242,( YttO and at al) the ports to 6ft 0,1 SO bnjLss. . new i or*, jvn? W Cotton it firm, with malvt to-day ot$OU btlra. Flour U ituovnnt. WhcntIt unvt> tied. Corn hw declined '2c. per Other artiest ?re nmhtngcfl. ' 9i