The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-08-10
Country Exchanges.

1t is pity that some of our economical
Legislators had not considered this question
Il little more closely before voting such en-
travagant HberGlity for the construction of
that magnificent monument Of folly and cx
travagancc, the State House, which is dcs-
tined to be, for all time to come, a pcrpetu.
al and "pcrmancnt tax upon the people -
! The Road may possibly pay-thc State
House ncrer can,and posterity will feel very
sersiblv the folly of their grave and rcvcr-
| end seniors"
! The cdct has gone forth that the Blue
! Ridge Road, 81 far as the State is concern
ed, must stop where it is. The State House
| must be finished. albeit the comm on wealth
is bankrupted III consequence thereof. and
| the people who are footing the bill, are
quietly submitting This is patriotism with
Il vengeance. If the Road goes overheard
| the State House should tumble too. One
may be great blessing and convenience,
| whilst the other can only gratity the pride
and rupidty cf its misguided and deludcd
supporters.
The hCo'coc Courier reports the killing
of Panther by Mr. Edward Norton, meas
uing eight feet in length. 1t was killed
on Black Mountain, about 80 miles from
Pickens G. H.
The Chester Standard contains notice
of an application for charter for Il railroad
TO connect Ncwbcrry and Chester. The
Standard says:
"Thosc most Interested in this very i'm
portant enterprise are very sanguinc Of sue
cess in securing the Necessary means to
build and equip this road. Such road is
! greatly needed and must and ,CW he built
! We will refer Ia this subject again ut a
! proper time"
The Sumter Waterman has a brief notice
of the late Baptist Convention in that town.
! The business transacted has not vet been
reported. From the Watchmau's editorial
remarks, We select the following:
The numerous Churches within the lin
| its uf the State were, we believe, generally
represented. Ii has been an occasion of
much interest to the Church, and of much
| pleasure and christian commit Cling of the
! Delegates and our citizens generally.
The Introductory Sermon before the
| Convention, in conneXion with II large con.
| grcgation, was preached IN Friday morn.
| ing by DIR. }. &. Furman. Ii is said To have
| been an effort full of the beauty and pow er
! Of pulpit oratory, and comportcd fully
! with his previous reputation and the high
! position occupied by him in the Church to
which he belongs vt the conclusion Of tn e
sermon. the Convention VAS organised
Judge }. B. O'Ncall was chosen President,
! Kew. J. q. l.andrum, of Spnrtanburg, Vice
! President, Rev. J. J. Brantly. of wberty,
| Secretary, and J. &. hudson, of Grccrvl'c,
! Treasurer.
The iorkviIlc Enquirer of last week,
commences the story "who is the Heir" ad-
vcrti>ed some weeks ago. 1t promises 10
be a capital story and will run through six
teen numbers of the paper. We gather
from the Enquirer, the annexed items of
| news:
We learn that the Male Academy, at Eb.
! cneZcr, under the control OF Mr. John X
! Shurley, together with its entire contents
was destroyed by fire on Saturday last
! The fire is supposed TO have been the re-.
suit of accident. We have heard the loss
estimated at about $1,000.
We are pleased to learn that protrac.
! ted meeting commenced at TIrzah CA r.
! Church, in this District, on "Wednesday Of
! last week, and continued until Monday last.
A gracious outpouring Of the Spirit was
manitrstrd and eieren persons Connected
! themselves with the Church Rev Mr..
Latham, the Pastor, was assisted 10y Rev. J.
! &. Chalmers. and by Rev. J. ]. Bonner, Of
the Due West JelesGoPe.
The last issue Of the Clarendon Banner
contains the valedictory of its late editor
John w. Erwin, Esq, who has sold the BAN
| ner office to Messrs. Horny d. Machcn e.
Son. The South Carolina press loses in
Mr. Erwin, valuable coajutor. lie states,
however, that his pen will not remain un-
employed, and that in withdrawing from
editorial life, it is with the view Of holding
more frequent communication with his
friends through the public press. The new
editors propose to devote their en- tire ener-
gies to the work and appeal to the public
spirit of Clarendon District to sustain them.
The South Carolina Son Of Temperance,
advocates the construction OF n railroad
from Bennettsville, TO connect with the
Cheraw and Darlington road. 1t conceives
that the road can be built and equipped
with S200,0o0-One half Of which can be
raised in Marlboro District 1t believes that
it the subscription books were open, more
than ten OF the citizens of that place would
take each $4,000 of stock. We predict that
in "A few years the Pee Dee country will
become the garden spot in the State.
The WinnsbOro Register reports the an
nual exhibition of fruit before the Fairfield
District Agricultural Society on Tuesday
of last week. 1t says;
This dip!ay. upon the whole, was scarce
ly equa! TO that Of last August, but there
were many elegant specimens of peaches,
pears, plums, apples grapes, figs, nectarines
and melons. Our fruit cultvntOrs, whose
orchards have become famous, complained
greatly Of the effects of the late severe
drought which we can readily understand
has affected the quality Of their products,
bit after all, il they can always do as well
as on Tuesday last, they need not apollo
OISp. With "A f,unrohIa L.