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the laMsteFlembi Published every Wedues lay Morniuj BV W. M. OUNNOK KDITOR A N1) I'ROIMIIKTOU. ?o3u t e 11 m s: n advance, " # .vt the expiration of Six Month*, - At the end of the Year. advertisements Will he inserted at the following low raws One square (of lt> line# or less,) one inscrth <>1 . or, i! continued, 70 cents lor the first serf. ' ?, a : ! ? .its for each suosenuent ins ion. ?? /"" ><-e Fon;th Pu_-e for deductions vor ol .-tamling advertisement)*. Tin number ol in -ertions must he vnitten ?n~'t adva-ti.-enient, i f they will be inserted '1 r. 1 o.'.t i.:.<! chained accordingly. " Til it (ioVKUXOK OF MlSSOCt'.I WltllM ?Letter from his man who Wmri ITim.?Tito Fulton (Mo.) Telegraph I published the following letter rem V diver, who is certified to I n a man of h or and varacitv : Eureka, lioone Cotmt'y, June li.', 1858 llaviug been requested to make a c reel statement of a difficulty which curired between myself and (lover Stewart, I do so very reluctantly, l>e!i itig that the mailer can possibly tcr nato in no glory, benefit, or profit to 1 but is rather a source of regret and t novanco. Whiio in Jefferson City soi weeks ago, I entered a housb known Smith's bier saloon, and tlierc met Gc ernor Stewart. In tho course of conver ation with hi k I spoke of the pardon of O'lilennis, a charged that lie (Stewart) had socnr American votes in St. Louis on a prom of pardon to O'lilennis, provided he w elected. This Stewart pronounced "damned tie," when I struck him, knot M him down, and afterward, struck h several times, until pulled ?>tl' l?v the I slaudtns. We (hen wa.-d.ed our taces a hands, undo friends, ami concluded keep the difficulty-a secret. But it I been told by some one, (not by me.) a I feel at liberty, inasmuch as you hx been assailed, to give the facts. Stowi was verv drunk, and 1 was myself drin '?g. A. I. VANDlVEIt. Ilow Tiiuuto,f Weed Lost -jSOO AND HOW Mll.LATil) Fll.\inill.-*? W'ivu IT.?A correspondent of the Pinladelpli Mercury tells tiie following story:?Tv or threo years ago the railway lilies I tw'uen Albany an 1 lJulV?l"? w?io coiiao dated, under tlio title of the New Yo Central. l'liurlow Weed, of tlio Albai y Kveniny Journal, engineered the matt through the Legislature, and for this s< vice wus to receive the baiidsothe sum $8,000. of which Evastus Coining was furnish $4,000 and Dean Richmond ? 000. The plan succeeded, and the mo ?y was paid over. Rut as Mr. We didn't think it. won Id look well to lin stock stand in his own name, ho made over to an old and particular fiiend of 1 ?Mk Mcintosh?who had made mom as a railroad contractor. It was undt stood between the parties that Mclnto was to hold the s'tock and then ijuiet makoifovor to Weed. Rut unluckii Mcintosh died, and forgot to leave a w i So the administrators, in making up tl account of the assets,* stumbled upon t certificates for tins $8,000, and put the down to Mcintosh's credit, supposing, course, they were his. Tiie debts w e paid and a handsome balance was left f the widow, the attractive Mrs. Mclnto* who was married a few weeks ago Mr. ex President Fillmore. Thurlov eight thousand dollars went along wi the widow, into tlio arms of the m whom l'liurlow hates probably as bail as one man can hate another. Foi politico scandalous yam, it is not bad, a makes fun. Liability of Lawykhs.?A case 1 just been decided in our Supreme Con whigh makes lawyers lintde to their < . r>ts for any loss tin y may sustain l?v o' sight Or negligence on the part of I lawyer. 1'Jie case as we understand it about tit is. A firm in St. Louis sen firm here a debt of about $1,000 to c loot pr secure. The lawyer not being a! to get the money nt once, took h ino gage on a piece of land belonging to t debtor. The debtor had already confes ed judgment in favor of another party.From some oversight the lawyer did 11 learn of the judgment by confession.Tlie debtor, meanwhile, made way wi his other effects, out of which tho mon ndght have been made, and the land w sold under the judgment confessed, for t benefit of the first creditors. Tho I Louis creditors then brought suit ngaii the lawyer for tho amount of tho d? and got judgment in tho Circuit Cou An appeal was taken to tho .Supror Court and lite judgment was affirmed, that the lawyer will have to pay the <ie Independence (Mo..) Messenger. tfrvsauoitkrts in Montgomery Cor iy !?We are informed by a gentlem u ho resides a few miles east of this ci' that grasshoppers have made their a pearanca in nUiming numbers in I # neighborhood. On the plantation of N Jobf^ II. Holt, onr informant saw a In acre ot ground on which the cotton hi been complete!) devoured by them. I saw tin-in yesterday in their work of d struction, and says that the half acre w densely covered by tho devouring msec There was no sign ol approaching dang from this cause, three days ngo. and inu apprehension is feUJthat other swarms urrasshonners niav be in lhsn?i?lihnrlift ?-' t ii _ j "" rs" or in the air ready to alight whenever ai wherever they feel hungry. Our advice to lha planters is to set i hands to lighting then), whenever tin settle. Much was saved in Texas, recet ly, by pursuing this course, and the d?i insects will serve in some degree to enrii the soil.? Montgomery -Mail. K N?w Post OrviCK hjis been -esta liahed In Pickens District, on the rou from Horse Shoe to Clayton, Geo., ar ^ mo.l "II -IJv Sprnge " wbhmhb - RO | \ under the sumo dis Y|| |)^ 1>? nnd the district | ^ ioconv er- I ; -? ? ? of our people, lin LANCASTERVILLE.S.C. would bo benefit! the poor who are I tiU | WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1858. u h W(.? know? I estate ill litis l)istr | To (Jonuestosdknt, II. J. M. 1).?Wai. and proper value. Ki> keksvii-LE, N. C.?You are credited to Jan. of the Districts in *Kl> i uary \r>9. Don't know who paid for you about a latitudinal has : hist. b> lieve that the lit i4?. - ?? natural state, eoiuj ! Ths Weatiikr and the Crops.?We uf these. Theirs j have had abundance of rain within the last ud Uud made to i week, and we do not suppose that any roc- husbandman, whl tion <tf our District is now suffering for District yet reinair 'or 1 rain. We hear flowing descriptions of the cultivated wastes, oc" J crops ; it is said that the general prospect of science and of inn i for com and cotton <:roj> is better than it and industry, to n 0 ." I has been for years. | as any uplands in ? ?> ? "? ?' | ply peculiarly to th Religious Notice.?We are requested L.rn sections of the |i)fi to say that a meeting w ill commence at tho j bought in those sc Jls Methodist i hurch at this place on Thurs* | ncie, which, if si! >v- tiny evening, the 2:2.1 inst., to continue until I District of Fuirfiel Sunday evening followjug! Several Minis- j or ot- yolk) Woub m, tcrs from a distance arc expected. ty dollars per acre. nil Iiq all 1? ? ~ consequence of ou ed Mkpicat. ('aud.?Wc take pleasure in of thc wofld . we C ca,,i"2 attention to ??'.> mudical card of l)r. t?0 prop(.r nu.anh 1S 11. S. llcck ham, who, it will ho seen, is loca. notice mu, c c( .k U'd ne,jr l>lwMnt and their qualities i:n , own borders. Tin l.lMKSTONE Sl'KINOS llir.it Sctiooi..?The .. I i iy . the engine is heard i examination at l.nnestone,tl will he seen bv i . . r .< U't ..... * I rvul estate oT the a notice elsewhere in this paper, embraces 1 , e to ii to the extent ot n< l|49 the 20th and 21st ot the present month.? |-o|| of do?arH (| n,i Persons on tliei* way to the mountains may ! , ",l ' out opinion, we wi ,ve spend a few dai s pleasantly at this deserved- 1 in, vvjl}| ,|jm nt Iy popular institution. ! . . , , k | e intended to , ,, practicability of woods at ( ost.? Mr. Jos. ISrown propo- . "... .... , ... t he-tor to this plai ses to sell his goods at this place at cost. , ,, , . * , ready spun out Ion, ace advertisement on another column. ... ,,, ... q __*' " u wl ' ^'r or Tite Charleston Sta-wakd -The Stan- "u'rH>' 8a;vinC U,al '!l dard has been pureliascd by the piuprielors t'u ".at.ir <>f the Charleston Mercury, together with I w bother 'J l1' ?o- ,i | ,- i- . , . ... , .. . I our correspondent the suhseription list and good-will, and i? is 1 ! proposed to merge the two papers into one. I ',on" Th?.ri must All accounts due the Standard oflicc arc Pr,sl of this sort, < - ... i i v. i. r hud it is the duty er reserved to l<. \\ . Sprutl or Co, who possess the c 0f The Columbia papers announce the dcnlh and who bate weal to of J 'S. S. Scott,a promiuunt citizen of that i mnhe 'he " 4, place and, at the time of his death, 1'icsi- j 'a'K who n- dent of the Kxchangu ll.ink. I back 'heir jiidgmei (.J . ?| McKenna, Barnes, v,> Suggestions upon the subject of a Rail C'rawtord*, t uret it Road to Lancaster. | Wylic, llasseltine, , s A correspondent in our pajer last week, * onsart.t unningha having advocated in very warm terms the ners,Crockett*, Rec s| building of a rail road to this plr.ee from a Robinson*, < l\bi Iy a point on some other road, his zeal has, thens, Ingram, I la y we trust infused itself among others Mid McCardle, Mullw 1|# will be the means of bringing about a general Moblcv, Stewart, ii ie effort to shake oil' the lethargic feeling and think ot. make so he apparent forgelfulneas of our own interests, tion and too mass t n by which we have been spell-bound-for that the project is ?' years, and to place our District side by side " these men w ill ,r<" with neighboring Districts irt the advance, the building o! a r. yr ments and improvements of the day. To doubtful. unucriaKc hi mis cniigntcncd period o! iHe ~ ? world's history to show th.rt rail roads arc Albeit 0. (I, instruments of moral progress, of civiliza* This distinguish lion, c>f education, of social refinement? Lecturer, is at pre? |1\ that tlicir tendency is to develop latent re- Lodge at this plan r a sources, stimulate industry, build up coin- parting to Lrcthror nd mercc anil multiply pecuniary interests, sons of inforinatio would be a work of supererogation. All inexhaustible fund men of ordinary observation and a tolera* which is ever at hi ,ns ble knowledge of things in general, sub- iron Free Mason, ,r!- scribe at once to their general and manifold Ky .ha'ithe folio1 '' advantages. This being admitted, it must key : ^(<|* ' t ' follow ?>l course that wc also are suceeptt- This enlightcne ; ble of being benefitted in this way. We conceded to be om , arc not so peculiarly and fortunately situa- of '|"r American rti ted ns to require none of those artificial profound and Iikiii ol' , .. .. a'l departments of ,1,. advantages, which nun ordinarily resort to t.d ||po|) lilis con(i| rt- to improve and < nhance their social and pc- in use, and always lie ciiniary condition. On the contrary, we of on Masonic Law, all other sections in this State stand pecu- 'bis magazine, .. , s i , e ....* , . rist second to none liurly in need ol these facilities and advan- Kret.milM,nry? h?. 0 tages. . lalion among the The people of Lancaster, generally, seem known. ' ' . not to be conscious of the fact, that they ^,,r three ev . , . , r ... . his "Masonic Mise as arc h"?^hihly in rear or even their nearest of mtm% ^ ho neighbors, including the adjoining counties | j, nl prt.Hont odit of North f'arolina, in all the elements of sonic Quarterly R ist prosperity, the various constituents of York. sbt wealth and the general nccornpaniameiits of Aaaforiiblc sp . * r nlso ohtained a re ri. civilization. We nre content to remain as character. ilia no our foref.thcrs were before us; they lived Loth inspcaUnga *? and had their being, made one dollar, where, mark, approncliing ''' with the improvements of the present day morw timid at they might hnvp made two, and we ure sal* hnow nothing of n ..." e ? , , ennn, and whose vi islied to follow in their footsteps, heedless circuinsciibed as tl of the sneers of others nt our old fashion* any subject. But, ed proclivities, our want of enterprise, of ifeatation* of eontr : ' perception and our lack of District pkidf.. l',e >P* , . , . the fullness of tils J lie people do not think authciently of these ! even tenor of liis w lr. things, and having no convenient facilities \ fying .<11 who coi ilf for getting off, they rn.inot judge of tlicir bis influence. sd true condition hy observation and by com* It is in such as ti ? . . , , . .... . Masonry in Ameru ?? parison wuh other places. Wc have curi- posjliuI1 0f import e* ously observed with what patience our small occupies. May In RH( farmers and producers content themselves to labors here, in qua; 14 receive the verv small prices for their pro- * rer ' dijee, compared with what the same articles The ghkat Rain o(. are worth elsowhcre, and what they would of rain that has fall afj .10 Kiinn nere, 11 mere was n competition of the United -Stati ,?] with other market* by mean* of a rail road from the 1st of Ma connection. We have aeon chickens sold has scarcely n |> til here for twenty cents per pair, that would Journal says the n ey At the rnme ti...o, in Charleston, have readU *ill giye about ten it |y commanded seventy-five rent*. The ini he* to the tilth 1 best country beef would be selling here at In forty-three days, tive cent# per pound, and worth in Col Dm- pear to have been I bia, twelve eents. We might notice other and West ?t least C I, items where the disproportion is equally North and South hi te great, but this is sufficient for the purpose * 1? id of illustration. * Improvimu the I Nor is the Rolling all: thf producer buys ahot and killed in \ ' / * _ f ... - - ? 1 if - * - - - advantages that he sells; Savonah about a week ago, while ut large, pay fur the ex- act of appropriating "the fruit of th enicnt mode of transpor- The Georgian says that notwith? jcics of fancy uud domes- this terrible lesson, a number of bo ssnrics that are sold here, nights ago were arrested in the vei iitive upon the subject of stealing front the very same garden, is a tax they pay annual- ! as two men who were supposed amount of which, they | something to do with shooting the I lculaling. If we had a | were arrested for tho crime, tin n our market would be shrewd enough to believe that ! Ling with other markets ; would not be repeated. Il'airs would exceed the ? ? a most sanguine; inani- The Military Preparations in ] id spring up ; competition The mighty military pre pa rati le, and a now order of going on in France, is beginning t< inaugurated. Every class considerable attention over the however circumstanced, world. When Louis Napoleon was cd, but more especially clared Emperor of the French, tl Lied to a home market. ! looked upon liiin as a mere pigmy ci i to most of us that real with his illuatrous namesake; hut i it-1 is far below its true I cotiiimr In n <tilV>.raiit eiim-liisiiin I. We linve been in moat shown himself to be the most sk tliis State that are on picmatist of modern times and there line w ith ours, and we , ing to gainsay the belief, that he if nils in I.aiioustor, in their ' imbued with some of the military tares favorably with any I that immortalized his uncle, the he have been fully develop. ! hundred battles, who made and field a rich return to the Kings and who held F.urope and Hi le many portions of <>ur ! in awe. France is now infinitely i in its virgin purity?an- in a military point, than at any tini , requiring only the hand reign of the lir?t Napoleon. The i ngrieultoral enterprise ^ which these preparations are makii lake then, as productive render war a necessity and the with the State. This may ap- ' a few years ago looked upon tin e Fastern and South-east. Fmperor as an adventurer, wlms District, hands can he they believed would he cut abort i clions for five dollars p. r : or two, now watch Ida every in uated in any part of the with intense interest, not to say ala d, of ('hester, of Union Porter's Sp"!t of the Tillies, a pi 1 command readily tw.-n* has every faeilit-, for g .ining early This discrepancy is the 1 reel information from the old worl. r isolation from the rest j deuce of the deep interest that tti have never resorted to I incuts of Napoleon has created, qu to bring our lands into i apprehensions developed by the tition w ith other nlnces, Government, in her own new am are unknown beyond our | preparation to ward off the gatiiori 8day that the whistle of undo, should it prcch'ance whirl. I at Lancaster C. 11., the ' hursts, capriciously towards their iDistrict will l?e enhanced This silent and mysteiious prepar >t less than half a mil- the part of France, and this serine f i,i.y man is of a differ- I hetision and haste to put on defei II he pleased to argue the mor by Great ltrituin. presents a view of the rutrtitr curdiate wlrieh say something of the the two nations Snrougli tlie Crime building a road from puign, and which?nothing serious ;o, but our article is ul- happened between tliem in the way ger than we fust design- ing out?is supposed to ovist still, ego this for the present, watch each other, these two good if tho proper niun will ! like two bravos. who, though mi , tho road can be built, , others' faces, have the best w ill in th lilablv plan proposed by | to cut each others' throats; and ii or ny vonmiary suiiscrip. l courtesies 111:11 p.iss h> l wren then l>e Iradcrs in an enter- , their haml constantly *>n llioir Mil >r it run never succeed ; The Kngiish Press r? tK-ft-. on this of the prominent men, the s? rsilive auspicious of ihe Knglh nnlidencc of tlie nris.es ami the loading cn'uniiis ? t' the I' fh to back their opinions, journals of the kingdom, daily, ami love. It in useless for n disturb Kcho with the ipiestion <i have not the means to France means? The silent Km per its. 1s t sueh men as ever, gives no sign, and the (Jail \\ ilherspoons, Clintons, inents go on. When he is <juit*< ri ons, Hrown, Maascy, imagine he will find employment Adams, JStevens. Dunl.ip, his troops, und woe be to those w li m.Gooeh, Foster. Faulk* his way ! Woe be to him, also, if I d,Coflev,llegler, Welsh, he his aim. We may credit him, irns, Iilaekmon, Cnu- with a raid of triumph, a crop of fl nunond, Twltty, Magill, it mav be a temporary conqueror'i nina, Hnllard, Mnekey, Windsor Castle ; but sueh a popul iiid others that w e do not that which tills the British Isles ci me tangible deinonstra- be trampled under foot, or held in if the people will believe lion to a foreign master. There in acriouscontemplation, come, for certain, n terrible recoil,a lend their influence to generous heart in Kuriqie would n oad, the result will not the populations to tise ia her defen initiate a new appeal against the ? tyrannies of Kuropc, in favor of cons Mackey, M. D- ttl lr' ed Mu.ot.ic Author and Bul ",e T,mes lh,!,kH l,,al En*lai icnt on a visit to Jackson tl,e "hu of Vr*ne?- nnd ,h ,l Pnrt of r, for the purpose of im- tr,!,n Kn,P,ro whieh U known !,K ,u , of the mystic tie. les. moHt 1,kt l> "",rk "f h?'r 'nnbilion. i, and of duty, from the iU(VW fwUU l,w f,rMt Nnpolcon pe of Masonic knowledge, i ,MH most k'lorious campaigns; nnd I s command. The Amrr- Iu'r fi"ld9' nftcr ll,e fl"wcr9 of Penc' published at Lon'.ville, ,,mk bon,,ty ov,,r hrr K"r,d artl ' wing notice of Dr. Mac fc* "?,rcnd ,ho tfrnd,M of ll,c Rome. 'I he Kn.peror has now a I. , , ,, who is two years old. Despite hi d brother is generally ... ,. . B ..f, if not the very first 1,0 ,s oot wfc ,n PenCt': nnd Masonic authors. Asa 'hese consideration., the true key I historian and w riter, in tria may again be found lying on tin Masonry, he i? unequal!- ,.r i?i? i m ? Ill niiua, J4OUI* illlllUUT nent. Mis pen la always . r . Al ' . effective. Ilia article b* f"llow">ff the-programe of hi* k hich have appeared in ",1<1 't believes he means to play lip him ?h a masonic ju- end. i; while his "lexicon of _ oblained undying repu ..... ... fraternity wherever it is J" u,c Lodger.] Mi; Editor: Is tin- perusal of he editci nn'l published utiina of your valuable paper, I n el'nnVV ;l Hsn,?h,y Tr' i-w^n of .he 2111. or M?y,?. 'lent reputation, nun he I . or of t' e American Ma- ! "'If'"'*"'? <d of ' Paxahaw, in whi< {.view, published in New nominated as a candidate fsr the nc legislature, arid for the eompUm icaker, Bro. Mnckey has . .' ^ /. Die 111 t at cotnmunieulion. in ne pu'ntion of no ordinary . .... . boldness or exposition, P'"co ,n ?? high and honornbl. nd writing, has begat re- ''on. J must return my many thai censure, oil the part of ! acknow ledge the very special <d id uniformed?men who vv Jii?*h I ain under to my numerous iiisonrv, outside of its ar- , , , ews oi even them, are as , |or ^ fav0ra ftfnd a ? t.nuod m icir views generally, on |''on CK,B*ni. 1 must say, and regardless of such man* strained to nckpowledge, that 1 w< 'acted argument, and ex- nruud to l?e in liie public servic y of his knowledge and ' ,e (,r^l(u.,8llr>andnj reiwon; research, ho pursues the ay. enlightening and cdi- r,,,c? H01,1(1 ?'? 100 ?r?"1 f,? to no within the spni-re of order to gratify my friends, if I fe| qualified to serve with honor am > our Bro. Mat-key, that knowing them as I do, not to t? :a is indebted lor that , , , , . , , ant dignity It at present ,a?k ?"?? ?, ItH ready to reward t s long be spared for his vanta whenever their labor are pe rry, hill and temple. But for me at this late day to utti ? - lay down the briglit implements of is or 1858.?-The am on lit dry, which alone I have been iaiigl lun over a large portion with profit to myself and otheri :a in six weeks, running other purpose than to subscribo to y to the 1'ith of June, ?al school in which, I must of necei arallel. The Pittsburg gin as far in the rear as in the E.ij vorai/e of obaervati oris D hit bet. ami teive the J?li.ir* r.. inuhea in May, and livo which would necMwirllf devolve \ of June, or fifteen inches to the cxcIumou of my own domea These raina do not ap- est. And allow me to conclude tin local?but extend Kast dertake toich a taak, would be of t lie thoitaund mitea, and magnitude n\ pfcaent, ; prudence, tl *lf Mint distance adinoniahea po to decline the ?<>ii m 1 remain yours very Respectfully ,x a wpi.k.?A boy was JOHN R. WE a watermelon pitch in June 1858. ill tho For the Lancaster Ledger. poi-kv e vine." Mr. Editor ;?Dear Sir.?This is hut a I may \ itayding continuation of my views on tho ndvaiitn* this n vsa gos of n rail road and the vasoiis for call- me tli y net of 'ng on the people of this ' .'icl to engage for I Perhaps " tiling-eat enterprise. I had this prep it* But y to hnvo td hefo e but for want of room in your have first 60v paper it was left out. But before I pro- keep y were coed I must respond to a private uommuui- Go 01 he shot cation received by me from an extensive Lndi> and enterprising planter of Hanging Rock. 1 wn lie said he likid my communication on the when France- rail road very much, bin that ! hud left out city I on* now Hanging Rock in my call on tlie different thnu| ) attract sections of the district. But I can say to not tl eiviljzed him thai Hanging Rock was culled upon see tl first do- when I mentioned the southern and west- boxei iu world crn portions 01 ine uisirici. uui i will ties v umpnred now make the call upon the Manning Rock up to iow it is poople, for your ancestors and your section asked ouis has l?orc a conspicuous part in the History of one c illfnl di. ou r revolution. I also call upon the enter- hags is noth\ prising planter to put his shoulder to the niy p t largely wheels for he can saw the lumber for the A lab powers wheels to run upon. Then he will not kens ro of an have to he put to the awful expense and in my unmade trouble of going to Chester or Columbia irg o ic world to get a little wheel mended when it breaks than stronger about his steam mill, for sometimes a wheel old I. 0 of the breaks when the making or mending would cents xtenl to not cost more than 85, when the time of you > ig, will his mill running would he worth from for- chant ins that tv to fifty dollars per day. rail r present It was another remark of that great and ing ll e career distinguished I)r, Thornwell, on the same castei n a year occasion to which I alluded before, he said srs. I ovenient . w lieu ho was" traveling in England he got enter rin. in company with a gentleman who took Ely iper that him to the place where the trophies of war lor ar and cor- were kept, and pointed liiin to the different in tin I. in c\ i- trophes that England had achieved and while you i 10 move- be was pointing out to him the trophies sep- many lotos the erately fioin the different countries, he get'c ltritish remarked to him "thank God you have no 1 sudden trophy from America." i noticed bis eyes rig tor- when his voice was toemi g forth with aswhen it toiiishing clo pieti:o, and I imagined that I lh lands? saw tliem sp.i ling with fire, and I really temp at ion on saw the tears .11.down the cheeks of sev- periei is appro, oral individuals. ofi' oi isive ar- Now, fellow citi/uns is this not enough Ilridg singular to stimulate you to seep your di-!net up pleasi carried with the progress of ihe.sge in rail rond man, an corn- improvement*, more especially when your ever i having district gave birth to Andrew Jackson, that A. SI of fall- distinguished general who whipped the llrit- \outi| They ish at New Orleans and kept a trophy from there friends, being taken to that country, and nlso when gioon liling in the soil of your own district was stained , .mint e world with the blood, the puliiuiisin of which k.pt and a i nil the 44 trophy from being carried to England. foilng i, keep Mr. Editor, I also call upon you to give and si e11os,? your views, lor you have an able and well ecd w -object, conducted journal and inigbty deeds have i!?. sh mind: been accomplished through the in Hue nee of vision iremnst the press. I nlso rail upon Dra. H. K J lures I in vain Wylie, Crawford ami Cuutlien ; water if xx hut lli'Hnrit. Wui. Rvi'd, I1. T Hammond. our j xxoulc <>r. 114?w ! present Squalor, Joint Williams, J. T. K j limp'u io arnia- ' Helk, J K. Kut ledge, M. P. <'raxx fnrd, J. j its lit< ndy, we I I' -Mcllwain, for tuu are gentlemen of selvei for lii? mean* ami influence. I think you were all to inl io arc in 1 favorable to a rail I hcl.eve some ot 1 and e I'lu^laiitl our merchants wore m< iiih rs of the "N|> ir | group perhaps, tan Hand" and all * ubs-ribs in uur ! ist ing r.i aos, and death struggle for a rail road. I have made Iv Ink * sent in some calculations on tin* land of :I>i? di> your latiou as Irift, to show how much a rail road Mould < i t tlx in never have to enhance tin* value of the land to j wool* i rabjee* ' i1'1) frf the coat of it. 'Hit District has | Irani would j about 78t,000 acres in n i. will only have oil fri nd every to increase the value per at"< t > 2D cents to the e ipp-al to pay the coat. II?*rc is one Y I have no- plot re, and tioed and given some ii tie at'.ation to At military since I have been making calculations about fur u titution. a 'ail road, in reference to the taxes of men. echo] j The man xx ho pays twenty dollars, is groii| rid is not worth or has in property to the Value of scarei the An.-? | from .$15 000 to $20,000, in other words lie tuailj ly.isthe p;*)? from 75 cents to $l yn every thou- deliei It was sand dollars worth of property, this rule a tro| rfornicd will liohi good generally in land, ncgros, awn it vxas in stock, and now is it possible tlnd'a deser a spread man who is xvorthfroni ?15,000 to Jgp.'O.OOO ing ii smoking cannot pay ?380 fur a rail road, in three I txvo f King of annual installments . inulli isty heir l/idies of Lancastcrvillu and District, per- "ther s pacific in it nic to call upon you last though not ,UM' 0 , besides least in your influence, to lend your r.id in ( *',e '' to Aus- ijiL. accomplishment of this great entcrprizo. this a j plateau | want you to sav to the men of this Dis- j "*tiat in began tiict vx hat a distinguished Rnuiau General wns ' Uncle ; ^ MAj(| when he conquered a mighty army, he ( ii io ilie j MftiJ pcni xiji xici' You perceive there i* ! A sometimes great meaning in n few words ; V"" as well na accomplishing great deeds. Mo j if you will sav to the men of this District, u""l' the col- | we came to ?ee the rail road built, we came : ,0 lOticed a to see the rail road was built and ?c came ' j? *:l>ver the j to conquer the building of the mil road.? j J"S,IC cii i was then we will inui>t anaurediy ha.u a rail P'?P' xt t It a to rood built. For through the intluence of We " ent paid your sex you have dethroned Kings and *VNP<" siring to eonquore d nations, indies I will tell you 01 a a post- ft way to get a rail road built : jutt say | ''n' iks, and to all the merrhanU, we wont trade with i ^ligation you unless you givo your means and influfriends vnec to the building of a rail roud, if they n t anil'esta- any, we will not, you any, airs, you want us Hf.pa. aui eon- to wenr tho fashions that the ladies o| Char- I i>uld feel lesion rind Nrw York w ore six months ago, 1 |( ((j f e of tho for sirs you h ive no g^od mode of trans- ! 0||(J ? ible ?r. porUlmn to gel your goods up only alcer- ijnjp, make in tain seasons of the .ear, therefore you will ()f t myself only go twice n year alter goods. Young V|)|jl i credit, ladies let me tell you what to say to the ri(,( , e double young gentlemen when they pay their ad. vvu? t heir scr-' dresses to you, ask them Mr. are you in u,e f, rfornied. favor of a rail roud, if lie should - y no, nutj ?| inapt to (but there is no danger of loin saying that) ||IHi , husbnn- turh your back to him and say, sir, you are anees it to uso ft ninety-I iuo man, you will only buy me most i. f.?r no one or twodresecs in a year, you wilt only reulia a politi- buy me a bonntt every two years, sir you f.ictio ssity bo- will not buy me a Fly Tr?p from Messrs. j0 gn fliah Al- llasselline & Curoton, aay to him, away ftl?oiit l'? iui hi , n iui j*pur nnpuw cunn.u iru thmvh lor iflti Ht?d li upon iuc progress of tho age ami the fashion* ?.f tin; preaoi tit inter, day any I mnM have a hoop, sevaru! drcssts tion* it to iw- two or three bonnet* in a year un?l a Fly biddii oo great Trpp Into tb? bargain at that. Uatly, is. th^ir ! Iierefore, dies. lot me tell yon what to do and aay to WOm1? nutation, your husbands when you get the wheels (Jrfs d unlocked und starling to run. I will gat a* a <1 LSI I. hold of tho key that locks the wheel* and \y by hand it to vnu and yon ran put it in your popla m Im nod keep it. For your husbands For the Lancaster Ledger. rt.i a little sil k sometimes and say, O, Being invited by the Trustees of \Viii(? nil road will break me! wile do hand Plains Academy in Chesterfield Disliict to I I . - - * J lion liic gniilio brcoio would vvufl tin- I memorable ov>nt of t!?? 4th of July 1T7G? e of gtovc. accin ng to aay we bend the rise and progress of our imperial Rettiiiv to know that <?ur presence is gra- public?its present prosperous condition? itli the uu-rry laugh of fair an I gen- and tho excellencies of knowledge ac(|uircd rm*. At limes there would '? a di. from a study of tho Art* and Science*, i of the party; some preferring nn, Mr. Lnglis, of Clieruw wax then int rodn* *cal, the grassy plot*, shaded by the red, who, being previously invited to delivoak* and poplar* ; whilst others or an uddrcs, expressed himself ..t a loss l ramble ot? liic hanks of tlie clear to know on what subject it w?* ii.lt ml..I < I rivulet to hear tint lulling mimic of that lu< should speak. Hut after m .king a Iodic*, and would at time* *-at tluui- shotl npohrgv, hi jng full of subject niit'er, i upon the trunk of some fallen tree lie launched out in n middle course bclw etn ale the odours of its gentle zephyrs, war and peace?dwelling both upon (lie very shaded know I was occupied by occasion of the Declaration of Independence is id joyous spirits. Tho parties be- and the great advantages and happiness to nvv so i rranged that you could scarce- be realized from a study of tho Arts and ;e a passing glance, ns the lirst group fjcienee*. And with a tauiieiter in in mI i >/ eyes would rest upon appeared to be fori iter in rr, ho not only shower', wherein very zenith of enjoyment, and the eye it is proper and right that the 4tit of July ' long to li i*/ r the c, fo isting and ex- should he annually celebrated i i toinmctn* ,g th?* ple.isu'e* of the scene, ami so oration of that glorious o.eiit that the presort! group to group w hich bedecked cut ntid future generations, remembering it, ver Varying shades of each grassy might be tired vyilh like zeal, lirmuess and courage to foster, protect and perpetrate our 12 o'clock, M , dinner was announced ; free institutions unimpaired, but also ex* : with the sweetest of sound* it came hibil-d in n clear and convincing light tho ng through tlie grove until the last superiority of tho Literati in every point of p had c:.light it* inelndy. It could view ; and that it is education alone which rly be called a pic nic ns tlie tables ac- ^ can fit and prepare the eitizen for a full disi groaned under tlie weight of all the , charge of every duly devolved upon him. cics oi me season and of the fruits of Tito Rev. Mr. Dm id tlirti announced to j tii-iil huh. It appeared to be moro of tin- congregation, that Rev. Mr. Crockett I.lino feast titan anything which 1 can would tie liver a Philosophical Oration in tho ' ' ibt ; it appeared to be a kind of bit ml- i afternoon, and politely invited all who wertv ito one common m t-n the people of present to dinner, w hicli was prepared for ;rcnt sections of thu country ; each i tliotn in several houses adjacent?to which plying the joys and plctiaurea of the! the assembly proceeded without any for. '. It vvuH beautiful to see both young innlitien an to ayatein or order, and Uiero dd, each paired oil* with the one he or partook of the bounties of the table to tho Dved most,enjoying themselves around j satisfaction of the inner man. White social table, feasting on the rich vianda,. Plains presents a beautiful and cllegnnt siting lite dt sires of the inner man,which nation for an Academy. The houses are horougltly done and could scarcely bo i nevwrnd tastefully built, w ith a large church d from tho tabic. in process of erection. The Academy is ler dinner it was announced that our tt pretty building, neatly furnished, and g friend, 11. I'. N. Stephenson, Ksrj., niight Accommodate some 100 students or ugh unprepared, would sa> a few words more. Will not this institution arouse the liuieiitary to the party nt:d its trndrn- good citizens of ocr District to consider promote sociability, which 1 am proud , ftM,t reflect upon tlio importance of an ear- i y, was n happy effort, doing ample |y education ; and enable them to give their e to his subjeit nnd being quite ap-1 children a tino education nl reasonable ial? upon so.-h occasions : after which prjec, jn tuition and boarding at no great stened to the melodies of some of the distance from home, lint |o return to our lest music which has ever fall?n up..n viHll ut Whito Plains?having 20 miles to ir of ui.;n?that produced by the vio- : over, wo left nt 2 o'clock, ami con*eeeoinpanied by the sweetest strains of quently cannot give the particulars of the uinan voice ; methinks I lienr it yet, evenings performances. Hut during our ingi ri.ig in nn h> art. i slay the old nnd young nnd particularly tho iu pnrty nt shout 3 o clock, P. M., be-1, ' , . . , , . . , . ladies and gentlemen, as is usual on such 0 break ii|> nnd as they were about " . . , , '.. , occasions, appeared to amuse and UAMJf aiing would east one lingering look ! . .. . , , ,, m"* . i . i .i thenuvlves linely ; being ngr.-cuol vjveeofuupon the grove where so lately tliey . , . .. 8 . . , . ... inodated ; assembling together lAAHHie njoyed so much pleasure, and say with , . , , .. . .. ... . . bands; conversing together on drtVHnl ccorn, although sd eii, still our hearts , . - , . , .? i . >i .< subjects, and wnlking about from place to r there wi.h the pleasant recollections . . , , i .'.at .i . i .i . a i place no that the whole congregation seem' day, Hllll the partr loth to dissolve, ', , 1 , . i, l . u . i . ed a living mass of animation, pleasure nnd High Point Debating Society, winch ... .. 8 , _ , , . ,. . I life. Hueh was lute Plains on the 2nd of it 7 o t-lock, p. nt, ; soon the house i , . , , i ? ... ., . . . , July, nnd niai Una day long be remembered lied t j overflowing with the fairest of * ... . . _ . .I. , , by its Protvasors nnd Students, Uiut they ?ir nnd soon the debate was opened ' , , , , , . .... _ . . i. , ,. .. may lengthen out and extend their borders twas enough to know by the smiles , ' , 8 . . . .... . ii .. ; for a larger and grander exhibition in lo5?. iver nnd anon pi a) od or. the eounten* j 8 8 o ?/ i? .. .. . , ..I II- It. W. llHI.K. 1 of those fairy cr?atnrre. that their sanguine expectations were more t'.an la Jail- t ....I ..Lll-l .L. -t 1 ? ..?.ii.li me pi?v?Htni ?unio or satis. I ho number or prisoners in jail u J l? J -ii rented i.n the brow ?f every youth yesterday ? fifty-eight, Of thi-se^i* . | ow their efforts we* appreciated. At *' ?d fourteen negroes. Tin 10 o'clock the curUlo fell which do. whi* m",#" V* <*>' ie debate with ,??ny th.nks for the ow for mso.Uugl.ler, ?n,| on. fe.n.U for . .. .. . . . . the seine crime; seven shite* for lercen), ICS of the lair and mutual eongralula OD# fQf u M(, , Ury , one for nothe party dissolved and paired off, ro kt<.H|jltR. two for forger? , and two .g adieu to each other, returned to United fretes prisoners. ' There are five homes to dream pleasant dreams that negros for larceny and two f.?r eraOQ.? 1 carry them back to the pleasures of The balance of the fifty eight lire in for lay, which will be long remembered iimi >r wffenree wgni iet the law. The Ion lay of enjoyment to all, nnd especial* g**t term of punishment is in s case of those wh) eat beneath the waving mail robbery, where the prisoner ? sen* 1 r. One or me Fastv tenced to 10 yeere 8 month* end 1 day * Key ana let me jock up inose wneci* | deliver an address on the occasion of the I tell you this rail road will bren k mo. celebration of the anniversary of the Itli of I , ou say to him, O, no, my htv band, I July 1776 ; and being requested by thu tho key in my pocket and I intend to principals of the Institution to comiuuni. it there until this rail road is built.? cate to the Lancaster I^dgc* tho proceed, a my husband i? will not hurt you.? jngs and transactions of the 2nd inst., I am s, then von will not bo in the situation willing and desirous that so interesting an is onee about twenty years ago, occasion, attended by so largo and respeetaI was in the city of Mobile, tho lirst hie an assembly, nt this new and flourishing ever was in. I know the people there institution, established for tho good pui? jht I was a green horn and they did poses of educating tho youth as well of our liink far wrong, for 1 could scarcely own, ns of Chesterfield District, should have 10 city for looking at oranges on the n publication in the columns of the Laneas< nnd hundreds of other little curiosi- u?r Ledger. rhich attracted my attention. 1 went The assembly, in attendance, was large ; _ e... ..-i ? ? . . .. ... <1 ?> ??? i". nine mm niltl ConipUlCtl ll)C tlUIUlHT SIX OT Clgtlt lltin I him how Ik* sold them, ho told mo dred of every ago and description. The ' cnt nil orange. I just filled my saddle proceedings of the day coninichced at 11 and carried them on the steam boat, o'clock. The Citizens, at the healing of lace of lodging, then I traveled lip the the drum, were paraded by command of a ma River and the Totnbigbce to Pic- Major Lourie and fell into rank in the front, County where I resided and I thought after which the students about 70 in nuin* time I would have killed myself eat- her, then the Orator and Reader of the ranges for they w ere so much cheaper Declaration in the rear. The extended lino 1 had been accustomed to buy tliem in was marched op to within a few paces and iiincaster, for there they sold at ten in front of the Academy?then halting, and ' an orange. So ladies you will see it opening on either side, the rear passed on .vi11 jimt say to your husband, the n:6r- in martial order into -the neat and newly s and the young men, to build \ou a erected building (.GO feet lu length and 30 oad,\oil will have the pleasure of hear in breadth) until the house was filled to ie whistle of the cars every day in Lan- outflowing. rand have facilities by xhich Mes- After the house had coino to order, the Insscltine & Cordon, our shrewd and Rev. Mr. Crockett arose, and sung a hymn prising merchants, eon bring yonruore jt) which he was. joined by a large portion Traps. Cur. merchants in Laticntf- ?f the assembly. lie then offered up a e us shrewd and enterprising as any suitable prayer of praise and thanksgiving is up country and all of them will bring t0 Almighty Cod for his manifold mercies L'lieai) t ianges and I dont know how ?,l(j loving kindness to the people of these other pretty things if you w ill only United States in the days of the Revqluvery bojly to build a rail road. tion,nnd for the great and unspeakable henJ< )SI.I 1^ -V 1 \ M \till.\M. cflts, both civil nnd religions, which wr now ? [For tho Lancaster Ledger.J so richly enjoy. Then followed Music oil The Pic Nic Party- Flute and Piano, which made sweet, soft ai: I,EDGEu :?It is with pleasure I at and thrilling melody ; delighting and nnit to give you a sketch (although ini- mating both speakers add hearers ; and tit j11/) of tho Pie nie party, which came the same time giving tone and variety to i Longstrait. near 12 mile Creek performance. Mr. Ivinr, who ie quite a e, on Friday tho 2d iri>t., which for its j r uiisiiig young man, then rose and read ares, both to tho inner and outward In a plain and easy manner and ill an aiiiina* -urpasses nnythinir of the kind I have rin.t . .! .. ..-i ' ? ...... noiiivontu nrviini i??lir ill VOICO lUeiided. At iiii eaily hour, P ?>"? ' ? k , the Declaration of Independence. After , there was gathered a luige eiowd of a sweet song of music had been performed, f people interspersed w ith here nnd at it were, to annction nnd confirm the mng. a low of lite old patriarch*!* upon the nnniinoiiH conduct of our forefather*, the , all eager to spend tlie <l u iti pleas> i author of thin feeble narrative proceeded to 1 h* and social ehit chat ; whilst over I .nr k fur Si nr jii tnnii... ?i..i