The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-15
The 9th Volume of the Ledger

The 9th Volume of the Ledger
The present number commences the 9th
Volume and the ninth year Of the existence
of the Lancaster Ledger. The first issue
of the paper was by our inn ediatc prede.
cessor and Iamented friend, on the 18th Of
February, 1852. Years before. the rxperl.
cnt Of n Newspaper had been made here
and failed this, together with the fact that
the area and population of the District were
comparatively small, and ob>curely situated.
afforded no very fattering inducements up
on which to base the prospect of success
In the new undertaking. The District. how
her pride and patriotism; prominent gem
tiem"n took an active part for the paper
and the second experiment soon gave earn
est Of Very fair success. The naprr, we
believe, started with promising subscrip.
ti"n list, and it affords IL, great pleasure to
state in this connection, that of the number
of subscribers in the District who commen.
ced with the first issue of the paper. about
rupted support. their names still stand up.
on our books and their payments are made
up to Feb. - We hope and believe that
these gentlemen have received value for
Their money. yet we honor them for their
consistent and undertaking support of the
press of their District through all the
changes Of fortune and circumstances to
which period of eight years would natu.
rally subject them. We have many other
good patrons to whom We are truly CRATE
fuI, but these to whom we have alluded
"the Old Guard" have constituted one of
the main pillars upon which the Lancaster
Ledger has been sustained.
J: il perhaps the experience of many
newspaper publishers, as we'll rs the orgi-
nators of other enterprises. that when first
introduced, the very novelty of the under
taking secures for it friends which under
other circumstances it would not receive -
An excitement is gotten up which is not
permanent, and it is not until after the re-
action, which will inevitably come. has pass
ed away, that the proprietor of the enter
prise can With any sort Of accuracy estimate
the success of his experiment. The Lam
caster Ledger has gone through this expe-
riencc. About 1856, the popular sentiment
in favor Of the District paper was at its ebb,
and perhaps its prospects ut that time more
gloomy than ever before or since. In May
OF that year we took charge Of it, The
high excitement in relation 20 certain aues-
iions, upon whirh the candidates for the
Legislature were at issue. prevalent at thai
time 10 the District, added much to the diff
fcultrs before us. But that excitement,
Iike all similar ones before it. passed away
md our first year's experience in Lewspa.
satisfaction. yet " ilh results fully up 10 the
expectations we had conceived In taking
charge of the paper. Since then our bust
Ness hns been slowly but stendily increas.
ing, and we "eleve that the paper now
rests npCn NJ solid Il basis and affords as
hnndsnme m income as the minority Of our
up country papers. This has been achiev.
ed, not through any extraordinary e. fort
upon our part, or through any peculiar tai
cnt for the profession of which we may be
possessed, bui mainly through consistent
attention to the affairs Of our calling.
Several months ago finding that our du-
ties as editor were not sufficient to occ upy
our full time, and not feeling able to emplo,
any portion OF that time unproftaby, we
believed it proper and our duty to engage
in another profession. This we have done,
but the paper, we are Persuaded, will not
suffer thereby. Competent assistants, un-
der our supervision, will be provided when
necessary.
We have several improvements in con-
temptation. Before the end Of tho present
volume, we will progds new outfit Of
material, md IL our advertising patronage
continues TO increuse as it has done for the
last six months and more especially il our
Tailrord saecscds. We viii enlarge the paper.
Our readers will excuse US for writing
this long article upon = matter purely per-