Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-09-16


Was brought before the Supe-
cnOa Judge Hoffman presiding, in
;ourI X Miss Ellen Yates, to recover
ORR, 4 Mr. William Lie Count for not
B - matrimonial engagement. Court
nnroyed to have been Of SIX or seven
P. orance. lie Count was married
on. lodv last May. The jury found
p lt, AGAINST oT him, for $l50c.-B.
,ste tern, of the Court of Common
Pc W 1qe four persons were in
~ , -, " selling Lottery tickets, plead
~ Vi were sentenced each to pay
fifty fly dollars and costs Of prosecution.
.,,ntitv of rain which fell at New
q s.on, Monday night, the LIST inst, to
mi nirht following, was eight inches,
a sayre a' by the rain guage kept at Yale
p,os;dent of the United States arriv-
Nsw- York on Wednesday morning,
Chancellor Livingston steam boat,
,.eeded at 10 o'clock on his journey
Sehipgton, having hastene1 ms return,
s .. of the illness Of Mrs. Adams.
rourt of Common Pleas was held at
4 last week, by Judge Strong
&c the civil business ON the docket
,nosed of, and several criminal cases
The following gentlemen were adj
as attorneys. Arthur w. Austin,
II Cheney, Benjamin J. Prescott, John
sbardson. Onslow Peters, Esq. pre-
admitted in Vermont, was admitted
s.ise as an attorney in this state.
,,ApEIpHIA, SEPT. 10. Yesterday
non. Albert, one of the county consta-
WENT up into the Northern Liberties,
house in Pascal's alley, running east
n oId York Road, between Green and
l. streets, in quest of two coloured per-
man and wife, who were declared to
r;tiye slaves. Alberti was accompa-
4 6y several persons, and among others
southern gentleman, said to be the
n Of the coloured man and woman.
resistance was made to the officer,
he woman suffered much from violent
eedings, before she was taken and
M The man, we understand, escaped.
L these things were in process, the
bred persons in the neighbourhood call
bcether their brethren, to the number
I'M or FIVE hundred, and threatened ven
bce upon the whites who had aided in
Irug the woman. Affairs became so
h in earnest, that the whites were COM
Id to seek security in the neighbouring
les; and it was not until some gentle
arrived from the city, that they ventur-
b leave their places of refuge. We did
learn that the man was subsequently
IN.
Ii action for assault and battery was re-
by brought against one of the clergyman
he African Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
,peared that colored lady had been re-
d admittance to the pew of another col
d lady, who told her to " go to her own
!" A scuffle ensued between the ladies,
the clergyman proceeded to put the Of
er out, in which he succeeded, but not
after onother scuffie, both falling to the
tOgether. The verdict of the jury is
mentioned in the report.
he fall term of the Supreme Court was
in Springfield last week, by Judge
le An action of SANDER, brought by
Moore, of Tolland, against Mr.. Smith,
tried at great length !; and the jury esti-
d the damage to the plaintiffs charac-
twenty dollars and sixpence.
new Post Office has been established
e west part of Millbury, in this Coun-
;alled Grass Hill Post Office; and
RAIN GouLDINe, Jr. is appointed Post
ter
on. WIh1.IAM c. JARVIS has been APP
ED Inspector of the customs of Boston,
Mr.. Penniman, deceased.
,MMoN PLEAS. The September term of
Court commenced in this town on Mon
last, Judge STRoNG present. From
sday morning to Friday night the Court
labOured with untiring industry, pro-
ing the sitting into the evening, and in
J instances till nearly midnight. A CON
-able amount of civil business has been
q ready for hearing, and, considering
'hortness of the term, great progress
been made in disposing of it.
here was but little criminal business.
the trials, in these cases where the
ners did not see fit to admit their guilt,
had rather as matter of form which
lecused chose to claim, than because
was any pretence for expecting an
lttal.- Concord Gaz.
READFUb STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.
tier from New-Orleans under date the
ult., states that on the day preceding,
e Steamboat Grampus was towing two
Us up the river, her six boilers burst.
lot a vestige of them remained. Sew
PERSONS were killed, five missing, and
The two vessels were also
injured.--Ib.
OLD DRuNKARD. The noted Nc DON
probably the oldest drunkard in the
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