The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-02-28
News Summary.


nor, IS M.sra,h. Perry and Orr.
Il is stated tha. tho fs.ibili,y Of ,ai.,
ing cotton in Southern Illinois ha. b.eo
fully demonstrated. and large crops viii
be planted this year.
Gen. r. E. Lee has arranged With G.
B. Richardson, Of New York, for the
publication Of his his,ory Of the war. l,
is now NJ preparation, but will no, b.
completed in several months.
Tho New York Times, OF the la,h
instant, says: a gentleman who arrived
in this city las, evening, direct from Tex.
As. by tho Galveston stsamsr-and whose
means Of Information are uasurpssssd-
assures us that the cotton crop Of that
State. tor Ii. ptisst, year, will exceed
Goo. 600 bales.
We learn that on Tussdsy, the 18th
inst, DR.. J. Jsro,t. an old and promi.
nsn, citizen aud physiciap Of Darlington
District, VA, killed st his residence, near
Florence, by his or srseer. one Lewis Har,
old. The murderer, We hear, has been
arrssted.'
A bill for the education OF negroes ha,
been Introduced in the Legislature Of
Florida. II propo'ss to tar regroes
to tho amour, required, the sum to bs
paid into tho State Treasury to be die.
bu,s.d hy the State AMI county officers.
The Governor endorsed the plan, and
ssksd It's reference to . join, committee.
The SrArE Wonxs AT GErssvuLx.-
The property At tho State Works in
Grsenville has been seized by th. United
States authorities, and, unls. the Sscr.-
tary Of tho Treasury sh.li cop.id., his
rscrn, decision. it will, ~. presume, lie
sold by them before very long. This will
to . serious losi to sbs State, and will
serve To increase. Of course, the burden,
Of taIasi'h upon sll our people. Grsn.
riHe Mountaihser.
A HAED SasrrSoE.-Ths n .eon TIL.
e9r"rM says the srntsnes Of the Military
Commission. who tried Mr. G. B. Lamar:
for cotton frsuds, bribery, s., in Sa,.n!
nah, few weeks ago, hiss not yet been
made public, ;b6ush We learn privately,
that the jndsmsn, Of the Commission
~as three !ears imprisonment aud $:5,.
600 6oe Tho Pissidsn, hss ordered
NJ. Lamar to be released on bail until
he can get tiins to examine fully into the
evidence on which this severe sentence 10
pronounced.
The Gieeu,ille RsilrosI has been for
several dsys runuiny through in onS d.y.
The break 10 ,hA road 10 about seven
miles, which IS made ia st.g". TLsu
there /" The river to get across =, als,on.
This is done upon fus al ID su,Alief craf..
Some oas writes . letter from More.
head City, N. g.. to the Norfolk Pos,,
saying tha, hs teesutly ,.~ John wIk.s
Booth. the man who killed Prsiidsu.
Lincoln, 'na foreign country. ani the,
Booth said he escaped f:orr this country
through Florida. I, is generally believed
that Booth wss killed 10 = barn by sons
soldiers who pursued him from :vashin -
ton and ~s think hs 10 dead, uo,witL
standing the statement Of tho NorshsAl
City corresPondsnt.
SIosIricAsr-A correspondent ofths
New York Meas, speaking OF the promi
nest Psrsons present 10 hear the Euloey
Of M'. Bancroft TO The memory Of Prssi,
dent Lincoln, says:
General Grant and Admiral Fssrsgu,
occupied prominent seats ON the floor oi
the House. The four arm chairs imn,s.
diately behind General Gran, we're occu.
pied By General Butler. AZ lsast be o..
cuPisd one of the four. and mo ons sesmri
d'9'o'ed 10 occupy the other three. Every
other chair on ,h. aoos of lhs Iiosss ~ss
occupied"
No one seemed willing to 81: beside
the hero Of the Big Ditch. .
Jadgs P'usr'oa, Ssnstor cleo, from
Tennessee, has been eIaa,issd by the
Rseonstruction COMMITTEE. lie thinks