Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-01-06

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bling fugitives had arrived 10 and his com.
panlon fastened back with all convenient
despatch, to crack a joke upon taco who have
cracked thousands upon others.
Nantucket Inquirer.
IMPORTANT INVENTION. The Baltimore
American contains the description of an in
ventlon, which, if as successful upon a
large scale, as have been several expert
ments with the model, bids fair to develope
most astonishing gain in the application
OF animal power. 1t is stated that the mod
Ell OF Railway Car has Just been submitted
to the inspection of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, by the inventor, Mr..
Wlnans OF New-Jersey, & Mr.. ]. d. Sulli-
van, civil engineer. It's construction is des-
crlbed to be SO simple, and so admirably
adapted to the purpose for which it is de-
signed, that nothing more, on the score of
facility of transportation, need be desired.
Many gentleman of science who have wit
messed its exhibition, concur Ia expressing
the highest satisfaction with it's movements.
The model, which weighs 100 pounds, is
capable Of conveying 400 pounds additional
weight, over an imperfect railway, with an
effect l-2 times greater than is usual on
the railroads in England where one pound
is considered the power requisite for draw
ing load of 200 pounds. With this ma
chine, half pound weight, led over pull
ley, drew AGO pounds exclusive Of the weight
OF the carriage-and one pound is estimated
as the ratio of power to a load of lI44
pounds. On a large scale, still greater al.
vantages are anticipated. Thus. ashorse.
which by the ordinary mode draws 5 ~
tons, will be able by means of this invention.
to draw upwards of forty tons Other inn
provements are spoken of as pertaining to
this apparatus, which are calculated to d.
mlnish the expense of the usual curves of a
railroad.-Bost. Bulletin.
STATE Prison. The annual statement
Of the concerns of this Institution was rem
dered to the GOVERNOR and Council on the
3Oth Sept. and has just been printed. From
this we learn that on the Both Sept. 1897.
there were 285 convicts. since which 10d
have been received, making 391. During
the year from the above date, N have been
discharged, Ia pardoned, died, 2 escaped,
and 4 discharged by the Supreme Court.
leaving the number ON the Both Sept. last,
29O. The number of conyicts in this prison
since 1905, is 2l76.
vi the present conyicts one-Sirh are col
CURED persons. There are lS9 for store
breaking and theft, l8 for counterfeiting, Is
for burglary, 20 common and notorious
thieves, 10 for assault with intent to murder.
The prisoners are employed those who are
able-bodied men) in building the new prison,
IN cutting stone, preparing tools &c.; and
others in picking oakum, making clothes
and shoes, cooking, washing, waiting, &c.
None are now let out to contractors-the
government purchase rough stone and sell
it hammered.
The expenses of the prison, including
stock provisions, &c. p on hand, f$l7,l5l
" and the cost of repairing damage by the
fire (Sl,263 BY, for the year, have been
S72,657 7s. The stock on hand, (by which
we suppose stone and other materials, are
intended on the credit side of the account,
is Sl6,954 IL. Then there is another item
of stock for the new prison, on hand, amount
ing to 81, 165 IL.
The debts due from the government of
the prison, amount to $7,424 IS. Debts due
to the prison, considered good, anieant "a
1904 90. Do. considered bad, $I.25O so.
Cash on hand, Sept. 40, 1928, $2,043 IS.
Bunker Hill .4mora.
ECONOMY. Mr.. Ezra Williams, I'd, of
Ashfield, about year since, contracted
with the County Commissioners for making
five miles of a new road from the south part
Of Hawley to Savoy, at the small sum of
seDenty-nine cents a rod, which he has com
pleted to the satisfaction of his EMPLOYERS
and the publick. Mr.. Williams adopted the
following novel and economical plan in max
ing the road. He first built him house I8
feet by III feet. The posts and studs were
framed into wooden shoes or runners, a. a
cooking stove was substituted for ire
place and chimney. He also built him two
barns, each about the size of his house--and
filled with hay, and grain. Seven pair of
cattle were attached to each building, and
thus equipped, Mr.. w. with his family and
ten workmen removed to Hawley, and COM
menced labour. From five to forty rods of
road were made in day, and as often as
required, the buildings were
removed from one half to three fourths of
lhAC' 4 nO IlliO oOOuplcu III UldklHg LDe
road was about FIVE months, at the expira-
ton of which, Mr.. w. returned to his place
of residence in Ashfeld, taking with him
his buildings) where he gives notice that he
is again ready to contract for making any
distance of road that may be wanted, not
exceeding twenty-miles.- Greenfield Gaz.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A drover, named
Archer Galloway was recently attacked,
near Philadelphia, by three men, who drag
ged him into the woods, wounded, and rob
bed himof S2375, in U. S. Bank notes. A
pistol, aimed at his breast, he knocked down
and received the contents in his thigh. He
offers $500 for the return of the money, and
$500 for the apprehension of the villains.
On the Both ofSept. last there were is, III
U. States pensioners, receiving $4,000 a
year: $40 died the past year.
The Merrimack River at this placeclosed
with the year. The weather was SO mode
rate on Tuesday, that the river was entirely
cleared of ice, SO that it was as free for nav
igation as at any time in the summer: and
the next day it was frozen over SO strong,
that a man might have safely ventured