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Kor the Lmicususi* Ledger. Mr. fcpJToit?DtiAK Jim: I had occasion n short lime since to take n pleasure jiiunt through ihe Districts of Kershaw, Darlington and Sumter, and have concluded to give y? u a liuh I :sior* of my observations upon the ciops ot those Districts, together with out en if veil think it worth the Space in or paper \\ In n I h.ft home vie were suffering considerably from the effect of dry weather, ami the lower down in our District, the signs of the drought seemed to he more severe. A> ! progressed iM farther on imt himfn.v. .! could mIk! hear lite sad and - . j- ~rrr Ian eiii ble story of dry weather. Cvcry b*?dt " mod to think tWat they were worse off il ;'ii nn\ rs'?ti else Hut we must r?eolhjri >!u. ; ,ir> only human to complain, as well ( s ' it s human to err." Fur I assure vne I as perfectly astonished (and ilui' ny ret old at the appearance of the crop*, linth ill emn ami cotton in those dis trie s ihronir wnieh I pas-i-d, more ospeeiall w In i. w s i f-rou'd that there hud tail! ii Vi ly lllt.i .....ii since 'lie 30sll of MnV luit. Some tit the planters seemed to think that they were worse off than thev were in the memorable year of '45. Hat I understand some of them made exceedingly fine crops. that extreme dry year, in portions of tin >e i'i ii eiitiitiieeeed <{etlinij .fi i* in ' in _?.? ? ! -'iii iI i i >rli which I :! . i i!n;/?lh him. After tiie min.- had tal.eii, in a few days evtrv i oim ti'.s eeiintt nance seemed to indicate that ! ? \ would make more than tliey had an.lie | < t> d. Il only xenhed tin- great Scriptural truth by oeciilar demonstration, that : "all things are possible with God," for it wax plenishing 10 human nature to behold |>ou ili?* welcome tains had resuscitated Iht |i .ret cd Mid withering crops More espccialiv whctc llu*v li *vo been wet* cultivated with suit hie implements and in the proper 'in.e \\iih*qual force have l.frtim i I<m i\. 11 i si i t. at.till cr great scriptural truth verified, that "it belongs lo man to vvoik," but the "increase comes alone from God.-" Mr. Editor, I was a close observer of the crops and theii situation as I travelled along, for I like to get all the practical information 1 eat- on the subject of agriculture. After ] had seen the effect produced on the dif feient crops by the ruins, it reminded rite .of the liuth of vour remarks in your edito. rial a few weeks s ure. I think the purport of your remarks was, thai planters needed a more scientific knowledge of the pre.puratiort of lands and a more practical cuttiiation of c*oj>s. Mt own views coincide wi|h \ours on this subject I saw the fact clearly developed in viewing the effect that the rain had had on a well cultivated farm with proper implements, and one that was badly cultivated and all stiffed up with grass. There is an old customer in our country called "Old Fogy inn his business is to snarl at and find objections to all new im.provynit'iitN and say 'it wont do." I came across him in my travels frequently ; he had two signs luing out tiy which I could distinguish him One w??t n litidly o.iltiwileil crop aud it very iiiucli in the grass. Ilia second .sign was that he had no pine straw hauled into his Ipl ; nor litter of any deseripiion out of which lie could make coinpost, and in a word .everything about him looked as it it .Was in a stale of dilapidation. He never lias learned me but one lesson, and that was to show me the difference between a well and badly cultivated crop .1 am done with the old fellow for n snort time, but I will take l.im up again after uw bile For he is in our District and has a pretty sliong hold ; and I want our people to beware of bin) for be will ulwuvx Keen lis slanriimr .?till or ?) - - I he people of iho-e districts to which I haw nilintcd i1 mean the neighborhoods through which I parsed) are a progressive people, generally speaking. Among then are at one \e y lit at-, energetic and practical i> .1 ',i is ; iliev -eciii to uiiderMt'ind economy tiei ei llian itie majority of our planters.? T-.e. in 'o have tonriti out Unit hy peiuoii. tli.ee or four dollars per acre foi (? uiint. tii.t inev can realize fro to eight to nii.u tittil ft I .ley nie alie.td of us in eve. ry ?enM' t | in. w. rd in manuring. lieside* the u.-e of tinaiio. they make a great quan tity of compost manure. I have often heard it remarked that "necessity is the mother of invention* and I .beiieve.it, foi our lands will out produce theirs in its virgin state, iinrt when it becomes somewhat exhausted it h; s more of tin- chemical properties to retain the manure. You can thus see. that Ihet have been necessitated to tin- Use ot manure. We are also being re i!ne.-it the same nectsaily ir. our District J|. oi ti e fact that a ureal uuaiitiie of "... w 1? / " forest lands have been cleared up and worn 10 mi, li an extent (and that by impropei cnri'j that we are compelled to resort to the manuring system ; and from developments mud b? some <>f our planters, (inano and ( ? 'n| o?i in 'Mire will pay exceedingly well vU onr lands But we lutior under one great disndvantag-j mpired with our friends in tbe lowei d, tiic a, uiid that is tne want of Hall Road facilities, and it will be a hard matter to persuade people to buy Guano, and make them beiifV" it to bo profitable ,vlt;i it has to be hauled forty miles. Therefore, I think it high time for us to wake up again on the subject of rail roud facilities, and keep the wheels unlocked by raining a war against "old frgyjamj" ?l"<J get the key from him that bj;ks up the wheels. For I tell you he has got it in his pocket, besides, he's on the wheels pulling tliyin hick with all of his iw. i *.? ? v I t>u induced to think from what little demonstrations I have seen from the effect of Guano, it Mill at some future day. not fur distant, create ? tremendous revolution, in our Jiiirict. But old foxv vv?lI not he p?-r?uaded to puy three dollar* per sere on hi* laud when he will aland a fair chance to realise from eight to nine dollars clear. No, three dollars J0>' *' *' C?* >. . ' ? ' A. my pocket safe, nod I am going to hold on to it" lie does not care a dime for posterity ; he will tjity Jet posterity do as he has done. I once knew a man who was an old fogy ! in the true sense of the word, for he was ' of the '99 moulding. He would give his _ children no education, frotn the Sact ho had ! none himself. He said he had made a good deal of money and his children could do the same. The same v'.d .fogy would go into, his blacksmith shop and make wrought nails to nail his flooring. When reajlv the iron com iih niuun, u nui more, iii.'iii me nails. So you perceive if we follow the fool steps of old fogyism, we will neither buy guano nor build rail roads. Mr. l?ditvr? since I.have seen such nston- i i ishing stimulating effects from the use of Guano, 1 am very anxious to see our peoI pie waited up on the subject pf.a railroad, notwithstanding old Fogyism will be ready to raise his voice against it. lie will say this route will not do, nor that one. Ho will tejl you it will pay no profit to the stockholders, He will tell you that all the goods that will be needed in Lancaster Distiicl i can be brought up on a few car loads. Old j Fogyism never looks at any thing indirectly, I bui directly. -Let linn loan out one hundred dollars for twelve mouths, and then pay him back one hundred and seven dollars and tie ran understand that. Hut let him invest his money in rail road stock, by which lii.n property will be enhanced in value from 25 to 100 pir cent., or let liiiu [ make two or three dollars as easy as he in j former times made one dollar, and he will not count that anything. I intend to pur- i sue liiui with a "sharp stick" and battle him j down if I can. Then I think we can build | rail roads and make all other necessary ini- 1 provements. Mr. Editor, I will relate the success of one of the Darlington planters last year, to stimulate our planters, Mien I am done.-? ! This enterprising man made G bales of cotton to the hand, weighing 450 pounds per i bale, and got the lop of the market for a ! great majority of it. Nearly 300 bushels of corn to the hand, from 50 to 100 bushels of .peas and as many potatoes ; raised nis own meat, bet-ides some to spare. The j same planter, when he plows his cotton the irst time, plows every other row. Then ' the hoes follow and thin out, and the cot- i ton chopped out of two rows is put into the middle of one row, theun set of plow* fol- | low behind and cover il up iu ltu< middle of the row. This is done to yet the bene* lit of the cotton chopped out for manure. Can an/ of our planters beat this for eeonoiny ? A. J. ; Clljr 1 LAW CASTER V1LLE, S. tT WKDNKSDAV MOUSING, Si 1*T. 7, 18Mb Ordinary's Court.?On Monday next, the 12th inst., it is expected tliat the will of the late lion. \Vin. McKenna, of this District, will be brought before the Court of 4 I.iImi >?? fix v lit ovIOtllll I * ?I III. llkC* will, it in known t<> most of our reader*, i will l>e stoutly contested. TaRLF.TON's l.fi,tter TO cot- bufoild ? Oil our first page, will lie found an article 1 credited to the Columbus (Gu.) Times, purporting to give a letter front Tnrleton to 1 Col. Buford, containing thg terms of capitulation offered by the former to theCiller.ju.st 1 before the battle which took place a few miles from this place,called It u ford's defeat. We know nothing of the authenticity ofihe document, further than is vouched for in the article referred to. ?- Thf. Southern Guardian.?The proI prietor, Charles P. Pellutm, Esq., offers for ' Hale a linir interest In the establishment of the Southern Guardian. The paper, it is 1 said, has a large and continually increasing I circulation and business. Address Charles 1*. Pel ham, Columbia S. C. The Farmer and Planter.?This jour, nal continues to come to us regularly at the 1 beginning of each month, well stored with valuable know ledge and hints for the farm> ing community. It is one of the best journals of the kind, published in the South, i ami is better adapted than anv other to the i farming interests of South Carolina. We advise any of our l.riends who desire a good - Agricultural paper, and one that is likely to repay them an hundred Cold, to enclose one dollar to "Farmer and Planter," Columbia, i S. C., which will secure it to them fur the space of twelve months. A Horrid Crime. We are informed that the people of the i \<>rth-eastern section ufour District, known ' as the "Wild Cat" region, are greatly exci > ted in consequence of the well grounded i belief of i? murder having been perpetrated I in that section a few days since, which in I point of bru tulity, challenges the moat diabolical instances of atrocity known to the annals of crime. The victim was a young girl, about thirteen years of ngc, the daugh t -r of Alvin Masscy. She died suddenly on Thursday night and under circumstances plainly indicating that she was poisoned.? Suspicion rests upon I)an, a slave of the Skid Masaey, as having administered the poison. His motive for so doing, it is said, wits to screen himself from the consequence* of an intimacy which had for some tune subsisted bctwecu him and this girl, the criminal character of whiub must in the course of nature have been revealed in a few montha. We forbear to mentioQ fu/- ( ther detnila of this outrageous affair until a j legal ijQveatigntion has been had. Coronor Hunter left here on this (Monday) morning for tho purpose of disinterring the body (which was buried on Friday) and holding "an ini|Ueat Warrants have been issued lor the arrest of Dau, and also for Hal, who is in some way connected with the affair, but up to this time, we have not heard that they have been apprehended. I tf Sunday School Convention. [ We nre pleased to announce that a Sunday School Convention will be held at the Methodist Church at this place on the 27th and 2Sth inst. .It will be represented by J 1 delegates from all of the .Churches within j ' the Lancaster Circuit und the Catawba .Mis- a sion. The object of the meeting is to con- j 1 sider the Sub bath School interest in the v District, nnd to devise plans for improving | ' the same. A sermon will b" preached be- , 11 fore the Convention on the subject of Sub- * bath Schools, by the Rev. A. J. Cuuthen. It is expected, also, that severe I addresses will be deliveted during the meeting. A cordial invitation is extended to the publie to attend, and we trust that a general interest will be awakened to this important means of instructing and benefiting the j rising generation. j We have on tile for our next issue, an ] excellent article on tlie subject of Sabbath ' Schools, written by a gentleman connected I with the same I The Aurora Borealis. We arc informed that on Thursday night of Inst week, the luminous lights pro- j needing Iroin the Aurora liorealis were seen with great brilliancy 1'roui this place. The j greater portion of the \isible heavens was covered with a red and yellowish tinge, from j about 12 o'clock to about 3 or -l o'clock Fri- | day morning. The reflection upon the earth ! was so bright, that upon first seeing it. several persons supposed it was day and that j the hour fur lising bad come. Its whole j appearance is said to have been very beau- I tiful, and so unusual a spectacle ol course excited some sensation among those who i viewed it. We regret that our devotions to thi- itrowsv (iiid i?r i v in'. 11 us t' < 1111 uilm-ss. ? ? - -J r - ? t iug this singular phenomenon. , We lean. from our Northern exchanges ! that these lights have been seen ficqtienlly j of late from that section, and of course j t they appear there with much greater vi* i<iness and biilliuncy than from here. It is | ( raid to have effected the telegraph wires as I j far South as Washington. j , Its ellect upon the telegraph wires is I { different from that produced by atmosplier. I y ic electricity, generated during thunder j j storms. The last never remains long upon | the wires, but soon discharges itself. Tnat ; ( produced by the Aurora, passes along the i wires in a continuous stream, and resemh- ' i ling in its operations and etfeCt, the gu|vti".? | ic battery. Tliis fact, together with the I known intluence of these lights upon the ' j j magnetic net die, connect the phenomenon < . directly with magnetism. I The lust very brilliant exhibition of the | , Northern Lights was at different times do- j , ring the year 1837. Thoy have m all rgea , been a source of great terror to the ignorant and superstitious, and supposed by . such to portend some treaded event. We , llllfp. HO t.-if- liH.'irii (til sliiM'lllili.uio n j Il?.? I probable calamity which the present cxlu- I I bition of tbi'iii lure tokens. j ( Senator Chesuut. We 'earn through the Camden Journal, I j thai u public dinner in to be ? ?- ? ( ur uiuaiur V-lle?IIUl III CullldcQ, Oil \\ ed* j ! ucsduy tin- Ubtli inst., on which occasion lie j | will make known his opinions on the pi.lit- ' 1 ical questions which now engage the public j 1 j mind. A good deal of interest has lately been , ' [ manifest by :i portion of the piess ol the ! j State, relative to Senator Chestnut's posi. I tioll?whether he is a democrat of the II.till- j i niotid School, willing to act with that por| tion of the National Democracy which res. 1 pects the Constitution and the ligllts of the South, and iscouteiil to rnuaiii in the Union j 1 | until a palpable act of aggression on the ' part of the North provides us with an issue 1 j upon which the South can unite to dissolve ' it ; or whether he is an ultra democrat of i I the Illicit School, and tired of lighting our ! battles in the Union, is ready to dissolve it i upon oround of present erievanecs. Those ; paper* which elaini t>> speak from nulhori , 1 I ty, nay that hit opinion* embrace all that the moat devoted Stute-righls democrat* j could deaire ; but lliia it *eeius is unaatia- | 1 { factory, >ince botli tile ultra and the more ' moderate das* of democrat* iri the South 1 claim to be Slate right*. Senator Cheanut'a opinion*, ho far as thev ; arc known to the country, have been eoni servative ; and we opine that in hi* coming 1 speech, while he will admonish the South j I of the great intereat* now revolting in the 1 political firmament and urge her to vigilance | in the preservation of her right*, lie i* riot ' likely to advise any hasty or impracticable i i measurer of resistance for the South, hut rather to allow her course in the future to depend upon circumstances. The public mind, however, we apprehend, will be duly i informed upon this point on the 28th. Ciuklut Pickens' Work*.?The well known hi Ui of T. It' Peterson & Hi others, 806 Chernut street, Philadelphia, have just commenced 1 publishing a remarkably cheap edition ol these | unapproachable work* of fiction. It is called j "I'lterroni' Cheap Edition for the Million, of ' ( the entire writing* of Charles I tick en*, Boa," and will ho issued complete in Twenty-eight \ weekly volume*. One volume will be publish| ed regularly on each and every Saturday., until | I the whole number of volumes?twenty-eight i ?is completed. The low price fixed by the publishers for them arc only 25 cents a volume, ; or the whole twenty eight volumes for live dollars. A complete set will be forwarded fieeof postage, ly Mail, to any part of the United, to any one, by - the publishers, on receiving a I remittance of five dollars for tho twenty-eight volumes ; or a lemiltance of three dollars will pay for the first fourteen volumes ; or a remit* Uiioc of one dollar will pay for the first four vqIuious. Tho volumes will be ncat'y printed, and each volume will contain 160 large octavo pages, printed on fine vhito paper, and neatly l>ound with paper cover. The revised uniform Kdinburg edition, from which thin is reprin* ted, comprises ttreiity-eight volumes, the cost of which is seventy-five dollars ; and this odi- 1 lion will contain every word of the Kdinhurg 1 edition. We advise them all to make a remit- ' tancc of Five Dollars to the publishers, for the ' entire set, who will send them complete to any < one, free of postage, on receipt of that sum i * ? - r1 J*** CoiTCsponderco of the Lancaster Ledger.] Boston, Aug. 18, 1869. In n>f forner letter I alluded to the bratle street cliircli and the vannon ball embedded therc'u. I must tell you something .bout tie old South Church, erected in 730. This church during the lirsl of the tar \vu? converted into a riding school for he cavtlry of Gen. Buryoyne. The pulpit md pcVs \vere taken out and used for lire vood,dirt and gravel varied into the church md a box suspended, over which the horses vere made to leap. Iii this ehurch Dr. ''rankiu was baptised and worshipped In Id Uue Iheic was a high elder's seat divot! vin front of the pulpit and a deacon's vat neatly as high, and the best pews set ipart lor the accommodation of the aged. Vhitdield also preached 10 this church. A halt to the Atheiieum Gallery will | lehly repay every visitor. From thec.it dogue there ure 74 different subjects of itnluniy and over three hundred paintings. I'he mist of Hie pieces are the property of he Alteueum, hut a number are on exbi* ion foj sale. Others again belong to con. ributoH. The statute of Webster, ftitciiled lor the state house ground, may be veil at Hie Allieneum. 1 understand the I lostoniins arc not satislield with it. It is o be pliced on a shaft w hich lias not yet ?een commenced. The Library is a neat md haidsoine balding ; the piesent bouse Vas eonplctcd and opened about one year , ince. in the library is the original porrait of Di. Franklin, by Duplece. The oth- j r portmits being copied from this. The nuscuiitand aqu.irial gardens are also worhy of a visit, so are the Quiuey and Fan. icl Hal Markets and many other plftces, iut 1 taiuiot lake them all in my descripiot). Tie New Lugland (ilass Works vere visied, and the making of tumblers, >o\vles, decanters and otficr glass articles vere *eiii and enjoyed by our parly. The 'lata, or melted oie is blown through n long ube; the workmen engaged in making amp chimney* gave the materia! and instru* iieiit to tin' ladie* to try, but they tailed? '.ey blew too strong?very little blowing a ill cause the glas* to expand too much.? nl*o gave the N\ incheater soap factory a 'all, a* it Was in the same locality. Kvc* y person has seen soap made, hut this was hi a more extensive sealo than the Kora Hack coiiiein which I had been accustom* d to. One hour* ride on the steamer Nelly Hater took me to Naliant, a pleasant watering jluce. Tlii Naiianl House is a niagnitieeiit Hotel, over -100 feet in length and eapable f aeeoiniiiodaling tiOO persons. This is i isited tor the sea breeze and sea bathing, ind the scenery. ' From lloston, the steam<r run* several time* during the day to Na lant. I went over in the limning ami re. Iiirued in the evening. In setting on the beach and looking out ii| on the water, lot* of lisli can be seen : they run in action's,?u thick and nilllleroil*, tliat they c. tl be seen, l'hey huddle up so thick that it seems tliey push some out of the water. I Was pleased to inert with *? ? ? -' '* liniaiis in boston ? rnnong the miniher, K. \V. bonny and lady, Mr. brown and lady, and Messi* Workman and Shaw of I'am* dell,?("apt Stanley and .Mr I'alnier of Col. nmbin, Mr. bonne of Charlotte, Mr. Wilson of Sumter, J M Rutland K*q , and Mr. Do. by of Fairfield and Mr. Wilkes of Chester. Mr Richmond and myself took a ride to l.owell, the great iiianufoctoiing city?distance -ti mile* from boston. Lowell i* on I lie Mcrimaek river The rivt-r ban been thrown into a camii and (lit* w hole water power brought into use. In JHtiO Hit* pop. iiUtioii was two hundred ; at this time it is thirty.three thousand?3 of whom are females and | males 'I lie carpet factory is extensive?to me it was immense I cominetiecd with the wool and went through to the complete carp- t. ami that i- about as much as I can tell you, -how the carpet is made, i also went all through lite Merimack ealico mill. This factory is getting up some beautiful patterns?the a!vies ne.it mid handsome. To obtain admission to the Carpel works and Meiiuiack l'rint works, card* of introduction were neeeas iry. I was di-uppoiufed in procuring one before leaving Huston, and bad to rely on my appearance and tongue, which served me with success. The person w ho showed us around was polite and cornmuriicalive. A number of tow ns are missed oil the road fuiio Kos. ton to I a i w eli "I.ONti tilt NlJS." Newport. Aug. 21, 1869. Having i on sun. ed five days in Boston, I made lor tins place by way of Providence, Mopping in the latter city part of a day and looking about the ian?i of Roger William*. Providence in an old nettled region, the c?ty having been commenced in IH33. The first Baptist church foun led by Roger WiI li.tinn, was built in Sfi36. I'he present building is a large and commodious one. 1 de* aigned visiting aoioe factories in the *ul>urbs, particularly the Kagte Screw works, but Was disappointed in getting a carriage after dinner. The landlord said he had sent to four or five livery stables, and the carriages were all gone iq Funerals. ( then had no other means of conveyance, than what I took with trie, and buving exercised ''that stock" pretty faithfully for some time past, I did not circulate as fully as I wish* ed to have done. ( was bound to see the Stale House which was not s great distance froui the city hotel, on broad street where I stopped; u new and capital house by the bye. The State House and Court House is the same building, and that is the case in Newport. The legislature meets tvv iec a year; in the winter in Providence and in the apring in Newport. Brown's Uniferity, the College, wa* near the hotel, that in within a moderate walk and that Wna alto ?idled. No sitrciwi in the College were going on, being vacation time, (and aueli wan the case it Harvard College ) The building* aro deal and aubelanUal and will accommodate, ta the \1?r*h ill informed nie, over 200 *tu dent*, some of the students 'being nllowed to take rooms outside of the "College. The I grounds ure elevated and .'tastefully laid out. Without prejudice. (! thi.ik) neither this or the Harvard College ure prettier or handsomer places than the S. C. College, at Columbia. If We hud the grapes growing us green and luxuriant in our campus, it would contribute much to its beauty. Iu the library I noticed some very old w orks? A. 1 ?- -i! ?iir ,|nuiiiniii'vi i.i mi?o. iViuuiMI lilt? \Wlim are Home fine paintings of the benefactors of tlio College. 1 also noticed, what I was pleased to see, nmbrotypes of each member of the graduating class lor several years back. This strikes me as a good idea. It may bo done in our College, but ! nm not aware of it ; it was not the case in my day. Then we hud no sueh facilities lor printing faces as exist now. Providence is at the junction of the river of that name of the Narragunset Pay, and is 45 miles from Boston. In Ihu evening, at 7 o'clock, we look the steamer. Commodore Perry, w hich landed us in this city a little utter 9 o'clock. I intended to lodge at the Ocean House, but that was full to overflowing. There I iii?P Dr. Sims, who was waiting to t:vke me to the Fillmore House where he was, and w here he had made arrangements f??r our party. Doctor Sims and daughters have been of our party, more or less, since 1 left New fork, lie is somewhat faster! and keeps ahead ? but I trail up. His trip* has been for recreation and pleasure and well does lie enjoy it, and contributes to the employment of others. Yesterday, how ever, he set sail for home, taking with him the ladies of my immediate party, so that my party now has been reduced to "jist Long Crabs." 9 ?^ I was glad to day to meet with ('apt. F.vans of Marion District, now ot the Army and Messrs. Hume and Missroon, of Charleston. i belie"c we are the only Carolinians in Newport. Narragunset Bay is famous for tine oysters, I noticed many oyster beds in coming down. They are planted with stakes set up in the water to show the extent and boundary of each oy ster ' farm, 'l'liey told me the population of I Providence was over fifty thousand and I [ believe it. for as we were about leaving a I Inrge steamer lamed with a party who liml been oil a Sunday School pic-nic exclusion 1 and several pcrnitis said there were tl.iKiU aboard of Iter, and so I believed, lor it ever I a steamer Win full and packed lliat was.? ! I have been in ibis place, up to this time, three days. The morning of the first day was spent on the bench, looking at the large concourse of ladies and gentlemen in a sen h.i'hing. This is delightlu! and highI l\ exciting. I speak front experience, foi having invested 05 cents for the hire of r bathing habit. (:? blue flannel sliirt unci trowscrs) I "pitched in." The water at first wus cold, bill the dashing of the wave* I against me and the exercise soon made il j pleasant. The Indies appear to enjoy tin sport exceedingly. Most of ihcin have their ! own halliing dre??es, which are handsonn I ".( more tasteful than the dresses kept ho hire. In the Imtti the hoops are fii?penser | with. In coming out many have a resent I blance more like unto the stack pole, llinr j the fodder stack appearance. After dinuei a ride upon the extensive bench is all tin 1 I'll. Then .lyjiin I w.is "in." That evening ! ihe nu 111 her of carriage* wim eMiouited n ! live liundrt'ii. I thought live tow hi;?h, hu wan willing; to *iy lour hundred- Thin enjiiyeit a aliotl time only, h r not hiij?|>o? j irio it fool enough lor a shawl, I had let* I that article in my room, and I mo on fount the wind too Mlrono and c >o| for my Ihii ? Lolly (ill fleall) hollow. ^ Thin oily una the residence of that hravt and gall.iiu ollicer, ' !omin? dure O.iver I lay ard Perry. \ caleiJ.iv I MiKlinl out hli ! residence and hi* jjraro. At hu victory 01 Like Krie, Sept. lu, 1813, he wan only J" I year a of ajje. lie died in Port Spain ii Trinidad. Aujj. 03, IHI'J.aocd 3t yram, mu *vn* buried in the ccinelry in tlite city, tvl I h*e. I8"2t>. The Shite of Rhode Island ha; ereeteil a handsome monument to him h> ' living a r.aiiw of this S'atc. The Ceme 1 ivry here (the old one) Ii;ih been a burying ' ground for over J0<> year*. Many of tht I 1 .? old tomb stories nre illegible. 1 made on I onu lo bo in 17oti. On my May to lliegrnvi of Commodore Horry. I visited tbv .Mut? House nod Court House. (oho ami lliescimi building). The Senate chamber i* mnnll but large viiougb for I lie number of mom born?thirty two. Tim limine combats o 1 73 member*. The per diem pay of curl being one dollar. The Representative chain bcr is alto occupied by the Superior Courti and United Slide* Courts during their nil ling*. Among the enrly Governor* of thii Stale vva* Benedict Arnold in lH5'i. I havi been told here that the Traitor Arnold wai in no degree related to him. Itoger Wil li.mis preceded him in It&T Tne tir*t be ing John foggshall in 1617. On the *J6th April 1783 n tree of lih?rti vvii* plnnied at the interaeetior. of lw< Hlreet*. at the place the old tree grew whicl bad been cut down by the British. At tin lime of planting a bra** plate mb? nailed ti the tree with the name* of those who plan ted it The wood grew over Ibe plati through time, and covered it entirely, (tni same a* a corner or line tree), lately tin tree died, arid a few days since the tree Mai boxed or cut into the plate, and the satin can now be seen Mith the name* on tlx plate. The brnsa plate Itna been poliahe* is bright aa ever. Whilst in the Cemetery i observed ai evtract from the Statute law of thi* State the purport of which was, thnt any pemni wilfully destroying any plant* oi number] r... it. J e? ,.r .< ui > <! Iinumnuii wi nil) gruvt) or niUIIIK ting any tomb stone or monument, shouU be lined not exceeding $500, or iui|>ri?onec not exceeding 10 month*. 'I'o day I went to ('hurch. Where anc what wa* the Text, and how waa (he nub ject treated ? Mum i* the word It wai to the Quaker meeting houae, there \v? -Quakers and outsiders" sal fur one houi and not a solitary word waa Mid during th? ? time. The men sat with their hats on. The spirit moved no ono?ho not one to speak. < I thought of the "old Sheriff," because one of the men favored him, in appearance, but j 1 , not in speech, for he would have said some- j I ; thing. After sitting onu hour in perfect si- ^ 1 lence, the older men got up and walked out. which was a signal for all to depart. I fell asleep the last 15 minutes, but was told 1 i lost not a word. For not a syllable had been u lie red. ?LQNCi GRABS." NEwroRT, Aug. 22, 1859. . j muni Il ia's in my whole life. 'l'lio decora. : i lion I mm been entrusted lo Col. Ileall. <>f t Host on. who in a connoUeur nt the bu*i. > | rtrnft. Muny of the private house* are tier I orated xv ith flap* and appropriate device*, | Welcome" i* the word here. "Welcome r | to our Inland home.'* A large mil it try boI | dy ha* jn*t arrived and in irchcd bv the ho. | tel. atopping in Iront and going through i ' the manual of arm*. Tan Hand*are plavr ! inj; in the I'.irU and tlioimaiid* are there to j hear and we. 'I'he ground* are h. a u i: I'd I I v ; I lighted tip with Komiin Candle.* and trail*t ' parenee*. I am ju*t from the nretie. Near t hy i* a mail selling and polling hi* lllackI ! ing, u new discovery?it poli*lu *, grease* ' and pre?erve* the leather. Crowd* are a. i ... i i.:... v i : - i i I ? (? mi. nnii ? ) .1^.1111 iiic iu'wrai iu i cent exhibition*, magnifying gla*Hc*. telci *?-opc* and m.forth. To morrow i* '.lie bio day. It i* feared that Newport, will- a pop* L* ulation of I'd 1)00, cannot lake e.ire of all h tiie people that are to be here. It i* said i that 2 ion w ill be here in the. morning from / Motion alone. I *hall halt here until after the demonstration. To day I called in nnd lot ked at the old printing pre** upon which Dr. Franklin ] worked. It wan the property of his brothI er Jam.-a. | believe. It i* in the M'trury j office, whieh i? next to one, the oldest new ; piper in the United State* Good night. "LONG (ill MIS." For the Lancaster Ledger. Mr. Koitor.?A delegation of live from Jackson Lodge No. ft3 A.'. P.*. M.* lelt tmr quiet village on Friday evening laat for While I'lain*. for the purpose of opening a M.-oolitic la'dge. We arrived at Taxahnw f late the same evening, and vve.re kindly re. ; -...I ...,iuri .;....a i.u u. a-,? xi..\r tuts. Taxuha'v it a small place of thrre dwellings and one store. It it snid to huve received lit name from the following cir1 cumstnnccs; A Scotchman, who lived ou a 1 hiii,til stream near by, called Tuck) haw or how, not bring able to pionuunoe the word, | called it Tsxahnw. The I'ttal Office in former times was also called Tatahxw, but at 1 the pretent time is cnl'ed Hickory Head ? ; The rinino Hickory Head is derived front ! Home old settler,who acquired the sobriquet Hickory Head, from (perbnpt) the pervertity of his nature. The next morning we left for "the Plsina." The air was bracing and the morning lovely?a drive of two t* hours, over a country presenting a very picc luresque and varied scenery, carried ua to is the place of our destination. We were cor. s dinlly received and hospitably entertained u i by our brother the Rev. Mr. David and his u admirable wife; and in all its fulnesa, were i | made to experience the influence exerted by ! (be Myalbi Tye, which unites the Brother1 I KaA|4 in An.t as I Ma ??. l.i-U asaksa^ 'k. ? MWU ? V?..v m IJC n IKVW UIMVV H>9 VTii'l* i, ger at home in a alrcoge land, and aurruuoda i him on ettry aide with warm and true f friend*. At ten o'clock quite a number wa* ia at, ] tendance. 41'he l<odge waa opened and orI ganiaed by Hro. John I). Wylie, W.\ M.\ pro tenr. Out of a .considerable number I of applicant*, eeven ware duly initiated.? . We predict for thia new Lodge a bright i and proaperolie future, and a long career of i uaefuliteea. The officer* are Uro*. Robert r II McKinnon, W.\ II I. II. Blair 8.. W.\ i and A mo* McManua, J/. W.\ To day 1 hnve been circulating a little ^ and picking up some ideas of information. | This morning aftor breakfast I went to the bench in company with Mr. Buckley, of Richland, nnd after procuring a habit, which this time was red flannel from head to foot, I ngain pitched in nnd enjoyed the lashing of the waves against me until prudence indicated to eoine out. There Was a large number of persons, Indies and gentlemen, in ' at the same time and every one appeared to enjoy the sport. It in said that Newport possesses the finest beach in the world. I S cannot say how this is?my experience of jsea bathing being limited. At nny rate this u *1U tfniwl .lull,!* VllIkHl fltHlillidOM -could lit' ft aire or wish for. 1 passed a pari of the day in tlie public i Library, it owea its origin to a literary soli oietv which was established in this city, or. C! iginally a debating society, the forinalion of whidi was encouraged by Bishop Berkley. Afterwards the energies of the society were directed to the collection of books. A handsome contribution in money was made by a Mr. Redwood, and the citizens of the >' place. 11 is eat led the Redwood Library, | nfti r its principal benefactor. The building was completed in 1750. The labrnry is said to be rich in classical and theological works. I noticed a copy of the nible in 1487,and another in 1608. It also contains many line paintings and portraits.? | Among the Inttcr are Mr. Calhoun, l'alrick I Henry, Wm II. Crawford. Win. Wirt, Dr. Franklin, Bishop Berkley,Commodore RodI g?rs, Perry and Decalcr, a full length por trait of Washington and Jackson. This place boasts of its painters, tiilbert, Stewart, Allston, Charles 11. King and others.? Crowdj of persons have been pouring in the city today?extra boats with full cargoes have been arriving during the day ? The military and fire companies from the neighboring towns and cities are prominent , among the arrivals. To night ami to dioriow the people are expected by the thou sand. The occasion is called the "re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport and j j Rhode Island. Banners, Hags, transparent Ces.alid arches of evergreen nre everywhere i to be seen. The city and people are alive I I vxiih the excitement. I have never seen so At one o'clock the Lodge "called off" and our delegation was escorted to Rev. Mr. David's for dinner, where we partook of a bountiful repast, to the excellency of wfiich the ample justice did by each one bears teatiniony. Dinner over, we were invited into the par lor nnd there made tlie acquaintance of some of the beautiful and interesting young ladies of White Plain*. Wo adjourned thence to the Music Room,where we made other acquaintances and heard some s*cet music. The "sweet sounds" 'discoursed by Misses Junie, Pollie, Eflie, &c , and the a. grocnLle and interesting conversation of Miss Lou and others will long be remembered aud form an inteiesliug episode in our life. While Plains Academy is situated in Chesterfield District, just without the limits of our own. The Academy is in quite a nourishing condition, numbering over too students. Mr. Robert 11. McKiuiion is principal, assisted by Miss Jane Henry, Mr. kiehird Hvins nnd others whoso names 1 did not learn. Mr. McKinnon is a graduate of the S. C. College of the class of -it*, and bore olf the 2d honor of his cluss ? The community may justly be proud of the institution, aud regard themselves peculiarly forlunoto in having secured the services oi Mr. McKiuuon, the accomplished gentlemen and thorough scholar, and his able and competent assistants. At the call of duty we turned our faces homeward, loth to nurt with our brothers and newly formed acquaintances. Many were the bright eyes, smiling faces and Iniry forms, that accompanied us on our way that night. And like the "Will <>' the Win|i" iulo uiauy troubles did they lead ui. Much too were we tossed about by fence corners, trees, stumps, and soforlh, 'till wo reached Mr. lirviti Robinson's, by whom we were kindly welcomed. With luuuy recollections of his generous kindness, we bade him adieu md left fur houio early the following morning. "Qll> NUNC." Arrival of the Arago. 1a mil mi, 1'uim Sejil. ji. 1 he slciiinsbij) Arago, Iroiu Soulbaiiijiton, August 24lti, was boarded oil Cajiu Race today by ibe iHctilk of tbo A?so C .tied l'r< ss. Livkri'uol Coitus MxiiKtr. ? Cotton was dull, Mill ibii lUHrkvl generally tin changed. Silica lor three Uays 17.0UU bales. 5>olUe circulars say liiui tbeic a decline |>rmci|>ail\ on interior qualities. 1 'rices aeia easier, bill quotations uuchanged. London*, \\ educsday Noon, Aug. 20. Advices iro.u l'aris slate that llie Austrian 1'iutiii'uieullary to tlie 1'cace Conleieuce hiiti announced al llie recent /a i rich 1? luquel ttial lie had strong lailli in the tinai success of the Coulereuce. A leicgiuiii Iioiii Kioic'.ice says ; "lite i Uscau Assembly had received with gicnl enthusiasm a i>roii"siii'ui lu banish totever | IrolU I'llscany the House ut ilajisburg : Lorraine." There i.re riliilois Imru l'aiis, ot doubt; lul uu' hoi II V, how eVel, III at treu*. bitli' rohert ami A .el li;i<I not hecu coiiliruied J as Senators. I lie i '.?ns lionise on l'liJuy was ti in. I'llK MAlHvKIS New Oiileana, Styt., I.? The sales of i iiiinii aru n.i'ii) Duie , at 11 ic I??r inulilling. C^tiotnlmun generally nr.- vailur, bul witliout t'liaiige in u^urra. N?;w VuliK, September J ?The t'ollna j market ! ? ili'iiii'nu'il ; .-.l et dI l.i ti.i) G u bale*. .\liduliiijf~ Upland* aro ((tailed al 11 jt'. Klo.lf la declining, sales ot 1J,UJJ ! bills ' Hymeneal. M.iricJ, on lliu evening of the dial ull.t by Kcv J. \V Cri.Ur, >lr. Thus. IJ. Withers, of Fori Mills, 8. (J., and Alia*. Martha, J daughter of lUv. A. Ivy, of the Indluii Laud. Special Notices bouowat*! Pill* certain Kemedy for Indigestion ami Liver complaint.?Mm i* Armstrong (2i), ol Kdgartown, Sew Jersey, suffer| ed more than most people from indigestion, sc! co.npanied by liver complaint, several very clever medical men told Iter she was in a con* I sumption, and her friends despaired ot her ever recovering, as she lis 1 tried every thing they i uiougir likely to tMiiclit her, without success. At last Khtf tried Hollo* ayjs Pills, which quick* ! Iv assimilated wil!i the Mood, removed the oh* _ noxious lustier, ?:id thoroughly cleansed and | reiiovsted the system. The result is, that she I wax perfectly cured, sud now enjoys thu best of health. These Pills are also s certain cure j fur all diseases of the stomach and bowels. __ 9 Phvs'osan* *re generally loth to speak s word in praise of what are called "patent insd? irines." Indeed, it is an article in the coda of | medical ethics, that a physician who sanctions the use of such remedies cannot be i onsidered a member of the A'tiltomal Association, liut there are exceptions to the most stringent rules, 1 and many of the disciples of Ksculapiu* have | actually been compelled, by the force of facts, to recommend the useoiDlt. J. IIUSTKTTKKD STOlfACii 111TTEKS, for those diseases which are particularly prevalent du ring the summer and fall. They have ascertained that there ate no remedies in the pharmacopia which can | compare with Uiia wonderful compound tor derangement of the jthin. Thousand* of families residing along the low ground* of the Western and Southern rivers, are now convinced that they have found a inedicint. peculiarly adapted tor their ailmenta, while in other portion* of the country, during the rummer niontha, the den: and for the article is equally large. Sept. Holi) hy druggist* and dealer* generally. \tF See advertiacment in another column. Announoe meats. FOR SHERIFF The friend* of Capt. J. B. (,'OU.SART, announce him a candidate for HtierilT for l<*nea*U*r ?l the er.auing term. FOE TAX COLLECTOR. Mh. Km run ?Pleme announce Mr. Wu, K?bkkt*oh, a Candidate fur Tax Collector at the erasing election and oblige hie frieode. WABMnwe