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

over the country press, with local items &c,
carefully culled from each paper. This is
done occasionally by few of our exchan-
ges, and has met with considerable success
II affords an interesting variety TO the rea-
der, and suggests II general idea Of the sen
timent which governs the press in neighbor.
ing Districts. We will deal entirely in this
connection, with the country press Of our
State and vicinity.
The first that comes to hand is the Cam
den Journal The Journal contains lea
der, nearly Il column in length which dis.
cusses prediction lately made by the Car
Gilman, 10 the effect that the National De-
mocracy. beset as it is by foes from with
out and dlssentions within, must soor sue
cumb to the fate which has attended all
similar organizations. and that it vii! prob.
ably breathe its last nj the meeting of the
| Charleston Convention in 1860 further
that ont of the crumbIed wreck of the old
| Democracy, will spring giant con nsrrvaivc
party, which will successfully resist and
beat back the tactous elements which
threaten the existence of the Union. The
Journal subscribcs 10 the first position. but
repudiates the last, and reasons in this way
Now if the Democratic party, the only
| National party in the country, in posscssor
! of the general government, with the i'm
mense patronage which the collection and
disbursement of Eighty Millions of money
must give, with all the pomp and pagran.
try that power anG position confers, and,
composed us it is of the most .adroit and
! practical demagogucs and wire pulling pol
| iucianS anywhere To be found--mcn who
| have grown grey in the service of party
skilled in compromises and party tactics,
| and accustomed to victory ; il the Demo.
cratic party, surrounded by such cirrum
| stances, cannot maintain its position, but
| sickens and dies under the expanding pow
| or of sectional influence, where, we ask. is
the material TO come from, out of which
another National party can be constructed,
possessing more Of the elements of success
and pcrmanrncy. The mere cry of UnioT,
Union Union !! is all that is left and ii
has lost its symphony.
In this extremity, the Journal would have
the South look TO her own security and le,
the Union take care of itself.
The Fourth of July is to be properly
celebrated in Camden. w. l.. DEPAss,
Esq, has been selected as Orator Of the
day. We congratulate the journal on its
large and evidently increasing advertising
patronage.
The Pee Dee Herald Cf the nh inst,
published at Cheraw, comes to us with the
sad announcement that this number will
PROBABLY be its last The editor statos that
he has failed TO receive that encouragement
which he confidently anticipated f:om a
| generous public, and that he is forced to an
indefinite suspension. The Herald has been
in existence three years in its prosperous
days, il was n spirited and interesting paper
and we regret itS untimcty demise.
The Keocee Courier, which halls from the
mountainous region of Old Pickens, is ever
welcome at our Sanctum. The editor Rcv
er perpetrates long editorials but he il an ex
cellent paragraPhist and news .gatherer, and
his paper uniformly ovinc.s industry ,sys TEN
and good taste in its management II is
of course strongly in favor Of further pro.
vision from the State for the Blue Ridge
Railroad, and regularly posts its readers in
regard to the progress Of this great enter
prise. In lis last issue, we find the follow
ing in reference thereto
We state with pleasure that satisfactory
progress is b@ng made with the WORK at
the points where operations have been con.
.lnued At the Stumphousc tunnel. during
the past month, two hundred and thirty feet
of rock have been removed and We regret
To stale in this connection that the force
here has been materially reduced, owing to
the circumstance that the Company il with
out available funds. The work at Shafts
Nos. and has been di,cuntinurd The
western healing is within the sound of
Shaft No 4, and will probably be through
by the time the meeting is held These
facts show were it necessary to do so, that
the completion Of this great work, heavy rs
it is, is one altogether Of calculation, and
that the largest and most difficult part Of
the tunnel has been completed.
The Brrnr'H Sentinel reports cotton
bloom, puckcd from n field in Barnwcl
District on the 9th inst The Sentinel,
however, does not think that the general
crop of the District promises well
The Chester Standard of last week rc.
ports n general moving Of the free negroes
from Chester, who ad become some what
troublesome and were in consequence ad =
vised to seek some more congenial quarter
Also, that homicide had recently occurred
in the eastern portion Of the District two
brothers, named Sexton, sought and attack
ed a man named Kitchens, on the premises
of the latter. Kitchens was pursued to his
dwelling, where he procured n double. bar.
relied gun and shot his assaiIants, killing
one of them instantly and dangerously
wounding the other. The slayer has been
bound in a recognzanoe for his appearance
at the Court of Sessions.
The Edgefeid Advertiser appropriates a
half column Of its last issue to the query :
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