Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-01-27


on the same business, rushed through
surge and surf, grasped the immersed fair
one by the feet, and tugged, and tugged,
and tugged again-wondering what made
her so reluctant to be rescued from the
overwhelming billow but finally, at i'm
minent hazard of losing his own life, sue
ceeded in saving that Of the lady's-and
found, to his great surprise, that it was
the bolt of duck which made her drag SO
confoundedly hard-she having maintain
ed her hold, as if determined to gain the
spoil or perish in the attempt. After the
gallant bachelor had got the young lady
and duck high but not dry, he remarked
that he ought to have half the duck for
his aid but the heroine, without seeming
to place any value on the salvation of her
own life from watery grave. most reso-
lutely replied that he should not have a
single inch--probably feeling that she
would sooner surrender all of herself as
compensation, than half of her duck.
The bachelor became testy land exclaimed,
" You and your duck may go to -"
blazes- very suitable place indeed, for
the mercury in the thermometer stood at
fourteen, and the ladys clothes SO instan-
taneously froze, that it was with great diff
fculty the bachelor and another man who
was coasting, succeeded in getting her to
the village before she persisted. The
young lady might well say to all female
wreckers, non tibi ego erempH salts sunni
Inquirer.
GENEVA, IN. W DEC. 81. A man
in Hector, Tompkins county, while hew-
ing a stick of timber a few days since,
discovered in the centre of the tree, and
enveloped in the solid wood, several dis
tinct marks of an axe or Ratchet, and
several of the chips, whichshad not been
entirely severed from the body, perfectly
sound. The dead bark above the wound
extended about half way round the tree J;
which leads to the determination of its
size at the time it received the wound, in
dicating that the tree must have been a
sapling Of not more than three or four inch
ches through. When the marks were
discovered, it was from three to four feet
through, and the marks and chips in the
centre. The tree was white oak, which
is of comparatively slow growth. Judg-
ing from its size and depth of wood over
the wound, the marks could not have been
made less than two hundred and fifty
years ago. The incision has the appear
ance of having been made with sharp
instrument of either iron or steel. Each
blow penetrated an inch or more into the
wood which forbids the idea that it
could have been done with stone hatch
ct, which was in use among the Indians
before the introduction of the arts into
this country. If the incisions were made
by steel or iron, which is undoubtedly the
case, then, leither the arts and civilization
were partially introduced among the ma
tons which inhabit the borders Of the
Seneca Lake or, which is much the
most probable, the blows in this tree were
inflicted much longer ago than two hun
dred and fifty years Gazette.
1t was mentioned some weeks ago that
letter had been addressed to Mr.. Adams,
by some citizens of Boston, on the subject
of the communication published in the
National Intelligencer of Oct. 81, and it
has been lately intimated in some of the
Southern papers, that an answer thereto
had been received. IF these things are
SO, it may be inferred, that the correspond
ence, when concluded, will be as publick
as the cause of it; and until it is made
publick, it would seem to be reasonable,
that publck opinion, as to ats character,
should be suspended. A Providence pa
per short time since, predicted that the
gentlemen who had presumed to address
Mr.. Adams on this occasion, will be laid
as flat on their hacks by him, as was Mr..
Jonathan Russell, some years ago. We
are willing to agree with the Providence
editor, so far as to admit, that the iudg-
ment of many persons, who are ready to
decide before hearing the case, will be in
favour of Mr.. Adams in this controversy /;
but we are at the same time of opinion
that it is a case which may be decided
with more strict Justice to the parties,
after they have been heard, than before,
and that candid men will be disposed to
give them this hearing.-Bost. Dai. ADJ.
DEAF AND DUMB. Mr.. Gallaudet, Prin-
cipal of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in
Hartford, has given much pleasure to
those of our citizens who had never wit
messed the surprising progress which a
class Of unfortunate fellow beings are ca
pable Of making, under his mode of in
struction, by publick exhibition of two
of his pupils in the State House, last
week on Thursday afternoon-and on
Saturday afternoon, in the Rev. Mr.. NAL
CONS Westinghouse, in Federa-st. One
of his pupils was twenty years of age,
and had been scholar about six years,
and an assistant instructor for some time
his intelligence, of course, was very con-
spicuous, and his answers would have put
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