Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-12-08

which the places above mentioned possess
for draining the water, over any other known
locality Of the coal, are so great as to pre-
vent others from engaging in competition
with them, at present.
The coal was used through the last win
ter in Thomas's Coffee House, in the Wor
cester Brewery, and in the New England
Company's Manufacturing establishment in
Grafton, and in several other places, where
it gave good satisfaction.
ALL NoDDING. The members of the Vir-
ginia Convention have a practice of ex-
pressing their admiration of speaker bv
noGding at him when he utters a good sem
tence, or makes hit in his argument. 1t
is said that while Mr.. Randolph was speak
ing, the heads of the whole Convention were
in motion, and writer in the wing express
ses apprehension that the nodders would
get crick in the neck Gazette.
This is reversing the order of things.
A "good sentence" or a " hit in argument"
is the last thing that sets us Yankees
/" nodding." We are much more inclined
to nod at dull speech, dull sermon, or a
pressing confabulator. We never dodge
goOu nitS.-OeHt.
CIRCULAR RAIL WAY. A movable
railway has been invented by Mr.. George
Bridgeman of New-Haven. Il is an i'm
provement of the wheel now in. common use
fer all kinds of vehicles, or rather it is small
wheel running upon the inner periphery of
large wheel.
The N. Y. Herald describes the body of
cart as placed upon an axle at the end of
which were two wheels % inches in dame
ter. These small wheels were placed on
the inner periphery of two large wheels six
feet in diameter. The axes of the large
wheels were attached to the sides of the
cart to keep them steady. The larger wheel
has an inner tire, conver, on which the small
Ter wheel, with the outer periphery concaue,
runs. The weight rests wholly on the axle
of the small Wheel
With this power of the lever, thus increas-
ed, one horse will be able to draw, with a
wheel of eight feet in diameter, on level
road, four tons. The cart Brought forward
at New-Yo had in it 1900 bricks, equal to
nearly 81 hundred weight and the horse
drew it with the same ease that one in a
common cart drew 1913 bricks from the same
spot at the same time.
A GREATER THAN MAMMOTH A law
bone and other remains of prodigious
animal, exhumed near Fort St. Philip, on
the Mississippi, are now being exhib-
tied at %, Market-street, Boston. The
jaw bone is 20 feet long this would make
the animal while living not less than one
hundred and fifty feet in length, and
secenty.foe in height. We have seen
the bones, and we confess we were never
so much astonished. Our impression is
that a sight of them is better worth a
voyage across the Atlanlick, than Niaga-
ra Falls, and all other natural objects
know OIL this Continent.-BoSton paper.
RAISING OF THE STATUE. The Colos-
sal Statue of Washington Was elevated to
its appointed position on the summit of
the Washington Monument, Baltimore, on
Wednesday last. AT the appointed
timc,'' says the Baltimore Patriot, "the
bust of the Hero rose, at the bidding of
thpse in authority, and assembled, without
let or hindrance, to the destined place.
There may it remain for ages Not
as has been beautifully expressed, in the
vain hope of increasing SO great repu-
tation but in order that an example of
Patriotism and Private Worth may be con.
tinualiy held up TO view The weather
was favourable, and the interesting spec
tacle of the ascending Statue was wit
messed by very large concourse of citi-
zens, civil and military. 1t gains IFS
place and rests upon the pedestal, Just as
our paper is put to press."-Bulletia.
The FISHERIES. We copy from late
Quebec paper the following statistical view
of the Labrador Fisheries as participated in
by the United States, and by England and
her Colonies. 1t is worthy of remark that
it comes from our active competitors in the
business -
statement of the Labrador Fisheries for
the year 2829, from tide. best means Of in
formation to be obtained on the COAST
Vessels Men Fish c,yt Oil hhHs