The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-01-03

| capacities, and before reaching Charles
ton he wrote to Mr.. Lear that though, all
things considered, they had got on very
well, yet his horses were decidedly wors-
ted, and if brought back would mot cut
capers as they did on setting out" On
the 18th of May, he says in letter to
the same correspondent, Il shall leave this
place tomorrow my horses, especially
the two | bought just before left Phila.
delphla, and my old white horse, are
much worn down, and [ have vet one
hundred and fifty or two hundred miles
OF heavy sand to pass before fairly get
into the upper and tirmer roads,"
On the way to Augusta he stopped to
dine with the widow of his old friend and
companion in arms, General GreeEe, at
her seat called Mulberry Grove, On
Wednesday, the 18Th, Governor TeIfair
and the principal officers of the State left
the capitol, with a numerous train of citi-
zens, ami proceeded five miles toward Sa.
vannan to meet him, and he was conduc-
ted u his lodgings accompanied by thou
sands OF people, who filled the air with
joyous acclamations. That day he dined
with large party at the Grove, the Gov
crnor's private residence, near Augusta,
where Mrs. Teltair assembled the ladies
OF the town to meet him at Il ball in the
evening; on Thursday he received and
answered an address from the people, at
tended public dinner, and was present
at another ball on Friday he visited the
academy and dlned again with the Gov
ernor, and on Saturday started on his re-
turn, Augusta being the f.rthest point Of
his journey.
Coming again into South Carolina he
was conducted to Columbia 10y General
Winn, Colonel Wade Hampton, and
large number Of other citizens, and the
next day dined with more than two hun
dred Of the principal men and women of
the town and nei shboring country at the
State House, aud in the evening attended
ball.
On Wednesday, the 25th, he dined ut
Camden, and on the following morning
visited the grave of The Baron de KALI,
the places where the British redoubts had
boon e'rcred, lIoOkirS I'm, where Gcn.
Greene was attacked hy Lord Rawdon,
ar'l the pla ns where General Gates was
engaged by Lord Curnwalls in 1885,
Passing through Charlotte, Salisbury,
Sulem, Guiluri, and other towns, in all
Of which the love and reverence of the
people were exhibited in every variety of
manner which taste AMI ingenuity could
suggest, he arrived at Mount Vernon on
the 18th Of June.
lie remained at his seat between three
aud four weeks, during which he was oc.
cupled with his private a!ftirs, and, with
Maj. L'EntAnt and Others, with the loca
ton OF the new seat Of government. on
the banks Of the Potomac. Oa Thurs
day, the last day of jun, he started for
Ihlladcl phia, by way Of Frederick, York
and Lancaster, and arrived mt the Presi-
dental residence about noon on the 9th
OF July, having been absent nearly three
months, and during that period perform
ell Journey of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven miles.
This tour WAS upon th" whole very sat
iSfnctory to the President In letters
written soon after his return, he says It
was accomplished "withnut meeting with
any interruption, by sickness, bad wealth
er, or "ny untoward accident. Indeed, so
highly favored were we. that we arrived
ut each place where | proposed to make
my halt, on the very day fixed upon be-
fore we set out. | am much pleased that
] undertook this excursion, rs it has en-
ablel iLe to see with my own ewes the
situation of the country through which
We Travelled, and to learn more accurately
the disposition of the people than could
from any information. have been high
ly gratified in observing the good dispo-
sitIons Of the people. Industry and
economy are becoming fashionable in
those parts, which were formerly noted
for the opposite qualities, and the labors
: OF man are assisted by the blessings OF
= Providence. The attachment of all cIas-
seS OF citizens to the general government
seems to be pleasing presage Of their
future happiness aud respectability."
While the President was absent in the
South, Mr.. Jetfers III and Mr.. Madison
were making a tonr in the north. Pro.
u ceeding to New York, and up the Hud
son to Albany, they visited the princi
: pal scenes OF Burgoyne's miSfortunes
: tho fields of Saltwater, Saratoga and
i Bennington, and forts William Henry
G George, FIcondefoga, Crown Point, an
other places, memorable in our revolu
|, tionary history. Mr.. Jefferson amused
{ himself with his rod and gun, and indul
; gel those tastes for natural history, which
: 1t the condition Of the country had no
: made him politician, would probabl,
: have been his main distinction.
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To ensure health for children, give then
plenty OF milk, plenty Of flannel, pIent,
OF air, and let them have plenty Of sleep
and they will seldom, if ever, all any
, thing.
ALBANY, Dec. 81.
beautiful young girl, eighteen year.
Old, named Wenyer was nnernf.d nn In a..