Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-02-24

AAANCAS1 he
most impossible. Some of the drifts in
this vicinity are not less than ten feet
deep. The stages and mails have Of
course been very much retarded in their
progress.
BURNING OF FACTORIES. The great
number of factories which have been de-
stroyed by fire, recently, has given rise to
a suggestion that incendiaries, employed
by foreign jealousy, are travelling the
country and setting fire to factories. We
do not think that circumstances warrant
an insinuation SO injurious to any country
which may be supposed to be referred to.
Twelve cotton factories, and one wooen
factory, have heen recently burnt. The
amount ofpropery destroyed is said to be
upwards of 800, 900 dollars.
Gen. JACKSON arrived at Washington
on Wednesday, the It'll inst, Just as his
election to the presidency had been off,
cially ascertained and proclaimed in the
U. S. Senate. Statutes were fired d,ffiAg
the day, but his entry was not accompa-
MED with any parade.
On learning the intention of the family
OF Mr.. Adams to vacate the Presidents
house in order to have it prepared for the
reception of the new President on the All
of March, Gen. jackson is said to have
sent a note to Mrs. Adams, requesting
that the family would continue to occupy
the house as long as suited their convex
fence.
The ceremony of counting the votes
for President and Vice President, which,
as will be seen by our Congressional rec
ord, took place on the 18th, was attended
by large number of foreigners and CHI
zens, ladies and gentlemen.
The President elect has appropriated
three hours of each day, from 10 to 3,
to receive the visits of his friends.
IRIsHIsMs. Speaking of the late fie at
the old Glass House, the Boston Daily
Advertiser says :" the hand of an inceldi-
airy occasioHed this accident" This s as
much as to say the accident was done on
purpose. Several of the newspapers atree
in stating that meteor, lately seer at
Philadelphia, disappeared about 90 de-
grees betOu the horizon.
The CORRESPONDENTS. Taking il for
granted that all our readers are deeply in
terested in the agitation of the question
whether Mr.. Adams has justly charged
the federalists with treason, and whether,
in his recent correspondence with some
Of the leading members Of the party con-
cerned, he has met them fairly and hon
ourably, and succeeded in giving AN air
Of truth or plausibllity to the charge-we
have placed the whole Of Mr.. Adams an
swer to the aforementioned gentlemen on
our first page, and shall hereafter insert
their appeal to the publick.
The general opinion upon the merits of
this case is decidedly unlayourable to Mr..
Adams. We find intelligent editors of
all political parties expressing themselves
unequivocaly to this effect. The follow
ing are the remarks of the editor of the
Massachusetts Journal, made after very
careful and candid examination of the
whole subject. The editor of the Jour
nal is republican, consistent one--one
Of the old school and he is, too, and has
been throughout, an ardent and firm sup
porter of Mr.. Adams. He has on all oc-
,asions manifested an independence and
;andour in the conduct of his paper which
are highly honorable to him. His opin-
on, therefore, is worthy of considera-
lion - A.
After repeated and candid perusals, we
10 very decidedly incline to believe that
Mr.. Adams has stated all the Evidence he
las, and we doubt whether death-bed con-
esslon would add any thing more than {" an
internal evidence" made up of his own in
erences drawn from facts we'll Known to
The world. And is the evidence he has
given satisfactory? To us it assuredly is
not. Mr.. Adams original charge was
brought against,the "teaders of the Federal
party" Gentlemen whom publick opinion
had always stamped as leaders of that party,
in very spirited but respectful way, reJuir-
ed his proof, modestly promising that they
did not arrogate to themselves the title Of