The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-08-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Union DIST, AuCt. 10, 1860.

esting; but we are in duty bound to write
and imagination must make up the dcicien.
cy in material. Monday morning the 9th
inst, ut the first dawn Of day, we started
from Lancaster, crossed the Cahwba at
Gooch's Ferry and | 0 o'clock found Is about
ten miles beyond, at the resideucaOf Mr.
and Mrs. -, who are in the first year Of
their connub bal experience e, and who by their
social and other nmiab1e qualities mike all
who come within their influence partakers
in some sort Of their own fellcitos exis-
tence.
Tuesday morning our journey was con-
tinued in this direction. AS we passed
through Chestervllc n vast crowd had gath.
cred there, the occasion being General
Review of the Chester Nalitia. 1t was sx-
cessively warm and if the chivalry Of Ches-
ter bore the scorching rays of that days
sun without murmur, they deserve some
credit for patient endurance. Such exhibi.
tons should be interdicted Mt least during
the summer months.
We reached Broad River in due time Tues
day afterno ON, but failed 10 cross it in con.
sequence of the low water, or else the awk.
ward manouvering OF the Ferryman. In
attempting To GO. LIS fat 10 the East back,
hs sttuck upon u sand bank, and after watt
ing until dark hoping that he might extri.
cute himself and take us over, we were at
last obliged to turn back and look out lodg.
ings for the night. The owner OF the Fer
ry who lived hard by, after hearing of the
unpleasant position in which we were placed
(being several miles from any other habi,a-
ton, the night as dark MS Egypt aud the
clouds portending a stormy permited us to
stay all night with him. The next morn
ing we got over the river without difficulty,
and after two hours ride reached this
point
The crops throughout Chester District
seem to have suffered immensely from
drought. Many farmers are cutting down
their corn and curing it green. The cotton
is also very unpromisng. In Union the
crops are perhaps a tritle better than they
are in Chester, though bad enough. The
best cotton that we have seen since leaving
home, was on the Lancaster side of the Ca
tawba. II is generally believed that corn
will command high price and will be dit
bcult to procure next Year. The drought
ha. extended throughout all of the South
ern States. The crops Of the North. West,
however, are reported to be better than
usual, aad if This be true, the sections coa.
venient TO railroads will have comparatively
little difficulty in procuring supplies of
grain. Were the "South Carolina Centra,"
in operation, we hazard nolhing in saying
that corn. with an overlooking crop in the
Northwest, could be brought down to
Lancaster and sold for IS cents per bushel.
Uaionvile las improved much in gene
raj appearance and business prospects since
the completion of the Spartanburg and
Union Railroad. The fire that occurred
there short time since may in the end
prove advantageous 10 the town, rs the
| houses consumed were, with few excep.
tions, old and Of no great value. 1t has
likewise rid the place, temporarily at least
of several retail liquor shops, which, unless
nm execution TO the general ruI,. odd.d
nothing 10 the GOOD Of tho ,owp We oh.
served preparations for rebuilding upon sew.
eral Of the lots made bare bv the fire
Lands in this District rat, very higb
ranpinp from five to TWENTY-FIVE dollars Der
acre. An oyeroos would perhaps be ubout
twelv. doIIsr, The lands of Lancaster
would not averoos in m,rkst v,,ue more
than half ,b.t. and ve, s,v ana o.,,oin;.d
with both localities will sav witbont heal.
tation that tba land, of Ioncas,.r ar,. worth
,ntrinsicaIly. more Der a,re than the Iaods
| of Union. Origioallv. psrhaps, they vera
not, but now four .fifths Of this District has
been brought under cultivation and much
of this laid waste. while more than one hal,
of ours is vet in its virgin purity. The ren.
SOD Of this DISPARITY in price a,l can com.