The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-25

and n petition in his favor signed by a mum
Der Of highly respectable citizens was
presented 10 The Court, he was senten-
ced, only, to fine of $25. In the case
of tho State vs.. Drury Mason, for resisting,
and attempting TO shoot the Deputy Sher-
IN, in the effort to arrest him upon n civil
action, the defendant plead guilty. This
WAS n highly aggravated offence: The said
Mason having actually burs,cd II cap upon
4 heavily loaded gun, pointed at, and within
n few feet of the Deputy Sheriff, giving vent
ut the same time, and afterwards, {" highly
Objectionable language, tingcd with abolition
propcnsitics. The Court was strongly i'm
portuncd in his favor, and in consideration
of this, and that he had already suffered
from imprisonment, and was n very poor
man., he WAS sentenced, only, to n :crm of
SIX msuths longer imprisonment.
The Grand Jury rendered III their Report
on "Wednesday. Common; from us is Nh.
necessary, as the report will be found in
another part of our paper, saving a lew
clauses Of individual prescntmer.ts. which it
may not be eXpcdicnt, now, to give further
publicity to, inasmuch,as these persons have
not been tried for the alleged offences, and
the publication of which, may have an cf.
feet t" bias pablic opinion. ANY matter,
however, that the Court ut this Place has
acted upon, we conceive that we have n per-
feet right to report, and this night, We shall
certainly exercise at our discretion. 1t ay
be well if this is borne in mind for the fu-
turc. We will not, to save the feeling, of
II few individuals, torcFo our obligations TO
the public, TO give the current news Of the
day, If 10 our judgment. ii is cNprdicnt 10
do so. This report OF the Grand Juiy, is
in many respects Il strong one and il i.
hardly expected, that it is precisely to the
taste of every one. Men do no; care to bc
publicly reminded cf their dr,ies but this
Is sometimes necessary, and that such ncccs-
Sit! exists now, is no doubt as much re-
grcttcd 10y the Grand jury, as bv any one
else. The Commissioner of Public BuId.
lngs. and our Town Council. come in for 4
large share of the ccusuIc, whether Justly
or noi,is no business Of ours. In reference
II the streets Of The Village, many Of them.
the back streets especially, are in bad cunii-
ton and should be improved without DELAY,
but taking the streets generally, we have
seen them much worse, and the Cd Council,
whose term Of Office has just rXpircd. We
Thought were progressing with them very
veil. Some capital suggestions are made
in reference tothe working Of Pul lie Roads,
and that recommending PARCELS ot road, con.
lign"us to their dwellings,, to be let out 10
;ndjN iduals is peculiarly worthy of trial
The paragraph referring to the ownership
OF dogs by negroes, is specially commcnda.
bic There are but few we presume, who
cannot see the Propricty of this present.
mcnt and the necessity of &c ing upon il.
IL was ordered tha; copies Of it be furnish
ed To our Senator md one Representative
from this District, 10 be prcscRted Ia their
respective Bodies. Taking il, all IN all, il
VAS n good Report, and crcditablc to the
gentlemen submitting IL. Men Of iudg-
ment and discretion formed the Jury. head
ed by Il most venerable AGO intelligent
Foreman.