Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-04-29
DOMESTIC NEWS.

3st, 10 UOoso S"AA JA0
4 arrived in this city from Mont
Ar since that time up to the 18th
4 40 boats carrying 1886 tons of
bessdes some others laden with
Nv produce, arrived here, and four
Returned up the river laden with sun
berchandize for country merchants,
ll9 boats bringing 1905 tons of
have already arrived this season at
( aryes from Mont Carbon.
Democratic Press.
ION GENERAL OF THE ARMY. The
j have confirmed the nomination of
ANpER MAcoMB, late Chief of the
aeer Department, to be Major-Gene-
the Army, oice BRown, deceased,
,gh this nomination was unexpected,
a, we learn, intire satisfaction to the
and the country. Nnquestionably
HARRISON had strong claims to the
as had also Generals GAINES
coTT, and the two latter being Vir-
Is by birth, had powerful friends.
NAcoMB is a native of the Michigan
'.bry. A letter from a gentleman in
|nton, abiding to the subject, says
grounds on which the President
i the nomination of Gen. Macomb
\ ieAy these. The army being small
komotion slow, it was thought that
d be discouraging to the officers to
Major General from civil life. 1t
determined then to nominate an Of
the army, the President looked on
eniority of rank to direct his choice.
Macomb is the oldest officer. His
Sbmmission, of Lieutenant, is prior
by several years, to that of any
& in the army. He was appointed
,|Iier General on the Oath of January,
lone weeks before Generals Gaines
n bit we're appointed Brigadier Gen
He was made Major General by
I'll on the 18th of September, 1914,
y ately after the battle of Plattsburg,
Oh he was highly distinguished.
II. S Gaines and Scott were, it is true,
4 ID as Major Generals a few weeks
Gen. Mocomb but brevets do not
ecedence of other rank after the
Z bf Colonel. When the new estab-
ID, after the war, was formed, Gen
ckson retired; Brown was made
4 General, and Gen. Macomb, the
WI rank, was offered either the office
Hie II Of the Engineer Corps, or Briga-
General. He chose the former,-re-
g to himself, however, all his rights
/. ."-Boston Centinel.
Evans, of Philadelphia, has discov-
Ink, by which he stamps checks,
drafts. &c. drawing hair lines
e the filling up is to be mado with
81 in common ink. Upon this ink,
y the most powerful acids nor any
ation several celebrated chymists
attempted, produned the effect of
out the colour.-Prov. Amer.
Dock. The dry dock now being
the U. States government at the
Yard, Charlestown, is making con-
Ab le progress towards completion.
pole length of the dock is 335 feet
IA Is, and the chamber in WEIGH the
! $ to be received is 2Gi feer in
by Sc feet wide the depth from I6
et' The head of the chamber, the
which is to be hewn granite, is
and about SO feet in width, where
n of the vessel comes. The en-
Is "a feet in length by 60 wide,
SO of hewn granite. The gates
ptwards, like those of a canal
having an outer slide-gate to break
|Ietlon of the sea. The outer gate,
5 to slide in crevices on either side,
E hollow SO as to float when the
kept out of it, or sink when let in.
Ire to be six flights of Steps leading
hto the chamber, one on each side
at each end. The slope of the
iIe y is foot 3 inches. When COM
I will receive the largest ships with
IS ease and security. The vessel is
ken into the chamber at high tide;
les are then shut and the water
Re out, BY a steam engine, and so
iN until the repairs are completed,
ne tide is again let in and the YES
'2Ted. The plan of the dock is one
E lost approved in France and Eng
COLONEL Loammi Baldwin is the
~, and Alexander Paris, ESQ.
P tendant. 1t is expected that the
0rk will cost about 100000.
S HER MINERAL SPRING. The min
per lslmelar to that of Ballston)
Eea last season by Messrs. Boyd
Culloch, has been much used, and
nehclal effects, by our citizens and
strangers. This spring, it will be
,ea' was discovered by the propri-
nlle boring for supply of water
4 extensive brewery.
call for this mineral beverage. thus
fed, was so great that Mr.. M'Cul-
nr,rl