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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-07-18
From the Camden 20
The Rail Road Fixed.

We had tile pleasure Of meeting again,
Oh Thursday evening last, MIR. w. ii.
Connors, and Others oi The Lancaster del.
egation on their way back from the Sum
ter Convention, from whom we learned
in advance Of the publication OF the pro.
ceedings, which We have since received
from an extra oi the ri weekly Watch.
man, that the Rail Road had been fixed,
aud Camden left out-of course-of the
liue.
This WAS to be expected. Rail Road
matters with US have been niserably
managed, and we are not surprised at
the result
The people Of Lancaster have exhibi-
ted zeal and persevering energy worthy
Of all commendation, and we coDg-aiu
late them, in good faith, upon the pros.
pect which they have SO encoursgingly
before them, of ultimately having n Rail
hoai counesion with iire sea board and
the res, of mankind. Lancaster has NC.
ted through her representatives At Sum.
ter, JUST nv We would have done had ours
breu their position. Wnb them il MAS u
good opportunity to &c, n Raj. Road
they rzed lhe chance aud did right -
Six hundred aGd lurty one thousand dol
lars, aud upwards, have been subscribed,
and tie prospect oi the amount likely to
be raised is, that eight hundred thousand
will soon b. obtained. With this, exDe
rieuce tsnches, lbey may ve'y well com
memce work, and Il is, in orr Judgment,
false policy Tor any Ole 10 assume that the
"Central kul Ruad cf South Caolna."
can mur, OF will uo, lie bnil,. Let whom.
Sev-f will. lay ihe la,teing uucii"m ~
hrs soul thai this Road n.,,r can Le
bm'r, tie da, viii come when prac'icai
experience viii rrnrh another i.ssvu.-
The Road cdn be bs,iH
81 tar as Cav deu Is r,,ncetnp'l, f,y the
presrn', The mater is fixed. A. ,.un,hsr
time We shall have IL" suggest aous 10
make, which may pass fr What they ns.
worth, but iney will be pres-ni-u :>
thoughts having some direction towards
the r.'nre Interests and prosperity vi our
dear old tuwn.
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News Items.

The Anderson Gazette, contains n nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Orr for the State Legislature,
signed by sixteen of the prominent citizens
OF that District. The language employed
in bringing hIm forth is earnest. 1t says,
addressing Mr.. Orr: Your constituents IN
former days have never denied you any re-
quest and they hope you will not now deny
THEIRS
special dispatch 10 the Charleston Con-
rier, dated Baltimore July 9th says:
The Douglas ratification meeting tonight
was an immense affair At least 5000 per-
sons were present. The Hon. Henry May
presided. The assemblage was very enthu.
siastic. number of speeches were made.
All of them were Of an Incorporating
tone and against the Seceden. A letter
was read from Hon Fernando Wood, of
New York. strongly endorsing Douglas,
but advocating conciliation and compromise.
Resolutions were unanimously passed en-
dorsing Douglas and Johnson, MS the only
true, National Democratic nominees.
A meeting Of the friends of Brpck enridge
and Lane was held in Washington on the
10Th inst. The meeting was addressed by
Meek, Of Alabama, and Stevens, of Oregon,
both Of whom were "dOwn" on "Squattcr
Sovereignty" The speakers characterized
the proceedings of the National Democratic
Convention ut Baltimore, >(Front-street
ThsatEe.) AZ iHtolsraUt and anti Democratic,
'Thsy claimed that the breckenridge and
Lane wing was the only true Democracy,
because they advocated equal rights in the
Territories.
After the meeting adjourned the incor.
ruptab'e occupant Of the White House,
lanes Buchan an, was serenadcd, and made
n speech, in which he endorsed and advoca-
ted Breckenridge and Lane.
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Obituary.

lied at his resNisuvr near Craigvillc, Ian
caster DissD;i, y. u. uli th. mus'nlI. vt lne
! llth In,, IBuMAs FAULKNEW III lnc - year
at lis age.
Mr. +. was n remarkably kind, affection.
ntc, praccablc man WAS member Of the
Reformed Prc-O, tr:ian Church. ana tlcd en-
J"lIng the carstiaus nope. As - husband
"r was aii,ctlbnair, ~ - parent exemp AIRY,
ns !D.sirr humane, "s - ncighDor accom-.
uoti.'tIms. IL II ri''Lsn warm nud attached
10 The Union uT constitutional icrns, as u
christian tl,n aud constant iIrhls altavhu cut
10 The form o. sound JOcIrihc Umt charIta
De toward All. In an age al great ,elii,nness
he as cmlncnlly Distinguished tor ,ninr ged.
d,.lnIrrrstei generosity. lie Was hbcral
without os,eniaii"n, pI"us without PhuTIsa 9.
ism, aud humble without aiirciaiion. III
Thuinns Fauisnrr all recognized nubr
specimen 81 "ur rIcr.
Although the blood "f the gallant JACK
SON courscL TIN oush his Veins, y rt in many
particulars he Was unlike the illustrlous ola
Hero. Instead OF that stern, iron aspect, so
visible IN the Warrior and President every
iineamenl Of his cuuuteuance beained tvrlli
niidncss, brueN"lrnce aud conciiiaiiOu
When IL was necessary u" man could more
calmly aud firmly look danger III lhe face
yet hs Mas "a inau "i peace. lie Mas wi!'in.
~ TrruI IIonI his ruuuiry an Invading toe.
bat not 10 have personal d,ihculIY Nirh -
friend or ErIghbor # II could he hO"orabIy
aI oideu. Inruugh the "h"ir course OF ms
llI-, 1" rhaps no uIrn had more friends and
fewer adV-rsaries Whre he Mas Known,
"a inan would label h,inscli with lnfamy, Io
speak harmiuliy OF rhos. Faulkner
Ills widow Is thu daughter of that mag
naUImuus, noble hearted Mrs. Barton, wa"
gnv. shelter to old Mrs. ack>ou-nurscd
ner ia her last illness, aud when dead buried
her dcrcntly al her own eSp-n,e, washed
the apparel SHE left and delivered it 10 Andy
without any compensation WAxHAw.
Died, al her r,Sidcuc. in this District, very
suddenly, OH the ID iusr., MARY TABITHA,
comsort Of }. w. Massey. Sn. was u ,ory
consistent n.cnber of the Methodist Cnurch
und her relatives and asquainlaucvs have a
good hope that size j. now enjoying the
PRESENCE of her Saviour III. "
On Friday morning the 9th instant, nj
ihc residence of d.. ThouuwcIl, ia Coluui.
hla, James WtherspoUn WWdlaw, aged 10
Gears aud six months
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The Fire in Unionville.

We copy from the UnionviIls Times.
OF the 18Th inst the following particulars
Of the late fire:
"CALAAIroUs FIRE.-One hal Of The
business portion OF the town Of UnUnyile
Was destroyed 10y fire, on Wednesday
morning about 4 o'clock. About twsuty
front buildings. besides numerous back
buildings have ali heen consumed some
htlle Of the contents Of each were saved.
In the hurry u! going to press, we can on
Iy give foS o' the particulars
"On the South side OF the street. Mr..
JOhn Rodgers large tin shop, Mr.. Fan,'s
grocery. Mr.. S~arlzs store, Mr.. ElIiot's
TN shop. Mr.. Rays grocery, aud Mr.. Me
NaiIl's Oar room aud grocery, large old
building, owned by Mr.. Jeter. Ga the
North side OF the street Mr.. McNaIly's
long row Ct buildings, occupied by J. NJ.
Johnson AS IA dry goods store, Mr.. Swsnz
as dwelling, aud by Mr.. McNsIly This
WAS the old Gage Hotel. Next TO this
building WA. the new and beautiful law
Office of MesTs. Boyed d Wallace, Mr..
jacob Louis dry goods s.ors, and Mr..
Dunn's shoe shop. The whole row Of
law Offices opposite Mr.. Wallace Thomp
sons dwelling were also destroyed. There
WAS clean sweep Of the flames from Mr..
ScaIfe's brick store, on the SJulh, up to
Gen. :. Il Gisl's law office, which was
preserved, aud down on the North side
to Keenan, Brothers brick building
These two orick buildings stopped the
progress o: the flames, by the uu,iriog
exsrtions Of the citizens aud the negroes.
The fire ia said TO have commenced
between the tin shop Of Mr.. Elliot aud
Mr.. Rays bar room. No fire had been
kept in the house for some time back. It's
. lgiu We have no, been able TO learn
some Vi Ihs sufferers were partially in
sured, but rs yet we have not been able
to learn 20 what extent. Tue loss 10 esli
mated at about 10000"
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For the Lancaster Ledger.
Temperance Celebration.

The members Of Oak Hill Division, Sons
OF Temperance, met Ia celebrate their first
anniversary. About II o'clock the process
sion was formed, the Lady Visitors in front
The walk being ended and the procession
dismissed, all were invited TO assemble
around number of BuGgirs near by, TO
examine large number Of Boxes and Bas-
kets, That Were we'll filled with that which
is always acceptable to hungry person :;
the rcpast WAS rich and plentiful, which is
always the case whep The Ladies superin.
tend the preparation on such occasions.
All having feastcd 10 their satisfaction,
the crowd was invited To the stand, and the
exercises of the day was opened with a
very appropriate prayer, by the Rev. L..
ilaglcr
The Rev L.. Wood was then reduced
to the audience, who entertained them for
over an hour, with wei, timed End appro-
priaie remarks /; in which he showed To pa
rents the danger Of giving their children
mdent spirits "s a beverage for BY y, do
ing they became moderate dram drinkers,
who alone, could iili .the ranks of The ha.
bitual drunkard--fnr all druuknrds com.
menee by drinking moderately. lie touch
ed upon candidates treating to obtain their
election, and the license law, which reInarks $
hope the speaker will have published in
the Ledger, as believe it would be both
interesting and instructive to its readcrs.-
lie closed by relating several interesting q
anecdotes. He j. a thorough temperance
advocate.
Mr.. Wood was succeeded By DR.. x NJ.
Patterson, who occupied near an hour in his
remarks. His speech was the result of
much mental labor. lie pictured in glar.
ing coIors the evil consequences of the im
moderate use Of alcoholic drinks as bey.
erage, and eShorted the brother Sons to
stick to the pledge. DR.. Z. is young man
Of extraordinary talents, and bids fair to he
come a champion in the temperance cause
and ] hope that his labors will prove a bless.
ing to himself and those around Kim.
rcjoicrd To see the Aourish;ng condition
that Oak Hill Division is in When il was
organised 1t numbered about 30, and now
il numbers 10 nIoinbers in good standing.
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Execution of Rev Mr.. Harden.

The Rev. Mr. Harden - 10 be executed
at i2 o'clock to-day, At Be!vlIere, n. D.,
to' poisoning his wife. Ills ,onfess.nn Ct
the crime is to lie published. lie WAS 10
have been hung last Friday. but WAS res
piteI hy the Governor. The Trenton
American noticing the parting there Le'
tween the condemned man and his ra
r-u's, SANS:
Last Tuesday his father anl mother,
SISTER and brother, visited the cell of the
unfortunate To b,i him timal G.,ew-Il.-
They remained With him for several
hour-, during which time they sang and
prayed. When about To take leave All
indsscr .b,ble scene Of agony took place
Young Harden rushed toward his aged
mother, aud claspiug his arms around
her neck imprinted kisses upon her
cheeks, aud ~ept Liuery. The same
scene took place between him snd his
SISTER and brother, aud when he took his
father hy lhe hand I've said .Goud bye,
dear father, We Will meet in heaven" As
the grated cell was closed, which, rs
they supposed. separated them forever in
,his ie, ,hs old gentleman turned xnd
ia feph . ,nns said, Good !ye, NV
poor boy aud With totering steps End
heavy hearts the family wend.d their
way homews"l.
Shortly afterwards, however. the Of
fieI"l intelligence Of respite Of ll,- sen
ience 81 death 10y ths Governor WAS re-
ce;ved toy the Sheriff, who immediately
communicated the sane To tho culpri,
and his unfortunate parents. Ia view Of
this fact his parents. We understand. will
coat'n"e TO vi.i, him up to the morning Of
his execution.
BgLvIoEaE, n. j., July 6.-Rsv. Mr..
Harder, for Poisoniug hs Siis, MAS exc
cnted n 40 minutes past ! o'clock to-day.
lie made no speech, Daring the morni'
ing lac NIsiied The scaffyli, aud examined
every part ot !, with the utmost compo.'
ure. lie has made n confession to his
brother, which wiIl probably be pub
lished,
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J. B. RopERrsoN, E.q.-We were plea

J. b. RoDERrsoS, Es4-We were pleas
Ell 20 see THIS gentleman, the accomplished
General Superintendent y: the " lining
ton and Manchester Railroad, in auep.
dance upon our Convention, ON Wednes,
day last.
We are also pleased TO hear from him
sentiments so libeinl III regard To our en-
terp'ise. He would not only not throw
obstacles in our way, bnt locked with ia
sor upon the project, hecause the amount
of good acrulng 10 our people and those
upon the line, would far m"re than over
balance the injury his Road would sustain.
We greatly admire such sentiment
Sumter Wdtchmdn.
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That Challenge.

We have received several articles, offered
for publication, bearing upon the doctrinal
points involved il the NOTICE which appear.
ed in our advertising columns. headed "a
challenge" These communications we
have declined, rs we never intend to allow
our paper to be the medium of an unlimited
discussion Of such questions. The objec-
tions are mainly, the warmth with which
such controversies are usually conducted,
the length to which they nre carried, and
the comparative little good which results
from them. Each party, with their respec
tive ndherents, at the end of the contest,
find themselves precisely where they stood
mt the beginning; with this difference that
each is less charitably disposed toward the
other
The article on another column signed
Peace" does not touch upon the points in
question: hence the above objections do
not apply to it, and We have given it place
In to days paper.
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r GAsTER

community, will assist literally. They are
heartily tired of the monopoly and delay in
the transportation of goods upon the South
Ca'o'ina Railroad, and regard this new and
more direct route to Charleston as opening
out advantages to them as class, not af-
forded by any road now in operation, or in
course Of construction. They believe that
1t will be the means OF drawing much of
the produce of tae great West through
Charlotte, that would otherwise find Its way
to ports North of Charleston and they
look upon this enterprise, If happily com.
pleted, rs in great measure superseding
the Importance to South Carolina Of the
Blue Ridge Railroad.
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Special Notices.

Holloway Pills, most famous reulcdy
for the Cure OF Nen ousnvsa and GeusraL
Debllny A'Cann, Of Long island.
New YORK, Was wltnVU: uVubt a severe sui.
ierer from nervous aud general aeliuty tne
least thlng provoked hts irnlaDiiity, put
hun IN a passion. aud said hlun up Ihl, Saa
caused Oy tue bad state of tie nuCIs. aud
though no ined msny remedies ior tuls
eOmpiaInt, lac HHs not beBehtsd At isBgtb
lac haa reeo.rse to nOiioway's Pills, ~h,en
qniekl, performed Their park by removing
the inJdnous hGils from tie :, stem, eIelr.d
hIs head, restored ton. snd sigour 10 tte
stomach, and afier h,e ~seAs perseverance,,
RESTORED him to the blessings VI health.
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The South Carolina Central.

We are glad to see that the Charleston
papers are beginning to express an interest
in the new railroad enterprise, which prom.
ises sc much for our metropolis. The
Courier, after publishing the proceedings
Of the late Convention at Sumter, earnest.
ly invites the attention of the citizens of
Charleston 70 the matter, urging its impor-
tance TO them as being a shorter connec.
tion with Charlotte, N. C.
The Courier puts down the distance
from Charleston to Charlotte, ty this new
road, at 202 miles. This we submit to our
respected contemporary, js too much. Ac-
cording TO the estimates We have re-.
ceived from persons familiar with The 10.
cation, the length Of route is as follows /,
Charlotte to Lancaster, 80 4: Lancaster to
Bishopville, 43; BishopvilIe to Sumter, 90;
Sumter TO Manning Is; Manning to Gour-
din's, 20 Gourdin's to Charleston, so =
making n total Of 1876 miles, of which there
will he 1856 miles Of new road.
The distance from Charlotte to Charles
ton, via Columbia is 247 miles SO that the
difference In favor Of our road, when com.
pleted, will be 81 miles difference in
this day Of competition among railroads, Of
very material importance, and in our judy
ment, quite suficisn, to enlist the earnest
efforts of both CharlestOp aud Charlotte in
the enterprise
W. ara oretif.d "a Iaaxn f.o,,, s.;.ata
sources, that Charlotte is fully alive to her
interest IN the matter that she sees in this
road advantages to her far greater than
those she has derived from any Of ftbe roads
which converge to that point. 1t is said
that being already heavily taxed, the city
,ouncil Will not be able. TO do q great dsai
n the way Of material aid bqi that private
and particularly the morpantils
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The WBATHER.-It is said at this plocc
by those who have been observers Of the
weather, that Wednesday of last week was
the warmest day of the season, the Mercusy
Indicating 80 degrees in the shade. The
latter part Of the week WAS quite cool
Our immediate section is suffering very
llr!pch for the want Of rain, and we under
ftahd that such is the condition of The DIS
trict generally. Some of our farmers are
becoming alarmed nt the slender prospect
Tor corn crop. Others, more hopeful, say
that with abundant seasons now, an aver
age crop would be made We trust that
IN few days many hearts will be made
glad by the falling of bountful showers.
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THE South Carolina Central"

This,is the significant name Of our
Railroad baniiing, as cbrislened, bv its
numerous parents, at the Sumter Hall,
on "Wednesday evening last. The .csre.
mony was most interesting and impres.
sive one. Charlotte, Lancaster, Kerhaw,
Bsaopville, Sumter, Clarendon, Williams.
burg, the Nor,b Eastern Railroad aud
the City Of Charleston, officiated rs God.
fathers on the occasion. These, each, and
every one, vouched, in terms most clear
and satisfactory for The heal,hiuiness Of
the infant, expressing at the same time, a
well grounded opinion, ,hs, its growth
would be vigorous and rapid, aud that
ere long it would measure in stature aud
strength. with ,be oldest and TALES, Of
its co,emporsries.-'Samter Watehman.
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attention nf those immediately and mos, in.
terested in the enterprise. ! shall be glad
to see the road built no matter what route
may be selected for it for it cant pass
through thu District i'll any direction with
out doing much good.
did not intend nor expect when began
this letter TO extend it 90 so great a length,
nor did intend it for publication but the
ideas suggested in it are at your service in
such manner as You may see fit to use
them. am ,rpIy your friend,
JAS. STOGNER
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ICoMMuSICATED.

MR. EDITOR Your last issue contains
chall lenge Of very menacing aspect
However, there is nothing Objectionable,
bnt the closing paragraph. 1t rather looks
like taking advantage when it is asserted,
silence will receive n certain construction.
1t is pity such good man as the Author,
would not set better example before the
youth Of our country. The document re-
ferred to contains all the elements Of gamb
ling il requires two parties to put 10 jeop.
ardy each $1,000. This involves the idea
of betting; and betting is usually constru.
ed as gambling, and gambling is violation
of the laws Of God and man.
AS much as in me lies, wish TO live
peaceably with all men aud especially with
all good men. But am a Juror, and If the
Clerk swenrs me to repor, all violations of
the law, however painful it is to me, my
duty to conscience and my country will
compel me to report this challenger for ex-
hibiting gambling propensity. So if he
should be called TO On account for attempt.
ing 10 create an uproaT in the Church, he
must blame only himself II be wishes these
points cleared of all doubt and uHcertainty
and definitely and finally settled, the OBJ
ject would have been attained more DIRECT.
ly. and without coming in conflict with the
civil law. IL he had bound himself to prov
fIom aud out OF the Bible the opposite po-
sitions or failing, forfeit $1,000 to be paid
tp some Missionary Society for the spread
Of the Gospel. II he succeeded the i'm
mense increase Of converts which would
follow. would be M ample compensation
for the labor Rerformed. At least, ]. for
one, will be with him, the very moment be
proves conclusiyeiy the points In question.
And according to orr Saviour's estimate,
$1,000 would be small sum TO place in
the balance with one soul.
e" PEACE.
July 7th, 1860.
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DR.. ]. Marion Sims.

The editor of the Montgomery Mail, in
referring to late visit to New York, thus
mentions DR.. J. Marion Sims, native of
Lancaster District s. C.:
"Dr. J. NJ. Sims we found in health,
spirits and good condition, generally, which
all who knew him here will be glad to hear
he enjoys. Professionally, his success has
been splendid. and we presume that few Of
the prinrsly physicians incomes, of New
York, exeeed his. As bright, cheerful
and benevolent ~ ever, surrounded by
"daugh,ers and sons OF beauty" we ques
ton if he is not the happiest man in New
York.
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RELIGIOUS KKylyAL-Fnr

RELIGIOUS REyivAL-For some weeks
past deep religious feeling has pervaded
this pistric:, mapifes,ing itself, however.
more particularly 10 certain quarters. A,
several Of the Churches large accessions
OF members have been made Al Bethel
a Methods. Church in tho lover par, Of
the District. ". understand that III
members have been received in The pss,
two weeks. At the Baptist Church in
this place, 8 were received on lAst Sunday
week, aud IL last Sunday night
Gyseswlls Patriot.
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COLUMBIA FEMALE CoLLEGE.-We nre
indebted TO Mr. Daniel w. Brown for Cat.
al"gue o,f the Trustees, Faculty and Stu.
dents Of the Columbia Female College
This instituticn, which is under the super
vision of the South Carolina Annual Con-
terence, though yet in its infnncy, is Justly
esteemed one among the most important
sem'naries Of learning in the State. The
pupils at this time number l79.