Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-01-19

u 4" ZIG oity vi washington on the
third Monday Of this month. We obsery.,
oy the last African Repository, that the
donations of the Colonization Society for
the month ending on the 29th December
amounted TO S4,43l 80, of which 49,
Oh 90 were the proceeds Of the &C Ladies'
Fair" held in Baltimore.
SINGULAR AccIDENr. AS the stage
horses, belonging to Mr.. Harris, were led
out IN their harness, yesterday, one of them
SET OIL on run, and, near the corner of
Church and Crown streets, came in con-
tact with horse in wagon, coming at
rapid pace in the opposite direction.
Both horses were knocked over, their
heads buttlng hard together !; on attempt
ing to raise them, the bystanders found
they were both lifeless. One horse was
killed outright and the other survived a
few minutes.-Nev Haven Adv.
PATENTS. The National Tntelligencer
gives list ofthe patents for improvements
and inventions which have been issued
during the year 1929. The total number
IS 447---l57 Of which have been issued to
citizens of New-York. The number is
sued to citizens of New-England is 1876.
Pennsylvania has 46.
OUTRAGEOUS ROBBERY. A worthy citi
zen of New Haven was knocked down. on
his return home late on one night last week.
and robbed ofhis hat, boots and some other
articles. He was knocked down by a " bot
tie Imp" which he was attempting to carry
home in jug, but who contrived to escape
notwithstanding the cork. Who committed
the larceny, while the poor man was lying
In state ofinsensibility, is not known. The
police of New Haven should be more vigil
lant.-.N Y. Com. Ado.
RAILROAD TRAVELLING. The Mayor of
the city of Baltimore, the members of both
branches of the City Council with other
gentlemen, to the number of forty two in all,
on Wednesday last took ride on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, to visit the Carol
ton Viaduct. They seated themselves in
two cars connected together, and were
drawn by swift trotting horse, which took
them easily to the Viaduct in eight minutes,
and returned in less than seven and a half
minutes, being at the rate of about 13 miles
an hour.-Bostom Daily .4dy.
EXPLOSION. One of the buildings attach
ed to the Powder Mandatory of Oliver
NJ. Whipple, Esq in Lowell, exploded on
Tuesday forenoon. Some of the shingles
were found halfa mile off. Mr.. Robinson,
of EPSON, N. H. was the only person in the
mill, his brother having left few moments.
Mr.. R. threw himself on his face. but was
found dreadfuly bruised, and both eyes
destroyed. His life is despaired of.
GREAT RAILROAD. The New York
journal of Commerce contains long letter
from De Witt Clinton, (son of the late Gov.
Clinton) in favour Of railroad from near
the city of New York to the Mississippi,
| 1000 miles. He calculates the expense at
Is millions of dollars, and thinks, the road
would afford a, liberal profit ON the amount
invested.
| You've MEN, READ THIS! Gen. Met
calfe, the present Governour of Kentucky,
was brought up Stone Mason, and work
ed at his trade many years after he became
of age, even till elected to fill the honoura-
BILE station of a Member of Congress. All
I his splendid requirements had been the re-
suit of his improvement of the evenings and
nights after his days work was done. He
is now elected Governour, and only between
As and 50 years ofage.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 90. Quite a lively and
animated scene was exhibited yesterday,
along the line of the Railroad which is laid
down between the Company's lot on Pratt
street and the Carrollton VIaduct. A large
number ofcitizens and strangers assembled
on the ground, for the purpose of witnessing
the trial OF passenger carriages. A single
horse was attached to two of Winans carri-
ages. containing .foHy-one persons. With
this load, the horse moved forward with
great ease and rapidity to the Viaduct and
back again, the rate of speed being from ten
to eleven miles an hour.
An entirely new carriage, on the same
principle, but more elegantly finished, was
now brought forward; it was filled by tiOen-
ty-6ve persons, two thirds of whom were
ladies. The road wheels of this carriage
were of greater diameter than the others,
and its movements appeared to be much
more easy and eficacious ON that account.
A single horse drew this carriage and its
load to the end of the road and back in
brisk trot, with very slight exertion. A
second trip was afterwards made by the
same carriage and horse, with another load
of Twenty-Five persons, at the rapid rate of
about twelve miles an hour. The coupled
carriages were also started second time,
with .JStty.fve persons, and a single horse
attached, and performed the distance at the
rate of nine miles an hour. The last ex
pertinent which took place was made by at
taching the three carriages to each other,
and single horse to the whole. The ag-
gregate number of persons in these carriag-
es was eightyJour, and yet, with this extra
ordinary number, the animal performed the
trip with the same ease and velocity.
Although the Macadamized horse-path
was quite new, and in an unfavourable state
for use, the experiments were neverth eless
of highly gratifying character, and afford
ed to all who were present the most conclu-
sive evidence of the superiour advantages
which a Railroad offers for the transporta-
ton of passengers and merchandise.
american.