The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger.

bee with three sys later n, ~ frm Europe.
Cotton has declined ir"m I-ihi t" !. nnI
the market is very dull THE Brr,A If Err.
land hrs made another wd,an IN lis r.I,
OF discount /; il is now up I" 3 per cent
Tie pressure in the money market still con
tnuvs.
The "Arrg"' has arrived AT this port
She brings the snug Little sum "f TWO hun
dred til, u >and d"lilr, ia specie. 1hr
Quaker City ''ha> also arrived frnm Hu>nn
MI, and reported the "Stnr of the West" on
the way with y 5oo0o1 in sr, Gle of whicI,
So 1000 are for III gland.
OF our markets; WE NAV say they arr
dull. Cotton is yer, much so NirIt :
selling at Sl.3l to 55 according to q All.
y. Corn and flour are unch;nyrd
Among the wholesale merchants W."
have adopted ;he retail d"d -" ~ j; i, gri,.
srally called, business is q tie b ,k ~
each store the purchaser is a>s .rrd "rpn..
honor" tha. costly silks. uiLs. and al nan
ner OF fine good, are rcta, ed III " h"lc>alr
prices. il is s0od time cr'ne for stopp, r.
Ne'cr b, iore have ,hrN enjoy ed >rrh Il il r
vest; and they seem To be n"Ihing lorn to
pront by il. The dodge hl> killed tue re-
tail ,radc which has rendered those in that
line very Indignant. It is said that ever,
thing is fair in war; md SUI. o,r d"a crs
Ii merchandise consider c.cry thins far ~ -
crisis like The present
The money market is II little ea Ter size,
my last; and there j. hope tnal b, the
first of January New York will bc on her
business legs "g.rin. l he Banks ave d.s-
counting little. If ANY of lo"r pei ly
have large surplu, Of money. h"we,c..
they can come un here ana invest Il haze
at rNcrs.ne usuriOus rates
Seth Grosvcn"r, II yer, wealthy ~, reliant
OF this CIT! has donatrd the sum ct S3U,U 900
TO the Board ut Education, 10 bc Invested
and The ini"re't applied /" thr bu, i.g "t :.
library for The Fee Academy. Tnl, /,
praisem "r,h,. Mr.. G ros,env i It p al.
man, lives in pa,n way; and do, = b"sucs,
after The g"od Old Pl.in - lc II ali uUr
particulars, it world Uv better Iur tic cIS
and the c"untr! ut large. But unfortunate
~ MI eileen tw wcnliclhs Of item 90 tot dis
play and affect the mot extra, ugnt mod .,
oi Mng- We are tow rr"pln. cons, qu, IL
ces attributable to suer li,irs; an its mrs,
form-villaln"us Speculation.
a good thing h"prcncd here f,w days
si' CO. Une oi our E>rrrss c. mpani,s. have
OF late had I" pay for lc.k"ge from Wen
sealed demijons entrusted To their con,rv-
"nce ut every investigation The crr ks and
other employ ceS Of the cump.n. pat in the
plea Of not guilty; and for want of proof
were d>churged. A few days since how
ever the company bought dcnJohn uf
The best and had il directed to some one ia
Boston. Before il wa- .pIacrd in The Com
panys Office IL vas taken To II Doctor ~ hu
put THEREIN s,mc d. ug- that ere calculated
To produce uneasy sensations about the
stomach. i lr schrmr Was successful, and
may DC There were not some sick clerks and
p"r,ers about that office. The chaps sa~
themselves fairly caught and ou ned up.
ln former letter prophesied The defeat
Of The Black Republicans and ,he triumph
CT the Democratic party. | am of The
opinion stii. We have b.a en- them and
few days will show it. The rule Of that
most abominable party is ncnrI, nj an end
in the North. IT is strange indeed th.t surh
party should ever have gained the asccn.
eency.
But then the Nortl, is no, alone to blame.
in Years gone by there WIS scAI, srni.
mentality about slavery eng~ndrrrd b, the
preaching of philanthr"pists-Go ID men it
is true, but misguided b, the very goodness
that gave them character. This feeling con
tinued for several generations ard not un.
iii within few years past has the subject
OF slavery been looked into narrowly, and
its history and claims to exist ~ an insl.
tuition been philosophir'lly considered
Now. "t the SouIh. you almost look al the
thing in It's trne light ] say almos, for
notice that many OF your people ehuddrr
will, holy horror at tho bare mention of re-
opening If the slave trade. ii slavery be-
right. where IL the wrong of trading in
slaves! And il it be- not wrong Ia ruy
them at home. how d"e> il become wrong
10 buy them in Africa and bring them TO
the Southern Cotton field.
Bnt really This is small matter. The
great consideration il. the preservation Of
our Country on the Union basis, az il e me
from The hands of our ancestors Now the
slavery agitation has nearly up ,rt lhr Ution
already. Will that agitation ever cease
j answer nevri. so long as free labor haS so
lnrge an userndcncy over lave labor but
on ,he contrary il will go on " III ucc,,sion-
al ebbs and flows until ultimately. il will
accomplish the ruin Of This Rcpnbhc. Say
what you will, there is Nh antngoni.m be-
tween slave labor aud free labor the s,rnn.
ger wilt drive the weaker before il. Wiz
ness Kansas. The prnclple IL with you,
s,si xbst slsss xoa sase .sAinsd u papss