The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-01-31

1t requires the utmost attention added to n
rigid econmy, TO makea living by publish
ing paper in the country. II is very Ger.
tain that the attention deserves greater re.
compense.
There is a great deal of trouble and anx.
icty in this business. One man writes, for
instance, that he will not pay for the paper
for the last year, because when he subscrib-
cd two years ago, he told you only to send
it one year. Why then did he not send it
back when he did not desire it! Is it pos
siblc for publisher to rccollect what each
subscriber says! Another says, friend
sent lin the paper the first year, he did not
order it, and will not pay for the last. Did
he not see the receipt in the paper, in which
it specified to what time he had paid =
Why did he not after that time, inform the
publisher that he desired it no longer p
Such men will steal. We honestly believe,
that men who will condesccnd to such mean
ness, rs TO evade the payment of n news pa
per subscription account. by such artifices
rs these, cW steal Now is this not the
heigth Of impertinencc. We sent bill to
n slow subscriber, who was owing us for
two years subscription, and instead of re-
hitting us the amount, he requests us to
change his paper to another Office. Anoth-
er writ us, that he is off for California,
and VIC must call on his friends for pay
Who and where are his friends! Such men
we are better rid of, they may go to Cali
tOrnia, or to the devil and we would not
cry. But we had no idea Of writing about
this article, and yet for the life Of us we
know not what else to write, and the prn-
tcrs must have copy in the morning.
To-day Sunday has been wet. gloomy
cold day. II has raincd all day.
What a marked difference between coun-
try and city life! In The city, night and day
it is all hustle and confusion. Ia the town
of Lancaster it is as quiet at this moment
as country church yard. We sec but lit
Tic news in the papers. In the Northern
cities, the poor ale suffering drcadfully, and
yet the rasc,.lly abolitionists make hue and
cry abount slavery. Where are any negroes
suffering from cold and starvation Mt the
South! There are none, unless it be those
who are free. 1t is positive truth, that the
free persons of color suffer more in Lam
caster than the slaves. Ii seems impossible
for them to get along. Some arc being
sold out root and branch, whilst other hire
themselves OUT in order TO ct u support
The war still progresses in Europe, it is
all conjecture rs to the result. In the Chris
Han SrirHuaIlist, published in New York,
we nd the following prediction by medi-
um, which our readers can note if it be vcri-
fed
The following is but part Of the prophc.
cy given in u small quiet circle Of four per.
sons, but it is that part which has mostly 20
do with the prediction.
THE PRoPriEcr: by The Spirit Admiral
Lord HOTe.
"Thc English troops will return in dis
also wifi ttars S"G d akS prt Tn" nSci6sr R;GRSk
struggle, which will cause the Emperor to
leave his throne, and end his life in an igno.
miniOuS death.
Russia will be made to feel that n might.
ier power than hers will qucll her into sub.
mission, for the yoke she has torceR Others
to wear. must drag heavily about her own
neck. A Queen shall trnmple down her
Empire, and the s2rfs shall become equal
with their masters. Turkey mast also feel
that she is not to conquer, but take her place
with other Nations. Spain will be the last
that will yield her throne. A convulsive
movement will be felt throughout the en-
tire earth. The great battle OF creation
will be fought, and the allied armies will re-
vel IN the palaces Of dethroncd princcs-of
the earth. Then shall rise Il new power that
shall overrule and bring into subsection the
entire creation. Then shall peace fold her
wings and rest in love for ever"