Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-12-22

BRArTLEBoRoUGH RAILROAD. We per-
ceive that the City Government have post
poned the making of a grant of land for a
depot for the proposed road, until such time
as the Legislature shall grant charter OF
incorporation. There is however both in
the City Council and in the pubick at large
as far as we can learn, no other than the
most friendly feeling towards the proposed
undertaking, and we confidently expect by
the opening of the Spring, that this and the
other contemplated routes of internal CON-
munlcation will be commenced in good earn
est.-CentineL.
The Oldest member of either house of
Congress is Gen. Samuel Smith, of Mary
land, who was elected to the House of Rep
resentatives in 1857 and transferred to the
Senate in 1903, where he has continued with
the exception Of short interval, to the
present time. Mr.. Newton, of Virginia, is
the oldest member of the House having
been regularly reelected from lhe Norfolk
District since l60l.-Enq.
WELLAND CANAL FINISHED. On the
Both of November, the locks of this Canal
were passed, and two vessels, the Ann a.
Jane, of York, U. C. and the R. H. Bough-
ton, Of Youngstown, arrived in Lake Erie
from Lake Ontario, being the first vessels
that ever arrived from Lake to Lake. This
is an important era in the trade of the West.
The above vessels arrived in Buffalo on the
Cd inst and were saluted by cheers and dis
charges of artillcry.-.N Y. Gaz.
DlGHToN WRlrING Rock. There is a
curious rock to which some visiters have
given this appellatlon, on the Berkeley side
of Taunton river, nearly opposite Dighton
village. One side is covered with hyero-
glyphicks evidently wrought by human art,
which have never been decyphered. A par
ty of citizens from Fall River, visited this
rock last week in the Steam boat, to ascertain
the practicability of removing that portion
of it containing the inscription to Fall River.
The whole rock is estimated to weigh 80
tons.-ITGpelLer.
David HI. Burr has published an Atlas con-
tanning maps of the Sc counties of the State
of New-York, on large scale, with topo-
graphical illustrations and statistical views,
elegantly executed. The Atlas gives the
rivers, lakes. boundaries, towns, townships,
TOduS, piOtS Vi STouuus Will Tic HdmeS Oh
each owner in every seperate county, the
whole got up under the supervision of the
Surveyor General, and by the assistance of
the Legislature. The price of the Atlas
will be $50. We want such an Atlas of
Massachusetts.-Pat
Mr.. w. J. Stone of Washington City has
obtained patent for an apparatus which he
denominates the " Gravitating linking Rol-
Ter Apparatus" 1t is intended to be appli-
ed to the ordinary screw or lever press, in
the use of which it obviates the necessity of
employing a hand to ink the form. The
linking roller, is caused to traverse back
ward and forward by the traversing motion
of the bed, the linking being effected
whilst the pressman is placing the sheet up
on the tympan.-Lynn Mirror.
On the 18th of December, l79S, it was
recorded in the Salem Gazette, that on
the preceding day .'Mr. Richard Man
ming and Mr.. Alden Burrill, with num-
Der Of other volunteers turned out with
horses, sleighs and shovels, and broke the
road from here to Bakers Tavern, in Bev-
erIy. This was an essential service TO the
pubIick. and the Eastern Mail Stage was
indebted TO it for passage through"