The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-03-28
Miss. D. L. Dix.


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"o'n We" oreahs 10 Ne" York. We
mud IN the last number an interesting
sketch of Ms, DIX. This Iadv has r,.d.
! a polIe cors.cr.,,,, -, Lo ~.
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we reproduce the sketch:
mus, not close this letter wi,hou, .r
! alIuslou ,o oue of IN. ,,n., ,.,,,.ri.. ,'T'
women of .er ape. whom me, an IN.
platform hue, rs left the Mcnuphls car,
! She had aIrhted from tie C.,rn ,r,i,,
and Was catering that for the south
knew her veil. had me, her ,ey.raI
| times IN tie past few wears. ON her M.
sl"us OF urrcvr had uny tim. TO
shake hnids with her. aud irntu.irou Ia,
that two weeks before she had ier =,
Johns 6e~f"uudiaud, where III. had
| heru to rel graut from he Colon Al
Government for the establishment of An
Asylum or the Insane there. aud was ON
her way to JACKSON, the capital of Mis-
sissppI. q urge upon its Legislature to
| enlarge. " fort, rooms, the Stale A,v
lum therA, which her own uoiJe III. .r,s
| few wear, since had cansed to be er.c,.d
speak of Mss Durorhra l.. Dix, Who
has not Ieard of the name Of this b,ne
tctress cf her race she hiss br,,. cali
ed the Flora Nightingale Of thus conr.
Try. There is no need Of making this
'o"f" ~" cue MH""S alone ''' her
wv" "'S" p'"Te Inc wv" "'e wholly
H"'" ""s ne' own MISSION on
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fine exrro.'i,a ,,o,,,L , H'"e ;',,. e,'N, "''
n.c, marl.od h"r "' W. ",.'''s'"' 49,
Sh,;uk,ro frnr ,Lso,m,.,aa 'i' ,,.'''''
irr ,owa,Js H., a,t.. ... wv
cnmr.ued her 70 ,ha csrs .ha s'~,h.
Ten va.,s .,,o ,,., Lo m NL:i,
where she was Iryiny to oe, ,L. I..,.I,
rure to APPROPRIATE 500 600 ,n.S,.,.
ASYLUM. and succaeu.d too She WA,
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w
'' twenty years '''s hoo'e Christian
'"'y mas oee" "e'"''hg hef t'n'e and pr
'"'e "ieanS 10 improve and elevate The
some, ""u me Iu"A''c. She has been
;"e'' "o'"c''e o.'"fe every Legislatures
=" 'e ','"'eN' more 'n"n twenty States
nave H"N 'u''s erected 'hr"ugh her elo
q"e"' appears 10 legislatures She has
,''''e'' o'',e',, ~ '"n h"u ."e" enlarged and
'''"'"'ri 'noSe "h''h she has com
l"''" y use ',e proper "or" Ltg'SIa
'"'es D" ,'e''' sue HAS revisited Ever,
Que s'" keeps un"er u" eNe' ana Jealous
"H"'es !"'nS. abuses a trw wears
,eo sue induce" M'>S"S'pr TO hn'Id An
"Sy 'u'"' ~ Is no" ID" small she SAID
a ~ "e i"eS nave I" put neds on the
.i"'o' 90 % ASK "0 appropriation Tor
W. GUAR 'e"e"''
And not only does she make Legisla-
lures erect Asvlums IN ail States, but she
makes them reform tielr prisons She
has personally inspected every P-niten.
nary III the Union, ana reported on them
I" the Legislatures, and recommended re-
forms aud Improvements. and WAYS and
means for the moral and phvsrcal hene
III "t the prisoners. She presents libra
rle@ 10 Prisons and AyIums! Last wear.
at Natchez, she soliqred and obtained
$4,000 FROM opulent ctiz"ns to furnish
pianos, pictures, book, and other means
Of passing time, for tie us" of female and
male patients Of the 'r"'e Asvurn She