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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
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Having often heard and read assertions in favor
oil the affirmative side Of this question, but having
never met with a statement Of the grounds
upon which this opinion is based by those
who entertain III /, relying upon my own obser-
vations, have undertaken, in a series of articles,
the first number OF which will be found in the
Ohio Eagle of the present week, to maintain the
negative Of the question.
| would beg leave to relate to the readers of
the GaSenc two anecdotes illustrative of Ameri.
can intelligence.
Many years ago, having occasion to call one
evening at the house Of a gentleman in whose
neishborhood l happened to reside, in the course
OF conversation the gentleman remarked that two
or three nights previously he had noticed a strange
phenomenon in the heavens, the like of which he
mad never before seen or heard OF. He thought
it probable that il we would step out, and inspect
the sky, the prodigy might still be visible. | &C.
companied him 10 the door, full Of anticipation
And what, reader, do you suppose we sawl No
doubt, some comet with a fiery tail OF portentous
size or something still more terrific, foreboding,
perhaps, the fall of empires, or the final c~atastro.
phe OF Nature. Reader, it was simply tho
milky way =!
But it may be said that this man was a simple.
ton, or. at best, some stupid rustic. l will describe
him. He was possessed of wealth. He was a
perfect gentleman in his manners. He was a
shrewd, enterprising, business man; aud upon a
slight acquaintance you would not have suspected
that he was deficient in intelligence. And yethe
lad lived to the age Of thirty or upwards without
being aware ofthe existence Of the milky wayl |
question whether this man had ever read two vol
umes in his life; and his family, though possessed
oil some amiable traits OF character, were as desti-
tute of intelligence as himself. And yet this fam
lily ranked highin fashionable society, and were
too good to associate with their palmer, but much
more intelligent neighborsl
On another occasion, and in a different region,
CHANGING to be a temporary inmate OF a family OF
moderate pretensions, but respectable, and in
good circumstances, the master OF this family, a
man by no means deficient in common sense. Sc
riously enquired of me whether the sun arose
in the North or in the South ~ He knew that
il arose at the one or the other of these two points.
but he was not which,
II muy be said that the above are extreme cases.
| maintain that they are not, Though you may
not find one case, in a million Of the same kind
with either Of those just stated; yet places can be
found in our country where every second man is
altogether as ignorant as the two individuals above
described.
Tho first case may be taken as a fair sample Of
not a mall proportion of the American a~ristocra-
cy. JOHN WILLIAMS.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
FMel for PmbIic Omccs.

The Public Offices consumed, last year. about
three thousand bushels Of tuel-costing over tpo
hundred dollars. Lot us examine the amount
burned in each Fireplace. In doing this, we will
make liberal allowances. Counting the ire-pla.
ces in the different offices, we think ten is an all.
sufficient number. This makes each one consume
three hundred bushels of coal. Three hundred
bushels burned in one CRATE. Now we think that
we are not out of the way, as every one acquain.
ted with the burning Of coal can testify, when we
say that each Fireplace should not consume more
than one hundred md .Gty bushels. Ifanythins.
we make too liberal an allowance. Now, with
proper economy, the county offices could save
half the quantity, decreasing the expense onc-halr
aud saving to tue county one hundred doHars.
Now we submit to the Taxpayers, is this "much
ado about nothiag2" This would pay the Attor-
ney's fee in some case, where the Commissioner
have needlessly thrown the county into litigation.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
Gbe Ganfaster Ga,rtte.
LANCASTER, OHIO.
Friday Morning, september 3, Is4'
The County Printing, again.

The Eagle has failed to meet the issues we pre-
sented. We present them again. The charge is
Our county pays more for printing. stationery
and fuel than our neishboring counties of equal
il not greater size-our evidence is the County re.
ports. Dare the Eagle explain the diferencel
And now for the foreign matter in dispute -
We shdl say some things now, that we would
not have said, il the Eagle had met us fairly.
We have shown in another article how our
debt has been paid of.
IN regard to the ''nonner in which the type OF
the late reports were put in" we say what we
did before. We never published the Delinquent
list Of Lancaster and Baltimore-we are respon-
sible for only such as we have published. We
did publish the Corporation Exhibit and with
that the Poor House Report and Treasurer's Re-
port can aud ought to be compared. Are you
willing to count squares and quantity of matter,
and then compare pricesi But the Delinquent
list cannot, in fairness be compared with such re-
ports as the above, and you, "A practical printer
of6ve years apprenticeship" ought to know it.
Please tell MS how many blanks you printed
and what you charged, and we will show you that
if we lied, we lied the wrong way.
But the Junior croeps out of our charge of I'M
dcrbiding by saying that he printed for a cheney.
client institution of which he was q member
Be il so, but lie was not, we think, a member at
the time the printing was done. They stated
that they printed for all alike-we said they did
not, and ii is admitted. But this is not all. In
the last Eagle are two Circus Advertisements
and one for a Menagerie-does the Eagle charge
for these as much us it does the county for an
equal amount. There can also be seen a Card from
the "Medical College OF Ohio,'-for this, nearly
three squares, for four insertions, the Eagle gets
81 O0-how much would it charge the county
for the samel-at least So 90, if not SO rs. Are
these benevolent institutions Bringing up these
things is out of our usual practice but we are
compelled to take this course. The Eagle charg,
ed us with falsehood aud we were compelled to
repelit. We have done so and here this part OF
Of the matter shall rest.
But before closing this article, we must repeat
q query we made two weeks since. Why are
printers a privileged classl Why should moi
work be let out to them us TO other mechanics
Ifit is mean and contemplate for two printers II
bid against each other for county work-it is the
same for two Carpenters or Stone-masons 10 dc
that same thug. We wait for an answer.
And now we would merely say that the Tax.
payers are iIquiring into this matter and that the
Red Lodge know it. Their paper has lived from
the county patronage has charged the county
oxorbitant prices-and now when its owners
aud masters feel that they can no longer stilo in
quiry, they begin to fear and resort to the worst
means to turn the attention OF the people to 9th.
er matters. We shall not stop the discussion
simply because we have black guards to deal with
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

pFised by the Indians proves to be erro.
neous. The Indians attacked and killed
three men, but did not burn the fort.
The man who built and has charge of
itsays he will abandon it unless some
thirty men ofour battalion are ordered
to remain with him of which | think
there is no probability.
FURTHER.-A letter from the Bat
talon, dated 25th ofJuly, informs us that
Cspt. Shepherd moved on the day pre-
vious, and that Capt. W%oechen would
leave on that day. Three companies.
comprising the battalion, would leave on
the following day, Coons. aud several
of the traders. were travelling in compa-
ny with Captain Woechen.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
A FAIR HIT.

The New Orleans National has not
done more than justice, in the following
Imaginary correspondence, to the imper-
tinent practice of writing letters to emil
nent public men, propounding all man
ner OF i%mprudent questions, and then
publishing thoir W 1t would seem
as if every political scribbler in the land
had been c~atechising Gen. Taylor, aud
that he, a frank old soldier, W them
as if it were an o%ficipl duty. The ques-
lions propounded in the following mag
mary correspondence by Mr.. Shocks, are
not less important than many that have
been %propounded t. tho General, and
his imaginary reply is a very proper re-
buke to the %impudeuce which has beset
him:
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
The Wing Policy.

The whole amountof the Sinking Fund,
says Auditor Woods, which will be appli-
cable, at the close of the year, to the paw.
ment of our State Debt, will not be less
thar THO Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars!
Let that fund accumulate. At any
time after the year 1850, the State will be
at liberty to pay off the debt as fast as she
shall be able; and tits high time that pre-
parations we're made for that purpose
This is one ofthe first. fruits of the Wing
administration of our State affairs; and It
is a mere beginning. 1t behooves the
Taxpayers of the State to look to this
matter. By a steady perseverance in the
course marked out by the Legislature at
Its last two sessions, our State Debt, now
so enormous, and which presses with
mountain weight upon the tax
will melt away like the frost-work of an
ApriPs morning. And in a few wears.
the people of Ohio may boast that what
they have is their own. Their public
debt, and heavy taxes to pay its interest.
will be numbered among the things that
oere. Won'tth that be a glorious time!-O.
State Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
An English Frectrndcr.

The National htcHigcnccr recommends
that those, who quote the example of
Great Britain to Justify the removal of all
Protection, should read the following OK.
tract from q speech made to his constitu.
ents by Mr.. Smythe, one of the most eff
Gent co-opcrators with Sir Robert Peel
in his recent free-trads measure. 1t adj
mits in a few words, all that Protection
lists in this country have e~ndsavored to
impress upon the minds of the people,
Here is the extract:
~ canuot however, quit this subject OF FREQ
Trade without expressing my opinion on the alb
stract principle. | by no means hold that the
principle of free trade is absolutely true. nor that
il is of universal application. BIwere an Ameri.
can, the citisen Of a young country. I should be a
proteeioRist. If were a Frenchman-the ma.
tive Of an old country with its industry undevel-
oped-I should equally be a protoctionist."
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE SNooks, ESQ.
ExrRAoRpINAnY CoNcIpENcn IN Il

EXTRAORDINARY CoNouDENcE IN THE
LIFEo OF A MARRIED PARA Scotch news.
paper of tho year l777 gives the follow
ing as the extract Of a letter from Ian.
ark: "Old William Douglass and his wife
are lately dead, you know that no and his
wife were born on the same day, within
the same hour by the same midwife; that
they were constant companions, till ma.
ture inspired thom with love and friend
ship at tho age of eighteen were MARI
ed with the consent Of their parents, at
the church where they were christened.
These are moi the whole of the circum.
stances attending this extraordinary pair.
They never knew a days sickness until
the day before their deaths; and the .day
on which they died they were exactly
one hundred years old. They died in
one bed, and were buried in one grave,
close 10 the fount where they were christ.
cned."
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
Stark County.

We have been looking to see whether
the Locofocos of Stark county would
nominate TnEoDoRE GIBBONS TO repre-
sent them in the General Assembly.
Their editors there, and their endorsers
elsewhere avouch Theodore to be a right
proper sort of a man; and as this man by
a vagabond act has become a hero and a
Ito" OF their tribe, we were looking to see
whether they would select him as a suita-
BILE representative of their gems in that
locality.
Theodore'had not been nominated at
the latest dates.-O. S. Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
J. ANDERSON.

ScIoTo VALLEY.-The Scioto Gazette
rejoices in the subscriptions made to the
Belpre Railroad, and says:-
eve hope land there are thousands Of
others who sympathise in that hope,) that
within the next ten years, passengers and
freight may be conveyed from this city
as from a central point in~the Scioto Val
ley-to Baltimore, in SO hours, by the
steam horse; and that all the social and
pecuniary advantages, which a rapid and
comparatively cheap transmission by rail-
roads have securedto older communities,
may accrue to ours, and to those by whom
we are Immediately surrounded"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
Outrage ON orr Fling.

1t is said that the brig Brooklyne, of PASSPORT
Maine, was overtaken by the British steam frig,
ate, Columbia, aud that one Of her crew was for,
chilly taken from her. No reasons are assigned
-and indeed. Hit be true, none can be- given.
II the Information be correct, a prompt and deci
ded repara,ion will, no doubt, be demanded by
our Government.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

RANK.-A Vera Cruz letter ofthe goth
has this paragraph:-A quarrel on the
subject ofrank, has arisen in our army,
but | presume the consequence will not
be very serious. The C~ommander-in-
Chiefhas made a very sensible decision
on the subject, and the matter lies in a
proper shape, pending an appeal. Just
think ofGen. Worth serving under such
a man as Pillow, or ever under @ uitmap2
Napoleon under Col. Pluck! Gen.
Quitman is a gentleman. and a good off,
cer-perhaps the very best of his class of
appointments, but he should never think
~ofleading Worth, who is decidedly, and
by general consent, the second man in
the army, in point oftalent and fitness for
command.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
Why donr they do tII


Polk, in his annual message, says that
those, who discuss the merits of this Mex
lean war, are guilty of constructive treas
on. All his adherauts, his venal press in
particular, take their cue from their mas
ter and tell US hat we have no right to
discuss the question of right and wrong,
In olden times, there was a certain law
passed called the "Sedition" law. The
friends of the Elder Adams thought ii
wrong for the people of this free country
10 discuss the measures of the then AID
ministration and passed a law, whereby
it was made penal for any one to say
aught against the measures Of the elder
Adams OF any of his acts. But there was
one redeeming clause. The offenderhad
the privilege of pleading in justification
He could demand q trial and witnesses
and a jury and could defend by himself
and attorney. This was called a federal
me asure and its friends became so obi
Gus to the people that they were hoisted
from power.
Well, in later times, during the reign
Of flames, the wEo(), it is gravelyasserted
that those, who discuss one Of the
measures of his Administration, are gull.
ty of reason. What! treason, and no
law to punish III tits even so, and James
X. Polk and his %partizans, to live up to
the oath he took at his inauguI alton, are
bound TO recommend and to pass a law
similar to the Sedilion law.
But this is not all. If they believe
what they say, we the people, have no
right to plead in justi6cation--we can de-
mand a trial, witnesses, a jury, and can de-
fend; but we dare not offer in evidence
anything to justify what we said against
the Administration. We say the Loco
foco party is bound to pass sdch a lava
sedition law without the redeeming trait
of the old one.
Suppose !: be done-suppose the pres.
ent L%ocofoco party carry into practice
their theory-thc question Immediately
arises, is not this Locofoco party the off
spring of the old Federal party, agreeing
in principle with it and demanding the
same means to punish opponents?
W. say they are Identical. They pro.
fess the same principle and if the Loco.
focos do their duty. according to their no.
tons, they must pass a Sedition law
then the identity will be apparent to eve
ny one. But one thing else. 1t is said
that each generation is wiser than the
preceding one So will it be in this
case. The former federal party passed
a law; but allowed the offender to plead
in justification. The latter federal party,
the Locofocos, the mongrel democracy
or whatever else you choose to style
them, demand the passage of the same
law without the justification clause
making it ten times more odious. But
why be amazed? Have not Woodbury.
and Buchanan and Bancroft and a host
Of other leading locofoco federals learn
cd wisdom from the past and are they not
thus enabled to shape a law, in better ac-
cordance with their principles than the
old onel Who says no?
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

LATE FROM CALIFoRNIA.-.-General
Kearney and other officers of the army,
arrived at st, Louis on the Goth ult., in
66 days from the Settlements in Califor-
MIA. Everything was tolerable quiet
when they left. The American popula-
ton, was restless under military rule
In company as faras Fort Leavenworth,
lat. Fremont travelled with them. But
on reaching that fort, Col. Fremont was
arrested by Kearney and ordered to
Washington city for trial.
The party encountered much hardship
IN their journey over the mountains
We will give farther particulars to-mor-
row.-ZaneSvM Courier.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

IVA n ofthe battles of the revolu.
ton, the Yankees we're piling up balls
which had been wasted by the enemy.
The British commander applied to them
for balls,as follows: we want balls; will
you send theml' The answer was.
Send US powder, and we will gre them
TO yon.'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
By Telcgraph-For The ZanesviAe Courier.
PORTAN FROM YUCATAN.
servIie lnsurrestion and Massacre.
RICHMOND. August 3O-P. NJ

RICHMOND, August Sop. M.
New Orleans papers of the 23rd have
come TO hand. There is no later %intelli-
gence from the army.
There has been an Instruction in Yu-
catan. A plot to murder all obnoxious
inhabitants was discovered, after many
had been massacred.
All the White and Mullatto mon, wo-
men and childrenin the town of Tepatea,
had been killed.
All party differences had united to put
down the insurgents.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

u NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Battle with
ihe lndiams--Eight Americans
Killed, four Wounded.
To The very attentive st. Louis cores.
pondeut Of tho Louisville Courier, we
arc Indebted for the following important
letter from the West.
CAMP OF ARKANSAS RIVER, July 80, 1S47.
] have no news worth transmitting to
you but what will be painful to your read.
ers. We left Council Grove when |
write you last, on the 5th inst. and arriv.
ed here, 20 miles below the crossing, last
night-The battalionha las not moved togeth.
e%rsince we left Fort %Leavenworth; Cap,s.
Sheppard aud Woecham were separate,
while Captains Cunningham, Paul and
Carnes were in one body, under the com
mand ofLiout. Col. Eston.
On the evening Of tho goth inst, while
some of our men had crossed the Arkan.
sas river, ION tho banks of which wa were
encamped for the purpose of procuring
fire wood, the Indians pounced upon
them, and before any assistance could be
rendered eight of them were killed and
four wounded. The alarm was 1901 in
camp, that the Indians had attacked
our mer on the opposite shore, and in n
few moments Capt. Barnes company
which was encamped at a point nearest
the river. fastened to their relief, but
before they could got in musket range,
the Indians had made good their retreat
on their horses. Capt. McNair's compa.
ny Of cavalry. which has been with US
since we left Council Grove, were soon
on their saddles and in pursuit, but they
did not succeed in overtaking them.
The party Of Indians which made the
attack was about so in number. Scout.
ing parties in. all numbering it is sup.
posed. between three and four hundred,
were seen on the surrounding heights.
They were well mounted, and we're, il is
supposed, Camanches. Fifty ofour men
were across the river at tho time the al.
tack was made, Il were in small parties and
entirely unarmed, Nearly ali The killed
and wounded were most horribly lanced
and scalped. One Of them was literally
covered with lance and arrow wounds.
The names of the killed and wounded
nrs as follows--Company D-Kiled,
Capt Paul p. Porter and Chas. Fraas,
Wounded, company off Capt. Barnes VIM
Duncan. Lodwick, James and II. Bar.
low. Killed, Volunteer Regiment, ]
johnson, and-wounded. We vii
remain four or five days. TO repair wag
~ and to rig up Havden's train ofwag,
90. which'are now lying at the Fort, the
cattle for which were nearly all stolen BY
the Indians, preventing them from going
over.
The report that the Fort had been sur
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

WBy a ~telegraphic report to the
GAINESVILLE Courier, we learn the death
ofthe Hon. Silas Wright, one of the ablest
champions of Locofoco principles. 1t is
a melancholy event and will be generally
deplOred.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
dreadful Shinwreck.

Tho new ship, Mamulouk, of New York, from
Liverpool, struck a heavy squat, on the 18th uIt.,
when five hundred miles of Sandy Hook, which
tore away her wheel-house, carried of her hatch.
es, by the great force of the waves, and she soon
became water.logged.
Forty two lives were lost-the remainder Of
the crew and passengers, %, were saved and
brought to New York. The ship aud cargo were
insured.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
Rev, j. AmdcrsOm's Sermon.

Circumstances having called for the publication
of this Sermon, it has been printed and can now
be had at the Book Store of W. s. Beatty, in Ian.
caster; at Messrs. Ashbaugh g. Beery's Store in
Bremen; and at MeSsrs, Hood g. Lewis Store in
East Rushville,
We hope those who did not hear it. will read it.
They can then form their opinions correctly of
the discussion, which they have recently read in
the two county papers.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

tT'We see it stated that it requires t,rice as
much, under Mr., Polk, to carry on the War against
Mexico, as itdid, under Mr., Madison, to carry on
the War against Great Britain.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

~ The Stock holders of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company have accepted the vir.
ginia law and the road will now be completed to
Wheeling. This gives the Ohio Central route the
advantage.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03

RrThe Fleming Flag, under the con-
troll of Samuel Pike Esq. has put on a
new dress and presents a fine appear.
ance. Indications would lead us to be-
lieve that the "old Fish" is swimming in
deep water.