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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24

il ill my next despatch. / needn't stop
to tell you about Gineral Scott in this,
cause ! spose be'll speak for himself. But
| musttell you went totber day TO Gin
'eral Gushing. and found him awfully
tickled about being nominated for Cover
nor Of the Old Bay State. At first he
was good deal amazed at it; he was as
much surprised as you was, Colonel,
when you was nominated for President.
What amazed him So much was that he ID
always been thinking all along that he
was Wing, till the nomination come.
and then he jumped up and snapped his
fingers, and said he believed, after all,
the Democrats were the right party!
He'sin great sperits. and says he's no
doubt he shall be elected. He goes for
annexin now the hottest of any Of US, and
says he takes the great Alexander for his
model. and goes for annexin as long as
there is any country leftto annex. His
ancle quite we'll, and Gineral Pillows
foot is good deal better.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
Following Official example. we defer
the letters from Major Jacks relations,
which he speaks otto some time when
we have more room for them than we can
spare to-day.-EDIToRs.
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WHOLE NO. ll6l
1'he PresenlnlIon d .I,e TIrsl FoTE


The day oB'which forged note was Iirst
presented at the Bank Of England forms
memorable era 10 its history. Fol- six.
ly-four years the establishment had circu.
lated It's paper with freedom, and during
TINS period no attempt had been made 10
lm'talei 1t. He.who takes the initiative
IN new line Of wrong doing has more
Than the simple act to answer for; and TO
Richard William Vaughan, Stafford
tlinen-draper, belongs the melancholy ce.
lebrity Of having led the van in this new
phase of crime, in the year 1853. The
records OF his life do not show want, beg.
gary, or starvation urging him, bat the
simple desire to seem greater than he
was. BY one of the artists employed,
and there were several engaged on differ
ent parts of the notes, the discovery was
made. The criminal had filed UP to the
number of twenty, and deposited them
in the hands Of a young lady TO whom he
was attached, as proof Of his wealth.
There is no calculating how much longer
Bank notes might have been free from
imitation, had not this man shown with
what ease they might be counteHeited.
From this period forged notes became
common. The facility Of imitation is so
great, that when the expectation of profit
is added, there is little hopes of restrain.
ing the destitute or the bad man from
career which adds the charm Of nov
city to the chance Of gain The publici-
.ty given othe fraud, the notoriety of the
proceedings. and the execution of the
forger, tended to excite that morbid SYM
Paihy. which up to the present day is e.
vinced for any extraordinary criminal
History Of tie Bank Of England.
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CI,art Of Health.

LovE-A complaint ofthe heart. grow
ing out of an inordinate longing after some
thing difficult to obtain. ltgenerally at
tacks persons OF both sexes, betweenthe
ages offifteen and thirty; some have boon
known to have it at the age Of sixty.
SYMPToMs-Absence Of mind; giving
zephyrs; great foudness for poetry and
music; gazing on the moon and stars;
toothache; loss ofappetite; neglect ofbu-
siness; loathing for all things, save one;
blood.shot eyes, and constant desire to
sigh.
ErFEcrs-A strong heartburn; pulse
high; stupidity; eloquent eyes; sleepless-
ness, and all that sort of thing; at times
Imagination bright bowers ofroses; wing
ed cupids and battered peas; then again
oceans of despair; racks; tortures, aud
hair-triggered pistols.
CuRE-Get married.
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w"He is at home among the fogs and
mists of Burlamaqui, Vattel, Wolfe, Gro
thus, Bynkershock, and all those Dutch,
German and Swiss civilians who were
lost in the smoke of their own pipes
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Thisis the complimentary language Of
a locofoco paper, when speaking Of Al
BERT GALLATIN, the former Secretary
of tho Treasury of Thomas Jefferson.
Mr.. Gallatin is Republican of the old
school, and maintains the doctrines ofthe
Wings of the Revolution. in opposition
to the progressive" Toryism ofthe pres
ent day, which would lodge all power in
the hands of one man. How long will it
be before the ID Dutch. German and Swiss"
oflhe present day now in our country,
will be told by Locofocos that they are
thick headed and "lost in the smoke of
their own pipesl"- Ohio State Journal.
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and harder, and then II come an awful
storm. and at last it blowed perfect har.
rycane. The sails begun to 90 to filters,
and she rolled as if she was going to ND.
set. Some ofthe Oldest and best sailors
lamong the crew toldtbe captain we should
all go to destruction ifhe didn't take in
sail, and furl and clew up and get things
tight. and bring her head round to the
wind. Mr. Richie was standing by his
side, and says he, "Captnn Polk, them
is all nothing but Federal lies, as I've
shown hundreds oftimes, not only in the
Union. but years and years ago in the
Enquirer. Them fellers only want to
give aid and comfort to the enemy; don't
pay any attention to 'em. Here's the
chart, (he held up in bis hand the resolu-
tions of '9S,) sail by this and III risk her
on any tack and all weathers."
On we went, lickity-split, the harry
cane blowed harder. the timbers begun
to crack, the sails split TO ribbons, some
ofthe spars begun to snap and go by the
board, and then all at once there was a
a terrible cry Of "breakers aheadw The
Captain then jumped as if he was wide
awake; and, says he, "call all hands and
put her about" But when the officers
came to give orders to the crew, not one
OF them would mind or pay any attention.
lhe whole crew was in a mutiny; and the
ship was so large and the crew such a
mixed up mess Of all sorts of folks that
there was more thantwenty different mu-
TIMES all at once in different parts of the
vessel.
"Well," says Captain Polk, Il wash
my hands of this mischief if the crew
wont turn TO help, the ship must go ashore.
Then an old sailor spoke up and said:
"All the crews in the world couldn't do
any good now; the ship was dished and
must be pumped on the rocks, her sails
and spars were gone, the timbers sprung,
and the hold already half full of water"
In few minutes she struck, and the rocks
gored a hole through her side, and the
water poured in, and down she sunk low
er and lower, till at last she gave one
mighty guggle, and plunged all under
the water except piece ofthe bowsprit
that still stuck out. The storm and the
waves swept over her, and the whole
crew and every body aboard was lost,
except few ofus who scrabbled up and
clnng to the bowsprit,
The hard spring had to make to get
on the bowsprit walked me up; and al
though | amt one that thinks much of
dreams, ! cant help p thinking good deal
of Cape Horn, and naturally feel anxious
to get along down that way as fast as we
can; so hope you'll urge the President
to be a little more stirring, and let US have
men and money little faster.
shall have to break off here for to-
day, because I've gotto write little des-
patch to the President to send by the same
post. | have received some letters from
Uncle Joshua and other relations and
friends in the United States, and send
some of'em along to you, which you can,
if you think best. hitch on to my des.
patches, jest as Gineral Scott takes the
letters of his uuder.officers and bitches
on to his dispatches.
So remain your old friend,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24

A LOCOMOTIVE rs A BULL.-The eve-
ming train for Hartford and New Haven,
on Monday ran afoul of a bull upon the
track near Windsor depot, says theSpring-
field Republican. The engine tender
and baggage car wer thrown off and pre-
cipitated down the embankment. which
was eight feet high at that place. The
whole train. however dashed over the
animal. cutting him to pieces without
much regard to the rules of tie butchers
shop, The Bull belonged to the keeper
of the Windsor House. The accident
delayed the train SO much that it did not
arrive in New Haven till A. M.-Bost.
Times.
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So remain your old friend,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
No. II.-TO JAMES X. Polk President of The
| United States, and all anneGed countries:

No. Ito JAMES X. Polk. President Of The
United States, and all anneEed countries:
HEADeUARTERs. City OF Mexico
AnneGed United States October 25, l847.
DEAR COLONEL: Things is gettin along
here as we'll as could be expected, con.
siderin the help we have, but we are al
together too weak-handed TO work to
profit. If you want us to hurry along
down south, we need good deal more
help and money. 1t wouldn't be no use
to give that three millions of dollars to
Santa Anna now, for the people have got
SO out with him that he couldn't make
peace i'll had six millions. He's skulk-
ing about the country, and has as much as
he can do to take care of himself. SO
think you had better give up the notion
about peace altogether, it'll be such a
hard thing to get, and send us on the three
millions here to help us along in our an.
nexin. It's dangerous standin still in
this annexin business. It's like the old
woman's soap; it don't go ahead it goes
back. 1t would be great help to us in
the way ofholden on to what we get, if
you would carry out that plan of giving
the Mexican land to settlers from the U.
States as fast as we annex it. I've been
impatient to see your proclamation offer
ing the land to settlers to come out here
You've no idea how much help it would
be to us if we only had a plenty of our
folks out here, SO that, as fast as we kill
ed Mexican or drove him off from his
farm, we could put an American right on
toit. If we could only plant as we go.
in this way, we could soon have crop of
settlers that could hold on to the slack
themselves, and leave the army free to
goahead and keep on annexin. | thought,
when left Washington, you was going
to put out such proclamation right a.
way. And think you are putting it off
a good deal to long. for we've got land
and farms enough here now for two hun
dred thousand at least; and, ifthey would
only como on fast enough | think we could
make room for twenty thousand week
for a yearto come. But I'm afraid you're
too delicate about doing your duty in this
business; you are such a ticker for the
constitution. Pm afraid you're waiting
for Congress to meet so as to let them
have finger in the pie. But wouldn't
do it: if you do. Pm afraid you'll wish
your cake was dough again. From all |
canhear from home thingsis is looking rath-
er sqdally there Our party seem to be
falling of, in New York State they are
all faded away into Barnburners and
Hunkers, and itlooks all over the coun-
try as ifthe Wings was coming into pow
er; and if they should it would be ter
rible calamity, for they are too narrow
minded and too much behind the age to
understand the rights Of this annexin
business,a and its ten chances to one fthey
don't contriye some way to put a stop to
Iit.
I've got good deal more that | wanl
to say, and some advice ! should like tc
give you, but shall be obliged to leav,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24
Dcath OF ChonceIlor ucut

The whole country will learn with deep
sorrow ofthe death ofthe venerable Chan
cellor Kent, Of New York. He died at
bis residence in that city on Sunday even
ing, in the s5th year Of his age, having
surpassed with undiminished vigor ofin-
tellect scarcely abated physical ability
and force, by a quarter Of a century, the
epoch at which the Constitution of that
State declared him no longer competent
TO perform the duties of Chancellor.
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DIR. Dunoans Espeo,orant Remedy.

Dr. Duncans ExpectOrant Remedy.
CINCINNATI, o., March Sd 1847.
Dear Sir-This is to certify to the public par
ticularly to those afflicted with disease of the
Lungs, or CoSsUMPTIoN, that in the Spring OF
l843 was attacked with severe cold, which
soon became seated upon my Lungs, showing all
the symptoms OF an approaching Consumption
My cough was tight and troublesome, attended
with coplous night sweats; spit up daily con-
siderable quantity ofblood mixed with thick dark
matter. My situation become serious and alarm
ing. During this tme'l was attended by two of
our most skilul Physicians, they did the best thew
could for me, when at length. they gave up ali
hopes ofmy recovery, informing me that nothing
more could be done-that my lungs were fatally
diseased, and beyond remedy was then per-
suaded by friend OF mine to make trial of DR.
DUNCAN'S EXPECTORANT REMEDY, which
my Physicians persisted against, saying that this
medicine would d0no good, and would still add
more to my suffering. told them il was my last
and only hope. and that il i must die of the dis
ease, (Which was evident to me- there would be
nothing lost. So sent to the Cincinnati Office,
and obtained bottles of this truly valuable medi.
he, an commenced using according to the d-
rections, which instead of adding to my suffering,
Immediately gave me relief, at once arresting the
troublesome Cough; easing the pain and tghtness
i'll my Chest giving me new life and strength,
which soon enabled me to be about again. This
medicine continued its good work. which it so no.
bly, commenced, until was made sound man.
have since been attending to my business, (up-
wards of years) aud feelas healthy as Iwish.
have recommended DR.. Duncan's ETpectorant
Remedy in many instances to those similarly afflic.
ted, and ii has always proved successful so far as
have witnessed its effects. My sister is using this
melIcina nj nraannf E,r N n;eeoeeH :1or mud m
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24

SMARr.-The Tribune has the follow
ing poser: A poor fellow was yesterday
brought before one Of the police Justices.
charged with thecrime Of being intoxicst-
cd. The justice interrogated him-'.Well, !,
what do you getdrunk and come here in
this condition for! "See here. was the
reply, uttered with hiccough and aceens
tuation Of drnnken men. what do you
give licenses for!"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24

TIE TELEGRAPH AT ST. LOUISA
large meeting ofthe business men of that
city was held on the Both ult. Mr.. o.
REILLY was present, and, in a clear and
frank manner.explained the progress thus
far, and the difficulty between him and
Mr.. Morse's agents, to the satisfaction Of
those present. All queries were fully
answered and the Rereilleexpresses strong
confidence that the amount of stock $685.
900 will be readily taken.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24

The Legislature of Georgia has pass
ed resolutions approving of the plan of
ASA Whitney, Esq. of New York, for
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific O.
ceans byrailroad. They were adopted
by the House without dissent, but in tho
Senate by only three majority.
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curious stntislicnI RECORD.

Ohio County was organized in l776,
and soon after the county Of Kentucky.
ln l779, the western emigrants suffered
from famiue of the most serious kind.
Even after the price ofcorn had fallen q
10 thirty dollars per bushel, continental
currency, the tavern rates in Ohio, as we
are told, were established by the County
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-24

VIRGlSrA.-The State Legislature as.
sembled at Richmond on Monday last
A Democrat in the Senate and Wing
in the House, were elected Speakers
The Governor. Extra Billy" sent in a
long and thoroughly Locofocoish Mes
SAGE.
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Ono auart oil STRONG beer :.

The currency, continental money, con-
tinued to diminish in value until 1881,
when the charge for dinner was fixed by
the Court at twenty dollars; and break
fast aud supper at fifteen dollars.- Er. pa,
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Agents for The LamcasIer Gnzette.

Miitersp0rt: E. Vance
Mem Salem: DR.. N d. Brock
PiekeriagfOa: A. Bright, Jr
JEFFERSON: David JenDing
Lithopolis: Lewis Huber
Canal Winchester: Or. Potter
Lsekuille: VIM P. 1'ennent
-Amanda; Nathan j. WorralI
Royalton: J. Clements, Jr.
Amanda TIP. VIM. Ashbrook
Corroii; William p. Breck
Basil: Henry Leonard
Baliimore; u. l. Nicely
v. d. PALMER, Esq, Generi
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Greenfield r.; Walter McFar,
land Thoinas Liiilefeld
Pleasant r, T. 2. Aslibrook
East RHshUiiie; David Baker
". .Rushpiiis; N. B. Coulsion
Bremen Beery 4 Ashbangh
Auburn ~ J. Hall, B. Black
Bern 7. James r. Pearce
Psrry,TopH: Levi Friend
Madison 4: I. T., Koontz
Cisarereek; COl.W. Hamilton
G-anUille: ?. r. Hagerman
Somerset; David Hewitt
i Agent for the Eastern Cities
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Wheat! Whealn WhealM

A LARGE QUANTITY OF WHEAT wanted
IN at the NEW CASH STORE, lst Door
East Of the rs WAN HOTEL" for which the
Cash will be paid on delivery.
T. U. WHITE.
Lancaster, October %, 1s47. 25
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JOHN D, MARTIN, i

Il HAVE FOUND IT.'-Eureka.
C oNS UMPTIoN CAN BE CURED
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-09
More New Goods |!

TIME last ariva, is al Purdy's Store, Market
L Square, where viii be found handsome
soriu,ent Of
SPRING AND SUMNER GOODS,
Of the latest and most approved ,ics, consisting Of
Cloths, Cassmers, Vtsiings,
Summer stulfs, Nous d. Iancs, Lawns,
Ginghams, Calicos, Musins,
leans, Sc, &c, &c; .'sn, a full assortment Of
Groceries, all Of which will be sold lover than ever
Offered IN this market
Call and examine for yourselves.
Sudbury Nav rs h, ls47-,f
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~ HCA~
Spring Goods.

YyHHE subscriber has just rs'eived his Ncv
Il s,rns Goods, to which he invites his FREE
and customers 70 call aud examine fot themse o
His stock consists in part of she following:
Supcrot Cinths, Of al, colors; Ccssitners of dine
ent patterns; Satin and other Vesings Ga
tcos, Lawns, 0inghsms, Checks. Tick
M ings, and summer wear of all kinds
and prices; slso, Lsghorn and
Palm leaf Hats; Umbrellas
-sf and Parusols. from 25
cents up~srds;
Nt+ siso. Groceries, Queens
ware, Hardware. Ccdarwara,
Oils, Paints, Fish, Salt. Sc, &C., &c,
snd in fact, every article osusIly kep, ia a coun,
store, which will lie sold seey low, Tor cash ora y"
Kind Of trade. e7 '' JOHN BoGAR
Suntury. May 18th, ls47.--nl4y H.e
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Erp Aoussel'S 1ImfOersal
s H AVN G. CIR e "A M.

Small quantities given without Charge.
1T III Chesnut 81. PHILADELPHIA
gH'IIlS new aud splendid article, a. its name de-
4 notes, is prdassed to- he superior to any Shn-
wing Cream in the Uni,-d States or Europe. 1t is
unsurpass fr beauty, purity and fastance, thu
somewhat analogous to Gu rlain's Amhrosial
Cream and other similar compounds. 1t far SUI
passes them all by the en- lent pssty consistency
of its lather, which sofens the beard as to fend,r
shaving pleasant and easy. II further possesses
the advantage over the imported article, in being
freshly pr,pae,l, no skill being wanting in its mat
uisc,ure. T.. Roussrl having had ma,y years ex-
perience in the celebrated Laboratory Of Laugur,
PeIe et Fills, now Renaud & co., OF Paris.
Besides being the best, it is the cheapest article
for shaving; II is elegantly put up in boxes, with
splendid steel engraved labels.
Prize 50 per dozen. or 37t cents for single box.
10 shave one year. Ii is sso sold at ii so per ID.
or i29 cents per o., So that grn,lemn can have
their box filled at EUGENE ROL SSEI.'S,
Wholesale and Retail Perfumcty and Mineral Wa
ter Es' s'ab.ishment, ia Chesnut Street,
Dec 10, Isi6.-- PHILADELPHIA.
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"IArCHES, Watch Gia ses aud Materials.
" Jewerv Of all descriptions. qualities and
styles, comprising all the articles connected
With the Trade.
Clocks.
Dxson g. Sons Bh,annis, German Silver and Sill
YER Plated Wares. -. i- '..'i -Hf
Sheffield aud Birmingham Plated Fancy Articles.
Rodgers e. Sons and Wosf nhnlm's Cutlery, Ra-
zors. Scissors, Era.e,s, Desk Knives. &c.
Ivory II ,nJied Table Cutlery. Of The finest medium
AID comm, N qualities.
large ass o1men Of Gold Pens. & - o.. 2
Penf"cal Siec'scl,s. - -.
Paper Mache aud J,panped Trays, various shapes
and quah,ies. at reduced rates
Gold Watch Cas,s, Dials and Silver Wate, OF all
descriptions, manufactured 10 order.
DICKSON & CO., having recently removed
into the large and commodious warehouse formerly
occupied hy Messrs. r. AsaauRsr & SoSs, ant
more recently hy AsuuuRsr & RENISsToS, beg
leave 70 inform Watch Dealers. Country Merchants
and others, that they design having at all times
large assi,,ment Of Goods, Of their own imporia.
iion which they determined to se at the lowest
rates.
C-j' Eve,y attention will lie paid TO the Packing
of Go ia. and in The execution of Orders, ths quail
ties aud prices will be fully guaranteed against all
! competition.
Philadelphia, June 10Th, isiT-iy
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sEAsoNApLs HlsTs The Journal of Health
has the following remarks upon sleeping in cold
bedrooms, which are quite appropriate TO the
season, now ~ hre and coaks are beginning 10
flourish
Cold Bsdreoais.--A person accustomed 10 un-
dress in a room without 6Ie, and to seek repose
cold bed will not sx pei irnce the least Incon'
venience, even in the severest weather. The
natural heat OF bis body will very speedily rem
der him even more comfortably warm than the
individual who sleeps 10 heated apartment, and
in a bed thus artiGeially warmed, and who will
be extremely liable to a sensation of chillness as
soon as the artificial heat is dissipated. But this
is not sil-the constitution Of the former will be
rendered more robust, aud far less susceptible to
the influence Of atmosPherieai vieissitudes than
that OF the latter.