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A Sail Eoad to Lancaster. Seveu years ago we earnestly urged the people of Kershaw and Lancaster Districts, (lie necessity and propriety of building a Hail Ko?d, connecting Cam den wiih L messier, lower North Caroli na, <Jkc. At tliHt lime our ptople were in favor of the project, and were willing "o go into the enterprise, hut tjm people of Lancaster were uot so enthusiastic. Now, the Lancaster people are up for a )ioml, and there is comparatively but little interest manifested by our citizens, although we believe there is still a disposition to aid in the matter. it is clearly, in our judgement, the interest and policy of Lancaster and Cam den to unite at once in a vigorous and cf feeiive effort towards the early inauguration of this most important movement.? We are pleased to know tlint we do not taud alone in this view?there are those among our most influential and wealthy citizens, who are willing and ready to come up nobly to the work. \V? \ .1?:? -i m c ,jm?c m> ut-jsire, in mo present aftide, to do more than call attention tp the matter, antl urge upon our citizens and those of Lancaster, the most prompt and .speedy action to secure an end also lutelv necessaiy for mutual progress. ,Let Lancaster and Camden meet and confer together, and devise the ways and means necessary for this work, which must of necessity, in courp.e of time, be accomplished. There are those who tell ur that a Rail Road to Camden from Lancaster will ruin us. We don't believe a word of it ?it would do us good. Look at Coium bin : bor Rail Roads have made it the prettiest City in tire South. Columbia, to-day, is as far ahead of what it was fifteon years ago as Camden is now ahead of what it would have been with out a Rail Road. The Lancaster people ijrc determined to have a Road?they are able to build it themselves, but Kershaw qught to help, and she will help?and Camden is inter estod, and inu-t have a prominent place in the picture. More Anon.? Catndcn Journal. From the Suniter Watchman. Mu. Editor.?The project of h Rail road, seems lo be ihe subject which en grosses most attention with us at this time, and p.s you have kindiv offered the use of your columns, we propose to consider two of the most essential points. The first is. wili it pay ? The distance from Florence to Lancastervi |!e by the way of Bishopville, t? about seventy miles. The country through which it would pass, lies as favorable for the construction of a IWroad as any in tue Slate, Then are no larg?, and very few small slreatnt to be encountered, Lynche's Creek being the largest, and dial would be crossed at a point where Mature seems to hav* formed for the purpose. We are lee frotn these facts to the conclusion, that il would not be a costly Road. About two thirds of the route comprises as fine plain ting l;md* as anv where to be found, and the balance can be made equally as vab liable tor turpentine and lumber. To say nothing about the business which Railroads make, it seems to us that the advantages of the location ilsel is n sure guarantee that il would be s payipg Road. But when we lake in con sideration the fact the Chariottee, N. C., is looked to as the final terminus, every appearance of doubt as "to the piotiiable ness of the enterprise is expelled at once By referring to a map, you will see thai is the nearest route by many nnles to the city ol Charlrat* n.and in fact the only one which approaches to anything like a direct line You will also see that there are several Roads, some in course of con atruction. hut all of which will terminate at Charlotte. What may we ask will prevent tli< Bishopvi'.le ami Lancaster lioad from do Ing a paying business, when it reachei that point 2 It is a matter so plain, it hardly need he argued. The second question now tq consider is, can the money be raised to huild the Road 2 It is estimated that it will take eight hundred thousand dollars to buiul it to Ltncasterville, the point designated as the present terminus, and we will ven ture, to say, that if every planter living oq the route, together with those immedia'flly interested in the Road, would each, subscribe an unounl equal to the gross proceeds of one cotton crop, the work could be done without the addition of another dollar. The times are pro pitious, and if the Road is ev?r to he huilt now is the time, sat s BI9HQPYILLK Mklakciioi.y Occukkknck ?We learn that the lifeless corpse of Dr. McNealy Dullnsa was found in his field, in Clarein a. tr.wi..., i.... u~ i ...i MVia lyiniiu ?, wii imini mm. IIH flrt?| been shot by some one, whose identity, w? understand, has not been established, notwithstanding many rumors are abroad as to ilie perpetrator of tlie deed. A whqle load of shot, accompanied bv the waddiqg of what was supposed to he a gun, penetrated Ids breast causing death, it is supposed, immediately. Dr. Da Hose was the nephew and son'in law of Mr. David St. P. DuBose, of Clarendon I >i?triqt, a gentleman of high standing and inteligence. (lis death has sent the pang of sorrow and affliction deep into the hearts of many devoted relatives and friends y^s the (palter will undergo ju dicial investigation, and as tho cireum stances attendant are complicated in character, wo refrain from giving further particulars. as they have reached us.? Sum ter Watchman. IIoMtciDK j.v fjnai*ki. IIill-We learn that a difference occurred on Saturday, 17th insl., between a student of the name of Ford, of the Freshman Class, from Ca harms, and Nathaniel J. Watson, a son of Mr. Jones Watson, of Ch?pel Hill, which resulted in the dpath of the latter Watson, we lenrn, w?? Qr^t struck by Ford wiili a slungshot, end then wounded with e i>owie knife. [In lingered until Tuesdav nialit, when he died. Ford made hie esesp*.?Rnlngh Standard. f?09t im Fuomid*.? VV? leern th>U th$re wee a henvy front observed nl Gainesville end vicinity on llie morning of ifye 26lli. It i? feared that the growing vegetation lies been seriously dun ti*1' ?Ftrnanditta Floridian. 9 % * (?l)f X filt|Pt. lawuasterville. s. c. WEDNESDAY morning* April 4tl?. I860. I j Democratic Convention?Thu result j of the meeting nt the Court House on | ' Monday Inst to nominiitc delegate* to the , S Stnto Convention, will be found on another i ; column. Craigville Ca.?Messrs. Craig <5L j 'Faylor, of Crnigvilie. commend, fb'ough ! an advertisement in this paper, their new.' : and choice assortment of goods to the pcoI pie of I he surrounding section. These gen- I j tlemeii will no doubt be found ready and 1 j willing to prove at any time what they ' j have aet forth in this notice to the public. 1 Religious Notice < | Rpv. Mr. Craig expects to preach at i : Doiiglass on next Sabbath, the 8th iiist, ' j and at U'uxhaw on the 15tli inst. The , ' 1 Bethel Presbytery stands adjourned to mcpt | at Douglass, on Friday the 20th of April, i at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of Ordaining i j Mr. Craig, and proceeding, if the way be I' i clear,to install him as Pastor of the churches I 1 in this vicinity, whlih have presented a call i for his services. Our Railroad?Where Shall we Connect? NVe are gratified to find in the Inst issue I ( | of the Camden Journal an editorial nrticle, ! ( advocating the construction of a Railroad J, i from Camden 10 l/inenster, nod urging up- j on (he citizens of Cninden and Kershaw | the propriety of taking part in the enter- | ( prise. The Journal says that seven years j ( ago, it and the people of Kershaw general- I ( ly weie warmly in favor of the measure, j, and tnnt J?ancaatcr, nt that time, was much j less-enthusiastic. Our connection w ith the ' , railroad excitement of that period was not | j such as to enable us to speak authoritative* ly upon the point made by the Journal, but ( oui impression is jbst the reverse of his ( statement ; and we know that the people of Lancaster nre unanimously of the belief j , that Camden is opposed to a connection j i with us by railway, and tbnt they have cv- j ( er manifested their disapprobation by refu* j ( sing to unite with us in every successive I | effort that lias been made to accomplish this | object. ( Hut if we have been wrongly impressed, | or whatever the past may have been, if ; , Camden is now ready to co operate with ? us, we hazard nothing in saving that she , ? i will find Lancaster fully prepared to do licr j | I whole duty in this mutter. 1 The people of this District, almost with- |, ! out a dissenting voice, so far ns we have j ' heard, moved doubtless by the impressions ^ above referred to, have expressed a preference for n connection with the North Has ' tern Kail Roal ; and we are warranted in ' , believing that the people along the on tiro 1 route that such a road would traverse are ' i ripe for the measure. In ciyihruintion of ' i this, we refer to a letter from a prominent f citizen of Hishoptillc on this subject, pub 1 lished in our paper of to-day. Also to an 1 article contributed to the Sumter Watch. ' man, which we republish. Other considerations have actuated our ' people in expressing a preference for the 1 latter route. The road would traverse n 1 , larger section of our District, by front five ' to ten miles, and the interest in and subi scription to the enterprise would be enhati* i ced proportional*!)'. It is believed, too, 1 that the stock would prove more profitable I 1 ! than the stock would be in a ro,.d to Cam- I den. IJinca-terville would be almost asp 1 near Charleston as Camden i-; the differ. rui-t; in mi- uisuimi' immii una m.icc l" * -II ?iI lesion via Di-thi'pv jllo. and from thin place ' to Charleston yj(; Camden. \yould he perhaps , < ( thirty-live in ilea in favpr of tlic former foute. 1 i And should the road ultimately Ut continue j * ' ed on to Churlolte, which in all probability it j will he, it inuat in (hat c\cnt become one of the best paying roads in the country. Bvery one must be convinced of tliin when { ^ they reflect, that Charlotte would he fifty j or aixty milea nearer Charleston by this ! ^ | route than by any other now complete or ; , in projection. This difference in the dir. I tance will be sulheient to secure for this 1 rouio the trade and travel designed for I ( Charleston,that finds its way through Char- ! | lotte. That trade is now considerable, bat i ( it will be vastly increased when the chain ' of roads now in projection are complete, 11 which pro to give Charlotte a direct connec- j , lion with She Virginia and Tennessee road ' , and with the cities and tributaries of thy j great West. A glance at the map \s ill j r i suggest the reasonable probability that the i completion of this road will eiTeel the great i dissideratum which has exercised our people for upwards of thirty years?that it is < to be the road that is to connect Charleston t 1 and South Carolina with Cincinnati and liie j valley of the Mississippi ! These are some of the reasons which ^ < have influenced the people of this District ( in pxpresjing a preference for a connection < i with the North Kaxtern Road at or near Kingstree. But on ? .e other hand, the di?? J ( t.iiec to Camden is trifling compared with | , (he other way, nrd if Kershaw will evince ! , the same spirit and liberality towards the ' , enterpri-e thnt l>niicaHter ia ready tp ' , exhibit, a sufficient amount could, in le?n ' j than three months, be pledged to secure the J ; road, j.nd in less than two years the road \ 1 would be built, equipped and in operation. j Lancaster is not committed to either route. Wo look upon ourselves as being, , in ihi* matter, in advance of either the peo- ^ pie of t'amden or the friends of the North j < Eastern connection. We have gone to j work and tested the desiro snd capacity of | ^ Our people, nnd when we proclaim that we ( I have a reliable subscription of about one hundred aqd seventy thousand dollars, snd f daily increasing, we can well say to the , p'-oplo of Camden or of Rishopvilte: make t us a proposition?give us a tangible earneni of what you will do, and we will unite ' I with Win friends of that route who hold { , ' ouf to ua tha boat inducements. I < % Railroad Mkktikg.?After tlie Cotivenion meeting wan over, on Monday, an informal railroad di-cusMon took place, and it being understood tliat the NorthEn-tern railroad company would take active ini'usureH to nccompliah a connection with this section by railway, a Committee, con. sifting of the following persona, were appointed to correspond with the ('resident snd directors of Maid Company, in relation lo this subject : j. ii. a> iincrspoon, j. a. imqninglrim, j. M. Ingram, \V. M. Connors, S. B. Maasey, D. Harnett. Mexican Affairs. The distrneti d condition of .Mexico is beginning to attract a large share of public attention. I low the United talcs is to protect the rights of our qwij citizen* from j the lawless ravages of Mexican subjects, without assuming the disagreeable province if a protectorate over tbe whole country is t question which is destined to puzzle the wisest statesmen that we have among us ? i'he South Carolinian has tho following peilinent remarks upon this subject : '-What ure we to do with Mexio, is certainly the absorbing practical question of the day.? The law# that arc to solve and determine Ihe Territorial question have been ordained and enacted by the high legislative authority ves'ed in nature. Congressional enact nirnts.weighed in tins balance against these, will be as light and fleeting as feathers.? What shall be our policy in regard t disIracted Mexico, is the practical question.? LI an we avoid the assumption of a protoclorate ! Our Hag is pledged to the protection of our citizens, that is fixed. Will the rights of citizens be respected by a neigh Poring nation, without an established Goveminent-? a nation distracted by factions, jroken and bruised, so as to be utterly un ible to exercise any authority or restraint aver the hrinnnda which infest it ' 'I'lmn ichat alternative is left our Government, L>nt to assume tl|u duty it ones her i jii/.eiu, ind advance at once to its discliaige. Gen. l^uitmnh, who was well ncipininted with the condition of Mexico, contended, when the Mexicans war terminated, that the Government would have to assume the protectorate ; nnd lie went so far us to lay Jown the plan, upon which he thought it should be done. We know that Mr. Cal. Iioun regarded Mexico as "forbidden fruit hut when the fruit is thrust upon us at svery turn, when there is not any ullernn Live left us however distasteful it may be, it will have to be eaten. Mexico, as Mr Roy re says, is our sick man. We do not see how we are to avoid the very disagreea hie office of nursing him in his hours of ill. iiesv, of attending lorn to a decent buiiil. ufid finally, of administering on his estate." Convention I'apf.k*?'l'hu t'harleston Courier and the Kreniittf AVtrj, announce Hint thev have made ample arrangements for giving lull reports of the debates, disMsions and proceedings of the Democratic I Convention to eotnmence in that city on the 2Ltd iust. The Courier, for the eon vciiience of those at a distance who desire ll..?? rnn.i.O ..Oil - I I -I n.\ -u ? in in i ju- niuiit-u fiiuM'rij'lions, as follow* : For llie daily Courier, disc month $1 ; tri weekly, for the mime lime, fitly cent*. For a shorter term, not ess than two weeks, in proportion for eith er issue. The cash must Accompany all lubseriptions ro the Delegates to the Columbia Convention We have been requested (says the South Carolinian) to state that, at a meeting of the Richland Delegates to the Columbia Democratic Convention, it was decided, in ronsidcration of the hours at which the passenger trains on the railroads arrive, that 8 o'clock I'. M , of the 16;!i of April, ho the hour for the Convention of the Del gates from the several Districts. Arrangements have been made to obtain for the ne? anion, the Hall ol Representatives. Wash;ngtoq Items. There does not seem to bo muc.li matter ?f interest transpiring at the Federal Cnpiol. We find that the Senate bus passed a nil, authorizing the construction of a tele jraph line from the Atlantic to the Pacific. \lso, a joint resolution for the relief of nnil contractors. In tlie lloii-e of Representatives, the Committee of Ways and Means have re wrted the appropriation bi'ls, the principal >f which are the Army and Navy Rill* ? ['hat for the army calls for fourteen million*, ind for the navy upwards of eleven millions >f doliars. I he Postal Deficiency Dill will cquire nearly six millions House <-r IlKfHEsKHTATtVKS.?Mr. Garlett, of V.i., has introduced a hill, authorzing citizens of ithrr States to carry slaves nto the Territory of Kansas. A resolution was pissed, looking to the ipening of negotiation*, which would make .lie slave tinde pirney hy the law of nations. A resolution whs offered, instructing the Indieiary Committee to report a Idll interlifting slavery where Congress has the >ower. This elicited great interest, and xas negatived by 45 majority. President Buchanan sent in a ni-ssage to he House of Representatives, denying the ight to investigate his conduct, except hy i charge and impeachment This fell liko i bomb shell among the Black Republicans, alio fiercely attacked the message and the President. lie was ably defended by Vlessr*. Docock. of Vn., and Craige and lYipslow, of Nort|^ Carolina It was revrred to the Committee oq the Judiciary. Replies to the dispatches of the naval of. .(ccp* in commnnd of (J. 8. veMsels in the LSulf of Mexico, relative to the capture of Mnrin'e steamers, have been forwarded. It 9 understood that the Navy department np. proves the course of conduct puraued by hem. A correspondent of the Charleston Caw -jer under date rjf 23tb nil., writes : "Tne iln*ery question has again been forced into he Halls of Congress by the Republicans ilr Rake, of Ohio, having introduced a resolution into the House instructing the hidiciary Com .il.ee to inquire into the sxpediency of reporting a bill to grant freelom to every human being, the democrats very wisely d-termined to keep tlx Repnb licnns to tlieij record, and it has proved that | j the opinions >f their lending men Are, in et?- j feet, (ii iinetri nllv opposed to tin interests | of the Sonthpnd their inslitiitiins. Tiif. PiGitTiN tiik Caucus.-"The Wash- I ington Slur m\s : "The won^rmongers of ; the country i*e just now ter.'ibly exercised | over a ruiuoroi regular sot-to, as it were in t a recent Democratic Seiiat>rinl (.uncus, in ! the Capitol, 9eeipg frequtftl dark nliilsioiiy | t<> it in tlie ndwnpapetK, iitiuv of tlieiu iin- \ plicating partis as the belligerents who j were not the tncn, and tearing all sorts of! iiupiohuttle virbal storiet concerning the nf- | lair, we may in well say now as at some fa* i lure tin e?for the cat mist ol course soon- j er or later get cieau oii of the bag?that > we believe Messrs CWy and Clingman to , have been the parlies ii collision ; im?l that until separated, the latter was very roughly handled. So says Madam Rumor, in circles in wliioli >he n<i unfrequetilly tbll* the truth. T?n to one.' squatter sovereignty," in disguise, wan sit the bottom of the muss." News I:emsThe gavel that President Buelunan used on the 23d uU., dedicating the .statue of Washington, was the one used by Washington as President ?>t the Uiiitui States, nun as (irand Master of Free-nnnons, pro tetnp're, in laying the c< rner atone of the capita". 011 the 18lli day of September, 1793. There are about one hundred and ten thousand looks in the Aator I.ibraty. This j value of th? volutin s and building is estimated at ncaily six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Last year thirteen tUmsand j e'glit hundred and ninety-eight dollars were 1 expended for new books. The support of the library in\ gives a yearly expenditure of five thousand dollars. The "Richmond Dispatch" says ; Homespun Cloths nre becoming so fashkmable i with business men that the factories in dif ferent pirts of the St*;o find it impossible, with their present facilities, to till the various orders that pour in upon theru. Our pc'ipln are learning to discard broadcloths and eassimeres. and to adopt in their stead the beautiful Southern goods to lie seen on tlie streets etery hour in the day. Joseph Rulh-dgc, residing near Talladega, Ala , was killed hv l.is O'.in son on Monday night last, lie went home drunk and compelled Ills wife, who was in bed sick, to get tip, and then commenced abusing her; his sun coming in, remonstrated with him against the abuse of Ins mother. Kutlcdgc swore lie would kill the whole of them, and turned on the sou and commenced beating J | nun. in mi- sennit* llie MO!) It'll, and Willie Rutledgu wnt on him. the son drew his j | knife nud tulhcted the wounds which onus, j j ed IIutiedgo's dentil ill ? few minutes after. The old llt;iII got il(i, however, and holding on to his stict, swore that he would Kill them all ; his wife untight li-dd of him, mid in a moment after he mink down and I died. John C. Terrell, (?avs the Chera w Oa. | I zettc.) who U'aa tried and convicted at the Fall Term *f the Court of Sessions for Marlboro' Dillriet, held in lS.iO, of causing the death of his grandfather, Ananias Gra- | ham, by poi*"n and who appealed to the Appeal Court for n new trial, which was I denied hint, was culle l up on Tuesday, the j second day ?f the Spring Term, for sen. j tence. When naked l?y the Clerk of the I Court if he had anything to say why sen- j tence of death khould not be pissed upon | him, replied thai he had nothing to sav, on- | Iv that lie was innocent of the crime, and i that lie wanted all the lime the Court could , give him. I lis llunor Judg Wardlaw then proceeded to read the sentence prepared by } Judge Wliiincr, who presided nt tin trial, i milling siicli remarks as the circumstance* j required, mi l lixing the day of execution j Cor Friday, the I3it> dnv ot Aj?riI next. The Supreme Court of the Stale of New York, have ins tied a perpetual injunction against Katoii and Jenkins for counterfeit, iug Ayer's Cathartic l'ills, boding them res! ponslhle for thy. cruel imposition in whnt they have done and restraining them fioin further like injury to the public. If any class of our people more tlptn another needs the interposition of U>v to shield them from Imposture, it is the nick and nuf. faring who are unable to protect themselves, A remedy ?o universally employed asAyci's Pills by all classes, both to .'lire and to prevent diseases, should ns it does have everysecurity the lav can nITord it, fioin counterfeit and imitation. Cabinet Schenectady. Mr. A. T. Stewart, a dry goods merchant of New York citv, has been taken to an insane asylum Mr. S. is we'l known all over the United States as the proprietor of one of the largest, dry grinds houses in .New York. A dispatch to the Charleston Courier, diu ted Washington, Msrrh 34lh *iv* : "Kvcrv effort is being made use of to hring about it change in tin* place of lioldinjf (lit* Convention. The Democratic National Kkcolli w. Committee, which incetH here on ttiu 5th ot* April, will be strongly urged la make a cliiinue. Despatches fiom Trenton, New Jersey ?iiy that eight oitt of the fourteen delegates from that State to the Charleston Convention are in favor of Douglas. The Book C< ncorn of the Northern MothI odist Episcopal t'hureh published I.ml yea; over one million of volumes. Orangeburg, Kershaw, Beaufort, VVil. linmsburg, I lorry, and Colleton, a*e the Districts that will be unrepresented in ti e Columbia Convention. I Gov, Houston, of Texas, is preparing for an iinmcdintemnd extensive campaign a! gainst the Indians, and also threatens an invation of Mexico, in case the McEtne tre-? ty is not ratified by the Senate. We learn from the Spartanburg Express that Dr. Whileford Smith will, on the 1st October next, reipwne the duties of the portion lie vacated laat July, na I'rofeaaor of ! Knglinh InlernHuc, in W> IT>rd College ? Tne Committer appointed by tne Board of Trustees, at their luet meeting, to nelecl a aoitnhle person to till the vacant chair, learning of Dr. Smith'* resignation na l*rv?ident o? ;he ColumV? Female College. wrote to iliim, again tendering him the potion, and he haa aignified Ilia acceptance. 'I'l l- Charleston Courier has a dispatch from a gentleman of petition and information in Washington. who says the question of the change of the place of meeting of the Convention is settled. Charleston is to be the place. /For the Lancaster Ledger. Pepiocratlc Meeting In pursuance of a call made in tlie last issue of the I?ancastcr heilfjcr, for a meeting to nominate delegates to the State Convention, a number of persons assembled in tlit* Court House on Monday lust. The meeting \\n.i opened by calling to the Chair Col. Jnmc* II. Witherspoou, nnd I)r VV. J. Buskin was requested to ?.ct as Secretary. The Chnirmnn explained the object of the meeting. It I'l. Allison, Ksq., offered the following preamble nnd resolution end mov, ed their adoption. to wit: Whereas, the Democratic Convention, for nominating ennflitjates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, assembles In tho city of Charleston on the 23d instant ; and whereas, we believe it to be the duty of South Carolina to unite and eo operate with her Southern sisters in selecting and nominating men for these high ollices who will protect tho interest of the South, Hesolrfd. That a committee of five be appointed by the chairman of this meeting to nominate fifteen persons to represent Lancaster District in the State Convention w hich meets on the Ifith in?t, in Columbia for appointing delegates to represent the State in the national convention on tho 23-1 instant. It. K. Allison, S. B. Mn?ncy, Jas. M. In< gram. T. M. Belk and Richard Coosart, were appointed by tbo ('hair in accordance will the above resolution and after retiring * few minutes rendered the following report The Committee have selected the follow ir>tr persons to represent the District in tin Columbia Convention : Jas. II Witiierspoon, Dixon Biriios.Sam uel B Miissey, Capl Hubert fSims, |)r. T. I. Johnston, Dr. \V C. Cauthcn, J is. M. In grain, TliOjt. S Clylmrn. .) T. K Belli. I. M. ('nullum, William .Mcllw iln. J. I) Me llwain. Jos A Cunningham, Maj J. Fan (ierburk.Jas.lt Hunter. The following resolution was offered In W. M. Connors Esq. and after sonic oppo sition and discussion was finally adopted lit solved. That as the question of slaver) is the great question of inti rest to t in: Sou! y and as parties are now constituted will In the test question in thenexi I'rusideiitiu canvass. Unit this meeting do instruct thi delegates from this District to the St;ti Convention, ins-st and urge upon t!m bode, that the delegates from this >t ,tc t< ttie ('iinrlestnn Democratic Convention, in instructed to require of said Convention tin adoption of a platform of principles, wliicl will f.dly and dearly recognize tin* tig1'! ol slave holders to their persons and proper ty in slaves, not only in the States, but a'si in the common Territories of the Loitii States, and that ilic Federal (Jovcraineii shall provide adequate protection to tin full enjoyment of such property. On motion it wis resolved tli it the nbov pmeeedinpsbe published in the l.aneiste /. ilgrr. \\ tlic mi> 'lin^ adjourned Jamf.x II WiriiKiiariioi, Cliiu'n. \V. J. Busk ill, Sec'v. Rail Road to Lancaster via 2isUop ville. The followiiii; lt*ttor iipoti tIn* anbj indiiinli'il hy this caption, Wfts written b an infl lential citizen of liishnpvillo l<> sev it.iI gentlemen of this place : j "(iSNTLEMhx : Since the date <?f my las letter to you. I find in the Ledger, some <i you are advocating a Una.) to Camden, have concluded to address toil tig ?tu r< j speetlng the route p'op ned in my first Jcl I tor. I fell well iis-mred thnt the only pru I tiea! route in hv Hi-hop ille to n p >int o ' the N. L. Bond. It matt' rs but little wit j us whether it connect* at Florence, the !ci minus of the N. I'.. II It . or at some poll! | near Kin^-oree If you should prefer point near Kiitj?<tree, I would siigg.-.sl (?-. j hams X Itoads. which would make tl road from Ijincanter to Graham mile and no water courses on the whole lir i larger than Bear Creek, near your Villa" All the watercourses from that point won! he Hour and Hanging Rock ('rucks titit ynu get within eight miles of Rishopvilie there you would hod two, about the size ( Hanging Rock. Kr< in Dishopville to Gri hams X Ho.ids, there Is not r, single atrcai that cannot l>? stepped across at one strid "I liope yon will turn your attention I j tiie proposed road tin Hi*hnpville. V?i ' have made an effort before this to have road to Cninden, and Cuinden has never f t vore 1 your projee'.; neither will it now, ui J less a fear arise of your leaning this ?a I can see no reason why yon should Ion to a quarter for help whose interest it wou be not to build the r >ad- The road I pr pose is the practical one, and it is one w are determined to huiid if yum wj favor it. It Is farther contemplated by i to eventually extend the road to Charlolt I The whole lin<* froin Charlotte to Urn ham X Roads 105 iniles, and nearly nn air lii to Charleston ; to eonnecl at Florem would he 100 mMes from Charlotte. Cot | plete this road to Charlotte and the Sto? | wouid he second to no road in the State. "If you concur with me in my sugge ' lions, I Would also propose that steps I taken for a *p*edy survey of the road, at in orUer io iici i>nipn?n m i vvnuia *ay i each District through which it will rn have n meeting and elect delegate* to rne j in Convention, at m.iuo centrnl point ni then make the neceanary arrangements "There is nothing butter calculated give miicccM to an undertaking than coti ineocing at the right time, and in the rig way, and without a beginning nothing ci be accomplished Now gentlemen, I wou aty once more, lean this way and in an d ing you and we can both b? benetitted ; | aeperatu from U', and neither ol lit will I , I would just add in conclusion if this roi can be built ftotn Florence to Chnrlotl : Unit I believe the N. K R. R llompin ! would Hiihseribe liberally, and in all prob bility a consolidation of tins two rov 1 co(|ld bu accomplished. Youra vary respectfully. For ill** Lancaster Ledger. The Itinerant Tax Aot. Mr. Ebitor : Notwithstanding the va- j rious opinions and expert ideas presented * l?y several Honorables and the press ol the n j State, in regard to the expounding of tho 'Itinerant Salesman's Act," there still seems i to be divided opiotoos among the people as * to the construction which the Courts may | ; place upon it. Let the intention of the o I Legislature have beeu what it may, it ' certainly has operated to the prejudice ' of nil those who have to purchase their i ' own breadstuff*. This fact was demon- c n atraicd not Icnrr sippe in vour Villntre. in t * w j " the way of a load of flour that came into . f market. The Act is mnde to inure to j < the benefit of the merchants?the wagoner will sell iiis load of tl ?ur, bacon, &e., to a I merchant, but positively refuses to retail I j one sack, and thus you perceive, that the j merchant is allowed tiio privilege of a pro- , tit by the carries* construction of that distinguished Act. It is unnecessary to en- ( , doavor to explain what was the meaning of ( the Legislature to our North Carolina neigh- ^ bors?upon whom we are chiefly dependent | foi what wo consume?it is a settled ! question with them, that the Act means just what it says. ! We must all admit that it is broad in its ' L | assertions, and can so be oon trued ns to ' ' i include all parties, whether manufacturers ! or tillers of the soil, outside the boundn of South Carolina Although, the intelligent* tell us ignorants that we cannot see into the 1 meaning of the Act. Bah ! To get them' : selves out of such a bubble, would be glad ' to have us believe this?might as well nni j dertake to make us believe that a drum' I stick is a j>ig tail. . I This Act has done more to onhnnce the i . | price of flour in tlii* I >istrict, than the pros| peels of a bad whent crop could have . j done. Vet, it is intimated, that the pen . ; pie are to blame for misconstruing the pro- ' j visions of the Act. If tikis be the case, we " j tru->t our next Legislature will be co.npos. . i ed of common folks, and when they com! mit an error, which we are all liable to, to ' frankly acknowledge it and not blame the j 'dear !? ??? who have not nice in enacting and making the laws. One of the dear people we claim to be, and do not fear to express our own opinion, as we all live in a j a free country. I LIHEUTY. l-me.istcr District. April 2d. > | The Mexicaa Question. For some Mine past there I.ace been ! two parties sTimulling for stipr?inacv in H ! Mcx'co : the Miranioii. or Church party, . land the Juarez, or Liberal parly. '1 lie a j United Si*tts recognizes tlie latter as the 1 legitimate government of the country.? 1 The centre of Miramoti'x power ha* been 15 the city ?'f Mexico ; that of Juarez Vera j Cruz 'I'lin two partie* have been, and i' | are, in a slate of constant hostility tor | ward* each other. Mi'amon, on the Alh in*tant, coin inciioed tue bombardment of Vera Cruz ; j having noticed the representatives of! foreign powers of his intention to cannon ' " ;i li* th? city. He had previously p"r* Ii (?< () two w-ar steamer*, wliicli were I t titled oat ?t II tVHtti, Cuba, am! married | willi French and Sparr?li soldiers ; and j . dm expenses of the expelilioti to the inIf, amounting to 1*300.000, are supposed to have been met bv the Spanish 'l <ioverninetir. Tim Spanish vessels up-1 '' i peared on the Gulf in the neighborhood ! | of Vera Cruz, showing no colors ; and j 'passe I ad the foreign squadrons and the j I- castle of S?n Joan <!e Ulloa v ilhom hois 1 ' 'ing a fl ?g. although requested to do so ! ? j by a shol from the castle and other! i, i equally persuasive signals.' Three Arneri J r | can vessels moved towards tliein to as t , certain their character ; an engagement | ensued; and the Spanish vessels were a captured and carrie.I in the port <>f N <* J Orleans. , Titi* conduct on ue part of the United * ' Slates' marine*, has created a general u* dentation. Resoh'inns were immediatep. ! 'y offered in Congress to enquire into the |,( ' authority on which tlie capture* were ,| mad-; and it is stated flint a complaint ' wdl l>e presented to the Court of Madrid j with n demand for reparation on account i of the Spanish Mirainon expedition against the Juarez government. The French 114 and S.pani?h residents at Vera Cruz re w' ' gaoled tho act as nn outrage. It is jus . lo tifi-d in I wo w ny? : ,u Die Spanish vessels, as they showed a no colors, were regarded as piratical.? i- The Mexican authorities so cotwidered n. iliern. They were, also, a p <rt of the ! j means to he employed l?y Mirarnon in ,j. blockading Vera Cruz, and thus interfer Id "'K vvitli our coinrnerce. On either of these grounds, thev were liable to seizure; 1 and our squadron on the gulf had re ?|ceived ample orders to that effect from j iho VVar Department.?Enquirer. Later from Mexico. IM Nsw Oklkanb, March 10.?The liorn* " j hardmeut of Vera Cruz was continued e 1 until lie morning of the 17ih, when Mi ramon made an attack upon the city ; j k hut sfier a half hour's combat, was re- j pulsed with considerable loss. Tli? woi men ar.d children, to the number of 2500, i>? were in the Castle. The bombardment whr resumed the mine <Jav with renewed el vigor, doing mucli damage. One tximh n hursted in the building occupied by the ^ American Consul, whicli seemed a special . mark for M-ramon's sharp shooters. 1 Oc the night of the 19th, another assault was attempted, but quietly repulsed. ,0 Oen. Caravajal'a forces captured a coo> n* voy of fifteen wagons, near Jalap.-i. They lit were loaded with provisions and muni- j n lions of virar, and liad besides #2400 in Id "|>ecie. They were attended bv a guard o. of ^00 men, wliicii be put to flight, and weru intended as reinforcements for Mi(t, r n mon. 4(j dsn. Miramon raised the siege of Vera Crua on the 21st ins'., and withdrew with bis troops in the direction of the 7' Oil* of Mexico. * * J On tlie 18th, after the capture of Marin's alearners, Miramon sent a decree i to the capital, confisealing all America;) I property, and ordering American* out of j the country. Obituary, Died, in Camden, 8. C.. March 19th, 1880, Iter a lingering illness, Anna, wifo of \VilInin M. Hilling*, iu the 'J4th year of her rDied, on Monday, the 5tb of March, I860, diss Dorcas' Blair, in tlit- sixty ninth year if her age. She was horn on the 14th of )eceinber, 1791, in that part of South Oarilinn known a* tho NVaxhavvs, Lancaster tiulriflt Died. nt his residence near UewisviJIe, * ? Fayette County, Arkansas, on the J)tli lay of M*roh, 1860, Judge John Steel, iged 78 venrs, 'J months arrl HO days. Tho loiwMHed was a native of Lancaster District, 4. C. THE MARKETSCOLOMBIA. March 31.?Tho sales of coton yesterday nuiounted to 40 bales. Ex. rentes 5 a 10 90-100e., showing a slight tdvnnce on the finer grades. Charleston, March 30.?Cotton.-Thoro was a moderately fair demand for this article to-day, the sales having reached upwards of 1634 bales. Tho transactions ranged from 6J ; to 11 }e. Liverpool Cotio.s Market, March 16. ?The sales of the week foot up 60,000 bales, of which speculators took 3500 and exporters 13,000 bales. The market, which was firm and quiet, opened with a declining tendency Tor Upland, but closed firm and steady. The sales oi: .Friday were SoOO hales. tmmammmwmm*HHHJp Speoial JSTotioes Stray Sheep.?Information concerning a stray Sheep can be had by the owner calling soon at this office. Holloway's Pills, a certain Remedy for all l.iver and Stomach Count!.tints.?Tito daughter of Mrs Fsrhnv, of Maiden Line, New York, was for tIt rue years in a m<mt deplorable stale of health, caused by her liver and stomach heinj? ??nt of order. Tlur mother tried a \ariety of remedies, but unfortunately tlie child was not benefitted by tbo same, nn tin* contrary, she gradually became worse. Seven weeks ago, she coin-, mcnced ti tiso Ibdlo vay's Pills in aee >rdanee witli the printed directions, they lieve _ completely cured Iter, after efery o'lier remedy bad I died to eive l>er the slightest ^ relief. D A WKIN rdTwYLIBA Attorneys at Law AMD SOLK l I'ORS IX KQU*T\\ Will piactiec in lamcister and tlie su -rou i fag Districts. OMICIC is til a COI'rt ItOfSit AT I. A N C A S T K It V 1 1.1. B. s . <\ INki tienl.tr attention given to collecting claims, rxtt.. titoa. s hawkish. maj. joiin n. vtu.iic. I'liion, l'. II., S. ('. LiiiCA'ter, (?. II., S, t!^ March It, IStio, .*>?if Chill a ttnd Fever ! Chills and Fever ! f ? ttue ivl the greatest remedies that liai ever I>a?ci\ laid befoie the public, for Kever and Ague, and winch have received the highest encomium* h orn the press and the people, i< DM. J. IIOSTBTTF.It'd CKI.KUltATKD HIT THUS. V. ho would endure the tortures tri<. ing Ironi tics terrible tli?ea8**, when it tan be Mt easily cured ? Who would endure sleeples* nights, tnmiing fever* and icy chill* allor'.ntvly, wltiiu ? romttdy can l>c obtained tor a mere trifle ? Ami yet how many families linger out a painful cxistc ice under this deadly blight, ill ilo nothing hut glnb dowie quinine, until it become* n* Coiumoii n? their daily meals, I un<l yet they are not relieved. None hut the t foolish and weak would hesitate to procure these \ ahuihle Hitters, and a.ive themselves intense agony. March. Sold hy d uggist* and dealers generally, everywhere. See dvert'aenient in another role inn. Annonnccmonts. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Mr I'.DlToit : ?Voit will oblige many friends by placing the n tine nf J. Williams, Esq , in nomination for re election to the | lower branch of 'lie Mate la-gi-dature. FOR CONGRESS. We are authorized to anno inee Out. fl. W. Mild.Kit. of M iriiin, a enndidate to represent the lirat "ongressionul Dislriet of South Carolina in the next Comrrexw. Tin- fri?*nof l!?? lion .IOIIN MeQUKEN announce liiui a candidate for re* election to Congress, froni the first Coojrio?innil District of South Carolina. i.arcas r eh. FOR CLERK. The friends of JOtIN A. 8TB WM \N nnnoancehini a candidate for re election for Clerk of the Court, for the ensuing term. Mu Editor?The many friend* of Mr, II. J. HANCOCK, nnnouncc lurn a enndid ilc. for Clerk of tho (luttrt for the rnsulfig term. FOR SHERIFF Mil Editor :?Please announce AMOS McMANUS, a candidate for lha ()Slice of Sheritr for letncaster District, for. the ensuing term and obiige his Mary Fkirnds. The friends of Capt. J. B COtJSART, announce him a candidate for Sheriff for j Lancaster District, nt lh<> er.suin\f term FOR TAX COLLECTOR Mr. Editor :?Please announce Mr. W. B TWHTV.tw u candidate f.?r Tax ColI lector Rt the coauina election I u... f finni a nir.^wa. Mr K tutor?The votars of tareaater reepeatfuliv announce J. H. HUNTKR * c-wtdid.tto far ru-election for Tax Collector, for the ensuing term. Mr. Kd^toit?Pleaseannounce Mr. NVtn. Iforkrtsrui. r Candidate for Tax Collector at the enauing election and oblige hia j fri-nda SVaxHAWa. I Kditor.?By announcing Mr. R. C. POT I'd. a candidate for Tax-Collector *t the next election you will obHgo hia Mart PttiiROa. Mr Koiron : By announcing Capt A. 8. NMBBTa candidate for Tax Collector | at the oe*i elective you will oblige. Hie KairRD^