Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-02-10
ASorHKR FAcroRY BuRNr. Whether

renee, or whether the nature of the occupa-
tons pursued in them are such as to make
them more liable to take fire than other es-
adjustments, or whether finally their pro-
prietors, discouraged by the increased com
petition, and consequent reduction Of profits,
are lessyigilant in guarding against the cause
of fire, we will not undertake to say, but
certain tits that burnings Of cotton factories
are beyond all proportion more numerous in
this than in any former season. The
Mercantile Advertiser Of this morning,
mentions that the Byram Cotton Factory,
situated about thirty miles from this city,
was destroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing together with a considerable stock of
cotton, and some manufactured goods.
This was an extensive establishment, owned
by several wealthy individuals of this city,
and is said to have cost about so 900 dollars.
1t is understood the property was partly in
sured.-Eue. Post.
"ANoTHER Factory BURNT" On Fri
day last about FIVE O'Clock in the morning,
fire broke ont in small shoemaker's
shop standing in the rear Of Central-street
in this town. The roof and some of the
inside materials were destroyed. There
were no lives lost, although few soles
were unable TO escape perdition. The
next day money was subscribed by the
{citizens sufficient to repair the loss, but
as it appeared that a kind of machinery,
of doubtful utility in the manufacture of
shoes, had been in operation most of the
night, it was deemed advisable to with
hold the contributions till the beneficial
effects of that species of machinery were
better ascertaned. The money was
therefore very properly returned to the
subscribers. We doubt whether spades
and diamonds will ever be found useful
in ashoemaker's shop, even though played
by such illustrious personages as kings
and gueens.-LoUeU Journal.
( The following, extracted from the Court
land Herald, will show the way they do
things in Alabama. 1t must be an admira-
BILE state of society, when such proceedings
are considered matters of course =
Salem Gazette.
FRAcAs. We understand by gentle
man, just from RusselvilIe, Alab. that sew
eral rencontres took place there on Monday
| last. The circumstances, as we understand
which led to them are as follows:-Mr.1
Smith, the tax collector, reported that he
had lost $l,700 which had been stolen out
ofhis house, together with the trunk which
contained the money. The trunk was at
forwards found in or about certain fodder
Smith made certain inSlDuations that he be-
lieved certain Mr.. O'Riley, of that place,
had the money. This came to O'Riley's
ears, and on this information he armed HIM
self, and on the first sight of Smith, hailed
him and asked, if he accused him OF having
that money !? Smith answered in the affir-
native, and anticipating that O'Riley would
ihoot him, the moment the word was out OF
his mouth, shot him first. O'Rlley, howev-
er, shot in the same second, both hit, and
both were badly wounded. By that time
the friends of both parties ran up and fired
several pistols at each opponent, and each
one received several balls. Both are con-
sidered as dangerously wounded.
! On the same day Mr. Wilson, of that
place, sailed out on Mr.. Brice M. Garner,
in the street, with pistol in one hand and a
stick in the other, .feathered in upon him,
and beat him with his stick, until others ran
so or 60 yards to his relief.
The PRESIDENT AND FEDERALIsTs.
The correspondence between John Quin-
cy Adams aud several citizens of Massa-
chusetts, concerning the charge Of de-
sign to dissolve the Union, alleged to have
existed in that State, was published on
Saturday. The letter to Mr.. Adams re-
questing him to state who are the persons
he designated, as leaders of the Federal
party in 1903, whose object he had dis
covered to be dissolution of the Union,
and to furnish the whole evidence on
which that charge was founded, is signed
by Harrison G. Otis, Israel Thorndike,
L. III. Perkins, William Prescott, Daniel
Sergeant, John Lowell, VIM. Sullivan,
Charles Jackson, Warren Dutton, Benja-
min Pickman, Henry Cabot, (son of the
late George Cabot) C. G. Parsons, (son
of the late Judge Parsons) an Franklin
Dexter, (son Of the late Samuel Dexter
Mr.. Adams, in naughty and insulting
tone, refuses compliance with either re-
quest. His reply is studied and artful
attempt to escape the conclusion,
every candid mind must adopt,-that he
has no evidence in his possession to sup
port the charge he has brought against
certain leaders of the Federal Party.
Boston Courier.
A Scotch gentleman in York, Livings-
ton Co. N. Y. was lately fined 1913 and
costs for kissing the good lady ofthe house
where he boarded. The offence had
been repeated seven or eight times within
the year, which reduced the expense to
about So smack. The gentleman in
tended nothing discourteous, as he had
been taught in Europe to regard kissing as
an innocent expression of civility and
friendship. Tie injured husband, how
ever, determined he should pay for the
tender meeting of lips, and accordingly,
entered a complaint of assault and bat
eery.-BoSt Traveller.
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