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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 ] ?
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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