The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-06-02
correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger. I

Mr.. EDITOR We, the incorrup,ibIe
people Of this immaculate city, have been
almost irrecovcrably shocked this week at
the lobb.ism, bribery, and easy Legislative
virtue just developed in our considerable
younger State sister, Wisconsin. Our rc 4
spectacle dailes have all had editorial fnps
at her, and all unspotted readers have cried
"sl'ome, ard cast the first stone. Since
We said TO our Devlin-"gct thee .h,nd
me, Satan" we have assumed the virtues if
We had them not Rancid corporation and
Legislative butter won't mel. in our ,irru.
Gus mouths any more and we cant think of
one Of the faa'fy Of states feeding on any,
thing but the really sweet and genuine
srassfed. We forget that that the virus ofa
eopt"gion like the small pox after having free
course and convalesence over the trunk and
centre OF life, expends its weakened encr.
gies upon the extremites, which are last IN
exhibit the corruption and last 10 ,ecoyer.
Poor Wisconsin is likely to be very great.
naogered state on account IF this awk
ward fall from exceeding grace but, in
the name OF our own progress towards re-
covering from picking and stealing, Ipro.
test.
Mayor Tiemann is doing wonders in ma.
KING hard the why of the trans cressor.-
Having "squelched" all the policy and ticket
agencies he could lay his n,agisterial hand
on here, he looked anxiously abou, him for
new lotteries to conquer. He soon became
convinced that the lotteries having their
central Offices in other stutes, though onc,
legal, have ceased TO be so. E.periuIIv
was this the case in Georgia He therefor.
dispatched SERGEANT Birney, confidential
detective with letters and credentials 10 n.
Governor Of Georgia to break up the lot.
teries of Swan g. Co, and Others. He re-.
ceived the cordial cooperation Of the Gov.
ernor and law officers Of Georgia and in
almost no time all the parties there were ar.
rested and acquisitions were sent on for
The agents here-among them Bcnap,in
Wood, brother Of our late lnvincible Mayor
Wood who was equal to anything except
breaking up lotteries and his own oaths.-
Ibe prompt corporation Of Georgia in this
matter is worthy Of all praise. This kind
OF intenudicial comfy is p!casast to see g. -.
peciHlly in cases like this where untold
sums, wrung by fraud from toilinp and ig-
norant thousands can be interposed to de-
fent the ends Of justice. Our citizens and
authorities l know will be happy to recip-
rocate in the same spirit whenever an occa-
sion for it arises. Those two highly re.
spectacle and very fraternal papers, the
Herald aud Times have advertised hi,
Georgia lottery swindle very largely, some
times coyeAng whole side of those stu
Pendous sheets at once, notwiihstandin.
such advertising is u criminal offence, pun
ishabIe with fine and Imprisonment.
by the way it is rumored that these tw
papers have been bought up by that othe
prince of advertisers, the New York f.edee
man and they are issued now rs mere up
pendages and advertising extras of the afore
said Ledger. At all events the enterprisin
proprietor has grown rich enough to do 81
and all by means Of this trick If Legcrde
main and advertising
w andering yesterday down Broadwa
and wondering in that adamantine .tree,
where most assuredy the grass don't grow
what interesting subject ! could scare u
for your agricultural readers. dropped int
the Farmers Club, which meets ever
Mondaj ut noon at the Amerirap Institute
have had very little TO DO wit!, farm
since have lived, except one day to b
born on one /; and yet, green as I was,
became profoundly interested ir what wa
said and done as am sure every farmr
would be if n faithful transcript of the pro
ceedings could be placed before him. Til
subject up for discussion was "howers
and "smnll fruits" Mr. Pardee, au entbu
siastic devotee Of Horticulture, said grea
many instructive and beautiful things abou
flowers, and asserted the prime essentials t.
successful flower garden to be, Ist, tho
rough drainage, no matter how dry tn
ground seemed to be; and, fine compos
manure, instead Of the common stable arii
Gle full at weed seeds and coarse sul,stno
.cesj and Sd. thorough Pulverization of Tn
soil, 30 that one fourth of it might be fin
as -four lie proceeded TO indicate the bes
variety of roses, dahiias, pinks, climber,
shrubs, flowers, &C.. very mnch as in m
profession Of letters would advise in In
selectiop Of library. He modestIy dc
siined infallibility of taste, but showed IN
decided advantage of cuItivating few q
the best varieties. rather than an indlscrimi
nate mass Of inferior aud carciessIy seiec
sed sorts.
soion Robinson read n letter from far
~, III Maiae, who was intensely bored anc
\. ''-- his neighbors, because the,
eording to the changes Of ~. 80 n,aa,..i ' ="
NO appealed to the Club to know a.,
ever was anything in nature, sri.nc. =. "a =,
Rrhturo, any foundation eox 81 :"