The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-11-08
Editoria. BrevitIes.

| ~ Is no disgrace not to be able 20 do every.
thing; but 70 undertake, or pretend to do
~hat you are not made for, is not only shame
iul, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.
Ihe EIchmond Examiner says, in one of ito
recent editorials: There seems little Use in
asking Tor more laws, while the laws we have
are t'4t dead letter, or lIailifed by perpetual
Parfohs. IL Is not so much the defect of law
as the viilainy aud corruption OF officials, and
e'eeu oi lawyers. that Is thinning our army,
sappmg our strength, tying our hands, and de.
Iiye'ing us up to the euspy.
Nothing is more easy than to grow rich. I,
Is only TO trust the body to bef,iend none =. ,o
oeap interest upon interest, cent upon cent to
Destroy all the finer feelings OF nature, and be
rendered mean, miserable and d.,pissd for
some 20 or 81 years, aud riches will com. ,s
sure as disease, disappointment aud "A miserable
Aeatl.
you have an enemy, aud all opportunity
occurs TO benefit him, in matters great or small
act IKE a gentleman. and do lin good service
without hesitation. II you so.sI know what
1t Is to feel NOBLE aud "strons within YOURSELF
do this secretly, and keep il secret. A man
"no can act thus will soon feel at ease any-
rhere.
LOUISVILLE tsicErans of the 2sth says an at
tack Oh Paducah, by Eorea, was expected
oA"s. All business has been suspended, and
goods removed to places Of safety.
The Richmond E1qminer sta,ss that. If rio.
idly enissced. the late order Si tLe Adiu,ant
and Inspector'General, revoking aetsii., will
put twenty thousand efficient men in a.s fsld
from Virginia alone.
Gov Bradford has issued Proclamation an.
nouncing the adoption of the new free consti.
tuition OF Maryland. The court of appeals at,
hrmed the decison-Judge Martins refusing To
grant a manda'uus to retain soldiers votes.
eo'' Rutherford, OF the 81 South Carolina
Regiment, before dying, remarked, at il .
cons 'lation that was shot in front Of my reci
'nait All honor to his memory.
The satso"ai bteHigeneer is coming out stur.
d''y against the "usurpst'on in Tennessee" the
forced Tree Constitution Of Maryland, and Lin.
CONS other enormities. IL praises General Dix
Rlshiy ior his violent speech against Old Abe.
ihis Is one OF the many signs that the North il
returning 10 its seases.
Corn is selling in the Montgomery mark ct q
three dollars and half per b..sh The Bacon
market IN that city is also dull, with the pros.
pect Ola decline. The Macon papcrs saw that
bacon, corn and many other articles of n,;m.
necessity, have downward tendency in price
There will be an abundant yield Of the new crop
hence the old corn crop is beginning 70 be
thrown on the market, and the price is going
down. Bacon has declined also in tho course
OF two or three weeks considerably.
IL Is reported on what is saij ~ be good au.
thority, that the Army of Tennessee crossed
the river at Gunter's Landing, OH the nigh, OF
the 22d.
News from the army OF the Potomac .bou,
the Presidential struggle is OF the most conflic.
Jug Character. The fact seems TO be that the
OLD soldiers who served under him are for Nc.
Cieiian, but the new leyies are for Lincoln
The officers. brave IN the face Of death, appear
WY No"eu III tue presence OF this question,
@e LiHsbinites-all who seek prornoton-be.
ing noisy aud vehement, while the Mcclellan
shouider straps are as mute as mice.
Inc Tunes correspondent Is informed on the
authority Of persons in the confidence of the
Confederate Government that every Southern
State would consent to send delegates to-s
general convention on condition that the Fed.
efsi Governments should consider Virginia m
one State, and no, as two. Next, tha, in anv
state partially occupied or men.ced by the
Federals, The Federal soldiers should posses.
no vote and thirdly, that in border States.
such as Maryland, martial Law should be ,us.
pended, and ciyil law re-estAblished. The ~ri.
Ter anticipates that II the convention should
ever meet, the South would command a MAORI. |
~ as Ohio aud several other States would ion |
the South rather than renew hopeless srug. |
gle. " ."' ."
Gen. Besuregard has published an order. d..
ed the 18th. offering . free amnesty 70 those |
" no returned N tha;r