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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17
State Convention,

A large majority seem in favor OF holding the
Convention some time in January, That is 1.-THE
time. Let the State Central Committee delay
the call no longer.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

1The Shareholders in the United
States number but about 250, 1000, in a
population Of about ] s, 900, 900, and this
quarter of million, or rather some few
of the whole number (for all are not SO
unreasonable threaten to dissolve the
Union, if Congress and the great body
of the people declare that no more Slave
territory shall be admitted into the Union.
The people of the Free States might
smile at this threat with complacency,
were it not that this body of men are at
tached to SO many "Northern men with
Southern principles, or Northern Dough
faces, who are but the hewers of wood
and drawers of water to their Southern
masters New York set her mark upon
this class of men at the recent election.
So did Ohio and Massachusetts,, and we
trust the sequel will show that neither the
quarter OF million nor their allies are
to rule the country.-Puts. Gaz.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

The WAR.-Of the multitude of cler-
gymen in the city and neighborhood, who
preached on Thanksgiving day. we arc
told that every one who spoke ofthe war
heartily condemned it as unchristian and
unnatural. A fact like this from the Pull
pit to the People, needs no comment
Pittsburg Gazette.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17
Tie Pyrnmid or WAR.

The Halls of the Montezumas" echo
to the wild shout ofvictory! The cup
of glory is at last full. We have arrived
at the goal of our ambition. Let us stand
upon the hill tops and look down upon
the paths we have assembled, and the
monumental pyramids by the way. Let
us only gaze upon the mortal remains"
the killed and wounded, leaving the
crowded hospitals out ofyiew.
PALO ALTO-4OO!
MON EREY-5OO!
BUENA VISTA-SOO!
VERA CRUZ CITY-I7O!
CERR CORD 600!
CHURUBUSCO HIGHTS--IIOO
CITY OF MEXIC O--I6OO!
There now, reader, fire thousand t,oo
hundred andseUenty men struck down in
regular battles, without computing the
loss in skirmishes and from sickness. Be.
sides this, we have created national debt
of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, to say
nothing of MILLIONS OF PROPER.
TY, lost and captured by the enemy
This isthe first act of the grand drama,
the new glories Of which are yet to be
seen, and unfolded as this lovely war pro.
crosses JonesbOrongh Ten. Wig.
Yes, this is the first act" on our side-now let
the Mexicans build their pyramids ofwar" and
expose their loss Of life, their weeping parents,
wives and children; then the "first act" in this
bloody drama, will be complete, and while hu-
manity gazes upon the picture, lot her eye rest
upon james X. Polk--the author Of all this OK.
pense and bloodshed--expenso incurred and blood
wasted for what That new element might
be mixed into party, fast tottering to its
final end. oh! bloody War. what slight causes
sometimes bring upon the world thy curse
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

A venerable lady of celebrated ply
sician in the city, one day casting her eye
out of the window, observed her husband
in the funeral procession of one of his
patients, at which she exclaimed, II do
wish my husband would keep away from
such processions-it appears too much
like a tailor carrying home his ownwork.'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17
LEI me Out. I,


A correspondent of the National Era,
writing from Columbus, under late date
mentions the following amusing circum-
stance:
As we came out of the last ward, somo
one remarked that one of our party was
missing. He had taken another way TO
the reception room of visiters, but the
circumstance gave occasion TO the excel
lent ntsuperintende mt, DR.. Awl, whose SER
vices and labors deserve the highest eu-
logy, to relate the following anecdote:
Some time ago, party, composed prin-
cipally Of members Of the Legislature,
visited the Asylum. AS they passed
through the building, one of them ne W
member, fingered in one of the wards,
and was actually shut in. His compan.
ions passed ON and were out of sight,
when he came to the door, and found it
locked. He was alone with the insanel
Luckily, they were not violent lunatics;
but he did otknowit,& wasingreat haste
TO get out. He pulled at the door, and
thumped and called. The lunatics gath.
erod round him, and told him to be pa.
tient-they were all in the same stua.
tion-none Of them could get out but
I'm member of the Legislature, and
they've gone off and left me in here y
shouted the unfortunate law maker. $50
am l." replied one of the insane, com.
fortingly, "and they served me just So"
Happily, DR.. Awl heard the clatter, and
released the poor man. Otherwise, so
frightened was he, that another lunatic
might have been added to the number of
inmates, without the usual formaltes of
admission.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

IB1The cause Of the detention Of the mail, was
the upsettns Of the stage between Somerset and
Zanesvlle, by which one young man was severely
injured.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

B~we have no news from the Seat of War,
not even rumor.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17


The PULPIT AND THE Waffle right
Of the pul pit to discuss tho policy and
morality Of the existing war with Mexi-
co was nobly yindicated in discourse we
heard yesterday. "Some think" said
the preacher, that this matter of the
war ought not be touched in the pulpit
] do not agree with them. think tho
question of wars and fighting was gues-
hoaof Christian morality some time pre-.
pioRs 10 It's becoming question of Amer-
'caa politics. My right to it is prior to
that Of the politician, and shall not
waive my right, Must the pulpit aban-
don one Of its legitimate subjects, be.
cause you choose to carry it to the pollsl
Why. one of these days some Admins
tralion, by accident or design, for policy
or by blunder, may take ground that
the Christian religion ought 10 be sup
pressed.
Instantly agreal party whichever party
happens 10 be IN power-wil carry the
question to the polls-so strong is the in.
stinct of party allegiance--and then, for.
sooth, the pul pit must be silent, because
it is a political question: Ny pulpit will
not be silent on moral questions, then or
now--as long as ] have the faculty of
moral discrimination. ! speak against
the war to day because sci to myself the
task of pleading the cause of the poor,
who have got to bear the burthen ulti
malely." We trust that Gov. Dana of
Maine will weigh the force of these re.
marks before he pens another Thanks.
giving Proclamation. The clergymen,
(if there we're any, )who succumbed to his
recommendations; must have been of as
accommodating spirit as the country
manager, who announced the perform.
anco of the tragedy Of Hamlet at his
Theatre, with the part of Hamlet omit
ted "byParticular request"
PosTHUMoUs GLoRY.--We find the
following paragraph in the Post:
"A good story is told Of Gen. Lane Of
Indiana At the battle Of Buena Vista,
when the Indiana regiment retreated, the
general tried every means to get them
to return. Becoming enthusiastic, he ap.
pealed 10 them as they loved their native
State, to do their duty Come now,
said he, and rush into the thickest ofthe
fight. PllIead you, aud only think Aon
glorio1s 10 viH i0ok IN history 10 hare II
said that NE aolOle Iadiaaa yegimeat i0as
cnf 70 Piecess
. 80 N
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

EYTl 1t is stated that, when the road to
the city of Mexico shall be opened, up.
wards of20 millions of dollars worth of
merchandise will be thrown into the in
terror. lfso, this amount ofimportations
will help amazingly to pay the expenses
of the war. For foreign goods the Mexi-
cans will pay any price.-Nat. Wig.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17
An Apology.

We are compelled to put our edition for the
morning mails to press, without amy eastern news.
The mail has failed for several evenings and stage
nor mail, due last night, has yet come to hand.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

~ SOCIETY,", like shaded silk, must be
viewed in all situations, or its colors will
deceive u.s.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17
Curiosity of Politics.

Mr.. GIDDrNes, Of Ohio Mr.. Tuck OF
New Hampshire. and Mr.. PALFREY, Of
Massachusetts did not vote for Mr..
Winthrop, because (as it is understood,} J
he was not anti-Slavery enough, is one
the most curious things we have ever seen
in politics. We suspect. that fold Gov.
Winthrop (of Princeton memory we're
alive now, that modern Puritans would
vote against him. We doubt whether
Mr.. Giddings will find this sort ofvoting,
as popular in Geauga and Ashtabula, as
he thinks for C,n. Chron.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17
Common Schools.

Pursuant 10 public notice the citizens
of Lancaster, convened at the Court
House on Saturday evening, Dec. 1lth,
to take into consideration the condition OF
the Common Schools of the Town.
On motion Geo. H. Smith was appoin.
ted Chairman and VIM. Slade Secretary
The following resolutions offered by Fl.
C. Whitman Esq, and seconded BY H. H.
Robinson were, after considerable dis.
cussion, adopted;
ResOlued, That the present Organiza.
tion of the Common Schools of this Town,
is defective and imperitively calls for
a Reform.
ResOloed, That Committee of fifteen
be appointed by the Chairman of this
meeting, with full powers, either per-
sonally or through sub. committee, TO
visit and inquire into the condition of
said Schools.
ReSOl0ed, That said Committee shall
mature and present to an adjourned meet
ing some plan for the better and more ef-
ficient organization of said Schools, and
should additional legislation be necessa.
ry, said Committee shall Report Peti-
tionto the Legislature, for the considera-
ton of said meeting.
Resolved, That said Committe have
power to appoint such subcommittee as,
in their opinion, may be necessary.
ResOlUed, That when this meeting ad.
journ, it adjourn to meet at this place, on
Saturday evening, Dec. 18th, at o'clock
P. NJ, at which time said Committe will
report.
Under the I'd Resolution the Chair ap-
pointed the following named Gentlemen,
as members of the Committee.
H. G. Whitman, II. II. Robinson,
j. M. Biglow, VIM. Upheld,
Geo. Weaver, Rev. w. Cox,
M. Hill, A. McVeigh,
j. Work, Sen'r. L. Perry,
j. D. Martin, J. U. Giesy,
B, Connell, ID. Sifford,
VIM. Slade. Jr.
On motion it was ordered that the pro-
ceedings of this meeting be published in
the papers of the Town.
Adjourned to Saturday evening De-
cember 18th.
GEO. H. SMITH, Chairman.
WM. SLADE, Secretary.
0HTA general law, Incorporating Tel
al
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

~ Whenyou asperse your neighbours
character, remember that the blot will
soon disappear from his character while
it will stick fast to yours.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

~ True friendship is rare plant
and gem we'll worth possessing.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

6TA general law, Incorporating Tel
egraph Companies, has passed the Sen
ate of Ohio.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

TMp0s1TIoNs UPON TRAVELLERS YIsI-
TING BUFFALO, NIAGARA, &c. My Jijend
YraveUer. Il believe there is a general and
indignant complaint OF thee greater part Of
the railroad from Albany to Buffalo. 1t IS in
~ wreLched condition, and the peril OF the
traveller is not small. You are assured that
YOU shall be carried through in twenty-f0ur or
twenty-five hours you seldom can see the as
surance fulfilled. At one or more stations
Won must wait an hour, or two hours, and per-
haps ten hours, before you can proceed =
You stop for rcfreshment, and are told that
Won have ten minutes. In fce minutes the cars
nav be in motion. You may have an hour
before you, as you are Informed, for dinner,
But if YOU have gone to the ocr0Rg place that
is. to hotel in which one ofthe railroad COM
Danies or their agents are not interested, you
must not be disappointed if in haf an hour
the cars are off, your baggage and all gone,
bat Yourselves, who must stay in Rochester,
G. q. over Sabbath, without a change of gar
ments, unless you will desccrate the Sabbath
nv taking a seat in the next train. thus
was it with party Of gentlemen and ladies,
Saturday before last,
The annoyances Of the hack drivers are
no greater than elsewhere, and perhaps not
those of the runners from the different hotels,
g.. but the hand bills in the cars are most
de2eptive, and make you think Of the words
sThe Cretians are always liars You may be
guided by one of these to q National lem
perance H1ter in Syracuse, and find food e.
nough for twelve or fifteen, and ofcourse poor
enough; when there are fifty, who have been
beruilel there, after a hard nights travei,and
are most eager for reasonable breakfast.
You reach Niagara. You are beleaguered
and besought without mercy, until you are
led captive it may be, or yon rcsolutely have
your own way, not knowing whittier you go.
You may have your baggage taken to hotel
free QCcharge,' and to be returned IN like
manner when you depart Having seen your
baggage all safe at the cars, just moving for
Buffalo, you may have got yourself well sea-
ted when the cry is, Gentlemen from the
Cataract House, who have not seen their bag
race put in, will please see to it? And Ifyon
are so much Of a novice as not to know what
this means, you may 90 on to Buffalo, and
YOUR baggage may be found behind you, al
the aforesaid Cataract House, where you have
mai! your two dollars per day.
On either side of the river, you must no
EXPECT to move twenty-five steps, or ask three
questions, or draw one long breath, withon
having a York shilling, or a Spanish quarte
of a dollar. A. Lundys Lane, you may rea(
ut the entrance of a dccoy tower, in large let
tcrs: No TOLL TAKEN ABOVE and thinl
that for once you can see something withou
sounding the depth of your purse, You ma
fad hired old soldier at the top, who vii
fght the battle over again. You arc willin
to give him a token of your kindness. Yo
reach the bottom of the staircase, and ar
,rot by tail stalwart keeper of the promises
sFwcnty-fyo cents apiece, gentlemen, for a
f at have been above And thusa SngI
party may &c sponsed out Of three dollars
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

went among his old associates and won TWEEN
ty thousand pounds. But he was not satisfied
with thus recovering what he had lost--c-
nough to make him rich as long as he lived.
lie returned the next day, and lost it all.
After living many years in AFFECT poverty he
ded-a miserable beggar, at Fenny-lodgIng
house, in St. Giles.
Perhaps some of our readers will say they
would have stopped, when they got the TWEEN
ty thousand pounds. remember hearing OF
a party Of girls and boys, who got Il sleigh,
and drawing it up steep hill on the crust all
got into it and set it a-going down tie bill.
it took fine start and was going braveIy on,
when suddenly itstruck tree and was dashed
in pieces, brnsing the boys and girls ana
breaking some of thoir limbs. Why don't
they stop, after they bad enjoyed fine s'ide'
before coming to the tree? For the same
reason that this gambler didnot stop when he
had wen his twenty thousand pounds. They
'eot going and couldn't stop;' and so did
he And 50 will it be with yon, if you take
the first step down the gamblers hill:
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30
From Mexico.

Nec York, Sept. %, 8'o'clock.
The New Orleans "La Patria," of the 9th
instant, publishes letter from the city of
Mexico, which represents that feeling de-
cidedly favorable to peace Teryadcs all class
es of the citizens Of the capital.
The most important terms of the Trcaty
now under consideration aro:-Tho United
States government is to restore to Mexico
the province of California and all the cities,
towns and seaports now occupied by the Unit
ed States forces, and is to retain Texas up to
the left bank of the Rio Grande, including
Matamoras, with the privilege Of cutting a
canal through the isihmus Of Tchuanteroc.
1t had been found impossible to assemble
Congress, and 4 Junta Of Notablc5 had been
formed for the purpose of devising treaty.
General Valencia had surrendered to the
Mexican Government, and had been sent
prisoner to Guadalupe.
General Paroles, who had been ordered
by Santa Anna to quit the country,was march
ing on the capital with a large force.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

eored so long, for my life has not only been
Painful, but useless one
oh no, no. sobbcl his daughter, mot
useless, for your words and example have
taught us patience, and acquiescenee IN tht
will OF God -,
'Av,' retained lie, 'this may have been the
mission he designed for me, and tor when
WIS Sc. apart by baptism OF suffering LiN
chastsements have been good Tor me- anu
am content But my work Is done.
Father exclaimed the weeping girl :
,voII must not die-oh, you must not die:
NAV, NV child he calmly responded, !
Init enter upon new life, for | trust in Him
who has said, 'whosoeyer liycth and beIleYeth
in me shall never die.
Dabby raised her face fearful still but with
the holy light Of faith boaming from her eyes,
rs she exclaimed, Now, thanks be to God,
who giycth lis the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ 49,,
A glow of delight came over t!c inyaI!ds
countenance. AYE, Dcbby,' said he, Death
is swallowed up in chat victory:
For few moments he remained slient,-
while his lips moved with the syllables OF the
SONG of the redeemed; then, turning to his
wife, he added: -,
Niary, our parting is but for l;stlc while,
You have been faithful, tender and good
but Oh, how much do we both owe TO this dear
child
lie had still retained Debby's hand in his
the mother, approaching took the other
in one of hers, while one she laid IN her nus
bands open palm, which closed upon it with
~ fGrvent grasp, thus completing the circle OF
love.
God will reward you, Dolby he soon re-
sumed, for all your un5cll!l5h devotion to us;
You have honogcd father and mother and
Ills promise is sure. know how much you
have sacrificed for our sakes-not only the
sports of childhood, the pursuits and pleas
ures of girlhood, but even the love OF your
n1aturef years. know it ali and God will
1eeompense you. Nay, interrupt me not he
continued, as the sobbing girl attempted to
speak, for my strength GIBBS fast.--With my
dying breath bless you. Your mother bless
e. YOU in her morning and evening prayer.
You have been as the sunshine to our else
darkcncl home. You have robbed your own
lfa OF it, most precious light that you might
give brightness to ours But this sacrifice
need not longer be made. Jolb Brown is
good man, aud will study your happiness.
when nm gone, you will no longer refuse
to be his wife, and know that one who has
been SO good daughter, will be equally
faithful in all the relations Of life. Bless you
bless YOU
lie dropped her hand, and closed his eyes,
as if exhausted by long speaking. Debby
knelt by the bedside, and hid her face in the
clothes and her mother, weeping as she
spoke, laid her hand upon the girls hcad,an
echoed the fathers ieryent 'B!es5 you bless
you
Was there no rccompenso in this, for all
that daughter hal done and suffered for her
parents sake 2
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

FIRE. Wealth takes to itself wings and
flies away. On Saturday evening last the
Tanncry OF Abial Whitney, also the Barn
and Sheds standing contiguous thereto,
belonging to Frazier 0. Durham Of Athens,
were consumed by fire. (lnsured) The
fire was discovered between the hours of
Eleven and Twelve by their neighbors, who
gave the alarm. Mr.. Whitney was away from
home on visit. Mr. Durham was not appris-
ed of the fire until awakened by the cries of
his ncIghbors, although the house was stand
ing near the she'd attached to the Barn. When
the fire was FIRST discovered the Tannery was
nearly consumed and the Barn in part. They
went 10 the Barn in order to save pair of
oxen which were tied in the stable, and found
them loose and nearly dead, suItocated by
smoke, the fire having but just reached them.
They next went for the hogs and horse, they
succeeded in removing the hogs, and the horse
they took from the stall while the Goals were
dropping into his manger, also one wagon,
The Barn and sheds we're full Of hay, grain,
lumber Of all descriptions, one wagon farming
utensils Of all kinds, &c. &c. Loss estimated
at one thousand dollars. The loss in reference
to the Tauuery cannot be estimated for want
Of examination, most of the stock being in the
watts The building was not Of great value,
still the loss is considerable, supposed beyond
a doubt to be work Of an incendiary. Oh
may the time soon come when men cease to do
evil and learn to do well.-B. Falls Gazette.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

INFATUATION OF GAMING. In the reign
of Queen Anne, Mr.. Potter owned one Of
the best estates in the county Of Northum.
bcrand, in England. But he acquired such
passion for gaming, that, at a single hazard,
he staked and lost his house and lands. AZ
ter this was done, and as he was going out of
the gaming house, he turned about and insist
ed that the person he had been playing with
should give him one chance to recover his es-
tate, or fight with him. He proposed that his
carriage, the trinkots and loose money he had
in his pockets, his house in the city, with his
plate and furniture, should be valued at a
certain sum, aud played for, at a single stake.
His friends tried to prevent hisrunning the
hazard but he could not be persuaded, lie
lost the game. He then conducted the win
ner to the door, told the coachman that was
his master, and marched forth, without house
or home, or any means Of support. lie re-
tired TO an obscure lodging, il a cheap part
of the town, and became a waterat a billiard
table, and an occasional assistant at a livery
stable. In this miserable condition, exposed
to the jecrs and taunts of those whom he had
once supported an old friend met him, and
gave him ten guineas. Five Of these he spent
in procuring decent clothing. With the re-
naming five he went to common gaming
house, and Increased them to fifty, lie ther