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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-06-08
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

RAILROAD ACCiDEET.-We arc panied to
learn that fatal accident occurred on the
Charleston Railroad, yesterday morning, six
miles below Branchvillc. -.
A.faisc turnout had been constructed by
some wretch, who placed two loose rails in
such position as to direct the Up Night
Express Train from the track down an en-.
bankmeut, thereby smashing four cars, and
scalding Mr.. Winters, the engineer and two
others. Mr.. Winters and Mr.. Bealy, fire.
man, died shortly afterwards. The third i,
still alive. The two former were married
men, and leave families,
1t is not often we have 10 record such ac-
cidcnts and we trust the authors Of the fear
ful mischief will be detected and punished.
Cdrolinian Isl ina.
THE RAIS-AccDExTs.-In our notice of
yesterday, touching the weather we men
toned that We had shower-unfortunate
it scarcely did more than lay the dust, and
hardly that. About two, yesterday, h6wey-
er, thunderstorm swept over us, and was
followed by quite pleasant rain. Several
OF the electrical explosions were terrific, and
one bolt took effect upon china berry tree,
fronting the Methodist District Parsonage,
now in the occupancy of Mr.. Daniel John
ston. The tree was blazed from crown to
tap root. A niece Of Dir. Us lying sick in
bed, was sensibly affected by the shock,
though she sustained no serious injury.
We understand also, that Daniel r. Rad
clifie, pump tender, was killed at the depot
OF the South Carolina Railroad by lightning.
A slight explosion also took place at the tel
egroph office.--Idid.
TnE CRoPs.--Thc Appearances oe the past
few days have isdicated the prevalence of
mora seasonablc weather. in many sections.
The drought has very materially checked
the progress Of ,egetatiots but with fayora-
bic seasons we may still anticipate an aver
age crop of corr, and perhaps equally a. good
a yield Of cotton
The accounts received from all tho cotton
growing States represent the prospects as
anything but filttering. A few sections in
this State and p seversI Others have been
favored vl;;h zhsonable weather, and the
crops arc Vel .edyanced; but by far the
gessef past = Suffered mrh from iI,o Il.
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Cur DIDo.-It is told in history that
Dido. Queen Of Tyre, about $40 years
before Christ, fled from that place upon
the murder Of her husband, and with a
colony, settled upon the northern coast OF
Africa, where she built Carthage. Being
in want OF land, she bargained with the
natives for as much land as she could
surround with bulls hide. Having
made the agreement, she cut the bulls
hide into fine strings, and tying them to.
gether, claimed as much land as she could
surround with the long line she had thus
made. The natives allowed the cunning
queen to have her way, but when any DO,
dy played off a.sbarp trick they said he
had "cut q DIDO" and the phrase has
come down to the present day.
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on, on we sped with surprising speed,
tbrongha and into the blue vault of heaven
AT last we halted before gate, the stranger
gave peculiar rap-the gate was opened,
and we entered. We were in garden of
flowers, the violet was here, the lily bloou,ed
here, and the beautiful hyacinth also ais
played her charms in this beautiful flower
garden few steps brought us TO door,
over which in golden letters we read. HopE.
We will enter" said the stranger, and the
door tlew open and we entered passage
lIiis passage was very narrow. The spirit
walked with me some distance, when We
came to portion of The passage where there
Was no floor, and for about one hundred
yards narrow plank WAS stretched across.
The spirit halted, and We looked beneath
the plank,-a river of bloody rcdncss, foam
rd as 1t rushed along with torrent swiftness.
What was written over the door!" said the
str"nger,-we answered " HoPE." The spir-
it then moved on. "TrembIe not,n said tlro
stranger" Hope" We landed safely ON
the opposite side. Pursuring our course.
we came TO another door, over this in golden
letters we rc"d, REST" Hope-Rest,"
s"id the stranger, and ~ the door open,d
we entered. 'hc bright light dazzled our
eyes The spirit loosed us from himself,
and placed us on downy couch. We felt
h"ppy. The air WAS cool and pleasant, and
ever and anon the perfume Of sweet flowers
delighted our senses. The spirit s,t by ma
and again he took our hand in lis. We re-
manned here some t,mc when the spirit again
spoke, Shall we proceed - said he. md
again VIC nodded. lie raised us nm. nm,
taking another vi;'l, poured the contents ON
our head-wc felt refreshed and invigoratcd.
Come said the stranger, and he carried ma
in his arms some distance when we came Z,
another gate. Over this we read in Golden
letters" JOY" llopc-Rcst-Joy," said
III" spirit, and rs he pronounced III, I,st
word the gate orcncd and we cntcrcd--
here was 70 limit to the placc we were in
Ill may be II room.a hall, hut We could not
sean the dimensions Myriads of beings
were before us. The music of nnmbcrl.ss
Instruments, each playing in mcllo,ious SYM
Phony' charmed as. I'VE will GO i'm said
We "ict us go farther NO" said Tho
spirit mot now--w" have been cone a lopq
time" 1--WE must h sen back"
4" Go back" said W. "oh no, please do not
take us back" Stranger said the snirit,
" before you can abide here, you must pas,
through that f,rcst--yoa had only entered
It, when found you. That forest Is dc,,hp
ihc spirit again tied the sheet around ps
ana attaching our person TO his with tho
cord, took us back and PLACED us on IN, c,Igo
oi The forest, with The field we had stravcJ
from before us. The tear was in our eve.
lot we would l'aveubidcd with him. 4S,ran..
er' said he, 81 know yonr thoughts Int
now we must part; again, we will meet
i,eco''eet what you have seen. Rccoll,ct
me Inscriptions over the gatrs--HorE.-l,Esr
-JoY,' and he left us.
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INDEX.
LAkcAsrERTmLE, June 6, 1853.

A MEETING of the subscribers to the Stock
Of the Lancaster Rail Road, was held in the
Court House to-day, it being the day ap'
pointed by the Commissioners, for the Stock
holders TO meet, organize, &c.
S. BAIasscy WAS called to the Chair, and
J.W. Cooke appointcdSccrctary.
Thomas X. Cureton, on the part of the
Commissioners, reported that eighty thous
and dollars, $3.50 ,OOO) had been subscribed
to the stock of the Road. and that the bal.
lance of the Stock. necessary to secure the
charter, seventy thousand dollars, (S70OOc.) }
had been taken by twenty gentlemen, who
had stepped forward and secured the char.
ter. The report, as submitted by the COM
missioners, was on motion Of John Williams.
received and tlicrcupon Thomas w. llucy
moved that the Lancs stcr Railroad Company
do now organize by the election of officers
&c, which was unanimously agreed 10.
John Williams moved for the appointment
! OLA committee Of nine to nominate officers
for the company, which was agreed to, and
John Williams, II. r. Price, ID. W. Brown,
J. W. Ingram, Wm. Reid, Jones Crockett
John Stewart, Geo. NcC. Withrrspoon, and
PIT. Hammond were appointed by the Chair
said Committee.
After Il short absence, the committee re-
tunrncd and reported the following ticket
For PreSidcm-nlXox RAExEs.
For Ten DIEECToRs,
ThomasW. Elucy,
Geo. McC. WilhcrSpoon
II, *. Crrctou,
J. VI. Ingram,
:. b. Massey.
VI. =. Crawford,
II. II. Price,
J. A. Cunningham,
i. II. Hammond,
d. W. Brown,
Upon this nomination, the vote rs taken
by stock and the ticket unanimously elected
John Williams moved that committee of
oflhrcc be appointed, to draft rules and b.
laws, fer the regulation of the company ::
agreed TO. and John Williams, W. a. Moore
and J. w. Cook were appointed said Com.
mittec
On molten it WAS ordered that the procce-
dings Of thi- meeting be published in the
Lancaster Ledger, and that the papers OF
Camden, Winnsboro and Chester be rcqucs
ted TO copy.
The meeting then adjourned.
$. B. MASSEY, Prcs't
J. w. Cooke, Scct'y.
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The Yorkviile Remedy.

THls Paper has also passed into other
hands, our friend Ecclcs having sold his in
terest to Maj. J. Felix Walker, who with
Mr.. II. Judge Moore Of Charleston, will in
future condnct it. We have not the pleas
ure Of an acquaintance with either ef the lat
ter named gentlemen, but understand they
arc both well qualified for the duties they
have assumed. Mr.. Moore, for brief peri
dedtcd the Constitutional Union, n Union
paper established in Charleston, few
months ago and his editorial productions in
that position, justiies us in predicting for
him reputation rs co-cditor ofthe Remedy,
We wish all succcss-EccIes and the Book
Store included.
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Correspondence. 4
WASHINGTON.

..... MAY 80, 1853.
SEVERE indisposition has prevented me
from keeping your many readers regularly
posted up" in Washington affairs for some
weeks past, but as Richard is himself rain, -
shall try and make amends, for my rcmiss-
ness.
The Foreign appointments have been an
nounecd some days, among the counscls, the
name of MIR. Edwin DcLcon appears as Con-
sui To Alexandria, in Egypt. This will be
very gratifying TO the many friends of Mr..
Delcon, in South Carolina.
The Gardiner jury have been hung for
some days, and there is no prospect of them
agreeing on verdict. They have stated
this several times to the Court, and asked to
be discharged, but they were told to remain
until they do make verdict This cclcbra-
ted trial has already sunk deep in re cof-
fers Of the Government, and may 20 in much
deeper, before ii comes out.
The work on the Capitol extensions has
been progressing very well for some weeks
past, but learn part of the marble work
already up, has been condemned and will be
removed. The children Of the next genera
lion may have the pleasure of seeing these
extensions completed, but that however is
but poor comfort for us
The axe has been very busy for some
days past, and ere the first of July appears,
there will be but few Wings in office. "Ro-
tation" in office Is certainly in character with
Republican Government like ours, and no
one should grumble, though among some Of
the late dccapitated Wings, are men who
have grown grey in Office, and yet they raise
the cry of prescription"
Government llns no use for n set of old
superanuated clerks who scarce mako their
salt.
Recent intelligence from Mexico, leads MS
to believe that Santa Anna has formed an
alliance with Spain to protect Mexico, from
the designs Of the United States. Straws
tell how the wind blow" and the marked
attention paid TO Santa Anna by the Spanish
Officials in Havana, certainly have a signf-
cant look. His own course since his return
to Mexico, proves that the Government is to
be strictly military one. Tho rcmains Of
the men who fell during the late war with
the United States, are TO be exhurned and
neatly sepulehurcd, while the officers, who
surrendered to ocr arms, have been cashiered
and degraded. The Press is also muzzlcd,
and no leader can be published, until cx-
amincd by the proper authorities Gen. Al
monte, is to be Minister to the United States.
Spain would do well to count the cost,
before she attempts TO grasp Mexico, for
while she Is reaching for the sccptre Of tho
Moptezuemas, she may loose her crown.
Progress manifest destiny, and an overrul-
ing necessity, are considered fixed faets by
Young Ameriea. and Young America knops.
AnnesaiioB u the word, and soor Cubs,
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A Month of Calamity.

THIs has been month of calamity
Within three or four weeks there have
been recorded in the pages of the public
press the destruction of the steamship
Independence in the Pacific, the Ocean
Wave on the Lakes, and the Jenny Lind
in California; the awful railroad calam-
tiles at Chicago and Norwalk; and now
there is added the loss of the ship Will
liam and Mary at sea. BY these six dis
asters not less than five hundred souls have
been hurried'into eternity; and in addi
ton to these there have been minor ac-
eidents on railroads and steamboats,,
h'hlg OF buildings. DC, which would ma
terialiy swell the fearful aggregate.
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER.

fects Of cold and drought. The fear is be.
ginning TO DO entertained that even with the
most favorable seasons in future, the nggre.
gate crop must fall considerably below the
average estimate.
Fears are also entertained that the very
heavy fall of snow in the mountains last
winter, will cause an unprecedented rise in
the Mississippi river, and of course almost
totally destroy the crops in the adjacent re.
gions.
In Columbia on Monday there has also
been rain at last. The South Iarolinan OF
yesterday says:
!. The clouds gathered blackncss and dark.
ness last evening, between and o'clock
and as VIC write gentle shower is falling
on the parched and thirsty earth, and we in.
dulgc the hope that it is but the precursor
of refreshing rains, now almost indispens:-
bic TO vegetation and health.
THE Barnwcll, s. c., Palmetto Sentinel
of the 30th uit., says:
We have had an unusually long spell cf
dry weather. On "Wednesday morning las
we had slight sprinkle of rain, barely
enough to lay the dust, and from all parts
of the District, aud in fact many portions of
the State, the prospects arc most gloomy.
We learn from n friend, that at place of
his in this District, there has been none since
Court Week, more than two months.
The weather up TO Friday morning last
has been quite cold, and we understand cot
ton in many places is not yet up-what is
looks badly.
y GENTLEMAN writing from Alabama to
the Winnsboro', S. c. Register Of the 30th
ult.. says:
Our crops and gardens have required rain
for two or three weeks past. The drought
has been seriously felt in many sections of
the country. Partial showers have visited n
few favored regions; with no prospect Of
an immediate change.
TIE WEATHER AND THE CEorS.-Early
Tuesday morning the heavens commenced
to sprinkle our arid aud dusty streets, and
continued to do so at intervals throughout
the day, until about ten o'clock at night
when violent rain storm occurred, ACCOM-
panied with considerable thunder and light.
ming; and at o'clock yesterday morning
though the storm had ceased, the skies
looked very threatening. We dcvoutly trust
that that the clouds may drop in torrents
their fatncss upon hills side and valley, be-
fore their fountains be again closed.
The Sumter S. c. Banner of Tuesday,
says;
1t still continues dry and our crops are
suffering terribly; this however seems to
DC the case throughout the State. a letter
from planter near Charleston, says that
" with the best seasons hereafter, neither
myself or any Of my ncghbors can possibly
make more than half crop" Here in Sum
ter we have had Il few light showers, but
they were very small, and we cannot see
that they have benefited the parched vegc.
tation in the least.
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LANCASTERvILLE, S. C.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE s, 1853.
Rain |! Rain 7!

WHILE we write, the rain drops trickc IN
"mclodious symphony" from the roof of our
Sanetum. The pedestrian carries his UNI
brella, rs he passes and repasses our door
the sun is obscurcd by dark clouds, and the
shadow of our hand wo perceive on the sheet
upon which we write, indicative of the dark
ness without, and the propricty of seeing to
our gas lamp-thc thunder pcals in the dis
tancc-upon the whole, this is dark gloo-
my day, yet what joy to the farmer! For a
long time the weather has been alarming
ly dry, and the farmers prospects have been
gloomy indeed W. trust this rain is the
precursor of brighter days.
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ORIGINAL POETRY.
MARY OF THE INDIAN LAND.

SAW her at the church and still,
l think see her azure trcsscs,
as lightly she moved DER the hill.
NhiIe many were the thoughts and rucsf
Nho can she Dc, close by iIic stand
Iwas Mary of the Indian I.anl.
HOW beautcous did the girl appear,
In al! the glow of maiden sweetness.
No useless jewclry WAS there,
Yet all her dress displaying ncatncss.
from shoe string TO the small gloyed hand.
on Mary Of the Indian Land
In forkyillc, there arc pretty girls,
Ana Chestcrvile can boast fine ladies
Ana Tanks own Bard has deck in nal.
L"hc"s'er's child just quit her babies.
nut whcn compared where will they stand
With Mary of the Indian Land
"nen TO our church she lately came,
An little thought she as returning,
That she had kindled loves wild Game.
~ IN n-ry' bosom licrcoly burning,
Then from the fire oh snatch this bruna
Sweet Mary Of the Indian Land,
Rich Hill, May 80. o
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FoG TIE LEDGER.
A Flight Of Fancy.

| WE were in a dark forest. All was quiet
around Us. The woods cncompassed us ON
all sides, and in cndcavorng to emerge from
| the forest, we became more and more en,un.
| SIed III the wcbbcd aud interviewer shrubbv
which lay in our way. At last in our effort
TO get into the open field from which we
had wandered, we came TO an open spore
surrounded by trees of huge dimensions
Nature was exhausted, and tired and over
come by bodily fatigue and mental SUFFERING.
we sat down at the trunk of one larger than
all the rest. We knew not what course to
take, but however anxious we may have been
10 pursue our way sc were obliged 10 give
way to the demands of nature, and there we sat
| dispirited- -cHfccblcd-sick. By and by. as
We sat with our head resting upon our har d,
deathIy sickness pervading our weak body,
We heard a noise, and looking up, there s,ocd
before us being of immense size. He had
the form of man, but must have been nj
least ten feet in height We looked with
wonder and nstonishmcnt at this mysterious
being, but yet we were not alarmed. In pcr.
son he was man, but his couhtenarco par.
TOOK not of mans His eyes bcamcd with
intelligence and love, and such nm in.fr,I,lc
sweetness CLEANED from tho expression OF
his co"ntcnancc we had never before seen.
Stranger said the unknown being, l." Won
are wcaried and sick" and taking from n
bundle which he carried yiaI ne handed
IL to us and said, drink ~ We tried ,o
drink, but had not the physical ability 10
take the vial seeing this, IIc applied The
moath to orr lips, and wo drank .he con.
tents. He then lOoscd his bundle. and spreud
on the sward a white linen sheet, took som.
other articles Of clothing and made pillow.
alter arranging forest pallet to his satisfac.
tion, he said, sleep and we prostra,ed
ourseIf on the couch, and slept. How lon,
we slept, we know not. When We awokc.
The unknown being was sitting beside ns
and he took our hand in his and pressed I,
Ills band was Of icy coIdncss which made n.
shudder' but1s VIC looked up in his Eeee.
such calm, pleasant serene countenance.
assured us all was right" Stranger
sad the unknown being, "since you have
saayed INTO my dominiops. would you 20
beyond its con6nesl Would you SEQ tha,
which no mortal ever has Would you de-
sire to survey the wonders OF the asl,sown
worldT We replied in the affirmative by a
silent nod. "comc then" said the stranger.
and hc wrapt the linen sheet around us, and
sied cord around US and himself " You
viii see mueh," .sIid the stranger, "mueb
thatwill hil you with nstonishment and sws
bot fear not, lam with you, and all will be
well snddcnly we were Iifted from the
ground and on, on we sped with lightning
velocity. We left the earth behind us s,d
star after star in the irmamcnt Of Heaven
reeeded from our view. @Palnt not.- saii
the stranger : we VIII soon be ,ls.s And
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the Sandwich Islands, Central America,
Catagonia and the North Pole, will all be
incorporated into this Union,
Our city is very quiet at present. Many
strangers arrive, but they hurry through,
scarcely taking time to say, "good morning
John" The Worlds Fair is the only mag
ret of attraction, but many of those who
have been in New York for weeks awaiting
the opening of the "Fair," begin to think
it is not altogether SO fir, that ii is not
opened.
JNnEX
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The Carolina Spartan.

WE have neglected to notice before the
change in the proprieiorship of this valuable
exchange. DR.. p. NJ. Wallace, the former
editor and prop ictor, for whom we had
high opinion, having disposed of the Spartan
to Mr.. Il. o. p. Vernon, and Mess. Trimicr,
We wish the new owners success, and will
be grat.ticd in'its fulfillmcnt-to Judge by the
able and digniied position they assume. as
evinccd by their salntatOrN.
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Confirmation.

On Pcntecost Sunday the Right Revd.
Bishop gave Confirmation in the Cathe-
dral to titty-four persons; abo, forty OF
whom had made their first Communion
on that morning.
The Rt. Revd- Bishop administered
the same Sacrament in st. Patrick's
Church on last trinity Sunday. The
number of persons confirmed was twenty
four Catholic Aiseilany.
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Acknowledgements.

WITH thanks We acknowledges the receips
Of the following amounts 10 paynen, Of sub
ssrpiions to he Ledger;
). II, wliherspoen, Cons. 3 ordiry siiaea
Glass Castor, H. Head. :. TO Anil ~ 81
n. 2, Brown. I. Street, . June ~
Jerome Atkins, r. Place :. . Anrsl > ,s4
w. }. Fletcher. 2. Rock. = June ! "a
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ATTEMPT TO MURDxR,--A man named
Richard Moody, living near this place, (says
the Barnweli Sentinel, Of the both ult,) at
tempted to take the life Of his wife, on the
10th inst, by cutting her throat. lie made
an ineision with a knife juAt over and diago-
naiiy across tbs jugular vein, about two IN
ehes in length, tus not ofsufficient depth TO
sever the artery,owing. 1t is supposed, to the
dullness Of the weapon fortunately, no So
rious injury was the result He was brought
before w J. Nixon, Magistrate, and is nm
der bond, awaiting his trial, for assault and
battery, Il the October term cf our court
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The General Postoffice Department, II
il said, have abandoned their original
Intention Of issuing the new stamped en-.
velopes as early as the LIST proximo,
though the contractors are understood to
have portion ofthem now ready for
delivery. The Postmaster General, being
indisposed 10 scatter them abroad until he
can have sufficient on hand TO send them
ia every direction, has deemed IL best 10
wait pstil the let Of July, whsp an ample
supply win be ready.
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The Protestant Episcopal Convention
Of New.Jersey, on Wednesday affirmed
its belief fthe innocence Of Bishop Doane,
and expressed its surprise at the renewal
OF the charges preferred against him by
his brother Bishops, after the case had
been previously dismissed.
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The Rail Road Meeting.

TnE proceedings of the meeting will be
found interesting. There is not the phan-
tom Of n fiction, or shadow Of doubt" but
what the Road will now be built. The Di-
rectors comprise men known to our citizens
as gentlemen of energy and character, and
the Presidency being filled by gentleman
who knows no such word as " fail" tho
work win soon confluence, and the good
people Of Lancaster District will yet have
the satisfaction Of hearing the snort Of the
iron horse.
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COM MMERCIAL.
LATEST DATES
Charleston Markets.
SAruRnAx Ninr.r.a

SATURDAY MoRSISc, June
CoTroS.--There was no perccptikle
change yesterday. With good de,n,nd
ana iuli prices, the sales reached Iio0 bales
COLUMBIA MAsKKT, june O.
There is no change in this Market
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Baltimore. Nav "a

The Rev. Mr.. Atkinson, of Baltimore,
has been elected Protestant Bishop of
North Carolina, vice Mr.. Ives, who has
joined the Catholic Church.