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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Public Meeting.

The creditors of the GAINESVILLE and
MaysviIIe Turnpike Road Company, met
at the tavern of f. A, Shaffer, in Lam
caster, on the 18Th Of August, 1S4S. A
large number of creditors were present,
pursuant To previous notice.
On motion Of John 7. Brasec, Esq,
JonN BncKwIrn was appointed chair
man. and g. r &q6y, Secretary.
The meeting was then addressed at
some length by John 7. Brasee. Esq,
P. Van Trump, Esq, and Henry DiItoe.
showing the present condition ofthe road,
and the entire hopelrssness of the gener-
al creditors receiving one dollar on their
claims, from the road, for the next forty
years; and suggested several plans by
which there is hope worthy of an effort
of the creditors, realizing their entire
claims.
On motion of Mr.. Henry Ditioe, COM
millee Of s were appointed 10 draft a me-
mortal Of the association Of the creditors,
&report to this meeting. The Chairman
appointed J. 7. Brasee, Esq, Charles
Shoemaker, Alexander McGinnis, un.,
Henry Dilloe aud Neal Crossen.
The Committee made the following
report, which was unanimously adopted:
Resulted, Isl, That it isexpedientf for the
Zanesvile aud Maysville Road CUmpa-
ny, To unite their efforts. with the view
aud fnr the purpose of Obtaining pay
men, ofIher respective demands.
Remlred, Cd. That John Beckwith, of
Perry county, John G. Weaver, and
George I}cery, sen, of Fairfield county,
Charles Shoemaker, of Pckaway county,
aud Charles Woods. of Ross county, be
and they ARE hereby appointed com.
milee. whose duty it shall be to memori-
aIize the Legislature on behalf of the
creditors of sOid company, and touching
the sale of said Road, or The surrender Of
its stock ln the State as will insure the
payment Of the debts of the Company.
Resoiced, Sd, That the said Commit
tee be and they are hereby fully aulhori
zed, to do any aud all acts necessary aud
proper To be done. in order To effect the
object for which they are appointed,
aud also 10 employ such agents or assist.
ants, as they may find necessary.
Resoircd, An, That any expenses in
cured in calling this meeting, or that may
be incurred by said Committee in the
discharge of their duties, shall be paid
raleably by euch creditor, who concurs
in these proceedings, in proportion to the
amount ofhs claims,
ResolUed. 5th, That each creditor pre-
sent, siguity his assent hereto, by signing
this paper, and fixing 10 the end of his
name the amount of his demand
ResoiU'd, 9Th, That it shall be the du.
~ of each member Of said Committee, Ia
procure the signature Of non-atlending
creditors, TO similar papers, to the extent
of their ability,
RcsOlrcd III, That said Committee
have power to cull another meeting nf the
creditors, whensoc, er in their opinion il
moy be necessary.
ReSOlVed, SM, Tha, the Editors of pa
pcrs published in Chilicothe, Lancaster
and Somewet, be- requested to publish
the proceedings ol'this meeting.
JOHN BECKWITH, Chn.
CHARLES F. SHEPPeR, Secretary.
Lancaster, Aug, Is, lS4S.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
More "Noisc aud Confusion. !"

They tell an amusing story in Detroit
about General Cass and his parrot. The
parrotit seems was permitted to occupy
a cage which hung near the front door of
the Generals dwelling. One day the
General was disturbed by the cry Of Hur-
rah forold Zack," proceeding as he sup
posed, from some noisy boys in the street.
The fooiman was therefore dispatched to
disperse the intruders. He however g.
turned with the report that the streets
were clear, and never boy to be seen."
Scarcely had he finished his report before
the same appalling shouts were again
heard Hastily despatched to the door
again the footman returned with report
similar TO the first. Before he was done
speaking he was silenced by repetition
of those dreaded notes; bu; "nearer,
clearer, deadler than before" A third
time despatched, the footman burst into
the room in afrenzy of wonder aud indig.
nation, ,exclaming, AN sure yer hon'rit's
that ugly brute of bird that's cryin
Hurrah for old Zack, it is." The poor
bird was doomed. Its publ c life was al
an end, its political professions were
brought to close and it was transferred
to back shed to do pcnance for creating
"a noise and confusion" so ominous and
offensive Cleveland Herald.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
The Weller PlatfOrm-.WelIer on the Right
OF PetitionS

Tho following is an extract from a
speech of John B. Weller in the House
of Representatives ofthe U. States, Dec.
81, 1S43, in reply to Mr. Beardsley, OF
New York, on the reception of petition
asking Congress to abolish Slavery in the
District of Columbia:
"The gentlemen from New York, Mr..
Beardsley, had made great discovery,
viz: that encouraging these people in their
HELLlSH DESIGNS against the Con-
stitution, and peace and stability of the
Union, was the only effectual way OF
prostrating them.
=" For one he was settled in the
belief that the rejection Of these frebraad
petitions was tho oNIYway to preSerUe the
temple of our Union from cOnfagrdtiOn:
aud so long as his constituents gave him a
voice in that House, before the God that
nude him. he SWORE that they might
rely on his untiring exertions and his un-
tagging zeal in resisting all such WICK.
ED and lNCENDIARY attempts a.
gainst tie PEACE ofthe cONntry!"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Another Famine In ireland.

Ireland is again doomed we fear tC
starvationl Was ever an unfortunate
people so prosecuted by cplamity2 The
Dublin Freeman's Journal of the l2th
August, says:
"Any attempt at cnncealment would be
more than uscless-it would be n posi-.
tive crime, The potdtOe disease has sci
in, and mOres torWard w'ih rapid strides
We are aware that speculation may, and
will tuke advantage oIthis sad announce
ment. But our duty is the same. w
hare to put Me country in possession o
Me facts, and searH the authorities in TIM
MdttheJ JOod of Tie pcopie is decaying, j.
nat lost. and that early erfens,re prep
arat'oNs must be made 10 enable The PeO-
pie to lire"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Ros. Comn,y Mnss Mcc,iug.

The friends of Taylor aud Fillmore, in
this stronghold of whiggery, had grand
demonstration, on last Wednesday,
Thousands of the citizens mel together in
cuuncil. They were ably and eloquent.
ly addressed by COMBS, of Kentucky,
TAYLOR, of Ross, and c. N. OLDs, Of
Pickaway. In the evening Gen. GREEN
addressed crowd in the Court House.
"Old Ross" is now fairly in the field,
nnl wo are promised an old fashioned
Harrison minority from her.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
The Foreign News.

The tenor Of the foreign intelligence re-
ceived by the Niagara, has not varied ma
terially the impression left from former ad
vices. Changes which were in progress
have, it is true been consummaled, and
events which were inevitable, have mean.
while taken place; but the rela ions u
European politics are substantially the
same.
There appears 10 be a hnpc, vcrging or
be!ief in the French and Austrian capltals
that speedy restoration Of unive rsa
peace is practicable al the prescntlime; but
looking at The subject with the advantages
Of distance and dispasionate judgment,we do
not see how this is yet to be accomplished
The Danish and Italian questions will not
admit OF a ready settlement, aud the ghost
OF Sclavonic nationality is not yet willing
TO be laid in the old sepulChre. on the bank,
Of the Dundee. Germany bears in hel
breast the seed of principles which will
soon shoot into light; aud even France. sc
sorcly tried in her struggles for Liberty
seems 10 feel again the premonilory lhroe'
Of civil revolution. After such a genera
upheaving Of the old SUFFICE of lhings, as
the last six months have witnessed, We
dare not yet hope for cessation of the
struggle.
Italy is driven to the last extremity
II the meditation Of France and England
should fail in securing terms TO which she
can honorably subscribe, there remains
nothing but desperate war and an I'm
mense sacrifice of blood and treasure Th {
GorVy Of Gen Weden into the Roman States
is said to have been unauthorized, but haC
the people shown less determined heroism
and the Romagna fallen an easy prey Il
the Auslrian the authority might have fol
lowed tho act. The prompt remonstranc,
by tn, English and French Government
against this outrage, mcy have its effect on
the Cabinet al Vienna.
The Principalities on the Danube are
quiet, but only for The time. In Denmarl
there has been no serious conflict, and tht
prospects for peace are rahe; improving. =
Some of the Provinces OF Spain are still
disturbed by The Carllsts, but they are cou
stantly held in check by the troops Of th,
Crown.-M Y. Tribune.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Mr. Whit,Mi,M : Gard.

We publish, 10 day, Mr. IVA'tm0n''
pledge to tho people oflhe county, not i'
take his seat in tho event of his election
We hope that everybody will read it
We defer some remarks, which we have
to make upon his position His pledge
is not to take his seat. He knows very
well that tho circumstances he speaks oI
to qualify his pledge cannot take place
Mr.. KELLER, it will be remembered is
guided by him.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Dcmocrn,ic Promiscs In IslA.

The Democratic Committee of Colum-
bus, Ohio, published the following in the
Ohio Statesman, after the election of Polk
aud Dallas. Our readers can judge
for themselves how far their predictions
have been realized, aud how nearly they
resemble the predictions of certain lead
ers Of the same party in Tennessee.
Comment is unnecessary:
"In the election of James X. Polk and
George Nj. Dallas, as President and
Vice President of the United States the
Democracy have secured to the country
the blessings ofan economical govern
ment--a rigid restriction of the action OF
the Federal Government within the lin.
its prescribed by the Constitution-free'
dom of religion will be defended, the
freedom Of the press advocated, the free
dom of the seas enforced, and the rights
ofevery citizen, native or adopted, equal
! ly respected. In the deafeat of Federal.
ism, ,he country is saved from a National
Debt, from the bGghting, 'citheriag curse
Of a National DEBT, from high, unequal
and uujustTaria,which protects the favor
ed few, at the expense ofthe toiling many
The morals of the country have beer
yindicaled all our territOrym Oregon m'l
be sared, and the English flag aud the
English laws banished.
, "Texas will be admitted into the I'm
ion, 'w'thOm war, withOut djShOaor the
Administration will ask nothing bu
what is clearly right, and will submit tC
nothing that is wrong and peace ana
prosperity rW cyOscn our labors," s,"-JoHcs
bOrO' Whig.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
PIen.,,,llviIle mceiIng.

We have received the proceedings of
the meeting in Pleasantville. but do not
deemit necessary TO insert all. P. S.
WISEMAN was appointed President,
Dr.. 6EonEGAN Vice and James j. Wat
son Secretary.
The following preamble and resolu.
lions, presented by Or. Brock were adop,
ted unanimously:
Whereas. The Medical Profession as
well as many Cilizens in the United States
have labored under melancholy disad-
vantages for number of years past, in
consequence Of the importation and sale
of large quantities of adulteraled, mis-
named Il vitiaied Drugs and Medicines
&c. which are used in our every days
pCaclice thereby not only defraudlng our
citizens ou; of large amounts OF money,
(bnl placing in their hand remedies which
are sometimes inert aud at other times so
vitiated as to act injuriously upon the
system, endangcring if not destroying
the lives of thousands of our fellow citi-
zcus, instance Calomel and Opium, two
leading articles often so adulteraied as Ia
be entirely inert, battling the skill and
destroying the reputation of the best
Physicians, 81 at the same time endanger
ing the life Of the Patient-anolher i'll
stance discovered by the New York Gus
tom house officers, of seven th0usanc
pounds of Rhubarb, passing through The
custom house within ninety days, will
the strength exlrcaied aud The root pol
ished so as to look genuine, sold as such,
and whereas Dr. EDWARDS, member o
CongIess from this district viewing th'
evil consequences arising from soch de
ception, called the attention of Congress
, to the subject, and directed his energe
: in procuring facts aud maturing AM
, passing through Congress bill for tn
. suppression Of the same, he is entitled
to the thanks not only ofhis own consil
uents but of the citizens of the who'll
Union. therefore-
D ResOlrcd, That this meeting hearth
approve of The course of our membero q
Congress, DR.. T. o. Edwards and we d.
hereby tender him our thanks for his yea
inprocuringthe passage of The bill forth
suppression of the importation and sale G
adulleratcd Drugs aud Medicines.
Rcsolred, That we will use all honor
able means to secure his reelection, be
lieving him to be true and trus,y Rep
resentative and worthy of our warmes
n RnnnOrl.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Legislative Ticket.

We cheerfully place the names of Sam
uel T. Worcester and George Reber,
Esqs, at the head of our columns, as the
Wing candidates for Senator and Repre-
sentative. Both of them are able men
we'll known for the correctness of their
private characters and the firm undevia-
ting adherence of Wing principles
Their talents and experience eminentIy
fit them TO meet and thwart the mad
schemes of the unprincipled d;sorgani-
GERS who are aiming to overthrow the
government of the State. We will not
appeal to the Wings of this district, alone
to give them hearty support; but we ask
all who cherish our State institutions, and
wishes them saved from the Jacobin's s
grasp, to rally to their support.-Ml-
an Tribune.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08

Another week of anxiety has passed, and
yet there Is nothing decisive from that
country, 10 one Of the Safe trials, that
O'Doherty, the Government has been de
lrated. Two OF the Jurors held cut, and
Of them to his honor be it said or san Eng
lishman. In another case, that OF the be
loved trend of MITCnLL, JOnN MARTIN
the Government succeeded in finding YER
diet of guilty. The traitor who found hin
guilty recommended him to mercy. Hl'
sentence was not pronounced when thu
steamer left. GAvAN DUFFY was not llkcl,
10 be convicted, and the Government II
getting up new charges against him. The
Government officials are as usual dis
pla ying their insolence. The council o
the prisoners, by their patriotic eloqucnce
are moving every body to pity but the heart
less jurors
The orst feature Of the news is the ar
rest OF the eloquent young MEAGHgR. Ht
and his two com panlons gave themselves W
almost as unresistingly as dlGSMITuU'BRIE'
near the same spot just week before. W.
can hardly think they would permit them
selves to be taken so quietly unless the!
are convinced that the people are not ye
ready for revolt. O'GoRMAN, DILLON anC
REILLY are still out among the people witt
price upon their heads. There are more
OF Military men than those who have beer
taken.
The failure OF the potatoe crop looks al
arm;ug.-A famine is threatened vhlcl
will probably carry away ten times as ma
ny as as would perish in the most desoIa
ting war, May Heaven avert the calamity
The Clergy in the mean time are inter
ceediug for clemency to the prisoners. They
are knerling on the boso Of their NATIVE
Island which English cruelty and despotisu
las made vast Cbarnel-house, and pray
that the graves which England dug 70
the victims of famine may not be reddene'
with the blood of lreland's purest patr lots
; We have much more faith, still in Irish val
or to achieve independence than in EngliSl
willingness 10 grant justice to the people
she has so long and cruelty oppressed.
Republican Friends Of lrelant Th'
clouds are thick around you. Yet If thel
should hereafter clear away, let it not bt
said that you were the first 10 despair
We may finally disappointed yetwho woulc
not rather be 50 than premalurely to des
pond. The harvest is not yet gathered
GAvAN DUR is not yet transported; SMITI
O'BRiEN is not yet executed for treasol
among the people Of Tipperary, where h
is to be tried. While hope is LETT b
faithiul: Ireland expects and needs your de
votions. Stand firm though all other
should desert her now.-N Y. Tribune.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Free sOiIim Louisiana.

The second Free Soil meeting at La
fayette, was not so quiet as the first one.
anumber of persons being present who
voted down all the resolutions offered. A
Van Buren club was formed, with the
following as the basis of their consli,u-
tion:
ave whose names are hereunto sub
scribed do hereby form ourselves into a
club under the name of the Van Buren,
Club, for the purpose of opposing the
extension of slavery over the territory of
the United States not recognized as SOW
ereign States; That the same may become
The refuge and home of the free white
laborer, whose only capital that he can
invest in agriculture is the labor of his
own hands; We also advocate the gift of
said public domain to actual settlers free
ofcost; and that we may not bring odium on
this club we hereby pledge ourselves to
each other that we will not by word or
act sanction any proposition of change in
the relation that exists in the State be-
tween the colored and our own race"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Heroes.

Gen. Cass ran his sword into stump,
and Col. Weller ran his nose into a bran
dy bottle. Gen. Cass thrust his paw into
tho bowels of the United States Treasu-
ry; Col. Weller ditto. into the intestines
of that of Butler county. Gen. Cass
finds noise and confusion unfavorable TO a
declaration of his principles; Col. Wei
Ter labors under the same difficulty in re.
gard to his accounts. There is a striking
similarity IN the history Of that kind oil
heroes. Gen. Cass ran away from Duck
creek as fast as his duck legs would car
ry him, and Col. Weller ordered his
brave boys to "iorward and give the black
rascals cold STEEL" when he and bis "gal
liant charger" were in full retreat from
the battle ground at Monterey! Surely
fame's neither trumpet shall blow an extra
blast for these redoubted heroes, and the
muse of History, armed with shingle
and a lump of chalk, shall make indelli'
BILE record Of their doings to the benefit
and for the imitation of millions yet to be
born or not as the case may boz Ohio
State Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
COMMITTEES NOTICE.

The County Central committee have
received letters of acceptance from
Gen. JOHN l.. GREEN, Of Chilli
colhe, and
Col. A. NJ. MITCHELL, Of Cincin.
natl.
Both of whom will address The Mass
Meeting, on tho 10th inst 1t is also
probable that
Capt. G. w. CUTTER, of ofKentucky
who was with Gen. Taylor AT the battle
Of Buena Vista, will he present and ad
dress the friends of his old Commander
He has the reputation Of being an elo'
quent aud excellent stumper We shall
have no lack of good speaking.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Norwnlk and snndusIxy Banks

The Sandusky Clarion ofSeptemberl,
says the reports of the failure of the Nor
walk and Sandusky Banks are incorrect;
that "the notes of both Banks have so far
as we have heard, been promptly redee.
med in specie, whenever presented
aud adds that the recent report of the
failure of these Banks probably origina.
ted with dishonest brokers"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08

FACE THE MUsIo.-Col. Weller, in
his insane flourishes upon the stump, de-
clare himself TO be in readiness to answer
at the bar of his country and of his ma
kerfor all the Mexican Llood on his hands.
But when he is called upon to answer at
the bar of Butler county for the eleven
thousand dollars of which he has Jled
the Surplus Revenue Fund of that coun-
ty, he manifests no such readiness. If
he should give security for the former by
the mortgage of his spiritualities, as he
has for the latter by his temporalities, we
have not the least doubt but the assur-
ance in the one case would be worth Just
as much as it is in the other-O. S. Jour.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
RGeneral George Washington when

|General George Washington when
quite young, was about to go to sea as
a midshipman; everything was arranged,
the vessel lay opposite to his fathers
house, the little boat had come on shore
TO take him off, and his whole heart was
bent on going. After his trunk had been
carried down to the boat he went to bid
his mother farewell, and saw the tears
bursting from her eyes. However he
said nothing to her; but he saw that his
mother would be distressed if he went,
and perhaps never be happy again. He
just turned round to the servant and said,
Go and tell them to fetch my trunk back.
| will not go away to break my mothers
heart" His mother was struck with his
decision, and she said to him, George,
God has promised to bless the children
that honor their parents, and | believe
he will bless you"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
Townshin Decorations.

The Central Committee have not deem
ed it advisable, to interfere in the arrange
ments of the Townships for the meeting,
on the 10th. They can best arrange
their own delegations, and time of meet
ing. We trust that not man will be
left at home. Those that know Genera
Taylor we'll are to speak Of him.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08

A SoULLEss Man.-An Iowa stump
orator, wishing to describe his opPo-
nent as a souless man said:
"a have heard some persons hold the
opinion, that just at the precise moment
after one human being dies, another is
born, and the soul enters and animates
the new born babe. Now | have made
particular and extensive inquiries con
corning my opponent THAR, and | findd
that for some hours before he drew
breath nobody died. Fellow citizens,
leave you to draw the inference. 3
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
south Carolina.

The State of South Carolina appears
10 hesitate which of tho two TO choose
Cass or Taylor. A large meeting nomi'
mated Taylor and Butler, another nomi'
mated Cass and Butler We think that
the State had better, as usual, cOmprom.
jse on John G. Calhoun.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
LooIs Ind lhe Olher sIde.

ltit was wrong in Gen; Taylor to ac-
cept The nomination of the meeting at
Charloston S. c., what should he have
donel Refuse III Reject the nomiua,
ton and refuse the South Carolinians the
privilege of voting for him9 Gen. Taylor
was already candidate before the peo-
ple-the sOhOle people ofthe U. StatesS
and he was SO by his own consent. The
nomination had been made by Whig
Convention and accepted, and the prin-
ciples upon which his administration is,
to be conducted, if he is elected, ha&
been repeatedly declared. Shall them.
Gen. Taylor refuse the. sufrages of a
part of that people before the whole Of
whom he stands a candidate. and who.
ask of him nothing but the privilege Of
voting for him? No opledges are requiredl
and the first intimation he has upon the
subject is his unconditional nomination.
This nomination he accepts as uncondi-
tionally. Why should he notl And if
he has not done right, what should he
have done? 1t is far easier to find fault
with mans course than it is to point out
better one.--O. S. Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
~ Deserlions from Cass are every da,

swelling! The BallSton IN. W Demo.
crat thus speaks its opinion:
at will be seen that we have dismissed
General Cass aud his associate from the
head Of our columns, and have substitu-
ted the nominees ofth Buffalo Conven-
ton. We adopted 1--WE confess, with mis-
givings) the name of Cass shortly after
the Baltimore Convention, and at time
when there was no other alternative but
this course or neutrality; and neutrality
in a newspapers is cold and repulsive
companion"