The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-08-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

Hon, Thos. Brigg has been elected Gov.
eraoI Of North Carolina by minority of
25oo votes. Tn, Democratic minority in
the Legislature on joint bilotis l6.
Mr.. Il miolph his sold tho L,xingtoI
Telegraph to NJ ,s,rs. C.ughmm, Beard
and Corlcy. tn; pIp,r will b, elited by
Mr. Caughman.
There his bean m extensive firc in New
Orleans. About one million Of dollars
ssarrh OF property dsstroysi Tie Star OF
the West aisp u'tI 3, ,i', 40 sr =, svt,n-
sivc conh .gration in San Ftan,isco' Cali
fornia hts bscn very unfortunate wi h re.
spect to fires.
Two blles Of new cotton wsrs recoiyed
lust week in New Orleans from Shrevc.
port
They are m king preparations to bii!d
new Court House in Greenville.
WorroRD CoLLEGE was opened at Spur
tanbnrg last Tues lay with Freshman ani
Sophomore class. We learn th,t the build
ings for this Institution are rapidly progress.
ing to completion, and all will be ready for
tho College to go into operation under its
full organization on the first of next year,
The Now-York Crystal Palace, with all
its fixtures, cost seven hundred thousand
dollars 1t can now b. purchss.d for two
huudred and fifty thousand.
TASsS Is.--Onc Of the Philadelphia pa
pers states that South Caroliaun nan ii
Burgess was swindled out of two huaired
dollars by the patent safs game " in that
city last week. He walked with newly
made acquaintance towards the F.,irmount
Water Works; met third purity who had
n beautiful little box thst he would bet any
amount ofmoncy coud not be opoaed Bur-
ges' new friend took up the banter, and no t
having the necessary amount Of funds with
him, Burgess lent him two hun lrci dollar,
the box could not be opened and the money
was lost.
Nearly five thousand emigrants from Eu.
rope arrived in New York last Monday.
About -four hundred IN ,chinic and labor
ers, together with one hundred anl twenty
marble dressers, arc now engaged upon the
Capital extension at Washington. Two
steam engines are also at work, one Of which
hoists bricks. and the other mixes ami tom.
pers mortar.
ADJOURNMENT OF CoNcREss. This body
adjourned on the 7th instant at 8 o'clock
A M
The clipper bark Grape Shot which, says
the picayune, has been lying for sometime
past al the mouth Of the Mississippi. with
large quantity of fire arms on board, clear.
ed in very mysterious manner, on Toes
day, the lst inst. The Spanish consul at
New Orleans, on being informed Of the fact,
became quite alarmed, and Immediately
chartered aud despatched schooner for
Havana, informing the authorities concern
ing the matter.
Know NorHiSG vIcroRY.--on Monday
last an election took place Ia Boon county,
Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati, which result
ted in the choice Of the Know Nothing can
didates BY 500 majority.
DEATH OF Ma. LnLisoroS--JoHE A.
IsLLIsoTos, Esq. breathed his last at his
residence In MocksyilIe, about n O'Clock,
on Sunday night last,--The reader Is 70
ferrcd to an Interesting obituary notice In
another coiamn for = more parsiealE sc-
count.
Mr. ulIisgton was one ofths most prom
is'ng young men n our State. and his
heath = an event which viii be widely
neurnsd,- -ssiistssy (M C.J Wase1maa