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The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29
CoLunsr,. March 81, 1850.

COLUMBUS, March 81, 1890.
NeU Jndieidl Distriet- Tolls on The National
Road .Commere Hospitai aud LaHafie
AsyiaM Of CineinHati-OhiO HiSfOricdl Soc
eiSiy--LeetHrs Of W. L. GaHagher--.EH
C0aHty-Temperane Bill.
Mr. EDITOR: A new Judicial circuit
has been created this session called the
10Th Knox, Monroe, Richland and Cos
hocton counties. A President Judge is
to be elected tomorrow. The old cir
cult was one Of the largest in the Safe,
aud its division was said to be absolute.
| Iy necessary 10 close the docket before
the good time that is coming" arrives.
The board of Pubic Works passed an
order some years since. that those who
travel on the National road between the
toll gates, should report themselves, and
pay toll in proportion 10 the distance
travelled, under heavy penalty. AbiIl
has passed the Hosse for several years,
and as uniformly defeated, TO relieve
those using the road from this charge
1t took two hours Of valuable time, and
the bill was defeated as usual.
In the house they passed the Appro-
priation bill and almost everything else
before them. They however postponed
indefinitely the bill relative to the Com.
mercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum OF
Cincinnati.
An amendment has been made to the
Court bill Of your circuit fixing the time
for the spring term in Ross on the 9th OF
May and Hooking 9th May
w. d. Gallagher. Secretary OF the
Ohio Historical and Philosophical Socie-
ty, is delivering his annual lecture in the
Hall of The House tonight. Part OF the
members are hearing him. and the rest
probably the majority, hearing orseeing
Signor BlitZ.
Senator Payne is bitterly opposing the
Temperance bill in the Senate. He Is
a most determined enemy Of ,he policy
of the Temperance men. Under call,
all the Senator'S are in their seats.
Mr.. Whitman made his appearance a
few minutes in the afternoon, and made
a rather lengthy speech for an invalid, in
f favor of removing all observation-disclosures
tween the tolls on foreign and domestic
salt. The effort did not succeed. 1t
was left in the hands Of the Board OF
Public Works.
Counting noses in the Senate, the vote
. on Elk will be very close, not more than
: two either way-prObabilities rather a,
verse.
The Temperance bill was ordered to
be engrossed.
Mr.. Chase spoke some time on the
, difference between six and half dozen
RUSHCREEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
By Telegraph for Tie Dolly Lancaster Gasett,
WASHINGTON, March 81.

WAsHINGToN, March 81.
SENATE.--Mr. Foote presented the
resolutions of the Mississippi Legisla.
ture upon the subject of Slavery He
also replied to series OF articles 10 the
National Intelligencer comparing the
Nashville to the Hartford Convention
He referred to the Convention to be held
in Nashville in the event of certain Of.
fensive enactments and said that it would
be composed Of men who would show
themselves to be lovers of the Union.
The Senate then resumed the consid-
GRAFTON of Mr.. Bradbury's resolutions rel
alive to removals from Office by the pres
ent Administration Mr.. Smith, of Con.
neclicut, defended the course Of the Ad
ministration in regard to the removals
and showed that if anything the compiling
should lie the other way.
The Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-The bill to carry into effect
the late Convention between the United
States and Brazil was taken up for con.
Sideration. 1t provides for the appoint.
ment Of Commissioners aud Clerk to ad
udicate claims against Brazil. 1t is tc
continue for one year.
The bill was laid asid to consider the
bill to supply deficiencies in The appro
priations for the current fiscal year. Al
amendment providing for the Clerks it
the Department of the Interior was mod
flied and adopted.
The House adjourned.
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WHOLE NO. 1879

untary offer themselves. The numberis
limited to fifty per annum. Six hundred
dollars is appropriated also to defrsy the
expense of dePutatioD Of eolored per-
sons from this State to visit LibeHo.---
OHIO in Africa extends from Liberia to
Sierra Leone, embracing the Gallinas
and other noted slave msrts.
In the afternoon the House did large
business in the way of inde6Ditely post
Poning. All the bills % incorporate Saw
ings Institutes were thus disposed Of,
among others, the Perry county Suvings
Institute. Also the Columbiana Bank
bill.
The Senate considered tho Homestead
Exemption bill al great length. The bill
was passed. RUSHCREEK.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

COLUMBUS, March 90.
Progress in Legislaion-Noisy Debate in the
e House- The House Capt.
al lPuniskment-DeLegate Colonization So
ciety-OhiO in Afriea-HOmestead Exempt
son, &c.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The Senate had very
busy disposition this morning, and they
put the finishing stroke. except only the
signatures of the Speakers, 10 about one
hundred and fifty bills.
An hour and half of the afternoon
has been spent, by way of debating a
bill to repeal law passed last winter
for the relief of the occupying claimants
of land. 1t was at last laid on the table
a noisy debate such as used to be Of
daily occurrence in the Senate, but now
for some time, confined to the House ex.
clusively, took place Immediately on the
House being called to order this morn.
ing. Mr. Gilman of Columbiana on be.
half of himself and others, offered pro.
test against the action of the House in
paying Messrs. Runyan and Scott their
per diem and mileage. The document
is disrespeclful in language in the ex,
treme, to the majority of the House
Messrs. Pugh and Breslin took the lead
in condemning their party friends. Some
action will yet be taken.
The official course of the Speaker oi
the House Mr.. Letter, has been very
commendat le throughout the session. II
the appointment of tho standing commit
tees he was liberal, showing himself rath
er above party, and as presiding Office
of the House, his decisions have beef
as far as recolect, strictly impartial
A resolution expressing great satisfac
tion with Mr.. Letter was unanimousl,
adopted this morning. A compliments
ry resolution to the clerk was also unan
mously adopted.
The House indefinitely postponed tn
bill to abolish capital punishment. Yea
81, Nays 23. The House seems fl
more conservative than the Senate.
The bill to incorporate the Second Bal
tist church of New Lexington, PERI
county, passed.
Mr. Swift of the Senate has bee
nominated by the Free democrats of b
district for the Convention. Mcssr
Blake and Harlan are also nominated
General Mason is the nominee of CIarl
A bill has passed the House and
before the Senate, to afford limited al
to tho American Colonization Society
A citizen of Cincinnati recently donS
ted large sum for the purchase Of tel
ritory adjoining Liberia. to be calle
: Ohm in Africa. 1t is said that numbe
! of colored persons in Cincinnati an
Q else where in the State are ready To eH
5 ierate to this new State. The bill pre-
poses that the State pay twenty-five do
! lars to the American Colonization Soc
le,y, for each Of fifty emigrants who vo
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wThe Wasbinpton correspondent o

VThe Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun thus humorously hits
off recent speech of Mr.. Giddings:-
"He talked his hour against annihila-
tion of the free soil party. He is afraid
the question will be settled without him;
and that when the tide shall recede he
will be left dead crawfish onthe beach;
or, to use another figure, he wants the
tickling to continue as he is a vender Of
itch ointment"
~ The California Convention, which
prohibited slavery there, was composed
of II persons from slave States, and only
Al from all other quarters.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

BLAcKwooD's MAGAzINE.-Th mum
Der for February has been received.
The first article is founded on Irving.
recently published life of Goldsmith.
Rather than review of the work it is,
like most articles of the kind in all the
English re-publications, most excellent
essay on the life and character of Gold
smith. Another article in this work ofa
very interesting character, is one con
corning Madame de Maintenon, rather
celebrated parsonage in the latter days
Of Louis XIV, of France. Blackwood
is furnished at SO per year.
We have frequently called the atten
tion Of the reading community to thes'
excellent Re- publications of Leonard Scot
& Co.; and we are confident. notwilh
standing their peculiar views of politics
that scarcely any better reading can b.
obtained for the price. The essays ar
learned and able and the reviews mos
excellent feature of these periodicals.
See Advertisement
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

THE SEA SERPENT.-This monster of
the deep, the unseen wonder of the Curl
GUS, and the profit of oflandlords and board.
ing house keepers at fashionable water
ing places, made his appearance last in
Broad river, near Beaufort, S. G. The
steamer ran within thirty feet Of it, when
it sunk. 1t is described as being from
1876 to $50 feet long and the portions a
bove the water appeared to be some
eight feet across. The color was deer
glossy brown. 1t rose again after the
steamer moved off. We do not know
whether his appearance in the sum.
South has any connection with the Slave
ry agitation or not.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29
Trial of Doctor Webster.

DrSTON, Marcn II.
Yesterday the Court was crowded to
excess. The jury was sent to inspect
the scene Of the alleged murder. When
they returned, they proceeded to the hear
ing of the testimony. Francis Turkey,
City Marshal, testified TO the searches
made after Parkman, discovery of re-
mains, and The subsequent arrest of
Webster. A number Of witnesses saw
Parkman enter the college on the after
noon ofthe 23d November.
Mr.. Pratt, coroner, called on Webster,
who was much agitated, troubled all over,
exclaiming what will become ofmy poor
family. Webster accompanied them to
the college, where bones and pieces Of
metal we're found in the furnace of Web.
sler's lower laboratory, He was much
excited when the discoveries were made
Strong, Parkman's physician, testified
tha at the defects in the remains found cor
responded with Parkman's person
Frederick Ainsworth, Demonstrators o
Anatomy in the medical college. sale
that all subjects come through my hands
| keep record of all anatomical mate
rials. My attention was called to the re
mains, and was satisfied they we're nev
er sent to me or the college for dissection
Webster has no connection with the ana
tomical department. My impression i
that the person who cut these remain
had no anatomical knowledge; he Nigh
have seen body cut, but never used III
knifa
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

A DOMINICAN HERo.-Among the pas
sengers on board the schooner Dacolah al
New York from st. Domlngo was Gen.
eral William Penson, a Dominican, ed
ncated and naturalized in the United
States, who, in the late INVASION of the
Dominican Republic by the Haytiens, al
the head of fifty men led gallant attack
against fve hundred Haytiens, dispensing
them with great loss, and killing with hil
own hand one general and three colonels
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

New FASHIONS FOR THE U, S. ARMY
The President has issued an order to the
Secretary of War, directing that the full
uniform now worn in the army, blue
dress coat with white buff Innings. band
box hat, &C., &c., shall be thrown aside,
and the undress frock now worn shall be
the full uniform, with the addition of ep.
auletts, sash, &C., the removal of which
makes an undress uniform. The dress
coat worn by the privates is substituted
by a sack.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

The BosToN TRAGEDY- Regulations
for the Trial Of PrefesSOr Webster.-
TIE Texas Lettey.-The trial of Prof
Webster for the murder OF Dr. Parkman
was commenced on Tuesday last. A
short abstract of the first days proceed
ings was given on yesterday by telegraph
Almost the whole attention of the usual.
ly sober and unexcitable citizens Of
Boston would seem to be absorbed by it,
and during the progress the whole coun.
try will anxiously look for the reports.
We see that the sheriff had made specific
regulations to govern all parties present
Reporters for the press are TO be seated
at tables provided for them and pass tick
cts are furnished them upon application.
Witnesses and jurors were to occupy
seats outside the bar, and as their num-
Der would be unusually large on the first
day of the trial, law students were not tc
be admitted Upon the second day stu
dents will be admitted with passes fur.
nished them. Different doors are also
pointed out for the entrance of Judges
the seperate parties, &c., indepen ndent
of the entrance for the public.
We have hitherto noticed letter pub.
ished in the New Orleans Delta, pur.
porting to come from Washington, Tex.
as, the writer of which confesses himse /
to be the murderer of DR.. Parkman
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican re
lates some circumstances attending the
disappearance of man from that place
Benjamin F. Cannon, by which it is sur
missed that there may be some connection
between this individual and the writer o
the letter, as he left New York abou
the time of the murder and is known t,
have gone to Washington, Texas. H
left Springfield after having obtaine,
5000 from bank; was afterwards reported
dead near Washington, Texas, willis
travelling under the assumed name q
John Weeks and his trunk returned t
his daughter containing $136 and SOM
other effects. The persons who wer
travelling with him on the boat at tn
time and who delivered his trunk, wer
unable positively to state that he ha
died; and at judicial examination fc
the purpose of administering upon his e
fects, the fact of his death could not |
proven. We expect to hear of a grej
many curious things before the affair
closed.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

SOUTHERN VIEw.-The Mobile, Ala.
bama, Advertiser has the following para.
graph relative to Mr. Calhoun's late effor
in the U. S. Senate:--
"Mr. Calhoun's speech will be read
with great interest. We propose to re-
view it at our first leasure. We cannot
let pass such an effort to sow disunion
and produce disunion, without recording
our unqualified condemnation Of it. Ii
is the most dangerous document ever
produced by this great but restless man.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

Botany Bay Emigrants to California
Among the recent arrivals at San Fran
cisco, were number from Botany Bay,
one ship alone bringing 60 convcts from
Hobart Town. Occasionally these valu.
able new citizens distinguish themselves
by characteristic acts of daring and hero
ism, land are rewarded by the authorities
Of San Francisco with ball and chain
and the privilege of working on the
streets
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

WHEELING BRIDaE CAsE.-The Phil
adelphia Pennsylvania does not place
any confidence in the published repor-
that the Supreme Court had determined
to decide against Pennsylvania in this
case, and brands it as false in every par,
ticular. 1t says that no one can yet know
what the decision will be. The latter
clause may be true and the report may be
correct for all that.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

The MEXICAN BoUNDARY.--The treaty
with Mexico provides that from the
junction of the river Gila with the Col.
orado, the boundary shall be straight
line extending to point on the Pacific
one marine leagne due south of the South
ernmost point of the part Of San Diego.
AS general course or the Colorado is
southerly, it was naturally supposed that
below said junction it would fall entire
ly within Mexican territory. But the
surveys recently made by the Soint Com
missioners appointeo to run the Treaty
line, show that for nearly seven miles be-
low the junction, boto banks of the riv
fall within American territory, inclu
cling the best military position in the vi
cinity. A fair specimen of Mexican
luck. f-t
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

Elk CoUTNY.--Our Representative,
MIR. Keller. has written to the Eagle
charging the passage of Elk county up
on the Wings. What good would result
to the wings by the erection of this coun.
ty, we know not; probably Mr.. Keller
can tell. He says:
II myself stood forward in the name
of Fairfield county, showed the facts in
the case and challenged denial"
Good
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29
Morning, March %, 1850

GEN. GREEN-Hs Address-This gen.
tleman, one Of the nominated delegates
to the Convention of the Wings Of Ross
and Pickaway, has published in the Sci
oto Daily Gazette all address to the vo-
ters of those counties, excellently writ
ten and very able. His opinions gen.
orally are of the right kind and color.
He is opposed to the adoption OF feat
ure in the new Constitution. which will
prevent the majority of the people from
saying hereafter whether they will have
Banks or other corporations; he is op'
posed to giving the appointing power
to the Legislature and is in favor Of ma
king all important Offices elective; he is
in favor OF single districts for the appor,
tioning of the State for members of the
Legislature; he is in favor of reforming
the Judiciary system; he is opposed to
giving negroes the right of suffrage, and
generally is in favor of all practical re.
forms and opposed to every species of
Radicalism. o. X. Send him along.
He is one to do good and not harm.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

TIE WooLLY HoRsE.-. learn from
the Washington Republic that MT. M
Coleman, who was arrested at the in
stance of Senator Benton, on the charge
Of obtaining money under false preten.
ses.-.-exhioiting nondescript, as having
been captured by Colonel Fremont, on
the Gila.. has been released from bail,
the grand jury of Washington comfy re-
fusing to find presentment.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29
RosToN March 9:

The trial of Prof Webster for the mur-
der Of DR.. Parkman, was proceeded
with on yesterday The interest of the
public is unabated. Several Physicians
we're examined. DR.. Keeps, dentist. tes-
tilted that he recognized the jaw and
teeth on account Of their form.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

Removal OF FREE NEeRoEs FROM
VIRGINIA The bill which had previous
ly passed the Virginia House appropria
ting 30,000per annum to the coloniza.
tion of free negroes of that State to AT
ric. isnow law, having passed the Sen
ate, with an amendment which imposes
an annual tax of 81 upon every male
free negro in the State from 81 to so year.
ofage. The fund arising from this source
to be appropriated in like manner witt
the 3o,oO0, unless the Legislature 9th
erwise prescribe.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

CALIFoRNIA GOLD. We learn from the
Pennsylvania, that the whole amount Of
Gold from California, at the mint in Phil
adelphia, is about nine millions four hun.
dred thousand dollars-.-.ot which about
5000 900 was received last week.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

Pace OF KISSING indignant
husband, in Dearborn county, Indiana, a
few days since, brought suit against a
chap for kissing his wife. The matter
was compromised by the chap agreeing
to pay the injured husband SIG.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

The California STEAMERs.-.The
Cherokee took out hundred and sixty.
eight passengers from New York, on
Friday; all having tickets for the Apri
Steamer from Panama to San Francisco
The Empire City, which also left on
Friday, took three hundred and fifty
passengers. A large number were re-
fused passages ,as the tickets were limited
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

WThat quartette of sweet singers
"the Alleghanians," will be in Lancaster
on Wednesday next. We hope they
may come here. -ScaOto Gazette.
Sorry for you, Mr.. Gazette. They go
from here to Newark
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

LAND AT THE SoUTH.-At Charleston
on the 9th inst, the whole Dclius grant,
10000 acres of land in the mountain
regions of Anderson aud Greenville dis
tricts, was sold at auction for $3.50. $500
acres of land in the Chactow and Chick.
asaw purchases, Mississippi, we're also
sold at 26 81 cts per acre.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

THE NGw YoRK EXPEDITION IN SEARCH
OF FRANKLIN.-The schooner Amarel
was purchased on Friday by Mr.. Bur,
rows, on the part ofMr. H. Grinnell, for
the expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin. She lies at the Tobacco In.
spection, East river, where she is beiug
strengthened and put in proper condition
for such an expedition. She will be
ready by the first of May. One or ;wc
more will accompany the Amaret, to be
commanded by Lieuls. De Haven and
Griffin. Mr.. Grinnell heads the subscrp
ton with 100000. There is some ex
pectation among the friends ofthe expe
d,ion that Lady Franklin will visit thi'
country before the expedition is started
The vessel purchased, and her consort
will be rigged as hermaphrodite brigs
and be of light dimensions. One will b
called the ADVANCE the other thu
RESCUE" The instructions of the com
pany will be to search the shores of Wei
iington's Inlet and Cape Walker, in the
hopes of obtaining some traces of 81
John Franklin, in such as copper CAMS
ters containing notes Of his voyage, ant
the like, which he was directed to occa
sionally throw overboard.-New YOrI
ErpreSs.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

Mr.. BENTON AND MR. CALHoUN.-It is
reported that Mr.. Benton has ordered a
considerable number of Mr.. Calhoun's
speech, for distribution in Missouri. He
will not reply to it. When asked if ne
should answer, his response was-"No,
sir; proves all | said of him, sir. pre-
dicted the whole thing, sir, in my Jeffer.
son city speech, sir. Rank disunion, sir;
nothing else sir; all explained in my
speech, sir; here are two copies, sir; find
the whole explained there, SIR"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

wIf our amiable neighbor, who re-
solved at the Editorial Convention, to el-
evate the tone of the press, has any dis.
position to have his columns filed with
personal attacks upon us, we advise him
to try his hand at that game himself es-
pecially if he wishes to see fun. We
have been out Of the business 80 long
that it would afford us considerable a.
musement to operate upon the Junior.
So far as our editorial remarks upon that
correspondence went, they were sim.
pie expression of our regret that any one
should suppose an occasion existed for
lit. We trust that matter will rest where
| i; il.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

ANTI. BENToNIsM.-.An Anti. Benton
paper is to be established in St. Louis,
Mo-, and the editorial charge is to be
undertaken by Judge Walker, of the
New Orleans Delta.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

WThe Hooking county Democracy
has nominated Flavius Case, Esq, as a
delegate to the Constitutional Conven.
ton. Mr. Case is Bank director, and
we should Judge this nomination direct
fling at the 9th of January resolution in
favor of the constitutional currency and
against Banks.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-29

GREAT LETTER BUsINEss.-lt appears
from the New York post.office state
ments. that during three days of last
week, eighty thousand letters we're hand
led, in addition to the regular daily bu.
siness. This increase was caused by the
arrival and departure of the European
and three California steamships.