The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-06-22

Creek is able to respond "ditto."
The Rising Sun, published at Newberry
s. C., is a well conducted weekly. Its lead
ing editorial of last week is upon the SUBJ
Ject of 'laws and Juries." The editor
deprecates the present loose administrat on
OF our laws in criminal cases. This undue
moderation. he conceires, arises from the
el"quence of lawyers, the negligence of
juries, the operations of a silent outside
influence, and the clcmcncy of Executives
and apprehends that if these influences are
suffered to grow, il may result in something
serious. Says he:
Should we not apprehcnd danger should
we not fear corruption, should we not fear
that the evil will continue to grow stron-
ger and stronger, until il shall be insidious.
| " disseminated, throughout the land the
fatal doctrine and belief. that the punish
ment Of criminals is oppression and their ac-
quittal philanthropy We may laugh at the
idea Of such hing, but il may be never.
thelesS true. The sky may be tloudcss to
our view, the sun may shine brilliantly, vet
the electric mass may be gathering which
will sooner or later burst with n terrific cx-
pIosion.
Tie WjmRSJoro Register chronicles the
death of Mason Chandler, Esq an old and
esteemed citizen of that town. 4 discus
sion is going on in the Register upon the
subject Of the small poX in Wiunsboro. The
physicians and the "Board Of Health" have
disagreed in reference to the existence of
small pox in that place, the fotmcr insisting
that it does and the latter that it does not
exist The Register is also in the midst Of
Il controversy with tho Anderson Gazette
upon subject that, whatever may be said
Cf its merits or demerits generally, cannot
be called pointleSS.
The Yorkvic Enqiiirer Of the 10th, re-
ports the total number of white inhabitants
of YorkvilIc to be $50. II also tells of
case of infanticidc that lately occurred in
that town the body Of mulatto child
WAS found in wcil-had evidently been
there for several days and presented the APP
pcarancc of having been murdered soon ar-
ter birth. The prrpetrato, Of the horrid
crime had not been discov cred Prof
| Thomas Of the Citadel Academy delivered
the first Lecture before the York Vile Iv.
tcum on Friday evening. His subject -
the "Empirc OF the Beautiful"
The kingStree Star, gives an accoun I "f
large political meeting held at Kingstrcc
a short time since the objeci being To give
the candidates for the vacancy in the LrgiS-
iature, occasioned by the death of Mr.. Bel
sor, an opportunity TO discuss the questions
which the dear people have marked out for
them. The contest .ecnis to bc exceeding
! ly warm, add there are four candidates for
the one vacancy. The leading issue seems
In Ie made OF ths Biusr Ridge Rail Road
matter some OF the candidates favor the
continuation nt II by State aid, and the 9TH
erS are opposed lhe latter policy, the
Star "PprehendS' 10 the most popular IN tho
DiS'rc''
The Patriot and Mounidinecr states that
the total population in the town Of Green
willie, including whites and black, is 2llO.
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friends OF the koa1 for the purpose OF rails.
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