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{For the Lancaster Ledger ]
MoItC.ANToS, N. C., Alter. 3d, J8o7.
Dear Ledger :?Whenever I am away
from Lancaster if it be only 100 miles, I
think of year paper, and since 1 have a
number of friends to write to, I take ad van- i
tnge of your columns,f liv your permission) j
and write to all at once. 1 left Monroe last j
Monday wit It Gen'l. Walk up and arrived at;
Charlotte same evening, nothing happen- j
td on our route but a stnall shower, which j
by the bye, is a daily occurrence lately.
Charlotte is a brisk place for business and i
scents to be improving, though at present
like all markets is rather idle. I believe i
it,? in . j- ?
? .. m.iiu <>j uisi|iiiciu<le about 1
something or other relative to the debt ar.d |
credit account of some of its ? flioors, but it j
will be settled with perfect satisfaction to j
nil concerned.
On Tuesday 1 look the cars for Salisbury j
; nd after a pleasant ride of 2 hours arrived j
at the Rowan House, where ! remained i
until Wednesday morning. During mv I
, I
stay in Salisbury, 1 ramhlcil about looking
up some novelty or other, and accidentally j
heard of Myers Steam Still, where tiiey !
make 1500 gallons of old Rye per day. It i
Is t of a mile from town, a very pretty <fis.
tnccc to walk, and of course, although 1 do ?
not indulge in "l'addy's Rye Water," I walk- |
tul over and examined the machinery ; it is
like an} thing except a still,and therefore, I j
shall not attempt to describe it. Sutlico it 1
io say, while in operation the liquor pours (
out in n stream as large, as a man's arm. I 1
might add that the grain is thrown into a I
grist mill and you see no more of it until it I
comes forth ready for use. It is conveyed |
through elevators to all parts of the house. ]
The best part, I think is that hy a trough
leading from the still, a large hog pen, con
taining six or seven hundred head of hogs,
is furnished with the mash or refuse left
after stilling and hy this means a large quantity
of pork is made from what otherwise
might ho thrown a?yvrs? i?e
Proprietor, invited me in to his store room, |
and while there asked me if I believed I !
was standing on Wfriskoy. I replied I did
not know how to answer him. ile raised
a small trap door and exhibited under the
floor a box 12 feet square, tilled to the Won I
nnd pointing to a similar door lie remarked j
that there was another box of the same di- |
mension also full. The house was filled
with puncheons. I suppose the stock on I
hand to be 20 or 30.000 gallons.
The "Verandah House" occupied bv Dr.
Happoldt, is a splendid brick establishment
near the Rail Road, and is convenient for
passengers going to Raleigh to dine, hut
those coming to Morganton usually put np
at the "Rowan House" in order to meet the
Stage. The line from Salisbury to this
place is well stocked and runa through in I
2-1 hours, a distance of 80 miles. 1 left
Salisbury, Wednesday 0 n. ni, nnd arrived
here next morning at 7. We dine nt Statesville
and reach Newton at 10 when supper
is ready for passengers.
There is a charter for a Rail Road from
Salisbury to Ashevillo; contracts have been
sinu io wiuun 22 miles of Morgnnton and
tho grading nearly completed to Stntesville.
Major Henderson, one of t!ic board of Di
rector?, told me thrtt the ears would run to
the latter place some time nest spring.?
Morgan ton, ho wevei, SIke Monroe, is in a!
dilemma. She subscribed at first ?100,000 j
which has been expended on contracts beyond
the limits of (Hurke) her county ; and
the Road cannot progress without an additional
sum of $'220,000, one tl.iid of which
this county is required to make, but she
refuses to subscribe, therefore, the question j
of taxation comes before the people next j
Thursday Cih inst., and some of the lead- j
ing men think it will not carry. Indeed Jl
ought to be completed for I think this the
greatest grain country I ever saw. A Mr.
(Jrcenloe, has made 150 bushels on 1 ai res
of ground, and 2.r bushels to the aero is a
common average. Another reason, this is
tho section where nil >>?
.... ...... . I. |?'tllWll
of tlie State pnss the Summer. The Stage
tri-weekly cannot transport Ihe passengers
ss speedily ns they wish, nor indeed ho comfortably.
Tiio way Hilt Inst week footed up
to $200, which is but ft fraction if the cam j
were running. The view from the observn
tories of private dwellings to the mountains
is delightful ; on all sides yon behold the
daik green summits of Nature's pyramids.
Toward the west you see Whiteside. Towards
the North, but more remote, Table
Mt. rises in grandeur, And as you gnzc upon
it, immaginntion fans you with the pure
breeze from its cooling streams. I sympathize
with you in that sultry latitude and
could I extend a few rubic feet of mountain
air as far Sonth as your Sanctum, I
would feel as one who had performed a benevolent
act to languishing humanity. I
eannol leave until the 10th inst. After I return
i *'
? >v<iiw?, i may wruo ngnm.
Castok.
The Empress Eugino, of Franco, recently
appeared at a ball, wearing jewels,
ibefaiuo of which was estimated at $800,
000, and having flounces of lace or. her
rota thai cost $120,000.
cTljc ICrtrnrr.
lancasterville. s.c.
WEPXKSDA Y MOUSING, Al*U. 12. 1?J57
Rir.i.r. Society:?it will bo remotnbered I
tbut tlio IIiv. .Mr. Holies lias appointed i
Sabbath r.c.\t, to present t}ie claims uj' tlui !
Bible cause at this plncu.
Not So.?The gentleman from whom we
received nn unseated note, complaining '
that lie ina-l before applied both personally |
and by pen to have his paper changed to a I
tlillVrenl address, is simply mistaken?that's
nil. .Ml huoil matters arc altonilcil to regu- j
Inrly and promptly here. ! law never heard 1
from yon before, and as lor seeing yon, j
have ne ver had the pleasure to o'ir know !
odge%
Death or Cks. Hi*sk.?Tho death of this >
gentleman, and especially the manner of it, t
Will be learned with profound icgret through
every part of lite Union. lie was a native ]
of this State,and has for a number of venrs |
represented Texas in the Senate oft lie United
States, of which body, he was a piomi- |
pent and able member and n stalwart advocate
of the rigiit.s of the South. The tele- j
graphic account of Ins death is published in j
another part <.f our paper.
Kno.\vti.i.r, CoNVKNTiox.?Monday last !
was the day for the opening ot the Southern
Commercial Convention. Several have I
gone from this place, and as 'I.ong Crabs' i
is among these, it is probable that our ]
readers will he gratified with something I
? i
from his pen. It is a matter ot regret i
that these gentlemen, w ilh oth'-rs. w ere not
appointed delegates?these especially as j
they were going. They might have gone j
with much less expense,us a portion ot tho t
lloads carry delegates fur half fare and otli- j
ers carry tliem tree. \Vu believe every
other Village Council, and every Town
Council in the State appointed delegates. i
THE CRUSADER.
This Temperance Magazine tar August j
lias been received. It is a very readable i
journal and tlie I>hkI nlv??l? ?>?' ,
that we know of. I'liblidied in Cincinnati, i
Ohio, and edited by (Jen. S. I . Carey. Terms j
; In single subscribers, 3(1.50?; to clubs of I
tell or upwards, S>l 00.
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EX-PRESIDENT McCAY.
The Carolina 'I'irtirs publishes a leugiliy
communication from the late President of ;
the South Carolina College, in answer to j
"JrsTiTiA," a correspondent of the Charles- I
ton Mercury, lie alleges that ho has been j
I grossly slandered and misrepresented. His
letter concludes as follows :
"The whole host of libellers who have
tried to "fileh from me my good name," I 1
scorn and defy ; and ?hallcngc one add all |
of my former colleagues wl|o threatened me |
more than once Willi an attack in the public
press, should I go beyond the at lie t line of
my own defence, and say anything against
them before the Hoard, to carry their menace
into execution. As I told their ntes
sengetsat the time,let them conic 011 "Tray
Blanche Sweetheart and all" and do their
worst. If I do not show to all unpr< judieed
persons that they are "biting a file," I have
much mistaken the strength of my position,
and Uie sense of justice and (airplay in the
people of South Carolina.
C. P. .McCAY.
A FIGHT IN KANSAS.
Some time since, a telegraphic despatch
from St. Louis, stated that Cnpt. John II.
Iloyd of this State had had a difficulty with
one (J?-n. Mitchell, in Kansas, at a place
called Doniphan, where the former resides.
It did not then occur to us that the said
Capt Boyd was the same known to seine
of our readers as the grandson of the late
Dr. II. NV. Krvin, of this District. He is a
native, wo think, of Sumter District and resided
latterly in Williamsburg, from whence
he went with a small party to Kansas.?
The annexed account of the ditliculty is
credited to a St. I.ouis paper:
On Saturday, the 4th of July, there was
a festival in Doniphan, to which the whok
country was invited. For some unknown
reason, the Free soil party chose to absent
themselves. Cnpt. John K. Boyd, n South j
Carolinian by birth, but now a practising i
lawyer of that town, delivered ao oration,
! in course of which he made Home allusion
to those who would not participate inn paj
triotic celebration of the anniversary of our
j Independence.
On Monday, the 6th, Gen. Mitchell, of the
Free noil party, called upon Capt. Jlowl at j
i his oflice, to demand an explanation of his
alluHion. Capt. Iloyd told Gen. Miteliell
that he did not know him, and could not
recognize his right to an explanation. Gen.
Mitchell informed him who he was. Capt.
Iloyd asked if he was not in command last
year at Topekn, in resistance to the laws ?
Gen. Mitchell replied that he was there in
command against the d?d cut throats, murderers
and robbers. Cap',. Iloyd asked him j
what he meant, and upon receiving no
prompt, and satisfactory answer, he struck
Gen. Mitchell a violent blow with his fist, |
which lacerated Mitchell's forehead, nnd
sent him reeling against the wall. They j
are men of about the suiuu ago and size? j
both young and strong.
Mitchell walked directly off nr.d sent a
chnllengo to Boyd to meet him in mortal
combat. Boyd accepted, nnd chose muskets
as the weapons and forty paces ns the distance.
It was arranged that they should
meet that evening at half past six o'clock.
They were both punctually on the ground,
tho distance measured, the principals stationed
nnd the word about to be given, when
the civil officers appeared and arrested them.
They were required to outer into bonds. i
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OUR TRIP BELOW- HANGING
ROCK SPRINGS &c.,
Whenever ail editor leaves Ids Sanctum,
wlielliur upon a tour of recreation, pleasure
or a business excursion, custom has made
it obligatory upon him to share with his
tenders the benefit of his obtet rations; and
thus iie redeems tn a measure, whatever
may be lost to them, iu other respects, ,
through his absence. In bis calling?, occasional
recreation is ubsoluUiy essential, cud :
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....... ..V ih all loituiiutu US I (J IJftVO gcml '
kinsfolksand obliging friends in Ihec.iuntry,
who welcome him with a hearty goodd
w ill ami regale him wjth the delicacies of1
the season.(portly and delicious melons and !
that most delectable of nil delicacies?a |
rich peach pie, Aic. vVc , are uio-t vividly tiefore
ns) up.I resort to many other ways of
making his stay pleasant and comfortable,
what wonder is it that he should stray oil"
occasionally and for a brief period leave I
the mass of papers, news, politics, reviews j
and the o'er.'/ and all to take care of them- !
selves 1
We might expatiate jomowhat upon the ^
appearance of ttie crops, were this not a j
stole Kuliject sineo it has become apparent
to all, even to the most inveterate alarmist, |
that we are to have no famine .and that
Pi'ilVlilirNi'i* It'ic i'- J --
v, ..... uv Muni u nti| * wiu'ii2s;;iru us
a season promising a plenteous and extraor- j
dimity grain and provision crop. The hoar- j
dor of Ids grain, who, two 01 throe months i
ago, would not accept an extravagant price
for it. is now. wo presume, fully convinced ;
of this. Cotton is r.ot so promising ;?lias i
the appearance of living behind the season
? is luxuriant and green, lacking that peculiar
pale color which it generally assumes
about this time. W ith a Jong season, however,
there ia no reason to apprehend, but
that a tolerable crop will be made.
The above accords with our observations |
from the roads;?at the old Homestead, we
had a nearer view, and with no disposition 1
to pull' tiiis revered locale of our youthful I
sports and pastime, but simply to relate
facts, we will estimate tire average height i
of a field of cotton of about ten acres that j
we were in, Jit not less than three and a
half loi t r.rul well filled with forms, blooms
and bolls. An adjoining, field of corn
was nbont iih toll oh anything ii; that line j
that we hove ever seen. Foi the beneltl ot
the curious, we wlli add that these were J
neither ereek bottom* nor favored spots, 1
but upland-* upon which no manure had
ever been applied. That section of eoun- j
tr\ has certainly been favored in the way !
of seasons?from about Pleasant Hill and
Salem, extending with the direction of
Lynches and Hanging flock ereek*. We I
apprehend that corn w ill be cheap through
that region after coming harvest, t>i.d should |
"friend" or oursclt, or any one else from j
about Lancuatcrvillo, be under the necensi
ty of buying again next season, we would
* *" ' r'j'JMinll w Jli vvtlwlf
from the Wax haws, or from the places
nhfll'f* VV lll.'ll if iw /xKf..i?...l
. ? . ? < uauiu ?J
The general health of that section in, as J
jssu.il, vory good; ? in that respect it vies |
with any other quarter ot' tiic State, The !
people, as a whole, are moral, relined and j
hospitable. The intellectual wants of the !
rising generation are not uncnrcd for, and 1
in q\ tdelice of this, they have four schools, j
the two farthest apart, not exceeding five |
miles from each other. The number of |
children who make tip these schools, indicate
a prolific and healthful population.
Our mercantile friends, Messrs. Magill ,V |
Canthen, and Mobley, linvo pretty well |
thinned out their heavy Spring stocks, mak- i
ing room for their Kail supplies. The peo j
pie of that section, seem to extend them a \
very generous patronage, and they should
do so. We are confident that thev could I
not !<? hetter any where within reach, and 1
upon piinc.iplc, would adviae that tlie pre- j
fere nee ho given those nearest home.
Wo spent several days at the Hanging '
Rock Springs anil passed the time pleasantly,
despite of the bad weather that prevail- I
ed during the greater portion of our stay.
Some very pleasant company were there,
and enso anil comfort and ngrecableneas, |
seemed to be very generally felt and enjoy. |
ed. The principal improvement upon the j
premises that ivc note, over last year, is the
erection of bath houses, which arc spacious
and convenient. They are an important ud- j
dilion and am essential to (lie complete til- i
ting np of all ssieh places. The baths are ;
supplied with the mineral water.
in the fitting lip of this place, the pro. 1
prielor, Capt. Jas. M. Ingram, is progressing
by degrees, pre fi ring this course to a
heavy outlay at the start, and as he is hut
?i c...ii 1.:- ?1 ~-1 -? - - 1
ociuum u> a.ikii an nil iwiil UIUUUI1N, II in CUT j
to presume that in this instance, also, he is
not, though contrary somewhat to our own |
notions. After we had visited there last
Season, we ventured the opinion, that in or- I
der to secure complete success to an enter* !
prise of tins sort, it was necessary to offer
inducements independant of those afforded
by the superior quality of tlie water and '
the comfortable boarding accommodations.
T11 a general way, where one person visits
a watering place for health, a half dozer
go for pleasure, and all will sec at once that
these last are not likely to be content, or
their patronage secured, without the usual
accompanying sources of amusement ore
offered. Such was then lacking nt Hanging
Rock, hut we are glad to say that the
deficiency is soon to bo supplied. Already j
the lumber is nt hand with which to construct
n building, designed as a place where i
young persons may amuse themselves in !
various ways, that are harmless. Some,
we (loultt not, will hold up their hands in
holy horror nt the idea of a ten-piu alley or J
a billiard table, but their notions are tar- i
fetched, untenable?a type of the unwholesome
temperament thai would strain nt a
gnat and swallow a camel. Wo would advocate
no treasure net in the bounds of
propriety, or In accordance with atrict 1
morality ;?nothing else in desired and
nothing clae is intended and nothing else i
would be allowed nt Hanging Rock. 'I'he
proprietor, in making Hanging Rock, in
point of attraction Inferior to no watering '
place in the State, need not. necessarily, of- |
fond the sensibilities of ejther the moralist
or the christian. Hi* antecedents and stand.
I in^Jire a sullicuiOt guarantee of the propriety
of any measure that lie may havo in contemptation.
Wo were made acquainted with several
instances, in which the water had had a j
eiieerji.'jf i:;:.i salutary elVect upon invalids,
already the present season. Its beneficial
ett'ecl* lisco been felt, and an intelligent
gentleman repiaiUd in our bearing, that lie
had vi*ited nil of the watering places of
unot(i in thin Si ale, nod lie believed the water
at Hanging Ito?-k to be superior to any of !
them. |,
It: regard to the aoeominodatioi-.s, gener- (
ally, wo had no fault to find itli them and
heard no eoicpla'nt from the boarder.*. The !'
i.iiu v:is rniin?sunsianwai, wimicsnuicaiKt j i
plentiful. Mrs. Burton superintends this j i
department, ami her skill :iml industry were
abundantly manifest. We wcro t.<Ul by j
acvernl, who were also visitors last year,
that tiic fare was greatly superior to what '
it was then. Tim host, Mr. Barton, is oh- '
iiging and agreeable, lie i< not only mind,
fill of the comfort of his guests, but is do, j
sirous that they enjoy themselves and as- t ,
sists I hem to do so by every means in his i
power, lie makes a capital boat?is lorpia- .
eious, jocular and popular anion}; bis guests. (
Oil aeeount of bad weather,wo were unaUe i
to got about much during our stay at the j
Springs?di.t not ovan get down as far as I
tin' new bridge avi-r Hanging Uoek Creek. '
. . i
tli.it was built a short timo since. Il is said
to bo the best in (lie l)Utriet,ai)d well and tin, '
rally constructed. It was greatly needed:?
last v inter, passing there been me really il.i.'i- '
Reruns, nnd in one instance, a wagoner's |'
borso sank in tjie mud and perished before "
be could bo drawn from it.
Friilay afternoon, we designed taking !
passage in the stage f<>r li?me; Waited fur ^ <.
it until considerably beyond the hour tie t t
; t n. . _ .? -
ii usually passes me r>prings. .\t length ' I
the driver m:ulc iii v Vppcarance minus the t
stage and Imrses; stated lh.it he was Muck l
in the illud a hundred or two yards below, c
that lie was heavily loaded and the horses *
would not pull. Went down all hands j <
beaded L. tiio '( encml', and by a little Coaxing,
some tremendous w hipping. aeeonin i i
uii d w ith a little w holesotne exereise of the '
lungs, the horses were prevailed upon to ,
lake the stage a* far as the Springs. Here I
the driver coneluded to lighten bis load ; I
took oil' a few hundred pounds of lightning
rods, a large dry goods b?>x tilled with ei- i ^
gars, a box of eandles, a few trunks we., I
and tried the refravtorv horses once more, j
llut nil to no purpose?the horses did not |
seem to be sensible ?>t the driver's cnnsiilc* ' (
ration for their comfort, and thoy could not j
understand the responsibilities resting upon j
them as agents of I'uclo Sain, and,?they j J
| would'nt no-how. Driver in this das* j ,
i ,<eraie cxtremirv, cone fit fled that the mail ! j
1.1 list go at all hazards ; saddled the best
? 4
horse, and taking I neie Nam s packages
lie fore him, put out at a two forty rate, I
un?ri uui ib, lilu HlU?G ilUX III rrl"
\
passengers and numerous cpeet-itors, to la*
mont It's rash proceeding. Thought wo
... 'I
were in a Mix' and gave three groans for |
tin* hut most fortunately li r ?*, i
Cant. Ingram was aware of <?nr distress, nnd j
with that urbanity and obliging disposition (
no characteristic of him. tendered us, early
1
the next morning, a carriage lor the conve- |
niunee ol ourselfnnd fntnily.
Sueli an occurrence as took place with ;
I i
the stage, we will observe, ii by no moans j
common upon the line and never happened
before to our knowledge. The driver was
inexperienced and was only engaged for a
few days, or until Julio's ling, r got well, he !
having had the misfortune to get this int* , j
portaut member kicked by an unruly beast, i
Uno of the Contractors was down upon the '
scene of action early the next morning, and j
put matters to rights, mo far as in him lay, *
taking up the passenger* that had been do- ' I
SHrlo^l I Int ivPol'IAile ocitiMtiif ' 1
- -1 ?
\V" reached home safely and found a ) '
great deal to do and our Foreman siek, and 1 i
in consequence, arc forced to curtail our re.
marks somewhat. The trip was to us, up- (
on the whole, a pleasant one and eve doubt
not that others who contemplate a visit to
Hanging Rock will be equally as Well i
pleased. If they arc not, we venture it
will not bo the 'General's' fault. We heard !
of a good time that was expected down J
there this week. The season, so far, has '
been unfavorable lor visiting such placed,
and a change in that respect will operate k\-"
vorablv towards all concerned?both to the
proprietor and to those who desire to see j
crowds and win# seek amusement.
i!rlis of tjjf Week. |'
Hon. Jamkh C. Dodbin Dcad!?Hon.
Jas. C. Dobbin, died at his residence on the
morning of Hie 4tl? in Goldsboro', Y (J.
'I'llo President <>t Hit; United Stair* has
lrtt the scat of government fur ihr JJ? dfuul
Spring*.
The wife of l?x-Postmaster General
Jatnes Campbell, died in Philadelphia on
Friday I ant.
Mr Solomon Kiuibrel, an old citizen of.
Voik District,fell from the abutinrnt ol Sugar
Cteek Itrulge oil Thursday last, and
broke (lis neck,
The I.nurennxtile Jhrald has six columns
OfVlltlit'il uilli I.n nrlii-tn ( iimnii.iulinii Mi- .
' ? ? I'
R. II. Rhctt for the United State* Senate, i |
ut.d says 'he is our choice nmung all the ' I
good mm now in nomination."
AccidehT.?Wo have learned from the 1
Engineer that the passenger train oh the '
Ci.-eenville Railroad ran off, near I'omurin,
on Saturday. It upset owing to the track
being out of order front the recent heavy
rains and tho conductor, W. M. Med lock, ,
and Capt. Khedd, were severely bruised, j
though no bono* were broken.? CaroHiui i
Ttmct.
M
A Lightning Thais.?The express train
between Rochester, New York, and the Ningnra
Suspension IJridge, recently acuoin- |
plislied i'.s night trip in one hour and twenty-five
minutes, a distance of seventy-six :
miles.
|-?>;snK?Nfi WITH f>Hol-; IH.ACklNO. 1 llP
Savannah ((? ?) Republican lias a 'utter
from Mr. S, l\ Dupon statinp lltat ho had |
jlisl iost 'iW'O piiujo little llrymta' from cat*
injj blacking. One died In six hours, and
tlio other in twenty-four, and the quantity
eaten was not over a spoonful.
The CarolinitiH says that a lady of Ahlie- j
viile District ha* a needle o.aso in whuh
is worked "Admiral Vernon, 1740" The J
ease is made <>f sill:, and is beautifully embroidered.
The lady received it from her ;
mother, who said it was taken from a 11ritish
soldier during the Revolution.
itmi'KIn. '?i lie Kings tree tstar
says : Mr Robert Kpps rained a pumpkin
n; his plantation tliis year weighing 125
pounds. 'I'll e seed was sent t<> liiin from
.ho i'atont Office.
'l'he Sumter Watchman notices as a sin- j
jutar fait tiiat, on tire 2Sih nit., apple trees j
.vere in full bloom for the second time this j
-o iHori. Their lirst blossom* were destroyd
by frost, and (hey have now made a sec>nd
attempt at . iHoreseencc.
Speakership.?The Washington corrcs*
londent of the " I'rcxs" v. ,itea :
('oi. James I, < )rr, ol S.oith (Inroiina, and
ion. John S. I'helps,of .Missouri, are both j
pnkerj of for speaker of tlie next Mouse.?
'< I. Orr w|ll, doubtless be the man. John j
v t mops, or vieorjje w. Jones, ?l" Tonnes- j
i-o will prohahly l>e at the hc;u! ofihceom- I
nittce i.f Ways nrj?l Means.
Washisotox I(i:i.k;s.?A vane ami spy- j
jiuss (lie property of Washington, and lat- j
orly in possession of a connection of his j
amity, were recently sold at miction in Hal- '
iniore. In consequence of its hein?j known
Int the ladies of the Mount Vernon Assolatum
desired to purchase them as a pres.
cut to Mr. II l*i>erctt. bidders declined bidlii'^.
'J'hey hrouo|,t 8J0V,
l?ai vt.si Coxvkntiox.? At tlie late s- i
ioil of the South Carolina llaptist Sta'e j
-onvention. a r?-|>ort drawn hy Uov. Dr.
daniy, of Charleston, was adopted, rcconi- I
molding a suspension of all relations and j
o-epcration with llu> American Tract S.n-i |
ty of every description, until the action ta- j
\cn hy that Society at its last anniversary i
hall be reversed.
f'nor*.?The accounts in relation to the j
rops aro generally very cm nuragin,' from
ill parts of tlie country. Cotton and sugar '
promise remarkably well, the .Nashville Han- <
uer cxprcK-.es the opinion that 3 500,000 j
i??ies ni cihsiit wti 1 00 grown, which may
>< worth 8170,000,000, and that the Sugar
r<>n will be worth #30,000,000, which will
onto into market in Southern cities in six
vccks' time. All other crops being good, '
lie lu?['? s expressed of a brink f.ll trade and ;
i deferred revulsion is not \\ ithout foiju d.i.
ion.
Novi l Ikvkmii..n. ? A ??,,wn-enatme, ironcian
has invented a bed which is mule up
?f sp-ral springs, and constructed with an j
dr ehainhcr in thp centre, so ingeniously
irranged that overy motion made by the |
deeper produces a bellows action, and for- j
cm out the r.ir, whirl) Im* become affected
v the perspiration <>l the body, mid at the
tame time n now supply i* taken in. The
let of rising from it in the morning com
?!etc1y nirn it. It at onreoxpand* to shn| e.
iml can be made end put In perfect order
n one minute, thus H iving ntuch time mid
nconveniencc.
I ut: \>uru:ina J Iflli'l HflV* thill ft fill I JV1S- I
wngor engine has recently been put upon ,
he South Carolina Railroad. Ii in called
hc'l'roston S. Brooks," and in ornamented
>v i111 fine likenesses of that I nmi'ntcd statesman
nnd bis uncle, Senator Butter.
Ilrsnar.n Mii.k Tkot.?A hundred mile
trot in on llio carpet to take place next September,
on the Cold Spring Course, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. The purse is to be
$4,000 and the trot is to be tnadu in ten
hours.
Tiie I.ast Chance ?If wo misfjike not
lliin, according to an Act of the legislature,
is the last yc.nr allowed for the location of
grants. Our readers will do well to take |
notice of this.? Family Fnend.
The Ciiufj :s El'uope.?Tlta latest ad- '
vices from Euro pi arc to the effort thnt the
trope in all parts of Continental Europe
promise n rich harvest. In some parts of
Ct rinanv farmers have already begun to
harvest their rye rrops, and broad made of
new rye flour was in general use and pronounced
of good quality. The tobacco I
plantations in Southern Germany have been
much refreshed by the late rains and promise
a good crop. The grape vines in Germany
have ceased blooming, and single berries
have reached the size of small pens.?
If Iho summer continue as it has lugon,tbo
w ine of will bo outdone by the product
of 1857, both in quantity and quality.
Silver in the waters of tiik Ocean !
? It has bern recently discovered, and
the experiment actually made, that the
water of the ocean contains a very large
amount of pure silver! The chemists of
h ranee have extracted silver from tbe water
in considerable quantities. The cu|?[?er
on the liotto.n of vessels long at sea
have collected this silver I Tl?e water
lias been analyzed and silver obtained !?
Datamations are made as to thu amount
;>f silver in the seas and oceans ! It is a
rerv large amount I The ocean's silver ;
water ia no longer a fitfiiro of speech, but
t reality 1 What noxt I The* blood of
nan, too is found to contain silver 1 Coin
ng one's heart's biood will cease to be a
netaphor. It may be done. No man,
hen, ia without his silver, although he
nav be destitute of gold and bank billa !
- Oretnville Patriot.
"Faiu would I Rise, bat that I Fear to
Fall.
So wrote Sir Walter Raleigh?ami to
practically say thousands who would bo
rich, hut hesitate to embark a small von.
turc, for fear of losing it, while the results
might be 00,000 per cent, in the investment?as
proof of ibis, a shrewd business j
man in this city, star'cd a ten dollar bill
on a speculting tour to Atlanta, Georgia, i
Like a sensible operator, the said bill in- !
vestigated itself in the purch as# of a ticket 1
in Swan ik Go's Lottery, that is drawn i
every Saturday. Tlie venture returod in
the shape of of a ?20,000 prize, netting (
the speculator '2,000 per cent. Can any
o!io show us a speculation equal to that
? we reckon not, wc guess not, wo think
they can't?so hero goes an X on the
satno cruise. The cost of the article is
wholes ?10, halves ?5, quarters ?2.50 ?
and it is a free market to all, and Swan |
Co. are the parties to consign your v??
ttire to.?Xushvillc Union. DO
? !
Hiupjjljif. |
Death of Senator Rusk.
New Orleatt*. Aug. J.
Senator Husk, of Texas, committed mo |
ioi'Jc. at Itis residence, on ihe 20th nit., I
l>\ shooting himself ill thu head with a
rifle. No Ciittse is assigned for the act.
The Elections.
Augusta, August G. j
Kkvitokv.?We learn from l?oui?vil!e
that Marshall and Underwood have been J
re elected to ('engross. The I )emocrnts
claim the ci.'.ctiou ul Unwell, l'uyton, !
.lowclt, Stevenson, Elliott, and Talbot. j
Texas Elections.
New Orleans, August 7.
The return* indicalo tl:e cleetinli of
ltiinnells, ( Democrat) as tioverner, and i
lit* mai'tritv ovi-r 1 lunstan i- n *?
a I 1 '2,000.
Tilt* Legislative elections. as far as hoard ,
from, liute resulted in favor of the J^moerau.
Missouri Elections
St. I .<>(!>, AugUSt 7.
Thirty-eight counties reported give It !lies
(American) over four thousand ma- [
jority for Governor.
In the Thiol Congressional UiMiiet |
Clark (Democrat) has Im ii elected*
North-Carolina Elections.
Augusta, Ar.j>list 7, 0 1'. M.
Few returns have reached us from j
North Cored in a?all favorable to Peino- '
cratn.
Alabama Elections.
Montgomery, August 5. j
iu Aloblle the Peinocrxlit: In Let has
been successful throughout, i'..ii..%., t
For the State Senate, James S. l)c?s, :
lU-jiren'iitHtivcK, J. |>. fudd, T. II. Horn- I
.l.ui, \V. (1. Junes " I" 1-humm ?n?l.? I
Kur the first Congressional (Mobi.e) |).i- i
trii t, James A. Siallnorih. This lien. !
m.ii ik'cltd by it large inaj.nity.
Postmaster Arrested.
Augusta, Augusi 7. |
Samuel C,,Scott, l'ost master at ('.dial's
I'oHtfilhce, Ktlg.-field l>n>triet, S. (lias
been arrested by General James b. Ma
guire, .special I'ostotlic? Agent, and i* ,
now in custody in tins city , lie was ar
rested by evidence from lb?Mlsfc of a dcC.o
letter.
Excitement in Kansas.
St. b ?uis, August, <?.
Intense excitement lias been |?n-vailitig
at Leavenworth, Kansas, in consequence
of the discovery of an organized gang ot
of murderers. Two of tliem have been J
bung.
uov- waticer at Lawrence.
Si. Louii, August
A letter in the Democrat from Kansas,
states that Gov. \\ n'ker is ?till at l.aereneo
with an ircreasetl military force.- I
Reported Murder of Surveying Parties
by the Indians.
Sr. hot is, August 4.
The Kansas C.ty Enterprise, of the j
1st instant, announces the reception of
lelteis at Lecomplou, stating thai five of |
Capt. Caldwell's, four of Cipt. Ilerty's .
ami the whole of another surveying party,
had been murdered by the l'.iwnee |
I ladiaus.
Nicaragua to be Invaded Again.
Nkw Yokk, August 3. i
Gen. llennin? en and Dr. 1 ?*- L, his j
brother-in law, left for the South this af '
[ teruoon, to visit (it in alleged) <ien. 11.'a
wiie, who is now in Georgia. those Lest i
1111... ii%a.i ..r vvr-u?*
............. yn i.iiiKcru movements, sav
llenningaen's visit is for lite put pose of ,
conferring with (?en. Walker relative to j
; it new expedition for tlie invasion of Ni ;
caragua, which is to start from some point j
near New Orleans, about the 15th of
C >clober.
Additional by the Persia.
New York, Aug. 5.
Nothing is to be clone by the English
in China except to destroy the war junk*.
The result of lx>rd Elgin's mission w ill
be to ascertain the state of things, and if
unsatisfactory, hostilities will he confined
I to Canton.
I
i The steamship Agamemnon has sailod
for Cork i*i;h thu submarine tel. -graphic
cable, and the plan now is to commence
laying from the Irish coast.
OLD MEN IN OLD TIMES.
MODF.RS DV.ORNKRACY.
Modern luxury is not favorable to long
life. In the patriarchal era, if translators of
the scriptures nre correct in their interpretations
of the Mosaic measurement of time,
an ancient Hebrew w as quite a youth st the
age of a century or an, and could scarcely
be considered aettled for life before ho had
reached hia second centennial epoch. Now,
however, a man is venerrb!e at fifty, and although
Old Parr saw his 160 th hirthdiy,
and the census occasionally brings a centenarian
to light, seveaty ia usually the ex- |
tlvtiH' limit of human existence. The fact
!*, ?? modern* cat too much, drink tod
much, loaf too much, and work tbn little
We spoil our stomachs with over indulgence,
and the result is impure blood vitiated
aeCrc'ions, n disordered system, and pre1
mature decay. Tim roi't o*" half the fatal
diseases <>(' the race is dysphj'Sia, a complaint
unknown, it Is presumed, in life diva
of Moses and the prophets, when turtle
soup, terrapin stew, rich pate's and champagne
were uninveiitcd. As these, and
hundreds of other indigestible*, however,
form an indispensable portion of the curlr'
of the nineteenth century, and human nature
?r rallied artificial appetite w ill invoke
dyspepsia witli nil its kindred horrors, one
of the great objects of mciical science
should he to provide a cure for them. Thiswe
really think has been accomplished by
llolloway. His Pills seem almost to realize
tlio fable of the Elixir V. /??. There
enn be no manner of doubt, (unless wo
choose to reject a mass of testimony which
would be deemed conclusive by any cfttr*
i : i n 11...1 .1 ?t ?
niHi jiiij in niav niry urn? mir
moat potent ami unfailing remedy the work*
has ever aeon for intligcstMm, aid all dinor*
dors of the stomach, the li*ef and the bow-?)s.
W'a do not ndy ise our render*to tcmpS
an attack of these maladies by neglecting
the condition of lieallli ; hut if the mischief
is duijc.we moat earnestly recommend
this famous laxative arid stomachic?for
strange to say, the I'jll* combine the tw o
qualities?as the speediest, the safest, nn.t
J he most infallible means of care. In so
doing we simply act upon our ow n eoitvios
tions, founded on personal ob*cri ution, tut
well as on volumes upon volumes of ttniniHYMENEAL
.M.vi:i:ien on the 'J31 nit., at the residence
ol It. tI'otts. Esq.. by M. death, Esq ,
Mr. Tiioiiston (\n.ru\ni\ to Mi-?s .Mai: in \
Sit.waut, all of this distiiet.
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Business Notices.
t
lHM.I.OW I Y'S OINTMKNT JSD I'll.l.M.
I ideate females who are hieus-ed ami debilitated
complaints peculiar to their organ
i/ation, nio itiiilornily relieved by Hollowa}'*
Pills. For hysteria, Bpn-in, lint sick
hcahache, p tins initio back and loins, tlicy urn
a safe ami ruliablc remedy, while tlio lie aling
and r Kili:ij? olfect of this hal-amic Ointment tipon
I;ui ii*, -rah].- tunning Mm-, irritations oftho
scrnl'ith.u-. ulcers, .-all iliciini, erysipelas,
ami nil ckI-mm! inllaiiiation, is a miiiole in sur /> >!/.
PineliaseM, before using these remedies
arc cautioned to look lor the IFiitor-niArk, which
appears in evon leal of the genuine bonk ul'direct
inns. It'the Wil.sls, "Ilnllnwny, New Ymk
ami I.nmlun, nre tint vicible in the paper, tin;
iiicilioi:ick are c-miU'ifeits. 88.
"Who shall decide when iloct >ra di.-sigix-e ?''
ami it i-> a very common thing to see them itisagroo,
even upon, the inert uniinpoitaiit mat
lei-, but when they a.e.iil of one opinion up
nil ;in\ t, vi> ve \ lintlll-nllv calculate
tint tlicir opinion, tin:* ni.i\? ?] ut i* a cot: cri
one, Tlifa, tl.ii i, liiuM 1m? tliu cu?o with la*o". ?
nnlV Smith American JY-vtr anil Agui' lUnivil? ;
far no inn- who ever witiien>c?l iU tlbct* when
lined for that i oiuplnint, but will suy tliat
I', in utu-niialK<1. It in Midi a icitnm cuio
thai it will iii time take precedence ovei ulioiliit
rcim-dica. * -j
^ m 1
So Won*uKit nr. was *j ii.ink: i i..
P.KAll AND Jl IX.I. >Oli VOl RrtKI.Vr.K.
Hoc hosier Oct. 19, ISotf.
MK?x': s Flkmish Huns.
I'n'iitlciiieii.? Having expciionccd tlir hem*.
tiii.il effort* of l>r. Il'bWi Ccle'jiatoil l.lvrr *1
rill.', pi i'|I'.irdl l>y von, I lake great plea-tun' iu
i cvnr.icii-linp litem to (he public. I fad warranted
ui paying,that tlu.-y ate a certain cure for
liver complaint* ami all bUliuui iliaoate*, no matt.-r
how dilllcult or longstanding. 1 mvwlf wu ? '
afflicted with this ilrca'lfiil diacaac for over two
years, and <>h! how thankful I am that 1 hentd
of theae '*ilU. I purchased of one of your
agent* throe boxes, ntul before I !m<l flubbed
the third liOX, Was completely Clued. I VCliljT
believe,but for l)r. M'l.aiie's Liver Pills,I should
have now In-.mi in my grave; hut m> it is, I nut
now enjoying the host of health, and stand a
living wiluc** of the efficacy of Dr. 11'LANE'S
I.IVKK PILI?S. Resides recovering my health
I OOtiiider that I have Raved in pocket Rome
two or three hundred dollar* physician'* fee*.
This. teHhuohy I give yon witli lite grente*I
pleasure, nod hope it may do Roiuelhing towar 1
making these invaluable rill* known to all who
arc RulVe'tng with liver complaint. .
Wii.LIAU HI"*,
Tiavelet in Woatcrn New Voik.
1<l|ELMHOLD'S 0ENVINKPRKPARATI??N.
XI HELM HOLD'S genuine l'RKPARATH?Y.
11KL M HOLD'S genuine PREPARATION.
ilhl.M Hol.D'S genuine PREPARATION. *
Is prepared according to Pliauuacy and C'heni
i*try, with the greatest accuracy and Chemical
knowledge devoted to their combination.
WAH.M HOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATION. ?J
For diccaacaot the bladder, Kidney#, He**ei,
and Drapn.
ITh F.AI) ! READ! READ!?"Yo afflicted
rend." the fidhiwinw ?f . ...??l
over 20 \eatV standing :
II. T. ||ki.urui.d?Hear Sir: 1 have been
troubled with mi atlliction of (lie Madder and
Kidney* for over twenty ycara. I have tried
Physieiana Hi * tin, and at lout concluded to
give your genuine Propitiation a trial, aa I had
heard It highly npotVn of. It afforded mo Immodato
relief 1 hava u*ed three bottle*, 'and
I have obtained more relief from iu effect* and
eel much better tlun I have for twenty yoaia
previou*. I have the greatest faith in iu vir.
luea and curative power*, and rhall do nil in my
pow.tr to make it known to the afflicted. Moping
this may prove ndvantageou* to you in ansitting
you to introduce the medicine. I am
truly yotira, M. McCoavtc.
I Should atiy doubt Mr. MrConuic'a atateinent .
lie retera to the following gentlemen:
Hon. Wnt, Higlcr,E*-(?overnor, PoMylvanla.
I Hon. Tho*. It Florence, Philadelphia.
Hon. J. (5 Nnox, Judge, Tto^o Co. Pa.
Hon. J S HWW J.
, ??w|ii?
Hon. I). U. Porter, ExOorornor Pennsylvania.
Hon. fJIU EawU, Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon. It C. Orler, Judge U. K Court.
Hon. f). W. Woodward, Judge, Philadelphia
Hon. W. A Porter, City Mohtitor FhiUdrl- J
phla. .
Hon. John Tiigler, Ex-Governor, California.
Hon. K. Hankn, Awditor General Washington,
I). 0. I
And many other*, if neroary.
OT Sr* Atlveitieenient headed
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in anotiier column.