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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
! POLIFlCAL.
Hon. a. Ii. STEPHENS Oh the stump iii Mr |
Douglas.

AUGfsTA, Sept. 1.-lan ina.nense arsdseneel
Of iaditss and gentlemen aR4enbled 4f the
City athll Park today to Scar Hoa Mri
Stepheas; Hs said he appeared befoge5 thd
people .feluctaptly, but coulS not refttlle:: ths
invltatlsns Of his constituents. The sisps oil
the TINS, he says, Portend evil, and ste.YI
thing SEEMS to De tending tdnatiouai caiertir!!
ton asd general anarchy Whetl.sr.. this
tendenSy shall be arrested aepends IN the
virtue,} intelligence and PATRIOTISM OF ehd
peopie4of ali parts oI the3 country IN the
prescnE great crisis Of our history. !ii /
He aecIared that lie w&s in Raa4Jr Of
MessrsS Douglas and Gohnaon, the 3egulaF
nominees Of the Depa4rerc3party. He said!
that whether Nlr. Bong:as rtAieived two thitdS
Of theSIcctoraf5 vote of1;not, iilccordine5o the
usagess of the party, he RECEIVED two.thifds
Of thefConventfon. The tw:o-thirds f11}e waS
ing, soe5h as provided iRy thI Construction ty;
pass Jaw over the veto Of jhc President bf.
two-tht trds of those prifsentsvoting for 1T 4 i
Any other CONSTRUCTION oE the ChaglestoE
and Baltimore Conventions tSas an in.cfpol83
ton and wrong, AndiwheE.er Mr. ilplglas
got zig votes, as asg6rtcdFon one side, og
l54, a$ alleged on the other, he received
more tflan two-thirds &fter Che secedars left
He said he supported tlssa Douglas tickdif
becau5 it was placed on 's,e time. loporea
platfor3n of non-interv@ntiorE the omlyipriu4
ciples (which can preserve }he UnioIi The
objectspns urged against ) 1. Douglas BY ths
secede4s were that Nj. DtY,glas refused IS
say it :Nyas the duty OF Congress- to do whak
they Gould not do Themselves Mr!::lpongl
las re9:sed to say it was the ssuty of CongresE
to pass laws to protect. slavery in the terrrF
tories hence they oppose 9;msand i$fase p
vote sgch 81 law themselves i, siti
MI Stephens defendef Mr.. Daugl5p
agains4 the charge tha9 he M3uid not yield t5
the decision Of the Suprnme CoUrE Hs
said Mr.. Douglas agreed wish every pe$ncipa
decided by the Dred Scott ;sase, but ;nkiste33l
that tse point, how far a tesritorial FeGgiall;ri
ture lklght constitutionally Ircgulate flqverss,
the pSinciple had peen b8.ore the Court;
Mr.. BougIas' position being the perfect
equality between the citizens of all tl,s Sstatss
with tie rights of peTsonsf.an prcFoYty..E
He saAl that Mr.. Douglas Relieved a; tqrrIFI
riM Legislature mighty by T system IF lazy,
virtually exclude slavery. Il
Hea( Mr. stephcns0 disered freShdss ~
pougss in this point, but Re said it 5Was I5'st
matter of vital or eSseutiM inportapt:e,
causea af majority of|thc 9eople of=.a..tefFi-
tory opposed slavery il wou4 not go Ghsressf
He sas no injury to tie Soi&h resulting ff.s
it. He believed that !!slaves9y will "a 10 t5ie
extenS Of its capacity to Expand. :lSayqfh
this, SO law of Congress o:ss territorial Lcsk-
latureR can extend it. l&
Hes dwelt npo1f tic dasyantages of tie
Unio,sand the imporlAnceaaIof preseFy{Essit.
1t wasthe best govorumcntsin the world eyer
establshed, and if it fails Nse shall lrgHer sSe
the liIse again Il
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
RebHlember.

Taat Stephen A. Dougsas is the gp1 Press Re:
ideretaI candidate who N5ll receive Votes IN; !;
eveEs State IN the Unions
Ke is the only eandi4ate who yyIg u carry.
NoSShern, Eastern. Southern and. sstern :.
States. g
lie is tfe!only cepdidse that statss +. gpohs p =
thsss &c Clay. Itass. Weasss. and
Of #l the friends off the Union OF 4 fsss9. s
Rcmcmbef, too that tephenn A.S29uslas !
Wis be the next President OF tfEs tSnlIe5s I.9
STATES BE never has een beateh ka9d nv my
staIssswiiil ceriainly not begin to wana soe.
Tlls people sre With hiirr9 vebrassEtti'l.
ThoFe who Put u the Llneeiil llple E
Wheeling Few age found slsel nor .l IlfT
;;nafSssa IShn Brow hangilg 4rofR Il.
Noss an inappropriate pc Giant s.
The Evening SIN, and flsllaprs S!l
Ilss5osffol arc now for glas s4fa e. 9 Ief
Siiississippi She. TOO, VIC pronoqse 7
iellion and disun5en,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
Execution OF Marderers at Lynchburg and
Sc. Louis.

On Friday last VIM Hendricks was hung
at Lynchburg. Va, for the murder of Thos.
johnson, in December last. About 1000
persons witnessed the execution. The DOOM
cd man acknowledged his guilt, but declared
that he committed the deed under great prov
ocation. The editor of the Lynchburg Re
publican who visited the prisoner early on
Friday morning, says:
We found him deeply affected and fully
alive TO the perils of the situation In which
he was placed. While We were with him,
his brother, boy about ten years old, came
to take his farewell of him. The scene that
followed was affecting In the extreme-the
little one clinging to the neck of his dying
brother, and pouring forth torrent of tears,
and exciaiming, :, Oh my brother, my broth
er. must you die" ItYas-a sight calculated to
melt the hardest heart, and one which we pray
we may never witness again. Atthe gallows the
Rev- Mr. Manning. the attending minister,
at the request of the prisoner, and in his
name, warned all there assembled agaipat
drinking houses, bawdy houses, and other
ike places, for to them. and the evil company
he had kept, did he attribute the crime for
which he was about to suffer.
Samuel Brust Was exscnted at st. Louis,
on Friday last, for the murderof Dir. Schmidt,
last March. He spoke for some twenty min
utes from the scaffold, freely confessing his
guilt, and saying that no had at last reached
tie end of his earthly career Till within 9
few days past he had asserted his innocence
of the crime.
Humility is the soil IN which all the Chris,
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
Prorane swearlng.

Howard the philanthropist, was standing
in crowd by the door of post Office when
man uttered volley of oaths. "Look to
your pockets !" cried Howard, buttoning up
his own tightly; always take care of your
pockets when you find yourself amongst
| sEcarers. He who will take Gods name in
vain will think little of taking your purse, or
doing anything else that is evil
a worthy clothier of Edinburg was accus-
toned, previous to engaging his clerks, to
put the question to them directly. ''DO you
arrear :, iif -9sols need pot think of enter
ing my house. ] permit none to talk o my
customers whose tongues are set ON fire of
hell"
a few years since, two soldiers at Chatham
laid shilling wager which could swear the
most oaths in FIVE minutes. As the winne1
(what misnomer y vas uttering his last he
was struck speechIess with paralysis, and re-
manned so till he died.
A barge master W $ casting off his boat
from pier in the Thames. A person very
civiIly asked him whittier he was going
Being in a bad humor (swearers generally
are he shouted out, ''What is that to you
/ am going to the devil Ere half an hour
had elapsed his idle words were verified. 4
steamer ran his barge down, and the shock
of the collision pitched hin, head Rrst into
the river.
A youth, scarcely twenty, was riding a
skittish horse. The horse started the youth
was annoyed, and awore loud and strange
oaths that he would thrash him till he re-
rented of it. But as lie raised his whip. the
horse reared and threw him against"n picket
fence and when the bystanders ran to him
he was corpse. His oaths were still echo
ing through the woods as his soul was ush-
cred into the immediate presence Of God.
An American planter had favorite do
mestic negro who was hidden to stand oppo-
site to him, and to wait on the table. When
ever his master took the name Of God in
vain, Gas he often did J the old African made
low and solemn bow. On being asked Why
he did SO he replied, .'NEassa, can never
hear that great name but that it fills my
whole soul with fear and trembling The
master was touched and reformed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
TRouB1ous TIMES.

Tie dosolations of Syria, accomplished du-
ring ahc Summer just ended, are appalling.
Sucli horrors might have been our lot in
JeffcFson county, this very year, had not a
Providence, most mercifuI to US, disposed
eSents otherwise for us.
AEletter dated at Paris, Aug. 14th, from
learned Professor, who is Director of the
Dopsrtment of the Schools in the East,"
gixe5a statement of the losses sustained by the
Margnites-a sect of the Roman Catholics
whose territory has been laid waste by the
Drules and Turks.
We have not room for the letter of Mons.
LAyE1aER1E, as published i'll the Paris liOnde;
butIherc is the essential part:
28 Schools destroyed; with
1880 Scholars.
$50 Churches torn down.
AZ Converts burned
s6U Villages destroyed, with all animals.
4 9 Villages destroyed, owned by Euro
poatts. /,
grains of Mount Lebanon destroyed, from
Mafsn to Nazareth, l2U by 5J kiiome tres
les 65 by e miles
kllthe havests and gardens of Coelo-Syria,
100Sby Is Kilometres e. 56 by miles
Mi the products of Anti-Iibanus, from
Halnah to Aauran, 20 by oO kllo metres
i. e. 125 by a. miles
The harvests of Hauran, the richest Por-
ton Of Syria, 10 by SO kilometres or, 90
by a. miles.
Il total of 1850 square kilonletres-or
saw at least 81. 600 square niles-1on which
olIs4inTls of produce aud buildings have been
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
READY n AlDE

-VET-l l.35557Ill7 n fEA IJI N = a
w E have recentl invested IN 2 atsess OF
made G0Rts for the sun rner OF Various 1
good ma tefiaI and rell ard a ~
none here TO the ion of "
ublic EARshts g, SIZE = Z = : -
ARABEE,s stimulating or ssin MI
rssisbs ELI Err s. But ~ T
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15

na Gen Buckley, the commander Of the
K.G. c.s left Richmond, Sunday morning,
for the eneampment Of the order in Texas
The North Carolina battalion, or that portion
of it in the counties near tidesYater Virginia,
left yesterday.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
aUoTIoN EER' 3 NoTSIcE.

rINHE gncd offers his 70 sns
Eens of jefferson and the s,IS
sales of Land, Stock and Nerssha ~. ~.
experience ofa nun1bc oyeaFs w ,.ss s Is =
the interests OF those sellIng As,lFssSe es,sS
Esk.to $50 CbaTiestOwn. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15

So. Canal street in New Orleans, is said
TO be the most magnificent street in the world
being eight miles long and two hundred feet
wide, with parterre promenade in the CEN
tre forty feet wide at the crossings nnonu-
ments or fountains are to be erected:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15

Sa-The Japanese present to the New
York police has been converted into fnnS
to create yearly prizes for the most eftieiea
poiicsmen,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15

81: Il: who p'nces himself under the care vi DR.
SsI alau, aud confidently rely upon his ok as
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29

river and country around. 1t is said the
population Of Montgomery is about $4,000
inhabitants. 1t has many costly and hand
some buildings
have met here with many gentlemen
formerly Of our State. Col. Thomas Will
liams, Cat one day of Lancaster, but at the
time of his removal, from YorkvilleD resides
here. Ho is looking remarkably well, en-
joys excellent health and retains his former
flow good feeling and warm haartedness.
lie is still engaged in his professioa.
Monday nigh, attended meeting of The
Democratic party of this city. to ralify the
action Of the late State Democratic Con-
venlion. Several eloquent speeches We're
made, the meeting was addressed by DIR.
Grant, Mr.. Bullock, of Eaufaula, Mr.. Nor
gan, of Dallas, Judge Meek, and Mr.. YAM
cey. left after Judge Meek, not knowing
Mr.. fancey would speak. 1t was not in
the programme, but the enthusiasm of the
meeting would not let him otf-Mr. Yancey
is great fayorite. In the meeting and in
cal conversation, Douglas is rupndiated for
the Presidency. The speakers handled him
with gloves "ff and the audience respond
cd with equally as mu:h vim.
Last night | attended, bv invitation, the
Bachelors Club Ball, well munagrd inSli-
tuition, Judging lrGm the performance of the
evening. IL was we'll attended there
met several friends and acquaintances, and
mad" others equally pleasant. The ak
press" was there in "ariag lied Pink with
becoming flowers. haye no doubt your
lady readers would like 10 hear little more
of the STILES and fashions. We'll, white,
pink and blue, We're the prevailing color-,
now and then black vplvet-n"unces smul!
aud NUMEROUS Some Of the small founces
would number In the teens" and looked
we'll and becoming Many of the dresses
variagctcd with long and flowing ribbons
of different colors. No dimunition in the
hoops, if any change, rather an expansion,
| no!iccd but one lady as thought without
n hoop, Of hoopcd it WAS very small, but |
incline 10 believe it was no hoop) II may
be she was about to inaugurate no hoop
fashion il so, what an extensive and expan-
sive circle of work is before ner.
My next will be from the country. |
have not done with Montgomery, but a.
return here, before leaving for home will
write again from this place. This evening
| | tax" the Pensacola Railroad and will ,rav.
el on il for about 80 miles. my destination
being the ESTATE plantation" of
| LONG GRABS
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29
Special Notices.

HoLLowAr's OISrNKSr ASp Pills an unfail.
ing Remedy for Scrofuous Sores. The eldest
son of Anthony Barnet aged q, ofGal,eston.
was all awful sufferer, with scrofulous sores on
has limbs the parents took him to several doc.
tor", and did all in their power to alleviate him.
but he only became worse. A sister OF Mr.
Barnet, "ho had been cursu ola bad leg NV
Holo~ay's Ointment and Pills, took the child
under her protection, stating she would try
what effect few weeks residence with her
would do, no sooner had she got him at her
own house, than she tried Holloway, On,men,
and Pills, they soon caused an improved an.
perance in the child, and after using them
about ten weeks, every symptom o: his disor.
der had vanished like snow before the sun
such is She power Of these wonderful remedies {, I
They will also cure all disorders Of the skin.
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29

There are no seeds to be distributee from
the Patent Office this year, Congress har-
ing failed to make any appropriation for
,ha, purpose.
The Legislature Of Alabu ma has passed
a,bill exempting goods imported at South
ern ports from taxation, when sold in Ala
bama. Also, bill authorizing the call of
a Convention to reform the State Cons,i-
tuition.
The Democrats Of the Fourth Congress
sional District of Maryland have elected
Mcssrs Brent and LanshGm delegates to
the Charleston Convention. They are in
struc,ed to 90 for the strongest man, but
it is understood they will vote for Douglas.
Gov Houston, Of Texas, has despatched
n special agent to Washington, relative to
the state of affairs on the Rio Glande.
Should the United States Government re-
fuse to send force to punish the Mexican
marauders, it is believed that Gov Houston
will order out the Texas militia, and invade
Mexico.
We notice by ths Standard that the citi-
zens Of the Eastern portion of Chester Dis =
are invited to meet at Landsford Post Office,
on Friday, the I'd of March, to adopt such
measures as they may deem cxpedient to
promote direct importation, and to advance
4
eral!y.
REVOLUTIONARY SoLpIERs.-A Now York
paper publishes very interesting list of the
surviving Revolutionary soldiers OF the
State of New York, with Their uges, in the
year 1859. The youngest of these veterans
is eightv-nne, and there ARE two of the age
of 100, one of l04 aud one Of lO5 years in
this list of thirty. blk Revolutionary soldiers.
Ont Of the whole grand army Of the Rcvo-
ultion which fought Under Washug,on and
his generals, there are now living Though
out the wholo country only ouc hundred
and sixty five.
The Opposition Convention Committee
Mt Richmond, Va, have reported agains, a
party organization. They say THAI the Fed
eral Government have no right 10 interfere
with the slavery question thcy rci,rr.te
the compromise of 1850 advocate reform
and rcrrenchmcut in the administration OF
'hc Government den0unce the Black Re.
! Pu6hcans, and favor the continuation of the
/ Union Of the States. The address Of the
National Union Committee is en,lu. srd only
80 far ns TO recommend the appointment OF
delegates to the Baltimore Convention. A
minority report recommends the adoption
of the entire address No action was ,akcr
on the two REPORTS
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29
The Test of l2 Years Rxnsrisno.h.

proved the superior quality OF Regeman' Tisrk
60. Genuine Cod Live Oil. IL il pron., n.
ced by Physicians the best remedy for Can.
sumption, Scroiuia, Chronic heumatism, &c,
ever discovered
Caution. The value OF this remedy do.
Pends upon its purity, aud in order TO secure
our customers pure article, one of our drm
went to Newfoundland to superintend the
manufacture Of our oil, and we warrant II oora
See that the label has the eagle anI mo,tsr
and the signature over the cork Of each bo,,ln
as thne Isa great deal Of cheap, inferior oil
Pslned OH for genuine, TO the great injury of
patients. ''' W
Ask for Hegeman, Clark Il Cos and ,.L.
no other As many have been cured with The
genuine who have used others without am
benefit. any
Useful In Every Family. Paint, Grease Pot.
etc'' removed instantly gloves, silks, ribbons
s,c'' cleaned equal TO new. without injury 10
the most delicate color Of fabrics, by Hegsmso
Cos Concentrated Beur;ne, only es Cent.
per per bottle Hegeman h Co, Druggists, IsI
S''' OIL and 768 Broadway, N. Y. 46-sm
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29
News Items.

The one hundred and twenty eighth an
niv"rsary Of the birth Of George Washing
ton. was celebrated with considerable spirit
in Charleston on "Wednesday last.
The recent difficulty between MessTs.
Sam'l w. Melton and John l.. Miller OF
York, has been satisfactorily adjusted with.
out a hostile meeting, "a We learn from a
correspondence in the last issue OF the En-
quirer
Not less than seven hundred persons are
said to be professionally engaged in coun.
terfriing money 10 the State Of Ohio a.
lone.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter states
the shipments Of boots and shoes from Ros.
ton, by rail and sea, for the week ending
February 18th, to have been 81 ,329 cases.
OF these s066 were for The Sonth. The
heaviest Southern shipments were-to st
Louis 1905, to Louisville ZIG, New Or
leans S25, Baltimore TAT, Richmond 662,
Nashville 62o, Lexington, KY, sos. Cnar-
lesion 3lS, Savannah l63.
Stephens and Hazlett two more of the
Harper's Ferry insurreetionsts have been
tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hung.
The 10th Of March next is the day fixed
for their execution. Judge Kenny in pas
sing sentence upon these outlaws admon
ished them that they need not indulge in
the hope Of commutation Of their sentence
or pardon.
The North Carolina Wing Convention
has nominated John Poole for Govern or.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29
Itinerapt Statesmen.

The Act of our last Legislature, impo-
sing fine upon all pedlars or tinerant
statesmen who vend their goods or wares,
not the products or manufactures of this
State without license, has met with siren
uous objection in several Distrc Is. In 9th
er quarters, it has met with favor and is
pronounced q good law. We have not a
copy of the Act before US for reference
but if, rs seems to be the case, -four, bac IN,
tobacco, grain, Sc, are among the prohibi-
ted articles, j; will operate with peculiar
hardships upon the Districts bordering up
on North Carolina. If we are forced to
look to the markets below us for these ar-
ticles. Lancaster District, we venture to say,
will suffer annually many hundreds Of dol
lars. In the lower and middle Districts of
the State, or indeed wherever there is II
railroad. this hardship will not be felt, for
the transportation Of such produce by rail-
way is cheaper THAI it can be hauled in
wagons. Those Districts will derive a.!
the advantages of this law without any of
Of it, disadvantages. The advantages will
be To drive out class Ct pedlars who deal
in cloths, trinkets ard such articles as can
b. conveniently got in any Of the stores
and in our opinion the prohibition should
have been confined to such persons. Our
Legislature was guilty of II gross oversight
and a paII able ijustice to some portions of
the State, IN making the law apply indis-
crimnateIy 10 nll resident vendors of
products raised or manufactured in other
States. The CoumJia Guardian asks an
extension Of the following notice Of this
and other Acts or the General Assembly {:
We are requested by the Deputy Treas
urcr Of the Upper Division to 81" That
he has sent on: with the Acts and Rc~Ou-
tions" of the last Session the necessary
Blank Recommendations and Bonds for lin
Grant Statesmen. as well n several copies
of the Act # 1853 in reference to their duty,
all of which will Ge found with the Clerks
Of Cour! ut the different Court Houses.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29
Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger.

Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger.
MOSTGOmERY, ALA, FcU. 10, 1850.
From Lancaster TO tins place 10y tn. line
OF 'ra>el is about $40 miles, all by Rail
Road, except from our Village to Camden
lett Camden in the early morning about
! o'clock and arrived here t;e next day at
i2t
RSll Road is great, convenient and
useful institution. To the travelling ,,oT-
ton and public, it has become indi -pensa-
Bile; to the farmeS and planters, it is in.
valuable Persons who now enjoy, realize
and luxurats in the advantages of a Rail
Road, would not be deprived Of the same
fer b"lf their estates; many persons, in
fact, would sooner give up their property.
than do without the conveniences and ad-
vantages Of a Rail Road which they have
enjoyed. The experience of the progress.
i've and intelligent age has long since con.
vinced every person Of the usefLl lness, com
fort, advantages and profits of proximity
10 Rail Road. | feel assured our people
do not desire or need an essay on this sub.
ject The zeal and eathusiasm of many Of
our citizens for the proposed Rail Road 10
I tamden, is aJout rs strong and ardent Us
could Do desired. IL is the "5L4O. or fight
zeal ard spirit, which cannot fail to accom-
piIsh its purposes. b, the way, in Camden
J mrt hr. James. of BishUpViIe, "a very pruc
Ilcaj and intelligent gentleman. lie inform.
ed pe that tbe North Eastern X. X. Com.
pany and the people of Bsho ,viIIe, pro-
pose to extend that Road from FIorencs,
Dr Kingstree, to Bishopyils. That Com
papy has made liberal propositions in the
shape of aid-that it was believed by many
,ptireIy probable aud practical to run tn.
Road, or continue II from BishupviIle to
and ultiunatslv top the North
;aroIi9s Rosd. The distance, by sp Dir