The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 11, 1860, Image 2
Acts of the Legislature passed at the
session of 1859.
The following are tbe principal provis
ions of tbe Act to alter and amend tbe
Koad Laws of tbe Stale :
Tbat each Commissioner of Koada
hereaftqr to be appointed or elected by
f the Legislature, is hereby declared liable
| to serve as Commissioner for tbe term of
four years from tbe data of such appointment
or election, and until the first Mod
dav in February not after the expiration !
nf i.;? k.I ?. ?? I
va >119 omu iOian , uuv Pliilll UtJb l?U IIUJIV |
to serve against his will until the end of |
four years from the expiialion of said
terur ; and if from ?n\ cause a vacancy I
shall happen in any Board of Commissi I
oners now organized, or hereafter to be j
organized, such Board, or a majority of 1
them, shall have power to fill such va j
cancy l>y the appointment of another j
Commissioner for the remainder of the I
.'tefni,'w'??o t shall likewise be exempted j
from serving again for the term of four '
years, alter having served the term of '
Mich appointment.
II. That Commissioners appointed by '
the Legis lature as aforesaid, shall meet j
and organ ize their respective Boards on 1
the first Monday in February, next alter |
their appointment, at their usual place of i
meeting ; and upon the failure of any
Commissioner t>? meet for that purpose, I
I _ . U..M i... .i . .
no r-uitii uo name iu auo inrioiiure cotr |
lamed in (lip eighth section of ihe Acl of !
eighteen hundred and twenty five, afure- j
aid. ( ,
III. That the aeveral Hoards of Coir.* j
missioned of Koads* now organized, or
hereafter to he organizer], are hereby an |
thorized, at their discretion, to let to eon
tract to the lowest bidder, for working |
and k eeping in repair for the term ol one I
or more years?not to extend beyond
their term of ollice?the whole or such
parts of the reads within the;r respective
jurisdictions as to sucli Board shall seem
advisable, taking from such contractor his
hood, with approved sureties, in tlie |
penal sum of double the amount of the |
price to be paid for each year , thl com .
tract has tj run, specify ing the manner I
the section of road is to be worked and
kept in repair, for the term aforesaid, and
conditioned for the faithful performance
of the covenants therein contained, one
of which convenants shall be that the
contractor shall have the control of tiie
labor of the hands liable to work the
road specified in his contract, at such
rate per day as shall be agreed upon,
and receive such kumis of money arising
from a scale of coin in illation, as shall he
fixed by lite B.vaids of Commissioners |
respectively within their jurisdiction, as is
( hereinafter piovided : 1'rovidttl, That no
Commissioner shall be allowed to he >?
contractor fgr working or keeping in re
pair any road or mails, t>ridge or bridges,
within his road division.
IV. That in order to carry out the
foregoing provisions of this Act, the sev
eral Hoards of Commissioners shall have
power, and they are hereby respectively
authorized and empowered, to fix a rate
of commutation in lieu of labor, for each
w hite person or free person of color liable j
to do duty within their respo:tive juris |
4i.ii*l., ?.(. nut more man seventy nve
cents per, day, and for each slave not
more than fifty cents per day, and for
not more than twelve days in any one
onnii ?.?/ imcui serin iiru?T*i?Hr>
and just, and shall as near as practicable,
make the labor and commutation equal
upon all hands who are now or hereafter
shall become liable be road duty within
the r respective div s ons or jurisdictions :
Provided, That no porson shall be obliged
to pay the commutation who choises to
work as heretofore.
V. That each contractor, as aforesaid,
shall have the same power to warn the
hands liable to do road duty, on his par
t'icufar section or division, as warneis or
oversells now have, and upon the lailure
or neglect of any person liable to work,or
the owner or employer of any slave or
sieves liable to work, as aforesaid, to pay
the sum of commutation to be fixed aaforesaid,
on or before the day lie or tliev
fya summoned to work, lie or they shad
be liable to work the number of days, not
exceeding twe've in each yeat, as shall
be specilied in said contract, and upon the
failure of any person to pay or work, or
,lhe owner or employer of any slave or
a aves to pay or send ancli slave or slave*
to work, as aforesaid. lie, ahe or tliev hIihII
he liable to all the pains and penalties,
and proceeded against in the same manner
as is now provided by law.
VI. That each Commissioner shall he
charged with the supervision of the work,
ingot* the road or roads ict to contract, as
aforesaid, llu>t are now or hereafter may
he put under his jurisdiction, and see that
such road or roads are worked according
to contract, and shall be liable to indictjp.ent
for neglect of duty, a^ is now provi led
by law.
ANT Af!T TH iltTUAUHI# Til L' OVWn ? ?
Hoard* or Commissionkrs of this
Statr, to fix tiik uatk of Commis
SIO.V8 TO BE Cll AROKI) HV TIIKIH rkspkoTIVK
TltKASURKHa, FOR KKCKIV1NO AND
PAVISO OUT TIIK PUBl.to FUNDS, AND
for OTIIKR Pl'RPOSKR.
I. lie it eiiactei/ hy the Senate and
House of Representatives, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, ai.d py the
ftiUlnyity of llio same, That thu several
Hoards of Cotpmissioners of lh* Poor,
Free Schools, Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
pud Public Buildings of this Sta'e, shall
l?o, and they are hereby aiilhorize-l and
required to fix the rale of commissions to
becharged l?v their respective Treasurers
y,tr receiving, keeping and paving out the ;
public funds committed to their charge :
Provided, That the turning over of funds
from one Treasurer to another, shall in no
case he held such a receiving or paying
out as to entitle the Treasurer to a com
* missions; and Provided, further, Tpat
t|,? rvil KI It* 1t\Au It u 11 tit nA ttuuA ka lufd/l
1WM" mipfi in ffw W'
with more than four per centum comrais
wont, both for receiving and, paging out.
II. That it aha^ be the duly gd tech
of said Hoards p( , Com thissjon era, lo require
the'r Treasurer, before entering up
on llie discharge of the duties of bis office
tn enter into l?ond with good sureties,
payable to the 8tate of South Carolina,
in a penalty to be flied by the Board,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of
fete duties, which bond shall be filed and
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jjfc * .
lodged in the office of the Clerk of the
Court for the District in which such lJoarU
is situated. . . t
Salks-dav.? A good many negroes
were sold on Monday mid Tuesday?all
commanding the highest prices We no
tice, in one instance, that a common field
hand sold for $1030 ; and others went at
ooriesponding rates.- Y^nrkfille /inquirer.
ljr
LAN CASTER VILLE, S. C.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, Jan. 1 1, 1860.
HT S?? addition to ('apt. Ingram's ad
vertisemctit in reference to the Hanging
Rock Springs.
I .aw Card.? NVe take pleasure in referring
to the Card of II. J Witlierspoon, Esq ,
in this day's paper, who has lately become
associated with the Lancaster Bar.
High Prices of Nf.groes.?The sales of
negroes reported by our exchanges from
various quarters of the Stale indicate an
upward tendency in the value of this species
of property. The Winnskorc, Register
furnishes the particulars of a sale of 18 negroes
by the Commissioner in Equity for
Fairfield District,at a sum total of $14,125.
Another bit of 2t> negroes, sold at the late
residence of Mrs. Kineaid, brought $23 259.
Another lot of 30 negroes, belonging to the
estate of David tiaillnrd, deceased, sold f? r
$24,520. The usual number of old negroes
and infants were embraced In the above
numbers.
Acts of the'Legislature
We publish this week for the information
of the Commissioners of Roads ard others,
the main features of the new road Law passed
at the late session of the Legislature.
It will be seen that the Act requires that
the Commissioners meet and organize on
the first Monday in February, the day suggested
by those of the members w I o were
present on last Saturcjuy,
Also the Act relative to the rate of Commissions
to be charged by the Treasurers
of the various -Hoards.
The Camden Journal
Tile last issue of this paper comes to us
considerably enlarged and tl . w iso impro.
ved, the result, we underttUmd, of the in
creusing business patronage and genera
prosperity of the paper. We vongratulutt
our neighbor upon his success, and cone
mend his Journal to newspaper readers am
to advertisers.
Associated with Col. Warren in the cdi
torial department, is Mr. J. W. Call, u the
ent and interesting writer, whose effort*
materially enhance the value and interest ol
the paper.
Tub South Cakolixian.?This old, well
tried and sterling journal, made its appeal
ance on new years day in an entire new
| suit of type, imparting freshness to its before
neat appearance.
The SouTiiEnNF.ii?The new naper at
Darlington .Court Mouse, whose fortheomI
11 if U' 11 u <i It tl . II > u I >/i r I I
> u oim/h tiniw mure, nan
made its nppearunc-. It is of medium *Ue,
neatly executed and edited by F. F. Warley,
Ks<j? whose efficiency in this department wan
amply dt monstrnted during his ronneetior
w..h the Darlington Flag In politics, the
SoutheynbY takes a bold stand for Southern
rights. Terms, $ ."! a year in advance.
Hon. Judge .Mason, of Iowa, who made
himself so popular with the Inventors of the
country while he held the office of Com.
inissiocer ??f I'utents. has, welearn, associated
himself w ith Munn & Co., at the Scien.
tilic American Office, New York.
Message of Governor Morgan.?(Jov
| ernor Morgan, of New York, in his annua!
message to the Legislature, gays that the
State of New York still maintains her pre.
vtoii8 opinions in regard to slavery. She
yields to "none of her sister States in de
votion to the Union. She emphatieally dis
avows any sympathy or co-operation vCitl
those who sought lo interfere with the in
J stilntion* of nistcr Stales. Referring i<
! slavery in the Stntes nnd Territories, In
i savs that "lie yields cheerfully obedience t(
, the doctrine of State sovereignly, and hav
1 ing no disposition to interfere with the loca
institutions of other Stntes, is prepared a
all times to aid those States in the protec
tion of their sovereign power.
The Irish and Abolitionism.
A correspondent of the Camden Journal
speoti : ting upon the probable support wi
would receive in the event of a hostile col'
lissom with the Northern States, pays tin
following just tribute to the Irish :
'We would be supported bv n large por
tion of the foreign population ; we wouU
have all the Irish. Qp the memorial ?en
! to Congress some years ago, signed b]
three thousand New Kngland clergymen
not n Cattiolic's name was found among
that unholy rabble. "Rink," in a late letter
to the Charleston Courier, speaking of
the elections in New V'ork city, says, tlx
Irish are alw ays Ileinocfntio and the VVir.
cheater Virginian says, "the first gun tired
tit the insurgents wan by an Irlshrnap, keep
er of the bridge ut Harper'* Kerry ; Iht
second man kil.ed was Hourney an Irish
man ; and the last man killed yvae a gallant
young Iriah Marine." The Irish Catholic
and protestaht, who, whatever their relig
ions prejudices may be against each other
are alwnya found shoulder to shoulder,
fighting for the cause ot liberty and law.
Wake Fokeht College.?The Trustee*
of Wake Forest ^College, N/C., have recently
elected Prof. Wm Royall, of Fur
man University. S. C., to the Chair of Ancient
languages,and Prof. James H. Fools
of Tayloraville, N. C., to give instruction 1c
the same departments
Washington Items .
December 31Messrs. Branch, of N. C.
; and Grow, of Pennsylvania, made arrange
t ments to leave this city at 3 o'clock this
j morning, for n hostile meeting. The hack1
man engaged by Mr. Grow to drive him to
the gcound, gave information to the police
which resulted in the arrest of Mr. Branch
! at midnight, who gave bail f >r his appearance
on Tuesday. Mr. Grow has also been
| arrested, and given bail for his appearance
j on Tuesday. The amount in each case
I was fixed at $50C0.
j January 6.^-oUousk of Representatives.?
Mr. Miles of South Carolina, showed
that the anti-lwvomptonists were to blame j
for the non-organization of the House.?
He proposed to elect a temporary Speaker,
pass the necessary Appropriation bills, and
that the members should then resiim their
seats, thus bringing the question of the
day directly before the people.
A ballot was next tried, one hundred and
twelve votes being necessary to a choice :
Shkkman, Black Republican, . 109
McClkrnakd, Democrat, 37
| Bocock', Democrat, 3'2
I The rest scattering.
The Democrats are hopeful of an organization
next week, with the aid of the A
rnericans and Anti-I.ecomptoni?tv
January o ?- A better feeling was prevailj
ing between the Democrat* and Americans
j yesterday, and there are strong hopes that
I a combination will be etfeeted between
' them, for the defeat ot the Black Rcpublij
cans. The
Correct TheoryA
correspondent of the Charleston OwnJ
r\".r holds the following perti nent remarks
j in relation to the late card published by
i the wholesale dealers in Charleston, urging
upon the merchants of the Mouth nod
Southwest the policy of purchasing their
j supplies from them. l?ot Charleston set
j the example of mercantile and commercial
i independence of the North, and the inerI
chants of the towns and villages of the inj
terior will the more readily hearken to her
j appeal for patronage :
'It strikes us this buying of the South*
I ern and Southwestern merchants from onr
! merchants does ..ot cover up all that should
he done. \V? would inquire of those tucr
| chants \\ lio made the call, lioni whence do
, I tliev' procure their goods?lljey are so
I anxious to sell on strictly Southern
grounds. We would have been pleased to
| notiee in their call some earnest they were
disposed to do for the South, what tiiey desired
the country merchants to do for them
' ?they should have offered the good* thus
to lie sold as direct importations ; the pur
chasing by thpm of Northern supplies, to
I be sold to Southern and Southwestern
rneich.ints, takes nothing from the North,
though, indeed, it puts timru into their pock'
cts?it benefits not the South at large.
A Cargo of Africans.?The Sea Coast
I Democrat published at Mississippi City,
"learns from good authority that a cargo of
1 African slaves is expected in Ship Island
T ll...kn> I 1... Inll... I.
?n imm v.i* luiin j?.?i v im uii* |M(-nnii un'iiin
They will, if they arrive wife be landed
wilkmit nt\y at nt iin i , tlie CollI
signces trusting to the sentiment prenmnir
nant in M is: issippi ni to the necessity of
' increasing the number of laborers, for a triumphant
acquittal in the event of a Government
prosecution "
The Knickerbocker.
The January Knickerbocker (opening the
, .Vr>th Vol.) in uihlitioii to the usual amount of
reading matter, contains a long Mkmokial Or
\Va?uimstos Ikviso, en:hraci,.g a Splendid
( Steel-plate Kngravilig ; * fm ill lithe^
graph, cl a threv.page C^riijtnias Letter by
Mr. Irving , Sunnyside, r?? q, Addison Richards,
with several original letter* ; a Blugiaphical
Sketch, Anecdotes, and Reminiscences, l.y
Louis tiaylord Olarlt, James O.'Noyes, Hon.
George Bancroft, N*. I*. Willis, T1 eoJorc Tilton,
and I>r. J. W. Francis.
! Six by ijeven is u tvaird and fascinating story,
from the pen of Miss Preftcott of Newbury
port. The Battle of Fort Moultrie, by Hon.
' George Bancroft, is a finished and eloquent
.l? c ?* ??
iuwnvM|rviun wnu ui ilir linri?, ( OIIK'ST.H C1Uring
the devolution, and fully equal* hi* fa
| moil* narrative ol the Hnttlc of Hunker Ilill.?
| , ijtoi iea anil Pictures of the Hudson contain*
, | numerous illustrations of ihe Tappan Sea, Tarrytown,
and the places made memorable by
( the fate of Andre and by the pen of Washington
Irving. The Physical Decline of American
Woman is a searching and powerful articlo
; it is replete with information that every
' man and woman in the country should possess.
To every subscriber to the K~icker?
* bockcr for 18tlt), enclosing !'2 cents extia in
8 ; stamps, will bo sent, free of postage, a copy of
> j the new and splendid engraving of Mkkk> Ma
! kino In Thk Oldkn TtMK.twenty.fTve by nineI
teen and a half indies in size, cpntaivung thir
I | ty-nine flgurof>, engraved in Kngland At an ex.
I pense of {20<>0. Six copies of the Kngraving
! and Magaaineaent for five subscriptions, ({116..
I 80.;) ten copies of e&ch fqr eight subscriptions,
({'28.) Agents are wanted in all parts of the
country, Address Johu A. Urav, Publisher,
' New York.
B mm m mm
Act'lORM.? We are sorry lo learn
9 that h little son of Mr. John Hooker's, of
this District, received a revere, but not
fatal wound, from the firing of a gun in
I the hands of another boy ne?r Ins own
t age. They were out hunting together
II during the ch rial in as holidays and the
hoy having the gun, shot in the excite
> ment of the chase, without seeing his
companion in time to change the direc
s liori o( liia fir?.
A son of Mr. Henry Linsey, living not
far from Cashville also received daring
l.... * ~ I ... I.:- i 1
nil wrrik <a "wuiiu iu 1119 liltllU
J from the explosion of h gun.?Spartanbury
hjzprets.
Burnt to Dka.tK.?A negro girl be
long, tp. Mr*. Nail. wen burnt to death in
' iIiih town, on lust Tuesday the 3rd of Jan'
uary. She war. engaged in cooking dinner
whesj her dress oaugbt fire and having
on hoop skirts. it was impossible to extin
guish the flames. Drs. Lambert, Morrison
and Coin well, were instantly called in
but she was dreadfully burnt and died in
three hours. Mr. and Mrs. Nail, and Mrs
Clark, we learn, were all smartly burnt
in attempting to save the girl.? C'heiter
Standard. ., y
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LOCAL'S COLUMN,
Religious Services.?The regular religious
services will be held on Sabbath next
at the Methodist Church?Rev L. Wood
officiating pastor. <
Religious Notice.? Rev. A. I?. Stouj?h
and Rev. Thos Mason, will preach at Lnn
cnsterville?at the house of P. T. Ham
mond on Saturday night v>.Sth inst., and 01
Sunday the 29th at the Court House.
The Weather.?The weather litis con
tinned very disagreeable for several dayi
past, though somewhat warmer. The melt
ing snow caused ? fogey tmd misty dee
which has lingered both day and night?no
penetrable by the eye at a sho; t distance
The Franklin Academy.?This School
under the supervision of Mr. John M. Ilea
tv, opened its Session on Monday last, thi
9th inst. This institution of learning can
not be surpassed in any quarter of tin
State, and it has advantages wlwch we hear
tily recommend to the patronage of thi
and surrounding Districts.
Female School.?Mias Mary 11. Ham
inond's Female School commenced its firs
Session on Monday last. Lancaster Vil
lace has long needed such an institution
nnd we Knot congratulate the citizens ii
their good fortune of having the service
of this accomplished and pious lady at it
head.
Vigilance.
It will be seen from a eommuniealioi
in another part of our paper, that the cili
zens in the upper portion o{ the District
Rt-cji niuc uw.iku id ini'ir own miereus.?
Wi* endorse such ?tt p* as they have tnkei
inn! lliink it would bo well, for other nee
tioiix ol" the District to form such societies
We have heard, frequently, of suspiciou
looking chuiactcr* loilciing about throng
the country, and we .should keep one ey
I open, at least.
| Humor nay* there is an uiidcrgrouni
! railroad not a long wins oil", but how true
| we kr.ow not. It is sulheieiit, we think,f
incite attention?"where there is smok?
very apt to be lire."
Intemperance.
Perhaps, there is 110 evil which infeetou
land to ja great ail extent, or engulfs s
many human souls us in temperance. Th
viand of man's nature is ioereased to Mm
stnge^-by the free use of aleolioih beverng
tll'til at last, nothing hut the fatal em
whieh must uudouhtedly come soon, if h
still persist, can sever the chain that link hi
body and soul to the bottle. We are tol
thnt ihirly tlu>usun l human beings are usl
ered into a drunkards grave, annually?t
stand face to face with an angry (Jod.
We cannot at a glance realize the fur
that so large a concourse of men ? ombrti
ciog the strong mid tliw w??k, tko
iimi Iht? yrent, th?* loved ones and the ntfci
tii.naic?reap the re wards of their piivat
degraded life. Is it nut a sad theine f<
upright and honest reflection ? Who ho
not lout a friend?a father, a brother, ?
Mime near one, in wlio?e life your owr e>
istoiiep aeeined to repose ? Scarcely a fan
ily remains, hut what have lelt in some Wai
the e fleets of its sparkling, liery nature.
Could we druw hack the \ <-iI and displa
to sight the private chambers of the grea
a scene too horrible to be depicted, wotll
meet our every jjn/s. The Cliureh of (Jo
suffer more from the evil causes of iuteir
pernr.ee, than any other institution, whic
pertain, in ^indred, to our eternal liappincs
I lave you not seen the church-member bob
ing tJ \he corner posts ? Have you n<
I seen hiio stacker along the isle to bis pew
j And last iv, but by no means least, Ion
! you not witnessed his example at the car
I table, w hen consumed under tho influent
| of liijuor. he casts the dice and takes tl
t name of God in vain ?
A tvnin vl.ll l.w. I l-ll- . r ll. I
?? ? vii ut U|iriiuui
i mansion, erected by the hearts blood of ot
forefatliers. expecting to receive from ll
| hands of a g? uvmus posterity, the well d
served honor of their names glory. Vi?
it ! and what are the first impulses of yot
heart ? Degradation has befallen thoi
. honored seats, once occupied by the tri
and honest patriots cf the revolutio
. Wliosc every pulsation ot heart boat I
eternity of love for their country and the
(?od. Now, higoliy, drunkenness, tbievis
I ness and fopishnoss, fill a majority of tin
places. Is it not degrading to the rcqoiri
j and lolly position of this Union ? lie
| long will such a r.ene exist ? how loi
; will the public offices continue to be plu
dcied and occupied by such tile men ? V
answer, briefly : so long as tbo South so
1 mil to the desires of such traitors to tl
j Constitution, no long will these high pu
i lie trusts be degraded. Cocked with all
litionism to spirt at any moment, with
black pitcher under their bench and a npoo
fill of bruins in their head
For the ledger.
Dedicated to Miss M
Some sing the praise of rosy wine,
Its sparkling color bright ;
Hut in such s mgs with them to join ,
She cannot take delight.
She has a rich and nobler theme,
Fit for a Queen and King :
'Tin water pure and fresh and good,
From Dr. Wylie's spring.
This will give life, health, joy an I pe.ici
Refreshing every power ;
She wants no better drink than this,
?_ *_t.C J _1 *
iii trim* ciamorv nuur.
To cheer the heart and quonch the ihiri
It ia the very thing ;
Then give her water puro and good,
From Dr. Wylie'e apriog.
Lirrr.t DurcnaiA*.
latncaaUr, Jan. A, 1S80.
For the Lancaster Ledger.
Cuketons Store,Jan. 6. f
Dear ledger :?Sonic time since n "VigiInnco
Society was organized at MagiU's <
| Store for the purpose of drawing op nil J
, suspicious characters who may be loitering '
| in this vicinity and a committee of five persons
were appointed to patrol their respec- '
. tive bents, and take up all such characters.
Accordingly, on yesterday evening Mr. II.
, \ R. Massey found one of these characters
loitering and dodging through his planta|
tion ; he immediately culled his negra boy
j "Peter," and gave him his shot gun and told
g the boy to march the fellow to head qunr.
ters for trial, which he did in the regular
f African style?making him take the road
t before him. It was a grand sight to see
"old Peter." gun in hand marching this de.
testable wretch to trial. On their arrival
at head quarters a meeting of the citizens
was forthwith convened to try the ease,
j The meeting was org-pjzed by calling
| Dr. T. I.. Johnston to theChair, and T. R.
| Magiil to act as Secretary. I)r. Johnson
' explained the object of the meeting with n
! few pertinent remarks, in regard to Northern
spies and incendiaries passing through
j oureoOfitry under the garb and pretext of
Drummers. Pedlars, Book Agents, Di'chers,
t &.C., and secretly tampering with our slaves
for insurrectionary purposes, and that it
was now time that such persona should be
? dealt with according to their deserts.
H | Mr. II. It. Mnsuey then stated that he
? had fc and this man Nicholas Mayes, loiter* I
ing on his premises, nod having examined
| him as to his business there, believed him '
) 11 tit subject for the Vigilance Committee i
to deal with, as he could not give any good |
! account of himself, or reason why lie was
there. '
T. R. Mngill then moved that a Committee
of all present he appoin ted by the Chair
to examine said Nicholas Mayes, and see
| if he had about aim any incendiary papers,
j or if he had bad any abolition conversation
s I
I i with either white or black ; and, also, to
1 decide upon what punishment shall be in
llictcd upon him< which was unnriimounlv
j agreed to and wns forthwith carried into
execution. But n?? paper* wan found eith(
er it; bin carpet or about hi* person of any
kind. Mr. Ma?sey then proceeded to ipica
j tion him :
Wht re are vou from V he replied, -tieri
man v.*
Where did von live previous to your I
r I coming to South Carolina ?'
" | 'I have lived at no place but in North and
' i South Carolina, since leaving (tcrmanv.'
>1 ! .u'i i;.t ?;,?t i....i it vs ? !
e I 'In <'|i:irleni(in.'
j What Jh vour occupation ?'
'* I 'Ditching.'
H j '\Vhero have you ditched ?'
J -l haveditched ntThanev Taylor's, Sam'l
'* Dunfhp, Alex, foffey's, and iilhcri'
? Do you know anything of Jolin Biown,
or the Ilnrpcr'a Ferry affair ?'
' *No. I know nothing of either '
l* 'Have you expressed abolition sentiy
ments ?'
No.' Clint it was clour that lie had done I
'" so fioin facts nl'u ited.)
Did Vou not hire a negro hov of Jno. J. '
1,1 Craig to steal n horse for vou an 1 give htm j
,r a dollar for that purpose ?'
' 'I did.'
" ' 'Did you not (jive Dr. T. K Cureton's
'' negro h.">y liquor and make him drunk ?'
I did.'
y 'Have you not been sleeping in negro I
' houses with negroes !'
" 'I have done so at Alex. C'offey'e, but |
talked very little with them.'
'Did you not break open Mrs. Ilney's !
blaeksmith shop and tiko out her tools r
? 'I did.'
'* 'An* you an abolitionist !'
,l -No"
llere the examination closed cad it was
e moved by M. C. Heath. Ksq.. that in view
^ of all his admissions and conduet in the
'' District, that >hc said Mayes should leave
ll' the hounds and jurisdiction of this Com
mi (tee by l'J o'clock to morrow ; nnd, also,
"? to leave both the Stale* of South and
,r North ("urolina in the apace of five daya.and
ie if caught in aaid bound* of this Committee
e* | at I'2 o'clock to morrow, to receive 39 la*h.
111 j es on the bare back nnd a coat of tar and j
ar j feat Hera, which was 'tnanim ous'.y agreed ,
w j to.
16 j The sentence of the Court was then
n' | read and a paper signed by him to aignity j
ln his willingness to leave both Slates in the 1
ir prescribre time, which he did nnd was glad
I to get "tf nt that. It was then ascertained
",r that he hud no money and a pime was
* mn,v< tip for him.
1 After the aentenco hrd been passed "i'c
'f ter" wni discharged. who drafrvti much
credit for the faithful performance of duty,
in marching abolitionists up for trinl. It
h ah then resolved that the proceeding* of
l,e this meeting he published in the I-ancasler
* I stiver.
j The meeting then adjourned.
T. I. JOHNSTON, Ch'mn.
n* Titos. It. MaoIi.L, Sec'y.
Jum Miller, T. J. Cureton, J. It Ctiknv,
J. II. Mi Dow, S. k Porter, B. J. Cureton,
G. A M Yarhoro, Alex. Mcllwnin, II. R.
Master, M. C. Heath. J F. Steele, T. L
Jo^na^Oii hr.d f, K. Magi 11, Committee.
Delegates to Charleston.
t Com'mbus, Ohio, January 0.?The
Democratic Convention yesterday passed
resolutions in favor of- Judge Douglaa.?
Delegate* to Charleston were chosen and
Instructed to vote in Convention for
Judge Douglas.
THE MARKETS
Columbia, Jsnusry 7.?The sales of cot'
ton yesterday amounted to 167 bales?exI
enm .a 1 sa I ftii.
Cham baton, January 6.?Cotton?The
tranancliona to-day were coof oed to tone
>t, I lb I oalea, at the quotation* of the roomiog.
ranging from 94 to I l*c.
Nbw January 6.?The Cotton
market wae Arm to day, and 1800 bale*
changed hand*, with Middling Upland* quoted
at I lie.
Obituary,
!
Died ?t Fort Mills, York District, Mon- !
lay January 2nd, in the 28th year of her i
ig?, Mrs. Margaret Powell, wife of B. F. [
rowell, Kaq. j
Died, in Chester, on the 18th of December,
Mrs. Anna Wylie, wife of tho late '
Judge Peter Wylie.
Special Notice*.
Hollowat's Pitij! bare again triumphed over
every other Medicine ?-Interesting Case I 1 !?
Kniily Walton, aged 17, of Walnut Street,
Cincinnati, suffered much and often from sick |
headaches, tottering of tlic litnbs, nmntmess of
the whole l>ody, and other symptoms which i
very .lueh alarmed her fond parents, the acta- j
?1 name and nature of the complaint ponied ;
every one, it bore such a variety of aspects, |
and consequently there wore a variety of opin- |
ions on the subject. Three months ago, the
mother p>oldly went to work with Ilolloway's (
I'ills, which very quickly performed their part, j
for in six weeks the young lady was in posses- ' ,
sion of the most robust health ; after every j i
advice nnd medicine had failed. They arc an |
excellent medicine for young ladies entering
into womanhood. CO
It in a common observation ihat there
are more sufferers from debility, among Americans,
than can be found among any other civilized
nation. The reason is obvious. We take
too little exercise, and forget the wants of the '
body in the absorbing pusruits of business. In
all such cases, ordinary medicines can do little
irfwi.l Wlint ri*i 111 i r.n 1 id inn t um-li u tunic !
and invigorator as Dr. J. Uostcttcr has given
to the world, in his OKLKIJKATKI) "IHTTKRS."
Tlie weak an J nervoys denizen of the
coutilingdiousc, the exhausted toiler upon the
shop-hoard, and the prostrated student of the
midnight lamp, have found a wonderful rcgeneiator
in the "IJittbrs," and prefer it to more
pretentious, but less efficacious medicines.?
lint it should not he forgotten that the agent
which is so magical in its influence upon a
frame which is merely debilitated, is t<(ually
powerful in assisting nature to expel the most
teniide forms of disease. Who will not give it
a ?ri*l ' January.
Sold by druggists and dealers generally,
everywhere. tr See dvertisement in another
column.
The Test of 12 Years' Expe.ierce has
proved the superior ipialitt of llrgCtnaU, <Wk
K fVi.'s Genuine <f?d Liver Oil. It is pronoun,
ced by Physicians the best remedy for f.'onsumption,
Scrofula, '"hronic Rheumatism, &e., j
ever discovered.
Caution.?The value of this remedy depends
upon its puiitv, ami in order to secure
our ru^toiiiers a pure article, one of our linn
went (j Newfoundland to superintend the
manufacture ol our oil, am) we yarraut it pure.
See that the label lias the eagle and martyr,
and the signature over the york ot each Istttie
as there is a great deal of cheap, inferior oil
palmed off for genuine, to the great injury cf
patients.
.Isk for liegeman, ('lark k f'o.'s, and take
iio other, as many have been cured with the
genuine who huve used others without any
rueful In Kvery Family. Paint, Orem*e PoM, |
etc., removed iimUutly ; RloveJ, oilki*, rihl>ou?, j
etc., cleaned tvi|U?l t<i new, without injury to
tin- mtni delicate rulur ot laWricA, hy liegeman
A' ( o '* Concentrated Pennine, only UA cent*
per Indite. liegeman A Co., Druggist*, 1A1
It'J'J, 511 and 75(j Ijroad way, N. y. 45
Auiioincnmonts.
FOR CLERK.
Mr Kditor ?The ninny frientli of Mr.
II. J. HANCOCK, announce him a candidate
for Clerk of tliu Court for the ensiling
term.
FOR ttRBRJFF.
Mr Kiutok :?Plcaae announce Mil.
AMOS tlcM.ANUS, n candidate for the
Olfice of Sheriff for Lancaster District, for
the ensuing term and ohiiire his
Many Fkirmm.
The friend* of Capt. J. II. COlJSMtT,
announce him a candidate for Xnerill" for
I.nricn*ter District, i?l the craning term.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Mr. Kditor.? By announcing M*. R- 0.
I'OTTS. a candidate fur TaX'Collactor at
(he next election you will oblige hi*
Many Fkiksid*.
Mii. KdiTok : By announcing ('apt A.
S. NISBKT a candidate fur Tax Collector
at the next election you will oblige.
Ilia Friend*.
Mr Kditor?Please announce Mr. Wm.
UoitER^aoN, n Candidate for Tax Collector
ut the craning election and oblige hi*
fri-riit* WaxHAwa.
New Advertisements.
NOTICE
41.1. Person* indebted to me either by
... ... ?...a
forward and give me the money, a* it in out
of my power to extend indulgence to nny
I one. J. K. CURETON.
Jan. II, I860 48tf.
B J. WITHERSPOON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LANCASTER C. 11,
Sq. Ca.
January 11, I860. 48?tf.
LAND and other PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
A TRACT OP I.AND BEIXJNGING T(>
Mrs. Mary Kobler, containing 198^ seres
will bo sol<t to the highest bidder, at her
residence on next Monday, 16th inst. If
not sold privately before. The said land
is all in wood* except about 35 acres which
is fresh and in a hoe state of cultivation
and f.tir buildings to* such a-sit. piece of
l*nd.v The land is lyinjy on Cane Creek or
Kiver Road, four or five mile*below lance*.
ter Village Much a chance for Und rawly
cornea into market. <
On the aame day wi!l be sold the corn,
fodder, cotton seed, peaa, farming utenaiU,
houee hold and l^ilohen furniture. Alto
ona excellent buggy hhree and male.
Terms made known on day of aale.
J. A. CUNNINGHAM,
A. J. KEBLGR. .
Jan. II, 1M0. 4ft- it..
# * i t ?
. LIST OF LETTERS
REMAINING in the Post Office, nt Lin;nstrr
C. II., Quarter ending December 31,
1859:
J Burgess, 3, Lee IjnrfielU, John B uley, , i
[feo D Beckham, II W Chcves, Joseph
['rows J N CarllUe, M C Evnrts, 3. Klin
Fraidey, Harmon King, Col TC I/nnior, S
C Morrison. Esq, D (i .McKae, A Nnti, Esq,
B M Powell, Miss Mary A Powell, Miss
Hue Porter, \V M Purpv, Jorom Sprnuno, 1
G M Simpson, Mrs Nancy Turuner, S P
Thompson, John R Warmer. (35)
K Q BILLINGS, P M. %
SHERIFFS SALES 1
BY virtue of sundry writs of fi fn to me
directed, I will sell before the Court i
House door nt Lancaster on the first Mon- |
day In February I8(?0, within the legal
hours of sale live following real estate to, i
wit: I ,
Four hu?"fr.Ml ncrcs of land, more or loss j
lying on ine i/monster ami inxanaw roau w
and ndjoir.ing land* of Golden Will Jains, >
Samuel Howell, el, nl., levied on nnd to bo
jold an the properly of Irvin Knight at the i
unit of J. Adnui?.
ALSO, Five hundred acre", more of less,
adjoining land" of Robt Gardner, D. Gar.L
ner, ot nl, levied on and 10 be sold as the
property of Alfred Gardner nt the anil of j
I). R. Helton, (Jatuca I*. Helton, real pl'll > I
Conditionn cnsh. &.e.
HENRY HANCOCK, n. i, u.
Jan. 10, 1860 3t p f 82.25 eaclf y ,
TO THE PUBUa
Ever since my "Aroarafe Schiedam Scliiinppn"'
?the purest and fcw?t Gin ft>r medical purposes
?became fully appreciated throughout this i
country, I have been constantly solicited by
druggists, apothecaries, and largo numbers of
the most eminent physicians, in all parts ot the
Union, to add to my Gin importations iwire ' i .
i) i: l ttr: ...j
iiranuics HIU 11 men, auu H) ooiue metn me
mmc as I am and have been doing with the r I
Schnapps ; to seal with my seal and give my
certificate guarantying their undoubted purity.
I should long ngo have endeavored to coin*
ply "vith the tlnttering requests, but I found it
impossible to do so, especially in regnrd to the >
important articles of Brandy, Port and Madeira
Wines, owing to the high prices in Europe, a
occasioned by short grape crops for some years. \ ^
llappily for the success of my new enterprise,
the grape crops for the last and the previous
years were abundant.
knottier point in my favor is this : the duty
now no French Brandy is 70 per cent, less than
it was when my medical friends began to solicit
me to iuriiish pure Brandy and Wines. These
favoring circumstances have enabled me to commence
a new enterprise. I have concluded to j
import Cognac Brandy and Wines, to bottle
them for medical as well as for?private use. I
am well aware, front the bittnr experience, the
vile attacks, the uii.srcprc-cuUvtion of motives <
and enmity of dealers and miters of bad articles
which I met with and cQtn.ucrcd in the
case of my chnapp.s, bcfoie it obihined its present
proud pre-ciuinence over all other <?ins,
that the new enterprise will bo attended qrith ,
equal opposition, more trouble, and involve aq *
immense outlay ol capital. The difficulties ami
expenses will i>c much greater, because I shall
have to neountcr the malignity and enmity of
countless thousands who ate engaged in the
liquor trade, and making fortunes.by the manufacture
of infamous imitations of "Brandy"
iiiaqe from poisonous compounds?their use
toting alike destructive to healthy human life,
ami of course stieedv d. itli to llio f.>..!,!. inv?.
lid, or those in whose behalf eminent physician*
have m upon mo the importation of a pure,
in vigornling article of Itiamly. 1 shall do no,
in spile of .ill opposition, even that of tin il<: i ^ WTj
era ami sellers ofilie sluft" in Intllrn culled "Brail- ?
dj," of which million* o( Pottle* uro uutnnil!\ sfl
sold, ii.'td vlilch is no l>etter than the vnn-l f
poison*.
I am perfectly willing ami well satisfied to
etnlMtrk in this new enterprise, and ha* e no
fear?, no uotihls about the most ultimate success
lor myself and the druggists ami apotlie.
caries ill the thirty-three Stales, if tiny will
heartily co.opoinlo with me in my efforts to
drive oi.t of tilt ;lie vilest of compound*, called
''lirandy,'' and replace it with the pure,unadulterated
uitii^u, 1 will faithfully ami truly
supply.
Th\: inadipal \irtipia <>( pure French lirandy
need not la be told. Tl',e If randy imported by
me I will bottle, seal with my seal, my label,
and add my certificate that it is of the first
<piulity, and pure ami unadulterated as when it
left the distillery in France.
t ..ill ...L.. ..... ?
standing us a merchant, and iiit tried commercial
integrity, that ? hat I pledge and certify to
with my Real, my luliel, and my certificate is
correct, and can lie relied upon by pur? ha*en
in any section of the Union to which my Brandy
|nav be sent. 1 have made airangement
with the he.s( Brandy manufacturer* in France,
with those who have n world-wide renown as
the fii-st Brandy cxpoiters. 1 have selected
four eminent firm* who will ship me their
Brandies. I shall not designate the ai tide l>y *
any other name than Wolfe's Genuine Cognac j
Brandy. If 1 were to do otherwise it would bo
iBc^csa, for the unprincipled persons, who are
inieMUuwIy engaged i (he nefarious traflie of
imitating all valuable articles, would soon luii.
tate ami adopt my mark as a cloak under whicft
to sell their com|?ound of poisons to cover the
rile imposition.
1 am now pie pared to receive ami execute
orders for Wolfe's Genuine Cognac Brandy addressed
to me, N9. IJesver Street. Prices
| will bo given personal application, or iu re.
I ply to letters.
In this circular I have thus far writu-n main- .
ly about pure Cognac Brandy ; 1 have now to
call your attention to othe. liquors and wines.
1 am prepared to supply orders for "Jaiuacg
Bum," imported and bottled by me ; also "Irish
and Scotch WhiiV?? " Tl .. ?...t ??.
?/ ~ *? ? inone-i
of the ln.U-narr.ed rticlea, imported for
"medical use," I will also guaranty with my
seal, my label, and my certificate. ? I
shall also import the parent and heat "Madeira,"
"Port," and "Sherry" Wine* for Modi
cat purpose*. These I also guaranty with ity
seal, wry label, and my certificate.
In conclusion permit me to add that I shall
he happy to .hear from those that this circular
reaches, and whose personal or pocuniary rote
rests it may effect, in the combination of articles
thst I engage tasupph. Should any such
person visit New York?especially a Druggist,
Apothecary or Physician?I sliall he most nhpi
py to receive a personal call.
There is no importer who possesses more actual
experience and knowledge of the importing
liquor and wine trade than I do, I havo
been engaged in it over thirty years.
I have narrated some facts connected with
my new enterprise, for the particular informs*
tion of those connected with the practice or the
sale pf medicines. If I am favored with the
visits of any sbch, or t>y friends to whom they
give letters of introduction to uia, they can see
?Hh their own eyes, and test my truthfulness
by thei* nwr. ohaervation.
I respectfully crave, for this Circular and its
oontenU, a careful and attentive pcrsual. I amf
respectfully, your oliedient servant, * .
DDOLPHO WOLFE.
18, 80, & 82 Beavar btreot, H. Y.
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
J D Griefl &. Co, New Orlram, //i.
N J At J J Jones, Mobile, Ala.
Hunnicutt it Taylot, Atlanta, Geo.
Havlland, Chichester &i Co, Augntta da.
Kagltnd A Birch, CUumbut, Geo.
Bowdre it Anderson, Macon, Geo.
Iloleomb it Co, tiawmnab, Geo.
G Foil in, CkarUuon 8. C.
January Ik I860. 48?Sot.
It T" 1 " *
TO OORH 8BLLBRS.
THE Cats wilt ba paid on dalirary fox
FMljr Ruahala of good whila Corn. Boqoira
at U?io Offiea. > o
Jan'y <lh I SCO, 47tf
? *