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<J)e Mqpt. LAMUASTEEVILLE, S C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, March 7, 1860. We are greatly indebted to our esteemed Representative in Congress, the .Hon. John McQueen, for repeated favors. er The Advertisements from Messrs rrv, nrr.n.^n \i i tie9 <fc Stillma'n, of Charleston, deserve special attention this week. Return Day.? Saturday last was Return Day for this District. Tt?e Clerk's hooks show one hundred and fifty cases, including writs, processes and acceptances. Itenerant Salesmen?We,direct attention to the communication in this paper from Mr. J. Williams, oue of our representatives in the legislature, jn relation to the Act of Inst Session, requiring Itinerant (Salesmen to procure p license before they are allowed to vend their wares or mcichandize. Since we have had an opportunity of reading the Act, we agree with Mr. Williams that it does not embrace the dealers in Flour, Corn, &e., from other Slates. The phraseology of the Act is loose,and until a case is made, it is ditlicult to say how the courts will construe it.? | We think, however, that our North Carolian -friends will be perfectly safe in dealing in the produce of their section, just as they I had been doing before this Act was passed, j The Charleston Convention Monday last (Salesduy in March) was j the day appointed by a number of Districts I in the State for meetings to he held at the several Court Houses,for the purpose of agndiug delegates to the Stato Democratic Convitntinn ir? %* &* ?!. ...:n select delegates to represent the State at large in the National Convention, to be held in Charleston next month. So far, no demonstration of this kind has been made in I.at.* caster, and it i* not .likely now that there will be. It has been said that a majority t f the people of this District are opposed to the State taking part in Presidential nominsitng Conventions, and the result of the effort uiadojiere four years ago to have the District represented in the State Convention, favors this belief. We have takeu no pair, s to ascertain what the popular sentiment is in relation to this matter ; and there has not been, to oqr knowledge, much interest manifested in regard to Lancaster being represented in the State convention. We confess to an indif Terence upon the subject ourself ; but this indifference was partly tlja result of the conviction, early entertained, that the Statu would assuredly bo represented in the National convention, notwithstanding a few Districts might refuse to tuke any part in the measure. We have never doubled that the State would go into Convention, and we have been equally as well convinced that it is her duty to do so. The system is liable to man) broad objection*, but inustiiucI) as it is not n new question?that it is already established, and that some such organization is expedient?is in fact the necessary result of a Government like ours, we aliqAild make the best of the system we have and not repudiate the whole plan because of its imperfections. Besides, Sooth Carolina can effect nothing by holding herself aloof. Her exelusiveness only serves to weaken her influence in the National Councils. She has decided thut separate Slate action is inexpedient?lias determined to abide thefortunes of her sister States of the South. Then let her take counsel with them for our common interest ; duty to them and to herself demands this of her South Carolina holds herself in readiness to co operate with her sinters Statu* of the South in any plan looking to n dissolution of the Union ; hut before that event is consumaU'd there nro battles to be fought iti the Union, and here too she should be found by the side of those of her sister Southern ouut'8 vviui wiioiii ner micros i and fortunes are identified. Recent political events render it a matter of vast consequence that she be represented in the npproaehing Charleston Convention, for there a contest will bo y ??ed affecting her rights in common with the r'ghts of the other Southern Stales ; but she should, in our opinion, as the State of Alabama has done, instruct her delegates to nccepl no platform of principles that does not repudiate the Douglas squatter Soverignty doctrine, and to insist upon the adoption of a creed which will protect the rights of the owners of slaves in the Territories. Failing to seeure the udoption of such a platform of principles, they could then .be of no further ndvantage to the Fouth and should withdraw from the Convention. The Trade of Char lento#. The Mercury furnishes the following grat. .fying intelligence relative to the Charleston Spring trade. We understand that all of the Merchants of this place nnd District will purchase their supplies in Charleston this Season : Trade has at length fully opened in i- 1 i -? ?/iinncoiiM>( nnu ** lUUUr gULMI IH'.'UIWiiy. More than lifty country merchants came in on Friday, hy one train from Augusta.? The same morning, the array of dry goods and other goods boxes on the pavements of Meeting and tiavne streets was unexampled in Charleston. It wus a sight to gladden the eyes of ull, and to shut the mouths of croakers. Merchants generally are not dis posed yt lc;ok for so extensive and varied stocks in Cnarle|lqn They knew that plain goods could be bought here, but they find that the selection at several of our leading houses is fully equal to' what they have be?tu accustomed to seeing in New York jobbing* lit/uses. Friday evening, and up to tbe small hours past midnight, the lighted floors, from aidewnlk to rooting, showed how busy >ur heavy merchants were in bailing the goods they sold during the day. If any citizen is incredulous, let him take an early strol^n the vicinity of the Charleston ! News Items The Democratic Convention for North ! Carolina uiects in Raleigh on the 8th of , March. The Soullt Carolinian announces! the , death of Col. Jatncs 11. Irby. of Laurens, j which occurred from Apoplexy. Col. Irby | was, for some years, a representative in j Congress, and served the Slate with ability and acceptance in pther pllices. Since Texas has been in the Union, it has | .had six Senators in the United States Con- j press, and ot those six, live have been natives of Sot)t|t Carolina, A dectructive tire occurred in Elizabeth j City, N. C , on the 18th uIt. Forty houses were burned with great loss. Governor Medary has vetoed the bill abolishing slavery in the Territory of Kansas. ; The Legislature has taken it up, and will j probajly p^as it over the veto. I Jerusalem has been making rapid strides j of late towards a new born civilization, and t its progress has been Watched with interest i the most intense on the part of those who associate with the name of the Holy City ideas of the Millennium and the speedy return of the Jews. l^argo buildings, eonvents, hospitals and churches are rising in J every direction, and thousands of Russian employees and Jews are becoming real| dents of the place. j The Hon Wade ilamptou, of Richland, I is nominated in the Vorkville lunquirer as a candidate to represent the sixth Congressional District, in the next Congress. The publication of the Indian Land Chronicle, wo understand, will be resumed at Kuck Mill on Friday, under the editorial coutrol of Dr. \V. II. Thouiasson. The Enquirer reports that the return for York District lor the Spring Term was smaller than for the last four or live years, not reaching two hundred eases, including acceptances. CongressionalM Alien l.?Senate.?.Mr. Hrown, of Mis sissippi, presented the resolutions of the caucus of Democratic Senators, in regard to slave property, with his own introduction. Mr. Drown, of Mississippi, introduced a bill for the protection ot slave property in the Territories, action on which was postponed until Monday. Mr. VVigfall, of Texas, moved to amend the Military Academy Hill, so as to appropriate eleven hundred thousand dollars to maintuin a regiment of mounted ritles in -l' ?J ...u .1 - I i 7,. niiti n.iui inert' was immediate neeeasily for them. Tho bill for the distribution of arms ' among the States was discussed. House of Representatives?A lull for the better protection of the lives of passengers on ocean steam ships was introduced. Mr. Aslwnoro of S. L'., made a speech in defence of the South. He refuted the charge that South Carolina favors the reopening of the slave trade. Washington, March 2.?Senate.?The day was occupied in the consideration of private bills, twenty-two of which were passed. House, of Representatives.?Mr. Ford, of Ohio, was elected Printer by two majority. For the Lancaster Ledger. Itinerant Salesmen. Mr. Editor:?Asa mistaken notion, in | my judgment, seems to prevail throughout i our District nnd in the State of North Cur- ! olina, with regard to the true construction, nnd legal effect of An Act, passed at the j I Inst Session of the legislature, entitled j A,. A..I i>. --.I ......ti... I HI.- ^rniiiing of Lincense to Itinerant Salesmen, and { travelling Agents." I have thought it my duty, ns one of the Representatives from this District to the Legislature, when that i Act was passed to endeavor to disabuse their minds, of what I conceive, to be an , erronious opinion under w hich lliev are la- | boring, as to the operation of that Act It I seems to be generally believed, that Hour, I bacon, tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, rye una j barley, are prohibited under that Act, from j being brought into the State and sold, without such person incurring toe penally of ! two thousand dollars, imposed by that Act, for a violation of its provisions*; and upon default of such payment, he shall be iin piisoned for not more than six months; unless, such person shall have previously pro. cured a License from one of the Treasurers , | of the State, to cur-y on such trade as ItiuI erant Salesmen. The consequence of such : a belief, has been, to deter North Carolina wagoners from bringing their produce into this State, or after bringing it here, they are deterred from selling it, for fear of subjecting themselves to a prosecution for so doing, whereby our citizens nre suffering n serious inconvenience uud injury therefrom. In my opinion, the Act does not embrace | North Carolina traders in flour, baton, ! grain, dec , neither was it intended by tbc | Legislature to include them in the provia* | Ions of this Act. The onlv nersona emhrn. | ced in this Act, and who Were intended to j be included therein, are u elass of Northern ! Dealers, who interfere ycith the bpaiues* and profits of our roguiur merchants, by carrying on trade and making contracts for i sales, by means of samples, or patterns, or I otherwise. The origin and history of the Act is this: . A Bill" identified ?n every respect, mus simultaneously introduced into thn Senate nnd House of Representatives: "to require and regulate the granting of License to j Itinerant Salesmen and Travelling Agents," and the memorial of sundry citizens on the aame subject, was referred to the appropri ate Committee in each House, who reporl, ed favorably thereon and recommended the passage of the Bill referred to them. The Bill reported to the House of Rcpresenta> tlvt? a nw.oml?l? to-Ill 1 more f.illy and definitely explain the Hill, which became "An Act" and ahew the obi ject and intention of the legislature, in passing the same ; and what class of tra- | dura w-.a meant to be included thorein ; and I is as follows : Whereas, it haa become prevelant of lnte,| for Itinerant Salesmen and other persona I travelling about, not having any estrblished ' place of business, or any goods, or stock of merchandise within the Stale, to carry on j trade and conduct their sales by means ot samples, or patterns, making no returns of ' their sales, and paying no tax into the Treasury of the State, to the damage of j the same, ana the prej udico of uii regular I traders who are required to pay a tax, eitIt- 1 or on their stock in trade, or the umount of their sales. For the prevention hereof! Sec. I. He it Unacted, That hereaf- ! ter, it shall not be lawful, for any petty Chapman, Itinerant Salesman, Travelling Agent, or other Person, not having any per- ; manent or established place of business and I stock of Goods within the State, out of i which a tax may be levied, to carry on trado j and make contracts for sales, by means of samples, or patterns, or otherwise ; without | first, procuring from one of the Treasurers j as herein provided, a license, to carry on i such trado as Itinerant Salesmen, &c. The Senate Bill became 1 *An Act" and as published, contains no preamble, and j the Journals do not show that it was ever stricken out. Nevertheless, the preamble above recited, allows clearly, that but one class of traders?that of dealers in Samples, or Patterns, is embraced in the Act; and that traders in Hour, bacon, graiu, &.C., from N.Carolina are not included therein. Tho Preamble to the Act, is the key to the interpretation and is so intended to designate iho subject of the Act, and the evil to be reincdid. Construing it as u whole, I am clearly of opinion, that the Act does not embrace Nortli Carolina Traders in llour, bacon, grain, &e., but only includes Northern Dealers in Samples, or Patterns. And such I believe, to have been the opinion of the members of the Legislature at the passage of the Act. JOHN WILLIAMS. For the Lancaster Ledger. VA tl f*W. .11 Now I propose to go into sonic calculations to prove that thin might he a paying Road, ho far an the stock is concerned and also t<> show from statements that it it should not be good stock that the people of this district would he amply paid for ilie capital invested, in on indirect way. My reasons for saying that it will he a paying Road ar? these : I contend that if this Road is huilt. that it can carry cotton from here to Charleston for $1.50 per bale and make more money than tiie Charlolt Road can at Si! 00 or $2.25. For if this Road is huilt, I it will lie extended to North Carolina at ] some point. If that should he the case, it | is the opinion of every person that the | stock in the Road would he profitable in- I vestment. But 1 believe it will he good i capital to tho people of Lancaster if it ' should only run to our village, from the fact that it would draw a great deal of the trade from Chester village. I believe it would draw the custom of that District on the other side of the Catawba from five to ...ill- ..f .1... j i - - .u.iv-" >'i inu iiTi r mid arso inc iratio South-east of tli? Charlotte railroad on the same aide t f the river. Then I think when we come on the east hide of the river, this Road would tiraw nil the trade from within teu to fifteen miles of thai Road up to Charlott, together with the trade South of the Monroe Railroad to home distance ? I might be asked the question why do 1 come to these conclusions. I would answer it : in consideration of the very great economy t<> those living at the distance from the Charlotte Road of which I speak, to Iniiig their produee to our rnil road.? The portion of ('heater District, living contiguous to the River, would come over because. it would he a nearer and better road to J.ancaaterville than Chester, and after they would come to the Lancaster Railroad, they would then get their cotton carried to Charleston for fifty cents less or. the bale. So you can perceive that a man on that side of the River, who makes 300 hales of cot Ion, would save 150 dollars jut annum, and have ft nearer and better road to haul hi* cotton. I heard an extensive planter, Cor. C. B. Jonk.*, (who I suppose make* more than tin* amount of cotton), H.-ty lie would take stock in the Road and bring all Ins cotton to l-ancasterville, us he would be 4 miles nearer this road than he would be to Rock-Mill Depot. I understand, that several gentlemen on tho Chester side nay they will take stock in this rond. Then whin you eomu on this aide of the River, persons living in eight or ten miles of the Charlotte Railroad, and twelve or fifteen miles of I-alienator Village, would bring their produce to this RouJ. Fur the reason. that the Charlotte Road would charge $2.25 freight on a bale of cotton to Charleston and the l-nncaatcr Road $1.50 per bale. So you perceive that it would only take a wagon w ith eight bales one day longer to come and go back front Iuincnstcr, and then he would save $0 on his eight bales of cotton. That would pr.v him handsomely for the liltle extra distance by wagon. Then upon the very same principle, the mvrchants of Iotncnsterville could sell goods cheaper to these persons. Therefore, I call upon the people on the Hustern side of the River in Chester District, and also, the people of the Indian Land in this District, to put vour shoulders to the wheels and give us a push, for it will be to your mieresi a* wen as ours. JSetore. when ] wop ending upon the different portions of the District to give their assistance to this (rreat enterprise, 1 noticed from a correspondent signed 'Civis" in reply to my nr licles, that there was sonic exceptions to my not mentioning the name of Indian Land and that I had rather slighted the people of that seotio.n in that way. Far was It from my intentions to do so. For 1 I know that these people are possessed of ns much enterprise and public spirit, as any portion of the Diqtrict. .Because, I heard oqe of her citizens, who is highl/intelligent.say last Fall,if we did not get a railroad to Lancaster he expected to go to the West. If any person will take the pains or trouble, to examine my articles in the I stiver in reference fq thjs matter, they will hod that the Indian Land people were included, when I called on the Northern and Western portion of the District. I now propose to go into some calculations concerning the profits accruing from a Railroad running from Camden to Laneastern lie. I have already said that the road would cost ?400,000. The interest on this amount would be ?28,000.? Now, I want to see if we can not get that interest back by the profits of tho road.? The following articles, 1 presume, wouid ho us freight to the road : 25,000 bales of cotton 50c. per bale ?12,500 ' The back freight tho same. 12,500 J Lumber, 10,000 j Turpentine, 10,000 j Passengers, 5.000 J Other articles, Fruits, Grain, die, 5,000 i 55,000 1 believe it is generally assumed for rail roads to cost about 15 per cent of the gross earnings to pay expenses. If this be cor- | rect, this rond from Camden to Lancaster > will not cost more than 35 or 10 per cent.; j from the fact, that it will cost as little to | build it as any road in any other part of the ! country. We will take it for granted that | it will cost 40 per cent., then we will have ?33,000, annually, that will bo a little over j 8 per cent, on the capital of the road. I j have no doubt some persons will say these I statements are exagerated, such being gen- 1 erally the case, where railroads have been j built. It is the same ease where any other great private or public enterprise is spoken ' of or carried Into effect. I recollect in this District some years ago, when the late Col. | T. W. Huey, Messrs, Stevens, Hammond | and Masscy, were about to erect a Steam j Mill, that a great many persons were of the opinion, that they would soon have plank on hand to rot ; that they never could sell j all of tho lumber. Time lias proven the ] fallacy of such an opinion ; for there are j now two steam mills running and no plank I has remained long at either. So you per I ceive, if these enterprising men had not have had the nerve to have cariied their designs into efleet, we, perhaps, might have been without a steam mill now. It ia a general principle, that work begets work, as well as improvement begets improvement. i have the endorsement of a distinguished gentleman, lion. II. F. Perry. In a speech at the Celebration of Tunnel Hill, he used the following language : "I venture to say,that every railroad which lins ever been built, lias doubled and tliriccd all caleulnlions of its most sanguine friends, as to its probable income. The truth is. there is no calculation, and can be none, as | to the extent of travel and freight on railroads. New species of freight spring up, nnd new inducements of travel arise, which were never contemplated and could not have been foreseen." "The item of copper as freight was unknown in Georgia when their railroads were constructed Now copper ore stands next to eotton as an article of freight over the Georgia Hail Road. When we were making calculations to induce subscriptions to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, uo one thought of freight on Coru to Greenville. All the calculations were made for its transportation the other way. Hut it so happened that this item of freight from Columbia has been, for several years, very considerable. "It would !>?? amusing. now, to look over th?* calculation* of the friend* und ndvolutes of railroads, when lirst projected, us to their probable freight and travel, and compare those calculations with the actual i receipts of the roads At the time they were made, they were supposed to ho fool- j ish exaggerations, and yet, tiaie has shown that they have been doubled and thrived. Ten passenger* a day was the estimate made forthe Hamburg Road, between Charleston nnd Augusta. This was regarded as too large ; but instead of ten. the daily average has been hundreds ! "When the Greenville Railroad was spoken of. a distinguished member of the liar in an adjoining district, favorable to railroads, declared publicly, in a speech, that in as much as Greenville was not a cotton growing district, we had no use for a railroad nnd could not sustain one. An old Irishman went so fur as to predict that w e would not he able to send more than one freight every year ; but experience has shown that a daily freight train is necessary, and nlways comes und departs heavily laden." ? * Itun, uiuac argumcnis, coining iron) alien , a source, should satisfy every iuteligcnt I mind that we need have no fear* of building n railroad in this District, upon the presumption, that it will not pay. I now propose to go into some calculations to prove how the District will be ben e fit ted, rather in an indirect way. The lirat article I propose i* guano, since I have had some little experience from the effects of it. 1 am inclined to think that it will do better on our land than any other of which I know. Fur I believe the moat of the latida of this District are of n clay natuie, and are deficient, to some extent, in the making and maturing of the cotton hoi).? We can generally with moderate aeasons, make as much weed as ought to make from 1000 to 1500 lbs of cotton : and as Guano is n tremendous stimulant, I think it will supply that ingredient in our soil of which it is wanting. Therefore, I have no hesitation in asserting, that it will he the means of the District making 5000 bales of cot ton more than it mnkea at present. I think that would be u reasonable supposition, if the people generally would uae it. I commence my calculation with guano ; lly the use of Guano, f'iOO.OOO J t ~ e a/rA />AA (Ill f l-lim-ll VIIIIIU UI ?ov,oou acres or land at 91 per acre: 369,080 Ferrages, 1.000 Mills, 10.000 Grain and roughness, 10.000 FruiU; chickens, eggs, vegetables, Ac , Ac. 90.000 I,iiniher and Turpentine, 150,000 Wood and Town I*ots wood 5000, 55 000 l ax on (roods, 90.000 The amount the road would atimit Into the people to make more than at present, 50 000 Taxes on goods sold more in the District by rail road, (00 A difference in hauling cotton to market and gelling it carried by railroad, 94.800 $910 980 The land needs no explanation, for every person knows, that wherever railroads are bnilt in Sonth Carolina, the laoda have ad* vnnced in vnlue from three to ten fold. I will icaun|e?this subject next week. JOS. A. CUNNINGHAM. The bill abolishing slavery in Kansas, which was vetoed by Gov. Medary, baa been passed over his veto by a vote of 30 to 7. [Correspondence of tho Lancaster Ledger.] Estate Pi.acf., Head of ILo Swamp. Lowndes Cou ntyAi.a., Feb. 20, i860. When I concluded my last letter, I wjis circulating among the tlounces, ribbons and hoops; since, the scenery has changed.? For tho past four days I havo %cen riding and walking over the hills and through the swamps, over tho deep plowed and well prepared grounds, preparatory for planting the cotton and corn crop's?a considerable portion being plowed with a large two-horse plow. The Lilley plow is the great and effectual plow for the swamp and prarie lands, it plows deep and turns well, upon such soil its operations are faultless. Tho Long drab is not equal to tho heft of such soil; tiiev say here the grab is better adapted to a lighter and poorer soil. I did not exactly admit this, but I thought there was some truth ill the remark, because my experience reminded me, I had never tried the long grab on any soil but what was universally corn-ceded to be poor?not from n want of confidence in the grub, but becnuso (he "Homestead" was nil alike as to the character of the soil. I saw corn being planted lite 16th on a neighboring plantaI lion, none as yet has been planted on the 'F,state" place, but the ground is ready and a hand to day is engaged in selecting the "seed." To-morrow comes the new moon and if it becomes a degree or ho warmer | "our corn" will go in the ground with all the propitious signs which the Romans regarded as favorable to ear and top crops. From Montgomery I came down the I'ennaeoln Kail Road 'J7 miles to Calhoun, which in an air line is not over three miles, hut by the road probably four. It is about five miles to Fort Deposit mid n better road. From either depot I can bear the whistle of the "Iron Horse" very distinctly. It is a delightful sound, almost as exhilernting as a gi.iss of champaign. From Montgomery to lVnsacoln is 160 miles; the Road runs 115 milca in Alabama and 45 in Florida. The Road is completed at each terminus for aome distance nnd the gap between is being finished as rapidly as possible. This will open up (IVnsiu-ola,) an j entire new market to the planters along j tliu Road ; and I am inclined to believe { tliat lVr aacola *.vill, after the completion of ) tlie Road, be the market for this region, then the cotton will take a natural direc- j lion South. As ii is now, it goes directly North to Montgomery ami then South to Mobile. 1 lie Freight on a bale of cotton | to Montgomery is 6d cents from Calhoun i Repot, 27 miles; and 75 cents from Fort F)e? posite, 32 miles.? pretty high taritT for the I distance, but every person pays it. When this road was projected. It was suppose J. that portion of Florida, in which F'enaaco | la is situated, would he annexed to AlabaI ma. This State is willing and anxious and | so are the people of IVnsucotu and of tiie | territory uroiimt, but the JState oT Florida in opposed. Somu think IVdmcoU is destined to become n prf.it citv. being very lifttlthy and linking a safe mid an extensive j tutrix r, sullielcttti y deep for the heaviest ) class of vessels. 1 am mil surprised that I the people of the State of Florida, are un- ! willing t<> yield to Alabama so promising a city as the future of Peiisacola is expected to become. Since the completion of tliia Itail Ito'id and the people have began to enjoy its convenience and realize its advantages ; the planters have become satisfied with llieir location. luind* have advanced from three to live times as much as they commanded 10 years ago, ranging in price from $10 to S-i per acre. ! rtnd all along the route front I. mess t er to litis place, on tie cars, in the street, in private houses, ami in the country, an active, zealous at.d restless disposition, to acquire more property, greater wealth, to expand, to progress, to eitlutge, to risk, to i speculate. I have niinost seen fortunes made since I have been in the State?I mean the talking part. It was accomplish < cd very easily. This mania is rather contagious, 1 hope to escape the contagion. I have taken myself aside several times and ddiveied a lecture to myself, advising to keep cool, be quiet, let well enough alone, and such like. You may say as you please, but thero is at times a benefit and an advantage to bo derived from the conservatism of Fogy ism and Ninety-nineism?and if I escape the pervnding epidemic, (which I think I shall) I will attribute the escape to this conservatism. The lands ubout the Kstate arc good nod productive. The swamps level, the hills ui??rn mill numerous ; Heavily limbered, with white and post oak hickory, wahoo, poplar, birch, ash, Home wnlnut, red bud, buck-eye, pine, cotton tree, red and binck oaks. It is to be regretted nucii strong lands are so broken and hilley, but it may be, their unevenness contributes to their production. I have heard of #30 and $40 per acre land, but not immediately in this neighborhood. I doubt the propriety of cultivating land worth that much, at least for Katatea. hast season the Bud-worm wat destructive on the young corn and caused in soma placet, ' bad stands" | saw a gentleman trying a preventive, which was by snaking the a?-ed corn in a solution of Tobacco and Blue-Stone. It ia easily done, coata but a trifle and ia worth the trial. What says the President of the Agricultural Society ? On Sunday I attended Sandy Ridge Church?heard a good sermon from Rev. Mr. Swift. There I met the Meaar?. KirkPatrick's generally, who years ago removed front l^incaste:, they enjoy good health and appear well satisfied, and glad to meet a ! person from their former homo and hoar the news of the present and talk of olden times I hfivo met and become acquainted with a good many jfenllemcn in the neighborhood, with whom I am much pleased. 1 could say much about my visit to the "Ka. late," my entrance to the fields, (for I came in or "turned up" on the back part, of the plantation,) my recognition, greeting and aoforth, but that probably I should keep to myself. Since my arrival I have been well and comfortably cared for. With Mr. Ginglcs I am highly pleased and satisfied. I feel assured I wiii And him at ihe ond of tho year, "all right." In a few days I leave for Montgomery on my return to Lancaster. If on my return to the city tho Logislnture is in session you may hear from me at that point. I cannot close this, without acknowledging myself under obligations to Messrs. McDoruiott, Moore and Gingles I*.*. tu?:. u:~.t~ i is i men niiiuiicni. long grabs. Montgomery, Ala. Fob. 26, 1860. My visit to the "Estato" lasted about one week, many persona remarked it was n short one, well it was, and I regretted I could not remnin ionger, however I tariied long enough to take an "inventory and appraisement" theroof. At Fort Deposite where I took the cars for Montgomery, I met quite unexpectedly with Mr. Word Crockett, formerly of l>ancaster. Although we had been school t>ovs together, neither knew each other until our names were given. I returned to Montgomery in the evening of the 22d, too late to witness the military display with which the birth day ol Washington had been celebrated and too late to attend a large and fashionable party given by one of the public spirited and wealthy citizens of the city I had, however, u glimpse of the beautifully illuminated grounds, as the omnibus passed in tnking me to my quarters in the city. The legislature is still in session, but sojourns on the 27th, tho members beine anxious for llie day to arrive, in fact many have left, tlio session having lasted near four months. It is said this li s been a working legislature, transacted a vast amount of business and passed a great many acts. It has granted numerous Rail Road oharters, so as to accommodate almost every section of the State, and in most of the charters, have authorized a subscription or donation on the part of the State. A now feature or system has boon ineorpointcd into the ('barter of the Central Rail Road, which is to run from Montgomery to the Tennessee line,connecting North and South Alabama. It is tins?a Hank has been chartered at this session tube located in Mobile. Hank stock is eagerly sought after, ami greatly desired in this State, on account of the large profits made by banking, so much so, that Hank stock is considerably above par, and regarded one of the safest and most profitable investments, hi the charters of the Hank and Ito.ad,all persons subscribing stock in the Hank are required to take a certain amount of stock in the Road It is imperative on the stockholders in the H ink, also to subscribe for stock in tlu* Road, so that when the Hank stock is taken, (which no person doubts) a largo ..ub Hi-ri|>li<>0 of stock '? sec'.1 red f >r the Itoad. It I* hi)led here the "Rice, (Slltnsr Hill," having been conceived an<l curried oat and perfected, by lion S F. Rice, form-rly of our State, and Mr. Gilmer, the President of the itoad Thin with t lie liberal a|ij<r?t]o ialioi made hy the State, and wh..l )>?i> >te stock holders will subscribe, secures and and build."* the ito.nl. It in a Ro id which litis beet*greatly needed und iniich desired in tliis State, heretofore there has h-cn comparatively but little into- course betwecn North and South Aluhaui i. the members of the legislature from those Northern counties, to reach the Capitol, had to travil via Chattanooga and Atlanta. The greater portion of their produce found a I market outside of Alabama. Mot little j sympathy, and in fact a sorter jealousy ex[ isiod between North and Sooth Alabama. [ This Uo.td unites and makes but one Ala| bama, sociably, politic-nlly und commercially. It is thought the action of the Iwgislature, or rather the results of tlo-ir action will dcvelope the vunt and immense resources of the State and make Iter future a great and powerful one. I said to some of the members, that if unfortunately their constituents should drtfer with tlu-m in their liberal and enlarged views and action, that posterity would do justice to tkeir foree ist nod wisdom There ore several ex Judges and members of Congress in the present legislature and from what I have seen and heard an able body. I have listened to debates partifipaled in by Judges * Chilton, Meek, llaile nnd Rice, by Hon. Percy Walker, and David Hubbard, nnd by Messrs. Hulloek, Melntyre, Clitheral, Cooper, Foray the, Forney, Wright, Starke, Shephard, Hobbs, Gilchrist. Uritiin, (tibaon, and others whose names I do not now recollect, which would do credit to any deliberative assembly. In company with Dr. (1. Rush Jones I pent one day in viaiting his extensive,systematic nnd large yielding plantation, distant, aboiu 8 utiles from the city. lie owoa a large body of valuable land, level, rich and ennity cultivated. He liss recently purI chased an ndo.ini,w? ?-? f? ?u ' 1 J. II i ui ? II It- II lit" paid $d7 50 per acre. We also visited the plantation of hi* brother i)r. II. C. Jones, near by, o? the line creek or Mount Meigs road, this is aUo another body of choice htnda From what I hnye sepn I regard this locality the ,-(?arden tJpot" of Alabama. Intrinsically tliu lands arp valuable, the country level and healthy,the aocioty good and the locality to the city convenient nnd desirable?auch lands with such sppcrten. ancea must increase in value as the country becomes older. When I passed through, Dr. H. U. Jcjr.01 and family had gone to Mobile and New (Jrleana on a pleasure excursion?they are now at home in the city. He and his kind miS t- ?' * .... ?*! ?, itiii| 8Wt*c3l children have contributed largely to the pleasures of my visit?at a dinner party at hi* house I made the acquaintance of General Freye and lady. The (ien'l was, with Oen'l. Walkner in the Nicaraguan expedition, he haa seen some service and endured some hardships. He gave a glowing de enption of thec<<jnlry, its climate, timber, soil and productions. He la a native of Richmond, about the sixe and somewhat resembles our friend T. R. Mag!!!, and It occurrad to me whilst he was giving a description of the country, that if the ?Youog Man" who han always sympathize 1 with the expedition, conld have heard him, lie would be "in" for the next expedition "certain." I have a sort of "old Mortality" fondness for visiting cemeteries, not to rechisel tho obliterated inscriptions, but to look ut tho resting places of the dead, the monument*, j and rend the inscriptions ; it inspires a feel, ing of melancholy pleasure and excites thoughts which may be profitable m a spir- I ileal sense. In a strange city this feeling I actuates me, but It was not this that car- a iTied mc to the cemetery in Montgomery.? 1 It was the melancholy duty of visiting the 1 grnvea of friends und relatives who there sleep in death ; standing by the grave of that pure and noble lady, the mother of her m whose life waft devoted to my happiness ; fl I felt thnt n fond mother and a devoted M daughter were again united?united in a heaven of purity and innocence, united in 40 an eternity of happiness, anoternity of love. May it be my happy lot to meet them ia their pure and eternal abode, where parting will be no more. There are other subjects I inten led t? allude to, but cannot at this time. IjONG GRABS. For the Lancaster Ledger. Mr. Editor.? Dear Sir: Homo time sice I noticed n communication published) in the columns of your paper, over the signature of "Flat Creek," in which my nnmwy (among the names of other gentlemen,y was used as having been nominated as ono of the candidates to represent the people of Lancaster District in the lower branch of the State legislature. I, ?s an indivrJua)1, must confess that I duly appreciate tho judgement of Flat Creak in p?rt ; but for myself I am still placed under further obligation, and acknowledge my grateful feel I tng-> anil re'urn my aincero thanks fur the high and uninterested compliment paid m? by my friends, (tut if I know myself, I knmv thnt I have no ambition nor thirst for otlicc of any kind ; but admit that I have ? 1 should be very reluctant and teel very awkward in attempting to contest the seats of our former Representatives, as it has always been my settled policy to contiuiio statesmen in their otliccs so long as they desire to serve, provided thev stand square j up to their post, though competition being the life of business and safety in t'io I multitude of conaellors. Leaving the in| teri*ts of the people to tiie care an 1 keepj ing of more wise heads than that of in/ | own, I most respectfully beg leave to de I olitie the nomination, hoping that I will bo excused for so doing Yours respectfully. J. R. WKLS',1 February UJtli 18GJ. aiiiirui* .?? ii?n i r?nn ur iir. ai.iii. hi i.*\ ainininy tin- vessel* at tV.o various \viiiir\oi we lisiii ninoiijr the curiosities of on.- i<> umcrcc the brio Miraieia, just in from IV.ivillo w ith a enryo of I ioti.luraa Sarsnpnrilli for Dr. J (J. Aver, Si. (Jo., of l.o.vell. So partijular are this li-in as to the article* UMctl in eotnpouiniiiio their various retnedies, that they hivclhi* drujr, like ku.u ? other* they consume. gnthereil for them !>. a ?killful i\<|ent of their ow n in 'lie tropic .1 rcnio|n? nf it* growth. He inform* us that there are malty specie* of this plant, h it two of which are really valuable in ineili> cine ; tlu? ijualilie* of these are .?l*o affectc I hy the time of gathering, mode of curing, etc, operation* which in t!i it region of mileli.tble workmen imposes n heavy labor upon him. On* of the inert varieties of Sarnaparillu grown wild in our own forests, w hile aevetal othura, nearly woithlesn, abonnd in Central and South America. The intelligent agent Manured uatliat the virtues of thia drug had never been fully told, and that tln? reason of the low esteem in whteli many hold it in loninly due to lite import.t, lion of aueh immense q .tnntUiea of the worthless varieties. Hit accounts of his trips it Honduras and hi* business excursion* along the (>ulf of I) ilco and the rivers of Miitxr I I mot Smif .,?.> .....1 r - o ? ? *6" **"" the tit!j icent mountains were of intense in-. I terest. We cap hut commend and honor ; his emi?l t.ycra fur lite faithfulness un?i enI with which lltey execute their trust as mini<ter.? to the |>ut>1^?; health. nmi we sua|ievt tlint this course is at least one of the reasons why their medicines are held in such extraordinary favor throughout the civilized world.?.\>?e York ('ity Newt. tt'-1 . . *JLU' I Hymeneal. Married, on Thursday the 1st inst, by the Iter. S. ii. Brown, I*. K , at the residence of M. C. Heath Kn<|, J. I'. Iliuth to Mis*. K. 1.. Stewart Also, by tho saute, at the name time and place, Win. T. Miller, to Miss M. A. Heath1 Printers fee, O. iv, On Thursday evening the Itith inst., by the Kev. Peter Nicholson, the Rev I. Head i to Miss Rebecca C. Daughter of Cap. Ce- ? i phaa Key, all of Lancaster, formerly of Cheater. On the 23d inel, Mr. John D. Mahon, of Iaiikdh District In Mr* lUbrccn J. Durham, of Winnsboro'. i J THE MARKETS New York, March 2.?The Cotton market waa buoyant to day, with salea of 1200 halo* ; Middling Upland II a I I Je. Charleston, March 2.?Cotton.?The transaction to day were limited to aome 1600 bale*, ranging from 7 to 12c. I i Speoial Notioes. 1 loi.i-owav's Pilu may be taken with perfect safety by both sexes, and all ages, their effect being mild yet positive ; their searching properties render them invaluable (or the *1terrainatton of every disease, particularly liver and stomach complaints ; bilious disorders, and indigestion. As a purifier of the system, they are uneaqnalled, and their virtue* in caaes of deteruination of blood to the head. and asthmatic oo<rplaint*, cannot be too highly commented or, in abort, by a perseverance with thoaa a4mirable Pills, there are few coott plaint* which can resist their extraordinary influence. 23