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Breckenridge and Lane.

We are highly gratilied at the result Of
the Democrat Convention at Baltimore,
an abstract repG:t Of which pay be found
else" here in this paper. The noE!ination
Of Douglas. Under the circumstances, will
be no impedimeIt IN the way Of Brecken-
ridge and Lane, the true democratic nomi-
nees. Doullas owes his nomination 10
those States which cannot ia the election
cast democrntic votes, hence his hciIg in
the field, judging from present Indications,
will avail nothing, and the great contest
will be between Breckenridge and Lincoln
a more acceptable ticket TO the whole
county could not have been made than
that announced by the seeding Convention
and il the true democracy Gi the country
will but bestir themselves, succesg is almost
certain. So far as card from, this nomina-
zion has met with entire favor in the South
It Is 80 much better than the gloomy as
pect presented by the sea of polt.ces a
short time since, allowed US to hope for,
that general acclamation and approval will
doubtless resound throughout the ranks OF
conservative democrats, North and South
The political armament is now compare.
lively clear, and united South aided by
me few friends yet lef, u9 at the North
can secure the election of Breckenridge and
Lane.
1t is to be regretted that SOUTH Carolina
had no part in this nominatiqp, she, how.
ave.. had the pleasure Of endorsing it. II
is en- the other hand II matter Of gratula'
ton to the South, that some Of the North.
ern delegates, becoming disggstsd with the
Douglas faction, seeded with tho South
Hon. Coleb Gushing, of Massachusetts, de-
serves universal commentator for the
manly and Independent course which he
pursued.
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pailroad Meeting.

The proceedings Of last Saturdays meet.
ing may be found on another column. We
are much gratified at the. enthusiasm and
unanimity of feeling which prevailed -
There is no doubt now, but that Lancaster
viii raise 5000 900, and more if necessary.
for a road FROM the N. E. Z. r. 10 Char
lotte. The somewhat singular propos,l I. on
from Camden, received On the eve Of the
meeting. requiring immediate answer, il in.
corperatcd among the proceedings. Those
who have had but iittle faith in Camden
heretofore. say it is 40 better than they ey-
pected and tho2o Of us who have entertained
more friendly and confident feeling to.
wards her, are chagrined and disappointed
We had supposed that all that Camden de.
slred was to enter the list With honorable
competitors. and that her cIsims and re-
soaEces should be weighed f.:.!y With the
propositions from other quarlers, We
cannot now bring oursef TO the belief i,at
NJ n~S""-s"-.'o io..,- - -, ---s-----
Of the sen ntiments o:the fren,is Of the rail.
road enterprise in Camden.
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Committee be appo,nted by the Pre.i-
den, o, the Convention to prepare an Ad-
dress. indicative Of their rrinciPles, TO
the party through the Dniou.
Caleb Gushing WAS made Chairman oi
that Committee by acclamation.
The report lof the Committee on Gre.
dentials was adopted, aud Mr.. Avery'of
North Carolina, reported the Platform
and Resolutions, (hey are precisely the
same Ms the msjoriy report at the
Charles,ou Convention,) which were adoP'
ted Great enthusiasm WAS here man'-,
tested. IA. -. .-., ..
Mr.. Barksdale. OF Mississippi, then
! moved that the Convention proceed 10
nominate candidates for President ard
Vice President, which was agreed 10, aod
John c. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, raa
nominated for President op the iirst BAL
lot, and Gen. Lane, OF Oregon, Tor Wee.
President. The nomioations were subse-
quently msde unanlmons.
BALTIMORE, June 25.-After the nom ,
;,.,ous were mads and some uni,npor-
an, business ,aasaeted, Mr. fsseey, Of
Alabama, made Sspeesh OF M hour
length 10 au audienee OF about SIX thou
sanI persons. he defsuG,ed himself a.
gainst the charge OF diseniso- lie called
this (his) The Union party, and pro
n,unced this Conventions the true Ma
,iona Convention. lie souteIded that
: the other was bogus CoDssntAn. Nh.
Gushing made brief speeck A'hanks.
There was immense enthusiasm, and at
! IL o'clock the Convention adjouraed sine
: die, amid deaienlng cheer for k<eekin.
ridge and L,ne. ..-.. ..r.s.e..
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For the Lancaster Ledger.
Bible Society Meeting

Tie Lancssierville Bible Society met IN
the NJ, f. Church on Friday night the 22d
June 1860, for the purpose Of re organizing
the Society, and on motion, VI. p. Crawford
ws,s crled to the chair, and Jones Crockett
was appointed secretary.
On motion Of the Rev. l.. Wood, an elec-
ton was gone into for officers OF the socic
ty for the ensuing year, when the following
persons were elected: Hon. Geo. Met.
Witherspoon, President. NJ p. Crawford,
Esq lst Vice President. A. Mayer, I'd Vice
President, and Jones Crockett, Secretary
aud Treasury.
On motion, the following persons were
appointed on the executive Committee -
Rev. l.. Wood, Rev. J. N. Craig, J. Adams
J. X. Lark, DR.. r. l.. Crawford, aud A
lIales.
On motion. the following persons were
appointed delegates to the State Bible Con
veEti9n TO meet in Sum ierviils on the ] oh
July next; Rcv. l.. Wood, Rev. j. N. Craig
Col J. II. W;,hrr.pG9n, J. B. Boyd, and
~. w. brown.
On motion of the Rev, Mr.. Craig, the ex.
.cu;jvS romuit,ee we're authorized TO make
any change in the delegation to secure an
attendance.
The Rev. l.. Wood introduced the FOL
lowing resolution:
ReS0lrcd That the Execn,ivs Committe,
of1his Society be requested 10 eOmmuni
ralc, bY correspondence or otherwise, will
ihr different Bible Societies m this Distrc
with regard to the proprieiy OF taking step,
jointly TO furnish each and every family IL
the District with copy of the Sacred
Scriptures.
Ga motion, DR.. r. l. Crawford aud A
Mayer We're appointed committee 10 eel
lect money 10 pay the expouccs Of the De!
egates attending said Bible Convention.
On motion, The meeting was close! will
prayer by the Rev. NJ. Craig, aud .;snd
adjourned toineet ut the call Of the pscsi
dent.
NJ p. CRAWFORD, Chin.
JoYs: CRoCXErr. Sec'ry.
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Adjournment of Congress.

WAsHjNsToN. June 27.-Congress ad
jonrned ta. day at 10 o'clock, NJ.
The PcS.al Deficiency Bill was passed
and signed, IN the form in which it went
from the Senate, the House having receded
from its amendments. .....
The Post Route BIZ! vas los..
The Civil Appropriation Bill was signed
bpt the President protests against Congress
Indicating an officer of the army for the dis.
burssng agent of the Civil Appropriations
aud inIimates that If his (tbe offcers)servi
ces ere elsewhere required, he shall order
him hence.
The President, also. ssnt long Mes
sage against the Coyods IN gesiigstiop Com.
mittes. He thinks the world has not wit
messed such Outrageous proceedings since
the days Of Robespiere.
The Senate Committee have reported
unabimousiy In favor Of But,erfsld's Next
can Cuff Mail Line Contrast, end it ia now
Iunderstood 1t would bays passed both
Houses, IT brought forward earlier 10 the
session, the House having expressed favors,
ble sentiments towards 1t
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N eWs Items.

On the 9th uIt, l.. V Aiken, EsQ, Of
Nankin, Mich, married at that place Daniel
Fuller, aged 80, aud Mrs. Sarah Gill, aged
70 wears. Both are a!moal deaf, and the
Justice wns obligci 20 speak in lhuUdcr
tones to be heard by the happy pair.
The NewLorry Rising Sun, SAYS We
perceive, from letter addressed to II ger.
tcman in this district, that cowardy and
brutal murder was committed at Santuc
Depot, near Union District, last Wednesday
night, about O'clock The murderer was
n brothcr.iu law To the murdered man and
like Cain he was jcaluus of his brothers
yirtues-he Icing good, honest, indus,r-
Gus man, and Kind son in law aud good
husband, naturally gained The love of his
wfe's parents; while the unfortunate man
OF blood who had ever taken occasion to
curse and Gbnse his mother and SISTER and
threaten his brother in law, and commit
yarions trespasses, (Dotwithstand the dis
eliminating Indulgence of kind anG gricycd
relatives, with an effort for his redcmplion)
he ruth!essIy and without proYoca,on,
while his brother in law aud witu wore
walking arm in arm, fired l26 sho; into his
breast, killing him, almost instantly learn Z
him from the side of his wife, thus perpe-
tra,ing one Of the most heart.rendng of
murders.
The name Of the murdered man is J. w.
Busby, that Of the other, David Jeter.
Teiegraphc dispatches from Washing
tor convey the intelligence that Mr.. Beck.
inridge and Gen. Lane have accepted the
nominations rendered them, and that Gov.
Fitzpatrick mas declined the nomination
rendered him by the Douglas Convention.
Judge Douglas has formally accepted the
nomination rendered him by the National
Democratic Convention. lie says\he con-
siders tho principles snunciatcd by that
Convention. essential TO the preservation OF
the Constitution and the perpetuty Of the
Union.
by the ARRIVAL Of the Europa we learn
that q. p. X. James, ths distinguished
British novelist, is dead.
The wheat harvest is over (says the
Pickens COnrier) and the result, as repor-
Led on Mi bands, is a full cgop, with large
fre grain. The aoGr made from il is su-
perior to any we have seen for yeaTs.
Extensive arrangements are being made
for the holding Of the eighth annual exhi'
bitlon Of the United States Agricultural
Society, at Cincinnati, in the early pert Of
September next The exhibition is to re-
main open ten days.
We learn from the AshviIIe IN. c.
Advocate that vote was taken 10 thai
town on the 18th inst. on the license ques.
iion. The result was--for license 8, a
gainst license 7S. IL is indctable to bring
liquor In the town from the country
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9 GrlpgrapBlr.
Later From Europe.
Il K RIV Al OF TH T.
M & L 7 r A.

FARTHER PoiST, June 25.-Ihe steam
er Nsiita WAS boarded ctf the Point to.
day by the news yacht OF the Associated
Press. She bnngs Liverpool date. to tho
l3lh instant.
LIVERPOOL CorroS MARKkT.-(By
TeIegfaph via Londonderry, Thursday
Evening, June Ii The sales in two
days (Wedneslay, l3Ib, aud Thursday,
l4h,) have reached $4,000 bales, of,
which speculaiors and exporters took
$500 bales. The market is dull, M
other wise unchanged.
GENERAL lHTsLLIGEscE.-Tbes steam-I
ers Brszi, Adrauc and Anglo Saxon ar.
rived at Liverpool on the 18Th inst.
The damage done by tie lombard.
ment Of Palermo was very great, and
resulted 10 the total destruction Of the
Treasury and about three hundred houses.
Great atrocities were perpeirsled by
tue Neapolitan troops. who endeavored
10 inciIe even the children 10 deeds OF
blood.
Garibaldi has called upon ail Sicilians,
between ages Of seventeen and iily Two
TO take up arms Tor the defence O.: their
country asd their rights. safs
!, is ,hought That Naples will adopt n
Liberal Constitution. s.,,,s -, 4. .i.,..i,a 4
Itsis expseied that a Cattle will 5000
be fought neasl C-lano. ,.,s 49, IS. 4 a.,
the cspuulniIou has beet sigoed at
Palermo. by the provisions Of which toe
NsapoIi,aa troops were competed 10
eyscuste the place. Le
Naples hss sent an Envoy Extraordioa.
ry TO both England ,and France.
iu Q recent irsl Of the Great Eeastsrn
steam, sbip, The creates, speed abe attain
ed wss only ihirteen, kDo,s ao bour.--.
She vss 10 sail on tbs ieth. y = }. -
Tho balsce Of the news 10 uuimrestspt.
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Old FALLACiES BROKEN down.
THE REsIsTLEss PROGRESS 0F TRUTH.


"Populus ruh cipi,"-"The people love
to be deceived might nave been true
saying IN the days Of Horace, bat il is not
80 in this enlightened age. The p:omp,i-
tndr with which the sick, in all parts of
the world, have abandoned the old pAlla-
tive mode of medical treatment, for the ex-
pulsory system of Professor Holloway
proves that the people can distinguish be-
tween mere suppression and radical cure,
md that neither the prestige Of profession.
nj position, nor the senientious dogmatism
OF The rituali,ts OF the schools, can blind
them 10 the wonderful results Of n new
practice, which never makcs the mistake Of
killing the patient instead OF the disease
In the United States, as in all other regions
OF the earth, iolowHy's rsmedies have
populariZed themselves. II is true that the
victims of disease have been invited through
the press to give them trial but is equal
ly true that every trial has made new pros.
elytes, aud that every proselyte thus OBJ.
tained has made a hundred more. They
have become the household medicines of
nearly every family. Incredible as such
statement may seem and unparalleled as
such result undoubtedly is, they are yeri.
fled, we understand, by the books Of Pro-
fes,or Holloway's establishment ir New
York. .rF y7
In our crowded cities, where, at certain
seasons, the malaria exhaled by an almost
vertical sun, il the prolific source Of deadly
epidemics in the new settJeurnts of tIe
West, who're fSver aud ague, dyscntery, aud
other diseases common to that rSgion, pros,
trate the population Of whole districts aI
once aud IN the swumps and bayous Of
the South, the Pills have saved tie lives
Of thousands, while 10 eases of scrofuia
and cutaDeous disease, the Ointment is con
sidcred by al classes, and 10 all sections,
indispensable to thorough cure. These
are facts, uDdepied and unehaiienged, aud
who will be hardly enough 10 question TIM
value Of remedies fortified by such ereden-
tiaIs = Bosion TrapeiLsr.
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Literary Notice.


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and the great authority on law, and all bu-
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llN. EDIC1h: Il see in tie Ledger some
l'tyuts have announced me i candidate for
lh" Stale Senate. The par,ir!ity of frlead.
ship, certainly uo prrteu-ous OF mInc to
be equal to the duties it involves, suggest
81 the Use of my name in this connection.
Tia" rrbuke given imperlinent prctenicncy
by M eminent Roman me sU,or ultra Gre.
Pid'U, rohlcr stick to vour Last, addresses
itself 80 Enthusiastically to me, that respect
fully drcIInra r-k for the hono.; the good
viii ut friends would seem to invite me to
lak" . nirh duly appreciate
CLINTON.
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Especial Dispatch to the Charleston Courier. i
The Richmond Convention.

RrcnMoNp, June 26.-rhe Democratic
Convention nv, here to day. A large
number Of the returned Seeding Dele
gates from Baltimore were present. The
New York Delegation WAS refused ad-
mission. The Majority Platform which
was presented n, Charleston 6y the na
iority Of Sts.eS, WAS adopted. and the
uompstiou Of B,eckinridge and Lane.
endorsed. Mr. Yancy, OF Alabama, ad-
dressed lnass .lectlug in the Square to-,
night.
Tue Comv4,.t,un adjourned sine die.
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AEKAssas.-Mr. John Rosscr, lately Of
CamdSu, S. c., and now doing n general
commission business in New Orleans, under
the name and style OF Rosser, Prothro s.
Co., has our thanks for copy of the Ar.
kansas State Gazette, published at Little
Rock. This pape. advocates the Constitu.
tonal Union Ticket for President and Vice
President, and pursofts to express the feel.
ings of large g9fty In that section
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81 Our ob'iging friend T. R. Magill,
Esq, has our thanks for copy o. .he pro
weddings of the railroad meeting held at hi.
store, and which was noticed by us last
week.
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The NOMINATION ENDoRsED.-Afert the
Adjournment Of the railroad meeting held at
= this place on Saturday last. tires cheers for
Breckenridge and Lane wls proposed and
heartily responded y oy the large number
of respectable CITIZENS in attendance.
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The WEATYER.--Fhe weather for the
last week has been excessively warm, the
THERMOMETERS ranging from 90 to 94s.-
Fhe crops and other vegetation are suffer.
ing extremely for rain.
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The Court of Equity.

r Adjourned oa Friday evening last after
close session Of five days. The business
generally was of a commonplace and un :
Interesting character.
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BRECKKSRIpuE hSp LANE.--At an in
furnnI meeting ui the South Carolina
Delegation, IN .Rrclirnoud, and before the
acuun nf the defeated Democracy, in The
Mnrvlard In.i,ute iiaIl, nt Baltimore, it
WAS proposed Ia have y show Of prefer
euce amd tir>, choice Ior the Pres'hency
and Wee Presidency ont OF hue.n voles
l,,en for ,ns purpose, fourteen "ere for
BrrckenrrI.e auu L,ne.
1t may hc stated. aIs', that these names
we're suggested ~ tins city 10y d's.in-
puished rupntipr at the South Caio,ina
DeIeyatIcu, S,un after the ADJOURNMENT of
The CuiuiuhIt Convention, hich made
appointments tor Richmond.
IL vii Ihus t'e seen tant the nornina-
lion "f Brey kensit.e aud Lane, 81 Rich
nonh was w"t ny, endorseire"i or s''"pie
| nrqu,escrnc-, ns ruight tc III iuierted
.>--.--.-i 49, - .s---l Ia ---ls... -
| i:sIHci n"l "r,giu;N pro)osiIi,uI, sutnnit,
,ed 10y g NJ furrn1,n, Esq, ia. Chair-
| mnu o' ine SJdtI = trolna Delegation,
aud Was unanimously ,dupt.d 10y ,hs
! Richmond Convention, re as ni,!ed on
the 2G,h Instant Charleston Courier.
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'CoMET.-A comet has been visible nj
this p'rce for n week past. I; can be seen
soon after dark in a n. w. direction.
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II was resolved that these proceedings be
published in tic Lancaster Ledger and tha,
the meeting now adjourn sine die.
J. II. WITHERsPooS, Chm'n.
w. NJ. Connors, Sec'y.
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iiAiL.-Fhe western portion Of our dis
tr;ct suffered from y severe bail storm on
Tuesday, th. 10 u ius,, SCATTERING tnc-
wheat shocks. spIIttins the blades OF corn,
bre,kirg uif The tops, aud doing much
damage 80 tender vegetation. We saw
trees blown down, aud the ground lite.
rally coyernI win riyen branches and
leaves. The track uf the storm was ap.
l"treutly moth aad south, aud IN breadth
several miles. The Charlotte IN. CA
bUIletiC notices tic same storm ns very
destructive through the country lying
west aid south Of that place, doing dam.
age over six or eigh. miles Masses OF
ice TELL in some instances measuring eight
inches in circumference. The Bulletin
Gays, the cops III every direction, RS far
as heard from in that section, are totally
ruined - Cdrotinn Spartan.
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EVENING SESSION.

BALrIMoRE, Juae 23 The Cunven'
ton 70 u ssenUled AT 5 o'clock tnIs after
noon, Gov. Todd, oi ONO, IN the Guar
Alter the transaction oi some pre'iui'n"r!
business, the Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick,
OF A ALBANIA, WAS nominated tor the Wee
Presidency OH the ucke, with b9usIas.
Alter hearty cheers Tor the nominees tne
regular CruveHuom adJouthed Si"e d'e,
leaving tue place OF 'ndlolns the heA'
Convention - the National Executive
tpluuItt.e .''... ...
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Yours obrdIently,
JNO. NJ. DESAUSSL

To the elect that Lancaster should not 1T
this time entertain the proposition contained
in Mr. DeSaussure's letter. Mr, George
resolution
Resolsed, That in view OF the adjourned
meeting to b., held In Sumter on the 9Th
July next, and this District being still "A
party I" the Rsnopyile Convention. that
therefore, this meeting eSnnOt, at this time,
agree 10 the proposition OF the Chairman
OF The Cnmden co,nmitlee, submitted in his
letter To J. II. Wilnersppon, TO DO read to
tins meeting. r
Some objection was made, when sir.
blOore offered as a substituted
RssOired, That we cannot consistently
wiLh The action ot our Delegates in the late
BlsnopvlIIe Convention, entertain the pro
position of hf. DeSaussure TO this meet.
ing, nj this Tine.
The substitute was adopted.
a letter from 5. Mowry, one OF The Dj.
rcetors of the N. T.. X. r. Company to Mr
VIM. Stevens, was read. This letter stated
that the N. T.. r.. X. company would take
stock 10 the proposed road, bat to what ex.
tent was not made known.
On notion Of Dir. Massey, it was resolved
that Capt. r. p. logan and }. Z. Foster be
added to the lis! Of delegate, from this Dis.
tr,ct 10 the Sumter Convention and on
motion Of Mr.. Williams, Dr. Francis X
Brumnitte was also adued..R l-
On motion Of Maj Wylie, it was resolved