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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-10-24
Erraturn.

In the hurry of last week, NC omitted
to publish the new lottery scheme, which
viii be found in to-day's paper. \,
Another error occurred, in saying the
new paper in Columbia, TIE Nev Era
was published by Gibson d Co.; it is con-
ducted by J. III. Curtis d Co.
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R-cOUNwY LOTTERY.

The following are the localities where
the principal prizes in class F. of the above
Lottery were drawn:
+ No. 8sss, $4,000, Richmond, Va,
and Rochester, N. Y.
No. 2239, $4,000 Columbus, GA. '
- No, el96, 81 900; Nashville, Tenn and
Frederick, Md. 49,. o. .....
No $40, $4,000, Savannah, Ga.
No. S4o6, $4,000, Wilmington, N. c.
No. 5G20, $500, Baltimore, Nd.
No. 7l5l, 81, 900, New York city.
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ALABAMA CoTToY CRops.

ALABAMA CoTToN CRoPs.-A CORE
spondent of Pike county says:
"The cotton crop in this section of this
country is not as good as it was last ear.
The weed is larger, but the rains of July
and August last have made it shed its
forms very much. - '.''. .......'s',r . .
There is at least twenty per cent, more
land planted i'll cotton this year than the
one that has just past. So Ear as my in
quiries have extended, have found no
old stock on hand. Corn and pea crops
are unprccedentedly large. '..
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NEvER DEsPAIR.--Sevan years ago
Myrop II. Clark kept one-horse hard
ware store. In 1S4o Myron H. CLARK
was deputy sheriff, In 1850 Myron III.
Clark was one Of the marslials for taking
the census Of one horse village. In
1853 Myron III. Clark was elected Sena-
tor. Myron II. Clark is now Governor
ofNew York. Think Of Myron II. Clark
and never say die. The man who will
be President in 1870 is now, probably
peddlibg India rubber rat traps. Again
we repeal, never despair.,-Aibany Tribune
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VAcAScEs IN THE LEssLATUaE FILLED
---MJ Whit. Walker has been elected
by majority of26+ votes, Representa-.
tive from Newbery District, vice Col
Crosson resigned.
w. II. TalIey, Esqr, has been elected
without opposition Representative from
Richland District, vice Capt. Desaussure,
U. s. A. resigned.
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EE The following extracts, we take
from Mr.. McAlilly's letter, in the last
Chester STANDARD.
In the late Know Nothing Legislature
Of Massachusetts, there were sixty five
clergymen; and no Legislature since the
formation OF the different State govern
ments has ever exhibited so little regard
for It's obligations of constitutional law
and religious liberty. Committees were
appointed by it TO examine the Catholic
Female Seminaries, TO nee It they were
pure and chaste, whilst some members Of
this examining COMMITTEES carried pros
ttute along and charged her fire 70 tho
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Club Subscribers.

Hereafter we will have no club rntes. If
man cannot pay two dollars for the pa
per he can let it alone. The system produces
confusion, and gives dissatisfaction to those
who pay the regular price. Those who
have been in Clubs, viii bear in mind that
we will require hencefort. the regular
subscription price. '..7.'
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A SHORT LESSON on MAxSRIs.-Yo
men should not go into places Of business
with segars in their mouths, putting smoke
over tho shoulders and into the faces of
people, not knowing wi,ea:herit il is offensive
or not. No well bred person will 90 into
a strange place, unless it Is dedicated or
used for such purposes, carrying habit
with him that may be offensive to the
occupant.
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CHOICE READING.
The Proper Course.

We ask attention to Mr.. Wise's pungcnt
and admirable reply to the invitation OF the
Boston Anti-Slavery Committee to deliver
lecture in Boston on the subject ofslave.
ry. Mr.. Wise has taken exactly the right
position-one that should be followed out
by every Southern man, similarly called
upon
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FATAL DUEL.-- SAVANNAH, October
ia duel was fought at Fort Pulaski,
on Saturday last, between John Chaplin,
Ex-Lietenant in the Unite,l States NAVY.
add his brother in.law DR.. Kirk, of Savan-
nah, which resulted in the death Of the
latter. The former was slightly wounded
in the foot.
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The Carolina Cultivator.

The October number is well filed
This new candidate for favor deserves
patronage. Surely every farmer can take
copy when the price is only 81 year.
Published in Raleigh N. c., by w. d.
Cooke. .... -.- ...... u.a .-.,. r..
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Pace OF CoRN.-This nessessary arti.
Gle we are glad to notice is once more
getting down to reasonable rates. II was
freely offered in our streets yesterday a,
As cts. per bushel, and we are informed a
large lot was sold at Mr.. Montgomery
sale, few miles above this on Monday
last, at thirty nine cents per bachel.
Spartanburg Express
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EDITORS TABLE.
The Ladies Wreath.

The reception of the October number of
this monthly should have been noticed last
week. The present number is equal to
any ofits predecessors. Published in New
York by Burdick & Scovill, at / dollar a
year. .. .-.. . ..,.
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Make Labor Fashionable.

Gov. Wright, Of Indiana, in his adIress
at theNewY ork State Fair, alluded in beau
,iful language to tile connection between
enlightened agriculture and the develop
ment of the social and moral nature of
man, between agriculture and indepen-
dence, between agriculture and the sacred
ness Of domestic relations and ondear-
ments, betw en- agriculture. and the re-
eognition of that Providence upon whose
care the farmer, more than any other man
should forio the nature OF his pursuits rely.
And Of labor, he said:
At the base of the prosperity Of any
people lies this great principle, make la
bor fashionable at home. Educate, in
struct, encourages; and offer all the incen
tives you can offer, to give Interest and
dignity to labor at home. Enlist the
heart and the intellect Of the family in the
support Of domestic system that will
make labor attractive at The homestead.
By means OF The powerful influences of
early home education, eadeavour to invest
practical labor with an interest that will
cheer the heart Of each member of the
family; and thereby you viii give to your
household the grace, peace, refinement
and attraction which God designed a
home should possess.
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GFThe New York Commercial I'D.
Ueyfiser states that the Rev. DIR. Palmer, OF
Columbia, s. @. has been called to Gil a
vacancy in the first Presbyterian Church
Of New Orleans with salary Of six thous.
and dollars per annum.
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Godey's Lady's Book,

w care in receipt of the November num-
Der. This is certainly an excellent number
II contains greater variety than is usually
found in the magazines. The plates arc al
SO well executed. AS usual, we will furnish
the Lady's Book with the Ledger, for dol
lars; 2 dollars each
l.. a. Cooley, Philada.
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Fine Tnrnips.

Our thanks to Mr.. Bowers for the bag of
turnips so kindly sent us. They are the
largest we have seen tho present season, and
speaks we'll for Mr.. BIS gardening. u
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EH-Thc Pope Is sofTsDng from an inca
rable disease, and il Is said Louis Napo-
leon has his eye upon the PapaI chair Tor
his cousin, Lueien Bonaparte, con Of
Charles Louis Bonaparte, who : 10 be
made a Cardinal.
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Grlr9rapJit.

NEw-YoRK, October 1s.-The u. S.
Mail steam ship ATLANTIC, Captain West
has arrived at this port from Liverpool,
with advices to the 9th inst. The British
Mail steam ship Africa, arrived al Liver
pool from Boston. ~ .ar q, J. ..
The Liverpool Cotton Market was
further depressed and irregular in price,
and according to the Circular Of Messrs.
Dennistoun & Co., had declined 1ss d.,
and closed heavily. The sales during the
week ending the 4th inst, comprised
$1,000 bales, Of which spectators and ex-
porters took $500, leaving SO, 500 Of all
descriptions to the trade. On the 5th
inst, 6O0o bales were disposed Of, and
the market closed dull with declining
tendency. The Circular Of Messrs. Den.
nistoun Il Co., quotes Fair Orleans, at
83-4 d., Middling Orleans, at 81 8 d.,
and Fair Uplands, at 5 7.s d.. The im.
ports Of Cotton on the 5th inst, comprised
10000 bales. stt5
The LoSDoN MONEY MARKEr.-TLe
Bank Of England has further advanced
its rate Of interest to 8 2 per cent per
annum. This measure has occasioned
considerable commercial uneAsiness, and
ConsoIs closed at 81 g. American Sc
curities were quiet. "
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LANCAsTERvILLE. sc.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 24, 1855
TO PRINTERS
AUGUSTUS.

Wanted at this Office, a printer Of
steady and industrious habits to act as
foreman. Apply at once. -..
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@ A wedding recently came of In
Memphis, Tenn, which wac the ninth oc%
casion on which the bride had been made
happy by ma,nmony.
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General Intelligence.

Mines were being sunk by the Allies
for the purpose Of blowing up what is left
Of Sebastopoi. Prince Gor,sehakoff's ar
my was mepaced by large forces Of the
Allies from Eupatoris. The Russians had
been defeated near Eupatoria by the
French cavalry. Prince Gortscbakof, on
the ad inst, reported that the Allies had
made an Intellectual movement on his
left flank. The Allied feet had sailed on
a secret expedition--it is supposed for
Nicolaieff OF Odessa. The Czar had ar
rived at the latter port and was shortly
Expected in the Crimea. A collision was
expected between the Western Powers
and the King Of Greece. The food quss-
tion was still serious, both in France and
Germany.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17
PLATFORM OF THE
A M ERICAN p AR L II
OF THE
State OF Mississippj.

E a
We advocate such modification Of the natu-
ralization laws, as viii remedy the existing evils
growing out Of the same or ip case the purity OF
The elective franchise. cannot otherwise be pre-
served, then We advocate their total repeal.
We advocate the passage CT a stringent law
bv he proper authorities, to prevent the immi-
grafton hither of foreigners, who are either pau
pers or criminals.
We shall vigorously maintain and defend the
vested rights of all persons, whether they be ma
tive or foreign born.
We believe that America should be governed
by Americans, effecting the same through the
ballot-box alone the great and legitimate instru-
Inent of all political reform in our country.
We oppose and protest against all abridgc.
ment of RELIGIOUS liberty holding it as cardinal
Smaxin,, that religious faith is question betveeI
zach ind;<ilnal and his God, and that the Bib|l
|fho 4teat fonntain and depository q ne trut
I.|ieious doctrines ofthis country.
We will maintain and defendthe Constitution
or the United States rs it is the Union as it wa
intended by our fathers, and the rights OF tn
States, without diminution insisting upon, ant
demanding faithful performance by the Genera
Government, of an the duties epjoined upon it b.
that Constitution.
We war with no party as such, but oppose a
who oppose us in these great American doctrines
VII.
The principles which we advocate, are para
mount,to any local question Of State policy, an
as the american Party, we win make no attemp
torevive the question Of thepayment of the Unio
or Planters Bank Bonds.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17
The national American Platform.
ADOPTED at Philadelphia June 9Th. 1855.


I The acknowledgement Of that Almighty
Being, who rules over the Universe, who pre-
sides over the councils, of Nations conducts
the affairs of men, and who, in every step by
which we have advanced to the character of an
independent nation, has distinguished us by some
token of Providential agency.
III. The cultivation and development OF
sentiment of profoundly intense American feel
inc; Of passionate attachment to our country, its
history and its institutions; of admiration for the
purer DAYS of our national existance; of venera-
ton of the heroism that precipitated our Revo-
luton; and of emulation of the virtue, wisdom,
and patriotism that framed our constitution and
first successfully applied its provisions.
III. The maintenance of the Union Of these
United States as the paramount politi cal good;
or to use the language of Washington, "the
primary object of patriotic DESIRE" And hence,
LIST. Opposition to all attempts to weaken or
subvert it.
2nd. Uncompromising antagonismg to every
principle of policy that endangers It.
Sd. The advocacy of an equitable adjustment
of all political differences which threaten its in
tegrity or perpetuity.
lth. The suppression Of all tendencies to po-
Iitical division, founded on Typographical dis
examinations or on the belief that there is real
difference of interest and views, between the
various sections Of the Union.
- 9Th The full recognition Of the rights of the
several states as expressed and reserved in the
Constitution; and careful avoidance by the
General Government, Of all interference with
their rights BY legislative or executive action
w.. Obedience TO the Constitution of the
United States as the supreme law of the land
sacredly obligatory upon all its parts and mem
hers; and steadfast resistance to the spirit o.
innovation upon its principles, however speciou'
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17
Col walkers Expedition.

Corresp0n oence OF the new York Ually Times.
SAN JUAN DEL Sur, Thursday, July, IL, '55.
Since my last there has been quite an excite
ment here. Colonel Walker and his little par
ty have arrived at Realejo, and he was commis-
stoned by Castilion to come with his little par
ty Of 81 men, in company with a native COM
mand of l30 recruits from Chinadega, and take
the Department of Rivas: but as these people
can make no movement secretly, the news Of
their coming was received in Granada before
they had fairly sailed from Realejo, and rein
forcement was dispatched forthwith to oppose,
their landing. Col. Walker and his party land
ed about 25 miles up the coast from San Juan,
and about the same distance from Rivas, on the
2Sth June, late in the day, and passed the night
sixteen miles from the latter place.
Meantime the people ut Rivas received the
news Of their coming and sent a courier to San
Juan with il, and this being p4ssenger day, there
were plenty gof nimals to accommodate 200
Grenadians who set out at daylight, and arrived
| at Rivas just in time to take Walker in flank
at the first FIRE when oil the Chinenega recruits
broke and fed, leaving Walker and his little par
| ty to conclude the 6ghtas best they could, which
LASTED from o'clock r. Nj untitdark, when,
lin the night the little party mad ! detour and
lmarched to San Juan del Sur leaving IL Amer.
lica1s dead, and carry ing away 3 wounded with
them. The natives lost sixty three killed and
twenty seven wounded, some Of whom have
Six d d mericans were killed ii hous.
THAT they hdd Ioopholed, andthe other Eve wcrs
killed outside, but the following day the house
Iwas fred, and the bodies Of those killed ontsidt
lwas thrown on top Of those that were killed ii
Iside, and all burned together. This was don,
by order of the priesthood, who are the govern
ment here, as the Vandals Of the North G.
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The following account of an occurrence in
Wilson co.. Ter. from the Lebanon Herald, did
actually come off, as herein described:
"A DEMOCRATIC TRICK. =
On last Saturday, our friend Ed Chambers,
had an appointment at Ellis Store in this coun-
ty, to make speech in defence of the principles
of the American party. Our friend Ellis, at
whose store the appointment was made, is ra-
bid democrat, and was unwilling for Chambers
to have the field to himself. He accordingly
sent over to his friend Sumner after his friend,
DIR. Caruth, who is also warm democrat, to
come over reply to him. The Doctor is tai
ented gentlemen and a fine speaker. He obey
ed the esign of distress" and at the appointed
time was upon the ground and ready to make a
speech.
At the conclusicn of very able and ingeni-
Gus speech from Chambers, a loud shout was
made for Curuth! Curuth! Our informant
states that Ellis was the happiest looking man
he ever saw. He shouted Curuth till ne was
nearly out of breath. Curuth got up and thank
ed the crowd very politely for the honor confer
red upon him. He then turned to Chambers,
and in the language of Agrippa to Paul, he
exclaimed, Almost thou persuadest me to be 8
christian" aNay, more. / could adopt strong.
er language than that of Agrippa to Paul and
say, rom Tue bottoIH ol my HedIts iuity Anu com
pletely thou persuadest me to be Kdow Moth
ing. Whar's Sam. want to see him. wan
to be baptised in the faith right now, and thus
be cleansed Of the corrupting influences of Pro
Igressing Democracy" He then took his sea
amidst the shouts of Sans boys. Friend Ell
lis under lip suddenly fell to an angle of abou
45 degrees below the chin. The other Demo
crats looked aghast. They all finally left tn
ground, perfectly chop-fallen, muttering to them
selves that the whole affair twas darned VIII
, trick!''- Elk.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17
VOL. Inc. e.
south caroIina IN is65.
soUTH CAROLINA.

soUTH CAROLINA.
The South Carolina Times shows that South
carolna can boast of having oily adopted the
Native American principles. by publishing the
following interesting and suggestive remiuiscencc
in the shape ofan extract from the South Car
olina Gazette" Of September 2s, I765. The
italics and capitals are according to the orieiss
nal:
1t z said that at the approaching election, for
fsPRESE TATIVES of this Province. M.
choice Of Natives will be one principal object
aof the electors"
The election (says the Times) was indeed
crisis in the affairs Of the Province, as upon i,
hinged the whole question of resistance to Par
iiamentary assumptions and nsurpaiions. The
Stamp Act, was about going into operation and
the issue was to be met or evaded. 1t was mct.
and met, too, in manly spirit; it was met in 4
|splritthat made the Province OF South Carolina
in the lead of the South, and resulted, ten years
after, in the Inauguration ofactual hostilities in
the grorious action at Fort Moultrie, which was
undertaken by the orders of natipe Governor
against the advice and authority of the foreign
General who had been assigned to the Southern
Department, in reliance merely on his military
mplishments, without regard to his interests
and affections.
This explains the mode by which one State
was enabled to maintain a glorious and success
ful resistance, even against large portioa-if
not majority-of residents Of foreign attach
ments and inclination. 1t was the union of the
not'oes for the rescue Of the State. The plan
worked wen then, and it will be sufficient now
trial. It resulted then in the overthrow Of for
eign domination and misrule; it will, If adopted
lnows result in throwing offthe incumbus of for
leign pauperism, and foreign vice and licentiousz
ness.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17
From the Louisville Journal. /
RAIN-DROPs.
ny ssMAR1 NkA

ny seMAR4 NEAL.n
Thou fallst upon the earth, oh gentle rain.
Like drops of sympathy upon brow
Scorched by the fever-heat and racked with pain,
Earths soothing angel thou!
Asgentle womansat the bed Of death, [nround;
Thou pour'st thy treasures on the frozen
And the warm influence Of thy genial breath
Refreshes all around.
sit beside brook whose turbid wave,
Stirred by the heavy shower, rolls swiftly on,
While countless cloud-peafis find an earthly
Beneath it, and are gone.
And, as gaze upon the pare, bright things
That settle in the earth-stained wave below,
And, as each drop sends forth its tiny rings
That widen as they GO
think upon the heaven-sent pearls that fail
Down on the bosom of this sin-stained world,
Breathing their gentle influence overall,
Heavens thoughts in earth impearled.
And as those rings that widen as they 90
Link hand in hand and mingle into one,
So, surely, holy spirits sent below
Live when the casket's gone.
Oh mani as yon bright drops upon the stream,
The bubbles rise to show where thou art
thrown,
They float to catch on earth one sunny beam,
They rise, are seen, are gone!
If this, indeed were all Of life, oh God!
To live--to love--to dle-oh, sooner far
Had remained thing of earth, a clod,
Shone on by some lone star!
But see! it's not the peorl-drop bubbling there
Twas but the earthly waters which It threw
Around. its form, which was too heavenly fair
To expose to human view.
[stream
The beauteous drop still dwells beneath tn,
Twas bat the earthly bubble that did burst,
The pearl-drop still retains its heavenly CLEAN
Cons gems are not accurst!
Oh, human soul! as pearls beneath the brine,
/ Keep pure untainted BY the human birth,
Stay meath TIE seoue bist 5e thy circles ts0ine
Round the tost ones of earth! - :
Il CoYDoN, Ind, 1855.