The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-07-13
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! formed Church and the cause of Religion
| in general. II usually contains able contri.
buttons on srrpturai subjects, and its Sc.
lcc,ions are generally Of a religious charnc.
ter Ii is Il large sheet and one of the bcs,
Of lis kind that We get
The Son Of Temperance, in lengthy
cditorinl upon the subject of the mails. con.
| d"mns the penurOusness of the Post Office
Drpar' r'mrnt in reducing the mail service il,
that quarter. Several routes h ave been
discontinued aud the Government has limi.
ted the pay for othors 10 such figure, that
no contractor can be- found to accept the
service. The Son suggests that the people
OF the Pee Dee country have been the grea.
test sufferers from this short sighted re-.
trrnchment on the par; of the Government
II says:
How is ii that we hear no complaint from
any other part of the State, but this Con.
gressiOnal District We exchange with
nearly every paper IN South Carolina. au,l
do not remember Ia have observed ANYTHING
OF The kind, outside "f Gen. MrQuren's =
District Are we mistaken, or is this pet
ty reform confined To the Pee Dee Coun.
try!
The Camdcn Jownoi of las, week con-
tains short ace cunt of an animated fourth
of July crl.bra,iooAnd in Camden Ii re.
| p"rIs the followt.g shooting affair:
We learn that a difficulty occurred OF
| saturday last, AT Captain Harris muster. IN
thus town, between Reuben C"lijns. and
John. George, and Ransom Jackson. in
! which the former received three pisto
shots, from t~o or more of the Jackson's
! One of the balls struck near the groin, cut.
| ting pretty severe wound in the thigh
and the two others are ln the neigh borhood
OF the right shoulder. II IS not thought thai
these will prove fatal. unless some nncxp,c.
led change for the worse should take place
The editor Of the CIarenion Bannc,
apol"giscs for the lack Of reading matter
in his paper Of last week, Pleading sickness
among his hands. He says
| Manning is off the line of railroad and
! has but two mails II week. and n vacancy
! like that which has occurred. cannot b,
supplied as easily IA ia more favored pla
| ccs where printers can be found at n dav',
notice
We can appreciate the Inconvenience un
der which the Banner labors in respect to
! the mails. Offices that are favored viii
! daily mails possess an incairulable advan.
tage over those that have only a semi o.
| tri weekly mail.
I
The Winnsboro Register again max es il.
tri>weekly visits to our sanctum. Unde
the editorial charge Of =. s. Layton, Esq
i: is a capitaIIy conducted paper The 4th
| of JAY passed off without the usual de
monstrations in WinnsbOro. Speaking o
7 the heavy rains on Sunday Sd inst the Reg
ister says:
A subscriber has jus; told us that III,
Southwestern section of the District va,
visited on the same day by heavy and dis
astIOus storm. Lowlands were overflow
ed by excessive rains, and bridges injured
and destroyed, that over Horse Creek being
particularly specified. Our informant men
toned that there was an accompaniment o
hail as large as n "pulet egg" to employ
his language. We were told elsew hert
/ that a hundred acres of corn or cotton oi
both on the "Peay Estate" were entirel,
riddled. Messrs. Tucket and Nelson ar,
spoken of as sufferers by the rain. Thes,
instances,we are induced to believe, are yer,
great exceptions. The rains generally wer,
not calamitous.
The Anderson Gazette publishes. among
other interesting things, the subjoinet let
ter upon the subject Of Witchcraft, which
the editor found among the notes appended
to Vol. II. Statutes at Large for South
Carolina. The fact that one of the Incl
dents narrated occurred in this District, viii
give it additional interest TO many Of our
readers. Ii can scarcely be believed tha
this community less than half eentur,
ago, listened with any sort Of credeDce t.
tales of Witchcraft. Even our wise Legi, 4,
lators were at one time not entirely guilt
less Of ridiculous belief In such things
as the remarkable laws enacted upon thi.
subject attes., and which are still of fore,
In this State
WISSsBoRo', April 26, 1897.
DEAR SIR: In reply to YOURS Of Tho
22d, answer that | was never concerned
in case Of witchcraft. Some years ago
Stephen ID. Miller, Esq, defended seven OF
eight persons who were indicted at Ian.
caster for assault, battery and false impris.
onment. The defence was, that an old wo
man, the proseeupix, residing in Chester
field, had mallreated, by'diabolical arts, q
poor girl residing in Lancaster and that
the persons indicted, acting from the best
advice procurable, went to the old woman