Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-20
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ldSeu Ill the southeast part oil this town.
for two or three days, which has DESTROYED
a great amount of valuable timber. much
fence, and done other damage to farms
and consumed a barn owned by Josep6
Walbridge. From the prevalence of high
winds, the old Glass Factory village was
very much endangered, but the fire is now
mainly vanquished. We learn that the
saw-mill in Ticonderoga, owned BY Mr..
Folsom of Qneensbury was consumed by
fire last Friday, together with about 80, 600
pieces of plank. We understand also
that extensive and dangerous fires are now
running through the forests in Ticonder-
oga and Schroon."
A gentleman who left Northampton on
Thursday morning, states that fire broke
out about midnight, in range of wooden
buildings, near the Town Hall, occupied as
shops, stores, &c. which had DESTROYED Sc
veral of them, and was still raging when
the stage left there.
The United States Gazette makes men
ton of a novel and strange collision. which
LOOK place on Monday afternoon in Phila-
delphla. A vessel under full sail run foul of
a hackney coach, which was travelling at a
lawful speed. The harness had the worst
OF the rencontre, and one of the horses was
slightly bruised. A grave question occurs,
whether the Admiralty Courts can bring the
hack into their jurisdiction, OR whether the
Mayor will take cognizance of the conduct
OF the vessel. The manner of the accident
Is stated as follows: the coach was MOVING
on the steamboat wharf, and sloop made q
mls-stay, and camenearer than was DESIGNED.
The Editor of the Baltimore Gazette ac-
knowledges having received sample of
Liberian Coffee. tits pronounced to be NOT
inferior to Mocha Coffee, land superior to Java.
1t was gathered by the natives, and sold bv
the colonlsts at Liberia, for about three
cents pound 1t is stated that the coffee
tree grows spontaneously at Liberia. and
that there are extensive forests of it there.
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. The twelfth
annual meeting Of this society was held in
New York on Thursday last, 9Th inst It
appeared from the annual report, that the
number OF auxiliary societies recognized
the present year is So, and the whole num-
Der of such societies 606. The receipts in
to the treasury the past year amount to
$75,679,93. The number of Books printed
the last year is 1lS,250, of which Is $50 are
English bibles, and the rest testaments.
The number of books issued the last wear is
ia, 697, making from the institution of the
society 646,275. The society has twenty
printing presses in operation, and it is pro-
posed to increase the number, so as to be
able to print 100000 in year.
At a late meeting of the Board of Mana
gers, an appropriation of five hundred dol
lars was made for the purchase of the
Scriptures in the Greek language, to be
placed AFT the die,,occl n one0 rev. Jone~
king, who is about to visit Greece.
The New-York Greek Committee has
received in the course of single week
past, donations to the amount of 500, 900
contributed i'll goods and money, for the
relief of the Greeks.
GRIMES. At the Supreme Court, which
is now sitting in Plymouth, Judge Norton
presiding, four persons convicted of larce-
MES were sentenced to the state prison.
John Snow, for burning the barn of Dan
lei Howard, in West Bridgewater, in the
night time, was sentenced to Z days soil
tary Imprisonment, and seven years con-
hnement to hard labour in the state prison.
Snow is man about 69 years of age.
William Dunbar, for an assault upon his
wife, with an intent to murder, was sem
fenced to 7 days solitary Imprisonment,
and seven years confinement to hard abour
in the state prison. Dunbar is a son-in-
law of Snow above named. 1t appeared
on the trial that he stood at the door of his
house and discharged gun at his wife,
who was passing out of gate about five or
six rods distant. The gun was loaded
with IL buck shot, one only of which en-
tered the head of Mr.. Dunbar, without do
ing any serious injury.
| A gentleman, who arrived at Baltimore,
informs that when he left HaVannah,
May I'd, the Yellow Fever was raging at
that place with great violence. A Spanish
IA had, it was said, two hundred men on
the sick list. An English merchantmen
lost all her crew, except the captain.
! The citizens of Baltimore gave dinner
to Mr.. Clay on Tuesday last.
The first Unitarian Parish in Brighton,
Ms. have given the Rev. Daniel Austin
an unanimous call. 1t has been accepted.
The inhabitants of Easton, Ken. were
lately aroused by horse with harness on
and swingle-tree flying at his heels, that
had crossed the bridge and taken posses
sion of tho side walk at fIIll Speed-StOD-