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Extensive CONFEDERATION.

4 fire broke out Yesterday morning between
TWO and three O'Clock, in the rear Of Mr. William
Buffers dry goods store west side of King street,
few doors nortl, of Morris street, which, from
tue raI;Clity with which it spread, and the COM
bustbe nature Of the buildings in the neighbor
hooi for time, had most alarming aspect.
and threatened IN extensive conhagraton. As
it WAS, Il great many buildings were burned. and
an unusual numb.r Of families left houScl'ss, &C.
c,>oning much Of individual hardship and dis
trc>s.
The flames were first discovered in the stable
of Mr.. Butler, and were almost Immediately COM
municateI to the stables of Mr. John Wilson,
who, by extraordinary cxcrtions, succeeded in es-
Treating ten Of his horses, while a horse and
mule persisted in the flames, and all his drays,
ten or twelve in number were consumed. The
flames rapidly extended to Mr.. Wilson's dwelling
on king-strect and thence south to the dry goods
store of Mr.. VIM. Butler, and the fine new three
story wooden building at the corner of King and
Morris street. occupied by Mr. Levy Moses, all
Of which were consumed All of the foregoing
were owned BY Mr. Moses, as was also q Que sto-
ry tenement north of Mr. Wilson's which, with
the dry goods store owned and occupied by Mr..
J. p Reed, a two story wooden building, owned
and occupied by Elias Gardner (coorcd) and
one story wooden building, occupied by II. VIII
liams, and owned by Mrs. Blum, were also con-
Snmcd. The fire terminated here on the west
side of Kings
On the cast side, the grocery store at the cor
ncr of Read street, owned by Mrs. Davis; a large
two story wooden building, owned and occupied
by Mrs. Anthony, and an extensive brick tenc.
mcnt in the rear, occupied by DR.. VIM. Hummel
and other families, also owned by Mrs. Anthony,
a one story wooden building, occupied by Mr. J.
O'Neill, shoemaker, and two or three small build
ings were consumed. The range Of tenements,
sixteen in number, extending from King street to
the Railroad track, and occupied by large num-
Der Of poor families, were rapidly enveloptd in
flames and destroyed. They were all owned by
Mrs. Davis.
On the north side of Reed street, the store
occupied BY Mr. Applcr at the corner Of King,
and the bakery in the rear and two story wood.
Ell building, occupied ly Mr.. Tynscy, all OF
which belonged to the estate Of Benoist; and
two small woodGn buildings, owned by Mrs.
Wharton, one of which WIS occupied by Mr. Des'
mOnd. were also consumed but two new frame
buildings between them and the Railroad track,
were saved.
The loss may be estimated at about $4,000,
Of which $4,000 were covered by insurance in
the following offices, viz $4,000 in the Athens
(Ga.) Mutual Insurance; S4,400 in the Hart.
fotl Insurance Co.. 81, 100 in the Charleston In
surancc and Trust Co.. $4,000 in the South
Carolina Insurance Co.. and 81, 200 in the South
Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.
Charleston Mercury.
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CURIoUs SUIr.-Thc widow of Professor
Hinkel has brought suit against the trustees Of
St. Peters Church, at Cincinnati, for violating
the remains of her dead husband. About two
weeks since Professor II. died, and was buried
in St. Peters Catholic buryng ground in that
city, the trustees supposing that he was mem'
Der of the Catholic Church. On ascertaning
afterwards that the Professor was an unbeliever
in the Christian religion, it was ordered that
his rcmqins be diSintcrrcd and removed 10 q
portion Of the yard not conSecmtcd, which
order Was complied with. The Freeman and
Turner S"ciciv of which he was member,
aSccrtainiug what had occurred, turned out in n
large body, and going in procession to the CO.
mctcry cxhumcd his remains, aud conveyed
them To another grave yard. The process was
entered against those who first disturbed tho
body.
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D,.rp,crors sSwINDIING.-Onc of the most
outr,ccous transactions that have taken place
uu,rr the late administration is the SwIndlInS
or fine Indians in Minnesota 10y Governor
Ramsey and horde of lrcclIcs under him, out
of a very large sum Of money ItrlSlcd t" the
p,rrirs by the government, to be paid over to
certain tribes. to comply with treaty StIpnli-
tious The Cincinnati Enquirer says the sum
is as hiuh as 500. 900. which these dishonest
official, have pockrird in this instance.
|, seems that they robbed them in double
firm They first obtained the money IN spc-
rir from the government, and exchanged 4 larSr
sum of it for spurious paper, the Bank "l
,mcrca. pretending +" be IN institution at
WASHINGTON city. This they took ont t"
Minnesota and palmrd upon the unl'ttcr'd In
dians AS good money. which they ""w cannot
oct rid of ut ANY prirc-thr agents them
selves rrti>in. TO touch it. lh'S was one
s,ur,r Of the swindIc, and Of profit t" the IN.
famous nllirialS for it cannot be supposed
they exchanged coin for niirr Y worthless rags
wiIhnu, getting IN immense premium Tor the
former.
Th.y robl,rd them hv another process.
Tbry provided fictitious cIalms, from which
,hrv ri L,,iurd money from the chiefs, in the
r,nr Of ,hc tribes after first making them
drink and dcpriviug them of ability to take
,,,,. ri ,Irir own interests. And then they
raid morrv in certain amounts and fraudulent
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ly got the Indians to sign receipts for much
larger sums. and themselves divided and pock-
eted the differences.
in the meantime the poor Indians, unable TO
provide supplies with the rag trash in their
hands, are suffering with cold, starvation and
disease and the scnuudrels who ri"ted upon
their means Of subsistence, instead of being in
cells, are defended as honorable men.
Detroit Free Press.
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MEssRs FooTE AND BENroH.-Thcse two
gentlemen. who have very little in common,
seem to agree in the determination to give as
much trouble as possible to the party to which
they profess to belong in their respective States.
Each has announced himself candidate for
the United States Senate, and one OF them
Footc.) has already taken the field in advoca.
cv of his claims. We find the following item
in the New Orleans True DcIta of the 18th
ult:
"Govcrnor Footc, of Mississippi, has taken
the stump, to ask the people to elect Legisa-
turc favorable to his election to the U. States
Senate. He was to commence his tour OF the
State by addressing the people OF HlndS county,
at Raymond, to-day
What may we expect to sec, as the result
of this supreme selliShress or rlndIctlveness
for one or the other feeling must prompt the
movement There will probably be opposing
democratic candidates in each of the counties
of the Statc-bctwccn whom not few W hIgs
will be run in the Legislature. For if foote
succeeds in bringing ont candidates pledged to
his support, wlnot other aspIranis have friends
in the field pledged to their support The
probable consequence VIII he the PerPetua''on
Of Democratic dis<cnSionS, aud the return of
a Wing to the United States Senate.
We are led to notice the course OF Gov
Eootr because we think it should receive, at
once, Il pointed rcbukr from every Democratic
pap,r of the Union. We No not blame him
f,r desiring to 20 to the Scuatr. l'nt we 40
unruuvucaIIv condemn the course by which
he seeks to bring about his election. If true
Democrat, he should be content to wait until
the Legislature is chosen and assembled, and
then submit his claims to Il caucus ot his par
,y. If nominated by that caucus, and duly
elected by the body, let him 90 as Senator to
Washington. If not, let him stay at home
SorannM Georgian.
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Cu,yrSE TRADITION OF THE DELtGE.-ih
an address lately delivered in Dublin, hy DR.
Gu,zlun. among other things. h made the i'l'
living statement:
"Lrt them now look to the east Of asia, and
There it's shores, washed by the Pacific, they
wouIJ find China, an ancient nation, which has
r,,,;nrd its customs forever two thousand years
with , :, s,rictn,,s and attachment that would do
h,uor 70 better things In fact the Chinese
h,h continual history, even from the dcugr
IN to fine present time; they had writers III all
circumstances. and they had language which,
in is essential parts, had undergone very little
chanr. for the past two thousand years.
sChinr<r history stated that there was ut one
finn. Il ureat drmgc, when the waters rose to
the hc,yrns, and that the empire was then con-
vrrtrd into 4 swamp, which king called Sh,ln
go, drained hv means Of canals, whose mouths
orrurd into the seas and rivers. ! he date OF
this even, only differed 4 few years from that
GENERALLY assigned to the drIng". 1t WAS 4
,.or,ir,ua,inn of the truth of Holy Scripture,
,h,t So distant i nation rs the Chinese, VIII"
did mn, know from the Bible of tIir occurrence
Of tine GREAT waterfall, should yet record the
Same event as that spoken of in Holy NrlN.-
There were cnrihrmrrS also, such, for "X;I'n-
ne. rs the record Of Il great Starvation, whlrh
took place about the time when Joseph WAS
ahnu, minister uG Egypt.
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ton? Christianity is mixed up with our very
hcing and our very life: there is not famI-
lar object around us which does not wear
different aspect, because the light OF CHRIS
tan love is upon it; not a law which does
not owe its truth and scntlcncss TO ChrIStlan'-
tv; not custom which cannot be traced IN
its holy, beautiful parts to the gospels" H.
DrI
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The Division of California into three States
distinct and separate, is now contemplated and
pressed there. y majority Of the Legislature, it
is said, will order Il state Convention, and upon
that manner, and boundaries of division.
The three States are To he named Sierra
the mountain division, which has about $4,000
inhabitants, bv the last ccnslS; "Catoruia" which
has 2O7.3SS and "Tular," the Southern State,
including Los Angeles aud san Diego which, has
34.l50 inhabitants, and about seven and
a half millions Of taxable property. This south
crn State of Tularc in the division, it is contem-
plated by many of the occupants to make slave
State of--anl one of the objects of pressing tho
division is to establish slavery there.
The State debt Of California is about three
millions of dollars; and this debt divided among
the New States, would give California $2333-
333 Tuarc 100000; and Sierra f2G6,G57.
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BEcGARs Many years ago an
ingenious plan was adopted by the Grand Duke
to rid Florence of bcggars. 1t was proclaimed
that every bcggar who would appear in the
grand plaza at 4 certain mentioned time would
be provided By the Duke with new suit of
clothes, free Of cost. At the appointed time
the beggars of the city all assembled, and the
Grand Duke, causing all the avenues to the
square to be closed, compelled the beggars to
strip of their old clothes, and gave each one,
according to promise, a new suit. In the old
clothes thus collected, enough money was
found concealed to build beautiful bridge over
the Arno, still called "thc bcggars bridge" and
the city, for the time being, was relieved of the
bcggars by which it had been previously over
run, as none would give to the well dressed in.
dividuals who implorcd charity, not believing
their tale of distress.-Porttand ddOertiser.
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\ white man named Stephen Van Pelt was
arrested in Richmond. Va, on Wednesday after
noonat thcdcpot ofthc Richmond and Petersburg
Rail Road, upon the charge of picking the pocket
ola gentleman named II. T. Adicke, merchant
at Iorkvic, in this State, while the latter was
in the act of getting into an omnibus at the de-
pot in Broal-strcct. The accused was brought
before Alderman Evans, examined upon the
charge. and committed to prison until the 2d Of
April, when he will take his trial.
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TuE ELE>zER WILL ,MS llrNRrG.-Thc New
York Herald of the 10th, has the following re-
marks on this recent plausible but ridiculous
tale, published originally in ruttnams Magazine
I'VE have recent V received document written
by highly distinguished Western statesman
VIII" has personally known something Of Ecazer
Williams and his history for the last thirty years
in reply Ia the narrative and the Argument of
the Rev. MIR. Hanson, in behalf ofthiS half breed
Indians rrctcnsionS to the crown of the Bour-
hons. This reply We propose to publish to-mor-
row. for the benefit of the two or three learned
divIncs interested in the project OF restoring tho
Rev. Mr.. Williams to his ri yht!ul inheritance of
the 'Tucrr< The eminent citizen who has
thus found time to attend to the claim of Mr..
Williams. proves him. W" think. to he either the
,!urc Of Il >iran"' halluncinati"n "thi> own crea-
ting of tn" victim Of the spiritual rappcs.
Never Srril NJ r,l~nn it is not only the proof
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Tur BInlE.-The Bible > til" Treasure Of the
poor, the solucc OF the sick and the support Of
the lyinr. and while other books may anu>r and
iustruc, in a leisure hour, it IS the peculiar trl-
ninth of that book to create light in the midst
&c d,rtncss. to ;llv;atc the sorrow which admits
Of no other aIl..ya,ion, to direct Il beam Of hop"
10 the heart which no other to- &c Of c"n>"atlon
c:,l, reach: while guilt, despair and death VAN
i>h at III" touch Of its holy inspiration. There
is something in the spirit and dctaton Of th"
Bible, Which !, found peculiarly a'laptc'l to arrest
the attention o! the llaimcst aud most uncuItlTa-
ted minds. Ih" simple structure Of It's s"nti-
m,.,it>. combined with th" lofty spirit Of poetry
il, funiliur illusions t" H." >cr"' nt nature, and
in. ,ra,l>a,ii,nS "f common ir-;hr delightful
iulrrmylarc ,f narration with the d"ctrlnaI and
rcrcc,tiyr ,arrS-ald til" pr"!rl~"n Of m'r;ru-
Inu> t.,> w!.i"h ,.,uv,! il iu,p sort of cncilau
ted .tround--itS corl>lamt ady"ltrmc" of the Del
tv. whose p"rf"cti"n~ 1t rcli"r> almost visible
unite in bc>,pwug upon it ;n interest which at
tacl"> to no other performance, and which, after
a-~du"us aul repeated pcru>;ll, invest it with
much Of The charm Of novelty; like the great
orb Of day, which "" iIr" w"ril To gaz' with una
batcd establishment from infancy to old aL".-
What other book besides In" Bible could il"
heard in public assemblies f'om year t" year,
with an attention that u''vcr tires and an inter
c>t that never cIov~: With few exceptions, I't
portion. "f the sacred volum" be- rrcirr,l in u
mixed multitude. and though it h:,, been heard
4 Thousand times, Il universal stiffness cl>uc~
every eye is txch. amd every car Is aw;'k" and
attentive. Select, if you Gun, ANY other r"ml"-
>i,iorr. and l, it b" rendered equally familiar T."
the mind, an SEQ whether il will pr",luc" this
effect.
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Never >r"il at religion; it is not only the proof
If w:ri,r,l heart. hut low brr"dmg
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-09-21
A True Wife.

She is no true wife who sustains not
her husband III the day Of calamity. who
is not, when the worlds great frown makes
the heart chill with anguish, his guardian
angel, growing brighter and more beau,i-
tul as misfortuncs crowd along his path.
Then is the time for trial of her gentlencss,
then is the time for testing whether the
sweetness of her temper beams only with
the transient light, or like tie steady 90
ry Of the morning star, shines Just as
brightly under the clouds. Has she then
smiles just as charming! Does she say
"attiiction cannot touch our purity, and
should not quench our lovc!' Docs she
try, by happy little inventions to lift from
his sensitive spirit the burden of thought
There are wives-nay, there are beings
who, when dark hoLrs come, fall to repin-
ing and upbraiding-thus adding to out
side anxiety, the narrowing scenes of do
meStic strife-as if all tic blame in the
world would make one hair white or black.
or change the decree gone inmutably
forth. Such know not that our darkness
Is heavens light, our trials but steps III the
golden ladder, by which if we rightly as.
cend, we may at last gain that eternal
light, and battle forever in its fulness and
beauty.
is that all" and the gentle face of the
wife beamed with JOY. Her husband had
been on the verge Of dstraction-aIl his
earthly possessions were gone, and he fear
cd the result Of her knowledge, she had
been so tenderIy ca'el for all her life =
But, says Irving's beautiful story, "a friend
advised him to give not sleep to his eyes,
nor sIumber to his cyeids until he had un
folded to her all his lapless ease.
And that was her answer with the smile
of an angels that all? | feared by
your sadness it was worse. LIT these
beautiful things be taken-alI this splen-
dor, let it go; care not for it only
care Ir my husbands love and conf
dencc. You shall forget in my affection,
that you were ever in prosperity-only
still love me, and l will aid you TO bear
these little reverses with cheeyfulness."
Still love hcrl man must reverence
ayel and liken her to the very angels, for
such woman is living revelation Of
heaven.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER o. 1853

at length come round to the marquis, and
he won, whatever color he backed. En-
couraged by his success, he continued to
play with largely increased stakes. At
last, when he remained the only PLAYER,
he challenged the bank. After some de-
liberation, his defiance was accepted. He
backed one color, and an uninterrupted
series OF successes, doubling the stakes
each time in arithmctical progression, left
him ut last largely the conqueror. He
had broken the bank, and had thus by one
coup, regained all his former losses at Di-
eppe, and swept away the greater part of
the gamblers capital.
Flushed with this success, the marouis
quilted the salon, inviting Stephen Uter-
civ to accompany him to supper at his
hotel also extending the Same hospitality
to four players who, in the early part OF
the evening, had played with him at the
public table. lie had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning their company. They consisted
Of two planters from the Havana, the ca D.
tain Of an English merchantmen, and a
Parisian banker. After supper, cards
'N'S ''''ON'NSN. luz anu Stc-
phen Utercliv were opponents, as usual.
Stephen commenced with ten Napoleons
that stake soon Disappeared, as did three
others of the same amount. He had only
ten pieces left. lie was full of agitation.
Foscarlni, never dreaming how nearly his
young friend approached to extremity,
rallied him upon the lowness Of his stakes.
With trembling hand, the young man
placed the remnant of his money on the
table. Fortune favored him with n pair
royal of kings, and he won hundred Ma
poeons from the Partisan banker. Luck
continued, and, by five o'clock the next
morning, Stephen Utercliy had gained
100000 francs, tho banker had won sO.-
600, the Englishman 10000, and. each Of
the planters, 5000. Foscarim had lost
II dH. 1t pulled hard upon his gains in
the previous part Of the evening. The
party took coffee and separated; agreeing
to resume the play at night s,.s,-s,:
ssvrso lcoScLr6Ep Asxle s-ssix. I.
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SERVANTS of Con in joyful lays,
Singye the Lord Jchovah's praise.
Montgomery.
The Bible.


We do not know whore there is so GOOD
description of the Bible, in so small a
compass as is to be found in the article be-
low from the Hartford Courier:
a nation must be truly blessed, if it
were governed by no other laws than those
OF THIS blessed book it is so complete
system that nothing can be !, dcd to or
taken from 1t; 1t cantains every thing
heedIui To be known as done, it affords
copy Tor KING II rule for sui ject il
gives instruction and counsel to senate,
authonty and direction to a magistrate; {;
l. scautonS witness, requires anl impartial
verdict OF jury, and furnishes Il iu,rc
with his sentence it sets the husband os
lcrd Of the household, and the wife rs mis-
tress of the tal'le; tells him how to rule,
and her how to manage. I'm entails hon
or to parents, and emioins obedience nnon
children, it prcscribes limits of soycrci1ns
the rule of the ruler. and authority Of the
master; commands the subject to honor
and the servant to obey, and promises the
protection of its author to ali who wall;
by it rules. 1t gives directions for wed
dings and for buriaIs it promises food
and raimcnt, and limits the use Of beth
it points out faithful and eternal GUAR
dian to the departing husband and faith
cr; tells him with whom TO leave his fotb.
erlcss children, and in whom his widow is
to trust, and promises n father TO the for
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Mtm5 Atrn15, lu.

ANOTHER TALE OF SUFFERING.-A let
ter dated River du Loup, August 9Th,
says
Captain Young and the only known
survivors (lo in nunber) of the iIl,fated
barque Argyle, from Bristol for Quebec,
laden with iron, before reported as having
ioundered at sea, arrived here on Friday
night. Their sutferings have been dread.
'ul. 1t appears they were nine days in
one OF the ships boats drifting about on
the ocean, and that six of these days were
passed without food or water-durino
which time seven of the men in the boat
died OF exhaustion and hunger. OF the
Survivors two are females-onc of whom
Is an old lady, turned, we should saw. Of
5o, who, to add to her sufferings, was
doomed to see her son, fine strong vouno
man of 23 years old, die by her side
lhe other female is young woman-and
strange to say, both these females were
exposed to the same privations that the
men were, and yet they lived through
them, and saw seven strong men sink and
die under them.
There were 25 persons on board the
Argyle, in cluding three pa<sengcrs-vz:
the young woman, the old lady and her
son-all OF whom bctook themselves TO
two of the ships boats, one of which has
not since been heard of, and it is feared
that but nine of the twenty-five have been
left to tell the sad tale.