The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1868-12-03
SCRAPS AND FACTS.
The New York RerdM is for Grant
now This is s'rlctlv reliable.

Ex Gov. +. w. Pickcns Is lying danger.
ousy i'll at his residence in EIgefeld
District.
The IIorry Sentinel announces the death,
by dro~ning, of James Dadley, E.q,
yonng and promiueut member OF the Bar
of that ID strict.
motion to reduce the per diem Of the
Legislature produces n horrible effect on
tha. body. It is like small attack Of
the itch or The yellow fever.
The insure ction in Cuba still shows its
II 600 men under arms and hole: several
important places
Quite large number Of gentlemen in
cludrng ex Governor Manning called on
Gov. Scott after his return from the North
aud had a very pleasant interview.
The New York T'ribane is both merry
and fierce over the suppression Of the
CharIe'ton IHercury. This is another
repetition Of the old fable Of the ass kick.
ing the dead lion.
Wilkes Holly. who is charged with
the murder of Alfred Calvin, mail carrier,
last August, has been arrested, by Deputy
Constable Manning, SS|--c sod iu Lex.
iugton Jail.
The Republican State Convention Of
Mississippi adopted resolution requesting
Congress to secure the right Of suffrage to
every loyal citizen Of every State in the
Union.
Rev. A. F. Dickson, for many years
pastor Of the Presbyterian Church Of
Orangehurg, has accepted a call TO supply
the pulpit Of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church Of New Orleans.
In his famous debates with Douglas.
in Illinois, in 1858, Lincoln said ~ am
not. and never have been, in favor Of
maki' G voters or jurors Of negroes, nor Of
qualifying them to hold Office"
Stephen Riley, the colored man who
was so bitterly denounce! by the Radicals
for voting the Democratic ticket, has been
presented by the white citizens Of
Charleston with purse Of SG3l AS an
appreciation OF his course.
General Grant is said to be worth
about $500 900. lie owns residences at
hDN' a$Ou'oi bi'dNc'JbId, w glOu SllN,
and thirty eight acres of land within the
corporate limits Of The latter city. When
the war commenced he was quite poor
Judge BIatchford f the U. s. District
Court of New York. has decided that
creditors have a right, under section 26
Of the bankrupt law to examine the bank
rup, on oath as to the matters specified
10 that section.
The Common Law and Equity Docke,
Of the U 5. Circuit Court, now 10 session
in Columbia, is said TO be very large, and
which together with the criminal business
will occupy the Court for three or four
weeks.
a difficulty occurred at Cokes bury.
s. O., a few days ago between two broth
ers while under the nhaence Of liquor,
which resulted in one being seriously,
perhaps mortaly, wounded from a pistol
shot in the head.
A few nights since young lady So
journing at the residence Of Capt. Thorn.
ss SInLe, 6 miles from Yanceyville, dis
covered a negro man under her bed
She was sleeping up stairs, and the negro
reached the room by means Of n ladder
on the outside. He was arrested and
jailed.
Gen. Howard, has issued Circular
which states, that after the 3lst Of De-
cember, inst the operations Of the Freed
mans Bureau, with the exception Of the
educational department, will be discon
tinued All oflirers Of the military ser.
vice will be relieved, aud all citizen agents
discharged.
We regret TO learn that the cotton
house Of MIR Samuel L. Reid, near Fish, |
ing Creek Church, together with eight or
ten bales Of cotton and fifty bushels Of
wheat, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
nigh. last. The burning is supposed to
have been the work Of an incendiary.-
Iorhc'He Enquirer.
EXTENSIVE New PHospuArE WoRKs.
We uuderstand that a company, with
a capital Of 81 0O0,0O0, have leased the
premises known as R,ker's Mil. and in.
tend to erect commodious works for the
manufacture Of ferriizars out Of the
Carolina phospha'es, so plentiful in the
locality. - Charleston NewS
Bills receivable are selling at eighty.
five cents on the dollar, and the impres
sion is that they are going up still higher.
This may be due to the report that the
Governor h-e borrowed money enough
in New York to keep all the wheels Of
government moving. No one knows
how much he has got.
desperate from Tennessee, Saturday
night last went to the house Of Deputy
Constable Campbell, in Anderson County,
callei him ont and fired some shots in
his yard. Next dav the deputy called
out his posse, which the unknown man
fred upon and Wounded one severely.
He fled to the mountains and made his
escape.
A Washington telegram reports the
following: /, has leaked out that Thurlow