The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-03-30
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.


THE STATE, vs.. JEREMIAH STROUD
| This case came up for trial on Thursday
last, aud occupied the whole day and the
half of the next. The prosecution was most
ably conducted by Mr.. Solicitor Reid and
Col. ii. Fl. Thompson; and no less ably and
zeNlously defended by II. c. Young and
Simpson Bobo, Esquire. Judge Withers'
charge to the Jury was the most feeling and
lucid exposition of the law and evidence in
the case, that we have heard. The Jury re-
tired from their box, about twelve o'clock,
and was out five or six hours, when they
returned with a verdict Of guilty. Mr..
Stroud had killed Samuel Gentry in Octo-
Der last, since which time he has been in
prison. The sentence of the court was,
that he be hung on the second Friday in
June next. We arc told that the Jury have
signed petition to the Governor for re-
| prieve.- CdrOiiua Spartan.
MoRE INCENpTARIsM.-On Sunday morn
ing last, about daylight, while Mr.. A. A.
Solomons was proceeding to the Depot Of
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
he discovered the Carriage Mandatory
and Warehouse owned by Mr.. Noah Crane
in flames. The family were immediately
aroused, and the fire cxtinguised without
having done much damage. We understand
that box Of matches, and some combusti-
bic materials were found on the premises,
which had evidently been used in setting
fire to the house. Who the william is, or
what his purpose can be in thus seeking 20
destroy the property of one of our best ard
most unoifcnding citizens, we cannot con-
lecture, but sincerely hope that strong mea-
surcs may be used to discover him, and sum.
mary punishment inflicted. This is the
third attempt of the kind that has been made
in our town within very short period
Look out-Sumter Banner.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-Dr. j. b. Holmes,
while proceeding down East Bay to his resi-
dencc on the Battery about IL o'clock on
Tuesday evening last, he observed two men
walking in front of him; on arriving at the
corner of Atlantic street they stopped, and
rs the Doctor was passing them, one Of them
seized him violently ut the back of his neck,
pressing him to the ground, while the other
struck him three severe blowso on the breast
and stomach, depriving him Of the power of
resistance. They then made grab at his
watch chain, but it being broken IN the cf.
fort, they failed TO secure the watch. The
villains then took TO their heels and ran off,
leaving him in rather nm unpleasant plight
after so rough a handling.-Chdr. Mercury.
The following appointments have been
confirmed Hugh J. Anderson, Of Maine, as
Commissioner of Customs, Richard =. Ham,
mond as Collector, and Phillip A. Roach as
Appraiser at San Francisco; Nathaniel Haw-
thornc rs Consul at Liverpool; Judge Ma
son, of Iowa, rs Commissioner of Patents
MAgap,J IfarY. yeseY, of. Pennsylyania, as
sylvania, rs Consul to Para. Brazil; Paul
Arnau rs Collector at st. Augustine, Fla;
Hamilton Stuart rs Collector at Galveston
Texas and Green w. Caldwell as Super
intendent of the Mint at Charlotte, n. c..
The appointment of Mr. Ramsey rs con-
tractor 10 carry the mail between Vera Cruz
aud Acapulco has been confirmed by the
Postmaster General.
NORTH CARoLISA CorPER ORg.-It Is said
the copper mine recently opened in Guilford
county, -. c., becomes richer the further il
is worked down, and that between the diff.
ferent tunnels or slopes cut in the vein there
is now asccrtained to be copper ore sufiicien.
to bring in market one million of dollars. Ii
will be remembered that 100 tones Of the ore
from this mine We're lately sold in New York
at $3.50 per ton.
THE following Delegates have been ap-
pointed by the Board Of Counsellors, TO re-
present the South Carolina Medical Associa-
ton in the American Medical Association, to
assemble in New York in May next:
AbberiLle-Dr. Jos. J. Wardaw.
Barn,eeH-Dr. Amory Coffin.
CharLestOn-Drs. Thos. Y. Simons, Eli
Geddings, James Moultrie, Henry Ravenel,
WIN. NJ. Glenn, F. T. Miles, J. J. Chisholm,
| VIM. l.. Moultric.
Chesier-Dr. J. McF. CASTOR.
ColIeton-Dr. Thos. Lining.
DdrlingtOn-Dr. Thos. Smith.
GeorG Getorn-Dr. ii. NJ. Foster.
Lancdster-Dr. s. l.. Strait.
Richland--Dr. JOS s. Crane.
Sumter-Dr Jos. c. Haynesworth.
WiAiamsburgh-Dr. b. w. Bradley.
York-Dr. ]. r. Bratton.
In the u. 8. Senate on Monday, Mr.. Eve
rett made speech, showing that the affairs
OF Central America were progressing towards
an amicable settlement, and that England
had already abandoned the Mosquito Protec.
torate.
John II. Campbell has been confirmed as
a Judge of the Supreme Court Of the Uni.
ted States, and Dnpley Mann as Assistant
Secretary OF State.
Mr.. Ge Bow discharged on hundred Of the
Census clerks on Monday.
DrsTREssISG.--On Monday night last, one
Of the houses Of Jesse Windsor, of this coun.
ty, was destroyed by fire, and in 1t one of
his sons, who was burnt to death. The lad,
some y or Ia years old, having rescued two
of his younger brothers, rushed in amid the
flames, thinking that third brother was
left, but was Overpowered and never return
ed.-Cdssriiie (Gd) Sentinel.
A CoEyESTIoS to be held at Montgomery,
Ala, on the first Monday in May next, Is
called for by the Executive Committee of
the Southern Central Agricultural Associa.
tion," to be composed of such citizens of
the slaveholding States ms take an interest
in agriculture, and Of Delegates from State
and local agricultural societies.
PSEUMoSIA is said to be prevalent to an
alarming extent in the northern part of Cum
bcrland county, N. c.. having already carried
of a number Of persons, and from the num-
ber sick, many more deaths are anticipated.
The negro population, also, suffers TO great
extent.
The London Times remarks that about