The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-03

1'nAT LEASE The Eagle and The
COmnaisSioRers... usual the Eagle
comcsto the defence Of the County Com
missioDers and Iabors to relieve them Of
the blame which attaches To- them for
renting at so low price one of the couu.
ty buildings and as usual the Eagle shows
only its want Of discrimination. The
Eagle says:
he building was leased year ago
by Hon. ii G. Whitman. 1.-the Commits
sioners TO make such necessary repairs
as 10 keep the building from tumbIiDg
down. Col. MediII had nothing what
ever To do with the matter, aud not Que
cent has been expended by the commiss.
toners other than was absolutely necess
saTy. Mr.. Whitman's election 10 the
J Judgeship rendered the property useless
To him. Col. Medill has incurred all the
additional expense" himself, and out Of
his owu pocket has these additional re
pairs been paid for"
A year ago, it was well ascertained
fact that Col. Medill had decided 10 re.
tire to private life, and it was well known
that he would return 10 Lancaster to
practice Law in connection with Mr..
Whitman. So il makes no difference
who rented the office it was partner
ship affair. We atiac no blame to eth
er of them. They had right to rent
an office at the lowest price for which
they could get one.
But we meant to say aud do say that
in these matters the Commissioners do
not exercise a sound discretion. Before
they enter into All arrangement Of this
kind, as Trustees of the funds and prop,
erty of the citizens of the county, they
should give some publicity to the fact that
they have lands TO sell, bridges to build,
printing 10 be done or houses TO rent
In such case, the public would be notified
of the fact and fair competition would
prove of advantage to the county. We
have no disposition to charge the Com
missioners with dishonesty they may
have acted in this case in good faith and
thought they were doing the best they
could for the county-..but we are conf.
dent that better rent than $40, per an
mum, could have been received for the
property.
A public notice in all these cases
would only cost dollar or two A no.
tice in this case would have cost a dol
lar. If this publicity had added only
FIVE dollars TO the rent of the house, four
dollars wonld have been made for the
county. Because this is not done, suspi-
cion falls upon the Commissioners, prob
ably unjustly. and censure attaches Il
their conduct when it may be is not de-
! served. As conductor of public jour
nal, we conceive it our duty to notice
these matters, the public very frequent,
ly demand this at our hands, and we shall
do our duty despite the dirty assaults
and miserable epithets of the organ of
the Commissioners. So far as these are
concerned they may pass for what they
will bring, which is not as much by any
means as the Editor of the Eagle gets
for defending ignorance and wrong.
Tue CALIFORNIA FEVER AT THE WEsr
For several weeks past, the city of St
, Louis has peen filled TO overlooking will
emigrants TO The land Of gold. The In
telligencer of April 1llh says:
Immense numbers, we understand, are
already congregaled al St. Joseph, Inde.
pendence, and other points on the rivel
above, but especially at the two former
which are the chief out6lting points.
| Those who are most cohversant with
the subject, estimate that the number
who will cross the plains this spring. will
at a moderate calculation, be at least
double as great as that of the last spring
An immense emigration will go flom this
State alone.
From many Of the counties. we learn
that at least one fourth of the adult male
population are preparing to go and many
of them with their families.
As an evidence ofthe extent of the op.
eratlons of some of the adventurers, we
are credibly informed that one gentleman
will take out one thousand milch COWS
FIVE hundred oxen, number of mules
sixty men and eight families
Another will take property and casl
to the amount of $4,000. The excite
ment and the rage for immigration. al
over the West, and especially in Mis-
souri,. Illinois. Iowa and Wisconsin
greatly transcends anything ofthe kim
bef,re known inthis country.
DIsTREssrNG Casualty -.On last Tues
day, as Cranes Circus establishment wa
nearing our town, most distres sing &C
cident occurred to the gentleman drivin