The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-07
For the Lancaster Ledger
To the People Of Lancaster District.

have had presented an account iD detail
of contributions consigned IN ms for he
relief Of the suffering If this District
There Is ret another which should he men
toned three hundred dollars hv indiv,du
ais in Boston. II was converted ,hrouoh
the kind agency oi Mr. H4sseltina Of ,his
place, into 27G bushels Of corn in Bal,i
more and in this form transmitted free II
charge TO Rock. .,Ili|l. This donation is
especially WORTHY ~ our gratitude "a i,
was IN frat. and il came from Quarter
which had FOR manv vear. heen consider
ed The least friendly TO us.
Shon'd the ha,anca of ,he money conr
signed he expended for corn. the whole
amount of the consirnmanis 10 me for
the d.s,hnte "f this District, would be
about 407s bushels Of that article, two
barrels of -four, Two ~ bacon ard one of
nnrts. This does not include S4oO q, 4
341 bushels corn made 10 the Rpvs. ]. w
Crder and J N. Craig. at my personal
solicitation in Ne~ York.
You have had the herpf, of nearly the
whole ~ these consicnments--thev COS,
you no'h'ng, having boon oh,ained wv
the nse Of q anna" sum of nv money ard
shou, seven m"n'hs Of nv labor. Z, both
Of ~h,ch rou are welcome. Nv ONLY re.
gret is. that after having made many e.
| forts could Obtain nothing more Tor vou.
No parent ever lahored with more en,hu
| sissm in suprort Of his own ofrsrriop
! than hava done in this can.e-havinc
visited 'hr"uch NV appeals the rromineo,
cities Of nearly eli of the Northern and
some Of the Souiharn Srs,es, Thus max
ing known vour heplorshle state NJ wants
far and wide. and stimulating into being
charitable organizations TO raise funds for
| Sou hern relief.
In the distrihntion of these gifts 7 have
without d"nht committed marv error.
hnt these ware NJ the head and M, of
the heart To those ~ho prnmhIe. !,
might he said. the field was on-n to them
a. well "a mvsef-,har should have e-
tered 1t, advanced ,h.ir own money,
however precious at that time. and done
the work halter than ! have done il.
We. of this D;s'r;c,. shnnlA feAl espa
ciallv grateful 10 Mrs. Dr. John w. Fran.
Gle. of New York citv. and 70 M,.s F.n
nie Sch'aich. vourg ladv in Hsgar.,
town. Md. To iha frmpr Tor her en-
dorsemen' ~ nv first letter puS,ished IN
the " Y Times: 10 the iausr for her
zaalons co operation with me in securing
the consignment Of $50 bushels Of corn,
,h's honr. one bhl bacon.
We cannot also feel too grateful N
WIN. Johns'na. Esq President ~ he e.
Il @ r r. wh" promptly csrifad the
statements of nv frs' annsais 70 the
North, and moreover afforded a free nas
save on his Road for tha pro ln~a donated
70 onr aes,i'u'e. Bn, not only slonId We
Of This Disiri", feel grateful IN these indi
vidnsl.. hu' thew are enii'lei To the ls.,
ing gratitude Of III. whole South.
Had not Mrs. Franr's en- 'or.4d r,s lat.
ter mentioned shove and ada.A " !, the
weight ~ her unhonndad mo,al infne,ce.
nv scheme ~ relief nus, have failed 10
verv great extent And without tha
rer'ificaiion OF Mr. Johnston n nv f,s,
letter published in the RaItimors Ameri
can, the 'ima'v appropriation Of one mil.
l'on and half br Con"re. and ono hun
dred 'honssnd dollars nv The Legislature
of MARYLAND would NOT probably hav.
bean made. And wihou, ,as enerpy
and zeal dsn'aved hv Mss Schleicb in
the cause. the South would not have re
ceiseA MANY thousa",is bushels Of corn
with which she was b'es,. IN = single
county of State ibrcngh her ins,rumen.
,sli'v, I sncrssaed in rsising the vaine of
,hir'v 'hrea thousand bushels Of corn for
The rslief of the suffering.
Bnt above all should va feel thankful
To the great Col ~ msrcv Who 40 d;spo,
sed the hearts ~ ih"sa ~ho he'd but late
" waited our country with fire and sword,
and despoi'eh her 81 hsr snhstsncs, "a TO
do deeds of kindness. relieve many hun.
dred thousands OF our people from i'm.
pending s'arvetion-a yss extent Of our
country, nov Aouvisaine in useful crops.
from becoming a desols,e wsste. afford
ing thus. At least, some hope that the
seeds of reconcilament msv vet grow Ink,
"r'an''y where wounds OF deadly hate
had pierced 40 deeplv--and from This
manifestation oF a mn,s', pol,icsl union
'oon TAXA place and the South and the
Nnpth aosln E..