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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03
Tur Texas GoLp HvNrrns RrrunNrr

THE TEXAS GoLD HUNrERs RETURNED,
IA company ofubout fifty Texans somu
time ago. organizod and went on an OK,
cursion TO the country on the upper wa.
ters Of Red river. with Wow of explo,
ring for gold. They have returned utter
penetrating as far as Wichita mountains,
Ono of tho editors Of tho Texas Times
was Of tho paIty, and ho publishes in that
paper very interesting account Of tho
excursion Tho party saw no appear
ance of any mineral at tho Wichita noun
,ains. The writer, however, says the
whole surluce Of tho country between the
two Wuchilas. may be literally Said Ia
be covered with mica. aud il bears HI
much external resemblance To gold. that
ii is not at all improbable the whole gold
stories have originated from il. A purity
is organizing at l.itlln Rock, Arkunsas. to
go aud search for gold in the Wichita
mountains, They will succeed, perhaps,
no better than the Texans.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

@'rhe report oflho death ofthe Rev
II. b. BAscoM ID unfouudcd. IIc has.
entirely recovered,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

TuR RECOGNITION OF HUNGARY, we
stated few days iyo, was the subject Of
memurial, embodied in resolution pas
ued at public meeting held in New Y,
city somo few weeks since, aud addressed
to the President Of the United Siatos,
The Secretary of State has returned the
following answer TO ono Of tho officers Of
the meeting in question;
Sir:--l am requested by tho Presiden,
10 acknowledge the receipt Of your lei,
ter to him ofthe OH instant. aud tho prin.
ted account Of the proceedings Of the
meeting of the Hungnrians aud others in
New York, These proceedings had not
eacaped attention.
The government and people of this
country ure profoundly Interested in tho
events which are now passing in Hun,
gary, and al information calculated Il
throw light on tho present struggle DO
iwoen that country aud Auslria aud Rus
sla, Cannot fail to be welcome.
It is the policy aud practice of the U
States TO recognise all govornmont
which exhibit TO the world cnnvincin,
proofs Of their power TO maintain them
selves. II Hungary sustaius herself il
this unequal contest, there is no reason
why wo should not recognise her iudo
pondenco.
Congress, il is believed, would sane
tion such meosuro, aud this govern
rnent would bo most happy iu that even
TO enter into commercial as we'll as d
plomaticrolaiions wiih Independent Hun
gary
| ani, respecl(ully your obcdient sc
want, JonN M, CLAYTON,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

05rTho "cily items" of the Cincinna-
Ii papers do not give very favorable uc-
count of tho morals Of the city, Burg,
larry, pickpockcting, &c. prevails exteR.
sively
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

The RAnRoAD.--The reader is refer,
rod, to the Proclamation oflhe Sheriff in
to-day's paper Weigh the subject calm.
ly aud deliberately.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

i@ The total nmouut Of California gold
deposited at the Philadelphia and Now
Orleans mints up TO the 18th inst, has
been I .306, ,5G2,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

FoRGED Treasury NoTE.-On Wednes.
day, at Boston, u forged $500 Treasury
noio was passed off to Messrs Blair Il
Westfeld. brokers. There are many of
these spurious notes atioat, in many parts
ofthe country, we see it stated. a,"
The Eagle. in its hard money days
was accustomed TO mako strong Locofo
co argument out Of 81 counterfeit bill
Wo suppose, therefore, that tho above is
an argument, 500 times as strong, against
tho Locofoco issue of Treasury notes.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

ANOTHER DEPALCATIoN.---We learn
from tho Washington Republic that Pat.
rick Collins, Surveyor of the port Of Gin,
cinnati, removed by President Taylor,
provosto be defaulter to largo amouut.
His deialcation has been exposed by the
exercise of the removing and appointing
power Bali. Sun,
We invite the attention of tho lovers
of this gentleman TO this announce
We shall refer to ii again when tho q.
mount is accurately ascorainod. We
have tho "indignution articles" yet on filo
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

EVTo-day VIC trust our readers, with;
out exception, will obey the proclamation
Of tho President. Our business houses
and shops will be closed and our churches
opened. Let all attend.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

tWWo are assured, on good authority,
that tho scarlet fever report originated
in misunderstanding. The gentlemen
is not to blame any further than that he
made his information rather indefinite,
and this was followed by exaggerated ru-
mors.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03
TmE Cur TnnoUoH SoLID Rock at Lit.

TnE Cur TnRoUGH SOLID Rock at Lit.
tie Falls, New York, for tho Utica and
Schenectady road, has been completed.
II is nearly 900 feet long, 36 feet deep
81 feet wide at bottom. The work has
cost II months oftimo aud 1000 kegs of
powder. Tho double track is now being
laid through it, and, when donc, dan.
gerous curve will be avoided.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

MICnIGAN CENTRAL RAILRoAD.-Du-
ring the past year, the entire receipts
were, S427 ,429:53; operating expenses,
$239 ,233:67; net earnings, $lsS, ,l95:77.
The cost of tho road was $29, 200 per
mile. and yet, the business is considered
very satisfactory. We rather think one
would bemuch more profitable that pays
but $4,000 per milo for the entire cost
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

IVOur correspondent, 0. B., hns at.
tempted 70 excuse one case will he now
Try the others, then give US his full name
and have talk with usl He is wrongly
Informed.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03
Foreign News.

The files Of foreign papers make no
mention of the victory of Dembinski,
There has been hard fighting, but it is
not known with what success. III is said
that hostilitics are suspended between
Denmark and Prussia. The telegraph
ic creport, upon the first page, taken from
the Baltimore .SDn, gives pretty accu-
rate account Of affairs with these excep,
tions. rel
Dembinski is reported 10 be at Pcsth.
having resigned his Office, Georgey is
reported to have committed suicide, hav.
ing been in depressed spirits on account
Of his want Of success and the III fate Of
his pcople. Both these reports want con.
firmal:on,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-03

IWWo learn with regret that Col.
JosHuA MArnIor. distinguished aud
useful citizen of Newark and formerly u
member of Congress from the Licking
aud MuSkingum district, died of ofCholera,
on tho 3lst, after an illness of about l2
hours. He had just returned from Cleve,
land cia Sandusky. He was G. w. P.
ofthe Order of the Sons Of Temperance.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10

that the only alternative was war. The admlrals
declared that they would stay to the last moment Of
there being hope Of an accommodation. The ST.
ciiians look to none. In order that the English
public may be fully aware of the nature and Gauss
q me war about 10 arise, we will state what are
the obtcctons OF the Sicilians the royal Offer
IN me hrSt place the hing abolshes their hereditary
peerage. The old historic families, the heads OF
each Ct which have formed the Slcilian upper house
mem the time of the Nonnans, the King sets asd.
by The stroke of his pen, manifesting by this and
by ms resolve to have upper chamber save conf
posed II members of his own nomination, his pur-
pose 10 root out the '.oblesS. The only two coun-
tres in Europe that have the materials of an
hereditary peerage, and which had kept that
hereditary peerage by means of an ancient
constitution, were Hungary and Sicily. The des-
potc courts of both countries have resolved 10
abolish these hereditary pcerages For our own
part, we cannot be much chagrned to see despot-
ism thus doing the work of democracy. Yet We
somewhat sympathze with the liberal aristocracy
OF Sicily, making common cause with citizen
and peasant, and demanding nothing more than
their most ancient, well-attesed, and imprescrip-
tbe rights. If Sicily resembled England in the
parliamentary privileges Of its mobiles, it had ano-
Their striking point of resemblance i'll its municipal
freedom and institutions. These secured to the
lower and middle classes their selfgovernment
education The King of Naples will not allow Of
municipal freedom, no more than of arlstocratic
rights. He insists on introducing the French
leyelng. and centralising system over ALL ad-
HliiisteiiIS PROVINCES ana villages by prcfect
and police. The Sicans, moreover, had a
habeas corpus law, and trial by jury. These
and all other liberties disappear under the
new constitution. The electoral qualification re-
quired is absurdly high, and professional votes, at
present admitted, are excluded by the charter
Such mere gift Of the king, too, every one feels,
might be revoked by the same authority which
gives it, whilst the ancient constitution is, and ever
has been, durable compact between prince and
people. The grand objection of the Sicans is,
however to the article fixing the amount of the
budget. BY this one article, the king in reality as
sumes the entire and uncontrolled power of the
Legislature and the government. Nor need the ST.
cilians look far for exemplfcation of what they
are to expect. In Naples, at this moment the
chambers refuse to vote the taxes, being the con-
stitutional way of expressing their utter want of
confidence in the ministry. The king, however,
persists both in retaining his ministry, and in levy
ing the taxes and this under constitution also of
the kings own formation, and with an Assembly
elected after the laws and conditions which his
majesty himself laid down. In the face of such
facts, we ask, how are the Sicilans to blame p
DQily Neps.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
Domestic NIlscclI0nCv.

There were I23 deaths in Philadelphia for the week
ending Saturday last.
Elijah Ball. for 30 years confined in the Rhode Island
State prison for tho murder Of his wife, died on Wcdncs
day OF last week.
John Sullivan recently murdered. near vieks.
burg, Miss, by John Callahan.
Ramon Florcx has been convicted, at Now Orleans
Of the murder Of Sctto, without capital
The Massasoit House, at Waltham, Mass, was do
stroyed by ire on Sunday morning Last Loss $50 D00
A passenger on board the steamer Niaoara vas rob
bed at the fremont House, In Boston, Sunday last
Of $50 sovcreigns, (SI2s0)
train Of cars on tho Osweso railroad, was thrown
Quonce Of COW running on tho track The locomotive
was capszed but the passengers were unhurt Orange
febbcr, tho fireman, had his knee fractured
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
China.
China.
Adyices from Hong Kong, are, dated Januar,

Adyces from Hong Kong, are, dated January
30. They say:-
"Al remains quiet in Canton, and the Chinese
new year has passed over easily. We do not hear
of disturbances ofany kind. The authorities have
used every precaution to preserve quiet, and SOL
ders have been constantly walking their rounds in
the back streets. Their unusual appearance may,
in some measure, no doubt, be connected with the
April question and opening of the city gates Lit
tie or no alarm is at present expressed on the point
though it is generally known that the Imperial
Commissioner is to have an interview with her
Majestys plenipotentiary next month, when it is
thought the naval COMMUNICATIVE Sir Francis
Collier, will take to the Bogue the Hastings "a, the
steamers, and other vessels of war, which NAV
have the effect of preserving quiet
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
Foreign Theatricnls.

Recently, at the Haymarket theatre the tragedy of
Othello was performed, with Interchange Of parts
between Mr.. Charles Kean and MIR. Wallack the for
mer gentleman personatng the Moor, and the latter
Iago for the first time together.
The Surrey theatre recently closed, and will reopen
on the 10th, under the solo management of Mr. r.
Shepherd .a-..t'.a.t.-- .-t.ai... a.-a.-..l
London paper states that Blackstone and Mrs
Fitzwilliam appeared at Newcastle -onTyne Friday
pool Monday, the 5th; at Chester on Tuesday the
9th; at Macclesfeld, Wednesday and Thursday, the
7th and Sth at Stafford, the 9th; and Saturday even
ing tho 10TH at Manchester thus acting seven diff
ferent theatres in eight evenings The above named
establishments having been hronged each occasion
instances.
Alexander Fesca, musical composer of we'll known
talent, died at Brunswick, the 18th Of last month
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10

The PRESENTATION OF A SWORD TO GEN WORTH
AT New Enthusiastically, pursuant to ar
engagements previously made, the sword voted by
the Legislature of Louisiana to Gen Worth indi-
catve of the sense of the people of the State of his
high achievements at the siege of Monterey was
presented to that gallant officer by Gov johnson.
in the ladies' parlor of the st. Charles Hotel The
ceremony was a very impressive one and took
place before crowded assemblage, consisting of
the most eminent of our fcllow-ctizens, civil and
military, now in New Orleans.
AT o'clock p. M the Governor and his staff,
Lieut.. Gov. Landry, Brig. Gen. Augustin and staff
Col Farrar, Speaker of the House of Representa-
tiyes, with a large number of the officers Of the
militia, in full uniform the veterans of lSl4-'l5.
and body OF our chief citizens, formed in process
sion in front of the State house, marshaled by Col
w. II. Palfrey. Preceded by a band Of music they
marched to the st. Charles Hotel Here were as
sembled considerable number of officers of the
United States army surrounding the hero in whose
honor the forthcoming ceremony was to take place.
There were present Maj. Gen. Gaines, commander
in-chief of the Western Division, and staff, Mai.
Gen. Worth and staff, Maj. Gen. Brooke and staff,
Col. Duncan, with other officers and visiters.-
Gen. Worth took post between his two veteran
companions In arms, Gems. Gaines and Brooke
The procession having entered, a circle was form.
ed, and Coy johnson stepping forward, addressed
The glittering weapon was then handed to Gen.
Worth, amid burst Of acclamations that shook
the very walls Of the spacious, apartment. When
they had subsidized, he, in clear voice and mea-
sured accents, thus replied =
GovrRNoR-I receive with respect and gratitude this
token of the kind Of the State which
You preside as Chief Magistrate. Under all circum-
the most grateful Offering to soldiers accept
its value is enhanced, coming It does from the
over patriotic and chivalrous State Of Louisiana-s
State always foremost among the first in the career Of
patriotism and sacrifices for the general GOOD of n COM
mon country Not q soldier who served in the late war
who did not experience and gratefully acknowledge the
prompt and seasonable support in circumstances Of
oificuty in men and means, furnished by Louisisns
State fortunate in position fortunate the generous
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
Anticipated Trouble between Naples and
Sicily.

80, IRON the London News, March 20
we regret to state that advices from Palermo, Of
the 9Th, announce the determination of the Sici-
hans.. TO reject the Ecapclitian mitimatpm. The
Enelish and French fleets reached Palermo on the
Gth, end on The following day transmitted to the
hing tf Naples. The answer was MOI publicly an
rourct Il en- The Sl, but The universal opinion was
that de ccr tituton was utterly unacceptable and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
Political Intelligence.

Political Intelligence.
Abrsm Claude has boon elected Mayor OF Annapolh,
Meryi,nd.
Thomas Hun is thu democratic il-akcr candidate
for Mayor " Albany
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10

render the seiscd from the time of sale this
special provision was unnecessary tho land might be
% which authorizes the surrogate to order the sale Of
any lands for the payment Of debts of which testtor
or intcstatc may have died sciscd. The plaintiff has
acquired absolute title by tho act Of 1S47. IL
leases to him all tho rights. title, and interest of
the State in the premises; it invests him with all
the power title rights and actions which tho State DOS
before the passage Of the act to obtain
Of the land and authorizes him to take hold and dis
pore of il, the If no had been u citizen at
tho time of his brothers death Tho right Of tho
State to grant land, Of which the owner died seised
without heirs before office found is denied by Suthcr
land, j. in Jackson v. Adams Wcnd 36T. He saysf ~
any natural born citizen dies without heirs his asds
escheat but tho State has right cnter and take
they may make of such lands by patent or otherwise
can convey no title, because, until ofaoe found Inc
State had no title rs every is presumed 10 have
heirs until tho contrary Is shown" But no refers 40
no authority and take the law TO be otherwise Tho
State cannot divest alien who IL in posxcssop NV
purchase or devise unless by inquest of ONCE or BY
Judgment in ejectmcnt which IL our substitute for IT,
But where native Ut naturnlized citizen dies without
heirs the descent Is cast upon the State Staunfords
rrerogativn Regis o. Wilton Borklcy, Plowd 220
Semynrs Digest Prcrogative, ID. 20. Vim Alb ONCE D.
ana the power to grant incident to the legal title
At common law, ofico necessary where tho King
entered for forfeiture, Powd 22a upon condition
broken, Id. 2lS, or upon attaindcr for treason or
felony, Brooke, Dcvcnt Eschcstor 49, or upon land,
purchased by the Kings villien, Fifth. vilienge 81
or held by an alien, 10 Vim Alb 10, or by y COR
poration In mortmain, Br Prcrog. 1l3 a. inward
tbp Br Deyant Eschestor, So or by alienation with
out license Brooks Traverse de Office, % But whore
his tenant in copte died leaving heirs the inheri
tancc pssecd to the King without occ the for
which is very clearly stated in William Bcrklcy,
rlowd 229. In that tho question upon an
exception 10 replication setting forth that the Mar
quis Berkl,y, who held Immediately from the King,
died without heirs whereby the King became entitled
&C. 10 this it excepted that tho replication con,
,ain'd no allegation OF any ofoe found, proving that
The Marquis died without heirs Of his body, which
,upht 10 have bc,n DONE and II argued that his
death without heirs matter Of fact aud without
his death the King had no title to entry. ThAt
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-12-27

Charles 0. Belden,
 Attorney and Counselor at LGw, Solicitor ln Chauncery, Land Agent &c He will attend promply to all business entrus- .. ted to his management.
 Milwankie, Wisconsin. Aug 23d ls45> s
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-12-27
The Farmers of fEnrlan.l.

The farms are regularly laid out in squares and parallelograms of from 10 to 200 acres, and in general are laid down as smooth and level as the roller San make them. Here is a luxuriant whta at field, and there is fine meadow, aAd next, a rich pasture, and there busy pte- parations for putting in potatoes or ti r- nips and there bailey or oats just shq t. ing up from the dark and rich soil. at scarcely rod of fence, such as we n,let with everywhere, in tue United Stats, do you see in your 200 miles ride fran Liverpool to- the metropolis ALI is haw- thorn, and these hedges, which are, for the naost part, keptneatly trimmed about the gardens and farm houses, and by the road sides add more to- the beauty of the country than any description had pictur- ed upon my mind. The common meth cd of making the hedges is this: First a ridge is thrown up, perhaps foot from the level of the field, which are to be fenced of, then the young thorn is plan ted in two parallel rows about foot or eighteen inches apart.
 The growth is not very rapid: but when 1t has attained the height of four or five feet in about as many years, it becomes SO dense that no domestic ami. nal would think of breaking through it. The leaf is small, deeply verdant, and beautifully serrated.
 In the mouth of May these hedges are clothed with white fragrant blossom, very much resembling that of the thorns of our own country, and it is then that the honey -suckls and other wild flowers unfold their bright haes and mingle their sweetness with the haythorh. In the hedges, trees; such as the oak, the elm and the horsechestnut. .are planted, some- times in rows near each other, but often CT far apart, so that each one rises and waves by itself over the humble but not less charming growth below. Single trees of great age, and very large, are sprinkled here and there in every dMec- tion, and every now and then we catch a glimpse i'm the distance of a grove or circular clump, which adds not . little to the beauty of the landscape.
 Humrhrey's 7esw:
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-12-27
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY
 IN CALIFORNIA.

The following is an extract from let ter written to his wife by a New York CT, now working in the mines of Califor. mia. The letter bears date Aug. 26 lS49:
 "There was gold mine discovered here (what is called Murphy's dggins] one week to-day. It Is ev dently the work of ancient times-2lO feet deep, situated on tae summit of 2 very high mountain. It has made a grsat excite ment here, as it was several days before preparations could be made to decend to the bottom. Their was found in it the bones of human beiAg, also an al- ter for worship, and some other eyiden- ces of human labor. From present in- dications it is doubtful whether it will pay to be worked, as it is mostly all rsck and will require a great outlay for tools and machinery to work it.
 This discovery, if properly pursued by competent observers, may prove of the highest historical importance. It will es- tablish the fact that the mineral wealth of that region has been known to prece- ding generations, and the relics which have survived, may enighten us as to the nationality of the people who first pierced this mountain two hundred and ten feet, and will dOabtless suggest an inquiry into the reasons for abandoning the pursuit of gold in country in-whicb it seems to abound. and where its dis. coverers had found encouragement to make such extensive excavations in for mer times.-N. r. Evsning Post.