The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-08-03
WAsHINGToN. July 81, 1859.

Mr.. EDITOR II wrote you 4 short let
ter on yesterday, in that | said nothing
about the wonders Of the city, then had
not looked around. Since have circulated
pretty extensively and have seen n great
deal more than ! can possibly tell you
about, but such rs come to me" rs write.
you shall have
In the morning the Washington Monu.
ment was visited 10y our entire party. 1t is
and has been in stand still position for
several years; no person is at work. 1t is
now l57 feet high the design is to make
ii 500 feet. When completed il will be
magnificent, grand and imposing work, and
IA fitting and proper tribute to the father of
our country. Why the work progresses
so slowly, or why it has been suspended,
| have not been Informed, and the rest of
mankind appears 10 know as little about
the cause as | do. Ii certainly cannot be
for the want of funds, for contributions are
being made daily for the purpose of its
progress. At one time il Was said one dol
lar from each citizen of the United States
would be sufficient in fact, larger contribu-
tions were not desired, and smaller solici.
ted, 50 that more persons could contribute
To so pr"i>ew"rthy an enterprise. Blocks
of MarbIe have been furnished by the diff
| fcrcnt States of the Union but the comtri
buttons in material Goes not stop, nor i il
confined 10 the States ~ such various so>
cieties and associations have forwarded
! blocks of marble. which will aIsn he work
! ed in the construction of the monument.
! Neither is the contributions confined to the
| United Stntrs-spccimcnS and blocks have
been contributed from almost every quar-
offerings from the Sultan of Egypt ; from
| China, written in the Chinese language ,
| (cXcuse me from reading H., from Austria.
Russia, Germany and other powers Of Eu-
rope from the ruirs of Carthage, Athens,
and varons other places of antiquity, and
! also from several tribes Of Indians. All
! christrndom seems To acknowledge the
! God like virtues of Wa-hingrun, and are
| disposed To unite in "ddiug their Iribltc TO
! his great worth and memory. To-day 10
| the Patent Dilirc, ! SAW the sword he " ore
through the revolutionary war, his camp
equinage, cooking Utensils, II part of his
tent and the Identical suit of clothes he
wore when he resigned his commission. al.
| go the original commission conferred upon
! him by Congress ~ Commander in Chief.
President Buchanan is absent from the
! city. nt the Bedford Springs in Pennsvlva.
MIA Our party called at the white llonsc
tn day and were shown Through the East,
Blue, Green and Red Rooms Friend i.
and IN, self, with some other CarUlinians,
had the honor when here in 1856, OF dining
with President Pierce. The ladies' Of our
party amusiugly remprked that they would
require some proof of the fact, and that if
we could point out the dining room they
could believe it, this we did and proved il
by the man IN charge of the building
NJ. Flo.d, Secretary of wa. is a.sn abs,n,
at the Virginia Springs. lie is a graduate
of the South Carolina College, where
knew him, he having graduated a short time
after I entered College, have not seen
him since, but have a distant recollection
of his features then, and think | would re.
rognize him now.
"IONG GRARS"