The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-08-01
NeWa Items.

the case OF Solomon Halls Will coupled
the Superior Court Of tha. county eight
! days, and was finally compromised after the
jury had retired. Mr.. Hail had made q
Will leaFing oGe hundred negros aud other
property TO his only child. daughter, who
Afterwards married Mr.. Neeley against his
wish; whereupou he made another will,
leaving bis negrCs free, and leaving most
Of his property to them. The suit was to
set aside the !ass viii. 40 hour after ;he
case bad gone to the jury, Mrs. Neely's
counsel proposed 10 receive $4,000 aud
$4,000 which the will gave her; the estate
TO pay the Court costs, $500, she 10 pay
he. own lawyer $1,000 The proposition
was accepted The negroes will be sent
TO Liberia. The jury stood nine against
| and three for the will but it is said tn e
Judge would have set aside the verdict if il
had been against the will.
The Edgefeld Advertiser, says: tWe are
Informed that difficulty occurred in the
, vicinity Of Germanvile, on Wednesday las;
between Mr.. Miledge Whittle and Mr..
George Whicker, which resulted in the
/ shooting of Whicker By White. The
wound is thought to be dangerous We
have not been Informed how the affair orig
I mated.
! The Postmaster General has decided that
( the act of the 4th Of June requiring post.
masters 10 deliver newspapers sent to clubs
/ 10 each individual member, without sepa-
rate addresses, only applies 20 cases where
. postage is prepaid at the place of delivery,
, as II Is only in such cases that postm asters
required TO perform the extra labor receive
additional pay from the gOnseSuen; Increase
! Of their commissions.
! On the night Of the 24;h INST, (says the
lorkNiI'e EEquiCrr.) two prisoners, York
aud John Mincey, escaped from Jail, By
passing through the provision hole OF their
cell, and sreaking it down the lightning
rod As lraSy i-il as This indicates,
should be seen aher at once. Such light.
ming rods ough: TO be made nm cOaiUoiyrJ;
such provision holes ought not to be Large
enough to admi; the entrance Of leg Of
mutton CT me escape Of L niggrr.
10 cases of sun stroke the first eonside.
ration is perfect rest, IS every exertion
tend, to 4 further depression Of vital pow
er. Cod water should be applied freely to
the head. and warmth, friction and mustard
piasters TO the fee; and legs. The mos,
active st!mulants ald anti-, pa> modes
are prescribed internally. Chioroform is
probably the most active and reliable. IL
may be giveR in doses of one teasp spoonful
either with or without water Opium, lau
danum, brandy, whiskey, ammonia and mus
,ard eneiics are among the other remedies
. .generaiIy approved BY physicians.
The Palestine TEX Advocate, OF the
li,h inst says 'We are reliably informed
that about ten days ago a cargo Of native
Africans were landed within few miles Of
Galveston, and eighty of them were sold in
that city at $500 each. 4 pretty round
price for an average. This Jews is re!ia,
ole"
The friends Of Senator Douglas positively
assert that he m.!i visit several Southern
States, after he completes his Northern
tour. tie is expected to address the people
at various points. His PartizAns are enihu-
siastic over this announcement
Il is said hat an old man in Sodus, New
York, wbo is owing physician a ball Of
$50, and unable TO pay it, has decided to
the doctor his body for DISSECTION after his
demise; and that the deed has been accept.
ted aud receipt given by the physieian.-
Ifthis be true, it is certainly an ingenious
device for simultaneously paying the deb,
OF Nature and that Of Art.