Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-08-12

separated, and was covered with rust In
the structure of lightning rods, special pains
should be taken to have the whole surface
continuous, and free from projecting points,
or edges, or links, or broken Joints.
The foregoing facts being ascertained, the
explanation of the phenomenon is easy. A
heavy discharge of lightning filed the rod
with more of the fluid than it could hold or
convey away, and the excess passed off by
the channels before specified.
The rod was thrown down; but this was
not owing, as some have supposed, to any
mechanical impulse from the lightning, but
the wooden stays, by which it was fastened
to the building being split off, it fell by its
own weight" Conn. Journal.
BETTING. A correspondent of Major
Noah's In addition to the other bets, propos-
es bet of $1,000 that Jackson will be elect
ed, and 500 that he will have t,co majority
"a like sum that he will have three, and so
on to tacenty majority; or he will give any
man $500 who will make him bet of $4,000
that Jackson will not be elected. From the
/ apparent confidence with which these sums
are proposed, we are led to suppose they
come frome some person or persons who are
familiar with the ''signs. of the times" and
who are pretty certain of the course which
the State of New-York will take when the
Legislature comes together in September,
and after the elections in Kentucky shall
have been decided. At Baltimore bet of
5000 in sums of $50 each was offered by p
Jackson man last week, and has been taken
up by an Adams man.-Bost. Courier.
! Fatal SoMNAMBULIsM. A Mr.. Georee
Ray was lately killed in Norfols, Va. BY
falling from the second story of house
while walking in his sleep. Ii is remarka,
BILE that fatal or even severe accidents very
rarely happen from tbs cause, notwithstand.
ing the apparent LANCER to which thousands
are thus exposed. The somnambulists, af
Ter na9lng recreated themselves, or finished
the buslness in hand, usually retire again tc
7 thelr oeds in safety, and with as much order
i as if in their waking moments. Every body
! has heard of the industrious man IN thi:
t town, who few years ago got up one night
n in his sleep, went to the barn, mounted the
e highest scaffold, strew down a quantity O
# grain, threshed out several bushels, boun,
n up the straw and laid it carefully aside
d "caved up" the grain regularly on one side
= ofthe floor, and after leaving every thing il
+ perfect order, returned to his bed " unknow
If ing and unknown" until the next morning
If when he was very much surprised, and nj
doubt gratiied, to find how well he had i'm
II proved the hours of sleep the night before.
o. Berkshire american.
l. The President of the United States arrive
u at Baltimore on Tuesday evening last, on hi
!, way to Massachusetts,. He performed tn
e journey from Washington TO Baltimore O
1t horseback.
!, Samuel Patch, who has distinguished him
v self by leaping several times at Patterso
\. Falls into the water from height of 80 fee
has made leap from an equal height q
Hoboken, in presence of great number Z
IF spectators.
= Letters from Cantonment Gibson, stat
II that the Indian tribes in that vicinity ar
J troublesome. An Usage had been killed
y and in revenge the Indians had murdered
number of whites, half breeds, and indians
If The Philadelphia United States Gazett
it states that the contractors of the Canal alon
= the Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas, frol
h Leeck's dam to Blair's are in want of 2 G
" 300 hands and mechanicks, such as stone
n cutters and masons.