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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
Obituary.


Departed this life at his residence in
Newport, Keniucky. yesterday after
noon, General JAMES TAYLOR. one
Of the small remnant ofthe Pioneer Faith
ers, and an active spirit of the West in
the days of its early settlement. The
deceased was in his sOth year, and has left
behind him numerous circle of relations
and friends, children and grandchildren.
He will be buried from his late residence
-BgLLEvIEw-to.mOrrOw moruing'al 10
O'Clock, with military and civic bonors.
Geo Taylor was born al Midway. in the
county Of Caroline, Virginia, on the 18th
of April, 1863. He emigrated to Ken
tucky in 1892, and the following year set
tied upon the spot where he died He
was quartermaster-general ofthe North
Western army in the last war with Great
Britain, and is noticed in histories re-
ferring to those times as active in
the discharge of the important duties
which devoIved upon him" The same
histories relate, that when Gen Hull sur
rendered Detroit to the British, General
James Taylor was one of the very first
called upon to assist in drawing up the
articles of capitulation; but he, with the
others, Indignantly refused any pariciPa-
ton in an act SO disgraceful to the Ameri-
can arms. ...
The deceased was cousin Of General
Taylor, and his last public act. before
leaving the works oftime for the rewards
of eternity, was to give his vote for the
Taylor and Fillmore Presidential Elec-
tors in Kentucky-which be did, being
waited upon by one of the judges of elec-
ton, about FIVE hours before his deatb.-
In this connection, it may be opposite to
mention,-which we do on the authority
Of one of his old friends-that mis- frst
public act was bearing to Richmond, Va,
as deputy Sheriff under bis father, the
vote of Caroline county at the first elec.
ton of George Washington.
General Taylor had been an invalid
for Number of years, during the las
two or three of which he suffered mucl
from his bodily infrmities. He is nov
gone.-one of the last of the Pioneers I,
leave the banks of the beautiful Ohio. al
he was one of the first to make his home
upon them, and adorR it first with the ne
cessaries and comforts, then the refine
ments and elegancies of life. - Cincinnati
Gazette. f-.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

A young farmer, lately married to
beautiful and intellectual lady, after the
honeymoon had passed, was panied to
observe that his young bride looked
'h"ughtful at times, and appeared to Suf-
fer much from ennni thinking that
this might be caused by the absence of
female companions he induced several
young ladies. relatives, to make his house
their home, in hopes thereby, To render
her completely happy, This arrange,
ment had moi The desired effect His be-.
loved though apparently j"ynns and
cheerful whilst cnnversng with him, as
soon as the conversation Jagged, relapsed
into the melancholy mood. Surprised
at this he fell pondering the cause, and
came to the conclusion to send 10 New
York for "a piano, to be forwarded by the
first ship bound to Natchez, Vicksburg
or Grand Gulf Well the musical com
pauion at length arrived-and a splen
did one il was-of beautiful mahogonv,
ornamented and polished to the value of
a hve hundred dollar bill. Aud then it
discourSed such rayishing melody, as the
snowy fingers of the young bride pres,
sed the keys The young farmer was in
raptures, and congl atulated himself ON
having procured the identical one thing
needful to his angels complete felicity.
Posr mani he paid but poor compi-
menl To his amiable partners intellect
if he thought she could couteniedIy pass
her lensnre hours in strummng over q nj
anofnrte! ..... ...
He was mistaken. Though music hath
charms, like love, it is no, the only desd.
eratum in the world; for IA while il pleas.
eS the ear and touches the heart, bur il
ministers not to the mind! The lady sci.
dom courted Apollo, and her husband
had the modification offeeins that he had
not yet made his domcile a paradise ia
'her he adored," At last, to solve the
riddle of her discomfort, he asked if she
did not, at times regret having entered
the marriage stale.
0, no. indeed she replied, with great
earnestneSs; never for a moment have
been other than your happy wife; bul
sometimes"-
"Wel sometimes what. dearest?"
"lf must tell you, then Sometime,
Iregret that yOn do not take tie ncmspa
pers Father takes h0fa dOsen."
Let every young husband, who lnves
his wife, and would keep her happy. and
thus preserve an amiable temper. remem
Der the case here cited. and steadily avoid
the error pointed out.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
Converting Wheat from an Annual 10 a Pee
rennial Plant.

The attempt has been made to convert
wheat from an annual to perennial plant
and it is said, with some good degree Of
success. The account given is stbal it was
discovered by The steward or director
named Kern, Of an estate at Constance.
After he ploughed and manured the land
he then sowed il with summer or winter
wheat. In the spring before the ear
makes its appearance, he mows is. This
he does repeatedly several times a the
course ofthe season, using it as kind Of
hay. After this he allows the plant to
grow, land be harvested as usual The
next year it ripens earlier aud bears u
much larger crop than wheat cultivated
III the usual manner, In autumn il is ma &.
nureG like the grass OF meadows, and in
the spring the weeds are removed. The
effect is stated to be such that from one
field four successive harvests have been
gathered. The subject is one of cousid
erable interest, as M doubt, if rendered
perennial, it would he useful for the pur-
pose offorage. 1t might be well for some
OF our enterprising farmers to Test the
principle,as it is so easily done, and fuller
information relating TO it is needed. We
have sought for some more salisfactor,
history of the mailer, but as yer have
been unable TO light upon any thing
which will give it. At present it is toe
vague to enlile it to much reliance
though the particular fact does not ap.
pea! to be at variance with analogy in ,e
gard To improvements quite as great of nu,
merous plants, by particular cultivation
-Patent Office Report.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
"Th. Law and Nexsnaners.n

I. Subscribers who do not give cypress notice
to the contrary, are considered wishing to continue
their subscriptions.
9. If subscribers order the dscontinuance of
their papers, the publisher may continue to send
them until all arrearages are paid.
8. Tfsubscrbers neglect, or refuse to take their
pap ers from the offices to which they are senthey
are held responsible till they have settled their
bills, ordered their paper discontinued.
4. Ifsubscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publishers, aud the paper is
sent to the former direction they are held respon-
sibie.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take newspaper or periodical from the office or
removing. aud leaving it uncalled for, is 'prlma
face" evidence OF Intentional Fraud
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
WHOLE NO. 1908


There are many PERSONS among Us.
with whom fortune has dealt Irsther harsh
ly,' according to their own account, and
who constantly bemoan their unauspi-
cious fate, ,attribIiing all their misfortunes,
to bad luck. To all such we commend
the following extract from Rev. H. ".
Beecher's lectures TO young men:
81 may here, ,as well as anywhere. .impart
the secret ofgood and bad luck. There
are men who. supposing Providence to
have an implacable spite against them.
Oemoan in the poverty Of wretched old
age the misiorunes of their lives. Luck
forever ran against them and for others.
One with good profession, lost his luck
IN the river, where he idled away his
time in fishing, when he should have been
in his office. Another, with good Ii sde,
Perpetually burnt up his luck with his
hot temper, which provoked his employ
ers to leave him. Another, with lucra.
tive business, lost his luck by amazing
diligence at every thing else but his bu-
slness. Another, who steadily followed
his trade, as steadily followed his bottle.
Another. who was honest and constant at
his work, erred by perpetual misjudg-
ments; he lacked discretion. Hundreds
lose their luck endorsing; by sanguine
sPeculations; by trusting fraudulent men;
and by dishonest gains. A man never
has good luck who has a bad wife.
never knew an early rising, hard work.
ing, prudent man, careful of his earnings,
who complained of bad luck. A good
character, good habits. and iron industry
are impregnable to the assaults Of all
the i'll luck that fools ever dreamed Of
But when see tanierdemaIion, creep
ing out of a grocery. late in the afternoon,
with his hands stuck in his pockets, the
rim of his hat turned up and the crown
knocked in, | know he has had lad luck;
for the worst luck is to be sluggard,
knave, or tippler."
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
Cbr Former.
From The NeV York Journal Of Commerce.
Remedy for The POIaIO Rot.

In 1916 ore of the editors of this pa
per planted potatoes on land manured
with morocco tanners manure. which
contains good deal Of lime. The crop
was healthy and good, while other fields
IN The vicinity were diseased. In con-
sidering what it was, in the tanners ma
nure, that protected the potatoes from
disease, he came to the conclusion thai it
was principally The lime Accordingly
in the spring of 1S47 after the potatoes
were mp and ready for the first hoeing
he put about pint ofshell lime (slacked)
on each hill having. previous to planting,
ploughed III a moderate dressing of sta
BILE manure. The result was. 200 bush
els of The finest potatoes 10 the acre, inca.
y and sound, on land naturally poor and
sandy. They continue sound aud good.
We were about to stale these facts for
the benefit of others when we met with
the following in the American AgriuItu.
rist lorJanrary, lS4S, Gust issued.)
Here is remedy against the rot,
which so far as we have heard. has prov
ed infallible. We have published it
twice already in the Agrcutulist, but
not one farmer out of thousand seems
tn have yet heard of it; for the special
benefit, therefore, of the ignorant nine
hundred ninety and nine, we intend 10 in
ser the remedy two or three times mole
ltis simply this:
When the seed is dropped sprinkle
about pint of Stacked lime over it in each
hill, and then cover it.
There is this value about the lime, if
it does not prevent the rot in the potato.
| it is worth its cost and the labor of ap-
picatinn in fertiizing The land"
The mode of applying the lime or rather
the time of doing it, recommended by the
AgricuIturist. is different from ours, and
may possibly be the best, though we are
not sure of it. We would prefer that
the lime should not come in contact with
either the seed or the vines. In addition
to the remark Of the Agriculturist as to
the value of lime as a manure, even if it
does not project from disease, we would
observe that it is especially adapted to
the potato, imparting to The tubers that
ingredient which makes them mealy, and
which is particularly needed on sandy
snls, Potatoes of the first quality are
now worth rs cents and upwards per
bushel, and will probably be dollar in
the spring. At these prices they are the
most profitable crop that can be raised
But ifthe application of lime is as effica.
cious as we suppose, and if it should gen.
orally he adopted, the price would come
down to nearly its former level.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

ETThe accuracy Of election returns
received by Telegraph having recently
been questioned, the Telegraphic com
panies extending South and West have
enjoined the operators to forward no tele.
graphic dispatch Of election returns with
ont the name Of the party sending it. On
Henry O'Reiey's line, the residence of
the correspondent is also required, and
the line is to be kept open night and day,
until the returns of the States through
which it passes have been perfected and
transmitted to every station on the line,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
II II M OF 0 us.
The Yankee JOkPr,

The following is from little work en-.
titled the Haud-book Of Joking" recent
ly published in London, and republished
in the Home Journal ..#
"ln order TO be Yankee Joker MANY
qualifications are requisite. First of ali.
repndate truth; secondly. call every thing
a fact but the truth; thirdly, the Joker
must he well grounded in the works of
Munchausen, and firm believer in the
yoracity of Gullivrr's Travels. The Yam
kee joker must stick at nothing After
about six moulhs sharp practice, some
think like the following may be perne-
trated: Talk of Crockett! why Ezekiel
Nash. agenuine Down Easter could send
him to all smash right slick off. Nash
chaws chaincatles for 'backey,' takes
gunpowder for snuff, and blows his nose
with tin pocket handkerchief; he sleeps
between iron sheets, which in Winter
are made red hot. Instead of rats and
mice, wolves aud grisly bears prowl about
his room at night. but he sleeps so sound
he's obliged to he thrown out ofthe win
dow every morning to awake him Mo-
ther missed him when he was a baby, and
found him at last seated on hornets
nest playing at boo-pe with a couple
of rattesnakes. AS an infant, Ezekiel was
a wonder | guess; he had razors aud bay
onets for toys, walked in top boots wher
three days old, sucked hot Goals, anl
used to rub his gums with nutmeg gra
ter; they weaned him the very day he
was born, and fed him on pap made o
flint.stones and lignumvie soaked in
prussic acid. His appetite for boy
was awful; he once eat buffalo and three
parts of horse and then asked if tea
wasn't ready. When Nash travels by rail
road, he gets gu; to walk a trihe OF forty
or fifty miles, and waits an hour or two
till the train overtakes him. The engine
comes up painting and blowing and often
says with forced laugh-'Burst my hi
Ter, Ezekiel, but of all mortal critters
you're the biggest; | recon you father
was an old burster, and your mother an
airthquake. Darn me if you aint an or.
nament to creation AS a speculator
Nash is cruel lucky. He held some ca,
nal shares once, which went to such a
premium he was obliged le send the bro
ker up in a balloon to sell out" n
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
MY LIFE HAS BEEN A FAILURE.

So said a capitalist in this country, worth
his several millions. on being asked why
he did not have biography of his life
written. What an answer, and what a
sad truth, to be made and considered by
one who has spent a long life in amsssing
wealth; and now, with trembling limbs,
stepping inlothe grave. the startling trnth,
quite too late it is to be feared. flashed
across the mind, that his life has been q
taaiure-its great object, and the only one
worthy the attention of on immortal be-
ing, having been entirely overlooked. or
eglected! What more than such a
thought need occupy a mind, to fill and
keep it full of unutterable auguishl Life
failure!
Reader-whosoever you may be, poor
or rich-did you ever ask yourseIfwheth-
er your life also has been failurelWheth-
er you are living merely for this worIdi-
laying up the treasures of which you can
not avail yOurSelfin your time ofgreatest
Ineedl
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
Pennsylvania for The last Time.

"Before another issue Of the Union
will reach much of this State, the great
battle will be over in the good old Key
stose;' and must we put 1t by tie side cf
old Federal Massachusetts, Can such
an association be anticipated as even pos
sible! No; we will not, we cannot thus
diSh0nOr the name and character of that
powerful Commonwealth. The shade of
Jefferson forbids it. The image of An
drew Jackson, with hands uplihed, pro-
claims to us, stay the unnatural pollution" :"
- Union. .....
When the excitement ofthe moment
shall have subsidized, men will be incredu-
Ious that such sentiment as the above
should have found its way into an Ameri-
can newspaper Yet it is copied liter
ally, with no variation, except that we
have itaiicised some words, from the Gov
iernment paper of Sunday, which, by the
by, seems TO be favoriie day with that
Journal for uttering sentiments of more
than ordinary virulence. That any State
in the Union would receive "DIsnoNoR"
from an association with Massachusetts!
Massachusetts,, the first battle ground of
the Revolution; Massachusetts, the blood
of whose sons was poured out like water
in defence Of our infant liberties, and
whose bones whiien so many well fought
fields from Lexington TO Yorkton; Mass.
achusetts. the mother of so many young
republics in the vigorous West; Massa-
chhsetts, whose system of education may
furnish an example to the world; whose
benevolent institutions and the munif,
cence ofwhose sons are the admiration of
her sister States; whose social system is a
bright and sparkling example of equal
rights and individual enterprise; whose
hardy sons have carried the story Of the
American name to every cline, aud made
| 1t honored everywhere. Is IT by the side
of such State which Pennsylvania is
told it would be "d'sk0aor," nay, "pollu-
tiOa,''to stand2 The keystone" State
stood by the side ofthe BAY State in a
chewing our Liberties. They will now
stand side by side, as we hope and believe,
in throwing around those liberties the
Safeguard of a viruous Republican Ad-
ministration. Pennsylvania feels that the
only "dishonor" in the case is the suppo.
silion that she is capable of listening to
this insulting, this unworthy appeal-a
libel on Massachusetts so timed as not TO
be heard Of there till after the occasion
(which it was uttered shall have passed
away.-Mat. Intel. ,r. r,gt
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

U"What will you take for dnnerl"
asked a waiter at one of our hotels, of a
chap who had recently arrived, at the
same time handing him bill of fare. 81
don know" replied the stranger, run,
ming 'lseye down the bill, and soon lost a
midfrcandeaus, coteletts, ,ragouts, French
"cake shows" and matters of which he
had not the most remote idea-"As it's
hard choosin' here, i believe T'U take
the Iot." ...,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
Agents FOR the Lancaster Gazette

LEttsrsport: E. Vance Greenfield r; Walter MrFar,
Ntto SaIem. Dr. d. Brock land Thomas LiIlefield
Pieksrington: l. Ebrght, Jr Pleasant T TP Asl,hook
.JefersOa David Jrnmng East Rashoile; David Baker
Litk0poEs: Lewis Huber u. .Ruskpiite; n. h C0usOn
Caaai Wi chester: Dr. Potter Bremen Becry Ashhangh
Loekoiile: WIN r. rennent 9uburn T.; Hall, y. Black
yAaarda: NATHAN J. Wnrran Bern 7: james r Pearce
Royauop: ]. J.Cemenis, Jr Perry 1CpH; Levi Friend
.amauda H. VIM. Ashlrook Madison I: l. KoOnZ
Carroll; William r. Breck Ciedrereek; CoI.W hamilton
Basil Henry Leonard G"annhe: J.. Is tagernau
9aiin0rs; Il. L. Nicely Somerset; David Hewitt
VB PALMER Esq, General Agent for the Eastern Ci'ie'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

A SHoEMAKER's ToAsT.--May my
s''ck to the pledge like wap TO
their Mreadsj may they be the last to rip
off from the sole of this reform, but may
they toe the mark so close as to avoid all
heel-taps and keep their understanding
firm in their own shoes.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

FROM VENEzUELA.--An arrivalfrom Ven
ezuela reports battle fought at Cororas
betweenthe Government troops and Gen,
Paez, in which the latter was defeated
with loss Of six hundred in killed and
prisoners.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

BEAUTIFULLY ExPREssED.-On the
dedication of school house in Boston
recently, Mr.. Quincy, the Mayor, said:
"lf but once in a century, little being
should be sent into this world of the most
delicate and beautiful structure, and we
were told that wonderful principle per-
vaded every part of it. capable of unlm-
tied expansion and happiness-capable
of being associated with angels and be-
coming the friend If God; or if it should
receive wrong bias. growing up in en-
nifty against him and incurring certain
misery, would any expense Of education
which would contribute to save from
such misery and elevate to such happiu-
ness, be too much? But instead of one
such little being, twenty-five thousand
are now entrusted to the care of the "city
fathers, their future destiny--of compa,l.
ionship with angels, or with the degra-
ded, wretched enemies of God"
The city yof Boston has recently spend.
ed 5000 600 in erecting school. houses for
the benefit of the public.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

A neutrality-suspicious. endsaretrou-
bledinconscien enceonaccountof indebtedne
sstolhsoflcew weshal bemosthappytosignp
apersfOrlheirrelief.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
Mnior Noah,s ImaginnIion.

In the midst of the blaze of iewelry,
the rusting of silks, The taste OF dress
generally among what is called our fash
enables at the opera, while leveling their
L0rgnettes at the singers, and shouting
bracG and brarO, we have imagined what
would be their CONSERVATION if all the
traps on the stage were to open at
once, and their dead ancestors So
lemnIy rise before them-the shoema-
ker, with his apron, hammer and lap.stone
the tailor, with his shears and measure
the carpenter, with his adze-the ba-
ker, with his meal-the butcher, with his
rump steak-and the huckSier, with her
basket of green's, carrots and potatoesl
What shaking and trembling, and rust
ling there would be among the silk laces
and fealhers-the tight cravats white
waistcoats, opera hats and yellow kids.
And when the spectres would glare at
them mourntully, shaking their heads at
the folly oftheir position aud pointing in
delision with their skinny fingers to the
golden fret work, painted dome, and rich.
ly colored panels, dedicated to an amuse-
ment and in language neither of which
they understood, how cadaverous and
cresl-fallen would all this taste and fash.
ion appear! and with a different, less
exclusive habit, how amiable it would be
Times and Messenger.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

AN EMBAssADoR EAToR,-The King
IF AppolIonna, an African Monarch, who
had a habit of eating ~ the ambassadors
who were sent to him, has been "put
down"by British regiment. aided by
several of his subjects.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

LANDHoLDERs IN ENGLAND.-In 1775,
there were in England 100000 landed
proprietors in copite. who were reduced
in 1915 to 10000, and now they do not ex-
coed 10000 In Scotland there are only
5000, and in Ireland, 6,444 landowners
an cdp'te, so that ii may be said the 49,
444 sway power over 10000, 900 persons.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

ASrRAY Col.T.-They say Colt, who
killed Adams in New York, and commit
ted suicide few hours before the time
Of his execution; is now living in Paris.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

WOMAN AND LovR.-Affection is woman's
only element; to love,to look up,is her de.
her destiny; and, if untitled, can supply
its place. Life has no real business for
her, beyond the sweet beating Of her own
heart dwelling inlhe shadow of another's.
She crowds her days with gaiety, vari-
ETY.. and what are called amusements; she
will do so only 20 find their insutfciency
She needs the strength Of duty, aud the
interests of affection.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17

ACTs NOT REsoLUTIoNs.-In conver-
sation with worthy. sensible gentle.
man at the Synod of Virginia, on the in
suficiency of mere resolutions, said he, Il
have read book called the Acts of the
Apostles! ! have no, seen their book of
resolutions YETI Watchman &. Observer.