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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. Fublibheil every Wedneslay Morning J'Y W. M. CONNORS, iMitor :tu?l itroprictor. TERMS : lu udvutioc, - - f'i.UO At tlio expiration oi t>ix Months, . At titw eud i>t' the Year, H.uU ADVERTISEMENTS, Wilt be inserted at the low rates: Oiio square (<>t ltl lines yr loss,) one insertion, *1 , or, it continued, 15 cents for the first insertion, ami 5't cents for each subsequent iaser* tion. See fourth i'age for deductions in t ivor of standing advertisements. Tiic number of insui lions must be written on caeli advertisement, 01 they will be insul ted til! ordered out and charged accordingly. f rom the Wnlhulla liuiiuer. Promotion of Young Men. Mi;. Eonoit ;?I ftui not u youug man, ;u>r the father of one. it is not known to tuo that I ahull ever weep or rejoice in looking at the <ro or wcnl of a son "grow n up," therefore this article is n "free will ottering" and may }><tss at the reader's ,<? timate. 1 have a thousand times wondered why it is, that we have so few young men in this community- pious, educated, and in c!:rnM to ' public life and >is I have lived nearly forty years, and have be?n looking round'' for tho Inst twenty years of that time, 1 have come to the conelu sion that I have discovered some of the reasons why we are so nearly destitute of piau.x, practical, business young men; who have been born an 1 raised in, and are now honoring, and beinir honored in their own native Palm, tto State. J admit a few exceptions, but the truth :s emphatically humiliating, that, three fourths of our young men of promise, so toou as they are acquitted from Parental authority, seek a home in the "far oil west or rush head long into dissipation and ruin. Mr. Kdilot, i? it yet true in Mental, Morni, and Natural philosophy, thai no eib-et is produced without n cause 1?I anticipate your answer in the aftirumtivc, and proceed. Would to (iod I could be heard with as much interest as the subject involves. The following remarks have passed the rounds until I'm sick of thorn. "I do not want to send ij.v children to a school on der the care of a young man, lie has ik> experience, arul cannot manage a School to my notion." "I do not like to buv good, "f a young merchant ?it is a small concern, and he will noon "break up" and sue every body." "I da not like to bear a young Minister prqpch,?he lifts .norc zoa! than knowledge and. will soon "trot through." "I do not !ik? to sub scribe for a newspaper,? edited by a ^ ouug man,? g-vt; ' )? 'HI oIU IViltor? one l!uit knows tilings, ? I want an old Lawyer to speak in my cause, an old j Mechanic to build my hwusc, an old l'.>c t< r to give mo medicine, and last and least, nu old Stiller t<> tni.ho my Liquor." Woll. all this is well enough, so far as parent is concerned, but stop ! aro you so : eliidi as to tell to the woild that you are Jivjr.g, and intent! to live, without regard to tiiti welfare of those who. must e<qne after tou ??Soon ah ! very soon ! all these good old Public Servants will be dead, and your pa!c faeo ? pale in death, will add to the number, and then what is to become of Society, civil and political, not to say religious / The fact i", unless thero bo a general waking up t-> tin: importance of adopting such measures, and offering such inducements av will best devel<-p-j Lho minds, and secure the services of our young men generally, the next generation will r:so against us in judgment with douLJa Oou domnnlscn. More anon. Vol no Man's Fkik.ni>. CoNru.viiANn Goor?> in riMK or W.ut. ? Hie merchants of the United States ir 'ikeiy t" bo exposed to lovws during vlie war ;n Unropo, for want of any well understood regulations in regard to arti ;:!< -? contraband of war. The Journal of Commerce intimates? 'That the United States ha* no treaty stipulations on the subject with any tin tion in Europe except England- There is no rJi on tlie subject of genera! application. Vattei, in It it* Law of Nations, defines the term to include commodities particularly useful in war, such as arms, ammunition, timber for ship-building, ev. erv kind of naval stores, horsos, and even provisions, in certain junctures, when we have hopes of reducing the enemy by famine.' Most civil:/, i nations, however, have treaties which exempt articles of food. The United States had such treaties, hut it I.-. -apposed Li.at tamo of liM-m ire in force. Thot any stipulation exists with England U r.ct fieu from question. At anv raic, it is ubw understood that ......i i i r. t .v/11, It 111 i%y UW*I >tM 111 CM JOT WHl stranger*, will be truuted as contraband by England. She will also certainly include timber for ship-building, tar, r>>*in, copper in shoots, sails, hemp and cordage i!. 1 generally whatever may serve directly tc the equipment of vessels, except unWfought iron and fur planks. Hy the general consent of civilized nations provisions hsve ceased to be regarded as contraband, no that our beef, pork and llotir and other national productions may be carried into every port not under blockade. Tho whole subject of contraband goods, as between France and the United States, M an entirely gipon one, and as to England, it is a matter of argument as to whaLarticles are excluded as contraband or exempted. Wo premime our Minister* at the Courts of tho belligerents, however, have already begun to look into this important subject.' The Columbia Guaidian notes the lato report of a Grand Jury in Florida, concerning Governor |*erry a*, "Something Now under the Sun." A similar profcntnmkitt whs made concerning I'rc-suiont tckson, if wa are not misinformed, by a Gr ind fury in Spartanburg Di-irict, dur i..g his second Urm; nn.l concerning tho tl overnor of this State by a Grand Jury in Kershaw District, some twelve or fifteen vear* ago.? Charleston Courier. It- ?t. u PUw I Northern Methodists in Texas. In another column wo copy an excellent article from tho Texas Christian Advocate, in reply to sonio Northern stric tuns respecting the late attempted organization of an Abolition ltuligioub Confer ence in Northern Texas. Wo have heretofore r? ferred to the decisive measures I resorted to by some of our interior inhab | itants to defeat such an organization, but j we fear this very altempct to organize i under the garb of religion, in opposition to the institution of slavery in our own State, may i-< considered !>y many (and perhaps justly) an evidence that the Abo litionists am meeting with encouragement in their work of propaganism on our | frontier, llow this may ho, wo know not; J ail wo do know is, that they have their paid emissaries at work in every corner of overv slave Staio where they can get the slightest encouragement, or whore they may consider it at all safe to operate. The Chiistiau Advocate's reply shows that journal to ho one ol the ablest as well as truest exponents of a sound Sooth orii sentiment on this .question. But the truth is, most of our churches (and the Methodist Church especially,) have been truer to the South in tho defence of sla very than our politicians. While tho hit'1 tor have been resorting to every device to keep up what thoy call their national party organization, (for which purpose they have ignored the loading issues be fore the country in order to avoid otlen.II .1- VT ?.I." > I - -< umg mo ivnuiern crimen ot llio party,} tho churches n:id members have boldly met the great question in their national council)*, arid after every possible ctVoit to continue in harmonious union Inn! failed, they finally agreed to separate, each party consi taring it more in accordance with tiieir duty as Christians to separate in pence, rather than Continue their union with constant ouarroliu?, criminations and re-crimination ; and hence they have now distinct churches, North and South. Who does not seo in this a striking contrast to the course that has been pur' sued by our politicians 1 The former have fearlessly vindicated the rights of the South in their Church Conferences while the !at!? t have compromi.-ed tbo.-,e rights in their party conventions. The former have pruCnvd separate from their Nor theh: brethren, rather than prove fa Use to the institution that lies at the foundation o( Southern prosperity, and with which our very existence is in.-epai ably inter wo ven, while the !att>*r have held up the idea of separation as tho greatest of po liiical evils, and have, for many years, been making concessions and compromi sc?> *>t the most sacred guarantees of tlmt institution, in order to continue in a noim in?l Union with those who are continual ly making aggressions upon us. l iio toriner preferred prompt resistance, even to separation, rather than sulunis sion to such wrongs; while the latter have preferred submission, lather than re-ist, on the ground that Resistance might lead to separation. The churches avoided the separation as long as it could ho avoided consistently with their duty to (lod and thoir fidelity to the South, but the issue was fyieed^upon thyin by their Northern brethren, and they met it boldly and lion, estly, like true patriots, without compromising a single right of the South. Is not this noble example worthy of imitation by those who make iiu professions of religion, but who aspire to exercise a share in controlling the destinies of our coun try ;?Galveston n:s. American Bible Society. VonKViM.1-:, S. C., Juuo 18.09. I'd the I'iCakL itt ntnl Ojfictrs <>j thv />'< He Societies in South Carolina : < ii:n i i.kmkn : A? Agent ut the Anu-ri can Bible Society, in ami for the State of South Caiohna, I beg leave to remind you tliiit the State Hihlc Convention n oofs at Yorkvillo, on Tuesday night before the first Wednesday in August, it hefhg the second day in the month. It is desirable that all the 1 libit* Societies in the state should be represented. Will you please have a meeting of your Kxecutive Committee called at an early day, and appoint at least five delegates to the Con vontion; and urge them to attend, and conio with brief report. All the railroads in tho State have agreed to pass dele gates to tho Convention, to and fro, for one fare. Thcro is an arrangement bv which the clergymen are passed over tho South Carolina Railroad for one fate when they are oilicially cvg"ged. A committee of arrangements has been ap pointed by tho Yorkvillo Bible Society, and ample provision will doubtless bo I made for all who may attend. Those who livu below Yorkvillo had better come up on the 1st, so as to be present on the 2d of August. Important matters will he taovght before the Convention. I'lense see that your Socixlv ia represented without fail. Yours truly, K. A. B< >LJjKS. A Ricu Cask,?Our St. LouisTxchnn ges have given report? of a trial for breach of promise, in that city, in which Miss Ktfie Car.-tang is plaintiff, and Mr. Shaw defendant. The defendant is one of the {/ea'.thiert citizens of St. Louis, and the damages ar? laid at $ 100,0Q0. T he plaintiff resided in this city some vears ago, and kept a millinery store.on King, opposite Bcrresford street, aud one o( the wit* nessoH examined as to an issue of character, was liobeR Causse, formerly of (hie citv. The telegraph informs 119 that on Thursday a verdict was rendered for the full a mount claimed, * n?i?,uuu.? Charleston Courier. w saw n great curiosity to day in the shape of n iMfttur?*(l cotton IkiII nearly ready to break, which was plucked ? week ngo iu the field of Mr. VVesloy Mor rison, of Gonzales county, Tcxar., on the Guadalupe. Mr. Morrison find h field of five hundred acre* of this cotton, and one of hift neighl>ors a like field equally advanced. This ia but one of the many other proofs of the amazing fertility >f Texas, and the benignity of its clime/? Givo them convenient access to market? cheaper and readier transportation?and , Texas will be, in a few years, iu products, as she is in territory, the Kmpire State of | the South.? jV. 0. Delta, May 30. 0 \)tl>iu|in. LANOASTERVILLE, S C. WEDS BSD AY MOUSING, JUNE 16, !86?J. Fine Cotton.?We liuvo in our olliee a few stalks of very tino cotton?the largest that wo have seen <<r hoard of the protont season. They aro about two foot in length and have upon thorn a number of well developed squures. They grew upon the plantation of Mnator J. S. Curcton, near "Cureton's Ferry" in the Waxbaws. The Weather and the Crops.?This section of country is suffering greatly for rain. Our streets are exceedingly dry and dusty, and our vegetable gardens are wilting and drying up under the rays of the hot sun that wo have had for several days. We understand from our country friends that the corn and cotton is likewise beginning to suffer for rain. The oat crop must necessarily be a short one. The wheat erop, which is now pretty well gathered, seems to have been lighter in some sections than was anticipated ; it is probable, however that in the Pistrict an average crop will be realized. Professor Ryau. We bad the pleasure to attend on Mo.iday evening, at our Court llou.se, one of those popular and instructive entertainments winch rrotcssxr A. Kyan is now favoring tin. different sections of our State. We Wei.; somewhat prepared, t:oi? the notices which our friends of the press in di:T. rent parts of tin* State had extended to I'rof. Ilyati, to receive .. rich feast, humorous and intellectual : luil we must say that the reality surpassed uur moat sanguine anlieipatioiis. It would lie dilticult t" give a just conception of the eharactcr of his entertainuients, and we will nut attempt it. The science of iuloculiun is tin. leading principle which lie designs to inculcate, ami evety subject that he treats has a hearing, either by practical, living example or !>y humorous illustration, upon this important art.? t >f this science, no popular ami so desirous of attainment by nil Americans, bo is a perfect master, and as a proficient delineator of character, we have never seen bis equal. The amusing characters of"Tiie Hypochondriac," "Job Squash," the "Wood Clinch," ?^e., were admirably personated on Monday evening and brought down storms ot applause and laughter fioin a pretty well till cd house. Ho certainly had the most convincing proof that the humorous part id' his entertainment was enjoyed by bis audience ; and that the lUUfc intellectual part ?the grave and deeply impressive characters of the "(ian.hler's Wife," so irreststably affecting, and the 'I-ay of the Madman,' so tragic, thrilling and harrowing to the feelings?Whs likewise appreciated, was attes ted by the deep silence that was observed and the excited countenances among his audience : a.id the gentle rebuke which he found necessary to administer to those who would "laugh in the wrong place," wo were pleased to observe, was only applicno'c in a few hnuaucos wln-rc be aler.c intended it to apply. ' ho Professor will remain with um two more nights (Tuesday ami Wednesday) ami i v. ry person of the surrounding vieinity should certainly avail themselves of the rare < pporlunity of being jyratiticrf, instructed nud amused "t the exceedingly low rates of 'Jj ceiitH per night. New American EucyclopmdiaWe refer our readv/H to an advertisement in another plu$c, of the ucw Ameiieaii Kneyclopediu, nti.w in process of publication, hy Messrs. I). Applelon & < lo., New York. We are just ill receipt of the live volumes now ready, in the half Morocco style of binding. This style is neat and well adapted to libraries. It will lie seen that according to the design, the work will extend to fifteen volumes 5 the five now ready does not conclude tho C's, and if continued on the same enlarged a?"d?*, it would seem that it must reach beyond the present design.? The larger, however, the more valuable w ill he the work ; it is far in advance of any similar undertaking in poiatef comprehensiveness, and when onnjfcteUd wM! be a library in itself and a nmMHlHMf imperishable honor to both edMftW Slird publishers. It promises to he an unfailing book of reference?to give a faithful account of the iv<Aceu:0!.ts in Science, literature and art, br tho prominent oveuts in the world's historv. and of (iistiniruislnul imli vidunls, whoso nntuM^nve become associated with tlip cotlsfWi'uotiH phenomena uf their ago. The press of the ?#Uitry have boon unanimous in their opinions of thin grcnf work nnd heralded its merits from one end of the Union to the other. Wo will refer to it again whyn we have given the present volume* n more thorough examination, and as the succeeding ones appear. In the mean time, there are doubtless some of our reader* who would prefer to be th?ir own critics and would be pleased to make this valuable ad lition to their libraries. Wo re(ur such to the adverti*einuat*gfvlng terms and other information^ nIPWork Siiof.?The public, arc invitod to a notice in this paper of a new work shop established in this place by Messrs. liuins &. Hancock. Work entrusted to these gentlemen will no doubt be promptly and faithfully executed. 4 The Court of Equity. The hxdtpciul* id I'rets, published at Abbeville, S. C., alluding to the business before the Coui t of Equity for that District, makes the following remarks, which nro of general application : The business of the Court st ems to be constantly increasing, anil we believe that the opposition to the Court is gradually passing away, as the publico mind has become bettor informed with regard to the nature and scope of its operations. The chief ground of objection lias been the costly character of its proceedings, but this is a small item, when estimated by tho value of the interests which arc here determined, or when compared with the commissions realized by Executors and Administrators in the management of estates. In the case of all largo estates a resort to a Court of Equity for the purpose of sale or partition wo believe will invariably effect a great saving in the matter costs.?lint, af I..- ..II . i l:??: ? _ .1. . ;i H . .ill, i in Iiililt'1 <i[| evil i than a t>*netU. It is tntu-h more important that tho rights of property he well defined, ( ami he interpreted l?v a tribunal which shall administer a valid and effectual remedy in every case of doubtful or eonllicting claims?which shall afford the best moans of detecting fraud and repressing wrong.? And we believe that for the purposes of its organization, no bettor system of justice lias evor l^ut devised than that which is administeflP hv our Court of Kipiity. There is much practical good sense contained in thy above. That the proceedings in the Court of Mqiiitv arc more costly than i proceedings in the law Court, is true in the main : hut the fact that the remedy, \\ hen i administered in the former, is moie cffcetu- j al and less liable to interruption*, gives it a decided preference over the Law Court in all cases win re they have a concurrent jurisdiction. Clients, vv ho, after a victory in a law c.our', have had their remedies over hauled and their calculations upset by what is called a Hill in Kipiity, vviil understand and no doubt concur with us in tiiis opinion. lint the proceedings hi Kipiity are not a I way s tile inoat costly, as is instanced above in the settlement of la.go estates :? In idi sales made by Hxetutoru and Administrators, the ialtcr are entitled to live per cent upon the aggregate amount of all such sales fur colli cling and paying out, when llu- Court of !!<(uily chatge.s lull one <>r two per cent (according to the size of the estate) lor tin- same services. In sales o! large estates, therefore, this difference in the l-olllluilHioli-. is a ill.vlter of ctiiiHidi*. fable CottScqtlclU'e to tilt' It'gult't'H. We arc aw are that the Court of Kquity is unpopular among the people, and we have heard men, who claim at least to he well informed, nay that it ought to he ahulIslied. We are not well enough versed in law matters to say what would he the consequence if our Legislature* entertain?,! similar convictions, and were to act upon them. We are constrained to express Unbelief, however, tnat sneh a eourse would result ia a great national gricvnnee We Ue.lieVe that as this Court heconies heller understood, the ill-defilied popular objection* to it, will pass away. The character of its proceedings comport with the idea of right and justice, which the people desire to see applied to every ease. The Law Court is necessarily voufined to general principle, rud in the application of these, particular ruses occur, wherein injustice is done ; and herein the Court of H.juily,which is remedial of that which the other i* deficient in, and being less restricted within general principle* and technicalities, steps in and administers that relief, which a Law Court and Jury, hound as they are to do cuio according to law mid ev idcnce, itro powerless to give. The President at Chapel Hill. ' >ur North Carolina exchanges furnish us with tall uporta of a ru'i nt visit of President Buchanan to Chapel flill, where ho hail gone to attend tlit* ntinuul commencei nionl ?./ tin- North Carolina University. Ho ui?'t with n most flattering reception upon all hands, and was welcomed hy the vvnes jahle President of the University (Swain) in a special address, in which lie took occasion to allude to. tin- happy relations which have existed between the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and North Carolina from tin time of William Penn down to the present day. The President rep'ied in a very happy style?spoke.in a very lialtoring man. 'Iner of the North Carolina University, and paid a titling tribute to the worth of the late J allies K. Polk, who w as a graduate of that institution. He complimented North Carolina for hcfflluliservalisin, and Ivor nr.deviating adherence to the Constitution and : to the Union. lit ho lives that the link > i wnich hinds the Union should never he sundered?that wo should ding together as man uud wifc.foj better or for worse, not. withstanding the occasional squabbles that ' may intervene, uud hopes that lie inav he I'lltlii'ml to his forefathers before in- should witnrs* its dissolution . Upon tin* so nil' occasion at Chapel Hill, the Degree uf Doctor of Law s was conferre ! on the following persons : lion. Jaiues Buchanan, President of the United States ; lion. Mitchell King, Charleston S. C., and tin- lit. Kov. Hilltop (Hey, of Tennesseo. NT We call particular attention to the advertisement of Evans ?.V Co., in this weeks issue of our pap^x. The Gift Hook Establishment of I). W. Evens Sc Co., at '>77 Broadway, New York City, is tho oldest, most extensive, und respectable in the country : and the proprietors, from the commencement of their business career, have borne a high reputation for integrity and impartiality, in the conduct of their peculiar system of trade, gaining the support of tho pre*), and the commendation < of all who have had dealings with them. All who desire books in nny department of literature, can rely ?>n having their ordors punctually tilled, at the uhiisI |?ric s with the addition of aome m fol and valuable gift. Catulognen can So obtained grotin by addressing I). W. Kvnns & Co., B77 Broadway, New York city. York District. The annexed ileum, wo gather front the Enquirer of tho 9th inst: Frost tn Junk.?a friend reports to its that considerable frost was soon in the neighborhood of Bethel, on Sunday morning last, 5th inst. It wassullicicully heavy to kill some of the cotton. The Hail. Stoicm.?I)r. Feeinstor, of Ttullock's Creek, sends us word that he, in company with James Guy and Dr. McNeel, visited the track of tho late storm on Saturday Inst, and still found quantities of the hail, which fell more than three weeks since ! A Sad Casualty.-TIus season has been attended with storms which in violanee and number have exceeded any within the memory of our people. Almost every section has been visited, and wo continue to hoar of their rav.aires uonin and nimin rj n -c ' (in I* ridny evening lust, a sad and fatal casualty occured at Gall'iiey's Old Field, near Limestone Springs. A storm was approaching, but had not come overhead, when a thunderbolt struck a tree under which a number of men were standing, ami immediately killed Master William N'oTT, an estimable and promising lad, a mm of l>r. William II. Nott. Several other persons were severely injured, and other bolts fell in the same neighborhood, hut fortunately no other lives were lost. The total amount of taxes paid by York District for lN5d, i-i ijtltt.176.H51. Dr.ATH Of OKE OF the DlsC?vei?ERS, OF the Mammoth Cave.?Mr. John Osborne, who, with a brother and Daniel lb.one, >liseovered tin Mainiii"th Cave of Kentucky, died a short time since on the coar>t of Louisiana, at the ae,! of 01 years. ItEroKTrn Failviie.?The Now York Jiiunml "/* ('"/ntn'irc repoits the failure of llii' House of John Frascr ?.Y Co., (Charleston, known us Trenholm, liros. &r C?<? in New York, and Frnaor, Trenholm Co., Liverpool, in the cotton trade. Mr. Secretary Cass says that the tact of naturalization in the United States will not nrnlcct till- u,-iuii:in of nntivnu w hilc there, from the military r?*?iui>iri??tiw (>f that country. The French (ioveriiiuent claims military service from ail natives of France who may lie founii within its jurisdiction. Hattm: oi Mun.kovk's Mii.ia?The people of Spartanburg are making grand preparations for celebrating, on the 1 sth ?>l August, the Itattle of M isgrovo's Mills.? A Committee eulUHsliiig ol one fiem each (teat CoUlpaliV in the |)i*lrict lias heen appointed to col lee t ami receive subscriptions. ('o;jVlcTKl> ot ICo?uuno ;iir. Maim.? Ia-\i l.ong, l'oslinaslcr at Pleasant Union, Somerset county, I'a , was tried before the United States court at I'iltshurg, last w eek, on the charge of robbing the mails, and found guilty. The prisoner was detected ami arrested by Ciemral James I.. Maguire, the etlieient special llgelit of the l'ostotlicc n?'partnient. A Uhakck ior Plsiiaorio.s.?One Monsieur lilow <iin, proposes through the Haifa,o Republic, to perform a number of wonderful acts llCon a liolit rniu, ulv.kt,t <V,.,? "w~ r*"~ 'T" ??? " ? *? !? (Jnnaiin to the United States directly over llic Fulls ot Niagara. Among other inti resting feats, he proposes to place some gentleuian in a wheel-harrow ami roll him over on the rope. And if this he not aiitticietitly exciting, acother accommodating in* di\idual can he found, he will lake him upon his shoulders at the UMllc lime that lie is balancing the w heel-harrow man thiol's is Ai.aSAMA.?The t'amdeu H*. jmblir of the it'ith uit, sayt. Tin* complaint from the planters ? this section, on iiecoiinl of the ravages of the eolton liee, appears t<> he universal. Ignite a number of our oldest and most experienced farmers say that they have never hefore known their efleets ti> he so ruinous.? In some instances, where the cotton has Is'in already reduced t>> a stand, we hear that it has hewn almost entirely destroyed. We hope, however, that tl?i heavy rain of last Saturday hss Under! to cluck their in. Ilueitce. The oial crop also, wo heat, promises nothing, as the rust is rapidly spreading ov? r entire fields. Sti:ai.i*u Si. a vim hi>?m Afkica.?The N'.ivy Department have ri'ceivi-il \oiuniuioiis dispatches from the ennui of Af-iea, dated I'folo Pray a, May I ft, Tin- (loniuiander of the frigate Cumberland, givea a graphic nc. count of the m>Wus op*r<tn<li of stealing and running off slaves, aa carried ou by yarbta, schooners, i\i>4 regular truding vessel*.? The traffic during tin* lust year lip says, Inn !? !! greatly on !:;? iucro.n', unUvithsivuing tlm uneeusing vigilance of not only the American squadron, but also of the Kngliah and Spanish men-of-war in those water* ? All kinds of expedients are resulted to by persons engaged in the traffic U. avoid detection. lie thinks that if the Department would employ n smaller clans of vessels, capable ol running into the small rivers and bays, so as to intercept tho slavers, I bey would be more successful ill these voyages and tho tralHc would bo greatly abated. Staiulino Disclosukks.?The trial of John McLaughlin, at Chicago, foi throwing a train of ears 011 tho <inl.-i.K ah.I Pt "" " " ' ,v"" Chicago Kail lioa<l otf the track, ha* din closed u most daring and diabolical gang of villains, both male and loiualo. The members of tho gang nro located at litiffalo, Cleveland and Chicago, and it stems they arc engaged in murders l?y nl! sorts of devices, such as poison, arson, ai|d rail road obatruction. Several confidential letters between two female friends in Buri'alo and an accomplice in Chioago, discfo sea the whole matter, and tho entire plan of operations. From those it appears that a number of j?eraons have fallen victims to their nefarious schemes, and how many Iihvo suffered by others' hands can ouly be conjectured. This discovery may account in some measure lor tunny of the secret murders by poisot.a and other means, accidents to rail road trains, Ac., that have been so numerous of late. Chnrlrntrm Courier tlep}iljif. Later From Europe. .4 it i< i v a i. <> f r it e Oity of Washington. o(:)o Nkw York, June 4.?'I'lio steam sliin City of Washington, Capt. I'utrie, with dates from Liverpool to Wednesday, Mats 25, was boarded to-day ott'Capo Race. GkNKKAU IN fKI.I.KIENCK.?-TIlO bnttlfi between the Austrians and tho Franco Sardinian army took place May 21. Tho Austtians were cotmuaudcd by Gen. Sta tion, ninl attacked the posts occupied by Marshal Paraguay D'lliiliors, but wore driven back by Gen. Foroy'a division.? After a furious combat of four hours, the allies carried tho village ot Montobullo, iu Piedmont, twenty three miles E. X. E from Alessandria. This village whs cele' brated in the history of tiie elder Napolo oil's campaigns as the spot which gave Marshal Lanm? his title of Puked? M m tebeilo, lie having defeated the Austrians there. Two hundred Austrians were taken prisoners, including a Colonel. Among the losses sustained bv the al. iies were many oilicer*. The Austrian accounts of ttie battle dill'er very widely from those givn hv tin? allies. 'I ho actual French force engaged in the haltin is not stated, hot it i* hclioved to have liemi about VOin) men, besides a regiment of Sardinian cavalrr. A Sardinian bulletin announces that the extreme left of the Sardinian armv was under tins c >ntiiiu:,d of (Jen. Haldwin wlio forced a passage across tho rix?-r Se sia. and put tin* Austrian*, to iheht. It was rumored that r;x Kuglish iimti of wai had entered tho Adriatic Sea. The latest acoounts report active revo lutionarv movements in IjOinhnrdy. '? ?.. I/: ( V . - . .1 ..i .1 p_ i in- "I ' ?J??I-H i> 'i nu, ami rr.iM | cih U< h;*.? *?fuiiu'<i the low I of titr.-iirs. I A g.-neril iiifoiinu i?f the slockhoM r> ' of tin- Atlantic IVleoraph Company Irt- i I C:i!i".i t?. lljrl |. >11 t lot i?i?r "clii. t: I wit.li th" Kn-r'iMi < iovoiunion', ami .LtiOO, 000 ot Haw capital. II." I'aiis announcs that I'ranc" will nillu-ro to th" aho! Auiumt <>1 t>rivniM<*ritiif.' ami to t!? ? prinriplo tliV. n neutral ll ijj imvt* .in vnutnv'x i*. A IV ij.tVUMA, MH> 53.--I.WH N.'.folkox |i'iMml covvrnl hour* at Vi :hera Nothing lui >?:t I -"ii ii. "ii'.i 1 r vtii.,: tin- il.-jiiirluri- of ill" tro? j?s. Ill" Solavooiiio population on (In* const of tin* Adriatic Sen ??i beginninc to show their hostile f."'ing* agn'ti* tli A iMrians. 1 )"sji:it"li"s fioin lli'iiot say tii it th" A-mtriiins have eft t' mm aiul Milan, ami ar?? concentrating on tlio riv.-r. Tho suite account n.l.U that tin* Allio. an- n<lvnn* cing. i'i." a<lricu* from Hungary sr.- A"riou* ly alarming. Kofisrnt intimates that he will noon I e there LATKIt MY TllK AIKICA. N I. If VotlK, .J'ili : !?.? I'll" Sti'HI.l ship A/rir<i, Captain SIihiiiioh. from J.iv. ri m?! Mhv 28, haa nrritxl. I.ivf.iifool, t.'oiros Mai:ki:t, M ?y 2?. ? The sal"* of CoMoti for the week foot up ?2,00U bales, (>t which rpvcu! itortook 1400 itarl exportorx J>'?00 hah*. th" 1 InnrL.O ? .l.m.li' .>.. ! ... it. I ' .. ? 1?? ?%? 4 Wiill l\ J demand. The ?t< rk <>f* Cotton h'. I-:v? r|H?ol in | G40.000 huh*. 'i'lio mil..ui l of Am- r ic.hu Cotton in not given. inferior <}un!ilic.s have declined an J 8 1., while the Letter grades are firm an.I t!ie market j'liot. Oknkkm. Is'ii'LLUiknck.? A j> inulivr outbreak In favor ??f Sardinia \,\\ taken place m Parma. Tin; Austrian^ express iht-insol vos hit isfied with tin1 result of the Action at Molltebel'o. (Jen. (ivulai says their !iv?e was 200 ki'lei], 7 Id wounded, an.l i'd.'l inff. He -Hates that the French number e?j 40.000, but abstained from 'pursuit.? (Jen. Station w?.s wounded There are vague minor* that Prince Oort.iohakolf had resigned from the Russian ministry, because the Ktnpcror had refused to carry out hi* engagement*. The Paris liourst.- i.s firm aid] ad vane ing. The war excitement is hioli in South. I orn (term any. Louis Kossuth whh expected (tenon. Mis plan of causing a revolt iit llungaiy i* Raid lo l>?? approved by Louis Napoleon and the King of Sardinia. Virginia Election. Richmond, Juns 4.?The official returns from 107 counties havg been received, ami givo Lktciiuk tGOG majority. 11 is entiro majority will probably roach COOO volt*. A Ni:r to ( 'hack.?The attention of physician* and all in to re-to J in such mat tors, is invited to an inspection of two singular curiosities nun ou exhihiti >n in our sanctum. They consist of thg upper portion of a human femur, or thigh tamo, completely petrified, and a detached vertebra of some immense marine animal.? The specimens in question were obtained from tho same excavation uuJ iu close proximity. They wore exhumed upon the plantation cf Judge Andrew Robh, near Oaiiuisville, it; Alachua county.? The thigli bona ia of extrarodinnry dimensions, nud, by comparison, must have oeiojij?.: i to Hit individual nine nr ten Feet I in hnighth ft fx! of corresponding bulk. Iu ' peculiarities cocaist in llio nock of the ouo being unusually shorturod, a:iJ tlij fact tiiftt tli 9 shaft of the hone is not as cylindrical, lut much more flattened than tlmso of the present generation. Tito vertobra is, in our humble judgement, of antediluvian origin. How came these flics ol by pone aires together ! Did a rnco U' giant* !!? ? Inhabit this country, aa thoe spiramtn n nv t.-fore u* would eoin to indicate f Who can throw any light upon tbo subject !?Fcrnandian Florida i ^? Aouicfi.ruHAL Society.?A large and respectable number of our citizens essoin- ? bled wi the Court House, on Monday, to take the initiatory steps towards forming a District Agricultural Society. The meeting was entirely harmonious and a society witn a proper constitution was organized by unanimous consent, to le known as the Chester District Agricultui rftl, llorticu!tural\und lhnuologlcal Society. Hon. Samuel McAlliloy w is chosen 1'resident of the Society, and 011 taking the chair addressed the meeting in a few well timed and pertinent remarks, show, iiif* tlm nnceaaitv which exists in our midst for such iii organization, and indulging tho hope that an improved system of agriculture might bo the rich reward of tho formation of the Society. The Chester District Agricultural Society then mny he considered as a fixed fact, one of the institutions' of tho District, and wo hope it may long continue and prove a rich blessing to all concerned.? Chester Standard. Chops, Wkatiikk, etc.? Wo have had cool nights fur a week,hut hot sunny days, which may be accounted for by the numerous repor's of hail storms over the country. Ah far as our inquiries have extended among our country friends in town on sale-day, we learn that the wheat crop is proving much better than was anticipated, and several of our planting friends inform us that they never raisod such wheat crops as this season. Under such a stato of facts, and tho promising condition of tho com crop wo think corn should come down a peg.? Carolina Sjxirtan, ChkhTf.k.?'The Standard reports that the white population of the town of Chester is 717. Ai?o that the total taxes of tho District for the year 1 amounted to Obituary. Departed this life at the residence of W, I.. Fiind. rburk, in Marshall county, Miss., on the nth day of December 1858, Jacob Fletcher Fundcrburk, aged 2 years, 8 months ami 1 fi days. Dell.-irteil till* life on lli.i lift. ,.f A|irl! If .10. H.inicrMin N'ajiolcon FundorI ink, In w * )?>rii ili?* lJtli of Novuuiher, 18.13, in l^uu-anter District South Carolina, ?!?v?l 5 wars and 6 iiioiiiIim. In l'ni? n county, '>n tlie JHtli ult., of typlioid .fi-vi-r Mr. Win. II. <irccu, aged 527 years. In Monroe, on tiio J i.h ult., Susan M. Witiclr stor, eldest daughter ut' Thomas 1). on! Kii/. d>ctli J. Winchester, aged 8 yonr*. LANCASTER PRICES CURREIfT. MHICKCTKP WKEKI.V, I:Y IIASSEI/riNE iV CURKTON, li\CO\\ Shoulder* 12 Sides ISj. I lisiii-s 1 I a 15 I A If I I N. .... - rv ft ?n. rOHN |vi bnnhel 100 MBAl* " " 76 KI.OUR 3 ? 3* MOl.ASSKS, per gallon, cash, New Orleans 70 Muscovado 60 \V?at India 40 I'OKKK!'!, per ll>. cash, Rix 14 Java 00 SUtiARX, New (>rlcftt>4 9 a 11 Clarified II a R Powdered Ha 10 Crushed 1 4 n 16 | (?I)!>I:R, i.or hundred lb 76 MAClvKRBU No. 1 kit (scarce) 3 00 No. I. l* bbls 10 00 RKBK, (very little ottering).... 5 n 5^ PORK. ? 8au K<?(iS, iior doz S a 10 cmcKKNs t'.Wni.RS, Adamantine pur box .Single pound Tallow 22 ft Mt TIIK MARKKTS. ClfAHl.l'.ATON, June 10. There uhm a very <juiot market to-dny, the alien having been limited to 'ill bale* al yesterday'* prices, 'i'be operations were confined to one buyer. The piirticuiftr.1 aro as follow* 66 bale* at 10 ; 60 nt 11, and 130 bales at 1 1 |e. Nr.'.v ( )::i.ra?c.s, June 10. Sales of 700 bales; Middling*, 11c.? The rule* of the Week siliu ?l> 19.250 lulls* 'FW* tewipbt have IkjoU "J700, against 8000 bale* in S.MHC period I'nt year. Nrw Vokk, June 0. Ttin Cotton market in buoyant, with sales of 1000 luiles; Middling, 11c. Flour in declining, Wheat ho.avy mill Corn dull.? Naval Stores nre firm nnd Hieo h?i*vy, Speoial iVotioos. Just llRorrso In.?A gentleman in a neighboring city, having occasion to get a noto changed, dropped into a broker's office, and^ having aecomi dished hi* errand, wait Induced^ to try his luck by purchasing a whole ticket it, the Georgia l?ottcry, which resulted iu his ?ki. !... i.-t - vuui.umi, me ijnuu jinzo: 1 IIAl Wad 1)11 "Ulle,'^ "whilli," ai Bhoku.spore ?ay*, "if taken at the ti<?ul, load* ou to fortnno." There in need, "a tide in tho affaire cf men," and no one would bo more likely to ronli>m the sentiment of the "Hard of Avon," than thosff who avail themavlvcs of tho chanced t.tferod by the great firm of WOOD, F.l>l)Y A CO., of Augusta, Goo., and Wilmington, Di-I.iw.irv. An investment of 10, '< oi 60, in any ol their lotteries, way bo the tide for many, if they address tho above firm at Wilmington, Delaware, or Augusta, Georgia, and cucolie the money for a whole ticket or shares, in any of their liberal and attractive Hchfines.?Sunday Ltadr, 1M( 1-#" See advertisement of I>r. Sunforde' 1.1 VKK INYIGORATOR in another eol timn. ly Announcements. FOR 8RKHIFF. The friende of Cept. J. B COUSART, announce him a candidate for Sheriff for I incaster Distrk-t. at the ensuing term