The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 21, 1859, Image 2
[Correspondence of the T-dmeaster Ledger.]
New York, Sept. 3, 1859.
Here bo I, room 205, Fifth Avenue Hotel
en route for home. My last communication
was front New llnven. Then I had
only partially looked at tho place. The
next morning Mr. Hatchkiss, a friend ol
Mr. Gale of N. Y., with whom I had become
acquainted, called with hia carriage,
to ride us around the city and go through
some of the manufactories, Mr. H. was a
member of theindia Rubber Factory. He
showed usrth? entire process, from the cutting
up of the guut to the complete shoe,
boot ana ciotti. About too bands were
engaged. The gutn now commands 61
cents per lb. -When he commenced the
business it was worth only 15 cents. Oni
of his partners is also engaged in a Globt
Factory and kindred matters. We ncx
visited the (Mock Factory and saw the tim<
piece in all its various parts; how each par
was made and the whole put together.?
The smallest size without the case sold fo
35 cents,?with the case 75 cents.
By far the largest and most extensive is
the Shirt Factory of Winchester & Davis
I wrote you a few items about It. Forty
eight shirts are cut at one time, or rathei
48 parts of a shirt; for there is 48 folds ol
cloth cut through at one lick. Six hundred
hands mostly women and girls, and over
200 sewing machines. Wilson &. Whee
ler's patent ate engaged in the shirt bus'. ness.
The proprietor assured me the average
was 150 dozep, or 1800 shirts pel
Aav I nrrrn .jl/UC. !
?.v . duuibiuiio am uuw 111 prugresi
and he informed me that for the future lu
intended to double the number now made
There is a great deal of wealth In and a
round New Haven. Large fortunes hav?
been made by the Oyster trade and business
Oysters are nearly manufactured here. Th<
iPragon River,divides Fair Haven and Ens
Haven. Both are parts of New Haven ii
buildings, but sepeiate corporations. Tlx
oysters are brought from Chesapeake Ba;
and planted on the oyster farms in the rive
nr,d bay, and when large enough are takei
up and sold and sont to various parts am
plutcs. I was told by a gentleman whc
was well .posted in the oyster trade, tha
10.000 bushels in the shell were opener
per day during the oyster season.
The streets of Fair and East Haven art
"shell roads." Now the shells being n<
longer required for the streets, they an
converted into lime. The private residence!
are all good?on air of neatness surroum
them. Many, very many, are magniticeu
buildings with beautiful grounds. Nev
Kavon is termed the'Elm city,"and very ap
propriately. In many of the streets th
Elm Trees j?t? Inn on.l ?..n ?J 1 *
Mi.u i?44ii anu CUIIJ JJIl'lC
ly shade the grounds, both pavement am
.street. The largest was planted over j
century ago. Many of the trees were plan
ted by a Mr. Ilillhousc, the ancestor of th<
poet of that name. A street of handsotni
.residences and shady trees now bears hit
came. In the drive the Cemetery was ngati
.passed. I will not attempt to describe it
beauty aqd loveliness. It must be seen t
be appreciated. Hero rephso the remain
of many distinguished in the literary, sci
entrfw, religious and political world. Hen
too are the graves of many whoso industry
enterprise and indefatigable energy, acquir
ed for themselves handsome fortunes am
secured for their nnmcs costly and impo
sing monuments.
Judge Blackman, whom I mentioned ii
a former letter, resides in New Ilaven. Ai
soon as he heard I was in the city, he call
ed with his carriage to show me around,
.was then out enjoying the ride with Messrs
H. and G., but had the pleasure of spend
jog an hour with him before leaving. H
is a staunch democrat and an able advocat
and suDDortor of ilm ?r n? e?,L
4r ?. ?,?v VI lliu OUUlll
J alluded in my last to a fight on lh<
cars. It has beeto adjusted satisfactorily.?
The correspondence was shown to me 1>;
the gentleman from New Orleans, since mi
arrival in New York.
4 was delighted to meet on n>y arriva
(here, with Messrs. Hasseltine, Mayer, N. H
Craig, Jones Crockett and Jos. Dunlnp, o
our Village and District. They posted mi
up of Lancaster affairs. I was more thai
delighted to learn that the crops had im
proved and promised a good yield. A grea
many merchants are now in the city. Cam
dep, Chester and York are well represented
Hugh Wilson, Esq., of Union, is also here
I have also met with Mr. Ketchen, o
Winnsboro, a son of the late good and ss
tlinable Rev. Thos. Ketchen. Also Cap!
Uaraes, nou' of Blshopville, but formerly o
Lancaster. Thos. Faulkner, jr., of Ala. aoi
of Thos. Faulkner, sen., of our District
waa also hero buying goods, but I regret
did not see him. I waa glad to see ou
liancHstrinns locking ao well, and appear
ing to be so much ut home and gratified t<
Jear/i that they wore ranked among the I^et
ter A's.
I have spent aoveral hours in the Poliei
(Court and heard a number of coses tried"
Mostly assault and buttery. The cases an
dispatched very rapidly, i heard Severn
fined. As soon as the case is heard, thi
Judge announces the sentence This Couri
is composed of three Judges. About one
half the cases were defended by lawyers,
The other half the defendents theinaelvei
questioned the w itnesses. I was shown al
through the ''Toombs" the great prisot
house of the city. It is a much more com
, fortsble place than I expected to see. I
occupies a square, with a eerits of build
ings. The Police Court is held in one part
fi is a massive atone structure in the Kgyp
tian style and contains about 150 cells. 1
noticed as many as four persona in one ceil
some awaiting trial and others undergoing
sentence. I^iis for smajle, offences. Foi
capital offences there are difls/ejQt cells,
containing on)y qjju person. The names ol
each person in each cell is written on a
slate over U)e ?Joor. The men and women
have separate apartments. On the basement
are Court rooms or cell's which will
hold 50 persona. This was filled with per*
tons convicted of the smaller offences.
?uf*
I was attended through the Toombs by tii
one of the Police. Me was very polite and c;
communicative. I made him promise be- vi
> fore going in, lie would not lock me in
there. He was a "Masou" not of the Mor- | id
gnn order and conducted mc out again. I J ei
' invited him to "Rift," whether or not we i I
rifted is not now gcrmain to the subject.? j ti
Ho then proposed to show me through the j
i "live points." 1 am glad 1 went, and sorry j e
too. The five points are not more than six j
hundred yards from Broadwav and in the ' *
heart of the city. No stranger dare pass
through it without a I'olicouinn. The buil>
dings are old and dilapidated, small and fil1
thy?ninny live underground. The streets
' are narrow and crooked. The houses are ^
filled from the ground to the attic?many m
3 different families in one small building?j
> Children in the street in rags and filth.? j
! Women barefooted, with unwashed faces, |
3 uncombed and dishevelled hair, with ragged
t and dirty clothes. The men no better.?
ri
* I told the policeman another half hour in ^
r that place would give mo yellow fever or
small pox and we left.
> The price of curing corns on the toes is
$1 per corn New Foundland puppies $1 J.
White poodle dogs from $6 to ?10. Hot
corn cooked in the street 5 cents per ear. ,
f Uceds 25 cents per Bunch. A Rift the same
old price.
"LONG GRABS." *
I'iunceton, N. J. Sept. 8, 1859. ^
My last letter was from New York. Afr
tcr uiy return to that place one week was ^
consumed in circulating about and through
J that great city. Most of tlic time was
spent in Broadway?the busy thoroughfare,
and the street, the great street of the city.
3 From 7 o'clock in the morning until loo'- r
clock at night and sometimes later, Broad- 1
3 way is in motion. The stieet is filled with '
t omnibuses, carts, drays, carriages and othet k
i vehicles in rapid motion. The pavements 11
0 with crowds of men, women and children. c
)' Some taking it leisurely looking at the atr
tractions in the windows and the curiosities
" along the stiects. While others are going 1
d with a 2.40 speed, as if a moment was im- ^
' portant to their pursuits and business. '
t One afternoon was occupied in a visit to e
1 the steamer Adriatic. It is 3G5 feet long, 1
was built about three years since at a cost ''
e of ?1,200,000. It is snid to be the largest H
> steamer iD the world, next to the great Eas- "
? tern. v;apt. rearson who commands her, '
s wus exceedingly polite and communicative 1
j to the large party visiting' the vessel. The
t Adriatic, together with the Haltie and Pa- r
v citie were heretofore the "Collin's" line of H
i. Ocean steamers to Kurope. They have re- c
0 cently Seen sold and hereafter will be in
the California line and trade. These ves- ^
j sels are undergoing repairs and modihca- s
n tions to suit that trade and business. The 1
. Adriatic will be able to accommodate 1.500 '
B passengers.
9 Harper's Printing a:ul Hook establishs
ment was also visited. It is au immense
1 concern, but unfortunately the operatives c
s were at dinner and thereby a great deal of c
0 the curiosities of the concern was lost.? a
s On the Adriatic I met with a reporter of the r
1 "Tribune" who invited me to visit that office r
b and establishment. I said to him, 'we have |
no intercourse with the Tribune, but wns s
w obliged for the courtesy. The weekly Tri- r
1 bune is issued every Thursday?180,000 f
- numbers. Had it been coiiveiiiunt I would t
have gone in n few moments to witness the t
j operations of such an immense concern,
j The Central Park contains eight hundred
. acres?is one of the largest parks in the
I world. It is now rather out of the city, 1 j
mean so far as the buildings are concerned. e
But it is supposed at no very distant day it B
B will be in the center. A great many hands ^
0 arc at work. It is u pictuiesquepark?pond ^
hills, rocks, plains, slopes, streams, lake and j
# soforth. It will be a delightful place when t
_ finished. The cost of lay ing it out, accordy
ing to the plan of the commissioners, will j.
y be one million and a half. Bands of music ^
play in the grounds in the afternoon and ^
1 thousands visit it for pure nir and exercise. f
Jones' Wood, is the great resort of the p
j. German population in the evening and es- ^
pecially in the afternoon of Sunday?to ex- (
ercise, frolic and drink Lager Beer. .My H
visit was brief for my fair compauion did .
. I
^ not admire the scenery, _?^ ^
Mr. Blakuiiey, of Chesterfield, a student a
I of Dr. Wylie, called to see me several
times. lie is taking a summer course of
j. medical instruction, fn company with him ^
and Mr. Richmond (of whom I have spoken j,
heretofore,) 1 went to the Medical College t;
' and looked at the Anatomical Musevm,
Chemicnl Labratory and aolorth. Both
those young gentlemen are devoting them* ?
I selves to their professions?hearing lecf
tures. reading, desecting and practicing. I ?
predict tor each a high distinction in the ^
3 1 professions they have selected. ^
In company with several friends, under >j
the escort of two officers of the Police, the 8
n five points was again visited, this was after 0
night. Destitution, filth, degredution and ti
a obscenity in its most aggravated forms may c
I be seen and witnessed there. No person
3 could couceive that such n population exis. (j
t ted in the midst of the city. You soon turn a
from it with disgust and nausea. 0
Lot us bid adieu to New York and next s
i pay our respects to Princeton. It is about i c
I half way between N. Y.nnd Philadelphia? f
i baa a population of about three thousand? h
- eight hundred of whom are blacks. Con* A
t tains the college of New Jersey?the The- E
. ological .Seminary and Edge Hill High IV
. School, all of which are in a flourishing ?
condition. Benj. Dunlap of our Village
[ a student of the College?was loosing well/fyi
, and in fine spirits. Aaron Barr, the fathlr a
r of Cpl. Aaron Burr the vice President, was u|
r the first President of the College, the rp- t|
, roainr of botn lie in the cemetery, the son tii
r being at the fopt of the father. In the n<
grave yard pjaj be eepn in a row the graven N
and monuments of nine of the Presidents at
of the College. Dr. John Witherspoon, one in
of the aignors of the declaration of indo- e<
pendence, being tfio fifth. In Princeton I ei
met some relatives from Alabama,who have si
ken a temporary residence there for odu- I
itionM purposes and conveniences. My I
sit to Princeton was pleasant and agrees- i
lo. I made the acquaintance of the Prostent,
Dr. McLean, and found him altogothr
agreeable. He is I believe, a Bachelor
Jefacto, in addition to his other appellaons
and degrees.
Sweet potatoes $ 1 per bushel. Purchasrs
insisting on a reduction in price.
"la-'lv vliv.\!>0.
'l)p m
LANCASTERVILLE, 8.C.
WEDNESDAY MORN ISO, SHT 21, 1869.
atnrday, the first day of October
ext, is Return Day for this District.
Sunday School Convention.?VVe are
cqucsted to say that the Sunday School
Convention, appointed to be held at this
lace on the 27th and 28th instant, has
iecn postponed to the 25th and 26th of Ocober.
"Long Gkabs."?Our popular corresponlent
has returned home, and we arc pleased
o sec him in fine spirits and much improvd
in health and appearance generally.?
Although here in person, his corresponlence
locates him at Princeton, N. J. It
vill require a few more letters to complete
(in utmln i?f ViSu (rni'olu Ao ? onrPttahnn*
lent of the ledger, lie is still "circulating"
nd will bo on hand again next week.
Valuable Property eor Sale.?Our
euders are referred to the advertisement in
liia paper of negroes, land and other vul nude
property for sale, by Co!. J. E. Cureton.
?uch property should not be allowed to re.
uain long on hand for the laek of purh
users.
The Fall Trade.?Our merchants, we
K-reeive, nre beginning to return from mar;et
where they have been purchasing their
"all and Winter supplies. Mr. Jones Crocktt.
it will be seen, 'advertises in this paper
hat he is receiving his stock, selected by
limaclf in the Northern markets. The
ooner the ladies and the public generally
nake their cnlls, the greater will be the viiiety
to select from A word to the wise,
to.
Mr. Ilasseltine and Mr. Mayer have also
eturned. These gentlemen will doubtless
oon advise the public through this medium
if what they have been doing.
Our friends at Pleasant Hill are nothing
lehiud the Village. They too. it wil! be
een by their advertisement, are receiving
heir supplies and invite a call from their
urge circle of customers.
The next State Fair.
Our Columbia exchanges publish the procodings
of a public meeting held in that
uy, iu uciisc measures lor increasing mc
iccominodutions in anticipation of the large
lumber of persons expected at the next anmal
State Fair. Suitable resolutions were
ins&ed looking to that object. This is as it
hould be ; for without an assurance of
iioro extended arrangements than weie aforded
last year, many who would be pleased
o attend the next Fair would be deer
red from going.
The McKenna Will Case
We concluded our, remarks under this
icad last week by stating the fact of the
ixnminntion of two of the subscribing wit*
lesses to the Will, before the Ordinary on
Pucsday morning. These witnesses being
(resent, the parties agreed upon taking their
estimony and thus save Ihem from the
rouble and inconvenience of coming up
gain on the '27th inst., the day nppointcd
or the next Court of Ordinary for the trial
>f this cause. As many of our renders
iave signified their desire to have this case
eported through the Ledge?, we propose to
ratify them as far as we are able. Our
pace wiii nui auow us to itirmsn in? lesimony
in detail. We will furnish an nbtrnct
of so much of the testimony of the
wo witnesses examined on Tuesday as bear
irectly upon the execution of the Will
nd Codicil.
Alexander A. Alleinong, the first witness
worn, is by profession a lawyer and a co
artner of C. II. Northrop, Esq., one of the
Ixecutors of the Will. About the time of
he execution of the Will, Mr. McKenna
rns in attendance upon the Secession Con- !
eotion in Charleston, as a delegate from
..monster District. This Contention met
rt May 1851. For several days prior to
he execution of the Will, McKennn hud
?en frequently in the office of Northrop &
illemong consulting about the same.?
These consultations were entirely with the
enior partner?Northrop. After several
f these conferences, Northrop handed to
he witness a draft of the Will ; witness
opied it and the instrument in question is
is copy. The first draft he thinks was
estroyed. When McKennn came in no^t
fter the Will was prepared, it was rem!
ver to him in witness' presence. lie
aid it wus satisfactory and wished it exeuted.
Witness then left the offics to look
nr a-iinAAiiAit ^tn*it rnil r.iinnntliKr nt ti/Kmui
istnnce he did ho. The office of Northrop
i Allemong was on Broad street, No. 17.
lelow on the drat floor, was the Store of
lesara. Dawson & Blacknion. Witness
rent down into this store, saw Joseph Daw>n
and James Michael Tyrrell in converition
and asked them to go up and wjtnesa
Wil). They assented and the three went
p together. Pound MeKeuna nnd Norirop
in the room with this paper before
iein. Thp two last, with the three witgases,
were the only persons in the room,
orthrop In the presence of all read the
.testation clause to the Will, and witnoae'
opression is that McKenna then oeknowliged
his signature?is certain that he eith- j
'acknowledged or signed. His impret- ,
on ie thst he acknowledged his signature, |
laving signed during hia (witness') absence
from the room. The witnesses then subscribed
their names in the presence of McKenna,
one nl'ler the other?first Dawson,
then Tyrrell and lastly Allemong. Tyrrell
is dead?witness saw liini laid out. Recognizes
his (Tyrrell's) signature?saw him
make it. Witness had known MeKenna almost
from childhood; the latter was always
a silent man, but a man of strong
mind. Saw nothing peculiar about him on
the day of the execution of the Will. The
Will when executed, was left with Northrop.
Mr. Allemong was also a subscribing witness
to the Codicil, which was executed in
185ft. Witness states that in that year McKenna
came down to Charleston, and under
his instructions witness drew the Codicil.
Northrop was perhaps absent. Witness
at the instance of McKentia took the
Will from the iron safe in the oflico where
it had been deposited, and the latter pointed
out to him the clauses which lie wished
revoked. These clauses were in favor of
the children of J. F. G. Mittag. MeKenna
stated to witness that he had desired to
provide for the education of said children,
but now having already so provided, he desired
the clauses in their favor revoked.?
Witness promised to take the Codicil, when
prepared, to the Planter's Hotel, whore MeKennn
was staying. He did so, and found
MeKenna in the public sitting room on the
first floor of tho Hotel, conversing with P.
C. Griniball. As witness approached. Grimball
withdrew, and he then read the Codicil
to MeKenna. The latter said it was what
he wanted, and directed witnesses to be
eniicu?saiu iniu lie wisnea virimuun 10 uo
culled for one, he having known Grimball in
the Legislature. Witness then culled (Jriinbull
nnd Win. L). Ellis, w ho went with him
to the room where McKennu was. Witness
then re.id the nttestation clause in presence
of McKennu and the other two persons.?
McKennu signed and sealed the Codicil in
presence of nil tho witnesses and the hitter
then subscribed their names in his presence:
tirst Grimball, next Ellis nnd lastly A liemong.
Witness jays that McKennu, at the
time of the execution was perfectly in his
senses, but seemed feebler, bodily, than
when the Will was executed. He was accompanied
in his visits to the Office of Northrop
& Allemong, on both occasions, by
no one except his negro servant. Witness
is a Roman Catholic.
Joseph Dawson, on being sworn recognized
his signature to the paper b< fore him.
He occupied rooms below the office of Northrop
& Alleiuong, and they had called upon
him frequently to witness papers. Upon
the occasion in question lie was n^ked up
by Mr. Allemong to witness a will. He,
Tyrrell and Allemong went up together.?
They found in the oflicc, Mr. Northrop and
an old gentleman who answered totheiinine
of McK enna. The latter was sitting in an
arm chair near an oblong table. Thinks he
was introduced to him, but is not sure?
was so impressed because it was usual for
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hint to the purlieu when they ended upon
<iiin to attest papers. Does not renicniher
to have Keen Mckenna sign the pnper,or of
hearing him acknowlede the name upon it
to l>e his signature ; tint i< certain that his
name would not have been placed to the
paper as a witucsa, had it not been either
signed or acknowledged in his presence.?
lie hud acted in this rapacity before nnd
knew how the paper should be executed.?
There w as a name to the paper w hen he
signed it,and he has no doubt it Wax the name
that now appears on it. lie hail never seen
Mekenna's signature before. Mr. Northrop
asked him, in the presence of McKennn, to
witness the Will, lie sal down near the
latter when ho did so. Tho other wi In eases
signed in regular order, lie recognized the
signature of Tyrrell below his own, ntid re
members to have seen him make it. lie
had never seen McKennn before, nor has
he seen him since to his knowUdge. Could
form no opinion as to his capacity?had no
conversation with him. \Vitn*ws is n
member of the Protestant Kpiscopnl
Church.
The motion before the Ordinary, submitted
by the Counsel for the Will, which we
noticed last week, being for a commission
to examine sueh of the subscribing witness
es to the Will wlio may bo beyond the limit*
of the District, one hundred mile* from
the Court House or who may be too infirm to
attend personally,ha* been decided adversely
to the p>|rt^kii).iliinf it ^->q the grounds
that this A^^f lH<,-> sJB^trning the office
and dutie* of ' irdinar^^pytM the latter
power to grant such a commission , tygu
tliat tin' Will, h:i\injr I,eon admitted l^Ml
bate in common form, wa* thereby eoVK
tutcd n record of the Office, and a* Much,
tho Ordinary had no power to autfer it to
leave his custody.
Whereupon the counsel for the will applied
before his Honor Judge Withers at
Chambers, for a writ of mandamus to compel
tho Ordinary to issue thu commission
as moved for. The application wa* presented
on Saturday last, by Mr. Kershaw for
tho motion and Mr. J. Williams contra.?
The motion w;*T refused, his Honor seeming
to signify that the proper remedy was
hy an appeal to the Court of Common
IMcas.
Thn Ci'ktih Moncmknt.-W? take the
annexed article frotn the Charleston Courier.
We are glad to learn that it is highly
probable that the monument which it
is proposed to erect tp the memory of the
Ihto l>r. 1 homes Curtis, by hut former pupils
will be located at Limestone Springs.
It will b6 seen that the loaction will be
decided by the general wish of t/iose who
contribute to this noble undertaking. As
the former residence of \Jr. Curtis, and
the scene of bis labors as instructor of
those who desire to erect the proposed
monument as a memorial of tueir love
and affection, Limestone Springs is cor*
tainly the most appropriate place that
can be selected, and we fell sure that its
location there will be in accordance with
the feelings and wishes at least of a majority
of his former pupile. The attention
of those intorosted is invited to the appeal.?
Spartanburg Ksrprru.
I " .
For the Lancaster ledger.
Mil. Kpitor.?I notice in the Inst number
of your paper, that soino kind friends have \
nominated mc na a candidate for Sheriff of j
this District at tho next election. I feel in- .
deed grateful, not only for the manifestation j
of kindness hereby shown me, but also for |
many solicitations that 1 have had from !
friends in different portions of the District |
ill reference to this matter. Hut there are
several considerations, which constrain ine,
pnrtieulurly at this time, to decline to run.
Some of which 1 feel it my duty to act forth
through the columns of your paper. I am
Vet young, comparatively sponking, and it !
might he asking too much of the people to
desire their suffrages now, in as much as ,
there are already two other candidates pub1
lidy announced, who (I feel) have higher |
claims upon the District. Men too, who, ]
at the call of their country, severed the tics
that hound them to families and friends,and
inarched off in defence of the honor und
right j of their country, to meet the enemy
on foreign soil. Both the gentlemen, to
whom I have allusion were Volunteers in
the Mexican war, and both rendered efficient
services amid the perils and dangers of that
bloody campaign. And now when they
ask a favor of their country, it is not congenial
with my feelings at this time, after
due reflection, to make an}' opposition.
I must, however, return my thanks and
acknowledgments for the polite announcement,
inudo in your paper, and also for the
! encouragement so generally given me by
my friends in different parU ?f the District.
II. J. HANCOCK.
Sept. 20th 1852.
For the Lancaster Ledger.
Mr. KniToit.? Permit me, by way of
ammundment to my article of last week, to
offer the following, which was read by tho
worthy President of our Agricultural Society
at the late exhibition at his house, and
published by resolution of the Society :
S. H. M.
(ifnti.rMAN : Since you have rode over
my farm, examined my crop and inspected
the implements by which it was cultivated,
together with the situation of my mules
that plow cd it. I beg leave to make the
following report. Hut before I proceed 1
will innke a few preliminary remarks It
might he presumed that I sun fund of making
an exhibition of what little I have rc?
conipli?hed in the art of husbandry.
Hut I hope you will pardon me. when I
tell you, notwithstanding I am only un I
adopted son of Lancaster District, that I am
more than anxious to see uiy fellow eitizens
by ^ bom I am adopted, progressing in the I
march of improvement, amj I shall always
feel ready in connection with others, to
lend what little ingenuity, the great g< d of
nature has bestowed upon me. as an axil
upon which the wheels of progression may
turn onward.
I will now proceed with my report : I
have cultivated in this crop within a very
small fraction of twenty acres to the hand,
of cotton, corn, sugar cane, potatoes Are.
I (\ mi-.ar. to iai.ti n..r? V t?..I
Iiuil sowed about six acres in small grain, to
tlu* lianci. My own hands cradled the whole
of the grain themselves, and I never paid
out one cent in the cultivation of my crop.
I would furthei state, that twro of oiy own
hands, (who were included in the number
that worked the crop.) Old a great ileal of
my black smith work ; and one of the hands
did the whole of the carpenter work shout
I the farming implements.
I would not have ventured to have plant
ud this crop with the expectation of plow*
ing it every three weeks, and sometimes oftener
if required to keep it pretty elear of
I grass, had it not been for the labor saving
implements used in its cultivation, and also
the different modes of planting and plow ing
to w hat I have been accustomed heretofore.
For I tell you, I have a \cry dithcull land
to work. It taken n number one negro fellow
to hoe his acre the year round, or in
1 cotton hoeing lime under the old system.
I did as much, if not more, to iu> corn than
I did to iny cotton with the hoes,according
to the number of acres. I would further
state that nearly two.thirds of tkfs crop
' was cotton. Another idea I want to convey
to your minds, that this crop has not
( been worked by brute force, nor with any
injury to iny negroes and mules. For I look
upon it that tho property wo may have ncI
Cumulated, or may have under our controb
j Is only loaned to us by an Ailwise Frovi|
deuce, and to him we are responsible for
ijthu management of it- I have always connplered
mat every man should manage ins
wroperty in such a way as to mnko the
rrnost he could out of it writh tho least
depreciation in value of his capital, and also
| lor it to last a* long as nature intendod it
to Inst with proper tars and attention.?
Therefore we hare three duties to perform
to fill tho nbove requirements: First, our
duty to (iod. Second, our duty to human.
; ity. And the third one in consideration of
, our own eeonouiy.
I would add in this report, that in work.
, ing this crop, the hands very seldom went
i to work much before sun-riso. When they
| were hoeing, they, pretty generally speak.
big, gained from half an hour by sun to
I four boura. The plow hands every Sntur.
' /t?o ?---I ' ?--<?
v .v ? ? wcic muj'jn u iruin UIIO fin?I lilt
, hour to two hour* by sun, and aooietimen
got the half of Saturday. Only one negro
had to b? corrected about working.
All of which ia respectfully submitted.
JOS. A. CUNNINGHAM.
Tfi* Cotto* Crop.?The New York
' Shipping list report* the cotlon crop of
1859-59 *t 4,017,000 bale*, tho receipt*
at all the port* being 3,851,480 bale*,
and the eaport 3,025.050 bale*.
The Oharleatoq Oomier of yesterday
ha* an annual etntament prepared for it*
! column*, that makea the total Crop of
the United State* 8,850,392, being an in*
creaae over that of la*t year of 733,490
and over that of 1857, 906,587 bale*.?
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~ THE LIFE OF ,
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Uouiirkv.?We w?-re shown on Satni- 1
iloy last, h box of valuable l>n (it?ods, at
the Store of Messrs. A. M & K Kkxnk '
t?v, shipped at New York, via Charleston,
for C iinden, front which over two linn
dretl dollars worth hud been stolen. Signs
of the U>x having been opened befote it
reached its destination weie plainly visible.
In the place of fine cloths and can
,1 m.. r- I.-.I ...I. ?... -
KIIVI"! oiiivii nnu urru innm Ulll, t%
quantity ?>f old floor matting, old cloths,
<ve., were found. It is difficult to locate
the roblasry, hut certainly a robbery has
hceu committed, and Messrs. Kknnkdy
must hold all the parlies reponsihe who
have had anything to do in its convey
a nee from New York hence.? Camden
Journal.
Hymeneal.
Married on the 1st of September, by the
Rev. J. O'Bear, at thu residence of Mr. Theodore
S. i)n Ltose, nenr Wiunsboro, Dr. John
liratton and Miss Klizabi-lli 1'., daughter of
Mr. T. S. Duliose.
In Greenville District, S. (T.. on thu 8th
September, 185'J, by tin* Rev. Dr. Whitefuord
Smith, the Rev. Andrew J. Stokes, of
Rarnwell District, to Miss Margaret Shaod,
.l...?i.i.? ,.r ii^, ik.
ui ??v*. i/i. *t iiiiciuuru oiiauiit
Obituary.
Departed thi* life on tho 15th insl., Mr.
W. M. VAUGHN, in the twenty-fourth
vniir of hi* n^?*. after n long and protracted
iiilios*. tie left a Wind and aiieCtiOuHtv
wife and one child, together with a large
connection and friend* to mourn their loaa.
Another ndinonntory instance that in tha
uiidsl of life we are in death, and the importance
of attending to the solemn admonition
of our bleated saviour, to he found
"like the wise virgins with oil in our vu?sols"
aud the ? faithful servant found Waiting
for the coming of his 1-ord," and "w h^t
I say unto you I say unto all?watch."
Although he had novar made a public
Erofession of hi* faith, yet he appeared to
e willing to depart this life, but manifeaj
ted a great concern for his wife and child,
which wan perhaps, the last link of the chain
which connected him to thla world, and a
sick bed repentance may be unto eternal
life, yet we think in perfect health Is the
111 oni |>ro|>iuoiiN uuiu lu attend lo tl)? conetm*
of the name, while frbed from pain
and the disordered state to which the mind
is aubjected. A Frirnii.
T11K MARKKIU
New Vork, September 16.?The Cotton
market ia quiet?sale* of 600 hales. Mid.
dling Uplands are quoted at ll|e.
Coi.t'mria, September 17.?The sale* of i
cotton yesterday amounted to 81 bales?ex- I
tremes 84 10|c.
>?u? j-. mrnBmmBmrasFSBBmmmM 1
special notices.
r Holiai way's Pills.?Wonderful Curs of?
dieses*! Liver. K nil/ Burton, aged 94, a#
Jyw>g Island, New York, wss tor long time
in t very precarious stele of health, owing to
her Hver being diseased ; the medical faculty
prescribed for her in vain, sad every remedy
ho thought likely to benefit her ehe made uee
of with the like ill wqiw. About two months
ago, she commenced using Hollo way's Pills, I
anil complied with the printed directions, |
vhich quickly produced a very pleading change, I
n five weeks, the bloom of health was agaity 1 ?
ipon her cheeks, being perfectly cured, to the 1
igreeable surprise of her friends. These Pills ||
ire also infallible in all diseases of the stomach
uid bowels. I
Physicians are generally loth to speak
sord hi praise of what arc called "patent ine<l-^^^B
cincs." Indeed, it is an article in the cod* of
iicdical ethics, that a physician who sanctions
;he use of surh remedies cannot be considered
t lneinher of the National Association, lint
;here are exceptions to the most stringent rules,
tnd many of the disciples of Eaculapius have
ictually been compelled, by the force of facts, K
:o recommend the useof DIt. J. HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH HITTERS, for those diseases which
ire particularly prevalent during the summer
uul fall. They nave ascertained that there ure
10 remedies In the phannacopia which can
compare with this wonderful compound for
lerangement of the system. Thousands of
amilies residing along the low grounds of the i
Western and Southern rivers, are now convin:ed
that they linve found a medicine peculiar- tthj
y adapted for their ailments, while in other
portions of the country, during the summer flHl
nonths, the demand for the article is equally
argc. Sept. jW.
Sold by druggists and dealers generally.
?^-See advertisement in another column.
Announcements. J
FOR SHERIFF. {
Mr. Editor :?Please announce Mr.
AMOS McMANUS, a candidate for thb
Jflice of Sheriff for Lancaster District, for
he ensuing term and oblige his
Mary Friends.
The friends of Cnpt. J. B. COU3ART, .
mnounco him n 'candidate for Sheriff far 1
Lancaster District, nt the ensuing term. "
FOR TAX COLLECTOR. -4
Mr. Editor.?Please announce Mr. Win. f
Robertson, a Candidate for Tax Collector j
it the ensuing election and oblige his
friends. Waxhawh. i
New Advertisements.
NOTICE. ^
\LL PERSONS indebted to W-in. Jones
deceased, nre requested to come foK
ward and settle the same in.mediately, and
ill having claims against the said Jones will
please hand them in nt once, properly attes- i
ted. J. K. CURE TON, Adnir. ,
Lancaster, Sept. '21, 1859. 32tf.
Publio Einner!
THE citizens of Kershaw District, and the
State, nre respectfully invited to attend
the DINNER, to !>e given in honor of the
Hon. JAMES CIIESNUT. Jk ,on M'nhu-s. 1
hit/, the 28th instant, at Camden, S. C.
J. W. CANTEY, 1
I. B. KBKSllAW. I J. B. CURKTON,
J.M. DkSAUSSURB, I W. A. ANCRU.M, L
Committee on Invitations.
Sept. 31 ?It. '
FALL AND WINTElt (iOODS. I
OIJB STUCK OK K.M.I. AND WIN- I
TKK G<XH)S have just la-en received
mid are now selling on tlie most favorable
terms. We ean safely promise our custotners
the chance of making their selections
from one of the
Largest and Best >
Selected Stock of Goods, we have ever hud, i
nml will sell nt prices that cannot fail to <
(rite satisfaction. M
JAMKS It. M.Mill.I.. J
IMens int Ilill Sept. 21. 1859. 32tf. *
NEW GOODS. '
TDK suhscriber is now occupying his nesv
Store, one door North of J. A. Ilassclline's
dwelling on main street, atul he is
now receiving, oy Km own conveyance, hi* I
FA 1.1. and WINTER Stock of Goods, selected
in person with much core as to price,
style and quality.
LADIES DRESS GOODS \
Rich plain bl'k Silk, Itouncvd Silk Kobe* ,
Fancy Silk*, plaid nnd striped, Marcellne l
Silk, French Deljiin Robes, Cashmere S?
Robes, All-wool DeLaina, solid colors, l'laid
Delaiins, Ladies Coverings, Ate.
EMBROIDERY.
Ficncli embroidered collars, underslcevea,
jaconet and swiss edgoings and Inrertings I,.
C. handkerchiefs, a full assortment, Ate.
Shawls, blankets, kersevs nnd plains, cotton
Osnabnrgs, whituand striped. Clothing,
a very complete nasortmer.t. Hats, Roots
and Shoes, a full assortiuent. Hardware,
Crockery, Iron nnd Steel, all the kinds ueu- i
ally required for plantation and other pur- ?
poses. Ate..
The undersigned would embrace this op- g
' - - - - - -
??ivy ui returning iiianks to hU friends
and cua turners for the liberal patronage he K
has already reeeived at their disndt, and by
slr'iot perwonul attention to business, would I
respectfully invito a continuation of their S
custom The above stock is complete in I
all its vurioua department* and will be sold V
love lor iVuiii, Of in protupi customers uii
time. Call and examine Tor yourselves.?
You may liod it to your interest to give mo
a place in your "Memorandum."
JONES CROCKETT. fl
Sept. II, 185'J. 33?tf I
Planters' Conventiou. I
I.amar, Miss, June j". 1859. I
Sir: Thu enelosed circular is sent lu I
jrour address, satisfied that, as the Kxeca- V
live of South Carolina, you take a deep in* |
terest in every effort to promote the agri*
cultural and mechanic*' intervals of the
South. The first "Planters' Convention"
will be held at Nashville, Tennessee, on the
10th of October next. At the eame time
slid place, the "Stats Agricultural Bureau'*
of Tennessee will hold ita annual Fair.?
You will please Appoint a sufficient number
of delegates to represent your State in said
Convention. Very respectfully,
THOa. J. HUDSON,
Free. State Agricultural Bureau of Miss.
f?ov. W. H. (JtsT.
In compliance with Uhe above request, 1
hereby appoint the following gentlemen
himmm to tha "flan tare' Convention," MfrM
bo held at Nashville, Tenncaaae, on thf, ,
10th of October next ;
Col P Calhoun, 0 P Kliott, Esq,
Hon A Hurt. Gen B B Pouter.
Hod K U Palmer, Pr R Harilea.
Hoa T i SeaMona, Parry Duncan, t?|,
Hon 8 J Montgomery, Capt J D Adam*.
Hon Donald K Baiioo, Col J K Rulledge.
Col Darld W Jrbnaon, Tbomaa P Llde, Esq,
Col A L Hearing, Dr T B Rutherford,
By order o< the Governor.
T. Y. SIMONS, Aid-de-Camp.
TWINE?1,000 Hanka Three-ply, to
aala at JOS. M. GAYLE.
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