Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-06-03

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ITEMS. The Jackson candidate for Go
vernon of Kentucky is travelling about the
State, electioneering for himself by ha-
ranguing to such people as he can gather at
publick places. He seems to think that no
man is qualified to be President of the
United States who does not possess military
talent; and he argues that the sword of the
chieftain is the best and safest guardian of
the liberties of the people. This mode Of
electioneering would appear very much out
of character in our section of the country,
but in some of the southern and western
States it is not uncommon. Not that there
is no such thing as electioneering for ones
self here, but then it is necessary to be very
sly about it, and generally to do it by proxy.
"The liberty of the press is essential to
the security of freedom" But licentous-
ness is very different thing from freedom.
We boast in this country of having free
press; and it is free enough in all con-
science; but from the following anecdote.
from late English paper, it will be inferred
that a greater latitude is allowed, or as
sumed, there than here. cat the Duchess
Of st. Adams party, Lady Guilford remark
ed to the Duke that she was happy to see
the Duchess in such flow of Spirits sThat's
nothing uncommon replied Dukey, she's
always faH ef spirats!r 'And her spirits are
50 good, so excellentp said Lady G. 'And
SO they ought to be-" replied the Duke, sui
lenly, Il give the best price for them--thir-
ty-six shillings a gallon, at the least"
John Cleyes Symmes is at Trenton, N. J.,
in sickness and poverty, and asks aid of the
pubIick.
A Connecticut paper says, "a Mr.. Whit
ney of Pittsfeld, killed, the other day, twelve
coacs at one shot" We suspect here is a
bull; and that after all it will turn out a
black croao story.
An Arkansas paper states that the driver
of one of the mail routes, for want of bridges,
had to s,0im twelve creeks in one day and
that every day he was obliged to swim Sc
veral If this is specimen of the progress
of improvement in Arkansas, they may be
truly said to be "going on swimmingly."
A publick dinner is to be given to Mr..
Webster, in Boston, ON Thursday.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company celebrated its anniversary in
Boston yesterday. A sermon was delivered
by Rev. Mr.. Pierpont.
The Legislature of New Hampshire meets
tomorrow
The whole number of votes for GOVERNOR
are 34,316, of which 27,961 are for LEVI
LINCOLN: the whole number for 1t. Cover
nour, 33,252, of which 28854 are for THos.
l.. WINTHROP.
The Chilicothe Gazette says that large
packet, endorsed 'publick documents lately
franked by Col. R. M. Johnson, Senator
from Kentucky, was discovered by the post
master at Lower Blue Licks to contain a
new gingham .frock pattern, which the Col
had sent home to his family. The editor Of
the Chilicothe paper is careful to add to this
story that Col. Johnson is Jackson senator
Some doubts arise in our minds as to the
truth of the story; but it ought to be looked
to, nevertheless, for if under Jackson's adj
ministration ladies' frocks are to be made
publick matters of, and to be mail free, il is
time for some of us to go off the neutral
ground, and set up standard for Adams
and the fair sex.
Col. Timothy Pickering has written let.
ter to Gen. Van Courtlandt, of New-York
which has found its way into the newspapers
in which he declares his preference for Gen
Jackson as President. The ground Mr.. p
takes in support of his adhesion to the mill.
tary chieftain' is that he aciu do no harm.
The nomination of Gen. Macomb to be
Major General, has been confirmed by the
J Senate.