The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-10-25


A Family PoIsoNED-Juhn Hahn, a
keeper of a grocery ia New York, has
I been arrested Tor poisoning his wife, son.
slster-in.law and servant, by putting ar
senic. or something else. in the tea aud
milk. His wrle is heir t. large estate
and Hahn is suspected OF wishing to be-
come the sole possessor. by the use OF
the stomach pump the lives OF all were
saved.
I RgvnLUrIoNARY HERoGs GnNE.-The
last S,aunlon (Va.) spectator records the
death of two Revolutionary heroes, Mr..
john Stuarland Mr. Samuel PuIlen. Mr..
Sfualt was IN his 90lh year, aud was pres
enl under Gen. Washington al the sur.
render of Yorktown. Nj. PulIen was
engaged in The battle OF GuiIiUrd Court
lIousr, aud at the time Of his death was
in his S0th year.
A CAUTION rn HASTY EATERS. ~ Mr.
! William Burdick, of Newport, r. l.,
while eating supper on wednesday. chok-
eh lim,eI with piecs ni beeIsieak Med
zeal aid sVon remnyt Il the obstruciiun hui
the pulse had ceased. aud he was prn
nOuncrd dead. Artificial means4 rssIor
Jog life were resorrrd to cold water was
dashed upon his face artificial iespira
ti'nl was attempted aud he was bled fee
ly. After the last had been dune con
,ci"nSnrss was su]denly restored, he rais
cd his head quickly, pointed to his throat
aud said "gnnr!" After the overwhelm
ing feeling Of >uhocaliun aud impeudinI
drad,, Mr. Burdick had no recollection
Of any painful sensalon, or of any of the
circumstances which occurred, until afle
he was hlrd.
10 Hon. Thos. Butler King, who, it ha,
been pnsilivrly stuied, has received the
appointment Of Collector 0f San Fran
cisco, the n. u Globe says, cannot c. II
sliluionuIIy hold the Office. The con
Slilulion expressly foI bids lhe sppoim
p menI of any one 10 an office which il
created during the Term for which sucl
person was elected a member Of Con
= gress. Mr.. King was elected To CON
grrss fur Two years. ending 4th IF mex
March. His resignation of his seat dne
not cure his disability.
IR'1he Vincenues Gazette says lha
. Shawneelown. H.. will be. in Shor
/ time, tho principle depot Of The Wabn
b. river trade, and that her ctizens have Il
solved 10 establish line Of regular pack
. cts from that place tn Lafayette, arrans
l menIs for which will be completed h
The time Of the commencement OF til
s' fall aud winter business.
UNIoN MEETINGS IN TIE SouTH Fl
,hnsiastic meetings in favor of the Uuiu
were held last week in Monroe aud Trou
counties, Georgia Resolutions were a
dopted, declaring that so long as III
North fuIfis the slipulailons required b
tho recentIv passed compromise bills, III
South will abide by them.
. A SINGULAR DlscuvGuY has been mad
: in Madagascar Fossil eggs Of an rnn
= nous size have been found in the he'd
n torrent. The shells are an eight oi Il
inch thick, and the circumference Of III
egg itself il feet s inches lrnglhwis
i aud 3 feet 2 inches round the middle,
W The gold mines discovered in Oh
huahna are NOT as profitable as had bee
i anticipated. Previous reports relal'
thereto have been greatly exaggersle,
i To- Jogelh, the Hungarian heroine,
going To Schonl in Washington, meauir
+ 10 acquire an English education
to The annual yield of Gold in Cal
, fnrnia and Russia is estimated. by Il
London Economist, at over forty milliot
Of dullnrs