The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-10-21
Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger.
New York, Oct. IL, 1857.

their frlendiy recommendations and IL,
possibly can be Of service to you as core
spondent, | am entirely at your service.
Permit me then to make my bow to your
readers, by way of a short initiatory letter
There is. perhaps, no lack of news here
that would interest your readers, if | only
was sufficiently acquainted with their tastes,
70 be able to Gull that which will be appro-
pirate. In course of tin c, and after care
fully looking over each number of the Led,
ger, make no doubt, | shall know more of
your people than | now do; ard will br
able to cater successfully to the general
taste.
Just now we have here some political
excitement, though not rs much rs we have
had in times gone by. Indeed there i,
scarcely time in Gotham when there is
no excitement savoring of politics. We
have, well founded hopes, We think, of car
rying the State this election for the good
old Democracy. Knownothingism and Black
Republicanism, | sincerely hope, are dead
They fattened for n while on corruplion
and fanaticism. / cannot believe there is
corruption enough in the Northern people
to sustain even the fragment of n party and
fanatic!sm must give way before The light
Of reason and facts. We are stronger now,
and our enemies are weaker than hereto
fore. The democracy is again happily uni-
ted and though am neither prophet nor
the son Of phophet; | am able, think, TO
fnrnSnn tha II f,tl 4.
equal rights and the constitution, ard the
triumph of the true, democratic principles
SO mote ii be.
In the city we have the usual amount Of |
crime. New York has bad name abroad: |
but we do not think we get justice Crime
is too abundant in all parts of the country. |
but that it is more 80 here than in other |
places (ceteriS paribuS) ! have city pride
enough stoutly TO deny. And the facts
Cleaned from the statistical figures will bear
me on. in the denial. see you have some
times, crime committed in your own State.
Is the population of your State equal to
that of the city of New York Look at
the figures. This city has population
ab~ue Sfuai W NOul Atutt-l mean me CIV
proper, but if we take into consideration the
suburbs, population much larger. Thus
make IN allowance for the crowdug togeth-
,er of so many people in one city of every
possible hue and 4 daily influx Of people
from all nations and they too of high and
toW degree IN morals; take into cons;dcra.
ton ihat street municipal laws and officers
drag to light all offenders, while in vour
more rural country the law can afford to |
pass by, unnOticed, many offences. and sc; |
be just and You will find that the balance
against Us is not so great, as it appeared
n our first, casual glance. Nevertheless,
Gotham is bad enough, and too bad too.
The United Democratic General Commit
tee have called n meeting at Tammany Hall |
this evening, for the purpose of ratifying
the nomination of the Democratic Stale
Convention. If its action be worthy of
note will before closing this insert it by
way ofP. S.
A meeting of ladies' was held last Fraday
mt NibIo's Saloon, to consider what mras-
ures should be adopted, to better secure
subscriptions and donations TO the relief of
the family of the late Capt. Herndon. The
plan is that satficient fund shall be raised
by subscription OF one dollar from every
woman in the country besides any sums
that may be donated by the generous and
lovers Of high and noble deeds. When
death was apparent as the fate Of all on |
board that ilI-:ated Ship, it required firm !
ness to command and keep in obedience |
that great mass Of human beings about to |
he launched into eternity ; and moral hero
ism, to resist the temptation to preserve
himself Yet all this Capt. Herndon did
and saved the lives of the women and chill.
dren Un board 1t was noble act and
well docs this proposition to relieve his
family come from the women for he, to
save them, sacrificed himself
The cause is womans cause: what do
they say in your quarter!
Business in New York is in most wretch
ed condition and when we may expect bet
ter times is beyond the power of the most
knowing 10 predict. Our merchants and
Banks cant agree. The merchants want
the Banks to increase stheir discount line
$4,000 900; aud n meeting of merchants and
Bank officers for that purpose has been held
bn nothing has been agreed on. Some of
the Banks ale willing, while Others are mlL-
ish and oppose the measure. Runs upon
these opposing banks will bo the conse.
quence and their - what Suspen-
sions apc failures are still the order of the
day. All sorts of stocks have deprecated
to wonderful extent, and most seem doom
ed to sink stih lower. Money is wanted,
but cant be had. The great State of New
York cant borrow money. Black Republi
can rule has humiIiated her /; and is calCula.
ted TO humillate any state where il is in the |
ascsndency. a shorI time, oWever, and, | |
confidently teIioss the yoters will give tha.