The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 21, 1858, Image 2
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u advance,
A* the expiration of Six Months, - - - - '.'.ft
At the end yf the Yenr, " 0
advkutisemknts
Win be msirt- iJ ut tlie following low rules:
One square ( ! l?! lines or less,) unemsertioi
* 1 ; or, if continued, 7ft cents for the first ii
crti,-. ..ud cents for each subsequent insc
ion ^ee Fourth I'ag,. for deductions i
vorot standing ttdvertiseinents.
Tii ' an uber of insertions must be written
oich ; Ivertisement, or they will Vie inserted ti
ordered out and charged accordingly.
Frtitn th Ifdltiniorc licyub'ictin.
Mexico hastening to its Uowufall.
liver since the nominal indcpeudem
of South America?that is, from the lv
riod when it threw < !l* its allegiance t
Spain?that eou.i'ry his been a prey l
demagogues and adventurers, and hi
been constantly depreciating in pow<
an J resources. lutcstino wars and rotr<
Jutions have wasted tho wealth of the p a
pie, and destroyed their energies, unl
they are now roadv to sacrifice indepei
dence and nationality for the sake of r
pose and protection from some strong!
arm than their own. At this time an
aroliv and wil I disorder reign prcJom
nant. Having boggard.; 1 their own pc
pie, the chief of tho hour is now extract
ing forced loans from citizens of otho
countries win* may bo found sojourning
among thorn. <>ur own citizens hav
been levied upon, ami those who have re
fused to submit to tho unjust demands o
tho doinagogU"- have been rudelv order
od from thocuiutn. The protest of ou
Mm isler has been disregarded, and th
i'lWS of . iv ! i/.cd II:*ta?OliHIilv. All.
these hhk> v.hilt- a grea
portion f tin1 Mi xie m people themselvi
lire it) arms against tue ivraiit, and ever
lay is expected to announce His downfui
A ha ( century's experience tnu>l hnv
Satisfied tin1 people of Mexico, as ii In
the world besides. thai they are iiicipahl
of governing themselves. it was a ni's.
taku in this country, or rather the ore.it
est blunder of Got:. Scott, that the conn
try was not kept when it had been con
quered. The people were desirous of be
coming part and parcel of this groat tin
lion, and humanity and the best intere n
of society would have been promoted, by
gvatifying their wishes. I is-.ead of pay
ing the nominal government <>! Me.\ic?
$10,000,000 fm a small portion of the
territory, we should have brought the
whole under the influence of a stahh
government and a purer civ dization, and
thus secured to the inhabitants that pcaot
and protection to which they have heer
so loug strangers. It is not to be snppo
ted that t!i<: government of tins country
can tamely submit to tIre oppression o:
our citizens by the ephemeral" and irro
sponsible rulers of Me\ieo.' It is useless
to demand reparation from such parties,
nud there i-; nothing left hut a resort to
the power of redress iuher< -,t to our -vivos.
It needs hut tliO invention, when a hundred
thousand v- luntcers would spring
forth like the clansmen ol tlhvdmek JJhu
ready to avenge the insult to our countrymen,
and wipe out the dislrac'ed and
divided country of Mexico and incorpo
rate its fair plains and mighty forests into
nwr own great iatiiti> Mate-. And
wlio is there that shall say nay to tho
proposition. Who shall dare to prescribe
bounds or limits to our empire of peace
and pro: pet it v. Are \?u t<> take into consider,-iti
-n what Ktigland or Franco may
' ay ? Lot Knglvid lake care c>f hrr own
t ," rin?? r?-liati Km pi re; and lot Napoleon
the Third look to his sceptre, lest whih
t p. ti; g his eyes beyond tho Atlantic, lit
m.iv find Ln Bt'fle Fru nee passing like j
roubled meteor (rum under his grasp.?
We repeat tlie sentitnenl?Mexico is has
toning to her downfall, and the qnestioi
is, whether wo shall control its future fo
the benefit of the world, or whether wi
ivifi permit some foreign despot to gal
vnnize the shrivelled body into a tempo
r try existence for our further nnnoyaricr
Mild injury.
Tut Wine oi-" California.?Califor
iiia, like Missouri, will-soon rival Ohio ir
the produce of native wine. There isoiu
firm ir. San Francisco which produced 1 asi
year two hundred thousand bottles ol
champagne from their own vineyard in
Ijos Angelos. This is but one of many
instances of California enterprise in wine
growing. Almost every State in tire Un
ton now adds quota?small in many case:
but always increasing ? to the annua
J'lV'MUM.
Tim Sons of Mai i a.?This order, ho
ncvulcnt in its character, has taken a rap
id ami prosperous st ri?l?t throughout tlii
country in tin* course of the past twclvi
mouths. In Charleston wo havothoor
tlor established and some lorly member
enrolled. This week a delegation of tin
?->oiis of Malta from Savannah and M <
'< foft, Ga ., ptrd tin a visit, and found, l<
'their rtirrr'..c, ih > -9. .ns" in thirdly wen
not "in i> n in ho i a few." Wi- will furthei
allude to this onh-r in the course of a few
days.? Charleston Mercury.
It AH I.F.SN AK tt KlLLRD Iiy A WOMAN.?Mr*,
Cleveland, living two miles South o
Sjracti e, N. V., killed a rattlesnake whili
?n 'hA net of Miminn mil <.( ti?r ??llAr n?
Batypiliiy evening. fc>lm was hut uttr.ict
oil by a bissiij sound, and the r titling o
It is ti)il, wit en oito ^irocojJtfU to the ban
(Mid obtained a shovel, a1;;! seising a can
<llo in one hand and too shovel iu lh<
other, (ought out the whereabout* of hit
Qalteebip and decapitated him.
* ' The fch.tlce meaanted about aeven feet
fn length, and nbout 5 incho* in jircum
ferenoe, and poue?so<l seven rattlon.
- wy v |_For tlio LaucasM
v k % fit ilf i mr- e"d,tob?u may
/ * ing to some of your rei
? ?; port of tho revival of re
? -QP grcss, at Beaver Creek (
; * /IT ?L |
lower portion of Li
the great cause of Chris
r- lings, our regular pnst?
L ANCASTERVILLE, S.C. youth about 18 yearsot
| Welsh Nesk Associuti
5i j WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1868. w,n. J. l.unn. He has
fancy, which fact adJs
- Bible Society Convention. tercet of labors.
| We arc requested to say that at a meet- Qn Saturday, one w<
| ing <?t" tho Executive Committee of the menccmcnt of the me
i Hanging Kock Bible Society, on liie 17lh j Unptism, by immersion,
1 inst.. the following gentlemen were appoin- j 33 persons?and one
. ted delegates to the (.onvoutiou ol the Bi- Baptised vcrc ill whites
0 Llo Society of South Carolina, to meet nt J number, *20 were male.
0 Abbeville C. II., 28th inst : ("apt. J. M i r\'? ?.?..? i.?? - -
I ? i v liilf C IlilU IIV7 ouch r1
IS Ingram, *>V. M. Barton, Dr. R. S. Beckham, for vearS) and n? no c:
r ]). M. Ussery, 1#. M. Cauthen. J. . 1 wit- w ,ru u,adL.t we must a
>- ty, Rev. A. J. Cauthen and E. Rolling*. manifested solely to thu
??=>< ?" in pouring out his apir
Death of W- Thnrlow Caston, Esq. j felt and received a part
' Our community lias been pained to learn ; youths of 14 and 15, am
^ of the demise of W . Thnrlow Caston, Esq. of Irom sixty to seventy
who died suddenly at 2SpartunhurgC.il., An aged couple, who hai
j. whither he had gone on a visit, on Toes- borhood from early yeai
, day, 13th inst., from an attack of apoplexy, number baptised?the i
Mr. (':.ston was a native < f this Town and and his consort about <3
r the first few years of his labors at the bar man still older, aged 75
J were spent at this place, lie then removed ed.
l! to ('amdon, \\ here he continued to reside On Saturday a large n
and at the time of his d?oh was in posses- were in attendance,and a
sion of a large and lucrative practice. He decided that the ineetinj
was not only an able lawyer, hut was in that day, yet from the
I other respects a most useful man. The creasing interest felt its d
I friends, respectively, of morality,of temper- large number of tnourne
lt anee and of religion, have, in hisd.ath, lost Rollings announced at t
.s a faithful. efficient and indefatigable eoadju- services that there wouh
V tor. This community has he.d ample cause at 'i o'clock on SunOay,
I. to appreciate his lab >rs and they lament his that the meeting woiiiJ
e death with a proportionate degree of re- At (lie appointed hour a
s sp. el and ."tH-edon. Mr. C. died iri the37tii her of persons were in al
e year of his age. the invitation was extern
< ? ? ?? came forward and were ui
Grahams Magaxina- u ??? announced that p
This periodical far August has been re- continued on Monday, In
ccived. It is n splendid number, containing er, would depend upon ei
many handsome engravings and nn interest- huve abundant cause to rt
.' ing variety of reading matter. Terms s?s3 ful in view of the opport
|ier y ear ; tvxo copies for $")00 ; published | held out for religious ins
in Philadelphia. in our community but in
'I'llk i.lUEKTY Oak.?W.i !>>"' > ?
- jiuy ii#, 1000.
Columbia (iutirdian, a prospectus of t!i?> - m m
now paper, before alluded to, to bo issued For ilie ]
k al Winnsboro and to be edited by W. It. Xo the Rei
j McCrcight, Kw|. Mr. MeCreight has both When we look ahoul
llie ability and expeiicnce necessary for the havoc, which intemperun
making of a oood paper and we wish him ing, we feel constrained
I Miece-s ill llti- undertaking. It is to be a We see the old gray-hni
weekly paper of medium size, of strictly cheeks are wrinkled will
State Rights principles and will be furnish- reeling under the influen
i ed to subscribers at ?15.00 per annum. we see the young man ji
?a-- - life, prostrated in theliltl
Eclectic Magazine- see wives and sisters r
-Mr. Rufus Rood, the general agent for depravity, into whieh tl
this popular magazine, has paid our village brothers have fallen. Tl
a visit, witii a view to obtain subscribers, that rolls around, but,
Wh are pleased to learn that ho mot with poor reckles soul into ete
good success Eclectic has a high stand kards grave. There wn
among the periodicals oT America ; and very could boast, there was n
justly so. The vt ry cream of the best for- Village of Lancaster, (tin
eign periodicals, emich its pages. The j but now we have thu ei
matter to be found in the Eclectic is entire- If >* spreading its deadly
ly literary without any infusion of polities, of our most intimate fi
calculated to stir up party spirit, and engon- stroyed the hopes ol hui
tier Suite between sections. We cheerful- midst, and brought them
ly commend it to those of our readers, who brute creation.
. : are snxious to introduce into their families Why, then, ladies and
chaste, useful reading mutter. Hclow we ,,(>t enlist under the bam
i append the opinion of the venerable i'resi- why ds you act so cold
t dent of our College : torests of so noble and
May 2, l8,r?S.?J have long been ft render I* it because you care n<
of the Eclectic Magazine, and I regard it as or, is it, that you nre ni
1' unsurpassed t?y any w ork of the kind in our yourself with the Sons <
country for valuable reading. The selec- If so, let us appeal to j
lions are judiciously made, and rarely is one banish such thoughts fi
. found in the work whieh is not <>f lively in- mind. Stay not longer I
, terest or profound instruction. We need your assistant
i .... ...
^ a- 18 '"?*?hthekt. j great work, which wc ha
dcrtaken, and I pray we
A Tax Payer." Fathers induce your son
j "A I as Payer' ol* Pleasant f I ill, who has Mn<* *?n?e yourself. M
a place in our paper this week, is opposed bear a conspicuous par
11 to a road to Cheater from this place ; or at 'vmperance; you do no
f, least would oppose its being built by taxa- )'ou ,,,ny be caused to 1
, lion. He, w e conceive, misapprehends our husbands or son's grave,
former correspondent, who w? undeietand qwvkly to the rescue, nn
to he in favor of u road in any direction, togethcr for the good o
whether to Cheater, Ridgeway, or Camden, pccnue i? ">? very essen
It it can h shown which of those routes is embodies every virtue
t ie most practicable and the most likely to gentleman and a christia
Mieeeed, that route he will be in favor of. Age Division h
I. ii is preeisi'ly our own position ; We sug- owe two years in our '
gesb-d Chester Iwcnose Wo doomed that in "'nes, been in u flourish!
I..at direction, wp w*ro more likely to sue- members have exerted t
* -. ed t han i;, any other. The road might and, yet, you sloi
be built to ( amden by the co-operation of We have the simpathy <
j ttie upper sections of Kershaw District. fair sex of Lancaster, ar
j j And ,f ever continued from hero to Concord, praise is mostly due, for
; N. ' v. o d 'Ubt not, as "A Tax Payer" sug- At times we have been i
pests, the stock would be more profitable. "'e **' 'bat seemed
As the shortest route, it would become the through their iufluence v
loading commercial through/arc between the bled to survive the im
r N?f"? ?nd ?->ootli, VV'c, however, in con- "'an once, I long to s<
, ' ' mplntihg n rail rond, have never looked eo every lady and gentleuj
much to dividends as to u 11? rior benefits. shall be engaged in the |
"A Tax Payer" seems averse to taxation, perance.
In our opinion a more equitable plan could Lancaster, July 20, 18
C; ,10t be adopted. It ha* boen resorted to in ?
I several of the States and ?herever tried, A New Cathedral
, be!ieve is looked upon ns the mostequU August there will be laic
'aliits mode by which a roud can be bui|t.-~ York the corner stone of
The taxes are assessed by commissioners, Cathedral Church, whicl
f not upon every ninn alike, but according to surpass in mnguiftcenee
, location. This wo believe is the plan uan- at present on this contim
. ally pursued. No tax payer could reasons- is to bo 326 feet in leng!
( bly object to this, and we aro inclined to the clear, with a transep
believe that if the question wns properly walla of 100 feet in heig!
put before the people of this District, that be supported by 61 got!
! they would favor this method by a large groined arches springing
I majority. It would be well, however, to calculated that five years
. try first the old plan and see what could in ita construction, and
| he got by voluntary subscription *1,000,000.
ir Ledger.] For the Lancaster Ledger. throi
not be unintcrest- A1r. Editor.?It is with a great deal of New
udurs to hear a re- pleasure, that we notice, in the last number othe
ligion, now in pro- of your paper, an influence being exerted poini
Baptist) Church in in reference to the building of a Rail Road tion
ncaster District.? in this District. A spirit of internnl im- ville
was on Saturday provement pervading a people, making fa- Kiiij
uft determined that cilities for easy transportation, and bringing betw
>d, it being thought themselves in direct contact with the busi- eitln
the indications ness andjenterprisr of the commercial world, or C
feeling pervading j is the highest evidence of intelligence, and quct
meeting was well j the surest guarantee of future prosperity. n,l(!
and continues to The necessities and wants of the peopie of tuwl
cling manifested is l^nncastwr i>i?triot at this time call loudly 'I*
who have at heart for n movement of this kind, and it is be thill!
t. Rev. I.. IV Rol- hoped that the people of the Distiiet will ro,,I
>r, is assisted by a uieet together as one man and say that the R'dj
age, licentiate from Road can and must be built. thro
on, whoso name is But there is something (which I regret f'mr
been blind froui in- to see) in the communications that have bein
no little to the in- reached the public, thiougli the columns of
your puper, that wears the garb of an invid- tavc
eek from the com- iou* distinction. Every section of the Dis- com
eting, the rites of trict, with a single exception, in the comwas
ndministcd to munications to which I allude, is called on Per'
reclaimed. Those ! to lend its aid in this great enterprise, and
except one. Of this [ men of position and influence are urged to
? and 14 females.? give expression to their views on the subuviva
I in this church | ject. But there is one section entirely over- ^
xtruordinary efforts j looked, the Indian Land, the Northern Neck l>re!
ttribulc the feeling* ) of this District is passed over in silence ; in on 1
i goodness of God I this prosperously, orderly and law-abiding u,n^
it. All ages have section not a single man is named?all are
of these blessings ; ! treated as^niere ciphers, that can contribute
J gray headed sires nothing toward the completion of this great ^j'a
'-live years of age. undertaking.
i lived in this neigh- I do not wish to be understood as charg- p?sl
s, were among tlie ing the author of these communications rens
male aged 7U yearn with harboring envy or unkind feelings to- ke?j
3?another gentle- ward the people of any portion of this Dis- g
years, was immers- trlct, for I believe him to he an upright man and
acting conscientiously for the public good ; the
uiylicr of persons ""d to east a slur or reproach upon any
ilthougli it had been portion of his District, would he contrary
? should close on to the generous impulses of his lofty na- Hj>0,
continued and in- ture. Hut 1 simply wish to point out an ness
lemonstratcd by the omission which lie has made, tliat in n fu- /<
rs nt the alter, Mr. ture number lie may he enabled to fill it up, R?v
he conclusion of the 8" that the fertile valleys of twelve mile
i he preaching uguin creek, may conspire with tho rich bottoms of l(,ri|
vv ith the probability lat creek and all the other sections of the to a
still he protracted. District, to build the road for the mutual /<
considerable num- heiicfil of all our people. Civis. will
.tendanceand when July 19th 1858. sepe
Jed four candidates I ?,,
, , , valu
lilted to the church. * or the Lancaster Ledger. ..
reaching would be I'lhasast !1iu., July 10, 1858. tfJ[U>
.it how much long- KutToii : I noticed in the columns and
rcumstances. We ?f V'ur paper a proposition to build a Hail and
joicc and be tliauk Hoad from Lancaster to Chester. In my
unities now being opinion the road would never pay one cent
itruclion, not only ?f dividend to the stockholders, ns the a- the \
other communities mount of freight and travel on that Road n
1?. T. II. would never pay the expenses of keeping Hes<
the road in running order; the whole a?
- mount of freight and travel over that road
Lancaster Ledger. for twelve months could he carried in one
scue week fruin Lancaster to Chester, and from M. I
and see the great Chester to Lancaster. Not more than one
ec is daily iucreus- month would' bo required to bring all the The
to say something. Groceries, Dry Goods, Oranges, Fly Traps j(
ircd father, whose and everything clae, that would Ik* required r<,JM
i age, bending and by the citizens of lancastcr, from that di- ^ ,
eo of intoxication ; rection ; and I doubt very much, whether . ^
ist in the bloom of tho majority of the citizens of lancaster 71
tiy gutter ; yea, we would avail themselves of tin. use of the 8
nourning over the road, if built. The freight from Camden ,u*el
?eir husbands and and Columbia to Charleston, is the name,
uere is not a year then we must add the freight from Coluin- if i
that ushers some bia to ('heater and from Cheater to I jincas- the I
rnily, to fill a drun- ter, and compare the coat of receiving ^,j,|
s a time, when we goods by this route with our present faciii- ,|nni
o grop ahop in tho ties. Would the freight or passengers fare ?j.
at time was lately,) beany lower by rail road via Cheater to |lo
lemy ai our doors. Lancaster, than from Camden to I-ancaster L),,M
poison ov'ur many by waggon and stage ? the balance in favor cont
tends ; it has de- of the rail road should ho very small, if trad
adreds in our very any; not sufficient to induce the Tax payers of tl
to the level of the to submit to an increase of their taxes, at we '
the rate ?>f nineteen hundred pur cent, or a w"'(
gentlemen, do you gross tax of three hundred thousand dollars, rT
iter of temperance ; especially, when very few of the tax payers V*'.
ly towards the in- of the District would Ihj bonclitted one ^^
worthy a cause?? cent by the road. Tho North and North- ^
>t for its welfare ; western portion of the District is nearer a
*|iai;ied to connect rail road at present than they w ould be to the pect
if Temperance !-r Lancaster and Chaster road and the South- Sou
rou young man, to | ern and South ui?ii*rn nnri ??f th? l?w?ri..? *^
I i %""h
rom your youthful ! would receive no benefit from Iho ruad.ns tion
from our meetings. Camden would not bo much farther from ?rty
ee to carry 011 the them than Iauicaater, and they would nave 'K-r
ivo so gallantly un- the freight froin Columbia via Cheater to ,ne.n
may receive it.? 1 .a master. This Road would only run
a to join our cause, through about aeven miles of Lancaater
lothera you ahouid and would benefit a few near the Roud, if ||RV)
I in the uause of they had a surplus of egga chicken* and
t know how soon j butter to aoll, or thoac living near the Vil- debt
inger at a drunken Inge and Road might get a higher price bom
Come, and come for wood, but it would be unfair to tux the leng
d let ua all work whole District for the benefit of a few in- pr??
f mankind. Tern- dividual*. Rerv
ice of gvuMiily and The reason, Mr. Kditor, I have devoted 'ec''
that constitutes a a* long a notice to the suggestions made in
n. your paper of building a road by taxation, gun:
as been organized is, that it in a legitimate subject of discus- prie
Village. It has, at sion and one in which we are all interested. Wh
ng condition. The It appears that isolated individuals may be ( -|m
lieuiselves to tbeir i benefitted in remote parts of the District,
I out of Iheir ranks from a private communication uotised by ,
?f a portion of the your correspondent in the last number of
id it is to them the your paper from an "extensive Planter of ccr'
success thus far.? Hanging Rock," who appears to be pleased '*wl
made to shudder ut with the suggestions of a former communi* thin
to await ua, but cation advocating Taxation, and claims a T
ve have been ens- 1 * -- ? " 1 ' "
|m?h.o iii miu |'iwiuro ivr slanging I\dCK, Dill Hffb
anster death, more the Tax I'ayart of Hanging Hock arc not ru|e
ee the d?y, whan all steam-mill men, nor shingle makers, both
an in our village 0f which classes i have no doubt would be
|ood cause of tem- benefitted by a rail road to I^incnater from
iluNbY. Chester or any point where |>in? timber is Hn'
58. ncurce, but this would be no argument in
W ? favor of taxing people who are not inter- t'10'1
.?On the 15th of ested. miu
1 in the city of Now The only road that can benefit the peo'a
Roman Catholic p'o of Lancaster, would be a road fiom la
i it is intended shall Ridge way or Csmd?Q to Conoord, N. C. reap
any church edlfloe That would gire ua the moat direct com- says
?nt. The building municution with Charleston and the up- conf
th, 97 feet wide in country, the only placet we would want to Mor
t of 172 feet, and bring freight from or carry it to?this the <
lit The roof will would also accommodate travellers better civil
hi. -Stu ?k? OJI D---? *
?. J <FMCI UUIIU we COUIO DUlKl, dutu
therefrom. It is &a it would connect with other roads on the com!
will be consumed moat direct coarse that make connection* land
that it will cost with all the principal road* in the United ahal!
States. This road would alao secure the iden
ugh m *il between New Orelans and The South Carolina
York, as it would be shorter than any In relation to tho n
r road now in operation between these awarded against this rc
t? ; ii.o only roads coming in connec- tioQ by iUj bridge at A
with it would be the road from Kings- . ,on of the SftV)inDR,
to Wilmington, and tho road from , . ,,
rsvillo to Concord. This road located * 10 ? owl"k
reen tho two, would bo shorter than "Award of Dama
?r, being almost direct from Kidgcway John A. Moore, of tl
'amdon to Concord, and would, conso- &toairi boats, against t 1
itly get the preference, both in freight '.ro,u oinpan), w
3 . ., terday.bv awarding
passengers, as well as .in a mail con. 8U|l/^f /weillv.nit)B t
(jriMt hiiu iimtJi) iwu u*
lie route from Camden to Concord I one cent8 rpj,j8 Cil80
k would cost less and l)o the shortest recover damages from
e, but the reasons for suggesting the for obstructing the nav
jewny route, is, that it would run vannah river by the e
ugh a wealthy part of tho State and road bridge. The ina
0 would be a greater probability of it to the award of arbitr
g built unless Cnuiden would make a the damages to the sbo
er showing than she over has done in ta Constitutionalist, Oi
ir of tho road. I havo extended this 1 Ins gives but little
.... . j w?b built under antl
mURicnlion lonB?r than expected, f Wl|l 0
e nre .cverol other point. which I will (j,.rolir,?. ?n.l ll.w ?oni
laps notice at a future time. for tb? privilege. Uov
A Tax Payer. of navigation properly
?-? it could, in no legal vii
For the Lancaster Ledger. special milages be
,t a meeting of the Congregation of the could these accrue to
ibyterlan Church of l^incastcrville held want light 011 these p<
ho )7th July 1858, the following Pre- evidence, proceedings
ile and Resolutions were unanimously ' 10 Rr',itrarnent. A
, mates that all lias
;Mti ' . , Charleston Evening I
v hercas, our beloved pastor Rev. J. M.
Iker lias written to the Session of this ~~
irch,tendering his resignation nnd requts- Judge Dl
to he entirely released from further We ivQ a
toral labors among us, assigning as bis .. , 0 . . .
.on the present enfeebled state of his Douglas has aken 111
!th and p?ign. it will beset
Vhereas, in considerntioo of our admi- betweon two lires, and
jn for bim, both as an alfectionate Palter form for himself, with
christian gentleman, we cannot permit side?from 01.0 lie fii
occasion to pass without bearing our Republicans for their
imony to bis worth and services, by re- |)r,.,l s.-nir decision
,i?, ???,.,hy in hi, nfljicljj and
ing our pravers to Alii ig.it v t?od for his .... ?; .. ,
. : , 1 ?.i ' 1 . e 1 Mill. I lie oiew tor
>dy restoration to health and useful- . . , , . ,
1 Then fore that with Ins known p
lesolved, That' the resignation of tl.e *?"' il ?* to f
. J. M. Walker be accepted and that ol,b wisely sUf
wevrr pin ful to give him up yet,) we g'liar fights are danger
ingly release hbn from any further pas- who is Ins opponent
il duties among 11s, humbly submitting himself have taken tl
holy and wise Providence. now canvass tho Sta
'tsoiveil. That while we submit to the from iiis position tiia
of Providence, which occasions the footed by the Admiiii*
ration, we can not but deeply deplore bc more |hl(n lo
cause w hu b deprives the Church of bis movompllt_ Jn.|PA,, >?
ante services. ten Jen bill is well' c
rsnW llmt OH n Congregation we ? )icio||# Wti publia
nil to mm uhd Ids tntmly our fiiiiccrr 1 , 1 .
heartfelt sympathy in this lib. affliction, u,'r re'u,cr* IU:IV deU''
unite our hearts in earnest prayer for what motive# actuate I
sneedy recovery, trusting that lie may solves judge wlntlier
i given liitn in his retirement, that mens- erned by the dictates <
oi' grace, which can alone resign lis to ment, acting indepom
ivill of God in all things. |>i' n sense of self intei
etolved. That the above preamble and silion to the ranks of ]
illations be published in the Lancaster Sauth Carolinian.
yer, and that the cleik be instructed to
imit a copy of the same to Rev. J. M.
ker and u copy to the Presbytery. Epidec
J. ADAMS, Moderator. , , . .
?. Crawford, Clerk, Uler Hdv,tc<* lb
lon? states that the
made its appearance i
M. E. Church and the Slave Trade. |tl ndditu>n lo t|,u j
L was thought, nnd with some show of vale letters received ?
on, that the recent action of the Gen- 'be Gulf shore to Loui
Conference of the Southern Method- >ol|ow fever ?"??? ?
,, , . , , , ,. , soir.e extent, and occa
Jiurcli m expunging the rule forlnd- utu>lu,illW(l alnonff lh
; the buying or selling of negroes with f,.w casus have also oc
ntiou to enslave them, gave some iin- leans.
I sanction to the African slave trade, ' too#? atiiiounceinei
e opened. Thai tliis is not the case, tuime sl'r *
, ,. . , , ,, , lar'v fiont the fajl tlm
follow?,g extract from tlio "Pastoral ?os; j,avails at . .jua
Iress" signed by the six Bishops abun- Grotto, from Cuba, I
tly proves: put into quarantine 01
lie rule itself was expletivo?having her crew down with fi
application to an existing stale of buried at sen
gs, or to 011 likely to exist. And if ^;'ZHtiue? from Matanx
rarv to expectalin, tlio Afiican slave H'4(J P"t >" after
e should evor bo revived in the face D*e of her crew are il
le law which declares it to be piracy from yellow fever.
Iiave rulo and authority enough by fb<1 regular met
2I1 to hold our membership to a rigid commissioners J Jr. I
ousibility. Nor would wo fail in this, ',itd received i
ained as we would bo by our own con- ?f >elh?w fever being |
otis of duty, the law of the land, and na*? and tccointuendi
t wo Wuow to be the moral sentiinetr. from that port
la peoplo among whom we dwell.? subjected to quarant
rejoice ourselves, and confidently ex- ve8*l"'s from nu infect
vour sympathy and approbation, that hoard that Port a
tliern Methodism at last stands diten 'a Grande were suffer
fled from this vexed aud vexing ques- *courge, and recoinm
, erect upon a scriptural basis, at lib- from these ports be su
lo circulate everywhere in our bounds regulations,
book of laws, without note or com f'e New ^Orleans
v j mm iuhv ruie 01 noun'.iui tnierpre I "''7"'^""V C**
>n no longer exists to embarrass our ' ^ ofunAia (/uarduin.
inter* and friends, or to jiutify the sua '
>n aiul assaults of our enemies. We i Darino Kscavk v
j surrendered to Cwnar the things prisoners, Long, Webl
ill are his, and holding ourselves to lie CHpej f,om ti,? ?f
or* to 'the wise and the unwise, the jRy morning about 4
1 and the free,' we can now, unchal* retirement o( the guar*
ed by the lualous and distrustful, onerg |lRving picked tl
ich cbristianlika to thn master and the 0j {\te ct)|| jn w|tic|, |,e
ant, secure in the confidence and af* c^ed in forcing the <
on of the one and the other, which the other two pr
$ti? ia all good, just and legitimato ar- The three then *s?on
lent and conclusive as regards the pro- from which they let t
ty of expunging the obnoxious rule.? , through the i
i 7 i i ,u . ? t ,i mg along the roof to t
atever the 'rule and authority of the Long was
rcli may ho in dealing with its mem* severe struggle and rec
, in the event of the revival of the and Webb have escape
e, and their participation in it, she w'" recolleoted, w*
,i?ly CMldnoi. under lb. exi.linK
. . , . , , dergoing a snort impri
i of the land, permit them to have any Rfld ,(Rlt?y R(ld W?h
g to do with it. 1 to this jail from Colnn
ho Church therefore has set herself j itig having escaped fro
t in this matter, and in expongiug the District, liberatin
alluded to, has opened wider her i oner> "~ Charleston JVi
a of usefulness tho slave poj?ion
in the South. The most'jealous Qikbrc, July 13,
distrustful' will no longer look on her , W,",Uor Kof##t: arlriT!
T A ., I in company with the 1
oipime with suspicion, hut open wide , memnon 1or thrM tUy,
r hospitable homes to her devoted them on the 20th ult.
lioonrien.? Columhui Guardian. The weather was fine
?? 24th, and from thence
iportmHT most Utah.?The Utah cor* "oulh?est winds were
undent of the St. Louis Republican * m
, that the conditions agreed upon in the Thk Illssea or Gs
erence between Gov. Camming and the Savnnnrh Gc~gian, noi
rnons, are, that the troops shall enter the severe illness of <
jity without opposition, and that the that since the National
officers be permitted to porform their with which he was n
as without interruption, and with un* has been rapidly failing
litionnl obedience to the laws of the with which he has been
(In the other hand, past offences the effect that his name
I be forgotten, aa promised in the Pres. the list of vietims of
t'a proclamation about to be verihed
Railroad Case. Sinoui.au Piirnomrna.?Acorrospon*
miter of damages dent of the Jackson (Mich.) Patriot says;
?ad for the obstruc- On the morning of the 24th May, a
ugusta of the nav- singular phenomena appeared near Toinp
I, River, wo extract kins' ,Afler a hfttV^ r:iiu tl,(; ?i^?t Pr?"
louft i.ie gro'Jiiu was covered Willi small
fish; they were found one mile bovond
(Iks.?The cnso of Barry's gate, and extending about halfa
Ije Fashion line of mile along the plank road. There were
e South Cirolina ; two kinds, one about three inches in length
as decided, on yes- I and appears to be the kind known hero
to tho plaintiff the J as the dog flsh ; the other kind are tho
housand nine hun- I most numerous, about two inches in length
ollars and seventy- and a species unknown here. They num
was instituted to ber from twenty to forty to the square rod
Railroad Company of ground. They were alive when they
igation of the Sa- fell, though many were killed in falling,
rection of tho rail- Great numbers were carried by the runtier
was submitted ning water into the pools and puddles in
ators, who assessed tho fields and woods, where thoy may
veamount.?Augut- now be seen swimming about lively and
th iiist." ' active.
light. The bridge ? am m ^ icrity
of law-?the Ci.sensing Cotton Seed.?An iutelli- - I
eorgia and South gent correspondent, residing at Antwep,
panv paid heavily wrjtei under date of May 10th, 1858, that
v could the question a machine for clear.sing cotton seed has
come up? But if |Hp.lv been invented, and iB now in opeew
could other than ration in that city. From two to three
claimed, and how jons Qf aee(i CH? f>e cleansed per day by a
Mr. Moore? We machine of four horse power, with the
jinta. and upon the assistance of three persona. The cotton
and character of surrounding the seed is taken clean off,
correspondent inti- nm| 0(,n \je 80|t| 10 carpet manufacturers
not been light.? and paper makers at from thirty to fifty
7ewa. franca the one hundred kilogrammes. Af
^ ter the oil is pressed out, the calces rcinaiOUgl&S
n'"K ^>r l',c *arno |,r'co as
i i _ other cakes of oleaginous sueds. The coat
?ii ' ?VidnU- I! .? ?' machinery is said not to ho expem
,e , ,,l,OI% R sive. This is an important invention, and
>n that he stands . . , f. , , ., ,
, . , , . promises to he <>t incnlculaiile advantage
has erected a plat- ? ,,r > , /r
batteries on Lh to Qotton growers.- V ashinylon UntflU.
res into the Black " mm
opposition to the Distressing IIoiiicjdk..?On last fiifrcm
the otlier, he day night, Mr. .!. I. It. Wilson of this Dis
Knglish Conference triot. was shot, and almost instantly killed
Ic Herald remarks, hy John O. l>arby his stepson?a young
opularity and cour man of some eighteen or nineteen years
dresee how he will of age. This is certainly a very h;pientIgosts
that "trian- able, but perhaps it was an unavoidable
oils." Mr. Lincoln, occurrence, and >ve do not desire for the
for the Senate, and sake of the parlies most deeply interested
he stump ur.d will to make any comments upon it. Young
te. It will he seen Darby immediately after the unfortunate
t should lie ho de- affair happened came to town and delivtrutioii.
nothing will ered himself up to Mr. .Sheriff l'agan?he
join the Critteudet. was brought upon Habeas Cor pup hoforo
s praise, of the Crit- Chancellor D.trgmi at Winnnborro on
alculated to excite Tuesday last, and admitted to bail in the
h his views, that sum of four ihousilttd ddltars.? Cheater
mine for themselves Standanl
lim; and may them- ? ? m am
he has been gov- . \t ,
f , . . *7 Monument to okn. Marion.?A cor
an tones ju? ge respondent of the Darlington Flag, the
en \ o par j, or |jcv Ju|,n Josey, suggests the erection of
u \ n 'o n monument to funeral M inon. whose
.?. 1'uiMu.mia. rem?jUBt |ie SilyS> quietly sleep in |iis ow n
family grave \nrd hi Charleston Distiict.
- No* that Virginia and the other South
aicg. ern Stales are awaking to the propriety
> City of Washing- '? K?????iDR up the relics of their g,eat
Asiatic cholera ha. ,n0"w!'0 '"*>' K ? ?'f ^
f . ^ revolution, lot not South Gaioiina ;uii
Ijoiiuon. t i *i ?.
It is Stated that nri- ? ??>' lo lh<'i impreMions of p i.
it New YnrJr from trl"l,c gratitude. Among the memorials
isinna, speak of the "? evolutionary worth and celebrity, tbo
ig ill that region to "Swamp Fux deserve* a men in in
sOLiug not a little *,0"? no^ 'f* />"????>
o inhabitants. A ,,HV? receive.1 this n.a*k of the Sate a
curredat New Or- g^tititde? Charlatan Nr.r*.
its it u stated have Th* Cattle Diskasr.? We learn that
i'ew York, partieu- the cattle disease has made iu appearance
it considerable sick- in "he lower part of Kniiighain and the
rantiue. The ship upper part of Chatham counties. Hut
round to England, few cattle have died fiom it, a* on wash
Monday with all ing the tnoutli with Turpentine the dinner
and het captain ease quickly disappeais. In tlie neighi.
The llrilisb ship burhood where it ha* made its appearance
las, bound for (iree- the inhabitants have quit eating beef,
losing Iter csp'ain. In liulhudi county a man, having a cut
I, suppose ! to l>e on bis hand, was washing the mouths of
some cattle when he unfortunately allowtliug
of the health cd some of tho saliva from the mouth of
Thompson teported a cow to get into the *ound, when it
tidirect information acted like poison. The person grew very
rrevalent at Oarde- ill from the effects of it, nnd at last acid
that nil vessels counts his recovery was very doubtful,
to New York be As Spirits of Turpentine lias proved
ine regulations, as an effectual remedy in numerous cases,
ed port, lie bad the press generally would be doing thu
u I Vice ard Sagua public a service by making a note of the
itig from the same fact.? Savannah Republican.
ended that vessels - ? m ? bjected
to the same Acquittal of Cen. Lank.?The Leav
, , enworth 1 ??*ily ledger, of the 2d instant,
papers lave on \ anno?nces the acquittal of (ienernl Lane
e? o etcr jit the charge of killing Jenkens. I lie
decision of the court was to this effect:
** "In making out a case against the defenrom
Jail.?Three dant, it was necessary, first, to prove that
b and Morris, es- a rourjer had been committed; and, sec
this District vester ondlf,by Ueneral Lane. Tlie court wore
o'clock, after the unanimously of the opinion that no mur
il. Oneofthepris der had been cointnitted; and as tlie
ie I(WL- t.t I Vi a /lna> Tarrilnrn linen f.ll..rl lev *' -
wn* confined, sue primary fact, the only charge contained
loom of the cells in in the affidavit, the defendant, Oeneml
itonera were placed. I*ane, was accoid'ngly discharged,
ded to the tower ? * m 1
themselves down to jm AktkhIaN Wr,u.?The well now
vindows, first creep- }n progress lifts reached the depth of 9.r>0
he front part of the f^jt, Ht which point operations^ were derecaptnred
after a |?Ved foi aoine time by tbebroakago and
ommilted. Morria lodgment of the borer, whjch was lately
sd. Theformer.it extracted. The clear depth bucket!*! out
s under sentence of j? t|,iH well is nearly 900 feet, and tho
ig. Long was tin- work now going on is confined to bucketisonment
for assault lingt for A* purpose of commencing to
b had been brought |?t down tubing which will be necessary
nbia for safe keep a succe>>?ful prosecution of the boring,
m the jail of Rich- The o?i?ton?l ?II <-t i *no ??"i?
g several other pris continues its flow without change, ami
rif*. water grows in favor with all who
m have begun its use ? Chtrlctlon Cou,?The
Steamship r* r*
hI at litis port, was " m' ******
Niagara and Aga- Dkath ov Ms. \V. Tiiurcow Gahton.
i. She parted with ?On Tuesday evening, while in the Colin
heary weather. Chapel, we were shocked by the ini
on the 23d and telligence that Mr. W. Thtirlow C?aton,
to the 20th heavy 0f Camden, who was a brothet in law of
prevailing. Prot. Jas. If. Carlisle, had suddenly espi
m . red at the Profcaeor'a house. He bed
. nnm.? Th? spent several days with his brother in-law,
. and had t?een riding out hut a- few hours
lku.g th. ..fort of MoI|h,.UIM|w, W.miM
Oen. Quitman, says ||n m tiroke of paralysis caused his sudHotcl
epidemic (]on and lamented death. We leave to
Hacked?his health otls?r? who knew him personalh^|?ey
;, snd the conviction K proper tribute to his
i long Impressed, to know be wee pious, and much fmjMtby
weald be added to all who knew him. The afflicted ?wTly
thai disease, seems base our deepest sympathy.?Spmrlamm
I hurg Krprttt.