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a lie Canrastcr ledger. itO 1/ I) \ XT XT I T \T Tniit (n flu1 l*r?'w?it*, tiM-niiiijf Kht't'ts <*nrv??f, TXT 4 i \ t; . j'N i-< ' +" * ' J H /V 1^1 IN I. i aVl Kiff Willi ili<! uomti>r* ?it cucii |?imiiix <1ht. 1^1 j\. X3./V.1 'JE .1 fnmitg nan .} ..ini jiituisgu|it[?Btumtil m ljit ilnn, swnus, tilrtjlotf. ifimtaliuu, agrirulturt, Snitruai Smgrnntuituta, /orrigu anil Hnmt5lit jSruis, nuil tht BlnrRits. VOLUME IX. LANCASTER 0. II, SOUTH CAltOLiNA, WEDNESDAY MOILNINU, JUNE 6.1860. N u M~bTr~I 7. "" For the Lancaster Ledger. ! Mit. Koiroit : ?There is a time :.n tho progress of Slates, and I might h<UI in pHilicuhir sections of States, as in the af fairs ol men, which, if taken at the Hood | will prodii. e great and happy results ;? , hut if r.oglected, results in ruin, loss and | decay. With Lancaster such is the time! j The car of progressive fate is rapidly roiling bv, and if we wish to reach tiiat .point if prosperity which now looms up so brightly before us, wo must jump a i board. There seems to he a unanimity of feel j -.ng in our midst that something can, that ' something will, and nuist he done. That .. ' . I ouiiiu v?uri* muni uc pri'jecteu wuti tnrrieu forward, that our secliou of the State, in common with others, must take hold of prosperity. And the greatest wonder is ! that Lancaster in connection with other Districts equally interested in the present Hail lt<.ad enterprise, lias uot long ago done '.hat which they are now contemplating. Our enterprising and energetic citizens nre reflecting that men can he gieat otherwise, than in being constables, clerk's, sheriffs judges and governors, dtc. Fulton, the steam-heat builder, done more for his ;.?? and country th ir. did any governor. NViiitney, the constructor of the cotton gin, has revolutionized the world and placed America at the head of nations, for cotton controls the world and America controls cotton. Wisdom teaches lis that we should on j ly commence that which we can accoin. ! pish, while State pride thunders in r.ur ears, that we are far be'iind in pub j hi' Improvements. Tli?t mi>.1i a work if practical'!* and can he a.-eotiiplished, is hoi denied ; ili.tt it is fraught wItli deep interest, and either pr< jcc'. carried Dili an lioiv proposed, M ill make a deep mark upon tlie destiny Mini prosperity of trie S'ale i> equally tiue. The circumstances and the sigea of the linn:* surrounding lis, seem to demand proinj t and elfieicnt | action. In ihe construction of this road, hav , ing for its terinii iib our own Charleston, I and in its course dissecting the rice ar.d i cotton fields, the pine foiests of the low* j er and middle portions of the Stale, the j cotton, corn ami wheat lands if the up | p r ; coiineclMig at Cliailotie w ith the j N. C. railroads, cutting the central road at right angles and ill line with tlie At home, Tennessee ami Ohio Kail It* ad, which is now under rapid progress of eon atructioii. Thus putting us in possession, not only of a large and beneficial mountain trade, hut bringing us m connection wilD (lie waters of the \ arlkin, the Lh. tawba, and ultimately the vallies of the Mississippi Mtid Ohio themselves. Thin enterprise, thus projected and carried out, is truly national iu its character and advantage*. Though it commends itself to our especial favor upon the grounds that it is eminently in feeling and interest a South Carolina work. Extending through the whole length of South Carolina across western North Carolina and pene Hating the Ohio and Mississippi vallies. taxing tiibutn front western North'Caro liita, western'Virgiiiia, and Ei*t Ten pessee, and pouring the vast concentrated wealth of these States into the lap of Chat lesion. The vast productions of | corn, wheat, oats, ?tc, pouring du*r from the vallic* of the Yadkin end the Catawba ; the rich pastures of western /' i.... ?? T V Iiuauin| nvi^ii V nuniin, itllij I VUVItfniH't?! { which seem bound 10 us by the neressi ties of geographical construction ami (be bond* of one common brotherhood. We must then have one of the greatest freight roads ir. the South. A road that will do more for the Stale and the prosperity of its immediate people than any other. 1 believe it will be one ol the best paying roads, not only at the present, but for coming time. Hut sir, suppose the foao would never pay a dollar of dividend to the stock holders, which 1 do not ad* mil, the enhancement of the value of real estate, the opening of the avenue:) of a rapid traue and commerce, a stimulus to labor heretofore unknown among our peo | pie and advantages otherwise received j would more than repay all the expenses incurred. I 1 A {alii this enterprise commends itself , to our favor anil to the favor of the Leg islalure for the reason, that i( does not interfere with works of internal improve , jntnts already constructed in which the Stale has placed her means. Instead of 1 making h draw upon uoy ronil in wbicb | the Stat* has taken stock, ao at to depreciate ibal atock, it will actually augment j i and increaae their profits. Regarding therefore this great enterprise In all ita 1 bearings, ita vast benefits to the people of the State and to Charleston ; it car but { receive ita merited nid from the State's ( Treasury, and feel assured, judging from j' tlie elllitisiMStio demonstrations of zeal manifeted from one end of the line *.o the othtr tlmt private means will not be wniitinr. It ienot my purpose to dictate to saqer and wier beads, but allow mo upon tliis ocortsim to expre.-s '.be hope and ein'our age tli< sentiment of fraternal feeling, a ! unity a* purpose ar.d a uuity of action. I It cann>l be expected iliat a rail road can bo brotght to ever; man's door. The great o>ject in view i ' ? construct a iail j road frmi Charleston (or the Not li Eastern Kiad, or Camden), by the m^t prac ] ticable 'i)ii e tlironuli I.ancaster ai.il inr minnlug in tie North Carolina railroads i at Clirlotte, which ha* for it" object j t the faehties of trHxel, die transportation ' ' of our produce and the development of the renrurce* of our own little, hut ureal j State. I'm de this we must not confine j our vi?w* of interest to our own little cir j ' cle. We moat know and he persuaded, ! ' that our own prosperity is hound up in j . ami togmenled by the prosperity of our ' \ neigl hors around. I admit that self inferos' is the propel!- j ing motion, the main spring of action.? ! Hut when that self interest is enlarged ! and comprehensive ; when it looks far j , into the future and sees that a great gain ! t in this end is worth a struggle, though I * the road t?.? it leads through some ex ' i ' 1 pen so and disadvantage in the beg lining; 1 ( when it looks abroad into society and [ t feels the numerous ties hv which it is I 'linked to its fellow man ; that sell inter ' est then becomes the germs of nationality K and patriotism. Then it fee's those gene- j rous impulses of the heart that excites to i deeds of valor, to nets of kindness and | liberality ; thai makes the heart dilate with joy and feel proud of h s coiiiitrx's 1 " glory, regarding the general prosperity f of the whole in Dart an I iiarcel of bis ! i own. So Mutk it ok. j From the Sumter Dispatch. More about Bishopville?the Convention?the proposed Road. Tin* country about Bishopville is like i ft garden |>t I lie lands are tieli and ! in a tii^l> K ate of cultivation. The p?-o pie are intelligent and "yiveti to hnMiilal | ill," of which the late JJtt'ivet.tloft h id the highest proof. They feel ?!io net essi ty of a Railroad. and liave the means l<> push forward the enterpiise to complete success, if they so determine. 7'Ae speech ol the Convention was made I hy Mr Catnes. of R .?nopville. It was I clear, practical, statistical, demonstrative. j It was short?a great merit which we j wish speakers generally would initiate? | and it presented all (lit. s-.ient points ot the | suliject in a nut shell. I n coiiMtieratioiia, ; in Ins jmltrmeti', shou decide the loc i lion ol a K tilmad. 1. ! he shortest, most direct toutu 2. The route upon which more money vouid lie raised to littiid ilie ' R?ml Ami 3. Tho route which would hest kU!-1>?i11 the Road. bv freight and " IrNvel, after it* coimlru lion. \N itlt relia* l>le map* bel.>re bun, lie demonstrated ^ iliat, in all these resj.e. ta, the route by Suuiier ami Mai innt* was the beM. Il * was the shortest of all others to Chillieston. It pnssed through one ol the riehenl j cobntrie* in South Carolina, which couhl I furnish the mean* to build, ami then fur I nisli the hnaine-s to sustain, the Road.? I lie wan frequently interrupted by the ap ; pinureO the meeting,ami w hileon the floor < received the hearty endorsement of the I N K R. li. to the route he advocated. I We believe the ]ti>Hil will be built? * especially if Lancaster co o|ierai??. \\ e i . would b?-(^ the attention ot the Lancaster | * people to a few Consideration* why iln-y . should decide in favor of lliahopville. I. It is their shortest route to the seaboard. They ran examine it and satisfy theim J selve. '2. Ii will afford them a contin ' uous Rail to Charleston. Tins ilu-y should regard a Vital inft'ter ; and we understand, if the Road is built, freight * / f - ? 1 1 irum l.ancasier like J oilier point* ? lli pa*8 ! direct to Charleston wiliiotil even chang 1 ing cars. 3. If they connect with any j point on the S. C. K K, the time will j come when the lt!ue Kulge Komi in coin' pleled (and to its completion 'lie Mate in ; now neceM*?i>^ committed.) and the im | menu business anticipated shall thus be | rushed upon the S C. K. K., that a small I * feeder like the Lancaster branch, beiug at their mercy, will he n>fleeted at their pleasoie, cotton and other freight will he delayed ?n transitu, to the annoyance and injury of the planter and merchant ; ami Lancaster will regret the dav when 1 she turned aside from the present invila- 1 lion to accept a shorter and more inde 1 pendent Road to I he ?eal?oar |. 4. In this | (3) contingency, the lioad from iiishnp ' 1 villc?which we believe should he built ' anvhow ? will draw freight and traiel ! ' largely from Lancaster itself, and the ? Lancaster Uoad prove fatally unprofitable * and finally be abandoned. Will the Road benefit U? / We think c to, in every way. It will rai?e the value r r>f re*! estate?increase the population ?nci I trade of the town ? carry our cotton to | t market at a lit'l# over half the present > tantf?end bring a ca*h market to our t very door* for what is now useless and ? noually hurnt For example : along 1 the route, our peoply can tap their for I Ht?, and realise 3 or 4 hundred dollar* i lo the hand for several year*, for the r furyxnfi'n*. which the It H will cirry ?fi. V I'liey can then clear the land, cut up the , * .iuiber, ami re.dize the cash for the wood, *liic>i the li. 11. v ili bin. Tnoy can then uliivate the -oil mill have vuiivtiiiciil i i id cheap transportation for tl.e;r crops. Joorgetown is lo connecl with us at the J V. li. 11 It. ami is said to he equal lo ! iny oilier market for turpentine in tlie j State, lltr peojde say they will ina\e il lie hunt market lor our cotton likewise. | I'lley will also, it ts said, furnish guano j ive dollars per tou ioaei than Charles { .on ; quite an item to the planter. 1'his s thus ixplained : Georgetown now ex ' rorU largely, and imports hut little? ! lence vessels visititio: that port for < at j joes <re in ballast, and have i<? charge null freight on lumber, ?fcc. l<> jhv t*x|??-i<st* loth ways. Could (iw rj;h ;own l>\ It It. supply tiie country wiih I juhiio, salt, an.I other heavy articles, il j would he to her ii.'crest in order to diHW he trade, to undersell Charleston, and 1 innori largely, and thus draw vessels to ' ier wharves which would, after diachar jing, ho up for 'freight or charier at low ates. This we are told will he the tie- , :essarv influence of the ltoad. Whether licse things he so or not, we are satisfied hat a competing market will he opened o us ami 'competition is the life of trade.' From the Darlington Flag. A Word about the Railroad. Mit Koitok : I'ieusu allow me througli t'our columns a word to the people of Lan aster, Kershaw, Sumter, C.arendoti. deorgetow n and ii.tr lingioti ami espectah y to the N. K. li. It Company in regard o the contemplated railroad from Lan Nister fni Kisfiopville 'o K orettce. I hope hat tfie Journalist* of the about titiimd Liistrictx, and also the Charleston Mercu v, will copy what nmv follow, not with itamling some of ihein may entertain news (jure antagonistic to mv own. T i[ ask tiial the questions relative to the in-aliou of the r<?aii may bo fully anil ini >arl<ally I;?.? ?ih1. 1 llM 15th list, VCU obserVO, WHS 11? .'mat K 11. Convention h; ltisliopvilie.? I in* above ium n| Ih-tricts hcki .<11 r?'|? ; one of \? liiou (I >ar!it>i.t ii) 1 <h<I il>t* capacity of a lfe-egate. Vou lie sure tli it tin* views ami opinions >' lliis i>?rt;e assembly varie<l iinmt aw h'iy. Many were the conjectures, l?y intlieKi's ami notions eiitertailieii anil ex >r- s*e<! l>v ilie several delegations. I was ii.nrn lliHo surprised, however, it the very small turnout of the N. K ;{. It. Company. Is thai Company not Meres'.* d ? In nit fiitiinalioti no people 'an be more so. She was represented, tow ever, ainJ strange to sav iliat sbe illil i<n heraed in favor of ilie connec lot) Hi l" lorelKC. It II.? (J- IllpallV VMshetl o take slock ill the load and desires il <> connect w; tli liieir own, win not con lect al thai poml where II wi.i prole to iu ihe uioal lucrative ( 1 ho Lancaalci oa t no doubt, in my iiitti?Jv will vert ouii fju continued to Charlotte ami lue ipjier sections ul Noiih Carolina. Ill .Lit :Vciit the N. hi It 11. Woii.d he the t>e?l laying road in tne whole sunny bouin ; irov ivied, ihe coiiliectioli should lie inatie it Kiorence, alio not away down had vay tioiu Violence lo Charleston. (Jen leiiieii ol me N. K. it. It. Company, do oo nol see, Hot on.y lliu lieauty Lint toe fill prollla lliai will accrue to you it the ollliecllon lie made al llial piuce I Lie; ne coniieclioii ue made had way tiovv o our roao, and n mailers nol nui-rt Hie ond may iuii eulisetjueniiy, yuui prulha mii be on.) tinil mi much. li was said u vlie Coiiieuliuii "dial ii reporiuu IimI iliu N. h li li- Company wou.*i ake block lit Ui a r> a 1 to llie hiiiouiiI ol wo hundred thousand [ 2UU.UUU] uol lira.' ll the tepori I-o coirect, no doubt n my iuino thai tbai Company intended 0 my, piovided llie connection no made il 1" .olellce J tor over) bod v knows thai 1 would l'o loiter policy ui thai road l lie N. IvJ lo give Ivvo till lid red lliuu and doo.ua and nave tlio connection at | lorence than to give nnit ibat amount, I oid liiivo Hie connection away down bail vay lo ih< ipleeli cli) ot llie South. No?v >.tiliiigion, n* a Hinder ot course, tin* i ng reasoned thlls, lias euterlaiued die ugliest hopes ol gellllig llie load. liel uicens depends, II: a great measure, lip Hi llie N. K. ii li. Company. Tins ol? aiua Iioiii llie lacl llial llie people in llie ower poilioiis ol llie L>ia>roi enjoy ai emiy iLiu advantages ot a railroad, c<>u equeliliy ibuy remain mil live, as ycl ; I Holies as II were III llie Coiouv, no tar as 1 he contemplated rai.ioad is concerned ; j vtiile lliele Ijieinls in llie middle and up j ter portions ol the District are isso.aied ir nearly bo (roiii all ran road lacniiieb. klensrs. Editors ol the Darlington papeis sill you iiol help litem I llie good you | an do lliem is aimosl invaluable. Hut why bbou.il I say more ) If the I V. K. li. li. Company wilt give wbai is I >ow reported she will give, we ma) com j nence llie work torinwiih. I'or 1 cau iletloe mi wor.l ilmi I t-.l.......... - ? n / *>? ' "in lur Kali the balance lo complete .he road to iinhupvnle, and li.ahopvnie tuay ?ei.d tor tbouaaiida ii? the dirtiCiioii ul her , y III pa ill lea l)t>ea -lie linl a) Hip uhlZe ?i<ii H.e people < f DttiUigiou I I hope g. She ought lo, especially her mer banta, if ll were only lor (he large put 1 giiage the have ever enjoyed Irolii (he >cople of Darlington District. Strange o ihv, however, UimI ode of litem 'rose I) (he Convention mid expressed himaell n lavor of (he Sumter aud Manning di eclion from liiahopville dt facto : lor the iitnple reason that there were Cottou >alea upon the route, end it waa a little iearer Charleston. Now although that , oute may cut otf ihe little 'iwr bit,' ot 10 ni' t-v in ^ . ng (o Chnilcalou it wil' pve at (he same tnue 30 mile* more ol . r hi I road to build than if the connection | lie iimi.lt* ai Rorcnce. W bat say ibe people of Lancaster ?? | ll'it'u }uu jioibing to sinn but cotton i bales f It \ou have, turpentine, ton-tun j b> r or an} tiling ot .be kiuil, favor tlie j (Joineuiiu i at Florence li r obviouti tea j sons. K. ver connect beloie ibe junction ' of ihc M. F. tit (ieorgotowii K. Ria ls ? ! ibe paper ol Oe-oijeunvn, most assured* ' l\ o'igiii to advocate tbo Florence con I ueclon. ibe same reasons will bold j good in regard to Kershaw J>.strict ? j iitiK i'j mo aoout Conors and cents, wealthy districts, communities nny j dislnci wiliimg the state of South (Jaro I iiiirt call build a rah road through us | oce area it tier citizens he muled. And ' il cotton ba'es ailing ihe rouie call pal ihe stock bolder a handsome tlivuleiid in any district, it wili do that thing in llm district ot 1 >aiilhgtoii. Notice it \<u pu-ase the statistical ri*|??>rts J o toe people id Florence, I liave notli I tig to sai , except iliai it is conceded by all, 1 beneve, that iliev ought to be etitiiely ahead in tliis project. Wh\ tliey do not act, I confess is a nivs'.ery to me. Are tier citizens not euleprisitig ? To he sine. It so they wait with pleasing an Herniations tlie period as not tar distant ! when Floietice shall be aitioiig ijweetis ot j the interior towns ol the South, and eonal to Atlanta, (j.t., for raii road con nectioiis. '1 hen come up to the work, gentlemen Let your shoulders be found at the wheel in ilits great ctlort that is to be made at Sumter on toe 4ili of July next. \\ e walit to s? e a great effort made in beliali ot the Florence connection on that day ; never despair ; anil my Word lor it, as sure as there 's any truth in the o!d ax loin 'labor overcomes ait, the road will Ire ours. I lie people of Florence and ot j the N. K. U K C pai.y, what sav you? Come up w itii your ?ub?ciiptioi:s, and lets have the connection a: F orence. OUsKUVoli. The "Irrepressible Conflict" in the ' M. E Chuich. The question how th- Church will rule m reference to its slaielioldii g inenibers, is perhaps the most alsuibiug one which shall collie up before tiie Methodist (Jon fereiice now m session. A brief history ot ilie. slavery ngilaiioti in the American Methodist So?- ety w ill conduce to a huiLt-i undeisiamlmg ot tlie merits of the con irofersV. Methodism is n..iir .i hundred yearn old in tins country. In the early church somo ol the membership were Hileti??'|\ opposed to slavelnild iii^r, and in 1785, a stringent Imv was passed hy the clergy, requiring Methodist s'aiei holder!* to emancipate or wi:hdr*w from the coiiiilitiliioii. This severe o'lMi'tinenl however, was tempered wuli h proviso, which nulitied the uhl^ation to etllanci p*|e when this was incompatible with the Mft'e law. The opposittcn t<> the enforce ment of this ru'e, even as modified, via* such as to necessitate a suspension of le^ai proceedings. 1 he arr?stinetil ol the anil slavery process was understood to he '"till the deliberations of a lot tire Conference." From 1784 tdl 1844 the Methodist interest at the South continued to strengthen anil increase. At the Uei e r d Coii'ereiice in the hitter tio inorahle iear >t was loutid that even one ot tin- 1 Itisliops held slaves. 'I he Conference re moiislrated. hut the Sontl.eni ileleimi.-^ insisted ili.it i e -li' u:d reiiiMin in the ex rii-o ot li 14 f|>!?c>| Hi functions without | 1 ivnMitv or disability. The (J<ii>lVreiice 1 decided otti?srwise, and the r?*?> 11 wiis the urund set e-*ton ot 1844 ll?uce CHine 'hi* '*M**tin<iiikt Clinrt'ii South' ? h Ii'mI\ > 0* coinpr u tig 700,000 members and '2500 pru ti hi TH. As the issue mi ill in OCCH?iot! WHS li..1 oil lite absolute Mlitlll 111*1*8 of slavery fur xe, hut rather >>n the question of retaining hslaveholduig llt-li <>|>, tin* secession ilnl not cam with it the I'll ir,* itv<*ti<il*I>iic t'oiiiiniiiiion. The State* ot liela* are, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Mi-souri, Ark*n**a* and the I) strict ol Columbia, a U'lrmrv Iio|<I i ^ at-oul 100.0t?0 Melli ?!is?t, null clung to their in* llo-r connection. In h - district are located the ' liorder Confi Ten* e*," w hich compi ise over 19t).0U0 Methodists; i GOO travelling and 1000 local | readier* It n> estimated that from live to ten tliou sand of tins membership are alavetiol 'lera From 1844 o> 1852, attention was J not spetiallv directed to the existence of j slaverv Mi the border conferences. I'p i to 185G. however, it was warmly disenss j ?d, and, in the Conference of that year, j two pUi s were proposed for reaching the .pies ion <>f slave: > ; first, the insertion 1 lit A IthVl ntl frttulfifl' iuU) l? in. tin? tl.a. ' * ?? I j ~"i? I eral Kulea, ns limy are ? ?!! ?! ; A*TOiid, j i llie enactment <>f k r.e? chapter mj alave |> r\. lo the name ftl'ocl, hi ilie of the ) ( ximing chapter mi that ?ul jfct. The , t former whk called the indirect proem*, j , becauae it would re(|'iire the concurrence i ( of three (minim of all the member* of the ' | aeveral Annual Conferences present end 1 ( Toting, with two third* of the General I Conference, while the latter wan called I the direct |nocm, because it could he j 1 done hy a bar* majority of am General j 1 Conference. I lie former prore** v?aa a ?|o|ited, and the three Utile* known ?* the ' v/iiii-iiiii?11, i riiviufiic? aim r.rie liuies, , intended to chnnK** tl**" General Ku!? were Mibmitted to the Conferences fur ' ili?*ir vote*. Tim Krie rule hn? obtained ( the highest sole of tlie three, but it has j fallen far short of obtaining tlie requisite majority, ?o that the attempt to change ' the Slavery rule is admitted to be a fail 1 ure. The contest in the present Cooferi ' ence will nrnti likely be on the enactment ! of a new chapter oil slavery in p ace of i the one which nu* ensle in the lb?<:ip line.?Buffalo Courier. j j From the Sandusky lOliio) Register. I A Fust-Ilute Ghost Story. We have received the particulars of a r recent ghost iy mterleienoe in the internal ? hi rnngemeiitN ol a lainiiy residing u'l the line ot the Sandusky, l)ayton, and Uin- j ciimnli Railroad, winch may be interea- : N tinto our readers. The names ot the it parties, or lite exact location ot the trans action, we do not feel al iibertv to pub . . Iwh. A fanner was bereaved of Ins wife ' some sixteen years ago, an infant daiight i " er?an unit < liild ? being left to console bun in Ins aft', ctioits. 'I'm* daughter grew A tip a beautiful and amiable voting lady, ' a d rtot lonir sinew <li?t m'...! ' ? ~ v>><* ii>?v uirtivi^in ] ? . J) have done from tune immemorial ? fell in love. Hut unfortunately, for her, the j j young iuhu upon whom she lavished Ine , wealth oi her \oulhfui affections, wait poor, all holly h worthy of her in every '' other re*pect ; and when her Bterti 'pa i renl' dtscoveted how mullets were driflino, he ordered the distracted daughter j ( lo ooi,tine hersell to her room and her { needlework, and oomnianded the young j man of poor, though honest parents, | , never again to darken his door A stern, , ^ unyielding parent was he ; and ho satis lied of the fact was the daughter, after a rather intimate acquaintance of ahout 1 (| sixteen years, that she uuered not a word j j of remonstrance, hut went quietly into seclusion and decline, pining awas alter the approved style of disappointment and ( forlorn maidenhood. The young tnaii . didn't pine, hut took a school to leach, j. exhibiting a commendable degree of energy and perseverance. About this time a wealthy and miserly old fellow in the neighborhood, w ho had seen the young lady a few times, and be came enamored, made known his flame j, to her lather, directed him to tender to ,( her Ins hand in connection with a misers I b'e f? s?il he called his heart. The father | tlj " 111 emanies wiiii tne proposed match, J t ~t as the oliI iiimii, though old enough to be |(| her grandfather, known to be mi tj( inenselv rich The i?ir 1, however, treated ,,| the proposition with disdain, mingled ,j, wub a considerable quantity ol disgust and int.Ulalcd that she would 'die first.' The lather, who w a> not accustomed to ,tj havin. Ins authority set at naught in the ?| slightest particular, raved and stunned ,, like a madman, and sworo his child [)( should trbey hill). V( . Several weeks passed hv, in v liich the n< daugoter pined more and more, siiil lirin o| ill her resolve, however, ami her father w became more and more enraged at what 1< lie termed her senseless obstinacy. At d, length, one day, after a long and private interview with the itt serly old lover, the }, lather duel led Ins daughter to piepare .[ herself lor the ceremony, as she must, tnat very day, marry the husband lie .,j had chosen for her. Then, sealing the nl cnnimaiiu wiiii a tug <>alh, lie threw hull null u|ion hia horse, standing at the door, ami lode away for a imtgmirate to make M (If ui assorted twain one flesh and blood ,,, At the expiration of about an hour, a p, horse's hoots were heard coming down lite road and into the yard, at. a break |,| neck speed, and those who ran out of ills ot house >aw the fanner hurriedly alight, Ins face covoreil wtth a deadly palloi As lie stepped upon the tlireshoid ot his ,,j door be sank down insensible and was .j, home into the room by the affrighted servants. g> Ilia wedding did not take place that lay ; f?.r alter the recovering from his ,p suiting tit, the farmer was contined to Ins bed t>y a long and severe til of sick (,, nesa. 1 he daughter luus -d him tender ly, and after a hard struggle between lite snd de >di the former cotmuered, ami the nd uiaii liegaii to recover. lie was a .'hanged man, however, and one day he at told Ins daughter ttie cause of his great at right on the day lie rode away for the w inagistra'e. II" said us fn* was dashing in nadiy down the mud loading to the vii cli age, and wlillu pissilig through a hit of !a woods, he was concious of a rustling tir tliove his head. iej At the same time a pair of arms so 'eachcd down and caught the bridle from qi its hands and as he looked up he saw w he form ul Ins dead wife hovering hIkmI ye nut, her face was sad and melancholy, ad leany touching Ins own. The lio|.<e wheeled suddenly as if directed by the I" ghostly bauds upon the bridal rein, and ' > hen, as if little less terrified than his ri f?l lor, went at a fearful rate towards home. 1 lie vision remained hovering above Inni, hi Is hands upon (lie reins, until the horse timed into the vard. when ir miil.lm.iu l.i rauished. lb The story became known, and is firmly 1" ein-\ed by all the neighbors. They think w' lie fliosi of his wife interfered to save lie daughter froiu the fate which threat m :ned her. It had the etTect, at least ; for 8,1 lie old mist-r''* visits are no longer rereived, ami the young lover, of poor but loiie^t parents, is a welcome visitor to he farm bouse. 86 The young lady has ceaicd to pine, nul a dressmaker is there at work on an Megant <lress, any allusion to which itiva- > #j iabiv causes the young ladv to blush ex ieedingly. We suspect tt is her wed - I ling drea*, hut don't know. A clergyman of a country village do ; bred Inn clerk to give notice tlial there , would he no ae/vice in iho evening, as he ) Hi going to officiate for another clergy- i nan. i'he clerk, at toon a* the service waa ended, called out: '1 win desired to give notice that there gi wi I he no services thia afternoon, a? Mr. '? going a tiahing with another cler- , gynian.' \ hi Hauuimuti |' Whiskey a Good Drink in Moderation- ' The New York correspondent of the few Orleans Pieajuue relates this atmis- I ig story of a Southern Governor: The other day, a jolly parly at the ta< i le was joined by a venerable ?*x Qover* | or of one of the Southern States, and ' !bO ljr. S. one r.f nnr ntnin-m o'1" ? . ? vu. viMIIVI't VM^ J 111 Jrt ^ nans, whose recent 'report* ou the 'sociHl j vii1 question is somewhat celebrated. The Governor who had drank freely, | ut not excessively, of tlie Sherry, the I iiampagne, hikI the claret, was a-*ked b" lie Doctor what he would like next ?? ! ktid now, what follows, let me try to re- I ort exactly as the conversation oc^ur. | ed : Governor?Well, Doctor, I ain't tnuch f a judge of your lino wines, hut for leady drink,! preter whiskey. We have saying down in our State, thai if a man Dtniuences drinking whiskey early in Ins fe, and drinks regularly, lie will livo to o a hundred ami live years old. Doctor?Ah ! well Governor, ( am glad ) gel your opinion on the subject, as I ave just had a want to know how to rink it. !n the meantime, how would ou like a little good Maderia? Governor?Very well. (Tae Doctor rders a botlU ot '1810,' price ten dollars. , very choice wine 'whose rich perfume lib all the room with a heuison on the iver.') Doctor?Now, Governor, while you are isling that, tell us how and when you rink four favorite liquor. Governor?At home, I am in the habof getting up at 4 o'clock?it is a good ling to rise eariy?and tben while dressig take a glass of whiskey as an "eye|iener,' then just before breakfast you ike another?but you mustn't keep drinktr nil tlie day. Just before dinner you rink again, and then at dinner, you lake ioui null a pint ? but it won't do to be ritiking all I In: time. I Doctor?WliHt lime do you dine! ( Governor?At two o'clock, and after inner lake a good nap. When yon wake | p \mi will want another "eye opener," I en you atari fresh, and want a drink ! tfore five o'clock, because, remember, ! ,m nuiMi'l keep drinking all the afier r?on. Juht before supper, you take an ilier, ami go to bed at eight o'clock, hen you will want one as a 'night cap.' ut then, you inusn't keep drinking all ay. Doctor?How much are you in the I abit of laking, in the aggregate, during ie dav < iovertior ? 1 Governor?Well, think about three 1 ints. 1 think that's about my average ' leasure, Doctor; but then you musn'l 1 t drinking ail the time, you know. ' Cranston?Certainly not; and I am irprised that your people live to the ] Kid old age of a hundred years, well ! ... ?i-i ? i * III IM-NI1I! HIIU spilrllrt. | 1 1 >octor?W ell Governor, how do yon | ke this Mnderia ? Will you have an Iter hotllu i I Governor?It is pretty pood ; don't 1 ire if 1 do; for a steady drink, however, ?e me whiskey; hut it never'll do to be ' inking it all the time. < The Doctor thinks the information he 1 tilled in regard to the most approved I tbit of whiskey drinking, in tlie collo iv, which its incidental cautions against ' ;ces?, is well worth the double X it cost ' m ill Maderia, ' i m m m ( Taking a Man to Pieces. i Captain Kt ans was an old naval veter ' i ot sixty seven ; he had lost an arm ' el an eye years before at Oavaritio, lilt li last action settled his understand. ' p. both fcgs being carried oil' by a lain shot. Cork legs were coming into ' sliiou. Caotain K had ? ouir <.f it.. < ? I ",t ' st quality mailt* for him: he had a lai?e 1 s' and hand ; into the latter he could ' rew a fork or a hook, as occasion re 1 iired, and being gloved, the deficiency t as not ea-ily perceived. As increasing ( tars rendered him infirm his valets took Ivantge of him, so that he wrote his t other, a Somersetshire squire, to send ' m up tenant's son as body servant? 1 o matter how stupid, if but honest and ithfui,' he wrote ' liis brother was absent, and sent to 1 s steward to select a lad. This the 1 ^ward did but merely mentioned that < ipta ti Kvns was infirm, not apprising e lumkitt of his new master's deficien and -en him to London at once, , lierfe the Captain lived. At ten at night he arrived, and was unediately shown to Captain Evens ting room. 'What is your nsme V 'My name be John, eut.' Well, John, ray rascally vslet is abnt again without leave ; help me to | Ml at it w lulu, hii?J then you Chd go two to your upper.' Adjourning to lied room, the old gen- ; 'man ??id : 'John unscrew my leg? 'Zur.' raid John, 'Unscrew ruy leg this way, see." John did no, tremblingly. 'John unscrew my other ley? *Zur.' s?'d John i Unscrew my other leg sir? I John did ?o, now in h state of bewild i BD-mt. < 'John unscrew this arm? Trembling still more, to the captain's ' ent em linemen t, he obeyed. * John put this eye on the table? J >bn look it as if it would have bitten IB). Now, John?no 1 won't take me other sve out ? lift ine into bed.' This done, the waggish captain continued, 'John, beat up the pillow, it is not comfortable.' It was done. 'Heat it up again, sir ; it is quite hard.' Again he shook up the pillow. 'That won't do ; John, I can't get tny heart comfortable. Unscrew my head.' 'No, b\ thunder, I'll unscrew no more;' and John fled from the room Rwearing his master was the devil, taking himself tO nieces likn m irt.wL The Tornado at Cincinnati;?One Hundred Lives Lost. The sturm on Monday evening, 21st, at Cincinnati, ot which we have aheady been apprised by telegraph, was-lertific in the extreme. Five churches weie se< riously damaged; three ot the district school houses were unrooted, and otherwise injuied ; oho teacher was woui.oed and a utile girl killed. Fifty or sixty houses were partially destroyed. Most of the steam boats escaped, hut ibe Virginia Home, that had started upiheri?er, was capsized; two hoys lost. As far as heard from in tbe country, the storm had made terrible ravages. The elements of the heavens seemed to be turned loose for the express purpose of demolishing every thing above ground. The storm came from the northwest and when viewed from a point high enough to give one a clear view ol the hor. iz.tn, appeared to boa cloud densely black, extending about two miles in breadth, and rushing forward with fearlul rapidIt wab accompanied by lightning and thunder, and torrenta of rain, which were swept into every crevice. The wind struck with fearful force. A friend of i>ura, who waa a witness to the damage done by the great tornado which swept aver Illinois and a part of Iowa about two years ago, stales that the slorrn of Moudav was fur more terrific. Tbegieat lorce of ihe storm was spent in about twenty minutes, though the rain continued f??r over an hour. In the evening, at sunset, tire western horizon presented one I the most brilliant scenes we have ever witnessed. The skv, hr far as the eye L-ould reach westward!}, was a brilliant red, deepening iuto a blood red as the distance iocresed from the sun. The Irrepreesbible Conflict Candidate. When Seward announced his doctrine, ihat created so imwl. ? * ' ....vm V.VIUMIUUUII, J 111! g # Douglas proclaimed thai Judge Lincoln, L?f Illinois wmb the first propoundsr, and llial Seward Lad taken it second handed Irom him. We copy the following from die Augusta Constitutionalist, of Saturlay : Hon. Abraham Lincoln, the Black Republican nominee for President, made peeeb before a Republican Convention, n Springfield, l'l., June 16th, 1858, in which he said : In my opinion, it [die slavery agitaionl will not cease unul a crisis shall iave been reached and passed. 'A house livided against itself cannot stand.' I beleve this Government cannot endure, pernanentU, half slave and half free I do lot expect the house to fall, but I do ex>ect ii will cease to be divided. It will leconie all one thing, or all the other.? Kither the opponents of slavery will arrest he further spread of it, and place a where .he public inirid shall rest in the belief hat it is in the course of ultimate extincion. or its ?ff??/?? ? ?-L ' * . __ ? "in jjiiwn iorwara ill it shall become alike lawful in all the States?o!il as well as new, North as well is South. Senator Douglas, in commenting upon his speech, said : Mr. Lincoln advocates boldly and clearV a war of sections, a war of North against the South, of the free States against .lie slave States?a war of extermination ?to be continued relentlessly, until the me or the other shall he subdued, and all he States shall either become tree or be* tome slave. Now, tny friends,' continued Mr. Douflas, '1 must sav to you frankly, that 1 ake hold unqualified issue with hfm upon hat principle. Instead of the "irrepressibly conflict" Reward, the Black Republicans have nauaged to put on the track the origin*or of the doctrine of an "irrepressible tonflict," Abe Lincoln, of Illinois. Days to he bohs on.?-We have seen lomewhere that a person horn on a Sunlav is a irentlemen. Born on a Monday fair in fare, Born oo a Tuesday full of grace ; Born on a Wednesday sour and grum, Bor n on a Thursday welcome at home; Born on a Friday free in giving, Born on a Saturday work hard for a iving. Some we have no doubt about here, udging from appearance, were borr. on a Sunday. All in thia oflice, though they lo not remember the day, from the 'hard row they have to hoe,' imagine they must have been born on Saturday. On the arrival of an emigrant ship, tome years ago, when the North Carolina lay off the battery, an Irishman, hear ing the gun ftred at euneet, inquired of see of the eailore what that waa. 'What's that! Why, that's sunset, was the contemptuous reply. 'Sunset!' exclaimed Paddy, with dietended eyes, 'Sunset 1 llowly Motes I and does the sun go down in (his country with such a bang as that V