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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-08-20
ROLl'AB
CnoPs N MIsslssIrrI.-Ths Columbus

CEoPs II MIssIssIrPI-TheC Columbus
Democrat, Of the 3oth ult., says;
We have had a long spell of oppres-
sively hot dry weather. la some parts Of
the county, we have been told, there has
been no RAIN to do ANY good for the last
eight or niue weeks. OF course. the corn
crop must have suffered greatly. Abou,
the lst Of Juue that crop WAS As promis-
ing as it was ever known to he in this
county. But the dry spell which set In
very soon afterwards had almost complete
ly blasted the hopes Of many OF our plan
ters. Besides the drought, the army
worm and the cut worm, We have been
informed, have done serious damage 10
corn in many neighborhonds. The wheat
crop was mostly failure in this section
Of the country, ut least we are assured it
fell greatly below the yield Of last year.
We have no particular information as to
The condition and prospect Of the cotton
crop--Ll. that, too, We believe, has sY6
fercd from various causes; it backward,
owing TO the late cold spring, anil does
not promise near so well as. it did, tbrs
time last year. However, should the next
two months prove favorable, and should
it DO late in the fall before cold weather
sets in and Jack Frost honors us with a
visit, it is probable that the crop will I've
an average one, or very Rearly approach.
ing il.
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WHAT the newspapers call "most daring

WHAT the newspapers call n "most daring
and pcrilous feat" was recently periornc
at Niagara Falls. A man named Z. Jackson
actually swan across Niagara river between
the Falls ard the Suspension Bridge. This,
we believe, is the first time the feat ever was
attempted. 1t MAS successfully performed in
the prcsence of large number ofspcctators.
Jackson is employed by the New York Cen
trail Raiirond Company, aud has established
his reputation as an ad,eniurer. lie is the
man who walked the ladder bridge from The
ice, last winter, 10 Bird Island, above the
Falls
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-08-20
THE LATE ELECTIONS.

The result Of the recent elections in North
Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri and
Arkansas, indicate the increasing strength of
the Democratic party in those States; and
it is not improbable that at the next prcsi-
dental election, Mr.. BUCHANAN will receive
the vote of all the sluvcholding States
They with some half dozen of the Northern
States, that can be relied upon with certain
ty, will bC sufficient TO secure his election.
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Astronomers expect that some time dur.
ing the present year the commet known
as Charles v. will max, iis appear.
ance. Il was looked fos in Is4s, but fail
ed to appear. This b suppoeed to ba
tho same wandering star that appeared in
6s3. ia 900, in 1894 and in i5sS. La
the last named year il 80 appalled, Charles
V. Of Spain and the Netherlands, tha, hs
abdicated the throne and retired to tho
convent Of ST Just, where he died in com. /.
pafatve obscurity.
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W. 10 tNODEaJON.
Chesterfield G. H., Aug 4, 1856.

SuocRrNG DELusIoS.-Thc following
horrible affair, is condensed from the
Pennsylvania Inquirer:
A young man died OF consumption at
the house of his father, noted believer III
Spiritualism, in Bordento~n, N. j., last
week, and after his death, young lady
TO whom he had been betrolhed, was mar
Iied to the corpse, 10y spiritual ceremony,
a boy acting us medium The young la
dy, at the funeral, raved and flung herself
into the grave, and was, with great diff
Guilty removed to the house OF the deceas
eds father, whore she has since resided,
and where at meals, cup and a portion
Of all the condiments Of the table, are set
apart for the dead man, whose empty
chair these victims of deuaonism supposed
TO be tenanted by this spiritual body.
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The following sensible remarks are from The
Camden Journal:
August G, 1856.

TIE following sensible remarks are from The
Camden Journal:
"uNPAID LETTEEs-Undcr this caption
we notice the new regulation lately madc
by the II. NJ. General, TO insure the receipt
OF all letters mailed, whether prepaid or not
aud am disposed to object TO the arrange
mcnt, for the reason that the present law
has been in existence long enough 10 be un.
derstood by all and that tn. new regulation
will only give encouragement 10 those who
are indisposcd any way To- prepay postage,
il they can avoid it. This now regulation,
in addition To increasing the duties of Post.
masters, will suit such exactly, and eventu-
ally render the law futile. Our idea is-if
n man wont comply, let his letter lie-jnst
where he put it, till he does"
In addition 10 the objections stated above,
the present arrangement is an imposition
upon The person to whom The unpaid letter
is directed. lie must pay double postage
To receire letter, that in nine cases out of
ten, was left purposely unpaid. knowing that
it would reach il destination under the pres
ent arrangement, and when received, will Le
found important only to the writer. We
apprchend that the number Of letters left
unpaid at the different Offices, will greatly
increase alter this tine.
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CRoPs IN NORTH ALADANA.--The
Huntsville Democrat Of August Z, says:
"The dry weather, which has contin Ied
for two months past, has been most dis
as,rous 10 the crops in North Alaba ma.
Cotton will not exceed half All average,
if rs much ; and corn, with the exception
Of some districts ilessed with occasional
showers, will prove almos, total failure
many large fields not averaging bar.
rel to the acre, aud on llin or exhausted
land, not Lushcl."
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LADIES have rnY,sc TINES ,,uv W..

LADIES have TRYING TINES At TuE WA.
TERISo PLAcEs.-A lady writes from New
port: "We have to dress about nine
times a day here. First We put on dsess
TO dress in. Then we are ready for break.
fast. After that We dress for The beach,
then Tor the bath, then Cor dinner, then
Tor the drive, then for the ball, aud then
for the bed. Ifthat isn't being pat through
a regular course Of dimity and diamonds,
then I'm no Judge Of such performances"
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SOMETHING NEw--There is to bc a
gathering of deaf mutes at Concord, New
Hampshire, on the ard OF September next,
when an Grafton is to be delivered, in the
sign language, of course, by Mr.. Laurent
Clerc, who has been chosen orator of the
day. The services of Rev. Thomas Gal.
laudet, Of New York, had been secured rs
interpreter Tor tie bcneii, Of the hearing
portion of the as>omblv.
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RAIy-Many wears ao, a bet wa,

RAIS.-~Many years ago bet was
made by distinguished Virgipiau with
an English Lord of 4i year, to increase
in geometrieaI progression for the next
succeeding twenty years, that it would
rain in the county Of Chesterfield, Virgin
ia, (his place of residence,) on tho first
Saturday Of August in every year. The
result was, he won eighteen times, and lost
twice That is, his winning was fi24,-
2ss.. aud losin. e..
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The Eigefeld Advertiser says that Mr..
VIM. Gregg, Of Kalinia, Edge6eId district,
has realized this year very nearly four
thousand dollars from sales in New York
OF peaches raised upon the sand hills Of
that District.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

STATED OK SToLE,-Capt. ISCEiM will
reward any person who will deliver to him
Il straycd Mule. See his advertisement.
SOUTHERN LoTTERY.-Mr WINTER adj
vertiscs Class q of the above Lottery.
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THE RICHMOND EDITORIAL DIP.
FICULTY.

VERIFY, this seems To be an age uf dueling ;
but a harmless exchange Of shots seems to
have II very soothing effect, in cooling down
the sensibiliiics of gentlemen al honor, and
renders them more traciible and Welding
than they had previously shown themselves
10 be. The following explains the tcrmina.
ton of the affair, noticed in the LEDGER Of
last week:
"Mcssrs. Rdgcway and Pryor, Of Rich
mond, Va, met and exchanged shots with.
out effect. We, the Undersigned, who ar.
rived on the ground after the tire, then inter
posed, and nj our request the challenge was
withdrawn. appearing tn our satisfaction
ii!at the article oil Mr.. Pryor, which occa-
stoned the challenge, VAS written under the
belief that there wHs studied purpose on
the part of Mr. Ridgcway, to insult him and
provoke II quarrel, We recommend that Mr.
Ridgcway di~claim such deliberate purpose,
and that each and every article which ya.
regarded as offensive, either by Mr Pryor
or Mr. Ridgeway, be simultaneously aud
frankly Withdrawn; AID We uust that here.
after those relations of Kindness will sub-isl
between them which become gentlemen who
have so we'll approved their courage and
huuur"
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Two men were convessing about the III
humor Of their wives. .Ah r. said one,
with sorrowful expression, "mire Is a
TariarT We'll ;" replied tho other,
"mine Is the Cream Of Tartar"
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IN our columns to-day win be found tele-
gr"pic reports of a disastrous storm at New
Orleans, and Of the great loss Of life and
rroPc ty on the Mississippi river.
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EARrHevAKR.--The vibrations Of an
earthquake was 81, At Richmoui. Va.
on the evening Of the 9th ult., the wbig
says, that " Y was Sufficiently powerful 70
shake tho building-."
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EsraAvAeAScE.--At q hop at New.
port, X. l., Tow evenings since, . lady
from New Orleans, La, wore boquet Of
diamond pearls and precious stones, said
to be worth t20,oO0i
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LANCASTERvILLE, S. c.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 20, 1856.

Jons w. TwIrTy, ESQ.,, requests MS TO state
that he is not candidate for Tax Collector,
for the next term. ...
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Repeiiion the pest Of conversation, Is
the ehaim offriendly chat.
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p. S. BROOKS,
ii. A. t.DMuMDSON
JOHN =. CASkIi,.

1--WE, the respective friends of MesSrs.
Ridgeway and Pryor, accept the foregoing
adjustment rs honorable aud just 10 the par
Ties concerned"
J. NJ GOGGlNG,
CilAS. IRVING.
August G. 1856
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WAsHINGroS, Aug. 10.

The Lil introduced by Mr.. Faulkner,
yes,erday,in the House Of Representatives,
for the better organization OF tile army, in.
creases the pay of every commissioned Of.
ticer TO twenty dollars a month, and FIXES
the ration al thirty cents. The loves,
grade is not TO confer any rank, command
or emolument.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-08-20

The Senate failed, 10y vote Of 32 yeas
to II nays to pass the bill ior the ilnprev,.
ment Of the Des Moines Rapids over the
veto of the President.
The House adhered to their amend
menis 10 tie Legislative, &c. Appropria.
ton bill.
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W hsiIISUToN, Aug, -.

The Senate has passed the Navy Ap
preparation bill, aud has tabled The Pa .iiic
Rail Road hiIl-25 against 90. The
House has refused, 10y the casting vote Of
the Speaker, to table the Pacific Railroad
hill. The Telegraph bill Mas re:,o,,cI TO.
day 10y the land Committee.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07
a PRETTY WOMAN.

The subjoinod waf We have discovered
in an exchange:
\ pretty woman is one of the institutions
of the country-an angel in dry goods and
glory. She makes sunshine, blue sky
Fourth of July, and happiness wherever she
goes. Her path is one of delicious roses
perfumes aud beauty. She is sweet po-
EN-, written in rare curls and choice calico
and good principles. Men stand up before
heI as so many admiration points, TO melt
into cream and then butter. Her words
float around the ear like music, birds o.
Paradise or the chimes of Sabbath bells,
Without her, society would lose its sruesi
attraction, the church its frmest reliance
and young men the very beat Of comfort.
and company. Her influence and generos
ity restrain the vicious, strengthen the veal
raise the lowly, flannel shirt the hcathen
and strengthen the FAINT hearted. Wherever
you fad the virtnous woman, you also hnt
pleasant fireside boquets, clean clothes. or
der, good living, gentle hearts, music, llgh
and model Institutions generally. She i
the flower Of humanity, very Venus il
divinity, and her Inspiration i tho breati
OF Heaven.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07
Why the Righteous Bic.

! may be asked, why, if the righteous are
SO dear to Christ, aaG SO valuable to the
world, they are doomed 10 death at alle-
Wing does not religion, which saves US from
= thousand other evils, release US from this
law of mortality? In answer, l remark
The reasons are obvious on reflection. Ex.
empiion from death as reward of picty
" Nould appeal so strongly TO the love Of lie
the quickest, most enduring instinct of
our beiug-as to override the freedom OF
choice, and thus make rational, voluntary
piety impossible. We should adopt it as a
starving man would clutch offered bread, or
the man dying Of thirst would seize the cop
of cold water. AID besides tie violence
done to our nature in making the rropensi-
ties decide question belonging, under the
present economy, and in proper fitness and
adoption Of things, to tie intellect, the
heart, the will, the incongruity would fol-
low of proposing carnal, earthly motive
for spiritual life. On such plan, Chris
tianity must approve what she nov repudi-
ates, aud the holy considerations BY which
she nov seeks 70 win us from error to wis
dom, from earth to heaven, would all be
neutralized and lost, and the world to come
be doomed to borrow the forces of time to
achieve its nohIest victories. The evil of
sin cannot be shown but b. its punish
ment.
This conclusion is legitimate from what
is revealed Of the divine administrations and
from what is revealed of the divine admin
istration, and from what We know Of tic
process of conviction in The mind of ulan.
God hates sin. Il is a blot upon his do
mipions. But be has not left the world to
learn the fact even from tho awful deuoa-
citation of his word, bat hc has written il in
the catastrophe of nations. The dcluge,
famine, pesti,ence, fire ard brimstoae from
heaven have been the messengers Of his
wrath and the instruments Of his retFibu-
tion. And where, save in the cruciixion
of Christ Jesus and the damnaticn Of the
guilty will you look for more impressive
demonstration of Gods Justice and bis in
dignation against sin, than in the dying
agonies of infant innocence, or the mortal
commissions of him who dies unto the Lord.
1t is written, 'sThe body is dead because Of
sia, even wAea the spiri; IS life because Of
righteousness. Bishop Piyce.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07

70 During one Of the great political
conyentions of the present campaign, a
Methodist church was engaged for meet
ing. The boys, who were all alert for ex-
cltement, took early possession Of tie gall
lery, well supplied with sticks to beat the
floor in response TO the speeches onc Of
the excellent Methodist brethren had been
very justly grievel that The house was lent
Tor such purpose, aud hoping to save it as
much as possible from desccration, be went
up into the gallery before tho meeting be-
gan, and told the boys that they ought to
remember, that they were in the church,
aud to behave in manner becoming SO ho-
ly place; especially, he hoped they would
not disgrace themselves and the place by
making noise, rapping or shouting or
whistling, or anything Of that sort. 'sBut
if there should anything be said which
pleases you very much, then, boys, you may
say, Bless my soul,' Amen and so forth,
az the case may be-
The meeting began. The chairman sta.
ted the object Of the assembly, the great
honor he had iu being called to preside, the
proudest day Of his life, aud becoming
warm, be launched out into such eloquence
as to aronss the spirits Of the boys, WIZ
would have g;srn hIm round Of applause
| with their sticks, bat for the ed mans al
vice, when recolleoting his permission, they
at once began to cry out, Bless my soul.
and at the end of the next sentence, amen,
and soon chorus Of youngsters cried out
And 50 forTh,' to the astouishmont Of th,
chairman, who addressed himself 10 the
galleries and said he should haze then
cleared if that interruption vas repeated
Shereupon the whole race Of theln shouted
/ aloud, AS the case may be- The excite
nent became 50 great between the galleries
and pit, that tie boys hal % promise L
withheld any further expressions of thei
enthusiasm, and they were then allowed /,
reiaain.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07
CIGAR.
Dr. -. Is stilest M.. !,

DR.. N as stiiest NJ. .fhysiaian -
New York can boast Of, tells US the follow
ing s;ory-whioh the medicine man vouch-
es for, and which we feel safe therefore, in
endorsing as fact.
Two Or three years ago, Spaniard from
Caba cane to this city to be treated fer !
disease Of the lungs. He came to D..
N-, doselibod his symptoms, and put
himself in the Doctors hands.
"WeIl," said the Doctor, ''If ! undertake
your cure, shall be obliged to impose one
cou1ition-and thai IS rather hard one for
yOa to comply with"
E.What is i,!2
''That you ea,ircly cease smoking until
give you permission 10 resume"
s,Never ia rather let the thing kill
me. What pleasure is there in life if one
caano, sao5eS2
The Doctor was smoker himself, and
felt some sympathy So be said;
" eli; perhaps that Is peyona your pow
er. But you must solemniy promise me 10
smoke but oae cigar per day. or | viii not
undertake your ease
The Cuban promised, fer ii was lis only
chance. -Four or Eve days afterwards tie
Dr. thought he would call upon him as he
passed his house, AMI thus save him walk
10 the ofioe for "a day. He walked u
stairs, knocked, ,-"Come in"-behold the
Cubaa with cigar eighteen inches long and
& proportionate thickness. He confessed
that he had had that brand made to order
for him-bu', said he:
''DOctor, | smoke but one DAY, as
promised"
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07
CURIOUS HISTORICAL FACT.

The wife Of the celebrated lord .Claren-
don, the author Of the History of the Re-
bellicn, was Welsh pot girl, who being
extremely poor in her own country, jour
neyed to London to better her fortune, and
become stevant TO a brewer While she
was IN this humble capacity, the wife OF
her master died, ana he happening TO tx
his affections on her, she became his wife.
Himself dying soon after, left her beir to
his properly, which is said to have amount
ei to between 100000 and 100000. =
Amongst those who frequentcd the tap at
the brewery was Mr.. Hyde, then poor
barrister, who conceived the project OF
forming a matrimonial alliance With her
He succeeded, and soon led the brewers
widow 10 the altar. Mr.. Hyde being en-
,iowei with great talent. and now at the
command Of large fortune, quickly rose
in bis profession, becoming bead of the
ehancery bench. ana was afterwards the
HYDE, Earl of Clarendon. The eldest
daughter, the offspring of this uaioa. Won
tho heartof James, Duke Of York, and was
married to him. Charles ii. seat immedi-
ately FOR his brother, aud having fifst Piled
lin with eolso very sharp rai,larg Oh the
subject, finished BY saying: ssjamcs, as you
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07
BEDFORD PA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1856

aud angry the day before yesterday, and 50
fat and asniable to-day-all bya potato
poultice Ny eloquenoe is wasted; they
perseyere in rejecting the admirable com
pound.
'sSloep, exercise, amusement, and work
at viii, carry on the day until our 9 O'clock
supper--a meal something like breakfast
and something like dinner, only little
more scant, and the officers come in with
the reports Of the day. DR.. Hayes shows
me the log, sign it; Sontag, the weather, I
sign the weather; Mr. Bopsall the tides
and thermometers. TLereupon comes il
mine ancient Brooks, and l enter in his
Journal No. 3, all the work done under bis
charge. and discuss his labers for the NOR
row.
"McGary comes next, With the cleaning
up arrangement, inside, outside and on
decks, and MI. Wilson follows with ice
measurements. And last of all comes nay
own record of the day gone by, cyory line
as look back upon its pages, giving eyi-
dence Of weakened body and a harassed
mind.
"We have cards sometimes, and chess
sometimes, and a few magazines-Mr. Lit
telfs thoughtful prascut-to cheer away
the evening"
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-11-07

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IL ARIsTocRACY DOES NOT MAKE THE
Man 1t is the mind-the expanded intel
leee-an affeetivnate heart-aud gentleman
ly actions.
No matter how broad the purse, if he
lacks capacity. Ho is no man-that is not
one mentally We're he possessed Of the
wealth of Crnsus, i. would not change his
nature or fx upon him with defniteness the
pure Greeian Of which is cnfhrops. ''The
mind is the standard Of the man." the
guage Of bis thought, the metre Of his ca
pabilities, tie impress Of Lis greatness or
littIenegs.