The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-05-27
SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS.


The Keowee (Pickens) Courier, informs
its readers that corn is selling at Lancaster
{. H., at iSl,25 per bushel 'and scarce at
that; md in Il different paragraph, it tells
/ Of Corn having been sold In Pickens Dis
'''tt, at public sale recently, ut one dollar
and fifty o"e cents per bushel. Upon the
latter fact, it comments in this wise:
| "Thc sale of corn, the "oldest iuhabitant"
says, is the most extraordinary that has
ever taken place in the district, bit very
/ properly causes no excitement. Would il
not be well, however, for people generally
under the circumstances, TO husband their
resources' We know Of no Egypt, except
Il railroad market"
! II is true that corn is not very plentiful here
at 4 dollar and a quarter per bushel, but
some has been delivered hrre from the Old
North State ut that, ard We have tie pros
pcct Of getting more from The same quar-
ter. We understand, too, that there is
good deal Cf corn to be had at various
places in this District at that price, ard the
probability is, that it the crops present an
ordinarily promising appearance L few weeks
from now say after Gie / 3h of fJi,ne.a smar, re-
ductiOn III prices may be confidently looked
for. Our people have n very strong objcc-
ton to such extravaganza and they have
already begun 10 husband their resources :;
the advice given by The Courier to its
readers. This may be known by the mum
Der of lean horses that are To be seen.
Provsons o. all kinds are uEusually
high cvcryw here ;--chickcns are reported
TO be worth $3.50 per pair i'll the Charles
ton market, and beef twenty cents per
pound. In some Of the Northern Cities
the price of boarding al the hotels has been
raised in consequence of the scarcity Of
provisions. But We Of the South, and the
States directly North of us,are comparative.
ly we'll of, and should be thankful, i'll view
Of the suffering and actual dCstjtuton that
prevails in some of the States Northwest
OF us. Reliable reports say that many per.
sons have actually died of starvation. 4
late Knoxville CIcnn) paper says, "that
proveEdcr has become so scarce ~ that re-
gion that people were cutting their trees for
the ca'tic 10 cat INC pUus' NC STcatcSI
want existed among the poorer GLASS. The
circuit court sitting at .;acksonborough was
obliged TO adjourn, beng un"bls to pro, are
feed for The horses cf the judges and law
yrrs."
IlliuVis, Iowa and northern Michigan, is
where the greatest destitution prevails. a
despatch dated Detroit, Mich, MAY 18th
says
"lntclligcncc Of reliable character re.
crivcd at This Place is to the effect that there
! is great dvstitutiOu in Northern Illinois, and
| that many persons have persisted III c"nsc-
! quencr.'
A further despatch Of 4 later date from
the same place, says
THE FAMINE IN NORTHERN MIcHgGAY.-
At Il meeting held last evening in the City
Hall, here, 10 de, iSc means for the relief OF
! the destitute people Of Northern Michigan,
I a citizen of Gratiot county Wig present and
stated that his wife and three children had
| died of starvation lie gave gloomy ac.
/ count Of the suffering in that region, and
| said people were dying for the want Ui ihe
most common food. The meeting decided
To raise $4,000 in this city to purchase pro-
visions with, one thousand OF which Was
! subscribed in the Hail.
So far from complaining, we should be
thankful for the comparative abundance
that we are blessed with, and whatever de-
gree Of scarcity does exist here, can only
be attributed to our own lack OF foresight
in providing the necessary supplies. Provi-
dcncc las placed within our reach the way
AID the means. and we have been visited
with no extraordinary dearth or pesticncc
! 10 cNcusC US.