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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-04-20
The Lancaster Railroad.

WE are gratifed to learn, by an Extra
from the Office Of the Ledger, that on
Thursday last the requisite amount of
Stock was subscribed to secure the charter
of the Lancater Railroad. This was eC-
fected by number of citizens pledging
themselves for the balance necessary to Sc
cure the charter, after ascertaining the sub
scriptions atother points, a meeting of
the Commissioners is to be held on Sale
49, 49,, r----yo'or fcpofTnT Ine
stock and appointing a day for the meet
ing of stockholders to organize the com
pany.
1t is gratifying to find this enterprise
beginning at last to assume form and
shape. We have believed it an enterprise
of high Importance to wealthy and
populous section of our District, and we
have advocated the policy of lending it
helping hand. To the interests and
prosperity of our town it is of no less i'm
portance; throwing, as it would, within
our reach large amount of trade which
now finds market elsewhere. And i'm
an equally important light do we view it
as connection with the Charlotte te Road.
The trade and travel Of Lancaster and of
the counties Of North Carolina which lie
beyond Lancaster, all Of which now pass
to Camden and Cheraw, would, by the
construction Of this Road, be thrown upon
us, and contribute in a high degree to the
increase of business on our Rail Road.
We therefore think that an effort should
be made to bring the Lancaster Road to
this point. The citizens of the District
through whose section it would pass,
are deeply interested in its location. Our
town should feel no less deeply interested;
and the Charlotte Company should, in
our opinion, subscribe literally to secure
the connection. a large bid was made
by the Company some time ago to secure
the connection of the Union and Spartin-
burg Road; and it has been matter of
regret with many that the bid was not
made sufficiently large to effect the purpose.
The Lancaster Road is scarcely less inn
portant; and it becomes us, as stockholders
to consider we'll before We let slip the OPP
portunity of fostering and securing the
benefits Of this new cntcrprise.-Chester
Standard.
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EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

A bill appropriating $4,000 for the ercc-
ton OF State idiot Asylum passed the New
York Assembly on Thursday.
Messrs. IArtigue and Strobhart have with
drawn from the canvass in the third Con-
gresSlonGl District, leaving the field to
Mcssrs. Keitt and Owens.
lT is said that the State Department have
received m intimation from our Charge in
Central America, Mr.. Kerr, that Nicaragua
designs sending Mr.. Castellon, her late Min.
lister OF Foreign Affairs, to Washington, in
place of Mr.. Marcoleta.
LUTHER IN SYNoD-Thc General Synod
ofthe Lutheran Church in tho United States
will assemble in Winchester, Va, on the
2lst of May. There will probably be two
or three hundred ministers and laymen in
attendance.
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF THE CHAR
Lesion AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD COMPANY
The Huntsville Advocate contains notice
OF the meeting at that place, of the Stock
holders OF this road Il majority Of the stock
being represented, it was organized by call
ing Gov Clay to the chair
Reports were read from the President,
Col. Mills, from Maj. Cooper, the Engineer,
ard from the Secretaries at Memphis and
Huntsville. The reports show that the por-
tons of :oad completed are greatly exceed
ing all calculations us 10 proiitableness.
Maj. Cooper found new route from be-
yond Tnscumbia to Lagrange, Tennessee,
which is 10 miles sh, rter and will cost $3.50 :
600 less than the Holly Springs route--all
IN AlabHna and tennessee, too, except 30
miles. Ii is quite evident that the route in
dlcated by this report, will be selected by
the stockholders, as far as it lies in the two
States named.
AT about nine o'clock on Saturday eve
ming fire broke out in the office of Messrs
Wharton g. Petsch, rail road car builders,
situate between King street and the Rail
ROal avenue, which was consumed with it's
contents. consisting Of ear trimmings, India
rubber bands, &c, valued at about $1,000,
and insured in the Charleston Insurance and
Trust Company for $1,000. II is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary, and
we would suggest to the Police of the Up
per Wards that IA there is evidently gang
OF incendiaries 10 our city who make that
section their scene Of action, 70 be on tie
alert to frustrate their nefarious designs, and
bring them If possible b tho punishment
they so richly merit.--Conrier.
A STRONG MINDED WoMAN.---A Vermont
sheriff recently undertook TO search dwell
ling in Bradford, when the woman Of the
house few at him with poker and an axe,
which being wrested from her, she pulled
the most Of his hair ont Of his head threw
boiler Of hot water upon him, and concluded
the programme by cutting three or four
inch gash in his head witha stove griddle,
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tifully" nearer the desired shade: and when
at last he was pronounced call right" he
could hardly recognize himself, the change
was SO complete. He passed out homewaTd
and was gratilied to find himself unrecogni.
sed by several of his acquaintances whom he
encountered on the pave. Brown lost no
IN seeking the presence of Miss Scrirrs. and
claiming the redemption of her PROMISE
us said, by those who pretend TO be in the
secret. that fnnny meeting took place be-
tween them that she doubted his identify,
and when convinced that it was indeed dear
MI. Brown" she doubted his hair-it was
taise-a wig! Whiskcrs---all false and
1t was only when convinced by rigid cxam-
nation of the crop, assisted by two of her
female friends, that she - gave in" and no
one knows whether she made good her pro-
mise or not However, three DAYS after
wards Miss Scriggs became Mrs. J. Top
Brown, at 10 o'clock in the morning, and ut
hve o'clock the same day the happy pair oc-
cuplcd bridal statc-room on board the
Hudson steamer, Isaac Newton, bound to
honey moon, via ALBANIA.
The Browns spent several weeks on their
wedding tour, and during thoss weeks the
secret of the great change in his crop grad
ually revealed itself to Mistress j. Top
Brown. The old color bright red, became
slightly visible at the roots, more so bv de-
grees, and by and by, it could be concealed
no longer. Brown fcarlessly owned up to
the matter of dye. Mistress Brown declared
that she would die of modification. Brown
said ii he could dye his hair with the mort-
cation he felt, his crop would be black forcv-
or. There was no help for it; in his fever
OF anticipated happiness he had forgotten to
supply himself with n bottle of the magic
nd fh.,,- 1
things were not to be met with,werc they obi
ged to putup with the nfiction The change
went gradually on, and when they returned
to New York, Brown had an inch of bright
red stubble at the roots of his whiskers while
the remainder, somewhat washed and fad ed
out, displayed n reddish brown. Besides, he
had got rid of great portion of his stock of
folly--dyeing was costly-hc would dye no
moro. His wife begged, protested, threaten
ed But Brown remained firm. Laughed
at!-he had laughed at himself, and could
not be moved. Folly should never again
crown him with cap and bells, nor Ciprico
with crop Of black. Finally, as n sort of
salyo, he consented to have his crop shcarcd
off down as far as the natural color was pre-
valent, and Mrs. Brown was in measure
satisfied. In time j. Top Browns crop arri-
we'd ut respectable length and now he sports
| as hnc pair OF brilliant red whiShers as can
be seen in weeks walk. He is not much
inclined to regret the folly of dycing his hair,
and the subsequent modification attendant
thereto, inasmuch that he secured wife
without popping the question, and demon
strated to his entire satisfaction that society
is all wrong in its present mode of getting
through the world. Still he does not con-
| slider it absolutely necessary, nor does he
recommend il, to dye fine crop of red hair
in order to make society travel in the proper
course.
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NEWS ITEMS.

WE learn from Il private source that a fire
occurred in Camden on Friday night, which
destroyed that large brick building known
as the Waterco House, owned and occupied
by III. HolIyman, Esq. We did not learn
that Mr. Hollyman lost his furniture but
the building, &c, of $4,000 which we pre-
sumo would cover all loss.
We are told that the citizens of Camden
will subscribe literally to our Rail Road
The town council of that town have already
subscribed 5000 dollars.
Letters received here from Charlotte state
that the Small Pox is prevailing in that
town.
THE Pckens Courier says that " some
man who did not have the fear of God before
his eyes" has stolen the head of his paper
The guilty offender deserves praise for the
action, for the "apologetic" head makes n
much neatcr appearance than the old one.
ouI llT. hOSSCT, HiS TCCSlNcu MS
Stock of Spring and Summer goods. We
paid n visit to his store the other day and
were shown some Of the prettiest goods we
have ever seen. The ladies' should call to
see those beautiful, bewitching, coqu fish
bonnets and then those handsome winiuw
curtains, and those table covers, and those
magnificent fifteen dollar mantllas-but it
is impossible for us to tell you all the fine
goods he has-so call on him yourself
IT is somewhat unreasonable to expect a
man to write editorials when he does not
know what to write. This is the only apol-
ogy "" have to make for the lack of the
commodity in this paper.
Mr.. J. b. Baton can show as good work in
the Carriage line as can be found any where
else. We have lately inspected some of his
work and it is no puff when we assert, his
vehicles will compare favorably in beauty of
style and finish with any from any other
manufactory.
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LANCASTERVILLE, s. C.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 90, 1858.
ADVERTISING, &c.

Very frequently when not Engaged in
chPping copy Tor our paper, writing cditori-
ais, or reading books, We takcupa paper and
pcrusc articles, which knowing they can give
us nothing in the shape of copy would not
claim our attention, We're it not to while
away few spare moments. This morning
we took up the New York Pick, and read IN
article from the editors pen headed Car
pet Philosophy"
Hiram Anderson the great Carpet Mcr-
chant has been Il constant patron to the
Pick, and not only TO that paper; but in al
most every New York paper we find his ad-
vertiscmcnt. The editor of the Pick SAYS
lie Mr.. Andcrson) gave us his advertise
mcnt unsolicited, and IN order to write him Il
weekly notice; week after week, for 53 weeks
we wrote him notices, and George called for
the money, which amounted to about Sil3.
being an average of 81 50 per week." Now
if Mr. Anderson advcrtises, say in six papers
and pays each the sum Sf Sab it w"ulj
amount to the little sum of S2i7s-but sap
pbSc MS "hNCIllSllS HIHbuHlS HIhh''IlN %
1000 or 1900, or even $1,000, some people
would look upon it rs money thrown away,
yet Mr.. Anderson has tried it, and finds he
is making fortune by adhcring to the
plan and keeps on advertising. The Pick
editor received Z 80 per week for an edito-
rial notice. Suppose we should propose to
write these notices for fve dollars per week
no one would give us ShA SRla[. Yet
northern men who are callc Rl6ss fstcd
Yankees, pay out large sums aNally for
advertising cards in the newspapers
We do not write this, as intending to cast
an imputation on our merchants by no
means; gratefully but not boas;ingly We
assert that few papers have receicvcd great.
er advertising patronage than We have.
We merely wish the incrcdulous to see what
some men pay for advertising.
In few months, about the lst of July
f-.---o oss1rcV 10 u'rNo upur N0rth, visiting
New York TO be present ut the Worlds
Fair, Albany, Boston, &c, and we intend to
make some enquiries in relation to these
matters which we will give to our readers.
What ever strikes us rs being of inter, st We
will also make a minute Of and il III our
friends are unable to BE- pres. II tn
Worlds Fair, We i'll end...url" /" live 'h,4u
such an account as may in =, measure COM
pensato for their absence
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after which she was secured, and large
amount of stolen property was found In her
possession--ap partial illustration of womans
rights.
Our CoURT adjourned on Saturday last.
No case Of special interest, accept that of
the State VS.. Capt L. w. R. Blair, indicted
as an accessary to the killing of Mrs. Jane
ID. Young, on tbe llth of February last
The case was commenced on "Wednesday
and occupied two days. 1t was conducted
6y Mr, Solicitor Fair, and ably argued by
Coils. A. p. Aldrich and b. F. Hunt, oil the
part of the State. The defence was con-
Quoted with great ability by Hon. ]. L. Pet
tigru, Hon. r. !. Moses and Hon. James
Chestnut. The Jury after a long charge
from his Honorretired for about two hours
and returned with a verdict of Not Guilty.
The attendance upon Court this term was
unusually large.-Camden Journal.
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BIZ FRIDAYS MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF SANTA ANN AT VERA Cruz.
Later adyices from Vera Cruz state that
Santa Anna arrived in that city on the LIST
inst. His reception, however, was not cor
dial, and he left Immediately for his hacienda
near Jalapa.
ARRIVAL OF THE VfcB-PREsIDENT, AT Mo-
BtIs.-The Hon. Wm. X. King, Vice Presi-
dent of the United Suites, arrived In the u.
s. steamer Fulton, at Mobile, az noon on
Monday. His health Is no better, and he
seems 70 be very low.
FINAL ApSouRsMENT OF THE u. s SEN
ATB.-The members of the Senate have left
Washington for their respective homes
The rumors respecting difficulty in the
Cabinet, are declared to have been wholly
unfounded.
The YELLOW FEVER AT Rio DE JANEIRo.
-Adviccs from Rio de Janeiro 10 the Cd Of
March state that the yellow fever was still
committing great ravages among the shipping
and on shore.
Wreck OF THs BARoUE HERcULes.-The
Barque Hercules, from Liverpool for Charles,
ton, sunk at sea, Her crew have arrived at
Baltimore.
AProNTMESs, &c.-The Washington I'm.
ion says that there was never the slightest
foundation for the assertion that there was
a want of harmony in the Cabinet.
George s. Walden of Centre, Cherokee
County, has been appointed United States
Attorney, for the Northern District of Ala
bama, and Archibald NJ. Campbell, Post
master, at Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The JAPAN EXPEDITION Macedonian
will sail Tomorrow, Thursday, from New
York, for Japan.
HEALTH OF THE VICE PREsIDEsr.--Ac-
counts from Mobile state that it is very
doubtful whether Mr., King can survive many
dnvs
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At abouta quarter before 10 o'clock
Tuesday night,a fire broke out on board the
coasting schr Maria Capt Johnson, in the
stream. She was promptly boarded by fire.
men and brought to tho wharf, when it was
found that she had been completely strip
ped by some persons, and that the forward
hold had been considerably burned.
ANOTHER FrRE.--A fire broke out
yesterday morning at o'clock IN a small
wooden building in the rear Of the pre-.
1$'ees fronting Broad street, occupied by
Dr.. Joseph Johnson as a ,lrug store. The
we learn, contained n numberof
empty boxes and straw used for packing
purposes. which Of course fed the flames
saused such an illumination as to create
alarm with those who were
rot aware Of the realcircumstances of the
,ase. Our i5lomitable Aremen, however,
or the secbfsd time since sue set, turned
,st and were promptly on The spot, and
~ their exestions confined The FIRE 10 the
building IN whict ,sgiginated - CAYEes-
Oh Courier l skjl .
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER.

mined by the relative amount subscribed,
and the anxious desire of each section will
be seen by the material all" granted
LANCASTER RAIL RoAp.-It will be
seen from an extract from the Ledger
which we copy in another place, tina. a
sufficient amount has been subscribed to
secure the Charter of this Road. 1t now
becomes question whether the project
Of building Plaud Road from Camden
t" the North Carolina line should not be
abandoned for the present, aud our citi-
zens unite with those of Lancaster in the
immediate construction of the Railroad
We will give our opinion on the subject
in our next.
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BY MONDAYS MAIL.
Later E, ON Europe.
ARRIYAL or THE ALPS.

HNNIFAL OF TIE ALPS.
TuE British steam ship Alps has arrived
at Boston from Liverpool, which port she
left on the Both ult.
FoRercN ITEMs.--Quecn Victoria has been
sick IN consequence OF miscarriage, but Is
recovering.
Adviccs from India state that the Bur
mesc have abandoned Pegu.
The insurrcction i'm China is progressing
The coronation of Louis Nap0leon has
been deferred until August, in consequence
of the Pope being unable to leave Rome un-
til that time.
The Turkish difficulty has been settled,
but not in manner satisfactory To Turkey.
The Enllsh feet was still at Malta.
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6 aitar,s Gablr
GRAHAM's MAGAZINE.

GRAUAM's MAGAZINE.
The May number o { this Magazine Is web
filled with interesting and instructive litera-
ture. Mr.. Grahan seems determined to
make his Magazine equal to any other, and
his efforts are not unsuccessful, for the May
number will compare favorably with any
othcrpublished, Besides the reading matter
which is varied and extensive, the present
number contains number of handsome en-
cravings gs,cXecutcd by Devcrcaux,which reflect
credit upon the v""ng artist. Price of Gra-
ham, 50 90 per year, five copies for $40.
Gr"ham's Magazine and the Ledger one year
81 90.
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Later from Europe

"A -! RRstAL. OF TIE AMERICA.
The Royal Mail steam ship America.
Capt Lang, his arrived at Halifax from Liy-
erpool, which port sis, Icft on the I'd inst.
The LiucrPoo! Markete.-The Humboldrs
news had favorable eifcct upon Cotton,
and under the P..ciiic's advices Fair and Mid
ding qualities advanced n farthing, and New
Orleans and Upaid Cotton below Midding
from sixteenth To an eighth of A penny.
FOREIGN ITEMs.--A dispatch from Paris
says that the American Government consents
to indemnify the owners of the French yes.
sells seized in California.
conspiracy has been discovered at Rer-
lin, and many arrests have been made
Arms and ammunition has been discovered
The insurrcction at Palermo had been sup
pressed. \ doubtful rumor was prevalent
ut Palermo To the effect that Persia had
land.
Southern Italy IS represented TO be in n
moro alarming state than II ever has been
Large numbers hava been arrested at Ma
pies. @
The European Democrats have sent, il ia
said, an address to President Pierce, by
Prlszky, Kossuth's Secretary, which Is sun
posed to contain a request for arms
The outbreak in Switzerland among the
peasantry has been quelled by the military.
ARRIVAL OF THE AaERIcA.--The America
has arrived Mt Boston. Her mails will be-
sent South, this, Friday evening.
AProSrMENT.--Denison Of South Caro-
lima, has been installed as Chief Clerk of the
Census Office at Washington.
EARrEr Factory CoxsuMED.--Baker's
Carpet Factory at Boston has been consumed
by fire. The loss is estimated at about 5000
600.
Ma. KSc's HEALrH--sIr. King has ex.
perienccd since his arrival here severe spells
ofcoughing. Last night bo~eyar, he rested
well, and scemsd decidedly better this morn
ing, but his cough has returned Should he
be no worse, he will go up the river to his
plantation on Saturday. ~
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FIRE oS TIE Gu ALoTTE RAIL ROAD
On Saturday, a spark from an Engine
caused bale Of Cotton to take fire on n
train a few miles from Columbia. There
was great danger'of the whole train
being lost, but by great exertion of a
force sent up Immediately from the Depot,
there was only one car destroyed with
thirty-fiye bales of Cotton, Columbia
Banner Of Me III III inst.
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ADDITIoNAL PER ASIA.

The Alps spoke the Pacific on the 30th
ult., and the Asia on the 9th inst.
The French Fleet sailed for the Archipel-
ago on the 23d ult. England has remonstra-
tod against this step, and expressed her sus-
picions regarding the ulteriOs payposcs Of
Louis Hapoleoo.
later report says that the differences be-
tween Turkey and Russia will either be re-
ferred to the arbitration of Austria or to n
Congress Of Powers interested.
Peace was proclaimed at the Cape Of Good
Hope on the I4ih Of February.
IL is rumored that divisions exist in tho
English Cabinet.
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saD" We publish in this paper an article
from the Chester Standard, in which Il wiz
be seen the citizens Of Chester District ace
advised 70 use their exertion to connect our
proposed Rail Road with the Charlotte
Road.
From the following which we clip from
the Camden Journal, we infer that the effort
win be inado 10 connect II with the soash
Carolina Rail Road at Camden. Comment
q unnecessary; the route viii b deter
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COMM MERCIAL.
LATEST DATES
Charleston Karketa.

HALT-PAsT ONE o'cLocK--C CorroN. The
sales to-day amounted to 664 balez--priccs
ranging from 81 TO IL cents.
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al tavors.

.8y~ To the Hon. A. p. Butler and Hon.
+. J. Rusk are we indebted for Congfession-
al tavOrs.
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Mrs FoEnHs4 sailed fso,n New Orleans
for California last week Lola Mantez
who Is IN the CFesccnt Cit3 lkawiss, ID.
tends shortly to 60 % calfos6ia,
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GEO. r. GRAHAM,
Philadelphia.
GoDEY's LApY's Book.

GoDEYs LApy's Book.
The only feature we thought lacking to
make GOdy's Book rank us the first ladies'
Magazine in the Union,was the colored FASH
ion Plates, which We find supplied in the
May number. We have known ladies' to
put themselves to considerable trouble To
procure copy of the l.adys Book, in order
10 sec the fashions and since they werr
discontinued our better half has more than
once regretted it, but the May number is
perfect Fashion rIatcs-bcautiful pictures
"n1 reading matter OF such variety 10 please
any body. Mr.. Cooley says his Magazine is
the oldGst in the Union, having been publish
cd now for twenty three years, and yet Mr..
Graham on the cover of his says, established
in 1926 which would make his 81 years
How is this!
Gody's Ladies Book and the Ledger for
"a, or singly 80 per year, five copies for
$40 and 80 on.
L. A. GoDEY,
Philadelphia.
THE SAVANNAH COURIER.
The Courier is an excellent commercial
pap r, published daily, tri-wcekly, and week
ly in Savannah, Geo, by Il. Chapmon,
Esq.
The price ofthe weekly is 50 per year.
ARTHURs HOME GAZETTE.
~ ,HiI.-I- snero-wiro ~ NOT acquainted with
Il. S. Arthur's writings? His writings have
all Il moral tendency, and no family should
be without II copy of the Home Gazette The
original tales which appear in the Gazette
from the Editors pen in one year are worth
ten times the subscription price of the paper
aud hnsidcs these tales, the miscellaneous
r',llgs are of "a plrasing, Interesting char
acter Price of thr Gazette only 50 per
year Address
T. S. ARTHUR, g. Co.
Philadelphia.
n. b. Will the publishers have the kind
ness to send us No. 81 of the present vol
ume!
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CQTTONs-The adsiees from h.erpool,
bf the steamer Amerea, which were fecciy-
"a ih's morning. reporting an advance of 4
during Tie week closing on her asy Of snil-
ing, caused our market 70 open active aud
bpoyank and at The close Of business Il was
fonnd that prices had sdvanced / 10 cca,
on those Of the presinas day, 400 haieS
were sold, at 9 70 i0s cents. and ono % two
lots fvey choice cotton was taken a llc.