Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-23

store No. 40, Front. Street occya;a :. ' =,
." LISTS y. ". J. w. Wood, he discovered
piaze Immediately in the rear of III,
Soul,lng room on the first floor. He in
stah'iy gave the alarm, when a number
u persons repaired to the spot and observ.
Gu tierce OF charcoal on FIRE. II IVA,
'orthwIth removed into the street withon,
oo'hg any damage. On examination i,
was found that the fire had commenced
neaf the centre Of the heap and there Is
not the smallest doubt but it proceeded from
an unextinguished lump of coal The fire
having remained latent and inactive since
IT, was removed from the pit in New-Jersey.
we understand that the coal was BROUGHT
70 this city about fortnight since. and
was received in the aforementioned store
last tuesday. This incident should serve
as caution to persons who are in the
Ilanit OF using this article. Had the fire
broke out IN the middle of the night. the
store and the contents would almost in.
eVltably been destroyed.-N. Y. Gaz.
LITTLE FALLS, Nv. w DEC. IS.
Last week, in New-York, Mr.. Thomas
Comstock, of Salisbury, received from
Mr.. Henry BurrilI, between 3 and 40Oo
dollars, in bank notes, to bring to Mr..
Jonathan Bnrrill, in Salisbury. On the
return OF Mr.. C. on Monday morning
last ne had the bundle of bills at Sche.
nectady, from whence he started in the
stage before daylight On his way he
fell asleep, and when the coach arrived at
the stage house, and he awoke, he discov-
cred that the money was missing. After
searching the coach without finding the
money, ne returned to Schenectady,
thinking he might have dropped it there,
but could get no trace of it. He then
returned with one of the stage proprietors.
and on overtaking the coach here found
but one passenger who left Schenectady
with him. Some had left the coach. one
OF whom is stranger, and strong suspi-
clons exist that he purloined the money
from the pocket of Mr.. Comstock.
Peoples Friend
SAVANNAH, Dec. 5. A specimen of the
growth OF native Ginger, has been left with
us by Mr.. Ratford, who has raised it sue
cessfully for four years past, on common
land, and exposed to all the variations of
orr climate. That in our Office was plant
ed in February last. is now in full vigour
and iuxuriance, and in few weeks would
ripen. From several experiments made
IN ITS culture on small scale, it might, it
is thought, be made profitable article,
considering the demand for it.--Georgian.
LUssEs TN fJEyr-'T WA ny F-rnrs- Mr..
Jameson Cox has presented the City Coun-
Gil of NewYork an estimate of the losses
by fire during eleven months of the present
year, l828-which amount to the enormous
sum of sir hundred and eighty thousand
dOlIars.-.N E. Palladium.
The Electors of the State of Georgia gave
a unanimous vote for Jackson, as President.
The vote for Vice President was z for Will
liam Smith and 2 for John C. Calhoun.
FIRE. We regret to learn that the Paper
Mill belonging to Messrs. Hooper, g. Co, a
Saw Mill, and some other buildings adioin-
ing, were consumed by fire on Sunday after
noon last.-Columbian Reporter.
WEBsTER's DICTIONARY. This great
national work has been issued from the press
of Mr.. Converse, the publisher. 1t is con-
tanned in two large quarto volumes, and is
said to be executed in manner highly
creditable to the press of our country.
" E. ReUieU.
TEA. The consumption of this prime ar
ticle of comfort is increasing every year.
In 1929 the importation into Great Britain,
was "a, 100000 pounds-in 1926, 100000
in 1897, 0,00O.-Ibid.
The members of Congress from South
Carolina and Georgia appeared in homespun
garments on the first day of the session of
Congress.-Ibid.
FRANKFORT, Ky Dec. 2. The Stage
with the Mail, from Danville to Richmond,
(Ky.) in attempting to cross Dicks River,
week before last, was swept down the
stream. The driver ia Mr.. Alexander)
was drowned. There were no passengers.
The body of the carriage was found three
days afterwards, lodged among some trees,
half mile below the ford. The body Of
the driver and the mail were with it.
The contents of the mail we're chiefly de-
stroyed, reduced to pulp, by laying in the
water. The horses, with the harness and
fore wheels of the stage attached to them,
have not been heard of since the accident.
Commentator.