The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-01-25
over a hundred thousand dollars. He has no

children, but his father, mother, and BROTH
ers, are still living. He has been pluced in |
the Asylum at Hartford. The frequency of |
these melancholy cases has been ascribed to !
sleeping in chamber heated by air tight |
stoves, but if the truth were known, it would
be discovered that they owe their origin in
most cases to tampering with spirit rapping
bumbugs.
Mr. Mitchell, in his newspaper, "The Cit
izen," this week, has disappointed some Of
his protesting friends. IL he continues to
express his sentiments with so much bold
ness and candor, he will disarm every spe-
cies Of prejudice so justly cngendcred by his
first public speeches. He is fast SOLDERING
down to the level of other men and COM
mon sense. In answer to "smart" cor
respondent, who wished to draw him out on
the slavery question, he says:
awe are not aboltionists-- more abo-
litionists Than Moses or Socrates, or Jesus
Christ. We deny that it is crime, or n
wrong, or even pcccadillo, to hold slaves,
to buy slaves, to sell slaves, to keep slaves
TO their work by iogging or other needful
coercion. BY your silence says Mr. Haugh.
ton, you will become participltor in their
wrongs But we will not be silent when
occasion calls for speech and rs for being
participator in the wrongs, we, for our
part, wish we had n good plantation well
stocked with healthy negroes in Alabama"
He has, of course, been roundly abused
by those who, while they profess higher
law" are jealous of that freedom of speech
which does not coincide with their ideas of
progress and reform. There is some hope
of Mr.. Mitchell yet.
Col. Thomas II. Perkins, one of the most
venerable, popular and universally beloved
citizens of Boston, died on Wednesday. He
has been senator and representative he
was one of the projectors of the Bunker Hill
Monument; he did more than any one else
TO originate and complete the first railroad
in the u. s.; he literally endowed the blind
asylum mt Boston; he gave the largest dona-
ton to the Mercantile Library Association.
and for the last two wears interested himself
in securing the completion of the Washing
ton Monument. Mr.. Per ms visited Eng-
land several times, and received more attrn-
tions from the good and great of that coun-
try, whether of the nobility or not than any
other private citizen ever received. He was
immensely rich, and indulgcd his children TO
the largest extent His son. some vcaIs
since, was in London, and being desirous OF
making n sensation" lireI in right royal
style, taking the residence of the Prince Re-
gent, and living at the rate of 100000 per
year, or 100000 dollars. His bankers al.
ways honorcd his demands, but began to
grow timid, and wrote to his father in Bos.
ton. acquanting him with the fact of his
sons prodiga!ity, and wishing To know if
they should limit heir credit to him. The
old man, with the feeling of patcrnnl pride,
briefly answered, "lct nv son have rs much
money us he wants" He had confidence in
his sons Judgment and honor, and bva wise
libcrality, succeeded in restraining his prod.
igal love of display. The loss of Col. Per.
kins will be most severely felt when the
calls for public and private bencvoence arc
loudcst.
The cattle and poultry mania increases.
lot of New Jersey sheep were brought to
market and sold Mt cxtravagunt prices, Two
cows, one frou. the homestead Of Henry
Clay, were exhibited in the Park, and az
tracted great attention. Retired merchants
are buying farms in the vicinity Of the city,
and the importation of bloodcd cattle and
the prices paid. startle our phlegm tic neigh
bors over the water.
George Steers, the builder of the Yacht
America, has had his skill and ingenuity cx.
emplhcd in the passage of the "Priie Of the
Seas" by her passage to Melbourne in sc
days. Her trip from the Cape to Melbourne
was accomplished in shorter time, by two
DAYS, than ever before made The pride
Of the Seas" is beautiful little craft of only
| 260 tons, and takes rank immediately as
an honorable representative Of our naval
glory.
There are various ways Of advertising ones
self and business but the announcement of
a Dir. lindeAmuller, German, of Chatham
street, that he would give free dinners every
day during the winter, from ! | To o'clock,
TO the poor. transcends all others. Barnum
and Genin hide their diminished heads befop,
the astounding ceverness of this .model
man." lie does not specify about the drinks,
but you may be sure that the food will make
you wish TO drink, provided you have the
co urage to eat it.
The proprietors Of the Bowery Theatre
have determined to try the m oral dodge,
by procuring Uncle Toms Cabin" Bar
nuns Museum tried the same thing. and fail
ed ANONYMOUSLY. IL has filled wherever at
tempted, except at the National Theatre, and
there it is only made tolerably by the most
exquisite and almost inspired personation of
a mer" child. The Bowery is the last place
| for such a move.
The organ Of the denomination of this
week gives table showing the total number
of members Of the Methodist Churches in
this city to have been, in 1913, $3.50; in lS45,
9,bIl; in l8i7, 0,326; in l8i9, S,s93; in 1851
9,2S9; in 1853, 1919: thus showing de-
crease in ten years Of 400 members, while
our population has nearly doubled.
Mary Hewitt is out with a card in reply TO
her "dear friend" Frederika Bremen. She
gives an extract from private letter of the
author OF the Homes of the New World"
in which she Is thanked and thanked again
for the fidelity Of the translation for the
"heart and soul and conscience" with which
she iabOrei. Mary How'll: admits ll.a: ske
received Miss Bremer's pesmission to strike
out the Objectionable passages respecting
the Ponsetts, and regretting the mistake by
! which it was retained MisS Rremer has