The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-11-22
NEWS ITEMS.

tanburg Court, for the murder OF his father
in-law, has been found guilty, and senten-
ced to be hung on Friday, 9th of January
next
W The emigrant ship New Eta, from
Bremen, with three hundred and eighty pas.
sengers on board, ran ashore on Sunday
night, during heavy fog, on the Jersey
coast. The captain and twenty passengers
succeeded in reaching the shore in safety
but the remainder are still aboard the YES.
sci, whcn is fast going to pieces. Nearly
half of those left on board. it is thought,
have been drowned between the decks or
been washed overheard.
eB@ Alex. Robinson, Esq, an old and
! respected citizen, died at the residence of
his son, in Charleston, on the morning of
the llth inst, aged ~ years. Dir. Robin
son was a native of Larne, Ireland, but for
the greater portion of his life resident of
this city.
S- Solon Borand, being no longer
needed in the United States Senate, or in
the diplomacy of the country, seems to have
rcnounced the title of "Hon." to have re-
assumed the title Of an. d." and to have
descended plump from national and histori-
cal renown to the practice Of physickipg the
sick, or to the hope of such practice, in the
village of Little Rock, in Arkansas, towards
the setting sun. The Democrat, a paper
printed there, announces that, in partnership
with another doctor, he has opened drug
store, and "offers his professional services
to the citizens"
aaY- Some sacreligious rogue broke in
to the Catholic Church at Oxford, N. Y,
the other night, and after doing consider
able damage 10 the property therein carried
off the silver pix, vessel cased with gold,
for containing the blessed sacrament.
William, negro belonging to Mr.. Wea-
yer, of New Orleans, has been tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for
four years, for burglariously entering a
house and ems onsing himself in the bed of
two young ladies while they were asleep.
An Irishman being in church where the
collection apparatus rescmbled election box
es, on its being handed TO him, whispered
in the carriers ear that he was not natural
lied, and could not vote.
As an inducement 10 subscribers, the Cir
clevile Journal says, that all those paying
in advance will be entitled to first rate
obituary notice in case of death
Six'thousand pianos are annually manu-.
factured in Boston. They sell at pr;ess
varying from $500 10 81 500 each.
In the town Of Crockett, Texas, there 10
said to be not asinglc marriageable woman.
Charles Hnckley, late editor of tho Chick
asay intelligeneer, rccontly committed sui.
eide, BY stHbbing himself Mt Fort Arbdckle.
President Pierce is represented as being
already busily engaged in the preparation
Of his forthcoming message.
The largest newspaper sale ever known
in this country, recently took place 10 Bos-
ton. Mr.. Gleason disposed Of his interest
in GleasoDs Pictorial and the flag of our
Union, for the round sum Of two hundred
thousand dollars.
About month since, boy, four or FIVE
yearsof age, was pick d up in the streets
OF Boston, and takcn to the city cricr's of
fice. lie gave the name of Charles Henry
Murray, but could not tell where he be-
longed. In his conversation he frequently
spoke Of his sister Polly, whom he was very
anxious to see. On Monday n little girl,
two or three years old, was found in the
streets by one Of the police, and taken to
the house of the city cricr 1t. soon ap-
peared that she was the Polly the little boy
desired to see, and the pleasure manifested
by them at meeting was affecting. The
girl only knows that her name Is Polly.-
Where these children came from remains
mystery.
H- Mount Hood, in Oregon, Is said to
be fully eighteen thousand, three hundred
aud sixty feet. beng the highest p int on
this continent, and one Of the highest in the
world. II is of n volcanic character. and
smoke is seen to issue from Its summit
Mountain tops five hundred miles distant,
are said to be distinctly visible from It's top.
Lately, the Judges Of the Supreme Court
Of N. Y. made rule that while examining
witnesses in Court lawyers should remain
standing. The object of this was palbably
TO give the lawyers n taste Of the incon-
yenienco they occasion to witnesses by keep
ing them standing while they bore them un-
reason ably with questions. At the term Of
the court last held ht Binghsmpton, all the
civil eases on the calendar had to be ed
Journed, as none of the counsel would obey
the rule Then let witnesses be seated.
Col Henry c. Lea, one of the Oldest and
best citizens Of Marion, Ga, died In that
place on the 7th inst. At the time Of his
death he held the Office of Solicitor for the
First Judicial Circuit
David Hoffman, distinguished member
Of the Baltimore bar, and an author OF con.
siderable repute died Of ApopIcxy in the
/ scyentieth wear Of his n0e In Nevv Yoyk on